The Sun.
London, England, 1804-02-22 00:00:00

A.THEWAY Z. NF.V7MAN.

the cause, only .one ►►[ tlt cciets, viz. tite third,
was supported by the evidence, and the gravemeu
that the D,lrmiant had lost the c►►stom of Lord
De Danstanviile by. such malicious slander.. The
words complained of were nearly those employed to
every person travelling .post, by the coalition of
innkeepers, when he wishes to be driven to a house
not in the routine of their interest. "My Lord
(said Mrs. Newman) you will not meet with horses
enough, or with accommodation sufficient at Glas_
ronbury House : we always drive on to Street."—
In consequence of
.thismbservation, Lord De Dun.
stanville, from the S:udem's box, gave evidence,
that he and'his retinue, during one excursion, aban-
(oled the house of the Plaintiff; and gave his cus-
tom according to the recommendation of the De-
fendant.

Mr. ERSKINE, for the Plaintiff; endeavoured to
s,!,port• the different counts in the declaration, and
he contended that it was not necessary to state spe-
cial damage, but it was competent for him to go
into the general damage, which was laid to the ex-
tent of t0.,0001. He adverted to the magnitude of
the concerns for communication on the great roads
of 'this opulent kingdom, and he trusted- that the
jury would, by their verdia, repair the great losses
his client had suffered from these malicious misre-
presentations.

Mr. GAR ROW, for the Defendant, expressed his
surprize that this Attion was transferred to West-
minster, instead of being brought on at the Bridge-
water Assizes, -where the Plaintiff might have had
the assistance of his learned and facetious friend
Mr. JEKYLL, to open his case, and of Mr. GIBBS,
to lead on the occasion, who is justly distinguished
as the great Prophet of the Western Circuit. " It
surely (said the Learned Counsel) is no scandal to.
say, that an inn is not licensed for post horses. I
have sometimes been at the bottom of Shooter's
Hill with tired beasts, and it is well known the
mense, building on the summit has had no licence
to supply horses in such an emergency.. I hope I
speak no scandal when I say this, for which I shall
be brought before this Honourable Court. My Learn-
ed Friend, Mr. ERSKINE, and myself, hare tiofor-
tunately met, the North Circuit, with the retinue
of the Duke of Northumberland, in his progress!
to Alnwick Castle, and we love been spoken to
in theianguage of the present Defendant, tliat horses
were not. to be procured at Ferrybridge, and that
the- Angel could give.us no accommodation; yet
no action was brought : and such -precisely might 1
have)een the circumstances when his-Lordship, who
has appeared as- a -.witness in -this cause, was uioii
the road. Out
.of the ten counts one only remains ;
it is in itself futile and nugatory, and ought ae ver to
have been.submitted to-a Jury in Westminster Hall,"

.
Lord F4LENBO.ROUGH.•—=," The 18141 e-of Law
thAt you shall not go into special damages without
sufficient notice to the Defenbrjr ; wnd there must
be Aome conformity between the words used in an,
attionlor slander, and the testimony to such aC-
tionS. It is not enough thar word are spoken of a
certain import, but
,they nuirit be falsely and Mali-
ciously spoken. I may reCommend any particular
inn, but to enforce such recommendation, I must
riotoverstep the limits of truth ; if I do, it will he
construed that I have maliciously spoken. It doei
appear on this evidence, that a misiepresentation
was made to my Lord De Dunstanville, and
that he in consequence did, on one occasion, leaVe
tiv! Glastonbury House. He travels wi:h six horses,
and perhaps the loss on this .single circumstance is
nor likely to amount to more than 39s.—Verdid.
for the Plaintiff, 4.05.

FEBRUARY 21.

PUCKERIDGDE co. DAY-7.11R.

Mr. GARROW stated that the Dtfendant was a
Watch-Case-mknufaazTer, who. had a little hill of
ii. I 25. on the Plaintiff; he called for. it, but 'the
Plaintiff had neither cash nor small notes to pay ;
he had only a fifty pound note- in the house, and he
told the Defendant so. "If you give it me," said
the Defendant, " I will get it changed, and I will
bring you the change back." The Plaintiff trusted
the Defendant with the note, to get it change;'.; but
the following day the Defendant returned, and said
he had lost the note, and that he must 'make it up
as well as he could. The Plaintiff hardly belieV,d
this story, for since that time the Defendant kid left
off his trade of Watch.case.making, and taken a
Pork Shop.

A Witness proved that he saw the Defendant
come to the Plaintiff's house, the day after it was
delivered to him, saying to the Plaintiff, " I have
lost your Fifty Pound Bank Note—l must .make it
up as well as I can."
Verdi& tor the Plaintiff—Damages 48% Bs..
lowing the Defendant the amount of his Bill. •

• On Monday se'noight died suddenly, at Kingston,
at the advanced age of !09 years, George Giegory,
tupposed to be the last -cd‘ the crew of .the, C en?u,
rion, which ship circumnavigated the wo.ild with
Lord ANSON ; • and what is more remarkable, be
never had a day's illness since he went to Sea, which
was -in the year 17 14, when lie was impressed its the
Downs out of the Ma,y brig, belonging. to North
Shields.