COUNTESS RUSSELL LOSES HER CASE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9258, 7 December 1891, Page 2

COUNTESS RUSSELL LOSES HER CASE.

w,,'v. s London, December 5. .iin cro3s-oxa,mination r Earl Russell admitted ;that ho had seduced a girl and, paid her £500, but he informed his . -^Vjlifo of the fact. Prior to his marriage he loft Oxtord because he had been . falsely" accused of improper conduct, but ho.;was -.afterwards invited to be the guest of the Rev. Mr'Jowott, late ?Maßterof Balliol College, who attended his wedding; Tha statement was received, wit& applause in the body of the court; ''• Miss Williams, Mic, servant whdin -Earl UrisaeU a.dnaitted 'seducingl, denies the statement," njad thrcatoos an action 9 agtfinsMhe Earl. >' • ir, Sir-Charles. Russell, in addressing the'CouH? on behalf of the respondent, ' declared that the Countess was a spoilt child;" Sir Edward Clark, the SolicitorGeneral, in, replying, absolved Earl Rttss'cll' from the charges brought ._, ijgainst r .him. He said the crossf>'ekamihriiion by Sir Charles Russell had wrung a confession frcru the Countess. r *v Sir' Charles Butt, President of the Probate and Divorce Division, in snm- — • ming up,-said the main charges were not corroborated) and some of them appeared to be falae and malignant. A verdict tWaf 'gJY§B*-"for: the respondent,' and the result was received with cheers. DIVORCE CASE. „,-.? „ London, December 6. ;',.. Mr. Mariu3, husband of Miss Florence - St. Jol, n, has brought counter charges ?.roft adultery against his wife, who is r jjmrig'for divorce. \[' •. INFLUENZA AT HOME. f? , - Influenza is very severe in Plymouth, ■ t Glasgow; Edinburgh, Newcastle, and Sunderland, and is increasing in Cornwall and Kent. , ANTI-OPIUM CRUSADE. £ : 'Hong Cheong,in the course of an anti»Z%.Qpiuui_ address at Exeter hall, stated there were two thousand Europeans in > 'Australia, mostly people of good social positions who wore slavc3 to the drug. 1,-. AGENT-GENERAL FOR N.Z. ARRIVED HOME. Mr W. 5« Perceval, Agent-General for* New Zealand, has arrived. /CAPTAIN KANE PROMOTED. I- / Captain Kane, formerly of H.M.S. -'- Calliope, has been appointed to the -»'-position of Flag Captain on board, r H.MiS. Clan William at Portsmouth. BUTTER MARKET. • . Farmers' factory-made butter, ex -Taintti, from New Zealand, has.realised from 112s to 1225, and dairy made from 98ai to 110s the cwt. A few choice parcels from Auckland brought 130s. MELBOURNE BANK FAILURES ' - The opinion is expressed in this city that if the recent failures do not affect . the larger concerns they will really have a beneficial effect. " GLADSTONITE TURNED A UNIONIST. „ . \. . K.Cowell Stepney,,M.P. , for Carmarthen district/who was re- .. turned as a GUadstonite, has turned a ,', Unionist. ; JXEATH QF LEUMONIER. :'.-..-: . The death is announced of M. Leu-i'-monier, President oi the International • *~ League of Peace. rjiijJKfi OF DEVONSHIRE ILL. '«*■" *j>Tho -Duke of Devonshire is seriously ;;ill.;, "5" 5 TIMARU HARBOUR BOARD. The Timaru Harbonr Board debentures have risen yne per cent. "v DEATH OF DO vf PEDRO. Paris, December 5. . Dom Pedro, cx-Eruperor of Brazil, > died.here at midnight, in the presence of :; fijs family. .'The Countess DEii maintains hci* right in' Brazil."' DEATH FROM INFLUENZA. '"' v' ' Pakis, December 6. One hundred deaths have occurred from iufhenza. CZAR ILL. St. Petersburg, December 5. The Czar is suffering from a slight attack of influenza. RUSSIAN JEWS. Yielding to tlie pleading of the Princerf3 of Wales, the Czar ha 3 retused to sign a decree subjecting the Jew.S to further cruelty., 7 DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. New York, December 5, , Two freight trains collided at Thompson, Connecticut, and the wreckage was run into by an express train. The debris caught fire, and many waggons and cars burnt. Four engines were destroyed, three persons were killed, and five injured. FATAL ACCIDENT. At Sfe. Paul, the capital of Minnesota, the wall of a building which had been injured by fire fell, killing ten workmen /; and injuring fifteen others. fejv- JtoAT OF RIOTERS. '„ \ , Hong Kong, December 5. . Tho. Government troops have retaken (Jhoo Tan, and the rebels fled to the mountains,