The Express.
London, England, 1865-02-06 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, FS. 4.

Vutss us L►w &HoLamm IP. —Yesterday oven-
las Mr. Arthur Dearly, A., at Ballot Who, was elected
law Scholar re the Vineries forandatioa. Is Michaelmas I
Term, 1863, Yr. Dendyebislasd a firstolius in Idathemation
at the Saul exassination. The stipend of the soholanhip is
eddies assail value of 351., sad is Waldo for Ave years.
Nay OOLIAGL —The warden sod fellows of this society
h►ve voted 3.0001. for the augmentation of the living of the
future inosinbset of Bt. John's, Maddermarket, Norwich,
with the proviso, however, that he is to be a fellow of New
College. The sum of 3,0001. is oleo offered by the college per-
petually, under say isoombent, provided the rout is met
by an equivalent from the Ecclesiastical ComwdoMooms, or
some other *ousts.

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.

VISTROPOLITAN 0017 NT Y COURTS.
WON days witatad for SW wassar, week.
91.00111•1117, TeithaMrood.—Wedneeday, Feb. 0; Thu/IW.
9; Friday, NI,
11.41aTISIKAM, Yeryteboute-road.—Tuaday, Feb. 7 ; Wednas-
dVliawo
ad.—Friday, Feb. 10.
Dusaanaerraos.—Tuasday, Feb. 7: Weddell-
dayTF:dar yzi,ll9.
Snoltwonon, Oidatreelerosd.—Toseday, Feb. 7.
Bow, Dew.road.—Frlday, Feb. 10.
WaNfoisariu,. Great Prescotatreet. Tuesday. Feb. 7 ;
Wednesday, ; Thursday, 9.
&ANIMAS'. Swan-Amt. —Tutaday, Feb. 7; Thursday. 9:
Maa.7.
Lansant, Carebersreil.new.road.—Tuasday, Feb. 7.
WANDesrubm. &Wawa eel.—Tbursday, Feb. 9.
CM or Loudon. 3uUdball-buUdiags. Tut Atay, Feb. 7 ;
Thursday, 9; Saturday, 11.
LOAD 11A7oal COO N% Gulldball.—Saturday, Feb. 11.

COURT OF QUPS/413 BENCH.—FsB. 4.
After Term Nisi Pries Sittings at Wormieseer.—(Before
Lard Chief Joshes Connive sad • Special J 11174
Till QOM V. SUIIIILL—THE CARX OF Tilt RAPPAILOISOCIL
The Lord Chief Justice, in summing up, in this
or on Saturday, said the point at which they
desired to istimate their opinion no doubt laid at the
root of the inquiry, bemuse whatever the defeedeat
might have done, if be did not do it with a view that the
men should be engaged and enlisted for the Confederate
envier, it would be no offence on his part, because that was
the gin of the Inquiry. One was always reluctant, where •
jury expressed an opinion that tended to the acquittal of
an accused person, to stand between them and the verdict
they were desirous of pronouncing. Nevertheless, be
thought it better that they should first bear what he and the
Solioator-Genral had to say ; but if they still remained
of the man mind, and they thought the result of the whole
was, whatever the objects and motives of others, that the
defendant had been as innocent t in the bands of
othen, it wee nansceseary b or the particular in-
stance of the engagements of the different men. It would
be es well in the first instance to address themselves to the
question what was the state of the defendant's mind sod
intentions under which he did the aerie oompleieed of.
There could Dot be a 'bedew of • doubt ia any penee's
mind that the parties who bought and sold the vessel,
whether directly to Confederate &gene, or through some firm
in Paris that stood between them sad the Confederate ser-
er*, did kaow sad intend that the vessel should pass into
the service of the Confederate government. And no one
who saw and heard Mr. Pearson could entertain •
shadow of a doubt that it was ostensibly held out
that she was intended for the Chins trade, no
doubt for the purpose of masking the real de-
sign and purpose of the owners ; sod the question
was whether Mr. Rumble was honestly deceived by such •
false statement. Now, wan that so? Putting aside the coo-
venation that bad ben spoken to which would beer •
different oomplexioo he would call their serious attentlos
to the defendant's subsequet conduct. After her true
character had become known the defendant Deaths, remota-
strand with those who he represent& had deceived him,
oar washed hie bands of soy further participation in this
Interlines, but os the contrary, he engaged botlernsekess,
sad took them to Carr to work upon the ship. The de-
fendant was a British subject and an offing in her Majesty's
navy, sad he was perfectly aware of what the law was upon
the subject, and if be bad hat himself to an enterprise of
this kind he had faded in his duty, not oaly as • British
subject, but as an officer in the memos of the crows. The
defendant's going to Calais was not thesubject of the in-
quiry, but he should sot have discharged his duty if he bad
notniled their attention to it, as throwing light upon what
was the understanding in his mad upon the 'oilier ;matt of
the transaction ;and the true subjenmetter of their inquiry
was the mind and intention with which the acts charged
spinet the defint were done. Tbel, however, wield
bear is and that the sepgeinent of the men was for •
14 days' trial trip, and op to the time when she left Show:-
DIM they had not the remotest idea that the ultimate
destination of the ship was to ester the Confederate
servin, amid that they were to be *alined its the Comforters
service, hat to go to Calms, and afterwards be engaged in
the opium trade. But then the question presented itself,
suppose the defendant knew the ammeter, object, and pur-
pose of the vend, Umtata was to be employed in the Con-
federate genre, did he, in so far as he had anything to do
with engaging the men, anise them sad procure them to
ester Leto an engagement with • view, after the vessel bad
Wt f3hestress, tt they should be teamed to enlist into the
Confederateservice? Whether that came within the terms of
the act and onstiteted an offerer within the common law
they and not stop to inquire, bat if they were of opinion
that he induced the moo to enter Into an engagement 'semi-
sally for a trial trip, but really for the ulterior purpose of
getting the men into such • portion as to induce them to
enlist into the Confederate service, he would ask them to
fled the defendant guilty, and he would reserve for the
con-
sideration of the court the question whether it was an
offense under the an. And that would depend milady upon
the question whetter she left Shearson really on a trial
trip, or with the intention of taking her out of the inn of
the law under the pretence that it was • trial trip, when all
the subsequent transaction' might be carried on with im-
punity. As the case was at first presented by the preens-
tion it looked as if the ship left suddenly, but there was
evidence of a contrary character given by the wiriness for
the crown well deserving of their onaiderstre. The nate
of the easel when she left Sheerness would certainly lead to
the supposition that she was not fit torsos. After 'Genf utter
obesnatiou his lordsb ip said it was of this payest inversion
is • sational point of view that the law in this respect
should be upheld. No nation warring neutrality ought
ha tolerate that its subject should tine upon themeless to
assist a belligerent setion. Such a circumstance would be
inoonaistest with the dignity, be would not my safety,
of the country, because that was a term which they wo,
sot like to hear, and they lent of all expected to find an
offioer of her Majesty's service leading himself directly or
indirectly to • purposiowhich was conbary to the law of
England, and to the injury of the crows. And be mast
say he looked with particular regret on that part of the
transaction which rested oa the evidence that could not be
gainsayed, his going over to Calais after the object and des-
ticatioe of the vessel had brooms known. But, however,
that must not be premed too hard against him, because it
did not cooolusivoly show that be before knew she was (in-
deed for the Confederate serene. Too much stress must
not be placed upon the spinal conversations deposed to by
the witnesses. Much of that evidence was open to the gravest
supicton,and one regretted to fiad that in this oouatry any one
person should be found acting on cue aide or the other
who could have pursued such an abominable system as ap-
peared to have been resorted to of coning the witnence,
and keeping them together la the tanner is which they
hadjbeen dealt with—with unlimited and even extravagant
amount of refreshments nod amusements of every sort, as
wall as a supply of money. Not that be blamed a prosecu-
tion in dealing with 'Banns whose avocations took them
away from the country from wing that the witnesses,
whilst they remained in the country, did sot starve ; but
it was the system of nalimited extravagance ea debauchery
that had been mantel to by O'Keilly —who, he hoped, for
the credit of all„ was sot an Essasehmea—that he con-
demned and he reimenneeded them to receive evidence
from witnesses who had been so dealt and tampered with
with extreme caution.
The jury. after oonsidering in the box about five minutes,
returned • verdict of Not guilty.
The annonsonsent was nerved with loud cheers in
•
crowded court.