The Sun.
London, England, 1836-09-16 00:00:00

THE HUSBAND OF TWO WIV

A few mornings since the surveyor of a Thames
line galley, named White, and his boat's crew, trl.ul
rowing about the river neat' Westminster-bridge, 117
their attention called to a disturbance on
shire hilly boy (a vessel with one mast. \ iYing °ff.•the
shire fa'
Horseferi-y, and in proceeding to the spot liOr
male on board calling loudly for assistance. 06_4.
manding the cause of this disturbance at such Ole
seasonable hour the woman pointed to another fallouts
of considerable personal attractions, whose gall of
board a Yore
were loosely thrown over her shoulders, and begg.eu.ted
the officers to remove " that hussey, who had s A
man,
Pirl
away the affections of her lawful husband."
the captain of the vessel, who had nothing on but 1:
night clothes, and who appeared to have been most
verely punished, put his head above the cabin entranu d
and seemed in a state of great fright. He said-he had
been half-murdered by his wife, who was in a state
much excitement. The officers went on board °tic
ascertained that the Captain of the vessel, a gig.aPts,
Yorkshireman, had left Hull with his vessel l
ea
week previous, and forgetting the allegiance he ownd
to his better half, who remained at home to superinte ag
her family and household offices, he took withhWhuith
his companion for the voyage a young woman :ife
whom he had been a short time acquainted. Thevege
by some means discovered the infidelity of her '''t'ea
lord, and determined on vengeance, immediately sty
the
for London in the coach, and arrived here about
Doer
who time as her husband and the frail fair °e;
who little dreamt of the storm that was impending ber
their heads. The enraged wife hearing that
10
husband's vessel had gone up the river, an and
moored off the Horseferry, she engaged a heat', the
having been rowed alongside the vessel found that,
guilty pair had retired to rest about an hour previ'bin,
She proceeded cautiously and silently into theyeadis,
when her worst fears were'realised. The " gay looked
rio" and his frail companion were fast asleep, lehove
in each other's arms ; the Yorkshireman and his ` no
anzie thus caught in fiogrante delicto, receive' oro.
mercy from the injured wife, who immediately
right
menu(' belabouring the unfortunate couple inn
their
good style before they had time to recover from: out
surprise, or defend themselves. The wife rie%tsilst
such hard blows, and made such good use of her :erect
that her husband and the young woman were ee;see,
with bruises and scratches ; and having, in her re.
torn torn their night clothes from their persons, they
seined a most ridiculous figure. The wife of ir
victorious ; and after the officers came on hoer'' the
sistcd on her rival leaving the vessel, and giving uPilsrl
place she had usurped. The husband was :the
enough to make peace with his wife, and gel:or
female whom he had brought from Hull three ',.the
reigns, at the same time requesting of Whit 6a the
Thames Police Surveyor, to put her on boar
steamer, and send her back to Yorkshire. She' her
about to leave the vessel, when her affection lb°l. of
countryman countryman getting the better of her prudence, s'erflit)
her arms round his neck, and began kissing l'im'ed the
fury of the wife was again roused, and she ee'z'„,:ilice
young woman and forced her headlong into the r
galley which put her ashore.

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PIRACY AND GALLANT DEFENDP„
0 r''
On the 2d of February the Lady Grant,Wis.ol
tacked by no less than five Malay praos off L tb°,
rar. The praos were observed standing out Ire
000
Stambalongs, and, as the wind fell light, they litt
their sails and rowed towards the Lady Gran': Oil,'
observing their approach, Captain Jeffrey fired Ad" Oleic
when they hoisted the black flag and redouble pit'
exertions to get at the schooner. She, howel(10°
ing advantage of a light breeze that sprung ups the
await the onset, but glided away and left theta sooll
darkness of the evening out of sight. The nl°° clir
after rose, when the wind died away and left the oe
per again at the mercy of the pirates, or rather , r the
defensive resources of her crew. Happily °ale
opium underwriters these were not wanting, o'l Aoff
able commander determined on coming to an ands
with a spring on his cable. About ten o'clock the rerli
were observedlight a-head, pulling quickly buts /7•01°
for the schooner. A small piece on the foreca beo
immediately fired at them, on which they yelled' the
their tom-toms, and continued pulling toward art
schooner. Captain Jeffrey, in the meantime, by troof,hj
sistance of the spring on his cable, had
the Lady Grant's broadside to bear upon theoeli
kept up a constant (and, from the result, a 11000(50
rected) fire, the guns being ably served by the 111
and seven British seamen, shipped as cunnieslolol
rest of the crew were Bengalee and Chuttatat'gdid 11
cars, of whom some showed fight, and some 50140
show themselves at all on the occasion. The„de the
0
who seems to have acquired more of the laalslWert
the courage of Englishmen, is said to have 'leo, feo
his hands and exclaimed, " Oh, we are done) t!,
are now five of them." He, however, with. t"rolll
of the gang, assisted (piteously enough)
e$ d'
back the shouts of defiance with which then iv so
always approach. The largest prao came cipearliti;
vance ; this vessel, Captain Jeffrey says, vvas „ tbsio
large as the Lady Grant, and so full of Me"! Os
was supposed it was the intention of the ctirg fro 1:
carry the clipper by a coup de main on bo3r icalsto
the vessel. They had in this instance riled g,ita',o
for being now within pistol-shot, the rourip',o Irwos
and canister from the Lady Grant drove thessel.:ll;
their sweeps to take shelter below, and theiojor.iloso
allowed to drift away with the tide. Before do) he
the Lady Grant had weighed, and made stto of t
increasing breeze, and nothing more was see
pirates.--Bombay Gazette.
- fired te
sts
A certain clergyman, who lives not a 11110,,,,. Oft wo
from the burgh of Wick, en being informed the et.t"-tbot/52011
Councillor Russell, from Edinburgh, had arrived...7'4oo,i"
by the steamer, surprised and indignant at the iot`""exe`s„ for
an enemy to the Church or, these northern shores plitcloor
to his informant that the Calton gaol was too goe sCoul thehim, and that if he had had his will of it, the
'pevi
should have been, not imprisoned merely, but halltobjg
Rev. Mr. is to be considered as embodying 'gr. P;(010
son the spirit of the clergy of the dominant sect' nopilisac°,
may thank the " spirit of the times" that th° 101013,.beit/
which he had to endure as the penalty for n°l3soiolll ,
with their demands, was the deprivation of Per
only, and not of his life.—Scotsman.
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BIRTH.
On the 14th inst., the wife of Mr. John Geary, °-
f Dept 7
Camberwell, of a son. Plitt
AfP,.,
MARRIED. , 1,0, 1,0.
On the 10th inst., at Christ Church, Mantle"- ouv
Mickleburgh, of Catherine llall, Cambridge, to Sarah' Tolle:,
ter of Lieut.-Col. Hunt, of Weimer. ei 00 04
On the 13th inst., at Hampstead Church, Sao° %fella, of
Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, barrister-at-law, to Elizabeth ' •te,
ighte
ter of M. Hetherington, Esq. Mr. i&te
On the 13th inst., at Rotherham, Yorkshire, i the ~,0
Kennet-wharf, London, to Eliza, third daughter 4:9 ,0,
ery lye
Beatson, Esq., of the former place. liriledfof
On the 14th inst., at St. Andrew's, Holborn:vet, 944
youngest son of James Mansfield, Esq., of JohlLarosf,
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row, to Katherine Walford, widow of the late J. 'r pin.,
North Brixton. h Tb°sllss Lien
On the 13th inst ,at St. Marylebone Ch ure-'„idovf 0f /41.
ston, Esq., of Welbeck-street, to Mary Esther,
..iojoisiterisr
at Battersea Church, Rec. "of L''
trott—S, sstj" Do ter
General
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the
el3t
h Armstrong. i
n sinst.,
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cholson, to Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas fr Vv ter
ham-common. Miester,eiees of
On the 12thinst., at Holt Church, Wimbourn,e 0.00, `" 04'
shire, the Rev. W. Ackworth, A.M. of Cossieuiner,
shire, to Harriet, eldest daughter of the late
Clifton. Jo'
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On the 13th inst., in the 9jt?iiyEeanr o'f his age, 14_
0 the
r ain, Esq., of Lansdown-place' eine, tows
of W. D. Jou d • g
On le Bth inst., at Hounslow, Harriett, the N', 13342
Peisiey.' Limb ~,
inst., 27'
Holliefevr:ligr. d
On tho 15th of .
April, at Ellore, Circars, acedolllo-
- Girand, of the 22d Madras Native InfantrY.,. Pf P
On the 14th aged ^ 1 Thomas „ ii`r
street, Clapham-road. , pie-
On the sth inst., Mr. W. Woods, of the Castle 0" of the
et.t°l.
tel, Aldersgate-street.fourth da.a°
On the 12th inst., at Dorchester, Fanny, „Aore. ~
late E. Shirley, Esq., of Eatington Park, Wrvri.....o'/-,-f 101;
,110' 020
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of Middlesex:—Friday, September 16, 1836•