Star.
London, England, 1817-12-06 00:00:00

FRANKFORT, NOVEMBER 21.

The King of Bavaria has issued a Royal Ordi-
nance respecting the political rights his Majesty's
son.in-14w, Prince Eugene Duke of Luntenberg, in
his present quality of Prince of Eicbst.dt, and of his
descendants, both towards the State and towards the
King. The Prince and his successors join to the
title of Duke of Luntenberg that of the Principality
of Eichstadt, which has been conferred on them by
a special Act. He follows in point of rank nest alter
the Princes of the Royal Family, and has the title of
Royal Hiphness.
The Spanish Infant, Don Francis de Paula, has
arrived at Vienna.

Count Ugarte, the Austrian Minister of Confe-
rences, died on the 10th at Gratz.
NOVI/48ER l7.—His Majesty the King of Wur-
temburg has issued several ,Ordinances respecting the
new organization of the kingdom, as
I. Various changes In the Taxes.
it. The Abolition of the Vausalage of the Peasants.
3. The increase of the Sinking Fund.
4. Ihe elselsion of the Kingdom into four Departments.
S. The introduction ..f an entirely new Administration.
6. The introduction of a Board of Conttoul.

7. The in•rochietion of a General Ci;;;;herOf Aecompts.
* and 9. The Payment of the Servants of the State, and dub
future pensions.
10 aid I I. On the Payment of the Arrears.
His Majesty has named a special committee to in.
troduce all these regulations. It is also ordained that
♦assalage shall be abolished and cease in its whole
extent, in every pan of the kingdom, from the Ist of
January, 1818.

Two Hamburgh Mails arrived at a late hour to.
day, but the c9ntents of the Papers they bring are al-
together unimportant. Exchange on London, Nov.
25. SS 6 i Nov. 2s, SS 9.

Mr. HUNTER, the King's Messenger, returned to
town on Wednesday evening, after having made a
journey of three weeks and a day, in conveying the
melancholy intelligence of the death of the Princess
CHARLOTTE 10 Prince I.noroLo's Brother and Mother ;
also to the Dukes of KENT and CAMBIUM:IC, and se-
veral diplomatic Ministers. Mr. Mum, on his ar•
rival, proceeded to Claremont, with dispatches for
Prince Lvoroao.

It is supposed that Prince LFOPOLD will depart for
Weymouth on Wednesday next.
General limas, Lieutenant-General of Chelsea
College, gave a grand dinner yesterday at the College
to a party of Military Gentlemen.
Mr. Gnerswonn entertained the COMMANDER-IN-
CHIEF, and a Party, yesterday, at his house in And.
ley-square.
Monday se'nnight, Major BEST, of 13,ixley, gave
to the Non commis' ioned Officers, kc. on the Staff
of the West Kent Militia, a very handsome dinner at
the Queen's Head, Maidstone. The Major was in
the Regiment many years, and served with them in
Ireland.

It is said that, on board the vessel, which sailed
lately from Portsmouth for South America, were a
Colonel and his Officers, Non-commissoned Officers,
and appointments for a Regiment of Lancers.
We are concerned to find, from the Dublin Papers
thattheityphus lever increases in pasts of Ireland. In
the space of 26 days, 246 patients were received into
the Fever Hospital of Limerick, which considerably
exceeds the number discharged in that interval.
Yesterday wits the Second Day of Drawing, and
when this Paragraph was sent to the Press, tie only
Numbers Drawn Capitals were.,.., Zito,ooo, Class A, Su&l by Bien, in Blares.
Mb, 41000, Clase B, bold by Ble4, In Marra.
020, WO GuioNab, aLo bold by lirsa, In abate/.

IMIRE-DE-GRACE, DI.epuDFR

PRIVATE LETTFR.
" The report of an English Gehtleman, of
name of Smilsi, having been robbed And num
is, 1 am happy to say, incorrect As to I:,e Imes 1,1
titular : he was, however, nabbed of hi, wa•tch
money, and put in great fear of his life, b,;t
ba
escaped without any personal injury. The
who proves to be a soldier, is now in custody,
will shortly be brought to trial."

NArilL IMELLIGENCE.

FALMOUTH, DECEMBER s.
Wind N.W. to N.—Sailed the Pilgrim, p.,
for St. Vincent's ; Louisa, Cook, and the
Park, CL Into, for Jamaica ; the John, Smut, for
Kitt's ; Charles, Cor.uk, for Bourdtaux i and
Minerva transport, for Cork.
PLYMOUTH, DECEMBER 4.
Wind N.—Sailed the Crown, BLACKBURKI for,
sniica; and Nicholas, KIRKUS, for the Havaniph,
POR FSMOUTH, DECEMBF.R S.
Wind S. S. W.—Arrived the Lady Hamill
PRIV:HAM), from Cowes, where Ate had been
tain-cl by the Custrlns ; Friends, DOD,froa,
for Rio Janeiro; Britannia, —, trcm the 1),,
for Grenada; and Crescent, —, from the
for Leghorn.—Put back the Lady I iarr wi. d,
George, Eoterptrze, Colonist, Dorothy Foster,
Kinnersley Castle, Brailstord, and Albion.
A man of war's boat ripsot htre to-day : tltsee
men and one midshipman were drowned,

DOVER, DECEMBER 5.
Wind S.S.W. And blows hard, with rain..
last evening the Lord Duncan picket, Car lilt
coE, for Ostend, with a mail and passengers;
the King George packet, Captain Kix.% irtti
Calais Mail.—Arrived this rimming the LCH '
mouth, Captain PEAKE, with a mail and pe.sseugi
from Ostend.—Arrived this afterno..“ the Lord L):
can, Captain HAMILTON; Lady Castiervagfi,CipL.
M.,WLL ; Princess Augusta, Captain BLAKE; 4r
French packet—all from Calais, with passeig
DEAL, DECEMBER s.
Wind S.W.—Put buck the Wellington, fir 11,;!:
Carl Johan, fur Marseilles; and John Shand, fr; •
maica—the latter with loss of anchor and

Sailed the Eliza and Phee.tiz Indimen, with
whole of the homeward-bound, for the River.

SHEERNESS, DECEMISER S.
The Wilton, Pore, from Leghorn for
on shore on Gram Spit ; and the Brit,n,
from St. I'etersburgh fur London, is on shore le.
Nore Sand. The tides are patting in, dind iti.
both vessels will be got off without damage.

CUSTOM HOUSE. DECEMBER.
SIM'S INTIRED INWARDS...." he Harrier, Hormel,
Countess of Lieven, Melville, from Oporto; 1 hrc B
Spauli; Active I.angdon ; and ‘Vadtllngton, Fleck, tr..ct
John, Muirheall, front Rostock ; Canada, Cummings, fru:A
angel; Rover, Gila.on, from 13orlortie; Jonathan, mod r.
Kiel; Amiable Charles, —, front Calais ; Lord CaasAr.,
from Bombay; Duke of Kent, Feather.tone, {rum •
Creek; and Dawn, Raud, from I'etersburgb.
On, waitos—The Ferguson, Capps, for Mar.eiltr.,
Matbevr, for Jamaica • Hunter, Ambrose, for St. Thema.%
Sally, Markham, for Ostend ; Fountain, Mills, jun 1..,
and Leghorn; London, Duncan, for fno; Vier G.
Prins for Rotterdam; and Messenger, Finlay, for ;t. Th.
Jamaica, and the Havannah.

BATH, D ECAMBER 4.

Notwithstanding the contemplated arrAngo
of yesterday, the Pump Room was
excess this morning. Many hundreds of most
spectable people were assembled before the J
long before they were opened, and it war fain)
unpleasant a service to exclude them, that they
again admitted, and by the time the Quixx anJ sa:
arrived, there was but little ro,•m lat for their
commodation, although the Masttri of the Cr;
sties are indefatigable in their endeavours to att.
and restrain the company.
The Queen appears to improve in health and sr,'
rits daily, as do their Royal Highnesses.
CCU ELIZABETH, in particular, seems to enjoy that •
of blessings in a supereminent degree.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at :he
India House. when Captain Wurre w.ss swnin
the command of the ship Phoenix, consved
gal direct.

DIWRY-LANE THEATRE..— Last night Mr. Fic.
came forward in the part of King 1ti..h.0.1 the
and followed up with some advantage the meas.+
of applause he had received in Afaeketh. We ohm. or
in the twines: of the stage, as it is technicaily term
with which Mr. Fiona appears to be pcitectiy?
quainted, a variety of alterations, rather than it
provements. The principal fault, however, of tk
young actor, is a false intonation that intrudes
and spoils his elocution ; and, until this is correct
any pleasure he can give ns from mere stage act!
must always be of a very inferior description. T:
performance, on the whole, went off with general
probation; and, notwithstanding a good many
.sensing voices, was announced with acclatuathn,r.
repetition this night.
Mr. KEAN'S indisposition arose from a vinklit Cu'
caught in consequence of not taking due care .+1
the administration of a powerful medicine tor
liver complaint.
MATHEKA, and his dicier of All Woe!, are tow
their way to Dublin, where he is engaged ter aline;
number of performances at the Theatre.
The Choral Music Nights for this Term at 0:1
were on Wednesday and Thursday last. The pl. •
pal singers were Miss STEPHENS and Mr. 13w.''•
The room was full on both evenings. The
of MAnt.noaousat, anJ many more of the Notihn;',
were present. The performances gave the bigni'l
satisfaction.

Friday vennight an Inquest was taken at lirtxt
stairs by the Mayor of Dover, on the bodies ut t!.'
four soldiers who were buried by the falling is of ta
Cliff, neat Dumpton stairs. as related in a 16"1".
Paper, and a verdict of Accidental Duni record.xL7
4)1 the bodies presented a most Inn rade speaJc.:
figin most of their limbs being broktn, and die b!.,'
being driven from other parts into their ii"'ls•
weight of the overwhelming fall h.id pruned
chalk so closely, that it enclosed the b./J;(1 44 CC.
pletely as if poured on them in a liqt.id
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DERBY, DECEMBER 4.

on Monday last a very interesting Meeting. was
held in our Town Hall—it consisted of the Ministers
Members of the Presbyterian, Independent, and
Congregations in Derby, and was called—
:4 Like into consideration the propriety of present-
;-‘: an Address to his Royal Highness the Prince
melhly and lamented d
Regent on the
lite
ri her Royal Highnessanc then Princess Charlotte eath
of
Wales, aad of dutiful and loyal attachment to the
rinciple.s which placed the .illustrious family of his
;;.,veil Ilighness on the Throne of these Realms."
STRUTT, Esq. having been called to the
'".air, (Tuned the business in a pet spicuous and
-wily speech. Having read the advertisement by
..,1:01 the Meeting had been summoned, he alluded
railieularly to the special objects which it had
teW and dwelt with much feeling on the meet's-
necas.on on which it was proposed to Address
~s Roval I lighoess the Prince Regent. He was led
tize the circumstance that the Meeting eon-
s tri OE Ptotestant Dissenters of the three denomina-
t. vs, mead took occasion to advert, briefly, to the
ri irks by which as a body they were distinguished
t: en fellow-townsmen. " We claim fur our-
-507..5," said he, " the light of free enquiry on reli-
1., aij,cts, we own no human authority in mat-
f,;; 01 a religious nature, and we protest against
t;,: titerlerence of the civil magistrate whenever he
int.:iposes his authority between our consciences and
eur GOD " The Chairman next congratulated the
Ni„ting on the enlightened spirit of the times, and
on t:,e porsession of a greater portion of civil and reli-
g i us liberty than was ever enjoyed by their forefa-
ails; aid concluded by appealing to the History of
the Prot, stain Dissenters in illustration of the fact,
that they had ever been the must zealous friends of
nail and relizn,us liberty, and among the most loyal
ski:it-leas of the House of Brunswick.
J. D. STROTT, Esq. observed, that by offering an
fticliess of Condolence to his Royal Highness the
Prince Regent on the loss of his illustrious daughter,
they were also alleviating those feelings winch had
called forth from every individual the expression of
regret and sorrow. He then reviewed the character
of the amiable Princess over whose tomb a whole
Ration hasmiturned. Her talents, her attainments, her
attachment to the principles of the British Constitu•
tic% bet private virtues, her chanties, her filial piety,
particularly her affection for her unfortunate mother,
her conduct at a wife, were all adverted to with great
efficacy rd propriety. He next alluded to the cir-
cumstances which occasioned a Meeting of the Pio-
testant Dissenters distinct from their fellow town'.
ran ; with whom, however, he observed, they should'
fe very happy to unite on a similar occasion. The
sturnpt to implicate the Dissenters in the recent out-
rages which have disturbed the county, lie stated to
tendered futile, not merely by the well knows
of that Body, but by the satisfactory result
rt those enquiriel which had been instituted t.. amt.
taro the validity of the accusation so insidiously ad.'
against them lie concluded a speech distine
tnr its modesty and good sense by.propoaing
Re. lutioos.
The It 'anions were most ably seconded by the
T. J. Gawvuosin, who observed that humanity,
and religion, demanded this testimony to
' worth, and this expression of condolence
an afflicted Prince. He approved of theilea‘
because they were calculated to repel the
:kid insinu..tions which had been lately brought
7414 for the purpose of implicating the Dissen-
ten of this county in the late disturbances, and he
! that they would cause the shafts of calumny
tall Warn and pointless at the foot of the Throne.
The Rev. EDWARD IiIGGIh3ON moved the Ad.
!ts. He prefaced the reading of it with some
ob-
is on the high character of the illustrious
:ad. He next alluded to the sorrows in which his
rene Highness Prince Leopold was involved—to
sympathy which his bereaved condition elicited,
to the fine tone of feeling which he had displayed
. midst of his affliction. The distress into which
unfortunate Mother of the lamented Princess
be plunged when she shall hear that her only
ild is taken away, was introduced as a subject to
:h the meeting could not be insensible, but on
it was painful to dwell. After explaining why
- of condolence were not offered from the
to these distinguished mourners, be concluded
_ing and proposing the Address.
The Rev. C. E. BIRT, on seconding the Address,
-eel that as the mourning of the Jews on the
of Josiah, a Prince whose principles and coo-
lad gained him the hearts of his people, was
ized by the great families of the nation mourn-
art, so the present meeting served to shew the
sense of loss which universally prevailed, as the
ra were now assembled through sympathy-in
:ommon grief of all the land, separately from
r fellow townsmen. Mr. Bert then recapitulated
reasons which had made it a duty the Dissenters
to themselves, to come forward on the present
inon. In vindicating diem from the odium of
he obseried, that the loyalty of Dimas-
founded on knowledge and conviction, and
it had ever remained firm in the hour of trial ;
was permanent because it had its basis in principle.
-num of their principles had been proved by
sting the flattery and bribery of JAMS the
and by the sacrifices which they made to se-
. operation of the Act of Settlement by which
louse of Brunswick ascended the Throne.
r. Gaoaoa Lowe, on proposing that the Resolu-
, should be published, stated that when be con-
red the obvious truth and feeling evinced by them,
encomium upon them would be only multiplying
words without adding any thing to the power of con-
viction which they already possessed. He should
therefore content himself with stating his hearty con-
currence in the general feeling of approbation with
Which they had been so evidently received, and by
expressing his regret that in the present day Dissen-
ters should be constrained to hold up the shield of dieir
uprightness against the envenomed shafts of calumny.
The proceedings of this meeting, though com-
posed of individuals of varying religious opinions,
to this occasion exhibited only one sentiment and one
feelirg. The most perfect hammy and unanimity
Lurked its proceedings.

tst

The eight prisoners from Derby, who are t. be
ransported for life, are now in confinement at Sheer-
,3l, until they can be übipped for New South We

LAW INTELLIGENCE. •

COURT OF CHANCERY, DECEMBER S.

EX•PARTE HUGHES, IN TUB MATT= 07 RICHMOND. •

BANKRUPT.

Mr. MONTAGUE, in this case (which has already
been fully laid before the public), asked his Lord-
ship whether he was ready to give judgment, as it
was peculiarly pressing?
The LORD CIIANCELLOR—I am aware of that, but
the papers are so voluminous, that it has taken me
more time than I expected to read them. I shall on
Monday morning dispose of it, as at present I am
not aware of any thing to prevent me •
Mr. MONTAGUE—We certainly would not have
presumed to trouble your Lordship, but the poor old
woman is at the very point of death.
The. Um) CtiA%cELLoR—I recollect all the facts
of the case, detailed so fully by Cettnsel on both
sides, and on Monday I shall enter into it and give
my decision. You would oblige me very much by
handing up to me a copy of the order made on the
18th of August last, whereby, I believe, the princi.
pals and their agents were restrained from proceed.
ing in the sale of the furniture and property on the
farm. By seeing this, I shall be better enabled to
judge what I should do. I cannot take up any time
today in giving judgments, as I am obliged to rise
at an early hour to attend a Council for receiving the
.
Recorder's Report, and taking into consideration
I, some very pressing business.

EX-PARTE DUNN IN THE MATTER OF DUNN, A BANKRUPT.

In this case, in consequence of a trial pending in
the King's Bench, the LOUD CIIANCELL, at superseded
a commission of bankruptcy issued against the in.
solvent in July, 1815, it appearing that no proceed-
ings had taken place under that commission, and
also that a new commission had been taken out in
May, 1817.
In the case of ex-parte Davidson in the matter of
Boggan, his Lordship, after hearing Sir Samuel
Romilly and the Solicitor-General, considered the
manner in which the Acts of Bankruptcy were de-
scribed as too louse, and the time in which they were
said to be committed, as too general to go to a Court
of Law, but he allowed a fortnight to amend the Bill.
There was no other case of any importance, and at
half-past 12 his Lordship rose to attend a Caudell.

CONSISTORY COURT. DO cro RS' COMMONS.
CRUELTY AND ADULTERY.

ANNE PARTRIDGE, THE WU% AGAINST JOAN TIMM
PARTRIDGE, HEE HUSBAND.

Dr. Lusuusoros stated, that this was a proceeding
in pawn, to which there was no appearance on the
part of the husband. The sail commenced in March,
1815. The marriage took place 2d August, 1810.
Numerous affiday.ts were reeited in evidence,charging
the articulate, John Thomas Partridge, party in the
cause, with various acts of adultery and cruelty com-
mitted by him towards the articulate Ann Partridge,
his wife. The fist act of adultery was charged to
here been committed with Susanna Fisher, who lived
servant in the family (they carrying on the business
of a wine and spirit trade, in Great Hermes-street,
St. George's in the East), and who became pregnant
by him in 181$. Mrs. Partridge discovered this
adulterous intercourse after Susan bad lent their sr
-
vice, by the intercepting of letters which were written
to her husband by this servant girl. The lustbire
cvi-
deuce, besides the defendant's own admission to
wife of his being the father of this child, was his ult.
dertakinft to pay for it, and for the maintenance of
the mother. He accepted certain bills for this pur-
pose, and upon which he was arrested and confined
in the King's Bench prison. Here further acts of
adultery with various other women had arisen; as
deposed to by several affidavits. The acts of cruelty
were charged to have been committed against the
wife whilst they lived and cohabited together. His
behaviour was declared to have been the most brutal
to her, only within a very few days of her being de-
livered of her third child (all of which children are
since dead), that he had beaten, bruised, and even
thrown a brass candlestick in her face, and threatened
to be the death of her, so that she was in danger of
her life. He had used dreadful imprecations, and
threatened to set fire to her with a candle. In conse-
quence of this she was advised by her mother to leave
him, when, with her child one month old, she quitted
tier husband's house, and had resided ever since with
her father and mother, in Blackman-street.
Sarah Olney, other wise Susan Fisher, was delivered
of a male child, and was visited by him where the
then lodged, in the Commercial-road. At first be
admitted this child was his, but afterwards averred
the contrary to the same witness, in these words :-
4, He did not know whether the child was his or •his
brother's, but he wished it was swung in a halter,"
or words to that effect. Upon the charge of cruelty,
some rather contradictory evidence appeared, as to
the particular acts of brutality ; but the evidence
went generally to establish the tact, that the wife had
patiently borne and submitted to a series of•most
ill-
usage, and endeavoured as much as possible to con-
ciliate, and to reclaim her husband, before she quit-
ted and finally ceased to cohabit with him. The facts
of the adulterous intercourse charged to have taken
.place between Mr. Partridge and several other women,
whilst in the King's Bench prison, were, first, with
one Sarah Sawyer, who used to visit him there, staid
all night in his apartment; and their being frequently
seen in bed together ; the said Sarah passing as his
wife, but in consequence of a quarrel, not permitted
to come into the prison afterwards. The next, a
young woman of the name of Eliza Jones, a tailor's
daughter, who used, in like manner, to visit him in
prison ; he has been seen frequently to romp with
her and to kiss her. To this young woman he ap-
peared to have represented himself a batchelor, and
promised her marriage ; and went so tar as to get
certain deeds of marriage settlement drawn, whereby
he settled, or pretended to settle, itsoo upon the said
Miss Eliza Jones ; but although the witnesses had no
doubt of the feet, yet there was nu positive evidence
of.an adulterous intercourse between these parties.—
The adultery was further charged with a little short
and stout young woman, who attended upon him in
prison ; and with others, common prostitutes.
Among the witnesses to the adultery committed in
the King's Bench prison, was a Mr. James Parker,
late Ensign in the Army, then a prisoner, who spoke
to their meeting together (be and Partridge), after
their discharge from prison. at a house called the
Fitsia, to the neighbourhood of Covent Garden e

and that the said John Thomas Partridge used to
connect himself with various common prostitutes ; by
which, additional acts of adultery, he had no doubt,

were committed.

The affidavit of Mrs. Ann Partridge (the mother
of John Thomas) admitted that her son was always
a wild young man ; but as far as she knew, he and
hii wife had lived happily together ; that ber son had
never used his wife ill; but on the contra?y. that she
had so used him, by quitting his house, and that
after this, he said, she had no, right to complain of his
keeping company with other women.
Sir WILLIAM Serve observed, this being a proceed
ing itsaam, and the facts of the adultery being suffi-
ciently made out in evidence (the particular acts nI
cruelty being, however, more doubtful) he could only
pronounce for final separation accordingly.—Sentence
pronounced, and decreed, as therein contained.

D •WS Av.), itD S•. BARNARD, FALSELY CALLED DOWNWARD.

Tl,is was a suit at the instance of Mr. Richard
Downward, of Whitechi; el, against Frances, his
wife, for a sentence declaratory of the invalidity of
his marriage with her, on the ground of her minority
And a want of legal consent.
N defence was offered, and Sir WardAM SCOTT,
after shortly Adverting to the evidence, and expres-
sing timself satisfied as to its sufficienc,y, signed the
sentence of nullity prayed.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DECEMBER S.
CRiM. CON.
anLTcri V. wItIGIIT.
Mr. Tomxo stated, that the Plaintiff in this case
sought a compensation in damages for the n►o.t
grievous injury that.nne man could suffer at the hands
of anothe- —criminal conversation with his wiles—

the Plaintiff WAS a young man, in very humble cir.
cumstancts, but of irreproachable character. He
was coachman to a gentleman named Maynard.—
But, however mean his situation, the laws under

which we had the happiness to live, would not suffer
him to be wronged with imitunity, by the most
weiltily or the most powerful. The Defendant was
a carpenter and builder, of large property, being pos-
sessed of a great number of houses in the neighbour-
hood of Horusey and Crouch-end. From the cir-
cumstance of the Plaintiff being in service, he was not
Able to live constantly with his wife, and he had taken
a small house for her at Crouch-end, where he vi-
sited her as often as he could. The Defendant,
from whose age and rank in life, a different line of
conduct might have been expected, took advantage
of the necessary absence of the Plaintiff, and de.
benched his wife. For this infraction,of his domestic
happiness, he now sought reparation from the verdict
of ell
The marriage of the parties having been proved,
Mr. Maynard, the master of the Plaintiff, was
called. He stated, that he held a situation in the
test India Department of the Customs. Plaintiff
had lived with him for five years as coachman. He
was an honest well-behaved man. He allowed him
26 guineas a year, besides board wages. He knew
Plaintiff was a married man, and he believed he and
his wife were very happy till the transaction with the
Defendant took place. Witness had a house at Muss
well-lull, which. when he came to town, was tads
care of by the Plaintiff's wife—but she never resided
with her husband, in his service.
Mrs. Anne Bolton, the mother of the PlarintiA
stated, that she resided next door to her daughter.is•
law, at Crouch-end. The Defendant owned the
house in which her daughter-in-law lived. She bend
of the Defendant's conduct in May last, but she did
not then believe it. The Plaintiff might have heard
of his wife's infidelity, at that time, but she did not
tell him of it. Up to the month of October last, the
Plaintiff was in the habit of visiting his wife occa-
sionally. and behaved kindly to her. He separated
from her in October. She had seen her daughter-
in-law and the Defendant talking together—but nei-
ther of them appeared to act improperly. The
Plaintiff and his wile were very affectionate towards
each other.
On her cross-examination she said she had beard
the Plaintiff say, in October, that it would be nem-
siry to send his wife away, while the action was
ipending. Her son was 30 years of age; her daugh-
ter-in-law 26.
Ann Cousins, sister-in-law to the Plaintiff's wife,
was present at the marriage of the Plaintiff, in April,
1814, at the parish Church of St. George, Hanover-
square. Plaintiff took a room for his wife at Horn-
sty, and afterwards he put her into a small house,
at Crouch end, of which the Defendant was landlord.
After the marriage of the parties, Mrs. Bolton lived
for eleven months i.t the service of Mr. Warner, in
the neighbourhood of Crouch-end. Her husband
used to visit her once or twice a-week. Witness lived
with Plaintiff's wife up to July last. She and her
husband appeared to be happy together. The house
in which Defendant lived was about 100 yards from
Mrs. Bolton's. Witness heard of this transaction in
July last, and communicated it to Plaintiff. After
the communication he visited his wife two or three
times, and they quarrelled very much.
William Lucas deposed, that on the 15th or lf;th
of April last, he was employed in painting the defen-
dant': house at Crouch-end. He was, about eleven,
o'clack in the forenoon, painting a piece of skirting
on the landing-place adjoining a room that had been
recently added to the old house, when he heard a
man and woman enter the room. The one trod very
heavily—the other lightly. He heard the woman
say (ter a slight partition only separated the room
from the landing-place), " Don't—don't—they'll see
you in the shop." There wits a work-shop, a few
yards distant, which commanded a view of the room.
He then heard kissing, and struggling on the floor—
so that he had no doubt of the tact of adultery having
been committed: When his attention was first at-
tracted he beckoned to another painter, James Curtis,
who was at work near him, to come up stairs, and
he did so. Witness went down stairs, and saw Mr.l
Wright soon atter come down from the room, to
which there were two entrances, by another flight of
stairs. Witness went to a public house, about sixty
yards off, to watch the woman out. She soon made
her appearance, and went to the public-house also.-1
On inquiry, he found she was the plaintiff's wife. He
told the plaintiff the circumstance five or six weeks
after. Defendant was between 60 and 70 years of
age—a stout, fresh-coloured, tine-looking mart
Cross-examined.—There was no female aromas in
the house that day but Mrs. Bolton. There was a
paper-hanger and a plAisterer—they were employed
fiow states. There was, be believed, a bed or two

lin the hone& Mr. Wright had threatened him and
Curtis with an action for defamation. They called
on Mr. Panton, his-attorney, and expressed their wish
that the action should eo on, as they could prove
what they said. He did not call on plaintilF to in-
form him of the circuinstrnce—hut plaintiff called
on witness, after Mr. Panton had sent him the attor-
ney's letter. He knew Bolton himself, but be did
not know his wife. He had seen her in the neigh-
bourhood, and was acquainted with her person, bite
did not know tier name. Defendant might be tak.fn
for a man of 70.

James Curtis corroborated the testimony of the
last witness—and stated further, that, when the v:o

man said, Don't, they'll see you in the shop," Le
went down stairs, and looked up at the window,
across which, he observed, a board was placei, which
would prevent a view from the shop into the room.
lie then returned—and, after Lucas had gone .sw.iy,
he heard Mr. Wright unlock the door of the town

very gently and go out. lie soon came back, and
said, " All's right—there's no person in the way."
The parties then conversed in a tow tone of voice.—
_ _

Mrs. Bolton asked what defendant meant to do with

the house ? He said, he would furnish it—that he
_ _ _ _

would take her in as cook•—and then they might he
comfortable together. He saw the parties afterwards
come down stairs. He knew the delendlut for '27

years. He possessed a large property at Crouch-end
and Hornsey.
Cross.examined.—There were two rooms in the
house with beds. About a fortnight after the cir-
cumstance. he meatioced it to two per.ons of the
n4mes of Bumstead and Thatcher. He did not like

to speak to plaintiff about it. When plaintiff ques-
tioned him on the subject, he referred him to Lucas.
He never said, that this would be a good job, now

ptinters' work was scarce." He did not expect any
thing, and• had never declared that he would work
or sweat old Jemmy.
This was the case for the Plaintiff.
Mr. SCARLETT, for the Defendant, ridiculed the
assertion that the defendant was a man of very large

property, since it appeared that he was a carpenter,
living in a small house, and keeping only a tingle
servant. Witnesses had been called to prove 11,1 w

the plaintiff and his wife lived together, in order to
shew flow much his domestic comfort had been
abridged, in consegnence of this supposed invasion
(for the fact appeared to him to be very problemati-
cal) of his wife's chastity, and thus to support his
claim to damages. But how had he acted ? A com-
munication was made to him five or six weeks after
the fact was alleged to have been committed—an
action was brought against the defendant on the 16th
of July—and yet he continued to visit his wife until
October. His peace, it was clear, could not have
been much wounded. No impropriety was attempt-
ed to be proved between the parties, until this parti-
cular day, when this young woman thought proper
to prefer a fine, halo, corpulent gentleman of 65, to
her husband. So much for her taste. She could, it
seemed, discriminate between the master and the
man. Neither in the evidence of Mrs. Bolton, nor
of Mrs. Cousins, was there any thing to bear out the
supposition that the parties were previously ultimate;
but, all of a sudden, it appeared, she yielded to his
vigorous solicitations, her only fear being that she
should•be seen from a workshop, and, in her ardour,
preferring the floor to a bed. One circumstance was
A little remarkable: Curtis said he heard Mr. Wright
tell the plaintiff's wife, w that be would furnish the
house, take her in as cook, and then they might be
comfortable." Now this he believed to be an after-
thought—for, had such a circumstance been men-
tioned in his Learned Friend's brief, he was sure he
would not have passed it over without observation.--
It was also very surprising how Mr. Curtis could
swear to the defendant's voice. He spoke, it was
said, in a whisper—and Mr. Curtis must have a
most sagacious ear it he could recognise a man's
voice when he whispered. With respect to damages
no coin that could be named was too small to satisfy
the justice of the case, if the. Jury conceived that a
case had been proved. Fot if a husband, complainirg
of an injury of this kind, cohabited with his wile up
to the very term when the action came on, and if it
appeired, as in this case, that lie parted with her for
the purpose of maintaining the action—it was impos-
sible to imagine that his domestic co:nfoits were
much abridged. Let the plaintiff have his latthing—
and be would anstter for it, he would not be without
the comfort of his wife next -week. Let the action
terminate as it would, there could be no little doubt
but that they would be as good friends as ever the
next moment. But the question was, whether the
Juty would give him a verdict at all ? Here Mr.
Scarlett proceeded to argue, on the improbability of
a man .so far advanced in life having acted i►t the
way imputed to him—and he concluded by cailing
the serious attention of the Jury, that no consmuiti-
cation was made to the plaintiff on this subject until
after Mr. Wright had threatened the witnes.cs, Cultic
and Lucas, with a prosecution for slander. In ►uch
a case, what was more natural for them to do, than
advise, and assist in, the bringing of an action, in
order to screen themselves from the le4al visitation
with which the defendant threatened them I
Lord ELLENBOHOUGH summed up the evidence,
and observed, that although the circumstance of a
man residing with his wite, atter his knowledge of
her infidelity, did not entirely bar his action at law,
yet in a case of a vi rdict recovered, it would have
the effect of reducing his claim of competration to
almost nominal darn.sgrii.
The Jury, atter a short consultation, returned a
verdict for the Plaintiff—Damages £2OO.
HOWARD V. COCHRANE.

This was an action against the dehind4nr, Colonel
Jamts Johnstone Coclatane, for a maltd sae prosccu•
Lion, for an assault and false imprisotancnt against
the plaintiff, the watch-house keeper of St. Pancra.s
Parish.
Mr. GUP.NEY conducted the case for the plaintiff,
and Mr. MArtarAt and Mr. Crtoss for the elefend4nt.
The circurn,tauccs oz. the CAW, as proved in ern.
dente, were these. Tite watchman in the neighbor-.
hood of Fitzroy-square had received ortkrs Irom tic
tomnaissioners fur paving and lighting 'lie pat is:t vi
ISt. Pancras, to clear the str.•ets at night td the tnift.r.
tunate females who infest that it() Jd. On
the night of the 25{th, or lathe' the morning early of
the 29th of May, 1811;, the watchman on duty had
spoken to two troublesome females, and advised them
not to stay in the streets. Pie►eutly afterwards they
were joined by the defendant and another Uentltt-

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