The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-11-21 00:00:00

that there could be neMiiibt—filiiteirer thatTre7sitaple
invention which was made, in machinery and agriculture
added to our power of' firedne.;tionti hn ought to add to
our eoulfort. In his opinion it ought to lessen human
14rnan enjoyment. But K through
bad rtar.,-",ptc.i"Jx4,-Niatiott-4.4.liroiigh errors of govern.!
mentthe 1091 tt, wasted; of our
great • inda,lry, a vn.f tfutiall)?. itaV nilig&gezted. If
these great tiltuiders were rekicie,: Mere , be
rich men and rich families, but ad uttitioilVy'adid
still be poor, and the con:forts they had .wo i 4 still. be
precarious. Ha wanted there to study these subjecis
more than they had done before. It would enable thett
tti ten that they might govern themselves more wisely ;
and if 12,1r,did so he believed that they might raise
Mankind to a.rtigli higher level, they Might'give greater
glory. to their country, they might dispense greater
hairpiriess asmOngst the fdmities rf which it was com-
posed,that which -*iv; 'not a little
lig to justify the Wn7e of
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•
CHARGE OF ABIJUCI'ION, GIRL
• UNDER SIXTEEN' 'MARS:

Charles 'german, a photographic artist, and 'William'
Frazer, a clothes dealer, have.been brought before the
mayor and. other magistrates of Bedford, OR Monday,
charged with havin,, taken one Ellen. Bryant out of the
possession of her father, she being an unmarried girl
under the age of sixteen.
The evidence she gave was to the following effect :
She,seated that she was the daughter of Chas. Bryant,
of D'anie-street; Peclfor(l4 and that she would be sixteen
years of aon the,Ath• of December next. She had
known Frazer a long but had never had any
conversation with him till ia's6 Pri4aty week, when
she was tasSing" along Harper-street t . the after-
noon, by the portrait room. • Norman asked her" ft/ go
I in. She complied with
.his request, and saw Frazet
Inside tie. room. Nor Man asked her to have her por-
trait take-A, and she sat down while he took it. Ile
then asked her if shot would go with him to London,
saying that he would tate' Care of her and bring her
home safe. She told hini that she (Wed not go, that
she had a good home, and.could not thigh of leavitfx it.,
Nothing more was said then, and she went riNVay: She
called again in the evening, and knocked at the door.
She then wanted to tell Norman that she could not go:
Both the defendants were present. Norman said he had.
got Jane Gazeley away because her father behaved
badly to her, and that if witness Would go to London
, Jane would meet them at the station,, and accompany
then on the trip. Frazer was present when Norman,
said this; and Frazer expressed a hope that witness
would Uri the following afternoon witness went
again to the photographic' room, and told Norman that
she should like to go. but, that she durst not leave home.
He said that she could give the girl that was with her
the slip, and meet him at the oldraltWal station at four
o'clock. She accordingly met him at the lottelon and
North-Western StatiOn,' and went to Landon with himi
When they got to London they went to a Mrs. Nation's,
liar Fuston-square. ,Norman paid her fare, Frazer
with them, and, Jane Gazeley joined them at one
of the sfat/ons: Frazer knew' Mrs. Nation, and'
told her they Weft going •to stay there. She said'
" Very well," and asked him about another girl
he had taken- there before. . Two. bqdrooms were
hired. Witness and Norman slept , together in
one room,. and Jane Gazeley and Frazer 'slept together
in the other. On Monday night they all went to the
theatre, Norman paying herexpenses, and' Frazer pay-
ing for his companion.. 'They kept together all the time
they were 'in London. Norman asked her if she should ,
like to ga back to Bedford, and she replied that she
should prefer staying in Landon. He then said, "If I
had thought yoti wished to Stay in London I would not
hate brought you ; you need not be frightened to go
home T, will take you home," He brought her home
last night.
Frazer said he nuclei...stood the girl went to London
with her parents' consent, and,timi Novman was court-
ing her. •
Ellen Bryant denied this'vras the case. •
Norman—Did I not say I would bring you backi anci
keep to you, and did you not say you were willing ? a .
Ellen Bryant—Yes. • '
ehralt‘s Bryant deposed that the girl was his daugh-
ter ; that she was two months under sixteen years of
age; and that she' :eft_ Lome with Out his know/edge or

consent.
Jane Gazeley was examined. gilt? gave general evi-
dence of the trip to London, and of the manner in
which they passed their time at Mrs. Nation's.,
Ellen Bryant, on being recalled, said that whilst
London Frazer asked her to stay there, saying that he
would return to Bedford, get some ball dresses, go back
to Landon, and take her and Jane Gazeley to Love-
grove's, theatre. lie also said that he could make £5 a
night of them at any time.
The room it as.eleured, and on the re-admission of the
public,
The Mayor announced that the -magistrates bad
decided upon committing both the defendants for trial
at the next March, asisizes. Substantial bail would be
accepted in the sum of £4O each, with a surety for each
in a like amount. '
The required bail was offered and accepted for both
defendants.