The Express.
London, England, 1861-10-08 00:00:00

SINGULAR SCENE AT THE LEEDS PARISH
CBURCZ-BIGAMY PREVENTED.

A somewhat unusual eceue occurred on Sunday
morning last, at our parish church. A man named James
Grayson, • painter by trade, accompauied by • female
who hoped shortly to be his bride, awl also by • brides-
maid, &c., presented himself fur marriage. The cere-
rueny—rouducted by the Itev.4. F. Wood—had proceeded
undisturbed until the rev. gentleuuw was ou the point of
asking the all important question " Wilt thou have this
woman r &4 . , when the congregation were surprised, if
not &maned, to observe a pretty-looking woman, in breath.
leas baste, anal with anxiety depicted on her countenance,
rushing into the church and to the altar rails, where the
claimed the man about to be united to another as her bus.
band. The ceremony was, of course, suspernled impair
diately, and an adjournment to the vestry was neces-
sary. There, with the greatest possible coolness and
determination, the fellow entirely repudiated the im-
peachment, and gruffly declared that be had never
seen the woman before. Naturally shocked at this, the
wife replied that they tad lived together until $ o'clock
on the previous evening, when ha left her, taking with him
• box containing various articles, and representing that he
was about to pay a visit his friends. Still, however, he
persistently denied thatwas married, and the female,
store,
in confirmation of her called Mr. Wood's recollection
to the fact that be himaelgf officiated at the marriage up-
wards of two years ago. The register lancing beau ex-
amined, an entry of the marriage of the female with
Grayson, in May, 1859, ws4 found, but lie even then
denied, without • blush or stammer, that he was the
man. Waxing indignant, and being desirous of convincing
the woman whom her husband had duped, the wife
described the box which Grays.* took away, and its con-
tents, including three pictures, it small timepiece, wearing
apparel, its. The father of the wife was also sent for, and
he confirmed his daughter's statement. They were nuuvied,
he stated, au that church, two years previously, they had
lived together very comfortably .tone, and the huslisnd bad
never been absent • single night Wore the previous Saba,
day. The "bride," at length satisfied that she had been
the victim of deceit, said she was "flurried a bit"—as
well she might be—and thought she had better go. Her
friends, pitying her disappointment, accompanied her, and
Grayson and his wife ware thou left behind in the vestry.
When concealment was no longer possible, he acknowledged
his wife, asked where she was going, said he bad had no
breakfast, and he would go with her. They then left the
church together, apparently on the most sinkable terms,
and walked homewards to their matitutinal meal. He had
possibly anticipated • more ambitious repast ; for we
understand that the gentleman with whom the young
female be so basely deceived had resided, had ordered a
wedding breakfast to be prepared for the bridal party. It
appears that for the publication of the banns Grayson had
given his name as James Shaw, of Grey's-walk, and he Lad
mho givens fictitious surname to his father, who is a painter
at Woodhouse. It is supposed that he intended to leave
the country, as be bad not only removed various articles
from the house, but bad also withdrawn from a building
slab the money he had invested. That uo punishment can
be inflicted upon this fellow for his baseness is much to be
regretted, and he ought to esteem himself fortunate that
his wife appeared just when she did, or ho might sow have
been the subject of criminal proceedings.—Lulu .11'credry.

THE VAGRANCY LAVAL-OR Monday three gillS
whose tongues betrayed them to be of cockney bath, were
brought before the Rev. T. Brooke, at Nautwich
statism, charged with being found without having aol
visible Dwane of subsistence. The girls gave their names AS
Elise Brown, Emily Stanley, and Maria Halton', and
said that they were all three factory hauds. They bed
last worked for • Mr. Taylor, of Birmingham, but had
been oa the tramp for several weeks, and were now making
their way to Manchester to try to get work there. They
rZethrough Nantwich late ou Sunday night, and being
ill ed, arid not having money to purchase lodgings (they
had oely ltd. moon the three of them) they lay down ee
a door step in klilletreet, where they were tumid fast
asleep by an officer. They were each sent to gaol for .1
days.—Career Observe:.

%Aw INTELLtuENCE.

(I'HIS DA T.)

COURT OF BAN KRV PTCY.
(Mare Xt. Cumgayabar Comlira%)
.311 ha U %VW /.V.' IT?. JelpaaN r.

• ...erupt. a core eserriad, fsolltiff
I. r iii• certsflate. H. wr. opp.poletiMar:. Pre*.
•. If If • the amines.. sad "liar er ;aid
. Mr. I'. L. Lewin The foet..l the ems were
.1. re.... 1 is the report .4 the hearoig.
•I• moot: bow gem. judgment. Fie aid the eine wee
:at. • .me peals' Fe the court, end be bad
o. hoof room trutti.lool in coining to saiseidee. It was
••• .1 . hs.ors b.. up t.. a ....stain tiro bail essisdai
. .:11, the nine.% hareem and propriety. He bed
is • le hmusen ; sail duriug the whole of that
to • the e.sill, .4 I tot year, he bad paid his way
fon had contrived to wennre the coofidence of
. people in he. neighbourhood to • very great degree.
•I. it through the collarless* reposed in bins that
la- a enal.kel to p. ?pried . many of the frauds of
.•, ohalesti their leeol Lacing, be hal been 'how' to
It alto ?wool ro•111.11.461.2 that a Mao vlanlLl have
. on for got year* with the met perfect integrity and
riety, old thould all at once Lave plunged into .deuces
•ath an ntroime, ..loco ter. It almost contra.
...I er.....ing .1 the .1.1 Roman poet, which bail been
r. ••••1 as a notelet, " Nemo fait repente turps-
.• in the nopert .1 the a/Metal al...signer it immured
'he loekrum eminietietel Lis halanee.thert oil the let
0., I e'el • it erislorteed • period of our year and eleven
.•i.. ; ..red :luring that tins. Ids dealing* denier! to Lave
e.aively Liege. .1t the close of that period hie debts
T., ie mend maulers, 151,01.0/. Ilia book keeping had
r gulag, hi. steck.tekinge, bad bees regular, and up to
item period be had dune ell that in trader ought to do.
11,1,111114. he stated that he had made a profit
.11".. hut this was altogether a mistake, for
mole charges in the same period amounted to
.1.1.• awl there were heoilei bud debts end per.
~1 expenditure to a considemble amount. There.
I.e must bare keown that he wee then playing
'• I.'OW game. NU omen of dealing had been the.
•• el bought :ern to a yeti large slUoust on his own
it ; L. had dm aid Liege uuantitim of corn, a. well
. own ovouet ea for others. He hod in brim busies..
tor. and animist others he w.bt corn for Mr. Way, a
'sr of the her, who was also engaged in farm.
impolite. Ili. traneoetiose with Mr. Way
•.1 one of the word mots apnea him.
• wey wee in the habit of 'idling his corn through the
rupt by "ample, sad delivering it to Lim after it was
1. The winsome had rightly emend in this ease ; it
• their duty to the puLlie awl the general body of
',tees to expos much mieeneleict. The traerme-
•. with Mr. Way wan one el the moat (ramie.
• that could 110 • and he bed viey pro.
• oppmed the allowance of the bankrupt's certificate.
• • u the ems first oa.n.r before the court, he bad thought
• zn..l a Doe that he had directed • prow:elation against
oikrups for obtaining geode ea false pretences. On
• fiance he bad here tried amid acquitted ; therefore the
0.... rt would not Notice that charge. Another charge was
that of oleaning mosey cie Wee pretences ' and it
was difliealt to ,mcsive hew he Lads .nipedped from
that charge. Ile had pretended to saU from
'ample, having in reality nu wheat whatever
..t the time. and had received money for the sale.
Cot wee ILO but a grow fraud? And yet it was said
that this was the everyday prectice in the corn market.
It Ira. radial " Luyiug ferwaed ; that was the tame under
.hive the loin prek Ace was dieguned. The criminal law
,I, however, held otherwi.e. Mr. Justice Wightman,
fee .4 the jadgm on the bench, had stopped
r lee ~•0 en the utel that this woe not in rity
('i.e pretence. A" further charge against the bankrupt
eee that he wrote to Mr. Way, .4,644 him el the sale of
ellen, wheat whets in reality he had gut sold, but headed
.el. to Mr. Inure. in ...lief:imams of a prior claim upon him.
hod been held also th.t this was not a false pretence in
km, the man might eat to be again put in jeopardy for
1i... • one wean..•. Put the Sillth section of the Bankruptcy
1•1. we tem " any manner of fraud," and Dot only a trawl
ebik we. inolactahle in a court of law ; therefore the
oirt wa. hotted to. regard theme armee in a commercial
pent of stew. He liad also bees guilty of fraudulent
tence to a creditor named Collie., and to one
err te...thers to a small amount ; het these were minor
1.• a. en conspired with the transactions with Mr.
Way sal Mr. Llive.. le &dies with this case the
tart would Dot heat that the bankrupt bad maintained
s. irreprootehahle eltaract•T for twenty years, said that all
tranmetioe• had been recorded in his books with the
etmoit regulontv. It area oily when this unhappy change
'ono awe 111111%11ot he hail reeked haaellumg into this cause
roTioritool onni.. Taking all the eueuentaaces late
reenderotioa, the ...trillions most be suspended till the
lapin of fili,ee months from the date of the
petition INovember last); sod, aa he had been
found gwity ef tee offenses nailer the penal
wets., can was booed to withhold protection for a
rennin period. 14Lould the assignee. and creditors desire
that Le alight have proto.etioo, the court would entertain
the •pplicetion on that .by week. Hy treating the twee as
one of seurfal tufa., fpliwt, the court had power to grant
petection. The certificate, when granted, would of comes
telly Le of the third de..
IN It ItIOLIWUUoN, reecett., AID 'TOOL
The bankrupts were warehousemen, of Cennom-street
We., This was the dividend sitting. Ten shillings in the
round have already been paid, and the dividend now de-
lern.l will nut euvol
Mr. Reed appeared fur the em •Dem.
emend proofs were dimmed both sgainot the joint
otos, owl against the estate of Nicbolsne and Mom. The
.goe,r,te Indelitie. emend 71,0014. Ultimately the sitting
eu sleuthed.

ar O. RT. LEGER.
The bankrupt, • publican, of Itigniw-well-rood.
plied for hi.mrtificate. Debts, un.ecured, KIM; no assets.
XL Hooter orvuoad for Marrs. Garditier, brewers, oa
the oilers! smuod .4 realme traibag, .14 alao for haring
t. tittously defeadol as actual.
Mr. Lulus supported.
Hu Ilueour tam, to the coaclusion that the
dul Peen guilty of • vexatious defeace, thereby tt=
rrolitor to unaecaseary met, sad out that saspealled
t certificate (third clam) for throb mos the lisalmtpt
?4, without protectioa daring that period.
(Before Mr. tNimenhisioaer Enos.)
it RR DITIIIS AND TRIKI3IIT(I. RHuIRDTTCII SAIL
The was a dividers.' ..sties.
Mr Luthlater appeared for timi soolgasta. It woo dated
thit oe debts .4 upwards of 9040031. *viands of U. hays
hl+.l. pud ; sad Mr. Johnson', the official wipes, has is
Lel A sallkisat to yield a further diklipail of tram
1,. Ca to which will Le duly mammal

(Before Mr. Cowd=hew nom)
13 RI JANIS 11111111211111
The heakropt was a teaser sad leather merchant, of
herm.mdaq. Thin was a dividend ruling.
Then have been divides& of le. Id. and &IL, and the
mew vow io Mr. Whitmore'. bawds are expected to yield
Anal, 41. awn.
Mr. Clara. Klerk' &ad Morino) appeared far the
ai-
aipere.

LS KZ nit Irv:" HAM DISTILLERY COWART (Lamm).
Tbs. win • dividend sluing. On lislNlNino of M,(104 •
obviated 4 21..3.1. in the pound bss already been paid.
Whitman, the 4461 waive% Ma gest 1,31001. in
heed, bet ni this ie subject to the pa mead eg own and
Stem natters, the divideod sow to he will be only
• ew pewee.
Lialaater Appian...l for the missess.

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

fa-ILDFIALL
A ricarockirr •IMOAT.
Wm. sm,,,A, deacribed sa • tailor was charged before
Aldernme .1. Clarks Lawrence with ;Malin( from the me-
son of roszlainant, while oe board • steamboat off M
rs ak-
fria, • watch. value 151.
Mr. 1. (*tench Sharman, •• accountant, of 71, W.
square. sAithwark, said I was on boardooe of the
ikon boats yesterday afternoon, sad when we stopped at
Bleckfriars pier CM boat wee very much crowded mid
was deriding near the pagway. I felt 11,H110 owl win
sirsioet in. and beard something snaknees-
looked clown and saw
my chain ha teem
sad my watch is the prisoner's Ms& I attempted Somme
the halal, upon which the prisoner dropped the walla, sad
a sour{ mac picked it up and put it In his pocket. I
the prisoner, sod at the same instant called ern the
man to restore me my watch, which be did, and
tt..-8 disappeared. I thee gave the primmer into enslinikr.
The prisoner, who was moogalsed •• au old offing's, ins
fully ,urutnitted for trial.

Ito RR RR AT A roamitem.
arifftela, aged 41, • shabbily.tatired man, who
cad he 6.R1 ao home, sad that he was formerly •
aemi.t and druggist, was charged with stealing from the
ANtel and ('rows piadie.hotter, (loticeeter.street, queen-
seism I blanket, I tumbler, .ml,l pepper bottle, the
fc.perty of Jobs Feuwick, licensed victualler.
Fr.nn the evidence of the prosecutor it &wound that the
Maher .anie to his bowie and engaged a bat Suspect*
that the prosioer had before paid him • visit and robbed
La. he t 0.1.1 hie (prosecutor's) wife to he eatyautful what
tuna wrre in the bedroom is which the primmer was to
tal, When be shut np tho house he locked the sleet
so that the pri.oocr could not leave natal the hey wag
pp" lacel. I• the morning the prisoner wanted to Imoreorlara
Me prosecutor) went to the moat and missed a biaakot
Ile tool the pri.ier that he had balm robbing him, whisk
pnsoser stoutly denied, bat open tie preemie* pm-
t tat tbat he had, the primmer took Mien hie pocket a
tlsss tumbler mid a pepper bottle. Polimooastabie (Nobles
LE 1.94 the prisoner to Um Masks, and am essrobimg him
11 , 1.94""'" "mooed round him the minis( Wombat.
The pneoner,
em and said that he bed ad tested '
for.l fm three dbetook the artielto through die-
t.. He had formerly held • high predlon as a raped-
to. trolesnisn, and was very sorry for what be had dose.
4..041 (the chief clerk(--1( your dory is correct
ell am pre your address, or the DUN tle SOW Mike*
I+ tame 7.0