The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-24 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIFENCE.-Aug. 23.

LAMBETH.—THE SOI-DISANT HON. CAPT.
WILLIAM DENBY SLOPER HARRISON, alias MAR-
SHALL, CHARGED WITH hIGAMY.—It will be recol-
lected that on this day week, a lady applied to the
Hon. G. C. Norton for his advice respecting the
•conduet of her husband, to whom she had not been
then quite two months married, and whose name
she had so far forgotten that she could not spell it,
and had actually been obliged to go home and pro-
vide herself with the marriage certificate to refresh
her memory, who she said was conducting himself
in a most extraordinary manner towards her, and
quite different to his professions before marriage.
It will be also recollected that the lady stated
that she had met her husband at the St. James's
Hall, at one of Barnum's entertainments ;
that he represented himself as the son
of a . nobleman, and . a,. captain in the
army ; made fierce love to her ; said he
should kill her or himself unless she consented to
have him, and offered with his hand a carriage and
£2,000. The lady went further on to state that
believing his representations, she gave her consent,
and they were married at the most fashionable of
all places for aristocratic marriages, St. George's,
Hanover-square, on the 28th June, and that though
nearly two months had passed over there was no
sign of the new carriage, nor the slightest appear-
ance of the £2,000, or any of the nice little pre-
sents so lavishly hinted at before the commence-
ment of the " honeymoon." to the contrary, the
soi-disant Hon. Captain William Denby Sloper
Harrison commenced a course most distasteful to
his wife, of going out fashionably dressed in clothes
purchased at her expense, stopping out days and
nights together, and coming home in garments
much inferior in texture and appearance to those
he wore when leaving home, and, in addition to all,
making use of threats of a disagreeable character.
Mr. Norton put such questions to the lady, that,
if answered in the affirmative, would enable him to
grant a summons against the new-made husband,
but the lady declared that she was not in any fear
of him, and her complaint in the end tapered to
the simple question as to whether she was com-
pelled to supply her husband with clothes, while
he was in the habit of disposing of them.
Mr. Norton told her that having married him he
was entitled to all her property, unless such por-
tions us were settled on herself by trustees, and ad-
vised her to call in the aid of her friends, and make
them the me:lium of adjusting the matrimonial dif-
fermices bet wcen herself and her husband.

The la'ly applicant, however. did not approve of
this mode of adjustment, and said she should start
to Brighton; and leave her husband, though he
should thi,tk proper to dispose of her household
goods, amounting at least to £4OO, and thus ended
the matter.

Fortunately, for tl►e ends of justice, the particu-
lars of that application obtained a wide publicity,
and that publicity will be the means of checking,
and no doubt terminating, the career of a heartless,
swindling impotor.

After the usual night charges were disposed of,
a person of slim figure, shabby-genteel appearance,
rather light complexion, meagre visage, with a thin,
half-fledged moustache on the lip, while the other
parts of the face were both hairless and beardless,
eyes light andile'void• of the•sliglitest spark of ani-

illation, and altogether of a most spooney-like ap-
pearance, was placed at the bar before the Hon. G.
C. Norton, on a charge of intermarrying with Mrs.
Jane Hayes, a widow lady, his former wife, Sophia,
being then and still alive.

Chief Clerk (to the prisoner)—What is your
name P

Prisoner (in a slow, shrill voice)—Wm. Marshall,
Sir.

Chief Clerk—Have you no other name than Wm.
Marshall. Is your name not Harrison ?
Prisoner—No, Sir. My name is Wm. Denby
Sloper Marshall.
Chief Clerk—Marshall, and not Harrison ?
Prisoner—Yes—yes, Sir.
Both wives, persons of lady-like appearance and
manners, were present; and the prisoner on enter-
ing the dock cast a hasty glance at each, and dur-
ing the investigation he frequently endeavoured to
put on a benignant smile while looking towards
them, but both studiously avoided looking towards
him, and seemed thoroughly ashamed of having
been betrayed into a marriage with a person whose
appearance and conduct seemed so thoroughly con-
temptible.

The first witness examined was Charles Revell,
one of the summoning officers belonging to the
court, who said, in consequence of information I re-
ceived, I last evening accompanied two ladies, now
present, to the house, No. 15, Princes-place, Ken-
nington-cross, and asked for the prisoner. I was
told he was out at the time, but was expected in in
a few minutes; the ladies went inside and saw his
second wife, Mrs. Harrison. I went into the house
also, and in a short time the prisoner knocked and
was admitted by the servant, and on seeing wit-
ness he seemed very much surprised. I told him
not to be alarmed at me, for that I was about to
introduce him to his first wife.

Mr. Norton—Had the first wife seen him at this
time ?

Revell—Yes, sir, she saw him approach the front
door, and at once recognised him as the person she
had been married to, and, therefore, I knew I was
right in what I had said.

-Mr. Norton—Well, go on.
Revell—Well, sir, on seeing his first wife he
seemed perfectly paralysed, and, dropping down on
the couch by her side, he was not able to utter a
word. I then told him, that Mrs. Hayes, his second
wife, charged him with getting married to her
while he had another wife living, and asked him
if this was true, and he replied, " Yes, and I'm very
sorry for it," and that he must be a great black-
gua: d for acting so, and I then told him that I
should feel it to be my duty to take him to the
station-house, and charge him with the offence. I
then took him into custody, and removed him to
the station-house in Kennington-lane, and on the
way he said he should not have got into a second
marriage but he was drawn into it.
Mr. Norton—Drawn into it—by whom ?
Revell—He did not say by whom, your worship.
At the station-house I searched him, and found on
him a part of a screw of tobacco, a short clay tap-
room pipe, three halfpence in copper, and a part of
a newspaper containing a report of the application
of his wife at this court. I should say that before
I took him from the house, Mrs. Hayes, the second
wife, took from him a gold watch which she said
belonged to her former husband. I produce the
certificates of the prison3r's marriages which I re-
ceived from both the wives, who are now present.
The certificates were here handed to the magis-
trate, and from them it appeared that the prisoner,
who then gave the name of William Denby Sloper
Marshall, described himself as late captain in the
army, bachelor, and son to Francis Marshall, ship-
owner, had been married, at Paddington Church, to
Sophia Frost Dawson, widow, on the 3d of July,
1858; and that on the 28th June, in the present
year, he was married, at St. George's, Hanover-
square, to Jane Hayes, widow, in the name of Wm.
Denby Sloper Harrison, described as a bachelor, and
captain in the army, son of Francis Harrison, Lord
Denbigh.

A lady, who sat between both wives, here rose,
and with much animation said—" Sir, my sister,
beside me, had the misfortune, as your worship
may see by the certificate in your hand, to marry
the prisoner, without, unfortunately, consulting her
friends on the subject ; and soon afterwards spend-
ing a great deal of her money, he deserted her in a
most heartless and scandalous manner. He repre-
sented himself as a captain in the army who had
sees!' great service, and possessed six medals received
for distinguished services rendered to his country—
(laughter)—and as possessed of considerable pro-
perty, but had unfortunately lost much of it in spe-
culation."
Mr. Norton—Do you know, madam, whether
your sister ever saw these Crimean medals.
Lady—No, sir, she told me she had not ; for that
they were in pawn at Attenborough's, in Piccadilly.
(Laughter, upon which the prisoner drawled out,
" Oh, how cruel.") He took my sister to Jersey,
livir's on her money all the while and on their re-
turn he prevailed on her to go to Hull, and then to
some friends in Lincolnshire, saying he should go
there and ..bung her home ; but from the time of
her leaving town until the evening before she had
not seen nor heard from him. She (witness) having
had a presentiment she should see something about
him in either the law or police reports, kept her eye
constantly on the newspapers, both morning, even•
ing, and weekly, and last week the report of the
application of Mrs. Hayes caught her attention,
and on reading it she felt at once satisfied the hus-
band of Mrs. Hayes was also the husband of her
sister. At that time she was in Norfolk, and having
communicated with her sister in town, had made
up her mind to investigate the matter. With that
object in view she came to town, and having made
application to the inspector at the station-house, he
kindly- sent Revell, the officer, with her and her
sister, and the result of their visit to the prisoner
his worship was aware of.
Mr. Norton—Where did the prisoner live with
your sister ?
Lady—At Greenwich, and he promised to follow
her into 'Yorkshire. He always made excuses, or
my sister did for him, when asked to see any mem-
ber of the family, and, for my part, I never saw him
before last evening.
Mr. Noi ton—l hope he has not made away with
your sister's propery ?
Lady—No, Sir, but he spent as much as he could
get of it.
Mr. Norton—l am very glad this lady, Mrs.
Hayes, the second wife, did not carry out her de-
claration to go to Brighton, and leave him to dis-
pose of her goods, amounting to £3OO or £4OO.
Mrs. Hayes—l feel much obliged, Sir, and lam
very glad too.
Mr. Norton to the prisoner—Do you deny that
you are the person described in the certificate as
the William Denby Sloper Marshall, who was mar-
ried to Mrs. Sophia Dawson ?
Prisoner (in a whining tone)—No, Sir, but I am
sorry, for I know it was very wicked of me; very
wicked indeed:
Mr. Norton—And do you acknowledge also
that you arc the person who was married to Mrs.
Jane Hayes, and to whom this other certificate
refers ?
Prisoner—l do, Sir; I know it was wicked.
Inspector Emmerson, of the P division, said he
had become acquainted, some time ago, with the
history of the prisoner, and wished to say that his
real name was Sloper, and not Marshall or Harri-
son, and he was the illegitimate child of a female
who subsequently married a man limed Marshall.
The prisoner was a dealer in bottles, and was engaged
in bottling beer and ale for different people.
Prisoner—l beg your pardon ; I was a wine mer-
chant, and supplied 'Windsor Castle, Buckingham
Palace, and the Pavilion with wines and ales.
Mr. Norton—And does the fact of your father or
stepfather supplying Buckingham Palace or Wind-
sor Castle justify you in assuming the term honour-
able ? (Laughter.)
Prisoner—Perhaps not.
Mr. Emmerson—What I state, your worship, is
quite correct, and it is singular enough that on one
occasion the prisoner went with his stepfather to
bottle some ale at the house of a nobleman, and be-
came so intimate with one of the young ladies that
an elopement was arranged, and would in all pro-
balsility have succeeded had not one of the letters
of the young lady fallen into the hands of the pri-
soner's grandfather, who forwarded it to the noble-
man, her ftither. •

Prisoner—Oh, how can you say all this? you
ought to be ashamed of yourself.
Mr. Norton—You are a nice person to moralise.
Prisoner (whining-)—Well, your worship, it is
not true.

Nlr. Norton--Is it true that the prisoner has a
third wife?

Iteyell-74 cannot say at present, sir; but it is
strongly suspected. If your worship remands the
prisoner, I shall be able to find out by the next exa-
mination.

The lady who had before addressed the magis-
trate, said that prisoner's mother had called on Mrs
Hayes, and in conversation with that lady admit-
ted her son, the prisoner, was married 8 years ago.
The prisoner was then remanded.

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HEALTH OF LOIIIDo.i.V. DURING 711 E

WEEK.

(From the Registrar:General's Report.)
The population of London is apparently more
movable than any other city population. It senee
out emigrants, it is recruited to a large extent by
immigrants, and in the changing seaions of the
year thousands come and go. In the present week
many of its visitors are gone; thousands of the
inhabitants are away, yet these waves of the vast
population produce little disturbance in the vital
phenomena. Deaths and births suffer no inter-
ruption. 1,188 persons died; 1,781 children were
born in the week ending Saturday August 20th.
The deaths, it is gratifying to find, are below the
average. In the corresponding week of 1849 and
1850, 2,230 and 1,883 of the people perished ; but
the deaths in the corresponding weeks of other
years, after due correction for the increase of popu-
lation, were 1,885.
The deaths have decreased since the last of the
two hot weeks (July 17-23 d) from 1,605 to 1,888 ;
but still exceed by nearly 200 the weekly deaths
in June.

Diarrhoea is decreasing ; the deaths in the week
were 240. The east and south districts suffer most
severely. Ten persons died of cholera, eight chil-
dren and two men. One, the collector of the Kent
Water Company, living in Bowater-crescent, Wool.-
wich Dockyard, was 68 years old, and died on the
17th of August, of cholera, after two days' illness.
A compositor, aged 34, on the 19th of August, at
9, Adelphi-terrace, Bethnal-green ; his death is
said to have been by cholera without diarrhoea,
after 43 hours' illness. The absence of premonitory
diarrhoea may well be questioned.
Twenty persons, including 14 unhappy children
under five years of age, died of small-pox, 14 of
measles, 51 of scarlatina, 17 of diphtheria, 23 of
whooping-cough, and 37 of fever. 140 persons, of
whom 63 were of an age 20-40, died of consump-
tion. 28 persons died by accident or negligence ;
namely, 12 by mechanical injuries, 4by burns, 1
by poison, 10 by drowning, and 1 by suffocation ;
1 person was murdered, 5 committed suicide, 3 diet
suddenly without stated cause.
Last week the births of 917 boys and 864 girls, in
all 1,781 children, were registered in London. In the
ten corresponding weeks of the years 1849-58, the
average number was 1,555.
The mean temperature of the week was 63.9
deg., or nearly the same as it was in the two
previous weeks. The means of the daily highest
and lowest temperatures were 76.6 deg. and 55.6
deg. ; the range 2PO deg. The Thames remained
at 67.6 deg., and, fluctuating only one degree, was
was 9 deg. cooler in the day, and 12 deg. warmer
than the air at night. The barometer rose from
29.666 in. on Monday to 30.005 in. on Tuesday ;
it was 30020 in. on Saturday, when the air was
excessively dry. Saturation being 100, the hu-
midity of the air in the week was 77. The wind
was variable. Rain fell in small quantities (0.22
in.) on Monday and Wednesday. Haze and fog
prevailed at times. Electricity was positive but
weak, except on Saturday, when the tension
became strong.

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT

WHITEHALL, AUG. 20.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Gillory Pigott,
Esq., one of her Majesty's Sergeants-at-law, William
Henry Willes, Esq., and Wyndham Slade, Esq., to be
Commissioners for the purpose of making inquiry into the
existence of Corrupt Practices at the last Election for the
Borough of Wakefield.
The Queen has also been pleased to appoint James
Vaughan, Esq., Lucius Henry Fitzgerald, Esq., and
Richard Griffiths Welford, Esq., to be Commissioners for
the purpose of making inquiry into the existence of Cor-
rupt Practices at the late Election for the City of Gloucester.
WHITEHALL, AUG. 22,
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a
Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land unto Edward Hay Drummond Hay, Esq., Governor of
the Island of St. Helena.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, AUG. 23.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Francis
Henry Nicholas Kustermann as Consul at Penang for the
Free Hanseatic City of Bremen.
CROWN-OFFICE.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT -
PARLIAMENT.
AuG. 20.

Borough of Liskeard—Ralph Bernal Osborne, of New-
town Anner, in the county of Tipperary, Esq., in the room
of Ralph William Grey, Esq., who has accepted the office
of Steward of her Majesty's anor of Northstead.
Borough of Hertford—The Right Hon. William Francis
Cowper, Vice-President of the Board of Trade.

AUG. 22.
Town of Kingston-upon-Hull—Joseph Somes, of Black-
wall, in the county of Middlesex, Esq., in the room of
Joseph Hoare, Esq., whose election has been adjudged
void.

Aua. 23.

Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed—Dudley Coutts Marjori-
banks, of No. 29, Upper Brook-street, in the county of
Middlesex, Esq., in the room of Ralph Anstruther Earle,
Esq., who has accepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of
her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, AUG. 23.
sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Major-General the Earl
of Cardigan, K.C.8., to be Colonel, vice General Sir
John Slade, Bart., deceased.
WAR-CFI-10E, PALL-MALL, AUG. 23.
Ist Regiment of Dragoons—Leutenant Cecil Frederic
Holder to be Captain, by purchase, vice Glyn, who re-
tires ; Lieutenant Frederic Radford to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Sandeman, who retires Cornet Charles
Hall to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Holder ; Cor-
net Ralph William Caldwell to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Radford.
11th Light Dragoons—Wastel Briseo, Gent., to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Robinson, promoted.
17th Light Dragoons—Henry William Young, Gent., to
be Cornet, without purchase, vice Corbet, appointed to
16th Light Dragoons.
18th Light Dragoons—John George Stopford, Gent., to be
Cornet, without purchase, vice Williams, deceased.
Royal Artillery—Captain David Aikman. Patterson, from
the 2d West India Regiment, to be Paymaster ; Henry
Lewis de la Chaumette, Esq., late Paymaster, British
Italian Legion, to be Paymaster.
Royal Engineers—Quartermaster-Serjeant George to be
Paymaster; Lieutenant Henry Peasley L'Estrange St.
George has been permitted to resign his Commission.
Military Train—Cornet Donat McMahon, from half-pay
of the late Land Transport Corps, to be Ensigh, vice
Michael Cain, whose appointment has been cancelled.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Ensign John Richard Palliser to
be Lieut,, by purchase, vice Watson, wbo has retired ;
Ensign Alfred Bloomfield to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Willis, promoted.
sth Foot—David Gregory Beamish, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Bradford, promoted.
6th Foot—Henry Trinp-,hara Braidley, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Giffard, promoted.
12th Foot—Campbell Thomas Morris, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Featherstonehaugh, promoted ; Colour
Sergeant William Mansell, from the Rifle Brigade, to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Tomlin, deceased.
13th Foot—Ensign Richard Fitzgerald King to be Instruc-

tor of Musketry.
14th Foot—Edwin Jervis, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Laing, promoted.
15th Foot—Capt. Alfred Grey; from half-pay Unattached,
to be Captain, vice Henry Thom As Richmond, who ex-
changes ; Thomas Howard Keelinge Fletcher, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Liddell, promoted ; Henry
Joseph Hadfield, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Fnller, deceased. „ .
18th Foot—The promotion of Lieutenant E. A. Noblett to
bear date 9th March, 1858, instead of 16th March, 1858,
as previously stated.
20th Foot—Captain Rodney Payne O'Shea, from Adjutant
of a depot battalion, to be Captain, vice Flamstead, who
exchanges; Zachary Macaulay, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Glencross, promoted.
22d Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Smith Robin, to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Nunn, who retires • Ensign George
Hamilton French to be Lieutenant, hy purchase, vice
Hassan, who retires ; Ensign Robert Arthur Denny to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robin.
24th Foot—George Paton, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Sawbridge, promoted.
41st Foot—Edgar Younghusband, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Brooke, promoted.
45th Foot—Surgeon Thomas Connor O'Leary, M. 8., from
the 68th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Best, who exchanges.
46th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Carr William Hamond to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Piper, who retires ; Ensign
Charles Benjamin Coles Speke to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Hamond.
49th Foot—Ensign George Shirley to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Cooke, deceased.
55th Foot—Frederick Baird, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Riley, promoted.
57th Foot—Lieutenant Alfred F. A. Slade to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Copland, who retires.
59th Foot—Patrick Chalmers, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Brown, promoted.
68th Foot—Ensign Henry George Cavendish to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Sparke, promoted; Surgeon
Thomas Best, from the 45th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice
O'Leary, who exchanges.
73d Foot—Henry Synge, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice William Hamilton, deceased.
84th Foot Paymaster William Vanderkiste, from the
Royal Limerick Militia, to be Paymaster, vice Donelan,
deceased.
92d Foot—Ensign Gilbert Edward Campbell to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Gooch, promoted.
97th Foot—Thomas Thompson Irvine, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Cooper, promoted.
Rifle Brigade—Assistant-Surgeon David Ritchie Pearson,
M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Ro-
bertson, appointed to the Staff.
Royal Newfoundland Companies—Major John James
Grant, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major in suc-
cession to Brevet-Colonel Law, promoted to be Major-
General.
DEPOT BATTALIONS.—Captain Francis Barry Drew,
from 94th Foot, to be Adjutant, vice Alexandar Maclean,
appointed Staff Officer of Pensioners ; Captain George L.
W. D. Flainstead, from the 20th Foot, to be Adjutant,
vice Rodney P. O'Shea, who exchanges.
HOSPITAL STAFr.—Assistant-Surgeon Alexander Craw-
ford Robertson, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Assistant-
Surgeon, vice Pearson, appointed to the Rifle Brigaie.
VETERINARY MADICALDEPAIITAINWT.—GreatrexNaden,
Gent to be Acting Veterinary- Surgeon, vice Dully, who
has resigned,