The Express.
London, England, 1856-03-27 00:00:00

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OATH.
William lime', a yoang man of 21, was ehugod with
ebtalaiag a aaaret•gelesere on a false rat reseetatios.
Th• defendant wet ra•idest to the parish of Orinford. Oa
the 20th Dtcaetber loot le .[plied to the Bev. (horns
Camille, vicar of Wr.zhent, and arrogate of the
dimen, for a Ikeam to be nutted to mas Mary

Davies. The anal questioaa were pat, o• to the
residence of the parties, their axe, die., the defesdart
represeuting Mary Davies, his intended wife, to be above 21
year'. He ale, made oath Mat he knew of no lawful
own, ae., to hinder the said marriage, and that he had
bees resident in °neon pariah for 15 days. Defendant
was married on the same day. It afterwards transpired
that the young lady was only 19 years old. Bios was living
'with her uncle, her parents, whose consent was not ob-
tained, being at the time In the Isle of Man. The mika-
dos was Mitigated by the eurrliate.
The defame was that the d. fondant when he obtained
the license believed tlery Davie II to be of the age he repre-
sented her to be. Bernal highly respectable ,aitileelle gave
him a good character for honesty and truthfulness.
Verdict Not guilty.
The young lady was is attendance, and appeared greatly
distressed, but on hewing the result, the was overjoyed.
The ease excited great Interest, and the verdict pee semis.
takeable satisfaction to the msj, city present la wart.

THE POLICE COUBTS.

GUILDHALL.

Mr. Rdwood O'Grady waa charged with aessultins Mr.
James lisailton Kelly, a sorpon, of lislacat-tquaro, Black-
friars-road.

Mr. Kelly, on being sworn, raid there had been a ohm-
thrum:ding between him and the defendant, and he did
not therefore with to press the charge.
The defendant, who throughout the examination behaved
in a very vi. lent and excited meaner, Insisted upon the cue
being entered into.
Mr. Kelly amrdingly deposed to the cimienstances of
the &must, which wee commtit.d upon him in Fleetotreet
by the defendant, who wrack him twice in the face.
The deGnelar t raid the, the prosecutor had meddled im-
properly in h:r private affairs. He admitted having smashed
defendant, who had d. c iced to give him '• a fair meeting
at twelve race.," and he shoeld as atilt him, or any other
man, under similar circumstances

The defeodent am fined 61. for the assault, and as the
prosecutor eyed that he wrist in fear of him, he was
ordered, in addition, to fiud two securities for his peaceable
behaviour for six months.

WORSHIP-STREET.
A young Irishwoman named M.ry Sullivan wu brought
op upon as adjourard charge of having violently assaulted
and seriously ',jun it Mr.. Rebecca Cohen, the wife of •
tradesmen in SpitalMlds.
The complainant, a careworn-leaking woman, whose right
arm was onspended in a 'ling, stated that she bad employed
the prisoner for some months as a domestic servant, but
having recently din mired Past she had contracted • Ma-
gnesia' intimacy w thh• r husbuid, which they cooled on
with the most unblushing eff outcry, winess availed her-
salt of the temporary absence of the latter to pay the women
her wages, and turn her out f door,. On the fillowing
morning, however, the prisoner was brought bi ek by her
husband, who insisted talon her remaining in the house, and
subjected wines' to such shameful indignities that she west
oat for the purpose of commuoiesting her painful position to
her friend,. On her return, after a abort interval, she found
the door closed against her, but in eonsquenoe of the
nous int/ rf, fence of the neighbours she wee at length
admitted into the house, where the prisoner was mimed in
nursing one of bar children, awl ac ing in every respect as
the mistress of the estehlisament. Witness endeavoured to
take the child from her, but was violently resisted by the
prisoner, who tore the bonnet from her head, and fastened
her teeth in the fleshy pert of her ism, from which she bit
apiece completely out. Wi,ness retreated Into the street in
• f extreme suffering and roc Cement, and having ob-
tained the assistance of a policeman she gays the prism's
Into custody.
The prisoner was fitted 31., or to be imuisnoed for three
week,. The husband having deserted the complainant Fire*
the affei-, ihe and her children were ordered to be taken to
the workhouse.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
William Barry, pug.list, •aa charged with robbing Ben
Count, another pugilist, of five sort reigns.
After hearing lurtb.r callow* in support of the charge,
and some evidence to thm that it was doubtful if soy rob-
bery bad b. en committed,
Mr. Bingham dtecbarged the scented, on the ground that
the case did not bear the c..mpleaion of felony, but was
rather avnatter for a civil tribunal.

Fo• the po.r-bun C. C. has sent 10e., and Mr. Henry
11,11 31.

LAMBETH.

The Rev. James Well, geMiste of the Surrey Tabernacle,
a Baptist pl.c• of worrhip in the Borough-rcal, Southwark,
attended before Mr. Elliott, and, am the father of the youne
bitty who had been a complainant In the fortune-telling cue
oa the day before, begged to offer a few words in e :planation.
As the m,n•ster of a e ingrogition of 1.700 or I,btO persons,
to said the report thet had gone abroad was calculated to
do him serious it jury, a. it might be supposed, by
those who knew milling about him, that he had
lent his sanction to such a prcceeding. Tte oc-
currence, he said, took place I. the absence from
home of hinted( and Mrs. Well., and though his daughter
was only 17 yeers of ego, nothing could be more contrary to
her feelings, sentiments, and habits, than that which bad
taken plate. He could suttee the magistrate that bin rebuke
had bed such an eth e• on her that he (Mr. Wells) felt per-
fectly eati•fiel she could never be guff, of each an act again.
The rev. gentleman added that he had no fault to fled with
the report ; but he telt it but justice to himself, after the
remark. that f 11 from his worship, to coma forward, and
not only disclaim the .Ightest 'minion of his daughter.
pr•ceedings, but express the strongest disapprobation
thereof.

Mr. Elliott observed that there was nothing occurred in
the r‘ceedines to 1. ad to such a belief so • sanction on the
part of the per. nts ; but oo le,rnieg who she was, he (Mr.
Elliott) e'ere..ed he was souls whet surprised et the conduct
of the daughter.
Mr. Wells mid his .;alghter was then suffering severely
for her folly, and thanked the magistrate (or bearing his
up:nation.

PROPOSED JUVENILE REFORMATORY AT
MAACHESTER.

Yesterday morning a preliminary meeting was
held at the T•wa-ball, Manchester, convened by the
Mayor, to consider the general question of the establish-
ment of reformatories, J.Warrs, .14aq., the ma; or, presided,
and there were about a dozen magistrates present. The
proatedinp were to a great extent in the form of cosset's'.
tion on the subject, which lasted upwards of an hour. In
the course of this conversation a strong sitatiment seemed
to be entertained generally that there was a necessity for
something being done, but opinions were expressed that
from the acme and magnitude of the evil to
be dealt with it could not be grappled with
effectually by aay voluntary effort. To be efficiently
be
done it mast done by the state. The provisions of Mr.
Addsrley's bill were discussed, as also those of a bill which
was said to have been pawed three days before, which ap
plies to Scotland only, and it was thought that the very, best
resales would follow the extension of the provisions of that
act to Ragland. It appeared to be generally agreed also
th• t, situated as Mancaester is, it would be very Impolitic
for anything like a reformatory to be established for the
csty alone, and act embracing B.lfird and the other large
neighboiming t,eiros, as to do so would possibly be to attract
to the city the degraded parents and p or cbi:dren from
those paces, so that tbs re would be an unnatural drain upon
the funds. It was tbougt t that the area to be included in
any district to be established for the purpose should at least
embrace the whole ate. Salford hundred of Lancashire, if
it did not, at some points, extend into Cheshire, so as to
Include Stockport. Uitimstely, as a sort of preliminary
step, the following resolutions were erred to:
" That this meeting adtures to the opinion expressed in
the re solutioa unanimosaly adopted by the magistratee at •
meeting held on the 28th day of February, 1854, that matte
tutions intended I it the creation and hens fit of juveniles
ought to be established under the authority of parliament,
sod to be sups , tied at the public expense; and that it le
only under snob a system tnat tfficietcy can be anticipated;
and that it is d • ble to urge moan her Mry.sty's Roman-
meat mid upon parliament the neeenkity t fgt.ing, by s• act
to be passed dursag the present session, the same facilities
for the erection sad inalotenas ce of much institutions as now
eziot tor the erection and maintenance of prison..
" That all the powers conferred by 17 & 18 Vitt., er 74,
in Scotland, ought also to be possessed in England.
"That the 101 l some gentlerren—vin., the Mayor, Mr.
' Aldermen Neill. D. Mande, Esq., It. M. Chadstone,Eaq.,
and Alderman Sir John Potter—be appointed a committee
to psi p tre a petition to perliao.enr, and to take say steps
they may deem requisite in Catherine, of the a' eve reso-
lution."

COTTON. Lmiarnoc, Y. acs H.— The isles of cotton tads)
estimated at 8,000 bales, and tie ads 000 Femur and Kara
at aid. to 7d.; 330 Itgypdart, at Wid. to ed. ; 1,000 Surat, at SO. to
Sid.; and 80 des Islands, at tOd. to 164 d. The total sales since Thurs.
day reach 23,000 bal.., and the import 40,000. Iha market clam
qulie firmly. Compared with Iriday's rates prices of all Luis stre
quite as high.

CORM.—toeron, Kann 26.—We have had a large wiggly of
wheat today; quality getieraliy indifferent, which, meeting wit! a
good demand, realised la. to 2a. advance. Wheat, red, 62a. to Ns.;
white, 75e.

Reoczron-ou-Tan, Yearn 24.—We had a large aopyly of gale to
this day's market. Wheat cold at a &whoa of to. per qr. on but
week's currency. Barley dull Ws. Oats without change. Beton
free eala at full prices.

GLUOCIW, kimics 16.—(8y English and lAA Magnetic Telegraph.)
Weather very fine. there Ira a very thin attendance and a altiggth
trade at this market. Wheat gold in retail at 6d. to Is. per 2101 A
under tk. rate, or this day week. Flour in moderate demand, at a
reduction of a. ear seek. limey doll, and 6d. per 320 lbs. dearer.
Oats and oatmeal very •kaw wde. but unalo rid in value.
Conk, Maacat 26.—(117 English add Iriah Magnetic Teegraph.)—
Whim wheat. .166. to al.. bd ; red wheat, Joe. to 716 e. ; barley, 116.
to Its.; oats, Ils. fal. to 12..

CAITI.E.—SerI mat!, 11Aten 26.—Tbe mattoo and beef broaght
rather htahe, rates to.day. but the lamb and real sold rather lower
prim. Trade dull. Beet made from 2s d. tt 4s. 6d. Mutton. ta.
to 3s. 2d. Lamb, 64. t 2s. Veal. to 6a. Pork, 3s. 6d. to 46. 6d.
per atom o bite., sulking the offal.

COAL 6.-Losbos, MARC, 26.-Bysaa's liebside Hartley. 17.. 3d.
Davison's, West Hartley, 17.. 6d.: Howard's West 14 salty Netherton,
17a ?d ; Loorrsige's West Hartley. 17.. ; Tattled Moor, 170.21.;
Taalleld Moor BUM.. 14a. 3d.; tt alter Primrore, t 4a. ; West Mtn%
lts. 6d. ; Wads End Agra Close, 13e. 6d.; walls End Eden. 13r.6d.;
Walla End Goan,* 13e. ; Walls End Heaton. 15a.: Walls End
Nor hum. erland, 14.; Walla End Kb dell, 155.; Walls End %%barns
riffle. 13s. 6d.; Eden Main. 165.. Walla End Bell, IS.. Gd.; Walls
Eno tiggsrsll. 17s. 4.; Walls End Hetton, 17.64.; Walls End lint.
t n Lyons, 165.; Walls End Kepler Grange. 1•a /VE ; Walls End
Lambros, 175.; Walls End Sorts Hellos, Pis. 6d.; Walls End Pen.
aber, Vs. 6d.; Walls Earl RUSSO'S Helton, 16a. 6d.; Walls End
,oute 1'4.; %yew Lnd Stewart's, Is.. ad. ; Walla End Cams
doe, 14.; Wslls End Hartlepool. 17.. M.; Walls End Hartlf pool
Helton, 113 s. rd.; Wall. End Hearth Hal/. 131.; Walls End Kenos.
las. 6.1.; Walla End smug IlsrlepoW, 16a: Walls End &nth
Kelloe, 16e., 16s. 3d.; Wall. End Tees, as. 6d.; Walls End West
Keane, 165.; Bin+ gross Graigola, Vs. 3d.; Dementwater Watley,
17s. 341. Mpg at market, 145 ; snld, 911.