The Express.
London, England, 1859-07-04 00:00:00

had were brothers and sierra, the result cif a second family.'
but he was completely estranged front them, and had been so
for • very lees per •In fact, they had not visited for •
ember el yeses. Tdere were masons for that, Into which
be would not enter. The old men disliked the wife era' heir-
at-law, and had expressed over and over again, hid intentim
notto leave anything to the second family. On the 18th June,
1854, Hairy J. Serlnfen died suddenly steer an term of only
tourer five dem. NOV its these three yogis itto gmerai bealtb of
the testator had not been dteeriorsted, bemuse the
plaintiff bad miterlelly contributed to hie physical tom-
forte. Formerly he had lived and attired himself
measly. When his son end daughter-in-law came to five
with bite, he lived and clothed himself better; in feet there
was a general improvement. Even his writing Im-
proved. Though his general health was good, be
grew feeble in his kge. He was a
corpulent man, and in November, 1883, when going up=
be would have fables but for the assistance ren-
dered by the nurse; subsequently he was advised
to live in his bedroom, and he did so, eating good
dinners, drinking his glass of wine, and living comfortably
and cheerfully, his custom being o rise at eleven end to go'
bed at four, at a later 'period of his life at two o'clock, but
being confined to his room he saw fewer people. The
learned counsel proceeded to describe the incidents, made
familiar to our readers by the previous action!, which occurred
after the sudden death of her husband, and else the
action which ensued, mud In which the defendant acted
es pier counsel. On the occasion refined to the
court was adjourned at sin o'clock, when the defendant
stood up on a bench and spoke to the judge. What pseud
between them was known only to them sad to Hum from
whom nothing was hidden, but if he believed the defendant
himself, the judge intimated that his opinion was adverse to
the planar a daim, and suggested a compromise. He did
not hesitate to my that a communication such es this during
the motives of • Care was of a highly criminal nature, and
would ,übjeset the party teatime it to highly penal canoe
queneee Was this true, or was it not P The charge was not
wade I,y the plaintifi, but by the defendant. Such•commuui-
catiin made to ene mussel and not to the other, ewe the
counsel to whom it was made sit advantage. It was a
fraud, it was a miedemesnour. He rail admit the de-
fondant was in a pitiful position. What was he to do P
Not to lend himself to the objects of the judge. The
judge was impatient; his relicelons obeervasiesa during
the trial shoved It ; he was tired of the cense • he wanted to
break it down, He should hare oomnineicited with his
client or her attorney. She mid ha did so, but the
deihniaet denied it. The contact of the Attorney-
. Ommirel and the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's
Beach was is all teepees proper. Mrs. Swiefen bed
been sent kw and she was premed by tee defendant to 8001194
LOOK a year, she referd, when be mid, 11 I have had a
esmereniceation from high 'marten, the rase is 'Meg against
we meet pave someibieg from the wreck. The
t denied that he had does ; bat
still ebe refried, calmly • saying it wee her duty to
opttel I the will. The defendant grew impetlest and leveed
her with guest discourtesy. She felt it, and reproved • wish
to seed fir Sir Henry Durrent, her late busbend's
Bret coat-in. He was too ill to be *lambed, bet
hie affidavit wield by agreement be admitted.
Ste Henry Dermal cum and he supreme d that she sad be
should consider the matter alone, end that an answer Minted
be net the unit meals( by telcsresph. She sent ber reply,
raisin the terma, sad stating--.. I will stand or fell
by the will" Test reemerge was needed by the
deg zdant at I Vomit the next day, and he thee desired
that Mr. &Span, the pisintera atuweey, should he at his
on the following mange,. Mr. Simpson accord'
wrote down the only terms which he could agree tt
mad wee net entharieed to do so, the main proposition
‘
being that Kra Betties should have the estate for It,.
He gore this immenatham to the defendant, stating et the
setae time he had no authority from his client to enter into
any concretise whatever. He should state that on the day
wham the will wee steeled Mrs. Frances Seeman, the
mother of the heir at law, called at Sweeten Hall. She
wee much disliked by the teat/dot and had not hem at
Senates Hall for fifteen yews. She evidently
west there foe the gory we of tegionsge. She was
Melted by the plaintiff to ray to luaibeon, and expressed a
wish to am Mr. Swiefen. The plaintiff told the sane so,
and the nurse te pormance of direction, frceo Heap
Be,uft n made generally awl not specifically as regarded
Mrs. Frances Striates, rci weed and said Mr.
S winks could sot use her. A great reliance
was ti. d in this by the defeudent. but evilly there was
nothing in it, for the terms proposed by Mr. Binmenn were
quite deferent from the mespeemise enterel into. Ti,. dr
tend me thou went to the then attorney-general, who use
counsel fir the heir-at law. The defendant denied that
he bad ever proposed that Mrs. Swinfen should have
the estate for fife. If he did, he neglected his duty; If he
did not, be had said that which was sot true; bat it was
quite clear that the defendant had entered into &compromise
by which the heir-at-law was to like the estate, end the plain-
tiff was to rev it. 1,0901. a year. The next morning in court
the nee vitiation took plan. Mr. Simpeourequested the deleted-
ant to await the arrival clan plaintiff even for ten minutes, I
but he would not do so, fur he well knew that if Mrs. tie Infra
did arrive the pergle would be epee. Then a discus-ion
ensued between the judge and the coined for the purpoee of
carrying out the juggle. The judge wished thecalveto Went
an and to, sad be threw out suggestions with the view of
intimidating those who were opposed to the compromi•o.
This was the way the thimbkrig had been played out. The
compromise was saisfactory to every one but one, and that
was his client, who had heat robbed of 60,0001., and scat
into the world with a tarnished name.
[The learned camel wee still speaking when our report
het j

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(TlO3 DAY.)

The July session of the above court wee opened this morn-
ing before the Right Ilan. the Lord Mayor, the Recorder,
Matone= Sir F. G. 31too, Salomon*, and ; the She.
riga, Under-Slaving, and the usual au boritics of the city of
London.

The first edition of tSe calends, contains the names of
fifty-Eve prisoners.
The Recorder. in his charge to the grand jury, con-
gratulated them on the lightness of the calendar, and
said that there was on'y taus ease to which be considered it
amemory particularly to direct their attention. This was
• charge spinet an Attic= mamas of having
stabbed a police officer, with intent to murder
birn,aad the ercuidatacc.a ander which the offence was coin-
milted were of a wry peculiar character, and • :Whited •
eyes= which he should have thought 'never coal
he,. hem carried out in this country. It appeared
that the prisoner had been pun based as a slave
by the captain of a vessel who he woe glad to
my wee not a satire of this country, and that he bad been
treated se • slave and mule to work on booed the vessel with- ,
out receiving say wipe, and wee several time, brought to '
this c wetly without te hie WWI that he was free the mo.
meat he tmelard the mil of England. He had et
length, it appeared, became acquainted with his ritibta
end refused to remise to memo place where be war directed
to be taken, and the police who were, of course, utterly
ignorant of the real facia of the case, were called to to Pike
the men into custody. Upon their endeavouring 01 do eo,
the prisoner resisted under the impression that he era to be
again forced on board the vestal and treated as a slave
sad opus these facts some very grave questions murt mitre
who Lee the prisoner was not instilled in resisting the
attempt that was made t t sr!za him. Three questions would,
however. me re ymperly be thy:tuned before tLe to ty j cry,
sad he should inecefore advise the grand jury t fled the
bin, became, as klippen:lrd to him, the subject was one that
ought to be fully &mitered and enquired into.
Alta loek Aare Mort"; pleaded guilty to a r.harge of
uttryng a hanged acceptance Lw 60W., with Intent to decant
Judgment wee deferred to the gem session.