The Express.
London, England, 1865-09-27 00:00:00

CRICKET.

NORM LONDON CRICKET OLIIII.—WIND.UP
MAWR.
MR. MOORE'S BIDE v. MR. BEARD'S SIDE.
The wind-up install of the season was played
yesterday, at Mr. Norris's ground at Isliagtos ; and on the
drawing of the stumps the seem stood as under :
MB. WORMS BIDE.
Mr. Brown, s Brook, b dark
Mr. Hargrave, h
Mr. Worsop, b Pocock
Mr. Moon, o sad b Butler
Mr. MILO% C Moon, b Mina=
Mr. °goo, b Clark
Mr. Box. b Butler
Mr. Beard, Jun. (not out)
b9,1.b2

39
6
IF:

11
31

2
26
ii

Total IN
Ur. BLAILIY6 BIDL
Mr. Pocock (not out,
Mr. Heard, non., b Brown.
Mr. Clark. b Brown 8
Mr. Westherbead, b Bruwu 0
Ur. Robotbam, b 12rowu i
bl,l-b1

Total •S
The match wee dewy. After the play the members
partook of a romptaons banquet provided by Mr. Norris.

ROYAL DRAGOONS v. VISITORS OF BRIGHTON.
The above contest was resumed yesterday on the
Sone: County Ground. Brightoo. Play comoseoced as
11.30 a m., Messrs. Seobell end klyeamaa tekieg poseessioa
of the wickets. The splendid bead of the regiment spin
&Waded. to the gratification of the visitors present. The
match ended in a draw, as will be seen by the subjoined
soore :

ROYAL DRAGOONS.
FIRST MIMS. SZCOND INNINGS.
11. 11111 ck, cU. Curtela b Lecke SO Mi. Scobell .. . 22
Mr. G. B. Rumen., bW. Napper 19 c Jackson, bscobrll ll
Capt. Olyn, cU. ScobeU, b Napper 0 c Fitzgerald bS. Scubell 4
Hon.C.O.Trenob, htnktbNspper I 13 Dynan=
Mr. C. F. Morton, c U. M. cur-
lets. b !tapper 0 b Reuben 4
Capt. Coleman, b Ilyndinan .... IN b llythlgnan
Capt. !loam, b Reeks
Mr. F. F. Collins, b Itccisa
Mr. A. Maclean, b Itlldnlun.• • • 0 run out
Webb, not out 2 c leltzgerad, b llyodman 13
Mr. k. Thuratby, 1) Mindaian
b SO, w 2 l2 b10,1b4,u 1 .... lb

Total 126 Total ...
VISITOIIB OF BILIGUToN.
JIIRST 1521 LINA. 80,0111) INNINO9.
Captain &deo, b Litym • not out
Mr. H. M. Curtelac and b Milli& 36
Mr. S. G. Bcobell, b Ulan
Mr. M. P. Fitzgerald, b Mussed 13
Mr. S. Scutt/ell, b Glyn l7
Mr. U. IL Ilyadmau, c Killick, b
7 mot out
Glyn
Mr. W. trapper. camdb Ituasell U
Mr. R. It. Jackson, a Morton. b
b Ma
tillick
Mr. U. Curie* o Meabarm, b
KOWA 11 a Coleman. b Meehan, 0
Ron. C. Cbetwyad, not out l4
Mr. C. Guineas, b killick IS
b 2, I b Loa, nbl

Total 167 Total
Von.lrea Sweats= and iliabbartlald

SHOCKING CASE OP CRUELTY TO A WIFE.

At the Clerkenwell Police-court, yesterday,
George Prim, a well-dressed man, of respectable address
and exterior, was charged before Mr. Beeler, the sitting
magistrate, with Gautier the death of Fraoces Price, his
wife, on the 22nd August last, in the parish of St. Mary
lelingtoe. The prisoner exhibited conch nervousness and
restless anxiety during the whole of the protracted investi-
gation.
Mr. Chipperfield appeared to conduct the case for the
prosecution. and ia opening the facts to the magistrate
stated that he was instruoted by the Marquis Townshend to
submit the case, which would be found to be of
great importance. The prisoner was charged with
having caused the death of bin wife, not by any
immediate act of violence, but by • lope-continued
series of acts of cruelty and brutality towards her.
The prisocer was by profession • line engraver, in which
be earned not leas than 21. per week. The deceased lady,
his wife, had been the mother cf five children by the
prisoner, and in May. 1864, the his wife, and
children, were living together at 7, Offoid-road, Barosbury,
in the perish of Islingtoo. It would be shown that about
that time she was attacked with violent pains, sod these
cootianieg. medial advice was sought for, and Dr. Sewell
wet called in, who discovered the existence of a
deeply misted abscess. He directed the nurse, • Mrs. Rice,
to cantinas the application continually of linseed meal
poultices, expressiog his fears that it the abeam burst inter.
nally, it would predate fistula end other still worse
effects. The woman would prove that she could cot obtain
even Id. from the rummer to purchase the linseed meal,
aid the result was that the abscess did burst internally,
and that both fistula and cancer followed, the poor lady suf-
fering excruciating torments. The nurse, Mrs. Rice, bad
remained with the sufferer for Mx months, and would
describe several acts of violence committed during the
whole of that time by the prisooer on his wife, such as
veiling her by the wrist, trying to drag bee out of bed,
peehiog her head stalest the wall, leaving her
hair wassailed in some nails, and at other times
throwing her back with great violent,' epos the
sofa on which in her suffsciogs she reclined. But
the cruelties dated from the month of May, 1864, and
continued up to the date of her death. Her mental an-
guish was increased by the brutal language used to her by
the prisoner. who did not hesitate to tell hoe that he wished
she was dead, that he would light candles to show her soul
the way to hell, that he had measured her grave, and that
the certificate of her death was already drawn up sad pre-
pared. Dr. Sewell attended her for nine months, and at
list Mr. Gowlsod, the eminent surgeon of Bt. Mark's Hos-
pital, was called in, and pronounced the case to be one
of the worst of fistula be ever saw. During the whole
of this time it would be proved the prisoner rued lan-
guage to his wife which war perfectly horrible. Further
this this, in support of the present charge against
the prisoner it would be shown that a person
labouring under such savers and cruel disorders
required a large amount of generous nourishment and
stimulants to prevent the diatom from pulling into the
system with increased rapidity, but instead of supplying
these necessary and emeatial wants, the primmer expended
his own earnings in drink for himself, and one week ail he
gave to the nurse for bee and his wife's sustenance was one
shilling and eleven pence. It would be proved that the
unfortunate deceased was constantly calling and craving for
food, and on one occasion it would be indisputably esta-
blished that the prisoner took from his pocket a five shil-
ling piece, sad holding it up jeeringly, asked her "if she
would Dot like to have it," and at the mine time refused her
•ne food. Towards thelatter part of her life, • neighbour, Mr.
Lynch, and her brother, Mr. Turner, were in the practice of
leaving money with the nurse to procure sad provide for
her wants in the way of food, wine, and broody, reordered by
the doctor, bat it would seem that these provisions were
consumed by the prisoner, although they bad been provided
and prepared for the use el his suffering wife. He (Mr.
Chipperfield) should contend that all these facts tended to
strengthen and support the charge now preferred against
the primmer, but them still remained unnumbered acts of
brutality practised by the prisoner towards hie wife ; for
iostance, she was ordered the constant use of the hip bath
in the course of the last winter, and it became neoserery
that to have recourse to it to the extremely cold weather
she should have the comfort of a warm fire, bat though
opals had bees supplied by her brother, still the prieoner
Dot only ref used to have the lire lighted but actually raked it
oat after it had been lighted by the nurse in attendance
upon the patient. Now, be should contend that these
facts being proved would justify and sustain • charge of
manslaughter.
Evidence in support; elf He charge was then given, and the
prisoner was remsided, bail being refused.