The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-16 00:00:00

rn E SUS, LONDON, FRIDAY EVEINING, DECEMBER 16, 1864.

MISCELLANEOUS.
Australian Agricultural, 20
Bow bay Gas, lim.,
Ditto, new, 2
Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, 81 1
Crystal Palace. 32
Egyptian Corn, and Trading, lira., 51
Fore-street 'Warehouse, liFn.,c9i
Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Um., 7:6/ 7
Hudson's Bay, 161
Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., 8i
International Financial society, Rm.,. 7i f
Joint Stock Discount, Um., 7
London Financial Association lira., 24f
London General Omnibus Company, 3
31 :dras Irrigation and Canal, -
Ditto (all), 201
National Financial, lint., 51 1
New Zealand Trust and Loan, 21
Ocean N arine Insurance), 26 5
Oriental Financial, lira., 5f
Oriental Inland Steam, 2
Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, Um., 25
Royal Nail Steam, 91
Societe Financiere d' Fgypte lim.,
Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim., 77,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--This Day.

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MARLBOROUGH STREET,

A ScENE IN COURT,—llonorala Murray, a tall, nuscular
" unfortunate," who has been several times charged at this
court with disorderly conduct, was charged before Mr
Barker with annoying gentlemen and behaving in a dis-
orderly manner.

The case having been proved by a constable,
Tho prisoner said the police interfered with her when she
was with gentlemen, tellieg them she was a thief, and that
annoyed her.

Mr Barker said she would be committed for 14 days.
The prisoner in a loud voice exclaimed, " That's righ
get my Christmas dinner and some sauce."

On being removed from the court by Barra, the gaoler,
the prisoner behaved in a most outrageous manner, kicking
at every one she came near. On getting into the yard she
picked up a stone, and threw it with great force through
the window of the prisoners' waiting room, where several
prisoners and constables were sitting. She then became
so desperate that it was only by the united exertions of the
gaoler and five or six constables she was got to the cells,
she all the while using the most violent expressions, and
swearing she would have the life of a constable before she
was done with them, On ne occasion when the prisoner
was charged in the Old Court, she in her desperation flung
herself headlong down a flight of stairs, and afterwards
smashed some panes of glass in a door.

WESTMINSTER.

DEXTEROUS ROBBERY FROM A CART ^JOIII2 Mahain

16, was charged with stealing a portmanteau, containing
boots and shoes, value £9, from a cart in Tachbrook-street,
Pimlico.

Mr Thomas Hooker, boot and shoe manufacturer, of 14,
Church-street, Bethnal-green, said that at 5 o'clock yester-
day evening he was at the shop of Mr Eastgate, boot
maker, 10, Upper Tachbrook-street, Pimlico, and left his
cart outside, containing samples of boots and a pertmanteau.
He heard an alarm, and ascertained that a portmanteau had
been taken from his cart. Mr Eastgate and his shopman
went one way and witness drove another. Mr Eastgate
caught the prisoner and brought him to the station.

Mr Thomas Eastgate, 10, Upper Tackbrook..street, said
he heard an alarm, and proceeded down St. Leonard-street.
He saw about 60 yards in front of him prisoner and two
other men walking. Prisoner had a bundle on his shoulder,
and as witness approached he saw it was the portmanteau
which had beon stolen. Prisoner's companion spoke to
him, and he crossed over the road, and witness running up
collared him. The other had just before holloaed out, and
this caused prisoner to turn round. Seeing witness, he im.
rnediately dropped the bag between them and ran away.
Witness picked up the carpet-bag, and the shopman pur-
sued him, while he took the bag to a shop for safety. He
lost sight of prisoner, but as the shopman pursued him he
turned up the same street as he had run down, and witness
and his shopman caught him together. He said he knew
nothing about it, and said he would pay for a cab to the
station, where he was taken.

Constable Saunders, 99 B, proved being at the station at
the time, and that prisoner retused his address,
Prisoner, who had a very gentlemanly demeanour about
him, said he did not wish to disgrace his parents, but now
gave his address as 40, Union street, Heaton Old Town.
He was remanded.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

COURT OF DIVORCE.
(Before the Judge Ordinary and a Special Jury
BANCROFT T. BANCROFT AND RUMNEY.

This was a cross action instituted by the husband for a
dissolution of marriage on the ground of adultery with the
co-respondent, and he also claimed large damages.
Mr Overend, Q.C., said this was a case in which thejury
would have to say whether the respondent had committed
adultery with the co-respondent. The petitioner was a
gentleman, living at Manchester, and in 1862 he married
the respondent, who had, previous to her marriage, been
living in the house of her brother—in-law, Mr Rumney, the
co-respondent. The petitioner and her husband lived
together in happiness until Aug rst in the same year, when
a fact was disclosed which quite altered the relation of the
petitioner, and Mrs, Bancroft subsequently left her hus-
band's home for her brother-in-law's, and now he believed
she was living at Bolton, where she had been since her
departure from the petitioner. The learned counsel then
went into a detail of the facts of the case, which
were disclosed at the last trial when the wife
instituted a suit for judgment on the ground
of her husband's et uelty, and obtained a divorce niol. The
evidence in the present case would be to the following effect :
That Mr Rumney, being the brother-in-law of the respon-
dent, had taken advantage of his connection to seduce her
affections from her husband, and that on several occasions
he had committed adultery with her. That at unseasonable
hours he visit d her at her husband's house, and under very
peculiar circumstances. That he had been seen at various
places by different persons in Manchester with the respon-
dent. lie would admit that one or two of the witnesses
were of doubtful character, but there would be strong cor-
roborative proof as to the consistency of the testimony given
by them, and they were persons entirely unconnected
with the respondent and co-respondent, and could have no
motive for giving false testimony. The facts which had
led to the institwion of the present suit caused frequent
quarrels, which led to great unhappiness, and he would
admit of certain acts of violence on-the part of the husband.
[ rhe learned counsel was then going into certain acts of
adultery, when frequent interruptions took place on the
part of Mr M. Chambers and Mr Sergeant Ballantine, the

counsel for thb respondent, who urged that the adulteries

alleged to have been committed by the respondent were
entirely new to them, tad that the particular issues
which they were called upon to meet were entirely unknown
to them, and that in common justica there ought to be an
adjournment, and the costs ought to be defrayed by the
petitioner on the ground that he was the party who had
not complied with the rules of the Court.]
His Lordship said he had no alternative but to adjourn
the case.

Mr 0 verend contended that every information had been
given, which would be found to be the case if his lordship
looked to the record.
His Lordship said he had it then in his hand.
Mr Overend said th,y would show the several acts al-

leged were there mentioned, and if the parties concerned
for the respondent had not properly understood them he
considered his client ought not to be put to the expense of
paying the cost of an adjournment.

His Lordship considered that both parties ought to be
subject to loss, as although the petitioner seemed to have
been in somo measure to blame, the respondent was not
entirely blameless. He should make no order as to the
costs,

The easo was then adjourned till next term. -

OILETWYNN V. CILETWYND.

Sergeant Ballantine said his lordship would be almost as
much delayed in this as the former case, for in the case of
Chetwynd v, Chetwnd, which stood next on the list, they
were totaby unprepared in consequence of not having the
slightest ictea that the for.ner case would break down, and
that he was then the only legal representative in the case
present—the Queen's Advocate, who was to open, being at
the present time addressing the Court: of Privy Council,
and there was such peculiarities in the case that he did not
feel himself equal to the task of opening the case.
The Judge Ordinary said he would give the learned ser•
grant until one o'clock to obtain the attendance of the gen-
tlemen engaged in the case.
The court then adjourned until that hour, when
The learned Judge again took his seat.

The case then proceeded. It was a suit instituted by
Mrs Blanche Chetwynd against her husband, Wm. Henry
Chetwynd, for dissolution of marriage on the ground of

cruelty and adultery. The respondent denied the charge
in the petition, and pleaded that she had condoned the
adultery, and that if adultery had been committed, she con-
duced to that state of things by her misconduct.
Mr Karalake, Q.C., said the present suit was of the
most painful and extraordinar) nature. The petitioner was
the eldest daughter of the Hon. and Rev, Arthur Talbot

and the respondent, William henry Chetwynd, a brother,
he believed, of the present Baronet. The parties were
married in August, 18.54, the lady being then about 15
years of age, and Mr Chetwynd about 43. The evidence
he should have to offer to them was of the most pain-
ful and extraordinary nature, and s.uch that but very
rarely, if ever, had been heard of in a court of justice
The respondent, not content with the greatest cruelty,.
but, according to his instructions, ho not only was lost to

all feelings of dee( ncy, but had actually brought women of
the worst description into the very house in which hie wife

resided, and there committed acts of adultery. Not content

with this, he became familiar with the female servants in

his establishment, and in one ease he kept one of the domes

tics in the house as a mistress. He had horsewhipped his
wife and turned her out of door*, and had been guilty of using
language towards his wife that would come from the grossest
mind, and which respectable men could nut permit their
lips to repeat; but, not content with this, he had taken his
eldest daughter, Florence, into the drawing-room and made
her kick her mother. One would have imagined that
this would have been the very extreme of brutality;
but not so, as he had called up his young
son Arthur, and, after having compelled him to
spit in his mother's face, had made him spell a most
disgusting name. The learned Counsel then detailed a
number of acts of the most corrupt nature, and commenced
reading a number of letters written to a number of his
mistresses, some cf whom were women who had been do-
mestics in his own home.

At the rising of the Cottrt the further hearing of the
case was adjourned until to-morpow.

The Knighthood of the Chief Magistrate

Sir Thomas Henry is the 10th chief magistrate
appointed at the Bow-street Police-court. The first
was the half-brother of Henry
Fielding jothhennFovieelldisit7v:hom he succeded as a justice
of the peace. Henry Fielding found the magistracy
in so corrupt a state that it was considered a disre-
put a b
offi
c . Tilauesj
tuiscteise,
Were paid by fees and were
called
By refusing to accept what
"trading
he he reduced the income
from 0 to
annum. Fielding was termed
i5O "dirty
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peronY'"
en-
gaged in carrying out improvements in the police and
magistracy when he became disabled from ill health.
He was succeeded by his brother John Fielding, who
though blind, was a very efficient magistrate, and
riwith considerable energy.
In a r
his ed
time out theth the
new
paymentsy
of justices by fees was abo-
lished, and on the appointment of stipendiary magic.
carried
trates he became chief magistrate. He was knighted
in 1761. He died in. 1780, and was succeeded
by Sir William Addington. The succeeding chief
magistrates were Sir Richard Ford, Mr. Read, Sir
Nathaniel Conant, Sir Robert Baker {who resigned
in consequence of a complaint against him that he
had allowed the funeral procession of Queen Caro-
line the appointed course), Sir
Rh
fromh
o had not been a magistrate
previously to his appointment as chief), Sir F. A.
c ta o
rd be
B divertedirne (
sv
Roe, Mr. Hall, and Sir Thomas Henry. It will be
i
seen that only two—Mr. Read and Mr. Hall—
declined the honour of knighthood, which is offered
to every chief magistrate upon his appointment. Sir
Frederick A. Roe, who was knighted in 1832, was
made a baronet in 1836, upon the death of his
uncle, Mr. Adair Roe, whose property he inherited.
Mr. Thomas James Hall, the late chief magistrate,
was appointed to that office in 1839. Sir Thomas
Henry was called to the bruin 1829, and appointed
a magistrate in 1840. Ha was originally appointed
to Lambeth Police.court from which he was
removed to Marlborcugh-street, and thence to this
court, upon the resignation of Mr Twyford, in 1846
He was appointed chief magistrate on the retire-
ment of Mr Hall in the present year.

THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY AT THE POST-OFFICE.
—The following notice has been issued from the
General Post-office :—As Monday the 26th of December
will be kept as a holiday, in consequtnce of Christmas-day
falling on Sunday, there will be no delivery of letters by
the London district post in the afternoon of that day. Letters
for the night mails will be collected from the town pillar
boxes at 5 p.m., from the town receiving houses at 5.30 p.m,
and from the suburban boxes and offices at the usual time ;
but there will be no later collection either from the pillar
boxes or the receiving houses. The receiving houses will be
opened for half-an-hour before the afternoon collection, for
the receipt of registered letters and for the sale of stamps;
but no money order or savings bank business w:11 be trans-
acted. Letters to be forwarded by the morning mails on
Tuesday, the 27th December, must be posted either at the
head district offices, the branch offices at Lombard-street
and Charing-cross, or in the town pillar letter boxes, as
there will be no collection for such mails from any town
receiving house ; but in the suburbs letters for them will be
collected as usual. The morning mails will be despatched
from London as usual, but the-provincial mid.day mails
will not be forwarded,— W, BORENHAM, Controller,