The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-22 00:00:00

THE SLOANE CASE.

In consecineuee of the rumoured intention of Mr.
Sloane to apply to the Court of Q :nettle Beach to remove
the indictment in this case into that court, the subject was
brcuizttt under the consideration of the Board of Guardians
of the West London Uni.in, last night, when Mr. Pon-
Wel, the clerk to the board, 'titled that he hod
taken eli the necessary precautiunary et, ps to pre-
vent the inning of the writ without notice of
the intended application being given to him, by entering e
more at the Jutgn•ehambere, and ales at the Crown-rake,
sad irviag the defendants' attornite notice of the fact, bat
up to the present time he had received no notices of the
application.
Mr. Chant's, who appeared fir Mr. Sloane throughout
the rumblings, and at the Central Criminal Court,
it ham beta ascertained, has not received Weise.
boats to apply for the writ, which eon only bs done,
during term, by collage), and application to the court at West-
minster, a judge at chambers having no power during term
to dirtet the writ to hew. Information has reached Mr.
Bar, thee IHar, who holds the warrant against Mrs. Slow,
that •he la residing at Boulogoe, under a feigned same ; end,
fe eaueNuence, he has had several interviews wit► members
of the II turd of Guardians end Mr. Pontifex ea
to the tropriety of applying to the government
to aid, through the French authorities, ►er apprehension is
the event of her being found there ; bat, as his going over to
Boob:Nine would he attended with eonsidersble expense, he
(ftw) objects to do es unless indemnified by the guardians.
It op.—ars, however, that there is a strong disinclination on
the part of the guardians to do so, ender the ins.reni on that
tie poor low auditors world dialing the mount.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAT.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
bircaft Ym. Coluinotrma Houma
Is is SAViLI._

—.—
The barkrupt a mall drep.r, at St. Neotee, in Hunt.
lagd.ras _i-e, apPlirri ho his cortifi,tate, supported by Mr,.
Lieklater lila proved &Ira were 1,8501., aacl he gave map
about GUI 1. in good dt ha tad praptrty. The way peculiarity
la the wte that, while null tratiamen in the 1010.
bewhool of the to trup.lis generally ascribe their nisi to
the uproar'', of a ra.tway with Loader, 00 bankrupt curl
hated his 'Wien to his being cut off Iron all railway C3lll-
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Hie Realm granted a priond. elms certificata.
IN EC JA1:141111.

There wee a dividend meetior to-day is the matter of Jar
One, the mammy of the ILreford Saviors Bank.
Mr. Alfr..st Jones, who reprte•ntsd the assignees, stated
that, vile time ago, Mr. Lawrence had put in a claim for
2,00td. c,a the port of throe depositors is the saviors book
who might be held entitled to prove easiest the estate ot
Jardiae. &tend had done so; and he now applied that
the china sai.. tit be 'spur red, it beicr ussdentocd that It
was eel; awe 101 the purpose o. re,erviog a dividend for
such ver.ous a. milt prove. Those oh.) bad dace so wen
mauled to a dividend.

M. Liekiater (i.; the absence of Me. Ls smelt) said he
hae ni instructions M the matter; het, it the trustees of the
bank tame and a .ui•ht to turn the clam Into proof, they
erastit to b. a• I;berty to address the court.
TA. Cw.•teioocr.-1t !hey 031,8 betas the imitates is
done, I will hi sr wt.►t they . eve to say.
Ply. Jan—!t is not very likely, et it has been decided
diet they cannot prove.
The Cunmissioner—l 'foal suppoec ;t is ; but we may as
welt weir, en.: let*. eapusging of the claim be till the elan
*lda hewer's

—neva ie •pwaed. of 10,0001. el 'wets in hand, and the
divirk.4 ad I. :pc tied to be Cb.ut 10a in the posed, making,
with the premiss dividend, 16i. in the pound.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY.

GUILDHALL.

CANINO AN EDlTOll::Mr.latets, the *direr of 'a news.
paper called the Natal Journal appeared to thy to pre fee a
charge of 'resit agnnet Mr. Mime, the emigration scent.
It appeared that the latter ge piteous, feeling offend. d at a
paragraph in the Jostensl is question, m.t Mr. March in
Great Wel thester•street, and areaulted biro with a stout
validate cane, h.flicting unreal blows, the a.atka of which
Mr. March exhibred to the magistrate. After a good deal
of remiatination between the perdu., the magistrate (MA/r-
-ola& Unpelano) decided on seethe, the case to the it. salons,
tequila, •Mr Elm, to Had bail himself in 201. and two
111•41.:1411 of 3Ut. to answer the sheave.
BOW STREET.

Rounv.ity tu wh3 me himself
•p at the Chief-efae•, Seot:and-yard, a few days mitten, and
eanisewd to 1 mug atemeosd sad stolen the sow of 181.,
the prop riy of his ma-ter, Mr. W. Bibtlerp, of Clare strict,
Listsrizk, was 'swanned.

The ine.pector stated that he bad written to air. Sibthorp
eadireeeived a, answer, sieving that he did not intend to pro-
strate . Thy Loop etor hiving no warrant for his apprehen-
sion, the ft:toner was discharied.
61ARLBOROUGH.STREET.
EI'HOLART IX TOTTENHAM 1:01:111-110AD —J. iTilltairw.
allay Mallow Jack, J. Cutter, aliu /ono!, LeiskA San, W.
Allasois, aka The Irian Ilesrlmr, C. Nonni, and C. Um-
hay, , has Little Charley, were fully committed for trial, en
cleave of bugle/lowly entering the house of Mr. Varley,
r, he., di, Tot:. nttam-court road, and stealing there-
at:as property to the amount of 140/.
WORSHIP-STREET.
Picittun rOCINTS in CHUSCH.—C. Baldwin and T.
the elder of whom we. only about eleven year of
it., were re ezamin 4, charged with haring peeked
the leant of • lad named George Barker, during
divine service at St. Mark's Church, Old-street, and also with
haring ir,quitceel other places of public worship with intent
to esuanid
Cnnplainnt said that on Sundae evening he attended
the shove church, and was informed by a lady that Baldwin,
who It.l jar entered vri,h the other prisoner, and mated him-
telt 'pet him, had abstracted something from his pock.t,
rehab he kW paned over to hie companion. Finding on
examining his pnekct, that • clasp knifo bad beta taken
from it, be at awe charged them with the robbery, which
both of them dmied, at the same moment hastily ls.vicg
the church. Thu were follow:.) into a chapel in the neigh.
homeland, ands policeman found them in the gallery. He
ordered them rut, •,11 on lurching them found the knife and
• Bible, evidenvly beloneing to 'member of the congregation,
sad with the name and date, " Mary Ann Saunders, Dee.
15,"," inscribed within it. Baldwin had been see, ral
bears convicted. Ile had been admitted into • philanthropic
institution, and discharged as iutc.rrigible.
The prisoners were committed to Newest/if*? trial.
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Attaall'TED StICIDI or ♦ MAN ♦rD HIS C.
11.1sIoni, a thetemaker, and Mat,61.1 Belateam, his wile,
bairn at N, 8, Goringotre et, H. atop, were charged with
attempting to a remit auicide in the Regent's.eanal.
P..licenam Alswortb,S 71, stated that shout three o'clock
tilts slamming ►e wag on duty in Devonshire row, Hoxton,
seer the Dental's-easel, when he limed a violent altercation
between n sus and a woman. He arproaehed them, and
suddenly heard a splash in the water. Upon gutting up to
the emal he saw the male prisoner struggling is
the triter, and he was harmed by the festal* that
he h-41 thrown himself in for the purpose of ;drowning
himself The stale prison., had reached the opposite side 01
the canal, and witness called to a policemen to endeavour to
save him. At this moment the female primer, exclaimed
that its, would destroy herself, and she was about to p:uoge
in, but ima stopped by witness. Sae was gives into the
crime, of the other constable. Witotus suboequently
re.esed the mak prisoner. They wee.) both taken to the
sta•ina.boom in Ito& rt-stror t, where they stated that they
L. 2 b dt, strewn to drown themselves.
Tee t..elr prisoner said that he sod his wife had been to a
Lail, where they bad drank rather freely. When near the
cunt they had a few words, and is a moment of excitement
he ',will) plunged into the canal.
The pnsmers, Wisp tumble to find bail, wen locked up.

RCICII.E.—Tbis morning Mr. Carter stated, at as
irquest held by him at Comber'',ll, that be had last held
so I, q.siry oe the body of a your" woman who destroyed
herself hy pumping from Waterlaudoridge, the facts of which
etched sot sun published. The ranee of the young woman
was S phis Julia Offley, about 20 jean of age, and, it wee
l•t I, AM been very respectably brought up, but had recently
been out at service. About four amoeba ego her master sad
mimeo left tow,. end she bad their authorhy to draw upon
are of Ms clerks for her wages and any espouses
which she might be at for the household. She over-
drew to the amount of a few shillings, and this led
is extraordinary eseieement, and ultimately to her
death. She west to her brother-in Isles, who le a tutor, in
St. AIM'. coon, Holborn, sad declared she would sot ge
hide to her mistress, but declined to seats the reseos ; aM
was, however, prevailed on to return ; but again sad
wu hied hams in Red Limey's's'. Her brother-is-law
to)l her *co hi Me se. She bad written to him to say she
hat done wrong, sad was detennised to destroy herself. Oa
Ha day weak she west out I. great euitement, her brother
shag as her to num back, bet she would not, sad the na•
sight key bonnet was bead on Waterloo.bridge, and her
bogy near it in the rim on Friday last. The jury returned
a verdict " that the dammed destroyed herself while in a
statist temporary tussahs."
ROYAL BANK or AUSTRALIA. Yesterday there
ars a sleadeg of his parte. Interested is the winding up of
thi roarer,. Mr. Selwyn appeared on behalf of the North
British lasursace Company, which claims to be a creditor
et the bask Is riftvet of a loan of 27,00F1. time witnesses
were called is support of the claim, and the further hearing
of the matter was adjeurced at healed tow o'clock.
TOR SOOT= !soar TRADZ.—An ladoeutial meetie,
*ma is trade wee held yesterday (Monday) in Wasgow,
toe Amide, what wins might be deem d desirable tourney's
• of urnzot, pojulice found to exit in England against the um
Sti.h iron. An effective committee was appointed for
that rue,' ee. These gentlemen are to report to a subsequeut
pa rot daCrtiLl; of the trade. The subject is of the highest
Importance to a standard brach of our minimal industry; sad
we have every coetidenc, in the steps taken by the com-
mittee Wag satisfactory Ia their rsaults.—Doily Mail.

SHORT WEIGHT IN COALS.

"CAPTAIN RAY" AT GUILDHALL POLICE COURT

Mr. George Combee, Iva-mars:haat, drawing at
Di leish and Taylor's wharf, tlootland•yard, was cbsrgfd
with del:caring, or musing to be deliver.d, floe s.cks
cal of Its. than tl.e legal weight to Mr. thithbart, to:low
smelter, of Pat:rooster-row.
This chart', originally pre %rred agait at a mythical " Capt.
lily," was transferred to the present dsfeteant in conse-
quence of the evidence of a b y concerned in the delivery
of the wools, who aloud that toe coals wars sent from
Caosabea's c111,:e.

An engisaman in Mr. Cuthb•rt's employ proved that 40
sacks of coal were delivered at his mastet's nn the 24th ult.
The grass deficiency in their weight he ascertained to be
7 mt. 3 qn. 9 lbs.
Crass examined—The auk' bad been full weight by the
scale on all feigner occasions from the lame parties.
Henry Hall, candle maker, was peen nt at the delivery
of the male, and made a list of the weight of the sacks. The
total deficiency wu between:seven and 'Wit owl.
Hack, 371-1 saw the coals is question weighed at Mr.
Cathbert's. I made out a list of the weight of each sark.
Thera were upwards of 20 sacks deficient. Tne root were
all a trine over weight. The SIBIZIIIIOOI Only refers to five
sacks out of the whole tantalite, and the following is the
amount deficient in each of thou: The 16th sack was 611 b..
short, the 20th 521 be, the 24th 46114., the 30 h 6016 s , and
the 40th was 47Ibs. deficient. The tame and address of
"John Elaith, Oravenor Basis, Westminster," wee on the
waggon that brought the coals. It heel a weighir.g•maehtne
and weights attar rd to it, bet the machine one broken after
the sound auk was weighed through the carelessueis of one
of the men throwing a s►ck too heavily on the PC4:e.
Jolla Hurons Cuthbert—On the 21 b of December I re.
CiliVIM 4 tons of coals. 1 seat a runner g order •o C ptirn
Ray and Co. to send the same quantity in every Tuesday. 1
acdreued the order to Itebert street, Horon.
Mr. Lewis—Rau you the orders you sent /
Witnesa—l have not.

Mr. LArts-11;;;Vou mutt not speak of any document
yen do no: produce. I subsea., your worship. that unless the
or:sre an produced acy allusion to them cannot be taken as
evidence.

Atelarmin Wit on—You know, Mr. Lewis, that it is not
in nu, rimer to ',rookie., them, as to sent them to Captain
R.y, who is tun to bri tuna. Utless you are appearing
Lr Cap Ma Ray, I dos% am Mat )on um make soy ob
J.ll!°e•.. - -

Mr. Lawia-1 appear for Mr. Coombe', but as a lorg
statement has gone torch to the public throush the without
of the public press to the pnjadtes of wy client, I feel it a
duty nut to allow martinis to be stated the% does not is-
✓ecotately b-ar upon this cam as reminds Mr. Coombe'.
Alderman Warns—We will take your object' in, but
nevsnuelese we wiel also take the evidence, and ti aiterwards
found lacurrect it can be expucged.
Wrnen-1 sent severe orders to Captain Ray. I sent
them by ps. The cense I received on the 24. b of Dec.
cams in sonsequence of th,. last order I cent to Carat' Ray.
received any cumusunicati,n frames/ram Ray, nor
tad I ever me him. I visiays paid tee 010114 y to • boy woo
sullowtd the waggon. I produce the bill of parcels of the
lest lot of pude. It is made ou;. in the name el Ciptain Rsy,
of Robert awe, lloston. I never saw any one who
represented himself as the proprietor of the °missed to me.
The b.iy who mede a trattencat here last Wedm.sdav applied
for the money on the delivzry now in question. I reused
to pay him. The coals were very gaud, and at Ihr. pa ton
full welaht would have been et:eap
John Wihis the boy rented to i.e Mr. Cu•hhert's
nee)-1 Ins at 3, Denmark-street, Crumn.street, Soho. I
espk,y, d e. 7 decedent. Intel, tickets that 1
hold in my hand ware made out by Captain Ray's clerk.
1 don'tknoe who he b. I don't know his name. 1 am
not aware whether 1 raw h s make them out or not. I
don's tl.h.k I ever saw the,, taelth.s before. 1 can't re-
raeinb-r twit I emu 1 made think out. I was so puss cd
the lest time I was here, through Mr. flue &spring me
through the musts I.ke r common Wan, that I don't know
what I coded. 1 fe.`li'l snow aced usual sew Cap•ain Ray.
I don't know wain the clerk is to be (evade I did net go
with tks goals on the 24th of December. I merely helped
the men to waken. I never asked Mr. Cathbert fur the
minty. I LOS• r received any money Item him on Captain
Ray's amount 1 bun,e the coals nose cum the same
wharf where lam easp:oyed. 1 did nos eee toe coals go
away, nor was 1 seat for abase/arum. I don't know anything
abuu: them.

Mr. Lewis—Niue, Willis. asserer dirinetly all questinus
saw are pa•. to you, a1.,1 •peak V.e trim, no outttr whose
la erset it easy tend to stfeet.
W itases—tio I will, a, well as my memory serves me, tat
I ate s darnel, you see. (Laughter )
Alderman WWll—Hare you aut mid on a (piquet treee.io•
that tt a goals were eaten d in Mr. CO,.lll),i'i b,ok, and that
you copied them out ta making nist the tickets ?
Mr. L•wir—l realty must obj-et to this question btiefe
put, subtle the I,fliner staeiliefn ie in writing.
Alterman Watson—We have it in our nunlike, taken, on
oath when wit..ess nu lut herr.

}or the wamotawn and sataelacuoo of Mr. Lewis. that
etateament was read over.

Alderman Wilson-1 now repeat the question. is that a
trip, state wow. ?

Witness—lt is; hut I cannot recollect what I uid en that
ore :won. My es limey is very bed. I did not make nut the
•iekets iron Mr. Coombes's bulls. I don't know who did.
I can't remember. I did not see them made oat t+,►t I
know of. I can', keep things is my bead so lone. 1 bedeve
(bey wen toads out by Captain It e!'s clerk. I know they
are set in my own handwriting.
Jokes Tribe—l have been a carman, but wa• not on the
24th of December lest. 1 went with the cools on that day to
must as a labourer. The coals come from Capt. Ray.
They:were taken from Bcutlaad•yard. I don't Imow which
'hue. I did not OM tnem go ob the wharf. lam not in
the employ of Capt. Rey ; ►is clerk sometimes paid nil. I
don't know who be Is. 1 work for soy one, and frequently
for Capt Roy. I don't know who has bird me, but it was
generally the carman, whose name is on the waggon. ;John
Bml% I believe, is the centimes came. Capt. May's clerk
pays me when 1 go on the wharf, and the carman pops me
ores I don't. I never saw Capt. Ray. I don't know soy
thing about him. The MOULD bind me on his own account
After the coals wire weighed, I war taken to the station. 1
did give the unto of John iSmith, foreman, Bbnrystreet,
Pirnhoo. Um carman old sue to give the name that was
on the ticket. I did rut see Willie present when the tools
were being weighed. lit eam► up atterwards. I have seen
him berm at Scotland yard. Sonsetinn s in DAIWA and
Ta)lot's wharf, •ad sometimes in other,. I have oleo seen
him occ..sio►ally in Mr. Coomb..s'a countingh nue. I did
not apply to Mr. Cu•hbert for the money for the coals.
Willis war acing as Mr. Cnombes's clerk, !list is, I mean as
Capt Ray's clerk. I don't know for certain, tut I believe
such is the feet

Mr. Roc said that he had not br•ee able to find the owner
of the waggon in the name that first appeared upon it on the
delivery or the coals. No such same was known in„Orcevenor-
Wain. Neither had he been able to serve the sumerms per-
mainly upon Mrs. Fewlets, at Robert street, lioxton, as she
Lad got oat cf the way.
AlitOTOilln Wilson—lt will perhaps be aminsary to remand
this woe to bring up the other waterline.
Mr. Lewis—lt is rent my client's intention to dear that
he is connected with Captain Ray, or that Captain Ray's
clerk is not his clerk also. We are perfectly willing to
admit that such is the fact. Therefore I see no object in
adjourning the use for witnesses to prove what has already
been sdrritted.

Alderman Wilaou—Then an you prepared to show that
Mr.C4otatxs is not the seller.

Mr. Lewis—l am prepared to show that Mr. Caombee, in
eonjunetion with Captain Roy, is the seller, but that the
onus of the short weight clots not rest will them, but
with their servants. It does not necessari,y fellow, your
worekip, that because coals are delivered short in
weight, through the miscoaduct of the men, the
master should be held responsible, and be subjected
to the same result as if it were hie own action.
It lusi already bees shown that the five previous deliveries
had been all overweight, and it was absurd for the defendant
to suppose for one instant that Mr. Cuthbert would neglect
to weigh them the sixth time. Mr. Cuthbert had always
bad full weigh., and that too at 18e. per ton. It was evident
that the short weight originated with the men, as the lad
Willis, in order that his master should nit find him out,
asked for the money for what coals Mr. Cuthbert lad had,
intending, no doubt, to make up the deficiency in amount to
his muter out of his own pocket.
Al term= Wilson—lt masters were not made answerable
fur the conduct of their servants, it would only be an
encouragement for to reb whenever the opportunity
offered.

Mr. Lewis—The act of perliament allows a penalty of from
ls. to 64., se if your worship thinks that we are legally liable,
I presume that the evidence ie not sufficient to induce you to
inflict a penalty Creator than Is. =Such sack.
Alderman Wilson—The muss point is the favour of Mr.
Coombe* was the wielchisig of the coals la the five previous
deliveries, and all being found full weight. But that a great
fraud had been attempted on Mr. Cuthbert there is so doubt.
It certainly looks very bad on the put of the boy, as far as
he is concerned, to sak for payment of what trek bad been
delivered, and act for the full quantity named in the bill
made cut in the ass. of Captain Ray. Under all the cir-
'soutane's, and presuming that Mr. Coombe" did not benefit
by the short weight in the delivery of the coals to Mr.
Cuthbert, I shall convict the defendant in the penalty of Is.
for each sack Lamed in th^ summons, and order him to pay
the costs, amounting to IL 9w in all. The money was then
paid into court.
It is stated that nearly 1001. has been subscribed on the
Coal Eutaw, for the pupae of carrying on these and
similar

FATAL ETTTRTS OP PASSION. —An inquest MA
held on Monday last, at the Gaildhall, before H. IL. Al.
ridge, EN , coroner for Poole, touching the death of Ge3rge
Allen, of the Star and Gtrter, beer shop. On the previous
Saturday night there were sum five or eiz prams in hie
home, about eleven o'clock, when his wife awoke a ma
who was lying asleep on the settle, desiring his to loam
the how, whereupon he struck a y3ung woman near his.
Deemed immediately threw himself into a violent passion,
and bromine so excited that he was Men ill. Three about
►int being alarmed, seediest aid was sent for, but he did not
rally from the stupor into which he had fallen, and about
two is'elock the unfortunate maa bad caked to exist. Hie
death was octesioned by apoplectic byearia, brought on by •
great 83w of blood to the brain, arising from excitement.
The jury returned • verdict in owordwtoe with this evidence.
It ww*leatly proved that ao blow had boos inliictod on him
Uwewy.