Star. — London, England, 1827-08-07 00:00:00

rASMOWABLE INTELLIGtNct. ARRIVAL& ' 'The Ravi and Countess of Ashhurnh.ust, at their seat Is Sussex, hots tbeCiatitinent; the Marquis or Carmarthen, in Hrutuu-street, yam Windsor; Mr. and Lady Stewart, at their Louse in Wilton. w eer, from Chehenhato ; Lord and Lady Churchill; at their seat Otfotdshfre. Rom Richmond Park ; Miss Dawkins, In Queen . i t a g-grert, from a tout in Devon.ltirt ; Captain eden, at Fenton's Herd, St. James's street, &tun a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. Harvey and f a may, at the London Hotel, Albemmle.stteee, from Demerara ; T. W. Coventry, Rut. at Thomas's Hotel, Betimk7-square, from arighton. DEPARTURES. ilbe Countess of Charlmrftle, for Richmond ; • Lady Carr Glynn, for Gaunt's House, near Wianboome, in Dorsetshlre ; Mr. Charles user', for Whitton Hall, near Hounslow; Hon. Colonel Henry ,Nyl o dsee, for Kelsey Park, near Beckenham, Kent ; Captain gi a kesey. for Portsmouth Sake Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's, I m es their house in Stretton.strett, for Salt Hill; the - Earl and Casstos of Glasgow and Family, from Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley vine. for their sou in Scotland ; Captain and Mrs. Fielding, for their seat in Wilts; the Ladles Ashburnham, from their house in Upper Grovenor.street, for Richmond. CHANGES. Sir Mathew White Ridley, Bart foe' Illagden, bear Newcastle tander.Lyne ; the Earl of Scarborough, from Sandbeck Castle, In Yorkshire, for Durham ; ' Colonel Parket, from Lyme Regis, for Cheltenham; the Duke of Redford, Isom Woburn Abbey, for the Berl of Jersey's teat, Middleton Pak. Oxfordshire. GRAND FETE AT FIRLE-J'LACE, SUSSEX.. • Viscount and Viscountess Gaol gave t grand , F ete on Friday hst, at their seat, Firiespiace,•Sasks, to about a hundred and sixty of the Nobility and Gentry, at which she agulkelt Game of Quin taya was revived. The sports commences: by Gentlemen riding with light spiked stales at rings and apish, suspended by a string ; a lter which, they changed their weapons to stout Foie, and attacked the tw o quintay s,sv hich consisted of logs of woo..l,fashioned to resent • Lk the head and body or a man,and set upright upon a high broth, on which they were kept lay &chain polo* thrilogh the platform, and Laving a heavy weight suspended to st,so that if the log was not struck full sod feeelbly, the figure resumed its seat. One was also divided in the middle, end the upper part being fixed on a pivot, turned, of not struck. in the centre s and requited its assailant by a blow with a staff, to which was suspended a small bag of flour. The purses for usshorsing the quintayn were won by John Slater and Thomas 'firebeck, Esc,. The other figure, which did not turn, opposed .s ince inserts the aissilatit'• face, and the rider was to avoid the Bice also unhorse the quinrayn at ths same thine. The purses were won by Sheffield Nease, and the Hon. John Pelham. —A third pair of purses were oflereal for unhorsing thi. quin taye, by striking on a coloured belt which hooped round the waist of the figure, thereby raising the weight, which was eon sigtestate, by a much shorter lever than When struck higher up; tkit WAS a feta requiting great strength of arm and firm 's* of seat, and though r i ot fairly won according to the rules of a e rate, the purses were ultimately assigned to the very spirited ' , stokes of Wessrs. Cayley and Gardener. Viscountess Gage sliesibsted the purse to the conquerors. About six o'clock the numerous party sat down to a cold collation of upwards of 300 di.ks, consisting of every delicacy the season could possibly afford, nickeling the cboicest collection of fruits and wines of the finest • valisy; after which many recontined the game of quintayn— . ohm diverted themselves at rifling the target. The Ladies amused thossehes at archery. In the evening the assemblage of Nobility and (sentry retired to the Grand Flail, where fashionable qua drilles concluded the amusements of ihe day. SPORIINGANTELLIGFNCE. - TATTERSA LL'.36 Nearly every Sabaclibeenfoutejwing ativnt at the York Arguat Races, there was scarcrly any thing done yesterday. •We ate, tbeeettne, unable to Wive any authentic suotatiou of odds. YORK AUGUST MEETING. Yoax, Somm• Aerevamou. A more than usual degree of interest ts excited by this Meeting, and its eommencrtnent en Tuesday next is looked for with great anxiety by all the Sporting Classes, from the vast inflaence which it is expected to have on the great St. Leger Stakes. Nearly all the lodgings have been taken for some days put ; and the coaches come in with full loads, and from the rank and number of the looked-for visitants, it promises to be one of the most brilliant Meetings ever known. o The first day's sport will he very superior, seven races being pp pointed to be run, and are briefly thue— The Produce Stakes of IGO soya. each, for four yr olds. Five horses entered. A Sweepstakes of 50 *ors. each, for three yr olds. Four entered (one dead). The Great Yorkshire Stakes, for three yr olds. Seven horses entered. A March for 100 sovs. each. The Fitzwilliam Handicap Stakes. Seven horses entered. The Knavesemite Handicap Stakes. Six horses entered. And his Majesty's Guineas. Some httle betting" ha. taken place on the Great Yorkshire Stakes, for which Lord FIIZSWiIIiAOI . II Mediu.° is the favourite. The 5045. Stakes, on Friday, is a great betting race—Matilda is the favourite, 6to 4 art her bring taken freely. The Duke of Leeds's Moonshine is backed at .5 to I, and Mr. Lumley's at 7 to T. The Great St. Leger betting is entirely guided by the London ac. counts ! The following Leger favourites are in the different Stakes here— Granby, Nonplus, Matilda, Liparia, Lumley'. Pedlar,. Meiloto, Moonshine, Beggar Buy, Pelican, Pupq, Cualitiun , Buriador, &e. As a great deal depend. on the knowledge of what horse, bare' arrived, we b.ore callectrd the following liar of these already at Middlethorpe and the Dringhnugea— fend Fitzwidiant's b. c. Medoro b. c. Mulatto • br. b. Floristmart b. c. Beggar Boy hr. 1. Ballad Singer b. f. pinch h. e. Kit Cat . _ Mt. Johns n's Jupiter Mr. Wriglit's h. c. Simpson Lord Scarborough's b. c. by Calton, dam by Luck', AU - hr. f. Pasta Georgiana Stater to Tarrare TarrAre . --- Gentr4l Thorpe s Canteen Duke of Leeds s Sirius Moth Mr: Itidsdales Barsky - Mr. Golly's hr. e. by Cervantes, dam by Smolensk° br. e. by Cervantva—Nesociator's dam Mr. Itidsdale's ch. c. Harlequin Mr. Pere 's b. V. Mabby —. b. f. hlatild a h. c. Nonplus Mr. Sykv's b. c. by Maddock, dam by Timothy Mr. Watt's ett. c. by klagistrate—Altisidora br. f. by Magistrate—Mameluke Mr. Houldmvortles br. c. Bhurtpere ----- b. e. Talnta Lord Kelburn'sch. f. Mystery Mr. Crompton's b. e. BurLador. A great many others 'will be here in the course of the day. LEWES RACE COURSE Mosnae, A cot= 6, Tnaaa — rot.—lce;;;;;r to-day is cloudy, with a cooli,g breeze, and remarkably pleasant for the sports. There is a tolerable shew of f rahionable company from Brighton, 'on the Hill; but dashing eqUipages are unusually scarce. The 1 diversions were announced to commence at one o'clock, but it at nearly two before the hones were started for the Sweepstakes, five in number, and which came in as under, viz. ' Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, with 40 added: three yr olds, 7st. four, Syr. live, Sat. 111 b. six, and aged, 0.. t. 31b. Mares, Ace. al lowed 31b. The New Course heats. Mr. Shackle's br. h. Charn wood, aged, sat. Sib. • I I 1 'Mr. Ditkenson's eb. f. Amelia, 4 yr', Sat. lib. . 3 5 Sir J. Shelley's b. b. Clown, 4 yrs, 84. 51b. . li 5 Mr. Brown's ch. f. by Octavian, 3 yrs, tilt. I lib. . 4 4 Mr. Coteman'sbr. h. Flamingo. 4 yrs, Wit. s:b. It dr The first beat Clown bolted, but recovered his ground and saved his distance. Won easily. The second heat was more strongly contested, it was won by a length and a half, by Charnwood. The horses are now saddling for the King's Plate. Stumps and Leeway are each backed to was; the latter is mentioned as the favourite. LARGO. • Grua rejoicing took place here on Thursday se'nnight, on the marriage at Llestenant-General DUCH A 311, of Largo, with Miss Asturrwea, eldest daughter pf the late Colonel Jona A NSTIUT&I ea, of the a2d Regiment. The ceremony wok place at the Royal Hotel, F.dinburgh, in presence of a very numerous and fashionable company. Among others—Lord Cringletle ; Airs. Murriy ; two Phan Murray; Sir James and Lady Stewart of Colima., and Miss Dalrymple ; Sir P. C. HendersoA Durham ; Lady Henderson Dedham; Lady Anstruther and Sir John Anstruther, of Anstru. tier ; Sir Ralph Anstruther of Italcaskie ; Mrs.. Ansts ut her ; ' %in Anstruther; Mr. Dundas and Mrs. Dundas, of Arnis kw; Mr. and Mrs. Eslderwood, of Pulton, and Miss Graham; Vr. Mrs. and Miss Trotter ' of Dreghorn ; Mr. Carmichael, of Catend; Misses Melville, of Cairnie ; Alias Dalyeil; Miss Elliot; r. Dalyell,of Dalyell; and Captain N. Dalyell. After a splendid Amnon, the happy pair set off from the Royal Hotel in their car 'ref and four, crossed at the Queensferry, and arrived so Largo Asa nine e.w. They were met at the gate by the inhabitants of Le parish, (*.dig ansomut of more than a thousand, who took the hro,3 from the carriage, and drig4ed it under a triumphal arch to delouse, where united cheers rent the air. All were partakers of • Sowed Disaban's generosity. The tenantry on the estate dined al As lint in the Kit Itton of Largo—a bonfire was lighted it the tap sf Largo Law—the bells rung a merry peal—mid joy seemed to how pervaded all ranks. TO A DANDY. moss THS LITZOLAIIT With fools and puppies, Sir, you pass, For nature's choicest minion ; By wise men you're pronounced an ass, Pray what's your own opinion ? EPITAPII S. •T PANIIV9I. Here lies William Smith: and what is somewhat rarish, He was born, bred, and hang'd in this Sere parish. • •T 9 RRRRR TON. Here Seth the body of Betty Bowden. WU would five longer hot rbe conden; Snrrow and grief ni;de her decay. Till ter bad leg cared ber away. THE ARMY. --visa-- The tech Regiment, at Old Camerooians, arrived on Wedoesday fa Waterford. Tlitiiiiegtment has /eft Waterford, for Cork, where they are %embark for Gibraltar; and the transports which bring the 76th Regiment from America will take out the 73d, and return with the &alto Cork. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Tee Gebrooders, Nommtuto, was abandoned on the 10th I kkgrainirDantzie, in a sinking state. The Rosamond, WISHIIIT, from Londonderry to St. John's 14 fro lationrkk, put into Campbekown on the Ist instant, with r• Ike Sheen Cock. Yowtoms, bound to Leith, was stranded on Animagd her on the let ultimo ; part of the cargo saved. %Meth, Ansmnimi, from liandor, arrived at Arundahl on the Id' ultimo, leaky, and would be obliged to discharge. , 151 • 41 / 6.—Wind E.S.P---Arrived from London the "'lens Courts, for India t Hope, Hut., for Bombay ; and Se "itik Bateminn, (or the Cape and Bombay. Remains the Henry, Leaf New York. Pormintrns, Ammer 6.—Wind Southerly.—Arrived the Gies!. 'ti Kt Porn.twast., from St. Vincent's. Sailed the York, Wit.- inssos, Inc Bengal Pt/mourn, &Down 3.—Wind N.—Sailed she Aurora and Per severance, fat St. Andrew's. • Arrived off port the Union, Poweas, from Lisboa. h iT EL —The Mercury, Balm, from Ftiga to Leith. kat P it b ack Ike', leaky, and will proceed to Copenkarn to repair. srm IA7AAED AT TAX 0017016 HOUSE. f Arab, Darker, front Trieste ; Thames, Atherdon, r„__ l4 tterdllin_ ; Johannah lingelina, Hollander, from Embden; cT Matthews, from the Cape of Good Hope; Curinoa, from Rotterdam; Hayti, Stevenson, from Rotterdam; r"onla Ruyl, from limhslen ; Sprightly, Smith, from Amster. 1. Brorrnykk, Smi t h, f rom A ntwerp; F rau M ar i a, Gerdes, " Reok sy l ; B atista, from Antwerp; Diamond, Borten . 4" 'fora Archan ge l ; C att i na M ar i a, Kohl, from Rendshurg ; ura, Sgraffill, from Hamburgb; ector. Field. from Jamaica 11.6 u, i ti l / 4.4 - “euiningt o o, front Limerick He ad the Factor, Council, from .144/11t6 OUTWA mos--The Eden, Anthony, for Serbia rtm, f or Osernd; Commerce, Foamier, for Calais; Courier, - ""A, for New South Wale,; Unita, Strathie, for Elsineur s'ackhohn; Brat*, Blair, for Quebec and Montreal; Britan t,r,k° for H avre and Rouen; Earl Bathurst, Pound, for Rot- Triune, Newbegin, for Elsineur and St. Petersburgh ; Keith, Watt, for Elaineer and Riga ;. George Home, • tot Van Dientaa's Land and New South Wales; Planet, " 4 'l. for Gibraltar ; Anne Helena, Weneeke, for Bremen; a•• t, llajor, for Calais ; Bury, Shillitoe, fel . Malaga; and the 1 1. Bunion, (or So. Petersburgh. The trial of t' e celebrated Stanley de Courcy Ireland. "°ining, takes place this week at Croydon 4.s%izes. to parish, to.dee amount of more than a thoeso hmee from the carriage, and driued it under a delouse, where united cheers rent the air. AU • (Weird Doeteian's generosity. The tenantry o at de inn in the Killian of Largo--a bonfire tap of Largo Law —the bells rung D Merry prat— Lag pervaded all rank.. TO A DANDY. FlO2l THS L17[1141,111' CIIIIONICLI With fouls and puppies, Sir, you pas , For nature's choicest minion ; By wise men you're pronounced an Pray what's your own opinion EPITAPHS. AT PDNIIVOI. - Here lies William Smith: and what is seam He leathern, bred, and hang'd in this here AT s7Av.ITON. Here fierh the body of Betty Bawd.. Who would live longer hut she coed Sorrow and grief made her decay, Till her bad leg cared her away. THE ARMY. . . 7st 15th Regiment, et Old Camermians, arri , le Waterford. The 75.1 Regiment has left Waterford, for Co • to rated for Gibraltar; and the transports whi Regiment from America will take out the 73d, a bith to Cork. NAVAL. INTELLIGENC The Tee Gebroedets, Sonoran, was *band *trittraa. off Dentate, in a sinking state. Tice Reisamonti; Wtll4l,llTo from l.ondonde 14 nr r• Endnekk, pet into Campbeltown on tb 4 wwl nt Sheen Cock. Yoetaait, bound to Leith knurl har on the lit ultimo ; part of the ca Tic netts, Ammer w, from Raeder arrive tic 6tH rkimo, leaky, and would be obli ged to d 6.—Wind E.N.F--Arrived Costars, for India; Hope, HILL, for "di% Ravantea, for the Cape and Bombay. R f: 0 11 New York. Porreaotrns, Amore 6.—Wind Southerly.— Parnewei.t., from St. Vincent's,. Sailt 'name, fat Bengal Yvneoarit, &mum 3.—Wind N.—Sailed she I, severance, fee St. Andrew's. • Arrived off port tl Iran Lisbon. Ru wmnd. JOS ft—The Mercury, BADE% fi 0, has pat back here, leaky, aid will proceed I et. repai r ratrn . arentazo •T TN! COZTODD re T rwaass--The Arab, Barker, front Trieste ; 'I Rotterdam; Johannah Hollande ,afirece, Matthew s , f rom t h e Cape of G ood e wdell. front Rotterdam; Hayti, • • !o▪ rstrown, R uy l , from Emhtlen; Stevenson, Sprightly, Se Breteswick. Smi t h, front Antwerp; Fri t• Reoksyl; Ilatiet., Blair , from Antwerp; Item Archangel ; Celina Maria, Kuhl, /*An, front Hamburgh ; Hector. Fie 17 4.4 4,1 lenningt o s, front Limerick ; and the Fa .elleara O UTWAaris--The Eden, Anthony, fo Z . T . rot, for Ostend; Commerce, Founder. In 'Tootl, for New South Wales; Ullioll, Seri Erato, Blair, for Quebec and r r▪ ,',Ale, he H avre and ItoUen; Rad Bather* Triune, Newbegin, for Melanie and ;1 '1 " Keith, Watt, foe Elaineer and tot Van Dientaa's Land and New Sot g ° ,. a l. for Gibraltar; Anne Helena. Wene• `t, Major, for Calais ; Bury, Shillitoe, "" 41 7. Ronson, for Petersbuigb. br trial of t! e celebrated Stanley de go* • muss, takes place this week at Cr QUEENHITHE ROWING MATCH. A grand Rowing Match took Islam yesterday for a wherry and other prizes, given by Gentlemen Amateurs and the Inhabitants. Fur the grand beat the boats came in as follows-- William Robins ........ Blue James Bourne Pink George Martin ............. 5car1et........... John Wallinger Yellow CRICKET. The Match between Eton and Harrow, was played on the tol and 3d inst. and decided as follows— H•MIUW. MIL First Innings... ...... ... 157 First tunings... Second ditto .. lit Eton won by five wickets. The two klatches between Wandsworth and Mitcham, were de cided yesterday. 'Me first was won by Wandsworth by lu wickets, and the second also by 96 runs. Tota/ ...... .. Ste CORONERS' INQUESTS. • An Inquest was held at the Three Brewers,Ball's Pond, on the boJy of S. Goodwin.—lt. Berridge deposed, that on Friday hew as crossing a field near Ball's Pond, when he saw two cans loaded with earth, one of which was under t' e care of the deceased, who appeared to be in • toxicated ; the other of another person,• who wished to pr event deceased born con inning to drive ; he, however, obstinately persisted, and when the cart got into Church street, the deceased began flogging the horses, and at length fell, when the shaft horse trod on his arm, and the wheel going over his body, stove in his ribs, and caused his instant death. A surgeon, who came up the moment after his clece.se, refused to give evidence, unless the ,Coroner would give him an order for payment of his expenses. The Coroner said, he had no authority for so doing, but lie had for committing a refractory witness ,to the House of Correction. At length all he could say was, he came to the spot the moment after the accident happened, that he felt the pulse, and found the man' was dead. The Jury then returned a verdict of Acci dental Der h. Al Inquest was held at Guy's Hospital. on the body of Elizabeth Rickard, housekeeper to Mr. Storey, of Canterbury-square, Southwark, who on Friday tell while cleaning a three story window, cn the pavement, and was carried to the Hospital, where she died in a short time. A friend of Mr. Storey said, she had been repeatedly told never to clean the outside of the win• dows, a practice which the C toner severely reprobated, and the Jury returned a verdict—Accidental Death. Another inquest was 11,1 d on the body of W. Hen niclet, who was killed in consequence of the wheels of a waggon going over him, after he had fallen off his shafts. He was at the time racing with another vehicle. Verdict —Accidental Death. Friday morning the premises of the Rev. J. MORRI SON, Of H.ns•place, Chelsea, were stripped of Commu• nion and other plate, books, 4/cc. to the amount of above 4001. The Rev. Gentleman was out of town, and ha! left his house and two children to the cam of ;wo female SCI Volnttr ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. DORCEASTRIT, Aust. S. - Civic Stos.—liefore Lord Chief Justice east LIBEL.-LA N.SI NU V. CHISWICK. This was au action brnualit by a person f the name of Lanning against Mr. Criswick, the printer and pub- 1 fisher of The Sherborne Dorchester, and lawnton Jour. nerd. and General Advertiser for the South and West of England. Mr. BARSTOW stated the case for the plaintiff. He observed, that frdm the nature of the defendant's situ ation, it would perhaps be expected that the Counsel who appeared against him would commence by an elaborate dissertation upon the law of libel. Now, if any such expectation prevailed, the parties entertaining it would, so far as he was concerned, be much disap. poin ed, for lie had not no the present occasion a word to say touching that important point. The case, how ever, might give rise to soother important question, which had of late be• n much canvassed—namely, the extent of that tesponsibili y which attached to a.new,- paver proprietor lot-the injury which another person turreted by his pubacetion, even though the edito, were unconscious f, and never intended, any malici ous injury at the time. The plaintiff was a. cattier residing in this county, and stoutly before the Spi ing Assizes of rt e l teser.t year he had . the mid - opium-. 'Enough a mi take ol „identity, to have been committed upon a charge of rubbery in his neighbourhood.-- Some pouiti y va. stolen from a Lady near hii re.i. dente, and by mi• take st.e offeace was imputed to him. Ha could not complain of the legal consequence of that unfortunate mot, neither could he of the trial which followed. Two witnesses (in error) swore to his identity, but he was immediately acquitted, there nrit firing the smallest real foundation for the charge. So far be had suffered, but so far he could not complain of the, due operativ . of the law. It was mortification enough to be m ,de ti•e companion of felons, but it was rather tots much to have reserved for him the injury which the defendant bad perpetrated; for when Mr. Lanning returned home expecting to be received by his friends and acquaintances as a.r acquitted - and not dishonoured man, he was looked noon as a convic. who had escaped from his gaolers, because this defen dant, a man of reseectability and influence, h4d thought propel in his paper to state, that Lanning bad been cons icted, and sentenced to seven years' trans portation. The Jury would remember that the trial and acquittal took place at the last Spring Assizes for Taunton, and yet on the 13th of April, in the defen dant's paper, Lsnning'a name was put among the transportable cases, in the lis., or summary, of the sentences of the Assize. It wound of course be said, that this had occurred through some transposition of copy, as it was called, or of the types; and that when the error was discovered, a paragraph was inserted to set the matter right. But the Jury would recollect, that not one hall.of those who read the libel would probably read the correction. At all events, it was a fearful topicto hint that a newspaper proprietor, whose labours for, his own profit went forth throughout the world, was to be allowed the power of circulati.g far and near an atrocious calumny, and their passing free, because upon a future day he gave it a printed con tradiction. In the meant . me what was to become of ,the feelings, the interests, and character of the im peached wan? Where was he to seek his remedy? All the mere technical facts of proprietorship and pubhcation were then admitted by the defendant. Mr. Sergeant WILD;, for the defendant, said that his Learned Friend was right in supposing that none . of the great and impoitant topics connected with the, liberty of the press could possibly arise in so simple a case as this. s Neither could he see hots the question of the serious responsibility of the proprietor of a news.- paper arose in any thing like a disi uted shape. . His Learned' Friend had admitted the tespectability of the defendans,and that he appeared by accident to have tom mitted an error ; for that error he must be undoubtedly responsible, whenever the character of any other person sustained injury by his agency, however innocent. It would be admitted that there was no part of the duly of a public journalist, in which the public interest was more concetned, than in the diffusion of the repents of proceedings in the Courts of Justice. These were some times given at length, and sometimes very briefly ; they were obliged to be given weekly, for the gratification of general curiosity and information, and, particularly during the Assizes, the publication followed so rapidly that mistakes were unavoidahly, though unintentionally, committed. Such was the fact in the present instance —a mere general summary was given of the Taunton Assizes; in so many paragraphs were classed the sen tences of the offenders, and the plaintiff, instead of being set down among the acquittals, was by some mechanical accident put anion the convicts under sentence of seven years' transportation ; but the July would be am zed when he told them that the error, so tar froM originating with the present defendant, bad arisen in another qu:ittet —for Mr. C,iswick had co, ied the paragraph on the 13th of April from the Bath and Chellentrans Gazette. of the 10th .of the same month. Although this mete outline of Assize intelligence was given in such type as to ensure its escape from the eye or the reader, unless he were some poor groping un•mployed invalid, who had been left behind an the sea coat by a Fie se coach, when he had prepared h'imelf to hasten else where to seek any employment ; neve, theless, the de fendant took the most immediate 'veil to correet his error, the instant he was apprized i I its 'existence., The Learned Sergeant then destribed the evidence which It o had to offer : first, that t. e mistake, had been copied ' from anther Journal; and secondly, that the plaintiff had first offered a fair proposition to the defendant— namely, to correct the erior, and then gone on, wh e n every tequest had been conceded, to m ke 1,e% ciairns, the motive of which could not be misunderstood. The comp )sitors of the defendant pr vrd that the paragraph had been copied firm the Bath paper ; and the following letters were read in evidence, as having passed between the plainliffs" ct,rney and the de fendant ; I hereby give you notice that this action is not brought with the view to damages, provided it shall appear that the libel of which plaintiff complains was inserted through mistake ; nor is it desired unnecessarily to put you to the expense of going to trial to prove Out fact, if you can prove it, and if you are disposed fairly and reasonably to satisfy the plaintiff that the serious mischief in ques don was occasioned by mistake, and that you are disposed to repair the mischief as tar as lies in your power, I shall be very happy to receive a communication from you upon the subject." To this commuilicittion Mr. Cs iswick replied ; '! In reply to the memorandum handed to me yesterday (rem you, by a messenger from Shaftesbury, I beg to assure you that I Was totally unconscious of having misrepresented the result of the• 'affair in which W: Lanning was interested. Indeed, the name and porsentot the individual were altogether strange to me. I could not, therefore, possibly have cause for entertaining a wish to injure his reputation. 1 certainly Can have no objection whatever to repair the Injury complained of by correcting the thisstaterncrit, if you t have the goodness to Bate In what 1 have erred; for limns you. I ant yet Ignorant of particultinisuffnietitly'minute fdr that purpose. " P.B.As a further proof of My innocence in the matter, I hog to add, that the mistatt complained of .was copied from a rawest. porary print." list re was a further correspondence, from which it appe tied, that the defendant had offered to pay the taxed costs, if any had been incurred; and this, after he had given, in a leading part of his paper, the fullest correction of the error complained of. Mr. Bartsrow repl;ed to evidence, and The LORD CHM, JUSTICI then ch trged the Jury.— He said, that in the reports of proceedings in Courts of Justi ein newspatiers,•it was undoubtedly, as a geterat principle, a justification to prove that they were cor rectly given. But hese a serious error had been pro. mulgated. A man u hose misfortune it vas to have bten charged with a serious crime, and acquitted, had been recorded as a convict sentenced to transportation. It must, however, be admitted that the evidence in the case feinted the notion of malice, and that the error was instantly corrected. Under such ci.cornstances, undoubtedly little damage could have been infrcted.-- He the Judge) had known this newspaper in the country for many years, and he believed it to he most respect ably conducted. There was not a tittle of evidence to show malice here; and.he was rather surprised the de fendan's original offer was not accepted. Now, his opi nion upon cert .in points Of practice of the public pees:. was %sell known ; but at the same time be was free its say, that he should.be always ready t o prote c t i t against actions, not for (air redress, but for a cons; dation and muLiplica , ion of costs. Why had rot this action ben brought against the Bath paper ? That was a circum stance which required some further information.. At all events, the. Jury must find a verdict for the &aural ; and it was for them to estimate the amount of ink.ry which he had TM ive.f, and to apportion the damages. The Jury instantly found a verdict for the plaintiff.... Dam .ges one tat thing. Mr. Sergeant WlLDit s f"r the defendant, made a spe cial applica ion to the Court to certify costs, on the ground that ever y fair retractation had been offered a:4l given; and particularly that an action was now pendistg against the Bath newspaper F.r the same off•nce. Lord Chief Justice Bear said that he would take un til to-morrow morning to consider this application.— The Court adjourned at half-past six o'cic,clt. A UGUST 4. CraL Sins. -Before Lord Chief Justice Barr. When the Court met at eight o'cloek this morning, the Chief Justice certified ler Mr. Chiswick, the proptietor of the Sherburne newspaper, against whom a verdict of one farthing damages lop given yesterday. on the prosecution of a man named !Aiming, whe was stated in the paper to have been Sentenced to seven years', trans portation, instead ut having beesacquirtti (which was the fact), at the last Spring liaises fur Soniersetshire. The effect of his Lord certification is, to prevent Mr. Criswick trent being viAted with the costs et the plaintiff. The paragraph, which originated . in seine mistake, was copied front a Bath newspaper, again's whist harming has likewise instituted an action. This equitable devideti of the Court is important. from its neeeibary tendency forebrain the toofrequent practice of disreputable practitioners, so augm e nt actions against several newspapers for one and the same imputed libel ; and such cases have been heretofore sought to be tried be fore hiefiustice Best, owing to a notion, we In•lieve•enfonnded, that be entertains strong and adverse opinions bathe general 'manner in which the public press is coodected. • Caowa Sena. . 441 THE KING Si. SIR 110111ERT STERLIL,•••-CHALLRISOR TO . -;••• TIGHT A oust. 'We COURT inquired whether the defendant was prs.r . sent.—After a short delay, occ a sio ne d by she,esssdedcr state t f the avenues, Sir It. , bert Steele appeared in the witness box, and was informed .that room should be made for him at the counsel tilde.. He replied, that he was lame and unable to move through the crowd, to get there, and would there!ore remain "here he was, with his Lordship's permiss'on. Captain Garth sat near hit C..uusel; and Lidy Astley, who had been subi cc. n.ecl by the defendant, was in waiting, it her presence were called for. The indictment, which was of great length, and cop. .tained twelve counts, was then read. It charged the 'defendant with having endeavoured by various false, scandalous, and malicious means to provoke Captain Garth to fight a duel with him ; and among other modes of. proceeding which he adopted was that of writing a letter on the 23d F .bi uary last, and. a'uv. wards posting a copy fit in the Weymouth club-room. as well as circulating more copies of it amongst the Gentlemen of the county. The letter stated in sub stance, that it was only on that of ernorsit that it had come to his ears that Captain Garth bad ben ei.gaged in an attempt to undermine and assissinate his (Sir Robert's) character, by insinuatirg that I e had taken advantage of his absence to insinuate hin.selt into the confidence al Lady Astley; that as long as he had con fined himself to the act of being the ihatteiing harbinger of his own disgrace, he (Sir Robert) had remained lent ; but that when he had .dared. to accuse him of having taken advantage • f a Lady's protector to make attempts upon her honour, the only answer he should give him was, that he lied in his threat. Equ.ily false was it if he had asserted that he shad ever borrpsed money from him which he had nit lawfully r.tor..ed. Tiff lett , r concluded with an intimation, that no with. standing the Jury who tried th action for damages, (Astley v. Garb) had scat. d, that no language could eXpteSS their detestation of his cuuJucr , and that the Judge who sat on the bench at that It ial , had said clime, a worse creiture than he was could never have crawled. he (Sir Robert) was ready to meet him half way,-if I e 'emoted to come forward and give satisfac• lion, notwithstanding he had found him a traitor, to his mistiess, and fake to his friend. Let him now shew that he was not the recteant knave which the world 'thought him. The defendant when called upon fir his plea, said. " I have, my Lord, too great a respect for the lawaef my country, to defend at this moment ih breath pf the peace which I admit I have committed. I therefare plead guilty to the charge, and throw myself -upon the mercitul consideration of the Court.' Mr. Sergeant Wicns.—Then, my Lord, on the part of the pto ecution, I pray the judgme. t if the Court upon Sir Itt.beet Steele. The CounT.—Has the defendant any Affidavits. Mr. Sergeant WicoE.--1 do not know, but I have some on the p of Captain Garth, whi,h 1 wish to put in before judgment is given. Sit Robert Steele.—..l am withou: con. sel, my Lord, and unprepated for this mode of proceeding. 1 was nt t aware of it, The CounT.—lf yon desire time fcr any affidavits, you shall have it. We must hear the affidavits for the prosecution, and then yt u shall hive time to answer them, it you can skew that that delay will•be necessary. Sir Robert Steele exp resse d hi s t h an k s to theCourt,apd Mr. Sergeant IV ILDE [brit, put it) three 4th writs on the part of the prmeCution., The 6rat atii Wait was that of Ca ß tsin Thomas Garth. which stated, that about the the St. Jatitees P , . 1 . 1 • $1 I o' fie irpoth at Dactint?er last, by waf redibeat • Javiyis4tron, Where. Vila rivals*. r I • , , 1 4 1 .41 114.