The Express.
London, England, 1867-11-13 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 13, 1867.

THE FENIAN TRIALS AT MANCHESTER.

MANCHESTER, Nov. 12.
The trial of Fenian prisoners was resumed this
morning at the satire courts. The learned judge took his
seat upon the beach at nine o'cloek. Mr. Pickering, Q.C.,
Mr. Scowler, Q.C., and M.. 'begin conducted the prosecu-
tion. The prisoner: .iohn Francis Nugent,
Patrick Coffey, John Bacot , 1: Eliza) John Brophy, John
Brennan, and Timothy Feat:icrstone, were plaoed in the
dock.

The jury found Brennan and Fed.herstone guilty.
Carroll, &ally, Murphy, .-.001N.01.11e, awl Redden were
milled up with them fot sentence. Mr. Justice Blackburn
reminded the prisoners of the more serious position they
would have been placed in if the prosecution had pursued
another course, and sentenced them to the maximum
punishment prescribed by law—viz., for the assault on the
police, with violence, fire years' penal servitude, and two
years' imprisonment each for misdemeanour. Murphy
said he was convicted, not for an attack in Hyde-road, but
of treason-felony, because the newspaper waa
found at his lodgings. The others tried to address the
court, but were removed. The special commission is closed.

late inttlitstrue.

CAT.T OF EXCHEQUER.—Nov. 12.

Bittinssoratiiizioo.—(Before the Lord Chief Bosom and
Bramwell, (Thermal, and Pigott.)
PERRYMAN V. LISTER.

Mr. Dishy Seymour, Q.C., and Mr. Brett, on the part of
the plaintiff, showed cause against a rare which bad been
obtained in this cue for a new trial.

The action w.ls brought for false imprisonment, the
plaintiff, the sou of a butcher near Uxbridge, having been
given into custody by the defendant, who is a barrister,
residing in the same neighbourhood, for stealing a gun,
and at the trial, in Middlesex, before the Lord Chief
Baron. the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff —damages
100 f. It appeared that Robinson, the coachman of a cler-
gyman, told Hinton, the coachman of the defendant, that
he had seen the gun in possession of the plaintiff ; and
Hinton having communicated this to the defendant, he
gave the plaintiff into custody for felony, but on the mat-
ter being investigated by the justices he was, after some
remand', discharged. The question was, whether, under
these circumstances, the defendant had reasonable and
probable cause for the &purse he adopted.
Mr. Serjeant Itallantine and Mr. Maitland having been
heard in support of the rule,
The Lord Chief Baron observed that the plaintiff had,
at one time, expressed his readiness to accept a with-
drawal of the imputation upon him, and the costs he had
incurred-25 guineas. Was he prepared to agree to those
terms now f _ _ _

Mr. Seymour said be would advise his client to act upon
the suggestion of his lordship.
Mr. Brett—We want nothing more than an apology and
the costs we have been put to.
Mr. Serjeant Ballantine—Upon the present occasion I
feel bound to ask your lordships to decide the question.
The Lord Chief Baron—We will take time to consider
the matter.

Judgment postponed.
STAMPING DOLIIMENTS.

In the course of the day, when a case in the new trial
paper wu called on for argument, it appeared that the
copies of the judge's notes had not attached to them the
customary stamp.
The Lord Chief Baron said that if any attorney omitted,
from negligence, to pay the mere trifle required under the
Stamp Laws to be paid in the shape of stamps in respect
of these documents, it might be that they would treat it
as a contempt of court, and, after a reasonable time elapsed,
might impose a fine upon the attorney.

ANGLE V. ATEYNb.—ANGLE V. O'CALLAGHAN.
These were actions by a livery stable keeper, at Islington,
against two volunteer officers who had hired two horses from
him to be used by them at the volunteer review at Dover on
last Easter Monday. They were sent down in charge of a
groom, and a question arose whether this man was the
servant of the plaintiff or defendants. Be.ng unable to
pay the expenses incurred for keeping the horses at livery
at Dover, the groom left them in charge of an innkeeper in
that town, where they had remained until the time of the
trial. At the trial in Middlesex, before Mr. Baron Pigott,
the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff upon the counts for
not returning the horses free of all charge, with It. damages,
and, upon the tiover count, a verdict for the plaintiff for
2.. Y. in each case.

Mr. Parjeant Parry and Mr. Murphy now showed
cause against a rule which had been obtained by the de-
fendants for the purpose of setting aside the verdict for the
plaintiff on the trover count, and entering a verdict for the
defendants on that count.
The court, without calling upon the counsel for the other
side (Mr. Garth, 44. C., and Mr. Francis), said they were of
opinion that there was no evidence of conversion, and that
the rule should be made absolute.

Mr. Baron Pigott said the case resolved itself entirely
into one of breach of contract, and he thought the jury
did not give larger damages than 1L on the first counts
because the plaintiff had, in their opinion, acted unwisely
in not paying the trifling expense incurred in keeping the
horses one night at Dover, and taking them back, and
leaving the question as to any further I:ability to be deter.
mined in a county court.
Rule absolute.

informed him that he would be supplied with writing
mei rials i prison.
IVi Liam &Goat, a dissipated looking man, who described
himself u a rivetter, was charged with stealing a pilot
coat from No. 12, Fenchurch-street.
At 1 o'clock yesterday (Tuesday) the prisoner made •
rush into the prosecutor's shop and made off with r pilot
coat, but on leaving the premises he ran into the arms of
• constable who took him into custody.—ltemanded.
George White, 18, a French polisher, charged with
stealing 25 yards of cloth from the shop of Mr. Pritchard,
tailor, 1:4, Fenchnrch-street, under similar circumstances,
was sentenced to three months' imprisonment.

WORSHIP-STREET.
Mr. John Verinder, described as an oil and colonrman,
residing at 17, Great Garden-street, Whitechapel,attended
in answer to a summons which charged him with having
unlawfully and maliciously written and publiahed a libel
on and sent to Mr. Thomas Chambers, Q.C., the Cominon-
Serjeant of the City of London. The defendant was without
an advocate.

The Common-Serjeant attended to give evidence and was
accommodated with a seat on the bench during the
examination.

It appeared that in the month of August, 1864, the
defendant was convicted of libel at the Central Criminal
Court, sentenced by the Common•Serjeant to be impri-
soned and kept to hard labour for six months, and at the
expiration of that time ordered to be bound over in two
sureties for the preservation of the peace. The defendant
considered that he had been very unjustly dealt with, and
in that opinion arose a series of libels, in consequence of
which the present proceedings had been taken.
Mr. James Osborne, inspector of the H division, de-
posed—On the ith indent, about 5 o'clock in the after-
noon, I went to the defendant's house accompanied by Mr.
Chambers' clerk. Before entering the chop I observed
several placards outside, and some in the windows. They
all related to Mr. Chambers. One of those outside ran as
follows:—" Thomu Chambers, Common-Serjeant for the
City of London, sold himself for a bribe to assist an old
Jew to commit perjury at the Old Bailey, and it has
caused the death of four young and innocent children."
The others were in equally strong language. I went into
the shop and spoke to the defendant. I told him that I
had called there at the request of Mr. Thomas Chambers,
the Common-Serjeant, to give him a caution respecting
some placards posted In his window, and some on the out-
side. He said, " Oh, I know who it was sent you ;it is
the Jews again bribing you to come here." I replied
that I had not been sent there by Mr. Nathan, nor
had I seen him. I again told him that I had
called upon him at the request of the Common-Serjeant. I
further did," This has been going on fora very long time,
and it is high time that it should be discontinued ; if you
promise me that they shall be taken down at once, you
will, I believe, hear nothing more about it ; if nut, pro-
ceedings will immediately be instituted against you." Ho
replied, " That is what I want; lam courting proceedings.
I bays written to the Secretary of State, but I cannot get
any redress from him, and I am now trying to get the
public to take up this cause. lam determined to agitate
it in this way till I get redrew." I said, " But your ease
has been already decided, and you have suffered for it ;
take my advice, and take them down, for if not you will
suffer for it again." He replied, " I don't want your ad-
vice. I have been tried for libel, but was sentenced for
street riot. " I said, "In your placards you call Mr.
Chambers a murderer," ba He replied, "I know it, and he
sentenced me very unjustly. I don't want your advice,
and I shall go on in this matter until it is so agitated as to
obtain redress." I told him he was also complained of for
writing a letter to Mr. Chambers, and likewise with post-
ing placards in other quarters of the metropolis. He said,
"Mr. Chambers has caused the death of four of my chil-
dren." I replied that I knew nothing about that. He
add, " But I do though, for I was in prison at the time."
I remarked, " That could not have had anything to do
with it, for you could not have saved them even had you
been at liberty." He observed, "Oh, yes, I could though,
or why did they not die before I went in ?" Here the
conversation terminated.

Mr. Thomas Chambers examined—On 23rd Sept. last I
received the following letter :—" Thomas Chambers is a
bribe-recciving robber and murderer, and a vile coward—
base in the extreme after effecting the death of four
innocent children, even to concealment behind the law
that he has assisted a Jew to outrage, yea, not only to
trample under foot human, but God's, which is divine law.
From your victim, and the father of the children, JOHN
xatxnEn.” In • subsequent letter he inserts a copy of
the above, and subjoins it with " The fox most be drawn
out of his bole," continuing with " The victim and the
children's father referred to above is armed, and most
meet Thomas Chambers, though he be the City judge and
a member of parliament. The deaths of the four children
who are gone have been avenged on the country by pesti-
lence, but there are three others whose wrongs must be re-
dressed or revenged, as he is in life for that very purpose.—
JOHN VERINDZH, 17, Great Garden-street, Whitechapel,
Nov. 7, 1867.—P.5. Mr. Chambers refuses hitherto to
reply to the accusation, thereby proving it to be God's
truth."

Defendant, on being asked whether be wished to mow
examine Mr. Chambers, replied, " Yes, sir."
Mr. Newton—Then do so now.

Defendant—That is not the gentleman who tried me.
Mr. Newton—Ask him a question.
Defendant—l wish to ask Mr. Chambers several. That
is not Mr. Chambers who tried me.
Mr. Chambers—Ask me.
Defendant appeared incredulous, and
Mr. Newton remarked—l will for you.
The learned Judge answered in the affirmative.
Defendant—The learned gentleman must excuse me;
he appears so much thinner now than then. (Laughter.)
I would ask him, is it right to refuse a prisoner the oppor-
tunity of defending himself when put on his trial?
Mr. Chambers—l am here to give evidence, not an opi-
nion of the law.

Defendant insisted that a reply was important to his
interest, but
Mr. Newton held that the qquestion was irrelevant, and
ultimately took the responsibility, as he said, of over-
ruling it.
Mr. Inspector Osborne here asked for a remand.
Mr. Newton remarked that the threats made use of in
defendant's letter of the 7th inst. almost inclined him to
refuse bail ; but, however, he would allow hint to go at
large on finding two sureties in 501. each, and entering
on his own for 100/.

lieiend;2;iSaidie had done all this to procure • full
hearing of his case, and would gladly enter into his own in
• thousand, if required.
The two in 501. it was understood he could not find, and
he was removed in the van.

*Via.' Osborn, a man about GO years of age, was re-
examined from the previous day on • eharge of wilfully
breaking • pane of glass in the lodge window at the work-
house for St. Margaret's and St. John's, Westminster, in
Kensington.
The prisoner complained to the .iagistrate that he was
turned out of the workhouse in tho morning, with his
clothes ragged, and without stockings to his feet, after
having been an inmate for two years, with only • shilling
and some bread. On account of that statement, the
magistrate remanded him for the attendance of the master.
Kr. W. Hard, the master, now stated that it was cus-
tomary at their workhouse for the board of guardians once
• month to see the inmates, and ascertain whether any
were capable of earning their own living. The prisoner
was • good tradesman, and the board decided that he
should leave the house.
The prisoner said he was partially blind, and that was
known to the chairman. The board never told him to
leave the house.

Mr. Hard further said that the board ordered the pri-
soner to receive a shilling by way of encouragement.
Mr. Ingham referred the master to the prisoner's feet,
which were without stockings, and asked him whether it
was necessary to have any. It was usual in this country
to wear socks or stockings, but he did not know whether
they were necessary articles of dress.
Mr. Hard said the prisoner made no complaint to him
on leaving the house. It was customary when the clothes
were ragged for the inmates on being discharged to apply
to him for others, which be gave.
The prisoner said he might as well be shot as to be turned
out in that plight.
Mr. Ingham thought the better way would be for the
master to bring the matter before the board of guardians.
He then discharged the prisoner, and cautioned him not
to break any more windows.
The prisoner, on asking what he was to do in the in-
terim, was told by the muter that he would have to apply
to the relieving officer as he had done before.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 4.—The Queen was this
day pleased to confer the honour of knighthood upon Tra-
vers Twiss, Esq., D.C.L., her Majesty's .Advoeste-GeneraL

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THI EXPLOSION AT SILVZRDALZ COAL PIT.—An
inquest was held on Idonday on the bodies of the three
men, Ishmael Richards, Isaac Williams, and George
Pow* who were killed by an explosion of gas in one of
the pits of the Silverdale Company on Friday. Ilr.Wynne,
government inspector, considered the mine in an unsafe
state, but that the accident might not have happened if
two of the deceased had not taken off the tops of their
lamps. The jury found that the deceased met with their
deaths by accident, which resulted from their own impru-
dence. They considered that the workmen ought to be
visited frequently by overlookers, and that the proprietors
of the pit should as soon as possible adopt a better plan of
ventilation in the mine.

FATAL GUN ACCIDENT.—An accident, attended
with fatal consequences, occurred at the gun miumfantory
of Mr. Aston, in Edmund-street, Birmingham, yesterday
morning. A number of men were employed in finishing
Snider rifles ; one of them was engaged at a bench fitting
• cartridge into a barrel which was held in a vice ; from
some unknown caws the weapon exploded, and the bullet
struck a man named Underwood, who was working at the
next bench but one, in the hip. It passed through the
abdomen and the other thigh, thereby inflicting a com-
pound fracture of both thighs, besides otherwise injuring
the lower parts of the body. The wounded man cried out,
" What's that," and fell down. He was conveyed in a
senseless state to the Queen's Hospital, where he was
attended by Dr. Jolly, but be died a few moments after
his arrival at the hospital. The eon of Mr. Aston bad a
narrow escape ; he was actually working at the next bench
to that at which the accident occurred, but bad just
altered
him his position to examine his work, so the ballet
pealed .