The Express.
London, England, 1862-06-18 00:00:00

CLEBAY RELIEF BILL

On the motion for going into committee,
Mr. NEWDEGATE opposed the motion ; and was speak•
ins when our report left.

GREAT SHIP COMPANY.-(THIS DAY.)

A special meeting 01 the shareholders of thin
company was held today at the Londe* Tavern, for the
of receiving a report Gum the direr:dews in refermice
itiourreb leate voyage et the Great Easter° to New York, and
to coder with the directors on the financial position of the
compaey. Mr. WY. Basic=s occupied the chair.
Mr. YATES, the sea tart', read the report, which stated
that the ship was taken off the gridiron at Milford ea
the 16th April, left that peat on the 7th of May,
and arrived at New York tie the 17th of that month. Oa
the return voyage, with wady 400 paimedgen and carrying
as much freight as the depth of water oe the bar would
admit, she left New York on the Ist, and 'arrived at Liver
pool on the 11th inst. She earned on that voyage 11,1021.
As the shareholders did not subecribe to the issue of the
remaining debentures (0,61014, the directors had to go in
debt for the coals anal other necessaries for fitting her oat
for the voyage, which would have to be met out of the
eaninp home.
The Cnenuess, in moving the adoption of the report,
congratulated the proprietors on the circumstance that the
character of the vessel was now fully established fur speed
sad safety, was in a perfect state of repair, and paying her
way. There were 4,0601. of the debentures unissued,
end on an analysis of the accounts there was a balance
=the company of 3,4741. 9e. 103. He hopedlthe
elders would, by sithecribing for the remaining Um-
tares, enable the board to work the ship. There were •
great many applications far bertha, and as it was intended
that in filters voyages she should enter New York by the
Rhode lathed cheeps', she would be able to carry se far
a larger quaatity of freight.
The motion having been seconded,
Mr. JACKSON. IL 11., wished to understand the exact Mien.
dal position of the company?
The CHAIINAN stated in round numbers that the amount
of the company's indebtedness wee 60,0011., for which they
were paytig 10 per tent, besides insurance.
Mr. JACKSON said he had always had that confidence in
the ship which she had just shown that she deserved. He
should like to have it clearly understood that the destination
of the vessel would remain determined, and urged the polioy
of having the vaned advertised for • voyage is October
next. He was ready to put down 1,0001. to help the di-
' rectors, if the Hew. Mr. Nicholson would do the same thing.
The Rev. Mr. Nlceoutha said he could do no more foe
the company than he had already done.
The report was thee adopted.
Captain Perron, who was very warmly received, said the
wee wit of the voyage wee entirely owing, not to him, but
the merile of the ship. A better going sea boat he never
inemerianded. There was nothing like seasickness known
wa hosed, sad even ie a stron& gale she did not cameo
mew& to throw the glasees off the table. In the face of
that gale her minimum speed was Uknot..
The Onmadthe, in reply to Mr. Boyd, went into a dated
at the sabseription, showier, that the directors had seam
themselves subscribed 19,01)01. to ems the financial ream
of the company.
After some conversation with newel to the atlmiment
of the vessel at New York, the pressediep WOW elmed in
the usual manner.
The entire amount of the see defer debentures were sub-
scribed for in the roses.

IRT.-(THIS DAY.)

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)

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HINGEATON r. =CUR, RIR MAJZISTVB PROCTOR, AND
0711111.

Mr. Collier, Q.C., Dr. Deane, Q.C., end Mr. Aspland
appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Kerslake, Q.C., and Dr.
Spinks were for the defendants ; Dr. Twiae, Q.C., watched
the case for the crown.

The plaintiff, a solicitor and town clerk, at Lyme Regis,
Dorset, propounded the will of Mr. Thomas Lisle Follett,
late of that town, who died at the age of 77, on the 25th of
March, 1861. In 1839 Mr. Follett had executed • will in
favour of his wife end his two brothers, but all three had
predeceased him ; the last, au officer in the Indian army,
having died in 1857. Since this event the testator had often,
as was alleged, talked of making a new will, but he put it
off till a week before his death. The instrument was pre-
pared by Mr. Hingeeton, and at the time of its execution the
testator was so weak that be could only make a cress,
instead of signing bus name. The will so executed merely
gleailgacy of tw
and one giutindred pounds
red to atheeerrvant,ednamed
Bart-
lett It appointed Mr. Hingeston executor; but though the
estate was said to be worth ten or fifteen thousand pounds,
there was no residuary clause. Probate of the will was re-
siated by the widow of a Mr. Tucker, who claimed to be a
relation on the father's side. Mr. Leader, a relation on the
mother's side, had also intervened, but he supported the
executor in hi prayer for probate.
On cross-examinatior., the plaintiff stated that after the
execution of the will, he went downstairs with his brother,
and after consultation they struck out a clause revoking
the will of 1859. Had been bankrupt in 1851.
Had paid 4s. in the pound, and had received a seoood-
clams certificate. The crown bad succeeded in proving the
illegitimacy of Mrs. Follett's elder brother, and he supposed
the crown had intervened on the 'apposition that the
testator had no lawful relations. Had heard that the
testator had passed a portion of his life la • lunatic asylum.
About nix weeks ago witness had romanced probate.
[The rase wee proceeding whoa we mat to press.]

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr.Justios Crampton.)

R illiant if ler, 37, engineer, was indicted for feloniously
baring in his poison, and without lawful axone, certain
plates for We purpose of emptying Banana ten rouble
notes.

Sleigh prosecuted ; the princess wits undefended by
counsel.

The circumstances under which this charge was preferred
have eppeared very recently in the Mansion-Horse police
report, and it will therefore be unnece.aary to give the
evidence in detail on the present occasion. It appeared
that some time back a small parcel was left at the
cloak-room of the railway station at London-
bridge, addremed to Mr. Bering, to be left till celled for.
Some time in the month of April last, the prisoner called for
that parcel, stating that he had lost the ticket which was
given when the parcel was left. The officer at the station
told him be could not have the parcel unless he gave
him • description of the contents, and he said it eon-
tamed plates and engravings. The officer then said
the parcel must be opened to see if the content& agreed with
his dmeriptioo, upon which the prisoner said he would not
take it then, but would mill for it again. He subsequestly
wrote a letter to Mr. Dines, the station-master, respecting
the parcel, which was ultimately delivered up to him, on
the 12th May last, upon his signing • receipt for the same.
On that day Sergeant Brett, and Scott, twodetective officers,
who had previously received some information, saw the
prisoner leave the station with the parcel. They followed
bins to Adelaide-place, where Scott stopped him, and told
him they were two police officers and should take him into
custod,. for being concerned with heichberg, Rosenberg, sod
others, 11l forging and uttering Russian rociMet motes. The pri-
soner said he knew nothing at all about it. The officers then
put the prisoner into a eab, Led Brett took the wool
from wider his coat, and asked him what it contained, and
he said he did not know. He asked the prisoner when he
got it from, sad be said a man at the railway station had
given it to Mm. The parcel was opened and found
to amain • 'Member of plates, with portions of Ras-
mien noble sake engraved upon them, and fiftv-
tame engraved pieces of paper, which were proved
Le be forged Russian rouble notes all reedy for circulation.
On the 14th of the same month the officers Brett and Scott
proceeded to the Woolwich Arsenal Railwaystation, and
received from the station-master • parcel which bad been
left at the station some time previously, addressed
to Mr. W. Wilkinson. This parcel also contained
plates, with portions of rouble notes engraved
upon them. When the prisoner was taken into custody
Brett asked him if he knew lleichberg and Josephson, and
he said he knew them and had done some work for them.
The officers proceeded to an addrees that the prisoner gave,
and they there found • carpet bag which contained a quan-
tity of plates, also having portions of rouble notes engraved
upon them, and • quantity of engraving tools. A seal was
also found in a drawer, which exactly corresponded with
the impression which sealed the parcel found on him at the
time he was taken into custody. Witnesses were called,
who were engravers and lithographers of the highest re-
spectability, who identified the plates found in the two
parcels as plates which they had executed at the order
of the prisoner, who called upon them in company with
some of the other prisoners who were convicted • short
time back, and which they executed by the authority of the
police. The prisouer was also identified by one mitosis
as having celled with Josephson, and asked to be
taught a portion of the business of lithography, and he
also identified the notes which were in the parcel which wee
found on the prisouer as some which he himself struck ad
from a plate which was ;brought to him by the prisoner.
The landlady of the house in Myddeltonstrest. •
portion of which was occupied by Reichherg, proved that
the prisoner was in the habit of frequenting the house with
lteichberg and the others, and also that he claimed
a lithographic pram which was there as partly his, and re-
quested her not to let it go away without his authority. The
writing on the two parcels was proved to be in the head-
writing of the prisoner, and the evidence left no doubt that
the prisoner was concerned with the five prisoners who were
before convicted M endeavouring to carry out • gigantic
scheme of pleader by means of forged instruments of the
kind referred to. _ _

The prisoner, in his defence, put in a long written state-
ment, which warn to the effect that the parcel had been
given to him by a man whom be had employed as a tailor,
and that he took it to the railway station by his direction,
but was quite' georant of its contents.
The learnod judge baring summed up,
The jury. Afters short deliberation, retuned a verdict of
Guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to six years' penal
servitude.

NEW COURT.
(Before Mr. Baron Bramwell).
Edward Janes Siaith, 31, letter carrier, was indicted for
stealing a post letter containing one 500 f. Bank of England
note, and also a valuable security.
Mr. Clark and Mr. Metcalfe prosecuted.
It appeared that the prisoner was • letter sorter and
carrier, sad was charged with being in possession of a post
letter containing money ; being told that his lodgings
would be searched, and asked if he had any other Doer,
be said be bad one large one, and the officer there found
a bete for 503 f. in two braves. The prisoner accounted for
the possession of the note by stating that he found it in
Fiesbury-square, and had kept it in hopes of getting •
reward. This note wan afterwards found to have been sent
as far back as January last year from a stockbroker, at
Sheffield, to a chant in London, by post, but was not de-
livered.

The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty, and upon an-
other indictment to which the prisoner pleaded guilty, sen-
tence was deferred.

John Smith, tOi, lebourer, was indicted for attempting to
murder James Jones.

Mr. Clark and Mr. °Triage prosecuted.
The primmer, It will be rememberal, was a convict in the
Milibsak prison, and had attacked the prosecutor Jones,
who was oee of the warden, and stabbed him with a weapon
which he bad constructed out of a piece of iron tied to •
wooden handle.

The Fawner, who WU not defended, said that the excite-
meet be was under made him mad, he having been in a
lunatic asylum.
The jury found him Guilty, and be was sentenced to penal
servitude for life.

THE POLICE COURTS.
cram DAY.)

CLERK EN WELL.
THE LAT! AITTWTTLD MURDER AID BUSOLAZT AT TALMO-

TON.-DISCOVERT OY TER IRON CRORY AND CABH4IOI.
It will be in the recollection of our readers that, on the
21st of April, 1861, the ahoy of Mr. Higgins, hatcb°4 of
Chapel-street, leliKtm, was broken into whilst the family
were at church, aid the servant, Mary Ann Redkieson, was
Dearly murdereiL The ash-boa and an iron chest were
•toloa, but, although three men, Frederick Strugoell,
Georgequilter. and William Lioney, wore apprehended and
punished for the offence, no trace of the ash• box could
then be found.

This morning Inspector Fraser and Police-constable Cook,
8, informed Mr. Barker that the iron chest aed the
cash-box had bees found in the Regent's Canal, at Apr
Town. The canal had been emptied for the purposes of
repairmid the articles, which had been broken open by form,
were found by some boys. Mr. Higgins had identified the
article*, bat declined to hare them any more in his pos-
session.

WA NDSWORTH.

THE ItEITILY TROY T-H-E.O.A-1;:",88-11U-1.71NO YR. ALDERMAM

ROAR.
This morning was appointed for the hearing of summonses
against several gentlemen for assaulting Mr. Aldertnan Rose.
There wine six summonses in all, sanely, Lindeman&
Colonel inseam of No. 4, Albaspolortioad.
dilly. Xr. Gawps Bryant, of the as Niemen
Isatilks, of Qs, tram Tiddisp