The Sun.
London, England, 1835-11-03 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE.

Yesterday Frank Jean, a well dressed man, carrying on
the business of a working jeweller at No. 11, Weston-place,
St. Pancras, was brought up in custody, and placed at the
bar before Mr. RAWLINSON, charged with violently assault-
in..' and wounding his wife, Lucy Jean.
A certificate from. Mr. Walker Ainslie, surgeon, of No.
23, Liverpool-street, King's-cross, having been produced,
stating that Mrs. Lucy Jean had received a severe fracture
of the occiputal bone of the skull, which had brought on
fever, and that she was then in a very dangerous state, Mr.
Rawlinson ordered the prisoner, who throughout the exami-
nation expressed great sorrow for what had. occurred, to
be remanded till Wednesday next, when his injured wife
may be so far recovered as to be able to attend, and give
evidence against him.
Yesterday Bridget Doyle, John Bowling, Mary his
wife, and Sarah Bowling, alias Square, their daughter, were
placed at the bar for re-examination, the latter charged
with stealing a quantity of valuable plate, the property of
Mr. Francis Roe, residing at No. 40, Cambridge-street,
Paddington, and the three former with receiving the
same, well knowing it to be stolen. The full particulars
of this case have already appeared.
There being no fresh evidence, the depositions were read
over, when Mary Bowling was discharged, and the other
three prisoners fully committed to Newgate for trial.

DIFFUSION or USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.—COL-
BURN'S EDITION OF THE " NAPOLEON MEMOIRS," IN
SHIL-
LING PARTS, BEAUTIFULLY EMBELLISHED.--It IS well
known that Mr..Colbarn, to whom the public is indebted
for a cheap Edition, in Weekly Shilling Parts of the most
celebrated Modern Novelists, the publication of which is
proceeding with such extraordinary success, is also the sole
proprietor of the copyright of almost all the authentic Me-
moirs of Napoleon ; and we are glad to find that he has
determined to bring them out on the same plan of cheap
weekly publication. He has commenced with the celebrated
work of Las Cases, which, of all others, perhaps, is best
adapted for universal popularity, as it includes the account
of the Emperor's exile, during which he detailed to Las
MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Cases, in a series of conversations, all the actions of his life,
A man named Donnelly was brought before Mr. CO- pointing out. the faults with which history may reproach
NANT, charged by Currie with having sold unstamped news- him, and analyzing the reasons and the motives which might
papers. be alleged in his justification. The first and second Num-
Currie proved that the prisoner sold an unstamped bers of this celebrated Work, just issued, consist of 240
Weekly Times, and also that when taken into custody se- octavo pages, and are embellished with a Portrait of the
veral other numbers of the same unstamped paper were Emperor, a view of the house in which he was born, a Por-
found in his possession. trait of Prince Talleyrand, and a Map of St. Helena. To
Mr. CONANT sentenced the prisoner to ten days' impri- prevent mistakes, it is advisable that those who wish to ob-
sonment. tain the present cheap edition, should be particular in spe-
cifying, in their orders, Colburit's Edition of the " Napoleon
Miss Angelina Coleman, a lady sweep in her own right,
came before Mr. CONANT to require one Mister Robert
Memoirs."
BrazierZ asoot-begrimmed member of the same order, to jIINIONIAL MISERIES.--a trial took place
show cause why he had ungallantly upset her in the gutter
on Tuesday last. This was the second appearance of the a short time since before the Supreme Court of the State
young lady at this office in the character of complainant, of Maine (U. S.), which developed a good many curious
and in both eases the assault arose out of that ill-feeling family matters, and furnished much amusement to those
produced by the circumstances of Miss Coleman's who have a taste for the uncurtaining of marital mishaps.
" mamma" having, some years ago, set up a rival chim- Mrs. Vance instituted proceedings against her husband,
ney-sweeping concern vis-a-vis Mister Brazier's " old ore- Mr. Vance, for the purpose of obtaining, in the first place.,
ginal establishment" at Hammersmith. On the first ocea- a divorce ; and, secondly, a competent alimony from the
sion the complainant brought all the " union branches" pocket of her carb sposo. The "male creature" in the
before the Bench, and had them all bound over to their suit was a poor old gentleman of some 70 winters, who,
good behaviour, but the annoyance still continuing she had some time before taken into his head to marry a young
proceeded against the " root," and accordingly brought wife of only 20. The lady's inducement to become a party
RObert Brazier to the office to be dealt with according to law. to this frosty transaction was stated with great delicacy and
Miss Coleman deposed that, having " cleaned" herself on succinctness by herself—she married Mr. Vance for his
Tuesday afternoon, she went out to have a dish of chat money, and upon the principle that " the hide and tallow of
with a few female gossips, and while standing at the corner an old ox would buy a young steer any time." Mrs. Vance,
of the street the defendant came towards them and sans liowevbr, seemed tired of waiting for the " hide" of her
ceremonie, " shoved" himself right through the company, husband in the ordinary course of nature, and sought some
scattering them right and left. Not satisfied with this ex- of the " tallow " through the instrumentality of the law.
ploit Miss Coleman avowed that he " scrouged her again She brought her suit accordingly. The charges against
the rails," tore one of her leg-of-mutton-sleeves from its Vance were extreme cruelty. He had bruised, bitten,
socket, and gave her a " wiolent poke" with his elbow, the kicked, pinched, thumped, and pushed his better half. All
effect of which was to make her measure her whole length this she proved. On the 'other hand, the venerable re-
in the gutter. The defendant, on going away, declared, in spondent proved that his wife was in the habit of leaving
the plainest, though not the most polite, English, that the his bed at night to smoke a cigar ! The lady, however,
next time he met her he would knock her base over met this by a replication. She brought testimony to prove
her apex. Miss Coleman further declared that all Mr. that he had a most unhusbandly fondness for cats, and was,
Brazier's boys did every thing they could to annoy her, and moreover, addicted to onions. This last enormity, we be-
if she happened to be decorated for a " tea party," or a licve, settled the case. The Court could not stand that,
" ball and consort," one of the sooty imps would be sure to I but immediately granted a divorce a niensa et thoro ; or-
lay wit and smut her all over. or-
dered the husband to pay 100 dollars, by way of costs, and
Mr.a CONANT—Why can't you let the complainant exer- the yearly sum of 200 dollars during the lady's life for her
maintenance, payable quarterly.
cise her business in peace and quitness Praziq—She's