III the Court of King's Bench, on Saturday, Mr. Griffith
Evans ob- tained a verdict, with forty shillings damages, against the proprietors of the Liverpool Journal, for three libels. Evans is the person who a as apprehended at the Liverpool agricultural dinner in September int for using threatening language towards the Duke of Richmond and Lot d Stanley, carrying a horse pistol, and forcing himself into the thither- room. The Liverpool Journal had stated that he was insane, and bad been placed in a lunatic asylum. The plaintiff denied that he was in- - sane; and brought witnesses to prove that he was in his right. senses, though eccentric. The defendants pleaded a justification ; but failed to make it out to the satisfaction of the Jury, as appears by their verdict.
On Tuesday, this Court was crowded to witness the trial of Mrs. Harriet Sergeant, Mr. Caldwell, and Lieutenant Kitchener, for a conspitacy to swear falsely, that Mr. Sergeant, husband of the deka- dant, had committed adultery. A great deal of evidence was gone into, which tended to prove that the defendants had inveigled Alr. Sergeant into the company of some prostitutes, in order that his wife might see him, and then swear that she believed that he had corn- mited adultery. In this way, Mrs. Sergeant intended to meet a similar charge brought by her husband against herself. Lord Denman directed an acquittal, on the ground that the clairge of conspiracy to swear falsely was not substantiated in the least by the evidence ; cr Iiich merely went to prove that the defendants had conspired to make 31r. Sergeant commit adultery.
An action for libel, brought by Mr. Peter Chalmers against the proprietors of the Morning Post, was tried in the Court of Exchequer on Saturday. The plaintiff averred, that the Post had published an uofair and malicious account of the trial of an action which be had brought against the Jilin Ball, for speaking of him as a man guilty of forgery, though he had received a full pardon for the offence. He had obtained a verdict against the John Bull, and now sought reparation from the Post. The Jury, however, thought the report of the trial a fair one; and therefore, under the direction of Lord Abinger, found a verdict for the defendants.
,On Wednesday, Mr. H. Twiss applied on behalf of D'Almaine and Co., the music-sellers, for an injunction to restrain Mr. Boosey from selling the music of Auber's opera of Lestoeq, the copyright of which they had purchased. Time to answer the affidavits was requested for the defendant ; and the Court ordered the case to stand over to the :1s1 of March, on the defendant undertaking to keep an account of all the copies he sold..
A Compensation Jury has awarded 1:350/. us. 6d. as the amount to be paid to the Trustees of the Baptist Chapel, Dean Street, Tooley Stweet, by the London and Greenwich Railway Company, by whom the chapel is required.
A Commission sat at time Yorkshire Stingo, Lisson Grove, on Satur- day, to inquire into the state of mind of Lady Esther Fihner, widow of the Reverend Sir John Filiner, Rector of East Sutton. After some evidence had been given by her medical attendants, which went to prove. insanity, the unfortunate lady herself was examined. She told the Commissioners— That she was positively the wickedest woman in the world—positively, oh ! yes, indeed, positively so. It was now absolutely necessary to inter her. She had already destroyed seven str sit -waistcoats. " I have a very extraordinary request to make—it will appear a very extraordinary one to you, gentlemen, no doubt, but it must be granted, it must indeed : I ant convinced I shall never die ; and I must not be kept above ground any longer ; I hope you will consent to my being buried alive. I am not human; I am a million times worse than the Devil himself."
In answer to an inquiry about her property, she said— It was all gone, she had foolishly expended it ; the ;vow. was still in the Bank, but she had bad more than that, and spent it all; gave it to poor people ; had eight pensioners, at is. per week only ; it was true. She concluded with these words--" All I earnestly solicit is, that I may be interred. I am a mere shell : it is so indeed, and you know it is so (appealing to her attendants); I have no heart, no bowels, nothing but lights. That is my only request; it is absolutely necessary ; it must be done. When v-ill you let me know ? Do not delay it be- yond Monday. It is absolutely necessary ; and when that is done, Sir Falikuad Filmer will settle every thing. But I st be buried ; it most he done."
She told Dr. Monro that she much hunented that the Conservative cause should stiffer through her wickedness. A verdict of " without lucid intervals, since the :13d September lust," was agreed to by the Commissioners.
Mr. Lambert, of Knowle Hall, in Dorsetshire, obtained 1001. damages in the Sheriff's Court on Wednesday, against Mr. W. C.
Mitchell, on of Mr. Rowlaial Mitchel (if Halley Street. for criminal cont!'ersation with his wife. Mr. Lambert is the gentleman whose quarrels with his wife, on account of her supposed infidelity with Mr. ilannam, have bsen repeatedly mentioned. He endeavoured unsuc- cessfully to proenre a diviner from her, and afterwards sent her from his house. She went to reside at Hampstead ; and there formed at connexion with Mr. Mitchell. who lived with her tinder the mune of Lambert. The Under Sheriff said, that the plaintiff was not entitled to heavy damages, beeause it appeared that before the defendant became acquainted with her, the plaintiff hail put her away, and consi- dered that, as she had destroyed the ties %Odell existel between man and wife, she was not fit to be again taken to his house. The dsmages were laid at 30e01.
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