The Express.
London, England, 1863-08-13 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

Charlotte Raan' acfroeat:loo Chigrnecfianic's wife, charged
Alfred ThorvughtAtetl, her brother, with an &moult upon
her. . _

Complainant, who appeared to be very weak, said—l
have a very good husband, but my brother gets him away
from home last night this waa the case, and I left our
home io Thomas-street, Homertun, to seek for him. On
the way I called at defendant's house, and learning that my
husband had bees there mildly expostulated with him upon
his misconduct, upon which he quite saturated me with
water, and then forcing me into a corner of the yard beat
me very badly with his fists ; but 'do not wish to preen the
charge spinet him severely.
Ann Frost, a neighbour of defendant's. put a more merlons
complexion on the charge in glaciation by her evidence, which
was this :-•Last night heard loud screams proceeding
from the defendant's premises, and on going there found him
with his hands round *nail/ 's throat. I thought he
would have strangled her. She was bleeding from the back
of the bead very freely. I struggled with him to get her
sway, sod did so, but was covered with blood in the effort.
She was down at the time. _ _

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Constable—Both ware sober. Complainant sou bleeding
profusely.
Defendant. a very morose-featured man, merely said that
his sister bad no right to go to his house, and her husband
wee not there at the time.

Mr. Cooke remarked that the assault a very bad one in
itself, Tram aggravated by the close relatioosinp of the pi-
ties. He deemed it a cruel and cowardly act, and should
send the perpetrator of it to hard labour for six weeks in
the House of Correction.
This sentence manifestly very much astonished the de-
fendant, who left the dock looking most maliciously at his
W ter.

THE NEW JEDOE OE THE DIVORCE COURT.—
Sir dames Plaided Wilde. who has been appointed to the
judgeship of the Court of Probate sad Divorce rendered
vacant by the death of SirCresswell Cresswell, is the eon of Mr.
E. A. Wilde, a younger brother of the late Lord Chancellor
Truro, better known so Sir Thomas Wilde. He was edu-
cated at Winchester and at Trinity College, Cambridge,
where he graduated in 1838. Shortly afterwards he was
called to the bar and went the northern circuit. In 1840 he
received the appointment of counsel to the Excise and Cue-
toms, and became Queen's counsel in 1855. In 1859 be was
appointed counsel to the Duchy of Lancaster, and received
the honour of knighthood. In IMO he wu nominated by
Lord Campbell, the then Lord Chancellor, to a animus judge-
ship in the Court of Exchequer. In the same year his lord-
ship married Lady Mary Bouverie, youngest daughter of
the third Earl of Radnor.

ATTEMPT Ti) MET A RAILWAY TRAIN.--On
Tuesday night last an attempt was made to upset a pea-
'eager train on the North Kent Railway between the
Woolwich IMskyard and Royal Arsenal stations. It appears
that the passenger train leaving London.bridge station at
10 p.m. proceeded as usual until its arrival at • spot about
midway between the two Woolwich stations, and at the
rear of the houses io Yowis-street. A severe shock was
there felt, and the concussion wan so great that in several
cases crockery ware, Az., was thrown off shelves in
the houses adjacent. Much alarm prevailed. and it was at
first thought that the engine had left the line ; but fortu-
nately it cootiuued its progress in safety. 0a subsequent
examination • large piece of timber, which had evidently
formed the post of a gate, was found to have been placed
&Mad the metals ; but fortun►tely it was completely
severed by the wheels of the locomotive, otherwise • fearful
accident might have resulted. Inspector Lumen, of the
R police division, hes taken measures to obtain a clue to the
offender.

OPINISITION TO THE RATE-IN-AID FOR THE LANCA-
RHINE DISTRESS.-At the meeting of the West Derby
Board of Guardians yesterday (Wednesday) letters were
read from the unions at Warrington. Runcorn, Burnley.
and Prestwich expressing concurrence in a resolution passed
by the West Derby board for opposing the call made upon
the latter for the Preston Union. Three of the unions
mentioned were strongly io favour of obtaining counsel's
opinion on the question, and after some diecussioo the
West Derby hoard passed a resolution to obtain the opinion
of counsel.

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