The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCEI 26, 1863.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

DIVORCE COURT.
(Before the Judge Ordinary and a Jury.)
STONE V. STONE AND APPLETON.

This was a petition presented by the husband, Captain
Stone, an officer in the Indian army, for dissolution of mar-
riage. The co-respondent, Mr. Appleton, was a medical
man, and it was alleged that the familiarity took place while
Mrs. Stone was living at Budleigh-Salterton. The peti-
tioner asked for damages against the co-respondent, who
had put in no answer to the allegations in the petition.
The hearing of the cause was resumed this morning by
the evidence of Mr. Webb and Mr. Northcote, the medi
cal gentlemen who attended Mrs. Stone in her . onfinement.
Mr, Casey was also examined, and said Appleton left the
country, as far as he knew, in consequence of his being in
debt.

60 491

Mr. Whighty Roberts, a magistrate in Cornwall, and an
intimate friend of Captain Stone's family ; he also knew
Mrs. Stone's family. He recollected being present at an
interview on the 23d of December, 1860, when Messrs.
Brag, Stevenson, and Bishop, were present. It took place
in Mr. Bishop's office in Exeter. At the meeting it was
arranged that Mrs. Stone should go into lodging. A con-
versaticn took place relative to the medical man who was to
attend Mrs. Stone in her confinement.

Mr. Kerslake objected to further examination on that
point.

Mr. Lopez Paid Mr. Bishop was ac ing for Mrs. Stone
The Judge• Ordinary said the evidence as to that part of
the case could not be received, unless it was proved in evi-
dence that one of the gentlemen were acting for Mrs. Stone.

Mr, Lopez said be could not do that, and therefore he
should not question the witness further.
In cross-examination the witness said he was the person
who paid Susan Harris the ss. a week as the representative
of the petitioner's family.
Mr. Lopez having read the letter written by Capt. Stone
on the 10th of M ,rch, 1861, which was referred to in the
opening of the case yesterday, said that was the case for
the petitioner.
Mr. Kerslake then procceeded to open the case on the
part of the respondent, and said he trusted by the evidence
he shoula call to give quite a different aspect to the case
as it at present stood His learned friend had truly stated
that this was a most painful case, for it would be attended
with the most serious results either to Capt. or Mrs. Stone•
It had been said the case against the co-respondent Appleton
had been proved by his not putting in an answer to charges
brought against him, but he thought the jury would not
entertain that opinion. It was true that Appleton was eh-
sent, but tnen that absence was not occasioned by anything
bearing upon this case, but by circumstances of a totally
different nature. He hoped they would dismiss every Bug.
gestion of any adultery by Mr. Appleton, because he was
absent from England when the citation was issued, and al-
though the usual means, through advertisement, had been
used without success to make him acquainted with the steps
that were to be taken in this court against Mrs. Stone, he
thought it was going too far to say that non-appearance
implied admission of guilt. He could only regret that, after
Captain Stone and his wife had passed the terrible mutiny
in India, that such unfortunate differences should have
arisen between them as to lead the husband to seek for re-
dress in this court. The learned counsel then proceeded to
show that the intimacy between Captain Stone and Mr.
Appleton was that of intimate friends, and when Captain
Stone left England to return to India in 1859,
he had left Mr. Appleton with a knowledge
that his fai,nd Mr. Appleton was also the friend and medi-
cal adviser to his wife He then proceeded to anal}•se and
commmont on the evidence that had been brought forward
to establish the alleged adultery between Mrs. Stone and
Mr. Appleton, and contended that nothing had been adduced
wh ch, in the slightest manner, to prove the allegations in
the petition. The learned gentleman then referred to a
number of letters he intended to put in evidence, which
would show that there was no pretence for Captain Stone
bringing forward the charge of adultery against his wife.
The case was proceeding when we wont to press, and as
there are 10 or 12 witnesses to be called for the respondent,
there is no chance of its conchoing to-day.

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01 ; 90;

iiisi "mos dont
62 3
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106 i II

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
IN RE LEWIS.

This bankrupt was a draper in Clerkenwell, and this was
a meeting for last examination.

It appeared that the bankrupt had absconded, and, on
surrendering, had been convicted of offences under the
bankruptcy laws, and sentenced to penal servitude, but h,,d
a portion of his sentence remitted, and now applied to past.
his last eyaraination.

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the Honour said there was nothing before him to show
the accounts were correct.

The solicitor to the assignees said that he believed they
were the best the bankrupt could rbnier, and the assignees
therefore did not oppose. Th bankrupt had given infxr-
mation might be beneficial to the creditors.
His Honour—He oan pass.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Be, re Mr. Kerr.)

104

SOMEBODY'S LUGGAGE" AT THE DK .JOHNSON-1 VISIT
TO LONDON.-WILLIAMS V. STOCKER.
...._ .

- -- -
This was an action to recover for refreshments, Bcc., from
May 9, to July 3, 1862, plaintiff being proprietor of the Dr.
Johnson, and defendant, a young gentleman living with
his Either at Wolverhampton.

His Honour (reading through a monstrously long bill)—
Pyramids, pyramids, and pyramids. Here is the most ex-
traordinary bill I ever saw. On cne day defendant had
seven pyramids, on another four, and on another no less
than eleven. One would think he had bought all the pyra-
mids of Egypt, (Laughter.) What on earth is a pyramid,
and what could he want with so many ?
Plaintiff—lt is a game at billiards. (Laughter.)
His Honour —Well, defendant, and did you have
all these pyramids, and brandies, whiskeys, grogs, and—
well, upon my word I—champagne 2s. (Laughter.) The
last item carries its own punishment with it. (Great
laughter.)
Defendant—l admit all the pyramids, but I deny all the
other items prior to the 6th June.
His Honour—Ah ! you dispute, then, very nearly all the
bill ?
40 39 I Defendant—l admit from the 6th June.

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j.

His Honour—Even this on June 19th :—Four pyramids,
bottle sherry, brandy, grogs, and I cannot tell what else ?
Defendant—l do not see how plaintiff can sue here. He
has sold the debt for 30s. to a man named Briant. The first
bill he sent me did not nearly come to the present claim,
4s. I admit about Z 3, which I am willing to pay, and
when I left London there was a carpet bag, and desk, and
hat-box, which I left behind. There were cl.,thes and
things in them, which would partially rub off the score.
(Laughter,)

His Honour—And a pretty long sum, toe, for billiards,
brandy, and sherry.
Plaintiff expressed his willingness to accept £4 3s. Bd. in
full of all demands, and a verdiot passed for that sum.

BRIANT V. STOCKER.

This was an action against the same defendant to recover
£5, money lent.
Defendant—l do not owe the money, but will admit it to
save dispute.

Plaintiff—lt was lent him to get a bed and breakfast.
Laughter.)

Defendant—lt was not, but I do not wish to go into
matters.

His Honour—Ah : here is another billiard affair.

Defendant—No; but I had rather not say anything. I
came to London, stayed longer than I ought to have done,
and--

His Honour (finishing the sentence)—Spent money most
foolishly.
'Verdict for plaintiff.

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1863.

Edinburgh
Newmarket Craven 6
Radcliffe
Durham . 6
Knighton
Catrerick Bridge 8
Abergaveuny .... 9

Liverpool Hunt C1ub....10
Thirsk ..14
Epsom Spring 16
Newmarket F. S 20
Llanboidy . 2l
York Spring ~..28
z,alisbury
.Y.
Radcliffe
iW anchester 27
Marlborough 29

Chester 5
Bath
Harpenden l5
Epsom l9

Ascot 2
Newton .. 10 I
Hampton ..10
Odiham l6
Bibury Club ......... l7
Ju.

Beverley. l7
I Stockbridge lB
chelmeford 23
Newcastle-on-Tyne 23
Carlisle 3O
SLY.

Worcester Summer 2
Newmarket July 7
Liverpool... 13
Abingdon 14
Hungerford
Pontefract
Au,
Brighton
Brighton Club 6
I•ewes
Wolverhampton ....
Reading l2
York August lB

Stamford ..16
Winchester 2l
Nottingham 21
Cambridge
Southampton. '22
Gocdwood 28

Devon and Exeter ... SEPT i
Derby Summer 2
Warwick
Leicester lO
Doncaster 15

OCTi
Coventry
Newmarket S. 0 ..12

NOTE:

Worcester 3
IRI
API

Athlone 21
Ju:

Plymouth : 20
Egham 25
S, eck ton
Oxtord
Lichfield ....

MBER.
Brecon
Richmond 22
Monmouth 24
Manchester Autumn 25
Newmarket Ist Oct. 29
MB R.

Lincoln Autumn........ 20
Newmarket, Houghton ..26

MBER.
I Shrewsbury Autumn....l7

Curragh ..............28
lE.

Wicklow l7 I Curragh ........... 23
JULY.

Bellewstown.
Dowu Royal Corporation,23 1

FOLICE INTELLIGENCE,---This Day

MARLBOROIGH-STREET.

CAUTION TO BEER-SHOP KEEPERS.-Mr. Daniel Bard,
the keeper of a beer-shop in High-street, St. Giles, attended
to answer the complaint of the p ilice for keeping his house
open for the sate of beer before the hour of one on Sunday
afternoon.

Sergeant Matthews, 13 F, deposed that at half past one
on Sunday morning, the 15th inst., he went to the defen-
dant's house, and through a hole in the door he saw a man
come down stairs and place two empty pots on the eounter,
and then put down some money. Immediately after the
pots were handed back full of beer to the man, who took
them upstairs. He (the sergeant) then knocked at the door,
upon which the gas was turned off. A voice from within
said " Who's there P" and on replying "Police," he was
admitted. Ott going into an upper room no one was there
but the potman, but on opening the door leading to a back
staircase a quart pot and three measures full of beer were
round on the floor, and under the stairs and on the staircase
five men. One of them had a quart measure full of beer in
his hand, which he threw on the floor on seeing them (the
sergeant and constable)
The sergeant having been corroborrated by a constable,
the defendant called a witness, but his evidence in no re-
spect altered the complexion of the case.
The defendant was fined 20s. and costs.
INCREASE OF POCKET-PICKING AT TIIE REGENT.
CIRCUS.—Jane Rivers, a well-dressed female, said to be a
married woman, but who refused her address, was charged
before Mr. Knox with attempting to pick ladies' pockets
in Regent-circus.

Mr. Beard, of Basinghall-street, appeared for the pri-
soner.

From the evidence of Sergeant White, 16 D, it appeared
hat in consequence of numerous complaints of ladies hav-
ing their pockets picked at the Regent-circus, he was on
duty there the previous afternoon, when seeing the prisoner
in company with a woman whom he knew as a convicted
thief, he watched them, and saw two other women join them.
He then saw the prisoner twice put her left hand into
edies' pockets, and seized her, upon which she said, "Don't
show me up here; let me take your arm." He did so, and
when in Cavendish-square, the prisoner said she would
give him a sovereign she had in her pocket, and meet him
at night and give him what he wanted if he would let her
go. He took her to the station, and on being searched a
diamond hoop ring, three sovereigns, and XI Os. 9d. in silver
was found upon her. She refused her address.

Mr. Beard said he could scarcely account for the priso-
ner's conduct, except that she had been L-d away by others.
Übe husband was a man of some means, and he (Mr. Beard)
was instructed that the prisoner left her home in the morn-
ing in a passion, having had some words with her hus-
band.

Mr. Knox said he could hardly believe a woman in the
prisoner's position would wear such a ring.
Sergeant 'White said he thought it just probable, from
inquiries he had made, that ihe ring really belonged to ,he
prisoner.
Remanded.

Railways.

Railway between Greenwich and Woolwich.

Last night, at eight o'clock, a crowded public
meeting of the inhabitants of Greenwich was held
at the Literary Institution in that town, to consider
the proposition of the London, Chatham, and Dover
Railway Company to provide railway communi-
cation between Peckham, Deptford, Greenwich,
and Woolwich. The chair was occupied by Cap-
tain Routh, and on the platform were Mr. W.
Angerstein, M.P.; Sir Cusack Roney, one of the
directors ; and Mr. Holroyd, secretary of the
company, with numerous influential residents of
the locality.

The CHAIRMAN at some length pointed out the
great necessity which existed for
,railway commu
nication between Greenwich and Woolwich and
the peculiar advantages offered by the proposed
line, which would pass through Greenwich Park
by means of a tunnel, and therefore the objection
previously made by the Admiralty, that the con-
stant transit of trains might injuriously affect the
operations at the Royal Observatory, would be
obviated. The population of the borough of Green-
wich amounted to 1 39,436, and the important towns
of Greenwich and Woolwich were at present en-
tirely without railway communication. Mr. Hol-
royd, secretary of the London, Chatham, and Dover
Company, pointed out the details of the proposed
railway, which would connect the townslof Green-
wich, Woolwich, and Deptford with the Victoria
station, the Crystal Palace, the Metropolitan Rail-
way, and ultimately with the entire railway sys-
tem of the kingdom.

Mr. LoVIBOND moved the following resolution :
—" Tnat this meeting is of opinion that direct
railway communication between Greenwich and
Woolwich is of paramount impot tance to the inha-
bitants of this extensive borough—that the line
proposed by the London, Chatham, and Dover
Railway Company is a desirable mode of effecting
that communication, whilst it affords the important
additional advantages of placing the towns of Green-
wich and Woolwich in connection with the prin-
cipal railweys north and south of the Thames ; and
this meeting pledges itself to use every means in its
power to support the bill promoted by that com-
pany.,,
Mr. NOBLE seconded the motion.

Mr. ANGERSTEIN, M.P., warmly supported the
proposed railway, and trusted, for the sake of the
prosperity of the district, that it would be carried
out. The London, Chatham, and Dover Company
had provided the means of transit to numerous im-
portant towns of that county, and he had every
faith in its chairman and directors.

Mr. ADAMS, amidst much confusion, contended
that the South-Eastern Company had well attended
to the wants of the district. (Cries of "No, no !")
The speaker ultimately retired.
After addresses from other speakers the resolution
was adopted by a large majority.
The following resolutions were then adopted
That this meeting considers that station accom-
modation should be provided for Greenwich at
Blackheath, Cronin's-hill, and Trafalgar-road."
" That a deputation be appointed to wait upon the
borough and county members, requesting them to
support the project in Parliament."

After a vote of thanks to the chairman the meet-
ng separated.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK.
Miles Opened. Receipts.

1863. 1862. 1803. 1862.
£ £
1,0(9 1,817
640 612
1,457 8
5,182 5,601
15,162 14;;54
2.0 2 5
314 319
190 101
352 280
1,4,7 1,203
236 123
1,107 1,294
1, 12 1,560
2,0,8 1,323
1,014 1,00.1
7,119 6,801

Belfast and N. Counties 136 136
Belfast and County Down 49 49
Blyth and Tync 2B 28
Bristol and Exeter 1214 167

Caledonian
Cockermouth & Workington Bl 81
Cork and Bandon 2O 20
Cork, Blackroek, & Passage 6 6}
Cork and Youghal . 321 27
Cornwall
Deeside l7 17
Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63
Dublin and Drogheda 63 63
Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd 4Bl 481
Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31
Edinburgh and Glasgow l69} 164
Forth & Clyde Junction
Furness, &c 5O 5
Glasgow & South-Western 198 198
Gt. Eastern, isirtk.,&E.Union

.4reat Northern 330 330
Great North of Scotland 5B 58
t. Northn. At Westn. (Irel.) 7ll
t.Southn. & Westn.(lrlnd.) 320 329
Great Western 092 584*
Inverness & Aberdeen June.— 73} 73a
Irish North-Western 145 130

Irish South-Eastern 251 251
Lancashire & Yorkshire 3954 3954
Limerick and Ennis... 24 244
Limerick and Foynes 264 26
Llanelly 46 48
London & North-Western
London and Blackwall 5 5
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 247 2111
London, Chatham, & Dover 724 724
Lond., Tilbury, & Southend
Man.,Sheffield,& Lincolnsh
Manch. S.J un.& Altrincham 94 91
Ilaryport and Carlisle 2B 28
Metropolitan
Midland (incl. N.-Western) B3O
Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 2191
Monkland 7l
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and New. & Car 8944
North London 9
North Staffordshire 254
Oswestry and Newton... 42
Rhymney l9l
St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52
Scottish Central
Scottish North-Eastern 1321
Somerset and Dorset 39
South Devon
South-Eastern 306
Stockton and Darlington
Taft Vale 5l
Ulster 5l
Vale of Clwyd.
Vale of Neath 251
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l
Waterford and Limerick 77
West Cornwall 271
W. Hartlepool H arbr. & Rai L _ 39
W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt 7
Whitehaven Junction l2
Whitehaven & Furness Jun B5

2,64 2,208
8,495 7,2,33
27,061 25,1.5
23,617 24,4 •1
1,C32 1,62
570 261
7.141 7,140
52,352 51,012
833 62!
1,8.8 1,583
303 327
24,360 30.259
211 It 3
205 140
543 624
80,561 77,676
2,011 1,305
20.381 15.653
16,167 11,801
3,122 1,594
1 697 9.0
14075 13,464

1,203 9 ,8
1,243 1,007
- 2,560
6141 39,134 36,709
1921 4,932 440
71} 1,376 1,579
44 2,258 2,528

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

345} 12,283 10,600
864 39,428 38,815
9 3,242 2,833
252 7,306 7.234
42 860 606
19# 9110 918
52 1,881 2,063
56 2,938 2,833
1321 4,851 4,556
39i 401 244
75} 3.114 3,057
306 18,283 15,528
161 8,5.4 8,061
54 4,710 5,229
51 1,837 1,698
10 129 158
251 1,546 2,176
31 411 341
77 1,218 1,427
2711 717 687
89 8,497 3,445
7 666 401
12 855 584
35 803 561

Antwerp and Rotterdam 52
Austrian B2B
Belgian Eastern Junction 264
Buffalo and Lake Huron 1611•
Detroit and Milwaukie lB5
Dutch Rhenish lOBl
Eastern of France lO7B
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada 1099
Great Indian Peninsula C.S
Great Luxembourg l3l
Great Western of Canada 345
llad rid, Saragossa SzAlicant 4dig
Northern of Canada
Northern of France 7Ol
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman .. _
__ _
.48i

52 1,123 1,032
828 31,662 33,960
21 275 240
1814 2,304 2,009
185 4,785 1,56 c
108 t 3,735 63
1060 46,732 58,3, 048
5614 16,903 13,v41
1, 90 18,536 18,04
4371 8,900 4,795
134 4,: 04 3,'03
345 14.910 10, G-3
435 15,978 12,587

94 1,941
680 - 96,181
44 9.2 £42
40
1351 116,542 114,857
1204 64,292 55,*3
1,309

Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn.... 1491

Paris'onll Orleans 1340

'ernambuco 77t

Royal Danish
Sambre and Meuse
South Austrian
Southern of France 777
Welland... .... 25
West Flanders ..... 75
W. and N.W. of France 758

69
515 474
68 1,468 1,153
1:J30 49,709 47,818
777 21, 00 23,582
25 - -

75 904 809
758 35,510 28,030

EFFECT OF COLOUR ON DISEASE.—The power
of colours over diseases, once supposed to exist
may be considered as a branch of sympathetic medicine.
White substances were considered refrigerant, and red
ones Bating. Red flowers were given for diseases of the
blood, and yellow ones for the bile. In small-pox, red
coverings, bed-curtains, &c., were used to bring out the
eruption. The patient was only to look at red
substances, and his drink was coloured red. The physi-
cian of Edward IL treated the king's son successfully
by this rule; and, as lately as 1765, the Emperor Francis
1., when sick of the smallpox, was, by order of his physi-
cians, rolled up in a scarlet cloth, but he died notwith•
standing. Flannel, nine times died blue, was used for
glandular swellings. To this day the tradition remains that,
certain colours are good for certain disorders. thousands
of people believe that red flannel is better than white for
rheumatism. A red string worn round the neck is a com-
mon preventive of nose-bleed,---Once a Week.

THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BILLIARD
MATCHES —The selection of gentlemen to represent the
Universities in these important encounters has been de-
finitely arranged, although, as in the case of the boats'
crews, not without considerable difficulty. it appears Mr.
Stokes, the champion of last year, had been practising for
the single match; but, at the eleventh hour, in conse-
quenee of the failure of his sight, he has been compelled
to give way to Mr. Ward, of Exeter College, the winner of
the cue at Oxford, who s% ill have as his partner Mr. Chatn-
berlsyne, of Magdalen College, the next bee, performer in
the tournament. Cambridge will be represented by Messrs.
Fayne (St. Peter's College) and Home (St. John's College),
the former gentleman, who played last yea*, being selected
for the single game. The matches will take place at eight
o'clock on the evenings of Friday and Saturday next, the
double game of 500 up on the first evening, and the single
of 500 up on Saturday evening, at Mr. Roberts' large room,
Saville House, Leicester •square, and we understand be
marked, as before, by " Jonathan," whose services will be
retained for both occasions.

M. Calzado lodged an appeal on Saturday last
against the sentence pronounced on him that morning by
the President of tho Sixth Chamber of the Police Court.
M. Calzado, who was arrested immediately after his con-
viction and lodged at the Prefecture of Police, is now con-
fined in the prison of Kum