The Express.
London, England, 1847-08-13 00:00:00

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WHITRCRAPEL COUNTY COURT.
Before Mr. Battiest Manning.
A STYLI/in WIADDINO.—LIDDLE V. TAYLOR.—This was
as action brought by Mr. Jew/ph Liddle to recover the sum
of fire guineas from Mr. R. Taylor, of Osborne-street,
Whitechapel, for flee days' occupation of the mansion No. 2,
Chandoestreet, Cavendish-square, lately in the possession of
the Austrian embassy, which. was engaged for the ce'vbra-
tion of his marriage. Mr. Wright, a solicitor. attended for
the defendant.—Mrs. Liddle, on the part of her husband,
Maid that, in the month of December, 1t444, the mother-in-
ks, a the defendant expressed a wish to saltness that, in
of her own house in Connaught.temee not
•
"ba=sameragh for the company expected at the wedding
tibia iliagOlkw to Mr. Taylor, she might allow the use of
Yesmassaraa In Chandoa-street, which witness was emus-
' tan& he let at a rent of 365 guineas a yeas. Witness re-
' a guinea each day, which was agreed to by Mr..
and her daughter, and who subsequently promised to
oar some other remuneration. The celebration of the
wolding was continued for five days.—Mr. Wright con-
tended that Mr. Taylor was not liable, and he produced
arra& bills for meat, male, poultry, hi's ad. &c , w►ich had
been made out in the name of Mrs. Payne by Mr. and Mrs.
Liddle, and who were paid for them by her.—After some dies-

mission on this point, Ms. Wright observed that his client, if he I
thought the demand just, would pay any am.,unt. It was
not on amount of the sum that Mr.. Payne or her daughter
objected to pay, as they were both entitled to a large pro-
perty, which was in Chancery.—Mr. Liddle stated that, if
Mr. Smith, kin solicitor, wet* in court, he could prove that
Mrs. Payne and Mrs. Taylor offered to give each two guineas
and a half to the plaintaff—The learned Judge said that
Mr. Smith must be called, and he should adjourn the cue.
He advised Mr. Wright to consult with his client, in order to
come to seine arrangement before the adjournment day, as he
considered the plaintiff entitled to his claim, and that he
must be paid by some Gem—Adjourned for a fortnight.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
11 WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Sainowarnn, Aco. 11.
Cliosta Coterr.—Bstore add Addeo Wilda
TR! PIIIII7IT CASS.— Thomas WAite, the uncle of the
prisoner lames Cave, was indicted for perjury undi r the cir-
cumstances mentioned in the trial of the Ltter prisoner already
reported. The evidence in the present epee so produced by Mr.
Phinn and Mr. Ks:slake, wen to this effect : —On Monday,
the 30th of November, the primer gave instructions to Mr.
Weston, the mentery to the Society for the Prosecution of
Felons, reepstigg the law of Ida horse, and in consequence
of this Whesidea the handbill was published offering a re-
weed of Lpi kr the approherics of the offenders, and
watlag *et ehe newel wee to have been killed
with pheeze. The lwaftE circulated, the pri-
soner, on eke Oh et fhb of Deeenher, produced to Mr. Hunt,
the high unentido et Belk an linter, which he
stated he had rendrod hem a who did not dere to
ewes forward. h wee la thew term :
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tilkite72l sea ft WSyea thatrthielt4 you ease toodbr a large
med. yea would dolled who it woe that killed year hone. be I
Maid • poem iv lad Weld, that he law tea win in the reed bet
haeseday shel4 Mew= I aid 2 cede*. Isom Mr. lag's and
year liews- weenie tee other Mee/the be -be aid he
bow meet the men envy welt I huge pre VS Ina it fret or lam
se▪ ed
yen eel epee.( the•
othen,hy thembig words that
hued em lim • • • They theme asp pea were s iced ,
wren to per So wia. MI were to say moo I &mid te la dancer
=14:1*-1 abseil be murdered—my ilk wield act be worth a 1
. lam • sieb.wieber to an *agora me.
This letter, the prisoner observed, appeared to be in a
feigned hand ; but Mr. Hunt, who haw kb handwriting,
immediately thought it was written by blunt'''. The letter
was laid before the prosecuting society at a general meeting
held on the 12th December, and was afterwards placed in
the hands of this secretary. On • subsequent occasion it wee
suggested by Mr. Weston and Mr. Hunt, that White
should address • letter to Mr. Blaythwaite, the chairman,
requesting him to AIWA in raising • subscription to
compensate him for the lose of his horse. White agreed to
this, and wrote the following letter under the dictation of
Maws. Hunt and Illsseem who adopted the ingenious con.
trireme of wing the mese were which had been incorrectly
spelt in the aneksmene letter, and the prisoner committed
the same Mod= :
I Sir, —I late Mar Mn awry meek W same pans who
dirloardisythellihNek.wierwry stable mad Weladaveuml is the
Mae Mese et whims; om afraid. Ifmreene be sit token, 1
I doe low mad& hem the thinateniag laiesege that haw been I
mile we eteplet to; snail mesh ddep be Mewed liege. I WWI
set be walk a I shell emirs be iamb 'Mil byres
Mid enbleme k •moketetthe kr sae sell hop the sow
sham wlll gees Ihebt *tweeds h. Ikea ilwe awe Ikea •
=.ll7aft lbe swl dielreyed by ewe leasseerr, sal some dew
101 two hew doomedd Is Os wine Weide by sementerba.
row aMwben old& was new dbewered.—l remote, deer dr, your
obeli. sal Webb servant. Tames Werra
These kens were prodoesd, and no fewer than 6 witnesses
were celled to prove that the anonymous letter, so well as the
document addressed to Mr. Slaythwaite, was in the prisoner's
handwriting. It, hosteler, appeared that, when White in-
troduced Cave before the magistrates as a witness against
Sealing and Compton, he (White) stated that he had no idea
who had written the letter. Another fact against the pri-
soner was that he had represented the horse es worth MI ,
whereas it was stated in evidence that the animal, together
with another horse, had been *old to the prisoner for
that it was constitutionally diseased, and was subject to the
'I bet," as previously described. It was also proved that,
ea the morning otter the hone was said to have received the
injury complained of, the prisoner went into the stable him-
salflaad remarked to a man who accompanied him, that
there was a hole in the horse's heed bare enough
for him to introduce his finger, although the fact appeared
to be that the wound was • very slight one. The prisoner
then bad the horse killed, and on the following day it was
opened, when, as he alleged, he found the nail described,
which he stated had apparently been thrust down the horse's
throat. There was, however, good ground for believing,
from the Internal appearance of the animal, that such was
not the fact, but that the nail had been introduced after
death, either by the prisoner or at his instigation.
Mr. atone (with whims was Mr. Hodges) addressed the
jury for the prisoner, and the learned Judge, in summing
up, recapitulated the whole of the evidence.—Xerdict,
Guilty. Sentence, seven years' transportation ; his lordship
observing, that the evidence justified the belief that, the
horse being afflicted with &constitutional diem*, the prisoner
I was anxious to make it appear that the animal had been fe-
' loniously destroyed. With this view It would seem that
1 he had contrived by some artful means to introduce the
nail Into the horse's stomach, and his object in resorting to
seat • stratagem was, to obtain money from • society which
had assisted him on former omissions. He could not help
remarking that the circumstance of thew " pickaxe," as well
as the feet of " two men" being seen together in the road
near his house, was originally suggested by the prisoner in
his Instruction for the handbill; and these suggestions
might amount for the minuteness of the prisoner Cave's
statement as to the mode of killing the horse, and as to the
circumstances under which the offence was said to have been
committed.
The trial commenced at 7 o'clock yesterday evening, and
was adjourned at half-past 10 until this morning.
This case concluded the assizes.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Lmaroot, Aro. 12.
The commission of the peace and general gaol deli-
very for the southern division of Lancashire, was opened
=at' Mr. beforeJUTerP°)ustice Vtigi . 'V. Baron Chief
i "-
with the usual formalities, was adjourned till
be n
:Life? o'clock ea the following day, and their lordships
attended divine service at St. George's church. The Lord
Chief Baron prodded in the Crown Court, and Mr.
Justice Wightmen over the Nisi Friuli. In the former
there were in all 118 prisoners for triaL The Lord
Chief Baron, In his charge to the grand jury, said the calen-
dar was one of the mat remarkable which in all his ex-
perience, he had ever met with. He believed that it ex-
ceeded any other calendar which he had ever known
to be presented to a grand jury, and it contained the
most frightful catalogue of atrocious offences. There
were no lea then 43 ores of violence to the per-
son • 7 murders; 13 manslaughter'; 10 cum of
cuttin and wounding ; 5 rapes; and there were
in ad t lion to these above 20 cases of burglary. If we
looked back to a period of a very few years, before a change
took place in the criminal law of this country—a change
with which his own opinion in every way and for every
reason entirely coincided—he meant the mitigation of capital
punishment, it was alarming to consider that, if the law had
remained the same as it was then, there would now have
been presented to their attention not leas than seventy
eras of capital offences, the majority of which were vi
frequently punished with death. He knew not to what this
alarmingincrease of great and atroakma crimes was to be
ascribed. The learned chief baron then proceeded to re.
fer to several of the cases, and expressed strong disapproba-
tion with the conduct of the coroner in the district who had
furnished him with depositions, some of which were totally

POLICE.—YESTERDAY.
MANSION•HOUBB.—ALLEGED SKUOCILINO.—FIenry
Brent wee charipil with having endeavoured to pan through
the Custom-keen a large quantity of tobacco as arsenic, in
order to amp Ifte duty.—The solicitor for the prosecution
said the pawn baying culled upon &Custom-house agent to
clear vat in auks of arsenic which had been consigned to
his, ere emegleloa was entertained of the genuineness of
the esti.% end iewas discovered that an attempt was I
made to 'pd ler Moiesty of a considerable amount of
duties. Sb agent, upon finding that nth a fraud was con-
teerplided. OM that no pales had been spared in the
adds. awed the prisoner to be apprehended, and ffet
Mkillwee hand a piece of tobacco precisely Wailer to the
eanteined in the (*aka —Mr. F. liammond, clerk
to Mem Joyce, lightermen and agents, Water-lane,
add tioe pebeoer cute to their soonttathouse on Tues-
day aftiroame, and said he had six auks of arsenic on
board tle ?dooms Royal Hamburg steam-boat, and asked
wheat/ ho weld clear them out. He produced a bill of
ladle& whisk stated that six teaks of arsenic by that vowel
were swiped to H. Brent. He did not give witness the
bill of He said he particularly wanted the casks
slowed wt Ili afternoon, as he wished to send them by'
reamed to He told him it was too late to
clew *ea dm, but ifasilashase. he could call in the morning they
skald be folly fir him. liepromised to call in the morn-
ing esdigh. lifter further out:ructions. He did not call!
Mr. B. Philip Law, landing-waiter at the Costcrin-house;
said he was on duty on Wednesday cm the Customhouse
quay, and at tea o'clock a tide-waiter brought him six make
They were entered as arsenic, which is free of duty. Wit-
ness selected two out of the six for examination. Upon
opening the first cask he found it contained nothing but ar-
senic ; upon removing the head of the second cook he found
a tin case also containing arsenic, but the met of the cask
was filled with manufactured tobecoo, and pigs of lead,
which were put round the tobacco to make up for the defi-
cietcy of weight, which must, otherwise, have been too
palpable. Witness ordered the remainder of the casks to be
opened, and all of them had manufactured tobacco packed in
the same way with tin Casa of arsenic.—Mr. Connell, the
Queen's appraiser at the Custom-house, stated that he re-
ceived the casks from the landing-surveyor, and found them
to contain Cavendish tobacco. The sample of the tobacco
was in the justice•roots, and was of exactly the same descrip-
tion as that which was exhibited as baring been taken from
the prisoner's pocket. The relic and the duty amounted to
54.511 19s. 4d.—The prisooer said the tobaooo found on him
had been in his pocket twelve months.—Mr. Robler'e de-
fence of the prisoner was founded upon the argument that he
was wholly ignorant of the facts of the cam.—The prisoner
was remanded.

BOW-STREET.—Roannay eir TIM EARL or HAR
RINOTON'B.— Willie/MI Wiltshire and Michael Roche, who
have been scrotal times remanded on a charge of steeling a
quantity of plate, jewellery, &c.. from Lord Harrington's
mansion in Whl'ehall.place, having obtained admission on
the pretence that they earn* to sweep the chimneys, were
brought up and committed for trial.
ATTIMPT TO EXTORT MONIST DT AN OFFICER OF THE
Berrien fif nennw.—John Key, one of the attendants in the
reading-room of the British Museum, was charged with
giving a threatening letter to a lady attending the reading-
room of that institution. The complainant stated, that
as she was going into the Brittsh Museum on Wednesday, a
note was put into her hand, threatening to " expose " her if

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1847.

she did not give 51. to induce the writer to preserve secrecy.
The note contained a seri, e of 'rawly false and calumnious
charges, and she thought it right to show it to the autho-
rities of the museum. The handwriting being recognised as
that of the miscue; he was given site custody —Mr. John
Winter Jones, senior assistant of the printed book depart-
ment, said that the prisoner was one of the supernumerary
attendants in the museum. He identified the note in ques-
tion as being in the handwriting of the prisoner.—M.
Panizzi, keeper of the printed books of the British Museum,
corroborated the testimony of the previous witness with
respect to the handwriting in the note, which he deelared to
be the prisoner's.—The prieoner was committed to take his
V ial at the Old Bailey. The prisoner's solicitor applied to
Mr. Jardine to take bail for his appearance at the sessions,
which was refused.
TEE Dan= Aswan.— The occupiers and owners of
premises under the Adelplii-terrace known as the dash
arches, to the number of twenty, among whom were Miss
E. Burdett Coyne, Mr. Chaplin, 11. P., Sir Edouard distro-
bus, Mr. Marjoribanks, dc., were summoned, at the
instance of the paving committee of the parish of Saint
Martin-in-the-Fields, to show cause why they willingly
and knowingly suffered a quantity of noxious and offensive
matter to accumulate in the arches under the Royal Adelphi-
terrace—Mr. La Breton, vestry clerk of Saint Martin's
pariah, said that the premises in questios were occdpitd by
a number of persons as vaults and stables, in which offensive
filth and stagnant matter had been allowed to accumulate
for years, causing stench and nuisance in their most aggra-
mud forms to the injury of the inhabitants of the AdelPhi-
terrace and the surrounding houses, and even to passengers
coming from the steam-boats, some of whom had been sud-
denly seized with illness ; and on one occasion a person died
from the effects of contagion contracted in his way from •
steam-bat. He considered it his duty to request the attend-
ance of Dr. Goulding, Mr. Laker, the surgeon, and other
medical gentlemen, to explain the extent of the nuisance, in
addition to the inspector of nuisances appointed under the
paving committee, to whom complaints had been ;nide at
various times upon the subject. Mr. Laker said that 1,000
pectins resided on the property, and several cases of malig-
nant fever had lately taken *re in _runic of
the offensive condition of die arches lisermilt the
terrace, which caused him with other prefosiandau=
to take such steps as would indite, the
to apply to the court to put the law in spines the
occupiers ef the vaults. One gentleman present, who was
ender his treatment, bad only lately partially recovered
from a fever caught in his passing through them from a
steam-bat.—Mr. Le Breton said that certain pude! had
threatened proceedings in case the paving committee inter-
fered with what they termed their rights, but he would have
no hesitation in advising the committee to proceed directly,
and order their men to thoroughly dense every portion of
the premises.—After considerable discussion, the greater
number of the &Andante, or their representatives, signed an
agreement not to interfere or oppose the committeein
cleansing the premises, and the remainder promising to have
the work performed by men in their service, the parties left
the court.
MARYLEBONE. CHASMS OP FORGING a WILL.—
Mr. Stephen Ford, of Bath, 80 years of age, was charged
with having forged a will. A paragraph, inserted in the
government Hue and Cry and Police Gazette of the 1 lth
met., was mad. It contained the offer, of a reward of
10/. to any person who would give such information as
might, within one month, lead to the apprehension of "Ste-
phen Ford" for forgery, and against whom a warrant had
been granted by the mayor of Bath. Two of the prisoner's
sons had already undergone examinations at Bath, for having
been concerned in the offence, and were committed for trial.
—Mr. Taylor, Winchesterrow, New-road, identified the'
prisoner, whom he had known for • number of years, as
being the person whose name and description had been
published in the Hue and Cry as before alluded to.—The
warrant authorising the capture of the prisoner wasnot
forthcoming, it being in the possession of Mr. Hall, she
high constable of Bath, who, without loss of time, nude
known the particulars connected with the forgery to Me
whole of the divisions of the metropolitan police, nothing
transpired before the bench as to the name of the party which
was forged, nor the amount of property involved--
Inspector Hunt, of the D division, said, that in the event of
the prisoner being brought up again in the course of a few
days, Mr. Hall would, ad interim, be communicated with
relative to the capture made, and he would, of comer, come
up to town.—The magistrate asked the prisoner what be bad
to say in answer to the charge, and he replied, " I know
nothing about the forgery." He was then removed from the
bar.
ROBBEZT TO THE AMOUNT or 1001.—John Bell, who
was at an early hour captured at the Eustonaquare station
of the London and North-Western Railway, in consequence
of a telegraphic communication, was charged with having
stolen 1001., in notes and gold, from the house of Mr. Fair-
ham, his ather-ia-law, residing at South Shields. The
prosecutor, who is owner and master of a trading.veeeel, left
home on the 30th of July on • voyage, with • cargo, taking
with him his wife, and locking up his house, in which was
a chest, containing the sum alluded to. On Tuesday last his
wife returned home, and ascertained that the money had
been stolen from the chest in the bed-room.—ln reply to the
magistrate, prosecutor stated, that on the day before he
sailed, his son, who was an apprentice to him, absoonded,
and he was subsequently put on board another vessel, bound
for London, by the prisoner. The son had since informed
prosecutor that be had gone to the house with prisoner for
his clothes.—The prisoner, who declared that he knew
no whatever about the robbery, was ultimately die.
BETH.—UTTEBINO COUNTERFEIT Cote.—Mary
Ann Johnson and another, two well-dressed females,
were re-examined, charged with attempting to par a coun-
terfeit half-sovereign , at the Two Sawyers public-house,
Palace New-road. On Monday morning last the prisoners
entered the Two Sawyers public-home, and tendered a sore-
reign hemp:ent of wine. In the change they received •
half-ao and after some little inanceuvring they
handed ha a counterfeit, saying they_did not think it was
a good one, and requesting change. Mrs. Smith, the land-
lady, saw at once it was not tffie coin she had given them,
and charged them with " ringing the changes," and they
were given into custody.—Mr. Vine, landlord of the Plough,
In Rupert-street, deposed that the prisoners had attempted a
similar trick at his house some days ago.—The constable
said he had been to the office of the Mint solicitor, and was
told that the prisoners were not known, though neither the
solicitor himself nor any person belonging to his office had
seen them.—Mr. Elliott said he had no doubt they were
" smashen" and remanded them till Saturday, when he
requested the solicitor to the Mint might attend.
IVORSHI P -ST RE ET. Meal] LT. lVilliam Walker
was charged with violently assaulting Mr. Janus Moore,
landlord of the King's Head, Holywell-row, Shore-
ditch, and his daughter. On Wednesday night, the prisoner,
in company with two other men, went into Mr.
Moon's house for some gin, but as they bed all had,
enough they were refused, in mosequenoe of which the
=commenced a tirade of abuse against him. and the
1, and on the latter leaving the tar to obtain amber
sacs the prisoner threw her down. Mr. Moore attempted
to eject the prisoner, but he was also thrown down by
bin assisted by his companions, who immediately de-
camped. The prisoner remained, and whilst Mr. Neon
was down, kicked him in the body and head, and rendered
him insensibls.—The prisoner expired great regret for
what he had done, but which would not have occurred had
he not been under the influent* M drink.—Mr. Hamill
fined him 405., or one month's imprisonment, for the meault
on Mr. Moore, and 405., or one month's imprisonment, for
the week on Mr. Moore's daughter.
THAMES.--SRASIEN'S WAOPA.—A HARD C SE.—HF.
Hodgson, a solicitor, applied to Mr. Ballantine on behalf of
seven mariners belonging to the ship Catherine and Eliza-
beth for summonses against Mr. Peter Merritt, the master of
the vessel, for him to show cause why be refused payment of
their wages for services on a voyage from London to :Madeira,
St. Vincent, and back. The ship arrived here on the 6th
inst., and the men received a verbal discharge from the
master, but he did not give them a written ce•rtificato of ser•
vies and diacharge, according to the form of the Merchant
Seamen's Act. The men bad been discharged seven days,
and were entitled to the summonses.—Mr. Ballantine said
he could not grant the 112121190113•11 until seven dap after a
written discharge was given, according to the form pre-
scribed in the act —Mr. Hodgson said the men had not been
able to obtain their certificates of service and discharge, but
he would contend the verbal discharge was sufficient. The
master was not bound to give the man their certificates when
he discharged them. The act said the men should receive
their certificates upon discharge " or upon garment of the
wages." It was a very hard case upon the sailors, who were
anxious to obtain their wages and proceed to sea again.—Mr.
Ballantine said he could not help it j he would grant a
mammon, against the neuter for refusing to give the men
a certificate of service and discharge, and, upon
conviction, the master would be liable to a penalty
of 61.—Mr. Nara said if he took out a summons
yalnk the meetsrir the refuel to give the certificates, he
afoY le zest by the el‘eetien that the muter was not
bowel to glee the artftleates till he paid the wages.—Mr.
Holland= mid If they waited till three days after the deli-
very ef um* would grant preens for the wages.—
Mr. Bedpan mil the ship was in difficulty, and as as
put upon the delivery of the cargo. The men would pro-
bably have to wait a month before the cargo was discharged,
and had no means of supporting themselves.—Mr. Ballantine
regretted that he could not assist the applicants,—The sailors
then left the court much dejected.