The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-21 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21,

THIRD EDITION;

. be called who could throw any light upon the matter. The
only person who °mild give an account of the transaction
was the prisoner,und her mouth was closed. He did not
complain of the law which was the cause of such a state
of things existing, but it was an undoubted fact. The
• prisoner could have given an account of the affair,
but she was prevented from doing so. He hoped,
however, that when they looked at the ease dis-
passionately, they would have no alternative but to
come to the conclusion that there was no foundation
for the charge. He then proceeded to remind the jury
that these transactions were represented to have taken
place in the year 1866, and yet, although all the facts were
known to the friends and finial of Mrs. Borradaile,
nothing in the shape of a charge was preferred
against the prisoner until the present year. Several
civil proceedings had been commenced against the defen-
dant by Mrs. Borradaile and her friends, but they were
all abandoned, and no opportunity had ever been afforded
to the defendant to give an answer upon her oath
'to the extraordinary statements that bad been
made by Mrs. Borradaile. He complained that
an enormous amount of prejudice had been cast upon
the defendant, and that one point in particular—
which was aaleulated to entirely prevent her from having
a fair trial, namely, that she kept an establishment
where persons who were debased enough to do so had
an opportunity of seeing women while taking a
bath had been brought forward, but for which
he asserted, there was not the slightest foundation. He
entreated the jury to dismiss from their minds any
prejudice that might have been crested by such statements
as the one he had referred to, and be guided in their de-
cision solely by the evidence that had been laid before
them by the prosecution. A giant many of the mints
in the indictment might be dismissed altogether hem '
their coneifferation, and the substantial question '
Was whether the prosscutrix had been induced by the
intr"`hat atte rata:rad to, fa part walk hoe I;%z
ci;ie the 'prima:atria ? Was she h'
woman, unacquainted with the world or, the artifice.•
that were practised in it ? On the contrary, she
was a widow, a mother, a woman who had
travelled, who wee well acquainted with the ways of the
world, who bad gone the overland routs to India, and who
was acquainted, according to her own showing, with the
overland route to the west. The learned counsel
for the prosecution admitted that the prisoner
was an illiterate woman, that she could not write, and, it
was suggested, could not even read; and it was agreed
that it was absurd to suppose that she could
have dictated such letters as -had been produced in
this case; and the only reasonable conclusion that
could be arrived at was that these letters were the genuine
effusions of Mrs. Borradaile herself, and that the state-
ment she made as to these letters having been dic-
tated by the prisoner was a falsehood. Again it was
said that the prisoner had obtained large quantities of
valuable pr.opert , jewel., and articles of that description,
but not a single tradesmen had been called to show that
there was the least foundation for that assertion. He
asked them not to visit upon the defendant the sins of a
generation, or to punish her for the frivolities of the vota-
ries of fashion of the present day. If it wee the fashion
of the present day to change the colour of the hair, and
women endeavoured still to exhibit the beauties and
graces of youth, Madame Rachel was not to blame for
endeavouring to gratify their desires; and as it appeared
to him, there who employed her were infinitely more to
blame than she was. The learned counsel next proceeded
to refer to the statement of the proeecutrix that the
1.0.T.1.s and the bills of exchange that had been produced
were all fictitious, and he submitted that it would be a
monstrous conclusion to arrive at that the prosecu-
trix should have signed solemn documents of this
description, admitting pecuniary liability to a very
large amount, and that she should not have been aware of
the nature of those instruments, or that she had incurred
any liability in respect of them. He then referred to the
story that was told by the proeecutrix, and said he was
glad that both himself and his learned friend were agreed
that not the slightest stain of dishonour or discredit rested
upon Lord Randagli in reference to this transaction, and
he had positively contradicted the story told by her with
regard to the circumstances under which the first inter-
view took place between them. The story was in itself,
as it appeared to him, both absurd and improbable. She
represented that a door was opened, that the prisoner
showed her Lord Ranelagh, and he presented
her with his card, and- then the door was
shut again without a word being uttered by
either party. (A laugh.) Could the jury for one
moment- believe that it was possible that a woman like
Mrs. Borradaile could believe that she was the affianced
wife of a nobleman living in the Name city with her and
take no other steps than those the referred to to ascertain
whether there was any ground for the suggestion that she
represented had been made to her P He said that the only
conclusion that could be arrived at was that the story
had been concocted by the prosecutrix to conceal her own
misconduct, and this was the only way in which she
could account for the discreditable letters that had been
produced. He asked the jury whether all Umbels el the
case did not tend to show that Mrs. Bonedeile bed been
carrying on an in with the man WSluiini
although the datend=4:2l4l6.
evelti that,there c idy
muted ould be no douY;Znirs7Borradaile
was intimately acquainted with such a person, and that
she bad squandered her money upon him, and the present
charge had been trumped up to screen herself in the
estimation of her own family at the expense of the
defendant. He then called the attention of the jury to
the fact that the proeecutrix knew perfectly well that
Lord Ranelagh's name was Thomas, and said it was
impossible that her story could be true that she corres-
ponded with a person named William, believing him to
be Lord Ranelagh.
(The court here adjourned for a short time for refresh-
ment)

RAILWAY, MINING, AND OTHER
SHARE&-(THIS DAL)

(Closing prices to 1 p.m..,
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Canada, 6 per cent., Jan. And July, 1877 to 1884, 1031. •
Do., 6 per cent., Jan. and July, 91f.
190,
Calo.pe of od Hope, 6 per oeut., April and October,
Queensland, 6 per cent., 1882-85, Jan. and July, 1061,
Victoria, 6 per cent, April and Oot., 1141 i•
• ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.
Caledonian, 76/.
Great Eastern, 37, 1, 61, 7.
Great Northern A (A receives no dividend until 6 per
cent. has bees paid to B), 1031.
Lancashire-and Yorlushire, 136.
London, Brighton, and South Coast, 62.1, zw.
London, Chatham, and Dover, 191.
London and North Western, 116, 161.
London and South Western 891, at
Metropolitan, 1111, 12, 11j, a
Do., New Redemable, 101, 10.
Midland, 107, 61.
North Eastern (Leeds), 661.
North Staffordshire, 67*, ad.
South Devon, 461.
South Eastern, 761, 6,1.

PREFERENCE SHARES.
Great Wester original irredeemable 4 per cent. 73t.
Do., West Midland—Orferd, let gear., 110, 9i.
PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS.
Great Western, 6 per cent. bredsesaabla, 11166, 99.
LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
London and Blnekerall, 93, 11}, ad.
BRIT= P0881166/01113.
Lelithartillal per esittrati."4l*..
Grand Tru of Canada,l6l. t • '
Great Indian Pennies* Naar. 6 Or eNIC, 106.
Great Southern of IsmNA gas. 6 per egg,, 106.
Great Western of Canada, 6 per cant bonds, payable
1873, 100 i.
Madras, aus. 6 per cent., 106.
Scinde, Delhi, gun. 6 per cent., 103,
Do., Pinkie* 102 f.

FOREIOW RAILWAYS.
Great Luxembourg, 121.
Lemberg-Crornowntr., guar. 7 per cent. (Lim.), 16g.
Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 3i.

FOREIGN RAILWAY OBLIGATIONS.
Orel Vitebsk, gun. by Russian Government, 6 per cent.,
84.
South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian, 8, 11-16.

•
BR/TISE MINES.
Great Limey (Limited). 17t.
Great Wheal or (Ralston), 131.
COLONIAL AND FOREIGN MINES.
Don Pedro, North del Ray, 2 9-16, pm.
Panulcillo Co (Limited),
Rona Grande (Limited), 6-16, pm.
Yudanamutana of 8. Australia (Limited), 4, 6-16, 1.

JOINT nocs i3ANKs:'
Agra (Limited), B, 81.
English and Rio de .Taneiro (Limitod), 8, 1.
English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered, 17, 16:.
Imperial Ottoman, 101, 1.
London and County, 601, 50, ad.
London Joint Stor,.. 321,
London and Westminster, 67f.
Oriental Bank Corporation, 44f.

Anglo-American Telegraph (Limited), 21(.
Atlantic Telesararili.
Do., 8 per Cara.; so, Tl.
Bombay Gas (Limited), 31.;
Credit Fonder of England- (Limited), 21.
Fore-street Warehouse (Limited), 12, 1.
Foreign and Colonial Government Trust and Loan Scrip,
lamed at 861., 86f, 7, 8.
London Financial Association (Limited), 6f.
London General Omnibus Company (Limited), 2.
Reuter's Telegram, 491, ad.
Rio de Janeiro Gas (Limited), 22:.
South Australian Land, 36f.
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance (Limited),
lbf, 1.
Tniat and Agency of Australasia (Limited), 1 13.16.
Universal Marine Insurance (Limited), 6 7-16.
Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 73.

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS,

MARK-LANE.—(THIS DAY.)
The arrivals of new English wheat, fresh up this
morning, were on a moderate scale, but the receipts of
Let year's produce were trilling. There was a moderate
aftemiusos of milks; who purchased cautiously, at
uotation.
WM
• q ad foreign mot
et was
Lf
were
tolerable= With
cargoes of wheat sold for less money. Other
artiltd2oat mostly commanded late rates.
The show of barley was moderate. Pine malting par-
cels were in request at full priory but grinding and dis-
tilling sorts were dull of sale.
Malt changed hands slowly, nevertheless prices were
armgrted.
Large supplies of oats were on sale. The trade was
quiet, and the value of inferior produce was ashler.
Beans were scarce and dear.
Fess found buyers on former terms.
Flour was quiet, at Monday's quotations.
Linseed and rapeseed were inactive. Most agricultural
seeds, as well as cakes, were firm in value and demand.
ARRIVALS OF GRAIN lc., INTO LONDON BY WATER
CARRIAGE FROM AUGUST 17 TO AUGUST SO, BOTH
INCLUSIVE.