The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-21 00:00:00

711 E NAVY.

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The squadron under thc command of Roar-Admi-
ral Mundy, C. 13., now at anchor in the Corfu
Roads, consists of the fellowlng ship; :—The Han-
nibal, 91, bearing the flag of the Rear-Admiral;
the St. Jean d'Acre, 101 ; the London, 90 ; the Ra-
coon, 22; the Gannet, 11; the Osprey, 4; and the
Assurance, 4. _ _

The screw line-of-battle ship Donegal, 101, ar-
rived at Portland on Friday morning from Ply-
mouth, to join the Channel fleet.
The Ariadii6, 26, has been commissioned at
Chatham by Capt. E. W. Vansittart (1856.) She is
to have a complement of 400 men, including Ma-
rines. The utmost activity is being displayed in
order to get this vessel ready for sea, and she is
expected to leave the fitting dock in the course of a
few days. Her sails have arrived from Woolwich,
and were put on board on Saturday. The Marines,
numbering 48 men of all ranks, selected from the
Chatham division of the Marine Artillery, will be
under the command of Lieut. J. S. Mould.
The Wrangler, steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander
Robert G. Douglas, having been fitted at Woolwich
Arsenal with two of Sir William Armstrong's guns
(40 and 80 pounders), has left for Sheerness, and
will proceed thence to-morrow for the North Sea,
for the purpose of enabling the Ordnance Select
Committee to conduct a series of experiments, with
a view to report as to the adoption of the weapon
for naval gunnery, and the best description of gun-
carriage for counteracting the inconvenience aris-
ing from the rolling of a heavy sea.
The Himalaya screw troopship,. Commander J.
Seccombe, is under orders for service to the Cape
and China. She will be ready about the 4th prox.
The Supply screw storevessel, Master Commander
W. H. Balliston, arrived at Spithead on Saturday
from Boudroun Bay, Malta, and Gibraltar, with
antiquities, old stores, &c. She proceeded on to
Woolwich the same day.
The Ardent, 3, paddle, arrived at Spithead on
Saturday from Woolwich.
The Prometheus, paddle, Commander Grey Skip-
with, arrived at Spithead on Friday with the Queen
Charlotte sailing three-decker in tow.
The Mohawk, 6, screw, Commander P. C. C.
M'Dougal, has been swung fir the adjustment of
her compasses at Portsmouth, and proceeded to
Spithead to take in powder and shell, pay her crew,
&e., prior to proceeding to her destination.
The Russian paddle steamer Olaf, Capt. Alex.
de. Weymarn, arrived at Spithead an Saturday
from the Baltic. On bringing up she exchanged the
customary salutes with the military and naval
authorities of the port. She sailed again from Spit-
head at 10 a.m. yesterday for Lisbon and the Medi-
terranean. _ _

The Princess Royal, 91, steamer, Capt. T. Baillie,
alongside the dockyard at Portsmouth, has stripped
to her lower masts. The Board of naval officers
who have been conducting the inquiry into the late
disturbances on beard this ■hip concluded their la-
bours on Saturday, and have forwarded their report
through the Commander-in• Chief at the port, Ad-
miral W. Bowles, C.B. It now remains with the
Admiralty to direct what measures shall be taken
for the conviction and punishment of the offenders ;
but, however stringent may be the measures taken,
it is very probable, owing to the difficulty in pro-
caring certain evidence, that the real ringleaders of
the mutiny will escape punishment. It is stated
that several of her crew have been recognised as old
acquaintances in Portsmouth dockyard, where they
have worn quite a different uniform to the one they
at present appear in.
Private letters, dated Shanghai, Sept. 19, state
that Admiral Hope was so far recovered from his
wounds as to be able to walk, and that he had ar-
rived at Shanghai on a visit to Mr. Bruce. Officers
have been employed in surveying the coast in the
vicinity of the mouth of the Peiho, and a favour-
able position for the landing of troops, by which the
forts might be taken in the rear, and obviate the
necessity of forcing the river's mouth. A report
was also prevalent in Shanghai at the time the let-
ter was written that the Chinese were engaged in
rasing some of the forte at the entrance to the
Peiho.

The crew of the Havannah, 19, Capt. T. Harvey,
were paid off at Plymouth on Saturday.
Mr. Joseph Banks, of Tait's-hill, Plymouth, has
received instructions from the Admiralty to build a
steam gunboat • her construction will be under the
inspection of the officers of the Devonport dock-
yard.

- It is reported at Plymouth that the screw steam-
ship St. George, 90, is to be brought forward to bear
the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir A. Milne, K.C.8., on
the West India station. The screw steamship Sans-
pareil, 70, is spoken of for the same service, but the
heated state of the officers' berths, in consequence
of the proximity of the engines, seems to disqualify
her for permanent duty in the tropi..:s.
Her Majesty's ship Devastation, Capt. Baird,
from the West Indies and North America, was on
Saturday paid off at Woolwich. The men all mus-
tered clean and happy. and expressed their readi-
ness, if the opportunity offered, of again taking
service under their gallant captain, The officers
joined Capt. Baird at the usual paying-off dinner at
the naval rendezvous, the Ship Hotel, the same
evening. The paying off the Devastation was noti-
fied in strong contrast to that of the Trident on the
preceding Saturday, which latter vessel is officially
reported by the dockyard, authorities to h ave been paid
off in a far less orderly condition, and was subject
to the censure of the examining officers of the yard.
The Royal Commissioners appointed to inquire
into the state of the coast defences have paid a
second visit to Chatham, and, after inspecting the
works adjoining the dockyard, proceeded out to the
steam floating battery Trusty, 14, for the purpose
of examining the effects of the shots on the iron-
plated sides of that vessel on the occasion of the
experiments made with the new description of shot
fired from the Armstrong guns. The Commis-
sioners spent some time on board the battery, which
they minutely inspected, the general opinion ap-
pearing to be that, considering the severe effects of
the shot on the sides of the battery, that description
of vessel would be of comparatively little use when
exposed to the fire of the Armstrong guns. It is
understood that no more floating batteries will be
constructed.

The followin,gappointments were made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :—Commander N. Salmon to
the Icarus, commissioned ; Lieut. J. M. D. Elphin-
stone to the Queen ; Lieut. J. S. Trotter to the
Ariadne ; Lieut. K. J. L. Cox to the Icarus ; G.
J. Stanfield, J. Gellatly, and J. Turner, third-class
assist.-engineers, to the Asia.

THE ARMY.

General Lord Seaton, accompanied by his staff,
left Dublin on Thursday for Newry and the north
of Ireland, on a tour of military inspection. Lord
Seaton has intimated his intention of having a bat-
tery of Horse Artillery quartered between the bar-
racks of Kilkenny and Carlow. The battery com-
prises 185 horses.
The trials which have been made at Chatham
. garrison by order of the Duke of Cambridge with
the new description of military field and hospital
tents patented by Mr. G. Turner, of Northfieet,
having terminated, and the tents been removed,
very favourable reports have been made to the Go-
vernment on the invention by all the heads of de-
partments in the garrison who were in any way
connected with the various trials that took place.
The trial of the tents extended over a period of two
months, during the whole of which time they were
occupied by troops of the Line and the Royal and
Indian Engineers. Notwithstanding the severe
hurricanes of wind and rain during the month of
October, exceeding in violence anything of the kind
which-have occurred in this country-for manyyears
past, Mr. Turner's tents withstood the strain with.
out the starting of a peg, while on former occasions
the old Government tents, even in a moderate gale,
were frequently blown over.
On Saturday a party of non-commissioned officers
of the Royal Engineers, under the command of
Lieut. O'Brien, left Chatham for Hytlie, where
they will undergo a course of instruction in the
Lancaster rifle.
Capt. H. Y. D. Scott, Chief Instructor of Engi-
neering Works at Chatham, left Brompton Barracks
on Saturday, with a party of 15 officers of the
Royal and Indian Engineers, on a tour of inspection
of the several Government works in progress at
Portsmouth, Southampton, Weymouth, and other
places on the southern coast.
ri
'he Lords of the Admiralty have been pleased,
as an acknowlede•ment of long faithful service,'
to grant Col. li,7dle C.II Commandant of the
Portsmouth Divi-.5i.0n 'of R.' ril\lines, the. full-
pay retirement of ids rank, ;113n.der provist3ns of
the order in Council oF the 13th of NThvember, 1838.
Od. Anderson, S2Clil Commandant, as senio- ofli-
ecr, assumed the con-mord of the division from the
19th inst., the date of Col. Hurdle's retirement.
On retiring from tie command of the division Col.
Hurdle, C. 8., in the orders of the day, " desires to
express the satis-,betion he has derived from the
;rood order, disci e, and soldierlike bearing which
Jrive distinguish ed the men of that division during
the time he has h tad the _honour to command them;
and he takes his I cave of the division with the hope
and confident asst zrance that it will continue under
his successor to in .eserve the same high character
'for order and discipline which, it has always main-
tained while under his command." The retirement
carries with it a s tep of honorary rank, under the
10th clause of thy order in Council of the 13th of
November, 1858, saidplaces at the disposal of the
Admiralty the ap,pcintment of Aide-de-Camp to the

Queen, which will be vacated by Col. „Hurdle on
his being gazetted a Major-General.
Major-General Sir J. Y. Scarlett, K.C.8., Lieut.-
Governor of Portsmouth, entertained at dinner at
the Government house on Saturday the commanders
of the Prussian men-of-war Thetis and Frauen-lob
and a large party of other officers.
The Simoom screw troopship, Commander J.
Cook, embarked the officers and troops enumerated
in The Sun of the 18th inst. on Saturday, at Ports-
mouth, for China, with the exception of the follow-
ing officers, it havrn been discovered at the last
moment that she had not sufficient accommodation
for the whole of the officers named in the list pub-
lished on the 18th inst.:—Staff-Assist.-Surgeons
McKenzie and Hale; Drs. Frazer, Itattray, Maber,
White, Page, and Carter; Dispenser Davies; Pur-
veyor's Clerk Bungay ; and Store Clerks Gordon
and Crawford. These officers will consequently
have to be provided with passages in other vessels.
The Simoom sailed from Portsmouth for China at
seven a.m. yesterday, with a fine breeze at S.E.
She was very deep in the water, from the large
quantity of stores and materials on board. The
name of Capt. St. John Willans was accidentally
omitted from the list of names of the officers of the
Military Train who have sailed in the Simoom.
The proposed alteration and enlargement of the
fort on the Stack Rock in Milford Haven have
commenced. It will be sufficient to contain about
fifty guns. The proposed new fort on Popton Point
has also been laid out, and will be carried on as
quickly as possible. The men of the Line in depot
at Pembroke Dock are being drilled daily by the
Hampshire Artillery. Several detachments have
already gone through a course of garrison gun drill,
and have become tolerably expert—sufficiently so
to become effective assistants to regular artillery-
men. Major-General Bloomfield, Inspector-Gene-
tral of Artillery, has been on a tour round the forts,
&c., on the shores of Milford Haven, and was much
pleased with the state of readiness for service in
which he found everything in the locality.
The Hampshire Artillery Regiment was minutely
inspected by Col. Raymond, commanding the troops
in South Wales, on the 9th and 10th inst., who ex-
pressed himself highly pleased with the general
good conduct of the men since they have been under
his command, and their efficiency in the performance
of their military duties. On the 15th it was again
inspected by Major-General Bloomfield, Inspector-
General of Artillery. In the forenoon they paraded
as infantry, and in the afternoon he witnessed some
excellent practice from 32-pounders with Shrapnel's
shells. He addressed the men on both occasions, say-
ing how much he was pleased with them, and pro-
mised to make a most favourable report to the Com-
mander-in-Chief.

VOLUNTEER CORPS.

THE INNS OF COURT.

On Saturday afternoon, a very large and enthu-
siastic meeting of benchers and members of the dif-
ferent Inns of Courts was held in the Lords Justices'
Court, Lincoln's-inn, with a view to take the neces-
sary steps for giving immediate practical effect to
the design in contemplation there for some time
past for the formation of a volunteer rifle corps.
Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Kindersley was pre-
sent, as were also a considerable number of the more
distinguished members of the bar, and others occu-
pying positions of honour in the profession, includ-
ing Sir Hugh Cairns, M.P., Sir John Harding, the
Queen's Advocate-General, Mr. Selwyn, M.P., Mr.
Malins, M.P., Mr. Samuel Warren, Q.C., Mr.
Whateley, Q.C., Mr. Phinn, Q.C., Mr. Forsyth,
Q.C., Mr. Bacon, Q.C. Mr. Kenyon Parker, Q.C.,
the Hon. Mr. Liddell, Mr. Otter, Examiner of the
Court of Chancery, Mr. Huddlestone, Q.C., Mr.
Wilcox, Q.C., and many more of note and standing.
The profession mustered on the occasion in great
force, and, seen in a mass, it would be difficult to find
amore spirited body of men. Many of them fresh from
the universities, accustomed to athletic exercises, no
more promising band could be submitted to the train-
ing of the drill sergeant, and the sight of them
would delight the heart of Major-General Hay.
Armed, highly trained and disciplined, in the prime
of life, they would be well nigh invincible, and
with such a body to defend them the time-
honoured members of the profession might still
burrow in their shady retreats in the Temple and
Lincoln's Inn, or " live at home at ease" in their
suburban chateaux, utterly regardless of invasion.
Mr. SELWYN, M.P., having been voted to the
chair by acclamation, proceeded to recount the steps
taken by the provisional committee, of which he
was a member, composed of representatives of the
Inns of Court, and embodied some time ago for the
formation of a corps. Eschewing what he called
the besetting sin of the members of his profession,
which was to make long speeches—(a laugh)—and
reminding his audience of the repudiation by Major-
General Hay of the notion that tho rifle corps
movement was to be "an affair of brass bands and
luncheons"—(cheers)—he had simply to say the
committee in question was appointed shortly before
the commencement of the long vacation. The im-
mediate dispersion of almost alt the members of the
courts, however, threw impediments in the way of
the formation of a corps; but now that they had
returned, he trust 3d there was a earnest determi-
nation among them to lose no more time in the
matter. (Cheers.) Another difficulty in their way,
at first, was the doubt existing as to the Govern-
ment being in earnest on the subject of rifle corps,
a doubt which was increased by an expression
which fell from the noble lord at the head of the Go-
vernment, who was pleased to designate this move-
ment as "the rifle fever." (A laugh.) He (Mr.
Selwyn) believed such a sentiment would find but
little response among the members of the Inns of
Court. (Hear, hear.) Those doubts and suspicions,
however, were new dispersed ; the views of the Go-
verment, from whatever cause, were now entirely
changed; and the people, might now reckon upon
the hearty concurrence of the Administration in
the movement ; for at the close of the session
he was present in his place in the House
of Commons when Lord Palmerston went
through the disagreeable ceremony of eating his own
words. (A laugh.) He thought, too, the volun-
tet rs were about to receive a higher sanction than
that of the Government, for an intimation had
been given that her Gracious Majesty the Queen
was prepared to extend her countenance to these
rifle corps (loud cheers), so that they were now about
to bask in the sunlight of Royal favour. Sonic diffi-
culty had been experienced in the Inns of Court in
organising a working committee which had the

entire confidence of an the members. As the gen-
tlemen originally appointed on the committee were
almost all of them members of the inner bar, they
added certain gentlemen, from outside the bar, be-
longing to the diftlrent inns of court, from whom
they had received much valuable assistance. For
reasons he had stated, the enrolment did not at
first proceed as rapidly as was expected, but it was
now proceeding at a much accelerated pace. There
were now 200 enrolled members, and they were en-
rolling men at the rate of from 12 to 20 or 30 a-day.
(Cheers.) That was not all they expected to do, and
he hoped ere long they would establish a corps
which in number and efficiency would not be infe-
rior to any in the metropolis or the country.
(Cheers.) All those enrolled were in the flower of
their days, no one having been admitted above 45
years of age. (An ironical laugh.) Of the loyalty,
intelligence, and spirit of such a body of men he
would not venture to speak, because they were not
there to pay compliments to each other. With re-
spect to " the sinews of war," the committee had
despatched some of their body as emissaries (a
laugh) to their judges and to other quarters, where
they thought they might obtain money (a laugh),
and he was happy to say they had received dona-
tions and subscriptions amounting to £750. He
might state that the cost of the outfit of an enrolled
volunteer would be from £4 to £5. He believed he
might add that if the money now in hand should
not bo found sufficient, those of the older

members of the profession who had ah;;dy-al
scribed would put their hands into their pockets
again and again—(cheers)—until the amount re-

cluired should be collected, if other of the older
members of the profession who had yet subscribed
should fail in their duty to come forward. He could
not understand that such a movement would be

permitted to languish from any want of support.
He had some hope of gaining assistance from the
corporate property of the four Inns of Court. (Hear,
hear.) A suggestion to that effect had been very
favourably received ; he had no doubt that a vote

of money would be made by the Society of Lincoln's
Inn, and he thought the other inns would cheer-
fully follow the example. As to places for drill,
the committee had thought the most suitable would
be the halls of the Inns of .Court in bad weather,
and the gardens of the Inns of Court in fair wea-
ther. He had made a motion in the bench of Lin-
eoln't.-inn for the uFe of the hall and gardens for
the purpose, which he believed would be conceded,
and the other inns would afford similar facilities.
With respect to a place for practising firing, the
bcst that had come under the notice of the commit-
tee was situate on Sheen-common, where a butt was
now in course of erection; with a range of 800 yards,
at the expense, amounting to about £5OO, of the
Richmond Rifle Corps. The suggestion was that
the Richmond and the Inns of Court Corps should
bear half the expense, and that a joint committee
of equal numbers from both should be appointed to
regulate the use of the ground. (Hear.) The im-
portant question of uniform the committee had
thought advisable to leave to the volunteers them-
selves. There was a gentleman present connected
with the Highgate Rifle Corps, who would appear
before the volunteers in his uniform, if they
wished it, on Monday morning, and it would be for
them to say whether t hey approved of the " exhibit."'

(Cheers.) The selection of the officers was a matter
of great import ice, and he trusted there would be
none of that jet-% lousy and animosity shown in the
choice which Jam injured se many of the existing
corps. (Hear, near.). They would, of course, all
be equal when. discharged from drill, and therefore
it was the mote necessary that there should be a
careful selectiOn of the officers. The committee
would afford to t heir successors the opportunity of
considering whether they would be officered by
men chosen from. among themselves, or call in the
assistance of MET. who had served in the army.
(Hear, hear.) Jr would be a great honour to com-
mand such a corps, and there was a gentleman who
had served in India and the Crimea and who, with-
out any salary or r,ciward, would esteem it a privi-
lege to serve as adj.ntant, or in any other rank in
which they might think fit to place him. (Hear,
hear.) The committee had made arrangements for
the attendance of dria sergeants, and the drill would
commence forthwith. It now devolved upon the
enrolled members and. subscribers to elect from
among their number a permanent committee in the
place of the provisional one, whose functions termi-
nated that day.
An ENROLLED VOLUNTitER suggested the post-
ponement of the election of the committee until a
future day to afford time to know who the enrolled
members and subscribers were.
On the motion of Mr. MALiNs, M.P., who coin-
cided with the suggestion, the election was ad-
journed, and the subscribers and enrolled volunteers
were requested to insert in voting papers the names
of gentlemen whom they wished to serve on the
permanent committee, and forward such papers to
Mr. Kenyon Parker, the honorary secretary, on or
before Tuesday evening at 6 o'clock.

Mr. SELIVIC:N, M.P.,said, in reply to Mr. Phinn,
the Government had issued a sort of model form of
rules, and one of the first duties of the new com-
mittee would be to adopt those rules, or to make
them harmonise, as far as possible, with the rules
passed at the ast general meeting of the enrolled
volunteers.

Several gentlemen present suggested that 45, as
the age beyond which there could be no admission
into the corps, was too limited, and that it should
be extended to 50 at least.

On the motion of Sir J. HARDING, the thanks of
the volunteers were voted by acclamation to Mr.
Kenyon Parker, for the labour and responsibility
he had undergone in forwarding the movement ;
and, at the instance of Vice-Chancellor KIN DERSL EY
a similar compliment was paid to the chairman,
Mr. Selwyn, M.P., for the zeal, ability, and adminis-
trative capacity he had evinced in the matter.
The meeting broke up in high glee, a wag of a
volunteer urging his compatriots to make a point of
being present at " the exhibit" on Monday morning.

I ST. MARGARET'S AND THE CITY OF
WESTMINSTER.
An influential meeting of the inhabitants of St.
MargaiTt's, Westminster, was held at the King's
Arms Hotel, Old Palace-yard, on Saturday after-
noon, for the purpose of appointing a sub-committee
to co-operate with the general committee for form-
ing a rifle corps for the city of Westminster,
appointed at a meeting of Deputy-Lieutenants,
burgesses, &c., on the Bth inst.
Mr. J.Lettsom Elliot occupied the chair, supported
by Sir John Scott Lilley, the Rev. Mr. Davis, Mr.
Thoms, Mr. Maude (the banker), Mr. Shrubsole,
and other influential residents.
Mr.MAITDE moved the first resolution, urging the
expediency of forming a corps for the city of West-
minster, and pledging the meeting to support the
movement.
Mr. THoMS seconded the motion, and said that
although he lived out of Westminster he still felt
he had a connection with the good old city. He
believed that the corps would deserve the same
praise as the volunteers from St. Margaret's did in
the time of George 111.
The motion was then carried unanimously.
Mr. CLIBITT moved the next resolution, which
expressed the full approval of the meeting in the
resolution passed on the Bth inst., and in conformity
therewith appointed a sub-committee of the parish
to collect subscriptions, enrol members, communi-
cate with the Secretary of the War Department,
and transact all business necessary to make the
corps perfect.
Mr. SmtußsoLE seconded the resolution, which
was also agreed to.
Mr. John Lettsom Elliot, Mr. Churchwarden
M'Cleane, and \lr. Maude were then appointed the
sub-committee.
The CHAIRMAN then said, on behalf of himself
and colleagues, that they would do their best to
place the Westminster Rifle Corps in a good posi-
tion, and they would take care that St. Margarat's
was not last on the list.
On the motion of Mr. CLARKE, barrister •at-law,
the thanks of the meeting were voted to the chair-
man, and the proceedings terminated.

ISL INO TON.

At a meeting held at the School-rooms, Chad we'

street, on Satuday, Mr. Warriner in the chair.
Mr. A. E. EBSWORTII, lieutenant of No. 7 Com-
pany, explained to the meeting the course of in-
struction he had pursued at Hythe, and spoke in
the highest terms of Major-General Hay and the
ether members of the School of Musketry ; from
the knowledge of drill which he had obtained as a
member of this company, he was enabled to drill
others who were there, and obtained the honour of
being one of the four marksmen.
It was resolved :

for the establishment of an artillery force for the
defence of the ports and shores of the kingdom, has
taken steps ter the formation of a corps of artillery
volunteers for • Swansea Ilay.

" That artisans be invited to join No. 8 Company, the ex,
pense of dress, subscription, &c., not to exceed £3 and £:
annually."

Mr. Charles Taylor, who had been nominated as
captain, set in his resignation, whereupon it was
resolved :

" That Lieut. A. E. Ebsworth, of ilighbury place, be re-
commended to the Lord-Lieutenant as Captain of No. 7
Company."
It was also resolved :

"That the undress uniform be similar to that worn by
the City Brigade."
Several new members having been enrolled, the
meeting adjourned.

A YLS HAM.
The members of this company are being drilled
four times a week. Leave has been granted to them
to use in future the National school-rooms for this
purpose when they are disengaged.

rt.Li SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, 1859.

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Scott; at York, Rairaes, Blauchardi and_Co. ; at South-
ampton, Randall and Sonc,

previous to knowing Mrs. Pithers, passed his sum-
mers in Italy and winters in France ; and when
Mrs. Pithers became acquainted with him, she ran
after him, and would never let him out of her sight.
There was nothing, he (Mr. Davies) contended, tr,
show that Ponti had stolen this property but the
statement of Mrs. Chessman as regarded conversa-
tions, which could not be produced as evidence. He
submitted it was not a larceny if a woman, with the
knowledge and consent of her husband, chose to
become a prostitute for the support of herself and
him, and a man eloped with her, taking with him
the property given the woman lsy gentlemen as the
wages of her prostitution, and which, therefore,
could not be the property of her husband. He then
cited a case in which a woman was sold some clothes
by a shopkeeper, who pointed out, as an induce-
ment to the purchase, the necessity of her being
showily dressed to attract the notice of gentlemen,
and the Court ruled that the goods, having been
sold for an immoral purpose, the shopkeeper could
not recover. Pithers was not a bootmaker, as he
alleged, and for the last three years had not spent
one penny upon his wife, who during that time had
received no money but what he had obtained by
her profligacy.
Mr. Arnold observed that if Mr. Davies's show-
ing were right, then, had a thief broken into Pithers's
house and stolen this property, who would he (Mr.
Davies) have brought forward as the owner P
Mr. Davies thought the case would be altered in
that event, the husband being for the time pro-
prietor.
Mr. Arnold remarked that he was to understand,
then, from Mr. Davies that were this a common
case it would be a larceny, but as the husband had a
knowledge of all the facts previous to the elope-
ment, and as the property was bought by the gen-
tlemen who came to see Mrs. Pithers, the charge of
larceny could not be sustained against the prisoner.
Mr. Davies said that was the meaning he had in-
tended to convey.
Mr. Arnold observed that this was a difficult point
of law, which must be decided before another tribun.il.
The worthy magistrate then proceeded to cite a
case tried before Mr. Justice Coleridge, in which it
was held that there was a larceny by the man of
the clothes in which the woman ordinarily dressed,
and there they were taken in the act of eloping,
and had not committed adultery; but the judge held
that it was a larceny because the intention had been
to commit adultery.
Mr. Davies urged that, in this case, there was no
legal proof that Ponti had taken away the things.
Mr. Arnold though there was certainly some evi-
dence upon that point. The prisoner had brought a
charge against Pithers, upon which he was sent to
prison- and Ponti immediately proceeded to live
ith the wife till the day before the husband's re-
lease, when Mrs. Pithers and Ponti packed up the
property and left the house together. That was
surely evidence that prisoner had committed a
larceny.

Mr:Davies said, if Mr. Arnold,had made up his
mind to send the case for trial, he would ask that
his client be admittei to bail.
Mr. Smythe had many objections to produce
why the prisoner should not be permitted to go at
large.

Mr. Arnold observed that, as the case at present
stood, ho did not think he could take bail. '1 he
accused had frequently been at that court in con-
nection with Pithers and his wife, and, on every
occasion, both he (Mr. Arnold) and Mr. Paynter
had (riven him advice upon the matter, pointing
out to him that, according to the law of this coun-
try, both moral and divine, he could not be per-
mitted to carry on an adulterous connection with
Mrs. Pithers. The accused had solemnly promised
on his word of honour as a gentleman to give this
woman up, and yet here he was still carrying on
the connection, eloping with the wife of the man
he had sent to prison, and (as it was alleged) tak-
ing away the property. The prisoner had led him
(the worthy magistrate) to suppose that this
woman was following him about and annoying
him, whereas it had that day been proved by Mrs.
Cheesman—whether she could be relied upon or
not he would not undertake to say—that he was
threatening and ill-using her. He certainly did not
think himself justified under the circumstances in
taking bail, unless something in the prisoner's
favour were brought before him.
Mr. Davies said he must then proceed to open the
case for the defence, and called
Mary Cole, an old woman, who said that she had
been servant to Mr. and Mrs. Pithers, at 10, York-
place, Vauxhall-road. Ponti came to lodge there
on the sth of April, 1857, and remained there till
September. During those five months Mrs. Pithers
frequently slept with Ponti while her husband slept
in the next room. She did not think Ponti knew
Mrs. Pithers was married, as Pithers was always
down stairs and Ponti never saw him. While
Ponti was out Pithers would be up-stairs, but never
while Ponti was there. On one occasion a gentle-
man came whom Pithers did not seem to care about
letting his wife see, and she went into hysterics.
By Mr. Arnold--The house in York-place was a
very respectable one.
Mr. Arnold warned witness that she was very
old, and upon her oath she had admitted that Ponti
had slept with her mistress while her master was
in the house and cognisant of the fact. How could
she in the face of that call the house a respectable
One.

Witness then said it
.was a "respectable gay
house.'

Mr. Arnold wished to know what she meant by
that, and whether she had hr d any experience in
"gay houses" that she called this a " respectable"
one.

Witness replied in the negative. Pithers slept
with his wife when no one else was there. When
other men came lie slept in another room.
Examination by Mr. Davies continued—.A year
before Ponti ever came to the house, other gentle..
men used to sleep with Mrs. Pithers, and her hus-
band was well aware of the fact. Mrs. Pithers left
the house in York-place with Ponti because she did
not like with her husband.
Other evidence of a like nature followed, and
after Mr. Arnold had been occupied upwards of
three hours he said he must adjourn the matter,
owing to the pressure of business and lateness of the
hour. He would remand the accused for another
week, and, as the evidence brought forward by Mr.
Davies had materially altered the features of the
case, he should let Ponti at large upon taking his
own- recognisances for his appearance.
The accused's recognisances were accordingly ex•
tended.to next Saturday.
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