The Express.
London, England, 1862-06-28 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
HINMAN O. d ENSNAN AND BILIKILIT.
Yr. M. Chambers, Q.C., Dr. *links, and Mr. Preatice
for the petitioner ; Yr. Serjeant Tow and Dr. Swabey for
the respondent ; Mr. Macaulay, Q.C., and Mr. Pritchard for
the carespoodeut.
Mr. Henry Heileman, • civil engineer in London, married
Nisi Caroline Elisabeth Audio. the daughter of • gentle-
nun at Waltham Abbey, on 7th of March, 11,46. The
cohabited in Sussex-place, Kensington, and other places till
; and there were two children (boys, 15 and yea:sold)
Meru of the union. The co-respondent was Commander
Berkeley, R.N. who lived with his father is Victoria-
Pimlicc:. The defendants denied the offence, sod
pieuled cruelty, and conduct conducing to the adultery, if
buy had been committed.
Sarah Whitfield, servant to Mr. Millais, the artist, was in
the service of the petitioner three years ago. Her master
lies in the habit of going out regularly to his business every
rooming, and not returning till the eventing . Mrs. HADIMMI
breakfasted in bed, and wee also in the habit of going out
M the afternoon. She did nothing but walk about the
house and read novels. She went out in the evening and
stayed late. The petitioner said he would not allow it.
She replied that she would do as she pleased. She used
to being home gentlemen to lunch with her. She would
play the piano to them, and bring her bonnets and boots
dawn for the gentlemen to see.
The Judge—Were the boots small ones?
Witness —Very small. (Laughter.) The gentlemen
dways left before four o'clock. She lade witness not to
tell the petitioner that they came. On ore occasion the
petitioner left home for some days to go to Leamington.
While he was away the respondent told witness not to sit
up for her, but to put the house-door key on the step.
Petitioner came home unexpectedly that evening. Witness
was awakened about midnight by her mistress screaming
for her to come down. Found her in • very excited state.
She wanted to go out again, and the petitioner would not
let her. The poker and tongs were lying on the floor. She
said she had thrown them at the petitioner. The scene
finished by her going off into hysterics, and then she was
carried upstairs to bed. She frequently received lettere,
sod she directed witness to give them to her herself.
Jane Langley, another servant, gave similar evidence.
The respondent used to tell her, when she went out, that
she was gulag to meet Captain Berkeley, sod detailed many
occasions on which the petitioner said she had been with
him, or on which the witness had seen them together. On
the 31st of August the witness had seen them together. On
the day mentioned, when her master was out, the respondent
sent witness for Captain Berkeley. He aune into the house,
and then the respondent sent witness to bed. Did not
hem the street door opened and shut till about 4 o'clock.
On the next day Captain Berkeley came to the house, aid
witness took him by the shoulders and put him out of the
house,: saying, "lf master came home, what should we
do! He went away, and witness told him on the steps,
that prevention was better than cure. Mrs. Hangman went
out after him, and did not return home till after eleven
at night. She said that on the Saturday she had been with
him to the Argyll-rooms ; and that he had made her buy •
blue veil, so that no one might know her. Oo the 3rd of
September, Mr. Maumee haviageome home from Leamington,
where he hal been for some days, charged her with having
been at the Argyll-rooms. She denied it, and witness, by her
directions told bile that she had not been out at all. On
the 12th of September witness was told to take • letter A*
Captain Berkeley ; hut when site got nearly to the doer Mr.
Reesman came and snatched it out of her hand. Mr.
Field was with him. (The letter wu put in. It com-
plained that she was locked up, but that she intended
to escape as soon as she had a chance. She concluded
by asking Ceptein Berkeley's advice, " as • man of the
world."] The morning after her mistress had sent her to
bed—while Captain Berkeley was in the house—namely,
on the Ist of September, she found her mistress's drawers
on the sofa in the drawing-room.
[The case was • when we went to press.]