Star.
London, England, 1817-08-04 00:00:00

WALKZR O. r'Z.

This action, which wes boughtbought or rent and dama.
ges alleged to be done to the property of the plAintiff,
which the defendant occupied at Baton Mills, in this
county, was referred to Mr. Alderson.

• OWEY V. kIURIAT.

This was an action for wages which the plaintiff
claimed of the defendant, who is a gentleman of
considerable property, living at Newmarket, with
whfas she lived as a servant. Verdict for plaintiff,
9s. 6d.

CROWN SIDE.
The first prisoner put to the bar was Joseph Bred-
field, charged with stealing a silver watch, the pro-
perty of fiinsuel Rice, of Eye. The priseeeris a bdy
about 14:yeaks'of age.—Guilty, but owisOoitat Of
his yeas, rreuthtnended him to mercy. • '11"
Athol Arsostave: was next brought to the bar Ott
a charge)* buoglary.—Seven years trsespertetion.
Rektiiihmertand Baja:gin Sharma pleaded 'guilty to
an indictment for breaking into the dwelling.honse of
Robert Woolnough. The Learned Judge very dis-
tinctly stated to the prisoners, that if they pleaded
Guilty in the hope that it would mend their cacr, they
were deceived, as he would be bound to deal with
them as if the Jury had found them Guilty. The pi-
soners,notwithstanding, persevered in pleading Guilty.
James Sap, charged with stealing a silver watch,
the property of Wm. Jennings, of East 11Crgholt.
The watch was found on the prisoner.—Guilty.
Jam Rickardsoa„ charged with stealing one ewe
sheep, the property of Mr. J. Webb, of East Berg-
holt. The blood was traced to his cottage.—Guilty.

CAMBRIDGE ASSIZES.
• These Assizes were held on Tuesday. In conse-
quence of workmen beiag emplOyed in painting the
Town Hall, the s:cell was so offensive, that the
Judges refused to sit in the usual Courts: the Mister
and Fellows of St. John's College, granted the use of
their Halls, which were fitted up for the purpose, and
there the Assizes were held.—W. Nicholls, aged 19,
pleaded guilty to an indictment, ebaiging him with
stealing ,81% the property of T. and F. C. Mortlock,
Esqrs. bankers of Cambrdge, and was sentenced to
be transported for seven years.

BREACH OF PROMISE OP MARRIAGE.
TURNER •. DENNIS.

Mr. Hutt opened the pleadings by stating the
charge is the declaration, namely, that the defendant
4it
had prcialfite at some future time to marry the' qfp-
tiff, or as as be should get settled;* 'll
wished'Ostii ' knd make her comfortabliYl4 ..IY,'
notwittistati such promise and underiatAlW
dulentliiiiiff teitfully made to the said ,Ite
had since broken this engagement, to the greatfilehl
disappointment, loss, and injury of the said plaintiff,
and for which the damages were laid at s 12,000:
-Mr. Serjeaot Beossirry stated, that tbe vrties in the.
cause, though" equally respectable, Were el yather a
low situation in lite. Jane Turner, the plaintiff, lived ,
in the neighbourhood of Newnierict,' hsiing for
rarity beet' a icisait in 'a• tertilemen'slansily, Whit'
subsequently having ksit a • sielicil, and' 'tidied'. iff

needle. work. The defendant Rasa man of subs!ance.
and lived in credit and repute, as an inn-keeper, at
Newmark& It would be proved in evidence, that as
ram as the defendant became inn.keeper of the Crown,
at Newniatk.t, the plaintiff seeing he was now El
tied, Irnaked forward to their approaching marriage,
and id consequence gave up the schhol ; in conse-
quence of Which she was now entirely without the
means
,of supOorting herself. The courtship went on
for a considetable ante. - The declaration the plaintii
most relied upon, and which would he prrived by the
plaintiff's sister, was on the 15:11 March,
which time the dele9dant asked the sister's coaleint,
and taking her by theliind, with her con.ent alsor !re
promised theit'ensitiage should take place 56,•11.
t.:
even went so far as to pull out a marriage ring, set,
he offered to put ow her-finger, and desired she'stionler
keep it on; be; this plaintiff modestly declined, and
observed that the ring was as safe in his hands as in
her's. He proposed to her to wait upon her aunt, to
request her consent in addition to that of her lathe;
and sister. The plaintiff from this time heard
farther Isom the defendant, nor did she sce hint till
about ten days after she learnt he had married
another oatn?d Diana Fisher, a servant in the family
of the Rev. Mr. Hicks. It would appear, that at the
very time lie made proposals to the p 1 iintiff, he was
at the same time paying his addresses to Diana Fisher,
Dow his wife ; and if there was any objection talcm
'to the conduct of the planitiff, the Learned Seijeant
was ready to admit, that it proved, it would be sum
cient grounds to excuse the defendant.
The case being kovcd on the part of the plaintiff,
Mr. Srongs, for deleirdant, put in the following let.
ter, without date, addressed by pl .intiff to defendant : I
her. Dennis, t retort, your bm.ks, and find myself ex•rertrely
obliged by the perusal of them. I shohld hot have returned them
at pre,ent, brit for what bat happened—fur u I have found out a
new actitialnta:•ce I must seek teeth books to read I leave this
to your liner iretation, for without doubt you have heard of it 11
I had the pleasure o seeing your father and nodded to him, but
he did not return my nod. Believe me, nothing would give me
so much phimire as the coninuance of lriendship betsvect our
families, and you and myself, just so tar a. speaking to each other
wb, o we mew ; and a. to our entirely forgetttag what has passed,
it shall be fur ever erased from my min I. 1 .hall wait to return
your letters, or commit them to the ILPllrei. I wish you would
he the gc:odties to receive the sun, you paid on my account.
I shall have pleasure iu returning it to you, and feel Infinitely
obliged for ad favours. I remain, Ike. hint Tiusitaa."

This Mt. STIMKS contended was a complete dis.
charge 01 the defernlantas to any matrimonial claims.
being entertained by the plaintiff from him. ,• -
Mr. Serjvant th.lvalrfr replied.
Chief Justice Mogi was of opinion the pl.iinitittvas
entitled to a verd-ct, and the Jury would say vs-hat
damages.—Verdict for the plaintiff—Darnages £l5.
Such was the exultation of the defendant and his
party at these small damages given against him, that
they were seen parading the btreetsof Cambridge with
knfits of ribands in their hats, which usually denotes
a victory, or the having gained a law-suit, which in
this part of the country is a great subject of triumph.

DEVON ASSIZES, JULY st.
Lieutenant Waves Conroy and Ensign Alemeder
Stewart, of the 90th regiment, were put to the Du,
being charged, upon the Coronet's inquest, with
murder. in a duel which took place with Lieutenant
W. Hindi:, of the same regiment. in the early part
of the year. It appeared that in October last a regi-
mental dinner was given, alter an inspection of the
90th, by the Officers, to which strangers were in-
. A kw Officers remained to a late hour, en-
joying the convivial cup. Among them were the
prisoner. Conroy, and the deceased, Lieutenant
Hindes. It so happened that Lieutenant Conroy
(who.wasVice-Prebident) mentioned, in conversation
the next day with Major Weir, of the same regiment,
that they wete all tipsy the preceding night, and
throwing wine about the room and chinking punch,
which was directly contrary to mess regulations.—
This assertion he happened to repeat the following
day in the lirtgade Office, at Government-House,
Plymouth-Dock, when Lieutenant Hindes observ-
ed, 66 When you stare any circumstance that has
occurred, I should recommend that you would ad-
here to the truth," or words •to a similar import.—
This not being heard, was consequently not not;ceil
by Lieutenant Conroy; but some of his brother 011-,
cers, who marked the expressions. informed him'of it
tome days after, accmnpastied with some remark, that
it was Lieuteaintgantroy's duty to have taken notice
of it when it dibitt,,aphliese words had been sincere..'
peated to other perm besides. Upon which Lieu-
tenant Conroy satd,stliat finding such winds had been
used, he should take the proper notice of them, and
demand such reparation as they required. A meeting
in consequence took place near Plimpton. early in the
morning, about the 7lb of March last, and the prin-
cipals and seconds were the only persons present.
Lieutenant Hindes was wounded, and brought house
to an hotel at Plimpton, where some of them had
slept the preceding night. and he died of the wound,
which was under the eleventh rib, on the following
day. . There being no other evidence than the two
prisoners (one of the seconds being absent), who knew
or witnessed any part of the transaction, the Grand
Jury threw out the bill ; and when tried upon the
Coroner's inquest, the same reason caused sn acquit-
tal, and the particulars were consequently not gore
into. The Court was excessively crowded, and the
utmost anxiety pervaded the minds of the audience
upon the occasion. The prisoners surrendered them-
selves on Friday week ; one of them, Ensign Stewart,
was second to Lieutenant Hindes.

SEDUCTION.
SMALL V. PARSONS.

Mr. Serjeant Pam., as Counsel for the Plaintiff, in
opening this case to the Jury, stated, that it was one
of the most serious description, and be hoped many
years would elapse before another of its description
would be brought forward in the County of Devon.
It was an action brought against the defendant by
the plaintiff, for the seduction of his daughter ; and
the declaration state, il hl kit the defendant did, in the'
year .1816, makew Osa*Blt upon Elisabeth Smola..
and that he..then,K#WW. and thereby deprkttesi.
she plaintiff of ..11pylvos, The plaintiff wan 4
married man, whnitzpvtalibildren; he was a fAra
'tiler,
and 'a man of idity, and be (the Lear-.
ned Counsel) was infOrmeri by the instrucuons whist,
lay before him. that he was a highly respectable per-
son. At all erbitts, he was a father. and possessing
the common feelings of a father, he must deeply feel
the loss of the reputation and the services of hi:
jalughter. She was about twenty, or twenty-twi,
',Opts of age. The defendant (Parsons) was also, as
'W(t* LearAd Serjeant). understood, a man of re-
Silictability aad. property—at all 'events, his father

was, Perhaps. flowerer, it %meld be e,deavosm-e to
be shewn that he was not a man of property. Be
this as it might,.porerty was no excuse for the cot-.
mission of crime; nor did 4 not follow that a mee
who had not money should not possess honour. Ife
had beard it laid down by as great a man as eater
adorned the English Birch (I.brd Kenyon), that it
a man. Who had offended the laws of Iris county suss
not competent to answer for the commission at sett
off nce in purse, Ile raiglit to d,,, it in person. Ti he
dates :,des were only laid at relto. He knew nol Irate
this tied happened; but bad be ben consnhed,•he
should have advised them to have bico laid at a muck.
larger sum. He never aawAhe voting tidy ; bat .1
what we.; stated was ttula`thrplaintiff would at least
lsevntitled to the dilr.:4l iikeified in the rec rd.--
It was a lather who treertgftlhe actian, and his ago •
itiaing feelings the Jury were bound by their verde:
to assuage. Cases of the psetrat description w•-te
sometimes treated with much levity in Courts of ft..i.,
lice, hut on this occasion he addressed thttll on.
the heedful a twit of lecher, arid a man of tramps. i'
.tuck he acly asked the July to ela for the ilaintitt
%that they would wish rlie.u!J be done toalierntelve:.,
should. circumstances place them (and GM fotbrd
they aheuld) in a situation of a i in: Lir. desciiptinrr.
Elizabeth Small, who is an interesting rid, was.
now called, and she gave her evidence as falews : -....
" I am twenty-three years of :lee, and the daughter
of James small, the plaintiff; he lives at Broadwoos:
dealer, in this Count; ; I have a mother living ; my
father's family consists of six children; I am the el.
Jilt ; I have forte brothers and a sitter ; my sister is
about eighteen years of age; my father keeps 4 maid
servant, but before this transaction happen J, I was
employed about the house. The defendant lives in
--; he did not live there last year; he is a far-
mers and in the course of last year was carrying on
business as a farmer on his own account, and thalami ,
was not a very small one; I because acquainted with
• him about three years ago ; he then elivi d about ten
miles from my father's house; he used to visit me
with the knowledge of my father and mother; lie
used to come very frequently ; I became with child
by him, and was brought to bed on the ITh of Air-
gust last. My father paid the expenses tot my lyiiig-
' in, and assisted me with necessaries."
Crospeximainai dy Mr. CASBERD...-44 I hare known
the defendant three vets; the farm the defendant cc-
eispied was at Litton—it is ab ut eight miles from
_.......„ When I first lase! him. he lived with his
lather. It is abrim a year and half since he live] at
Litton. It was nut a veri sicall t..rm in which he -
lived; it was let at if2lo per year, Lut I did not •
know the size. My father has never go a- by aey
other name as I know of. I hav t heard him called
by the name of MaF.iient. I beiieve the maidetknatne
of my mother was Small. I !ware the child to the
defendant, Mr. Parsons; and I hive received money
from the overseers of Breadwooduivr ;or the ex-
penses of my lying-in and wtekly maiatenance of the
child. Mr. Parsons is abort twenty.reur or meaty.
sve years of age; lam in rny twenty-third year. I.
' have not been in the habit of going to country fairs
or revels much, bin I have hem at Holdsworthy fair.
I have b?en at Boyton fair cnce, but not in the course
or last year—it was in the year 1815."—This to
Inated the cross-eitAminati•m.

....
Mr. Serjeant Pet'. ohs rved, th it tli:s was his case.
Mr. Ca/Imm, in his address to the Jury in thitiga.
tion of damages, said i.e could not help reviling.
what he had already upon the Circuit often had oca
casion to observe, that his Leased Friend had been
instructed to say what was n.it the fact--that thit
was a case of a very sorintis Description, cons,sting of
the most infamous artifices on the part of the cle.en-
dant (Mr. Parsons).
Serjeant PF.LL m died assinit to this observation.
Mr. CAsBEND --g' i.ly fr.cm.l nods his head, bat-
there is nothing in that"—(4
Mr. CAsmth said his I..!•:lriird Friend's statements
were not borne out in eviOerce. 112 c intended th.it

it was an acqu escer.ce on both parties; that both
were willing; that there was no artifice. no COntri.
value, to seduce the phiintiff's daughter; th ft what •
happened was the effect)cttapainary and casual ifite:-
coarse ; and that the siiilitestd4MilgeS that coule tie •:,
awarded would be; Wd U oupensation Or the I..ss
atid injuries sust
• • Mr. Baron Camiliscliaagurnming np the case
ihie Jen?. observed, that in all trans.:coins there were
different shades of guilt and • :tcence; and ttte Jury
were bound to look at the Coon:nuances of the cow,
and to draw therefrom the best ctetcht%ion they could,
upon impattial and mature consideration. The 1;;:l
had told her story in a pl tin and Simple manner.
had been stated, that it was the ordinary re,3l-
- from a c.u-tl intercourse. He hoped i!!,•
of the country were not in such a state of degenera.
lean ; it they w.. 1-0, the I.tws mutt guard ag.iii t them
and if men choir to trav,l in such a course of '
rality, it w•. 111,1 b.f o::Iy right that they she old pay
lbr it.—The Jury fOuild a verdict tot the•p'aint:ll—•
Damages, 4100.
LAW APPOINT.•• •

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...AW APP 011,4 T SI EN l's.••• The 1-10110111:1WE Sir. Emir, •
son of Lord FicaLcv, anJ grandson ot vie Lord '
Chancellor NouritiNtir ne, is appointed a Commis,
sinner of Bankrupts, vice Mr. Cotm rexAy, appointed
a Master in Chanc-ry. The situAtion ot C:unstt to
Queen Anna's bounty, is vacant by the appointment
ot Mr. COURTEN AY. i is in the gift of the Arch.
bishop of CANTERI:UIIY. The canJiLites, wo
demand, are, Mr. RICHARDS, the snn ot the CIIIESI
BARON of the ExCaLQUEIIt, aul hlr. Sii,uragui
of extensive practice at the Chait:,:ry Bar, is is sus.
mated at £5OO a.year.

CORN EXCI-1.1-NG L:, NIAR:c.-LANE, /JAM i T 4.
We have had but a moderate sup;ly of Engl::a
Wheat at Market sinctt List Manday, 1:3: a conside-
'table quantity of Foreign, yet owing to the contiatt. ,
ante of untavourable weather, 6ne samples of our .
own growth, from E4e:Mallvd- SuiJlk, sold full Zs.
.per quarter higher ttbat-eir this day )... ce!:, but the
.urdinary qualities are ti9selsitblca 1.1.1r1.y i, 2s. ani
Seats' 1u11.45. per quar,ter demee. Oats are also '1:. .
pet qsarter higher, bdeetat biTsk sale at that advaic.r.
CtiftagNT'PßlCtti Ai UNCIPIR:
• INGLISII. th:-, Poutee,3oß. 45.
Wbnt, Kest and Eases, Old, I Ditte,l-uland, Sl2:. 4.3
50, lOU bate, feed, iSi .scis.
I
luaigki LOs. 1044. ltapt-tcd, X.:O it*.s3 i tr last
Norfolk. 20s. lOW. Euar, ::::.... ves. per •:.ck.
Rye 40e.462. I Fr/K.:IC:v.
darley, 343 434. Wheat, 1.).0,tmc, Ali, Wis. .
Vial*, 60s. SOL Lap" 1.4.-Itic Red, 70i..:-.A. -
/ . „
,Aildte Nei, 664. se.. bailers; liamuro Of iircnlCD.l(A. ?xis.
403. 44.. Br..b.lnt Red, 703. 00.. •
trey Peas, 421. 482. i Ryt, 00...005.
!tun bums tbs. Xs. 1 .....I..zit.ii floJr, el. JO.

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