Star.
London, England, 1827-04-20 00:00:00

DUBLIN, Aram 17.

A few nights since, the house of Francis Doonao, a
farmer, is the parish of Fenagh, near Ballinamore, was I
broker' into by a number of men with their faces black-
cued, who demanded his money ; the poor man denied
having any; upon which these monsters placed him oni
the fire; this induced his wife to produce twelve sove-
reigns, which she declared were all the house contained;
but the •villains were too well informed, and, to extort
the remainder of what they were well aware he posses.
sed, they brought a quantity of straw (in the midst of
*bids they placed the unfortunate man), and having set
it on fire, soon compelled him to acknowledge a farther
sum of 01. which they carried off; but Doonan was so
dreadfully burned that little hopes are entertained of
bis recovery.
Yesterday a fire broke out in the house, 61, Angier-
street, Dubl n, in the back drawing•room, occupied by
a Mrs. Bark. The accident wits occasioned by a lighted
candle incautiously left near the bed, by which the
~Marnes were communicated to the curtains. It•was
tinguished in a short time without having done any
damage.
LIMIRICIC. APRIL 14.--This day Thomas O'Brien,
Patrick Harding, and Patrick Leary, for Whiteboyisna,
were executed, pursuant to their sentences, in front of
the new •county gaol. The unfortunate culprits were
turned off without expressing any declaration of their
gailt or innocence to the large crowd before them.—
&fore the drop fell, Thomas O'Brien fainted from
excessive weakness, and remained half suspended,
when the platforms gave way—his feet at this moment,
clung to the cross-beam, and, to relieve him from the
agony of such a situation, a soldier extricated the feet,
and he swung then with his fellows; but the sad ac-
cident evidently prolonged his mortal sufferings, and
his body was painfully convulsed. The convicts were
attended to the scaffold by the Reverend Messrs.Tuoby,'
O'Grady, and Malone, Roman Catholic Clergymen.
Denis Sullivan has been committed to Tralee gaol for
the murder of Daniel Shea, in the barony of Glans-
rough, which had been committed tea years ago.
Monday se'nnight, Capt. M'Clintock and Mr. H. M.
Walsh, Chief Constables of the county of Meath, Luc-
ceeded (with a warrant from Government) in taking
upwards of fifty stand of arms out of the barony of
Duleek and bog of Garristown. They and their men,
sixty in number, commenced the search at 12 o'clock
at night, and continued until two next day ; none of the
arms were registered.

DTI FROM FIGHTISO.—Monday evening, two
young men, named Barnsley and Hall, who were at a
dery at the Dog and Duck public-house, Henwich,
near here, quarrelled respecting a partner, and fought,
when the f.rmer received such a severe injury, that be
died on Tuesday afternoon.— Wormier Jour. April 18.
Exactirton.—Monday last John Akrill underwent
the awful sentence of the law at Leicester, for horse-
stealing. He had been an old offender, and spent the
interval between the time of his condemnation and the
Saturday before his execution in a state of anxious sus-
pense at times. Though warned against entertaining
any expectation of his life being saved, he was buoyed
up with hope, at other times he was filled with the
most fearful apprehensions ; and these latter were con-
firmed .n Saturday afternoon, when the fatal tidings
were communicated to him that he was to suffer on
Iklooday morning.

CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, Aran. 10.
Oar market continues extremely dull (or the sale of all &map.
does of Grails, the supplies arriving in great abundance, particularly
Oats, of wish* article alone there has been received since Monday,
24,120 qrs. and to elect sales lower prices must be submitted to ;
but the factors still demand Mondays prices for Ann fresh Corn.—
Wbest, Barley, Peas, and Beans may be said to be nearly nominal,
u the sales of sack of them have been very trivial.
SMITHFIELD MARKET, ATM $O.

The price of Beef this morning is ha. to is. 2d. per stone for the
fine young Stott, and 4s. to 4s. 6d. for the coarser and inferior Meat.
In the Mutton trade, fine young Downs are Ss. lOd. to 6s. and
Coale Sheep and inferior Mutton 4s. 6d. to Ss. 2d. per atone. The
'Split), of Meat Wittier than we generally have in a Friday's show,
and the butchers are very short of money, which has caused Meat
to be beery, compared with List Monday's quotation. Veal is
warmly so good, prime young Calera not reaching more than
Se. 64. to 6s per stone ; and coarser and larger Calves are 45.3 d. to
Ss. 41. per stone. In Lamb there is not much alteratiuo, 6.. to Ts.
per stone being the quotation this morning. Pork presents nothing
worth noticing this rooting.—Beasts, 439; Sheep, 6,950; Plgs,
11l ' • Calves, 1110.
llettf, per stone, 41. to So. 44. Mutton, Ss. to 11. Veal, Is. 6d.
io Os. Pork. 41. to Ss. Id. Lamb, Os.to 78.—Hay, per load, £slst.
6.11 aCS 1.19. Ogee!, Xi Ili to AO 10s. Striwk A'S tcr Lit 4s.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
E4IIIITRI TERM.
Cooat.or Census Plias. • •-
Stapp appointed to be holden before Sir W. D Darr, TCnt. the
Lord Chief Justice at Middlesex and London, in and after
Suter Term, viz.
Ix Team.
Middlesex. I6onclen.
Wednesday May 9 Thursday May 10
. Wednesday Nay 10 Thursday May 17
Wednesday May IS Friday May 25
Arne Tease.
Tuesday May 29 I Wednesday May 51
The Court will sit on May 9th, 10th, 16th. and 17th, at One'
&Clock ; and half-past Nine precisely on each of the other days.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, AP&IL 19.

JOHN PllllllO AND CO. AGAINST 301111 WILK',
JUN. AND G. VERRICE. _

This was an action brought by Sir John Petting and
Co. bankers, of Cornhill, against the defendants, who
carried on the business of Solicitors, for the recovery of
a sum of 2.0001. the amount of a bill of exchange drawn
by Mr. Wilk', in the name of himself and partner, en-
dorsed by Mr. Wilks, and accepted by him in his own
name and that of Mr. Verbeke. It appeared that the
defendant Wilks conducted the money affairs of the
firm of Wilks and Vetbeke, and that accounts were kept
in his name at the banking-houses of Sir William Kaye
and Sir John Pening. In the beginning of Jan. 1826,
a balance of 1,7001. stood in the name and in favour of
Mr. Wrlks.jn the books of Sir John Perring's house;
and on the 4th of that month Mr. Wilks addressed a
letter to Mr. Bather, a partner in the house, to tbefol•
lowing effect:
"My dear Sir,—To accomplish a particular object. wkM b.
ter faring with the balance In your house or Sir W. Kayo, mil
without selling oat stock or shares at s loss. I Man be iu Wile 148
sum of 4,0001. until the end of February ; and I shall be oblipil if
you will discount the enclosed bill, which will become due m the
7th of March, and which I will am want to have renewed.—li
ant, Sir, yours, very truly, " JOHN WILKS, Jun."
In compliance with the request contained in this letter,
the bill was discounted. and paid on the following day
by a check drawn by Mr. Wilks, and handed by him to
the Welsh Iron Company, in discharge of a sum of
2,5001. due by him to that Company for shares. The
bill was subsequently dishonoured, and upon Mr. Ver-
beke being applied to for payment, he desired that ap-
plication should be made to Mr..Wilks, who settled all
the money matters of the firm. The defence now set
upon behalf of Mr.Verbeke, who alone appeared by his
Conasel, was, that he was entirely ignorant of the whole
transaction until two months after the bill had become,
due, and that the house of Paring and Co. must have
been aware that Mr.Wilks had pledged the credit of his
partner for his own private purposes, by the terms of
the letter in which the bill was enclosed.
The CHIES Amigos. said, that if the Jury were cf
opinion that Mr. Barber, acting for the house of Per-
ring and Co. had reasonable ground for being informed
that Mr. Wilks had pledged his partner's name for his
private purposes, they ought to find for the defendants
was not necessary that the Jury should believe that
Mr. Wilks contemplated any fraud on his partner, for
he might have had reason, and good reason, to sup-
pose that he could have taken up the bill when it be-
cane due, and in that case his partner's credit would
have suffered nothing. lithe Jury considered that Mr.
Barber had not reason to suppose that Mr. Wilks ap-
plied to have the bill discounted for his own private
purposes, they' was bound to fiqd their verdict for
the plaintiffs. •
After a few ;Amin, the Jury returned a verdict for
the plaintiffs.--Daunaget 2,000 L with interest amount-
ing to 1161. 14s. 2d.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Art= 19.
IPAATT AND ANOTHIR N. VORIS&
This was an action at the instance of the plaintiffs,
who are Assignees to a publican of the name of Lynch,
against the defdant, who is a wine-merchant in Mark-
' lane, in order to recover the sum of RC paid by the,
bankrupt Lynch to the defendant after he had cow
witted an act of bankruptcy with the latter's knowledge.
Mr. Sergeant 'LIDDY having stated the case, called
several witnesses, but the question having turned upon
die point as to the defendant's knowledge of the act
of bankruptcy committed previous to the payment, the
only evidence for the plaintiff on this point was thetas.
downy of Mr. Hanson the plaintiff's Attorney. It
appeared that on the evening of the 6th October last,
the bankrupt's house was sold, and that a Mr. Russell,
the defendant's clerk, was present, with several other
creditors. Mr. Henson stated, that next morning, at
nine o'clock, Mr. Russell and Mr. Spratt called ups*
him, and the latter informed him, in Russell's presence,
that several writs had issued against the bankrupt, and
that he (Spratt) had every reason to believe that the
bankrupt had committed an act of bankruptcy. Under
these circumstances he consulted witness as to what he
should do, when witness advised him to give notice to
Whitbread and Co. and others, who had funds of
the bankrupt in their hands, that a commission should
be issued against him. Notwithstanding this, however,
Russell on the same day got the bankrupt arrested, and
put into a lockup house, where he received the SOL
and then discharged him.
Mr. Sergeant WILDS, for the defendant, stated, that
he would prove that Mr. Henson was mistaken about
the hour when the meeting took place.
Mr. Russell was accordingly called, and deposed
that he had got the money about four o'clock, on the
7th October, and that he did not see Mr. Henson till
six o'clock in the evening. The witness's examination
before the Commissioners was then read, -before whom
he deposed that the meeting took place about a fort.
night after the 6th of October; besides the evidence
he then gave, varied in several particulars from that
now given.
The Cnral JUSTICR having recapitulated the evi-
dence, left it to the Jury to say whose testimony they
should believe, that of Mr. Russell or Mr. Henson. If
they believed the former, as the law stood at preseutti
it was their duty to 6nd for the defendant ; if the latter,
then they would 6nd for the plaintiff.
The Jury, without any hesitation, found for the plain-
tiffs—Damages, 501.
MN. CON.--CLINTON N. SMP.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover
compensation for the loss of his wire, who was alleged
to have been seduced by the defendant.
Mr. Sergeant WILDS briefly stated the case. The
parties to this action moved in an humble condition
of life. The plaintiff was a traveller to a mercan-
tile house iii the City ; the defendant moved also in
the more subordinate branches of trade. The plaintiff
sad been married to his wife but, two years, when
.he commenceJ an intercourse with the defendant.—
Up to the beginning of that connection she had'
iced c Irrectly and happily with her husband.-1
'Since that date she had become addicted to the use
of strong liquors, to habits of pecuniary catiavagance,

and other irregularities of conduct. Sucb as &ening
ter husband's clothes in order to raise money Ter the
lupply of her imprudent expenses. The plaintiff's
bccupatimr frequently required his absent* from home.
The defendant took that opportonity of frequenting the
plaintiff's house, and carrying on an intercourse with
the wife. In order Vie better to avoid suspicion, he
passed for her brother; and accoutred for bia absence
fsem the house during the husband's stay in town, by
stating that he and the husband (his alleged brother-in-
law) had quatrelled, and were not on terms of acquaint-
ance. Tae husband, on returning from his commereal
journies, found his wife more and more given to intoxi-
cation, and his property decreasing in still larger pro-
portions. Complaints (the result naturally was com-
plaints) on his side—denials on hers—mutual irritation
—frequent quarrellings—personal, and ultiMate sepa-
ration. After they had ceased to cohabit, the husband
discovered, on inquiry among the persons who lodged
in his house, that his wife had carried on an adulter,us
intercourse with the defendant dining his (the husband%)
absence. To that immoral connection he imputed all
her subsequent depravation of general principle and
conduct; and from the defendant, as the active cause
of her moral and social ruin, he sought by the present
action such reasonable and moderate compensation as
'a Jury of his country would consider due to him for
the loss of his wife and his domestic happiness.
Elisabeth Diane sworn—Proved the marriage of the
plaintiff and his wife iu January, 1824.
Mr. Peter Smith, an attorney, was the next witness
called. Having appeared in the witness' box, he se.
faced to give any testimony on the subject until he
&Mild be paid the expenses of his attendance. He had
been waiting on the cause five days, and required a
guinea a day for his attendance.
Mr. Sergeant Wane having undertaken that the
'witness should receive the proper expenses,
Mr. P. Smith stated that he had lodged in the plain.
tiff's house from the spring of 1825 till the summer of
1826, and had occasional opportunities of observing
the manner in which the plaintiff and his wife lived
together. They were on very good terms with each
other, as good as husband and wife ought to he.
Mr. Gates's merchant's clerk, lodged in the plaintiff's
house from the March to the Michaelmas of last year.
The plaintiff was absent from toss n in June, on his tra-
velling business. The defendant Baron came every day
to the house after the husband's departure, but never
except in the husband's absence. Wanes. had heard
that the defendant was brother to the plain.iff's wife
(Mts. Clinton), but doubting the truth of this, asked
him (the defendant) whether he really was her brother ?
The defendant blushed, looked confuted, and said be
believed he was. The defendant constantly cunt to
the house; he was there frequently late at night with
Mrs. Clinton. even the very night of the day that Mr.
Clinton (the plaintiff) left town. He was generally con-
cealed all night in a spare bed-room on the second floor.
Witness once tapped gently at the door of that room,
earl saw the defendant open it. Whenever there was
a knock at the street-door, that was thought to be the
husband's, the defendant used to run from the ki then
nip stars, and hide himself in she spare bed-room. This
laved from May to July. When the plaintiff, t n his
return to town, would rise in the moping. and go out
to attend to his business in the counting-house, the
wife would also rise, and go to the bed-room where the
defendant lay concealed, and stay with him souse
minutes. Oa one occasion she remained there tea
minutes. Her husband (the plaintiff) was used to quarrel
with bet on account of her addiction to the use of
spirituous liquors. . .
Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant SPANlClK—Mititieff
has, seen Mrs. Clinton with a black eye; has visited
,Clinton the (plaintiff) since their separation. Saw Betsey
May living as a servant with Mr. Clinton, but does not
bow who is the present, the adissg Mrs. Clinton. Mr.
Clinton was not used to keep a servant before he sepa-
sated from his wife. Betsey May is about eighteen
17of age; she had been on a visit to the plaintiff
os !before the separation. The affair of the black eye oc-
curred before the visit. Witness knows that Mrr.
Clinton has sued her husband for maintenance in the
Ecclesiastical Court. _ _ _

Re-examined by Chief Justice Barr—Tie plaintiff's
present lodgings consist of two rooms, a bed-room and
a sitting-room. There is but one bed; but then, in the
sitting-room there is a sofa, which is u.ed for a bed, a)
be has seen bed clothes on it.
Amy Hall, a girl about 14 years of age, lived as sew.
Tani to her aunt, Mrs. Gates, the wife of the last witness,
at .the plaintiff's house. Knout the defendant Bevon;
has seen him in a bed-room with Mrs. Clinton and, Mrs.
Gates, witness's aunt. Never saw Mrs. Clinton in bed
with the defendant.
Mr. Sergeant Wu-Ds—Are you sure you never saw
Bevon in bed with Mrs. Clinton ?
Witness—l newer did; but my aunt (Mrs. Gates) told
me to say so. Bevon and Mr. Clinton have come
once together to the house of witness's father since
the separation.
Mr. Gates re-examined by Chief Justice Besr—ls
sure he saw Bevon in the bed-room. He had been there
211 night. Witness suspected the existence of a cri-
minal intercourse between the defendant and Mrs.
Clinton, yet still continued with his wile to live in the
same house with such characters, because he was bound
by agreement to remain six months. Though he was',
told that the defendant vas Mrs. Clinton's brother, be
did not believe it.
This was the case for the plaintiff.
Mr. Sergeant SPANK'S addressed the Jury for the
defendant. One thing was clear in this cate, and that
was, that the plaintiffs house was conducted on liberal
principles—(A laugh). It afforded accommodation to
lovers, not for money, but accommodation for love.
He would be far from denying that the fair labourers
were undeserving of their hire; but if people would go
to the devil, it'was some consolation that they went to
the devil gratis,—(laughter)—u they did in the house
of the plaintiff; now, that was what he meant by
saying it was conducted on liberal principles; but what
was the whole matter proved in this case? Why, that a
man was seen in company with two women,-with two.
Surely there was no conceivable harm in that; but the
convenientiraland, Gates, had said, that be tapped at
the spare bpfloom with a sort of signal knock. Now,
whether this adtommodating husband interfered to f.e..
litate the daft* sun's intercourse with Mrs.C. or whether,
like a secoddlerry Sneak, he was making 'himself use-
ful in cloaking and forwarding the operations of his
own w ife, wus a fair matter of consideration for the Jury;
but, said he, the defendant blushed when asked whether
Mrs. Clinton was his sister? Might he not have good
reason for his confusion ? Might he hot fear that Ms.-
Gates was entering into ad inquiry that might lead tes,:„
a discovery injurious to somebody else besides Wm
Clinton? Might not the defendant base Mt be bed