The National Register.
London, England, 1822-09-08 00:00:00

.IZ4ILE INT;::LLIGENCE.

LANCASI ER.
Tlit.csuAY, At:G. 29.
KMi PRIES —C.toKE AND ASOTIILII 1,. TINsLFY,
The Atturne.t. tieuer,il (Mr. Sett'.left) came tioin the ether
Court to %lute this ,ilse, which was au action to r. cuter the
value of a earl was-nailed to L4l liol.lllll, but Alleged to
be uusound. The pi:4l,6G were horse-dealers, anti the de-
friidat a fsruier. Ihe horse in quetti w had been given to the
iu exchange for a lilly, *aloe 251.
Mr. \lrllianu, for tilt defenduut, ►loatl,y cooteaded that it
was utterlt incredibie that two hursetica:ers could take a
horse troili a fanner that wits out perfect) sound. To be a
piper or a roarer was or was 110( a defect, according as it titiOil
be the result of disease or trick. milet for the plaintittk—
Diuunges 251.

FRIDAY, AUGUST SO.
HARRATT AND ANOTIIIIR V. BUXTON.

The Altorney-Central applied to his L witship in this case,
to stay juilginetit until the 4th day of ne%t term, upon the de-
fendant paying the money into court a a this a fortnigui. It was
nut for the sum immediately depending, but for the conse•
quencrs, which would he quite ruinous, that the defendant
was anxious to hate judgment slaved. An allidat it would
iu the mean lime be prepared, a d his Lordship would Ora
tleei.ie a holier a rule to show cause why 'lure should not ba
u be* should be grauted. If his Lordship ilia not accede
to this upplication, judgment mould be sued Out as this day,
upon the tutu:lin:dials of the assizes.
4 he Loru Chief Justice g. anted the rule.
CLEGG V. CtiONITO ,—SEDL CTION.

31r. Will:anis opett,..l the pieui:ings.
Mr. Searlett stated the ease to the jury. This action is
brought by the plaintiff to recover by your verdict compensa-
%too in damages for au injure of a very serious nature. The
relation between toe plaintiff and the object of the defendant's
seoutniun, upon which this action is founded, is that of mas-
t.:r and servant. list a 'Jeerer relation, which in this case is
that of brother and sister. ti jury is acciettowed to consider as
a great aggravation of the Injury. Yon will find that Miss
Clegg very early lived with the plaintiff, who oustained towards
her the relation of a parent. She lost her father stay early,
and het mother when she was six years of age. Iler brother,
the present plaintiff', was the only one to protect Ler, as well
as two other sisters, who lived with him. Miss Clegg lived
with her brother till the unhappy occasion which gay e rise to
this action. Her brother, the plaintiff, married a cousin of the
defendant. An uncle of the defoulanee too married an aunt of
the piaititiff. These connexions led necessarily to frequent
and familiar intercourse between the parties. When she was
at the early age of 16, the defendant proposed p tying his ad-
dresses to Miss Clegg. It seems that she felt a suspicion that
he had been attached to • sister of hers who was married.—
Olt that account she rejected his aderesses. Mr. Crompton
then applied to his aunt by martia4c, and her aunt by coesan-
gaiuity, to iutercedc with her. Site represented that lie was a
man of fortune, that ire professed attachment to her, and that
she stood iii her own light refusing Wan. Miss Clegg's scruples
wus oaereume, and she accepted hint es her honourable lover.
ISIS the marriage was repeatedly fixed, and the def.:tidal',
rt eresented that he wee prevented from having the bans pro-
claimed by her not being of Nee, and the imposeibity of hav-
ing the consent of her parents, which, as the law then stood,
was necessary. In these circumstances he succeeded in what
appeared to have been his object, and obtained posseeeinn nut
only ut her affections but of her person. When she become
pregnant, the drf umlaut thought lit to change his tune, and
give reasons why he would not perform 1.. s promise. It may
b. asked wits it is brought as an action for seduction, and not
for breach of promise of marriage. The reason does no dis-
honour to Miss Clegg, It is, that the defendaut has ',W—
alton I say the hardheartedness—to say that the reason fur not
performiug his promise is, that he can Krieg evidence that she
was connected with other men. A more foul and a more elag.
derous imputation, if her character is known to her family,
axe never cast upon any woman ; but for this reason it is
.thought fit to subject her to exami.mtion in that box.
;Bias Anne Clegg et:peered in the witness-box. She ap-
peared genteel and respeotalfle, but the deep and lined main-
cooly in her countenance gave her looks the apnea:epee of age
far beyond her years.
"2:11. Lord Chief Justice.—This action will not prevent
another action by Miss Clegg, for breach of promise. Vi ould
it not ':e better to r,C,r nll matters between the parties?
Mr. Soarlett.—l hey e no objection at all.
After a ofee,iderable patter and consultation between the
parties,
Mr. Heine said he was happy to say that all parties con-
sented.
The Lord Chief Justice.—And Miss Clegg t

Mr. Scarb.o.—} es.
A verdict was (Ati for the plaintiff—Damages 1,0001. sub-
ject to a reference. The reference was to Mr. Jas. Cbeetharn,
el Clough.
The assizes closed past two; and the Northern Circuit
.terminated precisely six weeks from its commencement, being
at least a week shorter than the circuit has been any summer
for these 6 years. This has been a maiden assize, none of the
convicts being left for e‘eention. The High Sheriff has, in
consequence, given glovcs—ttlat is, 5 guineas to the Judge's
alter. tests.

POLICE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

A watchman, nait7edPT.iilips, was brought before the
Lord Mayor, charged with having beaten his wife most
unmercifully, sometimes withja cudgel, and sometimes
with his fists. The witnesses, who came lorward to
swear to the facts, mentioned that the dreadful treatment
the unfortunate woman remised front her husband had
wade her subject to occasional hts of insanity. tier
case was pecit:iarly hard, tut it appeared from one act
which she had committed—that of marrying, the defen-
d mt—that her intellects had been in a stare of disorder
before she had any reason to complain of his unkindness.
Upon entering the Justice-room, she had sue of her
children in her arms, another was carried by one of the
loud women who reside its her neighbourhood, and it
Deemed to be much in need of that assistance which the
pouter's situation presented her from giving. She looked
wildly about, and sobbed. From her account it appear-
ed that the defendant, to whom she has been some years
married, was in the constant habit of at ',king and kick-
ing her; that he had the night before beaten her with a
brae stick ; that she had often been kicked by him into
a state of insensibility, out of which she was recovered
by the attention of those who pitied her. She believed
Lis iISLCIII7OII was to take away her lifts fut be began Ilia

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