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!THE %TIM LONDON', SATI7NDAY !RVENIN6I, MAY 10, 1069,

which are classed, according to the political opinions
of the deputies, with, as I believe, tolerable correct-
ness and impartiality,l obtain the following results :
—Liberals of the Fortschritt party, 87, including
17 belonging to the Bockum-Dolffs fraction ;
Moderates, 27; Conservatives, 3 ; Catholics, 2 ;
Poles, 2 ; not placed, 4. Out of the 125 there "are
73 re-elected deputies, who, in the last Chamber,
either voted for the Hagen motion, or who, absent
fccm the division., afterwards declared their adhesion
to it. It is to be observed that these returns are
chiefly from towns, including most of the large ones,
and do not include the places and districts where the
Conservatives and Catholics are most likely to have
success. Cologne, Breslau, Konigsberg, and Danzig
have returned 10 most decided Liberals. Konigsberg
seems to have been determined to protest, by the
energy of its vote, against the pressure put upon it
by the notorious Mamach and his myrmidons. Dr.
Kosch, the first of the three deputies elected, had
519 votes out of a total of 680, the remaining 150
being equally divided between Constitutionals and
Conservatives, At Gorlitz-Lauban, Carlowitz,
the ex-Minister in Saxony, and one of the leaders
of the party of progress, had 404 votes out of 498,
and the other two deputies returned (both Forts-
chritt) had nearly as many. Immermann, Bockum-
Dolffs, and a number of other leading men among
the Liberals are returned. At Tilsit 25 votes were
given for M. Von der Heydt, against 386 recorded
for his opponent. None of the Ministers figure as
elected in the lists I have as yet received.

_RAILWAY INIELLIG.ENCE.

LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST.
The directors of this company, at a recent meeting, passed
a re'olulion to the effect that on Eater Monday the large
number of 132,402 passengers were safely conveyed on the
line with a success acknowledged to have been most satis-
factory and complete. The directors ascribe a high degree
of merit to the executive department, by whoso activity,
punctuality, and unwearied exertion tho accommodation of
so many thousand persons were provided for, and their safety
ho carefully secured. They therefore deem it an act of jus
tice to all the officers and servants so employed to record
their unqualified approbation of their services on that occa-
sion.

LAW iNTELLIGENCE.—May 8.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
Sittings in Banco—(Before Lord Chief Justice
Cockburn and Justices Crompton, Blackburn,
and Mellor.)
EX PARTE SMILE.-CRIMINAL INFORMATION,
Mr. Kerslake, Q.C., said Mr. Bovill had movea
on the part of Mr. Smiles, who was the secretary of
the South Eastern Railway Company, calling upon
Mr. Hamilton to show cause why a criminal infor-
mation should not be filed against him, in conse-
quence of his having written certain letters reflect-
ing upon the character of Mr. Smiles. The learned
counsel went on to state that Mr. Hamilton and his
son were proprietors of a large quantity of shares in
the South Eastern Railway, consequently deeply
interested in its SUCCCS2. In the year 1861,in con-
sequence of the London, Chatham, and Dover Rail-
way Company having been formed, it became a
question with the South Eastern Railway whether
they should reduce their fares, and Mr. Hamilton,
although assenting to the lowering of the fares,
still thought that it would be injudicious to lower
the price of the fares to intermediate stations, and
wrote a letter to that effect to the directors. Sub-
sequently a libel upon Mr. Hamilton appeared in
the Railway Times, and a letter containing a copy
of the libel was sent to the whole of the sharehol-
ders, except Mr. Hamilton and his son. This
having come to his knowledge, he wrote several
letters to the directors, which the learned counsel
admitted were very severe on Mr, Smiles. He had
now to state that Mr. Hamilton, believing that Mr.
Smiles was the publisher of the libel, wrote the letters
in question. Mr. Smiles had subsequently informed
him that he did not publish the libel, and he (the
learned counsel) now had the authority of Mr.
Hamilton to say that any imputations contained in
the letters he now withdrew and apologised for his
conduct. He had spoken to Mr. Bovill upon the
subject, who consented to accept the apology and
retractation on the part of his client, and therefore
the rule would be discharged upon Mr. Hamilton
paying the costs.
Mr. Bovill, Q.C., said that nothing could be more
satisfactory than Mr. Karslake's statement. He
accepted the apology and retractation, and con-
sented to have the rule discharged on the part of
his client.
The Lord Chief Justice said he was very happy
to hear it.
Rule discharged accordingly.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—May 9.

MARLBOROUGH STREET. THE CHARGE
AGAINST VISCOUNT MlLTON.—Viscount Milton, of
No. 4, Grosvenor-square, appeared to answer the
charge of having, by false pretences, obtained pos-
session of a pair of diamond earrings, value £lOO,
pledged by Madame Rachel, of No. 47, New Bond-
street, with Messrs. Stephens, pawnbroker, No.-35,
Brewerstreet.
His lordship was placed in the dock appropriated
to ordinary prisoners.
Mr. Sleigh, instructed by Mr. Ncate, solicitor to
the Pawnbrokers' Protection Society, appeared for
the prosecution ; Sergeant Ballantine, instructed by
Mt. Lewis, jun„ attended for the defence; and Mr.
Metcalfe, instructed by Mr. Wontner, attended on
behalf of the owner of the earrings.
Mr. Knox, before the proceedings commenced,
remarked that when the case was before him last
week the gentleman who conducted the defence
endeavoured to open a case of fraud against a per-
son not present ; and a statement had got into the
papers prejudicial to that person. He wished,
therefore, to state, before the case went further, that
the charge of fraud had been imported into this
case, and not supported by the evidence. As the
Press had given publicity to the charge, he had no
doubt that the denial by Madame Rachel, or Levin-
son, would reach the public in the same way.
Mr. Richards, for Madame Rachel, said his
client's name was Rachel Levinson, but she traded
by the name of Rachel.
Mr. Knox had to remark that all that had been
stated of Mrs. Rachel Levinson's share in the
transaction, with the exception of pledging the ear-
rings, was groundless.
Mr. Sleigh said ho appeared to prosecute, in-
structed by Mr. Neato, solicitor to the Pawnbrokers'
Protection Society. He had been put in possession
of all the evidence brought forward on the previous
examination, and :his opinion was that whatever
might be the amount of imprudence which the gen-
tleman at the bar had been guilty of, the charge
was one which it was impossible he could ask the
Court to send for trial. He could not bring his
mind to believe from the facts laid before him, that
this young nobleman, a member of an illustrious
family, was guilty of the offence charged against
him, and on that ground he had advised that the
prosecution should be withdrawn. The conduct of
the defendant had, no doubt, been indiscreet, but
he was bound to say there was no evidence or guilty
intention in what had been done, and under all the
circumstances, his clients had sanctioned his state-
ment that they proposed to withdraw from the pro-
secution. _ _ _

Mr. Sergeant Ballantine was not surprised at the
course his learned friend had taken in this matter,
and it would not be impertinent to mention that
Lord Milton bad been in ill health, and that on the
occasion in question he acted on the belief of justi-
fication, well or ill founded, but which, as a man of
the world, he (Mr. Ballantine) was bound to say
could not be defended, as there was no doubt Lord
Milton had been much mistaken in the course he
had adopted, acting, indeed, as he had done, under
the influence of a female much older than himself.
He had no difficulty in admitting that his lordship
had acted with indiscretion, and also that his learned
friend had adopted the course best calculated to spare
the feelings of those who were deeply interested in
the matter. The first question, when instructed in
this case, which he had put was, what was the state
of his lordship's account at the London and West-
minster Bank, and ho was informed that his lord-
ship had a large credit at the bank, and that the
manager was in court to prove the fact. The im-
putation of fraud was, therefore, completely at an
end. He considered that the parties preferring the
charge had acted in a very proper manner in with-
drawing from the prosecution ; and in reference to
what had been previously stated in defence by Mr.
Lewis, he would remark that Mr. Lewis had been
very imperfectly and hastily instructed.
Mr. Lewis remarked that he had only obeyed
instructions in the course he had adopted.
Mr. Knox—The case of alleged fraud against
1 Madame Rachel was opened on the former exami-
nation, but had not been proved. With respect to
the charge before me, I can assure you, Lord Mil-
ton, if I had come to the conclusion that your lord-
ship had any guilty intention with reference to the
possession of the earrings I should have sent you at
once for trial ; out my belief is there was no guilty
intention. You are young and inexperienced, and
evidently require good guidance, and I wish to re-
mind you, that considering your station you are
pre-eminently bound to obey the law, as your
station will not protect you from the consequences
of violating the law. The earrings will, of course,
be given up to the pawnbroker. The act was the
act of a foolish person, and therefore you, Lord
Milton, are discharged.
Lord Milton then left the court with his friends.

SOUTHWARK.—Yesterday John Smith, alias
William Fossey, describing himself as a builder and
house agent, was charged on remand with stealing
£2 17s. 9d., the property of William Groomridge,
Brandforl-terrace, Bermondsey.
Mrs. Mary Groomridge said that on Thursday
evening, the Ist inst. the prisoner came to her hus-
band's house and hired her parlours. He stated
that he was a builder and house agent, and had
considerable property erecting in Bermondsey and
Rotherhithe. Believing his statement to be true,
she let him the pai lours, and on the following morn-
ing, about 9 o'clock, ho came and took possession,
with a young man whom he called his clerk. At 12
o'clock the prisoner asked her if she could cash a
check for him, and on her replying in the negative
he asked her to lend him 12s. for a short time. She
did so, and about two hours afterwards he asked for
the loan of a hammer, which she got. The prisoner
put a lot of written bills in the window, and about
3 o'clock he asked her if she would prepare tea for
himself and his clerk. She consented, and, having
no tea in the house, she went out to get it. On
return she made them tea, and provided bread
and butter and a haddock, which the prisoner
heartily partook of, After that he sent the young
man out and left himself, saying he was going to
look after some men at Rotherhithe. After he
was gone she had occasion to go into her bedroom.
She then found that her drawers had been broken
open, and £2 17s. 9d.stolen from them. Her own
hammer had been used to break open tbo drawcro.
The prisoner had also stolen her husband's new
Wellington boots from the bedroom, and had left a
dirty pair instead. Witness here, shaking her fist
at the prisoner, said, " Oh, he is the greatest vaga-
bond living."
Francis M'Dermott, a very respectable young
man, said he was out of a situation, and at the end.
of April he advertised for one. The prisoner an-
swered it, stating in his letter that he was a builder
and house agent, and requesting him to call at
his office on Friday last. He accordingly went
to the house of the last witness and saw the
prisoner, who engaged him at a weekly salary,
and set him to write some handbills. After they
had had tea the prisoner sent him on an errand.
On his way back he met the prosecutrix, who gave
him into custody for being concerned with the pri-
soner in ,stealing the £2 17s. 9d.
• Several gentlemen came forward, and gave the
last witness an excellent character.
John Wookey, police-constable 311 K., said that

on Sunday evening last he was called into a house
near Arbour-square, where the prisoner had taken
lodgings for a shnidar purpose. The landlady hap-
pened to have seen a report of what had taken
place in the newspapers while at breakfast, and
from the description given of the prisoner by last
witness on his examination she suspected him to be
the delinquent. The witness took him into custody,
and Mrs. Groomridge identified her. Ho had on at
the same time her husband's new boots.
Henry Short, police-constable, 77 G division, said
he knew the prisoner as an advertising swindler.
In February, 1860, he was tried at the Old Bailey
and sentenced to 18 months' hard labour for de-
frauding several young men who had advertised for
situations and had answered his advertisements.
He had been previously convicted.
Mr. Combo asked if anything was found on the
prisoner ?
Police-constable 254 M replied that £9 7s. was
found on him, besides a number of letters ready to
send out in answer to ndrertisementr for situations.
Police•constable 391 M said when he took the
prisoner into custody ho said that he was a man of
large property, and that he lived at Albion Lodge,
Kingsland. The witness, however, could not find
such a place.
The prisoner was committed for trial.