The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-18 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

THIS DAY.

The August session of the above court commenced to-day,
before the (tight Hun. the Iteeoriler, Aidermen Ranter,
Challis, and t'arter, the sheriffs, under-sheriffs, and the
Ordinary City officers.
There an• '21.4i prisoners fur trial this session.
The Recorder delivered a brief charge to the grand jury,
observing that he telt it unnecessary with gentlemen of their
experissee, who were perfectly well acquainted with th
Jades, to detain them by any lengthened observations with
regard to the nature of thew duties. It appeared to Min
that there were only two eases which accord to present any
legal difficulty. The tied Irma charge of manslaughter against
a person named Stereos, the cause of death being alleged to
be the administrition of improper medicine. The de-
fendant, it ems arid, was nut a regular practitioner,
but in law this did not make any difference, as
a person regularly brought up to the tactical
Framer would be equally liable to have such a charge
brought against him, if it were shown that he had, in the
course of his treatment, eshiited gross rashness or igl).
ranee, or that he haul administered dangerous and improper
medicines. The grand jury would, therefoN, only have to
consider whether ouch ignorance or rashness was
established in the particular raw, and if this were
made out to their satisfaction, it would be their duty to
find the bill. 'f he other case was a charge against two lads,
under a recent act of parliament, of having feloniously
thrown a atone upon a railway. Ills lordship referred to
the section of the statute in question, and said, that before
the charge of felony could be established it must
be mule out that the intention of the parties
in placing the shine upon the railway was to overact or itlA-
pctic the progress of the trains ',sifting upon it, or otherwise
endanger the safety of the passengers ; and if it was merely
done as an act of mischief, without such intention, in his
opinion it would list come within the meaning of the act
of parliament. They would look carefully at the evidence,
and see what niqwaredi to be the intention of the parties,
and if it should he left in any doubt he thought the safest
course would he toy them to find a true bill.
The grand jury then retired.

MANNING COLLISION ON THE LONDON AND
Pltutrrsi We...TERN IlattwAy.—Yesterday miming a col-
lision of an alarming character took place upon the above
line of raclway, between two luggage trains that were
coming up to town, at a curve of the line situate between
Harrow and Willesden. About three o'clock in the morn.
Mg cue of the luggage trains caught tire, and on stopping
at the curve to extinguish the flames, the other luggage
train tame up, and before the steam could be shut off ran
into the statopary engine with great three. Some of the
trucks were thrown over the embankment, others were
smashed in a thousand pieces, and their contents scattered
over the line, and others were lifted by the shuck on to the
top of those preceding them. Men were di spouted with
signals down the line to stop the two passenger trains which
are due in London shortly before five, and lurthee accident
was thus averted. News of the digester was also sent up to
town, and about 100 of the company's porters were sent
down to clear the line. Shortly after a train from Ruston-
square arrived, and the passengers from the stopped trains
wire brought up to town, where they arrived some two
hours later than their proper time. Owing to the exertions
of the men, the line was cleared by 10 o'clock, but not be-
fore a considerable quantity of the goods, in addition to
those smashed and scattered about the line, was consumed
by fire.
TUE WESLEYAN .IGITATION.—TIIC Wesleyan Con-
ference brought its sittings to a conclusion is Newcastle on
Friday evening ; and on the same day an assembly of Wes-
leyan reformers commenced its proceedings in Salem Chapel,
in the same town. There were above 300 delegates, from all
pnrts of the kingdom, representing the disaffected circuits.
Mr. Gandy, of London, was elected president of the lie-
formet's Assembly ; Messrs. Dunn and Winter, secretaries.
The print ipal part of the day was occupied in receiving re-
ports, and the whole of the proceedings were conducted
with much moderation and good temper. Mr. Messinger,
of Norwich; Mr. It. I'attison, jun., of Newcastle; and
Mr. Alderman Scholtield, of Sheffield, were appointed
tiP audit the general reform fund, the expelled mi-
nisters', and the lice. J. Bromley fund. The conference
of Wes:cyan ministers, during their recent sittings, have
twice refused to meet deputations from the reformers, and
in the last communication refused to sanction the appoint-
ment of a third party to arbitrate between them. It is un-
derstood that bthe conference electing the Rev. J.
Rattenbury, of London, upon the legal hundred, and the
Rev. 0. (Aherne, of Manchester, as one of the missionary
secretaries, two ministers exceedingly obnoxious to the
reform party, the conference do not contemplate cancer&
lag anything to the pressure from without. The funds of
the conference, as might be expected, are not in a Sourish•
big condition, some of the circuits refusing to support their
mull quota of preachers ; and a portion of the young men
ordained at the present conference have been sent to Ire-
land. The deliberations of the delegates arc nut expected
to terminate until Tuesday evening. The Item. .1. Brom-
ley, Mr. Griffith, 'mil Ju. Everett, the expelled ministers,
are during the sittings.
THE LATE CASE OF KIDNAPPING A CIIILD AT PLY-
Norm—The Rev. G. Bedew, whose name was attached to
the handbill relating to the abstraction of the child of Mrs.
Jerainaltani from St. Ahdrew's Chapel, Plymouth, has re-
ceived the following from Mr. Jensingbant Sir, I have
Men a handbill, the object of which I can well under-
stand, with regard to the missing of a boy from your
church at Plymouth on Sunday last. I beg leave to inform
you that a little boy with the name inserted in the bill, and
answering exactly the description, is at present with UM'.
and that inasmuch as be is my son I intend to keep him.—
I an, sir, your obedient servant, Faau. Jeneteortase-