The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-11 00:00:00

the Court.

USBORNE, Frs. 10.
The Queen went out, accompanied by Princess
'Christian and Princess Beatrice.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Trea-
sury, in Downing-street. The Ministers present
were the Lord Chancellor, the Right Hon.
Gathonie Hardy, Lord Stanley, the Duke of
Buckingham and Chandos, Sir John Peking-
ton, Sir S. Northcote, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, the Duke of Richmond, Lord J.
Manners, the Earl of Mayo, and the Right Hon.
Spencer H. Walpole.

MANSION-HOUSE.
EXTENSIVE Festive ON CITY MERCHANTS.
Alexander Hannah, V, and William Path run 34, were
placed at the bar before Mr. Alderman Lusk, on the charge
of fraudulently obtaining goods to a large amount within
three months of their bankruptcy.
The prisoners had carried on a very extraordinary
system of fraud. It appeared that in the year Whi,
they opened a grocer's shop in New North-road, Isling-
ton, and exchauged names, Patterson, who took the prin-
cipal part in the liminess, taking the name of Hannah,
___ _. and Hannah adopting that of Patterson. For some time
The Earl and Countess Russell and family leave their transactions with the wholesale merchants in the
Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park, on Thursday, for their City, from whom they 01 . ined their goody, were con-
ducted with great regularity, the payments being in cash.
town residence in Chesham•plaee. Viscount and Viscotus-
Latterly, however, they obtained large quantities of teas
taw Amberley come to town the same day.
on credit, and it was shown that the teas were imme-
We have to record the death of Frances Harriet, diately transmitted to Glasgow,. where they were sold by
a firm of auctioneers. In this mann ,200/. worth
Dowager Viscountess Torrington, widow of George, sixth
of goods were dive.' of within a per 0d of three
Viscount Torrington. Her ladyship, who was the second months, by which the prisoners netted between 7001. and
daughter of the late Admiral Sir Robert Barlow, G.C.8., AWL, and at the close of the year the shop in she New
was the second wife of the late viscount, whom she mar- North-road was shut up, and the prisoners disappeared.
vied in October, 1811, and by his lordship, who died in On the petition of one of their creditors they were then
declared bankrupt., and shortly afterwards they were ap-
June, 1831, she bad issue six children. Two eons—viz., prehe ded at a village in the west of Scotland, and brought
the present viscount and the Hon. James Byng, and ato London by Detective Bull.
daughter, the Hon. Mrs. Hall, are still living. Some additional evidence was now adduced on the part
The Bishop of London and Mrs. Tait arrived of the prosecution, and the prisoners were again remanded.
yesterday at London House, St. James's-square, for the CLERKENWELL.
ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A HUSBAND BY HIS WIPE.
season. Sasak Britten, aged 51, was brought before lir. Cooke
The Duchess of Morny's marriage with the Duke charged with cutting her husband's throat with intent to
of Sesta is to be solemnised this week. The late duke's murder him.
four little children will be transferred to the guardian- Police-Sergeant Camino, 3G, said the husband was lying
in a very dangerous state in the Royal Free Hospital.
ship of a member of the Keith de Flahault family, as by Polimmostable John Back. PliT, said—About a quarter
their father's will the duchess, in consequence of her past 4 yesterday afternoon, I was passing along Farriug-
mond marriage, loses all rights over them. don-road, when my attention was called to Oldham.
hadm
an
his throat d cu
t his
out, troaanta
It is rumoured in Dublin that Viscount Ger- Prdi
there sag
I ;reaeStoritlted
nth,
wathos
maneton is to be raised to the British peerage. he sou holding an old aprm up to stanch the bleeding. I
The Duke and Duchess de Chartres visited the procured assistance and took hun to I,oldhato-gardeos,and
Dore Gallery yesterday at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, then fetched Dr. Brown, after which I took him to the
The Committee of Council on Education have bcapitaL Dr. Brown asked her in my presence bow it was
done, and she said, " He threstened to out my throat, and
just revised the grants to school. of art and the teaching he cut his own." She was then asked what be cut his
in night dams, with the view of ameliorating the con- throat with, and she said, " I don't know ; whatever it is,
ditions which were established after the publication of the Imy husband has got it about him." I then went to the
last report of the House of Common. in 1861. 1 injured man, and searched his pockets, but found
nothing, so came back again and searched the
THE " GLASGOW FREE PEERS" DENOUNCED BY . room, and found the knife which I produce stuck
THE Hoer Sen.—Yesterday, in all the Roman catholic , into the wall behind the door, and under it was a quantity
churches throughout Sooliand, the Gisspon Free Press, a of blood. I asked. "Did he do it with this ?" and she re-
Roman catholic organ, which has lately been devoting its plied that she did not know, if he had not got. it with
columns to the propagation of pro-Fenian sentiments, was him. I said. " Yoor apron is all over blood, gave it to
publicly denounced from the altar, in accordance with in- i me," and she did so. I then took her into custody. After
stractions received from Cardinal Bernal)°, Prefect of Pro- I some little time I, in company with Sergeant Cousins
monde. The cardinal, is his letter, which is dated Rome,took her to the hospital, where she was confronted with
Isis. 16, says that it has bean reported to the Sacred GOD. her husband. Mr. Jaareooll, the house surgeon, asked
emotion "that the journal entitled the GlatonerPreePress him who did it, and the husband said, "It is she—ask her
aces not desist from diseeminating writings which cause if she did not do it." She said, " I did not ; you know
groat scandal to the catholic. of Scotland.^ In eanytag you done it yourself ;" and he said, " I wish I could say
out the Jost:maims of his Eminence, the Vicars Apostolic' you had not done it." Mr. Jeafreson then interfered.
have humid • pistonl. address, in which they forbid all , and mid he would not allow any further conversation to
aselealastios under their jurisdiction from taking any share take place.
in the publication of the paper in question, and require l'osrgeant John Wheelan, G 21, said late last night
of them, under pals of empeadea, to abstain from writing, Mr. Jeaffreson came to the polimestation and stated teat
or in say way weeer matethating to it—booliewni. las the Injured man was supposed to be much worse, and
I LONDON THADESSIND AND ran GO-OPIDATITI he was ender the insprosoon that he was about to die,
fixernat.—Tke Pole lateral* in the dissamisaan the co-it would be better to take any statement hemight feel
opeassive mina some to he on the liemene, sad the disposed to make ' • he secompenied him to the hospital,
=sites hes already meeseed a Deaden el, mast taw. where the man made a statement which he (Sergeant
"As Old ir....... Tweasmasa sr enilidomor Winston) had in his possession.
of laser Tim" Mahe that him . hard urea the ea Pollawampsant Cousins, 3G, accompanied Sergeant
operative system may answer for a time by the 611 .1 Whalen to the hospital. and was a witness to the state-
many small sad strugglinegrosere eadhaeadrepses, bat he moat Made by Britten. He further said that the prisoner
doss not see Dew they sea sentiaaelmespgdy at apnelitef.s bad bees oat drinking with her husband and soma neigh-
s. 10 per mat.. whom awarding to their ewe lialemsaiiimk Wassail dm day, end whet they got home they cloaroliods
their espeemes appear to ammo 111 er 17 per east. OA the malt was that the main's throat was cut.
" A Reimmeshis Weimer' Grease . Nob as the gum 6 Kr. Cooke asked the prisoner if she had any questions
list of some damad4wenty groans who sea wades to mil to ask Polleememeable Back.
geode ea the HIM terms as the civil semi Primmer said—No, sir, I base not. What he maws I
via., the paymmit of sash whoa thenedir gives, think was said to him,i and therefore I dm% wish to ask
thepassllarrr to pep lie east a( delimey i imil ti reales sus him sap questions.
his Min Weirs, with deplisede. The primmer was thea reminded fee a week.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of Newfoundland, Prinoe Ed-
ward Island, Bermuda, and Malta. Despatches were sent
to the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, St.
Helena, Malta, Ceylon. Hong Kong, Labuan, the Straits
Settlements, the Mauritius, and to the Governor-General
of Canada.