The Express.
London, England, 1852-01-29 00:00:00

LAMBETH:

The young woman who described herself as Mrs. Carolina
Bishop, the wife of a clergyman of the established church,
and who had been previously examined on a charge of,
illegally pawning a quilt and blanket belonging to her land-
lady, surrendered to her bail.
The prosecutrix, a decent poor woman, stated that on
the last examination the prisoner's husband had promised'
to pay her a sovereign off the debt which was owing for
rent, bat instead of this he had only given her 10s.
The prisoner, in reply to the magistrate, said the last
time she saw her husband he told her ho was going to St.
Alban's to get some money, and she expected he would
have been in attendance at the court.

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Mr. Norton observed that he was anxious to see the
prisoner's husband, and as Mr. Elliott had eat on the day
Mr. Bishop attended, he should allow the case to stand over
to a future day, and allow the prisoner in the interim to be
at large on her own recognisance..
At a late hour in the evening Mr. Bishop presented him- ,
self before the magistrate, and complained of the report of
the last examination of the case as being most injurious to
him, and calculated seriously to damage and injure his
character. The reverend gentleman declared he was not
aware, when he had attended before Mr. Elliott on the
former day, that the young woman charged with the offence
of unlawfully pawning had represented herself as his wife,
else he should have then most positively have contradicted
it, as she was not justified in assuming the character of wife.
Mr. Norton observed that he recollected perfectly well
that the young woman hod distinctly stated that she had
been married to him, Mr. Bishop, three years ago, at
leymington, and that he was in bed at the time she took
the blanket from off it, for the purpose of palming it, to
procure them a breakfast.
Mr. Bishop denied this, and said it wee as untrue as her
assertion about her being married to him. He said that a
representation bad gone forth that he had been allowed as
mush as W. and 3/. a week for his support; but this was
untrue, as these sums were merely promised to him, but
the promise wu never fulfilled. Itis property, and which
he said was in the hands of his assignees, amounted to
23,00 W., while his just debts did not exceed 5,000 f., but he
got so entangled in the hands of the lawyers that, though
13,00 W. was actually due ao him, he could not get
a pound, and an straightened was he in pi colliery matters,
that he hail been compelled to take the coat from his back
and pawn it for the 10s. he paid the landlady.
Mr. Norton remarked that he had read the trial on the
prosecution of Mr. Bishop at the Old Bailey, on a charge of
perjury, in obtaining declarations on some guns pawned by
him, and believed him to be innocent of the charge im-
puted, and this circumstance, and his behaving with great
kinilneu and magnanimity in a ease in which ho was before
him (Mr. Norton) as a complainant, though he had been
grossly ill-treated, gave him a favourable opinion of his
character, and he was, therefore, anxious to ace him, that
he might endeavour to bring about a reconciliation between
him (the reverend gentleman) and his mother and sisters,
who were, he understood, highly respectable, and naturally
much incensed at his irregular mode of living.
Mr. Bishop replied that he should feel most grateful for
his worship's kindness, and said that as it had not been the
wish of his mother and friends to see him, he slid not
wish to intrude on them. As regarded the prosecution, to
which Isis worship had adverted, it occurred entirely
through his not consenting to a friend of the prosecutor
being his assignee to his insehreney ; and even the prosecu-
tor's counsel admitted he had been hardly dealt with.
In reply to the questions of the magistrate, the reverend
gentleman admitted that he had slept at the house of the
prosecutrix, and supported the young female who had se im-
properly assumed his name, and who he said he had just
met with at Guy's Hospital.
Mr. Norton thought that while his property was in abey-
ance, the reverend gentleman should look out for some-
thing to do that would support him. Upon which he re-
plied, that a college life had fitted hint for business',
and his irregularities had been such, that be could nut,
think of looking for a curacy.
In conclusion, Mr. Bishop promised to he in attendance
on the day in which the inquiry.is adjourned to, and thus
the matter stands.