The Sun.
London, England, 1826-03-17 00:00:00

HATTON-GARDEN.

FAMILY QUARREL.--Yesterday a very curiouse case came
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against William Turk, husband of he latter complainant, for
assault, and battery.
It appears that the defendant has lived for some time past in
the house of the old man. The daughter about thirteen months
since lost her husband, since which event she has lived with her
father. She had fallen in with a swain named Trimmer, a few
weeks ago, and at length he, by his vows, made a conquest of
" the young widow." The day was fixed 'for their " nuptial.."
However, such was the " widow's whim," that she transferred
her affections from her affianced husband to a more sprightly
Adonis, which she discovered in the person of the present de-
fendant, Turk, who implored her, for the sake of her aged father,
as well as the interest of her child (she had a child by her first bus.
band), to become Mrs. Turk, and that he would do for her child.
By his fair promises to do for her and her child, he induced her to
countenance him us her future husband, and every thing was
prepared for the wedding, which took place on Monday last, at
Spitalfields' Church. After the knot had been tied, the bride
and bridegroom, followed by their friends, returned home, where
there was a handsome dinner provided. All were seated at the
banquet, when the bridegroom began to take liberties with his
bride. The latter felt disgusted, and told him there was time for
all things, and she should not think of his himperenee before all
the etnnpney. Turk felt hurt, and abruptly leaving the festive
board, took up his hat, and left the room, saying, " 'Veil, never
mind, ma'am, nothing has been done but vat can be undone,
and so here goes." Nothing was seen of him till Wker edne
dsday,emo-
when he went to old Harden's house, and with a po
lished four or five looking. lasses, all the crockery, and several
articles of the household furniture, and assaulted both the old
man and his daughter, who went to her father's assistance.
His excuse for breaking the property was, that he had been to
the Minister that had married them and to the Lord Mayor,
who told him that all that belonged to his wife before mamage
now belonged to him ; and therefore he considered he had a
right to do as lie liked with his own property.
The wife declared that she would never live with such a
rascal, indeed, she did not consider herself his wife, as she had
never bedded with hint. Ile had declared he would turn her
child out of doors, and she felt satisfied he would make good
his promise before marriage, that he would "do tbr her and
her child."
The old man, who was scarcely able to stand from the beat.
ing he had received, declared, that he was in bodily fear, and
therefore hoped the Magistrate would hold him to good, bail.
The defendant said, that he had been told that it was the in-
tention of his wife to run away with Trimmer, the man who site
had made choice of first, and that he thought he had sufficient
cause for what he had done.
Ile was immediately held to bail for the two a'saults, and to
give 24 hours' notice.

CALEDONIAN CANAL.—A Parliamentary paper
has been just published respecting the Caleclonial Canal. It
is a list of the claims for compensation in consequence of dama-
es sustained by the cutting of the Canal. We extract two ;
the first, because such fair and honourable conduct ought
never to pass unnoticed—it is that of John Baillie, Esq. M.P.
Mr. Baillie's estimated damages is 051. per annum ; he adds,
" The compensation for which, at twenty years' purchase,
amounts to 1,7001., but as this property was acquired by the
a claimant for price amounting only to fifteen years' purchase
of the annual rent, he cannot conscientiously claim a higher
rate of cotnpensation, and according limits his demand to the
sum of 1,275/." The other is a claim Of Glengarry, for
named Loch Oich. We give ins own de-
Ili bland lake,
scription of it. The Lock covers a surface of four miles in
length, anti varies from a quarter to the 10th part of a mile.—
For this, Glempury requires only 20,0001. We mistake. lie
has already a suit before the Court of Session, for compensation
for all that part of the Lock, which has been hitherto occupied
for the Canal, and we conclude, that, in a lake only about 300
yards broad, on an average, no small proportion of it has been
so occupied. We shall, therefore, we conceive, make a pretty
ample allowance, when we calculate the surface for which
Government -lit to T 4.20001., at four hundred English acres,
which, rating the proposed purchase at twenty years, lives only
the moderate rent of 11. ss, per acre. We have often hearth the
Highlands celebrated for the number of its lakes, and we have
sometimes heard of the clearness of their waters, but we
never before had a notion that they were so valuable to the pro.
prietors,