The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-06 00:00:00

" ALICE GRAY" IN BIRMINGBAM.

The neighbourhood of the Police-office in Birmingham
was crowded yesterday morning with persons anxious to
obtain a sight of this notorious impostor. At 11 o'clock
Mr. Chas. Shaw and Dr. Me!son, the magistrates of the
day, took their seats upon the bench, and shortly after-
wards " Alice" was placed at the dock. She appeared
perfectly cool and collected, and took her seat upon the
bench usually occupied by prisoners awaiting examina-
tion.

Mr. Shaw—Let the prisoner stand up.
Prisoner—l am not able, I'm so ill.
She was accordingly allowed to remain seated.
Mr. T. Harding then said be had the honour to ap-
pear on the part of the prosecution. The prisoner was
charged with wilful and corrupt perjury, in having, on
the 11th of October last, sworn that a man named John
Mutlow bad robbed her of her clothes and a considerable
sum of money. The innocence of the accused was placed
beyond all doubt. Mr. Bartlet, of Wolverhampton, was
instructed to defend the prisoner, but that gentleman
had, in an interview which he had had with Mr. Ste-
phens, the ohief superintendent of police, the previous
evening, consented to a remand until Saturday. At the
present moment Mr. Stephens was not prepared with
the evidence necessary to substantiate the charge, and
the adjournment of the case would be convenient to all
parties. (He (Mr. Hr) might also state, that during the
morning a telegraphic communication had been received
from the Lords of the Treasury directing that the pri-
soner should be conveyed to Wolverhampton, where
another charge would be preferred against her for per-
jury committed in the county of Stafford. Under these
circumstances he applied for a remand until Saturday,
when he should be fully prepared to prove the accusation
now made against the prisoner.
Mr. Stephens, chief superintendent of police, being
sworn, deposed to the facts stated by Mr. Harding, and
the arrangement he had made with Mr. Bartlet, the pri-
soner's solicitor.
Mr. Shaw—Prisoner, we accordingly remand the fur-
ther heari gof the ca-e against you until Saturday.
Prisoner—Very well ; I think I'll be well tried and
purified at last.
Mr. Stephens—Take the prisoner away.
Prisoner (on being removal)—l don't see my friend,
the Rev. Mr. Morris, here.
Mr. Stephens _Go on.
Prisoner--No, I won't go. Give me anything but a

Divine. -
The prisoner was then taken below, and during the
afternoon was conveyed to Wolv,-rhampton, where she
%ill undergo an examination upon the charge referred to
in the communication from the Treasury.
In the course of yesterday, and previous to her intro-
duct on into the police-court, "Alice" sat for her por-
trait—for police purp ise4, as it was understood—to a
photographic artist. She willingly acceded to the re-
quest of the authorities, and so arranged her person and
figure, with book in hand, as to give the limner the best
opportunity of taking a correct and characteristic like-
ness. Should the charge at Wolverhampton fail, she
will be brought before the magistrates in Birmingham
ru Saturlay.

PRUSSIAN SPIRITS...mine Boursc Gazette, of Berlin,
gtatea that the suppf Bei r, of the export duty on spirits
which bas been effe, tied in Prussia will likewise take
place in the other eta es of the Zollverein. The Prussian
Government, it says, had come to an understanding with
those statue before piomulgatiog the late decree.