The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-27 00:00:00

RACING FIXTU

Edinburgh
Newmarket Craven 6
Radcliffe
Durham . 6
Knighton. 7
Catterick Bridge.. 8
Abergavenny •• • 9

Chester ..
Bath l2
Harpenden l5
Epmom l9

Ascot 2
Newton ..10
Hampton lO
Odiham 16
Bibury Club l7

Worcester Summer 2
Newmarket July .. 7
Liverpool ..13
Abingelon ..14
Hungerford l6
Pontefract 16

Brightcn
Brighton Club 6
Lewes
Wolverhampton lO
Reading
York August

SEPT:

Devon and Exeter 1
Derby Summer
Warwick ..
Leicester
Doncaster 15

Plymouth 20
Egham 25
Stockton
Oxford
Lichfield

Brecon . . 21
Richmond 22
Monmouth 24
Manchester Autumn 25
Newmarket Ist Oct. 29

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

DIVORCE COURT.

(Before Sir C. Cresswell, Judge Ordinary, and a Special
Jury.)
STONE V. STONE AND APPLETON.

After Mr. Karelako had concluded his address to the jury
yesterday, Susan Marks, the fellow-servant of the woman
Harris, whose deposition, taken by a commissioner at
Brighton, had constituted the principal direct evidence
against the respondent, was then examined, and she flatly
contradicted the material portion of Harris's statement.
The case was resumed this morning, when the following ad-
ditional evidence on the part of respondent was adduced :
Ann Frost described the circumstances of the birth of
the child.

Cross-examined—Mrs. Stone had a very quick time. The
child was not a very fine child. She made no particular
remark to Mr. Northcote about the child. She never said
to him the child was not a seven months' child, nor anything
to that effect at any time cf her recollection. She had told
Mrs. Stone it was a seven months' child. That might have
been half an hour after the birth of the child. She asked
Mr. Webb when he came to see the baby, and told him it
was a very small child She said to him that she thought
it might be a seven months child. She (witless) recol-
lected that Mr. Webb did not agree with her that it was a
seven months' child. Ail he said was, that it was a very
smelt child, but he could give no further evidence about it.
Mr. John Newcombe Stevenson deposed that he resided
at Beriigge, near Exeter, in 1859. He was in the habit of
seeing his sister-in-law, Mrs. Stone ; and was also in the
habit of visiting Mr. and Mrs. Clack, at Moroton Hamp-
stead. Heard of Captain Stone's return in 1861. In No-
vember of that year he met Captain Stone, who asked him
how he was, and said he wanted to speak to him parti-
cularly. Witness replied that he would hear anything he
had got to say, but that he could not come in there Cap-
tain Stone then said, " Mattir has gone to the bad," He

(witness) replied that must be purely in your imagina-
tion. You had better go to your sister's house, and I will
see you in the evening and hear anything you have got to
say. He gave me the letter produced. He did not see
Captain:Stone again that day. The following day he went
to_Salterton by the train when Captain Stone came up to
him and introduced him to the Rev. Mr. Wayatt. They
then proceeded to Captain Stone's house, and when they ar-
rived at the door Captain Stone said, "Now, we will hear
what you have to say." Witness replied he did not know
what he meant, and added that all h 3 had come there for
was simply as the representative of Mrs Stone's parents to
have a private conversation with her. Captain Stone said
that he (witness) should not say a single word to her, ex-
cept in his presence and that of witnesses. He (witness)
replied that his conduct was anything but that of a gentle-
man and a Christian. They then arrived at the house,
and an angry interview of about three-quarters of an
hour took pace between them, during which Captain
Stone gave no explanation why he had brought the charge
against his wire, he (witness) never said to Captain Stone,
" How is it that you continue to employ Mr. Appleton
after having brought the charge against him ?" During
the interview he went up stairs with Mrs. Stone, followed
by Captain Stone. She was then vomiting blood. The
next day he saw Captain Stone and Mr. Bragg together.
He remarked it was very cowardly to bring the charge in so
extraordinary a manner, and said that his (Capt. Stone's)
wife was always friends with every one before she left
Salterton, but on her return found every one against her.
He then charged Captain Stone with having gone to Mr.
Roberts, and told him and also Mr. Passmore at Barnstaple.
Capt. Stone denied he had gone to Mr. Roberts, but after-
wards admiited he had. Mr. Baker was present at the
time. Mrs. Stone was also present. He (witness) asked
Captain Stone if he had not accused his wite of being loose
when in India. He replied no, he had not. He had only
said she was fond of society. Witness replied that wouldn't
do; he must have a direct answer. Capt. Stone said he had not
said anything else. Mrs. Stone, who had been sitting on the
sofa, got up when the question was put, and cried " Oh,
Howard, have you said that of me ?" and fell into Captain
Stone's arms. He replied, " No, dear, I never said any-

thing against you." Mr. Dean Baker was there, and she
appealed to him if he knew anything against her. He re-
plied No, he always thought her a very good wife. Mrs.
Bragg, who was there, called Capt. Stone a coward towards
his wife. He had heard of the charge about Mr. Appleton,
and heard Mr. Bragg say it was a trumped up charge to get
money out of the family. He (witness) denied that he said
to Captain Stone that he had accused his wife of baying
been taken advantage of, while under the influence of
chloroform, by Appleton, and that ho ought to horsewhip
him, or ought to be horsewhipped himself. The witness
then proceeded to contradict the evidence of Mr. Wayatt and
Mr. Baker, on the pare of the petitioner, as to what took
place at the interview.

Cross-examined by the Queen's Advocate—He had been
a magistrate for about 15 or 16 years. In Oct. last he saw
Capt. Stone in Exeter, and there insulted him, and three
wteks after he was summoned to the Guildhall for assault.
That charge was dismissed, but he was fined 20s. for break-
ing the laws in calling a man a liar in the public streets.
The case was proc3eding as we went to press, and is not
expected to conclude before to-morrow.