Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-10-19
The Cass Of Son. nFrs. Norton.

The Case Of Hon. Mrs. Norton.
The honorable Charles Norton, in his recent at
tempt to blacken his wife's character in order to
eyade the payment of money due her, brought IN
to one of his Letters, unfortunately for him, the
name Of John Bailey, his counsel in the original
case, in connection with Mr.. BaileYs change of
opinion-he now siding with the lady. Mr.. Bailey
has published letter in the London Times, in
which the Hon. Charles Norton is skinned alive.
Mr.. BaiIey's first opinion was founded, he says,
upon Mr.. Norton's ezpGrte statements, in the firm
belief that every assertion he made true. But
subsequently, from an understanding of the facts,
his opinion was changed. Mr.. Norton appointed
Mr.. Bailey as arbiter between him and his wife
He accepted the appointment with the belief that
Mrs. N. would reject him because Of his position
as counsel for her prosecutor, but she at once
ceded 20 the proposition. Mr.. Bailey then learnt,
for the first time, her side of the question. He
says: ,.,s-,- .7.i .zt
''I found by documentary proofs in her posses
sion that had been advising lIr. Norton, not on
his real case, but on series of invented fables
which he had strung together and Consulted me
upon. Nearly every statement he had made to me
turned out 10 be untrue l found Mrs. Norton anx
iouS only on one point and nearly broken hearted
dDOuL udWelyJ Tue VI
She treated her pecunary afa IS as matter per-
feet indifference, and LEI: me to arrange them with
Mr.. Norton as thought fit. found her husband,
on the contrary, anxious only about the pecuniary
part of the arrangement, and'So obviously making
the love of the mother for her offspring means of
barter and bargain, that wrote to him could be
emo party to any arrangement which made money
the price of Mrs. Norton'S fair and honorable ac-
Cess to her Children found his history of her
expenses and extIavaganceto be untrue; and that,
even when he made that complaint, he had de-
tanned all her wardrobe, IewelryS and books; IN
short every article of her personal property, under
threat of selling them"
He found, besides, that Mrs. Norton had offered
to pay her own bills but that Mr.. Norton's solicitor
had replied that even if she did there was no un-
dertaking that her property should be returned
He found, under Mr.. Nortons own handwriting,
confessions of the grossest personal violence to-
wards his wife, and that on one occasion he had
kicked the drawing room door f1om its hinges, and
dragged her out Of the room by force, she being
then in condition requiring the greatest care aud
tenderness. He found the real cause Of the trou-
bic between the parties to be the taking of the
children away from their mother; that the greatest
offence she had committed against her husband, by
his own confession, wasin saying she would never
live with him; that the original trial inculpating
his wife (his own conesson) was brought ''against
his Judgment and that he had full "belief in
his wlfe's innocence of the charge he had brought
against her and Lord Melbourne" which belief
Mr.. Bailey likewise found expressed in series of
letters addressed BY Norton to his wife under the
signature of .'Greenacre." Upon this evidence
Mr.. Bailey changed his mind, and expressed his be-
lief that Mr.. Norton had done his wife the most
cruel injury that man could inaict, and advised
him to make every reparation in his power, which
he refused to do, Notwithstanding he bound him
self by writing, conformity with his wife, to abide
by Mr.. Baileys arbitration.
Mr.. Bailey concludes his letter to the Times by
saying that he considers there never was more
deeply injured woman than Mrs. Norton, and that
her husbands conduct to her has been marked by
the grossest cruelty, injustice and inconsistency
that ever any man displayed. g
We gratifed to see this lettec. 1t goes far 10
remove the stigma which has too far rested upon
the fair fame Of woman whose writings have pla-
cei her among the immortals; in comparison with
whom her husband appears coarse and unmitiga-
ted boor Throughout the recent trial and the pre-
vious one, wherein she was legally exonerated, and
throughoutlthe recent public correspondence, the
most miserable seIfshness and meanness has been
apparenti in the conduct Of the Honorable Mr.. Nor
ton. The NEST contemplate has appeared to
be the prevailing CHARACTERISTIC of his mind, and
Mr. Bailey's manly letter mayset him right as well
as the public.-Boston Post.
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