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London, England, 1861-10-08 00:00:00

th e case demanded, it being a case in which the
tri
athfulness of the statement of the complainant
in 4 t the accused was either to be acce
J pted or re-
'eci ed, and he had no hesitation in saying that the e elusion at which he had arrived
was, that the
-Ice sot up by the prisoner was a tissue of false-
hc from beginning to end, for it was not likely
that i zo young a child as the complainant, even if
she lhi id the artfulness to trump up such a case,
would have acted as he had described, and which
,couid nly have been done by a person of depraved
'd habits. He was glad the prisoner's true
r had Come to light before he had entered.
the .Met roPelitan Police Force, and when the pro-
in that court became public he hoped all
receiving such an appointment would.
be 'at His worship then ordered the pri-
sm ter ,to pay a fine of £5, or to be imprisoned, with
/our, for two calendar months.
phe p eisener not having the money, was removed
in custod. y to a‘vait the prison van.

4.ORDINARY AFFAIR IN
DUBLIN.

On :Friday !I ;st, at the head police-office, Dublin,
'ore Mr. Al len, the magistrate, Captain Rogers
Palmer, of the; Mayo militia, was summoned on ac-
t vmplain t of 9aptain E. Knox for threatening to
sh ik;bot him..
Mr. Sic,'nerr ppeared on behalf of Captain Knox.,
am.% in statin g the case, said he did not wish in a
case of this k:.nd to touch upon. family and domestic
matt erg more: tha. n was absolutely necessary in order
to in for m the ber, ch properly on the question be-
fore a( 'm. Cap ta in Knox had a shooting lodge in
the eon nty of V Ticklow. On a recent occasion he
had invited the t lefeadant, Captain Palmer, and the
member s of his family, including Mrs. Palmer, to
join a :party at his lodge ; and whilst they were
thus on a visit to . his house, it came under the obser-
vation of Captain 'Knox that the defendant behaved
himielf in a very i unbecoming and improper manner
towards his own • wife.

Captain Palmer here protested against any irrele-
vant details being ; gone into, and stated that Capt.
Knox had given • presents to his children, in value
100 guineas, witl lout knowing the family before.
He tots lly denied that he ever threatened to shoot
the corn plainant.
Mr. Sidney, of ier a sharp altercation with the
defend ant, went on to state that the conduct of
Capt. Palmer, Y rho held a loaded double-barrelled
gun at his wife' s head, induced Capt. Knox to in-
terfere, and his in terference led to a reply from the
defendant, wiro .swore that if he had a weapon
abesut him be would kill Capt. Knox on the spot,
and that he, wonkd do it before long. In consequence
of what had' occurred Capt. Knox forbade the de-
fendant retu ruing to his house, and the defendant
returned to Dublin with two of his sons. Mr.
Sidney then ri 3ad a passage from a letter written
by the defends nt, dated Sept. 13, as follows
I thank; :my God my hellish designs were not
carried out; f. )r I own to God I had loaded my
revolver, whit 711 nothing but your letter of this
morning, cot tcl led with good nature, had unnerved
my arm." •
The defen,da nt urged the unfairness of those
matters being introduced without any previous
notice, obswvitig, moreover, that he was unde-
fended by co unscl.
Capt. Kno: r was then sworn, and said—l have a
shooting lodge in the county of Wicklow. The dp-
fendant, Capt. Palmer, and his family were among
my guests there recently. Capt. Palmer's family
arrived at my lodge some weeks before he did, and
after his arrival we noticed everything changed.
The family never appeared except crying, so that I
thought it right to inquire into the cause, and I
then ascertained that it arose from his bad treat-
7ment of his wife and children. On one occasion he
beat one of his sons to such an extent that my sister
had to interfere. The servants also came to me to
interfere, and we had to call the police. On other
occasions they were treated in the most brutal
manner. Some days after a gentleman asked us to •
go to a pie-nic at his house. After dinner—l
thought that Capt. Palmer was not sober at the
time, but it now turns out that he was—he called
his wife such disgusting names before ladies that I
cannot repeat them here. He was remonstrated
with, and he then said that if he had a weapon he
would take my life on the spot, and threatened mo
in various other ways. I told him I could not allow
him, after such conduct, to come into my house •
again. Ho came up to me, shook his fist, and said
he would knock my head off if I said another word.
Others interfered, and he then went away, taking
bis two sons with him. They walked the whole
way into the next town, although we sent a car
after them for their use. On his arrival in Dublin
he repeated his threats, by a letter written by a
member of his family, at his dictation, and he after-
wards wrote tl:e letter from which ,a passage has
been read. He forbade his wife to return.
In reply to the magistrate,
Capt. Knox said that on his return to Dublin the
defendant recommenced his threats against him, and
he feared he might execute them.
The defendant was ultimately ordered to be bound
over to keep the peace towards Capt. Knox, but
having no sureties present, it was arranged that the
defendant should appear the following day with his
sureties, and the proceedings terminated.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

GLOUCESTER—OcT. 5.

A very small supply of English wheat, with a good de-
mand, at an advance of 10d per quarter upon last week's
rates. Foreign sorts unaltered. Flour declined in price,
but in good demand. Barley steady. No change in the
-value of oats and beans.

:R—OcT. 6.

ado firm, at la per qr above
mand for malting, and fully
;a, and unaltered.