The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-19 00:00:00

STEALING GOLD RlNGS.—Caroline Hare and Ellen
Harwood, two girls described as servants, of Masons'
Yard, St. James's, were charged before Mr. Knox, at
the Marlborough-street Police-court, with stealing four
gold rings and a pair of earrings, of the value of £lO,
the property of Mr. John Evans, watch and clock maker-
of No. 89, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square. The pro-
secutor said 'the prisoner Hare had formerly been in his
service, but was afterwards engaged by a lodger in his
house. Some gold rings being missed by him he taxed the
prisoner Hare with taking them, and she admitted that
she had taken them and secreted some of them in different
parts of the house, where they were found, and that she
had given one of them to a friend, the friend being the
prisoner Harwood. He then gave Hare into custody.
He was under the impression that Hare must have been
led away by others, as while she was in his service she
conducted herself in a proper manner, and he had no fault
to find with her. Sergeant Lindsay, 3 C It, said that on
going to Mason's yard yesterday evening, and seeing
Harwood, and telling her that she had received
a ring from Hare, she admitted she had, and
that it was in pawn, giving him the ticket
elating to it, and he then took her into custody.
The ring was produced by an assistant to Miss Isabella
Fleming, of Brewer-street, pawnbroker, and it was iden-
tified by the prosecutor. In answer to Mr. Knox, the
pawnbroker's assistant said the ring was pledged in the
name of Jane Clarke, but he could not recognise either of
the prisoners as the person pledging it. Mr. Knox, after
remarking that there had been a good deal of artfulness
displayed by Hare, said it was a proper case in which to
send the girls to a reformatory, but there was a great
difficulty in finding one to send them to, and only the
previous day he had great difficulty in getting one ad-
mitted. There was plenty of room in reformatories for
boys,.but not for girls. He would remand the prisoners
for a week, and in the meantime he would see what could
be done with them.
AN EXTRAORDINARY CHARACTER ATTEMPTING TO SHOOT
PEOPLE.—Anne Maria Wortley, a woman about 50 years
of age, was brought before Mr. Paget, at the Thames
Police-court, charged with threatening to shoot several
persons, and with sending a threatening letter to her
husband. The prisoner is a thin haggard-looking woman,
and she complained of ill usage, which her appearance
seemed to justify, for there were bruises on her head and
scars on her face, the result of old blows and wounds.
She bought powder and shot last night at an oil shop,
presented a loaded pistol at several persons, and fired a
pistol loaded with powder and a percussion cap on the
lock only at a man named Piper, a mechanic, and put
2d. into his hand to buy more powder and shot, which he
refused to do. After many eccentric vagaries, she was
given into custody. She threatened to blow Piper's
brains out, and it was only by a clumsy mistake the
pistol she fired off close to his head did not contain shot.
The husband of the prisoner sought protection from her
violence of Mr. Lushington on Tuesday evening, and a
warrant for her apprehension was granted. He now said
that she had ruined him by her intemperance and eccen-
tricities. She retorted on him with an acoount of ill-
usage and tyranny. He produced a letter, of which the
following is a copy, and said he apprehended personal
violence from his wife, who had led him a most dreadful
life : " You villain, there is nother of your villins family
fallen. Your brother William was robing the diggers of
their gould, and they wounded him in Australia ;
this comes from your mother. There is another villin to
fall and that is yourself some breaks their necks and
some die in the workus i have got a home and happy one
throw God and not depending on upon to work for a
b—y coward and as you used to call 'me hope your
other woman is called to demeane theirselves than you
adulterous wretch God's vengeance would' fall upon you
you suner or father he is slow but he is suer ask yourself
what you have done and what will be your ansur in the
nextlworld if not in this two and mind my will is grate
there now Remember the day of Retribution will come
and then what will be your defence to me but you mean
besure this is your wifes wishes Annie *Marie." Mr.
Paget remanded her for inquiry into the state of her

AN IMPORTANT DECISION UNDER THE REFORM
ACT.—The Court of Common Pleas has decided, in the
case of Cross v. Alsop, that joint occupiers of a house,
whose names were all entered in the rate-book, although
the landlord paid the rates, were not entitled to the
franchise by virtue of such entry ; but that the meaning
of the Reform Act was that each occupier must be
separately rated in a separate sum (instead of the landlord
paying a lump sum for the house), in order to confer the
franchise. This was in the absence of an agreement
between the landlord and the overseers for compounding,
under Mr. Goschen's Act. This case will govern a num-
ber of othcrs all over the country.
A DIVORCE SUIT.—In the Divorce Court Lord Pen-
zance tried the cause of " 011ard v. 011ard." The respon-
dent was a surgeon practising at Ryde, and was mar-
ried to the petitioner at Wisbeach in 1850.
On the night of the marriage it was alleged
ho stayed up drinking with some companions till two
a.m. He frequently, it was also stated, struck
his wife, and in consequence of his misconduct she became
deranged in her mind, but has now recovered. He forbad
the servants to attend to her orders, and used to spend
more of his time, the evidence went to shew, with a Miss
Brant than with his wife. Proof was adduced of adultery,
and a decree nisi for a dissolution of the marriage was
granted.

FATAL GUN ACCIDENT.—A gentleman farmer
named Holloway, of Soar, near Newent, Gloucestershire,
went out shooting with some friends. On his return home
his foot slipped at the step of his own door ; both barrels
of his gun discharged their contents into his abdomen. He
died on Wednesday night.

LOST AND FOUND.—The Hon. T. C. Everts, of
Washington, who was separated from the Yellow-
stone exploring party, has been found. He had.
wandered for 39 days in the mountains and wilder-
nesses of the Yellowstone country, and when found, on
the 16th of October, was unable to move, and could
scarcely speak. He was found by a searching party on
the summit of the first big mountain beyond Warm
Spring Creek, about 75 miles from Fort Ellis, Mon-
tana Territory. He says he subsisted upon one snow
bird, two small minnows, and the wing of a bird
which he found and mashed between two stones, and
made some broth in a yeast powder can. This was all,
with the exception of thistle roots (of which he had a fair
supply), he subsisted on. •He lost his mare, saddle, gun,
and canteens the first day out, and was left without
fishing tackle or matches ; but, after making his bed over
warm holes for several nights, he thought he might pro-
duce fire from his opera•glass, and did so. He lost both his
knives. During his wanderings he saw no human being,
neither whites nor Indians, until found. Though very
low and feeble, it was believed with care he would re-
cover.

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A PRISONER FROM THE BALLOON.—The follow-
ing is a copy of a letter from Mr. Worth, one of the gen-
tlemen who were taken prisoners by the Prussians in
attempting to escape from Paris by balloon :—" The
Prison, Versailles, Nov. s.—On Thursday, October 27, I
left Paris by balloon, in company with three
others. We left with a north-east wind, which would
have carried us into Belgium, but the wind changing
to direct east, we were carried on to the Prus-
sian lines. We left Paris at two o'clock in the after-
noon, and as at half-past four it was almost dark, we
were obliged to come down to earth. Just as we emerged
from the clouds, at about 250 yards from the ground, we
were welcomed by a shower of Prussian bullets, some of
which pierced the balloon ; and, in order to avoid being
hit, we were obliged to come down at a tremer dons pace.
When we touched the ground there was, of course, a ter-
rible shock. I fortunately did not lose my presence of
mind, and held on by the cords, so that I did not feel it
so much in jumping from the balloon. However, I was
thrown some 30 feet into the air, and fell all of a heap,
without being hurt in the least. Two others jumped•
after me—Mr. Udin and Mr. Cuzon—neither of them.
hurt ; the fourth, however, lost his presence of
mind—a Mr. Manciare—and did not follow our example,
so that he was carried away in the balloon. During all
this, which only occupied some seconds, the Prussians
still continued their firing, and it is only by a miracle that
we escaped. On waving a handkerchief, however, they at
last ceased, and we were made prisoners. We fell just
outside Verdun, which is still being defended by the
French. From Verdun we have been brought to Ver-
sailles (it has taken us eight days to get here), and
although prisoners we have been well treated. As none of
us have any political mission, it is possible they may give
us our liberty in a few days; but there is just a proba-
bility of our being sent into Germany as prisoners of war.
In this latter event you won't hear from me for some time.
The reason for my leaving
.by balloon was that I wanted
to get home and to my business."
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