The Express.
London, England, 1857-10-27 00:00:00

OF 111 lIIIMALINS TRLIOZAPI COMPANY.

Thomas Dragooned AVM awl Newry Thad de-
rendered to take their trial for taddimeanour in publishing a
libel redacting upon the character of Frederick William Cs-
dodo, one of the directed and deputy chairmen of the Sub-
marine Telms Company.
Mr. Elerjeent I.brntae, Mr. Bodlcht, Mr. Gifted, and Mr.
()raid yarded for the prosecution ; Mr. Serjeaut Par/
appeennl 6r the defendant Emma, sad Mr. Robinson for the
defendant Thorne.

Both defendants pleaded Not Guilty.
Mr. &Ent Parry, upon the part of the dtfentitint Evans,
put in a of justification.
Mr. Sent Baseline in stating the care to the jury,
mid that It was one of a character Oct common in criadral
courts, and was rendered more so from one of the ildendante
having
the
ert in a plat of justification. The charge
. , was one of libel upon the character
ortr Hon. two
Mr. raTougan, who Ina one of the direekes of
the Submarine Telegraph Company, and in addition to
publishing the libel, It charged them with threatening to
publish, and also to abstain from publishiog the arid hi 4,
• ith a view to extort money. They were indict 'd end. •
Lead Campbell's act, which pee the right t r pus •
charged of putting in • julification of the libel t ~Y
truaand that it wa4ublishod for the public benefit. They hi
pain that plea, but it would be for the jury to my whether it
wisdom so or put foe end with a view to ettot t money f um
Mr. Cadorl The learned counsel then went on to slate
the facts lad by the witnesses, and read the latter con-
taining the 144 albsied to.

"TO TNT ILDITOR OF THI TRIES.

" Sir,—l
.i:iirii!eri;;perintendent of the instrument
room of the Telegraph Company from Noveffbnermi
1862 to 1854, when I resigned; that during the above
one of the fteers of the cceepany—the Hon. F. W. ro-
wan—wee in the hebit at rhit, the inanuesat reset, and
waiting to the red lONS deity—my, from dues to four
o'clock, =Mad arid telaselier from him to ard up
all merges of importoce, end r • ceneermeetl.ox
manias one from Lord fitradad deßaideffillo ee
don, dated Constantinople, Dec. 1, rerived eid firer*
when, within half-an-hour after the merge had beat am
by the Hon. F. W. Curer the fonds fall re COIL lar.
Crepe suddenly quitted the office, lad short di-
rectly dryer& ws received • menage from Mem-
ber, London, to Jacque:car, Faris, touching the particular
fall. There could, I assure yon, he no pealaty of these
parties having obtained information, only through us, and I
ace positive that no clerk quitted the offices. That the Hon.
F. W. Cedogan frequently looks at the contents of the for-
warded and received continental cosesages. At that time
the Hon. F. W. Carpus gave retractions to forward news
to his private residence, and on one orrice I recollect
the errata of the Indian telegraph, received per Anstrlan
14=addressed to the Timer Wag rimed to Mr.
.. Another time I forwarded • despatch to Mr.
Berner Clarke, by order of Kr. Cadepa. Aipia,Nat
marl of important continental news, than roarer • rise
or 6/1 to the funds for the moment, sad the result was that
about noon a rush was made to the dna by the first
stockbroker of the day. Mr. Corral:erg in the hastrument
room, said to me, Are you F I replied in the
affirmative, when Mr. Catiegan up the peck of mes-
sages (25 in number) which was lying my side, and
liking from
out ho near the bottom of theameauige from
Rothschild of London to Rothschild of aria, placed it on the
top of the pile, and requested me to give precedence to it. I
told him that all the mileages ware tent out In the order
they were received, and to alter the arrangement was
doing the public • peat inf trice. He desired me to do
so, and I obeyed. Ties can be proved by the lir of
as on the original merge will be found a
ric7tirii wails.,
_made at the taw, in ink. nave not stated a
single fact which I ace not able to prove by the officers or
servants of the mammy, and by refieeme to my diary. I
will content myself with the foregoing statement, which you
willow doubt, MI completely =arra the paragraph in Sir
J. Caresichaers letter, and will, also, poor to the chairman
sad directors of the company, and to the public, that you do
not rased opinions band on rumours.
(Signed) " T. D. ErANN."
The learned serjeant, wiring alluded to acre other facts,
mid that although the Hon. Mr. Cele= might, if he had
so cheer, have erred being examined upon the allegations
contained in the libel, he would not do so; he entirely
denied the allegatiter and courted the fullest inquiry.
Samuel Trigg, wise merchant, Mark-lane—l know the
defendant Emir mad also the directors of the cowpony.
About the 4th of riot I met the defendant Evans, who
ared me if lbed men the letter in the Theft from Sir J.
Caredebaslazi nil wen galas to see Mr. Sampson, of the
be re gore; terra it. I met him spin upon
treiet the Blickwall Railway ration, and mid, " I have
not ma that letter of yours in the Tires;" and he said he
wen going to Mr Sampme rent it, to know if it re-
quired any alterawm. Ile added fiat he had got the er
in hi. pocket. IV itrwt, Iwklt GM read ft.
Croes-examined —Evans had said be bid been Pt at
Orareend. The statement was made to as at a public
luncheon-room in Mark-lane. I had not err Sir J. Cs--
althea's letter.

Ilares;aTikeSlake Sampson, examined by Mr. Giffswl.—l
menage the City correspondence of the Ti,eee. Upon the 6th
August I saw the defendant Evans; he said he had cause to
contradict a statement in the Tiows the previous day which
appeared in a letter from Sir J. Carmichael. He Waled that
In had been in the mercies of the Company. Witness naked •
whether he had been diecherged, and he said
no, and produced —a
tatimenial from the Company.
I told him he most pat what he had to say Into a latter
Upon July the itch Evans and Thorne called mita sad
ssicl M hadjprepared the letter andl that all it containedwae
tine, and under his own knowledge. Witneas suggested that
some alterations should la medal's the letter, and they were
made in the defendant Evanis own handwriting. From
some remarks from Captain Thorne, I thought he wished the
responsibility of the letter to GU upon the
Cross-examined—l told Evans that I could not deal ts:th a
letter of such importance without easing Mr. Mowbray
Morris, the manager of the now I, at Pneting•houswsquare.
I believe Evens had been in commanication with Mr. Morris.
Witness had never given orders that during Stock Exchange
hours telegraphic moneys from the Continent should not be
delivered. _ .

—The Hcn.F.M.Cadogan exaesined by Mr. Ed Isattv -Wag
one of the promoters o what la now the Submarine Tele-
graph Company. The defendant Evans eras superintendent
of the room in winch the submarine menages were re-
ceived and despatched, but was discharged some
.:me since. AU government manages upon private
matter ere in cipher. Witness never interfered with the
despatch of messages or directed one to be seat before an-
other. He had no recollection of the menage from Lord
Stratford de Mediae to Lord Clarendon. The various

I; the libel were Theaput to th; Trittirw;;
examinatica, and in answer he generally denied the
truth of the. The oily ameespe which be had seat
privately to Mtn were Ken in reference to the killed
and wouaded la the Crimea, hie brother being engaged
in that war. Many of these mea.e. did not wive at
hie private house mall after their pe ion in the usual
comae. He anew sent •merye to Mr. Seymour Clerks of
the (heat Northern Railway Caerp.ay, nor did ho know
him. He nem pee the peeeenern be say message bat
oar, and that was net a beehtees are.
After thie *Ram had Um father esamined, the court
*Mounted. The cam wlll ss the mike day.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)