The Sun.
London, England, 1870-03-02 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

IHE GODRICH CASE AGAIN IN THE DIVORCE COURT.—
The notorious Godrich case was once more mentioned. Dr.
Tristram, on behalf of the co-respondent Forder, applied
that the order as to costs might be rescinded,
as the witnesses against him had been found guilty
of perjury. Lord Penzance could make no such
order as required. He had nothing to do with
the conviction of the witnesses. Mr. Forder must wait
till it was seen what further action was taken in the cause.
Last term Mrs. Godrich applied for a new trial, but Lord
Penzance thought it better to stand over till the trial of
the witnesses in the Court of Queen's Bench for perjury.

THE WILL OF SIR DE LACY EVANS. - The
will of this distinguished general is disputed, and a caveat
has been entered by two of his nephews against probate
b3ing granted of certain codicils. Dr. Spinks, for the execu-
tors, has asked in the Probate Court what codicils could
he admitted to probate. It seemed that the testator died on
the 9th of January in the presentyear. He made awill dated
the Bth of September, 1860, and in August, 1864, he exe-
cuted a codicil to that will, and in the same year made
alother codicil, which was witnessed at the office of
Messrs. James and Cox, his proctors. In the month of
March, 1867, he wrote for a codicil made in the previous
year, which was sent him. In that codicil he left the sword
that was presented to him and his various orders, British
aad foreign, to Mr. Eastwick. After the death it was
found that from this codicil the signatures had been torn
off. He (Dr. Spinks) thought that the will and the codi-
cils made in 1867 and in 1868 were entitled to probate,
and he should be glad of his lordship's opinion on
the point.—Dr. Deane said that he appeared
for the two nephews, who were residuary lega-
tees. They were williag that the will should
piss ; but had entered a caveat as against two of
the codicils, as of course all specific bequests would lessen
their residue. Dr. Spinks, he thought, was out of order
in coming to the court when a caveat had been entered.—
Lord Penzance was of the same opinion, and declined 4.-
eKpress any opinion in the matter.

THE ALBERT AMALGAMATIONS.—Vice-Chancellor James
has dismissed a petition to wind up the Merchants and
Tradesmen's Assurance Society, one of the numerous
amalgamations of the Albert. His Honour said that the
transfer of claims and liabilities had been complete, and a
shareholder of the Merchants' Society had no right to go
against his brother shareholders. The petitioner's rase
therefore, failed.
THE CHARGE AGAINST A BANK MANAGER.—At the
Mansion House, yesterday, Demetrio Pappa, formerly
mana,rer of the Oriental and Commercial Bank,
was brought up for examination, charged with
embezzling £BOO. This was a fresh charge, the
prisoner having had two accusations preferred against
him previously. In this case it was alleged that
he received £B,lOO from a gentleman named Frazer, and
appropriated it to his own use. The prisoner asserted his
innocence, and the Lord Mayor committed him for trial,
but accepted bail for his appearance at the Central
Criminal Court, himself in £2,000, and two sureties iu
21,000 each.
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CHARGE OF GAMBLING. —A coffee-house keeper named
Morris Emmanuel Ms been charged at the Guildhall
with keeping a gambling house in the City. His son
and nineteen others were charged with gaming. The
police, on searching the house on Sunday, found thirty-
two packs of cards and eight dice, the latter under the
grate. The prisoners had £9O upon them. They were
remanded on bail.

FORGED SHIPPING DOCUMENTS.—An action has been
brought in the Court of Queen's Bench to recover the
sum of £1 105 advanced by the plaintiffs, Coventry and
Co., corn brokers and commission agents, on the security
of shipping documents which turned out to be forgeries
Mr. Alexander, the chief defendant, is a corn
broker carrying on business in Threadneedle-street.
He was asked to undertake a commission in respect
of a cargo of wheat coming from the Piraeus in the brigan-
tine Anna, the charterer being Mr. George Toanides,
merchant, of the Piraeus. Mr. Alexander advanced a
certain sum upon the cargo, which he was to sell. The
Anna, however, could not be traced on Lloyd's
list, and the Customs authorities at the Piraeus
when telegraphed to said there was no such
merchant, as George Toanides and the only Anna known
had left the port of Patatia, in Thessaly, for Marseilles.
Mr. Alexander, on hearing this, became anxious about his
advances. The plaintiffs, Messrs. Coventry and Co.,
were induced by Mr. Stephanus Xenos, who
interested himself on behalf of Mason and Hughes,
(the firm who originally asked Mr. Alexander to under-
take the commission, and who have since become bank-
rupt) to advance £1,105 on the security of the shipping
documents and the policy of insurance, which were ficti-
tious. The defendant declared that he had communicated
his suspicions to the plaintiff, who said that they did not
fear ; their principal was Xenos. The plaintiff con-
tended that Mr. Alexander, having learned the original
fraud, did not hesitate to dupe them in order to recoup
his own losses. The jury found a verdict for the
plaintiff.
ASSAULT ON A TOLL-KEEPER.-,—(By Telegraph.)—At the
Berks Assizes, on Tuesday, Joseph Keen and Jesse Whit-
field were found guilty of stealing from and assaulting
Simmons, a tollgate-keeper at Stamford. On the night of
the 21st two men called out, " Gate !" and when the toll-
keeper came, they covered his head with a sack and threw
him down, while a third man went into the house and
secured the money. The prosecutor was much hurt. The
prisoners were sentenced to five years' penal servitude.
BIGAMY.—(By Telegraph). —At the same Assizes Charles
Stroud, charged with marrying Eliza Seymour at Reading
in 1863, his former wife, Maria Stroud, being still alive,
pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to 18 months' imprison-
ment.

The Metropolitan Railway traffic return shows
this week an increase of £351 over last year ; the
Metropolitan District an increase of £75 ; the
Metropolitan and St. John's Wood an increase of
£lO ; the Glasgow and South Western an increase
of £709 ; and the Great Luxembourg an increase of
£363.

The Echo lately made a statement to show how
labourers starved in New York, more especially women,
therefore we think it. right to give the annual rates paid
for female labour in New York city per week:—Copyists,
$1 to 7 ; collars and cuffs, sto 7 ; vest makers, 5 to 6;
bagmakere, 2 50 to 4 • fringe makers, 3 to 5 ; fiouncers, 3
to 6 ; linen coats, 3 to 5 ; feathers, 3 to 4 ; burnishers, 5
to 17 ; confectioners, 4 to 6 ; gaiter fitting, 4 to 6 ; milli-
nery, 6 to 12 ; toys, 3 to 5 ; pattern makers of dresses,
3 to 6 ; hair nets, 3 to 5 ; hair work, 3 to 6 ; type set-
ters, 5 to 15 ; cap making, 3 to 9 ; ironers of new work,
3 tol : packing powders, &e., 2 50 to 5 ; rosettes, 3 to 5 ;
errands, 2to 3; labelling, 2 50 to 5; paper rulers, 3 to 5;
tailoring, 21 to 8; bolt sewers, 2} to 4; card cutters, 21 to
4; dressmakers, 4to 8; collar turners, 21 to 3; clerks, 3
to 7 ; perfumers, 3 to 7; lace sewers, skilled, 6 to 12 ;
operators on machines, 4 to 12 ; Reamers at anything,
1 to 3 ; straw solvers, 3 to 7; finishers of all kinds
of seeing, 2 to 4; basters of all kinds of sewing,
3 to 5; shirt makers, 3 to 7 ; neckties, 2 to 6; bottling
ink, 4:e. 3to 5 • cloakmaking, 3 to 8 ; torpedoes, 3 to 4 ;
buttonhO 'les, 3t° 6; twine makers, 3 to 5; pantaloons, 2
to 6 ; seamstresses in families, 7 to 12 ; beadworkers, 3 to
5 ; buttons, 2 to 4 ; umbrellas and parasos. 4 to 6 ; diamond
polishers, 4 to 8 ; engraving cleaners, 4 to 6 ; glass gliders, 4
to 6 ; glove basters, 4to 6 ; gold-leaf workers, 4to 6 ; gum-
pickers, 2 to 4 ; hairdressers, 7 to 9 ; map cleaners, 4 to
6 ; quilters, 3 to 6 ; ribbon fluters, 3 to 5 ; screw makers,
4 to 6 ; silk skeiners' 4 to 6 ; tent makers, 3 to 6 ;
weavers, 3 to 6 ; press feeders, 3 to 5 ; brush makers, 4 t o
8; eyeletting corsets, 3 to 5 ; photograph mounting, 5 to 7 ;
shoe posters, 4 to 6 ; upholstery, picking over hair mat-
tresses, furniture covering, etc., 5 to 8; hoop skirts, 4 to 6;
fur liners, 6 to 8 ; fur sewers, 4 to 6 ; buckle sewers, 3 to 4 ;
spectacles, 4 to 7; telegraphing, 9 to 15,