The Express.
London, England, 1868-07-22 00:00:00

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.

(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
This morning saw the inauguration of a qartlin,T
vation. In consequence of the exces.ive h..tr:••
James Wilde invited the bar to &Tense with th --
wigs; and so the court presented the sin •
spectacle of a tribunal in Westmin.ter-hall g. •.
of horsehair. It is to be hoped that the laudabl.,
now introduced may be continued. The legal
minus the wig, is sufficiently grave and flignin,l, but ti
some sort of bead gear is thought desirable (at
it is) something a little ler ludicrous than the ow! !1.,:
rejected might be invented.

BARNES T. JULIES AND BEAVVONT.
This part-heard case, which has already been repnrt-l.
was resumed this morning, evidence being given by ti.
respondent's brother of a confession on the part of tt,
petitioner that he had committed adultery in Paris. T,
story was corroborated by a man named Braddock, W.)
had accompanied him to a el in the French capital.
(The case was still prooeoaiug when our repott left.]

COURT 01? BANICALTTCY.
(Before Mr. Registrar Roche.)
it RE PETO, ERTEN AND CRLMPTOR.
This was a sitting for the further proof of debts and t -
the declaration of a dividend under the joint and seperat
estates of Sir S. Morton Peto, rdwanl Ladd Betts. sal
Thomas Russell Campton, the well-Imown contraetnri,
who pared and received their discharge on the 6th ing ,
after a protracted inquiry, more particularly in referee;,
to the claim made on behalf of the London, Chathew, an t
Dover Railway Company, to prove fur upwards a:
6,600,0001. At the last acting it Rai arranged abt
the railway compan'y should be allowed t,.
prove for about 600,0001., without projudico to the -
right to establish a further claim at any future peno
if so advised. A number of additional proofs were 11.. W
admitted, and several proofs to which objection was takes
were disetuned before the commissioner.

Mr. Bagley, Messrs. Ma and and Denton, Mr. fink-
later, Mr. Chid.ley, Mr. Miller, and other gentlemen, sp-
peered in the case.
Statements were produced by Mr. Haywood, the inv.
sanative of the official assignee, showing that the VI.
lowing sums stood to the credit of the different estate'
Peto, Betts, and Crampton, there was a balance of
1,8971. applicable to dividend. Peto and Betts, 90,0'41..
the estate of Sir S. Morton Peto, 54,7671., the
o estate of Mr. Bette, 32,9211. ; and of
Crampton, 2,600/. It was also announced that a furtiv•-
EMI of about 17,0001., which is not included in the nee•niut.
had also been recently received in respect of tlo• jow.
estates. A resolution to divide the funds was n.tr.--1
upon, and the usual notice of dividend will appear in .1.,e•
course in the Gazette.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)

(Before Mr. Payne.)
THE TTDOE AND AN ACQUITTED PRISONNU.
Dirabeth °motor wasindicted for stealing two iorerei,m,
the monies of Samuel Hess, her master.

Mrs. Hess said the prisoner had been in her serer,, idl
July 14, and the money, In question was miese I fr rn
box in a drawer in her bedroom. Some silver had
been missed from a child's money box. The priseeerah-a
charged ran away, but was brought back by a remable.
Proeccutaix told her if sho would get back the tamer viltl
would not do anything to her. Prisoner admitted t;k ng
the money, but the was given in charge.
The jury Acquitted the prisoner.
Mr. Payne—Prisoner, the jury have equate.] pm.
You are not innocent. You know very well that you
took the two sovereigns. I have no moral doubt of your
guilt.
The prisoner—My lord, the jury have ANlllitterl me.
Mr. Payne—Yes, and therefore you may ti,, but don't
get into custody again.
The prisoner was then discharged.

POLICE COURTS.-{THIS DAY.)

CLERICENWELL.
I BEIZIIIII 131 P DThWXD IMLT.

Mr. Charles iOnry Brown, the inspector of nuit.tvli
for the 'h of St. Andrew's, Holborn, attended beiopi
Mr. er for the purpose of having about 500 cwt. of raw
pigs' head, condemned as being unfit for human food. ito
stated that yesterday afternoon his attention was eallel
to the shop of Mr. George Pulling, of 44, Baldwin's-gm,
dens, and there he found the pigs' beads in question in s
futnd and diseased state, and totally unfit for human
Mr. Barker, after viewing a portion of them, made en
order for their immediate destruction.

WORBIIIP-STREET.
mum or mum% A aux or £2.10.
George Webster, 60, described as a coffee-house keeper,
living at 3, Margaret's-place, Goldsmith's-row, Hackney-
road, and Jana Cow, 61, a turner, of 28. Marlborough-
road, Peckham, were charged on remand before Mr. New-
ton, with having obtained, by fraud, to wit, skittle sharp,
the sum of 2601. from Mr. Walter Newburn.
Mr. Wontner, sen., appeared for the prisoners.
Yesterday week the prisoners were arrested by Ser-
geant Dunaway, detective officer of the H division of the
metropolitan police, who had been on the look out fir
them for the last two years.
The prosecutor said—l am an oil cloth manufacturer,
of 16, Regent-street and New York city. In July,
1866 (I guess it's two years ago), I came to England.
On the 28th or 30th I met the prisoner Cose outside an
hotel. We got in talk together, and adjourned to tbe
coffee room. Webster was there, and they got into talk
about target practice, and agreed to go and try their skill.
We went out together, and to a liquor store called the
grebright Arms, a turning out of the Kearney-rota There
they played at skittles.
Mr. Newton—And you played too I'
Witnese—l guess I did, a few • they in-dual me, and
betted a little to make it interesting, and 1 betted ter
worse luck. . .

Mr. Newton—And lost ?
Witness—Yee, wren luck. And then, look yea,
Webster shammed that he did not know how to pie?.
and I had to. show him and put the ball in bid
hand, ye see— kst all sham. Well then we got to s
bet that I would lick him at skittles next night, and nest
night when we met I found he could knock dawn all the
skittles at one blow, although the night before he had
shammed he could not play.
Mr. Newton—And you lost your money ?
Witness—Yes, worse luck.
Mr. Newton—How much ?
Witness—l game in the two nights I limit 280/.
Mr. Newton—And is that all ?
Witness—Yes.
Mr. Newton—Then I don't think there is any chare
against them.
Witness—But I lost my money.
Mr. Newton—You made your bets with your eyes 010°.
and you lost.
Witness—Yes, worse luck.
Mr. Newton—And you would have taken their money
ff you had won.
Witness—Look here, judge, its against my prissilgea
to bet.
Mr. Newton—ln this country we are not addressed as
"judge," and I am not going to argue the matter
with ou. You fairly lost your money, and the prisons°
are
The prisoners instantly left the dock. and hn
rrial from
the court, while the prosecutor eery dejectedly left the
boa.