The Sun.
London, England, 1804-11-03 00:00:00

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245. 10 255. the cwt. so that'when the weight
41ttily bridge cotill be accurately iotertatned, the
total, amount mi,;ht be determined' with iteat 'pre:
cision.

Several othei..wittiessec were then railed, to rtue
the weight, the value, anti the drlivery.

Mr. Easeme, on behalf of the Defendant, said,
was nut_, less mortified than his Learned
Friend, that a. metier involvieg
.delicate quese
tionse of a domestic nature should be made the
subj.:a of public investigation. It was, happily, •
however, not an affair in which the ,honnur
of the wife% of the Defendant was. concerned
in the nicest point effedinge female reputation ;
but it was a case merely of false ta.te ; • and to
prevent the effeils of unbounded extravagance
it was subtnitted to an English Jury. His Cll.
ent had said, that it ehe:decisione Were. refer.
red to a Jury of married' men, he had no dOblit
the determination would he' in his favotire and'
the Learned Counsel was' bold to assert,. that this
was no false prophecy. Mr: PARKE and he Were
perfealy agreed on the point of law, that the case
of Sir Francis Witkins, whom .he would' calleS'ir
Francis Wronghead (from the absurdity of his
descent front. the Bench to the ..Bet),- was. wholly
inapplicable to the present, inasmuch as 'a gold
fringe to a petticoat had not the smallest eonnec.
'tine with an Iran bridge, and the same 'embellish.
men' to a side.saddle was well adapted to the lady
of Sir Francis (whether Wilkins or Wiongheed),
who could not be supposed 'to ride astride for the
gratification of publlc curiosity: "Ns objection
had been taken against the amount of the' for
I two reasons • first' because he did not doubt but
,
I the Plaintiff' was a fair tradesman ; and secondly,
and ptincipaliy, becauie he' was confident the De.
fondant would not be called upon to discharge it.—
With the first %vitae:et (the Rev. Edomod Cart.'
eiVright) he (Mr: ER,K NE)' was perselnally acqeainte
•ed ; he knew him to he one t 4 the Most ingenious
Artists in this Country, who, under a Royal Parent,
had introduced into the woolleo,l he machinery which
had hithettte beenconlined to the cotton, manulattory; •
but his talents, whatever they might be, would .he
of no advantage on the preseot 'occasion so the
Plaintiff, for he had estehlished no recognition LA'
the Contrail op •the part of, the Defendant. The
eon ve t satien SileGree,ory 'before • this 'Roe. C,ln.
Oman, at Baulestone, was neither respeilful.orele.
ct t ; it Would have been 'much more wise if the
Defendant had' reserved the agitation of his passions
for a curtain leilure, when they might have been
proptely dirated ; but neither the serious• nor the
: Omit. part of this drama amounted to any adoption
of the orders given by her Ladyship ; and unless
such an acknowledgment of responsibility could he
hewn, the Plaintiff would not be -entitled to the
verdict of the Jury.
. Cooke, the gardener, HayleY, the butler, and
Upsdele, the surveyor, of Sir G:rgory, were then,
called for the: defence; and Mr. PARKE Haying
spoken in reply,
Lord Eeetteuottotecei summed up the evidme.
" The order is ev Wendy oue by which the Defend.
ant was not' eriginally liable. A wife may render
ter healed responsible for the necessity articles
of houtekeeping ; but to construes buildings, and
throw bridges over his weter.courses, h not at all,
within her province. The simple inquiry on which
fou have to exercise your judgment is this : if
after therirder wet given to the Plaintiff, by the
wile, the Defendant adopted- it ? and the determi.
nation of, depieds on the conversation with
Mr. Cartwright. If you cerisider the Defendant
liable, the next consi leration is, to What extent
he if so‘ Halals ? I ball deliver the bill to you,
whiCh States the separate c'etrges. The turn of
joi. is added for the, construction of models; ano.
thee item is ifirrUtittetil for thiee iitenti :ices at Bate
eleittene Pork. An extraordinary expeece is stated
fora portion of the work in wrought iron, inilead
cast iron. You will jede on the propriety of
these spatters of account, the first instatice,
You consider the Defeneiltt
,`reeponsible for tiny
part of it.')—Lreretiaelor the Plaintiff, seed.