The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-14 00:00:00

CHARGE OF FORTUNE-TELLIAG.

Yesterday, at the Leamington petty sessions, an ex-
traordinary charge of fortune-telling catnebefore the bench.
Elizabeth Hawkins alias Lee,who resides in Comyn-street,
Leamington,and has been previously convicted for fortune-
telling, was brought upon a warrant, charged with having.
on the 12th April last, pretended to tell fortunes, and
using certain means to deceive Miss Alice Shelly, a young
lady of independent means, residing at Lansdowne-house,
Hollywalk, Leamington. Mr. Overell appeared for Hawkins ;
Mr. Penman watched the case on behalf of Alias
Shelly. The information was laid by Susannah
Ball, a young girl who had been in the service
of Miss Shelly, and she deposed that about four months
ago the defendant came to her mistress's house. She told
Miss Shelly she could tell fortunes, cut the cards, and
read every pip on them the same as she could the alphabet.
The same night the defendant came again to Mias Shelly's,
cut a pack of cards, and told her there was a dark gentle.
man and a light gentleman very fond of her, and she
advised her to have the dark one. Defendant had with '
her a bottle, the contents of which she said cost a. Bove.
reign. She touched Miss Shelly on the head, and threw
the stuff in the bottle into the tire, and when it sparkled
she told her that the dark gentleman was very fond of
her. No money passed on that occasion, but she guise-
quently took the defendant 31. from Miss Shelly. On the
12th April the defendant came to Miss Shelly, who went
down into the kitchen, when the defendant again cut
the cards, and told her shoot a light and a dark
' gentleman being very fond of her, and again advised
her to have the dark one. Defendant then told Miss
Shelly she could show her the gentleman in a glass at her
own house. Witness went with Miss Shelly to the defect.
dant's house to see the gentleman in the glass, and the
day after she took the defendant ss. to make him ill, and
defendant afterwards told Miss Shelly she had done so.
In cross-examination Ball said Mies Shelly did not dismiss
her for having behaved rudely to her, but before she laid
the present information she had received a letter from
Miss Shelly's solicitor threatening to prosecute her for
dishonesty. She denied ever having been at defendant's
house with young men, but asserted defendant once offered
her 101. for an immoral purpose. Defendant came to
Miss Shelly's house every day to cut the cards, and would
sometimes stay for en hour. On these occasions Miss
Shelly always went into the kitchen, where the defendant
cut the cards and told her her fortune. She had not
taken the defendant any money since the 12th Apt il, nor
on that date, the last money sent by Miss Shelly being
' the ss. for seeing the dark gentleman in the glass. The
complainant had summoned Miss Shelly as a witness, and
she was present in court, but was not called, as the
bench held her evidence to be immaterial, as that of the
complainant did not support the information, which
charged the defendant with committing the offence on
the 12th of April. The complainant having no other
evidence to support the charge, the bench dismissed
the case, and Miss Shelly and her friends left the court,
which was densely crowded during the proceedings.

ACCIDENT AT A FENIAN MEETING.—Another
terrible accident has occurred, following closely on the
heels of the burning of the Sea Bird and the panic in St
Mary's church, and carrying desolation and unutterable
grief to many an humble home. The scene of thie occur-
rence was in the two-story frame building, N 0.543, Archer-
avenue. Up stain is a hall 30 feet wide by 72 deep, which
has been for some time used for political and other meet-
ings. Last night this hall was filled to its greatest capacity
with eager and enthusiastic Irishmen. A grand meeting of
the Fenian organisation was taking place. Gen. O'Neil,
the president of the brotherhood, and Mr. Gibbons,
the second in command, were both present. The
latter bad just concluded a strong and exciting appeal to
his countrymen. The applause, which was frequent while
he spoke, redoubled at the close, and the floor of the hall
gave way, and nearly all of the shouting, appliuding mul-
titude were swept down on to the floor below. The flooring
of the hall was supported only by a couple of beams nine
inches by twelve, which were resting upon joists fourteen
feet long. Flimsy and unsubstantial as paper, it is won-
derful that the frail structure had not gone down long
ago. These unfortunates being thus precipitated,
together with broken beams and boards, upon the
billiard-room below, the flooring to that in turn gave
way, and all were hurled a distance of six feet more
into the cellar. Fortunately bet very few people
were in the billiard-room, nearly all having gone up
stairs to hear the speeches. There was, however, a Urge
stove in the room. The alarm-box was broken open and
the alarm struck, but the fiameswere happily extinguished
without injury being done to any person. The work of ex-
tricating the dead, maimed, and wounded from the
debris was attended with considerable difficulty. The
chief source of trouble was the want of light. Living ob-
jects could only be detected as they gave tokens of exist-
ence by cries for succour and help. At first all was con-
fuejon, and men even willing to render assistance ran
hitter and thither, apparently without aim or object. But
finally comparative order and some sort of discipline was
brought about, and then the painful and arduous labour
of extricating the sufferers was prosecuted to some pur-
pose. Three were killed, and more than forty dangerously
wounded.—Chicam Tribuile, April 24.
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