The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-16
LIFE IN ENGLAND.


Fate OF q Large Fortune-RxsYaorssfna
Action A9ainst Husband.
IRON the Liverpool Albion, Jan. ~
In the Lord Mayors Court, on Wednesday, the
Common Sergeant tried the case OF .gTait We.
Ramsden." The plaintiff in this action was an en-
gineer, residing at Forest HILL and the defendant
city c0tfee merchant. who has private house at
Forest Hill. The plaintiff sought to recover x2s Ga.
for the board, lodging aud maintenance OF the de-
feniant's wife. Mr.. Mcdonald appeared for the
plaintiff, AMI Mr. Tafourd Salter for the defendant.
Mrs. TAFT proved that Mrs. Ramsden had lived
with her from the 2ist Of August to the 10th OF No
vember last.
In crosse Examination she said that Mr.. Ramsden
livet only seven minutes walk from where she
lived; about six weeks after Mrs. Ramsden came
to live with them she heard that an action had
been brought in the Camberwell County Court
against the defendant for goods supplied to his
wife. and that the acton went against the plain
till.
THE ITALIAN JgwEss IN EGYPT.
Mrs. Charlotte Fanny Ramsden said she was the
wife OF the defendant and was married 10 him at
the British Consulate, at Cologne. in 1851; she had
then s35, In money and a26, 600 in jewelry; she
was an Italian Jewess and the widow or physician
to the Pacha OF Egypt; in 1861 she HAD child and
in 1852 it died while she was living IN BEDFORD
nished house IN Bloomsbury square for the
purpose OF. letting lodgings, having been
separated rom her husband ON account
OF his i'll usage and gambling propensities
when she had the house full Of dodgers her hus-
band broaght his luggage and put It down in the
hall: he said he did not like that she should be
living alone ana that she should be o lodging
house keeper. considering the home he mad brought
her from; he promised that he would never ILL.,
treat her again, but that II she did not let him
back he would return to the gambling tables; she
loved him ana lorgave him; they had been sew
rppOnrifedt
came back he received the money OF the lodgers
which amounted to about ESQ per week.
La NINE. RACHEL.
He afterwards told her That he wanted her to act
the part Of an Egyptian, and drew up advertise
ments tlike those q Madame Rachel, OF which the
following IS sampe:-
more ihan 20 years in many sss,s OF the world, and
ar s
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much and deservedly admired. The use OF paints and
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s and 10 her I S a ar w have
Beiieye YOU can now have your wishes gratfed by
sHe s'q
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ana she give Of 4 ii abunaanee: person
With only gray on Il and alter Egypans
has ae head q a and
who desire children should lose no time In coming to see
Ss or
short all seer ss , can be known through sypan
as ~ %s sr so. nave ~en2 se g
which they are sure never to have convalsons during
TENDERNESS OF HER HUSBAND.
Witness added-IIe told her that he would black
her face ana she was TO say she was 80 years OF
threw her out on the cold stones In the nall threw
knife at her and wounded her and lett her on the
ssa,fs p,eeaing an nens; soncitor LOON our sum-
he confined her IN her room for three months, and
the summons, alter having been adjourned for a
week, was dismissed; he afterwards sold of the
furniture and sent her to CracOw and while she
was there sent her money; i'll October, 1854, she
gsrnsn TO gas an IN house IL
Christmas, 1894 they lived together in Hanover
square, isIington, and there she gave him all the
money she nad TO enable nlm to furnish q house;
after being there seven weeks he stole the chill
dren from her and went to Paris; she offered ESQ
she went to Paris and pnt her husband in prison.
and then he stated that the children were at nurse
in Bermondsey; she vent there and got them; she
afterw Yards took them to Paris, where 5ey died or
cholera; in 1853 she returned to this country and
found her husband living in Pa,sgrave place,
Strand, IN bad circumstances; she drew go out OF
Rothschlfd's bank and sent it to him anon ymousiy
desiring the receipt of 1t to be acknowledged to
certain initials; be returned the EGO note but the
next day he called lot Ii. and said that he sent it
back so that his brother should not spend It; he
persuaded her to assist him further In bust
ness and she drew ont 1000 francs more from
Hothschild's and gave him; in 1870 she came home
from Paris and lOund him living with a char
woman. named Mary Walker, IN Dyer's buildings;
for her, but instead OF doing SO he furnished one
Tor Mary walker; she had pawned ali her jewery
Mira Ramsden. being cross. examined. said the
way she got the eco 600 she had spoken OF was from
the fortune her first husband let her. her own ior
vune, and the presents Oh jewelry she received
THE WIVES or rHR vICERoy OF EaYPT;
these presents were worth ESQ, 900; the defendant
had had the whole Of it; her husband had lived
with her since she sent MIN the $50 note TO Pals
grave pace; her husband was living at Forest
MIR. Ramsden was then called, ana said he met
his vile nj Constantinople, on hts return rom the
tor; she had no money or jewels wnen he married
her; but he had literally supplied her with money;
she was very violent tempered woman and their
iiis"sea her as she had stated he had never
thrown knife at her, but she mad thrown one at
room and the reason he took the children from
her was because she was ill-treating them by
cnanging their wet nurse every second day ; she
having murdered the children, and they would not
let him go unit. he stated where they
days, which ne thought extraordinary con.
Duct; when he stated where they were the
police let him go; he afterwards saw an account
in the papers Of two children in Berlin having
been taKen from their mothers, and the descrlp-
tiOn of them corresponding with those question,
ne communicated with the Consul, and he alter
wards saw by the German Official papers that those
children had been gwen up; he refused to live
with her alter that separation, and had never done
80 since.
the learned Judge said this was one Of the most
REMARKABLE AND EXTRAORDINARY CASES
that he had ever heard. Alter going through the
evidence ne said it was for the defendant to prove
that his wIles conduct had disentitled her to his
support. Voluntarily abandoning his home against
his will or attempting to palm on other children
on him az his own would be suf1cient ground for
him to refuse to take her back again, but then he
must clearly prove that to the satisfaction OF the
jary.
The Jury gave verdict for the plaintiff for the
amount claimed.
AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE DECIDED
From the Albany Argus. jan ISL