The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-25 00:00:00

L .4 iIIBETH.

Mrs. Ellen Susannah Batley attended before Mr. Nor-
ton, to support a summons taken out by the parish offi-
cers of Lambeth against her husband, Mr. Richard
Batley, in consequence of his refusing to support her.
The husband did not attend, but Mr. Wontner, who
appeared for him, reminded Mr. Norton that on the
4th of November last he appeared before his worship to
answer a charge similar to the present, and his reply to
Mrs. Batley was, that she had cajoled Master Batley,
then very little more than nineteen years of age, into a
marriage by gross misrepresentations; and his friends,
finding that he had become united to a most disreputable
person—in fact, a common street-walker--they lost no
time in removing him from her residence, and, under the
circumstances, the young gentleman having no private
income or property apart from his friends, the latter
refused to contribute anything to his wife's maintenance.
On his (Mr. Norton's) recommendation, they consented
to pay her 7s. a week until such time as a divorce could
be legally obtained, and this amount was paid to her
until Mr. Batley, her husband, had discovered such un-
equivocal proof of her adultery, that it was impossible
he could longer contribute to her support.
Mrs. Batley, a fashionably-dressed and good-looking
young woman, was here sworn, and deposed that on the
9th of October last, and just one week after her mar-
riage, her husband was taken away from her house by
his friends, and from the beginning of November up to
the 6th inst. she had been allowed 73. a week. Since
the 6th, however, it had been stopped, and the conse-
quence was that she had to apply to the parish of Lam-
beth for assistance, and received 2s. 6d.
Mr. Wontner said that as Mrs. Batley was not bound
to answer such questions as would criminate herself he
should decline cross-examining her, but should call a
witness whose testimony would prove beyond a doubt
the act of adultery on the part of Mrs. Batley; and
having done this he should with confidence call on his
worship to dismiss the summons.

Mr. Lewis Martin Allen, a coach maker, 303, Albany-
street, Regent's Park, deposed that as a friend of the
family of Mr. Batley, he in the month of Oct. last went to
Tunbridge Wells and made inquiries at No. 4, Clarence-
place, for a Capt. Newton, who Mrs. Batley represented
to be her father; but no such person at that or any
other time resided there, so that the representations
of Mrs. Batley were false. Witness subsequently saw
some letters which had been addressed to Cap' sin New-
ton by Mr. Batley, jun., but which had been returned
through the post. On Saturday night, the 6th instant,
he (Mr. Allen) saw Mrs. Batley and a gentleman walk-
ing along Brook-street, West-square, and observing that
they had entered No. 140, which is a common brothel,
be informed Mr. Batley, who was not far off, of the
fact. Mr. Batley and himself soon after entered the
same house, and Mr. Batley sent the female who kept it
out for some beer. During her absence Mr. Batley,
witness, and another person who accompanied them,
went up stairs, and, on forcing open the door of the
front room on the first floor, they found Mrs. Batley and
the man iu bed together. The man, who was stripped
to his shirt, jumped out of bed, and put himself in a
fighting attitude to strike Mr. Batley, but witness
stepped between them, and told the man that his friend
was the husband of the lady then in his company. At
this time Mrs. Batley, who was also stripped to her
under-dress, and was also in bed, covered her head
and face with the bed clothes ; and on her husband
attempting to drag off the clothes she slipped out at the
foot of the bed and became exceedingly violent, and it
was with some difficulty she was kept from striking her
husband.

Mrs. Batley, who evidently felt it difficult to restrain
ber passion during the above statement, declared that
the whole affair was a gross conspiracy, that her husband
employed the person who had taken her to the house,
and said that on the night in question, Mr. Batley had
hired a room in the same house, stating, whe he bad
done so that ho intended bringing a lady there.
Mr. Allen admitted that Mr. Batley had t.ken a room
in the house as a mere blind for the purpose of detecting
his wife, understanding that she had Ix en in the con-
stant habit of going there. He C%ir. Aqen)
be-
lieve that Mr. Batley was acquainted with the man
found with his wife. did not
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Mr. NORTON—No one can wonder at your husband
not wishing to be present .to listen. to. such disclosures.
self.
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and, therefore, the ,Tutnrnm: is ic,,,,i,,,,d.

WEST INDIA PINES I th., t,
steamer has the
brouzbt a (,are,' 0/ r.hl' trUi,(;ll-, ti.st ip.upof the
seu,oo), consigned to s.rN. IKe ling an front. Up
to the sailing 01 the steamer the weather was very fa-
vourable to the growth of the crop, and several vessels
rpm England were in mditzus t 9 receive their cargoes.

11.Ett IVIAJESTY: 7-
TO .TIIE EDITOR OF THE 617... V.
the medium of tht public
papers that ~hebirch rti Bin ki,gharo is to
b., retil,ved to the e;itra7iee w the long w,ik at Windsor,
iotiti,„-d to ,ng,irt <tier NS bleb, if publicity is
given to it., will t v,ith suet' a hearty response by
the people of his collat,y be!ore witnessed in this
or any r)til,r cour!,ry. ir, my sc.g4estiQn is that the
taken to t',e late tig:;t.,sr,ive v..ar by the
bAkils be at over to thi Cull, try. anti meltvd down,
for the purpose of enabling Mr. kilyatt to mould an
eques!rian statue of the Qtf.e.ll fac .simile of that taken
b) Co,nit D'Orsay, of which a copp.-rpiate engravoag is
to be seen in the shop window of Mr. Ackerman in the
Strand, and when compie,ed to be placed on the
triumphal arch; for as her Mjesty has been reputedly
and opf-nly insulted b) persons r. ho have a morbid desire
to render thin,elves notorious, thereby crea ing a sus-
pici,ti in foreign parts that the Queen has not the sym-
pathy and support of her sti!j:cts, it is but fir and ju,t
to give them au oppor'unJy o'T showing iht-ir unalter-
able attachment to a Sovereign ,A ho has, by her distin-
guished vi: sues and benevolence, won the affections of *
el,,voted pt-pie. Therefore, to accomplish this obj, ct,
in, plan is to set oo foot a penny subscription to defray
the expenses of the statue. Sir, by instituting a penny
subscription, it gives an opportunity of testing arid
proving beyond all doubt the affi-cii n which all classes
bear towaris her M.kjeAty, and showily, to the world
and succeeding Monarchs, that when a S .vereign wields
the sceptre in itwic;, and exercise s the attribute of
mercy, they enlist the loyalty and attachment of a brave
and generous p. ogle. JOHN.