The Express.
London, England, 1851-10-22 00:00:00

IRELAND.

Mints. Ocr. 21.
The agitation against the repayment of advances
still continues to afford almost the only item of news
from Ireland.

Lord Lucan a plan of insisting upon a bill of parti-
culars has been taken up as a regular god-send by
most of the western boards of guardians. The
guardians of the Gort union cling to it with a despe-
rate perseverance, and have resolved not to levy any
additional rate for the payment of the annuities until
the demand shall have been complied with. " If,"
say they, "we were to pay any of our contractors
a large sum of money without the finance com-
mittee having first examined each item and each
voucher, we would justly expose ourselves to the
censure of the ratepayers, the public, and the com-
missioners. On the same principle wo now decline
to pay the government annuities. At the same time
we have no hesitation in saying that, when we are
furnished with a proper business-like bill of particu-
lars, we will use every exertion in our power to dis-
charge our liabilities to the last shilling."
The guardians of the Kilrush union are to have a
special meeting to-day, to take into consideration the
necessity of adopting the previous scale of rates,
whisk else sot ~1e& the sensitise, and it is in-
tended that the rate-books shall be filled up accord-
ingly, leaving it to the discretion of the treasury to
impound a portion of the rates to meet the treasury
demand, should they think it right to do so in the
present circumstances of the union.
The American ship, James Wright, with 400 emi-
grants on board, bound from Liverpool to New York,
ran aground on the Kish Bank, at the mouth of
Dublin Bay, yesterday morning. She was, however,
got off without any material damage, and proceeded
on her voyage. No reason has been assigned for her
getting so far out of her course.'
A lecture on the new style of ladies' costume, was
delivered iu the Round Room of the Rotundo, last
evening, by Mrs. Wilson and Miss Fleming. This
has been the first attempt to introduce the startling
innovation here.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
Bums lb. COMMISSION/12 UCILROTD.
Is nE WILLIaxs.

This was the certificate meeting in the case of William
Williams, contractor, of Ashford. His balance-sheet,
extending over 41 years prior to July last, contained the
following items creditors unsecured, 3,4861.; mort-i
interest, and ground-rent, 3,4551.; surplus at the
commencement of the account, 6,5801.; profits, 1,6851. By
mortgaged property, estimated at 4,5801. ; capital transferred
to the account of Williams and Betts, 4,8271. ; interest on
mortgages, 1,0451. ; losses, 3,0401.; trade expenses, 351.;
domestic expenses, NU.
Mr. Lawrence, for the assignees, offered no opposition.
He observed that the bankrupt's explanation of his failure
was borne out by the balance-sheet. He had been in part-
nership with a Mr. Betts, whose father was the longest
creditor, and made no complaint. They had sustained •
heavy loss on a contract with the government for some
works at the harbour at Harwich, which had been aban-
doned :at the instance of Mr. Bette, sen., who foresaw a
greater lots from their continuance. The result was, the
bankrupt lost all his capital, which a few years before was
equal to 6,580/., consisting of plant, lie The books had
been fairly kept.
His Honour granted • second-class certificate.

SURREY. S'ESSIONS.-THIS DAY.

(811011 UMW Pocus, Zig, AIM a Biwa o► MAONTAATZS.)
ATTEMPTING TO DIPHAUD THE SOUTH WESTERN RAIL-

WAY COMPANY.

IV. Wantell, 36, was indicted for having attempted to
defraud the South Western Company of the sum of 201.,
under false pretences. Ile was also indicted for stealing
several articles silver plate, the property of Joseph Hayden,
banker, at Onildford.
From the evidencri it appeared that the prisoner entered
the service of Mr. Ilaydon about a month ago. After two
or three days remaining at Guildford, he was sent to Lon-
don to transact some business, and on his return to the
railway station he went to the secretary's office, and said
that he had lost his carpet bag, containing property
worth 207. Inquiries were instantly instituted, and it
being ascertained that the prisoner's story was doubtful,
a police-constable was called in, and he was given
into custody. Mr. Hayden was made acquainted with the
facts, when he examined the plate, and missed two dessert
foriss and other articles, some of which were found in the
prisoner's possession. It was also ascertained that ho ob-
tained the situation by means of a false character.
The prisoner, who pleaded guilty, and threw. himself on
the mercy of the court, was sentenced to be transported for
15 years.

A Dar.orn. CASE OF CHILD MURDER wits dis-
covered in Wakefield on Monday. Shortly after 5 o'clock
on the morning of that day one of the porters, named Jack-
son, employed at the railway-station of the Lancashire and
Yorkshire Company, went to his work as usual, for the
purpose of seeing the government train despatched to
Manchester, which leaves the Wakefield station at half-past
five. A young man named Park, employed as a clerk in the
telegraph office, wits also in attendance, and booked four
persons to go by :the train, namely, men and two
females. On the departure of the train, Jackson, as was
his usual custom, went into the passage° leading from the
railway yard and to the platform, where passengers were
passengers were booked to go by the trains, and took away
a ladder, and proceeded to extinguish all the gaslights. The
passage at this time was perfectly clear ; but after an absence
of tire or ten minutes he returned to deposit his ladder in
its proper place, when he found a common blue band-box
rather clumsily tied with cord, lying in the passage. He took
up the box and carried it into the booking-office to show it
to the other clerk, and their curiosity or suspicion being
aroused by the weight and appearance of the band-hoz,
they opened it, when they found it contained a child,
wrapped up in a white cloth, with its throat cut from ear to
ear, the head being almost severed from the body. The
booking clerk states that about ten minutes after the depar-
ture of the half-past five o'clock train • man and woman
came to the booking-office window, and requested to know
if the train had gone to Thornhill. On learning that it had,
and that there was nu other train until half-past eleven,
they went away, and he saw nothing more of them until
th, y were afterwards taken into custody, when he positively
identified the woman as the person who made inquiries res-
pecting the trains at the booking-office window. The man and
woman are also identified by • porter, named Thomas Smith,
who met them in the railway yard, on their way from the sta-
tion, as be was going on duty, about twenty minutes before
six o'clock. The porter, Jackson, swears that the box must
have been placed in the passage while he was extinguishing
the gas-lights, and if so, and the fact of the man and woman
being at the station at the time fixes suspicion on them as
being implicated in the diabolical transaction. The man
and woman, whose names are James Doyle and Ann Smith,
were taken into custody about seven o'clock the same morn-
ing. They were brought before the magistrates on Monday,
at the Court-house, and remanded for a week, to give the
polico an opportunity of obtaining further evidence respect-
ing this mysterious transaction. The coroner's jury, after
a brief consultation, returned a verdict of " Wilful murder
against some person or persons unknown."
" PASSING IN NAVIGATION" AT PORTSMOUTH.—
Yesterday (Tuesday) Mr. James Blair Greve, mate in the
Royal Navy, who was reported in the Eapres of the
13th inst. as having " paned in navigation" at the Royal
Naval College at Portsmouth, was brought before the Ports-
mouth borough magistrates on the serious charge of felony.
It appeared that early that morning the prisoner, in com-
pany with three or four other naval officers of the same
Bade, had amused himself in pulling up. a quantity of iron
seal4ellar phew ben the pavement in King's-terrace,
hentbeeh dwill thee, beim detected by • police con-
stable whit these of *see plates hanging over his
shoulder, be wee token into custody and locked
up at the elelks. Mr. Archibald Low, a soli-
citor, of before the bench in defence
of the primate, almijor the facts of the OM had been
clearly proved. spa *et his client amid net be mol-
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