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alinataiirta' ' i'V'e 'i4iili every deseiipii6n -of goods
tt
in anyipliiii ,'''• itibt, only .toja' proper taxaticilli
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so as 'to "enh e• •Revenu , -to -meet the. inter
reit ' of the debt, and other : 'expenditure.... Our
tail` is,t'thar a eotntrycanztot. receive, too -ranch
a good thing. The more it .receiyeaiof a zpoCl,..
thing The .better. We :would )iever,. 11_
,any navtga-.
tion; or other stupid laws, stop the receipt of a%ocid.
thing.',eon`•what principle, should we stop the receipt
of corn, cattle, fruits, wine, timber; atiLincli other
good things.?
~, Our ancestors, five hundred or a thou.;
sand years since, were not so un:iiisethey received
in every way—by meanS'of boati3; Small -ships, &c: up
the river Thames, and up all the' rivers, and all around
the . coasts—the
.good.. things of every -part of the'
world. But then Mr. Hume and Mr. Robertson
would say our ancestors were not • cursed with 800
.millions of debt. No, our ancestors were wiser than
to Dave been 4ulled into an 800'millions debt, con-
tracted in eonsuleration of
,a sum not greater•than 500
millionS in- advance. Our ancestors had no debt,
and therefOre no occasion for much of that thing
called Revenue, which, in plain language, is neither
more nor' less than taxation. They had few or no
Custoin-houses, no occasion for Boards of ExCise, or
Boards of Trade, few or no .Custom-house Clerks, no
Excise officers, no Preventive Service men, &c. ; but
goods from other countries came up the Thames and
other rivers, as oysters and other fish do now ; and as
coal, corn, fruits,. wood, and such things. •
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LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, SATURDAY, MAY 13.
CR1111• CON,---RICHARIMMi V. VRY•

This was an action so recover compensation in damages for in-
jury received by the plaintiff, in consequence of the seduction of
his wife by the defendant.

?ill.. Sergeant Wmnr. stated the case. The present was one of
those instances which hind of late become unfortunately frequent.
The plaintiff had now coins to demand at their hands the, repara-
tion his case required 14 the outrageous injury he had received
frotu the defendant. Be should not waste their time by snaking
remarks which their own feelings, as men of morality and virtue,
would prompt, but briefly !state the circumstances of the. ease,
which would be substantiated by the witnesses, and leave it for
them to decide what ought to be the amount of the damages he
was entitled to receive. 'file plaintiff had just commenced life, and
married a woman of great beauty and accomplishments. To show
the affection he entertained for her, he had settled all his property
iu possession and reversion on her. They had continued on the
mOst affectionate terms till the defendant, who was in the medical
profession, had been introduced to the family. Then it was he
took an opportunity of ruining the virtue of Mrs. Richardson, and
the happiness of her husband. The witnesses would enter into a
'detail of the facts of the case, and by them they would determine
whether his cheat was not entitled to large damages.
Mrs. Lawrence is sister to the plaintiff ; was present at hissnar.:
siege with Mary Ann Pool on the 30th March, Itw, ; did not
know Miss P.'s family before she married; her brother lived With'
witness for about two months after his marriage, and then went
to Worle; near Bristol ; her brother is an attorney, and was 22
y(.4tra'of age on the day of his union ; the settlement npoy his wife
was executed on the day of the marriage; the property he settled
upon her was the whole of which he was possessed ; 'he derived it
froui his uncle Poele had no property; it was a marriao
of affection ; they appeared very fond of each other; during the
time they were in witness's house they seemed to be very kind to
each other; there are two boys, one about three years old, the
other about 18 months, the fruit of this marriage.
Cross,examined—Misa Poole, was two or three years older than
\vitneski brother; it was a runaway match—the friends of Miss
P. not having consented to the union. Miss P.'s father is en atl
tornev at Bridgewater; saw very little of them after they left her
house, and cannot say how things went on.

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The marriage-settlement was then proved, by which it appear-
ed that the plaintiff had made over certain lands end reVerstomry
property, to which he Win; entitled, to his wife.
J. Price, vicar of Worle, in Somerset, is acquainted with the
plaintiff, and, since the nu;riage, with the wife; has seen a greet '
aid of them at various periods; they appeared to he exeeedinely
kind to each other, and to live upon the best terms. It is nearly
4.. years 'since they came W Worle, hut witness ceased to call upon
them for, the last 2 years; has' no acquaintance with the defend-
ant, but had seen hint during some years; witness ceased to visit
plaintiff subsequently to the defetulantie coming into the 'neigh-
liourhood ; the reports that prevailed at the time respecting the
levity of her conduct towards the defenitant, and his attentions to
her, were the reasons' that indUced witness to cease visiting.
Elizabeth Fry is a married woman ; lived in the service of '
plaintiff and his wife ; went there the day after lasiChristmas-day,
and reniained until after Mrs. R. left; the defendant was in the
habit of going'there very often when the plaintiff was absent.—
Remembers once, when the defendant and. Mrs. R. were in tlit
parlour, from whence a noise proceeded, witness went softly to
the door, and could see what passed in the room. The' yhtintiff
was not at home: Mrs. It. was sitting on defendUnt's knee. .She
afterWarthi paw them together. • • On u former day bad beard a ail,'
miler noise. After this occurred, the defendant asked witness
Whether she had eeett any thing paas between ltiin;elf and Mrs.
R.,, and also wanted to know whether She had mentioned it.'
Told hint she did not know if she had or had not. Defendant'
then asked her not to tell how often he was there, and gave 'her'
hOMething. Ile appeared to be very, much affected when .she said
She had seen what had passed. • When her mistress left, the week
sfter Wells Sessions, she was taking medicine. It wait six Weeks.
before Lady-day. The plaintiff had been absent about fourteen
days when Mrs. R. left ; plaintiff's brother had been at their
,house on the Friday before Mrs.' 11.1eft ; she seemed rather id-,
fected afterthe meeting, but soon cheered up. . .
Crosii4gamined--Ivlrs.. ll.'s brother Caine,on. the,Sunday, and
'took her hwaY; witness was not married, when she went
.quietly
ttrthe door and'aaw what the defendant and Mrs. R. were doing;
the door way partly open, and she put her bead 'into the rooni
neither the defendant nor her mistress !timber witnese Wei look,
into thrtiOem about three.minutes; witness did, not mention
this at fair to her master when. he arrived* home, because she was
:afraid be vvuuld'fly.iu a passion, and do amite injury ether to his
wife or to the defendant,; nearlYtwonumthii there after this
circentstunce, without mentioning it to any one; did not tell any
thilig.Of it till after she had left her place, and 'after this present
action had 'been commenced.

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1 Ire•htuul-wrs ring •of the defendant was then Proved, and a let- I
ter from hint to Mrs. It. lest iu and read. It, was as follows :
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" Bristol, Saturday morning. '-•
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iMy dearest Mary Aune—Accoriling to my promiao I have
tient you the medicines I wish you' to take, just as you' did the
other.
,I, trust, however, you are nearly well, and will soon be
able to le ere-off altogether. .1 arrived safe at Work about 4 o'clock ;
einanniteted n very severe storm just as I got to Berton, and, not-
withaferliog,,l kept
,up toy umbrella, was completely *drenched
with wst,,,ltaisitt;e my dear Mary Anne, .I wished -myself 'in your
artnstwitrre,l,should have happily heen protected front the turbo=
lettee of the eterticut:: Dill.yeu`not deign to think of toy deplor
;tdt! ligation ? I have heard nor seen nothing of my father; nor of
ioltarditen, since I left, and' therefore have little tti Itoll iOU on. that
flutiject. , I suppose, ere this reachee yon, you'willhavilteard 40111 -
Oting from your brother. , Write to •me stone time in A. week, and
tell Me every thing that passed at the interview,' Iroth witirregard to
yourself and me. I assure you, my deareif Mary Anne,,), ern anxious:.
to hear front the object Of all, my care*, and trust I 41041 hear you
ate nearly recovered from your complaint. lam rnuel‘,he, tter than
' expected I aiteittltl have been, in, conseleotten of the' berg walk:
"which I tOok. You mutt, ,my dear Mary, fXO.lfO, a long letter,
eta am now called upon by Stnith to attend 14r-titbitshit:is. The
. nest shall he longer, fraught with mattir , more iiiteresting to you,:
and'more satisfactory to pNylOl. Adieu, 10)' de:treat' Mar r 'Anne,
and' fAllieVe lilt to 4v, yours cter.utdly; ~ Ilinity ht r."
- Addrettsed " Ti, Mrs. gias,rdson." ,
• Mr. Maigeant-Nyt,nr. toes, propostal to read,
a letter, written
by thstplaintilre wife in 1924- ', , • ,
Mrl Sergeant Vincula/I- objected..
Mmt. Sergeant' Wvi.be 'Contended that he was iutinitized to, do
so :• and cited, in eupportrof his arguineut, the case of Trelawuay;
in 211'Starlit 'J9I." '
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The Vtitila ing evidethe was of such a deacription.as to preelude
our trMiteptiblicity. to it,' ', , ' ' ''" - • ' . ,
, I:he, as fii-Altiaciatiii,-hretiter at the plaintiff,- retailleets: the tone
W,alkithbvl4l`tilkthijili `ill; Wan iet the evening of .the :.2. let elf, Jan,
,/,,..If,i!ii' I:',fileti ivisif-iiitiiirileikii. of the nature edam complaint',
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, .0,,„t t o.,potradiAs kir It•*VerstitiCtr which fook.-plutil between
the 11 aunt itt&theatfit►%4W.' • . " . ' .
Mr. Smith was recalled, wiseiNie•titaind-ileit-the plaintiff was
exceedingly surprised when told the description of complaint with
whielt he was afflicted. A witness proved that the values of the