The Sun.
London, England, 1836-11-05 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A great commotion was on Thursday afternoon occa-
sioned by circumstances which are likely to afford matter
for the gentlemen of the long robe.
Some time ago an Irish widow, possessing property left
her by her deceased husband of the value of 900/. per
annum, married a young man of respectable connections.
The parties resided at Egham, but disagreements having
arisen, the lady about three months ago suddenly left her
home—a circumstance alluded to in the public papers
through the medium of a mysterious paragraph. The
husband having obtained information that his wife was tra-
velling about in company with a male friend, took measures
accordingly. The lady, her sister, and the " friend," were
traced to the Boar and Castle, Oxford-street, and the hus-
band having received ocular demonsfration that the " friend"
and his wife were on very social terms, ran up stairs, burst
open the door, and knocked his proxy down. The wife
and sister, without bonnets or shawls, ran out of the house,
towards Tottenham-court-road, pursued by the husband,
and they were obliged to take shelter in a shop, about
which a large concourse of persons speedily assembled.
The friend in the meantime went • to the lady's
solicitor, and having procured his assistance, walked
with him towards Tottenham-court-road. The en-
raged husband having again caught sight of him,
ran up to him and knocked him down. The friend
retreated into a butcher's shop, and pulled out a pistol,
which he presented against the husband, and threatened to
shoot him if he continued his violence. The husband
nothing daunted, seized a cleaver, and disregarding the me-
nace, again knocked his wife's friend down. The friend at
length got away with the loss of his hat and umbrella, and
with a sound drubbing. In the evening the wife, accom-
panied by her sister and her solicitor, drove to this office
for the purpose of exhibiting articles of the peace against
her husband, and this proceeding having been made known
to the husband, he made his appearance at the office in
time to answer the charge before the sitting Magistrates,
Mr. Conant and Mr. Hall. The wife appeared to be about
40, and the husband about 27.

Mr. Williams, solicitor, No. 31, Alfred-place, Bedford-
square, attended for the wife.
The defendant gave the name of Charles Calverly, and
the wife, after being sworn, was proceedinc, to state her
complaint, when her husband accused her of having eloped
from his house.

The wife replied it was false—she had been turned out
of her home. _

Here the lady began to sob, and the solicitor came for-
ward and volunteered an explanation. He said the lady
bad just returned from France, to which place she had gone
in consequence of her husband's ill usage. He was con-

ducting some law proceedings for her against her husband,
and as a cause in the Court of Chancery was expected to
come on next week, he had sent for her to be present. The
lady arrived that morning, and put up at the Boar and
Castle Tavern. The husband, and a person with him
(Mr. Owen, his father-in-law), broke into the room—com-
mitted great violence, and forced the ladies to run into the
street without cap or bonnet, and to take refuge in a cellar.
In that situation they sent for him, as their professional
adviser.

Wife—When we lived at Egham my husband said he
would be the death of me.

Husband--You are cohabiting with a fellow.
Wife—lt's false.
Husband—Your Worship, I caught her at the inn with
her paramour. She eloped with him.
Wife—lt's false, by heavens! Why did you oblige me to
leave my home ?
Solicitor—This lady had a large property from her former
husband, whose will I made. lam the sole trustee. This
person got hold of her, and I am obliged to protect her
property.
The Sister was called forward and sworn.—She was up
stairs at the time the defendant entered the inn, and on
hearing her sister scream she ran down stairs, and saw her
husband scuffling in the room. Witness and her sister ran
into the street, and called police.
Solicitor—l have an injunction to prevent the defendant
from selling his wife's property ; his conduct is, in conse-
quence, so violent that she goes in danger of her life.
Mr. CONANT-If the husband had good and correct in-
formation that his wife was living in adultery, it would, I
think, justify him.
Husband—l found her with the fellow in the room. They
were sitting on the sofa.
Mr. CONANT (to the sister)—Was this man whom the
husband suspects in the room at the time ?—Sister—There
was a gentleman there.
Father-in-law---It was the same man, and I saw him with
his arm round Mrs. Calverly's neck.
Wife—My husband turned me out of the house, and
Capt. Courtnay came to me.
Husband—You ran off with him. Why is this " Cap-
tain," as you call him, not here now ? He is the fellow I
assaulted. I didn't touch you.
Here the parties began to wrangle together, and some
words not very complimentary passed between them.
The Solicitor, who appeared to exhibit more than com-
mon professional warmth in the matter, told one of the in-
dividuals that he would knock him down if he had him in
the street.

Mr. CONANT told the Solicitor he was making himself a
partizan, and not acting as a legal odviser.
The Solicitor rel lied he had been insulted, and he had
given way to his feelings.
Mr. CONANT (to the father-in-law)—How came you to
see this Captain with his arm round the wife's neck ?
Father-in-law—The door was partly open.
Mr. CONANT (to the husband)—Why not prosecute this
man, if he has acted criminally with your wife ?
Husband—Because I cannot find him. My wife and he
are travelling about together from place to place, and it was
only this morning they came to town. It was my chief
study to make my wife happy when we lived at Egham.
Wife—You knocked me down three or four times there.
The sister stated that Mrs. Calverly had been ill-treated
by her husband.
The parties again got to high words, amidst the din of
which the Magistrates consulted, and came to the deter-
mtnation of ordering the husband to find one bail to keep
the peace till the next session.
Bail having been immediately procured, the parties quit-
ted the office.