The Sun.
London, England, 1820-01-21 00:00:00

FLLIOTT rILIOTT.

This was a suit of adultery brought by the
husband residing at Arundel, in Sussex, against
Ahry, his wife, for cruelty and adultery ; and the
present proceeding was on admitsibility of articles.
These articles set lot th 'he marriage in 1503,
the parties having afterwards lived together and
cohabited till April 1816, and their having hail
issue of the marriage, six children. Tile acts of
cruelly charged, were, that in about two mouths
after marriage, the wife began to entertain a violent
desire for'spirituous liquors ; and, afterwards, was
continually in the habit of drinking to excess.
That at such periods of intoxication, she has re-
peatedly thrown knives at her husband,• seized
hold of him, lind '_with great violence, torn his
clothes. That in consequence, he has tried to
reform her by locking his cellar, cupboards ac.,
so-as to prevent her getting at any liquor to make
her drunk. having been repeatedly in fear of his
life from the effects of her violence, he has, on
these occasions, been obliged to retreat and se-
crete himself about the house, by locking himself;
into a room.

The acts of adultery charged, were after the
Lady went to reside with Iter mother at Arundel,
when a separation had taken place ; liter being in
the
.habit of strolling about the fields and meadows
at late hours, and having intercourse with labour-
ers and other low men, and\ particularly with
William :Squires, labourer, on the 26th July,
1815. These parties having been seen nn that
day, walking' alone together in bye-lanes and
fields ; and having been seen when indecent fami-
liarities took place between them, the act of nth&
terybeing likewise averred.

the COURT was of opinion the acts of adultery,
in general, wtre not
.ehargeii with sufficiently pre-
cise specification as to exact 'Awe and ploce; and
the acts of cruelty during a period of twelve yeats
cohabitation, not being sufficiently connected with
the charge or cruelty and adullry ;. besides, it ap-
pearing to the Court that the parties were endea-
vouring to settle the matter by negociaiion, 'e-
lected the admissibility of the .artic:cs., and d;e-
nlisEvd the cause.

tr...COI.N':; INN-FIELDS' .5131.17. .:::;:50.12-1'7,7-;'.

Tile Anniversary Meeting of the above Associe
lion, comprising the Ladies' Society, was held
yesterday evening in the spacious chapel in Great
Quern-street. At half-past six o'clock J. BuTTsa.
tvornt, Esti. took the Chair, surrounded by seve'
rat eminent Divines, and a most numerous and re'
spectable assemblage of other persons. 4).
The CttAtaMAN opened the business of the even"
ing in a brief speech, in which he observed, that
the exertions of the friends to the Society awes%
more than ever wanting to resist the attempts of
the infidel. The Report would now 'be read.
The Repot( was then read.-11 detailed the 130
hours of Hie Committee timing the last year, t 3 ii
stated, that 253.5 Bibles and Testaments had been
distributed. The Report ft:utter stated, that
many persons iu the district were still withott the
Word Of God, and that the Ladies' Associatiod
was in great want of active co-operators.
WILLIAM tic i tt, ht,q. inVilig that the Ile
port be received, adopted, and printed, expatiated
at some length on the flourishing state of the
and Foreign Bibre Society, who annually
exp,ndcd• it, it distribution of the Scillnorei
nin,:ty thousand pounds. The Bible .end Testa'
:tient .was now printing or circulating in varion'
parts of the Globe in 127 d.tferent !appal:T.o
and dialects. The Bible had lately been intro•
dueed into China, where many of -the most re'
speciabie and higher classes had, on the perusal
of the Hohy Volume, renounced idolatry. Athens,
.the city in which the .Apostle Paid once preached,
was now also !ht. seat tit a Bible Society, he (Mr..
!I.)latelyteceived a letter front the itee•
Dr. Pit liertoo to tilot effect. Mr. Blair then rear{
an extract from a spetch of Prince de'
lieeredin Russia, io which that :Nobleman stated,
that even on Mount C',11;&151.13 the Bible was read;
and that it was !Hinting tit that vast Empire i 9
fourteen language, or dii:leers, A c„„,kinan woe
ako about to the sent out, by the parent Society,
to Coos!antinople. Mr. Blair concluded an atilt)
speedt, Ity moving that the Report ot, printed.
The Rev. Mr. Mormt:y, in seconding lhe nib'
'don of the las: spedter, adverted to the attempt'
made by the infidel to bring the 111,-iL:e into disre"
pure. Voltaire, observed the Rev. Genriernon•
boasted of having Kings and Nobles ou his side
the question. How was it at the present day;
Kings and Nobles were toremost in their tldes'
yours fur the propagation of the Scriptures; for
nations had felt the dreadful effects of intideliT
The attempts now making by infidelity were
against the poor, for it bad tailed apinst the rich
or learned, This should serve as a stimulus t 0
the friends of Bible Associations. The Rev, Gen' :
tleman then stated an affecting instance of a ma"
who was reduced from comparative affluence .40
happiness to indigence and misery, by gettirl%
actpla inted with ttie enemies of the :Bible; but
who, on re-perusing the Sacred Volume, w 0
agt;:n restored a good member to society, The
l{ev. Gentleman concludt d by cordially secondion
the motion.

The Rev. Dr. WA UGH !Dared the 111.aftliS of tl'e
Meeting to the President, tie Hight Hon. (mai {4:9
Grant, and, in an energetic speech, impiured (10
active sit! of his beaters..

—,-- DAVIES, ES(I., in seconding cite above,
motion, made an elminent speech, Es did severe'
other Geode:nen in the moving Lind seeondnd
of vatious motions.

.Thanks were voted to the Chairman,. who ra'
turned thanks, and the Aleetiog adjourtied.--41
liberal concc:iOn was made.

FATAL. ACCIDENT.-Ahoot two o'clock yegter'
day, as three boys in the employ of Mtslr; \Toyer
And Hicks, chimney-sweepers, iu James-street,
Gro9venor-stinare, were removing soot in a v3olr.
running wit of Bird-.street under the gardeopt
Messrs. Pallier and Co, lrontrioers, Doke:
street, the arch gave way, and wi:lt a
.great both
of mould and obbish bailed two of them. o`"s
who rt,trpeoed to he near the extremity was lot-
mediately ztx.!ricatco, with little in no iojory ; 141
other, ano,it twelve years of age, was not tott!;'•
foT opwardf or an boor. beve,at medic:at Gen-
demen were in attendance, nut there wet e I.l'l
signs of life remaining,

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.--Yesterday mnrninP
about eleven o'Clock, a young matt named Johle
son. whilst in It hackney coach in Threa4k
needle • street, with his back to marts the coacV
man, attempted to pnt au end to his existence,Pfi
shooting himself with a large brass pistol ; bt
happily the ball passed limier his arm, withu"-
doing lira any other injury than grazing the fle9lif.
slightly ; it passed through the front_ patina°
die coach, and went between the eoachmapl
legs, who was sitting on his box. Tlie repots
brought together a great conconr.e of popie'
and the afi/ictedinau was taken out at the 03°
and the pistol taken from him.

On the 12thr inst., at Rosefield Porto-Bello, Edinburgh, tbil
Lady of Captai❑ Nilaa, 70ti, Regiment, of a son.