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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-23 00:00:00

COURT OF DIVORCE.-L---TRuitsray.

(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
THOMAS V. THOMAS.
Dr. Deane, Q.C., and Mr. Cooper-appeared for the
petitioner ; Dr. Spinks appeared for the respondent.
This was a case for ajudicial separation, instituted by
Mrs. 'Ann Thomas, on the ground of her husband's
adrilterY. The respondent, the Rev. Joseph Nevill
Houghton Thomas, first of all denied'the adultery in his
answer; and; secondly, pleaded that his wife was fully
cognisant of the adultery, and connived, thereat and
assented thereto. It appeared the parties were married
at St. Andrew's, Holborn, on the 10th of;April, 1839,
and cohabitation followen in Devonshire and Cornwall,
the respondent becoming ultimately the incumbent of a
parish in the latter county. There had -been issue of
that marriage eight children. •At the time the present
Suit commenced six of the 'children were living, but the
edeet son has since died. Tfte adultery was alleged to
have taken place in 1858 at_Greenwich, and 'at
Gravesend in March of the present year. A deed of
separation had been executed between the 'parties, and
it was submitted, on behalf of the respondent, that the
fact of the-deed having recited the cohabitation between
Mr. Thomas and Elizabeth .-Hargrave showed that it
was in full contemplation between all the parties that
the' connection was to continue. There- was no pro-
vision that they should part, and yet it must have been
well known to the wife that her husband was then
living in adultery.
In support of the case of the petitioner, the following
evidence was taken.
Mr. Ashley Maples deposed that he knew' the parties,
and in March last he went down to Gravesend and saw
Mr. Thomas at 33, Windmill-street. Miss Hargrave
was with Mr. Thomas. He had known Miss Hargrave in
November, 1854, in Ireland. He recollected seeing the
respondent there at the same time. Oneross-examinafien
the witness said the occasion of his 'seeing the parties ins
Ireland was in consequence'of having beeing sent over
to that country by Mrs. Thomas's trustee. He had
heard from that lady that he would find Mr. Thomas,
and Miss Hargrave together. He was instructed by the'
trustee to commence proceedings in the Irish Court of
Chancery with regard to the trust fund. He did not.
receive"any instructions to threaten Mr. Thomas with a
suit, in the Divorce Court. Witness afterwards drew up
a deed of separation between the parties. The deed set
forth that proceedings were threatened to be taken in
the Eceelesiastical Genet for a- divorce. Since that time,
in January, 18.59, he received from the solicitor of Miss
Hargrave, for, ,MrS. Thome, £1,299, being the trust
fund they had endc,avoured to'get back and various costs.
Errsma Thompson de'posed that she lived at Ashburn-
grove, Greenwich. In ;858 Mi. Thomas and Miss
Hargrave took 'rooms at her .I.louse. They called them-
selves- man and wile. Miss Zargrave was confined
there, and she had. previously occupied the:same bed-
room. In March last she accomnanics"lr. Maples to
Gravesend to identify the parties.
Mrs. Maphley, the landlady of the leaflet,
in Wind-
Mill-street, gave corroborative testimony.
No witnesses were dalied on the part of the hnst.'and'
The learned Judge said, his present impression velt%
that the deed was an answer to the case. However, he
would reserve his decision.
SCATTERGOOD V. SCATTERGOOD.
Dr. Spinks appeared for Mrs. 'Elizabeth Scattergood,
the petitioner ; the respondent, Mr. John Scattergoo4
had not put in any answer.
This was a petition for a judicial separation by the'
wife, on account of her husband's cruelty. It appeared
that the parties were married in 1854, and cohabited at
various places until July, 1856, when the petitioner was
obliged to leave her husband in consequence of hieeon-
tinned ill-treatment. She had.sinee resided for a time'
in her father's house, and was now in a situations as,
housemaid in a family.
Elizabeth Scattergood, the petitioner, deposed that'
F she married the respondent at St. Mary's Church, Aber-
gavenny, in June, 1854. Her husband was a glass and
china dealer, and after the marriage they lived at Here-
ford until March, 1855. They then resided at Binning-`
ham till 1856. Mr. Scattergood was very much addicted
to drinking while at Hereford, and used to remain out
very late at night. He. became much worse after they'
went to Birmingham. He frequently used personals
violence towards her. On the first occasion he struck
her down one morning in the bedroom, because she
wished her sister to remain with her. On the second
occasion they had been for a walk together, and the
respondent left 'her at a public-house. after waiting
for him some time she returned home, where she found
him. He immediately seized her by the shoulders, and
tried to throw her down stairs. -`'He had since seized
her by the throat 'in the kitchen, and tore her hair, and
at another time he brought home a large dog which
very much terrified her. The respondent's mother
afterwards came on a visit, but he became more intem-
perate than ever, and repeated his acts of violence, until
witness was obliged toleave the houie with 'the respon-
dent's mother. Subsequently Mr. Scattergood promised
to behave better, and witness forgave him and returned
to cohabitation, but he again became so violent that, at
the commencement of July, 1856, she was forced to
leave him, altogether. He had attempted to throw her
down stairsitore her dress, and had knocked her head
against the wall.
Mrs. Ann Rumsey, the sister of the petitioner, deposed
to several acts of cruelty on the part of the respondent,
in corroboralion of the testimony of the last witness.
She had seen Mr. Scattergood beat his wife's head
against the wall, and try to throw her over the
banisters.
The learned judge thought the case fully proved, and
pronounced for thejudicial separation.

• LAMENTABLE GUN ACCIDENT AT LITTLEHAMprON
FORT.—T-wo. MEN SHOT THROUGH THE HEAD.—oar
informant states that the rnen„of the 4th King's Own,
stationed at Littlehampton Fort, were at target practice
the other, .day, and were . waitingsome •standing and
°there sitting on the ground—for the next order to fire,
when one of them, whoni we are given to understand,
was unaware that his gun was loaded with ball, casually
put his piece to his shoulder, and pointed it at a com-
rade, who was close by. The gun, it seems, contained
a ball cartridge, and shocking to relate, went off, the
the bullet going completely through `the head of the.
unfortunate man, at whom it had been accidentally'
pointed, and into or through the head of another man
standing behind him. Another account is that the gun
had been laid aside by the man to whom it belonged in
consequence of his inability, from some cause or other,
to discharge it, and that it was subsequently taken up by
another man, who put a cap on it, and without a thought
as to the direction of the muzzle., pulled the trigger.
the ball going through the heads of the two men as
above stated. These are all the particulars we are at.
present able to collect. When our informant left Little--
hampton the men were alive but it was thought that,
the poor fellow through > whose . head the bullet first,
passed could not exist much longer. We may mention'
that there was then some doubt as to whether the bullet.
had passed through or had lodged in the head of the-
second soldier.

SHOCKING SUICIDE AT GREAT MALVERN. The
inhabitants and visitors of this fashionable watering-
place have been thrown into a state of excitement these•
last few days by the perpetration of a suicide of no or-
dinary character. A fine, gentlemanly man, named Bell,.
a surgeon, of Aldborough, in the county of Suffolk,
arrived here on the 9th instant, for the henefit of his•
health, and being in a low nervous way, was accompa-
nied by his physician, Dr. Badgeley. They took up their
quarters at Dr. Gully's water-cure establishment, known
as Tudor House, where every attention was paid him
and a regular course of bathing commeneed. On Satur-
day night Mr. Bell retired to rest as usual, after going
through the preliminaries of a bath, and nothing was
heard during the course of the night to give the least-
apprehension to the domestics. - Next morning, however
his bath-man proceeded to his room as usual, when an
awful spectacle met his view. Lying on the floor of
his becbroOni, saturated with blood, lay the unfortunate •
patient, gash in his throat testifying too plainly'
happened. A razor was near him,
_and with
whatatienht ,ada eep
this instrument the act had been. committed. It is
thought the deceased must have arisen from his bed
during the night, lit his taper, and then taking his razor,
cut his throat. The wound was between two and three
An inquest was held on the body on
inches in
lafternoon; at the Belle Vue- Hatel, 'by Mr.
Hughes, the county coroner, when the jury returned a
verdict of Temporary Insanity.

J"B'S TRUE SARI44I`ARILLA AND DANDELION RYLLS.
Certain Liquid, Preparation of these drugs arc vended as the
very best form in which'to take them, but the public can con-
vince themselves of the fallacy of this, when informed that no
liquid preparation of any drug can be kept from ferinenting,
unless Spirits be added, by doing which the medicinal proper-
ties are entirelvdestroyed, the Blood is heated instead of being
cooled or purified, 'and the patient not only looses money, but
is deceived, and the ailment under which he is suffering galus
ground, frequently laying the foundation of disease , which
shortens Life.' The proprietor of Dr. Jebb's Sarsaparilla and
Dandelion-Pills is the only maker, by Act bf Parliament, under
Royal Letters Patent, who san prepare these two drugs,. so,
that they can be given as a pill. Wholesale Depot, T. Babb,
2, Whitefriars-street, London, E.C. Sold by all Druggists and'.
Patent Medicine Vendors. In boxes at is lid, 2s 9d, and 45 6d..
We are happy to quote the following interesting inibraliftfon.
from-Du Barry's report on cures without medicine by Du.
Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food. Cure No. 4,208: Servant of.
Rev. JOhn-W. Ridlingten Rectory, Norfolk, of eight.
years dyspepsia, nervousness, .debility with cramps, spasms,
andliausea. Cure 18,216: Pr. Andrew U,re, Of constipation
dyspepsia, nervous irritability. Cure 36,212 ! Captain Allan,
of epileptic fits. Cure No. 1,609 : -Three years excessive
nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general
debility, which rendered my life very miserable, has beer
radically removed by Du Barr) 's Revalenta Arabica Food.
Alexander Stuart, archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen. [l9.]
Let invalids avoid the fearful dangers of spurious and injurious
imitations offered under a variety of .false pretences Nevill's
imitations are prohibited by the High Court of,Chancery under
a penalty of £3,000 against Alfred Hooper' Nevin- and his
agents; and.the pretences that Nevill has a patent for Arabica
Food, and that Du Barrys are connected with such patent are
utterly false. No canister is genuine without the -name Barry
Du Barry & Co., 77, Regent-street; in I nll, on the'spal and
wrapper. Shopkeepers who attempt imposition in one article
must expect to b.: distrusted in all others. Packed in tins at
Is. 2d. ; 1 lb. 2s. 93. ; 21b. Is. 6d. ; 51b. Ils; 1210. 225. ; 211 b.
10s. The 12 lb. and 21 lb. canisters are sent carriage
free op receipt of Post-office Order by Barry Du Barry
and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fortnum Mason
and Co., and through all grocers and chemists. - Agents
in this district :,--Nixon & Thew, I, Castle-street ; T. Low ; J.
Kirkus ; Forsyth ; F. G. Jones, 5; Paradise-street ; R. Sumner
& Co ; H. S. Alpass ; E. Pearson & Son ; J. Oliver ; W.. Cross ;
Sharp, Higgins, & Co ; Clay & Abraham, 37, Bold-street; Evans,
Sons & Co., wholesale agents; John Beynim ; Thompson &
Capper; J. Strarrson, druggist ; G. Bramwell & Son ; C.
Bromlow, 1, London-road ; Isaac Wciodville, tea dealer;
Raimes & Co., wholesale, druggists ; F. Staveley, druggist,
Price-street ; T. D. Walker, Ranelagh-street;- J. H. Howell,
72, Dale-street; Hingston, druggist, Boid-street ; Henry
Middleton ; Gilbert Brothers; J. entice; • Grace & Kelk ;
G. Barber, 21, Great George-street, Birkenhead; T. Fore,
druggist; B. J. Candler; J. Dutton.; J. E. Hargraves;
Sanders & Co • -C. Jones; J. Green.

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JULY 23, 1860.1