The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-13 00:00:00

THE CHETWYND DIVORCE CASE.

(Continued from our First Edition)
ILmnah Dutton, in continuation Said—She brushed Mr.
ChetWynd's Cioth6s the next inorning and did not see that
they-Were tern. Mrs. Chetwynd never made any coMplaints
of against her husband: She had seen Mr.
Matthews at.Longdon twice. Once he was there two or
three days. One of the days was a Sunday. Mr. Chet-
wynd had luncheon and went to 'church in the afternoOn.
One night
.when Mr. Matthews was there Mr. Chetwynd
went to bed -abeut nine O'clock, and Mr. Matthew§ stopped
in the drawing-room with Mrs. Chetwynd, two hours.

While Mr. Chetwynd was at church, Mrs: Chetwynd and

Mr. Matthews were j. the -boudoir.' Mr. Chetwynd was

very fond of his children. Mrs. Chetwynd had never com-
plained to her of her. husband's treatment of her. Mr.
Chetwynd was a very sober man. (The witness denied
all the allegations made against Mr. Chetwynd on the part

of the petitioner.)
Cross-examined by Sergeant Ballantine—Witness an-
swered an advertisement, and Mr. Chetwynd wrote to her,
and she was engaged in writing by him. She did not see
Mr. Chetwynd until after her engagement. The flouring
of the stairs was not in her time. She never heard Mr.
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Chetwynd use coarse words to his wife, nor did she ever
see Mrs. Chetwynd violent.
Amelia Hardy, examined by Mr. Kennealy, said she was
the person who kept the books at the Falcon Hotel,
Birmingham. She left there last June in consequence of
illness. She remembered a lady and gentleman coming
there on the night of December 23, 1863. They stayed all
night. They came about 9 o'clock. She noticed that the
gentleman spoke to Sarah Woodcock, and he then went to a
cab outside, and brought a lady into the sitting-room on the
ground floor. They had tea, and went to bed about 10
o'clock, the lady going first. She had seen the lady in court
—she was Mrs. Chetwynd. She had seen the gentleman
in court. He was a tall gentleman with dark hair. The
lady seemed in a great hurry when she came downstairs.
Some time after this the gentleman came about a smelling
bottle, but it had not been found. He came again in about
a month, and meanwhile it had been found. It was a
double bottle with eau de Cologne on one side and a sponge
on the other.

Sir R. Phillimore cross-examined the witness at some
length in reference to the entries in the book, but nothing
material was elicited. An alteration made in the book,
and of which much has been said, she said she made
herself on account of a mistake. She was perfectly cer-
tain the lady had a bonnet on when she went to the Fal-
con. (Other witnesses, it will be remembered, said she had
a hat on.)
Re-examined by Mr. Hawkins—She had recognised Mrs.
Chetwynd amongst a number of ladies in the passage of
the court. She recognised the gentleman (Mr. Nicholls) in
the same place .
Mr. G. Palmer, the solicitor, was put into the box by
Mr. Hawkins, and said the book produced was in the same
condition as when he first saw it.
Cross-examined by Sir R. Phillimore—He did not take
up the case because Mr. Collis refused to go on with it:
Some letters and documents having been put in, the case
for the respondent was closed.
Fresh evidence was then called on behalf of Mrs. Chet-
wynd, the petitioner.
Mr. Henry Cornelius Nicholls, examined by Mr. Kars-
lake, said he left Lichfield last May. He had been there
a portion of two years before. He went there in May,
1862. He was at the college there preparing for ordina-
tion. While at Lichfield, he lived in lodgings. He met Mr.
Chetwynd at a dinner party in Lichfield, and afterwards
visited Longdon Hall. He also met Mrs. Chetwynd
at a dinner party in the spring of 1863. He did not know
her before. He was invited to Longdon Hall to luncheon
by Mrs. Chetwynd. He remembered the Stafford ball
on December 17, 1863. He went there from Lichfield.
At that time he had been at Longdon Hall three times.
He engaged a bed at Miss Edwards's, at Stafford, and
dressed for the ball there. Before going to the ball he saw
Mrs. Chetwynd at Miss Edwards's. She was dressed for the

ball. He went to the ball and danced with Mrs• Chetwyni

once. After tho ball ho went back to Mrs. Edwards's. Tea
was ready, and after tea Miss Edwards and Mrs Chetwynd

retired. He stopped up somo considerable time and had
a cigar. His portmanteau, which had been left at Long
don Hall, was forwarded to him at Lichfield. There wasa-
mote inside the portmanteau. It was from Mrs. Chetwynd,
and he put it in the fire. He never wore a moustache. After-
wards he went down to the tmin and started for Devonshire.
It was not true that he ever went to the Falcon to in-
quire for a smelling bottle. He did not wear a satchel, as
described by the witnesses at the Falcon. He remained at
Lichfield till May, 1864.
The Judge Ordinary said that Palmer had made a remark
about Mr. Nicholls's confession. The jury would like to
know something about it,
Examination continued—There wos no truth in the
statement that he had ever had an improper intercourse
with Mrs. Chetwynd. He had never made a confession to
Mr. Falmer.
In cross-examination, he denied that he had slept with
Mrs. Chetwynd at the Falcon on the 23d December.
The further hearing of the case was, at this point, ad-
journed until to- morrow.

Assistant Commistsary. General William Thomas Evana
to be Deputy
Assistant Commissary-General.
BRDTET-
Quartermaster James Black, ha,ll-pay Royal Artillery, to
be Captain, the rank being honora,ry only.
The following promotions to tak e place consequent on
the decease of--

General Sir. George Turner, K.C.11.7
9th December, 1864. Royal Artillery, on

General Peter Margetson Wallace,. Royal Artillery, on
Wit December, 1864.
Major-General Henry Palliser. Roy a'l Aftillery, on 17th
December, 1864.

TO RE GENERALS. .
Lieutenant-General -Sic Edward Charles Whiflyates,
K.C.8., Royal Artillery. •
Lieutenant-General George Cobbe, Royal
; . TO BE LIBUTEXA T-GENELLALs,
neral Sir Riebard James Da--,es,
AIICI-tilalie°rr;G°
of Kars, Bart.%
140y:A Artillery.
S'iTrit.li:Ginetn°l7eLvwicitkh of

Colonel AlexanTdOerß
rErUiVeZ-CG.EBN,EItRkA)Ly:i Artillery.
. ' Colonel Henry George .Teesdale, Royal Artillery.
Colonel Thomas Akers Shone, on retired I all pay, Royal
Artillery, having stood next above Colonel Shuttleworth
at the time of his retirement.
Colonel Ashton AShton ShuttleWorth,Royal Artillery.

TII BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS.
Brevet Major Edward -Moubray, Royal Artillery.
Major Andrew Pitcairn, Depot-Battalion.

TO'BE MAJORS,
Captain James Pickard, Royal Marines.
Captain George Leslie, Royal Artillery.

_ .
ADMIRALTY, JAN. 12. -
Royal Marine Light Infantry—Second Lieutenant Leslie
Philip _ Smith to be First Lieutenant, vice Dixon
(Ist), placed on half-pay—First Lieutenant Edward
Brace -Pritchard-to be Captain, -vice Budd, retired—
Second Lieutenant Charles Arthur. Kennedy to be First
Lieutenant, vice Pritchard—First Lieutenant William
Henry WroOt to be First Lieutenant and Quartermaster,
vice Ozzard. -

JAN.

Lieutenant Edward rfaliid Ash° lobe Retired Commander,
under her Majesty's Orders in Council of Ist August,
1860, and 9th July, 1864. from Ist Januury, 1865.
JAN. 12.
Mr William John Sao* has been promoted to be First
Class Assitant En.ghwer in the Fleet.