Star.
London, England, 1826-09-02 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.

Mr. Carpenter, a confectioner in Fleet-street,was brought before
Mr. Alderman BRoserr, to shew cause why lie ►hould not be held to
bail for having assaulted bis wife.

The parties have been married some ten or eleven months. They
did not " come together" in the usual way—by having their hearts
spitted upon " Dan Cupid's bird-bolt;" but by advertisement in a
newspaper. Mr. Carpenter was a widower, with six children and
a pretty trade; and so he advertised for a wife. Mrs. Carpenter
was, at that time, a widow, with four children, £7OO in bard cash,
and three freehold houses: she saw the advertisement; answered it;
met the advertiser; talked the matter ever; and finally they agreed
to put this and that together, abandon their widowy weeds, and
become man and wife ;—but the Lady took the precaution of
having her fr.rehold settled upon her first stock of little ones.—
Mr. Carpenter had a 0 country house" at Brixton; and Mrs. Car.
punter soon found out that the said country-house had a very un-
comfortable adjunct—to wit, a young woman, enceinte by Mr.
Carpenter. Consequently she remonstrated with Mr. C.—Mr. C.
defended himself as well as he could; his defence was very unsatis-
factory; conjugal squabbles ensued; and before a double honey-
moon had elapsed, Mrs. Carpenter withdrew herself from the
concern. In process of time, however, she found that she was
likely to become the mother of a little Master Carpenter; and
this discovery induced litr to return to Mr. Carpenter's house—He
received her coolly, but she remained, and (as she had predicted) in
due time she added one to Mr. Carpenter's stuck of little ones.—This
was the general outline of Mrs. Carpenter's case; and as to particu.
lars—she now accused him of depriving her of common comforts
in her time of peril, whilst he supplied his mistress, the young
woman above-mentioned, with the choicest delicacies of his shop--
tarts, cheesecakes, jellies, and Bath buns, and Nanny Lints also
front that far-famed city in great abundance. Then fol-
lowed the assault, which was in this fishion :—Mr. Carpenter had
not spoken to her for two days, when, perceiving bins about to go
our, she held up their mutual little one, and said, Kiss your son
before you go!" Mr. Carpenter did kiss it; "and; added Mrs. C.
"a dozen words more had not passed my lips, when he gave me two
severe slaps on the face."—This completed Mrs. Carpenter's case.
Mr. Carpenter, in his defence, admitted having a young woman
enceinte at Brixton; but all chat, he said, was before be had say.
thing to do with the present Alf& Carpenter; and he declared there
had been nothing at all of the kind since—no tarts, no cheesecakes,
no second enceintter in proof whereof he begged the Alderman to
allow him to call in the young woman in propria persona, she being
in attendance outside the office, for the express purpose of rebutting
that part of Mrs. Carpenter's statement.
The Aunt:Nam declined examining the young woman on that
point, or on any point at all, indeed; and desired Mr. Carpenter to
goon without her.

Mr. Carpenter then went on to state that Ur's. C. was saliarrifs-
ob4 jealous ; that she neglected his family ; that she absented her-
selt from his house during seven whole months without cause or
provocation ; that she was of such a violent temper, that in less than
a fortnight after her =oedemata the jumped out of bed and kick-
ed the nurse down stairs; and as to the particular assault in cries.
Lion, after having asked him to " kiss his son," she called him " a
swindler ;" and he therefore considered himself completely justified
In boxing her ears.

" Then you admit the assault, and you must put in bail for your
appearance to answer it at the Saoions," said the Alderman.
11.1i1 was accordingly put in, and the parties withdrew—Mrs. C.
vowing she would return to her husband's Luu-e, and compel him
to maintain her as he ought; and 111 r. C. amorist; he would never
live with her again.