The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-16 00:00:00

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THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAT . I
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A DULL NIGHT.
THIRD EDITION. preeseded with We adirsee, and eslisa several emethees of
hie fand/ to show that be wee terms with the
i. people, ladies, and others who have promoter ode Jars, 1667, he was
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.‘„.r, 9NJ p.m./or, the seine at the Alhambra LAW not actuated by say maims inimilon.
...2.‘... 0, wall hours of yesterday mottling would GENCUL-alll3 DA.Y.I TI" Jig' he the wrear Mead th• dishildaaa 04111 sad
DAY.) at the saggedisa of the see, lassoneantedt• ape to
. ,„,. dispelled some illusions-to men to ---0--.
_ , d v t•eCesator, and Is IneWsii that then should
the
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.o. Ire., are stale experienoes it had the COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. anallismaitm wee dimmed of by the
.. .• continuing and strengthening insular (Before air Ass Wilds and • flpeoial Jury.) dedindieda= late tie ewe meognimase to
'''' • :i. . These things do not flourish in our inne OOTIND 11. ANDSIMBON. and asseive judgmeed if be elion/d be albatross to
I : ... prchsh air. It needs an Italian Minos- The beariall el thwartramdisary will mos was roamed -
I'. ~..: the strange lunacy which pervades e di
me
.eadhettethie ta.,..eafg=sk_orisadisas ths aoassoll on- POLL 00IIRT8.--(T1118 DAYS)
I•justify fancy dress, and it re- and "'slag fen TheAf=l.llllll'• and K.
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' 1-, mercury than belongs to our stolid Q,D.; Dr, goal,. co, and Kr. 86no fort DIANSION-HOUHIL
~..- •: . niture to enjoy, or to seem to enjoy, as defendant, comes wr /NAM soden a =ln= WOMIALLIII.
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~....{ ioolmg the making oneself ridiculous in Kle_eChain,._ th• lad: dim madioned dada' the pro. wiejelneekcooght4e"blosao law"ed 'a:duelist, idaraa TWWWIL
'‘• f.. Tili. Alhambra sal masque was, we should true se wwill." slut lartseer's bassehesim sad Wad" by fens ttt°,,,,ti Maw= apiabarrd f: °l,,,,ehlteeteelte s,'
pinion table wife, was none exemined-She said she went
i.:: • ....lecidoil commercial auocess. The vast to bee with the Aodenem, In mu; used to write letters O 0 0n deed. which he became liable for the
:- 1,..• inn. The entire floor was covered with at tab admix,. dictation, and he sigma um.. she MI." of ° large awn of mem' to the detsadant's
i ~. creditors. .. x•.,1 lookers-on, the latter composing the received 304 • year, sad at the request of Ms. Anderma jeer. weer,
_solicitori of ehorht,The_toiwi 000doded the
. :••• • , The private boxes, the galleries,-- the remained with the testator after her death. Her =ac,n; Mr. Begley, ha:ridge, defended ; and Sr.
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~ ,31,,,,,,, the teappar_raam, man all °ma_ duties were to read to the testator, write hie solicitor, watched tin case en behalf of a
': * :1 • msh- WU excellent, the enlargements lettere' oltlta Ilesewt, Fee,4„, hi-_,,...„...i. bili_dail7,.._ drieuas.__rn. semolina& named Beishisw.
i' . .....:. -ci. and the guests, in the main, up to the tins of-iitie &db. swe-"--"Di "`" would be .....Ii anialuad that the defeated had become bankrupt,
t" S' . ,-.:.1 w.•11-behaved. There were very few duped by natural &ebbs's& The letters which she ;wed 7,;tak,n,arrandwasila ia. i. th,nt walm,..,„Lillad° thatie hegleti2dwrotiee nom-
t, A Ist llephistopbeles and a member of the to write were in the teetator's own words, and he was so ;heats ao-- 6e.
ed i° oe-ewet-rt-cd- om-- DO4---
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. 1• d a roughish alts flea about fartieulexte this respect that she bed eft"
_e,____lusse etuanaild Um on Er. Amato- ainigninghla Ski
ie. him. as security,tha-
the.
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and a ring of bat-tipping, hustling, throat nrortolemietteewhwhthrh,:elrnerirdineZeriare-Tdh:weemeweeth his artfetda.tet eee furniture. stork. do., at the Mitre lon, Lower Tooting.
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• 9i and women crowded about the bon, bat not so seriously as to prevent her from under- It tamed oat that the defendant was unable to pay the
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caleeponnlion, and Mr. Bird was tbnefees called upon to.do
• 1',.-.: it all stewed to end in hiss*, and standing him thoroughly. Th. witness gave • gnat deal
. .'.. t I.1:1.1cr and his adversary disappeared, of minute evidence stronglythen made arnmeammate to take possession
corroborative of what wan of the Mow, but it was found that there was a prior bill'
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..,,e. t:.: : n„ more. Some posofitig. entire, stated last week by the plaintiffs aaa tbe medical testi- of sale on a portion of on inamcatm
:at, •T , .:,.t,lour who had stretched himself g7hY,' • The &fast/sot was summit IDI trial, and the Lord subjected to • trying oross-exanunation by maw,. to wham ma to boil-two sureties for 1601.
~ . ti,,, 1;.„.1 .. lady of his love on the floor in Dr, Bonk; especially with reforms°, to an offo, of star-
eaosi and himself
in. Net
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~ ti., , . ...re, resulted in his jumping to tinge the testator made to her, and acknowledged that
:•.' `t. and .i - • - I then offering_ to fight it out such an offer was Wad% but at ones sad indignantly re- CLIIRKIINWILL
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• • ..- he stood. Now and then Jetted- xxosineen inammanono MY a cam.
'n
sky
-i'llireetaini." ..o. . noes of a fieroe rather than rni• cr°'"z"thatial wee atetiautal lotus our report "yrs" ttew,..WeraliedathlY attired, • clerk
.ou . is readtgahizemoserse% llialloway,wne charged
tinder Aar* tt • 9- indulged in by hearts that had with several ems cd seam reseived by him
1.,,,n evideetly long estranged, and which had no COURT OP BANKRUPTCY, for sad ea aseend of his employers, Mara Thomas Lea
,9teution or inclination of coming to (Before Mr. Registrar Books.) and Co., coal sesrehaate, of • cad dwelled, Great
-: nallv too, jocularity of a prytst atuct, in an nova= harrow tozazar. Northern Railway, llserneweee. sad ebewbsre.
The tankrupt was dawdled as a contractor for railways KT- Petehettt= Metweeeed tiff Kr.
uMagare=-
, .n. sting generally of digital presence from the and public w„hootif &mord egsarer nod of Brighton. hard, solicitor, _ ; **pilaw was
1.. n woe followed by anathemas and adjurations De recently obtained his mime, from . whim the The !Meaner been ia the employ of the '
:,. ,1.,. stroogest possible kind ; and these, combined tartienless of the case were filly eported is at • liberal salary, and end trust was piseed=hasaßis
duties were to maim ceases and ash, and ins Masts to
. t the playful squirting of water in the ears or 1110 liabilities are about 37,0001. This wee the Int=
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rc.o of anyone who could be taken unawares, Several proofs of debt were made, and an sodium was hethehadeelwrZeeurblowwas to teed" ea sessaldet elkesear
frr.:ei the incidents of the long night. For the am"' (wen Mr- Boost= song Rice.) the cashier ones • day. Oa the 11th of
August he absconded, taking with him aryl* hags mune
ir. the proceedings were moderately decorous, IN an /. L. TABLIM. of money remind on the previous day. Infennalien was
~.. sl,ceadedly dull, and while there was s nom- This was • first si ss for the peed of debts end tholes give. tw the polio,polio, hat "alai was sues of the:grew
r :..ishle absence of alcoholic drunkenness, there of asoittneea • The was diamlbed as big bib until a 'ew days leek tibia he wee taken into Y•
r,, also a want of that pleasanter intoxication thlPanafr.nf, director of the MOM" 014=a4Y Several mass ha behiguiernisszprovedas=st the primmer he
was committed to the for triaL
s.:lch brilliant colours, gay mule, and opportu- trusudniaaanu late claims& of the Den& a
L.T for enjoyment sometimes inspire. amounted to 67,7 UL ; the pethelpal OADTBDIF TO IMMO= WOIVALLICIL
creditme being the Bank of Tarim, S,ISSI =din Mr. Robert Harlem, the proprietor of the King's
7, the stranger arriving soon after midnight • Cbenelee non ; *einem Do ,Tin ad 00, ( ), Arms, Bawetorne-street, Cledranwell, was charged that
-• .. fiat thing seen was that the mutters of the MOM ; Land Oreht Compaq of Inlai. Odell. • Otto. he, hoinff • PP= Bahl* by law to have Waste quartered
ecrtoniee were unequal to the duties they had un- man CerstartY (Unntalk nowaildi 0n 'Warw. upon biro, did unlawfully =fan to afford assireabid•-
i. aken. The ball-room-namely, the satire floor 3°,B°Kaed (KePuted)i 17 lIK emu ef the Kik" bca °Rd aid to Blrgsmt° Macrae and Collins, two
. . , •,, to be the uq el the Bask of Turkey aildista., ~
r: El, building-was nominally set apart for (Lire-i-Q)-stid the twos end mamma daring the It appssrea from the • evidsmoe of Police-sergeant
4ir:ose, and on this space men in great-coats lad two Tears and • half in various Ma= creel- Queens, 3G, that, on the 6th of December, two eargende
r.:. i its. in shooting costs and muddy boots, toted aganurt the bankrupt and others in the Court of came from Ireland to fetch • deserter from the House of
e,':, -i arm in arm through a quadrille
.party, or Flte.Oie_27
___,by fh,.e_ „__,liquidare of tba Ottoman Company Detention. They went to the Litte'ewele-f°
-• , the waltzers with cigar in month 1/4"swielui" 'et ), and also Trent station, and asked to be billetted for the
:.• -, ~- of employment during the-Wo- 1---Asign- ses were now Cumons
_gam them an order to go to the defi-'e
9. I- •.',-rneclly as if they were in the streets. &win. house, which they did ; but the landlord said he had no
A 4, • :nary law rigidly enforced is doubt- accommodation for them ; but be offered them be., with
I-, 1-z+cine and galling ; but to have CENTRAL CRIMINAL COI7RT. which
Mr. td:co get
oke lodging but they refund it.
t„. pveet and most fragile ball dresses fined defendant 20e., and 2s. costs, or, in
,me sex mingled with the roughest out-of- (THIS DAY.) default, 7 days' imprisonment.
3 .? ter of the other, arouses an unpleasant -.--
(Before Baron Cleasby4 THE 04L148.
Nng : incongruity. A large proportion of the
easnos OF ATIWIPTIND TO XUDDIOL
r. P - saw were either in morning dress, or wore game Wotan, 29, a good-looking young woman, was FURTHER LOSS OF LIFE.
...-_-.• r.z, upper garments. No attempt was charged with feloniously attempting to suffocate her DROGHEDA, Dec. 14.
-......- t enforce the rule of evening attire, and the female illegitimate child, with intent to murder her. In A barque of about 300 tons burthen, flying
; ...- was a pictorial deficiency which seriously other counts of the indictment the prisoner was charged Danish colours, came ethers this ' about a mile to
with assaulting the same child, and causing it grievous the southward of the bar, and is likely to me a wreck.
:. .- • : what might otherwise have been an bodily hum.
The lifeboat, The Old George Irlam, of Liverpool, of the
,- •. - s+-ene. Such men as appeared in costume Dlr. Bibton prosecuted ; the prisoner was undefended by National Institution, went out to her, but on arriving
t : .. :o be morbidly troubled with self-con- counsel. alongside she found the vessel abandoned.
. .:. -s. and were objects of pity or derision to The circumstances under which this charge was
.pre- DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN, DSc. 12.
• ,core prosaic fellow- guests. The female ferred against the prisoner were of a somewhat painful Mr. D. D. Lewin reports that the schooner
r ..1 • .v.. re skittish and playful, as a matter of weed •extreec sersen/unalYtheeheraete!' The prisoner gpa:raej Iras a do' Three Janes, of Preston, bound from there to this port,
y ding in with ...,„,,,„ of ~,,.A. ;!.
( '.7. - bid with the heavy, lumbering, cart-horse the City road and it appeared that for some time presieus .ht-. --e- easterly-,.,!1 while making
d for
beh•thileerh°°r the
I _:_ .: familiar to visitors to our London dancing- to the tad of islovember a suspicion was entertained that tuangehorsta "were let glio3u7 the ship laboured heavily, pier,
• and music-halls. The stout and dumpy she was in the family-way, but when she was tax!d she and the crew were in imminent on account
rL. :. were nearly all pages, or Apollo., with teeng in that mnalticr., she asitt"ely • "it.'" of the terrific surf rolling in. Notwi ding the
that she was in that condition. the nigtoht
DO
of danger and the =n of a fine ass. life-
-_ lit!.
•‘.... rs in the army. The elderly ones the 2nd of November there appeared
immediately put out in
;•!•••: .. the character of the romp, and no doubt that she was delivered of the c. in question,
nahoSterrtof thiedir'h boat.arhaarof asiiiidmresenc.nedHadantleybrorenlaineduzlit retettet
7 .:, d their wrinkled checks until the paint and and, becoming very ill, she was removed to the lit. Fan-
_,.: ••'. cracked again in their desperate efforts to eras Workhouse, and then admitted that she bad had_ia with this brave service all would have bean well, but
.•••:. lively-not that anyone we saw was guilty child, but 'aid 'aid that it was hem dead. 8" was ea" unfortunately flys boatmen, with' the view of salvage, put
where was. and the zephed it was in the
.•• faintest attempt at pourtrayal of character, :joal.rea7 at her mitirets.. wank A newel was at once off again
__ zith the
reach her
en ;Its schoonsra,Asit while
i at-
. preserving any harmony between their de- made in the pion thee was indicated, sad there the child }Trio, their Ives. Mr. Lewin adds that thw=
~: •ur and the personage or type they were sup- wee discovered. Nothing bat the lest of the Child were geenoe of the ead affair was act brought to him until
to represent. To dance solemnly, to walk visible, the rest of the body being sompletely covered wh quite half an hour after the not brought to him until
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to represent. To dance solemnly, to ware visible, the red of the body being: y covered with quite half an hour after the accident to the boat had
1:. I fro awkward]y, to ask for gratuitous tuals-__„.al_ll;2ra their beingf mewl, es was found that the haneened, and unfortunately it wastehm of course too late
::.,•••-s of sherry, to run up and down stairs from m'eltj the was. wee:feet:lt childawa!twit= enterneot bee; forlkSserriose of the Manehesber and Sapord Sunday
. School lifeboat to be brought into requisition. Such
;...1.,a11-room to the galleries, and vice versa, to ex- hareremy''bes'eneedwtroyed. There were three
Pieces e` was the great roar of tsar f, that they did not hear
:*:.:ngo prir.s and leers, and to break down in con- coal 1 ' across the body, and the mouth loafrre child was the rockets explode, or know that au med had
remeitm al.•-•never it was tried, appeared to by the coal that had got into it. It was removed ha As won es he rewire& 'oun
cea the
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1.,. the r.::.... There were far fewer masks to the workhouse and was now recovered. It further ap- off'en. the lifeboat wee speedily takenn or! to thetop
of led
Ilan fine", dresses among the women present, and Feuedske thateharoadwhelltetreperatuan eet,:egsee=dedee. her harbour in cue she might be waded, the p•olge
f.:.-re ws+ no more attempt at badinage or play- ___v___.Zethoi &how ell oho tt,, wise, eh, was under giving •• ffiniallso . undeatindotegrbanasieodistogarat her there. Just
to get
f-.:7..t., than may be found in the Haymarket or examination were the magistrate the prisoner dated that Previous r ant
tv. the ( a:inos on any night in the week. A crowd it was not true that she had placed the cods upon the o.2.Angebc‘diellantilthvelmi'e manyandbunwite tits.orstanc.spectatonraere, who Rocket
by th
tf • ,:peri;," chorus-singers, and theatrical mutes, child. 4
unhappy.
prisoner,
who had the child that was the rhaaghhatd'aragra,r, congregated
ie: btuhtelirr she
was
slete=liforY-
t.‘k,:t. from the different theatres of London andbroubigot of inquiry in her arms during the that, and who toasts that the lifeboat had not been sent for immediately
provinces, and thrown in higgledy-piggledy appeared to he "feria( acute metal "tree% when ea" after the vessel dro.. behind the pier, as in that cam not
tr..•.:.: the ordinary throng of (Alhambra ire- upon for her defence, nest into tear, mid, in a low ame wttid have been rooritioed.
t ..5... r., is what the place resembled most on tone of TC=O, that she merely child in the coal
cellar, and that the code must ta:eadfallen upon it through
11:4,-.!..y night.-Daily Ne 11.4,,
her disturbing them as she went out of the coal cellar. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)
The learned judge, in summing up the cam to the jury,
WM:M=OAT. Dac. 16. S an.
said it was for them to decide what object the prisoner ----- -
S. thetteme.
7:., Duchess of Abercorn, accompanied by Lord had in placing the child in the coal cellar, but they would, . W. ne.,_ w. 2. to
2. T_ lan D.
-- L ( s.:e Hamilton• has arrived at the Hotel Bristol from of course, not forget the position of alarm.. .audendattataaltf
isitlyt
in which she must have been at the
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reasonable doubt was created as to whethertanali really in- Nall' -.». W. 14 f5ll L Ol 3 &W. rho - 1
A ~.; putation, consisting of Colonel Akre d, traded to murder the child, or whether she ntortay *benison_ ... !BA r _ N.,11.:_. ! Ili
_4._. ens _._ i_
W.?. Mr. Nadel* IL P., and manyother inemben of the intended to conceal it, they would give her the beim& awe
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E '-',..' f C.,mmons, had an interview with the Earl of of it. assubsee ... WM ii46'44 W. 6I 5 W.B.W. bar OW 4
The jury retired to deliberate, and upon their return Tamiselh.. 19.40 fOM 8.1. W. II 3 &ILI. et 011 s
(en'su're, et the Fereig'Kee yeliterdsy, on the subject into court, they found the prisoner amity of causing Whim .-..- -1 - - - - - 2.- -
c: tle 2...:rian Treaty. grievous bodily harm.
i'li. W. Rt:eBELL, M.P.-It has been reported in Sentence wan podpmeel.
Aremons... .ut al LEP. 2 cw. ad 031 . 1
MOfOTO the C 011121016 Serjeent.) as -
-Ir.cl. that Sir W. Russell, M.P. for Norwich, had re-
Eeat Mar ; 1ir:417: tee
0.40.
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tan DIAMOND INACILIT CUM
1-.1•,5 an appointment in India, and would therefore
... Alf WWI S.W. 1 IL ere LW 1
1.-"Ie'•• Ws seat. There is no ground, however, for the Norm Mefferd, an insurance broker, was indicted for
Tier 46 W. 6 W.N.W re are, 6
:-. r obtaining various sums of money, amounting to 2301., i'ilielki-.-
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8.8. E.
8. 0
Jo , 8
from Ur. John Barker, wine merchant, Great Tower- OW .. 99•141,4714 a y_rauAr. 9
S. 0 0.116' 4 Tl'i. Num). AT TUN EAST-TUID TITRATMZB.-A
sheet, by means of false orshomm Noslies Pt.. .111r,44 43 w.11.w. 6
PM=lllO ... 211:031(.40413 W.8.W.1 4 lI.W. orb OM 4
!:.;....4I ' experiment has been mutest one of the Fast-end D. F. H. Lewis and Kr. Nicholson conducted the pro- _ 29.64 I30!MI W.B.W. 6 I ter. re 0.66 6
• -trail (toe City of London, Biah te-street), viz., seeetko, and xi% Metcalf. defennw.
. 00.46rW 471 &W. I 5 LBW or NM I
;-- ~duction of the prices of a respectable establishment
.4esierl44 W.11.W.L 6 B. or 0.31 5
I--..ellary, Id. ; pit, 2.41. ; boxes, 4d. ; and soon. At • Tallthe 6restoollectionemeteelemofef Lit° pesee'utilic,whichwerewillof be
trashy
Lambe -.-. .44 tell W B_ll. 1 s
war*. ell,
0055.03
4.
L . extremely low rates the public are catered for in the character. Itt hir "wing stemma, 0. orb des.le.se riL6f.l W. 7-
i, c, .am of two separate performances on the s.
:.....-. the first "house ' prove:baths week, the old masero-a anK emenenlawatt position onthein defendant off London as re° c,,, seshesseilaried..-..Mileri_eol6o W.B.W. O B:5. if 0:11. !
E;Ai.., of The Hiller and Al. Nee; the second "hones "
broker, but he wail now bankrupt, and undoubtedly, at Dimas .„ sus,ifs.de 8. 8 - - o I 9
l'''tz the American drama of frns Ton of rtr". the time of the alleged fraud, he was in want of m . Comam..... - - - - - - - - - -
70•-• plan of separate audiences recalls that of ichard- It appeared that he had been • cuilonier of Kr. e, bawas. - -1- - - - - - - -
5,.. 7-how at the fairs. The East-end theatreshave been and was at the thin indebted to him for wine. On the Para ---- -
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t :::..tki, by the exigencies of the times, latterly to re- 21st of August last year he went to Mr. Barker and re-
! -. t•• .rtremely low prices, and at the present moment
„melted an adman of 301. to mew a diamond bracelet.
Teaks fl 6 - S.B.W. 6 4 1 &S. W. la - 6
/L. .rood Loonosa of Greolitne (with the original Covent- ''s , ..,___ftedwith a jeweller in ji_mt0„11.4.0,,,.4 i.,,,,,,az - I_,_, _ _ _ __ - - ..
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Beery Hagler I, an insuransa bedew, was indicted for
obtaining various sums of ar mop mounting to 2301.,
from Mr. John Barker, wine merchant, Great Tower-
street, by moaned false protegees.
Mr. F. H. Lewis and Mr. Nisholom conducted the pro-
secution, and Mr. Metcalfe deluded.
Iles circa:oatmeal of the cam, which will be fresh
in the recollection of the public, were of
openingAbu?
extraordinary character. In his opening statemen
Mr. Lewis said the defendant formerly oocu
an excellent position in the city of London as a 'on
broker, but he was now bankrupt, and undoubtedly, at
the time of the alleged fraud, he was in want of mows.
It appeared that he had been a customer of Mr.
and was at the thus indebted to him for wine. On the
21st of August last year he want to Mr. Barker, and re-
quested an advance of 301. to release a diamond bracelet.
which wasodSabed With a jeweller in Hatton-garden, and
which he belonjude,matroy his wife. The bracelet
was of • le laving been paraded
for • sum of 300/. by a Min WMami, who lived by
receiving the visits of gentlemen. Mr. Barker advanced
the sum of 301., and three days afterward, the
ha • redeemed the bracelet, took it to Xr. Bar=
aaked him if he would give him a further loan upon It.
Mr. Barker agreed to do so, and at various time advanced
sand many altegerher to 2301., beebetling de first
261., the Woe pretend alleged *gated the deledent
being thst be repemented the leasild to be
biezZissurard.rhereas be knew podded well that
it to Wilkens. For a desiderata*
time Mr. allheogliseasnied sea with a family,
and lidag the time with ha di% bed been paying
vigils*
ey, Mksbut be had no Williams, sad eseasim
to rake giving her sums
of mon miller* mosis4cal:
keseelet, and two letters within by Wm to him
at the tines, which the learned counsel read, showed that
that was the ems. Mr. Barker had no idea that the
leassist did ad bdeneae the dissident's wits, and to hie
like millions celled ea him en the ISM
CS, larimeeml *limed it as bar property. ilt&iftd
her •ka. whereupon die breughle &sloe him,
and the result was that the meet went in herM7our ; so
that the only thing Mr. Barker could do was to institute
the
he proceedings.
tor having stated the circumstances under
which rmeadv:need the money to the defendant,
Miss Williams was celled and deposed that she had
bought the bracelet with her own end had not
given the defendant authority to pi it with Mr.
Barker.
In cross-examination she stated that she had received
visits from the defendant for the last seven or sight years.
She knew he was a married man. During tha time she
bad not received from him 4,0001. or 6,0001. She would
be a rich woman if she had got all that. (laughter.)
In August, 1367, both she and Mr. ir'd were hard
up. (Renewed laughter.) Mr. Hogged had redeemed
jeweller/
err her to a large amount. On one deasion she
jewel-case for 2001., and Mr. Haggard gm
EMI. towards redeeming it and a cheque for 100 C He
could have done what he liked with the bracelet if be had
told her where it was.
This concluded the case for the iirosscution.
Mr. Metcalfe, on behalf of the prisoner, stated that
Mir Williams bad received the greater part ot the
money obtained es the bracelet, and that there
wee no tatemlisa to defrand.
Witnesses., Mareeter having been examined,
The OceementierPmat rammed up, and the jury at cam
Aelsoittai the primmer.
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DE aMi. AT THE EAST-END THEATRES.—A
eat has been made at one of the East-end
—lves (the City of London, Bishops te-street),
t -eduction of the prices of a respectable establishment
-.ninety, Id. ; pit, 2d.. boxes, 4d. ; and so on. At
extremely low rates the public are catered for
ens of two separate performances on the same
• the first "house ' provides, this week, the old mato-
The Miller and AU Men; the second " house "
r.*.tz the American drama of Long Tom of Tins.
"phie of separate audiences recalls that of Richard-
how at the fairs. The East-end theatreshave been
r.:elled, by the exigencies of the times, latterly to re-
7. to extremely low prices, and at the present moment
L 6,end Duchess of Gerolstein (with the original Covent-
cut of the opera), is performed at the New
ac.srd Theatre to a fonrpenny ' gallery and a "six-
-1'.:.! pit. But the City of London has gone beyond
"I:!"e4ent in providing the regular drama at Id. per
I,k. promising a new pantomime, with a full hada
!...:Ade. at Christmas, at the semi price.
I`TOP.Y OF AN ADOPTED CHILD. —A story more
that that of Enoch Arden is narrated in the Detroit
b.f.& In 1838 a husband and wife emigrated from
sz zand to the United Staten, not taking with them their
rely who was cabin-bey in a merchant ship. Shortly
liner their arrival at New York a daughter was be.. to
thin their deat!As left bee an omhan in leafflossiabas7. •
She we. -et', to the Toenal's:if limner tram wilid" .I.'"'"
id( pted 11 a childlem ameried couple then is
k"se. Now York. She was brought up is the bold that
>Lt was then daughter, and never heed See die bad a
L'att. At 1$ she married • young aim who ter* bubo
and who in the recent war Willed In the service
''''' rebellion, and was killed in battle. The widow
uttn v.l to maintain herself Where Elbe was, sad in MU
, "eid vain. After hying for some years hayswith
`" • hand and their two cUainela WIM id"
the North ; and while there he sought
his wife's faster parent They received
;:., • v. and naturally him about his own
1; .I', their amassment his narrative proved
aria the former cabin boy. Half crazed
" ,:den discovery, the brother-husband betook
• A is supported, to parts, where be would be
no tidings of him have since reached hie family
'lie unhappy lady pureed through Detroit last
• her children, returning to her foster parents.
• Y.ll Eb MURDER AND SUICIDE. —A sad
o,:eurred at Stafford. A publican, named
L I:l.iormin, having, owing to a long peristalses in
habits, brought himself to such a state that he
Z.' tomanage his buiness, was induced to ttin
' Property to his brother, Henry Blakeman.
7 , r.notted a violent assault on his brother's wife, al
Et • /I''''Llly afternoon he made a desperate attempt to
his owe wife. He Are borrowed a bricklayer's
rein stating that he was goin to do for some one.
I. • it'o went home, and, without theg
slightest Provcce-
-4,1' 'trodi his wife a terrible blow oa the head with the
, t", the point of which penseraied the skull to the
two inches. The woman fell sesteln= and now
k,..U. rust dangerous state. Blakeman then borrowed
sed went out. The police having award of the
vbt id in search of him, but oould loam testbiag as to
C. 7" 'Ad Lee" of him, Later in the ~in& however,
144' cony tom was found a Utah= eaves ea the North
irk
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CITY OF LONDON ELECTION.—The proclamation
of the writ wee made this morning. The sheriffs have
flzed Monday next as the day of nomination.
BIRMINGHAM Eracrion.-31.r. Bright hes Mined
the folkorbignirea to the nears :—"
is not a ram. Mee yes seleeted me as one of your repre-
sentatives in mileamt, and before parliament met the
mat you entrusted to me Mom vacant. I bows
office in the administration which Mr. Gladstone has rust
tom* sad I must return to you to sancdem the dap I
have Was- I Met you will not withdraw the esedieses
you •so long pissed in me. I shall MI it a greet
NM to be sleeted to represent your Mos and
interests ta the Howse of Commons. On the day of else-
tics I baps le be permitted to say more than ma be con.
vision*, ight la this addreen—l am, to., Join Bniour.
—Rohm CIO, Deo. 12."
TED WONOINITIN ELECTION Parrrion.—We
hem en midis authority, that the petition by Mr.
Disheritoping the return of Mr. William Lain, the
orainnattat monis for Wormier, has Wen through,
and that the pueseedimip will sow= carried no
further. 11sihom mime vet it y,
an received pang eengratekliat at the wit=willaot
the pillow. That that petitionhang has head is due, we
Mien to the petition mot gond the requi-
site moon at a ismentee el lit
I.OIIIL It was proposal to boo the bele 11.11==
Gra:Mayne/day, en assent obtainmeat
et hst the rester mai olmosherarien very
to wrens to the seloab—Dirseiephees