The Express.
London, England, 1855-07-11 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 11, 1855.

their knowledge whisk ledllbena to morel that en* a thlag
ndithe have wail hug, sh 4 Mr. Maths flemiere weld ei
emu= have neehlog wee to do with a woman who could my
leffeltheeeth herself before marriage, and make
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of that fact lot the pirepoes of getting rid of bey husband
afterwards. Then 111111 geed ground to • believe that she
bed mi condured boreal bakee the marriage. Of course
his feelings received a gnat shock at the belief In
kor ineesitmence sea begmrity before her manias.,
sad hie 'Amour foxhole that he should again naive
her es kis wife. lime was no eouct to which
be Wald apply whisk leek aegaisenee of the ante-nuptial
biesettheno. of a man's wife, god she wen on his beads after
h.& themeless avowal of teseetiermes Wen he knew her,
sad he was *amble to relieve La mmHg/ seek a burden seeks
wee. In great distress of mind Mr. Morton Sumner passed'
the winter of 1860 and 1861 at Rome, with hie family.'
Mn. Morton Sumner went to her mother, Madame Valael
samachi, and there wee reason to believe they passed the
winter of 1850 and 1851 at Freakiest. Although Mr. M.
Sander wee thus separated from his wife he was serious
to know what she was doing and where she wee, and he ap-
plied to Mr. Percy Heber, a counsaion of Madame
Valesamachi, at whose house at Hednet they had been on a
visit, sad asked for information with regard to what Mr.
Percy Heber did not give, saying h- die know where she
was. Mr. M. Sumner elsoapplied to Madame Idontriehet,
who said she knew pretty well where they were, but de-
clined to tell. Nothing was heard of Mrs. Morton Sumner
till late in the year 1863, wten a strange letter was re
ceived from her by her husband. It wee dated the let
of August, bat without the you, aid was ea fellows :
August I.
llcaton,—l bare returned from America but a few days. end bear
that you are 9.151i0011 to obtain for yourself a divorce. Is tide sof I
should be obliged tripoli to Isles know, as I am cm %been of starting
borne for • short time. Ton know that lam free now by American
laws everywhere but in England. Lit in. know your plain; also, it
you wish ro see in. on this matter. But renumber, U I sae any one,l
it is you and name else. A letter sent to Ewers will be forwsrdedl
to ma. Adieu.—Tours truly, P. VAS/WWII.
It would be perceived that the signed the letter
with her maiden name. No notice was taken
of this letter by Mr. M. Sumner, sad the next
that wee beard of her was that she was at Corfu,
where, on the 21st of May, 1854, she was publicly married
with the ordinary accompaniments of marriage, bridesmaids,
!seers, and so on, according to the forms of the Greek
diglrek, is her father's house, to a very respectable person,
physician residing at Corfu Signor Nicholas Rellegui.
Subsegnently she went with him to Galata, and in Decem-
ber, 1864, the mound marriage having taken plates in May
of that year, she was delivered of a child, which was in the
following month of January baptised as the child of Signor
Reneged and herself. She had since lived with that gentle.
man as his wife, and was new at Galata, it they bed not
moved on to Bucharest, whither she was on the point
of starting when the present bill and the eerier of their
lordships' house were served upon her. At the time she
was served, the put her arm round Renegade reek in an
affectionate meaner, and said she hoped that Mr. Morton
Sammer would be as happy with his fresh wife as she was
with him. She was then large in the family way. Those
were the facts of the case he should prove, and he thought
the evidence of adultery would be abundant to induce
their lordship. to grant the prayer of the petitioner.
The following witnesses were then called.
George Montgomery Davis knew both parties in thecae..
Kaew Mrs. Serener before her marriage at Marseilles.
Served a copy of the bill on her at °alit: on the Danube,
on 23rd of June. Inquired if the was resident there, and
found her. She said she knew what he came for, as who bad
received a letter from Mr. Bolton' her solicitor, and she rte
fused to be served with the bill and order of the house.
Thet was in the evenirg of 22ad of June. Went again that
same night, and he wrote a note to her. She refused to re-
min the paper. On the morning of the 23rd he went suds,
and saw her in a carriage, starting for Bucharest, with M.
Reneged, her husband. She refused to take the pause.
He told her he would have to follow her to Bucharest.
Though her husband wished her not, she at last did so is
the carriage. She entirely understood what they were. Ha
had procured an entry of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. K.
Sumner. He produe4 the certificate, dated July 28, 1849,
which be got at Cori u. He also got a certificate at Corfu ot btu
marriage with M. Reneged. It was written in Greek sad
he bad a translated copy. He also served her with the cies-
don in a suit for divorce a menu et thou in the Budesisatical
Court, in Jemmy feet, at Galata, where she was living
with Hallegari. She had recently bad a child. They were
passing as husband and wife. He was invited, and wont
to the christening of the child on the 6th January. It was
baptised, *mediae to the forms of the Greek church, as
that of M. and Mad. Reneged. When he served the
order of the house, in June, she said she was with child
again. When Id.Hallegari came in, she pother arm round.
his neck, and said she hoped Mr. Sumner would be as
happy with his wife se she was with her hothead.
George Posionhy Crawford—Knew Mr. M. Sumner; was
present at hie marriage witty Min Valasessacbi at the chapel
of the Lord Commissioner at Corfu. They proceeded to a
villa in the neighbourhood. They returned to Corfu
shortly. He met them in society at Corfu. They seemed
to live on very good terms. They left for Italy soon after
the marriage, and returned to Corfu in the early part of
1850; be saw them frequently there, they were visiting
generally in the Island, and appeared to live together very
happily. He was in the constant habit of seeing them.
Mr. Richard Sumner, father of the petitioner—lie wee
his only son. Was not present at the marriage, but it tea
plain with his approbation. First saw his dangliter•in-law
at Geneva after the marriage—him son appeared affectionate.
Remembered Mrs. M. Sumner stating that in the next
April she hoped to present him with a grandson. They weal
to Italy after that. He received a letter of August 10, fres
his daughter-in-law before he left England and before he
saw them. He left England on hearing of the 111111eiS of Meson.
His with received a letter, dated in Switanland on 28th ofl
August. His wife received a letter In December, 1849, an-
eouneing Mrs. M. Sumner's premature ouallseesent. Re-
membered in July,lBso, having sooommodeedwo from Mrs.
M. Sumner, asking him to call and en her at 11, Bolton-
street; she wished to see him alone. He went. Her mother
Medusa Valuarauld, was present. She then upraised her
desire to get a divorce from his soa. At the first interview
she stated weakness of body as the cease of her wish ; that he
was not fit for the °Moe of a husbaad,that was her expression.
Her mother was present. The first interview lasted as hoar.
The general tenor of her conversation was to the. afoot.
No other ground was then assigned for a divorce.
She did not he thought, at that interview use the
word " impotent." Oa the next day another interview took
plusend the conversation was to the same effect. He endea-
voured to dissuade her, and expressed a hope they might
live happily together agein. Bat she said nothing would
ever induce her to live with him again. She once said he
was tinkled. Witness w them together, except for
three days at Geneva. Re was evidently fond of her. He
doubted if she was of him. He saw her four days-11th,
12te, 13th, and 14th, of July, her mother
burg present, at Bolton -street, and was positive
she expreetd clearly the meaning of the word
" impotent, that her husband could not be the
father of a child. He called her attention to the fact of a
skill having bees born. That was at the third interview.
He said it was impossible she could get a divorce on that
growth otter her miscarriage. She said "she would swear
It was the child of another man." After reasoning with
her on the impropriety, she said she would have to swear it.
She said "She'd swear it." She seemed sound in her mind.
Re did not believe her. After that certain statements wen
made to him of her conduct before her marriage, which he
afterwards told his son. He and his son then proceeded to
Rowe with his family, and passed the winter than. On
their rotor* his sow received a letter from his wife,
M 1853. Hie son bad previously 'eked Mr. Percy Heber
where his wife wee, and he did not get any answer.
Madame Maundy was written to, and she said she knew
where Mrs. M. Sumner was, but would not tell. He had
not seen Mrs.ld. Sumner since). On hearing of her 'marriage
to Reneged at Corfu, he took steps to get a divorce in the
Irelesiasucal Court.
Anna Mitchell knew Mrs. U. Sumner as Miss Value-
amid. and was present at her marriage with Mr. M.
likeneer. Remembered seeing her married again in Corfu
in May. 1864, to a person, the Greek consul'. brother, named,
Kallegari. They were married in the house according to
the Greek form.
The Lord Chancellor said that he thought it not a
that there should be any expence in printing; tteiresay7
duos. There earned to him to be no real difficulty with
regard to the question as to whether the marriage of the
parties at Corfu was according I. the English law, so as to
thil,ence the question of the American divorce. As the:facts
proved were ample to establbh the adultery he should
move that the bill be reed a sewed time.
The bill was then reed a seeped time.
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Francis Stairhead,* was WAWA for hiving kleolosaly
embeasled three meatuses of messy which be had teMintd
oa seamet of James Chnrebett, his master.
Mr. Pony was for the proseeatioe, Mr. Ribton for the
prisoner.
The wiener was tried at tte last mei= on a like charge
and aonsitted, and *leo on Monday with the like result.
The oviduct, adduced in su?port of the third indictment
was of the same tatters as that given en the two former
trials, bet the present jury took a clarinet view of it sad
Sousa the primmer guilty. The promoter was • draper in
Mattoo.garden. and bad • large number of castomen who
pueebseed articles and paid for them by weekly instalments.
It was the prisoner's duty v' collect these payments, and I
the mode is which the accounts mere kept made the ease •
very complicated one. Altogether the prosecutor had been
robbed of near 1601 by the prisoner.
The verdict of Guilty having been returned.
lir. Cements, • draper, of Judd-street, New.road, was
called to prove • former conviction. He stated that the pri-
soner had been his collector, and as he appropriated money
he received on his account to himself he prosecuted him,
and he was sentenced to fifteen months' hard labour. The
prisoner's defalcations then amounted to about 1,0001., and
sloes his release from prison be had actually been round to
customers who owed him (Mr. Clements) money, and bud
received sums on his apeman without his authority.
The prosecutor said he received the prisoner urn his ser-
vice knowing that he had been convicted, out of kisdnt es,
but be had found that he had been robbiog him daily ever
since. Re had treated him more like a brother than •
servant, and the return be had received was the hosed

ingratawde.
The Assistant-Judge said it was a very bad case, and
sentenced the prisoner to four years' penal servitude
The prisoner was proceeding to make (Animations dis-
paraging to the prosecutor, when
The Assistant-Judge said he could not b►ar anything be
had to say—ht had been ably defended, the o^se was over,
and he would hear so VIM.
The prisoner was then removed.