Star. — London, England, 1818-06-25 00:00:00

• ENTERTAINMENT AT CARLTON-110lia:. 1 •-- This being the time Of year when children are at home with their parents and friends from their dif ferent seminaries for the Midsummer holidays, the PRINCE ltet.ENT gave a Ball to a numerous assem- i blage of the sous and daughters of the Nobility, per sous of distinction, and his Royal Highness's particu lar 'friends. Their parents and friends were invited by the Equerry in waiting, and the younger branches Of their families, to a dance, to take place at eight • o'clock, on Tuesday evening, when they arrived at '.Carlton House, which called together as fine and as lovely an assemblage of children, probably, as ever was beheld, who principally had new clothes for the 'occasion. They appeared nor a little proud and de lighted at the honour of being invited to visit their Prince and the pleasure of viewing Carlton House. They were-conducted by the pages of his Itcyal High ness to the lower suite of rooms. The grand stair case leading to the.a, as well as the suite of rooms, were d.:corated with trees, of valious sorts, and flowers,' brought from the Royal Gardens. The Duchess of tiLOUCESTER arrived at Carlton House, at an early hour, under whose direction and superin tendence the entertainment was given, at the request of the RrGENT, and there jointly received. the Mfan tine visitors. An excellent band was stationed hi the Conservatory, and- the laige room was laid out for dancing, adjoining the Conservatory. The dancing commenced before nine o'clock, and-continued till past eleve.:, when the juvenile assemblage were con. ducted to die splendid Gothic room, at•the cast end of the suite of rooms, where they partook - of an ex cellent cola. collation, a great variety of fruits, con fectionary, &c. &c. The Duke of GLOUCESTER and suite, the Duke and Duchess of CAMBRIDGBJ the Landgrave of HESSE CAsser., the Grand Duke MICUAEL and suite, and several of the Foreign Am bassadors and Ministers with their Ladies, with seve ral other distinguished characters, were present to witness this interesting entertainment to the rising geaeption. After supper they were cor.veyed to their parents homes in carriages, and some of their parents and • friends amused themselves with the tinny dance. LA 1r INTELLIGENV4. CJURT or ROW'S BENCH. JUNE ft. WILMS V. D. OLIVEIRA._ _ An action for damages for a libel : the declaration also contained counts for verbal slander. The plead ings havnig been oeened by Mr. CHITTY, Mr. Guitemr, in introducing the witnesses for the plaintiff, observed, that his client was a schoolmaster of high respectability and attainments at Girshalton, and the defendant a Madeira merchant of great opu lence. The libel and slander of - which the former. complained were of the grossest kind, and directed against the plaintiff not merely with a view of de tracting, from his reputation, but avowedly with the desiza of ruining his school. The Jury would be aware that to no man could character be mare pre cious than to a person in the situation of the and if they found (as they would find in this case) that it was wanton and unprovoked, they would award exemplary damages. The defendant received a recommendation of the plaintiff's school fiom some booksellers, the publishers of a Catholic periodical work called the " Laity's Director." and he accord ingly sent his three sons there, paying, as was the invariable rule of the establishment, for six mon hs in advance. The boys had not been there long, when the father, the defendant, shewed symptoms of dis satisfaction without any cause, and proceeded to L.- terfere even in the management of the school. He did not approve of the dancing -master, and he thought that his sons were classed too low, with many other unfounded and frivolous complaints.H He,, finally, without notice, took his sons away, and insisted upon the repayment of the greater part of the money he had paid with them; of course the plaintiff refused, and the defendant instantly com-J menced the attack, of a part of which the present'. action was made the subject. He first wrote the libel inserted in the declaration, being a letter r alessrs. Keating and Brown, the booksellers, who had spoken in favour of Mr. Milius, the plaintiff. It was in these gross terms:— " Gentierwen—As you recommended BMus, it is a duty I owe the public, to tell you that he is as low, mean, and vulva a wretch as I ever saw in any situation. I shall be vsecessiala to go to law to get back any money. I calnot comprehend on what ground you could mention such a wretch, brought up in the meridian of tit. Gilts's ; who was afterwards an usher in I Mr. Kit:g,'s school, in Chapel-street, and since kept a school in' Liule Wild -street, Lincoln's In 'Acids, and -two more in the neighbourhood of Red Lion-square, when you cutest to have known thit not half-a-dozen respectable English families have intrusted him with their sons. Perhaps not any, or if they it was by mistake. " The Laity's Directory, which I have been In the habit of taking in of you, and where i saw this blackguard, and whom, till then, I did not know, I shall never see again while such a cursed sbool exists.—l'our's, respectfully," dtc. Besides this unwarrantable and disgraceful letter, the declaration contained counts for slander ; for Mr. Oliveira, in the height of his malice, industriously went about among the friends of many of the boys at Mr. Milius's school, abusing him, charging him with swindling, incompetency, and giving the chil dren few provisions, and those in a state not fit to be eaten. To several Gentlemen he had avowed it to he his intention, if possible, to ruin the plaintiff, by repeated an.l unfounded calumnies. Under these circumstances, Mr. Milius had no choice but to seek protection from these attacks at the hands of a Jury, who would award him such ample damages as his injuries remanded. Mr. R. Brown, a bookseller in Duke street, Grosve nor-square, carrying on business with others, tinder the firm of Keating, Brown, and Kea:ing : be knew the plaintiff weil, he was a schoolmaster at Carshal ton. The witness puhlisbeil The Laity's Directory," in which die plaintiff's school was advertised. The libel was delivered to Mr. Keating, and th 2 witness believed it to be the writing of the defendant, who was a native of Madeira, and a foreigner obviously by his dialect. Mr. Keating proved the delivery of the libel to A genteel looking man, driving intoxicated through him by a clerk of the defendant. The witness had Rochester a few evenings since, in a one-horse chaise, recommended the plaintiff's school to the defendant, who sent some joung gentlemen to it, whether his ran it against a carriage, and was thrown on the pave sons or no: he could slot state. He received the letter ment, where he lay in a state of insensibility. A about March last : e defendant had previously Custom-house Officer coming amongst others to his sroken di xespec-ililly of the plaintiff. assistance, accidentally found in his possession a quan- The libel was then read in the form stated by Mr. tity of French lace ; this led to further search, and the seizure of the horse and chaise, the latter containing ( " URN "' Alr. Brown preyed a second letter to be the hand other smuggled goods the value of upwards of Este)/. writing cf the defendant, in which a demand was Mr. Arnold, of the Haymarket, e7as met on Tues made from the plaintiff of the sum paid on the ad day night by two men, apparently sailors, in the fields mission of the boys to his school (deducting . a small between Hammersmith and Kensington, who offered sum for their board, Ste. since Christmas) within 21 to accompany him as far as Kensington; Mr. Arnold ffer, and they walked together about hours' 'file defendant in the same letter offered to accepted their o leave the matter to arbitration. It was dated 9th a quarter of a mile, when on of the men suddenly March, 18:8. turned round, and with the but-end of a horse pistol Mr. Charles Hutchinson, one of the ushers in the knocked Mr. Arnold down, tied his hands, and with plaintiff's school, deposed that the plaintiff placed the assistance of the other, robbed him of 4 1 . in Bank of England no.es, and 21. in silver. his three sons there: they were sent at the commence ment of the last Christmas holidays. 13eDiveen eleven and twelve o'clock on Senday, Cross examined.—The plaintiff had kept a school during the temporary absence of the family, the at carshalton for six years. The witness had been dwelling house of Mr. Nam, No. .5, Maiden-lane, with him since August last, There were 23 scholars. Battle-bridge, was entered by some villains, whi; Only two had left since March, exclusive of the de robbed his desk of sixty pounds in Bank notes, a bill, fend' 's sonL ofl2l. two silver watches, and some weal ing apParel. Mr. W . Byrne, a merchant , and guardian of two A letter from a British Officer, at Venezula, dated b o y s of the name of De Silva, whom about twel v e April the 10th, says—" After the action at Sombrero ,, months ago he placed at the plaintiff's school, where, Bolivar having detached his irregular cavalry under they still remained. A short time ago the &fen- Faez and Cedeno in different directions, and for im- dant called upon the witness, but he could net at all portant objects, was suddenly attacked by a Spanish fix the date. corps under General Calzada, which had moved for- A long chain of witnesses were called, to show, ward to intercept his communication with the Llanos, if possible, that this took place before April, when whence he draws his supplies. Paea and Cedeno, action was commenced ; but the endeavours failed, two able Generals for this kind of irregular warfare, and Mr. GURNEY abandoned the evidence of Mr. weri ' as I before observed, absent ; but without falling By rne. back to join them,, the Supreme Chief, Bolivar, dis- Mr. Tully Higgins had a nephew at the plaintiff's mounted his dragoons, and led on the infantry to at- school. The defendant came to the witness in March, tack the Spaniards in ;lie mountains, where his horses as he believed, but it might be in April, or perhaps could not act. A terrible conflict ensued, 'and 1400 February, probably more than three months ago, men fell on both sides. The loss is supposed to have The witness had never seen him before, but Mr. °tie been equal, and the Spaniards, thongh they had the veira asked what had induced him to send his bop advantage of position, and their main army with to such a school? The witness replied, that he had them, were glad to sneak away. Bolivar fell back understood that it was respectable; on which he ob on Calabozo, where his magazines were, and was served, that Mr. Milius was a man not capable, and rejoined by Paez and Cedeno, with numbers of fresh treated the boys very ill ; it was a place to which no volunteers. On the 23d ult. (March) they were pre- ntlemau should send his sons: the meat give n to paring to advance again, but it was .generally con- sem was not well dressed, but sent up raw The siciered the Spaniards had made their last effort. No defendant worked himself into a violent passion, and thing can equal the enthusiasm prevalent here, and . seemed endeavouring to prevail upon the witness to nothing can surpass the horrors excited by the cruel- take his nephew away : he added, that he was de ties the Spaniards have committed every where. An ' termined to injure Mr. Milius if he could ; and talk immense army under Nonato Perez, was within a int , a g reat deal of his own wealth, he said that he few leaguss of Santa Pe, where thelicyalis:s lied lest nut care what it cost him. every hold." I espos-camintai........The defendant threatened to ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. The Indians continue their exhibition, and it is un questionably a very novel and curious one. A Pro gramme of the Ballet is now judiciously supplied, and the audience are enabled to follow with interest what must to the majority have hitherto been scarcely intelligible. The Ballet commences with a dance of European settlers, preparatory to a marriage. The meeting is interrupted by a rival settler, who asserts his claim to tne bride, and on being rejected, calls in a party of Indian. The war-whoop is heard, and the planters separate in terror. The Indians enter into a war march, which consists of measured tramp !jogs. with wild and distorted tossings of the head and arms, to the beating of a small drum by their Chief, ar.i the alternate growls and screams of the war-whoop. The pla s cottage is attacked, the planter carried to the st tke, and his daughter borne oft' h the Indians. The death dance begins round the old planter, and the torch is put to the pile, when an attack is made upon hi, executioners by a troop of friendly Indians. A skirmish is fought sound the stage, in which die combatants discharge their ar rows, whirl their tomahawks, die, and revive with great dexterity. The battle ends, as usual, by a treaty, which, is sole:nnizecl by the smoking of pipes, and the shaking of hands, and celebrated by a dance. This was followed by the Beggar's Opera, with Mrs. H. KEMULE for PEARAAN W.ll the Madicafis, and very clever in his songs. Miss Kataa's Lucy is universally known and admired. 1 1 1 t • 1 • • I • r 1 1 • bring an action against the plakdiff, and would do him as much injury as he could s the witness was distinct in his recollection of the words. He had not taken, and would not take away his nephew. Mr. E. P. Fordham had called upon the defendant ! on the 9th of April last, in consequence of some re ports he had heard. The defendant called the plain-' tiff a scoundrel, a villain, and a swindler ; slid that his school was ill conducted, that the meat was raw, and not enough of it. The witness had sent his son to the school three days before. Cross-exaotined.—He had never known Mr. Oli veira before, but called to learn the cause of the dis pute between him and the defendant. ' Mr. GoittreY then offered evidence of parents and children, to spew that there was no pretence for the slander of the defendant. He also proposed to re call Mr. Byrne, even on the uncertainty of the date, in order to shew, quo axiom, the defendant uttered the slanders. Mr. Justice Houtovo consented to receive the evi• donee on the authority of a case in Strange, which his Lordship generally referred to. Mr. - Byrne then stated, that the defendant, with whmn he had had no previous acquaintance, had called upon him and said, that he had thought it right to do, as Mr. Milius was totally unfit to have the care of the two boys, to whom the witness was guardian. He (Milius) was wholly unfit for his sta tion, and a notorious swindler, so mu. ;. so that he was obliged to withdraw his sons. The meat given to the boys was very bad ; and the defendant added, in his passion, th..t they fed like swine, and that' proper attention was not paid to their instruction.— He then read two very abusive letters he had written to the plaintiff; he was determined to commence a prosecution against him, and from what he Fr:.l said tt was the duty of the witness to remove his boys.— The witness answered, that he was well satisfied as to the instruction of his wards, as he had examined them only the week before, and the boys seemed well contented with the nourishment they received ; however, after this strong representation, he would make inquiries, upon which the defendant began again with greater warmth, and left the witness very abruptly. He made an investigation, and was com pletely satisfied on all points. Mr. Oliveira sworn violently, but like a foreigner, and n ): so glibly as an Englishman ; bat he must have understood the force of the word swindler. Cross-examined.—The defendant talked c almly for the first three minutes: he went away without even the common civilities: he seemed very much inflamed. ....... Mr. SCARLETT begged to be understood, that he objected to this evidence, as subsequent to the suing out of the writ in the cause. _ _ _ ..... Mr. SCARIATT, in his address to the Jury for the defendant, complained that his client had been a little hardly dealt with, as the evidence in no respect corresponded with the declaration, particularly re garding the slanderous words imputed. The ce-nt that referred to what :.ad been said to the last wit ness and Mr. Higgins, was framed as a special action upon the ct.se; and the Learned Counsel submitted, that in order to maintain it, some special damage 'ought to be proved: this too the defendant had had no opportunity of justifying. Mr. Justice Hotnovo observed, that the count was in fact for words, though the general effect of them was only stated, and to them the defendant might have put in a justification. Mr. SCARLETT argued, that in fairness the very words ought to have been insetted in the declaration, that the defendant might have been able to meet the precise e bulge. Ile contended that Mr. Milius had been rather too forward in endeavouring to put his hand h.to the defendant's pocket when he had al ready received more money than he was entitled to; he had contrived to get the whip-hand of the.defen-' dant, who had naturally been extremely anxious re specting the welfare of his children, and who felt' somewhat too warmly in consequence of ill treat ment he thought they had received. With respect to the angry letter written by the defendant to Keating and C o. - he submitted that it was intemperate, not malicious; and With regard to the particular expres sions, the Learned Counsel entreated the Jury to re collect, that foreigners like Mr. Oliveira, though they might be generally well acquainted with the language, did not understand the precise force of words, especially when used idiomatically. He il lustrated this position by two anecdotes that had come within his knowledge: One referred to a very learned friend, who bad Elled a high magisterial si tuation in India. A Pundit (so the native lawyers were called), designing to flatter his benevolence, ad dressed a petition to - him in English, opening with these words, " Well knowing your Worship to be a most pitifnl fill:: ..t) ," & c. 11:e Pundit was far from intending any aliuse. ht.t he had in fact grossly ca lumniated the Eldividual he was endeavouring to conciliate. The second story referred to a foreigner of high rank, who was received into the first circles. here, and who attained so great a proficiency in our language, that he even ventured to use proverbial expressions ; once very unfortunately, for he had seen at Newmarket a young Lady of great wit and beauty, who naturally e.Kci..ecl the approbate:. and love of all who beheld her. Now this foreigner had found in his dictionary the phrase, " to male one's mouth water ;" and, when he was asked how he liked the young Lady, he thought he could use it 0 advan tage; but he so perverted the phrase and so mis placed the words, that he represented the young Lady as having been guilty of an act of the greatest i'ieelieacy and iinmoaesty. In the • same way, the Le.irned Counsel submitted, that Hs client, in his hasty wrath, had misused the were urach, which was the chief sting of the libel: he had not meant to attribute to the Plaintiff that ha was a wretch, in a 'sense of the word merely English, but probably only to imply as much as the French cenieyed by their •; word mallteureuz, which indeed was a literal trats-% Ilation of wretch. Upon the whole M r . Scarlott ar gued that this we; a case for nominal damages-, as 1 the character of ;;;:r. Milius and his school- had b.. , en sufficiently vindicated. j Mr. Justice 140LROYD having summed up, the Jury, after a short consultation, gave the plainsi.T a verdict, with 12150 damages. Saturday last as Eshelby and Jefferies, the BCW• street alters, were keeping a sharp look-out for thieves, among the crowd in front of the hustings at Covent-garden, they had their , ricked of ±eir books aul some money. OLD BAILEY 3S.7ZIONS. Yes'. , :e.clay Ciarrfn flettonod, .11.4 e Creeler, azd I Pew, were indicted for stealin g a quaLtiiy of copp e from a house belonging w J. Solway, Esq. The facts of the case, as they came ellt in erlier e% were as iGllow ;—Mr. Mi , lioll, agent to air. tlf.ilwi l was informed by Mr. Stii; Lis, of the Th.:,:nes pont,. that the part of the root - of the lioase &>c:ibei inti m indictment had been stripped. (la -zan.ir,ing C o premises, Mr. Misholl found 1.4 ••• • isr-7- fp uzLit , 4 copper had hem taken oil the :GI se r , ; , 2 ~f , / ,' :! , j , was carried away, and the rot m. !c up i., ,f1 e ,,,. : rolls, ready for carrying GT. Ile 1.:: ; .,, e j y, :. Shields and some other officers tv r: ;.a: !l e 1, 0 .. 12 that niiilit. About half past eleve:. 0*,,.,' the r.,.;?. cers heard a con.:iderable noise G:i tn i raJ, :i n ,' 1.,,,, to le i towards it—when the prisoner% al.e.ii.A.'pope,' out of a window hao the street, huvin- . . ; ,!,,-1,... 1 ~,ii. of copper, which, on being punned. thti Rew was apprehended by the patru::: and the twc miler prisoners by .he ben en vott.ch. Verdict—All Guilty. George l'ieraey stood ca p itally inonn. a pocket-book, containing four ill no:v., valuable papers, the property of ?ex; Lever t •, The prosecutor is a sick -man ufavtorer ;he looked a his pocket boi.k at Somerset-llnd-e, and tor.ndhehad lost it before he had reached St. D;tiwan's Ch arc i i , John Davis, a Bow-street Censtahle, u a ia ti e &rand on the '2lst of May, near the end cf No r f a ti. street; saw prisoner and three other men busy i s feeling Geotlemen's p.ickets they passed. fc.:e me.% surrounded a Gentleman, whom he believes t, be prosecutor. They then ran down a street. anl he pursued them. Prisoner fell doss n ; while falnagk e threw the pocket boo:. towards the left. Viitncss sc cured him and the hook. containing the foar Li nr:3, a check for £l9 10s. and a bill at exchange fo. which were identified by tl.e prosecutor. Robarts was passing in the Strand; savrf t , prisoner and some other men surround a (iendenu r , from whose pocket they took somethieg.—The Jury immediately pronounced the •_risoner Jolts Devine w.vs iodicted for stealing a loaf afro gar, weight thirty pounds, off a raga street, Whitechaper, on the 15th June. r.exF.r.r. Otij r The waggon was lading, tt one o'clock it: day, opposite the owner of vie propery'si.c.:se. sours took the opportunity, in mu aosc„Le t sons loading it, they had gone in inca goods, to stand up . on the waggon and tike gar. A man passing witnessed tbi , 'dm into custody. Prisoner had no defence to make.— Verdiet--Gaiity. . _ _ The following were also ccnvi::ed -f fee D. Williams, for stealing I. la bilrer , a I,ro 7 1 . articles; F Williams, fur stealing sere-. ; stealing a ShW ar.d a plan.:; J. liexi.cr, to Eual. :iL l , L press, a table, Ste.; - Ann - Anderon, f:r J. Allen, for stta:ing a spring toql; T. Ketlz. cclt ; J. Clayton, for stualng a of trowatrs; tr.l J. 6x:4 for steeling four shawls. And nine setre acquitted, oh. J. •VP:ia-.•.:, J. Tt >clu, 11. Llrson, J. Mains, J. L'unteiti, G Cra......tr, V. and W. Punter. E? B3W-iTßEET.—Yein:diy, A mood Gi ove were brought to the and up. went an examination before Mr. limes. chari,t4 with robbing Mr. lienjarnin Co::,, of GeorLe-su,x, Westminster, yesterday o rnetninz, in the s:l.:ad. k appeared that the prisoner: had beea seen lul:;.ir.; about the bank of Air. Coutts, in the Strand. In. tit pu:pose, no doubt, of robbing porous coming froa thence, concluding they would hare in their possession. The prosecutor pasted Coutts's along the Strand ; and wi ea he ;!..7t net Norfolk-street, be saw the prisomrs run:' g Isms Norfolk-street, he instantly trlitt.e.i ;lit pacts: bock, and a friend of his having seen Aszna taltc ;it: book out of his pocket, they pursued the ptis-,r.:z, Gar up with them in Howard-street, and stturtd ti.tn; and on taking them to the watch-house, Aston pre duced the pocket book and begged for mstti.— Fletcher, a constable belonging to the Duchy of Las.. caster, went to the watch-house, took possessicn tt the pocket book and the prisoners, and as he vs conveying them to the oLice, his pocket was r of the pocket book. However, the chargeras to tisfactorily proved, without the stolen proi-zrty,l ll Magistrate fully committed the prisoners for tril— Another pickpocket was commitced for triAl fa: bing a gentleman in the Strand. Several were to the office for picking pockets opposite to the rings in Covent-garsiNt, and were committed ft UNION House.--1 poor pedlar was CO:tVit: the peaalty of ten pounds, for not having painted on his pack, though he had paid tor a:i and otters rise conformed to the Act. THAMES Potice..—Yesterday a person named C.e li.r, was convicted in the penalty of t'io, crier t.s Goal-.pct, for paying some coal heaven it t t cat.: instead of a counting-house. :r is There was a good supply of Corn ut -1174 Market on Saturday, when whtlat experience,: : ethic of about Ss. per coomb. Other grli3 lasL week.—The Hill was well coven:'. lit , r 3 and other cattle ; the prices c)i whish many remained unsold. The slieep-pe:ts v 2 . 7 ,1 f• tolerably full, and this slescr;ption of high prices. Wool 51s. to Otis. rer to.f. -=- D ! DL Lately, In Ply:a:ma, aged years, of r: a diCrt illness, prances, ereo,nd dat.ihtet of John ILLY/her, young Lady, so szuhletliy 'AI in the blo.nt of) - •L . Le.:ll-., Is decilr regretted by her funk (J • she bad endtvaid b,rse!f by bee esdnaabh: quaLLL..• am of heart. 31 Of st: Do June If, Sallsbnr-, John Somerset Talbot, s of SalLburi. t. Tue.day so'nnight, at T.:scter, after a 'atom !liNss, Easslake, in the nhth year of his :IL.: •Q 3 of h.: ber of the Wzsltqao slslholist S . )ciety. Tuesday tie'nright, at titonchou,t4 alter a lor7 and neat nelws 511 Y. Bunten wife .4 Captain Burdon, 7.1.4-i 16, 51.testss fa fez tP7 Lewis, Est. in the r'l: - isia, on his pas, , tik.• home feat.% whets c4ltd by his bf:CzVul.:rt attellti3.;, r...rsor.:lly happiness of the New) r ; k :lbsion La his lame Zia Cue Itet ~ ret07,t,..t.1 3 .1-liu, in ta,: a 3 X y:ar of Excelletly !..:112.r,1r.11 Couct Vou it..4lLcuCo, v 11 Qty ^f arslin. &c. ' COAL MARKET — , JUNE 24. Ships at Market. Ships &Id. 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