The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-23 00:00:00

Mr... Needham
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of x 51,300 a year. Do you snean to tell the learned judg
that you have no other source of ineon
Non. Mrs. Norton. —I mean
judge the truth

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Ron. Mrs. Norton.—That is one of the sources,
(The witness here became much excited, and, rising from
her.seato said,)—l do not receive an income, for his pro-
perty was strictly entailed. He left his solemn declaration,
as a dying man, and gave his word of honour, that Mr.
Norton's .accusation against me, when I was a young thing
at home, was a false one. Ire left his request to his bro-
ther, and to dais solicitor, that as "thus young woman,"—
young enougla, and more than young enough,to have been
his child—would, on account of such accusation, undP-
the great suffering, the great misery, the los.
and: the wreck ~.of her whole life ---
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blasted womanffrom that day, because these people knew
me, .and Lord Melbourne left me nothing but his letter,
sweating.that bass falsely accused. His memory is dear
to them. (At this stage of the proceeding there was a
burst of applause from some two or three hundred persons
in the body of the mut, but which was at once properly
suppressed by .ordcr of the Judge.) The witness con-
tinued.—My husband eon cheat me because I am his wife.
The Hon. Mr. Norton (interrupting.) God forbid ! (To
the court.)—ls it regular for me to say one word ?
The Hon. Mrs. Nortoß.—lt is all irregular.
The JUDGM—Mre:Norton, will you have the goodne
to sit down ?

I stand 1)

Mr. Needham.—Mrs.:-Norton, I ask you whether it is not
upon the express assertiopott the time that agreement was
signed, that you received nothing from Lord Melbourne,
that Mr. Norton WAS to make you the allowance ?

The Hon. Mrs. Norton.-1 did receive nothing from
Lore Melbourne ?

Mr. Needham.—Did you say, .that you neither did then
nor would ?

The Hon. Mrs. Norton.—l did Inot, for I never expect
to ree6.ve anything.

Mr. Needham.—Do you mean to zay that on your oath ?
The lion. Mrs. Norton (with greatomphasis).—l say it
upon my cltth---map--yhat ?

Mr. Needham.—Madam, that may be ,very tragical, but
it is not very polite.

The Hon. Mrs. Norton.—l am sorry not to be polite. I
am in a very tragical state.
Mr. Needham.—From what time—up to what time—
have you received £6OO a-year ?
The Hon, Mrs. Norton.—You have my banker's-book at
home.
Mr. Needham,—Who paid it ?
The Hon. Mrs. Norton.—Lady Palmerston; I don't
know how it is paid.
Mr. Needham.—When did you receive the last ?
The Hon. Mrs. Norton.—lt was in June or July. Lady
Palmerston gave me something this year. Nobody is bound
to give me anything.
Mr. Needham.—Have you received MOO a-year up to
July in the present year ?
The Hon. Mrs. Norton.—l have not had £6OO a-year. I
don't know how much my income falls short of that; but
I have not received that.

Mr. Needham.—ln January, 1852, did you have £"29155.
on the account of Lord Melbourne placed to your account F
The Hon. Mrs. Norton.—I dare sag I did. You have
the book.

Mr. Needham.—Now in July of the same year, per Lord
Melbourne, the tuua of 1;291 bs, Did you have that 1'