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but a decree had been give& against lam. She had!
uniformly Reed with his Lordship as his wife, having
certainly 'undergone a ceremony of marriage, being
introduced by Lord Hawke as his Wife into society,
and also confided with the care of his children lora
former marriage. If this suit were maintained, this
Lady, who had now unfortunately been separated
from Lord Hawke, would be rendered liable to a
vast number of debts. His Lordship, in this very
h case, had begged .of her to take the bonnet, to which
she objected as being too dear; he had also had seals
engraved for her, with her name-and coronet as Lady
Hawke, and cards made and engraved accordingly.
When Lord Hawke went abroad, he had her name
inserted as his Lady in the passport. If, therefore,
she was even not his Lady, he had imposed upon her,
and ought not to visit her with the cost of the expen-
sive presents which he pressed upon her acceptance.
He would prove that the Lady had never been in
Mr. Busby's house, but that the order was, strictly
speakigg, Lord Hawke's,
The Rev. Dr. Coglan was called to prove the house
in Manchester-square to have been the residence of
Lord Hawke, and the Lady to have been there as his
wife. The Rev. Gentleman begged permission to
explain how he happened to see this Lady, and ex-
pose himself to the situation of being called hire
as a witness.
The Cum Justrez said, he could not see the re-
levancy of such an explanation.
Mr. SCARLITT.--% " Really, no Gentleman should
feel abashed at being in the company of such a Lady.
I have seen her, and she is a very accomplished and
well educated woman, and conceives herself to be the
wife of Lord Hawke."
The Rev. Dr. Coglan's examination was resumed.
He spoke as follows:—" Having met Lord Hawke
at a public dinner, he invited me to his house in
Manchester-square. I knew his father well, and 1
was invited to dinner. I beg to say, that I should
be the last person whom his Lordship would consult,
or make a confidante in a business of this kind."—
The witness was stopped by the Court, and desired
to confine himself to answering the questions.—lie
then, in answer to questions from Mr. DENatAN, said,
that on the day he dined in Manchester-square, he
saw the Lady at table, but was not formally intro-
duced to her as Lady Hawke ; she was certainly called
such by the servants, but not by Lord Hawke, who
merely called her " Augusta. The servants and
witness cettainly addressed her as "my Lady."
Frances Appleyard said, she had lived as lady's
maid to Lady Hawke,. who lived in 1814, and 1815
in Manchester-square. Lord liawlce always caked
her his wife, and his children by his former wife
called her " mamMa r and, whenever he sent them
with any message, he said, " go and tell your mamma
so and so." The witness was then shewn a number
of trinkets, Which she declared Lord Hawke had sent
in to her Litlyship, many of them were ordered b)
his Lordship to be engraved, " Lady Hawke." She
also proved that Lord Hawke had ordered this par-
ticular bonnet for her Ladyship, who protested against
the expense.
Jane Chamberlayne produced an order book, in
which entries were made of articles for Lady Hawke,
by order of his Lordship.
• MI DENMAN submitted that this general state-
ment had not reference to the particular tleht.
Chief Justice Armin said he thought the evidence
very material ; for here was a Lady representing her-
self as Lasiy llawke, in the presence and with the
knowledge of Lord Hawke, and as such at the time
obtaining credit from tradesmen.
Mr. DENMAN said the plaintiffs had not any know-!
ledge of *that.
Mr. &ARIA= contended that they had.; for Lord
Hawke was present, when the order was given.
The plaintiffs were then nonsuited.
This case lasted until a quarter before four o'clock,
and excited considerable interest.
Tilt KING V. THE HEOENT.B CANAL COMPANY.
This was an indictment against the defendants for
a nuisance, in having erected a bridge over the canal
at the point where it crosses Kingsland-road, of a
less width by several feet than the original road was,
and thereby greatly inconveniencing the public by
contracting the public highway. I'he Jury found
:he defendants guilty, subject to the- opinion of the
Court on a point of law arising out of the construc-
tion of the Act of Parliament.

U?. root flnt.i.—Saturday a Cheap Bread Baker
appeared at this Office, to answer art information
under the Bread Act, for adulterating bread. It ap-
peared that a quantity of flour was seized at the de.
fendatit's premises, which was represented by him to
he pounded rice ; but as It was suspected to be com-
posed of other matetials, the Magistrates ordered an
tnalyzation to be made, for the purpose of acet-
tair.ing whether their suspicions were. well founded ;
accordingly an ounce of this flour was tried by a
respectable chemist against a similar quantity of
pounded rice; and in the former there were found no
less than seventy-five grains more of indissoluble sub-
stance than in the latter, and the result of the expe-
riment demonstrated, that one of the component
pacts of the flour found at the defendant's was sand
or pounded stone. The chemist stated, that if any
one of the particles found its way to the bladder, the
most dreadful malady would inevitably follow.—
Under these circumstances, the Magistrates inflicted
the heaviest penalty allowed by law, which was £2O.
Ittovesz.—Wednesday, an Inquest was taken by
Mr. Cooke., Coroner for Oxford/hire, on view of the
body of Mr. Viret, of Tetsworth, Steward to the late
Lord Charles Spencer, of Wheatfield, when the Jury
immediately returned a verdict of Accidental Death,
from the following melancholy circumstances :—Mr.
Nsret had been dining at his mother's, at Wheatfield,
and about two o'clock went out with his double-bar-
relled On to shoot a rabbit for a sick child. In a
short tame the report of both barrels was heard, after
a little interval, and Pumas discovered by two of his
rasters, who were walking out, lying upon'his back,
a most disigared corpse. The, cries and screams of
his &greeted sisters soon brought many labourers
and Gendemen to the spot, where his faithful spa-
nials were found watching over the body, and would
hot suffer kto be approached. At length they were
removed by aetdal force, and it appeared that he
most have been in the act of re-loading the discharged
barrel when the other went of. Tice ramrod was
fewid close to the•body, and one of the barrels was
only loaded, with powder. He was in the habit of,
carrying kis guts cocked when in the pursuit of game.