The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-29 00:00:00

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

liter Term Nisi Prius sittings at Westminster.—Okfore
the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury.)
THE QUEEN r. BARRY AND HATES. _

Thri was a moose ation for conspiracy, ;moved by oer.
loran into this court.

The defendants were members of the police force, and
izey had been indicted for conspiracy, in falsely charging
two lads named Charles Pearse and Henry Dye with
hiving attempted to commit a burglary at 30, Gloucester-
crescent on the 41st August, 1866.
The jury having been sworn,
The Lord Chief Justice said that as there was no one
Atilt to prosecute the indictment, the only course they
~ald pursue was to return a verdict of not guilty.
.1 verdict of " not guilty" was accordingly returned.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
,S.aingsat Nisi Prius in Middlesex.--(Before Lord Chief
Justice Bovill and a Special Jury.)
THAIVET V. MILTON AND ANOTHER.
. . .

The plaintiff in this case, Mrs. Tilbury, is the widow of
th late Mr. Tilbury, but is better known to the public as
N. Lydia Thompson, and the defendants are Miss Marie
nlitoll and Mr. Byron, the lessees of the Prineeof Wales's
T.,,tre, and the action wail to recover damages for
hreach of an engagement to continue the services of
Thompson at that theatre. The defendants pleaded
aiseral pleas, and among them that the plaintiff hail re-
f.,' to obey certain orders and that this justified the
ila,..ndints in dismissing her.
Mr. llivldleston, Q.C., Mr. Joyce, and Mr. M.
appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Serjeant Ballantine and
Mr. Manby Sniith for the defendants.
Mr. lloddlesto4, in opening the case, stated that in
September last Miss Thompson was engaged to play at the
Fence of Wales Theatre at 15f. a week, and at Easter the
defendants were about to bring out Magic Toys, in which
Mrs Thompson had been in the habit of playing
the part of the young gentleman who engages the
affections of the necromancer's daughter. Some years
before she had in this piece danced the Shadow Dance
which was really an operatic dance, and not strictly in her
line, but for five or six years she had ceased to dance this
dance. A good deal of correspondence took place be-
tween the parties, and in the end Miss Thompson declined
to dance this particular dance, and thereupon she was dis-
missed from her engagement. It was for this dismissal
that damages were uow claimed.
Miss Lydia Thompson was called and said—Mr. Ander-
son introduced the subject of the engagement to me when
I was at Liverpool, and on the 17th August at Manchester,
I wrote the memorandum of agreement, and sent it to
On the return of peat I received a paper,
te.l the lath August, signed by the defendants. I cons-
, nre.l playing at the defendants' theatre about the 15th
smciiiimr. and continued playing until Christmas,
received 151. a week. I played in • farce
1,..1 the Pea de Fascination and in Der ./Preise/mtr,
4..1 in the comedy of Ours. In this last I took Miss
Wil-
'~.a'a part, she being away in consequence of • domestic
it.,mity. I did no operatic dancing. Afterwards I
in the pantomime at Drury-lane, but did not dance
~asequence of having strained my knee at the Prince
The i antomime ran until nearly Easter, and
• 'are Easter I wrote to Miss Wilton about reneging
•
*!.., engagement. (The witness in continuation detailed
correspondence which had taken place.)
Tie cage was proceeding when our report left.]

' OF DIVORCE AND MATRI3IONIAL
CAUSES.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
T.t.rtts r. LOPTCH.
(PART HKARD.)
'rain morning this cue, which was apetition by the
of 1,,a Henry Loftus for a judicial Reparation, on the
:rd.4 enwlty, W 11.14 compromised, the parties consent-
to a separation by deed.
Spinks, Q.C., said Lord Henry was very desirous of
• ' r p Ciat there had been no cruelty in the ordinary
'• • the term.
'••' Wilde without wishing at all to prejudge the ease
:ht that so far, nothing that the law would call cruelty
• •• r made out. The statements of Lady Seafield were
, sniffled to all credit, but in such cases the me-
- the parties were not always to be implicitly relied
!r the trial had proceeded, be should have been
. p,r, to bear a version of the occurrences deposed
• 41.. d at variance with the petitioner's account.
tree has been a•ljourned till next terni, in enter to
so, • ed of at paration to be executed.

Y"RESHIRE HAY HARVEST.—The hot,
~'nF a, 71... r of the past week has induced a general
st.,l a.:.r the hay harvest in this country. Clovers have
'lowar ppidly, and a very fair average of grass has
,kb. The gram mower is now very generally in use
^ 'n`" ''r+ rt-markahly well this year, the crops being all
''''l -sry so heavy, indeed, as to require three in-
too horses. Everywhere the crops are excellent,
7 pre-eat weather continues they will be remark-
`. I .on. There is very little old hay in the country.
firn crepe look well, the wheat being deemed rather
potatoes, and turnips good so far.