The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-19 00:00:00

RUGBY, WEDNESDAY. a
It was arranged, at the conclusion of the exami-
nation of Richard Guinness Hill on Monday, that
he should be admitted to bail, himself in £5OO and
two sureties of £5OO each, with the ordinary
twenty-four hours' notice to the prosecution. Aa,
.however, the bail was thought likely to be obtained
in London, with the view of preventing the deten-
tion of the prisoner at the station longer than was
necessary, Mr. Cooke, the solicitor for the prosecu-
tion, was sworn to make proper inquiries into the
character of the bail expected to be tendered, aed
it was agreed that, if satisfactory, he should com-
municate by letter to Mr. Superintendent Wild,
who received authority from the magistrates to
release the prisoner when he received instructions
to that effect from 'Mr. Cooke. Up to the present
time, however, no such letter has been received
here ; and consequently the prisoner remains in a
cell as the police station. The non-production of
sureties is considered somewhat remarleable, inns.
much as the prisoner evinced the greatest possible
anxiety on Monday to obtain the magistrates' sanc-
tion that he might be admitted to bail, and it was
believed it would be forthcoming immediately ;
but it is understood that not even has a single
application been made to Mr. Cooke on the sub-
ject. The magistrates directed Inspector Wild to
supply the prisoner with an unlimited amount of
stationary, so that he should have full opportunity
of communicating with any persons he thought
advisable; and he has, it is said, freely availed
himself of the privilege. Still bail have not pre-
sented themselves. The prisoner, at his own request,
has been permitted to expend the money taken
from him when apprehended in the purchase of
food ; and as he made a special request for a supply
of some description of drink beyond that usually
allowed to prisoners, the magistrates empowered
Inspector Wild to let him have beer whenever he
liked. He converses in reference to the case with
little reserve; but at times he appears downcast
and unhappy. He states that he was unaware 9f
the existence of the warrant for his apprehension
or he would not have left the Continent, where his
liberty was not in peril.
It seems that when the child was discovered by
Brett in the filthy den in Lincoln-court, Drury-lane,
the prisoner was living in Brussels, and although
his wife resided in the same city, they were not
upon friendly terms. The child was taken over to
Brussels, and placed by its mother under proper
medical treatment. The arrival of the infant be-
came known to Hill, who exerted himself to see it ;
on one occasion, when the nurse was walking with
it in a garden, he came to the railings, and induced
the servant girl to allow him to kiss it. He after-
wards forwarded a frock, made of costly mate-
rials, and other presents, but they were returned,
and his endeavours to resume friendly relations
with his wife were more and more discouraged.
The London police were well aware of his move-
ments in Brussels, but they could not secure his
apprehension. The warrant was in Brett's pos-
session, but Hill was out of the English jurisdic-
tion, and as long as he remained in Belgium the
English law was powerless. It was thought at first
that, finding his wife was not disposed to listen to
his entreaties to live with him again, he would leave
Brussels for the purpose of proceeding to Dublin,
where many of his friends resided, and he was strictly
watched for some time. He, however, evinced no
disposition to take his departure ; and Mrs. Hill
was ultimately advised to return to England, the
hope being entertained that she would be followed
by her husband, who would then in all probability
fall into the hands of the police. The ruse sue.
ceeded ; and it is necessary to give the particulars of
his arrival in London and capture, which are much
more interesting than the outline already published,
somewhat in detail. Although it was hoped Hill
would followed his wife, it was imperative to ob-
serve much caution in every step taken, and, to pre-
vent his suspicion being aroused that he was likely
to fall into a trap, it was endeavoured to be shown
that Mrs. Hid wes anxious •to escape from him and
keep her residence unknown. A peculiar course
was arranged. The lady was located by her friends
in Trinity-square, Southwark; but her residence
was forwarded to Brussels, and the husband was
made acquainted with it. He imagined, it is be-
lieved, that she had selected the spot for secrecy,
and thought to obtain an interview with her
without difficulty. He crossed from Ostend on
Saturday morning, and, upon reaching London,
sought out and discovered the house where his
wife was residing, At this time he wore very
large black whiskers and moustache, which ren-
dered identification a matter of great difficulty,
if not of impossibility. He noticed a bill an-
nouncing apartments to let in a house a few doors
removed from that where his wife• resided, and he
at once took the vacant rooms. He subsequently
told the landlady a portion of his story, asserted
that his wife's mind had been poisoned against him
by her friends, and entreated her to assist him in
procuring an interview with Mrs. Hill. The land-
lady promised her aid, and at his request she went
to Mrs. Hill's house, and found that lady absent.
The two housekeepers had a conversation respect-
ing the extraordinary avowal of the prisoner ; and
as it was known where Mrs. Hill was staying, she
was communicated with, and upon ascertaining
what bad transpired, determined at once to seek
the assistance of Brett, who went over to Trinity-
square as soon as possible. When the prisoner
found his wife had returned home he again sent his
landlady to solicit an interview, if only for a few
minutes. He was told to comes and when he pre-
sented himself he pulled off the false whiskers
and moustache and thrust them into his hat. Brett
then produced and read his warrant, and having
put the prisoner into a cab, had him taken to Bow-
lane station, where he remained until morning,
when he was conveyed to Rugby.
The prisoner had not much cash in his posses-
sion ; his purse only contained five English sove-
reigns, two half Napoleons, and a few silver Eng-
lish and foreign coins.
From-other circumstances which have transpired
since the apprehension, it appears that Mrs. Hill
was married to the prisoner when she was only
sixteen years of age ; and that the British
Vice-Consul at Brussels (Mr. T. J. Maltby)
officiated as notary, and prepared the marriage
settlements. A life interest in the whole of Mrs.
Hill's fortune, with exception of £lOO ayear, which
was to be paid to her by her husband, was, as
already stated, settled upon the prisoner, but it is
asserted that there are eight annual payments still
due to Mrs. Hill, and that civil proceedings had,
prior to his arrest, been commenced against the
prisoner to recover the same. It is said, too, that
the child had been made a ward in Chancery, and
pending the proceedings connected with the suit,
that the dividends heretofore received by the pri-
soner had been stopped. This is supposed to account
for Hill's anxiety to procure an interview with his
wife, who, he hoped, would interest herself on his
behalf.
Being well acquainted with the prisoner's hand-
writing, the Vice-Consul came to England and gave
evidence before Mr. Caldecott, one of the local
magistrates here, to the effect that the signature to
the false particulars of registration had been written
by Hill; and it was mainly upon Mr. Maltby's evi-
dence that the warrant was granted for the pri-
soner's apprehension. Mr. Maltby is still Vice-
Consul at Brussels ; but in reply to a telegram
announcing prisoner's apprehension, he expresses
his readiness to come over, and do all in his power
to assist the ends of justice, and, by vindicating the
parentage of the child, place him in his proper posi-
tion in society.
Two or three singular matters have transpired,
which will strengthen the evidence to be brought
forward to prove the identity of the child. The
two women who received it state that when
they were paid the £l5 by Hill they were
afraid of losing the money, and it was decided by
them to place £5 in each of their names in the St.
Maitin's Savings Bank. Search has, it is under-
stood, been made in the books at the bank, and the
truth of the woman's statement established, both as
to amount and date, the latter, of course, being, in
a legal point of view, highly important. Both of
these women will give evidence before the magis-
trates • but as one of them, Mrs. Scott, alias Idle,
is in Tothill-fields Prison, under sentence of twelve
months' hard labour for robbery, it will be neces-
sary to procure her attendance here by habeas. The
prisoner, it seems, has admitted that the woman to
whom he gave the child told him her name was
Farebrother (Mrs. Andrews's alias), which he says
he remembers distinctly because of certain peculiar
circumstances which he narrated ; but as they re-
fer to an illustrious personage totally unconnected
with the case, we refrain from publishing. them
Farebrother states that she had the child registeredeason
as Albert Farebrother, and ascribes as heerrr
enced
that, if it had died, she would have
considerable difficulty in procuring
an entry
The register has been examined,of aintdseiznPterment.
found showing that on the 28the
eeks old, was re-
February, 1859,
a child, described as being thre
gistered in that name. The register is signed by
" W. Faulkner," 40, Endell-street. Long-acre. All
these circumstances corroborate the outline already
given of the entire case.

of PRINCE ALFRED TO CANADA...4EB
Royßar Highness
hn ess Prince Alfred, who returned to this coun-
try a few weeks ago in the British and North American
Royal Mail steamship Arabia, is about to return thither.
He is, it is understood, to go out as a passenger on board
the same company's steamer Canada, Captain. Moodie, on
Saturday. His Royal Highness is, as on his homeward
ivoyage, to be accompanied by Major Cowel4