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I.UP ERIA I, PAR 1,1.431 ES T. HOUSE OF OF LORDS.-NIONDAT, APRIL 9• The Lid% Of CHARI.FMONT , liiNNOVI. and ittroNoß, an..l Lord AtiEßelto3lH;F, too!: the vatii3 and their •P.ats. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. • The Duke of OLOUCESTP.It had in his hands a Petition from the University of Cambridge, praying, ti+ht !h., Bill now in progress through the House for ;he relief of the Catholics might not pass into a law. consequence of the situation which he held he conceived it to he his duty to pre sent the petition, but C`il this, as on former occasions, he wished it to he un verstood that he should not take any part on the Bill 7ais before the Ilouse.—The Petition was then read ai%l Lid on the table. IRISII LAW OF TREASON. • . Me. S:•rje.int ONA.OW and others brought up the Irish Law of Treason Bill, with an amendment, from !LeVornnions; and, on the motion of Lord VOLLAN LI, the amendment was agreed to, and a .t.t•ssa ,, e was sent to the Commons to inform them th...t fi:eir Lordships had adopted their amend ment. Serer::l Read Bills were then brought up by Mr. Sw A seN, Lord STANLVV, 31r. DATINPORT, Mr. .%sovi.s . r, Admiral IiAKVEY, and Mr. BLAKF, and read a first time. Visrount SIDMOUTII presented a Petition from tkr CoTorition of Falmouth, against the Catholic on the table. I he Earl of 11ARitOIVBY presented a similar tetitien from Newcastle-antler-lAne.—Laid on the The Marquess of ANItLESEY presented a Petition from the Corporation of the Borough of Carnarvon against the Catholic Bill.—Laid on the table. The Marquess of CAMDEN presented a similar Petition from the Corporation of Canterbury.—Laid on the ttble. Similar Petitions were Presented by the Bishop of IL:Berri:ft from the City of Chester, and the Areilea ronry of Wells, in the Diocese of Bath and Wells. Hy the Bishop of ELY, from the Chapter of ; and by the iiir.hop of SALISBURY, from the City and Arch deartinry of Sarum.—Laid on the table. Th.. .liartorgs of BECKIMBIA Al presented Peti tions from the Partners of the sonthern part of Buck inghamshire, and front the Owners and Occupiers of Land in the County of Iludditeiam, praying for agri cultural relief.—Read and laid 011 the table. The Earl of FORTESQUE presented Petitions from the Owners and Occupiers of Land in six parishes of the County of Glom:ever, praying for agricultural relief.—Laid on the table. The Bishop of SF. DAVID'S prevented Petitions from the Clergy of the Diocese of St. David's, and from five !wishes in the said Diocese, against the Ca tholic Bill—Laid oil the table. The Earl of STRULANI presented a Petition to the same effect from the town of St. Albans.—Laid on the &cased tc the present defendant, in language calec ata to excite sensations which he would not venture - press. The suspicions were, however, snore f a t a lly ported, far, on the 11th of November, b e i ng of forty-two weeks, from the day on which the pi o T I Z E left his wife, she was delivered of another female c kad which, from the rnurse of nature could not by lily be his. lie had endeavoured to state these fact with the great:!:t possible plainness. lie had nothing more than a dry detail of dates; h e L i ," now proceed to state also, in a plain and simple a btie - " the evidence of which he was in possession ar a;.' the detvntlant, and from which it would a - uu .... 1 most cintrly that he had been guilty of a evi rrw".„ intercourse with the plaintiff's wife. And the would make out, not only by the testimony of ii s f ,, h _ e wills hut by letters in the hand-writing o f c 01,4 Berkeley himself, which would leave no doubt ea S o minds of the Jury as to the guilty fact. The firer lega with which he would trouble them, and which w osr ,. hably the first that passed between the parties op on ' t i. subject, was the date of the let of May, 1S:9; ;ad aa e -- the Jury would see the materiality of the dates, to he hail requested their particular attention, f or a rc would have the L bless to recollect that the first ah. sence of the plaintiff on going to see his brother, eh was then ill, commenced en the 16th of April NI: and terminated on the 10 th of May. \,,w the letter .O question from Colonel Berkeley to Mrs. Ifaterito was dated the lit of May, during that aben cr. s l t use ' trds in the following terms: tt N o thing, but the fear of losing an opport un i ty of seeing you, could induce me to write, b u t I am et to he in London on 11ond ty, therefore I now „ e ms. le uiet, at nine, I will be in the appointed spar it .• tau love me, do not fail me—there is no danger." He 01r. Jervis) was in possession of 21 letters and eight notes, written by the slefenciaat to Mrs. Wcer. house, which were obtained from Net! !age on th e ush of Re:wcisher, in consequence of Mr. Waueb uuse , , vth his solicitor, having cone to her locking and °Weisel them by ',waits which, under the circumstances, wer e out be reprobated. Front these letters he had made a selection, which lie would now take the liberty of read ing, and from wlsivli it uunld h.. i:opossihle to slunbt that a criminal intercourse is isl tab .9 place between the parties. Pie Learned Coscisel then proceeded to red the letters in tctiestion, whirls were couched in passionate terms, tad contained allusions which condi leave finis doubt as to the nature of the intimacy that had subsist. ed. At length the defendant evinced the waywardano of illicit love, and in his last Acta and hasty notes proved, that his once ardent attachment hail altogether subsided. The Learned Counsel that went on to state the oral testimony with which lie was provided as to the occasional vieits of the defendant to Mrs. Waterhome— their private interviews, and the subservient disordered appearance of the lady's sirens; and finally made at animated and eloquent appeal to the Jury, to comps► sate. as much as slassriv.e could compensate. the pima for the injuries which he and his helpless infant family hail sustained. The witnesses were then called, and ten letters fin the Colonel were put in and read. 11r. TACNTON, in a powerful speech, denied that tie act of adultery load been proved; but even if it Isea. voncludell that the Plaintiff had but little reason tocsap plain of the loss which he had sustained, as Mrs rater. house had proved herself to be the most abandoonle:' her sex, by making the first advances to Col. Berkeley. who would have been snore or less than man if be Ind not fallen beneath the influence of her peat I 1 then read the letters of the Lady, the first two deka were in a diss,uised band, and the last militia's** her own natural character. Those letters ecksilinasi pninfel picture of the mind of a woman who bail fallen from that purity and virtue which coestitutes thegreatet ornament of her sex. Mr. Jcavia wade an admirable reply, mrstanflu upon the baseness of the defendant an betraying it secrets of her whom he had destroyesl, and insissdig that the letters attributed to her hail been fabricated. Mr. Justice PARK An ii sap the case with pe . rspis7 t a nd impartiality; and, at twelve o'clock at night, Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Datuages -Costs •Itls. .R . _ At the late Notiingham Amines a ease of important" tt the commercial world was tried. The plaintiffs, Sni• ton, Clifford, and l'o. of Shardlow, near Derbv, tem . sive carriers by water, songht and recovered dreamt. the amount of Slptl. tor an injury sustained by nee& their boats, in consequence of negligence in unt chariot the canal of stones, &c. by which considerable injury tea` done to the cargo on board the said boat. Bow-Sat ste.r.—l'esterilay G. Maris was charged uttering a forged tine pound note, at the sloop of Mt Conk, Temple Il tr. John Duncan, shopman to Mr. ra:itis, sta t e d that the prisoner came to his master's shop, and asked it two pounds of beef, and tendered a one pound !with payment. lie asked prisoner, what name hr shunbl pa: on it ? Ile replied, ony father's name " Julio flame. lVater-lane." A fortnight after the note was returned marked " forged;" he went to Water-lane, found his ft. titer resided there, but was informed the prisoner not lived there for some tinte.—Fully committedlots he CCRIOCS APPLICATION.—A man residing in rifler . street, Long Acre, applied for the assistance of aolg• cer under the following circumstances :—lle stated 611 a man who was porter lo an auctioneer, and who bad for some time carried rn a criminal i n tercourse withse Il kk wik, intended, while he wa s at work this dap lo a the wall and carry her off, and wished the asue st an officer to take loins into custody. Magistrate—Can't you resist him' Complainant—\o, Sir, he is a very athletic feel . and would make ton of me. shoot him—yon can do tbatio l ' Complainant—Yee, Sir, I should like to do tist I ' 4 will. l‘la K istrate—Well, lint don't murder the matt.bfsv_e I tell yolk that you may do it — take a parish @Soo bring him before one,if he forcibly enters y oarOoK Complainant-1 will, Sir. A walking match of one mile took place ea F rill : last, on the D ov er•road, between two Ken tish the names of Cary and Iti4ttian, for a waiter. fil if *as won by the former by t he breadth of Lis 11.1:(' The mile was done by sham both in nia B half. Mr. Christopher Filling, snirm,refiner, Fin; lane, Shadwell , on Friday NO was killed on his premises, by accidentally falling throngli One ° I ; tip-hates, (Irmo the top of his buil din g , and wag pitated to the bottom and literally dashed to Pli er _L About ail months ago the some gentleman`ad thet7.. inolarteuranheiteo aunt 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 l Uf E.l). ist O b n y S m a r t , s rd si s r 11, pi:clnVehri.tesiid.ioown-sotrreetlts.ePleas:l±mlfidhst 'Pewtner, of Charterbouse-lane. Ma" l• At Ha li fax , Nova Scotia. in January last. ;life of Cot. Desbarres. ell how' inn e t• On Friday , thefith inst. after a few rezelyut.letivadowestrokeres, st i ed . sountivi:r, Sewell, wits of "'r. , :. 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Ne te also, in a plain and simple *-- aa , which he was in possession au f l : • , il li a nstiitan l t ls d e ohee i tti o t t oncf i r e ldl i rtin ‘ ole t i u s :la t ate l y b .ni te voli n l golu e lt ueuYill rt etv ii e : t etet ilo t i v aedlh i k t ie ti . nf e o u , lah l yl : e in af l i naea l dgf i ol i , t ei : cliti t -I l lnet a . l ai wi nt esto i tid a tev i.trti t s d tyal t, i t el pi ttrnr in viTe ani : oe t -s rs r: t j i .ignef o li t il : i ad a s . m the materiality of the dates, t o Ir k 'till' on going to see his broth er, anenced on the lfith of Ap ril the 10th of Mat'. N ow the letter 'l4 louel Berkeley to Mrs. irterll : of May, during that ah arart a . i i c T,7 ; ems: it the fear of losing an opportn on :Monday, therefore I now a a Tss is a7c,,„ I induce sue to write, h u t ( mhtTi of : r c o i t t i ,n i: i .nl i i" : l o ll ; nla b ei l:ib t: i a lei st : t i le l ltit l l i i ii r e P°: s i e l le. l te trl o hell t i o ' e l e : ci a f ;a i e 's s i: r s i: A s it t r o i r ::t ti lli ed i . : l t , a . 2 : : : s e l ri s r .. . ra - di:nento l etters b . ll l 1 , l V et a ir d o t tt r4 h which, under the s.ireimistanees, we ft d. Front these letters; he had malt a lie would now tato the liberty of read. vlsirls it Isaiah! 1.. • i e t ; i t t r e n r e e s a i ss t irse is tat; 'on a sel the • i i; l l72e h eil ir ed to ta l6 :: estion, whirls were couched in passion* i n i a n t t u .4l re a so li t t.l :h il e n i s ntl ' i l s i ra ic c i y e t a li t a t t l'i h l a7l v s e ash r 2 the defendant evinced the wavirarilati id in his last short and hasty notes s once ardent attachment hail altogether Learned Counsel then went on to state : , ny with which lie was provided as to the of the defendant to Mrs. Waterhome— terviews, and the subservient disordere4 the lady's dress; and tunny made loquent appeal to the Jnry, to comp. s damages could compensate, the pima a w hich he and his helpless Want family ,a; were then calleal, and ten letters few Te pat in and read. oN, in a powerful speech, denied that the had beets proved; but even if it bra, r the Plaintiff had but little reason tome . s which he had sustained, as Mrs Water. wed herself to be the most abandoned aa: !Wang the first advances to Col. Berkeley. Vl' been more or less than man if be hnl leads the influence of her patios. I 1 letters of the Lady, the first twist thick uised band, and the last minima** rail character. Those letters eshiliali a 0 e of the mind of a woman who bail On its' and virtue which cosetitates thegreatrs er sex. made an admirable reply, eentmeatiec mess of the defendant an betraying tk whom he had destroyed, and insigia* ra attributed to her had been fabricated. .c c a lo s e r k w i a t I t i p n e l y; i pi o r . 'i ls t,: • aaa and,a aa a a e l d u s , i . l i s i t e ls t o . ver'stytdict for the plaintiff—Damages 1,000. p Nottingham Assizes a case of important trial it•orld was tried. The plaintiffaSie• anal l'o. of Shardlow, near Demise, ext"• ry water, sought and recovered damages ti r 500/. for ass injury sustained bytes: I consequence of negligence in not cleanse tones, Scc. by which considerable injury Irk argo on board the said boat. Ec.—Yesterilay G. Maria was charged Isiah meal one pound note, at the shop of Mr pie Bar • can, shopman to Mr. Caatis, s t a t e d that came to his master's shop, and asked Or )f beef, and tendered a one pound note in le asked prisoner, what name hr shunlal pa' replied, sits' father's name " Jolla Bow. ' A fortnight after the note was returned rgeol ;" be went to Water-lane, found his fr there, but was informed the prisoner hat 'ere fur some time. —Folly committed fit APPLICATION. —A man residing in Belton . c Acre, applied for the assistance of ma . se following rirctimatances :—He stated la t was porter loan auctioneer, anal who haal si re . r , carried rn a criminal intercourse with led, while he was at w ork th'is day,. I 0 s i , i carry her o ff , anal wished toe anabiw t a take him into custody. te—Can't you resist him ? .te— l i a n n a t k — ss ton ' weit,os S t.h i oon r, let. li t e lit i n s a _ yvoernycaanthdleotitrhafet; N nant—Yes, Sir, I should like to do 01:: 0 ite—Well, bat don't murder the M3ll. _I hat rots mar do it—take a parish elfieseo; before sae, it he forcibly enters your nant-1 will, Sir. tm Frit hr ing match of one mile took place d se D ov er•road, between two Kentish ma • , • y o f t h Cary r and Nike R by i 4 t sto e n, adth of 4is • was done by sham both in nia siduatee*:,. ii hw a T t e o i fill:in:I Fridayre n il t l a i i ng y , last was r rf s e eo t rn frots, the top of his building, and hrough seal the bottom and literally dashed sf e r m onths ago the same gentleman had *' hare his premiae. burnt down, rut': on that °erasion, 'wine under urea MEAL liordsiffasxcoy"..,,Nprioten:ailn:'estouhri.etelie.aiindiiiiwins-s jotirrenetultas.eoP.rianast t e n: .m eT .l ; l if e ! al. rres. few hour , A Mr oThi co l ay.: d e e r 0 , ° a l a i i g : t. ain lost. afte r ft wo Mi sk r r d s a .. Stearsitkir" and " irtlo. CON 4 T !go. 194'... Strand; )pepaslia tlti "" nom O A rrrs i f i'L ttc. 't are "et a j l t t: ebbe "I" Ttig sligAiTssMAN, Lord ROLLE also presented Petitions against the Catl.olic Mill from the Rectors and Churchwardens of tl re.- parishes in the City of Exeter.—Laid on the table. 'I he Earl of BALCARRAS presented a similar p•oirioo from thr Dissenters of the Staffordshire Pot teries.—Llid en the table. The Marquess of LANSDOWNE presented a Pe tition from the Owners and Occupiers of Land in the County of Wilts, praying for agricultural relief. — Laid on the table. CATHOLIC BILL. The Earl of DONOL T OH MOH E, thumb he wished al* as little delay as possible should take place in passing into a law that Bill of entre, justice, and merry. which come from the other house, yet lie thought that their Lordships n ust he of opinion ith him, that it was important that such a trelsure should he duly .onsitlered by a il those w hom , it concerned. and itartiettlarly the Protestants. n o w - in.., therefore , tha t there were many Nehla. Lords on the road, who cola not pos.ibly arrive in t;.lite to share in the discussion of to-morrow, and who were 4 anxions that the question shonl . l not be d ec ided w il l . cut then), he thott2ltt it hi> duty to move that the s iie e nl reading • f the Catholic Pill be postponed to ano'her day. slaying conversed with several Noble Peers on the subject, he hail found that 3liiiitlay next had been generally considered as the ino , t convenient day. Ile should therefore now move " Thrt the Order of th.. Pay for reading the Catholic llill a . second time to-morrow, and that suinnioning their Lordships to attouil be discharged and Geed for this d m v se'nnight. Lord [MLLE thought that this alteration to ac commodate absent Peers, was hard upon those who hid attended in the expectation that the Catholic Lill v until be read a second time to-morrow. The Earl of DONOC6II3IOIIE wondered that the Noble Baron should think the postponement a hard ship, as it would give hint and those Noble Lords who wished to see many petitions against the Bill, as opportunity of procuring more than they had done. The Noble Baron hail only presented three tliisday, by next Mootlay be might perhaps be able to bring thirty with him.—(A laugh). Lord ROLLE had no doubt that the more the ques tion should be discussed, the more petitions would be sent to the House against the Bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR inquired of the Noble Earl whether he meant positively to bring on the attend reading of the Catholic Bill on Monday next? :The Ejrl of DONOUBHMORE answered that he skilishld undoubtedly bring it Oil that day. The LIME/ CHANCELLOR said that he should be perfectly prepared on that day to oppose the mea sure. But he could not help saying that such post . plittestetits interfered materially with the interests of mother persons which it was his duty to protect. • * • The Earl of DONOULtHMOK It regretted that _he Cold sot in this institute consult the convenience of the' Noble Lord . on the Woolsack, or that of the per mits to whom be bad Abided, as he considered it to 1p a matter of absolute necessity t hat a m e asure of —*Ws importance. should undergo the fullest possible ioristigation. Tip Motion was then agreed to, and the second rvadinfiliedlot: di/ iennight, as well as the Order for sitnummists %Mir Lordships. 1110 Mara i s y F GANNINJW.NE nosed for. cer tain Returns relative to our Farrago Trade„-4.pr-• tiered. --- --.-=-------- GRAMPOUND. The Earl of LAUDERDALE presented a Petition from the Mayor and Free Burgesses of the Borough of tirampound , praying to be heard by Conneel at the Bar against the Bill for depriving them of the Elec tive Franchise. The Earl of CARNARVON did not intend to op pose the prayer of the Petitioners to be heard by Counsel at the Bar, provided he should be allowed to go at once into the evidence. The witnesses called by their Lordships' summons out of Cornwall were now arrived, and their Lordships must be aware of the difficulty of keeping such reluctant witnesses to griller, and of preventing any effort to tamper with them from being successful. To delay their examine! tion w ould, lie was convinced, be to put at once an ex tinguisher on the measlier. The Earl of LAUDMIDADE knew of no inclina tion on the part of the Petitioners to urge a claim for delay. He had been instructed to say, that if the Counsel in whose hands tbey entrusted their case had nut happened to he in the country, they would have been really to go into their defence that very night. As it was, they would be prepared to commence it as soon as he should return. He should therefore move that the second reading of the Bill be postponed. The LORD CHANCELLOR had thougt it his d u ty not to follow his own inclination, whic b h would 'have led him at once to oppose the second reading of such a Bill, but to allow all the evidence to be pro duced before the House before it should decide on the question. In a case in which punishment would fall on the innocent as well as on the guilty, he thought that a delay of a few days ought to be granted. He knew that the Deputy Sergeant at Arms could not have given a longer notice than two days to the. Bur aessee of Orampound, and in a mere action in a Court of Law three 'lays notice would he granted. On these grounds he trasteil that the Noble Earl would not ob ject to putting cif the second reading of the Bill, and the e xamination of evidence till Friday. The Earl of CA RSA AVON contended, that no notice whatever was required in a case of public no toriety like the present. The measure bad been amply discussed in the House of Commons, and was it to be supposed, that whilst the whole country bad I grown alive to its importance, the Petitioners had fallen asleep ? From March 20 to April 9, during 211 while flays, the Bill hail been on their Lordship, table, and it was neither his duty, nor that of the Noble Lord on the IWoolsack, nor that of any person in the House to give notice of trial to the Petitioners; they ought to have attended to their own interests. Unwilling witnesses hail heel brought to prove the exi•tence of a systent of cor..uption in which they themselves had been engaged ; and were such wit nesses to he left during several days to be tampered with by those whose interest it was that they should conceal the truth? On Monday next their Lordships were to discuss the second reading of the Catholic Bill, and on the following Thursday the. House would adjourn fur for the Holidays. If the second reading were put off till Friday, it would be impossible to proceed with the exami nation of evidence after the holidays were over. To vote for such a postpone ment would, therefore, be to get rid of thi Bill lty a. side wind, and to create an impression in the country that the House dared not meet it manfully. On ex amining witnesses, his questions should of course be regulated according to the sense of the House, but be would submit to no interruptions from the Counsel at the Bar, or to have his questions objected to on thei - part. The Earl of LAUDERDALE denied that the Pe.' thinners wished fir any wtheressary delay, and said I that they had instructed him to state, that if their Counsel had not heen absent they would be teady to proceed that eve!i!ig. The IMRD CHANCELLOR said, be would be as onwilling as any one to agree to an ntmecesssry poorinement, but if only a few days were asked for an important purpose. the ease was different. 1n the 1 ordinary Courts of Justice it was necessal that a person should receive notice of trial some time before hand, aed here, when notice had been given, it was only roasonable to ask for some delay. The Earl of CARNAI{VON observed, that the Bill hail been 20 days 01 their Lordships' Table; it was a matter of public notoriety, and there W 3% no perSOn whose duty it was to give notice of trial to i the Oratupound parties. It was also to be re collected, that they had summoned un willin g witnesses, nho might be tampered with in the mean time. The Earl of LAUDERDALE disclaimed any wish to get rid of the question by a side wind, or to avoid stating the objections he had to it in the face of the country. The LORD CHANCELLOR could not help think ing, that if there were persons In lirampound who were innocent, they ought to have the benefit of Counsel upon the measure, which was in effect a Bill of Pains and Pen hies against them. Lord tIOLLANb thought that the regular course a t of proceeding would be to a g ree to bear the P I tioners by Counsel, and then to, p roceed immediate V, unless proper reasons for postponement were stalte4 at the Bar. The Earl of LAUDERDALE said, that all tire Petitioners required was a delay of three days, and moved, that the second reading should be postponed till Friday. Earl GREY said, be bad never heard an applica tion made to Parliament less supported by argument than the present. His Noble Friend bad informed them, that only three days were asked, but did he re member bow near the holiday" were, and what impor tantdiscussions must interfere with the Bill, if not' proceeded in immediately. He would not enter into; a discussion on the Bill, but be would protest against the notion of its being called a Bill of Pains and Pe. nalties. The Elective Franchise was a high privilege, bat he denied that it was given to the individual for 1 his personal benefit—it was held for the baifit of 1 the public. Lord WESTMORLAND considered that•lit viola be injustice to deity time to the parties. new h only three days official notice of the Bill. The Marquess of LANSDOW?i said that it woe obt the practice of that House to serve any officr "Mike tin , all The custom was , to consider. that t iMi ll laid es: the Table of that House, which aitgied . Paiiiiknifillis notice to those parties of the proereding. Mt iliketlies here had snore than w fortnigbes•notice. They: Amalie their own ladies a ground fur delay. The Noble Lord said, that he considered the apiiic ition not only un reasonable hot suspicious. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that he was of opinion that the Bill ought not to pass. As for his part he had no anxiety to have the vestlnn postponed, he would as soon be chained there that night as any other ; but in justice to the parties, he war of opinion that some delsy was necessary. The Earl of LIVERPOOL suggested that the question should be postponed to Wednesday next. After a few wt.): es from the Earl of CARNA:I - the second reading of the Bill was postponed accordingly. UNION DUTIES. The Earl of DARNLEY mo►•ed for the Copy of a Memorial presented to the Lords of the Treasury, signed by the t3o►•ernors of the Bank of Ireland, pray ing for a modification of the Union Duties, imposed by an Act of the last Session of Parliament. After a few words from the Earl of ..IMERICK,the motion was agreed to. The lionse then adjourned till to-morrow. G LOCCESTER ASSIZES. MIT. SIDE. Before Sir J. A. PARK and n Special Jury. WATER1101:611, ESQ. e. cot,. !lERKELEY. This case, which has excited so nitwit interest among the fashionable visitors to the town of Cheltenham, and antoit f r the inhabitants of the surrounding counties, CAMC OR to be tried on Saturday. 'flte Court was crowded to excess as early as seven o'clock in the morn ing, and a variety of disguises were adopted. in order to afford facilities (or ht•ing present at the proceedings. Among others, we observed a gallant son of Mars attir ed in the grave habit of a lawyer, and the charms of a slushing belle eclipsed by tile sossihre shade of a clerical dark grey frock. A vast number of persons were alto gether excluded from the Court, although there is not an edifice in England, of the same character, which affords so nitudi acconmottlation for the (-mai auditors. After atone apprehensions that the cause would be postponed to the next Assizes, froth the indisposition of a material witness on the part of the defendant, it was called on at two o'clock. A full Special Jury was then a ssembled in the box and sworn. The Counsel for the plaintiff, were Mr. Jerv!s, 11r. Puller, Mr. Russell, and 3lr. West. Those for the defendant, were, Mr. Tannton, Mr Ludlow, Mr. Causpbell, attel Mr. Horace 'I wise. Mr. Wave opened the declaration, whirls stated nature of the action. The dautages were laid at 20,000 Mr. Jnavis then proceeded to address the Jury. The, had heard, lie said, fr the pleadings °petted by his Learned rriend, that this was an action hrottzht against the defendant, for criminal vonversati 4444 with the plain• tiff's wife. The plaintiff, Mr. Waterhouse , was t he son of the late Mr. tVaterhonse, who was a merchant o eminence, carrying on business in Loudon under th:. f firm of Willis, Waterhouse, and Co. In the year 119 he went to the Isle a Man, where he became acquainted with a very respectable family, ore-Isom the unfortunate Laity, who was the subjeL •ct cif the present action, was the eldest dattgliter.—(l alltoled to Captain and Mrs. Blake.) --The plaintiff was then about twenty, and the Lady nearly of the saute age. but rather younger. On the 15th September, 1812, with the tontual consent of their parents, they were married. Soon after their tufo," it was found convenient, from the pecuniary . cirentu stances of Mr. Waterhou.e, that he s hould retire with' itLady t• like in seine cheap part of the Kingdom ; • went, in consequence, to reside at Scarborough. In ‘lse course of the three following years they were blessed with three c hildren, two girls and a boy. In the year 1817, front the state of the health of Mrs. Waterhouse, it was thought expedient that she should remove to Cheltenham; and, after a short stay in that town, Mr. Waterhouse settled with his family at a small village, called Charlton Kings, about a nine irom thence, where an aunt of Mrs. Waterhouse. the Lady of Sir W. Weaxall, then resided. lii the winter ut I:41%, a Mrs. Proliyn, who hail been an early frienil of Mrs. B'ater house, arrived at Cheltenham for the benefit of her health. Their intimacy was, of course, renewed; ant!, through the medium of this lady, the defendant, Colonel Berkeley, was introduced to the plaintiff and iris wife about the hewinnitig of the year ISIO. No particular intercourse followed between the gentlemen, nothing further having happened between them titan an exchange of cards. On the Ilith of April. in that year, Mr. Water house went to Loudon to see his brother, who was at that time in an ill state of health. it was material that the Jury should attend to slates. Ile continued absent till the 10th of May, when lie returned to Charlton. On the 10th of July following, he was again under the necessity of quitting home, for the purpose of going iss Jersey to see a sister whom lie had not seen for many years before. Ott this oecasion lie was absent a little dote than a month. Ae returned to Charlton on the Isith of Aneatet. The. , were the longest absences which, up to that period, hail ever taken place between hint and his wife, front the tittse of their union. It was tit to state, that on both these occasions Mrs. Water house was left antler the immediate protection of her aunt, Lady Weasel), the sister of her mother. In the heginninz of the year Ihl9, it had been proposed to Mr. Witerhouse, in ronarquenee of the enereassing state of his family, having had a fourth child horn at Charlton, to proceed to Jamaica, to endeavour to obtain a situa tion, by which lie might be enabled the better to con• salt the comforts sad happiness of those whom he so tenderly loved, tor up to this time lie did not entertain a doubt that he was in the full possession of the warmest affections of his lady. Although, in the first instance, his feelings promptest him to resist this solicitation, and to remain in the bosom of hisslomestic circle, to which be was es tenderly attached, yet prudence at length sug gested its propriety, and at the cot 00000 encentent of the year I:320, he resolved to prosecute that design ; and un the 1St)) of January, in the last year, lie left Charlton Kings for Brfstol, with a view of embarking forthwith for Jamaica.* Adverse winds detained hits in port till the 14th of.reiornary, when he proceeded on his voyage. During Isis absence, sod very soon after his departure front Charlton, bits.-tgaisikause for reasons which he would by and by take the eberty of explaining, removed from ellarltoti to a lodging or furnished house whirls she took in the town of Cheltenham. It might be proper here to retnatk, thit do thus, leaving Isis wits for Jamaica, Mr. Waterhoute leg her under the.eastee protection as he had on the twol former weirdoes. withers ample provision for ber 014:111% 1 teaance during Isis alosenee. Front Jamaica Mr. Water• l house returned in July, and, knowing that be had hadi no intercoutse with his wife from the 10th of January preceding, the Jury %night better imagine than he was capable of describing, the agonised attnasion in which he was thrown on being informed uf the course which she had adopted, mud elf her Iwitig then far advanced in pregnancy. He went to Cheltenham, but took the pre caution of avoiding the abode of his wife. He remained there threcileys after the communication 9f the intelligence, and then left the Oboe. detetinitied ! With to see her seeakk—At-sisia awe, not having sufkiebt orei4oriq 11.4 he the period of:titne tqta z n , her delin yenta bad . tareace, no as ,to t hZ , take any deft -:' sive resolved Ilia t6f delfhtry: eidliide his int Ions; " bat t fOutid toilitiniitii'Vyllß Ir letter—the teeniest, of whicls,-a e it haebeonte Mese *fr. Waterhouse, he was not at liberty to state. It was ad-