Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1862-10-03 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

SINGULAR CASE OF ADVERTISING FOR A WIFIL—THR EATENING TO SHOOT.—At, the Clerkenwell Police-court, on Saturday, Edward Hunt, aged seventytwo, a carpenter, residing at 5, Merlin's-place, Roseman. Street, Clerkenwell, appeared before Mr D`Eyncourt, charged with threatening to shoot Mrs Mary Fleetwood, of 87, Frederick-street, Caledonian-road. Mr John Wakeling, solicitor, appeared for the complainant, and from his statement it appeared that his client is a married woman, but has not seen or heard of her husband for the last twenty years. About last November the defendant advertised in a local paper for a respectable woman, middle-aged and with about £4O, for a wife. The complainant answered that advertisement, stating she was a widow, that she had no money, but had a good house of furniture, and directed that all communication should be by letter only. The defendant, instead of writing, went himself, and he was so smitten with her charms, aud she with his, that she cousented to to take a coffee shop with him as a partner at 108, City-road. When they had been in the, shop some time, the defendant was taken to prison for not paying for his wife's funeral, and whilst he was there the complainant removed the goods and went away. She was away from him for some time, but on Thursday morning last week he found her out, rushed into her room, kissed her, and hugging her very tightly, said, " Well, now you shall marry me." The complainant replied, "I never can—l never will ;" upon which the defendant said, " %Veil, you shall live with me; I have made up my mind you shall live with me, or you shall die with me. I have bought a double-barrelled pistol, and have given as Gd for it (a laugh), and I will murder you." Ile afterwards said it would be a pity to see the complainant's blood spilt over the new furniture (a laugh), and that his life was nothing, without he could live with the complainant. It was for these threats that he (Mr NVakeling) had to ask that the defendaut should be bound over to keep the peace towards the complainant sad all her Majesty's subjects.—The defendant, looking tenderly at the complainant, a womon about fifty years of age, said, I will never hurt you. All I have done is for love, and I love you still." (Loud laughter )—Mr D'Eyncourt said lie should now bind the defendant over iii his own recoguizances in the sum of £5O to keep the peace for six months ; but if lie were brought up again on a similar charge, he would have to fiud two responsible sureties in the sum of £lOO to keep the peace for twelve months, and in default would have to be locked Up.  TEE Palm TEEL This tree, which grows in tropical countries, is most important, on account of the many uses to which its products are applied. From it is obtained the cocoa nut, date, and other fruits. When fermented, It yields wine: wax and oils of VATiOLIS kinds are got from it, and its leaves are manufactured into cordage. The centre of the tree also yields Cilia floor, which for many years past has been successfully applied by the Messrs Wotherspoon, of Glasgow, In manufacturing their now celebrated Illonield Patent Starch, and which we observe tins for some years been solely and exclusively used in Her Ma iesty's Laundry and has been pronounced by the Queen's Laundress to be " the finest flora she ever Lured." bee her testamuuhde oat every packs