The Express.
London, England, 1850-03-01 00:00:00

OXFORD CIRCUIT.-ABINGDON, FEB. 28.

The commission was opened yesterday afternoon by Yr.
Justice Pattesoa and Mr. Berea Platt, both of whom afterwards
attended divine ser•:as at the parish church. The calendar
le rather heavy in point of number, there being more
bin 60 piteoners for trial, but there is no case of a serious
nature.

Thh morning Mr. Buon Platt at in the crown court, and
proceeded with the Wel of prisonert.
__....SROOTINO AT A SOLDIER.

Thomas for having, on
the sth of October, maliciously discharged a loaded gun at
Joseph Brewed, with intent to kill and murder him. Mr.
rikett was counsel for the prosecution.
Both the prisoner and the prosecutor were minim' in the
3rd battalion of Grenadier Guards, stationed at Windsor,
and it appeared in evidence that they formed part of the
guard on duty at Windsor Castle on the nipeht of the 6th
of last October. Between seven and eight o'clock a report of a
gun was heard by the prosecutor to proceed from the direc-
tion of the park gates, where the prisoner was stationed.
Be went towards the spot to ascertain the cause of the
Bring, and celled out to the sergeant of the guard. The
prisoner, hearing this observation, said, " I will sergeant
you," then knelt down, sed, as the prosecutor alleged,
aimed and discharged his musket at him, but the ball broke
a limp ten feet above his head. A guard went out after-
wards to capture him, but, perceiving their approach, the
prisoner said, " if you have any respect for your lives keep
your distance," and nearly three hours eloped mfore he
could be taken and conveyed to the guard-room.
The prisoner ret up the plea of intoxication, stating that
he had net the slightest knowledge of tin occurrence nail
the follow morning.
The Judge tt ld the jury that the question was, whether
the prison. r did shoot at the prosecutor, and intended
either to kill, disable, or do any bum.
The jury drlibirated several minutes, and returned the
following verdict :—" We find him guilty of shooting, but
not with the intention of killing, wounding, or daring any
harm,"

Hie Lordship said that it was a verdict of acquittal, and
the prisoner wan discharged.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
THIS DAY.
SOUTHWARK. _

1110IIWAY was charged with being
concerned with two others in .maulting and robbing Mr. C.
Burrow., an elderly gentlanan, on the public highway.
It appeared that prosecutor was pe.sing song Brunswick.
street, Newington, about seven o'clock on the evening of
Tuesday, the 26:h nit , when some person came behind and
seizgl him ty the neck, forcing his head back and nearly
strangling him. Another person came in front and put his
knee on his stomach, at the same time taking his pane,
which fortunately was empty. One of them called out—
" I've got it," when they let go of him and he fell on the
pestilent. The two men ran away, and an looking round
camplainant saw cite. prisoner come from the ride of the
road and ruin them. Ha instantly called out " Police,"
when a constable censurto his mistimes, and one of the men,
whom he believed to be the one who robbed him, was appre-
hended and examined a; this court on Wednesday.
Delany, 100 M, informed the magistrate that the prisoner
had been several times convicted, and was an associate with
the man who was examined on Wednesday.
Mr. Bingham remanded him until Monday, on which
day the further examination will take place.

A deputation, float the Great Central We Cot-
lumen' Comptny, bad as interview with Lord John Russell
yesterday at Ids of midence in Downing-street. The
deputation corsisted of Sir James Duke, Mr. James Wylil,
M P., Mr. lisikes Carrie, M.P., Mr. Dakin, Mr. Bradbury,
Mr..liennoch, Mr. Bovill, Mr. Gabriel, Mr. Delano, and Mr.
Clemow, accompanied by the solicitor ot the company, Mr.
Wire, and the parliamentary agent, Mr. Br des.
A deputation of Master Pilots of Liverpool, con-
sisting ot Mr. William Hughes, Mr. William Hudson. and
Mr. James Wilson, with Mr. Cooke, Superintendent ot
accompanied by the members for Liverpool, Sir
Thomas Birch, and Mr. Cardwell, bad an interview with
the Right Hon. H. Labouchere yesterday, at the office of the
Board of Trade.

•- •
TILE REPRESENTATION OF CANTERBURT.—The
Mayor of Canterbury has fixed on Monday next for the
election of a representative in place of Lord Albert Denison,
resigned. Colonel Romilly, son of the late Bir Samuel
It milly, and broths• to the present Solicitor General, has
arrived, and is proceeding with rather an enconruing canvass.
REPEAL OF TILE WINDOW TAlL—Lent evening •
numerous meeting of the ratepayers of Marylebone was held
at the Literary Institution, Carlisle-street, to consider the
repeal of the window-tax. The chair was taken by the Rev.
Dr. Buns. There were putout Lord Duncan, MX., Messrs.
H. C. Wilson, Grange, Powell, Dr. Grange, elic. Mr. C.
Wilson moved the first resolution, to the effect that the win-
dow tax was an odious, portial, and oppressive impost, and
that att..mpts to improve tho sanitary condition of the peorle
wh."ch should not include its abolition were a mockery,
which, tieing seconded by Mr. Hickman, was carried unani-
mously. The second resolution, moved by Mr. Toms, and
seconded by Mr. Grange, was for the adoption of a petition
to parliament in accordance with the sentiment of the meet-
ing, and for requesting S:r B. Hall, M.P., to present it to
the House of COlllllOll3, and the ineinhers of the borough
and county to give it their support. It was carried unani-
mously. Lord Duncan then, in a speech of some length, ex-
pand the principle of the tax, and pointed out several ways
by which the national expenditure might be reduced. His
lordship, who was continually greeted wish loud cheers, pro-
posed a vote of thanks for the chairmen, which, being car-
ried, the meeting broke up.
PROCLAMATION OP OUTLAWAT.—At the Sheriff's
Court yesterday the following persons were called upon to
surrender, under penalty of outlawry; Rdmonstone Hodg-
kineon, Seckville George Lane Fox (at three suite), Regi-
nald Hoe, Carlo Borbonne Prince of Callus, William Puny,
Grimm Gordon, Hugh M. Walouley, H. W. Bostick* (at
six sults), J. R. Cook, F. llenningsen, Thomas Wise, R.
blordeslisy Best, Janos M'Namara, R. B. Stowards, Lan-
celot Russell, Annette Townshend, Robert Clifton (at two
snits), Nathaniel Ogle, J. Mosley Binckes, W. Wylie, H.
Hungerford Houlditch, Hungerford, J. Hutton, H. R.
Lewis, H. Jodie, W. Wright, Thomas H. Flemming, and
E. F. Barbidge and Thomas W. O'Keefe (both at one suit).
BRILLIANT METEOR.—" On Friday evening last
(says the Shoham. Journal), about half past eleven, a
beautiful meteor was observed to fall from the clouds into
the b:y, opposite the Royal Hotel, Weymouth. On descend-
ing it assumed the shape of a large bell, and continued in the
lame shape till near the water, when it burst like a rocket,
and &thin strums to the water. On its being first observed
it was of • beautiful blue colour, but on descendiog it
changed to a beautiful carmine. It lasted about a quarter of
a minute. Toe evening was cloudy end close, the wind
being from W. to W.S \V." A meteor, evidently the same
as the one here spoken of, was seen in London shortly before
twelve on Friday night. Allowing for the great distance at
which the observer in London was placed, as compered with
the writer of the foregoing, the appearance of the pheno-
menon as observed here corresmaded with what was seen at
Weymouth, with this excepties—that, as seen from the
metropolis, the meteor partially exploded, unattended by
nois,, when it had descended half its course, and ft was after
the lint explosion that the colour, which had formerly been
blio, became carmine. The change of colour is a singularity
we do not remember to have seen noted as occurring in
any previous phenomenon of this had.
MANSLAUGHTER.—The woman Charlotte Love),
who was stabbed by her husband in a lodging-house in
Boar's Head-yard, WhitionapeL on last Tuesday week, died
yesterday in the hospital, after enduring great suffering. It
was found that the gullet had been divided by the blow. An
inquest will be held to-day.—Oa Wednesday osmium Mr. J. '
payee, deputy-coroner for the City, held an inquest, at St.
Thomas's Hospital, uf on view of the body of Benjamin Pres-
sage, aged 27. who received injuries on Friday evening last,
in a fight with two men of the name of Boshall (father and
son), which produced his death. The particulars of themes
have already appeared in the examination of the prisoners
before the police magistrates; and the jury returned a Tn.
diss of " Manslaughter against the two &shahs."