The Express.
London, England, 1851-02-26 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY.

LORD MAYOR'S COURT.
Iltllollll TOO H2ollt Hon. J. S. WORTIAT. Ratner's&
WADSWOILTII V. THE QUEEN OF SPAIN.—STONE AND
MANTIS, GARNISHEES.—THE SPANISH BOND CASE.
This case, which wan an attachment issued by a holder of
Spanish funds against the sum of 10,000!., which was in
the hands of Messrs. Stone and Martin, the bankers, as
agents on behalf of the Spanish government, was in the list
fur hearing at the sitting of the court this morning, having,
it may be remembered been brought wider the notice of the
court on the 29th ultimo, when an application was made
on the part of the defendant to dissolve the attachment on
common bail being filed, on the ground that the affidavit
of debt made by the plaintiff, and upon which the attach-
ment was issued, was insuffieicut. A bill of proof was now
put iu ou the part of the defendant, and an adjournment
asked for, but this was opposed on the part of the plaintiff,
who was ready toproceed with the cause forthwith, and an
affidavit was put in, in which it was stated that the only
object of the defendant's advisers was delay, and that the
plaintiff had experienced great difficulty in subprenaing the
witnesses necessary for the support of his ease.
the Recorder said that, under the practice of the court,
he could not now proceed to try the cure, but he would di-
rect subprenas to be issued forthwith, so that the plaintiff
might not again Sad difficulty in aerring the witnesses.
After some conservation between the learned counsel and
the court, the case was postponed, it bring an understand-
ing that it was nut to come on for trial before the second
week in April.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY.

BOW STREET.

CRUELTY TO A iioßAlt.Ji.ii;;;/, a carman in the em:
ploy of Mr. Tanquicr, coal tucrchaut, was charged with ill-
treating a horse.

Yesterday afternoon the prisoner had charge of a waggon,
laden with coals, and three horses. He was to discharge the
cowls in Southamptou-street, in which Is an extremely
steep descent. The prisoner while in that street at-
tempted ti place the waggon close to the kerb,
but the shaft horse was unable to move the load, in
cox:sequence of the declivity of the street, which caused the
weight to increase un the back of the horse. The prisoner,
finding that the horse could not more the waggon. com-
menced beating it across the head and shoulders with the
lash end of the whip in a most brutal manner. His conduct
attracted the asention of some ladies residing in the street,
and the prisoner continued Lolling the horse across the
head Mr several minutes. The animal, in his struingim to
move the waggon, fell upan his knees, and the pri-
soner stnick the horse while in that position. Ultimately
the horse fell udder the shafts, mid lay is that position for
nearly three quarters of an hour. When it was raised the
horses car was bleeding profusely.
The constable said the prisoner, in endeavouring to move
the horse, failed to lock the wheels while on the declivity,
and the horse was dragged down by the waggon running
back. If the waggon had run buck into the Strand, there
is no doubt it would have caused considerable damage.

Mr. Tanquier said the primmer was alwAya hind to his
horses, and the horse in question was very stubborn.
31r.Joirdine commented very strongly on the conduct of
the prisoner, and he tined Lim lUs., or 11 (Lip' imprison-
ment.

The lino was paid.
C %mutat or Two DESERTERq.— W. rOildi and IV.
Dumbarton, in-irides in the Grenatliz.r t.t uards, were charged
as deserters.

Sergeant Thompson, of the F division, Paid from infor-
mation he received, he went last evening to No. IN, Great
Earl-street, Seven Dials, nod (rum what he heard he was
induced to go on to the roof of the honse. Ile there dis-
covered foot-marks, which he traced over the roofs of sereral
houses, to u public-house in the NUM: street. Ile cutered
window and descended into the yard, where he climbed over
a wall into another van', which led to a coffee house
in White Lion-street.' entered the cotfre-room, where
he found the two defendants. Collett was dreascsl in his
uniform, and the other was attired in private clothes.
Collett said he did not consider himself u deserter until
the expiration or 21 days. He had only been absent 1•i days.
Dumbarton admitted that he was a deserter. . . .

Mr. Jardineiiiree;t4 in7p;rgoner4i;i;;;Wovea to head-
quart.rs, in the 'lower, where they will be tried by a court-
martial.

ANOTHER 3IEETLNO OF LONDON SEAMEN
IN OPPOSITION TO TUE MERCANTILE
MARINE ACT.

Another huge meeting of the sailors now lying in
the port of Loudon was held last night at the Temperance-
hall, Princes-square, ltateliff-highway, for the purpose of
adopting the best means to secure the abolition of the
New Mercantile Marine Act and other ;fries:owes of the
English seaman.
Mr. LACNCELOT BUSBY, a master mariner, was
called to the chair. Ho said that he had always
heen ready to do his duty to the seamen, mid, while he
commended them fur looking after and obtaining their
rights, he trusted that they would not be so foolish and
ha,ty its the men in the north, but proceed in • spirit of
moderation. They had much to complain of in the New
Marine Act, and he would ask what COUlli the seven mem-
bers of the local board know about merchant Peamen ? Ile
was ever ready in supporting men in seeking their just
rights, and he wouhl tell them that, if they only kept them-
selves in bounds, they must prosper. (Cheer.)
Mr. O. MODEL then moved the first re.olution, to the
effect that a memorial, duly signed, be presented to the
Board of Trade, soliciting the suspension of certain points of
the act. It conferred nut the least benefit upon the boil)-
!of seamen, and he might ask who had sought it ? Nut the
shipowners, with some few exceptions, perhaps, and surely
the Lew were not to govern the many. The masters did not
require it, and he was certain that the men did not.
(Hear.) lie sincerely belies eel that it would prove as serious
an injury to the owner and muster all it had already beam
to the sailor. Surely there could be whetter tribunal with re-
fertnee to deciding whether a num had done right or wrong
than going kilos, a magistrate in a public court, but for
the future they were to Ike trapped within closed doors at
the shipping Mile:. And then, upon what principle were
they to pay one shilling fur being engaged, and two shil-
lings for using paid off? lie did nut care if they made a
shipping office at every house, as lung as they did not com-
pel him to go to it. Just let them look at the ease of a nun
who shipped to go to the East Indies at 21. a mmith,which
would give him about Is.4d. for twenty-four hours' labour,
and taking the shipping office charges from his first month's
pay, viz., Is. for engaging, Is. for the muster-roll, and 2s.
for paying off he would have about hi. Old. for the day'.
work, or rather more than a halfpenny nn hour. (Hear,
hear.) And then with reference to the Sailors' Home—did
it give them a fair chance of getting a ship ? (Cries of
" No, no.") lie was a married man, and he would ask
what chance he would have while the house was full of its
boarders? (Cheers.) Ile might put his name down, but'
as long as he lived out of the house, and living married and
having a home of his own he could not well go into it, his
chance of being employed was very small. Then they had
an office on Tower-hill, and another at Green's Home : but
he contended that they were not proper place's; and if
they were intended to be of any service to the seamen, they
ought to he at the docks—there there might he a chance for
them. It was strange they could not keep the men from
visiting those shipping offices ; while they did, and shipped
themselves according to the arrangements impoeed upon
them, they might depend upon it that the government
would not listen to them. What he mostly objected to in
the bill was the shipping offices, the artificial log, and the
system of fine he wished to sae them all abolished.
Mr. CAVANAGH supported the resolution, which was
unanimously adopted.
Other speakers leaving addressed the meeting, and a de-
putation to wait on the Board of Trade being arranged, the
meeting, after the usual compliment to the chairman, sepa-
rated.
The two war steamers sent down to the northern coast
arc said to have taken at hoard strong detaeluneuts of

marines, in order to art in every possible ease of emergency.

THE RIOT AT YARMOUTH.

On Monday, the persons (17 in number) who had
been captured during the late riot were brought up for
examination before a full bench of magistrates. The court
was crowded with spectators and hundreds of persons
assembled round the Town-hail during the inquiry. The
Seamen's Committee engaged Mr. Carlos Cooper, barrister,
of Norwich, to defend those of the prisoners who were
seamen. Twelve of the men were charged with the minor
offense of obstructing, assaulting, and resisting the police in
the execution of their duty, whilst they were engaged its
conveying the man on board the steam-tug to join his vessel.
Of these, three were discharged, and the remainder were
fined in various sums, from 10s. to SL, including all costs ;
and, in default of payment, they were sentenced to terms of
imprisonment varyiug from one month to two months.
Five of the ringleaders were charged with riot, and, after n
lengthened investigation, were fully commited for trial at
the next quarter sessions. The evidence did not bring to
light any new facts, but fully bore out in (Trey substantial
particular the former account of the riot.
At the close of the inquiry, in consequence of the excite-
ment prevailing outside the hall, the police, special con-
stables, and cutter's men, together with a troop of the 11th
hussar's, accompanied the vehicle in which the rioters were
conveyed to the gaol. The assemblage of people was very
great, and they loudly cheered the prisoners, and assailed
the police and military with hooting*, but no titbit* mani-
festation of feeling took place. The prisoners being lodged
safely in gaol, the military and civil force dispersed, and the
crowd speedily followed their example. During the day
the mayor issued a bill announcing " That no public pro-
cessions or out-door meetings of seamen or others would be
allowed to take place within the borough during the present
excited state of the town,"
At night a guard of the military was set within the gaol,
and patrols of the cutter's men were placed in the streets,
&e., leading to the gaol. In consequence of the arrival of
the war-steamers, Black Eagle and Lightning, with a strong
body of the marines, the troops have had orders to return to
Norwich.

COUNTY Coat ELIA ASSOCIATION.—The Earl
of Bandon has accepted the office of president of the
society, and the Eui at Cork, Lord Listowell, Colonel
Chattuton, M.H., M.P. (High Sheriff of the county), Mr.
Fagan, M.P., and Sir D. J. Norreys, But., M.P., the
pace of vice presidents.

ALLEGED MURDER OF A WIFE BY POISON.

A painful degree of excitement and alarm has
been occasioned in the usually quiet market town of Chip-
ping Sadhury, Gloucestershire, in consequence of the arrest
of Mr. I). liathway, the landlord of the Fos beer-house,
and a young woman with whom he has been upon terms of
improper intimacy, named Carey. upon a chirge of having
caused the death of Mrs. Jane Ilathway, the wife of the
former, by the admir.istration of arsenic to her. The male
prisoner is about 30 years and the female about 20 ; and
the deceased was a tine young woman, some years the
junior of her husband, and very respectably connected. It
is understood that at the time of their marriage Ilathway
had with his wife a fortune of several hundred pounds.
nearly the whole of which he has spent ; a corunderabla
portion of which it is alieged he his spent in irregularities
with the girl Carey, who once lived in his service, and with
other females.

An adjourned inquest on the body was held on Monday,
at the Grapes Inn, before W. J. Ellis, Esq., and a respect-
able jury,. The prisoners were brought from the police sta-
tion to the inquest room in a carnage, and were followed by
a large crowd much incensed against them, and by whom
but for the precautions taken by Superintendent Gordon
and the police, they, in all probability, would have bees
roughly handled. The i:iquest-room and its upproaches
were crowded throughout the inquiry. The following is an
outline of the evidence adduced:

Sarah Turner deposed that, on Friday evening deceased
called at her father's house. She was sick and ill, and
complained of being very cold. Witness went home with
her to the Fox, where she was again sick several times.
Witness called later the same evening, and saw her, and
she was still very ill ; she was sick after everything she
took, and went to the water-closet repeatedly. She com-
plained of her stomach, and otten said when the pain was
greater, " t.) dear, 1 shall die." When she was sick the
discharges were very watery. Witness sold •he ought to
call in n doctor, but she said she could not afford it. Saw
her husband at the house, and he said she had a bad cold,
that was all.

y a jun) • did not seem very anxious about her. Does
not know of his ill using her, or of any jealousy between
them.

Mary Phipp lived next door to deceawd, and saw her on
Friday attenmon. She said she had been '.cry sick, and
that she had bought some " humbugs" (a Lind of
lozenge), she had such a natty taste in her mouth.
She said she had been taken sick after having
onion broth for dinner. She complained of pain
in her stomach. At about 7 o'clock on Saturday morn-
ing Mr. Rahway lumeked at witne.es's limete, and .asked
her to come in as hi* wife• was very bad. Witness went in,
and site said she felt so bait and sick that she did not know
what to do. She said her hudiand had made her u cap of
te.a. Mr. nathway asked witness to write a note to his
ife's mutt. Advised hiut to call in a surgeon, as some one
should be rolled in. Some time atter witness was again
CAlled in to her, as in her pain the had got out of bed and
tiny could not get her in again. Mr. Leman, surgeon, was
then sent for, but before he could conic she was dead.

Mary Ann.Cireciaing deposed that she was uerasitiaally at
itathway's housi., as she used to work ahuut for hiut, (1121,

lag and the like. Saw the deecawd on Saturday morning;
ghu wag very bad, and willow; asked Inc she should Wtelk
the doctor. She replied ;" and bald blw could not
utll.nl it. The master came in while nittu-s there

" piping his eye." Had frequently lward deceased com-
plain ut pain in her bowels and of being n•lated. Had
never known her take auytking for it. The pain W., some-
tin., so bad that she could nut walk about. On Saturday
morning Mr. Ilathway directed witness to empty a night-
stool, in which there were CI acuatitorts, and she had bled
sick in it. The evacuations were sin en and yellow., and
with a rather lightish sediment. Wien witness left thu
house the poor woman was near dying, and, alter she got
home, she heard that she was dead.
by a juror --Caroline Can, is my sister. She had lived
as servant at Ibithway's, worst: luck. She was bactiwarda
and forwards at the house. Never heard de c.. a say
she was unhappy about the child Caroline laud. Dun t
know that Mr. Ilathway gave her a they,
Jemima Vicki was passing the house about three months
ago, when de:cased called her in. She cos.:pi:tined of a
pain in her stomach. Witness said she ought to take some-
thing for it, and she said she was taking some pilly, which
her hu►band made fur her. Witness asked if they did any
good ? and she replied " no, they make my stomach heat
and burn so." Witness said to her, " sure 1 would

not take anything of his making up, and he gling on as ho
does." She replied, " lie do make me." She then said.
" Now don't say anything about it ; tin I'm afraid the set
he's connected with will murder ow." She seemed very
miserable, and sometimes complaints' to wit:nem of a
girl whom her husband kept. She had also told her
that her husband alien alone sometimes beat and,
kicked her.
By a juror—Have heard her nay that she sometimes went
to bed before 8 o'clock, as she was humid to do so.
Mita Turner, a dressmaker, deposed that about throe
mouths ago she made three green silk bonnets ; une for
Caroline Carey, one for her sister, and the third for a fe-
male named Neale. The siils they gust her to to he them
front was part of a dress. Some' time afterward. Mrs.
liathway asked her if she had a bit of the silk left to let
her see it; she did so, and she then mid it A% 1.4 just like a
dress she had missed, but she could not say wheth, r her
hushand gate it to Carty, or she had taken it. She
seemed much vexed.

Mr. Thus. fire:sine Atkinson, surgeon, deposed that
aboat titres. months Itefere her death the deer aced bad had
a good deal of medicine from him, but :1.4 it was for a spe-
cific complaint, haviug nothing to do with her do atil, he
would rather not mention it. Was not called in on thu
present occasion till after her death. Ilad made a post
morient examination of the body, end everything app-arid
healthy. The external surface of the stomach appeared
healthy. Bid not ciainitte the internal, as witness Is ft the
contents for analysis. Could not form the slightest opinion
as to the cause of death.
Mr. Ilerapath, analytical chemist, of Bristol, oleisosed
that he had received from the surgeon, Mr. Atkinson,
the stmuuch and intestinal canal of nn adult huntan
hieing. Upon looking at the external surface of the
stomach he found it only slightly inflamed. Upon mo,n-
ing it he found it to contain a quantity of fluid
of a dark brown colour, and on subjecting this
fluid ton series of experiments he discovered arsenic. Clan
decanting, the contents of the stomach he found u brown
coloun.4 substance weighing four grains, which, ul on
examining, he found to be white arsenic. Ile afterwards
up:rutcd upon it, and restored it to its original state- the
state in which it was at the time when it was administered.
(The witness here exhibited to the jury a number of small
tubes in which were the products of the sesera) experiments
employosl by hint to doted the presence of arsenic, :and to
assure himself beyond doubt of the identity of that
poison. Ile showed the arsenic in- its metallic form, the
metal sublimed and oxydized, the yellow sulphion.t of
arsenic, Sches•le's green, eke., and continued.) Thus • spe-
cimens proved to him beyond any doubt that arsenic AS as
contained in the stomas:h. Ile also found the stune potisoft
in the substance of the stomach, showing that it had darn
alisorbed into the system ; and he also timed it in the
contents of the intestines. Witness examined the internal
surface of the stomach and large intestines ; that of thu
stomach was considerably inflamed in ridges, and so
was the surface of the duodenum and that of the
upper intestine. The internal tiunice of the rectum
xhibiteol spots of extravasated blood. Judging from
all the circumstances he had named, he had no doubt %Na-
ves r that the person to whom those intestines had lot longed
had died from the effects of arsenic. Could discloser no re-
mains of food either in the stomach or intestines. There
was a brownish-yellow fluid caused most likely by the pre-
sence of rhubarb. Witness had analysed some boxes of
pills, and the contents of a bottle
.gisen to him by Mr.
Atkinson, but could find no arsenic in either of these.
Mr. Burden, the superintendant of police, by whom thus
prisoners were apprehended, said hr had received informa-
tion that morning for which he deemed it necessary to ask
for an adjournment of the inquiry, as he should hate to
make inquiries at a distance.
The Coroner said if the officer deemed an adjuurnment
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essential to the ends of justice it shonld he taken, beenuso
in an inquiry of that importance, alfecting, it might be, tho
lives of portico, he should wish the inquiry to be prosecuted
with proper calmness and deliberation; he would therefore
adjourn over, if it was deemed advisable, Cur a Iv or two.
A somewhat lengthened consultation un this pond ensued
between the Jury, and it was at length resulted to adjourn
the inquest tin Wednesday.
The prisoners were then re-conveyed bark to the lusk-up,
and were followed by a large concourse of the inhabitants.

Tut GUNPOWDER MAGAZINF.S.—The returns moved
for by Mr. William Brown, in reference to the =marines,
have pet been published. They comprise, with little that
is new, all the correspondence which has taken place be-
tween our local authorities and Sir George Grey. The
following arc the last propositions which were made by tho
trustees "That should the suggestion of magazines up the
river be approved of by the government and the town coun-
cil, the lessees would propose the following as the lauds of
the arrangement: That the corporation should obtain, at
their expense, the requisite powers by act of parliament, or
otherwi,e, for the erection of the store 1:11401311101 and thu
land which should be purchased by them. ned the less..es
should have leases granted to them, at a nominal rent, of
the Cites of their store magaziues, fpr n term of not h'a't
than 7 years. That the lemma should bear, by arrange-
ment amongst themselves' all the expenses of constructing
the magaxines, walls roads, piers, &e. That with respect
to the magazines at Wallasey, the lessees would consmt to
limit the quantity stored tVere for issue to a maximum of
5,000 barrels at one time, entertaining at the same time the
hope that, smith a store magazine up the river, this qoantity
would be in practice much diminished. That the le,•ces
would consent to adopt such improvements in the manage-
meat of the magazines at Wallasey as way be considered
requisite."—Lire pool Ntamlard.

Tfui DIRECT WESTERN RATLWAY.—Yeatetdoy,
Messrs. Johnson, Son, and Weathersll, solicitors for ',(r.
Thompson, of Sheffield, Mr. F. Appleby:, of
Derby, and Mr. logdon, of Sheffiel brought in a
statement of facts beforea his Honour Sir Ge d,
org° Raw, to
show cause why it was expedit nt that the company should
he wound up under the act of parliament. The statement
of facts set forth that the oompany was projected in 184.3 to
construct a railway (ruin London to th•Landsend, with
diverging lines to Bath and Bridgewater; proposed capital,
3,000,000/. no 120,000 shares of 2.5/. each, depot 21. 12s.
per chase. It appeared taut a large number of persons mall-
scribed their names to tlte subscription contract, but did not
pay the deposit, and it II stated that in this respect a sum of
' 35,4571. is due. Messrs. Harting appeared on behalf of Mr.
Alderman Challis and other members of the provisional
committee, and asked leave to bring in a muster-staternent
of facts, which his Honour allowed to lto lodged with him
by this day week.