The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-08 00:00:00

RADICAL REFORM.

SECOND EDITION

SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

PRICES OF CA.NAL,DOCK,ASSUR
ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. &c. &c.

LONDON, FIDAY, OCT. 8.
Number Dividend Price
of per CANALS. reel
t:-sares. Annum. Paid. Shale
'.,786 7 pel cent. Ashton& Oldham...Avcrage97l.l3s.rh. 101%
1,482 41. Ashhy.de-le..Zouch Av.:rage 115/.sh. '72
1,•?60 ..... .... Basingstoke-- ...-........... ......... iool.sh. 5
/,065 S.V. Brecknock and A.bergavenny -.1501. sh. 92
k,OOO I-1614. 101 Birmingham, 1-10th share ....8:1. & 711. 200
WOO ........ Ditto dz. Liverpool .lunct.l9'.ll. sh. 101 t pi 15
600 31. Bridgewater and Taunton.lool. sh. all pi -
400 51. Chelmer aud Blackwatcr ..... -..ICOLsh. 105
500 221. Coventry .....- - ....... ....1001.sh . 305
C roydon. ....-.... Average 311.25.10 d. sh • -
'2. CO 51. Os. Dudley.... ...... ............... ........... 1001. sh. 94
600 13i. Derby looLsh . 120
20,0 0 4 per cent. Oanutae and Mayne .........111.135. 4d.pd 30
3,5751 4' Ellesm.2reand Chester Average 133:J5. fO%
231 621 Erawasn
P 7 351. Forth and Clydc....Averave 401. 168. h. 6:0
i;100 71. Grand „ounction IUO/.50 110
1,11491 255. Grand Union lool.Bh 23
'5OO ..... .... Grand Surrey...-.... ,_ ........ .. lOOl. sh. 15
1,0001 41. percent . Ditto (optional) Loan 1901.
196 ......... Drand Western
800 131.124.9 d. Glr.anorganshire, Avcr. cost 1721.135. 4d. 9.20
749 Os. 14ratin [VI ...• ........ ... ..... ... ..150/.5h.
6 7.38 21. Os. Huricirrsthld A'V e rag e 511. es. 6d. an 27
100 .....-.. Kensington .
A...... -.leo :h. allpd IE%
95 128 11.10 s. Kennet ;nd Avon, v. 391. IRA. ISP. sh 22;4
11,6991 11. 7s. Lancaster Average 471. Os. 8d 28
2,897: VI. Leeds and Liverpool 1001.1 h 710
545: 111. Leicester 1401.11 150
1,e97 51. OS. Leicester & N'ortlaamptou Aver e-:)1. 101 70
2,409 WI. Monme-.llhshire lOO/.81 200 ]
25C 10/. Melton 3lowbray . lOll .h. Ser. .
500 25/. Mersey and Irwell lOOl sh. 550
3,000 21. Its Macclesneld lOOl. sh. all pd 2;
t 1.7 171. Neath lool.sh. 1315
*2,400 51. Peak Forest A, -1.. g e about 7611.5 h. 71
21,418 Be. Regent's (or Landon) Av. 33/.166.8d. sh. 87. i
5,619 el. Bochdale Average Zlsl.sh. kot
500 Pl. Shropshire ...... .................. ....,./251.5h. 137
900 101. Os. Somerset Coal l5Ol. sh. LSI
3,600/. 41 p,r cent Ditto Lock Fund 5t0ck......... 121.105. sh. 11'#
700 36,1. Stafford and Woreester......- l4O/.sh. 6FO
nl3O 151, Shrewsbury
330 ill. Gtourbridge........_ 1451. eh. 396
3.647 21. us. Stratford-on-Avid, A ver....791. :;s. (Id. sh. 35
523 1211 Swansea lllll.sh. 225
3,762 21. lOs. Severn and Wye and Railway A v 251. sh. 45
2,60,4 /in. 1-11. 155. Crent and Mersey, 1 share ' OOl. sh. St U
P, 149 . ........ Themes an,l Medway Av. 191. ss. Pd. sh. g
1,0005h.1 ;gl, Warwick an 0 Wrrniaghem lOO/.sti 230
1,1;00sh, j
960 13,. Warwick and tiapt.o. 100/. sh. 13"
7,000 41 Wircesitr & Birmingham Av. 74.1.85. sh. 55
si.coo 20.. Wilts and Berko Average 671. 108 Bd. sh. 2S
CM Oa. Will,v and Essington 1251. sh 71
28 W:.ricacn . ...127,1. oh. 111
905 li Wey and A Ttl II llOl. an. -.01,i
DOCKS.

1,0;00 & ?
1,)6,10.5 3p c. Commerc al ...... :,....... 10e1. sh. 61
5 p2r cent. East and West India .-••••"''S 101
3,.K8,310: I. 31. p.ct. London Stock 721,1
Ditto Bonds
2,209 31.65. sd. Bristol Average 14'1.45. sh. 75
C 8,324/. W. per cent. Ditto N.;t,l, various amounts ....... ..... 108
252.752 5 p,er cent. St. Katharit,,, Stock P.I.
NFJ,4120 41 per cent. Ditto Bone.a ..
200.0041 4 per cent. Ditto Flon..i, tor 19 years
...... Deptford i'iet .. 2Ol. so. 20/. pd 10
BitIDGES. . _ .

1,600 1!. Harennesemtl ................. ----fie/. tle. 21
1,031 Souteweee Old Av. 031.25. Bd. sh. nt,.,
1,710 11. 156. Ditto, New, of le per cent., 501.91 i. 16
„ono ..,...... Waterloo 'COI. sh. 3%
5,000 20s. Oct. De.to, Old Annuities of 8' 001. pd 21
5,000 19e. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. ..,. 4Ol. pd 18%
nO,OOO/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Bonds
5,e48 27s Vauxhall .......„Averaee 701. 10s. 3d. sh 26
ASSURANCE COMPAN:Es.
0,000 2110* Albion 5OOl. sh. 501. pd 72
s,le(y) c6pn er d cent./ Alliance British &Foreignlool.sh. 111. pd 14
a 15s,
ee,ooo 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine lOOl. sh. 5!. pd 5
24,000 41. per sh. Atlas .........
LeoOesh. 51'. Birmingham tire.. 2501. sh. 551. pd 107%
20,000 41. percent. British Fire ...... 250/.sh. 50/. pd .10
12,000 61. percent. tritest) Commercial . .501. sh. 54 pd 6
5,000 51. percent. Clerical & Medical Lite, 1Cie.5h..21103 p 6
its
4,000 210 s County .......... ...... . lOO/. sh. 101. pd le
2,000 zz. Eagle 501. sh. 51. pd 5
eee c 5 Per cent.? Economic Lire "JOO/ sh. 2501. pd 400
"'"'" 1 and 301 bs.
2,271 225. percent. Eurepean Lit, 'O/. sh. all pd 22
s,iee,o 2s. Ditto, New "0' sit. 21. pd 1%
,000,i;001. 6/.per ct Globe Stock 11542
21,000 51. Guardian .... ..... .... ..... 1001.. e. 27e1 pd 36
30,000 4s. Oa. Hope .501. sh. 51. psi 5%
2,400 5!. 19.3. 6d. Imperial kiire 500!. sh. tele pd 133
7,500 9s. Imperial Life lOOl. sh. 10!. pd 10
13,1e1.1 5/. per cent. Indemnity Marine lOOl. sh. 8!. pd 29
2,020 3131 108 Kent Fire M. sh. all pd 92
Ditto Life .50/. pd 66
10,000 Ifs. Law Life lOOl. sh. 101. pd
;emu les. London, Fire oe/, sh. 121. 10s. pd IS%
3,000 IN. London, Ship '5/. sh. le/. los. pd wq
1/000.0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 1001. sh.
510,0001. ......... National Loan Fund ..... ......... 2l. ss. pd 13
3eooo 5/. per cent. Palladium Lite 50/. sh. 2!. pd 216 s
50.n00 5/. per cent. Protector I; fe .204 sh. 21. pd :Shed
10,0110 4 per cent. Protestant letsrenters ....101. sh. 51. pd 542
/.500 11. Provident Lire 100/. sh. 10/. pd 20
200,060 41. Ocl. Rock Life ........... ....... ............ .. 24 pd 4
oee.lol 51. per c,-et. Royal Exchange Stock 150
6,009 5 per cent. University Life 1001. sh. 5/. yd 534
10,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 1001. sh, 51. pd 73e
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
25,000 .....-.. Aerie. and Cum. eflreland2sl. 0.10/. pd
15,000 8 per cent. Australasia 401. sh. 401. pd 55
16,006 JO per cent. Bank of Birmingham 501. sh. 101. pd 13
10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank ....
37,000 6 per cent. London & Westminster 100/ sh. 201, pd 21%
60,000 51. London Joint Stoel' 50/. sh. 10/. pd 12
J,009 4 per cent. Lancaster lOOl. sh. 204 ed 30
25,000 11; per cent. Liverpool 100/ sh. 1211. pd 19
50,000 71percent. Manchester and Liver ] 500 h. 151 pd 163,
pool Distrizt
20,000 7 per era t. Manchester lOO4 sh. 10/. pd 434
20,000 8 pe: cent. Provincial Bank of Irelandlool. sh. '25/. pel 41
10,000 II ier cent National Bank of Ireland 50/. eh. 1711. pd 1514
10,000 6 per cent National Provincial Eng.loo/. sh. 35/. pd 24
111,00 e Ditto New 10t. eh. 10/. pd 10
10,000 Gloucestershire 404 sh. 10/. pd 32
6,000 Riper cent. Hampshire ..«....«........... 501. sh. 51. pd 9
GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
2,500 les Od Bath ...... -.................. 2Ol. sh. 16/. pd 29.
5,000 ..... .... British 401. sh. 161. pd 181.
5.000 151;1. rteg.ent.l Diet() Provincial .........201. sh. 191. pd 2434
928 51 101 Birmingham.......... .............»....501. sh. 96
4,250 .210 s Bristol ................ ..... ............ sh. 36
2,950 31 10s Brighton "01. sh. 13%
750 31 10s Ditto, New .201. sh. 11)!. pd 9
2,471 4e per cent. Brighton General 2Ol. sh. all pd 934
4,000 71. 10s. Continental Consolidated ....751. 024/. pd 109
1,000 10!. City of London.. ....... .-.100/. sh. all pd 195
1,000 6/. Ditto, New lOOl. sh. 75/. pd 150
4,000 31. Os. Equitable 5Ol. pd 20
10,000 3/. per cent. Imperial 591. sh. 39
800 .51. per cent. Isle of 'rhauet 251. sh. 201. pd 1834
2,350 '6l. per cant. Independent 001. oh. all r..., 56
9,000 41. per cant. Phceniz • 5O/. sh. 391. pd 30%
1,000 4/. per cent. Ratcliff lOOl. sh. 801. pd f 3
,000 South Metropolitan 5Ol. sh. 191. pd 16
/eOOO 5/.per cent. United General 501. sh. 471. pd 31
21.0 5/. per cent. Warwick
400 51. per cent Wakefield .............»..251. sh. 22
2,000 31. Westminster Chartered ..... ~...501. sh. 28
6,000 12s. Ditto New ......... ..........5( 1. 2h. 101. pd 11%
780 3per cent. Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. 182. pd
WATER WO eIKS
1,80) 341. Birmingham 251. sh. 251. pd 21
4,4e3 71. East l.ondon lOOl. sh. 162
5,500 21 15s. Grand Junction Average 411. 1;35.4d. sh. 61
2,000 21. Kent lOO4 sh. 47
372 101. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 3e6
1,500 2/10s New River London Bridge Water Ann. - 60
5,486 2110 s Manchester and Salford.... ....... .1001. sh. 553
1.000 5 per cont. South London 1001. sh. 08
8,294 4il. West Middlesex Average 631:125. 9d. sh. 90
1,360 1114 s York Building Co. Lessee Prop. 1001. sh. 35
IRON RAILWAYS.
6,300 ......... Birmingham and Derby ...... 100! pd 55
9,518) ......... Birmingham and Gloucester ICO/. pd 55
15,000 ......... Bristol and Exeter .....«..1(101. sh. 60 pd 27
7,500 ......... Cheltenham& G.Western 1601.5 h. 62 el. 17
3,000 , ......... Clarence 1001. sh. 100/ pd 20
8,000 ......... Dublin and Drogheda 1001. sh. 5/. lei
60,005 ........ Eastern Counties 251. sh. 231. pd . 744
10000 .. ...... . Great North of England 1001. sh. 901. pd 65
10,9:8 13 tier cent. strand Junction lOO/. oh. all pd too
05, 00 3 per cent. Great Western 1001. sh. 654 pd 7534
25,000 -- ...... Ditto New 501. sh. eO/. pd 5414
6,000 5 per cent Gosport Junction... 50e sh. 50/. pd 52
y,006 5 per cent. Hartlepool lOU Lb. 1001. pd 1453.
8,000 Hull and Selby 501. sh. 50/. p 6 0,9
2,100 4 per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 6534
5,11 es 10 per cent. Livereool& Manchester 10./.sh. 1004 p 4 11)9%
7,9 8, leper cent. Ditto Half Shares sl'4 pd 90
11,495. AO per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares "54 pd 45
36,000 ......... London and Brighton 501. sh. 50/ pd 40%
94,000, .....«.. London and Blackwell 251. sh. 251. pi 9ee
*O,OOO, -3 per cent. London and Greenwich eo/. sta. tee. pd 734
25,000' *leper cent. London & Birmingham 1001. sh. 901. pd ICO
25,000 21. Cs. Ditto Quarter Shares -.054 sh. 51. pd 2114
31,250 ......... Ditto New Shares .321 sh. aa. pd 53
36,000 5 per cent. London and S. Western Av. 381, 173.1,d. 5144
33,000 ......... London and Croydon l `' od 1316
.... ..... Ditto New Scrip....e Av. 13/. lee . . ,314)
13,000 3per cent. ALinch ester and Leeds...loo/. sh. '704 pd 5634
13,0001 . ..... .... Ditto Half Shares 5Ol. 054 pd 24
10,0001 ......... Manchester and Birmingham 701. s h. 40/. el%
Ditto Extension 7l. pd 2%
10,0001 21.105. Midland Counties 'OO4 sh. 1001, pd 7")
15,000, 31. Os. North Midland
1/.los. Ditto New l.Ol. sh. 1001 pd 61
10,256; ««.».. Northern and Eastern.... 501. sh. 551. pdp 3gli
2,660 ......... Preston and Wre
kb,ooo, .......... South Eastern ind Dover'-s°l' oh• 201.
..........1003/1.•
1,000, 10t. per cent. Stockton and Darlingtonspphdd.
26256 1436
O,OeAl, ......... Thames Haven «
0,000. ........ York and North Midland
°
ands•so.ii sh 5
h. 5011: Pd
pd 73
MINES.
B,oooe Albion Copper..
,s,OOO, 11. bs. Alters ...... ............................ . 1," ". 3ii. P 4 12
10,00 es .... ..... Anglo Mexicaness.s, ~,,,,' s 121. it :pd w
Ditto Subscripeee • '-*l°°l. oh. a' 'i d 1
2,000 101. Bolanos .. ""••••••-.0...251. pu 1
It.
i: i:000000704
....171........1:„..?.........
iseEplianltclzayolialillbatanisji:e.l:plhp.C.P'en:or7eo;ca.s..e...iss:RlU•p:Pain.ni-ty..e..,:d..1252201:15,1../i:shhhn... eii Pp:pp
de.i s,ti
351.•5h..2.7 i pit
35
....... ......--104 sh. 10/.. -pd 2
2010,:0)000,
..... .... ... :
BBiTttisshi,
1...............100/. sh. 601. pd
Copper... . .......... .51. sh. 4i/. pd
5000 ''.. ..... Cate Bran
......... 1%
Candonga...,:::::::: .... ••••••••••641. Pd 6a_
10,000 1 1
Ein5PEa:5...i.."......E p -m7"..72°...55..;:a:. 715151.1. Pledd 50:
.....141. Cs. pd 3
3L Pd 10
8,500 'o'3l.
2,850 . General lifiningAsso•aii7
20,00°_. .... .... Mexican Company ..... 10ir.i..h..84„. pd
nd 1%
6,..1a.:. ••" ... polberou Consols e .....
..101%e5.,. •-:.-i 6
Umegisterecte • t." 4
134500"""' :::: ..
..": ..
Real del Monte,
Ditto Loan Notes... ..... '":" •••••-, 2%
United Mexican, iss.2-pra. 4017'1504 I'd 160
30,000 ......, Ditto Scrip . eh. all pd
Ditto New Scrip. - ........
NON • •••• 234
••• ••••• .... A I
West Cork ....................50/. sti _.. Pd 3
TirieTetS•...7:"g:. sPdh. 3:
withYlNSl.'lT_aPi
Bra,'
1,000
..... LlLOTEnadoAnn:
1'541° •••••••• London Univeri ..ty .....»..1091. h • . all pd 7K
790 ...... Russell •••• .. :.. ..- .......... ..........25gs. ih. 6
• King' Coll ,Re lOOl. 19%
AI ISC ree,L A NEO U S.
10,309 15s. Austral',lo Agricultural.loo4'sh. 28/. 39
6000 1. per cent. BritiaP, American Land Company 3541. p 4
10,030 61. per cent. Can 013, Company •••••...1031. ...NW. sh. 3241. pd 28
30,000 51. per cent. tipper Canada Lean
reity Bonds, 4 per cent lOO
20,000 1164. GeneralSteamNarigatien 151. :h. 141. pd RA
101. percent. Hudson's Bay Stock ......... ... ......
.000 1/. London Corn. Sale Rooms ....Av. 7.54 sh 19%
,000 ......... Caoutcheue Company 124/. pd 12%
New Brunswick Land Compae v...e.0/. pd 12
.2,154 5/. per cent. Reversionary Int. 50e...10101. sh. 1(101. Pd 95
'4633 ..
5/. per cent. Ditto New..... ......... POOL oh. 1004 pd 107
4,°00 .....e. Thames Tunnel .501. eh. all P,4 10
10,000 Cs. Van Diemen's Land.... 1001. oh. 1741. pd 7

LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES
OCT. 2, 1841.
BANKS.
%%vow. RI. p. ct. 11r.tik of Scotland ...811. 6s. Bd. sh. all pd
2.000,0010. p. ct. Bcyal of 5c0t1and........—..1001. sh. all tAI !:
500,060,',. 1. p. et.
British Linen Company...lool. sh. all pd 215
s°°."l. p. ct. Commercial ..... .h. 100.'. pd 105
500,0116,. 6n. et. National lOO/.3h. 101. pd 14
500.0001. B!.p. ct. Olt sgow Union .... ....... sh. 50/. pd 85
1,00.001. 6P. ct. 'Western of Scotland ...2001. sh 401. pd t 9
INSUItANCE C 014 PAIES.
250,0006 h. 61 p. et. Scottish Uni
7,500
100 P. ct. Hercules ...,;».».«, 1001. sh. 10/. pd 13
100.000 10 P. et. Insurancr, Co. of Sc.° tllnd.lol. sh. all pd 01*s
50,000 10 P. et. North v!ritisti ')001. sh„ I pd 17
1,000 10 p. ct.
100/. sh. 101. pd 20
5,01'0 10 p ct. Edl"Aourgh Lae ..... ... 100/. sh. 10/. pd 1414
/011,000 3/1,- tt. Nest ot Scotland ........... 101. pd
_IIISCELLANEO US.
4,8113 rdin. And °las. Un. Cznal.so/. sh. all pd 10
Ditto Alhcat,til . . sh. all pd 43
05,40( ri per cent. PAlinb. Joint Stsck cr.'2sl. sh. 211 pd 34
Locosti pc cent. Shotts Iron Founaei sh 481 pd
45
0,000 :3 per Ce. Edinburgh & Leith Glass.'2o/.sh. 101. pa 3;.; 4000 io per cent. Edinburgh al, _
_„
4,450 10 per cent. !.Is_gow Gas . g
no 71 per cent. s...etpi Coat (las
inbiirgh ruld lktl' • .....
2'f'1.*11.50111 sh .1200
1.154
Keith rt,,, •••••••••••..--- •

ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY,—,The last month had
been rich in presents—particularly in two lions and a
lioness, from Sir Thomas Iteade, her Majesty's Consul
at Tunis ; and amongst other presents announced were
$ green and an Alsace monkey, two golden eagles, an
Australian dog, &c. There w ie also presented to the
Museum six skins o; rare monkeys from Fernando, by
G. Knapp, Esq., ani 57 specimens of birds, and three
quadrupeds from Australia, from G. Knapp, Esq.

SECONDARIES' COURT.
(THIS DAY.)
Can!. CON.— MITFORD V. MOLYNEUX.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff, to recover
damages from the defendant, for having had criminal
conversation with the plaintiff's wife.
Sir W. Follett appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr.
Chamber for the defence.
Sir War. FOLLETT stated the case to the Jury. He
said they knew perfectly well that a person who had
sustained an injury such as that of the plaintiff—an in-
jury so serious—the only course he could pursue was to
bring an action for pecuniary damages, without which
he could not obtain a divorce, nor be guarded against a
spurious offspring succeeding to his estates and property.
In the present case there were no matters for them
to decide, except the mere amount of pecuniary
damages, as the case had gone in favour of •
the plaintiff by default, inasmuch as the defendant had
placed no plea on the record, nor did he deny the fact of
adultery. He would shortly state the case for the plain-
tiff, who was a gentleman of ample fortune, residing in
Hampshire, and was the cousin of Lord Redesdale. Lady
Georgians Mitford, his wife, was the daughter of Lord
and Lady Ashburnham. The parties were married in the
year 1828, and at that time the conduct of
the parties led their friends to believe that
the union would be a most happy one. For
several years they did live in bill-Thiess, and several
children were the fruit of that union, some of whom Lad
died, but there were three sons still remaining. They
continued to lire in happiness till the year 1838, and in
that year it was deemed necessary by the family of Mr.
Mitford that he and Lady Georgians should reside on the
Continent. He (Sir W. Follett) need not mention the cir-
cumstances which required this step. Mr. Mittlird and
Lady Georgians removed to the Continent, and lived for
a considerable time at Frankfort, Mr. Mitford
having previously taken a house, whilst they were re-
siding at Frankfurt. Whilst they were residing at Frank-
fort, the defendant, the Hon. Mr. Molyneux, the son of
the late Earl of Sefton, and brother of the present Lord,
filled the office of Secretary to the Legation at Frankfurt.
Lady Georgiana had been acquainted with Mr. Moly-
neux in England, and that acquaintance bad been re-
newed in Frankfort. Mr. Molvneux frequently visited
the house of the plaintiff; and was frequently at their
parties. On these occasions he showed great atten-
tion to Lady Georgians, and the greatest friendship
existed between the parties. The happiness of the
plaintiff and his lady continued undisturbed till the
autumn of the year 1840. In the autumn of that year
Mr. Mitford discovered a difference in the manners of his
wife, and was at a loss to account fur the change. Mr.
Mitford had occasion to visit Dresden shortly afterwards,
and on his return he found that his domestic hap •
piness was entirely destroyed, discovering that the
object of his previous care, solicitude, and affection,
had flown from the roof of her natural protector, and
was living in adultery with the defendant. Lady
Georgiana was up to the present moment living with the
defendant as man and wife. He (Sir W. Follett) was
afraid he had not evidence to show the circumstances of
Mr. Molyneux. He only knew him to be the son of a
noble and wealthy family, but whether he was possessed
of estates or other property, he was not aware. He
moved in a high station of life, and had filled the
office of Secretary to the Legation at Frankfort,
the emoluments of which were very considerable.
But lie had been obliged to resign the office owing to
the unfortunate occurrence, he (Sir W. Follett) was
then detailing to them. Had the plaintiff been de-
prived by death of his wife lie would still have had the
melancholy satisfaction, but gratifying thought, that the
remembrance would be associated with virtue. But now
his position was pure, unmixed misery. He would then
proceed to call witnesses in support of the case, and leave
in the hands of the Jury to assess the amount of

damages.
Mrs. Farrall, the first witness called, deposed that
she was the mother of the plaintiff, and was present at
the marriage of her son to the Lady Georgiana Ash-
burnham, which took place in the year 1523, with the
consent of both families. Her son was 24. years of

....,.....
a
age at the time of the marriage. Lady Georgian
was about a year younger. After the marriage
Lady Georgiana lived cn the most affectionate terms with
her husband. She (the witness) never saw anything
but the most perfect harmony existing between them
from the time of their marriage up to their removal to
Frankfort, in the year 1838. Several sons, the fruit of
their marriage, were living.
Lydia Royce being sworn, deposed that she
had been in the capacity of lady's maid to Lady
Georgians Mitford. She accompanied the family
when they went to Frankfort in 1838. On all occasions
Lady Georgiana was most attentive and affectionate to
her husband. During their residence in Frankfort Mr.
Molyneux was in th habit of visiting them. In the
Autumn of 1838 Mr. Mitford had occasion to go to
Dresden, and on the evening of his departure Lady
Georgiana told the witness that her brother had arrived
that day at Frankfort, and that she was going to see him.
telling her to pack up a small portmanteau, which she
did, and Lady Georgiana left the house with Mr. Moly-
neux in a carriage and four, and never returned.
Cross-examined—On one occasion previous to this oc-
currence, Mr. Mitford was absent for some time in Eng-
land ; on another occasion he was absent for a fortnight
at Brussels. Mr. Molyneux resided at -Wiesbaden,
which is about twenty-four miles from Frankfort.
Lord Redesdale and Col. Thomas Ashburnham seve-
rally deposed to the affectionate bearing shown by Lady
Georgiana towards her husband, after their marriage.
This being the case for the plaintiff,
Mr. CHAMBERS addressed the Jury for the defendant.
He contended that the most blameable person in the
transaction was the plaintiff, who was indiscreet enough
to leave his,wife, a beautiful woman, on the Continent
alone for weeks together amidst all the temp-
tation that must necessarily surround her in the
world of fashion on the Continent. He called upon the
Jury not to give heavy damages as to persons in a sta-
tion of life whose every comfort was destroyed in the
loss of his wife, and the estrangement of her affections.
The plaintiff was a man of wealth, and allied by blood
to a noble family. He had the means of purchasing
pleasure, and of possessing all the enjoyments of life.
On the Continent the manners of the inhabitants were
light and frivolous, much more so than the in-
habitants of this country, and long might it
be ere the English people became otherwise. Lady
Georgiana was placed amidst temptations, and amongst
a people where the foibles of the softer sex were looked
upon as trifles. She was neglected by her husband, and
what more probable course, under such circumstances,
and in such a land, than the one she had unhap-
pily taken ? There was a mode of proceeding with
these delicate flowers—if he might use the expres-
sion—a mode in which to bring them back to
health when they were placed in an atmosphere
which would make them droop and probably die. In
foreign society nothing was so dangerous as a wealthy
man leaving his wife alone amidst the world of fashion
for so long a period as three weeks. l'ity it was that
Mr. Mitford had not had some kind friend who knew
something of the world to advise him to remove Lady
Georgiana from this scene of temptation. He might
have removed her when he found her manners alter. It
was unfair to Lady Georgiana—it was unfair to Mr. Mo-
lyneux, not to have done so; because, leaving her open to
temptation at the time when he knew Mr. Molyneux was
within reach, and knowing that Mr. Molyneux;had paid at-
tention to Lady Georgians, it almost amounted to an
invitation to Mr. Molyneux to come there to console her
for the absence of her husband. He did so, and in a
hasty moment, perhaps, without consideration, Lady
Georgians had taken that step which led to the present
proceedings. It appeared so from the circumstances,
because it was quite clear that the visit of Mr. Moly-
neux was not preconcerted ; and everything was
done in haste, Lady Georgiana taking but one small
portmanteau with her. It was a case of sudden tempta-
tion—it was a sudden impulse of the moment—there was
no intention shown of an elopement having been contem-
plated by Lady Georgiana ; but in an unguarded mo-
ment she had taken that step she never could retrace.
There was no undermining the affections of the wife on
the part of the defendant—it was a sudden impulse of
the moment, which every one must blame and condemn.
Therefore it was not the heinous crime as might have ex-
isted in other cases where the lover might have flown from
the victim of his passion. They had had evidence addle
to show the kindness and affection that existed L- -,cd
the plaintiff and his wife in England, but s' eet'areell
.
no eviderce as to their domestic fecili' -.ley had had
history of this family on the Coo" ~j, abroad. If the
into it would be found to cor-
-silent were to beone
one-half the families fro,- iespondt with the history of
I,lvhirea;ona thedenCieostiniTrnet:
On the Continent °eel- cinethwsnmlet
side was. Th-
ey did not understand it, and when people
thistire-
went abro-,t they lutist do as the rest. The manners of
eenntry drop, and they found themselves different
:.ersons—all was gaiety and temptation. Mr. Mitford and
Lady Georgiana were like all foreign visitors ; they had
no domestic comforts, their chief pleasures were visiting
routs and balls in uninterrupted succession. With re-
spect to damages, let them consider the state of the
parties ; the paintiff was a man to whom
be no •
a large money could
object, the defendantwas the .
youngest sou et
family ; and they knew that the
of the richest noblem
coil-
sequence of thisunhappy . youngest son
an was not a rich man. In
transaction the'defendant had
been compelled to resign h. • situation
at Frankfort, and he had- gn
the small
of a nobleman. He left it •
they were to consider that
damages at their hands, he sN
Mr. Secondary
POTTER
in so low a tone that he was quiteme
occupied by the gentlemen of the
is as Minister
nothing to subsist upon except
out to the younger son
in the hands of the Jury, but
while the plaintiff was asked
summed
a sdvealthy man.
up the evidence, but
inaudiblers at the place
The Jury retired for about twenty .m*
re-
turned with a verdict for the plaintiff- Dianmutes, and
We cannot refrain from adverting to thaegceosel(looo/.
the officers connected with this Court with respectuet ofto
the gentlemen of the press. Every obstacle that could
be thrown in the way of the performance of their
duties was resorted to, intomuch that from the Learned
Under-Sheriff speaking in a low tone of voice we were
quite unable to catch a word.

INSOLVENT COURT.-THJS DAY.

IS RE WM. NLNK,

The insolvent had been a coach proprietor on the
Brighton line of road, and attributed his insolvency to
the establishment of the Brighton Railway. In March,
1840, he had passed through the Court, and since that
time, up to his present insolvency, had done very little bu-
siness. The Learned Commissioner ordered him to be
discharged.
- -

IN RE FRED. WALSH.
Mr. WooDnurrE applied to have Mr. Davis, a solici-
tor, residing in the Albany, appointed assignee. The
Learned Gentleman stated the insolvent had been a bill-
broker and money-lender, and, as was usual in the case
Of such insolvencies, many of the ticbts
Mr. Davis was a creditor to the estate himself in up-
wards of 1,0001., and, being an attorney, was likely to be
successful with the "gentlemen" debtors for whOlu the
insolvent discounted bills.—Granted.

The • following is the petition for Radical Reform, &c.
from t.lt e Cobbett Club, v:hich was presented on Thurs-
day to the House of Commons by Mr. T. Duncombe,
who d A everything that the very stringent rules of the
House would allow to brine the matter contained in it
plainly e.nd clearly before the Members. At any rate
its ciru' t .tion threugh the Press will place some very
import tilt facts before the country, and will, in that
quarter .;-at least, have a very beneficial effect :

To the Honourable the Commons of the United King-
de J n of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament
as. a :cabled.
The p etition of the Cobbett Club of London, unani-
iously agreed to, at a meeting of that body, on
ae Ist day of September, 1841.
Humbly showeth,
1. Tk at your petitioners, in their great anxiety to see
a restore tion of the freedom, the greatness, and the power
of this a ountry, so that it may again take its proper
station amongst the nations of the earth ; and, knowing
that thi s can be effected only by the people having re-
stored to them the power of exercising their ancient
constitutional rights, hate frequently petitioned former
Parham eats to grant Universal Suffrage, Annual Par-
liament: :, and Voting by Ballos. And they are daily
receivin g fresh evidence of the necessity for these things,
the grit, .ting of which would have rendered it wholly
unnecos sary far them now to trespass upon your atten-
tior, as d occupy the public time ; a great deal of which
has bees i (as it appears to your petitioners) hitherto
spent, n of in matters calculated to benefit the people,
but in p arty squabbles, having for their object the turn-
ing out of one st t of men, whom the Queen bad se-
lected :.,o be her servants in the Executive, and the
putting; another set of men in their place ; act because
the Q,-1 een had no confidence in those her servants ;
but, ben 2ause your Honourable House, forsooth, a se-
parate branch of the Legislature, had not confidence
in the at ! Thus leaving it almost doubtful, whether
the I.V, misters are the servants of the Crown, or whe-
ther :ley are the servants of the House of Commons!
2. Teat, your petitioners have always understood,
that thee Three Estates cf this Realm have separate and
distioce duties and privileges, which the Constitution
has ph defined for them ; and, that, beyond the
liin'ts 'thus defined, neither the one nor the other has
the 1701,71 r of passing ; and this not merely to secure
the la amt, inious working of the whole, but to ensure to
the people the benefit of the sepraatc and independent
working of each estate.
S. Tatat, amongst those duties and privileges,
your ;petitioners believe that the Crown, that
is to say, the Highest Estate, has the prero-
gative c f selecting its own servants, cr ministers, who
are to be those whom the Crewn wills to be of its
Privy ( ;ouncil ; who are, therefore, " a noble, honour-
able, a ad reverend ass( mbly," whose duty it is to
advist the Crown to the best of their cunning and
discretio n." The prerogative of the Crown, in choosing
this bead:, of men, cannot be interfered with by either
House, of Parliament," or it must cease to be a prero-
gative. All writers upon the Constitution, declare,
that, ".Parliament ought not to deal, to judge, or to
meddle with, any prerogative of the Crown ;" that they
can "in creaee the prerogative of the Executive, but
they cat :not invest themselves with it : they have it not
in their power to command its motions : they can only
unbind its hands :" that Privy Councillors arc made by
the Sovereign's nomination only, and that the will of
the Sovereign is their sole constituent : that " the
dissolution of the Privy Council depends upon the plea-
sure of the Sovereign, and that he may, whenever he
thinks p roper, discharge any particular member, or the
whole of them, and appoint others ; and that the Con-
stitution has provided a remedy at law, either by im-
peachmeant or by criminal information, for their delin-
queecies : that " neither House of Parliament has a
right to animadvert upon the Sovereign, nor have any
jurisdiction over him in civil matters, as that would be
to destroy one of the constituent parts of the Sovereign
power ;" that is to say, would be a lopping off of one-
third part of the Constitution at a blow, sinking the in-
' dependence of the Crown, and making it a mere tool in
the hands of the other two parties, who may strip it of
all remaining power, and leave it as an useless and de-
spicable bauble.
4. That your petitioners, believing that these
opinions are in unison with our ancient Constitution,
cannot avoid stating them to your Honourable
House ; and they beg also to be permitted to make
another statement, which they take from the
" Act of Limitation of the Crown ;" it is this, " that
no person who holds any office, or place of profit, under
the King, or who is receiving a pension from the Crown,
shall be capable of serving as a Member of the House
of Commons;" and which, although your petitioners
are not ignorant of the adroitness with which it is
evaded, is a most wise, just, and wholesome law, which
they hope soon to see rigidly reinforced.
5. That the consideration of these things has brought
to your petitioners' recollection, a long list of most
grievous innovations upon the Constitution of our fore-
fathers ; each of which has been an abridgement of the
liberties of the great body of the people of these realms,
and the effect of the whole, united, has been to leave the
main part of the people with scarcely more political
rights than are possessed by the people of Algiers, of
Egypt, or cf Turkey.
6. That the first and greatest of these innovations,
may it please your Honourable House, is the one from
whence all the others have flowed ; namely, the with-
holding from the mass of the people their ancient right
of suffrage. This your petitioners believe to be the
great master-evil that has produced consequences most
fatal to the well-being of the people, of which every man
must be convinced, when be reflects that from this
source alone has been produced—
The dividing the Church and Abbey lands amongst
the aristocracy, and compelling the people to
maintain the poor, instead of their being main-
tained cut of the tithes and revenues of the Church ;
The throwing the Church-rates upon the people, in-
stead of causing the Churches to be repaired and
maintained out of the fruits of the livings ;
The appropriating the property of the Guilds and
Fraternities, and Charitable Bequests, amongst the
aristocracy and their dependents ;
The uniting of parishes, and amalgamating the pro-
duce of the livings, and giving them to one man,
instead of permitting each parish to have its sepa-
rate priest.;
The giving a plurality of votes, at a vestry, to rich
men, and thus destroying the weigkt of the vote
of the poor man ;
Tie inventing and introducing the cunning and in-
quietorial excise system, in order that the taxes
should be taken from the people in a manner that
they cannot resist, any more than they can resist
the robber who has his hands in their pockets,
after having first blindfolded and bound them ;
The establishing, first triennial, and then septennial
Parliaments ; which, down to the period of any-
thing-but " glorious Revolution of 1688" had been
annual ;
The taking from the Crown its landed estates, and
dividing them amongst the aristocracy, and making
the Sovereign a sort of pensioner, to be maintained
out of the taxes raised upon the people.
The leaving, in innumerable cases, the convicting and
punishing of persons at the discretion of me;
are appointed by, and removable at, who
of the Minister of the day. , sne pleasure
The trying, and imprisoe'
jury, for simple'
and profs-
he-

...ng of men without trial by
, amass, in treading on corn-fields ;
...ging rich men from such law, when, with
.. ses and dogs, they:sport upon these same cord,
ficldr.
The compelling men to IcaVe their aged parents, their
wives and their children, and to come forth in de-
fence of the country ; to submit to military dis-
cipline, and punishment for disobedience of orders,
and to risk their lives in its service, whilst they
are refused the rigbt of voting at elections, on the
ground that they have no stake in the country ;
The delegating to three men, who are called " Poor-
law Commissioners," the power of making lavcs to
bind the people of this country ! a circumstance,
the existence of which is almost. sufficient to make
the dry bones of our brave and free forefathers to
rattle in their graves, from shame and indignation
at the tameness and blueness of their degenerate
sons.

7. These constitute a mass of grievous innovations
on the liberty of the people, may it please your Hon.
House, the smallest of which would never have existed
if the people had net been robbed of the power of re-
turning Members to their own House of Parliament ;
which power they had exercised for so many ages;
h
and the continuance of the possession of which would
prevented the hands of power from grasping many
other things unjustly, amongst which are the Army, the
Navy, the Colonies, the Diplomatic Affairs, the Col.
leges, yea, everything, to which are attached great heaps
of money, is enclosed in this unrelenting grasp ; and this
same power, now, by means of the " New Poor-law"
(which was passed " to bring the people of England, by
degrees, to live upon a comer sort of food"), hopes to
grasp some twenty, or thirty, millions more, a-year, cut
of the wages of the labouring part of the people—from
that part of the people, who are, at this time, in such a
stare of poverty, that the agonizing cries for bread, of
miliioas of them, are piercing our ears and harrowing
our hearts, and exciting in our minds grief and shame,
and a burning and inexpressible rage, when we reflect
on the causes of such suftirings ; and, more espe-
cially, %hen we find that, although these
sufferings were long ago foretold, nothing was
done to prevent them ; ant=, now that they present
i themselves in such fearful array before us, we are
sickened to the soul at the almost total absence of any
lefforts to remedy them, or of any sympathy for the
sufferers, being evinced by those who have the power to
relieve them.
8. Your Petitioners therefore pray that your Ho-
nourable House, without any more waste of the public
time in unprofitable discussion about " want of confi-
eence" in her Majesty's servants, will cause that law to
b. pit in lore,: which tNili Icrnove her Majesty''.;
str-
%ants from the occupying of seats, and voting in your
Honourable House ; and, also, that you will set about
removing tboee grievances which they have, in this