The Sun.
London, England, 1807-12-23 00:00:00

REL".I A'Dr

:DUBLIN, Dsc.. f 7.--Un .the night of Saturday
last, between the hours. of, nine ,and ten o'clock,
the sentry at the gals of, the ,General Hospital, in
the town of Belfast, was atkacked tl seven or eight
ruthans, by ,first throwing stony? at him, and then
rushing upon him and throwin,, him down; one, of
them attempted to wrench theb4onet otf his tire-
lock, swearing, at the smne, time, he would have
his life. , On the sentry's. calling for help, a man
came out of the Hospital, which alarmed the-vil-
lains, who made off.. The . sentry,. who was very
much injurtxl, is now in the Hospital. We have
not learned that any of the gang have been appre-
hended.

,DUBLIN, DEt. Ig.t--,-On Wednesday morning,
two companies of the Royal - Artillery fprided
,at the
Pigeon-botise, from ;Woolwich: One commanded
by Captain FLEMING, rethains. to corm part of this
garrison, the other proceeds to Cork, to'replace the
detaehment of that corps gone on the Expedition
under Sir SIoNLy SMITH. • • t.
Lim itirrox, DLI: 16.—0 n Saturday last, AI.ITHLIR
MoottE, Esq. his Majesty's First •Serjeant at 4w,
who has been sent down-by Government •to inveSti-
gate tire situation of this county, and tire county of
Tipperary, set out for Palate green and 'EtnlY,
'loornpanied by SirunEsr Dicxso:4, Esq.. and .rrir
StinizTr-t4 J rn r prm-ceded to Chrome!, the latter
returned rot ie.cily. Last night SiEPtMN
Son, Esq. High STioriti: of this,sounty, attended by
six dragoons, proceeder/10414Aotsta, irnd
Cherrygrove, and having vistrirtflinti
houses in that dii-e:tion, fie apprehendod and lotted
this 'twining in the gaol of this comity, Michael
Shanahani jun. and ,inches Webb, both of Tullavir,
charged on oath with having been leaders of the
gangs Aklur robbed bonseS of arms -and committed
several other outrages in that vicinity. We are hap-.
py to find that the tonntry is at present so tramp:id,
that the snlallest party is soli:wit-twin give ettt try!
the laws, even in those partiof the comity that were
most. disturbed.

01 Monday n:glitafire broke out et the house
of Mrs. .M'Coy, in White iliert-lane„ Tottenham,
tvhic !t w.is attended by very arfeeting circumstances.
'Mrs. M'Coy kept a seminary ter yoinig. Ladies, and
had eiaie to town for rhe purpose of accompanying
sunti of them tO.their .parents till after the holidays.
'the servults., aware of her intention to stop in town
all night, availed themselves of her absence to have
a pally,of friends. The nursery-maid put to bed; a:;
• usual, Mrs. l\POpy's two children (ono about • five,
and the other seven years of :Igc) and in her
hurry to join her party below She left burn-
ling by titer .bed-Side a candle, which !non set
fire to thb bed-curtains. When the cries of the
suffering children were heard, it W'3:3 too int': to)
afford them any relief, and they. perished. The
lionse and premises :ntljoiningere burnt to the
ground. Mrs.- fOr some years past, has
. been one continued scram of reisfOrtunt and distress.
A`lew..years ago her linsband tidied in business as a
merchant, and, with a view to recover his fortune,
went ahroadrand took with hint his two elder senc
The Ship in which they took their passage foiindee
ed,.and they, as well awmany others, met an
uti-
timely deaik hlr. M'Coy's creditor's, affeaed by
the circumstance, presented his widow with the free-
hold bonsai!) which she, lived, at Tottenhatn. She
immediately touverted h. into a seminary, in order
to support her two remaining infants, and was just
begitining to feel some abatement of her. affliction;
when' this new and heavy calamity betel her. ' ;
Monday kennight, a soldier,. named Jackson, be-
longing to the Royal Artillery, was crushed to death
between two . waggons, near MiddloVich, in
Cheshire: He had got a ~furlough frotn his regi-
ment at Chathani, and was returning with his bro-
ther to see his relatives at 'Marvin, near the city of
Chester.

CORN EXCHANGE, Dac. 23.—The supply of
Wheat for to7day's Market is very short, and the
sales made are nearly at last.prices ; Barley in good
supply and goes off readily; Malt keeps its price,
flue new about 80%. per quarter ; Beans, of the two
sorts, are rather cheaper ; the supplies of oats are
short, and this trade is, at farther advance ; Flour as
our last, flue American 40s. to 43i, per barrel.

Wheat ;as& 6z* a 7ss.. od Tick 13eans - szs asg acid
Finn ditto - 7is a Ids at!, Orts -33 s a 31‘s 3 .42* ad
RyN). - . 46s is 52 04 POl3riti ftittO 43$ a 4411 ott
BarleY • • 4oi a 4is or! 1 Patatue - - ea a--s ad
Nlait - . bos a 7os o 4 f Raw St t-i -, 2,4 a 261 ad
While Pose tsos a i6os od finc Roar sit, a 6elts td
c; re-', -dim .. 64$ a dos ad SecOtris . - sos a;§s CI
liCi,l4 (Oid) s6s a 6ts• od

COURT OF TUE 'SliEltll4 OF MIDD!."

..EARL OP ELGIN V. FERCUSQN.

Mr. GA AROW, in AdtirCollg the Jury in this case
described it as ,one of the most melancholy of Opt
kind which lied ever come before a: Jttry. The
Plaintiff W 34 the heir and representative of an an,
cient and honourable family, equally distiteetrislied
fur its virtues' as fur its other qualities. In March
eeti he married a Lady, then 21 years of age, there
being no disparity between them. • The marriage
met with the entire approbation 'of the Lady's
friends,• and every thing promised the' utmost do=
tuestic felicity. So much was the Plaintiff inclined,
by.every means in his power, to promote this d 6.
eirable object, and so much was hesutached to do-
mestic felicity, that he offered to abandon a diplo=
!vatic situation of high trust and confidence, and to,
' remain et home, for its more complete and eninter-
' rupted attainment. This-was resisted on -fife part
of his Lady and her friends. The Plaintiff and hip
Lady accordingly' went to Constantinople, Where
they spent three years, during which time they
Were an 'example to all arounct, them, not only
domestic felicity, but of every thing that was amia-
ble and praise-worthy, and served, in fad, as
patterns of what an English family might be sup-
• posed to ~be in the best of times. While other
Women of fashion'indulged in card parties and mu-
sic parties on a Sunday, the Plaintiff and his Lady
had divine service performed by their Chaplain;
and,. as children of the marriage' were produced,
they toand all that they sought for.of happiness.---
After a residence of three years at , Constantinople,
having then twe children, they sent them home by
Italy, and themselves went to France, where, in
breach of all thorights of hospitality, not only every
private individual, 'but even this Representative of
his Majesty, was placed in a stew of imprisonment..
The Defendant, Mr. Ferguson, was one, of the sub-
jeaS of this country who, were deprived of their
liberty in this manner, and; like every ether Gen-
Ileum of rank or respedability in this unfortunate
situation, was well reeeiVed'by the Earl of Elgin,
who melted him with .the more attention from the
circumstance of his being a sop of a•near neigh-
bour 'and friend. The, Plaintiff being obliged to
'remove to Bareges on account of bad' health, his
Lady remained behind him at. Paris, where site con-
cluded herself in the most meritorious menner,..and
:.,bestowed unceasing exertions to procure her hus-
band's liberty, to Which effed she procured the
promise of Talleyrand, that he should be ex-
changed for 'General Bowyer.' . Xn March, 1804,
another -child was born to the Plaintiff and his wife,
to which she WAS herielf the nurse, and their
happiness,, seemed even to hate experienced an
increase. The Defendant, about this time oh.
tainid his, passport to return into his Own. country,.
'and the Plaintiff, seeing little pro:Teti of being
speedily' liberated, whip; he bed important busi-
;toss ,to arrange at home, both 9f a public and
private nature, entrusted the Defendant, as eonti-
.dential agent, to manage it ter. him ; begging of
him eveo to becomethe guardian of his chiLiren..,—
Sorne time after„ this' tardy Elgin being again preg-
nant, and in anffl state of health, it became an itu•
,perious duty in the Plaintiff to erideavour le procure
a passport tie. her, which war at length etTeaed,. apd
hild returned to this country. Instead of going to
the house of
.her respeelo.: father, site retired to tt
house Baker-street, where it appeared she had,
beee visited, by:the Defendant, whn easily procured
atce,-; to her as the confideetial trued of her ins•.
bind, and as one who seemed •to interest himself
nitrate in his athirs. • .Itidineot hail been suffered
by the Det>ndlitt to go by dentine. ..It` was, there-
, t!Se ;v:sh of the Learncil Cotioso to repress, not
to indulge, in anituadver,iions on the, clistko,,;uishing
feJture, He Was; far trout wishing to
wound the feelings of
,the la,ly had unfor-
titmitely Awerved: Iron) her triety ; still ut,,re avenle
W:0: he Trout the tuost &sont iikia of :,tult;g to the
affli,Thoos of tier worthy parents; and so far ea the
Delendaet himself was concerned, be did not wish
even to age,ravate , his punishment, and,. feelings.
Justice to the Plaintiff, however, compelled lam
to state his case.
. .

The Dot-cud:nit, as the intimate friend of the "Plain -
tilt had "gained easy aeaeis to the 'presence of hIS
wife. Under pretence of having been sornetimes
with Mr. Nos, sometimes with Lord Gromille,
„tt ith Sir Joseph. Banks, .)r. other en-intent and lite-
rary men, who. were supposed to hate influence
with the First Consul of France, with all of whoa)
• he Was concerting measures for the liberation of her
husband, the Defendant was received by the Plain-
tiff's wile it, a manner different from the receetipir .
which was to have been expected by any other per-
son and be had
.availed h:rnsell of this favoured
aitun:ioti,to gain possession of her atfleaines and of,
her persop. To prove the great affection iti‘. which
the Plaintiff was held by his wife, previons. to her.
Twitting France; and also on her arrival in England,
the Learned Counsel prOceededto read a great Many
,letters from her to the Plaintiff, expressive of 'her
ieterinination to bear any hardships with fortitude;
if he was to partake in them, and assuring him that
her chief anxiety consisted in his stfety. For the
change in her sentiments, though the plaintiff was
then ignorant of- the extent of the injury he had
sustained, or the person by whom it had been
oecw,ioned, the Learned Counsel referred to a
letter from the Countess of Elgin to her husband,
shortly after. she had .taken up her residenCe in Ea,
ker-street, in which she expresses herself in a stile
very different from that she had been accustomed to
use. • The Plaintiff having procured his liberation,
and arrived in this country, after bestowing a fort-
night in settling his public and priVate concerns in
London, went
.to Scotland, where his Lady was then
residig. Shortly after his arrival a letter was put
into his hand, put up and sealed in a vulgar manner,
with the address, apparently in the hand-writing of
an illiterate woman..--s,` Mi. Lady Elgin." In break=‘
ing open the envelope, the seal of the inclosute also
gave way, and on looking into the letter the Plaintiff
found it to come from the Defendant, and to be con-
ceived in such impassioned terms as, clearly to de.
monstrate, if a criminal intercourse had not already
taken place, that at least great advances had been
made towards it. The terms of the letter were such,
the,Learned Counsel canceived, as clearly to shew,
with all the passion that hur it through, that the De-
fendant was well aware that the chataaer of the per-
ton with wbonk he had 'to at was One into whom.
the boat prin6ptes bad bow instilled, tmd. with

whom his first objet Must be to undermine the bar-
rijr- w kith ,ippos(.l.l his sucCesse and to endeavour to
take the natrc,ss by storm., lhe Learned Counsel
then proce:.:,aedtoread eitrabs'from the letter now
allude? ),-and from,ptlwrs of a similar kind; which
had 1.4.1ien 'trito the Plaintiff's hands,' These breathed
the 113461 romantic and enthusiastic expressions of
I,,ve, bw in such a strain, as, while our limits pre-

T9poitim, unfOrtunately for his clieef, was not
; in this ;
situation
and,.., besides, . from the' great.
'acuteness of the
,lsearned Connie] on the other side,-
he was not only enabled to place his own case in the
atro-ngest point:, of view, bot even to anticipate the..
ease of his opponent.
He should proceed to make the very few °biter-.
vations which/it seemed necessary for hint to offer
in_this case, and. though he . should do so briefly,
yet be crusted, what he should say would enter
for,cibly into,, their minds. It appeared from - the,.
,seldence, that the Plaintiff in March, tetjg, married'
the Lady whose unfartunate tailure frem propriety
had given cause to the present action. 'They shortly;
afrer their misstep, went to Coustantinople,atid the .
Noble Lord's Mission these being finished, they ,
came to Paris in tbe'year. 1604. Tha utafortunate
Defendant was then also at Paris. It did not appear
in evidence that he had then any acquaintanee or
even knowledge of Lordlloth On looking at the
dates, so far, as. respe&ed Paris, it would be seen,
that the. Plaintiff and his, wile came to Paris in gay,
1803. In. July,
,his infirmities required him to o
to flarregess for his health. So it was only during
a period' of two months that the Defendant had
known Lord Elgin.
It was not in evidence, that the Defendant had
ever been
.in the. Plaintiff's house,or:partaken'of his
hospitalities ; and it w not eren insinuated, that
'any thing improper had taken place in PariS. The
Learned Counsel felt, anti Le knew that his Client
felt, as severely as any person could feel on such an
occasion front his not having been able to resist the
fascinating charms of this Lady. lie regretted the:
circumstances to which it had ied, nut on his own
account alone, but also ou account of the other
parties interested. The Learned Counsel thought;
ho er,- the Defend:lot tnigitt take credit, hints
self from the fad of his cot having ceisrted opeore
t uni ties pf seeing the ,Lady. He came' to Eng laud;
and.hia situation was this, that • from the' yeae.
)803 10 (805, lie never puts himself in the way of
tbliowing up the acquaintance lii the year 1805,
she comes to. England unattended. 1 Ise Defendant
unfortunately introduces dniviself, and continues to ,
visit tier till April sena", when. he leave*. Ettglandi
The• Plaintiff soon after arriVed in this country;-
The Detadaut bad admitted the criminal a 6, and.
the only thing imputed to him must clearly have
reference to !seise occurrence
shettveen:a period of
the Lady's coining to England and_ April 1805. It
was notalledged that there hid any thing criminal
taken place since the period of the Plaintiff's arrival ;
indeed,'it bad not been attempted to be shewn that
tic Lady and the Defendant had, sines: that period; I
been in 'company' together. :This young Gemtle-
man, the Defendant in the present ease, unfortu-
nately introduced doting the absence of the :hus-
band, fell under cireettistanees' which it ould have
required a matt of firinneSi 'to have withstoOd. The
Istetrrid Counsel' did not stand:there to vindicate his
Ciient's conduit, bet by his command to 'express hie
regret fat his own condeet, and for 'the distress in
which had involved the other 'pities concerned.
He seemed at the time -to have. lost his senses. , No
may, ,iuce the hest publication' of novels, had read
such a farrago its tee Learned counsel admitted the
letters of the Defendant to be. . It was IOW run mad.
He had taken it into' his head, that having once been ,
emu:tested with the Lady, their loves tuna be indis=
soluble; and toast, last tor ever. But where was the
Defendant all the time lie was writing these letters.
He was not carrying on the adultery, but ate dis-
tant* from the Lady, it being aCkuoe hedged that the
letters had been intercepted by the, husband. So
dmb. for letters. . The Jury would in these cirs
curnitances look at the record, and see what da-
wages they would give. The Learned Counsel
for the Plaintiff had said, that it was the duty of
the Jury to scourge the Defendant. He denied that
to be either their dutyor their province. He denied
that an English Jury was to scourge any Detendeut.:
They were called on to give a civil compensation
for a civil injury, They were to take ipto Considers
ation• the rank on the one side, and the ability on
the.' Other. The language of the law of England
was, that. a Jury was not tdgive vindielive darnages.
A far higher authOrity, eVen'God himself, had said
that vetigeanee belonged to him., It was for the
Jury to give compensation only. One thing whicis
'bad fallen from the Learnecj.Counsel ter the 'plaiii-
lid he coufeased .surprised him—that it was not the
objeet of the Noble Lard to reeompence himself by
excessive damages,, but to have justice done hitnese-
'Had therebeen any. wish to 4eprive him of juatieel'.
Had there beeu'even'an attempt on the part of.the
Defendant's Counsel to impeach the condua of the
Noble. Lord. He appealed to the Jury; as Gentles
men rend men of honeur, to say if there bad. He
(Mr. TOPPING) believed the Plaintiff to be an
honourable man his Client instructed him to say
'he was so. He had aged properly towards his wile,
and she had • behaved in a corresponding manner,
'lnfante was unfortuuately. left, unprotected. 'Tad
the Noble Lord then not had justice done him ?
Yes, lie had. ThesLearned Copsel on the other
side seemed to dissent-from this. • Was it intended
to be understood, that. the Plaintiff wished. to make •
a merehandize el- thiso The Learned Csenueeli was
convinced ha did not,- and that suatieeto ltia chatac.:
• ter wass'ell he asked, -and this the Learned Counsel
had dope 'The declaration, on she. part 'of the
Counsel for the Piaintiff,..that ill he asked, was jus-
tice, he (gr. Toeratio) had said surprised him, and ,
this •was. ,his reason, for saying so-sethe Leerued !
!,Ceunsel immediately utter retuned, to the datnovi
," being laid at 20,0001. and said, he trusted the Jury
' -would give every. farthing of that sutra. What
I,‘,a flbere iii thiti 3 The Leinned
Cotirk'el,on the other side, he suspeaed, had un-
'fortunately associated r with this idea, 'the. other
equally ansinal one, that it was the province of
a Jury to scourge a Defendant. Their province,
hOweve.ra, was- to set as Jurors, not
.asslpdgess,
they,would inquire of those Twelve Sage; ,to whom
administratious of Jeatice ire this cc .entry ,was
so deservedly committed, they would inform theist,
that tbere NA as no _part of • the Judicial., funCtioti sp
. disagreeable as: that of inflicting punishment. .4V
Jury had nothirig tOdo with this. They were net
ste punish, but to give compensation. The Learned
Ceunsel had also talked of an Aft of Parliament on-
' this stitijed having been brought forward by the
• present Chancellor •of the. Exchecpler. NV heeet
the Legi§lature-should pas an Att of 'that kied, it

vent us- from giving place to them, could not amuse
or lostruCt our readers. After accompanying, the
recital 'of.them wiU a number of judicious remark:4,
on the folly, extravagance, .pnd impropriety of such
tne Learned Counsel said, all that the
waS justice. fie hhould firing
v:vst.qi of rcsix.4danility, who had witnessed' the
e',uttpet of Lind. kind Lady Elgin, both in this and
foreign coantries, to prove that they were pat-
' urea- cat cv!:ry thing that was t',x.eellent. The da-
mages Laid in this record were .!0.,0001. Was
that sued too it for what the Plaintif had lost ?
It any than. had ()tiered him that sum twenty

c'Ven 20 moo times' told over, he would
have disdained ,it, if to be esteemed the purchase
of having his confidence in his'wife shal:cni even
f9r a inotne:lt ! The Jury were called on to
'punish the s;-.:oct-fr. The 110,v said, that for such an
ottl-rice, there \vas'oo iieees,ity for penalties or cor-.
por,ll v:inishinent, No litinishthent, no penalty
which a St:ttute'might provide, could be (1031 to
such an otlenee. I Je.vc it to the cognitanee of a
•Jory ; thcy sufticietatiy scourge the offender.
D? ho. let 44f:11)1)4:me :;ednetion. 'SO:thriving a plant
treat Brittiti that it iilinuld'he 'allowed to shoot
in a pile of the yerdids of enlightened Jurits. The
151:: ;Exit Chancellor of the .E.xchequer had once in-
tr,cied-a bill to, thiseffeet., conceiving this to be a
rest:king froin 'the itilitteniion to their
ott the ide of the aim )iecl. }fan of:the cowcowmu-
ni y, and from the fiat its of ttfit' other put of Mill,
f;i ui to ilia ‘tere, constantly going:about for the pur-
pg,ie of ,e1;111 ;whotti they might devour. The
'ner:fliry titen,bsiwever„ were against any such,
lay?, Wing :Jf epinion that there was nu need rot it,
but thotilfe Inost efferlual check to such pradices
wouitkle found in the good sen;e of Juries. iicre
there a breach of friendship—a breach of
hospitality, tiko: circumstance's ',which were never
urged without es'e4. The Plailltifr was Of e:t•
salted rank, inyrilti oed by ;in' arbitrary Power, fm ro
Wlkini his had separated with a bleeding heart.
The Deti2ndanr was. a Gkinletnam of respeCtability,
hoar to a considerable estate, and who, from the
confidcotial rJation in which he .stood the
Plaintia"s, wile, 'had the grefier aei_.esi her
presence, and additional facilities 'to erit:d...iate
purpo,:-e. Upoiv nil these grounds, he trusted the
Jury would, fur the sake of exhufple, give large (la-

ttLielft;

iviDrace- WAS THEN, CALLRVI.

. .
Private Secretary to the'
Notile. Earl in this etnitistt,. to Constantinople, i)rot -
ed, that they sailed on 't iie ad September, 1799,. and
that the coridua of the Ni;bie ',tad to his Lady was,
the twist lith!.6 i()l}At e and attentii;e, and that of Lady
Elgin txvotly sitnilar sties took 41 pticuliar interest
iu eeeiy thing which'. concerned hint. She was a
tender titottter, and an exe nplary wile, during his
stay t here. EL. quitted in Junei
Motie.v, Was in' Abe same capacity,
atictexpress,d the sait.4
Char tts. gg4. becatne acqulinted with
the NnlAe Earl 'and hi; LAy, at Paris, in May
lee never wit tztiseci. two iirosous more happy.
After the Noble -Earl was clirown into prison,, Lady
YAgil.;•exereoed the greatest anxiety and misery as
to ins -Astute edict

Ciptaitalloik DoneHy, Commander of the Nar-
cissus, conveyed the Wk.: Earl and his Lady to, vi-
sit !he Grecian Glands; lie, toot; them on board at
At=',etis ; tl;eyt• were two- Months on board, 'and in
alt that appeared to Lave but one sentiment;
then- atfe4ion was reciprocal.
Mrs. Jane .Lyon Lived in • the same house, and
passed two' days itt the' week with 'Lord and Lady
Elgin in
,the 'Pyrennies7-the greatest 'degree of con-
fidenee and hactriOny reigned berWeen them.
I:l3iniiton; El: was again called to show
that tin the of Lady Elgin -front France, the
gOlitititletry at the Secretary,, of State's Office,
endeavonring to obtain her Lord's release from prison,
Which She hoped to do by mean of Sir Joseph
Banks, who Was acquainted with the French' In 7
stittuc.

Gent.:::aJohn Murray.spoke of tbe Earl as a good
moral 1/130, and. an :if e.ttionate and tender husband.
He imasactinallited with them at 'Constantinople.
Charles litnic a servant in-the family, also poke
to the conditti of both, as being t!keritplary
Constantinople. He knew tie Defenciant had the
management of .his Lordship's affitirs, and that -his
father,possessA,art estate in the neighbourhood. .
Thekiters were then punt as read. It being
consented by the Dvrend4at's Counsel that they.
should be sOeimisHeTed. * "

Robert- Roper, a servant, 'prated that Lady Elgin
returned to England in Ur tuber, 1805'; lived at her
father',, w Portmatk•hquare for a fortnight,' and then
went to No. de, 13aker-strmt. The withessleff lTer
service Avril, 'BO6 ; during the .tirrre. he 'was
there, the Deli.-ndant visited early and -late, but 1w
understood he' e:tme. upon business.
Mr.\ Hay Dunaldson, Writer tti the Signet in
Edinhur.gh, certified that -the estate ,of. the De-
te...ndant 9. Culler was entailed tyon him but that
there was a proliibitov clause in the entailE to pre.
vent hint front c.,neninbering the estate with dchts.
This was the e Ucuce fer the Plaintilr.

Mr. TOPPII4U, for Mr. For,nrion, reiYrettt,l that
it had fallen to lot, v.lO gad s,L)
cases of thiti .I‘ind, to ai-pe,„r for the untbriiin:lte
fendaut. iii ca,e. LitkirttliLlte„. lie a4fee3,. with
the Learited (2,0an,e1 for the tegarding
him; asid ipelaticholy, he also agreed, in consii.t4r,....
ing ps trielanclipiy (mist bp any eae-Ntliere
a ,e,Tiptation wa;• presented to a young .than. w,hich
svalunahie t(3rpsiSt. 1-4 COd.A l notf but thank
the Learned C'ounri-1 on the. other 'side., tar the
manner in which he had tuontect.tlx ca4e. . Be
ciid: not ineatt.to eotttplittleot him 'as if he
cilinproallied the ititefOtit ',(?1 t i,y client .; hut. he cild
a)," conscious that '‘lie had stated it to the etitio`st of
his great- ability, and -11;: knew that the- Learned
COultsel lza l greater platico, .not ineafies like the
c
nt +it tj~ but iii ev4.q.y Other :-..l)t!cies of busi-
ness, alai :any r via now at the liar. He

Lo NOON : I'rinte4l
• At tilt!' Sog-01,F1

would-be lime enough to comAder what the of ea
of it would be. He tr;i4ted be would never see that
day in which Juries were to be; made parties in"the
inflietion of punishment; attain which. civil wrong-:,
were to 'be cmverteduliopunisluuems. -There was
only one remaining topic on -which l begged to say
a tew words, namely, - as to the situation of the De-
fendant. He %vas !a-young,Gentleman entirely de-
pendent on hi:s t*ItAT for present support. Ho was
, not an anly'sonhis father was as likely to live as
Many years as the Defendant was. It Defend-
ant died before his father he would never have a
farthing i' and,. even .supposing him to succeed to
his father% estate, he would.only. be in the.situation
of a tenant for life, subject to:the burden of pidvi-
sions to the widow-and younger Children, and with,
• out any power himself to burden the' estate to the
extent of due shilling.
Ve Learned Counsel-concluded by again stating,
that he was not instriuSted to otTer any justification
on the part of the Defendants whose .unfortunate
situation he committed to the hands of ;the. Jury,
trusting that, though bound to.give ownpensation to
the Plaintiff, they would temper their judgment with
mercy. •
Mr. BIiiCHALL, the Under-Sheriff, having made
distiu& charge to the Jury, they retired for a
few minutes, and returned wtli a verdia—Da-
wages 10,0004 .•

Lail! REPUIiT.

COURT OF KING's BENCII, Dtc. 21.

131FOSti °LORD I.LL&NZIOROL ICH. AU D A SYECZAL. JURY.

cliockyanD wiNTek.

This was an: tt tion to recover back a stnn of mol.
nay. which had been ' paid to. the Defendant, under
the.following circumstances.. The Defendant)* ma-
ter 4 grandmother had. left him a, legacy, by the
description- of ;he Child of T. inter and her
thinghter. The Testator .had left the ;legacy .in
question under the impression, that he was the legal
isstto of her daughter,, and the question now was,
whether he could take under the de.scription of the
.Child, he being, it was said, illegitimate, andfaus
ssullius: When the Bank was applied t,., to
,trans-
fer the money of the Testatrix, they required• the
produclion of the usual documents, the certificate of
his father's marriage, and an of its being a
true copy of the parish reg: !er. These
,being pro-
duced, the' hank transferr.d the money, and the
Executor.paiti the legacy : h..t it b-ing subsequently
discovered that this copy of ihe p.trish register was a
forgery, and that no soc. I ) ri—inter existed, this ac...
tioll war bro4.*bt to reC'' :none), hick. Tlw
qUestion at issue before y was, whether the
father was-married. to' ii , er or not. To prove
the affirmative, the I,ltiv,:r iituself swore, that be
was married to the rio:.4c. at Carlisle ; that he did
not' marry in his (kil Daliie or beta;, that they, both
changed their nante, the banns, ' and. that they
were married by the names ofJohn Hastings and
Anne Wilson. The reason be gave for this was,
that he lived ss ith Gentle:Man tintn whom he wished
to conceal his marriage. He'farther- stated, that he
had been usher at Appleby School,. from whence
he went to live as private tutor,with•the Gentleman
from whom he wished to conceal his marriage. He
said ht had forged the certiftc:ate of marriage pro-
did at the Bank, and he swore to its being a true.
'cop', but that his sou did not know sny thing of
the matter.

Mr. Givaow, for the Plaintiff: said j if! this
Witness was to be believed, be should contend that the
Marriage was a vhid one by the Marriage AEI but
he insisted that be was altogether unworthy at
credit. • _ _ _

Lord Et.t.aNaolou Gil said, he would take the opi-
nion of. the Jury first, if ,4 to whet her any marriage
had ever taken place. It they' -10tind it had, the
other questions vould afterward, arise..
Thti . found oo marriage, and consequently a
erdidt Ibr' the Plaintiff.

COURT OF CHANCERY, Dic. ig.

r nAs BCILD V. RAYZIOLD.

This case came befOre the Loan CHANCELLOR.
It ` appeared that Mr. ilayhOld, being the son and
h ail at A Gentleman of large fortune, happened to
'lie Alit:led with insaniiy, and was Loniined in a
private mad-ho Use, under two proper attendants ;
that a Mrs. Hawkins, a widow Lady, hat ing pre-
vieorly<.lcnowut him aced, his family, formed a reso-
lution to, rescue him from his place or confinement,
by causing an atfittionate, letter to be, conveyed to,
him by a hair-dresser, direeting: him to repair to a
.certain place at a given time. fie came there ac-
c"alt*' aunt
PurstujutiT w the aais°llLinLtidiTakntd-
theerr&liteePtittlaitittit°B.3'Cr(gel}: proceeded to London, where
lid married the Lady. The marriage-took place in
788, 'and,' in 1804, Mr. itaybold died, after elm.
o
cutin, several deeds in favour of his' wife and levy-
ing al'fine— The Plaintiff is the heir at law of the
deceaseti husband, and demanded a discovery of the
deeds, on the ground that the decease&was insane
when he executed them, and levied a fine. '
Mr. Thonmaas, for the... Widow, contended tgat
this person never was insane, and -.that the Lady
had ailed throughout from motives, of humanity.
At all events, she was intitled to her dower.
The 'LOUD CHANCELLOR diroaccf the case to go in
the form of an issue before a Jury, but to be pro-
viousltsotanitted to bim. •

Wednesday seennight Mr. James Lewis, hosier, j,
of *Fewkesbury, NVai found frozen to death ou
Tewkeshury Awl): he went the preceding day to
' visit a friend at Bu'dily, anti on hix return•home, it
is suppoSed,' trein the fall of snow,, lost his path,
and it-11 into a hollow plate. •

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