The Express.
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-- -FTEICING7- -DEOEMIIBE 8, 1862.

ABSIZ2F INTELLIGENCE.

MIDLANDCIRCIIIT.—Norrnicuum, DEC. C.

Chows flos.—(Before Mr. Baron Bnanirell.)
The Rev. noose Cartwright, a clergyman of the church
of England, abed 31, curate of St. Mary's, Nottingham,
sru charged with forging and uttering a bill of exchange
for 201. upoe Mr. Peter Drummond, of Stirling, in August
last.

The prisoner took the forged bill to a bill discounter
named Hudson. The latter' suspecting it not to be genuine,
communicated with Mr. Drummoud, who at once pro-
nounced it to be a forgery. Prisoner told Hudson that the
bill was paid to him for literary services on the British
Messenger.
Mr. Herbert prosecuted, and Mr. Cave defended the
prisoner.
The prisoner on being formally charged said, "I am
guilty, but without intention to defraud.
The judge said he could not accept that plea, and directed
the prisoner to plead guilty or not guilty. The prisoner
then pleaded guilty.
Mr. Cave, for the defence, said that the prisoner deeply
regretted the commission of the offence. He bad occupied
a very respectable position in society. Besides his curacy,
the prisoner used to write for various magazines. Owing
to his brother being pressed for money the prisoner put
his band to this bill, which he intended to take up when
it was due. _

The Rev. Canes Brooke, Alderman Bradley, and the
Rev. P. Addiman, gave the pi:aoner an excellent cha-
racter.

-IT. Burin Bramwell sentenced the prisoner to three
years. penal servitude.
He appeared greatly distressed, and seemed to feel his
position acutely.

NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Lrvzsrow, Dice, 6.

Nisi Prins Cott—(Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.)
The following case had not terminated when our parcel
was despatched on Friday :

MELLOR V. BIZ& —LIBEL.
This was an action brought against the proprietor of the
Carnarroa and Drnsigh Herald by Mr. Russell Mellor, a
flung gentleman whom the editor of the defendant's paper
characterised as having " more money than brains, and
less principle than either." The 66 remark& were drawn
forth by the conduct of Mr. Mellor in connexion with the
band of the "3rd Denbighshire Volunteers." Mr. Mellor, it ap-
peared, being blessed with considerable wealth, and having •
great taste for music, joined the band of the above corps
last rummer (when he was staying in Wales), and on several
ocesaione took the band out for an excursion at his own
expense. This excited the anger of Captain Edwards, who
intimated that the band could not go out in their uniform
without the express permission of the commanding officer,
and that Mr. Mellor had better supply the musicians
with • uniform at his own expense, This Mr. Mellor
actually did, and of course became the idol and
pet of his fellow musicians. On one occasion, when
Mr. Mellor had charge of the band during the illness of
the master, the order was given to "strike up " on
puede. This, and also a subsequent order, was disobeyed,
and the band were then ordered to " fall out.* For this
breach of discipline, however, an apolog7 was written, and
signed by all the band (including the plaintiff), on the un-
derstanding that no more was to be said about the matter.
Captain Edwards revived the charges of insubordination,
accused Mr. Mellor of inciting them to mutiny, and said be
should decline to receive the plaintiff's resignation, and
should " ignominiously expel him the corps." It was in a
report of effisptain Edwards 's speech delivered on this occa-
sion, and in some editorial remarks upon it, that the alleged
libel charged upon the defendant lay.
For the defence, it was urged by Mr. Brett, Q.C., that
the language of the editor wee within the range of fair and
legitimate comment ; and that gentlemen with as much
wealth and indiscretion as Mr. Mellor might, by acting as
he had done, cause greet mischief to the volunteer cause.
The jury found for the plaintiff—damages, 51.