The Express.
London, England, 1862-02-12 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DA Y. )

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
(Before the Julie Ordinary.)
TIIVIAITCB r.THWAITZIL

ibis part.beard cue, which was begun on Thursdal, mud
e loch has already beau copionly reported, wee resumed
this morning. It was the suit of Mrs. Misery Thirsitm,
the info of &dentist at Bristol, who seal for • Jodi:dal
...pardon on the ground of cruelly. In support of hr
sbe alter that her husband bad often, without pea
row:item, sine her, bad Hues tarot to poison her, had thrown
water user bee, bad smeared her face with mustard, bad
°Awned bar teak, sad then given her hard and gristly
is of meat such as she could not eat, and. generally
Lie, ,d injured her health by not supplying hi, wife proper food
athl rionient. These charges were, bOW•Verr, substantially
denied by the respondent, though he admitted having
•Iwe boxed hie wife's ears and once touched her
1.10. with • mustard sawn for calling him a
fro ; once struck her in bed with his knee, but without in-
t, iellog to hurt tier, or in fact doing so; and once thrown
aat.l over her for refusing to leave his workroom when be
Ilk Arra her. 1k also avowed that he had several time, tried'
t.. two her out .4 the room when she was abusing him, beg
1. said be was rarely suenesful in his attempt; :led he
demi,' that he Lad ever made use of more force than wee
eS/Ally.
Mr Thwaites was now cross-examined at great length by
11r. Twoa, Q.C., who appeared, with Ik. Wambey, for the
petitiooer. Refemng to • night when be was charged with
has we come home at a late hour drunk, and araidteed hie
sfr in lad. he said he we. unable to state whether be bad
not been drinking wine with a friend of his mated Om-
thorn) ; but Le could not remember mein Mr. Ilkie-
thorpe at all on that day. There hail been two Oa-
'memo cat which Mrs. Thwaiter had insulted him
about keens, and on which he hart slapped her face. Mrs.
measles bad first withdrawn herself from the family
meals ; bat after a time she made an attempt to come back.
He was bresirfastiog with Captain Rahiogton, and she entered
the room and said she would have her meals with him again.
Refused to let her do so. Thu was not before the end
of 1,44, but could not recollect the date. Recollected
giving his wife his puree mid watch. Did so becauss he
was tired of his life. Remetubered her giving them back
W bin on the same evening—certainly not with words of
atfeetiou or consolatiou. Then witnass went and fired the
ps.b.i. Mr.. Minium had not a tine set of teeth of her
own when he married her, but witness mule her a tine sat
of artificial one. Artificial teeth were tot always made to
re.eruble the mature] ones which they replaced.
The Judge—lt is obvious, from the MN sets which we see
in dentists windows, that they are not.
Witoess —Had taken out more than six teeth at once, but
the petitioner was excited under chloroform. Chloroform
emietiroes rendered persons violent, as it .lid her. Soon
after the marriage witness had begun to save money
to buy his wife • dimmed ring ; but when the amount
had reached about 9.1. witness requested that it
•ght be employed in insuring his life for the benefit of the
children. The diamond ring which she bought was not par.
Chas. I with the Ravings of her allowance for clothes. To
th.• Lest of his belief the money came mainly out of wit-
nevi's pocket.
Sir V. Crewmen said it was perfectly ridiculous to go ea
inquiring whether the lady had a diamond ring or not. It
would he preposterous to say that it was cruelty for a male
with a Retell income to object to his wife's
going flourishing about with • trinket of that
dewriptioo. It appeared that the petitioner having
hail a sum of 1111. entrusted to her hail spent 131. of it in a
ling, leaving only V. to buy mourning" for herself and her
children. Some people might think that such au act in
the wife of a struggling man was cruelty on her part. (A
laugh.)
Warier—SU never said that 20/. • year would be suffi-
cient for lice clothes. When she was taking her meals
apart from him be allowed her 2/. fie, a week for the house,
and Inc for herself. That was till Feb. 23, 10160, after
which b took the housekeeping upon himself. Had never
ild Mrs. The/sites that he had discovered a subtle
poison while engaged in the pursuit of pho-
t. wetly. Had reproached himself for his language
t the petitioner ; but bar irritating ways were at times in.
tolerable. Had bee requeMed hl her to dismiss Hannah
lade, and bad also been adtisd to do so by one or two
friends. Had heard Hannah Dade call Mrs. Thwaites op-
probrious names, but it was In reply to similar epithets
which Mrs. Thwaites had herself used. Mrs. Thwaitea
used to come oo the stairs, stamp her feet,
and cry out, " There goes your harlot," asang
al., coarser terms. Had never told Hannah Dade
that her mistress wee obliged to go into the country before
her marriage to hide her figure. Had complaioed to Mrs.
Mesita, her before marriage of speaking to an officer in
it. Jairanefrpark. Never reproached her with it after.
want, Did not dismiss Hannah Duda, because she was
useful to him in his profession.
Ms witness was wider exanduatioa when we went to
pr em.]

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commisaioaer lolroyd.)
Is he TUX WiIIiTIMMTIR•STREET IiaJLX•T COMPAXT
IumITED).
This was • wiading.np ',emus splint the company of
which Mr. Train was the foamier, for layieg down tramways
in the principal rireeta of the metropolis. The petitioner
was • coach.builder. who lied supplied otie of the spacious
awl coarse:lent ram which ply aloes those tramways.
Mr. Bagley appeared a support of the prtitiooer, and
Mr. Liaislater for the company.
An eliournmeet af the bearing was ordered, by consent,
with a vim to law arraareswat.

TIM POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAT.)

MARLBOROUG H.STREET.
HAVA.E Or MAN3LALIAITI:I4 A..AISST .01 [.tTIYO•HOVQ

KLLI'ER.

Hen, fAobles. of 74, Nunideratreet, Regenee.pork,
eating-hones keeper, was charged with being drunk and
cueing the death of a female. at present unknown, by
kanclnnr her down with • pony and cart in Regentatreet.
Mr. &Irian' Lewis. of tarot Marlborough-street, ap-
peared for the prisoner. and Inspector Garforth, of the E
attrial.sl to watch the es..
It appears that between $ and 9 last eight the prisoner
we. ho, pons and cart down Lazghani•plaes,
i"war,ls the Ile.;eneeepuli. and when near Mortimer-
street he saw soiliethii,z in his war• and pulled up his pony
very shsrply, sod in dole:: overturned the poor, which at
the time st the rate of sit miles an hour. The
prisoner was himself thrown out, and he. am, on his being
raised, was (WWI to he leoken. - getting on ito
legs again started off and knocked down the poor woman,
Wilo was eriasirg Mort:ittersareet. She was immediately
picked al. and taken to the Misldlewes Hospital, but expired
ow the way.
The prisoner was remaakd.