The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-15 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

AMMAI" MAT IL —APPourrigilim —Pay-
master W. J. EBat to the Baochante.
Aciting Third Clam limiiM.int Engineer H. Lancheater, to
the Aria, for temporary mini°, in the Stork.

CHATHAM, MAY 14.
EXPERIMITMI BY CAtTAIN NOSTOW.-801116 ne-
perimenta, attended with very satisfactory results, have
been made by 40Iaptaia Norton, the inventor of the kliqtdd
fire.shell, and other mimed.", for the purpose of demonstra-
ting the improvements he has effected with balls fired from
the ordinary Brown Bees" musket, whereby the range
and aesuaey d that weapon are made nearly equal to that
of the rifle. In the trial" which have been made
Captain Norton has succeeded in producing • ball, which in
%shots fired at • target two feet in diameter at a distance
of 200 pada sera& the target each time is sueseaskin,
and on the range being increased to 250 yards only one or
two shot, failed to strike the target at that distance. In
firing thole 40 rounds there was no difficulty in loading,
closely although the ball fitted so that the barrel of the
musket appeared to he most effectually sponged out by the
suing of the er cartridge which Captain Norton uses.
The balls were cast in a mould known as No. 12, and
beim Inclosed in the netting of the gosurner cartridge Ms
the barrel so closely as to allow of no lore by windage.
The weight of powder in each cartridge was two and e half
drachma.

TOTAL Lows or Two TILATALOAA.—On the 20th
of April the AM Trafalgar, 717 tons, laden with sugar
I and ague from Manilla, sprees • leak in lat. 30 N., lon.
42 W. It appear' that in moderato weather she was
gaining heavily upon the pumps, and upon examinatioa
it
was found that the auger worm had completely howey.
combed her bottom. It was utterly imposiibie to repair
the damage In spite of every effort the leak remand—
...km. •
four foot water in an hour, when all hops of arr.
th—T-r p from sinking was had. Twoi vowels happily hove
within hall. The captain and crew, twenty-five In number,
were pinked up—aerator in • ship_bouad for AnnW
and 4 ma halve bound for Landoll. The latter were isp=
Dover yesteMay during divine serviokaad war roorralat dr
Sailor' ' Borne. The crew had not left the dodge of the
Trafalgar above lye minutes before sir gar a oiddir dog
and went down. The Trafalgar hpiropadi to the kr et
Dunbar. Nearly one hundred wrecked awn et differed
bations have occupied the Dover liallorsarbst:i. :new=
the assistance of the Ithipwreeited
have received every aunties whisk their Ilindholdreor.
stances required. The eau were forwarded to loradp• with
a free pass, liberally granted upon all such reader by the
directors of the South Eastern Railway Ontsy•ay.—Dover,
May 14.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
MAI 14.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
SMITH MID SMITH r. •LDOGII AND TOCNO.
The imitator, Mrs. Eleanor Kent, died an inmate of the
Yaryiebotte worldliouse in July last, leaving wowiy of the
valve as shout .525/. By a will, dated October U 5 8, she
= 612: defendant Aldan 380/., and Mn,. Young, his
, the remainder. The will was opposed ou the
=4.linwipacityand undue intluenixt ; but, after hearing
mg siert granted probate.

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CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
THE OUR or Tits RSV. MR. HATCH,
Pow. yeeterbes Sorest.)

Mr. Bares Channel} then preesedad to refer to other por-
tions of the evideuce, and said it was rather a remarkable fact
that there did not appear to be any ruggeition that Mr.
Affalsh Lad mad* any threats or prosshies to either of
the children to induce them to be silent. His lordship
then referred to the circumstances under which the
present charge wan preferred, and explained to the jury
that by a recent act of parliament any learned judge had
the power, upon depositions being laid before him, to order
that an indictment for perjury should be preferred, and in
this are it appeared that Mr. Baron Bramwell, who tried
the former one, hail takes' that comae; but this ought not
to be taken as any indication of dissatisfaction at the result of
the former trial, as he was bound by the act of parliament
to do what he did, and the matter might have been dis-
posed of either by him or any other judge. Ills lordship
read through the remainder of the evidence fur the pro-
secution, and then proceeded to call the attention of
the tarry to the testimony that had been adduced on
behalf of the defendant, and remarked upon the
fact that the younger child swore distinct ty that
her mother used to take her to church every Sunday,
whereas Mrs. Plummer maid that she dial not do so, and she
gave a reason for not going with her chfldren to church, and
he pointed out other contradictions in their testimony. In
reference to Mn. Plummer he said that she appeared to
have suffered a great deal of anxiety on account of her
children, and although her conduct in the witness-box was
certainly very ettmordinary, he thought the jury ought not
to allow this to operate too much to her prejudice, and that
they should weigh her evidence fairly and dispassionately,
and allow it to have its due weight in influencing their de-
claim. The learned judge then read the remainder of the
evidence, and in concluding his observations he said that
the defendant was now upon her trial, and if the evidence
established her mfilt, it was their duty to say
so by their verdict, but if, as he had before
stated, the evidence left any reasonable doubt upon
their ninds, she was entitled to the benefit of that doubt,
and ought to be acquitted, although that result might in-
volve very serious consequences so far as Mr. Hatch was
concerned. The jury, however, had within", whatever to do
with that ; they were bound to decide this case as they
would any other, and if the guilt of the defendant was not
satisfactorily established they ought to say so by their
verdict, without any reference to tho consequences to other
parties.
The summing up of the learned judge oompiad seven
hours and three-quarters in its delivery, and at a quarter to
6 o'clock the jury. retired to deliberate.
They returned into court at 8 o'clock, and pee a verdict
of Chtilly.
The foreman of the jury at the same time handed to the
learned judge a written paper, which his lordship directed
to be road. it was in the following terns :—" We find the
primmer Mary menuPlummerGuilty, and whlld we re.
commend bar to the utmost extent of mercy, we venture at
the mono time to exert.' a hope that your lordship, if you
have the power to do so, will direct that any imprisonment
to which she may be subjected May be accompanied by a
proper ammo of trailing and education, of which she has
hitherto been deprived, and probably would still be deprived
at home." .

There was a burst of applause when the verdict was deli-
vered, and it was not without difficulty that it was stopped
by the came of the court. A great camber of persona
had amanshisil wandda the building, and the result of the
case was renetwed with loud cheering.
Baran Clinagell raid be should consult ilr. Justice
log with mind to the sentence to be pronounced, and in thu
mwentlin siefwahuit might goat large upon the mine re.
as before.
Vfilaterne of the defendant was called upon to give the
mired inammiatate; but he warn not in attendance, and
„minimally • gentleman connected with the solicitors for the
Menem entered into • recoimizoney in the awn of 500 t. for
the defendant's appearance, and she left the court with
hits.

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