The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-02-07 00:00:00

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COURT FOR DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL
CAUSES, 17'3.1.
(Wore Sir C. Cusorriz.)

HAILY.WILL V. HAEIWILL.
This seas a petition by •swife for • dissolution of mar
singe. She also prayed for alimony posdente lite, and
estimated the income of the mpondeut at £5,000. To
this petition the respondent had put in an answer,
that his income did not exceed £620.

Mr. D. Keane moved for an order for the attendance
of the husband in order that he might be cross-ezamined
upon this answer.
His Lordship said it would be advisable that some in-
quiry should be made as to the truth of the facts alleged
in the answer. If it were true. as herein stated, that the
petitioner had two or three times sued her husband is
forma pamperis, and had been dismissed from these
suits. and she had afterwards commenced a fresh action
against hini, not is
.foreid ',amperes, it might be • ques-
tion whether her conduct hail not been so vexatious as
to take away her right to alimony pemdemer Isle. H.
did not think sufficient ground had been shown to jus-
' tiiy him in ordering the husband to attend and be cross-
examined. but lie would order him to tile an nded
same. with farther partbsalitass# Uliir4llll
claimed from his grow imams.
GURNEY r. Grayer AND TATUM.
Dr. Waddilove moved for an order directing this sass
to be tried by oral evidence before the fell Court without
a jury. It was a petition by a husband for a dissolution
of marriage on the ground of his wife's adultery with
the co-respondent. The respondent and the co-respon-
dent appeared and denied the adultery.
Dr. Spinks, for the respondent, said be was not in-
structed to ask for • jury.
His Lordship accordingly ordered the ease to be tried
by oral evidence bef.re the full Court.

DICKENS r. DICKENS.
In this case his Lordship had granted a decree of judi-
cial separation Oil the prayer of the wife upon the
ground of the husband's adultery. Alimony pendent*
tile had been decreed at the rate of £6O a year.
1)r. Phi Dionne, Q.c., last week moved for an order
for the seine amount of permanent alimony.
Mr. Austin, for the respondent, moved that it might
be reduced, on the ground that since the termination of
the snit the respondent, who held • situation in tLe
War-office, had been invalided, and obliged to retire
upon a superannuation allowance, amounting to £126 a
year. His former salary was CM, and it was encum-
bered to the extent of about 1:60 a year.
His Lordship now said lie had looked at the affidavit
of the respondent in support of his answer to the peti-
tion for permanent alimony, and it did not appear to
him satisfactory. He did not state whether the medical
inquiry directed by the War-office into his state of
health wee forced upon him, or whether he applied for
it. It was suggerted that during the progress of the
suit the respondent had threatened to retire from his
situation if it were prosecuted, and he found, on looking
back to the letters which were given in evidence, that in
one of them lie did threaten to resign his position.
I Taking all the circumstances into consideration, be
should neither diminish or increase the amount at ali-
mony already allotted, but should order the respondent
to pay permanent alimony at the rate of £6O • year.
FEBRUARY 2.
(Before the Jtooi ORDIN•SY, Mr. Justice WILLIAMS,
and Mr. Boron BRAMWELL.)
MALL (FALSELY CALLED CASTLEDIOI) 5. CASTLEDILN—
JUDGMENT.
This was a suit promoted by • wife for a declaration
of nullity of marriage on the ground of the husband's
impotency. The respondent did not appear. The case
was heard last Michaelmas Turin, and their Lordships
took time to consoler their decision.
Dr. Dean, and Dr. Spinks were counsel lee the
petitioner.
Mr. Bramwell now delivered judgment. After
minutely reviewing the evidence, he said be had come
to the conclusion that the petitioner had established her
vow, and was entitled to • decree.
The Judge Ordinary then delivered judgment. He
observed at the outset that he thought, in eases of this
port, the Court had to look, not only to the interests of
the litigant parties, but also to the interests of the pub-
lic. His Lordship then went through the evidence and
the ru!tu of law applicable to it. The details of Web
• case are, of count, unfit for • newspaper report. It
is sufficient to state that the marriage took place in 1634,
and the cohabitation continued from that time until
1838. His Lordship, in conclusion, said that, foes&
ing his judgment upon the whole case, not upon any
one part of it, I.e was of opinion that the petitioner had
not made out a CAlle which entitled her to a decree.
Mr. Justice Williams concurred with tits Judge
Ordinary.
The petition was accordingly dismissed.

CONSOLIDATION OF STATUTIS.—Tbs Lord Chancellor
has presented to the House of Lords a batch of some
half dozen Hills for the consolidation of the statute law
of England relating to-1, offences against the person ;
2. larceny and similar offsmotu ; 3, forgery ; 4, coinage
offences; 5, malicious injuries to property; 6, acces-
sories to and abettors of indictable offences; and 7, the
repeal or certain criminal statues consolidated end
amended by the Bills already mentioned.

BANKRUPTS.
(From the London Oautte of Tueedey.)

Charles Lunbourn, Chiswick and Salisbury Willa.
Strand, barge builder.
Adolph Worman, Minories, and Alfred-street, Bow-
. .

road, boot manufacturer.
Thomas Criakett Jenninp, Ipswich, tea dull's%
%Villiain Jones, New-road. Whitechapel, dairyman.
William James, Du.llsy, bolt manufacturer.
William Si'vaster Lynall, Birmingham, plumber.
Eilward Evans, Wednesbury, Staffordshire, draper.
William Boswell, Ifirniinghani, licensed victualler.
William John Thomas Smith, Birmingham, fancy paper
boa maker.
James Willlock. Birmingham, grocer.
John Clayton, Newport, bloninouthshire, grocer,
Joseph Varley, near Huddersfield, yarn
spinner.
ueorge Noble Wilkinson and Hawkish Orris, Hartle-
pool, shipbrokers.

(From the Loyola* Gazette of Friday.)

chelstopher Stony, Aldershot, fishmonger.
Theodore Hyla Jeuneus, Halkin-strest West, He
square, papier inaclie manufacturer.
Isaac Nathan, Barr-atreet, Bevis Marks, merchant.
Thomas Sharp, Aldershot, hotel keeper.
(leorge Cuckow, Woodbridge, grocer.
Richard Rees, Usnelly. Carmarthen, cabinet maker.
Joseph Chapman, Scarborough, china dealer.
Joseph Gawthorpe, Horbury-bridge, 0•417 Wanda&
cloth miller
Thomas Hobson, Sheffield, grocer.
Edward Ellis Hill, Liverpool merehant.
I Thome Nicholson„ nail nastaliaak