The Express.
London, England, 1859-08-26 00:00:00

THE SALE OF GAME.

TO TEI ZDITOI OP TIM TXPIIVOI.

Bia,—A Mr. William Gill, of Leadenhall-market,
eras summoned by the Association for the Prevention of the
Bale of Gams Out of Sewn for tellies; game out of maw"
sad the COM was heard before the Lord Mayor on the 24th
inarsnt. We clearly proved that on lb. 16th Instant a black-
cock Irma pnrchmed at defendant's shop, and that be had at
the Sham of the purchase suapende at hie stall Mx other birds
of Ihe same kind, all being equally out rf sewn.
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No objectiun was made on the part of defeedant to the
prod d the fact, but the Lord Mayor thus delivered himself
se to the law of evidence, and dismissed the case
"The Lord Mayor—The defendent ie charged with selling,
and you meet show that he sold the bird.
" Mr. Ornate (plaintiff 's oonnsel).—The defendant must
be answerable for the act of his own servant or easistant.
" The Lord Mayor—Yon hove to prove to my retire satin.
faction that the defendant, by himself or his servant, add the
" Mr. Orridge—l propose suggesting this to your 10rd.14:
If a sea Miming so 'referent in a atop where the shop is
described as beng kept by • person' 'weasel to deal In game;
sad If that pa to* sells game red takes the money as the
price seed for it, he is selling it for his employer.
" The Lord Mayor—l do not hold that that is sufficient."

Tieia;;;tepoWie verbaiTt: from our short-hand writer's
notes, and may therefore be relied upon se accurate.
I have no doubt that the Lard Mayor's intelligent clerk
bas by this tiros shown his lordship how defective and inac-
curate this law is; hat that there may be no mistake in the
Lord Mayor'. mind I mike the fallowing extracts from the
abort-hand wellels report of some tomtits which fell from
Mr. Henry during the hearing of a precisely analogous ties
on the previous day at Bow-.treat, and in which case Mr.
Henry convicted
Mr. Henry (addressing the defendant)—Yon are liable
if your wife or any other person In your shop sell. these Idris.
The only question le whether you, being s dealer in game,
sold • blackcock out of demon ; and if you sold it by mean,
of your wife, or soy other person, you ere just as liable as if
you sold it yourself."
As both the magistrates whom I have quoted oumot be comet
in their reading of the law of evidence, I trust you will afford
me spun foe pointing attention to these inoonsietencies
between the law of the met and the law of the west of this
metropolis.—l em. &a.,
THE SECRETARY TO THE ASSOCIATION
FOR THE PREVENTION OF THE SALE
OF GAME OUT OF SEASON.
346, Strand, August 25.

SERIOUS CIIAROII AGAINST • LIVERPOOL SHARE-
BZOLZIL—At the Liverpool police. court yesterday, lir.
Yates. barrister, appeared on behalf of Mr. Patrick Bonin,
of Dahlia, to ask for a warrast molest Mr. Roberts, of the
arm of Roskell and Roberts, eherebrokere, of La_verpool, for
having misappropriated • certain number of London end
Holyhead stock, to the amount of about 4,0001. Mr. Yates
stated that Mr. Roberts had bad entroated to him by Mr.
Rollin 400 Chaster and Ifolybead stock, upon which he was
to raises loan, end that Roberts was likewise instructed to
purchase other chose io the Eastern Commas Railway. his
stock he wmto hold over, but, without any instructions from
Mr. Ballo, he made sway with the whole stock, and hence
the present application for a warrant. Mr. Preston, diet
bearing Mr. Bulttn In corrobovedon of Mr. Yates's state-
ment, at once granted a warrant for the apprehension of
Rebate.

SHOCKING MURDER IN FRANCE.—The Court of
Arises of the Rhone three days ago tried a permit, named
erre, for murder and attempted murder. Four years back
he married the daughter of a email landowner, named Claude,
at Lee Ardillate, and this man made over to him and hie
wife three-fourths of the crop of hie laud, subject to their
cultivating the land. But centaur quarrels took place be-
teg en him and Lie finlitr•in-law shoot the division of the
mope, and alto because he, being s tiny, drunken tallow,
did not cultivate the lard properly. The consequence
was that he conceived bitter animosity against Claude,
sod also ardent his wife, who sided with her father, and
he frequently made dreadful thriven' egainat both. On the
4th July be had a violent quarrel with the old man, and
some hours after, seeing him in one of the dads, he cried to
him, "If you do not leave, you old woundrel, will about
you deed."—" Do so," said the old ran, " you have threat-
ened me long rough." The am, who had a loaded gun
with him, Immediately discharged It st Claude, and the latter
toll dead. Be then went home, and, reloading his gun,
thmetemed to murder his Wilke but she Implored him to
span her life for the rake of their children. He was effected
sad exclaimed, " Pard.in me, I have killed your father I"
He then want away, but atter a while approached the spot
where the body of the old men was lying, end he found tot
wit. and her mother preparing to remora it on a names.
Oa that he aimed sus Run at his wife, saying, "Altar all,
there align be a shot for you es well as for him !" He
fired, and wounded her wevionely in the held. He
then disapproved from the village, but was arrested about
a fortnight &Der. The ju having declared him guilty,
the court eoadesaaed him to death.— Balignani.

M.ABEEIE.

COTTON.—LrviirooL, Armin 25.—Th• isles et cot-
ton to-day are estimated at 5,000 bah& The market cau-
tious without claw either is Oats or dieted,

WOOL AND WORSTED.—Bnistronn, AUOVST 26.
To-day's aeriet assumes the character of a hollitty.
Mani oi oar aterctiants are Mteading the moiled
festival, end on the who,* the market is eaceedisgly quiet.
The transeetions in wool have been mry limited during the
week, and prices am @lithely in favour of the buyer. The
stock of wool is the "marina h very abundant, and the
staplers' enlace mom dash. to mass. There la no change
worthy of note la Lofts sad shorts. The worsted yarn
trade ocuthuses without change. The government houses
still remain absent from the market ; bat far home coneump-
don the market keeps steady. There is Do alteration in
prime.

CORN.— BIMINI:Milt, Auoorr 20.—At Olouceekr
market on the 20th wheat ruled dull; at Worcester, the
suns day, the eminency of the previous week wee reedit, ob-
tained. For barley we bad se Improved demand; fine oal3
quite so deer, tut PC .oadary qualiti“, both new and old,
wee 61. per quarter cheaper; beans tending downwards;
per sepiseleiL Denise the went week • good deal of sew
wheat e/ lee quality has been awing, whisk could only be
sold by eabs.• to • dielfue el le. to 24. per quarter.
Barley fleas buyers be retail at previous roes. Oats end
bless nweitereL Pees tether cheaper. At Wolverhampton
yesterday there was a goal simply of wheat, and therega
way shoat le. per garter. At this day's marke was
a lire wapply of caw Inaba wheat, mostly in good cot-
h declined tally le. per gutter, but old newly
maintaleed its nine. Barley sold wore freeiy, at former
retie Fins oats sold firm, secondary veryiltlicalt to divots
of. Beeman& per is. per qr. lower.

Dwrizza, Atmore 26.--:Wheat barred le pretty gene-
rally over ha Ws csautty, bat es the mermen are still Inwily
ea with Utak" bade', there woo aae
am r attentoe sad
bet, the qoalky bale pasesity Interior • thrreetrtuo but mar-
bet,
dentand for shim. now or old, sad the node waa doll at last
week's Floes. Three ware two or three lets of new barley
of far quality; the sellers oohed 40s. a qr., and In one can
38e. was given. Wheat, bat, do. to 46a. pa qr. •' told-
tiling, 36e. to 421.; interior, 33.. so 36a. Barley, 26e. to
30e. Oita, 28s. to 33a. Berm, 46e. to 60e. Pete: 424. to
46e. Plow, be, 34. to Ma. per amok; secorada, 324. to
340.

IlLurcenerrzn, AUGUST 25.—Sisee oar last Tippet the
weather hes been ell that weld be desired foe ...curing the
barna, sod swim ita inflame@ the Wade has continued to
rale entresesfy deli, with the tendency of prima slightly in
favour of Was. The imports into Liverpool fto42 all
SWUM are unneuslly light, excepting oats from Ireland, of
white then is a moderate supply. Then was a meaty at-
tendance at this mershig's market. la the absence of any
trensections of nicesent, we repeat the currency of this day
se'snight for wheat and door; ahem& Imyers might have
supplied tbemsirae on :somewhat seater terms. Oahe were
ld. per 461 b. sad estsmal ad. per Lad cheaper. Beene end
Indian sten also wens procurable on more advantageous
terms.

NEWARK, AUGUST 14.—At this market to-day there WU
a limited show of wheat, which met • toluehle demand at
the rates of ths week Ferro. Whits sold at 48e. to 635.;
red, 44e. to We. per qr. There was not mock paring in
barley, new malting qualities being quoted 88s. to 42a. per
qr.; grinding naked 28e. to 30s. per 30 stone. There was
• fair show of new and old oats; the former were the turn
lower, 24e. to Ns. pa 24 rose; the latter realised 238. to
30s. In other aorta of grin there was not much passing.
Beane made the rates of the promotes week, 48e. to 525. per
38 row.

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NRWIII7IT, AI7OIMT 26.—We had this day a moderate
supply of wheat, which sold slowly at a decline of from la.
to 2s. per qr. on sew, and is. on old wheat. A few samples
of new barley on offs, of middling quality, for which there
woe ne &mad. Oats, beans, and peas dull, and the turn in
favour of the boyar.
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UIBIUDON, 11701/ST 26.—There fa a bettor .upply
i of
wheat at to-day's market, bet the trade is very d and
only the best coadittmed parcels of new sall • other
sorts we la. to 2s. per qr. lower in value. Of spring grata
there me fewer samples at sale, but the value Is unchanged.
WATRATORD, AUGUST 21.—We have had a slight in-
mates in our deliveries dimmers' grain this week. From
abroad our arrivals, which ,melee exclusively of Indian earn
are to a fair extant. Ins this rain thee, to a large MMus:
passing at as deems of 3d. to 6d. per bushel, in
of the very larking orts of the spread of the pot=
In this neighbourhood the last few days. We note ao change
in the vales of wheat or barley, but new cam ass rather
cheaper: old maintain late rate..
EDINBURGH, AUGUST 24.—1 n to-day'smarketeales wore
heavy. Wheat sad oats back; barley and beam better.
Wheat, 816 qre., being 443 leas than last week-261 gm.
unsold. Barley, 680 qrs., being 104 more than last week-
-180 qrs. unsold. Oats, 1,106 qrs., being 727 loss thea Let
week-671 qrs. unsold. Beane, 67 qm, Wag 102 less
than last week-3 qrs. unsold. As compared with last week
—Wheat was Is. 6d. down on top, and 7d. down on average.
Barley was la. 6d. up on top, and Id. up m average.
Owwere 3d. up on top, and 10d. down on average. Beds
were 6d. up on top, and Is. 3d. down= avenge. Prime
per loosed qr.:—Wheat, 38e. to 48e. Barley, 25a to
37e. 21a. 6d. to 30a. 3d. Beans, 46.. to 48e. 84.
Waged top—Whest, 64tlbs. ; barley, 661b5.; ow,
; mad brae, 66ilbe.

CATTLE.—lnarscnort. Acorn 24.—The supply of
sheep was 9,918, being 1,782 mon than last week; 1,127 of
the number were greg sheep or lambs. Good sheep
and lambs In demand, and sold et late rates; inferior sorts of
lambs difficult to dispose of, end cheaper. A etiesenos not
effected of the latter sorts. Best seed mattes, hoes d. to
6td. ; and down to sd. per lb. Lembo, top price, 25.. to
21s. ; current, for the beer, 144, to 184., and down to Is. •
heed; blsokfeced, from 10a. Id. to 12e.; middling and infe-
rior, from 4s. to 711. 94. a bead. The number of oatde was
428, being 77 leas. Qiudity wee very Werke ; anything
good was in demand. and sold at fully lost week's prices.
Best cattle from 7.. 6d. to tic ; middling end inferior, from
6s. to 7s. per imperial atone. Fed pigs, from Se. to sa. 6d.
per imperial atone; Mn to night weeks' old ditto from 9e.
to 1 ls. • had. Minters is market—Sheep, 9,918 ; fat
cattle, 428; lean ditto, 19; pigs, 266.