The National Register.
London, England, 1818-12-28 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGIS' f.

peeled Mr. imith. I never niged lli.Smith to take Mrs.
V•rnghan awns. I never tit:il him her si 'nation had become
so apparent !it tt all the world might perceive it.
1110 rase bi ing closed.
Ma • ,4.•rjeaart Vaughan :ulahes•ed the Jury for the defend-
ant: Ile coallllanced lay observing, that lie was on that or-
t 'sum n tales fa, meg; of a 1110%1 distressing nature. The cm.
!oriole them was one which, as hates er might be its cirrom-
•lance-, •tavtressed the feelings of the Comisel eneaoeol in it.
:lie Judge echo ilres,h.d, ito.l liar 3iiey %%Ito were to decide
op to it. Ile was aware that he laboured limier a disadvoi-
t age, as ma suet' occasions the feelings of Jories were tip in
Mina against any thing that aa• tarried for the defellliAllt.
lie dial not mean to insinuate that their feeling, would Ived
theta to any improper decision on the subject ; net
the contrary, he was convineed that their verdict,
whatever it might he,wroild be the result of coal, deliberate.
and imioul tie' consideration. He felt it his duty, howevet
unequal to the task, Iu leino‘e a. •h as possible the int.
pressom made by the elo pient but ex:lL:A(4'4lyd statement
with which his Lcara It ii•oibel* (Mr. Sri ...rani Copley) hall
(prate I this easy. He used the tel exaggerated with rt.-
Nut statement, as the July 151011 have pereei veil
that it had not het a supported by evidence brought forward.
lie should be sully In lea fall a singli. word which might be
einisitli red as 'aluminising any invasion on the happiness of is
married life, but he could not help •laserving that its the pre-
•cnt installer there had 1101 been such a case c-IftlitliAlell 45
WOOS/ warrant the Jury in giving heavy llama:fol.—They
were not called rn that 110 X la/ scourge Ilse da fraidant for the
heitimisneaa 11l his conduct, bat they were called upon all
honest Mini to Oise such fair and rational damages, and only
sorbs as firms all the sire ranees of the case the pl
was emitted to. There was in this case great want of thus
woofs which only are the grounds for heavy damages. Here
all the Jury had from which to definer defendatit'a delinquen.
cy was a few letters without dates, without address, and
met ely heating the defendant's signature. No account was
even riven of the preeise period when they Caine into the
plaintiff's possession, and. for aught the Gant knew, he might
have berm in possession of them long bt•firre his wife eloped ;
sisal he might appear ignorant of this connection, its order
to reap, for as long a perio I as possible. the benefit of his
profes.itnial exertions; for it appeared, that the plain..
tiff did not avow auy knowledge of his wife's guilt mild after
the Converts for the season were over. Tie Leal ne:l Ser
jean! entered at some length into the nature of he evidence,
mid in C. nionsly argued on the impropriety of the wilintifri
sleeping in a separate bed Irvin his wife for so long a period as
two years; which lie (the plaintiff) could nut have dome if be
loved her as be was Nail' to have dime. It lie (the plaititift)
had continued to love his wile—if they were happy and eon.
tented together—how could lie have left her for a period of
two 1111 l nth*. and that too when she was in her confinement
when sloe was its that situation in which his .0011ilinz consola-
tion was so necessary, and so justly expected by his wife :
um, mate id of attending upon ber—instead of softening some
of Ihr• mass bitter and painful inoments of her life—lie re
inaiird for a period of two months at a distance of
miles from her. Dial this look like a continnance of that
love and affection which was said to exist? did it spear
that the defa•atdant's conduct could have plunged a mitt ca-
pable of so acting into all the misery and distress in which lie
was eimpieutly deseribeil by Mr. Serjeant Caaplev to br ? It
appealed, from the evidence, that plaintiff had gone about
the roinery with lii• site and defetplAse ; that be had belt
them in Liverpool and other places ; the. lie had Bone a ay
and left them lodging in the same house together. Was plain-
tiff justified its thus leaving his wife inaproteeted and open to
the power of defendant ? The Learned Serjeant next ad-
verted to the disparity of age between flue defendant
llrs. Vaugbaii. Ile was in fact but a boy, and she was a
Lady of 35 years of age ; and, besides, neither of eight
rhildreti, six of wl are still living. Might it not then .oe
supposed that lie was seduced, anal not a seducer • Coder
all eurciainst;lllees, this was not a case which cane.' for heats%
and if the Jary we -e to give even a verdict of 34.10,„
against the defeodmit, it would ruin him fair ever, as he was
merely a Clerk in a Public Office, at a salary of 701. to 501
per MIIIIIIII. It was trite, that if a man could not pay in has
purse, he mast pay by his person ; but this was not a ease of
that aggrava.ed natiire which calicd for so severe a peotall
fie would leave his client's destiny in tin• hand.' of the Jiir%
wish a full conitiolence they would, by their verdict. 'hew Mat
ihey coincided in the observations lie had but imperfectly
made on the subject.
There was ism evidence called for the defendant.
•l'he ease on nulls sides being closed, and the Chief Justice
having summed up,
Mr. Serjeant Vaughan said, I beg your Lordship's pardon,
but coil .mtilted to mention the eirell n•ta icr of the plain: alt
49.1 his wife having separate beds for two years, though there
15114.41 rd to 114 ye been only all order from the allrgettil to
that effect, natal the Lady's health was re-established, and
appears, had heels within otee-fourth of that period.
The eltiotJustice—Creiltlemen, I beg your pardati, 1 fin -
gill to mentitia that circa il,iittleY; but bewaie hall, yeti este
itliati a precedent of this siat:ire ; you fiat oat know what cie-
cuoustanees 'night have made such a dumeatic arrangement
nerrasa►v.

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The Jury retired, and in 4 wt,irter nf an hour returned a
erthet tor pluititiff—D.unugei--Oste 'I housand Pounds.

U'EI)NESDAV.

Shortly *Arc the Cunt art, darkness came on, in rouse-
gnenre of the thick foa that prevailed, when candles ht•inu
•widenl-, called tut, only tal:ow could he prod need tin the
P,lll..gelle) Of the usumcnt, awl a lat ge font-up:he pound dip
being h noted lip.
Chiefitell:ee Ahbott said, " I slt.ent have I can't
ha% 4' 11.0 ilk have adjourn the Curt—the Shand
of the Coy of London ought to ',not ide nay!"
A oav rnudtc wan .booty Alt maids pioduccd, and the
sow 4e or public justice Wait not intetrisplcd.

HARR IsON V. BROWN.
was all action !nought by 411 .tflurnty at Liverpool. to
recot er demo, el. fur ,1411111.1 splikun hint by the defendant.
11114 defendant wail, jointl) CMICCI tied with a Bateman in
a fishing 44;onek, wlaich die delt: &int eettonanded. Some
dispute haviag al own het wren !hem COlicvl olio; the pi 4.11144
of lie 14110411, MI A. MU/411Rn applied to the I lainlid, as her
I. cal adviser, who %rot two haillti4 nil board to take pow,.
SIAM a.f,hr 0 reel. The de Pendant being violently irritated
at said, in the hearing of the Iwo 11th "
c1.14.1.11%,410 d d --d Uhl rogue, and .1,44,4 v. 41 to he hanged
ea.% ago; slim application had hero made to all the o.'net4.4.
on Liverpool to do what the 1414iittiti had lout, and Oiry load
.414 rt fiord ; intn, hut a it cid at, 41 01U/4111e plNlmitt 000,11141
note' take 441101 4 1/11•111C4.. lie war 4 d -4 cod 111101 and a
rale.sl; 444:1) a ne4let 44../1111dd been to the hone of cntrvi.
tit...." 71e word. watt pa..vrd lot one of the bailiffs, who
Wad taken thew down At the lime, and the jury gave a verdict
fur the plaintiff- D.iinages Is.