The Express.
London, England, 1866-07-09 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

(THIS DAY.)

LORD CHANCELLOR'S COURT.
THE NEW LORD CHANCELLOR.

This morning Lord Chelmsford took his seat as Lord
Chancellor. His lordship was attended by the Master of
the Rolla, the Lord. Justices Knight Bruce and Turner,
and Vice-Chancellors Kinderaley and Page Wood. The
usual oaths were administered by the Master of
the Rolls.

Sir Roundell Palmer moved that the oaths should be
recorded, which was ordered.

One or two formal motions were disposed of, after which
his lordship rose.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
After Term Nisi Prins Sittings at Guildhall.—(Before
the Lord Chief Justice and Special Juries.)
ealucoui O. CARTZR.
The further hearing of this case, which was a claim of
23,7201. commission, work, and labour, money paid, &c.,
in reference to the sale of Pertain White Iron Ore Mine,
near St. Colomb, Cornwall, was resumed this morning.
Mr. Kersleke, Q.C., and Mr. H. James were counsel
for the plaintiff. The Solicitor-General (Mr. Bovill) and
Mr. Garth were counsel for the defendant.
Mr. George Solomon, plaintiff's brother, who described
himself as a merchant in Mincing-lane and formerly
finance minister in Jamaica, and who was anxious to
impress on the court that it was before the rebellion, be-
because he did not wish his loyalty to be questioned,deposed
to his brother's exertions in endeavouring to sell the mine.
Defendant promised his brother (the plaintiff) that he
should have something handsome however the mine was
disposed of. Witness agreed to purchase the mine for
75,0001.; 30,0001. in cash and 45,0001. in paid up shares on
the formation of a company. He fixed the capital at
125,0001. Mr. Gill wished it to be 300,000/. He autho-
rised his brother to purchase the mine for 75,0001., and
• contract of purchase and sale was drawn
up. Witness tendered 2,0001., the deposit money,
but it was refused, on the ground that 30,0001. was to be
paid down, and consequently that contract was not car-
ried out. The iron was found to be suitable for the Besse-
mer process, and there was another proposition that the
mine should be sold for not less than 110,0001. He se•
ceded to the price on three grounds ; first, that
he thought the mine was worth that sum ;
secondly, that he believed he could still make some-
thing out of the transaction without litigation ; and thirdly,
that he had been told by his brother that the defendant
had promised to give him half of the additional sum
between the 75,0001. and the 110,000/. ; defendant denied
the promise, but said he would give him 10,00 W. of the
additional sum, but the ladies who were interested in the
mine refused to pay their share. There was a further
negotiation, in which the contract for 75,0001. was to be
cancelled, provided they could agree to a new one. It was
dismissed that another contract should be entered into
for the purchase of the mine for 110,0001., there was to be
a deposit of 10,0001., but after some discussion the arrange.
meet was that 4,0001. should be deposited, which was to
be forfeited unless the whole arrangement was car-
ried out. Captain Blakeley and Mr. Bessemer, jun.,
were to be on the directory. That contract was
rescinded, and another drawn out, by which
a deposit of 1,000/. was to be paid down to be forfeited if
the agreement was not carried out ; the purchase money
was to be 40,0001., with a royalty of Is. per ton on the
iron ore raised to be paid to the vendors with • guarantee
on the part of the purchaser, that after the third year the
royalty should not be less than 3,000/. per annum. Wit-
nese); name was not to be in the contract ; but
Mr. Gills, who was acting for Captain Blakeley.
To this he demurred, because it had been arranged between
him and (till that the contract should be in their joint
names. (“11 denied that he had made any such arrange:
ment. He was prepared to purchase for 40,0001., and Is.
royalty, if his name had been inserted. He subsequently
found that a contract of sale had been entered into with
Mr. Gill alone.

[Thecae was proceeding when our report left.]

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
Sittings at Nisi Pries at Guildhall.—(Before Mr. Baron
Bramwell and a Common Jury.)
CA NDF.N r. [TARN AND ANOTUZL
This was an action for bodily injuries. The defendant
pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Digby Seymour and Mr. Reynolds for the plaintiff ;
Mr. Ser'eant Robinson and Mr. Joyce for the defendant.
The plaintiff, a pieman, was last year passing in front of
the warehouses of Messrs. Keern and Co., wherfingers, of
Itankside, when • bale of rage, which sru being let down
from one of the doors, fell upon him, broke his leg in two
places, and otherwise injured him. He was taken
to the hospital, where he remained ten weeks,
and he was now obliged to go on crutches. It
ass stated that the plaintiff, who is very advanced in
years, was permanently disabled, and would be unable to
eltra his livelihood.
The defence was that there was • clear way before the
warehouse, and that if the plaintiff had taken It, instead
of 'electing the route he did, and thus exposed him-
self to danger, the accident would not have occurred.
Mr Baron Bramwell said that there being • public right
of way before the building, the plaintiff was not precluded
from using any part of it, and if he did Lot see the bale,
and if he we. not prevented going where danger was, he
was entitled to a verdict.
Cpen this ruling the defendants said they would offer
no more evidence, and
The Jury found for the plaintiff—damages, 1571. 10s.

Tile ELrerzoN Com m Isaroirs. —The commissioners
appointed to inquire into corrupt practices at the late
elections for Reigate, Great Yarmouth, Totnes, and Li"-
easter, will commence their sittings in the wooed week in
August. As severs, of the commissioners are goo re
barristers, it was found necessery to obtain a special sot o
Parliament to " Amend the Law relating to the qualifica-
tions of Revising Barristers," in order that by holding °floe
as election commissionersthey might not be dbiqualitied
ham acting as revising barrister,.

CENTRAL CRIMIWAL
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The:gifting' of ihrotentrai cfrimliral Court for the Jell
session were resumed this morning before the
_Right Hen:
the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Alderman Hale. Alder-
' man Beesley, Mr. Sheriff Gibbons, Mr. Sheriff Pregame,
Mr. Under-Sheriff Onion, Mr. Under-Sheriff Rawlins,'
Sae., Am
The first edition of the calendar contains the names
of 75 prisoners, 83 males and 12 females. Of these
28 are committed from the City of London, 38 from
Middlesex, 2 from &sex, 2 from Kent, and 9- from
Barmy. The (Mimosa are,thus described murder,
; manslaughter, 3 ; wounding with intent to murder,
4 ; throwing corrosive fluid, 1 • forgery, 1 ; burglary, 8 ;
horse steslmg, 2 ; letter stealing, 2 ; sheep stealing, 2 ;
pmjury, 1; robbery, 7 • bigamy, 1 ; child stealing, 1 ;
embezzlement, 5 ; larceny by servants and otherwise, IjF ;
sad uttering counterfeit coin, 8.
The Resereler, in charging the grand jury, said MK.
considering the length of time that had elapsed since the
last 103111110111, the number of oases for trial was not by say
means so large as might have been expected, and they were
for the most part cases which would not present any diffi-
culty to them. There were, however, four asses arising
out of circumstances affecting human life, two of them
being charges of wilful murder. The first of these was
that of Patrick Harrington,charged with the wilful murder
of Peter Mann, sad it appeared that a dispute had arisen
between the deceased and his wife, who was the daughter
of the prisoner, and blows were exchanged be-
tween them. The prisoner came up and struck the
doomed a blow, on which the latter exclaimed that
he had been stabbed, and very shortly afterwards he died.
If the facts set forth is the depositions were made out the
offence was in point of law one of wilful murder. There
was another case of wilful murder against a young female
for destroying her illegitimate infant child, in which the
circumstances were u_pirsually strong, for besides the
a ees presented there was the statement of the poor
herself that she had murdered the child. The next
two cases were charge! of manslaughter, one against a per-
son named Kelly for killing and slaying one Patrick Braid.
The deceased was quarrelling with some boys while in a
state of intoxication, when the prisoner interfered and
struck the deceased several blows underneath the jaw,
which was broken, and he died, the appearances of the
brain after death being accounted for by the surgeon as
having been caused by the blow on the jaw. The second
charge of manslaughter was against a man named Temple
for retain the death of his child by neglecting to supply
the child with sufficient food and nourishment. In this
cam the medical testimony indicated that the
death might have arisen from natural causes, or
from neglect. The grand jury would read all the de-
positions and hear the evidence and act acoordingly. The
Icelander contained one case of feloniously woundang, with
intent to murder. It was that of Jane Cushion, who it
appeared had made a murderous assault on her husband,
who had threatened to separate himself from and leave
her, and whom throat she had cut while be was asleep in
bed. In this case the grand jury would do right to return
• true bill. The only other case to which he thought it
necessary to direct their attention was that of Ellen Allen,
who was charged with wilful and oemipt perjury. It
seemed that the prisoner had preferred a charge of an inde-
cent assault against a gentleman of the name of Moseley,
while they were !rave • alone together in a second-class
railway carriage. That charge was dismissed by the ma-
gistrate before whom it was beard, and the present indict-
ment was now preferred against the prisoner on the evi-
dence she gave at the h of the charge at the police-
court. The jury were doubt aware that to maintain a
charge of perjury it must be supported by more than one
witness; in this case Mr. Moseley was the only witness to
contradict the prisoner's statements, but to supply the
want the prosecution put forward in confirmation
of Mr. Moseley the condition of the prosecutrix at the end
of the journey. The statement was that a violent con-
flict and struggle had occurred between them in the
railway carriage; and it seemed to be relied on that this
was negatived by the fact that neither her dress nor bonnet
was in the slightest degree disarranged, and that a bouquet
she was carrying at the time was uninjured. It would
further appear that her statements with respect to herself
and her previous life were untrue. The Recorder then
remitted the grand jury to their labours.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

ILARLBOROUGH-STREZT.
BUROLART.

John Henderson, alias Yates, and Rd:ere Wilson, alias
Corned:, were charged before Mr. Knox with feloniously
breaking and entering the premises of Mr. Edward James
Smith, dentist, of No. 15, Great Castle-street, Regent-
street, and stealing five gold plates and 37 ounces of gold,
silver, plating, and other property, of the value of 541.
The prosecutor said—Lest Friday night, about half-past
11 o'clock I went to bed, leaving the workroom quite safe.
On coming down the next morning, about half-past 9 I
was informed by my apprentice that he had found the
workroom window open. I found the place in confusion,
and missed a large quantity of property of different kinds
of the value of about 601. The whole of the articles pro-
duoed by the police belong to me.
William Watson, apprentice to the prosecutor,'said—At
half-past 9 on Saturday morning I found the knife pro-
duced by the side of the workroom window, which was
open. On Mr. Smith ()owing down, I informed him of
what I had seen.

Robert Carter, 117 E, said—l went to the place, and
found an entry had been gained by breaking open the
window of the workroom, and the place was in great con-
fusion. On Saturday morning I went to No. 113, Great
Ticlineld-street, and found the prisoners both in bed.
I told them I wanted them for breaking into
No. 15, Great Castle-street, and stealing a quantity
of goods. Henderson-maii4—" Some one has rounded on us
[informed against them], but mind there are three of us
in it." I then searched Wilson and found on him the
large Spanish knife produced, and on searching under
Henderson 's pillow I found a similar knife. On asking
Henderson where he got it he said he bought it, and that
if he hail known I was coming he would have run it
into ray body. I then took the prisoners to the station,
leaving another officer to search the premises.

Francis Beetleetone, 80 E—l went to 11:3, Great 15th•
field-street, with the last witness, and in the room where
the prisoners were I found some gold plates and 27. lOs.
in a purse by the bed, and 18a under the bed. I also
found a chain, some pins, and other property in the room,
all of which was Identified by the prosecutor.
Mr. Knox remanded the prisoners.
LAMBETH.
DIWITRBANCZ IN TUC CRTI4TAL PALACI.

John Pearre, • young man of respectable appear.
ance, who described himseU as clerk to his father, who
is collector of poor rates for the district of Horton, was
charged with creating a disturbance in the Crystal Palace.
From the evidence it appeared that at a late hoar on
Saturday evening Mr. Bowley, the manager at the Crystal
Palace, gave directions to the ()Moen on duty there
to
.place some chairs across the centre promenade so as
to induce a number of the 22,000 visitors who attended
the palace on that day to retire from the building as it
was getting late. The ex 'eat seemed to have a con-
trary effect, as the crowd n to amuse themselves by
pushing each other over the airs, and the consequence
was a contlict with the police, and a considerable disturb-
ance. The complainant, though a constable, was in plain
clothes, and in his effort to check the prisoner, who was
very active in the disturbance, the latter kicked him in
the leg two or three times, and was taken to the station
on the charge.
Mr. Norton (to the prisoner)—What have you got to say
to this charge ! It appears by the testimony of the
sergeant who took the charge that you acknowledged
at the station-house to having kicked the constable.
.. . . . -

Prisoner—l was not aware that he wu a constable or I
should not have done so.

Mr. Norton—And that you consider an answer to the
charFe ! Why should you kick anyone? What are you?
Pnsoner—l am clerk to my father, who is collector of
poor rates at Horton.
Mr. Norton—Yourconduct was not that of a respectable
person, and you deserve to be sent to prison without a
fine. As nothing is known of you before I shall not do
that, but I shall convict you in a penalty of 31., or six
weeks' hard labour.
The penalty was at once paid.

It is thought not likely that the session will be
protracted beyond the end of the present month, so that the
prorogation may be looked for in the first week of August,
probably about the 4th.

The operas announced for the current week at
Her Majesty's Theatre are Ven Ernani (to-morrow
night—first time since five years) ; Roder( Zr Diable
(Wednesday); and SrssirasMk (Thursday).
_ _

Tho operas for the current week at Covent
Garden are Faust e Hurgherita (to night) ; Nornsa (to-
morrow night) ; Critpino e 7a Contact, by the brothers
Ricci (Thursday—first time at the Royal Italian Opera,
and on Saturday) ; and the Huguenots (Friday).
_

_ .
A Paris correspondent writes :—" We have
amongst us at the present moment an American
naval celebrity, Captain Fox, Assistant Secretary of the
United States navy. He came across the Atlantic to
Cherbourg in the iron-clad turret ship Miantonomob.
Captain Fox was received the other day by the Emperor
at the Tuileries, when he assured his Majesty that he had
no doubt about the seagoing ability of the monitor vessels.
The Miantonomob had crossed the Atlantic with perfect
ease, and proved herself to be seaworthy. The Minister
of Marine and some naval architects have today gone
down to Cherbourg to inspect the American vessel in
question. Captain Fox dines with IL Drouyn de Lbuys
and his Imperial Highness Prince Napoleon before leaving
Paris for his ship again.

ON! o'Ciocx.

The railway market is firm, and prices have ad-
vanced in several cases. Metropolitan stock is in
dila rectum*, and has risen f per oent. London
'end North Western Las also improved 1, and
Great Western, Midland, Lancaahire and York-
shire, and Great Eastern 1.
London and North-Western stock is now quoted
1181 to f ; Great Western, 511 to 52; Midland,
12bf to 126 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1221 to
123; South- ma, 89} to 701.; Great Easters,.3l
to 1 ; Caledonian, 198 to 127; Metropolitan,
134 to ; Great Northam, 121 to 122; ditto A,
1301901 to 1311; and loondon, Chatham, and Dover,
to 21f..
Lombardo-Venetian Railway shares are in de-
mand, alduiniakve improved 10s., the present price
being 14 to lb/. Other foreign lines are also firm.
Grand of Canada stock is quoted 14 to
191, being per cent. better ; and East Indian, 100
to 101.
uItDINARY SHARED AND STOMA
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St. 100 6res7 Eastarn Ord. ill 110} ill 111 Si
St. 195 I Do. E. ADS. Stk., N 0.2 6 6 -
Bt. 100 GreatNcethedlicollanil -.- -
St 100 /Great Northern
Bt. 100 Do.ki A rec. no dr. un l3o} 131} 1311
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84. 160 'l3t. South & West. (Ire.) - - -
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St. 100 , Do. W. Mid-Oaf -.- ...
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St. 100 'Lancashire &Yor 122} 113 MI
84 100 Mois..Briestn.&B.Coesit 81 Id -.
84. 100 Loadon,ChMhamotDor SO. IS 34 1
St. 100 Doti et. Eaten. MI p. e. - - -
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84. 100 ldndon&SontlaW 91} 811
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8t 100 N. & & Western Jane 106 112 -
St 100 Scottish Central -
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SC , 100 South Devon 46 48 -
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