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London, England, 1814-07-27 00:00:00

MARRIAGES IN lIICH LIFE.

Monday, at the house of Mr. CULLING SMITH, in
Upper Brook-street, was married the Marquis of
WORCESTER CO Miss GEORGIANA FREDERICA FiTznov.
The ceremony was pirformed by the Hon. and Rev.
G. V. WELLESLEY, and was attended by her Rayal
Highness the Duchess of YORK, and by the Duke of
BEAUFORT, the Marquis of WELLESLEY, the Duke of
WELLINGTON, the Duke of GRAFTON, and various
branches of the respective families. -
Yesterdat morning, at Lambeth Palace, Mr. FINCH
HATTON, eldest son of Mr. FINCH HATTON, of East-
well Park, Kent, to Lady Cliatmorrli GRAHAM,
eldest daughter of the Duke and Duchess
of MoN-
Taos& The ceremony was performed by the Arch-
bishop of CANTERBURY. An elegant breakfast was
prepared in the Palace for the occasion. There were
present the Duke and Duchess of MONTROSE, Mr.
and Mrs. FINCH HATTON, Earl of WINCHELSEA, SCC.
After the ceremony, the happy pair set out for East
well Park.

L dIY INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, JULY 26.
MATRIMONIAL SEPARATION.

Mrs. Lee wile of the Rev. Mr. Lee, at the sitting
of the Court this morning, moved his Lordship, in
person, on the hardships she was suffering, in not be-
ing paid certain dividends due to her by the contract
with her husband on their separation. She made her
statement from a written paper.
The Lo RD CHANCELLOR desired to be informed whe-
ther she had executed the deed of separation agreed
upon, without which he could not relieve her.
She replied that she had virtually executed the
deed, alc,ough such execution was coupled with a
condition st hich she was advised was a proper one that
she was entitled to annex.
His Lordship replied, that without an unqualified
execution of the deed he could not interpose.—The
application was refused.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, GUILDHALL.
wyug V. ATKINSON AND WIFE.
Mr. CusaN opened the pleadings, and stated that
this was an action of slander. The declaration stat-
ing that the plaintiff was a merchant, and that the
wife of the .defendant had maliciously reported that
the plaintiff had been a bankrupt and defrauded his
creditors ; that the plaintiff had robbed a person of
the name of Gordon of pro'perty, and run away to
America. The defendant had pleaded not guilty, and
upon that the i.sue was joined.
Mr. ATTORNEY GENERAL stated the case to the
Court and Jury to the effect following He was
Counsel for the plaintiff, who was a respectable
merchant, carrying on business in this City, and who
had been compelled to resort to a Special Jury of the
City of London, for the purpose of recovering the in-
jury his character had sustained from the malicious
aspersions of the defendant.
" Gentl..men, lie seeks at, your hands some sort of
compensation for the irjury described to you by my
Learned Friend, Mr. Cumyn, who opened the pro-
ceedings t and when a person has slandered another,
I think you will agree with me, that it is not an unfair
proposition, on the part of the 'person slandered, to
say thus—, I am obliged, under the pressure of your
slander, to bring an action against you, for the de-
traction of my character ; but if .you will do, what I
have a right to expect you should do, for the repara-
tion of my character and honour, you can have no
objections to have this matter refined to the arbi-
trationof two respectable persons,or any man of honour
in the professon. I say that is a fair proposition.—
Suppose the case was reversed, and I had slandered
you ; you would, I think, feel yourselves justified in
vindication of your honour, in making some such pro-
, position as that.' Now, that proposition has been
made by my client to- the defendant, both before and
after the.action was brought ; and, therefore, I lament
that the defendant has not had the good sense to see
that it is for his interest, and for his honour, and Inr
his reputation, to have 'prevented this case coming
here ; and I now offer to prevent this proceeding fur-
ther, for in- the same spirit, in which my client acted
before the action was brought, he is now ready to act.
Mr. TOPPING...." It is impossible for the party for
whom I appear, to accede to the proposition."
I'he ATTORNEY GENERAL —64 If that be so, it will
give to the plaintiff all that he seeks by this action,
namely, an opportunityof relieving his character from
the fool aspersions that have been cast upon it. I
shall prove these words to have been notoriously
spoken by the defendant, without the least reserve.—
Gentlemen, having thus discharged my duty, inv
giving the defeqdant an opportunity of meeting this
case in the manner which, as a man of honour, he is
bound to do, but thinking proper to decline these
terms, I now proceed with my case. Gentlemen, the
plaintiff is a merchant—he is a merchant of charac-
ter and respectability ; he has been engaged in many
foreign adventures, and has acted on such occasions
in superintending the concerns of other persons, with
those of his own. He became acquainted with a per-
son of the name of Gordon (since a bankrupt, icc. late
in his Majesty's gaol of Newgate, for not having duly
accounted for his property to his creditors) whose
character the defendant undertook to espouse, and
called upon Mr. Joseph Hibbert, just. one of the assig-
nees of Mr. Gordon, and made use of the words
alluded to, as well a her regular conversation, at the
tea and card parties, at Pentonville. We have often''
heard that slander and tea are inseparable—probably
the slander gives a zest to that agreeable beverage,
which it would want without the seasoning of this
amusement. We find, however, that this Lady has
repeatedly, most maliciously, and foully aspersed the
character of this Gentleman at her coterie: and card-
parties, without the least foundation or pretence what-
ever, which, if not resisted, it must ruin every thing
that is dear in life to Mr. Wylie :—he, therofore,

comes before a respectable Jury to seek reparation for
the injury his character has sustained. Gentlemen, J
have already stated that character wholly is Mr.l
Wylie's object. If Mr. Atkinson has a wife who]
goes• abroad destroying the character- of his neigh
boors, he must pay for her conduct, he must pay for
her slanders : for all the conditions of life have their!j
mixtures and alloys; this responsibility of the husband,
one of the conditions of marriage ; ninety-nine
of a hundred the marriage life is tolerably
there are also. some pleasures in Mr. Atkin-
he is married to an accomplished beautiful
but if she brings the neighbourhood about

them, and if, on any occasion, she makes any mistake
in her conduct, and takes freedoms with the charac-
ters
of her neighbours, he cannot take all the good of
this world, and reject the rest ; he must not have All
the comforts of matrimony without sharing also its
responsibilitie% ; he must pay for the irregularity of
her tongue, and make good the damages she owes to
the neighbours. Gentlemen, with this short outline
of the circumstances, I shall proceed to prove that
this Lady has spoken the words alluded to, on several
occasions. I shall shew such unfounded accusations,
against this English merchant, as even the.malice
of the devil himself could not invent."

Mr. Joseph Hibbert, jun. sworn, and proved the
words spoken.
Lord ELLENDOROUGET summed ntc the case for the
Jury to the effect following :—..,clientlemen of the
Jory, this is an action against John Atkinson and Ca-
tharine, his wife, for slander : though it is not proved
of Mr. Atkinson, yet it is of Mrs. Atkinson, and Mr.
Atkinson must pay his wite's damages : it is a ne-
cessary consequence of marriage, that the husband is
responsible for the acts of his wife. If you keep a
dog which is apt to bite, and you know his disposi-
tion, you must tie him up ; but if even the animal
bites or tears your neighbour, you must pay for him.
So of the Lady in this case, the husband must pay for
the freedom of her tongue. Gentlemen, you will
deal with this case as you think it deserves."
Damages for plaintiff eat), and 4.05. costs.
HERTFORD ASSIZES, JULY 25.

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