The Express.
London, England, 1855-10-13 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

MANSION-HOUSE.

Charles Hart. a perms of respectable appellees.* resid-
ing at N 0.7, Old Fish-etreet-hill, appeared before the Lord
Mayor for haying, as the summons stated "unlawfully and
oontemptsously disturbed the Rev. Mr. &grove, rector of
the 'united parishes of St. Mary Somerset and St. Man
Mouothaw, whint preaching in the church." The defen-
dant was also surnamed for having unlawfully assaulted
and butts Henry Newfield, the beadle, in breach of the
poses.
The defendant pleaded guilty, and added, I was not aware
' of what I was doing at the time.
' The Lord Mayor—Yes are also ensmowed for an assault
upon the beadle immediately after the offence to which you
have pleaded guilty was perpetrated. Whet do you say to
that charge ?
Defeadaat—l plead not guilty to that sharps. •
The Lord Mayor said the defendant stood in every serious
position warthog to the statute. His lordship then referred
to the let Mary, session chapter 3, which stated
is substance to the foTowing effect : •• If any
, penes of hie ova power end authority do or shall
willingly, and of purpose, by open and overt word, fast, act,
or deed, maliciously or 000tensptwously molest, lot, disturb,
yes, or Isolable, or by any other unlawful ways or means
disquiet or misses say preacher that now is, or that at any
time hereafter shall bs, lionised or authorged to preach by
the Queue Highness, se by say archbishop, &e., in his
epos sermon, preaching, or collation, during the time
that he shell preach in any *hutch, &0., seed or appointed
to be prowled iu." The nest 'soden, his lordship raid,
referred to the disturbance of the rubeistirr while einiaar-
lag or sernbretiog the mass, or other such &wise service,
easramsote or eserataeotele; sad be stated that the set gave
cower to justices of the pease, and ledges of assize. and of
'per and umber, and aloe to the Mayor of the City, to
determine the question, sad the panishensat woe imprieon-
sent for three mouths, at the terminatioa of which the om-
elet/a person would be liable to God seensity for his good
behaviour for the space of twelve months.
The defeadaat-1 was in liquor at the tines, my lord, eat
did not know what I was dojos.
The Lord Mayor—l feel that the case is one of too la-
rertant a asters for me to decide upon. I have been in-
formed that doubts are eatertaioed with respect to the pre-
sent validity of the act I have quoted, sad that by the
statute-taw tioasotiesioo it is referred to as hevisc been vir-
tually repealed by the statute of ,the let of Elisabeth; but,
os referring to the act of Elisabeth, I find that the Japer-
tent question might wire whether by that act the act of
Mary has been virtually repealed or not, as it is clear that it
has not bees positively repealed.
Mr. Fawcett, churchwarden of the united parishes, said—
The shun& is in Upper Thatneestrest, and Wimp to the
united perishes. On Sanday last I was is this church
eating as parish-elork Gads, the aftersetos service. The
rector. the E.v. Mr. John Illyaspeon &reeve. ILE was
preseking, sad &tient tonoinutes after be sothorinced the
doteallset clewed the Amok sad, pulling the floor after
him. Winn fee a *set time. He then get up ia ea ab
neat tltrlrl, pit on big bat, sad with a loud Met asked
i t e rester ufethet he testi am Ned without a book.

The Lord Mayor—What were the wet wallahs used?
We have be.. assured that irr used very opprobrious and
distressful words, sad wherever thay say have beta you
an bawd by your oath to toll the trash, the whole
sad nothing but the truth—te state the words.
Kr. raweett-1 did aot bear what be sehesgssaglydd
la the vestry, where he ma libt, lave used weeds id stirs Elli-
earipties. What i baud him I. **Amhara " Chet
you read without • bask TM esepaiiilms 'Pees
all startled at the eireurastassee. The salvias WY set, hew-
over, supeadoL TM beadle imasiiately sins 111/111114