The Sun.
London, England, 1813-05-13 00:00:00

ter of the wife, 'and strong presumption or
guilt, just- nett the eondact that had heen
,adopted
in removing her from him. The father might,
perhaps, have acted more properly in allowing
sonic trifling maintenance; but not being by law
bound to do so, he bad a right to exercise' his-Own
discretion in that respect ; and it was a sufficient
reason for the son's not doing it, though compel=
lable by law, that as a minor and an apprentice,
his' mean. were inadeqnate to the burthen; a eh'.
cumstance the wife was sell aware of, and ought
therefore to have been prepared for, as she might
have resorted to the exercise of that industry which
at a previous period had been her only means of
support. The only question, therefore, was,
whether, when the husband abandons his wife,'
upon a reasonable supposition of her guilt, he is
thereby barred from claiming the remedy of a le-
gal separation on account of adultery, which that
temporary ab,ence might give her an opportunity
of. eminnitting ? The Court has certainly a ditty
to perform in guarding the morals of married life.;
but it cannot make laws for that purpose; it can
only enforce those already in existence : and it
would greatly depart from those laws, by holding
the doctrine; that so slight a deviation from the
marital duty as this, could, in alt cases, give such
a general license for prostitution ; but where the •
husband shews himself so grossly inattentive to his
own honour, and insensible to the injuries he re-
ceives, as in the case cited, his right to claim a re-
medy
for them stands on a very different basis.
The present case, however, was certainly not one
of that :nature, or one in which the Court would
feel disposed to strain the rigid rule or the law,
Were it even more so. Upon the general 'com-
plexion of the case, then, it appeared that there
was nothing in the husband's conduct to -derive
hint of the right which the complete proof of his
wife's adultery would otherwise entitle him to.
The Court, therefore, pronounced for the Di-
vorce.

LAW.—The Court of King's Bendi .I,k-ere yes-
tcrday occupied until two o'clock, in hearing ar7
gtunents front the Crown Paper, none of which
presented any features of general interest. At
that hour Lord ELLENEOROU.GII proceeded to
Guildhall, where a few actions, principally on po-
licies of insurance, were tried.

MANSION HOUSE.—Yesterday a long and inte••
resting examination took place before the LORD
MAYOR. A person, who called himself Thonaa
lllilbourn, was charged with setting fire to a house
in East Cheap, on Saturday night last, about nine
o'clock, with a view to defraud the Globe- Insur-
ance Office.. It appeared the prisoner had .taken
the house some months ago. but it never was seem-
ingly inhabited. The prisoner some time since
made an insurance at the Globe -Office for 400 i.

for goods in it ;. but upon the fire being disco
vered, and luckily extinguished without doing
much damage, it was discovered that the house
was empty.
A boy gave in evidence, that be had seen a
man on Saturday evening, between eight awl
nine o'clock, open the door of the hbuse, and go
in ; his dress and appearance' was that of the pri-
soner, but he could not Swear to his face. On'
the Monday, a woman, Who said her name was
Sophia Long, was making very particular inquiry
in East Cheap concerning the fire, and said she
bad seen: Mr. M. on Saturday night at the Mitre
public house, where she lived. From her -con-
duct, there was reason to suppose she knew
something of- the business, and she was taken