Star.
London, England, 1808-05-23 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COVET OP KING'S BENCH, MAT VI.
THE KING v. GRAINGILR.
Mr. SCIVELETT moved for judgment against the
Defendant, who was bfought up for judgment early
in the term, as we have already stated.'for spitting lit
the ftce of Mr. Shelton. The lorovocation he hag],
received was, that Mr. Shelton had three weeks be-
fore called him a jacobin and a rascal. He met Mr.
Shelton in the market-Place at Leeds, arNd asked him
Why he had used, that language, who returned for an=
swer, that if he used it, he supposed it was the truth,
When the Defendant spit in his face, and the bystan-
ders exclaigted, damn him, do fOr him, he is a Las-
celles. The whole arose out of an electiOn squabble.
Mr. TOPPING had obtained time, in order to file
affidavits on, the part of Mr. Shelton, but he was ill,
and could not prepare them.
Lord ELLEN/OM/ON now animadverted upon
conduct of both, parties, and declared that neither
could trium,p). • The language imputed to the Prose.
tutor by the bye-standersv and which he had not deg.
hied, and the assault combined by the Defendant, in
consequence octhe provocation which fie isec". eived from
the low, vulgar epithets bntoweci upon him by Mr.
Slielton, proved, that bOth parties had,egti:itly, fcrfeited
character of 'gentlemen.
Mr. Justice GROSE in passing sentence, said, that
the offence of the Defendant was much extenuated by
the circumstances of the Prosecutor firing an attorney.
—He then adjudgid the Defendant to ray a fine of
6s. fid.

Tilt imi u. DONN
Mr. GARROW shewed cause against the rule ob-
tained by the Attorney General last Michaelmas
Term, for a rule to shew can why a criminal infor-
mation shbuid not be ranted against the Defendant
for establishing a public Joint.stock Company of Dis-
tillers. The information was to be founded upon the
Act of Parliainent, commonly called the Bubble
Act. 'This Act the Learned Counsel contended, did
rot extend tq every company instituted by means of
transferable shares, but only_ to such as either mani-
festly' in 'their 'constitution or in their actual' conse-
quences tended to the injury of the King's subjects,
in their lawful business, affairs, and eormherce. The
only case that had occurred was to be found in
Strange, aild'4lso in Raymond's Reports, 1362 ; but_
that was a case, where the exreriment had been ac-
tually tried, the speculation was a mere bubble, and
the public bad been actually cheated, so that it might
very well be called in the language of the Act a nui-
sance. In this case, unless it was a manifest and palpa-
ble fraud from the beginning to the end, the Attorney-
General ctiald not say that it did in the language of the
At, manifestly tend to the injury ofthe King's subjects,
in their lawful trade, business, affairs, arid commerce.
This hec untended was nothing ipre thin a tior part-
nership. The ply proposed try Mr. Dodd was, to
raise a capital of 200,0001, by 2000 "shares, Which
were to be transferable, and the ollject of this distil-
lery was to supply the public with wholesome sifirits,
whereas the reat distillers! who possessed a much
larger capital! at present exercised a monopoly, and
sold, as all monopolists would, a bad commodity at
ther own price. The whole'of this plan, lie said,
was only a fair partnership, was excepted ciiit
of the act, and ought not to subjeCt the party to a
criminal punishment for a nuisance..
The Court rose early, and Mr. Gmlnow concluded
his 'speech rather briefly., in order to give those tted7
tlemeu who were to follow him in the argument,
Messrs. PAR*, JERVV, LAWEI6 and ADOLPHUS, an
Opportunity tq speak to the case more fullyon Monday.

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LORD QLENTWORTH'S MARIMAGE.—III our. Paper
of Thursday last we gave qn account of the motion ,
made in the Court of Chancery in Dublin, on the
preceding Saturday, by the Attorney-General for •
Ireland, on the subject of the marriage of Lord
GI.ENTWORTH and Miss EDWAR4O. It appea'red
from the statements made in Court, that the Noble
Lord had been hitt recently introgueed to the' family of
Mr. BsittnstAii;the young lad's rather-in-law, by Sir
Cpistu.ss Onmsar; but that his • yisits had' been
frequent. An attachment .was formed 14etween
the young_ couple, which eqtriiiig to the knowledge
of the ife.arl of LIMERICK, Lord GL/bITWORTM
was instantly made a ward of the Court of Chancery,
and at the instigation the gatl; put under a close
arrest by Lord PlAanspprow,the Comnirder in Chia,
for being absent front his regiluent without leave. An
order of the Court to prevent any intercourse between
Lord GLENrwonprandMiss EnwAnets was also obtain-
ed, a copy of which was served on Mr. and Mrs. BRAU-
MAN, and also on MajOr GRoGAN, Brigade Main of the
forces in the garrison of Dublin, inwhos custody Lord
p;.ENTWORTH had been placed. The Minor remained
in confinement for several days, but at length threat-
ened to sue ofit a writ of Habeas Corpor, in consequence
Of which he was liberated, the arrest nOt beint'eonsi-
dered justifiable. On Easter Sunday last Miss ED-
WARDS eloped from her father's house, at,ei it is
thought that a marriage took place on that *day ; the
young couple', however, remained seeretly'in town for
a few days, 'and then proceeded to Qi.:otland, from
whence a Certificate of their Marriage there was lately ,
received in Dublin. • t.•
After the affidaiits had be in read, .and ;he
minatiqes were ciiicluded, thei.ord Chancellor sjated.
HisLiardshipeitpiesied the strongest Indignation at the trsuine.,
don, and• from *hat, apeired in Court that day, said it was
highly:lrriptblarit that Mrs: eauinan shola undcgo a further
ciarniziatiOr; • but which, from respect to tbe sister 161 Sir Jonah
•-lituelpgton,'land the delicate state of health in which she viax're-
freseaft4 to be, „he would not require her to be in open Court.
Isis I "Adship said he Would •ocrler an attach:tient to: be Issued
agaidsl:Mrs.t. which fiCo*etoer he would order to remain in 4!
odal-itatil she was morel-01y interrogated; and until he shoUld
..betrOrs fully.satithe'd soil that in the mean time Mr. Attoiney-
General, and the other Counsel for Lord Litnerick, should frame
such interrogatori.:i as they should deein adviseable. With regard
to Mr. Bsiauntan, his Lordship ebnsidered there were not grciludl
'to issue an atfachnieat against hire, although his Lordship by ntl
means considered his laudable,.'but deficier4
lance *which should' ife been manifeated as the hail and
of his family. • • •
Saturday Mary Power was char with big;•w7,l
at the 1-lattotqarden Otfice, in hiving Pi:attic:4- W.
Welsh, bY. banns, 1406, her husband Ffro. atir.
vers, to 7:ninn she 7a-as rhaiTied in 1140
turn ,still
the lady acknowledged to ;he tee
the offence with which sloe was charged; but-statod
that her first husband ha 4 xwo or three otIO wird,
r that his neglect 144 driven her to seekcootu4lid
aiss in the arms of Inother. The • Magistrate or-
dered the business to stand over for further inquiry'.

NAVFIC4I m'rELL*Eths.

FALMOUTH, MAY 20.

Yesterday arrived the Amite Excise outer, and
has brought in with her the French privateer les
Deux Frerei, of two guns and 28 men ; her comple-
ment was 45 men when she left St. Maloes. She had-
madp two capture's, viz. the Esther from Cardiff for'

igney, with, oats, which was retaken by the ACTIVE ;
and the !trig Active of Plymouth, from thence bound
t 9 Liverpool. The BETSY privateer, of Plymouth,
succeededin retaking tile brig, and hl.s arrived with
her in Motutts Bay.
Arrived also the ship John, LEWSTON, from Gi-
braltar for London, out five weeks, vith currants ; the
brig Emeline, WATEMAN, from London, in ballast, to
load for the Brazils; the Cyrus, Doesor, from Sun-
derland ; the brig Henry, MEEK, from St. Michael's
for Poole, with fruit ; the Mary Ann, SittrmAN, from
Portsmouth for the Brazils ; the Pomona, FORD,
from. Liverpool for Poole ; the Heart of Oak,'SA:
lan WOLLER, from Chepstow for Chatham.—Sailed
his Majesty's gun-brig Iwrztucebtr on a cruize.