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iivanimmeram
)1011011red his nephew %; ith the present of a 'word, and nowt, with both
his hands extended, he tentrtied them his thank P. With respect to th,
Society of Friends, if they could not give to kill! they hart given,
mid would give, to cure.—( Applause) .-:-Great was the object of
their undertaking, and great must be the means of their accom-
plishment. All Europe %vas to he relieved, lie wondere.l a Bishop
and
.the Chaplain every diocese did not come forward with tart
of what they es‘joyed in ttatvillity. He believed it he were
big!' it, the chinch as his nephew w t,,s in the army, he should act so
up3n the present occasion. They. like the Quakers, though oh n
il-
init to give to kill, might give to save life. With iespect to him-
he could assure them, they wonlil hear !-outething from Staley
Chapel ; for, though they hod no Lord Mayor!, twice hehn'e tiw
they were not so poor but they could rAse a subsciiption, perhaps
equal to the purchase of a sword for Ico guitle,.6.—(ApplaW-00P"'
The Rev. Gentleman COIIOII4IOI by moving, 0 that all the corporate
bodies be invited to give their asi•tance to the funds of the meet-
ing." Tlii motion was seconded by Mr. Bruumnark, and carried
nnanimously.
Mr. R. H. Marten then proposed a vote of thanks to his Royal
Ilidmess the Duke of Stts,.ex, and to the Chairman for his conduct
in the chair that day. Both were carried unanimously, and the
meeting then broke up.

ATV INTFLLIGENCE.
Mouthy being the first clay of Hilary Term, and the Lord Chan-
cellor being so much indispoted, in consequence of a Revere attack
of the gout, Opt hg could not 11,1(1 hi. levee a• usual, the Judges
met, at the house of Lard Etennorottelt, Chief Justice, and from
*thence proceeded, ju state, to their different Courts, which were
;paled with the accustomed cerentocies.

COURT OF KiNGli BENCH, SATUTIDAY, JAW. 20.

USURY. ; I
The ATTORNEY-GENERA T. moved for a Mllo to slew Cainewhy
bond with warrants attorney sholibt riot be delivered up tq the
obliger to be ra::celled upon the grouuds of usury, of rather a novel na-
ture. , The Learned Attoriey-General care'ully abstninio, flora men-
tioning ,the unites of the parties, stated that the parry' on whose behalf
be made this application, had borrowed a Plllll of 9.1001. from the
obliger, for whit he executed his tome!, With w:.rrant of attorney in
double that sum, fist tittle with interest at per crut. the obliger
at
the settle thy: executing his bond to the first obliger in the sum of
2,1001. payable without interest, thereby obtaining interest at the rate
of 101. prr cent. for 610 sutu actually lent, which, he conteeded, was
an illegial and I: serious consideration.---Rule panted.
The Court was oeeopied a great portimi of the morniog upon settle
trent, and other spi•eial casivi, !root the Quarter SV3SIOII3, jcservati for
the opinion of their /...ordships.
FRIDAY, JAN. 90.
On behalf of Mr. Sturman, who stamls charged with setting fire
to his house, in Half-Moon-street, Piccadilly, Mr. GA;ALEE made
an application tar rut Habeas Corpus to bring itim op to be bailed.
He made the appliemion soiely on the affidavit of the Ilefemlant,
I.vhieli, in the Orstplace, asserted his innocence of the fart ; and
further stated, that lie had tqlteti the horse about eighteen months
Ago, and ILA expender, upwards of 8001. in the famishing of it at
Hiatt time. That since that period lie hail bought other art; des or
Proitureto a considerable amount, and that the house was hand.
tumefy furnished for the purpose of letting it in loi;gings to pen,wis
oreOlnlitint!. That byilds lease was bound to insure the lonise for
15001. which at:vomited for the magoitiole of Isis insurance, being
:30001. for lool.e awl toroi t nye. aPAavit theu went on to Mate
that on the day preceding the evening of the tire, his %VA haring
gone oor, he fiinisrlf was about to go out, whim the servant told
him, she had asked her mistress for permission to go out that even-
ing. lie therefore de,ired her to Ivaxe a light in the passage, that
the house might not appear to be It It alone: the, flea- ited the
places whet e he had been that day, wail siated, that he dined at the
'Telegraph chop•lionse in Leadenhall-qr;:et ; WIWI) he got home
in
,i)lp evening, he found that hi, house laud beer' on are, Put that it
was thep extinguished. He further added, that he had lett a con-
oideiable slim in l3an4owites apti lit gold coin, in 4 Wall 041 which
me 4 missing.
The Court observed that the Sessions was very near, and there
.was no.grotind laid for tile writ, except the affidavit of the accused
person. they were to admit these affidavits of innocence from
the piarties ,tlieinselves, as ground sottirient
.for admitting thetp to
nobotfy.l.ould slay iii ??spite-belle rehmedi

AitcHFas counr, DOCTORS' commovs, J.N. 21.

areT D. LADY YMItY ntaTt
This was a proceeding fur a d.votee at the instance of Thomas Best,
Earl- against Lady Emily Peet, Ms %oars, on the ground of adultery, al•
legs d have been columnar d with J. H t ry, Esq.
It eppeared from the evidence, that the piirties were married in Sep-
tember 1804, and lived together from that time until the year 1807, et
Mr. Dest's house, in Stratford-place. Aboto that time, from the
embarrassed stele of his affairs, he was under ihr necessity of surren-
dering himself to The Kin's Bench, and having obtained the rules ho
took up his residence ni 'ft-Hire-place, St. Ott rge's,fiekls, Ludy Emily
remaining %lee her felier, the of Aldbooingli, in _Ttrook-stieet,
Grosvenor-square. Flom thence she :mewl Feinted him and the C'oatt-
fess, her mole!, to Ireland, and returning in June, 1808, renewed her
cohabitation with her
huaband in Temple-pli.ce. She left him shortly
afterwards, and elorgel with Mr. Henry, passed the night at his lodg-
igtelgtsh,er toh
,inlltuke Packe-sir Horse,
Duke-street,
siniiiister, aird the next niorninv they went to-
Turnliam-green, where they remained attest
three weeks; they then removed to Lodge park, Kildare, Ireland, the
-t at of Mr. Henry, where they cosninued until his death, in Febreary,
1810, constantly during this time passing as Ine-hand and wile. A child,
"lin Wee baptised ns theirs, at 'feddington, Middlesez, shortly after
Lady Emily's Worn, was the fruit of this connection. Mr. Best
brought his action against Mr Henry, in die Court of King's Bench,
who suffered juigment to go by default, mid in January, 1809, an in-•
quisition was taken, and the damages assessed at 20001.
Lady Emily's Counsel admitted that the adultery was amply proved,
and that, upon un attentive consideration of the whole circumstances of
the cese, they did not see any sufficient ground to resist the application
for a divorce founded teem them.
Sir Jelin Nicholl suggested, whether there was any satisfactory
reason assigned for the lapse of time (near five years) between the ver •
diet at common law, and the commencement of the present suite a cir-
cumstance which carried with it a suspicion of connivance on the part
of the husband ?
Lady Emily's Counsel replied, that th., circumstances had occurred
to them as the only ground of objection; but they were uppreliensive
it was sufficiently repelled by the proof of Mr. Best's circumstances, •
being such as to renter it improbab'e he could possess the means of
sustaining the present suit at an earlier period. Aso however, the eh?
cumstance seemed to be considered so important by the Court, their
doubts bid revived ; and they, there fore, proceeded to contend for the
su-pension of connivance, noticing earth ularly, that it was to be in-
curred nom the circamstances of Alr:l3est's not appearing to have en-
,
torcedpayinent ot.ibe datives, which, if he had, woiii4 beep enabled
limi to have brough; the sun in due time.
air John Nieholl recapitulated the circumstances of the case, and ob-
served, that upon the proof of adultery there could be tin doubt ; the
Court, leiwever, expected semething more than this from the complain-
ing party; it expeoted an ample elocitietion of his conduct, more or
less, according to the stispicien attaching to it ; and a forbearance front
claiming his remedy for so long a pet hod as five years, required some
fin ther explanation than a mete suggestion of embarassed piicumstances
Such a forbearance raised a suspicion of connivance, and that sesiii-
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(ion must be removed before the husband could ft illy claim his renied.
He then entered into an examination of the facts in proofs, and of the
husband's conduct : and was of opinion, (hat they rather tended to in-
fer his privity to the elopennnt and adultery complained of, particu-
larly us there was (to a man otheiwi,e circumstanced) so strone a m..-
tire for seeking a divorce, us the birth Of a WUriotia child, publicly
cognapd and regisiered as such when christened. As, however, the
proof of adultery was se clear, and the husband's situation and circtito-
stancee such as to render it possible that lie mifht have been prevented
110111 claiming his remedy sooner. the Court would give hint the upper-
, (unity of erplaiiiiiig that tact, by rescbutiret the conclusioe of the
catisg, to enable him to do so by affidavit; hut if he declined doing so,
his only remedy would be by an appeal from the decision, WIPP!) this
Court would then feel it to be Ws duty to pronounce.
Leave was therefore 4iypts gait) the next Coati, for Mr. Best's
Coonsel to move for rescinding the cause tor ti)is pprpole, if, eptet
con,ideration, they think. it Advisable to dp no.

ClRCUlTN.—Tiiiirxday, the Judges met in the Treasury Chamber
Wegtminster Tidll, and hoe their respective Circuits, ai follows:—
Mt DLAN n —Lord Ellenborongh and Mr, Baron Wood.
NOltrOLli—Lord Chief justicp Mansfield aid 11r. Jttstice
114'014
HOME—Lord Chief paw% Gibbs and Mr. Bayou Thomson.
NORTllEitn—ior. Justice Le Blanc and Mr. 4tistice Chantbrp!
thirortm—Mr. Baron Graham and Mr Justice Dallas.
Wi;4l:4lx-Itr..Justice Puyly and Mr. tlnstice painriFr.

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