Star.
London, England, 1820-05-19 00:00:00

TILE KING'S LEVEE.

Although the KING'S Levee on Wednesday was not
'!(.) numerously attended as the first, the assemblage
r:As extremely brilliant. In addition to the Presenta-
,:ons we save yelterday, the following were made to
eKt : they were all most graciously received:
''-ajer-General Bridges, Royal Engineers, on promotion.
r.:•;or-General Mundy, by the Lord in Waiting.
ut man t - tiler a 1 Sir S. Authority, by the Lord In Waiting.
t_ietitenant-General Sir William AOKI% on his promotion.
.mtetratit-General Fraser, by the Lord in Waiting.
".ijor-Gentetal huller, by the Lord In Waiting.
corral Pignt , by the Lord in Waiting.
?;ajar-General W. Fitz Roy, by the Lord in Waiting.
U.eutenint-General Bligh, by the Lord in Waiting.
;!ajar-General Need, on his arrival from India.
curial Manners, by the Lord in Waiting.
J. F. Smith, Royal Artillery, on pretnotion.
I,',..i.tr•General Douglas, on promotion and appointnit.tit to the
!!cginient Veteran Battalion.
Percy, 14th Light Dragoons.
'....tenant-Colonel 11. Wyndham, 19th Lint, rs.
' t‘titttlant-Colonel 13rownrigg, 2il Ceylon Regiment.
attnant-Colunel Elliot, Westminster Goirlry, by the Lord

Waiting.
I lamiltnn, 5d Guards, on promotion.
ieutenaut.Colonel Lamour, '2od lancer-., by Lord in Waiting.
ieutenant Stanhope, Grenadier Guards, bv the Lord in Waiting.
lieut.-Colonel Alike, bren..dier (:wards, by Lord in Waiting.
-;:ajor C. Cumming, .Inverness Militia, by the Lord in Waiting.
'ajor Clarke, It :11. on promotion.
najor Synge, by the Lord in Waiting.
Major Robinson, Glamorgan Militia, by the Lord in Waiting.
Nape Lynch, R. M. on promotion.
Major Iliar..ugh, We 4 Essex Militia, by the Lord in Waiting.
'3l.pr-General 31inet, by the Lord in Waiting.
Liei.t,nant E. 11. L. Bayard, Ist Life Guards, on promotion.
31::jor Regiment, by the Lord in Waiting.
11,utenant Wells, R.A. by the Lord in Waiting.
Lietat.r.ant Colonel C. Cooper, Royal Sherwood Foresters.
:Mr. F. 3lathews, 21st Light Infantry.
\l..lletax,-Ily the Lord in Waiting.
Captain John Hancock, R.N. C.D. by Lord Melville.
Lieut.-Col. DeVisme, lion. Art, Oomp. by the I.6rd in Waiting.
ear-.ld ne Hon. H.I iothiim, li.r $. by the Lord in Waiting.
Maior-General Cuppage, by the Lewd 1 Waiting.
fir. Napier, by the Lord in Waking.
11r. H. Curtin% his Majesty's Eton of the Yeoman Guard.
I.ord liectinte by the Lord in Waiting.
liev. 11. IL Selby Mete, by the Lordin Waiting.
Captain 6. Sayer, U.N. C.R. by the Lord in Waiting.
apta.n IL B. Vir.cent, R.N. by the Lard in Waitiog.
lit utenant-General Sir George Anson, on promotion.
'..,•tain .1. Fraser, R.E. from Malta, by Vice-Admiral Fraser.
Captain Grilsnhoofe, R.N. by the Lord in Waiting.
('.;:lain P. Dancombe, Bucks Yeomanry, by Earl Bridgewater.
C.pein R..tcnts, R.N. by the Lord in Waiting.
otret lk resiord, on his appointment to the 9tb Lancers.
Cornet Craii, 5.1 Dragoon Guards, on his appointment.
Cornet G. B. Hall, 19th Lancers, by the Lord in Waiting.
('apt. 11 Evans, R. N. by the Lord in Waiting.
Capt. Bullock, late King's Dragoon Guards.
('apt. Keitall, Royal Engineers, by the Lord in Waking.
Pemberton' R. N. by the Lord in Waiting.
'Art. Ilan i., R. N. by the Lord in Waiting.
t saie..l. M. F. Smith, Royal Engin. by the Lord in Waiting.
i'..rt. Carib, R. N. on his marriage, by Lieut. Gea. Maitland.
Capt. Trcdcroft, by Sir George Shiffner.
rain. Minchin, Slat Royal Light inf. by the Lord in Waiting.
Apt. Dawson, North York Militia, by the Lord in Waiting.
Capt. Brown, by the Lord in Waiting.
Capt. 11. Gooch, Coldstream Guards, on his promotion.
Capt..l. Davies, R. N. on promotion.
Capt. Maude, It. N. by the Lord in Waiting.
t'a !. M.itland, it. N. by the Lord in Waiting.
Capt. Bowies, on return from South America, by Ld. Melville.
Capt. iNiach-an, 27zh Regiment, on promotion.
rapt—lames 31urtay, R. N. by the Duke of Atha.
Capt. T. Hmalas, IL N. by the Lord in Waiting.
Capt. Z.lenckton, Szaffordshire Yeomanry.
tapt. Sir C'. Cole, R. N. by the Lord in Waiting.
(*apt. Sir W. Crosbie, Bt. on appointment to the 23d Fusileers.
Ctp. Strangways, R. N. by the Lord in Waiting.
Christian, by the Lord in Waiting.
('apt. E. Fitzgerald, 52d Regiment, by the Lord in Waking.
('apt. Upjohn, nil Life Guards, by the Lord in Waiting.
Capt. W. King, R.N. by the td in Waiting.
('apt. Clive, Grenadier Guards, by the Lord in Waiting.
Capt..l. Baldwin, R.N. on promotion.
Capt. M. Dixon, R.N. by the Lord in Waiting.
('apt. Ayscougb, It. N. by Lord Viscount Melville.
rapt. Chaplin, Coldstream Guards, by the Lord iu Waiting.
Capt. Andrew, R.N. C.B. by the Lord in Waiting.
!'apt. Lister, by the Lord in Waiting.
.'apt. Brenton, R.N. by the Lord in Waiting.
Cpt. Batty, Grenadier Guards, on his return from the Russian
Army, and to present his Account of the Campaign of 1815.
Capt. liarren, 14th Light Dragoons, en his appointment.
4 apt. J. Perry, R.N. by the Lord in Waiting.
cape B. Kent, R.N. by the Lord in Waiting.
t apt. Bathurst, /IN. by the Lord in Waiting.
Capt. (Yorke, 57th Regiment, by the Lord in Waiting.
t *apt. It. Macneil, on his appointment, and return frnin abroad.
Cept. J. B. Smith, U.N. by the Lord in Waiting.
("apt. R.N. by the Lord is Waiting.
.1.; t. Hodder, R.N. by the Lord in Waiting.
('apt. Ilotham, ILN. by the Lord in Waiting.
t:eneral Sir A. Farrington, Bart. jay the Lord in Waiting.
'apt. S. Sutton, R.N. by the Lord in Waiting.
(apt. Thomson, R.N. by the Lord in Waiting.
!'..pt. Itairiar, R.N. C.B. by the Lotd in Waiting.
Capt. Reiff, l'lth Drag. 11. P. by the Earl of Bridgewater.
(*apt. Wright, Royal Military College, by the Lord in Waiting.
I.kut. S. Lane Fos, Grenadier Guards, by the Lord in Waiting.
Lieutenant J. Annesley, R.N. by the Lord in Waiting.
Major-General Sir W. Ayllett, by the Lord in Waiting.
Lieutenant-General Sir J. Murray, by the Lord in Waiting.
Major-General Dorrien, by the Lord in Waiting.
Lieutenant IL Ihmhani, 64th Regiment on his appointment.
Lieutenant flume, King's Hussars, on his appointment.
lieutenant H. Montagu, stl Guards, by the Lord in Waiting.
Lieutenant R. Other, R.N. by the Lord in Waiting.
lieutenant Il'Dow.tll, 2d Life Guards, on his appointment.
Lieut. lion. 11. Dundas, Coldstream Guards, by Vise. Melville.
Li. utenant Bullock, Ist I.ife Guards, by the Lord in Waiting.
li.att.taifford, on appointment to 9..A1 Reg:. Gordon Iliailanders.
Lieutenant F. Acton, late 6.. h Batt. King's German Legion.
Lieut. Bulkeley, 2d Regt. Life Guards, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Boughton, 11th Light Dragoons, on his return from India.
lieutenant-Colonel .Indr.:w, R.. 1. by the Lord in Waiting.
Major G. Mott, it. A. by the Lord in Waiting.
Calonel Ouslow, by the Lord in Waking.
Lieutenant-Colonel Wyndham, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Ker, Ceylon Civil Service, by the Lord in Waking.
Lord Sandon, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. l'rawford, by Lord Castlereagh.
Hr. l'urtman, by the Lord in Waiting.
'lle Rev. Thomas Blackburne, by the Lord in 'Waiting.
Sir H. ilardinge, Grenadier Guards, by the Lord in Waiting.
The Rev. 11. Fardeil, by the Bishop of Ely.
Visceuin Bury, by the Earl of Albemarle.
Lord Feley by the Lord in Waiting.
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Lord Northsviek, by the Lard in Waiting.
Mr. ',yell, en going abroad.
lest: of Baleen, nth Hussars, with an Address from Belfast.
Lord Henry Chulmundeley, on his appointment. •
Inc H .n. Mr. Gray, by the Duke of Atha.
Lord James Stuart, by the Lord in Waiting.
Lord Ihmitativille, by the lard in Waiting.
Lord Granville, by the Lord in Waiting.
'1 Le N!Jrquis of Lothian, invysted with the Order of the Thistle.
Hawke, by the Lord in Waiting,
/Aril Ilk.dney, hi the Lord in Waiting.
la,r.! lienniker, by lee Lord in Waiting.
Lerd W. with an Address from Redford.
i• Egrernoot, b- the Lord in Waiting.
1.. Cower, by the land in Wa.ting.
I '7l Eiiismore, by the Lord in Waiting. •
Aps!ey, by the ia.rd in Waiting.
I John ltusselt, by the Lard in Waiting.
hiaidky, by the Lo;t1 in Waiting.
..pt.!in W. 11. Percy, U.N. by the Lord in Waiting.
- Sit J. •I'aihot, K.C.B. on marriage and piensotieg.
• !Sir John Knight, K.C.K. on
_promotion.
't • Sir F. 1 Awry, by the Lord in Waiting-
: ar. ;•7. r., 'tis prlnnutiou, by the Laid in Waiting.

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The hlarquit of Lana:own, by the Lord inWaiting.
Mr. Thomas Erskine, by the Lord in Waiting'.
Sir •Francis Burdett, by the Lord in Waiting.
llobhonse, M.P. by the Lord in Waiting:
Mr. Lamb, by the Lard in Waiting. •
Mr. Wilson, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Alexander R. St:wart, by Lord Castlereagh.
Mr. Deane, Chairman of the Board of Customs.
Mr. .11. Rodney, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. F. Lewis, by the Lord in Waiting
Mr. Dickinson, by the Lord in NVaiting.
Mr. Lemaistre, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr..l. S. Stanhope, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. 11. Clive, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Dawson, by the Lord in Waiting.
Rev. E. Ferrer% by the Lord in Waiting.
Sir F. Shuckburgh, Bart. by the Earl of Pomfret.
Mr. G. Penn, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Broughton, Surgeon, 2d Life Guards.
Mr. Lyttleton, by the Lord in Waiting. •
Mr. T. Wright, by Viscount Sidmouth.
Sir It. Poddreil, by the lion. Colonel King.
Rev. Mr. Carr, by the Lori in Waiting. •
Mr. Dundes, by the Lord in Waiting. •
Bev. 11. Chaplin, by the Earl of Westmorland.
Rev. Mr. Shepherd, on his return from India.
Lord Binning, by the Lord in Waiting.
Lord King, try the Lord in Waiting.
Lord Aston, by the Lord in Waiting.
Lord Lansford, by the Lord in Waiting.
Lord Surrey, by the Lord in W.liting.
Sir William Grant, by the Lord in Waiting.
Sir Thomas Mostyn, by the Lord in Waiting.
Sir John Wrottenley, by the Lord in Waiting.
sir Thomas 11-A-reit Leonard, by the Lord in Waiting.
Sir George Thompson, by Lord Melville.
Dr. Pole, by the Lord in Waiting.
!inv. Dr. Goddard, late Head Master of Winchester College.
Rev. Dr. Penrose, late Chaplain.to his It. IL the Prince Regent.
Lord Francis Leveson Gower, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Illackbarre, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Heald. King's Counsel, by the Lord in Waiting.
Sir John Simeon, by the Lord in Waiting.
lion. Captain Pereeval, It. N. by the Lord in Waiting.
Sir Scrope Bernard Mnrland, by the Lord in Waiting.
Rev. 1)r. Morgan, It. N. Asylum, by the Lord in Waiting.
Sir G. Cornewall, on coming to his title.
Rev. Dr. Foster Piggott, Chaplain to his Majesty.
Sir Ciandius I lunter, by the Lord in Waiting.
Rev. Dr. Cole, by the Lord in Waiting.
Sir George Beaumont, by the Lord in Waiting.
Sir Edmund Antrobus, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Lightfoot, by the 'Marquis Welltslny.
Earl of Lonsdak, by the Lord in Waiting.
Sir Samuel Fludyer, by the Lord in Waiting.
Viscount Molesworth, by the Lord in Waiting.
I lonourable Mr. Ilarnewall, by the Lord in Waiting.
Ilonnurable and Itev. Dr. Wellesley, by the Lord in Waiting.
Honourable Captain Edward Cust, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Eliot, by the Lord in Waiting.
lion. Colonel 1?.. hlouckton, Staffordshire Yeomanry.
lion. Captain Knox, R.N. by the Lord in Waiting.
lion. Captain P. Caw, en his return from the Continent.
Mr. Calcraf:, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Andrew Drummond, jun. by the Lord in Waiting;
Hon. Lieut..col. Wingfield Stratford, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Win. Jervis Rtchetto, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. George Terre, by Earl Drowalow.
Duke of Athol, by the Lord in Waiting.
Earl of Suffolk, by the Lord in Waiting.
Gen. the E tri of liopetoun, on his appointment to the 42d Reg.
Earl of Athlone, on his marriage, and return from Holland.
Earl of Albemarle, by the.Lotd in Waiting.
Viscount Northland, by the Lord in Waiting.
lion. W. K. Elphinstone, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Quartile, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Chanties Leigh, on his marriage, by Mr. Leigh.
Mr. Edward Drummond, by the 'Lard in Waiting.
Mr. henry C. Sum, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Fleming, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Chaplin, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Stanley, on his marriage, by the Marquis of Tweedale.
Mr. Assleton Smith, jun. by the Lord in Waiting.
Rev. A. G. Utterson' on going abroad.
Mr. Stuart Hall, by the Earl of Pomfret.
Mr. Wolryehe Whitmore, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Drummond, by the Duke of Athol.
Mr. Frederick Dyng, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Leonard, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Drax Grosvenor, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Brogden, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Chute, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Anthony Denny, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Bourke, by the Lord in Waiting.
Doctor Willis, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Price, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Osborn, on his return from the Continent.
Mr. Chichester, by Earl O'Neill.
Mr. Knight. M.P. by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Macdonald, by the Earl of Albemarle.
Mr. Thomas Courtenay, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Fane, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Newman, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. N. Collingwoed, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Andrew Drummond, by the Lord in Waiting.
Sir Thomas Liddell, by the Lord in Waiting.-
Mr. Adams, by the Lard in Waiting.
Rev. Edward Thurlow, by Lord Thurlow.
Sir E. Shelley, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Clemenuon. by the Lord in Waiting.
Lord Dynevor, by the Lord in Waiting.
Honourable Mr. Rice, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Thomas Attree, by the Lord in Waiting.
The Rev. H. Percy, by the Lord in Waiting.
Rev. William Wheeler, Chaplain to the Duke of York.
Sit George Clerk, by the Lord in Waiting.
Lieutenant Needhltn, Grenadier Guards.
Mr. Pym, by the Lord in Waiting.
Lieutenant Grenier, 93d Highlanders, en his promotion.
Mr. Heneage, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Dottin, by the Lord in Wilting.
Mr. Wingfield, the Welch Judge, by the Lord Chancellor.
Sir Henry Lambert, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Berkeley, by the Lord in Waiting.
Colonel Lord Greenock, Permanent Assist.-Quart.-Mast.-Gen.
Mr. Ord, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Horne, King's Counsel, by the Lard Chancellor.
The lion. Mr. Eardley, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Waring Maxwell, by the Lord in Waiting.
Major Adams, Royal Artillery, on his promotion.
Mr. Price, Member for Radnor' by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Ward, H. M. Charge d'Affaires at Lisbon, with an Addrieft.
Mr. Bethel!, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Woolmot ey, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Cotton Sheppard, by the Earl of Bridgewater.
Major Sandham, R. A. by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. It. C. Bowden, by the Lord in Waiting.
Sir W. D. Gordon, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Hunter, by the Lnrd in Waiting.
Sir ('harks Blunt, by the Lord in Waiting.
The Bishop of LlandafF, by the Lord in Waiting.
Captain Mackellar, R. N. by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Frank Lambert, by Sir H. Lambert.
Bishop of Cork, by Sir B. Bloomfield.
Viscount Kilmore, by the Lord in Waiting.
Rev. E. L. Sutton, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Sawbridge, by the Lord hi Waiting.
Mr. Bernal, M.P. by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. 11. Meynell, on his marriage.
Rev. Mr. Deane, Chaplain In Ordinary, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Wtscomb, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. ('berry, on his marriage.
Sir John tiwrii, M.P. by the Lord a. A- airing.
Mr. Charka Michell, by the Lord in Waiting.
Sir Charles Hulse, by the Lord in Waiting.
31r. J. S. Barry, oo his coming of age, by Sir a Bloomfield.
Sir John Itams.len, by the Lord in Waiting.
Rev. John Jeffreys, by the Lord in Waiting.
Duke of Somerset, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Gunning, Surg. to his late Majesty, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. R. Orange, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Tremoyne, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. C. Grant, by Viscount Castlereagh.
Colonel Campbell, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. S. Pereeval, by the Lord in Waiting.
Mr. Corbel, North Shrops. Yeomanry, by Lord Teignmouth.
.Ndmiral Marley, by the Lord in Waiting.
Vice-Admiral Sir Joseph Yorke, by the Lord in Waiting.
Vice-Admiral Sir T. Williams, by the Lord in Waitittg.

LA* eitiiittka
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COURT OF CHANCERY, .MAY Is.
THE EARL OF LIVERPOOL AND COUNT MUNSTtD V.
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, THOMAS COUTTS, ESQ.
AND OTHER..

The ATTORNEY-GENSRAL moved for an injunc-
tion to restrain the defendants, Messrs. Coutts and Co.
from delivering up to her Majesty, or to any person
by her order, two instruments, purporting to be exe-
cuted by the late Duke of Brunswick, acknowledg-
ing to be indebted to her Majesty in the sum of '
£15,000, which he had received from her as a loan ;
one of the instruments was in German, and the other
in Englith. Her Majesty, after the death of her
brother, the Duke of Brunswick, remitted the two
instruments to the Right lion. George Canning, and
he lodged them in the Banking-house of Messrs.
Coutts and Co. Application was made on the be-
half of her Majesty to the Noble plaintiffs, as the exe-
cutors of the Duke of Brunswick, for the payment of
the £15,000, and they refused, doubting that the in-
strument had been executed by the late Duke of
Brunswick. A suit was instituted in that Court, on
the part of her Majesty, to enforce the payment oldie
amount of the instruments ; application was made,
by the Solicitor of the Noble plaintiffs, to the Solici-
tor of her Majesty, for information as to how the
loan to the Duke of Brunswick had been made, and
out of what transaction it Had arisen ? and that in-
formation he would not say was refused, but it was,
however, kept back. It would be in his Lordship's
recollection that that suit had been dismissed, and the
plaintiffs kad filed a cross bill. Her Majesty had not
.thought proper to put in her answer ; but the other
defendants, Messrs. Courts and Co. had admitted that
they had received the instruments from Mr. Canning,
as the property of her Majesty, and as such they
considered themselves not bound to deliver them up
to any person but such as were authorized to receive
them, having that authority from her Majesty. Ile
held an affidavit in his hand which set forth that her
Majesty was in possession of another instrument, pur-
porting to be executed by the late Duke of Bruns-
wick, for the payment of 15,000 louis ; and that she
had applied to several persons on the Continent to
advance her money on it, but without success. Un-
der these circumstances he had no doubt but his Lord-
ship would grant the injunction as prayed for.
Mr. lionNE stated, that he appeared as Counsel for
the defendants, Messrs.Coutts and Co. and they were
ready to submit to any order the Court might think
proper to make.
Mr. BROUGHAM &Aid, he and his Learned Friend,
Mr. Denman, were Counsel for her Majesty, and it
was not their intention, as the legal advisers of that
Royal personage, to offer any opposition to the
order of injunction being granted ; so far from it,
they gave their full consent, and were anxious that
the most minute investigation should take place. It
would not have been necessary for. him to have said
a single word more on. the subject, if his Majesty's
Attoiney-General had not complained that her Ma-
jesty had not put in her answer to the cross bill. He
would tell him, that that answer would be put in if
her Majesty's legal advisers thought it necessary ;
and the reason it was not done before was the ab-
sence of her Majesty from this country ; but that
cause would be nosy removed by the immediate re-
turn of her Majesty.
The ATTORNEY..GENERAL—AII I have to say. is,
that the cross bill was filed in 1818.
Mr. BROUGHAM—If it had been filed eight years,
instead of two, the cause of the answers not being put
in would remain-the same, for they could not remove
the sea, the Alps, and A ppennines, which were between
the Royal personage and her legal advisers.
The LORD CHANCELLOR--Take. the order of in-
junction.—Motion granted.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 18.
YELDON AND WIFE V. GAPS AND ANOTHER.
YELDON V. THE SAME.

These were two actions, the one by husband and
wife, agaiiist the defendants, for assault and battery,
and the other by the husband alone, for a trespass,
in pulling down a booth, his property.
The case was in substance this :—The plaintiff and
his wife were hawkers, in the habit of attending
Fairs about the country. The defendants tMessrs.
Geotge and Joseph Gape, the latter a Captain in the
lLoyal Navy), were the sons of a respectable Clergy-
man and Magistrate, residing at St. Alban's, Herts.
In the month of March, 1819, the plaintiff and his
wife were attending St. Alban's Fair, where they had
a booth for the sale of toys and the usual bijoutry of
such marts. In the evening of the 26th of March,
being the list day of the Fait:, the defendants, who
had been dining with an elderly Gentleman of the
neighbourhood, sallied forth, with their host, a little
flushed by his goo 4 cheer, to enjoy the jocularities
of the Fair. The young Gentlemen came up to the
booth of the plaintiffs, and pretended to bargain for
some of she toys, the price of which they asked.—
One of them took up a dressed doll, and presented it
towards the plaintiff's wife, pulled up the garments,
and used some offensive gesticulations. She imme-
diately snatched tlie toy from them and put it into a
bos, upon the lid of which she placed her knee ; they
insisted upon having it out again, which they did by
force; an altercation ensued—the husband inter-
posed—he was knocked down, and his wife received
a violent blow on the breast. The latter threatened
that the defendants should have to answer for their
conduct before the Mayor next morning. Tile gallant
Captain replied, that he should have to account for
his conduct before himself, for that he was himself
the Mayor. It appeared, that the young Gentleman's
brother, Thomas, had been the Mayor of the Borough
two years before. Several witnesses swore that, after
the assault above-mentioned, the defendants went
away, but returned again to the booth twice within
forty minutes, and were guilty ofthe same outrageous
conduct; and having threatened to murder both the
plaintitFand his wife, they were compelled to take re-
, Inge in a public-house to avoid the danger threat-
ened. It v-as admitted, on the cross-examination,
that when the plaintiff was assaulted on the last oc •
casion, he had struck one of the defendants in his
own defence. The Captain, however, had challenged
him to a pugilistic combat, and desired that he should
enter the lists within half an hour, at a place men-
tioned. A constable was told of the plaintiffs' com.
plaint, but, adverting to the influence and authority of
the defendants in the Borough, seemed to think that
his jurisdiction would be of no avail.
In support of the second action, general evidence

ivas given thai the plainies booth Was attacted, het
the injury it had sustained appeared tb be very slighr.
Mr. Scs KLETT, fOr the defendant', had never heard -
a more inconsistent case than that Made out by the
plaintiffs' witnesses; even supposing, which he wet
far from being inclined to concede, thit those persons
were entitled to implicit credit. His Learned Friend
(Mr. Gurney, whn was Counsel for the plaintiff's), had
not even gone through the ordinary forms of an
action of assault—he had not closed his case by call=
ing the doctor. The plaintiff had not even laid out
sixpence in the purchase c.i a pl:ster—piobably he
had found the prescriptions of the attorney best
suited to the nature of cas.e. The defendants
were persons of the very first tespectability ; and he •
should be able to spew, not only that the plaintiff
had given the first blow, but that Mr. George Gape
had received very considerable injury.
On the part of the deiendants several witnesses
were examined. Among them was the elderly Gen-
tleman at whose house the defendants had dined. It
appeared that the defendants had received some per-
sonal injury, and weretonsiderab:y the worse for the
conflict with the plaintiff. There were, hoxever,
some points of the evidence on the part of the plain-
', tiff not contradicted, and porticvlarly the fact of the
doll being exhibited to the plaintiff's wife.
Mr. URNs-; retorted upon Mr. Scarlett's case the
charge of inconsistency, and argued upon the impro-
bability that the plaintifF, whose trade it was to at-
tend at Fairs, and whose livelihood consequently de-
pended upon conciliating the inhabitants of the towns
which he frequented, should wantonly, and without
cause, insult the most powerful fainily of
.the place
in which he was dealing.
The Citter-Jusr;rt., in summing up, told the
Jury, that the plaintiff was at least engaged in a
lawful occupation; ands as he was flied in one place, •
and it appeared the defendants had come to his stall
more than once, the presumption was, that be was
not the aggressor; but he did not thilik it was a case
that called for excessive damages.
The Jury found for the plaintiff in both the actions,
with 12100 damages upon the first, and £5O upon the
second.