The Sun.
London, England, 1804-05-26 00:00:00

LAO' REPoRP.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 19.
IDiSON ,TJ . Rowßit.
This was an aftion for money lent and avanced.
The Plaintiff is Vestry-Clerk of the Parish of St.
, James's, the Defendant a Publican in the same
Parish: the debt in question was a bill for 291. 1 Bs.
which the Plaintiff accepted for the Defendant and
paid. This was proved. The defence set up was
a demand by way of set-off against the Plaintiff, for
dieting, lodging, and maintaining several Recruits
for the Army of Reserve. The Plaintiff, as Vestry..
Clerk of the Pari•;h of St. James's, had employed
the Defendant to procure men for the Army of Re-
serve for that parish, and had paid him the usual
bounty upon each.
Patrick Fallon was the first Witness produced on
the part of the Defendant, and he swore that the
Defendant had been employed by the Plaintiff to
procure men for the Army of Reserve; that they
used to be supplied with meat and drink by the De.
Pendant; and that the Defendant used to be fre-
quently in advance for the Plaintiff upon that ac.
count.
The cross-examination of the Witness by Mr.
Gaßtow excited much laughter. Ecing asked
his name, he said, he was bred and born Patrick
Fallon ; but he was christened liter Martin.
Some other Witnesses were then examined on the
pazr of the Defendant ; but upon the whole of the
evidence it appeared, that the Defendant frequently
paid but a; or :6 guineas per man for the recruits,
and used to charge the parish twenty, and that in
paying over the bounty-money, he always deduded
the man's maintenance out of it.
Verdid for the Plaintiff 291. 1 Bs. and costs,
It being necessary, in the course of the morning,
to call a aecond Jury, and only nine Jurymen at-
tending, the Court was obliged to send into the Ex.
chequer for three more, in order that business might
proceed. His Lordship ordered that the whole of
the Pannel absent should be fined 40 shillings each.

MAY 23.

AINSLIE V. SIR WM. GIBBONS, BART.

Mr. ERSKINE stated, that this was an anion
brought by the Plaintiff, Mr. Ainslie, a Gentleman
whom they al►l knew, against Sir Wm. Giobons, for
slander. The Piaintiff was a Gentleman of the Bar,
the son of Sir Philip Ainslie, and was a man of
most unspotted and pure character, so that he was
not only unsuspected of the crime which the De-
fendant had slanderously imputed to him, but was a
man of unquestionable virtue in every respell. In
bringing this anion, he was anurted by motives
worthy a Gentleman of his reputation. It was far
from any 'iew of gaining a pecuniary recompense,
but it was to repel the calumny which had been
most shamefully levelled at him, and to vindicate
his charaner, which was to him the dearest thing in

Mr. GIBBS here interrupted Mr. ERSKIN3, by
observing, that the case-had been opened in the
manner lie expede,:i; and, as Mr. Ainslie professed
he did not want pecuniary damages, but merely to
vindicate his chara&er, he, on the part of Sir
1`-alt Gibbons, who sat by him, was ready to
make a most ample apology. lie would not have
done this, if Sir William had not been present,
because it might hereafter be said, that it was merely
the prudence of Counsel, who said more than the
principal would sanction ; but in the present case,
St William himself authorized him to say, that
Mr. Ainslie was a man of unquestioned virtue and
charader, and that what he said was owing to irri-
tation arising from the misapprehension of a mes-
sage which had been sent to him by Mr. Ainslie,
or which had been mistated by the bearer. He was
sincerely sorry for what had passed, and now offered
the most ample
.atonement that an apology could
make. Mr. EasKINE agreed to accept this apology,
and Mr. GI Bac, on the other side agreed, that the
Plaintiff should take a verdkt for the amount of the
damages laid in the declaration, which was zo,oool.
—Verdid was accordingly taken to that amount.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH observed, that die atone-
ment was, as ample as could be made. The words,
which the Counsel from delicacy had not stated,
were certainly of a most groSs nature, and such as
imputed a condud to the Plaintiff not to be endured.
He had, however, offered a verdict for the whole
damages as an atonement, which, he concluded, was
understood'as a matter of honour between the par.
ties, and not be exaled in payment. •
In this Couse the damages were merely nominal,
it having been agreed that an end should be put to
the action on the Defendant's paying the Plaintiff's
costs.

A feat of arms of a novel nature was exhibited the
other night in Pall-Mall, and the broad.sword exer-
cise was performed by a Military Officer in an extra-
ordinary style, and to the no small terror and contu-
sion of the neighbourhood. About two o'clock on Sa-
turday morning, Mrs. JEFF aßys, of Pall. Mall, was
awakened and alarmed by a violent noise at the
street door, and by the screaming of one of the fe-
male domestics. In great trepidation, and suspen.
ing the house to be on fire, she awoke Mr. Jr:ar E.
ays, who immediately threw open the window, and
beheld an Officer, in full uniform, brandishing
his drawn sword, making lunges at- the parlour
window and the fan-light, which he demolished ;
and defacing the name on the door, and cutting it.
Upon asking the reason of such behaviour, he re-
ceived much abusive language; he immediately sprung
a rattle, and the Officer made a precipitate retreat
into St. James's-square, where he was pursued by the
watchmen, and after a long struggle, in -which the
latter, with sticks and staves, wtre g-.pposed by the
drawn sword of the former, which fortunately' did
no other mischief than cutting the hat of one watch-
man, and the stick of another, he was secured, and
carried to St,
James's watch.house, where he remain-
ed all night, in a state of intoxication.

The sale of the Corporation Lands of the Borough
of Carmarthen, closed there on Tuesday ; and such
was the eagerness of the bidders,
that they sold for
the immense and incredible sum of r
5,434.1. the
yenta! of which produced to the Corporation little
more than 2001,
yeas purchase ! per annum, being upwards of 75