The Press.
London, England, 1853-12-17 00:00:00

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A SINI.11.‘1: I wa hied at the 11 tit
A,•izes on Tuesday last. The prisoner was a iolit -
neytnan ristehbuilder, Ilututibell by name, yowsg,
well connected, and gispdlooking. Last year he was
working %nit his father at Ipswich, and a yonog
woman, named Ellen eutley, belonging to Maw
eliester, being on a visit to the former place, the
prisoner became acquainted with her, and eventually
they agreed to le married. Shortly after Miss l'utley
returned to Alanehemter, the pri,oner t'ollf.wed her,
and the miminge was solenttirseol at the cathedral on
the nth of June, 10451. Early in the present yea

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the prisoner was in Hull, working at his business.
There in March last he addressed a letter to a Miss
Crackles, who was a pious person, and possessed of
some property. In this communication he declared
his affection f.r Miss Crackles, stating that besides
herself he had never seen a young woman whom he
could fancy for a wife. As it hail been ordained by
God that man should make the first advance, he
hoped Miss Crackles would pardon him for address-
ing her, and trusted that she would grant him an
interview, adding that he belonged to the same re-
ligious denomination as herself. He should, how-
ever, leave the matter in the hands of the Lord.
Miss Crackles declined to see the prisoner, when he
addressed a second letter to her, and eventually she
consented to accept his suit. In the same week that
he was writing these letter,. to Miss Crackles the
prisoner wrote to his wife, who was then at Ipswieli,
informing her that, being unable to obtain employ-
ment in Hull, he was about to sail for America, where
he had no doubt of getting a good living. He ad-
vised his wife to remain at Ipswieb, and concluded
his epistle in terms of the warmest affection for her.
The prisoner married Miss Crackles at Seulcoats
l'illlTCll on the tlrd of June last. Ilk marriage was
discove►ed, and ho was apprehended on the charge
of bigamy and lodged in Hull gaol. Whilst in prison
he wrote two letters, one to his wife and the other to
Miss Crackles, and prevailed on a person who was
working in the gaol to take charge of these commu-
nications. In the letter to his wife ho asked her to
get some person to write to him stating that she was
dead, and to date the letter previous to the second
marriage. if any inquiry were subsequently made
about it she could state that time individual who
wrote the letter had gone to Australia. Ile begged
his wife to do this, as it would save him from trans-
portation. In the letter to Miss Crackles ho stated
that he hail every hope of' being acquitted of' the
charge against him, and that they could then live
happily together. The jury found him Guilty, ex-
pressing their opinion that the offence was aggravated
by being committed under the garb of religion. Sen-
tenced to five years' penal servitude.
IN THE Cnr•nr or QUEEN'S BENCH, on Wednesday,
a verdict of 41x11. was obtained by Captain Cox, who
formerly commanded the Melbournt, against the
Royal Australian Mail Company, for breach of con-
tract in superseding him from the command of that
vessel without due notice.

ANortinn Arrubx, connected with the celebrated
case arising out of Mrs. Kelly's will, has occupied
the Court of Exchequer in Dublin. The trial lasted
during four days, and was decided on Monday.
Some short time back Mr. George Birch, a solicitor,
was tried and acquitted on a charge of having em-
bezzled the enormous sum of 40,000/., the property
of Mrs. Kelly. Upon the first discovery of the
alarming defalcation, and when it had been ascer-
tained that ninth had left the eluntry, Mrs. Kelly
offered a reward of 5001. for his apprehension—a
feat which was accomplished by a sergeant in the
detective force named Ryan, who, as a matter of
course, claimed the reward. The lady, however, de-
murred, and peremptorily refused to fulfil her part
of the compaet. Ryan, therefore, appealed to the
law, and, after a protracted and stormy trial before
the Chief Baron, the jury found a verdict for the
full amount claimed by the plaintiff, with 041. costs.
Sow: ritorErtry stole!) recently atlw'igbtun
Buzzard from the shop of Mr. Matthews, the
jeweller, has been traced to the possession of Lewis
Myers, who had disposed of certain articles and
offered others for sale among the London dealers
in old silver. This man was in consequence exa
mined at the Guildhall on Monday. Vanons chains,
watch movements, dials, &-c., which were found on
the prisoner's person and at his lodgings, were pro-
duced and identified. Respecting others Mr.
Matthews cent, not speak positively as to his pro-
prietorship, the patterns being common. It was
shown also that Myers had made some overtures to
a silver tefiner in Barbican respecting the sale of
100 double-cased watches which he stated to have
fur disposal. About that number of similar watches
had been purloined from Mr. Matthews. At the
close of the exatnination the prisoner was remanded.
Three men are also in custody on suspicion of having
been concerned in the burglary.
Tut: CI'HATF. (Ir (lour" near "'eyeball). In
Hampshire, suddenly left that village on the I; th
of November, taking with him a young woman
named Macfarlane, daughter of a pensioner residing
in the place, and who had tilled gee office of mistress
at the village school. The cutate's name is the
Rev. 11. F. Hewgill. Ile is thirty-four years of age,
and has a wife and four children. Some pecuniary
misdoing caused the police to be put on his track,
and the missing pair were traced to Boulogne, where
they lived in the first style and visited the theatres
and places of amusement. Afters arils they returned
to England and visited different places in the coun-
try, but the unhappy woman was recently deserted
by her betrayer and left destitute in London. Mr.
Hewgill was, however, arrested last week, and, being
brought up at Marlborough-street police-office, was