Star. — London, England, 1827-05-28 00:00:00

CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, MAY U. the Rev. Edward Totowa Bidwell, M.A. one of the senior Mows of Clare Hall, la presented by ilse Mauer and Fellovis of dal Society, to the rectory of Orchestra St. Mary, in Wiltshire, retest by the death of the Rev. H. Hale. The Rev. Henry Roberts, B.A. of Trinity College, has been In 'Muted, by the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, to the rectory sf Buterley, near Atherstones void by the death of the Rev. C. G. Chewer. The 17th Instant, the Bishop of Peterborough Instituted the Rev. Gowen Evans, B.A. to the vicarage of Potter sphr y, in the county of N ort hampton, vacant by the death of Jubn Hallos, clerk. ib, hooks presented by this University and its Members to the library of the new College, Caketta, were forwarded hence, a few d ais 41,t0 London, on the way to their final destination. The w h o kaunber of volumes contributed is 375. Of them 67 were oso mesad by the University, and eight by Trinity College ; all of k i iihere splendidly bound. la addition to thew, 300 volumes gave keen presented by various individuals, chiefly Members of ter University. It is but right to mention, that the export duty on Awe books has been remitted by the Lords of his Majesty's Tree sury,and that the Hon. East India Company have engaged to con 'vey the same, free of expense, to Calcutta. OXFORD, Ma r 26. _ . Taesday, the Rev. Jas. HardWicke Dyer, M.A. was elected perpetual Fellow of Trinity College. Testerdq, the following Degrees were conferred— Manus or Agra.—Rev. Robert Denny, Worcester College; Rn. Edward Rowlandson, ?Mad Fellow of Queen's College; Rev. Nathaniel But, Bellied College. Bacusioas or Aars....Cliaries Griffith, Christ Church; John Edward Jackson, Brasennose College; Hungerford Hoskyns, Oriel . College Edmund Walker Head, Oriel College; Edward William Pony Latimer, Exhibitioner of Lincoln College; Thomas Hand, Trinity College; James Beaus Hughes, Jesus College ; William Bussed, Postmaster of Merton College; Thomas Hutton, Decoy of :Magdalen College; Edward Marshall Kempe, Exeter College. aCCLZMITICAL ramernons. Wedhesday, the following Gentlemen were elected Students of Grin Church, Oxford, from Westminster College—Messrs. J. Altair, J. E. Bates, E. Hill, and H. Kynastus. And at the same use, Messrs. IL Baldwin, S. E. Walker, and L. R.. Brown, were chum Scholars of Trinity College, Cambridge. Rev. George Ilarris, M.A. Prebendary of Caerfachell, in flie Cathedral of St. David's, and Rector of Nolton, Pembrokeshire, has k e en presented to the Rectory of Letterstoo, Pembrokeshire. The 7th instant, a harmonious call was given by the Relief Con ception, Dalkeitln to Mr. William Craig, preacher of the gospeL SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM RACES. Tbb great meeting commences to-ismer/Iw, and ceetimma to et rite the most intense Interest in all pans of the country. As our finders must naturally be antioas to kwow the appointments. we Noyes the following official statement of the stakes and entries re ceived yesterday from iipsolarLLAsey were completed late on Sitar. fight. man ear, ruasoir, star fO. Tie Craven Stakes of JO sous. each. for three yr elds, eat. four, • . five, rut. 91b. sic, 9st. 21b. and aged, 9st. 51h. The tilt Mlle and _ • quarter. Xr. Forth's b. f. by Interpreter, 3 yrs 31r. Haffenden's e. Pontiff, 3 yrs Duke of Portland's Alderman, ,5 yrs . Mr. Pettitt's ch. c. by Waxy Pope, 5 yrs Mr. Thesbald's br. b. nil:rule, b yrs Mr. Scaith's b. c. by sou of Haphazard, 3 yrs Mr. West's ►. h. Syphon, 4 yrs Duke of Richmond s b. h. Linkboy, 4 yrs Mr. Scaith's r. E by Master Low, 3 yrs Mr. Dilly's b. f. klaldonia, 4 yn The Shirley Stakes, of t 5 son each, for three yr olds, colts, Est. 71b. and fillies, ast. 41b. One mile. Duke of Richmond's Starch Mr. Bartley's b. c Prestbury • Mr. L Charlton's ch. c. Braganla C.ptAin Westennia ch. c. by Friday Match—Lord Mountcharles's ch. e. by Catton, set. 71b. apt Duke of Riihmond's f. Busk, Ilse. 41b. Last half mile. 50 soya. 6/10011111 LT. The Gold Cup, value 100 eon. by Subscribers of 10 aces. each, with 20 addled from the Boeing Fund, for three yr olds, Est. 41b. foor, Bst. five, Bst. lblb. sfs, OM and aged, 9.t. alb. blares. Re. allowed Mb. Two miles. The Winner of a plate or sweepstaked in 1 te . parry Mb. of two, AM of worm 71b. extra. The winner to be sold for 150 sows. Mr. Ladbrokes Bared, 4 yrs Mr. West's Syphon, jits Mr. Denison names Tamerlane (late Tuner)," yti Mr. Maberly names Partial, 5 yra Sir G. Heatheotes f. Louisa, 5 yaw Captain Locke s hr. E Parisina, 3 yrs Mr. Ormsby Gore's ch. m. Vltula, 5 yrs Lord kloeutcharles's ch. c. Buclusfoot, 4 yri lard Exeter's Anion, 3 yrs Mr. L. Charltsn's cb. g. Constantine, 3 in Camel Yates's Wamba, 4 yrs Mr. Payne's Ardrossan, colt, 4 yrs Mr. Gully's Rigmafol, 5 yrs Forfeit, 4 yrs Sir. Nukes ch. c. by Waxy Pope, 3 yrs The Woodeot Sakes, of 30 own. each, h. ft. for two yr old colts, Bst. lib. and Mlles. Sit. 31b. Last half Mile. L Charlton's ch. e. Galko b. f. by Hadley Mr. Day's f. The Fallow Doe Mr. Hanky's br. f. Brocard Mr: bliberly's ch. c. by Walter General Grosvenor', b. c. Icarus . . heepstakeil of 10 son. each, with 10 ailded from the Fund. One ode-three yr olds, 7.t. 41b. four, Pat. five. 9st. 61b. six, and 'tool, 9st. 91b. The winner to be sold for 80 sows. if demanded, itc. Hones that have won In 1821, to carry 31b. extra ; twice, :b. and thrice, 71b. Ilona that have started seven times, and not wan, to be allowed-Seib. • • Mr. Coloian's ch. f. by Amadis, 4 yrs Ir. Forth's b. b. by Milky, 5 yrs Mr. G. Wood's b. c. Momps, 3 yrs Mr. Sadler's r. g. Popinjay, 5 yra Tdr. Alfred's*. f. Necklace, 4 yrs Tulin say. The Ent year of a renewal of the Derby Stakes of 50 oars. each, h. ft. ebbs, gat. 71b. fillies, Bst. 21b. three years old. The last mile soda half. The owner of the second horse to receive 100 son. bat of the stakes. Eighty-nlne Subscribers. A Plate of £5O even by , the Members of the County (W. J. Denison, Esq. and C. N. Pailmer, Esq.) for aU ages, three yr olds, 7st. four, Bst. 71b. five, 9st. six, and aged, 9st. Sib. Two mile heats. The winner to besofd fur 380 son. if demanded, Etc. This plate to be run for next after the Derby, and the other stakes to he run between the heats. Sir. Gully's ch. h. Troth, 4 yrs ------ b. c. Forfeit, 4 yrs • Sir. Dc Burgh's eh: t.'Selfna, 5 yrs Captain Lockes b. nt.' Sladatne Pohl, 5 yrs b. f. Pariaina, 3 yrs Mr. Brown's b. h. Charalwood, 8 yrs tk, Dui - Alain' Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 10 'acted (rem tile Race Fund, for three yr ads, 7st. four, Bst. 10Ib. five, 9st. fib. six, and aged, 2st.'slb. Mares, sec. allowed 31b. A winner once in 1827 carrying Mb. twice, sib. thrice, 71b. extra. The Winner to be wild for 150 son. if demanded, Re. One mar. Sir Charles Hich's br. h. Razor, 6 yrs Duke of Richmond's Borderer, 3 yrs Mr. Brown's Charmwood, 6 yrs Mr. Smirk's bL it. Tamerlane, 5 yrs Tin Denbies Stakes, of 10 sots. each, with 10 son. added from the Race Fond, for maiden horses; three yr olds 7st. four, Sat. 71b. five, isst. 2.111 , six, and a ge d, Ist. .516. The winner to be sold for 100 son. if demanded, &c. Horses that have started four times, allowed 71b. One mile. Mt. Calman's lb. f. by Amadis, 4 yrs Lisle of Richmond% Borderer, 3 yrs Mr. Ladbroke's eh: 1. by Goma, 5 yrs Mr. A. Bartley 's b. f. Staylace, 3 yrs Mr. L Sadler's r. g. Popinjay, 5 yr* Mr. Smith's bl. b. Tamerlane, 5 yrs 101YRTII firtt year of a renewa l o f the Oaks States, for three yr ads; kKb fist. 41h. all other conditions as for the Derby. Seventy "'e Subscriber s . . Neuf £5O for three yr olds, 611 t. 71b. four, fin. 21b. See, gst. t ea nr, and ag e d, 9 st . Wi nner i n 1827 carry i ng 31b. twice, MIN "" 10 , 71b. extra. The winner to be sold for 200 soya. if de. !. llotdt4, Bte. Iwo mile heats. tots or Woodcut l'ark St.kes, of 10 son. for three yr olds and up- ESCAPE 01 IKEY SOLOMONS, FURTHER PARTICULARS. lity Solomons., who was a few days ago committed from Lambeth-street, for having in his possession an Immense quantity of stolen property, made his escape on Friday Irom the officers of Newgate. It appears Solomons was brought up on that day to the Court of King's Bench, on habeas corpus, to be bailed. The habeas, it is supposed, was obtained in pursuance of a conspiracy to effect a rescue. The affidavits were pro., clued in the Court of King's Bench ; but the applica tion was unsuccessful, as was no doubt anticipated by Solomon, and his party. Two turnkeys, Smart, who has been in that situation seventeen years, and a young man, were sent with him. Solomons' wife accompa me d him in the coach, and her father sat on the box with the coachman, They left - Westminster for New gate about half-past twelve o'clock. Solomons sat be tween the turnkeys, on one side the coach—his wife sat on the other. Solomons requested the turnkeys to el low the coach to go a little out of the direct way, that he might set his wife down at a friend's: To this they consented, having no suspi c ion th a t an escape was me• ditated. The coach having been driven for .a longer time out of the route to Newgate than the turnkeys had intended, Smart began to expostulate with Solomons, and told him it was impossible to continue any longer in that direction. Solomrris assured him they were then just at the place, and the coach, which by this time had reached Bishopsgate street, was soddenly turned into Petticoat-lane, and there stopped. The door was quickly opened,. and out jumped Solomons. A party of Jews, who were in waiting, instantly shut 'the door, and kept it closed. As soon as the turnkeys could get out, they saw Solomons at a distance, running as if for his life ; they raised a cry of step thief, and pursued with all their might, but Solomons was seen to turn down one of the alleys of Petticoat-lane, and has not since been heard of. The astonishment and morti fication of the turnkeys at losing their prisoner was great, and when they rewired to Newgate with their story, it produced as unusual sensation amongst the ministers of the law. A reward of 501. has been offered for the ap prehension pf Solomon., and never before were the City Police more on the alert. On Friday evening Mr. Cope, the city marshal, took two officers to the house of Solo mons' father-in-law, in Petticoat-lane, on the supposition that he might possibly be there concealed. They, hos,- ever, found no person there but Solomons' mother-in.. law, who refused to answer any questions. The officers searched the house in the strictest manner, and though they did not find Solomons, they discovered an immense quantity of property, of which no doubt can be enter. rained of its having been stolen. There were upwards of 50 gold and silver watches, and more than 200 gold rings and seals; and several dozens of valuable shawls, the who'e of which were taken away by the officers.— A person, extensively is trade, has identified some of the shawls as having been stolen from his house, where a burglary was committed some months ago. THE MARKETS. • • CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, Mar 28. We were tolerably well supplied with Wheat this morning, front Rims, Rent, and Suffolk, when superfine samples with difficulty obtained the prices of this day week, but there was not the slightest demand for the middling and ordinary qualities. Malting Barley is nominally the same price as last Monday, having very little at market. Beans and Peas were 2s. per quarter lower, sad dull sale at that reduction. The Oat trade continues very dull sale it a de- Icline of Its. per quarter, the supply continuing to arrive without in terruption; Indeed at present the factors appear to be smothered is the outlaw& Of stock in band. In other anides there Is no alteration. Wheat, Red, new, 50s 64s old, —a —s White, new, 30s 64s old 50s 55s Dailey, 38s 44s Malting 60s 644 Peas, Grey, 41. 52s Old, 00s 00s Maple, 1826, --s -00 s nos White, old, 30s 34. - new, —. Boilers, 1826, 46s 481 • 1826,--s--s MULIVALS 6,490 4,927 515 1,910 GOO Rye, new, 381 40. Beans, Small, new, 501 S 2 old, 00s 00s 'lick, new, 48. 50s old, 00s 90s Oats, Feed. new, 23. 241 old, 00.00. Poland, new, 31s 33. - old, 00s 00s Potato., new, Us 3Ss —.... old, 89. 35s - &omit, 00.00 s Flour, per sack, 451. 501. Rapeseed 20. 28. per lase LIT *mut. Peas, qrs. Irish Oat. Foreign 0111 37,200 F.oglish Flour, wk. 6,848 Foreign Barley 2,351 Wheat. British cp. bo. Foreign Barley, British Oats BtanS 129 605 . SMITHFIELD MARKET, Mel. 2s. The best young &ots this morning are quoted at 51. 4d. to to. ed. per stone; and for the inferior Meat the prim is 4s. to 4s. lOd. per stone. In the Mutton trade, prime young Myrna are quoted at Ss. W. to ss. 6d. per stone ; and inferior Meat at Sr. Bd. to 4s. id. per stone. The Veal trade is steady at Ss. 6d. to 6s, per stone for the best young Calves; and 45.6 d. to Ss. for the larger sad coarser Calves. Lamb is t other better sale, and about 4d. per stone dearer, the best Meat being 75. to Ts. 4d. pet stone. Pork is a shade bettor, and the market upon the whole, weats a fairourable aspect. Dairy fed Porkers are ss. to Ss. 4d. per stone; and larger Hogs are ss. 61 to 45. per scone. Beet, per stone, Ss. Bd. to Ss. Bd. Mutton, 31. 10d. to ss. 64. Vial, is. 24. to 61. Pork, 45. to Si. 4tl. la mb, 61. to 71.=-Hay, per load, .84 t 0.65 151. Clovero64 15s. to 46 10s. Stratr, 16$. to .62 2.. LIVERPOOL, MAT 96. Conn NVoor....—The import this week is again large, in fact al most unprecedented, viz. it amounts to 58,771 bags; but It has not had a corresponding effect in lowering prices. The sales are 14,110 bags, at a decline generally of about id. per lb.—There are no later &deices of the price of Uplands and rate of Eichange from New York than those of the 91st April, given in last week's Chroissek. Suomi, &c.—There has been a good demand for Sugar, and 1050 With. have been sold at Mt advance of Is. on brown qualities. A few bags East India have been taken at last week's rates, as also some small lots of Plantation Coffee. Nothing has been done la foreign Coffee or in Cocoa. The sales of blelasses are very limited. rie On bags Pimento 9d. per lb. has been given ; and for 100 casks Carolina Rim 19s. to 21s. per cwt. Paovisnauz—The import of new Butter this week has been large, and the demand not been so extensive, and stocks increasing, prices have given way front ss. to 55. per. cwt. There has 'been a good business dote in Beef, and at advanced prices, the stock on hand is unusually light. Potk goes off slowly. Baton in fair request from 565. td 605. THE MATIEN TUNNEL.-It was ascertained with Cor rectness on Saturday, that the leak had been stopped. The steam engine has been at work for the last two days in drawing off the leakage, which is now about 150 gallons per minute; before the accident occurred it was about 500 gallons per minute. It is intended, in order to increase the security of the bed of the River from any further accident, to form a large flooring, which will be sunk at low water in the place where the fissure was made. 'Hie water has never yet been reduced more than within throe or four feet of the crown of the Tunnel, consequently it cannot have been fairly ascer tained whether the brick-work has or has not been da maged by the action of the tide. The men are now employed in constructing the flooring, which Mr. Bau am. confidently . expects will so much inctease e strength of the mass of clay thrown into the River, that all further impediments will be removed—at present, the steam engine only being employed in keeping the leakage from getting too great a-head. LAW IN T gittomict. . EewlA AAD PATMONII iltilkat VIE Lotn PAAATIALON. wire BAER! AND TITTIONS To Tamer Taut, ISt?. Friday, Jose 1, Plrat Seal. Tuesday, June 114 Second Seal—Weduesday, Petition.. PEALS Aurd riTITIONS 1111 TORI TMT VICI:CRANCITIAOI4 ATTIC BADYZA • ANS PILIVIOVII TO TIAMITT TAMA, 111117. Friday, Jlfinui, First Seal. Tuesday, June it, Second Seal—Wednesday, Petitions. COURT Or CHANCERY, MAy DR BEAUVOIR V. RHODIIS. Mr• HRALD applied for the permission of the Lord Chancellor, that the motions pending in this cause might be heard before the Vice - Chancellor. Mr. Holism had no objection, piovided the applica. tion was confined to the motions pending. The LORD CMANCELLOR ordered those motions to be so heard. DEACON V. DEACON. This motion, which was partly beard on Wednesday, was resumed, and Mr. HRALD was heard in coaclusion% Mr. Swain and Mr. KNIGHT, on the same side, argued against the continuance of the injunction% Mr. PUTS appeared for one of the parties, and sub. mitted to act as the Court should direct. Mr. HORNR was about to begin his argument in sup& port of the injunction; when the Court rose, at half past three o'clock. COURT QP KING'S BENCH, Ka se. • THZ KINQU. RUSSILL AND OTHERS. This was an indictment against the defendants for a rnuisaact to thebavigatioh of the river Tyne, by erecting in that river certain staiths or stages for the shooting of coals into vessels, instead of the more laborious and ex pensive mode of loading colliers by keels. At the trial before Mr. Justice Bayley, at the Newcastle Spring Assizes in last year, the Jury found their verdict for the defendants. A Rule Nisi having beet granted for a new trial, the case was argued in a former Term ; rind the Court having taken time to consider of the case, judgment was now delivered by the Judges. The LORD Cam Justice was of opinion that the erection of the staiths in question was a nuisance to the river Tyne. Mr. Justice BATLEY and bfroJustice HorAtour dif fered in opinion from the Lord Chief Justice, and con curred with the Jury in thinking, that as the staiths in question were a public benefit, they could not be con sidered as a nuisance. Mr. Justice LITTLZDALIE having been concerned bri• ginally as Counsel in the case, gave no opinion. The rule Nisi, therefore, for granting a new trial, was discharged, and judgment was ordered to be entered for the defendants. TRI KING V. P. MACIRONE, ISQ. This defendant was convicted at the last Berkshire Assizes, of an assault upon a man named Shepherd, servant of the Rev. Mr. Ogle. On the motion of Mr. TAUNTON, the defendant was brought up for judgment. According to the Judge's report, the defendant was fishing in a punt, near Henley-upon Thames, where the Rev. Mr. Ogle claims to have a private fishery, when the prosecutor, by the direction of his master, warned the defendant he must not fish there. The defendant persisted is his right to fish in a public navigable river, and after some altercation, the defendant threw three stones at the prosecutor, one of which bit him on the shoulder. The defendant now put in an affidavit in mitigation of punishment, denying that he had, in fact, struck the prosecutor, as stated at the trial ; but had merely thrown the stones towards him to warn him to keep off, after he had splashed water against deponent, and attempted to obstruct him in the common right of fishing in a public river. An affidavit was put in on the part of the prosecu tion, in aggravation of punishment, in which was intro duced the copy of a letter written by the defendant, since the trial, to a man named Carter, advising him to h 4 fish with nets in Parson Ogle's private fishery, and to take care not to throw any lish back again into the water." The defendant read a long written statement to the Court in mitigation of punishment, urging that all he did was in the attempt to exercise the right of fishing in a public liver, which he conceived to be indisputable. Mr. TAUNTON (With whom was Mr. SHENIEZUI) spoke in aggravation, and urged, as a specimen of the defen dant's disposition to observe the law, and peaceably try civil right, the letter which had been writtea by him to Carter, and submitted to the Court. Mr. Justice BAYLEY told the defendant, is passing sentence, that he had fallen into two errors; first, in supposing that under all circumstances the public had a right to fish in a navigable river, inasmuch as in many eases a private person might have an exclusive right of piscary in a public river ; and, second, in supposing that, being splashed with water, he had a tight to throw stones at the prosecutor. ,The letter written by the de fendant since the trial, certainly gave him no claim to the forbearing consideration of the Court, although they I could not take it into account in awarding punishment for the offence in question. The sentence of the Court was, that he should pay to the Log a fine of 501. and find sureties for his good behaviour for two years. THII KING V. WALKIIR AND °THUS. 'Peas defendants, the Rev. Robert Finals, the Rev. .William Walker, Bayley, Horner, Wingfield, Moyott, Bridge, and Oates, who were convicted at the last Essex Assizes, of a common assault upon a con stable named Curtis, at Billericay, in July last, shortly after the Maldon Election, were, on the motion of Mr, Knox, now brought up for judgment. The particulars of this case were made public at the time of the trial, The defendants had been indicted for a riot, but acquit. ted. Affidavits were put in on the part of the de , fendants, iu mitigation of punishment. Mr. GURNEY and Mr. BRODERICK were heard on the part of the defendants ; Mra MARRYAT and Mr. KNOX were heard in aggravation. The COURT had recommended the defendants to go belore the Master, but this they declined. Mr. Justice BAYLEY animadverted in strong toms on the conduct of the defendants, and sentenced Oates and Horner to pay a tine of 401. each, Bridge to pay 301. and Firaiin and Muyott to pay 251. each, Walker Id pay 201. Bayley to pay 101. and Wingfield 101. and all the defendants were ordered to give security fur two years. Ores in 0/spooks a Bill in Partied*); for inelosint limas iu two pariseo in . tlte:countruf Caermal then.' The Critittr,'under - thle circumstances stated, granted a R ule Wiri, • • fin itrxd d. a. e. ofttretrna. Mr. C. Plartiass moved fbr a Rule to shew tante why a cambia isformitielii should not be filed against Mr. Samuel Young Griffiths, Of Cheltenham. The offid evits of Mr. Pr ince, a respectable Solcitor of that town, stated that he had been appointed an arbitrator between Mr. Griffithrend a person of the name of Hal pin, and that he had made his award, for the sum of 521. in fatour of Halpin ; which he had done cortscientidttsly, after examining into the - merits of both parties. It appeared that Mr. Griffiths irritated at this award; insulted Mr; Prince, applying td him the epithets of liar and scoundrel. Mr. P. treated such conduct as it deserved, until, atlast, having received a letter from Griffiths, re. iterating these offensive epithets, under pretence that Mt. P. had circulated some foul reports of him, but in-reality ander the irtitatiOn of the award, he thought it hip time to apply to the Court for protection. Mr. Noce distinctly denied ever having circulated any report cod cerning Griffiths. Mr. Justice Brtir.rr=ls the handwriting of the lead' sworn to ? Mr. PHILLIPS--Yes it is sword to be the bane: writing of Griffiths. Lord TkliTlßDlll4—Take a Role: COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MiA , se. . HOUMA= 2. In this ease Mr. Sergeant Wm's' moved to obtain g rule to shew cause why an annuity which had been granted by the plaintiff should not be set nside:- - : The Circumstances under which it had been granted were these: The plaintiff was a young Gentleman who had become miller embarrassed in his peces diary affairs, and seeing an advertisement which bad been inserted in some of the newspapers by the defendants, ( who, it appeared, were members of the Koightsbaidge . bank, but whose names were not mentioned,) in which they offered to advanat any sums on the most advantageous term, by way of annuity,--attracted by the eloquence of this adveitise• ment, the plaintiff applied to the defendants and ob tained a suns of several hundreds, for whichi howesets the defendants deducted 2.1 per cent. for the deed, tout- Mission, and qther expenses. • The Learned Sergeant was going on to state his grounds for making the peva sent motion ;and on *hid: he hoped it nonld be gtartt ed, when The LORD CHiEFJUFTICE interrupted him, observing that the young Gentleman evidently required some person tb take care of him ; and the Cwitt heing of opinion that sufficient grounds had been stated, granted ' a rule to show Cause. A rule Nisi was also granted in a similat application between the same parties. STIRRUPS COURT', RED LIONSQUARR, May 2S. CALM. COW.-RAWLINGS 9. MARSH. This was an action brought to recover compensation in damages from the defendant, a surgeon, for criminal conversation with the plaintiff's wife. Mr. C. PHILLIPS was for the plaintiff; he waited a considerable time in the expectation that Counsel would appear foe the defence, but no one appealed. Mr. PHILLIPS addressed the Jury. It Was not, I e said, his fault that the case was apparently undefended and deprived of the skill and ability of a professid man,—that no Attempt was to be Wade to mitigate, by one shilling, the damages sought, for the greatest injury which one man could inflict upon another. By coming into the Sheriff's Court, the defendant had supplied abundant evidence that he had inflicted that injury ; and submitted himself to whatever award the Jury should think proper to make in a case which was incapable of palliation. The extent of the loss sustained by the un fortunate husband would be ptoved by his sister, who had been in the habit of witnessing his connubial hap piness, ever since the marriage took place which had been thus violated. Mrs. Rawlings was the daughter of a Gentleman named Williams, who had retired from trade, after having realised a fortune of 90.0001. and re sided at Cheltenham ; she was at the time of her mart iage about 20 years of age, and the plaintiff had not exceeded 26, so that there existed no pretence of disparity in that respect. He (the Le .rned Counsel) did not know how the intimacy commenced,but the defendant, having the nian4 ners, appearance, and rank of a Gentleman, found no dif ficulty in gaining an introduction and an access to the house of the family whose peace he had succeeded in destroying. Whether those qualities entitled him to im punity upon seducing the wife of an honest tradesmar, it was for a Jury of honest tradesmen to determine. It a as for them to decide whether they did not estimate the pct' rity of their homes as highly as those regarded their nun honour who were distinguished by the most e'evatrd situation in life. It was unnecessary to produce evi dence of the marriage. The most important testi mony with which he should trouble the Jury, was a mass of correspondence of no ordinary nature, from which the criminal act could not but be inferred. That correspondence certainly contained, as most corre spondence upon subjects of the kind usually did, such a heap of nonsense, that it was necessary to bespeak the patience of the Jury, however interesting the letters might be to persons of levity And idleness. One thing they would prove at any rate,—that his client was quite in the dark during the progress which the defendant was making in the affections of his wife. The injnise dons to the closest secrecy were frequent and immative ; and there were other circumstances in the eorrpond ence which sheaved that there was a great dread of de tection. (The Learned Counsel here read tome quota tions from the correspondence, which excited much laughter, and a very eager curiosity for the production of the whole of the written evidence)t It was, he said, then manifest that the plaintiff was ignorant of the dis honour meditated against him. It was equally evident that he was not a careless, brutal. or immoral husband. The letters which wete intended to thake the unfortunate woman break her Marriage vow of fidelity, were filled with assurances of the possession of that very quality in the highest possible degree. Her seducer had succeeded by such weapons in gaining the affections of the wife of a man who had regarded her with love of the purest, affection of the tenderest, and fidelity 0: the tr ost tette kind ; and yet be asked her whether she doubted his honour or his lore? Whatever other charms of incan tations he had thought necessary to use, he had calcu lated upon the effect of poetry in aid of his designs; and he accordingly interspered scraps of rhyme in his beautiful effusions. From some of those effusions it was evident that the defendant was apprehensive that his victim would be separated from hint. He proposed flight, bat the plaintiff was to learn his disgrace before she left him. The first intimation he received he could not credit. After baring made some observations upon CRIMINAL INIPORMATION. Mr, Bitooonma moved fora Rule to chew cause why a criminal information should not be filed against Mr. George Bettis, and Mr. Willi Wllliams, Attorney at law of Caerrnarthen, (or an alleged libel on Lewis Hughes, Esq. M.P. for Wallingford, published by them n two Attiring Parris, imputing to him ousrupt . tgaimmllP' I i , 1)1 i • II .t i I. .. ' I . , l i 1 , .1 : i , , 4 1 ; I 1 1! 'I 1 1 1' ) 1 ii • IC , i 11 i i f . , . 1 q , 1 f •