The Express.
London, England, 1853-10-26 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER

AND CLERICAL.

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OXFORD, OCT. 25.—The deputy reader in minera-
logy, M. H. N. 8. Meekelyne, of Wadhao College,
has gives settee that he will lecture this term in the
museum et the Cbmeadon upon the one of the metals me-
crin arta, and on the modes of their occurrence.
esee the i
lectures will eummene• on Tuesday, Nov. 1, and be
coatinued on Tamdays, Thursdays, sad Saturdays.
Dr. Lee's reader in anatomy, H. W. Aelend, M.D., of
Christ Church, peoples to commence a course 0 lectures
on @seamy and physiology in the Christ Church Museum,
on Monday, Oet. 31. The locums will be continued on
Mondays sad Fridays.
la a convocation to be holden on Thursday neat, the 27th
nat., at two o'clock, it will be proposed to meter the degree
Mof .A., by decree of convocation, on John Philips, Erg.,
of Magdales College, deputy reader in geology, designate.

Rau Intelligence.
DUCHY OF LANCASTER.
VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT.

Mr. W. M. James, the Vice•Cheucellor of Lanctottr,
held his court in Menchemer for the tint time yesterday.
Heretofore the sittings of the court had been confined to
Liverpool sod Preston, but to (vend the benefits of the
court it has been thought desirable to hold it in Manchester
alternately with the other places, and it is expected that a
consider.ble share of business will arise in that neighbour•
hood for the future.

JUDGES' CHAMBERS.-YESIT.RDAT.

THE QUEEN V. NATMASS— STAIOUS :cu►aoa ►GAINST

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♦ CAPTAIN.
This case, which was reported on Saturday, came before
his lorJvhip on • renewed application for bail. The
priaoner was in Kirkdale Gaol, Liverpool, on • capital
charge of shooting with intent to murder.
Mr. Maynard appeared as counsel for the prisoner, and
Mr. Bodkin for the crown.
The prisoner was captain of • trading vessel, and in
June, whilst at Bahia, near Rio Janeiro, he fired • pistol
at one of his crew named Wake. On the arrival of the
ship at Liverpool he was charged with the offence, and
committed to take hie trial at the nest Liverpool assizes.
lie now applied to he liberated on bail, and in his affidavit
denied any malicious intention in firing the pistol, his only
object being to intimidate the crew that he might proceed
tose•. On the other hand it was alleged that the vessel
was not at sea, and that the prisoner, when he fired at
Wake, said, " Take that."
Mr. Maynard pressed the learned judge to grant the ap-
plication.
Mr. Bodkin, on the part of the Crown, left the matter to
the learned judge. It was • very serious case.
Mr. Justice Crompton considered the facts as disclosed
by the deposition, and did not consider it was • case in
which he ought to grant the application for bail.
Mr. Bodkin remarked it might have been removed to
Loudon, and tried at the Central Criminal Court. It was
a matter in which there was jurisdiction.
Mr. Maynard said the defendant objected to being re-
moved. _ .

His lordship said he could do as he pleased. He was not
inclined to allow bail.
The application was accordingly refused.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.-YESTERDAT.
lII7OIIC THE IMO
110 BEERY BY .1 IiOVIILLEIPZIL

Ellen Hayley, 33, was placed at the bar to receive the
judgment of the court.
The Recorder, in passing sentence, said that the prisoner
was convicted at the last session of a very serious offence,
that of robbing en old gentleman, by whom she was em-
ployed as housekeeper, of a very large sum of money, more
than 5001, being all he possessed in the world. She was
taken into custody while in the act of endeavouring to leave
this country, and there was good reason to believe that
some of her relations were concerned with her in commit-
ting the robbery. They had, however, succeeded in getting
away, and had for the present escaped punishment, and the
sentence upon the prisoner had been respited, in the hope
that she wculd show some contrition for the act she had
committed by giving information that would lead to a
recovery of some part of the stolen money. It appeared,
however, that she had evinced no desire to give such infor-
mation, and she would therefore now receive the
sentence of the court for the very serious offence
of which she had been convicted. The sentence he had to
pus upon her was one of transportation beyond the seas
for the term of fourteen years, but she must not suppose
that the effect of this would be her removal to Australia,
where persons were so desirous of going, but she would be
imprisoned and subjected to severe discipline in this corn-
try for a long period, and when she was sent abroad it
would be to a penal settlement.