The Express.
London, England, 1863-02-17 00:00:00

APPREHENSION OP THE SUPPOSED CROYDON

MURDERER AT HULL.

It will be in the recollection of our readers that a
barbarous murder was committed in the house of the Rev.
Mr. Taylor, incumbent of Kingswood, Surrey, on the 10th
of dune, 186 L It appears that Yr. Taylor and his family
were on a visit at Chertsey, and left Mn.s Holiday,
the wife of the parish clerk, to look sites the house.
One morning the unfortunate woman was found lying in
her nightdo ss murdered, at the foot of the bed. A
German, named Frantz, was seen in the neighbourhood,
in company with another German, the day previous to the
murder, and he was apprehended on suspicion. In cones.
amen" however, of some deficiency in the evidence,
Frantz, who was tried at theCroydon easiest, was acquitted.
One of the articles brought forward as evidence in the trial
was • pocket book which was found in the bedchamber
where the murder was oommittad, containing the names of
several German sailors. This book was mentioned in the
newspapers, and was read of by a German lodging-bouse
keeper, named Pfeffer, residing in Idyntoustreet, Hall. As
soon as he read the description of the book, be remembered
id
havingigseen it in the paressinon of a German, named Edward
Schmidt, who lodged, along with Fruits, at his house in
May, 1861, being about • mouth prior to the committal
of the murder. The identity of the book was more firmly
established in consequenoe of some memoranda which

he abstracted from it and copied on • pion of papti, and
through the book having been stolen from Frantz by
Schmidt. When lodging at Pfeiffer's house in May, 186'4
Schmidt left his lodgings without paying any money, and
left a coat as security for the payment. He was not again
seen or heard of until Saturday last, when Pfeiffer met him
in High-street, but he did not on that occasion speak to
him. He met him again near the Monument bridge, when
the recollection of the circumstance and the remembrance
of the Croydon murder at ono) struck his mind, and be
Mopped him. He asked him why he stole Frantz's pocket-
book. Schmidt said in reply, "I am the man who com-
mitted the murder, bat you cannot prove it." Pfeiffer thee
seized hold of him and gays him into custody of Sergeant
Grace, and was brought before hie worship the mayor (W.
H. /foss, Esq.) and Alderman Gresham, presiding magis-
titan' at the Hull Police-court. yesterday, when, after the
examination of Pfeiffer, the prisoner Schmidt was remanded
for a week.

THE VOLIINTEZP.B.—KING'S COLLISOR
A special general meeting of the students of all depart-
smuts of the college will be held on Thursday eveni in the
great hall of the ; the Rev. the Principal, boo.
chaplain of the King's College company in the chair, to
take into consideration the effect of the Volunteer Commis-
sion of 1862 upon the movement generally, and to adopt
measures for increasing the strength and efficiency of the
King's College Division of the Queen's Westminster Rifle
Volunteers."

ACCIDENT AT THE CREWE STATION. —The pas-
sengers by the Irish "limited " mail train on the Loudon
and North Western Railway had a very narrow escape yes-
terday morning. The train, which is due at Crewe about
2.30 a.m., but doss not stop there, dashed through the sta.
siog at its usual speed, and had not proceeded very far be-
yond the bridge that crosses the line, when, from some
cause, several ci the earrisges ran off the line and were much
broken, and the passengers much shaken, but, fortunately,
cane were seriously injured. It would be advisable to
moderate the speed of these trains when passing through •
station containing so many "points." The train proceeded
on its journey at battiest 6.
Aaaocrra.—A few days ago, while Lieutenant-
colonel Hunter, of Aucbterarder, was out taking • walk
over his estate, he saw an aerolite descend upon the farm
of Driuutersal, occupied by Mrs. M'Ewan. The sun had
just gone down, and the sky was clear at the time,
which allowed him full opportunity of observation.
He describes its appearance as strikingly beautiful,
exhibiting a most brilliant light, non unlike • red-
hot 24.ponnd ball. It fell slowly to the ground,
and at the same time a larger body passed over to the north
east, in the direction of Trinity Gask. The oolonel, who
was within • few hundred yards of the one which fell,
marked the plea) of its densest, and it was got two days
thereafter by his gamekeeper. At the place when it was
toned the grass was burned up for a few inches round. It
is now at Auehterarder House. It weighs upwards of ten
own's*, and appears to have been detached from • larger
mass. Another erudite is said to have fallen near Stirling
on the same eveming.—Edisbordi Courses.
THE Comer MILNa.—A memorial has been sent
to the Home Secretary on behalf of Alexander Milne, con-
victed of murder of Edinburgh on Wednesday, signed by
cowed for the deist:me, praying for reprieve oi senteoce,
on the ground of the prisoner's insanity. The verdict of
the jury India, Milne guilty was passed by nine to air, the
minority being of opinion that the primer was insane;
and the convict was reoommended to mosey on amount of
the divided state of the jory. The charge of the presiding
judge was, on the whole, favourable to the plea put in fur
the prisoner.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
GIPPS V. 1111710.--SICTIVIC/L
This remarkable suit, which was argued a short time ago,
came on for judgment to-day.
The material fads, as they appeared in the trig, may be
thus summarked. The petition was one filed by Mr. Augus-
tus Pemberton Gipps, secretary to she Patent Department
of the South Kensington Museum. He became acquainted
with Miss Helen Etough Ornikshank, the daughter of a
captain in the Indian service, now demised, and he married
her on the 15th of October, 1851. The marriage was de-
scribed as having at first appeared to be one of affection, and
one in every respect likely to tarn out happily. The young
couple went to live with the bride's mother (then Mrs.
'hymen), in eadogen-place, Chelsea; and they afterwards
resided in Hereford-square. A child was born in the month
of July, 1852, and a temporary separation took place, but
the parties soon came together again. In February, 1554,
the respondent, finding herself a second time pregnant,
wrote to her husband begging him seriously to consider the
propriety of an amicable permanent separation. She said,
"There is neither love nor respect between us. I feel that
my having no affection for you may be • great cause of our
present misery ; for I know that you had affection for me,
and no doubt it would have continued if I had returned it."
Mr. Gipps went to America, and on his return in 1855 he
found that another child had been born to him. The co-
habitation we, resumed, and while the parties were living
together the respondent made the acquaintance of Mr. Wil-
liam Wentworth Fitzwilliam Hume, of No. 20, earn:m-
enet, Mayfair, the member for Wicklow. The circum-
stance did not for some time excite any euspicion in the
husband's mind ; but one day the respondent asked him to
give a letter for her to her mother. This letter be found to
contain the following enclosure to the co-respondent
"My own dearest,-1 only write you a few lines in an-
swer to your lettere received yeeteeday, the one written for
Mr. N— the other for Mr. F—. Do not worry about
me. I shall soon be all right, and lam much better. I
cannot help being trige at not seeing you, bat when I ma
I shall soon be myself main. Do think and arrange with
mamma about getting me away from here. P. G. the pe-
titioner] says I shall not go. Of coarse I know if choose
to go I can, but then it would make him my enemy—et
least I appose it would. If the doctor or anyone would
only say I ought 1 The doctor attending me says I ought
not to move out for a month, and then go to a very cold
bracing air. Loooek told me Nice would suit me admirably,
but you see the man who is attending us now is P. o.'s doe.
tor, and of coarse be would say what he was told. How I
wish we were all off out of the way ! He is so happy and
delighted at seeing me so powerless that no one would feel
inclined to pity him. I will write again to-day, after receiv-
ing the letter which yen have written throuetiorma..
God bless you, dearest I—Your poor little pet, 14
Mr. Gipps immediately instituted inquiries, which'satle.
fisd him that there had been a guilty intrigue between the
respondents, and he then instituted • suit for a divorce.
In his petition he did •not claim damages, but • sum of
31. was placed by Mr. Hume into the hands of Mr.
Halliwell, • mutual acquaintance of the parties, nominally
to await the result of the trial, but, in point of fact, it ap-
=d that Mr. Gipps drew 6001. of the money in two or
sums, and eventually the balance was paid over to
him before the ease came on for trial. At the last moment
i• smotiatiou was entered into, which resulted in Mr. Gipps'
vim with Mr. Halliwell, to his (petitioner's) solicitor,
Mr. -Evens, and authorising him to consent, with the ex-
'option of one clause, to terms of compromise, a copy of
which they brought with them. Mr. Evans immediately
waited on Mr. Abe, the mreepondent's solicitor, who struck
eat the words objected to, and requested that the record
might be withdrawn. Mr. Evans said that that might be
inspeactimble, but premised that if it could not be done no
evidence should be offered in support of the petition. The
contained a stipulation that the co-respondent
old give a bond to pay to the petitioner a further sum of
4,0001. on the deeth of hiS (Mr. Home's) mother, from
whom he had considerable expectatious, and in the mean-
time to pay the interest on the 4,0001. at the rate of 5 per
cent. A negotiation was commenced with Mesas. White,
Broughton, and White, Mn. Oipps's solicitors, but they
would not consent to the withdrawal of the record, except
on the following terms—via., an allowance of 2601. a year,
mimes to the children or the custody of one of them,
and the mitender of the respondent's lettere. Mr. Evens
declined to accede to these terms, but offered to accept
"reasonable" one. Nothing, however, came of the die-
einsion ; the respondent's counsel objected in open court to
the withdrawal of the record—the judge sustained their
objection—end, in June, 1861, the cause came on in due
course for trial. No evidence was given on behalf of the
husband, and the petition wee dismissed. Mr. Ade now
refused, on behalf of the co-respondent, to give the bond,
alleging only, accordfng to Mr. Evans's aocount, that the un-
dertaking to withdraw the record had not been fulfilled.
Eventually, Mr. Ads offered to execute his bond, if Mr.
Gipps would settle 2001. • year on the respondent till the
4,001. became payable, and then make over the money
to her. This Mr. Gipps declined to do, indignantly refusing
to admit the co-respondent to interfero between him and
his wife. He then filed • bill in Chancery against Mr.
Home for specifics performance • but the co-respondent de-
murred, alleging that the bond would be equivalent to
damages in an action for orimind conversation, and that by
the Divorce Act it rested solely with the Judge Ordinary to
my bow such damages should be applied. The Vice-Chan.
odlor, Sir W. Page Wood, held that the agreement soul a
fraud upon this court, and allowed the demurrer. Some
ism had alas been taken by Mr. Hume to recover beak the
3,C..31. from the petitiouer, but they had not been per-
bewared in ; and Mr. Gipps, disappointed in his attempt to
enforce the agreement, now brought the present suit for •
divorce on the ground of
adultery committed subsequently
to June, 1861. Ample evidence in support of the charge
was given, and it was shown that on the 4th of May last
Mrs. Gipps had been delivered of twins. The whole eon-
test at the bar had, therefore, amply been whether or sot
the petitimerhad been guilty of such misconduct and con-
nivance as ought to dieentille him to the relief he prayed.
On the one hand Dr. Stinks had argued that the arrange-
ment for the settlement of the first suit had not included
any corrupt bargain to the effect that the respondent*
mightoontinnotheir adulterous connexion, but that the peti-
tioner had, on the contrary, insisted that the " reasonable
terms" to which he had offered to agree, should contain •
clause stipulating that the payment of any allowance to
his wife should be only during her good behaviour. On the
other hand, the Queen's Advocate argued that his client
had never refused to give the bond for 4,0001., bat had only
insisted on the petitioner's first settling 2001. &year on his
wife—a condition for which he had • perfect right to stand
out after the petitioner had agreed to accept 7,0001. from
him as • solatium for his wounded honour. It had been
proved in evidence that the only thing the petitioner did
with regard to his wife, after signing the agreement, was to
employ • detective in October, 1861. to fie d out where she
lived ; and it was, therefore, abundantly clear that he did
not concern himself at all, either about her or her conduct,
so long as he felt he had • chance of filling his pocket with
the price of her shame.
Sir. C. Cromwell, after recapitulating the farts, and offer-
ins • few comments' upon them, mid the decree of the court
was that the petition be dismiesed.
coot]: v. COOlll (CLZRK).-BE-NTINCE.
Sir C. Cromwell also gave judgment in this case, in which
the wife of the Rev. J. Y. Cooke, rector of Bomar' Nodolk.
sued for a judicial 'operatic° on the ground of cruelty. The
case has been very fully reported. The learned judge
granted the separation as prayed. .

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Mon Mr. Omamissioner HoLoyd.)
LI RE ELIZA MAMA DOYLEY—E-ITRAOEDIZERT CASL—

♦ MANS= WOMAN • B•NOLUIPT.
The bankrupt was described aa Eliza Maria Butler, other-
wise known as Elsa Maria Ampliett. late • prisoner in
Springfield Geed, Beam. The circumstances of the cam
were • peculiar. The bankrupt when • single
woman, had lived at Ely, in Cambridgeehire, and
had contracted debts there and in London of about 1,480/.
About a twelvemonth ago she married Mr. Butler, and
they lived at Bamford until October last, when she was
arrested at the suit of Meson. Jay, silk mercers, of Regent.
street, on a judgment obt•imed against her previous to her
marriage for a debt of 601., and committed to the
debtors prison at Springfield. There she remained
until the periodical visit of the registrar, who adjudi-
cated her bankrupt, though knowing th►t she was •
married woman, a•d had not traded o• her own amount,
but oddly enough refused to order her release. From her
examination before the registrar, it appeared that she was
entitled to the interest of 5,6001. in stocks, under her
mother's will, but this passed from ber to the trustees in the
event of bankruptcy. insolvency, or composition. Butler,
the husband, had also been arrested for some of her
debts, and is now passing through the court to rid himself of
his own and her liabilitiaa

This was the first sitting under the bankruptcy.
Mr. fiargood, who appeared for Messrs. Jay. asked that
the adjudication should be now annulled. As this was the
day appointed for the first sitting before the registrar, and
as there were numerous creditors in attendance, it had been
thought convenient that the application should now
be made to his Honour. Since the prisoner's com-
mitment, at the suit of Messrs. Jay, in October 11114
there had been four other detainers lodged evilest her.
In her examination before the registrar she stated that she
had never tesded ; that she had a fixed income, the in-
terest of 5,6001., under the mother's will. Being a married
woman she had applied to the court above for her discharge,
bet it had been refused. When the registrar visited the
poi the detaining creditors appeared and urged that
he could not make • married woman bankrupt,
and that it was in her power at any time to relate) herself
from custody. The registrar adjudicated her bankrupt, but
refused to release her. She had not surrendered on the
ground that she was unable to pay the fees of being brought
up. The husbaod bad since been arrested, and had peti-
tioned for an adjudication egainst himself. The clear object
of this proceeding wee to secure M. Butler's property to
her own ass, by causing it to pass into the bands of the
trustees, who were relatives.
Mr. Denny and Mr. Macrae also opposed for detaining
creditors, and urged that the bankrupt should not be
allowed to evade the claims of her creditors to this way.
His Hower observed that the proceeding was not at her
own instance ; she had been adjudicated by the registrar.
Mr. Sargood said the question for his honour to decide

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