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.•Ri li I 1 litAA- . "•.111 G I 6,,LC4 is I , JA A ;A) V't „ •. )tatosmart 4.1 4. :"1 No. 4692. uNrruu AN finettry. Fi nn ANNIVERSARY of the UNITARIAN sot :L1 . % sill be held on Tau 115114% . the Mb inst. g of London Tavern, rtivhopagate-street. Irotkitiety ui:l meet for baldness at the Tavern. at Four e t ..., to, aPer u:aiell the Subveribers and their Friend* will j ai wirreivr. Dinner on lint Table at Five o'clock precisely. r ekes. rice I. each, may be had at the bar of the Torre. SU I:REY INSTITUTIOIN. April 14, IMO. il' p:IOPRIETORS and SUBSCRIBERS rcyrrctfnti, infrfrowd, that • New CATAIAOBU P. ere I.IR %RV of t 'IRCULATION has bete printed, asay be had at the Rowse of dee Inetlietles. amtawr SPENCER, Seeretary. Barr ISII F . INT. !MANUFACTORY, SI, tussx-rrazur. Omura pm. IMMO/4 UPTON and. Co.'s CI. sop, notable, sad NI- prottrilii !Awn. pm mi. per cwt. I,,virithlenreen -40 e. Stone Colour . - - 185. 11:;rr Green • - At. Sleek - - Mts. leeddeep tireen - IM. 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HAZARD and Co.. the Contractors, beg to r.e quaint the Publle. that as no Prise higher than .t wee drawn on the I lih in"tant. every Tiehet and Share. if ►nutlht before the 4;th of this Month, will have the chance fur the ONE HUNDRED AND TWO CAPITALS. INCLL DING 4 Prises of 1311.000 wow io.ooo And indeed for every other Prise in Ow Lottery (except the I. Prizes (*ewe). an If the Tickets'aid Mares had been height before the Preliminary Drawing. lif• a • Two Prises of 1110,000. a per Cam CONSOIS NI:ST Di aaawn With this )leath, when the Two VISIT DRAWN Pan.. will (kb 110.010 seek in addities to whatever Prises they way he dries. I/EAUTY OF PERSON,—h Oen happens that as the mind grows enlightened it grows sceptic : this may amount for the prejudice often formed against such artistes al the following ; and yet it must be allowed that same relic hs due to thrift whose productions can repair the ravages which time or disrtse produce to the person. Loss of hair from disea,e, perspiration, and change of climate. is %cry common, even in early life, and yet it seems surprising that sachet t.rnament should be suffered to be lost, when a little care may present it. The same observation applies to the teeth; they heeome discoloured. citrons. 'A.A.... and fall out from laattentlon. A long practical observation of the above feet* hate led to the in:rodectlon of the fallowing articles : Hudson's Guile Di% ine. or ralpepper'sl4pecille, presents the hair ehanging colour or falling of. and restores it even where the party has been bald for years.—Price its. 0d.74.141. VW One Cielnea„—liedom's &death- Tooth Powder re- Moves the tartar. fastens the teeth that are loose, effectually prevents the tooth-aeh. asd makes the teeth, hoarier in jured or dlscolonred. of • pearly whlteness.—Prier to. Pi. a box. kohl hs the Proprietor's Agent. Air. Atkinson, No. 41, Gerrard-street, Hobo-sinare. London : Mr. (triage. lq I. Oxford-street klessrs. Firth and Langley. No. ti. ditto; 11 "ori• Doitscn and Meson. Haymarket; Mx. Goodman, Piccadilly: Air. Ross. Rishopsgate-street ; and most Per f inters and llairdre s ss . THE (IRIGINAI. AND GENUINE. Pitronised hr HLR M ‘JFAITV, their Royal iligh"P" 011 the DU( HESS a YORK. and DUKE of St SSEN, his Intp•rial Msjesty the EMPEROR of RUNS! %, hr their special .luthnrit and by west of the Nobility end Gentry bussagkont Eu rope, ROWILAAND'S NIACASt3AR OIL, the Original and tlanuitte. warranted to afford the greatest nnarisb went to the Finnan Hair. presents its being injured by 44rneige of climate. illness, travelling. tic.: remotes tbe harshness and dryness. presents the hair falling rr turning gm,. semi pnwlures a thick growth it. bald places, makes the 'bait soft, curly, and glossy, pveswrves the enrl In dnsep weather. prndures whiskers and eyebrows. —Price 111. 7... 111. . fld.. and Vs. per bottle. Alan ROW T. %ND'S R.4BENCIR of TY R E.—Fly merely wetting the heir nit!, this preparation. the Proprietors ar r,st to produce immediately a perfect chanter in RED or CREY 11118. WO !SKIMS, EYP-PROWS. &e. to a 'weariful vlo.” and permanent BROWN or RI. WK. imi tating the exact mural colour. Washing malois this 4e inG , r durable. —T.arlivi or Gentlemen may fie their hair with rzsa and e:Tresv.—Prire 40.. h. Rd_ wad Ilk. OM. Sold wholesnir. retail. and for egportatiots. by the sole Preprietors. A. Rowland and Son. corner of Kirby-.treet. the iirbt turtling on the right in Hatton-garden. Ned. by appointment. by Megan, Hendries.Titeh t orne-street ; Smyth. 117, filmic and Peirce, Si. Overton. 4% and ft. Riese. 38. New Bned-street; Rayley and Rlew. CoAspur.street ; S. Retry. 17, and Johnstone, I.S. Greek **Peet J. ,nd C. Butler. 1. Chespside; Marge. lii. t heap aide ; Newberry and Sens. 48. and Edward.. 68. St. raul's chucele.yard: Burgess. OS. : nimbi% and Son.. Fleet-trtrkvt ; Prow. til/. and Low, Silt. Strand : Ron - Pl. Intl. Batton-garden; Pye, 623. King-street Sutton. Row Char.:to-yard; Tait. U. and Johnston. Iturnbill ; Rol tt,n and Tim. Ron *I Eselisnre ; ilh) le. Ensteheap; and by ail P•rfumers add Medicine Vender.. A. ROWLAND and SON respectfully C.IUTIOM the Pi.blic against spurious imitations, eomposed of deleterious tgredten.s. Injurious in the hair. To pre. ent the imPoot tioa. ask for ROWLANO'S Oil. , nr ROTH.AND'S nve., and obseme that each genuine bottle i 4 signed on the nut side label. in red Ink, .1. Rowrxin and SON. - - a itu out that signature Ire counterfeits. CLEAR)* scraus STODDART AND OTHERS. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, GUILDHALL, Arm 14. This was an action for damages, on the ground of an alleged libel on the character of the plaintiff, published in The New Times newspaper of Friday, the 20th of November, It was a paragraph in a public letter. addressed by Henry Hunt to Sir Francis Burdett, on the subject of a letter produced at the then last Westminster election by the defendant, avowed to be written in Ame rica by Colobett, strongly redecting on the character of Hunt; but arraigned by Ilunt in this letter as a positive forgery. In this letter was contained the following pa ragraph, which constitutes the ground of the present action:— " That such a thing as the kept man-mistress, Cleary, should be guilty of such an act of baseness, will sur prise no one who reflects tint he has not got a shilling to support himself, but the wages of his awn prostitu tion, unless it be sometimes from your bounty." another tpb of the same day's paper, were • of the coarse epithets ;sod Iry Mr. . Memos. Wools? soft Chaer—+' Ms profligate drunken wretch,' and the mistress.' We beg to be understood whatever to these libels, which we . to reprobate." .e names of the Jury, which was to have been Sp►► being called over, only four of them appeared, don remaining eight were Common Jurors. Mr. CHITTY opened the proceedings, by slating to the Court and Jury the nature of the action. Mr. linos - 611am then stated the case, observing, time in the whole course of his own experience, and be b► tiered his Learned Friends opposed to him on this oces• sion would say as •ls for themselves, there never was any instance of a libel published to he compared with the present, in posut of malignity and atrocity, towards the, reputation of an innocent man. To show that this was ' a true description of his client, it was only necessary be him to state who and what Mr. Cleary and then Ihe read the libel set forth on the recorif. Mr. Cleats a member of the same honourable profesaion to which be belonged. Ile was a resident of the Temple, and fop lowest the avocation of a conveyancer and law agent, and in this situation he was not likely to have incurred any hostility from the defendants in the course of his rivate transactions. Ile was nut in habits of intercourse with the editors or publishers of this newspaper, and could base done nothing to justify, on their parts, as attack of this nature. The defendants were the pro prietors, the editors and publishers of a public news paper, of a very extensive and respectable circulation in this great city : it was called Twe New. Times. With the parties who owned it his client had had no man ner of intercourse, far gof! or for bad ; hut It did hap. pen, that Mr. Cleary followed his own conscientious opinion, and essaintasnest his own political sentiments, which every subject of this country had a right to do, so long as they kept within the hounds of the law, and in such pursuits he became acquainted with a gentleman a a party of Reformers, not reTV numerous to be cute, but which owned fur its apostle Mrajor Cartwright. With the Major, however, he bad nothing to do in this cam. Mr. Cleary attached himself to Major Cartwright, who, though he (.lr. Bronehans) thought him wrong, yet be was certainly st disinterested and consistent in his sentiments upon this subject, though he owned he did not himself follow the preaching of the Major. Mr. Cleary, however, attached himself to this gentleman when lie offered himself as a candidate for the City of Westminster, where his success hut too strongly verified the old adage, that *• a prophet obtained no belief in his own city," for he had but very few voter. Ott this occasion Mr. Cleary took occasion to read a letter at the hustings, purporting to be written by Cobbett, containing some observations on the conduct of a Mr. Hunt. Hr felt that he ought to apologise fur naming each a person as Mr. Hest en the same day with the worthy Major, and this letter M. !lust said was a forgery; and Mr. Cobbett too said it was a forgery. The conserpreoce was, a letter written, or at least signed by Mr. hunt, addre ssed to Sir Francs Burdett, and in this letter charges Mr. Cleary with being concerned in the forgery. The whole of this lett*, finds its way to publication in The New Times, and not only imputes to Mr. Cleary a direct charge of being ray of the foul crimes( forgery, but also a charge, in comparison with which the charge of forgery sunk to !whim:: ; for all the libels contained iu this letter va nished b•ftwe the malignancy of imputing to Mr. Cleary a crime which it was impossible to contemplate, mach less to name, nithuut horror, and which he coald not venture to mention. To Mr. Cleary, a gentleman of re spectable rank and character, the native of a sister coas ter, whip had ever coeductell himself with irreproach able character since he settled in this, was imputed a crime which, for the honour of the country from which I be cause, lie would say this was the first tiwe he had ever Thiso sad Shams me oa Salo siLAI old Ortablished In another Parasral , 01km si D Mid Cla.; lb* Cootvactors, these words, speaking ea. 1 OS ISlf o Ottbed-strend; 'navies Wear towards 1 eerier of Swallow-orset, London; who Shared and Sold, former he calls ' a pri In the Last Lottery Contract, 7,370 and 0.586 1e6,000 each, latter ' a kept man-snit sad is a regent Lottery as giving no colour w All Lbs, Prises of £30,000! !! onll repeat to reproltai ••• HAZARD and Co. have Arad, ill all the principal he names of the J Toros throggliont the Gantry. cial, being called over , LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1820. '• The Cause for wAieA HAMPDEN M iw the Field, and SYDNEY died on the Scaffold."' • BY THE KING'S ROYAL LETTERS PATIVIT. THE ECONOMICAL. LAMP. N contemplating Gio dreadful accidents which A so freqttently aver. In the destruction of lives Red pro perty, from the use of Candles, the Public will duly appre ciate the importance of a guarded light. embracing, le all its cases. perfect safety, 'never-failing certainty, and the closes est economy, bearing any motion, and so particularly cal culated for the Chantber, Nursery, or moving Light, es to merit universal adoption, and made the more valuable, es a preserver of the Carpet from tallow and wax, and a security aginst waste. This Lamp acts upon the principle of as invariable contiguity from the flame to the oil, without a reservoir above, and thereby rendered completely portable: possessing great variety to form and elegance, Oide. a bright light in proportion to the occa s i o n, an d requtrieg so trimming daring the longest night, or replenishing with eel ton oftener than oace in two or three swaths, and so alas* as to meet the weakest capacity. More than • Moulted families (many residing in distant parts of the country, who have honoured the Patentee with their torafidenee) are sew In possession of this improvement ; mad it is to anthipale the wishes and rons.mience of those who are thus Sat the Patentee is induced to give • general Ides ol t =. Thethamber or House Lamp. is law stands, lea. gust 11Ne. to Ills. le Droste and hop vial weal The Wady Lamp, in a very handsome bronze pedestal. Os. to 17e.; and for the Dining Table, ten to twelve inches high, at 00s. to 700. the pair. Glass hanging Green's' lamps, elegant. at Ws. to 435. for the Staircase. Passage. Sideboard, and F.ntra ace, giving a light downwards as well as around; and for • large flail, Ms. to Ines. Cut-glass stand, to be placed in a Lantern, with Glass bottom, les. to gig.; or Pan-light, and for the Vase, or York Lanterns, to Ox in a socket, las. to leo. (a most desirable acquisition to these Lamps). The espense, in best Spermaceti Oil, will be a halfpenny worth in eight or nine hours for the Chamber light, and one, In two-penny worth in six or eight hours, for Hall, Passage, Sideboard, Study, de. Kohl by T. Pearce and Co., Agents to the Patentee, No. S. Pickett -street, near Temple-liar, Strand. who, to guard the reputation of the..e Lamps from the effects of bed Oil, are bound to sell none but genuine Spermaceti. beard imputed to an Irishman—yet to Mr. Cleary Vase Imputed this foul and abominable crime in these words: '•-that such a thing as the kept man-mistress Cleary should be guilty of such an act of baseness will surprise 10 one, who reflects that lie has not a shilling to support himself bat the wages of his own prostitution, unless it be sometimes by your bounty."—'l bus stating, that Mr. Cleary is a wretch who was not able to subsist but by the prostitution of his person in a manner not to be named among Christians. If the Jury were of opinion with him that the charge of for g ery, foul as it was, did not weigh au atom or a grain of dust when put in the balance against a libel of this abominable nature, they must agreirieltb him, that they world have formed but a feeble notion indeed of this cause if they considered it in the light of an ordinary action for libel. This libel was aggravated by the mode of its publication, which seemed to be contrived for the purpose of sticking closer and rankling deeper in the wound it had indicted.— Coming from the pen of such a perton as Mr. Hunt, it *veld have fallen harmless, because no one would have kw gives it *radii or attention for a siutk mosneuts but by the aid of We publisher the asetigeset nature d Na r iam, distilled by Air. Hunt received a new vigour. He was truly grieved to find the respectable name of Dr. Stoadart amongst these defendants, as a proprietor of the paper in question, because he was convinced that Inch • libel could never have had his sanction, as he considered him an honourable man ; but he bad got into bad company, and he :mat be treated as one of them.— He might be told by his Learned Friends on the other side, that it was Mr. Hunt who wrote this letter, and not any of the defendants. But how was this fact to be sbewn, even if it were important? The letter was made public in The New Times, and there was no other au thority for imputing it to Mr. Hunt. Mr. Hunt might have written and published it, yet his client might never have been hit by the slander of such an author ; but it was In the columns of The New Times that person found the most effectual mode of giving vent to his calumny. It was The New Times that barbed the arrow, and winged its flight to inflict a deeper wound on the cha racter of Mr. C.; and to the proprietor of that paper must Mr. C. now look for reparation. Before he sat down, he must add a short observation. Ile might be told that this article was not intended as a libel against Mr. Cleary; it might be said that he who published such' l a slander was next to him who was capable of commit ting the crime imputed. His Learned Friends might nay it was only meant to point at Mr. Hunt ; but would the Jury listen to such an argument? lie would tell this the libel was against both. But, at all events, it would not be justifiable to iojare the character of Mr. Cleary in an attempt to abuse Mr. Hunt. If, indeed. the attack had been made on the political principles or public opinions of Mr. Cleary, it would have signified nothing. But it was the true character of malice to press through a man's public to get at his private cha racter, and then the poison would be sure to stick. The only question for the Jury to decide now was, did the defendants publish this libel or not ? Upon the point of damages he would ask but one witness (and that one WIN in the breast of every one of the Jury), on whose he was content to rest for an atimpsuatioss at. He would only wish ea ch of them le hsh she ease of Mt.-Cleary, whet am of would take to have such an imputation against= racier published in The New Times, a paper of poet circulation; and, he was sorry to say, so highly ps. tronised ? And the answer his own mind would make, would name the sum they ought to give to his client. fs his J. Watkinaon, the Registrar of the Stamp Office, proved the publication of the paper, and Geo. Stevens, Clerk to the Solicitor of Stamps, that Dr. Stoddart and Edward Quin were proprietors, and Andrew Mitchell, the printer and publisher of the paper. The paper of the 20th November, InlB, was then put in, and the letter containing the libel was read. Mr. SeAat.ave here - submitted to the Court, that it Important for him to give in evidence a paragraph ntainell in the leading article of the same paper, by Which the charge of malignity would be in a great mea sure removed. The Loan CHIEF .Imrtar appeared to diuent from that opinion. - - - - Mr. Scsniarr contended, that he had a right so to do. He then alluded to the inuentloes contained in the declaration, in which the word I was averred to mean, Henry Hunt, and similar expressions in the first person, all declared to refer to the same individual, so that the *iota,' had assumed that the letter meant that the said Henry Hunt made such assertions, and not that they 'eouveyed the sentiments of the Editor. The LORD Cater JUNTICIC remarked, that the use of the wont I was the usual mode in that species of com position ; but that it would out by any means be con sidered as authentic. Mr. SCABLETT added, that the letter was signed H. Hunt. Now, in the record, I being stated to mean Henry Hunt, there was a variance; independent of that objection, he submitted, that it was a general rule, that one part of a publication, having reference to, or ex plalaing another, could be read; it would be exceeding bald, where the proprietors of a newspaper were charged with having adopted the sentiments of another, they 4p514 not be allowed to show by another part of the cation, that they did not intend to publish it as t r own sentiments, or with the view of attacking the character of the plaintiff. The Learned Counsel quoted the" King r. Perry," in which the defendant was per witted to read a passage is the same paper, although it was detached from the paragraph alleged to be libellous. The Loan Unite .lysine*.—l do not say I should not allow the sans* indulgence in a similar case. Mr. Semitesr then referred to '6 Maceroni e. Mor rie," for a libel contained in The Quarterly Review, in which ease the defendant contended, that he had a right to read the whole of a publication of which Maternal I was the author; and on a motion for a new trial, the' grorand on which the application was founded, was. that the defendant had been prevented from reedlog pas-1 sages in evidence, aad the Court agreed that he had a right so to do. - - - Mr. (Witmer contended, that there never had been as instance in which a defendant had been prohibited from reading passages in the same publication in explanation ; because it was possible that such explanation might re move the sting, partieniarly where the sentence would bear a double construction. Mr. Gnocumam, in reply, urged that the paragraph ought not to be read, because the charge was for having gives publicity to the letter. No man could be sup pored to read the whole of a paper, and therefore if a defendant were permitted to read another part in miti gation of damages, in every case of libel, the defend ant nodal take care to introduce a few words in some °barer, part of the paper, perhaps amongst the Lottery putts, and thus plead his nen-liability to the conse quences of the libel. PRICE SEVEN PENCE. Mr. Cntvry Said a few words in suppo.t of M!. proughain's argument. Mr. SCARIATT argued, that so far from the paragraph to which he had alluded being in an obscure ears of the paper, it r:as contained in the leading article, a more public part of the paper than that in which the letter ap peared, and be eul tted that it would be manifestly an- Just to preclude the defendant from giving it in evidence of his intention. Mr. ticeszt then referred to the second Campbell Reports, containing the ease of the King r. Peer)... Loral Ellenburough there supported the claim of the de fendant. and lie was permitted to read a passage in the same publication. The Loan I:RIEr Jl;f4Ttelt entirely agreed with Lord Ellenhorough, but he thought the Present ease materi ally different, and he trusted the opinion be entertained would not be attended with injustice' ne-either of the parties ; the defendants might make it the ground of a motion for a new trial, if the verdict shoalepan against them. The character of the paragraph ditL as a r to him as lento nor nor did it mon to the stn ,e of the letter. Upon the whole be aid out think the paragraph couki be given ;11 evidence. John Wright was then called.—Wituesa hid known Mr. Cleary, the plaintiff, for some thee past; did not know Mr. Hunt personally, but believed Manama to be Henry; saw the signature 11. Hunt, and should uglier slam! it to hare meant Henry; the name Cleary he should suppose r. tired to the 'Albeit( t'ross-evatnined by Mr. SCARLETT.—Had had PISIMII nica ti on with Mr. Cleary; knew that Mr. Ovary had proved Mr. tobleett's hind-writing to the Woe, and which the libel stated to be a forgery ; knew that Mr. Hunt bad been soinetitnes called Henry +X; Ad not know from Mr. (leery thatahe letter complidaed of had been published in other papers; bad beard M= speak of the literary war between them; bad o with Mr. Cleary, and learned from him that ho hatl published a pamphlet against Hunt; had eonretood re specting the letter in The New now. t had as seams to suppose that Mr. Cleary did not believe it to be writ ten by Mr. Hunt ; had never beard Mr. Cleary bad bees informed by the editor of The New Times that tt was a genuine letter of Mr. Hunts, and that he reflood to proceed against Mr. Hunt; bad spoken to Mr. Chary of this letter as being the letter of Mr. Hunt; Mr Ulesry had spoken of it, it was indentood that it was Illz. Hunts; always spoke of this letter as the letter of Henry Hunt; had known Mr. MET some 'time. has had not been aetmaiated with him wen Deemahor. 1818; never heard of Mr. Cleary's living with a fill. tress. Here the case for the ion elated. Mr. SCARLZTT the addressed the hlry en the part *I the defendants. The Learned Counsel for the prosecu tion hall not oily vesture to seldom.* a wattle for the plaintiff, which, if he taw rightly, le was persuaded he would not get, bet be had, by as kihmotil and exag gerated picture of the tweet of the.defeduate, and, with the view of obtaining heavy damage, asked them to give his client smelt a sum ae they would toweisler to be a compensation Is themselves, bad a similar imputa tion been cast upon them. The injury Mmlehood by the plaintiff was merely the trait of the i s = of the Lethal Cease' and hie Mee. If ttr had been sustained, weld it sot be enineod , he would hare called wifeless to prows Ilhe mama of damages? Would he se also have take On le awl out whether the lege Imo written by the Rat whose signature we Mead to it? It wu by so mane impossible, although ho AM set expect such was the fact, that the presto' nodes was directed against one of the defendants is particular; and that they were anxious to brio g down ruin on Dr. Stoddart; and this they would effect by what they might perhaps call the Maud ship of the law. It was likeli ta , perhaps, if the Sittings lasted long enough, that the rued Counsel would ap pear there as the advocate of Mr. Hunt in anotheresue against the present defendants, and calling upon them to vindicate the said Henry Hunt from the imputations cut upon him. Thus placed between these two Ares, if verdicts passed against him, it would place The JV nit Time. in a very peculiar situation. He would pet it to the Jury whether it was probable, that if Mr. Cleary felt himself injured, he would have delayed so long be fore he brought the present action ? He emdd sot, in deed, look into the brief of the Learned Camel for the prosecution, but he should not be surprised to And that the same solicitor was employed by Mr. Leary and Mr. Hunt; and, had the plaintiff been put to a point, he should not hare been surprised to see Mr. Haat himself brought forward as a witness. Was it not evident that this present action had not for its object the wish to re move any stain from the reputation of Mr. Cleary, but that it was thereby intended to accomplish the ruin of Dr. Stoddart? How had the character of Mr. Cleary been attacked? What proof had that geodesists given that he considered himself injured ? He would appeal to Mr. Brougham, than whom no man had Auer feelings of honer, whether he would have remained one night with sock an imputation as that which it was alleged had been east upon Mr. Cleary, without taking measures to obtain redress ? Mr. BILOVGIIIild:Mr. Cleary was lIMICiad with W WI& Mr. Scantirrr.—Prove it. Mr. Bitouousis then called Major Cartwright.—Witness was acquainted with Mr. Cleary. At the mid of the year 1815, Mr. Cleary was allicted with ill health, and, as far as be mid judge, it proceeded from distress of mind ; be thought hiss at that moment incapable of writing as Le bad been accus tomed to do. Mr. Clea ry, he believed, was paralytic. Cross-examined by Mr. SCARLETT.—Heeellected the election at Westminster, when Mr. Lamb was returned, in February, 1819; always understood that Mr. Cleary bad taken an active part at that election. William Henry Shiers said, be was clerk to Pearson, Mr. Cleary's solicitor ; Mr. Cleary had employed Mr. Pearson professionally before Mr. Hunt. Crowe:mined by Mr. SCARLETT.—Wituars had con ducted the proceedings in the present case; had never heard that an offer had been made to Mr. Parson by Messrs. Sweet and Stokes to give up the manuscript, nor did he- know that Mr. parson had missed to proceed against Mr. Hunt. Ha never been employed to ascer tain whether Mr. Hunt bad written the letter or not. Here Mr. BROUGHAM said, he had a letter to prove that the action had been commenced is Easter Term, 1819. - -- --- Mr. SCARLET? objected to ibis, whoa Mr. Baorstwe put the letter into the band of the witness to prove that fact ; bat as it was ;merely a letter from Messrs. Sweet and Stokes, t h e defeatkats' so licitors. The LORD Vizier JVATTCR said, it OREM not he re ceived as evidence of the commenceumet of as action. Mr. SCARLC7 T resumed.—The Jury would observe the probability that ma Mr. Hunt would be called, as i ~.~' S < ..... 1 ' • •-al 4 . d,. .r 11:: ' 1 id 1 I I