Blandford Weekly News. — 1886-07-31 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

CHARGE AGAINST A LADY OF TITLE. Lady Scott, of the Hurst, Walton-on-Thames, has been summoned to the Marlbormigh-street police-court on a charge of having libelled Mr. A. K Sebright, her son-in-law. According to the statement of Mr. Healey, slio appeared for the prosecutor, the r.bel was contained in a telegram sent by Lady Scott to Mr. Sebright's brother. It was as follows : "Kindly protect as against your brother, Arthur Sebright. Be, as you know, has robbed poor Giddy (which referred to Lady Scott's daughter) "and has now put two bort id men in our house. We don't know what to do."—Mr. Lewis said that before any evi.lence was gone into he had to apply that the summons should he adjourned sine die, until other actions which wei e pending were settled. There was now a petition in the Divorce Court to annul the complainant's marriage on the ground that it was oi,tained by fei.representation and fraud. Other actions were also pending in connection with bills to the amount of £4i,000, which had been obtained by the complainant Irian Lady Scott'sdaughter, —Mr. Ilesley iinterrupting) : You have no right to make such assertions.—Mr. Lewis said he was afraid Mr. Begley had not made himself acquainted with the whole facts of the case. Proceedings with respect to these bills of exchange were taken, and Mr. Sebright having left his wife, an execution was put into the house of Lady Scott, who was in communication with the complainant's brother. She was advised to send the telegram in question to that gentleman. She did so, and was perfectly privileged in following the course she had pursued--Mi. Mansfield said he thought the course suggested by Mr. Lewis was the right one to follow, and adjourned the case sine die.  Prince Henry of Battenberg intends to relieve the monotony of Osborne life by daily cruises in the Solent, and he has hired for a mouth the Leander, a very pretty 20-ton cutter.  A member of the Viennese Bicycle Club (Herr Fortner)has just accomplished a journey from Vienna to Paris on a bicycle in 11 days and two hours. This brats Lieutenant Zubowit's famous record of 14 days from Vielins to Paris on horseback.  Mr. William Morris, the poet, John Williams, and Samuel Mainwaring have been charged at the Marylebone police-court, on the prosecution of the Treasury, with obstructing Bell-street, Edgware-road, by addressing meetings there. The two latter were coin. mitted to take their trial at the Middlesex Sessions for the common-law offence of creating a nuisance by obstructing the thoroughfare. Mr. Morris was hoed a shilling as it was his first offence.  In the Queen's Bench Division, Mr. Michael Davis, financier, Birmingham, has sued a London accountant named Lovering, for £2,100 security guaranteed. The defence was that the plaintiff obtained the guarantee from the defendant through misrepresentation and concealment—that he led him to believe that his own was the only petition in bankruptcy against Mr. '3ratit, whereas there were 12 other petitions, of which fact the plaintiff was aware. The plaintiff denied having such knowledge. Mr. Justice Field, who heard the ca,e without a jury, was of opinion that the plaintiff had made out his case, and gave judgment for the amount claimed. _  John Farmer, azed 72, a farmer, has been sentenced to seven years' penal servitude by Lord Chief Justice Coleridge, at the Hertfordshire assizes, for fraudulently converting .t1;:ii; to his own use. At the same assizes, Edward Gunnell, well-known in connection with the Whalley will case, was found guilty of unlawfully appropriating to his own use f.:25C trust money. A cAse was allowed for the Superior courts, and the defendant was admitted to bail.  The death was announced on Saturday of Sir Matthew Wyatt, at the age of 82 years. The deceased knight, who was the grandson of Mr. James Wyatt, the celebrated architect, was a lieutenant in the Honourable Corps of lientlemen-at-Arms from 1848-53 ; and also Standard Bearer, and was created a knight in the flintnamed year.  At Brinnington, Cheshire, Horatio Nelson Batty has committed suicide in a remarkable manner. He informed another man, Frederick Hurst, that he intended to drown himself in the river. Hurst expostulated, followed him, and at the waterside seized him. Batty shook him off, coolly undressed, and then plunged into the water. Hurst jumped in after him, and a desperate struggle ensued Batty eventually eluded .Hurst's guisn. sank and was drowned.