The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-23

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r..nhorne TriaI-.-flose Oh .a'e
lne ,-,.., su,tmaut CoIsiu,ttte's -" "
ahar~e Of Perjury. &C Tho
Ts" now. Of the abrupt termination 0, "ie
i"' ".. cd, has already appeared in these
',,u,rs The European mails supply W,
..;,~ oe the close Of this remarha''c " IT.,
'"' .. ue said day or two ago, arc a'l
w., 49,. have not already published
'" T,n no;iy Ne,rs Of March says: les
, ~ a, M o'clock, m hour before the OPEN
;,,r nf the court. there were CROWDS oltos".
and on either side of the private cia't' noo
Ink 'n;.h could not have been fewer tha', ',V''
,.'o,s and before noon that TOTAL ""s
ss.,,h,od individuals and small groups "e'e
,,un.t beside themselves with eaScrhess.
a H,nr, carriage that appeared in the o'sta'icc
,,as announced by shouts rs the ci.i'iiut'
...,',rh.m. Vehicles We're pouncea. uPoG'
ond nnny Of the good folks i'ne'E i'l"o.u
&C. "a Westminster Hall on otner ouHi'le,o
,rere not little astOn'>hed III een's ih"u.
ON. objects Of such marked ATTENTION. Eteu,
tma,lv the neat little closed hrouSlan, "n.n
tho hes, informed Of the byStahoers hheM ~
he the long-eNpcctcd Venice, Was s's.aaeu;
on,ch,n,n and footman on the DON. anu
."' .,',rte.f Of chestnuts in the shafts.
Enr The first time the claimant to the ITCH
horne haronctcv WIS Kissed by the popullce
Hitherto il had been the custom to applaud
him and il the applause was occ;ssionall!
fainf Il was still applause. He was cheercd
last week only. and apparently by the same
hind of crowd as that which in larger Duik
,saemIled Yesterday morning. Since Mon
doy however. the mans luck had turned.
and nublic favor with it turned to dlSiafof.
Tho Kissing was repeated when the broughaIn
aud its occ,lpant-for the last time VIC slis-
nctt-.froye AWAY from Westminster. Ihe
jurors soon after met together on the noTtn
vail of the Palace ward. on the self-Samc spot
where ON Monday during the luncheon IN
teryal thew stood to decide upon the state
ment which has stopped the case. Inc
excitement within the court was equal 10
that without, only being more concentrated
it was more noticeable. The ladies ana gen
tIcmen who felt the hustilpS IN inc
Court of Queens Bench would ma II
hard to do it justice i'll description. 10 inc
disappointment Of the new visitors VINO were II.
spectators for the first time, Mrs. Radcliffe
nould not he discovered. She was, in fact,
ahsent through ill-hcalth, and unable to wit
has plaved such painfully prominent part.
The counsel for the defendant were all at
their posts early, as if determined to he in at
the death. Sergeant Ballantinc came late and
acme. few minutes before Mr.. Spoiiorth
hid somehow got through the crowd. with
Mr.. Baiccnt in tow, and Mr.. Baxter. senior
Tartner of the firm, bringing up the rel.
For while il was fine fun to the many to
Gee ladies and Hrri>ters emerge from sfruc-
cling mass with robes di$trianged. aud to
hear the ccmiral cNt|amatlonS Of over
squeezed mankind.
THE PROCEEDINGS.
Upon the entrance OF the Judge ther" "as
gradual subsistence Of the storm, until
when the time arrived for the rising OF Ser.
reapt Ballantinc there was Il deep silence.
The learned Sergeant spoke under an enc
ton that was not feigncd, and with unusual
seriousness and delibelation. The Attorney
General was not mere fatterer when be
described his learned friends tone us tempe
rate. The spectators maintained silence TO
the end of the Scrycant's speech, but no
longer. The tension to which they had been
subjected could be endured no longer. and
there was rustic us of IA mighty wind, and II
long murmllr of relief. The departure OF
the jurymen to consult in private was well
timed, because the order of their going WIS
peculiar enough to divert attention from
personal woes. Some ladies blocked ui the
way they should have gone, and some
gentlemen blocked the passage along which
the ladies might have retreatcd. The
ladies being anxious, yet unable, to move,
the Jury disposed of the difficulty by
cambering over the tall barricr The drol,
on the other side being considerable. Il few
cf the eleven fingered, shiycrins on the
brink. The spectators forgot their mscrics
in the diStreSseS Of others. and laughed aloud
at the predicament of the jurors. The cap
tain of the Queens body-glard managed the
business with difficulty, and it was noticed
that the naval gentleman who sat next
the foreman took the fence like Il hunter,
eliciting the open approval of a Hampshire
witness. The feat seemed to be accomplish |
ed at any rate safely. Sergeant Ballantines
avowa thirty-tre minutes later of what he
had determined was received with Il sudden |
movement among the defendants supporters
that would have developed into derisiyc |
cheer had not the camest of them restrained
their more impulsivc friends. Mr.. Baigeut was |
welcomed with general titterinS. he came I'D |
smiling, but it was the smile Of one i'll at ease. !
The police helped him through the Srect:--
tors into the box. Mr.. Rgent left the box
he was to leave it. Derisve laughter from
feminine lips was heard when the Clerk of
the court, adhcring to the legal form still |
Kept up, called three times for Sir Roger
- Doughty Tichborne, baronet, to come |
Cbari~~. he nonsuited. Everybody knew
forward anu answer to the summons,
there would De no. '''"ned to the door
although all eyes were W. ~,,ly have en- |
way, through which he could -. .dge at
tered over the peoples heads. The Je~. |
once therefore proceeded to read from pre-
pared paper the plaintiffs fate. Here again
there was difficulty in represslng tbe ap-
plause among the defendants VII
nesses. What remained was very. nttie
needed. The fiat had gone forth; II was
felt that the case was ut an emu teie
graph forms were being passed from hano
to hand across the court; messengers were
fighting their way out to be 1lrst 10 pear Tue
tidings, and the premomtory symptoms OF
departilre began to set In with severity. The
mention of Mrs. Ratclife,s name by the
Judge brought All instantaneous hush, and
loud cheers; which the officers of the court
did not attempt to suppress, rang out in SYM
nathy with the Chief Justices remarks upon
that lady The foreman of the jury made his
last remark, and the great trial WAS oscr.'
ARREST OF THE CLAIMANT.
The Times says: Immediately after the
rising of the Court at Westminster Hall, Mr..
Superintendent Williamson, the head of the
Metropolitan Detective Police force, accom-
panied by Inspector Clarke and two other
officers, went to the Waterloo Hotel, in
Jermyn street, and there arrested the claimant
under the warrant Of the Lord Chief Justice