The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-20 00:00:00

BRISTOL CONSISTORY COURT

JONES 11. JONES.
This long-talked of suit for divorce, on the ground of
adultery. occupied the Court during the whole of Thurs-
day and Friday.
The promoter, Mr. Edward Jones, an extensive to-
bacco manufacturer, of Bristol, prayed a decree of divorce
a mensa, et thoro from Elizabeth Janes, his wife, by
reason of her having committed adultery. The wife, by
her responsive allegations, charged adultery and cruelty
on the part of the husband.

For the promoter a great number of witnesses had
been examined, with a view to prove that Mrs. Jones
had committed adultery with a gentleman named Ward,
another named Lansdowne, and with several others
o names to the husband were unknown. The par-
ad been married since 1829, and had had eight
en, of whom four survive. Their private dwelling-
house was in College-green, and Mr. Jones was neces-
sarily from home a great deal in the conduct of his busi-
ness; and it was charged that Mrs. Jones took advan-
tage of his absence to dishonour him. The witnesses
were mostly persons who had lived in the service of the
parties, and they deposed to having seen Mrs. Jones
and Mr. Ward lying on the sofa together upon
different occasions, to Mrs. Jones having been seen
on his bed, to their repeatedly kissing each other,
and to the lady having more than once said that she
loved Mr. Ward's little finger better than her husband's
whole person, that he ought to have
en her husband,
and that she wished her husband might be brought home
dead, as Ward would then marry her. In regard to Mr.
Lansdowne, it was sworn that he and Mrs. Jones had
been in the parlour together with the door locked, and
that she Lad been seen in an indecent position before
him. On the more general allegations of adultery the
evidence was, that various, gentlemen were in the habit
of callingP in Mr. Jones s absence ; that they were asked
into the parlour with his wife, when the door was
often locked, the servants being charged by Mrs.
Jones not to come near it while any one was there
that, upon their leaving, Mrs. Jones's dress was ob-
served to be disordered ; that she was in the habit cf
sending round letters to gentlemen in her husband's ab-
sence, and that the gentlemen then called ; and that upon
one cccasion she was followed to a house of bad character
with a gentleman. One witness, a girl named Wade, in a
supplementary examination filed after the suit had pro-
ceeded some way, deposed to having witnessed a distinct
act of adultery with Mr. Ward; but this statement was
at variance with her former one, in which, although
stating circumstances from which adultery might be in-
ferred, she declared that she had never seen any crimi-
nality between the parties.
Mr. Stone, for the wife, insisted that the witnesses
against her were unworthy of credit, and that, suppos-
ing their statements to be true, it was impossible to come
to a belief that the husband was not coguizant of her pro-
ceedings.
For the defence, witnesses were also examined to speak
to an act of adultery by the husband with a girl named
Smith, and to indelicate conduct to others.
The evidence in support of the allegation of cruelty
was very contradictory, some witnesses declaring Mr.
Jones to have been kind and indulgent to a fault, while
others stated that they had seen him beat his wife se-
verely with his fists, and even with a poker, and that on
an average (according to one witness) he used to fight
with her twice a week.
The Learned CHANCELLOR (Dr. Phillimore) took time
to consider his judgment,.

oti.•at th.ioe naroisft
than seasonable ; indeed,
evidenceh that this
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f
aoraQ: novel from the lively pen of Mrs. Gore,
tthee aristocracy of rank have been so amusing, displays
same talent and truthfulness in her representations
Y. of trade ; and, therefore, we are not
p"pular writer, whose gwehsosseudpeplliYne
surprised that her workshould divide public
present
attention on
'Change with the last quotation of railway
shares, and afford as much entertainment in certain
villas at Brixton and Hampstead, as her earlier works
gave to the districts of May-fair and Belgravia.
FOREIGN POTATOES. —A vessel, arrived from Lima
(South America), has brought, in addition to 1,412
packages of copper ore, and other productions, 23 bar-
rels of potatoes, the produce of that distant quarter of
the globe. This esteemed description of article has
before been imported from the Bermudas and other of
the West Indian Islands, but we are not aware of a
similar importation having taken place from the conti-
nent of South America, and therefore the one under
notice is remarkable, and requires particular mention.
Some other arrivals of potatoes have taken place during
the past week from the
continental parts of Europe, and
as there were none for a considerable period, and this
article is at present the subject of universal comment,
the mention of them will be of interest. The James
Watt steamer, from Flavre, brought 100 sacks, the pro-
duction of France • the Giraffe seven baskets, the Bata-
vier 20 baskets, and the Ocean three baskets, from Rot-
terdam, the produce of Holland.
MUNIFICENT DONATION:--Her Majesty the Queen
Dowager having been informed by Mr. Alderman
Hughes Hughes that Sandown Church, in the parish of
Brading,
Isle of Wight (the scene of the labours of the
late Rev. Legh Richmond), erected at a cost of 2,1001.,
is waiting for consecration- solely from a deficiency of
2001., has generously transmitted to that gentleman a
donation of ;.%0/. towards supplying 544 deficiency.
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