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London, England, 1859-12-27 00:00:00

THE .EXTRAORDINART CASE OF

P_ERJURI'.

ROWLEY V. THE LATE MRS. ROWLEY.

At the Westminster Police Court this day, the ad-
journed proceedings in this case were again proceeded with.
Mr. Sleigh, as formerly, appeared for the Hon: Mr.
Rowley, and Mr. Metcalfe for the late Mrs. Rowley.
Mr. Sleigh said since the last examination a number of
letters had been found, and he thought it would be but fair
to his learned friend (Mr. Metcalfe) if they were now read.
Mr. Metcalfe objected. He had been tied down to the
strict rule of evidence, and he should pursue the same line
of conduct.
The letters were not read.
Mr. Rowley, in cross•examination, said—l have been for
the last five weeks at my mother's residence, at Leinster-
lodge. I have, I know, been denied as living there, but it
was not by my instructions. I took Mrs. Rowley to Lady
Langford. She had with her my jewels, not hers, and an
Indian shawl, for which I had given L 250.
Mr. Metcalfe—Out of her money ?
Witness—Oh, no; out of my own.
Mr. Metcalfe—You had £2,000 with her.
Witness—And she has had £7,000 of mind for it.
Mr. Metcalfe—l shouldlike to know where it came from.
Witness—l'll tell you if you like. While we were at
Lady Langford's we quarrelled very much. I will swear
I never forcibly hold Mrs. Rowley down in a chair and held
my hand over her mouth to prevent her screaming.
Mr. Motcalfe—Re careful; you have written a letter on
the subject.

Witness—l swear that I never put my hand over her
mouth and hold her down in a chair, whatever I may have
written.

Mr. Metcalfe—/ will read your letter.
Mr. Rowley—You can do so. I once had a serious
quarrel with her because she took up a knife to stab my
mother.

The letter was then read ; it was dated December, 1854.
It was addressed to Mrs. Bishop, and was couched in very
strong language, and it went on to state that the writer
once held his wife down in a ohair to prevent her doing
something very dreadful.
Witness---I should think stabbing my mother was some-
thing dreitdkl.
Mr. Metcalfe—The letter was written in December.
Although it was written in such endearing terms, you
were then on terms of intimacy with Mrs. Green.
Witness—ln the latter end of 1854, not the time you
state.
Mr. Metcalfe—l never said the 14th.

Mr. Orridge—lt is important from the circumstance that
the intimacy of Mrs. Green is sworn to as then commenc-
ing.

Mr. Metcalfe—l prefer: the written testimony of Mr.
Rowley to anything you can say. I produced a book at
the last examination in which Mr. Rowley dated his inti-
macy with Mrs. Green as in June, 1854.
Witness—You know that is a mistake, and you are stat-
ing that which you know to be false.
Mr. Metcalfe—l must ask the Court to direct the witness
to answer the questions, and not be so insulting.
Mr. Paynter—Mr. Rowley, I must impress upon you the
necessity of refraining from using offensive expressions to-
wards Mrs. Rowley, and to answer the questions of the
learned counsel.

Mr. Metcalfe—Referring to the circumstances at Ber-
keley-street—Will you swear that when you stated in your
last examination that you shut the pianoforte down you
did not slam the front of the instrument down on your
wife's hand while she was playing.
Witness—Yes, I will.
Mr. Metcalfe—Do you deny that you shut the instru-
ment down
Witness—Oh, no., I certainly shut it down.
Mr. Metcalfe—When your wife fell on the floor did you
refuse to pick her up P
Witness—l dare say I did. Its very likely.
Mr. Metcalfe—Now referring to the proceedings at the
Divorce Court.

Witness—l deny as you have stated that I was peeping
through the curtain when the petition for divOrce was
being heard.

Mr. Metcalf—l shall be ablo to prove that you did so by

witnesses.
Witnesses—Very likely—your witnesses can tell lies.
[We shall continuo the case in our late edition.]

_POLICE INTEL LIG ENCE-( DAY.)

LITBRATU.R.E.

lore Letters of Eminent Persons.
Charles Martel.

Edited by

There is always a strong degree of interest at-
tached to a "tender correspondence," when the
parties concerned are such individuals as Lady
Wortley Montague and Alexander Pope, Dean
Swift and Vanessa, Burns and Clarinda, Lord
Nelson and Lady Hamilton, Goethe and Bettine,
Heloise and Abelard, and others of equal celebrity.
For our own part we somewhat agree with our
great poet when he said, " Men have died from
time to time and worms have eaten them ; but
not for love ; " nevertheless we should like to have
a peep at the epistles which passed between Wiliam
Shakespeare and Ann Hathaway in their days of
courtship.
Love-letters, in the average, are mere epistolary,
bon-bons—spoonsful of caligraphic treacle, form-
ing the indispensable medium for the conveyance of
matrimonial brimstone, and few of us would care to
have our bygone quires of Cupid's " Foolscap" pub-
lished, though at the time when we filled them
with the glowing, burning, ardent, apostrophes to
" beloved Alfred," or " darling Louisa," we deemed
them of more importance than a Magna Charta
scroll or a sweeping Reform Bill ; still we readily
admit that the volume we have just laid down ex-
hibits some engrossing and choice spechtlens of the
language of passion and affection. The lively
talent of Ninon de l'Enclos, the noble sentiments
of Heloise, the fervid eloquence of Julia de Lel-
pinasse are admirable illustrations of the different
phases of feminine love; while the playful epistles
of Napoleon, the intense devotion of Klopstock, and
the tender delicacy of Goethe are striking exam-
Ws of masculine feelings. Pope's letters to Lady
Wortley Montague have sadly disappointed us :
they are couched in flimsey sentences containing
little else than far-fetched conceits, extravagant
compliments, and " high heroic fustian," but those
of Lady Montague to her husband evince practical
good sense, truthful candour, and a noble self-sacri-
fice for the object of her lore, which impresses the
reader with an elevated estimate of her head and
heart. The volume contains much which renders
it attractive to all who have participated in the
weakness that compelled Marc Anthoiy to risk his
crown, and Sam Weller to undergo the hard labour
of writing a valentine. It is likely, therefore, to
have a few readers.

Discourses by William Anderson, L.L.D. Ber

tram, Argyle-street, Glasgow.
We find much in these sermons to demand
notice, for they possess the elements of sound Chris-
tianity exhibited in the attractive garb of original
thought and free discussion. No startling bursts
of eloquence or imposing metaphors are set forth—
no Spurgeonitish denunciations, redolent of terrible
words and awful threats, are poured out; but every
text is treated in a manner that must exercise a
beneficial influence on hearer or reader—conveying
consolation, enlightenment, rebuke, or encourage-
ment to duty, as may be most needed. Some home
truths are dwelt on with forcible aptitude, touch-
ing the reprehensible habits of daily life, and the
unworthy tone of thinking which mars so much of
human happiness and professed religion. We can-
not do better than offer an extract from an ad-
mirable discourse on " Uncharitable Judgments,"
and express our honest opinion that the author is
a man who is an honour to his calling, and a true
minister of Good—

"Reflect, that to cherish a charitable frame of spirit, and
cultivate a candid frame of speech, is our greatest wisdom,
in respect either of inward peace or outward comfort.
"First, Inward peace. What a miserable existence a
suspicious temper occasions a man I It utterly incapaci-
tates him for friendship, through the ever-recurring reflec-
tion, quenching any rising emotion of natural genial fellow-
ship, that he is possibly deceived, and practised on by his
companions ;—that the world being so full of guile, the best
prudence is to have doubts of every man you meet; and
treat with a large measure of reserve even your most inti-
mate acquaintance—even yeur wife, if, unfortunately, you
happen to have been bound to one. It is a dangerous al-
liance—beware of communicativeness. With a correspond-
ing reserve, every one necessarily learns to treat him. He
defies familiarity. So he passes through life without any
enjoyment of one of its sweetest pleasures—hearty social
intercourse, and the intimate sympathies of friendship. Ah,
rather resign yourself to a foolish promiscuous confiding in
every man with whom you may fall in by the way, though
You should suffer a little by it, than have your life soured
by a universal, misanthropical distrust of your species. It
renders you disagreeable enoegh to others, but the greatest
loser and sufferer is yourself.

" When such is the unsatisfactory life produced by a
merely suspicious disposition, what must be the misery
produced by an envious one ?—when everything the sub -
ject -victim sees, or hears of, that is excellent in a neigh-
bour, acts as a burning corrosive on his heart. We formerly
heard how strikingly Solomon speaks of Envy as injurious
to its object ; but, hear now, how he speaks of it as injurious
to its subject; 'Envy is the rottenness of the bones.' (Prov.
xiv. 30.) It is almost literally true. Just as a generous
heart' (as it should be translated) is, according to the first
member of the proverb, ' the life of the flesh ;' so Envy, by
the manner in which it produces irritation of the nerves,
feverishness of the blood, and dyspepsy of the stomach, will
make a.man or woman thin and emaciated, pale and shrunk
in the features, and of hard and peering eyes—most dis-
agreeable and pitiable to look at—ali through the consum-
ing rottenness within.
" Secondly, Outward comfort. If candid and gentle in
the treatment of others, you will rarely fail of obtaining a
return of love ; but if suspiciously or enviously censorious,
you will as rarely escape retaliation—when forth will be
dragged to light something discreditable in your early his-
tory, which you imagine is forgotten, or something in your
present habits, to which, you imagine, no one is privy, so as
to overwhelm you with confusion and humble you to the
dust. Oh that all of us would have the prudence to bridle
our saucy tongues 1 or, rather, that we would all admit grace
to purge our saucy hearts I How much discomfort we
would be saved 1"

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