The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-12 00:00:00

'THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVFNING, JUNE 12, 1868.

SIJARE LIST.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

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COURT OF DIVORCE.
(Before the Right Hon. Sir J. P. Wilde.)
SLEIGH V. SLEIGH AND MINISTER.

This was a suit instituted by the petitioner to
obtain a dissolution of marriage on the ground of
his wife's adultery with the co-respondent.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Dr. Tristram ap-
peared for the petitioner.

The facts of this case were these :—lt appeared
that the petitioner, a barrister, and the son of Mr.
Campbell Sleigh, when quite a young man, met the
respondent in a railway carriage, she being about
ten years older than he was. They only knew one
another about three or four days when they were
married. The lady was a Miss Pice, and there was
no doubt from what had preceded the marriage
that it was not likely to be a happy one. From
what Mr. Sleigh himself saw he believed that his
wife had been guilty of adultery, and this suit was
instituted.

Annie Adams said that before the marriage Mrs.
Sleigh lived at her house i❑ Bayswater, and was a
Miss Price. The witness was present at the mar-
riage, which took place at All S3uls, Kensington.
They stayed at her house for some days afterwards.
A detective officer, named Lockyer, who was em-
ployed to watch the parties, stated that he had seen
Mrs. Sleigh meet the respondent at the railway sta-
tions in various parts of London. She was pointed
out to him by various parties. He traced the re-
spondent and co-respondent to Maidenhead, where
they stayed together as man and wife. He saw
them iu a bedroom together, and recognised them
both. He believed that the co-respondent was a
tailor working for his father. _ _

Other evidence was adduced, which showed that
the parties mentioned had been intimate, and the
Court then observed thatit considered the adultery
proved, and granted a decree nisi, the question of
costs being reserved.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—(This Day•)

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Paron Piggott.)
THE LEEDS BANK FORGERIES.

The trial of Mr. Thomas Edgeley, lately a mer-
chant in the city of London, for an indictment of
conspiracy with others to defraud the Leeds Bank-
ing Company to the amount of £lOB,OOO, was re-
sumed this morning.

Mr. George Chandler, clerk to Messrs. Turquand,
Young, and Co., the official liquidators of the
Leeds Bank, was examined. He said he had super-
intended the examination of the books of the de-
fendant, and had made certain acc3unts in respect
thereof. He had also gone through the transactions
relating to the Maydenpeck Forest Company, which
transaction was divisible into three classes, namely
—class 1 consisted of bills purporting to be drawn
for that company, and discounted with the Leeds
Banking Company, to the amount of £66,780 ; and
the other two classes showed transactions that
brought up the amount of the transactions with the
bank to the sum of £lOB,OOO.

NE. W COURT.
(Before the Common Sergeant.)
CIIARGE OF BURGLARY.

Five boys, named Blowers, Moss, Taylor, Smith,
and Wardell, were indicted with burglarly breaking
and entering the dwelling-house of Mr. George
Lambert.

From the evidence it appeared that the premises
were secured safely over night, and next morning
al
o wTehaeripnrgisonere
were
apparel were found to
haveever
been
afterwards
discovered with a portion of the stolen goods upon
ssitcl el
es
n of.
them. _

and Taylor and Blowers not guilty.
and Wardell guilty,
three prisoners found guilty.
The
'lvAel:ess'prov proved against the
Mr.
Previous
jury
sa fgcohountnve
idiaciStdi tontnihtsat some burglaries had been
committed in the neighbourhood. of Clapham, and
since the apprehension of the prisoners they had
altogether ceased. Various attempts to enter houses
had also been made, but the noise made by the per-
sons trying to effect an entrance had aroused the
inmates, and thus the intentions of the thieves were
frustrated.

The Common-Sergeant told the prisoners they
had rendered themselves liable to a sentence of
seven years' penal servitude, but, in order to give
them another chance, and also the opportunity of
reforming, he should pass upon them a sentence of
18 months' imprisonment.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS—LAST EVENING.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack
at five o'clock.

THE SEA FISHERIES.
This bill was road a third time and passed.
ARMY CHAPLAINS BILL.

On this bill going into committee,
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY said that he
had not had an opportunity of expressing his
opinion on the second reading of the bill, as he understood
that it was to take place on Tuesday next. lie approved
of the course to be pursued with regard to the relative posi-
tion of the army chaplains and the ministers of the different
parishes in which the camp was situated, and also the
bishop of the diocese. With a few exceptions, he thought
the present bill was one which ought to pass.
The Bishop of GLOUCESTER renewed his objec-
tions to a portion of the bill, especially that which related
to the chaplains being extra parochial.
The Earl of CARNARVON said that he believed that
the bill was a perfectly sound one, but he thought it would
very much simplify the matter if it were placed in the
hands of a select committee.

The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the only point
was whether the jurisdiction over a camp situated in a
diocese was to be in the hands of the bishop of the diocese,
or under the authority of oue particular bishop appointed
by the Crown.

On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, all the amend-
ments wore ordered to be printed that the house might
better understand all the complex issues raised.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at 4 o'clock.
IRISH RAILROADS.

Mr. GREGORY gave notice of his intention, that day
week, to put a question to the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer as to whether he intended to introduce any bill for
the purchase of Irish railroads during the present session;
and, if not, whether he had any objection to state the in-
tentions of the Government on the subject.