The Express.
London, England, 1848-11-16 00:00:00

suncludd
about three
ter diet as tot
of conspiracy
'lle jury e`
&ion as
bent Hamill
Popes
rity
The L.
in regard
cislty,
using la.
res Manes
sedition li
determine
to any ezU
they are p
guns owl
to lawful
quite our s
the choice
out the
brace be
the won.
suggested
stand as Co
Hamilton
calculated
lawful nut'
Itanken g
was then
oonvau-
tlaat
soners

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coming,
compe
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carers declaim

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since r
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men

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been
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exeit
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agency
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commented
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ancient
melanchol
yard, in
several

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4,1 up, the jury retired, and returned into court is I 1 } '
three quarters of an hour. The foreman intimated the
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it as follows : " The jury unanimously find the charge
spired against the three puma as libelled not proven.
are also unanimously find John Grant not guilty of se-I
as libelled. The jury farther unanimously find Ro-
imnitton guilty of using laneuago cat ulated to excite
ax dimffeetion and resistance to lawful south°. , e
and by . a majority of one fled Henry Bank=
I of =ill, similar language.,
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e Lord satire Clerk said—Be gaol enough to &cern,
aid to that pert of the verdict that contains the ape-
and which finds Hamilton and Ranken guilty of
language calculated to excite popular disaffseticn and 14
awe to lawful authority, that this is the description of
on liter% d. To make your verdict correct you should
mine whether they are guilty or not guilty of sedition
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~,ywoaei.xitenthiednaut
ththoar;tyytoicptrleahj
i our meaning, me lord.—The Lord Jmuce.Clerk :In . , I
are guilty of sedition in so far as thfaotltehzeaymulelrecrlanay:
holies of the word .. caleulati. d," du yon mean to leave
Pt. Ori:ermoudeisnmairoa'cT;thoenJanurdyrel': resistance
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ested by the Lord-Justice-Clerk, end was agreed to i
I as follows: " That the jury unanimously find Hobert
wordthee b 0 t h"?, - -:. di
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.me "intended,
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hoc 1 rfe t hise
verdictJ ruyr .. verdict
wNv. pt
iutr7inoe a ea
alterednt yt 1 e o't eomuut-
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ifiton guilty of sedition, in so far as that he used language
slated to excite popular disaffection and resistance to 1 . 1
VI authority ; and by a majority of one find Henry I
ken guilty of sedition in the same terms."—Mr. Grant
then dismissed from the bar, and the other panels were 1
reityeiscl at to 4 1 i
to to object to the sufficiency of the above verdict. ,
present the
Theinuconutirton aolotuhrened counsel. We
fu understand ndtehae tpanrid.
doneyhas for tome time been getting more plenti-
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and, in consequence, the banks tare r.dueed in-
nt to 3 per cent. on deposit, and 2j on current I ' 1
cants. The exchange banks have also followed in
downward march, having lowered their rates from
to 41 per ant. House property, latterly not a ,
ourite form of investment in Edinburgh, is again 1 1 •
ning more into use. In some recent casts keen 1 „!
npetitions for purchase have taken place. I r
It is said that the Annuity Tab has not been the
.e cause of Mr. Lefevru'a mhsion to E tinburgh, i
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d that he has, in addition, been charged
look into the efficiency of —if not the 1, •. . ! -
oessity for--the Fishery Board. Many of the
rers declaim • t the Board, whilst others are
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ace
gedthshcenalitheeicalateßathtlrboveni.
atent
beene
wutility.,:ra:
infinitely .
more
ca It
they
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the bored, Mr. Lefevre will have to decide. The
but whether in other respects the -
lorefisher-
eclePmerentcohbe:
eenthi.oeMnpuorth can dispense with the leading strings
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ix. Minl investigation would have afforded same
xeitement if not amusement; but Mr. Lefevre has
ears no publicledmisipcilayareen dissatisfied
el:4e, cdt thofatththe aerennuhita;
made•up his mind to be enlightened by documentary
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.sgeney and private conversations, and not by public ,
lowdp;in.sonaTehetown
voluminousconacilprepare
hioninnecthe firsttphlace, I 1 y 4
the
mpost, which are presently being examined and
unmented en by the dissenters ; and in due time the
loonmenta are to be handed over to churchmen for the
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purpose of being Sully annotated by them.
We have jut now had a rare process ionsummsted I I
In presbyter= Scotland, viz., a church restoration.
South Leith Church, euppoeed originally to have been
Wilt in 1490, hea ever since the days of the Com-
monwealth been gradually deteriorating (Cromwell 1, I
having used itfor a stable), and it was resolved some I • ,
years ago to rebuild it, which his now been done. •
The restoration his been made in good taste, the
ancient Gothic having been well preserved ; but it is
melancholy to observe that the surrounding grave-
yard, in the-very heart of the town, has its surface .
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several feet.above the level of the street.
GLASGOW, WEDNESDAY EVENING. /
ELECTION OF LORD RECTOR.—(By Electric Tele-
graph.)—The election took place to day, and the
numbers were, for Mr. Macaulay, 255 ; for Colonel
Mare, 208 ; majority for Macaulay, 62. Mr. Macau-
lay had a majority in all the four nation..
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WALES. • i
HIGHWAY MURDER.—A labouring man, named l
Thomas 'Lewis, was murdered on Sunday last, in a bye-
street of Cardiff, by an Irishman, named John Conners. A i
alight altercation having arisen between the parties Conner
threw a stone at Lewis, who thereupon ran after his
wail- • I 1
ant, and had just Caine up with him, when Conners, with a
knife he had open in his Lend, and the blade of which was 1 II
five Midi inches 10, stabbed the unfortunate man four • !I
times in the breast. Lewis fell dead e n the spot. The mur-
derer made his escape, and has not since been heard of. On . 1 I
the evening of the next day the Welch pmulace attacked the
Irish labourers in their lodgings, and, but for the inter-
ference of the police, there would have been a serious affray.
PROVINCIAL. 4 .
LANCASHIRE.' 1
ROBBERY OF THE BRIDGEWATER TRUST FUND. i i
On Tuesday the house of Mr. Riley, a s ireant to the trustees 1
of this late Duke of Bridgewater, situated in Castle Field,
Manchester, was broken open between 7 and 8 o'clock, in 1
the absence from home of the family, and 6111. 17s. 6d., of ,
which 3601. was in gold, was stolen. The thieves had broken
open the door with a crow-bar. i
CASE OF FORGERY.—Yeeterd ay a young man, named
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John M'Cormick, was charged with bring implicated in
forging a cheque on the bank of Sir Benjamin Heywood and
Ce., purporting to be a cheque from the well-known firm of f ' ! '
Du Fay and Co., general Manchester merchants and ship.
pers. The prisoner bad presented the cheque at •
the bank on the 6th instant, when the forged signature
being detected ha was given into custody. His state-
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meat was that he had seen an advertisement in one of the
local papers for a book-keeper, and being out of a situation,
he applied for it. The reference was to a Mr. Lee, who met ti i '
him by appointment at the Palatine Hotel. Mr. Lee told
him he had engaged a book-keeper, but expressed an lute- , I
rest in him, and said if he wooed meet him there again he
would tellhim of a vitiation, should he in the meantime il
hear of one. He met him a second time, when Mr. Lee,
who had 801. incises on the table at the Palatine before him,
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employed him to get hanknotesforfilteen sovereigns, and ro.
quested him to W same
O him again at the me place on the 6th inet.,
when he gave pima cheque on Sir Benj. Heywood and Co.'s l
bask, which was for 011. 135., saying he would have 4
the principal sum in five 1001. motes, and the balance in gold, .
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at the same time giving him • bag to put the cub in. This
singular statement is confirmed to some extent by the fact ' iii
that a gentleman calling himself Lee has several times been at .
the Palatine, with whom the prisoner has had interviews. It i I
is also stated that this Dlr. Lee left the hotel on the 6th inst.
soon after the prisoner, wearing a pair of large green specie- i i
des, which he had not on when he entered, so that it is II k
possible M'Cormick has been the fellow's oat's-paw in the $
matter, and that, after watching him to the bank, and per-
ceiving the failure of the scheme, the real swindler has ab- i ll
wooded and left the dupe to his fate. The prisoner was re-
sanded till next Monday, that further inquiry might be ,
made. ! I
YORKSHIRE.
DRAINAGE AND ITS INFLUENCES.—At the last i 1
meeting of the York Farmers' Club, Mr. China& intro-
duced the subject by saying: " I have often thought, had
my means been equal to the will, that to hold out an ad-
ditional inducement (could any be needed) for drainage
being more renerally adopted, I would undertake it at my
own net, and do it effeciively and permanently too, on being
paid the extra produce per acre of the two succeeding crops . t
aster the work was dine, and when those crops came to ma-
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turity. Thera would, I am aware, be some difficulties in
such an arrangement, and some little trouble possibly 'f
you will comprehend from it, that I connive I should make
a very good bargain by such a mode of reimbursement. ‘ i
Well, then, says the owner, if this be so, why does not my I 1
tenant make an agreement with yen, or himself do the ri I
work, seeing how soon it will pay fur the outlay ? Yes, sir, 1
rejoins the occupier, that may all very true • but I 1 i
must not, on your part, forget that if I drain this landi in the
permanent and effective manner you would desire to see, I
am departing from the ordinary routine of my cultivation,
by making, for a time, a considerable additional outlay,
which my capital will not admit of without a disarrange-
ment of my customary proceedings; and, besides, I shatille ll 1
improving in permanent value the fee simple of your pro- . 1 ,
perty, which is not my province, any more than as a tenant
of a house I am obliged to make additions to it, whereby
its value and comfort are enhanced to my successor. Such
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is the position of the two parties—a mine of wealth between j
them for the digging, and yet neither attempting to ream
it ! Is there no remedy for such a state of things? no mode
of compromising the matter, and dividing the spoil ? Is
there no such thing as the owner opening the mine and ,
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the tenant working it on the payment of a per center, on
its coat of opening, as additional rent ? Or is there, in
ma of necessity, no middle man with suitable skill and 1 Ili tl
means to say to the owner: .If you will permit me, air, i
to exercise my experience and ability to the systematic
drainage of your property, I will undertake to execute the
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entire work in a complete manner, and you shall reim-
bane me by a charge of 61 Der cent. on the outlay for
twenty-five years.' With all my heart, Mr. Drainer, if I
you can ensure me that the land will be worth so much iI
more to my tenant, and that he, in fact, will undertake
a pay that factitious! rent.' Now, were I the occupier of
such land, I would most readily pay 10 per cut to have it
well done—it is but 10s. per acre more—assuming a cost of
61.—and what is that If I can realise eight or ten bushels par
acre additional produce—and that, too, without taking into
the calculation the amount of saving in kone-flesh, &e.
seastiologionmuWilliiiHd.:rainmilibtt.uplaimarYiadiliaiNe.Oteindb.Flit.:o7f ..
LadinThe:sampeetorraCatmon.inibmLquathelairylersothedcoihieeploarisofroini:rbruhartiartAnsudth!htharirs:golpor:inwohutOthesesseeatinglithel
leeiatoe:ll' conduct
tee ,
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of Mr. Lanai, the gaoler of Hull gaol, terminated in Mr. I' •
safigistrates, upon isonferring with each other, declined to do.
the magistrates passed a unanimous vote, rearems Mr.
state, raeosameading the Mit the beach
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