By LORD ELLENBOROUGH.—You told Mr. Thomas that you intended to prosecute Mr. Church for defaming your wife’s character?—I don’t know that I ever told Mr. Thomas; but I believe I have said that, or words to that effect, to other persons. By Mr. GURNEY.—Did you not tell Mr. Thomas that you were determined to prosecute Church for having said disrespectful things of your wife?—I may have told him amongst other persons. Did you not mention that, amongst other things, on that very morning that you had the interview with Mr. Church?—No; certainly not. Some other time I might. By LORD ELLENBOROUGH.—Was it after that morning?—Yes, my Lord, it must have been a considerable time after that. _Re-examined by_ Mr. BOLLAND. What did you inform him that you intended to institute a prosecution against Church for?—For defamation of my wife’s character. LORD ELLENBOROUGH.—That I suppose is your case? Mr. MARRYATT.—No, my Lord, I am going to call Mrs. Hunter. Mrs. HUNTER sworn. _Examined by_ Mr. MARRYATT. I believe you are an attendant amongst the congregation, and a hearer of Mr. Church?—Yes. Did he at any time write to you, early in the month of October last?—I received a letter in the beginning of the month of October, but there was no name to it. There was no place of abode given, or any thing except the day of the month?—No. Did you know from whom it came?—I cannot tell. Did you put that letter into the hands of Mr. Patrick?—I gave it to Mr. Patrick’s daughter, who gave it to her father. Was that letter returned to you again?—It was; but I took no farther notice of it. Was that letter returned to you again?—Yes. You had a subpœna _duces tecum_ to produce it?—I had but it is impossible to produce it. Why is it impossible to produce it?—I will tell you why. After the letter was returned to me, I took no further notice of it. I put it into a drawer; but I know no more than his Lordship what is become of it; I looked for it on the Thursday morning before I came, but I could find no scraps of it. I was not able to find it. Then you were wholly unable to find it?—I was. By Lord ELLENBOROUGH.—Did you search diligently to find it?—I did, indeed, my Lord. By Mr. MARRYATT.—Are you convinced there was no name to it?—I am. Are you acquainted with Mr. Church’s hand writing?—I have seen his writing, and I have seen it written in a different hand: not always alike, but sometimes very different: not to say exactly two different hands, but such a difference in the same hand writing, that you would hardly think it was the same. I have seen it so different, at times, that I should not at all times think it was the same. Upon receiving the letter in question, whose hand writing did you believe it to be, and state it to be? Mr. GURNEY.—I submit to your Lordship, that this is not a legal question.