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ground That it did not go totally to establish the fact;
this was overruled, as it went to a in'oigation of da-
tnages. The witness admitted,. that she lived with
Lord and Lady Leicester at their marriage ;- that
they slept together only three or four nights irrt
mediately after it ; that they sometimes lived in
th same house, but that generally his Lordship
resided in 'Westboorne•plaCe, Paddington, and Cady
Leienster; in Gloucester-place. She had seen Hay•
ling„ Neri, and Play fair, at his Lordship's ; they_ all
.
dided there ; Hitylint Sometimes slept there. Her
master and mistress went to the country in Au-
gust; his Lordship returned from it in a day or two;
her Ladyship remained till Novetnber. Shi had seen
the Lady Townshends at Lord Leicester's, but never
saw iniy Nobleman there; except at me:ils his Lord-
ship generally spent his time with Hayling.
. Mr. -Harraden and George Smith were the next
'Witnesses-, but their evidence was not inaterlial.-
Widiain Newton was master of the Cocoanut
coffee-house in 170. Neri was a waiter of his in
:170 or 1793. 'ln knew no harm of Neri.
Mr. Ridgeway deposed, that Neri :lodged with
him eighteen .months, about ihe year '166 t . Lord
Leicester.visited,him there once a week.--Neri paid
a guinea a week'for his lodging.
Mr. DeneW was an auctioneer ; he sold the furni-
ture of the houses in Gloucester-place and in West.
bourne.•Green, by Net i's direction ; he also sold the
furniture of Neri's house in Baker-stre'et i'latit that
was a separart concern.
John Newby was cit'apel clerk of Trinity College,
'Cambridge. He knew Lord Leices!er and Neri
tl ere. Neri abed more as a:compannit than a ser-
vant there. Neri slept in his Lordship's chambers; but
it was customary for servants . to sleep on the same
`floor with their masters. ',l..64Leicester was con-
sidered an eccentric charaaeritt allege., He Used to
shut himself 'Op in his room fora Week
,together, and.
saw no one ; instead of a purple 'goWn, I,;hich No-
lalemen generally 'wore; he wore a
.pink one he
dressed his hair etTeminately,' and was caflt,-d Miss
Leicester, Lady (Manley, &c.- in derision. Matt),
Gentle Men in the College, however, a ore, like ladies.
He admitted that notoridus reports, accusing Lord
Leicester of infamous and unnatural 'Oriniei, were
prevalent in College : he did not'believe them. He
heard reporti of others also. Lord L-icester gave
some concerts, 'at which' Most Of the Nobility, and
many of the.seniprs of the college attended. Neri
was a musical charatler • his Lordship and he ofton
plavedduets together. 'Neri played on the guitar.
' Ru4ignat knew a per Son of the name 'of
Murray ; he lodged with her One year, Lord Lei-
cester often visited him, and at onetime When he
was sick expressed regret at it, and advised hitn to
get good advice—Murray was not Musical.
H.'BOulter was Lord Leicbster's tutor at
College. Thecause assigned tor his Lordship's
ing College was, that he was going abroad:.
Col. Rainstard, Ist 'Guards, deposed, that there
was a man 'of the name of Frith, a private in his regi-;
meat; that after a short absence from' the regiment,
he found many men with gold waiChes, and Frith
among the rest; when in plain dress also, they wore
as good clothes as he did. Lord Leicester gave Fiith
the watch. He heard that his Lordship used to walk
arm in arm with the privates of his reginient in May
and June 1806. tie had heard vile 'reports Of Lilt!
Leicester tor the last threeyears..
Lord John Townsend said he Was Uncle (6 Lord
Leicester. He was not on terms with hint'; . their
quarrel was net personal ; he disliked his Lordship's
conduct to his father; he did not know him after
his marriage, but Lady T. sometimes visited at his
house.

The evidence was here closed; and Serjeant
at 60tile length, eloquently addreised the Jury in fa-
vour of the Plaintiff.

Sir JAMES Matisimn Commented at some length
upon the u idence. He .went into an history of the
press ih this country, from the time of its'first estab-
lishment to the abolition' of the otiice of lkeohcs..
The' liberty of the press was a term klindly used by
many modern writers and speakers; it did not Mean
the liberty of speaking political treason or private
slander, bat it merely meant the liberty of speaking
what it chose, liable to the correctional the laws of.
the land. Undoubtedly in the present case a verdiCt
must be found for the Plaintiff, but at the same time
the damages were liable to mitigation, from the cir-
cumstances of the evidence; according to the judg-
ment of 'the Jury.—Verdig for the Plaintig, 10001.
--Costs) 40s.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, jura:a.

tv00!)1,0111) 11. GENgUAL catusroraga ASHLEY.

GARROW stated, this wasan action, to recover
coMpensation by damages,
,for the Defendant's
preferring an inuidment for an assault spies' the
Plaintiff's wife, without any assault having taken
place. He, Mr. G. had taken a vast deal of.pains,
in searching the Army List, to find out what the
Defendant was General of,, but without effect—his
mind wandered to the Black General of Hayti, but,
to his great surprise he found the General to be no
less a man than a trumpeter, belonging to the
Opera House, but as rich as many real, Generals,
having a great nutnb4 of houses and other pro.
pert y, in this city. The'Plaintitf was coachman to
a Mr. Rickets, and, 'by his industry,. had saved as
much. money as bouglit him a coach and horses,
which he drOve as a job ; and his wife, aD indus-
trious woman, kept a little grocer's shop, in Brook-
street. The Defendant purchased this house, and
.. wanted
.tit:.tit:turn the Plaintiff out, alt hough he had, a
lease for ~..yeti. years, The Defendant publicly said
'deft:rat:fled to have the - Plaintiff'' out of
..the
house or ruin him; this he had done. On ti4,4l2sth
of Juoohe went,so the Plaintiff's. house, .w hose wife
was scrubbing the fluor on her knees • he saluted her
U 11,1), Ot such as i.e (Mr. G.) would
yet Inarie use of; hearing. it from the Witnesses
would be more than sufficient, as it was such lan-
guage as never ought to be made use'ot by man.
M rs. Woodford requested he would !emit; the hone,
in as gentle a manner as an insulted woman could ;'
well knowing the vindidive spirit of this trutnpeier,
who before persecuted her, by bringing an eieuttnent,
in which he tali,:o serving not,ce fur double rent.;
inakingtletnandslor rent tile instant it was clue; pat
her on her guard. , The Defendant.finding he could
not provoke her to commit any outrage, thought
proper to cunceive that she had astmulted hint, and
actuallyß went to ow-street Police-office, and itsrdged