Star.
London, England, 1828-02-23 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

Sir H. HARDINGE said, that it was not his inten-
tion to do any thing more than, to ask for a vote of clio,
slit for a portion of the Estimates. The Estimates had
not been prepared by the present Government, but by
its predecessor, and no new nutter had been introduced
into it. He should-also further state, that no new work-,
except thosealready in progress,sand which had.xeceived
the sanction of the Ikuse, was introduced. The vote
therefore requested, would only enable Government to
carry into execution plans which had been already dis-
kussed and agreed to. At a future period,the whole of the
Ordnance Estimates would be brought before the House
is the topiary/ay, whenever,. item might be discussed,
owl as ;he present vote was essential to the carrying on
of ,the.public service, and Would not pledge any one to
a particular course in future,iii•trusted thus the Com-
mittee would agree to it without, diiinssion—(Hear).
He then moved—
" That the sum of 783,598 i.. be rained to his Majesty (+ashcan=
it the espenditure of the Ordnance Departneent for the year 1528."
Mr. HUME said, that he putrefy rose for the purpose
of mini that he should not oppose tbi yet. upon the understanding
that he did not agree to the Estimates. e
mr, CALCRAFT said, that he really thought. that,
the .Orthaance.E,tintates were the. least exceptionable,
and that the. Committee might with great propriety
agree to the vpte proposed. He remembered that two
or three years after the Duke of Wellington was placed.
at the bead of the Qtlinagee„ he (Mr.,Calcraft) went.
minutely through the. Esttoiatealur that gigillisneatt
and they appeared to bias. to be made opopfts low a
scale as possible, consistent with,the .wogare of the
country ; and that recollection•was to him an earnest of
the efficient retrenchment which he hoped would soon
be visibleja the Estimates for every othes Depirtinent.
Sir H. HA KDINGE said, that.innder to shew. that
the Duke of.WellinglC4l hhd received no mute. than just

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COURT OF COMMON PLEAD, Fsa.
fittings after Hilary Term, before Mr. Justice PAIL and a Special
Jury, nt Westminater,
CRIM. CON.TYRIIIELL •. ST. AUBTAT.

This was an action to recover compensation for the
injury sustained by, the.plaintiff in consequence of the
alleged criminal conversation between the defendant
and the wide of the plaintiff. The defendant pleaded
Not Guilty. •

Mr. BRODRICK opened, the pleadings.
Mr. Sergeant WILDE stated the case to the Jury. The
present was an action commenced by the plaintiff, who
was the son of a highly respectable man, Sir John
Tyrrell, Baronet,- against the Reverend Humphry St.
Aubyn, to recover •compensation for the injury he had I
suffered from the seduction of his wife. Unfortunately: '
cases like the present had of late years become so
frequent, that it would be quite unnecessary for him to ,
do any more thaAstate the circumstances on which the,
claim of the plaintiff was founded. The plaintiff was.
the eldest son of Sir John Tyrrell, Bart. and the member
of
.a noble family residing .in Ram His wife, whose
Conduct had .given occasion to the present painful in-
quiry, was the daughter of Sir Thomas Pilkington. She
was possessed ,of, considerable intelligence and many
accomplishments. Their marriage had taken place
under circumstances the most likely to procure lasting
happiness to those who were thus united. They were
both in possesfann of an ample fortune, and were both
persons of highly respectable rank. He was just four- •
and-twenty, and she was something more than nine-
teen, She. had freely. admitted his addresses, and
.yielded to thaw and the consent and approbation of
both had.• been obtained. The Marriage took
place in 1819,. and the present lamentable transaction
had taken. plase ;A-N.o43am They were thus married
eight yea,u. During that period, she bore him five chil-
dreg-Titer, bOys,andAree girls. The two former died,
and the think lattmaesenow.left to deplore the guilty r
conduct of their misguid.ed• mother:, In 1825, Sir J.
;Tyrrell badshimmisfortune-tor lose. his Lady, and then
&r John pre d: tislit'Ae it seine to him in the decline
'of life, his eon apd.his so!'" wife and childien,should
'come and reride at bi 4 residence in Boreham. The
offer was willingly,andsgladly accepted. In the course
of 1824 Mrs. lynch paid a vi-it to her mother, Lady
Pilkington, and there she first became acquainted with
the defendants tNoirroof-could be found that they had
ever 'met.more than twice. •Up to the moment of her
elopement, not the slightest suspicion was entertained on
the part of any person that the connection had been form-
ed between her and the defendant. Sir John kept a poney
chaise, in which she was in the habit of riding to Chelms-
ford, and in which• Sir John frequently accompanied her.
She always •drove.. On the 19th of Nov. last, as the
day was exceedingly fine, Sir John proposed that. they
should drive to Chelmsford. She said that she was very
willing, as she had her milliner to pay. They went
thither, and when they arrived, they accordingly sepal.'
rated. They agreed that they should meet again at a•
Miss Phillips's, in the town, and then return to Bore-
ham. Whets Sir John. called at the appointed place
.she was
.not sliere, nor had she been there. Sup-
posing she had walked on homewards, he drove that
way. He, however, reached Boreham without meet-
ing her. He then returned to Chelmsford ; but after
a number of very paiticular inquiries, no tidings could
be heard of her. It was at length discovered that she
had been seen walking vet y fast towards a carriage
near Chelmsford, . accompanied by a woman with a
.bundle. She was thence traced to Jaunny's hotel, in
,Leicester Square, .where she was found in company
with her seducer. From that time forth they had lived,
and still lived, in. open adultery. As to the mode in
which .communication had been carried on between the
defendant and the plaintiff's wife, no proof could well
ye given; he was an utter stranger to the plaintiff. It
would, however,.be given in evidence, that the defendant
Thad been seen at Ungar disguised as a pedlar, very
shortly previous to the elopement. These were the
facts which he should lay before •them in evidence;
and when he had done so, he should feel himself en-
titled to demand at their
.hands a full compensation in
damages. .The Learned Serjeant then called the fol-
lowing witnesses .
Thnmas Frost Jebb produced a copy of the register of marriage
of the 19th of April, 1819.
John Miffs Tuffnell, Esq.--I was present at the marriage of the
plaintiff; I am uncle to the plaintiff's wife; 1 gave the brideaway ;
It was ainarriage with the . full consent of the two families;- Mr.
Trail is the, eldest son of Sir J. Tyrrell; the plaintiff and his wife
have frequently.been at my house; their two sons ate dead; they
lived together perfectly happy ; Mr. T. always appeared kind and
ailketionate towards his wile; they continued to visit me and I them
almost up to the time of the elopement ; .I saw no apparent change.
Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Canes—The plaintiff's wife
was a ward is Chancery at the time of her marriage ; her fortune
was 45,0001. I had not frequent opportunities of seeing them when
at way house; they lived at Fitz-place- tit) the time of Lady T.'s
death ; he was very much in the habit of hunting, but I think not
See days bras week; Mr. T. didorisit at Lady PilkingtenT; Fits-
place it in Essex, about twelvemiles from Sir J. Tyrrell's. •
Mrs. William Tuffuell; I am the wife of the Rev. William
TufFnelliand am connected with Mn. T. by marriage; I have
known her ever since she was born-; I was at the marriage; I
have met-Mrs. I'. occasionally since I have -seen them twice to-
.;ether, and. they alqrays seemed happy ; I now live in Suffolk 4. I
'visited Lady Pilkingtoa on one occasion, and saw Mr. St. Aubyn;
I never saw him speak to Mrs. T. Mr. St. A. is about thirty years
old I shoubirthink ; I dined with:thoun on that occasion.
Cross-caalained —Another of Lady- P.'s daughters is married to
a man named Rennet; I learned on that occasion that it was the
Ant visit of Mr. St. Aubyn ; Mr. T. was. not there then.
Mrs. Ducaine—l am the wife of Major Dwaine, who resided
at Nesting formerly ; I knew the plaintiff and his wife ; I think
they appeared to live on the most affectionate terms; I knew them
particularly in 1824; j)qtys seen them at Colchester, where I now
Ireside, and tit thfre seemell on the same terms.
Mrs. ARI I raids at Chelmsford; I knew the plaintiff