The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-19 00:00:00

JULY.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—Yesterday.

COURT OF DIVORCE.
(Before the Judge Ordinary and a Special Jury.)
FITZGERALD V. FITZGERALD.

Mr. Chambers, Q C., and Dr. Wambey, were for the
petitioner, Mrs. Charlotte Fitzgerald ; the Queen's Advo-
cate, Mr. Huddleston, and Dr. Spinks for the respondent.
The Queen's Advocate, having addressed the jury on be-
half of the respondent, called the following witnesses :

Major Henry William Fitzgerald—l am the second
son of Lord W. Fitzgerald. I was wounded while
serving in the Crimea with the 7th Fusiliers. I met the
lady whom I married at Melton. Before marriage I told
the lady's father I had £1,500 debt. That did not embarrass
me as a bachelor. Mr. Bettesworth, my wife's father, pro-
mised to pay nay debts—he did not do so. After marriage we
went to Paris. I never neglected her there. We used to
go out of a morning shopping. During our stay there I
was not out without her but twice. I never called her
mother a sharper. On passing from London for Dublin,
while at Holyhead, I never said I did not love her, and that
I cursed my father for allowing me to marry her. There
is no truth whatever in the petitioner's statement that I
did do so. I never called her a wretched creature and a
broken-down old screw. There is not a word of truth in the
assertion made that I should look upon a family
as disgusting imps, on the contrary I ma very
fond of children. There is not one word of truth in
the statement that I said I would not go about tied
to a wife's apron string. My wife never complained to me
of
.not taking her out. Mrs. Fitzgerald always had a strong
objection b irction to its being known the peculiar state of her health.
did not on one occasion, previous to going to a ball, quarrel
with her about a glove. Mr. and Mrs, Mallet were very
old friends of mine. I knew them long before my marriage.
My half-sisters were frequent visitors to my wife while
living in Dublin. It is untrue to say my duties in Dublin
were merely nominal. I only made a remark about her
face, when she told me she had used something to re-
move freckles. I said I was very sorry, as I admired them
I never said her face was like
a yellow mask. I
recollect Mr. Fitzgerald going to a levee of Lord
Carlisle's previous to his leaving Dublin. I never ill-used
her after she returned home. My father never interfered
in my private affairs. I never gave him any cause to do so.
I recollect my wife being at Dover. Mrs. Betteaworth
and myself never got on well together. I occasionally
chaffed my wife about the little pictures in Punch, but I
never acbused her of making a scarecrow of herself. I
never called my wife a lump of dirt—that I swear most
solemnly. My wife never spoke to me about the intrigues
of married women. 1 solemnly swear I never told her if
she did not like my remarks she could go and do as she said
other married women had done. While my wife was un-
well in Ireland I never went to my office without receiving
a report of my wife's health. When we returned to Lon-
don I introduced my wife to all my friends and relations.
I swear that the statement of my wife's, relative to the
cause of her first premature confinement is entirely untrue.
Nothing of the kind that she described ever took place.
I recollect Dr. Perry attending my wife. She
said he had used her very roughly, and she believed he
had killed her child. I said I would not allow her to
make such observations. I never was guilty of the con-
duct at this particular time that Mrs. Fitzgerald has attri-
buted to me. It is untrue to say that I suggested to Dr.
Perry to kill the child. After her recovery we went into
the country. On our return to London we went about as
much as other people did. My wife went to the
Queen's Drawing-room and the Opera. I went out of
town to look for a cottage residence, and when I returned
I told my wife of my success. We afterwards went to
Scotland, and returned to London, after an absence of
about three weeks. My wife was with me the whole of the
trip. These is not a word of truth in my wife's statement
that I threw the cushions of the carriage at her during our
journey to the north. There is not one word of truth
in the conversation she reports to have taken place on that
occasion. I nursed ray wife in all her illnesses with
my heart and soul. Mrs. Fitzgerald was very clever and
careful. She was always economical, but you could not
call her a screw. (Laughter.) She was not foolishly lavish
in her outlay, but always exercised the soundest discretion
in her dealings. The purchase of the Braden property was
attended with much trouble. I never said to my wife that
no woman over 30 was worth having, they were like stale
fish. I deny altogether her assertion that I said I should
like to thrash her within an inch of her life. I never, I
swear, said anything of the kind. We lived very happily
at Braden. I cut down two trees that died before the house
atßraden,because I thought they made the house damp, and,

to tell you the truth, because they were continually follow-
ing me about the house—(laughter)—l never could get
them out of my mind. I admit I felled the trees without con-
sulting my wife,and the only thing I said to her when she ex-
pressed her displeasure at it was, that related her if I was
merely to be considered as her agent. While at Cowes I
wrote to my wife daily, and she returned no answers. I was
on terms of the greatest affection with my wife when I left
home for Cowes. I recollect seeing my wife and her mother
at Dover. I knew she had left my house without cause,
and I rushed up the steps to know the cause of such con-
duct. I became possessed of the letters that have been
read during the trial. While I was at Braden I found them
in a drawer. The letter which was called the " anonymous"
letter was amongst them.
Cross-examined by Mr. M. Chambers—l selected the
letters that have been put in by my solicitors. I always
advised Mrs. Fitzgerald to be careful of her letters. I admit
I have been irritable since my return from the Crimea.
The only dispute I recollect was one Mrs. Fitzgerald had
in Paris, and I said, " Don't, Georgie, haggle on a honey-
moon tour." (Laughter.) The ball referred to as taking
place in Dublin occurred in January. I was irritated by
being kept waiting. I was what you would call snappish.
(Laughter.) I was no doubt irritated when she told her
coachman to drive back to get a glove. I never expressed
myself on those occasions in strong language. I merely
voted the ball a bore, and wished we had stayed at home.
I did not, I swear, use bad language. In speaking of the
conduct of women, I never expressed myself in strong lan-
guage with regard to them. I never had cause to do so,
because 1 never knew anything bad of them. I never had
high words with my wife in her bedroom at Dublin. It
was a long time after we were married that I spoke about

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the freckles. I only recollect being irritated on the occasion
of the ball in Dublin. I had not the slightest idea at this
time of my wife's age. (Laughter.) I have learned it since.
I got her baptismal certificate from Geneva. in the event
of its being wanted for the Officers' Widows' Pension Fund.
She was born in 1825. I never chaffed her about being a
scarecrow ; on the contrary, I thought her a pretty figure.
(Laughter.) I have discussed the subject of intrigues of
married women with my wife. I hope lam above slander •
ing a married woman. I never believed in the saying that
intriguing women could keep up a look which would de-
ceive unsuspecting husbands. I deny all that has been said
as occurring at Chester-street. I do not recollect that the
dinner, the day we moved into the house, was later than
usual. Ido not recollect who waited on us that day. We
dined alone. I do not recollect going up stairs with my wife
to her bedroom. It was about a month after we moved into
Chester-street that Dr. Perry first came. I had a conver-
sation with him previous to his seeing Mrs. Fitzgerald.
Mr. Pettigrew attended my wife three weeks after. I re-
peated a statement my wife made to me relative to what
she considered rough usage by Dr. Perry to Mr. Pettigrew.
I knew a nurse named Boyle. After her confinement Mrs.
Fitzgerald went to Tunbridge Wells. The fixing of a place
of abode was a source of great trouble to both of us. I went
to Cowes for a change. I knew seine gentlemen who were
there. I had a letter from my wife every second day.
By Mr. Huddleston—The affectionate letter dated
y Aug.t,
1861, I got from Mrs. Fitzgerald while I was
staying a
Cowes.
Dr. W. Moore, of South-street, Dublin, was next exa-
min ed.
After this witness had been examined the further hearing
of the case was adjourned until to-morrow.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.
..--.....--.
Market opens with a firmer tone and a tendency
to improvement. More favourable in consequence
American,
of Bank statement. Sales, probably 5,000 bales.
The week glows a decline of Id. on '
nfarior
fd. on Egyptian, Id. on fine Surats, ld, on i
Surats, Id. to Id. on other descriptions. Stock,
236,000 bales. Sales of the week, 30,000 bales.
Imports, 6,875 bales. Quotations_ Midland Up-
land, 271; Orleans, 27 ; Mobile, 261 ; fair Dhollrab,
221; Egyptian, 271.,

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC
Exsunia wEßK,_motici MEETINGS FOR THE
Ethnological, at 8, ay—Asiatic, at 3. Tuesday—
" Domestication of Animals," Mr. Cal-
ton, and "British God
brian Celts," Rev. G. itl‘l°gen and Religion of Northum-
" Electric-
(ion, at 3, Saturday—Royal Institu-
(juvenile lectures), ."
y—a.tißiaeisll and Electricity ix Motion"
pApER.mA Professor Tyndall.—ilthenccum.
described. li IN Gby machinery may be thus briefly
The
t) ) pup is first made to flow from the
vat u
- ' n a wire frame, or sifter, which moves rapidly up
ando down. Having passed through the sifter,
the pulp
fl
ws over a ledge in a regular and even stream,
and is re-
ceived upon an endless web of wire-gauze, which and
for-
ward with a shaking motion from side to side, assisting to
spread the pulp evenly, and allow the water to pass through
the wire, by which means the pulp solidifies as it advances.
lane of the wire, it is pressed by a
Before the pulp quits the p
roller covered with felt, and is then taken up by an endless
web of felt, which, gradually moving forward, absorbs a
further portion of the moisture. It is again pressed between
rollers, and after being passed over cylinders heated by
steam, it is cut by machinery into sheets. Thus in two or
three minutes the pulp, which is introduced upon the web
at ono extremity of the machine, is deliverel at the other in
the state of perfect paper. By this, process 25 square feet
can be made in one minuto,or 15,000 square feet in a work-
ing day of 10 hours.—John Ttinbs, to " Once a Week."
M. MINGIIETTI, the President of the Cabinet of
Victor Emmanuel, i 3 gin, we believe, seriously ill.