The Express.
London, England, 1865-08-09 00:00:00

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Mr. Bora), Q. 0., Sir G. bloarnae, tad Mr. ifettbellcs
IMO for the plaintiff ; Mr. lAA, lb. Haw 'kW', Q.C.,
sad Mr. 'lmmo were foe the defeadmim
This was en action brought by e contractor, to recover, es
it wee stated, the sum of 50,0001. for works Meetructed by
him upon the defeadasti/ railway. There, were it ap-
peared. amatir &Am by litesompany spinet the plain
sad the ems appeased to be me of a very compliasted
diameter, Means( • lam men ef amoitals.
The teamed counsel mate* Wes, when the *airy bed
been partially opened, ezpresesd their minim that the
ems could rot be satisfactorily settled la Ilis mart, and t
was armpit that the whole of the matters to dispute
should be rebored to stbitratioe.

NORFOLK CIROIIIT.—Iponas, Ammer E.
The Lord Chief Bum sad the Lied Chief Jostle, Erb
sawn from Norwich r eelseday, shed she labor berm' jade%
having *bleed the contaliallielt, attended divine ser►ice.
The Weeds: babies the mama of 21 pribeen. There
are lbws oases of perjury, three of arson, two of Jobbat
bruit, one of rape, one of oonzesi best of birth, one of
1 burglary. sod as. of earbablemse4 the defeedaat in the
I. Ese latter ewe having been the 'bowl' of a sas took
at Ooddenhato. is this empty, and bran 'iamb with
du alsations to the amount of 8001. There are two special
fury is and sir eossoon jar,.

WICBTIRS Aroma 8.
The comathelos for the wan of Southeast was *paged
yesterday by Mr. Jastios Will's, wed the Wirth emit
owed this ..rise. The Weeder imataiss the mom rl
85 primmers, six of whom the charged with wear, MS tar
ere ewe of isfastieddee and them le • thee of masethoghter
arising oat of the metat railway sodded at Breath.
1 Mr. Justin Willes presided is the Crown Mart, sad in
chargieg Siemer' jury referred to the great prey athee of
isfanticide, sad pithead oat the defeats which existed in the
law ?speaks the effete, of weselseent of birth. TM
subject, he med. wee the which, he was happy to
my, was attracting • great deal of atteetioa,
awl be thought it ethessery, is othariquethe of
the number of persons which appeared in the calendar
elithged with child murder, to mike a few remark', and is
dr so he would endeavour to avoid these great enemies to
' jee seatimeat sad thegeeration. The law was datestiee
is two particulars. First, the law of othessimeet of birth
oily spolied to the ethosalmest of &dead bedy, whereas the
real offense which was ethemitted was by an With step
taken to weal the existence of a child—to do away with
the chance of living which it would have If an ordinary dis-
able!. was made of the birth. The other particular was
the difficulty of obtaining the 'widow upon which thane •
eosektion for murder could be obtained, via., that the
child at the time it mime by its death wee within
the betheical a:peados of the law • twoothie
thin within the Queea's peace, • dell @Sion which oily
applied to • child which had been completely bore. Where
a person was delivered in north and the child was found
deed, the widest* failed in a large proportion of cases to
establish that the child wee sodded to the protectioa
which the law of murder or mathlaughter gave to • person
who had completely come Into the world. P 83.0511 might
say, " Well, but why dos% the judges set about resorting to
some meths for rectifyin this defect, by greater stringeoey
in their application of the law, or, *erne the necemity of the
oath, by thieving • othvictieu ea Meer evidence thee in
ordinary mess of murder r The sower to this, his loth-
: ship said, wee simple. The judge" so doubt bed made a
great deal of law from time to time, bat the judges had
. newer dose se wept by applying coolest principles
so new CAM in civil law. No doubt the oompli-
Gated sysima of the law of thoperty, real cad petweil, hid
bees to a great cutest built up by the sate of the judges is
applying airiest principles to new wee, and they had,
with the apprehatioa of those te whom they thininietwed
justice, Is • wee made sew laws. But far different wee
the ow of • judge doling with the owinal law. He wee
bound to administer it as he fowl A. His lordship, altar
poithing out that it was far the legislature, and sot for
the judges, to awed the law of essosalaseet al birth, mid,
that is hie humble opium. the legislature would be well eth
played in easetina that it Wield be • dietiessoffethe teethes
death or injury to a child at or about the timed Ha birth,
with a provision that in the event of its appearing that the
child was fully born the judge might dietharge the jury
sod direct anindictment for murder. His lordship naafi
the question erase whether an adminietrative remedy,
which was more effectual than encashment, might sot be
devised whereby the indocemest to offeethe of this deseripi.
Noe might be removed, for the ioducement in many MOM
wee not shame. bat interest ; and the question would
farther arise, whether they might not by some such course
save the country from as imputation which was becoming
darker and darker every term.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—MANcuerns, Ave. 8.
°now" Comm.—Mame Mr. ladies Montague Smith.)
attioutra CAS' 01 NANSLAIRIRTNIA ADD Mt:WIZ OF A Wink AT DEWING.
Amu Bowes wan ohsrpd with manslaughter, is baviog 2.ad.-00 Monday • odd named Edward Sado=
wand the death of a child woad Asa Dung, under wfreeseth„ was Amwed et the Dfreetechein put
=circumstances. at wee • barber. harlot a amp is with having attempted to murder his wife by stein Um;
road, Mashed's!. sad as the Ute of July be throat with a penknife. For use& weeks oast. the Jed-
had had a quarrel with his wife. He took ad! the Ire • kettle euts„ who wee e see./ drunkard, had b". &inkiest sm.,
oontainisg bailiag-water, sad threw it at hie wife. It missed ea e. „a quarrel Lad been been frequent „omen him end hie
her and wed through the window, around which a ma- wise. About twelve o'clock ea Saturday sight lad he re-
her of children had segregated to list.. to the wastrel. tumid h...... drunkas wal, sad eueuesed gasman,*
The deceased was se of them, sad was cut by the brokenwith his ,we fm. alma as hew. do, which the „he
alaar, sod fatally waded by the boiling liable which dropped, said the sighbouna arrived at the oweellasko that
-,..ttli.frcgDuthe kat".,_ 1"6"....,___"_,'" wivic.,.„_ je his ibeF had amicably settled their dispute, and retired to rest.
°"'"'''' rf."'"' '"":ww""` """'""'ww_.,__,:_ea". La about as hour afterwards one of the osighboara wee
not guilty3 and pled guilty. Witness*, to ewttewww• awakened by a knocking at the deer, odd ou
were salad, and it appeared that the man had bees es- down met Ifre. &saw, wit, was en. form a, welt:
niched* provoked by his wife. Stemmata habit.. The to the „ma, and wee wend -W—atii-geed, iihe fn.
judge sentdoed him to sir months' isagehonatente formed the neighbours that they haled id allanatiwa i 1 the
ABDUCTION IT DIANCRZETIN. kitchen, and the prisoner, reeking at her with "penknife
TO Basil
aged. 22, wee charged with the „auction el in his hand, inflicted a wound as her throat. They steMilOsd
Ass Lord, aged 15. together, and Bin. Sods suseedieg in gaitliag away from
Mr. Wed peseouted. him, sod ran out into the yard. The prisms" disarmed,
The presenter, Richard Lord, milk dealer, Dyer's -lane, bet afterwards relented._ .. „.__,witb „_sbfr. Chfiwt„ „._sarfrant °
po.e _,f
Masohestar. efts left his daughter in dump of the shop, Derftwadi 'mew fer..",ss,r,_a eau, et= r tin'T' ~.,_ _l'.
lat which the pirisower bought milk. He had thus be- attrdf_. akte_ bit w"..,:!!!", which be cut.
__rip;
riore familiar with the girl. About Whitator saga rho wound, that ----,.m, -5„......
dd. ties ark
beard is armagement made for dangerous tw!",rei bat Sot .'W.T.I. to WT. ii76,47;k7n
lies be visit so aunt at Bury, and he wed ewettriew Kettiat received tweetwit e
bed a
her thole. Soon afterwards he indooed her tor Place, aid be anPrebesded the Primmer ea the °barge of Id-
with him to Patriciate, where they lodged together. • tempting to murder his wife. Whoa the prism!". was
stet her and a companion in the street ;he asked her to go greed in the dock, Poliancoostablo Knight banded •
with kiro, and she ocessted. They walked about all night, medical
_osrtifmate from Mr.
.... Gatti rouldtkeso6maghaistsbieratet
and went to Bowdon, eine( at a public house at 8 dcbek stating that Ifni' SDI". wil"Al.
la the morning. The nest day she tried to get rid of him, atte„ lied for sod the 4_,___lratir Awaire4B"dronandw: illagulfas a wowesk.T
'but he would not leave her, and went with her to Patriaroft, Vet' !ca./ ff°,,'"? Fr"'
share they slept I. the rme bed. The primmer having left outr'Ku.'" '
hew, re livid is Ciaythoni until her father (mod liar antic( .EXTINEIV:8110-: BURY EY A Clad.—At the Hull
en • step in Jokanirtmet, Managed. The prisoner was • Polloemoart oa 110, Beam A. Taw. 19 Mere of ege.
*mid man. MONWII. Walker and Smith, eilmillara, Wineolmlest
Mn Addhaa, who held Mr. Tour's brief for the defame, our
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took t legal objections, whiab were overruled, and lotTlan 19th May last. The prisadme bad snmemdered himself
The age then observed flat the facta were animater- to the police at Hull as tie pesos evening, when he told
'able. the inspeater ea duty that " he bad coma to give himself
Mr. Addles mid Ise felt they were. up, for lee could stead it se Sager." Whoa asked what he
The jay, after a short charge, immediately found the and done with the mosey. he Newah bad Mos te Ames,
Guilty, and he was amitenced to twelve months' and that he had bees nabbed is York. A yams ems
=Tabour. t.iaiog threepence woe foiled open him. He was remanded
The Judge obesrved that the girl vs small of her cgs, far a week.
sod that the primmer bad dishonoured a family, and per- LONDONDERRY AND NNIFISin•IN RAILWAY.—
Saps ruined the girl. The offenoe was worse than felonies, The half-yearly meetly wad held yesterday at the aka,
which relived severer puriskuvent than be could give in 4, Oolamaamtreentiniddinp, City; Mr. Jams Obay,lL P.,
thee maw is the chair. The mood stated that the est of the lino for
NMI Pain Coon the put half-yes. 13,0001., bad bean duly paid by the Irish
(Before Baron Bramwell and Special Jades.) North Western Company in weekly paytneets. From this
Wire= .. LONDON AND NORTS enema "AMWAY OON. mount, actor deducting oMoe spears sad ialisesd o•
PANT. —CLADI FOR coorsnasmou FON A RAILWAY AO. shares and debentures, than remised • dimaimahle balsas
available for dividends sod arrears cif dividends of 8 MU.
CIDINT. lla 11d. The laminae, In movie, the adoption of the
The Attorney-General, Mr. Jamas. sad Mr. Balker were report, said it wee highly satisfactory to hew that the
for the Plofotill ; and Mr. Dante* was far the dafendasta. truffle of the the lime was moresaing, and tits reespla for the
The *IOC Kr. AlidrewlPNall7 it a marble polisher, lest half-year bad bees mu aio OMNI 411 ikon for the
sad sued wider Lord Campbell's Ad for muddy loss sr 1 reassposding stied let 1884. Oept. Warren emeadad the re-
' taioed by the death of his wife. wise had been Moil ea the welatiew, white was aped to.
es at the tad M lire
defeadente railway, sod. as alleged, throve* thetr sell- , par est. per annum cm the 11,8821. esk B, of six per sot.
gess. On the 17th al November Lid ilaa. M'Nally to. !•• the MAW. stock A, and of 5 per inot,with ape per oast.
veiled„___,_ byzsa the_ L'ws9ws_, and 14„ertbwswtswe leis friss i *a aemant of arrears, oo 247,744 stack B, were this din
sews. "" asswat at "MOM, Oak.. Muallbes I Word, which left 2011. to he carried to sat seadat. The
ter, the Make case to • Maid. Moony of the pm making directors Oeptain D. Warren. ILP.. sad Mr.
miss' got net. sad Me. M'NsUy bed got out me. the I Barlow, wan then rnelected ; as was Mr. 0. Windham, as
eagthn
• eteriegei whew the toga gave • Riddell jai auditor; aid a vote of thesis ha the admisida aimed ths
aPdaha was throws down betimes Cm trail sad prompediagn
a ......d was kilted The deemed had wised Nearly 8,000 Unveiled ova the Hyde
unimiumes 1""17 4"P is ths'"""l• "a th• *WM berg sad moral& - way lama week. The distance is only
with the hadose, bad 'offend peondary sight mum, end the has rasa theengli willow.
/(4.' WWII °Iall"d 6° km at fm‘r to a .arch ifs dhiwft [AdwerMadadat. HOLLOWAY'S Park—Him=
'knit kolas dime am &deeds, WWII from it. flamom—lt le to Melt mend and see MUM,
A. member el witemeses of Oho wielded wow called. sad • maw Mreadkreask or
'paned that the We had dapped at the stadia Wane din ge,--. If Aron WM be a, tNYlse
4esseed get egt and nee killed. sailer seek dronmetaases Saaragilas wide bid SU
Mr. M 'Nally was called, aid stated that he was • mar. 111.2=wwolark Nei ile:Majterog
.s.'
Mot boljoiosiormtfaosforoior, al 90s. • west. hadaips family . ad tak and bre freak
jpg jhre Tbagr: ea Se Wes. bylaw was •
„sensed mow , nos jot
abeadt. ,'elfar• ~_ 14w w.tfe. wist,. Itifeo,,e lea_ bmk these sad stand 'te
gemv4erseo me • rex, naw wife inviting tab/ absp mane laid ortiswalaff raftriethism Mame allawatem Wass "st-
emmata for both. The defence was that the train awls seretembis derleg the seWeleremein Alps bog adds
W sot sawed at its destiastion es the sietien, Me was sad altdartses mimeo' WWI. °Mr