The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-17 00:00:00

address, whose attenuated form and features br
ut
too plainly indicated severe privation, brought a
letter to the magistrate from Mr. Neath, a City
missionary, recommending her as a deserving object
for pecuniary assistance.
Applicant, who gave her name and address,
Hannah Maria Connor, 95, Little Cadogan-place,
Chelsea, said that she, her husband, and three young
children were at present in the deepest distress.
She and her husband were both natives of Bath,
which they had left 12 years ago, and her husband
had maintained his family scantily, but honestly,
from the small stipend he received as clerk and
messenger in different situations. His means of
living, however, were very precarious, as he was
very often out of employment, his engagements un-
fortunately being with new companies, which, after
very brief existences, were heard no more of. He
had had but a few days employment during the last
three months, and was now, with his family, re-
duc'd to the lowest depth of poverty. She produced
credentials to tho magistrate, showing the high
character her husband bore.

Mr. Paynter inquired whether they had received
any parish relief.
The poor woman replied in the negative.
Mr. Paynter observed that cases of general dis-
tress, as hers evidently was, were not ordinarily
relieved from the poor-box, but were referred to
the parish officers. As she had, however, been
highly recommended by a gentleman acquainted
with her case, ho would give her 78.
Applicant expressed her thanks to the magis-
trate for his kindness.

HAMMERSMITH.—MATRIMONIAL REVELA-
TIONS.--Thomas Denman, aged 60, who was de-
scribed as a hawker of stationery, was brought be-
fore Mr. Ingham on a warrant, charged with run-
ning away from his wife, Elizabeth, and leaving her
chargeable to the parish of Kensington.
The case was a singular one. Mr. Madden, the
relieving officer, slid the wife had been in the work-
house several times, and on the last occasion from
the 29th of August down to the present time,
whereby the parish had incurred an expense of £5.
The son, a young man about 33 years of age,
was called to prove that he had never known his
father contribute anything towards the support of
his mother.

The prisoner here said that his son had only
known him within the last few years, and Olen
only by being pointed out to him.
The son further said that his father was now
living with another woman, and he had heard of
his burying a former female with whom he had
cohabited.

Mr. Madden said the prisoner had been living
with several females since he left his wife.
The prisoner stoutly denied that he ever left his
wife. He asserted that she left him in the year
1827.

The wife, an elderly woman, whose face was
much disfigured from an accident to her nose, said
she was married to the prisoner in 1824, and he
had not lived with her for 33 years. He went
with another woman at the time she was pregnant
with her son, and he had not lived with her since.
In answer to questions she admitted that she had
never made any application to him for assistance.
Whenever she met him he always avoided her.
The prisoner declared that his wife left him as he
had described, and he made arrangements, in 1829,
for her to return, but she did not. This was the
third time she had left him, and if her prospects in
life were blighted it was not his fault. Whenever
he met her she would tell him that she did not
want anything of him, only for him to say that she
was his wife.

Acres, the warrant-officer, said he took the pri-
soner into custody, at No. 15, Victoria-street, Pad-
dington, on Tuesday morning, where he found him
living with a woman. She was out at the time, but
he saw that they had a very nice home.
The prisoner said he had no means of his own ;
he was dependent entirely upon his friends. He
then accused his wife of having cohabited with an
old man.

This the wife stoutly denied.
Mr. Ingham asked him if he had any witnesses.
The prisoner said he could produce one. He had
not had sufficient time, as he had been taken off
so suddenly.
Mr. Ingham said he would remand him for a
week, to give him an opportunity to produce his
witnesses.