The Express.
London, England, 1849-11-20 00:00:00

Tag OCEAN Quvu PILOT BOAT.-At the Holy-
well Comaty Cowart last week, the case of " Bothell e. Bates
sad Tack" was heard, being an action for false imprisonment
by the 'deist:if, one of the Dm pil,te, agairst two of the
Liverpool detective police, for the alleged. stealing of a box,
with *loth.. in it, picked no by the plaintiff and his mate,
Jolla Session, owners of the pilot boat Ocean Queen, of
Coaster, at the burning of the Data Monorah, the Ameri-
can emigrant ship, on the 25th of Aegust, 1848, the damages
being laid at 201., the highest own allowed by the statute
crowing the jariedwition. After evidence had been adduced
en either aide, and a coal•winled discussion between the
professional gentleman employed had expended itself, the
judge Richards, TN ) gave the following judgment:—
"is sty eiplakia the defendants were no creatable' Den sad
tales la• to be regarded merely as privets pawns, sod that
in the absence of a magistrate's warrant they had no right
whatever to arrest the plaintiff." The jury consulted for •
few minutes sad gave a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages
201., with fall caste. A similes verdict bad been given ante-
cedently in the case of the mate.

ESCAPE or TWO LUNATICA. Oa Tuesday evening
last, between Down and eight o'clock, two (smiles were
observed rambling about Cross-square, Wakefield, basin.'
cloaks throws over their heads, and appearing in an excited
and curious state. Bing fair time they did not attract
much attention, but having accosted various parties, and
inquired their way to 11%844/nB,ld, wh'eh place they ex.
pressed their determination of resehlog that night, sox.
tlicioa was excited, and a gentle can raiding in the market
plus inquired if they had not left the asylum. The females
hesitated in their replies, and then endeavoured to run
away; they were, howev,r, followed, and leisured in Wood-
street. Oa taking them to the uylom, it was disc re. red that
they had cusped from that establishment by getting upon
ax oat-banding, from thence on to the outer wall, and then
dropping outside into the fields. The height they had fallen
was ousiderable, but they did not appear to have suffered
any Injury. One of the women was very loquacious, but
the other was of a morose and sullen dia-ceition. They
wore the anal dresses of the patients, hat having their
cloaks over their heads, the peculiarity was not observed.
Previous go Heir being reconveyed to the asylum their
akeesiegiamil ism discovered, and parties had best die.
patched is wards admen. One of the women said she had
• chll‘disllwelenesld Mateo, wanted much to see.
HoolOn HALL.—The last few years have been
memorible 'for the breaking up of old aristocra ie establish.
whisk have been the pride of their inhabitants for
generatioes—the much-pried contents of which have been
thenOtlessly handled and purchased by. strangers and the
used attendants at auction sales. Ton has not been the
else is this neighbourhood, where oar great families still
enjoy thvir accustomed opulence—with the sole exception of
Sir William Massey Stanley, of Hanlon Hall, whom adverse
circumstances have Brit. n into exile. Tree maga Scent
mansion la welds he lived and kept up a princely erste, so
well known to the " noble sportsmen" of Lancashire and
Cheshire. will, in • few weeks, present a miserable and
lonely appeanea, as ell the sionteate will be scattered Mr
and er. •by " Knights of the Hammer." The mansion is
every way worthy of the Stanleys. The furniture, pain info,
swamp, engrsvises, it., are the Inset that lsvis xpe,.di-
cure and exquisite tote could procure.

INCENDIARY FIRE AT LONG ASHTON, SOMERSET.
--Considerable excitement and alum was produced is the
viUage of Long Ashton, in consequence of a daring Lot of
inandiaries committed during the night of Saturday on
the premiers of Mr. Thomas JO life, an extethive farmer and
{reader.. At about 11 o'clock that night the Ere was fiat
disconted in a awn rich, and, an immediate alarm being
given, the farts servants and a number of the inhabitants of
the Tillage crowded to the spot, and used all the exertions in
their pow to arrest the progress of the fire. Some fire en-
gines wire also brought out from the neighbouring city,
Bristol,, bat the combined efforts proved unable to subdue the
fin until two grain ricks, estimated at the value of abnt
4001., wets completely destroyed. The farm baildiegs were
saved with difficulty. The police are exerting themselves
in ordailosoible to discover the parties by wham the out-
rage was perpetrated, and the occurrence has given r se to a
good sisal of consternation and alarm, as some few days
before Mr. Jelling had as outhouse destroyed in a similar way.

RETURN CARGOES FROM BRAZIL. —R ithorto British
result engaged in the Brasilia trade hue experienced con-
sidersble a:faculty in securing reams cargoes. This hu been
occuitnied by the &assistance of the staple produce of
Bruit finding a rival is the same article of colonial products,
which, under the operation of discriminating duties, enjoys
a preform*, is the markets of Britain. We find an Maur,
tion of this in Mr. Duncan Dunbar's evidence on the navi-
gation lure before the Lords' committee. In 1847, he says,
speaking of the port of Rio de Janeiro, them
American.
Cleared irons that port with cargoes
Entered with cargoes

'Afforests to eater is ballast
while, as respects British tonnage, the camas was precisely
the reversai
British.
Bettered with cargoes
Cleartil with worn to British ports

liaplas
Cleared to foreign eallialiel baying so ma-
viral.= lip." 18,317 do.
•
Clean& slab 4101Sals serlifell• 2,195 do.
It le 'TAPIA lhaft di eat the meat repeal of the United
&Mae helitPliew lava will throw open a bale field of com-
petition to the British Airliner. His verde need tri
loaner leave Bras:lion }orb to ballast, whilst arab a demand
exists f.tr tonnage to the &wee, where he can obttie earg Ks
of cotton or browl•etuffs fur the hoots country, thus anklet
e.pwAltable rowed, from which he has heretofore, by the
operation, of unnatural and mieeltievoss rtstrietiose, been
precluded. By wins steamer ships, laprovieg the morale
of his sewers, and • Itemising, In 'Very possiale way, his
skill, activity, and prudentte, he will, we have no doubt, ob-
tain a large proportion of the trade, if set even a preferrnee.
Indeed, we know no good reason why he should not Ilia at
the latter.—Ssinderlond Herald.