The Express.
London, England, 1860-06-06 00:00:00

WEIGHTII AND YEASTRL4I BILL

—.—
The home went into committee on this bill, bet after
some coavemation. in the course of which exception woe
takes to one of the aerate redo frisr tinders to provide
theetwelves with a certain were which wee stated to be •
patented article, the ho•ee renamed.
SALE OP OAS ACT AMENDMENT BILL

Lord REDE44I) thE moved the armed reeding of this
Ull. winch 1,4 .t AM was for the pomme of pesthole* the
operAtion ,Ithe gel • of Car Act for enother rear.
TLe bill was then read a third time sod paased.

WWI UMBEL
Earl GRANVILLE aimed the ememeri roam 91 the
Refreshment Howes gad Mae Beres Ha Se mid
mes a emeemire el eons weatalsbmg provision for
the emfammeami et amil eldest mas, by lower
lag the de line en leow imenomeee se well se to
peamisiim the comforts al the sad halite of temps.
imee mem/ them. It necessary for 'WM to
to their lordskir, in detail, the prorlione of the
but be was satirely in their beads u to whether he
should offer that explanation now, or upon • future consion.
The Fart of HARRINGTON said that ooridmeing ths
Importance of the bill, they ought to hare had • longer
path+ of the Gina Axed for the second rending. Re in
to offer eons ebeervations upon the biR, and he
'apposed there woad be no objection to hie doing so on the
third reading.
Earl GRANVILLII replied that, wham the bill wee read
a Ant time, this day was Axed for the mond read*, bet
he stated at the mem time that if there were any °Neelaw
to take the sexed readies en thin day, he would put it o(.
The best emus* mold he fee the house to agree to the
wood reading oorromed lake the dimension at a later sign
He would, thereforAs- the immunities on the bill
from Thursday to neat.
The boll wee thee • sewed tines, sad the eminnittee
Axed for Friday.
Their lordships adjourned woe alter half-part eerie
o'clock.

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The firr.A UM took the chair at 4 o'clock.
PRIVATE BITSINTNA
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tams frisitZl-lZa-t Rail waydevia-
and sew sa, is.) ;m
id
the WatcheaZt Harbour( Ms
were reed a third thee aid passed.
The Weal Fad a Laden sad Crystal Palace Railway Bill
was cassidersd said 111111kred tar a third readai.
MIS OF IMMO&

Yr. LINDSAY gm mein gat ea Thareday next he
would more the appeintmst el e abet committee to in-
quire into the bat aided out the reoxamende-
tame of the ocensniesinams ep d n ISM to inquire into
the best mesas of =oars of refuge upon the
comets of Greet Briton end

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EV'ENING, JUNE 6, 1860.

WAKEYEELD ELECTION.
Netain JULVIII moved "That whereas by the act 17 sad
18 Viet., e. 102, a. 14, it is expressly enacted that no pence
shook! be Hebb to be prosecuted for any offence committed
=1 the said act unless such prosecution shall oommenoe
com year been the date of the said offence, this
home is of *don with reference to certain prosecutions
commenced at common law against divers persons at Wake.
bold, for anion committed at the late general election
against that ad, bet which persoutioes bars not been
commenced it
the time preearibed by that act, that
each prosecutions shoal be abandoned." As the hon. and
member was proceeding to explain his object in
farina his elation, an hon. member moved that
the e be combed.

Tbe boom was wonted accordingly, when it was found
there were jest forty members present—the number re-
gales to °Destitute a house—and
Captain JSRVII3 resumed—Be said he Ind tried to
nabs himself aequainted with this subjedbalthout
be was so lawyer, sod since the ofoorge
=far briaTe had been had n
unable to II:8117er I=
ineemacie of say perms being so prosecuted unlemenhe bad
hem served within •year after the alleged offence was
of committed with notice the intention to prosecute him.
Au Hos. MAXIM here moved that the house be counted,
which was dons, and there being only twenty-nine member
Thehouse adjourned at twenty-five minutes to sight
o'clock.

tab) Intdlignue.
HOIISE OF LORDS.—Joie 6.

HUD V.

o. MD.

These were two appeals from the decision of the Court of
&chequer Chamber reversing a judgment of the Clown of
Queen's Bench, the plaintiff appealing against one point,
the defendant. against another. The action was tecmght
for the infringement of a patent for improvements in sm.
chinery, or apparatus far preparing, stubbing, and roving
cotton and fibrous substances. A verdict was given for the
Siatiff ea which • rely was moved to set aside the ver-
or the pound that a disclaimer which had been
damned a different invention from that described in
the Pidfication, and for which the patent wee granted ;
but t rule was discharged. Leave, , was given
to appeal, and the Exchequer Chamber bald the potent
was valid, but that there was no evidence of infringement
to go to the jury ; but inasmuch as no leave win reserved at
the trial for the entering of the verdict for the defendants
a new trial was ordered. The present appeals were then
brought.
The Solicitor-General, Mr. KOMI" Mr. Grove, and Mr.
Webster appeared for the different parties.
Judgment was postponed.

EQUITY COURTS.—Joits 5.
(Before Vice-Cbanoollor Sir John Stuart.)

NdITII:101 O.

It appesred that Mir Nottidge died at the " Ap-
pemone," near Bridgwater, of which Mr. Prince is the
bead, in 1858, ten years after she made the transfer;
and that the plaintiff was her administrator, and that the
made the transfer to Mr. Prince and joined the Agapemone
in 1848, just after she had been released by order of
the lunacy comminioners from the private asylum
of Dr. Stilwell, where she had been placed by
some of her relatives, and bad been in confinement
for more than 17 months. Mr. Prince, who had been or-
dained • clergyman of the Church of England, in 1840 be-
came curate of Mr. Starkey (afterwards • member of the
Agapemone), who was then rector of Charliuch, in Somer.
@cubits, and continued there two year., when owing to his
preaching and lecturing in the neighbouring parishes he
was de*ved of his license by the bishop of the diocese.
He then removed to Stoke, near Clam, in Suffolk, where
Mr. Nadi* lived with his four daughters. The Bishop of
!IT also deprived Mr. Prince of his license, and Mr.
tinued to
Fech," theansirtrtUrrerbettoßritsma°%.Zlhotrd 1;:fmlfo
. Prises remised at 13:iirghton till 1845,0 followed
be
proceeded to Ctiarlinch, in Somersetahire, for thcpurpose of
opmMg • chapel there, and the Misses Nottidge (whose
father Nkd lately died) went to Taunton, where they met
him, and some of his followers ; and while at Taunton, in
June, 1845, Mr. Prince sent for three of the Misses Not-
tidge separately, and informed them that it was the will
of God sad that it would give great glory to God if
they married three of his followers, namely, brother
Price, brother Thomas, and brother Cobbe. Upon
Min Agnes Nottidge, who was thus ordered to marry
brother Thomas, objecting to marry him before a settlement
had been made providing for any family she might have,
Mr. Prince immediately replied that there would be no
need of anything of that kind, that it would not be in ac-
cordance with her present calling, and that her mamsge'
would be purely spiritual, to carry out the purpose of
Prince then informed them that it was the will of God that
thrs7 should be married at Swansea in • few days, and upon
their objecting that it would cause great sorrow to their
mother if they married without first going to see her
Prince told them that they must not be influenced by such
feelings, and that if they read the Book of Jonah they
would learn the result of acting contrary to God's com-
mand. The three marriages took place shortly afterwards—
in July, 1845—at Swansea. From Swansea Prince removed
to Weymouth, and thence to the Agapemone.
A considerable amount of evidence was adduced on both
sides as to the state of mind of Mies Nottidge, and of the
circumstances under which she made the transfer to Mr.
Prince.

fhefollovring letter was read by Mr. Malin :
"Windsor-terrace, Brighton, June 21, 1845.
"My very dear Agnes,—lt gave me pleasure by • letter
front dear brother Cobbe to learn that he had seen you off
safely by the mail on Thursday morning. By this time you
we either with the beloved Brother Williams, or else with
the dear Sister Mabel. I know their love in Jesus, and
that they will do everything to render your sojourn in
Swansea good for you ; but I know something more, I know
the boundless love of Jesus, he will be with you, for his eye
is on you end whatever is good, that he will bestow, whether
it be joy or sorrow, ease or trial, comfort or difficulty, all
thing are yours, for you are Christ's, and Christ's is God's.
Let not your heart be troubled under your present cirtum.
stances, neither let it be afraid of what friends or foes may
suggest. Abide in the spirit and will of God ; then will
your peace be like a river, wide and overflowing, and your
soul will be sweetly borne along the stream of time until it
reach the ocean of eternal love and rest. What I my unto
you, I say also unto your sisters Harriet and Clara. Assure
them of my love, and let them trust themselves to be eer-
ried by faith in the arms of Jesus whithersoever he will
—not whithersoever they will—and they and you will
find he will do you good at your tatter end. My
beloved Agnes, I must write to you just what the
Spirit leads me to do. This I do with the more confidence,
because I believe you have an ear to hear what the Lord may
say unto you through him thatloveth yon. You mentioned
your desire to have • settlement of your property upon
yarreelf. This I assured you would be very agreeable toz
feelings, and is so still : Ind last evening, waiting on
this matter unexpectedly wee brought before me. I
entirely put it away from my thoughts, leering it to take it.
course as you might be led to act, but Cod will not have it
so. He shows me that the principle is entirely contrary to
God's Word, and altogether at variance with that confidence
which is to exist between us, who are one spirit. This
desire on your part must be abandoned. Give it up to God,
and show that you can trust his faithfulness, and I can
Wine you repose in him will not be disappointed. I know
God, and I know that none who trust in him shall ever,
can ever be confounded. He that path an ear to hear let
him hear. As regards the promise you made your parents,
I would merely say that any promise made when you were
unconverted, and which was not in accordance with the
Word of Clod, you are not bound to, neither would it be
et:in you to adhere to. I must bid you farewell, and
ve me to abide, in ninth love,
" Yours affectionately in the everlasting covenant,
"BROTHER THOMAS."
Accordingly no settlement was made.
Mr. Matins, (Ix., and Mr. Wigram submitted that the
transfer to Mr. Prince was made by Miss Nottidge when she
was under his spiritual influence, and labouring under such
detester:millet be was God Almighty, or that the spirit of
God dwelt in his body, as amounted to insanity, and con-
tended that the court could not under such circumstances

uphold the gift to Mr. Prinoe.
Mr. Bacon, Q.C. (with him Mr. Bmide), for Mr. Prince,
submitted that if there wee spiritual influence, it was of
such a general nature that the initialer by Miss Nottidge
could not be attributed to it, and that the spiritual influence
alleged to have been exercised by Mr. Prince over his fol-
lowers was not greater than that exercised by the Roman
catholic priesthood, and exercised over the followers of
many other religious sects.
Mr. Bacon, Q.C., had only just commenced the defence
when the court rose. The case will be continued to-morrow
after the motions.

Vice-Chuicellor Sir W. P. Wood.)
BORCHC.E V. BORGHERF.

This snit was iwititnted to determine the right of the
plaintiff, who claimed ar the present representative of John
Earl of Shrewsbury, to one-half of the residuary property
of that peer. The claim was hosed upon a oontract entered
into by the earl, upon the marriage of his daughter, to pay
10,0001. as a dowry, and over and above that one-half of his
residuary estate. The decision of tho Lase rests upon ques-
tions of Roman law, and the most eminent advocates of
Rome have been examined on both sides. The evidence is,
therefore, very voluminous, and not a little contradictory.
The came had already occupied the court for more than a
week, and the plaintiff's case was only concluded to-day.
Mr. Rolt, Mr. Fleming, and Mr. Matthews appeared for
the plaintiff ; the Attorney•Genend, Sir F. Kelly, Sir H.
Cairns, Mr. Gifford, Mr. Baddeley, and Mr. Dickinson were
on the other side.

COURT FOR DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL
CAUSES.—Juits 5.
(Before the Judge Ordinary, Mr. 81/011 Martin, and Mr.
Justice Wiles.)
The court to-day concluded its sittings for the present
term. It has disposed of 47 of the 153 cases on the paper,
the greater number of them having been undefended oner.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT.—Jr'cE 5.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Murphy.)
IN RE JOHN LET.-LERAULTING A CUIDITUE OCTHIDE THE
COL RT.
The insolvent, a contractor, was opposed by lf r. Boors,
Leer retailer, and supported by Yr. bowie.
Poor months ago the case was adjenreed eked* and the
insolvent had been at liberty, and tie ceaspieleent had not
put him into prison. He had wished the case to be further
adjourned, that the insolvent might do something to settle
his debt.
Mr.

Murphy, after a long discuseion, sd-
}earned Ile mee fora month, and when the parties got
midie • min woo heard, sod the creditor returned, and
cangiolood tld the insolvent had violently ',malted him,
and tinotoood to take his life. . _

The insolvent was sent for, and made a statement in such
a manner that the learned commielloner told him be was in
liquor, and that had the assault been committed within the
court he would have sent him to Newgate.
Eventually the case was adjourned, and the creditor ad-
vised if he apprehended violence to appl to • magistrate,
and the insolvent was advised to behave . The beet
course would be to come to some arrangement.

WRECKS IN MAY.—It RprellES from the monthly
summary of wrecks published in the Skipping Glardne, that
during the month of 'May the number of wrecks was 121.
In the month ofJiuruary there were 229, in February 154,
iu March 166, and in April 133, making a total during the
present year of PO5

MIDDLESEX SEI3BIONS.

(Before Yr. Whateley,Q.C.)
TM QUI= V. BRADFORD AND arms.

This wee a 'on by the Great Western Railway
Company seven boys for ',lacing a truck on one of
the Inas& lines, with intent, bx. The case was taken
before the Court of Appeal upon the point whether the
railway tame within the meaning of the statute, as it
was not a line actually open for " traffic," not being
completed. The court held the conviction to be good, and
the prisoners we& brought up for judgment ; three were in
custody, and four on beiL
Mr. Ribton appeared on behalf of the prisoners, whom
parents he said were very respectable for their walk in life,
and remarked that they might have acted without any had
intent, and placed the truck on the line to have a ride, and
also called the attention of the court to an observation
which fell from Lord Chief Justice Cockburn in giving
judgment, to the effect whether it wee a cue which the
company need have prosecuted at all.
Mr. Digby appeared as counsel for the prosecution.
The learned Judge, after severely admonishing the
delinquenta, sentenced three of them to live weed&
imprisonment, making their incaroustion in all three
months each, and the four others were ordered to appear
for judgment when called upon, their parents' recogutianees
being taken for their appearance.
David Jones, 52, was indicted for unlawfully assaulting,
to., Elizabeth Mary Ann Seymour, a girl between ten end
twelve years of age.
Mr. F. H. Lewis prosecuted for the Associate Institute
for Promoting and Enforcing the Law for the Protection of
Females ; Mr. Sleigh appeared for the defence.
The prisoner was found Goat..., and
Mr. Vaateley, after a few remarks upon the enormity
of the offence, sentenced the prisoner to two years' hard
labour.