The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-04 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 1851.

I saw Hemp, give them to Mr. Thomson,—Mr. Thomson
and Gneiss: were both crying. Mr. 'Thomson asked ,
the people to sive us up our th:np, hut they would
would not—they said the Fingoes are our en..mies. Grocpe
had no power--no oue would obey him. The white
men wl.o were at Fort .trmstrong have escaped to Whittle-
sea. All the lingoes in the Kat River have tied or were
to-day !lying towards NVhittlesea. The Hottentots asked
as to join the Kaffir, against the English. They said if we
did not do so, we should be all killed with the English.
" Very few of the Hottentots are with the English.
Most of the people in the Kat River are against the Eng-
lish, and with the Kaffir,. The people of iihnkwater and
Botha, with Ilermanus's people, have gone to attack
Pringle's place, on the Mankazana. The Hottentots wished
this—bemuse they said that Hottentots had been killed
there. We learnt this about the Commando against Prin-
gle from a Flogs at l'ort Armstrong. Sandilli with his
people, joined by the other people of the Kat River, ore to
attack this place to-day or to-morrow. The Kaffir, are to
attoek first, and when the Fingoes and English are tired
the Hottentots are to come forward and finish the work.
That is what the Hottentots say.
" 1a sop V his mark."
(Signed) " 11. CALDERWOOD."

Before me,

A letter from Port Elizabeth, dated Ist February,
says : " The Kaffir convicts arrived yesterday, were
landed the same evening, and are at work to-day.
We have no other news," There had been naturally
much anger expressed at the proceedings of the Cape
government iu regard of this mutter.
Her Majesty's ship Castor, Commodore Wyville,
arrived at Simon's Bay on F.tb. 5 from Madagascar,
and her Nlajestv's steamer Dee, Lieut. Crowder,
i sailed for Table lay. Her Majesty's ship Seringa-
patam was at Simmes Bay.
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The papers from which the above extracts are
made are not, it will be observed, brought by the
mail ,mane r, which is now hourly expeetol at
Plymouth, and which will of course bring much later
dates than the above.

Zak), intelligence.

ROUSE OF LORDS —YESTERDAY.
PLUM: Tax LOW Calumet.' on, loan Beerasot. atIDOTNaI PLUS.
St.ll/7 C. SAN %M.—AeI9VNte.7PAYMENT 01 INTER-

EAT ♦ itrOCCTION OP PkISCIPAL.
This appeal from the Court of Ses.ion in Scotland, was
partly opened by Mr. liethell,who had out finished his argu-
ment when their lordships roe at half-past 1 o'clock. Ibe
further louring was then adjourned to this day. The ques-
tion in the ease, u far as we could collect front the partial
opening is—whether certain payntent,wercto be considered
as made in reduction of principal or in discharge of interest.

EQUITY COURTS.7YE,TuwAy..

Thomas Jackson, Frank Morris, William Forrest, Thomas I
Fitzrnorris,:tent Thomas Barker, forconspiring to
and prevent the workmen of Samuel Cowley and others,
at Ashtonunder-Lyne. from following their occupation us
brielunakers, and to chunage the property of the said Samuel
Cowie, and others.
Sonic difficulty ari Par in eons nuenco of the defendants
not appearing to take their trials; and a discussion arose
between the counsel on both sides as to postponement of
the trial. Eventually, however, after a conference with Mr.
Justice Creswell, Mr. Baron Platt decided upon proceed-
ing with the trial without the defendants. They had been
bound over by the magistrates to take their trial at the last
December assizes; when a certiorari was applied for and
granted, to remove the indictment to the civil side at the
assizes, and no renewal of these recognizance, was then
made.
Mr. Pollock opened the pleadings. The indictment
charged that the defendants had, under the pretence of a
society called the Briclemakers Burial Society, endeavoured
to control the prices which Messrs. Cowley should pay their
workmen, the size they should make their bricks, and other
matters connected with their trade as brickmakers.
Mr. Serjeant Wilkins, in addressing the jury for the pro-
secution, Mid, that greatly as Messrs. Cowley had been in-
jured in their business, and severe as had been their losses,
so desirous were they to be at peace with the workmen, and
to live in harmony as employers with the employed, that
even now they were willing, with the permission of the
court, to forego the present prosecution, on condition that
the defendants would confess judgment, and enter into
their own recognisances to appear when called upon.
Mr. Baron Platt huzgestca to the counsel for the defence
that it would be madness to go on with the case after such
an offer, if the prosecution were at all likely to make a case
against the defendants.
Mr. Knowles, Q.C. (Palatine Attorney-General), with
whom was Mr. Bliss, Q.C., consulted with Mr. Roberts, the
defendants' attorney, when he stated that the defendants
were willing to enter into mogul:Ames, or do anything
'else that the court should t. ink proper, except pleading
guilty; this they would not consent to do, as they considered
they had committed no lireaeli of tie low.
Mr. Baron l'latt intimated that the men must of course
take the consequences, should the case for the crown be
established against them.
Mr. Serjeant Wilkins then resumed his address to the
jury, in which he stated that he had been most anxious to
have the men there, aa he knew that if his offer had been
submitted to their own honest convictions, they would have
accepted it. But he could guess that the soi-ctisont patriots
who clamoured so much about liberty had au interest in
carrying this contest to the utmost extremity. The learned
'meant was proceeding with the case against the defend-
ants, hen—
Mr. Baron rlatt again suggested that it would be better
to sec the real defendants. 't his was a criminal trial; and
they might be seen in his room, if the counsel thought tit.
lie strongly urged a reconciliation.
Mr. Munk stated that ell the defendants had been seen at
the door on the opts: gof the court.
Mr. Knowles said his instructions were that the defend
ants were nut guilty. His learned friends Mr. Wheeler
and Mr. llinclmarsh, would, however, avail themselves of
his lordship's kindness: and they proceeded to the judge's
apartment for that purpose.
Mr. Serjeant Wilkins continued his address to the jury,
reading various documents and rules emanating front the
men, which were exclusively adapted to the regulation of
the manner in which work should be done, and had nothing
whatever to do with burials. The objects were clearly to
prevent masters from working their brickyards in their own
way, and to prevent workmen letting their labour in the
best manner they could. 'the learned serjeant denounced
the society as illegal and despotic, Llllll as regarded the
workmen it was unjust and cruel in the extreme. There
was no doubt that the best interests of society required that
these men, if found guilty, should suffer severely for such
conduct.
The learned gentlemen who had been in conference with
the defendants, here returned into court, when a consulta-
tion wok place, and it was intimated by Me. Serjeant Wil-
kins that if the judge should be of opinion that the rules
were thore of an illegal society, three of the most active
should plead guilty, and enter into their own reeligniztuices
to appear for judgment a hen called upon.
Mr. Baron Platt said he had no doubt whatever the rules
were illegal.
After consulting with the men, the counsel for the defen-
dants addressed the jury, stating that the suggestion had
been acceded to, and they would plead guilty to belong•
lag to au illegal society, but they would nut concur in oily
other part of the indiettnent imputing violence.
Morris, Jackson, and Phillips then pleaded guilty to the
first six counts.
Mr. Baron l'latt expressed his satisfaction that this ar-
rangement had been ',fleeted ; for, if found guilty, the
euurt from which the record hod come would hove vi-
sited these defendants with a severe punishment.
The defendants were then called in, and entered into
their own myosins:wee' to appear fur judgment when called
on.

Banns Lase Quemoy/1s (Vice 1 wescesaoa).
Tux StintwASCRY AND Clltstltit ItAILwAY COMPANY
e. SHltawanritv AND IIIittIINGRAY itAtt.wAY
I'DMPANT.—INJUNCTion.
His Lordship delivered judgment in this case, which was
argued on Monday and Tusettey lust, It appeared that in
July lest the Orland,. and defendants, acting under the
powers for mutual arrangemeuts between railway corn-
'seines, given to such companies by the Railway Clauses
Conaolidation Act Iti4s, had entered into an agreement en-
' aiding both companies to enjoy a through traffic over both
lines, and regulating the tolls and other terms upon which
such through tratbe was to he effected. It was stipulated
in such agreement that either eoompuoy was to he at liberty
to terminate the arrangement on gising 3 years• notice, the
oninpany receiving the notice to have for ever afterwards
the liberty of usin4 the hue of the company gisiug the
notice on certain terms stipulated in the agreement. The
terms of this agreement hail Iwill acted on previously
to the agreement, and load been continued to be
so acted on ever since. Subsequently a considerable
body of the shareholder, of the Shrewsbury and
Birmingham Company became anxious to get rid
of this agreement; and to carry out that object had
called a special meeting of shareholders for the tth April
(this day) to obtain the sanction of such meeting to a pro-
posed agreement between the Shrewsbury and Birmingham
Company and the London awl North Western Company,
by which the Shrewsbury and Birmingham COMilally were
in effort to lease their line to the North Western for 21
year., and to hand over their engines and other stock to
the (soulful of that comprony. In return for this, the lon-
don and North Western undertook to pay the interest upon
the debenture, of the defend:nit,' company, the interest':
upon their preference stork, and interest upon their ordi-
nary apron• stock, at the rate of three per cent, for the first
two years, three-and a half per cant. thr the next two years,
and of tour per cent, fur the remainder of the term. The
total annual sum au contracted to be paid was about
alantlia. The object of the looms bill was to obtain an in-
junction restraining the defendants from entering into the
preie.,l agreement with the North Western, on the
gruutel that such agreatnent, if earrioal out, would in effect
he tin abrogation el the agreement with the plaintiff' of
July. The ease was heard on Mouthy and Tuesday
last, upon motion for au interim injuuetiun until the
hearing.
Ilia lordship said the agreement which was sought to be
protected was in tile nature of a contract for a partnership,
and that the suit for an injunction to nstrain it. violation
was las effeet a suit for the weenie jorrformanee of the con-
trast :and to be dealt with upon that principle. No doubt
in the ordinary Case of It partnership the court would re-
strain either partner from so acting as to violate the part-
ner.loise contract. If the central, Car itsfma•, were that
both partner, should devote their whole time to the concern,
thou the court would prevent either of them from setting
up a separate cowers' or from tallerWiCe acting in infringe-
sno-nt ut the contract. 't his in meet was to compel the 'pe-
tite iltiltaillalACC 01. the emitniet. The plaintiff. by their
bill alleged that not roily was it proposed by the dennelanta
to violate the agree-aunt fu question, hut even to anni-
hilate the aulejeet matter thereof, fur this they contended
mast Ix• the result of carrying out the egreement with the
North Western, The defendants, au the other hand, con-
teialed that the agreement of July was invalid, and that
they were then-here at liberty to enter into au advantageous
egret meut with the North Western. 'I he plaintiff,' object
win.not Ur re strain direct lab. interfering %Method'. present
enjoyment under their lontraet of the defendant,' line, but
to prevent the defend:tate Irma binding tlo ruselvo-s by a
cautreet, which, if carried out, must he utteuol“l with that
Wert . The court, pondin4 litigation Ixdon• it. would no
doubt interfere to prevent a contract reletina to the sub-
, jest matter of the suit, where such contract would have the
effect of embarraaaing the proceeding* in the suit. Ih•f'ore,
hoowever, it would .0 interfere it required to be satisfied
that the plaiutills iu the suit had not an actual
lestablialbal title, but a prison facie title suffici-
ent, La a b ewdatiuu foe the suit. It would
also es weir, t•o lee ',dished that, upon the balance of beton-
frilitalet,, all lall.(1111111,1•X•lt/Illd less prejudicial to the
defendants than its refusal would be to the planned's. Here
he thaw-dot the phointiffa were clearly within the that rule.
They hail alieiwn a prima facie title.to litigate, though he
would not say that the validity of the agreement was free
(neon doubt. .ku to the second requisite, however, his
opinion was clearly ag.llaNt the plum:nitre 'the Landau
and North Western Company were• now wiling to carry
through their agreement with the defendants, but the evi-
dence showed that if delay anise they might not be willing
to abide thereby. If, thereline, an interim order were mole
it might have the effect of breaking ulf the agreement with
that company, and ia the event of the agreement of July
Ming pronounced invalid at law of causing a lose to the de-
fendant. of mane 4000/. per annum for h 1 year,. Whereas,
all the damage which could possibly arise to the plaintitta
from refusing an interim order would be a lass of some
12,0110/. to-r All,llllll f r ilirre years in respect of tolls
for through Hattie. TIIC proper order then was to refuse
the injunction, but without coots.

REGINA r.EvrEit.
This was a similar ca. to the last, and ended in an ar-
rang:tnent of a like character.

)MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—YESTERDAY.
Unman Ma. rtroura.mit Away,. Appusxxxx Rout.
AN AUJoettNMENT.
Sir Julia Hare, litliyht, appeared in court to answer an
indictment, in which he was charged with leaving com-
mitted au tioeault upon Ann Fairchild.
W h 1 n the case was railed on a medical certificate was put
in on behalf at the proseeutriz, stating that she was under
to atment for an abscess, twit that she was not in a con-
dition to attend the court. An adjournment was therefore
asked for.
Mr. Ifoilkin, for the defendant, requested the learned
judge to attach his initials to the ce.rtilleatc, and expressed
his opinion that an affidavit of the fact stated in the cortifi.
cat, ought to be made.
The attorney tar the prusecutrix said an affidavit should
be SMAITII, it it Was .I...sired.
At the rising Or the court the affidavit had wit been put
in. and it wad Understood that the case stood adjourned
until the next session.
AN AtTILtATIoN APPEAL.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD C!RCU!T.—Owrc►:aret, APRIL 3.

IL r..a. Ma. J. rnt. Tat r wan.
CHARGE OF• 31VIMERING • POLICZNAN.

otiareie /ashy. aged 2,, and John 314te Fa dam', 23, two
soldiers of the loth rip:intent of lot, were thurged un the
comfort's inquisition with the wilful munler of John l'im,
by heating hint with sticks and other 'nations on the night
4.1 the ;int May. Isl 9. The prisouirs hod been brought
from Ceylon in iwitody.
Pius had come Into collision with the prisoners in the
streets of Bristol, and on desiring them to muse on they set
on him and struck him several blows, none of which in-
Ithsted serious injury, but erysipelas supervened, and the
map died.

Tlu iisonvrs were found Guilty of manslaughter.
NORFOLK CIIICUIT.-Bvia Si. ED3IUND'.i,
.‘l.ltll. 3.
_ unniu .163' LtvroTorT.

Mr. William Lawrence, of Highheld-terrace, Kentish_ 1
town, it, pealed against un order Made by Mr. Tyrahitt,
the polite magistrate, adjudging him to he the putative
father a an illegitimate child, ut which Ellen Allden was
the mother.
Mr. Stammers, in stating the respondent's case to the
court, said that One of u more singular or serious character
never occupied the attention of a court of justice. After
giving as Outline of the facts the learned counsel said that
the question to be decided was whether the evidence given
by way of corroboration of the respondent's testimony was
sufficient, according to the statute. to justify the confirma-
tion of the order. the points he should rely upon as curro-
Ninthse would be that the appellant laud been seem to kiss
Miss Mitten iu her bedroom some mouths atter the time at
which she swore the intercourse which snaked in the birth
of the child took platy. and that the appellant had, through
his attorney, given a consent to a verdict for 1.301. damages,
with .11) gutinas emits, in uu action brought by Min Allden's
father agaimt tutu fur the
Ellen Alldui deposed that she was 25 years of age, and
was the daughter of John Allden, with whom she resided
at N 0..), lugrain-place, Holloway. On the ith of Decem-
ber Lest she was delivered of a male child at her father's
house. The appellant, William Lawrence, was the hither
of that child. A great many years ago she became ac-
quainted with Mary Howard, with whom she became very
intimate, mut who was now the appellant's wife. After her
marriage to hint, she (witness) Matted her at Thar 1101 k, iu
Ilighticld-terrace. She• was then. last Christmas two years,
and remained there until July 1850. She was there the
whole of the mouths of Februm and March hot year.
Her eleepiug apartment adjoinedl that of the appellant
and Mrs. Lawrence. Mrs. ARIVEICe . daughter, u child
between we and two years of age, slept with witness. One
morning between one and two o'clock, at the latter end of
February or the beginning of March, ISdO, the appellant'
came into her bedroom from his own, and persisted
in getting into her bed, a liberty which she would
nut at first permit. Ile would uut be repulsed, and as wit-
ness did nut desire to make any uupleasant words between
him and hi. wife, she did not call out ha assistance, and
the appellant gut into the bed. Upon that occasion an int
proper intimacy took place between them. That iutiumcy
was repeated uu several oecasunis atterwanls. Wht n it took
place the tint time Mrs. Lawrence was in bed in her own
room. Shortly afterwards she discovered that she was
pregnant, and she very often told him that she was so, and
asked him what she was to do, ur where could she go to ?
lie told her nut to fret about it, and that she could stay
with him. She did moot mention her condition to her
friends. His conduct was, atter that, repeated on several
occasions. lie had twice given her money, a half-sovereign
on each occasion. Tom was after alto was at her father's
house.
Mr. Ballantine did nut cross-examine the witness.
Anna Allden said that she was sister to the last witness.
In the months of February and March, BR), she was with
her sister on a visit at Mr. Lawrence's house, in Highneld-
terrace. She was also there in the month of May. She and
her Miter slept in a room adjoining that of Mn. Lawrence.
Ellett .When was then rec.alled. She said her sister was
at Mr. Lawrence's with her iu April or May, IMO. Her
sister slept with her every night during her stay. When
they were in bed the appellant would enter their room and
kiss witness. Ile also kissed her sister. He was sometimes
sinned and somethum undressed when he did this.
Anna Allden on being recalled corroborated this.
Mr. William Baykal% said he was an articled clerk to his
father, • solicitor, No. 9, Chancery-lane. His father was
the attorney in an action brought by Mr. Allden against
the appellant for the seduction of his daughter. Ile pro-
duced the declaration and the postai in that action. He
SAW au agreement (put in) which was signed by LAW.
fence's attorney in that action.
Cruas-examined—The appellant had called at his father's
odic... and had proposed terms for the settlement of the
action.

Sarah Bl' was chanted with baring wilfully murdered
Joseph Edwin Illy, her infant son, by cutting his throat
with a razor. From the evidence of the prisoner's mother
• it appeared that on the morning of the 9th of January last
she went to the priamer's house to dress the babe: on un-
covering the bed-elothcs prisoner's child was tounil lying by
►er side dead from the etfe•cts of a wound in the throat.
It was afterwards ascertained that the prisoner made
two ineffectu..l attempts to commit suicide by cut-
ting her own throat with a razor. She at times ad-
mitted. and at other times denied, having caused the death
of the child. But the material question was, whether the
prisoner was in a state of mind to be responsible t'or her
acts. The mother and neizhbours proved that on the iren-
trance to the room Cie prironer looked add ant frequently
weaned uucou.ciou.: and whencomparatively lucid intervals
returned, she would sit up in Mal and arelaiut with great
violence of manlier.- j did not do it," and then suddenly
throw hers.lt• hack io lvd in a state_of utter unconscious-

•
mess. Mr. M orthington, sumeou, of Lowestoft, and his
assistant. proved that the prisoner had been very bud during
her confinement• which took place two months before this
melancholy occurrence, that all the family, consisting of a
family and four children, had been suffering from typhus
fever, and that they had no doubt whatever hut that the
deceased destroyed the life of her child whilst delirious.
The jury returnedaa verdict of SW Gritty, ou the ground
of insanity.
Ills lordship said the verdict was the only proper one, and
he should order her to be retained in 'custody till her
Majesty's pleasure was known.

The agreement Wad read. By that instrument the de-
fendant, through his atturnty, agreed to pay 1401. oe
datnages, and 30 guineas to the plaintitts attorney for costa.
Mr. Ballantine Men address,. d the court fur the appellant.
Ile deprecated the course his friend had taken on the out-
set, which was to 'prejudice the• appellant's CIVIC ; but ht• woe
iustracted that the appellant denied the truth of this story
altogether; and it appt wed to him that the appellant was
entitled rather to bylapathy thou censure, fot this young
woman's victim he must certainly had been. The learned
gentleman proceeded to urge, with some force and warmth.
that the fact of the appellant hosing kissed the respondent
and her sister whilst they were in bed was no cor-
NORTIIERN CIRCUT.—LnittPuoL, Aram 3. roburation of• the insertion that he was the father of
No, pens the child, and the magistrate who made the order
CONSPIRACY or Wont:wax. was palpably wrong in taking the fact of the verdict by
At the sitting of the court this morning Mr. Baron Platt consent in the action fur seduction into consideration as a
proceeded with the trial, the Queen e. James Phillips, corroborative circumstance. The appellant was not entitled