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London, England, 1870-05-21 00:00:00

o'E EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE IMPERIAL PA ILL lAM ENT.
F PERSONATING WOMEN.

BOW-STREET—(This DAY.)
The furtleer examination of the prisoners in this extraor-
e.dina7 case was resumed this morning before' Mr. Flowers
The interest in the proceedings, instead of decreasing,
seethed to be increasing, as the desire to obtain admission
Was very great. The Court was crowde4 to excess.
The prisoners Boulton and Park; ou being placed in the
'lo4r, sJerned to be quite indifferent to the serious nature cf
the charge that was being made against t hem.
Rr• W. 11. Roberts asked the magistrate that he might
be :Wowed to say a word in explanation of the fact of
his name being mentioned in the ease. He was engaged in
Lord Arthur Cliuton's bankruptcy, and was at the Guild-
hall Ta,vern on the oce:asion by the purest accident.
,Rr• Flowers said it would be best, if explanation was
• required, to make it at the close of the case. He did.nct
'°° anythieg that had been said to the prejudice of Mr.
Roberts,g
The first witness examined was
Henry Martin—lie said I carry on Lusieess at
—°• 7, 'Burlington Arcade, and about four years ago I was
appointed to look after the affairs of the Arcade. The con-
etahles were under my control. I have seen the two defen-
as dams in the Arcade dressed as women, walking upend down
to eoratnol women. I can't say that I ever saw them speak
11°Y one. I had them turned out of the place
!ssna3 ante in 1869. They were dressed as women,
Lhave seen them together in that costume several times in
• to Arcade. It was generally about three o'clock in the
rafternoonbe when they arrived. I took them to be persons of
-"use character, hence my iustrections. to the constable to
teenl°ve them. I had no idea from their manner or
ueteeanour that they were men. I have never seen any
..Par°°aa in their company. I have also seen them dressed
'nee in the Arcade, and then they attracted my attention,
as fh
I, -"BY were dressed so fast ; their boots were like women's.
-"was. Constable Smith that I ordered to turn the prisoners
Octri of the, Arcade.
tl '4°es-examined—l might have seen them a hundred
clothesneressed as women. I only once saw them in men's
f , and only mica gave directions for their expulsion
`real the Arcede. I never bad any complaints made to me
With respect to Smith the beadle. If loose women mie-
eoaduct themselves they aro turned out, be, it is exceed-
difncult to say now who is loose and who is not.
Ber ve
(l'Hier). I can on ly make the distinction by observation. I
laile everybody who comes into my shop. I never see
t°°s° women there. I never heard that Smith took money
'4lrono thee() women, but I had since heard, since he left, to
efYdiceuet, that he had levied " black mail" on the women
e,ende e 1 cannot say that 1 have seen
111 who canoe there.
the
the Arendt) dressed as women since I gave the
Zder to have them turned out ie 1869. I can't say that I
'l've seen Boulton in the reade between August, '63, and
IPril' 0, Their conduct when iu the Arcade was most
risjectionat de.
eoestable Holding, 58 0, said—l know Boulton. I have
iseen Woo in the Btirlington Arcade, and I also saw Smith
they hint out. Park was with him, but I don't recollect how
(.47 were dressed. The occurrence took place at he latter
of 1868. 1 have seen them there scores of times, but
4,,,w't3's in men's attire. Once, I think, I have seen them in
"lea's clothes. A young man named Cumming used to
4itl:4lPanY hem. They walked in a peculiar manner, and I
4Y, believed them to be men.
Cr
(1
le 's-examined—People said they were women dressed as
eee.
etb. I never interfered with them ; I left that to George
dole I have heard Smith forbid them the Arcade: No
see e° was used ; they walked . out quietly ; I never saw
iyoree used.
4(,;(11W4rd Neson Haxell said—l am the landlord of the
bly '• Exeter Hotel, in the Strand. I know the two prisoners.
spd I'.,STIII and my house has been freely used in this matter,
wish to make a statement.
tr• Plowers—You will have ample opportunity.
Z,,_itroination continued —I first saw Boulton at my hotel
i-h.bune 7th of April. He was introduced by 11r. Weatrop.
the bate'
4 very old c -sterner of mine. Re was staying at
dept at at the time. Gibbons is a gentleman of indepen-
-14 fortune
Boulton, stayed at my hotel on that occasion,
4.; C/ibboes remained there as well. Mr. Gibbons, I think,
teetiLed at the hotel in the March previous to the time! have
lot Reoccupied a bedroom and sitting-room. Gibbons
L ;need Boulton to me as the best amateur actress off the
hest,7lB' ne engaged a room for Boulton, as he was his
pied he never was a customer of mine. I thi .k he occu-
%Vie rOOOl ou a different floor to that of Mr. Gibbons.
ha'n I first saw BMilton I was given to understand that be
keeeBP,ecially invited from Edinburgh to attend a little
toeltLs'i Party. Boulton and Gibbous left :he hotel
lie„ 'el', the latter paying the bill. Mr. Gibbons
heri': when not at any hotel, at 13, Bruton-street,
ittee:'°Y-aeuare, and I have understood at Clapham. All I
Iteellun ,beat Bolton was that he lived at Edinburgh. While
41aelt',. was at my house I saw him in female costume
Nei- 'nue times, I have seen him leave the hotel in
sea 'llB attire three or four times. He usually wont out in
iiriage about eight o'clock in the evening. Mr. Gibbons,
msda sk, and a Mr. Somerville went out with him ; they
a 14cifar of a party. Mr. Gibbons was also dressed as
%tee,. 3?; Somerville always as a gentleman ; Park
aced to as a lady, sometimes as a gentleen. Somerville
4te,°lae as a visitor to Mr. Gibbons as a friend, and
tay CU:, male attire. Park, I thiuk, has only stayed in
11114:see °tie night. 1 think it was the night of the ball,
tireeecl4l not Positive. Park, when he went as a lady, always
Iho ruy house. I have not known Park above 2 months
1,40-48 introduced to-me by Gibbons as an amateur actress.
111°attl a 11r Thomas and have done so for about two
11dete..e I have always believed him to be a gentleman of
to el t'aent fortune as he always came in his own carriage
Y
'Bata
op, 19-e. Mr Gibbons also introduced him to me. I
TThomas in female attire. I think he used to
l,lloteee ie all te.adS• dressed as a woman in his own carriage.
seldom came without dining with Mr Gib -
eNtec:' recollect the day of the boat race. I don't
°Net. il): two persons cooling to my hou,;e on the
'444 0f
that clay. don't know anything of the
,
,45' till °a t think Gibbons dined at my house on the
'vits 1 beat race On the day after the boat race there
bat eve • •
call Asy
`nulg party, with music, at my house ; I could
•" was a ball. I got up the programme. I don't
%hill !NI
01,C four began about half-past nine, and closed
0• fiek " the morning. Supper was served about 12
11
‘-r&hbons was dressed in women's clothes on the
411 dse, 'l°
'lt was Boulton' Park, Thomas, and Cumming. They
iklaY h 'use to the best of my belief. Thomas
Cee colloe already dressed as a lady in his brougham.
n Pert, another man, named Peel, dressed as a woman at
jel 111; I don't know who Mr. Peel is. I only knew
e4:144 thetr from Mr. Gibbons. 1 was given to under-
/. rs solre e from
to the family of that name. There
teek co 0, 'belonged
all dressed as women. The others in
:cHn eatee-8"14°0 I believe were all ladies. Some of
tee to ;
s'ng• They wet° not professionals ; they
° invited guests of Mr. Gibbons. I know there
bete a Sli
r gut disturbance ;it arose about more singing
"id Nnired.
Mr. Gibbons was disinclined to agree to it,
kjuooes 1t)"
.Was becoming unpleasant, I suggested to Mr.
eave,,ewl dup and clear out, which he did. I recollect
all e ceel fit d
there ; she went away with her party.
tipriletlY all left in the ordinary manner. I think
tal:*eo ,ssed as ladies, with the exception of Mr Thomas
ch,itaotheil' slept at my house on the night of the bal. I
Y as thug of 13, Wakefield-street. I know the prisoners
Itr Of the s
friend of Mr Gibbons Ellen Pincott had
str plo friends
leg' room on the night of the ball.
at4:e bey.
„,era —Mr Gibbons was a very young person 'lll I:boutee was about 23. Gibbons has resided
01)41,1'1 since the ball. He has never been away since,
(‘V lisve t
8 shall
_0 0 seen since the ball.
e ntinue- the report in our Special Edition.)

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A -‘-, INTELLIGENCE.— 11
Ito, %AL i.
,tke.., A .-LERCITANT CONVICTED FOR CRUELTY TO A
;",41iih, At Alarlborough-street Police-court, Mr. George
,ettio °°4l Merchant of 15 Princess's-square, Com. -
,'''o.l/0 road, Larnheth'Nvas surnmoned before Mr. Knnx by,
iiiii'f, t 443'4.1 %ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
,103.ing a horse t° be cruelly treated, and a man in
)1'4%114!
1/.:448, awls: summoned, but was not in attendance,
tipit(2Beo 104 Y. It was stated that the hsotrastee, wasand
k 414, I'llabie a Waggon apparently in a. dying
Wti,,',e' \vei, f ° work. Other horses in the defenfda4nots's.
.'4i °JIM in a very bad condition. A fine 0
1.,,„ eted.
1vtC41.41.4
`te4 fe
was
I,DB IN TRANSIT. -A wretched looking boy,
u.,,, 15, gis .aning about him, named Charles
.Quinton,
1,..1.,,i5,;'4, 4.l,iie':arged at the Thames Police-court with st.eal-
4‘li'llii:Ltit -°., carrier:llg l fro
ra."
(, ol triin •t
of a grocer in
the t prtehmeissehsopof Samuel Sea.-
l'i °f t11:w11* -A carman"nialme eid to the
Bolton, in the ser-
e ' V't ilt r°BeNtOrS h d large quantity
14% the Lou , a a
d he took the
/101 °I. With , !ea of various tradesmen, an of goods to
'hi
,±I he to,
w(1411 to assist him, and
11itteacit11,1
el:el:441:h him out of charity to mind tthheecar'tisp:oinunear;
'IN hit,4llo pisoneor4itoartniing the tea. The magistrate
04 re for 4 days, and odd after that be should
oiatory.
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,4) Vie:"lslal of thu •
late l'ev. Willi itu Harness,
tit.,4 %%1;4. (1 411 salute prinew: i,..ite will take the form
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3'71.9t0ia News.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY,

The Lord Chancellor took his seat upon the woolsack
at five o'clock.

-of a fire occuring, it was lamentable to think that
the whole of the priceless collection stood in the greatest
"Jou of total loss, .1-10 considered it watched parsimony
t 9 defer building, u proper rectptacle for those pictures,
01 ben aid glass, the outlay of which would be
frothing in comparison with the feeling of security it
Would produce to know that the pictures were as far be-
Pend harm as it was possible to place them.
Mr. T. BARING should like to know what the
right hon. gentleman the First Commissioner of Works
igeant by his declaration that he did not wish to do things
in a hurry. Why the question had been in agitation for
twenty years. Money had been voted and land secured,
and yet, notwithstanding that, increased accom-
modation was greatly needed. The Right Hon.
gentleman said that there was not the slightest
need of proceeding with the new National
Gallery until some other pressing works had been accom-
plished. It was true that foreigners did not consider the
national collection of pictures one of the highest
order, yet not a single person of taste and
judgment who had walked through the gallery had
failed to observe that the accommodation for nanging the
pictures was altogether inconvenient. With respect to
the trustees not making the most of the room they at
present possess, they devoted one large apartment
to a few pictures by Turner ; he had to re-
mind them that the pictures were placed there in com-
pliance with the directions of the will, and if these direc-
tions were not for the future to be observed, he did not
think many more bequests would be made to the nation.
Mr. GLADSTONE repudiated the idea that the Govern-
ment intended postponing indefinitely the building of. the
new gallery. The only thing was that other works of a
more pressing necessity were required, and the most
urgent change in connection with the two national insti-
tutions was in respect of the natural history collection at
the British Museum, and it, was the intention of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer to submit a scheme with
the view of effecting the necessary alterations in the
course of the present session.
After some remarks from Mr. Bentinck and Mr. A.
Seymour, the motion was withdrawn.
THE RED "RIVER SETTLEMENT.
Mr. ROBERT FOWLER called attention to the recent
disturbances at the Red River Settlement, and in doing
so gave a sketch of the history of the settlement.
He contended that when the people of the Red River
Settlement were transferred to Canada it was the duty of
the Government to have secured them the full manage-
ment of their own local affairs, a right which they had
previously exercised under the government of the Hudson's
Bay Company, and they ought to have had a full
and fair representation in the Canadian Parliament. The
settlers, it appeared to him, had been sold like a lot
of sheep. He believed that if the Government bad sent
over an Imperial commissioner to the settlement he would
have ascertained the feelings of the people, and we should
not have heard of the disturbances which had created so
much interest and excitement. He did not intend to go
into the recent events ; but his object was simply to draw
attention to the fact that the Red River settlers had not
been treated with that consideration and justice to which
they were entitled.
Mr. MONSELL congratulated the hon. member and the
House on the altered state of affairs at the Red River
Settlement. The latest reports which bad been received
from Canada stated that peace had been restored, and the
Hudson's Bay Company had resumed possession of their
different factories, and the whole of the community were
working together in harmony, and were anxiously
awaiting the arrival of the expedition. That expe-
dition would not contain anybody who had been
connected with the politics of the Red River
Settlement, and the only desire would be to
put the two races in firm and amicable relationship. 'So
far as the antiquarian question as to the rights of the
Hudsbn's Bay Company was concerned, they had been
reported upon by successive law officers of the Crown.
With regard to the transfer, it was not a case of handing
over the people against their will. The question of the
transfer of the Hudson's Bay Territory to Canada had
been discussed for many years, and not one single re-
monstrance had been made by the inhabitants of the Red
River Settlement, and they could not have freer insti-
tutions than they would enjoy in Canada.
Sir JOHN PAKINGTON moved an address to the Crown,
praying that her Majesty would be pleased to issue a com-
mission to inquire into the causes of the great loss of life
and property at sea during the last few years, and to con-
sider whether any and what changes can be made in exist-
ing laws and regulations with respect to collisions, over-
lading, stowage of cargo, and other matters, with the view
of giving increased safety to passengers and merchant
ships. The hon. baronet said that in 1858 there were
25,000 sailing ships in the United Kingdom and 1,900
steamers. During 1868 there were 26,000 sailing ships
and 3,000 steamers. During 1858 the losses and casualties
were 1,180, and in 1868 they were 1,747. Out of doors it
was a matter of notoriety that the great cause
of this increase of misfortunes at sea was
the too prevalent habit of overloading. He
referred to the subject of insurance, and remarked that
no owner should have a pecuniary interest in the loss of a
vessel. Alluding to the loss of the Sea Queen, he ex-
pressed his conviction that the poor sailors knew they
were going to their death. He quoted from the evidence
given respecting that vessel, laying particular stress upon
the evidence of one of the witnesses that there was
no legal power to prevent a vessel going to sea. Mr.
O'Dowd had said that the practice of overloading ex-
tensively prevailed, and he stigmatised it as abominable
and homicidal. The hon. baronet asked the House if the
time had not come to put a stop to such a state of thing,.
He contended that the Board of Trade under any Govern-
ment was not conducted satisfactorily, neither
were the inquiries it instituted into the loss of
vessels. He asked why there had not been an in-
vestigation into the circumstances attending the loss of
the City of Boston, with 200 lives. He thought owners,
however innocent, ought to court inquiry instead of
threatening actions. Every sacrifice of life ought to be
investigated. He recommended a careful and impartial
inquiry into the question, so that the bill might be framed
according to the information thus obtained.
Mr. SAHUDA seconded the motion.
Mr. SHAW-LEFEVRE said it was impossible to have lie.
tened to the speech of the hon. baronet without the
deepest sympathy. At the same time he differed from
him when he said there was a great and growing loss of
life and vessels. That was not the experience of the
Board of Trade, although it was true that during the last
twelve months the losses in the shipping had been prolific
of great disasters. He admitted that there was consider-
able anxiety with regard to vessels going from the East
Coast to the North of Europe ; and he should hail
with pleasure any law which would put a stop to these
losses. He said that far more losses were caused by the
negligence of officers than from overloading, and denied
that the Board of Trade was remiss in instituting inquiries.
The reason why the Board had not made an inquiry into
the loss of the City of Boston was simply that they had no
facts showing that she left Halifax in an unseaworthy con-
dition. The hon. gentleman briefly described the main
features of a bill now before the House in reference
to the question. The aim of the bill was
to let the shipbuilders and shipowners build and sail
their vessels as they pleased, but they would be held
liable if any mischief arose. One of his proposals was to
enable a seaman to call in a Board of Trade surveyor to
examine a ship if it were thought unseaworthy, and also .
to enable him to give evidence. The hon. gentleman said
that they also intended to improve the Courts of Inquiry,
and the customs should take notice of the draught of
water of vessels. There was no record as to the draught
of the water of the Sea Queen. An inspection of all
vessels, so as to test their seaworthiness, would involve A
cost
Sir o
John
otnoOH, oaoyo, am- y
re. a rs.
amuda, Sir J. Elphinstone, Mr.
Graves, Mr. E. Smith, and Mr. Cave having addressed
the House, the motion was withdrawn.
THE 'kURDERS IN GREECE.
Sir ROUNDELL PALMER called the attention of the House
to the circumstances under which one of the Secretaries
of her Majesty's Legation at Athens, and two English
gentlemen in his company (together with the Secretary
to the Italian Legation at the same Court), have recently
been seized and barbarously murdered by armed banditti,
suffered to be at large in the neighbourhood of Athens,
and asked whether her Majesty's Government were able
to state to the House what measures had been or would
be taken to obtain from the Greek Government such
satisfaction for this unprecedented outrage as her Majesty
was entitled to claim according to the law of nations, and
to ensure the due protection, for the future, of the live
of the diplomatic servants, and other subjects of the
British Crown, within ' the Kingdom of Greece,
The hon. baronet spoke of the inviolability of the ambassa,
dorial character, and remarked that the two secretaries iu
question were entitled to the fullest protection in that
sense. If an ambassador became subject to outrage or
wrong it became the imperative duty of a State to use AI
its resources, to abstain from no means whatever it
could possibly use to deliver the person to Iv,.oist the 1
public faith wag pledged from such a position of ;eoputdy.
Under the circumstances of this case the House had to'
deal with an outrage of a most extraordinary and shock-
ing kind upon British subjects entitled to the protectioi
of a friendly state, and also an outrage which had bee*
perpetrated under circumstances much more upon those
to whom the public faith of the Greek nation and govern,
went were absolutely pledged, and to save whom nothin4
should have been left unclothe, which by every human possis
bility could have been dune on the part ofthe nation and the
people. The system of brigandage in Greece
was of no ordinary kind. It had, he feared, if
not a political origin, a great deal too much of at
political connection. The hon. baronet then pros
ceeded to state the facts of the case, commenting on the
circumstances according as they had been made known.
Putting aside the diplomaticaspect of the case, there had
been a failure in the performance of those duties which ee
octuttry like Greece owed to the subjects of all nations,
He argued that no technical objBctions on the part of the
Greek Government.should have stood in the way of the
deliverance of captives to whom the faith of the country
pledged for their safety. One thing was perfectly.
-that by the exercise of a little sound jurigme4t, clial
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Sir C. Legard'ss Border Knight, by Adventurer—Miriam, 4 •
YTS, Bst 121 b (Custance) 1
Mr. T Archer's Capsicum, 5 yrs, 6st 71b
Mr 0. L. Evan's Timothy, 3 yrs, Est 71b.. (Gradwoll) 3
Ventuor, Cameroon, irobraud, Thundercloud, Stockdale,
and Miss Polly also ran. Won easily by half a length. Fire-
brand slipped and threw her jockey.
The Two-Year-Old Stakes of 10 soya each. T Y.O.
Mr F. Buckingham's f by Lord of the Isles—Cecil's darn,
Bst 101 b . .
Mr Kirk's Lady Scarlet, Bst 71b (Huxtabloj 2
Mr Harold's Balquidar, Bst 101 b
Thormauby, Worthy, Dora, and Botheration also ran.
Handicap Plike of 100 soya ; winners extra. T.Y.O.
Mr J. Prince's Election,, by Lambton -The Queen, 5 yrs,
6st 101 b (Gradwell) 1
Mr Mannington's Lady Greensleeves, 3 yrs, sst 121 b

(Rowell) 2
Mr Goodwin's Thunderstorm, 3 yrs, 7st Glb (H. Covey) 3
The following also ran :—Tho Laird of Scotland, Chibisa,
Anarchy, Moncrieff, Nightingall, Snowdon, Chit ham
Naughty Girl, Dar ie, St. Theodore. ,
The Rotharnsteird Two-yr-old Stakes of 5 soya each, with
50 added ; colts, Bst 121 b ; fillies, Bst 81b ; winners extra.
T.Y.C.
Mr Frost's Loadstar, by Saunterer—Bess Lyon, Bst Blb
(Penfold) 1
Mr H Dickinson's Lord of the Manor, Bst 121 b (iluxtable) 2
Tim \Vheathampstead Plate of 50 sovs. •
Mr H. Wright's Vontnor, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (Clement) 1
Captain D. Lane's Tho lEgean, 4 yrs, 7t Gib (F. Webb 2
Mr T. Archer's Capsicum' 5 yr?, 6st 1 1b... .-.(G. Jarvis) 3
Breach of Promise also ran.

LATEST IiETTING,
DERBY.

11 to 10 agst Macgregor (offered—take 6 to 5)
100 to 8 agst Camel ( aken)
20 to 1 agst Bridgwater (taken freely).
20 to 1 agst Icingcraft (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Sarsfield (taken)

CITY BETTII~G—FP.IDAY.
THE DERBY.
Even agst Macgregor (offered—take 6 to 5)
9to 1 agEt Camel (offered—take 10 to 1)
20 to 1 agst Kingcraft (offered)
25 to 1 agst Bridgwater (taken and wanted)
1000 to 15 agst Recorder (offered—take 1000 to 10)
1000 to 10 agst Simplon (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Bonny Swell (offered)
1000 to 10 agst Ptarmigan (offered)
Very little doing.

BITING AT 11IANCHESTER—FRIDAT.
Even on Macgregor (offered)
10 to 1 agst Camel (taken)
10 to 1 agst Sunshine (offered)
20 to 1 agst Kingcraft Offered)
20 to 1 agst Prince of Wales (offered)
20 to 1 agst Normanby (offered)
25 to agst Bridgwater (taken)
20 to 3 agst Recorder (taken)

Prince de la Tour d'Anvergne is considered cer-
tain to be appointed at the Embassy at Vienna, left
vacant by the nomination of the Duke de Grammont as
Minister of Foreign Affairs at Paris.

Captain Williams, of the Oneida, having left a
large family in indigent circumstances, a subscription is
being made at Boston for the support and education of
his children, which, at last acconnts amounted to the sum
of 2,000 dollars.