The Express.
London, England, 1850-05-17 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE.

Tin Minim ELEcnuc TELEGRAPH COMPANY.—
'ir arterday this company's bill foe the establishment of a
wow snouts telegraph company. sane as is committee,
wessietias of the Hen. Carswell Legit,
_ehainnan ; the Mar-
qais of orcesin, Viscount Amos-, Mr. Manners Sutton,
sad Mr. Beige.
Mr. &least Wraughatu, at thaskinsble length, opened'
the can for the promoters, by stating that they were de-
sirous of supplying the pith& with electric telegraphs coo
more ennomisel male, sad sou • stow improved plea this
*bailed at the genes% momest. Arrangements for this
pompon had bees made by the company with MOBIL High-
toe, the palmation of improved electric telegraphs. At the
plant inmost then were is the United Magda= about
5.000 miles of railway opts, of which little more rhea 2,000
mils were applied with telegraphs, leaving 4,000 without
that imility. Is militias to this, • peat any important
cities and town wen with** the advantage of eiletris
telegraphs. By dam palmed gasman throe already sup-
pled would be @applied at a 'amnesia, while oa the public
soma, there would be conferred the additional advents/a
atiampation. This were moony 2.0011 miles of railway sow
Mnstneelag, hvolin 5,000 mile foe which sets bed been *h-
alal/. obi* at pretest wen is abeyance, but width might
with • Shill. Wn. sad the sienna tTlegrapit be mostrueted
at tress ose-illf to two-thirds of their prawn estimated
asst. The intrastate sad apparatus of the British Elec-
this Telegraph Company were mach superior to principle I
theapsess, expedition, sad sertarsty to those used by tt4
niallag sompaape mod the promnen of the sew enemy
t to wend their opsnidons by obtaining ea set of
SI wale WPM this 12 imoses is be owners of
the pates* sad to weak then det the binds is the public.
It wet the potential of the poseasnre Is piens their We-
Crin nannies with those that were abased, a ee to
ass wmatiasees lie, of whe is essessioe with the
eastiseet. The widows of the Eleetris Takeraph Com-
paq, is cippositios to the measure, stated that the wises of
the sew eampaey would interfere with theirs--that they
meld set be laid dews without their soessat, and that their
lawless es a public company were to be pretest,' by pedla-
r/wt. —Calwal hay* we/64A their argues*
The Ilea. Chairmen said the sommines most ere say
Silviss to-day. the Speaker Wag at prepare, but is say be
sessealwat ea tell you what wosid be their thalami Ur
triamw. The eswehtes tire &Wad ike& they do sot
think rho pe'g's spies.- the prosoters of the bill have
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SHEItIFFS' COURT.—Titaltithifi.
tense. ma. nisisa:iisraiiir DVIKIII'LL.
littsu r. Tata L moot AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY
COMFAXT.
This was • writ et 'equity to moms damages in as mike
brought to mover componeation for injuries sustained urns
the Leaden and Blackwell Railway, by reason of the 2,01-
I penes of company's tervaats. The damages were laid at
6001.
Mr. Donets and Mr. Wade were for the plaintiff, Mr.
Selina' Wilkins was for the company. .
It appeared that on the Bth of Noventbn last, the plain-
tiff, Jails Ferdinand Htlell a teacher of lenirnages, was •
pesseager in • trigs on the defendants' railwey, which train
when near the Poplar station same into collision with another,
and the plaintiff sesuined etch injury that he was in
capacitated from attendingto his professional pursuits forams
days, and he incurred a surgeons bill of 121-
Mr. Bevis's' Wilkins addresstd the jury, and a verdict
wag returned for 301.
COLES e. Maltall•LL.—Calll. CON.
This was • writ of inquiry to arum damastas in as ration
to recover compensation from the defendant, for criminal
sonvenation with the plaintiff's wife. The defendant sat
fined judgment to go by default, thereby admitting the fact
of the adultery, and the damages were laid at 3001.
Mr. Parry appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. 'Juju's'
Allen for the defendant.
The plaintiff was Thomas Sumas Cole., who was formerly
emotes in the employ of Mr. Witten, a wholesale cheese-
meager in the Borough, and the defendant was foreman in
the service of that gentleman, retiring • salary of five
gairieas per week. The plaintiff, it appeared, first became
acquainted with his wife at Bisset in, Sonny, in 1847, sad
after some 12 or 15 months' courtship they were manied.
The plaintiff and the deksdant, from being la the
same service, were upon the most intimate and friendly
terms, and the defendant was • frequent visitor at the
plaintiff's house. his visits became more and more
inquiet in 1849, sad it was observed by some
person in the house, that his visits were most frequent daring
the plaintiff's absence, end eventually this came to the
plaintiff's knowledge, with this further piece of information,
that the defendant and Mrs. Coles bed been heard together
In the plaintiff's bedroom. Upon this, the plaintiff sought
the advice of his employer, who recommended him to leave
hie wife .
and acting upon this he broke up his home, sold off
bit furniture, and toned her nett of doors. fibs threw herself
upon the parish, and on the 18th of February last, the
plaintiff was taken into custody at the instance of the pariah
authorities, and taken before a inuistrate at the &nth-
week Police Court upon a charge of desertion. His saswer
to that charge was, that his wife had been guilty of adultery
with the defendant, but the wife eavirg flatly c3istradicted
this on her oath, and the plaintiff not being then prepared
with sufficient evidence to establish his defence to the charge,
the magistrate ordered him to pay tes a week towards her
maintenance. le consequence of this decision the plaintiff
was dbeharged from his situation, and in a day or two after
his discharge, he was inlaciell, from information he received,
to ask a friend of hie, named Lewis, to scoompaey him to
• met where Le (plaintiff) understood his wife was to meet
the defendant. They met as the plaintiff had been led to
anticipate, and afar watching them into several public
houses, the plaintiff and his friend saw them go tats • coffee
house in Newington Causeway. Having allowed • short
interval be elapse, the plaintiff called two policemen, and
having isommanicated the circumstances to them, thee all
west late the house, when they were informed that two
persons, • man and woman, who had jest before entered,
had engaged a sleeping apartment for the night. Snowing,
from the description given of these pence*, that they were
his wife and the defendant, the plsintiff, his friend, and the
two officers, proceeded up stairs, and on entering • ream'
pointed out by the waiter, they discovered the defendaat and
Mrs. Colas partly undressed, and preparing to go to bed.
When Ili peessssion of this evidence, the plaintiff immedi-
ately screemeneve legal proceediegs, and the defendant tut
fend judgment to go by default. He was stated to be 47
yean of age, the plaintiff 23, and the wife wield attain her
20th year is Jane next.
Mr. Berjeant Allen addressed the jury for the defendant.
He would not attempt to justify his conduce, for he
had admitted his criminality, but that criminality had been
committed under extenuating circumstance, which he hoped
the limy would give careful ormsideratiou to, and award as
small an amount of damsges ea they possibly eoeld con-
sistently with the circumstances of the ease. The learned
serjeant contended that wheat the accusation of adultery was
first made, the wile was fully and entirely innocent, and that
I she had been driven by despair, at being hcmeless and wig-
' tattled as an adultreas, to seek at other hands that protection
she had been denied by her husband.
The jury fund for the plaintiff, damages 2001.