Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-03-07

officer court marthled. expressed his approval of
the course 81 Lord Cardigan IN not resorting to
challenge 4 his adversary.
An Is-iish Ia u a,aIry OHeer, aud Hi. n u M
HANCOCK =. LORD ERNEST yASE TEMPEST.
IT, Va. an action brooght by the plautiff.ihe
On neai i4Reilar in Bond1treet. against the de
PENDANT. Lord Ernest Nane Tempest. TO recover
the II $50 49, for goods sold and deliver
81.
Mr. Edwin James. q. C.. in stating the case
10 the Jury. aid that the defendant wa the third
son # the late Marquis and the present DaSaeer
Marehioness Of Londonderry aud the action
brought 10 recover the sum Of I IJ1 los. far Nv
olry Supplied 10 the Noble defendant froa Sep
,ember. l553. t. May. ISL. To the demand the
the noble defendant had pleaded by h. guardian.
infancy. and never indebted The defeBaaa'.s,
the time be contracted the debt. 49, an a.Soe-
in the Second Life Guard. anI son 4 one I ;ha
most wealthy OF our aristpcracy. LIVING IN = hs-l
sphere II society. accompanied by 81. the sf;rs-
bates aud appliance, 81 great iaIars snd wealth.
He went from tine 10 time l. the PLAINTIFF >aHV
and selected the various articles w5ia wa.zA b.
was charged. aui the questisu f1T the jarF
whether the article. IN question Rsge sz=t4e,s
for gentleman in the p siion e; lie u t. .e-
PENDANT. be having thought fz.l; a. q Geatze12a
and an oihceT = put Ell TIE record toe pea =. 80
fancy. In Add sons ~ aii.4. 8; So laii i1an
that ncce.safies were - be considered in refer
ence 10 The position and rank 4 the person con
tracing the debt, and i had been he'd that ,er-
want IN livery a necessary 70 = rich infant s.
well expensive uniforms = an infan; officer in
the Guards laughter - aud to iufAn; otfesr. in
Volunteer Corps. IL certainly appeared fl3icu-
ings 10 talk If infant officer. bat Il was iIst q
ray they light very well. The aIiieles sgppAed
consisted Of amongst others, diamond roby
centre cross ring. enaine.ed pearl star loeket,
81 10.
His Lord.hp-A loeke; what Is thar, Mr.
james,
Mr.. Jame.-You ak me what it Is. my Lord,
aud will tell you, for | once had loekei-
Laughter. a locke, is thing in which you
wear piece If the hair Of a lady 70 shom YOU
attached. Laughter.
His Lord-hp-Then | have been without ne
oessary all my life. Renewed laughter.
Nh. james Your Lordshp in
FAINT officer in the Second Life Guards. That
makes all the difference. Laughter. The
next item was pair of ONYX sleeve link studs,
~. That surely must be necessary article
Tor mobile lord.ior only fancy Lord Ernest Nane
IempeSt riding with his mamma with "a pair Of
pewter studs and brass sleeve rings, Laughter.
The thing ridiculous, and it was not II be
expected that a nobleman would wear second
"r third rate il siu1, which ordinary persons
were obliged 10 wear. Laughter. Then came
Aeyrd. understood what latch key was Laugh.
ter II was usual with the officers of this regi-
meat II have god latch keys, and Of course this
young n"hlemhn'- mamma could not fancy her
ION having one of iron or steel whilst the other
"iicers, h,s EQUALS, srre wearing gold ones
here was an item for necklace. G1:but wheih
"r his loIdshsP wore it not lie tMr. james }
could hot say, and there was another item for It
Hussinn l'ather dressing case without raz5rs.-
Laughter.
III, Lordship-lhe defendant being a young
man, aud an infant, probably did not want
them.
Mr.. Jantes-If yonr Lordsbip saw him. you
would say he did not want shaving. Laughter. I
he lfnrned counsel then read various other
items and amongst them another article far hold
ing hair, remarked that the noble defendant ap-
pcared Ia be much attached to hair- laughter |
and alluded in conclusion, 10. his lord-hip hay
ing ~alch. That. he said, he thought the grand
Jury would say was necessary article, in rider
that h" might pnrH3e at the right time, and to
look at 10 see that he never went too fact. Laugh
irr The learned counsel then called Mr.. Han
cock, who proved having demanded the money.
lie said that every article IN his shop mark
ed III plain figures. After the noble lord be-
came involved he sent the account TO the march
iuntss.
Mr.. James-lh hat was when he was about TO
enter the Church. Laughter.
MIR. llnncock said il was usual for gentlemen
to huve gold latch door KEYS. especially tho Off
GERS OF this regiment. 1t was usual for gentle
men 10 wear bracelets and lockets and from the
low price of these articles he thought they were
for Eentlrmcus use. He was in the habit f send
ing articles Ia the noble defendant at his barracks.
Several of Mr.. llancock's assistants spoke 10 sell
mig mnny OF the articles in question To the no
bic defendant, especially n blood stone locket,
with the initial e. on it in diamonds.
His L"rd.hjp said the plaintiff had failed to
prove more Than sos los. Mr.. Boyll. for the
defendant, said that in that case, he would no,
90 to the jury. Her ladyship had offered 500
the sum she considered herself liable to pay for
her son. Mr.. James complained of the conduct
OF her ship in not paying the whole amount
Ithont Lord +. '. Iempest's evidence that he
had not had the articles, it should be taken as
| proved that the whole had been supplied. yer,
dict was then taken by direction of his lordship,
Tor t65 l5s.-Latc Report, Jan. 23d. Court Of
Erchequer' 6etoIe Baron BrompeH
! a VOL in the Cuy-scvcral Persons Attach
| IL Is SAID that there was yeritabe big grey,
! lean famished VOLTA regular orthodox denizen
OF the torest-prowling about our streets in the
| storm last night, seeking something to devour.
| n young man who tends the saloon under the
| American House, named ID. Z. Bowman, informs
! ns that he had renconre with him near the
| residence of Baron Moor, on Washington avenue,
at about five o'clock this morning. He was on
| his way from the boarding house to the saloon.
| lie first heard him howl; in u short time his
worship came up and m.de a leap at his throat.
! The young man unarmed except with a
! pocket knife. but by dint uf kicking and striking
and some lodging, succeeded in keeping his as
sa'Ian at bay until he got that weapon out and
| / al, -. -,