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DERBY, DECEMBER 4. o n Monday last a very interesting Meeting . was held in our Town Hall—it consisted of the Ministers Members of the Presbyterian, Independent, and Congregations in Derby, and was called— :4 Like into consideration the propriety of present ;-‘: an Address to his Royal Highness the Prince melhly and lamented d R e gent on the lite r i her Royal Highnessanc the n Princess Charlotte eath of Wales, aad of dutiful and loyal attachment to the rinciple.s which placed the .illustrious family of his ;;.,veil Ilighness on the Throne of these Realms." STRUTT, Esq. having been called to the '".air, (Tuned the business in a pet spicuous and -wily speech. Having read the advertisement by ..,1:01 the Meeting had been summoned, he alluded ra ilieularly to the special objects which it had teW and dwelt with much feeling on the meet's necas.on on which it was proposed to Address ~s Roval I lighoess the Prince Regent. He was led tize the circumstance that the Meeting eon s tri OE Ptotestant Dissenters of the three denomina t. v s, mead took occasion to advert, briefly, to the ri irks by which as a body they were distinguished t: en fellow-townsmen. " We claim fur our -507..5," said he, " the light of free enquiry on reli 1., aij,cts, we own no human authority in mat f,;; 0 1 a religious nature, and we protest against t ; , : titerlerence of the civil magistrate whenever he int.:iposes his authority between our consciences and eur GOD " The Chairman next congratulated the Ni„ t i n g on the enlightened spirit of the times, and on t:,e porsession of a greater portion of civil and reli g i us liberty than was ever enjoyed by their forefa ails; aid concluded by appealing to the History of the Prot , stain Dissenters in illustration of the fact, that they had ever been the must zealous friends of nail and relizn , us liberty, and among the most loyal ski:it-leas of the House of Brunswick. J. D. STROTT, Esq. observed, that by offering an fticliess of Condolence to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent on the loss of his illustrious daughter, they were also alleviating those feelings winch had called forth from every individual the expression of regret and sorrow. He then reviewed the character of the amiable Princess over whose tomb a whole Ration hasmiturned. Her talents, her attainments, her attachment to the principles of the British Constitu• tic% bet private virtues, her chanties, her filial piety, particularly her affection for her unfortunate mother, her conduct at a wife, were all adverted to with great efficacy rd propriety. He next alluded to the cir cumstances which occasioned a Meeting of the Pio testant Dissenters distinct from their fellow town'. ran ; with whom, however, he observed, they should' fe very happy to unite on a similar occasion. The sturnpt to implicate the Dissenters in the recent out rages which have disturbed the county, lie stated to tendered futile, not merely by the well knows of that Body, but by the satisfactory result rt those enquiriel which had been instituted t.. amt. taro the validity of the accusation so insidiously ad.' against them lie concluded a speech distine tnr its modesty and good sense by.propoaing Re. lutioos. The It 'anions were most ably seconded by the T. J. Gawvuosin, who observed that humanity, and religion, demanded this testimony to ' worth, and this expression of condolence an afflicted Prince. He approved of theilea‘ because they were calculated to repel the :kid insinu..tions which had been lately brought 7414 for the purpose of implicating the Dissen ten of this county in the late disturbances, and he ! that they would cause the shafts of calumny tall Warn and pointless at the foot of the Throne. The Rev. EDWARD IiIGGIh3ON moved the Ad. !ts. He prefaced the reading of it with some ob is on the high character of the illustrious :ad. He next alluded to the sorrows in which his rene Highness Prince Leopold was involved—to sympathy which his bereaved condition elicited, to the fine tone of feeling which he had displayed . midst of his affliction. The distress into which unfortunate Mother of the lamented Princess be plunged when she shall hear that her only ild is taken away, was introduced as a subject to :h the meeting could not be insensible, but on it was painful to dwell. After explaining why - of condolence were not offered from the to these distinguished mourners, be concluded _ing and proposing the Address. The Rev. C. E. BIRT, on seconding the Address, -eel that as the mourning of the Jews on the of Josiah, a Prince whose principles and coo lad gained him the hearts of his people, was ized by the great families of the nation mourn art, so the present meeting served to shew the sense of loss which universally prevailed, as the ra were now assembled through sympathy-in :ommon grief of all the land, separately from r fellow townsmen. Mr. Bert then recapitulated reasons which had made it a duty the Dissenters to themselves, to come forward on the present inon. In vindicating diem from the odium of he obseried, that the loyalty of Dimas founded on knowledge and conviction, and it had ever remained firm in the hour of trial ; was permanent because it had its basis in principle. -num of their principles had been proved by sting the flattery and bribery of JAMS the and by the sacrifices which they made to se . operation of the Act of Settlement by which louse of Brunswick ascended the Throne. r. Gaoaoa Lowe, on proposing that the Resolu , should be published, stated that when be con red the obvious truth and feeling evinced by them, encomium upon them would be only multiplying words without adding any thing to the power of con viction which they already possessed. He should therefore content himself with stating his hearty con currence in the general feeling of approbation with Which they had been so evidently received, and by expressing his regret that in the present day Dissen ters should be constrained to hold up the shield of dieir uprightness against the envenomed shafts of calumny. The proceedings of this meeting, though com posed of individuals of varying religious opinions, to this occasion exhibited only one sentiment and one feelirg. The most perfect hammy and unanimity Lurked its proceedings. tst The eight prisoners from Derby, who are t. be ransported for life, are now in confinement at Sheer ,3l, until they can be übipped for New South We LAW INTELLIGENCE. • COURT OF CHANCERY, DECEMBER S. EX•PARTE HUGHES, IN TUB MATT= 07 RICHMOND. • BANKRUPT. Mr. MONTAGUE, in this case (which has already been fully laid before the public), asked his Lord- ship whether he was ready to give judgment, as it was peculiarly pressing? The LORD CIIANCELLOR—I am aware of that, but the papers are so voluminous, that it has taken me more time than I expected to read them. I shall on Monday morning dispose of it, as at present I am not aware of any thing to prevent me • Mr. MONTAGUE—We certainly would not have presumed to trouble your Lordship, but the poor old woman is at the very point of death. The. Um) CtiA%cELLoR—I recollect all the facts of the case, detailed so fully by Cettnsel on both sides, and on Monday I shall enter into it and give my decision. You would oblige me very much by handing up to me a copy of the order made on the 18th of August last, whereby, I believe, the princi. pals and their agents were restrained from proceed. ing in the sale of the furniture and property on the farm. By seeing this, I shall be better enabled to judge what I should do. I cannot take up any time today in giving judgments, as I am obliged to rise at an early hour to attend a Council for receiving th e . Recorder's Report, and taking into consideration I , some very pressing business. EX-PARTE DUNN IN THE MATTER OF DUNN, A BANKRUPT. In this case, in consequence of a trial pending in the King's Bench, the LOUD CIIANCELL , at superseded a commission of bankruptcy issued against the in. solvent in July, 1815, it appearing that no proceed ings had taken place under that commission, and also that a new commission had been taken out in May, 1817. In the case of ex-parte Davidson in the matter of Boggan, his Lordship, after hearing Sir Samuel Romilly and the Solicitor-General, considered the manner in which the Acts of Bankruptcy were de scribed as too louse, and the time in which they were said to be committed, as too general to go to a Court of Law, but he allowed a fortnight to amend the Bill. There was no other case of any importance, and at half-past 12 his Lordship rose to attend a Caudell. CONSISTORY COURT. DO cro RS' COMMONS. CRUELTY AND ADULTERY. ANNE PARTRIDGE, THE WU% AGAINST JOAN TIMM PARTRIDGE, HEE HUSBAND. Dr. Lusuusoros stated, that this was a proceeding in pawn, to which there was no appearance on the part of the husband. The sail commenced in March, 1815. The marriage took place 2d August, 1810. Numerous affiday.ts were reeited in evidence,charging the articulate, John Thomas Partridge, party in the cause, with various acts of adultery and cruelty com mitted by him towards the articulate Ann Partridge, his wife. The fist act of adultery was charged to here been committed with Susanna Fisher, who lived servant in the family (they carrying on the business of a wine and spirit trade, in Great Hermes-street, St. George's in the East), and who became pregnant by him in 181$. Mrs. Partridge discovered this adulterous intercourse after Susan bad lent their sr - vice, by the intercepting of letters which were written to her husband by this servant girl. The lustbire cvi deuce, besides the defendant's own admission to wife of his being the father of this child, was his ult. dertakin f t to pay for it, and for the maintenance of the mother. He accepted certain bills for this pur pose, and upon which he was arrested and confined in the King's Bench prison. Here further acts of adultery with various other women had arisen; as deposed to by several affidavits. The acts of cruelty were charged to have been committed against the wife whilst they lived and cohabited together. His behaviour was declared to have been the most brutal to her, only within a very few days of her being de livered of her third child (all of which children are since dead), that he had beaten, bruised, and even thrown a brass candlestick in her face, and threatened to be the death of her, so that she was in danger of her life. He had used dreadful imprecations, and threatened to set fire to her with a candle. In conse quence of this she was advised by her mother to leave him, when, with her child one month old, she quitted tier husband's house, and had resided ever since with her father and mother, in Blackman-street. Sarah Olney, other wise Susan Fisher, was delivered of a male child, and was visited by him where the then lodged, in the Commercial-road. At first be admitted this child was his, but afterwards averred the contrary to the same witness, in these words : - 4, He did not know whether the child was his or •his brother's, but he wished it was swung in a halter," or words to that effect. Upon the charge of cruelty, some rather contradictory evidence appeared, as to the particular acts of brutality ; but the evidence went generally to establish the tact, that the wife had patiently borne and submitted to a series of•most ill usage, and endeavoured as much as possible to con ciliate, and to reclaim her husband, before she quit ted and finally ceased to cohabit with him. The facts of the adulterous intercourse charged to have taken .place between Mr. Partridge and several other women, whilst in the King's Bench prison, were, first, with one Sarah Sawyer, who used to visit him there, staid all night in his apartment; and their being frequently seen in bed together ; the said Sarah passing as his wife, but in consequence of a quarrel, not permitted to come into the prison afterwards. The next, a young woman of the name of Eliza Jones, a tailor's daughter, who used, in like manner, to visit him in prison ; he has been seen frequently to romp with her and to kiss her. To this young woman he ap peared to have represented himself a batchelor, and promised her marriage ; and went so tar as to get certain deeds of marriage settlement drawn, whereby he settled, or pretended to settle, itsoo upon the said Miss Eliza Jones ; but although the witnesses had no doubt of the feet, yet there was nu positive evidence of.an adulterous intercourse between these parties.— The adultery was further charged with a little short and stout young woman, who attended upon him in prison ; and with others, common prostitutes. Among the witnesses to the adultery committed in the King's Bench prison, was a Mr. James Parker, late Ensign in the Army, then a prisoner, who spoke to their meeting together (be and Partridge), after their discharge from prison. at a house called the Fitsia, to the neighbourhood of Covent Garden e and that the said John Thomas Partridge used to connect himself with various common prostitutes ; by which, additional acts of adultery, he had no doubt, were committed. The affidavit of Mrs. Ann Partridge (the mother of John Thomas) admitted that her son was always a wild young man ; but as far as she knew, he and hii wife had lived happily together ; that ber son had never used his wife ill; but on the contra?y. that she had so used him, by quitting his house, and that after this, he said, she had no, right to complain of his keeping company with other women. Sir WILLIAM Serve observed, this being a proceed ing itsaam, and the facts of the adultery being suffi ciently made out in evidence (the particular acts nI cruelty being, however, more doubtful) he could only pronounce for final separation accordingly.—Sentence pronounced, and decreed, as therein contained. D •WS Av.), itD S•. BARNARD, FALSELY CALLED DOWNWARD. Tl,is was a suit at the instance of Mr. Richard Downward, of Whitechi; el, against Frances, his wife, for a sentence declaratory of the invalidity of his marriage with her, on the ground of her minority And a want of legal consent. N defence was offered, and Sir WardAM SCOTT, after shortly Adverting to the evidence, and expres sing timself satisfied as to its sufficienc,y, signed the sentence of nullity prayed. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DECEMBER S. CRiM. CON. anLTcri V. wItIGIIT. Mr. Tomxo stated, that the Plaintiff in this case sought a compensation in damages for the n►o.t grievous injury that.nne man could suffer at the hands of anothe- —criminal conversation with his wiles— the Plaintiff WAS a young man, in very humble cir. cumstancts, but of irreproachable character. He was coachman to a gentleman named Maynard.— But, however mean his situation, the laws under which we had the happiness to live, would not suffer him to be wronged with imitunity, by the most weiltily or the most powerful. The Defendant was a carpenter and builder, of large property, being pos sessed of a great number of houses in the neighbour hood of Horusey and Crouch-end. From the cir cumstance of the Plaintiff being in service, he was not Able to live constantly with his wife, and he had taken a small house for her at Crouch-end, where he vi sited her as often as he could. The Defendant, from whose age and rank in life, a different line of conduct might have been expected, took advantage of the necessary absence of the Plaintiff, and de. benched his wife. For this infraction,of his domestic happiness, he now sought reparation from the verdict of ell The marriage of the parties having been proved, Mr. Maynard, the master of the Plaintiff, was called. He stated, that he held a situation in the test India Department of the Customs. Plaintiff had lived with him for five years as coachman. He was an honest well-behaved man. He allowed him 26 guineas a year, besides board wages. He knew Plaintiff was a married man, and he believed he and his wife were very happy till the transaction with the Defendant took place. Witness had a house at Muss well-lull, which. when he came to town, was tads care of by the Plaintiff's wife—but she never resided with her husband, in his service. Mrs. Anne Bolton, the mother of the PlarintiA stated, that she resided next door to her daughter.is• law, at Crouch-end. The Defendant owned the house in which her daughter-in-law lived. She bend of the Defendant's conduct in May last, but she did not then believe it. The Plaintiff might have heard of his wife's infidelity, at that time, but she did not tell him of it. Up to the month of October last, the Plaintiff was in the habit of visiting his wife occa sionally. and behaved kindly to her. He separated from her in October. She had seen her daughter in-law and the Defendant talking together—but nei ther of them appeared to act improperly. The Plaintiff and his wile were very affectionate towards each other. On her cross-examination she said she had beard the Plaintiff say, in October, that it would be nem siry to send his wife away, while the action was i pending. Her son was 30 years of age; her daugh ter-in-law 26. Ann Cousins, sister-in-law to the Plaintiff's wife, was present at the marriage of the Plaintiff, in April, 1814, at the parish Church of St. George, Hanover square. Plaintiff took a room for his wife at Horn sty, and afterwards he put her into a small house, at Crouch end, of which the Defendant was landlord. After the marriage of the parties, Mrs. Bolton lived for eleven months i.t the service of Mr. Warner, in the neighbourhood of Crouch-end. Her husband used to visit her once or twice a-week. Witness lived with Plaintiff's wife up to July last. She and her husband appeared to be happy together. The house in which Defendant lived was about 100 yards from Mrs. Bolton's. Witness heard of this transaction in July last, and communicated it to Plaintiff. After the communication he visited his wife two or three times, and they quarrelled very much. William Lucas deposed, that on the 15th or lf;th of April last, he was employed in painting the defen dant': house at Crouch-end. He was, about eleven, o'clack in the forenoon, painting a piece of skirting on the landing-place adjoining a room that had been recently added to the old house, when he heard a man and woman enter the room. The one trod very heavily—the other lightly. He heard the woman say (ter a slight partition only separated the room from the landing-place), " Don't—don't—they'll see you in the shop." There wits a work-shop, a few yards distant, which commanded a view of the room. He then heard kissing, and struggling on the floor— so that he had no doubt of the tact of adultery having been committed: When his attention was first at tracted he beckoned to another painter, James Curtis, who was at work near him, to come up stairs, and he did so. Witness went down stairs, and saw Mr.l Wright soon atter come down from the room, to which there were two entrances, by another flight of stairs. Witness went to a public house, about sixty yards off, to watch the woman out. She soon made her appearance, and went to the public-house also.-1 On inquiry, he found she was the plaintiff's wife. He told the plaintiff the circumstance five or six weeks after. Defendant was between 60 and 70 years of age—a stout, fresh-coloured, tine-looking mart Cross-examined.—There was no female aromas in the house that day but Mrs. Bolton. There was a paper-hanger and a plAisterer—they were employed fiow states. There was, be believed, a bed or two lin the hone& Mr. Wright had threatened him and Curtis with an action for defamation. They called on Mr. Panton, his-attorney, and expressed their wish that the action should eo on, as they could prove what they said. He did not call on plaintilF to in form him of the circuinstrnce—hut plaintiff called on witness, after Mr. Panton had sent him the attor ney's letter. He knew Bolton himself, but be did not know his wife. He had seen her in the neigh bourhood, and was acquainted with her person, bite did not know tier name. Defendant might be tak.fn for a man of 70. James Curtis corroborated the testimony of the last witness—and stated further, that, when the v:o man said, Don't, they'll see you in the shop," Le went down stairs, and looked up at the window, across which, he observed, a board was placei, which would prevent a view from the shop into the room. lie then returned—and, after Lucas had gone .sw.iy, he heard Mr. Wright unlock the door of the town very gently and go out. lie soon came back, and said, " All's right—there's no person in the way." The parties then conversed in a tow tone of voice.— _ _ Mrs. Bolton asked what defendant meant to do with the house ? He said, he would furnish it—that he _ _ _ _ would take her in as cook•—and then they might he comfortable together. He saw the parties afterwards come down stairs. He knew the delendlut for '27 years. He possessed a large property at Crouch-end and Hornsey. Cross.examined.—There were two rooms in the house with beds. About a fortnight after the cir cumstance. he meatioced it to two per.ons of the n4mes of Bumstead and Thatcher. He did not like to speak to plaintiff about it. When plaintiff ques tioned him on the subject, he referred him to Lucas. He never said, that this would be a good job, now ptinters' work was scarce." He did not expect any thing, and• had never declared that he would work or sweat old Jemmy. This was the case for the Plaintiff. Mr. SCARLETT, for the Defendant, ridiculed the assertion that the defendant was a man of very large property, since it appeared that he was a carpenter, living in a small house, and keeping only a tingle servant. Witnesses had been called to prove 11,1 w the plaintiff and his wife lived together, in order to shew flow much his domestic comfort had been abridged, in consegnence of this supposed invasion (for the fact appeared to him to be very problemati cal) of his wife's chastity, and thus to support his claim to damages. But how had he acted ? A com munication was made to him five or six weeks after the fact was alleged to have been committed—an action was brought against the defendant on the 16th of July—and yet he continued to visit his wife until October. His peace, it was clear, could not have been much wounded. No impropriety was attempt ed to be proved between the parties, until this parti cular day, when this young woman thought proper to prefer a fine, halo, corpulent gentleman of 65, to her husband. So much for her taste. She could, it seemed, discriminate between the master and the man. Neither in the evidence of Mrs. Bolton, nor of Mrs. Cousins, was there any thing to bear out the supposition that the parties were previously ultimate; but, all of a sudden, it appeared, she yielded to his vigorous solicitations, her only fear being that she should•be seen from a workshop, and, in her ardour, preferring the floor to a bed. One circumstance was A little remarkable: Curtis said he heard Mr. Wright tell the plaintiff's wife, w that be would furnish the house, take her in as cook, and then they might be comfortable." Now this he believed to be an after thought—for, had such a circumstance been men tioned in his Learned Friend's brief, he was sure he would not have passed it over without observation.-- It was also very surprising how Mr. Curtis could swear to the defendant's voice. He spoke, it was said, in a whisper—and Mr. Curtis must have a most sagacious ear it he could recognise a man's voice when he whispered. With respect to damages no coin that could be named was too small to satisfy the justice of the case, if the. Jury conceived that a case had been proved. Fot if a husband, complainirg of an injury of this kind, cohabited with his wile up to the very term when the action came on, and if it appeired, as in this case, that lie parted with her for the purpose of maintaining the action—it was impos sible to imagine that his domestic co:nfoits were much abridged. Let the plaintiff have his latthing— and be would anstter for it, he would not be without the comfort of his wife next - week. Let the action terminate as it would, there could be no little doubt but that they would be as good friends as ever the next moment. But the question was, whether the Juty would give him a verdict at all ? Here Mr. Scarlett proceeded to argue, on the improbability of a man .so far advanced in life having acted i►t the way imputed to him—and he concluded by cailing the serious attention of the Jury, that no consmuiti cation was made to the plaintiff on this subject until after Mr. Wright had threatened the witnes.cs, Cultic and Lucas, with a prosecution for slander. In ►uch a case, what was more natural for them to do, than advise, and assist in, the bringing of an action, in order to screen themselves from the le4al visitation with which the defendant threatened them I Lord ELLENBOHOUGH summed up the evidence, and observed, that although the circumstance of a man residing with his wite, atter his knowledge of her infidelity, did not entirely bar his action at law, yet in a case of a vi rdict recovered, it would have the effect of reducing his claim of competration to almost nominal darn.sgrii. The Jury, atter a short consultation, returned a verdict for the Plaintiff—Damages £2OO. HOWARD V. COCHRANE. This was an action against the dehind4nr, Colonel Jamts Johnstone Coclatane, for a maltd sae prosccu• Lion, for an assault and false imprisotancnt against the plaintiff, the watch-house keeper of St. Pancra.s Parish. Mr. GUP.NEY conducted the case for the plaintiff, and Mr. MArtarAt and Mr. Crtoss for the elefend4nt. The circurn,tauccs oz . the CAW, as proved in ern. dente, were these. Tite watchman in the neighbor-. hood of Fitzroy-square had received ortkrs Irom tic tomnaissioners fur paving and lighting 'lie pat is:t vi ISt. Pancras, to clear the str.•ets at night td the tnift.r. tunate females who infest that it() Jd. On the night of the 25{th, or lathe' the morning early of the 29th of May, 1811;, the watchman on duty had spoken to two troublesome females, and advised them not to stay in the streets. Pie►eutly afterwards they were joined by the defendant and another Uent ltt- mils; so , ia the Prot , atant 1 t!lat they b a d el ci.ii and rano" aortects of the J. D. STROTI AJtitest of Cta Prince Regent I they were also called With trot regret and sorrc of the satiable Ration has mo out attachment to tl tic% bet Fin' particularly her her conduct as erlicacy rd pr catustalices whi tenant Dissents ; with *he 1.. e very happy ottrmpt to imp. sages which ha be leash:sad fti of that rf those enquiri taro the valiclit] vaned against uis:it if 114 its Lie Re. lutoisa The It tut Rev J. GA WTI patriotism, alit departed worth with an afßictei ~ bec aus wicked firwati for thi tees ul th , s cot trusted that tin to fall bruken a The Rev. Crest. He pro . s-rvations on era& He net 'Serene Highne the sympathy and to the fine in the midst of e unfortunai .ust be plung hild is taken hich the mei hick it was p ddresses of c oeeting to the reading am The Rev. C 'bierved that I tit of Josiah r. uct had pint igaalized by t J ng apart. so I c .eep sense of 1 n t . ssenters wet e common ieir fellow to e reasons wl wed to them casion. In 1- disaffection. I s :ers was fount )r knee it had e was permit ,o, l'he firmness a their rejecting !, e Second, and care the oper. ):1 the House of eel Mr. Gaoac tions should t tidered the ob ,;- any encomint