The Express.
London, England, 1852-04-02 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1852.

IRELAND.

Dwarf, Aram 1.
Sir T. N. Redington has declared himself a can-
didate for New Roes, where he will have to enter
the lists with Mr. Charles Osman Duffy, the
Iphierielprai;
toe of a weekly paper culled the Negras. Sir
is fir milker states that be is is homer of an =Mis-
sive mad Usual issaeam of penatneatery relona,l
Maladies vets by billet. sensitime " that there
*reword grenade which maim the ounlitha of
Irelaad ileastving of the Amaral& seasideratioa of
the leghlature, with a view to the alleviation doer
heel tazatlim." And he adds " The :pure russet
legislation with regard to the Beclerimensal Titles I
never did, and never could, approve; and I shall
therefore be repared at all times to vote for its re-
peaL" Finally, he is for a settlement of the land
question in a manner favourable to the tenant as
well as the landlord. Them declarations, however,
will not save him from the assaulte of the Roman
catholic organs, which have already commenced their
denunciation of him as a Whig plaeeman under the
Titles Act.

The parliamentary committee of the Catholic De-
fence Association hold daily sittings to decide upon
the merits of .the new candidates for parliamentary
honours, and to recommend those of their choice to
the Irish constituencies. They have imued an ad-
dress to the catholic electors of the county of Dub-
lin, calling on them to abstain from pledging them-
selves to any one canvassing their votes at present,
and promising to put forward two candidates of
their own at the suitable opportunity. The address,
which is a fair specimen of the terse and authorita-
tive tone swanned by the "defenders," is u follows :
Gentlemen,—The present asemben for your county ere
beginning a new canvass. What are their claims to your
support? They have supported every measure againstyour
religion. They voted on every division for the atrocious
Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. They resisted every attempt to
mitigate it. They joined themselves to the bigots, whose
violence went too far even for Lord John Russell. They
voted (or the clause which invitee every common informer
to institute pro/ceilings against your bishops. They voted
that your bishops should be banished from those kingdoms
for acting in their episcopal character,. They refused to
allow them to act even in matters purely spiritual. Catholic
Electors of the:County of Dtiblin.—These men are about to
canvas you, because they well know that you are strong
enough to turn them both out and to return two members
who will possess your confidence. You will answer them
that you keep lour votes for two candid►tes whom catholic
may support without dishonour or inconsistency.—By order,
HENRY WILLIAM WiLezaroace, Secretary.

Mr. William Hort offers himself for the seat
which the Marquis of Kildare is expected to vacate.
Mr. O'Connor Henchy, who professes the same libe-
ral principles, has anticipated him in the field.
Five or six Roman catholic bishops arrived in
town yesterday, for the purpose of attending the re-
ligious ceremony for the late Archbishop Murray,
which takes place to-day, the 30th day after his de-
cease. The suffragan bishops and pariah priests as-
semblo to-morrow, to make the selection of three
names to be submitted to the Pope for the choice of
the new archbishop.
At the monthly meeting of the Catholic University
Committee yesterday, it was stated that the sub-
scriptions received since the last meeting amounted
to 1,2421.
The British Association of Science will, it is ex-
pected, commence their seances in the Queen's Col-
lege, Belfast, early in September.
rho various specimens of new potatoes grown in
different parts of the country have been found to be
perfectly free from taint. The qualities planted
greatly exceed those of any late years.

te usenet ber foie, bat she resisted, sad fa doles so,
shuffled items till site Naas oat at the bottom of the bed.
She wee is a sight deer. When she sty eat of bed, she
aot up awl odd to her husked. "Me le year father's
Zaino." Wham had we doubt ea to ler hiseitity, bedew
he had been is the theme before, Aar the oterrisos, with
llatlery, mist. A widest tacos took pima ea the oseeelea
of the ilisetwery. Whoa t moo said he would net allow
worastmed thus hi ill-ose the Boar add all ho wasted was
to hie wife. Ali ail rends la the rem till
Mrs. mod the moo , bat left at ogee, when
they bed hue. ems asked the sea for his
same awl saber, we they wate►lt to BM where Its
went to. B. had net seea bish dupla that time. -

Thomas Baran, the eau Mead who aeons puled young
Batley to Beeek-almsek pee eseighseative 'victims, adding
that wises IMiday Mil Was maw Ir asly wanted to identify
his wife, themes sold to Nee. Balk. " Why did you not
tell me yes mum • married women
Lan 111Wpitriee was recalled, and stated that old Batley,
accompaniellry Martiaelli, visited Mn. Betley at Brook-
strset ass after*, swim. Witness showed them into
the sm. sad saw the speak to her.
Most, a eergesat ef pollee, deposed that the house, 40,
Brook Weest, is • heed&
Mr. Batley, sen., was recalled, and in answer to. ques-
tions put to him by the noble lords, said that the magistrate
made an order on Batley, Jun., for 7s. a week, on the 4th
of November, 1848. 116 son was a clerk in an office at a
yearly salary of 801.
The I.wd Chancellor, at the conclusion of the evidence,
said this was 'caw in which he felt it to be his duty to
' move that the second reading of the bill be postponed to
I allow the house time for further consideration. It might
II be necessary to have further evidence. In the mean me
Ihe should state briefly the impression produced on his mind
by the evidence. From the statement of the witness
Humphries it appeared that when Miss Newton was mar-
ried to the petitioner, she was earning her livelihood as a
pompanos', and, for twelve months pnor to that marriage,
that she had been supporting herself by her own industry.
The witness described her as not being immoral
in her conduct, but only a little gay—that is a
little given to gaiety ' • and, as far as the evi-
dence went, he was bound to any that she appeared to
be ea well conducted as any young woman in her station
of life. There was no evidence whatever to affect her
character previous to her marriage. Then, with respect to
the alleged deseptisa which had been practised, it must be
in the first ,end that Batley himself had been I
guilty of a towards her in representing when they
were married the was of full age, when it was now
shown that he was a minor. Ile had married her with •
full knowledge of her mode of life and means of livelihood.
He had been • visitor to the house, and had therefore the
means of ascertaining her character previous to the mar.
date. But, immediately after the marriage, this younnngg
man seemed to have set about that which if he enti realised
any doubts he should have done previously. Some evidence
bad been adduced to show not that the young woman had
represented that her father was a Captain Newton, of the
army, but that her husband, after the marriage, had writ-
ten a letter to • Captain Newton, said to be living at Cla-
rence-terrace, Toubridge-wells, the letter (which had not
been produced to the house) being returned through the
Dead Letter Office. It was therefore concluded that the
young woman had been guilty of a deception. But there
was no proof whatever that she had made this represent*.
tioa. Not a word of evidence had been offered as to the
age of Mrs. Batley, from which the house might infer whe-
ther her superior knowledge of the world was such as
might have seduced a young man of inexperience into this
union. No evidence whatever had been offered to explain
the cauws of the @adieu and singular separation, or, more
properly speaking, desertion of the wife be her husband
only one week after the marriage. lie (the Lord Chancel.
lor) was not going to justify the subsequent conduct of this
woman—for it could not bo justified—but what were the
probable consequences of the desertion of the wife by her
husband but those which had followed ? Deserted by her
husband, she is compelled to apply to • magistrate, who'!
makes an order for an allowance of seven shillings a week.
She received therefore only a shilling • day from the man
for whom she had given up her business, throwing herself
out of employment, and the means of obtaining an honest
livelihood, to place herself under the protection of • hus-
band who, for reasons wholly unsupported by evidence, de-
serted her at the end of one short week. Under such cir-
cumstances what could he expected but the unhappy result
which had ensued ? The noble and learned lord, niter re-
capitulating the facts of the discovery of Mrs. Batley's
guilty conduct, commented on the fact that she was left to
take her own course, and no attempt had ever been made
to oiscover her paramour. It was a ease in which he
thought the house could not proceed to the second reading
of the bill without further consideration. _ _ _

Lord Brougham, in seconding the motion of the noble
and learned lad. egpremsd his concurrence in what had
beset sdd, rd bilhemed the portion that, if farther evidence
meld be eller* the hens* 'meld laird an opportunity for
doing so. His lemielip dwelt particularly on the omission
of all mention of the afre of the wife.
Mr. ?,hrewcther aid, is they had been hitherto unable
to procure accurate information on that point, he bad
avoided making any statement whsch he could not support
by evidence.
Lord Brougham said, of course the learned counsel bad
followed a very proper course. lle only wished to point
out the importance o! this amongst other things wanting in
the evidence. _

The motion for the postponement of the second reading
of the bill was then agreed to, and the house adjourned.

ASSIZE INTELLIGIINCE
OXFORD CIRCUIT.—TOLoucurza, APRIL 1.

Bann Ma. Mame Purr.
Mx MUMMA AT STOW-UN-THII-WOLD.

The trial of JoAn Ilionba;e for the murder of his father,
by shooting him through the body with a gun, was brought
to a close last night. All the particulars of the case, as dis-
closed by counsel for the prosecution, hays been fully re-
ported already in the Doily New.
Mr. Huddlestone for the defence, contended that the
death of the deceased was an accident, that the "snicking"
of the gun, spoken to by the witnesses, was not an attempt
to fire it, but a mere pressing down of the percussion cap
on the nipple of the gun with the cock ; that at the third
snicking the cock slipped through his fingers, the piece
went off by the accident, and thus the old man met his
death.

The ju, having conimited for en hour and a quarter,
gave the prisoner the benefit of the doubt, and found him
yof manslaughter.
He was sentenad to a fortnight's imprisonment.

THE POLICE COURTS.
MANSION-HOUSE. _ _ _

Horton Dellweseeewas----tharged ender the fellowinT re.
iserkable eleeemsteseee :

Jane 01ffireet mid I am the wife of John Gilbert, who is
now in astsb Newgate. Oa Wednesday, the 17th of
March, the Omar some to my house and told me that he
had been a pristine in the NM ward with my husband,
who was not able le diseet the gruel, and that if I would
let him have the be would get my husband some
chocolate. I assmife y gave him 4s. to purchase two rolls
of ebeselets. At the moo interview he told me he could
get my busbeadl hi • fey newspaper, and he induced
me to let him have the further sum of Si. ed., under
preteens of rein • Warm published, by means of
which my b mall sat in the prison would be
improved. Nest the prisoner same sprain to
me, and ma be led my husband the chocolate
and the letter sad moury. He then said he had heard that
Mr. Gilbert lad gat Mai tillable, and had been put into
the black bele Om* having lest his posed to another
man. la a briber emorestion that we hod, he said my
Maud wanted te see ale very badly indeed, and that, if
I oral Fenn • settoodgn, I should be allowed to see
blm every Wedneedert I told him I had not got a sore-
tulip, and then he mid be had half a sovereign, if I had
Mir a sovereign to pat is it. I refused to let him have the
bolt sovereign, and he went away, and I never saw hint
sines incept in inaseedy. I have silo. bad an order to au
my husband, sod I have ascertained from him that he
bed not resolved the chocolate or the money.
Orme ennealmil by the prisoner—l never said I never
saw yea. New I tare heard you speak, I am certain you
are the men that OM to me.
Prhweer.—Belbee you gave me that ea. fid., did you tell
sae that you bad given any money to any of the officers ?
Whenes.—No : I have not given any money to any of the
odium.
Tke prisoner.—l don't deny receiving the money.
Mr. Cope, the Governor of Newgate, said I know John
Gilbert, the prisoner in Newgate alluded to. He never was
confined in the black hole for breech of regulations of the
prison. On the contrary, he wee a well-conducted man.
The prisoner at the bar had %leo been in my custody, but
bad been discharged a few days before. He had been com-
mitted from this court for stealing hate and clothes from
Mr. As hurst's offices in the Old Jewry, and sentenced to
imprisonment for nine menthe. Oa the 15th of March he
was discharged. He would have bad an opportuniy of
suing John Gilbert in prison. He had never been at the
prison to see any prisoner after his discharge.
Alderman Wire—Do the prison regulations permit choco-
late or newspapers to be sent to the convicted prisoners ?
Mr. Cope—No; nothing whatever is allowed to be taken
to convicted prisoners from outside, except clean linen, and
that must pus through the hands of three persons before
the prisoner can revive it.
Funnell (the detective officer) said—On Saturday lut, at
five o'clock in the evening, I apprehended the prisoner at
No. 70, Sun-street, Bishopegate. I told him that he was
charged with having obtained money under false pretences
from Mrs. Gilbert, and he said that he had had 101.:64.
from Mrs. Gilbert for getting things for her husband in
prison.
Alderman Wire remarked upon the baseness of the fraud
upon tho poor distri seed wife of an unfortunate fellow-
prisoner, and said it was satisfactory to a magistrate to be
the means of punishing so cruel an act by sending the
perpretator before a jury.
Committed for trial.

John ....milli, surgeon, 30 years of age, and Mary, his
wife, were finally examined, charged by Mr. henry John
Bell, of No. 13, llemmineford-terrace, Islington. with hlv-
ing stolen a quantity of silver plate, N. iu money, and other
property, to a considerable amount.
'I he circumstances out sf which this charge arose have
already apps ared. Prosecutor and prisoner were intimate ;
the latter was received with his wife into the house of the
former, not in the m it prosperous condition, and it was
allcgtd that h.. had made use of the confidence reposed in
him to commit this rubbery.
The male pillions:. was fully committed for trial, bat his
wife was discharged.