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London, England, 1859-12-01 00:00:00

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WESTMINSTER.—ExTtuouni. l'AersAl
OP Pla;jl7l:.Y.—Mr. Sleigh, barrister, i . itia.: .e '-'
• Mr. TOWne, solicitor to the Hon. liughalltow ,
applied to Mr. Poynter for a summons, calling upon
the hon. gentleman's late wife to answer to a charge
„„. of perjury, alleged to have been committed by her
on the.recent trial, in which she sought for and ob-
tained a dissolution of marriage from his 'client.
The learned counsel stated that the hon. gentle-
man did nut appear upon that trial because he had
no answer to the charge of adultery, but he could
not remain quiet under the aggravated Charges of
cruelty which had been brought against him, and
of which he virtually-had no idea until he read
them in the public papers. Mr. Sleigh then read
the report of the trial, imputing most brutal con-
duct to
.his, client, and proceeded to say that there .
were three assignments of perjury ; the first of these -
was, that the lady had sworn that the hon. gentle-
man had never given her a farthing since she was
married to him, when, in truth and in fact, be (Mr.
Sleigh) could proVe most distinctly that his client
had. given her £1,400, which had been paid into
her solicitor's hands, and,. consequently, through
him to her, which, the learned counsel contended,
was sufficient to negative her statement. The se-
cond assignment was, that his client had cut her-
hair eff, and any person reading such a statement in '
the .papers, without, anything to contradict it,
would naturally suppose that the hon. gentleman ,
had cut his wife's hair off in the same naannerAshe,_
would shear a sheep. -He could prove that nothing
of this exaggerated nature had taken place, and the
solution of this seeming barbarous treatment was,
as he was instructed, as follows :—The Hon. Mr.
'Rowley was on the Continent, and one morning
Some friends looked in. They waited long past the
breakfast, time—as long 'ashe . (Mr. Sleigh) .be-
lieved as an hour and a half before they began
their meal, and the lady made. her appearance
in 'about two hours. It seemed, in order to ap-
pear to a- greater advantage, ,'she deemed it ne-
cessary to wear on each :side of her face a curl
which reached as low as her waist, and on her
husband asking why she was so Icing..beyond her- '
usual -time, she replied she could not dress berth:dr.',
"under two hours, or something to that effect. His
client, upon that, said that she ought to dress her
hair as other ladies did, in a more becoming style,
and the answer she made was, that if he did not
like the curls he had better cut them off, when he
took up a pair of scissors and certainly clipped the
curls. The third assignment of perjury was, that
the honourable gentleman had knocked her down in
a most brutal manner. It would seem,- however,
that on the occasion sworn to by the lady a conver-
sation took place which the learned counsel would
hardly like to repeat. The honourable gentleman
had just come from Egypt, and a beautiful pistol,
inlaid with turquoise and other precious stones,
which he had brought with him, was laying upon
the table. She took this up and struck at him, and
at tht same time using language most unbecoming
a lady, wished the pistol was loaded, that she might
shoot him dead upon the spot. She did•fall dawn
afterwards, but he (Mr. Sleigh) had proof that his
client did not strike her at all. The honourable
gentleman was an officer in the army and a gentle-
man, used to mingle in the first society. under the
ban of which such ungentlemanly and brutal con-
duct—if it were true—would place him in the eyes •
of every sensible and respectable person. It was,
therefore, he contended, most material that such
an unfounded stigma should be removed from his
client's character, and he therefore, on these
grounds, solicited a summons against the lady in
question. . •
Mr. Paynter said he observed, on reading .the
report, that the hair was allegi'!d to have been .re-
moved by force.
Mr. Sleigh replied that was so.• The lady had
said, upon the trial that her hair had been removed
by force, and notwithstanding her resistance.
The Hon. Hugh Rowley was then sworn, and
examined by Mr. Sleigh. He said he had heard
what Mr. Sleigh had said in his behalf, and, to the
best of his belief, the three statements which formed
the assignments of perjury had been knowingly
and wilfully made by his late wife, who was aware
that they were false, and, in addition, he could
prove, although that had nothing to do with the
case, that she had,-in a room full of people, threat-
ened to take away his life, As regarded the asser-
tion that he had given her no money, it was ridi-
culous and untrue. The cutting a small portion of
hair off her:head was a mere joke, and it was un-
true that he had cut it off with violence ; and as to
knocking her down, that was also untrue, and both
monstrous and absurd.
The summons was then granted, to be issued when
the necessary document, termed the information, in
writing, should be brought to the court.

LAMBETH.—SERIOUS PUGILISTIC ENCOUNTER.
—Charles Smith, a brickmaker, in the employment
of Messrs. Cubitt, was charged before Mr. Elliott
with fighting with and placing the life of George
Field, a fellow-workman, in great danger.
Sergeant WTm. Hammond, 10 P, said that in con-
sequence of information that had reached hint of a
fight that had taken place on Tooting-common, on
Sunday morning last, and one of the combatants
being in a state of great danger, he, on the evening
before, went to the residence of a man named
George Field; a bricktnaker, at Brixton, and there
found him in a state of perfect insensibility. He
made inquiries about him, and found that at the
fight he was taken up in an insensible state, was
brought home, and still remained unconscious and
unable to speak, and in fact in a very dangerous
state, so much so that he (Hammond) felt it to be
his duty to take the prisoner into custody. Before
doing so he told him he had come to apprehend him
on a charge of fighting with. and violently assault-
ing George Field on Tooting-common, on Sunday
morning last, so that he still lay in an insensible
state, and his reply was that he was not much better
himself, pointing to the injuries to and the disco-
louration of his face, and said he had been obliged
to keep his bed all day on Monday.
Mr. Elliott—Have you teen Field this morning ?
Witness—Yes, Sir, and he is still unable to speak,
and very bad.

Mr. Elliott—Have you got a certificate'
Witness—No, Sir ; the medical man who is
attending him said he should get nothing by the
job, and if I wanted a certificate I must go to Mr.
Flower, the divisional surgeon, and get one.
Edward Field said he was brother to George
Field, and worked in the same brickfiekl with him
and the prisoner. His brother and the prisoner
had been good friends up to Saturday evening last,
when they had some words about the age of two of
the "chaps" employed in the ground, who were
to fight en the following morning,, and they ended
in a mutual challenge to fight on the following
morning themselves, for five shillings aside. They
met the next morning and went to Tooting-com-
mon, where the fight took place. During the fight
his (witness's) brother put his foot in a hole and
fell on his back, the prisoner falling on the top of
-him; and when taken up lie was unable to speak,
and was taken home in a light cart.
Thomas Hunt, a fellow-workman, corroborated
the evidence given by Edward Field, and, like that
witness, appeared most anxious to make the case
on the part of the accused as light as possible.
Sergeant Hammond informed the magistrate
that both the witnesses acted as seconds at the
fight, which was of a determined character, and
lasted an hour and three quarters.
When asked by the magistrate if he wished to
say anything to the charge,
The prisoner said he was very sorry for what
had happened, and that he had been severely
punished himself.
He was remanded for a week.

The bar silver brought by the West India packet
has been disposed of at 62d. per once, being the rate obtained
for the arrival at the, beginning of the month.
Tlie officers of the Royal Marines at Chatham
are fitting up their racket court as a theatre. An orchestra
will be immediutely facing the stage to accommodate eight
performers, which, of course will be -supplied front the
splendid band of the Royal Marines. The body of the theatre
is intended for the non-commissioned officers and men, and
altogether there will be accommodation for an audience of
between 300 and 400. The whole will be lighted with nu-
incrous gas burners, and warmed by means ofgas stoves. We
(Maidstone Journal) believe the theatre will bo open to the
whole of the garrison, the officets taking the parts in the
pieces that may be brought forward, assistedby professional

COVER SIIOOTING.—The Earl of Seafield, Rua
the party presently visitors at Balmacaan, Glen Urquhart--
viz., L, othvaet,RSoinr. Aorlatesßanstnnearrtm,anth,
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p. r., had fiibvaenkdas,yCieovleenryel Inge,succe sainfudi Mshr.oCottitnmgmliraft
week in his lordship's covers in that fine Highland glen.
The total of the various descriptisns of game are 19 roedeor,
414 pheasants,. 6 partridges, 31 woodcocks, 31 woodcocks,
5 black game, 1 grouse, 119 hares, 1,053 rabbits ; the grand
total, 1,678 head..--Baltjf Journal.
LIMERICK AS AN AMERICAN PACKET STATION.—
We have stated that arrangements have just been entered
into for the Montreal Ocean Steamship Company's steamers
to call at Queenstown, both on the homeward and outward
voyages between Great Britain and Canada, for mails and
passengers. The people of Limerick, however, considering
that Cork is enjoying an embarrass of mail steam riches:es,
are on the alert to induce the ' Government to permit the
Montreal Company's steamers to call at Foynes instead of
Queenstown. Last Thursday an influential meeting of
the Limerick Harbour Board was held, and after hear-
ing the remarks of a gentleman connected with the
p by a
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memoriall4ontreal tSotetahthesLhoiP oth
Lord-Lieutenant, d resolvedtoba back to
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influential deputation. The Limerick people urge that
Foynes is the only English or Ir's't port where the steamers
can land mails or passengers direct on to tha railway sta-
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of the south-west of Ireland, and in all w.eathers easily ac-
cessible, and practically many miles neater both Liverpool
and America than the dangerous harbour: of Galway.