The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-11 00:00:00

ThE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING-, JULY 11, 1866.

LAW INT.

k--This Day,

COURT OF DIVORCE.
(Before Sir J. P. Wilde and a Common Jury.)
ALEXANDER V. ALEXANDER.

This was a suit by the wife for restitution of conjugal
rights, to which the respondent pleaded that he was un-
able to live with her in consequence of her intemperance
and filthy habits, that she behaved with cruelty towards
him, and that her general conduct was bad.
Dr. Spinks and Mr. Browne appeared for the petitioner,
and Mr. Francis for the respondent.
By the form of pleading the case of the respondent was
proceeded with first.
Mr. Alexander stated that ho was a tobacconist in busi-
ness at James-street, Brighton, and that ho was married to
the petitioner in 1850. The week after the marriage they
had quarrels, and they lived most unhappily together. He
had become acquainted with her character before the mar-
riage, and offered her £5O to release him from his engage-
ment, but she refused, and threatened him with an
action for breach of promise. They were members of the
Jewish persuasion, and ho represented her conduct to the
chief rabbi, but it was without any effect. At last a deed
of separation was executed between them in 1857, but
notwithstanding the petitioner was in the habit of coming
to his house and causing a disturbance, the effect of which
was that his business fell off considerably.
In cross-examination the respondent said that ho had
been in business sixteen years, and did not set up with his

wife's money, for he had to support her before the mar-
riage. He denied that he ever used violence towards his
wife. He believed he was at present losing by his busi-
ness, and although he had several small houses in Brighton
they were mortgaged.
Elizabeth Wright said she had lived at different times in
the service of Mr. Alexander, and she went there first in
1855. They quarrelled whenever ho mentioned the name
of a Mr. Seymour, and Mrs. Alexander would fly into a
violent passion. On one occasion she saw her throw the
things on the supper table at him, and on another she
would have struck him with a poker, but that he wrested
it from her. She was a laundress and washed for both
parties, and could speak to the filthy habits of Mrs. Alex-
ander, and to the best of hor belief she was drunken in
her habits.

Mary Ann Spencer, who had been a shopwoman of Mr.
Alexander after the separation, proved to the petitioner
having come to Mr. Alexander's and created a dis-
turbance.

Henry Davis, a neighbour, gave evidence to the same
effect, but added that the respondent was in the habit of
useing ironical and sarcastic language to his wife, such as
was calculated to irritate a woman.

Another witness was called to corroborate the evidence
as to the petitioner creating disturbances at her husband's,
which closed the petitioner's case.
For the defence the petitioner was called, and denied
that her habits were those imputed to her, and said that if

on any occasion she struck him, it was in consequence of
his own violence. She went to the shop on one occasion,
accompanied by a gentleman named Jones, with a view to
effect a reconciliation with her husband, whose heart she
thought might be softened by the fact of his mother having
just died. She also deposed to his general ill-treatment.
Witnesses were called who spoke to acts of violence on
the part of the respondent, and to his having on one occa-
sion thrown a pair of large scales. She was not drunken
in her habits, nor filthy, although rather untidy.
The jury found a verdict for the petitioner, and the
Court decreed accordingly.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.---This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

CHARGE AND COUNTER-CHARGE.--Mary M'Evoy was
charged with violently assaulting her husband, Edward
M'Evoy.
The complainant, whose head was bandaged, said that
about one o'clock that morning his wife, who was mad
drunk, threw all the tea-things at him, cutting his head
so badly that he lost a great quantity of blood, and had to
be taken to the hospital. It was tho third time his wife
had assaulted him.

Police-constable 112 F said he took the prisoner into
custody, and afterwards wont with the complainant to the
hospital, where he had several pieces of crockery taken
from the wounds in his head, and the surgeon told him to
attend again.

Tho defendant said that on Saturday night her husband
used the poker on her, and she was covered with bruises.
She was black and blue through her husband's ill-usage.

Mr. Knox said he would remand the defendant for a
week, to ascertain the result of the complainant's injuries,
and some persons from the house could attend to let him
know something of the parties.

,T.—This Day.

Fatal Collision in the Channel.

About one o'clock yesterday morning a fearful
collision occurred between her Majesty's ship Ama-
zon, Captain Hunter, bound from Portsmouth for
Halifax, North America, and the Cork Steampacket
Company's passenger steamer Osprey, Captain Bar-
tridge, bound from Liverpool for Antwerp, in the
English Channel, about 30 miles off Start Point.
At the time the vessels struck each other it was
very calm and not dark, and as both parties allege
they had their proper signals hoisted it is at present
a mystery who is at fault. Within two or three
minutes after the collision the Osprey parted. The
Amazon, being a much larger vessel, did not sustain
such serious damage as the Osprey, and the crew
instantly lowered their boats and used every effort
to save as many of the Osprey's crew and passen-
gers as possible. The whole of the crew (21 in
number) of the Osprey were saved, but we regret to
state that the stewardness, Mary Ann Keating, an d
nine others, including four ladies (one a captain's
wife) were drowned. Captain Bartridge's wife was
saved, but he lost his two daughters and son. It
was soon discovered that the Amazon was making
water, and, though all the pumps were set to work,
she filled so fast by half-past two o'clock, that
Captain Hunter ordered boats to be lowered, and
all hands speedily transferred themselves into them,
their weight bringing the boats down within an inch
of the water. At half-past two the Amazon was
observed to be sinking fast. A heavy fog now came
on, and she was soon lost sight of. The boats
steered for the English coast, and safely arrived at
Torquay at four yesterday afternoon.
. _

Additional names of those lost :—Mrs. Hubbart,
the widow of a barrister in Dublin, and two
daughters, aged 22 and 15 respectively ; Mrs. Cap-
tain Wrey and two daughters, of Edghill, Liverpool.