The Express.
London, England, 1855-10-18 00:00:00

THE LIABILITIES OF A HUSBAND.

An appeal, which came on at the Kauteford
Quarter Sessions on Tuesday, before the venerable chair-
man, Mr. Trafford of Outriogton (now nearly eighty years
of age), presents some new features. The appeal was one
in which Joseph Harrison, of Hyde, • was appel-
lant, with Mr. Brandt u counsel, and the magistrate. of the
division of Hyde were the respondecte, with Mr. M'lntyre
as counsel. The question was as to a • validity of a convic-
tion made by the magistrates of Hyde spinet Harrison, for
neglettlag to maintain his wife and family, wnereby the
bad become chargeable to the parish. The facts which
tome out ia evidences on the appeal were the following. The
appellant bad been married rig years, and hie wife had two
children. His wife separated from him six months alter
marriage. One of their childrea was born two years before
marriage, and the other was born three years and a half
after their separation. The youngest child was two
years old, and according to the often repeated statements
of the wife was by another man. These facts were admitted
by the respondents. The husband is a weaver, sensing 12e.
per week, out of which be supports an aged mother It wee
not pretended by the appellant that the husband was not
liable for the support of his wife and the two children, bet
the meta fact relied upon was, that he had repeatedly
offered, end wan still willing, if his wife and the children
would live with him, to support them, but this she had con-
stantly refused to do. Alter long arguments by the counsel,
and a fell hearing of the case, the Courtof Quarter Sessions
ease to the decision of confirming the convietioa of the
magistrates, thus deciding that a wife not choosing to
reside with her husband can demand a separate mainte-
nance for herself and children. The ease is said to be with-
out president.

MBSSINA, OCT. 6.—The Turin Opinion gives the
following despatch There are several armed bends in
the island; the number of armed insurgents in Aileron, near
Catania, is said to be 1,000. Sanguinary conflicts have
already taken place in that quarter. Other bands, who it
Is said have appeared in the mountains near Palerme, are
supplied with *Ninon, and marsh under the Italian tri-
(minuted flag. The excitement is tremendous in Iteihine,
sad the whole state of all Sicily, indeed, augers coming
swats of impart"
SALTPETRE CAVES IN MIESOORI.—Powder sod
saltpetre, says the Philadelphia North American, have
lees in value enormously in eonsequeoes of the vast quan-
tities of the former used in the Kuno-Turkish war. The
result is telt seriously by all the miehig interests of the
Hailed States, increasing their expenses greatly, and, in
feet, amass great difficulty Is procuring the re qunit• sup-
plies of powder for blasting This is parth Warty the sue
is the Penssylvanis coal region, se we are informed by a
person interested in the Lehigh mines. Saltpetre, the
essential element of powder, is sow eagerly sought for in all
parts of the world. Most of the article is brought from the
East Ladies, but it Is also a product of the United States,
be found in Franklin county, Missouri, where there are
extensive caves abounding in crude nitre. In times past
these deposits have been need, as during the ant war with
Great Britain, when domestic powder was made In Missouri.
It is profaned to work them now, when saltpetre is so ex-
ceedingly valuable. and no doubt it will wee be done.
W. LOCKHART, ESQ., M.P., AND THE NEW PUB-
LIC zoos= ACT.—A few weeks age a paragraph found
its way iota several of the newspapers, te the effect that
William Lockhart, Esq., M.P. lot Lanarkshire, was pre-
pared, is the interest of the publicans, to move for a com-
mittee of the Hoses of Commons to squire into the opera-
tic, of that est. The secretary of the Seeable Temperance
League corresponded with Mr. Lockhart on the subject,
and the following It that gentleman's reply "Milton-
Loekhart,t, Oct. 1 1865. Sir, —I beg yes will inform the
directors of the Scottish Temperance League that I
had say Whistles of moving fora committee of the House
elChemmems to inquire into the operative et the Public-
beams Let. I have every meson to believe that drank's-
sees sad mime have bees diminished by mute of it, and I
by se mesas regret that I gave it my support is its progress
through Parliament. I shall be very sorry to see it inter-
fered ea irk! obedient sanest, W. Locniusr."
--elaggew Doily AWL