The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-18 00:00:00

ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA.

Cowes, Aro. 17.
Last night the annual regatta dineir of the
members of the Royal Yacht Sqcadres and their friends
we Mid at the Club Home. T Nes. the Earl of
Wass (eseneadon of the dub)
Tibiae we. appropriated to I& Joie .fee her Majesty's
Wes 16M, ler schoenen Mingles le the dub, under
She muse beim the um as NM kr his Royal
Nighaer Pease Albert's Cup, dr., fees the Club House to
Tesneetb. ben theses to the Nab Light, and beck to the
Mein wed mend eff West Cowes Castle. The follow-
leg Mumma were entered .
Yachts. Tone. Owners.
Modena .. 134 Joseph Ore, Esq... { Ritorizdonwiablit.,
150 W. Curling, Esq... Blue Peter
Viking .. 110 Major A. Stirling Blue
he se 96 R. E. Guam, Esq. Yellow and blue
The rue had an maidaded when our report wu dis-
patched.

Lam intelligence.

JUDGES' CHAMBERS.—YESTERDAY.
We Justice Williams, the ♦acation judge, sat at Cham-
bers to-day and disposed of a good deal of hotlines&

COCTTS V. RICHARD DONN.

The defendant, Rickard Dunn, was on Tuesday brought
up on • writ of habeas corpus from Whituross-street
Prison, sod committed to the custody of the keeper of the
Queen's Prison, there to remain until the expiration of the
judgment pronounces' by the Insolvent Debtors Court, on
the opposition of Miss Burdett Coutts. On Saturday the
necessary documents were lodged at the Sherirsoffice—a
discharge as to one action and the judgment adjudication
as to the debt due to Miss Burdett Coutts. It will be re-
membered that the defendant is in custody for the costa of
an action be brought against Miss Burdett Coutts, end
Mr. c,,,-,snissioner Law held that the coats had been
fraudulently incurred, and pronounced • judgment of ten
-1.• from the ^-f,zr made on the 24th June.
mon. it,. ....me •••
Mr. Justice .. lniann signet, :ommitment and toe de-
fendant without going before him, wu transferred and re-
moved in custody to the queen's Prison, to undergo the
judgment pronounced.

COURT OF BANHRUPTCY.—YESTERDAY.
Barns ]la. Comussuma Foximumvs.
IN NZ WITT.

This was the certificate meeting in the case all. Witt
brewer, of Wimborne Minster, Dorsetshire. The liabilities
were eonsideratle. He owed to unsecured creditors,
3,6671. ; to those holding security, 2,7331. The assets con-
sisted of 7961. in good debts and 751. in p-operty. Pro-
perty to the amount of 3,6571. was held as security. At
the period when the accounts commenced (the Ist of la.
nary, 1850) the bankrupt had • capital of 6171. ; his pro-
fits had b. en 3,163/. ; losses, 5221. ; trade expenses, 2,3321. ;
domestic ditto, 1,0381.; other expenses, 9501.
Mr. Lucas appeared for the assignees and opposed the al-
lowance of the certificate, on the ground that the security
given by the bankrupt to his brother, George Witt, was •
fraudulent one. It was elicited from the examination of
this witness, that on the 31st of January last the bankrupt
assigned to his brother his interest in the Red Lion, at
Wimborne, under which an execution was put in ■ few
days afterwards. The bankruptcy was on the 3rd February.
He had made a previous advance to the bankrupt of 2001.
on the 6th January. Only 100/, was realised under the ex-
ecution. A further ground of opposition was, that the
bankrupt had parted with sherry, hops, and other goods, on
the eve of bankruptcy, with a 'few to prefer particular cre-
ditors. Since the bankruptcy, a Mr. Andrews, a farmer,
residing 22 miles from the spot, had taken the brewery at
Wimborne from the bauhrupt's wife, who claimed the pro
party ; but it was contended that he was merely currying
on the business for the bankrupt. Andrews admitted that
no valuation of the property was made, but that he agreed
to give 601. a year for it in the lump.
Mr. Lawrence contended that the bankrupt having volun-
tarily placed himself in the hands of his creditors, was
evidence of his acting with good faith. He had come to
that court in order to defeat the execution, and had given
up a considerable amount of assets. The assignment to the
brother did not amount to • fraudulent preference, the
bankrupt having received advances from time to time to
assist him in meeting bills.
His Honour ordered an adjournment, in order that the
asei4nees might take proceedings against certain parties if
they should think lit.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE

WESTERN CIRCUIT.-BRISTOL, AUGUST 17.

811/011 lia. 'URIC'S TALVOWID.

BOLTON V. RIDSDALI AND OTYZE3.—BricIAL JODY,

This was an action arising out of a suit_ now pending in
the Court of Chancery, to try the right of the Rooth Con-
sols mining Company to work certain mines in Cornwall.
The declaration charged that the defendants had unlaw-
fully worked within certain tin bounds belonging to the
plaintiff, in the county of Cornwall ; 2ndly, that they had
wrongfully converted to their own use certain tin ore, the
property of the plaintiff; and, 3rdly, that they had raised
tin ore within the boundaries of the plaintiff, to whom they
were indebted for its value. To the first and second counts
the defendants had pleaded not guilty, and that the tin
bawds and tin ore refemd to in the declaration were not
the property of the plaintiff. To the third count they
pleaded n indebted.
The learned Judge, in summing up, left five points for
the consideration of the jury, who remained in delibera-
tion for a considerable length of time. During the interval
they came twice into court to make inquiries of the judge,
one of which was this—" DIT lord, are we bound to return
• verdict according to the evidence, whether we believe it
or not ?" (Laughter.) His Lordship—" 0 no, gentlemen,
what you don't believe you must reject; you are the
judges of the evidence."
The jury were again locked up, but failing to agree,
they applied to their lordships; to discharge them, as there
was no chance of any agreement being come to. The par-
ties on both sides then agreed to their discharge.
This closed the business of the main.

NORTHRRN ClRCUlT.—LrvicapooL, Auo. 18.
Nsos Pan s Covss.—Buois Ifs. Joinss YAM
Dlatill v. LANCLANIRN AND in

RAILWAY

Comewcy.

Mr. Knowles, Q. 0., with Mr. Banister, appeared for the
plaintiff, and Mr. ilerjeant Wilkins, with Mr. Tomlinson,
for the defendants.
The plaintiff in this action is a young gentleman in the
employ of Mr. Bichel, a merchant of great eminence, and
on the 27th of July last year proceedsd with some friends
in one of the defendants' trains for the purpose of proceeding
to the Isle of Man. They had got to the Bootle-lane sta-
tion, where the tickets are collected or examined. For this
purpose, a stoppage of five minutes only was allowed—a
period of time far too short. A luggage train had stopped
at the month of the Wakes tunnel, - for the p of
allowing the meow trait to hare the tickets colleeptl
mid aleteuseis merhisg the Tithebura-street station,
sad the guard of ties gam'fin, sur=
teat the passenger train had dejtavied, P
ea at the rate of ten miles ea brat. After pre-
meow a short duties the guard saw the passenger train
sod illeaediately_ pea es bit lank, bat how "'liable to
step the lisle, eas Me the pasbalisr testa la front
with a pest auk Sims of ton possessts= oat;
bat ton Nei s babi usable to get out was down
sag sailleal sammeiaa at tbs brain, end was way much
blind. His Mena teak him first to en hotel, and after-
WOWS to a desiogist's eleep, and the druggist recommended
that he should-be takes es beard the- Isle of Man steam
=where the fresh air would revive him. He was then
hie. On the pocket he was taken into the cabin and
pissed one sofa, bit the captain being afraid that he would
die, insisted on his being taken ashore. The plaintiff was
then taken back to the druggist's shop, and thence to an
hotel at Birkenhead, where, on the following morning,
eossnioussess returned. He was taken to the Isle of Man,
where he was in a bad state, and one of his friends accident-
ally striking his nose with a stone, the copious discharge of
blood considerably relieved him. He afterwards went
home, but he was unable to apply himself for any length of
time to busiest', sad had been so sea shwa.
The plaintiff being sailed wee oily examined in part
when Mr. serjeant Wilkins consented to a verdict for 3501.

Acores 17.
SITOOTINO WITU INTIN7 TO MUILDER.

Vivian O'Keefe was indicted for having, on the 22nd
of March, fired a gun loaded with gunpowder end ball at
Jane Riley, at Liverpool, with intent to kill and murder
her, and alto with intent to do her some grievous bossily
harm.

Mr. Simon stated the use to the jury. On the evening
of the 22nd of Much the prossentrix went to a shooting
gallery in William's:a-square, Liverpool, for the
purpose of seeing the landlord. The prisoner,
who is a young man of respectable appearance,_ was
there ; The prisoner and a friend were at the bottom
of the steps. The prisoner, who war drunk, took up
a gas sad said, " shoot you." Prosecutrix smiled and
said, "No, don't." She turned round, and the prisoner
raised the gun and fired. A ball was lodged in her left
shoulder. She eselainiedlthat she was shot, and fainted.
The wife of the keeper of the gallery mind the prisoner,
who escaped, but was afterwards taken by an officer. The
prossentrin was taken to the infirmary, and an attempt was
made to entrant the ball, but without success. She re-
mained in the infirmary five weeks, but is now well.
Mr. Aspinall complained of the proaustion indicting the
prisoner for attempting to murder, when it was quite clear
that the prisoner was not guilty of anything more than a
misdemeanour. There was no pretence for saying that he
was guilty of felony, and the question was, whether there
was evidence of malice, or accident.
Mr. Bliss said there was no evidence of malice. He was

guilty wounding. Bat he would speak to
of unlawfully Mr. Justice Wightmaa. If there was malice the prisoner
was guilty of doing what the gun did.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty of unlawfully wound-
ing, but recommended him strongly to mercy.
The Judge, after consulting Mr. Justice Wightasn, said
the verdict was right, and as a caution to the prisoner for
his reckless madact, sentenced him to a month's im-
prisonment.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

YESTERDAY.

OLD COURT.—Barosa Ida. Beams Purr.
Edouard Raynaid, 36, a uimiautive Frenchman, described
as a tailor, was indicted for misdemeanour, in having un-
lawfully solicited the Priam de Joinville to concur with
him in a conspiracy to assassinate Louis Napoleon, the Em-
perm of the French.
Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Robinson conducted the prosecu-
tion on behalf of the government. Mr. Woollen was

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counsel for the defendant.
Mr. Bodkin, in opening the cue to the jury, said that
the indictment now before them, and to which he
begged to direct their earnest attention, was one of a
somewhat unusual character in an English court of
justice. The defendant was charged with a misde-
meanour at common law, and upon the facts he should
lay before them he apprehended that in point of law no
difficulty whatever would arise upon the question whether
the act imputed to the defendant was an offence against the
law of this country. The circumstances under which the
sharp was made were very short and :simple. Els Royal
illghass the Peace Se Johrrille, the ass of the late SOW

reign of France, Louis Philippe, had, as the jury were no
doubt aware, resided fur some time at Claremont, and in
the beginning of the month of June in this year lie re-
ceived a letter Irmo the prisoner regur sting that he would
grant Lim en interview. The Prince caused some in-
quiries to be mule respecting the writer of the letter, but
nothing whatever was done in relation to it, and
the letter in question was aestroyed. Very soon after-
wards, however, two other letters were received by the
Prince, both of which were written by the defendant, and
it was upon these letters that the present charge was
founded. It appeared that immediately upon the receipt
of them, the Prince de Joinville forwarded them to Sir
Richard Mayne, and the necessary proceedings were then
taken to apprehend the prisoner. He would read the letters
in question, and it would be for the jury to say whether
they could entertain any reasonable doubt that the object
of the prisoner was to induce the Prince de Joinville to te-
m.:, him in his project to assassinate the French Emperor.
The learns.: .7."..""1 than "W fire two following
•

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"My Prince,-1 permit myself once again to writii to
you these few fines ; 1 bad the honour to receive at my
house • gentleman who I bad not the honour to know any
more in Paris than in London, but from his conversation he
proves to me that he was sent by you to know my intention
to be useful to you. I have not told it to any one; I would
only confide myself to yon alone. But as it is so, I coulees
that which I beg of you not to make known to any one
whatever, as you are often surrounded by persons who for
money deceive you, but to you alone I confide myself, and
without interest for one. My Prince, Napoleon the Little,
whom they called thus at Strasburg, has given me the idea
of an assassin, which he was. My instruction was not to
seek deeply into polities as I know them now,;
I but at Boulogne, when read his mode of acting,
that man forced me to shut up in my breast an
eternal hate. You, who expend your days to go
and fetch the ashes of his uncle for the service
of France, and whose property to-do, he has dared to sell,
which no King has done—he has acted like an assassin and
a thief at the same time. You know it, my prince, better
than I, as you are the first victim—you are deprived of
seeing your country, you and your dear family—you who
had ezposed your his several times—you are more unfortu-
nate than a workman who wanders from country to coun-
try. I do not seek to flatter yon, believe it well, fur if
you knew me you would see it. You will believe, perhaps,
that Ido this out of interest. No, for I have been unfor-
tunate
in London, and I have never asked anything of
anybody but ten shillings which the French So-
ciety bad the goodness to give me, from the
moment that my wife had remained in bed, for three
months ; and I had no work, and it was M. Meunier
who forced me to make the request, which he sup-
ported. In fine, I cut it short. I am going to depart for
Paris, and my voyage is for you alone. I weer it upon
the trust of my mother and of my father. Life is to me •
charge and a burden to be no longer borne. I must utilise
it, and you shall see it. My prince, I have my wife, who is
17 years old. I would place her under your protection. I
have sought out a motive to her for the journey, and she
consents to it ; but the poor child, she will be the only vic-
tim of my project ; but I sleep no more. I alone, I must
change this base wretch ; he and all who surround him
must be blown iip. It is • thing which oppresses me much
to be an assassin • but it must be, though I should be forced
to sell my last shirt. I write to you while my poor wife is
gone out. I hasten to finish. Could yon but read in my
heart the sentiments that I have for you and your dear
family ! Adieu, my prince ; and all that I desire is that
hau should be soon on a throne to rentier the people more
ppy than they an, and all France. I think to leave soon,
and you will have news of me later in your name, which
none will know, I hope.
(Signed) BATNAUD DZ Qurrovu.i.z."
The second letter was as follows :

"My lord,—l permit myself to write to you these few
lines before my departure. I have collected the little money
that is due to me, but it is not sufficient for the idea I have,
and which is infallible as to me alone. I charge myself to
blow up the tyrant and his accomplices, and all the persons
around him. lam u sure of it as of the day lam to die.
My lord, do not believe that I am seeking to deceive you,
as I have ne views of that ; but I will give you the best
guarantees for the advances you may make me. I leave
my furniture, I leave my wife, who has property iof 12,000
francs, without that which comes back to her, and a good
business which I have—l employ **vend workmen: in
short, my lord, it is money I want—not a large sum, twenty
pounds—and I give right to whomsoever may see me in
France or any other country to stab me where he may find
me if I have not done that which I must do to change the
G. F. (French government). 1 swear it by all that I have
dearest to me on earth. In short, monsieur, that which I
do is for your family and your worthy mother, as she is so
good to her countrymen—it is for you alone. You are ca-
pable of rendering the workman happy, and to make return
your family. lam about to leave on Saturday, but I wait
your reply. I have been to Claremont, but I was not able
to get to you, as they told me that you were out. I spent
four shillings, but what of that ? I rely upon you. Ibe
of you to send me your reply by your secretary if you con-
sider it advisable. I have arranged my affair ready to de-
part. I send you my passport to let you see that I am not
=abed nor a thief, and that I was established at Paris
the cursed republic, which caused my misery and
peers. In short, my priace, I rely upon your goodness, and
yea may rely upon me as upon yourself. I beg of you to
'Ws me a reply the moment that may be possible to you, as
I ealy wait for that to depart, and to prove to you that I
en not a man who bends with fear. I rely again on your
dhention, as I shall be sure to fall if it is known. My
lord, you will see if the Reynauds are cowards, and if they
know bow to keep a secret. I beg of you to believe me,
your all•devoted servant (signed) RAYNAI:D."
The learned counsel proceeded to state that upon the re-
ceipt of these letters the Prince de Joinville felt that it was
necessary some steps should be taken in the matter, and as
would be expected from a person of his position, and enter-
taining feelings of honour and humanity, be at ones sent
the letters to Sir R. Mayne, by whom they were transmitted
to the Secretary of State, and by his dtrections these pro-
seedier woe taken to vindicate the law, and to show that
seek a yesseelleg was an infraction of the law of England.
Upon tide subyeet he apprehended there would not be the
slightest difficulty. It was clearly a misdemeanour to cow
pass in England the death of any foreign sovereign who
was in amity with this country, and many years ago, in the
case of the First Consul of Prone*, it was held to be an
offence to bring that individual into contempt in this country
by publishing libelous matter calculated to bring him into
contempt and discredit. The ground for this ruling undoubt-
edly was that such a proceeding was calculated to occasion
ill-feeling and war between the two countries. MA it woo
therefore held to be en offence. He could net el somas
conjecture what defense would be set up for the dellielle4
but if any attempt was made to show that he wee use=
actuated by any intuition to commit the offence of
stating the Emperor, bet that he merely hoped to get sesta
money from the prism, he would only observe that this was
the first time seek a deletes had been suggested, and that
when the defend's* Wessell was first taken, he made no at-
tempt to excuse Obelisk( upon such a ground, but merely re-
gretted that he had seat such letters to the Prince. The
jury would, however, look at all the circumstances that
would be laid Were them, and it would be for them to say
whether the 'videos wade out to their satisfaction that the
defendant was guilty of the offence imputed to him by the
indictment or not.
His Royal Highness the Prince de Joinville was then exa-
mined from the bench. He appeared to be very deaf. The
questions put to him by Mr. Robinson were explained to
him by an interpreter. His Royal Highness said—l em
the son of the late King of France, Louis Philippe. I live
at Claremont, and in the beginning of the month of June
I received a letter alined, Raynaud, in which the writer
requested an interview. I instructed my secretary to write
a reply, that I was not in the habit of admitting strangers
to an interview, and give the letter to hint. Soon after-
wards I received the other two letters now produced. They
were all in the tame handwriting.
By Mr. Woollen—The prisoner is an entire stranger
to me.

Mr. Woollett—Hu not your Royal Highness several ap-
plications for money from a great many French exiles.
The Prince de Joinville—Am I obliged to answer title
question ?
Baron Platt said that the question meat be answered, but
his royal highness need not mention any names.
The Prince then said that he had been applied to for
money by several exiles from France.
Re-examined—He handed ever the two last letters
directly be received them to Sir R. Mayne.
Sourinoff, a Russian journeyman tailor, deposed that
the prisoner also got his living in that capacity, and he had
been acquainted with him for about five months The pri-
soner lived at No. 4, Sh d•place, Golden-square. He
had had opportunities of seeing hie handwriting, and he
believed the letters that bad been produced were written
by him.
Mt. Louis Edward Engelbech deposed that the letters
which had been read were literal translations ef the origi-
nals which were in the French language, made b himself.
M. Auguste Tronyon, the Secretary to the Prince de
Joinville, proved that he destroyed the first letter sent by
the prisoner. It was signed Raynaud, and he caused Nome
inquiries to be made regarding the writer.
John Saunders, a sergeant of police, deposed that he re-
ceived the two letters that had teen roduced from Sir R.
Mayne, and by his directions he made inquiries, and ascer-
tained that the prisoner lodged at No. 4, Sherrard-plue.
He made further inquiries a few days afterwards, and
then discovered that the prisoner bad left. He made a re-
port to the Commissioners of Police, and a warrant was
then placed in his hands for the apprehension of
• the prisoner, and he went in search of him and found him
at Southampton. He spoke to the prisoner in French, and
told him that he was charged with conspiring with others
to kill Louis Napoleon, the Emperor of the French, and
showed him the letters that had been produced, and the
• prisoner upon this said he was very sorry that he had written
II the letters to the Prince.

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A statement made by the prisoner before the magistrate
was then put ia. It was to the effect that he was conti-
nually suffering in his head, and that be was so at the
time be wrote the letters, and did not know what he was
about. Ile likewise said that he had been in the hospital
at Southampton, anal that the doctor bled him anal put ice
on his head.

The letters referred to were next put in and read, and
this closed the case for the prosecution.
Mr. Woollett then addressed the jury for the defendant.
He commenced by stating that it was owing principally to
the kindness of the authorities of that court, and a few
friends of the prisoner, that he appeared on this occasion an
his behalf, and he said he could not help congratulating the
prisoner that he was to be tried for an offence of the pre-
sent description in en English court of justice, before an