The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-22 00:00:00

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The case' at New York of "Jobson and Seely;" lately
reported in our paper, in which Lola-Montes was the
chief witness, ended it will be remembered, in a general
affray. It,appeara that a charge of contempt was Ac-
cordingly lodged against them by the referee, and that
Judge Edrnonds wa—appointed as a second referee
cs
repor upon thC facts in the now form. The principal
witness on this occasion was again Madame Lola Montee,
who was examined as follows, by Mr. Clinton :
Couneel—Did, you see Vie commencement of the
tffray ?
Lola Montei—l did. •-
Counsel—.Be kind enough ,to state whether Mr: Joh-
ann or Mr. Seely used the first violence?
L Ia Montes—l saw the stick of Mr. Jobson
upon Mr.: Seely. I. advanced a little, thinking that he
would strike him. I then saw Mr. Seely ward the blow
oft, and it fell on his shoulder from his bead.
Counsel—The Mow from the stick you mean ?
Lo!a Montev—Yee. I was apprehensive myself that
there wouA be a dagger in it, and cried out "Take care,
Mr. Seely."
Counsel—Was the violence you have described die
first violence between these parties that 'you saw ?
'Lola Me-nres—l was quite doe& by them. I w
perfectly calm, not at all frightened, and I saw t
perfectly.
Mr. Scherii3erhorn—Speak lotider.
Lola Montei—l will speak load enough for you, if
warrant you.
Mr. Clintan-My question was whether the violen '
you have described of the stick descending on Mr. Seely
bead was the first violence that you haw between th
parties?
Lola ?goatee— The first violence of Jobson against
By tile, Ce urtir— What occurred next ?
Lola Montes-Mr.--Seely was atone side of the atovt
and :Mir. Jobson ptanding at. the other.,—.Mr. Seely wail'
very quietly, writing, and this respectable -gentlemah
here, this- laWyer (Mr. Scher.aerborn). was questiiming
me upon my testimony as to my being a chatabermaido
and I was very quietly waiting till this persecution was
done. I paw then that Mr. Seely was quietly writing.
I locked at him and saw he was very calm. He rose,
turned his head to Mr. Whiting, .and asked if this fello
was to be allowed to. go on in these unnecessary que
Jobson rose up with an eye full of wickednes
and lookod at ,Mr. Seely. "'fellow How clare yo
cal me afellow ?" I said .to him, "You are nothint
but a fellow !" You remember my saying that ? Mir
Jobson then bad risen. He then called me unutterable
names—names not for my utterance ; in fact, there wail
one name that I did not understand till afterwards.
Referee—What was it ? .
Lola Montes gave her notion of the word employed
and was corrected by the. referee, who informed her c
the proper ortheepy.
"Oh, shyster, is it r she said. "Excuse me. I dii
not understand the word. That was all."
Referee—After Mr. Seely warded the blow off, wha
happened ?
Lola Montes—lt seemed to me that they both go
together again. It seemed in my opinion justly that.
remember perfectly the blow being given, and that I wal
happy that the blow bad not fallen on Mr. Seely's head,
where it was intended ; it fell here on his shoulder ; thei
I think Jobson went a little farther forward and made
grab, and they both grabbed together.
Referee--Now, Mr. Schermerhorn, go on.
Mr. Sobermerhora—l do not want to examine thi
witness very much ; I only want to see how much exactlj
she knows ~f it.
Counsel--Is your recollection very distinct'about thij
occurrence ?
Lola Montes—Yes ; I recollect port calling me Bets
Watson.

Mr. S.—Never mind that. Just speak of the affair:
Never mind our conversation. Do you recollect dis,
tinnily what occurred abut this affair I
Lola Montee—Ye ; I recollect speaking' to you about
it. Yon were very frightened—all, you were very
frightened. I came up to you and I said, "Taere, sir,
is the coneequence(cf your doing I"
Mr. N. (uneasily)—Never mind tiat—never mind that.
Lola Montes— ou asked me what you said. I spoke
to you, but you were awfully Irtghtened ; you were very
much annoyed.
Mr. S.—No. I ~4on't think I waQ very much annoyed.
Now, did not` Mr. Seely strike Jobson first on that
occasion ?

Lola Montea—l toll you be did not.
Counsel—Wdl you swear, madam, that Dobson struck
Seely with a whip before any assault was made by Mr.
Seely on Mr. Johaon ?
Lola Moutes—l have sworn once, and that is quite
ufficient.

Mr. S.—l speak now of an aysault, not of his being
truck, I ask you whether Mr. Jobson WM not as-
saulted fires t •

Lola Montes -I do mat know what you call air as-
intuit, but I think you mad* as assinlt on Ann all the
New..
Mr. S.-
.-\o, an assault is raiding flit to strike at a
person. If a man strikes at you be assaults you.
LAa Monte*—And what is the moaning of assault
and battery

Mr. S.—Assault and battery is both striking at and
Lola Montes—Ah, that is it.
Mr. S.—Answer me that question, whether Seely
did not strike at Jobuon before Jobsoc raised his whip
to strike him ?
Lola Moulted—Mr. Seely was entirely cool ; so cool
that I was atoniNked at him.
Counsel—Well, now, that does not answer my ques-
tion.

Referee—She has answered Ton already.
Connsel—l think she has ni t.
Referee—She has. She has said she did not see Mr.
Seely strike Mr. Jobson, but that the first thing she
saw was Jobson in the ant of striking Seely
Lola. Montes—Ob, I know how to manage Mr.
Sehermerhorn ; I have seen him before !

Counsel—l asked you whether Mr.` Seely had not
assaulted Mr. Jobson before you saw Mr. Jobson strike
him with bii whip 1

Lola Montes—And I asked you the meaning of as-
sault and battery. I have never in ail my life been
brought up for tveauit and battery.
Counsel—You are very fortunate that you have not
beta.

Lola Monteß—Ladies do not nag their hands to strike.
Counsel—Did you state where you saw Seely striking
Jobson ?
Lola Montes—l did not say that I saw Seely striking
Jobson ; I saw Jobson striking Seely.
Counsel —Well, I ask you, then!
Lsla Niontes—Well, I say no.
C.unse'—Did you make use of this expression :
" Pummel him well; I would like to sea him pum-
melled

Lola Montes—l never in my life made use of such an
unladylike expression, and no witness will say that I
did ; I will tell you what I did say :—" Never mind
him, Mr. Seeley ; hale not worth striking by a gentle
man."

keferee—Oh, never mind that.
Lla :Muter—But he a-led me, and I mu-4 tell what
I did any.
Counsel intimated that he had no further questions to
put, and the witness retired.
Judie Edmonds, in reporting to the Supreme Court,
gave his opinion that a contempt had been committed
before Mr. Referee Whiting, that Seely, though not the
aggressor, participated in the contempt by striking
Jobson a blow, that Jobson was rude and offensive, and
that he struck Seely. He reported, also, the modified
apologies to the court of both parties. The judge took
the report and affidavits of the counsel of Seely, which
state that Mr. Edmonds' (the referee's) report was par.
rig and unwarranted. He said the court would consi-
der Mr. Seely's case. but inasmuch as Jobson was not
a attorney of the court, it was a question whether it or
ri-free (Jtr. Whiting) eh gild punish him.

THE EMPEROR (IF FRANCE AND THE
LATE ORSINI.

[The following (says the Morning Advertiser) was, doubt-
less, originally intended for the columni of a well-known
weekly contemporary, but the accomplished authot has
changed his intention, and transmitted it to us.]
Although we have not been se fortunate u to pro.
cure a cooy of th 9 penitential letter written to the
Emperor by Orsini, on the evening prior to his execu-
tion, we have been favoured with a transcript of his
Imperial Majesty's answer, which we lose no tune in
laying before our readers, because it redounds so much
to the credit of the great potentate's well-known
candour and clemency :

"Had I listened only to the dictates of my heart and
conscience I should have gladly spared your life, which
must, however, be kacrified in deference to the wishes,
and in furtherance of the welfare, of my attached and
loyal subjects, to whom my august person and illustrious
dynasty ere so justly and so generally dear. For my own
part, I cannot but acknowledge that success constitutes the
chief distinction between the glorious enterprise of the
2d of December,, 1851, and the detestable crime of the
14th January, 1858. Had my well-contrived plot miscar-
ried, I should have expiated my act, as you will yours to-
morrow, upon the scaffold. The number of innocent
Frenchmen whose blood was shed by my accomplices was
areono hundred-fold greater than the amount of your victims,
T have encircled my brow with the diadem of despotism.
py e
achievements
to the skies,
You have failed iu bursting the fetters which I have
laud riveted in Italy, our common country. All the sove7-
srleaigvenss, aairi;
di
wbilets te tes
they urmo
meli in
because it pr4,spered, have execrated
it failed. And yet I cannot help Your attempt because
apprehensive that the lines written now and then feeling
a
of our greatest national dramatists,century ago, by one
some misguided arowill, in toe eyes of
pre' ad • I neer •
ap-
propriate on my lips thani Ice( alms, appear more on your,'—
" 0 rlmorso, o reason ! E non m'ascondo
Misero a ra. 1 del di !Men qual i
core *°
"I
Soffrire gli altrui s '
Si reoguard',
di questo eccesso,
Orribile sou io tanto ame Bless° 1' .
(.11ctaaa" gio.)._
NiirOLEON." ,

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The European and Ant 4 ',:.-e
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;Colombian sailed. from Sua, ;'e- v s and
tou; re
riliet,
tarried forward the party of . 92. :igh-
, landers which was brought' to'Alexandria by-the
.iunetgileeviritryboloivtbitisietiooalt-
Ripon. - This de tachinent, as -yon Lai* awisrei Itm to
• have gone on to Bornbay by-the Peninsular And
pears Oriental
t h a
tgoonma irr
in the first place to the quality
.and subsequently to the accommodation on board
the boat. • The Pottinger is a deep-waisted veatel,
and her decks, upon which at least aportion ofithe
men Were for sleep, were encumbered with /ire stick
of every description. The officers appeared to Eave
sided with- their men,, andthe 'complaints of-the
latter growing louder- and louder, Commander
Stevens, of the Royal Navy; the Admiralty agent
On board the Columbian; and seniorofficerto the
mail agent of the Pottinger, was callediaipOrabr
liie opinion. This gentleman having' 'formally
stated that he considered the .accOmmo4alinu:to
be. both insufficient, and unsu4ahle, Colonel Wee-
kenz;e or die ed the meu to be forthwith shipped Ton
board the a,lumbian. See will land them either
at Aden or at Ceylon, according as' facilities may t r
may not be foiled for sending them forward direct
from Men to Bombay.
Mr. De Leon, the United States Consul-General,
has returned from the mission he . undertook ,to
Syria, in connection with the outrage on the persons
of an AmeriCan family who resided in the neigh-
bourl'ood of J;tffa, which freferred to in one Of my
recent communications.
Of the sickening details contained it, "he official
deposition of one of the prinpipal, mo-t Unfor-
tunate victims of this cbld7blooded, crime, I. will
confine miself to saying that they - are ench
as must of necessity rouse— feelings of horior
and indignation in no wise inferior to those excited
by the word atrocities lately reported as. having
been enacted in India ; but there are 'other circum-
stances connected With the cac:e athieh may well
give rise co serious refiec,ions. It clearly appears
not only that the crime was long premeditated, but
that plunder was not the pt incipal object of its per-
petrators. One of the worst aymptoma of the case,
however, is the widifsoised-svmstatill )Irbi4 the
Mahommedan population-or oyrieleirte schown in
favour of the criminals, and which .must of neces-
sity confirm the uneasy feelings that have forsome
time past prevailed among the Christians. It, is
often remarked that the late wsr, contrary to what
might harebeen expected, instead of diminishing,
has rather added to the acerbity of-.feeling that
exists between the great religious parties in the
East. And, much as one would wish to discredit
the existence, as a rule, of a really more deeply-
seated animosity betweeu them, all men's attention,
unwilling though they may be to add faith onto
give circulation to the reports of mere alarmists,
must be arrested, if net startled, when facts are
seen to arise corroborating opinions enounced by
persons who possess, doubtless, opportunities for
judging of the temper of the population among
whom they live. . -
Mr. Gobat, the. Anglican 'bishop in Jerusalem,
some months ago, in a -circular since published, re-
ferred to the excited state of the Ma.homedana. of
Syria, and gave it as his opinion that the leniency
shown towards the perpetrators of the outrages at
Marash in 1856,- unless strong precautionary mea-
sures were taken, might produce the most dis-
astrous effects. Rumours, of a religious struggle
between the Moslems of India and their Christian
conquerors ate rife Throughout the countries Of the
East, and the fact that the most wildly improbable
stories and the most garbled accounts are those
which circulate the most rapidly, and are most
eagerly listened to, cannot in any way lessen their
tendency to prqgoce -most mischievous effects.
Without giving way to exaggerated fears or fore-
bodings, it may, therefore, reasonably be demanded
that every display of fanaticism should meet with
immediate and stern punishment, and thus it may
be that the energy and resolution forced upon the
Turkish officials in the late occurrences at Jaffa
may avert more than one impeadiug outbreak of a
like nature.
The Turkish authorities met the demands of the
American consular officials of Jei usaleni and Jaffa
with their usual apathy and inertia, by which it
seemed that all proceedings were- to be hopelessly
obstructed until they
,yielded to the indignant re-
monstrances of Mr. De Leon, and consented-to
arrest a man against wham there existed serious
grounds of suspicion. Conviction was soon obtained,
and was followed by a full confession of his guilt
and of the names of his four accomplices, three of
whom, together with himself, now lie in irons
awaiting the confirmation of their sentence from
Constantinople. The fifth was no', yet captured,
but the Sheik of his tribe was held in custody as
hostage for his production.
Colonel Hall, of the stk Bengal Cavalry, has ar-
rived in Egypt to purchase horses for service in the
British armies in India. He left for Cairo some
days ago, and an Egyptian officer has been ap-
pointed by the Viceroy to attend him and to assist
him in the execution ',fins 11.111,,L11.
Trade during the past fortnight has displayed
rather more animation, and in the Alexandria grsin
markets there has been an advance in prices equalto
fully ls. per qr., free on board, Side wheat being
quoted at from about 255. 4d. to 265. per quaiter ;
beans, 225. to 225. 6d. ; barley, 12s. 10d. to 13s.
In cotton a large business has been done, with
almost daily advance in price. Sales are computed
at about 14,000 canters, at prices equal to frdm
about 74d. to 91d. per lb. free on board. The
freight market continues quiet, money becoming
excessively scarce, and exchanges consequently
drooping. Three months' bills on London are
quoted lOl piastres per pound Marseilles, three
months date, at sf, per dollar of 20 piastres.

EXTRAORDINARY MARRIAGE AND SUDDEN
DEATH OF "BRIDE."

A highly respectable tradesman of Dawlish,
named Oliver, died some years since, leaving to lies
widow by will a considerable property ; with the
proviso, however, that in the event of her re-
marrying, the whole should revert to their childrerz.
During her widowhood, Mrs. Oliver, it appears,
became surety to the amount of 4001., for a son-in-
law, who had obtained some responsible situation
iu a large metropolitan brewery establishment. The
young man misbehaving himself, the bond was for-
feited, and the mother-in-law was called on to pity
the money. To evade this loss to, ber family, the
poor woman (aciing no doubt upon advice) adopted
a course as misguided as it was repugnant to every
sentiment of morality 'and decency. A: dissipated
youth, about 20 years of age, named Crew 3, who
was residing at Torquay, and gaining a livelihood
as a builder's labourer, was induced to marry the
widow, who was 58 years of age, upon the under-
standing that he should receive 301, for the "job"
and start off at once for Australia, where he is said
to have friends residing. The impious ceremohy
took place at the Registry-office, Newton Abbot ;
the bridegroom received his money, signed some
deeds of the nature of which he professed to be
totally ignorant, and set off for Plymouth, whenee
he was to have sailed, and the_ bride returned to
Dawlish with her fiends. Toe young man, hew-
ever, soon altered his deternim ttion, for a very, fqw
hours afterwards saw him once more at Torqhay,
where with boon companions he proceeded, as long
as the money lasted, to give full vent to his drunken
propensities. His return was of course a source
of great anxiety to the parties concerned, not the
gilhaoya who
the
least so, it may well be imagined, to his wife,
and now we arrive at the melancholy sequel to tints
strange tale. Last Wednesday, Mr. F. VV. Cartel,
had,son o
itf
seems, Alr. F
a.
ellte.departotfeersi
,ssoonlaieliltyort,taTroourei
transaction, proceeded to Dawlish to obtain the
signature of Mrs. Crews to an affidavit relating to
the property. Sho had returned from the residence
of the commissioner (before whom she had sworn
to the truth of its contents) to her own house,rin
company with Mr. Carter, jun., and was in the act
of searching for some paper in which to wrap the
document when she fell down and expired. The
coroner for the district (W. A. Cockey, Xscl.)
deemed that these circumstances demanded an in-
quiry ; and at the inquest, on Friday and Satur-
day, most of the above facts were el cited by the
examination of the young man, James Wm. Osborne
Hamlyn Crews, Mr. Carter, jun., 'and Mr. S. R.
Oliver, the deceavd's son. The evidence of Mr.
John F. Knighton, surgeon, showed that her death
cetnsured th
e several
i 13.
arose from natural cases " produced by the c-_,:cite-
merit and terror ehe was subjected to." The jury
t that ve
rdict
ct
concerned
returningin
had b ieswh who
thtransaction
—Western, Times.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.Iast
Bartis L
on Thursday
tt
h..
;:a.. w
f.
en
lavi. 1 rl
earMide
Mr.
Williams,curred
Coronation-road,
woman named Eliza Hand-
(3elci the wife of a labourer residing
(3in Bedrainst<l. was
iu the habit of collecting sawdustat the different 'mills
for the supply of
public-houses. On Thursday she went
to Mr. Williams's for this purpose, and was occupied
for some time in filling her sacks. She then went, to
another part of the premises, where a steam saw-mill
The
swi
setae
ra,t
wwie,
orke,
any
4nwd i
twill t hhienr, awafew
hminutes o asfetreerawmar. cis tier
engineer instantly st:pped the engine and hastened to
the spot, when it was found that the deceased's clothes
had become entangled in the-shaft, and the poor crea•
tare bad been violently tossed round the machinery
andeatk
held
killed, leaving hideous proofs of the manner of her death
scattered around. An inquest was subsequently
-on the mutilated body, and a verdict vf "Accidental
death WAS returned.