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London, England, 1853-01-11 00:00:00

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pa kets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier. Gravesend.
Dec., 1852.

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST TWO LADIES.-GLOUCESTER,
SATURDAY.-A trial of considerable interest came on
before the Gloucestershire Court of Quarter Sessions,
and occupied the attention of the Court up to a late
hour in the evening. The accused were a Miss Little-
page and a Mrs. Smith, both highly respectable ladies,
and well-known in the counties of Gloucester and Wor-
cester as having been engaged in the education of mem-
bers of highly respectable families. The charge against
them was that they had stolen linen to the value of 501.,
and divers articles of plate, the property of Captain
Maxwell, of Kemerton-priory, near Tewkesbury. Mr.
Pigott conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Skinner and
Mr. Fallen defended the prisoners. The evidence ad-
duced on the trial was very voluminous, but the facts
briefly were as follows :—Mrs. Maxwell, the lady of
Captain Maxwell, had the education of some private
pupils at Kemerton-priory, and the captain becoming
embarassed in consequence of his connection with a
mining company, retired from Kemerton to London for
a time, and he and Mrs. Maxwell made an arrangement
with Miss Littlepage and Mrs. Smith that they should
take to the house and the pupils for a year, and that
Captain Maxwell should pay the housekeeping expenses
and receive the money from the pupils. Miss Littlepage
was to take to the furniture, and a bill of sale of it was
drawn up, but was afterwards cancelled. When Cap-
tain Maxwell left Kemerton, the plate and linen not in
common use was locked up in a large chest, and they
took away the key, but afterwards, something being
wanted out of the box, the key was sent to Kemerton.
In October last year the landlord of the house put in a
distress for rent, and thereupon Mrs. Maxwell came
down, settled with them, and they left. The prisoners
left about this time, and then the plate and linen in
question was missed. It appeared, upon the evidence,
that Miss Littlepage had taken the things, openly saying
to some that she should keep them safe, and return
them when required ; and to others that she should
keep them as a lieu for money owing to her. This was
the defence, and it was stated that the ladies had taken
advice upon the point. The jury agreed that there was
no felonious intent, and found the prisoners not guilty,
amidst the acclamations of the court.

A letter from Berlin states that the King of Prussia
has conferred the order of the Black Eagle on the Arch-
duke Ferdinand Maximilian, of Austria ; and that of the
Red Eagle, third class, on the French Colonel Marnier.
MELA.NOROLY ACCIDENT.—MALTA, JAN. 2.—A Very
melancholy accident has recently occurred, which has
thrown a gloom over our society, and excited the sympa-
thies of all classes. Some short time since, Miss Drum-
mond, the eldest daughter of the London banker, was
enjoying a ride, when she was thrown violently, and
broke her jaw. As she lay on the ground she still re-
tained her hold of the bridle, when the animal reared,
and evidently frightened the unfortunate lady. She was
removed to her hotel, where medical assistance was
called in, and the sufferer, on the 28th ult., was doing
as well as could be expected, her jaw settling nicely, her
wounds healing kindly, and indeed she was so well as
to have been quite gay, and in high spirits. At four
a.m. of the 29th, she woke her nurse, and, feeling un-
well, asked for some beef tea (the nourishment allowed
ahselre);she
andthat her own maid should be sent for. On the
arrival of the latter, finding her mistress as she thought,
would not disturb her. At five o'clock, her
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