New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-19
NORErGN GOSSIP.

Growing out Of troublesome baiueha'~n' a"' '"e
- ia ,tat abe has not long ago been gent
n live ne-nanentv among the 'uha"cs' ene mas
,.v,,r. hen powerfully impressed with the idea
60 she hos been defauded Of property to fabulous
-, oil HIS been in the habit Of laying frequent
- lie ownership Of many mausous in the
-; orsbe part of London. On Il recent oc-
- he look party Of laen and went TO the resi-
80 q lazy ,hei, out Of town; the house was III
- n sufficiently Numerous retinue Of servants,
,rore sumnisrly pu, out Of doors, and in whose
.,.c,s we're installed the party who accompanied
a.. Robinson, that female herself assuming tie
rosion Of lady Of tue mansion, and filing 1t with az
mach grace as sne could command. Information
WAS at once given to the police magistrates, end ad
wee was asked US 10 tie beet way of eject.Dg the
itruGerS. Here the beautiful simplicity Of the En-
clish law bean 20 show itsclf; the magistrate ~
riuted search in biz library, and, after mucn
anguish and dust, grabbed up statute OF hlcn"iu
the Seooud. which seemed to be specially ana OK
ouis;tcly sdapted to this case. The authority Us
It'd il entitled 18th Rich H.. cap. 2 Tie Statute
The only unfortunate feature OF the ''Sc " ~"
enca 10 the rene jy APP cared 10 % 'Na' Wv
rem,dy FRO sided appeared to be utterly n"P''"O'v
"a ia, rssless. so when the magistrate had
.;,,sn himself heavy headache by knocking BIS
.,,ru .opos the wooden laws Of the second Richard,
he decides tina. he could rot interfere nnder that act
He volunteered some advice as man, however,
which he said lie should take If The case were his
own; he should so home and put cut, perhaps "
kicking tlo inlrudeys; If they resisted they would
b, committing an assault and in that case he should
brinQ them re ore the nearest uag citrate, who wond
have DO difficulty in dealing with them, Richard or
NO Richard This excellent parable had It's eject,
and Mis- Robiuson and her family were observed,
later in the day TO be at large in the public high
way, destitute Of s6elter.
The adventures of London detective in search
Of an escaped bankrupt have recently amused one OF
the English courts. a railway contractor became
BANKRUPT in England, his liabilities amounting TO
neatly ali million dollars he did not appear TO
surrender himself OH tie day fixed fol bis Gel eX-
animation but after time turned up in RAY, where
he was engaged in building railway, and the Lon
don detective was sent 6l,er him, aud found him q.
Turin in August there was, however, 40 treaty be-
tween England and Italy, and Il sort OF hidnepP.ng
operation bad to be resoted to, with the sanction OF
the I,aian authorities; by this bocus-Pocus the bank
rupt, who was found concealed between the ceiling
End roof Of lis own house, was lodged in prison,
while the next step WAS deliberated upon. II was
finally decided TO take the captured man to the from
Eer and there 10 let bin 60 with the understanding
that tbe detective should ct lay bands on bin
end take hiIa away. so the LonGouer, accompanied
BY tygo FreDch geDdasnes Set out for the frontier,
aud in due tine found hiInseh, very cold, on the
s1lnmi on MOUDt Gems; lie bankrupt shortly up
pearoi IN lie haAls VI h.s Italian jai.0rs; but here
q difficulty arose; the latter would no: consent 10
let their man 90 without be fist signed paper eet-
ting them free from the Consequences of All illegal
Arrest Oh tie other hand, the French gendsrues
ceolly declared that they had orders 10 shoot the
Yrscrer On the spot if he attempted to escape or re-
fused to 20 with them. Meanwhile lie cold becsIne
iuteuse, aud before the parties had completed their
deliberations, tAey discovered that they were 50
nearly frozen that they could neither chase, run
away, nor shoot. So they all ret 10 work 10 revive
each other and when this had been 80 far accom-
phsbed that they could move, the bankrupt begged
10 he taken England any civilized country, and
TIE Italian authorities hasteo back TO Turin.
Count dc Rou.l il d veritable French Count, 4
fcnune arislocrat by birth. lie has been lately
sued ut Nantes, France, however, for the sum Of
Ave hunofed francs tie claim being based on the
following facts: TIE Countess de Roul is an eDor-
nous woman, ard hor husband had for some time
gained considerable income by exhibiting her as a
Iisn;ess, under the graceful sppellation Of " La
l<lle Norm ule." Tie travelling van in which this
happy pair lived, and where the lady was exhibited
g the popuiace, had reached Nantes, when the
Couutefs tecame INDECENT and refused 10 show. In
aword, che retired 20 private life. The Count coon
discovered a woman Of a bulk even more huge, and
her he engaged in the three.fOld capacity OF gntcss
cook and companion 10 his wife. lie agreed 10 give
Der one hundred and fifty francs a month, and " Il
fourth OF the house." the forfeit in Of breach
Of contract Oh either side being five hundred francs
Tie Countess afsented to the husbands arrange
nent, but before the substitute had yet appeared
before the enlightened public, become iiercely
Jealous Of her. ThereupOn a row. Ihereupon a
discharge of the newly acquired gianiess, and re-
fusal to pay forfeit. ThereuPon tnis suit. The de-
PENDANT alleged Indifferent cooking the valid
reason of the plaintiff discharge the court held
that cooking WAS not tbs principal object Of her
engagement, Us was evident from the high salary
snd gave judgment for the depossd giautess, with
fal costs.
Various stories Of the extravaganza and gull
bity OF the late Sad Pa6ha are going about. He
used to submit with the mott astonishing simplicity
70 tue baretsced mpOsiiions Of his French favOres
and AGENTS. On ono occasion he received seven fire
mirrors from Paris, the prime coat of which wac
about twelve hundred dollars apiece; for these lac
WIS made 70 pay, however, fifty thousand dollars
apiece, or G70,000 for the seven. The same man
who poeketed this profit, minus what he had to pay
70 subordinate rascalS, had contract 10 supply