The Express.
London, England, 1847-08-20 00:00:00

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be raw reisidally informed that in the event of his
IL% biZiehr liable to duty in hie possession, and of
ssek PIA imbeequently found by the officer, who is
hor an to ascertain the truth of the statement,
tee would become forfeited, and the party liable to •
of treble the value thereof; and should he answer
Obi ESTBSIGTe, the passenger should be requested to
"reduce the goods. If, however, the passenger persists in
amying that be hss such goods on his person, and the officer
mill have grounds for suspicion, the party is then to be in-
breed that the officer deems it n ceseary that his person
*aid be searched under the provisions of the law, but
east he (the party), previously to his being searched, is at
ggrerty to require to be taken before a magistrate,
a Wore a superior officer of custom,, who will
slatermine whether there be reasonable grounds of
mown or otherwise, and should the party not
Aid to be taken before a magistrate, or before
a superior officer 51 customs, but still refuse to be
starched, the officer is authorised by law to make snob
earth, and to detain the party for that purpose, at all time*
giving him the option of being taken before a magistrate.
sheold a party claim to be taken beforo a magistrate, and
aperwards refuse to go, he may be detained by the officer,
sad taken before • magistrate, the 56th sec. of the filth rep.
d 8 & 9 Vie. making • person liable to • penalty of 1001.
go obstructing an officer in the execution of that part of his
dete."
RAILWAY MANAGEMENT.-Sir,-I noticed a remark
in one of your papers of last week, that " much dissatisfac-
tion appeared to exist in the minds of shareholder' as to the
management of various lines ;" and, to prove that this dissa-
tisfaction has grounds and ample cause, I will simply advert
ea the report of the Blackwell directors. In this seireeenee-
rent of the report it is stated that the receipts ea ell short
file for the last half-year have been 27,6001., oel et whisk
1;001. only is declared to belong to the shareheiber-the
ether portion, about 24,0001., being required far payment Of
Winston debentures, and working the line. The amount of
interest on the debentures is about 6,0001., the amount eif
dividends 4,0001., making together just 10,0001., sag
laving 17,0001. for the expenses of working the lines
I find the amount charged for salaries and wages to super.
inunidents, porters, police, &c., to be nearly 6,0001. for
aalf-year-a larger amount than the shareholders receive;
then there is also • charge of 1,8161. for coals alone. At
say rate, it is evident that the expense of working these four
miles for the last half-year has been upwards of 17,0001.,
and I trust the shareholders will at length see the necessity
of interfered:. The directors say, " tpon an analysis of
the receipts, the deficiencies will be found," &c. &C. ; but it
is sot the receipt the shareholders want to analyse ; the
receipts are sufficient, I should say enormous, for so short •
line. It is the expenditure that, on the part of the share-
kold is, requires analysis and explanation.-D.-Exeter,
Aug. 18.
INQTESTS, YESTERDAY.-DISPETE BETWEEN A
CORONER AND A JC ROR.-Beforc Mr. Bedford, at the Mill-
beak Prison, on the hods of Edmund Phillips, aged 24, late
a prisoner in that gaol. The deceased was received into the
above prison from 'Taunton, on the 29th of last March, hay-
big been convicted at the Wells melons, on the 25th of Jan.,
for stealing two loaves, and sentenced to 7 years' transporta-
tion. He was stated to have been a man ofintemperate
habits, and after two months' illness, during which time he
had everything that his delicate condition required, he ex-
pired on the 17th instant of acute dysentery. In the course
of the evidence much confusion was caused by Mr. Arnison,
the foreman of the jury.-Mr. Lawrence, the deputy-
governor of the prison, in giving his evidence, made a mis-
take with retrial to the day of the deceased's dermas, stating
it to have happened on Sunday, the 15th instant, instead of
Tuesday, the 17th, whereupon Mr. Arnison proceeded to
L terrelate the witness in the most sudden and offensive man.
aer. 'Witness endeavoured to explain the error, but in vain.
-The Foreman (excited) : Then you were not in church on
Sunday, sir ?--Mr. Bedford : I realty cannot allow you to ad-
dress • witness in such a manner ; you are quite right in
correcting the error, but your manner is most offensive and
issulting.-The foreman here expressed his di/atria/action
with the evidence of the deputy-governor, and called upon his
brother jurymen for their support and opinion.-The Coro-
ner : I cannot take the opinion of the jury at this stage of
the proceedings ; nor are you justified in dictating to them
until you and they have hoard the whole of the evidence.-
The foreman here persisted in giving his opinion of the case
as it stood.-The Coroner: I cannot take your own peculiar
views in the middle of the evidence; it is the duty of the
jury to put any questions they please upon the evidence ad-
duced before them, but not to express their opinion until
they have heard the whole of such evidenee.-The Foreman
Have I not a right, as the foreman of this jury, to obtain
their opinion at whatever period of the inquest I like ?-The
Coroner : No ; certainly not. You cannot do so until the
evidence is quite completed ; besides, I hope the jury are in-
telligent enough to form their own views of the case without
your instruction is the middle of the proceedings.-A Juror:
There seems to have been some misunderstanding between the
deputy-governorand MeArnison ; I trust the coroner will put
a stop to the discussion.-The Foreman (with great warmth):
I don't care for the deputy-governor, nor for Mr. Coronae.,
any more than I do for any of you gentlemen, and I shall
express my opinion freely. Gentlemen, you have all taken
a very eenous oath, and I call upon you, therefore, not to be
intimidated by the coroner.-Mr. Bedford: I think that a
most insolent observation, and I cannot think that any of the
jury would assent with you in such impudence. If lam to
be subject to such insult, I shall refuse to go on.-The Fore-
man: I offered none.-The Coroner: If you consider you
have offered no insult to me, I shall really consider it unsafe
to go on with you as the foreman. 'Your observation"
are so offensive, that I cannot pay the jury so bed a compli-
ment as to inquire if they sanction you.-Several of the jury
here got up, and said they thought the observations of the
foreman were most offensive and uncalled for, and that un-
less an immediate apology was made to the coroner, he
was unfit to form one of their corps.-Mr. Mailman
then spoke in terms of apology, and alter further
evidence, a verdict of " Natural causes" was recorded.-
ALLIOND NEGLECT OP THE AUTHORITIES OP THE
HOLEOBN I:MON.-Before Mr. Watley, M.P., in the
board-room of the Holborn union workhouse, on view of the
body of Wm. Bean, aged 52, who died in the workhouse on
Friday afternoon, having been admitted the previous day in
• state of great destitution. The particulars of the evidence
formerly adduaed were reported in this paper of Tuesday
last. Mr. R. Gibson, surgeon to the union, said that he
made smut modemexamination of the deceased's body, and
found extensive organic disease of the spleen, lungs, and the
liver. George Muner, porter at the Royal Free Hospital,
deposed to having used every care in the removal of the
deceased, and his evidence was supported by two witnesses.
Dr. Meriden, physician of the Royal Free Hospital,
stated that he saw deceased on the Friday, when he
applied for admission at the hospital. He stated that he
was very unwell, and wanted something to eat. Witness told
him that they had no vacant beds, and urged
.hies to go
back to the workhouse he was in the previous night. That
day they bad 123 applicants, of whom 25 were for admission.
From want of funds, the committee of the hospital have
been compelled to close two wards. Mr. Gilson, on being
recalled, said that the cause of death was the want of nou-
rishment and proper diet. If he had been received in some
asylum, he would not probably have died so soon ; but life
could not have been preserved long. Witness's assistant,
Mr. Jones, has power to prescribe wine, brandy, beef-ten.
and nourishing diet, if necessary. (Mr. Jones mid
deceased's
stomach was not in • fit state to take wine.) The Coroner
fully summed up the evidence, when the room was cleared
of strangers. The jury in about half an hour returned the
following verdict: " We find that Wm. Bann died on the
7th of August, in the workhouse, ken organic disease of
the lungs and general debility, aseshrad by the want of
food, and it is the opinion et the jery that there
has been great neglect on the part of Xr. Jonso."—
DIATHE ALLEGED TO EATS Ina CAUSED BY A POLICE-
itix.-Bahre Mr. Wm. Baker, et the Boyd Memo, Pop.
Li, ea the May et Charles Solosmea stet Fare, who
heti& d<t ea Monday /ast.-Wm. Piro* eel on Itcmday
*main leat,_ &beet 8 °Visa, he wee ea the Breerrisk-pier,
Reshwed. 21rVesper reens-wed amok theca Gravesend ;
the linseed Tr there ; he baps to Yeah the ;
the damn aired Nisto stand aers sideissared said
be weed net. Hs then went is herd the Ind, when he
ass hid if bead net bdtave hired 4 he iced be put on
shoe. Duren' mid none of thent:semid pet Ida off the
bier. The rapid* then called to dm polies Is tabs the de-
emed ea dud ; several *lemma doe NM ea board the
beet eel draped the desomed et. He made several at-
UMp le get back again, but the penes prevented him;
weed wu that In the set of la tag. Witness did
sit re any more, but heard a sty of a men over-
Hr. G. W. kordestis, of High-Street, Poplar,
warn the *sa whin Ms eressar entre& Ile saw the polies.
run diMalft a Era ad of the vessel, the captain, et the
1.100 Goo. Amides lint le Inks him ea shore. The pollee-
ask lot hie al the deb llpker^ rhea he set him
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fa the pert of &eased
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awned leaped di heart Thep aireasen dial paid
by the tails of his oat The rent Gen we* red
0191,0 policemen ist ihe asered Mb river. I
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Via fa heart if the palm= had mot prevented him.
hut mewing egg the lime, the pelleara, rather than
=MK threw the deeessed fob the water. If the
lei set poled Ma air , be would net have lost his
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tae aloha By a juror : the policeman had
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Is Wed he bee or three Wombs em the water. Then
wav win% made Se eve Ha Demmeed fell loaddlit
the moll awl Om lamb Ogled. His body was met moo
weed me aloe eldest me Tuohy membok-Oommer.: If
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