The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-31 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31, 1867.

LINCOLN SPRING MICLPTING.—TtEnnav, Fee. 19.
Tllll LINCOL9:9IIRa 11.19DICAIP of 100 WM, added to a
sweepstakes of 15 noes. each, 10 ft, and 5 if declared ;
the winner of any race after the weights are published
(January 82, at noon), 71b ; twice, or a handicap amounting
to 100 ems, 101 b extra ; the second to receive 20 sous.
Ose mile. (84 subs., 37 of whom pay 5 sovs. each.)
Age at lb Age at lb
. 5 9 9 Violent
a 9 4 Mn. Allan 4 6 7
0 BismanA
412 Montannard
•53 7 Rejoinder
1 s 7 John Halite% 4 6 1
4 Gretna 4 G 0
6 7 12 Black Prince, by Vei-
-1 7 12 Meow
4 7 12 Problem
1 71_ Daoneloog
4 7 19 Lady Pam
a 7 12 charley 11
6 7 12 Iby North Lincoln—
. 4 710 Molly
. 6 7 7 Minion)
5 7 5 Leaam
5 7 2 Weather Star
4 7 2 Ladylike
4 7 2 Mir Middleton
. 4 7 0 La Dauphine
. 4 613 hatthyany
. 6 6 13 Ariel .
. 5 611 Pyrrhic
4 6 10

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Wild Agnes
Beadle
Christmas Carol.
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Mr. Pitt
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Copenhagen
Donut Palatine
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3 6 0
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NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETINC.—TersDAT,
APRIL 9.
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THE NEWMARKET HANIHCAI. of sous. each, 13 ft, and
3 only if dechundt with 300 added ; winners after the pub-
lication of the weights (January 23, at fi p.m.), of a !midi-
cap amounting to 3110 son. with public money added, 71b ;
winners of all other handicaps with public money added,
ilb ; of any two, 101 b extra. One mile six furlongs 40
(60 subs, '3l of whom pay 3 sous. each.) Thu
highestaj weight accepting being gat 61b, it has been raised
to Oat 121 b, and the others in proportion.

Age at 11l - - Age et 11.
Tor Mentor 4 8 12 Voresight
Cloture&
Brown Mead 5 8 9 Seringapotam
elyoltnonton
Chrinints Carol .... 5 S 8 stonelm 3 6 G
Apelay 4 8 4 (Mead 3 6 6
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Rose Ober* 4 7 4 c by Skirmisher
Wild Kelm 4 7 3 Tighttit
Neale Chief ..... .. 3 7 2 Clarice 3 A 13
.Izumer 3 7 0 flcipil
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OLYMPIC.

The burlesque of Faust sossi Marro-Ste lies been
withdrawn at this house, and its place wax supplied List
night with the comic drama by Mr. J. H. Planche, called
A Romantic Idea, which wax first produced at the Lyceum
in 11442. This piece will remind old playgoers of Mr. E.
H. Blanchard's Olympic farce of Pori Chops, as it is
chiefly wild burlesque of the ante-punning period, and the
principal incidents are supposed to occur in a dream. The
characters now represented by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mrs.
Charles Mathews, and Mr. G. Vincent were originally
played by Mr. Charles Mathews, Madame Vestris, and Mr.
H. Roxby. The fun is a little old-fashioned, but the
drama has pretty dresses, lively acting, and bright scenery
to recommend it. Mr. lioucicault's comedy of London
Assurance seems to draw good houses, but we presume that
some novelty is in preparation. There is no stronger com•
piny of actors in London, and we shall be glad to see them
put to good use.

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THE SUNDAY QUESTIOT.

Thu Conference upon this subject was resumed
yesterday afternoon by adjournment at St. Martin's Hall.
Mr. H. J. SLACK again took the chair. The proceedings
were opened by the reading of letters from Archdeacon
Denison, the Rev. Baptist Noel, Lord Ebury, Lord Shaf-
tesbury, and others.

Mr. Barmsarr, a carpenter, advocated the opening of the
national institutions on Sunday on the ground that it
would tempt men from the public-houses, and would
afford them opportunities of moral and intellectual
training.

The itev. C. C.tuawsw., while repudiating the idea that
the observance of the Jewish Babbitt!) was obligatory upon I
Christians, objected to the government affording any en-
couragement to the secularisation of the Lord's-day. For
this reason, although he would not seek to prevent the
Crystal Palace being opened to its proprietors on a Sunday,
be could not approve of the opening of the national insti-
tutions on that day.
Mr. JOHN THom.ts, a working man, said that Sunday
was the only day 011 which the minds of his class were in
such a condition as to enable them to study works of art.
If the desire was to economise Sunday labour, let them
close the public-houses, which employed hundreds more
person% than would be engaged at our public institutions.
Mr. JENKINS urged that the opening of the national in-
stitutions would commit us, nationally, to an anti-Chris-
thin and anti-biblical view of the Lord's-.lay. For the
adoption of such a view, the majority of neither the work-
ing nor middle classes were yet prepared, and therefore
it ought not to be forced upon the nation.
Dr. Bassacu conabatixl the idea that the opening of the
public galleries would tend to the extension of Sunday
Labour. In Copenhagen the museums and picture galle.
mica were opened on Sunday, not only with the anent but
at the express desire of the clergy ; and the result had
been that the churches were now better filled than they
were while these galleries were closed. The public gal-
leries ought to be regarded as the Sunday schools of the
people.
Mr. t:Lti-meli, carpenter, although anxious for the
' moral and intellectual elevation of the working class, could
not adopt the view of the Sunday League upon this ques-
j tion. He denied that the opening of the public galleries
1 on Sunday would morally elevate the working dames, and
questioned even the advantage of excursions into the
country on a Sunday.
Mr. 1111t.XENns, hatter, said that with a small minority
the members of that trade were favourable to the opening
of the national institutions on Sunday.
The Rev. G. AITRZE advocated closing public-houses
on Sunday, but denied that there was on the part of any
large number of the working classes any desire for the
opening of the national institutions on a Sunday. One
i evil which would result from such an opening would be
j the withdrawal of children from Sunday schools.
I Mr. Ivosy admitted that it was nece,sary that every
one should have one day's rest in seven ; but as all could
hot have that rest on the name day, he suggested that
those who could not have it on Sunday should have it on
Saturday.
. .. . . . . .

Mr. Flinn:mu:, waterman and lighterman, complained
that that class of working men had no Sabbath ; and
appealed to both the Sunday League and their opponent+
to assist them in obtaining one.
Mr. Wor.r, farrier, urged that it was impossible that all
physical labourshould be suspended for a periodof twenty-
four hours, and contended that the opening of these insti-
tutions would not necessitate any great increase of Sunday
labour.

Mr. NORTHHOU,E objected that the opening of the na-
tional institutions on Sunday would tend to oentinentalize
this country, and expressed his apprehension that it
would be followed by the lowering of the tone of the na-
tional morality.
. . .

Mr. ILAteri.ts urged that the opening of the public
galleries on Sunday would cause as little additional labour
as was consistent with the obtaining the public advantage
which was desired, and said that their opening on the
week-day evenings would add much more largely to the
work of the gt!anlians of those collections.

Mr. Bito01: having opposed the opening of the galleries
on Sunday,
Mr. iAm. HIITWOOD, F.H.8., said that the number of
persons who would be required to attend, in order to take
care of the national collections, would be very small, and
they might take it in turns, so that no one would be en-
gaged on every Sunday. It had been found impossible to
close the public•houses on Sunday, and it was, in his
opinion, desirable that such institutions as the National
Gallery and the British Museum should be kept open to
compete with them. It was possible that they might
withdraw some persons from churches and chapels, but ho
believed that that difficulty might be met by the clergy-
men preaching upon more interesting subjects than they
frequently discussed.
The Rey. W. LANDED{ maintained that the proper ob-
ject of the Sabbath was the promotion of the spiritual
life. As far as possible every man ought to he left at
liberty to cultivate his spiritual powers on that day, and
the employment by the state of a large number of men on
the day of rest would be a bad example to the country.
At the same time he did nut believe that all the advantage
which the members of the Sunday League anticipated
would result from the opening of the national collections
on Sunday.
Although several other gentlemen desired to speak it
was agreed, in consequence of the lateness of the hour, to
close the conference, and the proceedings terminated with
a vote of thanks to the chairman, who in his closing ob-
servations expressed his satisfaction at the manner in
which the discussion bad been conducted on both sides.

THE MANSIOT-HOUSE METROPOLITAN
DISTRESS RELIEF FUND.

The committee met yesterday afternoon, pur-
-1 anent to adjournment from Monday. The Lord Mayor
presided, and the meeting was attended by the following
members :—Mr. Ald. Finn, Mr. C. T. Gabriel, Mr. W. I.
Maxwell, Mr. Cuzenove. Mr. It. Wigram, the Rev. W.
Rowse% the Rev. F. G. Blondield, Mr. W. Leaf, Mr. Sheriff
Lycett, the Rev. Mr. Rogers, Mr. Samuel Morley, Captain
Goaohen, Mr. F. Thompson, Mr. Alfred ale Rothschild, sod
Mr. John Helms. Thu committee was attended by seve-
ral deputations, but before their receptian Mr. Balls, the
cashier at the Mansion-house, reported that the total
receipts by him since the opening of the fund up to yester-
day amounted to 7,9691. 13e. 10d. The deputations were
received, and the first of them came from the Tower
Hamlets district, which included a population of
22,000 of the poorest classes suffering extreme distress ;
and thin deputation received a second grant of :100/. The
next deputation came from the parish of St. Mary, New-
ington, including • suffering population in Lock's-fields
and other low localities in the district. This deputation
was headed by the flee. A. Cay, the curate in charge of
the mother palish, and by Mr. It. S. Faulconer,
one of the churchwardens, and received a grant of
1001. A deputation from the parish of St. Diary, White-
chapel, headed by the Rev. Mr. Cohen,the rector, received
a farther grant of '-'OO/. The Haggerston Scripture-readers,
through Mr. Robert Rudland, were awarded a grant of 25/.
The Rev. Mr. Bremen., a Roman catholic clergyman, visit-
ing the lowest district of Saffron-hill, was awarded • grant
of 251., to be expended by him amongst the suffering co-
religionists amongst whom he constantly and daily moved.
A deputation from the Lambeth General Relief Committee,
headed by the Rev. Mr. Berry, of the York-road Chapel, re-
ceived • grant of :9001. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul,
established at Islington, • permanent establishment,
were refused assistance, on the ground that the deputa-
tion had failed to show the existence of special distress.
The Rev. Mr. Rogers, representing the pour district of
St. Thomas, Charter-house, was awarded a grant of 50/.
The COW•CIXIIIS deputation received a grant of 301. in aid
of the soup kitchen already established. The Rev. Mr.
Alhneson, representing the Ileum of Mercy, established
for some years to relieve foreigners, especially Germans,
established his claim on behalf of those he represented,
and obtained a grant of 251. A deputation from South
Hackney, headed by the Rev. Mr. Lockwood, the rector,
and other gentlemen, attended to make a claim upon the
finances of the committee ; but in reply to the Lunt
Mayor and other members of the committee, it was
elicited from the deputation that they had not taken any
steps to °emus° a local committee to meet the exi-
gencies they respresented to exist, and it was in-
timated to them that until that organisation Lad been
made by a public meeting held in their Town-hall,
at South Hackney, they could have no lona *Mad,.
A deputation from West Kensington, which was headed
by the Rev. J. Dalton and others, met with a similar
reception, it being aszertained that in their parish the
poor rates only amounted to 7A. in the pound, and that
being so, the applicants were rather in a position to be con-
tributors to, than suppliants for relief from, the fund.
After the claims had been disposed of it was resolved that
the designation of the committee should be changed from
its present title to that of " The Mansion-house Metro-
politan Committee (or the Relief of Exceptional Cases of
Distress," and it was further resolved that the committee
should in future sit on the Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday of each week. The committee did not rise finally
until close upon six o'clock.

THE WEST COAST OF A YRIcA.—LiVERPoOL,
JAN. 30.—The extra steamer Retriever, from the West
Coast of Africa, Teneriffe, and %whim, has arrived here.
The new', from the coast is unimportant. The stations
were healthy. The French fleet was at Madeira. The
news of the running down of theliarque Brutus by a French
frigate at Madeira is confirmed. The captain and nine
of the men of the barque were drowned. Six of the sur-
vivors have come home in the Retriever.

ROI COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The annual
course of lectures on comparative anatomy will be com-
menced in the theatre of this college, on Monday next,
by Professor Huxley, F. R.S.. who will deliver twenty-four
lectures, on the Osteology and Dentition of the Saurop-
side or Reptiles and Birds. The lectures for the prepeut
year will be completed by Professor Hancock, senior sur-
geon to the Charing-cross Hospital, who will deliver six
lectures on the Anatomy and Surgery of the Foot, in
continuation of hie course of last year. Professor Hilton,
F./LS., the senior vice-president of the college, and sur-
geon to Guy's Hospital. will deliver the Hunterian
Oration on the 14th February. in memory of John
Hunter, the founder of the unrivalled collection bearing
his name.

Kato intelligence.

..11:1)1CIAL COMMITTEE OP THZ PRIVY COUNCIL.

The Judicial Committee wiU sit for the despatch of loinin;r4 on
Friday, the Ist of February, at half-past to f—Leruey S.
the Bishop of Norwich—Renick Jorfutool.
Bootool v. Iluasuniat Itouriner Begun,—Jitirgornolm fluekshre
a. Roy Alothuoranauth Roy and others—Wise and another e.
bunduloonissa and others—Neethun Ilebee v. Buslicer
Khao—
Moonshee Buzloor Ruheem r. shumsoonissa lietnim No. go of
1550 —Jodonath Bose v, Slimusoonbua Bruns—floonaliee Buz.
lour Raiment e. shum,...iiisra Beguco ,No. 256 of latki—Nloottalire
Birloor Ruheem v. shunisoonissa lk-gum 154 of 1.101
Nugenderehunder Ohms And another v. Sroemutty Kaminee
Howe and others—Sethi, Pershall v. Moist. lloothiu, theism
Konwur, and others—Carmichael :did others y. Brolie and others
•-The owners of the steamship Lady Jo,-e1)11 v. the owners of
the banfue Heart of (ftk—The I tuners of the sterunshlp Lady
Jocelyn r. The Owners of the hinme Heart of Oak—The London
old Edinburgh Shipping Company v. the Owners and others of
the Emily. Patents.—Milord's Prolongation doweling boats.
April 13, 1853 to be heard Feb. I—Herbert's Prolongation
'mooring vessels, April 15, , Feb. I—Waddell's Prolongation
'steam engines, March 1, 18S3'. Feb s—Hayes Patent stacking
corn, Re., June 3, 18531, to by hearing motion. Jiabonents.—
Ilusat. Thakour beyhee a. ltd !WA Ram and others—Sh.th
Koondmi Tull and another v. Rajah Ameer Hossein and others
Brown—Hurray and others a. Burgers, to be delivered
Feb. G.

EQUITY COURTS.—JAx. 30.
(Before the Lord Chancellor.)
KNOX V. OM

This was an appeal from the decision of Viee-Chancellor
Wood. The plaintiff, Colonel Brownlow Knox, sought by
his bill to obtain a dissolution of partnership alleged by
him to exist as to the affairs of the Royal Italian Opera,
Covent-garden, between himself and Mr. (lye, and comae.
.itient relief upon the footing of such partnership, and also
ask the share in the adventure of the late Mr. Thistle-
thwayte,
who died in the Crimea. The defendant denied
the existence of the alleged partnership, and stated in
effect that the money contributed by the plaintiff some
yea previously to assist him in carrying on the opera
was advanced upon the express footing that if the money
was lost the loss should fall upon the plaintiff,
who would only look to repayment in the
event of profits being made, and in no case
to a share of the profits. As to Mr. Thistlethwaytes
share and the disposition in favour of the plaintiff and
defendant made by that gentleman before leaving Eng-
land, the answer of Mr. Gye set forth that a deed was
prepared but not executed, owing to the opposition of the
plaintiff to be therein named as a partner, and the arrange-
ment for giving Mr. Tbistlethwayte's share, in case of his
death, to the plaintiff and defendant equally, was effected
by a wilL Notwithstanding this statement in the answer,
the plaintiff had not, up to the hearing, amended his bill
by setting out the will in question, probate of which had
been only obtained in the eth November, a few days
before the hearing in the court below. The Vice-Chan-
cellor held that Colonel Knox had wholly failed to
establish his claim to be a partner, but inti.
mated that some relief might be obtained as
to Mr. Thistlethwayte's share, and also as to
the 5,0001. advanced by him, in case profits should be
found upon inquiry to have been made in carrying on the
theatre since the advance of that sum. Upon this point,
however, his Honour reserved his decision. The plaintiff
subsequently moved for leave to amend his bill by setting
forth the will of Mr. Thistlethwayte, &c., and the appli-
cation was supported by an aflidavit for the purpose of ex.
plaining his not having amended the bill before the hear-
ing. The motion was directed to stand over for judgment,
together with the point left undispoeed of at the hearing,
until Dee. 4, when the Vice-Chancellor refused leave to
amend, on the ground that the plaintiff had given no satis-
factory explanation of his delay in amending his bill and
obtaining probate, and decreed that he must be left to
raise by supplemental bill any ease he might
be advised to assert as to Mr. Thistletliwayte's
will, so as to afford the defendant full opportunity for
meeting the same. The case having subsequently come
before the Lords Justices, leave to amend was refused
(Lord Justice Turner dissenting). The plaintiff now ap-
pealed. The pleadings in the case are very voluminous,
and the evidence, especially as to conversations between
the parties and their mutual understanding at the time,
Lc., is, in many instances, directly in conflict.
Sir K. Palmer and Mr. Townsend appeared for the ap-
pellant ; the Attorney-General and Mr. Lindley for Mr.
Gye. _ _

.The case had not concluded when the court rose.

(Before Viee-Chancelbar Stuart.)

LAMSON T. LONDON. CHATHAM, AND DOVER mutwer.-
11ATLZY T. THE SANE DEFENDANTri.

Mr. Bacon and Mr. Pontifex appeared in these =its,
the object of which was to enforce payment from the de-
fendants of the purchase money of lands taken by them
for their undertaking.
Mr. Kekewich, for the company, could not resist the
decrees asked. - -

His Honour made decrees for the payment of the moneys
by the defendants in a month.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.-JAN. 30.

Sittings in Banoo.—(Before Justices Mellor, Sine, and

Lush.)

The Lord Chief Justice vu absent on account of indis-
position, and Mr. Justice Blackburn from having to pre-
side at the Central Criminal Court.

THY. PIIOI3ICUTION OF GONTR:CoR !TM.

The grand jury for the county of Middlesex came into
court Olin morning, and as it was the last day but one of
term, and no intimation baring been given of its being the
intention of the prosecution committee to prefer a bill this
term against Governor Eyre, Mr. Justice Mellor dismissed
them with the thanks of the country for their attendance.
They had had no business to transact, and consequently
they had no bills to return.
The Court was occupied the greater portion of the day
in disposing of motion. relative to arbitrations and matters
of that kind, of no general public interest.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
JAN. :10.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
HANCOCK (rot.sate CALLED PEATY) r. PEATY.
(PART HILARD.)

After our report left yesterday,
Mr. Peaty continued—l never beard that my wife was
strange, or odd or eccentric. I believe that the ordeal
which she had bad to go through in 1859 affected her
health, and made her more irritable than she used to be.
NVhat she bad to po through was enough to make any one
irritable. I did not observe that she WWI treated
differently from any other guest. Once, when Dr. Taylor
was talking to his wife, while my wife was singing,
she twice said, "John Taylor, you are interrupting her."
She then said, " We had better go out into the garden."
As we left the room, Dr. Taylor took me aside, and said,
" I have never known her behave so ill." That remark
made a great impression on me, for it ex-
plained the sort of behaviour of which I had
heard complaints. Mr. Thos. Francis Hancock did
not tell me that she was insane • but be maid, " You've
heard of the weakness in the family."l I said I had ; but
I thought he was alluding to his mother. I don't think
that her mother was mad. I paid a six weeks' visit to her
house in 1840, and no one could have thought her insane
then. I have always thought that she was improperly
planed under restraint. I placed my wife in St. Luke's
Hospital, not believing her myself to be inane, but acting
upon the advice of others. I thought her partially imam:
or on the borders of insanity, rind I hoped that the treat-
ment she would receive in the hospital would cure her of
that which she had the matter with her.

Mr. Charles Clement James, of Langley, Slough,
brother-in-law of Mrs. Peaty, thought her a little pecu-
liar. She was very imaginative, and once showed witness
a play, or part of a play, which she had written, and
which showed great ability. In 1862. witness's wife being
very ill, Mrs. Peaty came to nurse her. Never noticed
any insanity in her, and witness did not think that at that
tune any of her family considered her insane. She fre-
quently complained that her misters were cruel to her.
She seemed pleased at the prospect of marrying Mr. Peaty.
Thought with Dr. Taylor that marriage would be bent. -
fieial to her.

I.ioaa;:iinined—Was invited to the wedding, but de.
(dined to go. Mrs. James was prerent. Never told her
that she would get into trouble by going. Hui never said
that he would do all he could to upset the case. When
the subpoma was served on Mrs. James witness said, "If
lago on the one side, I will go on the other."
Peaty thought her sisters ill-used her, and that made
her unhappy. Had seen other ladies quite as eccentric.
(Laughter.) She was at witness's house in 1864, and she
was then not in her right mind, though she could scarcely
he called mad. Her symptoms were decidedly worse then
than they had been before her marriage. Her dress was
no more peculiar than that of other ladies he had seen.
One of her sisters wore her hair in just as unusual a
manner.

By the Judge Ordinary—Dr. Taylor spoke of Mr. Peaty
as running a certain risk in marrying his wife.
Mr. D. Green, a banister, who had stayed at the same
hotel at Scarborough, spoke to seeing Mrs. Peaty at the
table d'hôte, and to not observing anything strange about
her.

Mr. Arthur Wellington Peaty, a brother of the respon-
dent, said that his sister-in-law was rather peculiar in her
manner and dress, but that ho had seen nothing in her
before her marriage to suggest to him that she was insane.
The family had been brought up in rather a peculiar way,
and did not go much into general society. There was a
good deal of disagreement between Mrs. Peaty and her
elder sisters, who sometimes had to sustain the concen-
trated attack of the whole six at once. Had once seen the
eldest omit to give her her tea with the rest; and
when Mrs. Peaty attempted to help herself her sister
struck her on the hand. Had lately seen her
and con, owed with her respecting the evidence already
given. She denied that she bad ever had a bonnet a quar-
ter of a yard high. As to the bridge, she said she bad
seen it in a dream, and had amused herself by making a
drawing of it. All the stones were triangular, and the
drawing had in consequence taken her a long time to make.
She had dreamt that her husband and herself were in some
danger, and that they had escaped by means of the bridge.
As to the bath, she said she had taken one because it was
ordered her by Dr. Taylor, and she denied that there was
no water in it.

Miss Mary Hancock, cousin ti Mrs. Peaty, deposed that
she (Mrs. Peaty) was quite sane before her marrtaire.
Mr. Walter Hancock, another cousin, gave similar evi-
dence.

Mr. and Mrs. Peaty, the father and mother of the re-
spondent, and Mr. Nunn, one of Mr. Thomas Hancock's
executors, were also examined. They all thought that
Mrs. Peaty was perfectly mane.
Mr. Smith, the respondent's solicitor, said that he made
the acquaintance of the parties at the hotel at Scarbo-
rough. Thought that Mrs. Peaty was the more sensible
of the two. (Laughter.)
Another attempt was then made to open negotiations
for a private arrangement, and the case was again ad-
journed with that view.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.)
THE CHARGE OF SCUTTLINGIHE HEVERN.

hugh Thomas Leyland examined by Mr. iiiii;nl • , .
he had been a muter mariner since MIL He had com-
manded a vessel called theThomaa, belonging to Mr. Holds-
worth. It foundered at sea. In March, lreki, on receipt
of a letter from Holdsworth, he came from Liverpool to
London to see him. He saw him at hie office in }'en-
church-street. He had known him in Liverpool before.
Holdsworth told witness that his friends were about buying
the ship Severn, and if the ship was purchased be would
give witness the command. Witness suleeguently received
a letter from Holdsworth, telling him to go to Newport to I
take charge of the Severn. The date of the letter was, to ,
the best of his recollection, :lOth March, 1866. Witness
went from the station to the King's Head Hotel, Newport,
in a cab. On the way he met Holdsworth and Berwick.
They told him to drive on to the King's Head, and be did
so. He dined with them there. They told him that they
had brought • mate, Webb, from London, that he was an
eccentric character, and that he (Leyland) was not to in-
terfere with him. Holdsworth told him that in his opinion
the ship would never reach Shanghai, and that if ahe was
lost it would be as good as 700/. to him (witness). Holds-
worth also told him to insure his effects for 200 f. Berwick
told him she was a magnificent ship. A few days after-
wards Holdsworth told him that a few cases of arms would
be sent to the ship, and Holdsworth promised him 10/. to
keep them in the cabin. The cases arrived, addressed to
the captain of the Severn. (Showed bill of lading.) They i
were wooden cases, boundwith iron. Holdsworth gave him
10/. for the cabin freight. The ship was provisioned by
Holdsworth for • twelvemonth's voyage. She was per-
fectly mound, and copper-bottomed. She cleared out on the
nth May. About a weekaiterwards Webb told him he had
opened one of the cases, and found it to contain salt.
Witness remarked that be had no right to open them.
Webb said he was curious, and that he expected they did
not contain arms. When off Cape St. Vincent they en-
countered • gale and sprung a leak. He did not think the
gale was such as to make them spring • leak.
About a fortnight before she went down they pumped
her dry, and after that had to pump her every
two hours. The gals lasted twelve hours. They then
got into the trade winds, and had four weeks. About
four o'clock on the afternoon of the 14th of June the ship
made more water than before, and the pumps were used
without making any impression. About eight o'clock
Webb came to him on the poop, and said they had
better get the boat ready. Witness told him he had been
tampenng with the ship, whereupon Webb said what was
done could not be undone. Witness asked him what be
had done, and he said that he had bored a hole in the
skin, and as he was in the act of putting in a plug, it
broke off. Witness told him to go below and endeavour to
stop it, as it was plain to every one that the ship had been
tampered with. He then went below and remained there
for ten minutes. (In coming up he said it was impore
sible to stop the hole, as the hold was flooded with water.
Witness told him he wan mad; that lie would drown
every man in the ship. Witness would not get out the
boats, but kept the men at the boats. Next morning
some of the crew came to him, and asked him to get the
beats out. The water was then gaining about six inches
an hour. About two o'clock he gave orders to get the
boats out, and told the mate to provision them for twenty
lays. The men saw some holes in the stern of the ship.
Webb said he could buy the whole crew over. Witness
said he would rather go down with the ship than face the
exposure, but ultimately he left at the persuasion of the
boatswain and carpenter.
This witness's examination was continued atgreat length,
the facts elicited being the rime as those which have
already appeared in our police reports, and additional
evidence having been given, the proceedings were ad-
journed until this morning at 10 o'clock.
(Before Mr. Justice Keating.)

Mary Ann,. Shinn, 20, was charged with the wilful
murder of her female infant child.

Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Thompson conducted the prosecu-
tion; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Straight.
It appenre.l that the prisoner was an unmarried girl,
and that she was engaged in domestic sorrier, and a suspi-
cion was entertained that she was in the family way, but
she denied that this was true. There was no doubt. how-
ever, that she was delivered of the child in question, and
when the dead body was.liscovered there was found to be •
notch or wound in the neck, which, in all probability,
caused the death, but the medicaltestiniony went to show
that this injury might possibly not bare been occaaioned
wilfully.
The learned counsel for the prisoner made a most able
address to the jury on her behalf, and, in the result, they
acquitted her of the murder, and found her guilty of en-
deavouring to conceal the dead body.
.

The pnsoaer was sentenced to six months' hard labour.
Seheahr, 40, described as an agent, was charged
with having feloniously in his possession, and with utter-
ing, with a guilty knowledge, seventy-five 5-rouble notes
of the Imperial Bank of Russia.
Serjeant Rallantine. Q.C., and Mr. Giffard, Q.C., with
Mr. Sleigh, conducted the prosecution on behalf of the
Russian government. The prisoner defended himself.
The facts of this case will be fresh in the recollection of
the public, as they have appeared very recently in the
Mansiou-bouse police report. It appeared that the pri-
soner had become acquainted with Mr. Harhottle, a Rus-
sian merchant, carrying on business in the City, and that
he had borrowed money of that gentleman on one or
two occasions. In June, 1865, he asked him to lend him
401., and he handed to him as security what appeared to
be seventy-five five rouble Russian hank-notes, the whole
of which turned out to be forgeries. One peculiarity
in the case was, that the prisoner seemed to have
written a letter to the Russian Finance Minister,
and another to the Emperor of Russia, in both of which
he represented that lie was able to give information rela-
tive to the proceedings of parties who were engaged in
forging Russian bank-notes in this country, and expressed
his readiness to assist in detecting them.
The defendant made a long speech to the jury in the
GermantAa:guagv, which was translated by Albert, who
was ens as interpreter in the ease, and who was com-
plimen by the learned judge for the able manner in
which he performed that duty, the purport of which ap
peered to be that he was justified in what be had done by
the authority of the Russian minister ; and he produced a
letter from a gentleman connected with the finance ad-
ministration in confirmation of what he stated.

The jury retired at a quarter to 6 o'clock to deliberate
upon their verdict. In about 20 minutes they returned
into court, and found the prisoner Guilty.
Sentence w•as deferred.

THE POLICE COURT&

BOW-STREET.

Maseite Ward, 13, Patrick Ward, 7, James Ford, 7,
sad William Leonard, 7, were brought uceiiigzstody of
Bart, the mendieity officer, on a charge of • .
On Tuesday night. • little before nine o'c oak, Hewitt
saw the two Wards outside Prichard's eating-house in
Long-acre, with two others not in custody. He saw the
two Wards follow two Indies and say, " (dye a poorboy a
halfpenny." Hewitt went to look for &constable. When
he returned with one he found the other two prisonera
with them. They were all running after passengers and
begging of them. The prisoner Maurice Ward, having
received a penny from a gentleman, went into the eating.
house sad brought out a pennyworth of pudding. One of
the Wards and Leonsrd were barefooted. When in
custody they cried and asked to he let go. He had seen
them about the neighbourhood. begging for the last two
weeks, mpecially the two Warus.
Here Mrs. Leonard, who was in court with the mother
of the other boya, interrupted the proceeding by setting
up a most dismal howling, and vociferoudy declaring that
Hewitt was a liar, and that the boys never went out to beg
at all. "Come up," die added to the other women, "and
speak for your children—l wilL" This disturbance was at
once suppressed, and they were desired to come forward
and state whatever they had to say. They did COMO
forward, but instead of speaking they all began to cry,
their childen joining in chorus. They were quieted. at
last, and induced to tilt down, sad wait till the evidenoo
was completed.
. . . . . . . .

Hewitt said he had not been ab!e to find the other
two hoys.

-.-eoststable F 1, 0 s►w the prisoners in Lang-acre,
but did not see them beg on that occasion, but had on other
occasions observed them following passengers, and appa-
rently soliciting alms.
The mother of the two Wards said her husband was
employed in Covent-garden, and earned t‘s. a day. He knew
nothing about this case. She had four children, and
could well support then,.
Mr. Vaughan said if her husband earned between 2!.
and :,tf. a week, how was it that the boys were out without
shoes

She replied that their boots were gone to he mended.
Ford's mother said she bad to gn out on Tuesday, and
did not know the boy was out till she came Lome. Her
husband earned 4s. 2d. a day. They took great care of
the child, rarely losing sight of him, but on this occasion
he slipped away.
Mrs. Leonard h►d only to say that her boy took off
his shoes and socks to go out to play. Her husband was
a tailor. She looked after her two aiihirezi as well u she
could.

The case was adjourned for inquiry, the Wards being
sent to the workhouse.
CLERKENWELL. • ••

Antonio Gallon% 36, described as a shoemaker, residing
at 36, Charles-street, Hatton-garden, and Mattou Parole.
36, who reamed hie addrem, were brought up on remand