The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-17 00:00:00

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NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

Letters by the India mail announce the arrival
at Calcutta, on the 23d of May, of tho European and
American Company's screw steamship Indiana,
Captain Lambert, in 77 days from Gravesend, in-
cluding nine days in harbour at different ports on
the way. Lieutenant-Colenel J. E Robertson, of
the 6th Foot, who was in charge of the troops, had
addressed a letter to the captain of the. Indiana on
the completion of the voyage, expressing his entire
satisfaction with the arrangements throughout the
passage, and the conduct of all the officers of the
ship. The Jason, Captain Baker, arrived at Point
de Gallo on the 3d of June, on her homeward
passage, and left on the 6th for the Cape. The
Hydaspes left Calcutta on the Ist of June, arrived
at Madras on the 10th, and was to sail for England
on the 12th with passengers and invalids. A letter
from Captain Bown, at the Mauritius, reports that
commander to be much improved in health, and
that he was fast recovering from the effects of the
serious accident which compelled his detention at
that port. The Hydaspes is now under the com-
mand of her Lite chief officer.
Major-General Wesley, Adjutant-General of the
Royal Marines, yesterday commenced the annual
inspection of the Divisional Corps, at Woolwich.
The Genera', accompanied by Major G. B. Rodney,
his aide-de-camp, arrived at Woolwich at 10 a.m.,
and proceeded to the barrack-square, where the
battalion had been drawn up in review order,
but on account of the heavy rain he made
but a cursory inspection, passing hastily up
and down the line, and -hasintexamined a small
proportion Of_ the men's kits, the rain continuing
to fall heavily, they were dismissed. from parade.
The Adjutant-General then proceeded to an in-
spection of the gunnery department of the barracks,
and witnessed a series of heavy gun drills, and
carefully inspected the infirmary and the whole of
the invalid department, offices, and men's rooms.
The field day ordered to tike place fur the occasion
was necessarily postponed.
Colonel Stransham, second in command of the
Royal Marines at Woolwich, has been granted a
month's leave of absence for the recovery of his
health. Colonel Tulloh, R. A., director of the
Royal Carriage Department of Woolwich Arsenal,
has left Woolwich on a month's leave of absence.
The dillies of superintending the establishment
have devolved on Captain Clark, R. A., during the
absence of Colonel
The depots of the 10th, 32d (Light Infantry),
and 84th (York and Lancaster) Regiments, at
Chatham, have given 138 volunteers to various
corps which are now serving in India.
The Amphion, 36, screw steam-frigate, at Sheer-
ness, is ordered to Chatham, for the purpose of
being docked and making good defects.
The -Vestal, 26 gun-frigate, attached to the re-
serve at Chatham, is ordered to proceed to Liver-
pool, having been lent by the Admiralty to the
Mercantile Marine Association at Chit port to
serve as a training school in the river Mersey.
On Thursday night Capt. G. Seymour, C. 8.,
and the officers of H.M.'s ship Victory, gave a
grand entertainment, consisting of a bell and sup-
per, on board that ship, to upwards of 300 of their
friends ashore and their brother officers of the
Marines and the army. It was attended by ell the
heads of the departments. H.R.H. Prince Alfied
went on board about 7 in the evening to inspect the
ball-room, and left before the arrival of the guests,
thanking the officers of the ship for their polite at-
tention to him. Yesterday the Victory resumed
her usual character.

The Penelope, 16, paddle-tigate, was tak, n
under the shears at Portsmouth yesterday and un-
masied, preparatory to being laid up in ordinary
The following appointments were made yesterday

at the Adiuiralty-;--Lieut. Arthur Bagley, to the
Himalaya ; J. H. Allard, additional master, to the
Blenheim ; J. J. Crawford, surgeon superinie;;-
dent, to the Edwin Fox convict ship ; Henry N.
J. Pearch, acing second-master, to the Archer ;
Geo. Christie, master's assistant, to the Hydra ;
Hugh H. Han-nu, master's assistant, to the Argus ;
W. H. Hills, paymaster, additional, to the Orion ;
W. P. O'Brien, paymaster, additional, to the Ajax,
and J. Hay, paymaster, additional, to the Hawke.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-July 16.

COURT FOR DIVORCE AND MATRIMO-
NIAL CAUSES.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
This was a suit tor juuletee eepaicae.e..,
by the husband on the ground of adultery ; and it
was tried on the affidavits taken in the Consistorial
Court before the new law of divorce came into ope-
ration.
The marriage took place in Octob--r, 1847, at
which time Mrs. Wells was not more than 14 years
of age. The m itch had been made altogether with-
out the knowledge of the petitioner's paren's, and
it had received a very reluctant assent from the
bride's father. The young couple were separated
in 1850, when the petitioner went to America to
path his fortunes as an engineer ; the respondent
remaining with her mother, Mrs. Cox, who had in
the meantime become a widow. Her first child was
born soon after Mr. Wells had left England. After
an absence of sime months he returned, and re-
newed his cohabitation with her, their abode being
at Camberwell. About this time Mr. Wells al-
leged that Ira wife had addicted herself to habits of
intemp, ranee ' • and on the 4th of November, 1856,
he found her drinking with a distant relative named
Mrs. Lowe. He immediately ordered Mrs. Lowe
out of the holm, and the respondent insisted on
going with her. She did not return till the follow-
ing night, and on the next morning she left her
husband's roof altogether, and took lodgings in
Albany-road, Camberwell. The alultery which
formed the ground of the present suit was alleged
to have been committed with two persons, ono
being a man named Berryman, who was lodging
with her mother while Mr. Wells ivas in America ;
and the other being a young man named Wildman,
with whom it was stated that she had had an im-
proper intimacy while she was living with her hus-
band in 1855. The first charge rested chi,_fly upon
the evidence of a servant named Capon, who de-
posed that she had several times seen the parties
in bed together. In support of the other al-
legation a servant named Handcock had been
examined, and she described various acts of
familiarity which she had witnessed. On one occasion
Wildman had taken the respondent to Cremorne,
and they had not returned till one in the morning ;
and on another occasion they had been in a bed-
room together for a considerable period. Mr.
Wells, who did not approve of Mr. Wildman
's
visi,s, had once kicked him into the street, and at
another time had inflicted personal chas isement
ur.on him.
On behalf of the respondent, Mr. Wells was
.
charged with being a person of violent temper, and
being h d
culties, and hiding from the sheriffs' officers, a
found a slither in Mrs. C 0.704 house ; but
tlMrsat
.
Cox, and several other witnesses, declaredhtah
they had never seen the respondent act wit e
least impropriety towards hint. Berryman himself
had been tendered as a witness, but while under
examination be had suddenly quitted the office,
and had never been seen since. As to Wildman,
he had himself given evidence, in which, while ad-
witting that his behaviour towards Mrs. Wells had
been indiscreet, he denied that it had ever been
criminal. In a word, it was contended that Mrs.
Wells's conduct had never been anything but ex-
emplary.
There was a very novel plea of 'condonation in
this case—namely, an allegation that while the suit
was pending the respondent had had an interview
with her husband, and that he had had matrimonial
intercourse with her. It was admitted that too
precedent could be found for such an averment ;
but it was contended that such an act on the part
of the petitioner would operate as a bar to the suit.
Sir C. Crutswell took time to consider his judg-
ment.

HILL V. HALL.
The petitioner was the wife of Mr. William Ball,
a painter and glazier at Liverpool. The parties
were married at Wigan in 1839, and they had had
one child ; but the petitioner prayed a judicial
separation, on the ground that her husband had
kicked her, had beaten he with astral-) had cut her
with a knife, and had finally deserted her.
The Court granted the applicltion.
THOMPSON V. THOMPSON.
Dr. Middleton applied on behalf of Mrs. Thom-
pson for a judicial svaratiou from her husband,
James Henry Thompson, on the wound of deser-
tion. The marriage bad taken place in 1838, with-
out the knowledge of the petitioner's father, a publi-
can, and shelived at home for the first three months.
Her father then discovered the marriage and sent
her to her husband. They cohabited for sonic
years at Leeds and had two children ; but while
the petitioner was confined with her youngest child,
p the reondent, who had become unsteady, sold up
the furniture by auction and left her. She o
bad
seen him twice since, and be had promised tre-