The Express.
London, England, 1851-07-10 00:00:00

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Mr. Parry, on behalf of the prisoner, said he would not
for a moment endeavour to rescue him from conviction of
the offence of manslaughter; but ►e said he did hope with
some confidence that the jury would not, under the circum-
stances of this melancholy case, feel themselves compelled
to return a verdict the effect of which would be to consign
the ptisontr to the scaffold. lie then proceeded to comment'
upon the evidence, and contended that the jury might consci-
entiously say that the prisoner was guilty only of the offence
of manslaughter, and acquit him of the more heinous crime.
Mr. Justice Wightman having summed up, the jury
almost immediately returned a verdict of Guilty of man
slaughter.
The prisoner was sentenced to bo transported for life.

WHAT CONSTITUTES CO-PA
COMPANY?

NORRIS V. COOPER.

The Lord Chancellor in thi;caW,beard among the ap-
peals yesterday in the House of Lords, introduced the terms
that the respondent here had not paid any deposit, nor
signed nor subscribed any parliamentary contract.
The judges took time to consider the question.
The Lortlehancellor then said that he should wish, for the
information of the house, to put this further question to the
judges : Under the provisions of the 7 and 8 Vie., c. 110,
the promoterrof a provisionally registered company, with a
specific capital, assumed to act as a company and allotted
shares, and the committee incurred expenses and debts in
the preparation to obtain an act of parliament, but not being
able to procu-o a sufficient number of payments on shares
the proposed company was abandoned. Do the above cir-
cumstances constitute a co-partnership or compety within
the above act, and would it make any dilference if the com-
mittee consisted of le-x than limn persons, or if any debt
contracted by them was not contracted by seven or more of
their number ?

The judges requested time to answer this question.
Time was granted, and the questions having been handed
over to the judges, they retired to consider them, and re-
turned in half au hour.

The Lord Chief Baron then read the following opinion to
the house : The judges have considered the questions which
have been submitted to them by your lordshipo, and I have
to report to your lordships that upon the first of these ques-
tions there is not any difference of opinion amongst them,
but that with respect to the second and more general ques-
tion there is sonic difference of opinion. On the first ques-
tion I have to report to your lordships the unanimous opinion
of those judges who have heard the arguments to be, that
neither in the case where shares have been allotted, and upon
them no payment of deposit has been made, nor in a cue
where the payment hat been made but no signature of the
party to either the subscribers or the parliamentary contract
has been affixed, ought the name of the party to be included
in the Master's certificate of contributones. We think that
the mere fact of an applicant having become an allottee of
shares under the circumstances set forth—assuming that he
was an allottee, ss to which we give no opinion—does not in
any way make him responsible for any preliminary expenses
incurred. We think that this was the law pnor to the
statute 7 and 8 Vie., c. 110, and that none of the provisions
of that act makes any alteration in the law in that respect,
so as to render an allottee of shares liable for preliminary
expense•, or to create a construction of law different from
that which has hitherto been adopted.
The Lord Chancellor tendered the thanks of their lord-
ships to the learned judges for the consideration which they
had given to the questions which had been submitted to
them, and also fur the very distinct and important opinion
with which they had favoured their lordships' house. The
opinion which the learned judges had given upon ono of the
questions submitted to them might probably, in the con-
sideration of their lordships, render it unnecessary to trouble
the judges for their opinion upon the second question. Their
' lordships, having further considered the matter, would cause
an intimation to be made to the judges as to whether those
learned persons would or would not be spared the trouble
of any further consideration of the second question.
His lordship then moved the adjournment of the further
consideration of the matter, which was agreed to.

WELSII FLANNEL MARKET.—The demand, con-
sidering the period of the year, is at present very inactive.
At the last market the supply awl show of every descrip-
tion of flannels was a good average, but purchasers, and
more especially those from distant parts, were very few.
alteration can bo quoted in prices, which remain about
the same. The greatest amount of business was transacted
in low and middle goods, and these were generally sought
for, but still not a very large amount of bas..+inesa was done
in them, and there was a considerable quantity unsold at
the close of the market. _

CAPTIVE LAG LES IN INVERNEaI-SIIIRL—We under-
staad that Mr. Roes, gamekeeper, at fiairloch, when going his
rounds in the deer forest, discovered, in May last, in one of
the mountains, en eagle's net containing a brace of eaglets
which he allowed to remain till the 23rd ofJune.On examin-
ing the wait on that day he found that one of them had been
dead for some time, and he removed the other a short dis-
tance from the nest to a spot more convenient for trapping
the old birds. On visiting the traps on the next morning
he had the satisfaction of Hiding theca both secured without
almost any injury to either of them. He carried them care-
fully home, and basing provided proper accommodation,
continued to feed them for a day or two. On the third day,
however, the birds began to show such a degree of tameness
that they would not only of themselves pick up any food
thrown to them, but the female commenced feeding the
young bird with as much ease and freedom as if still
at liberty in her native mountains, and sine that time
both birds continue to exhibit an inernsing familiarity
without appearing in the least clisconceted at the pre-
sence of the numerous parties who are induced to visit
and watch their motions. We believe Mr. Ras has in
his time been fortunate enough to catch a number of
eagles, but be never dui any which exhibited such a
degree of docility as those now in his possession. The
mac, bird weighs fully 91b., and the female close upon
111 b. The eaglet is rather better than half ft,dged.—
, Inverness Courser.