The Express.
London, England, 1859-06-20 00:00:00

couarr cnvar OMMITMERrB.

The following letter from Chief Baron Pollock i.
publisind by Mr. :

•
" Herat, Ileumlow, June 6, 1869.
" 81r,—Accept my beet thanks for your communicatice.
My remarks at Bedford on charging the rjrand jury at the
Wt maims were not at all directed against the mode in
which say county court jades bad hie power, but
agelat toe power itself. It would have been cheaper in
many ineances, both for the Trmaury and the empty, to
have paid the debts, for the expanses, which fell on
the consolidated Mai, and the charge on the county,
would have been sufficient to pay sway of them
several times over. I *Boded to no parekelar
mei ea on. of Wastes sad oppreeslea en the port
of the judge, but as illustrating the folly and ma
nudity and the mischievous results of the system. ledges
differ very mach ea to the cases in which they should exer•
cos certain powers. I can imagine a county court judge to
deem It his ditty to lend a was to prima twenty times if he
owes sixpence sod will not pay It; sad to punish him for his
obeleacy as oft-n as it is Monett nadir hie notice. The
judge may be right or wrong, but the system is utterly bad
which readers such a matter possible. I was oars a member
of the Common Law Commiselos, and we all thought that,
Mused of eneoureghog the eyelets of credit (with reference
to small heasections) by imprisonment for debt, it
woeld he bear to make readyrinceey dealing mew
wry by Ulan away ell legal redress as to claims under
a certain sura—es to the amount of which there was much
difference ofo aloe. Credit is necessary in some urea—e.g.,
the wages of Weem—ths labour cannot be given instanter
(like a loaf eflenad), the labourer must trot the employer
for hie wager, sr the employer mum pay beforehand sod gin
credit lea the laser. Bat this is sot the cam with say
claim for good supplied, when the seller may inert on Wag
paid before he pests with his goods. I believe, if the cases in
the county marts .were Nub sod, It would be found that,
with redeems to • Mete popartion, it would be better for
the public that there shoals b no remedy for claims under a
alien amount; and, In my °piston, such a system would
(in the end) prodoce woe economy and more real good
feeling than prevail at present.-1 hats the honour to re-
maim, yours faithfully, "Fain. Poitoca.
" B. Mandell, Btu., F.11.A.,
Library, Law lastantica, Leedom."

Tnh FATAL BOAT ACCIDZIIT AT WATCHET.—
Altar the deeper& of the report of the inquiry into this dia.
trawls( occurrence, which &peseta in oar colamns on Bator-
day, several other witnesses wen examined. The Corot tv,
In summing up the evidence, said it bad bees clearly proved
that the unfortunate moults bad °marred from the boat
being overladen, thirteen gen bowleg been crowded
into it, wheresa it was oily of wry* eight. The
boat was commended Gro:ree Weeder sad Allred Short,
who were the • and the question for the
jury wen whnther they end dus'oeutiou in the discharge of
thstr duties, In permitting
thaty passengers to get into the
boat. It bad teen stated the people rushed to the boat
in a motorman.) manlier, and some were tipsy ; Mill

the parties is eorsamsn'il ef the boat wow not
bound to proceed with it if they considered it unsafe. 210:s:
peered, too, that the boat wee a common putt, and,
mg to the evident, not more than eight persons ought to
hers entered it. After a lengthened deliberation the jury
retuned s 'mitre of " Manslaughter against George Wed.
lake and Alfred iihort." The Coroner admitted the priorities
to hail, under the DOW act of llament, on entering into two
sureties each of 261, and their own recogniz4noes of 6W. A
eubsorlptiou was entered into as behalf of Mrs. Mogg (wife
of one of the deceased persons), who was stated to bo in a
destitute condition.

DISTRESSING SUICIDE. Yesterday morning
William Caoer, req., eoroner for the meters division of
Surrey, held an inquest at the Standard Tavern, Long Dit-
to', on the holy of Mr. Clarence Shore, aged 28, a gentle-
man who destroyed his life on Sunday morning by nearly
severing hie head from his body with a Tyra. From the
evidence It smeared that the deceased resided with hie
brother, Mr. Montague Shove, at a house in Prospeot-
place, Long Ditcou, and up to Saturday lest enjoyed
good health. At that time, however, he was seized with
• kind of low nervous lover, and became very
About. quarter to 12 o'clock on the night of SdiXs=dt•
brother, Mr. Montague, went Into the bedroom to give
him acme modiolne, and was boeriflsd to see him at the
foot of the tad with blood flowing from his throat. Be
then fell backwards on the floor; and, on an alarm being
raised, he was discovered to be quite dead. Mr. Wedd, sur-
geon, of Surbitoe, said that the wound extended the whole
emuit of the throst, every artery teing cut through to the
vertebra. He wee of opinion that the force used to inflict
such • wound must have been very great. The witness con-
cluded by stating that when he was called Mlle took as open
razor from the 'a right hand. Be bad no doubt it
was en act of suicide. A gentleman of the name of Wood
stated that the deceased gentleman was • meet sober and pni-
dent young man, and never showed any Sunset Weedy.
His father, however, sours years ago deprived himself el
existence by banging himself. The jury returned s mediae
of .' Tsmreary insanity."
THR WIYI MURDER NEAR WEST BROMWICH:...
In the Exprus of Tuesday last particulm• woe glees
of a MUMSr committed by • men named William Wormy, •
publics* at Tame Srldgeorpon his wife, Mary Wormy, ea
tbe previous Saturday. TEN inquest use brought to • class
we lfriray night last, when a verdiet of "wilful semeler"
was retuned against Wormy, who wee committed 11. kW
lips the eseasses marespe,