The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-12-23

New HAVEN DIVORCE CASE IN LONDON -May.
rying for Money The London journals come to
ns, with the de,ais of a divorce case which has
| been making some noise in the upper circles Of
society there. The history of the case rms
through many ponderous columns Of illegal intel.
Iigence," but the main facts epitoBiz- by the
fines with sufficient clearness to enable ma IN
comprehend its general bearings
Mrs. Marchmout Was formerly a Mrs. Lockett-
Mr., Locket, tavern keeper, in tho course of ps-
ure died, leaving behind him this widow, who.
it appears, became entitled after his decrease In
| the very comfortable sum of sc. .0O0l. Th, widow
| at the time Mr.. Marchmout paid his addresse. to
her was 30 years of age aud partial to sherry Mr.
| darchmont was a wid)wer. as the lady was wild.
| ow, but be had children by his former marriage.
| she had none. He wss the minister of q Dissent.
| ing chapel at IsingtoD, and according to f,ieowu
| account, what between the stipend of his Office
aud his gains from literary sources, he made up IN
| ncoms of something like ,000i. a year He an
pears 10 have considered that MON bel wesn him.
| sefand Mrs.Loekett would be an excellent arrange
nent, alth ough the lady was fourteen years older
than himself lie was successful in his suit il va,
| agreed between them that he was to give nm his
chapelthat he should be at the charge of his own
| personal expenses-that he should educate and
cloth bis children, and pay all costs OF carrisga
| and pair of bCr.es. Mrs. Marchnont's properiy
on the other hand, was to be entirely settled on
| heraelf: bpt she engaged, on condition that her
suitor would give up his chapel, that she would
| build for him a Protestant church, which she
would attend with his family. The docupant
/ dated July 10th, 1857. 10 which Henry Marchmont
| devstes himself to eternal perdition if he should
ever in any way attempt to NEEDLE with his wjf.s
| fortune, is probably uuprecedent as sample Of
| eager basphemy. Ii is entirely discreditsbIa to
| ,he man who could write it as to the woman who
could receive such paper, and after wards msrrv
| the author fit Married they were. and tbey
proceeded to Tonsridge for their hone ymoon. Bn,
| alas! No sooner was the Gordian knot tied tha n
| he dis ba hpcap which hoy G.,
ject ofthe recent suit. In the case of this misa,a
| BILE couple there was brief pause indeed between
| the marriage altar and the Divorce Court .Wbat
| fool l have been to marry. / hate married
life ~ WAS nearly the earliest expression used bv
this devoted wife to her affectionate husband Mr
darcbmont, however. appears to bave soon had
good csuse to repent the precipitaucy with which
| he had risen to the S.lden fly; his married life
was one scene of perpetual strife-not mere ori-
nary domestic strife-but Of swearing cnrsinp
struggling. chasing his wife about and of behayi.
or scandalons both sides, that il il dificut
| to say whether husband or wife should be more
loudly Condemned. Mrs. MarchmoBts maGip and
evening song was that her husband had married
her for her money alone: which was true enou gh.
Money, however, she would not let him have: If
his " ife sent h IN to take railway ticket for her
he was Obliged to bring back the change. aud was
rated soundly and publicly if she judged the tale
incorrect. Sometimes one, sometimes the other
would go ont ostensibly with suicidal intentions
There was row about dog. There was q row
because his pen made noise while he was writing
There was row about the wine, The Wifs in n
mandin, sherry sort of way. would take the ser.
vsnts-anybody, in fact, but her husband n to her
confidence. Then the lady would leave the house,
| and Mr.. Marchmont would besake himself to our
advertising Office with affecfopate entreaties IN
her TO come back. Here is a specimen of one of
these precious effusions:
Rosa dearest, with broken heart your drooping
flower entreats You to return. Tome bsek, be.
seech you. W thout one hours delay. j sha.. not
breathe your flight to a living beng until hear
from yen. oh! RosE. you are more fondly loved
than ,il ever hy T-p. Forgive' Do not act rashiy
Then the "drooping flower" wanted to be re-
freshed with golden shower, aud there was a
fresh disturbance. In cabs, in police stations, at
the houses of relatives and friends the same kind
of scenes, interlarded with oaths and basphemy
we're of constant occurrence. The result was the
tr. of which we have recently been compelled to
eive a report in our columns. The jury have de-
cided that this miserable couple are bencefoFth to
live apart: perhaps it is better that they should but
they might hsvs done this without tho Intervention
Of the law, and for ourselves cannot but regret
that either Of such pair should have been able
to occupy the Court for seven days with the deail
of their obscene equabbles. and have been relieved
by il of the consequences of a bad bargain delib-
erately contracted and deliberately violated on
both sides.
MODEL LopaIsa>HousEs IN EDINBURGH The citi.
zens of L iinburgh making efforts towards
erecting houses for the working classes 10 that
CITY, fbe plan proposed is that a certain amount
of capital should he subscribed to be devoted to
the building ofhousas, which. as soon built, ara
to he sold to working men or small capitalists;
and the capital thus free is to be again employ
ed IN building additional houses. meeting has
been held at which it WAS agreed that the capi'al
should be fixed at $4,000, 70 be divided into flo
shares. and that ~ soon a. 5000 worth were taks
on up the society should be constituted and oper<
ations commenced.
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taEt ,1bx Powers,s)t is Aetd. yil be inishsd IN
three months. II II hsodsisd sltcr the statue Of
Washington, executed by Puwers, fur tn stAts
.of Louisisns, and ID Of c0urse adorned pitAe the
By WsahtastnpJQ ~ btss oT d'Ledre in Alsx.
sudfias n was ordered BY Rrsdsricksburg Lodge,