The Express.
London, England, 1866-05-22 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

Sittings in Banco.—(Before Lord Chief Justice Erle, Ind
Justices Willes, Bytes, and Smith.)
NEEI/11.04 r. BRESSNER.
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This was an action commenced in the Lord Mayor's
court to recover the pries of necessaries supplied to the
defendant's wife whilst she was living apart from him. The
defendant had sued for a divorce, and the jury in the Divorce
Court found that both Mr. and Mrs. Bremner had been
guilty of adultery, but that the husband had not been
guilty of cruelty, as alleged. tinder these circumstances
the petition for a divorce was dismissed. The question
now raised for their lordships was whether the finding of
the jury in the Divorce Court was conclusive, and relieved
the husband from the liability to support his wife.
Mr. Nasymth appeared to show cause against a rule to
enter a verdict for the defendant, and Mr. H. James to
support it.
The Lord Chief Justice said that he was of opinion that
the rule should be discharged. The judgment in the Di-
vorce Court did not alter the status of the married parties,
the wife continues to be wife, though the jury thought that
she had done wrung. This being so, the case did not come
within that class which had been relied on by Mr. James;
the finding of adultery by the jury, might, perhaps, be
binding between the parties themselves, but was not
binding upon a third party. If the husband wanted to avail
himself of such a defence, he should have proved adultery
in the Lord Mayor's court, but he had not done so, and
the wife, in her evidence, denied the imputation, and hence
the verdict for the plaintiff, which the court could not
disturb.
;1 to I Rule discharged.
V.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

WORSHIP-STREET.
nousLE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE. —DISTRESSING CARP.

Sophia White, 27 years of age, and living at 72, Wim-
bourne-street, New 'North-road, was charged with cutting
her throat and attempting to throw herself from a window
of that house.
Police-constable Ninan, 110 N said—Between 5 and G
o'clock on the afternoon of Saturday last I was called to
the house where the prisoner lodges, where the landlady
begged me to hurry upstairs as one of her lodgers had cut
her throat. At the moment I entered a room there I saw
the prisoner struggling with a man, who was endeavouring
to hold her down. She IMO bleeding from three wounds in
the throat. I believe that the man is her husband, and as
he released her on seeing me, she sprang to the window,
but I caught hold of herand prevented her from getting out.
This razor (I,l:kck handled and wet with blood) I picked up
in the room. I sent for a medical man. The wounds were
dressed. I conveyed her to the station, and subsequently
she was removed to the workhouse, on her way to which
she told me that her husband illused her, would do no
work, and had given way to drink.
The prisoner, who bad not spoken, and who appeared
wretchedly disconsolate, at this point of the constables
evidence burst into tears, while a fine boy of four years
old left off playing and, clinging to her dress, gazed up-
wards to her face.

Constable—The prisoner's husband is present, your
worship
Mr. illison—Let him stand forward. _

A decently dressed man came slowly forward as
though ashamed and fearful. He rubbed his eyes and
said—l can account for this, sir.
Mr. Ellison—l have no doubt of it. Well?

Husband—l—l had been drinking all the past week,
sir—yes, sir, nothing else but drink, sir, and—
Mr. Ellison—Well, the whole of the past week. Go on.
Husband (trembling violently)—And its nothing new to
me, sir—abe knew that, sir—and I dare say that—that it
preyed a great deal on her—her mind, air.
Mr. Ellison—l have no doubt of that either. Do you
wish to say any more ?
Husband—Yes, sir ; I wish to say that I don't think
there is any insanity about her.
Mr. Ellison—No, the insanity is rather on your part. I
think that I have heard quite enough. Surely this, of it.
class, is the saddest case I have had before me ; and with
regard to yourself, the most shameful ; for what can be
more so than that a man should stand here and have to
admit his misconduct had involved this misery and sin
Had death resulted from these most determined attempte
of your wife, the guilt would have been yours—a guilt re-
sulting from that most terrible and fatal • love of
drink—a passion that destroys some of the beat men
among as.

Husband—Let me take her home, sir, I will be respo,„
Bible for her future—

Mr. ri::Wiso out trust to the respousibility If
drudkard
Husband—This is the lint time I have had madam is
come here, sir.
Mr. Ellison—What of that! A man may drink kis sd,
stance and his life away without being brought to • paw,
court. (To the iiriaoass)—l must remand y'ou for •he
days, but you will at least be taken care of and have goal
advice u to your future—doubtless your husband use si.

—Husband—Then will you let me take her plow
know I was the cause.
Mr. Ellison ordered the prisoner to be removed;
sobbing, she took her child's band and left the
followed by her husband, who appeared, at teem he";
time, awakened to a sense of his unworthinew.
oecupation did not teenspire:_

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
SAVAGI ASBAULTB ONSHILDIII2I.

Tiawtky Connell, an inmate of the St. James's wok,
house, was charged before Mr. whitt with
two little boys named Melia Bone (an Italian), au"7l/4
Liam Henry '&lley, also inmates of the workhouse.
W. H. K.night, porter atilt. James's workhouse, said um
the previous day about 5 o'clock he saw Bonelli and
and two other little boys sitting on the flags,lluppe-'
with little bits of stone—throwing them no and
them, when the prisoner walked up to the Italign74
struck him across the loins with a stick as hard ',hs
could, leaving a severe mark, and he then walked ap
the boy Harley, and seized him by the throat, learir
marks there, and but for his (Knight's) rushing up ash
seizing the prisoner, be would have struck the boys upga.
Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the porter whether the prima
said why be had done it.
The porter said the prisoner stated that the childres bet
thrown stones at him, but he (witness) did not IN sg
thrown.
The prisoner said he was not well and he went out fp
tell the boys to be quiet as he could get no sleep, lad
they would not he just struck one of them.
Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner for 14 days.
UNPROVOKED ASSAULT ON A PIMALL
Jefferson 'Night, a tailor, of No. 63,
Cavendish-square, was committed for 21 days, with
labour, for an assault of an unprovoked nature on A•
Adams, ea unfortunate.
HAMPSTEAD.

WATTRUNTIDI AMUSEMF.N7I4 ON HAMPSTICAD-RIATH.
A multitude of people assembled upon the het* ss
Sunday and yesterday, and a number of charges ems
brought before the magistrates, Messrs. Marshall, pm.,
and Reed, this morning,the majority of the offenders bay
charged with cruel ill-treatment to the horses, ponies, sal
donkeys, of which there were a large muster here kegs
amusement of the visitors.
Albert Day, a big, rough-looking fellow, a labomw,sn
charged with cruelly beating two donkeys.
Mr. Love, of the Royal Society for the Preveacka g
Cruelty to Animals, stated that he was upon the ling
during the afternoon of yesterday, with several meets*
of the society, when his attention wag particularly steads'
to the cruel conduct of the prisoner, who was
in driving donkeys. He saw the prisoner,whe was armaig
a stout cudgel, leave the donkey stand with several pencil
of three and four grown up persons each riding 'daisy,
and although the animals were very willing ease,
going as fast as they were able, the prisoner on each sr
casion kept up an incessant beating of them, the blow
being generally directed at the small part of the kir,:
legs below the hocks, and given generally with such Write
force as to cause the animals to stagger. Os chi
last occasion the prisoner went out with two donkeys, oak
being ridden by a boy. These animals were much auk
and weaker than the others. and after rounding Juk
Straw's Castle in coming up the rising ground, the deshm
were too feeble to go at more than a walking pm' ylo
prisoner then beat them unmercifully, in fact ferocioady,
upon seeing which he (Mr. Love) directed a constable to
apprehend him.
The prisoner's answer to the charge was that he did ii
hurt the donkeys.
The magistrates said the prisoner was a very lined
fellow, and probably the beat punishment that conk be
inflicted upon men of his cruel disposition would be te
serve them in the same way they did the poor 'simile
whose misfortune it was to be placed under their are. Is
default of paying a fine of 2Us. and Si. costs, the pi.
'miner was committed for 14 days' hard labour.
John Kirk, a cortermon,ger, was next charged by*.
Love with ill-treating two donkeys.
Mr. Ricketts, solicitor, defended.
In this case two heavy women were riding the donkey;
and the prisoner said, when taken into custody, that fig
told him to make the brutes go.
He was convicted in a similar penalty, and commitlei
to prison in default.
john Watt, described as a lodging-house keeper. of Tab
tenham-place, Tottenham-court-road, and John Wain, s
shopman, of 12, Ogle-mews, Foley-place, were elm*
with furiously riding and ill-treating a horse and pony.
The magistrates said, owing to their being strangers
the heath, they would deal leniently with them, and tali
each 10s., including costs, or seven days.
The fines were paid.

EXTRAORDINARY ACN7IDENT TO A LADY. —A my
singular accident happened on the Preston-road on Them 4
day afternoon, to • young lady residing in the weave
part of Brighton. She was taking horse exercise with AA j
riding behind the rest of her companions,when a yang= ;
rushed from the aide of the road towards her' andeonuesesed
tearing away the skirt of her riding habit. A gentleman a
horseback, thinking that some insult was being offereilmin
towards the young lady to give her his protection,wheabs
discovered that her habit was on fire. It was masa
tinguished, but not before the hands of the young ma
were much burnt. The origin of the accident u set
known. It was attributed at the time to the stal
having caught the hot ashes of an ignited cigar fees.,
carelessly thrown away • but the most probable conjecan
is, that the skirt caught fire from a plumber's ports*
grate, used for melting lead in the open air one of whisk
we are informed, was on the route paged by the lady,
who, we are pleased to learn, escaped any arias injaiy.
—Surrey Standard.
THE ALLEGED MURDER ON SHIM:GUILD a
Lir iteeool..—Yeaterday Alphan and Finlay, two
charged with the murder of Time. M. Mackie, the see*
mate of the ship Royal Standard. were brought before*
Liverpool mapstrates. The prisoners, it appeared, a
Saturday, had been negligent and insolent to the Om,
awl a dispute arose between Mackie and Alphangl.o
which blows were exchaneel, and Alplian was
down. Finlay then joined in the fray, during the co*
of which Alphan etabbed Blackie to the heart. The era
was remanded by the magistrates until Wednesday Atha.
past 10 o'clock. The coroner commenced an investiplad
yesterday, but it was not over when our parcel left. Thi
Royal Standard is lying iii the blersey bound for Nee
York.
THE LAW OF THE TURF.—Thomas Hodgson et
Holbeck, near Leeds, commercial traveller, was pate*
charged before the magistrates sitting in petty sea/ad
Epsom with stealing 71. 6s. from the person of Jae
Hartley, otherwise John Haigreseos, Mr. Harovell,
solicitor, of Epsom, defended the prisoner. James Ha*,
the prosecutor, said he lives at the Brunswick Hotel, how
dilly, and attended Epeom races on the Derby-.lay. Hein
a betting man, and wag in lAngland's stand. Some dime*
arose with persons betting with him on the Derby, lab.
was surrounded and knocked down, and his money as
out of his pocket. The prisoner was among those orbs
assaulted him. He saw him put his hand into ha poik4
but could not swear that he took any-thing out. Ma
police-constables came, and witness saw one in pis
clothes apprehend the prisoner. The witness lost
lte
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watch and chain, and between 120/. and 130/. in gold ad
, silver. He was struck and kicked, and his cloths al
torn. On being cross-examined by Mr. Harrold], Ili
witness said he changed his name from Hartley to Hear'
greaves because he betted with a list. It was not beams
he hiul not paid his bets. He always paid his beta
Hs
did not remember seeing the prisoner before the dots"
hence. The ticket produced was one of his bdal
tickets. The disturbance began a little aka_
o'clock. It began by people who had betted wit,
him demanding their money back. They did notes
him he had been "welching" them orwas going to swi"'
them. James Hutchinson, 576 A, said he saws dist*
bane in Langland's enclosure, and on going
found the last witness in the halide of a mob, wbo era
knocking him about and tearing his clothes. Stress
persons said the prosecutor was a welcher. The
had his right hand in the prosecutor's pocket, ad " "
witness took it out. The prisoner kept both ha l
shut till the charge was entered at the station, al
then 5/. Ifis. 61. was in one hand, and 11. tts. in the abr.
He had also the two betting tickets produced. Ce!
examined by Mr. Harrowell, the witness said he baud*
prisoner to e had been betting with the prosecute'', di!
found him be a welcher. Several persons accused lo
prisoner of being a welcher. The prisoner refused to or;
his hands at the station at first, and laid that whathe had
got there was his own, and he wished to explain
William Stead, 652 A, confirmed the evidence of the i"
witness. Mr. Harrovrell said he had a most emae
answer to the charge, but Mr. Carter, the chiinnan of*
bench, intimated that the evidence of the prisoner head
seen in the act of taking the money out of the proseatii
pocket left no alternative but to send the matter to s ja%
The prisoner, therefore, by the advice of his solicitor, dar,
the charge, reserving his defence, and was committa*
trial st the ensuing Surrey Sessions, the bench adLiti,C,
bail- -the prisoner's own recognisanoes in 501., ,lih;
sureties in 251. each—which was at once given, and
prisoner left the court with his friends.
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FLOGGING OF • GUNNER.—Gunner n'll
the Royal Artillery, who was recently convicted a air
plicity in the Foshan conspiracy, and who on
drummed out of the service shouted, " Hurrah for
Irish Repablic," was flogged this morning. hit":
7 o'clock, in the Riding School of the Royal Harrit'" It
the presence of the members of his late cons.—
Erna* Mail.
PORTLAND, DORSET, SUNDAY.—The Cli,"4 this
mackerel during the paid week has been very IrC"
neighbourhood, the fish being very fine for thiseark VW.
of the year, the majority of which were consViia......e
London markets. Rica have ranged from la. to
pad of 100 fish, sad now that the weather Wheal°
W.
settled with " fins " water, it is anticipated
catches will shortly be made.

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DITOYFORT ELECTION.-(THIS DAY.)
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SIATI Or THVPOLL AT 9 o'CLocir.
Eliot (Liberal/
Clambers (Liberal)
Abbott (Conservative) 276
&hikes (Conservative)

12 o'OLocg.

Eliot (Liberal
Chambers (Liberal)
Abbott (Conservative)
Bakst (Conservative)

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840
910
911

ROYAL AGRICULTUR
AL SOCIETY.
(THI
_AY.)

Tye half-yearly meeting of this society took
at noon, in Hanover-square ; the President, Lord '
AR, in the chair. Among those present wore Earl
,skort, Lords Faversham and Walsingham, Sir Walter
iiiisksg, Sir J. Heron Maxwell, General Hood, Colonel
cooler, Professor Voelcker, &c.
/kg SiscßsrAßY (Mr. Hall Dare) read the report, which
opi that sinoe last December the society has lost by
des* and resignations 1 governor and 308 members,
yklis 1 life governor and 57 members have during the same
perd been enrolled on its list, which is now constituted
is follows! : 79 life governors, 84 annual go-
„ors, 1395 life members, 4,049 %muted mem-
bo, 15 honorary members, making a total of 5,622.
oat half-yearly statement of accounts to the 31st Dec.,
18p}, has been examined and approved by the auditors and
ossintants of the society, and, together with the balanoe-
sket for the whole year 1865 and a statement of the
wastry meeting account for Plymouth, has been published
is tie last number of the Journal. The funded capital
kseeds st 19,0271. 19s. 6d. in tho New Three per Cents., and
the cash balance in the hands of the bankers on the
istinst. was 1,424/. Is. 9d. Since the last general meet-
s* the council, impressed with the necessity of con-
sikung their exertions in promoting measures calculated
too-rest the progress of the cattle plague, resolved heal into&
loading committee, and their proceedings are stated in
geoid in the report. The application of steam to the
eativation of the soil his received the careful consideration
eiihe council , and they consider that the time has now arrived
seen an attempt should be made to arrive at the results
'lnch have been obtained by its use on different soils and
it different localities. With thiscect they have sp-
rinted a central committee composedof members of the
coined from every district in England to conduct a corn-
\este inquiry. Inspection committees will visit such farms
a see central committee may select for inspection.
To assist them in their investigations, paid secretaries
ill be attached to each inspection committee. A sum of
ref, has been voted for the purpose of carrying
_out the
iketstigation. The country meeting at Bury St. Edmunds
hieing been postponed to 1867 in consequence of the pre-
alma, of the cattle plague, a meeting will be held in the
Astglibourhood of London, merely pro forma, in accord-
Lee with the provisions of the royal charter, and will be
dilly advertised.
On the question of the adoption of the report,
Mr. ARKELL complained of a want of promptness and
eau on the part of the council in the earlier stages of
the cattle plague, and contended that parliament ought to
lure been convened for the purpose of dealing with the
erestion.
Lord Faversham, Sir Walter Stirling, and other gentle-
mtbeen defended the council, observi
nt di dng in effect that both
council and the governme all they could to en-
force stringent measures, and that it was a long time
before either farmers or the public generally admitted the
necessity for the restrictive course ultimately pursued.
The report having been adopted,
Mr. Harry Stephen Thompson was elected president for
the ensuing year, and the proceedings terminated in the
naval manner.

NSW ZEALAND BAISDNKING CORPORATION.
(THAY.)

This day a special meeting of shareholders was
held at the London Tavern ; Mr. H. A. HAMMY in the
chair.
The CHAIRMAN said that they called the shareholders
together in consequence of the extraordinary state of cir-
cumstances under which they found themselves. He need
not tell them what these circumstance were and
how they arose, as almost every person whom
he knew in the City was acquainted with them.
In consequence of the stoppage of the discount houses,
they found themselves suddenly called on to find 30,0001.
or 40,0001. within a few hours. The directors did all in
their power to find the money. They were ready to
pledge their own personal security for it. (Hear, hear.)
Their bankers treated them very fairly, and the money
was ready by 4 o'clock on that eventful
day in the t 'ity, but the advance of the money was coupled
with a condition with which it was impossible for them to
comply. The next they applied to was the Bank of Eng-
land, accompanied by Alderman Hale, to whom the share-
holders were much indebted for his exertions in the matter ;
but they came too late, and the Bank of England could
not assist them. The directors held themselves a
sixth part of the property of the bank. Arrangements
were now being made by third parties in this
country to retire their acceptances, which were
the main portion of their liabilities, and if these arrange-
ments were made, the liabilities at the bank would be
reduced to a small anti reasonable amount. (Hear, hear.)
Whether some other establishment would take up the
business anti liabilities he was not in a position to state,
but there was some hope of that, and in any case he
believed that the assets were sufficient, if time were
stowed, to meet all, or very nearly all, their liabilities.
(Hear, hear.)
Ir. COOPER, of the firm of Johnstone, Cooper, and
Co., said he went over the accounts with great care, anti the
following were the results :—There was a paid-up capital
el 80,0001. ; the debts and liabilities of the bank
were 1:10,0001., making together 216,0001. The assets
°misting of cash in hand at the bank, bills recoverable,
lee., were estimated at :(00,914i/. There was a balance
sf 4,000!. of assets beyond the capital. These assets
were estimated at the amount advanced upon them. Whe-
ther they would realise that sum, would, of course, very
lust depend on the time allowed for realising them. If
oley were fixed on the market by a compulsory liquida-
nen, they would no doubt be depreciated ; if, on the other
sand, the affairs of the bank were wound up under a vo-
4ntary liquidation and the assets realised in a careful
!Ay, he believed the bank would be able to pay all its
abilities without making any call. All that was wanted
ass forbearance on the part of the creditors. (Hear.)
Mr. M`K ENZIE Said he went also into the accounts, and
he believed that the assets were sufficient to meet all lia-
bilities. There were negotiations going on with another
establishment, with a view of taking over the business,
which, he hoped, would be successful. With regard to the
creditors whom he represented they were disposed to show
every forbearance. He suggested that the shareholders
Mould, if necessary, make a loan on the security
of the assets. He concluded by moving that the meeting
be adjourned for a fortnight anti that the directors should
be empowered to continue the negotiations and to avoid
earthing like a compulsory winding-up.
Mr. Dumas( expressed his entire confidence in the
directors and was ready to increase his liabilities if neces-
INV. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. KIMBER, the solicitor, said that as the next mail
would take out the account of the disaster, it was desirable
that the same mail should carry out the account of the
proceedings adopted by the board and the shareholders
here. (Hear, hear.)
After some further discussion, the motion for the
kljournment and for meeting within a fortnight was
adopted.

A grand review of volunteers took place yester
day at Cambridge, in presence of a large and brilliant field
of spectators, including a considerable number of ladies.
The evolutions were performed with admirable precision,
and a most agreeable day was the result.
THE BISHOP OF BATH AND WELLS. —The health
of Lord Auckland, Bishop of Bath and Wells, is such as to
occasion much anxiety to his friends. His episcopal duties
will be performed for the present by the Right Rev. Dr.
Anderson, incumbent of Clifton, formerly Bishop of
Rupert's Land.
THE INCORPORATED SOCIETY' FOR PROMOTING
TR! ENLARGEMENT, BC ILI 'LNG, AND REPAIRING OP
CHI.ECIL Es AND CHAPELN.—This society held its usual
monthly meeting yesterday at the society's house, No. 7,
Whitehall, S.W. ; the Lord Bishop of Rochester in the
chair. There were also present—The Lord Bishop of Ely;
the Recs. John Antrot,us, Henry Howarth, and Robert
Tritton ; Messrs. John Boodle, George Cowburn, Arthur
Powell, William llivington, and Rev. George Ainslie, M.A.,
secretary. Grants of money, amounting to 1,3101., were
made in aid of the following objects :—Building new
churches at Coshaniside, in the pariah of Cosham, near
Chippeubam ; Eddington, in the parish of Hungerford ;
lepton, in the parish of Kirkheaton, York ; Newtown, in
the parish of St. Mary, Leeds ; and St. Peter's, Birken-
kftd (the whole of the sittings in these churches are to be
free and unappropriated) ; rebuilding the churches at
Ballow, near Worcester ; MaylaEd, near Maldon ; Pits-
..f,Td near Northampton ; Snitterby, near Kirton
ndsay, Lincoln ; and Stroud, Gloucestershire ; en-
i
,laning or otherwie increasing the accommoda-
tion in the churches at Ashby-de-la-Zouch (Holy
Truntyl, Bedford St. Paul, Danbury, near Chelmsford ;
lisaleton, near Cheltenham ; Haverhill, Suffolk ; Ileyford
Warren, near Deddington, Oxon ; Oving near Aylesbury ;
Paddlehinton, near Dorchester ,• Samford Spiney, near
,Plymouth ; St. Ann's, Soho, London • Weston-under-
nnYard, near Roes ; Woodham Walter, near Malden ;
&14 Woolaton, near Southampton. The grants formerly
node towards enlarging and restoring the churches at
trixworth, near Northampton ; Pontblydyn, near Mold ;
yd Wool, near Wareham, were each increased. A grant
!ix also made from the School Churches and Mission-
louse Fund towards building a school church at Horbur7,
/ear Wakefield. This latter fund is now again entirely
exhausted, although several applications for aid from it
are already known to be impending. The annual general
court of the society will be held at No. 7, Whitehall, S.W.,
cs Thursday afternoon, the 24th May ; the chair to be
token by his Grace the President, at two o'clock.