The Sun.
London, England, 1804-02-23 00:00:00

the law of England, the wife cau►k! tlot be a Wlf.
ness in a case where her husband was accused of a
crime, and therefore Mrs. Luker was, not. ex-
arniped.

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The ATTOR'N'EY qENETIAL replica very ably,ln
the course of which he observed, that 'one part of
this crime, although a Considerable. feature in the
guilt of the' parties, had turned out fortunately,
namely the haste with. which they accomplished it,
Had they staid until next oAober, the young Lady
would have been of:ge, and her fortune would be
her own, .and so wid become her husband's abso.
lutely, _by virtue of the marriage, as it was personal
property ;, bur now it was in the Court of Chan.,
eery, and it would -be difficult for him to get a
shilling of it.
Lord ELLENBOROZGH delivered a very proper
and able charge to the Jury,' the which to enter into
would exceed our limits : It p6inted out clearly that
this was a conspiracy in all the parties. As to the
Law, although the-Marriage itself was valid, becauSe
the Lady 'wax able to cOntra&, and had aou.dly con.
meted marriage, yet the mode in which it was
brought about was illegal, for as she was a,ward of the
Court of Chaneery, it was decided by Lord Weeks-
fieldand Lord Hardwickeo ha t marrying a minor and
a ward of the' Court of Chancery against die consent
Of her gpardians Was a crime,' and, a fit objeti Glair
information.. The marrying of her by her own
consent did not make it die less a:crime by Law
it was CriMirtal in ail the parties even to persuade
her to do it against the rill anti -consent of. her.
.Goardiansi*while she was an Infant and Ward of
the Court of Chancery. -Her Guardians -had not
consented, 'and although -under the will they were
not her legal Guardians, as -she was itiegiOnlate,
yet they were become so by the approbation -and
-au t hori ty of the Court of Chancery. As fo the prOper-
ty of the first, Mr. Locker, there. was-!.no proof
of At, because the Very reveciable Gentlemen who
gave their, testimony trpon.thar-suY,jett, had not-
spokerroftheir own immediate 'knowledge, but' of
what they und'rstood from the Defendant himself.
His having dined with the Speaker of -the House of
Commons, -either of Ireland or England, was a very
high honour, but it would be-too-much to call on
either of -these exalted Genoleiw n to give a certifi-
cate of the wealth of every Gentleman -who might
hate-the good fortune to partake of their hospitality.
If indeed the—Jury saw good reason ,for it, they
might acquit the first Defendant upon the count
which stated him :o be a person of low and- mean
condition and circumstances, remembering however
that these were relative terms, that a person might
be above the circumstances of a Beggar, and
yet be of low and mean condition in reference
to the Orson with whose circumstances his H ere
compared. It the Jury thought the Defendant
Locker ought 'to be acquitted .of that Count,
there Were others in which that-part was omitted.
His Lordship left the whole case to the Jury, who,
without hesitation,- 'round the Defendant John
Locker Guilty of the whole Information, and found
the other two Defendants also Guilty.

PROM THE FRENCH AND DUTC,HPAPERS.

RATISBON, JAN. 30.-7—The King of. Prussia), ac.
cording to a proposal made the day before yesterday
by his •Minister to tile, Diet, wishes to.give to that
Assembly full power to determine in regard to, the
contest which has arisen. between - several,Ptinces
and-the:Equest,rian Order.: The idea. of this expe_
'client- which deviates from the ordinary rules, sup-
poses.on the part of His M.ajesty,A desisg ip esta.
Wish: new principles.---AS the, Emperor dues noi
partieipate.-in.tbis desire, he persists in filervink
in this affair a. different ecturse, traced out,by
.the
Constitution, and which tends to support it. ;:Thi's
evidentlyjappears, by, the following impOrtant de..
claration, given ,in this day to. the ' Dier„by ,the
two;temitial Ministers of the Court of Vienna,: