The Express.
London, England, 1861-07-17 00:00:00

CHINA.

The datee of our China intelligence are, Hong
Kong, May 29 ; Shanghai, May 1& There is very
little news. Of Hankow, which was reported to
have been taken by the rebels, the North China
Herald says:
Hankow has not fallen, as was believed. Hwang-chow in
held by the rebels. At Hankow trade seemed ready to
start upon the slightest encouragement. Our consul, Mr.
Giogell, has taken up his residenos in the middle of the
town. The foreign concession is at the eastern end of the
city, with a good share of water frontage, having eight
fathoms close to the bank. There is plenty of room for
turning and good anchorage. The Attalante, from Hankow
to Woosung, was only 60 hours under steam ; she passed
the Fire Dart 60 mile. below Kalikow on the 29th April ;
Ngaaking still holds out. At Biu-Kiang the foreign allot-
ment was being measured out.

The following is from the summary of the China
Mail:

The past fortnight has not been marked by any event
having a political bearing, either in China or Japan. The
news from the latter place is to the effect thet our nomad
had nude some further progress in coming to a liberal un-
derstanding with the Japeueas government, with regard
chiefly to the adoption of a welldefined course in the future
treatment of foreigners whom it may be to arrest
for any misdemeanour. The government of the yoreo has
expressed its disapproval of the manner in which Mr. Moss
was treated some months ago. So far, this speaks well for
our future dealings with the Japanese ; and, as if to cement
this return of friendly relations, Admiral Hope will shor.ly
visit some of the ports in the Imp/risme, to which vessel
he lately removed Lis Beg.
At Peking, natters, so far as we know, are in the mute
quiet state as they were • fortnight ago. A rumour, which
has evidently been quite baseless, reached as some time
ago, to the effect that Mr. Brace had been insulted. As
matters stand at present the store is improbable, sad it is
sii:zidaeneoninned. Nothing further has heen heard of the
rebellion in Mongolia. end it is open to doubt whe-
ther it has any existence. There are bands of robbers in
various quarters, who, having no pretension to the lama
of rebels are yet often dignified by that title,
thereby rebel,
many people in their (intimate al
the present state of the country. From T•e-tein
there is no particular news. The greatest confidence still
prevails with regard to the future prosperity both of that
port and of Chefoo. At Shanghai there is et present only
ace subject of interest, but it is all•sheorbing ; that subject
is the Yang-tees River. Its capabilities for navigation are
now so completely determined, that DO hesitation is felt on
that score, sad all the enterprise is China is gradually
being represented in this greet highway of commerce. A.
good many voyages have been made to Hankow, which is
the highest port on the river, and all the vessels that have
made that voyage have shown every readiness to repeat it.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THD3 DAY.)

EQUITY COURT.
(Before Vice-Chancellor Wood.)

PITROZSALD V. CHAMPRITIL—THS ST. PANCRAS INSTRICTI.
This suit was instituted by the incumbent of Camden.
town Chapel against the vicar of St. Pancras, for the pp.
pose of asserting his right
..to surplice fees in respect o
marring' and other ecclesiastical dues payable at the dn.
trict church, whereof he is incumbent. The plaintiff cos.
tended that, under the various local church building acts o.
featingthe parish of St. Pancras, and the orders of council mad,
under the general church building act, the district chapel,'
of Camden-town became, upon the resignation of C. DOI
Dale, in July, 1880, the separate parish of Camden-tows,
and that se incumbent of a separate parish he was entity
to the fees and dues now claimed. The defendant's comes.
Lien was that no new creation of a parish had takes place,
and that the chivalry remained still only a district
St. Pancras.

Willeick, Mr. Gifford, Mr. Lindley, Mr. Walsh, aed
Mr. Brandt were in the cue.

The Vice-Chancellor said that the point was really
brought within a very narrow limit, and rested upon to
general acts relating to church extension an contended wits
the local church acts for the pariah of St. Pancras. By
the Ent local act an elaborate arrangement was made
whereby the vicar was to be the incumbent
the parish church, sad was to nominate the incumbent'
to the district chapebies of Camden-town and Kentish.
town. These incumbents were to be subject to the vicar d
Bt. Pancras in many respects, and provision was made to
payment of their stipends. These provisions confessed,
were irreconcileable with the. claim now set up. Then at;
58 Ceo. lIL was passed, whereby the church commilisioniu
were called into existence. This act enabled the comm.,.
stoners to law new with certain cousenta, and she
to farm district parishes. It was by that act provided that
all sew parishes should stand in the position of the ad
parishes so fares baptism, burial, and marriage, were co,.
cooed. Up= this statute the present claim wee mainly
based. This was no doubt quite inconsistent with the pro
vision nods by the special and local act. The question,
therefore, to he considered was how far did • subsequent
generated abrogate a 'pedal act providing for a *postal
subject. Upon this his honour was of opinion that the legie
lature could sot be understood as intending to repeal the
special by the general 'Witte. The analogous cases of the
great entails created by special acts of parliament, such al
the Marlborough and the Wellington entails, were in point.
It could not be contended that the Fines and Recoveries
Act, which was in the widest possible terms,
would enable members of either of these families to bar that
entails. But the case did not rest here. The more recent
church building acts showed that the legislature considered
that the provisions el the older acts were unaffected
by the act of George 111. Indeed, except upon
this basis it was sapodilla to place any in.
talligible interpretation of these later act& The conaegnena
was that the plaintiff failed in hie case. His honour, m con.
elusion, remarked upon the very proper spirit in which tie
litigation had been conducted, each party having
only in view the placing the rights of their parish
upon an intelligible footing. The plaintiffs bill
would be dkanissed, but in consequence of the enure.
meets between the plaintiff and defendant, such dismissal
would be without costa.

RI WRITING'S

!.—roar or PRAOTICL

In this area point of practice of same importance arose.
The petition was for payment of the income of a fund in
mart to the tenant for life, and, in accordance with the
usual practice, the trustees and remainderman were served.
The question was whether the reroainderman's costs ought
to be paid out of the imams or corpus of the fund.
Mr. Pbsar, Mr. Hardy, and Mr. A. Watson wars in tilt
aim

The Vios-Chaorellor said that he was strongly of °pinkn
that the rests ought to fall on the tenant for life ; but,
having regard to the cases which had been cited, he mon
throw the remainderman's cosh on the corpus. He should,
however, in future, as a general rule, not require service cc
the remainderman in such eases.

THZ POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

XARLBOROUGH-STREET.
EXTILAURTENART AID AGGRAVATED ABEAUUt
August Leaman and Jab, Bapriete Verdant, two Freocia•
mu. were char be Mr. Tyrwhitt with violently ae.
malting Yr. Fredraick Everitt, merchant, of Welbeek.
street ; and Ur. Robert Coed, secretary to the Bruiveick
Lena WTl's* !".ff°n.ilhire-• .

_
mt. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap•
peered for the prisoners.
From the evidence of Mr. Everitt, it appeared that he •
was walking up Regent-street last night, in company with
Mr. Coad, two other friends having gone a little way co,
when a female called after the prisoners, and they thee
turned round, and one of them seised him (Mr. Eventt) and
struck him. He then heard his friend, Mr. Coed, call out,
" I'm being iteen." He went to his friend's assistance,
and found that fisalln had got his friend's thumb in his
mouth and wee biting it.
Mr. Robert Coed, of 39, Welbeckelreet, confirmed the
evidence of Mr. Everitt, and said that the prisoners seized
him—one behind and one before—by the cravat, and tried
their utmost to strangle him. lanolin then gut hie thumb
in his mouth and bit it severely, and at the lame time tried
to gouge out his right eye with his thumb. (The wit.
asses eye seemed to have been much injured.)
Shillingford, one of the officers of the court, said be was
crossing Regent-street, and entneesed part of the assault, •
and maw Laacelin with Mr. Coed underneath him. Mr.
Coed was calling out at the time that he (Lescelin) wee
starm:ng him, and Mr. Cued was black in the face.
constables having given evidence, and Mr. Lewis
having eross-exemined the witnesses, Mr. Albert, the in.
terpreter, read over the evidence to the prim:men.
Mr. Lewis said the whole affair arose through Mr.
Eventt having unfortunately repeated a word used by the
female, signifying "bully.
Mr. Tyrwhitt having made some remarks on the case,
fined Lescelin 40e., or one month, for the assault on Mr.
Everitt, and the same for the assault on Mr. Cad ; Ver.
dant, 40s. or one month for the assault on Mr. Coad.t

LAMBETH.
FATAL AOOLDIMIT.
Mr. Joseph Salmon, a maatee.earman, was charged before
Mr. Elliott with causing the death of Rom Wheeler, a fine
little girl of seven years of age.
From the evidenoe it appeared that on the evening before
some musicians were playing in North-street, Commercial.
road, Peckham. which caused& crowd of children to assemble.
The prisoner at the time was driving • van up the streetat •
walking pace, and the deceased, not noticing the approach
of the horse, was called to, end not moving from the
danger, one of the musicians made an effort to take her by
the hand to lead her out of danger. The man being a
foreigner, the poor child became afarmsd at his approach,
and actually rushed in front of the wheel of the vehicle to
avoid him, and the consequence was that the wheel passed
over her, and crushed her in so frightful • manner that she
died in • few minutes after being released from the wheel.
Several witnesses were examined, all of whom deposed
that no blame was attributable to the prisoner ; on the
contrary, they all said he was only driving at • walking
pace, and stopped the moment be was called to.
Mr, Elliott, under the circumstances, took his own ball
to appear again in a week.