The Express.
London, England, 1861-11-19 00:00:00

110TZL BILL.

This was an action to recover 611. 10e. 6d., the amount
a/ an hotel ball for board, lodging, money lent, &c.
Mr. Pearce and Mr. Clark appeared for the plaintiff ; and
Mr. fferjeant Ballantine and Mr. Gibbon.' for the defendant.

It was stated that the defendant was a radial man, who
bed for scene time practised in Calcutta, and on the sth or
6th of July last be went to the New York Hotel is Leicee-
teruireet, Leiceeter-square, accompanied by • lady. Tbe
lady stayed there eontinuously, and the defendant visited
her most days and slept there occasionally. They had most
=Zthiep supplied to them, and the bill does to the
est amounted to the sum now claimed. About
the sad of August the defeudant represented to the lady
that he was about being married, but it was found that he
had paid his passage money to India, sod was about to sail
without ducherging the plaintiff's account. trwar these
circumstances he was arrested upon a capias and ha subse-
quently paid the money into court to abide this trial.
Mr. Morris, the plaintiff, saich-About sth July the
defendant sad the lady came together to my how*, I be-
lieve, but I was not present. They were there uatil the
214th August. I believe the defendant left a day or two be-
fore that time. I advanced money for cab farce and other
Wgs, the total amount of the bill being 011. 10s. 6d.
Mr. Serjeaut Bellautine—You have swore, for the purpose
of having the defendant arrested, that he resided at your
hotel?

Witness—Yes, he slept there about four times sod bad
dinners sad suppers there. 1 should not like to swear that
he was then more than two or three nights. Mrs. C.annon
is the lady the defendant brought with him. She was an
old soquaintance of mine. She hal bees with her hus-
band at my house two or three timea. I knew that she
warn said to be married, and that Dr. Anthony was not the
happy husbewl. (A laugh.) In my bill against the de-
fendant there is a charge for brandy supplied to Mrs. Cannon
on the 31st March, whilst she was staying at my house with
her husband, and that arose in this way :—On her last visit
to the hotel Mrs. Cannon left !W. Ile. 3d. due to me. They
said they would seed it to mo from the Isle of Wight, but I
had not received it on her return on the 6th July. On the
mooed day after her return I wrote her a note to say that it
was impossible I could give her credit ; and eh* then intro.
dared Dr. Anthony to me, and he said, " Let the lady have
what she requires, and charge it to me; I am So-and-so ; I
have a large amount of property." He said he wan going to
take her to India. He did not my in abet capacity. I
remember lending Dr. Anthony lea.sed also paying 2s. 6d.
for cab him for him. The reason why the lit lls. fkl. was
introduced into this bill is became Dr. Anthony said he
would pay. She said Dr. Anthony was going to be married
to Mrs. Pound, and that he gave her 1001. to be
off of it. I heard also that he win going to be
married to a young lady is Essex, and I offered him
• bones in Hanoveratreet, and to let biro run a bat until he
got his money from India. Mrs. Pound, after his marriage,
same to the hotel, and was going to arrest biro. Them were
two or three going to arrest him for false promisee.
Mr. Groves—l live as my moms. I resided at the plain-
Mrs hotel for ten mouths. Mrs. Cannon is a friend of my
Isis wife. Mrs. Cannon bad been living in the Isle of
Wight, and then she came to tows sad performed on the
eters, bet she was not a regular actress. My wife, Mn.
Camas, and Dr. Anthony dined together. I have heard
Dr. Mikan give orders at the hotel for wises and train,
ha. I was is the drawing-room when Mrs. Cannon asked
him for a written guarantee for the hotel bill, and Dr. An-
thony expostulated with Mr. Morris tot not relying upon his