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. THE SUN, LONDON', SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH l6, 1861.

LA 1V TYTELLI&'7E-:N.-6.E.—.(litis Day.)

ANOTHER MARRIAGE CASE.

COURT OF CHANCERY.

(Before the Lord Chancellor and Lords Justices of Appeal.)
(APPEAL-JUDGMENT-WILLIAMS V. SE.OTTOWE-SKOT-

TORE V. WILLIAMS.

This is an appeal from Vice-Chancellor Stuart, raisin^•
the question as to the validity of a deed of appointment
executed by a married woman in 1821, in favour of her
husband.

Mr. Jessel resumed his argument for the respondent.
Mr. Elmsley, Q.C., followed on the same side, and seve-
ral other counsel were heard for other parties.
Mr. Malins, Q.C., was heard in reply for the appellant.

The Lord Chancellor, in delivering judgment, said I am!
of opinion that the decision of the Vice-Chancellor ought to!
be affirmed and the appeal dismissed with costs. I think
that there are no grounds whatever for impeaching the'
validity of this deed on the ground of fraud, misrepresenta-'
tions, or that it was executed in ignorance of her rights,'
and therefore the deed must stand.

Lord Justice Knight Bruce was of opinion that whatever
right this woman originally had to set aside this deed, the'
time was now elapsed, and it was not competent now to do

Lord Justice Turner entirely concurred with the Lord
Chancellor.
The Lord Chancellor dismissed the appeal with costs.

POLICE INTBLLIGENCE.—(This Day).

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ROBBERY AT ST. JAMES'S CHURCH.—Alexander Ben.
nington, an old man, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with
stealing some church services and hymn books from St.
James's Church, Piccadilly, the property of Mr. Gregory,
a pew renter.
Frederick Greig, of 5, Swallow-street, Piccadilly, the
beadle of St. James's Church, said that in consaquenco of
some church services being missed from a pew in which he
had seen the prisoner on Wednesday evening, the previous.
night (Friday) on the prisoner again entering the church,)
he kept a sharp look out from the lobby. The prisoner,
entered pew No. 74, and after being there about a quarter)
of an hour left the church. He then stepped up to him and
asked him to step back. He objected to du so, saying,'
" I'm a gentleman, and will be treated as one, and am no
thief." The prisoner did come back, and on searching him
we found three church services and one hymn book, the
property of Mr. Gregory, a pew renter, in the pocket of thf
cape he had over his arm. As the prisoner was entering
the Church he dropped a chisel, which, on being compared
with the marks on the box in the pew, was found to exactly
correspond. At the station another hymn book was found
on the prisoner. Latterly several books had been missed '
from the Church, and only a few months ago the poor boxes
at the Church were found wrenched open.
Mr. Gregory, of the John 0' Groat's Hotel, Russell-
'street, said the books were his property, and of the value of
about a guinea. He rented the pew, No. 74, in St. James':,
Church, and the books were taken from the box belonging
to him.

Sergeant Lombard, C Division, said the prisoner denied
the robbery. He found on him an envelope on which was
written " St. James's Church, Marchll3" (the evening the
first lot of books was lost from the Church). He found
the marks on the box to correspond with the chisel.

The prisoner said he would plead guilty, but he was re-
manded till Thursday.

THAMES.

THE OLD GOOSE AND THE YOUNG GOOSE.—Ann Mur•'
phy, a servant girl about 18 years of age, whose mother, a
poor but respectable woman, is dwelling at No. 13, King's
Head-court, High-street, Shoreditch, and Catherine Bar-
rett, aged 60, a married woman, of No. 12, Plough-street,
Whitechapel, were brought up on remand before Mr. Selfe,
charged with attempting to commit self-murder. The
magistrate had remanded both prisoners to the Clerkenwell
House of Detention for a week to give time for repentance
to meditate on the foolish acts they had committed, and to
receive the excellent advice and exhortations of the worthy
chaplain of the gaol, who has effected much good. The
prisoner Murphy had thrown herself into the Hermitage
lock of the London Dock a few nights since. The water
there is 24 feet in depth. She narrowly escaped drowning
and was save I by the exertions of a police -constable named
Tack, 110 H. When she came to her senses, she said
it was all through " John." It appeared that since eh(
had left her last situation she hal carried on an illicit inter-
course with a fellow named John Neale. She met him by
appointment on the night of the Bth inst., near the Monu-
ment, and another young woman, who was present, claimed
John as "her young man" on which the prisoner straight-
way proceeded to tho Hermitage lock and attempted to
drown herself. The prisoner now said she was very sorry
for what she had done, that the kind-hearted chaplain of
the House of Detention had promised to obtain a situation
for her, and that she would not repeat the attempt on her
life for John or any other young man.
Mr Selfe read her a lecture on her wickedness and folly,
and suffered her to depart with her mother.
• The old werr,„— -Barrett wee next arraignea bcrure
Selfe. She had silvery hair, and appeared very ill. After
a quarrel with her husband she took up a knife and cut her
left arm in a frightful manner. Hatton, a police-constable.
134 H, saved her from bleeding to death, placed her under
medical treatment, and then brought her before the magis-
trate.

Mr.Selfe said a young goose had just been discharged by
him for attempting self-destruction. The prisoner was an
old goose. He was surprised to find a woman 60 years ol
age acting so wickedly and foolishly.
Halton said the primer was almost continually intoxi-
cated. He had known her seven or eight years, and had
never seen her sober more than three times.

The prisoner said that her husband was beating her fot
two or three days, and in a passion shso cut her arm.
Mr. Selfe—l don't wonder at your husband beating you
if you are continually getting drunk and making his home
uncomfortable and wretched.

The prisoner was discharged, with in admonition not to
repeat the offence.

A FINE SPECIMEN OF A DOMESTIC SERVANT.—EIica
Pitus, aged 43, was charged with staling three sheets, two
blankets, and a pillowcase, the property of Mr. Edward S.
Parker, the master of an excellent elucational institution
called the Green Coat School in White Horse-street, Rat
cliff. The prisoner was engaged by Hr. Parker, a young
gentleman. only a fortnight since as housekeeper ano
general servant. She was well recommended to him and
he at once informed her that his time vas so fully occupiec
with his scholastic duties, that he mud place every conff
dente in her, and intrust her with the sole management of
his domestic affairs. She was to receive very liberal wages.
• and had a well furnished room in the school-house
provided for her especial use. She abused the confidence
placed in her by robbing Mr. Farker of his pro-
perty, pawning the same and continually getting
drunk. She borrowed 10s. of Mr. Parker a few dap

ago, which she squandered in the indilgence of her favou.
rite propensity for strong drinks. She was continuall3
intoxicated for four days, and put her master to great los:
and inconvenience. At last he callec in a police•constabl(
and discovered he had been plundered. He traced thre(
sheets, two blankets, and a pillow-case to pawnbrokers in
the district, and had missed other things.'
Mr. Parker said he was astonished at the prisoner's con•'
duct. She had moved in a most respectable sphere of life.
' and her connections were good. He strongly recommende
her to mercy, and said he would not have prosecuted be,
at all if she had not been guilty of the most black ingrati-
tude by pawning his property, after he had advanced her
money. -

The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to oni
imonth's imprisonment and hard labour.

THE BUILDING Tit ADES .—Last evening a crowded
meeting of carpenters and operatives of the building trades
was held in Freemasons'-hall, in furtherance of the nine
hours' movement—Mr. Hamlyn ix the chair. Several
speakers addressed the meeting, urging upon the men the
necessity of renewing tke agitation with redoubled vigour.
A. resolution was carried to the effect 'that, after an agita-
tion of three years, it was the duty of the masters to meet
a deputation of the men, is order that the question might
be settled in a friendly manner." Mr. Potter (the secretary)
• said the masters had granted a concession, although it had
not been officially announced to him. It would, however
be considered by a general meeting of delegates. A cordial
vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings.
BUILDING TRADE.—IMPORTAXT MOVEMENT.—

Four of the most eminent building fi•ms of London, viz..
Lucas Brothers, K elk, G. Smith (cf Pimlico), and Petc
and Co., have decided, on and after the 23d inst., to pa)
their workmen by the hour, in ordir to cut away the
slightest excuse for another strike on she nine hours' ques-
tion. The trade generally will doubtless adopt the arrange-
ment in a short time. The rate of wages to be 7d. per hour
for skilled mechanics, and 4d. for labourers, whereby an
advance of wages will result of about ls. 2d. per week tc
mechanics, and Bd. per week to laboirers, assuming the)
work 581 hours per week, as at present.
STRIKE IN THE BUILDING TIADEL—Since the
Ist of March the great body of the masons and joiners ii
_ _ .

Edinburgh and Leith have been out on strike for the nine
hours system. The men offer to accept the old rate of pa 3
per hour, and to work nine hours on five days a week, and
six hours on Saturday, thus reducing their present work
hours from 57 to 51 per week, and the wages from 235. 9d.
to 21s. 3d. The great body of the masters resist the de-
mand, on the ground that, though the ten hours' pay is not '
at present asked, it is involved in the demand, as a scarcity
of hands would be occasioned, and higher prices immedi-
ately claimed. On the Ist of March there were 860 masons
on the strike-roll, but the number has now fallen to about
350, owing to large numbers having gone to other towns,
where they have taken work on the ten hours system, and
,to others being employed by masters who have conceded
the point. About 400 joiners are standing out for the nine
hours' system, 150 have obtained vnrk for the restricted
hours, and about 200 are working on the 10 hours' prin-
ciple. Most of the other operative trades have held meet-
ings and passed resolutions of sympathy, and given promise
• of support, and the building trades in the other towns have
given similar encouragement. Arrangements are making
• for a conference to settle the differences, but meantime both
parties appear unlikely to yield the wain points at hue.

The capital of Fermanagh will probably affordl
some occupation to the gentlemen of the long robs',,4
Min a case somewhat analogous to the late excitin"
!trial of " Thelwall v. Yelverton," with the. excep AO
'Von that the Enniskillen fair one has been the!
bigamist, and the male biped the deceived. It ap-
pears that a sailor named Croker, a fine-lookine
specimen of the British tar, had the misforlune to
fink his fate in the silken bonds of matrimony with',
1
an interesting female called Mary Anne Mullins (nor
relative, we trust, to the Aughrim traitor), and
after enjoying some months of connubial bliss in the
society of " his own Mary Anne," who appeared to
the simple sailor the lor-ile ideal of what a wife
should be, Croker had to leave the arms of his
charmer, for duty Qtaied him from her. He yielded
obedience to the 'mandate, and, amid the sighs ands`
tears of his deserted bride, the gallant tar tore him-
self away. Before leaving, he intrusted his money, •
amounting to £3O, to Mary Anne, and on perting
he also gave her a bottle of brandy, no doubt con-
sidering that grief is dry, and the poor creature';
wanted some consolation in her hour of trial.
Croker sailed for foreign parts, and Mary Anne, it _
will be considered, went home, and remained in an
inconsolable state of grief after her sailor husband.
Quite the contrary. The ship had hardly left
Gravesend when the inconstant Mary Anne left
London for Enniskillen, and in three weeks after f=
the departure of the deceived Croker, his faithless
wife was married in Enniskillen, to a young man ,
named Eyre, residing in Bellmore-street; and they 4,.
had lived very happily for the last eight months,,t
when, to Mary Anne's great surprise and sorrow,
who arrived in town the other night but the be-'''
trayed sailor, in search of his runaway wife ? Of
course he heard of her marriage, and the lady
promptly informed him of her determination to stick.'`
to Eyre4who is, it seems, the best match. Thus .
the matter stands. Croker does not seem disposed
to yield up Mary Anne without a struggle, and she
is not inclined to leave her comfortable domicile in
Enniskillen for the uncertainties and discomforts ..
of a sailor's wife. We hear that this nice question''
is to be referred to legal adjudication.—Fermanagh!
Mail.

We understand that Sir David Dundas, who
filled the office of Solicitor-General under Lord John Rus-
sell's Government, will be proposed as a candidate for
Sutherlandshire, in the room of the Marquis of Stafford,
with every prospect of success.

The Hibernia leaves Southampton to-day for
Galway, to commence running from that port to Americai
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on the 26th instant. i

Mr. WAY, M.P. FOR BATH,—Mr. Way, who ar-
rived last week from Nice, has been prevented by a severe
Attack of gout from attending to his Parliamentary duties.
Under medical advice, the hon. member is about to visit
Vichy for the recovery of his health, his present intention
being to return to this country after the Easter recess.

PAPER DUTIES.—A return, issued yesterday to
an order of the House of Lords, states that the number of
pounds' weight of paper manufactured in 1858 was
192,847,828; in 1859, 217,827,197; in 1860, 223,575,285.
The gross produce in 1858 was £1,234,614, and the net
receipt £1,103,754. In 1859 the gross produce was
£1,414,595, and the net receipt £1,258,464. Last year the
gross produce amounted to £1,482,804, and the net, receipt
to £1,320,105.

SHIPPING AT LIVERPOOL.—At the meeting of the
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board on Thursday, Mr.
Lockett, the chairman of the Docks and Quays Committee,
stated that there was an unusually large quantity of ship-
ping at present in the docks and river. There were in the
Liverpool docks 508,058 tons of shipping; in the Birken-
head docks, 13,678 tons ; and in the river, 64,669 tons ;
total, 586,405 tons. Mr. Rankin, chairman of the Finance
Committee, said that while the figures of tonnage were large,
the revenue was also large, being 10 per cent. greater than •
it ever was before at the same period of the Rear.
PRODUCE OF NEW TAXES.—The new tax of td
m each package of goods imported, or on goods in bulk, and
also on animals, produced in 1860 (after the 16th of May,'
when it came into operation) the sum of £82,868, and the
Is. 6d. stamp on shipping bills and bills,of lading, £30,254.
The 3d. duty on dock warrants, which commenced on the
3d of April, produced £8,595. The stamp duty on bills of
exchange for above 54,000 was also altered to an ad valorem
duty, and we learn that the duty reseived on foreign bills
In the year amounted to £245,601; in the previous year the
luty on all bills, inland and foreign, produced £521,329.
It appears that the Congress of the seceding
American States have resolved to raise an 8 per cent. loan
if £3,000,000, redeemable in 10 years. As the new con-
federacy includes in its total population of 5,10*000 no less
than 1,050,000 who are pledged to repudiation, it is diffi-
mit to understand the possibility of such an amount being
raised either yr Ibreign marketu. Thin f0e1i..6 Is,
increased by the fact that, indirectly, the entire population
may be considered to have signified their approval of repu.
liation as a principle, by having selected Colonel Jefferson
Davis as their first President. This personage has long
)een regarded as the apostle of repudiation, and the holders
. )f Mississippi bonds have reason to remember his cele-
brated speech, delivered within the Legislative-hall, built
'ay British money, in which he ridiculed the "crocodile
sears" of the dupes who had ventured to petition for pay-
nent of their claims.

DRAMA IN REAL LIFE.—On Tuesday evening, as
11. F—, an army contractor, was walking on the Boule-
vards, he perceived his son with a young woman, very
plainly dressed, but of modest and respectable appearance,
ianging on his arm. He advanced towards the couple, and •
Asked his son in an angry tone how he dared to keep com-
pany with a workwoman. "Father," replied the young
nan, " I intend to marry Mademoiselle, if I have not
hitherto spoken to you of my project it is because "
" Because, Sir, you know well that I would never

consent to such an act of folly." "I do kßow
chat, father, and therefore it is that I have waited
:*or my majority. I am of age this day; I have ob-
Itained the consent of this young person's parents, and we

Ire to be married very soon." " And I, Sir," cried the
rather, choking with rage ; " I shall be under the necessity
)f addressing you a respectful summons" (sonzination re-
spoctueuse—a formality indispensable in France in the case
)f a marriage by any person, however old, without consent
,f parents). "I will convert all my property into ready

„noney, and you shall never have a penny.” " I prefer
lapdness to richness," was the reply. The exasperated
rather raised his cane to strike his son, but suddenly his

nand dropped, and he staggered and fell into the arms o
)no of the crowd which the noise of the discussion had col
,ected. Re was a corpulent man, of a sanguine tempera
cant, and his anger had killed him.—French Paper.
INTERESTING ANTIQUARIAN DISCOVERIES AT
CIIESTER.—The Marquis of Westminster having contri-
uted the munificent sum of £3,000 towards a fund (amount-
ng to upwards of £5,000) that has been raised by recent
subscriptions in the city and neighbourhood for re-
storing St. John's Church, the interior renovation has
lommeneed. It is asserted that this venerable pile of
ecclesiastical architecture, supposed to have been founded
in the year 689, is the only perfect specimen of the later
Saxon style in the kingdom. It appears that while the
whitewash, &c., with which the whole of the stonework
is thickly encrusted was being removed from a pillar at
-he north-west corner of the building, traces of a very fine
painting were discovered, which, on further investigation,
was found to embellish nearly the whole of the column.
The principal figure represents (life size) a man, holding
in his hand a large book, on the cover of which rests a lamb
with a banner piercing its side ; on this is emblazoned a
red cross, and at the top of the flag there is another cross,)
still partially refulgent with gilding. The mouth of the
chief figure is open, as if in the act of proclamation. In the
background, placed perspectively, are various buildings,
with Norman towers and battlements, and a forest, in
which are roaming a herd of stags. The popular conjec-
ture in the city appears to be that the figure represents St
John the Baptist, the patron saint of the church, and that
the accessories lave reference to an ancient legend in con-
nection with the selection of the site. Other interesting
paintings in fresco, fragments of curious and antique pave-
nent, &c., have been discovered, evidently indicating the
z'ormer splendotr and beauty of this fine old edifice.
A Fox HUNTER THRASHED BY A FARMER.—On
Tuesday the North Warwickshire hounds met near Leam-
ington, and in the course of the run one of the gentlemen
fashionably arrayed and dressed in "pink," endeavoured
to ride over the private garden of a farmer. The farmer's
wife had previous to this allowed the huntsman to enter
the garden in order that he might take his " cast." The
farmer, therefore, remonstrated, when the gentleman at-
tempted "to 'lough up his garden." Remonstrance was
of no avail ; words ensued, and the farmer was struck
by the gentleman severely on the head. The British'
yeoman returrei the compliment, and challenged
the rider to dismount and fight in a fair old English way.
Phis the gentleman did not choose to comply with, and
rode away to folow the hounds. Reynard, however,
made a return, ad the farmer's land was again crossed.
Mounting his steel, the farmer joined in the hue and cry.
Coming up with lis assailant, he inquired if he was the)
person who had stuck him a short time before. Upon
being answered in the affirmative, the strong arm of the!
farmer lifted up his whip, and most unmercifully thrashed'
the gentleman, inflicting marks so severe that many days)
will elapse before they are removed from the face of thel
foxhunter. This castigation was continued until they were'
off the farmer's land, and were brought to a cluster of
i
"the field," who: on perceiving who were the combatants,
cried " Shame" ipon the gentleman, who was showing
the white feather most disgracefully, and loudly and
heartily applauded the pluck and courage of the farmer.
They insisted upm the gentleman shaking hands with,
the farmer, and making an apology on the spot. Since
the occurrence, he gentleman in question has for-
warded a written apology to the farmer, and presented him•
with a piece of a plate. The respective ages of the parties
were as follows:—The farmer, 54, a heavy weight; the
gentleman, 20, six feet high, and in good condition.-1
Binning/got .Daily rot,