The Express.
London, England, 1867-12-19 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD CIRCIIIT.—WoacErras, Dac. 18.
(Before Mr. Justice Mellor.)

Mr. Justice Mellor, in charging the grand July at the
winter assize to-day, made some allusion to the outrages
by the Fenian in London and elsewhere. He said the
circumstances under which they bad met there that day
were unusual, for hardly • day now pawed but they had
intelligence of some atrocious conspiracy against the law.
He was very glad therefor* to see so large an attendance
of the grand jury, which proved that those who were
called upon to perform their public duties were ready to
show thee allegiance to the law. It was most desirable
in these times that persons should show their deter-
mination to abide by the law, and to resist
all offences spinet the law. Addressing the city
grand jury, his lordship said that the observations
which be had addressed to the county grand jury applied
equally to them. He was glad to see a full attanee,
because this was • time when it behoved everybody, what-
ever their station and condition in life, who wished to see
the stability of their institutions upheld, and the supre-
macy of the law maintained, to attend and give their
assistance and countenance to the administration of
justice.

The grand jury having subsequently returned all the
bills presented to them made a special presentment to the
court, in reply to his lordship's remarks in his charge. In
the presentment they said that they were unanimously of
opinion that they should not be doing their duty if they
separated without expressing their entire concurrence in
the observations which by lordship had made in
his charge to them in reference to the present
state of the country. They felt that these
were times which especially called upon all classes
of her Majesty's subjects to do their duty, and they
wished to express their determination to support her
Majesty's government in upholding the supremacy of the
law.

His lordship said he would take care to hand their pre-
sentment to the Secretary of State, in order that it might
be laid before her Majesty. He believed that the senti-
ments conveyed in their presentment were fully sympa-
thised in by all classes of her Majestrwtoyal subjects;
and that in matters of this kind, whatever might be the
difference of opinion existing among persona on other
point', there would be no difference of opinion on this. He
was obliged to them for having noticed the few observa-
tions which he had thought it his duty to offer to them.
He would take care that the presentment was duly for-
warded to the proper quarter, and no doubt it would re-
ceive proper attention.

NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Lnintrooc, Dr.c. 18.

Nisi Paws Coomr.—(Before Mr. Justice Shee.)
WEANING C. SHINIMIN.—ACTION AGAINST THE Lin/POOL
ruiterrisz" role Liam.
This ease was heard before a special jury, after the de-
spatch of our parcel on Tuesday. The plaintiff is the secre-
tary of the Liverpool Seamen's Mutual Friendly Society,
and the defendant the editor and proprietor of the Liver-
pool Porcupine, • local satirical journal. The action was
for an alleged libel published is the Porcupine of Sep-
tember 21, being headed, " Keeping watch for the Life of
Poor Jack." A comment on the last annual report of the
society constituted the alleged libeL The defendant in his
article ststed that while the receipts of the Society
amounted to 1,555/., the expenses had reduced that sum to
841/. 12s. Id., and, that about 601. bad been disbursed in
benefits. The great feature of the review was that 7131.
10s. 6d. had been appropriated for the officers, six in num-
ber, while only the 60/. before alluded to had been
expended for the benefit of the members. Plaintiff proved
that the members were quite satisfied with the manage-
ment of the society, that the accounts were always open
for inspection, and that the business of the society was
most regulaily conducted. The jury gave a verdict for the
plaintiff—damages, 101.

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