The Express.
London, England, 1850-05-20 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH STREET.
RICITID" HMI/MD.—Ft PottktAtooitt, an artist,
milking at No. 78, Margaret-street, Cavendialt•equare, was
shamed with violently assaulting his wile Henrietta.
The complaisant, a delicate, lady-like woman, stated that
on Saturday evening, when she and her husband were sitting
at dinner, the latter, without the leset provocation, started up
and said, in • most excited manner, that he would kill all fo-
reigners, se he thought there would he a war between
France and Ragland, cad as a beginning he would kill her
by shooting her through the neck. He then rushed upon
her, and, catching her by the throat with both hands,
tried to strangle her. With great exertions she contrived
el gee from his clutches, and ran to the window. He
followed her, and, throwing up the sash, said if she did not
throw beret lf out he would do it for her. She @erosive'
meet violently, and ran toward. the door, when he took up a
leaded pistol which was lying on the sofa, presented it at her,
and swore he would shoot her. Before he presented the
pistol he pwt a cap on the nipple. She ran out of the room.
A constable was sent for, and the prisoner was secured.
She did not now wish to hum him ; all she wanted was
protection from his violence, as he had on many occasions
threatened to take ter tile.
The accused, in defence, said he occasionally Is/Kneed
under v. ry excited &shags, which deprived him of all power
to restrain himself from committing violence. He denied a
greet Forties of his wife's statement.
Mr. Bloch est ordered his to find two sureties to keep
the pesos for six menthe, end directed that a medical man
should see him, is order to examine him as to the state of his
mind.

80l not being forthcoming, the prisoner was about being
led from the doik, when the complainant rushed from the
witne•s-'na, and, crying bitterly, threw her arms round her
husband's neck, and begged the offic^r not to take him from
her. The husbend likewise begged of the magistrate net to
separsve him Wm his "clear" wife. They embraced each
mute so closely that it took theunited strength of two otilcen
to separate them.
The complainant was then carried out of court in estate of
y.

130ETE WALES RAILWAY.— The Phantom and
Heresies locomotives made see. ral trips between Cardiff and
Ninth en Thuisday, Friday, and Security last, the sped i.
ie said being at times abut! 40 milts per hour. Lord Villiers,
D. Lewin, E.g., Stradey, J. A. Vivian, Eq., aid H. H.
Eag , with several other directors, accompanied by
Mr. Brunel, came up with the locomotive engines on Batur-
day morning, at(' after remaining some t me at the Castle
Hotel—(where a mating of the subeeribers was beld)—prc-
eeeded on a tin: le drawn by one of the engines to Cwaffie,
ahout two miles from Reath, towards Swansea. The noble
lord and his friends returned to London the same day. Tits
usual notice of a month has been given to the goverment by
the comp.-4, of their intention to open the line for traffle.
at.d we may auttmritatively mention that the moil-Dap will
be taken by train on the Bth of July.—The IVelsAmart.
SUDDEN DEATH OP GENERAL SIR JAMES
SUTHERLIND.—On Saturday Mr. Wskley, M.P.. held an
inquest on Major-General Sr: James Sutherland, E.I C , at
the gallant officer's late residence, No. 8, Upper Camber-
had strut, Marylebone. The deceased, who wee in his
66th year, and had seen mach service, invited a large dinner
and evening party on lest Wednesday, in celebration e.f her
Maji rye birthday. Some of the company had arrived, and
the gallant general was in the act of giving orders respecting
the wise to the butler,when he fell insensible to the ground.
Dr. Edwards was in imwdiete attendance, but all efforts to
save life were unavailing. Upon an autopsy of the body
bei4 made, nine Ounets of clotted blood were found in tee
melba of the heart; the kidneys were also diseased. Ver-
Deemed died of divan of the heart."

COMMISSION RELATING TO LAW
Courrs,—We understand a commission is about to issue to
inqme into the expediency of making extensive Mentions
in the practice and procedure of the common law corals,
with a view of simplifying the preceedings and reducing the
experuses. The commission, it is Sidi. Will consist of the
At'orney•tleneral, one of her Majesty's countel, one of the
Masters of the Court of Exchequer, at d two members of
the juni r bar. There ought to be added two attorneys of
luxe practical esperiecan— Legal Obsesses.
CHARGE OF FORGERY AGAINST A POOR-LAW OFFI-
- we BcNOAT.—At the recent petty sessions of this town,
John Buxton, of St. Janus's, assistant overseer, war charged
On the information of W. C. Hotsem, Esq , auditor of the
West Norfolk audit district, with having uttered two war-
rants, issued by the High Constable of the Bungay division,
fir the touety rate ; and also with having forged a receipt
for the sum of 7'. 19a. 11d., purporting to be a receipt from
Robert Num, the overseer for the current year, of the be-
lame dais to the parish from him the side Jere Derisa.
Evidence, direct and confirmatory, having been given of the
Wend charge., the prisoner stood committed to the assizes
for trial, but hu since been liberated OD bail.—Norfolk News.

SEICIDE Or A TRADESMAN. On Saturday Mr.
Payne held en inquest at tee George, Oraceehords-.trot,
on slew of the body of Mr. William Hunter, poulterer, who
for many years has carried on Waimea. in Lead enhan-
market, and who committed suicide alder the following
ttels,teholy circumstances, aliens, ss it is supposed from
being involved in pecuniary difficulties. Jas. Yates, late in
the deceased's envie', stated that he found the deceased on
Fri.:ay morning suspended by a cord from the balustrades
in the house where he carried on business in Ship Tavern-
passage, Leadenhall.market. He called for assistance, when
the cord was eut. Deceased was quite dead. About half-
past six o'clock, en hour befure he was discovered ty wit-
ness, he came from Horton, where he resided. Peter
Davey, deceased's clerk, said hat on Thursday morning the
deceased received a letter from Mr. Watt, solicitor to Br.
Pricker, poultry sideman, Lesdenhailmuket, to whom he
(deceased) was indebted a sum of 1471. 15a. ted., request-
ing that he would pay the amount by two o'clock the fol-
lowing day, adding that other proceedings would be taken
nit was not. Witness found that letter on the deceased's
table after the body was discovered. Other evidence being
Riven, showing that the deceased was in pecuniary difficul-
ties, the jury returned a verdict of "Temporary Insanity."
Tun Cosvicr AssErrn MYRRS.—This criminal,
who was convicted at the Old Bailey in NO of the murder
of Remy Ducker, a Guardsman, by whom she had been
seduced, ty shooing him in St. Jamsecpark, and sentenced
to death by the Lord Chief Baran was, upon the esmatuta-
tion of that sentence, and the substitution of the punishment
of daneportation for life, ordered by the Secretary of State
to be imprisoned in the Westminster Bridewell for the space
of two years. That period having expired on Saturday, the
prisoner was removed from the Bridewell to the Miilbsnk
Penitentiary, preparatory to the sentence of transportation
being carried into effect, and she will be sent amongst the
next batch of convicts to Van Diemen's Land. Her health
is now much improved; but durleg the first part of her
imprisonment she suffered very much, and was continually
in the deepest grief and melancholy. It was at one time
thought that her reason was aff. cted, but the authorities
have satiefied themselves that such isnot the case.

Flat AND Loss OF LIPE.-00 Saturday afternoon
the neighbourhood of Tooley-street, Southwark. was min-
fully excited owing to a fire, which, unfortunately, was
attended with a loss of life, breaking out in the private re-
sidence of Mr. H. Bunn, No. 11, Brook-square, in the be-
fore mentioned street. ne cuss of this fire has been satis-
factorily traced to a spark flying from the grate in the first
floor front, and setting • quantity of wearing apparel in
flames. At that period a boy, about four years of age, as
fortunately happened to be in the room, and before he could
run away the flames encircled his body, and he fell in the
midst of them. Several persons, on seeing the smoke issuing
from the window, and hearing the screams of the poor child,
rushed up to render assistance; but although they succeeded
in confining the firs to the part of the house is which it
commenced, the child was burned almost to a cinder. A
medial gentleman wee soon in attendance, but not in time
to be of any assistance.
THE COUNTY COURTS. —" The clerks received
87,2831. ; nearly as much as the judges. As there are 491
clerks, the avenge would be 1801. a year to each. But as
the clerks' fees accumulate in each court according to the
by:loess transacted, of course the division is very aaequal.
In one court in Wales the clerk only got 81. 10a. in fecC; in
another court, in Yorkshire, his receipts only amounted to
91.45. 3d. But some of say colleague made • good thing of
it. The clerks' fees in some of the principal courts, are very
'comfortable.' The clerk of Westminster netted, in 1848,
2.73114 Clerkenwell, 2,2271.; Southwark, 1,7101. Bristol,
Sheffield, Bloomsbury, Birmingham, Shoreditah, Leeds,
Msrylsbone, received 1,0001. a year and upwards." "But,"
continued our friend, "three-fourths of the clerks get lees
than 1001. a year." " Now," said Mr. Fisher, " tall a
what you do for all this money ? " " Altogether," said the
clerk " the courts sat, in 1848, 8,388 days, at an average for
400,bNjudge of 140 days. The greatest number of sittings was
in estminster, where the judge sat 246 days. At Liverpool,
there were sittings en 226 days. The number of trials, as I
have before mentioned, was 259,118, or an avenge of about
4.320 to each judge, and 628 to each court. I. some of the
courts, however, as many m 20,000 eases are tried in a year."
" Wfif," said Mr. Fiekor. "they ain't give five minute@ to
each case. Is this' a4osiniatration of justice ?'" " When,"
said the clerk, " • case is undefended, a plaintiff appears,
swears to his debt, and obtains an order for its payment,
which takes scarcely two minutes." " How long does a
defended ease take ?" "Oa the average, I should say, a
quartet of an hoar; that is, provided counsel are sot em-
ployed." " Jury eases campy much logger." " Uadoubt-
edly." "Are the jury curs frequent," 1 inquired, some
baling of respect for our time-honoured institution' can-
fng across me as I spoke. "Nothing,' said our Mend,"
" is more remarkable in the history of the County Courts
than the very limited resort which suitors have Mistrial. It
ie within the power of either party to cause • jary to be
summoned in any ease when the plaint le upwerds of 51.
The total member of cams tried in 1848, • wee 269118. Of
thus, upwards of 60,000 were easel in which juries might
have berm inatmesed. Bat there wets only 884 jury eases
in all the emu's, or one jury for about every 270 tibia. The
party requiring the jary obtained a verdict in 448 oat of the
884 taw, or about osolalE"—Dickons's Household Words.