The Express.
London, England, 1860-12-11 00:00:00

COURT FOR DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL

OAUSES.—DEc. 10.
(Before Sir C. Creswell and a Common Jury.)
WHITTAL r. warrrai AND HUNT.

Mr. Huddleston, Q.C., mid Mr. E. Ward, were counsel
forth. petitioner ; sod Mr. Whitely, Q.C., and Mr. Mac-
quern, for the respondent.
Whittal was a proprietor of cabs at Birmingham. He
married in 1843 and had several children. In consequence
of his wife's drunken habits he was obliged to separate from
her in 1852, and she went to live with a baker named Huai
The respondent, in addition to a denial of the adultery,
pleaded that her husband had been guilty of cruelty and de-
sertion. She was not allowed to give evidence in support of
these charges, but several witnesses were called oa her be-
half, who stated that they had frequently seen the peti-
tioner strike and kick her.

The jury returned a verdict for the petitioner on the issue
of adultery, for the respondent upon the issue of cruelty,
and for the petitioner upon that of condonation.
His lordship dissolved the marriage.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT. —Dix. 10.
(Before the Chief Oomatiolacer.)

IN RI

MANN.

This insolvent, a vocalist, mown as " Henry Herbert,"
applied for his final order. Mr. Dowse supported.
On the former occasion the insolvent had proposed to set
aside 701. a year out of his professional income, and the
commissioner thought it was too much, and advilea the
insolvent to consider the matter by the day appointed for
the final order.

DO;ne said the insolvent had considered the matter,
and thought it would be better to make the proposal bOl. a
year.
The Court was satisfied, and the use dead over, with
renewed protection, for the payment under the proposaL

In one of the applications for hail it appeared that the
detaining creditor was clerk to the attorney taking the
insolvent through the court, and another clerk had taken
the instructions. The attorney stated that he had attested
the petition. The parties were not his clients, but he had
done business with them. They sometimes prepared
schedules, and be attended to the case. The court took
bail, but gave the insolvent very little hopes of passing
through the court on such an wrest.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.--NowniemproN, Dia 10.

The oommisalon for the winter assize was 'opened this
afternoon at the County-hall, by Mr. Baron Bramwell, who
afterwards attended Divine service. The calendar fur the
county contains the names of only eight prisoners, but the
offences with which they stand charged are unusually
serious. The calendar for tho borough contains the names
of only two prisoners.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.—WortavrER, Dec. 10.
The coromissioa for this city was opened today, before
Baron Wilde.

The calendar contains the names of 28 prisoners, namely,
in the county gaol and three in the city. These in.
chide an unusual number of cases of assault and robbery,
one chargd of shooting with intent to murder against a
young farmer, Bve cases of ram one of horse stealing, one
stabbing, and two burglary. This is rather a heavy calen-
dar for a winter mire. Business will commence to-mor
row.

WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Wuccarsrzs, Du. 10.
The special commission of amiss for the county of Hamp-
shire was opened in the County-hall on Saturday by Mr.
Justice Bytes, who arrived from London by the South Wes-
tern Railway. Yesterday morning the learned judge at-
totaled Divine servioe at the cathedral

At eleven o clock this morning the business of the as-
sista commenoed. The calendar contains the names of
fifty-nine prisoners—a very large number for a winter as-
sise—but this is principally due to the amount of crime
among the military stationed at Alderehott camp and the
garrison towns in the county, twenty-five of the prisoners
being soldiers—either of the line, the artillery, the marines,
or the militia. There is one case of murder, that of James
Johnson, the soldier who shot Sergeant Chipte and Corporal
Coles atAblershott.

There wee no case tried during the day requiring a report.

NORTH WALES CIRCUIT.--Camara, DEc.lO.

(Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.)
RAM

John Taylor, 67, hawker, Middlewich, was indicted on
the charge of feloniously carnally knowing and abusing
Sarah Davies, a girl of the age of 9 years, at kliddlewich,
on the 6th September last. Mr. Brandt prosecuted ; the
prisoner was undefended. The child gave • very straight-
forward account of the transaction, and the case was fully
made out. His lordship, in sentencing the prisoner,
remarked upon the enormity of the offence, espwislly for •
man of the age of the prisoner, and sentenced him to fifteen
years' penal servitude.

The prisoner said it was no use having them tested. It
was all right that had been stated, and he admitted they
were not genuine, and it was no use going to the trouble of
testing them.
Mr. Goodman, the chief clerk. said it did not matter what
he thought. The law required that the facts should be

The prisoner wan then remanded.
Bdwia Brewer, a respectable-looking young man, who
was apprehended last week by Smart, one of the detective
police, upon the charge of obtaining goods by falae pretence,
from Messrs. Caldecott and Co., warehousemen, of Cheap.
side, was brought up for re-examinatioo.
The nature of the case was fully stated on the former
001:81400. The prisoner had been in the service of 3lessr..
Spencer, Baldwin, and Co., drapers, Lisson-grove and was
consequently acquainted with all the City wholesale houses
with which they were in the habit of doing business. lie
was dismissed in May het from the service of Mean,.
Spencer and Co., and it appeared that he went to the Wale.
house of Mesas. Cildeoott and Co., and obtained a quantity
of alpaca, value 31. 15a., under the pretence that Ida late
employers, Mesas: Spencer and Co., required the article,
aid he pledged it immediately at the shop of Mr. Grant, a
pawnbroker in London-wall, for 1/. lbs.
Two additional cases of precisely the same character were
now gone into, in one of which it appeared that he obtained
some alpaca cloth from Mears. Bradbury and Co., of Alder-
manbury, which he directed to be sent to the warehouse of
Messrs. Dent, Holcroft, and Co., of W oodetreet, and he
applied to that firm for the parcel, but that firm, it alp.
entertained some suspicion and refused to let him
peered, entertained
Ia another case it appeared that the prisoner ob-
tained a piece of silk from Messrs. Candy and Co., of Wat-
ling-street, of the value of Si. Os. 3d., which he pawned
immediately afterwards.
Snuirt, the offi,vr, deposed that from information he re.
mired he apprehended the prisoner at a public-house in the
neighbourhood of his late employers' residence, and upon
searching him he found the duplicate relating to the pro.
perty that he had fraudulently obtained from the different
wholesale houses. _

The prisoner, when eked whether he wished to make any
answer to the charges made against him, replied that he
had nothing to say.
He was then fully committed for trial upon the three
cases above mentioned, but it was stated that a great many
other charge, of a siinibx character could have been sub.
etentiated against him.
The Lord Mayor requested that it might be announced
that three guineas had been received 4om " T." for the
poor-boa.