The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-25 00:00:00

CRIM. CON., &c.

At the Lambeth-street Pace-office on Tuesday, shortly
after the Hon. G. C. NORTON had taken
.In.s seat on
.
the bench, Inspector M'Craw of the K 'mon of po-
lice, brought before him a young man in the dress of a
mate of a ship, who, he said, wanted a warrant.
The young man stated that nine months ago he sailed
from the port of London as mate of Indiaman, leaving
his wife, whom he married from an ardent attachment
to her, contrary to the will or wishes of his respectable
friends, an order for half his wages, which she was regu-
larly paid by the owners, and also a comfortable home.
On Friday he returned with his ship, and as soon as he
could get en shore he went in search of his wife, who
he found had moved from where he had left her ; but
he ultimately found her out, and having been received
with the greatest apparent affection by her, he had not
the most remote idea that anything improper had oc-
curred during his absence, nor did anything occur to
alter this opinion until Sunday afternoon. On that day,
just as himself and his wife were about to sit down to
dinner, a gentleman who was at that time a stranger to
him, but who he subsequently understood to be a Mr.
Godding, a brewer, in Salmon's-lane, Limehouse, entered
their apartment and commenced crying and conducting
himself otherwise in a very extraordinary manner. He
(applicant) remonstrated with him, and asked him to
explain his reason for behaving so, upon which he jumped
up from where he sat, and drawing a brace of pistols
from his pocket, handed one to him, and holding the
other himself, exclaimed, " Now you shall shoot me or
I you." The applicant replied that he could not think
nt fighting with any one without some cause or provoca-
tion, but that if he, Mr. Godding, was a gentleman, and
sent him a proper written message, stating the grounds
why he should meet him in a hostile manner, he would
do so. At this time, however, his wife had succeeded in
securing both pistols, and the gentleman, in reply to his
further request to give some explanation of such extra-
ordinary proceedings, acknowledged that, during his
absence, he had done him a serious injury ; that his wife
had also been faithless, and had been under his protec-
tion for some months past. He further said, that such
was his attachment to her, that it was quite impossible
he could live without her, and it being, therefore, im-
possible that both could enjoy her society, one or the
other must die. However, by the urgent entreaties of
his wire and the people in the house, Godding left the
house ; and after he was gone, he questioned his wife on
the subject, but she stoutly denied the accusation, and
attributed it entirely to some mistaken fancy on the part
of the brewer. Since then, however, she had eloped
from the house, taking with her the entire of the
movable property as well as the whole of his wages,
which he had given up to her. He had not found out
where she had removed to.

Mr. NORTON—Have you any reason to suppose t hat
the brewer assisted her in removing the property ; for if
't:) it will amount to a felony ?
Applicint—l have no doubt they were removed by
his directions, as I understand his servant assisted in
removing a part of the goods. I have since, to my great
surprise, learned the fact beyond a doubt that my wife
had been kept by this man, and that she is four months
advanced in pregnancy by him, and further I have very
little doubt but they are together somewhere.
Mr. NowroN desired that a peace warrant be granted
to the applicant against the brewer.

It is confidently reported in the best-informed
politicail circles that Lord Clzrendon will be introduced
to an itnpu.vtant post in the Government, with a seat in the
Cabinet; am.' that Mr. Macaulay will be the new Secre-
tary-at-War, als,l with a seat in the Cabinet.
In the Gazeti:`? of last evening there is not one
bankrupt, alid only o.ie insolvent, and the return to Par-
liament of a Catholic Privy Councillor, a coincidence
which certainly has not occurred for the last century and a
half.