The Express.
London, England, 1857-11-23 00:00:00

BOTITHV7ARK.

In the course of the day, Thomas Stowell, who was tried
and convicted at the Surrey Sessions twelvemonths ago for
prjury, attended before Combs, to apply for summonses
against Mr. Bingham, a solicitor, end Mr. Watson, the land-
lord of the Newington Arms, King-street, Walsworth, for
perjury. Stowell, who bad a bundle of papas before hint,
Mated that twelve months ego he was tried at the Newing-
ton Sessions and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment
fiti:Z.eiry. At the trial he tried all he could to produce
to prove his innocence, but unfortunately it had no
affect, and he was unjustly convicted. The charge against
him was ae follows:—Mn. Penny, the landlady of
the Newington Arms, wished for • licence for music,
&c., and applied to Stowell to transact the legal
region of the business. He undertook it in tho name
of a solicitor of the name of Bingham, who practised
at the Lambeth pollee-court, but when the sessions took
plies are. Penny was not represented, and afterwards
Stowell was uted for penury and convicted. fitowdl
now a before his worship to state that he had been
unjustly convicted; thatthe perjury was committed by other
parties, and not by him. At the time he was • lawful clerk
to Mr. Bingham, and sorrel the notices for Mrs. Penny.
Hs produced copies of them signed by Mr. Bingham.
The at the sessions, swore Is was not his clerk, and
that he mover authorised him to receive the 21. expenses, and
now he could prove the authcoity.
Mr. Comb., after carefully examining all the documents,
and hearing Stowell's complaint upon oath, granted the

LAMBETH.
From information received on Saturday morning there ls
every reason to believe that John Blair Wills, the principsl
actor in the very romantic and singular case of double mar-
riage and bigamy, sailed from the port of Liverpool, In the
Groat Western assn-ship, for New York. The delinquent
gave, and sailed in, the fictitioue name of John Goddard,
described himself aa a surgeon, the profteston he first
adopted, and was accompanied by a female, answering the
description of his woad wife, Ann Good, sad else a child,
abort 3 years old.

THAMES.

John Reehmond, • man ;;;;TiCiears of age, was brought
up on remand before Mr. Yardley, charged with attempting
ealf-destruction by coning his throat with • knife
The prisoner's hinm is • very ids/ruler one. His second
wife, • moot rmpectable and intelligent women, who wee in
wart, was nearly murdered by him In 1848. Hs put him
arm round her neck and asked
her to kles Wm, and
while she was in the act of doing so he cut her throat
with • rarer, and she foil weltering in blood. The valor.
tuna* woman was for • long time under medical
treatment, and her bookend was convicted at the Old
Balky sessions for the attempt to murder bis wife, end
area sentenced to fifteen years' transfonation. He served
six years of his time in a convict prison, and was then
liberated, with a ticket of leave. His wife received him with
Madams when he returned from prison, and ha lived with
her for about twelve months. In the mores of that time he
behaved with the greatest brutality towards her, and his
tyranny at length be insupportable she left him and
sought refuge with bar hand's daughter by his first wife.
Mrs. Richmond was than in a bed state of health, and her
head and face were much swollen and bruised from the effects
of blows inflicted upon her by her brutal Lushand. Since he
left his wife he had (momently threatened her. The prisoner
was living with Mr. Isaac Richmond, his brother•in.law, at
No. 4, Church-street, Poplar, ten seeka ago, and the atten-
tion of the primarris relative was called to him by a woman,
and the prisoner was found lying upon his hack a ala his
I throat ant. He appeared to be almost deed, and was
covered with blood. A surgeon was sent for, who
sewed up his wound, and he was removed to the London
Hospital, where he remained until Saturday the 14th inst.,
when he warn brought before Mr. Yardley, and, otter • short
examination, remanded for a week.
The prisoner was now committed for trial.
Samuel Wildbere of No. I, Back Church-Lax
Whitschapel, was doarged with assaulting Benjamin Bon-
field, his assistant.
The complainant and another assistant stated that while
they were making up the books in the surgery, with the gas
Lighted for the plaques of sealing up percale of mug treed as
" dummies" is the shop window, as wall as of warming the
the de&aidant entered, and shoeing the complainant
far burning the gas, told him to go into the ahoy
and pack op has thing. and go. On coo
elginto the shop, defendant followed him and
him violently over the head with the handle of •
long clothes brash, inflicting neared wounds on his head and
laming one hand which he bald op to protect trimmed. He
the threw him out into the streetorbere • crowd bed
collected in oonaequenco of complainant's calla for help.
The defendant denied the assault and hie solicitor called
George Macgregor, defendant's errand boy, who said that
W master had only told Mr. Bonfield to shave himself, and
on his refining " walked" him to the other end of the shop,
when Mr. Bonfield struck him, whereupon defendant turned
hint oot of the shop.
Yardley said be we afraid the boy had not told the
whole truth, end be amid sentence the defendant to pay 61.,
the highest Sae he had the power to inflict.
The de dent paid the penalty, and left the court.