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London, England, 1865-01-19 00:00:00

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LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day).

COURT OF DIVORCE.
(Before the Judge Ordinary and a Special Jury.)

CHETWYND V. CHETWYND.
The hearing of this extraordinary case was resumed this

morning.

Sir R. Phillimore addressed the jury on behalf of the
petitioner, and dwelt on the letters which Mr. Chetwynd
had written to the servant-maid, letters of a more familiar
character than those which he addressed to his wife. He
spoke of his acts of cruelty, and contended that the case of
the petitioner had been conclusively made out, while the
charges Mr. Chetwynd had brought against his wife had
entirely failed. He analysed the evidence of Mr. Matthews
and the other gentlemen with whom Mrs. Chetwynd was
alleged to have misconducted herself, and argued that it
completely exculpated her from the cruel charges which her
husband had brought against her.
(The learned gentleman's speech is likely to occupy the
whole day.)

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This Day.
BOW-STREET.

THE CASE OF THE SHENANDOAH.—Captain Corbett, late
of the Sea King, again attended to answer a charge preferred
against him by the Government of infringing the Foreign
Enlistment Act. It will be recollected the Sea King was
a fine and powerful steam-vessel, and on her leaving Lon-
don it was represented to the crew that she was bound for
Bombay. Instead of proceeding thither the Sea King was
taken to Madeira, where, it was alleged, she was transferred
to the Confederate navy, and re-named the Shenandoah ;
and Captain Corbett then made certain communications to
the crew, a portion of whom remained in the ship, but the
majority returned to England.

At the first examination some of the crew of the Sea
King were examined. Their evidence was to the effect
that they were led to believe that the Sea King was bound
for Bourbon and China, but on getting to Madeira another
vessel, the Laurel, was signalled, and on her coming along-
side Capt. Corbett told the crew he had sold the ship to the
gentleman who then came on board, and then told the
crew that those who remained would find it highly advan-
tageous, but that those who refused would be conveyed
back to England. The witness said the gentleman who
came on board the Sea King at Madeira was dressed in a
drab uniform, with bright buttons, and gold lace on the
cuffs. When it was discovered that the vessel had been
transferred to the Confederate navy the crew murmured,
and then the defendant told them that the vessel was not
going to fight, but, that she was intended merely to take
homeward-bound ships, and that if they met a man of war
they would have to fight their way out. Powder and guns
were afterwards shipped on board, and when the Laurel
left the Sea King the Confederate flag was hoisted aboard.
Alfred Hill, a seaman, this morning gave evidence to the
above effect, and in cross-examination he said he resided at
Poplar, and the first he heard of this case was the report in
the papers. One of his shipmates, a man named Webster,
first spoke to him about the matter. When the defendant
asked us to join the ship he said if we did not like to do
that he would send us home, in the mail boat.

John Ellison said he resided at Poplar. He went early
in September to the Sailors' Home, and there saw Captain
Corbett, and signed articles for a voyage to Bombay and
China as Quartermaster. He
,was to have £3 a month. On
the 7th of October he sent his clothes aboard the Sea King
and joined the vessel. The vessel went down Channel,
calling at Deal, and from thence to the Start. We went
down' Channel under steam and canvas. When we got to
the Start we put out fires, and went on to Funchal, where
another
ivas signalled. She afterwards
were then given to rig up the
came
alongside, steamer, thenand
d Laurel,
orders
main-yard to lift about three tons, as they were to ship
some heavy packages. Some had been lifted into the ship
when one of the cases broke, and he then saw that it -con-
tained a 68-pounder gun. He also saw shot, shell, and
small arms in some of the other cases. The crew were
occupied till two o'clock in the morning, they having began
about four on the previous afternoon. After breakfast the
boatswain piped all hands aft. Captain Corbett was in
the saloon. He came out, shortly after the crew went
aft, and there he wah joined by a gentleman
in a drab suit, with strips on his cuffs. Captain Corbett
asked if all the men were aft, and he was told they were.
He then said, " Well, men, I've sold the ship," and he
pointed out the captain who was to take charge, and then
said " That is the gentleman who is to take charge. You
men that wish to join this captain will give you good
money." We were to have £l2 to £l5 bounty. Captain
Corbett said it was a good. chance for those who would
join, and those who refused he would take back to England.
He (witness) then said to Captain Corbett, " You've sold
the ship, what have you done with the money ? The ship
must have been sold before she left England, and you've
brought us out here under false articles, and I want
some money out of you; so you had better pay
us here, for when you get to England we may lose
you." He said, " Well, men, I cannot help it." The other
captain then spoke up ; he said, " I have come out to take
charge of the ship as a privateer to fight for the Confede-
rate Government ; any of you men who wish to join as
able seamen we will give £5 10s. par month, with £l6
bounty, and that will be a good chance for you." lie told
the captain he did not wish to join the Confederate service,
as he belonged to the English navy ; that he had never
earned any money in the country, and that he did not wish
to take up arms for it. The captain replied that it wasmot
in the country, only on the coast they were going ; ho
(witness) told him he did not care, for he had done with
the ship. The defendant was present. One of the crew
said the matter of wages had better be settled by the Board
of Trade. Captain Corbett then, ent to the saloon, and
on returning to the deck he bdttoned up his coat, and
running to the gangway, then said, "Well men,
I'm off, follow me." About eight of the seamen followed
him, but he returned and went into the saloon. He after-
wards went on the poop and spoke to a Naval ;Reserve
man, named John Allen. He persuaded him to join the
ship. •

Sir Thomas Henry—Persuaded him ! what did he say ?
Witness—He said, addressing Allen, " The best thing
you can do, Allen, is to join the ship. You will get £l4 a
month, and £2O bounty as second gunner of the Shenan-
doah. If yon remain I'll say nothing about the Reserve."
Sir Thomas Henry—A Naval Reserve man is not allowed
to sign such articles.

Witness—No, Sir. 1
Sir Thomas Henry—The captain is bound to report him
if he does, is ho not ?

Witness--yes.

The witness then went on to say that four of the crew re-
mained on board the Shenandoah, the rest left in the Laurel,
and he was finally sent home in a ship called the Calabar.

In cross-examination the witness said he saw the gentle-
man in grey clothes walk off the bridge of the Laurel on to
the bridge of the Sea King with a revolver in his hand.
John Allen, he believed, had gone to the West Indies on a
voyage. There were about 12 or 14 officers who came from
the Laurel, who must have heard the defendant urge Allen
to join the ship. The only seaman he recollected seeing
while the officers were speaking to the men was Richard
Savage. The witnesses who have already been examined
might have been there—he could not say, as there was
such a bustle on deck, trying to get the men to enter the
ship.
Charles Sell said he recollected the Laurel coming along-
side the Sea King, and the shipping of the heavy packages.
He went like the rest when the boatswain piped all hands
aft. He saw Capt. Corbett there. He said " I've sold the
ship. She's going to be a Confederate cruiser, and if any
f you like to join her, you can, as most of you are single
men, and you'll very likely make a good thing out of it."
He said if we did not go with the ship we were to follow
him. The defendant said we should have £4 19s. a month,
and £lO bounty. Capt. Corbett said the gentleman in the
grey clothes was the new commander of the Sea King. The
gentleman said the vessel was not going to fight ; she was
going to take prizes the same as the Alabama, but that if
they got jammed in a corner, they would have to fight
their way out. When the commander came on
deck in his uniform, he asked Captain Corbett
if he had many married men aboard. He replied
"No ; as he had taken care of that when ship-
ping the men. He heard Ellison say he had signed for
a voyage to Bombay under the English flag, and he wasn't
going to sail under any other. He heard the defendant
afterwards say to the men who refused to join, " Well, if
you won't like it, you must follow me." He (witness) re-
turned to the Laurel. -
Sir Thomas Henry—Did Captain Corbett ask you when
you were engaged whether you were married or single ?
Witness—No, but I heard him ask others.
Sir Thomas Henry—Where ?
Witness—ln the shipping office, bnt I can't tell the name
oi any particular one that the question was put to except
flie boatswain, and he is not now in England. When he
heard the question put he was standing behind a lot of
other men, who were all strangers to him. '
The witness Ellison was recalled, and asked whether
he was asked when he joined the Sea King if he was
married or single, and he replied he was not, but he heard
some few observations made by Captain Corbett about his
not intending to leave any half-pay notes.
Sir Thomas Henry—That would apply to married men
principally.

Witness—Yes.
Mr. Sleigh—And to single men, also, I presume.

Witness—Yes.

John Webster gave similar evidence to that given
by the preceding witness, about the commander coming
on board the Sea King, adding, that he wore a gold
band round his cap, and had gold lace on his coat.
He then repeated the evidence already given, respecting
their offer to join the ship after it had been declared that
she had become the property of the Confederate Govern-
ment. The commander told the crew that the vessel was
only going to pick up sailing vessels as they were coming
home, not to fight. Previous to landing from the Laurel
at Teneriffe, Captain Corbett told the men, if any person
asked them questions when they got ashore, to say that
they were shipwrecked seamen, and that they had lost
their vessel at sea.

Mr. Jose ph Data said be was a clerk in the General

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1865.

This evidence concluded the case for the Crown.

Bail was taken for his appearance at the sessions.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Record and Register Office of Seamen and Shippers. He
produced the original articles of the Sea King.
Llspector Clarke said he went to Liverpool, armed with
a warrant signed by Sir T. Henry. He found the defen-
dant on the 4th of January, in his own house, at breakfast.
He told him who he was. He said he was an inspector of
the Thames police, and that he held a warrant for his (de-
fendant's) apprehension. He commenced reading the war-
rant, when Captain Corbett replied " You've no occasion
to read the document. I know all about It. I expected
this."

Mr. Sleigh, for Capt. Corbett, said he felt that that was
not the proper place to enter into a full defence. He, how-
ever, must be allowed to say that it did not redound to the
credit of the Government, that they having failed in their
prosecutions with respect to ships, now thought it proper
to come to the minor alternative of prosecuting individuals.
C&ptain Corbett had a full answer to all the facts, and until
the trial he hoped the public would reserve ther judgment.
Sir T. Henry then fully committed Captain Corbett for

UNPROVOKED ASSAULT.—Mr. Edward Dinglar, of No. 8,
Foley-street, Portland-place, money-lender, was charged
before Mr. Knox with being drunk, disorderly, and assault-
ing Police-constable John Harris, 304 A.
The constable stated that about eleven o'clock last night
the defendant was ejected from the London Pavilion
Music Hall, Tichborne-street. He advised the defendant
to go away quietly, upon which ho turned round and gave
him a severe blow in the face. •

Mr. Knox asked the constable whether he gave the de-
fendant any provocation.

The constable said he did not. The defendant was
drunk.
Mr. Knox asked the defendant whether he wished to
ask the constable any questions.
The defendant said he was not aware that he struck the
constable. He had not the slightest knowledge of what
occurred.

Mr. Knox said the defendant had behaved very badly.
The defendant was ejected from the music hall, which was
no fault of the constable, and then when the constable ad-
vised him to go away, he gave him a severe blow. He
should fine the defendant 40s or 14 days' imprisonment in
default.

DESTROYING CLOTHING IN WORKHOITSES.—Two strong,
healthy-looking fellows, named George Williams and John
Clark, were brought before Mr. Knox, charged with de-
stroying their clothing in St. George's Workhouse, Mount-
street, Grosvenor-square.

Plowright, the porter of the workhouse, said that about
six o'clock yesterday evening, the prisoners applied for a
night's shelter. It was given them immediately, and this
morning it was found that they had cut up their clothes,
one even cutting up his boots.

The prisoners, who were attired in coarse canvas slops,
introduced into the workhouse, with the view of deterring
persons from destroying their clothing—said they had
nothing to say.
Mr. Knox said if the prisoners imagined they could get
admitted to the casual ward of the workhouse, and then
cut up their clothes and be supplied with new ones they
were mistaken. It was downright cheating.
Committed for 21 days each.
CHARGE OF ROBBING A LICENSED VICTUALLER.—Mary
Gray, a shabbily-attired unfortunate, was charged before
Mr. Knox with stealing a breast-pin of the value of £lO
from the person of Mr. Henry Videon, licensed victualler,
51, Dean-street, Soho.
The prosecutor said that about half-past one that morn-
ing he met the prisoner in the Haymarket, and she asked
him to go with her to the York Hotel, a brothel. They
went there, but did not stop, and they afterwards walked
down Regent-street, when the prisoner demanded £2 of
him, and because he did not comply with her demand she
knocked off his hat, and then stole his breast pin, of the
value of £lO. She then behaved so violently that he was
obliged to hold her till a constable came up, when he gave
her in Charge.
The prisoner said that when she took thepin sho said
she would keep it till the prosecutor gave her £2 which she
considered she was entitled to.
Kingston, 184 C, said that hearing cries of police he went
up, and found the prosecutor and prisoner on the ground.
Being got up, the prosecutor charged the prisoner with
stealing his pin. She denied having it, but he took it from
her hand.
Prisoner said she did not deny having it, but denied
stealing.
The constable said the prisoner denied having it, and
there was a woman standing by when he went up, and she
put out her hand as if to take it. The prisoner afterwards
said she only took the pin " for a lark."
In answer to Mr. Knox, Barnes, the gaoler, said the pri-
soner had several times been charged with being drunk,
but there was no conviction against her for felony.
Mr. Knox said he should remand her for a week, and if
no prosecutor was then present—which he did not think
there would be—he should discharge her, the prosecutor's
conduct in going to the Haymarket, then going to a house
with the prisoner, and afterwards walking with her, not
being very creditable to him.