The Express.
London, England, 1850-07-18 00:00:00

OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Wozczant, JULY 17.

The couraieslou for this city aad musty aes eland thi*
afternoon,bl L Campbell aad Mr. Justice Willimus, in
person. Their lesedelsipe, immediately after copula' the com-
mission, attended divine service at the esthedral. Both
courts will °pill to-morrow. The number of priposen at
present awaiting their trial in the city and county asemint to
42, of whom 2 are *barged with child murder, 1 ancealmeat
of birth, 1 with manslaughter, 1 raps, 3 stabbing, 3 bur-
glary, 3 assault sad robbiry, 1 opining post-office letters,
and 1 embessliment. There are 20 Nisi l'rius causes en-
tered, of "hid' 6 are for special juin.
OXFORD, JULY 15.
CIVIL 81DS.-111M0fta MR. JIMT/Cll WILLLUM.
Dos DIM. WILILTI/110 AND PINNOCK, 0 , AND

THIRTY OTHIRS.-Tllll CHARTIST LAND IiCIIIIMIL

This was en action of ejectment to recover possession of
the land held by the chartist allottemat Minster Loral, in
this county.
Mr. Keating, in stating the plaintiffs' case, said they were
the deeiseee in trust of Mr. John Waling*, • farmer at
Minster hovel, in this aunty, who died in 1842, bequeathing
hie nal property, which included the land in question, to
them as trustees for the purposes. of his will; and the de
fondants were members of the National Land Chartist Au°.
ciation, or some such assniation, which Mr. leargus
O'Connor started some time ago, and who, as members of
that emaciation, became the fortunate ellotteee of portions of
the property in question. Mr. Feargus O'Connor, in fact,
had the legal estate in this land. tie did not know
whether they claimed under Mr. O'Connor. He understood
that they disclaimed all coonexion with him, and said the
land was their own; but, in fact, they had no title. lie
would prove the whin and title o' the lessors of the plaintiffs,
and, until he heard what title the defendants claimed, it was
unnecessary for him to go further. Orsit numbers of the
allottees had already very wisely given up poesession, and it
was only against those who refused to do au that the eject-
meet wee brought.
Mr. Junes Lug, an auctioneer, proved that the late Mr.
Walker war the owner of the land on which the defendant's
allotments were. In cross exantioation, he said there were
as many as eighty houses built on the property, and that
Mr. O'Connor paid fur the erection of them. He bad been
preeent at the sale of the land by auction, when it was
knocked down to Mr. O'Connor.
F. C. Haines produced from the archdeacon's register the
will of the late Mr. Walker.
Its execution was proved by another witness.
Mr. Junes Leek, of Witney, having been called for the
plaintiffs, in crou-examication stated he spoke to Mr. Weav-
ing in October last respecting these allotments, and that Mr.
Weaving said that all the interest ' duo to him and his co-
trustee had been paid to them, and that this ejectment was
not brought by his wish or desire, but of Mr. O'Connor.
The plaintiffs' case having been formally proved,
Mr. Gray declined to address the jury, and there was a
verdict for the plaintiffs.
An application wes then made for immediate possession.
Mr. Gray objected that it was clear all the interest money
had been paid up, and 'hat the plaintiffs had brought only a
very small part art their case before the court.
His Lirdahap said be would not interfere.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.-WLNCHESTER, JULY 17.

CaOWN 0:10111,—BCP011 MIL Rt.llL.t. GUIPMT.
CUTILKO WITH INTENT TO hiVkLIIH.

John Griffith, aged 70 years, and so feeble that he was
obliged to be led to the bar, was indicted for cutting and
wounding George Taylor, with the intent to murder, at
Litchfield, on the Met of May. The prosecutor, a man
shout 40 years of age, is clerk of the parch, between whom
and the prisoner there had existed a difference respecting
the interment of the prisoner's wile. On the day mentioned
in the indictment prisoner met the prosecutor, and in •
menacing manner said to him, " What doet ye mean, if ye
best • man pull off thee round frock, and I will give thee •
hiding," and immediately upon it drew • long and sharp piece
of iron known ass thatchers needle, and made • thrust at the
pros.cutor, but, being foiled, dashed at hint with the weapon
which cut the palms of both hands of prosecutor
vary severely. The evidence rested on the statement
of the prosecutor, which prisoner did not deny, but
craved for mtrcy, and, in tears, besought the learned
judge to have mercy upon him. Prosecutor said he should
not have brought forward the ease, but was afraid the pri-
soner would procure firearms and shoot him.
The jury returned • verdict of Guilty.
The prosecutor name forward to recommend the prisoner
to the mercy of the court, and thought the ends of justice
would be answered by a slight punishment. lie forgave
him, if his lordship would.
The prisoner here became convulsed, and cried for mercy.
In pusitg sentence, his lordship told the prisoner be
must thank prosecutor for the mildness of hie punishment,
and ordered him to he imprisoned to 7 days.
The prisoner, in a high state of excitement, called upon
prosecutor by his Christian name, and said, "Do ye shake
hands," which they did by reaaing their hands midway from
the dock to witness box, both shedding tears—a perfect re-
conciliation appearing to have taken place.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.-YORK, JULY 16.
lier"as Illi.Jrnv I Caesnwsu..
MURDER Al °VAT.

George Tolle recut, 32,No110;;AU1gc1;oky, 26, Robert Far-
rar, 38, and H. Jacques, 29, were charged with having,
on the 21st of April lest, at Otley, wilfully murdered John
Dawson, by wounding him with a knife. AU the prisoners
pleaded " Not guilty."
The particulars of this case have been reported is the
Daily New. The prisoners were excavators, who left •
pubinthouse late at night, end on their way through the
streets of Otley, began smashing the windows. The in-
habitants ran out of their houses to find the delinquents.
A scuffle ensued ; the excavators drew knives ; several per-
sons were wounded, sad amongst the rest the deceased wee
stabbed, and died of the injuries he reeiised.
The jury returned • verdict of " lianalaughter " against
all the prisoners.
The learned J ulge in passing sentence said had they been
found guilty of murder it would have been his painful duty
to have left each and all of them for execution, and he had
no doubt the extreme sentence, of the law would have been
carried into efftct, hot the jury making allowance for the in-
tirsei.ies of human nature had considered that there was
sufficient provocation to account for the act which they had
committed without imputing to them the aggravated crime
of murder. The case was bad with respect to all of them.
With respect to three of them it was divided from the
offence of murder by a very tine thin partition indeed. Tits
case of Tollerton differed materially from the ethers in the
provocation given to him. The punishment would, there-
fore, be lighter in his case than that of the other prisoners.
Ile should not be doing his duty if he did not hold them up
se an example to others who might indulge their lawless
maims In outrages of this desctiption, and, therefore, the
sentence upon three of them would be the heaviest in the
category of secondary punishments. Tollerton, who bad
been severely struck, was sentenced to be transported for 16
yean ; and Farrar, ficholey and Jacques were severally sen-
tenced to be trans Ported for life.

THE POLICE COURTS.
BOW-STRERT.

Tun CABN OF STABBING IN Pultress-ariawr.—John
Laidlin, who stands charged with laving maliciously cut
avid wounded Catherine Valli*, with intent to do her sorts
grievous bodily ham, was again placed at the her.
Mr. Francis nobler appeared for the prisoner, and stated,
that u the unfortunate girl is still in a very precarious
condition, and unable to Dian the hospital, it would be
advisable to adjourn the cue.
Mr. Judie' •soordingly remanded Ike prisoner for •
week.

MARYLEBONB.
Ax INOONEIOII3I.I 07PINDIR.—Elise Dutton, who, for
various offences; hu within the last six es nven years been
brought up to this court at least 200 Uses, was again charged
by a police constable of the D division, by whoa she was
taken into custody the previous night for duskiest's' la the
Bayswater-road.
Mr. Broughton (to prisoner)—Bow often have you been
here ?

Primer—l eaa't ten.
Mr. Broughton—What do you say to the charge whet
you ?
Prisoner—Oh I never land ; I know it's of no use for zoo
to wig anythlag.
Mr. Broughton—l'm afraid you will aim sakes ; but
for the sake of yublis iambi yes must go ease sere to
prises.
Prisoner—The wre yea send me there, the worse I am
Kr. Broughton —Alm yen are there yen are impelled
to attend the ehapel, arroyos not ?
Primer—Yee i but It does me no good, for I pay no
atteatloa to what • !.
Broeitisa— W ismitt you In Ike Roue ot Oor-
reseks he • mai.

Prisoner—Very well. Yon can't give me more, sad I
didn't expect k..
8h• was thew lacked up.
Aslant Wass m POLICE.—John Burk•, sad Catherine
Burke, his umber, IMO brought up, the homer charged
with drunkenness sad assaults of a most desperate character
on the police, sod the letter with having, in coning- ction
with inhere OM taken), emceed her son Inns custody.
The sharps were Meetly established, and it we. shown
that • mob of at least two hundred genius surrounded the
officers, some of whom were ir,verely kicked and beaten.
The Neale trimmer, who is en old offender, was for the
sassult sent for three months to hard labour in the House of
Couvetlon. The woman was fined 10a., or nun days' im-
prisonment. _ _ _

LAMBETH.
EXACTINO BURIAL Flllll.—Williern Garcia Fown, a man
who had at one tuna attained considerable celebrity as an
pastries clown, and whose salary, during his eerie/temente,
used to avrrage Irom Si. to 101. a week, warted on Mr. Nor-
ten, and requested his misusers under the following die-
, creasing circumstances:—
The applicant said that on Friday last s sea of hie, a little
fellow or three years and a half old, died after a somewhat
lingering inner, and wishing to bury him is as &cent a
manner as i.is means would permit, he bespoke for his
remains a good eotlin. This article he found exhausted the
whole of the lands that himself and his wife were enabled
to make up, and they were, is oon•equesee, compelled to
appeal to tne rector and the officers of the parish ot
Bt. Mary's, Newington, to remit the burial fees, and get
their offspring decently buried. The sector, the Rev. M.
Oeslow, kindly consented is Lrego his fee of 4s. 6d. ; bat is
applying to the churchwardens, they peremptorily retried
to allow the burial unless their fee of 4.. 6d. was paid, and
the reason given by them for insisting on the payment of the
impost wee, that as they ('he parents) thought proper to be-
speak a coffin with nads in It, and did not choose to burg the
child in a parish shell, they must certainly pay the necessary
fees.

The applicant and his wife said they had six other
children in a small room, and the emitted from the
coffin of their departed son was disagreeable, and the head
the weather increasing it every moment, their other children
were becoming ill, and they knew not what the coostquences
would be ualess they could procure a burial of the corpse on
that evening.
Mr. Norton expressed his surprise that the churchwardens
of the pariah, on finding that the rect,.r had reli: quished
his fees, had not also relinquished theirs. He then directed
one of the summoning seinen to accompany the distressed
couple to the house of the churchwarden, and to infirm that
functionary that it he insisted on the burial fee, he (Mr.
Ninon) should see it paid ; but that, at all everts, the body
should in burl' d on that day, so as to relieve the poor family
from the wretched state which its app.:seance amoogat them
wee creating.
The officer at once proceeded on hie mission, but had not
returned before the court was up.