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London, England, 1853-12-24 00:00:00

Witness—No, sir ; she told me he was her brother.

In her cross-examination the witness said, the parties
occupied two rooms, with a sofa in one and a bed in the
other. She was quite sure Mr. Gibson did not sleep on
the sofa, as she (witness) was nightly in the habit of
seeing him and the woman go into the bedroom and
close the door after them.

Mr. Griffiths, a surgeon at Peckham, said, that in the
month of April last he attended Mrs. Kelly, at Victoria
Villas, for a miscarriage, and thought she had been two
months pregnant. He saw Mr. Gibson while so attend-
ing Mrs. Kelly, and from conversation he had with him
he led him (witness) to suppose he was her husband.
He (Mr. Griffiths) had not seen Mr. Gibson nor Mrs.
Kelly from the 39th of April, when he last visited the
latter, and had not as yet been paid his bill for attend-
ance.

Mrs. Amelia Robinson, residing at 6, Victoria cot-
tage, said that in the month of April last Mr. Gibson
called on her and requested she would attend his wife,
next door. She complied with his request, and attended
Mrs. Kelly at Mrs. Clark's, and she attended her during
her illness consequent on her miscarriage. While so
attending her she frequently saw Mr. Gibson in her
bedroom, and heard him speak to her in endearing terms
of a husband.

Mr. Samuel Cunningham, the owner of sawmills in
the Hackney-road, said, he had been an attendant of
Ebenezer Chapel, of which Mr. Gibson was the minister,
for some years, and knew Mrs. Kelly from seeing her in
the chapel as a member. It was an Independent Con-
gregational, and not a Wesleyan chapel. From some
reports which had reached the committee, detrimental to
the moral character of the Rev. Mr. Gibson, the matter
was investigated, and they ultimately dismissed him in
July last. Being one of those who considered Mr. Gib-
son a much injured man, he (Mr. Cunningham) took
Hampton Chapel Hackney, for him, for 12 months, cer-
tain, and he was the minister.

The following questions were put to this witness :
Now, if he has sworn that he was not minister of that
chapel, has he sworn true or false r
Witness—Decidedly false ; for he was appointed
minister and preached on two Sundays, besides doing
duty on week days.
Have you seen him administer the sacrament ?
'Witness—No, I have not, for I was not in town.
From what had reached me, I went to Peckham, and
saw Mrs. Clew, Mrs. Clark, and Mrs. Robinson, and
from what they said I at once had Mr. Gibson dis-
charged.
Mr. Hewitt, one of the deacons of Ebenezer Chapel,
was called to prove the fact of the complainant having
been dismissed in consequence of his immorality.

Mr. Norton considered there was abundant evidence
to satisfy the members of both congregations of the per-
fect justice of discharging such a person from such an
office, 3,nd it was much to be regretted that a person
capable of such conduct as that proved should have held
the appointment of minister in any chapel.
The magistrate was here requested to put the question
to the Rev. Mr. Gibson whether he was not a married
man,__ and whether he had not been married in the village
of Howden, in Yorkshire, in the year 1833 or 1835 ?
The r4v. complainant said, he did not know such a
village, that he had never been married, and was, there-
fore, a single man.
The magistrate recapitulated the whole of the facts of
the case, and remarked on the highly immoral and im-
proper conduct of the complainant while holding so
sacred az office, and, believing that the attack was not
premeditated and the provocation very strong, he con-
victed the defendant in the nominal penalty of a shilling,
and orde•ed him to keep the peace towards the corn-
plainant fir three months, himself in 401., and two suro-
ties of 20i each.
Bail WO3 given. .

SHI!PING INTELLIGENCE.

CUSTOM HOUSE, DEC. 23.

ENTERE) INWARDS.—The City of London (s.), from
Dunkirk ; Niew Diep ; Germania, Wismar ; Marie,
Thisted ; Vilhelm, Randers ; Emanuel, Schien ; Inpetu,
Thisted ; have, Medemblik ; Maria, Memel ; Echo, Cron-
stadt ; Otteen, Sarpsberg ; Pomona, Cronstadt ; Eva,
Dantzic ; Baru and Cuthurka, Samsoe ; Admiral de
Ruyter, Ansterdam ; Eagle (s.), Boulogne.
ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING, Dec. 23. The
Triton (s.), or Calais ; City of London (s.), Dunkirk ; Lord
John Russel (s.), Harlingen ; Martha and Excel, Ant-
werp ; Elimbeth, .Ostend ;.. James Gibson, Barbadoes ;
Hoppet, Gothenburg ; Baron Martin, Havre ; Bertha,
Bahia ; AleKand, Ascension ; Pearl, Maranham ; Lis-
moyne, Mad•as ; Julia, New York ; Eloria, Buenos Ayres ;
James, Dunkirk.
CLEARED )UTWARDS WITH CARGO, Dec. 23.—The Time
and Truth, Dr Adelaide ; Tuscan, Barbadoes ; Timandra,
Cape of Goal Hope ; Jan Hendrik, Amsterdam ; Ebene-
gre, Havre • Plumstead, Melbourne ; Flora M`Donald,
Colombo ; danillus, Demerara ; John G. Heckscher, New
York ; Eagl*, Antwerp ; Friends, Dunkirk ; Twende
Sodkende, Openhagen ; William and Mary, Dunkirk ;
Watchword, Barbadoes ; Uncle Billy and Betsey, Dun-
kirk • Caledoria, (s), Hamburg • Belgium, Ostend ; Alice,
Dunkirk ; Elise, Antwerp ; Allegre, Oporto ; Triton (s),
Calais ; Eclipse, Madeira.