The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-22 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL CASTLE, May 19.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise,
Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, arrived at
the Aboyne Station at one o'clock, and drove from
thence to Balmoral.

The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday after-
noon, accompanied by. Princess Christian.
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The Prince of Wales, accompanied by Prince
Arthur, and attended by Major Teesdale and Lieut.
Colonel Elphinstone, left Marlborough House in
the evening for Balmoral, on a visit to the Queen.

LAW IN TEL LIG ENCE.-7 lIIS DAY.

COURT OF CHANCERY.
(Before Vice-Chancellor Gifford.)
LYON V. 11031 E.

This morning judgment was delivered in the im-
portant spiritual case, which involve the ownership
of a large sum of money which it is alleged was
given freely by the plaintiff to the defendant.

The Chancellor, in giving his decision, com-
mented upon the extraordinary nature of the case
and the weakness of the plaintiff in entertaining
the belief of Mr. Home's powers that she had done,
but stated that in his opinion she was under the
undue influence of Mr. Home, and therefore his
judgment would be in her favour.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

THE MARQUIS TOWNSHEND AND THE STREET
SINGER.—Anna Scanlan, address refused, was
charged before Mr. Knox, by the Marquis of Town-
shend, with begging.

The Marquis Townshend said that, on the pre-
vious afternoon, he heard the prisoner singing in
the middle of Oxenden-street, having a child in her
arms. lie asked her if she was in distress, and she
said she was, and wanted to pick up a few pence.
He asked •the prisoner where she lived ; and on
her telling him, he told her that he would go with
her to see if her story was correct. She objected to
walk with him, and he therefore proposed that he
should follow her, and she walked on, but did not
go in the proper direction of the place she had stated.
She walked into a public-house with a man she met,
and he then sent for a constable, on whose ar.
proach she ran away, but was afterwards taken
into custody. lie saw the prisoner receive money
from a servent, in Oxenden-street, and she said
the servant gave her money every week, but he
had since ascertained that to be untrue.

The prisoner said that when she had her child
she was in service, and having lost her character,
and being ashamed to go amongst her friends, pos-
se3sing a voice, and seeing other persons going
about singing, she did the same, thinking there was
no harm.

Mr. Knox said the charge of begging could not
be sustained. As far as be could understand the
matter, it appeared that the Marquis wanted to as-
sist the prisoner.

The Marquis said he would not have charged
the prisoner had she not attempted to deceive him.
Mr. Knox, in discharging the prisoner, said that
if she chose to step round to No. 15, Soho-square,
the office of the Universal Beneficent Society, he
had no doubt that a helping hand would be ex-
tended to her, for her own benefit and that of her
child.

The Marquis said that something should be done
for the woman if she applied.
AN EXTRAORDINARY FANCY.—Marie Portti, a
Frenchwoman, whose husband was said to be a
singer at the Crystal Palace, was charged before
Mr. Knox with being concerned with a man not in
custody in stealing at No. 10, Porter-street, St.
Ann's, three sheets and other articles, the property
of Mr. Louis Moore.

Mrs. Mary !Ann Moore, wife of the prosecutor,
said that the prisoner occupied a room in her house,
and having left she went into the room, when she
missed some sheets and other articles, and found in
the room nine cats anka dog, which caused such a
stench that it made her quite ill.
Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner to give the
police an opportunity of tracing the property.