The National Register. — London, England, 1819-12-13 00:00:00

DEC. 13 LAW REPORTS. COUI(T OF KING!, BENCH. ALLEGE!► LIBEL.—MACIRONE V. MURRAY. This action was brought lay the plaintiff, an officer in the army, and son of a merchant in the city, against the defendant, to recover damages, for a malicious libel published in ti►e Quarterly Bet iew, No. 38. The plaintiff, it appeared. was in Paris when the expulsion of Nltirat Iron► the throne of Naples was decreed by the Europeau Powers. The plaintiff on that occasion was sent by the Allied Sovereigns in quality of Envoy, to tiegociate with Murat fur his sar7elider of the throne. Ile was instructed by Prince Metternich to oar him a pasiport, with liberty to proceed to •any part of the Austrian dominions. Murat refused to give tip his claim, rejected the terms and was ire. ' wow.; 111 COIIIIIIOIOO hostilities in Calabria. The pla int frit-livered the passport to N 1 ura , no. sa ititstanding his refusal to secede to the terms proposed ; and soon a fter gate inhirmation to Capt. Basler,. the British t.lhJer tan the Naples station, to enable him to inter cept him, in his way to Calabria. The inform lion, howeter, cause too late, and Alma was not detained.— Ttie plaintiff aquae time after published an account of the transaction, in a hook which was examined in the Quarterly Review. The article charged I with treachery, high treason,- and intimated that he deserted an igt►tn►► it►ions death.. Mr. Bell, in implant of the plaintiff's case, co►►tended that his client was entitled mu large damages. The defendant pleaded a justification. The only evidence was ir.c two books. Tae Solicitor General made an appeal to the Jury in behalf of the tit feud:int, contending that the illegal libel was a fair comment on the acts of the plaintiff, as detailed iiy himself. The Lord Chief Justice left the Jury to say whether the defendant had publi,hed a fair eta iiiiii ent or not. The Jury without the least hesitation, found a verdict for the defendant. The Duke tit Wellington salon the Bench during the trial. WRIGHT T. GLIIMENT. This action was broiiiitt by Mr. IYnglit, the well known agent or Cor b ett, against the defendant a piiblisher, in the strand, to rectner a compensation iu damages for an injory alleged to hate been sum:tined by the puldical ion in falae and malicious librls in Cu' beds %Vet•ltiv Political Register The first libel was sold by the defend utt oi, the Bth of Nlareit last, at his shop in the :;:r.111.1. it referred to a letter signed %V. Cobben, which had app. aied in " the Times," and • led that the said letter had been co ttttttttttt cried by a vile wretch. It also threatened to hold bias up to the horror of mankind. Tlw shove, in the opinion of Mr. Hansard, who had known Wright and Cuhirett, applied to the plaintiff.— The seem, l libel contained a charge of forging a letter, supposed to have been written.by Cobbott, of being a Spy, and causing the death of iv man. Mr. Hansard d that the letter was tit the hand writing of NVm Ciabbett. It was written on the, loth of May, 1808, front Bo& y. John Paul, WIIU Was employea in NI I to investigate the accounts between %Vright anti Cohlott. knew the letter to be the hand writing of Cohlict t. _ . A Mr. itektou also &posed that it was Coltbett's hand writing. The letter sit question was produced at the Hustings, Covent Garden; also at a Meeting held at the Clown and Anchor, anti stated to be a forgery. _ . . Mr. Scarlet!, for the plaintiff, drserilred this to he a foul attempt to htcprive a respectable person of this gotta name. No justification was attempted. and he called upon the jury to give all the damages laid w the decla falloll, name!), buirol. Mr. Adolphus, tor the defendant, called witnesses to prove that Mr. Clement gate orders to his servants not to sell Coldutt's Registers. 1 tie Jury, muter JII circumstances, found a verdict for the lii,rintili—Dimages OLD BAILEY: FRIDAY, Me. Ilarbonr was put to the bar, charged with stealing siik handkerchiefs, ithhon, lace and si.k i.itieltings totgreit amount, the priiperty of :%le,srs. Timid and Cu. ; and Charlotte Smith for .receiving the same, k:iutring them to be stolen. J. Nlo w riison tote first watiess stated, that he was a partnzr in the firm of T..d.! and Co., an.l that the prisoner load b:ett in their empl,,v as 4)00111..1h •".• was then •i called. This was the most material et iiii..ss in this case I)tiritig his exami nation i.e fretio,ntly set the Court in laughter. lie stated that lie had lodged in the sante house xi.lt the female prisoner, and hatjti ticeasi 111 l to come home one day, he w.:111 1.0 her soartineut tor tile key of 'O dour, when no one answered hint ; lie went up stairs ill look thiol. F ,l a briikvit wimin,y mu) n.r mum, and saw., the other pii.oiler, whom she slid was her take seterai haiitlkLichiek I his bosom and grit them to tier. lit: Oleo %%cot o u t and ratite hack in a short st nit shy showed them to hint all a prebtlit the hid it t:,;%.•ri hoot her cousin. just come from the etklltlll ;Iwo r•11,•!•aid she hail lopped. This w Is 11:1 day, ail,' 'he nt xt Srioday hr, we pitsoner. Cattle atoll!t and hrongiii ttso 4:4lLeii Ul silk s.iltkrnlyt. which ire g tie to Smith ; witot-tt tutu taut' Orr etst the loalk, toll it tilt the scissors the first thing ; w tombs w S thrill en the Shills Illif wlule , whru sbe r. 11411 li to *WWII again h. Shutt h:111 5% list she had but as 1 1/ICM:lit, (1, ads ,m:a her to take eat-rid* the. clfirera, for their wale like bloo,tlu,ttuds. She replittl, "Oh, let Tally alone tor that. - . 1 ilese proceedings wear on Ica Litt wc.ks, the 11i1SPIICI 1111.:.4111g the stolen goods while g. ,1 11,4 uu his mastris urratios. Ott the 2:Ali NUttliihrlf Split plied to low to take tip a Want in het fluor. to !Shit lilt proper) uti4er, tt hien lie refused, saying be might Le THE NATIONAL REGISTER. implicated. He then resolved to trace the prisoner when he came spin, which he did, to Mr. Todd's, to whom lie delive►ed the marks, which had been cut off, and u inch he had picked up in her room. The rest.of the rt•idence went•to prove the property to belong to Todd's; and ihe Jury, without hesitation, brought them in Godly. The Common Sesjeant astqued them they might de petition leaving the country. Moses Lyon, a Jew, was indicted for feloniously dis posing Of, amid putting away to pieces of counterfeit coin for is. each, at a lower rate than the same did import or were coined for. Mr. J. Williams said he was a coach lace-maker, and resided in Bloomsbury. lie had ter:rived information that the prisoner was in she habit of selling bid coin at a cheap rate. Accorelimely, on the day stated in the iudictinent, he appointed to meet him, and they met its 'George street, Woomsbury. Two officers were watch 'ing them. The .prisoieer told him that his charge was .ss. for a score of the fhUIUI t. The witness had provided Mei/1110111H for him its Waked motley. let going along Geor_se-street he gave this to the prisoner, and in ret u rn t h e litter s t ate i a roll of paver, containing twenty needy coined shillings. The Wheels i. diately cattle up and took him into cocody. Nl:sidearm, an officer, confirmed this evidence, and Mr. Powell. of the Nina, proved that the shillings were all counterfeit, and of the SWIM die.-•-i The prisoner was found Guilty. The officer hieing asked by the Court what he knew of him said,• that lie had beets supplying all St. Giles's with b ad money I'M More thus six 1110111.hS past. Elizabeth Gaze,• a respectable young woman, was indicted for stealing two boxes, a fellllll.llll of printed forniture, two books, a single spur, a shoe-Is),)) four spoons, fiie SlOtX logs, a cup and saucer, and au old pair of panta l o on s, the property of W. G. Wilmot. . . . . • 'cols case, which turned out to be one of an extra ordinary and vexatious urture , Laird seseral hours, sod excited grwit interest. The Jury would twit tmuble the Recorder to sum up the evideuce, tux iutcletliately potwuticed her—N-u Guilty. &MT. MANSION HOUSE. ZXTI.IOIIDIIAILY CASE Of VITERIMO•FOROZD NOTE& Oa Finlay two yowl?. men, named liar,ar ant kdstep, were etiarvtil with uttering forged notes in the shop of Messrs. Flint and Co. haberdashers, of Fish-street-hill, knowing the sante to be forgeries. Henry Lee, a shopinan in the firm, stated, that on Weditestley evening, atmat six o'clock, a man in the dress of a Waterman came into the shop and purchased a-silk handkerchief, and a pair of stockings, iu payment foe which he tendered a if. note (which he took Irons a roll of notes) and received change. As soon as tile waterman was gone, a W0111i414 Caine to him amid bought some stockings of the same description, for inch she also paid a 11. note, and rec, iced the change. At the lime she left the shop the witness (inserted the prisoner Garnet, who had CVnie in at the sante time sa the waterman, asking for souse SloCktll43 at the opposite counter: it tieing his province to sell that article he called hint over to his side. The prisoner came, and purchased a pair of stockings of the saute description as the watermait had. The parties mentioned being all of the same class in hie, buying the same articles, and consists; in together, excited the suspicions of the witness, wfiw• innspec•ted the note miimiely, sod suspecting it to be a forgery, li,e placed a geraid at the door to prevent the- prisoner a escaping, and sent fur an officer. As soon as the priso ner understood what was going inrward, he attempted to rush out of the door, and make his escape, but a ter a desperate struggle, he was prevented, and securest. On searching him Ilk. 6d. was found in his posse,siuo.— he said lie was a waierman's apprentice, and hail taken the note Irons a gentleman in payment lot his fair.— The reason he did not pay Mr the articles in silver was, because he waisted more change. His master's name was liabington, and he lit eil at St. Catherine's. Mr. Thomas Flint, jun. corroborated b.e catenient of last witness. An Inspector belonging to the Bank of England proved the note to be a forgery in every respect. The prisoner made the sante defence as to the showman. 1 lie prisoner Elstep was charged separately The forn•ei wiiiies",.H. Lee caul, that about half an hour after the prisoner Gartat was taken to prison, he saw the prisoner Elstep conic into the shop, and 'infect ing him to he one of the sante party, he inentiolifd his anvil/if - tits to a fellow shopotan, and watched the pri soner; when seeing him tender a one pound note, he weld up to hint, and took it out of his hand. Seeing the ..ote had the saute signatitre as the other notes, he had the i.rsiier taken into custody. The acetnint winch lie leave of himself was, that he Was a journeylll.lll cooper, and hired wino his mother ot \o. 14, Snow's-field', f whom lie hail received the note in change that morning. Ile afterwards said, ha had received it trout her about a week since : he was a sitiu le loan. %V iittant Hug hes, a shoyntan to Messrs. cold, he went to the 'residence of the prisoner's mother, o I I.e lonitil as di,reterl. Site did h. r soil a note in change latterly, she had bl/116C II i .1!II:e l ira i. 1101e1 in elie.ge to loin ; she 541t1 be was it 111 irri. d 114111, and did not reside with her. 'I 111,pector ni the liiiok pit)%eil tie note 10 be 3 try w t%uty rtiaet t, as ere Uuroc li.J• set" by the .intl woman, They were all exceedingly well executed, so much so,. Mat it wit , stsipuvrd tllal 1 1 11 I, it Hook 111, : ATIOf could tit tee' iliesii.—The prison( rs %,ire rtu, iutkel lift (wither exand)alion. I(M HALL, S:4S.IHII:AHK. • On Ft 1111ly a labouring Iliad 'trout! Fagan or Hagan, rebuilt% in Deptford, came to the Justice-room, and VW gave information that one of his children hid been, stolen front him under the following circumstances : Ott ‘Veciesday last his wife, whilst walking throw* the Broadway. near the Greenwich-road accompanied by their little troy, about three yews old, wait accosted by a decent middle-aged woman, who asked her for a pin, and accompanied her, chatting a considerable part of he/ way home, when they were about to part, the stranger pressed her to take a Blass of rum and shrub, which his wife at first refused, but at length consented to drink, and they repaired to a public house for that purpose. IVltilst they were in the public-house, the woman took great notice of the child, saying it was a beautiful boy, and asked how many chit rest she had, to which size answered that she had three. The wonun then called for a pint of purl, fur all of which she paid; and as it was then near four o'clock, site expressed her usaw i h g oes. to go to Litidon that night, anti inquired if she knew any place where she could lodge. I 1 is wife having recommended her to a noose in New -street, aid baring given her her own address, accompaitied w ith a request that she would call on her next morning before she cause us town, went home. Next sue • 2. a little slier ten, *became, and told his wile that she had I: its very com fortable where she had sent htrioi.srut for half a pint (Agin, which she paid fur, although much pressed his wife not to do an. AV bast they were drinking the gin she distributed a few halfpence amongst the children, who • ediately ran out to purchase something for their money, and in the interim s.te took her departure. in.. about YO minutes afterwmlb the eldest child returned, and being _questioned concerning his little brother, said , that he had been met at the door by the lady, wit.) ease him sixpence to pittchaselliniC cakes, and undertook the care (tithe child in the Olean tune. Search was made for tier, but in vain, and the poor woman frau. - tic fur the loss of the child. %Viten tile fattier returned home at night lie made ii;quiry through the neighbour hood, andlearricd that a person ainwerit.i4 the descrip tion had been seen on the Lower I).:ptford-road; lie pursued through Rotherhithe,• making inquiry at the likeliest places to gain information, and he received in formation that she had stopped at a public-house near I/tektites!. but made sib great delay, and here he lost all trace of her. Site was dressed in a brown co:tain gown , with yellow spots, red silk shawl, and black bonnet. A few days ago three robbers broke into the house of Mr. Currall, at Wood-Green, and plundered it, of silver spoons, table cloths, wearing apparel, and several other articles. They entered at the hack of the house, and just as they had packed up their spoil, the family heard a noise, and one of them sprung a rattle. • The villians ran off with the utmost pre cipitation, and mitiotunAtely escaped At some distance from the h.aie they disencumbered them.. selves of sonic of the property ; but their persons are known, and they are likely to be discovered— One of them was a lusty fellow in dark clothes. Another of them left the murk of his ti of on the earth, which is -hurt and remarkably broad. ROBBERICIL—An extensive robbery took place. one night last week at Edmonton. The house• was stript, and even the lead carried off. One man is in custody, and several others are supposed to be im plicated, Tuesday night the hair was cut from the manes and tails of several horses at flows Farm ; and there have beers many burglaries committed at Hornsey. A naval gentleman's lodgings at Dept.. ford were broken open, and his watch stolen. The villians were in the aa of carrying off his clothes, but being alarmed they left the latter behind them. Several London house-breakers are supposed to be committing their depredations in villages near town, of whom the road patroles we hope will soon givs a good account Thursdav, as Mr. J Clarkson, foreman in the Ordnance Department in the citadel at Hull, had just taken the place of a workman in making a slight alteration in the draw-bridge, at the entrance of the citadel, from Drypool, the bridge being drawn up a short distance, the ch.dns gave way, unit the bridge fell upon Mr. C. with such violence that his bead and thighs were nearly cot off, between the two parts of the bridge, which were closely wedged to gether within two or three inches, so that the point of a handspike could not be got in to separate them. Mr. Clarkson was aged 58, and formerly a master builder in Hull. Mr. Richard Flower. a most respectable farmer flow Ilertti,rOshire emigrated with his property to America, and has bought and settled with his family on land in the Illinois. From that place, he has written to his friends, giving an account of the prospcctive advantages of the phke from the rich:too of the soil, the salubrity of the climate, tend the cheapness of living, but lac justly abhors awl con dom: the emvinuation of slavery in the United Stott's, which ought to keep every liberal man frc no its shores; and he does not, in our mind, lar sufficient stress on the privations which a person accustomed to the comforts of England most endure. lie eau have no reetmrse to medical aid in ease of malady—no intellectual enjoyment, for he lays there are no hooks ; and it the) could by their industry produce la tine a surplus of cola, they hat 110 market nearer than a 'iundred of Up to the 13tla of October, 6a2 vessels had :grited at Quebec sauce die o 111 l aurasccuareat of the seas , M, 41.1 d 12,4 J 4 acatlen from Great Brit.aiu aril Ircl.tud.