The Sun.
London, England, 1810-01-19 00:00:00

L-117 REPO: T.

SHERI F .COURT.
CRIM. ZdN:

DEF'UIES V. HOLDEN.

The Defend.lnt baring d j6-12113Pnt to go
by default, it was referred to ibis Court to asscgs
damages.

MI: BA nwrwALL having opened the cage— .
Mr. Serjeant REST stated, that Mr. and Mrs.
Defies had bt;en triatiled upwards of ten years,
during which, up to the period at :.rtunate
separaii-in which gave risc to t-11,5 .;ton, theyhad.
;enjoyed the.utnyost degree of harmony happi-
nessi.,as he should pr:)%e by the produetion if evie
&ire front among t:,e Hgir,;:t and most re.speetabld,
order of society: That*hi4 Client hat ticver beell
dete:Aive in any of the at tentiot;s winch an iifiection'
ate and honourable man could I}a. to a 13;.ant;i1:1
and accornplightd wrman, he would challenge the
Defendant, or even calumny itself, to de. y—
indeed was the nature of his irisitno.tion,,, that he
had no hesitation insaying, il@
saying, it such a • denial co
be sustained, he would be ready .to give up ail clad"
to damages.

Sei;era-1 Ladies and Gentlemen, acqininved wish
Mr. -and'.Mrs. D'efries, a cre •:idductd ncs'sc..s)
. .
to substa4itiate the statement Of Mr. Serieatit-Best.
J
Mr. S,-rieant VAUGHAN spoke- in tnittskti::;p of
diic.lairned the infen:ion of imp-ming
any inipropriety of coneval t Mr.littri,•s," nor was
he instructed to_ iinpai.:li the. gen&riii, chaiaaer. of
Mrs. Detriesi but still would.tie appeal to :he con-
sideration of the Jury in favour of his clit..nt,, wnP
was in his minority when 11t:Jecatilc.' •.t"1 sll
thiS highly interesting and universdly admired wO.;
man,. as she had been justly descrildbytiilLt6rn-
ed Fri He theretbt e hoped:and...truste;:r that, in
'estimating the compensatis.w projer •to be av:arded
4o :Piaintif,:the Jury would into .ecTrunt
only the youth of the Defe.::2unt,- but iris ine;,ns
delray that .compensition, .N.hrcll, he could assure
them,. were verylimited—Mr. being mere-
ly a Cornet of Dragoons', with a smali.iur.:un::.
Mr. .61.1.1t.CE3ELL summed up the evidence, and
commented- upon the statements, nr Coun•e:, in
which he begged the: Jt:ry to ',:onslder tli (Lstinc-
tiol betwee.o t, at , was.. proved, and t.,at
which was merely alleged.
ali et.' some deliberation,. found 'fur ti-. 0
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On BnoNAiARTE's firs( e:,trance- into the capital,
after the conclusibn of the List treaty with Au-
stria, 4he Hotel :de Fil(e" of is "'gave- him a most
Jnagnificent 'entertainment,- at winch ail thti.va3sal
Kings,: ana' Oueens werq:natuniliy in vited. .--Frorn
an eye-witness 'Nc.e....llDve thlr:-161lowing
jyareicl3l3r6 of
saQcornn),.;i3iing•-iitiout. bile' thou,
sand. persons, had prepai.cd
.j IL of Paris; who"- were, t,ot, t'km.,Wfoiti:Vt(l
from the Imperial and Ilqat guests byl a sI4A-4f,"
party -.of The table's were despoWd'
the form of a horskshoe, according to the •ailci,:ot
etiqUette of public-4:ourt..dinneis in France. At
the head of the table sat BUONAPARTE, alone, .in
an atm-chair, and u i.th his hat oa, Which he kept
during the whole dinner. On his right, mai
shalied in due order, were the Kings of nis own
waking, an stools, and I,are-hea&W; opposite them,
in the same order, sat their worthy consorts. At the
dessert; however, BUONAPARTE, in order to '4llew
the Parisians that his apparent want ot. common
manners arose solely from conscious superiority,
and that he was, notwithstanding, a true French-
mania his polite attention to the Ladies, stood up,
uncovered,. with a tolerable grace, and went round,
whispering. some nonsense to each of the august
females. This done, he again put on his hat, re-
turned to his. atin-chair, where be strerclied and
yawned, as it in a tetF•el,tete with JOSEPHINE ; and
remairked musing in silence duriV the rest of the
entertainment. .

Friday last came on, atEdinburg!, the trial of
James Cummings, soldier, in the 94tn regimeNt, ac-
cused'of the murder of John King, also a soldier in
the same regimenLby stabbing him with a bayonet,
in a fit of passion. The Jury found that the Pri-
soner was insane at the time he committed the act,
and the Court ordered. him to be de;ivered over to
the care of his friends.