The National Register. — London, England, 1812-12-27 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 814 a. parent, and induce him not 0 ,, 1y to make good the de,aication, out to for v.:. the past, paoinising, that it the old gentleman sh.nthi rein to d, tuz iiist, he hhnsell would furnish the penitent with the sum recci.,ary :o stye repot ttion He rien left the y iung man to iris promisz, :hid having tun id the father, declared to ltim the wh . ii at .ry ; the father npt only thanked Ate warm-hearted physician, but promised hint not to tutich more on the past than was necessar so An the young man's agitaZion, mi:l went to his bankers to teti_li the money ; the young man was so i•verj,;yed at this sudden tun: of his aft:Airs, that he vowed to live hereafter a virtuous and religi.lus kept to his word, mil lived to bea very etnine a merchant several years after this transaction, Mr. Ross, received for Iris tiehetit Night ten guineas with the filloss ing note. —" A tribute of stAittr.'.: srotn one who was highly :.dived, and saved from ruin. by seeing MI Ross's pertormanee of George Barnwell."—WhAt will the virulent decriers of stage-plays say to tins ? DEC. E 7. Lordship that the object of his n was to exitia.i. ton duct to the !J ury Magistrates, his Lordship Lit it uo : him to write to the Chairman of the Quarter Session, of `urr r 1 Edmunds, and explain the error into w hrul he (Ltd Nloaa) 1 ) , (1 1 3 „,, i1 heti.i)ed, oat ing taund that an annuity had been paid to Ali. fi •id, but there w..re oth.r accounts which led his Loh:Atl i ) t o Le thr :er conclusion, in the fist ionamt.e. Mr. John Beardmore was called, twin whose evideto:t it aprarm , that the annuity of ;;50 . . had been paid to the Plaitaill for the 1 4 , t two )ears, by the proper Otill.ef, U/Il•ei the revenue.) of the .11itay ct Coi A le:ter was put ;nand read from the Plaintill - to Mr. B . ...ardnr.r, in witicit the !or.iter complained of the reduction of the Propeit)-tax trc , in his y. The SOLICITOit GENERAL then, in a short repk., uri4ed, rat however fru , . tit se lacts ought appear, they uid 1.31 amount to a jiistakat ion of in - :. Defendant. Lor.'. ELLENBOROUGII, 11l tile Jury, observed, that A 1 th of- gl die e facts ',hived on the part of the Defendant, itt support o' his plea of juAiticatrat, ;alight b.: 'sue., l et they oot ' c o ti le %)/110;e lengt Art however they ;ni s ta ..111•ci quaotunt of Oarna6es • be. inclined to give the Plana :IL who w as col .. taint) , entitled to a verdict. What that measure of s might be btr weep thc)c part.es, u.ldcr all the ciremstances, it was their peen. liar province to judge. he Jury, after a . shorl consu tation, found a verdict for the Dc. tendant. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT Oa JONG'S BENCH, CiMLDHALL, DEC. 2t. SITTINGS AT NISI PRIUS, BEFORE LORD CHIEF JCS ricF. seeast soariceo AND A SPECIAL JURY. BENJ A F I ELD WH EBL E. This was an action on the case, brought to recover compensation in damages, against tae Defendant, for printing and publishing a scanda lous and tarali&ous libel on the character of the Plaintiff, Mr. MARRYAT, as junior Counsel for the Plaintiff, opened the pleadings, and stated, t nat the libel complained of was published in a certain weekly publication, callei The County Citron de, t:t whit r the defendant was the publisher and proprietor, and which stated that Captain Benjafield, lorm ody Editor of The Morning Post, has been charged by his brother Magistrates of Bury St. Edmunds, with obtaining during his Editorship (in 178 S) an annuity from the Prince of Wales, for the suppres: ion of artieles sent to that Paper, r fleeting ou his Royal Highness anal a certain Lady: this Mr. Wdijafield, for a time positively coaled ; bqt upon investigation, and a production of two explanatory letters from Earl Mcira and Capt. Cocksedv, the fact was completely established. To this declaration the Defendant pleaded first, that he was not guilty, and secondly, a plea of justification: The SOLICITOR GENERAL nlell stated the case on behalf of the Plaintiff; whom he represented to be a Gentleman of tortilla; and re spectability, and a Magistrate of the County of Suffolk. The Defen dant t was also a person well-known in the Common Council of London, and the proprietor of the journal in question. He they expatiated with his usual ability upon the nature and tendency of the present libel. Mr. Hoer appeared for the Defendant, and in an eloquent speech contended, that the Plaintiticould not be entitled either to a ye:NALL or to any damages, because he was ready to justify all that had been set forth in the publication now called a libel. He had witnesses and evidence ready to prove that the allegations in the publication were feutried in truth ; and having made out those points, he should sub mit that the Defendant would be entitled to their verdict. The present case was different from a proceeding ter libel by indictmen. or information, for there they could not go to proof of the allegations, as ill such a case it was presumed that the libel would tend to a °reach • of the peace ; but in an action like the present, the camplo.innig ram ought to prove that he had character to bring into cou+t and to lose, and it was then for the Defendant to prove the truth of what he had urged. He the Defendant could adduce proof of the truth of all lie had asserted, then would he be, entitled to their verdict. Such mallet be the case in the present instance, and he therefore confidently rested ' on the verdict of the jury. The Earl of Moira was then sworn and examined. His Lordship stated, that the Plaintiff having requested an interview with him, he (the Plantiff) mentioned his having been charged with extorting from his Royal Highness the Prince of \Vales a sum of money, aasi the grant of an annuity, as a consideration for suvressing certain articles which he had thteatened to publish in his Newspaper, re specting his Royal Highness and Mrs. Fitzherbert. He stated to has Lordship, that there was no foundation whareve: for this cha , ge, that the rumour had injured him exceedinel) arn.)ng his brother Ma gistratesof Bury St. Edmunds—and in order to rebut it, entreated his Lordship to furnish hi:a with a testimonial, that there w sno founda tion tbr the report—His Lordship told the Plaintiff, that he would make enquiry and inform himself of the fact, arid that he would take every step in his power - for the purpose. Upon e.quiry, his Lord ship was miNinformed of an/ payments of any annuity tot he Plaintiff, so far from it, the impression was clear upon his Lordship's mind at the time, (but the whole conve,sation amounted merely to assertion) that he kid not received any such payment and his Lordship wrote the lettet of testimonial accordingly. Some time after, a ge.dleman desired to see his Lordship ar.d explain the circumstances under which the annuity wag granted, and upon that explanation his Lordship fund reason to alter his opinion, and felt himself under the painful necessity of writing to Mr. Benjafield a letter, requesting that the letter he loefore sent might be restored to him (Lord Moira), and ap prised hint at the same time, that he (Mr. B.) had stated to his ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES. Monday morning, Edith Morrey, the woman convicted at the lest Chester Assizes. ()lute sorrid 'nuttier op her hushand, at HackJ)w, res;,ited on her plea of pregnancy, w.s brough • to •ie i or a male child in the Castle Of course her xecution witl take pl .cc in Lice mouth trom the true ot her delivery. Nlon•!ay .I:ornitig, Charles F Paim aryl Samuel fct Cie murder of which tri• y were on Friday week convicted at tha Ad. miralty S ssions, were, pursuant to ineir sentence, exeattion on a temporary platform at Execution D,ak, in presence c.t.ii imn ient ,e crowd of specta. ors collected in to c ur.e ot the pi. cessi ii. Their bodies, after being suspended the usu .1 tone, were cut down, and delivered over for disse c t i on Jon Bruce, who was to have AttEred with them for a sirmlar offence n the person of lame. Decor, at Milford Haven, has been relined tor iourteen etnys, m c •iisetpiclice of 60111 C ...oubts arisen wo , :tarer the Haven is in the jurisuiction of :hc Admiralty Court ot England. Wednesday morning, T. Caley, who was convicted at tl e Old Bailey Sessions in October last for for‘,;ery. was executed, pursuant to his sentence, fronting the Debtors' door ot Newg rte. breught out about ten minutes after eight o'clock ; and "as soon as ;.e wade 11;s appearance on the platform, he vociferated " that he was a intir:ered man !" Flte Ordinary exhorted him several times to j ,i;, before he made his exit from this life, but it had very hitle Lit.:a t upon him; :111.1 it is lamentable to add, that lie appeared to quit :he world in a state Of mind very unsuitable to his awful situation. lie was a tall stout man, and very respectably ti.essed DREADFUL Ace! RE NT .—Sunday se'nnight 26 persons weie drowned by the breaking of the ice, at Duxhury, rear Chorley, in Lancashire. It was occasioned by two men lighting, when toe I , eople gathering together cyt the ice to witness the tray, the ice gave way, and the above number lost their lives. The Lady of the Rev. K. Marriott, of Coteqyitch, Leicestershire, of three children, (,:ne boy and two girls) who Ali died the siirne (by. At Winehmore Hill, Middlesex, Mrs. Harvey Coinbe, of A daughter. MARRIED. By special licence, E. J. Litttleton, Esq. of Teddesley Staflordsiiire, to Hyacinthe Mary, youngest daughter ef,the IVldniuts Wellesley. DIED. At little Hormead, Herts. aged 61, the Rev. T. Ceckshutt, B.D. R,-ctor of that parish, and Vit.ar ot Long stenton All Saints, Cam bridgeshire. Aged 93, at the house of her niece, Mrs. Golightly, on limn Common, Mr! , . Belcuier, wijow of W. Belehier, Esq. forincrly M. F. for t he Borott : lt of Sout hwat k. P. Gibbzs, F.:.q eldest son of Sir P. Gibhes, Bart. and brothz..r in-law to the Speaker of the house of Ccnimons. Wedit, , ,day I:,s+, at 11 o'clock, at Sion Hill, the seat of h:s Grace the Duke of Ni irlborough, Lady E. Spate Qr. second daught er of his Grace, and wile to J. Spencer, Esq. his Grace's nephew. At Beth, F. Baronnenu, ot New Lodge, Middl esex, one of his Nlajesty's Justices of the Peace, and a Deputy Licutcnant for tlnd county. • Aged 81, J. Thackrah, Esq. of Tooky-street, Southwark, and of I slewot tit, Middlesex. At Hampstead, of an inflammation on the lungs, the wife of Flan* Esq. of the General Post Office. r l~ ~'. .:. o;iqi riog vol of KO) TI Fch 1:1.1 ;et 2 N. 7 : ce..