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COURT OrEXCHEQUER, MAY t.
• ' UASLAI4 9. lIOURNIU
' In this case, which was an action tried before Mr.
Justice LE 131.ANC, at the late Lancaster Aisiaes,
against • the defendant, .for ' criminal conversavon
• with the plaintitfs wife, and a verdict found for the
damagei sisoo, •Mr. •RAINE, on a former
alay, obtiined a Ruk to shevr.eause why a new trial
sloaild not be granteA, cm the ground of the damages
teing westing!, ;and founded his applic etion on the
diet lute and- ablandianed conduct of the plaintiff's
.• wife previous to her marriage. •
This day Mr. FAUN and Mr, TOPPING were heard
in support of the verdict, and contended,, that even
allowing the conduct of the woman, previous to her
marriage, to have been improper, of which, however,
there was no• pdsitive pool produced ar the trial,
yet she had been married six Learso and, during that
time, till seduced•by the present defendant, who was
her liusbaNi's landlord, she had conducted herself,
with the greates: propriety, and that -the plaintiff and ,
she had lived together in a rate of happiness viciom
esceedert,. After heating Mr. Rama and Mr. SC :N•
LETT, in support of the Rule,
The Court *livered their opinion ; which was, ,
that there being ric4roof of any knowledge'existing
in the mind of the husband of the impropriety ef,con.l
duet on the part of the wift, he was entitled to,re.
cover damages. In actions *this description, the
question of damages was one wfiieh,it was the pecu-
liar province of the Jury w decide owl and,ucless it
wets_ appArent that'tlieJury had been actuated by im-
proper. motives in the verdict they had giveaohe
Court Would nat interfere. I n the present case,. tin
such Motive was apparent. nor did it appear that the!
damages were excessive. The cifurt. therefore, were
of opinion the vet-diet should no: be distutbed.—Rube
discherged.
• COURT OF KING'S UgNCH, APRIL 28.
TUX XING v. FLEET.
.4e Isseiarrect statement having gone forth to the'
pttbtic illative to the proceedings in this ease, we its
eat the fnll, wing as an accurate report on the subject:
Mr ?AUX.—My Lords, there was a cape before the
Court, the other day, that may as well be disposed of I
now. Mr. Attorney General has obtained a Milt
to shear c3use why a criminal information should not
be filed against the defendant, fOr a very gross and
scandalous 1;bel on the Honourable Miss Somerset.'
, My LOrds, I am Counsel for the defendant in this
case, and every man aho has the happium to be a
parent, must be sensible that Lord Charles Somerset
must have felt estramely aggrieved by such a pubii.
taticin. I do not moo.n to spew cause against-the
Mule, because no cause can be shewn against
The defendant received a lets-r.. He is a very yerurg
inan, and is extremely distressed at the publication of
this libel. He throws.himself entirely (as it is his
duly to do) on the mercy of Lord Ch.irles Setherset.,
IP is ready to produce that letter. He is really igno.l
rant of the author. He do s not know the author of
it. - And he is extremely sorry that by the inadver..i
tenee and hurry that sometimes take place in the pus_
lication cf nets spapers, this libel was tmfornmatc.ly
inserted. There is no col.,ur or foundation IT the
libel. There is no col( ur or pretence for the charge
. I verily believe, and therefore I must submit to the
Rule being made absolute.
Mr. A TronNEY Gexeu.sr..—inadvertence and
hurry not only take place in publishing this newspa-
per; but the subsequent convoiation was a great deal
worse, as the facts stated wen untrue, and was more
offensive, if possible, than the publication in the paper.
Mr.• Justice Geese (in the absence of the Lord
Chief Justice).—Then this Rule must be nude abso-
lute.—Rule absolute.

'MA RLECIROVOR—ST DEET.—Yesterthy a gentleman
of the name of Goddard, a citizen, who has a house
at Shepherd's-Bush, was chat'ged by an old gentle-
elan named Brown, with an assault in the Hammer-
nnith stage. The complainant got into the stage at
Kensington, which previously contained five persons,
and a dispute arose betwixt him and the defendant
respecting having die' windows up or down. The
latter was accompanied by a lady, and they were for
having the windows up, but the complainant waS In
want of air, and claimed his right to have one down
noteast ; he took the liberty of gratifying his de Are, '
and the defendant put himself in position a la Crib,
and hit the old-gentleman on the mouth, closed cu
him, and pulled his nose, and .after Wards spit in his
'face.---The Magistrate reprobated :.ie unmanly at=
tack in becoming terms, and held the defendant to
-. bail, to.auswer the complaint at the Sessions.
A Meeting of the Subscribers to Lloyd's was held
on Thum-day, to take into consideration the Report of
the Committee for managing the Patriotic Fund;
upon-she actual state of their Funds, up to the Ist
of March last, viz.
Amount of Subscriptions, Interest; .n -Profit . .
on Stock sold ................ —.............. £4911,853 f 6
- .Azionnt Toted in Rewards, Gratuisita, anfl An..
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nuities..“ - 411,562 6 0
. Balance Z50,770 17 6
The Report farther stated, that the above balance-
at the disposal of the Committee,' after.providing for
the outstanding cases which have not yet hen brought
forward, will be insufficient to continue the accus-
tomed donations to the widows and orplians cf those
who have fallen, ani to the officers and men who have
been disabled in the assault and capture of Badajoz. •
The Chairman (J.Martatarr, Esq. M.P.) opened
the proceedings in an able and energetic speech, in 1
which he stated, • that. the Subscribers who were f.
called upon in the first instance had beets the fathers
of the charity, as from their first subscrietion of
Jt€2.0,000 consols, the funds had risen to nea:ly half
a million. They were now called upon again, and i
he had no doubt they would freely come forward.-- •
The sum he had to propose, and upon which the I
Committee wets unanimous, was £5;000 consols.

The question being put, Mr. Rowcitorr rose, and
moved as an Amen(fruc.nt, that the sum of £lO,OOO
consols should be applied to the charity. -He said
the sum Would not he considered too large, when
thcy looked at the effects which it would have,. as it
was a sum they could well spare ; and he hoped lb"
House wc,lld agree with him in granting the largo.
sum. He concluded* an excellent speech (in which
he touched upon the undaunted bravery shewn by
troops) by moving the Amendment, which,
being put by the Chairman, was carried uu-
y.

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