The Express.
London, England, 1849-07-07 00:00:00

CRICKET.

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Kt= T. STRZIT.—This match, which was commenced
at Kennington Oval on Thanday last, was finished yester-
day_ia favour of Kest by 6 wickets.
DUTCIIT.II TO CO/LB.—July 9, at Lord's, Kent against

COMMISSION OF LUNACY ON JOHN BELL,
ESQ., M.P., FOR TRIRSH.
Yesterday (Friday), a commission the lunatico inqnirendo
was held at the Three Tuns IL.tel, Think, by Francis
Barlow, E.g., a Master in Lunacy, to inquire into the state
of egad of John Bed, BA., for some years the representa-
tive of that borough in parliament, and who, as is well
known, Make some time been incapable of attending to his
parliamentary duties. The question was, whether he had
been • lunatic from the let of June last. The petitioners'
did not seek to fix the date later back than that period.
Mr. Blanshard stated the ease. The petitioners, he said, I
were Mrs. Wagon and Mrs. Balaton, sitters and eo heiresses I
of Mr. Bell. He should not only adduce medical evidence, '
hut also tne testimony of parties who had been about Mr.
Bell's person. From these sources the jury would find
that Mr. Bell laboured under extraordinary delusions, one
of the most prevalent ones being that he was a bird.
Sometimes he fancied himself to he an eagle, and
made motions with his arms as if endeavouring to
raise himself from the ground to fly. Agate,
he supposed, and would not be persuaded to the
contrary, that iodine was put in his tea. Sometimes he ens-
pected his sister, and sometimes said it was done down
stain by the cook or some of the servants. And his fatuity
is each that when dinner is announced, he will torget his
way down stairs, and sometimes be fiend in his dmring-
room. and or two °makes, when seated at dinner
with Mr. Mrs. Mcßean, he has fancied hirreelf in his
dressing room, and begun to undress himself. He is some-
times violent, strikes his keeper, and screams out, without
any cause. He is subject to paraxyuns of this sort, fw
gangly requiring restraint; when these have passed off, he I
is quiet and tractable.
The learned gentleman then called witnesses who proved
the facts stated by him in his opening address, and ales
several medical gentlemen who deposed to Mr. Bell's Mem-
potency. to manage his affairs.
The jury. gave a verdie. to the effect that Mr. Bell wu of
suound mind, and had been so since the lst 0' June last.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.—YErriumny.
THE SICILIAN ARMAMENT.
The promsedinge of the above trial were resumed this
morning. At ten o'clock the defendants, who bad been dis-
charged upan their bail, again surrendered, and shortly
afterwards Mr. Justice Coltman took his seat upon the
bench. The same I tuned couasel attended for the prosecu-
tion and the defence.
Sir F. Tkesiger, before calling any witnesses, applied to
have the fourth defendant, Salvador. de Amioo, who did
not summer on the fiat day, cell d upon his recognizance'.
This was accordingly done, and as he did not surrender,
the recognisances were ordered to be ',treated.
The following additional evidence was then adduced.
William S. Allen deposed that he was a ship joiner, and
that he was engaged to work on board the Bombay steamer
in October last, aud continued to do so down to February in
the present year. A short dark man, who was called ' the
colonel," used to give orders as to what should be done. The
vessel was fitted up in • splendid manner, and more like
ship of war than a merchant vessel. She was ma 'e much
stronger than merchant vessels generally were, and was not
at all fitted up like the mail packets. There was metal upon
the deck for the guns to traverse on, and fresh timbers were
put in t ) etreng:hen the deck where the guns worked. There 'I
was also an ammunition magazine under the cabins, and
reeks were made for muskets to be placed in.
By Sir F. Kelly—Witness was engaged by the foreman of
'
Mr. Pitcher, who is a large ship builder, and has built •
great many vessels for the Oriental Steam Company. It'
was not either of the defendants who gave orders on board
the Bembety.
Thomas Rhodes, a seaman, deposed that in Mareh, 1846,11
he was at Liverpool looking out for a berth, and he was
engaged by Capt. Moody as one of the crew of the Veclis.
He understood the vessel was going to the Mediterranean.
Captain Bingham was appointed to command the Feels,
and there were two Sicilian officers also on board. The
crow consisted of five and thirty men. They sailed on
• Saturday in March, and the first place they put into was
Liston lad they stayed there a few days in order to repair
the engine. The vessel then went to Gibraltar, where
they staid for several days, and he understood they ex-
pected Captain Moody would join them in the Bombay.
After they pot to sea one of the Sicilian officers appears d to
take the command from Captain Bingham, and ordered the
course of the vessel to be altered. From Gibraltar the vessel
went direct to the island of Sicily, and the life boat was
lowered to secertsin if Palermo was under bl•ckade, and the
Sicilian officer, whose name was Costello, went in her
and boarded another vessel, and when he came back he
ordered the vessel to be turned round, and they sailed to
Trapani, where the vessel was immediately crowded with all
sorts of persons, from the priest to the pauper, and she was
nearly sunk by them. (Laughter.) One of the Sicilians
brontht the flag of the country, the tricolour, with the tas-
tiest' emblem upon it, and they then slipped anchor, and
the vessel was taken round to Palermo, and the Sicilian flag
was then hoisted at the peak. The private signal of the
Oriental Steam Company was hoisted at the fore, but it was'
" dowsed" when they were entering Pelerran, and a Sicilian'
signal was hnisted in its stead. Witness did not like being'
under a foreign flag, and he complained to the captain. Toe
vessel was placed in the Mole the next day, and witness and
all the crew were taken ashore and lodged tn the Castle and
afterwards they were put on board another steamer and sent
to Syracuse.
By Sir F. Kelly—Witness was engaged as able seaman to
go to any port or ports in the Mediterranean, and it was un-
d,erstoud that if there was no ship to bring him and the the
of the crew home, he was to be brought home in one of the
Oriental &um Company's vessels. He signed the aver-
ment (produced) to that effec`. He was to be paid 21. 10s. ea
month, and 16s. • week for bleed wages, and he expected
to receive that amount from the time when be first gave his

evidence.
B Sir F Thesis's—The osdinary wages of a seaman
were from 21. sa. to 21. 10a. a month, and his reins. There
were no other pusengen on baud the Venn except the two
Sicilian officers.
Giroloin Rinondo, who was exuniaed through an inter-
?fetes. deposed that he was a native of Palermo, and
an Febraary last he was in this country, and he applied fo
Prince Granatelli to advise him how to get back to Sicily.
Tne prints asked him where he came from, and he told him
Palermo, and he then enquired it he should like to go to
Sicily wain a revolution was goiog on there. Witness
replied that he should, and the prime then said he might go
in the Bstnbay names which was lying at Blackwell, and
he aided that she was s ...m.ax '-4 by an English captain,