The Express.
London, England, 1864-07-29 00:00:00

LAM INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

00IIRT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE
(Beton es Judge Ordinary.)
CI ZT TND V. cIZTVIVID.-111. =LOCK ♦cum.

At ihe sis of the court,
The Judge OMmary (addressieg Mr. Maack) said—Ou
Tuesday last I pee you an opportunity of appearing here
this morning and eaying that you would not proceed with
your threat are you prepared to give the court an easursace
tame you will not do so?
Mr. Mulock—My lord, before I say a word, I wish to offer
year lordship an apace,. I me from the reports that I
may have been guilty el some rudeness to your lordship.
The fact is I am filthier hard of hearing, sod your lordship's
dulcet tones did not reach ma. (Laughter.)
The Judge Ord' —You hays committed no sort of
incivility to me. I only want your answer to my question.
Will you abstain from executing your threat
Mr. Mulook—No, my lord.
The Judge Ordinary—Then it only remains for the court
to pronounce judgment. lire. Chetwynd is a petitioner for
a judicial 'spa stic° from her husband, and she has charged
lido* with writing the following letter •

"Stafford, July 16, 1864.
" Madam,—l beg to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter. I pity you from my heart. You are terribly de-
ceived, and your crafty law advisers have fostered your de-
oeptios. You seem unaware of the abyss opening before
you. flowerer, I must act as befits a Christian man to
whom an appeal has been made, and I now inform you that
if on or before Wednesday next. the 20th inst., your snit in
the Court of Divorce be not withdrawn, I will, on my own
responsibility, apart from Mr. Chetwyod or anyone elm.
publish the full truth of your case, founded upon my own
various oommunications with your owe friends, and
aooompanied with a statement of facts °oncoming yourself
from before your marriage up to the present time, borne out
by irrefragable documents.
" I sin, Madam, your obedient servant,
"Mrs. Blanche Chstwynd." " T. Memicx...

From the pressure of this threat Mrs. Chetwyed seeks
protection ; and she claims the right to approach
this court free from all restraint or intimidatiou. It is •
right that belongs to all suitors. Mr. Malock his appeared
to show cause against the imputation thus made against
him. He did not deny the fact that he sent this letter ;
and although he disclaimed all desire to threaten the
petitioner, be distinctly reiterated his intention
to make the publication refereed to. Mr. Mulock
therefore, io the hoe of the court, practically adheres to the
threat he has made. No one can doubt that the very
offering of such a threat to a suitor in this court, for
such a purpose, is is itself, and quite independent
of its subsequeot fulfilmeut, a contempt of court.
In "Shaw v. Scow" (2 Swabey and Tristram, page 519),
the late Sir Cromwell Cromwell so descided, if indeed
authority were needed. I own I was surprised that when
the legal effect of what ha bad done was pointed
out by me to Mr. Mulock, he did not "sprees
himself prepared at once to retries his steps ;
and to 011110 from further interference with
Chetwynd's suit ; and the more so as it appeared from
his own statement in the court, that he had
no
interest whatever in the matter, and only a very
moat acquaintance with Mr. Chetwynd. Had Mr. Mulock,
under these circumstances, been mutant to give the court
an atoms°. that he would go no further in his endeavour
to intimidate Mrs. Chetwyud, the court might properly have
taken no further notice of this moat improper letter. All this
I intimated to him the other day, and I gave him the oppor-
tunity of considering the matter and consulting his friend'.
The result is that he still adheres to the determination ex-
pressed ia his letter, and refuse' aU assurance
that he will desist from executing his menace.
The court has no enormities but to adjudge him
guilty of • eoutempt, and to order him for the same to pay
a flue of :3001. The future is in Mr. ]flock's own hands.
If he persists in the course which he says he has marked
out for himself as a Christian, and by act or deed. by writing
or publishing, makes any further attempt to stand between
Mrs Chef wynd and her free atom to this court, I wish
him distinctly to understand that he will "abject
himself to further punishment by fine or itaprimennet, or
both. If on the other hand, being satisfied that be is act-
ing illegally, be should bold his band sod submit to the
authority of the pout, I shall be prepared to attend to any
application that be may make next term for the remission
of this floe ; and for that purpose. I shall direct the officer
of the court not to softest the fine until the fourth day of
next term.
Mr. Mulock—l have not the slightest objection to your
lordship's Judgment
Mr. J. Ord—Mr. Unlock, the case is over.
Mr. Serjeant Ballantiee—This is a case, my lord, in
which you will probably think it tight to condemn Mr.
Muloek in the costa.
The Judge Ordinary—Yon may make that the 'object of
soother applicatice.

DOVRINOTON e. CODRIN.:TON AND ANDZEBON.
Mr. Barill, Q.C., Mr. Serie:ant Ballautine, and Dr.
Woks, for the petitioner; the Queer'', Advocate, Mr.
Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Underwick, for the respondent ;
Mr. Price, Q.C., red Dr. Berabey, for the 00-rarpoudont.
VW wee a snit instituted by Admiral Codriagton for a
dienolutioa of his marriage on account of his wife's adultery
with Lieuk-Colonel Anderson. of the 22nd Foot, and Lieut.
Bt. Jahn Mildewy, of the 3rd Battalion of the Rine Brigade.
The cam had, however, made very little progress when we
west to prem.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commiasiooer Goulburs.)
IN BE J. C. HOMBITER.

The bankrupt was; ;;Wcl3••tindingTs partnership with
one Lazarus, in Moorgate•street, sod of Sydney, New South
Wales. The Whim took place last year, when the liabilities
of the two houses were asconfairied to be lip/surds of 90.Cafifs
The principal portion of the assets being in the colony, con-
siderable delay has been experienced in realining the eetate.
Mr. Cooper, of Moorgete-strest, manager of the estate,
new reported that the remittances from Sydney were suffi-
cient to yield a dividend of 31. in the pound, which would
be payable as soon as the bills arrived at maturity. A
further dividend would be payable when the estate was
fully realised.
This was an adjourned sitting for canalisation and dia-
thesis ; bat on the application of Mr. 13reagh, for the
meioses, and Mr. Lawrence, for the harshen" a further
adjournment was ordered.