The Sun.
London, England, 1825-08-13 00:00:00

~_ , I
.',7,.‘ '., '
-- ,
..
'-.4.',..,i-', ..:
,
,
•...:,. , .
. , ..
. •

•
dow, when he saw tile parties in the situatitiA whica he had
described.

A. witness named Ford corroborated Robert Al way respect-
ing the declaration of the defendant, that he would provide for
the plaintiff's wife, and the overseer of the parish reprssetsted
the property of the defendant to be worth about 700!. or 8001.,
but did not possess any accurate means of knowledge.
TArtsTox addressed the Jury for the defendant, con.
tending—iirst, that the adultery was not sufficiently prayed,
because the evidence of the plaintiff 's father was incredible
and second, that, supposing the proof complete, the plaintiff
ought only to obtain nominal damages. There was not the
slightest proof of seduction ; no evidence that many persons
besides the defendant had not shared the favours of the lady ;
and a man who was so insensible to his own dishonour as, ac-
cording to the testimony of the apprentice, to occupy the same
room with his wife after discovering her infidelity, could not
ask a Jury to give him any recompence for the loss of those af-
fection's which he had taken so little pains to preserve, and
which he had lost with so little of manly resentment or honour-
able sorrow.

Ilr. Justice Bontwu cm directed the Jury to consider, first,
whether the adultery was proved ; and secondly, if they
thought it was, what damages the plaintiff was entitled to re-
cover. The story told by the plaintiff's witnesses was extra-
ordinary, and, if true, proved his wife to be a shameless wo-
man, whose conduct, of course, the Jury would consider in es-
timating the damages.
The Jury. after consulting for a quarter of an hour, return-
ed a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 1201.

REX. V. ALDRIDGE, ESQ.
This was an indictment which was preferred against the
defendant, who is a Magistrate of the county of Gloucester,
for corruptly refusing to license a person named Gardner, to
keep a public-house, unless he would deal with Mr. Watts, a
.brewer, and wrongfully licensing a person named Mason.
Mr. Campbell, Mr. Cross, and Mr. C. Phillips, conducted
the prosecution ; Mr. Ludlow, Mr. Russell, and Mr. Phil•
potts, the defence.

From the evidence it appeared that the prosecutor, Mr.
Gardner, was the owner of a house, situate at Risley, for which
he wished to obtain a license as a public house, not intending
to reside in it, but because he could let it for a larger rent with
a license than without one. For this purpose he applied to
Aldridge, a gentleman of 72 years of age, and who was a
Magistrate. It appeared that Mr. Aldridge had some years
since carried on the business of a brewer, but that he had given
up that business to his son, who had since resigned it in favour
of Mr. Watts. When the prosecutor first applied for the li-
cence in 1822, Mr. Aldridge said that it ought not to be licens-
ed, as there were so many public-houses. However, on a se-
cond application by the prosecutor, Mr. Alridge said, that as
it appeared to be the wish of the neighbourhood, it should be
licensed, but added, I should like to serve my friend Watts."
This the prosecutor assented to, and it was understood that the
beer to be consumed in the house should be bought of Mr.
Watts. Several other interviews took place, in one of which
the prosecutor said to Mr. Aldridge, that he should be willing
to let the house to any person, put into it by Mr. Watts,
and Mr. Aldridge said, the licence had better be granted to
Mason. This the prosecutor assented to. This person, named
Mason, was a hair-dresser in the town of Stroud, who proved
that he had never carried on a public-house, or intended to do
so, nor had he applied co any Magistrate to licence him ; how-
ever, the prosecutor and Mason, and two persons as sureties,
went before Mr. Aldridge and Mr. Burgh, another Magistrate,
and license was granted to Mason to keep the prosecutor's
house as a public house; but Mr. Watts ultimately declining
to put any one into the house as a tenant, Mr. Aldridge refused
to consent to the assigning of the licence to the prosecutor, and
it therefore remained useless in the hands of Mason. This ap-
peared to be the grievance complained of.
Mr. LUDLOW addressed the Jury for Mr. Aldridge, and
argued that there was not the least evidence of 'corruption on
his part, and that whatever the arrangement about the licence
was, the prosecutor himself was consenting to it.

Mr. Justice BURROUGH recapitutaten tne racts to tne
Jury, ana said, that ❑nless they were satisfied that Mr. Al-
dridge was actuated by corrupt motives, he was entitled to
an acquittal.—Verdict, Not Guilty.

BRIDGEWATER, AUGUST 10.

MANSLALIGHTF.R.

Hannah Taunton was indicted for having, on the 15th of May
lost, caused the death of her husband, Henry Taunton, by
throwing and pushing him down the steps of Niralcot Parade,
in the city of Bath, with force and violence, by which he re-
ceived several " mortal wounds, bruises, and concussions,"
of which he languished till he died, on the 18th of the same
month.

The case for the prosecution was stated by Mr. GUNNING.
—The remarkable features of it were these. The prisoner,
about 70 years old, thought of marriage in April last. She
fixed her affections on the deceased,—rather above than under
; they were both paupers. The union of the parties made
scale noise at the time in the fashionable world at Bath—many
a jets d'esprit was let fly in the pump-room, and old maids
began to think of blooming afresh, declaring that " it was
better late than never," and always " better to marry than
burn." Mr. and Mrs. T. spent the happiest honey-moon,
envied by all the men and matrons in Bath. Scarcely had the
month expired, when—alas ! how inconstant is man's happi-
ness ! —they were heard by their neighboUrs to bicker and
brawl. On the night of the 15th May they walked out together,
Apparently full of affection towards each other. They were seen
together walking arm-in-arm on Walcot Parade at half-past
8 o'clock. From this parade there is a descent of 30 stone steps
to the street, with a landing-place in the middle. At the top
of this passage the deceased requested the prisoner to precede
him : she refused, and as soon as he made one step down, she
put her right hand to his back,. and pushed him down violently
14 steps, till he fell flat on the, landing. There she left him
till he was taken home by the neighbours. He died in 58 hours
after, and said that he would never forgive his wife.
The facts were proved.—The surgeons spoke of" the bruises,
contusions, abrasions, inflammations, extravasations of blood,
and quantities of serum in the ventricles of the brajn." These
latter symptoms, however, were not to be attributed so much to
the fall, as to the gradual decay of nature in the man. The sur-
geons maintained—nobody doubted them—that the man could
not live long, though he received no fall at all.
Mr. HALCOMB, for the prisoner, took several objections to
the form of the indictment, in which, instead of " mortal
wounds, bruises, and concussions," the adjective "mortal"
ought to be repeated with each substantive. The place on
which the man was thrown was not the ground, as laid in the
indictment, but stone steps raised on an archway. The argu-
ments on these abstruse points took up much time, and wasted
great learning, for the JUDGE overruled the objections without
much hesitation.

The woman was fond Guilty, and sentenced to six months
imprisonment.

CARLISLE, AuG. 10.

HALLIDAY v. ATKINSON AND A I..rOTFIER. This was
an action brought by the father of the plaintiff; who was a
minor, against the defendants, who were the executors of a
person named M‘linight, deceased, to recover the sum of 1001.
being the amount of a promissory note made by Mlinight, in
favour of Halliday, jun. It appeared that .51`linight kept an
Inn at Whitehaven ; he was a married man and had no chil-
dren; Al‘Knight died about August, 1821. In his lifetime
he was violently addicted to intoxication, and it was stated by
the defent and his witnesses, that when he so laboured under
intoxication his mind appeared to be deranged. He, was under
the constant impression of being haunted by a spirit, a" thing"
which intended to take him away ; but the defendants' Counsel
was of opinion, that he was haunted by tbe spirit of rum, a
spirit not anxious to take, but most anxious to be taken by him.
It was contended that while he was in this state of intoxication
he had signed or had been forced so sign the instrument upon
which this action was brought.—The plaintiff's witnesses
proved the deceased's signature, but they did not state that any
consideration was given for the bill in question.—The defend-
ants-produced several witnesses, who proved that the note was
executed at a time when the deceased's state of mind was such
that he was unfit to manage his own affairs,and the defendants'
Counsel stated that the note had been got up either to save the
legacy duty or for some other improper purpose. The servants,
who were alarmed when he exclaimed, that the " thing" was
'Come to take him away, assured the Court that they looked
round the room, but could find no" thing" of the kind;. the
deceased at that timewas much intoxicated.-111r. Baron HUL-
LOCK summed up the case; and the Jury, after a few-moments
consideration, returned a verdict for the plaiatim—paroages,
icer'3 with interest on the bill from the year 1821.

Pltlcl, SrivnNPrscr,.

LAW ITN FELLIGENGE.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, A UG.

lILLLAND AND OTHERS, IN THE MATTER. OF MAELCII,
STRACEY, AND CO., BANKRUPTS.
This was an application on the part of the assignees. to
have the proof of a debt of 9,0001. and upwards, made by
Sir Thomas Hare against the bankrupts' estate, expunged.—
The facts of the case were these :—Sir Thomas Hare. who
was a gentleman residing in Norfolk, being desirous of.rais-
ing the sum of 15,001)1. on mortgage, the late Alr. Fauntleroy
und?rtook to .supply his wants. The way in which this-was to
be done was by selling out stock, of which he was co-trustee
with others, which was done, as it was supposed at the time,
with the requisite formalities. The sum raised by the sale of
stock, was paid into the house of Martin and Co., the banicelli
On account of Marsh, Stracey, and Co. When the mortgage
was executed, the money was transferred from 'Martin 'tad
Co.'s to Marsh and Co., and placed to Mr. Fauntleroy's pri-
vate account. Subsequently to these proceedings, Sir Thomas
Hare opened an account with Marsh and Co., by piying in
3001. That sum he drew out, at different periods„ and,botice
was given that his account was closed. He continued,. however,
to draw upon the house, and the checks were paid by Mr.
Fauntleroy's direction, and he made himself a debtar for their
amount in his private account. Matters were in this state when
the. house failed, and Sir Thomas had proved a debt against the
estate for upwards of 9,000/., which he said he had given Mr.
Fauntleroy directions to invest in the 4 per cents., and which
it was supposed had been invested, as the credit was given to
Sir Thomas Hare in the accounts for sundry dividends..
Mr. I'EpYS, on behalf of the plaintiffs, the assignees, con-
tended that the transaction was purely a personal otie between
Sir Thomas Hare and Mr. Fauntleroy, and therefore the for-
flier was not entitled to prove his debt against the
,hankruins'
estate.

Mr. HART, on the other side, maintained the converse of
that proposition, and called upon the Court to decide the ques-
tion at once.
His HONOUR said, that the question was too much one of
account to allow of its being decided satisfactorily by him. He
woukl therefore direct an issue to try whether the transaction
was a personal one betw-2en Sir Thomas Hare and Mr. Fauut.
leroy, or a general one with the firm.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

AWFUL DEATH OF A PRISONER'S WIFE!

GUILDHALL, AUG. 12.—Yesterday several frivolous cases
occupied the attention of Alderman Cox till past two o'clock,
when just at the moment that Proctor's case (for stealing several
pairs of shoes, the property of his master) was about to.be
called on, his wife, a very decent looking young woman, in the
last stage of pregnancy, who had been waiting, apparently' in
great anxiety, and in a state of dreadful-suspense during the
whole of the morning, in the outer room, suddenly fell back
from the seat where she was sitting, and expired, without either
a groan or a struggle. Medical assistance was sent for with all
dispatch, and two professional gentlemen were procured, one
of whom attempted to bleed her, but without success, the vital
spark being totally extinct. Immediately that it was known
who she was, Proctor was let out of the lock-up-room to her,
and his almost frantic agitation, joined to the shrieks and cries
of two female relations, who 'had attended with the deceased,
exhibited a scene too painful to describe. When the shock
which this awful circumstance had occasioned had somewhat
subsided, Mr. Arthur declared his unwillingness to proceed iu
the prosecution against Proctor, who was brought betbre the
Alderman, and told he-was discharged; but his state of mind
seemed to be such, as to render him scarcely sensible of the
circumstance.

Mr. Alderman Cox, on inquiring into the situation of the
poor fellow, and learning that he had a family of six small
children to maintain, and that distress_ had probably driven bin
to the aet,pf which he was accused, very humanely gave lihm
a sovereign from his own pocket to relieve his present wants.
110 T EET.
RICHMOND, THE 15 It U ISE R.— esterday this noted person-
age was brought before G. R. Milvsit u Lt., Esq. charged with
assaulting Mr. Teasdale. Mr. T., who is a chemist and dtug-
gist, was passing the house of Mr. Cribb, the late Champion,
with a watch-dog, whom he has for the safety of his house in the
country, when he observed a man sitting at the door pat a dog
on the head and say, " Mind him, Billy." Mr. T. perceived
his intention, and told him to desist. He, however, persisted,
and a battle between the dogs was the consequence. The gen-
tleman endeavoured to separate them, and finding his attempts
unsuccessful, he kicked Billy. Richmond, who had not before
made his appearance, stepped forward, and gave Mr. T. a se-
vere blow in the mouth. These were the facts. Richmond, in
his defence, said, he had only taken the dog's part, and had
only put his hand in the face of the prosecutor • for,, had he
struck him as he described, he would not have had a tooth left
in his head.—Mr. nIINSHULt. ordered him to find bail.
TOLL COLLECTORS.

UN ION -H L L.—James Dyne, one of the toll-collectors of
the Lower Deptford Road, was charged with having abused
Alderman Wood, and demanded more than his legal toll. It
appeared that the defendant demanded 4d. for his toll, and
when the Alderman produced his ticket, which cleared the
gate, the defendant flung it into the road, and said it would hot
do. He then demanded another penny, which he received, for
watering the roads. He also told the Alderman that he intended
to cheat him, and abused him. The defendant, when asked
what he had to say, burst out crying, and blubbered out, that
he did not think it was Alderman Wood, or he would not have
questioned the ticket which he produced. The Magistrate was
inclined to levy the full penalty of 5/. ; but at the request of
the Alderman, he mitigated it, and fined him 2/. apd costs.—
Shortly before the Office closed, a young man named Haw-
kins presented himself before the Magistrate, and begged his
Worship to listen to his unfortunate case. It appears that the
applicant had been but a short time in London, and bad ma-
naged to save upwards of 5/. ; with this sum in his pocket he
was met at the Obelisk, while proceeding to his .brother's house
in Walworth, by a sharper; Hawkins soon- became charmed
with his new companion's conversation, and proceeded with
him to a public-house to take some ale ; soon aftey several
other fellows came in, and among them was one more fashion-
ably dressed than the others, and he, boasting of a legacy left
him by his aunt, offered to treat all round, and then offered to
bet that he had more money in his pocket than any.cee else.—
At length he began to tell the usual story about a relation having
met with an infortunate accident. He was immediately stopped
on pronouncing the word infortunate; he offered to bet 101. to
Si. that such a word was in the Dictionary. Hawkins .wasper-
suaded to stake his 51., he did so, and lost it.—The officers
seemed to have some knowledge of the parties, and they were
ordered to apprehend them.

DELETERIOUS DRUGS.--Tuesday last, before
the Mayor and John Brooke, Esq., the,landlord of the Chequer
Inn, Water-lane, Leeds, was fined in the penalty of 1001. and
costs, for having deleterious drugs in .his possessiOn. The
only witness examined was an exciseman, who deposed that he
found the drugs in a chest of drawers in the landlorcr.s bed-
room. The drawer containing the article was locked, and he
was refused the key, but opened it with one of his own. ,The
accused had nothing to offer in his defence, and was. imme-
diately convicted. The Mayor, in noticing the enormity of the
offence, said that to deter others from similarly violating the
law, he should enforce the penalty to the fullest extent.

AMONSTER.-On Wednesday evenings .ahout
nine o'clock, as two respectable young women were walking
along Old-street-road, towards their residence in- Bunhill-
row, St. Luke's, they were accosted by a faoiimable dressed
man, bearing every appearance of a gentleman,- who addressed
them in language most indecent, till the young women threaten-
ed to call far assistance, when the villain stabbed one of fe-
males in three different places, and made off thrcitigh. the new
built houses which lead into the City-road: Several persons went
in pursuit of the ruffian,but without success. The"iatiunded
girl was assisted home, hen the wounds , were examined' and
considered not to be dangerous, although a consider-able:quan-
tity of blood bad flowed from them. It was suppoiell,theY had
been inflicted by a penknife.

A very awful instance of sudden. death oc-
curred in Killarney, on Thursday, in the case. Of Captain
JAMES IVY SE, of Flesk Cottage, in that 'neightion;hood, a
very opulent and much respected resident. Themeitiberaof the
sailing-club of that town had met together in .the News,room,
to arrange some transaction of the club, on _occa-
sion Captain Wyse arose and expressed his sentitnents, When he
was taken suddenly ill and fell to the ground with machvicifence,
and expired in a few minutes after. His forehead wits much
hurt in the fall, but it is supposed that his death arose from the
rupture of WIPP Othe vessels of .tbel)cait.