The Express.
London, England, 1864-02-08 00:00:00

.4 MARRIAGE CASE IN IRELAND.

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A letter from Dublin, dated Saturday, says
Ire have got a good marriage law in Ireland now, but the
bet taws are worth nothing unless they are honestly and
~..p.ijay enforced, and the wilful violators of them
trier exemplary punishment. A case which wee before
the Master of the Rolla to-day is so gross and audscione that
a the guilty parties be allowed to nape with impunity
j.,ere si'l be no protection for the honour of any family in
the ..ionntly, protestant or catholic, where there is a young
entitled to property. on whose asotioas schemers may
it tempted to practise. Susannah Quinton is a minor, who
fi lived with her uncle, who is also her guardian, near
Tr-in. in the conuty Fermanagh. She is entitled to a fortune
d •Y. She met at some entertainment a young man
• Peterson, an attorney's clerk at Eouiskillen, whose
c.11..•r. a widow, with whom be lives, keeps a small shop
;hot town. An attachment grew up between them, and
f.er Is.rred to get married. But her guardian peremptorily
efned his cement because Peterson is a Roman catholic,
t.. 11• otherwise unsuitable, being without a penny to rap-
e:. 3 wile. But as the young lady was resolved to have
tss person and no other, she was made • ward of chancery,
;;event her taking the yeah step and to save bar fortune.
Mastered the Polls threatens l Peterson and his ablators
s.:-n :cerise:meet if they proceeded further in the matter.
li.leiisoce of this authority, it is alleged, Peterson got a
freeze at the registration-01160e by making a false decWit•
t of the lady's age. A hence wee then obtained by him
:he Roman catholic archdeacon authorising a Rama
shod. curate to celebrate the • , provided the
lady was not under age. Before • wee obtained
hal been brought on a oar by Peteseun's mother to her
:se• sod kept concealed for leveed days. The carats
• i•ned to marry the parties, pleading the penalties' he
v Wei incur by marrying a protestant. A strange priest was
f r Co do the job, on whose face the egress pledged
Dot to look, that they might not be able to
:lett fy him in case of a prosecution. Miss Qaintoo was
,a,'r baptised, the partite were married, kneeling before
s rest epee whose face they did not venture to look ; and,
Tier more effectually to secure their prise, the
neat- of Peterson saw that they were safely put to
--?. lee parties were all brought up before the Master
....Ye Rolls this morning. He threatened to send the
.Erie of them to gaol ; but the attachment was suspended,
undertaking being given by the minor's solicitor that
should not see Peterson again. She refuses, however.
tome to her uncle. The Master of the Rolls described
tit ease 01 scandalous and outrageous. He said on a former
ii, that he would lay the japers before the Attorney.
(-Keel, and this day the Solicitor-General was present to
nth the case for the Crown. Meantime, the young lad
i. tin hotel under the protection of her solicitor. All
parties were represented by counsel. It is alleged that
te sivhdeacon who authorised the curate to celebrate the
carriage was aware that it would be illegal, as the lady
vas a protestant, and also that the curate not only pro-
ei.el the strange priest, but was himself present, standing
real' the door while the ceremony wee being performed.
The a'anning feature of the ease is that the same misfor-
Lne might come in a similar manner ots any family in the

The Confederate General Maegrader pawed
trough Southampton a few days ago.
REPORT Or THI BOARD 07 TRADE ON THI
T:111.,‘ AT AND CANAL Bate or 1864.—The number of
hlr relatiag to railways is Great Britain and Ireland
.'erveited for this session amount' to 344. Of this number,
?..1 authorise new works. The proposed new works to be
r.thorised by the 294 before•mentioned bills, may be
classed as follows :—By new companies.—England, number
tibilTs.l3l ; length of line, I, 976 miles ; Scotland, 7 ;
114 ; Ireland, 14 ; 174—total, 152 ; 2,264. By existing
tompanies.—England, number of bills, 123 ; length of
Ise, 711 miles ; Scotland, 15 ; 63 ; Ireland, 5 ; 61—total,
143; w. The total length of new lines ia, therefore,
miles, and there are in addition 66 miles of deviation

FATAL FEsr LT OF A FIGHT AT BIRM ING HAM.
A /Werth Cane.—An occurrence of a peculiarly tragic
character formed the subject of a coroner's inquest at Bir-
Lrlhem on Saturday evening last. A few days ago, a
!one; rue, of the name of Thomas Stevenson, an only eon
if highly respectable parents residing at Market Hatboro'.
Leicestershire, was carried in • helpless state to his
lodiriop in Birmingham. He was there attended by • girl
of the name of Sarah Morton, with whom he was keeping
pt per compaoy with a view to making her his wife, and
ate antioualy inquired the cause of his bruised and disabled
nate. He said that he had fallen, and denied that he had
hen fighting or that &aeons had been ilhasing him. A
suasion was called in, sad the suffering man was found to
1. in such a dangerous state that his removal to the General
Hospital was considered neoeseary. His mother was then
sett for. and to her broken-hearted Inquiries he made the
same answer as to his sweetheart. !ieither she nor the
medical staff at the hospital believed he was telling the
of the truth, as his condition indicated considerable
; be: be rep sted hie statement with such
apparently truthful emphasis that the matter was allowed
to pass without Sty further question. He gradually became
worse. and expired at the end of three days in the presence
of L:s sweetheart, who was in constant attendance. A poet
roorcem examination was then made by Mr. By, house
surgeon, and revealed • considerable loceratioa of the
bladder. peoetrating all the coats of the Cap ; sod hie
opinion was that death bad resulted from this injury easing
pentooits. and that the injury itself was caused by • heavy
blow or f,r.. The case was then investigated, and evidence
was procured that the deceased had received his injuries
during a 'lad. with • maa of the sense of Shakespeare, with
whom he •ivarrelled in • public-house at Oldbury, near Bir-
mingham. in reference to • lumina, bet- The light took
place out of doors ; and daring its progreas both combatants
fell over the emlisoliment of a brook and were immersed in
the water. The deceased fell violently on some brick at the
bottom of the stream. The men renewed the fight after
coming out of the water, and were afterwards separated.
The doomed was taken charge of by • neighbour, and
stripped of his wet clothes and pot to bed ; bat next morn-
ing be was io loch a suffering state that be was taken in a
cat, to his lodgings in Birmingham. The jury found that the
deceased had died of a casualty occurring during • ht, and
exempted the other man from all imputatioe. The deceased
era by trade la striker, and wee employed in extensive car
riare works at Oldbury.
EXTRAOIt DI NARY MUTH AT DUDLEY. —Early
yesterday !Sunday morning an extraordinary affair took
place in the Birmingham road, near to the railway bridge.
From the report sent in to Mr. Chief superintendent Burton
lir Police-constable ziansome, it appears that be was on duty
io the locality earned at about 12.20 a.m., and his attention
was called to a man lying is the road, with a woman (after-
wards ascertained to he his wife) near him. He received a
statement to the effect that a man, who was running in an
opposite direction bad come into collision with the man and
knocked him down. He was quite insensible, and was assisted
home to Chapel, street, Tividale. and his name aecertained
to he William Brasenhall. At this time it was not thought
that the man was dangerously injured ; bat daring the
night he remained insensible, sad is the early part of the
n.,..roing ceased to exist. A man named Bowater is in cue-
trrly at Dudley charged with canting the death of the de-
ceased by relining against hiss ; but he will probably be die-
ch.rod. as en far the occurrence &Wears to hive been
ac...,lentel. Several rumours weresdoat yesterday as to the
Person Nameable, and it was stated that the deceased ran
against Bowater, and that the latter, becoming exasperated,
stride him in the mouth and knocked him down. This is
probably incorrect. as Bowater ( who was inebriated) fell
down after the collision, and was for tem mientes
tt,,ok:ootaat Gazette.

A )lime' UN tox.—Attempts are being made
in Nkomoutbshire to establish a miners' union, in coojuoc,
bon with the Staffordshire and North of England miners.
31,trogis of the colliers and miners have bee. held at
Itnrinney, Tredegar. Ebbw Vale, and several other place.,
Mir the proposed onion does sot seem to take well in South
owing, no doubt, to the fact that all previous unions
lure proved disastrous to the cause of the working man.
Prctection of the intonate of the °Alien is the avowed ob-
ject of the society, and this is to bs brought about by a
we..kly or monthly contribution from all the misers sad

Arrival tor the week ending leth February Feet year 173
teak" and dellvery 1,373 casks. The arrival last week eons-
crltsM ifrt ma
niakake from Altana* and 116 tram other places.
oal, 660

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
(111.9 DAY.) _
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We bare • larger 'apply el besets, sod trade is slow, sou-
esquently oa the avenge prices are rather tower,
and it is difficult to effect • clearance. Sheep
are deo rather more plentiful. There is sot much
difference in piece, but Made is not quite so good an on
Monday last. There an • few more calves, and prime are
lower. From Germany and Holland there are 980 beasts,
1,820 sheep, and 200 calves ; Spain, 136 beasts ; Scotlairl,
300 ; Ireland, 280 ; Norfolk sad Suffolk, 2,400 ; and 150
from the north and midland *acuities.
Par More of Ms. s d. 8. d. Per Aar at Ma ad.
Mist 88648, Serelda 4 IS 6 0 lloptDe• lit4mlBlll 0 0
Mot Shint-horoa 4 8 410 led Lassuroois.... 6 4
decoad quaL Mods 210 4 0 Ds. do. Sawa .... 0 0
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Est Dust Ifll-16,446 610 6 0 16".621.
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beasts at Nark* 4.610;
rt" 610.

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BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
Mown. Pattenden sod Smith reports steady demand
for consumption for both English sod foreign, with a very
abort supply ; a gradual 'demos is prime for all the
better diocriptirem is confidently looked fo►. Curmsey
Mid and Emit Keats. 6/. to 71. 71. to 91. ; Weald Heats.
51. 15e. to 7s. 10a. ; Sumer., 51.121. to 71.

A letter from Havannal3, dated the 16th ult.,
le a New York paper, says that the fleet twisty bales of
cotton ever raised on Use island of Cabe were deposited is
Geo ot the warehouse. in Havaundi a few days ago.
SAW F1LL27(38(%).—1t is estimated that 52,500,000
dollars in tremors arrived at Sao Fralidlloo daring 1863.
Of this amount, 12,000,000 came from Washoe, 5000.000
from Oregoo, Idaho, Washington, and British Columbia ;
2,000,000 from Mexico, and the balance from this state.
Oar exports of treasure. an shown by the manifests of
steamers and sailing vessels, were 48,000,000 dollars, of
which 28,500,000 went direst to Eoglisod, 4.000,00) to
China, end 2,003,000 to Mexico.—Californian paper.
ROTA). Fans Hoerrrat., OILAY's-INN-soon.—The
camber of paints relieved at this hospital during the week
I east* Feb. 6 was 3,398, of which 1,108 were thew cases.