The Express.
London, England, 1852-05-04 00:00:00

ALLEGED MURDER NEAR LONG-ACRE.

Yesterday, at the Bow-street police-court, David
Belwo, • powerfully-built young an, Mary Belaws, his
site, who carried as infant is her erne, and AmeliaCol-
lins,their servant, were played at the bar, eharged with wil-
fully causing the death of Hobert Clark, of No. I, Hen
rietta.street, Marylsbone, by violently asitaultilig end kick-
ing
him, in • hoes* kept by them, in Hart-ounce, Long- •
ann.
The first witness called was the constable 06 F divisioe,
who stated that on Sunday morning he was on duty
shortly before 2 o'clock, in Hart-street, when he saw •
man lying on the pavement, at the corner of Baubury-
court, opposite • house of assignation, with his head lean-
ing against the wall, upon which he spoke to him, but, re-
ceiving no answer, he shook him, his impression being that
he was the same person he had seen, in company with two
females, enter the house 31, hart street, which is • noto-
rious resort. Seeing no person near, and bearing several
yokes in • front room, he called out to know if they knew
anything about him, sad the answer was, .We
know nothing of hint." On his repeating the ques-
tion some person inside said, " Duo% answer lam.',
The serjesiot came up at the ntuasent, and'
being desired to turn un his light, he examined the men's
puke and found that he was quite dead, upon which they
conveyed him to the ;station, and from thence to the King's
College Hospital on a stretcher.
Mr. 11.41—flow far was he from the door of Nu. 31 when
you came up to him ?
Witness—About three or four yards.
Mr. Hall—Was he lying near at the some side with the
house ?
Witness—lle want the opposite side of the court, and
his no.e we• bleeding.
Sergeant .Warns, 14 F, said that on coming up to the lest
witness end inquiring in the usual way if all was right, he
drew his attention to the man on the pavement, end after
• short delay they took him to the hospital, when be was
quite dead.
Alice Tillett said, I live at Ift, Valentine-place, Black-
friars-road, madam sit uufertunate girl. I erns in company
with anther girl when we met the deceased in Tretalgar-
square , shout 1 o'clock on Suuslay morning, much intoxi-
cated, in conetmcnce of which we were not allowed to re-
MOM in • house in llop.gardens, St. Martireselane, where
we first went, hut proceeded to the house kept by the pri-
soners, where we sew thins, and having guise up-stales to
the tint H• 10( , they demanded the sum of 2.4 The deceased
said he had nu money. Ile then lay on the sofa, saving he
would is 4 come out, es he meant to gs t a sleep; street which
Collins laid hold of him by the collar to drag him out, while
the other female prisoner eullel him "Irish, • which seemed
to exasperate hint t• such • degree that he commenced put-
ting himself in a fighting attitude to strike them. the
male prisoner then made his appearance, and, as the de•
ceased was going out with me comely, he pushed him
violently down stairs which caused him to tall for-
ward upon his head to the bottom, there being uo-
thing sit the passage to break the fall, and he
bled from the now. The prisoner then commenced
beating and striking him on the face sad under the ear
with his fist. The deceased never spoke, nor did I hear
him breathe again, and I said " it was too bad to treat '
him in seek a manner; upon which the male prisoner
said. "you are • woman of the world, and ought to
know teener." The oiler prisoners then pulled hint into
the court Moog the passage, and placed him against the op-
posite wall in a sitting posture. I and my friend were
then invited by the male prisoner tares:lain and take • glees
of giq, which we did, sod on our leaving we heard a police-
men fall out, " tin re's a man lying dead at your door whom
1 sew enter your house with two females, and you'll have
to answer for it." The male prisoner replied that he had
not been in las boa.., and he, therefore, could not see any
such thine, and subsequently he desirod me and my friend
to say, if there was anything about it, that the man had
fallen down stein. We then left, and seeing a policeman
in New.street, told him that we would be furtheuming if
our evidence was required.
Croes.exarnined—'rhe quarrel arose because the man re-
fused to pay; end on his miming, they swore they would
put him tut by force. Neither I nor my (lead interfered
to protect the man, although we were all oft the stairs toge-
ther, hut I sail it was very wrong to serve a man like that.
After we got the gin, we had no curiosity to see what
became of tke man, except telling the policeman what I
have alre sdy stated.
Elisabeth Hoye', the companion referred to by the foe-
mer witness, said, when we met the man, we took him
to Ilop.reerdens, where there was no objection to receive us,
except that there was no room for us, but no observation
was made about hie being too much iutoxicated. We then
went to the house in question, where he was unable to pay
25.; and as he sat on a lota, the female Collin/desired him to
leave the room. The man then got up to have a hit at one
of them, and when on the landing, some person pushed
him with such force as to cause him to fall upon his head to
the bottom, and then the male prisoner took him up by the
shoulders, and commenced striking him on the head and
neck, and kicking him on the back. Ile was then dragged
out he the female prisoner end another woman, who set his
head up against the opposite wall, at which time his nose
was bleeding. Witness at some length fully coutirmed the
account given by the list witness.
Mr. Hall—Did the man speak after be was treated in the
manner you have described ?
Witne.s—l beard him groan after be was thrown into the
court, hut he never spoke • word.
Mr. Ilall—Was he very drunk?
Witness—He was not very far gone, and could walk
steadily.
The witness was eross-examined as to her knowledge of
his baying fallen down stairs without any violence beteg
used, but she persisted in saying he was violently pushed
by some person she did not see.
Inspector Dodd, F, said that when the man was brought
to the station he had him taken te the hwthital, when he
was pronounced to bo dead. Havthr gene to the prisoners'
house and questioned them if any distortion task place in
the court, they denied that there had, and pretended they
knew DAMN; theist the theamed.
Mr. Hall intannad *en was no further evidence,
aid that the morn= enemantion bad not taken piece,
pe
said he woul make no ebstrestisee wpm the ems natal the
evidence of the surgeon wen Vitas, end the primes should
be remanded.
The prisoner Colitis eekt the IPSO is bed trim the Neer.
Tiber took place, end the paithe lei seletehea ler Ise bee
fellow.servant.
The prisoners were then removed.

IRELAND.

DUBLIK..FAT_3:

Nothing very novel has turned up in tiirlrish
election movements for the last few days. ADerbyite
candithte for the bum .ph of Tralee spoken of;
and it is said that he is • "Minima MW* eteo
nected with the First Lard at the Treasury, sad Gee
who will have the appliances of the Carlton CIA et
his service.
Some failures in the timber trade, on • seals sel-
ficiently large to create no little lIIICILSIIIOIIII la the
mercantile circles of Dublin, have taken place within
the last few days.
Messrs. Pettigrew and Oulton, the extensive sta-
tioners, were adjudged bankrupts on Friday, at the
alit of the Ilibernian Bank.
From one office in Cork, since the heginnins of
the present season, so many as eleven emigrant sWps
have been dispatched for America, with 1,715 pas-
sengers.

RAW intelligence.

EQUITY COURTS.—YagnarlAy. •
pans« ♦T WUMIANeIaI.—B.TIACII TS, I.su CSANCTIAOII.

IN as SOIMMISIAXCIS roe Coon.—JurmisitisT.
This was a petition hem am wier by Vim.
lienereamla as
to hr the wpm al= I
Mr. a sadly, to mpg SOK, the beams eif a •
sum if allemmai We Mr. Frederick Weetlana, ash,
the felikalfagebeemelmes: Mies Fromm Lamina Werth"
a yawing lody, betweem haulm and Mem meg=
wee linist in tail in gitneelnin estate of
inherkeeme, subject to en easidty etloo/. She mom
by a Mr. Newenham, under eiregermllele tblhibl
her abatis to institute a erindaal rannunilinn ablaatiem
In Demmtbm, 1814, • bill was lid v dm Mew of ism
pelting Meweeksw to make a seta emma am Ms wife. In
Julie BM, Mr. Soothes was WNW madertMe the
turderposseetion of the suit, awl be Oho gommedlage
whist Newenham, who are ellehledl OM pun.
isbed. There were several senor eat pe
Inc
in
Chancery, in which considerable costs were I In
ISIS the !amity resolved to make an application to parlament
eie obtain an act fur the dissolution of the marriage between
Mr. and Mrs. Newenhant About this time Mr. F.Wortham,
the nephew of Mrs. Wortlium, mother of the young lady,
mode an advance of 5001. on a loan for three years, on the
mourity of a promissory note, which was paid over to Mr.
Ileathee. Alter considerable expenses had been incurred
Were the House of Lord., the bill for the divorce was re-
jested. The statements iu the affidavita with respect to the
=fur which this money was advanced were very con-
Mr. F. Worthamhaving instituted the present
eel for the repayment of his advouce, his Honour the Vice-
Clancellor held that Mr. Soothes Was accountable for so
mach of the 5001. as had nut been expended in the attempt
le procure the divorce. The aunt so expended was now by
lama taken at 2001.
lir. Daniel and Mr. Prendergast in support of the appeal,
embmittell, mainly en the statement of facts presented in
the affidavits of Mr. Souther, Mn. Wortham, and Mrs.
lowenhans, that the whence was made not simply for the
prosecution of the divorce in the House of Lords, but
@rectally towards the cysts of the suit and of that pro.
aesdi
Orli'. P. Wool and Mr. W. D. Lewis supported the
order below, contending that Mr. Smarm was perfectly
rah as to the nets of the suit, and therefore there could be
eesantive for the application of the 500/. generally.
M-. Daniel, in the course of reply, suggested that, consi-
dering the conflict of the evidence, his lordship should
direct some further inquiry to be made as to the facts.
The Lord Chancellor said it was now too late to a9k him
to send the case to be tried by a jury ; such an application
ought to have been made to the learned judge below. There
woo conflict in the evidence, and the question was, could
ho come to a satisfactory conclusion on the facts before the
court ? He had rarely seen a ease in which there was a
stronger cocain of evidence. Mr. Southee, in his affidavit,
swore one way, and Mr. Frederick Worthen* another. Mr.
Southeo was corroborated by Mrs. Wortham and her
daughter, Mr. Wortham on the other hand was corroborated
by the affidavits of his mother and her husband. He (the Lord
('hancellor) had no mean. of forming any judgment as to
the credibility of the latter persons; but what was stated
by them was asserted must distinctly, and it would be im-
pos.ihle to deny that great weight was due to the corrobo-
ratory evidence of Mr. Wortham's statement. It was quite
clear that on the one side or the other something very like
perjury had been committed, and he should have some dd.
acuity in coming to a decision if he were to decide on the
testimony alone, and not on the circumstances of the case
themselves. Ile should, therefore, look at the circumstances
as they had been presented to him. What were the pro-
babilities of the ease? Mr. Southee was concerned an a
family suit, with which Mr. Fredrick Worthen' had
nothing more to do than he (the Lord Chancellor) had. Mr.
Soothes took it up, and considerable costs were incurred.
After a time it 'ram advised that proceedings should be
instituted in parliament, with the view to obtain a divorce,
and Mr. Soutlice very naturally required funds fur that pur-
pre, Mr. Wortham being then his debtor. Mr. F.
Wortham, who was then a very young man, being
in expectation of receiving a sum of money from
a certain family transaction, agreed to advance a sum.
It was stated that 5004. was the sum named as necessary
for the purpose of the divorce, which was a very probable
sum. Mr. F. Wortham having received the 6001., banded
it to Mr. Southee, who had, iu fact, acted as his solicitor
ire the family transaction. Now, he (the Lord Chancellor)
was not making any reflection on Mr. flambee, but he
threw out the observatiou for the benefit of solicitors gene-
rally, that if he hail taken the precaution at the time of the
transaction to state in writing that which he had sworn to
in his affidavit, this contest would never have taken place.
But instead of stating that 6001. had reached his hands,
and that the money was to be applied to the general costs,
he wrote the two documents before the court. His lord-
ship then referred to the promissory note, which was it
Mr. Southee's handwriting, given by Mrs. Worth to
Mr. F. Wortham, in which not a word was said as to the
value received ; and to a memorandum made at the same
time, to the purport that Mr. Southee had delivered to Mrs.
Wortham the sum mentioned, which Mr. F. Wortham had
lent for three ran. He would look for a moment at the
probabilities oldie ease submitted for the appellant. The
coots incurred in the Cheat:cry suit at the time the advance
was made were admitted to be about 3001. The cats of
the attempt to procure the act for the dissolution
of the marriage appeared to have amounted to 2001. No-
body would deny that a successful prosecution of the divorce
would have amounted to about SOW. et least. Now see the
consequences of the contention mode fee the petitio;ter. If
the 5001. had been advanced foe the seats , then
there would only have been 200 L left les meet all the casts
of the divorce, and if it was Mae, as stated, that Mr.
Worth= had advanced it simply hr the
of the divorce, the advance mast. therefor=
been useless. He (the Lord Cilmesellsr) 'emerly
of opinion that the seam was &dammed by Mr. Wash=
only for the peeper' of the divert MIL mad am he the
general charge*. Hold*/ that it was the duty of a solid-
tor to have stated on the hes of the domments the facts
which he had sabommutly pet he* be the Midas% end
looking se the *hole of the roe mots% he UM to a conclu-
sion 'nobody satisfactory to hie salad, that the weight of
probability was in firm of the ease raised for Mr.
Worthen', and he must, therefore, dismiss the petition with
costa.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.--YErraßacr.
arrives Ea Baoco.—Baraaa Joan Campeau, M. Anna' OA&
atom Ma. Icmos Rua, aim MI. Ju.ncs Caotarram.
OAOI e. Tri NOWISAMILICT RAILWAY COMPANY:.
_ JVDOMINT..

This was an action on a covenant brought to recover the
ems of 12,000 L, es perehme money for belonging to
which the &Mediate expected they awed have
for the of their railway, and
aywhich
they
hid alma the notice ia the sisal w, to
The tradereeda thee they had 'dem-
&eel the ethestakkg, did me require the lead.
Theilem wise destineddestinedto, se ithallthieat, it being eon-
tswais sapped of the demamer, thee the effect of the
esetheat to peeehme the *Mitre hell wee that the de-
dindmola abeehl pay tar it whether they required it or
Est Wes the sees wee immad, the mart took time to
. .

Lei Campbell sow pee judgment. The court was of
that the deltedaate were 'stilled to judgment.
Mt speed te %gibe Astride 4,900/, es par.
elm issesy, bass entermede. se his bad, sad
7,11101. da thet Valid le
does le the *win rty, by As etheinethe
of the reftwey. TM p fer the math te detassiee
wee whether the net Meths mem' on say part
of the bed, meth be der these two seas. It was dif-
knit le re that the sesysey bed esualleed • breath et
esearet by est ethethis se the leel. The deed, thee.
seer, lld est ebegehely emseratt thr the motet id the
said the SIM of asap, but was merely • peculiar node d
esiMetleg the value ef the land, if the empaity main&
it. Seth if the deed would beer the esestraellea sew
tended for on behalf of the *MIK the awn
wadi have thought i es be veld. se
hews beta • maithriasithent el the hob et the mltwouldem,
whist' the threaten wise est mania' ft =eke.

eon 1161.11 WI boss Mined le OWN tr sermest wave
fromi Ow mem sons. eresplthet m Deed
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f taw Timor la mbees dimiliso lb* met swill aft aissar,
sat the avilislieet wide as wady adorn 'boa the
MIS aim Wan Lore Jodie's et Apra.
Miaow kr Ile Madam&

BAIL OOURT.—YINEXIDAT.
Immo limoce—lhroma Ida hones Wiarriemt.
Ea •MMTI
.H4TLOCIL.—#Aalail COIN.PUS.

P7.atieT;igar•TiW; tole fir ant of habeas
ammo. to beteg ea use John Replete, at present essised
is the Om of illy, ha the meaty of Centime/se.
The summilmsat was mods by the Zee. J. H. a
anorak,, ea the math el Theism Palmer, a ports l=
ria=sof the Maim Omalies Pealeray. TM Awe
i the saallamit smodtted wes he
wham ea • semis pa was
mmeet the weeds "Dealseylvig
the Beldway Jaehma," which, the sammihmalt ii* re-
floated m the elterreeter of Mr. John With Whig Melba.
meelm. sail was ales asindatml M ansite a he of the
=ne mg Mr. Iheaveo _
UPI sosethe of W eseh, and to aim ha We we sr
ammismas hr 11111., to beep the pesos he them mouths. He
eight aa.et had sasesiss, sad was sow is adesa he the three
aseatt
The rely Mhos% Mr. Premien submitted, that could
lam bate 0011111111 la this ease was a libel. Time the
memisheat bed se
him es pater to make Maas* had sarstles, or
eammat 'dem he these Ewa& Bs might lave
eammitted Nis le reds his Wei Res libel, bat it did est ap-
pear ea the Me of he semaihmat that it was *libel, bo-
som it wee awe la a bee. sad sat published.
Joshes Witham—Then Maylesk is ordered to MI
imeedso that he will heop the peas% ea the penal that
whet he his *rims les a Modem to graft swam
sea to leash the yeas*. That Its ea. es yea read it.
Mr. IlMstim-1 deal vadomMA the ammattimet, my
114 both Is so.
Xr. Janke Wightmsa,—You may take a rube.
BIWA 1. BATIIO.—AIPLICATIOI 101 Rllll5lOl or

TALtwr.

Kr. Barstow moved te;•7211 oilmen the Maw to
review his taxasica a a lato Was aim um Meths
had bees weed et Esearloslro oftwoomaZdatittm Ma,
bat be did sal do se. sod moo lams sovoral dsp
to tan to Wail, Wm. ?hole tareme boss Wawad
tz for ao lion of dr aft
the
• doh ihild=
saLlidig="we ossde
ollotrod Asir Nolo sow&
_ . Judos WOW. _ *Mr Tight.
Minim As Tifton' Two lialifityr theassitot to eV.
1 artairm4.3BoBBimalltoir osio=oposoos of widoi was mar