The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-09 00:00:00

witness further stated, that in consequence of this
discovery, she discontinued to attend her, but Mr 3.
Harwood subsequently called upon her, and proposed
an arrangement to meet a person named Richardson,
a friend of hers, there, but this witness refused to
assent to.

Mrs. Harwood interrupted the witness several times
during her evidence, and at the conclusion declared
that the witness was totally unworthy of belief ; that
she was a professed fortune-teller, and was no doubt
handsomely paid by her husband for coming forward
to malign her character.
Mrs. Woodfield declared she had not received a
farthing from Captain Harwood.

The next witness called was Miss Mary Fergusson,
who knew Mrs. Harwood from her having taken
lodgings some time ago at her mother's house. At
the time Mrs. Harwood came to the house there was
a gentleman of the name of Spennell, a foreigner,
also lodging there, and both became so very familiarly
acquainted that it was considered but prudent on the
part of her mother to give Mrs. Harwood notice to quit
as soon as possible. Shortly atter she left the house
Mrs. Harwood called There one night to ask for Mr.
Spennell, and an opportunity having presented itself,
she ran up stairs in the dark to that gentleman's bed-
room, and when he was in bed at the time. Witness
followed her up, and upon stopping at the door for an
instant, she heard Mrs. Harwood say, " Oh, you vil-
lain, what I have suffered for you this fortnight, and
this is the way you serve me." I thought, said the
witness, on hearing this, it was quite time for me to
enter the room, which I did, and from what I saw I
was induced to exclaim, " I only wish Captain Har-
wood was here to witness what I do at this moment."
This was at eleven o'clock, and the parties wished to
remain together all night, but this being positively
denied, both parties got into a great passion, left the
house together, and Mr. Spennell did not return until
five o'clock the next morning. Mr. Spennell had left
her lodging on the arrival of Captain Harwood.
Mrs. Harwood declared, that Miss Fergusson and
Mr. Spennell were on very friendly terms; that there
was no truth in her statement, and that her coming
forward was altogether the result of jealousy.
Captain Harwood here handed to Mr. Norton
several of the letters that had passed between his wife
and the young foreigner alluded to, and the purport
of which could leave no doubt on his Worship's mind
as to the criminality of the writers.
Mr. NORTON, after reading them, remarked, he
thought Captain Harwood had very just grounds for
refusing to maintain his wife, and, therefore, he should
make no order on the subject.
Mrs. Harwood said, it was quite clear that her hus-
bands money had settled the question, and she was
the victim.

Mr. NORTON told her, that until she removed the
whole of the evidence against her (which he believed
to be impossible), there was no law to compel her
husband to support her.
Mr. Warren, the relieving-officer, said, that from
inquiries he had made, he had obtained the most sa-
tisfactory proof that Mrs. Harwood had been leading
a most abandoned life.

Captain Harwood, before leaving the court, de-
clared that within the last two years his wife had
squandered upwards of 1,000/.