The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-26 00:00:00

THE SPRING ASSIZES.

A CURIOUS CASE OF BIGAMY.-- At the Bury St.
Edmunds Assizes a somewhat curious case of bigamy was
tried, in which it appeared that the prisoner, whose name
was George Bullingham, having married his wife in
September 1859, in consequence of her misconduct sepa.
rated from her, after which event she lived with other
men. On the Ist December, 1864, he went through the
form of marriage with another woman, having informed.
her of the fact of his previous marriage and of his Wi f(1
being alive. The second marriage was entered into on
the ground that, in the Opinion of both of them,
through the misconduct of the real wife tiny were juisli-
fied in so entering into it. After livin:4 together frr
some time, apparently very happily, as hu‘ibaml and.
the real wife appeared on the scene, and. Ink,viu:.; eluT-:•ed
her husband with bigamy, got him arreAeil,
tually committed. She, however, had, on the ";sth
December, IS64—about three weeks, in fact, after I:is
second marriage—gone through the form of marriar;e
another man, upon which her husband, the prioner, gave
her in charge for the same offence, and shy i 1 now in cus-
tody awaiting her trial for bigamy. The prisoner, of
course, was found guilty, but sentence was reserved.

INSANITY.-It is somewhat worthy of remark that in
each of the two charges of interest investigated at the
Norfolk Assizes (one of murder, and the other of shooting
with intent), the prisoners were acquitted on the ground
of insanity. In the one case, a mother, known to be:
insane, was trusted with her illegitimate child. Taking
it out one night she went nearly two miles from home,;
and, getting into a stream, attempted to drown boat
herself and the child. Her resolution failed her,
however, and she herself crawled out, leaving
her child to drown. She came home again after
about an hour's absence, with her clothes wet and covered
with dirt. She was too much excited to say anything-
more than " The bridge !" A search was made, and the
child was found floating in the water near where the pri-.
Goner is supposed to have left it. In the other case, a man
named Howlett was charged with shooting at his sister at
St. Margaret's, Southebnbam, on the 9th January, 181 Z.
The prisoner, whose mind was affected at the time, met his
sister in the garden, and when within a few vards of her
he raised a gun he bad in his hand, and deliberately fired
at her. The charge struck her in the face, and though for
some time her life was despaired of, she eventually re-
covered, but was rendered totally blind and disfigured for
life. The prisoner was committed for trial soon after tle.
occurrence, but was subsequently removed to the lunatic
asylum, where he has quite recovered, and was new
brought up to answer the charge.—In both cases the
prisoners were ordered to be confined during her Majesty's.
pleasure.

COUNTERFEIT COIN.—At the Devizes Assizes, one George
Curtis was indicted for uttering counterfeit coin, and with
having in his possession some eighty bad florins and half.
crowns, and the charge having been proved, he was sen-
tenced to five years' penal servitude.
BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—£SOO DAMAGES.—
The Sheriff's Assessor at Leeds had before him on Wed-
nesday the case of Fleming v. Tatterson. It was an
action by the daughter of a retired inland revenue officer
against a medical man for breach of promise of marriage, and
it came before the court for assessment of damages. The
greatest affection for the plaintiff was evinced by the
defendant in his letters until it came to the matter of when
the marriage should take place. She wished it to be put
off, and this seems to have cooled defendant's love, and he
gradually kept himself away from her. These facts having
been put before the jury, they returned a verdict for the
plaintiff ; damages, £5OO.

The Bishop of Capetown lately delivered an
address in the lecture-hall of the Liverpool Institute, on
the missions in the diocese of Capetown. In describing
the difficulties of the Church there, he dwelt on the case of
Colenso, detailing its various phases. The false teaching
of Dr. Colenso, he said, touched the very fundamentals of
the Christian faith, nor did he see that his adversary bad
any ground ty staucl uPcla bt t NO deism, "