Miss Crosse's evidence in the Wandsworth Police-court con- cerning her
share in the elopement with her groom " George " had so much effect on her father's mind, that he withdrew his charge against the lad, which could not indeed in any case have been sustained. When the time to hear the remand came on it was therefore dismissed, and Mr. Ingham has been universally blamed for granting a remand at all with absolutely no evidence. Mr. Crosse has since seen fit to permit his daughter to marry
George Smith, which was probably his wisest course, and the wedding was celebrated with great éclat in Wandsworth on Thursday, the populace naturally indulging in re-action against Mr. Ingham and making rather a hero of the groom,—which he deserved rather leas than his imprisonment. They made him come to an open window, like an American general, and thank them " for the sympathy shown to him since he had been at Wandise worth." Even then they were not satisfied, for a lot of belle& on the marriage came down from Seven Dials, and an uproar was created in the streets, which caused the ballad-singer' to be taken into custody and fined.
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