The Express.
London, England, 1853-07-30 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.—CitorooN, JCL: W.

The business of the assizes for the county of Surrey cons.
menced this morning. Ile cause list turas nut to be evin
heavier than was anticipated, there being 124 causes en-
tered, 20 of which are to be tried by special juries.
The cases on the gool calendar are of the ordinary de.
scription, the only one of public interest, the charge against
the lion. F. Scott, cne of the directors of the &Alai Wes-
tern Railway, and Mr. Beane, au es-gineer employed upon
the lane, of haying unlawfully caused the death of one el
the persons employed upon the railway by alleged n. gli-
trence, having been removed by certiorari to the civil ode.
It will be remembered that the defendants were upcn the
line on special business, with an engine and a carriage, and
that the deceased In crossing at one of the stations, and en-
deavouring to jump upon the ►latform, was thrown back,
and the carriages went over him and killed him. tinder
these circumstances the coroner's jury returned a veroict of
manslaughter against the parties asho were in the carriage.
Mr. J ustice Cresawell did not allude to the mutter at
all in his charge, as, from the circumstance of the rase
having been removed by certiorari, the depositions were net
before him, but in the course of the day lie sent for the
grand jury, and having stated that he was informed that a
charge of such a description would be brought before them
he briefl)• alluded to the circumstances of the case, and ex-
pressed his view of the law to be that a person riding in a
railway carriage when such an accident occurred would
nut be liable unless some personal act, tending to cause
the mischief, was proved against him, and that he was in
the same position as a person riding in an ordinary car-
riage, driven by a coachman upon the high road, when,
of course, if an accident happened, the parson riding io
the carriage would not incur any responsibility, unless it wit,
shown that he had done some act tending to cause such
a result.

e grand jury retired, and a bill of indictment for man-
slaughter was subsequently brought before them, which, just
before the clueing of the court, they ignored. Ihe coroner's
inquisition, however, still remains to be disposed of, and
the Attorney-(!coeval and Mr. 13allantine are retained fur
the defence. _

It bu been arranged that no special jury case will be
taken before Tuesday morning at nine o'clock.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.-RODMIN, JOLY 27.
NMI Pam' COVllR.—Barons MR. BARON MARTIN AMP A SPROUL
Juar.
MEREDITH V. MORE AND OTIIERS.

This was an action brought by the executor and devi,ee
in trust of the late J. T. Trs ffy, Esq., to recover compensa-
tion in damages for injuries done tla railway, and other
property of plaintiffs, at Molinnee, in the parish of St.
Austell; the damage being done by streaming and other
mine operations, carried on by the defendants. The de-
fence was, mainly, that the defendants, as lessees of owners
of " bounds" over the land in question, were entitled to
work user any put of the land, and to remove any
obstructions to their working, iu accordance with the
ancient custom of the Stanurries of Cornwall.—After the
plaintiff's case had been gone through to: prove the damage
done, and, for the defence, one witness had been partly
examined with reference to the custom alleged, the learned
judge objected to the reception of merely oral testimony
on so important a subject, when documentuy evidence—
such as the " Convocations of the Stannaries "—was avail.
able; and, considering that the cause was not ripe for
trial, it was, by consent of parties, postponed till the next
assizes' on payment by defendants of the costs of the day.
This was the only nisi print case at these Mind.

Bayou MR. denies Tsuovan.
MEHDER.—SENTENCI CIE DEATH.
Jane Chentoorth, 17 years of age, was indicted for the
wilful murder of William Beard, in the parish of Probus,
on the 14th of June last. The prisoner pleaded not
Wiliam Beard, with whose murder the prisoner stood
charged, was an illegitimate infant, born last March. Its
mother and the prisoner had known each other as inmates
of the Union workhouse. The child had been entrusted by
its mother to the prisoner for an hour or so, but the mother,
instead of returning to take care of it, left it a burden to
the accused. The latter, it was proved, made many
attempts t i get it properly off her heeds. She took it to the
police station. and Inspector Nash directed her to take it to
the union. She went there, but was told that they could
not admit the child without en order from an overseer.
Bhe returned to the police station, and was directed to an
overseer, who gave her an order, and she again went to the
union. She returned between nine and ten o'clock, telling
Inspector Nash that she had rung the bell at the union
three times, but that no one had answered it, and she could
not be admitted at that time of night. The inspector then
gave her a shilling, and told her to go back to the lodging-
house in Calenick street, and call at the station on the fol-
lowing morning, and he would go with her to the
union. She did not, however, call at the polee station
on the Tuesday morning, and did not apply at the union.
Shortly afterwards the child was found in a mill-head,
drowned. The child bad been seen in prisoner's care a
little before, and the prisoner was known to have come from
the neighbourhood of the trill without it. She was appre-
hended, and afterwards made a confession to the landlady
of the inn where she was in custody, to the effect that the
child was cross, that she was tired of carrying it, and she
dabbed it down into the mud and water and went away. She
also confessed to the man who was
:prison after
her in a van to
Etidmin rison after committal, that she had placed the
child in the water and went on ber way.
The jury found the prisoner Guifly.
The learned Judge, in a very affecting manner, then
pronounced sentence of death upon the prisoner, who was
greatly excited and cried violently. An intense sensation
was occasioned amongst the spectators of the painful scene.
The prisoner was with great difficulty removed from the
bar.

THB POLICE CO URTS.
MANSION-HOUSE.

George Burehell and Mark Dymond, cutters, at the esta-
blishment of Mr. li. Moses and Co., Nos. 2 and 3, Aldgate,
wholesale clothiers, were charged with having robbed their
employers.
A great quantity of goods having been missed in the
wareboure, and the proprieton having received informa-
tion on the subject, the two prisoners, who were most liberally
paid, and who worked in a room with about forty or fifty
others, were stopped as they were leaving the place, and
weaved of having plundered their employers. They de-
nied that they bad appropriated any goods ; but in Bur-
chell's ha was found a yard of woollen cloth, and from
under his clothes were pulled seven yards of black doeskin,
also a superior woollen cloth ; and about Dymond's person
was found concealed some woollen cloth. The prisoners
said the cloth belonged to their employers.
They were committed for trial.
A young seaman was convicted before Alderman Finals
of having deserted the ship which be had engaged to nevi.
gate from London to Sydney and back.
Mr. Coleman, of the Registrar General's office, called
the owner, who proved the case.
Alderman Finuis (to the defendant)—What did you get
for working home the ship in which you returned ?
Defendant-101. a month.

Alderman Finnis (to the owner)—Pray, sir, what did you
lose by the desertion of your vessel?
The Owner—Upwards of 2001. The whole crew de-
Netted her.

Alderman Finnis--1 sentence the defendant to hard
labour for 21 days in Bridewell.

MARYLEBONE.

Milian' Henry Maddox, a cabman, biidga 9,110, and a
lad named Robert Western, described as a labourer, were
brought before Mr. Long, charged with assaulting Edwin
Baker, a small coal dealer, who had brought out his donkey
and cart for the purpose of earning a little money by carry-
ing the luggage of passengers arriving by the London and
North Western Railway. The prisoners were with • crowd
of men, chiefly cab drivers, larking and laughing at
the embarrassment of the passengers as they arrived.
They pelted the complainant with dour, jumped into his
cart, held it when he wanted to use it, and otherwise sub-
jected him to annoyance.
Mr. Long raid that the law would not permit persons
like the defendants to interfere with these who were desirous
of fairly ministering to the public wants. If it had
been shown that Maddox had combined with others
to prevent parties coming up by railway from ob-
taining the aid which they expected, and had a
right to look for, he and the others leagued with him
' might be indicted for a conspiracy, in which case, in the
event of • conviction, a severe punishment would follow.
For the part Maddox had taken he should fine him 405., or
give him one month's imprisonment. —The boy was dis-
charged.
LAMBETH.

Henry Iloirman, a young man 19 years of este, was
ordered to pay 61., or be committed to prison for two months,
for beating his father. The amanita had been continually
repeated for two years. The magistrate complained that
the cue was not included in those contemplated by the
Aggravated Assanits Bill.

ALL SAINTS ISLINGTON NATIONAL SCHOOLS.—
Ye.terchy the above schools, which are situate in Rodney.
street North, Caledonian road, were formally opened. The
bishop of London presided, supported by Earl Granville.
There was a numerous attendance, including many of ?be
district clew. The school-rooms are capable of accom-
modating 240 boys and 250 girls. There to a residence for
the master, and the whole is erected on a freehold plot of
land purchased from the Regent's Canal Company, for
2.541. The total cost is estimated at 2,0001., which sum has
been already subscribed. The bishop addressed the Resem-
bled company, remorkiug that the want of education among
a large proportion of the poor was becoming a public scan-
dal. His lordship then declared the schools opened. Earl
Granville, the Rev. E. Gmbett, Rev. W. Rogers, Rev. Dr.
Veit* and J. Mash Esq., afterwards addressed the
meeting.