The Express.
London, England, 1853-07-29 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING. JULY 29, 1853.

Kato intetitgcnce.
HOUSE OF LORDS.—YEneaDAY.
numirrsz rout Parcuturs.
THI DUKEDOM OF M 024111061.

In this case the Solicitor-General, et an advanced hour
of the day, concluded his arguments on the put of the
claimant. _ . . _

The Attorney• General then rose to address the house on
the part of the crown, and stated that he should offer to the
claim the most strmuous opposition. The learned counsel
had not proceeded fir when the house adjourned.

EQUITY COURTS.-YESTERDAY.
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Gouge S AND Co. P. Surrod.—Goneriltaa'a STOUT.
In this case an ex pane injunction had been obtained to
restrain the definition, who carries on businoss at the
Falcon htores, :giver-street, Cheapside, from selling a
spurious article purporting to be of the plaintiff's menuMc-
ture. Subsequently, on motion, the injunction was an-
solved, on the production of affidavits that the stout had
bw'n purchased for defendant by a Mr. Corrie, in Belfast,
of a Mr. Atkinson. a recognised agent of the plaintifli.
Mr. Roundell Palmer (with whom was Mr. Gifford) now
moved to renew the injunction, on the ground that the
article sold by the defendant was really of a spurious cha-
racter, and not Guinness's stout at all. He read affidavits
stating that samples of the stout sold by the defendant had
been compared with the real article, and that when equal
measures of the too hod an equal quantity of water added,
the genuine article was of a clear bright colour, while that
of the ddendant's became turbid. Samples of each had
aloe been examined by a chemist, who found that the plain-
tiffs' stout contained o 4 grains of bitter saccharine extract,
while that sold by defendant only contained 45 grains.
Atkinson bad a'so made an affidavit, in which he
stated that be bad sold 34 hogsheads of porter,
in all, to Conic, and that it had not been
interfered with by him in any way when be *old it. In
addition, the learned counsel stated that defendant was dis
posing of 50 hogsheads a month, and, as Atkinson stated
that be had only sold 34 barrels in all to Corrie, who was
not a regular ale and porter merchant, but an apothecary
and a dealer in soda water, it was to be inferred that de-
fendant bad drawn some of his supply from other sources.
His Honour said he was of opinion he could not grant an
injunction. Here was porter sold as Guinness's which
their London agent said was an inferior article,
and thereupon Meters. Guinness having, as be
stated on a previous occasion, a great number of
frauds committed upon them, as the experience of
this court fully showed, filed a bill for an injunction.
Then in answer to that it was stated, that this porter
was obtained from a person named Atkinson, an agent cf
the plaintiffs, and that it was obtained from kiln by a
person named Conic, who transmitted it as he got is to
the defendant, end the defendant swore that be had
added nothing to it. There must have been distinct per-
jury by one or other of the parties if the article sold was
not Guinness's. Then tho article sold was subjected to
chemical analysis, which showed that it was composed of
the same ingredients as the genuine article, so far as
could be discovered, but that the bitter saccharine matter
was in smaller proportion, and it was not explained to
him how far circumstances might cause that variation.
He could not on that evidence infer that defendant and
his witnesses had been guilty of perjury, particularly as
it appeared they had received a considerable quantity of
puner from the plaintiffs. Under these circumstances. he
could not grant an injunction, but he would make the coats
in the cause. _

Mr. R. Palmer and Mr. Gifford appeared for plaintiff);
Mr. Loyd and Mr. Roger. for defendant.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.—CROITDON,Jvcy 28.

The assizes for the county of Kent wu finished on Wed-
nesday. At the conclusion of the cues in the Crown
Court, Eliza Wood, who wu convicted on the first day of
the assizes of publishing a very scandalous libel upon a
clergyman residing at Canterbury, was brought up for
judgment, and sentenced to be imprisoned,in the common
gaol of the county for nine months.

NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—lpswien, JULY 28.
Comm Covirr.—lierose &a J. Jaaysa.
Tut BACTON MURDER.

Wallies Flack, aged 18, and described in the calendar as
a labourer, was charged with the wilful murder of Maria
&eggles, of Bacton. The prisoner, who is a simple looking
country lad, pleaded not guilty.
The village of Bacton is about four or flys miles from Stow
Market, on the road between Haagliley and Botesdale.
The deceased was about 67 years of age, and was house-
keeper to the it,,. Mr. Barker, a gentleman very much
advanced in life, being upwards of eo years of age.
The rectory house, where the murder was committed, is
distant alsiut a mile and a quarter from the church.
Oa Sunday morning, the Bth of May, the service at the
church commenced as usual, at about half-past ten o'clock.
Oa that day, the only domestics at the rectory were Maria
!Regales, the housekeeper, and a housemaid named Percy,
with the exception of a man named Proctor, who was en-
gaged to saddle Mr. Barker's horse, that he might ride to
church, but this man did not reside in the house. Proctor
came at his usual hour in the morning to saddle the horse,
and after he had done so he left, and proceeded in the direc-
tion of the church. The housemaid, Sarah Percy, soon
after left the rectory, and was shortly followed by Mr.
Barker, upon his hone, both of whom went to church. The
only person left in the rectory was the housekeeper, Maria
S teggles, lento prepare the dinner for the rector on his return.
When the rector cams back the housekeeper was lyiag on
her back upon the door, her skull beaten in, them being
eight woods ow her head. Her throat was cut, and a pool
of Wel 1111111 dila by. A poker, with which the wounds on
the head seemed to base been inflicted, was missing. A
sword, with which the throat had been cut, was found
naked and bloody. The prisoner was seen going to the rec-
tory on the morning of the occurrence, and also rcturning
some time afterwards. He had formerly been employed
there. He had been often heard to discus with earnestness
the possibility of identifying the property. which had dsap
peared from the rectory. It was proved that before the
murder the prisoner was short of money, where's immedi-
ately after he was making large purchases. Witnesses
proved that he had sold property which had been stolen
from the house, such as rings, a breast pin, a knife, etc.
One person had heard him say that he meant to kill the de-
, COWL

The wife of a labourer said that three months before the
murder, the prisoner said to her he would " steal some of
the old parson's mouldy sovereigns." Some one of the
neighbours who stood by remarked to the prisoner, " You
don't know how to get in ;" hut the prisoner said he did.
The defence of the prisoner .was the insufficiency of the
evidence. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, end be
wu sentenced by his lordship to be executed.
The prisoner heard the sentence perfectly unmoved,
leaving the dock laughing.