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NOR NA'S INVOCATION ON UNSHEETING HER DEAD ANCESTOR IN ST. RINGAN"S CHURCH. from " The Pirate." A Champion, fam'd for warlike toil, Art thou silent, Ribolt Troil? Sand, and dust, and pebbly stones, Are leaving bare thy giant bones! Who dared touch the wild bear's skis Ye slumber'd on, while life was In ? A woman now, or babe, may come And cast the coi ring from thy tomb ! " Yet be not wrathful, Chief, nor blight Dline eyes or ears with sound or sight! I come not, with unhallow'd tread, To wake the slumbers of the dead, Or lay thy giant reliques bare ; Ilut what I seek thou well can'st spare. Be it to my hand allovid To shear a merk's weight from thy shroud; Yet leave thee sheeted lead enough To shield thy bones from weither rough ! " Ste, I draw my magic - knife— Never while thou Wert in life Laid'st thou still for sloth or fear, When point and edge were glittering near; See, the cearments now I sever— Waken now, or sleep for ever! thou wilt not wake—the deed is done— The prize I sought is fairly won! gi Thanks, Ribolt, thanks—for this the seis • Shall smooth its ruffled crest for thee— And while afar its billows foam, Subside to peace near Ribuit's tomb. Thanks, Ribolt, thanks—for this the might Of wild winds raging at their height, When to thy place ••)f slumber nigh, Shall soften to a lullaby ! " She, the dame of doubt and dread, Noma of the Fitful-head, Nighty in her own despite— Miserable in her might ; In despair and frenzy great— • In her greatness desolate; Wisest, wickedest who lives, Well can keep the word she elms r LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KTNG'S BENCH, JANUARY Y. OVEItE)D V. CARTHEW. This was an action for money had and received, to recover the plaintiff's proportion of a certain sei zure of money paid into the public chest at Jamaica, which it was alleged defendant's deputy embezzled. The plaintiff 'was a searcher, and the defendant was Collector of the Customs at Jamaica. It was alleged that the defendant's deputy, a person named Hutchinson, had embezzled about £lO,OOO, of which the plaintiff claimed 42766 as his share. • The defence set up was, that the defendant had not taken possession of his appointment until eight months after he was nominated to succeed the prior Collector, and that in the interval the embezzlement alluded to had taken place. The Jury, however, under the Judges directions, found their ver dict for the p:aiatiff—Damages, £786. THE KING V. WEAVER AND OTHERS. Mr. lii.aci:ntAN stated, that this was a prosecu tion against the defendants, as Proprietors and Pub lishers of the John Bull Newspaper, for a libel in serted in that Paper, reflecting on the character of the Countess of Jersey. Mr. SCARLET? stated the case to the Jury. The prosecutor in this case was Lord Jersey ; the de fendants Messrs. Weaver, Shackell, and Arrow smith, the Proprietors and Printers of the John Bull NervFpaper. The prosecution was instituted for a gross and malicious libel inserted in that Paper, of the date of the 6th of May last. He did not believe the defendants were the authors of this libel ; the real author would in all probability never be discovered. If he was at present admitted into honourable so ciety, were he once discovered. and his person known, he would soon he excluded from such society, and his presence avoided. If he could be discovered, he (Mr. Scarlett) would instantly advise his client to give up the prosecution of the agents, and proceed at once against the principal. But if the defend ants, for the sake of profit, chose to screen the real offender, they must abide by all the consequences, both as regarded their persons and property. The observations of the Public Press, upOn public men and public measures, was what he would never com plain of ; but he believed it was now, for the first time, that the licentiousness of the Press had at tacked and dragged female characters before the Public ; and served them up at the breakfast table, for the gratification of that appetite for scandal which was too general amongst us. This Paper, the John Bull, and its conductors, had publicly declared what their object was--namely, to calumniate and degrade as far as possible the wife of•the Sovereign ; and to traduce every female who should dare to asso ciate with that unfortunate individual. They seemed to have forgotten that loyalty required of a good subr ject to treat every member of the Royal Family with decency and respect, at least. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to advert to, and comment on the transactions connected with the last residence of her late Majesty in this country. Ile was not now called on to declare any opinion uu the conduct of her late Majesty. Let the dead rest in' peace. During her Majesty's life, much difference of opinion had pre varied. 'Her friends and supporters were numerous; and all who had the good of their country at heart, wished to pay her the respect due to the wife of the Sovereign. Amongst others who were actuated by this feeling was the Countess of Jersey ; her Lady ship visited her Majesty as a mark of respect due to her rank; and this action of her's, drew down upon her the severe animadversions of the John Bull; and, orrthe 6th of May, the libel in question, headed Lady Jersey, appeared in the columns of that Paper. The Learned Coun , ,el then proceeded to read the alleged libel, and to comment upon it as he proceeded. It, charged her Ladyship with a want of decency, in' having associated herself with the paramour of Ber gami, by which she had sacrificed her character and respectability. It stated, that-the water wai in pos. :vision of many facts, relative to her Ladyship, which for the entertainment and amusement of the readers of the Piper, they would serve up front .time t to time. wear iipteuesl la regret at the ne 4 ceselty he was under of adopting this course, as he had always wished well .to InatiP. Jersey; and bad - GutpdtAt.l...--Another of ME- esrlac's Mom...— given her proof of. such a disposition towards her ; against whom a warrant h ad beengrantedhy Mr. but her Ladyship had now, by her own condect, Alderman THouPsoN o last week, was taken out o f .the forced from him notice, and drawn down these corn- 'shop on Tuesday, and conveyed to the Compter. Yes ments on her conduct. The libel concluded by in- liters* he was brought up, when the information timating that Lord Jersey And her Ladyship .were against him was upon the oath of John Parton, iosce about to visit the Continent ; that no doubt the Cowin- of the honest roma of the Bridge-street Association); tess.would prove a very acceptable. tenant to her Ma- charging him with selling to him the Address ho u tr i jesty at the Villa Pesaro; but they were well assured &formers of Great Btitaau, of the 24th Of June. there was one thing which Lord Jersey was deter- prisoner save his name, John Barclay. He said hr mined upon, that was, that her Ladyship should not was a printer, and had been an apprentice to Mr. have l3ergami for her Courier. Mr. Scarlett de- Sherwin, 24 , Paternoster-row. His master, on q ui t - ' Oared his attachment to the Liberty of the Press was ting that business, had given him up his indentures, as great as any man's; but he trusted that liberty and being out of employ, he was attracted by a bill would never be suffered to descend to licentiousness ; in Carlile s shop-window, which stated that a lad was; and whenever it did, as had been the case in the. wanted. He accordingly offered his services, and/ present instance, that the verdict of the 'Jury, fol-' Mrs. Wright, the housekeeper, immediately engaged , lowed by the judgment of the Court, would inter-. him at 10s. a week. His business was to sell the pose to check such licentiousness, and punish the pamphlets in the shop, but he declared he did not offender. Mr. Scarlett then called know whether they were libellous or not. _Not being Mr. Thomas Wright, clerk to Mr. Harmer, the prepared with bail, he was commited to jail for want Solicitor for the prosecutor ; and he stated, that of sureties. Thc prisoner was a decent-looking lad, on the Ist of June last he purchased the paper in about 17 years of age. Murray, the attorney of die question at a printing-office, No.ll, Johnson's-court, Association, attended the examination. Fleet-street; the names " Shackell and Arrowsmith, MANsioN.HOLJSE.—Yeqerday, Edward Roach, a printers," were on the door. It looked like a pri- porter, was brought up, charged by Mr. Adanison,of vate house. Did not know the person of any of the Fenchurch-street, auctioneer, with having stolen a defendants. hamper of bottles. Mr. Adamson stated, that on the The next piece of evidence was, an examined copy 31st of December, he attended an auction in Simi of the affidavit filed, in pursuance of the statute, by lane; as he WAS afterwards walking along Bucklers' the Proprietors of the Paper, Mr. It. T. Weaver and bury, he saw the pa ironer, whom he knew to. be a Mr. T. Arrowsmith, which was in the usual form; porter generally employed by auctioneers, carrying a and it went on to state, that the Paper was to be hamper. He asked the prisoner wisat he had in the printed " at No. 9, Dyer's-buildings, Holborn." The hamper ? to which the latter replied, " Nothing."— publication in question appearing, from the imprint, Upon being pressed, however, he said he had china; to be printed in Johnson's-court, Fleet-street, by Tho- but upon examination of the hamper, which witness mas Arrowsmith and W. Shackell, obliged him to carry to Sise-lane, it was found to con- • PAILICR. 1 The SOLICITOR-GENERAL objected, that this was i no evidence to connect the defendants with the Paper given in evidence; for that the Act of Parliament, which had substituted a new species of evidence af fecting the responsibility of Newspaper Proprietors, ' whilst it made an examined copy of the affidavit filed at the Stamp Office evidence to prove ownership, in a Court of Justice, it at the same time required that the names and places of abode of the printers and publishers printed in the imprint of the Paper pro duced, should correspond with the names and places of abode mentioned in the affidavit filed. Now this was not so ; and therefore there was no proof that the Mr. Arrowsmith and the Mr. Shackell, whose Chris tian names were set out in the information, were the same persons as those whose surnames only were painted on the door in Johnson's-court. At all events, there was not the slighted evidence whatever to af fect Mr. Weaver. Mr. SCARLETT, in answer to the objection, con tended, that the evidence adduced was sufficient to connect the defendants with the Paper in question; but, in any event, he submitted that it was a ques tion for the Jury.. • The CuIEF JUSTICE observei, that as the Act of Parliament, which required that the names of the Proprietors and Printers of Newspapers should be re &istered at the Stamp Office, in order to afford a more easy mode than formerly of establishing the fact of ownership, &c. had substituted an entirely new species of evidence from that required in all other cases, he was bound to construe it most strictly. In his judg ment, there was no evidence to affect Mr. Weaver ; and as to whether the other defendants were con nected with the publication, it certainly was a ques tion for the Jury; but their connection with it rested upon very slight grounds. There was no other evidence to affect the defendants, and after a witness had been called to prove the for mal introductory matters of the information, and the case being closed, The SOLICITOR-GENERAL prc eeded to address the Jury on behalf of the defendants. He contended strongly, first, that there was not the slightest evi dence to connect his clients with this publication. All the evidence was, that the witness had purchased the Paper at a house in Johnson's -court, on the door of which were the names Arrowsmith and . Shackell ; but non constat that the persons of those names so in scribed on the door, were the defendants Arrowsmith and Shackell. But, secondly, supposing the Jury could come to so extraordinary a conclusion upon such evidence, that they were the publishers of the supposed libel, he insisted that the paper itself was not a libel. It was not a libel in any way affecting Lady Jersey's private character, and could only be considered as a legitimate commentary upon the con duct of a Lady who appeared in a public character, associating herself as a partisan upon a subject which, unhappily for the country, had for a long time agi tated the public mind, and produced a division in public opinion. In this point of view the publication was privileged, and not libellous. He went through the whole of the alleged libel, paragraph by para graph, and contended that, in every point of view, the defendants were entitled to an acquittal. The CHIEF JUSTICE, in his charge to the Jury, stated that there were two questions for their consi deration. 1. Whether the defendants, Arrowsmith and Shackell (for as to the other defendant, they were bound at once to acquit him), had published the Paper ?—and 2. Whether, supposing them consci. entiously satisfied, as reasonable and honest men, of that fact, the paper itself was a libel ? Upon the first question, he confessed be had never known a slighter case brought before a Jury, to fix defendants with the publication of a libel. The Jury, however, were the proper judges of the evidence, and, no doubt, they would give the case an important consideration, free of all bias or prejudice one way or the other. As to the secpnd question, supposing they were satisfied as to the first, they were the judges of the law as well as the fact, and they would say whether this was a libel. The Act of Parliament required that he should pronounce his own opinion upon the law ; and, attending to the solemnity of that requisition, he was of opinion that the paper in question was a scandalous and defamatory publication, and there fore a libel for which the defendants, if proved to be the publishers, were criminally liable. They were, however, to pronounce their own opinion notwith standing what they heard from the Judge. The Jury deliberated about ten minute,,, and found the defendants Not Guilty, but .said they did so on e ground that the evidence of publication by them was not satisfactorily made out ; but they said they Ya4 l UO - 41114itt that the paperin question was s libel la tain - 39 bottles, sallidi witness knew to be his pro perty. The prisoner was committed. MARY-LA-BONNE ONFlCE.—Yesterday Mary Bes soar, an elderly woman, underwent an esaruination before EDMUND GRIFFITHS, Esq. the sitting Magis trate, charged on suspicion of being the receiver of the property, consisting of. plate, wearing apparel, tam to a large amount, stolen from Mr. Skeer, of Washingly Hall, in Huntingdonshire.—Staples and Buckeridge, two .of the officers, traced some linen and wearing apparel to the house of Mr. Stonestreet, a pawnbroker, in Oxford -street, who attended with some of the property, which was identified by a woman in the service of Mr. Skeer.—The pawn broker said, the prisoner had pledged the articles from July last to the very day she was taken. , The officers, by most active exertions, have obtained'a Blue to the remainder of the property, which they consider can be produced in a few days.—The Ma gistrate remanded the prisoner for a week. UNION-HALL.—Yesterday John Coles and Joseph Abbott were brought before J..HEDGER and D. Kin., Esqrs. charged with having stolen four bags of clover. • They are also suspected of` being concerned in committing various burglaries and robberies in Kent and Sussex. In the lodging of the prisoners were found two setters, a pointer, and some thorough bred terriers, some dog whistles, and a quantity of wire snares, such as at used by poachers.--They were remanded for further examination. TOWN-HALL, SOUTHWARK.—Mr. Alderman J. J. SMITH, the acting MAgistr ate at this Justice Room, WAS engaged for a considerable time yesterday, in an examination with a view to the discovery of the mur derers cf a male infant, which had been found by a waterman on the 17th of December, upon one of the starlings on the west side of London-bridge. The body of the c:iild was wrapped up in flannel, and inclosed, together with a large stone, in a coarse bag. A Co roner's Inquest had been held upon it, and a verdict of Murder brought in against some person or persons unknown. The Churchwardens of St. Mary Magnus, in which parish the body was found, had offered a reward of £ for the discovery of the murderers, and the officers on both sides of the river have been using every diligence to obtain some clue to the perpetrators. At length, Welfare, an officer of this establishment, got private information that a young woman had stated that she had seen a child thrown into the river. succeeded in tracing this young woman out, and ,brought her up yesterday before the Magi.strate, when her deposition was taken, which was to the following effect :—That her name was Elizabeth Canty, and that being on London-bridge in her way home to the Alorough, about eight o'clock in the evening of the 12th December, she observed a man-with something wrapped up in his arms, which she soon knew from its cries to be an infant. He was standing over the first arch of the south-east part of the bridge. He looked about him cautiously on each side, to see if he was observed, and she distinctly saw him thrust the bundle with the infant through the ballustrades of the bridge into the river. Suspecting his intention, and seeing a female with him, she addressed herself to her, and said, " The man is going to drown the child ;" to which the woman replied,. a What is that to you r or," Mind your own business." While this conversation was passing, the man accomplished his horrid purpose, which was no sooner effected, than he and the woman made off down Tooley-street.-- The description given of the parties by Elizabeth Canty is, that the man was about five feet four inches high, dark complexion, and large dark whiskers, and dressed in a light drab coat. The female 'was a tall stout woman, and had ou a dark gown, a slate coloured whittle, and a black willow bonnet, with red ribbons.—From a review of all thecircumstances, the Magistrate was of opinion, that the body found by the waterman was not that of the infant which had been thrown into the river in the manner de scribed by the v. itness. Yesterday morning the area in front of Mr. NICHOLS' . house in Parliament -street, printer of the Votes, was forcibly entered, and the thieves stole from the pantry upwards of fifty pounds worth of silver plate, and other articles of value. LAWYeas.--According to the Asiatic Researches, a very curious mode of trying the title of land is prac tised in Ilindostan: Two holes are dug in the disputed spot, in each of which the plaintiff and defendant's lawyers put one of their legs, and remain there till one of them is tired, or complains of being stung by the insects, in which case his client is defeated. hi this country, it is the clicnt, - and not the lawyer, who Inds his foot into . At St. Andrew)), Holborn, John I:frookq, req. of Soutbarl ? . ton•orreet, Strand, Solicitor, to kiss Elizabeth Wagii, ham, Sarre,. I On Tuesday lag, Jan. lot, after a lingering alms, at hi. lt-r J ., Warwick.agaare, angles lames Lint/ratan, Esq. abed 54. EAST INDIA BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, atm DEATBS, ram ions TO lira or Admen. MADRAS BIRTH—Joit. At Cannanore, on the f7th ult. the Lady of Lieutenkt c. Laurence Webb, of his Majnsty's 69th Reginssat, of a daugir.: MADRAS MARRIAGE. At'Sr. George's Church, on the SOO-inst. Lieutenant W.-. Moberly, 26th Regiment Native Infantry, Deputy Secretan the Military Board, to Mrs. Henrietta Bell. MADRAS DEATH. At Tranquebar on tielWl; IL D. geon to the Royal Danish Mission, aged 55 years. URN GA L BIRTHS. July 4, the Lady otCaptain W. 6. Stephen, of the raginecri l of a daughter. On the evening of the 4th July, Mrs. Emelia Hideout, of a June 19, the Lady of Wm. Leycestet, ail. of a daughter. June 12, at Ngsserabad, the lady of Captain A. Roberts. t, sistant Superintendant of Public Building in the Upper I.:l -ynxes, of a son. . BEItGAL MARRIAGE June 13, at Muttra, Lieutenant Wm. Mactier, 4th Red:• , 4 Light Cavalry, to Miss Harriet Armstrong, youngest of the law William. Armstrong, BOMBAY BIRTHS. Jane 24, the Lady of Lieutenant Stout, of the Hum C:kr-.. patty's Marine, of a daughter. July 2, the Lady of William Chaplin, Faq. Commi,bioner f‘: the Deccan, of a daughter. BOMBAY DEATH. July 2, at Colaba, Emma, infant daughter of the Rev. lier7y Jeffreys, aged nearly two years. CALCUTTA BIRTHS. May IF, the Lady of William Jour:, Esq. of Serbpoor, of s daughter. May 15, the wife of Mr. John Bennet, of the Comp s: ..., Marine, of a :laughter. May 19, the Lady of Thomas Hewett, Esq. Attorney at of a daughter. CALCUTTA DEATHS. May 1, at Futtyghur, Ellen, infisnt chughter of T. V. ton, Esq. May 7, at Mutta, Major Charles Ryder, of the 3d Lc Light Cavalry. May 12, at Chinsurah, Mrs. Catherine Barber, wife cf Bartholomew Barber. May 14, at Kidderpore, of the spasmodic cholera, af.er • ; hours iUness, Mrs. Mary Barham, leaving five orphan to depliire their sudden loss. May 14, at the Presidency, Lieut. Kender Ma•on, of 1!! lion. Company's Artillery, aged 22. MADRAS BIRTHS. • At Fort St. George, on the 18th bast. the Lady of Lieut. Six. king, of his Majesty's 34th Regiment, of a daughter. On the 28th inst. Mrs. Wnt. Grant, of a son. MADRAS MARRIAGE. _ _ On the list inst. at St. Andrew's Church, James M‘Gre74", Esq. of ids Majesty's Royal Scots, to Miss Anne Stevens. MADRAS DEATH. At Bellary, on the morning of the 9th May, Diana, wife of Major J. Lindsey, of the 2d Battalion 24th Reginbent. BOMBAY 818 flIS—JuLy 13. June 4, at Poonah, the Lady of Capt. James Keith, Assiz%:n: Commissary-General, of a still-bo-n son. At the liresidency, on the morning of the 7th inst. the T.. .:: of Lieut. Thomas Leighton, lit, 7th, Brigade Major in Kr.,t.. dresh, of a daughter. At Bycallah, on the Bth inst. the Lady of Lieut.-Col. Chriito. pher Hodgson, Bombay Regiment of Artillery, of a son. BOMBAY MARRIAGE. May 22, at Surat, John Vibart, Esq. of H. C. C. & to Ellen Johnstone. BOMBAY DEATHS. Capt. Hunteville blontresor, Ist Grenadier Regiment EOM bay N. I. and in charge of the 2d Battalion thereat'. At Ahmedabad, on the 21st ult. of a fever, which carried l•.rt NF in five days, Capt. Richardson Hatriso.i, 6th Regiment N. i. aged 52 years. On the evening of the 23d ult. of the epidemic chnlcr?„ an illness of 13 hours, at Parunteje, with Col. Turner's ftree is the Northern Division of Guserat, and in the _Stir year of Ls age, Lieut. John Sandwich, Ist Grenadiers. BENGAL lIIRTHS--Jury 17. _ _ June 5, the lady of Capt. R. Wilkinson, of a daughter. June 6, the Lady of J. C. Burton, Esq. of a daugh , e-. May 23,4 t Myuporue, the Lady of Arthur N. Krdr, a son and heir. BENG L DEATHS. June 9, at his house, Esplanade-row, Genrze Potts, E,q. zf:a a week's st.vereiHness, of a Idiuus fever. June 6, of a fever, Master George Charles Jefferson, years four months and twenty-sir days. June 7, Mrs. A. E. Credelle, aged 50 years. JIM! 7, Alexander Campbell, Esq. of the firm of Gould and Campbell, aged 5:: years. The 6th inst. Assistant-Surgeon Peter Suter, attacked :c tLe Barripore Division of the Salt Agency. June 9, Robert Gould, Esq. of the firm of MesErs. Gunk: ..:.d Campbell, aged 43 years. Same day, Mr. Thomas Jackson, son of Mr. William Jackson, of Noacolly, aged 9.1 years. The firth inst. after a short but severe illness, Mr. J. I%4lU combe, formerly of the Royal Navy. At Ballygunge, in the afternoon of the 10th inst. Surgeon Il!'.- jah Impel, attached to the Most Noble the Governor Gener.dii Body Guard. The 12th inst. Mr. J. Mansfield, livery-stable-keeper. - - - - MADRAS BIRTIL—Jocv 21. The 23d ult. the Lady of Rich.ud Fraser Lewis, Esq. of a son. M IDRAS DEATH. At Secundrabad, tiei6;iinst.lui;;i:;ans, Esq. surgeon of his Majesty's 30th Regiment. MADRAS MARRIAGE-Jmr 28. At Cannanore, the pith inst. Captain W. Hardy, of the 7th Regiment M. N. I. to Jane, only daughter of the late J. Hunter, Esq. surgeon, R. N. MADRAS MARRIAGE—Armen 7. Saturday, at St. George's Church, Lieutenant-Colonel D. C. Kenny, Madras European Regiment, to Maria Oxana eldest daughter of the late William Stratton Dundas Light, kisu. of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Madras. MADRAS DEATH. August 5, William, the infant was of W. Hodlleston, ~f the Civil Service, aged six days. BENGAL MARRTAGF.S. Yesterday, at the Cathedral, John Rycroft Best, of the Tlon. Company's Civil Service, to Georgians, daughter of Nathan Wriplit Howell, Esq. formerly of this Establislunect, and now of Weston-green in the county of Surrey. At Sattarah, the Ilth lune, Ensign Samuel Athill, Execteivo Engineer Southern District, Poonah Ihvidon of the .Imy, to Miss Hannah Crosby. BENGAL BIRTH. June 29, at Cawnpore, the Lady of Alexander Orr, Esq. of a son. BENG AG DEATHS. At the village of Pukra, near Futtyghur, the 30th ult. C..rtain Elias Vivian Dunsterville, of the tltt Battalion _Bth Itejlit,ew, Native Infantry. Ai Arrab, on the 17th of June, the Lady of henry Money, Esq. of the civil Service. On the 24 inst. Anna Roberson, the infant daughter of Ro bert Stewart, Esq. of Fultyghur. At Futtyghur, un ale d inst. Mris. T. Bush, aged 53 years. At Chanar, on the Yd July, William F. Wil son , Esq. c a p;..in in the Hon. iast India Company's Seryice.• IITA Olt AS BIRTHS.—Ar.crsT At the Presidency, on the 9th inst. the Lady Nl3jorCeor!ve CadeH, Assistant Adjutant-General of tisu Arns%, of a &night/T. On the 27th ult. the Lady of Lieut..CoL Steele., of a dinyhter. At Jlaitool, on the 19th of July, the Lady of Lieut.-Colnuel Latter, Ict Hatt. :loth Ilegt. B. N. I. of a dau, .hter. At Nekaputarn, on the 2d inst. ate L a dy 'of Itobert Clffk, Esq. of a son. .LONDO,N; Primed and published by Lava. Kam: I'ickra• place, Maple-LW. i~ 1 • . '