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Th 4" iras vprotiOing of Ch+Urce or separaticharovii -
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Francis- Henderson, Esq,. of the perish of St. 'art"
la-bonne, against Frances
,-Rdeanor Hendersou.-hts,
wifk, by reason of adultery committed with Wipam.
*Ludlam, Esq. In this ease, the, Learned Civilian' on
the part of the hothead; began brstating to the Coart,
that on looking into theevicietice, there could be-no
doubt of the &ct of adahery ; bet the-witne4es in
their examinations were not so correct as they ought
to be in cases of this-description, and therefore trusted
the Court would permit a further plea to be intro-.
&wed. Oh behalf of the Lady it was contended, that
there wat no °mixer raved, neither the marriage, the
identity of the person, or the alledged fact of adultery.
The Court (Sir W. Sco rT ), without proceeding
further in the cause, dismissed it on account of the
failure of proof.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER. HMV sm.
The Somerton GENERAL. moved, that the Paymas-
ters might be adruitted to authenticate the accounts
of their offices *lore the Commissioners of Public
Accounts, wfthent being under the necessity of pro-
ducing certairr voucheui,..•hich were stated to be lost.
The 39 George 111. c. 89, recited, that the Paymas-
ters' accounts should be verified.by the Accountant
General with the Pay office,' before one of the Bacons
of the Eltchequer,- and three Commissioners. By
the 46 Geo. 111. c. 58, s. 8, the Paymaster was. to
transmit the accounts to the Commissioners for• au-
diting.the public accounts, after which a quLtur was
to Issued. •

This motion was supported by an affidavit of the
Paymaster-general as to the facts • and by others, of
Isaac Barre; 'representative of eolonel Barre, and
,Mary, Burke, representative of Edmund Burke. It
was stated in the_affidnvit of the Paymaster General,
that the Commissioners had required the voucheri,
but they could not be found ; and, as the excuse for
not producing them, it was alleged, that in Febru
ary, 1797, it was discovered that A servant of the
Pay-office bad stolen them.' and sold them for waste-
paper to shopCeopers and others, and they had pro-
duced to him noless a sum than 2001. When this
was known, application was made to Magistrates,
and orders were given tv the now-street officers to use
their utmost diligence to *Cover these vouchers; but
only a very small portion of thena was obtained.
The accounts made out for the inspection of the
Commissioners, were said to be correct statements
from the books kept' in the Pay-office ; and it was
sworn that the disbursements. stated, were, to the
best of the deponent's knowledge, actual payments
for the account of the Paymaster-General, in the
amounts, and at the times specified.
Mr. Baron TrroAresos.--s, Is the Clerk alive who
made the entries in the books; which entries, it is to
be presumed, were supplied from the voucher's them-
selves i"

The SOLICITOR GMERAL.—•!' I am afraid the per-
son is not alive. •I am not sure that the books would
.not be evidence. Public books, kept at the time,
were held to be so on Lord Melville's trial. They
might be evidence, and yet not be vouchers. The
object of the motion, is only to enable the Commis-
sioners to receive as evidence, the best. substitute for
these vouchers."
The CHIEF BARON—" Does it appear'that the man
who sold these vouchers was in the office at the time
they were so disposed of ?"
The SOLICITOR GENERAL.—" I apprehend, my
Lord, there can be no doubt about that.. The Rule,
if granted, I suppose, must be served upon the At-
torney-General, and upon the Commissioners."
Rule to show cause granted.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNE 211.

The ATTORNEY GENERAL moved for two Criminal
Informations against two persOns of the name of Bull
and Blake, for challenges sent to Colonel Buro.e,, ss, of
the Pendennis Volunteers. By the affidavit of Colonel
Burgess, it appeared that the persons against whom
the motion was made, were both of them officers in
the corps commanded by him ; that the corps having
assembled to vote a loyal address, they both absented
themselves from the muster on that day, and conti-
nued to be absent on several fitture-occations. Colo-
nel Burgess then gave them notice, that 'unless they
attended at the next muster of the.corps, he should
apply to the Lord lieutentint of the County to supply
their place with more efficient members. They did
not attend, and he did apply to the Lord lieutenant
to appoint others. The next parade day they atten-
ded, when Mr. Bull insulted him with very gross lan-
guage, calling him 0. a coward, &c." Not noticing
this abuse, the next day he received a letter from Blake,
saying that perhaps his religious feeling- prevented
him h Om noticing Mr. Bull, but.he expected that Co-
lonel Burgess would appoint .a place and time for'
giving him satisfaction.--Rule granted.