The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-10 00:00:00

THE SOUTHERN PRESIDENT.

Mr. Jefferson Davis struck me as looking older
than I expected. He is only fifty-six, but his face
is emaciated, and much wrinkled. He is nearly six
feet high, but is extremely thin, and stoop a little,
His features are good, especially his eye, which is
very bright, and full of life and humour. I was
afterwards told he had lost the sight of his left eye
from a recent illness. He wore a linen coat and grey
trousers, and he looked what he evidently is, a well-
bred gentleman. Nothing can exceed the charm of
his manner, which is simple, easy, and most fasci-
nating. He conversed with me for a long time, and
agreed withßenjdmin that theYankeos did not intend
going to war with England if she recognised the
South ; and he said that, when the inevitable smash
came—and that separation was an accomplished
fact—the State of Maine would probably try to join
Canada, as most of the intelligent, people in that
State have a horror of being " under the thumb of
Massachusetts." He added, the Maine was inha-
bited by a hardy, thrifty, seafaring population, with
different ideas to the people in the other New
England states. When I spoke to him of the
wretched scenes I had witnessed in his own State
(Mississippi), and of the miserable, almost c'espe-
rate, situation in which I had found so many unfor-
tunate women, who had been left behind by their
male relations; and when I alluded in admiration to
the quiet, calm, uncomplaining manner in which they
bore their sufferings and grief, he said, with much
feeling, that he always considered silent despair the
most painful description of misery to witness, is
the same way that he thought mute insanity was
cgallantry
the most awful form of madness. He spoke
to me
of Grenfell, who, he said, seemed to he serving the
Confederacy in a disinterested and loyal
manlier
•
.
vices, and he was sorry when I told him of G
ren-
fleileee hadci u
ahrerae rd much
ofv
l
withthe truth of my remark, that a Confederate general
is either considered an Admirable Crichton by the
the
hisi i
l power.
w er
. and good ser-
vices, e
li confirmed
soldiers, or else abused as everything
had; and he
added, the misfortune was, that
it is absolutely ne-
cessary, in order to insure ,enecess, that a general
must obtain and preserve this
ence with his men, W w
ho popularity andinfiu.-
ere, however, generally'
very willing to accord their confidence to any officer
deserving of it. With
and-no-quarterregard to the black flag.
agitation, he said people would talk
a great deal, and even go into action determined to
give no quarter; "but ," he added, " I have yet to
Confederate soldiers putting men to death
who have thrown down their arms and held up
their hands” H
i e told me that Lord Russell con-
fessed that the impartial carrying out of the neu-
trality law •
s had pressed hard upon the South ; and
Mr. Mavis asserted that the pressure might have
been equalised, and yet retained its impartiality, if
Great Britain, instead of closing her ports, had
opened them to the prizes of both parties ; but I
answered that perhaps this might be over-doing it
a little on the other side. When I took my leave
about 9 o',ciock, the President asked me to call upon
him again. I don't think it is possible for anyone
to have an interview with him without going away
s agreeable i
most favourably impressed by h
unas-
suming manners, and by the charm of his converse.
tion.— Colonel Fremantle s Three Months in the
Southern States.

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son until he was 50 years
setting eyes on his ownaranoi.
The story is told by
old is probably withoutl p
"an eccolle e t i o n s of West," the pain-
Leslie in his agreeable
~. eemigrating to America he left
his
FATHER AND SON.--The caso of a man not
ter's father. On .1
who died shortly after giving birth to Et
first saw on his return to his native
son.
erwards. The painter was oof one the
land 50 years aft
.1 ,
born in America.—Notes and Queries
second wift3's Linn 3, , Queries.
AMERICAN STEAML:R. BURNT.-- Ihe gem:tier
GlAsNwoAw, from Memphis on the 12th Nov., brought
the painful intelligence of the burning of the
wife
whominEn ghliesufda't hr ,
to Cairo
steamer Sunnyside about 5 o'clock in the morning of the
,13th opposite Island No. 16, 26 miles below New Madrid.
She had s large passenger list and a heavy freight on board.
Among the latter were 1,383 bales cotton, which, with the
boat, were totally destroyed. The boat caught tire from
sparks from the chimney, which ignited the cotton. She
was run ashore, and her engines were kept working to hold
her to the bank. The exii from the boat being insufficient,
many of her passengers were obliged to jump overboard,
several of whom Were drowned. The scene is described asd
most terrible. Of 13 female passengers only four escapeir:
and of eight children six were lost. About :30 pas'''''ngersney
all were drowned or burnt. The boat's book and
here, most Of whom lost everything they Posseb" '
on board were lost. The Glasgow brought the_ibTer:viorerzso
Yol\l AIDrIV:RISTORI. with the theatrical company
to which she is attached, is aboutit,tiorzilve Imseornigstohfetc'erv;
forinances at the Theatre Carigan,
pieces announced as to be produced_
written by "SignorAlessandttrou
Night at Florence,"
formerly Colonel of the, Na
en-Lay e, in I ranee, ' is one entitled " A
which "-apumas,citizen of Naples, and
h the advertisement declares to be
al Guard of Saint-Qtrinhillv

CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA,

in a condition to recover the loss of the thousands
of men and of the vast materiel that they have left
on the field, nor is the army now on its way to Dal-
ton likely soon to recover from the panic nd disor-
ganisation into which it has been thrown, while the
tidings of its defeat cannot fail to strike dismay
into the heart of Longstreet, and, perhaps, even
paralyze the arm of the hitherto invincible Lee. So
much has been lost by one stroke, not by actual de-
feat, but, most probably with very little fighting,
by an ill-projected and worse conducted retreat.
Yesterday was Thanksgiving Day, and, by way
of enlivening the solemnity, a negro regiment (the
2d United States Coloured), the first that ever
was seen in New York, was paraded along the
streets. The appearance of these " gorillas in re-
gimentals," as the Copperheads call them, excited
some attention, but gave rise to no disturbance, in
spite of the merry-making Irishry through whom
they passed, and notwithstanding the old grudge
that Paddy is said to bear against Sambo. Neither,
however, did [ yesterday see the clapping of hands,
or hear the acclamation with which a sight of that
nature was greeted in Boston, when I stood on the
steps of the Tremont-house four months ago; for
New York, with its motley population and its all-
absorbing dollar-worship, cannot be expected to go
the lengths of earnest and stubborn and fanatical
New England. That the Yankee must familiarize
himself with the idea of a political association of
the negro with his own proud destinies, that he
must even wink at the fusion and amalgamation of
the races is, however, matter which leaves room for
little doubt. Already the blackie steps fearless and
even somewhat swaggering in, elbowing his Can-
els,hseia
bnahrrrieetrhrsvehnici nh aclelnpublics roofominssatninclect,onovre, yiaf uyceosu.
prefer, prejudice, had raised is everywhere falling
to the grouud, and the New York papers actually
have matrimonial advertisementsby " two full-
blooded,
likely negroes away down South, who are
looking out for some loyal young ladies of cheerful
disposition, handsome, intelligent, dark-haired, dark
eyed, fair complexion, and not over 20 years of age,
with a view to mirth and marriage." Well might
Mr. Ward Beecher preach yesterday from the pulpit
at Plymouth Church, Brooklyn :
.

( Front the correspondent of the Times)
NEW YORK, Nor. 27.

It seined fated that the national solemnities ob-
served by th e people of the United States should
this year be signalized by events propitious to their
cause, and the Americans are, naturally enough,
fain to see in the coincidence the best proof that
"Heaven ',s with them." The 4th of July brought
them the news of the victory at Gettysburg and the
liurrende- c of Vicksburg. Thanksgiving Day, for
which V se 26th of this month was appointed,
cheered them with the tidings of " the splendid
victory o f Grant's Grand Army," the capture of
5,000 to 10,000 prisoners and 40 pieces of artillery,
and the retreat and probable dispersion or sur-
render of Bragg's force."

As at Gettysburg there was a moment, on the
second. day of the battle, in which the Southerners,
by a timely movement, could have utterly crushed
their enemies, so an opportunity had equally offered
itself t 0 Bragg, soon after Chickamauga, to achieve
the deett uction of Roeenerenz's army, had he taken
advantege of the extremities to which the Federale
were reduced, previous to the opening of their corn-
IntLaiCdtloDB at Bridgeport. After opening the
Tennessee River for their benefit, the Northerners
have been undisturbed, preparing for that onset
which, in the course of a few days, was to drive
Bragg from a position which his own irresolution
end sluggishness had rendered untenable.
Already for several weeks the Southern papers
had thrown out broad hints that Lookout Moun-
tain must be abandoned, and all the accounts
that reached us through deserters described the
state of Bragg,'s army as anything but encouraging.
We had, however, become very loth to believe mere
runaway stories, and the " demoralisation " of the
Confederate army had been too trite a theme on the
part of the Northern press to deserve much au en-
tion. There seems little doubt, nevertheless, that
it was through deserters that General Grant ascer-
tained, on Sunday evening, that Bragg was in full
retreat. Roused by that report, the Federal Com-
mander in Chief ordered a reconnaissance in force on
the Monday,which was followed by a general engage-
ment on the Tuesday, and ended in the total defeat
of the Confederates on the Wednesday, The
par-
ticulars you will have doubtless received before this
letter can be printed, through the telegraph. I would
only wish to observe that the battle occurred be-
tween an army which had been for weeks making
ready for a regular onslaught, and „
ahOwer army
caught in the midst of the hurry and confusion
inseparable from a retreat. The aim of Bragg was
to steal away, and the first discovery made by his
enemy was that he had sent his heavy artillery to
the rear. On the first
yrstedras
ytherewas mere skirmish-
ing, the rifle it
carried by storm, a few
e3harpshooters were captured. The second day wit-
nessed a more deliberate attack on Lookout Moun-
tain, the occupation of a part of which led to the
abAndonmera of the whole. Missionary ridge, which
was stoutlti defended on that same day, was given
ap on the following, and the retiring Southerner,
hopeless of further resistance, only thought of mak-
;l..g goof.' his retreat, by the destruction of bridges
and no burning of stores, provisions, &c.
That the fighting, except at one point on :Nils-
Bionary Ridge, was not of any great consequence,
We may be tempted to infer from the small number
of casualties on either side, so far as we can make
out from the reports which have hitherto reached
Le. Gen. Grant gives no particulars of the killed and
wounded, rank and file, but simply the names of
three officers killed and eight wounded, while the
prisoners taken from the enemy are variously com-
puted at 5,000, 6,000, and even 10,000, besides 40
to 60 piect>3 of artillery, 5,000 stand of small arms,
10 battle flags, &c. Had. Bragg stood up for the
defence of so formidable a position as he held, even
with a weakened. anny, and against widely superior
forces, he, might nave sold the victory to the enemy
at a far dearer price.

"There is nothing that will make the common people so
quickly sympathise with the African as the knowledge that
he will fightland he does fight, and if that is a test, is there-
fore a man. Although war is not thought to be a civiliser,
yet men have been held so low that even war is elevation.
And so it is with the coloured men—they come up a great
way before they have a right to touch the sword, and when
they have laid their hand on it, the heroism of it fires their
hearts, and with it they hew themselves, in their rugged
and narrow path, a higher place. When 10,000 negroes can
show that they, in heroic service for us, have given their
blood for ours, then will you let them or their kind be
trampled under foot any more P"

Well might the audience, regardless of the sacred-
ness of the place, welcome with loud plaudits the
close of their preacher's sermon. As they chose to
have the black to fight their battles, so it is right,
not only that the black and their kind should cease
to be trampled under foot, but also that the two
races should be brought upon a footing of equality,
sufficient not only to remove all civil, social, and
political disabilities, but also to overcome all personal
repugnance, and when the close of the war brings
back to the North 100,000 swarthy Othellos, who
have given their blood for the stay-at-home white
man, it must go hard with them if they do not find
among the Yankee girls 100,000 Desdemonan, fair
creatures, "in whose eyes a dark man may be a
pearl."

The stir among the working classes to improve
their condition, under the peculiarly difficult circum-
stances into which a debased currency has plunged
this otherwise thriving country, has generally sub-
sided, but will not becompletely at an end till capital
has everywhere done justice to the claims of labour.
rhe latest class of men who have held out threats of a
strike for a rise in their wages are the labourers in
the Lord's vineyard, the clergy. The Bishop of
New York, Potter, has addressed a circular to
the churchwardens, vestrymen, and laity generally,
in his diocese, stating " that the parochial clergy
are subjected to serious loss and suffering in conse-
quence of the depreciated value of the current money
of the country," and " unless their nominal salaries
aro increased they will find it nearly impossible to
tnc:•,t their necessary expenses." Increase, by all
means r Only if the great greenback bubble bursts,
and the currency is established on a sound and rea-
sonable basis, will the journeyman's wages or the
clergyman's salary be easily brought down back
again to its former standard, and will the country
have the means to hire either, even on the old scale
of remuneration ?

However cona parAtively easy and bloodless the
success of the Federals may be, it is not the less full
and signal, and of such an importance as to cast all
their tanner achievements into the shade. Bragg
is said to have fallen hack as far as Dalton. General
Thou as announced on Wednesday evening tlit.t he
would pursue tne enemy in th(i morning. Hooker

was reported to have reached Ringgold, about 15
trales from Chattanooga, and the upshot of it all
was that the great position on Lookout Mountain
and
.Missioniry Ridge was irreparably lost to the
Confederates, and taut they had no great chance of
a safe resting place between Dalton and their basis
of operation at AC‘o.ata. Can General Grant follow
up his vice ory ? His army, we are told, has long
been on half rations; it is wanting in all supplies,
especially in means of transport. It is not im-
possible that this consideration, and the activity of
the Southerners in the destruction of roads and
bridges, may induce him to stop in mid career, and
put off the furt'aer advance into Georgia, and the
final subjugati on of the South till next spring; but
in the maanw hile who can calculate the extent of
this his late -success, and its results on the relative
position of contending parties? All the great
valley of Tennessee is, at last, in Federal hands.
The communication between Virginia and the
'ouch-*,vest, along that road, is lost to the Confede-
?t-ea, past hope. Burnside's army at Knoxville is
th:rils:e%and Longstreet, who was only yesterday
al r ger, of whom Bragg wrote that " he hold
iet.Zoads leading into Knoxville, except the one
will hoeil olston and the French Broad Rivers,"
allowed j:as.on to thank his good fortune if he is
Generals %mat°iu Bragg before some of Grant's
The last three him his rear or cut off his retreat.
ken gloriously fl.e or four days, meanwhile, have
me
and bright, and the Army of
the Potomac,
whagain move duringcth _people expected would not
has
now
c,e7nitter, because "King Mud
forbade,"
3a*,,and tolerable roads before
it, and the order to
move forward" has been
issued, The news of Orantn,l
yestgtrraeat doings had reached
3learle's head-quarters
desire
beforeethey set out, thril-
Haig them with eager
uelimulate the valour
'of their Western comrades.
oral Lee is said to
have 36,000 infantry and 1.0,000
vastly inferior to that which mettavealry—a force
atnemustehr
vurcih
tes_ou_
against him. His line extends 11104
hank of the Rapidan, from White's
Run. President Davis was with Lee very lately, and
is perhaps still with him. A great revlew of'
the
Southern troops was held on Wednesday, whenth
President addressed stirring words to that much.
enduring soldiery. On the other hand, the Pedeirl
army is said to " present a magnificent spectaete.,,
It marched yesterday, at 8 o'clock in the morning, in I
three columns. A battle was expected to come off
at Germania Ford, 'out hitherto no action Is reported.
No pea of mine can attempt to describe the ex. ul -
lation of these Northern people on the arrival of the
grand news from Chattanooga. The excitement
was great even iu this harutu-scaruzn city, which
was yesterday wholly bent on the full enjoyment
of its holiday, and crowded theatres, saloons, and
tellers to such an extent that tens of thousands of
spectators and tnerrytnakers beset the doors of all
those places of entertainment, vainly waiting for a
chance of admission. But in the more sober towns
of New England, in Philadelphia, in Washington,
the joy of the people rose to frenzy, and the bulle-
tins from the borders of Georgia were read in
almost all the churches by way of text to the ser-
-I°`° I:18. The news is great in itself, but the friends
of American Union exaggerate, if possible, its im-
portance, and are ready to cry "Finnis Secessi4
A new de,
which hePaatch from General Grant is just in, in
enemy,. theu,,outices the " complete rout of the
caissons, and ground encumbered with waggons,
these latter, at le pieces of artillery ; 60 of
Confe-
derates. General _
-ira
lhave been lost by the
Cootillue
to
:Red
(-Ilty7rlt adds that the pursuit will
which he was about to start
teh morning, a place for
Red clay is a snanu".p3st.vi.rilfielf in. a few hours.
county, Georgia, a few miles Whitefielci
(7( Id very near the Georgia and anvanne of Ring-
Tennessee Tennessee boundary
line. It is about 16 miles to the
north
of
1,..)
a branch of the East
.Tennessee and
Georgia 11ton, on
ofra.. Rail-
way, and its occupation cuts
II probability of
Longstreet joining Bragg, were he to attempt to
fail back upon him. It is difficult to entinme to it,
full extent the calamity which has befallen the
Southern arms. Bragg and the Confederacy are not

NOVEMBER 28.

Further accounts of the dissolution of Bragg's
army come in almost hourly. We are too familiar
with the Yankee style of despatch-writing and tele-
graphing to have any doubt that the tidings are
grossly exaggerated. Grant's own bulletins, how-
ever, are entitled to full credit, and even if only
half of his statements were to be admitted, we
should have to conclude that the rout is complete
and the disaster irreparable. The number of prisoners
swells now to 7,000, and even 8,000, and the disper- '
sion of the implements of war, of course, keeps pace
with the scattering of the soldiers. The Southerners
throw down their arms, and seem only " longing to
be speedily vanquished and captured.'-' Some resist-
ance was attempted at Chicamauga, but it was soon
overpowered. Bragg is falling back in the direction
of Red Clay, but Hooker and Palmer were already,
the evening before last, close upon him, 10 miles be-
yond Chicamauga. What is more important, if true,
Col. Long's cavalry made a raid to the East Tennes-
see Railroad the same night, and destroyed 15 miles
of it, thus effectually cutting off Longstreet's
retreat, and depriving him of all hope of joining
Bragg. Longatreet is likely enough to march round
Knoxville, and attempt an escape into Virginia,
though he would in all probability have to keep up
a running fight with Burnside's lately besieged
army, which would not fail to sally out of Knox-
ville and harass him in the rear. Of the real state
of affairs about Knoxville we have, however, no
recent intelligence.
The army of the Potomac effected the crossing of
the Rapidan on the 26th, on three points, divided in
three columns, without meeting any resistance what-
ever. Meade telegraphed last night, at midnight,
that "be had been successful at all points." Pos-
sibly be may only mean successful in getting across
the river ; but there are rumours of a battle having
been fought near Orange Court-house, whence can-
nonading was heard. Up to this moment, 10 o'clock
a.m., nothing positive has reached us. What was
not achieved by Made yesterday will not probably
come to pass very speedily to-day, as we have again
a dull sluggish rain in New York, which, if it
ria?hes the Virginian battlefields, can scarcely fail
to
`jump the ardour of the combatants. The armies
will "'lek in the mud.
Th e‘
Chat-
dead and
e ersl losses in the disorderly affair at Chat-
tanoug% „e
v-raguely reckoned at less than 3,000
My ettoluded ; very likely they were ritt so
many.
I repeat, that ajiction, from all I read and hear is,
was but little and that desul-
toryyour fiegnhemtinygi. /vl4:rue
jecame to Grant, saying," Mind,
•S try
„ if they want to r 4, ti) steal away ;" and he said,
them a helping klek2, have no objection to giving
ahy
api extremely probable
titiritahah other, and might
pomibiee,avfeather had ren•
that both parties were
aror, on the one
have yet shirked a battle
aGrantli o
driadtinounts yet deem hit;
tiered
hand,
move, on account of its lack of army ready for a
of transport, and Bragg was too eaZh
awaread means
inferiority in numbers, and of the aepressed of
.his
of his troops, to risk an engagement even
in his
good position if by a timely retreat he had been
able to avoid it. A few deserters turned the
tide
of destiny.
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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1863.

witness had been to the station-house and saw a
policem,n, to whom he said that Mr. Law had been
accustomed to a great deal of stimulants, and that
if he was not supplied with some he might sink
under it. The policeman said that they would not
let him have any, and, therefore, it would be use-
less for witness to see the inspector about it. Wit-
ness told Mrs. Law that, and she asked him to re•
quest that bail might be taken. He went back to
the station-house, and was told that the inspector
could not take bail.
Police-constable Williams said that he took de-
ceased to the police court, and by the permission of
the inspector he went there in a cab. Witness did
not require him to walk to the Curtain-road, saying
that "he was the same as another mun." The cab
was only obtained there. Deceased spoke ra-
tionally, and said that his friends were going to
get a barrister to defend him, but that would be
only a waste of money, and an attorney would do
as well. Witness was not present at the station
when anyone said that if stimulants were not given
to deceased he would sink. If witness had heard
that he should have sent for the police surgeon and
acted according to his directions.
The Coroner summed up, and said that the evi-
dence showed that the deceased would no doubt be
alive if he had had proper stimulants and medical
treatment; but he had not been refused these
stimulants by anyone that was responsible. If
Mr. Phillips had made application to an inspector
instead of being satisfied with the answers of police-
men, the case would be very different. Under the
circumstances, no blame could be attached to the
conduct of the police authorities. The inquiry was,
however, necessary, because there was in the first
instance a strong suspicion that the deceased had
committed suicide,and that an allegation was made
by the family which seriously affected the police.
The Jury returned a verdict—" That the deceased,
Cnarles Law,died from the mortal effects of delirium
tremens, caused by excessive drinking."

LAW INTELLIGENCE—Yesterday,

COURT OF DIVORCE.
HAMILTON V. HAMILTON AND REMINGTON.

grants of seed were made. At the request of the Committee,
the President and Vice-President of the Association under-
took to obtain, if possible, an interview with the new
Governor-General of India, prior to his departure, on the
subject of cotton cultivation in India.

Dr. Phillimore (the Queen's Advocate), Mr. Anderson
Q.C., and Dr. Tristram, for the petitioner; Mr. Sergeant
Shee and Dr. Wamby for the co-respondent.
This was a petition presented by Alexander Henry Aber-
crombie Hamilton for a dissolution of his marriage with
Sophia Hannah Adelaide Hamilton, on the ground of adul-
tery with the co-respondent, Mr. John Wilson Remington.
The petitioner claimed the sum of £lO,OOO for damages,
The respondent had put in no answer. The co-respondent
denied the adultery. It appeared that the petitioner was
married to the respondent, who is a daughter of the late Sir
Robert Abercrombie, in Scotland, on the 19th September,
1854, and that after the marriage they went to reside at
Milbrooke House, near Exeter, the residence of the peti-
tioner. At the time of their marriage the petitioner was 25
years of age, and the respondent about 23.
The co-respondent, Mr. Remington, was on intimate
terms of friendship with the petitioner and his wife, and
was a gentleman of property, residing at Rockbeare
House, within a few miles of the petitioner. In the year
1862, the co-respondent took apartments at No. 8, Old
Burlington-street, while the petitioner and his wife were
in London, and was visited by the respondent during the
daytime. The petitioner afterwards returned to his coun-
try seat, and on the 18th October, 1862, during the time
the petitioner was away for a few days. on account of his
health, the respondent, who did not accompany him, left,
stating that she was going on a visit to her aunt; but it
appears she went to the co-respondent at Cardiff, and on the
following morning respondent enclosed to the petitioner's
sister a letter for the petitioner, of which the following is a
copy :

The days I have passed alone since you left this have
made me think more, and consider how much I am wrong-
ing you in continuing to deceive you as I have done, for you
can be little aware how much I have injured you; and the
only reparation I can make—greatly as it grieves me to
wound you—and which reason has prevented my owning
it sooner—is to relieve you of one who is no longer worthy
of being your wife, and for whom, by the time you receive
this, you can no longer entertain either affection or esteem.
You must be aware that, loving my children as I do, it can
be no small struggle to own this and be parted from them ;
but I can no longer continue with this on my mind, and feel
that they ought to be under better guidance than mine.
When time has worn down the edge of sorrow, you will, I
trust, have a happier house than I have ever made you ;
nd all I implore of you now is not to utterly curse one
whom all the world will condemn, and who is in much dis-
tress of heart.—Yours, S. A. H.

The petitioner upon receiving it caused inquiries to be
made as to where the respondent had gone, but not suc-
ceeding in finding her, he had an advertisement inserted in
the Times, stating that her child-en, whom she was
much attached to, were exceedingly ill, and imploring her

to return. This she did, on the 26th of October, 1862,
and on the following morning she went away with her
brothers, and never afterwards returned to Milbrooke.
There are two children of the marriage.

Evidence was given of the marriage having taken place
according to the law of Scotland, and an extract of the mar-
riage certificate was put in signed by the proper officer.
Mr. Wm. B. Syms was called, and said that he was a
brother-in-law to the co •respondent. That in the years
1855 and 1856 he was staying at Milbrooke with the peti-
tioner and his wife, who lived on very friendly terms with
each other. That he went to India, and on his return again
visited them. On the day on which respondent went away
he asked her where she was going, and she stated to visit
her aunt, lie went at the request of the petitioner to Car-
diff, and then on to Denbigh, and he heard of the respon-
dent at both places, but was unable to overtake her ; but
she returned in consequence of the advertisement in the
limes, and on the following morning was handed over to
her brothers, who had been telegraphed for.
Mr. Follett, a gentleman residing near Milbrooke, who
was in the habit of visiting the petitioner, spoke to their
living on very friendly terms.
Caroline Barnwell, who was a servant at No. 3, Old Bur-
lington-street, stated that in the months of May, June, and
July, 1862, the co-respondent took apartments there, and
was visited,by the respondent, whom she knew as Mrs. Re-
mington. She afterwards saw her at Guildford at her
brother's house.

John M'Andrews, a waiter at the Cardiff Arms, Cardiff,
proved that the co •respondent and the respondent occupied
the same bed together on the 18th October, 1862, until the
20th,

Mr. Jury, a surveyor and estate agent, was called to
prove that the co-respondent had property in Dowgate-hill,
in the City, which, after deductions, produced about £B2O
per annum.
Mr. Gibbs, a clerk in the London and Westminster Bank,
proved that the balance standing to the co-respondent's
account during the la 4 three years was about £5,000.
Mr. Se:g ant Shee addressed the jury fur the co-respon-
dent, and said that he could not dispute the evidence of
adultery, and therefore the only question was as to the
amount of damages. He should prove that the co-respon-
dent's income was not more than £BOO per annum.
Mr. Smith, the co•respondent's solicitor, was called, and
stated that the property which the co-respondent had in
Yorkshire, and also at Dowgate-hill, was mortgaged to a
very large amount, over £23,000.
His Lordship summed up, and told the jury that the only
question was one of damages.
The jury found a verdict in favour of the petitioner—
damages, £5,000.
His Lordship granted a decree nisi, with costs.