The Express.
London, England, 1848-05-12 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 12, 1848.

ht years.
rt Roscoe, the driver of the trait), was next sworn.
Me void he had been an engine-driver in the service of the
Great Western Company for upwsrds of 31 yeses and had
previously been BO engaged on the Midland Counties Railway;
be was the driver of the express trains from Swindon to Pad-
dington, and had been so for three years. When they
started yesterday fr.m Swindon the train wee 21 minutes
late. Sluivenham is the next station, and is six miles diusual
s-
tant from Swindon. We were not going faster than
when the accident occurred. We do not tempt by increased
steam to make up for lost time. Therate have been orders
issued within the last fortnight that if we lose time we are
not to try to make it no. The usual speed in passing this
station would be from 35 to 60 miles per hour. When we
come in view of the signal at this station, if it was turned
to indicate danger, we should be able to stop in plenty of
time before we came to the station, betause I see it as
I pees the canal bridge, which is a dilitool3 of a mile
and a half. When I saw it yesterday it indicated that the
line was open and clear, and I did not see the obstruction on
the line until I came up to the goods shed, and was within
150 yards of the trucks. I instantly blew the guard's whistle
and made every effort to stop the train, but it was too late,
and the engine dashed into collision with the horse box,
and so canard the accident and the deaths of the deceued.
By Mr. Saunders; I was driving one of the new eight-
wheel heavy engines. In my judgment the accident would
have been far worse if it had been one of the six-wheel
engines, and if it had not been for the strength and weight
of the engine it would have been driven off the line, and we
should have all gone together. Now only one carriage went
off. The accident would have occurred, and been quite u
serious if it had been an ordinary train instead of the ex-
press. I saw the signs' all right at the canal bridge, and I
after I stopped the train the signal was still all right, and
called the attention of several of the passengers to it. e
The policeman said that was quite correct ; th signals
were on for the line being clear. lie turned it on a little
before 3 o'clock, and kept on the look-out fa the express
train; and, in the meantime, the 17 minutes' down train
came and went all right. He then saw the express train
coming, and held his hand out that all was right, and im-
mediately afterwards he saw the horse-box on the line. lie
then ran as fast as he could to turn the signal, but, before he
got half-way to do so, the accident had occurred.
that the
Mr. Saunders, in eerily to a juryman explained
porters received general instructions when they were em
ployed, and special instructions Ingo the station clerks • and
that the signal rules were printed, and in the hands Of the
policemen. Ile should not think that a person who was
only a supernumerary porter, as Willoughby was, was as
responsible as a regular poster ; still it was the duty of the
station clerk to give him proper instructions.
Mr. Hudson was then recalled. Re said—Willoughby
has been occasionally employed as a superior porter ever
since I have been here ; he has been employed for fully three
months, in consequence of the illness of Copier, a porter.
He knows his general duties; he does know that he ought
not to have put anything en the line unless the danger signal
is showing, and that is the rule. I also endeavour to employ
u supernumeraries penons who understand, but they are
subordinate to the porters. I have every reason to speak
well of Willoughby up to this time, and Mr. Wilson, who
was clerk here before me, can give him a similar cha-
racter. There ore three poem at the station, and when
these trucks were put on, the signal was that the line was
clear.
The Coroner then summed up the evidence, and the
Mjury,
after some consultation, returned a verdict of " an-
slaughter " against both the prisoncrs.—Similar verdicts were
given in the other came.

the efforts of reformers threughout the country In obtaining a tvidue.
tkm of the ealwartant expenditure of government, which we believe
cannot be aoriempitsheil without • Teton. of the MAIM of Commune by
the lenience cal house
outfragv, vote by ballot, triesead parlia-
ments, and equal electoral dlati,cts.
(Applause.) He thought they would agree that this was •
senutelictihtinetly large
tt srueshjereidst tot taket in bend
eaenprieedeischeussee at
the country, he thought the time was arrived when they
must put • stop to the increasing amounts they were
celled upon to pay in taxes. They had arrived as it were
at the very acme of taxation. (Hear, hear.) The
people were now used so much that they could scarcely
bear it, end he thought it was the duty of every man
who had a stoke in the country to come &tweed in
order to prevent turther taxation being added. They
all knew the present state of the continent. It might be
id that te diffeent states were standing wth barrels of
I g saunpowderh roundr them. One stray spark might set the
1 continent in universal war. Should this happen, what part
was England to take 3 Was she to put her head and arm
into it ? Was she to tind money in order that other people
g
mih tight ? His own opiuion was that England should not
do sot . Let other nations fight so much as they liked. amongst
each other, but the people of this country could stud no
farther expenditure for the wars of any continental nation,.
(Hear.) Ile also thought that if the
toold le
the of Englandliana did
not express this opinion strongly they by
verbal treaty of 1721, he drawn into hostilities with Russia
or Prussia, shout some small duchies called Holstein and
Schletwig. If the English ople were foolish enough to go
to war, in consequence of ape
foolish quarrel about them two
paltry duchies, they would, no doubt, get into • war with
the whole of the continent of Europe, and have another fifty
or one hundred millions added to the debt of the country.
With regard to the enormous expenditure of the country, he
believed, at the present time, that the gross amotint of
taxation exceeded 60.000,0001. All they heard of
its appropriation by the House of Commons, was as to tome
63,000,0001. or 84,000,0001.; but the remainder was not in-
ducted in the returns, as it went to pay the cost of collecting
the teem He believed the expenditure for the financial
year 1848 was set down by minister at from 53,000,0001. to
54,000,0001. He saw that they were now paying
27,000,0004 as interest on the national debt, and the other
26,000,0001. went fur the expenses of the government of the
country. Now, he would just show them that neither the
whig party nor the tory party bad carried out what they hooo4.ad
protease!—economy. (Hear.) In 183.5 they lead 27,000,
as interest on the national debt, and the whole of the expen-
diture besides was 16,000.0001. It wss now increased by
about 11,000,0001., or nearly one-third, and at any ra
the go-
te wits
two-thirds more than was expended for carrying
were to
on
vern, et of the country in lii3a. (Hear.) It they
al
go on increasing the expenditure at the rate of 11,000,0001.
in thirteen years, there would soon be a national bankrupttillcy
and nothing else. lie thought instead of going era
the country was in that strait, it was their duty now to
attempt to put a stop to it, and not only so, but to get a
great
reduction in the expenditure of the country. (Hear.) Look
at the army and navy. Mr. Cebden had been twitted about
some remarks he made with respect to the inactivity of the
fleet—ships lying uselessuselessat Malta and in the Tag. Lord
Palmerstou come out and told the house, with respect to it,
tat the blood of Douglas could protect itself. No doubt it
chould, so to ng as the people ot the country were fouls enough
to pay for it. (Hear.) Let them look at the ay. lie
found, by reference to good euthority—parlismrmentary
turns—that at the present moment hero Were 402 generalabso-
s
receiving pay from this country, the gem rale
lutely employed only amounted to thirty. Thirty out of 402!
What did they want with the other 432 ? (Hear.) lie would
appeal to their worthy chairman. Did he keep 432 over-
lookers, if he only wanted thirty to do the work ? (Cheers.)
It struck him that the chairman acted rather differs:ally. if
he only wanted thirty workmen, he did aot keep even thirty-
one. They bad 120 regiments, horse and lout, and how many
colonels ? Why, the almost incredible number el 1,094.
(Hear, and cries of shame.) Only 120 colon. Is were waallowe d
nted,
and 97.:a were kept doing nothing. Woutd that
if the country was honestly represei teal ? Cries of " no.")owed
It was, indeed, preposterous; but as long as they *L
the ancocraey to be almost their sole repreinntatives, was it
at all likely there would be any reduction of the number of
generals and colonels? (Hear.) He said there would not.
but what were they to do ? Why, they must set about re-
forminhe Reform Dil ; and the Inoue i t was ne the
better.g t
If the questionl was taken up and workeddoout by
the men of the late Anti• Corn-law League, he had no doubt
it would soon be carried to the same successful issue as the
agitation fur the repeal tithe corn-laws had been. Meer.)
It only required that the people of Manchester should set
the stone rolling, and it would roll on till what they wanted
was obtained. If thee looked to the list of the 110 rs wlllO of .
Cortlololo they would sec that one-half the membeere '
returned by the aristocracy themselves, whereas the member.
ought to be the representatives of working men, of shop-
keeper, merchants, and manufacturers. Those were the men
who outht to be in the House of Commons, and not an aria.
tocrat ; no, cot one. (Applause.) Believing, es he did, that
they cou.d not do away with this extravagant expenditure
except by a reform of the House of Commons, the resolution
be had proposed aimed at that reform. They requiredents,
to
hare household suffrage, vote by bullet, triennial parliam
and electoral districts. With respect to household suffrage,
the population returns of 1841 allowed that there were in
Great Britain and Ireland 6,782.000 males above 21 years of
age, and the inhabited houses were 4.775,000. if they were
enabled to obtain household suffrage, they would, allowing
for all casualti' a and obstructions, have at least 3,000
w,OOO
voter in the United Kingdom. The present number as
940,000 only. Of course, much had Seen and about house-
hold suffrage, universal suffrage, the charter, dc. Now
he was for universal suffrage—(heart hear)—but they had
much to go through before they could come to that. The
people must be educated so u to be capable of using it pro-
perly. The people had to be educated to understand the
question of the repeal of the corn laws, end they must now
be educated for the use of universal suffrage. Ase
at any este, household suffrage would be far enough to go.
Some might be inclined to go further—(hear)—•ute not so
far ; but he took it to be the best way to act so as to coat-
bine together as far as possible the cuddle and the working
classes. lie thought the nece sity of household suffrage, at
least, would hardly be questioned by any person. His own
opinion was that an educational suffrage would be the beet I
of any ; but that was a question which would take a long
time to argue, as there was such a variety of opinions as to
the kind of education which would suffice.
The resolution was carried, alter which a series of rules
were agreed to, and the Chairman, in conclusion, expressed
'4 warm concurrence in the objects of the meeting.
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N orris.

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'Dia MIDDLESEX MEETISG.—The sheriffs of Mid-
dlirei have convened a public meeting of the freeholders
and inhabitants of the county, to he holden at
ednesday
Hall's Hid-
ing-school, Albany-street, Regent's-park, on W
next, the 17th day of May for the purpose of taking into
consideration the manife‘d ariewices of the people, the
defective state of the constitution of the House of Commons,
the oppressive inequality of taxation ; the wasteful expendi-
ture of the public money, and the best means of uniting all
classes of reformers.
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IRELAND.
Mt/BLitt. MAT 10.
It is said by parties who ought to be well informed
that, for the present at least, the repealers have de-
termined that the council of 300 shall not be called
together. Whether this determination has been in-
duced by the recent proclamation of Lord Clarendon,
1 have not heard, but certain it is that the determi-
' nation has the concurrence of the confederate, as well
as of the " moral force" repealer!. So the " rational
guard " of Tipperary will not do duty in and around
the hall of the grand council, as had been held out to
the garde mobile of the 'rallies of Lower Ormond.
Mr. Smith O'Brien is at length relieved from his
magisterial duties. The correspondence between the
eft
Lord Chancellor and the member for Limerick l
no doubt of the course the former would pursue. He
has adopted that course without delay, as tho sub-
joined letter, to which I am indebted to the courtesy
of the Freeman, will testify:
Court of Chancery, Secretary's Office M 9. —Slray —I have the
honour to ithithowkdge the receipt, this morning, oeyour letter of
the 6th. The Chancellor dins not see any reason St that liner to
alter the opinion convoyed in my letter of the sth lost re.pec linerhe
promedings therein alluded to; and as you Mate that the document
In question, entitled " Proclamation by the Council of the Irish Con-
federation," wan Flawed by you, the Chancellor regrets that he has
felt it to be his duty to supersede you in the commission of the peace
fur the car of Limerick.-1 hare the honour. See., relAarta W. BRADY.
—W. 8.0 Brien, Esq.
The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel and his
clergy are about to adopt the course taken by so many
of their brethren throughout the other dioceses of
Ireland, and have prepared an address to her Majesty
calling for repeal.
EX OFFICIO PROCEEDINGS.
JI'DGMENT ON 'DIE PLEA'S IN AItATEMENT.
There was disiderable anxiety to hear the judgment of
the curt on the pleas in sbaternent, tiled for this morning.
At 11 o'clock the benches were crowded, and the Attorney-
General appeared in the centre of • semicircle within the
bar. The judges remained for a longer time than usual is
chamber, no doubt through the laudable anxiety of ensuring
an unanimous judgment.
Immedistvly on the sitting of the court, John Mitchell was
call, when having appeared, the Chief Justice proceeded
to give judgment. Having stated the pleadings in the fleet
information, he said, the first questio as, whether • plea oil
indictment pending is a good plea in abatement to an lake,
=mien tiled by the crown in the same mter ? In support
of the affirmative prop!.aition no precedenatt, authority, manioc
of judao or text writer as been cited, pointing directly:
to the propositien contended (or by the traverser, while ca
the other aide there it a great variety of cases to establith
heyond all question the invalidity of the idea. Here his
lord,bip cited number of caws from the old books—Coke,
Hawkine Foster. He dwelt with peculiar force on
the authority of' "King v. Stratton" (Douglas Rep.), and
on a review of all pronounced the plea decidedly bad. But,
independently of this view of the case, support by so many
authorities, he considered the entry of • Not. Pros. a suffi
cient arawer to the plea. Lord Mansfield lest down this
very decidedly. in "the King c. Stratton."
objection to the demurrer filed by the crown,
name namely, that in snbstance it was • pleas in bar, and preyed
judgment of conviction in the premises instead of reaped eat
ouster, the Chief Justice thought there was nothing in the
objection. The court will give a propsr jdes, udg
the cases cited
ment whatever
may be the prayer in the pleading. -Besi
by traverser 's counsel, where there was discontinuan be o
nof the
record, are all cues of civil actions. There cane
continuance against theerown in presente the regent, for
the King is always supposed to be in court. In fact,
the form of demurrer is found in both ways—prayer for thud
judgment and to answer over ; and however informal the

prayer may be, the court will give judgment on the whole
record. On the demurrer then to the plea in *bodement,
the chief justice held the crown entitled to judgment and the
plea untenable. As to the second information, his lordship
also pronounoedjudgment for the crown, and nearly on the
same authorities.
The other judges having concurred without observation in
the terse and Iwamoto judgment of the Mitchell,t-
-torney-Oeneral rose and milled on Mr. to plead over
without delay. Mr. M. who occupied hie usual plate at the
side hat, immediately stood up, and being 'eked for his plea
by the clerk of the mown, in a firm voice replied Not
speeial jury oa both informations wee then asked
of the court, and granted, as of course.—The Attorney.Lie-
nersl, with the permission of the court, has changed the
trials of Smith O'lleien and Meagher to Monday and Tuesday
next. A trial on Saturday might interdict the jury. from
sabbath oheervanoce, and prove otherwise inconvenient to
the judge.
Judgment in the came of the " Queen v. Sugden," which
excites much interest in our courts, has been postponed until

nest term.
CLONING OY THE PETNII-NTIHINT SAVINON BANK.—AII
event of very considerable importance has occurred to-day
In our city. The savings bank in Peter-street has closed,
and in consequence the excitement amongst the depositors is
very great. In 1831 thero was a large deficiency in the
fuade through the defalcations of an absconding officer, a
ldr. Dunne. The trustees loid a statement of accounts be
fors the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt, who sent over a legal gentleman to investigate and de-
cide on the claims of the depositors Tho tenon, a however
resolved to keep the bank open with the view (making
good the deficiency out of the annual surplus whenever it
should arise. So matters went on until the run of 1815,
when 223,0001. weredrawn out by depositors. These large pay-
ments restored public confidence until the tut fUlth came upon
the bank. The trustees presented drafts to the Commissioners
for the Reduction of the National Debt, which were ecru% .el
payment, and the result has been the closing of the book this
day. The trustees waited upon the Earl of Clarendon to so-
licit government relief, but his Excellency afforded no hope
from that quarter, pointing to the dilapidated state of the
Chancellor of the Exchequ• r's packet. Tomorrow there is
likely to be a were run on the other savings banks in
Dublin.

WALES.
A MURDER ST IRISH LA ISOUR ERN has been committed
near Swansea. On Monday night William Davies he a
cwrw bath (a drinking bout) in a small cottage adjoinild ng
the road, and within a few yank of the public house called
the Marquis's Arms, kept by Devid, the on of Jinkin Evan
about
,
one of the murdered men. A company, consisting of
20 persons, remained in the cottage drinkieg until one
o'clock. About hall-past twelve a party of Irish " navvies "
entered the kouse. They remained there for about halt an
hour, during which time they drank several pints of beer.
They entered into conversation with J. Williams (deceased),
and some other parties, saying that they had been discharged
by one of the contractors at Lnighor. and were then in
*vetch of work. It is said that Williams had p
liuromised
them work, and asked them to visit the part of thee where
his contract lay next morning. 5401.1 afterwards it ap,imired
that some words, arising probably from the feeling of
jealousy and antipathy existing between the Irish mid
Welsh, ensued between one of the " navvies" and a man
named Edward bi[rgan, who was eventually knocked
down. One or two other men, who interfered on behalf of
Morgan, received blow* about the head from spades and
other weapons which the Irishmen carried with t hem. This
*collie then appears to have concluded, and the " navvies"
lett the house ; some say they were turned out ; others that
they went voluntarily, and apparently with the intention of
[ inducing the others to follow them. A considerable number
[ of those who were in the house, incluuing John Williams
(deceased), seem to bare gone out at the same time, but the
majority immediately returned to the house, leaving behind
[ them John Williams and one or two other persons
to—it
have was
[ not quite clear how many—for all the party appear
been intoxicated. Soon afterwards a loud cry of " Murder" was
beard. the people rushing from the bowie, J. Williams and
Jenkin Evan were found lying on the road bleb ss, while
one of the "nannies" war observed to strike Evans's body
with a spade. The murderers than made off towards Swan-
sea ; one or two of the other men made faint efforts to pur-
sue them, but with no effect. It should he stated that the
unfortunate man, Jenkin Evan, had not been at
clubshe eserrw
bach at all. It appeared that, having left his at Castle,
he visited the Marquis's Arms, 11. pt by his son, where he
remained while ore or more of his family visited this gather-
Mg. In • short time he proceeded towards the cottage
he en-
with
the view of asking them to come home, when, before
tered, he met the lruhrnen who murdered him. Although
a considerable time elapsed before the police visited the
spot, yet 'eery exertion has since been made (but as yet un-
successfully) to trace out the murderers, whose nature are
said to be I'. and T. Leary, T. Martin, arid W. and J.

UNIVERSITY AM) CLERICAL.
OIPORD, MAT 11.—in a convocation holden this morning,
• prevoral to cooler the degree of M. by • decree of oonvneation,
on W. W. Brodie?, of of Magdalen, who 1. absent from England
on riewnint of tll health, met with the approval of the Now.
A he. wee hoiden w
ino
afterwards, when the U.
towing roes were oonferred. —II.B. • Rev. M. J. Orem, Lincolu.
M.A.: of Stucco.'. Rev. W. Clarke ; of Christ Chan*, 11. U. Falwell.
Wildest, R. V. Wlllitims. Rev. J. Frith, Rev. E. Gooch, and Ito.. T.
11. Ludlow, chaptaln. Exeter,Adams aod
broke of
of Lincoln, W. 11. Holman ; Brasenose, W. W. Ranson,
scholr, and T. Bullock ; of Comm citriiii, U. Pbillott, eattibitbmtr ;
I and of Magitakm null, Y. Bathe.

Pannitumnair.—Hev. S. M. Shepheard to Calthorpe Ve.,
Norfuak, SW. Nora.; MI., with residesee ; pet., the uurtece ot W
Genii Itoepitwl, Norwich.
T. Pince, 8.A.. of Magdalen Hall, Oxon, ha* been ap-
pointed Arelaunt MaAter in the Engliah deportment of King Edward
the Sixth's School, Brminham. There were 2G candidata).

NAVAL.
DIVOSPORT, MAT 10.—rentquin, 6, Limit .Cont. \V.
Lerille, arrived this morning from Falmouth, and Male into tambour
to Tept.._omsous, a I Capt... Moresby, Is Dourly expected from
Coat, to be paid off.- Cignionin, IA Capt. Cenci, Ut nearly ready,
and will named Int. ins Sound in a few daya-00enon. it, Com.
' Poynter, Ii gone out of harbour, and will sail for the Pacific on the
I3th or lath katAllt.
WOOLWICH. MAT 11.—Mr. 8. Read, assistant tO the
master Aipartibt of this yard, Wu been ordered to Sheem, re to set
al router alripmiribt; and Mr. J. l'eake, foremen, from Desonport,
ban been appointed acting assistant shipwright at Woolwitn.
ADMIRALTY, MAT I I .—PKOMUTION —C. W. Hope, to he
IleutenanL Arrot,ramm—Aeting.atasoar xO. Alien, to Yire Queen.

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2tol on Carsandra 110 y. Won by ahead. Run 10.2 loin. 43 rec.
BWSZP•TAILLS of 10 rove. each ; 3-yr olds, Tat 71b ; four,
8491 b ; five, Ike., 9st ; the whiner to be sold for 2001. T.Y.C. (6
word Stanley's Ito (F. Butler) 1
Lord Albemsrle's "lisMis (Robinson 2
Mr. Hmsresers's VigialSt ... (Pettit 3
Mr. Borne's Blackeoek 'sly ,
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Mr. Soma's Hawley
lord KleteeP C.erbodrne
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Mr. B. Green's Weston
Mt. Cooper's Beckett, Girl-,
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Mr. W.B.Btanley's frt. Antonio,
Lord Clifden's M otity
Mr. R. 11. Rievill's Hussar
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ECD.
Before
Orders were made in
not opposed.
Before the
EARL OF ORFORD
TOR SALE AUTRullitiEo .
Mr. De Get for -
the plaint,.
was instituted to determine
deed of resettlement of
authorised the trustee to
the purpose" of the trust ,
belonging to the family ant
had found that a mortgage
raising the money, subjee'
permitted that course '
for the trustee, and sul
the court. —The Vico C
be within the scope of
execute the necessary

sluing, In Hum,
THE QUERN V. Baur
—Mr. Dowdeswell fr•
dietment from tbe
mint had been preferred
chant in the City,
haring been guilty
by selling him some
wu stated in the •

custom were involved in the case, and it was therefore that
the defendant Ridley, on whom behalf he appeared, wee
desirous of removing the indictment into this was
J notice of
inquired whether the defendant Reid was
a consenting party to removing the indictment f—Mr.
Dowdeswell was going on to submit that that was not
necessary, when he informed tho court that he
had lest been instructed that Mr. Reid was him-
self ansious to have the case tried by the Court of
Queen's Bench.—Mr. Justice Coleridge thought it was ne-
cessary that both parties should give bail. as if that was not
done the defendant Reid would be under no terms as to
costs. His lordship. therefore, was about to decide that both
parties should fled bail, when the learned counsel stated that
the defendant Reid was unable to do so, upon which it was
determined that he
bail of the defendant Ridley should Ye
increased—that he should enter into recognisance', him-
self in 2001., and two sureties in 1001, each.—Under
these terms his lordship granted the rule.
ERMATUU.-11% our report of the cam of Dr. Durneastle,
the late medical (Aker to the Croydon Union, which ap-
peered in the Ezpreas of Wednesday last, it was stated
that the inquest on the woman Elicsbeth Hopkins, which
occupied three days, took place on the 24th of January in
this year, but it was actually held on the 4th, 7th, and 11th
days ot that month.
CONSISTORY COURT.
Before Dr. Liishingtun.
ArroLa e.ANGLE.—AiLTenr.—Divoen.—Th parties
were married in DM, previous to which the husbie nd b
cohabit, d with a female named Robinson. Ile continued
his illicit connexion, with the knowledge
es of
ided his wile, untile
1837. At that time they occasionally r with th
father of the wife, Mr. Rouse, of the Eagle Tavern. In
1837 the husband vparated himself altogether from the so-
ciety of the wile, and took up his abode with Robinson,
while engaged in carrying out certain contracts far railways
inFrene.
France. In 1846 the female, Robinson, died, when he
returned to his wife.—lt was continded, on the put of the
advocate for the husband, that the wife had condoned ; in
consequence she was nut entitled to the relief silo sought at
this court.—The court, in giving judgment, admitted that
from the years 183.5 to 1837, while residing with ter husband,
the wife had condoned ; but since then his criminal con•
flexion with the female Robinson had not received the ap-
probation or connivance of the wife, and she had, in conse-
quence, separated herself from him, The court, therefore,
granted the relief sought for, by adjudgii.g her entitled to a
separation.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.
C ERTIFICATZN.—The certificate of T. Wood, described u
an attorney, of Corbel's-court, (.1 racechurch• street, hut bettkr
known aa an alderman and for his connexion with the Tal-
oa° Mining Company. which had been adjourned from pre-
vious meetings, in order to satisfy the assignees respecting
certain items in the accounts, was at the sitting of the court
this morning granted without opposition.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
before Mr. Pedant Marino, sod *full bench of juwices.
"Titan." SMITH.—T. Smith, alias (.'apt. T. 11. Smith,
alias Tiyer Smith, holding a commiasion in the 1501 Bengal
Native Infantry, was indicted for obtaining, by means of
false and fraudulent pretenc.s, from Mr. Bishop, gunsmith,
of 170, 80,,d-street, a 101. note; and fur obtaining, in a
similar manner, from Mr. Oeorge Almond, hatter and army
accoutrement maker, of the same street, tire sovereigns with
intent to cheat and defraud them tit the same.—Mr.
Be ftop,
gunsmith, 170, Bond-street, stated that on the sth of April
l
he saw the prisoner dnve up to his (prosecutor's
shop door in his cab. Ile came into the shcp, and
after some conversation selected two double-turreted
guns, • double-barrelled rifle, and • single rifle,
the slue of which was 1401. lie said he was the celebrated
Inter Smith, the notorious Indian tiger hunter, and he
wanted the guns to take to Norway, where he was
the invited
to join a bear hunting party. Re requested that in-
struments might be got ready for use, and he lett and went
to an opposite shop, and ordered • telescope and some fish-
ins tackle to be gut ready fur the like purpose. About ate. n
o'clock of the same day he came into the shop, and asked
witness if he could cash him a cheque, es he was short at
cash, and banking hours were past. Witness, wishing
to oblige a custom, r, said he would do so, and in return
for • cheque fcr 101., drawn upon the Oriental
Bank, witness gave him • new 10/. note. lie then
went away. the cheque was presented at the (hi
cheat Bank the nest morning, but it was not paid,
the answer being that there wee no such account at the
bank.—Cross tistained : 1 believe the prisoner to be the
veritable " Tiger Smith." I have found • hat he doss actu-
ally hold her Mejesty's commission. l thought it • good
chi que, or certainly I should not have cashed it. I believed
he had an account at the Oriental Bank.—Mr. O. Almond,
hatter and army accoutrement maker, I, Ohl Bandstreet,
stated that on the 7th of April the prisoner ems introduced
to him by his brother as en officer in the Indian army, who
war capable of giving him some information respecting •
friend whe was in the Indian service. After having been in
contersation some time the prisoner called his attention to
the time of day, and said that as it was beyond bulking
hours, he should be very glad it he (Mr. Almond) would cash
him &cheque on the Oriental Bank. Witness drew up • cheque,
as stated, for 51., which the prisoner signed T. Smith, tilstor.
15th Bengal N.I " Next no
the cheque was presented,
but it was nut paid, as there was no account at the bank is
the priso:.er's name.—Doincan Smith, clerk in the Oriental
Joint Stock Bank, Walbrook, proved that the prisoner had
no account whatever at that cstablishment.—A police con-
stable took the primate into custody for beMg drunk 11011
refusing to pay cab hire.—Mr. Balantine, for the defence,
submitted that there was no ease for the jury on three
grounds: first, that the cheque was improperly described in
the; indictment; second, that the alleged lilac pretence was
not sufficiently set forth ; and that the false pretence was •
future false preterice.The court decided that the case must
go to the jury, giving the learned counsel leave to move upon
the points in arrest of judgment —The jury returned a ver-
dict of guiby generally.-Idr. Parry, for the prosecution, felt
bound to inform the court that the prisoner had been charged
with fraud at Boulogne, and these were not the only casts
that could be brought against him here.—The learnejudge
ordered the prisoner to be brought up for judgment at the
next session.

POLICE.-YEBTLIDAY.
BOW.STREET.—Cnanon or ASSAILT.-Mr. T. A. F.
firynohis, 'elicitor in Carey3treet, Lincoln's-inn, was
charged with committing a v ut and unprovoked assault
upon Mr. A. Mayhew, his partner. The coniplainant stated
that on that afternoon the defendant employed per to
remove a quantity of furniture from the chambers belong-
ing to the partnership, his father being • member of the
firm to • certain extent, notice of a dissolution having been
given on Feb. 19, and an order of reference having been made
to avoid the elpense of going before the muter. Some por-
tion of the furniture wu brought down stairs and placed in
a van, and on defendant requesting witness to stand aside
and allow it to plus he refused, upuu which the assault took
place. The defendant laid hold of him, butinner be obliged
him to desist, and having run into an °Moe
he laid hold or the poker from the fire-plane.
The defendant, however, rushed upon him and seizing him
•-• hair bit him severely in the back of his neck, in-
.. .
broke all