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CRIMINAL CONVERSATION, DIVORCE, etc. The...
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LABOUR AFFRAY. In the village of Rusholm...
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JKVV1HII OATHS. Baron ItotliHchild met h...
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Personal News And Gossip. The Queen And ...
House , to the effect that Mr . Salomons had attended a Papal aggression meeting , and spoken severely against the Catholics . He holds views upon the question quite inconsistent with such conduct . Mr . Mechi entertained a large party at Tiptree-heath Farm on Thursday . They were invited to inspect stock , implements , and farming operations . A select body connected with the agricultural department of the Exposition were present , and some interesting trials of new implements came off . The entertainment was decidedly successful . Among other distinguished guests the papers mention Prince Frederick of Holstein and Lord Ebrington . A large meeting in the Tower Hamlets has carried , a resolution of " confidence " in Mr . George Thompson .
The Anthenseum records , that Mrs . Jameson ' s name has been added to the penion list for £ 100 a year . As one who , by her very careful works in the cause of the beautiful and poetical arts , has done much to adorn female authorship , this recognition of Mrs . Jameson is especially welcome , as occurring in the reign of a female Sovereign . The Emperor of Austria is expected at Milan in August . The King of Naples has conferred the Gross of the Order of St . Janarius upon General Gemeau . According to letters from Rome , the Pope continues at Castel-Gandolfo . Marshall Sebastiani died last week , at the age of 79 . He was a native of Corsica , and the father of the Duchess de Praslin .
Count Nobili , military commandant of the Austrian forces at Bologna , is making a tour of inspection in Tuscany and the Modenese States . The King of Sardinia and the Duke and Duchess of Genoa have subscribed among them 1500 francs towards paying the expenses of certain workmen whom it is proposed to send to the Exposition . The King and Queen of Saxony are staying at Venice , but observe the most strict incognito . They travel under the name of Hohenstein , and have taken up their residence at the Hotel Danielli .
The Stockholm journals state that Mile . Jenny Lind " has just purchased one of the largest estates in Sweden , that of Beckarshoerg , in the province of Nykoping . " On the same authority * it is said that " the last letters received by her friends in Sweden contradict positively the reports lately published of her approaching marriage . " Of course ! Count Bocarme was executed at Mons on the 18 th . Fully expecting a pardon , he was greatly surprised when informed that in two days he would die . His last hours , if we may believe the accounts , were passed in an alternation of fright and indifference . Finally his courage got the better of his weakness , and he died with great firmness , inarching composedly to the scaffold , coolly complaining that one of the thongs with which he was strapped down cut him , and looking fixedly on the shining blade of the guillotine before it fell .
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Criminal Conversation, Divorce, Etc. The...
CRIMINAL CONVERSATION , DIVORCE , etc . The records of the assizes and of the police courts sometimes furnish stories as dramatic and extravagant as any detailed by the novelist . We have a group of cases before us , which illustrate in a lively manner tho state of the relation between the sexes . Edward White , a farmer in Lincolnshire , married a woman who had previously borne to him an illegitimate child . They did not lead a very happy life , nor did Mr . White behave to his wife in the most manly fashion imaginable . On one occasion , lie locked her out of the house at night in the winter time ; and on another , lie locked her in the coalcellar . She acted passionately , and he brutally : nlso , they occasionally swore at each other respectivel Tins the
y . was kind of life they lived at the farm of Silk Willoughby . At a neighbouring farm lived a Mr . Faulkner , a schoolfellow of the Whites , He was accustomed to come over to Silk Willoughby ' , and in her troubles Mrs . White flew to the Faulk-Mcrn . The result was , that a close intimacy sprung up between them . Mr . Faulkner frequently called when Mr . White was out . Servants peeping through the -window between the blind and the sash suw them equivocally situated . One servant called her mistrt-HH a lmine which no woman ever bore with equanimity , except Nell ( Jwyini ; and that servant was of course dismissed . Ultimately , Mrs . AVhite falling ill , and thinking that she was about to die , confessed , it is said , to her husband , that she had acted improperly with Mr . Faulkner .
1 he case was so gross all round , Mr . While having attempted to seduce liis wife's sister , one of the servants being with child , the open intercourse between Mr . Faulkner and Mrs . White , the acknowledged brutality of White himself , were ; fuefH so clearly brought out , on the trial , that the judge intimated nothing but nominal damages could be expected , and only nominal damages were given . Another inutance , though of a widely different nature , in Tarnished by the assize proceedings lit Cambridge . This case is very simple . . Elizabeth Ann i ' arr was living with her mother and stepfather , ami waited on the undergraduates who lodged in the house . . She was only sixteen years old . On the 1 , 'fih
of March lust , nhe went out to put up the shutters , when ( i gownsman came up and asked her to » . uke a walk . , She said nothing but entered the house . The niun in academics followed , and entering the room of < me of the lodgers , bolted tho door , und threw the girl on the sola . She fought at him , kicked him ; irom culling her a " little angel" he came to call
said , " Nothing . " A policeman was appealed to , but declined to pursue the gown-wearer , who ran away . Miller followed , ascertained that the gownsman was named Henry Winteringham , had him arrested , and finally tried . The jury found him guilty , not of an attempt to commit a rape , but of a common assault . He was sentenced to be imprisoned in the borough gaol for three months—a severe lesson , most decidedly needed , for the undergraduates of both Universities .
her a " little devil . " The doorbell then rang , and the under-graduate jumped up from the sofa , the two went out and met Elizabeth Parr ' s mother on the stairs . On being told , by her daughter that a " gentleman " had detained , her in one of the rooms , she called her husband , and both went in pursuit . In the street the " gownsman stood with his gown wrapped round him . " Miller , the husband , asked what he had been doing in his house . Gownsman
In support of the Webster Divorce Bill , now before the House of Lords , some very striking points in the personal history of Mrs . Webster have been brought out . She went to India as the wife of a gentleman named Meliish , her maiden name being unknown . When Mr . Meliish died , leaving two children , Captain Fitzroy Somerset , soon afterwards killed at Ferozeshah , married Mrs . Meliish : and in 1850 , at Paris , Mr . Webster made her his wife . As the friends of Mr . Webster and his wife could not agree , it was resolved to go on a cruise in the Zephyretta , a yacht belonging to Mr . Webster , up the Mediterranean :
and a party was selected , consisting of two male friends , the daughter of Mrs . J Webster , and her governess . One of these friends , Mr . Wmgfield , was " a very intimate friend" of Mr . Webster . As the cruise proceeded a coolness arose on the part of Mrs . Webster . She refused to sleep with him ; she called him an idiot and a brute ; she damned him . It was observed that in proportion as she grew enraged with her husband , she showed unwarrantable tenderness for Mr . Wingfield . This tenderness developed itself in very questionable shapes ; and , as the servants were on the look out , sights were seen which led to the departure of Mr . Wingfield and Mrs . Webster ,
to the action for adultery , and the present bill of divorce . The Nemesis of servants , which attends illicit lovers , was never more curiously illustrated than in this case . Elizabeth Davies said that while the yacht lay at Naples a party had been arranged for the opera . Mr . AVingfield and Mrs . Webster contrived to be left behind . Elizabeth Davies saw Mr . Wingfield in Mrs . Webster ' s cabin . She went for " needlework . " Mr . Wingfield opened the door , which was locked . Mrs . Webster was sitting on the sofa undressed . On another occasion
the governess did not go to the o pera , and Elizabeth Davies was instructed to jjersuade her to go to bed . The tame need for needlework impelled her again to Mrs . Webster ' s cabin . Again she found the door locked . Mrs . " Webster opened it this time , with her dress disordered , and her hair hanging loose over her shoulders . The cushions of the sofa were thrown about . The valet spying down through a skylight was a witness to a scene in the cabin , which he next day described to Mr . Webster , who was much " astonished and surprised . "
We have one case of breach of promise of marriage . Captain Boughey , a gay soldier in a marehiii " regiment , was quartered at Hull , and there he fell in love with Sarah Ann Johnston , the pretty daughter of the landlord of the Royal Hotel . The parents discovering this pent Sarah Ann away to Chase , in Lincolnshire ; whereupon Captain Boughey declared he would follow and make love to her there . In this state of things , the anxious parents thought it best to bring Sarah Ann back , and have the lovers under their own eyes . She came back ; the gallant captain made a formal offer , was accepted , presented the lady with a ring , and otherwise behaved as a good and true lover should . Unfortunately the regiincut went to Berwick , and Captain Boughey went with it . Here lie suddenly found that his mean
were not great enough to authorize him to marry ; and a project he had conceived , of exchanging into a Canada regiment , fell through ; and lie found that bis friends bitterly opposed the match ; in whorl ; , he round himself in a dreadful scrape , without the coinage to do his duty , brave the di / liculties , and marry the girl . The course he took in this juncture was to pay a visit to Miss Johnson , and get from her the ring aforesaid . This was not accomplished without difliculty , many tears , and great suffering on the part of the victimized girl . Hut the gallant captain did triumph in the end —over the woman to whom he had avowed hi . s love , over her angry mother and indignant father . Yes he carried on" the ring . An action was brought at York , on the 18 th ' to recover damages by Mr . Johiihton ; and the jurv gave £ . ' 100 . J J
The most remarkable case is one which the police court brings out into ( he light of day . Mikh Annie Fowler , " a ladylike person about , thirty years old " advertised for a situation two years a o , and beini ' answered by a Dr . Ueirington , who kept a hutre scholastic establishment ia Buckinghanibhire , eho consulted her attorney , who entered into a
negotiation with the doctor ; and , on the recommendation of her professional adviser , agreed to advance £ Sito Dr . Bemngton , and entered into his service as manager of his househoid . The reverend doctor ' s affiTin , becoming more involved , he was obliged eventually * wl - up hls establishment , and became an inmate ol Whitecross-street prison , when his maintenance and that of his unfortunate children ( six in number ) m part devolved upon her ; and subsequently to his release from that place , she had kept and sheltered the children for four months at one time , and frequently relieved him and them with money . But Dr . Berrington had a wife , who seduced and ran away with a pupil in the school ; and this woman , finding out Miss Fowler , haunted her house ,
demanding money , accusing her of cohabiting with the doctor , and making a great disturbance . For this Miss Fowler was at last obliged to give her into custody , and she was brought before Mr . Combe at Clerkenwell . The scene in court was very striking * Mr . Combe asked why Miss Fowler kept the children , and whether she was sure Dr . Berrington was a doctor in divinity . She replied that she kept the children from motives of compasion , and that she was convinced the doctor was in holy orders : — " Mrs . Berrington ( mournfully ) : Oh ! thank you for treating my children with kindness , certainl y ; but wh y keep and conceal my husband from me ?
" Miss Fowler said she did not , adding : 'I have often , out of charity , given my money to send to you when you know you had no claim upon him , you having left his home with and seduced one of his pupils . ' ( Sensation . ) " Mr . Combe ( surprised ) : Is that a fact ? " Mrs . Berrington ( hanging down her head ) : Yes ; I own it is too true .
" Mr . Combe : Then , surely , you have not much reason to find fault . What business have you , then , to go and annoy this young woman ? " Mrs . Berrington said it was in consequence of a letter from one of her sons . " Mr . Combe asked the age of the defendant ' s eldest child . " Miss Fowler said it was nearly twenty . " Mr . Combe remarked that it was a most lamentable and profligate case . Here was a woman—a wife of more than twenty years , and the mother of a numerous offspring , deserting them and a home for and with a lad who had been placed under her care to act a mother ' s part . And what wa 6 the consequence of her profligacy ? Why , her present appearance showed too plainly a most just retribution . "
No improper behaviour could be proved against Mis 3 Fowler , who declared that she never saw Dr . Berrington unless he wanted money . The issue was that Mrs . Berrington , unable to find bail , was sent to prison .
Labour Affray. In The Village Of Rusholm...
LABOUR AFFRAY . In the village of Rusholme , near Manchester , there is a brick-field belonging to Mr . Farr . For two years he has been in a state of constant hostility with the members of the Brickmakers' Trades' Union . Several times during that period they have invaded his field , thrown down his banks of bricks arranged for drying , und trampled out of shape the sofr , or newly made bricks .
To repel these attacks or prevent them , he has lately employed watchmen , and armed them with old fowling-pieces , loaded with bullets and round shot . On Saturday morning , about half-past twelve , a . m ., the watchers heard the trampling of feet and the murmurs of voices , evidently proceeding from a large body of men . The sentinels were soon aware of the approach of an armed force , estimatedat lOO . whoentered the field and began a random fire of musketry upon the watchers , while their comrades commenced overthrowing and destroying die bricks . The sentinels , protected by the darkness and the shadow of the kilns returned
the lire , which was answered on the part of their assailants by a shout of derision . But , in addition to the ordinary means of defence , Mr . Farr had mounted a small swivel cimuou on a wall of dried bricks in such a way as to sweep the " fiats" of bricks . This piece of ordnance vvus fired with great effect ; for either by the noise it made , or the execution it did upon the foe , most likely both , it made them beat a rapid retreat . The police arrived too late . In the morning one dead man waa found , a Unionist , who must have been killed by his comrades , and by a discharge at six paces . He was shot dead . The jury returned , however , a verdict of " Wilful murder . " A private watcher reports , that a body of men bearing a wounded companion , passed him on his beat near noun ; unfinished houses . None of the invaders have been arrested .
Jkvv1hii Oaths. Baron Itotlihchild Met H...
JKVV 1 HII OATHS . Baron ItotliHchild met hiaconijtituenta on Thursday , at lie London Tavern . There were twenty members of larliumcnt . <> u tho platform , and numerous City notabilities . The tone of the meeting waH very high-npiriled . !!! , I , roHol »" <'" H u »» d petition emphatic und decided . I ho Huron oflered to reHign ; hut . his offer was rejected . Mr . lhnkva Currio , M . l \ , wan in the chair . The opeakern w « rc—Mr . John Dillon , Mr . J . J . Travort ., Mr . Bernal OHborne , M . P , Mr . F . Bennock , Lord Dudley Stuart , M . I Sir Henry Jfetrnnui , Mr . AgUonby , M . P ., Mr . Anatey , M . I \ , and Alderman Salomons ; the lant
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Leader (1850-1860), July 26, 1851, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26071851/page/8/
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