Star.
London, England, 1820-05-18 00:00:00

NAME OF LADY HAWKE.

The. Learned Judge (Sir WILLIAM Scorr) pro-
ceeded this day to give sentence in the above cause,
which had been argued at length on a preceding
Court day, on the admission of an allegation brought
in on the part of Lord Hawke, responsive to one on
the part of the Lady, previously admitted.
His Lordship in giving judgment, said—According
to Lord Hawke's own account he has been living for
years in an adulterous connexion with the wife of
another man, whom, for the conveniencies of that
connexion, he has everywhere introduced and qua-
lified as hi; own. What protection he may find in
other Courts from the molestation of claims arising
from this imposture, which he has practised upon
the world, is not for me to inquire. He must fight
through the difficulties he has created; and in every
case he will have the protection to which he is le-
gally entitled. But this Court cannot indulge him
with a general exemption from all possible inconve-
nience, by pronouncing a sentence of malicious jacti-
tation against the person whom he himself has tu-
tored to use• the language of which he complains.
The COURT, therefore, dismissed the suit.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 16.
THE KING V. WILLIAM BURL
_

This was an indictment against the defendant,
stated to be an Army Agent, founded on the 49th
Geo. 111. cap. 126. sec. 4. and the 55th Geo. 111.
cap. 106. sec. 133. passed for the further prevention
of the sale and brokage of offices, places, and ap-
pointments, under GovernMent, imputing that he,
without lawful authority, had negotiated on behalf
of a Gentleman named Lorraine, with a Gentleman
named Hobson, for the purchase of a Commission,
for the former, in the 16th Regiment of Light Dra-
goons. The defendant neither appeared pei sonally
nor by Counsel.
The case proved in evidence was in substance this:
The defendant resided in Fludyer-street, Westmin-
ster, and the prosecutor, Mr. Lorraine, a young Gen-
tleman of fortune, applied to him to procure a Com-
mission in the Army. The defendant stated, that
he had two Cornetcies on sale, the one in a Regi-
ment of Heavy, and the other of Light Dragoons.
The prosecutor preferred the latter, and the price
stipulated by the defendant was 1,200 guineas. By
the regulations of the War-Office, the price of such a
Commission was limited to 700 guineas. The Com-
mission alluded to was in the 16th Light Dragoons,
of which the defendant was not the Agent. The de-
fendant, in pursuance of the contract, stipulated that
the prosecutor should immediately pay down £9OO,
which the latter did accordingly, the defendant
giving him two receipts, one for 700 guineas, which,
be stated, was to be transmitted to the Duke of York,
and the other for the balance, to be accounted for on
demand, 'as expressed in the written. acknowledg-
ment It turned out, in the result, that the prose
cutor was completely defrauded of his moneys and
was never appointed to the Commission which he
had expected to procure.
There being .no defence, the Jury, under the
Judge's direction, found the defendant—Guilty.
MAY 17.—The Court sat this day at Guildhall, but
none of the cases were of public interest. To-morrow
the Adjourned Siftings wallbe held at Westminster.