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CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. Two trials which...
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mitt ance into the Ro . val Gardens . He was soon , however , forced to admit that a shilling was well laid out in obtaining the entree to this charming paradise . Before him stretched a beautiful and spacious lawn , bordered on one side by numerous leafy bowers , and adorned with graceful statues . Strolling leisurely to the further end he entered the flower-garden , tastefully laid out , and bearing promise of much beauty and fragrance at a later period of the season . Ever and anon he paused to inhale the sweet perfume of the lilacs and other odorous shrubs , or to admire the stately trees ¦ whose trunks two men could scarcely embrace in their extended arms . The soft murmur of splashing waters led him to elegant fountains , echoing the whisperings of their nymphs . Pleased with nature , M . de Mabille next turned to the attractions of art . He smiled goodhumouredly at the ' much admired , truthful , and picturesque view of Berne , canton of Switz erland , and confessed that it did form ' a striking tableau among the antique paintings , which consist of Ruins of Ancient Rome . ' With the Cosmoramic Views he was especially delighted , and regretted that the Marionette Pavilion was not yet completed . The Hermit ' s Cave and the Gipsy ' s Grotto he passed with a jaunty air , for he felt that among the blond beauties of Albion a Frenchman had only to fear a plethora of bonnes fortunes . A loud ringing report for an instant startled his nerves , as a Cockney , dreaded by sparrows , was exhibiting his skill in missing a target to the attendant at the Rifle Gallerv . In another part of the gardens he witnessed the provident training by which the youth of England are raught to face the savage denizens of the trackless orest and howling wilderness . A lion and a tiger , in J jfe-like attitude , were preparing to spring upon the sportsman , whose trusty air-gun laid them low—whenever he hit them . It may have been here that Mr . Gordon Cumming acquired his passion for the chase , and here it certainly was that the future sovereign of Great Britain brought down a rabbit and a fox . The Chinese Games were more in accordance with the speculative tendencies of the imperial courtier , who carried off a pincushion and a porcelain sheep , each valued at twopence , the proud trophies of a ' sport' that cost him less than half-a-crown . Into the American Bowling Saloon he was contented with peeping—manly pastimes being little to his taste—and he scowled disdainfully at the industrial beehive that reminded him of Sir Robert Peel , the vaurien mal € leve who had called the brother of his Emperor a ' spick-and-span sort of man . ' His countenance , however , again relaxed as he admired the ' colossal portico and classical facade' of the Amphitheatre ; and he was particularly struck with the highly-coloured painting of Phoebus Apollo , encircled by the Hours , taking his morning drive , while its pendant represents four gallant steeds tearing along , beneath the outstretched legs of the Postilion de Longjumeau . Nor was he less pleased with the strange animals on the River Esplanade , and in all probability would have rushed heedlessly into the beechen maze had not a loudvoiced bell announced the commencement of the evening ' s entertainments : it was then past four o ' clock . M . de Mabille was naturally gratified to perceive that the post of honour was assigned to one of his own countrymen . Crowned heads flock to Paris to ' incline themselves' before the Third Napoleon , while in foreign lauds the peoples of the earth delight to bestow pence and applause on the humblest of his subjects . The performances accordingly commenced with a quadrille danced by M . Guillon ' a very gentlemanly and ladylike dogs . Such delicate compliments as these are the firmest links in international alliances . The dance had hardly terminated when a tnllowy-facjd youth inquired in excellent twelvelessons-for-one-guinea French , and with an unexceptionable Cheapside accent : " Voo n ' alley pas jouer ankore ? Soulrnong oon law shack swore ? " The professor bowed most politely , and with an apologetic smile replied , shrugging his shoulders up to his ears , and spreading out his fingers like u fan , "Ah , sarc ! mo not comprend Anglees . " " Oh I tray bong . Bong z . hore . " " Bon jour , monsieur . " By this timo about one hundred persons had gathered together , mostly members of the provincial bourgeoisie . Now the bund of the Horse Marines—judging from their uniform — began to piny some inspiriting airs , aa fin Itulian lady in short petticoats danced upon a tight-rope . At one time she would spring up into the air , at another oho would stand on one leg and lift up the other considerably higher than is customary at private parties , and then she would kneel down and kiss her hand to the applauding spectator . M . do Mabille had an idea that the signorina looked rather peculiarly at himself—severul of the bystanders differed from him entirely , but nobody said anything . After a brief interlude , Master Bond , ' direct from the Cirque Imperial , ' camo forward and exhibited his ' extraordinary and moBt astounding contortionisms . ' Ho was an extremely meagre , but very healthy , powerful , and intelligent lad of about thirteen , with an indiarubber backbone . Among other feats he laid down on his face , fastened a fork to hia hcol , placed a plato a few inches in front of his face , doubled hia leg back , over his head , ntuck the fork into a gingerbread-nut in the plato , and fed himself . This exploit reminded M . do Mabillo ' that ho had had nothing to cat since breakfast , and then i ho had hardly recovered from the penalty that attaches
to a violation of the dissociability of the ocean . He 1 therefore retired for a while to the coffee-room , and sustained his inner man with an Homeric repast . Scarcely had good digestion begun to wait on appetite , when a burst of harmony , vocal and instrumental , caused him to hurry into the open air . A very considerable crowd had now assembled on the ' Monstre Chinese Platform , ' around and below the Great Orchestra . Some very fair minstrelsy ensued , of the Italian , French , Scotch , and English schools , but the comic songs were decidedly the most popular . All this time the arbours were being filled with successive relays of merry family groups . The decent tradesman and respectable merchant ' s clerk regaled their blooming and beaming spouse and delighted children with tea and new bread , shrimps , cold ham , and water-cresses . And the waiters were continually running to and fro , anticipating the wants or whims of their numerous and capricious customers . It was altogether an animated , an innocent , and almost a pastoral scene . At seven o ' clock there was a rush into the theatre , and in a few minutes that commodious building was crowded in every part with laughing , expectant faces . The performances began with some very clever dogs , who did everything but speak , and no doubt would have done that also , had anyone asked them . Then followed the Southern Troupe ' of real Sable Harmonists , ' who exhibited much emphasis both in music and in dancing . When these Philistines had retired , amid thunders of applause , the curtain drew up for ' an entirely new comic ballet pantomime , entitled " The Gipsy Girl , or the Doctor in Love . " ' This was a piece full of business and bustle . There was knocking down and jumping up , and tumbling over everything * . There was likewise some vigorous dancing , and some showy costumes . Ami last , though by no means least , there was pretty Miss Louise Leclercq , who achieved a great success . At ten o ' clock some brilliant fireworks took place , and in the midst of blue lights and rushing rockets an adventurous damsel attitudinised on a tight rope at a giddy elevation , and made one feel sick with terror as she danced in the jaws of death . Loud brayed the music , and tens of hundreds of spectators made the welkin ring with their applause . Thus far there had been nothing to shock the most fastidious ; but now the family folks began to desert the gardens and return to their homes , all the more cheerful and kindly disposed towards one another for these hours of harmless enjoyment . Foreigners of all hues , guardsmen , and Indian officers—lawyers' clerks , briefless barristers , and gentlemen connected with the press—senile debauchees , precocious fast-men , and men who ought to be held fast — these began to supersede the patristic element ; while the tidy housewife and sweet little children were replaced by the ' painted galleys' and blackamoor fashions of St . Johifs-wood , Bronipton , and Soho . Then the great orchestra once more struck up the most enlivening airs . Presently ecstatic couples darted out of the dense masses of pronjenaders , and gyrated round and round , more or less in time with the music . Garlands of artificial flowers hung in graceful festoons over their heads , crystal pendants reflected the prismatic colours , and thousands of bright lamps shone on that gay festival . There could not have been fewer than from three to four thousand people at one time gathered on or around the vast platform . The surging masses swayed to and fro in perfect good humour , and many an outburst of laughter pealed through the tobacco-scented air . Every seat and bench was occupied , every table covered with refreshing beverages . There whs a continual hubbub of voices , a constant shouting of " Waitur ! " in all tonea and degrees of impatience . Hero it was a bottle of stout , or of palo ale , that was wanted ; there , brandy and water , brandy and soda-water , brandy and lemonade , was all the cry ; in another corner nothing would do but gin sling or sherry cobblers ; while occasionally a cigar was the one thing required to perfect the enjoyment of the moment . The bar was filled to suffocation , nor was there u vucunt scat visible in the coflec-room—every body wuo eating and drinking , dancing , laughing , mid making merry . For the most part , the solid demeanour of the gentlemen contrasted comically with the gay colours and eu . sy manners of their partners ; and M . do Mabillo acknowledged to himself , that if this wan the ordinary bearing of English ladies , it was very unfair to accuse them of stiffness or reserve . Though fascinated by tlio magnetic impulses that throbbed and thrilled through the excited throng , M . do Mabillo nevertheless bethought him of the expediency of getting some substantial refreshment after all the fatigue of such varied plcasuro . Ho was accordingly ngrooably surprised to tlud a handsome and appetising supper laid out with much regularity and tartto , and at an exceedingly moderate charge . It was a pleasant picture that supper-room , and how happy were those fair Syrons as they brandished in their dainty fingers the drumstick of a fat capon or dashed at the pope ' s nose . No doubt it was with this distinguished class that , the accomplished M . Jules Lccointo had the happiness to associate during hia otherwise dreary sojourn in London , and it was their healthy appetites that extorted from him the hearty exclamation , ' Par Falstaff ! ' And , cortos , it must have been on one of these ' blondes ladies' that ho expended the six sohellinga' lie
so ungallantly regrets on ' les gateaux niassifelT plumpuddings , et tous les plombs coupes par tranches * batis en pyramides , ' which enabled the ' defaillante in sulaire' to survive till dinner-time . As the night cr t into morning , the revellers gradually diminished in number , but the din of voices grew louder and mor discordant . At last , M . de Mabille , warned by a ere streak in the sky that dawn was approaching , niade his way to the door , in the sure expectation of finding conveyance to transport him to Leicester-square , n had many a time and oft read in the Times that the English surpass all nations in aptitude for business , and that wherever there exists demand
a there is certain to spring up a supply . Now , there happened to be a demand for transport for about five hundred persons " and there stood at the gateway exactly two private Broughams and three hired cabs . M . de Mabille shrugged his shoulders , but there was no help for it ¦ so he resolutely set out on foot for his distant destination regaling himself on the way with hot potatoes and periwinkles , and a cup of Fabian coffee ; and , for the first time in his life , he agreed with old Maiinvaring in thinking that it was ' nothing toothsome nor hath any good smell . ' Next morning , in writing an account of the previous evening's proceedings for the columns of
the Univers , he concluded with these remarkable words — " The English are no longer a mediaeval people ; their feudal institutions are on the wane ; the Queen has abandoned the Tower . The key of London is now Cisemohne . Whoever holds Cremorne is master of tb-e situation—master of la vieille Atigleterre . '
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Central Criminal Court. Two Trials Which...
CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . Two trials which were to have come on this session have been postponed to the next . These ca es are those of Robert Robinson Tripp , for the murder at Islington ; and Clark and Bush for the abductiun of a young Jewess . The trial of Captain Eslam , for a similar offence , has been removed by cerliorari to the Court of Queen ' s Bench . A case of mistaken identity occupied the Old Court for several hours last Saturday , though the facts lay in a small compass . William Day and James Devo were charged with stealing a cruet-stand , some silver spoons , and other articles , the property of Mr . llciiry Green , the shipbuilder . On the afternoon of the * 24 . th of April , a man carrying a carpenter ' s basket , was seen to go out of the hall " door of Mr . Green's house at AValthamstow .
He took his hat off very respectfully , and seeined to be speaking to some one inside the house , which prevented suspicion . Cietting into a cart outside , in which there waa another man , he drove off at a fast paw . It was afterwards discovered that the house had been robbed , and it was now sought to be shown that the accused were the perpetrators . A successful alibi , however , was set up , and both the men were Acquitted . Flora Banting and Elizabeth Willson , two young womenwere tried for endeavouring to obtain from
, Messrs . Shoolbred and Co ., the drapers , certain goods upon false pretences . A note had been received by the prosecutors , requesting that some valuable goods should be sent to the station of the Great Northern Railway , to bo forwarded to the Marchioness of Salisbury , at llatlield House , Hertfordshire . Suspicion being felt , a sham parcel was despatched , and the police were directed to keep watch at the station . The result was that l *«» 't"Jtf untl Willson were arrested , after some resistance , 'lhc . furmer
now pleaded Guilty , and , the other having been con victed , thev were sentenced to six months imprison
Thomas Williams , alias Richard Burn ., ami Ilioinaa Burns , were indicted for forging a receipt with wknt . w defraud . The men arc brothers , and tlioir n « lil m ""^ Burns . Thomas Burns , up to last December , was n octcctivo police officer . Tho prosecutor is a young man living in Milton-street , Finsbury . On the 1 ho February , ho saw in the Morning AdocrUtu' the fallowing advertisement : _ " Wanted a respectable : young : mau to collect for an office . No previous knowledge o duties required . Salary 1 / . a week ; hours from nme ° £ * This being a place of trust , no one need m > h « o c » n not give a cash security of 10 / . ( returnable on U . "U > b Apply by letter , with real na . no and address 2 . U fa lobar Tho prosecutor whos namj
ynnf Tomp-. " , Ed . uu . ul ., and who described himself as ^ \ Y Mter wrote , and was referred to No . 20 , Judd-stree A »» £ signed < J . William * , ' was sent to make tin , ,.,, | « "I ™ u After one or two visits , Edmunds d « i , o » iled « " J required security with tho accused , am t ., 1 m » Richard Burns a receipt signed < Williams . OUou r * ho never got any situation , nor could he gc I » J JJ returned . UotU prisoners were found Guilt ) . , * Hum ,, alias Williams , had been before coun ictu « similar olleiiuo , and there were numerous olliti co * which the two brothers had got dilloreut « u < J «» j from poor persons seeking for »^* £ T >" , ™ P w « a portion of the doposit-money . K »« U » rd «»« J , sentenced to eighteen , and Thomas Burns to months' imprisonment . This terminated tho session .
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . m Ernoflt Augustus Lloyd , a young man < j > f two . my described a » a military officer , was indicted loot »¦»
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Leader (1850-1860), May 23, 1857, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_23051857/page/8/
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