The National Register.
London, England, 1822-09-09 00:00:00

44 SU; F: INTELLIGENCR,

LANCASTER.
Yttrasnay. AI,G. 29.
Nvit Mkt') avotTilhlt Y. 11,151.F.Y,
• iri.e Atturce, Grueral (:lr. Sculled) came front the oth.r
. (*root to state this raise, which was an action to rreeser tits
value of a cart lo,rse, warranted to tte sound, hat alleged to
be unsound. Tl e itlai9liffs were liorse.dealers, and the de.
16:i.lart a farmer. Ihe horse in question load becli g,iveo to tits
pininitlfs iu earlonor,-e ho• a fills, value 251.
lir. 'l‘ illiams, for tho •eefrndant, slowly cnotendeil that it
was uttt etliWe that two loose 41. a!ers could take s
b•grse frt.a. it farmer that was rot perteetl, soiled, To he
rilisr or a I oarer was or was not a defect, neenr.ling as it might
he the result of disease to trick, % ertliet for the plaintid)•
3.Laaages '..il.

rend's% ArCt'sT :O.
RARaATT *No ANOTHER v. RVITON.
The Attorney-General applied to his Lordship in this erne,
1: stay judgment until the 4th day of nest term, upon the de-
fendant pirydrg the money into court within I fortnight. It Was
rot for the loins immediately dep-niliug, but for the comm.
Tie:ices. %loch would be quite ruinous, that the defendant
vroa elisions to hare judgment stayed. An alliilavit would
in the mean time be prepared, an d hie Lordship would then
decide w he:lier a rule In abase came why oh. re should not he
a new tri,:l abotrid be granted. If his Lordship did unt secede
to this application, jordgmeri would be sued out as ibis day,
Sinn tho termination of the asaison.
The Lord ct:i,•f Justice granted the ride,
ct.cco a. entravon.—skinxitaa.
Mr. Williams opened the pleadings.
Scarlett mated the ease to Cie jury. This action le
►rought by the plaintiff to recover he your verdict compensa-
tion in damages for an injury of A very serious nature. The
relaCarr between the plaintiff and the object of the defendsat's
seduction, upon which this action is founded, is that of mas-
ter and sect nut. Bat a d retaken, which in this ease is
that cf brother and aiater, a jnry is accustomed to consider as
• great aggravation of the injury. Yon will Grid tint Miss
Clegg very curly lived with the plaintiff, who sustained towards
her the relation of a parent. She lost her father yet; early,
and her toothier when she was six years of age. Her brother.
vie present plaintiff, woo the only one to protect her, as well
•. Iwo other si••ters, who lived with him. Miss Clegg lived
with her brother till the uohappy occasion which gr• e rise to
this action. Her brother, the plaintiff, married a cousin of the
dvlentlant. An uncle of the irteienthint's too monied au aunt of
ens plaintiff. These connexions led necessarily In frequent
and familiar intercourse between the parties, Vs lien ►be was
at the early age of IC., the defendant proposed paying his ad,
drew ato Miss Clegg. It seems that she felt a suspicion that
he bad been attached to a sister of hers who was warned.—
On that aceaunt she rejected bin ad presses. Mr. Crompton
then applied to his aunt by marriage, and her aunt by consan-
guinity, to ittlereede with her. She represented that lie was a
man of lot tune, that he professed attachment to her, and that
•hs aimed in her own light refusing hint. Miss Clegg7s scruples
was end she accepted him as her honourable lover.
la ISIS the marriage was repeatedly fixed, and the defendant
represented tint he was presented from having the baps pro-
claimed by her not being of age, and the impossi'oity of bas-
in tide consent of her parents, which, as the law then stood,
was necessary. In these cironnistanedi he succeeded in what
IsPlinared to have peen his object, and obtained passmsion not
army at her all'. diens but of bar person. When she• became
prevant, the def veleta thought fit to change his tone, and
gibe reasons why he would not perform his promise, It may
be asked why it is brought as nn action for seduction, and not
for breach of promise of marriage, .n 3 reason doe■ no dia.
honour to Miss Cleg.;.f, It is, that the defendant has had—
&ball I say the hardheartedness,--to say that the reason for not
performing his pror•.iise is, that he can wing evidence thet she
was connected with tribe'. men. A mere foul and a more slap•
Verona imputation, if her character is known to her hardly,
was never cast upon any woman; but for this reason it is
,thought ft to sabjeot her to examination in that boar
Alias .lane Clegg appeared in the witness-box. She air,
'seared genteel and respectable, but the deep and fixed melee-
'hely in her countenance gave her looks the apptaialleb of age
far beyond her
The Lord Chief ,Instice.—Thia action will cot preve•A
another action by Miss Clegg, for breach of promise. Would
It ant he better to refer all matters betwe.•n the parties?
Mr. Searlett.—l have no ohjes.tion at all.
After a considerable pause and consultation between the
pieties,
Mr, Rains said he was happy to say that ail parties son-
Sected,
Tha Lord Chief Justice.—And Miss Clegg?
Mr. Searict t, —Yes.
A verdict was taken for the plaintiff—Damages 1,0001. sob-
pet to • reference. The reference was to Mr. Jas, Cbretbam,
for Clough.
The assixes dosed past two: and g...s Northern Circuit
erminated precisely six weeks from its cotaineneement, being
at least a week shorter than the circuit has been any summer
fur these Ii years. This has been n maiden simile, none of the
gonviats being 14 for execution, The High Sheriff has, in
cossequeneas, given gloves-4.W. is, 5 guineas to the judge's
itttepdants,