The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-12-07 00:00:00

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The influenza is raging to a great extent in London.
At some of the public schools more than one-half of the
boys are laid up with the malady, and many houses of

business are much impeded by the shortness of hands,

At a recent charity meeting- Dr. Wiseman's health was
proposed significantly, as " he who had done so much
good at St. Mary's, Oscott, and had carried the tenets of
our holy religion into St. Mary's, Oxford."
The Council of the Royal College of Surgeons of Eng-
land have just purchased the extensive premises of Mr.
Alderman Copeland, M.P., adjoining their institution, for
the sum of £16,000.

Miss Kathleen Fitzwilliam, a daughter of the celebrated
actress, Mrs, Fitzwilliam, made a very successful debut at
the Lyceum Theatre, London, on Wednesday evening
last.
SRAKSPERE'S Housm.—lt is now definitely settled
that Shakspere's house, and the Shakspere premises ad-
joining, will, as soon as the purchase money is subscribed,
be transferred by the committees to her Majesty's Corn-,
rnissioners of Woods and Forests.

• The Earl of Eglinton contradicts, in the most explicit
terms, the report which appeared in several of our con-
temporaries, to the effect that his lordship had become
bankrupt, had given up the whole of his property to his
creditors, and been placed on an allowance of £5OO a-
year.

Alderman Wood has resigned his aldermanic gown,
" feeling that his pecuniary circumstances will not allow
him to maintain the rank usually expected of a London
alderman." Mr. Wood has been declared a bankrupt in
connection with the project known as the Talacre Coal
and Iron Company.
VIRTUE REWARDED !—A gentleman (?) residing in the
vicinity of Forest Gite, West Ham, in passing through
Stradford a few days since, dropped his pocket-hook, con-
taining checks and bank-notes to a considerable amount.
A lad about 14 years of age seeing the occurrence, ran
after the owner to inform him, and presented him with
the pocket-book and its contents. As a reward for his
honesty the lad received 2d !—Chelmsford Chronicle.

>THE LAND.—The members of the "Land and Labour
Bank Scheme, in in this borough, have voted £2O, to ena-
ble.Feargus d'Connor, Esq., M.P., to prosocute the pro-
prietors of the' Manchester Examiner. It was stated by
the chairman of the meeting, " that the Examiner, or any
other newspaper, which opposed Mr. O'Connor's pro-
ceedings, would be put down by the power of the Land
Society !"—Local Paper.

THE YOUNG WHEATS.—The greater part of the grain
about Gainsborough and on the Trent side is sown, and a
considerable portion above ground, and appears to oe in a
healthy and flourishing condition ; a little too forward,
perhaps, for the mild weather we have had ; but the pres-
ent frost may check its progress.—Nottinghom Journal.
HUDDERSFIELD CHURCHYARD.—An eye-witness states
that he recently attended a funeral at the parish-church
of Huddersfield, when he was astonished to find that, in
order to dig the grave in which the corpse had to be in-
terred, no fewer than seven coffins had been cut through
to effect the purpose.
FATAL PRIZE FIGHT.—On Saturday, information was
received by the Metropolitan police, that William Ste-
phens, a Birmingham prize fighter, had absconded from
that town, charged with the manslaughter of an individ-
ual called the Manchester Pet," with whom he fought
a pitched battle on Tuesday week, and who has since died
of the injuries received.

RAPID MAKE OF IRON.—Such is the celerity of manu-
facturing iron in this part of the country, that instances
have occurred in which the calcined ore has been con-
verted into rails, and actually delivered in Liverpool,
within two days. Bar and sheet iron can, of course, be
manufactured with similar rapidity.— Wolverhampton
Chronicle.

Three Arctic Expeditions are in preparation to go in
search of Sir John Franklin and his party. One will be
despatched in a few days to Behring's Straits, for which
service the Plover brig is under a process of fitting at
Sheerness. A second, under the command of Sir John
Ross, will sail in the spring, to Baffin's Bay; and the
third, an overland expedition, is to leave England in
March, for Canada, under command of Sir John
Richardson.

A woman residing at Netherton, near Dudley, by trade
a nailor, quarrelled with her daughter in the work-shop
on Tuesday, and, horrible to relate, in her passion, ran a
piece of red hot iron, which it appears she was working
into nails at the time, right through the body of her
daughter, the iron literally coming out (to use our in-
formant's words) at the back bone. The unfortunate girl
died in a few minutes, and the unnatural mother was ap-
prehended.
The following flowers were in bloom in the open air on
the 30th November last, at Ventnor, in the Isle of
Wight :—Heliotropes. primroses, laurustinuses, fusellias,
marigolds, periwinkler, passionflowers, stocks, wallflowers,
dahlias, roses, petunias, 115 r dranges, lavender, Can.erbury
bell, pentsten.ons, carnations, senecios, myrtle, valerian-
scarlet geraniums, mignonette, snapdragons, pansies. ver-
benas, jasimine, chrysanthemums, and nesturtiurns ;
twenty-eight in all.

An old man, named Joseph Cobley, aged seventy years,
who, with his wife, kept a disreputable house in Moore-
street; Worcester, was left by his wife on Saturday night
in a state of inebriation in an arm chair. -,Oir waking, it
appears that he took a candle and went down into the
cellar, and drained to the last drop a bottle of gin. In
staggering about in extreme drunkenness it is supposed
that he struck his head arid fell down, when the candle
set a light to his clothes, and he was burnt to death.
At the May Session of the Central Criminal Court, Mr.
Garhett, attorney, of Wellington, Shropshire, was con-
victed of forgery, in having, by his own confession, signed
an acceptance to a bill on the part of a defendant for whom
he appeared as a witness, without his authority. A point
of law, however, as to the admissibility of his own evi-
dence, Lord Denman having threatened him with a com-
mittal if he did not say who wrote the signature, was re-
served. and it having just been decided in the prisoner's
favour, he was released.

CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD.-At the Central Criminal
Court, London, on Wednesday, Henry Gardner, Thomas
Holiday, Joseph Seager, and James Loup, were indicted,
with Herman Cusell, not in custody, for unlawful), con-
spiring together to defraud tradesmen of their property,
and in other counts they were charged with obtaining
goods by false pretences. The jury returned a verdict of
guilty of conspiracy against Gardner, Holiday, and Sea-
ger, and acquited Loup, The prisoners were sentenced—
Gardner and Holiday to be imprisoned in Newgate for 18
months, and Seager for nine months.

THE FACTORIES AT GLASGOW.—The following state-
ment of mill working and stopped, &c. may be relied on
as correct. In the power-loom weaving department only
four mills are working full time, 36 are working from
four to tight hours per day, and not less than 16 are en-
tirely closed. 2,200 power-loom weavers, and 200 d.es-
sers and tenters, are at present on the unemployed list.
In the cotton-spinning department two mills are stopped,
four are on full time, while all the others—a very large
number in Glasgow and neighbourhood, and employing
numerous hands—are working short time. Glasgow
Argus.

A NEW LIGHT.-Mr. Isham Boggs, has just obtained
a patent for a new apparatus for burning the vapour of
naptha, spirits of wine, or other suitable liquid. It
consists of an upright cylindrical vessel. or lamp, in the
interior of which is a small tube, or pipe, reaching to
nearly the top of the vessel, and projecting from it at
about one-third downwards—a quantity of naptha, or
other spirit is placed in a suitable receiver at a proper
height to keep up the necessary pressure. A peculiar
apparatus is employed for first lighting the vapour, after
which the flame is regulated by a rack and pinion, and the
evolution of the vapour is kept up by the heat imparted to
the vessel by the flame.

In the case of matricide at Hackney, the coroner, in
summing up, connected the prisoner with the celebrated
Sheridan family—a connection repudiated by Mr. Richard
Brinsley Sheridan, in a letter to the Times newspaper.—
The coroner in reply says twat a daughter of the deceased
swore at the inquest that she was the granddaughter of
the celebrated Sheridan, which is not likely to be true,
the following facts will demonstrate :—R. Brinsley She i-
dan was twice married. By his second marriage, with the
Dean of Winchester's daughter, he had an only son who
died a bachelor. By his first marriage, with the celebrated
Miss Linley, he had likewise an only son, .who- died in
1816, at the Cape of Good Hope, and whose surviving
children are the present member for Shaftesbury, Lady
Seymour, Lady Dufferin, and the Hon. Mrs. Norton.
THE ANEMONE.—The history of the anemone is curious.
It was brought to France in the early part of the 18th cen-
tury, we believe from Persia. The kind first introduced
was the semi-double, or seed-bearing variety. The gentle-
man who brought it to Paris was exceedingly jealous of
his flowers, and no entreaty could prevail on him to part
with one of them. They were at last procured by a trick.
A person to whom he was showing his parterre let fall his
cloak, as if accidentally, on the anemone bed, then in
seed ; and hastily gathering it up with an apology for his
awkwardness, some of the seed, as was intended, stuck to
the velvet, which a servant, who was in the secret, hastily
picked off and concealed. The seed thus obtained was
sown, grew, and by the liberality of the ingenious plun-
derer, the flower soon became common in Paris and in
Europe.

ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF WESTMINSTER.—
We are enabled to inform our readers that Dr. Walsh,
lately announced Popish Archbishop of Westminster, &c.
has written two letters—one to the Propaganda, and the
other to the Pope—declining, in consequence of old age
and total inability, the office above named, and suggest-
ing Dr. Wiseman as the most suitable man for that office.
On Sunday, private intelligence arrived in London, to the
effect that Dr. Wiseman should be kept in London as
suggested, and that Dr. Walsh should be created either
Bishop of Birmingham or of Nottingham—which, it is
not yet decided. Dr. Walsh is at present so ill that it is
very doubtful whether he will survive to occupy either
office. The bull from the Pope, confirming the creation
of Dr. Wiseman, as Popish Archbishop of Westminster,
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DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—EIGHT MEN DROWNED.—
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M ;;(iay morning the 22nd being mild, several of the
Lybster fishing boats proceeded to sea, and had been
some time at their lines, when a gale came on, raising a
heavy surge, and rendering the condition of the unhappy
fishermen one of great peril. They immediately left their
lines and set sail for the shore, with all despatch. One
ran for Whaligoo, and the crew were most miraculously
saved, by being hauled ashore with a rope, the boat being
driven to pieces, and the line and materials totally lost.
The others were landed with safety, with the exception of
one crew, consisting of eight active fellows, all of whom,
we deeply regret to say, have perished beneath the billows.
The direct cause of this melancholy calamity, no one
knows ; whether the boat was swamped while hanging on
the lines; or was struck by a sea when running for the
land. Thus have six widows and twenty children been
cast upon the world, in addition to not a few who greatly
depended upon the labours of the unforunate fishermen.—
John 0' Groat Journal.

STEEPLE-CLIMBIN G.-If steeple-chasing is proverbially
a dangerous sort of occupation, surely steeple-climbing is
not less so. Such, we think, must have been the convic-
tion in the minds of those who were spectators last Friday
of the daring deed performed by the individual who has
acquired the cognomenof " Steeple Jack," in ascending

of takink down the vane.
St. Paul s a few days ago

Having finished his job upon
Jack made preparations for

.
ascending the more elevated steeple of St.. John's, the
summit of which he reached about three o'clock on Friday
afternoon. The steeple part of the church above the
square tower is sheathed with lead, into which he drove
large nails at intervals, and by climbing from one set of
these to another, he managed to gain the top, where he
comported himself with the utmost sang froid ; but the
spectacle was anything but a pleasant one. Strange to
say, during this perilous undertaking the reckless fellow
was more than three parts drunk, and when he descended
to the bartizan, after fastening his tackle at the top of the
steeple, he threatened to throw a young lad over.—Scotch
Paper.

CONTINUANCE OF PEACE.—There is rather a remark-
able article in the Morning Chronicle on the subject of
our preparations (?) should we find ourselves suddenly en-
tangled in war. We may admit there is no probability—
there is no appearance of the approaching advent of a
calamity so terrible. But, while every State in Europe—
France especially—is fully prepared to embark io 41.1 var,
we have made, as yet, no defensive preparation*Whitever.
We can only refer to the subject just now for the pqrpose
of introducing an opinion of the Duke of Wellington, de-
livered three or four years ago. We think the warning
will thrill through the nerves of every man that reads it.
The opinion of the noble Duke is said to have been given
in a letter now in circulation among a very few, and almost
by stealth. His theme is the condition of this country as
proves the ease with which it might be
lays the nullity of our means of defence.
We
regards invasion, and his statements may make the stoutest
militia,s very few and very distant heart tremble. He enters into every detail—he names,
from personal observation, the most likely places for de-
ewhich
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havea t i o
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regulars—
from 9,000 to 10,000 alone available at home—little artil-
lery,o no arms in store. He says, with infinite pathos, " I
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haveand n
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submittedh
honour ;
God grant I may not liVe to see the consequences of re-
fusingh av have nowthe livedpla
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plans
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a d sevenefe-nc
to three ministers." He afterwards proceeds to demand
means, the most moderate, and- with them he undertakes
to secure us. His terms are 150,000 militia, and some
10,000 or 12,000 additional soldiers of the line,

RETRACTATION OF POPERY.—On Sunday last one of
the officers of the 43rd regiment of foot, now stationed i*
Newport barracks, renounced the Roman Catholic religio*
at St. Paul's church in that town, and was baptized by the
Rev. Henry Wybrow, and received ito the Protestant
church with much solemnity, in the presenceof an immense
number of persons.—Bristol Journal.
NARROW ESCAPE OF AN UNDERWRIP OF Ma. LUIS('
LEY'h HOUNDS.—On Tuesday, Mr. Lumley's hounds met
at Stainton village, and having tried Edlington Wood, C
fox broke cover, and proceeded direct to Conisbro' Cliff.
Reynard, nothing daunted, dashed down the valley,
crossed the river, and was closely followed. The stream,
however, offered a more serious impediment to "the field,"
and the boat at Sprotborough was obliged to be brought
into requisition to fetry the red coats over. Mr. Lumley,
another gentleman, and the first whip, were the first who
were safely landed. Lord Galway, the second whip, and
a third party were the next to take to the boat, but they
were less successful, for when in the middle of the strews
the second whip's horse became restive, and suddenly
plunged into the water, taking the man along with him,
who held pertinaciously by the bridle. The plunging of
the horse and the force of the stream soon carried the
man beyond the reach of the parties in the boat. and be
must have perished had it not fortunately nappened that
a vessel was passing at the time, from whence an oar was
thrown out, by which the whip held on until succour was
afforded. The horse was got out some hundred yards
lower down the stream. The accident placed, the field
somewhat at fault, and Reynard was suffered to escape is
the confusion which prevailed.—Doncaster Gazette.
A CRUEL HOAX.—Last week, the following adver-
tisement appeared in a morning contemporary—•' Wanted,
by a widow lady, residing in the country, a young female
to attend on her. She must be of respectable parents•
One who has never left her friends will be preferred•
Apply on Monday next, between eleven and two o'clock,
at Miss Openheim's, Clarence-place, West-street, Tot-
tenham." In consequence of the advertisement, crowds
of young ladies hastened, on Monday last, at the ap-
pointed time, to the address given. Two omnibuses left
the Flower Pot, Bishopsgate-street, filled with candidates;
for the vacancy, and as early as one o'clock seventy-two
ladies, many of them respectably connected, arrived as
Miss Openheim's residence, who was perfectly astounded
at their presence and numbers. In vain she protested bet
ignorance of the advertisement, and repudiated all know-
ledge of its artless author. Many with tears lamented the
imposition and unnecessary trouble and expense imposed
upon them ; while others, belie, ing Miss Openheim to be
the author of the advertisement, applied very harsh lan_
guage to her. Besides personal applications, heaps of
letters arrived by post from parties applying for the situa-
tion. To a late hour on Mondan night, Miss Openheim's
house was besieged with anxious candidates for the situ-
ation.

A FEMALE DUELLIST.—A young lady, who had bees
slandered by an officer (neither naval nor military, but
yet in her majesty's service), sent him a challenge, pur-
porting to come from a gentleman of her acquaintance.
The place of meeting was to he a secluded spot on the
banks of a running stream, which empties itself into the
Tyne within a mile or two of Gateshead. The tittle-
tattling gossip repaired to the rendezvous in trepidation
—afraid to encounter his antagonist, yet still more afraid
to stay away—for he was threatened with extermination
if he failed to appear. On his arrival he found the fire-
eating avenger of injured innocence already on the ground

—" his soul in arms, and eager for the fray." No time
was to be lost, therefore; so the queen's servant whim-
pered out a retraction and an apology. But ah ! the
champion of his fair victim was deaf as an adder :—the
libeller ate his words in vain. The foe advanced : the
officer retreated. Forward—backward :—forward—back-
ward. Another step—and splash went our hero into the
treacherous steam ! The lady's knight, unappeased 1/
his ducking, stooped down, and rolled him over and over
in the water. The wretched ight, knowing him not,
yet dimly fancying that the face was not altogether strange
to him, was infected with a horrible notion that he had
fallen into unearthly hands ; but had he heard the silvery
laugh of his tormentor, as the events of the duel were
narrated in the neighbouring village, he would have dis-
covered that the slandered lady was her own avenger!"
Gateshead Observer.

KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, PORTUGAL-STREET, LIN-
COLN'S INN-FIELDS.—At a recent meeting of the cegl'
mittee of management, held at the board-room of the
above valuable charity, a return was made of the number
of patients received since the commencement of the pre"
sent year. From this statement, it appears the number
of individuals who participated in the benefit of the out-
door treatment amounted to between 15,000 and 16,000'
while during the same period the resident patients nutty"
bered 1121—being a very considerable excess over all
year since the establishment of the institution. The num"
ber of ont-recipients registered last year somea hat er-
ceeded 16,000, and the in-patients 1200, the majority °c
whom proceeded from the immediate neighbourhood 0,
the hospital ; a considerable number, however, emanated
from the adjoining parishes and the provincial districts-
It is worthy of remark that, by far the greater portion were
admitted without the usually required letters of recony
mendation, those who happen to be provided with theta
merely having the preference—if at the time there is all
upon the subject. The report of the secretary, Jou°
Lyon, Esq., states that every bed in the hospital is °col'
pied, and constant urgent applications are compelled to be
deferred, for the want of the requisite accommodation"
This certainly evidences the alarming increase of sicknes.
and disease in the metropolis, as also does the last report
of the registrar-general, from which it appears that the
deaths in London during the week exceeded 1600, being
an increase of nearly 60 per cent. The services of such
charities as King's C,ollege Hospital is therefore the more
required, and it is to be hoped that the beneyolent will
put their shoulder to the wheel to enable its directors, not
only to continue, but to augment its numerous blessings-
THE INFLUENZA IN LONDON.—In-London, and its
neighbourhood,- influenza extensively prevails. It has
been stated that several hundred boys, in the St. Paul e
and Christ Church. Schools, are on the sick list, and Mer-
chant Tailors' School has been prematurely closed for the
Christmas holidays, in consequence of the illness of
large proportion of the pupils. The business of some of
the public offices has also been impeded from the clerks
being affected with the disorder, and in the busiest de-
partment of the public service—thepost-office-140 clerk'
are reported to be absent last week. In manufactorie
and wholesale houses, much inconvenience has been felt
from the same cause. The booksellers of Paternoster!'
row have had some difficulty in getting through the busy
ness of " Magazine Day," from the absence of a large
number of their assistants. It has proved extensively
fatal. The returns of the register-general of deaths, SLe''
for the week ending November 27, shows a great increase
of mortality in the metropolis in comparison to that of O.
corresponding season, which has averaged 1,046 for the
last five years. But there died in London and its vicinitl
during the past week no fewer than 1,677 indfyiduals,l!
631—about 60 per cent.—above the average. The table
showing the causes of death exhibits the greatest incress_l;
of casualties from bronchitis and pneumonia, diseas7
closely allied to what is properly termed influenza. It °
rumoured that deaths have occurred in Greenwich 1105"
pital during the last fortnight at the rate of 20 per diem'
out of a total number of about 2000 pensioners. Yesteri
day, the registrar of births and deaths for the district 0,
St. Martin's-in-the-fields, received notice of the death et
a woman and her five children, in Bedfordbury, Covent
Garden, who have fallen victims to the prevailing disease'
Daily rewa,_

SIAtIOUS FAILURE.-It is with sincere regret we haver
to announce the failure of the large and respectable house
of Boydell and Company, of the Oak Farm Iron Works,
near Dudley. This establishment has long and deservedly
held a first-rate name in South Staffordshire. The ori-
ginal firm consisted of Lord Lvttleton, the Right Hol%
W. E. Gladstone, M.P., Sir S. Glyn, Bart., and othersef
high standing; and, on their dissolving partnership, the
works were taken by Mr. Roper, a gentlemin of tare
landed property, associated with Mr. Boydell. The old
company took a mortgage on the property for £l2o,oo°'
and a further one for £30,000, to cover debts which WI;
had guaranteed. These mortgages cover debts'of Boyd%
and Company to about £60,000; the uncovered debt
amount to about £36,000. Mr. Boydell must feel 11'
position most acutely. He Wll3 highly and deserved:l
respected as a master, neighbour, and friend, and vi";
meet with the sympathy of all who know him. TI,!,

establishment, of which he was managing director. NI
deservedly and extensively known for the superior finish
of its work ; and the numerous patents of Mr. Boyd
prove him a man of no mean inventive genius. For Ste,'
articles the house was particularly famous. It is to 14
hoped measures may be adopted which will allow of 4.11
works being proceeded with, as their entire stoppage 01
throw out of employment 1500 hands. Nothing can ell
fully show the feeling of the men towards their emploYe
than the fact of their offering to work a month gratis!
is would be of any assistance. We may also call to min
the unnnimitv which nrevniled here nn the national

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scription for the Irish, when all—from the boys to
foremen, and clerks—consented to give a portion of the!
PArnintra to that, hind. The aagPfq availahh. Are said

amount to £30,000. The creditors, at a meeting leai
proposed that the old company should have possession 0;
the entire works, and guarantee the creditors 20s. in

pound.
CURIOUS HISTORY.—On Thursday week Eleanor Moor'
of Penrith, was committed to the gaol, at Carlisle, to taile
her trial at the sessions for stealing a linen shirt, the prcv
pirty of Robert Sewell, of Sandgate.bottom, penritk
There is something curious and romantic in the life o`
this female. It appears that, about two years ago, obe
attended a friend's wedding as bridesmaid, at which "it!
ding she became acquainted with a young man, a to
stranger to her. Shortly afterwards he visited her at her
mother's house, where she lived comfortably, earning k.subsistance as a dressmaker. Pretending to be a re,l
steady fellow, with a small annuity, he persuaded l"
mother to let him lodge with her. He, however, neon
paid anything for his accommodation, but promised
liquidation when his annuity became due. At length. Is
old woman died, and the young woman and.
the lodger gie
married. The latter soon showed that he was an ido
fellow, and that his story about the annuity was false. .0
a short time he sold all they had by auction, and,
the proceeds of the sale, they went to Sunderland,
which place they soon got through all their money. !`..,
subsisted for a time on pawning articles of clotho7o
Being hungered out of Sunderland, they preceeded
Penrith. Here the secret came out. His wife found,. ,
her astonishment, that he had two wives living at Pearliber,
and that his real name was Joseph Mark, a poor weal]
The disappointment was great, Poor Eleanor bras reduc;
from comfortable circumstances to those of misery and °go
Mark and all his three wives agreed to live together in °d
small cottage, of two rooms, and in this way they continu,
to reside for some weeks, when a difference took pls"j
and the two illegal wives drove away from the house
legal or first married wife. She left the town. g,7d.
now having been reduced to two wives, he and they °:f
tinned to live together in a peaceable and quiet manyeti
till seven weeks ago, when the heroine, who is the subi
of this romance in real life, was driven from the War
her seducer by the second wife.