The Express.
London, England, 1865-04-21 00:00:00

THE UNITY BANK FRAUDS.

The jury in the above ease retired at 10 minutes
past 2 o'clock to deliberate. At 10 mieutes past 3 they
returned into court, and the foreman read the following
verdict :
"We Acquit the defendants of conspiracy, but at the
mme time beg to expreas our opinion that the account. of
the bank were kept on a very vicious principle ; and in our
opinion the directors ought to have more closely investigated
the account', and particularly the weekly statements that
were submitted to them."
Mr. Sleigh asked what was proposed to be done with the
remaining twenty-three counts of the indictment, which
applied to the defendant Terry only.
Mr. M. Williams said, that after the full inquiry that
had taken place, be should, in the absence of lib learned
leader, take it upon himself not to offer any evidence in
support of the other counts in the indictment.
A verdict of Not Guilty was accordingly formally taken
upon these counts, and the defendants were at once di*.
efiarged.
This concluded the business of the session, and the court
edj.urned to Monday, May 8.

CHARGE Or FORGERY. —At the Brighton police-
man yesterday Henry Augustus Winger, aged 37, who has
hitherto held a highly respectable position as • professor of
music end organist at Brighton, was brought up charged
with forging a deed whereby he obtained the mum of 875 f.
18e. fd. from the Brighton branch of the South Eastern
Basking Company. His solicitor offered no defence, and he
was committed for trial to the mine.
HOlt-sEWHIPYINO • CLIZEOYBILAN. —At the Leices-
ter county court on Wednesday, the Rev. Mr. Roberts, late
officiatiog minister of Frowlesworth, sought to recover from
Mr. J. Spencer, of the firm of Meese. J. and T. Spencer,
booluellers, Leicester, the rum of 501., as damages for a
horsewhipping inflicted on the plaintiff by the defendant at
the Leicester railway station, on Saturday evening, the 18th
of Febnary list. The defendant, in reply to the action, put
in the plea, "served him tight." It appeared that the
plaintiff. • clergyman of the church of England, is the
author of some pamphlets reflecting upon the public and
private character of several Leicestershire patience. one
bang entitled " Lutterwort, au Uofortunate Village
in • Fortunate Age," and the other " Frowlesworth, a
Dark Village in an Enlightened Age," which were corn.
piled from a diary of the plaintiff's while he was curate
is the latter village. In the latter appeared a para-
graph reflecting on the conduct of the defendant and his
brothers, and their " filthy, low, vulgar, end impertinent
lsnguage' "boa. On the evening of the 18th of February the
defendant met the plaistiff at the milieu station ; asked
whether he was the author of the pamphlet which he held
in his hand ; caned him a villain, • slanderer, • vagabond,
ka ; and then gave him • horsewhipping. The learned
judge, in putting the cue to the jury before whom it was
triad, remarked that an anonymous letter bad bees mat to
him to prejudice his mind in reference to the matter, He pro-
mised to commit the author to prison for contempt of court
if he should be found ; regretted that the plaintiff did not
devote his time better than to the preparation of such
pamphlets, and suggested to him the propriety of disoon•
tinning them for the future. The jury, after • few minutes'
deliberation out of court, returned • verdict for the piebald
—damages, W.
THE SCOTCH IRON TRADE —On Wednesday, ' a
mesas` of the ironmasters and workmen wee held in the
Bedford Hotel, Glasgow, with the view of conferring as to
whether any errrangemeet could be come to regarding a re-
dultios of wages. It was proposed, at of the :nee,
that the north of England prices should be adopted ; while
on the part of the masters a feeling was expressed, we an.
dunked, in favour of striking an average of the rates paid in
different districts cf England. It was 'greed to adjourn the
meeting in order that information might be obtained as to
the various rate, of wages now being paid south of the
Tweed. We learn from the Edinburgh Courant that on
Monday night a large number of ironworker; consisting of
puddler* axed mailmen, left Gleagow,Coatbride, and Mother-
well, for the north of England, when they wen engaged at
higher wages this see be obtained in Scotland. We P.
duetted that their employers paid the expense of their
tunas to England.
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