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^.38 \ a RADICAL. REFORMERS. LEEDS. JULY 17. In ennsegoenee of an difficial intimation from Lord Sidmoutit, the Secretary of State foe the Home I)epart ;tient, Earl Fitzwilliatn, the Lord Lieutenant of this Riding, left Wilton-abbey in die early part of the present week, and is arrived at his seat in YM.kshire. A report to this effect prevailed some weeks ago, which was at thin tittle premature. The political meetings lately hrbl in this and other nianufacturing diatracts, to which the Prince Regent allu , "es in his speech front the Throne, oit the protogation of ,Parliament, is the reason asaigned .for his Lordship's present visit to his !lumen:lacy. On Monday evening some radical Reformers men at the .Elapham atoltCastle. Wakefield. foe the professed objects mentioned in nor last. :file number of those asseenlileti was contemptible, to sly nothing of their cha racter and situation in Petre appeared amon-gst them, but a triident , disagreement of opinion taking place between hint and some whets of these Reformers, the meeting bred:cup after a warm allercatiott, without st.tilitta any of.tt.e objects for which it had been called. A vale of retosatre was passed upon set er..l persons, as lime l fiard. sryward4. Mr not making their appearance rheum. As far as the evidence of this meeting 111.1 y he relied non, the cause of Mese radical Ikfuntsess has s-1 mode but little progress in Wakefield.—lliske- Jrcidstwirnal. SIR CHARLES WOISELY. nn Tues 41dv last, John Thomas Stanley, Han., Foreman, and a most numerous anti resprelable Bench of Magistrates : Ave enumerated upwar d s of Yo ott the Bench at one rieEol of 'Stamford, the Lord Lieutenant of the caustic, was on the Bench. Str J• T. Stait«.-y, Bart. after initialing in his charge to the stvie of the calendar, and cailing tile attention of the Jury to the Ziff:a-eta Acts of Parliament passed during tile last session, made a most animate:) address to Arm on the present state of :the country. lie said. that the banner of rebellion was thiftitled, and that, ahliowah no-act of aggression bad yet tarn committed, yet, as far es words cau.--so far as , the seditious rad blasphemous expressions used at the I tie public MCA:61122 went,.this cootatry.might be said to he in a state of civil war. The question of Parliament ary reform. the Chairman justly added, it was not thtil Der:vas:try to discuss. Whatever might be ti-.e difference of °Lathier' on that question, it was the they t.e all good tracts to resist the iletnpts now piakint to .subvert the laws and constitution ot the country. He called upon the yetunacry of the county, upon whom lie had the strongest reliance. to ;mite wi h the magistracy in their lariat determination to support those laws and that co»- TheChsirtnata ontacltitled with stating to the ry,,that Sqllle matters of great importance would, he eitlerstotal, be brought before them, u hick would re vitaire their most serious and attentive consideratit ill. In toe course of the day, amongst the true bills reunited nay the Grand Jtery, was one against Sir C. WOlsely, Bart., end Harrison, the preacher. for the turbulent and sertli , tioticspeechts matte by them on the t6th ult., at litrack . port, -with itnent to excite tuna alt and insuror tilos, within this realm. Birch, the active police-olfieer, of Striation, teas immediately desuatched with 'a Bench watollo, and apprehended the i baronet, at his seat iii Staffordshire, on We Int-Oily afternoon, end on Thurs day morning conveyed hint to Kuutsford. The remains of the Dovrager Lady Wc/sely 'raving been interred ans the tats g -of that day, the 'oilier, did slot proceed to .IVolerly-iP nk until the afternoon ; and a little before 8 o'clock Sir Centrists, accompanied by the venerable Major Cartwright, with the olEcer on the dicky. reached Staf ford, vs here the horses hawing been changed. the party proceeded to New astir, is here they. remained at the Roe-buck-ion nmtil Thursday morning; when they , pto. evaded and reached Kimisford Alamo Wittiestl'he sessions not having terminated, the Baronet appeared in • riiren the mune vourobine, and was held to bail, himself ia 5001., and two snreties ill 250 i. each ; for the want of the latter heing at hand, he was ordered to he committed till Iwo worthies could be found. After scouring the c , •imiry, we are informed these were procured front Shack pout about. nine. o'clock at night. The bail was .accepted, and Sir Charles liberated to enjoy with free don the company of his beloved friend M.?* Caritorighl, who was with iitt:when ikpprebentled. and accoutpa nits;: asioas to awl from the• Court of Justice. Our corns patient adds, that both he and the old Major were in good spirits. At noon yesterday, they walked about two sr•P •• on their return home, to the house of Mr. Giles, a village schoolmaster, in 011erton, whithat the Baronet's carriage afterwards iwent, and they proceeded at, their journey to IVulsely-bridges.—Naccleffield Courier. tittle. IVeitave been surprised to read in the Leeds news* pale rs of Ilubiloy and Thursday last, that the privet pal houses iii Use WPollin .111Jniifact , ...re at Dewsbury had so ceitd to the reat.latimis of advarue of later aid limita tion in quantity of work, which have been the olject sonant for 11 the labo.rring classes in entering into the " and that .e.ll is it harmony and peace. These rt•presentadons, ire .have the Lest authority for sa,inc, are extremely at variance ts i.th the fact. Si, far flout the MI, iencea li.fvutg been Jik;iisted, the combina tion is its full opera'inn at Dr uabtir),.akl Iws extended to the tieiglitiotiring district of Hct.kistooslv:)ke, Batley, &e. where the men have all s:rtiel, for au ads toter of wattes. T • ite %%lde of tl.e blacket trade as in come loth ice in a mate of stagnation, and 4 - •1 remains to be • oays our correspondent, " whether. the prices de an toiled can he a Itir.kd to be ;Liven, or nvlreth• r ,his ivance *sill drive the trade so places where the combina tion does o u t exist." " The awn dumatuted," lie adds. 4 ' is an advance of about ten per cent. on the manufac tured goods ; and at the former rate of wages, the %%wk. wen esrued per week, for I I hours' wt , rit daily. ,In consequence of this State of tfaitlgs, and ih. el.TVessetl swan:vino of trade, Messrs. ItalLley, Sun, and $:J'-`k,, of Dews! ttry, the largest blanket-stoanufac- TIIE NATMNAL .nEGISTEIt Curers in England, have resolved to shot up their mill ; and at the close of the resent week they w ill finally suspend their operations. " NVe leant that the object of the above-mentioned " Union" is, Ist, toads atiee the price of labour; and, !Idly, to ensure constant employment. And the means proposed for effecting these objects are, Ist, to dicoirsish the hours of labour ; and, 2tlly, to restrict the weekly earnings of the workmen to a sum not exceeding front a goineu to 2-ts. a-week. This stn. it is supposed, would, at the advanced prices, be obtained by eight hours' la bour in a day; and the supply or goods. the projectors imagine, would, in consequence, he reduced to a level with the demand, whereby better paces wools' be ob tained Moth at house and in the foreign markets.—Leeds Met car y. During the present week s a paper has been zealously handed about for signatures, requesting the Mayor to call a public meeting, to dike onto consideration the question of reform. On its being presented to the Mayor, he deemed it advisable to consult with his bro ther Niaxistrates upon the subject, and indite end - he re fused to comply is ith the requisition. We usiderstand that the reqiiisitionists hair, ii consequence, duke:timed to convene a meeting themselves ; and an advertise ment, announcing the sante, • was acconlingly brought to our office - last n ight; but for reasons which, under ex isting circumstances, must be sufficiently obvious to every one, we declined inserting it.—Noilins hays Award. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CoMMON PLEAS. JULY 19. ANDROS V. AN STICE.- Aggravated Cale of Arnivlt avd Pulse Imprisonment. This was an action fur assault and false imprwinnient, stated to have been committed by the dehndam, Captain of the Henry Pincher East fruit:Avian, Lilian the plaintiff; a Lieutenan in the .65th Regiment. Mr. tarrjeant Vaughan stated till case. The plaintiff had, lie said, after having served many campaigns found it oeceasary to return to England from India. for his health, which had suf. .feted considerably. lie had paid Wu/. for his passage, and was entitled to the most unquestionable good treatnient.—A dispute .arose between the plaintitland defendant, before they reached St. Helena, which ended in personal violence. The plaintiff chal lenged the defendant, end three shots were tired on each side, on the Wand, after win:lathe seconds interfered and adjusted the difference. The oefendant, however, retained a rtrol; Lenient branee of the quarrel, and chewed it is the following manner : There was a young gentleman of literary attainments, named Wharton, on board, the descendant of the pom. He ',rote a letter, which he ilmigned to send to his friends en tile subject of the rencounter, in which lie gave an untaroutable a intuit of the defendant's conduct, Dy the advice of the plaintiff the letter was ' not sent, but was torn in pieces, and thrown into a nameless place from which the ddenelant picked it. The watents were so disagreeable to die Captain, that be immediately ordered Mr. Wharton, VI ihl was a charter passenger, not to be allowed to that part of the veal in which the gentlemen took ep their places.— The plaintiffasked Mr. Wharton to his cabin, and was on that account confined, though in an ill state of health, for upwards of two months, to a wretched dark place, by his former antagonist. On toe arrival of the ship at l'orranionth, and not till then, lie was liberated. This war proved by the witueises who guarded the plaintiff with cutlasses. Sergrivn Copley called witnesses to prove that the plaintiffhad, endeavoured to muse insubordination, and his conduct was in other respects highly blameable. In this ho totally The (lief Justice, in summing up mulniented with great severity upon the conduct of the defendant, whose conduct had been tyrannical in the extreme. The J ury found a verdict for the plaintiff—damages 5001. .awooma- COURT OF KlN(i's lIENCII, Jror 23. (Silliogv after Term at Guildhall before a Sperial Jury) CO:f1.401 , 1 CAROILIts-BIKKITT AND CO. O. WILIAM. This was an action bi might by Alt v v. airkitt and Co. Airy-Natters, agaiii.t the propi ie., es of a stage conch fruit London to Exeter, to recover .L 114 being the *rine of a box of cochineal sent by the coach of the-defendant, di rected to J. Worthy, Exetet • . it appeared that a letter aas ret.cived by the plaintiff., porporting to come limn J. Worthy. a dyer, ut . Ext lei. with an older for the cochineal which ass ',cut' by the Ef.- eter coach. After the snivel of the box at F.xeter, a wan of the name of Mattel was desired by a p•rvon who met into near the Inn, to go and usk for the package, led nag him the ptice was las. The man went and brought out the box, which the slimier received and carried away. The question a as, whether this was a delifery correspond log with 818 e direct inn. It was contended that the defend , ant was bound to deliver it to . J. Wurtliy,ofF.t.t•ter, instead of w !deli hr 4101.14 rd it Ina stranger. The pi °pert. , aft , totally 1.1.1 to the plaintiffs, the *hole bring a trick play, tt off by sharpers to obtain the cochineal. No older had been sent by-Al r. Worthy tit' Exeter. Mr. Alas ry I, ahostrpportrtl the pi:dna/re case, argued, that the defendant., Is COIIIOIOII CHI I ler. were lie WV peg the sable of the box., becate.e they haitlelivered it nude circumstance. which made them answerable. They tacit. not justified !Fruiting up a parcel to any one who happened to know the pike chat ged foe conveyance, and the mune of the licivou to whom it was nitec Led. •It was t he did, of the defemlain. to take patcels to the residence of the peesusis to %hoist 114 y were directed, and it 81n2y aonld detivt r goods in their effice, they should at lewd take vouches, for the delivery. Alr. Seat lett route-wiled, in behalf of the defendants — First, anti they wear not liable for the elite of the geoids because they had but been paid for in the Coact' office ac cording to value 5,c00n.4, that the plaintiff. hayhtg Vat It'd with their tight in the property, at could .uut vnpport an action. The person wiiti stood In ibr sign. .sllOl5 of buyer, pianfely, Worthy, of Earter, could only sue fur the non-delively. It war, tinder all the circuit h, smelt a delivery ns any carder, exercising reasor- I /sole cant in.. might have made. The. Le k tued Judge, in his charge to the Jury, vnid, - - - _ before I detail >t a Olt Solip.tmsice or the ev tilt ore, I minis to ;mar a less remarks :—Lly tLe ..of England, founded on the F49•AI ancient iitictiples, a carrier is held l a tttict Willy in case of 1t.,., mid the 'mown 4)1 1 the kw it, that if he Or FOO FO . 141,1 . 1.11.1M011 het n ern the 1 carrier alai his servants would lie JO easily made tip, that no man would be safe. 01' 1411 t iiii F, 11 . 1)M111011 carriers base tudravunrra to. exempt themselves from responsibi• lily by r khibilina a itutirr,iu %lad' tli,. dads Ihr) Hill not be uovtstrublr for v , kul4 *burr a btatpd value, talks , butrked 411 d Pclld for ACCUldirlg to lbe value. 11 u ptrauti, JULY c. 16. afferlhis, chooses to tresthis it Ro ods,sately delivered, wiiliiin tem li p e ly ea ln ,ff with the notice, and they arc n nut make the earlier athweralrie ; but, in order to In log the cart ier within the 1)11)04 of this ito:ler, it is bent an hint to make the person delivering the goods un del staisil the nin tee, by either reading it, or putting it into Lis heeds. This case does not raise the question, whether the plaintiff in his tit knew of the notice ; in point of fact, no notice was exhibited. The servant therefore could not know it, end if carriers will not take the trouble to make their desks or eervants deliver a copy of their notice, they elitist not complain if they du not benefit. It is argued, that the action against the carrier most be brought by the buyer, but in this exec there is no buyer. It is all a trick and contrivance, and being so, the property remained in Menus. }firkin, and Co.—The Learned Judge was of opinion there was proof of negligence on the part of the defendants. A carrier might nos be bonend to go to the residence of the person to whom the parcel. is directed ; lie may deliver It at his office r bnt lie must rle. liver it to the right per.an I if he dues not, be takes the consequenee. Undoubtedly he might base found J. Worthy, who awned known iu Exeter ; instead of which he gives It to a stranger; and if a man will deliver goods under melt eiretonstatires,be must answer for.neelii.,Penee. One of the J a ors old,i evert, that no property would he safe unless it was delivered according to Jireetion. Jodge.—So it seems to sue. You intuit, hooves er. con sider, Gentlemen, what the carrier has done iis ;Isis in stance, rather than empire by what right he leas dune it. Parcels, are often directed to be left till called fur, but this was not directed so. It was directed to a mail well known iti Exeter. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Munagea El 14. Judge.—This verdict will do some good. It will sheer cutlers how far they are safe in deliver ofgoodA. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. MONDAY, Juvir 19. "'HE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH'S GOLD PLATE. LORD SHAFTE6BII.I.RY V. Tit r DUKE Or MARLIIOIIOIfOIi.. Sir Arthur l'iggott this morning called the attention of the Vice-Chancellor to the motion which was before the Court upon a former day, on the subject of the gold plate of the Duke of Nlarlholough. Ills Honour en that occasion made un order, that his Grace should put in his answer to the supplemental bill filed by the plaintiffs, by the next seal. His Grace had only put in his answer this morning, so that no opportunity had been a lto-Jed for considering its contents. His (Sir A. Piggot'to object in add re:sing his Honour now, was to allow a short tune for the plaintiff, to read the answer, so that further means might be taken for obtaining the übject they had in view. The Vice Chance!lor.—You misunderstood me upon this mat. ter. I was desirous, in the view in which this ease haul been pre sented to the Court, that his Grace should have put in an affidavit lie had suffered the period for putsing in his answer to elapse. -Mr. Bell apprehended that the answer would he thund to con tain a disclosure as full and complete as could have been had by an affidavit. Sir A. Piggott wished the motion to stand till Wednesday nairring. The l''are Chancellor said, that fin. :he purposes of justice, it might be es well to have the answer teed now, as in all probabi lity the plaintiff* would have to amend their supplemental bill before any order could be made. it would Ise saving time to have the answer real now. Mr. Bell then read the answer of his Grace. It commenzed by admitting foe title of the plaintiffs to file their bill; and also that the late Doke was possessed of divers pieces of old family plate, and of other gold and silver plate; Ciat this bail been conveyed in toot, in manner set out in the plain till's bill ; and that lie, the defendant, was left heir at law, and customary heir of the said Duke. After sonic other adinhedorer 1610 the facto act out in the bill, the answer then admits that the defendants did, about three months ago, cause the whole of the gold plate to be removed from Blenheim up to London by Thos. 'friplasok, as his agent. for the purpose of raising money on this defendant's right toad interest in stieli gold plate for a few months only; and also the the pulpits.: of hating the new arms of Churchill, lately taken by this defendant, engraved thereon : and that this defendant intended having such arms engraved thereon, to have such engravino finished, and the said plate produced a t Blenheim by the 13th of Aogitia, that being the anniversary e f the battle of Blenheim, when the defendant intended, as he had before dune, to entertain his neighbours. The answer then goes on to state, that in consequence of distresses arising from litiga tion, the defendant being greatly pressed for money, and par ticularly to pay the workmen employed in the grounds at illenhenri.liouse, he had instructed the said Thomas Triphook to deposit suell plate with acme respectable silversmith. to raise a stint of money to enable this defendant to iii;cliarge the arrears of wages due to the said workmen, and for other pressing oc tisions; that the said Thomas 'l'riphook undertook to raise such motel for this defendant in manner lust mentioned. And this defendant solem-sly declares that he never authorized the said Thomas Triphoerk to sell, pawn, melt, or to dispose of the said plate otherwise than in manner aforesaid; and drat in case he Malt otherwise disposed thereof, this defendant was not in any manner privy or cionsenting thereto, and would not on any aceount have permitted the same. or been in any manner instrumental thereto; and this defendant verily . believes, that the said T. Triphook has been himself deceived. in case the same bath ever been offend firs sale. or pawned. or phtlged, or melted down, or destnived. The defendant then stated. that lit had been inthnned by Trip hook. that he deposited all the said gold plate with a silveraniitb. (excepting one plate, one knife. one fork, and one spoon, which this detendant delivered to Thomas Hemmen, a working jew eller, who had previously engraved the whole of the Blenheim silver plate, and which he had since got back into his own po— sessitn,), for the purpose of hating his new arms engraved therein; which silversmith lived in the neigliboorhood of I.incoles-ire. fields, and had deposited the same in the bends of some bunk: r for cafe custo.ly. 'l'he names of this silversmith and banker the defendant could not of his own knowledge state; and Triphook had refused to communicate the same to him. And this defee dant saith. that having been informed that some of the said ;dine was offered fin sale by persons in whom hands it had got, after it had been delivered to Trip hook. he immediately applied to hint and stated to him inch information, when the said T. 'friphool; expressed himself shocked at the tip eurnstrowe, which he Milli he haul also heard, and assured this defendant that he had, immaili ately upon hearing thereof, taken away the gola plate t'rom the person or persons who hid so offered it for sale, and deposited it in oilier hands. The answer then admits, that in consequence of the defendant's instructions, 'f hos. Triphook had raised or I .3001. on the plate. for the use of the defendant; but he de nies it to be true, that he did. by means of T. 'friphook, or sty other agent or agents, intentionally or knowingly cause any part of the said gold plate to be eifered for sale to Nr. Guest, to lit. Albion Cox, or to any other peraon ; and in CAW the said Tho,. Tripliook bath offered the same In manner afuremi.l. he did so in violation if this defendant's instructions, against Ida wiilmeii, and without hie privity. He added, that he was unable to inform the compile:lents where the plate now is, that he did not collude with the said Thomas Triphrink. and that although cannot believe MCI. plate bath been ili , posed of by the ;aid T.Triphook. so es not to ):e forthcoming safe am' uninjured. let if it should appear otherwise, he war moot willing to submit to indemnify thetestator'scatate fat the value thereon.