The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-12 00:00:00

The usual loyal toasts having been duly honoured,

The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the health of "The
Army, Navy, and Volunteers," said,—lf this
toast has always been well received in this room,
and always meets with a cordial acceptance in
every assembly of Englishmen when there is every
hope that tranquillity will continue, it will be not
the less well received now, when unfortunately it is
possible that our efforts and exertions will be re-
quired to maintain the honour and dignity of the
country. (Cheers.) lam sure of this—that there
is not a man in this room—there is not indeed a
man in this country, who would not deplore as a
national calamity our being forced to go to war to
assert the rights and honour of the country.
(Hear, hear.) This does not arise from any fear I
of war. Thank God, Old England is strong enough
and she is rich enough to hold her own, be
her enemies who they may. (Cheers.) Nor s it
necessary for us to go to war for glory. Old Eng-
land has enough of that. But I believe that there
is among all classes and all ranks a general wish
to avoid war if it be possible. (Hear, hear.) We
all know the burdens which it imposes upon the
people; we know the interruption which it causes
to our trade and commerce ; we know also the grief
and distress which it sometimes spreads among pri-
vate families around us; and above all I believe
there is in this country a still higher feeling—a
conviction that a war which is not necessary for the
honour and for the interests of the country, a war
instituted merely for ambition or glory, is not only
a political mistake, but is also a national crime.
(Loud cheers.) And therefore I am sure that I speak
the sentiments of all when I say that it will be with
the deepest pain that we draw the sword if unhap-
pily we are forced to do so. We love peace, but
there is something that we love even more, and that
is the maintenance of the national honour. (Hear,
and cheers.) And lam sure of this, that, even in
the interests of peace, peace is not best secured by
concessions that are not due concessions, and which
are inconsistent with the honour and dignity of the
country. (Hear, hear.) In private life it is not the
bully who goes through life with respect, neither
is it the man who seeks by concession and by yield-
ing to everybody, and by being put down by every-
body, to pass what he calls a quiet life. (Hear.) It
is, on the contrary, the man who, determined to take
no liberties with others, is equally determined that
no liberties shall be taken with him. (Cheers.) And
what is true in private life is true in politics. Of this
I feel assured—that there is that spirit throughout
the land, that if, unhappily, we are driven to war
there will be but one unanimous feeling in every
class, and in every rank of life. We may hope—
and I, for one, do hope—that by sensible concessions
on the one side, and by a generous forbearance upon
the other, it is possible that peace may be main-
tained ; but if that hope should be falsified, then
I feel there is that spirit in England that will
insure the full and ample vindication of our
rights and honour. (Hear, hear.) 'Whatever
may be our regret at the result of what has now
been going on for some time, of this I am sure, and
have the most unhesitating confidence in, that the
honour of the country will be supported by Lord Pal-
merston,vho has never been wanting in the vindica-
tion of the national rights. (Loud cheers.) And side
by side with that unhesitating belief I have the cer-
tain knowledge and confidence that in such a course,
however much we may differ upon other subjects,
Lord Palmerston will receive the unhesitating
and
unflinching support of those who upon other subjects
may be opposed to him. (Cheers.) Under these cir-
cumstances, gentlemen, I have no anxiety as to the
result. On Saturday next the first battalion of the
Guards for foreign service sails on board the steam-
ship Persia for the shores of Canada—(cheers)--and
we well know that the flower of our nobility and gen-
try are officers of that corps, and that they are consi-
dered the fortunate and lucky ones who are selected
to vindicate the honour of the country. As to the
navy, I believe there is not one here who has not
read, and has not felt hiJ heart throb x; he has

done so, the letters and addresses of the Naval
Reserve force from our outports, who have
voluntarily come forward, and in the simplest
language have said that they are ready at a
moment's notice to shed their heart's blood in de-
fence of their Queen and country. Fortunately
and happily, the Volunteers will not be required
to make any such sacrifice as that ; but I am satis-
fied that whatever sacrifice they are called upon
to make they will cheerfully make, and if every
soldier be removed from these shores the force
of Volunteers, with their courage, their spirit,
and their unanimity, is quite sufficient to in-
sure that the homes and hearths of Englishmen
will be safe as ever•. (Cheers.) Therefore,
gentlemen, I know that you will do full honour
to this toast—the Army, Navy, and Volunteers.
(Loud cheers.)
Colonel BAILTTELOT, M.P., in responding, ob-
served that there never was a period in the history
of the country when England was so well prepared
for war as sho was at the present moment. At the
same time he did not believe that there was a single
man in the country who was anxious to go to war
for the simple sake of glory or gain. It was, how-
ever, a matter for deep congratulation that a crisis
such as this should have found us so well fitted and
prepared to meet any emergency. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. SANCTUARY proposed " the Health of
,the
Members for West Sussex."

Colonel BARTELOT, M.P., responded. Adverting
to the American question, he expressed a strong
opinion that if the Government had displayed as
bold and determined a front to the Emperor Nicho-
las as they had done in regard to the insult just
offered to the national honour, the Crimean war
would never have taken place. At this moment
there was a black cloud hanging over the
Western horizon, and time alone would show
whether that cloud could be easily dispelled, or
whether we should drift into war. We were now
better prepared for war than we had ever been at
any other period. No one could deny that we had
received many petty insults from America. In the
case of General Harney and others we had received
such provocation that in any other country would
have resulted in war. (Hear, hear,) We had, how-
ever, been tender of the wayward child which had
sprung from us. We had looked upon her as
a nation struggling to establish herself as one
of the great Powers of the world, but she had by
her manner and conduct proved that she was un-
worthy of so high a condition, inasmuch as she had
not yet learned that toleration to others which
alone could insure peace. (Loud cheers.) But the
outrage committed by Commander Wilkes was a
final insult. It was impossible, with any regard to
the honour and dignity of the country, that we
could tamely submit to so gross an insult to our
flag, and unless the Southern Commissioners were
immediately restored we must inevitably drift into
war. He sincerely hoped that the Americans might
see that they were in the wrong, and that they
would acknowledge fairly, honourably, and
honestly that the piratical act of which we had
such good reason to complain was not committed
by the advice of their Government, but that it was
the act of a man too eager to serve his coun-
try. (Cheers.) If they confessed their fault Eng-
land was strong enough to say, "I am sorry you did
it, but I heartily forgive you now that you have
acknowledged your error." (Cheers.)
Mr. HENTY proposed " the hoalths of the mem-
bers for the Borough of Shoreham and Rape of
Bramber."
Mr. CAVE, M.P., in acknowledging the toast, said,
—There is only one topic which at this critical
period arrests the attention of the country. Perhaps

some who now hear me may recollect that this time
last year I mentioned the kindly feeling I enter-
tained towards the United States of America—a
feeliing acquired during a visit there some years ago.
But when in America I heard in the South sentiments
expressed towards the North similar to those which
have been so well alluded to in the letters of The
Times correspondent. When I heard the language
indulged in I must confess, though it is now 12
years ago, that I felt the separation of the South
from the North was a mere question of time. There
appeared to be so great an incompatibility of
' temper that a divorce sooner or later was inevitable.
Therefore, when the first news of the disruption
came, I regarded it not only as a certainty, but as a
very good thing. (Hear.) I never for one instant re-
garded it as a calamity. Looking to the geographi-
cal features of the country, and to the great differ-
ence of race between the North and the South, I
thought the separation would not only be good for
America, but that it would insure the peace of the
world, because we know that when men have plenty
to do at home they busy themselves much less with
the affairs of their neighbours. (Hear.) At that time
my opinions were not shared by the people of this
country, who looked upon the contest as one be-
tween slavery and freedom, the former represented
by the South and the latter by the North. I re-
member that last session a notice of motion was given
by a friend of mine in the House of Commons asking
the house to recognise the independence of the
South. I was asked to second an amendment to
that motion, and I did so with great readiness,
though the side I took was the contrary ; but I
thought the motion was premature, and that not
only should a nation first ask to be recognised be-
fore we proceed to recognise it, but that it should
also show its ability to stand alone. The House of
Commons went much further than I did in think-
ing the motion premature, and they refused to hear
it altogether, as well as a motion in reference to
belligerent rights. They thought the first would
give a reasonable ground of complaint to the
United States, and that the second would give
rise to unpleasant and irritating feelings. That
alone shows how far from the truth the
accusations of the American people are, that
we have looked on the contest with an eye
of jealous delight, and that throughout
we have been animated with hostility to the Fede-
ral Government. (Hear.) Next came the dearth
of cotton in Lancashire, and the_fear of the manu-
facturers that their mills would be thrown out of
employment. I mention this because I saw the
other day, at a Reform meeting at Leeds, a remark
made by one of the speakers that he thought the
commercial classes ought to be trusted with power
rather than the agricultural, because the agricul-
turists were al ways in favour of war, on the ground
that it had a tendency to raise the price of corn.
Now, that charge is as old as the time of the first
revolution, and I thick Lord Byron in one of his
poems describes the English farmer as one who was—

"merely born to hunt and vote,
"Aud raise the price of corn."

The shoe now appears to be pinching the manu-
facturers, and we hear muttering from Manchester,
and an earnest desire that we should at once raise
the blocks& for the purpose, not of raising, but of
lowering the price of cotton. Now, to me it is a
strange thing that the Peace party of Man-
chester should actually want to fight in order to
obtain cotton for the country. (Laughter and
cheers.) With regard to the seizure of the
Southern Commissioners on board the Trent, when
the news first reached this country there was such
a thrill felt through every heart as was never felt
before. It showed that in such a cause there was
but one party in the country, with the exceptionof
that party which is always eager for peace unless
they happen to be on the side of the enemies of this
country, and a second party which is showing itself
on the other side of the Irish Channel. With regard
to the latter demonstration, I would only remark
that the mover of it is a man who owes his life to
the clemency of the British Government, and that
the very fact that the meeting at Dublin was al-
lowed to take place at all, and every man allowed
to speak treason in safety, gives the lie to every-
thing of which these Irish agitators complain.
(Loud cheers.)
perfectlyonuodehee
rs.)For myself, I am a man of peace.
well what war is. I know that
it is a time of increased taxation, of anxiety, and
perhaps of grief to many private families. There-
fore, I should only be too happy to find that wo can
still live in peace. But anything is better than a
peat© founded upon disgrace—(great cheering)—if
only for this reason, that such a peace could never
be expected to last. (Cheers.) If, unfortunately,
I war should take place, I shall rest perfectly
On.

vinced of the justice of our cause and in the know-
ledge that God defends the right. (Cheers.)

‘;The Health of the Chairman" was next pro-
posed, to which
Mr. S. FITZGERALD, M.P., in responding, said,—
I shall not follow my hon. friends in the political
questions they have introduced, There are many
subjects upon which I should wish to address you,
but I feel that at this moment there is only one
topic which engrosses the mind and heart of the
country. But I may be permitted to say in refer-
ence to those with whom I have now long acted in
public life:that there is no such easy weapon against
a political opponent as to give him a nickname. It
has often been attempted to attribute to that party
with whom I have the honour to act a wish to sup-
port the cause of despotic Governments in Europe,
and to throw obstacles in the way of liberty and
progress. A more unfounded accusation was never
made against any body of public men. It is impos-
sible for any citizen of this free country, let him
belong to what party he may, not to feel a deep and
generous sympathy for those who are struggling
for the blessings of that free Government which,
thank God, wo have so long enjoyed. (Cheers.)
Several other toasts having been honoured, the
proceedings were brought to a close.

RAILIVAII INTELLIGENCE.

GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA.

The adjourned half-yearly meeting of this company
was held yesterday at the London Tavern ; Mr. It.

Gill in the chair.

Mr. BAKER, the secretary, having read the notice
of adjournment,

The CHAIRMAN said he was there as a matter of
duty, and, being unwell, Mr. Hoyes would act for
him, and give any explanation that might be re-
quired. He then moved that the report be received
and adopted.

Mr. HOYES seconded the motion. He said that,
owing to the indisposition of the chairman, it de-
volved upon him to give any explanations that
might be demanded. The chairman had very pro-
perly stated, on the last occasion of their meeting,
that it would be desirable to have Mr. Brydges to
answer any questions they might wish to ask. He
was new present, and would be ready to answer
any questions they wished to put with reference
to the affairs of the company. Before he pro-
ceeded to move any resolution, it was requisite he
should explain that, although the legal meetings of
the company were held in Canada, they could
give full effect to any resolutions of their meet-
ings here if they carried out the machinery for so
doing. They had only to give their proxies to those
who represented their views, and their resolutions
would have full effect in Canada. The Legislature
had thus given the shareholders and directors the
entire control of the company's affairs in Canada.
One of the hon. proprietors, Mr. Dakin, had applied
to the shareholders for proxies to carry out some
measure he had to propose to the meeting. If the
proprietors had confidence in the directors they
would give them their proxies to carry out the re-
solutions the Board would propose, and those who
approved the measure which Mr. Dakin intended
to propose would entrust their proxies to him for
the purpose of being duly represented at the meet-
ing in Canada. The shareholders had the entire con-
trol of the affairs of the company, if they would
only take the trouble to exercise it. He was in-
formed that a few of the shareholders had re-
cently held a meeting, and passed certain resolu-
tions respecting some law proceedings taken by the
Commercial Bank of Canada, and also with regard
to the re-election of directors. The directors at
the last meeting had told the shareholders all they
knew about it. They had told them that a bill
had been filed in Chancery against the Detroit and
Milwaukee Company, and that the Great Western
were made parties to the suit. Since then they
had received a copy of the bill. It did not make
any pecuniary claim on the Great Western of Ca-
nada. The bill prayed that the entire question of
the closing of the mortgage against the Detroit and
Milwaukee Railway Company might be,opened up,
and that a receiver be appointed. Even if the
Court of Chancery in Michigan should reopen the
question it would not affect the Great Western of
Canada, as their claim would come in after the first

and second mortgages. What the bank would gain
by that proceeding he could not see. The Com-
mercial Bank at one time put forth certain claims
respecting a certain letter that had been given by
Messrs. Brydges and Reynolds; but the direc-
tors had told the bank that the Great Western
Company had nothing to do with it ; and in con-
sequence they took away their account from the
bank for one or two years, until the latter relin-
quished all claim with regard to that letter. They
would leave the Commercial Bank of Canada to do

what it thought fit, and the Great Western directors
demurred to the thing altogether. Mr. Ross, the
manager of the bank, had a short time ago called
upon them in London, and at the interview not one
word escaped from Mr. Ross, that he had any claim
upon them. The bill was only filed 10 days or a
fortnight before Mr. Brydges left Canada. With
regard to the loan to the Detroit and Milwaukee
Railway Company, it had, so far, an unfortunate
result. The loans to the Detroit and Milwaukee
had been fully approved by the shareholders at the
time, and the directors believed that the completion
of the line would have tended to increase the traffic
considerably.
At the request of Mr. HARTRIDGE and Mr.
CANNAN, the bill filed in the Court of Chancery
in Michigan by the Commercial Bauk, and a letter
from the solicitors of the company in respect thereto

were read. It appeared that the Commercial
Bank of Canada wts the plaintiff and that

Messrs. Brydges, Reynolds, and Becher, the Detroi

and Milwaukee Railway Company, and the Great
Western of Canada were the defendants, the object

being to obtain payment of a certain sum of money,
with interest, advanced by the bank to the Detroit
and Milwaukee Company, and to have a receiver
appointed. The company's solicitors were advised
that the claim of the bank had nothing to do with
the Great Western Company.
Mr. IloYEs said he would finish his remarks by
stating tnat a deputation from Glasgow had waited
on the board with respect to the working expenses.
Ho believed at present it was impossible to reduce
them, owing to competition. He would mention
that in 1856 they received sc. per ton per mile for

goods, and in 1861, owing to the opposition of the
Grand Trunk and Buffalo and Lake Huron Com-
pany, they were compelled to carry at 3e. per ton
per mile. In 1861 three times the traffic of 1856 was
carried by the Grand Trunk and other lines, and in-

stead of receiving 3.2 c. per ton per mile they only re-
ceived 1.7 c. per ton per mile. Every one acquainted
with Canada knew that labour was much dearer
there than here. Their operatives were
the most efficient men in the province, and if they
reduced their wages they would be employed by the
other companies. The negotiations respecting a
fusion of interests with the Grand Trunk and Buf-
falo and Lake Huron Companies had not yet arrived
at maturity, but in the meantime they had given
permission to apply to Parliament for a bill giving

the three companies permissive powers to come to a
working arrangement similar to that adopted by the
three companies which now constitute the North-
Eastern Railway Company. They had all agreed
as to the expediency of such a measure, and they
were now endeavouring to bring it into shape.
They were sure that if some such measure were not
adopted the Grand Trunk would not improve, and

the Great Western affairs might become worse.
They had three propositions to submit, namely, the
adoption of the report and accounts, the re-election
of the directors, and to decide as to the bill of the
committee of investigation. There were some of

the items in that bill that were reasonable, and the
directors would readily pay them, but there were
others of an enormous amount, and in that view
they were supported by the opinion of competent
persons in such matters. If the shareholders would
order the bill to be paid, the directors would pay
it the following morning. The company had ar-
rived at a serious crisis in its affairs, and it would
require great forbearance on the part of those who
apparently wished to benefit the company by a
change in the direction. The directors had no
desire to retain office unless they had the confidence
of the elareholderu. Sinco ho had Lem couneotod

with the company they had nothing but a choice
of difficulties, competing lines had been gradually

constructed on the south shore of Lake Erie, which

had seriously affected their traffic on the south, and
when the construction of the Grand Trunk on the
north had been completed, they had competition
from Detroit to Portland. The directors now asked
the proprietors fur their confidence; they were
threatened with the evils of a war, and they had
to:conduct difficult and delicate negotiations with
other companies. Mr. Brydges would proceed to
Canada on Saturday next to attend to their affairs
there. It was the wish of the directors to be re-
elected together, or to retire together.
Mr. G. SMITH wished to have an explanation re-
specting the letter of Messrs. Bridges and Reynolds.

Mr. HoYEs said the whole matter, so far as he
knew, had been explained at the last meeting. It
was not desirable to go over that question again.
The letter in question was given for a totally diffe-
rent purpose from that which the bank had endea-
voured to attach to it.
A discussion then ensued, in which Mr. Beattie,
Mr. Braithwaite, Mr. Hartridge, and Mr. Carman
took part.
Mr. BRYDGES said lie had no objection to give
any explanation with respect to the letter and the
matters now before the Court of Chancery, provided
the shareholders would undertake the responsi-
bility of so doing. He was rather surprised that
the question should be again raised, after being
disposed of in the report of the committee of
inquiry and at the meeting of the company in
April last. The letter of the 16th of Decem-
ber, 1858, so often referred to, was not intended
Ito be a guarantee to the bank beyond the amount
of the loan by the company to the Detroit and
Milwaukee Company, and when the advances were
repaid to the bank there was, in fact, an end of the
matter. When the Great Western Company fore-
closed the mortgage against the Detroit and Mil-
waukee Company the bank were very desirous that
the foreclosure should not be completed, and they
applied to the Courts of Michigan for that purpose,
in order to place themselves in a better position as
creditors with regard to the debt due to them by
the Detroit and Milwaukee Company, but ho be-
lieved that nothing could be done to place the Com-
mercial Bank in the position they wished to attain
in that respect.

Mr. HARTRIDGE was desirous of information re-
specting the proposed traffic arrangement with the
Grand Trunk Company:
Mr. HOYES said they were at present working
in perfect harmony with the Grand Trunk Com-
pany.
Mr. BRYDGES believed the simple answer at pre-
sent was that no arrangement had been completed
with the other companies.
The CHAIRMAN said the arrangement at pre-
sent rested with Mr. Baring, the chairman of the
Grand Trunk Company.
Mr. BEATTIE considered it one of the greatest
evils to the company that the Canadian Legislature
should have granted to the Grand Trunk Company
powers to make competing lines to theirs. He
would be glad of any arrangement that would de-
stroy that competition.
The report and statement of accounts were then
unanimously adopted.
Mr. BEATTIE, seconded by Mr. HARRIS, proposed
the re-election of the retiring directors and the re-
appointment of two auditors.
Mr. Alderman DAMN, in the course of an able
speech, proposed an amendment to the effect that
it was the opinion of the meeting that the Board, as
at present constituted, did not possess the confi-
dence of the shareholders, and that Mr. Gill, Mr.
Reynolds, and Mr. Brydges be omitted from the list.
Col. EVELYN seconded the amendment.
On a division the amendment was carried.
Mr. HOYES stated that those who were in favour
of the amendment should give their proxies to Mr.
Alderman Dakin, and those who wished to support
the directors would give their proxies to the secre-
tary of the company. All the proxies would have
to be sent to the office of the company, to be certi-
fied prier to sending them to Canada. It was ex-
plained that if the amendment was carried eight
out of the 11 retiring directors would be re-elected,
and that the 20th inst., at 12 o'clock, would be the
latest time for receiving the proxies at the office
prior to their transmission to Canada. The ad-
journed meeting in Canada would be held on the
Bth Jan. next.
On the motion of Mr. BEATTIE, seconded by Mr.
HARTRIDGE, the bill of the accountants employed
by the Committee of Investigation was referred
back to the Board of Directors, with power to deal
with it as they might deem advisable, or to refer it
to arbitration.
On the motion of Mr. Alderman DAKlN,seconded
by Mr. HARTRIDGE, the proceedings terminated
with a vote of thanks to Mr. Hoyes.

BOMBAY, BARODA, AND CENTRAL INDIA.
The report of the directors states that, up to the
date of the last- advices from the managing agent,
the continuous mileage actually under traffic was
132, miles, from Doolia to. Balsar. The bridging
of the rapid and difficult Nerbudda river had been
most successfully accomplished, and the bridge was
opened for traffic in the last week in May. This,
and the other great bridge over the Taptee river,
had withstood, without any damage whatever, the
violence of the great monsoon, which had proved so
destructive in many parts of India; and none of this
company's works had suffered materially from its
effects. The favourable nature of the gradients,
and the efficiency of the rolling etock and other
appliances of the road, had been well tested by a
train of 72 carriages, estimated to weigh 720 tons,
and drawn by a single engine, haviug carried 4,000
persons from Bulsar to Baroda, 122 k miles, at a
speed of 20 miles per hour. A table in the report
showed the rates in which the number of passen-
gers and tonnage of goods increased with the mile-
age opened. For the week ending Feb. 10 last, 81
miles open, 28,994 passengers were conveyed, and
1,304 tons of goods, being at the rate of 35795 pas-
sengers per mile, and 16.10 tons of goods. For the
week ending the 23d of June, 109 miles open,
52,303 passengers were conveyed, and 2,491 tons of
goods, being at the:rate of 47.984 passengers per
mile, and 2285 tons of goods ; and for the week
ending Oct. 20, 132 miles open, 87,466 passengers
were conveyed, and 4,803 tons of goods, being at
the rate of 662'62 passengers per mile, and 36.38
tons of goods. There were now 33 first-class bridges
completed upon the 132 miles of open line, compris-
ing 215 spans. of 60 feet, for which both piers and
superstructure were furnished from England. The
remaining 49 ' bridges to complete the entire line,
comprising 250 spans of 60 feet, were now in process
of erection. The aggregate length of first-class bridge
viaduct, when completed,will make about six miles.
The capital account showed that £2,857,067 had.
been received, and £2,438,969 expended, leaving a
balance of £51,141 with the Secretary of State for
India, and £366,956 at bankers' and in India. The
interest account from the commencement showed
that £282,077 had been received, and £279,371 paid
to the shareholders, .leaving a balance of £2,705.
The revenue account for the half-year ending the
30th of June last showed that £15,570 had been
received, and £9,513 expended, leaving a profit on
the working of £6,0.57.

ADULTERATED TOBACCO.—The Bradford Inland
Revenue officers have been making a raid on the premises"
of two tobacconists in Bradford, and their foray appears to
have been perfectly successful. In ono case, the tobacco-
nist was also a manufacturer, and both at the manufactory
and at the shop, rhubarb leaves were found mixed up with
the tobacco. In the second seizure, 1801 b weight of tobacco
was found, all adulterated, though the adulteration varied
from one to ten per cent. In each case, the fine inflicted
was £75, but the real offence was cheating her Majesty's
exchequer, and not that of cheating her Majesty's lieges.
The compound might have been considered pure " weed,"
whether adulterated or. not. A man who supplied one of
the defendants with the rhubarb leaves was fined £5O, as it
was considered he was a participator in the frauds on the

revenue.
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and healing action 'they augment by " their. purifying

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DIVORCE COURT.
Before the Judge Ordinary and Common Juries.)

SUCKLING V. SUCKLING AND BAYLDON.
The petitioner, the Rev. Henry Edward Suck-
ling. prayed for a dissolution of his marriage with
Louisa Suckling on the ground of her adultery with
William Bayldon. The respondent and the co-re
spondent pleaded a denial of the adultery charged
The respondent further alleged that the petitioner
had been guilty of adultery and cruelty, and these
charges were denier by the petitioner.
Dr. Phillimore, Q.C., and Mr. Pritchard appeared
for the petitioner ; Dr. Deane, Q.C., and Mr. Mer-
ritt for the respondent; and 1)r. Spinks for the co-
respondent.
Di. Phillimore stated that the marriage took
place on the 27th March, 1849, the petitioner being
at the time of the marriage an undergraduate. The
respondent, then a Miss Chambers, was the daugh-
ter of a respectable West India merchant. The
marriage was in all respects a suitable one, and gave
every promise of happiness. There had been several
children, of whom only two boys, aged 10 and 8,
were now living. Shortly after the marriage Mr.
Suckling took holy orders, and subsequently became
master of a grammar school at Royston, Yorkshire;
Mr. Bayldon was a surgeon practising at Royston
and was the medical attendant of Mr. Suckling's
family. He attended Mrs. Suckling in her confine-
ment, and he made a vile use of the opportunity
given to him by his professional duties to seduce her.
Early in 1857 Mr. Suckling, on his return from a
short visit to London, received information which
aroused his suspicions, and he caused inquiries to be
set on foot, the result of which convined him that
his wife had, for upwards of a year, been carrying
on an adulterous intercourse with Mr. Bayldon.
He had brought an action for trim con., and had
recovered £430 damages and costs.
Several servants who had lived in Mr. and Mrs.
Suckling's house at Royston in 1856-57 were ex-
amined, and described the frequent visits of Mr.
Bayldon to Mrs. Suckling in the years 1855-56.
One of them, Mary Gibson, the cook, stated that one
night, when Mr. Suckling was not at home, Mrs.
Suckling sent her and the other servant to bed
about 9 o'clock; that after she was in bed she heard
a noise, and thinking there were robbers in the house
went down stairs, and saw Mrs. Suckling open the
front door and let in Mr. Bayldon, and go with him
into the drawing-room, where there was a sofa.
She had also taken notes from Mrs. Suckling to Mr.
Bayldon, and Mr. Bayldon had once sent her back
with a pill box, welch contained nothing but a note
for Mrs. Suckling. During the Christmas holidays
in 1856 Mr. Suckling was absent in London for a
few days. Martha Wigfield was then in the service,
and a Miss Alderson, a governess, was, staying in
the house. Miss Alderson generally slept with Mrs.
Suckling when Mr. Suckling was not with her, and
her little boy slept in a crib by the bed side. One
night Miss Alderson slept with Martha Wigfield, the
child was removed into another room, and when the
servants went to bed Mr. Bayldon was supping with
Mrs. Suckling. The next morning the servants who
made Mrs. Suckling's bed observed that it had been
evidently slept in by two persons. It was proved
that efforts had been made to procure the attendance
of Miss Alderson, but without success.
Dr. Deane did not call any witness in support of
the respondent's case, but submitted that the evi-
dence of adultery was so slight that the jury could
not with safety act upon it.
His Lordship summed up, and the jury found a
verdict for the petitioner upon all the issues.
His Lordship then said he should like to know
why the petition had not been presented sooner.
Dr. Phillimore said that the petitioner was now
a curate in Buckinghamshire. He had derived his
chief means of subsistence from the school, which
was broken up in consequence of his wife's miscon-
duct upon their separation in Sanuary, 1857. The
petition was filed in 1860, and the answer was not
put in until March, 1861.
His Lordship granted a decree nisi.
Dr. Spinks submitted, on the authority of " Ling
v. Ling and Croker," (1 Swabey and Tristram, p.
187), that as the co-respondent had paid the damages
and costs in an action of trim. con. he ought not to
be condemned in the costs of the present suit.
His Lordship said he thought the co-respondent
had been guilty of very gross misconduct in avail-
ing himself of his opportunities as a medical man
to debauch Mrs. Suckling. Lord Campbell, in a
subsequent case, had refused to recognize that any
principle was established by the decision in "Ling
v. Ling." He would
,take time to consider the
question of costs.
Dr. Deane, for the respondent, moved that the
petitioner might be ordered to make some provision
for her.
His Lordship said that the power of obliging a
husband to provide for a delinquent wife ought to
be very sparingly exercised. What proportion of
the miserable stipend of a curate was ho to settle
upon a profligate who had not brought her husband
a sixpence ? He refused to make the order.
FORMBY v. FORMBY AND AXTENS.

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Dr. Deane, Q.C., and Mr. Templer appeared for
the petitioner; Mr. Sergeant Pigott and Mr. Lax-
ton for the respondent.
This was a petition by a husband on the ground
of his wife's adultery. The respondent and the co-
respondent pleaded a denial of the charge.
The petitioner was described as a gentleman of no
occupation, who lived upon an allowance of £BOO a
year from his father, who is a clergyman. He mar-
ried the respondent in June, 1860, having previously
lived with her for about 18 months. Both before
and after the marriage they lived in Portsdown-
road, Maida-hill. The co-respondent, Jas. Edwin
Axtens, was a ridingmaster belonging to some livery
stables in Glocester-crescent. In Oct., 1860, Mrs.
Formby, without her husband's knowledge, went to
take riding lessons at these stables and made Ax-
tens's acquaintance. On Saturday, Nov. 3d, Mr.
Formby went into the country, and at 6 in the
evening Mr. Axtens went to Mrs. Formby's house.
After dining with Mrs. Formby he put one of Mr.
Formby's coats on and went with her to the theatre.
They returned at night and slept together, and from
that time until Nov. 14th, when Mr. Formby re-
turned to town, they occupied the same bed every
night. Mr. Formby on the day of his return put on
his dresscoat and found a scented pocket-handker-
chief in one of the pockets. Knowing that it did
not belong to him he made inquiries, and the result
was that he taxed his wife with her guilt, that she
did not deny it, and that he immediately withdrew
from cohabitation, made her an allowance, and in-
stituted this suit.
Mary Ann Musgrave, a servant of Mrs. Formby,
Sybella Bishop, a relation of the respondent, and
Mr. Lethbridge, the petitioner's solicitor, were exa-
mined to prove these facts.
There was no defence, and
His Lordship granted a decree nisi, with costs
against the eo-respondent.