The Express.
London, England, 1861-05-17 00:00:00

TES CHARGE Or yEAUD AGAINST A MINING

AGENT if

Mr. Paul Rabey, jun., mining agent, Leeds, and
Mr. Timothy Smith, his clerk, underwent an examination
on Wednesday, after one or two previous adjournments, on
a charge of conspiring together to defraud Mr. Matthew
Outhwaite, of Leeds, of 1001., and of obtaining money by
false pretences from the said Mr. Outhwaite. Mr. Barret
appeared for the prosecution and Mr. Simpson for the de- .
fence. The evidence showed that Mr. Italie, is a man well
known as a mining agent, and Smith, though ostensibly act-
ing es his clerk, has been a copartner with him in different
mining share transactions, and a joint originator with him
of one or more mining schemes. Mr. Outhwaite became
I acquainted with Rabey in March lea, and has hail several
transactions with him in mining shares, which resulted in •
a Dot loin to the prosecutor of about 6171. The allega-
tion against the prisoners war, substantially, that they
had pod the prosecutor an imaginary profit on one or two
of the earlier transactions, in order to induce him to specu-
late still further, and to buy shares at a fictitious value.
In March Rabey induced him to join in buying 2,000 shares
in the South Wheal Levine Mine in Cornwall, at ta 6d.
par share, representing that it was a mine in working order
and would pay well, and it afterward@ turned out that only
preliminary negotiations had been entered into for working
the mine (which was an old one), and all that has yet
been done is to employ two men to clear the adit. The
" oost-book " of the company working the mine represented
that there were 6,000 shares, but the only parties who had
signed it were the two prisoner; Rabey having subscribed
for 2,500 shares, and Smith for 500. The magistrates com-
mitted the prisoners for trial at the next Yorkshire assizes
on the charge, but they were again remanded for examina-
tion on some further charges of a similar character which
have been preferred viiiiot them by other parties.
Yesterday morning the prisoners were further charged
with conspiring together to defraud Francis Hunt of a bill
of exchange fur 100/., paid on behalf of 100 Fast Releath
Mining Company's shares, by representing that 11. per
share had been paid up, whilst the books proved that there
had only been one mill of is. The evidence went to show
that Rabey had represented the mine as a good speculation,
and with reference to the 100 shares had said that there was
nearly 11. on the whole paid upon them. It was contended
that there was no fraud in this representation, and if fraud
no
conspiracy, and the bench, after conferring together,
decided to discharge Smith, but to send Rabey for trial at
the anises on the charge of obtaining money by false pre-
tences. Bail was accepted.

Novas. EXCURSION TO FARM. —The directors of
the South FAI6III Railway, in connexion with their coad-
jutors of the Great Northern of France, have inaugurated
an exenzaket d novel character, having for its objeet the
eanveyases of a very large number of Englishinsa—chiefly
ma:ameba—to **French capital, where they will be per-
mitted to recreate themselves, foreseen days, at the almost
nominal railway fare of 20a travelling throughout in
veered carriages. The idea has been so well received that
up to yesterday more than 1,400 persons had registered
emselves for the journey. The first departure will take
place this morning, and other trains will follow to-morrow
and oa Sunday. The must perfect arrangements have
brae made to avoid interruption or delay on the journey,
which will be performed in almost as short a time as by the
ordinary trains betwee• the two capital..
Tun Unserott MURDER.—The inquiry before the
magistrates was concluded on Tuesday, when several wit-
eases were examined, and as most of them were compara-
tive strangers to the prisoner, before the re-examination he
was paraded with half a dozen other persons in the yard,
and was instantly identified by all the witnesses successively
except one, who was short-sighted. When asked if he had
any questions to put to one of the witnesses, the prisoner
jumped up, sod in a rapid manner said—" I want to put
one question to all the gentlemen present. lam not re-
sponsible for the words I have said; I have been M an un-
sound state of mind since the Ist of May. I went to Not-
tingham with the intention of dmwing some money and
going off with it to France. You can please yourselves
whether you believe me, but I wanted to hat for a soldier."
The prisoner was committed to take his trial at the next
assize for the wilful murder of his father. and was shortly
after removed, saying, "1 have God in my heart, and I shall
free it through, sink or swim."
BURIAL Or THE PRIWROSE-HILL
Pursuant to a warrant received from Mr. G. S. Brent,
deputy coroner for West Middlesex, Murray, the summon-
ing officer, on Tuesday, made the necessary arrangements,
as the law directs in cases of felo de se, for the burial of
the body of Robert Goring, who " wilfully, feloniously,
and with malice aforethought" (in the language of the
verdict) destroyed himself on Primrose-hill, on the 4th inst.,
ender the romantic circumstances already detailed in our
columns. The distressing but happily somewhat rare
ceremony of burial in this form, took place between the
hours of 9 and 12 o'clock in the night. Shortly after 9
o'clock the body was removed from the St. Pancras dead-
house by men employed by Murry and under his direction,
and, torches haviiiip been procured, it was conveyed to the
nnooesecmted portion of the parish cemetery at Finchley.
At midnight the grave was reedy, and the body placed
theme and covered over without any ceremony whatever.
This sad termination of the deplorable event created
some excitement among the deceased's friends and rela-
tions ; and though • few of the former were present, they
were not permitted to take any
.pert in the proceeding.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE LEA-BRIDGE STATION Or
THE EAr.TERN COUNTIES RAILVIAT. —Yesterday Mr. Serjeant
Psyne held an inquest at St. Bertbolomew's Hospital on the
body of Jacobus .Everett, who came to his death from an
accident sustained at the Lembridge station of the Eastern
Counties Railway. It appeared from the evidence that on
the night of Sunday last the deceased and a friend named
George Hinkdon were at the above station, and while in the
act of descending the steps leading to the platform, when
about nine steps from the bottom, the deceased was seised
with giddies= and fell headforemost on to the platform
below. He was immediately picked up, and after being
washed was put into a train coming to London, and on its
arrival he was at once convoyed to the hospital. He was
quite insensible when he wits received there, and on being
attended and examined by Mr. Smith, the house surgeon, it
was found that he had • fracture of the skull at the hack
part, with • rupture of a blood-vessel and some minor inju-
ries. He lingered till Monday morning at half-past seven,
when he expired, the injuries received being the cause of
death. Verdict—" Accidental death."

THE W• 0101 QUESTION IN SOUTH STAFFORD-
ironmiuders and other proprietors of coal and
stone mines in the Wolverhampton district are taking steps
to reduce the wages of the miners and the furnacemen in
that district. bloat of the employers had on Wednesday
signed a resolution whkb contemplates the reduction of the
wages of the miners to the extent of 3d. a day, and of the
was of the furnacernen 10 per •ent. It is designed that
all the employers shall give notice simultaneously and to
secure united action, it is understood that Philip Williams,
E.q., the chairman of the Ironmastere Association, will
mavens a meeting of the trade engaged in the Wolver-
hampton district. This movement hes long been supposed
to be called for, to enable the initimasters of South Stafford-
shire to meet the opposition to which they are exposed
from district, where the miiiends are very much lower 1*
price than they are in South Staffordshire, and where
further the wages of the miner are from 10 to 90 pee omit.
below those paid in this district.—Binithugurst D7p, Pro,.
(Adrertilteilletit.ttLLOWAY'li Pius AND Oiwr.
trim.—Comfort and . kims—No feet is medical know-
ledge la better established than that the chief source of all
morbid states, whether of body or mind, la a derangedstate of
digestion Holloway. Pills speedily regulate this function. 1a
yeses where delicacy of constitution renders It unadvlsable to
take many Pills, the same healthful effects may be canted oat.
without debilitating, by rubbing Holloway. Ointment tho-
roughly over the pit or the stomach and right aide at leset twice
a-day. No pain or Ineoevenience attend. this treatment. lte
media in venqukhing pain at the K.:hunch. datulsneY. sod
Imperfect digestion have been fully appreciated by the gables
in all pert' of the glebe kr the last as years.