Star.
London, England, 1817-03-19 00:00:00

GRAVESEND, MARCH is.

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• Arrived the Jason, Given, front Tenerife; Royal Sovereign,
Longing, ft om Rotterdam; Ulysses, Rosalind, from tlottenburgh ;
William, Beer, from Waterford; Hoffnung, Zephyr, front W.t
gest; Buigheit, Dee, from Copenlagek; Mary, Browo, from
Amsterdam; Amelia, Williahtsou, from Stettin.—Sailed the
William, Johns, for Lisbon ; Abeora, Lewis, for Didthn ;
Pla-
tof, Horne, for Swinemuntle; Clementtna, Schmidt, fur Mur-
at ; Rose, Garden, for Riga; Ben Johnson, Hesiktaiw, for St.
Domingo.
CUSTOM-HOUSE, MARCH IR.
Sum ENTER t D IN WA it DE.—The Gode Hentlght, Nielcon, from
°arbors ; l'alemon,Taylor, from Marseilles; Julie and I amipoidine,
Blanch, from Wolgast ; lunge Klaslogina, tiol, from Ainw. rp;
Britannia, Burn, from Memel; Jonge Dirk, Kust, from noshing;
Jenny, Barker, front Jersey; Grant, Moffat, fi Madras;
Rola' Sovereign, Laming, front Rotterdam; and hiediterrani an,
Martin, from bighorn.
Oust vt• !tars— l'he I'olly,Wl ittley, and hlarquis Cornwallis,
Napier, for Pliancy: and St. Petersbutsh; Agnes, %S.:twee-, fur
St. John's, New Brunswick; Maria, Pratt, fur St. l'hontss an i
the Haven nab; Apdlo, Crichterlony, for mockhohn ; Mary,
aylor, fur AlVeira, T. ago, and '1 rtnidad ; Concord, W ir.ar-
ley, io: Eisittetor and Riga; Tl:omae, Jackson, for the Cape
of Good Hope ; Dritunsla, Bully, for St Lunar atol seed', ;
Carmarthen, ott.ss, and ,Italdart, Weller, for India; Miry An::,
Pearcey, fit:am:lira; Vrrnv Elleetion Heiktuts, Schalk, for IL-
ere, and Spartan, Turnbull, for Bermuda.

LAW 11\7'ELLIGESCE.

CRIM, CON.
SECONDARY'S COURT, MARCH 18.
biU.L.ER T. DILL.CN.

Mr. WAnnEs opened the case. The defendant had
suffered judgment to go by det-ault. The plaintiff
laid his damages sit £1 0,000, and it was now to be
decided what damages were to be awarded.
Mr. Serjeant Barr then addressed the Joey on be-
half of the plair.tiff. The plaintiff was a Clergyman
of the Church of England. The defendant was Sir
Charles Dillon, a Baronet. In 1802, the plaintiff,
accompanied by his wife, had gone to Malta, and
had shortly after procured the situation of Chaplain
to the Forces in that Island. There they lived in
perfect harmony till 1800, with one interruption, for
Mrs. Miller was obliged to come to England on ac-
count of some family affairs which were under con-
sideration in the Court of Chancery. Mrs. Miller
came again to England in 1809, on account of ill
health, having coon acted a liver complaint in conse-
quence of the climate. Hr should call witnesses who
would prove the state of affection which had existed
between the parties, and the great reluctance wi'h
which Mr. Miller had parted trout his wife, in order.
that her health fright be preserved. She went to
Cheltenham, in to-der to have the benefit of the watei e.
There she remained, or in that neighbourhood he
believed, for two or three years. He should not
trouble them with the correspondence. which had.
passed during her absence, between Mrs. Mister and
her husband, as proofs of the affection between them.
Nor should he state precisely the manner in which
Mrs. Miller's mind had been debauched; he should
merely stem, that such had been the tact ; and up to
the precise period %viten. Mr. Miller received intotme.
tion of the altered conduct of his wile, his affection for
her remaMed the same as it had ever been. His only
Amusement and consolation during her absence was in
providing and decorating a house, in a situation which
she had said she preferred, and in preparing every
thin,: for her return to his protection. Sir J. Sewell w .s
in England during the time of her criminal tutee.
spondence, and wrote to Mr. Miller to apprize him of
the conduct of his wife. He wrote it, of course, in
teams as mild and as carelul as possible; but the et.
feet upon Mr. Miller's mind, affectionate as he was,
was most distressing. He left the island almost with•
out any preparation, and without any notice (.1 his in-
tended absence, and came directly to England. No.
thing remained for him but to bring an action ; the
action was brought, and judgment was suffered to
by default. The defendant, Own served with a pro-
cess, had behaved in a manner unworthy of his rank ;
he denied that his name was Sir Charles Dillon, and
had endeavoured to evade the justice M his country.
The Lady's maiden name was Paget, and she and
Sir Cl Ides bad lived tog' thee for cola; time
in lodgings, iu No: bilk-street, in the Strand, the latter
going by the name of Paget, and pass'ng for her
brother. They had slept in bed-rooms to which one
door was the wily entrance, and there could beano
doubt' why Sir Charles Dillon came to those lodgings,
as, indeed, the reason was avowed by his having
suffered judgment to go by default. Within a week
from the time at which he was speaking, he believed
they had been living in the same lodgings. He did
not know what was the plaintiff's fortune, bait a
Banker would prove that Mts. Miller had been allow.
ed between 4400 or 4500 per annum during the
time she had been in England, herons the unforainate
transaction which had taken place bad come to tlie
knowledge of her husband. Mrs. Miller lead been, it
would be proved, a most amiable woman, and he
was convinced that there.Witild not be a scintilla of
eysdente that Mr. Milky bad not been a most elec.,

tionate and indulgent husband. It would be fn
breast what darn4ges they would give Mr. l,liU r ;
he could certainly say, however, that no darna :es
could restore him to the state of inippinesr 'of .h
he h.d bcsn su lamentably deprived. He toin,ti
now proceed to call witnesses, who would prove thd
facts he had stated.

Mary Bliss proved that Mrs. Milky had ►odgei 4
her house in Rirfalk•street, and that two Gentierme,
of the ti,irne of PAget, who called themselves tooth:is
of Ks. Miller, slept sometimes in her house. Mrs,
?vilifier Is.:d two rooms on the first H or. They were
bed-rooms and one was through the other. They
CASTIC to live in her house ahnnt the 200 of Nr.vs.ri.
bvr,ond left it on 14,1 S'ir.day week. One et 1:40
Gm:lt:men sl-pt in one of the bed-rovers, which coma
nittnicatcd with another, and Mrs. Moltr slept iis
the 'idler.

Fredrick Henry Grey was clerk to plainties at,
tnrney. He had served a notice on Sir C. Dillon,
who had denied his name to him. He saw. Lira
coming nut of No. 27,14°1f-OA-street. Another notice
was serve.l upon him on the 21st of S •nuary.
J. G. Children had been a schnoirellow of Mr.
Miller's. Knew of his marriage. He had seen hen
at Tunbridge in March, 1799. He SAW him and 114
wife at Lisbon, in 1801. They then lived in perfect
harmony and affection.

Sir J. Sewell had been Judge of the Admiralty in
Malta. From the moment of his arrival there, in
1803, he was acquainted with Mr. Miller, who was
at first Chaplain of the Forces, and afterwards Civil
Chaplain. Thi y had often visited him. lie seat a
'letter to Mr. M her, informing loin of the conduct of
his wife in Egl Ind. As long as he lad seen Mr.
and Mrs. Miller, they appeared to have that aflec.
tion for each other, which peokle appear to have
in society.
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Sir Hildebrand Oakes had been Commanier of
the Forces in Malta, and whilst he had known Mr.
and Mrs. Miller, they had lived in perfect harmony
and happiness.
Capt. It. Vincent gave evidence to tl:e same effe:t.
David Latimer St. Clair deposed, that Mr. Miler's
house at Malta had been totally altered, in expecta-
tion of Mrs. Miller's return.

William Gilpin, an Army Agent, proved that
whilst Mrs. Miller was in England, she had received
from him, Oom 180 to 181(3, the sum of
The Scixturoa-Ge.mattai. then addressed the Jail
on behalf of the defendant, in mitigation of damages.
The defendant had, by the very circumstance of
having suffered judgment to go by detait:t, allowed
that he had acted wroligluily ; but wetr ci--
cuinstances which he trusted watild dimil.ish the dt.
gree of his offence in the minds cf a Ju: y of his ccun-
tryinen. Many witnesses on the part of the plain, iff
had endeavimred to prove that he ald his wile h... 1
Assays lived Ligether in perfect harmaay. tiny h
indeed lived so in society ; but there were differ,
feelings in the inward mad than were always pyre p.
tible to the outward eye. He could not help think-
ing that there was not always that coidia.ity subsist-
ing between Mr. Miller and his wile wii:ch had been
described, for she had been absent from him firtt ti r
near two years, and then again from 1309 to I8!6.
and with his consent. It was not so far from Malta !o
England hut that he might have obtained leave, aid
havie come over to see why his wile did not return.—
11l health had been assigned as Mrs. Miller's reasol
for coming tu England. Where was it proved?—
Where was the medical adviser? He might have
been called, but no such person had ever appeared.
His Learned Friend had endeavoured to make eat
by tale what he wanted in weight ; but he trusted the
Jury would take into consideration whit he had stated.
A state of sepeiration was rao proof of great affection
in husband and wife ; nor was it likely to increart,
but, on the contrary, to diminish any affection that
might have existed originally between them. He en-
treated that the Jut), would well consider theme he-
fore them, for inconsiderate damages were most dan-
gerous, as they would tend to make adultery a mit-
ketable commodi.e.

The SLCONDA HY) having gone over the evidence,
left the case in the hands of the Jury ; one of who•n
remarked, that no evidence had been given et the
amount of the defendant's fortune, who was nult:y
stated to be an Irish B

Tice SCCONDAHY replied, that that WAS not the iit
mode by winch die :,intwitit of ..he d-mages IA as to be
ascertained : the true criterion was die tnc
plaintiff had sustaicrect, not the sum the de:acida,.t
was able to pay.
The Jury then retired fora quarter of an hoot-, anal
found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 1e`2,Q.1.1.

Some Hessian alicers in garrison at F.,:lda
pursued a man, with whom they had a cioiarrel,
a Church, and ill-treated him there, Ow Hessian
Government I.as tewerxed them to degadation and
imprisonment..
The ct Bretia was in grett danger on the 4th
;octant of heinry, bn,ied in ruins in consequence o' tha
explosion of a powder magazine situated in the prft.
Fortunately the part of the magazine where the ca•
fridges were e,.coped the fire the damage we st!..l S..rre
been otherwise incArmleb!e.

The IytieiJ Estate, in Orfordshtre, was yesterear
sold at die Mart, for sever:teen th,usand two ltunigtel
and fifty guineas. a-d was porcka.scd 5J Nk.Coortit,
of the Stock Exc. ante.
It appears by a Parliamentary paper, elat r f eA
whole sum of eighteen milliontomberibed iu yAt
1797, under the denomination of a 2.lya.ty
only £11,2i9. Bs, 4d. is required to be paid ui ruo•
ney, in April next, to claimants, i0.1a.) have mail*
their option between money and stock.