The Express.
London, England, 1859-08-27 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—lavurceox, AIIOWIT 25.

•
Clowit Conirr—Civu. Acnox.—(Before Mr. Bares
Wotan.)
Hie lordahlp took his art a 9 o'clock, and named the
Boylan r. Godfrey." The plaintiff was a Venetian
blind-manutacturers is Ltunpool ; the defendant was a soli-
, citor pracffeing in the MEM Sown. Ia May, 1868, the pisto-
-1 tiff sad his wife, Owe a smatter of sepsrations for a short
now, had what was called " a final separation," and llre.
Bu j lan petitioned the Matrinumial Divorce Coast fora
siii:a
! septeMag &a bar Palau% ea the ground of
cruelty god Oideary. When the pleistlff, Boylan, received
the papers lisaei by that emir; be Mb them to Mr. Godfrey
end insirseled him to resist the application ; to deny the
all enmity and adultery ;to °hinge Mr.. Boylan with
adultery, sad to take the neeemary seeps for obtaining a
bearing of himself and several witnesses in the
Divorce Court. The decree of the court wee
adverse to Boylan, and he we. ordered to pay one
pound a week besides the =peones. He alleged that be wee
mulcted Ia all theme respects through the negligence of his
attorney, sad this action waa brought to recover escapist-
&ikon from Mr. Godfrey. Several witnesses were calltd
to prove that Boylan and his wife fired comfortably with
one soother, and that Mrs. Boylan had been guilty of
adultery.
The defence set op was, that Mr. Boyles had instructed
Mr. Godfrey to meat the applioation as the sole ground of
the marriage in 1833 being
The defendant, bring put tato the witness-box, stated that
he had repeatedly spoken to the plaintiff as to the allegations
costalaed la the citation, whoa he replied by saying the
=ll.was not legitimate, mad he was determined to
or fall" on that ; be weld not charge his wife with
sdultery er say other immorality.
Mrs. Boyles was calked for the defence. She deposed
to the gross cruelties of her husband, and gated that
three of her children could testify ea to flames
cruelties; Mrs. Boylan
Two
cleated the allegation
impugning her chastity. Two daughters end a son of the
Boylan were celled, and they .11 declared that they had re-
peatedly esta their rather stoke end abuse their mother. A
clerk la It,. °carets *Mos stated that be beard Boyles tell
hie master that he had nothing to allege against his wife,
and that his defence to the polities was to rent epos the ilia-
'silty of the marriage. The Bayless bad had seven (An-
drea, the of whom survive. Atm causal on both aides
bed spoken, the loaned judge seemed up, and the jury re-
turned • verdict for the masadant.
MELLOR V. LEI-ACTION OP MIDOTYKRT IN LIVERPOOL.

The plaintiff In Ude moles wee • *Mt merehant is 114 r-."
pool, and the owner al • pablio-beste In fkr Thomas-
Minge, of that town; the dedwident wee the widow of •
r= who for tine ocogiall the her in oneellon.
now
were considerable mien atrial doe to the *lntl!,
and be took action to obtain powawkin of the pruning, beteg
willing to forgive all the rent due U the defandiat would re-
linquieh poseeseion.
Mr. Millward appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Delphian
conducted the defence.

Verdict for the
HUGHES LAWRENCE AND ♦NOTHIL-RITAL BURIAL

The plaintiff is this action visa the teenager of • burial
sorry called .• The Imperial Burisl Society," and the de-
ferrer were active soon 0011/11101111 With The Liver Burial
Society." The secierse rep esented respectively are river,
and souse of the solhosere is the Imperial bed been employed
by the rim seristy, and bed succeeded in inducing several
persons to go over Sur the re repressed by the defendant
to that improviser by the plaintiff. In coder to bring the
Imperial Lis disrepute, she derodant 1/1111111108 had issued a
small planed hamar( the solvency of that society, and
ramie' Wirral Mosher_ ineanpreacy to manage such
• ingress so that of which Imbed sasseed the direction.

Mr. overWa. Q:e.;•esastedby Mr. Brett, epp;:r7d for the
plalntlf, sad Mr. 44rif conducted dr defence.
After several whammies wen ezandned °enamel on both
sides oftened the jury.
The horned lodge them inmaed ap end
The Jury returned a yards* Ow the t.