The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON. SATURDAY EVENING, NOVENIBER 28, 1863.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

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DIVORCE COURT.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
BURNETT V. BURNETT.

This was a part heard case, in which the wife was the
petitioner, and there wet no defence.
The prisoner originally prayed for a dissolution of her
marriage on the ground of adultery and cruelty, but not
considering the evidence sufficiently strong to establish the
first allegation, she obtained leave to amend her petition,
and prayed only for judicial separation. It appeared that
the marriage was solemnised in 1851, and the parties resided
in Duk e-street, 131oomsbury, where the respondent was iu
business. The last act of adultery alleged was in 1855, but
the parties continued to live together in the same house
subsequently, and from this fact the judge considered there
should be sonic additional evidence to shew that there was
no condonation, and ordered the case to stand over.
Witnesses were called to show that the respondent ad-
mitted ho had not lived with his wife for a considerable
time previous to 18.55. It was further proved that the re-
spondent had committed tots of adultery as late as 1862,
and it was further elicited that during the cohabitation!lie
was guilty of conduct which amounted to cruelty.
The Judge-Ordinary said that a great portion of the evi-
dence was of a character that the court viewed with great
distrust, namely admissions. However he considered there
was evidence sufficient to prove the petitioner's case, and
if, there had been condonation the respondent revived
his original offence by his subsequent misconduct.
Mr. Inderwick, who appeared fur the petitioner, applied
to the court for leave to amend the petition and again pray
for dissolution of marriage on the additional facts elicited.
The Judge Ordinary refused the application, and made a
degree for judicial separation, and directed that the peti-
tioner should have charge of the children till further orders.

The Alleged Manslaughter in a Music Hall.

Yesterdqy, at half-past 12 o' clock, Mr. H. H. Walthew,
deputy coroner, held an inquiry at the Garrick Tavern,
Leman-street, Whitechapel, respecting the death of Thomas
Bunn, who was killed in an affray with a vocalist at Wil-
ton's Music Hall, on Wednesday night.
Mr. Lewis, jun., of Ely-place, appeared on behalf of the
prisoner, Peter Me'Loy.
The case excited much interest amongst the habitues of
the Music Hall.
The first witness cal.ed was
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Mrs. Elizabeth Bunn, the-Widow of the deceased, who ap-
peared overwhelmed with grief. She said that she resided
in St. Mark street, Whitechapel. Her late husband was a
North Si, pilot, and was 49 years of age. On Wednesday
evening witness accompanied him to Wilton's Music Hall
to hear the mroic. He was perfectly sober when he went
in, but witness could not say that he was quite sober after-
wards. They went to the hall at 8 o'clock. He had three
ping of ale with witness. There was a fight in the back
part of the hall. The deceased was rather excited at the
singer coming on to sing a third time. The people had
encored him, and the deceased did not like it. He called
uut to the singer, " Shut up." He made use of no other
language, but he called out that three times. Deceased and
witness were then about to leave, and to do so they had to
pass the stage. When pa•eing it deceased said "shut up"
again. Mr. Molloy, the singer, then jumped from the stage
and struck deceased somewhere about the head. He struck
deceased twice with his fist. Deceased did not return the
blow. He fell, and witless believed he died immediately.
Deceased in falling did not strike his head against any-
,hing. He clutched witness's arm. Several persons called
out for a cab, and the deceased was carried to one. She was
certain that he was dead when ne was put in the cab, as
when she put her face to his lips they were cold. He was
carried to his house.

By the Jury— Generally deceased was a sober man. He
did not know the singer personally—ho had no animosity
against him. Witness believed he never saw Mr. Melloy
before. Ho was an excitable man. In the Music Hall
witness called out several times for a doctor, but the
people around said, " Take him into the air—he wit be all
right directly." Witness never heard her husband say to
the singer, " Come down, and I will fight you."
Mr. Lewis said he would rather not cross-examine the
witness, as she was the widow.

After some further testimony,
The Coroner adjourned the proceedings for additional
evidence.

MARKETS—This Day

COVENT GARDEN.

There was a short supply d fruit at our market, with a
good show of vegttables. There was a fair business done
at the following curriencies

FRUIT.

s. d. s. d.
Pine apples....,. 8 0 to 9 0
Colonial do., each. 0 0 to 0 0
Grapes,per 11).... 3 0 to 0 0
Foreign do ....... 1 0 to 2 0
Melons .......... 0 0 to 0 0
Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0
tipples, per lif-sv. 1 9 to 3 6
Pears, per do .... 2 6 to 4
Oranges, per 100.,E 0 to 8 0
Lemons, per 100.. 4 0 to 8 0
Gooseberriesht sveo 0 to 0 0
Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0

s. d. s d
Mulberries,prpt 0 9to 1 0
Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0
Foreign ditto, puno oto 0 0
Filberts, per lb 0 9to 1 0
Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 0
Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0
Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0
Figs, per doz. 0 oto 0 0
Peaches..
Currants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 0
Plums, per do.
Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0

VEGETABLES.
Greens, dz bunch 3 oto 3 6, Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 S
Cabbages, pr doz 0 9to 1 31 Horseradish, pdo 1 oto 2 0
11,:d ditto 1 6to 2 6 Parsley, per ditto 0 3to 0 4
Savoy do., pr dz 0 10 to 1 6 I Celery, per ditto 1 oto 1 9
Cauliflowers, pdz 0 9to 2 o', Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0
Brocoli, per bus. 0 oto 0 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 ()
Potatoes, per ton 60 oto 110 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0
New ditto, pr lb ..0 oto 0 01 Mushrooms,p ptl. 0 oto 0 0
Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 2 6) Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0
Carrots, pr do 4 6t06 6 / Cos lett, score 010 to 1 3
Cucumbers 0 oto 0 01 Mint and savory.. 0 3to 0 4
Garlic, per lb 6to 0 8 I Endive, per score 0 oto 0 u
sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 1 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0
Green peas, 0 oto 6 0 I Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0
French beans,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 I Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0
Onions, doz. bn.. 1 6to 2 o'/ Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0
New Do., dz bun 0 oto 0 0' Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0
Spinach
Turnip radishes 0 oto 0 0, Seakale, per bun. 0 oto 0 0

SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE,

PURE GOLD.

Some of our popular authors would do well to
imitate the unostentatious manner in which Mr.
Westland Marston has brought forward his new
Play "Pure Geld," now performing at Sadler's
Wells Theatre. The author has depended upon
the intrinsic merit of his composition rather
than the immense posters and preliminary puffing
which usually herald the first representation of " a
new and original drama," and a success as genuine
and unmistakeable as the play deserved has been
the result. In " Pure Gold" Mr. W. Marston
has departed from his usual style of writing,
and, in the present instance, he tells his
tale in prose, enriched in - numerous instances
with an ingenious and happily expressed
metaphor of the most truthful and ennobling
nature. " Pure Gold" differs essentially from the
gifted author's former productions, wile Patrician's
Daughter" and "Anne Blake," in loth of which
there was a want of sustained interest that the most
graceful, poetic, and refined language could not
outweigh ; and although every person could not but
admire the elevated thoughts in those two plays,
clothed as they were in the most glowing language,
both failed to maintain a position on the
stage, owing to the absence of the one essential
element. The four acts into which the new drama
is divided, combined, tell a very effective story,
abounding in strong situations, and one which
maintains the interest unflaggingly to its ciose. In
the first act, or perhaps we should say prologue, we
find a certain Mr. Langley, a civil engineer, with
his nephew, Frank Rochford, and his young wife,
at Baden-Baden ; and, at the same time, amongst
the visitors, there happen to be Sir Gerais' Fane,
a spendthrift baronet, and Miss Forteseue. Langley
unfortunately cannot withstand the temptations of
the gaming-table, and, having already lest a con-
siderable rum, he ventures to entrench upon money
he had determined for another and better purpose,
in the hope of regaining that which he had pre-
viously lost. This also he loses, and, in his despair,
Langley hints that there has been more than chance
in his ill-luck, and this remark provokes a quarrel
with two political emissaries, both of whom waylay
bim in a wood and compel him to fight a duel, in
which he is mortally 'wounded. The nephew, who
has previously been despatched by his uncle
en a mission to procure more money, and
to whom he has given a diamond ring,
passing near the spot is startled by the sound
of pistols, and, fearing the worst, he seeks his uncle
and finds him mortally wounded. The police arrive
just as the poor gamester dies, and Frank Roch-
ford is arrested as the murderer; his situation, the
diamond ring on his finger, and other unfortunate
circumstances, all tending to confirm their suspicion.
Fifteen years are supposed to elapse, and the second
act opens at the house of Miss Fortescue, near
Dover. Here we learn that Frank Rochford has
been condemned to imprisonment for life on the
charge of robbery, escaping the scaffold only for
the prison, that grief has killed his wife, and their
child Evelyn has become a dependant on the bounty
of Miss Fortescue. Evelyn has been kept in
ignorance of her father's fate, and we find her on
the point of marriage with Gilbert Brackenbury, the
son of a poor but proud gentleman, her kind pro-
tector having endowed her with a large fortune.
The dowry attracts the attention of Sir Gerard
Pane, who for sundry weighty reasons finds it
necessary to marry a lady, possessed of money of
course, and accordingly he lays siege to the lady's
heart. Annoyed at an imagined coolness in Gil-
bert's mariner, Evelyn flirts a little with Sir Gerard,
and this only serves to increase his desire for
a marriage with the wealthy orphan. Rochford,
through some noble exertions made at a conflagra-
tion of the prison in which he was incarcerated,
is pardoned and set at liberty, but the
fact that his innocence has not been- clearly esta-
blished, and the loss of both wife and child, still
presses him down. He arrives at Dover to under-
take the care of a pupil whom he has been engaged
to instruct in drawing, under the assumed name of
Vernon, and while in the gardens of Miss Forteseue,
he encounters Sir Gerard. The pupil, Vernon
knows to be his own daughter, and his indignation
is fired when he discovers the object of Sir Gerard.
They meet, and to the misfortune of Vernon, the
heartless libertine threatens to discover him to his
own daughter as a convicted felon, and to the
authorities as an escaped convict, in the event of
his refusing to aid him in his schemes to marry
Evelyn. This hurries on the father to discover
himself to his child, when Rochford tells his
own history to Evelyn as an imaginary one. The
daughter listens attentively, and at length nature
penetrates the veil of mystery, and Evelyn sinks
fainting into her father's arms. The baronet, foiled
in his attempt to gain the fortune of Evelyn, reveals
the position of Rochford to Gilbert Brackenbury's
father, the marriage is broken off and villany seems
to be triumphant; but, thanks to Lancia_a noble
and brave refugee, who was at Baden when Lang-
ley was murdered—the stain that rested upon the
name of Rochford is removed, Evelyn marries
Gilbert, Miss Fortescue bestows her hand on
Lancia, and Sir Gerard Fane, baulked and defeated
in his villany, in course of time, we suppose, either
has to surrender his precious person into the,
or take the benefit of the
custody of the sheriff,
Act.
Many of the situations in the drama have been
arranged with the utmost dramatic skill; for instance,
the meeting of Vernon with Sir Gerard Pane, and,
best of all, the interview between the almost
heartbroken father with his unsuspecting daughter.
And the embodiment of the author's idea was most
effectively realised by Mr. Henry Marston and Miss
Marriott. Her conception of the part was correct,
almost faultless, and her acting was marked through-
out with tenderness and emotion. Mr. Marston
pourtrayed the innocent but strongly suspected
father with all that emotional passion which is
the great distinguishing feature of his acting,
and Mr. Edmund Phelps as the roue, Sir Gerard
Fane, proved most unmistakably that ho has
studied bard, and, we must add, successfully, to
improve his abilities as an actor. Mrs. Bucking.
ham White as Miss Fortescue acted with her usual
excellence, giving the satirical hits of the character
with the utmost keenness and polish. The trifling
part of the Italian refugee, Lancia, was well sus-
tained by Mr. W. D. Graham, but of the other
performers we cannot speak in complimentary
terms, and therefore pass them over silently.
We have to congratulate the management on the
determination and spirit already evinced, and sin-
cerely trust that Miss Marriott's Effort to restore
Sadler's Wells to its former reputation may be
crowned with success.

The marriage of Rear-Admiral the Hon. Charles
G. J. B. Elliot, C. 8., brother of the Earl of Minto, with
Miss Blackett, daughter of Sir Edward Blackett, Bart., will
take place the week after next.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 27. —The Meteor, from Havan-
nah for Matamoras, with an assorted cargo, was captured
near Bayport, Florida, on the 28th October, and sent to Say
West.
BODY OF A LADY WASHED ASHORE AT ROTTlNG-
DEAN.—lntelligence reached us to the effect that
the body of a woman has been washed ashore at Rotting-
dean. From the appearance of the corpse, on one of the
fingers of which were three valuable rings, it ia surmised
the unfortunate deceased must have moved in the upper
walks of life. Some letters or papers wore found in her
pessession, which will no doubt be read at the inquest.—
East Sussex News.
SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION. ---The council of
at a meeting held
this association unanimously resolved,
last Thursday, to hold their meeting next year in the city
of York. The executive committee was at the.sarne time
authorised to carry out a proposed union between the asso-
ciation and the Law .Amendment Society. Arrangements
are in progress calculated greatly to increase the activity
and efficiency of the department, and to secure mote defi-
nite results from the discussions at the annual meetings.
A PRETENDED MADAME DU CILAILLU.—M.m
Chaillu writes to Sir R. Murchison from
tlatc..:hemcreaLeaweaslet
Afrisa, " that he was surprised to hear that
who had,
been assaultod whilst bathing at Ramsgate had
assumed his name and called herself his wife. He indig-
nantly repudiated ever having been married,"
masted.
CALAIS, Nov. 26.—A large three' screw
steamer, named the Rappahannock, ehas come here
to-day. She bears the colours of the Confederate States,
has two funnels, and is fore and aft rigged, and pierced for
eight guns. The vessel is in an unfinished state, and has a
number of carpenters and. other werkpeople on board. She
is at present detained by the. adorns authorities. She left
Sheerness yesterday,