The Express.
London, England, 1848-07-07 00:00:00

M F1)1 CAL.

ROYAL COLLIIOII OP StatotlONS.—Yesterday a 'fleeting
of the fellotra of Oda lrortltutlon took place to elect three membere of
the council to the Tommie. ot esalontd by the decease of Mews.
Briggs, Liston, and Morgan, when Wears. ➢eaneby Cooper, fatey. and
Stafford were elected. Several f. none from the prortneea tine ex-
pressly to ottend the muting. The ekttors afterwards dined toge-
ther et the Freemasons` Tavern.

SPORTING.
NEWMARKET RACES.-THrIADAY.

GROSVENOR STAK ES of too soya each; h It ; for:2-year olds ;
colts, get 71b; Mlllica, Bst 41b. T.Y.C. , .• •
Sir C. Monks. Vanguard -tT. Butler) I
held Marshal (Jruevenor's o by Cothorstone nut of
hlarson) 2
8 to I on VanEtionl, who made all the runnlnT, and won cosily by two
lengths. Run in 1 min 15 secs.
Ile N DicAP of 15 som. each; 10 ft; to start at the ;darting
post of 13.51., and run Rothe end of new T.Y.C. (II auto).
Duke of Rutland'. St. Ana (J. Pell I
Lord Exeter's ()meatus (Pettit 2
Col. Peel's Vert Vert (Matilde 3
the following also:started : lord CRlden's Qnren Staey,4 yn,
7st 1 Ilb (littchener); Mr. Eel's captain l'epper, 4 yen, 7st Ilk (.1.
sharp); lord Exeter'. Tophatia, 3 yrs, Ent Ilb (0. deep); lord
Orford's Craftsman, 4 yr., 7st. 71b (Not).
Betting sto 2 opt Quen Mary, 3to 1 eget Tophana, 4to 1 agst
Crofton .11, and sto 1 ago Mt. Ann. St. Ann took the lead, kept it
throughout, and won by a couple of lengths. ltun in 1 min, 2C me.
Cit EsTEREIELD STAKES of 30 Mono. each; 20 ft; tor 2yr
old+; calla eel 71b; flu ies, get .11b ; the winner of the July stakes to
carry bib, tool the woad home Ilb, extra. Li .t hallo( it.M. (44 subs).
Mr. Paynct's Farthingale (Nal 1
Mr. altidyn's (Kitchener 2
Mr. Newton's Line Eyre (et Moon 3
The following atat started: Colonel Anson's Flight (Marlow); Lo ti
Cluntertit.l.l's t by Jeered, out of Ithodanthe I. Rutter); toed Foe.
tees Alain (Bantu lomew); Mr. tireville's cony (rend); Mr. J.
Ltanshse (J. Marion) ; Cot. Peel'a Cracow (Itegers) ; Mr. W.
Iti Othile named Kis-away (Sly).
3 to 1 ;tot June Eyre, 3 to 1 alai Cracow, 7 to 2 'Est Canino, and 5
to I oast Fsrtbinitste. Marthinesle Wok the teal at starting, kept it
to the end, and won by two lengths. Rua in 37 see.
MATCH, 2001,, I. ft. New T.Y.4:.—Lortl Exeter's Circa..
Mall Mail brut Sir J. Touchy. 7to 4 on Cirusalan
who non by two lengths. Run in 1 into. 17 arcs.
SWEEPSTAKES fit 10 WV.. each ; f e 2 - yr• old. Got 11th ;
orsl three, bit. The winner to be sold fur 200 tort. U demanded, &e.
New T.X.C. (4 mhos)
L oil Annemarie'. limgaroo .......... (Robinson) 1
Mr. E. It. Clark'. C net
Mr. BausTrieN. Prairie lard
Even on Prairie bird, and 2 to I each oast Kangaroo and Coronet.
Won by half a length. Itun iu I min. 19 tee.
Moron. 2001 It ft. New T.Y.C.—Duke of Bedford's St.
Ito Via heat Lord Chotterliel Pod by !creed out of Itht lanthe. 3to 4
ou the Ithaihinthe f. Wou easily by 3 lengtba. Itun to 1 tuns. 17 sec.
LANCASTER RACES.—WEont•PAT.
LANCARTER CUP Of 100 EOM added to a handicap of
13 erne. each, loft., out S only if doctoral. 2 nodes and a it:alma:,
(19 subs., sof whom declared.) . .
Mr. S. 1. tox's (solute (Ryderl I
Mr. Phitlip's Little Marry 2
Mr. Itobertson's Tom 1'0t1421 3
Mr. Jolurnont's Rowena
4

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Mr. Jon.e's Vale Royal
:to 1... t Tom Tough, 2to 1 MIA in OMR; and 110 2WM 14010
Mary. Won cleverly by half a length.
Asutox PLAT* of 601; tor 3-yr.036,71.141h ; (ohs 11 t 71h;
Ore, not 12Ib ; sic and :iged, dot ; martin am, allowed dla.. ,heats.
11 wile
Mr. Robertren's Downshire (Ryder) 2 0 I I
Mr. Murruy's North St..r
Captain San...lt's Me..enger 0 1 fell.
Mr. MIN ud Witted
Mr. W. E. Robson'. Billy front Brig); ..... 0 5 3 or.
Mr. M. James Cu.t...tt
Mr. M'Adzun's The Iri.htnan
Mr. W.lbau's slurgar. t
Three well contested heats.
LANCASIIIILIS WITCH STAKE% Oa 7 NMI. each, 1.1 r.le.
Mr. Reel?* Brown blv walked over.
lice I.l43enVire PLA'fld of 100 guineas. Lie Is. '2 miles.
Mr. 0.. b woe's Broody Ewe (At.l..lr) 1 I
Mr. Mr, ry's rthrt
Mr. Wuraeirs Quadruped

WORCESTER ILACE.4.—Wrnwenoge.'
SELLING STA►K, ul 4 more each, and 20 added ; fur 3 yr
(do, 74 101 S; Amr, Oct ; five, Oat 1011.1; eig owl aged, 104; mane
d gelding. allowed 3:os. The wanner to tie sold fur 21.101.,
mile. 9 sub..
31r. ltuvu'lt'e campanll. .........(Denman) 1

?!r. T. I'..rr:s.rtliartry

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air. It .rton'.. Hector 3
The inhorrlne 3.1 rtartelk but were not placed.: lick 'diet, khan
Harry, Mlutu n, and Casendirb. A tine rum.
CUP STAKES of O lOTA ea*, With) 30 added. 2 marl'.
5 rube.
Mr. Tame Date Mi11iner.......... ....... (Wakefield) _ 1
Mr. l'ur'e
Mr. I...ratan"' Lady
Mr. Dar.a'a btenew . ...... .....
liw:ttieuritl.rn wry.
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CirT Moatnr.R3' PLATS of ro. ; to 3-yr °lda, Gst
f me, nst 21b; nee, net 91b; six, 94 21b; and aged, 9st 11b; mar
Mr. ',linseed Jibs; winners once this year 31bs entry; twice, MI •
entre. Ile iti 2 miles.
Mr. Solithlira Cupid (Tooker) 1 1
Mr. W. NllllOOll Etiswhelp 2 2
Mr. Weeder'.• Premier
Knees ,bury and &miasma also started. Two well contested
huts.

Rata Enid! !mut.
HOUSE OF LORDS,

MRS. DAWRON'N DIVONCK BlLL.—Several peers were
present at four o'clock, Lard Brougham prisiiting, to wetlye
further evidence, and Ic r the beeond reading of this bill.
Mr. Austin said he had to t :amine one wirriess only, and
he call. d Sir John Dodson's clerk, who rut in an opinion
given by that learned civilian to Mrs. Dawson in 1845, unnn
a care tried before km, and questions on it. es to whether
Mrs. DIM:011'11 marriage with Dawson under the circum-
stances stated in former evidence (and reported in the Ex
prcsa) wag a void marriaae. The only use Mr. Auxin
wished to make of this evidence was, to show that Mrs.
Dawson was not aware in 1845 of Mr. Dawson's adul-
ts-rte.. because, if she had been cognisant of them
she se.uld hen aout.rt a separation. whim she cou'd
not have failed to gat, on that ground, and not tipm
the invalidity of the marriage. Dr. Dodson's opinion
was, that she could nut invalidate the marrisee. It
was not until 1848 that she discovered her husband's atlulte-
rit e, she then proc• edi il to get the divorce in the Eccle-
siastical Court, so that there was no ground to impute delay
to her.

bud Campbell said this wasno evidence.—Lord Brourham
said it was not evidenoe of ►ny fact material to the case on.
way or another ; but it ccetatuly afforded the inference sug-
gested by Mr. Austin.
Lord It. Ovulate oak .t 1 if Mr. Austin intended to give any
further evidence of the mode in which Mrs. Dawson I:us
been hying during the separation from her husband ? It
was u.uid, iu eases of divorce sued for by husbands, to in-
quire into their conduct towards their wives and others; and
so, in this case, it was not unreasonable to inquire into the
wite's conduct, in order to see how she conducted hrrself
towards her husband, and whether elle might not have caused
his misconduct.

....
Mr. Austin said he would consider that auggeation.—Tbe
second reading was thee pow ponce' sine die.
NICHOLSON'S DIVORCE BILL—Mr Talbot opened the
ease of this petitioner, and from his opening and so much of
the Evidence as was afterwards taken, it appeared that in
1832 Mr. Nicholson, th,n Under age, was married privately
in Bristol to Miss Frances Hawthorn, daughter of a respect-
able merchant there. She, after tho marriage, returned t.,
her father's house, and Mr. Nicholson, having thea obtain,
an ensigncy in the ar.ny, left to join his regiment. In 1831
he returned, when the marriage was made known to their
friends, and they cohabited together, and in 1835, Mr.
Nicholson being of age, a pest-nuptial settlement was CIS.
cuted. She being in bad heath in 18311, the husband took
her to Madeira. They returned in 1837, and went to It ly
in 1838, and again in 1840. There was then a separation
for reasons not necessary to state, but the lady's conduct was
up to that time most unexceptionable. Mr. Nicholson !king
on a visit to some of his friends received a packet of letters
from abroad addressed to his wife by a Signor Mestelt.,
with whom they were acquainted in Florence. Thee
letters caused suspicion of infidelity, but the con-
clusion to which the husband and his and the lady's
friends came was that they did not contain any indications of
anything beyond great levity. The lady was examined by
her brothers and °there, and in reference to certain allusions
in letters to matters that occurred on the journey home from
, Italy, the lady denied that she ever wrote to Mestelli. Mr.
Nicholson was not willing to return to cohabitation. The
brothers went to Florence, and obtain, d from hlestedi
letters and ',resents sent to him by Mrs. N.cholson. They
then for the first time suspected their sister's discretion and
prudence, but still believed her cot guilty of actual infidelity
to her husband. On their return, however, they approved
of a separation, and then an arrangement wee made for a
separate maintenance, and Mrs. Nicholson, with tile appro-
bation of her own friends and of her husband too, went to
reside with a resin etable Eoglish family at Dinars, in the
north of France. She left that in 1813, took a house in
Brussels, and resided there till 18-17, making occasional Shills
to Paris:ln 1847, her brothers and family haying no doubt at all
of her innocence, per, waded Mr. Nic :aeon to resume (robe-
bitation with her, to which he ass, nted, be ing eq-ally satis
lied of her innocence, notwi hstanding her former levity.
They all met at Ostend in 1817, and Mr. and Mrs. Nich. 'son
went to reside at Brass. Is. Atter some time a packet of
letters was put into Mr. Nicholson's hands one morning,
and upon opening the packet he found enclosed sevi ral let-
ters, in his wife's handwriting, addressed to a Monsieur
Edmonds, who, upon inquiry, turned out to he a Ronan ur
Bossel, a wine merchant in the Champagne district. These
letters, from the style of them, left no doubt at all of a
guilty intercourse between Mrs. Nicholson and this Monsieur
Edmonds.
The evidence closed for the day at this part of the case,
and it was adjourned at five o', lock to a future day.

COURT OF 4...um...0N PLEAS.
Ntst Prave.—Before Mr. lustier willies. and a special hwy.
NAVONE O. MADDEN AND ANOTHER—MARINE IN-
EURANCE.—This was an action upon a policy of insurance
dated March 28, 1848, effected by plaintiff as agent of the
house of Bore:la, at Manchester, upon a cargo of 81
bales of waste silk from Genoa to Leghorn, and from Leahorn
to Liverpool, against the perils of tke see," free from particular
average," brought against defendant•, who represented the
Marine Insurance Company. to recover 6201. 3s. 101 as
compensation for damage sustained by an alleged constructive
total loos of twenty-three bales, portion of the cargo insured.
It appeared from the statement of Mr. Serjeant Byles (with
whom was Mr. Barstow) for the plaintiff, as supported by
the evidence afterwards adduced, that 44 of the bele% in-

doling the 23 bales in question, were shipped on board the I
Wanderer, which, coming from Genoa, reached in safety
Leghorn, whence she set out we her voyage to England
having likewise on board Indian corn and flour. Lett meet-
ing
tempestuous weather in the Mediterranean, the vessel
began :to ship large quantities of water, and was much
strained, sad she therefore put in at Gibraltar tor the per
pose of repairs. There it was found that come of the bales
of silk were greatly injured from being saturated wi.h sea
water ; such as were only partially damaged were re-shipped.
But, as It appeared from the written examination of stir-
veyors and merchants who inspected the cargo, twenty three
of the bales were so far damaged as to be quite useless for
any beneficial purpose. They emitted an intolerable stencil,
and would have spoiled any ether perishable goods on board,
and were in fact incapable of re-shipment, or of being for-
warded to their destinatiou. The result was, they were sold
at Gibraltar as for a total lots, and the produce of the sale was
passed to the credit of the underwriters. Evidence was also
given to show the destructive effect of era water upon wash-
silk, which being formed of the outside and of the rind of
the cocoon in which the excrement of the worm, after the
worm is gone, sometimes remains, is particularly liable to
decompose, and become putrid upon contact with sea water,
and the only cure for it when inclining to such a state is
by constant washing with fresh water—a process very dif-
ficult to resort to on board ship.—Mr. Martin (with whom
were Mr. Greenwood and Mr. Peteradortn addressed the
jury for the detendan's. Evidence was then given that five
of the 2t bales were bought by persons at Gibraltar, who
I afterwards shipped them to England. The parties who
bought those five bales stated that if the silks had been proper.
ly washed by an experienced pereonat Gibraltar the (Lampe
would not have been great ; us it was, they gave only Is. per
pound less than the usual price, but they made a losing bar-
gain, being unable to'xell thole silks again, and the smell from
mem was certainly very great. A number of silk merchants
gavo it as their opinion that it would have been wis r
to have forwarded the bales of silk, howevi r putrid or ad-
vanced to a state of decomposition, onward on their voyage,
and that mischief wail done in eisturbing them in their then
state. Tee judge in summing up said, the questdire
whether there was constructively a total lose of p art of the
cargo, so as to entitle plaintiff to sue upon this policy, or only
an average loss fir which plaintiff was per laded torn re-
covering by the terms of the policy, involved points of the
highest importance in the law of insurauce. He should leave
the law to he finally dealt with is the court above, hut would
ask their opinion upon some matten of fact in di.pute.
Fast, did the &mega caused to the goods involve their de-
st,uction, actuel or inevitable ; that* was the lama to done
No extensive, that the goods had lost their character of silk
before they might have arrived at their destined port?
S. rood, did plaintiff take such a course as a prudent man
woulil have done ? Third, did the damage rec. ived by the
koala reduce them to such a state as would have made them,
if reshipped, an intolerable nuisance to the ship's company
or cargo ? Fourth, might plaintiff, by a moderate outlay,
have sent home all the goods iu the shape of silk ?—Tne
jury found that a parcel of each of the 23 tales of silk would
have arrived at home without losing their charact, r of silk,
hut that the bales would have been an intolerable nuisance
to the ships company. The second ar.d fourth questious
they found in the affirmative.