Star.
London, England, 1828-11-29 00:00:00

FASIIIONA ifLr; eiN lELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.
Admiral Sir William Hope and the Countess of Athlone, at their
house in Portman-tqusre,arrou Brighton; the Countess St. Martin
de Front, at her tonere in Srahhope street, from Mr villa at
Twickenham ; Earl of Tankerville. in Grosvenor-square. front
Surrey ; Captain R. Stewart. in Pall mall, from the Nether.
lands; Mr. and Mrs. Langley, Bro..k.street, front P.A.; Mrs.
and Ma; Bingham, in Charles-atreet, &rkeley.square, front
Paris; Hon. Mrs and the Misses Wilkins and family, at Mitrares
Hotel, Lower Brook and Davies.streers, from Woodlands, South
Wales; Thomas Randall, Eq. at ditto' Irons Tiverton; the Rev.
T. Tudback, at ditto, from Devon ; turd de Tabley, at ditto, from
Tabley House, Cheshire ; Thomas Lister Parker, Eaq. 'at ditto,
front Chealsire ; Major and Mrs. Elliott, at Bate Hotel, Dover-
, street, trom Scotland.
CHANGES.
Lord John and Lord William Bissell, oil a visit to the Duke and
Duchess of Bedford, at Brighton; Rad of. Elam from Worthing
to Brighton; Duke and Duchess of St. Albin's, front Brighton to
Town, and from Town to Brighton, on Friday last; Mr. Robert
Knight and Miss Knight, for Warwickshire; Mr. F. Canning for
Folcote. near Shipton on-Stour, in Staffordshire, from a tour;
Mr. F. Fazakc rley, M. P. for Sunning 11111, near Englefield Green;
Earl of Caledon, trout Dublin for Caledon Hall; Lord Cloncurry,
from a tour to Dublin ; Captain Wade, ftom Rochester for Bath ;
Sir Charles Paget, from Dublin fur Cork ; Captain ilorisby, from
Dublin for Bath; Mr. R. Tempest, for Broughton Hall; the Right
Hon. Hubert Adair, on a Visit to Lord Robert Spencer, at Wool-
b.-ding in .•.•tirrey ; the Hon. Crilonel Craddock, for Tadcaster ;
Mr. and Mrs. Sandford, front Brighton for Bath; Capt. and Mrs.
Stanley, front Ramsgate for Bath ; Mr. Montagu Gore. for Salt
Hill; Mr. J. Cartwright, M.P. for Brackley in Leicestershire;
$r James Graham, Hart. front a tour, to Netherby in Yorkshire;
Lord Clifton. for Roehampton ; Captain and Mrs. Sawkitts, from
York to Bath; Lord Stafford, front Batts Hotel; the lion. Mr.
Jerningham. from ditto; Lord Yarborough, at his seat.Brocklesby,
near Brigs, Lincolnshire, from the Isle of Wight; the Dowager
Marchioness of Exeter, from her house in Privy•garclans, for her
seat at Roehampton ; the Earl of Blesinton, from St. James's-
street for Brighton.

HISTORY OF TRIALS AT BAR.

The following particulars may not be uninteresting
at the present moment—
Anciently all causes in Middlesex were tried at bar—that la
to say, before a Jury and the four 'Judges of either Court ; hut
on the great impulse given to commerce in the reign of Hemp
VIII. by the discovery of America. and other causes, the bu.
.sinese of the Courts increased so greatly, that it was found
highly inconvenient. An Act was therefore passed in the loth
of Elisabeth, enabling two puisne Judges of the several Courts.
in the absence of the Wel Justice of the King's Bench and
Common Pleas, and the Chief Baron of the Exchequer, to try
causes in term time, or four days neat after the end of term.
The business still funbee increasing, it was declare.: in the 12th
of George the First, that one Judge should be sufficient to try
causes at Nisi l'riags, and the time after term was extended to
eight days. In the following reign, the time was still further
extended to fourteen days; sod in the first year of his present
Majesty's reign, an Act was passed by which all causes may be
tried in Middlesex at any time during the vacation. Before
the time of Edward I. all trials of any importance were tried at
bar—those only of no great moment going before the Justices in
lyre. Where the Crown is immediately concerned, the Attorney
General, on the part of the King has a right toclaiss a trial at bar.
With that exception. it is now entirely in the discretion of the Court
whether that form shall be allowed or not. It has, however, been
usual for Justice. of either Court, Officers of the Court, and Barris-
4err. to have a trial at bar, if they requested it. The grounds on
which other parties may move for a trial at, bar, are the great value
of the subject 'natter in question—the probable length of the iii-
quiry—and the likelihood that &Acuities will arise in the course of
It. In some instances, it appears th it the mere assertioh of pro-
bable difficulty is not sufficient : the difficulties likely to arise must
be mentioned. But as a trial at bar it always considered a favour,
the Court in granting it frequently impo.ei terms upon the de-
mandant. Thus, in the case of Lord Hillsborough e Jefferym,
Esq. which was an action for criminal conversation with the plain-
tiff's wife, and in which the damages were laid at 50,00 W. the
Court of Common Picas imposed terms upon the defendant,
on his demanding a trial at bar. The defendant made his'
motion on the ground of his having upwards of twenty wit.
Mlles to examine. Ili. motion was acceded to on theconditions that
he should wave his privilege of Parliament, and allow the plaintiff
to examine a witness who was in an 11l state of health, in the pre-
sence of a Judge. Instances have occurred in which, by the fa-
vour of the Court, plaintiffs suing "in forma pauperis " have been
allowed s trial at bar. But where the plaintiff has been poor, and
the defendant has demanded a trial at bar, the Courts have always
refused to grant it, unless the demandant agreed to take nisi prima
costs if successful, and p.y bar costs if he failed. It has been said
that in London a cause cannot be tried at bar on account of the
charter of the citizens exempting them front serving upon Juries
out ulthe city. Citizens, however, are not precluded from serv-
ing as Jurymen on a trial at bar, for the case of " Lockeyer e. the
East India Company," which was an action of covenant upon a
chanerpany, was tried at bat by a Loudon Jury, the Jurymen
having agreed to wave any privilege their charter might have iu-
vested them with. It was not formerly usual on any account
to grant a new trial after a trial at bar ; but as this evidently
might give rise to gross injustice, the practice has been aban-
doned, and new trials may now be bad as in other cases. We
shall only add, that it was is trials at bar that Special Juries were
first Introduced.
A CORPORAL'S Lovg—The following curious letter
was lately found amongst the papers of a deceased magistrate—
" Glasgow Barracks. 26th May, 1797. Honoured 81r—This is to
'et you know that I, Hugh Galley, corporal in his Grace the Duke
of Gordon's Regiment, humbly begs of your honour that he,
through your help, might marry Jean ISPDonald, prisoner in the
cells of Glasgow, who was put in through bad company that she
misfortunately happened to be in, and brought her to a di-grace by
fully—it being her first crime since .he was born.. Honoured &re
I, your bumble servant. will be happy to marry her before yews
face, if you think that I ant in a 'cheese. Honoured Sir, Ibe
of you, if it will not take place any other way, be so kind as t°
send for her to your house, and let me marry her there, and then
confine her back again, and I will be happy to have the pleasure
of that same. Hawaii led Sir, be not angry for being so positively,
because I am afraid that the Regiment will move from ihe Bar.
racks, and that is the reason of it. I can give you a sight of certi-
ficates from the parish that I was brought up. Honoured Sir, 1
trust in my Gino that you will have pity on me, and the Loan will
pay your kindness. Honoured Sir. all that I have said to you
hope that your good sense will conceal it from my Officers and
brother soldiers; nut that I see any shame In it, but they would
look down on rue fur ever for marrying any out of the contoement;
My good character you may hear in the Regiment ; thank- Goo
that they halve nothing to say to me as yet. Honoured Sir 1 am
your humble and moat obedient sorrowful serum, till death.—
Hugh Galley; corporal, North F. HlgManden.—To
Magistrate in the city of Glisimi."..-Edusiwga (homer.