Star. — 1801-02-12 (London, England)

ARTICLES OT PEACE.  Mr. Law moved for leave to exhibit Articles of the Peace again( a Noble Lord. The Right Hon. Mary, Countcfs of Pomfret, appeared on the Bench, and exhibited Articles of the Peace againft the Earl of Pomfret her hut= band, (taring ecaain circumflances of domeftic tinhappine6 between her Ladythip and the Noble Earl, arifing out of conliderations of her fortune, which was ,too,oool. and upwards, and her pin. money, which Vas aoool. a/ear, over which the complained the Noble Earl endeavoured to obtain an unjultiliabli cancroid, contrary to their marriage fettkment, and threatened to murder her, tinfs the relinquifited her pin-money. She being in much fear, requelled the might confult her aunt, fo, which Timpole the went over to her aunt's book in the begiamng of Oftober laft. On the tyth of, the fame month, the received a letter from her hufband, laying, that unlefs the immediately return- 1 ed, he thould procure articles of feparation ; in confequenee of this the went to Eafton, and when the arrived, found all the furniture ne, the fervants difcharged, and the Earl alit-ingot. She then fet off for town, and went to his LordLip's honk in Portman-fquare, and every thiag there was in the fame confufion as at Beane however ke remained there till the 19th January, when the received a letter from a Mr. Lloyd, laying, that his I.ordlhip had defined him to Worm her, that he would allow the fum of scot. per annum for -her fepamte maintenance. On the receipt cf this letter the removed to Henford-fireet, May-fair, where the has remained ever Her Ladvthip further hated, that the Noble Earl bad behaved towards her with coldnels, after. wards with indifference, and then with haughtiseri, and in time cafes, with cruelty and infidelity, fir which a Suit was depending in the Ecclefiallieal : concluding with the ulna) affes.cration, that the did not exhibit thefe Articles fr any malice, hatred, or ill-will, but merely to (Ave h.erfeif hum dang-r, and bodily harm. The Articles being (worn to by the Lady, and the Court took ionic time to confider, and si.sa Loari Lamm obi:reed, that the Articles  fhould be made a little more rpecifle as to the dates of the alts, from which her Ladyfhip apprehcnded belief* to be in danger. She was entitled, moll affuredly, to the *tote lion of the Court; but fill the Court mull take care, not to make a .precedent, by which they might lead to thc receiving of defeCtive Articles thc alts of actual compuifion complained of, ihould be fpecitically fated. His Lordlhip raid, he chufed not to fay a great deal on this fubjea. The Lady fhould certainly have the protection of the Court but the articles would be better if they were made a little more fpecific. Mr. Law obferved, that the Noble Earl would not, of courfe, ufe any authority over the Counters in the inierint. Lord Kstivos He will not prefume to meddle with her in the mean time : however high his rank may be, the Law of the Land is fupenor even to his rank. Ido not fay that there Articles .might net finally prevail in care they are not amended; but if they were a little more particular I think it would be better, efpecially on account of the precedent." Her Ladyfhip then withdrew, an 4 in ahont an Inktr appeared pin with the Articles amended according to the intimation of the Bench, which being aglin front to and read—The Conn extended its protection as defined on behalf of the Lady, who then retired.