The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-19 00:00:00

int Court.

OSBOItNE, Aro. 18.
The Queen and Prince, accompanied by the
poiliess of kept, Prince Arthur, and Count Alexander
Belo/lrd, awl att. eded by Lady A. Bruce, the floe. Mary
own ,m, Colonel Dtruverie, and ti.e llon. Dudley de It's, I
"sharked on board the Fairy yesterday afternoon, and ho-
wand the Cowes Regatta with their pri 'enc.:. The royal
1,,1ty afterwards proceeded to Spithead, and passed round
tbe slope( war lying et !Imhof there.
Entme Adaltert of Prelate arrived yesterday on a visit to
her Majesty.
The royal ideate party included the Grand Duchess Ca.
Merino and Duke (linear of M. ehltuburg, the l'riece of
Tnmis, the Duchess of h. nt, Couut Alexander M.:m.loof,
molesniselle de Kaden, MademoiseLe de Straudatan, and
gg. de L'lzroaseh-d, in a:tenilanee on the Grand 1/ueliess,
L,,ty Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, and Sir George
coupe,.
1 Ile hand of the 23rd Royal Welsh Fasilien attended at
amave.
The following hail the honour of receiving invitations in
the eventeg • —The Kid and Countess of Wi.ton, Lady
b.,..ttieth and Lady Katherine Egerton, Lord Grey de
ttdt.a, Lied Ad.ildlies Fimelarence, the Earl of Mount-
-I.ird and Lady Churchill, the llon. Colonel, Lady
,s4plaa, and Lady Less' Phipps, Lady and the Misa Gra-
hasNr. Coate'. yu sdrille baud performed a selection of gun-
.ll,lss and wal•ses.
Vitatari cf Ken!, attended by Lady Augusta
Brum and Sr limp Cooper, arrived at her res Pence,
Clans& Dome, St. James's, yesterday afternoon from a
coat to tar Majesty tt Osborne.
IL, CAW.," de Kesilly visited the Duchess of Kent yes-
tirday Garrote Moose.

lLe Earl of Abeideen gave a cabinet dinner on Wednes-
day enniag. at bis residence, Argyll Heins,. The compauy
preens were. the Lsrit Chancellor, Esrl Granville, the
Ua►e of Argyii, It.e Marquis of Lsnadowne, L Ord John
Viscount rstou, the Earl of Clarendon, the
Newtutle, S.r James Graham, Sir Charles Wood,
the Eight S.duey Ilerixrt, and Sir William Moles-
worth.
Dop..tches were received at the Colonial-office, yester-
dos. Grum the Govimors of the West India Islands.

VIE FLEET AT SPITHEAD-CRLINE OF HER
m.ussrr.

POITSWOUTH. AUtbUST 18.

Her Majesty Las proetedul to sea to-day with a
diviviun of the Meet. L .st night the Queen and his Royal
limbers, l'riace r; e..,barked on board the Fully,
screw tender, and came up to Spithead, passing through
the dots, which fired a royal salute and manned rigging.
At half-past 7 thi, morning the Commander-in-Chief,
lice• Admiral Sir J. J. Cochrane, E.C.H , went out to
Siiithead in the Fire Queen, steamer, and embarked on
board the Duke of Wellington, 131, strew ship, hoisting bis
bg, red at t'.e f At 10 o'clock her Majesty
sad Prince Albert kit Osborne and embarked in
the Victona and Albert, royal yacht, Commodore
Lord Adolphus Fiuclarenee, G.C.H., in which she came up
to Spithead, the fleet manning yards and firing a royal
sabre. At 10 3v. a.m., the royal standard was struck on
Doer! the 'litters. and Albert on her Majesty's leaving in
her barge for *be bake of Wellington, on board of which
ship she wired in another quarter of an hoer. The royal
standard was then hoisted at the main of the Duke, the
Adair ilty flag being et the misers, and that of the Com-
mander-in-Chief at the fore. Steam was up on board the
following Alpe, in anticipation of going out to sea with her
Majesty:—Duke of Wellington, 131; Agamemnon, 91;
Imper'esse, 60 ; Arregant, 46, Hightlyer, 21; Encounter,
It: sad Desperato,B, all strew Teasels. and they were, on
the Queen's getting on board the first named, ordered to
neigh and proceed to sea.
Tins they did in tie following order
Starboard disision—Doke of Wellington, Imperious', and
Hizhtlyer.
Fort division—Agamemnon and Arrogant.
Centre division—Encounter and Desperate.

The following vessels were aluo in attendance on the
squ:dron .—Victoria and Albert, Fairy, Elfin, Fire Queen,
sad Sprightly.
A large number of people assembled on the ramparts of
the garriron, and other places, to see the departure of the
Kudrna with the Queen ; the spectacle being a very
striking one. They proceeded round to the east end of the
Isle of Wight, standing well out to sea, and were out of
sight, hull down, by 1 p.m.
At four o'clock the squadron again hove in sight, com-
ing up under steam in lines, the Duke of Wellington lead-
ing and still having the royal standard floating from her
main. At half-pint five this afternoon they got up to
Spi:head, when the Queen, 113, Prince Regent, 90, flag of
Admiral Corry, 14ndon, 90, and the other ships remaining
there, fired a general royal salute.
The Queen had not left the Duke of Wellington on the
despatch of this parcel (G p.m.).
To-day has been another holiday for Portsmouth, as in,
addition to the Queen's cruise at sea, we have had the
Portsmouth regatta, which her Majesty has patronised wish
a handsome donation.

THE CONVOCATION OF THE CLERGY.

TILE HON. C. C. NORTON AND THE HON.

!IRS. NOILTON.

WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT, AVG. IS.

This NV (LS an action brought by the plaintiff's, I
Mews. Thrum, coach-builders, of Oxfar4,-,:reet, against'
the lion. G. C. Norton, defendant.
Mr. Dad said the ,wins was fur 491.4.. 641. for work and
labour supplied by the plaintiffs to the lion. Mrs. Norton.
who was the wife of the defendant. The defendant was the
police magistrate for Lambeth, and also a member of the
bar. The account of the plaintiffs had extended from the
17th of April, 1813, to the 14th of March, 1850, amounting
to Ibo/. 4s. 61, of which 13M. had been paid in different'
instalments, leaving a balance of 49!. 4s. 6d., the amount
sought to be recuvcred.
The lion. Mr.. Caroline Norton, who was accommodated
with a seat on the bench, was now examined by Mr. Dud.
She stated that she was the wife of the defendant, the lion.
George Chapel Norton. She had been subi mimed to that court
to produce the accounts of the plaintiffs for work and labour
supplied by thew to her from the year 1843 to the month of
March, 1850. The work consisted of repairs to my carriage.

I paid Mr. Thrupp by instalments, until Mr. Norton
stopped my allowance. We are not residing together, and
have lived apart for some years, by my wish and choice,
because I consider that I have sustained an injury that no
women ought to submit to. I believe Mr. Norton's income
to be about 3,0001. • year, via., from his magistracy, his
patrimonial profits in Scotland, his chambers in the temple,
and other sources, altogether amounting to 3,000/. per
annum. I was parted from him in the year Itiati, and the
following year he offered 5001. a year until we could
arrange our matters, but made use • compulsory al-
lowance of 4001. per annum. He stipulated that I should
give up my children, and I said that I would rather
starve than lose them, and I did starve for • time.
From the month of March, 1839, he made me an allow-
ante, and he advertised me in the public papers respecting
the compulsory allowance. He paid me 4001. a-year until
1845; in reference to this, there was an agreement drawn
op ; he and my brother-in-law, the Hon. E. Phipps, wit-
nessed it. In the year 1831 my mother died, and she left me
some money; but there are still 6971. 101. due to my cre-
ditors, and I have returned from Italy to have it paid ; and
if the defendant had paid me the money he promised by the
agreement, I should have settled with the plaintiffs, but I
understood Mr. Norton's plea to be, that as this paper was
made between him and his wife, it cannot be binding on
him ; but if I had the money every one of my creditors
would have what is due to them.

Cross-ermined by Mr. Needham—Have you received
your Income from Mr. Norton regularly up to a period
beyond that of the last item, March, 1850?

The Hon. Mn. Norton—lle owes me 6871.
Mr. Needham—Have you not received your allowance
under the agreement ?
The Run. Mrs. Norton—l receivcil my allowance up to
March, 18.12.

Mr. Needham—Was your separation from your husband
a voluntary one ?
The Hon. Mrs. Norton—Mr. Norton sent my little chil•
dren away, to which I very much objected, and I received
nothing in the shape of an allowance for two years, and
when I parted from my Mishima I had no income.
Mr. Needham—Was not the allowance paid into your
benkers, first after the rate of 2001. a year, and subse-
quently 4001. ?
The Hon. Mrs. Norton—No; I have not got my banker's
pass-book with me. I never had a book at all until 1848,
because I never had sufficient money to make it worth my
while to keep an account there. Yesterday I sent a list of
what moneys I ha I at my banker's.
Mr. Needham—Did you refuse to take the money after
It was paid into Messrs. Rawson% the bankers ?
The Hon. Mrs. Norton—l refused to do anything, whilst
my children were taken from me.
Mr. Needham—l believe you had 15,0001. left you by
your mother ?
The Hon. Mrs. Norton—l have the interest of the money
paid to me through my brother.
Mr. Needham—Have you also 571. 10s. paid to you by
way of pension ?
The Hon. Mrs. Norton—My father held an appointment
at the Cape of Good Hope. He died there, and I have the
pension in consequence.
Mr. Needham—What le your literary income ? Is it
5601. a year?
The Hon. Mrs. Norton—You may take it for what ion
like ; and the only remaining source of income is the assis-
tance from my friends and family—any sum that they chow
to allow me.
Mr. N.

we have already got an income
of 1,3001. a year ; do you mean to tell the learned judge
that you have ao other source of income ?
The lion. Kn. Norton—l man to tell the learned judge
the truth.

Mr. Needham—ls one of those friends from whom you
derive an allowance Lord Bovill, the late Lord Melbourne?
The Ron. Mrs. Norton—That is one of the sources. (The
witness here became much excited, and, rising from tier
seat, expressed in a loud and tragical voice the following :)
I do not receive an income, for his property was strictly
entailed. lie lett his solemn declaration, as a dying man,
and gave his word of honour, that Mr. Norton's accusation
against me, when I was a young thing at home, was a
false one. _

Mr. Needham—Mrs. Norton. I ask you whether it we
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not upon the czpress amnion, at the time that agreement
was signed, that you received nothing from Lord Mel-
bourne, that Mr. Norton was to make you the allowance ?
The Hon. Mn. Norton-1 did receive nothing from Lord
Melbourne. •

Mr. Needham—Did you say that you neither did thee,
nor could ?
The lion. Mrs. Norton—l dii not, for I never expected
to receive anything.
Mr. Needham—Do you mean to say that on your oath ?
The Hon. Mrs. Norton (with great emphasis)—l say it
upon my oath—max
Mr. Needham—hl
it is not very polite.
The Hon. Mrs. Norton—l am sorry not to be polite. I
am in a very tragical state.
Mr. Needham—From what time—up to what time—have
you received 6001. a year ?
The Hon. Mrs. Norton—You have my voucher-book at
home.

that may be very tragical ; but

Mr. Needham—Who paid it?
The Zion. Mrs. Norton—Lady l'almenton ; I don't know
ow it is paid.

Mr. Needham—When did you receive the last ?
The Hon. Mn. Norton—lt was in June or July. Lady
Palmerston gave me something this year. Nobody is bound
to give me anything.
Mr. Needham—Have you received 6001. a year up to
July in the present year ?
The Hon. Mrs. Norton—l have not had 6001. a year. I

don't know bow much my income falls abort of that; but
I have not received that.

Mr. Needham—ln J►nuary, 1852, did you have 2911. be.
on the account of Lord Melbourne placed to your account ?
The Hon. Mn. Norton—l dare Bay I did. You hate
the book.

Mr. Needham—Now, in July of the same year, per Lord
Melbourne, the sum of 2911.5 e. Did you have that ?

The Hon. Mrs. Norton—Yes. But Lord Melbourne is
dead. No one is bound to give me one farthing. We are
dimming simply whether my creditors are or are not to be
paid.

After a vast many questions bearing upon the domestic
relationship of the plaintiff and defendant, but which in
volved no matters of interest to the public, and some other
witnesses having been examined,

The lion. Mr. Norton prayed for his right to have his
'eying in court.
The Judge said, that at the present stage the case was ex
parte, end decreed for a nonsuit, upon which
Mr. Norton pressed for a hearing, in explanation of the
allegations made against him by his wife.
The learned Judge remarked that, as the whole CAN was
quite ex parte, the public could only attach such weight as
was due to any case under such circumstances.

NEWSPAPER STAMP DUTlES.—Yesterday the act
to amend the law relating to the stamp duties on news
paper. was printed. The schedule to the act 6& 7 W. IV.
c. 76, is repealed, and it is now enacted that no paper con-
taining news, &c., is to be deemed to be a newspaper within
the said act, or any act relating to stamp duties on news.
papers. unless the same shall be published periodically, or
in parts or numbers, at intervals not exceeding 26 days
between the day of publication of any two such parts or
numbers.

SALT EXPORTED FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM.—
Yesterday a return showed the quantities of salt exported
from the United Kingdom in four years. In 1841 the law
year given, the quantity was 18,233,405 bushels, and the
declared value was 235,849 L
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA.—The race

at Cowes ter her Majesti's Cup waa won, after an exciting
contest, by the Gloria's*, beating the Shark sad Viking.