The New York Herald Newspaper, March 20, 1852, Page 3

Had I fascinated you against my will, would feel ox- a ‘Think of the sufferings ef others—U vd much in silence, Be not so egotisti- ouble a person whom you professed this it unnatural and unjust. Do not complain sone of your best friends, aud is a ae spoke as much as she could in ‘annot compel me to marry you, nor your favor. but «i should you desi ‘Go and see Mrs. Orsey; aho desires your visits, a oa ppeal, yourself, to the memory of my mother, and ! do ‘he same. Do not afflict me any longer with your sirsnge conduct, Yours, sincorely, J. ©. GAMBLE. . 46; your name nd Mr. 'B, has not T assure you that ed just now from vd there but once, « first declaration. n enemy, MONY OF MISS GAMBLE. iing of Miss Gamble’s letters, the resident of ihe court addressed Miss Gamble. Presideni--When you entered the house, and the eourier asked whether the Intendant was in, did you see Cavallari ? : Answer did not see Cavallari until I was up stairs; because, when this man went for the Inten- dant, T remained in my couch. President-—What did Cavallari say when he saw you entering the house t Answer--i do not remember. President—Y our courier, did he give you « note writéen with pencil Answer--Yes; but I could not discover the mean- apg. Bresident—Tho courier says that when you re- ceived the said note, you took it and laughed ? Answer--l swear it to be false. (Here Miss Gamble put her right hand on tho Bible.) President (to the courier)—-Do you hear the depo- sition of Miss Gambie ? Answer—-Vannoud ascertained that she was a little surprised at that note, and whilo in the house of the Kuglish Consul, Miss. Gamble prohibited him from mentiouing hor having been in the house of Mr. Wikoff. Miss Gamble—-It is a falsehood; I swear it is not true. It being five o’clock, the court adjourned till seven o'clock of tho same evening. ~~ 7 o'clock, P. M.—The trial was continued, all the xsons interested being present. The crowd was larger than in the morning. TESTIMONY OF MARIA BENNET. The first witnoss was Maria Bennet, who gave hy meaus of an interpreter, the following answers to the President :---My name is Maria Bonnet, daugh ter of my living father James; I was born in Fair Lay, England; | reside in London, and was passing through Genoa; I*am thirty years old; am tho travelling companion of Miss Gamble; I am not married. Being invited to take tho oaths, and in- formed of the importance of the act, she was sworn according to the English custom. The layyet Ca- hella, asked tho President if he had any objection to employing, as interpreter, Signor Parodi, who had no intorest with the defendant. President---[he president has the power of call- ing the interpretors he wishes]---I do not believe that a quarrel will be the result of that. The defendant complied, and the presidont, by the above named interpreter, interrogated the wit- ness. President---Do you remember to have, on the morning of the fifteonth November, accompanied your mistress in any house ? Yes, sir, _ Presidont---Tell us all that you did on that ocoa- sion. She told me to accompany her. President---Before going, did you know where you were to be conducted ? No, sir. President---What was the motive which conduced you there? To have a passport. President---l'o whose house were you conducted ? To a largo house which I learnt, the day after, from Miss Gamble, was the house of the Russian Consul. President---Do you remember who first came to Bah encounter at your arrival? A tall man called retro. President---That one ? (pointing to Cavallari.) I believe ho is the one. President---The courier, was he with you? Yos. Presideat—Who of you went out first? The courier. President—-What was the motive? Idon’t know, but I euppose he wished to look for the house to which he dosired to go. President—Did any other go out besides the courier? The courier only; we then left the car- riage, and entered together with Miss Gamble to the Ouse. Prosident—Who did you find? I did not sec any other person than Pietro, President—What did he say to you? He intro- duced us intoa parlor, and asked for the party who wished to have a rt. President (addressing Cavallari)—What do you aay, Pietro, to that evidence? I asked for the pass- port, according to the orders of my master, who said, ‘Tell the shortest of the two ladies who wants to sign the passport, to come in.” President (to Maria Bennet)—What did you do after? Miss was introduced, and I was following her, when Cuvallari told me to stay outside of the joor. _Presidont—The courier, was he present? Yes, sir. President—Tell us what happened. I stopped, waiting for the orders of my mistress, when the courier told me to out, and return in an hour ‘er, which | did, with the courier. President--What time did you stay in that house from your arrival until your departure? Not more than five minutes. 7 Presideut—Did you hear at that time any rumor or whisper? No, sir. : President—After an hour had elapsed, did you return? No, we expended an hour in returning to the house, and then the courier descended from the earriago, telling mo to stay in it, for he was going to execute some orders given by Miss Gamble; after Py ¢ ef ten minutes, he returned, and told me to #0 an hour later, but I represented to him that it would be better for me to go to the hotel; that he would then be alone to take back Miss Gamble, and Lentered the hotel. President—-Did the courier enter the hotel after- wards? When I was in the hotel, the courier departed, and a short time afterwards he returned told me that the mistress would soon be success- ful, and immediately asked for some dresses for my mistress, because she wished to stay out of the house, aw therefore she desired to have her cham- bermaid with her. Pres.—(To Miss Gamble)—Did you order the Lys to go and take some of thoee effects ? 0, Sir. Pres.—(‘'o the conrier)—Who gave you the order to go for the dresses? Pietro. Pres.—(To Maria Bennet)—When you saw Miss Gamble again, what did she say to you? Nothing, at first, but at midday she told me that she had been locked in that house; that a plot had been formed against her, and she was retained till two or three o'clock in the morning; she did not say any more, but T knew afterwards what had oceur- red in the house of the English Consul; and she said also to me that Wikolf threatened her with a pistol. Pres.—I0 you know what kind of relations exist- ed between Miss Gamble and Mr. Wikoff? I know that they had relations, and I will say that, on one pas the courier told Miss Gamble, in Turin, that a Miss Austine, her friend, was in the same hotel, desiring to see her; but I knew that circum- stance in Genoa, when in the house of the English Consul, that all was a fuble. Pres.--On the morning, when Miss Gamble ar- yived at the Cross of Malta, what was the appear- ance of Vannoud? If did not see him before eleven o’elock P. M.; but [ knew he arrived at four o’clock, and he said (o me nothing about the matter. Wikof hore asked permission to speak to the Witness through the interpreter Develasco. Granted by the President. He thus interrogated Maria Bennet :~- Wikoff—i0 you remember when we met at the St, Bernard! Yes ‘ Do you that I accompanied you to Martin . We were on two mules, and Mr. Wikoff was in a char-@-banes. Had we dinner together? Yes. Do you remomber that we staid together, for a week, at Auchy? Y. ; at the some hotel. you remember th going to take a walk with Mise Gamble? Yes; at one time. Do you remamber that Miss Gamble toldmo to go other hotel at Geneva? f remember that it ot her wish to go in the same hotel; yet you ted, saying that your effects were with hers. fo you remember that I accompanied you from Auchy to Genova? Yes. De you remember that, for a week, you found me, féte-a-té/e, with Miss Gamble, in her room, when you was in yours? Tremember that circumstance. * Do you remember that she was very familiar with me? ‘I know that Miss Gamble would not like to bear @ word of a marriage with you, Examined by the lawyer Cabella, by the inter- wveter Parodi: . wat whut period did these facts happen 7 were at Auchy and Goneva. Cabelin—Vid you bear Miss Gamble tell Wikoft to leave her and to depart 2 Lam eure that T heard that several times. The second witness, Maria Haxwood, was then called aud interrogated, through an interpreter — URSTIMONY OF MARTA IARWOOD My name is M. Harwood, daughter of James Har- to wi de} When we wood; 1 was horn in York: kingland; Tam now eventy old, and housekeeper to Miss Gam- ble, now py through this city. . After hiving heen sworn, aveording to the Eng- clish custom, she wasexamined by the President. Pregident—Are you informed that, on the 1th day of last November, something happened your mistress 7 Ov tho 16th of that month the courier Vannaud caine to my room and told me that he had Jost his passport, or that it had been stolen; L went to Miss Unable and informed her of it. When you went to the room of your mistress was the courier behind yout Yes Prosident--What did he say? I do not know, for mistress ordered me to go and bring hor dress, aasho was going out. Presideut——Did Miss Gamble spontaneously offer to go with the courier? It seemed thas it was her intention. President--Did the courier remark that he should be obliged to go to Turin to obtain & passport? He told me that factin my room. President--At what o'clock did you loave tho ho- tel? 1am not sure; I believe it was between twelve and one o’elock of the day. i President-—Do you know where he was going? I do not know, but he took his letters of credit. President—When your mistress had gone out, at what time did you see the courier? and three, when I was dining, 1 saw the courier and ‘aquired for my mistress; he answered that sho had not edine, and that sho wasin the house of tho wife of the Governor, and that he was going to fotch hor in an hour; he told mo, after some time, that sho wished to have her objects of toilot, for she was to pass the night in a country house; 1 gathered somo things, and although the courier was opposed to it I wanted to go with him, and to wish an adieu to Marie Bonnet; that departure from the hotel took place about three or four o'clock, P. M PPE, 1 wished to advise the hotel keeper, but the courier au ge desiro it, saying to me that all had been set- ted. President (pointing to Vannoud)—What have you to say as to that last circumstance? Vannoud —I1 do not remember to have so spoken to the house- keeper. 2 President—Do you remember to have said that Miss Gamble would not go that night to her hotel? I do not remember. . President—Is it true that you made an opposition to the housekeeper, who wanted to bring herself the dresses to her mistress? It is not true, on the con- trary, I said that mistross was to be married. President—(Addressing Mrs. Harwood, through the interproter)—lIs it true that Vannoud told you that your mistress was to be married? Hoe told mo so in the carriage, for | asked him where he was going, and he told mo that my mistress was in the ouse of Mr. Wikoff, and that they were being mar- ried; T replied, that I should never havo supposed that, and { should prevent it, even at the altar. At the same time we arrived at the house of an ambas- sador; I believe the door of it was opened, but tho one which lead to the rooms was shut; a tall man opened it, and after some time, he introduced me into the parlor, where Mr. Wikoff was; my mistress having heard my voice, camo to me and threw her- self, crying, into my arms. President—Did you see him when you went in? 5. President—Where did the courier go? He accom- panied me to the door, where he left me, and I did not see him any more. The courier here asked permission to speak. The President having granted it, he said:— Tentered, bringing a bag, into a small saloon with her, whore Miss Gamble was _ seated; I stato to having entered the small saloon with Mrs. Harwood, and swear that she said to me that she was very much pleased with that marriage. President—(To Mrs. Harwood)—When Mr. Wikoff saw you what did he say of Miss Gamble? He told me that my mistress was exceedingly happy, and at the same time, he took her by the arm, but she did not leave my arms. Miss Gamble wished.to spoak, but Mr. Wikoff did not permit her, but in poing out of the parlor, she told me that he had threatened her with a pistol, and she was obliged to write a pro- mise of TaaerInRS President—When you first saw your mistress, were youa little frightened? She threw herself in my arms. President—At the same time did something happen between Wikoff and Miss Gamble? Miss Gamble and myself prayed Mr. Wikoff to let ‘us go out, but he did not desire to go, and said he bad another pistol for us both. ‘ Wikoff—I beg your pardon, President, that is not rue. Mrs. Harwood affirmed thatit was,and added that she was threatened to be tied by the legs, and to be thrown into the corner. President—Did you see whether Wikoff had a pistol? him showing pistols to my mistress; I told him that he was afraid to shoot, and we sought immediately to ge out. Interrogated by Wikofi—Was it true that Miss Gamble was eating? She was taking soup. Did the fact relative to the fire-tongs happon when you were with them? I was present when he threw them out of the window, and he wanted to set fire to the curtains. President—What was the appearance of Wikoff, had he passed the hand round the neck of your mis- tress? He elosed her mouth and mine together, in order that we should not call any aid. Wikoff—I beg your pardon, M. President, that is not true, on the contrary I retired to the contiguous room, to observe, without being discovered, her rage, and I saw that the witness was occupied in dressing the hair of Miss Gamble. Mixs Gamble here rose from her chair, and putting her hand upon the holy evangelists, said, with veho- ee swear that Mr, Wikoff does not speak the truth. President—(To Mrs. Harwood)—Did you see when ae Gamble threw a letter through the window? es. President—Have you understood that Wikoff sai | that he had done all he could fora man who lived in the same house, and an enemy to Miss Gamble, and ghat he was going from one room to another, feign- ing to speak upon that subject? From time to time Tsaw Mr. Wikoff going out of the room, and pre- tending to speak to a person to ask if we could de- rt. ‘The President asked whether, before Wikoff showed the pistol, he made her feel in the pocket of his pan- taloons? He told me to touch the pistol. President--How was it that Wikoff determined to let you go out? He believed that it was time to let us go when he saw mistress fainting, thinking she was going to die. President--Do you know that, in Turin, the courier had announced to your mistress that Miss Austine was in the city? Yes, sir; but it was not true. President---Did not the courier say to you that he saw the chambermaid of Miss Austine going to the room in which you found Mr. Wikoff? Vea President---For what reason did Wikoff tell you to engage your mistress to go to him? “He asked ine that, but I answered that if Miss Gamble was very sick, it would be her death to go; then [ went to my mistress, who declared that nothing on earth could prevent her epeing him before leaving the hotel ; he answered that ne wanied to sce her before eleven o'clock P. M. at any price, and having reported that to my mistress, she gave a little note for Mr. Wikoff, who took it, read it, and threw it on the floor ; the note was not sealed, and was written with a pencil, but Ido not know what it contained. President—Have you thought, from the conduct of the courier, that he had taken a part in that af- fair? T had no suspicion until we went, for the first time, to the door of the English Consul. President---Did the courier speak to you often of the existing connections between your mistress and Mr. Wikoff? «No, he did not; but at Turin he said to me that if Wikoff had married my mistress she would have been happier. Lawyer Cabella asked if Miss Gamble had not ta- ken the food hyalina for her? The soup was brought when | was not with her, but she took three or four spoonfuls of broth. Tnterrogated by Mr. Wikoff, to say whether she had eaten bread? 1 saw her taking a small piece. Interrogated if she remembered to have met him in Switzerland, and to have declared that Miss Gamble avowed she had for him some affection ? It is true that he said he did not know whether she loved him; but she had only a small esteem for him. Interrogated by Mr. Wikott, ifit were not true that, at Geneva, you were sent for to join your mistress because she wanted to see me? ‘It is true ss Gamble wanted to spen me; he asked me if my mistress was always angry at his answers; L told him it would be better not to come. Interrogated whether she had advised her mis- tress to marry him, she answered, “In Switzerland she often said that she believed it was a good marriage.” TESTIMONY OF ARATA GEROLAMO. Arata Gerolamo, born at Port residing in Genoa, a cook, 34 years old, and in the service of the Russian Consul, after having been sworn, said what he knew of the affair. He was the guardian of the house of the Russian Consul, that ha- ving been informed that the apartments had been let to an Englishman, he put the house in order; he knew, by Cavallari. that an Englishman was to oc- cupy it immediately; and an bour after, ( saw from the window of the kitchen a carriage, which stopped at the portico: after that, Mr. Wikoffasked for paper, ink and a pen; Lsaw a pistol in the pocket of the gentleman; he weht out to transact some private affairs; when [came again, Twas called by the lady of the French Consul, who wished to know what was the noive which took place in the house. I told her that f did not know anything about it; and that Caval said to me that Mis jamble had thre the fice tongs through the window, und had broken a glass angry words in t but he did not » 1 was bringing firewood for the s jes andthe gentleman walk courier introduced them into the parlo: tk loud; whore the gentleman requested them to sit down, and [ saw the youngest kissing the old: LW younger kneel, and raised‘py the Tasked of Ca- vallari what was the mennin: that comedy, and he told me that f in along time Miss Gamble he beon ridiculing th gentleman, and that she pro- mived now to marry him, and he wanted not to . for if he thould succeed in obtaining her nt, and spending the night with her, she would be obliged to marry him; ‘after that T went to bed till one e’clock in the morning, and at two I saw the two ladies going out with the gentleman and Ca- Vallari; € cemmiaed ia Wbehouss With the cousin; Between two | | and the sentence o of they wore not in the house. This witness had been arrested on tho 15th of No- rare, as pe apemanlice, of Wikoff; but by a sen- tence of the tribunal he was discharged. . Several other witnosses, proprietors of hotels in Genoa, added nothing to the first deposition, and whose testimony was not intoregting on that quos- tion. Grasso Agoatino was called, in the quality of a gunamith, said that tho pistol shown to him mea- sured 80 centimetres, and was a dangerous woapon. The sitting cloaed at cloven o'clock [. M., and the trial was adjourned. Fesrvary 10, 10 A.M.—When tho door was opened, the Judges, the Public Minister, the counsel for the progecutrix and prisonors, and tho accused, were at their post. Tho plaintiff was seated on the bench appropriated for the witnesses. Tho crowd was immense. The English Consul was called as a witness by the Prosecution, whon tho lawyer Maurizio asked to ak, and the President granted him permission. Ho contended that the English Consul could not be hoard, and that he could not read a letter sent by Miss Gamble, which would not be conformable iy the formality proseribed by article 304 of the code. The connsel Cabella said that those documents Wore communicated in time, for the names of the witnesses were indicated several days before, and the documents and interrogatories had beon pre- sented at eleven o'clock on the day before. The prosecution could then produce their documents be- es the tribunal. The disposition of the law could not be annulled. Ho invoked the discretionary power of the President. Tho Public Minister argued in the same manner, and thé tribunal decided that the judges should go into the council room, and look at the documents produced by the prosecution. ‘The tribunal retired, and in an hour afterwards re- entered the court, and read the ordinance, dated the S8thinst., by which the English Gonsul had the right to read the documents. Tho English Consul, having beon sworn, was in- terrogated through an interpreter—My name i Timothous Brown; [I am sixty-four years old, and am the English Consul in Genoa. President—Do you know Mr. Wikoff? Yes. President—How long? Four months. President—What is the moral charaoter of that person? Detestablo. President—How do you know it? A.--I deduced my epinion from his conduct to- wards Miss Gamble, and from other information. President—Do you know whether ho had any enna ymeay ov a charge from the English govern- ment? A.—TI am not sure; but Tbelieve he had not, for T spoke of him to the English Ambassador, who told mo it was impossible. President—After that event botwoen Mr. Wikoff and Miss Gamble, did you not try to effect some ar- rangomonts through the medium of the American Consul? A.—Yos, sir. President—Tell us all you know about that pro- position. A.—Desiring that the name of Miss_Gamblo should not be exposed before the public, I wanted to make Wikoff leave the country. President——Did Wikoff refuse? A.—He did not refuse; but along delay ensued, on tho part of the Amorican Consul, the affair hap- pened to be known, and it was too late; I called afterwards at the house of the Attorney General, to speak to himof that event, but he told me it was too late. President—In the attempts you made, what wore the opiniens you had? A.--I was porsuaded that Wikoff wanted to steal, by love or by force, the fortuno of Miss Gamble. Atthis point the accused spoke and justifiod his conduct and his position, by offering some lettors from Lord Palmerston and other distinguished por- sons, which proved a strong intimacy with those gentlemen. Mr. Wikoff having called for his defence anothor witness, tho American Consul appeared in full uni- form, and being interrogated, answered thus :— TESTIMONY OF GEORGE G. BECKER. My name is George G. Becker, son of Daniel Beck- or; am 52 years old, and am Consul for the United States in Genoa. He was duly sworn. Tho President put to him some questions through an intorpreter. President—Do you know Mr. Wikoff and Miss Gamble? I know Mr. Wikoff and Miss Gamble since last November. President—Do you know whether some amorous relations existed betweem them? I know only what he said to mo about that, and what I saw in the letter written by an English lady, which Wikoff had in his possession. President—Say what you know about the event. Mr. Wikoff, before being arrested, came to the Consulate and told a long history, which persuaded me that some relations existed be tween him and Miss Gamble; Miss Gamble also spoke to me about that matter, and T was persuaded by her that relations had existed between them. Mr. Wikoff asked the Consul, if, on the first even- ing he interposed to amicably terminate the affair, and that the English Consul’ refused and sent Miss Gamble out of the room? The first evening I saw Miss Gamble in the house of the English Consul, I thought that she desired to terminate amicably that affair, but the English Consul requested Miss G ble to go out; on the following day I had with him an interview, with a view to terminate the affair. Wikoff asked if he did not remember that Miss Gamble had said that she would use her oxertions in order that he should not be imprisoned? Miss Gamble has always manifested the desire to amici bly conclude the matter, and not let him be impri- soned. Wikoff—Do you remember that the English Con- a visited him, at the desire of Miss Gamble? es, sir. Wikoff—Do you remomber that the English Con- sul said, in his presence, that he had changed his opinion when he had seen him? Yes, Wikoff—Do you remember that the English Con- sul showed a slight favorable opinion for Miss Gam- ble? Task if can be NEE et to speak about what the English Consul stated without compromising him with his friends? (The English Consul knits his brows, and listened with the greatest attention.) President—You are obliged to answer. Wikoff then asked if he did not remember that the English Consul said that she wasa fool, and that he would be a greater fool to marry her? He expressed that opinion in presence of numerous persons. Wikoff asked if he did not perceive that Miss Gamble was éhsy in changing her sentiments from one moment to another? I had some interviews with Miss Gamblo; she was very feeble; and I found her one day favorable, and another not so much 80; but on the particular subject of the marriage, sho always said that she bad never said she would marry him, and she never changed her mind on that fact; but on one or two occasions she said that she had promised to marry him, if hor friends approved, Wikoff—Do you remember that Miss Gamble « to ee that I had threatened her? She complained to have been compelled to write the obligatign, but ae not say anything about haying been threat- ened. Wikoff--I thank you, sir. The prosecutor's counsel made several interroga- tions tothe American Consul, as to the fact of the written obligation, and other particular eonversa- tions"spoken of before. Then a short dialogue fol- lowed between Wikoff and Miss Gamble, on the affair of the obligation in the Consul’s house; and, aftersome angry words had been oxchanged between them, Miss Gamble said to Wikoff, with energy, “Yes, what I have said is true, and you are a per- jurer, a liar, and a vile man.” Lawyey Cabella read some documents, invoking the ordinance of the tribunal. Lawyer Orsini opposed this ordinance, which de- clared that the extorted promise was of no effect; and asked for the restitution of the letters of credit; also the letters sent by M. Smith to London, and om the expences of the trial be paid according to AW. Lawyer Cubella requested the privilege of speuk- ing last, but defence opposedit. The President rend the 312th article of the penal code, after which the counsel for Miss Gamble was allowed to speak. He began by expressing his grief that his voice, always ready for defence, was obliged in that affair to sustain an accusation. He said that he intended not to depart, as far as possible, from the office of a defengor, and he would not say anything which would aggravate the condition of the accused, | isfied to exculpate from all stain the conduct of | Miss Gamble, and to prove that she was always prudent. The defensor began to examine the history of | the facts, beginning at thé time when Wikoff was | acquainted with the family of Miss Gamble, to | the ie Ag the commission of the offence; and he | showed that her conduct was, in all circumstances, that which was proper for a prudent lady. He | proved that, by the letters of Miss Gamble, there presented, she revealed a distinguished genius, and it would be always her most coinplete justification, he accused, Not a single word of love is expressed in those letters, although writ- | ten with exquisite taste, and in» tone of frank and | incere kindness. Miss Gamble had given, in that tir, neither encouragement nor flattery, but <li nstantly to him that he must have no hope. | poull ¢ Nt the facts produced in the trial fully proved truths of the narrations made in | uch lively col and the particular details which | Miss Gamble made before the tribunal. | » observed that Mr, Wikoff bad begna to plot} his project, at the time when ho received, in last | October, the third and definitive refusal. "In that | ! month be corrupted the fithtalness of tho courier, and agreed to conduct Miss Gamble on her journey into Italy. Tho counsel alluded to the double; aitempt in Turin and Genoa, and showed how Wikoff’s conduct was inexcusable; and discussed, in along opinion, the oveut of the 15th of November, which coastituted the cause of that trial, Hy ‘od how Miss Gamble was, by @ trick and a 00d, attracted into the rooms of a house in Serra streot, and was obliged, by threats, to writo a promise of marriage, and was, for a long time, dotained against hor will. Finally, ‘ho answored tho reagons which the de- fonsors of Wikoff could bring in his faver. Ho ro- pulsed them, and argued that the acoused could not Give any good motive for his defouce. , He finished by adding a fow words on the justice of his conclusions The Attormoy Genera! then, revising the result of the oral instruction, demonstrated that the proofs were sufticiont to sustain the triple imputation charged to Wikoff: he said that the fact of deton- tion was undeninble, and was proved by all the documents. It was impossiblo to find inthis case any causo of extenuation, as the fact of the offence was determined by the law, in tho 242d article, which was written for dotermining the competency of the tribunal. After having examined the degree of imputation as to that circumstance, it was impossi- ble to apply the minimum of the punishment in that citedarticle. That by the letters of Wikoff, written before his arrest, and also the witnesses, the facts were proved. The imputation of threats was equal! proved, and under the application of the 447th arti- cle of law, the possession of dangerous arms was also proved, and he (the Attorney General) believed that the first sontence of the 498th article was appli- cable. He concluded by asking an imprisonment of three years for the first accusation, six months of the samo punishment for the second, and six months more for the third. As for Louis Vannond, he said that he might be considered the principal agent in the first crime, and was punishable by an imprisonment of three yours, and he asked also for three months similar punish- ment for the retention of those dangerous pistols. As to Cavallari, he said that if complicity in that crime resulted from his knowledge and his will, of course he could not doubt for a moment of tho exist- once of the imputation, and concluded b; assing a by punishment of one year in prison. He finished asking for the confiscation of Ahe arms and the ac- cessory punishments. Lawyer Gio. Maurizio was the first to speak in de- fence of the acoused. He begun his speoch by throwing some ridiculo upon the nature of the fact which tho public minister painted with such black colors, ani after having alluded to the beautiful position in which the principal actor of the crime was placed, in discussion, and relying on the au- thority of the two most ereditable journals of the world, Le Siécle and La Presse, he contended that it was morally impossible that Honry Wikoff could commit, for base motives, the offence of which he was then accused. Having so commenced, the de- fonsor passed to a scientific discussion, the aim of which was to demonstrate that the sequestration of aporson, defined in the 242d artiele of the penal code, had not, in the present Sonearanca of the facts, a juridical existence. In order to prove that proposition, the defensor argued that the arrest was an illegal crime, which reflected upon the ad- ministration of justice; that it belonged to the class of the mayestatici offences, and that there was nothing in this case which in any manner intorested the particular persons. He read the definition which was found in the 287th article of the penal code, conceived in these terms: ‘ Whoever, without an order of the competent authorities, and out of flagrant crime and of public clamor, and in other cases for which the law authorizes the arrest of offenders, or shall have arrested, detained, or se- questrated any person, by whatsoever motive, and which had not for its object another special crime, or have lent a place to execute the detention or the sequestration, will be sentenced to the punishment of imprisonment. a He deduced from the above definition that a requi- site of the illegal arrest, if it had taken place, was some motive. He explained the true nature of the crime, and sustained that in the present case Wikoff had no fiscal meaning in that arrest, with the aim of extortion; ho therefore could not verify the crime contemplated by the above cited article. The de- fensor said that in such a circumstance the case fol- lowed the neal which were found on the files of crimes. ho, with the guide of Professor Mitter- mayer, would believe these crimes, and would con- tend that such a theory had formally become or was the practical syplisas on, of their magistrates? Ho developed the difficulties which attended his system of defence; that was to say, in the present case the special crime would not be verified, since the sentence of the accusation said that it could not proceed un- der that title. There was this difficulty, that the law did not speak of the effective act. ‘The oxact- ness of these principles was practically demonstrated by the defensor by those taken from the case of Mi- chel Torre, who was accused only of a single offence, and was of necossity condemned for two offences, for the reason that the Magistrate of Appeal, in not al- luding to the completion of the act, had doclared him guilty of two distinct offiences—an illegal arrest and an aitempt at extortion. C i tion of theso principles, the de the same mistake could yet happe and they had not an absolute certainty of the crime of extortion. ‘the defensor concluded hy saying that the tribunal could not justly pronounce any sentence against Henry Wikoff and the other aceused. Lawyer Mariadi spoke after him, and tried to de- monstrate how wonderful it was to see called as an offence the event which had been the obj of that long discussion. He said, ‘That could it be an object of romance, or 2 comedy, but that it does not belong tothe jurisdiction of human justice.” n briefly alluding to the above documents, he ed and suggested that the event in question excluded the combination of the elements which constituted the offence impurted to Mr. Wikoff. He showed that if the fact should be considered on a sinister view, the evidence was wanting to establish the offence of the illegal sequestration, because it was not proved that Wikoff had acted ina manner to violate the liberty of Miss Gamble, and the result was that she could have left the room if she had the firm r intioh of departing. Examining the lett. 3, and the spirit of the Baad article of tue penal code, he exeaniadis each cagg ‘ie application of a sentence. He spoke fipon the fact of the threats of which Wikoff was ac- cused. He said that the 498th article of the penal code, concerning the prohibited arms, was not ap- plicable to the case ; the fact of her retention could not be proved, and in fact he did not see sufficient elements of proof in the public instruction. He eon- cluded, therefore. by seking tho dismissal of Wikoff for the offence of illogal sequestration, and also, as a consequence, the dismissal of Vannoud and Cayal- lari. There also nothing proved as to threats, and of the possession of arms. He left to his col- league, Leverani, to present specially the defence of Vannoud and Cavallari. Lawyer Leverani then spoke. He reviewed the facts of the case particularly applicable to Vannoud and Cavallari, for the offence imputed to them in the sequestration of the person of Miss Gamble. He demonstrated that Vannoud had not lent an effica- cious aid in the act of sequestration at the moment it was accomplished. Nobody could be accused of an immediate concurrence, When the only part he took in the execution of the act was that he escorted Miss Gamble to the house of Wikoff; but it would he necessary to show that he know the projects of Wikoff. The 107th article, 3d sentence, of the peval code was not applicable. He spoke of Cavallari, who had been called, in the conclusions of the public Minister, a bravo (assassin) of Wilkoff; but proofs were wanting to establish that he had aided or assisted, intentifnally, the author of the offence. Passing to the offence of the possession of Hae toteg arms, he examined the question in re- erence to the penal sanction of the 498th article, as applicable to foreigners who were a short time in the State. He fudded that what was prevented in some States was allowed in others, and that it was not an intrinsic immorality. He admitted that foreigners were always subjected to the laws of police, for the public security of the State, when they were accused of crimes ‘of the first kind. He thought that the ignorance of foreigners was ox- cusable, when they were in the Stale for a little time. He concluded by asking the dismissal of the two accused persons. ‘The President contended against the arguments for the defence. He averred that the theory of the facts was not to be adopted, because, treating of a most delicate case, it was necessary to take many precautions, with a view to « practical appli- z He said, also, something relative to what need by the defensors. The counsel for Miss Gamble declared that she had intended to desist from the prosecution provided her letters and her effects were given back to hor. And on that circumstance he observed, that if Mies Gamble constituted herself as a civil party, it was not with any interested view, but to have the right of speaking in ease her honor should be attacked. Counsellor Orsini last. He said that the letters and the effects of Miss Gamble wero in the possession of the Justice, and that the accused had no interest in such a restitution. He reviewed, with the greatest accuracy, the defenecs made by the defensors. He endeavored to refute the observations of the accusation and the provecution, and concluded to ark the dismissal. The President demanded of the accused whether they had anything more to add. After their negative an wet Wibunal yetired into the ceuneil rgom, Jarrived. Tho public, not- the advanced hour, waited to know The defeneors united in a gre the Consul of the United States of olloquies took place, in a low } of the tribu eleven o'clock, the tribunal ap- and the President, amid the pro- dest silence, read the following SENTENCE. ‘The tribunal, fu the first instance, ha judged as follows Whereas, in looking at the result of the public debate emerging from the words of the plaintiff, constituted ae a civil party, from the answer of the aceused, from the direction of tho testimony, and from the epistolatory correspondence forming’ ® part of (he actly OF tho igsteugtion, was cyideas that Ab of 1836 tho accused, Hoary ‘i become acquainted with Migs Jano C, be ey ett have oneens ted sontimonts of Rigs bor ina iamblo, any consequonto having happened, ho having loft hor in 1840. Te Whereas, during tho interval of that opooh to 1850, Miss Gamble becamo heiress of an immanso fortune, was seon again by the acoused Wikoff, who showed hor groat attentions, and spoke of love, in asking for her band. Whereas, Miss Gamblo had repelled those doclara- tions in a manner rather fags and aympathotio than rude and rough; this, far from having pleased Wikoff, he resolved to pursuo hor, in hor travels through France and Switzerland, till he obtained the consent of Miss Gamble to marry him, on tho condition, however, of asking for the advice of one of her friends, Mr. Bates, of London. Whoreas, Mr. Bates, far from approving that mar- riage, made Miss Gamble understand all the incon veniences of the union; he advised that lady to in- duce Wikoffto forsake a projoct impossible by its naturo, and at the same time protest that she bad only for him one simple and pure friendship; hereas, notwithstanding this oxplicit repulse by Miss Gamble, Wikoff not only refused to renounce his project, but he took the resolution of possessing her, by all necessary means of success. horeas, with such an odious aim, hounited with him, the acoused, Vannoud, courier to Miss Gaimblo, and bribed that man, with an obligation for £500, when he should be betrothed to Miss Gamble, charging Vannoud to writo all that hia mistress was doing, and particu- larly the places of her residence and sojournment. Whoreas, the accused, Vannoud, fulfilled the as- sumed charge, he wrote from Bale to Wikoff that Miss Gamble would be very soon in Turin, and Wikoff arrived from Paris, and Suggested to Van- noud to advise his: mistress that Miss tine, one of hor friends, had arrived at » hotel. That unpro- fitable experiment having boen evidence to de- monitrate the proconcerted project of Wikoff to get Miss Gamble im his hands, sho Joft tho city of Turin und travelled to Genoa. —Notlong aftor, she was joined by this same Wikoff, who took # house for a eek of the Russ Consul, with tho aid of the pub- lic servant, Cavallari, who presented him to Vannoud, and afterwards suggested to Vannoud to feign that the mistress had lost hov passport, and then induce her to go and procure another of the Intendant, ving in Serra street, in the houso of the Russian Consul. That having accomplished his mission, he connie Miss Gamble, with her waiting maid, to the resi- dence of the Russian Consul, in Serra sireet, where he found the prisoner Cavallari; these two he brought within, and announced their arrival; then withdrawing immediately, asked which of the two ladies wanted the passport, and having replicd it was Miss Gamble, introduced hor into the apart- ment, where he returned after a while; teld tho aforeanentioned lady companion that Miss Gamble intended to remain, and sentto say that she must not fail to return in an hour; but the same Van- noud said that Miss Gamble would stay to dinner, and should not fail to return to the hotel; and some- time afterward Vannoud, to the waiting maid—the Jady demanding the night clothes—repeating that Miss Gamble intended sleeping in the country; but nthe waiting maid refusing to consign those clothes, saying she could carry them best, she was conducted to the house of the Russian Consul, but only after being assured that the lady was quite weil and was much contonted. That hay- ing introduced, as it is previously assorted, Miss G. inside the room, instead of finding the Intendant of whom she wished to procure the passport, she found there, with some surprise, tho said Wikoff, at the sight of whom she gave a cry. Wikoff put his hand upon her mouth, and afterwards used stringent and violent means to induce her to consent tp become his wife. Miss Gamble persisting in her refusal, Wikoff, with a menacing air, informed her that he was armed with a pistol, telling her also that the ser- vants of the house were committed to him, and having a bed in the adjoining room, avowed that if she did not marry him she should pass the night there with him. That at this threatenin, alternative Miss Gamble gave a writing dictated hy Wikoff, containing a promise of marriage, and in which she put at his disposal half her fortune, provided she failed to fulfil her promise; that the chambermaid came in at the C) moment, and Miss Gamble having heard her voice, tried to reach her, and as soon as she saw her, she threw herself upon her neck, and related the vio- lence she suffered. After having sought every means of release from this place, she was compelled to break a glass with the pokor, with the expecta- tion that some one passing under the window would hear her, and threw out a note, with the intention of warning some one of her confinement, and promising 2 reward to those who would inform the ro ic authorities. That meanwhile, the prisoner, Vannoud, romained in the house, and frequently watched tho door to see if the places of ingress were closed, as did from time totime Ir: Wikoff. That subsequently to the arrival of the waiting woman, Miss Gamble becoming more _tran- quilized, Wikoff caused him to bring some food, and they remained until towards three hours after mid- night. Afterwardsthey wero conducted to the hotel of the Iron Crown; thence they were reinstated in their respective hotels. Whereas, from the tenor of the sentence of the session of the trial of 24th December, 1851, and in- telligence of the article 257 of penal code, remained, except the distinction and exception of right brought by the defence concerning the principal crimination, the relations of the facts here referred to, left them no room to doubt that the operation of Wikoff constituted the offence foreshadowed in ar- ticle 242 of the penal code, made a difference be- tween the confinement of Miss Gamble and the having threatened her, the court being compelled to regard this as the principal crime Bete Whereas the Court cannot impugn Wikoff in the latter Instance, for having Huvatoued seria with pistols, ** !° hot the lesstrue that he kept them near his person, while he found a house which he had afterwards taken, they could not but be struck with the intent conveyed in the first part of article 498 of the penal code. But certainly this intention nullified the benefit he might derive trom the first part of that article. Whereas, on account of the signs and cireum- stances resulting from the debate, we cannot doubt that the culprit Vannoud should be considered as a pal agent in the crime of abducting the person s Gamble, but also for having afforded the means exclusively, of putting her in the power of Wikoff, and betraying the faith and ecuhisere she had reposed in him, independently of his duty of fi- delity, which he had incumbered upon himself by his engagements to both parties. Whereas, firom appearances, the same Vannoud , i ‘uilty of the intention ex- h 98, ‘already cited, from the having been found in his trnnk two pistols, which fact constitutes the body of the erime; although Wikoff is responsible and equally guilty; exch offence constituted two crimes committed different epochs; consequently the cout considers them guilty of the same offence. Whereas, should the particular cireumstance as shown by ‘the pleadings, as well as co by Cavallari himself, would show and convince the Court that he ought to have at least suspected that Wikoff intended to employ him to accomplish au illegal and criminal action, ‘as it has, under the cir- cumstances, been clearly demonstrated—amongst the rest, seeing Miss Gamble at the feet of Wikoff, begging for her release; and of having been asked by the lady herself, for him to afford her the means ofrelease, and being astomished at the large sum offered him if he would effect such a purpose: yet, being too ignorant to estimate the magnitude of bis offence, the court could not consider him a volun- tary accomplice: For these mot + T pronounce Louis Cavallari not guilty of participation in the crime held in the wentence. ahd T de » that he shall be free of any fine, untess he be detained for ot er crimes J déMlare Henry Wikoff convicted of the erime of having seized the person of Miss Gamble, by false pretences; moreover, the said I y Wikotf is guilty of insidiously keeping upon his person arms. I declare ‘Louis Vannoud as guilty as the prin- cipal anthor in the first of the cited’ offences, aad also guilty of the retention of insidious arms. Having consulted the articles of the penal code, 242, 107, N. 3, 498, 506, 107, 62,77, the law con- demns the Wikoff and Yannoud to fifteen months imprisonment for each, to begin with theday oftheir arrest, and to liquidate all cost of trial The court orders the confiscation of the pistols, and returns to Miss Gamble all the letters constitut- ing the body of the accusation. Wikoff's Statement. Genoa, Feb. 17, 1852. You have heard before this of my odd adventure in Genow. You recollect I told you of my courting an Englishlady. When I left Paris in October, av her invitation, to marry her in London, « love quarrel broke out there between us—and she, une coquette indomptable--set off for Italy quite sure that I would follow her, which, in truth, I swear had no idea of doing. 7 sont for her courier, who had been with Miss Gamble, when 1 travelled with herin August last in Switzerland, on the day she left London, 27th October,and showed him that Iwas | going to Russia, and begged him to watch carefully | over her, as he was her sole protector on her trip. I requested him to write me constantly, f town, nnd promised him if 1 married , then} neverdoubted, to keep him in our service ov present him £500. The sum was comewhat absurd, but I was frightened at Miss going off alone un- der the sole care of a courier she had only known for a few months, and I valued her at that time at fur more than a promise of £500, Miss G., asa pretext tor running off, . B. of Baron Bro- thers, had opposed our ii I went to soo hima after the departure of my cara, and he donied it in toto; and he gave me this reply ia writing tho next day * Dear ble. Lhave had on! You arg quite twistak -I return you the letters of Miss Gam- time to read the shorter ones. 09, wy dows ais, W you avppowe Vory truly, yours, 38 London, Nov. 1, 1861.” 1 roturnod to Paria with this letter, sad found @ lotterthore from tho courier of Miss G., saying thet ** sho waa reading my lettors along tho road, weep- ing, and regretting that sho had Sot married me at ones,” and with other facts oquall denly determined to ran down to eight hours from Paris, whore [ expooted Mis G., meaning to return immediately by way of Genoa and Maxeilles. My object was daily to ase her once moro, and ask Ler to abandon the inguffera- blo coquetrivs of tho last six months by marrying orto sive up all hope of evor meeting n pa ay found hor at Turin, but whon I lot her know that had » letter from Mr. 8. against hor, she was fe- rious, and refused te se me. Anticipating this re- sult, t had tried to seo ker tho provious cvoning tay surprise, but gavo it up. She dashod off immodiate- ly to Gonoa, and you may suppose, after crossing Mont Cen) # snow-storm, I determined to aoe hor, by hook or orook, before I went back again. [ atop- ped one day behind to dine with the Pri inister and the cabinet, when I met our amiablo O! Mr. Kenney, and then | set off to Gonoa. an apartment here, as it was impossible to 00 Mins Gat her hotel, aud I told her courier to bring her thore under some pretext or other, Hy told her that he had loat his passport, and sho camo alon, ot another, but found mo awaiting her taste Was vexed al first, but then oat a hoarty lunch, ead talked gaily, Sho offered to marry mo next dag, but finding mo incredulous, she sat down, her own accord, und wrote an obligation of marrit aud offered the half of her income as a forfeit, a in proofof her good faith. Of course the engage ment had no legal valuo whatever, and was a meee enfantillage. Miss G. remained in my apartments, tilllate at night, and pretended to be more aam- ious to got out then J really think she was. At mid- night sho eat a good supper, an hour or 80 later we sallied out, and she proposed to go to some other hotel thea her own to puss the night, to whiole mide no objection. 1 cito this fact to show how entirely she confided in my pre- tection. Atnino o'clock next morning we retura- ed (ogether to her hotel, and after browkfast £ had a lively chat with her. To my astonishment, sho went the same day to tho English Consul, aad laid a complaint of sequestration against me, my sorvant, and bor courier. The two lattor woro ax- rested, but I was protected by tho American Com- sul. Tho matter was arranged betweon the twe consuls on the ensuing day; but tho police would votconsent to it, andagainst the wish of my Consul, Dr. Baker, L surrendered myself, and took w quarters inan old convent, used chiofly for politionl offenders. Finding matters had gone so far, Miss Gamble was advised by the English Consul, a Me. Brown, to prosocute ine with all possible for, said he, if 1 were not condemnod, public epinion would hold her responsible. This rash and untoeling counsol she accopted, always moaning, a4 I hoard, im case of a sontence, to obtain my pardon from the government. { was, first, through tho active oxe- ertions of the English Consul, indicted for a crininall offence ; but the court refused to liston to it, and pronounced the case @ police misdemeanor. In ad@- dition to this charge. Gamble brought a suit against me for moncy—damages. After three months’ detention, and the refusal of bail, at the ad- vice of the English Consul, I was brought to trial om the 10th and ith inst. The case, from its novelty, excited great interest, and as facts gradually veloped, strong sympathy began to prevail for me, and great surprise, to say the loast, was fested against Miss Gamble. It appeared from the evidence Miss Gamble attempted no denial that the following was the evontful history of my court- ship. In the month of April lust, U passed nine days at a hotel in an English watering place with Miss Gamble, occupying the same saloon with hee and the ay who accompanied hor. From that pe- riod up to the middle of Octobor, it was proved that Thad five times broken off my attentions to Mise Gamble, worn out by hor insane coquetries, and that sho had as often induced me by letters or personal entreaty to renew them. roved that, relying em the pledges of Miss Gamble, I had sacrifiged a matele with another lady, of largo fortune. I proved that 1 had agreed to sign 2 documont renouncing all marital mah to the property of Miss Gamble. it was proved, also, that, at Turin, my only pr wasa harm rview at her own hotel, and that during the evening of the sequestration, at Genes, e 1 treated Miss G. with tenderness and rospect 5 whereas her conduct on that occasion, a3 im court, was, as always, capricious and childish. The English Consul arpearel as a witness, and was al- lowod to abuse me ingross terms. Tho Aimericam Consul, on oath, declared, first, that Miss G. had often said that love had prompted my conduct; and, second, that the English Consul had pronounced, before him and others, that ‘Miss Gamblo was @ mad woinan, and that I would be madder still te marry her.” Iu the face of this decisive evidence, and more equally conclusive—to the amazomont of all Genoa, and to the scandal of justice, | was aen- @nced to a year’s imprisonment. 1 owe this chielig tothe ardeat malice of the English Consul, and te the liberal exponditure of Miss Gamble, whe de- clared she would have ime convicted if it coat hee every pound she ha Tam consoled by the extra- ordinary syinpathy of all classes, and by the verdict § opmion in my favor. “A folly, a lovor'’s ” is the ery of the whole town. Kyon the pre- cureur of the government, who was forced to speak against me, hay written me a letter of sympath: ee 4 pardon from the King is beyond a doubt Bae id i to appeal, in the hope of breaking this ridiculows and iniquitous senteney, ‘Lhe Euglish Consul bag tlumried, anu he is welcome to the glory. I feel more indignant for the publicity brought on Mise Gamble, than the injury done me. This isa brie€ outline of this curious affair; but by far the most. piquant part remains to be told. Thore are faote and persons of high note connectod with this singu- lar story, that will astonish the public when fully brought before it. The means omployed to obtaim a eentence against me are so remarkable, and se hase, that J will make them the subject of an- other letter. Very truly, yours, Huxny Wisore. Literary Review. GraHam’s Magazine. April, 1852. New York: Dewitt & Davenport. This number is prepared with great tasto, and ox- hibits more than ordinary beauty and interest. The engravings are in the best style of art. ‘+ Optica Phenomena” is principally devoted to a description of the various ferms of the aurora borealis, and is beautifully illustrated by wood ents. It ia written with talent, and pleasing and scientific inatraction, “* Impressions of England,” by Eredorika Bremer, is a faithful and graphic pic» ture of the poverty and degradation which oxist in London and the large provincial towns, on the ove hand, and the pompous magnificence on the » cured by an overstocked population, taxa- tion, and aristocratical legislation. ‘* Oliver Gold- smith” is an inreresting sketch of his character and genius. “The Bower of Castle Mount” is possessed of mygh interest, and is superiorly written. ‘The Condor Hunt,” by Lieutenant W. F. Lyneh, is a spirited and exciting narrative. “What Glory Costs the Nation,” is an article npow the utility and expense of naval and military estab- lishmenté, notwithstanding its inapplicable title. The views of the writer are absurd and indiscreet. He questions the value of our army and wavy—can see no use for either, and mourns over their exponse. His arguments are narrow-minded and ae. Among the minor contributions are ‘Was the World Made out of Nothing,” which tendsto confirm the Hebrew versi the creation, and ** A Literary Gossip with Miss Mitford.” There is a good propor- tion of poetry of @ superior and charming character. ‘The literary notices and miscellaneous matters are well prepared and judiciously condensed Tux Sxconp Rurort or James Hiaaiys, M. D., Srark AgnicuntcranL Cagmrsr To THe Hovsr ow Driecates or Mary.axp. Annapolis: 1862.— We hope every person connected with agriculture, will read this interesting report. The scionce of chemistry is of vast importance to the agriculturiat, and Fg profitable instruction will be gained by ite perusal, affords JOVERNMENT ParnTED DoceMENTSs: 1852.— We perceive that the total estimate required duri the next fiscal year, for the further improvement the Public Mall is $27,120. That Mr. M. C. Mor- decai has contracted to carry the mail between Charle C., and Havana, for $50,000 per an- num. at the amount received for postages col- lected and stamps sold, during the quarter which ended g0th September last, was $1,314,286 27, and © estimated Post Office revonuo for the cur- That that rent fiseal year, is estimated at $6,007,500. the annual return of the militia of the United States 1851, for the yi shows the number of infantry to ve 2,014,214 airy, 41,609; of artillery, 36,149; of riflemen, 2,180,736, sod a corresponding amount of arms and ammunition, That the amount ed by the Commissioners of Public Build " ith’ March, 1851, to the Ist January 1852, $208,471 17. That the committee appointed by the House of Assembly of the State of Now York, to enquire into the subject of the made an elaborate report. containing improved pr ¢ Court—Spectal Term, —In tho matter of widening Libert; , Feo te Uevenwich, the report of Up Comments bo wae coda, 08 aartira Of counsel (or the Corpe- eee