Star.
London, England, 1819-01-25 00:00:00

CRIMINAL INFORMATION.

Mr. GritNEY applied for a criminal information
against the Mayor of the Borough of Queennorough,
for refusing a license to a public-house. It appeared'
from the affidavit, that the house in question had been
licensed to the present complainant and his father
for 26 years past, and the Magistrate in question had
been a frequenter of it ; and in 1817, there being al
complaint made that the beer furnished by the brewer
was not good in quality, several of the complainant's
customers, and among them the Magistrate in ques-
tion, advised him to purchase the house. This he
accordingly did at a very considerable price, and
his whole support now depended on it. 'Yet, with-,
out any notice given, or reason assigned, the Magi-
strate, at the last licensing day, refused to renew the
complainant's license. lie had since, however, as-
signed as a reason, that the complainant had not ap-
plied for his license in terms sufficiently respectful ;
for whilst the proprietor of the other public-house,
there being two in the town, on applying to have his.
license renewed, addressed the Magistrate as follows:
"I hope, Sir, you will be pleased to renew my license,"
the complainant said, " I suppose, Sir, you have no
objection to renew my license." Since that time ap-
plications had been made on the complainant's behalf,
but without effect, by all the most respectable inha-
bitants of the town; and the affidavit further stated,
that the complainant believed the said Magistrate had
refused to renew his license because he, the ccrn-
plainaat, had offended him, by making an affidavit
in some law proceedings, contrary to his, the said
Magistrate's opinion.--The Court graated the Rule
to shew cause.

LIBEL.

On the motion of Mr. MARRYATT, Richard Carlile
was brought up to plead, a true bill having been
found against him by the Grand Jury, for publishi►
a certain scandalous, impious, and blasphemous libel,
tending to bring the Holy Scriptures and the Chris-
tian religion into contempt. The libel having been
read by 'Mr. Barlow, the defendant prayed time to
plead. This was granted, and he was admitted to
bail, himself in 2001. and two sureties in 100/. each.
SHERIFFS COURT, BEDFORD-ROW—FRIDAY.

SEDUCTION.
TEMPLE, ESQ. V.POT:LETT,ESQ..

Mr. BROUGHAM opened the declaration in this
case. It was an action brought by the plaintiff
against the defendant, to recover compensation for
theieduction of his wife, and-the damages were laid
at £O,OOO. _ . .

Mr. Serjeant Coetee, in stating the circumstances
under which the action was brought, addressed the
Jury in a very eloquent speech. Such cases, he ob-'
served, were, unfortunately, of such frequent occur-
rence, that it was unnecessary he should occupy their,
time by any observations upon their nature or im-
portance. The plaintiff in this case was Captain
Temple, who was an Officer in the Buckingham'
Yeomanry, and also held a commission in the Buck-
ingham Militia. He was married to his present wife I
in the year 1807. He was then '26 years of age, and
she was nineteen. The match was one of the'
purest and most ardent affection, and was sane
-
toned by the friends of both parties. Mrs. Temple:
was a lady of great personal beauty, and was mis- '
tress of those accomplishments which are most e•Ai-
trable to society: she had, howeeer, other properties
which were cf greater Nalue in the eyes of a lea-
band—she was an affectionate wife, an exemplary
mother, and a sensible and rational ccmpanion.
, Soon after the marriage had been solemnized, the
plaintiff joined his regiment ; he was accompaaied
by his wife, who from that period, with the excep-
' don of some few intervals, down to the discovery of
her unfortunate connexion with the defendant, re-
mained his constant companion. Their lives were
passed in one uninterrupted scene of domestic happi-
ness ; the plaintiff invariably, unless upon some par-
tieular occasions, preferring to dine with his Lady,
rati.er than joining the mesa of his brother Officers.
Thsey kept the best society, and during the stay of
the regiment at Buckinghain, were in the habit of
very frequently visiting the Marquis of Buckingham
at Stowe, near that town, and many other respect-
able families in the neighbourhood. . The defendant,
who was an Officer of Dragoons, was introduced to
the plaintiff by some of his brother Officers : he was
nephew to the late Lord Poulett, and at the time of.
the introduction resided at Addington House, the
seat of his late father. At this period, the plaintiff
tesided in part Of a large mansion-house in the town
of Biickingham, and on all occasions received the de-
fendant at his table upon the most friendly.and con-
fidential footing... 'ln the beginning of 1817, the de-
;tenth= having become involved in some embarrass-
ments, which prevented his supporting an establish-
ment at Addington Souse equal to that of his father,
heves invited by the plaintiff to occupy a part of
I the house in which he lived himself. The house,
from its site, was particularly calculated for such an
acooinmorlation. It was provided with a double
staircase, and, in fact,. the only communication, be-
Itween the one side of the-building and the other was
Ity Means of a door on the first floor, which, it was
intectied, should be keptlocked. From this moment
rthe intercourse between the family of the plaintiff
'itnd the defendant became more frequent; and the
'plaietiff took every occasion to evince the sineetity
:of his friendihip towards the defendant. Thus mat,
lore- -ec.ottriued . until the month of October, 1817-
the plaintiff was sontmoned into Suffolk, to at-
titct.Ofhis mother. He obeyed ehe tins,
.welconitecial, and proceeded to-Snffolk, leaving-his•

'Wife in tnainghil—M6 hecompattieci by his sister, Mis§
Honeywbod. It was during this alisenee that :lie A;
fendant found means io seduce the affectiOns of Mrs:
Temple Whether he accomplished the Ultimate ob-
'lea of his dishonourable pursuit or tint 'at that times
it was impossible to say ; but that he hid succeeded
too well in sapping the foundation of the virtue of
his friend's wife, was made manifest in the month of
May following. It atspezred, that finding the' stop-
page of the internal communication between the two
sections of the house a considerable bar to his views,
under the pretence of being obliged to break 'opcit
door, and the expected visit of some of his sisters, Le
succeeded in obtaining the key of the closed passage
from hi* unsuspecting friend. This secure in the
means of egress fiom, and ingress to, Mrs. Temple,
at such seasons as he might deem most convenient,
he .continued his clandestine visits, and was, it was
belidved, but too fre.luently the inmate of that lady's
bed-chamber. On ma sevei al occasions, at an early
hour in the morning, he was seen coming from anal
going into Mrs. Tein:sle's room, immediately after
her husband had qu;ited it, and had proCeeded to his
dressing-mom, which was on the ground-floor. At
length_these.facts were communicated to the plain-
tiff, and all his happiness *as for ever blighted. This
was the short statement of the facts.

The Rev. H. Quartlett, Mr. Ladbrook, late Fur-
geon, and Mi. Moore, late Assistant-Surgeon, :4 the
Buckinghamshire Militia, depond to the °tit te of
happiness and affection in which the plaintiff and his
wife lived together.
Mrs. Frances Tyrrall was next examined.--e
was lady's-maid to Mrs. Temple. She went to live
with her on the 28th of April, 1817. Mr. Temple
and his Lady lived in part of a large mansion: Mr.
.Poulett occupied the other part. Mr. Poulett fre-
quently visited Captain Temple, chiefly in the even-
ing, bet sometimes to dim:cr. Captain 'remote and
Mr. Poulctt were On terms- of intimacy and friend-
ship. Captain Temple ard Lis Lady lived en the
most affectionate terms. Mrs. Temple and her chil-
dren attended Buckingham Church. Her conduct
towards her family was exemplary. A few days
before the 12th of May, ISIS, I et: ,erved Mr. Poulett
,leave Mrs. Temple's hed-reoni. Mr. Temple was at
that time in his dressing-room, which was on the
ground-floor ; the bed-room was on the first floor.—
Mr. Poulett was in his dressing-gown : it was wrap-
ped closely round him. That was about nine o'clock-
fn the morning. 1 saw him open the door and ccme
out. I did ror go ;..t my mistress's room immedi-
ately. Mrs. Tempi,: rang soon afterwards, and
went to her. I found Mrs. Temple in bed. I did
net name it to any one at that time. On the 30th rf
May I observed Mr. Poulett go into Mrs. Temple's
room between eight and nine in the morning ; hes
was in his dressing-gown; Mrs. Temple was at that
time in her bed-room ; he remained there front ten
minutes to a quarter of an hour ; Mr. Temple was
at that time also in his dressing-room. After Mr.
Temple. went down stairs, I saw Mr. Poulett go into
Mts.. Temple's chamber. In consequence of what I
saw. on-the llth of June, I went to Mrs. Temple and
gave her warning ; I would not stay there any longer.
The house was d;rided : there was a door led out of
Mr. Temple's bed-room into a passage, which had a
communication Mr..Poulett's bed-rooms. Mit.
T. was in the family way when I gave her warning.
JERVls•spoke in mitigation of damages. There
*as no violation of hospitality, nor were there any
of those seductive arts used which his Learned Friend
had insinuated: •He did not mean to, deny that tome
damages ought to he given, but these should be ton-
peraie and moderate, wad ptopetlioned to the lags
which the huiband had sust.tiaed. It was said. the
Lady had a daughter ; btu the Jury had here to com.
pensate the Toss of the husband, and not that of the
daughter ; and to what did that loss amount ? They
had heard that this Lady was beautiful—but what
idea could they form of her virtue or of her delicacy,
when they found her receive into her arms a pit: y
paramour, the moment her husband had retired from
her faithless bosom ? V; as this the conduct of a
woman deserving of any man's admiration or affec-
tion? Was the loss of .; creature so grossly debased
to be estimated at any extraordinary value? Was it
not rather a blessing than an affliction to be rid of
one so dead to every sense of female modesty ? Ia
fact, horn the first she seemed to have fallen into the
arms of the defendant without one virtuous struggle.
Instead of being a loss to an infant family, the ab-
sence of such a woman must be considered a blessing.
Mr. .E:acrt r., the Under-Sheriff, then summed ap
the ev:A•::,:c to t1:0 •Jury. He observed that it had
been trui; said; that the Jury were the.guardians.of
the public morals in such actions ;and.it would be for
them, taking all the circumstances into their co:l%i-
-deration, to give a verdict proportioned to the justice
of the case.
The Jury,' after a short consideration, found a ser,..
diet for the Plaintiff, Damage; Five Tisoweeeil Pounds.

Thursday, a man fel' into a vat of boiling liquid,
at a distillery. iu Paisley, and was so shockingly
scalded, thaVhe (lit(' next morning.
Fat the infoftnation of our readers, we stare, that
. . .
any notes, purporting to be those of the tank of Eng-
land, of the follovinw d.:tes, are tbraed

Avi,:st:9, IBtT.t SlateL 6, June la, Id; 29; July sge; and
Septviatiar.l.te, fats.
.DLIBL.!,-X duel, serir)us in its nsiture, to place op
SaturdeP morning, in Kilburn-ficlds, between Captain
pus-11,w and a Mr. Gm es, when the latter was
danieronsly -wounded in the kit side. Information
was given to the Police, but not until the putieshad•
left the ground. . •

ooRN*XCIIANGE, WARR-LANE, JANUARY xs.
The supply of English Wheat being but moder.ite
this morning, fine runs from Essex, Kent, and Slif-
folk, sold rather freely at the prices of this day wed ;
but there sties little or no demand for any other dv-
scriptiOn. Finelarley also supports last Alonday'S
prices, but the sales were far from brisk, the prirci-
pal consumers holding off buying, in expectation
large arrivals in the course of this week. Oats me
full Is, per quarter cheaper, and go off slowly at
that decline. Beans are concidcrably cheaper, in cor-
sequence.ot. the large arrivals fur the Mediterianean.
In Peas and other articles there is no alteration.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, JAN.2S.
Beef .41 od to Ss od to 7s od
Mutton .. ..5s Od to tie :2d I P:.rk
Brags 23tdm-Calvos I:3o—Shrep and Lambs 1.;u0--Pigs420.
RAY AND STRAW PER LOAD.
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LAay...... Os to iti 7s Straw f 2 10s to a. 3 6,
Spy rstr . . .... 6 Os to 8 Os I novas ... Os Os to J Os

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