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LAW INTELLIQENCE.-(THIS,D4Y.)

COIIIIt'dIt KING'S BENCH.
IvasoN, BART., V. 11CIARt

This wa, on neloo hrongtit NY, Sir Thorna!'MVilAon, a•
ot the Manor bf fitinwsletiil, to recover the stint of
5,000/. for the rendwei df tt flan. The defendants were
the trustees of a charity, and they reiVted the clairri, on
the grbund that the demand was nmeeaonahle, and n'n
warranted by the custom of the, manor. The plaintiff
reatql.,his elaiin on the decision of the Court of chaneely
in I'Ni:
Mr. Justice PARxb, drhii fhetilded fur Lord Tenierslen,
directed the plaintiff to be nonsuited.
Plaintiff nonsuited. •

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

V02.t...'-,idehßltq 'WE YOUNURF6V. JIARNIVISLL.

Mr. 111u.Lzu opened the pleadings. Thia Was aft action
brought to recover cpropensation in damages for criminal
ioniersaillin had by tllte ndnn With the plaintiff's wife.
The damages were at C;bqfth
Mr. Stsjeant St...tut:ix, in stating the ccisti tx? il?e Jury.
said it was his panful duty to lay befitre them the details
of a cage almost unparalleled in atrocity in the annals of
this country. The Parties in the present action all Inured
In a highly respectable sphere of life, indeed were all
affluent, The only mitigating eirctintataneft attending the
action was the fact of the defendant nut attempting to eft..
fetid the valise, conscious of the wound he had inflicted
on the pode of mind of his victim, he had not had the
effrontery 16 come forward on fire prestitt °erasion, well
ltnoWing Olt he totiltl offer no palliation, still Ids; cony
salislaCtion, for tliii wrongs he hid litien gfiilty of. The
plaintiff in the,e proceadingt had been driven to tilt
Wretched necessity of 'dragging his own brother-4141t4,
the husband of his wife's sister, before a British tribunal,

,or the purpose of vindicating his injured honour. Mr.
Masters Wet a most respectable merchant, indeed the
partner in one of thevery first commercial establishments in
the city of Bristol ; the defendant was Also possessed of
very .considerable wealth, being the proprietor of ~Inte
of •the most valuable estates in our West India
Colonies. They hail both Married sisterao young
ladies of the name of Bryant, residing at Ilminster ;
and consequently were on :terms of the greatest intimacy
Anil friendship. The riefendunt'a pursuits ltd him fie-
quently to Dernerats, fly the purpose of attending td bits
interests in that colony, where his estates were ; and it
was on his return front thence, in the month of May latst
year, that the criminal conversation which furnished the
grounds of the present proceeding first commenced. On
his arrival at Bristol from Demerara, he tools up his re-
sidence at their mutual father's-in.-law, Mr. Alasters the
elder, and as a matter of course paid frequent vitas. to
the plaintiff, who at that time was residing at Clifton.
He (the Learned Counsel) should show in evidenre
that Miss Bryant, thu plaintiff's wife, was possessed at the
'time of her marriage of considerable property, and het
rill further expectations; she tv;ltt also exceedingly
ful in person ; and be should &arty prove that tip to the
present most unhappy occurrence she and her hull:moil lied
lived in a stetu of uninterrupted felinity, its the ettiity..
!tient of every worldly comfort, anti every worldly happi-
ness. Shortly subsequent to the defendant's, coining to
Bristol. he removed to Beth, where he took a house, in
which he had scarcely got settled when he invited the
plaintiff and his wife to come and ply him a visit.. The
invitation was accepted, anti it was from the eirtunsstattrea
which took piaci during their stay tintierthe defendant's
roof that the plaintiff's snspicions were first aroused: They
remained with defendant about a fortnight, during NI hick
time the plaintiff thought he saw a greater familiarity between
his brother-hi-law and his wife than was strictly in Sc
cordance with propriety; but when he reflected on the
close ties of relationship which existed between the par-
ties, he was compelled to banish every suspicion ttf a cri-
minal nature from his mind. Yet notwithstanding this,
the circumstances to which he (the Learned Counsel) hail
Alluded, gave rise to some disagreeable feelings between the
plaintiff and his wife, and also led to occasions! alterm
tions • during all this time the defendant, with that craft
which Innl enabled him to consummate his treachery, as-
, %timed the tone, and acted as the plaintiff% advisers
He counselled him on the subject, ant` eVentnally
succeeded in entirely calming his suspicions, as to
his wife's infidelity. In the • 'month of Novem-
ber last, however, the plaintiff was obliged to make
a journey into Yorkshire on business connected with the
firm, of which he was a partner, anti it would appear that
during his absence the defendant was continually repeating
his visits, and it was to be inferred, continually renew-
- ing his infarootie solicitations to the plaintiff's wife. In
the course of the following month the disguise mounted by
both the guilty parties lowing been entirely worn out, the
wife, at the suggestion of her seducer, left the roof of her
natural protector, And lied with the betrayer of his
peace. The guilty pair proceeded, in the first installer,
to Illminster, and took up their residence at the house of
one of Mrs. Masters relations; but the swspicion
of the family having been excited on the subject of her long
absence front her husbend, they shortly afterwards left
Ilminster, and came to London, where, after a lung And
painful parch, they were found living together, as men and
wife, in loilgingsain Artintlel.street, in the Strand. If any
thing could tend to aggravate the criminality of this case,
it was, that both the parties to the proem action were the
Whereof families. Under these distressing circumstances,
the only course left to the plaintiff was an appeal to the
justice of a Jury of his countrymen. He had already suf.
feted so nitwit in his henoun—in his peace of mind—in
his prospects of life—in hie happiness, that an appeal
to a Jury for antipollution in damages, in most instance% a
sufficient degradation in itself, had in the present lost all
its terrors. The only hope left to his suffering client was
the sympathy of a Jury for hie aggravated wrongs.' He
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91llinusnBt royfa(nlatt,nealgaels;inerl by Mr.Serjetant Bows
rAs-1 ant the brother of the plaintiff's wire; she was
married to the plaintiff in September, 1822, at the pa-
rish church of Ilininster ; 1 was present at the cere-
mony; the marriage took place with the full eon-
cumnee of the friends of both parties ; my sister
was between 22 and 23 years of age sit the time of
her marriage; the plaintiff was about the same age; she
was possessed of very considerably property, and bad also
expectations of still more. I know the plaintiff intimately ;
he lives at Bristol and Clifton, and is a ;uttier with his
father. I have beets in the frequent habit of visiting the
plaintiff anti his wife, since their marriage, at their house
at Clifton; have visited them up to the time of Mrs.
Masters's elopement; they always appeared to live most
happily together. Mrs. M. evinced the kindest affection
for her children. I know the defendant ; he married the
plaintiff's sister; the plaintiff has two children, a son
anti daughter; the defendant has a son. The sllndent
nt one time lived next door to the pleintiff at Clifton. Ile
afterwards Went to the West Indies; on his return
he bought a house at Bath ;he !vas posse-well of very
considerable property:; I know from himself as well as
from ahem, that he was possessed of considerable pro-
perty ; in January lag I saw Mrs. Masters at Ilminster ;
the defendant was with her ; they were staying at the
house of Mrs. M.'s uncle. Ido not remember to lints
oven the defendant with Mrs. AI. more than once during
their stay at Ihninster.
By the Couar-1 have frequently visited- the plaintiff
end hie wife since their marriage. I hey. remained in
their home on several occasions fur ninny days together,
and always considered they lived very comfortably and
happily together.
Mr. George Altaic., exatnined by Mr. Mihmtit—l re•
reside in Park-street, Bristol ; I have known the
plaintiff for the last twelve vilare, and have been
ou the most intiusate terms of friendship with him
and his wife since their tnerriages Had frequently
met them together in . the best• society in Bristol
anti its neighbourhood. Both of. them wars
well received in society. I have also been in the ',Abu of
visiting them at their own house, hem the time of their
marriage down to the Month in which Mrs. M. sloped.
They always Appeared to Hie together in much happiiteess.
They evinced much mutual affection towards each other.
_I never saw anything in Mrs. M.'s comfiest intrude her
husband improper or unbecoming in A wife, Ilia treat-
went of her was equally considerate and affectionate. They
both appeared exestralingly fond of their children. I know
the defendant very well. Ile was married -to the, plain-
tiffs sitter. lam till° on intimate term*: with the de-
fendant and with the plaintiff's father.
In answer to a titivation front the Court, the witness
'said he had frequently dined with the plaintifCand hie wifi~,
at their own house; they
• happy together.
Mr, Bryant was melted to (4003 to the feet of bis,
yn
-tot keep couch company,
btt:'iaingw:soull:::::147:44:04:1:1:::119.11Y of altl plaintiff's mar-
Hsu, Miss Bryant sew upsvarrla of 21 years, of age et the
time. . She was vonsitlered exceedingly beautiful it,
eei:74stbanird Tbornbery-1 reside at Bristol, and ant
partner In the Siren of Ilaythorne Co., as is also
tithffelsPfakinallay tdn tlir:seatelirlye"; nbtortticitilaLintilfftladndknhilswn wifethe
plain-
twoitnhvothersu infixed
be..mdetisonticiety
iybaiin)pyClifton and
together;
Iltiirsat.olA; they
tasttrsttpispgeialtre
rally esteemed a very fine and attractive woman. Knew
the defendant; had known him for many years; plain tilt.
Anti lie had been old aeltuolsfellows; 'the. defendant -bait