The Express.
London, England, 1861-01-11 00:00:00

AY EXCITING SCEKI.

Oti the moi hint: of New Year's I_ ya, a small
•/^4.: .4i Thorn tho sedtrame• UMW House,
and which wee mad by the saes of the meat brigade foe
communicating with their Imp boat, whored about Cfi
yards off, was washed away by • heavy sea Gunner Burke
baying volunteered to swim AI to the large beat which his
cumnoke were anxious to procure, is orileeto go alter
and recover the dingy, feeteosd a rope mad his waist,
and ening the other sod to a comrade, jumped into
the are; but the rope beteg too short by three
*f four yard*, armther piece was immediately added.
la the meantime Make was carried be the ethics
ebb tide below the twat, mid culled out to 6u comrades to
heal him we shore. Is attempting to do so, unfortunately
the rope parted at tbdruie4aing Piet lam* and the pliant
fellow was left against • strong and • high sea.
nal hampered by rope round his waist, was drifted
further from the island calling in mho for help. His poor
mfr. who was daily expectiog her coolinement. and her
three children, was witnesses to the sane, and mingled
the.r wild and frantic Ariake of despair with the piteous
gurgling cries •of the drowning hatband and father. At
this moment Bombardier Kay, • married TWA with a
*de and foot poems childrea, pluoged tato the sea from • i•
high rock, • sharp foot prevailing at the time, is order if
passible*, are has comrade ; batalthough • good 'swimmer
atteererf ells built mono, six feet six 'Rehm in height, he
con' the atrougLcurrest and tvrritir sea, and after
atria fee /warty A quarter of as bout is the water, was
hmuelf early drowned, when fortunately a huge sea
clashed him, Imams, and senstiless, 20 or 8) feet high analog
the rocks. The moment be recovered his conscioseneas be
endeavoured to jump in .gala, but was restrained by his
to— :..ilea, who informed him that poor Burke had jest sunk
bet•een two sima. The latter tae to the surface shortly
aft-reards quilt deed, the back of his head and shoulders
• visible user the water. At this moment • Large sea-
pith percb...4 oo the body mid commenced pocking et the
head. Thin the body ,4 the drowsed soldier, with its lonely
fr-i;ht, remained in sight for warty two Mein, suit was
gradually &Melina: to sea and bat to the bewildered per
of the widow sail her orphans. It has sot since been reco-
vered. Two days afterward@ Mrs. Burke gave birth to
another chihi Her forlorn (sedition, bereft of her hue.
has 1 13.1 only *wire. id support, mid left on the world with
four orphans, one of them a all. for eyithy mad
tionirsesioa. It is to be hoped that the Royal Humane
Society *lll recognise such noble ceeduct as that evoiced
Boon hardier Kay. Salseriptions is aid of the widow will
be received. by Colonel Brows, PeinbroLoAloci., rous-
t:modest of the Royal Artillery la the district, who is eyed-
ing himself on her behalf ; and also lithe !Rev. rharlee
Hort. chaplain to the Forme, Ponebrokirdock, who has fur-
ans%esl the foregoing sanative of this sod adair.

Toi H Ern ,O V EN MOWN. —Tbe in-
quiry was resumed on Wednesday. W. Gardner, HMO
Nme. tl. Glegboro sad IL Gardner, pitmen : Robert
liimpeo• sad W. Ao;lersoo, Mouesies ; and Jolla Bond,
waipos-wayarnes, pr. evidence an to their experkose
of the explains, &ad the .date of the pit. They
sig .aced _that the Yentliatiou WU good ap to the
per 01 the IMMltter. sad non. of t: em had heard
of or smog= km; of the workings Andereno said there
ws• no pasta Ms raves that could r.iuve the explosion.
sad be gusto • ovoids for the assertion I. briof that if
per had soaped from the soaves to tile forum, the totter
sevahl hays been blows to *ere, whereas neither of
them wan broken. The leek overman ...aid that when he
left the pit, about fi.nr hour. before the exp!osios mioarred,
thf vestslatko wa prefect, end the soaves gave off D., gas,
and .imiler testimony wa. gives by the master westerlies.
Toe engine ma demenhoil the state of the boiler before and
after the expindon, oil said hr never 'anew a ease in which
pa l• trod is the flare, although area •ionelly he Nerd a
el
et explosina in the nrr after be lifted the damper. I*.
elismi.t, .4 Newcastle. tbes pre evidence.
sr I riolirnied in almost every part Wider the tb..ory set up
on the previous. day by7lr.Hell. Tee in ,uiry was
eg..in adjourned.
ILP.'rer or TIP FlinosiT on la”.—A x.nnewlist
recoarkable twelikat has tortured at t7oi et.,:thas. nation of
the Looks. allathassi sod Dover R.iiway which dhoti:nes
in • sisgubir erosear the affitornabi:4 effects the peraelit
severe heat hos span assisle, and moy a.m. to el-via:in,
the ?ornery whisk attsehae is the collie of 'urinal the
dreadful railway acohlasta which hay.- oc.-rred duriui; the
pre ..st ItINTO mother. Akw airlit..l3.e Neely. ooe of
th....:gnal•nres M the etatiou. wee in the wet of
mein .: the keg. Mid pOWlfflll if0:1 lever which w,,rhe the
distance sepal at the eistrasee i.e the canard. when on
sttemptivg to lift lb. bar the lever mapped in two, similar,
ea
the ;It alkftribed it. to the h: -Akio; of a toloneo.
arks the .eldest the more astoniniing is
two
=the tar wa of wrought iron. must so lea. than
inches sag shall is tbieksors, whi:st it. weight was old% a
few mods leas than aso ew• The point at which ill.
freetwo osearrad Mown the has to be of very good polity.
Med no iudiestioa of a Saw sae be detected.
I:nrrtior Cost. Z
%roars sax Novartarr.—From
the riastai, decous W. and H. buil of Liver-
r•!. inosed.yeeteray, it appears th.it the coal exported
11
fr , Brigid,. Pete la November :ail was 143.1441 too,
spies{ 4.5/3,A17 teen is the wane month of 1859. The
Sorel rapine 'ln Irsio from January to November were
..Tol,:tili4 Nee, bliss ma iecnvoe .4 _N t. 641 tone in the rune
month of IrCitr. The exports for Nov, -.hr: were 10 fol:ows :
1,-Ns the Northers port a, 318.786 tom ; train the York-
sb. porta, 2.4,40; frias Liverpool 24.745 fr.-. 01 the
Se.era porta, 169,02 h : mad bow the OSA& porta. 44,712.
The !Preach paper' ate tell n? wlett tl:ey call the
immortalise el "A Wonderful Wine" at!' nnt to the .• En) al
V .darts Neerrj.- el which then • :Mi. ti /TA !lA., ^.:4:1)
grainiul serellestiout The Di: a•evri rsaisro r.ms.
pear. rail neat are the - or aware ot .?la
VIM.. and e.f• ROW oarlia. red-,.,.• pm, al J:.. per J a :or
:nettles end mess Intluded‘.-t

TEE DINTRESS EV COVENTRY.

The weekly meeting id the General Renef ('out-
; matter was held on Wednesday afterouon, at st. Mary's
I Hall, Coventry. The !tight Hun. Lord LEIGH presided,
and there was • large attendance of the magistracy, clergy,
and ministers ,11 the town and district.
The noble t sualemaN, in opening the meeting, observed
that since the last meeting some very noble contributions
had been sent in, and he believed the fund amounted nearly
to Lt" ,„(111/. He was sorry to say that the distress which en.
isted in the district had by no mean, diminished, but it was
hoped that in a short time there would be a revival of trade.
In the meantime he thought, largess the sum was, they had
not hy any means got too much. There were, as he had
remarked, two or three very gratifying contributions, which
be had great pleaaure in announcing; he bad received
the very kindest de letter from his Royal Highness
the Dulie of c.onlaidge, enclosing a cheque for 20f.; also
a letter from the Equerry to the Duchess of
c.usibridge, enclosing • similar amount, as a sub-
scription from her nasal highness towards the
fund ; similar amounts (mm the Grand
Duchies+ of Mecklenburg Strelitz and from the Princess
Mary Adelaide. making the total sum received from there
member. 01 the royal family AW. (Applause.) He (the
chairnian) had also received • chore for NM. from the
Salters' Company ; also Vt. from Felit Fryer, ; and
50/. from another gentleman, ke. The other contributions
included the sum of 17/. 134., the produce of a torchlight
skating promenade in the Jephson'a Gardens, Leamington.
Be hailaltogether received mostly in small sums I,l+il/.
17a. IM., of which 13a. lid. was sent in pelisse stamp,.
The NAY.Ifil MOO announced hie receipt of a letter from
Mr. Estee, ..f London, enclosing a further sum of 491/.
la. 10d., being rolditional subscription. to the fund, making
the beta' awn collected by that gentleman 3,2181. (Ap.
plasm)
Mr. A. H. Pktits said he hell received a letter from the
Bon. H. Temple stating that be had already collected 2.10/.
is Mane-heater, in which was included a sum of 100 L col-
lected at the offertory in the Rev. Hugh Stowell's church.
He might mention that that morning bad been received a
sum of 30f. subscribed by the workpeople employed at Mr.
Colgresup's ironworks. Birmingham ; also between 3/.
sad 41. from Sunday school children in a parish in Lama-
shire. He bad also received various aims from different
bankers, sot included in the account rendered to day, and
also a cheque from the Mayor of Birmingham for 1,000/. on
account. (.Ipplause.)
The Rev. W. Drake then read the following report from
the sub-committee

"January 9, 1561.
" Reports have been received from the following districts
this week -- No. 1, Coventry ; No. 2, Coventry ; No. 6,
flulkington ; No. 8, Attleborosigh ; Nu. 11,
" The sub-committee cannot but express regret that
their request of last week ham not been generally complied
with. and that from so many districts they have no state-
ments to guide them in app stinging reli4 for the present
week. l'pes the comparativd data afforded by
the five repmte received the suttee are induced to
recommend a further enlargement of the grant this week in
the following proportions ;—llistrict No. 1 (Coventry),
3.W. 17s. 6d. . • 2, 533/. 17a. lid. ; a, 140/. 12s. lid. ; 4,
168/. 13s. ; 5,110/. 121. 6d. ;6, 7.6/. :7, 1401. 12s. rd. ;
ft, 881. 54. ; 81/. ss. ;10, 581. se. ;11, 6/. he. ; 12, 6/. Se.:
13, 841. 7.. 6.1. Total, Lief/. sa.
They regret to fiord that in four .listricts the sums
alerted have been exceeded by Use district committees,
namely, in district 1, by 70/. 9s. 7,d. ; district 4, by
U. Is. 2d. ; district 7, by 58/. 10s. Id. ; district 8, by
71. 15a. Ad. The enb-oornmittee recommend that the above
ems bs paid out of the fame."
The smditots report is subjoined, arid the sub-committee
reined the attention of the district secretaries to it.
leport of the auditor to the Central Committee of the
Dlntreseed Operatives Fund for the three weeks ending
211111 b Deemallir, UIBU : _ _

" Year andlisierta Mai the total amount allotted to
all Os district.laiei the poet three weeks was 2,4471.10 x.,
ef which stun 2,375 L 771. Clid was expended in relieving
11,704 families and 731. 13s. 611. was dishnrsed in the ex-
penses ineorred in distributing the relief."
Mr. J. M. Witmer moved the adoption of the report,
which Mr. Alderman LTNICI eatondal, and the meeting
terminated.

D NTH Dvi AT 1,14 RWICH. —Ye steeday, a town's
meeting, convened by the Mayor (Mr. W. J. tr. Browne), wee
held at the truildhall. Norwich, to sewed measures for the
relief of the charms which at present prevails toe serious ex-
tent in that city. A slender meeting has not been held in
Norwich foe air you, and in the course of that period • good
deal of commercial activity has existed in the district, but
the dull wet summer and the unsatisfactory state of the
shoe trade--together with the almost Arctic severity of the
present season—have reduced large numbers of persons to a
condition of greet distress. The bkhop of the diocese, in •
feeling speech, mowed the Snit resedution, which expressed
the deep sympathy of the meeting for the sutferinp of the
pourer dames, aml its earnest desire to adopt inenaures of
alleviation. Sir Samuel [lipoid seconded the resolution
which was carried unanimously ; and it was further agreed
that • fend should be raised aid placed at the disposal at •
committee. It wss stat,il by the chairnian of the board of
guardians that there are at present 5,000 1 moons in the re-
ceipt of out-door relief iu Norwich out of a poptdatiwa et
between 70,000 and 11,11)0, beelkarlOOmaintained in various
' public establishments. A eswdial feeling of Christian
sympathy was manifested at the meeting, and • handsome
subscription was commenced.
Dorrezes tic LivaitrooL —At the Liverpool
Police Court yesterday (Thursday), three men, named
Kerry, Cabe, and Kersbury, were brought before the ma-
tZeis, charged with threatening to riot, andriot, stewing
It was proved that Kerry had presented • begging
I letter in • beker's shop. sail when his demands were nut
met, he threatened to return with a mob and break open
the shop. When given into custody 3s. 4d. and four soup
{ tickets were found opal him. The primmer was sentenced
Leone munth's haril labour. The other two prisoners, who
had stolen • quantity of bread from a baker's cart, were
committal to three months' imprisonment with Lard
I labour.

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AOCILMITS ON THE EASTERN COUNTIW: RAILWAY.
—Two aceisisots have occurred on this line within the
present week, but happily unaccompanied by any of three
serious results which have characterised similar occurrences
on other railways. The first of these happened early on
Wednesday morning to a geode train proceeding from
Chelmsford to Lamina, shortly after it had passed lneate-
stone 'tattoo, by which the company sustained iseisiderable
law in the dem:radios of washriel. :t uppeare that the
rule were in a very dangerone and slippery state, and the
frost had wi acted upon the iron work of a heavily laden
truck that shortly after passim the above-named station
the axletree of the truck broke and the body of the vehicle
fell upon the permanent way. Although the train woe tra-
velling at a steady rate the hiodermust trucks came up with
• fearful crash, smashiog two trucks almost to atoms and
completely blocking up the line With the debris. Beyond a
very severe shaking the guard and iiegbeimea escaped
uninjured. This abstraction reedieed it memory to
use the down bee for the early traffic both
ways on Wednesday morn*, and it was • y after pass-
ing the broken-down goods truck that the second accident
happeoed to the mimeos train from Colchester to London.
Whim bearing Brentwood the attention of the miginceiriver
was arrested by a loud noise, file the explosioo of a piece
al ordnance, and the next instant he saw a large portion of
the tire of one of the carriages fly over the persisanent way,
having preciously da heil the foot-board of the carriage to
atoms. With praiseworthy preniptittide the brakes were
sod steam reversed, so that the progress of the
=t
ee stopped, end ao one sustained injury, nor did the
miniegis leave the metals. With great caution the car-
riages were drawn to Brentwood, where the damaged yok-
els wale left, and the passengers proceeded to London, main-
*at, but much frightened.
AOCIDILNT oN THE BRISTOL AND OLOCCENTER,
RAILWAY. -On Wednesday afternoon a railway accident of
a somewhat unusual character occurred about half-a-mile
from Maagotetield, the first station .0 the Bristol and Glou-
cester Railway, awl sonie five miles distant from Bristol.
At the peed rn question the rocks rise to a considerable
height ode ularly op one side of the railway, and the
approach Bristol is by a rather sharp curve. When
the up. 1.38 train rounded the corner the engine suddenly
came us contact with a huge ream of reek, weighing
,several teas, which had been di ),,deed from the cliff by
reason of the frost, and the whole of the train, which con-
sisted of engine, leading Yea, first-elaes carriage, and two
secouslciani carriages, was thrown from the line, sod
the paseengeor were a good deal shaken as the train
went leeward some short distance. No one, however, was
hurt beyoud the sudden shock experimeed. The engine
was disabled. the eels having broken, and some damage
gestained by some of the carriages. The landslip mast
have been very recent, for an engineer pissed by the spot
and down theline to Fishponds at half.past one, and then
the way was perfectly clear. Intimation of the accident
was immediately trensmitted to Bristol, and Mr. Whits,
the superintendent of the Midland line, proceeded to the
setae by the :1.10 train, which nt Fishponds crossed to the
down line, and proceedol on to Alungossfield, where the
jasserigeni left by the former op mime, who were in very
geed emits, were taken up said conveyed to their destina-
tion. Energetic efforts were at once wade to clear the up
line. awl by five o'cksek the carvings-u had all been replaced
op the metal.—Western Dail? Pre,..
Ctveria PALACE. -ONE tintunto Day,
TnessioevoLte.lo.—Adraissioes ou payment, 2,078; ditto
by semen tied** 873.—Total vsiuon, :49u1.

Mothers stud Dunes will find Du Barry's' delicious
Co „dents Arablca food avituirably adapted to remove all
4 gianach and bowel. ta Which Intim:, and chiklren are
at all times Balite. It atreugtte ns. noorDtva. and Is used with
more advantage than tall, In rearing bd .. am. w e quote one out
.4 many testhromial. ..—•• Amsterdam, Dec. 31, latil,-13sar blr,—
Illur child. up to the age of eleven weeks, was very delicate and
wasting away, and rata, tdpP, and anowyoot turned
•nur on ha stomach. taimlng west snffenag. We then
fed it upon Du harry'. Revalenta Arabia. whloh agreed
wonderfully with her . and she II now• at the age of nine
month.. a blimp and lively tile /Mi.—Mittel Perms."
Avoid pUls and ITIMicl the: Inv „wieldy aggravate and perpro
Dude dMvases their annoyance. alseppolatment, and expense may
be eared. and all doctor.' and apothecaries' billoaroldvd, by u.ing
De Berry's Food, Iv bleb, at a few p.me per day. sacra SO times
its net in phyviv, old and ether reerNtird ilertincate. N0.W,413
—We flnel It the ..ifest remedy. Andrew Ure, Dr.
Harvey. Dr. Vier:cr. Dr. Shodied, Dr. Campbell Peeked in tine,
with tell lostructlona. 11b., la. te. Od.. 14b., lla. :
291.. free 44 carriage. bas Barry Du 01737 oral CO.. 77,
Pvegeut.stigat ; also, Fortnum, Waautt. srd C.,., Ptgeadtlly. Lon.
don terweet all grocers and .r! erdata In tale dietet t, and
all parts et Ye luaddeme—vevereleemet. I

aittn inttlligtme.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—JAN. 10.
(Before Mr. Ootomaionor HolroyL)

THE MAT FAILURE Or STILIATFULD AND CO.-11 LAURENCE,

M. 'STUMM. AND SCHRAMM.

(Continued from yesterday's Zona.)
Mr. Sandeman was examiued by Mr. Linklater—Their
firm was formerly Sanderson, &Woman, and Co. They
were in the habit of disoouuting fur Streatfeilda for many
years. Their present house was established in 1857. Mr.
Lawrence applied to open • discount account in September,
1856. He kid him to s¢ppass they were conducting • pro.
Stable business, and that berdr the capital in the business,
himself and his partner had purchased property at Sunning-
hill, and hi partner had such a mama for purchasing land
that there was not a farm in the neighbourhood but what
he bought. (Laughter.) Never solicittvl Mr. Laurence.
The hills held run off about • month before the failure.
Upon the representation of Mr. Laurence, they afterwards
re-opened the account. He said If he retired from the
house he would be worth 50,0001. or 60,0001., and he con-
sidered Mr. Mortimore was a large landed proprietor,
and had a large interest in the London Joint Stock
Bank. Did not believe the bills discounted were renewals
er

bills. Discounted the bills ow the as-
oeptor's responsibility, as well as that of Streetteikl and Co.
Mr. Laurence said Mr. Mortimore had invested 15,000(. or
30,000 t. in bank shares, besides something in railway de-
bentures.

iir.SSUideman, jun., was examined, and deposed to Mr.
Laurence having several times been refused demount. He
heard Mr. Laurence say it would be a most unfortunate
thing if he had to stop after having kept the house going
for 30 or 40 years by his financial management.
Mr. Wilkinson was examined—He was a member of the
firm of Bruce, Wilkinson, and CO. They were in the habit
of discounting for Streatfead and Co. on the application of
Mr. Laurence. Was in the habit of frequently seeing him.
Spoke more particularly to him about the nature of his
business Made inquiries as to the acceptors of the bills.
He frequently catechised Mr. Laurence, so as to make
himself Mt fait with the currency of his bills. He said the
paper was drawn for bond fide business. The same answer
was always given. During the latter part of the time Mr.
Laurence bad been importunate in his applications for dia-
count,but wu unsuccessful...,

By.tdr. Lawrance—Since 1847 be lual done largely with
&coattails' and (b. Could not say the term "bona, Ede " was
ever used. Did not recollect any exact conversation. Mr.
Laurence did cot ask with "bated breath" for discount.
lie waited as other merchants would.
Witness in re-examination said about six months before
the stoppage he was shown over the bankrupt's premises,
and came away convinced that theirs was a very wealthy
house. _

iii.:Bl/100114113, in &DIMr toe question of Mr. Linklater,
said be should not diaoount bills union he considered the
m responsible parties.
ern Yardman was then examined by Mr. Linklater--
Baton 1847 himself and his partner had speculated krgely
in railway shares. On his own general share treimactious
be was a lary gainer. That remark applied to railway,
mining. and bank shares. Prior to 1847- he speculated in
South Wales shares. After some further questions,
The Court did not consider this part of the inquiry ma.
teriAL

--
Witness in continuation said--Mr, William Aiming was
his brother-in-law. He had an account in the book pro-
duced between himself and Arming. He formerly owed
Arming a groat deal of money.
Considerable laughter was caused by this witness telling
Mr. Linklater that he could hardly make out a small book
produced, and if he (Mr. Linklater) could, he should call him
a clever fellow. He never anticipated "danger" land they
stopped payment. Never heard Mr. Laurier say it wee
possible they would have to stop. Knew there was
dilliculty in discounting the bills--for inner', with the
Bank of England in IHI7. Securities were then deposited
with the Beak. If they had not derived aasietance from
the Bank of England in 1867, they would not necessarily
have had to atop in 1557. He must have then gone else.
where with his property and obtained assistance.
Mr. Lewratioe—But for the Treasury minute at that
time, the Bank of England itself must have stopped.
Wittman said all the Waken were then limiting their
transactions. Smith, Patient, and Smith were large debtors.
He knew they owed a heavy sum, from 100,0001. to
120,0001. He was not aware of the state of their account at
the time of the failure. He felt ultimately all would be
right, and that their account would be paid. He had deep
concern on account of it. He knew that year by year it
was increasing. He sent Mr. James Herbert Smith to look
over their place. Hennas back and rid that there was
ample to pay. everybody.
A.t this point the question of adjournment was mooted,
and

Mr. Lowrance protested against any lengthened period
being taken.
Mr. C. K Lewis and Mr. Lawrence both joined in a re-
queet that the case should be taken to-morrow (Friday).
flankrupte could not put up with the expense, and were not
so well fortified with cash as the beakers who opposed
them.
__

Mr: Murray was quite willing to leave the case where it
was, without making a single remark on the part of the as-
Mr. Linklater said that would be singularly unfortunate.
It was ultimately arranged that the case should be pro-
ceeded with to-day (Friday) at one o'clock. The addresses
of the advocates to be heard on the 23rd and 24th of the
mouth.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Black Lens.)

The trial of the prisoner* Lewis Robert Poole, Frederick
Waiter Vottris, nod Thomas Chapman, who again sumo,
dered, having been allowed to be at large upon the same
recognieancee to which lie had mnendwd on the previous
day, was resumed yeetenlay morning at ten o'clock.
The jury, who had been during the night at the London
Coffee.house, were brought into court by Mr. Harker,
the make usher, and some other officers of the sheriff.
Serjeant Ballantine (specially retained), Mr. Harrison,
and Mr. Roll again appeared for the prosecution. Mr. Beet
sad Mr. Poland were counsel for Poole, Mr. Metcalfe and
•Mr. J. E. Palmer for Ventris, and Mr. Sleigh and Mr.
Mrßfor Clispeaan.
ed called upon Serjeant Ballantine to elect which
of the acts of felony he should rely upon to support the
charge against the pruainers. The greater portion of the
alleged fraudulent removals appeared to have taken place in
Northern ebire, and with regard to them, at all events,
be submit that this court had no jurisdiction.
thrjaant Selland°e said he .hould contend that the pro-
emial'', that took place at Northampton were all a portion
of the same scheme to defraud the creditors, and connected
with the act of sending the trunk full of goods to the pri-
soner Ventris in London, on the 18th of Angus.
Mr. Justice Blackburn said be entertained some doubt
whether the removals that took place at Northampton could
be made the subject of inquiry m this court, although they
were undoubtedly evidence for the jury as to the original
intention of the parties.
Serjeant Ballantine, upon this intimation from the
learned judge, said he shouliPrelv upon the concealment
of the trunk full of goods delivered to the prisoner Ventris
in London.

A number of technical objections were then taken to the
indictment by the prisoners counsel, but the whole of
them were overruled by the learned judge, who decided
that the ease must go to the jury.
Mr. Beat, in his address for the prisoner Poole, said that
the jury had heard that the only question they had to con-
sider wm whether it was made out that he was concerned in
the removal of the one trunk of goods that was alleged to
have been sent to the prisoner Ventria on the lath of Au-
gust, and he said he should submit with a great deal of con.
fidence that there was hardly a tittle of evidence to support
that charge. In the first place, he ahouldoontend that there
was no proof that the box that was received in London was
the one that MNS sent from Northampton ; and if the jury
should even come to the conclusion that they were identical
there was no evidence that his client took the slightest part
in ultimately disposing of the property, and that for any-
thing that appeared to the contrary he might really have
intended that the goods contained in the trunk
should be delivered up to his creditors. Ile then commented
at considerable length upon the et ideate of the witnesses
Beard, Woodford, and nail, upon whose testimony, he maid,
the cam entirely rested, but who clearly knew they were
doing wrong, and were in the eye of the law accomplice!,
and the jury ought not to place any reliance upon the evi-
dence of such persons. The learned counsel concluded •
very able speech by earnestly impressing upon the jury that,
notwithstanding the importance of supporting commercial
confidence and credit in this country, the liberty of the sub-
ject was of rattly more importance to Englishmen, and no
man ought to be convicted of en offence for which he was
liable to be kept in confinement for the reruaiuder of his
life except upon the most clear, cogent, and reliable
evidence.

XT. liebtalle on behalf cf the prisoner Ventrk, cont-
emned by observing that it was admitted that he was efu-
-01 is a confidential capacity by one of the most eminent
ble firma in London, Brut.. Quilter, Ball, and
Co.,
were constantly sawed in their bw.iness as ac-
enaatents for Lase railway oonapaniea and the mo..t exten-
sive imarsentile establiehnienta in the country, and he urged

that Ventala had merely acted, so far as the nimble evideice
went, in the strict discharge of his duty, and that there
was nothing in the case to show that he wax actuated by
any fraudulent intention in the trausaction.
lfr. Sleigh, in addreasiog the jury for hi- client, said he
should be able to satisfy them that he wax a respectable
man who was well known in the neighbourhood of North-
amptoo, and be complained that the matter should have
been brought into this court fur investigation, when all the
material circumstances connected witli it took plane at
Northampton. He said that those who conducted the pro-
secution were perfectly well aware of this fact, and that
the only cinmmotanco upon which they could ground a
criminal proceeding in this court was the removal of the
single box of goods to the residence of the prisoner Ventria
in London, and he urged that the motive for trying the cane
in London was that they were perfectly well aware that if
the charges had been investigated at Northampton no jury
could have been found who would place the slightest reit.
WWI upon the evidence of the witne.-. a, 'spun whose testi-
mony the present prosecution mainly if not entirely rested.