The Express.
London, England, 1859-10-26 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

GUILDHALL.

Mr. rake& a booladisr, is PeSsrseseentsw, e...®-
mesa bikes Sir Nem larade, to Awesome wfiyb. rebid
to pay the anomie of 17*. OR, ger • almibesie Is Ile perish
at Si. Faith the Virgin, usder St Pears
A clerk attended from Mr. Tallest, mad staled thee hie
employer was ill, and at the same time he handed is a formal
notice from Mr. Tallest, stating We objections to the rue,
sod his determination to cosiest in validity.
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dr Polar Loorio—Wby doom Mr. Tallied object to pay
Ws veto?
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The Cikerk—He objects to the rata cm account of the popish
peed**, in the church. (Manifeatattune cf appistua trout
dm audience).
Sir Peter Laurie—Then the sooner they put an end to
them the better.

Mr. Hicks, the churchwarden—: do not live in the parish,
and do not, therefore, attend the parish church. I have only
attended it race, and that was no the OCCAMOD de charity
sermon, and did not observe any Popish practices then. If
I wen aware that such practices rotated, I would dosli la
my river to put a stop to theta. I may, however, stare that
the service is Intoned, and that is the wont feature in it.
(Laughter.)
eir Peter Laurie—lt every one would make the came oh-
It would rams put an end to these Popish practices.
Mr. Hicks—The fact is the recent ohmage in the form of
worship observed in the churuh,funri etroniCalvinimic tohigh
olnerah, seems to have given offence to the cuagreattlam It
Wm seem mash the mule, as the synaboliml Witness to the
moles, that was objected to.
Mr. Mestin (the Wei olerk)—l swan the amok is not
ware hoquentsd
Mr. Hicks—Me, •11.. Now of the parbbkaws Mang the
chnrchlir they all live out of town.
Mr. actin—What have you to. soy to this notice which
Mr. Tallest has forwarded l•
Mr. Bloke.—The validity of the ra • sot Irvin been

questioned la any ecclesiastical court, Mr. TeEent is, I ap-
prehend, too late with his Alaska.
Mr. Martin.—Then tea roast am reported of "Reg. v.
Nunneley," in which the dehedent gave s Smiler notice in
writing to the following effect I hereby give you notice
that I dispute the validity of the church rate new in question
owing to various Irregularities which were eostaitted by the
chairmen et the meeting for levying the said nee, and sum-
wady taking the poll • sad that I ea advised by counsel
that pooh rate is illegal ; sod I farther yea modes that
If any distress warrant is granted las. I shell a"
pa at law for damages." In the Geo. 111., c. 127, a.
7, which gives summery jurisdiction to the justices in such
aoes it is provided that "If the validity of such rate,
le the liability of the peen hem whom It Is denteaded to
pay the same, be disputed, mad the party disputing the sense
shall give notioe thereof to the joatices, the justices shall
&abler giving judgment thereupon, and the person or
Cmeademeadng the same may them proceed to
recovery of their demand according to the course
of law as heretofore used and accustomed." In that
ame the magistrate made en order which was subsequently
quashed by the Court of Queen's Bench, on the ground that,
the rate being diaputed,the justices had no power to make the
ceder.

--Yr. Rieke—But this Y only en objection to evade the rate.
With regard to the popish pnWm, it ie all humbug.
(I.l4llbtic)
Yr. Martin—Which do you mean is humbug, the popish
realms or the objection ? (Renewed laughter.)
Mr. Rieke (to the audienoe)—lt is no laughing matter, I
out swore you. (Laughter.)
Sir Peter Larie—Well, we do not want any of the St.
Georgete-in-the-Raet practices; m: the City. (Cheers from
the auditory.)
Mr. Ricks—Our rector is the son of the Hey. Dr. !MMus,
the Dean of Si. Paul's, and the service le similar to the
cathedral servlco, in which, of mune, Mare is a great deal of
mole-

-134 Paler Louie—Dor this 'attain cost more, or entail
as r extra expense f
Mr. Riot.—lt clots not cost the vestry a bribing, dr, for
the motor pajs for it all out of his own pocket.
Mr Poen I wish It were made more expensive to
the vestry, es they would than hare it in their pow" to stop
it. (Laughter.)
Mr. Lob (appeeliag to the auctienoe)—lt is no laughing
matter.

111 Peter Laurie—They sewn to thick differently; St.
snob
Georgerist-thrifiest Lan set the example for laughing at
pretties&
Mr. Hicks—This objection to the rats is en Idle 'acme to
evade peptised. There is no complaint of any moody* oat-
=end: Indeed there cannot be, for scene time book the
of ell who were peal out al the rate were cut down to
half the original amounts. We now pay the orranist only
104 a yew for coming twins • week, barely sufficient to buy
shaelestlar • sad U. a year kr lighting the p., ringing the
belle, And dewing the organ.
Mr. Martin—And are those mum paid out of the church
rate?

11r. Biree—Yes, dr. The pew opener and the sexton an
also paid oat al the rate.
Mr. Man is—l! yea will make a rate including snob hams
se the law raeogabm as strawy for the demi aberrance
almbrs in the church, then you may comelier* sod
year dammed, bat the apphcatiost ol.the rem to other
rare IsMaph and any claim for a rate so applied cannot
latr=a—My year of cake is wady expired, aad I will
therekwe leave that for my succemor. As there sear to he
min &Meshy is W present case, I will let it paw.
114. Murtha—l would rewarmed you at all 'vests to
delay enforcing your claim until yes here inaerted is the
rite rely such items as the law raadous for the rapport of
the starch.

Titsstlnzoona was then diantheed for want of juridic-
=churchwarden. being MR to their rentefy in the
ticel Court. _

Awe Stephow lisms7witVeMeaination at the West-
minster Polka-court is given above, warn charged with raps.
The widest,* Ilea digit to that tam at Westminster, and
the primmer was reosadwi for a meek.

£17114012D1114117 CHARGE 07 FELONY.

At the Chichester quarter sereione on Friday, Mr.
JOINS Collins, a master nailer, miffing la the City-road, sur-
rendered to take his trial upon an indictment which charged
his with stealing from the perms of Anne Phaldrake, a
muse containing some dories, a halfcrown, a piece of paper,
Mr.
sad • Vlariii3l oceducted the ,Mt Meetly. prosecution on behalf of the
London and right= Railway Company. The prisoner was
dedended by Mr. il•Doenell of the Rome circuit, who was
specially retained, and Mr. Kemp.
It appeared that on Monday the let of August, the
primer and some of his family left London for Lacing, aid
got out at that statics about won of the same day. The pro-
weenie was travelling by the same carriage, and she got out
at the Shoreham &tenon, where the discovered that she had
lost her puree and its contents. The primmer and his
family went to the lodging he had taken for his family at
Lander, and on the same evening ha returned to London.
In the meantime information had been given to the railway
police of the supposed robbery, and in consequeuce of in-
formation that was received by Carpenter, an officer °co-
sseted with the railway, he proceeded to the prisoner's place
of business in London, and told him that he understood that
be had picked up a purse in the railway carriage, and asked
him what had become of it. The prisoner did not deny that
the pane had been In his possession, and he produced it, and
it was then found to contain three halfpence, and he said that
ha bad made use of the money it originally contained, but he
was ready to replace it, and he then put several coins,
amounting altogether to 9s. 70., into the purse. The officer
said he understood the puree contained 12. e. 40., two pieces
of paper, and a gold ring, and he inquired what had become
of these article,. The primmer replied that he had not men
thy ring, and be had destroyed the pierce of paper; and he
then stated that it always had been his intention to return the
perm.
At the close of the case for the prosecution, Mr. Dl'Doanall
erred that a charge of larceny could not be supported, as
there was no evidence that the puree did not come homely
into the poetised= of the prisoner, and there was no evidence
to show that he was aware to whom it belonged, and his sub-
sequent appeopriation of it, therefore, did not amount to
Oakley.
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Tim Chaim= (Mr. C. J. Cobbett) declined to stop the
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Mr. M'Donnell then addressed the jury, and he contended
that no felony had been establlebel; and that, although the
pthiCIOST might have acted impudently and negligently, there
ermined the slightest pound for conekting lum upon the peen
sent charge.
A number of highly respectable witnesses gars the pri-
soner en excellent character, and some of them staled that he
had informed them he bad found a puree le the railway au,
then, and expressed his intention to return it to the owner.

TIIII Chairman having summed up, the jury immediately
mused a verdict of Not Goodly.

INCENDIARY FIRES NEAR WOLVERHAMPTON.

About one o'clock on Mosdey morning a farmer,
named Hill, living at Horton, shoat tour miles from Waiver-
Inamptoo, woe awoke by the glare of flames entering him bed-
room. On looking oat, he saw a detached barley-rick in
Eras. Mr. Hill sent • man-servent for assistance, first to
the yaw of Wonabouree, and then to Wolverhampton.
This messenger had scarcely left Wombource before, at about
• mile from his mutts house, beam that a very melons ow-
flagration bad broken rut in the rick-yard of Mre. Josef,
widow. The whole district was soon aroused, and thrown tato
a state of conaidereble alone. Two mounted mesmagers ware
wont Wolverhampton. With as much deepen% as poseible
three fire maim*, with their respective brigades, seder the
command of Captain &grave, the constable of Wolver-
hampton, were on their
be way to the place of the dieenter.
By this lime Hills rick bed be oonsumed, but at Jones'.
farm no fewer than 12 ealuable corn ricks were falling a prey
to the devouring element. Aoy attempt to save these would
have been futile. The efforts of the firemen were therefore
directed to the farmhouse and building.., imitating • capacious
barn close to the rick-yarn', well stow' with bailey. In this,
happily, the united brigade ewe sumnifnl. Of the 13 ricks
of wen that were este in the farmyard at mideight on Sunday,
only one was saved. Among the 12 destroyed ware two of old
wheat, having about 100 begs apiece. The value of the earn
thee destroyed cannot be under 1,000/. We have heard no coto -
potence of the worth of Mr. It di's barley. There can be little
doubt bet this destruction of valuable propwy has been occa-
sioned try the match of an incendiery. When Kr. Hill looked
out, his rick " alwasad," in his own weeds, "to have had a
lighted torch ran all round it;" sad when the people at lire.
Joggers form were wowed, .11 the 12 tithe destroyed were
thee in Sawn The alarm wealth= at the last. named place
by • discharged farm aervaat of Mrs. Joan's, named W ilksi,
who accousta tor his being out at that time of night, end
1 his galag pest the farm from Wombwell@ to his home—that
route set beteg the direct one—in a manner which has sot
glees minket@ n. The police, however, are not of opinion
that Wilkes is the incendiary. He has frequently given fir-
ketnatlun to them on different entinsoin was the mounted
messenger who came from Jones's term to Wolverhampton for
the fire-engibee, remelted et the farm during the greater
pen of the time that the fire raged, mot has more answered
soma of their queries in • way which they interpret as con-
sistent with his lanonnee. The @gemination ha. shown that
Jones's rick. were fired from beneath, each in the centre ;
end It is thought that Hill'. rick wax attacked emend In
order. Mt.. Jane is tamed in the County Fire Ofilos, to
the extent only of 3001.

FALL OF A HOUSE Dirstis.--Abont half-pot
vise o'clock on Saturday morning the meat:Piton In front of
the house of Mr. Marsh, watchmaker and jeweller, Sackinlis-
street, Dublin, at preset undergoing repaint, fell with •
tremble croak to the ground, belaging down the coping and
other work recently elected. Fortunately, tbe workmen had
gone to breakfast at lb* thee of the socidan ; otherwin the
lona life would kayo born fearful. It was Moo almost pool-
denial that no person wee peeing on the footway to frost
of the home at the time as the dating wee canned over
with tone weight of thattr;. noose, sad Amoy slit* had
fallen from the boun.—Frenriat's Jourfwa.
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envious to ttTJ. Cossw was eta silently retardwi. toweewiellebee Of Ow
weds.. of tes pretwirAtions lu Use. M.O. 187 J. WO S.ll6o.llones
sad peiefwi woo-Alums. at WI prepsfatsva base premed tw among
vsos.u. b the fAShils •• • Weingaw boecran for bristam lanano.
or onoper.