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MR. RICHARD GAYTHORNE UUTT.

111•11 P gtlli 1111411, who attended dining the last
day of I,4st Term, for the purpose of moving. the
Court, but went away from the mess of other busi-
l:ese, 110 w ptr.rtttrd I • self, and made a complaint
of tegebtlemen of the bar, fur au alleged neglect
of prufessnmal duty, iu some apitheutiou which be
(Ur. Butt) Ltd made against one of hie stock-
bt era.

The COURT abkr(l, *blether Mr. Butt had any
affitlasit, to support of his application ? meld being
sasistred in the negative. hr was till that hr could
only hr heard ulnas uffithAvit ; and accordingly hr
withdrew, taking outhiug by Ins inutitms.

!hi the night of Sunday, the Intli instant, two sheep and
one lamb, 'thick were gracing in a sni.sll chow nu the susith
6,11 - Of linnorhy turnpike gate, hi 11w parish of llsrnswby,
to the county of Lincoln, and four ears in Isinh, which
r go aZiag to a great grass close near the shove. mentioned
y!ur., all the property of the Kee. Jonathan Kendal,
wen ni .114.10,1.1 v killril by some person or persons unknown.
4 lee IMF dill& is ~IT. red ill S•lllfday utehes Gazelle to any
t.. roosplier K,.tnP Illf.1111:1110111 that may lead in the tonal..
lion of the r I peiratuv, and alsoi three several rewards of
laruty gisinsso., ten sud teas gnineAs Ott the above
conviction.

oii 3bmilay night last, the house of Mr. JoHA
I Etwsus, of Notion heath, near Lincoln, was at-
tempted to be robbed, but the effort was happily
prevented under the following circumstances :—Oti
the serctut v,irl's going up stairs to turn the beds
down, she was alarmed at hearing s noise iii our of
the moats, which was immediately searched, sad
a mail was found secreted under the bed. Mr.
paw justly supposing that he hail ace pbcts,
got 'tome of his labourers to sit up to watch. and
About midnight the house was beset by a 'mite
gang, who retreated on discovering that the family
were alarmed, and from their number it was deemed
prudent nut to pursue thew. The WHIP taken ur
the Itrtl-I.uut Iris been committed fur trial at the
Astizo.

SHERIFF'S COURT,
FORD-ROW, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22.

Before /AMPS BIRCHALL, Esq. and a Special Jury,
CRISI. CON.
TINIPLP, VPQ. r. POULETT, rsq.

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Mr. 1/Nommen opened the die lerssion iii this ease. It
was an action brought by the PhiiiitilT against the Lhfcsidant,
tip recover compensation for the seduction of his wife, and
time denims a weir laid at twe..ty II wind pounds.
Mr. Fwrjeant Cortgy, in swing the circumstances under
which the action was brought, add d the Jury in a very
eloquent speech. Such cases, he observed, were unfor-
tunately of so frequent occurrence, that it was unneces-
sary be should occupy their lime by any obeervai ions upon
their nature or importance. The injury for which the
Plaintiff sought compensation, was our of the most serious
whirh could be inflicted on one human being by another,
awl involved the total wreck of all his happiness in this life
lie considered Juries nu such occasions as the guardians of
public morals, and lie trusted that by their verdict iu this
ease. ',talked as it «as by peculiar aggravation, the Jury
would twiner the sentiments which they enteitained of PP
gross a violation 'drill those principles of honour and virtue,
without the existence of which society mot sink inns
a .late nfOrlebasement slid depravity. The Defendant had,

iu the first instiller, pleaded the gene' el issue, as if he
nen- inclined In joistify his conduct. Subsequent con-
sidirrstiou, howesve►. hail induced him to slier his course,
and to suffer jndgment to en by default; thereLy con-
fessing his guilt. If, from this rhstige in the mode of
tworeeding, it was to he inferred that the Defendant meant
indirectly to n spress a latent feeloic of regret for the mis-
chief of which he had been the :willow, his conduct was to
Ise applauded ; bnl if he icily el ght that he should thereby
diminish the nonnent of iherlarneees whirls he would be exiled

upon to pay, lie was must cartgietisly mistaken, for those to
wl the facts wens Id this day tie prereided, whether lie look-
ed to the worthy Gentleman who sat in the sliair, or the e-
specta Isle Juts to w hem be bad the honour of addressing ',um-
bel, lie was persuaded they were as competent and as willhne
to protect the interests of their fellow.citugens as pessims
who might be found in places of greater dignity: The Maio.
tiff in this case was (Noun' Temple, who was an Officer in
the Buckingham Yeomanry, and also held a commission in
the Buckingham Militia. He was married to his present
wife its the year 1807. He was then 16 years of age, ■nd
she was 19. The match was nne of the purest and most
ardeut ■ffectiuu, and was sanctioned by the friends of boils
parties. Mrs. Temple was a Lady of great personal beauty,
and was mistress of those accompli►hments which are most
estimable to society. Sloe bad, however, other properties
which were of greater value in the eyes of a husband. She
was an affectionate wife, an exemplary mother, said a sen-
sible and rational companion. Soon after the marriage bad
been solemnised, the Plaintiff joined his regiment ; be
was ate ponied by his wife, who, from that period, with
the exception of some few intervals, down to the discovery
of her sinfiirt mode connexion with the Defendant, re-
mained his constant companion. Their lives were passed
in tune wuhsternsplyd scene of domestic happiness; the
Plaintiff invariably, unless upon any particular occasion,
preferring to done with his lady, rather than joining the mera
of his brother talus eta. They kept Ilse best society, and dur-
ing the stay of the regiment at Buckingham, were in the
habit of very frequently visiting the Marquis of Bucking-
Iron, at Stowe, near that town; and many other reaps etable
fatuities its the neighbourhood. The Defendant, who was
an officer of dragoons, was introduced to the Plaintiff by
some of his brother officers; lie was nephew to the late
Lord runlet., and at the time of the intiodoction, resided
at Addington House, the scat of his late father. At this
period the Plaintiff resided its pail of a large mansion-huuse
in lbe town of Buckingham, and on all occasion. received
the Defendant at his table upon the must friendly and con-
fidential futding. Ist the beginuitig of 1917, the Defendant
having become involved its some amha,rasaments which pre.
vented has supporting an establishment at Addingtou-house,
equal to that aids father, he was invitsd by the Plaintiff to
occupy a part of the house in which he lived himself. The
house, from its 'Use, was particularly calculated fur such as
weewinuiudrtion. It was provided with •a &aile staircase,
and, in fact, the only communication between the tole side of
the building and the wilier was by means of a door on the
first floor, vbieb it was agreed should be kept lucked,
From this moment the intercous se between th • family of the
Plaintiff• and the Defendant became more frequeut ; and
the Plaintiff took terry occasion to critter the sincerity of
his friendship towasds the Defendant. Thus matteis omit-
d until tliemonthofOct, 1817, vibe a the Plaintiff was su
minted into Suffolk to 'titian] the sick bail of Ins mother.
Ile obeyed the unwelcome call, and proceeded to Sittfolk,
leaving his aife in Buckingham, accompanical by her sister,
Allis Hum ywitaaJ. It was during this absence that the De.
Pendant rotund means, by court east and unceasing sits, to se•
duce the affections of Mrs. Temple. Michaer lie accom-
plished the ultimate object of his dishonourable pursuit or
MA at that time, it was impossille to say ; but that he had
sues ?tiled too well iii sapping the foundatiou of the virtue
of his Mind's wife, was made manifest en the motith of May
following'. It appeared that, finding the stoppage of the in.
ten's' c ..... snooleati.in betwecu the two sections of the house
a considerable bar to his views, under the pretence of tieing
obliged to hrcik open a door, and the expected viii of some
of Isis list. re,he .un•eeded in okiaiiiing the key of the closed
passage from Isis utiouspactiog friend. Thus secure of
the means of egress from sod ingress to Mrs. Temple at
such seasons as he might deem most convenient, be coati•
need his clandestine suits, auth was, it was belts Ted, but
too fiequently the inmate of that lady's bed.ahsiubec On
two several uccssiosus, at an early hour in the usionnig, be
was seen reaming f and going into Mrs. Temple's tioum,
immediately after her bu•baoJ bad quitted it, anti hail pro-
(-sutrd to his du ssine•rosein, which was on Ilse ground floor.
At length these facts were communicated to the Plaintiff,

and all los happiaess was for ever blighted. This was
the short atatetueut of the facto , hut the Jury, in op.
portioning the damages to whirls the Plaintiff was entitled,
would take into their consideration all the memo).
'latices by which those facts were attended. There was
here no ground for pleading the youth and inexperience of
the offender. Ile was • man of mature age—used 11l the
world, and could foresee all the cuisseqiwneta uf his della-
goency. A case mute enormous or snore aggravated it was
impossible I. present to the attention of a Jury. They
would recollect the situation of the parties. The wife of the
Plaintiff had for ten years lived wills her husband in ilia
deism bonds of affection. She was the mother of six child_
Fen, to wimp aloe was an attentive and duetting parent.
The Defenditat was a man upwards of thirty yews of age,
and it could not he mid that the Redact l of the wife of
his busuut friend was the effect of 11/11,111Ly or accident.
Ile must have been aware of all diet would follow his per.
fidy ; he most have known that the Plaiuiff would he de-
prived of the wife of his heart, •iill that his fluidic,' must
he deprived of a mother; oil this he emstemplated, soul
yet lee was not emitted until he sacrificed this unhappy
woman, by the cruel hypuesisy of affected lute, to his
unhallowed lust. There was our feature peculiar to this
case, which was also worthy of remark. Some time before
this business occurred, this unfortunate wont's' had been,
and was at this 11104411114, in • slate of pregnancy. Ina A*
days she might be the mother of another Saran'. The child
of which she was then peeguant would he hurts under such
circumstances, moil at such a time, as would entitle it to all
the claims of the legitimate child of a legitimate parent.
Ile called upon the Jury only to conceive how this would
operate on the mind of the Plaintiff, who, while he was em-
bracing this chisil as his owls, insist be its doubt whether it
was Out the off.pling of the adulterous conuextua of his
ear. Thus, iu fact, the • hole family was lounged initi
radicle misery. It was impuoible, he thought, to give da-
mages tau greal against the author uf such cala .s.
Taw witnesses to support the case were then called:

The Rev. Newry lawfl. it deposed to the following effert
He is the Rector of ll'ettoo, is Nostliumbeiland, and of
%Visrburtou, in Borkinehamshire. lie iv a widower, and
has two sons rod three danghtei a. Ile has known the
Plaiiitiff for some years—eves allure Ins feahlence in Buck•
ingleauwhire. Their families ausuriaied together. fie had
many upporiiiiiilies of Mow riving the einiduct of the
Plain-
tiff towards htr wife, and rite rasa. It was studiously wiry
affectionate and al lei& ve. They had visited him for w vcra I
days together, and uu these occulting their atTettiottate and