The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-09-11 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1877.

WOOL. wads fee that sweg maw and the many charming song-
TrIIGSR COMeagalOttaeg Yuan. —Ws see the stresses who have Nasdaq her mt.. We love her all the
following subscriptions to this fund advertised : better now. Mr. Barnes received a vaptorem, ephienee
&Aden Wool b Wm. and a loud encore for "The Bay of Biscay." Why didn't
nes". of y :
Collected in the eiss-sa- • ps he respond ? The Rev. Lester Lester read an account of
Rev. II M. Drelington, £1 ; Mrs. Dorlivnent, a. ; " Witissanley's Eddystone Lighthouse." Mr. Lester tine%
Mr.. Carter, 10.; Mr. %Verne, ; Mr. . Bud len, not look inch a parson that he need read like one. But
IN, ale W. Lucas,los 6d • Mr. Granger, 7.6.1; Mr. we thank him for his willing
soil we are always glad
Ver. Fooks, Se; Mr. W. itandell, • R Mr. .. H. to hear him nevertheless*. Shall we say the belle at the
a. • Mr. F.. May, sa. •' Mr. R. 'Dorey, 2. 6,1 ; concert was the duett "The Sailor Sigh.," by Mr. and
ale Wortisworth, 2. fed; Mr. F. Spicer, 2. 6.1; Men. Mas Grey. From the charming ease with which the lady
Grant, 3e.; smaller subscriptions, ss—totsl, £6 as 6d. accompanied on the pianoforte in this and the other songs.
we ehoulil say she waa at home in the prof...ion.
BLANDFORD. t Certainly thit very hearty ensare was delerved. Mr. A
Smith's " Dear England" TA perhaps pat a little into the
Tee Maestoa Rowse PIDIAN RRLIEF PVED. —A shale by it, but he has rendered poet service at both con-
rei,b, meeting, convened by the Mayor, in response to a cert. We over heeril such a gosel strong choir is
communication from the Lord May. re Linden, requeet- Swansure. May the' hold together and sing again. Mesa
mg hi. en-riper:4l.o in alleviating the distrees eaueed by Colston, the indefatigable secretary, at the close made a
the famine in Seithern bus. wa% held in the Town-hall well studied maiden speech. She heartily thanked every-
,. Tuesday morning. Toe Mayor (Mr. Spenee.Al•bott) body and we thank lot% for what after all is singing to con-
...aided, and there were present :—The ex-Mayor (Mr. stant working /If them with " voice, hand, heart. and
K Fisher), Aldermen F. T. Johns, H. Darden. A.. S. money" had helped to night, she hal used them all for the
110,1.. e, and J. S. Daniell, C sum:Mors J. Barnes, C. Pond, great object for years. May she live to represent U.
and W. T. Elgar, the Rev. C. H. Pronnetintoll (Rector of society in Parliament t
Kouglitnu). the Rev. W. Churchill (Rector of Stickland),
Lieut. Churchill, Miss ('hurchill. the Rey. R Gray (Con-
ganglia' Minister of the town), the Rev. A. Price
genperintendent Minister of the local Wesleyan Circuit),
Messrs. W. T. Wyatt, W. S. Blennand, J. J. Hobbs, 0.
W. Daniell, T. It Park, Amoy, J. Linivay, F. Diem. and
J. G. F.. LAITMUIPS. The Mayor reed the notice convenine
the meeting, and Sant the Rev. K P. Billet (Rector of
Spettisbury) and the Rev. Prela Farauharann (Rector of
Langton) were sorry to be unable to attend, hut they were
willing to render any assistance. The Reedit C. R.
Fyne.-Clinton, J. R. Cotter, B. Gray, and A. Brice all
expreseed themoelves willing to have collections in aid of
the fend, and Sunday week, the 16th, was fixed up in to
have callections in aid of the same object in the esi ion.
places of werMip in the town and neighbourhood. Mr.
Poml mentioned that the congregation at a small chapel
at Kingston had already collected and the Rev. .1.
R. Cotter made a remark which we heartily endoeve,
that the famine wan a matter which ought to he taken up
by the home Government A subscription list was started
in the hall, with the following remit :—The Mayo.. £1 I,;
Aklennan F. T. John., LI Ii; Aldennau A. S. !Indite.,
ln. ; Mr. T. M. Park, £1 Ii; Cmneillor J. Barnes, it ;
Mr. J. Lin.laay, CI ; the ex-Mevor, 10n; Mr. 3.3. Hobbs,
: Councillor C. Paid. £ll' : the Reetnr, £2; Alderman
J. 5 Daniell, PP ; the Rev. J. It Cotter. SI I.; the Rey.
B. Gray. 10.; Mr. 3 M. Hector, £2; Mr. W. T. Wyatt.
SI I.: Mr. G. W. Daniell. £2 2. ; Mr. F. Davis, .C 1 Is;
Mr. C. W. Millard. ; Alderman H. Durden, LI Is and
Mr. J. H. Bartlett, 5..
Comma:Lagoa PROPERTY.- An adjourned meeting of the
Town I' emelt was hell on Tuesday, and WA, attended by
the Mayor (Cceincillor S. Abbott). the ex Mayor
(C .li...rigor F.. Fisher). Aldermen IL Darden, A. S.
Hodgps. F. T. Johns, and J. S. Daniell. Cotter:ill.% R..
Eren, W . 11. Atkinson, C. Pond, J. Barnes, W. T. Rig.,
and .1. Ball, with Mr. E. A. Smith, Tow. Clerk.—The only
busineas was to decide upon Mr. Ball*. proposal to build a
anovneem sepl room for the use of Freewill'
Societies on the site of the old Corporation beetle-hootse
on sheep Market-hilt. and Mr. Ball submitted Plans which
would allow weeps through • peasese to the Corporation
lock-up at the rear of the premises. The dimensions
of the proeneed upper mom were 21 feet long 17 feet 6
inches wide, and 9 feet high, and Mr. Ball said the
estiniated enst of the entire building was £2BO or £270.
Mr. Ball said if the Corporation would erect the building
he would take it upon lea. at •rental of £2O a year, orb.
was prepared to build himeself upon certain conditions.
One or two members suggested that Mr. Ball should have
the land far a 99 years lease determinable on three lives
and rpeni not le. than 3350 the ground rent to be £2 a
year —Mr. Eyers thought the convenience of the passage
to the lock-up was worth £1 a year to them, lint Mr.
Atkinson considered 1:2 too low for the ground rent.
Intent:A at 5 per cent on the cost of the building and the
grimed rent would only make 1:11 10a and Mr. 801 l had
offered £9l a year rental if they erecte4 the building. Mr.
11.11 would have the materials of the Id building, and he
thonght they ought to get as much as the preoent rent. Ile
th..o.forn propoard that the ground rent be £4 per annum.
-Mr. Pmel said Mr. Ball h.el made the passage part of
plan, and it Pronl.l toe Im.ll to resich the upper mom.
Ile smandel the prornsition.—Mr. Ball said he would give
a grieind rent of £2, but this ow. not. areepterk—Mr. Evers
proposed and Mr. Darden seconded wan amenameet that
the ground Tett he .£1 and this was agreed to by the
Council, hut not by Mr. Balk who stock to £2 —Upon the
proposal of Mr. Atkinson. seconded by Mr. Pond, the
Council allowed Mr. Ball a week in whiih to rive an
...ear to the Mayor, and if he does not accept the land at
.C.l a yeur it will be open to the public.
BoROPIIII POLIO?, Ponoi ty. —llpfme the Mayor (Mr. S.
Amodt) and the el-Mayor (Mr. K Fisher).
More DOA..s, a wretched inking woman, was charged
with wing drunk in the street. on the previous evening.
Pri.oner said ahe had A little gin-awtheer, hut she shield
have been all right if her hediand, whn It 4 never sober,
hail not met her in the street% and ilttreatel her. —The
InonO.rat.., discharged prisoner after cautioning her not
to come before them again.

the proeecotion. ordered by the Court of Chancery.
against the directors of the English Joint-Stock Bank,
which ended in the nonfiction of Finney. Other honor-
tent financial ant commercial investigations were
then confided to him notably the proceedings
instituted in the caoss of the Unity Joint-Stock
Bank. the Merchants' Company, the Monarch Insurance
Company. and the Ottoman and Suyrna Rsdway
.1111VAIll. His success in this difficult and laboriolis
branch of his profe.din secure' him novena important
and lucrative appointments Ile conducts for the Trea-
sury all proseciitiona arising from bankruptcy, acts for
the Week Etch mice in winding-op caws, and also for
Lloyd's Salvage Association. In the latter capacity he has
cosilucteal many prosecuVon. against owners and sailing
masters fir scottling ships. One of the most remarkable
of these Witsl the case of the Severn, in which the captain
was indlteed t., give °video, against the owner, the in-
surance-broker, his clerk, and the mate of the vessel.
Insured enormously above her value and laden with a
number of psi-:age, labelled "arms," but which really
contained silt, the Severn was scuttled, width° insurance
claimed. By the exertions of Mr. Lewis not only were
the four persons enumerated convicted, and sentenced to
penal servitude, but the insurance-broker—one Houldie
worth—was actually persuaded to leave Switzeland,
where he was safe from extradition. and came over to
England to undergo the trial which resulted in his trans-
portation. Berwick, the owner of the Severn, was
supposed to have been exercising the trade of insuring
and scuttling ships for many years before he fell into the
hands of Mr. Lewis. Another famous scuttling caSe,
conducted by him, wan that of the ship Italia, supposed to
be laden with tobacco, heavily insured, and scuttled on
her passage out (min Cartagena, the crew finally turning
up in Jamaica. By the advice of Mr. Lewis, the crew
were kept quiet in the West Indies until the owner, a pro-
fessed "scuttler" named Trues.% denpatched another shift.
the Esmeralda, from Cartagena to Liverpool, professedly
laden with ivory, (antic, and tobacco. This vessel was
commanded by the same man, one Captain Dobson, who
had scuttled the Italia, and who, having scuttled the
Kemeralda, came with his crew to Liverpool. The men
were brought to London be Mr. Lewis, telegrams were
sent to Jamaica; Captain D ibson wa.s arrested at Liver-
pool, proaenited, convicted. Of lens real interest and
importance than these ingeniously-conducted prosecutions,
hut tilling a larger space in the public eye, are that aeainst
Melanie Rachel in leirlf ; the investigation into the Bravo
case, in which Mr. Lewis represented the family of the
deceased ; the proseention of Dr. Slade : and the prosecu-
tion instituted he the Treasury against the Artisans".
Laboerers', and General Dwellings Company. Equally
rekhrAi.ll is the prosecution of the " Egyptian Mestere
1 —Mr:. Rainsden and her accomplices for perjury. This
was one of the cases in which wide experience and
a memory of extraordinary ancurace and tenacity
I enabled Mr. George Lewis to defy the resolute
I swearing of the conspirators. The weak point in the
' evidence against the ladies encased by them was, apart
from a certain suspicious unanimity, the name of one of
the liberal swearers. Mr. Lewis recollected that the
woman Flat is. whn swore that she sew the hank-note in
the hand of the accused, was the same who swore to some
auspicious statements in a suit instituted by the Egyptian
Mystery several years am. This one piece of accurate
knowledge broke down the whole fabric of perjury, and
I resulted in the imprisonment of the Mystery and her
laccessories.
It is this wonderful knowledge of all that has been done
I in London during the last 20 years, c mpled with a
profound acquaintance with commercial and criminal law,
I which brings to Ely place the most lucrative practice.
I Here advocacy is hardly remunerative in itself. It is but
the drum which brings the world to Ely-place—the alarm-
bell which brings retainers and heavy fees when
commercial investigations are threatened. But Mr.
I Lewis,he universality of whose dierallls is remarkable,
,is not always employed in prosy matters. Besides being,
as we have already implied the legal adviser of three
daily and of several weekly newspapers, of several
theatres, and of the Charity Organisation Society, and
' having a common-law practice large enongh to till the
home in Ely-place with clerks, he has as business peculiarly
his own, involving the revelation to his private ear of
stories before which the invention: of the most brilliant
novelist are pale and colourless. It is not exactly that all
clients in peculiar difficulty come to him. They are sent
by their family solietors, who, admirable old gentlemen
as they are, and skilled in draoghting a will or a convey-
ance, or in "tying up" property with such tightness that
its owner cannot be unilooe, are yet mere children when
called upon to cope with adventurers and adventuresses
who have become possessed of the letters of a foolish girl,
of a half if not quite guilty married woman, of the proofs
of a lover's fickleness or a husband's infidelity. Suctf
persona seas are ton much for the respectable
old family lawyer, who, if a sensible man, makes his way
to Ely-place, confident that that terrible address will alone
make the most hardened professor of ehantaye to tremble
in his shove. They also know, these venerable legal
earlier% that it is not so much the lawyer, as the
consummate man of the world, whose tact is regain-al to
deal with the handsome sharper, most dangerous of all if
he has at some remote period of his life been a gentleman;
with the inistress furious at being flung aside like a pair
of soiled gloves; with the dismissed lady's-maid, who has
a choice collection of the correspondence of her heeillees
employer: with the confidential valet, who, having lost
his earnings and stealings on the turf, has laid hands on
papers which may cost his master his wife, and, worse
still, her fortune. These are the cases which gravitate
towards Ely-place, to the adviser of advisers, who bears
the same relation ti the rank and file of his profession
that Paget or Hawkins, Thompson or Hewett, bear to
a family dector. The ne iret ulcer which is sapping the
resources of a noble family is brimght close under his eye-
glass without exciting the slightest symptini of surprise;
cancers ef evil savour are expeed in the horseshoe-shaped
room in Ely-place without disturbing its master's entre'.
meet of the " red, red rose" nestling under his " imperial,
already tinged with gray. The English analogues of the
sulniirable NI. Is Rastignac and the excellent Henri de
Marsay—the charisma/ gal-v.4.p: arail loss tea ekes—lay
bare those tough organs which serve them for hearts
before the dainty, hut unflinching. operator, who loves his
profession and lives in it and for it, mein.: only the very
few hours given daily to his accomplished wife and the
social duties imp/weal by his large circle of friends. The
day's work over, the ronsulting.lawi er, just so C s.l and
as fresh as at its ..... 'mincemeat, lights an immenne
ciatir, and sets ill towards Portl inil-place. On the way
we ask !din the qiiestd mm, SW:Pte....I fir the Nibble of trio
appreciative friends whether he would not e happier if
lie hail chosen the friend",
walk lif his profession ; whether
he does not envy the suemssfui barrister who into silk at
the early age of forty. or thereabeuts. The answer
trickles out in the smoothest tone, "My dear X, I would
not change places with the Lord Chancellor."

SHERBORNE.
Tint Ftowen. SIIOW.-To the yd;,.,-.-Sir -By a
curious mistake on the part of the clerks at the Sher'some
Flower Show, the first prise card for verbenas was
written, Mr. J. Keynes, Salisbury, and planted on my hot;
it was corrected later on in the day. Mr. Keynes did not
exhibit verbena& The first prize was awarded to me.
Will you kindly meke thin known in your next issue awl ;
oblige, yours truly, H. BLiNDFORD, H.D. -The Dorset
Nurseries, Blentlford.
CRleltltY MaTcll.-A match was piers! on Saturdsy
last on the Cricket fiehl, between two elevens-chosen by
Mr. C. Garland, of Yeovil, and Mr E. Tuffin, of Sher-
borne. The Yeovilians ran up a capital score, of 14S, and
the Sherimmises had to play second fitlile, for 67 only.
STRAUS. A SOrERF.ION. -Before the borough justices at
Yeovil, tin To-clay Martha Eeriest, • little girl lately of
Sherborne, was placed on remand on the charge of steal-
ing a mvereign the property of Charles Ahhett, landlord
I
of the Albion nn, Vicarage-street. Mrs. Abbots wife of
the prosecutor, said on the evening on the 25th of Auziett,
she plate.' a sovereign under a gags to take it up stairs,
when she went to bed. She forgot to do so, however,
that night, mid when she went to heic for it, the nest
~,,, mint she foond it sraigone. The prisoner was amuse'
of taking it, and sulsiequently, on her consenting to for-
-give her if she told the truth, wlrniVed it, and dropped
the coin upon the floor. She did n. .t wish to press the
case, and if the Bench thought fit to Mamie@ it, she would
give the girl another trial-Mr. Watts contended there
was no case for the Bench, prosecutrix had condoned the
. offence.- The Bench dismissed the prisoner with a caution
as to her future conduct.
A cr mous STORY is going the round of the clubs
about items 'ii, one of the turf swirellers, and a witness
against the detectives. A few years ago, when be
pn,fessed to be the Count ole Montague, and waited on
the Lord Mayor =der that mune to receive funds in
respect of the Frew+ flood subscription--for which he
auffered a year's imprisonment-he wan received here
in very good society. He even dined with the Lord
Nlalmesbuty and Lord Granville, and was the welcome
visitor in many a Weat-end circle. He could aint . and
play music, he spoke three languages, and was an
excellent conversationalist He wag for a time a
member of the St. James', Club, where he performed
one of the neatest swindles on record. Whether for
Play or for some other puruoae, lust he received from a
Captain Candy (familiarly known as "Sugar Candy')
a cheque for tin. lie altered the fissure, to £4OO and
sent the cheque to the !oink by A comrniodonsire. The
hank menaser thought this wag a large sum for an
open cheque, and as I 'aptain Candy lived close by he
addrev.ed bins a letter in the following terms hear
Siosar ('andy, --Your cheque for £401) is all right. I
supporse? Truly yeetre,—." Instead of senolins this,
letter by the bank inessonoer. it was given te Benson's
roininis.d.inaire, anti the latter tmok it to his employer.
Ao so.m as Benson resTivol it he wrote in rePIY,
lieque is all right ; thanks. Truly your's,
Sun ‘e," The bank maim:or did red recognise the
stransenese sof the writing, and the money was paid.
Months afterwards.when the hank book was balanced,
the fraud was discovered, and at that time ths Count
de BLontatete was underimino hie term of imprison-
ment for swindling the Lord Mayor. Such was
Benson's auccesa when he moved in society in 1872 he
was very nearly winniog the hand of the daughter of •
city alderman and ex-Lord Mayor.
MR. GEORGE LEWIS.
Thole who remember some years ago the appearance
of Mr. Lewis in our police court in a certain ranee
rdefire will read the following lively sketch in 77te
Warbi with interest :-
These who have seen Mr. George Lewis's eyeglass in
Court, directed like a microscope upon • too freely-swear-
ing witness under cross-examination. have dnubtless leen
struck by the extreme contrast between the manner ant'
the matt T t•f that gentleman's searching queries. Endowed
with the faroilty, granted to few men, of not only seeming,
but actually being, cool under any mediae cireuemtanees,
his treatment of tbe subject under his dissecting knife is
quite his own. Instead of rutting at once through the
intervening tissue. down to the suspected lie with one
bold lett clumsy stroke. he lays bare the muscles one by
one, gently and tenderly, as if they were the petal" of the
nee which appears to grow naturally in his button-hole.
The bit of argot, to Meitry Iles goats to speak to any one.
is literally fulfilled by the laventler-kitl doves. which are
• so Ilitlch • part of Mr. Isew6 as the nee imil the eyeglass.
llntellectually as phriiically lie keems the gloves on till the
witness is, as it wens lured from hia "corner" into the
centre of the flue, and Owed with his face to the sun,
when al, at once tine" ffie " disappears. and then conies
the question which gem, like a blow straight from the
.1 I ler, to the wsak pint in the t••• 0 Wiens' testimony.
There is no harsh intonation in the voice. no savage glitter
in the brown eye, as the witness hesitates, stammers, and
is lost beyond recall, and the operator olionisses him with
no glenre of trinmpla het with calm suavity, indicative ;
rather .S sorrow than of miser
Mr. Lewis in c oirt, SA an attic a•lvocate, reinforeeol not
only I.y sound legal knowledge, hut by a memory stsred
with the experience of twenty hard-working years, is
an interesting etude, but the advocate's side of his
. profession is, although filling a large space in the
' ptiblic eye, alnimt unimportant when compared with
the mysterious influence which he exercises from his
well-known offiesi in Ely-place. The street itself is a
strange lit of obi London, lopped off at one end by mmlern
improvements, but retaining its old extra-parochial exist-
ence and a measure of quiet pleasant to the ear weary of
the din of Holborn. It strikes us as curious that as we
call a hansom-cab, and request to be driven to Ely-place,
Mr. Leo is's, the in in does not ask for the number, but
lees straight to the dingy house with the dusty ml ntls and
the brass plate inscribed with Lewis & Lewis. Pensons of
an impulsive temperament might dash at that brass plate;
hut those of a more deliberate turn of mind perceive ;
that a dingy hand directs them to the entrance of the
office up a sort of blind alley, defended by an iron post.
There are few indications of life in Ely-place, save &flock
of pigeons and two or three persons, whose facm, whose
gait, whose very clothing, bear the stamp of uncertainity.
They walk to and fro, these irresolute ones; they look idly
at the pigeons wheeling around. Then they pause to read
the name on the brass plate once more, and finally fade
away ; but whether into the bile.' alley or into space
there is no evidence to show. More determined, we
advance up the alley aforesaid, and penetrate to the
clerks office, where a youth and a gentleman in a shiny
hat are in 4icep converse. This mom is Mimed I.y &dingy
skylight, which a shibious elsam on a red writing-
table at whieh nobody writes. Tin-re is a Poet
Landau Dire :tory ..rt the shelf-very dasty, and evidently
not kept for use, hut rather in soleinn ~:rockery, as if
everybody at No. 10, Ely-place did nut know who every-
body is, where be lives, and what and whom he has done
in the course of his existence. On tier card being sent in
we are asked very politely to wait, and are ushered into a
species of vestibule lull of people anti nothing e6e. The
prevailing colour of the apartment is of a dull brown, but '
the people in it are of every hue of the rainbow. The
very tall larly with blonde hair is the wife of one of the
hest-known men in Ensland, sliasatisfied with the allow-
arses her husband proposes to give her, and rashly deter-
mines' to insist on better tenue. There is another lady
with blonde hair, rouge, and a great deal of jewelry, who
has coins down, in obedienoe to a request. to make terms
and to relinquiall sundry communising documents. By
her side is a pale woman with whity-brown hair and pale,
alinost coloiniewo, eyes, who wears a very anxious look,
for those near and dear to her are under grave acc.ation.
Of the men, there is no mistaking the man about town,
who swaggers in at the front door with the true cavalry
stride. There is no doubt that he is a "plunger" in every
sense, and loss come in (Impair tin Elyoolace for a little
; private and contidental advice. The old gentleman in the
white hat has come on account of somebody else ; his son
being just now in an awkward scrape. A tall man, bears
ins lawyer's clerk imprinted on every feature and on every
garment, is come from his Sinn on the businms of • great
financier under a cloud. One by one they disappear until
our own turn comes, and we are intrmiseed into the pre-
sence of the great solicitor. He sits in a queer horseshoe-
shaped apartment, yellovrer and dingier if possible than ,
the rest of the house. The walk are yellow, the blinds
are yellow, &Rif they had been dyed in a November fog; the i
carpet is yellowish or brownish, of some indescribable
bilious hue. The curve of the horseshoe is occupied by a
venerable table covered with a mass of dusty Panors. On
the right ins huge machine containing tin boxes arranged
in alphabetical order. On the mantelpiece ans the only
three volumes of law literature visible to the naked eye
-a well-bound copy of Raistell Da Crimes-am' opposite
are several wooden boxes ineeribed with the titles of
journals known, wherever the English language is spoken,
for their size, the greatness of their circulation, or the
exclusive character of their information. The strongest
of them hits need of Mr. Lewis's advice at titan,; and it
requires all his knowledge of the law of libel to defend
them against their assailants, whe-cnnfident in the
stupidity of juries and the prejudice of judges-give notice
of action on the most frivolous pretexts.
As we take our seat facing Read, in Crimes we become
aware that Mr. Lewis is so intrenched behind his tall
table that his back his towards the light, which shines fall
in the face of his interlocutor. This arrangement may be
the result of accident or design, hut those who know Mr.
Lewis best are, as a rule, Oisinclined to refer anything
connected with him to accident. Nothing can he more
cordial than his welcome. "Very glad indeed to see you,
my dear X. Soon back from the moors. What.l' The
interrogatory which clenches the ealutatiossnot barked out
sharply, after the manner ef a isore than illustrious
family, which shall he nameless, but murmured gently,
=Adieus's, insinuated in tones soft an a Fontarabian
cadence. Saving his lavenier glove., the dapper lawyer is
attired oinite se daintily in his office as in court. The rose
" bloonm eternal" in the breast of his neat frock-coat, the I
eyeglass dangles from its tiny coed; his manner only is a
degree more caressing. We have • tale to tell, not quite ;
so thrilling as many of those told by the occupants of that
particularly solid and aggressively ugly mahogany chair,
-which in some mysterious way suggests the neighbour-
hood of a dentists,-but yet interesting to our prosy
selves. Our host listens with extreme patience, having
evidently come to the conclusion that-within certain
limits of course-it is better to let people tell their story
in their way. When we have quite done, he says, without
hesitation, without reference to authorities, without
waiting, after the manner of solicitors, for counsel's
opinion, "A most wicked infringement of copyright ; the
most wicked thing I have heart' for some time. What r
he adds. as he sees, our inaesive features dietendesi in a
broad grin, provoked by the recollection that his profession
muses him to hear of niece wicked things in • week than
the most enthusiastic brother of the Holy Cross in his
lifetime. It is this wide and accurate acquaintance with
every place of wickedness which makes the name of Ely-
place in the house a terror to male! actors, induces cabinets
who drive clients thither to accept their legal fare without
murmuring. This reputation has not been acquired in a
day. lii. now sixty years since Mr. Lewis's father and
uncle established themselses in Ely-place, in the house
which then served for a dwelling well seas an office. There
they dwelt and prospered. Mr. Lewis's father did not,
however, entertain ambitious views for his son who,
instead of • career at one of the twin seats of learning,
followed by his stimission to the dsgree of the utter bar.
was faints put up with the curriculum of
" the II
niversity we've got in town,"
as Barham dubbed it.
Immediately on his admission as a solicitor, young
Lewis commenced that laborious life which has become
necessary to his happiness. His talent in getting up
difficult cases, and the extraordinary patience and
teoacity he displayed in running his tinarry to earth. BOOn
attracted notice in the City, anol led to his being intrusted
with the memorable prosecution of the directors of Over-
end and Gurneys. Here he found himself confronted by
legal lominaries 'lf the first rank, to wit, the present
Solicitor General, se, leant liallantine, and Serjeant
Sleigh ; but in spite of the force arrayed against him, he
obtained the committal of the accused. This completed
his reputation in the City; and at the failure of Barned's
Bank M Liverpool the prosecution of the directors wet at
once handed over to him. Is Me same Yeet be alloduCted

A MEETING of the Corporation of this borough, was
held on Monday, when there attended in the Council
Chamber,—Mr. John Curtis, (Mayor). and Messrs. James
Curtis, .1. C. Moore, S. Cross, A. E beards, K Whitby,
Bradford, Atherton, and Ilelliar. - The Mayor said the
subject of providing a hand-hier t be kept at the
cemetery, which had been referred to the Improvement
Committee, was now before the Council ag tin, with.
sugge.stion from Mr. Marsh, the builder, to have a new
trolly open which to erect the bier, as the old one was zoos,
high.—The suggestion was not favoured, and ultimately
the matter was referred back again to the committee, with
• recommendation to have the trolly made lower.—The
Mayor said he had received a circular from the Lord
Mayor of London, asking him, in league with the
Council, to assist in getting subscriptions for the Indian
Famine Fund. lie thought it was a cause which well- ,
deserved their sympathy and earnest co-operation, and he
WWI willing to place himself in their hands. and to
endeavour to assist in any way towards doing what they
could to alleviate the sufferings of their fellow subjects.
—Mr. .1. C. Moore favoured the suggestion that the mem-
bers of the Council should form themselves into a Relief
Committee, with piwer to add to their number, to
endeavour to carry out the recommendation to procure
funds.—Mr. A. Edwards thought the feeling of the town
should be consulted upon the matter; and this being ulti-
mately agreed to, a town's meeting will be held. —Mr.
Klwards's name was added to the Improvement Coin•
niittee, to fill up the vacancy occasioned by the death of
Mr. John Milberne.

wan a very respeetalde man. of smote Means and =betimes
and what reason could lie assigned for his conduct I They
were aware that the taking of an article was not of itself
sufficient to instify a conviction, there must he a felonious
intention. Mr. Watts admitted that on the night referred
to his client had had a gluts ot two more drink than was
good for him, and it was a very stupid and silly thing on
, his part to hsve done such a thing : hut he contended there
was no felonious intent —After evidence as to character
had been given, the Bench retired. and on their return
committed the prisoner for two months' hard labour.

ACTION FOR BREACH OF PROMISE.
An action in the Exchequer Division, Trenaman e.
Kenner, for breach of promise of marriage, in which
judgment wan allowed to go by default, and in which
the damages were laid at £l,OOO, wag heard Thursday
before Mr. Under Sheriff Burchell and a jury, at the
Middlesex Sheriff's Court, in Red Lion Square,toaasess
the sum to Ise awardedr —Mr Wean appeared an counsel
for the plaintiff, Bessie Louisa Trenaman ; and the de-
fendant, William Kenner, the head master of Barns-
taple School, was not represented in court. The
learned counsel, in opening the case, stated that the
parties had been long engaged, the plaintiff being 22
years of age, and the defendant two years older. The
plaintiff wee a dressmaker, residing with her parents
at Poplar. The agreement was made in 1873, when
the defendant was a pupil teacher, and in 1875 he was
appointed head master of Barnstaple School, and his
income wax about PAO a year from the school and
private pupils. A long correspondence had taken place,
and several letters were read, couched in affectionate
terms. The first one was "My own darling wife," with
crosses denoting kisses. After he returned to Barn-
staple from spending his vacation in London, his
letters were less frequent, and gradually became cold,
and when she urged upon him his promise to marry at
Christmas, 1876, he wrote to say that he did not love
her as once he did, and it seemed that when he
returned home at Ididssimmer, 1876, another young
lady appeared on the scene, and he cast off the
plaintiff. There was a circumstance in the case which
showed the heartless conduct of the defendant, who,
in answer to a letter sent by Mr. Birchall, the solicitor
for the plaintiff, had made a serious imputation on
her character, and he should chow that it was a base
accusation. For the loss of her position and for the
injury she had suffered she claimed substantial
damages. The plaintiff was called. She stated that
she had known the defendant a long time; they were
both of the age already mentioned. When they
became engaged, in 1873, he was only a pupil teacher;
and in July. 1875, he was appointed head-master of
Barnstaple School, under the Education Act He
wrote to her twice every week for the first twelve
months, and she wrote to him. In the summer
of 1876 he came to London, where his father
resided. and it IVAP arranged that they were to be
married at the Christmas vac stion. Both families
were on intimate terms, and the marriage as settled
was well-known. After his return to Barnstaple he
wrote to ter as his "darling wife." The defendant
being a good musician she took lessons in music as he
desired. His letters afterwards began, "My own
darling," and in September "My dear Beast." She
became anxious about the marriage. and she wrote to
him, as she hail heard of a Miss Serjeant, with whose
mother the defendant was baling. In December he
wrote that he did not love her as once he slid, and
that was the first intimation she had received that he
did not intend to fulfil his promise. She had made
arrangements for her wedding. The plaintiff said she
was aware of the scandalous imputations which the
defendant had made in a letter to her solicitor. Mr.
fireball. It was the first time she had heard of such
imputations, an 4 she emphatically denied that there
was any truth in them. The defendant's income was, an
schoolmaster. £lOO a year, and he had a grant from the
Privy Council, and took pupils. She had made dresses
for her marriage and declared thatshe hasl been true and
faithful to him.—The plaintiff's father and mother were
called, and they both declared that there VMS no truth in
the itnputations made by the defendant on their
daughter.—Mr. Under Sheriff Burchell told the jury,
in placing the case before them tor their consideration,
that both the promise and breach were admitted, and
the only question wee amount to be awarded. The
letter which the defendant had sent to the solicitor for
the plaintiff was most scurrilous ;he had never in his
experience perused a more vulgar letter, and the writer
hail proved himself to be a cowardly person to make
such a charge and not come forward. The young
woman had to congratulate herself that she had
(escaped from being the wife of such ft person. He
impressed upon the jury that they were not to punish
the slefendant for writing such a letter; the only
question was, what lons had the plaintiff sustainesl in
not becoming his wife? Probably the letter was
written that it might be mid what real lows heel any
woman sustained in not marrying such a character?
All su It speculations the jury would slisreganl, and
consider the low the plaintiff had suffered from not
marrying a achssdmaster with £lOO a year, to which
an additional income was made- —The Jury retired,
and on their returning gave a verdict for £2OO
damages.

SECURITY IN CREDITING.

BRUTAL OUTRAGE.
Dulwich has recently been the scene of a foul and
inhuman outrage. The victims wet, two young
women, the daughters of highly respectable parents,
residing in Brixton, one of whom ha' met her death
under most painful circumstances, while the other has
been afflicted with lasting and incurable insanity. As
far as the parents have been able to ascertain, it
appears that the two young women, while taking an
evening walk down the Brixton-road, were accosted
by two well-dressed, gentlemanly-looking men and
importuned to go to a theatre in the Strand. This
request they ref ussd to comply with, whereupon they
were asked as an alternative to accompany the men
for a walk, and they unluckily yielded to the tempta-
tion. Accordingly the four strolled as far as Dulwich,
and on their arrival the men invited them to partake
refreshments, to which request they indiscreetly con-
sented, and entering the inn, partook of some light
summer drink. Soon afterward!, they gradually lost
their senses and became absolutely stupefied, and
while in that condition the scoundrels outraged them,
and, unseen by the landlady, shortly afterwards
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dition and the respectability of the poor girls, the
landlady, at about eleven o'clock at night, ejected
them from her house. Frenzied, as the parents say,
with remorse, and overwhe:tned with disgrace, they
could not find the courage to retrace their steps home,
and so they wandered about in a distracted and
horror-stricken condition. Meantime the parents in-
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tion of two days the girl* were found in the most
deplorable state huddled to.ether in one of the recesses
on Blackfriars Bridge. Even then they had not
recovered consciousness, hut told the sad story to
their parents as best they couhL One of the poor
girls, however, did not long survive her shame and
humiliation, for a few (lays after her return home she
expired from the effects f the drug administered, and
the other has ever since ben so overcome that her life
is despaired of, and should she eventually recover the
medical attendant of the family has given it as his
r opinion that she will be an idiot for the rest of her
days.

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