The Express.
London, England, 1862-01-30 00:00:00

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Knowles shoved to sake absolute a rule for a mends
mu, dinette the Wittadosterlmprovesent Commissioners
to swear in two pales= tr,it wee attended, had been
duly sleeted members dtheir body.
Rs. %sill and Kr. Lush appeared to show cause against
the rule, but it was agreed to make the rule absolute, and
to postpone the ergumeut until the return was made to the
mandamus.
Rule absolute.

00IIRT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
=max v. SIONZLI, AND BWOILD.
Dr. Phillimore, Q. 0., and Dr. Swabey appeared for the
petitioner ; Dr. Deane, Q. 0., and Dr. Tense for the re-
spondent.
Mr. Dalton Bakal Sorrell, • soliciko, residing at 101,
Glonoatea.terraos, sued for a divorce from his wife Agnes
Sorrell on the groundof her adultery with Oept.Robert Carter
Bamford. The respondent denied that she was the wife of
the petitioner, because, by reason of his incapacity, the pre.
tended marriage had never been eonsununated. She alio
denied the offeoos imputed to her, and alleged that if she wee
guilty, her husband's conduct bad conduced to the adultery.
The defendant warn the cousin of Mrs. Bamford. and the co.
respondent, the defendant in the caw of "Bamford v.
Bamford." reported in another column.
The alleged marriage took place on the sth of November,
1844, the respondent tiara; previously bees • Mime Agnes
Rigby. The petitioner was at that time • bachelor
of about thirty, and the respondent a young lady of about
twenty. The cohabitation lasted till the end of 1880, and,
to all appearance, the union was a happy one. Latterly the
parties had become very intimate with the Bamford', and
the captain was in the habit of visiting the respondent in
the daytime,
.while the petitioner was at his chem.
Dees. Bscomuig aware of thew visite, however, Mr.
Smell wrote to the respondent and forbade him the house.
Soon after that Mrs. Sorrell also sent him a note ; and he
said to the servant who brought it him, " Mrs. Semen
writes to me to come ; sad Mr. Sorrell save that
I am not to go. What am I to do f" The
visits were still continued, and they still took place
in the absence of the petitioner from his house. On
one ocearion, after spending an hour with Mrs. Sorrell, the
respondent came down to the man servant's room, and stayed
there till it was dark, when he left the house by the area
steps. On another occasion, in December, 1880,
the man on taking lights up to the drawing-roan
found the door locked. He left the candles and went down
stars. In • short time he heard the door unlocked ; and
on going up again he found Mn. Sorrell lying on the sofa,
and the captain standing at the window. On the
Bth of January last the rapendents eloped together.
Cohabitation between the was found to have
taken place at the Peagbourne, where they
Wiestama and wl'firS Mara. A letter from the re.
le the pelitimer of the 22ad of Hay was put in.
and ta that epee of herself as " very broken-hearted,"
and implarai rise to see her.
Dr. Denis sailed two medical wantons to prove the
unlft el W mardage, but they utterly failed to albite°.
tate Mee
Dr. Pb =cee dseeseased the defence as unprecedented,
and es the asset abemimids that he had ever heard of.
Sir O. Ormewell bed net had the same experience in the
ecelesistieel 'sorb as the learned civilian, hut he was not
=a to bear Idea my that his reeollection did not far.
r promisat der such • defame as that whichbeen set me. loaded ea such testimony. He (Sir Cvscul
sale net have fermsda belief that say two parties
nosnikettreding la amid end eppersing by the silashilim.
ney diseldhave eesepelled their legal adviser to make smh
• stainnesse to the west followed by such testimoey. DINS
• most disimism end abandaable thing, for the mere rupees
of amiss type
_memsar arose paring the meta of the
bop, to heftiest& eamelalem sad filthy matter beerrats
Wart He maid sad doubt that the respondents
bad wholly ssisialledall *eh attorney as to the
nature and extent st the evidence that would be given trp
but foam
the witnesses ; and they bad brought nothing
shame and apace upon themselves. The court weld
therefore pronounce • deems nisi. with coats against the on'
respoadent.
lIINFELID v. BHIPPAID.
This was a petition for • judicial separation on the ground
of cruelty. The respondent was • general dealer in Fins-
bury, and he married the petitioner (who was a widow) in
Jemmy, 1862. la the following March, because she refused
to give him money be struck her on thetas and brokeanab.
some which she bed at that time upon it. He beat her also on
avant other otessions. and for the same reuse. In Januar
sod July, 1853, she tech him before the magistrates and
Merl afb poem hiea. Since then she had beard
nothing of him. litagtpetttioeses evidence was corroborated
by two witnesses.
Dr. Brinks oondnoisd the ewe.
The court made a degree nisi.

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CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Genlbeirn.)
1111 THOMAS GOLDIMITTH.
The bailment, stoker and ociefectioner, of Norwich, re-
cently applied for his certificate. His debts are 1,1281.
assets aboutlool. He wasopposed by Mr. Sergood for the
assignees on the grown& of obtaining =by false repro
asntatioas within does months of the
His Hannemeow per Indgment. He said C. was one
of the WI ON mkt the aid law, and the court was coup
paned to pen Indeees the pool dames of that statutem2l
ottidoldfleg meessiles. Had the soignee' rem
Mat the hearept eheski have protection the court would
have elves it; but they appeared to have acted
trout *vsailicitiee feelings. The -bankrupt had gone on
well, for a period of 10 years, until about a twelvemonth
before his failure. In the last few months he bad obtained
mosiderahle property, which he had made away with, and
rimed to give any account of. He had seat 1001. to
dinada, and bad gloss away • watch to a favoured creditor.
The certificate swot be 'weeded for six months, during
which period the bankrupt would be without protection,
the utoal 2i, fibqt Wag allow :a to give an opportunity td
111 RIX I. MAHNILWLS.—THR NORTH WOOLWICH OARDINN.
The Wan* had Inept the Papillae Hotel and Gardens
at North Woolwich. This was the sit** for examination
I esd discharge. His debts are 5,7121. ; assets returned 4
151., At a forsterleitting it was slated that • comoromne
mes Moly to be 'nested by the payment of 6e, Ad. in the
peak hat his Rawer refused to confirm the arrangement
latil the bankrupt bad filed his accounts.
Mr. Graham, the G&W assignee, reported that the debts
had been conteasted during three years. There were no
omits boyani adobe of SU. due from the Renter° Countim
bray Oemnesar. All the stock, Sic., in the hotel bad
been takes mawlepal process.
Mr. Beard, on bitten of the trade soignee ; Mr. Miller,
for the ; and other professional men for creditonl/2
aid 4ionvent, with a view to the proposed sr
=4
ceured.hillit Marled Out and an adjournment for three
(Before Mr. Miller, Registrar.)
in RR HORACI STIRTILNO ROSOOR Sr. JOHN.
The bankrupt, who mime to the court on his own petition,
described himself as " literary author," a: Grown-hill, Nor-
wood, Surrey. This was the first sitting, for proof of debts
and choice of assignees. The bankrupt, in has " state-
meet of affairs," returns creditors to the amount
ct 1,7061., beside' • liability in connexion with
the unfortunate Mitre Assurance Company, which
he was a holder of five shares. The cro
&tore are Mr. Pont Williams, for 7001., and . Joseph
Moses Lev, for 4001. Messrs. Brown and Dubois, who are
charged with the preparation of the bankrupt's aooonntse
stated the amount of meets as " doubtful—not yet ascer-
tain' ed—oomisting of disputed accounts with publiahers."
The bankrupt, in • sots appended to his se-
counts, thus elates the cause of his failure:
" The petitioner's liabilities were incurred from time
to time through several years • and the cause of his in.
ability to meet them arises him • dispute having taken
piece between the petitioner and one of his literary em-
*yen. which led to the rupture of an engagement ; and
the petitioner, therefore, became dependent upon irregular
and insufficient Maury earnings." This was understood to
refer to the bankrupt's former mune:ion with one of the
Penny 4"1.7
Mr. Lampoon, who apparel for Mr. J. W. Levy, by
power of attorney, put in a proof for 4051.181. ed. for money
keit and rimmed. Admitted.
Some other proofs were dimmed, but were not received
by the Registrar on account of informality.
Mr. Levy, deneribed as • entleman, of 135, Fleet-atreets
himself ss trade assopee • but the choice was ad-
Etter four days in order that the matter might be
t before the commissioner.

OLD COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)
Jaw Putt, 38, a geutlemenly-looking man, described
as • silversmith? pleaded guilty to three iudictmente,
charging him with felookusly secreting and emberslin
property bel to his creditors,
:zinizignt
tors, after beieg •djudicated
• bankrupt, to surrender and pass his examination
at the Court of Baia 7, and also with obtainiog goo&
within three months of • bankruptcy witsh intent to de-
hand his ersdltors.
Mr. T. Atkinson, who appeared for the ear, urged,
in mitigation of punishment, that his itors would re-
wive s.,dividaud of 10a_ in the pound, and that he had
given ill the informatioo in his power with mad to the
weer in which hi property had been dispomd of.
Mr. (Med, who woe isstraetsd to prow* mid h•
was sorry to stare that it was not quite true that the pri-
sm:or had given his creditors hill the information he could
Is reference to his property, sod he was also obliged to mid
that them wee no doubt that while the primmer was is a
kipslees *he of ismilmmoy, and upon the very verge of