The Express.
London, England, 1858-04-16 00:00:00

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aids would not be satisfactory to this country, though he did
not object to the subject being invsollitated.
Lard I. RUSSELL believed that some good might arise
Rea" ismoliatio&:se subject, though he was very much of
the of Solicitor-General that thew nibunals
woddnot be satideetary in this country, so that ho was not
verJrnrat. I.'I;IVEGERA the 1.1/ the innOituirYpec. tto be able to
import these tribunals kola foreign coustrien," but ihought
that some of their principles and forms of procedure might
astable us to improve our adusioistration of commercial
After some further discomion the motion wee sired to.
CHANCERY REFORMS.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL moved for leave to bring
in a bill to amend the oourse of preeedure in the Court of
Charing. The objects of the bill was two, both having
one ed, to enable a suitor to obtain in oes court the cows-
=Teef he required. One object was te mispetrar the
of Chancery, in applications for an iohym, or for
speedo purformsace, to award damages; the otter objeet
was to oboists a difficulty 4 time court in trying tin/ethos of
feet, by authorieing it to call . jury to try such Titration+.
fnsfaad of sending an issue to court of law, the witnesses
being examined in open court. He proposed that for the
potent this power should be not compulsory, but dims-
tiossry, in the judge.
After a short conversation, leave was given to introduce
the

Lod J. MANNERS obtained leave to bring in a bill to
conlinn a contract for the sale, by the comndesionare of her
Itakety's Works, of certain lands to the ooaunissioners of
Chelsea Hospital.
The cedars having been dispoeed of, the house adjourned
at 11 °Week.

THE XIDDLIIIIILT MA01817E4218 AND
POLITICAL PIOB2CUTIONB.

A general meeting of the magistracy of ?diidle-
st: was hold at Clerkenwell yesterday, to leimmel dee ordi-
nary badness of the county. Mr. Peerritair., eirdraria of
unusua
the benlly ch, prodded,
as. and the attandanee of maghtrates was
mamm
Mr. W. PATER had the following seder et seeks on the
agenda paper, " That the mougistratee of this as con-
servators of the peace for the metropolitan divieioa of the
ideal ,om view with abhorrence and alarm the avowal and
joindloation of the dam:Mesa assmaimstion, which, ender a
plea of Reath& bborty, are openly made in this metropolis,end they deem it theiz duty to their soveosign, as well as to
their cometry, to express publicly their determination, by
mural influence end example, to counteractoo far as possible,
those pentanes' and atrocious principles, aid their lope that
her MejesWe ministers may be enabled, under the guidance
of Divine Providence, ye adopt such wit) and salutary =ea-
' mires se will tend to the-well-being of moiety, and the. peace
and prosperity of these realms, that so, whilst the country is
rejoicing se the land of the free, the homoof the slave, and
the protector of the nnfortmude, it may never incur the
odium and reproach of being a shelter and an asylum forth.
murderer and the regicide.''
Mr. Cornelia, had the following en the raper "That it
be an instruction to the clerk of the peace me to plsee on the
spends paper any notice of motion which stall not ham
direct reference to the business of the atenty... Übe having
been given Ant had precedence.
Mr. COTTRELL said if anything could justify the motion
which he now made, it was that which had brew pieced on
the paper, no doubt according to the rule* of the. court, by
Mr.ayne, who simply emit it to the chi* of the-peace, and
it appeared to the paper of business a. • matter d mune.
They met there not to thecae, political or piny maetera but
to perform their deity as magistrates for the °minty,. and the
only business which could properly be browcht undue their
consideration woe bushier relating to the =tenet► of the
comity. Whatever opinions they might entertain. they
could not make that court a discussion fernm--• so= of
place which they had heard something of lately ; and he
thou&t the court was bound to pass this resolutiosto con-
fine their dismasione to their own business, and to keeroout
positively_axtraneous matter.
Mr. NORTHALL LAURIE seconded the motion with
Payn; sad he must say he was truly astonished te. see
e'. notice on the paper. They =leaded them to
do the county Midwest and if at any tune there was any
special business to be brought before them, let them held a
wend meeting to murkier it; and no such motion as Mr.
ought ever to have been placed in the paper of re-
bunnees for the county day. It was not until recently
that the court addressed the thrme oa special occasions,
which he believed other counties did not, though they were
quite as loyal as Middlesex.
Mr. Armstrong and other magistrates supported the
motion, which, amended to the era that the chairman of the
court have power to expunge from the agenda paper say
notice of motion not having direct reference to the badness
of the county, was carried.
Mr. Larkin asked Mr. Payne if he would not, after the
11 Whig of the court, withdraw his motion?
os.raans said he should not, whatever he might have
, done had the suggestion come from any one else.
Mr. LAURIE roes to • point of order. The motion had no
reference to the business of the county.
The Cmataturt said it was properly In the paper OODERt-
tog to the then existing rule, and the court must hear Mr.
The How. MAGISTRATE then read his motion, end pro-
ceeded to say that he was actuated not by political or party
motive, but by a moral one, and that it would be a shame sad
a dimes°, if the apart did not pus the reeolution. Amid
some cionfrodon he read extracts from • pamphlet, recently
published, which he said were of the most atrocious diameter
—Justifying murder of sovereign princes.
Mr. Lallans objected that the pamphlet referred to was
actually at the present tints the subject of • criminal prosecu-
tion in this country.
Mr. Perin made a few farther observations, and on his
his seat,
mclhn'elt Hafnium oohed if any one seconded the motion ?
There was no answer, consequently it fell to the ground.

MURDERS NUR TAUNTON.—On Wednesday morn-
ing last (as we gather from the second edition of the Bridg-
water limes of April 14), discovery was made of the barba-
rous murder of an aged couple at a house called " The Cot-
tage," in Coombe-lane, in the parish of Creech St. Michael,
about four miles and a-half dimmest from Taunton. " The
Ztze' which is a beerhonee, was occupied by a parson
John Buclatall, who wee about 72 years of age, and
his wife. The former w well known in Bridgwater and
the other neighbouring market towns se • mglobber, an
occupation which he bad followed for several years. He
had arranged, it seem; to attend Bridgwater market on
Wednesday last, and the sight previous be signified to his
grandson, John Baker Rudman (who y accom-
panied him to the various markets his intention
el doing so, and stated that he about 401.
in his possession for the purpose of paying for
some pigs. His grandson had also been employed during
the peat week in making up the books and straightening the
accounts of the deceased, and was consequently well aware
of his pecuniary circumstances. About six o'clock on the
Wednesday morning • neighbour named James Thorne,
who lived at a oottage nom by, heard the report of a gun,
but at the time he paid no particular attention to it.
At about this time the eon of John BucknaU, who is em-
ployed at the Coombe Mills, which are within 200 yards of
he Cottage," came to his work, and shortly Mtereardie
John Baker Badman, the grandson, called him from his
employment and told him that he could not gain admit-
tance to his grandfather's house. Accompanied by Mr.
Morris (the owner of the Coombe Mills), the son and grand-
son proceeded thither, and found the door locked and the
key removed. Mr. Morris, on perceiving smoke issuing
from the premien, effected an entrance, and proceeding to
the lower cellar, the door of which was locked, they found
the poor old man weltering in his blood, with his coat on
fire, it having been ignited by wadding from the gun. They
then discovered that a bullet had penetrated the book part of
the head, and, passing out near the left eye, had made an
indentation on the door post. His brains were scattered on
the wall adjoining. It Is supposed that he was shot while
in the act of stooping to pick up some hay for his horse.
On promeding upstairs • stall more horrible sight presented
ibeff. There lay on the bed, which was saturated with
Wood, his poor old wife, with a frightful gash in her throat.
and one of her fingers nearly severed, as if in her agony
despair she had raised her hand to protect herself from the
merciless cruelty of her murderer. The prevailing opinion
in the neighbourhood is that she was attacked in her sleep,
and that some of the bedclothes had been thrown over her
head to prevent her struggling or giving an alarm. The old
man had evidently been followed to the cellar end shot with
his own gun, which had been carefully replaced in its wonted
position in • little room adjoining. The murderer, doubt-
less made his exit by the front door, which he had locked,
and then removed the key. In addition to the disappearance
of the 401., there are two or three rings and a brooch missing.
Surpicion at once fell upon the gr deon, John Baker Buck •
nail, who was forthwith eppeehe ded, and now awaits an
examination on the charge.
THE ASSASSINATION AT PoladdoUTH.—Yeater-
day the adjourned examination of Edwin Hart charged with
the murder of hie blether Daniel Hart, took piss before the
borough magistrates at Portsmouth. Mr. Leggett, the en.
painteadent of police, Mated that on the morning after the
menler Mr. Louis Han and the prisoner called upon him.
He told them he had certain things belonging to the de-
ceased. They both expressed a desire to know what amount
of money there was. The cash-box was opened, and found to
contain 346/. 10e. A will was also found giving the whole of
the property to the lad Barnes. The will was not attested,
and the prisoner said, " Oh, put a couple of names upon it,
that'll make no difference; and then it will be all right."
Mary Ann Whiting deposed to having served the prisoner
with beer on the night of the murder, and other witnesses
to his having been in the smoking-room of the Bedford Hotel,
and his having left at about a quarter-pest eleven. Bernard
Miller stated that he met the prisoner near the corner of
Penny-street between twelve and half-past on that night.
Inspector Davie Mated that on his mentioning to the prisoacr
MOO reports about the latter having been at these venous
places the prisoner denied having been in Portsmouth at all
ea the sight in question. The prisoner was remanded till
the Lent (this) day.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT AT AN AUCTION. —On
Wednesday, whilst an auctioneer at Heywood was d
i
of the doe in trade of a eabind-maker's shop, the doscrrant-
dimly gem way, and the entire oompany, numbering about
I 100 people, descended late the cellar below. No life was
lost, or einem injury meshed, bat when the dust bad
ousted away, and the people were resoned".4peat numbers
were hand to ha suffered from cuts, and wounds
ef melons kinds.ve
Considering the number edged tools,
on and dangerous implements lying on the floor, them
eras reason for congratulation that so worm results did
rsiesad the accident. Mr. Edward Lem, the auctioneer,
had cordoned the people that the floor was week end etlenld
not stand a crowd, before commencing the ads in that por-
tion of the premises.
EARLY VlCE.—About mid-day on Monday some
of the labourers on Clifton Manor Pane, on going to the
shallow trough where the meth are vetoed, discovered in •
the water as infant of a few months old, all but dead. The
betty was taken to the aoMg. it his lather • labourer named
Pease; who works on the , and march was made for its
edsp•sieter, a phi named Ann Name, aged about eleven
pun in whose ohsrp tits Infant had bars loft Oa pro-
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