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, HORBIBLM EXECUTION.
HORBIBLM EXECUTION. I" The woman Mary James, convicted at the 1&8% Court of Grand Sest-ions of murder, and sentenced to death, paid the extreme penally of the law in so. oordanee with the sentence on Tuesday last. At eight o'clock, the tolling of the gaol be1) gave the sigr.œ.i that the tragedy was about to commence. The pro- cession started from the celL The culprit was preceded by the hangman, followed by the gaol ehapkin—The Rev. H. W. LaboTde, reral dean, who rsad the service for the burial of the dead—and bt the Officers of the gaol. She walked with steady and unfaltering steps t8 the foot of the gallows. On as. cending she had some difficulty, from the length of the hroud with which she was covered, in reaching the top. She fell on her knees immediately over the drop. The funeral service being ended, she asked to be permitted to sing. Tha chaplain con- sented, and in a firm hut melodious voica she very touchingly sang the "Magnificat," aDd concluded i' with the "Gloria Pa.tr: si" The rarai dean then bade her farewell, and drew back. She also quclsly drew back, but tha movement; could scarcely have been perceived, for the order was given, the drop fell and the culprit was Been standing unharmed on the platform—her eyes from the beginning were very im- perfectly bandaged. Lookisg dowa, she drew back farther from the trap, and her arms being free, she removed the piece of muslin with which her eyea were Covered. From this time she appeared to dread the trap, haying seen the danger, and she could not be induced to go forward. The Provost Marsha) then summoned the turnkeys, who, with the hangman, were constrained to u-e force to get her on to the trap-door. The instinct of sell-preservation seemed to nerve her with strength, and a ecuffl- ensued on the platform of the gallows for ten minutes, when she was ultimately tripped up, and she fell heavily on one of the large side beams of the gallows, and rolled OB the scaffold, where she lay motionless She was then pushed over on the trap-door, which was pulled, and she fell through head foremost. Sbe never made struggle or movement after she was thrown down, and many persons supposed that life was extinct before she fell throe gh the drop. The body wAs exposed to view for one hour before it was taken down aDd privately buried in the gaol yard.-St. Vincent Witness, Nov. 22.
DISASTROUS FIRE AT TEE CRYSTAL…
DISASTROUS FIRE AT TEE CRYSTAL PALACE. A fire broke out at the Costal Palace on Sunday, which has resulted in the destruction ot the tropical department, with its famous courts. How it origins. > ed is not known. At twenty miuutes past one o'olock a policeman walked round the courts at the tropical end of the palace, and everything seemed then to be quite safe, and there was not the slightest emell of fire noticeable. At two o'clock, or a few minutes before that hour, a fire was found to be raging in the neigh bourhood of the lectare-room. The flames spread with astonishing rapidity to the reading-room and to the adjacent courts, and dense masses of smoke soon filled the whole of the tropical department, which is separated from the rest of the building by an immense canvas screen. The inhabitants of the neighbourhood soon saw that something was amiss in the palace. Several gentlemen left their houses and hastened to the building, but for at least half an hour those inside would not admit anyone—perhaps they did not hear the shouts and calls at the entrance doors. At length,! however, a little before three o'clock, some dozen gentlemen got in. "When they entered they found the fire making terrific progress; flame and smoke filled nearly the whole of the tropical wing, and be a an to enter the rest of the building by means of the galleries. The roof of the end where the fire raged had become red hot, and threatened to fall in every moment. We are informed by some of those who gained admittance at the hour stated that they then found only three persons ia the place—a gardener, a policeman, and tha attendant on the birds and monkeys. The palace fire- engine was just being got ready to work; the hose was being shaken out. Nona of the chief officers were on the spot; it being Sunday they were at their own homes. The gantlemen at onoe took it upon them. selves to act with a view to save the building from destruction. They went outside and invited some 18 or 20 navvies who were loitering about to come in and work. The men readily agreed, and in a few minutes the whole body of volunteers had provided themselves with crowbars and other implements from the tool house, and they at once set to work to tear up the floor- ing of the palace outside the screen, so as to prevent the flames rushing along the screen, which was scorched, catching fire, and setting the Handel orchestra and the theatre in a blaze, The gigantic Christinas tree was out down and removed. A number of the stalls were demolished, and everything of a description likely to burn was removed as far as possible from the screen. The panels of deal which formed the back of the gallery facing the road were smashed away as fast as the men could ply their crowbars, but the flames set them on fire so fas, that the men had for a long time to keep retreating, and demolishing as they went. At half-past three o'clock the end of the building gave way; the roof fell in as fr aa the North Transept, and the flames shot up in a mase. The effect of this was very serious, and if the wind had not been blow- ing away from the central transept, nothing could have saved the whole palace from immediate ciestmo tion. As it was, so great waa the body of flame that the lofty water tower was ignited and continued to burn until after eight o'clock on Sunday night. The appearance of the burning end of the palace at this moment was indescribably beautiful- The fl"mes played along the red-hot girders in fantastic wreaths, and suddenly the whole mass dissolved as if by maric, amd gradually sinking, feU with a terrific crash. The main girders of the transept remained standing, and in the midst of their circling arches could be seen the oolcssal statues of the Egyptian Court with the flantes leaping and playing around bbem. On the floor of this wing the aviary and the collection of monkey¡¡ &() were kept. Efforis were made to rescue as many of these creatures as possible; one gentleman took out fifteen cataries, and let them loose in the nave; a man seized an eagle and carried it away m,der his arm; others made a dash at the owlery, and saved some of its ocoupasta, but the unhappy chim- panzee fell a victim to the fire. He was sen frantic and tearing at the bars of his cage in his wild terror, but no one could venture near the spot, and he was burnt to death. The poor creature's shrieks and cries were painful to bear. While all this was going on a number of the stall-keepers hastened to the' palace, and removed their property in cabs and o her vehicles. At about half past three o'clock the engines of the Fire Brigade began to arrive rapidly from London. Captain Shaw came, and himself directed the operations of the men. A copious supply of water was at hand, and tons of it were thrown upon the burning mass. For srma time, however, it was difficult to say whether the fire could be mastered; but after four o'clock it became evident that unlass the wind shifted the great body of the building would be saved. So serious were the apprehensions entertained about fonr o'clock, that all the books of the company were removed from the building in cabs to a place of safety. As darkness closed in the con. flagration became visible for miles around, and some thousands of people hurried down by train aDd road to witness it. It was stated that some 30 engines arrived, and were set to work under the ordera of Captain Shaw. Mr. Merry weather pergor-ally brought hie powerful engine, the Deluge," from Putney, when he heard of the fire. Tibvolunteer firemen of Croydon and other districts also battened to render assistance. The fire e ever thole-e raged until eight o'clock, when it was finally extingui- ho, hi the main building. The tower, hswever, continued to burn for at least an hour ater. The Indian, the Egyptian, the Alhambra, Arts, and, indeed) all the courts within the screen, have been completely destroyed. The damage bas been eatimated at £ 200,000. A large body of police were sent down by tail and omnibuiseet from London to keep order. Further Particulars. During Sunday night, and up to twelve o'clock on Monday, large streams of water contained te be poured upon the ruins at the Crystal Palace. The precise cause of the fire is still a mystery but the report that it origi- nated from the overheating of a stove in the basement is not credited by the officials, who are disposed to en. dorse the conjecture that the outbreak commenced in the carpenters' workshops. Everything was reported to have been quite t-Efe when the employ 6s left the building on Saturday night. Mr. Grove, the secretary to the company, states that the whole of the north-east portion of the building may be saii to have been entirely destroyed the Alhambra Court, the Assyrian Court, the Byzan- tine Court, the Queen's apartments, library, and printing dffice. Weare also informed that the build. ing is fully insured, but such losses as bavt of en sit- I perienced in the rare collections cannot be, placed. "With the exception of a few (h* man? j nob been ascertained) valuable birds, mo- sb-" stock have perished. It i< admitted o- -1' j to the position of the large screen at ■ fr :u p of the tropical department, and wfiieu dms't-t Tha* from the northern nave, mugt be ft ^tribut^d tbe sefet, vf the other portions of the V- lo ngr Jyt^13C,r!fn itself is much scorched, and it remarkable that the fl." rlirl writ Avh",iJ fu..U. The scene within the palace on Afonday morsing was a busy one. Carpente-s were present !D hr¡;1:! numbers, and the sound of the hammer rang from c-ne end of the building to the other. T:)a ${:nweru en- ilaged in erecting stalls for the ambition of goods in the place of those which were either destroyed by the fire or removed to prevent a jartlier extension of the calamity. The loss to aorce of the keepers will be rather considerable; but ,ha, company is rapidly striving to bring things to a pworking order. The reports of the fire in thePOnday morning papers attracted some thousands t^Sydenham. The young folk mourned the loss of tfcfc gis-antic Christmas-tree, and the absence c-f the Mammoth tree and its tropical companions was very mnjo regretted. Some of the',work- men are great losers by the destruction of their tools. Mr.; Wiibee, the foreman, who had over the value of X3 in threepenny and fonrpenny pieces looked up in his room, found them among the ruins on Monday morning molten together in a most pecu- liar form. An investigation is to be made by the company as to the origin of the disaster; and in the meantime it may be repeated that the fire will not in any way interfere wish the general entertain- raents. A number of roughs have been lodged in the dis- trict station for theft during the progress of the fire. As may be imagined, much confusion was occasioned by the removal of the books from the company's offices within the Palace to a place of safety but it is satisfactory to state that the whole of them have been preserved. AboaS the first to discover the outbreak of the fire was a police- constable on duty in the building. He pi eyed a hose on the flames, and remained firm at his post, doing so until the fire burned him so severely that he is now under the surgeon's care." A number of the birds and monkeys kept in the tropical wing made their escape. The pheasants were seen moving about the streets of Camberwell during Monday,.night.
THE AMERICAN YACHT RACE: GRAND…
THE AMERICAN YACHT RACE: GRAND BANQUET AT COWMS. A dinner was given on Saturday evening by the in- habitants of West Cowes in honour of the owners of tbe Henrietta, Fleetwing, and Vesta, at the Glou- cester Hotel. Upwards of a hundred guests were present. Sir John Simeon, Bart., M.P., presided. He was supported on the right by Mr. M'Vickars, Commodore of the New York Yacht Club; Pierre Lorillard, owner of the Vesta; Colonel Thompson; Captain Browne, Secretary of the Royal Yacht Club Squadron. On the left were Captain Luard, Royal Navy; Colonel Arn it-sge; J. G. Bennett, owner of the Henrietta; rrbjor-General Sesmour; J. Binfield Bird, Chairman of Committee (vica chair), and others. The dinner was served in the saloon erected for the purpose, which was tastefully decorated by flags of England and America and several appropriate devises, and presented an exceedingly tasteful appearance. During the evening the band of the Elector performed selections from Verdi, Coote, Hertel, Herold, &o. The dinner was well served and in every respect satisfactory. The Chairman gave The President of tbe United States." He wa. entitled, he said, to give as a toast on such an occasion the man selected by the mighty laation across the Atlantic, though there might be ( reasons why his policy had not met with the approval of all parties in the United Spates. He, no doubt, fhø.d full and enfBoient reason for the course he had a. opted, and he was a man who would carry out the duties of his office with all due regard to the welfare and interests of the nation he governed, and his policy, no doubt, would conduce to tbe peace and prosperity of the nation over which he presided. The Chairman next gave The Armies and Navies of the United States and of Great Britain." He spoke of our own greatness, and said that we had only lately arrived at a due appreciation of the army of the United States. When both were united mankind had the greatest security for the peace and liberties of the world. Colonel Taylor, of the United States army, and General Seymour, of the British army responded and Captain J. Gordon Bennett and Captain Luard, res- ponded for both navies, in speeches replete with kindly feeliÐ g. The Chairman next gava Peace and Prosperity to the United States and t8 Old England." He hoped for perpetual and indissoluble unity between them. An .horn-si understanding between both countries would bring this about. Mr. Jerome also responded in a humorous speech. The Chairman then proposed The Royal Yacht Squadron of New York," coupled with the name of Commodore M'Vickers. It was necessary at such a meeting that he should dilate in some degree upon the advance of union between two such great countries. It must take a political turn and was so far political as regarded the way in which the welfare of the two countries depended upon their union. It was most satisfactory to see the way in wbioh the subject had been broached by both sides. TWa dinner was a peon- liar oocasion-Dot a meeting of statesmen, not of States which might be either friendly or hostile. It was simply a meeting of friends from both sides of the Atlantic, all brought together by the common sympathy which unites the Anglo-Saxon race in any pursuit which had sport for its object. The Royal Yacht Squadron had honoured Cowes by tsik ng up its position there, and had done much to advance yacht building and yacht sailing, and they were glad to know that New York had also ita Yaiht Squadron, equally efficacious, and no less valuable than their own. They bad just taught them a mighty lesson, and in- stead of sajing they were in no way inferior to their own body he should have said they were superior (hear hear). All ftlt, that never during the aunals of jachting had such a feat bees accomplished through such inclemeni weather, and at such a season of the year. While, therefore, welcoming these hardy sailors —while admiring their gallant feat-they could not fail to take to themselves some pride for having originated yacht sailing. The English gqaadron had taught the world some excellent lessens, and America had protlted by them. And while they all felt with just pride that snoh a feat could not have been accom- plished had not England first, taught them the ex- ample, they did not less value the lucky voyage that bad just been made. Present among them was the Commodore of the New York Club, who, determined not to be the last to welcome his friend's victsry, had come across with the yaehfs; and most happy were they to welcome him, most happy to see the man who so admirably represented in another hemisphere that A.lnh whirtli nAn adormcd, at home, and to the chief office of which his admirable qaalitiea had raised him. Mr. M'Vickers thanked the club for the many kind- nesses shown to himself and to his brother yachtsmen, sortie as rivals, in Cowes, bnt they multiplied so rapidly that, be felt doubtful of the power of replying. He spoke of the circumstances under which the match was made, and although no place was mentioned, they all felt that it would end at the great centra of English yachting. Englishmen had taught them they had Dot come among strangers into a strange land; and if he had any lingering doubt upon the matter, he had only to look around the room and see the hearty welcome shown them even in the inscriptions. He felt, indeed, that they had been welcome to Old England. Welcome home. The next toast was "The health of Mr. James Gordon Bennett," of the yacht Henrietta, proposed by the chairman. He said, the people of America were proud to consider themselves children of the m(iher country—England—and as such they were >roud to endeavour to emulate the yachtsmen of Eng- land, and the adventurous men deserved the highest praise, not only for their personal exertions, but for the honour they had striven to confer on their country by this great attempt (hear). It. was not for him to give any idea of the hardships of the voyage, for those who followed would enlighten them upon that subject. He could at least eay they bad deserved the highest praise for the feat they had performed. Iareferenoe to English yachting, he must say tbe Americans had taught us a leston by this voyage. This race must not only be looked upon in a sporting light, but also in a patriotic one. This was not the first time that Mr. Bennett had signalised himself with his yaoht. She had not borne her maiden colours to Cowes, for te had devoted his energies to the good and the wel- J far? of his own great country, by placing the Henrietta at the disposal of feis own Government for arduous duties during the late war. He had shown that he yuld ot only be a thorough yachtsman, but also a thoroagh patriot when necessity c,.lIed him to action. Tt was trua that the Henrietta had been successful in sis race but they must not forgeS that two others bad also come across; and, although fortune had de- aided against them, their owners were equally entitled to admiration. Mr. Bennett, had attained that posi- tion which those only could attain who rowed in their I own boat, and they were the more delighted to see himonthataeocNBt. He had bravely shared the perils of the voyage across the Atlantic, and be could only wish, for the flkke of English yachting and yacht- men, that be might be induced to remain among them and become an ornament to them, as he Was most undoubtedly I'\D the other side of the water. Mr. Bennett in reply said, He was glad to find that the yacht race was treated as such a suceees, which it no doubt was. Americans were said to be in the habit of bragging unnecaasarily, but when 30 or 40 sailors had come over on a succepsful voyage, they must be excused for a little vanity or pride, whioh, might, perhaps, reduce them to undervalue British yachts. He concluded with an expression of hearty approval of what had been said in regard to the two countries, and thanked them most cordially for the kindness they had met with at every turn. Mr. Bird proposed The Chairman," and other toasts followed, the Meeting not concluding till 20 minutes past elevea o'olock.
" WHO'S WHO," FOB 1867.
WHO'S WHO," FOB 1867. This useful and very intf-restin-z publication is an epitome of the personal and public position of every individual of any celebrity in the country. It embraces the Royal family and its branches, the Royal house- hold, the nobility-their rank, name, ages, and heirs— the Cabinet anii chief officers of State, the members of the Privy Council, the members of the House of Com- mons, their agea and politics, &c. It informs us, inter alia, that the oldest duke is the Duke of Northumberland, aged 88; the youngest, the Dulie of Norfolk, aged 19. The oldest marquis, the Marquis of Westrneath, aged 81; the youngest, the Marquis of Ely, aged 17. The oldest earl, the Earl of Onslow, aged 89; the youngest, the Earl of Waldegrave, aged 16. The oldest viscount, Viscount Gough, aged 87; the youngest, Viscount Cufden, aged three. The oldest baron, Lord Broug-nam, aged 88; they oun gesti, Lord Rsdnej^aeed ri i,, e Tha oldest mem- ber of the Privy Council is Lord Brougham, aged 88 the youngest, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, aged 25. The oldest member of the House of Com- mons is Sir William Verner, Bart., member for the county of Armagh, aged 81; the youngest, the Earl of Carrisgton, Member for Wy comb, aged 23. The oldest judge in England is the Right Hon. Stephen Lushing- ton, aged 84; the youngest, Sir James P. Wilde, aged 50. The oldest judge ia Ireland, the Right Hon. Francis Blackburne, Lord Chancellor; aged 84; the youngest, Justice Keogh, aged 49. The oldest Scotch Lord of Session, the Rja-ht Hon. Duncan M'Neill, Lord Justice General, aged 73; the youngest, David Mare, Lord Mure, aged 55. The oldest Archbishop, the Archbishop of Canterbury, aged 72; the youngest, Archbishop of York, aged 47. The oldest bishop, the Bishop of Exeter, aged 89: the youngest, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, aged 47. The oldest baronet, Sir Stephen L. Hammick, aged 89; youngest, Sir Henry Hayes Lswreece, aged two years. The oldest eivil and military knight is General Sir Arthur B. Clifton, aged 94; youn./ost, Sir Charles T. Bright, aged 34. The House of Peers at present consists of one prince, two royal dukes, three archbishops, 25 dukfS. 31 marquises, 159 earls, 31 viscounts, 27 bishops, and 165 ba.rons--the total number of peers being 445. The Btehop of Bath and Wells sits also as Baron Auckland. The following clergymen have also seats in the House of Lords as lay I)eers:-The Rev. A. E. Hobart, Earl of Buckinghamshire; the Rev. William George Howard, Earl of Carlisle; the Very Rev. William John Broderiok, Viscount Midlefion; the Rsv. William Nevi), Earl of Abergavenny; the Ven. Frederiok Twialeton- Wykeham.Fiennes, D.C.L., Lord Saye and Sole; the Rev. Alfred Nathaniel H. Corzon, Lord Scarsdale. The heir-presumptive to the title of Lord Aruiidell and Wardour, is hia brother, the Rev. Everard Aloysius Gonzsga, a Jesuit priest. There are 110 peers of Scotland and Ireland, who are Rot peers of Parliament; there are 220 n em Vers of the Privy Council; and the archbishops, bishops, colonial bishops, bishops of the episcopal church of Scotland, and retired bishops, number 98. There are 856 baronets, 446 civil and military knights, 111 noblemen and baroneto who are knights of the various orders, 25 knights of the Order of the Star of India, 726 knights companions of the Order of the Bath, 3 field marshals, 584 general officers in the army, 311 generals in her Majesty's Indian armJ, 329 admirals in the navy, 54 judges in the United Kingdom is IrelA-Ed, 180 Qaeen's and sergeant-at. law in England, and 87 in Ireland. There are 184 deaths recorded of those whose names appeared in Who's Who," and who died between the 30th November, 1865. and 1st December, 18GG,Avith the dates of their birth and death. M;
'_'-------POLIOE TESTIMONY.'
POLIOE TESTIMONY. At the Thames Polic, o,)z- rf,, on Friday, a respect- able man, about. S5 years of age, who gava the name of John Richardson, got into the dock while the night chargeB were being heas-d, and a police-constable named John Ready, No. 348 K, immediately said, He has changed hia name since last night." He then said his name was Thomas Clark. The Prisoner: Thomas Clark! I never said my name was Clark. My name is John Richardson, painter and glazier, of— Mr. Partridge: Well, never mind, you are charged with being drunk and disorderly osly. I will hear aU yon have to say in your defence. Ready said that at a quarter-past one o'clock that morning he saw the prisoner at the corner of High- street, Shad well, very dronkand disorderly. The pri- soner's wife was with him, and trying to get him home. The prisoner said, Why don't you look after that He told the prisoner to go home, but he would not, and made a great disturbance. He taok him into custody, and on the way to the station-house the prisoner said, I shall charge you with calling my wife a prostitute." The prisoner said he came to the court to hear tha proceedings and to pass away an idle hour, and was about to pass in at one door when the police-constable said, You can't go in that way," and thrust him in at another door. He had not been in the court a. minute before he was told to stand in the dock. Ready: He knows he is the man. He got into tho dock directly I told him to do so. The Prisoner: Yes; but I warned you of the mistake you were committing. Mr. Partridge asked the police-constable for an explanation, and he stated that the prisoner was bailed. He went to the station-house that morning to bring the prisoner away, and was informed he was bailed. He went to the court, and saw the prisoner in the street. He said to him, You had better get in the court, and he did so. The Prisoner: Why I was in bed and asleep at the time you spe^k of. Is a man to come here to an open court and then be charged as a prisoner with a crime he never committed ? Ready: He is the man I charged last night and took to the station, and who gave the name of Thomas Clark. Inspector Griffin, of the K division, an officer of great exrgrience and tact, here said the police-con- stable had made a mistake; he had put the wrong man in the dock. He then called Thomas Clark, and a man much older than Riohardson got into the dock. Ready swore most positively that Richardson was the man he captured on Thursday night. Clark No; I am the man. Inspector Griffin: No doubt of it. Mr. Partridge: Really no man's liberty ia safe if people are to be charged at haphazard in this manner Ready was then repeatedly aaked if he coulS iden- tify the man be took into custody on Thursday night, and he said that Richardson was the man, and he had no doubt about it. Mr. Partridge said there was not the slightest re- semblance between the two men. Police-sergeant Gamble, No. 49 K, said he took the charge and entered it at the King David-lane station- house, and bailed the prisoner Clark, whom he knew well. He had never Seen Richardson before. Clark had on the grey witney coat he was then wearing. The prisoner was bailed at eight o'olock that morning. The prisoner abused him at an early period of Thurs- da,y evening, and said to the potman at the Ball's Head in High-street, Shadwell, "Shall I hit him on w- hia-— head ? To which the potman said, No, vou hao better not." Thomas Proctor, police-sergeant, No. 60 K, saw the prisoner Clark being taken to the station-house. A woman, who claimed Clark as her husband, was hanging upon him, and said he should not go to the station- house. Ready was recalled, and said he was new satisfied he had made a mistake, and that Clark was the person he took into custody. He thought Richardson was the man when he saw him that morning, because ha wore a white jumper under his gray alpaca overcoat. I Mr. Partridge: You ought to make an apology to I Richardson for the great mistake you have committed. Ready: So I do, sir. ] Mr. Partridge: That is the least you can do. You have exhibited considerable obstinacy in persisting that Richardson was the man you took into custody this morning, after your inspector said you were in the wrong. I don't mean to impute to you that you wilfully intended to charge an innooent man with the offence, and, as you are a young constable, I shall not mark the police-sheet with any comments, but I can- not help repeating you have eho-n great obstinacy. It is a most fearful thing to pet4 iri sueh a mistake. You might have blasted the r iation of a respect- able and innocent man for lift I don't believe you did it wilfully. My impression is it was done by a mistake. How long have you been in the force ? Ready: About two years, sir. Mr. Partridge And you have committed this most serious error. I did think you were a much younger police-constable. The two men in the deck are not at all alike, and their apparel is different. Pray be care- fill in future, and take care how you involve the repu- tation and the liberty of an innocent man. Richard- son may leave the dock. Clark is fined 5a. for being drunk and disorderly.
THE GENERAL AND HIS HOUSEKEEPER.
THE GENERAL AND HIS HOUSEKEEPER. Mary Anne Sparke, a fashionably. dressed and showy woman, of middle age, was charged, at the West- minster Police-court, with breaking windows and creatiBg a disturbance, at the house of General M'Bean, of 49, Ciaverton-street, Pimlico. General MBoan said that between eight and nine on Friday night he heard a great noise at his hall- dsor, and on rushing out of his sitting-room, found the defendant trying to force her way in. Finding that she could not, in consequence of the chain being up, she went down utie steps into the area and broke all the kitchen windows but five with a broomstick. She was very violent, and used most obscene and abusive language. Me. Selfe Why should she abuse you? Do you know any thing about her? The General: She was once in my service, but I paid her well, and gave her to understand that I had done with her. When she left my service she had nearer .85,000 than £ 4 000, Mr. Selfo: May I ask in what capacity she was while in your service ? General M'Bean: Housekeeper. Mr. Selfe The term is something very ambiguous. Was she living under your protection ? The General: Yes; housekeeper and companion. She followed me to Boulogne, and oreatod a great disturbance at my hotel. Mr. Selfe (to defendant: What have you to say to this ? Defendant: General M'Bean seduced me eleven years ago. He has property and money of mine now in his possession. The General: I have not. Defendant: Two years ago he drove me out of my mind. I have been the destruction of my poor father arid mother. The General: I have to complain greatly of her violence. She has now taken to drink. Mr. Selfe: These connections generally result in this sort of thing. Defendant: I broke mvown property. He has sold property of mine. Mr. Selfe: Whatever may be the rights or wrongs between you, I must have the peace preserved. The defendant must find jC50 bail.
A MAGISTRATE AND HIS KEEPERS…
A MAGISTRATE AND HIS KEEPERS CONVICTED OF AN ASSAULT. At the Haddington Petty Sessions, the other day, Mr. Jebn Fletcher, jun., of Sal ton, 8r,¡d two of his gamekeepers, named respectively David Young and George Ames, were charged with assaulting a miner nam-d David Scott, on the 9th of November last, by pushing him into the river Tyae, nea;r Salton, and finally keeping him in the water against his will, and to the injury of his person. Mr. Fletcher pleaded guilty to being art and part concerned in the assault; and the keepers admitted the charge as libelled. Mr. W. Watson, writer, on behalf of the accused, made a statement to the court of the circumstances under which the assault had taken place. There had been a shooting party on the day named at Salton, and in the course of the shooting the keepers came upon Scott catching singing birds on the lands of the home farm. The place where he was found was by the side of the river, and within range of the fire of the sportsman. He was there found illegally on the ground by the keepers. Provoked at the shoot- ing party being thus disturbed, and judging from a statement made by Soott that he was a notorious poacher, the keepers ordered him to re-crosa the river, which was about four feet deep at the place. This the man refused to do, and Mr. Fletcher coming up at the moment, and learning the state of affaire, approved his keepers' threat. Under his encouragement, therefore, the keepers compelled the man to go into the river, and, as he would not cross, kept him standing in the water for a short time. It was urged that what had been done was under provocation of Scott having illegally put himself within the range of the sportsman's fire, and under a mistake as to his identity and that Mr. Fietcher had taken no actual hand in the assault. Sheriff Clark, in passing sentence, said that in his mind the statement which had been made did not alter the character of the charge against Mr. Fletcher. Considering Mr. Fletoher's education and station, and that he had encouraged and supported his servants in what they had done, he could only look upon him as equally guilty with them. It was enough that he had forgotten the high position in which he was placed, and had taken the law into his own hands, whereas, as a good subject, and one who, from his high station, ought to be the most ready to regard and respect: the majesty of the law, he had taken it upon him to beoome the interpreter and instrument of the law for himself. The sheriff further said he was glad to find that, by at once admitting the offence, Mr. Fletcher had made all the amendment in his power for what he had done; and he believed and trusted that no greater punishment could be inflioted on a gentleman in such a position than the fact of his standing convicted of such a crime. The sheriff sen- tenced Mr. Fletcher to a fine of XIO, with an alterna- tive of ten days' imprisonment; and the keepers to a fine of X3 each, or five days' imprisonment. The fines were immediately paid.-&otsman.
MANUFACTURING A FIT.
MANUFACTURING A FIT. John Toohey, a cripple, was elaarged before the magistrate, at the Mitrylebone Police-court on Boxing- day, with being drunk and begging. Serjeant Isaacson, 2 D, said on Monday night he saw the prisoner in Praed-street very drunk and begging. He moved him on. A abort time afterwards he saw him on the ground, apparently in a fit, with a crowd round him. He raised him up and took him into custody. The prisoner comes from Whitechapel, and makes up his fits. He puts a small pieoe of Boap in his mouth, and after sucking it for a time, he throws himself down, and begins to foam and froth at the mouth. He has a sort of bag-pipe with pieoes of tin attached to it. Just before he throws himself down, he shakes this, and then places the bag under his head. The passers-by have compassion upon him, and he gets a good deal of money. Mr. D'Eyncourt inquired if the prisoner had been searched ? Isaaoson said he had not. Mr. D'Eyncourt: How ia that? Isaaoson We have orders not to /SSarch beggars. Mr. D'Eyncourt: From whom ? Isaaoson: From the Commissioners of Police. Mr. D'Eyncourt said he thought all beggars ought to be searched. Besides, money found upon them could be ordered to go towards their keep whilst in prison. However, it was not for him to interfere with the order of the eonsraisaoners. Isaaoson: The prisoner sent Is. 63. to pay for his food wbilist he was locked up. Mr. D'Eysooart sentenced Mm* to one month's bard iaboar.
SIR GILBERT EASI"S "LADY"
SIR GILBERT EASI"S "LADY" Saturdsy being the last day of Term, the courts of law rose for the Christmas recess. The cases tried did not possess much public interest. In one of them the plaintiff was "Lina Braham," the person who was living with Sir Gilbert East, as his wife, at the time the hon. barsnet was drowned. The furniture of the house at St. Jobn's wood, in which they lived as Mr. an.1 Mrs. Braham, was Owned by the plaintiff, *rho being afraid the exeou- ¡OrB would claim them, called the defendant in, Mr. Boots, to remove the goods. Finding that no suoh jlaim was made, she had them brought back, but resisted the charge of 429 for carriage as exorbitant Mr. Roots detained a ^"rtlon of the goods and Misf Braham bronght t! itirJr. to recover therf, Eventually the jury gars "bdr verdict for the plain tiff, damages £ 45, to I., reduced to .25, if the 44od were returned.
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DRAWING FOR A HUNDRED PD.(JND, MARBJAGE PORTION. The 26th of December in each year being one of tl days appointed for the interesting ceremony < "drawing for the marriage portion of i accordance with the provisions of the will of M Raine, an eminent Wapping brewer, who died in th early part of the last, century, bequeathing a shffieier sum in real property foi the purpose of qualifying 4 girls to become candidates, under certain restriotion: for the receipt of a marriage portion of « £ 100 twice year, the drawicg of the prize for bestowment c the 1st of May next took place on Boxing-da; There were several well-qualified candidates, as the one who obtained the prize was, in the nei place, to seek a properly qualified and duly certifie young man, "of the parish of Wapping." to beoom her husband. After most miaute inquiries have bee made by the trustees as to the character and posltia of the yonng man chosen by the "bride elect," an upon a satisfactory report being made by the visitoj to the trustees, the marriage of the happy couple is fixed to take place on the ensuing "May-day," i the presence of the governors and fries da Of the hist tution, who being convened subsequently at the soboo house at dinner, present the 100 in a purse to tt btide and bridegroom, the ceremony being unique an most interesting to all parties.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON THE NOETI…
SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON THE NOETI KMNT RAILWAY. On Thursday an inques t was held at the George Tni Aylesford, near Maidstone, before Mr. J. N; Dudlov one of the ooroners for Kent, upon the body of Job Kemp, aged 21, who was run over by a late train e Christmas-eve. The deceased, who waa captain < the barge Edward, now lying at Lett's What London, left the Blaokfriara station by the 913 p. n train, North Kent line, with the intention of his Christmas with his grandfather, at Newhith East Mailing. He merely took a ticket from Londc to Strood, but went on further, and on the arrivi of the train near the Aylesford station, and befo] it pulled up, he jumped out. A fellow-passengi called the attention of tha guard to the circuo stance, and search was made for deceased, but to i avail, and it was concluded that he had run off to evac payment of his fare. The train again started for Mail stone, when the guard in the hinder carriage felt a jet and turning on his light saw the body of deceasie, The train wa immediately stopped, and the atatioi master (Mr. Lonsdale) proceeded to the spot indicate, where he found the body of the deceased quite desi Six of the carriages had passed over the lower extrees ties of the unfortunate man, forcing out the intestine and breaking both legs. He was removed to the Georg Inn to await the inquest. Upon the deceased wis found, in addition to 21s. in gold and silver, half of return-ticket from Blaokfriara to Strood, by tt London, Chatham, and Dover line, showing that h had travelled upon the wrong line. On the step ( the carriage from which deceased jamped was found handkerchief containing a goose and other artiolf of Christmas cheer. The jury, after a patient ii vestigation, returned a verdict Aocidentf death," entirely exonerating the railway officials froi blame.
CHiilSTMAS-SER-ING.
CHiilSTMAS-SER-ING. Rosina Keefe, aged 15, and Martha Eastwood, age 13, two humbly-dressed but well-clad looking gitlf were brought up at the Westminster Poliae-oourfi th day after Christmas D iy, charged with begging. John Connor, 164 B, said that on Christmas Hive h saw the prisoners go to different houses in the NaN King's-road, Chelsea, and sing, after which the received money. They then went inside a front gat and began to sing at the door of the bouse. Som person belonging to the house came out and request- them to go away, when they refused, the prisons Keefe declaring that they would not leave, tmfe they brought them out some of their ptyorsbt'a! This they decSinad to do, and compluan&zii, took ther into custody for begging. Keefe: We did not ask for anything, and it ft Christmas time. Mr. Selfe: Yes, you wanted strong beer to be brongh out. How was that ? Keefe: We was a singing Christmas carols, that wai all. They was only a Christmas- ser-ing," your worship exclaimed a sturdy female hawker, the mother oi Keefe. There is no harm in Christmas-ser-ing. Speal up, Rosina, for yourself. Rosina spoke up, to declare her impression that 6h< had been doing no wrong, and the mothers of botl girls echoed the same F-entitneat,, trclaring that it wai a freak of their children without their kno wledge. The girls were discharged. —
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Great Boat Race on the Tyne.-A boat race equaling in interest that whioh recently took place between J. Taylor and J. Bright,, caaie off on the Tynt on Monday forenoon. Bright was again a competitol and pulled againist G. Carr. a promising Tyneside oarsman. The stakes were < £ 50 a side, and the stretch wits upwards of two miles and a-half—fr^m the Silifh Level at Newcastle to the Meadows House. The agreement was that the men row in open boats, in the management of which both are known to be adepts. Carr has already palled several successful matches in these boats, and since Bright's defeat by Tavlor, the odds have risen considerably in his favour. For some days he has readily been backed as the favourite, and on Saturday night 6 and 7 to 4 were freely offered upon him. Harry Clasper was referee, and the um- pires were: for Carr, John Adiins; for Bright, H. Nichol. Bright won by five lenaths. Untimely Death in a Brothel.—An inquiry was held on Thursday, at tte Prince George Hotel, Stonehouse, before Mr. Bone, coronen into the eir- camstances attending the death of Dmd Rutherford, 35 years of age, a gunner in the fth brigade of the Royal Artillery. The evidence showed that deceased and a prostitute named Mary Casey had been drin king extensively the night beftve; tbst whilst in the brothel, and in a state of insensibility, deceased fell dnwn a fliatit nf stairs. And that when the woman came to consciousness the next morning, she found him dead on the flow of the room whioh tbey both o ccupied during the right. The jury returned a verdict that deceased died fro- apoplexy, from a fall, caucaed, by extreme intonation, and severely reprimanded the woman Casey and the parties with whom the deceased had associated at the time. Domestic Servants in New York.-A lady told meJ amid much laughter, that she Was about engaging a. new waitress, and that the negotiation, althorgh somewhat protracted and intricate, had pro*, ceeded very smoothly until sbe Baid, "I give aft evaning every week, but I allow no followers in the louse," when the young woman, rising with dign;fcy (they always sit unasked), said, "That settles the question, and swept out of the room. I knew f: gentleman who undertook to do a bf ibta work in the engagement of a-«oi>fcvbdfor« fee* to his wife. He underwent. 1118" cross esamiiiafeirw to the style of his bc,7-e. the oonveniesous "fiibe kitohen, and the number of servants with asemplary meekness, until the woman ;%sfeed3 (Raw mapy ohildren have yoa got r" I have S ve," heanswered, "but I'll put two. ? tbies of them cut of the way if you insist upon it," and turning on his heel peddled no more with women's matters. Bat servante will go a short distance into the country in the summer; that is they will then change city life for villa life, or watering-place life. But they won't strp after the 1st of October. With them. as with tho whom I first mentioned, the objeot of life seems to^e as much of luxury and gaiety as they can get; d^ty eatingand drinking, fine olothes, fine houses to lve m, and fine people for society.-Now York 00r8spøn of the iTYPEEFATOR.