The Express.
London, England, 1859-03-29 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.—KixosToN, MARCH 28.

The commission for the county of Surrey was opened hare
on Saturday, and both courts proceeded to business this
moroing, at 12 o'clock, Mr. leaks Wightman preUding on
the Civil Side, and Mr. Baron Martin in the Crown Court.
The cause list is rather light, there being only 68 causes en-
tered, 18 of which are set down as special jury cases. On
the crown aids there are 22 prisoners for trial.
Baton Martin in charging the grani jury, complimented
4 the mhtretei of the meaty upon the manner in which
they had administered the law, and maid that their holding •
quarter session before the maims had bad the effect of disposing
of • great many trifling cases, and the charges contained
in the present calendar were, consequently, such as really
ought to be tried by her Majeety'sjodges ; and he crntraeted
this proceeding with that which we. adopted in • neigh-
bouring county (Kent), where, at the present arises, owing
to the magistrates not holding each seadon, there were up-
wards of a hundred prisoners for trial, and the greet majority
of discuss were of the most trivial description.
Crvu. SlDl4—(Befoce Mr. Justice Wightman and • Com-
mon Jury.)
ORINTILLI V. RICHARDSON AND WIFE:.

This wee an action to recover damages fora libel. The
delbsdents *odd not g&lly, end justification.
Mr. R. Jima, Q.C., and Mr. Holt ware counsel for the
plabitiff ; Mr. fierkant fibre splinted for the defendants.
Mr. James said the plaintiff in this action WY Miss Pane
line Grenville, the daughter of an eminent phyeician in
Corson-street, Mayfair, sad the defendant, Mr. Charles
Richardson, was a solicitor, and the action was brought to
recover damages for • libel that bad been publiahed by his
wife, and which was contained in cm rein letters and a
printed pamphlet, both of which contained matter that
moat seriously reflected upon the character of the
plaintiff. The declaration alleged that in cones.
sequence of them libellous statements • marriage
that was in contemplation between the plaintiff and a
gentleman of position, and • clergyman, had been broken off,
and she was compelled to bring the present action to vindi-
eats her character from the serious aversions that had been
mat upon it by the statements that were contained in the
libels in question. The defendants hod pleaded not guilty
and nrettiktrion, but he was happy t t inform the jury that
an arrangement bed been come to between the patties, the
c lod nature at which would be explained to Ibsen by hie
friend, Serjeant Shea, who appeared for the Men-
den* but the effect of which would be that all imputations
upon the character of the plaintiff would be entirely with-
drawn, and that there would be an expression of regret that,
under a misapprehension of the (sots, any such statements
should have been made. The defendants would at the same
time consent to a verdict with 1,0001. damages passing
against them.
Sajeant Shea said that on the pelt of Mrs. Richardson
he was instructed to state that, under feelings of irritation,
caused by imputations which she was informed had been
thrown upon her character by Miss Grenville, but which
that young lady wholly repudiarei, she wrote the loiters for
which the present action was brought. Al the time these
lettere were written, however, she relieved that the matter.
contained is them were true, bat finding that she had bees
misled into that belief by persona whom she had
since eseertsieed to be totally unworthy of credit,
she had now no hesitation in expressing her regret
at having made them. Cadent tudieg at the same
time that the statement* referred to had undoubtedly
bees the came of great distress of mind to Miss Grenville,
and at therein* time had also caused Ler some actual injury,

;is made no difficulty a• to the amount of oompeesetion
seggested, and would therefore consent to • verdict for the
amount of damages that had been mentioned.
The jury therefore returned • verdict for the plaintiff;
damages, 1,000/.
The nature of the alleged libel was of comae not further
alluded to, but it was stated that part of the arrangement
between the parties wee that the whole of the letters, and also
the copits of the printed panitibl.it. should be given up and
destroyed.