The Express.
London, England, 1868-07-17 00:00:00

TEE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 17, 1868.

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into committee that night. •Mr. Cowan, who had
moved the adjournment, resented this throat, and
said that ho would hold out as long as the mem-
ber for Harwich. Upon a division, the majority
against the motion was 93 —lBl to 38.
After two more divisions bad been taken, and
another motion had been made for the adjourn-
ment of the debate, an appeal was 3ddressed to
the minority by Lord Galway and Lord •
Mao that, out of consideration for the length of
time which the Speaker had been in the
chair, they should withdraw their opposition. This
being supported by Mr. M. Gibson was successful ;
and the house went into committee. Progress
was immediately reported ; and after the house
had resumed, the list of orders was speedily dis-
posed of.

CRICKET.

, • SURELY v. LANCASHIRE (RETURN).
At Kennington Oval yeeterday, in weather hotter than ems,
sid on • pair of excellent wickeft, tows eleven. net to tag eon-
citations in the return twitch to that played on the Old Tragord
Oround, Manchester milts 11th of Inns. There were not many
mirepitors resent, indeed the Inn wee so powertsl that but
fax:
to
the
i=atlutsiasts in ?Skit, cased to expose them-
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Play will be swum) this day at nom ' .
84.C.C. AND 01011 ND v. SUPTOLK. •
TMs two-day match we.Momesseed. yesterday at Lord'e
. ' M.C.Q. took Mot iSsings, lost
Mr. M H. Bibs and
=4l carry were Bs zilid(l Pero, his sesteibutem The
in amaed ani lo the 04miU tdtal Ism of 88. Bar
Sofia *. 'B. Wilkinson good esreko, his 111 being Me
1.e.". -Mr. Mynah mairessepalleo to leave his wichet with-
out ftet4eer le• lestreiet bet PI was the 'swords of the Suffolk
Meanie. In OW mow ' say" MAO. round good sapportere
in Mr. Eyndman and Tom Hearne, and when the .tamps wen
drawn at seven o'clock the ISM stood than:
. . ii. 0.0 MID esouno.
First Inshapa fiecond Innings.
Mr. H. lE. Bradman, c Wilkinson,
b Statham
.T. Hearne, c Aired+, bliilidnstet.. 3 b Kemp m
Mr. C. W. Carpenter, e Paris. b
Wilkins:in 0
Mr. B. M. illis, b Beldam l6 not out
W. Price b Wilkinson
Captaineung‘4l9tathant,bHarriaion 16 e Preetoo,b Harrison 0
J. Grandy, a , b Wilkinson ... 8 '
Mr. R. Ball, o Matbam, 1 Bantam 8
Sir John Ho' TM Out 4
Mr. T. W. a Wry,
b Harrison 0
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C. Kemp, bikers& ..... - s
Mr. W. B. Money, b Chu& , ' 0
Mr. B. E. Comore, rue • .. ... 8
Mr. C. Wyneh retired onweH. • • 13
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Mr. E. S. Harriem,
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.117871210F8liCUVRIM Ar HAVERSTOCK-
HILL.

An event of
earp mysterioin character has
lust been brought to in this neighb nirhood, which
Las caused conice sentiment am i.nspd the inha-
bitants, and which serves to show that untenanted houses
ought to be subjected to police supervision, for the expo-
rienCe of the last few years has proved how easily
may be resorted to, Mbw for acts of vichnoe, or as con-
venient refuges for starving wanderers. The fads con-
nected with the occurrence ealarsed to ase,i be briefly told
as follows :—On Wednesday evening last, as some boys
were playing on the pavement opposite the hone, 42,
Quesn'screment, Haverstoek-bill, which has been for
several months uninhabited, a ball they were ming fell
into the area, and one of the boys climbed over the railing
in order to recover it. The door of the ooal-oallar being
open, and an offensive odour truing from the interior,
the boy's =hefty prompted him to enter when, stretch-
ing oat his arm in the partial darkness, he
touched what appeared to be a human
Dismayed at this shocking discovery, he called
to his companions, . who related the circumstance to
a man who was pawing and begged him to descend into
the area. The result was that on en the cellar, he
saw the body of • woman, in • sitting on, with her
back against the wall and her head forward, and
presenting every indication of having been dead several
days. The body was respectably clothed, and there were
marks of blood upon her head which naturally led to the
suspicion that the woman had been murdered. Police
constables James Perkins, 276 8, and William Smith,
39 8, were immediately on the spot, and the body was
conveyed on • stretcher to the police-station, in
Albany-street, after having been examined by Mr.
Tucker a surgeon, of Ashdown-street, Xvitish-tow
who eipreseed it as his opinion that the woman belo
to the dam of 4' unfortunates," and that she had not ed
from violence or starvation but disease. The natural sup-
position was that the poor woman, being benighted, had
managed to scramble over the area railing in the hope of
securing • shelter in the empty house, and being exhausted
by the effort, she was unable to et beyond the coal-cellar,
where she died before the morning. That she had been
dead many days when the strange discovery took place
was sufficiently proved by the fact that her lower exam.
Dillies had fallen a prey to the carnivore whose gloomy
territory she had invaded. The body was ultimately con-
veyed to St. Pancras workhouse, to await the poet mortem
examination and the coroner's thmisition. The appear-
ance of the deceased is thus described in the police books:
—" Thirty-five years of age, 6 feet 2 inches in height ;
dressed in a black stuff petticoat, lavender striped gown,
blue plaid crinoline, and brown shawl, white corded
star, calico chemise, white cotton stodMgs, and side-
spring boots." Lest evening an inquest was held on the
body by Dr. Lankester, coroner for Middlesex, at the
Elephant and Castle Tavern, in the Old Pancras-read,
when, in addition to the above facts, it transpired from
the evidence of one of the boys alluded to that tenAaye
ago be chanced to be in the lame area for the purpose of
gathering bones and rage, when on endeavouring to enter
the cellar he was prevented from doing so by a hand
inside. According to the medical testimony the woman
must have lived three or four days after that incident;
and thi Coroner remarked that it would appear that the
unfortunate creature went to the home to die. Mr.
Tucker, the medical officer who performed the post-
morteie; examinatiori, hay* given evidence, the jury re-
turned a verdict in accordance therewith—that the de-
ceived died from disease, and that her death was accele-
rated by want and exposure. The body has not yet
been identified.

THE CHARGE OF FORGERY AND ELOPEMENT.

Catherine Allen, of Blechynden-mews, Notting-
bill, the wife of a horse and cattle dealer, charged with
forging an order on the London and Westminster Bank
for 9921. 9s. 3d. and Charles Prince, master butcher,
Walmer-terrace, Totting-hill, were brought before Mr.
Knox, at the Marlborough-street Police-court, for final
examination.

Mr. F. Lewis appeared for Mr. Allen, the husband; Mr.
Poland appeared for the London and Westminster Bank,
and Mr. Froggatt for the prisoners.
Patrick Mahony, one of the Irish constabulary, proved
that he went on board the City of Cork steamer when the
vessel arrived at Queenstown, and found the two prisoners
together. He told the prisoners there was a ,rge of
forgery against them, and cautioned them against @eying
anything except from their own free will. He found a
purse, 701. 10s., a silver watch and gold chain, and a
ring. On coming ashore, and when at the police-office,
Prince told the female prisoner that she had better hand
over anything she might have about her. The female
prisoner gave him a beg which contained 6961. in bank
notes, and a joint passage ticket for New York. Before
taking the prisoners into custody he had received a letter
containing the numbers of the notes, which ho found to
correspond with the numbers of the notes in the bag. The
male prisoner pointed out several boxes as their luggage.
The boxes were labelled " Prince." The prisoner Prince
said the property belonged to himself and wife.
Henry Allen said he was married on the 27th Juno,
1853, at Harefleld Church, near Uxbridge, to Catherine
Hurd, the prisoner. Had known the male prisoner for
about three years—the prisoner having been in the habit
of occasionally coming to his house. The prisoner Prince
knew that the female prisoner was big wife. Discovered,
on returning home from Thorne), fair, Cambridge, that
his wife had left her home the night previously, at which
time he had given hor 301. to take care of for him. Had seen
the boxes produced by the police, and found them to con-
tain property belonging to him, consianng of silk hand-
kerchief:, bed linen, and other property. There was also
a pair of shoes which he had sold to the prisoner Prince
some time before. The property in the boxes was worth
201.

--Mr. Lewis laid that was the case against Prince.
Mr. Froggatt said he would reserve the defence, but he
hoped the case would be sent to the Middlesex
and that bail would be taken.

Mr. Knox said it was a heinous offence, and he
could not comply with the application. There was
evidence before him that the prisoner Prince ran away
with another man's wife, and that the goods of the hus-
band were found in his pompon. As the woman, if
committed, must be tried at the Central Criminal Court,
the male prisoner must also be sent there for trial.
The case against Catherine Allen was then proceeded
with. She was charged with forging a deposit note for
900/. on the London and Westminster Bank.

Mr. Poland said the prisoner was charged in the first
instance by her husband with having forged the order to
receive the money. The London and Westminster Bank
thought it was their duty to take up the matter. There
was a difficulty in the case, inasmuch as he could not ex-
amine the husband against his wife. If, however, he
proved that the particular document was not in the hind-
writing of the husband, he considered he should have esta-
blished a prima facie case for sending the wife to be tried.
Patrick Mahony repeated his evidence, and proved that
he received a bag from the prisoner, which contained
6961. in notes, the numbers of which corresponded with a
telegram he had previously received.
Mr. Devalle, cashier at the St. James's branch of the
London and Westminster Bank, said a person named
Henry Allen had a deposit account at the bank. It was
the practice when money was deposited to give receipts
for the amounts deposited. On the side of each receipt
was a cheque, which had to be signed by the depositor on
drawing out the money. On the 27th April the female
prisoner produced the deposit receipt for 9001. with the
cheque on the side signed Henry Allen, and stamped.
The body was not filled up, as the interest had to be cal-
culated. Asked the prisoner how she would take it, am%
she named the notes, and he gave them to her. He com-
pared the signature to the deposit book, and they appeared
to be the same handwriting; but having had his opinion
more particularly drawn to the last signature, he was of
opinion it was not in the handwriting of the depositor,
Henry Allen. Had seen the prisoner at the bank three or
four times before the 29th April, hut he could not say
whether she was with her husband or not. Believed her
to be the wife of the prosecutor.
Mr. Chabet, of 25, Southampton-row, an expert, had
made handwriting his study. Had compered the sigua-
tures to the two documents, and was satisfied they wore
not written by the person who signed the book at the
bank. The signatures to the documents he considered
were unmistakably forgeries.
Mr. Bennett, salesman and banker at the Metropolitan
Cattle Market, was called, but ho did not answer.
Mr. Poland said his evidence was material, as he bad
changed one of the 1001. notes for the prisoner Prince.
The witness could attend at the trial.

Mr. Froggatt said the 1001. note was changed by Prince
at the request of Mrs. Alen. He had an important witness
to call before the prisoner was finally committed.
Mr. Poland intimated that ho should not go into any
charge against Prince with respect to the forgery.
Mr. Knox considered that the charges of larceny against
Prince and uttering a forgery against Allen were sufficient.
Mr. Froggatt applied for bail to be taken, and also that
the money found upon Prince might be given up.
Mr. Knox could not accede to the application for bail ;
neither for the delivery of the money, as it might be part
of the 1001. note changed by the prisoner Prince.

RAILWAY AND °TILED BILLS BEFORE PARLIA-
MEWL —Yerterday in the House of Commons, in group
No. 9, under th&preeidency of Sir Edward Colebrook°, the
Cambrian Railways (revived line to Dolgelly) was
further oonsidere and again adjourned till this day at 12
o'clock.

CHAnum, JULY 16.—General Baron Napier of
Magdala will be entertained at dinner, to-morrow even-
ing, at Brampton-barracks, by the officer, of the corps of
Royal Engineers. The Duke of Cambridge, Colonel-in-
Chief of the corps of Royal Engineer', will preaide on the
occasion. The dinner will take place in a large marquee
which has been erected for the purpose in the barrack-
square. Moat of the officers of Royal Engineers, with
other distinguished individuals, have announced their in-
tention of being present.

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