The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-20 00:00:00

THE MARQUIS TOWNSHEND AGAIN.

This somewhat eccentric nobleman has again been;
before the public at Marlborough-street Police-court.
Shorn of legal intricacy the case seemed to be as.
follows :--Hie lordship had evinced an interest in.
the Welfare of a young " Marchioness " of the
Dick Swiveller pattern, who was inmate of a
home for servants out of place. The superintendent
of that home was Miss Gladstone, and the Mar-
chioness complained that she had been illused by that
lady. This complaint came to the ears of the Mar-
quis, who went to the home to redress the grievance 4
of the much-wronged damsel. Being unable to effect
an entrance at the front, the noble philanthroi
pist determined to storm the " castle " behind.i
He forthwith climbed the wall, made his way into
the garden, obtained admission into the stronghold by;
force, and carried off the imprisoned Marchioness iul
triumph, to the great edification and delight of abouti
two hundred persons, many of whom, it was alleged,.
followed the Marquis, and assisted him in his deeds
of " derring do." Not content with having restored!
the imprisoned Marchioness (by the bye, née Fulton):
to liberty, the noble lord took out a summons on her,
behalf against Miss Gladstone, for assaulting her with)
the unanstocratio weapon known as a broom. Several,
witnesses were called to prove the offence, but, after
a lengthy hearing, the magistrate dismissed the sum-,
mons. What a happy couple the Marquis Townshend.
and, the Countess Amelia of Dervrentwater would
make.i

TURF PARASITES.
In a somewhat noteworthy article in the Pale
Mall Gazette attention is called to a form of "unmis-
takeable swindling" connected with the turf. The.
swindlers are advertisers—they call themselves
"tipsters," and they announce their ability to.
prophecy the winner of "events" to come off.
or their "tip" they charge a few stamps, es
shilling, or half a crown. Some of them.
offer to divulge a means of winning thousands
of pounds. All of these prophets are, of course, im.4
posters. They fleece only the unwary, the simple,
the inortint. or the weak-minded. And the
Mall Gazette appeals both to the police and to the
newspapers to suppress them : to the newspapers to
refuse money which comes from the practice of
swindling their readers ; to the police to suppress the•
fraudulent confraternity. The action of the,
powers in authority would not, the Pall 11fa4
Gazette remarks, be wanted, did only the press,
keep these advertisements from being made public-a
The only means which the tipsters have of COlll-4
municating with the public is through the advertise-i
went columns of the newspapers, and when once that)
channel is closed to them, they must abandon their',
profitable but noxious trade."

PRICE OF GOLD.
The quotation of gold at Paris is about at pa-, n 1
the short exchange on London is 2M. 15a. per Li
01100inparing these rates with the English Mint price of
125.104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appe.srs th,,t
P
gold at Ala-above prlprice is sliestl.7 dcalor in Aris 0134 In

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