The Express.
London, England, 1856-04-26 00:00:00

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■l. JOITICS WILLIAMS

=WANDS AND Will tr. CSIDLAN —ACCIDENT.
The plalatlfh hi We ease keep c dee-shop at Kemal-grass, ad
the delaW fa a hairier. The se Son wee beaten to mover day
=EL, blond reoloned by Mr. Inwards, fa ontarquthea of the
d theddinthneessrethr.
Thl Zi esseinNimi Mr. J. J. 'Men appeared for the plaintiffs.
and Kr. M. Chenhon for UndeterlooL
'the ploielre ewe wee tint an the 41st January Wm Edwards
wee weldor oleos Ws nowt et Womb •UTlSteterfaol, and at that
tine wren! hen* hid slth nest wee beep drives
along the rod. Unlearn roe epee the ollanallit, and en. bed her
adders the baluondse. rep art-tsfned entail eaternal iv:dunes. sad
Granath of ha Ale ears driven In. larvae said that the tee
was
go bend UM tY direr was obliged to et up= the meat, can so
de est la a peaks ta ban proper strand over the born, and also
theft hone Ind a tight tear, chill node It restln.
The delliethoth ease sea tine de altar was not tight, and that
the Nilnt Ingpered dam ray halt an the part or bar garnet.
The the Irene otheallege end la eadravourlsg to recover itself got
ease the and se meet UNI seeded. It was farther odd
that lan. =ewseeb ire WWI admitted that the dekadanth tenant
was mini
The Jory MEd avtetret S. the /deeded.

•TRIL 25.

SENORS XL

COURT.

T DECISION ON GRBTNA
MARRIAGES.

)148I8TORY COURT, APRIL 24.
RILL O. GRAIL/X.

The Worshipful Chancellor Burton gave judgment
lin this suit to-day in open cmrt, and M the presence of
'G. G. Monneey, Rig., Regimir, the proctors in the cause,
and a considerable number of godlier.. The plaintiff and
defeadsat were also present.
I Mat of oar readers are aware eat the snit was instituted
!bJohn Bell, 11.41., Barriat r-a -Law end Clerk of the
Flll kr the amity of Westmorland, to nullify • marriage
!at the Sark Toll Bdr, jest over the Scotch Bordir, alleged
to have been a lenint•ed an the 13.11 to' November, 1847,
by Juba Murray, the b ie. keeper.
1 Th. Chat cellor's judgment was most elaborate and cam
!photo at all vint. : he w.l upwards of an hour and a t alf in
reading it. The while of it ovoid till from eight to tea
column, in small print; towage. ey we can de no more
in the present week than gee • the meal, , whica is that the
mama's, intended by Mr. Berl as a slam, is pronounced
' valid in f3e,nland, the detei.dant heroed believing that it
war real ; en I as a valid marriage in Scotland is a legal
marriage in Ragland, it follows, ii.i far as this decision gas,
that Mr. Bell has tined a wife against his will.
suit
Toe was dismits 41.
1

Mr. Oro kt,,unsey, oe the p irt of Mr. Bell, entered a
protest, end said hie client woul t take the time allowed by
law to appeal to the nicen r court.
Mr. 8 iul, for the detendant, asked for Co.',.
The Chancellor raid the application was unnecessary.
Mr. B• 1l must pay his own come ea • matter of capes; and
be moat also pay th se of his wife.
The judgment is of toe highest public importance. The
antics caw,. pro and c•n , is %et twill, and its peculiarities
are placed in a strong, ic,tereitipp, and instructive tight.
Be•ide• all this, tie Cheocclor remarked on the constitu-
tion of kcal coneirory c Atte, and commented, in eloquent
terms, irlon the denaLralniost iff ct in this district r f tne
Scotch marriage law—a niarrilge of that kind, tower.,
repulsive, betel legal in Eogiand because lawful in Scot-
land. The Chancellor said tint it appeared that John
Murray, at the Sark Tel Ber alone, performs, on the
ay..terte, four hundred merrisneq in the year, end that on
• the M.rtinmes habit day at Carlisle, and • day or twa on
rithar side of it, to splices more than a hundred c.uple.—
Carlisle Patriot.