The Express.
London, England, 1853-11-29 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
THIS DAY.

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John faickeisson,3l, pleaded guilty to an indictment
charging him with feloniously marrying Jane Wilkins, his
wits being slice.
Jane Wilkins, the second wife, said she became acquainted
with the prisoner about five months ago, and after a short
courtship they were married. The prisoner represented
himself to be a single man.
The Recorder—Had you any property which came into
the possession of the prisoner in consequence of the
marriage
Witama—No, my lord.
The prisoner, when called upon, said that his first wife
left bum and went to cohabit with a man who bad been
discharged from the police force, and, after being away for
a month, she came back, and expressed her sorrow t r her
misconduct, and asked him to forgive her, and take her
back to live with him. He consented to do so, and paid
some debts that she had incurred ; but she had not
been with him more than a week when she left
Lim a second time, and went to live with the same man
again, and they were still cohabiting together.
The Recorder made some inquiries, the result of which
went to s'iow that the prisoner had told the truth with
ree.ird to the conduct of his first wife.
The prisoner was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept
to hard labour for eight months.

THE MI KDER AT

.Last evening the

inquiry concerning the death of Thomas Brosnahin was
resumed at Guy's Hospital. Mr. J. A. G. Boustred, thief
clerk to the magistrates at Greenwich, said that he took the
dying deposition of the deceased, on the '22nd instant before
Me. Seeker, the magistrate, and in the presence of Henri
Gustaf fibromall, Ilenrick Gustaff Brunel, Carl John
Huhu, and Alexander Brunel. The deposition ran thus;
" Between twelve an ; one o'clock last night I was in Dept-
ford, with a man named Sullivan. We were going home.
He stepped hack, and I was talking to a female, and while
I was walking along, one of these men came up and
knocked me down—l don't know which ; there were four
or five of them. Whilst I was on the ground Sullivan ran
up and hit him. Sullivan was then knocked down. They
all rushed at him, and I picked him up. At the time I was
doing it, I felt myself get a hit in my stomach, and I
thought it was a bit with a fist at first, till Sullivan called
out that he was stabbed. I then put my hand down and
felt blood running down me. I did not see any knife."
The deceased appearing faint, the examination was post-
poned for a few minutes, when the prisoners were placed
round the bed. The following then took place;—" Magis-
trate (V) deco -4,ed)—C in you identify either of these men ?
Answer—Yes; that second man stabbed me (pointing to
Hetrick Gaeta Brunel). The Magistrate (placing hie
hand upon 11. G. Brunel)—DJ you mean this is the man
who stabbed you? Answer—Yes; that is him." Other
evidence was taken, and the inquiry was again adjourned.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE HI:MBER.—About
quarter pest lit yesterday morning a boat with fish from
the smack Emma, which was lying in the roads at Hull,
sack from being too heavily laden. Of the four men on
board two were drowned, and the remaining two were
saved wish much difficulty.
IhthiSre ADVENTI:IIE.—One of the moat re-
markable instances of tee successful daring of a resolute
will has come to our knowledge during the ',relent week in
the shape of no lees a feat than the prosecution of a solitary
set voyage to Innilon in a laden craft. The facts an as
follows --The " billy -boy" Kate, of Goole, of between
five end six " keels- buthen, was, about three weeks apa,
deserted in Hartle pool by her crew after her cargo, about
6,000 dozens of glass bottles from the Middleton mama-
factory, was all safely stowed. and everything made may
for proceeding to sea. Under these eircumetaala tlr
master, aptly named Admiral Harrison—in no moy psi
humour, as may be imagined, at the prospect of
(mutable wind and weather while seeking a c
deoly formed the extraordinary resolution to undertaboi
the voyage alone. And, incredible as it may appear, be
immediately adopted it. With the assistance of a oaf
panion, he got a single reef put in the mainsail of the
Teasel, got under weigh, and then, without any other cons
pany than that of a favourite dog, set out to sea. Mott
days afterwards he employed a waterman at Gravesend '
take him up the Thames, and rather surprised the fresh-
water sailor by summoning his canine friend by a shrill
whistle when the article in requisition was " the Admiral's
mere." We may add to this that neither the cargo nor the
vessel was insured.—Suoderland New.