The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-12-23 00:00:00

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whom adultery can be proved. Of this rule IV

aware, and he'determined to turn it to his adv
three or four weeks ago, M

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ments on behalf of hi;;iie. He was applied to, but withoizt
effect, till at length the decisive moment arrived, and Mr.
Evans procured a summons for his appearance before the
magistrate. Now was the time to carry into effect the clever
scheme which had been concocted. One of Mr. Trip's
friends—a useful friend—a low fellow who had been fre-
quently found convenient, called upon the wife with the
pretended intention of speaking to her on behalf of her
husband. The fellow, hearing from her an account of her
sufferings, condoled with her, and, knowing her besetting
weakness, benevolently gave her some liquor. It is the
nature of those who become the slaves of drink to be mean.
She accepted the liquor, and, having put herself under its in-
fluence, be easily persuaded her to take more, till, in short,
she became helplessly drunk. Thefriend immediately betook
himself to the street, where a very proper companion for such
an adventure was in waiting, being a person of no less conse-
quence than a thief, who follows that honourable profession
with great perseverance. The thief and his comrade took
the poor woman, who was stupified with liquor, to one of the
most notorious dens of iniquity in Lace-street, where they
undressed her and put her into bed. The thief next threw
aside his apparel, and got into the same bed. The business
of the excellent friend was now completed, and he accordingly
took his departure. Whether he communicated with his
principal or not we are unable to say, but it is certain that a
few minutes after he quitted the house, Mr. Trip entered it,
went up stairs to the room where his wife lay, and having
seen the parties in the bed he went out again and called a
police-officer. Taking the latter into the infamous house
alluded to, he pointed out to him the parties in bed, desiring
him to observe the face of the woman, that he might know
her again. " That," said Mr. Teip, "is my wife ; you see
the position in which she has placed herself, and you see
what sort of character she has chosen as the companion of
her guilt. I wish you to take particular z
cumstance, as I shall require you as a witness
this, he and the officer departed, Mr. Trip leaving

ice of the cir-

he thief

and his wife together.
Mr. Trip thought he had now made all secure. He was sum-
moned to appear on Monday last, and, armed with his evi-
dence, he evade his appearance in court. Reim call ' --
for his defence he said, " I refuse to s

use she

has committed adultery. He made an admirable story
about the dissolute habits of the poor woman, and concluded
by saying that he had absolutely found her in bed with a very
bad character in an infamous house in Lace-street. He
called upon the policeman to confirm his statement, which
the officer did to the full extent. Mr. Rushton hereupon
dismissed the cose, and ordered the woman to go about her
business.

" But surely,"
have to say first."

said the applicant, "you'll hear what I

" Certainly," said Mr. Rushton. The poor woman pro-
ceeded to state so much that it became evident that a deeper
investigation was necessary. The old creature who keeps
the house in Lace-street was sent for, and the result was the
development of the whole plot. Mr. Trip was ordered into
custody, and the other two conspirators were forthwith ap-
prehended.
It was first deemed advisable that the three parties should
be prosecuted by the parish authorities for conspiracy. On
examining into the case, however, it was found that as the
wife's evidence could not legally be taken, the other testi-
mony was not of a nature that would have much weight with
a jury. On Tuesday, therefore, the parties were placed at
the bar, when the two conspirators were discharged, and Mr.
Trip, as we have called him, was committed to prison for a
month, for neglecting to support his wife.—Courier.

SPLENDID PRESENT TO THE QUEEN.—On Tuesday a
hundred deer were caught in Garendon Park, the seat of C.
M. Phillips, Esq., for the purpose of stocking one of her
Majesty's parks with the breed (which is considered a fine
one). The fine park was aniniated by the presence of hun-
dreds of visitors, of all grades, to assist in or witness the
taking of the deer, and for those who love the chase, or a
rural ramble, much enjoyment was afforded. A large pound,
nearly a quarter of a mile in circumference, had been en-
closed with high nets on the west side of the park, not a
great distance from the foot of the hill on which the circular
building, generally styled "the temple," is erected, and the
deer being driven by horsemen into the enclosure. were
frightened by the shouts of the by-standers, and plunged
with tremendous force, head foremost at the nets, by which
they generally became entangled by either the legs or neck,
and were instantly secured. The fawns and a few favourite
bucks were turned at liberty when caught, and much amuse-
.ment was created by their running through the crowd, and
making the best of their way to join their companions yet at
liberty in the further parts of the park. The horns of the
bucks were cut off as soon as they were brought out of the
pound, in order to prevent them from injuring each other
all the deer caught were carried to the ball stables ii, _
and a van, the latter constructed for such purposes, _
brought from London, by Mr. Herring, who is employed by
her Majesty for carrying her animals of various kinds. Be-
tween each load, the deer were left at peace, and the spectators
amused themselves with looking round the park, or hunt-
ing the squirrels which abound on the fine timber trees.—
Lincolnshire Mercury.
ABUNDANCE OF GAME.—A fact of some importance to
sportsmen, game preservers, and game purchasers, -
coming forth to notice ; and it is a consequence of the elm,:
which the amusement of shooting and the practices of agri-
culture have undergone. Game is reducing in price, and the
trade in that article often attended with heavy loss to the
dealer ; while the manner and time in which the diversion is
enjoyed entails this effect. We are given to understand that
one dealer in Norwich sent to London in one week no less a
quantity of hares, pheasants, and partridges, than ttro tons
weight, and that a loss of twenty pounds was experienced on
the sale. A second cargo, nearly to the same extent, was
about to be transmitted in the following week ; and the same
result was apprehended. This arises much from the change
in the manner of sporting. The late Lord Leicester, one of
the keenest and best sportsmen that ever lived, has often
told the writer of this article, that, in the early part of his
life, a notice was hung up in the rooms of the mansions of
Norfolk, that the slaughter of the day was limited to two
brace of pheasants, five brace of partridges, and one brace of
hares. Nay, so incredulous were his own guests of his not
unfrequently killing twenty brace of partridges in a day, that
a party of six betted him fifty guineas each he did not accom-
plish the task. • He, however, in November, killed 82 shots
out of 84, and won his wager. This was certainly a wonder-
ful proof of skill; but what relation does it bear to Sir R.
Sutton's feat of killing 108 brace of partridges, and some
other instances we could cite? The Present Lord Suffield
and Lord Gardner shot 69 birds in 45 minutes, and in one
field, some few years ago ; and many are the battles at
which from 500 to 600 head ure brought down. In addition
to those we have lately published, nearly or quite 1,000 head
'Bat the facts which bear upon the
were killed in two days a week or two since, at Sir William
Beauchamp Proctor's.
of game are these. The substitution
superabundant supply.
of mowing for shearing wheat has annihilated the prettiest
part of partridge s hooting, that of the stubble; ' •1e the
ridging of turnips also tends to make the birds wild
earlier period of the season, and save them from the g'
The old method of shooting was to train pointers or setters
and try the instinct of the dog against that of the bird ; whilt
the
his fou spor-footedrtsman fallieeltquite as mtheuch
dis deliplagy of his own skill. ht in the excellence ot
If
happened that more than two gentlemen took the di-
partridge shooting together. They ranged over
lvraaerrrgeseli di-
version of
tracts
; and if they shot from five to ten brace of birds,
with the occasional enlivenment of a pheasant or a hare, it
was deemed sufficient, if not capital sport. But now dogs
are rarely used, except to retrieve, a new word in the nomen-
clature of sporting. Parties of four, five, six, or even more,
walk in line, with servants between each, down a field, and
every bird that rises is fired at, and generally struck by more
than one gun. Hundreds arc killed ; and what was formerly
the diversion of a season is now concentrated into two or
three days. The preservation of pheasants is strict. Mul-
titudes are reared under hens ; it having been found, that if
the eggs are taken day by day from the pheasant, she lays
many more. The birds are confined or allured to the cover
by high feeding, and are never disturbed except on the days
of sacrifice. These battues (the name, as well as the cus-
tom, is derived from the French) generally commence in
November; and consequently these immense supplies all
come into the market at once, as it were, and the price falls.
We have no doubt that very large quantities are destroyed
for want of sale. It is indeed in evidence, that one poulterer
threw 2,000 partridges into tbe Thames at one time; but this
was before game was legally saleable.—Norwich Mercury.

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