In the Bail Court, on Wednesday, Sir William Follett applied,
on behalf of Lady Gardiner, for a rule for a criminal information against the proprietors of the Morning Post, for the following libel, which ap- peared on the 13th instant- " Rumoured indiscretion in High Life.—The unfortunate separation of a noble lord from his lady is just now a topic of leading interest ; and the cir- cumstances have thus been represented in the fashionable circles. It is stated that the lady was discovered in a situation of very proximate familiarity with an illustrious personage, who was on a visit at the time at the hospitable man- sion of a noble friend, where the unfortunate couple were also staying. A marriage now on the tapis so singularly mixes up some of the individuals concerned, as to give a very painful novelty to this unfortunate affair, and to involve a noble lord and his intended bride in a position of the greatest deli- cacy."
Sir William had affidavits to satisfy the Court that the parties alluded to were Lady Gardiner, daughter of Lord Dinorben, and the Prince of Cape. It was true that Lady Gardiner was at variance with her hits- band ; but that variance had nothing to do with the "familiarity " men- tioned ; and he had the affidavits of Lady Gardiner and the Prince of Capita denying positively that there had been any improper familiarity between them at any time. Ile had no affidavit from I.ord Gardiner ; for a reason which his Lordship's reply to an application from Lady. Gardiner's solicitor would disclose- " Sir—I bare to acknowledge the receipt of your letter this morning. it is impossible for me to deny the truth of a statement, the facts and merits of which have not come under my own immediate observation. I freely admit that I saw nothing, when 1 was at none], to justify any accusation of the kind : nor do I clearly, understand to whom it refers. Whatever may have given rise to so absurd a report, must have occurred during my absence : but 1 can- not deny cm oaths that which 1 merely believe not to be true."
Rule granted.
In the Sheriff's Court, on Thursday, Martha Woodland obtained a verdict for 16L los. against Lord Norbury, being money laid out in support of her sister, Elizabeth Woodland, whom Lord Norbury had seduced. Letters front his Lordship proved the plaintiff's case.
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