The Express.
London, England, 1867-05-04 00:00:00

TS ON THE REFORM BILL.
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Chancellor of the Exchequer gave
Idments to the third clause of the Re-
People Bill• The formal notice is am

line B—After "rated," invert "as

After "paid," insert "an equal amount
payable by other ordinary occupiers

clause will read (the Intended alters-
):

shall be entitled to be registered as a
t (registered, to vote for a member or
in parliament for a borough, who is
, that is to say : 1. Is of full age, and
legal incapacity; and 2. Is on the last
year, and has during the whole of the
no been, an inhabitant occupier, as owner
!welling-bouse within the borough ; and
time of such occupation been rated as
re, in respect of the promises so ooeu-
the borough, to all rates (if any) made
i poor in respect of inch premises ; and
20th day of July in the same year paid
in the pound to that payable by other
in respect of all poor rates that have
him in respect of the rid premises up

day of January.

given by Mr. Denman and Sir Reim-
Amendments to the Reform Bill. The
Denman, proposes that the rates shall
.rily paid by the person rated, but may
me other person on hie behalf. With respect
icy franchisee, he proposes that a person posaess-
ing more than one qualification shall only be entitled to vote at any one place in respect of one such qualification.
lir. Denman also proposes to leave out clause 33, which
cow stands as follows :—" There shall be repealed
so much of the 79th see. of the act of the 6th year
of the reign of her present Majesty, chap. 18, as relates
to the residence of voters at the tune at which they give
their votes." Mr. Denman also proposes to omit clause
which provides that the paymenttof rates by any person
for the purpose of enabling any individual to beatered
as a voter shall be treated as bribery and punish registered
isa voter shall be treated as bribery, and punished ac-
cordingly. ,
Sir Roundell Palmer's amendments are as follows :—ln
chin* :1 he proposes to leave out the word " inhabitant,"
the effect of the amendment being that the occupier, either
4e ovuler or tenant, of ail welling-hove, need not IiVC the
Premises. In the same clause he proposes another amend-
ment,which will doubtless elicit a very strong debate and di-
vide*, viz..to leave out ".Iwelling-house,"and insert "house,
v.rchouse, counting-house, or shop." Sir Roundell Palmer
'I"o Promises to move the rejection of the educational or
'' fancy " franchisee, as they are termed, in a body. He
Ls also given notice that he will propose to leave out the
Pecuniary franchises for counties or boroughs. Regarding
the compound householder, the right hon. gentleman will
a.,ve as 1M amendment that the rates to be paid by him in
order to entitle him to the franchise shall not be rates cal-
rilated on the full rateable value of the premises, as
Pon Wel hy the government bill. This iunenilinent
apply also in the case of the first registration
to An occupier. Finally, on the general saving clause as to
king laws remaining in full force, notwithstanding the
sew bill, Sir Roundel' Palmer proposes to insert : All
I-rons duly registered at the time of the passing of this
..et .4 voters for any bor ii4,h or county shell while while and so
L'll,l they continue uninterruptedly topossess the re-
,Pective qualifications in respect of which they are now
2. rezistered, be entitled to continue so registered, in the
ii "oe manner and subject to the same conditions only, as
this act had not punted ; but, subject to the rights so
4 to such now existing voters, no person shall be here.
reentered as a voter for any borough or county in
"'Peet of the occupation by him as owner or tenant of
P'eelises of any tenure, except under and according to the
Provisions of this act."

Twenty-two large steamers are advertised to
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44ttl

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

CRIMINAL COURT OF APPEAL
(Before Lord Chief Baran Kelly and Baron Martin and
Justices Byles, Keating, and Smith.)
THE Sit KILN V. OILAL4EIOI.
The prosecutor is a draper at Swindon and Devizes,
and the prisoner a married man with three children,
was his olerk and traveller. The prisoner was indicted
et Devizes before Lord Chief Baron Kelly for having sent
to the prosecutor a letter demanding of him a sum
of money with menace and without reasonable
or probable cause. In the first letter the prisoner charged
the prosecutor with having committed adultery with the
prisoner's wife, and that the youngest child was hia,and that
he was to refund him 44f., part of it-211.—t0 be in cash,
and the remainder in a bill at two months. He added,
" that many a man would have cut his wife's neck, and sent
a bullet through him." Prosecutor took no notice of the
letter, and shortly after be received another letter front the
prisoner, stating that " if he did not wish to have the case
put into a solicitor's hands he must forward the money
that evening for he was in noihumour for delay." The
jury found the prisoner guilty, but a point was reserved
whether the letters implied a threat of bodily violence or
to charge the prosecutor with adultery.
Mr. Lopes appeared for the prisoner, and Mr. Bain ap•
perred to support the conviction.
The court affirmed the conviction.

THR MUREX r. JANE MAT.
The prisoner was indicted and tried by Lord Chief Baron
Kelly, at liodmin, for concealing the birth of her illegiti-
mate child. The prisoner had ou several occasions denied
that she was enciente, but on the 25th October as she was
returning from market, the buy at her request stopped the
cart in which they were riding, and she went out and got
into a recess in the hedge by the road-side. About five
minutes after she was seen walking behind the cart. She
also walked home, a distance of a mile and a half, and she
did her usual domestic work the same and also on the fol-
low:lig day. A boy, who was passing along the road soon
after the prisoner had left the recta., heard a cry, and
went to the spot, and finding it was a child, he ran away
frightened, but told some one who went to the
place and found the child dead. The prisoner,
who was apprehended the following day, said
abe was suddenly taken ill—she had not seen the
child nor heard it cry, and that she was utterly
ignorant whether the child was born alive or dead. The
prisoner was found guilty, and the Lord Chief Baron re-
served the point whether the caw came within the statute.
At the trial Mr. Edin, at the request of the learned
Lord Chief Baron, defended the prisoner, and also at
the learned judge's request he :attended in that court
to argue the point.
Without hearing any argument
The court said the conviction must be quashed.
Conviction quashed.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

Sittings in Banco.—(Before Lord Chief Justice Bovill and
Mr. Justice Smith.)
GARRETT T. MMICIGER.

This case was trietir few dayesUgoS-It was an action to
recover a penalty of lOW. from a beerhouse keeper in St.
George's-in-the-Rut, upon the ground that he had kept
open a room in hie house for public music and dancing
without having a license from quarter Sessions for that
purpose. Mr. Justice Willes, who presided at nisi prius,
directed a verdict for the plaintiff subject to the opinion
of the full court.
Mr. Piffard now moved for a rale to enter a verdict for
the defendant. The evidence was that there was frequent
music and dancing in the room, that the musicians were
paid by those who danced, but there was no evidence that
the defendant did more than this—that he did not inter-
fere to prevent the dancing. The learned counsel sub-
mitted that these facts were no more evidence against •
beer-house keeper of keeping open his house " for the pur-
pose " of public music and dancing than it would be against
any private person who allowed each practices in his
house.
Rule granted.
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In th;obsence of Mr. Justice Byles and Mr. Justice
Keating, who were in the Exchequer Chamber, it was
found impossible to proceed with the new trial paper, and
therefore the court rose at an early hoar.

Sittings at Nisi Prins in Middlesex.—(Before Mr. Justice
Wiles and a Common Jury.)

PLI:MRIDGE T. THE SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

Teis was an action to recover damages for injuries SIM
tained upon the defendants' line, and as it was admitted
that the accident had happened through the negligence
of the company's servants, the only question was what
should be the amount of the damages.
Mr. Serjouit Tindal Atkinson and Mr. Clark appeared
for the plaintiff ; and Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., for the de-
fendants.

The plaintiff, a young man 24 years old, was a lighter-
man, and had been in the habit of • about V. a
week. On the afternoon of Sunday the 25t November
last, he took a second class ticket from Charing-cross to
Spa-road, where he intended to visit his father-in-law.
The train entered the Cannon street station with such
force that the buffers were displaced and some brickwork
was knocked down. The plaintiff was sitting with his
back to the engine and he was thrown violently forward
and then backward. He received a cut on the temple and
a severe blow upon the back. His temple bled and he was
stunned, but he was helped out of the carriage and soon
recovered consciousness. He went to the guard, who
refused to take his name and address, and afterwards
appealed to the station-master, who directed them to be
taken. He went on to Spa road, but felt unwell, and
therefore soon returned to Charing-cross. The symptoms
which followed were giddiness, dimness of sight, and pain
in the back. A doctor was consulted, and by his direction
the plaintiff was confined to his bed for a month, and sub-
sequently went on a visit to his father's, at Wandsworth,
for a fortnight. Down to the present time he had not
been able to do the harder part of his work. The doctor's
bill amounted to rd.

The medical evidence was that the injury was only
tempontry, and that the plaintiff would soon recover.
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—damages &W.,
end expressed an opinion that the doctor's charges were
too high for a person in the plaintiff's position.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
Sittings in Banco.—(Before Barons Bramwell, Channel),
and Pigott.)
BATEMAN V. PAWL
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—.—
This was an action to recover compensation in damages
for bodily injuries alleged to have been sustained by the
negligence of a waggoner in the service of the defendant.
Thep tiff, an old man who earned his living as a gar-
dener, had to have both his legs amputated below the
knee, in consequence of being run over by a waggon in
High-street, Staines. It ap that the horses were
startled by a passing way train, and the only
contest between the parties was whether the de-
fendant's man was at their head at the time, it
being alleged that if he had been he could have controlled
the animals and prevented the accident. The case was
tried before Mr. Baron Channel in the Exchequer Cham-
ber a few days ago, when the jury found a verdict for the
plaintiff, damages litY.
Mr. Murray, on the part of the defendant, now moved
for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was against
the evidence.

The court, as the learned judge was not dissatisfied with
the verdict, refused to grant a rule.
Rule refused.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.)
IN RN NANLEY.-APPLICATION YON RELEARN.
The bankrupt, described as an accountant, was formerly
secretary to the Peruvian Railway Company (Limited).
He was opposed on bin application for release from custody
by Mr. R. W. Thompson, a tailor, of Conduit-street, who
had supplied the bankrupt with clothes to the amount of
591. It appeared that the bankrupt's salary as secretary
was 1301.; Mr. Thompson's bill extended over eight
mouths only ; and in answer to the commissioner's ques-
tion what he did with so many clothes, the bankrupt could
only allege that the goods were overcharged.
His Honour granted the release, observing that the
creditor might oppose the bankrupt on his application for
order of discharge.
The debts are only 86?.