The Express.
London, England, 1865-08-26 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSION&

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Wafer CAolfield and Annie Chatfield, huatiaud and
were ledietell ler temples • disorderly house Is Swam
street, le the parish of Bt. Gear's, Mesmer-square.
Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. Pol.nd appeared for the peeve-
MUGS, instructed by Mr. Raudall ; Mr. Ribton and Mr.
&dee, instruoted by Mr, Smythe, were for the defence.
Tall MO has excited • good deal of interest in come-
quesce of the way io which the female defeudant was ap-
orebeade f, while at aeadle-work, and takett through the
streets is open day to the police °Moe like a felon, without
any previous intimation that a charge before the megis.
testes bad been preferred sealed her and her husband is
their these's. This treatment hes elicited • somber of
letters, which have appeared in the public preen, for the
treatment Me. Chatfield r. calved, and also for the very
bog time that the charge hes teen bagging over bet bead,
and that of her hasten', it having been postponed from
time to time sines June last.
The feats of the outs wen few, and ezoesdiagly slmp'o,
sad although the trial lasted the whole of the day, the
evi.leuoe given by the several witomese may be very briefly
stated. It appeared that these parties lived at No, 27,
Sawn-street, Pimlico, the man being employed se •
joureeyman builder, and the woman as • dressmaker. Os
the pert of the prosecution it was shown that these memo
bad female Wray, and that they west out at sight end
retuned at rather advanced hours in the mornieg, bringing
men with them. This statement was by so means made
clear, and only two of the inhabitants of the street where
they lived were celled to speak to these trenuoi ions, and
thou evidence was not at all conclasive that if such was
the cage, It was does with the knowledge or consent
of Mr. end Mrs. Chatfield. The et/envoi part of
the cam whist them was found in the evidence of
a girl named Beveridge, who was then in their service, sad
she stated that she saw a gentleman tame out of Mime Stan-
ton's bedroom in • mooning, that she bad previoesly teemed
his boots, for which ho gave her • ghillie', but os her tell-
log Mts. Chatfield she said it belonged to her and took it
from her. Oa the cross-examination of the witticism It
WM shown that Mrs. Chatfield worked for • number of
very respectable lathes, who came to her hottest to have
them drowses triad oa, and that those themes were sent
home by her own young women to their booms.
Mr. Moto' made • most able speech in favour of the de-
fancies* denounrieg this prosecution as one of the most
eta, &loos that bad ever been brought into • court of jet-
ties, and one that would have been gladly abaodooed but
for the fear of the consequences upon those by whom it had
been promoted. Such a seendel, he was happy to my,
could not lon suet, that persons, without warateg, should
I. dragged from titer homes through the pubbo streets
red looked up like felons, and without koowieg who were
their samisen. Nothing would be more grateful to the an
of the solicitor for the ptusecution than to hear from the
foreman of the Jury the little word guilty, but he hoped,
for the sake of all that was dear to them, and having
regard to she saacititv of home, they would by their verdict
set their faces spinet such sac end declare that the
defeadsate were net guilty of the charges preferred against
them.
Several witnesses were celled of great respectability,
who gave the defendants • very high character foe integrity
said reeptotabill, y.
The Deputy-Aggistant.Judge slimmed op the evidence
in a clear and lurid warmer, and pointiog not bow the in.
diatmeat was required to be supported by very strong
Th. jury retired, and, after some time spent in amanita-
lion, reentered the court, and returned • verdi:t of Noe
which appeared to give great satisfactioo.

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THE FoLlak
—citiaars.
MANSION-HOUSE.
Benjamin Taylor and Henry, Rehr, who are 'Urged with
having defrauded tie Ilitruinghatu Booking Company of a
very large sum of money by meths of forged bills of az-
thaege, were again Oared at the bor.
The evidence of Me. Shaer, the meager of the bank, and
another witness who bad to leave Loo, was read over,
sod their depositions completed, that they might be hound
over and proceed to Birmingham without any further delay;
and with the excel-Pion of the productioe by Mr. Shaw of
the cheque. which were drawn spinet the bills by Taylor,
and which he said had all bees paid, no fresh evidence was
adduced.
The prisoners were again remanded.
BOW-STItEET.
Elizabeth Burgin, aged 34. late domestic servant to Mr.
Wales, varnish manufacturer, Long-acre, was brought before
Sir Thomas Hooey, the chief magistrate, on • charge of
arson.
Mr. Wallis sated that on the evening of the 12th instant
he and his sister, who keeps house for hint, went out,
'Giving the prisoner in sole cortege et the house. The pri-
soner was under notice to gait, but they bed no reason to
suppose that she entertaimil any feeling of malice which
could prompt her to such an act as that with which she now
stood charged. On his return home be foetid several po-
licemen and firemen in the house. In several of the rooms
there were imboations that the furniture. ha, bed been
burnt, and the house was still full of smoke The prisoner
was nowlime to he seen. In ono room was found a hatchet,
which certaiuly did not belong' to him, nor could be
explain how it came there. An attempt had been
made to break open two chests of drawers, and the
marks out thee arueles of furniture corresponded in form
and miss with the blade of the hatchet. Both chests of
drawers onotaieed wearing apparel end other property, and
is one of them was a large sum of money. He imoartained
the next morning that a goeintity of falothieg belonging to
birseelf and his sister, to the value of 7f., bad been carried
off. He gave informat on of these facts to the police.
lospoctor Beeman, of the F diebioe, stated that he was
instructed to take steps to trout the prisoner, and found
her on Thursday night at her lodgings in Greeville-street,
Holborn. He told her he came to apprehend her en the
charge of setting tire to Mr. Willis's house. She said, " I
know I did do it." He said, " Stop a minute. Whatever
you sey 1 muss repeat to the magistrate." film said. • • Oh,
I did not knew that," Wilma motioned, "Yon are
also charged with Waling about 71. werth of
clothes." He then took her io custody. He found
on the primmer five pawnbrokers' duplicates for articles of
clothing.
Mrs. Smith, the female searcher at the Bow-street Police-
station, stated that on the prisoner being brought to the
station she was desired to search her. She did so, and
foiled on bet a comb rod hairbrush. The prisoner said,
"The tomb is my own, but I took the brush from the
home." She also said, "I own I set fire to the house. It
was very wicked, and I cannot tell why I did it."
It was stated that is addition to the rooms already
mentioned, fire had beep set to • quantity of lines in a
mahogany wardrobe in another room. The linen had bu.-nt
itself out, but the wardrobe was uninjured, except that the
wood wee charred iseide.
The prisoner was committed for trial,
LAMBETH.
On the Hoe. G. C. Norton taking his met on the bench •
number of respectable tradesmen is the Wedworth road
and its vicinity presented themselves before him to take
hie advice read semi,. his assistance to bring to justice
partite envied, as they alleged, in a regular system of
fraud, and motitnisieg not only all three preset, bat •
vast number of others.
Mr. Morgan, an irouroooger in the Walworth.read, was
made thespokethan, and said that some weeks ago • per-
son who gave the name of Well., occupying • respectable
house in Sutherland square, %Valivorth, called at his shop
and gave • liberal order for various articles of ironmongery,
which he desired might be mut to his residence, promising
to pay the amount due on delivery. He (Mr. Morgan)
gave particular drections to his porter not to leave the
goods without the money ; but, unfortunately, be disobeyed
his orders. The fact was, that the house bore so respect-
able an appearance, that the porter be bad seat was thrown
off his guard, and having been told to go back to hie
master's fur some small additional article he left the pods,
and on his return he was told that Mr. Wells would call on
his master and pay the hill. This, however, Mr.
Well, had forgotten, and, in fact. never in-
tended doing; and from inquiries he (the applicant)
made, he discovered that he was not the cnly
tradesman by many whom Mr. Wells bad victimised. He
called frequently at the house in Sutherlandirquare in the
hope of seeing Mr. Wells, but bed not bees able. Two
other persona ware in the house, aid the last perms, and
who was there sow, bad threatened to give him (Mr. Mor-
gan) into custody if be even rang the bell.
Sergeant Rant, 45 I', a detective officer, bare mid, that
from inquiries he had made, Wells had been most suocesaful
in his system of fraud, but at presest be had been tumble
to Sad him out. A few Jays ago • sots wee received by
the superintendent of police from • tradesmen at Houn-
slow, requesting to know the character of Wells, as be had
been "J.,. as a security by a pinion who had ordered goods
amounting to 1,0001.
Mr. Norton told the applicants that they could not do
better at present thau leave the matter in the bands of
- —.eat Ham.

THE LOSS or THE GENERAL Eicasw STEAMER
DEadincT.—Yesterday an inquiry, directed by the Board
of Trade, was resumed and concluded at Greenwich before
M. Tarn, the magietrate, and Cattalos Sortie and Baker,
nautical 112110.4110ri, respecting the loos at the Derwent iron
screw steamship, oo a small island between Beneventa and
South Sices.Elebridee. The court foetid that the thief officer
was to blame for costisuiog t. run the steamer at her u,ual
i speed in thick weather, in not basing $ proper look-out. and
' in °nothing to call the csettio, mid suspended hiscortificat•
1 for three mouths.
Cuictiorre. —A writer in the Queens/and
Guardian says that the aiocbona
pt
uit is genous in
that colony. It grows plentifully at Gondah, and very
thosdastly in the Burnett diatrict. I have seen it on the
j basks of the Mary River, as well sa in the Mistier of th•
Wide Bay conotry. Visitors to Sanded' can either eat
the leaves, plink the berries. or drink the juice of the
bark, which they as obit from the tress oveshoegiss the
tea. I have some, aid have now ia my possession, a vary
sooellent tincture. • bouvropaithic preparation, prepared by
a pirofesdonal putleinan in this city, which if I hese any
occasion to oss, I should be willing to try it as illness re-
quirleg quinine.
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. Armlike Food withouth mediator or Dioosysobaneo. Dys.
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. maw Shy those Its coil in other ramordles.
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