The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-28 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1851.

Mr. Crowder, Q C. (with whom was Mr. Serjeant Chea-
pen and Mr. Boma) submitted, on behalf of the piebalds,
that the master of • veseel was ger er.l agent of the *wan to
conduct the buriness of the ship ; end that, as nth agent, it
wee part of hie hubbies,+ to sign Allis of ladmg. This being
so. it the master, in the sour.* of his ordinary duty, signed
a bill of lading, the owner would be se much limed by it as
if i.e had ibped it himself; sad el:hough by mistake, ne•
Orme, oe fraud, • false statement might be auk in
ouch bill of lading, the owmar would be bound by it to a
third party, who took the bill of Musa upon the faith of
No motet's eigneurs.
Me. Batt, Q C., (with kits Mr. Cleuby) contended that
the captain had no authority to sign tills of lading for goods
which be had not reeeitsd on hosed his ship. The captain,
it was true, was • general agent for his owner, but only is
?event of ohs particular beldame which he was authorised
to transect—nataely, to receive goods on board at • freight
to be agreed upon between him and %Gs shipper, to
take OM of then in trausim, and to deliver them
according to the contract. The an!hority of the
captain was, in point of law, to be gathered from
the n of the employment in which he was engaged,
and he bed no right to sign a bill of lading for goods not on
board. A bill of lading timid be no contract for goods not
on board, and the amignment of each a document conveyed
no contract or transfer wt. b referents to such goods; oeither
was the principal liable for • cmitrant made by his agent
und'r mash circumvent s.
Mr. Crowder hating replied, the Court deferred its jadg-
mint

would betel him if he made away with the work altogether,
pr that they should proceed to the hone to cut it oat
ofTeeltlom, end that ho would find a parelisser for it. Ho
' positively refused at first to secede to the proposal, on
ergoont of the injury it would entail upon his lather, but
was at length induced by the renewed threats end importu-
nities of the other prisoner to consent, sod Harris accom.
;amnia him to the house, and remained at the door while ha
abstracted the whole of the property, which he de-
livered over to Harris, the latter suggesting that
be should leave the room door open to give rise
to a suspicion that the place had been entered by
skeleton keys. He afterwards met the prisoner by appoint-
ment at a beer shop in the evening, 61111 received from him
2e. 6d., which Harris stated to be his fair share of the
booty, as the whole of the manufactured silk had produce I
2.0., and the entire eleven bobbins of " shoot" had been sold
for he. In consequent,. of Ms disclosure the prisoner Harris
was at once taken into custody slso, and lodged in the
station. . . .

Mary Chentherlayne, the daughter of the poor
Mete years of age, proud that on the day in question, while
her father was abesnt, her brother and the prisoner Harris
came to the how, the forgoer of whom gave her a penny to
rsmain down stairs while he went up to the work room, from
whisk he returned in a short time with a loge bundle, and
both prisiners lett together.
The prisoner Herne made no r: ply to this statement of his
ahconsplicp, and they were both reminded for the formal
completion of the depositions.
BENWIOLENCII —The magistrate annesneed his receipt of
a letter from Mr. Milne, the police commissioner, enclosing
a contribution of 51. from the Hari of C--. for the purposes
of the poor-boa; and also • post-office order for 10r. from
"C. J.," and 11. from "C. D. 0." for the same charitable
object.
MARYLEBONB.

Bat*?AL OCTRAO29.—John Corbould, a labourer, was
charged with the following most brutal assaults
Oa Saturday. tight last, between 10 and 11 o'clock, the
pprisoner weft
Portman-mews,
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and housetook of
leaf
the his in k r
he, rThreetour
He had been dearest upon many occasions not to enter the
house again, in coneequence of the noise and disturbance
which he constantly caused, and on the landlord laying held
of bins to put him out, the prisoner threw him beauty
upon his beck across the table, at the same time laying hold
of ooe of his fingers, and putting it between his teeth.
trith.ra cried out loudly from the pain which he endured.
Policeman Mackintosh 68 D spsedily came into the premis,
when h. found the prisoner and the landlord lying across
the table as had been described. He laid hold of prisoner,
and pulled him off, when he (prisoner), upon exclaiming,
Now I'll do for you," threw him with such violence to
the floor that his shoulder was dislocated. He was conveyrd
to Middlesex Hospital, and in all probability many weeks
would elapse ere he would be able to resume his duty. In
neither of the cases was there any surqeon's certificate
produced, and the prisoner was remanded for a week.