The Express.
London, England, 1848-12-16 00:00:00

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wives& hed Ohm two MU of 2,000 L east to a Mr. R.
CUM% emi they were held me coldreral eecurity.—lt
Ostler append he the IMMO of the ease. whirl ecespied
wyerel Mum, diet era hoolvest he Memory sod Mewl
ism, heeded ever 'owe property to Mr. Aadevaan, borer
haler et Piesehty, for mosey mph% to htcs ter homes. Me
bed paid ha Nome tbommadm—Mr. Stamm aka the
evert to remmot the hesehrest es a kucc ter Me Mere ear
dove ; bet ofterwerde waived a lodges's& is a eezethese do-
wses if Mr. Cheat attended, and all fahnhadmet required
wee eltanted. wee dee to the hwelvest to mato at
bod tarty mhos W evidesem—llee Chief Comaimisoer re.
meshed Chasthe rows am imps& Mewed, motwith-
=the mews he bad pained. to ddb to the troth ;
W .-seared the gumless is • traar.—
the ewe he the of Mr.
Ones. ead lbo briths-bleim lo *0& The leoeke
severethod he emembolles is show the mew won sad
the We D.W. The hmehemt immeieded to the
Queues prima.

COURT OP BANKRUPTCT.—Tsersaaar.
bars ttr. Castashisaar Osallsaza.
Acre or BANalialreCT.-12 the arse of J. Wil.oa, rear,
of Weebvish, who mama ap he his bet ezmieistimoa a
itstemat of asemate. &min about 4,000 f. delm sad a
rather ansidessid• esecosat of sods. ago sod the bh.
rapt lied wade a pat
sear of essuee bd.
feet, r&d elms area lls. is the pewad...-Rie Ream
rid this meld be miler fer oasiieredes dw eretillseee
seestislnlis tv;aght it meld he greet iapreesamt
the law, if ea oar of empreitica wan seeds ea
set ; foe it wee, is e=issydesientisa of
boolveary, w wee already as eat ef
" Toe Aearon.rtrass. Marb"—Jams firgeby, ismer,
of Rome, um up far his sotesmed me~sea. Ris
debts were 3NOI, assets little or Hover ob-
served that tM estoests were sabonely matisisseary ; the
oatmeal' of lease sad ezpeaditere baba Moo wholly
vets work—Mr. Lumens, for the bankrupt, eued la ex.
tees
we the bet of Ms loin a Affessr, sad MI Ust the
wee wee a peed et the pills, oldie leabletare is math esemb
L< the bankrupt laws be hewife Rearm silks
moat as dimwit to the ihearka alai givatelitstij:
malt say that to the made' of ifertheseptea wed e
where the jails wen slimly impend et imam he bed
iaealdly farad stout difficelty is males ma the
as af Rig latelligible to thm—Tke lask-
%air out ik ambito, while this wu galas ea sad es
his being albs Mr. Lawrence obi he quite en:read he
would be shortly, wawa he has fargottsa that this
wag all tag hr Ye La sissatastica. (Lairobtsr.)-11111-
amely be apparel, sal his Roam being eared that the
semate were the hest which scold be prepared easier the
eirmasteases, passed the eautiestioa.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
BOUTS LANCABHll4ll.—Livirsool., Deo. 15.
Before Mr. Jerkin Fria
Clialtol Of ISTIST To MOlDll.—Julia Wastrel, 19,
waa indicted for having, at Salford, stabbed wounded
Thomas Peek, with intent to murder his. The pemenstor
ii:s=str, 24 years of age, and is employed in a calico
la Salford. Hs had been paying his addressee
to the peimeme, mad they lad had a love quarrel, erring oat
the ysimmer Maggio( hiss with limbo( paid °muskmelon
to maims pews weneme. Far ones weeks they had Oct
es mok ether es erne], hoot en the evening of Sunday,
Nev. 1111, prementm meat late the taproom of the Oak
Twn, in Salkird, where he met with the prisoner, in
=reatwer:t a
The
man namedeeinThr,Grartya gairlemnaismosit
ale, whisk lie es*. thee the prisoner had a
prositer right to bk ememadese them she kat Prosecutor
then Ahead the ghee te the primer, mho took it ham
his Mad end threw the otemeste mer bar shoulder ;
upon tibias the preemslir maitock her several times
over the bee with his open lima A seals took place
tholes which rimer soak a knife from herbosom sad
Mobbed the peemeter it the beck several time. Preoseetor
hawked
it, i Wok bent her hood, bett the primmer womered
sk mln bar besem.—TboopeSnosaMer who tsok
=mom emesty mid rhea at the Um be appro•
bat ohs eimmited the chirps, and said that he (pram
water) bed dens MOO then that for her ; that she intended
to ham fleithei_ ha, sad to hove finished hereelf afterwards.
The phew theied that she had had the knife secreted in
her broom, 'Medal she slid net know where she had procured
it. She wee ampletely Itensied at the time, and- did not
know wkatalmilid. lie (oroosenter) had so ill-used her that
she had ever sine hem under eurgioal attendance. She had
aimed knelt sad Amato& sl bar (Mende by having
kept 'swag with the The jury Mad a ou-
tboard! ltfut NerMf, wild Mae resolved in emit with sop-
A kw goatinnen of the bee enbstribest
nast:CaTie headed to the prisoner as 111111 left the
bar.
SECOND COL-RT.—Bain Yr. Baron Alamos

THE MURDER Or A POLICEMAN AT AeHION.
J. Ratelife, mod 31, and J. Coosseasseine, 20, wet,
charged with the wilful murder of lames Bright, at Ashton-
under-Licie.—The Attorney General appeared to prosieste,
maimed by Mr. Knowles, the Attorney oral for the
ess ; and Maass. Crompton, Webby, and Matthews, Mr.
Prr,,, sad Mr. Ovens, appeared for the primness. Mr.
fiedearat Wilkins, who had been retained for the defenoe,
wee mei& to attend. At the request of Mr. Pollock, all
fY eldialimal in the case were ordered out of court.
Allerney-General, in a short speech, stated the ease
ROM 11•Prioonen, a detail of which is husiabed is the
witbarsa.
golth. • pelimroaker at Ashes, ea tie Wee of the
141 h GI Aeasedesellefi the aces, weal ban his home to
the weer -if Bedsit-meet, and as men se he led get
dere, a man named fleasesi /Vey levelled a gun ai Me,
saying, " Go away Isom the sense, or I'll blow year
loses eat" A man named ammo Milligan put out his
Mad. asel led kin to lee more sense, and keep it down.
1111111gia lea led wham to leave the corner or else join the
melee sad teles ea seen pert in what was about to go on.
Then was • bey el 100 men with Sigley and Milligan. They
were arrayed In opposite columns. The greater number had
pikes; witness mw bet one guru, that which Sigley presented
M him The mea serried the pikes over their shoulders.
Whoa Yfiligea had told witness what has been stated, he re
tweed home, but afteerards wend Bentinek-seeet.
Heed the report of gun or estol, than the scream of •
tamale. The sound same Old-street way. A few minuses
sillerwards a gra same John Warren ism up to witness,
and showed where his hand, which was cut and had bled
en it at the time.
J. Warren, a hatter, said that on the night of the 14th of
Aligarh about a quarter to 12, he was in Budeolierest
Helsel a girl and • boy out, and he went to seek them. He
obeyed about fifty men enarchim down Bentinekereet.
They were Ong two deep. They had pikes. When
he get to the to of Bebe& -street at the corner of OW
street, he mw Bright, who e " There !" Bright had
jet elms up Old-street. When witness got into St:embed-
street be tarred round sad saw foes or five men in treat el
Bright. Bright's hat lay in the street, two or three yards
from him. Bright said to them, Lads, what have I dose
at you ? " On this being said witness went up to Bright
There wee a bit of a shout, and the crowd fled down
Stansfemiereet. They had all quitted Bright then,
but same remained behind at the caner of Stam-
ford-West Witness saw a man, whom he took to
be a pelliensan, running down Stamford-street, with the
wee der him. Witter heard two shoe They were
fired ley some meow is the street About three men were
sersibeg Mee career of Beutinek and Stamford-streets Orie
of time, the neeresr, stepped out, and rubbed at Bright
with Meese. Witarse stood at Bright's right side, and
seised lel of the blade of the pike. He said to the men,
" Diana that" He drew it back, and made another stab;
vitae, thought the latter wee directed at himself. His hand
had bee eat in three or four places by seising hold
of it. When the stab was made at him witness went
away liewirds Stamford street, but had not got a yard
sad a half till ae heard a shot fired ; he tuned
round, and sew Bright fall. He saw the Beak proceed
from the pergola who had fired the shot. It wee one of
the two or three who stood at the corner, not him who had
used the pike. None el the erowd were in Stainforehereet
when whams wee away. He wee meek frightened at
what had occerred.—Crowernained by Mr. Pollock : Wit-
nom did not see whether it was a gun or pistol that wee
fired. He might be bur or five yards been the min who
fired. The man with the pike stepped back at the same time
as himself. He was deduce from the others ; teems wee
ears it was not him that fired. Whoa Bright wee shot, wit-
ness observed no woman about ; did not bear any woman
seem. It had been raining, end ens a cloudy and dull
nett. Did sot see say leaps lit —By the Attorney-Gine-
ral : Bright fell on his fees. He wan not sta.aing at the
Chill le was shot. Could not tell that the pike he took hold
of kit Bright or not.
Betty Wikt —Lies is Bentimberest, Ashton, next
doer to the chartist-room; then wee .sly a stable between.
She was at home on the Light of the 14th August About
hiltless eleven o'clock she heed a sees, sad went up stairs
and opened the window. She sew a *amber of men coming
down Bestinek•street towards Olderet. They had pikes
upon their shoulders. After they hod posed her door, she
mw Bright come on to the footpath opposite her house.
Ha was following at a short diatanee from the men.
Whoa they got to the corner of Old-street, she heed
the settling of pikes and a great " fluster," and she bee
sight of Bright. In two or three minutes afterwards she
heard the report of a ion. She sew a flash at the time
the gun was fired. The crowd Mil then the She
heard what seemed to her two tepees, although oao=
be the echo of tie other. One was mak
than the other. She did not know ia what direedes the
gun meet have been pointed, whether up or down the street
There was a dreadful scream of women jest after eke saw
the limb. The crowd all diapered after the report, sad
two men impended from them and rim dews Olrleeree, is
the direction of Catherine-street. A yard, with large deans
to it, is at the entrance of the cheating' rent Whams west
to the back window, which bees into the yard, end caw the
two men leap over into the seh-pit, raid egg
through wit-
nee's yard. It would take them into Clemairest, or
dishereet. The first who got over the wall bad en light
clothes and a short jacket (answering the dregs of Oramea-
tie), the other had dark clothes cgs, it appeared ee bar a
fustian jacket (the dress of Ratcliffe). She seed ne
whether they had hats raps oe.
J. Gray, who keeps the Red Lieu publier as Mew
bele:roe, at the corner of Beetiackereet (leareies
corner), was nee called. He was bade( a peermterat des
house at a quarter to twelve o'clock on tie right of the 14th
of Autast, and sew a great ember of men with pikes down
Staistrest. About twenty-live pikemen were also
about Slater's weer. Some of the party were near Howard's,
in Stamfordereet, and others were raining to them, when
he heard a rake say, " Stand, men, halt! " The pence
witness bed let out was abet to go home, bat hid only get
a few yards when they beard the report of a guru, and
he returned. The gas was fired in Bentinekereet, at
the corner of his house. After the rime, the men stand
lag at the saner dispersed, and ideal the aria body