The Sun.
London, England, 1829-05-13 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Their Lordships were engiged the whole morning in
hearing arguments of Counsel on a part-heard Scotch
Appeal.

Nothing of the least public interest occurred this morn-
ing, either in the Vice-Chancellor's or Exchequer Courts.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.

CHILD V. ♦FFLECK.
This was an action by a servant against a master for a
in giving her a character. It was tried before Lord,
Tenterden, and the plaintiff nonsuited.

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had been recommended to Mrs. Affieck, who had a good
character with her. The plaintiff left her at the end of
four months, when another person, Mrs. Seaman, who had
applied to Mrs. Affleck for her character, received in an-
,wer a letter, in which was the libel complained of, and
which stated, " that she had been creditably informed,
that after leaving her service, she had been and then was
a prostitute at Bury." An action was brought upon this
letter which was brought in evidence. It was also proved,
that the defendant had told other persons, that she would
hinder the plaintiff from getting another situation.
Persons were called who had known the plaintiff from
her infancy, and with whom she had lived pre-
vious to going to Mrs. Affleck, and Mr. Kelly
contended that it was impossible for any young girl in her
situation to otherwise disprove the allegation that she was
a prostitute ; and he submitted, that if there had been
Any truth in the statement, the defendant might have
easily found a witness to the fact, or at least have procured
the person from whom she stated herself to have heard it.
The two questions which the Learned Counsel contended
ought to have been left to the Jury were, first, whether
the letter was a bona fide answer to the letter ad-
dressed to the defendant, answering it without straying
from the inquiry; or, whether it did not infer ex-
press malice when coupled with the evidence. The
Learned Counsel cited two cases in support of his appli-
cation, and wished to press the consideration of this ea,o
on the Court, as the plaintiff, from her situation in life,
would, upon the failure of this application, be unable to
relieve herself from this ruinous charge.
The COURT were of opinion that the defendant could
not be called upon to prove the allegations contained in the
letter, or to produce the person whom she stated had told
her. They considered that the letter could not bear a
presumption of express malice; as, if the plaintiff had
behaved herself with propriety while in the defendant's
service, she could easily have called some other of the de-
fendant's servants to her general behaviour. The Court
thought, therefore, that those questions should not have
been left to the Jury, and refused to grant the rule.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.

The supplies of Grain already reported this week are tolerably
good, and the weather remarkably fine. Wheat meets a slack
trade at Monday's prices. Barley is unaltered. Having few
fine Beans at market, such are held for rather more inone.
Pease are without alteration. Oats meet a fair sale at Monday's
prices. Flour unvaried. Advices from Hamburgh state that
much Wheat is shipping from thence to trance, but by the
French laws none can be taken by British ships.

ARRIVALS.
Wheat. I Barley. Oats. 1 Flour.
1,100 qrs. 1,500 qrs. 8,450 qrs. t 5,200 sacks
550
4,450 1,700

English

Irish —.Foreign

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DUBLIN, MAY 9.

SLANDER ON LADY AGNES ISYNG.

Just previous to the rising of the Court, the SOLICITOR-
GENERAL rose to move, at the suit of Captain George
Stephen Byng and Lady Agnes Byng, his wife, fur a crimi-
nal information against Remmy H. Sheehan and George
Walker, the proprietors of The Star of Brunswick ; and
also against B. R. Ellis and B. Alcock, the proprietors of
The Warder newspapers. The Learned Gentleman said
he grounded his motion en the joint affidavit of the com-
plaining parties, which affidavit he read, setting forth the
articles which appeared in the respective papers, both of
which had, in allusion to them, given currency to a report
that a separation had taken place on the same evening on
which they had been married, in consequence of a disco-
very having been made that a criminal intercourse had
previously existed between Lady Agnes Byng and a young
married Nobleman, who had been attached to Lord Artgle-
sea's Court, which circumstances they utterly denied ;
and in confirmation of which denial, they accounted for
every day, by stating the various places at which they had
spent their time, always together, since the day of their
marriage. The affidavit also stated the deponent to be-
lieve that Lord Errol was the young Nobleman alluded to.
An affidavit of Lord Errol was also read, in which he
deposed to his belief, that the parties alluded to in the re-
spective newspapers, as having been so separated, were
Captain and Lady Agnes Wag, and that he wealthy young
Nobleman who was referred to, and inferred to have had a
criminal intercourse with the lady provioui to her mar-
riage, which insinuation and charge he said was false,
scandalous, and malicious. -

The SOLICITOR-.GINZIAAL said he had the necessary
affidavits from the stamp-office, stating the persons against
whom he moved to be the proprietors of the respective
newspapers. Having read to the Court the affidavits of
the parties on whose behalf he moved, he should abstain
from making a single comment.
The Cmur JUSTICE-Take a conditional order.

rri
COVENT-GA RDENTMEA TRE.-- iIC Masque
of Cinnus was revived here last nigh,. with a splendour,
and pageantry suited to the charao-er of the entertainment. Mr. C. Kionstat personated 'Comus with considerable
effect, and Miss IfircHits, as the Lady, sang an echo
song, by ARNE, in very good *aate. Miss FORME, as one
of the Bacchante's, wArblet.l with great sweetness. The
piece was received with much favour, and will no doubt
have a rum,

1) EA evening his ExPel,
lency the Lord Lieutenant and her Grace the D-,ehess of
NORTHUMBERLAND proceeded in state to the Theatre,
where a highly fashionable atilt erowdad audience were
assembled to receive them, On their appearance in
the state box, attended by a numerous and splendid suite,
their Excellencies were hailed with every demonstration
of cesp,ect And applause, which continued to be exhibited
at intervals throughout tl'ie progress of the performances,
and at the departure of the Noble visitors. —DultiN
Morning Post.

It is with regret we hear that the silk mills in
Staw,fard, the -business of which has been carried on to a
cansiderable.extent for the last forty or f►fty years, have
closed their doors, owing to the pressure ezpetienced is
that line. The occurrence is much to Le lamented, as
it throws 400 women and children °tit of employment.
Boston Gazette.

We ar.4 glad to perceive that the example
showy in this city, on Wednesday sennight, is likely to be
foltic,tvtd in other places. The inhabitants of the eastern
Dart of the county, we understand, intend to meet at
Ho-
niton On the 16th instant, to petition Parliament for a re,
moral of the Coal Duties.—Exeter Alfred.

1 THE VATAL AFFRAY AT ROCHDALE,.
The inquest on the six persons killed by the military at
Rochdale on Tuesday last, terminated on Saturday ; when
the jury, after a long deliberation, returned a verdict of
aczidental death, as to the child, ABEL SrorT, and of jus-
, tiftable homicide as to the other perscoskilled. Some cep.,
sure, however, the nature of which we earn-tot
comprehend, was passed I. the jury,' upon Ole soldiers
g to fitiq, *ort the multitude had diversed.
whether
xactly
for continuing
On what sort
vegm, any or hone.
it is, of course, impossible
'teflon that in the
C'XifiC4ce *ll4 bensure was founded, or
fir.; 4i;.!t. tic), c9PieeAurei b':;t we can assert, without hesi-
; 4
we heard of rn course of a very careful inquiry,
one single fact to justify it. In the ab.
Bence, th''retbre, of any evidence on the subject, we are
inclined to think the public will not pay much att.entit,,,
to the censure with which the military have been visited.
Indeed, from the manner in which Mr. FARRAND con-
ducts his inquests, people will care vety little about the
results of them ; and if his jury ht pronounced the sob-
diers guilty of sheep-stealing, tha verdict would have ex_
oited very little astonishment; The bodies of those who
per-
sons stntu.oigt;livtiotb;e7eatx.lphue;c tus'i.oid,ileithkinvezat.nyiviabd
but
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it
Inew,assemblage The
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dcggrelly wait, herriaver, inscribed OA one of the coffin.
p4tes •

Isaac Turner,
•
Died UAW tith, 1829.
Aged 22
Igmxte*ed I am,—the innocent,
By tyrants that disgraced,
In heaven there's a God that knows ;--
Where I hope to be embraced.
134 ore glad to learn that all the wounded, .with" the ex.
caption of three, are recovering fast from .their wounds.
Those three are 110wEa HZALEY., -filincurr x, and,
Jamas ClA's(' all of whom are.isrdanier ;as d: first i *\
not expected to recover..—Maitc4estor:llllppv*:::---