The Express.
London, England, 1863-12-21 00:00:00

boiled him to Mn. Powell ; arid, in March. 1861, be I
instituted a suit for the dissolution of the marriage upon
the ground of adultery ; and in July, 1862, the jury found
that there had been adultery with Mr. Ingleden, and on the
4th November. 1862, Sir C. Cromwell pronounced the
decree of dissolution. It would be shown that both before
and after the separation Mrs. Powell had best carry-
ir,g on adulterous intercom" with s number of per-
sons besides Mr. logleden, and it was painful to Mr. Powell
to be obliged to think that Dr. Kirby wee among the number.
Upon ttia ground Mr. Powell determined to radii the deed,
sad bis case =misted as they had homed of two parts. The
first issue wee that the deed of separation had been procured
by the fraud of Dr. Kirby himself, and if he (Mr. Hawkins)
proved adultery on the pert of Dr. Kirby before the execu-
tion of the defendant., the jury would have no difficulty in
Ending that issue in favour of the defendant. it
was however, not essential to the defence
that the jury should find Dr. Kirby guilty of adautz
with Mrs. Powell, if they should think, upon the second
issue, that during her married life Mrs. Powell had been
guilty of detail, and teat her object in procuring the
deed was to enable her to get free from restraint, so that
she might retry on adulterous interoourse with greater
facility.
At the conclusion of the opening speech a consultatioe
took place between the learned counsel, which ultimately
manned in an arrangement being come to.
Mr. Serjeant Nallantioe said that his difficulty was that
be only represented Mrs. Powell, though if he had repre-
sented Dr. Kirby he should not have thought of acceding to
en, arrangement without all imputation upon Dr. Kirby
being withdrawn. Dr. Kirby was present, and he wee
prepared to deny upon oath that there had been
any improper intercourse between him and Mrs.
Powell, and to smart that there was not the
slightest foundation in truth for the imputation which had
been made. Although, however, Dr. Kirby was anxious to
pledge his oath to his statement, he (Mr. Serjeant &Den-
tine) would not allow his interest to stand in the way of a
settlement being come to.
Mr. Hawkins mid of course he had no observation to
make.

The Lord Chief Jodice said that the pecuniary iotereetn
of the parties could alone be disposed of on that occasion •
and he was sure that every man of any experience in thi
world would give due weight to what had beau said oe
behalf of Dr. Kirby, who had of course no pecuniary inte-
rest in the matter. They ought, under the circumetaresee,
where their mind/ perfectlyiir impartial in reference to what
bad been said uto ' y.
The jury were then .diecherged, without anything being
said as to the terms of the arrangement case to.

SURREY SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)

The December adjourned senions for the county of
Surrey commented this morning at the Swims Home,
Nes ington-cameway, before J. M. Johnson, Fag., chair-
men. Thomas ltiboo, Eaq., deputy chairman, Oolooel
M'Dotiald, Major Beredord, Captain If 'Driegal, J. Phil-
lips, W. H. Cox,C.Corluig, R. Hodson, and B. R. Roberts,
five. The calendar contained the names of 45 prinuiers
for trial-38 for felony and 7 for misdemeanour. The
degrees of education ware a. follows :-10 oaa neither read
nor write, 7 can only read, eau read sod weds imper-
fectly, and only 5 can read and write well. Among the
charges there are 3 for embezzlement, 1 for howebreakieg,
5 for dealing from the dwelling-house, 2 for mischievously
wounding. 1 for keeping a lewd and disorderly house, and
the remainder are petty larcenies.

LIIREZZLEILENT BY THE LAMBETH RATE COLLECTOR.
Richard Tenser, 42, against whom the grand jury brought
in* court a true bill, was called up to plead to several Mist-
meats, clergies him with embezzling various sums of mosey
to a serious extent, belonging to the churchwardens and
overseers of the parish of St. Mary, Lambeth, in the county
of Surrey. A lengthy report appeared in the newspapers
on the 20th ult., under the head of Lambeth police-court,
when it was shown that lb* primmer had not only falsified
the books, but altered the receipts to deceive the pariah
auditors. It was said at the time that he had lost cousider-
able rams at gambling. He, however, until the embezzle-
ment was discovered, was highly respected, and not the
hest sizspicioa was attached to him.
When brought up this morning and the indietments read
by Mr. Grey, the clerk of the peace, be pleaded guilty.
The Chairman said that be would look over the deposi-
tions, and postpone the judgment of the court far a abort
time.
The prisoner inis then removed hen the dock.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

SOUTHWARK.

TEIZ LATE ITIGIT.-THE SCENE AT THE BOUTH.LASTEILI