The Indiana State sentinel., 1880-12-29
A CLERGYMAN'S WIFE.
Why She Wanted to Get Rid OF Hel
Reverend Husband.
What Came of a wedding Originating in a
Matrimonial Bucket-ShOp.

A remarkable case has been before the
London Divorce Court, the defendant be-
ing clergyman OF the Established Church.
Tie matter came up in the shape of a pei-
ton by Mrs. Henrietta Diana Ambrose for
a decree of judicial separation, on theground
of her husbands cruelty. The respondent,
Rev John Ambrose clerk in holy orders
denied the charge, and also pleaded provo
cation and violence on the part of the peti-
toner 1t appeared from the evidence of
Mrs. Ambrose that she and Mr.. Ambrose
became acquainted through the medium of
advertisements in the Matrimonial News
On their subsequent interviews he repre-
sented himself as widower without in
cumbrance, which was the fact; she, as 2
widow (which was not fsct) with two
children. They were married at Maryle-
bone in February, 1877, and they
SPENT THEIR HONEYMOON AT PARIS.
While ut Paris the respondent displayed the
violent temper of which he was possessed.
They entered church to witness the SER
vice, but they had scarcely done so when
the respondent called out to the officiating
priest: 'Humbug hypocrite." She en-
deavOred to induce hIm TO leave the church.
but in vain, and crowd collecting, she left
him and fled to their hotel, the Louvre
He followed her, and threatened her with
violence when they got TO their home.
On crOss-eXaminatiOn Mrs. Ambrose ad-
mitted that before their marriage she had
been g;Iilty of grave misrepresentation as TO
her parentage, position, and means, to her
husband She told him that she was the
daughter of Mr. William Everett Ware
solicitor of Brighton That was not the
ha1 fp11 hot uf,a Z
widow.of Mr.. Henry George Ware, and that
she had two children by him. That was not
a fact. But sheshad
LIVED WITH Mr.. WARE,
and he was the father of her younger child
She refused to disclose the name of the
father of her first child. She also made
false representations as TO her means: but
she did not tell her husband that she had
elOped, when very young with gentleman
from a school at Brighton, nor show him the
window through which she had escaped
She had eloped from q school at Holloway.
She was twenty-Seyen years of age, and her
husband was forty years her senior.
The case for the petitioner having closed,
Mr.. Middleton called Rev. John Ambrose,
the respondent who said that ne was Q cler-
gyman Of the Church of England. He lived
at COpfOrd Lodge. near Colchester. He had
been married before Some time i'm 1876 he
Osity." and accidentally met the petitioner
She spoke to him on the stairs and told him
that she was a widow with two children He
mad some conversation with her. and was
afterward introduced to her relatives Sub
Seduently he married her She told him
that her husband died abroad. He thought
that she was respectable and that the child
ren were legitimate.
How did you get on in Paris?''
Bad enough
''HOw was that
Il found l had got into a mess, for.she
firted with men. She was the topic of con-
versatiOn throughout the hotel"
When they returned home she was in no
way confined to the house. He heard from
MS niece that She had run away from
school in Brighton and afterward lived with
a man. When they went to Brighton the
respondent pointed out the school from
which she had run away 1t was not true
that he had treated her with cruelty. She
had beaten him. She was always bullying
and fighting him, and used to say, "YOu
dare not hit me- for the public are against
striking a woman Laughter On one
occasion she threw some hot tea over him,
scratched his face, and
PULLED HIS WHISPERS.
He was sure he never struck her. because
she wanted him to do so to establish the
charge OF crgelty. She used to throw his
papers ali over the room after he had care
fglly arranged them He was often locked
IN the room prisoner, as she was stronger
than he was. One of his fingers was per
manently injured through her violence
She smashed a quantity of his china, and
used 10 abuse him most glOriOusly."
lLaughter.l He had been obliged to leave
his house owing TO her conduct. He was
afraid of her violence, and for three years
hls Life had been a perfect misery to him.
tie was dreadfully afraid of her. She took
the sheets away from him on one occasion.
He had called her a ''l;ar," but her Ian
guage 20 him was beyond description. She
swore and used "Billingsgate language"
lLaughter.l
Cross Examination continued - He had
written her: Yours forever. amen" but
did not know why. He wasalways willing to
letthe petitioner have the control of the house.
a person at the matrimonial office claimed
a commission in respect to the fortune the
lady was said to be possessed of. She stated
that she had E3, 500, but he had never seen
farthing OF it. Laughter. He had to pay
&1j0 as a commission.
Captain Ambrose, nephew of the respond
ent- said that in the latter part of 1873 he
was on a visit to his uncle. The petitioner
gave the respondent violent blow on the
chest. He appeared to be very frightened
of her.
Helen Simpson, the respondents house
keeper, stated that she had been about thir-
ty years in his sevice. Witness was usually
called Sarah" After the petitioner came
to the house she had the entire manage
ment Of it. She ordered provisions and su-
perintended the house in every respect. She.
on one occasion. heard a row between her
master and mistress about a lamp. She
looked into the room and saw her master
ushed down. She had seen his face
scratched.
On the conclusion of the whole of the
evidence, Sir James Hannen gave his de-
cisiOn. In doing so he stated that he was
OF opinion that the charge of cruelty, al
legged by the wife against her husband had
not been proved. That what she called cru
city was the result of provocation, and that
no other cruelty had been proved. His
course would, therefore, be to at once dismiss
the petition, but he would not do that now
in order still to give the parties an oppor-
tunity Of coming to some arrangement with
OF without his assistance.
How Negroes Are Treated.
Speaking T the way in which negroes are
treated Royal tells the following. which
happened to himself: when the Virginia
delegation to the Democratic Convention at
Cincinnati went on, one gentleman, dele
gate from the city of Richmond, carried his
IL q. Il.