The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-01 00:00:00

11; VENING, OMB E R 1, 1861.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.)

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Commissicner Kerr.)

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL NEWSMEN-IMPORTANT TO THE
TRADE-GILLARD V. UNDERWOOD.
This was an action to recover a sum for newspapers and
periodicals supplied to defendant.
Mr. Buchanan, for the plaintiff, called his client, who
proved supplying quantities of newspapers to defendant.
Defendant asked for time, but his Honour said his rule
was not to give time when a retail man was supplied by a
wholesale man. It was necessary to keep the account clear.
Verdict, to be paid at once.
THE GREAT NORTHERN COAL COMPANY-CAUTION-

HOWELL Y. BUTCHER AND SONS.
This was an action to recover £2 Bs. paid to defendant
for two ions of "best Wallsend coal," under the following
important (to the public) circumstances ; Mr. W. B. Davie
and Mr. Buchanan appearing for the plaintiff :
According to the plaintiff's case, he was going down
Skinner-street, Snow-hill, and seeing a board up marked
" Great Northern Railway Coal Company," thought it was
the Great Northern Company, and so ordered two tons of
best Wallsend, for which he paid £2 Bs. When the coals
were sent in they proved to be so vile that they could hardly
be used, and defendant offered £1 back. This plaintiff
would not take, and brought the present action.
His Honour remarked that there was a Great Northern
Company by Mr. Herbert Clarke.
Mr. Davie—That is the right man.
His Honour--I have dealt with him for 13 years, and
once when I ordered some coals, he wrote to mo that the
price had fallen, and sent them in more cheaply. That's
honesty if you like.

Defendant said he offered plaintiff £l, because he had
taken some trouble.

A witness said the coals sent in were more like pieces of
slate than anything else. Other people had said they were
not worth 16s. a ton.

His Honour said, if the coals were good why did defen-
dant offer plaintiff £1? Mr. Clarke always sent in good
coals.

Defendant admitted that he had nothing to do with the
Great Northern Railway Company.
His Honour said that frauds were perpetrated on Mr.
Clarke, and found for plaintiff, with costs.

POLICE INTBLLIGENCE.—( This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

THE " FRIENDS OF LABOUR SOCIETY."—Joseph Leaf,
Alfred Buckland, and - M'Rinley, trustees of the
Friends of Labour Society, 58 Branch, held at the Carlisle
Arms, Queen-street, Soho, were summoned for unlawfully
refusing and neglecting to pay to Henry Byrne, he being
then and there a full and free member of the society, the
sum of V- 6s. 4d , the amount of money invested by him
in the society, after 14 days' notice to the secretary of his
intention to withdraw.

Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap•
peared for the defendants.

It appears that on the 12th of July, 1860, at a general
meeting of the society, the defendants were appointed trus-
tees with the full approbation of the members, it being un-
derstood at the time that they were not made liable for
any debts of the society, it being known at the time that the
society was insolvent. On the 4th July, 1861, at a gene-
ral meeting of the society, three members were appointed
auditors for the quarter, their names being—Byrne, the
complainant, and Ashton and Buckland, the defendants ;
and at the time Byrne (the complainant) was appointed au-
ditor he was a borrower amongst the other members, and
continued to pay back the loan till Sept. 12. He now, how-
ever, asked to draw his money out after having the loan,
the [society being at the present time insolvent in con-
sequence of a secretary's mismanagement and absconding
with the funds, which circumstance he was aware of. It
further appeared that the defendants were only in office
again.
pro tem, in order to get the society, if possible, together

Mr. Lewis took several technical objections, and elicited
from the secretary that complainant's demand was £4 6s 4d,
and that there was only the sum of £4 6s. Id. in hand, and
therefore contended that the summons should be dismissed.

Complainant stated that some members had been paid.
Mr. Beadon thought it sharp practice to pay one and not
another, but as it appeared there wero not funds sufficient
in hand, the trustees could not pay the complainant, and
the summons must be dismissed.

In the course of the case it appeared that a resolution
was passed to the effect that no money should be divided
till £2O were in hand.

THE ANGLO-FRENCH TREATY.

A letter from Paris says :—French manufac

turers are making great efforts by reducing the
price of their produce to keep possession of the
home market, now that on the Ist of October the
treaty of commerce with England is about to be
carried into full operation. I have already re-
marked the low price at which cotton goods are
offered for sale in the retail houses in Paris. I have
since seen some articles of cutlery of French manu-
facture offered at nearly 50 per cent. less than the
price asked six months ago. Porcelain is likevvise
considerably reduced in price, and the tradesman
is no longer confined to the plain white pattern
of porcelain or demi-porcelain so well known to
travellers in France. Their tables are now supplied
with handsome patterns of Wedgwood ware at
considerably less cost. The superiority of finish of
the English manufactures will always give them a
decided advantage in the French market, although,
from a fact just communicated to me, it is evident
that many unworthy manoeuvres will be resorted to
in order to exclude them. I have been informed,
by a person employed in the paper-staining trade,
that patterns of English-stained paper are exhi-
bited in Paris for which the price demanded is 2f.
the rouleau, although the cost price is only 40 cen-

times, or one-fifth the price demanded. The conse-
quence is, that purchasers of paperhanging, for
which there is a great demand at present, on account
of the number of new houses being constructed in
Paris, are led to believe that the price of English-
stained paper is exorbitant as compared with
French produce. Of course, when the manoeuvre
is exposed the effect will cease.

SPORTING EV T.ELLIGEN C.E.

TATTERSALLS'—YESTERDAY.
The attendance this afternoon was extremely scanty, the
principal members having left town by the midday train
yesterday for their Newmarket quarters, and those present
got through what little settling there was to transact with
great expedition, so as to enable them to catch the 5 p.m.
train, and in consequence business upon forthcoming events
was entirely confined to the Eastern Counties Handicap, for
which some half-dozen animals were backed in earnest,
the commission upon each apparently having a wide range.
The others quoted were only supported for limited sums.
Speculation upon the Cesarewitch was anything but im-
portant, and was only noticeable from the anxiety of a strong
party to back Donner and Blitz. His opening price was
taken with great eagerness, and towards the close 100 to 6
was offered and freely accepted. La Vapeur also had a host
of admirers, who invested freely at 100 to S.

EASTERN COUNTIES HANDICAP.
12 to 1 agst Curlew (taken)
100 to 8 agst Maggiore (taken)
100 to 6 agst Vaga (taken)
100 to 6 agst Camperdown (taken)
100 to 7 agst Cosmopolite (taken)
15 to 1 agst East Sheen (aken)

20 to 1 agst Lava (taken)
20 to 1 agst Lord of the Manor (taken)
25 to 1 agst Gibraltar (taken)
CESAREWITCH.
100 to 8 agst La Vapeur (taken)
100 to 6 agst Donner and Blitz (taken)
100 to 6 agst Ivanhoff (taken)
100 to 6 agst Paste (taken)
33 to 1 agst Sweet Hawthorn (taken)
33 to 1 agst Calpe (taken)
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
15 to 1 agst Henham Lass (taken)
100 to 6 agst Asteroid (taken)

BETTING AT MANCHESTER-MONDAY

There was a little spirited business done on the Eastern
Counties Handicap, but considering the number of horses
handicapped for this race, there were not many brought
into betting. East Sheen was installed favourite, 10 to 1
being taken and offered ; but Vaga, Maggiore, and Cam-
perdown had each many friends. There was very little
done on the Cambridgeshire. For the Cesarewitch 20 to
1 would have been taken agst Ivanhoff, but 100 to 6 was
declined. The Makeless filly was supported to win a few
hundred at 20 to 1; but Donner and Blitz and The
Rock were most in request; the former finishing at 25 to
1 (taken), and the latter at 33 to 1 (taken).—Closing
prices :

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY HANDICAP.
10 to 1 agst East Sheen (taken and offered)
11 to 1 agst Vaga (taken)
12 to 1 agst Maggiore (taken)
14 to 1 agst Pardalote (offered)
15 to 1 agst Camperdown (taken)
16 to .1 agst Lava (offered)
16 to 1 agst Curlew (taken)
16 to 1 agst Cosmopolite (offered)
20 to 1 agst Gibraltar (taken)
25 to 1 agst Fravola (taken)
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
14 to 1 agst Asteroid (taken)
16 to 1 agst Donner and Blitz

CESAREWITCH STAKES.
14 to 1 agst Asteroid (taken)
16 to 1 agst La Vapeur (taken)
16 to 1 agst Paste (taken)
16 to 1 agst Ivanhoff (taken)
20 to 1 agst Makeless filly (taken)
20 to 1 agst Claire (offered—take 25)
20 to 1 agst Umpire (offered)
25 to 1 agst Calpe (offered)
25 to 1 agst Donner and Blitz (taken)
33 to 1 agst The Rock (taken)
40 to 1 agst Emulous gelding (taken)
50 to 1 agst Fisherman (taken)

HAYMARKET THEATRE.

For some weeks the metropolitan playgoers have been
anxiously looking forward to the first appearance of Mr.
Edwin Booth, and last night their curiosity was gratified
by that gentleman making his bow as Shylock in the
" Merchant of Venice." His reception was very cordial
and encouraging. Mr. Booth is of the medium height,
rather slight in figure, with a good eye ; he possesses various
other personal advantages, and his acting last evening
showed that he was by no means devoid of originality of
idea. As he was said to belong to the impulsive school of
actors, we were by no means surprised at his version of
Shakspeare's Jew, and the impression he created was much
more favourable than might have been anticipated. In
the earlier scenes of the play he appeared rather too
anxious to produce some startling effects, but that was
no doubt occasioned by the novelty of his position. The
well•remerabered speech commencing—
" Signor Antonio, many a time and oft
In the Rialto have you rated me'
was delivered with good and marked expression, and
nothing could be better than his ill-concealed hatred of the
Christian merchant. His warning to his daughter about
the safety of his house was well delivered ; but in the whirl-
wind of his fury at the desertion of his daughter it must be
said he was rather too impetuous and impulsive. His de-
livery of the lines—" I am a Jew : hath not a Jew eyes ?" &c.
down to "If you wrong us shall W 3 not have revenge ?"
was exceedingly good and telling. The trial scene was
also well given, and as Shylock quitted the stage loud and
general applause broke forth from the whole of the audi-
ence. Mrs. Charles Young's Portia was a very excellent
performance—the celebrated "Mercy " speech being given
with surprising beauty and effect. Buckstone's Launcelot
and Mr. Chippendale's Old Gobbo were fine specimens of
genuine comedy, and the audience were not slow in show-
ing how highly they appreciated their abilities.
At the fall of the curtain Mr. Booth was most enthusi-
astically called for, and on his appearance he was received
with the loudest applause.
The comedy was put upon the stage in very capital
style, the whole of the scenery being new and very beauti-
fully painted.

We abridge the following from the Empire of
Sydney : Most people whose memory carries them
back for a quarter of a century will remember the
leading features of au extraordinary crime which
took place in London about the commencement of
1837, and which probably excited in the public
mind as great a degree of horror as any deed of
guilt ever committed in the metropolis. I allude to
the murder by Greenacre of Mrs. Brown, a woman
to whom he was to have been married on the day
following that on which he perpetrated the atro-
cious offence for which ho paid the penalty of his
worthless life. Some of the circumstances were
so horribly grotesque, that no lapse of years can
efface them from the memory of those who then
became acquainted with them. Greenacre, it was
proved at the trial, completely dismembered the
body of the unfortunate Mrs. Brown, and after dis-
posing of the trunk and limbs in various places,
actually rode about London in cabs and omnibuses
fortwo or three days with the head under his arm,
wrapped in a silk handkerchief, telling those friends
and acquaintances who happened to inquire as to
the contents of a bundle he seemed so careful of,
that it was only a cabbage ! Of the murderer
himself, and of the particulars of his trial and
execution, I shall here say nothing. The circum-
stance which I am about to relate has no further
connection with him and his history, than that it
refers to the ultimate fate of the wretched woman
who was his paramour and accomplice, who assisted
him, if not in the actual murder, at least to conceal
the evidence of it, and who was to have shared the
proceeds of his guilt. Sarah Gale, the woman
alluded to, became, if possible, an object of greater
execration than the, murderer himself. She was
admitted on the trial to give evidence against him,
and by this means to preserve her worthless life for
the fate which befel her many years afterwards in
the far interior of this country. It will perhaps be
necessary to explain that at the time of the murder
of Mrs. Brown I was almost a child ; that it was
the first crime of horror with the details of which I
had ever been made acquainted; and that the im-
pression left on my youthful mind was of a vivid
and painful nature. In the year 1868 I was resid-
ing in a remote part of this colony. I did not re-
gularly follow my profession as a means of liveli-
hood ; the population was much too scattered, and
far too healthy, to induce a medical man to remain
there. When, however, accident or the usual oc-
currences of domestic life threw anything in my
way, I took advantage of it to help out an other-
wise not very liberal income ; and by this means
became acquainted with facts connected with the
dreadful crime alluded to 20 years after it was
committed.
One morning before daybreak I was aroused from
sleep by a heavy knocking at my bedroom window,
which looked out into the verandah of my residence.
On inquiry I found I was required, at a distance of
some sixty miles, to attend a woman who had been
thrown from her horse against a tree. The mes-
senger informed me that if I made haste
and could save the patient, I should be handsomely
rewarded as she was very rich, having some thou-
sands of cattle and stations half as big as England
itself ; that fresh horses would meet U 3, and that if
I rode well, we could do the distance in something
like five hours. This gratuitcus information he
gave me while hurrying on my clothes. In twenty
minutes I was on my way to the Big River, across
long and arid plains, with not a tree or a shrub in
sight. A ftcr a ride of six hours and ten .minutes we
arrived at the homestead or head station. After
running the gauntlet through upwards of a
a dozen hungry kangaroo dogs, I reached the pa-
tient's bed room. On approaching the door I saw
the bed directly opposite ; it seemed to contain a
huge pile of something in the centre. On going
close to the bedside I found my patient to be a woman
of vast size and weight—certainly not less than 16
stone, and the heap I had noticed on my entrance
was her very extensive and respectable corpo-
ration. On examination I found she had suffered
both from external and internal injuries to such an
extent that I feared the case was hopeless. She
turned to look at me. I begged she would not dis-
turb herself. " Not disturb myself," she interrupted,
" it is easy to say so, but why do you not give me
something to relieve this dreadful pain ? Give me
something, I pray, or I must go mad."
At noon next day a marked change for the worse
had taken place. The period had arrived for me
to perform an unpleasant duty. I broke the news
to the unfortunate woman with as much caution
as possible, telling her to prepare for the worst,
and to arrange any affairs she might wish to
have settled before her final departure from this
world. She told me the whole cause of the accis
dent, in a calm, collected manner, and begged I
would be kind enough to draw up a will for her,
as she informed me the whole of the property
was hers, and that she was living with G--, but
not legally married to him, therefore she could dis-
pose of her property as she liked, which she did. The
will being finished, I wished her to sign it in my
presence, and in that of other witnesses : she had a
marked repugnance to do this, which appeared
dreadful to her, as a last act. I showed her the
necessity of doing so while in the possession of
all her faculties,' or before any derangement took
place. She refused to sign it but in the presence of
two persons, whom she named, her husband and my-
self. I ordered the room to be cleared, and gave her
the pen, puttingat the same time, the usual questions.
She hesitated a long time—there was a stillness that
was fearful to me for ten minutes ; at last she sum-
moned sufficient resolution to commence, but
stopped at the first letter. S. " Oh, wiit:a little,"
she said, "I am thinking, thinking, thinking
of times long past," and as she seemed to be talking'
more to herself, as it is called, than addressing us,
I made no reply. Her husband, who was now sober,
witnessed this death-bed scene with evident emo-
tion. " James," said the woman, "I should like to
be alone with the doctor a little while. I have some-
thing to tell him, but nothing I have to confess that
you do not already know." The husband then left.
She then told me what I was never, never to tell
spin. T was at first absolutey paralysed. There,
in that remote solitude, did that dying woman
reveal facts so dreadful, and so connected with my
painfully distinct recollection of by-gone days, that
I absolutely shook with agitation. It seemed
more like a horrible dream than a waking reality.
She recalled me to my senses by her despairing
appeals to Heaven for forgiveness. She seemed
completely hopeless of pardon. I tried at length to
comfort her, and bade her not despair. " How glad
I am you are here, doctor; you shall be well paid
for all this. Do you know I feel happier now since
I have told you all. Oh, if I could have seen a
clergyman, but there is ncne nearer than 150 miles.
Too late, too late! I shall soon be elsewhere.
where?" I begged of her to sincerely repent of
her faults, and seek hope for the future; she clasped
her hands together, sighed deeply as though
her heart too were oppressed, and she was at a loss
for words. She spoke at last with effort and evi-
dent fatigue. " Call him in," she said. I did her
bidding; in the presence of her husband I gave her
the pen ; she gave one look of despair and anguish,
signed the will, and I witnessed at once the death
and signature of" SARAH GALE."
As it was too late to start,for home the same day
on which Mrs. G-- died, and to sleep was impos-
sible,l mad a memorandum of the circumstances an
hour or so after her death took place.
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