The Express.
London, England, 1848-08-14 00:00:00

VI, IBrama•

PLATS AT WINDSOR CASTLE.—Her Majesty eon-
Unties to manifest a disposition at length to Sign on restoring
the &Iles fortunes of the drama. After Christmas, a series
of dramatic performanas is, we understand, to be given at

Windsor Case', by her command—under the direction of
Mr C. Keen. The most distinguished talent as to be en
gaged for the purpose.—Afiserteum.

NAVAL.

purpose of ing at
l'ontramourg, Avo. 13.—The royal yacht, norVictria and
Albert, proceeded to Cowes on itiorsday foe the
hand for a trip in awe bee Majesty required her services. Voitertley,
however, the returned into harbour agala--TbeCyclore, ht.-fr.. lion
Capt. H arrived last evening at Spithead from Kingstown.
Dublin, having crews compkte, with the Coast Guard men who
went to Ireland in the Dragon. She remains waiting orders.—
Admiral Sir T. B. Copal, K.C.8., will emceed Admiral Sir C. Ogle,
Ba willComanderlef at Portsmouth, nest month. Capt.
C. Ede be the Flag Captain, and Mr. Kent Secretary. —Lb ited
&nice Gate te.
Our correspondent statet that Sir C. Ofik will give up them mmand
on Oct. 1, and that Sir C. Ogle'. raiment secretary, Mr. 'Nig, will re-
main with the new conanandersin.chiet
Chief engineer T. Baker, of the Victoria and Albert royal yacht,
to the rank of inspector of cream machinery.
The following acting lieutenants, mates, and midshipmen have
flrAtin navigation a the Naval College, this week : —Menm G. M.
lenrorth, A. li. Itosigklnsion, I'. Johnston, 0. A. Pideock, G.
Gray, It. L‘mhert, M. Fox, W. L. Stanifortb, and It. W. letweon.—
Itoyet Marinex—The following pawed at the Naval College, I,a can-
minions in this corps: Menace. 11. J. Jull, T. Voughton, A. T. S. Col-
lier, W. Taylor, E. 0. Stokes, J. 0. Penn. D. Vt. Curry, T. Moore, W.
C. Itymende, and H. M. C. Blanckley.—The following passed for ma-
rine cadets, at the Naval College, and Wined the Excelient : Mears.
Clemeets,L B. Erskine, . M, C. W.
Barton, J. Cobb, U. Nightengale,W P. It. Crawford, J. R. Boruld ken, and
F. W. A. Boyd.
Dauntless, 24, screw st,fr., with (menthe of MOtheree power, find
by Napier, arrived yestenlay from Glasgow, in charge of Mr. Bel-
lamy, assistant muster attendant of this dockyard, and a party of
seamen. She will be fitted for remmirsion immediately.—lnconstant.
96, Capt. J. Shepherd, is ordered front Monte Video to the Pacific, to
be plated under the order,: of RearAilmirsl Ilornhy,
26, Capt. Stant. y, was at AuckLuel 2let Feb., and i. to come home
Intmediately.—Ringdove, 16, Com. Ingleficid, In the East Indic., in to
he relieved hy the Pilot, 14, Com. Lyons, now un the coast of Ireland.
The Ringdove talk before the Pilot arrive.
1/Evoxpottr, Avo. 12.—Diligence, navel transport, Mr.
Toner, muster, went out of harbour this morning, and tinehuted in the
Bound, where she took in a quantity of powder, anti railed to
e
alternaon for l'embroke.—Crane, 6, Lieut. Parrot., lo n arty theo
out of harbour. but will be paid previous to her det..letate for Val-
mouth..—Belleirle, 72, on (
Hery at thin poet. float :he Medithr-
ranean, is to be paid off. in fittings &remit to lie disturbed,
but her rigging is to be retitled, and the step to be vibe& and kept
ready fur immediate Nevin..
WooLwlda, Ave. 12.—Orden were received at title per.,
motor lew days PillCe, that the Niger, st,eloop, built loom the tiCßigllol
a Mr. O. Lane, the master shipwright of the yard, was to be tied
down the river immediatety, and afterwardn proceed to Sheerness, to
he fitted for sea. Th.s ogdfr mama ha complied with, it ha' UN( been
dlecovered, on floating the vessel in dock, that her draught of water is
nearly double at the stern to what it Is at the lead, the difference
being no tees than 7 feet 4 Melia, SOW material alteration., there-
ore, moat be mode, before the means, is fit for era.
ADMIRALTY, AC's. 12.—PnomorioNo.-- I''. Sent t and W.
Radcliffe? be captains; C. J. F. £wart anti J. A. N. Ledger to be

commanders.
f APPOINTMENTS, Aro. 12.—Commander J. B. West,
Naval Cadets F. G. Craven and G. B. Slam, and ClerkaT. W. English
and T. !Walbridge, to Southampton.—Surgeon : A. Miller to Ply-
mouth diviatat.—Acting Ambit:Surgeon. : J. F. Johnann to Ilualar
hospital, J. slims to bramble, and F.. Dannetyune to Hibernia.—
Minter's iraittarit ; J. Gregory to Crocodile.—Aimut. knginier ; W.
Gall, to Myrtle.

MILITARY.
The 96th Regiment, which left Enslan.l in Nowmtier,
1840, is under orders to proceed from Van Diann n't, Lam' to India,
and no the Ilith Foot is the drat regiment to be relieved there, the
latter will return to this country on tv. Arrival of the Nith at Calcutta,
ns it is to be stationed is the liengnl presidency.
AUGMENTATION OF TIIE ROYAL SA vrEits AND MINEIu3.
—The following hoe been definitively settled us the augmentation
which the corps of Royal Sappers and Miners is to receive Four
companies will be added to the existing strength of the corps, 'flaking
23 companies in NIL The strength of each company is too rank and
file, and is thus made up: I telouratergeant, 4 sergeants, 5 corpora's,
S second-corporabi, 2 buglers, and S 3 prison". The whole strength of
the corps will therefore be 2,300 rank and file, with only one com-
missioned officer, a quarter-master; the regiment being tinkered by
the corps of Royal Engineers, which consists ezelasively of officer.
There is nu present intention of augmenting the Ito) al Engineers.
The 19 compunicf, of the Noyal Sappers and Miners nu. formed ars
distributed us follows: Four at Wei-11mb, two at Chatham, one at
Liverpool, one at Wakefield, two at Dublin, one at Southampton, one
at Unfits. North America, one at Bermuda, one at Corfu, one at the
Mauritius, two at Gibraltar. and two at the Cape of Good !lupe; de-
trainments are also employed on implications and surveys at Sheertw.s,
South Australia, Falkland 'shouts, !lung hong, Madames Bay, and
Canada surveying).

MEDICAL.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF Svitontms.—The following gentle-
men, members of the college, having undergone the necessary exa-
minations for the " Fellowship" of this institution, In pursuance of
the charter seemly granted for that purpose, were ;ulmitter. by the
council on the loth iron. " Fellows" of the College Meson. W. J.
Anderson, Grove-place, Brrrnyton, diploma beariag date May
14.1847 ; W. Cadge, llovrton, Norfolk, Nov. 28, D 845; W. W. James,
Exeter, Devon, Dec. 23. 1811 ; C. lt. Moore, Mortio.er.street, Caven-
dish-equate, Aug. I, 18 42 ; J. Robertson, Ilitchin, Hells, July 7,
1043; and 11. 11. Walton, Dernardntretr, nussell,quare.—At the
meeting of the court of examiners on the Ilth inst. the following gen-
tlemen were admitted members, having previutoly undergone the
necessary examinations, viz.: Mears. J. Crouton, Leigh, mar Man-
chester ; T. Crocker, Launceston, Cornwall ; L. Armstrong,llexhon,
Northumberland: K. Thomann, Shiffnall, Shropshire ; O. IL Cook,
Tetbury, Glouceetorshire ; 11. F. Malden, Worn ter ; A. Crompt 41,
Crompton, near Oldham, Lancashire ; and J. O. Smith, lthynie,
Aberdectohire.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
BOMB ClRCUlT.—Guthmroan, Auo. 11.
Ctvir. Sena.—Before the &cd Cheer Baron and a Common Jury.
ALLCUCK v. Burr.—Cosre OF ACTIONN IY SUPEILIOR
COURTS —Mr. Chambers and Mr. Pearson were for the
plaintiff, and herieant C. Jones for the defendant.—William
Butt, the brother of the defendant, was desirous of borrow-
ing a turn of 501, from the West Marylebone Loan Society,
and the plaintiff consented to sign a promissory note f.l. the
amount, in conjunction with the present defendant, Edward
Butt, the understanding beins' according to the case for the
plaintiff, that he was to be held perfectly harmless in the
transaction. and that the defendant and hi, brother were to
be the really resionsible parties for the repayment of the
money. The loan was paid off pretty regularly, but at
length it appeared that there was an arrear or 101. due upon
it, with 21. for fines, and about this time William Butt de-
stroyed himself. Very soon afterwards it appeared
that the note was handed to a person named Israel,
but under what circumstanced did not precisely appear,
except that it was suggested it was the intention of the
parties to place it in the hands of an attorney, who was a
friend, in ureter that he might cue in a superior court, and
obtain the extra costs, and very shortly afterwards an appli-
cation was made to Mr.Al!cock by an atto.nsy, named Hum-
phries, in Featherstone-buildings, who represented that the
pri.misseiry note was in the possession of a person named
Elizabeth Sinew, who bad given consideration for it, and
who had instructed him to sue for the whole amount. Mr.
Alcoek consulti el his attorney, Mr. Wellborn, upon this
application, and he made inquiries ; but finding
that it would be very difficult to obtain evidence
of fraud, he advised the plaintiff to come to
terms with the parties, and he agreed to pay 211. for
the debt and 71. 17s. 6d. for the costs, it appearing perfectly
cl ar that at this time no more than 101 was actually due
upon the note. It was alleged in b. half of the plaintiff,
that the whole of the 281. 17e. 6d. was paid by him according
to the arrangement, and upon application being made to the
defendant to repay the mosey, it was stated that he at once.
in the presence of Mr. Wellhurn, admitted that the plaintiff
had only put his name to the rote at his request to arcom-
molate his brother, and that he ought not to be a foe, r, and
he promised to pay the money on the nth June, and it was
stated that he did pay 61. on account, thus reducing the
claim to the amount now sought to be recovered. The
case on the part of the defendant was that Allcock
heirg himself in needy circumstances, had several times been
'concerned sith William Butt in loan transactions, and that
this was one of a similar character, and that he was perfectly
web aware that only 101. was due upon the note, and that
consequently it was cot likely he should hays paid 2SI. 17s.
It was a'sto positively sworn that when the plaintiff's attorney
was making application to the defendant, Allcock ad
witted ouly 10f. was due; and it was arranged that the de
tendont a! ould pay 51., and that Allcock ehould elso pay 5!.,
and so settle the matter; and it was alleged that the 51. paid
by the defendant was in pursuance of that agreement, and
that he also told Allcock that it he allowed any legal pro-
ceedings to take place he must pay the costs himself.
The Chief Baron, in the course of the :case, expressed
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opinion that the plaintiff could not recover in this action the
amount that he had paid over the sum actually due upon the
note, but that was a question between him and the loan
society, and the defendant would only be lisble for the sum
actually due upon the promissory note.
Mr. Chambers, in replying upon the whole case, urged
that the defence which had been set up was based on fraud
and falsehood, and he said that all the circumstances of the
cane showed that the version of the transaction given on the
part of the plaintiff was the correct
.one, and that he was en-
titled to a verdict.
The Chief Baron, in summing up, said it was quite clear
that there was deliberate falsehood either upon one side or
the other, and be was very glad that it was for the jury to
decide the question upon which side the truth lay. It was
quite char that there had been some very gross Irwin prac-
tised with regard to the note in question, and that the seere-
tiry to the loan society had enabled that fraud to be com-
mitted by pawing the note away. The learned judge then
went through the evidence, and said, aftir explaining why
in law, in his opinion, the larger amount could not he re-
c sired,ttiat, it they believed the intendant's witnesses,
they must still find a verdict for the plaintiff for 11., because
that amount, according to their own showing, would still be
due .; but, if they thought the plaintiff had made out his
cue, they would then find a verdict for 01.—The jury imme-
diately returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages 61.
Mr. Chambers then applied to his lordship for a certificate
that the cause was a proper one to be tried in a superior
court.—The Chief Baron said he did not think he ought to
grant a certificate. The costs of actions in the superior
courts were so enormous, and the county courts were so be-
neficial, that he was always inclined to let the law take its
course where less than 201. was recovered, unless some ques-
tion of right was involved in the inquiry. The coats of the
action would probably be 1001. or 1201., and it might just as
well have been tried in the county court, where the courts
would not have been more than 101. or 151.—Mr. Chambers
reminded the court that there was a question of law involved
in the inquiry.—The Chief Baron said at pres:nt he was not
inclined to grant the certificate, but he would consider the
matter during the assizes.
Avo. 12.
Corm, Comm.—Before Mr. Justice Coltman.
MATRICIDE.— W. Harris, 27, was indicted for the wilful
murder of his mother, Jane Harris, by beating her and cast-
ing her upon the ground. This case occupied the court
the greater part of the day, but the principal facts of the
charge lay in a very small compass. It appeared that the
deceased was a drunken, dissolute old woman, who got her
living by begging ; and her son, the prisoner, also led an idle
vagabond life, and when drunk they frequently quar-
relled and exchanged blows with each other. On the night
of the 25th March they were drinking at a public-house in
Guildford, and when they left at night they were both par-
tially intoxicated, and it seemed that they then made their
way to a limekiln in the neighbourhood, where they intended