The Sun.
London, England, 1836-10-20 00:00:00

LAMBETH-STREET.

Yesterday James Connor, a journeyman tailor, was
brought before JOHN HARDwicx, Esq., and a county Ma-
gistrate, on a warrant, charging him with having violently
assaulted his wife.

The complainant, a decent-looking young woman, who
had a black eye, and bore other proofs of her husband's
brutality, entered into a lengthened history of his ill-usage.
He was not content, she said, with deserting her, penny-
less as she was, in a state of pregnancy, but beat her most
unmercifully, as often as four times on Sunday last, and,
what was worse than all, he denied his marriage with her,
or her being his wife.
Mr. HARDWICK—How long have you been married to
him ? Complainant—Since the 29th of June, 1835, Sir.
Mr. HARDWICK—Where was you married ? Com-
plainant—At the church of St. Michael, Liverpool, Sir.- •
Mr. HARDWICK had before him a note from the Curate
of the parish of Aldgate, stating that he believed the re-
presentation of the complainant as to her marriage, to be
perfectly true ; and that he. the Curate, had on the day
before written to the Rector of St. Michael's, in Liver-
pool, for a copy of the certificate of the marriage. Now,
he, Mr. Hardwick, would ask the defendant, after the so-
lemn declaration of the complainant, if he persisted in say-
ing that he had not been married to her.

The defendant would say so ; he had never accompanied
the complainant, either to the church she had mentioned,
or elsewhere to be married, nor had any ceremony of the
sort taken place. _ _ _

Mr. HARDWICK remarked that there must be the most
shameful perjury on the one side, or the grossest falsehood
on the other.

The complainant repeated that the marriage had taken
place as she had described, and in reply to the questions of
the Magistrate further said, that the defendant had enlisted
shortly after their marriage in the Queen of Spain's British
Legion, and in October, 1835, she accompanied him to that
country. While there she was travelling from one place to
another after her husband, when the baggage waggons, upon
one •f which she was, were attacked by the Carlists, and
after a violent struggle between the guard and the assail-
ants the latter succeeded in their capture, and she was taken
prisoner. After being detained for some time, her life
being spared principally on account of her being at the time
in an advanced state of pregnancy, she was turned adrift in
almost a state of nakedness, her clothes and all the little
property she had having been detained by the Carlist sol-
diers, and among other things was the certificate of her
marriage with the defendant.

The defendant was convicted in the highest penalty for
the assault—namely, 5/. or two months' imprisonment, and
was also ordered to find bail.

UNION-HALL.

George Hewitt, a man in good circumstances, was
brought up at the instance of the parochial authorities of
Newington for refusing to maintain his illegitimate child.
The mother of the child stated that it was born in 1833,
in the workhouse of the above parish ; and that from that
period up to the present time the defendant, whom she
swore was the father, refused to contribute towards its
maintenance.

The beadle stated that ever since the birth of the child
the defendant had been playing hide and seek with a view of
screening himself from the consequences, and now wanted
to make it appear that he was exempted from all punish-
ment under the New Poor Law Act.
The defendant had another objection to raise, and that
was that the woman who had sworn him to be the father of
her child was carrying on an indiscriminate connexion at the
time he met with her, and that under these circumstances
he hoped an order would not be made upon him.
The Magistrate said that the woman having sworn him
to be the father, they were bound to make the order ; and
he was accordingly adjudged to pay the whole expenses in-
curred by the parish, and upon his expressing his determi-
nation not to pay, he was committed for three months.

DEPLORABLE OCCURRENCE.—Letters have been
received within the last few days by the owners of the Japan
and the Kingsdown, South Sea whaling ships, giving the
details of a dreadful occurrence and accident by which six
lives have been lost. The letters are dated "Copang,
Island of Timor, March 19," and state that on the 27th of
the preceding month the Japan, Captain Hill, and Kings-
down, Captain Simmons, were together in the Straits of
Timor, when the two Captains and part of the crews went
on shore at Point Mobar, on the Island of Timor, to trade
for live stock. Towards the evening a dispute arose re-
specting two sheep, between Captain Simmons and the King
or Chief of the island, and the dispute running high and
danger being apprehended, the crews embarked in the boats
in the best manner they could and pushed off, when the King
ordered about thirty natives, armed with muskets, to fire
into the boat ; the order was instantly obeyed, when Cap-
tain Simmons and the carpenter of the Japan were shot
dead. The ship Japan then 14 that part of the island for
Copang, which they reached on the 4th of March. After
they had cast anchor it began to blow nearly a gale of wind,
but on the following morning they sent a boat on shore to
obtain some fresh meat, and to take off an Englishman
named Handy, who had been on the island two years and
was doing well. Unfortunately, however, the boat capsized,
and Handy and three of the crew were drowned.

On Thursday week, during the awful gale, a poor
woman of the Bede-houses, at Moulton, near Holbech,
was gathering sticks, and while in the act of cautioning
some young persons who were with her, not to venture
under the large trees, a tremendous bough by the force of
the wind was severed from an ash tree which struck the
old woman on the head and killed her on the spot.—Lin-
coin Gazette.

The daring burglary in the house of Mrs. Guinnett
of Cleeve, and the brutal violence perpetrated by the vil-
lains, must be fresh in the memory of our readers. We
have now the melancholy task of announcing that the unfor-
tunate lady died on Thursday last from the injuries she re-
ceived ; she experienced the most dreadful agony during the
time she lingered. The following particulars not yet made
known, have been communicated to us :—After Mrs. Guin-
nett had jumped from the window the robbers came to her
in the garden, and while lying on the ground they kicked
her in the most brutal and ferocious manner ; and conceiving
their victim dead, they threw her into a plantation. It is
sincerely hoped that justice will meet these most heartless
ruffians.—Cheltenham Gazette.

SUDDEN DEATII.—Ou Saturday forenoon an in-
quest was held at the George the Fourth Inn, Hounslow,
on view of the body of Mr. John Bryant, aged 66, whose
' death took place under the following awfully sudden circum-
, stances :—Mr. Robert Marks, solicitor, of Woodbine Villa
Hounslow-heath, deposed that the deceased was a retired
tradesman and grazier. Witness had known him for a
number of years ; up to the period of the attack which ter-
minated his existence, he had enjoyed excellent health. On
Thursday afternoon one of the domestics in the deceased's
establishment came to witness's residence in a state of great
agitation, and said that her master had just fallen in a fit,
and begged witness's attendance. Witness immediately pro-
ceeded back with the servant, and found the deceased on
the floor of the drawing-room, gasping for breath ; he lifted
him upon the sofa ; a messenger was dispatched to Houns-
low for medical aid, but before his arrival the deceased had
ceased to exist. By the Coroner—" The deceased had not
received any violence, or met with any accident, to my
knowledge. I never knew him to be subject to fits." 'rho
widow of the deceased, a most respectable-looking matronly
female, who was deeply affected, spoke to her deceased hus-
band's excellent state of health up to the time he was taken
ill on the Thursday ; he ate a hearty dinner and drank his
wine about half an hour before his death. The surgeon at-
tributed the deceased's death to apoplexy. Verdict—" Died
by the visitation of God."
STEAM PADDLES. A recent experiment has
proved that the supply of water to the paddle-wheels of
steam-vessels does not come from the surface of the water,
or from the sides of the space through which the wheel
moves at each evolution in the water but from beneath.
It was proved as follows :=-A steam-vessel was moored in
deep water, the surface of which was for a considerable
distance strewed (it being calm weather) with saw-dust.
The engine was oe9 put in motion, and it was observed
that the sawr4st all 4roljna, ai}d eyeri-where, except
mediately hphip4 the v n4ddle•wheels remained tindisp4cect
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