Star.
London, England, 1801-02-12 00:00:00

ARTICLES OT PEACE.

Mr. Law moved for leave to exhibit Articles
of the Peace again( a Noble Lord.
The Right Hon. Mary, Countcfs of Pomfret,
appeared on the Bench, and exhibited Articles of
the Peace againft the Earl of Pomfret her hut=
band, (taring ecaain circumflances of domeftic
tinhappine6 between her Ladythip and the Noble
Earl, arifing out of conliderations of her fortune,
which was ,too,oool. and upwards, and her pin.
money, which Vas aoool. a/ear, over which the
complained the Noble Earl endeavoured to obtain
an unjultiliabli cancroid, contrary to their mar-
riage fettkment, and threatened to murder her,
tinfs the relinquifited her pin-money. She being
in much fear, requelled the might confult her aunt,
fo, which Timpole the went over to her aunt's book
in the begiamng of Oftober laft. On the tyth of,
the fame month, the received a letter from her huf-
band, laying, that unlefs the immediately return- 1
ed, he thould procure articles of feparation ; in
confequenee of this the went to Eafton, and when
the arrived, found all the furniture ne, the
fervants difcharged, and the Earl alit-ingot. She
then fet off for town, and went to his Lord-
Lip's honk in Portman-fquare, and every thiag
there was in the fame confufion as at Beane
however ke remained there till the 19th January,
when the received a letter from a Mr. Lloyd,
laying, that his I.ordlhip had defined him to
Worm her, that he would allow the fum of
scot. per annum for -her fepamte maintenance.
On the receipt cf this letter the removed to Hen-
ford-fireet, May-fair, where the has remained ever
Her Ladvthip further hated, that the Noble
Earl bad behaved towards her with coldnels, after.
wards with indifference, and then with haughti-
seri, and in time cafes, with cruelty and infideli-
ty, fir which a Suit was depending in the Eccle-
fiallieal : concluding with the ulna) affe-
s.cration, that the did not exhibit thefe Articles
fr any malice, hatred, or ill-will, but merely to
(Ave h.erfeif hum dang-r, and bodily harm.
The Articles being (worn to by the Lady, and
the Court took ionic time to confider, and
si.sa Loari Lamm obi:reed, that the Articles

fhould be made a little more rpecifle as to the
dates of the alts, from which her Ladyfhip ap-
prehcnded belief* to be in danger. She was en-
titled, moll affuredly, to the *tote lion of the
Court; but fill the Court mull take care, not to
make a
.precedent, by which they might lead to
thc receiving of defeCtive Articles thc alts of
actual compuifion complained of, ihould be fpe-
citically fated. His Lordlhip raid, he chufed not
to fay a great deal on this fubjea. The Lady
fhould certainly have the protection of the Court
but the articles would be better if they were made
a little more fpecific.
Mr. Law obferved, that the Noble Earl would
not, of courfe, ufe any authority over the Coun-
ters in the inierint.
Lord Kstivos He will not prefume to
meddle with her in the mean time : however high
his rank may be, the Law of the Land is fupenor
even to his rank. Ido not fay that there Articles
.might net finally prevail in care they are not
amended; but if they were a little more particular
I think it would be better, efpecially on account of
the precedent."
Her Ladyfhip then withdrew, an 4 in ahont an
Inktr appeared pin with the Articles amended
according to the intimation of the Bench, which
being aglin front to and read—The Conn ex-
tended its protection as defined on behalf of the
Lady, who then retired.

NISI LETITIA TLETCH.EIt.
Mr. Paacivat fait', that having on a former
day moved to file a Criminal Information aping
Mr. Denton, an attorney, for being concerned in
carrying off. Mifs Fletcher, the Lady delivered
over to her Wends the other day, he had to Rate
to the Come, that he had fern that Gentleman's
affidavit, which Rated, that he had, by the defire
of Mifs Fletcher, fued ont a Writ of Maims Corps:,
fhe haying entreated his protedion ; and that he
thought Simi-elf bound to afford it her. With
this, Mr. Faze :val. faid, he was perfeEHy fatisfied ;
and therefore he ;noted that the Rule be difcharg-
' ed with refpea to Mr. Denton.—Rule difcharged:
Mr. Morelle, one of the party in the above
Rule, thcn handed up an affidavit in anfwer,
which was read by the clerk. It Rated, that Mr.
Munton defircd him to procure lodgings for him
and his wife, at the fame time introducing Mifs
Fletcher as fuch ; that believing them to be mar-
ried, he invited them to dinner, and introduced
them to all his friends as man and wife, Mifs Flet-
cher conftantly wearing a ring; that he accom-
panied her, by her own defire, to Mr. Denton's,
on the day her brother and Mr. Howes came to
town, and waited for her at a little diftance ; fhe
prefently came to him, and faid, " Here's the
devil to pay, my brother and friends are come to
town. Do you know we are not niarriedln Find-
ing this to be the cafe, he advifed her to go home
with her friends until they became reconciled, as
he believed it was the intention of Mr. Munton to
marry her. He difavowed any intention of ufing
corrupt means, and faid all that he had done was
by the defire of Mils Fletcher. who was of a com-
petent age to ufe her own difcretion. He trufled
the Can't would be fatitfied with the anfwer he
had given.
The Court obferved, that the anfwer was fatif-
faftory, and direeted the Rule to be difoharged.—
The. Rule againft Mr. Munton was enlarged.