The Express.
London, England, 1860-03-14 00:00:00

ASBIZB INMLIGENCB.

HOME CIRCUIT.—MAID rocs, Meaca 13.

The ocinimirke for the twenty of Sant was opined on
lionday, and beaker wee proceeded with this Yearning,
Chid Isaias Brie presidia, en the awn We, and Mr. Janice
What the crown mut. The muss list ocataine 19
3of which an special jury eases. On the crown
Nide tiers are 40 prisoners for trial, 19 at whom are soldiers;
but arm of the charges in the rebinds' appear to be of • very
mime ribaraoter. The number of prisoners for trial is mach
asealler than usual at the spring wedges, which is principally
owbg to the magistrates having for the first time in this
county held an adjourned mission previous to the assizes.
The caws tried were not of peculiar interest.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.—Exirns, Xis= 12.
(Before Mr. area Mania.)

1111ACHIT O. BROWN.—BREACH OP 710111311 OP IIAIaIAGI.

£760 noon.
Counsel for the plaintiff, Mr. CoUler, Q.C., end Mr. Ben-
lake ; =nod for the dsdendant, Mr. Smith, Q.C., and Mr.
Certer..

iTeplaintiff was Mies Elizabeth Beachey, the daughter of
a retired solicitor's clerk, and eater of a lawyer in extensive
r4ficcejt Newton Abbot, and the defendant was Mr. Henry
Brown. a gentleman of property living at Barton-
hall, Dear Newton Abbot. The anion wee brought to re-
cover damage fora breach of promise of marriage. The de-
fendant pleaded that he did not wee to marry the plaintiff
ad that at the time of the alaged egresment to merry she
wee engaged to be married to another, which she had con-
cealed from the defendant. It appeared that the plaintiff and
ilellendent had been acquainted with each other for some
thus, and that the former had kept company with a
young gentleman named Yeeld, who bad emigrated to Aus-
tralia, but she had never heard from him slsoe he left Eng-
land two years ago, and it was alleged that the understanding
was that if he did not return and marry her at the expiration
of six months the engagement should be considered to be
terminated. Without pretrans oourting, or the least " &te-
m," as tits learned counsel said, Mr. Brown wrote the
plit;intiff Wier as follows
' My dear Miss Beachsy,—l have known you for a long
limy mad bow always had the greatest regard fer you, which
boa now sbenged into love. Will yen, therefore, allow me to
ear my kart and hand. Do write soon, and say if you can
I return my love.—l remain, dear kilos Baachsy, yours varytruly,B. Baowx.'
After onsetgmw her father, the plaintiff ...to two nr three
gays aft as follows:
"MydearMr. Brown,—l have to thank you for your unex-
penal note of aiturday to me, which greatly surprised me,
sal bed not the slightest idea that you entertained these
owttoments which are expressed in It. I really know so
Ittle of you that were Ito accept, on our slight acquaint-
ancy your offer of heart and hand, it would be considered I
bed demo so Ikeda motives, which will never be the caw
timid I ewe many. I cot therefore only add that, should
your roma for me be decay, permit me to sae a little more
of yam helims audible a garden of so mu alt imporMoos to
hoth.—Beidew• we to ramie yours very truly, Bums

Oa day after the letter was asst the defendant
called at the plaintiff's house, sod, after taking
tea with the homily, he had aa kkeviser with
thear
• ham about the settlement of his property
tow marriage. He told the father that be had
and Ws dienskter ; that he intended, lost ego, to have
bar an offer, but that be had seen her walking with •
=and that had prevented him. To this Mr.
replied, that his daughter was now fres. After
partaking of supper the defendant left the house, having
=wily said he was never so happy in his life."
ter.) The plaintiff thea wrote a letter, scrupling him
se bee suitor. Subsequently defendent called and saw the
tZ and arraa to meet her end her family la Lon-
don,socespuy them to the Handal festival. This
however, be never kept, sad, greatly to the
of e e family, and to the mamma sad pain of the
young lady , the defendant called upon • nnetneJ friend,
and desired him to communicate to the plaintiff's
father that he was determined to break off the
He said, " SI" I.
now
"mird lag
Z kairt
Charles Jests, wad let the osseeressess what
Way soy, I shell bash It off." Os this lie plaistlif wrote,
desylsi nest segireisally that she was esnespeading with
Mr. Seek car *et day t ielsialed terms Ibis.
IhsvZsdhilo Op all arm 'slid des weld lei bin a
be Is ham To this Weir SO delholest rspiled that
he hed Mined thed she wee Mill simpagel Is Mr. ;eels. end ex-
meek. I* anew dist ohs bed wit telt aim so at first. In
this War he swirmsd her lettere sod bar portrait. To this
letter a distinct denial was again given to the defendant's
allegation, and be was conjured to give the plaintiff the
name of his informant, and to visit her, with the view of
having the matter fully cleared up. Defendant, how-
ever, did not do so, but replied that the whole neigh-
bourhood waa his interment relative to Mr. Jade ; that
he had been ailed after. laughed at, sad even
handled "by maim= men in Newton." This letter, Yr.
Collier said, was positively an iamb isg ow, as there wen
no grounds whatever fee the defendant's accusations sgaiast
the plaiatiff. It vs. stated that the defendant was in the
reesipt of 1,3001. a year.
For the Maim Mr Smith mid the defendeat was ay
Meted with St Vitue's &sok which afflicted him Physisally,
and probably mentally ; that the whole affair was one of the
most unromaatie that he had ever knows, and that it was a
hasty and ill-judged affair on the part of the defendant, who
when he heard et the plaintiff's supposed engagement broke
it off with as mash haste as be had made the offer of
marriage. Whilst therefore not denying the breach, ha
pleaded In mitigation of damages' that it was:quite clear the
plaintiff's feelings could not have bees mach injured from
the mods in which the oonnaden had begun, and the few
dare daring which it had Waisted.
His Lordship having summed up, the jury returned •
verdict for the plstatif—dasorwas 75W.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—Locout, Mecca 13.
(Balm &r J. B. Winn.)

111711.0 ti AT SKIONTaII.
Araerel Neely, Warmer, was charged with the wilful
sawder cif Zillah Lyng, at Skegnees, on the 6th day of Feb-
ruary bet. A second count in the Indio mane charged hint
with the sold gander upon the coroner's [spanks.
Mr. Fitejames Stephen and Mr. Hufeb appeared for the
proseenfon, and Mr. Flowers for the prisoner.
Frees the opening statement of Mr. Smythe, which was
aftiwwine bone rat in evidenoe, it appeared that the pri-
mer the deasend, end another man, named Howard, wen
drisking at the Tine Hotel, at Sliminess, on the night of the
murder, at about Sire o'clock, and left early on Sunday morn-
ing esgethier. Howard parted company with the prisoner
and the deonsed at Smith's-corner near to the pop whore
tl:= Pm found. On the following day the body of the
d wss fend in • ditch by a little boy ; and near the
pine where the bed was found some keys, to., won fourth
Upon en, of the body of the murdered ma
the skull was knead to have been broke., and the medical
INS pee it as their opinion that the deceased died from
droning; therefore, it would seem, that the blow wee first
given, mad, a all likelihood, the body afterwards throws into
the drain. The prisoner prevaricated much, tenth, some
Imes he left deceased at thodth's-conerr, and another that he
SSW Me boar. The cap of the prisoner and the asp of the '
deceased were Pod upon the road near the pine where the
wander was eommitted. and the next day the prisoner was
aeon within • cap. Another simemstance &glint the mi-
-1 arose Ana, that his teasers wan wet up to the knees, as
he had bees in • ditch, snit the prisoner accounted
If= feet by saying that he had Wen down. The motive
far somaittiair the murder was alleged to be • pique at
barring bees nos beaten by the dossed, who was a much
stranger man than the prisseer. Plunder wee not the object,
for the pin of the damns& was fond nos him, therefore
reageanse, sad net robbery, was the object of the murder.
r. Aswan having addressed the court for the defame,
The Rey. Mr. Tow gantheprisensra good character. He
he said, soled for his bravery. On the occasion of a
mallgasat Aver raging in the part& of Sksgnen, when the
villagers fled from the corpse, in two mess Moody volunteered
to hear tar deceased to the grave.
On tithe jurymen was trims Sl during the summing up,
end his aneas from court delayed the trial for • considerable
thee.

Tho
'a jury Mused a verdict of Guilty of masslomiltor,
d. _ _ _

The Judge very feelingly addressed the prisoner, and me-
toned him to 16 rad penal senitede.