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CORONER'S INQUEST.

On Saturday afternoon an inquisition was taken at the
house of Mr. Cuthbert, the Goat Tavern, in Pall wall, before
Mr. Higgs, Coroner, on vine of the body of Mr. Griffith
Jenkins,aged 33 years. The &Tensed had been an officer in
the nay), and had lost ose of his thumbs and a finger i■
boarding an eseiny'• ship. Ile had been married only three
months, and on Thursday afternoon he was found dead in
his bed•ruuu. Verdict—Died by the Vieffalioa of God.

MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.-08; Thursday morning
HALL. the wile of WILLIAM HALL,
of Greengate, Salford, was passing the pimp in the
yard, the timbers of the covering of the well gave
way, and she was precipitated to the bottom, which
is twenty-two feet deep, with four feet of water.—
Mr. HAt.t. and his son were in the yard at the same
instant, the latter of whom witnessed the heart-
rending scene of his mother's sudden exit ; Mr.
HALL Mood with his back towards her at the lime.
Vhat made it more alarming, Mrs. HALL is far
advanced in pregnancy; but we are happy to state
that she escaped without any limb+ being broken or
serious injury, to the great satisfaction of Mr. !lila.
and ►ix small children.

A dreadful accident occurred on Saturday
venni& at Mr. HUMPHRIES'S. Foregate-street,
IVorcerier. MARY DAVIS. the cook-man!, was
melting some turpentine and bees-wax. f..r clean-
ing the furniture; whole shsking it over the lire in
it saucepan it communicated with the filmes, and

the girl haring long sleeves they instantly caught
fire. She ran immediately up stairs, which. of
course. increased the flames ; her screams brought
Mr. IlustruittEs in her assistance. IVith the
greatest d►ffculty Mr. IL prevented her horn
bursting into the room in which were three of his
youngest children. At length. by his exertions.
lie succeeded in extinguish.ng the Haines, but tint
till they had consumed nearly the vslinle or the
clothes ►he had on. One of the beds hail already
caught lire. Medical assistance WAS immediately
procured. She wait afterwards taken to the Infir-
mary, most severely injured, where she now lies
with little hope of recovery. The unhappy suf-
ferer was warned by a fellow servant of the danger
she ran in melting the mixture.

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LAW INTELLICENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, SATURDAY, Dsoninut 11.

Before thO LORD CHIRP JUsTICE eels Specks/ Ai?.

THE [!WO V. I.IrDIARD,.

This was a rriminal nulicum•ut, at thss pewees'.
firm of several iishalsitasit• of the twri►h of Stepfiey,
far a nuisance, sigmas' the Dtfent:ent, who s. au
eminent practical cliesni.t, who has erected a 1.41)0.
rain.! ou an .wensive .1.41 r. in Or•rsn-street. Ten-
folgar.stptare. 9!rptiry. for she manufacture of nitric
acid. oxv-mnriasse acid, gl.soller salt, and other
chemical pr. paratlalat, » ht. re Ity ibr 11.1541.1f:tut% sa
his vicinity were greatly a iiheyral in Own- habit*.
Sion% the vegetatson of their gardens, and the'r
personal health.

The penceetlinge for the prosecution were briefly
opened by Mr. Anosenes. and tire case stated by
Mr. DENMAN. SS
Mr. Hubbard, a man of chemical science, C*l/
tain Duncan, formerly of the commercial manor,
and his wife, and alcove twenty other wilne.ses,
were examined for the prosectiii.in, marl the generel
purport of their testimony was, that the Defendant
had erected his works in the piece libelee stated.
some time subsequent to their established reeiderice
in that quarter, sod that for six years past lii• bassi-
tress had been continually in progressive increase;
that the gaseous fumes arising from his lalisinttory,
produced by the 'materials employed in his ope-
rations, had caused the most noxious effects upon
their health, their comforts, and the vegetation in
their gardens; that many of them were so auttoyed in
their houses as to be outride to hear their back win-
dows open in the direction of the Defesielatri's
works; and that in pessiog and re-paioing the
works, and even in their own gardens, they were
511 incommoded by the youth-used vapours and
gasroiss effluvia arising from the works, as to tw
afrecttd by violent coughs, contractions of tint
chest, nausea., and other ill effect., frequently
almost to suffocation ; that mail of them had corn.
planted of these annoyances to the Defendant, hut
without effect; that the condensed vapours arising
from the noxious ingrediesits used by the Defeo-
dant descended like fogs into their gardeos, and
not only destroyed there the vegetation of fruits
trees, and other pistils, but corroded into holes the
linen hung out by their servants to dry slier wash.
lug, whereby they sustained great injury.
Mr. SCARLETT (alio with Mr. GVItIVEY and Mr.
MARRYATT, conducted the derelict) aildreaved the
Jury on behalf of his client, and contended, that
this was a protecution fulintle4l in preju dice. and ma-
lice; and that a verdict against the. Defendant, who
was an able and most ingeilious chemist, would tn.
ruinous to him, as he load erected his works st en
expense of ten thousand 'sounds, the removal of
which works to any other place would put him to IS
most ruinous charge. But in opposition to the evi-
dence adduced by his Lesresed Friend for the pros
secution, he would prove by tint disinterested tecis
mossy of men of the first science, that so far front
being productive of autsoyance or ill health to the
inhabitants, the vapours arising from those wool's
were ins high degree salutary to health, and were
actually applied by men of medical skill its the
chambers of the sick, and in crowded ships sod
prisons to check infection. and prevent diverse ; and
he would also adduce numerous witnesses of respects
able rank and character, resident in the same vici-
nity, to prove that they never experienced the
slightest inconvenience from the causes of which the
witnesses for the prosecution complained ; and that
it was, in fact, utterly impossible that the effects
complained or could arise from she causes stated.
The Learned Counsel adduced above thirty wits
nessts in support of this assertion. The first of
whom was the celebrated chemist, .Ir. Braude,
Chemical Lecturer at the Royal Institution. and
successor iu that department to Sir H outlw). I hey.
He stated, that he had visited the laboratory of the
Defendant, and that his apparatus was the best con-
structed and most perfect he had ever known; that
the materials used its combination. viz. sulphtsti4
sad, sea salt, nitre, lime, and manganese, were so
massaged there as to produce no effects injurious to
health ; more especially as it was the interest of the
Defendant to prevent the evaporation of gas,
being the object of his profit ; and that the retort-,
receivers, and other vessels used in the works were
so adapted as almost to prevent the possibility of any
gas escaping. And that even if suds gases did era.
'orate in such small quantity as were there likely to
escape, they could not, whets diluted with the memo..
itheric air, be liable to produce the effect attributed
to them ; hut, on the contrary, that their eff.ct
would be to purify the air. On his crane-exesni•
nation, however, he admitted, that the fermentatunt
of those ingredients would produce gas injuniais
to health, if co d d 11—el1PC— in ally great quantity 111
confined situation, and that those gases were of
greater specific gravity than the atmospheric air.
Mr. Clinkr. also an eminent practical chemist.
said, he had frequently visited the Defendant's
works, and bore testimony of their superiority to
nll he had ever seen, though he had sten Autost all
the chemical works in the kingdom ; that he had
himself made trial in the laboratory of the effect
on his own constitution of the gases that escepe4i
then, sad felt not the least ill effects: all the other
witnesses, amongst whom were the Rector soil Co.
rote of the parish, and the Chuichwardrei• de-
posed, that they had daily isossed, and resided is
the immediate vicinity of those works and never
experienced the slightest inconvenience. _

Mr. DENMAN Mode a rn9r4 able and • Inaineht
reply in his address to the Jury ; after whirl., itt.•
Chief Justice summed top the whu.le. of the e%. frocr
with appropriate observaiinha ; and the Jul)', ..t t.
a diort deliberation, found 11.eir verdict aganwt the
Defendant--Guilty.
The tattle occupied the Court from nine iu t. c
moritiog till hall-least live.

FRIDAY. DECEMBER W.
NACIRONI V. MURRAY.

uso t►is eaue was :ire'. in our Piper ipi tir.
rimy; st was an adios Nought •Ernst Mr. Morro!. She pub-
lisher of the Cirorlesly I:triew, fur au allege., lile I esiiitaiiseJ
in thst wok, Nu. XXXVII. article 5, its the Galkissi..2

There ie only ono circumstance in the prlbrer,lirgs yf
the Congress on which we shall say A ptiti:aeil wont. rye
Ike story of the weforiseuste sad vareilatiug Murat u.•
are referred to Count Marlton'. As Ibis is sot t►e rely
ocessios or winch the authority of that Groslrina', has
hero quoted. ter She purpose of vilifyies; Eaghied, N Misr
he wel; to we to what tleg& ee of coedit be is entatkil.
Macitoni acknowledges losoself to have bent elopeort 'tit

'amb,••4114‘..4., •

the gospeler of Ansteia I. or., Murat • retreat, if
he agreed to reside is the Austrian States a• an individual.
To Otis effect he wait furaishesl with a passport fur himself,
ai eerily of the klltesi Powers, anal a passport for Murat,
hustler the anon! at C.ll Ili Lipstein. Math the conduct of
this Eistlitittwase--(lir. M ariroui, tuu, it mutes, is an Enittish•
stusis).he arrives is Corsica ; G-urrsl Murat declines his
proposal, soil -confides to hiss his desperate pitied on
Naples; sad this ►osest envoy, therrupoo, fnrisistres hint
with that very passport hn be used against the Allies, which
the Albeit had confided to hint its case Munn should •:cede
to their terms. Fur Murat we- cannot feel respect, bat we
feel very considerable ply. Of Me. Maciros.i we are temps.
ed to predict, thst he has little reason to apprehend the lets.
iiouralile triode of death which was inflicted urn his muter.
/la vocation stenos to be to another kilod of exit."

Mr. arm austral, 'bat in the year 1803, the Plaintiff
writ to Italy, where he was &tensed; that he entered Olin
'be service of MneAt, who at that lime was not no a state of
hostility to ibis kingdom ; that as soon as he became so,
he quitted Ms ',dice. When the Allied Sovereigns had de-
sennised to offer to Mural an asylum in Austria, they de.
puled the Plaintiff to carry such proposal to bine ; and fur-
oohed him with a paomort to eatable Mural to leave Corsi-
ea, and to proceed to Awash'. The Plaintiff prioreeded to
Ajaecio, where he saw Murat, told him the snloject of his
mission, and endenvoui oil to dissuade lion from further par.
Going his isomeric.' shook 'spool Naples. This Murat ;nisi-
hardy referral: the PlAtuntr, however. gave him lbw pass-
port. These (acts appeared from a publicatiou of the Plain-
t' '7, entitled " A Sketch of the Military and Political
Power of Bonaparte so the year 1817, with interesting farts
relating to the death of Joachim Murat." The libel in
vondieu was a ictrt.cistn 4.4 that work; but the Learned
counsel cowered. d, that, aniseed of being • fair vitt.
c;ani, it was • ntalicions libel, imputing io the Plaintiff
;motives which it was impussible lie could have estertniused.
.!t was quite absurd to suppose, that the Plaiatiff had fur.-
..tied Murat with this passpuot, i• order to enable lain. to
reamed in his loostile attack on Naples, or to nicepe in the
entail of that attack not succeeding. The passport "milk'
siot hare mudded bins to elude the vigilance of the British
enslaves; the passport was for himself and two Of three fol.
I..wers. How, then, euelol lie hope to pass wish it, accompa-
nied by some hundreds! His escape over-lanai was equally
impradiesble: bin Sight wonld have been immediately tele-
graphed; mud his person being singular mud well known, he
could out have passed by help of the passport given to him
in the u,tme srf Count Lipson. It must have gone through
the bands of hundreds of persons, whose duty and in.
I. rest it won to have detected and stopped him. The
delivery of the passport, therefore, could do no harm;
tin, it might do good. It was probable that, altholigh
floral was still brat on his rash undertakiug, he might yet
',pent; bat iia that cam a was nut to be supposed that he
would retina So Corsica without the passpuel; then all
means of repentance would base been lust to ham ; and the
Plaintiff, by was hbulding the passport, would hare driven him
ins by despair to the accomplishment of his rash purpose,
by codling off all hopes of retreat. This was the interpreta-
tion a lah auy reasonable person, eniidleenced by motives
of malice, would have put on the runduct of the Plaintiff--
conduct r.f which Sir 4'. Stuart, win, was • more competent
joilge of at than she Quarterly Reviewers, had highly approved.
:t he write., of this article bed attacked the character of the
PI iintiff, thinking that be was helpless and friendtess, and
bail ibo means of seeking redress: fur when they found that
he had determined to call foe ettiefisetion they, in a sub.,-
4iiient number of the Neville, made a sort of apology. It
might be asked, how imputations against the Plaintiff,
built 1.4 such weak reasoning, could bort his charne-
-1,. ? With the 'husking part of the world they could
soil ; but the greater part of mankind were apt to take
things on the representation of others, without ex-
*minimg into the reasous of them. These could he no doubt
that the words used in the libel, " Ufi vocation seems to be
to and her kind of exit," meant that the Plaintiff deserved
to he haoge.l. What motive, it might be asked, could have
induced them to publish so malicious • charge? it was party
spirit. The Deride its question had always Mealented high
Tory principles. This be (the Limited Corned) did nut and
fault with; they had a right so to do ; but he blamed them
fur the excess to which that spirit led them. Party spirit
had. m all ages, and in all countries, done great anis.
chief, by i ting the minds of men : in this country,
and at this near, it was singularly pernicious. A review-
er should be perticularly impartial : many OM totik sip
the opinions which he promulgated with implicit tooi-
d• sate mad when once a prejudice was excited against
any one, it was seAreely possible to efface it, even though the
in-presentation which created it was shown to Ist false. With
respect to damages, the Jury should consider, first, the situ-
onion of the Defendant : it was not Mr. Murray who was
the real person against whom this Retina was brought, but
it was a powerful and overbearing faction. Secueolly, they
soiould consider the character of (lie Plaintiff: he was 10101111
t s be a man of hieh character, who was accused of beim;
lodate to be hanged. The high estimation in which this Re-
s 'rev was held made the tilael the more injurious. The
Learned CuilliSel rOuClUiti.l by expressing his hope, that the
J ary would protect a man (non being vilified and foisted by
• powerful teensy, lamellae lie had nu Intuit amongst the
greet, and because his name hail a foreign accent.
The publiration of the work of the Plaintiff, and of the
leerier it: question, baring hero proved,
SOLICITOR-Gtr TRAL addressed the Jury on behalf of
tive Dafredant. Hr said he should confine himself strictly
to the point in question, which was, whether the priblica-
l'im of the Decedent were a mere gratuitous libel en
d.e Plaintiff, or a fair criticism on his work, and rum.
riot on his actions, as they appeared therein detail's,.
The Debudaut, he dated, was a respectable bookseller;
hr bad here fur ten years the publisher of The Qom:reedy
geriete, a work of considerable merit, and of public
mail, embracing subjects of every kind; nod during the
*hole of that period, DO proceediugs, except the praised,
had ever been commenced against him, for any thing con-
tained in that work. Whew Bonaparte landed in France
fsipm Elba, the King of Naples made an attack on the
aidh of Italy, to create a diversion in his favour.—
The Plaintiff, a B • ' It subject, was at that time a con.
fidentlel cat of the King of Naples. Au armistice
waes agreed 'sputa ; but the Plaintiff did not, even after the
armistice was terminated, quit Murat's service: be did nut,
indeed, leave it, estil he found that his forces had been ut-
terly destruyed. Lasgusge was not to be found too siren
to reprobate such conduct. After the battle of Waterloo,
• the Plaintiff was in the employ of the persons then at the
head of affairs iv France, and was deputed by them to treat
with the Doke of Wellington. Hr was afterwards deputed
to treat with Murat, on behalf of the Allied Sovereigns,
and war dispatched for that purpose is Corsica with a
passport, which he was endered to deliver only on cer-
tain maditions, but which, isa fact, be did, deliver,
though those conditions were not complied with. But
before he treated with Mural, Ise went to Captain Bas-
tard, the English commander, then stationed off Corsica, to
amerced Murat if he attempted his expedition, and per-
suaded him to remain at Bailie, until the result of his
treaty with Meant should be Inmate, and which result he pro-
mised to communicate to him. Tire Plaintiff arrived at
Ajaccio ; he found Murat wills a force ready for his in.
tended attack, anal offered the terms proposed by the
Athol Soveieigas, which were peresnpturily rejected. It theu
bee.inse sloe duty of the Plaintiff to 'auras Captain Bastard
of this. He did sot do so; be cress bad recourse to a strata-
' gins to prevent its aeachisig the Captain's ear. The Plaintiff
on. accompanied by Iwo biuthcrs„ named Cavabelli ; bad
they known the finial decision of Murat they wuuld have in-
le
mad Captasu Bastard of it. It was necessary to deceive
limns, sod for this purpose Murat, is conspiracy with the
Plansisff, wrote a letter, in whscb be pretroded to accede to
the teems proposed. Could any words, could any comment
whatever vs such conduct, be more injurious to the character
of that Plaintiff than the plain statement of these facts!
Afore shorter the next day the Plaintiff wits attempted to
dissuade Murat from his descent us Naples, but without suc-
cess. When be had been in Ajaceio Se hears Ise delivered the
passim t to WO, in the hope, es he said, 11411 Murat wield,
r.en awing the voyage, repent. The Plaintiff knew the
d. ei.ortu of his former master ; be had peremptorily and
utonnately refused to comply with lba terms proposed;
he had stated, that be sever would desert his friends, who
were eanhaiked with him in his cause; and was it puesible
ID suppose that the Plaidiff could really have bored that
lee *weld ultimately cleans his raw& It mum occur

in every Minimal mired, (11Q the naly object tie eo•ld lave
bad iu deliveriog the passport, was ha assist Morat is
Lid escape„ if be failed to his attack opus Naples. On
the following morning, Moral sailed us his expeolieiou ;
yet nut eve,. their did ibe Plaintiff make Cowrie Bastard
serpesinied with the fart; it was aol omit the oferromin
of the neat day, when the Plaintiff hewn that the
isl►lli-
grace c-141.1 be of no possible me, that be informed Captain
Bastard of the onilneg a the expedition. The iaf. relict ■ris-
i:sg from these erausactirms was too obvious out In Peruke
every one. M vest eiolcavoured to male use of the ;moped
fur the porpoise for which it was irleess, but it did not sue-
reed ; he was detained sad narrated. Tbe.Learireil Gunned
said, there was use other ciretionalswee t• which he moist
allude, and that was, that she Mina"' reerived from
Moral 10,000 francs. The Plaintiff ►ad indeed ■•sempted to
give another colour to this tratranction; and had said, that
this war paid him fur money which ►e had 'wailed foe the
Hamm of Naples; list that was a most incredible story—a
Our)! first invented when the draft for the maguey was found
upon hint. The opinion of the Reviewers use She Plllll4lltri
conduct was the only one which any thinking man could
form, and the terms in which they had shown their abburp
rencr or finch conduce oere not ha) strong.
The Lunn CHM, JUIFTICIII was proceeding to address the
Jury, whim the forensoir shoed, that they were agreed in their
verdict. But his Lordship said, he itnieght it Torrid be ad-
visphle fur him to address them ►efore they Warmed their
verdict. He then recaps sedated the eireonnsMmerts, sod told
the Jury it was for them to say, whether this was • mali-
cious imputation of improper motives to the Plaintiff, or a
fair seal impartial criticism of leis work.
The Jury immediately returned a verdict for the De-
fendant.

SHERIFFS' COURT.

ASSALT LT.
•RTNUR V. RAMSAY.

Mr. FREDERICK POLLOCK addressed the Jury
in this case. It was an action of assaelt, ■nd the
dechars!' stated. that on the day ■nd at the time
ment d the Defendant had committed a violent
assault on the PI 'ff. The damages were laid at
2001. The Defendant had suffered judgment to
go by default, and all the Jury had to do was to
consider what compensation the Plaintiff was enti-
tled to for an assault committed under the circum-
stances which he would ►tale. It was a very com-
mon remark, t hat in cases of this sort the►e was a
very great difference, and that while some demand-
ed a very large measure of damages. in others the
ends of justice might be sati,fied by the taloa
ling verdict. The present case, he would usifeigii.
edly subiuii, demanded the serious attention and
grave consideration of the Jury. and would no
doubt elicit from them, when they became tar.

quainted with the manlier sod circumstances under
which the violence had been inflicted, the At ex-
emplary drainages. The parties to the ammo lived
in a respectable situation of life. The
was an artist of rising prospects, and the Defett-
dant was a merchaisi of eminence. They both lived
in the neighbotiohood of Burton-crescent; the De-
fendant occupying a bouse in Maltleilon-plaice.
The Plaintiff had been employed to paint the pot.
trait of the Defendant's wife, :mil in the character
of an artist only was he known to the family. Whe-
ther it was that the Defendant had become Yaeger,
at such an individual being made acquainted with
Isis &atrial:: concerns, or not, was a question which
he was Hot prepared to answer ; but most ceriamly
there was nothing in such ■ circumstance which
could have justified the cruel and brutal outrage
which the Defendant bad committed upon his per•
SOU. He would state the facts, however, sod the
Jury would draw their own inference. On the 2d
of August last, Mr. Arthur received at message trout
Mrs. Ramsay, desiring lie would iisinsediately call
upon her. lie obeyed thesuaituoliawithout &lay.
supposing he was wanted to proceed wills a secirod
portrait, which be had continency!. On his bring
introduced to Mrs. Psainsay, however, he was surpris-
ed at fiuding her anis in a sling, ■►ail was still further
surprised on being informed by her that this injury '
had proceeded from the violence of her husband.
The lady then communicated to him that this was
nut the first occasion she bad to complain of
ill treatment. and begged that be would do her the
favour to call upon a Mr. Bestow, a mutual friend
of the Gutsily, who had interfered on similar
occasions before, sod request bin edsice and assist-
once. The Plaintiff complied with this request,
aud called upon Mr. Basiow, and to this nattier-
vice alone could he attributed the *retie which he
was shout to describe. Oil the ensuisig day, while
Mr. Arthur was sitting in his own drawing-room. be
was alarmed by the sudden entrance of three per.
suns. one of whom was the Defendant, the others
accompanying ham, tat doubt, either us bullies, or
to sisals& him tu the cowardly attack which he forth-
with cotnuiesiced upon Mr. Arthur with a horse-
whip, which he brought with him for the pus loose.
Having at length satiated his vengeance he retired,
leaving the victim of his ferocity almost in a sense-
less state. The consequence of thia cruel attack
war, that Mr. Arthur was covered with blood ■od
bruises; that he was nearly deprived of the sight
of one eye ; said that fur three weeks lie was
rest-
drred incapable attending to his professional
pursuits. Alter smile animadversions on the stature
and character of this assault, at wice unprovoked
and inexcusable, the Learned Counsel concluded
by culling upon the Jury to mark their sense of the
conduct of the Defrodant by dams," which would
show him, that however tyrannical lie might he dis-
posed to act in his own house, he was not iu be per-
mitted to transfer the exercise of his ill temper by
domiciliary visits, of such a insture as he had de.
scribed to other persons.
Miss Amelia Lloyd was then called. She stated
that she lived at No. st, Burton-street. The '
Plaintiff, Mr. Arthur, bad lodged with her fur two
years. He was an artist. She recollected that on
Monday, the til of August, Mr.. Ramsay sent for
Mr. Arthur ; he waited upon her. On the ensu-
ing day three gentlemen came to her house said
inquired for Mr. Arthur ; site shoved them into
his room, and heard Mr. Bestow introduce Mr.
Ramsay to him : she then went (lowa stair., but
shortly afterwards hearing ass unusual noise she
came up, and just saw the hand of one of the gest-
tlemen as they were shutting the street door after
them; she went up to Mr. Arilines !riots', and
found him strutting by the duos pale and bleeding.
His eye was dreadfully cut, mid he was so of scted
that lie could not answer. She sent tor Mr.
Thompson, ■ medical go titlensaii, who attended
him; he was confined to Isis bed for two 41.90, and
was unable to attend to his profession tor three
weeks.

Mr. Thompson. a antireon end oculi+t, wow
in to the Plaintiff; he Wend that • wound bud
been inflicted directly liCluri lus eye. The cornea

was affected, and the aps;rins humour was eery
turbid. He attended hiss, Four times, but he was
unable to use his rye for three weekeoe a .until.
The consequences of Ibis injury epees so tender au
organ might yet be s disease known by the smut of
a cataract, or another known by the name of gusts
serene. The Plaintiff had received another contus-
ed injury on the chin, three inches and a half long,
and also a bruise of is more trifling nature oil the
back of the hand. Them were other bruises which
witness did hot see.
lit cross elatnisiation by Mr. ADAM, for the De-
fendant, witness said, 'hat he accompanied Mr.
Arthur afterwards to Cow-street. The Magistrate
did not say if he had been to Mr. Ramsay'', situa-
tion he would kick him down stain. The Defend-
ant was held to bail on that occasion. When before
the Magistrate, Mr. Arthur stated, that he was
sent for liy Mrs. Ramsay on the Monday. lie had
an engagement to paint for her a second portrait,
sod concluded wished to give him a sitting.
lie went prepared with that impression. When he
arrived he was shewn in in Mrs. Ramsey. He
found her with her arm in a sling. She complained
that thi-re were differences between herself and her
husband, and said that she would nut live another
hour uuder the roof with him. She desired him to
to go so Mr. Saslow, who was her solicitor, which
he did. Mr. Bestow had interfered on former occa-
sions of the same sort.

'this was the case for the Plaintiff.
Mr. ADAM now addressed the Jury on the part
of the Defendant. fits Learned Friend had be-
gun his statement of this raise, by observing. that
there was a vast distinction between actions of this
class, and that some of them were of great import-
ance. while others were of a contrary character. lii
this he fully agreed ; but he confessed, that in all
his experience lie had hardly ever heard more harsh
expressions applied to a Deleisdatit than those
which his Learned Friend had been instructed
to apply to the Defendant in this case. The most
uppiobrious epithets had beets unsparingly used
—such as " cowardly. brutal," and " crock"
and yet, when the Jury attended to the facts,
he bad no doubt that they would be of opinion
justly that their expressions had been most ton-
applied. The Learned Counsel then proceeded
to state, that the persons woo accompanied the De-
fetiolmt to the Plaintiff's lodgings were Mr. Bas-
tow, and a youth, the Defendant's son; and that
so far from their going either to act the part of
bullies, or to ussiat in the violence which had been
olesNibed, they merey went to be present at au
e%planaii ••••• which they naturally supposed the
Melilla would have been enabled to give of his
interference iii the domestic concerns of a fa-
wily to which he was to perfect stranger, the
Defendant never having PM' him until introduced
by Mr. flasiow. And here he could not help put-
ting it to the Jury themselves, whether they could
have endured such an interference in their own fa-
outlier without considerable ioritation? He did nut
mean to deny that lois client had committed the
assault imputed to hint, and that in doing so be
had acted illegally ; but then the Jury, in
awarding olaniuges, would take into their view
the provocation which he had received. They
would recollect that it was no very pleasing circuit's
stance for a husband to find a perfect stranger en-
deavouring to Isidro the breach between himself
and his wife, and preventing a reconciliatiou,
which, but for his intrusion, would have been ef-
fected, as it had been before, through the medium
of their mutual friend, Mr. Bartow. His client,
as well as litinself, lamented the injury which had
been dune to the Plaintiff's eye. This had never
been contemplated, and only arose from the vio-
'voice of the Defendant when roused by the failure
of that satisfactory explanation which he went to
obtain, and which he had a right to expect. Upon
the whole, however, he conceived, when the conduct
of the Plaintiff was considered, and allowances made
for the effect which his conduct was likely to pro-
duce on the mind of an irritable mail, that a very
small measure of damages would meet the justice
of the case. There was no evidence frotu whence
to infer that the Defeudaut wi.s, as had been insinu-
ated, a domestic tyrant. It was true that Mrs.
Ramsay might have exhibited some marks of vio-
lence, but then this, as was really the ease, might
fairly be presumed to be the effect of accident. If
he could call Mr. Bast ow, which he did not feel
that lie should be justified in doing, that Gentle-
man could give a full detail of all the circusustunces
of the Plaintiff's conduct, and at once prove how
little lie was entitled to the favourable considera-
tion of the Jury.
Mr. POLLOCK said, that there could be no ob-
jection to Mr. liestow`o testimony as far a. respect.
ed his interviews with the

Mr. ADAM said, if this were the case, he would
be most happy to examine him.
Mr. Hindman-oh (the Under Sheriff) saw no ob..
jrctlou to the evidence of Mr. Barstow.

Mr. Bestow was theti callid and examined. Ile
deposed, that he lad berm lung the mutual friend
of the Defendant wad.hia wife. Ile had been ap-
plied to on several occasions to arrange differences
between thaw. fie recollected the Plaintiff corning
to him oo the occasion in question. Ile had,newer
seen him before. The Plaintiff represented
self to be a relation of Mrs. Ramsay, and called Upell,
wiliness to exhibit articles of the peace against the
Defendaut, and to sue in Doctors' Cumulous for
a divorce. Witness mentioned the good effect which
his interference had produced on former OCCBIIIO/1, ;
but the Plaintiff said it would now he of sio avail
whatever. Witness expressed his regret at bring
obliged to take any law proceeding, upon which
the Plaintiff said, if lie had any objection another
person should be applied to. Wituess then agreed
to accompany him to Mrs. Ramsay ; and on their
way witness pointed out the policy of a re-
lation tallier entleavournig to conciliate than
to widen the breach between man mid wile. The
Plaintiff then raid that su truth he was not the re-
lation of Mrs. Roomy, mid only acted as her friend..
Witness asked him if hr knew Mr. Ramsay, and he
replied that he had tatter setts him. Tiir
Plato-
tiff afterwards requested %muesli to assist bias
in taking a house for Mrs. Risousay, and to
remove sway seine of the geode while Mr.
Ramsay was at his coauting.huose ii the city.
This wittiest, positively refused to do without
the Defendant's consent. The Phatatiff berm.
ed particulvrly to impress upon Mrs. Ramsay the
necessity of quitting tier hitstiairtla and, taking

his orates, said there was noi a moment to lote.
He then went away to take the hose. Either the
Plaintiff or Mrs. Ramsey told worsen not to tell
Mr. Hammy that the Plaintiff had said he was the
relation of the latter. Witness afterwards commu-
nicated to Mr. Ramsay what had passed, and he ac-
companied him to the Defendant's lodging to re-
quire en explanation. He admitted that Mr.
Ramsay took • horsewhip with him, which was to
he used if the explanation was not satisfactory. He
was convinced that Mr. Ramsay did not intend to
injure the Plaintiff's rye, sod attributed ihia Hwy
to accident, owing to the Plaintiff's rooting about
the fOOlll while the whip was applied to I .
Mr. Pot.Loct, in reply, said, that lie would not
retract our single particle or the remarks which lie
had made upon the Defendant. He considered his
conduct as cruel as it was brutal, and as cowardly
as it was cruel. The Plaintiff had done no
more than any other Englishmen, or any one of the
jury would bare done in his place: • lady had
sought his protection from the outrages of her hus-
band, and, as became him, 1w endeavoured to meet
I her wishes, by applying to • gentleman who had
hefore been her adviser under similar circumstances.

He was hot a volunteer upon the occasion ; he had
been sent for, and if lie had refused to grant the pro.
tection which bust bre(' required, he would have been
deservedly opts' to condemnation. He had done no
more than his duty, and for this he had bees' as-
sailed with a ferocity which nothing ou earth could
jitatify. The Jury, lie was satisfied, would agree
with him in thinking, that the conduct of the De-
fendant had been most outrageous, and would mark
their opinion of his offence by exemplary damages.
The Uuder•Sheritf summed up the case, and
observed, that the evidence of Mr. &later" had cer-
tainly tended to prove that the Plaintiff had con-
ducted himself in a way to excite irritation in the
breast of a husband jealous of his own honour.
The Jury, after a short consideration. found •
verdict for the Plaiutiff—damages, Oar Hundrai
Guineas.