The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-03 00:00:00

(Before IVrxrf..t,
and Mr. justioe-ftirif.) -- -
ALE.I:ANDER V. ALEXANDER' ARE bio ;
Samuel Atelttlitiei prayed for tedissolntion of his Mar-
riage with Rebecca Alexander, on the ground of her
eatery with Frank Amos. The respondent denied' the
charge.
Mr: Deane, Q.C., kaii. were counsel for the
petitioner; Mr. O'Malley, aIC., skid Sir. -Couch forth°
respondent. •
This case was before the court in November last.
appearance had then-been put. in' by the respondent;
but at the close of the petitioner's case the court inti-
mated that it was not satisfied with the evidenee -of
adultery, and ordered an adjournment. A sister of the
respondent, who bad been called as 'a witnetis for the
petitioner, then told their lordships that Mfs. Alexander
was innocent of the charge, but that she had )teen,
induced to:abstain from making
,a defence by a threat
from the agent of her husband that, if she raised any
obstacle to his obtaining a divorce, an allowance
which he then -made her should be withdrawn
and she should be. lift destitute. The court after:
wards gave Mrs. Alexander leave to appear and plead.
Mr. Alexander was the son of a bank& at Ipswich.
Ile was married to the respondent, a Miss Milbarfte, at
St. George's,_ Hanover-square, in January, 1838. She
was in an inferior station, and the marriage gave great
dissatisfaction.:to his family. In consequence of their
dislike to it, he and his wife left England and lived for
some time in Australia. They afterwards- cohabitedan
England, and then in the Channel Islands. They have
two sons and two daughters. In 1858_they_were living
' at Bouley Bay, in Jersey, and they had a groom in their
employment named Frank Amos. This was the person
_with whom the adultery Was alleged ,to have been
committed.; -
' Patrick Sullivan, a farm labourer, said he was in Mr.
-Alexander's service from January to abont August, 1858.
Apill Si May Amos went into the service as groom.
Amos•bad a griat nigrty.tonversatiina with him about
Mrs. Alexander, and said td tlln4 ithont six weeks after
entering the service, that he would have her t dote long.
Between 10 and.ll o'clock one night he put. a ladder up to
the window of a bedroom 'n which one of the children, a
boy 12 years of age, was lying ill, and watched Mrs.
Alexander and Amos.. He heard them go into another
room, and went round to a stable, upon which he
climbed; arid looked through the window of that room.
It leas a bedroom on tie same floor. He gave evidence
of an act of adfilterk'whieh he filen :iritiitsted. He then
went to the stable, got some sand, and threw it against the
window. Mrs. Alexander and Amos came down. Mrs.
Alexander was-drunk, and could hardly tell what she did.
He said he-would tell his 'master. They both struck
him and dragged him about the yard. They went to his
room, took his clothes, and -"threw them about the
He, eensidered ,that _ .mistresa might not
do wrong 'did riot, thereforeithen 'tell his
master. He said to Mrs: Ile:Under that he would not
tell. , She and Frank went into his bedrooni tlth him,
and she said she- would be as good as a Mother to him
if he did not tell. Mr. Alexander and Miss Ada, his
daughter, werelout.7 Frank and he slept in the same
room in an outhouse locking into the yard. One day,
tehen Mr. Alexander was it a review, he watched Mrs.
AleiTntlet link.kmeet, and seve2 thein kissing each other
in the kitchen:.. Not many days _before le left he saw
Mrs. Alexander and Amos together in-ilat outhouse in
the afternoons He yent in and saw .them. in an
indecent attitude. He one morning told Mr. Alexander
what-he had-wen, and Mr. Alexander timed him away.
He and Mrs. Alexander and Amos were brought face to
face by Mie Alexander, and he was going to tell all he.
had seen, blkt Mr. AlL'atider would nee lister him.
'Amos struck him. and '.t!elz.ed, him and-Imeited Aim
about. He did not see Mr. Alexander egthie:tentilthe.
following Christmas. On the occasions. of Which he
had spoken-Mrs. Alexander and Amos were generally
three-parts drunk, and le.sezd the other serve.gts had
fetched brandy for them. • - • •
In cross-examination,- the witness gave a very con-
fused account :of- the circumstances under which he had•
Seen the acts of improper familiarity of which he had
srinket; 4e vas. standing two or three hours on the
ladder wateiiiiig. He wet back to Mr. Alexander's
service in the beginning of li:sy, slut had remained in it
up to last week. Some discrepancies were also elicited
between his evidence at the last trial and his present
statements.
Eliza Vallens, a girl who had been-in Mr. Alexander's
service, fast as housemaid and . then as nook, also spoke
to seferal acts of improper familiarity between Mrs.
Alexander and Ames. .
In cross-examination she said she was still in Mr.
Alexander's service. She had a sister who was in his
service in -1858. H<r sister went to Australia about
Christmas, 1858. She did not tell Ur. Alexander-any-
thing about Amos's conduct until after Mr. Alexander
ha 4 Teen tnglarid .with his wife. Her attention was
called to seVdal stg.teMents she had made at the last
trial, which were entirely at with her present
statements, but she said that on the former declisiali slie
had made mistakes.
Mrs. Randall, the widow of a medical man, who had
lived within a few minutes' walk of the Alexanders at
Jersey, said that Amos was a married man, and had
liVed bi their service for 10 years before he went to the'
Alerandets. 1 e was discharged by Mr. Alexander on
the lfd of gepteriiteif 1558. On the 4th of September
she saw Mrs. Aleiandet and Ankle eiritittg together in a
gig aldng a lane between her house and Mr. Alexander's.
She tiftei4aidti went to Mrs.
•She said she
wanted to See Frank; to get ddrire late. Airs. - Randall
spoke to her atiottt het tohdiitt 4 eh mid the *odd not
be talked to. Two days afterwards Mr. and Mrs. Alel-
under went to England together to get medical advice
for their sick child. She 'frequently visited the Alex-
antlers, and had noticed that Mrs. Alexansler was too
'familiar in her manner with Amos.
Mr. John Alexander, a brother of the petitioner, and
a banker at Ipswich,- *ls then examined to prove Mrs.
Aletatider's handwriting to t*o letters she had written,
Otie to Antosilfi one to his wife; since the separation,
asking him to-cing a pareti td her
where she was staying. It appeared that after Om*
from Jersey Mr. and Mrs. Alexander lived together for
a,ahort timein lodgings in London with their sick child,
that AlefanelFr went to Ipswich to pay a visit to
her relations, and that -11 a she was there her husband
returned to.tersey, and then-finalif-1 s,,,p':netted from her.
Six years ago her husband's faniily had- endeaiqiefed to
induce her to sign a. deed, of separation, but- she refused.
That endeavour was renewed while she was at Ipswio,
heft-itl-the petition was fresented, but again failed.
Dr. Deane; it etimminglip, contended that the very
discrepancies in the stories of- the two principal wit-
nesses this liras not a got.Up case, and that
the tondtii t o "fire: AleXandeti. spoken to by Mrs.
Randall, strengtheiled the &pliability of its trash.
Mr. O'Malley, in -reply, submitted flint the witnesses
Sullivan and Vallens were quite unworthy of dredit.
The Judge Ordinary said that the court, in discharge
ing the onerous and anxious duty of dealing with
evidence, must .be guided by the -same principles
as those upon which juries acted. The -misconduct of
which att .ateused person was charged must be
ratotid-by armative evidence tO• the 'Satisfaction
of the Cotitt. 11{i§,:Alekineler at the time of her mar-
riage
was a p4ison of hurlible ;drigin, and of scarcely
any. education ; but there *as . fib* x tittle of • evidence
that up to the time of-the alleged adultert tile ',had
in any. way .misconducted herself, ,or bad' done any.
thing to raise the, Sfightest: suspicion -.pf, her infidelity
in the mind of her husband.: The Conrt was, there-
fore, celled upon to believe that Mrs. Alexander had at
cinii,,Wjthent. any preparation, condescended to dis-
irgewhekiawith g groom who had'been about two
monOte in.her husband's sertiee, with -so little regard
for decency,. with so little regard as to whether she
was discovered or not that she was guilty of acts of
adultetY in the face of day,,evithout taking the precau-
tion of palling down a window blind or closing a wash-
house door.. There might be cares. of that sort in which
passion, amounting to insanity, might lead a verson 'to
forget all sense of duty, all regard for decency, and 'all
fear of detection, but such a case could only be esta-
blished by the most clear and. distinct testimony:Hit
lordship then went through the. evidence of the two
iiitneases Sullivan and Vallens, in order to show that it
was in itsclf so improbable, and that it -cm Aso ineo-n-
-.
sistcnt with what .they had said at the fernier trial, that
it was impossible for tho court to act._ upon it. Ete,.did
not believe their' evidence, and there was no corrobora-
tion -of it, although 'if - Mrs. Alexander had been a
person of the drn.rtiten habits they represented the person's
who visited at the house must have noticed "her mis-
conduct. Not ;being satisfied .with the evidence, the
court was bound:to dismiss the petition.

The Time.; states it is reported that the Government
have signified their willingness to negotiate for the
Great Eastetn, to take out the telegraph cable about to
be laid between Singapore and Rangoon.'
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of
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eafness
has been fo successful, is in Li

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certain degree, take the place of moire; the taffetas pekin,
which is a great novelty, &c. ; and, besides these, many
lighter materials—such as muslins, bareges, organdis,
grenadine de sole, jaconas, piques—are now shown in
our fashionable houses, though, at present, the season is
toe cold for us to say "they are worn."
Negligees robes of thick material, such as poplin; are
made in redingote form, buttoned down the middle or
side, and the body a little open in front. Down the
fold is pitied a row of large-buttons, or of bows with a
huekle of gold or steel in the centre. Dresses are also
very, generally made with a band, either with a buckle
or ribbon sash.

Very wide sleeves are still much worn, though tight
sleeves are very fashionable. For dresses of light fabric
the sleeves are made wide and very open, or in large
bouillons.

The skirts of these dresses are ornamented with small
Tratting-highertinm the knee, and-4yotmd
with a shade of deeper coloured taffetas. If the dress
is flowered over, the shade -mast be the same as the
flowers. . .

. .
Skirts are also still- trimmed with one wide flounce
headed by a pinked ruche, with three other ruches at
the bottom of the flounce.- This is a particularly
thatming style, when the ruche is black, upon a violet
green Or 'brown dress.
lt6t4s made itt the form of Isabeart—that is to say,
with a point—continue-fa be much in favour for more
dressy toilettes, especially in. taffetas antique, which is
then ornamented with elegant passementeries en tablier.
Sashes, made of the same material as the dress, are
exceedingly pretty. They are made much wider at the
bottom than at the -waist, and trimmed round with
Am or plaiting, according to the trimming of the dress.
The choice perplexes between the many diferent
trimmings. Passententerie, perhaps, takes rather the
highest place amongst then: That composed of small
chains, forming a kind of networt, as ftile as lace. is
Jure) and. elegant. It is generally wide, !ind placed in
form of a berths on the body of the dress, and en tabliers
en the skirt it is also sometimes placed in a double
raw round the bottom of the skirt.

Chains of gold sequins, or rounds of silk of the form
and sU4 d sequins. still form a trimming much .in
vogue ; and although this is not according to the taste
of some ladies, we must confess they are much admired
by many. .
straw is to be very much used in trirttneinge. Dresses
are to be embroidered with straw ; velvet and ribbon
edged with it; brandeboargs and passementeries to be
made of it, in the same way that gold has been so much
used diftirie the winter. ---
Mousseline! - /le sole and English organdi, . which
resembles crepe lisle, and tulle, are in- favour for hall,
dress.; !lowers, lace, and blonde are used to ornament
them; Generally, robes of tulle, silk, or tarlatan are
trimmed with drapery. bordered with a small bouillonn
of tine er tarlatan, edged with a narrow lace or blonde,
sometimes a narrow but vary
-thick ruche. This is very
becdf44.
Dinner dresses aro usually of silk—some have been
Made of very thick silk—double chain they are called.
Therare striped, Pekin or pOntpadour, land made with
plain skirts. The body of these must be made low, and
one of the pretty fichus so frihionable now, worn with
it. These are sometimes half-high, crossed in front,
and ornamented with black velvet or narrow ribbons.
The mantelets and easaques for this spring are mostly
very graceful in form.
tot the trimming of mantles, &c., lace is always con-
sidered elegetit :, and it is said that gold and straw will
be much used. The large arid loose paktSt, which has
been so much worn this winter it cloth, is now made in
tafetas, and has a wide flounce, 'headed with a plaiting,
or with three little flounces. If required, to be a little
MoradreSsy, this flounce can be made of coloured talfetas,
coveted with black lace, with a ruche of ribbon of the
sani6 colour, and narrow black lace mixed, as a heading.
in'e spring tonnete are rather larger than those worn
in thc, winter. They eta brought very forward on the
forehead, and the crowns are eitber sloping or full. The
curtains are worn rather smaller. The trimmings,
however, are generally heavy.
Straw bonnets, which are much worn just now, liare
jerietttllv a soft crown of silk. There is a very pretty
material for' drew erowns—it is black silk. embroidered
in coloured silk or straws, or even small gold spots.
The curtain sliould be the sans Ftgl the crown, and the
trimming a bouquet of flowers on one side, to match the
embroidery, surrounded with black lace.
Leghorn bonnets are generally very simply trimmed.
Sometimes a double plait of straw falls over part of the
curtain, and forms a bow on the top, like the coiffure
relit. Coloured straw bonnets are also much worn.
The most fashionable are green, grey, or black, em-
broidered in small flowers, either coloured or simply in
straW.
Press bonnets are made principally of crape and vel-
vet, or silk, cot tulle and silk. An elegant bonnet in
this style was composed of white crape, with a soft
crown of white silk with gold stars, trimmed with white
feathers spotted with gold.
For coiffures, the wreath is no longer so much worn.
The
.flowers are sometimes placed in short wreaths, in
form of a diadem, or in small tufts, put according to
fancy, and to suit the style of hair. Often, two of these
bonquets ate arranged With the plait oT hair at the
"tiei a the head. The bouquets for the fronts of
dresses are pladed low oh the body, nearly at the point,
and a little on one sioe, I'4 avoid a still* appearance.
A very stylish and liaihisore head dress may be
formed of pheasant's feathers. A &Trial/ tuft in the mid-
dle, and the feathers on each side. --In the midst, oft the
forehead, en ornament of precitelia gtines.

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BIRTH.
on the .18th ult., at Great Crosby, the `Fife of John Dc Costa,
Esq., of a son.

MARRIAGE.

On. the Ist inst., at Malpas, James Swainson, third sou of J.:
Willis, Egg., of this town, and grandson of the late J. Timothy
Swainsonff..sq., formerly colleotor*of Her Majesty's Customs at
this port, to Annie Booth, eldest daughter of Thomas W. Lee,
of 04-bank, Whitchureh,