The Sun.
London, England, 1826-04-12 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT pkt CHANCERY, A ram 11.
wgza,Estrr v. THE DUKE or LkAuroni.
Mr. FiA4T reminded his Lordship that he. had promiaL.! to
state this morning on what day he would give judgment in this
case; and that orMr. Grimatead..

: The LORD CHANCELLOIL said, that he hoped to be able to
do an on SAturtlay, unless something should oblige him to post.
pone it to .the following Tuesday.
11Ir. SUAb*EI.I. begged his Lordship to understand that hie
.r, clients were as anxious far the case to, be decided as Mr. WO-.
." leaky was, altitotigh itlr. Hurt had accused themof the inter•
r paging with affidavits for the mere purpose oldela.
i The remainder of the day was occupied in hearing petitions
of no gener.il interest.
The `'nisi-Cttnerczia.ort will sit In Westminster Hall on
Thursday ; and the Lonn CH ANC.rI.I.OII on Friday.
SECONDAItIPX OFFICE, APRIL 11.
ORM CON. . ~
XINNARI) V. nouanrs.
This was an action to recover damages fat injury sustained
by the plaintiff, by the seduction of his wife. Judgment
having been allowed to go by default, a Jury was sum...-
maned to assess damages, which were laid at a considerable!
amount.

The counsel for the plaintiff stated, that the case required
no embellishment fin an advocate. 11 is client was a respect..
able domestic man, one of the pages attached to His Majesty's
Household. The defendant was a sergeant ih the guards, who,
although the distance with respect to their' comparative rank
was remote, had contrived to gain the afflictions of the lady,
even after she had been ten years married to her husband.—
The gentlemen of the juryknew that the lose of a woman's al.
fectiona was, under any circumstances, one of a very severe na-
ture, to a liusbithd who had formed a high estimate of her vir.
toes; but to lose a woman under circumstance* which present•
ed no alleviation—.to have disgrace added to the pangs of rep
ration, was au infliction which it regaired a more than ordinary
degree of fortitude to hear. For ten years the happiness. of the
plaintiff had been undisturbed and when he hail cal .slated upon
the permanency of it, he found that he was doorned to be pointed
at with sneers, his public situation most particularly subjecting
him to the sarcastic comments of those whose duties he partici-
pated lii. Inability to pay could not be, with any effect.,
pleaded in mitigation on such an occasion as this. A person
who could not pay in pocket, must suffer in another way
for the injury he had inflicted ; and the verdict of a court of
civil law was the only mode of punishing an Offence which was
always injurious in its consequences.' The plaintiff. did not
seek vindictive damages. lie was merely anxious that
there should be such damages us would mark the sense enter,-
tained by twelve honest men of the conduct of the defendant,
and prevent Bins from exulting in the success which had been
attended with such lamentable effects. It should be considered
also, that the obligation' to liquidate the debts contracted by
the plaintiff's, wife with her paramour was one to meet wliieh
security should be given ; and the verdict of the Jury was the
only means by which that obligation could be anticipated.
Maria Seunders stated that She was daughter .to the plaintiff
by a former wife. Her father was married to him preterit wife
Aubpoutot the ytienalers,ordterwitwnesimselbt.d)
marriage, which
ttlorkipinacti*l
about two years ago. Itler father elways treated hie wife with
all possible kindness, arch they lived together on the beat terms,
and moat
Mr. Edward Clarke stated that he knew Mr. Kinnard and
his wife upwards of two years, and that as long as lie knew
them,LAlr. Kinnard behaved towards, his wife with the most
affectionate unit attentive manner possible, andcontinued to act
in the same atanner up to the period when she lift him on the
Bth of November last.
Air. Richard Miles stated, that he knew the .plaintiff and
his wife from the month of October, 1823, when they went to
lodge at his house that he always observed the plaintiff pay
the utmost attention and respect to his wife, and, that they •
seemed to live Moat happily together.
The Counsel tin the plaintiff said, he had several other wit.
nexus to call, but he thought the testimony already given WAS
quite sufficient.
The Secost C,AItY observed, that he thought there ought to
have been ei vet, some evidence of the circumstances under which
the act of adultery was committed, as by that means the jury
would be CONOled to ascertain to what extent the damages
ought to reach.
The Counsel for the plaintiff replied, that as the defendant
had athnictki guilt, it was, in his opinion, quite unnecessary
to go into any of the circumstances of the ease.
Not one word was said on the part of the defendant.
The 4cos , charging'the.fury, stud it was initial
in eascs of this hind for the piointitt' to produce evidsuce of the
peeuliar circup.,,tances I rider which the injury had occurred,—
rhis; however, had ,not I ecu done, and the jury Coulikludge
for themselves how far die should influence their
decision.

The Jury itutuediattiy # the ‘itimagas at,591.

FRENCH PAPERS.
...,.ter--
(From the Efate, dated Monday, April 10.)
Pint's, APRIL 9.—We d• not understand why
the Courier and Constitutionnel rejoice so much
at the result of the sitting of the Chamber of
Peers yesterday. The substitutions were adopted
by on immense majority of 160 to 53, and the
right of tPrimegeniture . was rejected in the pre-
_ceding sitting, by a majority of one vote only.
It will be 'Observed that all the amendments of
-the COminittees tending to restrict the substitu-
tion! (entails) were rejected.
As a Morning. Paper observes, we do not see
what gronnd for triumph the Liberal opposition
can find in. the division of the articles of a law,
the, part of which that has been adopted is cer-
tainly not the least aristocratical.
The number of members present was 214, and
on'tho day of the vote on the principle of the
right of Primogeniture, sit Peers who were in fa-
vour of the law were not at: the end of the

sitting.
The Observer of 'Trieste announces, under date
of the 22d of March, that a ship, which had
arrived in twelve days from Cephalonia, had
brought the news that an English frigate had an-
chored before Missolonghi, and that the English
flag was flying on the walls of
,that place.
It was inferred kern this, that the English had
taken this measure to prevent the effusion of
blood, and that that fortress is on the point of
falling. The frigate in question had since sailed
for Cephalonia, where the Captain has 'had a
conference with the Governor of the Island.-
4.34 any families from Missoloughl had taken re-
fuge at Zante.—(.4llgemeine Zeitung.)

The same Journal has also the two following
,articles

• " CONSTANTINOPLE, MARC!! 10.—Mr. S. Can..
niug, the new English Ambassador, has at length
,arrived here, and has been received with distinc-
tion. Ile bar already been visited by all the
,European Ministers residing at Pera. Misso-

tonghi still holds out, but the Porte seems to
;depend on they forces of Ibrahim, and to expect
the speedy redaction of, that bulwark of Greece.

44 TRIESTE, MARCIE 27.—Vessels which left
Cephalonia ZUltle on the Mit and 17th of
141 arch, bring news, that after several successful
,attacks on ,Missolonghi, Ibrahim made a last
attempt on the •Ith of March, when lie took the
place by storm. All those who were In It were
massacred. The Greeks hero will not give any
credit to this news. Mercantile letters received
at Stuttgartl on the 6th of this month, announce

.:the ,f4l. of Yli,ssplOogl)j."
the,,yonitenr of Sunday.]

''•Tfie'''2l.Mazon .and,,Armada frigates, and La
.
Beariialse 'illi6Oner, 'under the command of M.

Arkillpi3Oe*tupitiyes, were sent to Tripoli and

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Tuoistlito4einntasetisfaction for several infrac.
bob's by' threw two Regencies of the Treaties, by
wile l► they, pramiied to respect the European
fist, end to put. an end to the piracies of their
04, of war.
'Notwithstanding the Treaties which they so.
lemnly signod in 1819, on being summoned to do
to On the name of the Powers assembled
at the Congress of 'Aii.la.Chapelle,.by Admi-
rals Julien' find FieerOuntle), same vessels
under the Papal flag. were stopped, carried
into Tripoli., and' kept there as lawful prizes.
The principal ebject of the mission of M. Arnout
was:to 'getAllose restored, and obtain an indem-
nity for Uu owners: Arriving on the 13th of
'February, before Tripoli, the Commander, after
concerted with M. Roustieau, the French
Consul, took Oil the necessary measures to em..
• ploy force, if negociations should fail. .The
first conferences with the Ministers of the Pacha
heving led te' no satisfactory result, all the
.French settled at Tripoli were embarked on the
lath, on hoard the two frigates, as well as the
•Cunsul and his Secretary. This measure, leaving
'no doubt of ' the nature 'of the orders of which
M. Arnout was the bearer, had the expected
'effect.
' The forts saluted the King's flag with 33 guns.
.ine,Pacha sent word he would leave it to the
• 'French generosity to determine the answer to be
'made to this salute, and on the following day all
.was settled.
The Itoman vessel in the Port was given up to
'M. Arnout, as well as all the flags taken from
vessels of the Papal States, which were kept at
Tripoli as trophies. It was agreed that 10,600 f.
should be paid as an indemnity to the owners of
.the vessels restored, and the Pacha signed a for.
mai promise no more to molest vessels under the
flag of his Holiness. Thus this affair has been ar-
ranged without striking a blow, thanks to the vigo-
r • roes measures of M. Arnout, and to the readiness
with ,which the Consul. General, and all the
French at Tripoli, acceded to the invitation to
take refuge on hoard the King's frigates.
The AfilllZoll and the Armeda proceeded from
.Tripoli to Tanis, to support a similar negociation,
which.M. Guys, the French Consuh.Generayiad
begun with that Regency. This second enter.
prise of M. Arnout had the same success as the
first, and the division arrived at Toulon on the
.25th March.