The Press.
London, England, 1854-09-02 00:00:00

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THE PRESS.

buerezia Borgia. On the p;evious Saturday, however, the de-
fendant made an affidavit at judge's chambers, in which be as-
serted that Madame Caradori had informed him of her intention
to discontinue singing at Drury lane, and to return forthwith to
Germany; and in consequence of the statements deposed to in
the affidavit Baron Martin granted au order for the apprehension
of the complainants, the debt claimed being 221. leis. for services
performed. The execution of the order was deferred until half-
past eleven o'clock on Saturday night, at which time Madame
Caradori was arrested on leaving the residence of Mr. Jarrett,
the managing director of the company. She was taken direct
to a sponging-house; and, it being too late to get assistance.
was detained in custody the whole of the following Sunday (the
20th), having only obtained her liberation at a late hour on that
day by paying the amount of the alleged debt and costs, not a
farthing of which was due from her. Signor Pavesi was treated
in a similar manner, and, not being able to speak or understand
a word of English, he believed he had been forcibly taken to
some house of iniquity for the purpose of being robbed. In re-
ference to the alleged perjury it was argued that, with respect to
Signor Pavesi, the simple fact that he could not speak English,
and that Mr. Sloman could speak nothing but English, was suffi-
cient to show that no conversation of the kind could have ever
passed between them. Madame Caradorl could only speak the
English language very imperfectly, but it happened that she
knew nothing of Mr. Sloman, except from seeing him occasion-
ally at the theatre, and had never had any conversation whatever
with him in-her life. She had never been asked to pay the
money, no account was ever sent to her, no notice of the pro-
ceedings was given to her. She never heard of Sloman's claim
until after she had been locked up iu the sponging-house, and it
was only by paying the exaggerated charges of the sheriff and
the unjust claim of defendant that she ultimately regained her
liberty.
Mr. HENRY, the presiding magistrate, observed
that neither in his experience when in practice nor
as a magistrate had he ever heard of the sudden ap-
prehension of a person for a debt without previous
notice of the claim, and he could not conceive any
set of circumstances that could make such a course
justifiable. He ordered the case to be adjourned,
and in the meantime strongly advised the defendant
to endeavour to effect a settlement.
AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF ELOPEMENT AND
SEDUCTION has within the last few days been brought
before the magistrates at Bath. It appears that
Mr. Jones, livery-stable keeper at Weston-super-
Mare, had a daughter, who employed her time in
dressmaking, being engaged by the most respectable
persons in the town. While so employed at the
house of a lady some time in April last a note was
taken to her by a ragged boy to meet a man called
Pearce, with whom she was familiar, in what was
called " the Lovers' Walk." She did so, and was
taken away in a cart, on the pretence that she was
going to a picnic, but nothing was heard of her till
a few days since, when her family discovered her at
the Railway- station Tavern, Bath, where she an.l
Pearce had been living together as man and wife
for several months. Her father and brother went
there to her, and persuaded her to leave; but the
landlord interfered, saying that she was of age,
and could not be molested. He also struck her
brother. In the midst of the excitement which
occurred the young woman took up a carving-
knife, and was in the act of dashing it into
her side, when her hand was arrested by a person
standing near. The landlord succeeded in pushing
the father and brother out of the house; and by the
time they returned with a policeman their relative
had been spirited away, and nothing has since been
heard of her. The landlord has been fined by
the magistrates, who also intimated their intention
of bringing up the matter when he next applied for
his licence.
COUNT DUNIN, who has lately been declared a
bankrupt, but remains abroad, exhibited at the Crys-
tal Palace in 1851 a curious piece of mechanism, for
which he had obtained a patent, so constructed that
it would form a perfect model of the human form of
almost any size by contraction or expair4ion, and was
intended for the use of army and navy tailors, for
making uniforms, &c. The bankrupt obtained pos-
session of the model and sent it to France, but, by
the active exertions of the assignees and their soli-
citor, the French authorities directed it to be given
up to the assignees as having been fraudulently re-
moved. On Thursday an application was made to
the Bankruptcy Court for a summons requiring the
attendance of a gentleman who claimed alien on the
figure, which was detained at the Custom-house until
the right had been decided. His honour imme-
diately granted the summons.
THE dispute concerning the pier at London-bridge,
between the Citizen Steam-boat Company and the
proprietors of Fennings'-wharf, presented itself at
Southwark Police Court in the shape of a summons
against Mr. Pillow, for unlawfully mooring a barge
so as to obstruct the free transit of vessels in the
River Thames. A long investigation took place,
ending in a decision that the defendant had acted
illegally, but on►y a nominal fine was inflicted. Mr
COMBE, the magistrate, afterwards expressed his opi-
nion touching the legality of erecting the proposed
pin
The simple question is, whether the free transit of the river
was clear, and that no obstruction had taken place? The place
had been measured, and all admitted the obstruction, and no
doubt the transit of the river was blocked up. The stairs and
that part were public ways, and must be kept clear. If a pier
were to be erected or placed there it would be a greater obstruc-
Don ; but the harhour-master could take it down or remove it,
as he might have done in this case.
The fine and costs were immediately paid; but Mr.
HaslewoOd declared, notwithstanding his worship's