The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1, 1865.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
(Before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and a Special Jury

THE QUEEN V. CORBETT-THE SHENANDOAH.

The Solicitor-General this morning commenced his reply
on the whole case, and contended that the evidence adduced
on the part of the Crown fully brought home the charges
of the defendant.

The, jury, after a few minutes" deliberation, returned a
verdiot for defendant on all the issues, which was received
with applause.

COURT OF DIVORCE.
(Before Sir J. P. Wilde and a Special Jury.)
• WOOD V. WOOD-YOUNG AND COOKE.

This was a suit instituted by Mr. Alexander Wood, a
member of the celebrated firm of Wood and Turnbull,
grocers and wine merchants, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, for a
dissolution of his marriage on the grounds of his wife's
adultery with the co-respondent and other parties un-
known.

The respondent and Mr. Young appeared and denied
the adultery, but the other co-respondent did not enter
any appearance.

From the opening statement of counsel it appeared that
the parties were married in 1857, and that there were chil-
dren of the marriage living. The parties lived comfortably
together until the January of 1862, when the petitioner
was obliged to go to France on business. On his return
he came into possession of a letter addressed to his wife
by Mr. Young, and signed by one of his. Christian
names, " Metcalf." The letter was read by the learned
counsel, and it exhorted the lady to go to bed and rise
early and to take special care of her health. It
contained some general allusions as to the marital state,
and suggested that the respondent and her husband might
live as happily as nine-tenths of married people. After
the discovery of this letter the lady left her husband, who
immediately instituted proceedings for a divorce. How-
ever the evid nce adduced at the trial failed to satisfy his
lordship, and the petition was dismissed. Subsequently
evidence as to the respondent's misconduct had been ob-
tained and the petitioner brought the present suit.
Several witnesses were called on behalf of tho peti-
tioner's case.

The Insurrection in Jamaica.

THE TRIAL OF GORDON.

About 12 o'clock on the 20th Oct. the rebels,
among them George Wm. Gordon, were brought
out and lined in front of the wharf where the courts-
martial were about to be held. In order to save time
two courts were formed—the one composed of Col.
Lewis, of the St. Catherine's Militia, Capt. Espent,
of the Kingston Militia, and Capt. Astwood, of the
Kingston Cavalry; the other composed of Second
Lieutenant Brent, commander of the gunboat Nettle,
Second Lieutenant Herrington, commander of the
gunboat Onyx ; and Ensign Kelly, of the 4th West
India Regiment.

I At 2 o'clock the same day (Saturday) the trial of
George W. Gordon commenced. He was tried be-
fore the military court, presided over by Second
Lieutenant Brent. He was given.a very patient trial,
and was allowed to cross-examine all the witnesses

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK.

AMERICA,

(Per the Cuba, via Roche's Point.)
NEW Yonx, Nov. 23 (Evening).
The New York Herald eays that the Government must
demand the crew of the Shenandoah from England, under
the Extradition Treaty. The other papers are silent on
the subject. The Washington Star says that the movement
of Federal cavalry to Texas is not caused by any hostile
feeling of the United States towards Maximilian, but be-
cause cavalry are much more serviceable in Texas than
infantry.

General Weitzel has superseded General Steel in the
command in Texas.

Steel's removal is reported to have been caused by his
being intimate with the Imperial officers along the Mexi-
can frontier.

The New York Times states that General Logan's ap-
pointment as Minister to the Republic was made in conse-
quence of Maximilian's decree declaring the Republicans
outlaws, against which the United States will protest.

The Commander-in-Chief in Canada, having had under
consideration the possibility of Fenian 'aids during the
winter, has called out six companies of volunteers, and
ordered all volunteers to complete their number and hold
themselves ready for active service.
The ship Harry West, which left New Orleans for
Liverpool, with 3,000 bales of cotton, was burned at sea.
The crew were saved.

Nzw Yon; Nov. 21 (Evening.)
Several papers deny that the Government will issue
another funding loan.

The Secretary of the Navy has ordered the commanders
of the Philadelphia, Boston, and Portsmouth navy yards
to reduce the number of the employes one-half.