The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-15 00:00:00

MANSION-HO USE.

A big, hard-drinking Scotchman, named James Miller,
was brought before Alderman WiLsoN, charged with
having turned his wife, not only out of her bed, but out
of her house, at three o'clock in the morning. The de-
fendant had been charged with brutal conduct to his
wife upon a former occasion, and obliged to find bail.
She had forgiven him for the twentieth time, but she
found that he was so completely given to strong drinks,
which provoked him to the use of his fists, as well as to
the use of the foulest tongue that ever demanded money
of a wife to lay out in gin, that she determined to leave
her unfortunate case in the hands of the 11Iagistracy
henceforward.

It appeared that Mrs. Miller was a widow in respec-
able business and good circumstances, when about thir-
teen years ago she unhappily met the hulking fellow at
the bar, who just wanted the comfortable situation of
husband to an independent easy woman. Her choice
was objected to by her relatives and friends, and she
soon found that their judgment, not having any mixture
of the blind passion in it, was the more correct, for he
began to exercise the authority of a lord and master in
the most awful manner, soon after he did her the honour
to change her name.
Alderman WnsoN—We have had this gentleman
more than once at that bar before.

Mr. Hobler said that Mr. Miller had been frequently
brought before the Lord Mayor for savage conduct to
his wire, who, notwithstanding his violent and drunken
habits, more than once interceded for him.
Alderman WILSON to Mrs. Miller—You say he
turned you out of your bed and your house in this
weather ? Mrs. Miller—At three o'clock in the morn-
ing he draged me out of bed, and pushed me out at
the door ; I was obliged to call a policeman.
Alderman WILSON—What have you to say to this
charge, defendant? Detendant—Why, my Lord, my
good lady and I have been sleeping separate for the last
six months, and I thought that was too long, so I pro.
pased to come to my old quarters, and that was not
agreeable to her, so out she started, and I suppose she
was afraid when she saw me, but she had no occasion,
hr it was not her that I took hold of, but her pillow.
Alderman WILSON—You must find good bail to keep
the peace towards her for twelve months.
Mrs. Miller said that it was only two or three days
ago the sureties which he had been obliged to find to
keep the peace towards her had been discharged.
Alderman WILSON—We shall protect you against
his brutality. Defendant—l beseech you not to be so
hard upoa we. Her nieces arc the cause of the differ-
ence between us.

Alderman WnsoN—They don't make you drunk,
and send you to turn her out of her bed and her house
at three o'clock of the morning, do they? Defendant—
I assure you, my Lord, I'd never do such a thing again.
zo away to Scotland at once, if you'll discharge me.
Mrs. Miller said that she was unwilling to do the
man injury. All she wanted was peace. God knew
she had suffered for her imprudence.

Alderman WnsoN—You shall not be subject to such
dreadful annoyances. He must find unexceptionable bail.
Defendant—l can't find bail, my Lord, and I pray you
not to be so hard upon me. I'll tell you what I'll do :
I'll go off this moment to Scotland, and then there can
be no occasion for bail : I'll cut off at once by the
steamer.

Alderman WILSON—I must take care that you do
not murder your wife before you go.
Defendant—Send one of your officers with me to see
me off. I assure your Lordship that nothing shall pre-
vent me.

Alderman WILSON—It shall entirely rest with your
Rife, whom you have so grossly abused. I shall remand
you till Wednesday week. If Mrs. Miller intercede for
you in the mean time, and she states that she has
reason to believe you will go to Scotland and not trou-
ble her again, I shall attend to any request she may
make to me ; but it all depends upon her.

The Defendant thanked the Alderman and looked
imploringly at his wife, who arpeared to be extremely
grateful for the resolute tone in which protection the
most complete was offered to her.
Mr. Miller was then remanded.

CHARGE OF SHOOTING NEAR YORK.----A
case has kAst occurred in York which has excited much
interest. Tho facts of the case, so far as we can collect
them, aro as follow :—On Monday night, about eleven
o'clock, a person named James Hallett, a labourer, and
seven or eight other persons, were going from York to
Fulford, rather in liquor and enjoying a spree on the road.
The former had a rail in his hand. When they had pro-
ceeded as far as Fulford Church-lane, they met a young
man named John Moor, an articled clerk to Messrs.
Sharp, architects. Hallett went up to him and shouted
" Boh 1" On this Moor said, " Stand back, or I'll blow
your brains out ?" at the same time drawing a pistol
from his pocket. Hallett not doing so, he fired and
lodged the ball with which the pistol was leaded in
the left side of the head, near the temples. The poor
man fell as though he were dead. Mr. Hope, a surgeon,
was immediately brought to the place by one of Hallett's
comrades, and Moor was detained. The ball was ex-
tracted, but he still lingers in great danger. An examina-
tion took place at Mr. Wilkinson's, the Bay Horse Inn,
Fulford, before Lord Wenlock and the Hon. B. R. Law-
ley, East Riding Magistrates, before whom the above
facts were detailed. In defence, Moor stated that he was
first struck at by the rail, and that he fired in self. defence,
but the comrades of Hallett give a different version of the
story. He also stated that he had taken the pistol with
him because he had before been annoyed on the road.
After a long investigation ho was committed to York
Castle, to take his trial on the capital charge at the next
Yorkshire assizes, but bail was taken for his appearance,
himself in 2001., and two sureties of 201. each.—Leeds
Journal.

ENTERTAINMENTS AT THE MANSlON-
usually iTv efi o nfi r hisst public
Monday, when his Lordship invites his household, con-
iodninntoer
Lo
sisting of the Sword Bearer, the Common Crier, and others;
o f whichc
,i s tthhea nr d Pillosuygohr
together with gentlemen in the Chamberlain's and Town
Clerk's officers, the three Governors of the city prisons, and
other municipal functionaries. The banquet is one of
much state and splendour, the Lord Mayor presiding, and
his Chaplain taking the opposite seat at the other end of
the table ; the guests being served off plate, and all the
servants attending in full livery down to the postillion,
in his gold surmounted cap. The dinner of Plough Mon-
day last was excellent; the wines, especially the Hock
and Claret, were of superior quality ; and the whole enter-
tainment was unusually agreeable to the guests, in con-
sequence of the kind efforts of the Lord Mayor, and the
admirable talents and disposition of his Chaplain. His
Lordship had preceded this entertainment by several
others, amongst which was a dinner to a juvenile party on
Twelfth Night, on which occasion many young hearts, as
well as heels, danced with joy.

The Observateur des Pyrenees mentions that
during the last week of December, an enormous bear made
his appearance on a mountain near Saint Engrace. Eight
hunters, headed by a miller, went in pursuit, and con.
trived to drive Bruiu to an elevated summit, whence he
had no escape, but by throwing himself down a precipice.
Thhe miller who was in advance of his brother sportsmen,
met the beast face to face, and firing, hit him in the
head. The bear fell, and rolling forward, came in contact
with the miller. A desperate and doubtful struggle en.
sued, but tke weakness of the animal from his wound, ena-
bled the miller to escape from his grasp, and kill him with
another shot. The game was carried to Saint?. Engrace
in triumph. He yielded 401bs of grease, and his skin was
sold for 40 francs,