The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-20 00:00:00

LA TV INM72IGENCE—Itine 19.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Justice Keating
and a Common Jury.)
KEATING V. STEWART.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a
printer, against the defendant, a Miss Agnes
Stewart, to recover the sum of £67 odd for work
done, &c.
Mr. Brett, Q.C., and Mr. Garth were counsel for
the plaintiff; Mr. Mills, Q.C., and Mr. Charles
Russell for the defendant.

It appeared from the evidence of the plaintiff that
the defendant, in the month of April last, started a
magazine entitled the "Rose and Thistle Magazine,"
and engaged the plaintiff to print it for her. Ile
had complied with her order, and now claimed the
sum of /67.

The defendant called no witnesses, but it was
contended that plaintiff was not entitled to recover,
in consequence of the bad condition in which he had
printed the book, there being mistakes in almost
every third page, and some of the pages contained
as many as five or six mistakes.

The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—
damages, £62 Bs. 6d.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.

(Sittings at Nisi Priu', at Westminster, after Term,
before Mr. Baron Wilde, and a Special Jury.)
LEVERSON V. CARNEGIE.-MADAME RACHEL AND
THE ENAMELLING PROCESS.

This was an action for goods sold and delivered,
for work and labour done, and materials supplied,
and on an account stated. The defendant pleaded
never indebted.
Mr. Davison was counsel for the plaintiff, and
Mr. Kerslake and Mr. Hayward appeared for the
defence.
Mr. Davison, in opening the case, said the
action was brought for services rendered to the
wife of the plaintiff in performing a process known
as enamelling ladies' faces. (Laughter.) Some years
ago they had probably heard of celebrities who had
undergone the process, but this was the first occa-
sion perhaps on which they would see a lady who
had actually experienced it. His client, the wife
of Philip Leverson, carried on business at 47, New
Bond-street, at the corner of Maddox-street, under
the name of Ma/lame Rachel_ The defendant, the
Hon. Swinfen Thomas Carnegie, v►ho he believed
was the heir to a peerage, married the lady to whom
the services were rendered, and who, he was in-
formed, was the daughter of the Countess Rapp, the
wife of a Mr. Hope, who was well known in the
highest circles of society. In December, Mrs. Car-
negie being desirous to avail herself of Madame
Rachel's secret for beautifying the countenance,sent
a maid servant to request her to call at her residence.
Madame Rachel declined to go, but said she would
be glad to see her at her own house. Afterwards
Mrs. Carnegie called and went through Madame
Rachel's ordeal, and continued to do so on several
other occasions when she was going to dinner or
evening parties. At the latter end of March
some difficulty arose about the payment, and Mrs.
Carnegie offered Madame Rachel some valuable
jewellery which the plaintiff refused to take as she
had promised to pay, but she never did so, and up
to the present time the plaintiff had not received a
farthing. Mrs. Carnegie called at all hours of the
day and night, and she said that she would not
mind paying Madame Rachel £l,OOO if she could
successfully apply the process to her, such was the
state of her health at that time. No doubt the
jury would have an opportunity of seeing the effect
upon Mrs. Carnegie before the end of the cause,
and judge for themselves of the value of the ser-
vices for which compensation was now sought.
Mrs. Rachel Leverson was then called, and re-
quested to be sworn on the Old Testament. She
said—l enamel ladies' faces. In December last, a
young woman, the lady's maid of Mrs. Carnegie,
called and asked me to come to her mistress's resi-
dence, in Belgrave-square- I told her I never at-
tended strange ladies at their residences, but that
if she called upon me I would have no objection to
see her. She came a second time for one of my cir-
culars. She again asked me to call, but I declined..
About Christmas Mrs. Carnegie called at my shop,
and told me that she was the Hon. Mrs. Carnegie.
She said she had for a long time been afflicted with
serious abscesses on different parts of her:bosom, and
that her complexion was very much faded in conse-
quence of having undergone a serious operation in
Paris. One of the abscesses had been cut away. This
is a delicate thing for one lady to say of another.
She said she had suffered much annoyance from a
fearful scar on her bosom, and that if I would
enamel it she would give anything for my services.
I declined to enamel it, as in her serious state it
would be injurious to her health. 1 gave her my
terms. She told me she had seen them in the news-
papers. The terms are contained in the advertise-
ment produced :
"Youth and Beauty—Alabaster powder, tnagne-
tic rock, dew water from Sahara, Circassian bloom,
Arabian soaps, and alabaster liquid.—Tkese costly
preparations will render the hair, teeth, and corn-
' plexion beautiful beyond comparison. Can be
obtained only from Madame Rachel. Madame
Rachel, in answer to numerous inquiries, begs leave
to say that her fees are as follows :--For enamel-
ling a lady, 163 guineas and upwards; for attend-
ing a lady for a ball or party, without enamelling,
five guineas." (Laughter.)
Another advertisement was also read offering a
recipe of the process for a guinea.
Examination continued—Mrs. Carnegie said if
she could appear in public as she wished she would
give me £l,OOO, or any amount of money,for ladies
bad circulated a report that she had had one of her
breasts cut. She said that she had an income of
her own, and ample means to pay me. She was
perfectly aware that I attended no one but the elite
of society. (Laughter.) She said she would rather
pay me the sum I have mentioned than wear high
necked drisses.
Mr. Baron Wilde—What was the enamelling for?
Witness—For enamelling the bosom, neck, face,
and arms. (Laughter.) She had been very hand-
some, but, though a young lady, she was then very
much faded. Ido
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of enamelling on her more than three times.
Mr. Baron Wilde—Are so many operations
necessary ?
Witness—l can enamel a lady for one evening or
for ever. (Great laughter.) laa
process depends
upon whether the lady requires it for one evening
or permanently. I enamelled Mrs. Carnegie four
times at my residence. She called upon me,
altogether, eight or ten times. I also supplied her
with cosmetics and perfumery, and other articles
I deal in. The lady is in court and can tell you
all about the process. I never went to her resi-
dence. I supplied her with preparations for the
toilet. She could not do without them. I received
one note from her by a maid servant, in which she
said 1 was not to tell the bearer anything, as she
was ignorant of the purpose for which she was
sent. From beginning to end Mrs. Carnegie never
uttered a word of complaint; on the contrary, I
received great compliments from her for what I
had done. She said she went to a hunt fancy ball
in Wales, where she was much admired. This was
after I had enamelled her. She said she assumed
the character of " Snow." (Laughter.) She told
me how she was dressed. She wore a costly white
tulle dress smothered with white feathers to repre-
sent a snow storm. (Continued laughter.) She
said, " I looked very lovely, indeed, as my maid
will tell you." I never got any money from her;
but she referred me to a Dr. Robertson. She
brought me somejewels, and among them a tiara
of diamonds. She offered me the rings on her
fingers, but I declined to accept them. I said I
expected money. She replied, " When I return
from Wales in three weeks' time I will pay you,
Madame Rachel, on my honour as a lady." She
told me that Captain Carnegie had of late compli-
mented her on her good looks, and also that he
was quite mare that I attended her. Before the
process she had several very unpleasant marks on
her bosom, and her face was very sallow. She had
a very beautiful figure and was a very fine lady
indeed, but her complexion had undergone serious
changes—l presume from loss of blcod in conse-
quence of the operation in Paris, These appearances
are now so far removed by my application that she
is now a very beautiful woman indeed. (Laughter.)
Cross-examined by Mr. Karslake—l am the
enameller. I have also a daughter, who practises
the art. I will describe my process if you wish.
First of all every vestige of dirt is removed from
the system by liquid herbs, The pores of the flesh
are not stopped up as some suppose. It is my
olject to keep them open. The whole skin is
washed over with liquid flowers, not with paint. I
do not paint. I cannot give the exact dates of Mrs.
Carnegie's visits, so many ladies call upon me.
Sometimes I attend ladies at their own homes, bu:

only after the fatigue of the season. (Laughter.)
Ladies gerTrally require secrecy, and I regret that
this should be exposed in a public court. I enamel
some children.
•Tho process is now no secret among
ladies. Mrs. C';ruegie was enamelled four times at
my house. I hid the wound by a pr[icess only
known to myself. I also enamelled the bust, the
face, and the arms. She once canto to my house as
late as twelve at night and remained until two in
the morning.
Re-examined—My process is really not elm•
melling, but ladies call it so, because under it the
skin becomes so beautiful, soft, and white that it
resembles painting on ivory. (Laughter.) It is
generally adopted among the highest classes. It is
a very ancient custom. Ther© is another process
which is properly called enamelling, but mine is
merely cleansing the skin and rendering it more