The Express.
London, England, 1852-04-03 00:00:00

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WOOLWICH, APRIL ARCTIC EXI`EDMON.
—Asserthag to pr-seat anangemente. the squadron of
veva* Siting for a laurelling espadition to the Arctic
Regions, ander the command of Captain Sir Edward Bel-
cher, C. 8., will leave Woolwich on Saturday next, the 10th
inataat, and ba reedy to leave Cireenhithe on the 13th, on
their enterprising voyage.

SPORTING.
EPSOM STEEPLECIIASES.---FawAr.

The seerptincos for the two Free Handicaps and the
entries for the Scramble not having been completed until
late on Tuesday evening, tin) public were kept in the dark
as to the quality of the sport they were to expect until the
appearance of the programme in our last impression. It
proved a moderate one, and but for the fineness of the
weather would, we suspect, have scarcely paid for the
"getting up;" with tie wc.ther in its favour, however, it
drew a large attendance, and, as nearly all the horses en-
gaged went to the post, speculation was brisk,*and the sport,
deficient as it was in interest, left little to complain of. Wel
subjoin a return:—
A VAIN HANDICAP lIeaDLE Race of 5 SOTS. each,
with 30 added, over sis flights of hurdlers; twice round,
about 2 miles. (6 subs.)
air. Wins% The (lid Maas, aged, get 410
Mr. Onitharaltea Tie Drag, 3 yrs, tat 310 . (White) 3
0 IItAT METROTOLITAN STIIIPLICHASt of 10 DOTI.
each, with 100 added; the second to save his stake, sad
the WiliDtft to pay 20 11011. towards expenses. Winners
alter the declaration of the weights to carry 6lb eatra.
About (oar miles. (10 subs.)
Kr. Braithwaite. Mr Drag, 5 yrs, g¢ 131 b )I
51r. ranreot kly 0.103•0111. seed, :lest I Ilk b) (=l I
Nl.llollll3afa Marla May. lOrt 131 b (Darling) 3
ttoissaista StlieruscuA4z of 3 sues. each, with 20
added ; list 71b each ; the winner to be sold fur 100 sons.
if demanded, ike.s and allowances if to be sold for leas
stout 2 miles.

rieirees. 104 V.ls (30/.) (1101 1
Mr. D'lleora Llttio Cturl.7, Ifib (earned 104 711
Mr, 11.0 Sim* Ast Illb (10cIaloyi 2
.... (IL. bell) I

BETTING ON THE COURSE.
TWO THOUS %Y 1) GUINEAS STAKES.
4to 1 1.4 llosestmed i 3 tot apt Dodd Crilout•
EMOTE& CUP.
15 to I apt /Wm 30 to 1 opt Cnekerow
39 to 1110 Zu to I Gromeor
29 to 1 Jos Miller 1000 to 13 Iletall
3) to 1 lgoory
D T.
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I to 1 opt Bobble NAM ...
I 20 to 1 met Laptdist (t)
11 to 1 Amor it) I SO to t MU* awry

1.1033 inttlitgente.

HOUSE OF LORDB.--Ysernmar.
Bone Two Loon eacocsuica. 11haccocuak, aro Loam
Tavao s • 11n1 tot

HAWK INS' DIVOIMIL
The hose, mitt yesterday affirteent Site the purpose of
bearing evidence is sapper of the bill Mr lam parlia-
ment, for di solving the mernlaw boimees Ml's. Moore
Hawkins, Esq., and Hastlars Lsieir
Mr. Talbot (with him Mr. M'lhsems) appeend in support
of the biU. The petitioner, Mr. thiptler Mien Hawkins,
a lieutenant in her Majesty's 97th regiment, was married
on the 4th September, 1845, at the parish church of Caries
brook, in the Isle of Wight, In Mire Harriette Lavinia
Dennis, daughter of the late Odra Dennis, of the 19th
regiment. The fruits of that nudes were a son, deceased,
and a daughter, still living. In the early pert of 1846 Mr.
Hawkins, accompanied by his wife, left England to join his
regiment at Corfu and Malta, where he continued till
April, 1848. They then returned home and took up their
abode at Clatterford, Dear Cariebrook, and afterwards at
Burbach, where they remained till March, 180. They
then went on a visit to the elder brother of Mr. Hawkins,
at Alrestord Hall, near Colchester, and afterwards, in the
same year, took up their residence at Cyprus-cottage,
near the barracks of l'arkhurst, where they remained till
the 16th of May, 1890. During their residence at the latter
place a regiment of the Hale brigade was quartered at Park-
hurst, and Sturm n Lieut. Hawkins and Lord Malden, one
of the offieen of that regiment, an intimate acquaintance-
ship arose, which coutiuued till the month of hlay, 1890,
when Lieut. Hawkins was under orders to take out a de-
tachment of his regiment to Erederickton, New Brunswick.
It would be proved that down to this period Mr. and Mn.
Hawkins bad lived on the best possible terms, and when
Lieut.llowkir left for America she received unlimited credit
to draw on his bankers, and arrangements were made
fur her visiting her friends and otherwise until his return.
On the 16th of Muy Lieut. Hawkins sailed for America,
and again returned to England on the 23rd March, 1851,
joining his wife at Bouchurch immediately after, where he
continued to live with her on the same terms of affection
u prior to his departure for America, till the 3rd of June,
when, under the circumstances to be detailed, she gave
bitch to a full-geown ,child. lie (the learned tutiewl)
should prove that it was physically impossible that Mr.
Hawkins could be father of that child. The moat singular
part of the case was, that the birth of this child was totally
unexpected, and was equally a matter of surprise to the
medical attendants and to Mn. Uawkins's maid r to her
husband. No single individual entertained any idea of her
pregnancy until it developed itself, as stated, on the 3rd of
June. If he could prove that from the 16th of May, 1850,
till the 26th of Mach, 1851, Lieut. Hawking could have
bad no intenourse with his wife, he apprehended the house
would deem that • ear sufficient had been established.
But lest any doubt should be entertained, further inquiries
had been instituted, and the results he was prepared to
submit to their lordships. Alter the departure of Lieut.
Hawkins, Mrs. Hawkins after paying some visits to
friends, remained at Carisbrook (where her maternal
grandmother resided) till the 2nd of September, 1850,
as nearly as possible nine months prior to the birth of the
child. She then left for London, for the purpose of paying
• visit to Mr. William Hawkins, at Alresfonl-hall. Two
material witnesses were absent on this occasion—Mrs. Haw-
kins's maid, who was confined to bed, and Mr. William
Hawkins, who had been in attendance, but was obliged to
leave by illness.

The Lord Chancellor said the house could not dispense
with the evidence of the maid.

Mr. Talbot then proposed to proceed with the ease now
as far as they could. It would be shows that on the 2d of
September Mrs. Hawkins arrived in Lendem esemaimied
by her daughter and maid, and took agniellmanta k On%
Hotel, in lermyn-street. She occupied • anvbries...
bed-room and dressing-room, en snits, as the Mt Oar ;
and it would, be proved by the evident., of the aerskl. that
her mistress ceased her to retire to rat at 7 Wall* MI bee
apartment, in a remote part of the hag, ialgrairgar
that her sere'tes would not he pis reneked t
It would be shown that Mrs. Hawbieer es seen as she
' arrived at the hotel, despatched aMs le Lewd idelilea,
and that his lordship immediately came Se the end
remained several hours alone in her aempany,
dark. It would be shown that in an action for aided
conversation, at the instanmeat Mr. Hawkins agaizat Iced
Malden, in the Cou of Qmsea's Beach, hie 17
consented
rt
to • verdict expalmit him for 520/18=
damages and costs bad ruse beam paid. Subeenasatly a
suit for divorce was institettni lag Mr. itswkisa la the En.
clesiastical Court, and a done premised etdinwee a mama
et thoro. Oa that state at dab bay _Weed, he (Mr.
Talbot) submitted that the patitioser wouldM entitled to
the relief proposed by this bill. It was proposed by the
sixth clause that the child born on the 3rd- of June, 1851,
should not be deemed the lawful issue of the said Septimns
Moore Hawkins. This was following the precedents in the
eases of Ileatheote's divorce and Maclean 's divorce last ses-
sion, though in the louse cue the clause was expunged
from the bill when it went before the House of Commons.

A great many witnesses were called to support the state-
ment at the bar. _ _

Captain Foreman, a retired officer of the army, living at
Ryde, Isle of Wight, deposed that he was intimately ac.
quaintod with the late Colonel Rennie, and had known his'
daughter, Mrs. Hawkins, front childhood. He was present
at the ' e, at the parish church of Cariabrook, in
Iq. It too place with the sament of the relatives of
hlr. and Mrs. Hankins, who wan then a little over 21
rears of age. lie had many opportunities of seeing them,
and thy appeared to be happy lad smatortable.

Dr. Martin, a physician Pnetising in the Isle of Wight,
deposed to the affection which existed after the •• .
Mn. Hawkins was afflicted by an incipient disease oft e
chest, and he, as her medical adviser, urgently renew.
stated 'plass her accompanying her husband to a cold
cliff, sod it was on that account she remained at the
Lb etwirlL
The dews et Pis. Hawkins's embarkation for and totem
teem Aludes b Haglund were spoken to by the
sergeant et tin NW Regiment, by Mr. Hawkins's
servant, sal le M. J. Cf. Chirney,fof the War-eilim, who
stated, he uss, that Mr. Rawlins was with bie regi-
ment in New Diweswisk hem the did of July, 11//4, M the
ids of Mink 11111. Sone 'dims woe sine gives is up-
pers of the sishowel es tow snug sedisaies of Mn.
Hawkins *win les bseberre shines.
Lord linesbess, busover, mum' a hubt u to the
insufflelemep et Ihs Wines es alas plat, especially as to
the micas tam qm!

sesTt ;era evidene was the tatiewhip :
Nadu* Oen, waiter at Cha's Hotel. that Ma.
ll:terbium ere the,. .bsat da redo* la he Mite
2nd ed ihmember, leile. Mr lad speetnsome ea int
Pow. smillber maid eel AIM wen hied es the third hear,
in a roman pert of theta& we immedhiely sedum* Ma,
and gave a mote le be Mimed he Lard Malin, at his re-
sidence in Downetreet. Hie Nolan come treader, mad
wu shows up le Mee. lharkiels nom. Tea wee de
about hilliest eh. Oman wee k the nen i
Wilma did en me Lewd MMus amain till alee
o'ciesh—es hie held* was emir down stairs to hen
the betel. Wines thee wait up Main to the &swim.
room, hat did met me lbs. Hankies. The tea wee en
mocha& It was thew spellema sad he lighted the
candles' they bad ameba=
Mrs.
Mrs. Hibbs's, who keeps the=.lol Deterkereb, while
Mr. and Mn. Hawkins rmilel, daps* that while Ma.
llawaiao livid there aloes is rifted mad w wined by
the best sedety in the neighleudiesel. Alter the gnus at
Mullawklas witness did eateheree anything te Mhos her
to think that MitHawkina was le the ftley way.- @holed
become a little stouter, bat the.. was so apseasmsee of pow
nasty. Os the easing ef the fed el J_ Mr. Hawkins
pan a pasty to anent -homer, but MM. Hawkins wu
not there, liavinteicseut is the afternoon. On her return
she &MI =wag said 'WOW* advised her te
take a =silissedy awl le bed. Van Nen the
morning wham by he *see&
_in Mn.
Hawkins'. bell. Hawkins dinned tin rial aid
should be net for. Witness wont lan the eM Mrs.
Ilawkies said she wee meek semeireed at her at
that early leer, awl all she weelled we. Chet ..ether nee
skald be peepend fee Mr. Hankie, who wee the eve of
the nom. I nem wee pupated. mad the wheels
them nee end a Mrs. Hawkins's Amber, dose
she hued her is Melee' pain, sad .anal
assistance. Mew Owe Mee. Hawkin hgaaww%llll.l z
child ; that wee White the arrival of a aa.ilaalwma. /he
desired wham Se Wine Mr. Hemline of the nen. She
went mad pan that preismes im idea of what had lamp-
• asdito se
hamelnmeed ht peat eseettneties, surprise, end
anger. He aly ardetel a Ned wad
away, tad she bed an den area him.Maimlessrs. Hawides re-
maimed et the Wei Ae Aso* these woks. Yr. Red Mn.
Hawkins astupied the erne behehember, eel then was
only ems bed ia the team.
Mr. Vreilke,a annece, she was oiled in lie me lire.
Hawkins, when she wee 1111111111 ill, deposed to the Net of
the birthed the and. It mem a tall-ben sled.
Mr. J. I. Menlo, the Nell) wargese, atteeded Mn.
Hawkinson eau the birt► nue wee edebttbat the
chiki was tall bent. He miniewed n anted her till she
left the imbed. He waa ea unmans teems with the family,
sad bed ease Na.. Hawking about a mem& beam She
was I. her meal house dram, awl though sies_Appeared a
little meow than she bad revise* hew le didteet attri-
bute It to premtency. Fee a meanest it Minsk his rend
that prepesey might be he nue% bet knewriag the isa-
possibility of this be did not snow the haproesion to con-
tinue.

The Lord chancellor—Did Ton 006110 to that conclusion
from your knowledge as a medical man, or from the fact of
Mr. Hawkins's absence _ _

Mr. Martin said the impression *did not dwell on his
mind, and he at once attributed the 'Outfits& to disease.
Lord Brougham—Suppose Mr. Hawkins had been living
with her, should you bare formed the opinion that it was
not pregnancy ?
Mr. Martin said he should then probably have formed an
opinion that she was pregnant. On the morning in ques-
tion he saw Mr. Hawkins two or three times, and his de-
meanour was certainly not that of a person who expected
what had befallen him. No preparations whatever had
been made for the birth of a child.
Dr. Martin was recalled, and stated that he attended
Mrs. Hawking early is the year. For certain roams be
put the question to her if she was pregnant, and she add
that she was not, and that ahe Ld acme time previously
miscarried. He, therefore, ranibated the result whieb had
induced lii4ipat the question te disease. He had no
roman Ss Mery
The aims es walreacileed demises of
the Clisedist at Bosichurch, stated that he
was at the peaty gives . Hawkins on the evening of
the tad of 'alp, and Mrs. Simkins spent the seeming with
Mrs. Wright. Mr. Hinkle nisi as be ant atoning
about Az, ia relation to what lied 'warred at lb* Intel. Mr.
Jinni= was Tay miserable, aid &this (Mr. Wright's)

Potion did not oil Mrs. Hewbias, but at 011C0 went off
to consult with his Mends in Lando'. Ile (Mr. Wright)
very often saw Mrs. Hawkins, and had no reason to sup-
pose that site was in the family-way. Hr. and Mu. Haw-
kins seemed to be perfectly happy. He was very kind tn,
atd very proud of her. She is a person of considerable
ab.lity, and she appeared to be much attselied to her
husband..

Proof hare' been g&ran of the promedings in the action
at law sgainat Lord Unities, and of the smiths the &deal.
utical Court, and that the damages and costs had been paid
by Lord Malden,
Mr. Talbot said he should take another opportunity of
tendering the evidence of Mr. William Hawkins and of Mrs.
Hawkins 's maid. Mr. Hawkins. the petitioner, warn now In
attendenca, in accordance with the standing °Acre of the
house ,• but as he was under sailing orders he (Mr. Talbot)
trusted the house would not require him again to attend.
The Lord Chancellor said the house would dispense with
the further attendance of Mr. Hawkins.

On tho motion of hie lordship, the further hearing of the
evidence was postponed vine die.

EQUITY COURTS.—YEsnammr.
name ran Loess JOOTICAO or Amass.
Its az Certain°, A LUNATIC.
Sir W. P. Wood and Mr. W. Morrie appeared in support
of an ex parte petition by the daughters and coheiresses,
and next of kin of Mrs. Cumming, praying the confirma-
tion of • report made by the Master in J y last, where-
ia he approved of a Min Louisa Baker as committee of the
person of the lunatic, and to discharge the order of the
court made in November last, appointing a nurse and other
servants and attendants to be about the person of
the lunatic, and that the petitioners might be
at liberty to appoint others in their place. It
prayed, alro, that committees of the estate might he
appointed, and that the coats incurred in executing the com-
mission might be referred for taxation to the master. The
learned counsel stated that the proposed committee was a
person well known to the lunatic, with whom she had been
acquainted for 16 years. The applicants did not propose
to make any change in the residence or treatment of the
lunatic, or to require payment of the costa when taxed
during her life. On the contrary, it was proposed that she
should, while she lived, have the full enjoyment of her in-
come, the taxation being merely asked in order to an,. rtain
the amount of costs, with a view to a grunt being made be
the court to Indemnify the petitioners for the costs incurred
in the lunacy.
Their Lordship. said the order they should make, sub-
ject to what might arise out of a cross petition, which
was placed in that day's paper, would be to direct the
petition to stand over as to that part of it which related to
costs. They would not interfere • ith what the master
had done as to the appointment of a committee of the
pence, but it must be distinctly understood that the
lady was not to be removed feces her present residence
without the leave of the court.
Mr. Rouudcll Palmer and Mr. Southgate were then
heard in support of a cross petition, praying that direc-
tions might be given for traversing the lunacy, leave fur
which bad been obtained ftoin the Lord Chancellor, and
that in the meantime all proceedings in the lunacy
might be stayed. They urged that as the competency
of Mrs. Cumming to exercise& discretion as to the propriety
of asking for a traverse had been recognised by the Lord
Chancellor, it would be a great hardship to permit those
attendants who were about her person, by her own desire,
to be removed and others substituted in their place. The
efleet upon her mind might be such as to defeat the tra-
verse, leave to institute which had been obtained, and
thus to establish the lunacy for which tho parties'
seeking the custody of the alleged lunatic contended.
Until the result of the traverse was known the proper
course was to proceed as if there was no lunacy, and not to
remove those attendants who were approved by the lady
herself. So, with regard to the costs, they contended
that these should abide the result of the traverse, and that
it would be bard to charge the lady's estate with the casts
of an ineffectual commission, should the traverse he sue-
meal: _ _ _

Lord Judos Yid& Brom said the* he sad his learned
brother wen bother upleimithet diebsmitetiln.Cumm lug
would he besteessoltodtryfateribeing dthr wet at all, or in
;hziam slightest degree, with the meat system of her
ems ; but that there wee as mesa why the
itemmldee desksid act be oWskl., and the peat made at
suss. Om. isswever. obsoM he Wow that, providonally,
the ieeelE• et doe Wes peopeoty dread be resolved as it
would lam beta If the gems bed am been mods. The
order finally wade was Oat the order of November, 1861,
showid Mud. OM dove Ib he a committee of the per-
sea, sod • grewe se the meals, the Memo to be paid to
Men Ossuelog lona The mmadtese to los allawed to
have MINN at all resseeside Vies. - -

I:lpen its being ohjested thee by the order of November
Dr. Winslow had • sontad as es the visitors to be admitted,
it was, with their brafkbare peeenkdon, arranged bctwien
the parties on both sides Uwe, la ease this control should be
ezercired objectionably, these &mild be an appeal to their
lordships, or to either of thew separately, upon the matter.

Novas Clca-Csasomum Tramm
EVANS r. Tea NORFOLK EsTVARY CoMPANT.
The arguments in this case hare occupied the court fur
several days.
His Honour now gave judgment, and said the bill was
filed by the plaintiff as treasurer of the Eau Brink
Drainaite
.Commissioners, against the defendants, praying
for as injunction to restram the company, their servant.
and agents, from permitting certain apertures in the south
and north ends of the marsh cut to continue open, and
from making any other apertures, so as to allow the water
of the Ouse to flow into the cut until such cut was made
and completed according to the act of parliament, and ac-
cording to the award of the surveyors appointed by
virtue thereof, and from making an embankment
acree the Ouse, and from doieg any other act
whereby the free discharge of the Ones should be
prevented er the drainap of Use county impeded.
His Honour, having recapitulated the facts and arguments,
said be came to the conclusion that the injunction must be
continued to prevent the company from making any em-
bankment acme the Ouse, and must also be granted to
restrain them from allowing the water to remain in the
cut, and also to restraie them from injuring the drainage or
navigation.