The Express.
London, England, 1848-12-02 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, FRIDAY EVENING.
Mr. Duane wu re-electi d Lord Mayor of Dublin
tq-day for the remaining portion of the present year.
He was not opposed.

REPORTED DEATH OP DE. CHAMEERS.—The edi-
tor of the Lancet states, in this day'. number, that he has
received intelligence of the death of the abovenamed emi-
nent phyrician.
THE POTTERS' EMIGRATION Socirre.—The prin-
ciples of this society were explained at a meeting in Not.
tingham, on Monday, by Mr Evans, the society's agent.
He commenctd by giving a long history of the quarrels of
master and workmen potters, in their endeavours on the
on. side to reduce, and on the other to maintain, prices. The
employers had always succeeded in obtaining their object
until one of them, named Bunn, ettemp•ed to introduce a
machine into the trade, which, had it been allowed, would
have thrown 700 workmen out of employment. This
amused the energies of the working p tiers, who formed
the i..ea of instituting a society for toe numbest of land in
America. They spe Oily raised 6,0001 A code of laws
woo drawn up, and submitted to Mr Tidd Pratt, whose
certification they received. They purchased an estate at
Wooonsin, United States, which they bad peopled
with 124 individuals, who were doing well. The shares
in their society were U. la 61. each, which might
be paid by instalments best 'sited to the subscribers;
bat no iudisitlual taking no. e than one share could
claim more than one chance of winning the ballot, and of
gaining more than 20 acres of land. The momenta man
became a shareholder (i. e., had paid 11 is. 6d.), he became
a proprietor, and when he won his ballot he and his children
(under 18 years of age) would be entitled to a free psssage to
America, when they would be placed in posseasion of 20
acres of land in Wisconsin, United States, five of which
would be ready for cultiv►tion, a gond substantial log dwell-
ing would be erected for them, and the •hole of the eapense
would not he more than the price of sae English acre of land
in the midland counties of this country. The price would
not exceed 501. Their estate, Potterville, was now half.
peopled, and they could sell the reminininf ball to-morrow if
they chose ; and they baa sufficient money in hand to pur-
chase 2,000 ie res man when it was wanted,

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
(Bekes THE
Jostles Oolnman.)
TRIAL Or THE BARONEbt BT. MART,
The Bormiess St. Mort, in serresdering this morning,
was placed in the dock, and pleaded "Not Guilty " to a
chary of stealing two rings., vase 40!. the property of Sir
John Hare. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin appeared for
the prosecution ; Mr. Cockburn, Q.C., and Mr. Ballantine
for the defence.
Mr. Clarkson opened the ease for the Son, and
stated all the facts which were given in evidence when the
whamses were examined at the police court.
Sir John Hare examined.—l toads at the Royal Crescent,
Bath. I was formerly a merchant at Bristol. I fin et saw
the prisoner and her mother, • ho was the wife of a Polish
baron, named Grabrioski, at the house of • friend at Both.
I was in Paris in January, 1847, and the prisoner and her
mother came to the hotel at which I was staying, and I gave
up my apartment. to them. I left, and came to England.
About two months afterwards I returned, when I found
them still at the hotel, but they were preparing to leave,
and left the day after my return. I returned to
London, and soon after I visited them at Bt. John's-
wood, in consequence of • note T received, and I
then found the prisoner's husband, the Baron St. Mart, one
of the party, and I was informed that he was about to be
married to the prisoner. I was afterwards informed that
the marriage could not take place till the arrival of some
papers from the continent, and as they complained that they
scarcely knew how to employ their time till the papers did
arrive, I invited them down to my residence at Bath. On
the 28th of April I dined at home. The dinner party men-
Iri.the prisoner, the Coun Grabrinulti, and the Baron
t.ll°ltart. tess
After dinner, I was writing some letters in the
dialog room ; the prisoner came to me. I took this casket
(producesei) from a portable desk at which I was writing,
and took from it a diamond *ring, which I put on m finger.
It was a " cluster" ring, that is, a ring with • large diamond
in the centre, with smaller diamonds set round. The prisoner,
whom name then was Miss Todhunter, asked me to allow
her to look at it, which I did. She then asked me what I
had in another casket which I had in my hand. I told her
an emerald ring. It was • gold ring, with an emerald in the
centre, surrounded by small brilliant,. 1 told her they were
rings which had been worn by Lady Hare daring ker life.
time ; upon which, eke remarked that Lady Hare must have
bad very small fingers. She then had one in her band and
one on ber finger. She said, " I'll keep them rings ;" but I
requested her to return them, as I set a very high value
upon them, on account of their having belonged to Lady
Hare. She still said that she would -keep them, though
I many times requested that she would give them up. She
assigned no reason. I was anxious to save the poet, so ! took
my letters to the post office, the Baron St. Mart accompany-
ing me. We then went to a party. We returned from the
party about eleven. During the time they remained at my
house, I did not ask for the rings. It did not occur to me
On the Tuesday I had • large party, some frisads of mine
being there. On the Thursday they left. I was so much
engaged from the Monday when she took the rings till the
Thursday, when the went away, that I did not think of the
rings. I thought of them after they were gone. I was in-
vited to be present at the welding on the Saturday and I
left Bath on the Friday after they left on the Thursday. On
arriving in town, I drove to the prisoner's house, in Thayer-
street. When I sot there, at 4 o'clock, they were at dinner.
I was pressed to sit down at table, which I did. When
the prisoner was about to leave the room, I said, in a low
tone of voice, " Bring down my rings." She made no
answer, but when she came down she said " What was
that you said to me when I was leaving the room ?" I
said, Bring down my rings," when she replied that the
had not got them. I appealed to the Countess Grabrinski ;
high words ensued, and I left the house. I went to a relative
of mine, named Charles Fleay. He went with me on the
morning on which the marriage took place, to the prisoner's
house in Thayer-street. Mr. Fifty made a communication
to me. I went again in the evening, with Sir Alexander
Downey and Mr. Makinnon, of the Isle of Skye. The baron,
the prisoner, and the Count... Grabrinaki, were present. I
demanded my rings, but they all denied that they had
theta. The heron requested meta leave the house, and I went
to Marylabone Police Court, but there was no magistrate
there. In July, 1847 I went to Boulogne, where I
met the prisoner. I heard nothing of m rings
until on the 6th of November in the present year, y when I
received a letter from Sergeant Hockaday, a police.officer.
I came immediately to London, and was induced to take
steps for the arrest of the prisoner. I caused her to be taken
into custody. The Countess Grabrinski said, " That man
(meaning me) is mad, and the other (Hockaday) is his
keeper." The prisoner implored me to let her go, but I re-
fused. She was committed for trial after three examina-
tions before the magkrate. The lowest value of the rings
was 401. I never conversed with the prisoner about rings
before she took those in question.
Cross-examined by Mr. Cockburn : I retired from business
about ten years ago. I first knew the countess in
1845. I dined with her occasionally at Bentinck-
terrace. In the latter part of 1845 I went to Boulogne,
and was there and in Paris about two years. I saw
the prisoner and her mother in Paris in 1846. I dined
with them. I should say, five times. I lent them my barouche
and pair, and I drove them out frequently. They com-
plained of their apartments at the hotel, and said that they
would leave if the landlord would let them. They
did, in point of fact, leave Paris the nest day.
I suppose they went to Boulogne. I also went
to Boulogne. I will not swear that I did not see bath
the ladies on board the Folkestone steamer. I might
' have seen them on board the boat, but I did not, I swear,
' talk to them ; I know a Mr. Owen ; L did not tell Mr.
Owen, at Boulogne, that I had been to see two ladies off.
Mr. Owen did not say, to me, "What is that young lady you
L are so sweet upon ? I went back to Paris to pay some
bills; the countess gave a ball at Paris; we jointly bore the
expenses. Oo the 15th of April, I attended a drawing-
-1 room. On the 21st I was at • bail given by Mrs. Perrington.
I might have danced. lam in the habit of dancing. My
sge is 81.—Mr. Cockbeith : Are you not 65 ?—Sir J. Hare:
don't think I am.—Mr. Cockburn: Will you swear
that you are 64 I—Sir J. Hare : I don't think I am, but I'll
say I am. On the 24th of April the prisoner, her mother,
and her intended husband visited me at Bath. On the Sun-
day morning Miss Todhunter was late for breakfast. I do
not recollect placing a bouquet and apes on her plate. I
am not in the habit of dealing in poeffial effusions. I might
have placed • bouquet on her plate. Before she took the
rings I did not say to her, " Look here, Missey, here are
some fine diamonds. She asked me to allow her to loon at
them. I might have worn them on special occasions. I
danced with the prisoner in Paris, but not, I think, more than
once. The baron was present when the rings were taken.
I cannot say whether the baron saw the rings or not. On
the day the rings were taken, I went to the Catholic Chapel
at Bath with the countess, to see if the prisoner and the baron
could be married there, as they were very anxious to proceed
f rthwith to France. I was so oocupud from the day the
primmer took the rings till she went away, that I did not re.
collect about them. When I asked the prisoner for the rings,
I did not go into the passage and does the door. When I
told her to bring down my rings, I did not say " Don't
speak a loud, as the baron will hear." She did not say that
she did not care who heard what she said. I appealed to the
mother. The prisoner did not say, " Mamma, Sir John is
saying something about rings which I do not understand."
She told me that I was mad. After I left the house,
I witched it to see that they did not go
away, and to see who went in and out. On the
day of marriage I did not say to the prisoner, " You
shan't be a baroness. (Laughter.) I did not see them
again till I saw them at Boulogne, in July. I was sum-
moned before the police authorities by them. I used to walk
up and down, put their house. I did it to see them, for my
own gratification, and to call to their recollection that they
had stolen my rings. Whenever I met them I looked at
them. I have • right, I presume, to look at whom I please.
Mr. Perrington did say something to the effect that I had
made a scandalous imputation upon the ladies, and that
they would institute legal proceeding• against me if they
took his advice, and that if I hail been robbed I
ought to make a formal charge against them. I have
never supplied Eliza Russell with money. She did not apply
to me through her sinter. I know of no money being sup-
plied to her, or any promise of any being made to her. The
baron threatened to knock me down. I did not know that
the baroness was enceinte till it was stated that such was
really the ease at the police cunt.
Eliza Russell.—ln 1846 I lived as servant with the Coun-
tess Grabrinski, in Bentinckterrace, Regent's Park. I stayed
up till the 30:h of November. The countemlet her house to
a gentleman and lady named Swann, with whom I conti-
nued. I know the prisoner. She asked me to
go to her wedding, and I went, with permission
of my mistress, and waisted in dre.sing the prisoner and
getting the breakfast ready. After the marriage and the
breakfast the c eaten left the house, and then the prisoner
said that she wanted me to get some money for her. Between
three and five o'clock she gave me two very nice-looking
ring, and told me to take them to Mr. Boyce's, in Liseon•
grove, North, and ph du them for 101. I was to get a 51.
note, as she wanted to send it abroad. I pledged the rings.
I got five sovereigns and a 5!. note, and I gave the prisoner
the money. She tore up the duplicate. She put the note
in a letter, and I posted it. I paid 10d. postage. I paid the
eovereigns to a dreennaker in Bond-street. Before I left,
some gentlemen called, sad I heard a confusion, and I asked
the baronevi what it was. She answered that it was only •
little fuss. My mistress was so dissatisfied, that she gave me
warning. I got another situation in Baker-street. I after-
wards went to live with the countess. In August, the
baroness and the baron came ever to England, and they
livid with the countess. On one occasion the baroness was
crying, and said that her mother accused her of having
taken a ten pound note. The baroness said, " For God's
sake, Ebsa, never say anything about those rings I gave
you to pawn, nor those two spoons." I had pawned two
spuna for the barone-o. I left the countess' service five
weeks ago to-day. The hou e was broken into, anti
the contents of a jewel by x abstracted. I was accused
of the rol b-ry, and wig ordered by the police not
to leave the house. I was is detained frost the
Tuesday till the following Saturday. I then left. Riving
my proper sdereso I met a gentleman named Hardy, and,
from what passed,. I went to the pawnbroker's on the next
day. I told a po]tre-offlcer what I knew about the pawning.
One of the rings bad a large diamond in the centre, sur-
rounded by smaller ones ; the other was an emerald, set in
' small brilliants.
Crow-examined —I was not in the family way when I left
Mrs 8 eann's. When I came to London, and before I got
a situation, I lived at 39, North-otreet, Livon-grove, kept by
a person named Slate. I swear that I have never
given birth to a chlid —Mr. Cockburn: Have you ever had
a miscarriage I—Mr. Justice Coltman You are not bound
to answer that question.—The witness declined to answer.
Cross-examinetion continucd.—l did not cheese a gentle.
man named Fowler, a friend of Mrs. Swan's, with being
the father of the child of which I was enceinte. I have said,
on more maniocs than when before the ' , that the
bareness uked me to raise some money, t was since I
was before the inuisira'‘es. lam sure that the countess left
the house at 3 o'clock on the day of the 'marriage.
(Tne witness was under trues-examination when we went
to press. The cans was net expected to terminate till a late
hour.)