The Sun.
London, England, 1827-10-29 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.
(Before Lord TENTERDIN and a Common Jury.)
EARL DUDLEY V. ROBINS.
Mr. KELLY- opened the pleadings, and the AT-
1131ti"Y-CIENERAL with whom was Mr. BROUGHAM,
stated tie case.
The action was brought by the Noble Secretary
Itof State for the Foreign Department against Mr.
„'bina, the celebrated auctioneer, residing under the
e I;,'"zzas Covent-garden, to recover the sum of
10001., paid by the noble plaintiff to Robins, as a
.. 000 i. It
4( ;13°,34 for an estate sold by private contract for
t0".7 the above Sumed that after frequent negocia-
I he purchase money,
was fixed upon as the amount
Pay 6,000 L and his Lordship agreed to
had ascertain s a deposit, and the remainder when ho
uRd ..ied that the title was good; the defendant
cs er`a4illg to make out a good title previous to the
thof
hakei.. the
December, 1826 ; and in default thereof to
option of being off his bargain, or waiting
ur,,lts completion until the title was made good.
un the part of the noble plaintiff, the agreement
defendanthim, that the instrument did not bear the legal
",--p`• it contained one stamp of 14 155., and two
I'`anVa for 1/. 55., whilst it should have contained
one R,
—amp of 1/. 155., and three stamps of 11. ss.
and Lord TRNTERDEN considered the objection fatal,
ordered the plaintiff to be nonsuited.

LIBEL.
m CARPENTXR 0. BOUCHIER:
KIiott;TCRINSON opened the pleadings, and
brouih-t ,11371;aGRem stated the case.
the defendeThe action was
housekee Mrs. Carpenter,. for a libel published by
et, M. Bouchier. The plaintiff was a
Director Per and cook to Mr. Porcheir, the Bank
carne
,
aLid the defendant was a footman in the
Some e service.
ee.„„ The housekeeper in all houses had
hal n "trot over the other servants, and it often
we'r)rer'e.d. that the discontents of the other servants
had
visited on the housekeeper. The defendant
had- publish on
the vilest slanders on the plaintiff, and
refused to make any atonement for them, and
tied
"et such circumstances, the plaintiff, who had
ardor
held a character for chastity and sobriety, felt
B"ehad no other course to adopt bnt to bring the
presentactuated
action. The defendant appeared to be
tre.sted by the meanest and most malicious motives.
Porchier, the master of the plaintiff and de-
'elk]
!t,. ant, was about to take a journey to the Con-
un
ent, August, 1826, and previous to his setting
, t defendant wro:e a letter, dated the 30th of thet
fendant This letter; it appeared, the dc-
asl. be d'iedi)tnoir: his possession nearly a month,
tfhtlzalpresent it to his master until
the 13th of Septemprbeesr as Mr. Porchier was about
England:The letter stated that the writer
impelled by a sense of duty to inform
thr. Poeneir, that Mrs. Carpenter the plaintiff, and
e butle, a man named Geary, carried on an impro-
er intecourse, and that he (the defendant) had
tee" ;them the preceding eveeing, through an aper-
-I:te 'II the door in a most indecent situation. The
datteeercictemeluded by stating, that the writer was in-
rib
h. o make this disclosure, as Mr. Porcheir was.
h c),;' to leave England, and leave the care of his
bytet
Mrs. Carpenter. The letter was signed
copA -e
defendant Bouchier.
fir; -here few remarks on the scandalous and unmanly
ed unct of the defendant, the Learned Counsel call-
duc• Porchier, who deposed, that the letter pro-
retil was left on his breakfast table, and that on
lets d$ it he called up the defendant, who acknow-
vitVheing the writer, and offered to make affida-
tple,' tea truth of the contents. Witness,. .in cones-
hajle;tl of this letter, discharged the plaintiff. She
del aetl in his service for above two years, and the
'Wjet-bulnit lived in his service about a year and a half.
fenet:ftlives in Portland-crescent ; and told the de-
Taintee had done his duty.
serecuas Geary stated, that he was butler in the
nief Mr. Porchier. Witness is now in the ser-
Kre
Ramsbottom, the Member for Windsor.
8, ("N„
411 d s'isrPenter was housekeeper to Mr. Porchier,
at er"w fills the same situation under Lady Smith,
Nit'4Yde-Park-corner. Witness swore positively
kit• 11,,,e never had any improper intercourse with
'arPenter, who was above 40 years of age, and
6/ Plain person.
th4t-e, his cross-examination, the witness admitted
lip, 4,!e had often saluted Mra. Carpenter on the
ilet) be
it was so frivolous a practice, that he did
The recollect how often it happened. (Laughter.)
...I‘itfiess also admitted that he had visited Mrs.
ilieeter since she went to live with Lady Smith.
the let.oalefoN SERGBANT addressed the Jury for
that 1-„,'eriant, in mitigation of damages. He said
Pent -"'Y admitted he had often kissed Mrs. Car-
t'orner.) aat with her alone in the housekeeper's
annee ,-;"„' With such opportunities it was rating
.a ;Lue rather high to conclude that no further
(inesti C t°°k place between them. It was un-
"a
servedtitle that the defendant alleged he had ob-
aitUar„, e Plaintiff and Mrs. Geary in an indecent
and i;.*."3 through an aperture in the kitchen door ;
been that Was a fabrication the defendant must have
Pots madman, for the consequence was, that Mr.
le4er discharged his whole establishment. His
fth !led friend, Mr. Brougham, had objected to the de-
,pfa.eatit's making use e
oi the word aperture, but there
tt:llodoubt that thedefendant had taken advantage of
Many useful and instructive tracts which his
aPled Friend had taker,
tila tle so much pains in distri-
for the benefit of the lower classes.—(A
trk:9--His Learned Friend, too, had talked very
thenel7 of the injury done to the plaintiff's repute-
tlefe end prospects by the slander published by the
lalf:lldent, yet he had called her old and ugly him-
tiev Which vas the only offence a woman • could
pardon. On the whole, he thought Mrs.
hyPen: ter would have adopted a much wiser course,
ci
tat„rkiYing the respectable place she now held at
1(114 Smith's, without bringing an affair of this
/,,,t° the notice of a Court of Justice.
4fteit.%IIIINTERDEN having summed up, the Jury,
Pleir,7enort consultation, returned a verdict for the
Damages, 51.

kr, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
at the. 14118tice PARK presided to-day, in the. place
atterld•ntsb CHIRP JUSTICE, who is still unable to
411(1 the There were only two. cases
ticeoi,r; first of these, which was merely a matter of
t
on the paper,
Of the''. occupied the Court during the greater par
day.

AT LARGO HOUSE.—A very s
Plita. were given at Largo House on the t
;kale gad
ftt which upwards of eighty distinguisheidlienndldBiviidh-
-4t Were present. At one the party sat down to an ele-
to !upper after which dancing was resumed, and kept
'suienth great spirit till fi •in the morning.—Edinburgh
ng Courant. e
4,4ttciSir. Thomas More, when Chancellor, as is
lti) 10 his life by Roper,read every Bill preferred to
Joe and often stopped an further proceedings.--[We wish
t114.,"1ea could follow y the same example in cases of
the t;',l libel, brought forward by farthing characters for
thie
wlleht of themselves and their congenial attornies. If
12, done, bow many rogues
„ would sink unbranded to a nameless grave ?)
vvvi
'4(4.4 lig to the late heavy rains most of the
4Q4t"'s in this part of the country are under waer.-
147. 4clvet his
lone d° not remember to have ever witnessed
1,115 geina,tek_ontinuance. of rain as has been experienced .in
e.,:uonrhood since our last. It began to f... 11 .on
44:41ernoon, and continued with little intermission
04.44
of
Tuesday ; since which time we have had oc-
-1,44t•41 ?were down to last night, when a considerable
%ttrti rain'again fell. A rise of the mercury now
4cllpeput° with a hope of mere settled weather.—Durham
1 tsar.
tiot.,..i4ttr weather still continues so rainy and
f°4l„,. n the north, that little or no progress has been
tr„-: the. last fourteen days in harvesting that portion of
0 to r. Watch has been unfortunately exposed to it; and
ir°lrl to learn from various quarters, that there is a
*ter quantity out than we were led to believe a
Ae
,ago Thisioerr e may say, only favourable
44enjoyed
a great length
bSZ,,.4"Phere is damp and shill,
till/eel Courier. is
tohfe time ; yet still
and threatens mere rain.

OLD BAILEY.--(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.
(Before the RECORDER.)

Robert Bull stood indicted for stealing four table-spoons
and other articles of plate, the property of David Stewart.
—" Guilty."

Joseph Henry George, Nicholas Byers, and Charles
Child, were indicted for conspiring together to defraud
Patrick Desman of a gelding, value 251.
Patrick Desman was a servant, living in Cockpit-yard,
James-street, l3edford•row. He had a gelding, which
he lost, but he had forgotten the time; it was kept in
Cockpit-yard ; it was worth about 251. ; witness knew all
the three prisoners ; Byers and George came to the stable
to buy the gelding ; Byers said he had a horse broken
kneed, which he meant to sell, and buy the gelding, or he
would swap for it. He swished four or five days' trial ;
witness said he would give him three or four hours' trial of
the gelding, providing witness was with him. They went
away, and, on coming back, said they would
like to have a trial ; they hired a cart, to which
the gelding was put, and they with witness drove as far as
Marylebone ; they seemed still to like the gelding, and
then said they wished to call at a public-house in Holborn,
to which they all drove. Until they had got to the public-
house witness had seen nothing of Child, but he met them
there. Byers said at the public-house to witness, you had
better send the cart home, get a saddle and bridle, let me
ride home, and I will return the saddle and bridle on Mon-
day ; this was on a Saturday. Witness took back the
cart, and subsequently returned to the public-house
with the horse ; a person of the name of Harrington,
and the son of witness, accompanied him. When
witness got to the public-house, he saw George at the
door, who said he was indisposed and could not stop
longer ; Byers and Child instantly came out too, and all
went down to a public-house in Chancery-lane, Byers
being on the horse. Witness thought they were going to
pay him, and they asked whether he had change for a bill
or cheque; witness could not read; they were to give
251. for the horse; they said the paper (bill or cheque)
was as good as gold, and would be paid on Monday. Wit-
ness took the paper, gave them back lour sovereigns, and
they returned to him Is. 6d. Witness told them he could
neither read nor write ; Byers and George both said it was
as good as gold, Child was close by at the time, and
must have heard. They said the paper was to be paid
by a person of the name of Palmer, in Euston-square; did
net recollect that they named any number. Harrington
could not read, but he said he would not part with
the horse for that bit of paper. Witness told him to go
to the publican to inquire if it was good. He went out for
that purpose, and on his return said, "I told you I would
not take such a thing for my horse—it's not right." Wit-
ness took it and turned round to show it to a gentleman in
the parlour. At this time all the three prisoners slipped
out, took the little boy off the horse, and gallopped away
with it. The gentleman said he would not have any thing to
do with the paper, it looked suspicious; witness then
went to the door to return it to the prisoners, but found
they were off, horse and all ; the paper was delivered up
to an officer on the same evening; the prisoners were ap-
prehended on the following Monday ; no money was ever
_got for the paper. The horse was Ibund the next day in
Fleet-market, harnessed to a chaise.

After evidence had been adduced in support of the above
evidence,

The RECORLER stated; that though the prisoners had
been indicted for stealing the horse, yet as no person had
been produced to prove that the acceptance was not a valid
acceptance, the Jury could not be asked to aay the pri-
soners were guilty of the theft ; but if the Jury should
find them not guilty of it, the Court would order them to
be detained to be indicted again for the conspiracy.
The Jury acquitted them of the stealing.

The REC:ORDEIi then ordered all the witnesses to be
bound over to prosecute at the next Sessions, and the pri-
soners to be detained.

At the request of Mr. PHILLIPS they were told they
might be liberated on bail, but that 48 hours' notice of that
bail would be required.

Gabriel Ore, the quack-doctor, was arraigned for the
manslaughter of Elizabeth Payne, by having sent to her
some tobacco infusion, of which she partook, and which oc-
casioned her decease.

Mr. PHILLIPS, who appeared for the prosecution, stated
to the Jury, that it had been intimated to him by the
Court, that in point of law this indictment could not be
supported, therefore he abstained from making further com-
ment, than that he hoped this would be a warning to the
prisoner for the future.
The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty."
NEW COURT.
(Before Mr. Sergeant ARABIN.)
The Court were occupied nearly all the morning in
herring an indictment against Richard Parsons, aged 33,
and Thomas Parsons, 28, two watermen, for stealing
from the brewery of Messrs. Lyall, Chelsea, twenty quar-
ters of malt, value 60/., on the 6th of September. The
case was not concluded when we went to press.

ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK.
---
:t,,, % 0 mt/
, . r= :, it ,c-,,
From Whence. •,, F3' ;'• F ~ p
'A •:, • r.
Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Scks.
Aldborough lB4 485 3 102 40
Boston — 311
Clayl — —#
, Colchester 584 350 463 45 107 5U3 tio
Harwich
Leigh BO7 157 43 93 254 30
;4 Maldon
Gainsborough ..• 16 I) --.
Hull - -- 100
Ipswich 2lO 145 PC, 10 21 656
Kent 719 605 175 126 481 211 1411
Lynn — _- 180
Newhaven — 161 _
Newport
Southwold
Weymouth
Woodbridge lB 512 88 ,-- vq ~..
... at, I ... -,00
Yarmouth
Aberdeen — 97 20
-- --- ---
3114 3087 1869 5!)5 1252 1937 7573
1 nisn.
Belfast
Cork 372 1853
Limerick — 3410
FoRPTON.
Archangel — 1500
Assens — 1617
Emden
Griefswalde — 1390
Groningen
Hamburgh —
1.-lusum — 750
Norderschluese — 650
Pillau — 1160
Ripen
Rotterdam 7 - - - -
Stettin —
Tettcnbull — 2079
Tendons — 2552
Wolgast
—.—
Total
AGGREGATE QUANTITY OF OTHER KINDS OF PULSE.
Rye, 8--Tares, 195--Linseed, o—Rapeseed, 328--Brank, 10—
Mustard, 45—Hemp, 36—Seeds, 386.