The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-05 00:00:00

New South Wales Legislature, in reference to legalising
marriage in that colony, called—
Capt. N. P. Horsley, who said—l am the father of the
petitioner, and am an unattached captain of the 96th Regi-
ment of Foot. In 1842 I was staying with my regiment at
Norfolk Island. I knew the Earl of Limerick, who was at
the time holding a Government situation there, On the 6th
April, 1842, I was present at the marriage of Lord Limerick
to my daughter in a building used for the purpose of mar-
riage in the island. Divine service vas usually held there
for civilians ; for the troops it was held in the barracks.
Sir C. Cresswell said it does not appear to have been con-
secrated ground.
The witness continued—The ceremony was performed
by the late Mr. Naylor, a clergyman of the Established
Church, and according to the rites and forms of the Church
of England. I have not seen any marriage performed there
since, but I understand that the marriage of the daughter
of the then Governor was solemnised in the same building.
After the marriage I remained a very short time in the
island, and left Lord Limerick and any daughter there.
They were reputed man and wife in the island. (Here a
certificate of the marriage was produced, and the witness
identified the hand writing as that of Mr. Na3lor.
Sir C. Cresswell—Can you show me that any register
was kept ?
Dr. Wambey—l cannot.
Sir C. Cresswell—This is merely a declaration of mar-
riage.

Witness continued—Lord Limerick and my daughter re-
mained about two years at Norfolk Island after the mar•
riage. They then went to Ditcham Park, in Hampshire.
There are six sons and one daughter issue of the marriage.
Emma Snelling said she was the wife of John Snelling,
and lived at 7, Burlington-villas. In 1861 and 1862 she
lived at 15, Cumberland-terrace, Westbourne-road, Bays-
water. A woman lodged in her house named Garrald, who,
she understood, was married but did not live with her hus-
band. She remembered a gentleman who called himself
Colonel Fielding coming to visit her lodger frequently.
He slept in the house and occupied the same bedroom as
Mrs. Garrald. He continued his visits for about eighteen
months, and in 1862 Mrs. Garrald went by the name of
Fielding. She had seen the gentleman who went by the
name of Col. Fielding at the Grosvenor Hotel. She was told
he was the Earl of Limerick, and she addressed him as
"My Lord." On the 27th of last month she went accom-
panied by a female named Elizabeth Hull to Tenby, in
Wales, and she saw the Earl of Limerick there again. He
was the gentleman who slept at her house.
Elizabeth Hull said she was a servant of Mr. Hill, the
solicitor of Lady Limerick, and she had known her and Lord
Limerick for the last few years, as they were in the habit of
visiting at her master's. She went with the last witness to
Tenby, and they saw Lord Limerick there, Lately she saw
Lady Limerick also in her presence.
Mrs. Snelling was recalled and said that Lady Limerick
was not the female that Lord Limerick used to visit at her
house.

This was the petitioner's case.
Siz C. Crcsswell said he must consider the case before de.
livering judgment.

Dr. Wambey applied to the court for an order respecting
the children, who were at present in the custody of the
Vice- Chancellor.

Sir C. Cresswell said that they must remain in his (the
Vice-Chancellor's) custody for the present.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE---Yesterday.

BOW-STREET. THE RIGHT TO SEATS IN A
THEATRE.—Mr. William Wray, who described himself as
a gentleman, and whose appearance certainly accorded with
that description, was charged with creating a disturbance
at the Theatre Royal New Adelphi.
Mr. W. Smith, the acting manager, stated that on Tues-
day evening, in the early part of the performance, he was
informed that there was some dispute about the seats in the
pit stalls. On proceeding to the spot, he found that the
defendant, who was accompanied by two ladies, had taken
possession of three centre seats in one of the front rows. A
party of three, who had tickets bearing the numbers of those
seats, wished to go to their places, but the prisoner refused
to give way. Witness called the prisoner's attention to the
numbers on those tickdts, and asked to see the prisoner's
tickets, in order to ascertain the numbers and show him
and his party to their proper seats. The prisoner refused to
stir, though the two ladies, his friends, endeavoured to per-
suade him to do so. Witness then requested him to re-
move to the seats indicated by the numbers on his tickets,
and as the prisoner persisted in his refusal, witness called
the police officer on duty in the house to remove him. The
prisoner said that no " bobby" should take him out of his
place, and on the constable proceeding to remove him he
resisted so violently that it was found necessary to call in
another constable to help. So much disturbance was
created that it was found necessary to stop the perfor-
mances until the prisoner was removed, and Me. Webster
felt it to be his duty to direct that the prisoner should be
given into custody. It was painful to Mr. Web ter to
take this course, and still more so to press the charge
before the magistrate, but Mr. Webster felt that it was
incumbent on him not only to provide proper accommo-
dation for the public, but to protect the public in the en-
joyment of that accommodation. The seats being numbered,
visitors were entitled to expect that they should obtain the
seats indicated by the numbers on their tickets. This ar-
rangement would be utterly futile if gentlemen like Mr.
Wray were permitted to usurp any seats they pleased, leav-
ing those who held the numbers of those seats to shift as
they might. But if anything could be worse than this, it
was that a gentleman should create such uproar in the house
as to prevent the entire audience from attending to the per-
formance, and compel the entire stoppage of the perform-
ance, to the annoyance of every individual in a crowded
house.

Mr. Henry—Was tho prisoner under the influence of
liquor ?
Mr. W. Smith—Certainly not, sir; he was perfectly
sober.

The prisoner said that the reason he refused to leave the
seats was that he wished Mr. Smith to prove to him that
they were reserved. If not, he thought that he was as well
entitled to them as any one else. When the performance
began, he said, " I am very comfortable ; I don't care about
moving."
Mr. Henry said it was quite clear that the seats were re-
served. As all the seats were numbered, they were in fact
all reserved seats. It was an admirable arrangement for
the public convenience that all the seats should be num-
bered, so that every person could go at once to the number
indicated on his ticket, without any squabbling or any rush
for places. But the advantage of that arrangement would
be entirely nullified if even one person was allowed to in-
fringe it.
The prisoner said he wanted to be convinced that those
seat had been engaged prior to his arrival. If they had
been engaged after he came, he thought he had as good a
right to them as any one else.

Mr. Henry could not understand how the prisoner could
have been under any such misapprehension. His tickets
being numbered entitled him to the seats corresponding to
those numbers. It would be difficult to devise an excuse for
his attempt to take wrongful possession of other seats to
which he was clearly not entitled, and to maintain that pos-
session by force. Probably he did so under an impression
that force would not be used to dispossess him. If so, that
motive was no more creditable to him than the act of usur-
pation itself.
The prisoner said if he had been asked to leave the house
he would have done so. He was only asked to change his
seat.

Mr. Henry—Surely, Mr. Wray, you cannot make it a
grievance that you were not ordered out of the house, which
would have been unnecessary and unreasonable ; but only
asked to go to your own place, which was just and proper.
I really think that, apart from the law, your own good
taste and regard for tho convenience of others ought to have
guarded you against such misconduct.

Mr. Wray—l admit that I forgot my charecter of a gen-
3man.

Mr. Henry was glad to hear that admission. But the
public really must be protected. The prisoner was liable to
a fine of £5, or even to imprisonment without the option of
a fine. He would not go that length. He would fine the
prisoner in the mitigated penalty of M.
The fine was paid.

REPRESENTATION OF DEVONPORT.—PLYMOUTS,
Wednesday, One a.m.—Sir Frederick Grey, one
of the Lords of the Admiralty, has just arrived by train
from London, to canvass the borough of Devonport for the
seat vacant by the retirement of Sir Michael Seymour.
Mr. Bousfield Ferrand, the Conservative candidate, arrived
yesterday afternoon. A sharp contest is expected.
OLDSTERS AND YOUNGSTERS.—There are games
which are becoming to particular periods of life. I
remember in the days of our youth, when my friend Arthur
Bowler was an eminent cricketer. Slim, swift, strong,
well built, he presented a goodly appearance on the ground
in his flannel uniform. Militasti non sine glo !la, Bowler
my boy I Hush 1 We tell no tales. Mum is the word.
Yonder comes Charley, his son. Now Charley his son has
taken the field, and is famous among the eleven of his
school. Bowler, senior, with his capacious waistcoat, &c.,
waddling after a ball, would present an absurd object,
whereas it does the eyes good to see Bowler, junior, scour-
ing the plain—a young exemplar of joyful health, vigour,
activity. The old boy wisely contents himself with amuse-
ments more becoming his age and waist, takes his sober
ride, visits his farm soberly—busies himself about his pigs,
his ploughing, his peaches, or what not. Very small
routiniers amusements interest him ; and thank goodness)
nature provides very kindly for kindly-disposed fogies. We
relish those things which we scorned in our lusty youth.
I see the young folks of an evening kindling and glowing
over their delicious novels. I look up and watch the eager
eye flashing down the page, being, for my part, perfectly
contented with my twaddling old volume of Howell's
Letters or the Gentleman's Magazine. I am actually ar-
rived at such a calm frame of mind that I like batter pud-
ding. I never should have believed it possible, but it is so.
Yet a little uhile' and I may relish water-gruel. It will
be the age of men Tait de poule et mon bonnet de nuit. And
then—the cotton extinguisher is pulled over the old noddle,
and the little flame of life ifs popped out.—lhackeray in the
Cornhill for February,