The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-22 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY

est 191 b; Lard Batty. 3 yrs, tat WM; ',ATOM 3 as. Ist Reb ;
Tell, lyre, ea lab; Turret, 3 yrs. est., I_llwree. 3 as. Set ;.
Losatoet. 4 7414 Oa lei rt }age, car mottlik 3TM tit
Vsnah, 3 yrs, est itet Cellreirood. 3 re le 7lh; Ohio, 3 yrs, 6st
Ile; •by lawless, eagle &to Jamas, 3 yrs, 64 71b; Bauer,
3 yrs, est 71b ; a.tqaeuriarwar, out of Limn, 3 yrs. Est 7 lb; Daudle,'
3 yrs, 64 ;lb; gir 11071 b ; As.yowEbs.rt, 4 yrs, Sat 61b;:
Coned Card, tyrs, Case* 3 yrs, est Ab; Asti-
eule, est 31b ; Irlerweet. 11;te.ralerta ; iNedes Be., est
6st 31b ;
sely, 3 as,ll44lllllloYOwsts4k4lb ; Tter, 3 yrs, ea.
MI; ler. liairariA 3 ye, t est ; 'Peasan 3 yrs,
est; Ihrewer, 3 yrs. 114 ; IWO 3 yrs, 3st lOtb; Tow.
de Faroe, 3 yrs, 3st 10l; Eywelwer,_,Ses, leb 3 gra,.
est ; 'lUrp 3 yrs, tyt Mei Ostulthse.,3 Tri
o, Sit 71b ; Radw,
l'h, Set 7lb ; ma, f yrs, est db.
NEWMAREET.IIDUCIRTON MEETING. 1646.
Wzostsuar.-Msteb. WM. gat 71b each. Ab. M. Lord Glasiores,
entwine, apt atioMaiso•eTheTrarenief:
Meta, 366. k a Lard etrattueore's Broesrdo, 71b,
set 41/0.
10D n-por aC. Dohs al Bedford's Leopard,;
est , lb, sat Mr. Gelett's psl,. fee°.
, CRAVICI MEETING, 147.
Ix...T.—Match, 3b ft, am. Mr. Gully's Mendlwat,
est 71b, yet Lard Glasgow's Conspiracy, est.
SECOND OCTOBER MEETING.
wiroxii,DA,mach. toot It ft, T. T. C. Mr. Grerille's Roam
est 71b, out
Duke of Rediardi e by PI
Imo,
dam by Les-
aerials, out of Blythe*, let ilh•
TKITEREALLS-Tilasheri.
.me tare sadly awe as es ream beater the yaks I yawed
as mamma -two at [bra pieties, whew delete an letizesSe2 t
very bay, were not turtheowing4tio the men kwas d.
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=e, betting was as too • a wee to all kw .ay
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lOW even was laid as the IlablawitTrenty-Sza, awl two beta at
5040 Igat sir Tattoo Byte, and 40 10 Lel* Sera,. Wa bate so.
priollll tO 1111C4is
lON w 11.1 W*B mid art Sir Matto% ayttes• leaning the Grind lattba,
1011041,Cularewitalk; Sal 0.101550411bete.
LOW[.Dr.IIBIr.
.7ritAlpis ss :b s sea 'no Gabbier m (taken)
. • wwwwq - 4a to
111•Iet•—• to 1 Ilstaensaticiaa (t)
2$ to 1 =84:o Cobweb (R) 40 to 1 Crozier
as la I Camandra colt 40 to 1 Alleitonlan (t)
U le 1 Old Clot (taken)

MIL
16 to 1 ism Masai (taken).
We understand that Mr. Ford intends td retire from the Turf, and
that his racing and breeding stud will bc sobiwithout reserve in the
sensed October Meeting.

Katy Enidltgrut.

COMMISSION OF' lITNACY--Mrins DAT.
The inquiry in.(' the cue of Mrs. Cumming was resunted
yesterday before Mr. Commissioner Barlow and sixteen
special jury at the Horne Tavern.
The case on the part of the supporters of the commission
having been closed, had been adjourned from the 9th inst.,'
at the request of the professional adviser' of Mrs. Catherine
Cumming (the alleged lunatic), in order that due time
should be given to procure evidence on her behalf from
France and other places. The names of the jury having
been called ever, Mr. Petersdorff opened Mrs. Cumming 's
case, and addressed the jury for three hours and a half. In
the course of his speech, he stated that in early life Mrs.
Cumming was in the possession of an income of about 5001.
or 0001. a year, not 30.0001. as Mr. James had stated, and at
the time of her marriage with Mr. Cumming, captain, as he
chose to call himself, she thought, as he represented, that he
was a man of property ; but on the very threshold of her
married life, she found she had been wofully deceived, for
he had not a single farthing, was deeply in debt, a spendthrift
and a gambler, which rendered it not very surpnaing that
constant disputes should occur. Shortly alter the marrisge,
an execution was put in, and the house was stripped of every
particle of furniture. This had occurred two or three times,
it'd shs was left comparatively destitute. Mr. Cumming had
been so embarrassed as to be compelled to take the benefit
of the Insolvent Act. Mrs. Cumming was subsequently ad-
vised to separate from her husband, but she replied, "I have
hitherto done my duty to Mr. Cumming, and I will still con-
tinue to do so." It would be shown that Mr. Cumming was
in the habit of threatening to " sell her up," as he called it,
and had actually called in a broker, who would be produced,
to whom the remnant of her furniture had been sold, and
which had arisen out of the gross infidelity of her husband,
and this had been the cause of her being driven from house to
house. From theday of her marriage, her life had been one
of strife and misery, and would account for her irritability of
temper, while the coarseness of her language had been en-
gendered toy constant association with her husband, who was
accustomed to use the very foulest language. After dissect-
ing the evidence which had been produced by the promoters
of the inquiry, Mr. Petersdorff proceeded to call witnesses in
behalf of his client. Two solicitors who had been concerned
for Mrs. Cumming, deposed to the pecuniary embarrass ments
and incorrect habits of her husband, and declared their be-
lief that she is quite sane. Another witness having been
examined, the inquiry was adjourned till to-dry.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.-YESTERDAY.
The above Court resumed its sittings this morning before
the Recorder, Mr. Alderman Gibbs, Mr. Alderman Fare-
brother, the Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, &c, The calendar con-
tains the names of 199 prisoners.
The Recorder, in his charge to the grand jury, said he
observed by the calendar, that there were no lets than 28
charges of cutting and wounding with intent to do bodily
harm, and he could not help expressive, the pain felt by the
court at seeing that this offence, which was formerly com-
paratively unknown in this ovintry, was very much on the
increase, and their experience, seseion after session, unhap-
pily proved this to be the case. There was one charge of
murder, the circumstances of which were of rather an extra-
ordinary character. It appeared that the death of the
deceased had been occasioned by taking a poisonous vegeta-
-1 ble substance, known as deadly nightshade, and the party
accused of the offence was represented to have openly
hawked about the poisonous berry, and to have represented
it as a banish as and excellent ingredient for tarts, or for mak-
ing wine ' • it being alleged in support of the prosecution, that
although he so represented it to be a harmless fruit, that in
point of fact he was perfectly well aware of its deadly and
poisonous character. The evidence in support of this would
rest principally upon the testimony of a chemist, who, it
appeared, had been in the habit of employing the prisoner to
gather herbs, and who represented him to be a man perfectly
cognizant of their respective qualities, and therefore aware
of the deadly character of the berry in question. The first
question for the consideration of the ury, was whe-
ther the prisoner had wilfully and knowingly com-
mitted the act imputed to him, and if this should
be made out to their satisfaction, no consideration
of the improbability that any person, for the small
profit to be derived from the sale of such an article, would
run the risk of destroying recklessly the lives of persons who
might become purchasers, ought to deter them from re-
turning a bill for murder. If, however, they should be
of opinion that the prisoner was not really aware of the
character of the article he was disposing of, and -that he
merely recklessly and carelessly sold it, without heeding
the consequences, although without any express intention
to expose the life of any person to danger, he was of opiaion
that such criminal negligence and want of caution, would
amount to the offence ofmanslaughter. It was a lamentable
circumstance that a man and a child had lost their fives
through partaking of the poisonous substance vended by the
prisoner, and that five other persons were taken to the
hospital, and suffered most severely from the same cause.
This fact ought not, however, to weigh with the jury in
their consideration of the subject, but they would see
whether the evidence supports d either of the conclusions he
bad submitted to them, and return a bill accordingly ; but if
they should think that it was merely a fatal
mistake, and that the evidence did not make
out any criminal intention on the part of the
accused person, then it would be their duty to
ignore the bill that would be presented to them against
him. The learned Recorder then alluded to the charge of
manslaughter against the engine driver upon the Easters
Counties Railway, arising out of the recent accident upon
that line, and repeated the observations made by Lim to the
grand jury at the last session, but upon which occasion it
appeared no bill was presented against the accused; and he
observed that this was a most important inquiry, for from the
habits of the day, and the powers given to railway compa-
nies, it was scarcely optional with the public to travel by any
ether means of cony, yanee, and their lives were placed, es it
were, in the bands of the persons having the charge of the
railways; and it was, therefore, highly important that every I
case of alleged neglect nr want of csution should be fully
inquired into.—The grand jury then retired.

OLD COURT.
Edward Morgan, George Bethel!, and Thomas Ballard,
surrendered to take their trial upon an indictment charging
them with foloniously stealing a Clarence carriage, the pro-
perty of Richard Keen.
The circumstances under which this charge was preferred
against the defendants were of rather a peculiar character.
It appeared that Morgan was engaged in bushier* as a coach
builder, and he had had some transactions with a cab-master,
named Worthington, and in the beginning of the present
year there were some negotiations between them respecting
a Clarence carriage, the result being, aecorillig to the
statement of Mo. gin, that the vehicle wee hired by
Worthington for 51. a month; but the latter declared
that • purchase out and out had been effected, and that
'it was to he paid for b 7 instalments. Very soon alter
the carriage came into NS orthingtou's possession, it ap-
peared that he took it to a repository, and got an advance of
201. upon it, and he then induced a person, named Kees, to
whom he wee at that time indebted, and who had brought
an action against him. to repay the 20/. so advanced, and take
the carriage in liquidation of his debt and costs. It then ap-
peared that Morgan, having become acquainted with these
circumstances, went to the place where the carriage was
I kept by Keen, accompanied by the other two defendants,
and under pretence of purchasing it, they obtained possession
of it, for the purpose, as they said, " of trying it upon the
main road," and took it away altogether. It appeared that
the matter had been investigated by the magistrate at the
Hammersmith I'olice Court, and he dismissed the charge of
felony, but the parties subsequently went before the Grand
Jury, who found a true bill.
The jury returned a verdict of—Not Guilty.