The Express.
London, England, 1861-06-01 00:00:00

COURT OF PRORATE AND DIVORCE.

MAT 31.
(Refers the Judge Ordinary.)
HAMILTON (MAW V. HAMILTON AIM WATIIB.
Dr. Reinke and Mr. Moore appeared for the petitioner`
the Rev. Charles Dillon Hamilton, a clergymen of the
church ~f England, who moved for • dissolution of his mar-
riage on account of his wife's (Mrs. Elba Hamilton) adultery
with Mr. MUCUS Antonin,. Waters, a lieutenant in her
Moileety's 53r1 Regiment, and afterwards in the 70th. The
parties wife married in 1842, the respondent being then •
Miss Smith, residing in Norton street. At lint they coha-
bited in Norfolk ; but they afterwards went to In lie, Mr.
Hamilton having obtained chaplaincies at Calcutta, at
Cwiropore, and at Lneknow. At this last place they made
the acquaintance of Lieutenant Waters, who, being inn-
Med, was taken by the petitioner into his house ; and in
August, 1837, he rewarded the petitioner's hospitality by
Hoping with hit wife.
Mr. Crank said that in the 'd". in question he was bead
skater of La Martiniere College, at Lacknow. He knew
the parties well. On the occasion of a grand ball which he
had given he missed Mn. Hamilton from the rest of the
party. He went to her ityah and asked where the mem-
ishib was. The ayah pointed out the place, and be found
her Hume with Lieut. Waters. Told her that a heavy dew
was falling, sod asked bee if she would not return to the
house. lt was not the fact that there was • heavy dew,
but be thought it particul ,r that she should leave the other
ladies. West to her a sewed time, sod asked her if ales
would take say refreshment? Went a third time, and
asked her if he should send her nyah to her with • shawl.
He then succeeded in persuading her to return to the bare.
A few days after the ball the rcepondenta both left Luce-
,' now, and witness did not see them again in India.
Mr. Dubbing. • magistrate at Meerut, spoke to visiting
1 the respondents in that city, and telling them that be had
been requested to interfere. Found them in a mom ad-
joining a bedroom. Lieutenant Waters said that Mrs.
Hamilton was there by her own free consent. He then
went into the bedroom, and left witness with the respon-
diet. Told her that Lieutenant Waters was running a
mt'isk of being Draught before • eourtinartiel • and
bee, if she did sot wish to return to bar husband, to
Eck to her friends in England. She appeared much
ck by witnew's remarks, and though she said she would
go bask to h.- beamed, she did matessee utterly die-
inclined to contemplate retnrnisg to her Meads. Offered
to allow her to occupy a room lo witness's house till he
could make arrangements for sending her to Cawnpore.
After some further evidence,
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The case was adjourned for fuller proof of the parties'
dentity.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—MAT 31.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.)
tr 1,2 SMITH AND SINCLAIR.
The bankrupts were linen-factors, of Panarm-lane. This
was the certificate meeting. The accounts, prepared by Mr.
C. T. Kemp, have already appeared in detail. The total
liabilities of the firm are 97,000/. ; assets estimated at
16,0001. Hitherto only about 2,000 f. has been realised, and
there has been no dividend.
Mr. Bagley, for the 'mignon, said they had no specific
ground of complaint againat the bankrupts, but wished to
call the attention of the court to the magnitude of their
traometions, commencing with • small capital of 1,2001.
in 1857.
Mr. Linklater, for the bankrupts, denied that there bad
been anything of the "bubble" character about the trading.
Of the large amount of bills accepted by the bankrupt. the
majority were drawn by men of substance, who had taken
them up, and not one would come against the estate.
The Commiasiener—There is no charge here of fraud
against the bankrupts; the only charge is that of hay-
ing traded recklessly, and that their expenditure was
excessive. It is impossible for me to say what may be the
real fact ;it looks to me suspicion; buts I think this is
not • stronger ems than that of "Esparta Johnson"
(6 De Gee, BUN. and 0., 6)9), I grant the certificates im-
mediately as of the second elem.

THE BANK OF ENGLAND ROBBERY AT PORTE-
1101:TH.—PORTSMOUTH, MAT 31.—At the petty •0160111.
day, Christopher Edward Theakaton, who for many years
was a clerk, and latterly caahier in the Portsmouth branch
of the Bank of England, was examined before the borough
magistrates on the charge of having embezzled the sum of
1001., the property of the bank proprietor.. It may be
remembered that the prisoner absconded in March last, but
was apprehended some time afterwanls in London. At the
time of his arrest he made an attempt to commit suicide,
by cutting his throat. Since that time ho has been confined
in Westminster Hospital, and war removed to Portsmouth
yesterday. The prisoner was committed for trial at the
sessions.

DEATH FROM • MORPHIA PILL.—Mr. Brent,
coroner for the western diviaiou of Middlesex, held an in-
quiry yesterday at the Bank of England Tavern, Cambridge.
place, Paddington, into the cause of the death of George
Cooper, aged 45, which took place under distressing and
somewhat extraordinary cireunotances. It appeared from
the evidence, which was of considerable length, that de-
ceased had been an out-patient at St. Mary's Hospital, for
pain in the face, caused by decayed teeth. On Wednesday
week he had been ordered by Dr. Sieveking to take a pill,
which he obtained from Mr. Mylina, the assistant dispenser
at the hospital. This pill was the ordinary pill kept ready
made, containing one grain of acetate of morphia. He tea
it about eleven o'clock on the tame night; about then
o'clock he complaint', and expressed regret at having hates
it ; he shortly afterwards fell asleep and his wife could not
succeed in awakening him until eight o'clock, and then he
appeared my wild, bad a strange soils is hie mouth, sad
his lips were discoloured. He was afterwards removed to
the hospital in an insensible state, and notwithsteuding all
conceivable remedies were tried, he died about four o'clock,
p.m. Professor Rogers spoke as to the result of the poet
tandem examination of the deceased, and ggaaye it as his
opinion that the kidneys were in a highly . state,
the morphia acting upon which had been the cause of
death. .No suspicion had been entertained, even by the
friends of the deceased, that he was suffering front dis-
coed kidneys, and in the absence of such a disease the
pill administered would have been perfectly safe. The
jury returned a verdict, "That death bad bnia caused
y misadventure, coogcstion of the brain having been
produced by morphia taken as a medicine.
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