The Sun.
London, England, 1809-06-10 00:00:00

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The cause cat her MAJESTY dressing at the Duke
of Cosines LAND'S apartments, ,on Molloy, it is
,supposed, was principally tier the purpose of avoid-
itig,the inconvenience of getting in and out of a car-
. riage in a full Court;,dress, togefh;:r with the danger
of losing or ..injuring the numerous and valuable
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jewels which she wore; whiCh ,1 with those the
DusL.—We understand that two Gentletnen, p '
RINC.ESSES wore,• were valued -at near half a million
Messrs..BLXKK and Dix, residents at Boston, re- f money To
.k;uard against lOSS, or any accident
cently determined to settle an affair of honour by n ' •
duel. They left..-that: place for Canada about ten ;Cr 'drionwgNaar:93fEttha7d-l'iVtrc.taßanNitllrs7Wetti'-: isetawtivolit,
A pair In a room adjoining that whew they w'ere kept., in
Jays since, accompanied by their seconds.,
of pistols was ptovided for each. The distance of
t the Duke's apartments, to protea them. A short
he combatants WES to be ten paces the first fire, and time Auer
her MAJESTY leer the Duke's apartnients,
to approximate two paces till one or the other
through the gallery leading to the Ball-
should fall. They both fire(' together, and BLAKE 'd and P"'ed
ball is said
room, one of .the Duke's female servants picked up
to have entered the lungs of Dix, on the from, the floor what she supposed to be a button,
belonging, to the. coat of one of the Gentlemen of '
right side. Dix's ball grazed the cheek of BLAKE,
without drawing blood. They both behaved, it is
the Duke s flonsliold i but it proved to he a dia-
said, with perfe6t composure. Before Dtx fell, he .
mond that had fallen from her MaJesTr's dress, of
turned, and said to his second, "give me the other 3001. value. pistol,l find he has winged me."—The second find-
ing NW wounded, stepped op 'to support him be-
Punic OFFICE, IiATTON GARDEN —YeSteiday
wife and
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fore he fell, and he died immediutely.—(Prcnt Vie child i
ay ueni spkainvetre' for the murder of his
r.strev,
Wa/pok (New nanipshire) Museum, April iii.)
was l Committed to New omers-town,zate for trif on Tuesday,

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COURT OF AG'S BENCII, rung i. , ,
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? ,Me. Gartaosv moved for leave to file a Criminal
Informition against a Mr. Williamson, for writing
a letter to Mr. Crosby, with intent to praVoke that
Gentleman to fight a duel. It was stated by the
Learned Gentleman; that Mr. WilliameOn had oc-
cupied a cottage in the County of Essex, of which
Mr. Crosby was the Landlord. He had taken the'
cottage of another person. During his ocenpation,
some circumstances occurred Which rendered it ne-
cessary that Mr. Crosby should hare the possession
of the cottage, 'he accordingly wrote -several. very
civil awl polite letters to Mr. Williamson on the
subject, and, as he thought, it was settled that the
-cottage should be given tap. However, such was'
not the case; fur Mr. Crosby was compelled to have
recourse to law, and indeed to proceed to ejea, In
this stage of the business, Mr. Williarnion wrote a
letter to Mr. Crosby (and this letter termed the
ground-work of the present application), desiring
that he would give him reparation for the conduct
which he Mr. Crosby bad pursued towardo him.
The Court asked when the letter was, written ? .1
Mr. GAillitiNi' replied, on the 4th May last, but
that it was impossible to apply before, as it was -
within a few clays of the Term, and the .necessary
evidence could not be produced whereon to ground
the Rule. lie had the:affidavit of a gentleman to
whom Mr. Williamson shewed the letter, 'end who
adVibed him of the core.vouences', as it was a chal-
lenge;' but Mr. W. said he had so worded it that
it could not be construed into a challenge.
'Lord ELLgNBOKOUGU thought as the offence (if
any) had happened last Term, and no application
had been Made, it were better pot to grant the Rule.
The Court had some denhts upon the letter, it
Might, perhaps, In the demand of reparation, be
nothing more than a desire to give some explanation
fur a supposed atliont.—Rulerefused.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
SITTINGS AT GUILDHALL, LONDON.
SEDUCTION.

BARNETT' V JACOBS. ,
This wasan aelion brought by the Plaintiff, a Jew
cloatinkeller and Jeweller, to recover from the De
fendant, a person of the same nation, and of the
same profession, a compensation in damages. for the
loss of the services of his daughter, Sarah liarnett,
in consequence of her seduttion by the Defendant.
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There were two Italians brought, the one by the
Father, to the circa before mentioned; the other
in the name of the daughter, by which she sought
to recover damages, on the ground Of breach ofpro-
mise of marriage.
SirJAM}.B .11/lANsvinn said he could not alloy the
two aatons to be tried at the same time, nor in the
same Sittings. The former action was accordingly
ordered to proceed, and the latter to lie over.
Sarah Ilitrnett was then examined. '• Her evidence
went to prove, that, in the year /807, the Defend-
ant wai a shopman in her tether's employment, in
which he had remained six years.; that the witness
was then 14 years of age, and the Ddendant about
; that a connection then. took place bet ween them,
the witness at.the 'time supposing the Defendant to
be a single man, and having promised her marriage,
though it was afterwards discovered that he was al-
ready married. At this first intercourse the witness
seemed to allege that force had been used. On
which

Mr. Serjeant BEST, for the Defendant, contended,
that the 'talon had been wrong laid, and that in.
stead of an action tar damages, it ought to have been
an intlidtment for a rape.
It appeared, however, that a subsequent familiarity
had taken place between the parties, to which the
witness bad been consenting, when the pronike of
marriage was also made to her, and in consequence
• of the .effects of which the present salon was
brought, on its being discovered that the Defendant
was already married. • On this pound the Learned
Serjeant's objdion was over-ruled. •
Mrs. Young was' adduced as to the charaaer of
Sarah Barnett; and Dr. Ball prwed her delivery in
February last, the. Plaintiff maintaining the child.
. Solomon Jacobs swore that the Defendant had to
him-acknowledged that he was the father of the
child, and bad offered him 501. to marry Sarah
Barnett.
Mr. Serjeant Bin addressed the Jury, principal.
ly on the ground of the incredibility of the Plaintiff's
case, as it it were at all probable that a connection
should have taken place between the Defendant and
the principal witness only twice, and those at two
distant periods, once in the year 1807, and once in
the year 1808. The Learned Counsel, with great
force, combatted the facts of the Plaintiff's case, and
rested that ot his own client on the Inconsistency
of the story brought against him.
Sir Jamas MANSFIELD, in his charge to the JUry,
laid it down, that damages were' due in this case,
but left it to the Jury to :say, what should be, the
amount of them; it being to be obiervedj that there
was still an adlon depending for breach of promise
of marriage, the consideration of which ought not,
in the present suit, to enter into the rninciS of the
Jury..

After consulting for about an hour and a half,'the
Jury found 1-or the Plaintiti--Damages 101.

VVIDNMA v.
Prize Weathers dead. , South Down tups let.
Second Show of South Down Sale at South Down Ewes.
Tops. Sale of Hereford and Devon
Sht.vp-Shearers. Cattle.
Show of Herelotd and Deyon
Cattle.

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT:.

OUSE OF

iItIDAYs. JUNG 9.• 7. Counsel were again heard in the Appeal; Fran'elk v. Franck.._A further hearing on they
nekt.
Several Bills were brought tip from the Com-
mons, among others, the Prize Moneir Bill; add
read a tirit
The Sale of Officei Bill was reported; and oi-derecl
to be read a,third tune.
The Other Bills on the table Were forwrirded
their ieipeeliVe stages; and the Rouse adjourned,