The Express.
London, England, 1851-12-11 00:00:00

suggested a doubt as to the legality of the use of bells by
Roman Catholic.. The 31st George 111., c. 5.:2, removed
the disability under which Roman catholic' previon,ly
?abound as to the celebration of their religious remonie.,
but retained the law which forbade them the tail: of e
steeple cad bells. This act still applied to Roman catholic
ta the very clia2el in nu ..tion was registered
under it. It had been contended that the Charitable Dona-
tion Act, 2 and 3 William IV., c. 115, had since altered the
law. But that act was totally silent on the subject, and
certain it was that it was only very recently that the system
of ben-ringing was resorted to by Roman catholic&
Mr. Campbell replled at great length.
His Honour declared his intention of overruling the de-
nymer. But he did not consider it proper to state his rea-
sons, as be should have done in an ordinary case, until the
motion for the injunction which was pending should be
heard.__

Mr. Maims then moved for the injunction upon the If-
hich merely recapitulated the facts which have
ken already stated. The Rel.. Me. Weld, who described
himself as the pastor of the congregation, made an affidavit
to the effect that he bad made the arrangements for the
tolling after the verdict, and that in so doing he hail en-
dtavoured to consult the convenience of the neighbours, who
complained of the nuisance. It appeared, from some of the
affidavits of the defendant, that offers had been made to
Mr. Soltau to ouy hi, lemsc, hut that he had refused to sell
it to a Roman Catholic.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—YE4Ter.DAY.

Bum 3is. CAmmi.losta FeNgLe.‘cp c.
Is ILE CLSDALL.

This was the certificate meeting in the ease of Joseph
Cordell, bookseller, of Old Bond-street.
Mr. Linklater supported.
Mr. Lawrence, for the assignees, gave an explanation of
the bankrupt's partnenhip with Mr. Addy. The firm of
Conslall and Addy was abund rntly solvent. The bankrupt's
I Private debts were 4,0001. ; his assets about SOOL There
had been an attempted arrangement out of court, which had
re,ulted in several creditors obtaining preferences, hut the
assignees did not complain, and they were willing that the
bankrwst should receive a ceititicate.
Mr. Levey, a creditor, opposed in person. The bankrupt
bad, he complained, been living at an extraveq. ant rate at
the cost of his creditors. He hail commenced business it:
lull, with a capital of about 7001., and in 1816 he had
etketed a composition of 11, in the 'sound upon debts to
the amount of 6,0001. or 7,0001. He had recommenced busi-
ness in 181 d, with a capital of 43!. 4s. Id., and had since
been living at the rate of 4001. to 5001. a year. A sum
amounting to 1,:.001. had been thus obtained at the expense
of his creditors. In fact, the bankrupt had had few losses,
and the defichney had mainly arisen from his personal ex-
penditure. The bankrupt had, in August, ISaO, employed
him (Mr. Levey) to print a second edition of a work en-
titled " The Pleasure Book," whilst the greater portion of
the copies printed of the first edition were in the hands of
Messrs. Grant and Griffiths, unsold. Of the new edition
3,000 copies were almost immediately deposited by the
bank:opt with Mr. 'Bogue, and an advance obtained thereon.
The Lankrur.t had, he urged, obtained the printin of tire
114.V01111 edition, not for the bona tide purposes of trade or
profit, but for the purpose of raising money.
The bankrupt was examined, and stated that, at the
time of selling the first edition of the work to Messrs.
Greet and Griffiths, he had an agreement with them that
he should be at liberty to print a second edition in numbers.
The :c mud edition was requires!, although the first was not
sold, Mr. Bogue having sold I,:ftfo out of the 3,000 copies
placed in his hands.
Mr. Linklater submitted that the charges against the
bankrupt had Wen to the ground.
His Honour said he drool., award a certificate of the
second dam; and as he found that the books were very
well kept, and that there was not tho slightest imputation
of any concealment, and also taking into eoasideration that
what had been charged in respect to the bills of Cunsiall
and Addy was in truth a great benefit to the creditors,which
they had not before, he would grant an immediate certifi-
cate of the *timid doss.

IN UE LEACH.

This was the eertificate m:etano in the case of E. Leach,
apothecary, of Chichester. llis debts were between 2,0001.
and 3,001/.
Mr. Liuklater opposed, fur the assignees, principally on
the grel:nil that the bankrupt had made a Aitlinient of his
property offer he litd fallen into difficulties.

Ifter a prolonged itivcstigatio.i,
Ills Honour said that no man was justified hi making a
settlemeof of the whole of his property units, at the time
he was indisputably solvent, and that was not the case here.
The bankrupt's expenditure had been unwarranted by his
profits, :,ud an incumbrance o: at least 1,0001. on his estate
had been created for the purpose of giving a preference to
two ptuiitular creditors. The assets immediately available
were only ; there was a prospect of other 6001. being
roaliteti; and, if that were received, it might bring up the
dividend to in the pound. In the case of professional
men, whether legal, medical, or otherwise, to whom it
might he presumed credit had been given on the faith of
their abilities, and whose assets might be said to be in their
heads, and consequently ;meets:4lde to the official assignee,
he hail adopted • method of malung them available to the
creditors, aud he should do bU in the present case. After
allowing the bankrupt to retain 300/. 3 year, for his main-
tenance and expenses, he should impose upon him the con-
dition that two-thirds of his futurs professional income
should be set aside for his creditors, until all the unsecured
creditors should have received 5.. in the pound. The certi-
ficate would be of the second-class, and would be granted
immediately.

WE STM LNSTEIt COUNTY COURT—YarrERDAY.

1:E10111 Yarn 13Avirr, 1 AMON:
WALSTOL r. ALLEN.—COMMITMENT OF • TLIDEOILLN
FOR PEW vox.

This was an action-Won1;1T 14.tlie plaintiff, a timber
merchant, at Shot Tower-wharf, Commercial-road, L3M-
Ixth, against the defendant, Mr. henry Allen, 7, Great
Wild-street, Drury-lane, a carman and carrier, of 20 year:
residence in that neighbourhood, fora small sum claimed as
the price of Foods sold and delivered.
The defendant on lacing exam:ned swore that lie had
never received the goods, and po,itively contradicted four
witneaces examined for the plaintiff.
The learned judge, having briefly summed up the evi-
denee, said (with considerable emphacis), there must be a
verdict fur the plaintiff unquestiounlily, and he felt he was
also bound to commit the defendant for wilful perjury.
A verdict was entered for the pl.,intiff with all costs, and
the defendant was committed on the judge's being
bound over to find two suretia in 201. to appear to take
his trial.

lhe drci•oncr was at once taken hve custody, and in the
cour4u of the d.ty the required sureties were forthcoming.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
LiVERPOOL—WEDNESDAY.
1:V:411.11 MU. lIARON PAL.I:I6
Iif!GiIWAY 11.01111Eitr NT M.lscuESTtt.
Maria .M'Cleya, 22, Henry Juliusua, 32, and //,,,ey
Ncary, 26, were jointly indicted for a highway robbery,
attended with violence' on the person of Mr. John Wrigley
Barton, on the 12th of November last.
The jury found the male prisoner, GaiPy, but Acquitted
the woman.
Sentence deferred.
guavas Use. JUFIRCE
M ‘NSLAI:GIITEE EY .1 DOT.
Lery, a bey only 12 years of age, was indicted for
the murder of another buy, named John Bothwell, on the
3rd of November, et Aughtou.
The death of the deceased was proved to have been
caused by blows on the head, and those blows wire
proved to have been inflicted by the prisoner.
Alter hearing the evidence,
The learned Judge said he should leave it to the jury
to say whether the prisoner at the time of cutiunittiug tile
offence had a guilty knowledge of doing anything wrong.
It was necessary that he must have suppo cd tLat he was
committing grave guilt.
The jury returned a verdict of No! Guilty, and the pri-
. saner was then formally arraigned on the coroner's inqui.
sition on the charge of wilful murder for the same °deuce,
and acquitted.
lie was discharged with a caution from his lordship.
EXTENSIVE ROBIIEUV.
Julia Banington, a violent fellow, well known to the
police for his nutui3Old robberies, and who had only re-
turned from transportation a few weeks before he was
apprehended on the present charge, was indicted for a
violent assault on Mr. James Livingstone, at Liverpool,
and robbing him of about 2001. in Bank of England notes,
and 871. in cash and securities, together with a valu-
able watch.
The prisoner's identity and share in the robbery were
fully established, and the portion of the plunder in his
possession traced to a pigeon-house at the top of the beer-
house which the prisoner had just taken.
He was found Guilty, and sentenced to transportation
for life.

FILM:DI:LENT BANIIIEPTCY.
Patrick 0' Took, formerly a provision-dealer, of Liver.
pool, was indicted for feloniously and wilfully neglecting
to surrender himself to a fiat in the District CODA of
Bankruptcy.—The case had not concluded when ow
parcel was despatched.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—YESTERDMr.
BirOLZ Ila. Wrrami., Diem AMMAN? lcs.z, AND • llama of

MAOTSTIATTS. AT roe GI'ILIMIALI, WAAIIIIENTIAL
TILE SWELL Mon AT VIE RAILWAY STATIONS.
Mary Jones alias Bolan, and Jane IVilion alias Bryant,
two notorious members of the swell mob, well known to
the police as active and ixpert practisers of their vocation in
omnibuses, and at the metropotitin railway stations, were
indicted for robbing Mrs. Ann Norris of a purse containing
four sovereigns and other moneys.
It appeared from the evidence given for the prosecution
that on Saturday last the prisoners were observed by James
Lindon, a detective officer in the employ of the Great
Western Railway Company, to be very actively " dodging"
about the platform at the Paddington station on the arrival
of the third class train. They suddenly left the platform,
and got into a Chsring-cross omnibus, but having narrowly
watched their movements, he was convinced that they were
pickpockets, and be communicated kis opinion of them to
the omnibus conductor, George Bowern, who in come•
quence kept his eye upon them. When the omnibus got
into Oxford-street the prisoners alighted, and he imme-
diately asked all the passengers if they had lost anything
from their pockets, when the prosecutra, who had sat neat
to one of the prisoners, put her hand into her pocket, and
declared that she had been robbed of her purse. Ile then
went after the prisoners, stopped them, and said be
wanted them. They asked what for, and he detected
Zones in the act of passing something, which proved to be
the purse the prosecute: had lost, and he heard her say to
Wilaoa--"d— it: take it, Lad be quick." Wilson attempted

to take it, but it slipped from her hand and rat to the •
ground. A lad eielied it up, and gave it to the constable,
who found in it four sovereigns, two ball' crown:, live
shillings, a rotate. tiny piece, and a halfpenny.
'the prosecutrie, Mrs. Norris, of 17, Soutliville, Wands-
wet th-road, who had arrived at Paddington by the third-
eless train, and had zot into the omnibus to go to Charing-
cross, identified the purse and contents as hers.
The conductor then gave both the prisoners into the
custody of Carter, 116 D.
In answer to the counsel for the prisoner Wilson, Mr.
Collard, the sup:rintendent of the police on the Went
Western Railway, said he was prosecuting the vase on his
own responsibility. It was not a prosecution by the com-
pany, and all the e incurred in the ease, beyond the
ordinary expenses ado ;ed by the court, would come out of
his own pocket. The company had not directed him to
prosecute. Ile had taken the case rip as a private indi-
vidual.
The counsel for the prisoners urged that they might have
found the purse in the omnibus.
The jury found the prisoners Gisi,li.
Police-constable V imam Coambes, 94 L, who had been
referred to in the course of the case RS the " Surrey Wolf,"
and another officer, then proved that the prisoners were
both notorious thieves, th.y each cohabited with parties
who were known housebreaker., and were the constant
associates of returned transports and cowrie-tea thieves.
The prisoner Wilson, who was the mother of lie, chil-
dren by a housebreaker, was tried in this court in April
last fur picking a pocket in an omnibus in the Haymarket,
but she was acquitted, the &knee set up having barn that
she was a respectable married woman, and was at the time
she was given into custody on her way to Westminster
hospital tc see one of her children, a cripple, under treat-
ment there. They had both been convicted.
The Deputy Judge sentenced each el the prisoners to be
transported beyond the seas for the term of 19 years.
Upon hearing this rentenco the prisoners began scream-
ing in the most frantic manner Ire in. Try, Wilson in parti-
cular appealing on behalf of her children, and they literally
had to be dragged from the dock.
The Deputy Judge said he widied to say publicly that the
conduct of the witness, Sowers, the omnibus man, cavilled
him to the highest praise, and to the thanks of the conanu-
nity at large.
The jury said they thought so too.
Mr. Metcalf said Mr. Collard was, as they all km w, a
mast intelligent officer, and he boiled the court did nut
think that in questioniog him as to the prosecution not
le ing taken up by the company, he (Mr. Metcalf) hal in-
tended to insinuate that he had acted s. ith the slightest im-
prunriety.
1 he jury said they consid, red the courre.. Mr. Collard had
talon to be most praiseworthy.
The Deputy Judge admitted the evidence of Lindon, the
odic( r, as to the proceedings of the prisoners on the plat-
form, subject to an objection by Mr. Metcalf, and leave
was given to take the point before the Court of Criminal
Appeal.

THE POLICE COURTS.

eh-Irks John Prenderipat, a young man who was em.fi-
dentially cmplowed as a traveller in the firm of Brown,
Sharp and Co., No. 18, Watling-street, mtudin warehouse-
men, was brought before the Lord Mayor by Inspector
Mitchell, of the City police force, upon thu charge of hiv-
ing enibezaled 20/. 125., which he had received from hlessr,
Deverell. _ _

the writing of the receipt was proved upon the appre-
hension:of the defendant, who was remanded for come days.
Inspector Scott, of the City police, woo summoned under
peculiar circumstances, by Mr. liorner, of the firm of
llorn-r and Co., boot and shoe manufacturers, in Alder-
manburr under the 2 & 3 Vic., cap. 71, s. 29, which
nays, " And be it enacted that if any goods or mom y
charged to be stolen or fraudulently obtained,
I shall be in the custody of any constable, by
virtue of any warrant of a justice or in prosecution of any
char.° of felony or iii;sdeux, :tour reaard to the obtain-
, imt taereof, and the person charged with stealing or oh-
Wining possession, as aforesaid, shall not be found, or shall
hare been ‘unainarily convicted, or shall have been tried
and actkuived ; or if such person shall hare been Mund
guilty, it shall bo lawful for nay magistrate to make an
order for tie delivery of such goods or money to the party
who shall appear to be the rightful owner, or, in case the
owner cannot be ascertained, then to make such order with
respect to such goods or moue', as to such magistrate seem,
meet ; provided always that no such order shall be any bar
to the right of the person or persons to sue the piety to
whom such goods or money shall he delivered, and to re•
cover such stools or money flout him by action at law, so
that such action shall be commenced vs ithin six calendar
months next after which order shall be made."

The inspector plc.ded not guiloy, and said he had re-
ceived the property produced (93 pairs of boots and six pairs
of shoe ) us property which had been stolen front the firm
in Aide rmanbury, in September, and found in the hmse of
Jonas or Jones, who was acquitted by the jury upon the
charge of having received the goods with a guilty know-
ledge.
It was proved that the goods produced formed part of
th,...e which L .d been stolen.

Fluids, the officer, mid he had received information,
from which he believed he should he able to apprehend a
person who was charged with the robbery, c❑d that he had
found twn pairs of shoes in the house in which he believed
the thief bet been concealed. Ile then produced n nureh.r
of housebreaking implements, which he described as being
of first-rate quality, and likely to be Irresistible in strong
hands. There were three life preservers, a great quantity
of tiles, centre bits, and dark lanterns. Ile believed if some
of the property was detained in the custody of the inspector,
he should be able to procure a conviction upon apprehend-
ing the person whom ho believed to be the thief.
The Lord Mayor then issued an order that all the pro-
perty produced, with the exception of a few pairs of shoe•,
should be given up to the complainant, which seas accord-
ingly done. •
CLERKENWELL.

Ethrard Ilucklani,ageiiii,nbrusrmaker, residing at
No. 17, Northern-buildings, St. rallera=, was charged with
having attempted to murder Mary liu.kland, his wife.
The prosecutris appeared in a very weakly state, with a
pair of black eves, a stab on her hand, and other injuries.
The prisoner and his wife hail lived upon the most unhappy
terms, and on more than one OCCILSICII the prisoner had
broken her ribs and otherwise maltreated her. On Tues-
day, about twelve o'clock in the forenoon, they renewed
their quarrels, and whilst in the street near their house
the pnsoner rushed upon her and beat her on the head and
face. lie subsequently came out of the house armed with
a knife, being le a great rage, end m ids an attempt to cut
her throat. Ho 'nova that he would murder her, and
s..veral times threatened that ho would cut her gullet.
Ile also stabbed her on the hand. Some passer by went to
her a,sistaure, took the knife from him, and saved her life.
Tho prisoner was given into the custody of a policeman,
who locked him up in the station-house.

the prisoner, who
said that his wife was in the habit of annoying him iu his
business, and he was determined to do for her.
Mr. Corrie committed the prisoner for trial.
Three stout-looking fellows, mt anly dressed, were charged
by James Morgan, a railway labourer, residing ill Caledo-
nian-road, Islington, with a highway robbery.
It appeared Dom the evidence of the prosecutor, that on
Saturday night last, after he left work, ho went to .:.ec a
friend in the neighbourhood of Ball's-pond, Islington, and
on the road called is at a public-house to have some re-
freshment. lie had part of his wages in his jacket pocket,
and took the money out to pay his reckoning in the pre-
tence of the prisoner. On leaving the house he was fol-
iawcd by them and on his arrival in Cock-lane, Ifighbury,
they surrounded him ; one of the prisoners seized him
round the waist. while the others rifled his pockets. He
made au alarm and the prisoners ran off, but being pursued
they were taken into custody.
The prisoners denied the charge, but the evidtace being
sufficient, they were hilly committed for trial.
MAELBOROCGII-STREET.
Francis Wright, wino merchant, 31, Wchestrect, Bo-
rough; James Marsh, 74, Piccadilly; l'enfuld, 8,
Bedford-street, Coveut-garden ; Henry Wilkiaton, 3,
Albany-street; James Forrest, 20, Old Cavendish-street;
Thomas Baring, 6, Paper-buildings; Thomas Hunt, Piazza
Hotel; George Wright, Suffolk-street; Samuel Martin, 3,
Chester-street; John Rosenthal, George and Vulture Hotel;
Mary Sleecens, 10, Grove-place; George Legley, Charles
L.gley, James Frisch, Juha Simpson, William lioper,
Tnualor Willaason, Snivel Broam, James IVebster, and
James Wells were charged with having been found in an
alleged common gaming house, No. lit, St. dames's-street.
The names and addresses of the defendants are the same as
given at the station-house, but several of the names and ad-
dresses were assumed, the parties being regular playmen
ant well known as having been before at this court.
Charles Otway, superintendent of Oleg division, produced
the order in writing of the Police Commissioners. Acting
on that order, he went, with a body of police, last night to
No. GI, St. James's-street, and rang and knocked at the
door. lie received no answer, and after waiting some time
he directed the constables to break in the door with the
sledge Ili/I.IIIIM with which they were provided. The first
blow of the hammer forced the door open, but a chain in-
terposing that was also forced, and an entry effected. The
police proceeded forward, and found a door covered with
green baize. Witness told tke police to force the door, and,
after hautmeriug away at it without effect for some time,
the ;door was opened by Wilkinson. Witness proceeded
up stairs, and found the defendants in a large room on the
first-floor, in which were two billiard tables. There was a
large fire in the room, and something had recently been
consumed in it. Witness told the defendants to consider
themselves in custody. The names and addresses of the
! defendants were then taken, and they were searched. No
I implements of gaming of any kind were found in their
Possession or in the room.
Mr. Bingham—ls this all the evidence ?
Mr. Otway—Yes, sir.
Mr. Bingham—Then I must discharge the defendants.
Defendants discharged accordingly.
THAMES.
Captain Thomas Leman, master of the ship Sydney, front
Calcutta, appeared to answer a summons, at the instance of
Mr. Isaac Thomas Bartlett, an American, who sued for a
balance of LW., for services on board as second-mate on the
homeward voyage.
Mr. Bartlett said he shipped in Calcutta, and signed
articles of agreement for It. per mouth, and received St in
advance. On the 13th of October, between St. Helena and
England, while it was his watch on deck, the men turned
to and beat him. On the same day the captain disratell
him, and he had done uo duty aim.
Captain Leman said that he had resisted payment of the
wages because the complainant bad given him a good deal
of trouble, owing to his tyrannical conduct to the crew, 1,
and was not capable of doing his duty u a taste. The