The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-20 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.)

COURT OFDIVORCE.
(Before Sir J. P. Wilde, and a Special Jury.)
ROWE V. ROWE AND KENDALL.

Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Dr. Wamby appeared for
the petitioner, the Queen's Advocate, and Mr. Searle for
the respondent, and Mr. M. Chambers, and Dr.
Spinks for the co-respondent.
In this case the petitioner, Mr. Octavias Rowe, a solici-
tor at Aberystwith, prayed for a dissolution of marriage on
the ground of his wife's adultery with the co-respondent,
an adjutant of the Cardigan Militia,and who had formally
been an officer in the English army. The defendants
merely pleaded denial.

Mr Sergeant Ballantine stated the case. The petitioner
who claimed £l,OOO damages for the injuries he had sus-
tained in the loss of his wife's affections, was about 26 or 27
years old. He and the respondent, who was the daughter
of a gentleman of property, and possessed considerable per-
sonal attractions, had been acquainted with the petitioner
for some years before their marriage, and a strong affection
subsisted between them, which ended in a clandestine union
in January, 1862. They lived first in the neighbourhood of
London, but settled at Aberystwith, where they lived on
affectionate terms until they formed the acquaintance of the
co• respondent, who; was a gentleman of .property ,resid-
ing in the ne ghbourhood, and who was a married
man with one child. In July, 1562, the
attentions of Captain liendall to the respondent be-
came so marked as :to cause some observations on the part
of her relatives, and in a letter which she wrote about this
time, she admitted that she had been guilty of flirtation,
but denied any criminality. She throw herself on her
knees before her husband, and promised for the future that
she would prove a good and faithful wife. II e was induced
to overlook her indiscretion, but she fell a victim to the seduc-
tion of the co-respondent, with whom she eloped oa the 23d
of October, 1863, and with whom she had been seen in
Shrewsbury, and afterwards in Paris, in November last.
She wrote letters to her husband after the elopement, in
which she spoke of him as a kind affectionate husband, but
that she could not love him, and she requested him to
write to her at an address which she gave hire in Cannon-
street, London.

The case was proceeding when we went to press.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE ;-This Day,

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A LADY GROSSLY INSULTED.—Thomas Chapman, a
young man, described as a servant atßacon's Hotel, Hyde-
park, was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with grossly miscon-
ducting himself towards a lady named Horsley, residing at
Connaught-place West, Hyde-Park,

Mrs Horsley said—About a quarter-past 7 this morning
I was at my bedroom window, which looks into Hyde-park,
I saw thseen h
e prisonerimh
there,tere before. and t
eI am positive ho is the man,
haveas I
.
He grossly exposed him-
self. I have repeatedly seen him pass my house, and ho
has been guilty of similar conduct nine times, and always
of a morning, when I have opened my window. The pri-
soner stayed till he saw some one coming, and then walked
away, bat afterwards returned to the same spot, near a tree,
and repeated the act. He went and sat on the nearest
bench, and after the person had passed repeated his conduct,
each time coming to the tree opposite my window. My ser-
vantthen , and he was taken into
Mr Tyrwhitt —You have no doubt about the prisoner
custody.
spoke t o a constable
being the man ?
Mrs Horsley—l am positive from seeinghim so frequently
near the same tree within the last month.

Mr Tyrwhitt—Always at the same hour ?
Mrs Horsley—Always, the hour at which I open my
window.

Thomas Holmes, servant to the complainant, said—On
being spoken to by the female servant, I went and told a
policeman that tho prisoner had been annoying my mis-
tress, and he was then taken into custody, when he said he
had not annoyed any one.
James Macintosh, 512 A—On the prisoner being pointed
out to me I took him into custody, but he said nothing in
answer to the charge.
Prisoner—l have no questions to ask. If I offended any
one I did not mean to do so.

Mrs Horsley—On every occasion he has watched for my
coming to the window before acting as ho did.

Mr Tyrwhitt—The Flamer will be committed for three
months with hard labour.

Murderous Assault upon a Young Lady.

At a late hour on the evening of Saturday last
one of the most brutal assaults which have ever oc.
curred in this quarter was perpetrated on the person
of a young lady, at Broomieloan, or Sandyholes, a
piece of common lying at the back of Cessnock Nur-
sery, Govan-road, two miles from Glasgow. From
the information received, it appears that between 10
and 11 o'clock on the evening in question Miss Mar-
garet Addle, a young lady moving in most respec-
table society, and residing at Weymouth. terrace,
Paisley-road, was returning from Govan, whither
she bad accompanied a friend. While passing the
common, she was met by an Irishman, who accosted
her; she passed on, but the man endeavoured to
intercept, and tried to catch hold of her, she mean--
while, putting forth her utmost efforts to escape him.
Ultimately, however, the assailant succeeded in seiz
ing her. She screamed as loud as she could, and
endeavoured to force herself from his grasp, but
failed, and the ruffian, finding that she was deter-
mind to escape, struck her on the face and knocked
her to the ground, repeating the blows whenever she
screamed, and telling her to hold her tongue. Miss
Addie, as may be supposed, was not able to'continue
the struggle with her brutal assailant, who at last
succeeded in dragging her into a field of corn on the
lands of Heatheryhall. Here the scoundrel at-
tempted to commit a criminal assault on the person
of his victim, who struggled fearfully with her in•
human assailant. Shortly afterwards, while Mr.
Thos. Learmouth, farmer,;of Middleton, and another
gentleman, a friend of his from Edinburgh, were pro-
ceeding along East Loan-road, they met a woman and
a boy, who told them to go down the road us quickly
as possible and rescue a woman who was being abused
by a man. They hurried towards the place mentioned
when their attention was attracted to the field by
hearing groans. They rushed to the sput thus indi-
cated, and found a man,with his clothes disordered,
lying beside a prostrate woman. Mr Learmouth
immediately seized him, and held him fast, The
ruffian requested to be allowed to adjust his
clothes, which was permitted ; and while Mr Lear-
mouth was leading him down the road he attacked
that gentleman, struck at and kicked him, and en-
deavoured to make his escape. Mr Learmonth
struggled manfully with the fellow, and ultimately
threw him to the ground, and held him fast till
till the county police made their appearance, when
he was conveyed to the police-office. He gave his
name as Michael APClinchey, a labourer, residing
at 12, Victoria-street, Govan. On his person being
examined, his clothes and linen were found to be
covered with blood. Meanwhile the injured lady
had been assisted to her residence by two gentle-
men from Ibroxholm, and was speedily attended by
Dr. Smith, who was followed by Dr. Frazer, of
171, West Regent-street. The doctors found that
Miss Addle had been subjected to the most cruel
treatment, her person having been violated in a
manner so brutal that we do not feel at liberty to
enter into details. Her face was a mass of wounds
and bruises, There was a cut upon the forehead,
in a line with the nose, three inches in length ;
the bridge of her nose was fractured, and the
upper lip was cut through in two places. The
doctors dressed the wounds, but the uufortanate
lady was so weak that they were doubtful whether
or not she would survive, and recommended that
her deposition should be taken. Sergeant Gunn,
of the county police, accordingly lost no time in
informing the authorities of the matter, and on
Sunday morning Sheriff Bell and Mr. Gemmel,
Procurator-Fiscal, proceeded to the residence of
Miss Addle and took her deposition. We under.
stand that Miss Addie, although still conscious,.
lies in a highly precarious condition.