The Express.
London, England, 1850-02-07 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1850.

miles en hoer. Railway carriages bed name been men
on this lime,
t.
even with locomotives attached, running at
each aop -ed as then had atined after a progress down
I dies of varyieg gradients r nearly *lane maths. They
ran late the passenger train with extraordisary force, dash-
Mg the three last soilage' is is (Third dais) almost to
Wale, and strewmg the (ragmen s across the line in iii
&anises. The other four carnages escaped from the mi-
nds* with strained buffers merely , hot the engine, in front,
skuntler emy, was considerably damaged, one of the
imihes Mid boar plank bting newly destroyed. There were
Wet MOW Imineigers in the train, hat such as were is
it buffered more or lees from the amident. A Mrs. Har-
IITHIY4111•11•Li•Cd • compound fracture of the left thigh, an
her husband was severely bruised and out. Another female
was badly bruised ender the chin. It was nmoured that
man had his skull fractured, but the oompasy have received
no official scoount of such an saddest. After being de-
tained nearly half an hour at Clifton the remainder of
the train came on to Manchester, when Mr. Blackmer', the
Lancashire end Yorkshire Company's superintindela. Putt
ovary possible atteation to the injured pomergen, obtaineng
prompt surgical aid for ell that required ir, end taking other
steps as far es possible to alleviate their sufferings. Of course
no blame is attributable to the Lancashire and Yorkshire
Cerepany's servants, but in what position the parties con-
nected with the Bolton and Blackburn line stand then has
been no investigation, to this time, very satisfactorily to
show.
LIVERPOOL.
Our correspondent says: " On Tuesday evening a terrific
hurricane burst over Liverpool and the neighbourhood, and
continued to rage with unabated violence till daylight.
S.veral houses were unroofed, and left minus chimney pots,
and two or three small craft west ashore and have sunk in
the bay, but happily no less of life has been reported. The
North-West lightship broke from her moorinp yesterday,
het ashrquently brought up. Meanwhile a duplicate light-
vessel was sent out to replace her. Birkenhead market
was much iojund, and the church at Oleos (a village in the
enroll; ), was despoiled of half its steeple. At Seacombe
ferry the leading stage has been capeised.
A third edition of the Liverpool Courier says: The
barometer had fallen seven-tenths of an inch in the course
of yesterday, and there was every indication of a
coming storm. The gale came as was anticipated, and was
more serious than any we have had since the memorable
storm of January, 1839, when so large an amount of lite
sad property was destroyed.
The wind begin to rise about five o'clock, and manned
to increase in violent gluts till three or four o'clock
next morning, when it had attained its maximum strength,
and blew with tremendous force, rocking the houses In
exposed situations. The police were engaged during the
night in tarrying sign boards, shutters, and gates, which
had been blown down by the gale, to places of safety. On
the Chatter and Birkenhead Railway, near the Bebbiogton
station, a luggage train was thrown off the mils by the
violence of the wind, and impeded the way for some time.
The thickness of the morning prevented communication by
telegraph before 9 o'clock. At 9.41 am. a signal of distress
was made, to the effect that a large three-masted stsamsr
bed a signal of distress flying en the Bubo bank. Tree
steam-tug immediately proceeded to her assistance, with
a life-boat in tow. Tee venal proved to be the screw
steamer Diana, from Waterford. The crew and pea.
stagers were saved, but the fan of the steamer is uncertain.
The City of Dublin Steam-packet Company's steam-boat
Trafalger was expected at three this morning, but has not
ee
tanned Doubtless she and many other vessels will be
back by the severity of the gale. About eight o'clock
a re and aft rigged schooner, named the Sailors' Home,
and laden with stone, on account of the corporation, hove
round the Rock Penh, having on her mast a flag of die.
tress. As eon se the vessel came within view of the Half-
way House, or lifeboat station, a boat belonging to the
scuve and indefatigable body_ attached to the life-boat sta-
tion beteesn Egremont sad New Brighton, put out to her
asaistanee. As soon as the life-boat neared what then
proved to be a sinking schooner, exertions were made by
those on beard to heave a rope to the men in clinger, but ro
great was the isle that every effort to do se proved ineffectual.
As a last resource, however, the crew of the life-boat found it
expedient to run alongside of the sinking vessel. This nau-
tical manceivre accomplished, the men on board the schooner
(at least as we have been informed) got into the boat, and
were taken ashore. We have learned, that scarcely had the
crew sad boat left the schooner when she sunk.

DUBLIN, Fes. 8.
One c f the most violent hurricanes whion hits
passed over Dublin for several years raged during
the entire or last night. S. early as seven o'clock in
the evening it commenced blowing in hese y squalls
from the west, accompanied by rain ; but daring the
night there were few showers, the sky being seldom
ob.cnred by a cloud, and the tempest raged without
a momentary intermission up to six o'clock this
morning. At that hour i•s fury abated, but it still
continues (half-past seven) to blow a stiff gale. Tact
streets are strewn with slates and tiles; but what
amount of injury may have been inflicted, either on
land or sea, it is impossible yet to ascertain. 01
course there has been no arrival of the Holyhead
packet during the night, nor is there any appearance
of the steamer due at Kingstown this morning. It
would indeed have been impracticable for the 'Mutest
boat to leave a port On either side of the enarine:
during the night : and so mach of the gale still re-
mains that it is doubtful whether the steamer which
takes this despatch will reach Holyhead in time for
the train.

Van ilitteitteence

EQUITY COURTS.—YISTRADST.
Batons INS loan CIANCI3IOI AND TN MANI= OD Mt Baas.
The GILLND JUNCTION CANAL CO AAAAA e. Dresea.—
MOLOCH OP INJUNCTION AND INPRISONXIINT.—INTINZIT
or A JUDON IN 11l BUNTICT MATTIS OF TAR BUTT.
The origin out history of this soft, and eke various pro-
ceeding In it, were stoked in our report In the &ruse
of Tuesday.
Mr. Daniel now resumed his argument in support of the
motion, which wee to discharge or vary the order of the
Vice-Chancellor of England, dated the 10th of last Deo,m-
bar, for committing Mr. Dimes to the Queen's prison, for
breach of an order of injunction, and also to de-
rne of • notios of motion in this court, dated
the 24th of last February, sad still pending, and to make
an order in pursuance thereof, or to discharge an
order of the Vice-Chancellor made on the 2nd of June,
1849, end take the bill off the file with costs, to be paid by
the plaintiffs. The chief grounds of the motion as stated In
our termer report, were that the Lord Chastener, at the
tiste that be affirmed, oo appeal, various prior orders of the
Visa-ChancellorAwas owner of shares in the Greed Junction
Gana, and that he was therefore incapacitated as • judge to
' make any order in the cause, end distal' the orders so made
wore null and void, as made coram ion judice. The
keened counsel in support of this position cited,
emcees other authorities, Rolls ab. Title, " Judge";
" Lord Derby's Cue " (12 Coke's Reports, 114) ; " the
Mayor of London v. Wood," (12 Mod. Reports, 688);
" Great Chark v. Kennington," (2 Strange, 1173) ; " the
Queen v. the Chelteem Commiesionem" (1 Queen's Bench
Reports. 476); "the Queen v. the Justices of Hertford-
&lre ".(6 Queen's Bench Ropers, 753) From these cues
ate atoned that the smallest interest in the subject matter of
litigation disqualified the owner of it from acting judicially.
And this principle applied to all judges, the highest as
well as the lowest, and it was frequently acted upon by the
Court of Queen's Bench in respect to justicea at session,
commissioner of turnpike trusts, lte. The interest that
disqualified wes a lattnt undisclosed pecuniary interest, and
that interest it was admitted the Lord Chancellor possessed
is this ease. If the existence of such interest was known
so Mr. Dimes at the time, he and the plaintiff might then
by consent submit to take the Lord Chancellor's judgment,
bat without such consent the judgment was a nullity. The
counsel now in continuation re-stated the circumstances
under which the orders in the cause were made, and after
oommentiog on the judgment given by the Master of the
Rolls [l3 Jurist, 603], who heard a motion similar to the
present lost May at the request of the Lord Chancellor, in
which be held that the Lord Chancellor was bound to re-
hear the orders of the Vioe-Chancellor, and if he did not
there would to,, a failure of justice, he cited further autho-
Atka in support of the motion.
Mr. Smythles followed on the same side.
Mr. Stuart, Mr. J. Parker, and Mr. Busk appeared for
the Canal Company, but were not called on.
The Muter of the Rolls said he had listened with great
attention to the arguments of the two learned counsel, but
he heard nothing to make him alter the opinion he had some
to on the he ring before himself at the Rolls, or that the
application now made for Mr. Dimes ought to be granted.
The order of committal made by the Vice Chancellor was
signed by the Lord Chancellor, according to usage and to the
000stitution of the court. That commitment was ordered
for breach of aa order of injunction previously made
by the Vice Chancellor to restrain Mr. Dimes from
Impeding the navigation of the canal. Mr. Dimes,
instead of express log contrition for violating that
srder, came to the court to treat it as a nullity and not
entitled to obedience, and to justify his conduct in violating
it. Under thus circumstances his lordship, being called on
fete to give his opinion on the matter to the Lord Chan-
' eell^r, skald not advise him to make any other order than that
which he before advised, namely, to affirm the decree and
subsequent orders of the Vies-Chancellor. His lordship re
pointed the inainuatien made in the argument that he was
of opinion the Lord Chancellor was disqualified from making
any order in this case. He Ind heard no valid reason in
port of that part of the motion for taking the bill off tin
file and filing a new bill addressed to her Majesty. It was
open to Mr. Dimes to bring all the orders of which be
complained here before the House of Lords. Every
facility was offered him for tly t pupae by the court aad
the plaintiff's counsel. In the House of Lords he would
have the opportunity, before thine who bad no interest is
the cause, of raising all the objections raised here on his be-
half to the orders of the Vice-Chancellor. The tribunal
which Mr. Dimes required to hear his case, namely, the
Master of the Rolls, and two common law_judees, the Lord
Coancellor had not power to create. Mr. Dimes having now
failed in this motion, was not without a tribunal to appeal
to, the proper tribunal pointed out by the laws and the con-
stitution of the country. His lordship, taking all the cir-
cumstances into consideration, would advise the Lord Chan.
cellar to dismiss the motion.

The Lord Chancellor ezpreesed his acknowledgment to
the _Muter of the Rolls for his compliance with his
request to sit with him to hear this motion. He
dirt not think it necessary to add anything to what the
Master of the Rolls said on this matter, except to express
his ssiisfaetion that his lordship coincided in opinion with
himself. His lordship then denied certain statements made
in the argument, 'els, ing to communications between hie
secretary and Mr. Dimes, and between himself and the
plaint:Bs. The latter he denied altogether, and as to the com-
munications with his secretary, they were sought by Mr.
Dimes, who bad no right to complain of them. He in eon-
clasion as to the grounds of this motion, namely,
recuniary interest in a judge, t►at if the principle was car-
ried out to its full extent it might become impossible to make
any order in a cause, as in that event the slightest amount in
the public funds, or in private companies, would di-qualify
a judge.
The motion was then ordered to be dismissed.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—YESTEBDAY.
Baroaa Ma. 0011111M1020.11Fusawata.
Ax ELOPEMENT.
J. P. Caput!, fruit merchant of Dukc's-place, Alifitate,
applied fcr his certiheate. This was one of those extremely
rare cases where the Ines wet.- estimated to exceed the lia-
bilities. The balance-sheet, prepared by Mr. Martin, ac-
countant, of Niche,les-lace, sh..wed debts t.) the amount of
0511., with a..eets in good debts of nearly double the
amount, braid(' property worth 1,6001. There was no
epdosition.
Mr. Lewis, for the bankrupt, asked for a first class certifi-
, cede. Already more than enough had been realised to pay
all the creditor 20s. in the pound, and of the 1,1511. put
down as owing, 300/. had been elisallowed on proof. The
bankrupt had been in partnership with two other parties in
a brick field. which was a solvent concern, and from which
something would be paid to this estate. The books had
been well kept, and all the accounts were vouched.
The Commissioner—To what do you attribute his bank-
ruptcy ?
Mr. Lewis—Partly to the elopement of his wife, with con-
siderable property, and partly to his not receiving a sum due
to him from Mr. Isaacs.
Mr. Hollams, for the assignee., said they had carefully
lot,lerd into the case, and did not Bee any ground for offering
the siixhtest opposition, though they were not quite so san-
guine as Mr. Lewis as to the amount of dividend.
His Honour said he could not grant a first-class certificate
loosely. The bankrupt might either have a second.clase
certificate immediately, or, if he chose to wait till the assets
were realised, he might then have a first-dui certificate,
should his sanguine anticipations turn out to be correct. At
present he was not satisfied, from the nature of the bank-
rupt's trading, that his failure had arisen from wholly
unavoidable misfortunes. Part of his domestic account, too,
were unvouched.
Mr. Lewis observed that there were very few men who
kept vouchers for all their household espenses.
The Commissioner—Oh dear, yes some men mike their
wives keep a diary of everything, down to the salt. (Laugh-
ter.) And these are the men who don't fail.
The bankrupt preferred a second clam certificate immedi-
ately, which was accordingly granted.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONSiYFATERDAY.
SWUM Dlit. EAU/ANT ADAMS, ANISTAM f JUDO&
BTalurr ROBIULT.
.

Catherine S'eael was indicted for having stolen from the
person of Wibite Hyliu a gold watch of the value of 10&
Mr. ltepton appeared for the prisons..
The prosecutor, a man of colour, who described himself as
having been valet to Major Hogg, of the 7th Dragoons, but
now out of service, deposed that he maid at 29, King-
street, Golden-square, and as he was proceeding home,
between two and three o'clock lut Friday morning, he was
accosted by the prisoner, who solicited permission to acretm-
pany him home, but she received a fiat d nisi. She then
threw her arms around hiss, and having held him tightly fur
a moment or two, she ran away. At that instant two men
came up. and diverted his attention by asking the
way to Berkeley-square, and upon looking round, after
1 answering their inquiry, he could nowhere see the pri-
soner. Directly afterward., he missed a gold bunting
watch from his pocket, the guard, which was still round his
neck, having been cut in two by some sharp instrument.
He met the prisoner the next evening and gave her into cus-
tody. He positively swore that she was the woman who
robbed him.
Mr. Repton cross-examined the witness at some length as
to his character and former pursuits, but it was evident from
the open and straightforward manner in which he gave his
evidence that his veracity and respectability were unim-
peachable.
The learned counsel eddreased the jury, and urged that
the prisoner was a respectable woman, and stated that he
had witnesses to call who would show that she was by no
means a person who woald resort to the streets for a live-
, lihood. _

A person who described himself es George John Stead,
architect, of 15, lisddington-street,York-road, stated that

prisonerthe sou his brother'. widow, and was in his
'orrice u housekeeper. Her character was uimpeachable,
and she had an income of fol. a year.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty.
In consequence of an intimation from the governor of the
House of Detention, the 'tuned Judge directed the matron
and two of the lemale warders of that establishment to be

sworn. It appeared from their evidence that the prisoner
had declared, when the witness Stead celled to see her in
that prison, that she had seen him in her lite before,
whiles to one of the *Steers the man had represented himself
u the prisoner's husbaad, and to the other as her brother-
in-law.

In answer to the court, the prosecutor said he could not
identify the man as one of the two who milked him the way
to Berkeley-squan, but he oould say that he was the person
who at the laeltourt threatened to " tan his hide "u he
prosecuted.
The learned Judge hereupon ordered the man to stead
committed.

Ticepolleereal odd the pawner had told Mae the wilease

I address the court. I appeal to your

lordship—
The Judge—WM*ll're you, sir, her hueband, ha brother-
in-law, or amyeu a stranger to her ?
Wiinees—Well, I may have passed as her husband, but
she Is my brother's widow.
The learned Jcdge then ordered the witutst out donut,
racissking with mach severity upon his conduct.
The Court maenad the pawner to be transported for
ten year.
CHOBITT TO ♦ CHILD AT ITS MOTHER.

Sarah Herbal pleaded guilty to an indictment, charging
her with having siesulted Thomas Charles Hubert, aged
seven yeah, her own child.
The prosecution was instituted by the parochial authorities
of St. Andrew, Holborn, and St. George the Martyr. Ihe
prosecutor was a pitiable looking object, pale, thin, and ems-
dated, and bearing upon his head the marks of the treat-
ment for which his mother was indicted. Upon being ques-
tioned, it appeared that he was totally ignorant of what was
meant by an oath, that he had no knowledge of a hereafter,
I and Jul did not know what WU meant by prayer. Under
thug ciri,umaances the eJurt would not allow him to be
sworn to go before the grand jury, and the bill was returned
without his evidence. None of the facts were gone into, but
it appeared from the depositions that the iiifentlant waf,
addicted to dritakennem, and was living on Saffron-hill, with
• man who wu not the bey's father, and it was a common
practice of her's to beat the boy with severity, and on the
particular occasion in reference t 3 which these proceedings
were taken i she had beaten him with a leathern step, and
had inflicted a deep out in his head with an iron saucepan.
Sentenced to three months' hard labour.