The Express.
London, England, 1850-03-28 00:00:00

NAVAL.

ADMILLTT, Ilium 27. APPOIXTILINTIL—MIit•III:
F. B. Storni., to the Tortoise; W. Beard, to the Chntattr.
AselstsatrEentseez: J. A. Ryder, to the intrepid.

Rain intelliatitte.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—VISTIADAY
Burgas Ma. 0211111111.31= luw.
His Hosour 814 to dell UN paw of tiar anew, sad
en rising hie wart adjourned. with the other spurts, toe the
holidays.
Is as IsAux 14sau CoNax.—Twarrrs MONTIIe

This issoluat, who we. ae;ribTr Pad chic. sad glass
dealer, ia Blackman-street, Drary-lsee, was opposed by Mr.
Cooke, for Messrs. Bower, theme P6ll, sad Moses. Todd.
Ha was supported by Mr. beau.
The supplant ea the put of Me ereditare was that the
ineelvest had obtained goods from them is a bungles'
stamaar, sad had made away wWt the same. The eau on
espied no sour" to a late hoar ea Tuesday, la seesequesee
of the Mimes given. The debts of the insolvent, which
were aoatramed in a shat period, exceeded 6001., sad
is material questioa was the dispositise ef the gun ob-
tained from tag creditors. He had a shop hi ek
sad a wanks... la the neighbourhood white h.
suds, sad Wink goods it was alleged bad bees made sway
with. The insolvent had lately been, is he alleged, a asp,
mum to as seetheastan dealer in the Lower Hersh, Law
bath. It was urged splint the iaeelvest that he had ess.
dieted himself in a most fraudulent mama, and fee the
preludes of trade an exemplary judgment was prayed.
Mr. Cemintimioner Ltw considered that it was a very
"ernes ease ef fraud. Bath seatriaista had bees estalslbW,
namely, freadelently genies the goods, and thea treads.
heady salad away with them. HI Become adjudged the
husluat fie We ireadalint coedits" to as Impuonessat of
twenty Weeder months from the 'snag order, which wee
made a moan ago. The buolvest was removed to prima to
*adage the jadgaiest.

TRAIIIIIEWUNTIATION IN TER COVkT ON ALDlnt-
inir.—lt W is eocaftweess UN decimalise waled
treasastastiatira Wag npalreil es She easiselea if 'be
Cameo+ Sirjeast at tbe OvertWadldersra Turley, am
Kr. Warman Weser gave 'fibs Medea sesemised
la the report of the proseedlesp a *bee emit. Tbe Mettles
are tie met verde et Vienna Ilalesesee melba I "To
Impale wbsass She deelentles .1 NI dreseslitesslatles
kr set bees !spieled by parliasseet g ow Slut it as se
leoltlr Mihail es risfedis eases Is sesperedes et
Leaded"

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IMprepay
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It appeerial Ibipro •ssfistirbe vreravaar (a 11 years
old) was ease by g the se take a Ids 't auten to
the beams of • XP. illikatit st COINS US" Medley,
earl that as was leißte,Raide fees his flatkeee heirs to
Yr. Williams% thoolossies evertrkissitis:filissmiPar•
riagese kaiak*d the owl Sad_ _ he made a
seise, te kill hi
km; Ferriageses leek from
Willa dote asaaaialas the manes. The rimers, after
rebillhe bow? awry
mat late a eetrie;FloTitsi
taleat..."Whina the *pees( • side si the river, soar
5e Ms et their reireesoi. Mr. Janes Coles, a
et Mesa Lehi, was leisemed of the robbery
smokes She MAMA. day. 'Mob was a flitaday, w.st Is
peseak of the Ma saw them on the river Wye is
a MY, sa thEdeese to him, bat they refused;
be palsied ameba septared sagas. The suet is
akb at suttee wee !marled is the primers' Vets,
sad a ponied' eta Wild lota at mama was *mad their
Mem

TM plums Wm *ea bud Guilty, tad sash was on-
bead le Mem yeas' trenaporestion.
The pticasere were exceedingly bed eharsidets.

Wiuimw Her these. • pe7l;etli illiterate Rae, was 'barged
with Lavine, ea the 28th of October last. set ire to a entail.
void ante" the property of Mr. P. W. Taylor.
It appeared from the evidence. that the cottage alluded to
had been frequently entered aad robbed. Tik• proprietor
musequeutiy pat a man to wand. the presides., end oa the
sight its pinnies ae he was watching behind a kedge,
he sew Um Wainer sad mother man eater the cot-
tage. He saw the prkemer ease eat, end immediately
afterwards a fame proceeded from a shed attached to the
cottage. The cottage was entirely destroyed. Dario, the
fro Me prisoner went there attired is a Menet dress to
that which he wore previously. and when pieces of Umber
were throws off the fire he would throw them on oohs
Prisaaer erese-examissed the winsome at peat tomtit, and
east mese dashes apes the evidence el the principal whams
by elseasadies telly he did sot seize him la
the road. having
set Idea
hem the steer be led alleged he saw him eater sad retans
baildiag
The Jam, however, !stormed a verdiM of Ghsitty. sad taile
prissier wee seateseed to be traueported kr If yearn

MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Laicterm MAsca 27.
Caori Onirt—Barosi USD Cam Jv.n COMM&

Samuel 47 was charged with the ntandsughter
of • penal vett by the name of" Yorksy," at Lutter-
worth, on the let cloy of September last. We understood
that deeemsd was a pedlar, who travelled round dm neigh-
bourhood of Lutterworth, bat whose real name was un-
known; and that while at • public house on the day in
question, prisonor, who woo drunk, struck him a blow on
the head wit% a drinkieg vosel, and he fell down and died.
Prisoner, who is a chintneysweep, received a good ohm-
MOM from a °sooty magistrate and some Mber gentlemen.
Re pleaded guilty, and was gemmed to one year'. imprison
meat.
ATTIMPTING TO PROCI/RB ABORTION.

Marseadrks Fawkes, 19, son of a fanner ;;las;lisr, at
Claybrook, in this county. was abargni with admlaisteriag
throe 0111101111 e/ saris to Bliss Abbott, with latent to prance
abortion. _ _

Elise Abbott was a girl about 17 years old, who tad
been living In the service of the prim: sr's father for more
titan 12 months pnviuu to Christmas last During that
period she swore that the primmer became as such terms of
intimacy with her that about Mithae:mas last she found
hermit pregnant by him. Abe told him of bar condition,
sad ►e then procured a bottle of staff, of which he said to give
her a certain quality la • morniag before her muter or misty. es
were up. It made hit. feel ill, and she resisted him, bat he
"forced it down " her, sad told her it would " kiD thu
baby." He also offered her ss. if she would matinee to
take It. Oa her condition booming known she was &le-
nient' from her servitude, sad bad to go to the Hinckley
Vales Workhouse. It was in consequence of an tzarina,
Lien she met with there, that the poor•law authorities
caused the present preerteutioe. John Basset, a labourer,
swore that he provided a decoction of 'atria at the prisoner's
request, and that be knew it was administered to the girl
Abbott, to emus her to 'miscarry. After one bottle, contain-
ing nearly a quart, had been administered without effect,
he
asked him to prepare Nome stranger. In the fsee of these
fast", which were clearly set forth la his lordship's summing
up, the Joey, to the satonishmett of the auditory, Actertted
the pricier.

CIVIL Sma.

—... ---- .
Mr. Baron Parks fiord ergo moral jurymen 101. oath,
for tour attendance this =maim/.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.—BoDuni, MARCH 26.
ECTOIK lle. Jrnice TAILFOVID.
VARDRT t. MILLISIT.—LIBLL.
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Mr. Crowder:tinlidtti; case. Tke plaintiff, Mr. George
Tawdry, was an apothecary and surgeon, practising at Red-
filth, sad complained of having sustained • onions injury
by the publication of a gram sad siandslau libel by the de.
feadtat ; for if the alleged libel were true, the plaintiff
would be unworthy of continuing a the practice of hit hon.
=rat= profession. Mr. George Tawdry was a man some-
what advaced in life, and had been to his profession a' •
general practitioner for • period of 20 pan. On entering
his rrofession the plaintiff weal to India, bat had returned
owing to ill health, and for the last 12 years
bad practised as a surgeon and apothecary at
Hoyle, and, during that period, had a conducted
himself as to more the respect and esteem of the most
' respectable persons in that neighbourhood. Ia 1843, Mr.
Tawdry was selected by the guardians of Redruth union,
unanimously, for attending the poor in that district, and the
engagement still subsisted. At the time of the breaking out
of the cholera, last year, local sanitary boards of health were
established, most or them under the general Board of Health,
in London, and one of those local hoards was formed at
Hay'', composed of 26 of the most influential men cf that
place who unanimously abated Mr. Vtwdry as their medical
attendant an
for cholera patients. He was appointed on the
6th of August last, and he performed the duties of that
office during the prevalence of cholera, which continued
through August and September. Towards October it omed
in ni• at places, and by the end of October the cholera no
longer existed. Subsequent to this period—viz ,on the 29th
of October—the libel in question was published. Be-
fore, however, calling partisan, attention to the
libel, he would introdatio to them the defendant,
Dr. Richard Hope Millen This gentleman had obtained
• diploma which be purchased in Germany, and which
enabled him to prude' as doctor of medicine. He was •
young gentleman who, having served hie time in London,
cease down to the neighbourhood where the plaintiff was
already in extensive panne, and whose superior smogs
would appear to have produced the Galax which gave the
to the libel in question. Soma angry feeling having been
shown towards Mr. Tawdry tor some time, on the 29th
0ct.,1849, Dr. Millen =or to write • letter to the general
board of puirditas, professing it to be a communication of
iaportanot to the pubic weal. This letter inclosed a copy
of the Cornwell Gazette, which oaten= a letter written
apparently to attack the Board of Health at Phillack, and
sassed by a person named Webber. The manuscript letter
stated that the letter in the Gazette did not state one half of
the facts. It stated, however, that the rector of the parish
allowed his horses and sheep to graze is the church.
yard up to the previous Saturday, and that
heaps of human excrements were lying around,
graves torn up, and humor heads wrapped up in
Hansel ; and it gave, otherwise, an unfavourable account of
the sanitary condition of the place, and adding that .` the
medical men are the scorn of the neighbourhood," and that
aaredased, dislocated shoulders, and crushed limbs are
the bacons of the puhliejadgemot" The looter wee steed
"H. E. Edwards," which signature, however. turned oat
to be fictitious, and was sabsignently Sound to have been
wri.ten by the defendant. Th-re were then, in fat, two
distinct charges. It was alleged as a general proposition,
that the plaintiff being the son of the aeighbourhood he
was unfit to pasties in his potation. Looking at the pai-
d= of Mr. Tavern'', and what had taken place far the last
month or two, the shame was orrtalaly one of the gravest
charnatir, andit would be iatpoosibli ter him to prosecute
his duties with sums so long as this imputation
rated on his eltuaerter. The learned gentleman having
remarked on the pima of the defendant, thought
the case would be satiefisstorily established. A.
inastaation into these charges was made by a committee of
the board of guardians, whisk terminated in favour of the
plaintiff, who then sent to Dr. Millen to make an apology
for the libel, to which he received the following answer
" Dec. 17.--Gmetlemen,—l beg to acknowledge the re-
'apt of the letter, and regret so me= time should ho wasted,sad remota, yours, to , " U. H. Mitainrr."
The learned gentleman called several witnesses, whose
examination was act °occluded when oar despatch left.
In the Crown Coen yesterday no cam of importance os
=nod. The ease whelk was expected to areas the most
'zaniness' was • ',barge of manslaughter eruct Jame
Trevarton, See slaying Robert May, at Taps. His lardeldp
in his charge commented strongly co the case, seating that it
wad/ be a question (or them to consider whether dis ease
did net amount to wilful murder ; but to the sarprias of
moat present, the grand jury ye.tarday threw ad the bill.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LivooPodi., MAY= 27.
INDICTRINT AGAINST A CLUIGTRAN Of THU CENSOR OF
•ILOOLAND FOR Rlllll6llO TO BOLplNesa • MARKIAGR.
The iier. MoorAouse Jams, oillieletior minister of the
Marna of Bt. Thomas. at Leigh, was isdirftd ler a Lode-
masseur, is having, la his messily of elargystaa of the
Church of BeileaS, reseed to seismaim a maniere be-
twos one Hoary Nam and Asa Xmilatas, Um parties
having duly pupates tbmamives to oostraet smit maniage
by harlot sempilled with the mgairemesis of the out of par.
Basest is that moo Rade ea/ provided.
Kr. Knowles amid th. lOW Oa the 14th of hay, of
last yam, Jo delendast ram amigo to Mr. Hayes,
supsr.ateationt of Jo Jerk{ of Leigh, of the intim-
don to sestrest seetriamay with Asa Rordass, sad,
urea sash notice liaise given, the sapariatendmbre•
mower ontersd it in ts4l mad trey. At the et-
Oradea of twenty-Doe days, tha Use speeded by the
'tame. Wisher styled for sad obtalsed from the rogistrar
the wad/sate required by as ask sad baring get that,
A. ogled apse UN/ esirellest sad told Al. ho wished to
be martial is the ant moray. Foe tile haste he (lA.
learned emend) was sorry to say then woo ea malt
riaaw—tbe loud. woo prapiost. Oa tbe a
Wag made th. dehodsat Winfred if Fisher telltiboLa
baptised. wed was anewered that A. had; the dsfeadaat
that' asked if as oppliolat to A. ilAnhd bad boos asked

le ebsteb:47lsher.ssid he had not been asked in thumb,
bat that he bed by the board of guardians ; the &tendon'
ierther isle& !Met If he bed hien umermel, end be
was Wei theezthe bad. net. The delesdeat rhea, abed -he
would have width* to 49 with him; sad if ha Iced loon
silted by the isardiam, b. bed better get the guardiens
merry him. Os the torsion of the ease day ,Fiather again
usg..d ou tie seversod defendant his refit to be mar-
ried. Oa the 19th it Jane the " •-regficrar
idlest spas lir. James, end wliei M the Irbil, of ea dr-
euesettheas sosaested with the sod that all the neer-
sarry requirements bad bees sospiied with, and cm the lad
against Mr. Hayearthonsyeakd by Fiaber, and the leas*
Hardman, welt to the defendant, and a request was midi
that the .emerge should be solemnised. Mr. James said he
would simply with the request whoa Furrier should have
a:primed a wish or desire te be smarms& The cousequeneo
wes the parties wen not .anted, sod to this day they re-
mained aneaseried, the child baring been born with!' stigma
apm rim, sad his deli rights petlediced, entirely arising
oat of the tenplee—eoseelentious seruples. he (Mr. Kenwies)
was willing to give him eredit for--of Mr. isms, the rev.
defendant.

Mr. Here (superintending registrar) and Fletcher wen
called in evidence to depose to Ma request to be married,
and the refusal Inds.
_ _

Me. Bias this addresed the fury. Us submitted that,
tie/online to the law and discipline of the church, which
the defendant was bound to obey, he had • pocket mitt in
rateably to solemnise the manias, ea the pound that Faber
had nut been maimed.

The judge segnetted whether there might not be a ques-
tion whether the present wee a subject for an indictment
at civil law, co a question. to hi decided to the Eeclesiaeticel
Court . _ _ _

Mr. Bliss sutenittied that the defendant had been guilty
of no asses, being justified in the course he had
taken ; that he was not within the words of the
statute ; that it wee a question of ecclesiastical joris-
dict.on, and sot of comma law. The tubrio and the for-
malities of the Ours* showed that the suleesnis Won of
marriage was a religious ceremony requiring a degree of
fitness on the part of those who became the recipients of it,
mad that the absence of such required fitness was a good
reason why the ceremony should not be administered. It
was evident that the intention of the act was not to interfere
, with the authority of the thank byoad the provision
that he regietrar's certificate was to be the substitute for the
publication of the banns; as that the only °Mince witeld
where a clergyman did not allow the registrar's certificate
to be an equivalent for the banns; In all other respects, the
statute reeognisee the law el the thumb as laid dews
by the 0r.... sad rubric. Mr. Blies (nether stab-
mitred that the proeteution had net proved any
✓efusal to marry ; that it ought to have bees shown
that the whs. had gone to the proper plain etch* time
arranged, with all in resdineas to be married. The rubric
of the church laid It down that no parties could enter into
matrimony who were not of full age without the consent of
their parents and guardians; and here they had penis.
ureter one, and no evidence of nth consent having been
given. A further objection was, that there was no evidence
to show that the church was licensed for the solemnisation
of matrimony.
Oa thb paint Mr. Knowles culled the vicar of Leigh, the
Bev. James Irvin, bat that reverend gentleman stated that
lie was not aware whether this was so or not. He had *ever
bees present at the time of a marriage, funeral, or &elites-
Jag. There was a font in the church, and there were me-
aerial stases erected in the burial yard.
Under the instruction of his lordship, this was received as
evidence of the church being banned.
The I d judge, in addressing the jury, said it appeared
to bias that most of the objections raised bad failed. Were
he celled upon then to decide, he should say that the reve-
rend gentleman, in refusing to marry a party because he we
not confirmed, wilt wrong. He (the judge) did not think
that the learned counsel for the defense was at lioert) to
have availed himself of the subsequent reasons which bad
been set up ; for if these reasons had been stated to toe
parties at the time, they might. instead of Using as they had
done in a state of concubinage, have removed the
obstacles which stood in the way. Tee universal usages
of the church was evidence ef the church ; this was the
r :le in construing all legal doeurnente, and so it meet he
taken in the present case ; the practice of the church had
been the other way, and therefore he, for one, was rot
ansion, to see any novelties introduced. His lordship gave
it as his opinion that the indictment was not sustainable in
a court of common law; but the matter was a subject for an
ecclesiastical inquiry ; and he remold at *nee direct an ac-
quittal, but, by so doing, he should deprive the other party
of the ques ion being raised in a superior court of law.
Therefore, as some very important points hod been raised,
he should direct the jury to return a verdict of guilty of
misdemeanour, which would be the means of the question at
issue being raised before a proper tribunal.
A verdict of Guitty was bee given, and the defendant
was bound over in his own recognisance of 1001. to appear
at the next 1114.401 to receive the sentence of the court.