The Express.
London, England, 1853-12-24 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1853.

defendants is, that each of them be imprisoned for one
moi.th for assaul:ing the cffieer. It is proper that I should
soy the policeman acted with great propriety. and so did the
poor man wro wci.t to his auistance.
The defendants were then conveyed to the prison at
Holloway.
The Lord Mayor requested that the press would acknow-
ledge the receipt of the following sums for the poor-box :
R. M., 101.; Robert B. Byas, a; Mrs. Deane, 11.
LAMBETH.
Mr. Samuel Keily, a master printer, who bad been
charged at this court on Saturday' last with violently assault.
ing the Rev. Robert Gibson, a dissenting minister, surren-
dered to his bail and was finally examined before the Hon.
U. C. Norton.
It will be remembered that the defence set up by Mr.
Kelly was that the rev. complainant had seduced his wife
and induced her ro abandon her home, husband, and chil-
dren to live with him in open adultery, yet on his crow
ezamination he denied the fact, and said he had been in-
duced merely from motives of kindness and charity to call
on and condole and sympathise with her.
Mrs. Elizabeth Clerk, the wife of William Clerk, resid-
ing at No. 4, Bedford cottages, Peckham, deposed that she
knew the complainant in the name of Kelly from his lodg-
ing at her house in June last. He took the rooms himself,
and brought I female there whom he represented to be his wife
They came to her house on the Tuesday and left on the
Saturday, but this was owing to Mr. Kelly, the defendant.
and the real husband of the female, calling there. When
Mr. Kelly came Mr. Gibson was in t►e yard cleaning his boots,
but from what Mn. Kelly and to him he went into the
water-closet end remained there. When Mr. Kelly left
Mrs. Kelly rushed into the yard and said, " It's all right ;
he is gone ;" and Mr. Gibson then came out of the water-
closet and finished his boots. (Laughter.)
Mr. Norton—Did you mean that the person whocalled
was the tensale's real husband ?
Witness—No, Sir. She told me he was her brother. In
her cross•esaminatien the witness said the parties occu-
pied two rooms, with a sofa in one and a bed in the other.
She was quite sure Mr. Gibson did not sleep on the sofa, as
she (witness) was nightly in the habit of seeing him and
the female go into the bedroom and close it after them as
man and wife were in the habit of doing.
Mr. Griffiths, a surgeon, at Peckham, said that in the
month of April last, he attended Mrs. Kelly at Victoria
Villas, for • miscarriage, and thought she hid been two
months pregnant. He saw Mr. Gibson while he attended
Mrs. Kelly, and from con aaaaa tiet' he had with him he led
him (witness) to suppose ho was her husband. His (Mr.
Griffiths) had not seen Mr. Gibson nor Mrs. Kelly from the
29th of April, whes be last visited the latter, and had not
as yet been paid his bill for attendance.
Mrs. Amelia Robinson, lreaidthg 'at No. 6, Victoria-cot-
tages, said that in the month of April last Mr. Gibson called
oa her and requested she would attend his wife next door.
She complied with his request, and attended Mrs. Kelly at
Mr. Clark's, and she attended her during her illness conse-
quent on her miscarriage. While attending her she .fre-
quently saw Mr. Gibson in her bedroom, and heard him
speak to her in the endearing terms of a hissbend.
Mr. Samuel Cunningham, the owner of saw mills in the
Hackney-road, said he had been an attendant of Ebenezer-
chapel, of which Mr. Gibson was the minister for some
' years, and knew Mrs. Kelly from seeing her in the chapel
as a member. It was an Independent congregational, and
not a Wesleyan chapel. From some reports which had
reached the committee detrimental to the morel character
of the Rev. Mr. Gibson, the matter was investigated, and
I they dismissed him in July last. Being one of those who
I considered Mr. Gibson a much injured man, be, Mr. Cun-
t ningharn, took Hemptomchapel, Hackney, for him for
1 twelve months certain, and he was the minister.
Mr. Norton—Now if he has sworn that he was not
minister of that chapel has he sworn true or false ?
Witness—Decidedly false; for he was appointed minister
, and preached on two Sundays, besides doing duty on week
;days.
Mr. Norton—Have you seen him administer the sacra-
ment ?

Witness—No, I have not, for I was not in town. From
what bad reached me I went to Peckham, and saw Mrs.
Clew, Mrs. Clerk, and Mrs. Robinson, end from what they
said I at ones had Mr. Gibson discharged.
Mr. Hewett, one of the deacons of Ebenezer Chapel, was
called to prove the fact of the complainant having been dis-
missed in consequence of his immorality.
Mr. Norton considered there was abundance to satisfy
the members of both congregation., of the perfect justice of
discharging such a person from such an office, and it was
much to be regretted that a person, capable of such conduct
as that proved, should have held the appointment of minis-
ter in any chapel.
The magistrate was here requested to put the question to
the Rev. Mr. Gibson, whether be was not a married man,
and whether he had not been married in the village of
How, or Bowyer, in Yorkshire, in the years 1833 or 18351
The rev. complainant said he did not know such a village,
that he had never been-'married, and was therefore a single
man.
Mr. Binns addressed the bench at some length. He said
that this was not the proper court to try a ease of trim.
coo., and if there was any truth In the statements given
that day the proper tribunals were open to the defendant ;
and he was not, from any whim or caprice, to go to a man's
house and commit a murderous assault. It was his (Mr.
Binns') intention to call Mrs. Kelly, who would inform his
worship how she bad been treated and turned out by her
husband ; and if through sympathy for her unfortunate
situation somebody else got a hold of her, the husband had
only himself to blame.
Mrs. Kelly was in the body of the court, and was making
her way to the willies box, when
Mr. Norton said he could not permit her to De ex-
amined.
The defendant received an excellent character, and it
was proposed to call his daughter, a full-grown young
woman, to speak to his uniform kindness to his family.
Mr. Norton said he should be sorry to place the daughter
in so painful a situation.
The magistrate then recapitulated the whole of the points
of the case, and remarked on the highly immoral and im-
proper conduct of the complainant while holding so sacred
an office ; and believing that the attack was not premedi-
tated, and the provocation very strong, be oenvieted the
defendant in the nominal penalty of ls., and ordered him
to keep the peace towards the complainant for three
months, himself in 401, and two sureties of 201. each.
Bail was given.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE—Friday, Dec. 23.

WHITEHALL, Ditc. 22.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Robert Mac-
farlane, Em., Advocate, to be Sheriff of the shire or sheriff-
dom of Renfrew.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Dzo. 22.

The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of the
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, • copy
of • French Imperial decree dated the 14th instant, by
which Chinese crape shawls, of foreign manufacture, im-
ported into France for the purpose of being embroidered,
' and subsequently re-exported, are, under certain conditions,
Ito be temporarily admitted into France free of duty.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of the
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, • copy
of &despatch from Her Majesty's Acting Chargé d'Affaires
at Naples, transmitting • translation of new quarantine
regulations issued by the Neapolitan Board of Health.
These regulations affect vessels from Dundee, and all per
▪ arriving in the Neapolitan territory from France or
French possessions.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of the
IPrivy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, • copy
of a despatch from Her Majesty's Vice-Consul at Buenos
Ayres, inclosing a decree of the government of Buenos
Ayres, opening the Port of San Nicolas, on the Parana
(150 miles north of Buenue Ayres), to general trade, from
the 15th October last.

The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of the
Privy Council for Trade and Pliuststions have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a despatch from Her Majesty's Consul at Paraiba, report-
ing that the decree which prohibited the re•esportation of
foreign goods from the province of Parable has been re-
scinded and replaced by another decree, permit- ting Inch
re-exportation of foreign goods on payment of the legal
transit does.

The Hight Honourable the Lords of the Committee of the
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affoire, a copy
of a despatch from Her Majesty's Consul-General at Guide-
inclosing a communication from the Captain of the
Port of Istapam, announcing that the custom-house at that
port had been removed to San Jose, and that the Port of
Istapam bad been closed.

Eosins o,orge Augustus Bentley Buckle, to be adjutant,
lice Wise, 11/001011 (I.
jiSib Feot.—Thouris F its Gerald, pent., to be ensign, by
purchase, lice Johnstone, who resigns.
GOth Foot.—Major Charles HOW Spence to he lieutenant-
colonel, without purchase, vice Nesbitt, deceased ; Cap-
tain the lion. Henry Littleton l'nwys to be major, witn-
nut purchase, rice Spence ; First Lieutenant Randal
Joseph Feilden to be captain, without purchase, vice
Powys; Second Lieutenant George Bliss Mac Queen to be
first lieutensist, without purchase, vice Feilden.
G2nd Foot.—Ensign Adolphus Al ek Wombwell to be lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice ltoberts, who retires; Seville
Ramsay, gent., to be ensign, by purchase, lice Womb-
well.
63rd Foot.—Lieutenant-Colonel John Btoyte, from inspect-

tag field °Meer of a recruiting district to lie lieutaiant-
colonel, vise Pole, who exchanges ; Major Bib= &hem-
berg Turner Swyny to be lieutenant-colonel, by purchase,
vice Stoyte, who retires; Captain Patrick Lindesay to
be major, by purchase, vice Swyny; Lieutenant Henry
Ferguson Barclay to be captain, by purchase, vies Linde-
say; Ensign E•lward Joseph Hunt to be lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Barclay ; Thomas Kyd Morgan, gent., to
be ensign, by purchase, vice Hunt.
71st Foot.—Captain George William Hamilton, Viscount
Kirkwall, from 92nd Foot, to be captain, vice Horne,
who exchanges.
92nd Foot.—Captain James Horn., from 71st Foot, to be
captain, vice Viscount Kirkwall, who exchanges.
97th Foot —Lieutenant Septimus Moore Hawkins to be
captain, by purchase, vice Gowen, who retires; Ensign
Osborne Barwell Cannon to be lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Hawkins; Douglas Alexander M'Gregor, gent., to
be ensign, by purchase, vice Cannon.
2nd West Indialßegiment—Ensign:llerbert Kelly Johnstone
Waldron to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ravin, pro-
moted.
3rd West India Regiment.—Charles Brisbane Higman,

gent., to be ensign, without purchue, vice Quill; pro:
mold.
STAPP.—Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Clink& Van Rotten
Pole, from 63rd Foot, to be Inspecting Field Officer of a
Recruiting District, vice !Hoyle, who exchenges.
Ilitzvrr.—The under-mentioned Cadets of the East India
Company's Service, to have the local and temporary rank
of ensign, during the period of their being placed under
the command of Colonel H. D. Jones, of the Royal En-
gineers, at Chatham, for Field Instruction in the art of
Sapping and Mining:—Edward Burnes Holland, gent.;
John Le Mesurier, gent.; Patrick Murray, gent.; Alex-
ander McNeill, gent.; Francis Latter Tautly, gent.; Wil-
liam Adolphus Biker, gent.; John Hubbard White,
gent. ; Hector Tulloch, gent. ; William Carr Hemond,
gent. ; John Ord Hailed, gent.
Erratum in the Gazette of 16th instant.-66:hFoot.—For,
Lieutenant the Honourable Edmund John Boyle to be
captain, by purchase, vice Warde, who retires, read,
Lieutenant the Honourable Edmund John Boyle to be
captain, by purchase, vice Thomas Hobbins Ward, who
retires.