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tams io the calendar to which it was necessary more particularly torah their attention. The Grand Jury retired, and after a considerable time had elapsed, returned into Court, having found several bit a; when a petit Jury was sworn, and James Iternon placed at the bar, charged rith hattng feloniously stolen and embezzled a Bank of England rote. Cf the value of live pounds, on the 13th of August, 11M, in the borough of POTRIMOUth. Alf. P. AVILLIA XS, for the prosecution, stated. that the rimier it the bar stood capitally indicted for an offence of a very 'serious estate, iu a commercial community, where it was absolutely ne. (essay to protect the public, eh it regarded the safe transmotaion of lettets containing property by post. The prisoner ass indicted ender the s'2d of George 111, and as the Jury was aware, front thf indictment, had been employed as a letter carrier and wirier of letters in the town of Portsmouth, when, the offence of which he was accused was alleged to have been committed on the 15th of August, 1823. The reason of the delay, Which had occured be tween the commie-non of the offence and the present attempt to ( ~c Ti e t t he pisoner, was to be found in the fact of the Imitable?' formed the subject of the larceny, not having reached the Bank till the present time. So that the Post Office, which instituted the pm- I scouttoo, bad previously no means of proceeding against tile i miso:Ar. The Learned Gentleman then precceded to state die case to the Jury, as it afters - aide impelled in tvideore. Thomas Steele sworn, and examined by Mr. Dal'lr r: a.—Lireft in Cardiff in August, 18rst. Was at Mahlon. in Essex, on the 13th of August in that year, and transmitted a letter to Portsmouth directed :o 31rs. Grant, New Ptcopect-row, Ponies, on that they. lt contained aV. note. Knew the nmuher of the note, and made a menteranclum cf it at the time, which he now holds in his hand. '(Witness here referred to and read the memorandum.) Put the! letter in the post.office between two and three o'clock on the day rtentione3. Cross-examined.—AVas in Malden for five or six days. Wrote ! another letter on the same day, and put both in the post-otliee together. It was a letter to his wife. Had written to his Wife be. roes whik at Mahlon. Had been at Potence. There is Serb a Ilan as New Prospect-row at Portsea ;it is near the half-way houses, and outside the town. Does not know the parish in which it is situated. Generally puts his letters in the post.oftice hinatelf, and did so neon this occasion. Made the memorandum before lie put tie letter in the roll. John Polley sworn.—ls the post.mrster cat Malden, in Essex. Was so in August, 111_3. The twat leaves Mahlon at eight in the erer.ing. A letter put into the post on the 13th August would have --reached London next day, and Poetsmouth on the 15. h. The tag goes every day except on Saturday. Croes.examinod.—Sores the letrera with the help of an assistant, who looks them over after hint ; sometimes has lenve of absence, and then the sorting is left in charge of the assistant ; them/ IMO* are inspected three times, the last time by himself; he doses the hag himself, and seals it, when tied awl secured ; counts the letters always. Wdhem Rockingham examinetL—Was clerk in the General Post-office In Angus' 1893; witness examines the Maldon bag; that of the 13th of Angust arrived in London on the 11th. tnas-painined.—Speaks to the arrival of the 31aldon bag in that part tzalar day, *friastbavireg referred hi the bill and book kept in the office ; knows : - ..nhing about the letters which Were in the bag on that day. Samuel Hamer was a clerk in the General Post-office in August 18:3; the Portsmouth mail leaves London at 8 o'cloct In the evening ; it left London on the 14:h of August 18'23. Crom-examit:cd.—Was on duty that night ; speaks from me. mory and reference to the documents of the office. By the COVIIT.—The beg was given to the guard ; did not see the mail leave the Post.office himself. 31r. George Welsh is post.tnaster at Portsmouth. The last witness re.ealied.—Mr. Ilockiegham opened the Mal don be ; two persons have access to the Illaldon bag during the day ; they are the inall clerks. George Welsh''s examination resumed.Betnembers the London bag arriving at Portsmouth, on the kith August BIM; prisoner was letter-carrier and assistant porter at that period; in the latter rapacity lie was employed in sorting the letters. Crosstexamined.—Prisoner must have assisted in sorting the letters on that day, bemuse that was part of his duty; has two sons, who also assist in sorting ; all the letters do net pass through the hinds of each sorter ; many letters directed to Poetics intght never be seen by prisoner t prisoner was leuer-earder for the town of Portsmouth only; the prleorter assisted in toning the letters; arse rm . , - ,t3yell iron February to September 18'3; can't swear lie always sorted the letters, or that he did so on the 15th August ; a letter directed New Prospect-row, Portico, would not be delivered to prisoner to carry out except by accident. By the Cou n r —Prospect-roar is , in the parish of Portse a. Wit ness s sons superintend the sorting ; and be can't swear prisoner did that duty regularly. Reexamined.—The Post-office is in Thomas-street, Ports mouth. Stir. Sarah Grant sworn—Was riving at Prospect-row, Portia, In August 11'23. Mr. Steele is her brother; did not hear horn him while he was at Mahloa ; had expected to hear from him from June to September, but did not. Received no letter from her brother in August, 11113. Bagehell, lived in St. Illary-street. Portsmouth, hi Anrat, 1073 • received a 51. bank note about that period; it was on haturday the Inth. His usual practice is to put the name and address on all notes he receives—the present note is so marked ; it is marked, " 31e. Cheeveman, 16th Aug. 1823," and whit the Initials "W. B." That is his hand-writing ; cannot remember who gave him the note, whether man, woman, or thlld. Cross-examined—ls a grocer, and has goodbusiness some times. Cannot say how many people frequent his shop on Saturday ; at; think more than twenty; it is a busy day ; receipts mane utnes Mt. Of 401.—prehaps more. His usual practice is to write the name of the party on notes. lles an assistant in his shop. Ilas sometimes put the address on notes subsequent to the receiving them. amine; instantly. Cannot recollect who paid him the note in question. Reexamined—Cannot tell the number of his• customers on Saturdays. Is certain the memorandum on the note is his hand writing. Jane Cheeseenan examined—ls sister-iniew of the prisoner at the bar. Prisoner was in Portsmouth in August. 11 1 13. IVit., ness's sister was then in a bad state of health. Wishner was at that period postman in Portsmouth. She received a 51. note limn prisoner on a Saturday. but does not know the day of the month ; it was shout Eve o'clock in the evening. Prisoner directed her nut to go to a certain stop in the Iligh.street, brit to one in St. Jlary. street. which he particularly desce:hed. He directed her to go and buy what was wanted for the family for a week. She did go, and perchs,sed several articles from the last witness, for which she paid with the nete given her by the prisoner. She gave her name and address to the shopkeeper, who wrote on the note, but what she can't say, as she is no 'choler. He gave her the change ; four 11. OCRI, the rest in silver and copper. Tile articles she purchased consisted of tea, sugar, and a small quantity of gin, and came to about seven shillings. Cross-exantinctL—linows she received the note in August. Wit ness'e sister and prisoner did not agree ; there was very little peace between them. The prisoner and herself were always quarrelling. but rever said she'd as soon hang him as put a piece of thread round her linger ; said osthing to that effect. Never told Mrs. Heed or any one else she should like to hang prisoner, or any thing to that efLet. Did not know llagstteli's name till she heard it in Landon, but she knew the shop. Never was ou good terms with praoner. Ile-exandr.ed.—The shop stands in St. Mary-street, at the cm. veer of Warblingten-street. Saw it on Sunday night. She now krows it to be that of lan witreee. Hy the Count—She managed the house during her sister's Olen. ie note was here put in and read, with the indorsement, in Bag shell's hand-writing. Mrs. Grant is a married woman. II er husband's name is Henry Grant. Ile received that 51. note in the way of Madness , . Ilagshell called and re-examined.--The note is now mu.. tilated, the word " Five" being cut out, anti a piece torn off the , corner. Can't say whether it was in that state or not when he re ceired it in August, 1823. Parted with it to Beatty and Co. in August, shortly after he had received it. Thomas Steele recalled.--The note he sent Mrs. Grant WM not mu tasted. It now has the word " Five" cut out. Mr. blISSIsto, jun. (rho appeared for the prisoner) submitted the note put then nut in fact a • bank note, being mutilated, and went.' ius tie near of the signing clerk ; but the objection was over. ruled by his Lordship. Jane Cheesenian recalled. Hal no recollection of the state of the note which she received from prisoner. The case for the prosecution closed here, and the prisoner, counsel declined calling any witnesses for the defence. The prisoner being called on for his defence, denied that he inn guilty of the offence ' and awed that the witness Cheertmen owed him a epite, and had come forward to take away his life, influenced' by mulimons motives. Ills LOlOllll, teespitulatell the evidence, and charred the Jury, who consulted for about half an hour, and then brought in a Verdict of Get/ty. The COURT passed sentence of death upon the prisoner; and, In doingeo, commented upon the enormity of his offence, and eorjuretl to dismiss Irani Lis mind all hope of obtaining mercy on this P at the grave, and seriously prepare himself, during the necessarily at ore period of Lis remaining days, for the great change that awaited him. The prisoner bowed to the Court, and retired from the bar eel. delitly and deeply affected by a sense of his unhappy situation. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. NORTHAMPTON ASSIZES, NOITHA3IPTOX, JULY 11. These Anises will commence to. narrow, before the Hon. G. S. lloutoTo, Knight, and Sir J. A. PAIIK. Knight. Their Lord. %baps altered the town this day about half-put tour o'clock, and Justice Park immediately proceeded to the County Hall, where his Al nicety's Commission of Oyer and Terminer and Ge neral Gaol Delivery was read, after which the Court was adjourned to half-past eleven to-morrow morning. The calendar contains only 19 charges, most of which, however, an: of a capital nature. There is one case for forgery, one for mur. der, three ler horse-stealing, three for sheep-stealing, and oar for wilfully cutting and wounding • child. There are 11 civil causes entered for trial, but we have not heard that any of them are important. JULY 12. 'I Le.irmd Judges attended divine service this morning, when a very impressive discourse was delivered. After the service their Lonlehips proceeded to the County Hall—Mr. Justice lloiroyd I rymling at Nisi Prins, and Mr. Justice Park oh the Crown side. CROWN SIDE. Rebre Mr. Jurttre PARE.] 11, , Lordship baring entered the Court, the names of :hc 7'004 summoned to serve on the Grand Inquest fur the county were called over, and the following gentlemen were sworn : The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Larighain Christie, Esq. Althorp, Turman Francis Dickens, Esq. lion. Fred. Spencer Jahn Kipling, Esq. Sir Justinian Islam, But. Thee. Philip Mansell, Esq. :tie James loinghz.m, Batt. John Nethercote, Esq. Sir George Robinson, Bart. I.angitam Retokby, Esq. Sir Rich. Brook de Cepa Brook, John Capel rose, Esq. Bart. Thom. S. W. Saniwell, Fsq. Robert Andrew,S:sq. Tito,. R. Thornton, EA+ John Armitage. Esq. Wm. Znuch L. Ward, Lsq. Edward Mamie, Insq. Wrn. Ward, Esq. Win. Ralph Cartwright, Esq. John Harvey Thornton, John Plutuitter Clarke, Esq. r. u.:ice Vaal: then delivered his charge. His Lordship ob. served that, upon inquiry, he was happy to find the.: the calendar, tren the whole, was comparatively twitter than usual for this. county at this time of the year. , In saying this, IrJweeer, he had not the power oe' congratulating them on the light nature o f the of. tenets ; for, although there were nu more than 111 prisoners to re ceive their trial, he was extremely sorry to observe that in SO small a number there should be so many serious and heavy mimes. There appeared to be no less titaa three charges of sheep-stealing— an (4...nee, the capital nature of which the gentlemen of,,the Jury were, from the i r situations, tally capable ()Nudging. Ts.; of theeh persona, it seemed, had been carrying on a wholesale traffic in this' wicked practice ; for. by the depoWoons, it appeared that they had stolen no ksa than 40 sheep, and had gone about, from fair to fair, to dispose of than. There was also another very serious offence to 'which his Lordship begged to ail their attention —he meant the ofti nee of horse-stealing. There were three charges of this descrip tion in the calendar. This was a crime that was becoming daily more contmon. In every county in which he l.ad been for the tale 111 msoths, in his Judicial capacity, there were enormous numbers of offenders of this kind. Ile need not tell the (hand Jury (for the records of the country had 'already informed them, that of late it had been thought necessary to make some awful examples of per. sons guilty of this crime). Them was a case in the calendar which his Lordship only mentioned that he might make an observation on tlie nature of the depositions which had been handed to him—he meant the case for forgery which had (Keened in this town. The person was cornmitted for forging a bill of exchange, and there would no doubt be counts In the indictment for the forgery ; but he need not inform theM that the crime of tattering a hill, knowing it to be forged, was a capital offence; and, upon looking at the evi. dence. his Lordship draught that would he a case for their consi , deration, as it did cot appear by the depmhions who wan the signer of the bill. The Grand Jury, therefore, would have Only to inquire as to the uttering the bill, knoiring it to be furged. There was a ere in the calendar which fell under what was commonly called Lord Ellenborough's Act, which made those persons who should cut or stab, with intent to murder or do any miter bodily harm, liable to capital punishment. In order to convict upon this Act it 'woes necessary, that if death had ensued, the person inflicting the blow should be deemed guilty of murder. If the Ju age should be 'of opinion that the offence would not have amounted to murder in ease death had ensued, it was his duty to acquit the prisoner. As far as the depositions went, there certainly appeared to be some doubt as to who give the blow ; and, as the punishment was very capital, they ought to take care nut to put a man's life in jeopardy but upon the very clearest evidence. As neither himself nor any other of the Judges would have the opportunity to meet the gentle. into u host lie was then addressing before next spring, and as there was an Act of Parliament just passed, which would begin to operate before that time, he felt it nut improper to direct their attention to it, not as jurymen only, but as country gentlemen. Before the last session there were no less than !h) Acts of Parliament respecting the regulating and summoning of Juries. All these Acts were now consolidated into one Act. Ile need not mention to thentthat there had always been great complaints, when special jurynitli were re. united, of their not-attendance. By a clause in this Act, if any man who having been summoned on any kind of Jury, should not attend, or, attar attending, sholald absent himself without the leave of the Cmar, then the Court should set such fine upon him as it should deem proper, unless some reasonable excuse should be made upon oath. llitherto Judges had been in the habit of receiving ex cuses without onth. The Act went on to say, that if the Jury were required in a case of view the Judge should havens discretion, but the Court wan authorised and required to tine such person not at. reeding to the amoent cf IW. at least, and as much more les the Judge ehOuld think the case required. Ilis Lordship mentioned this to them in order that they might communicate it to their friends; and he hoped they would dense his having done so, it not being exactly the Cause upon which they were then summoned. The (hand Jury then retired, and soon after returned a true bill against Edward Smith, for sheep-stealing. Edward .tiritills was indicted fur stealipg, on the 26th of Mach last, one sheep, belonging to the Most Ilonourable Charles Mar quis of Northampton. Another count charged hint with killing and skinning a sheep, with intent to steal the carcass thereof. Robert Morris, shepherd of Lord Northampton, examined.—On the 2tith of May I missed a sheep. I had folded them on the even ing of the 2:0). I missed it as early as sit o'clock in the morning. Stain after I observed a carcass of • sheep in the fold ; it was skinned all but a little down one side of the cheek. The skin was taken away. On the Sunday following I saw the skin at Olney ; I saw it at Thomas RiVis's. I took the carcass down to the dog kennel of my Lmd Northampton, and compared it with the head of the sheep on the Monday, an d it clearly belonged to the saute sheep. The sheep was marked with the letter N With pitch on the left aide, and the skin which I saw at Itiris's had that mark on it. On his cross-examination witness stated that Itssis wait a dealer in skins. Ile did not know one John Nicholas, nor any person in the neighbOurhood who dealt in skins, but hC knew the skin which be saw to belong to Lold Northiantuon, by the dew else. being '.eft on. Ile had pared the hoots of the sheep a few days potviously to its being stolen, and found the hoofs on the akin had been re cently pared. William Walton, bailiff to Lord Northampton, stated that he saw the carcass of the sheep in the fold on the t:fith. Ile dentine(' it, and found that there was some flesh gone front the brisket, and MU much mangled there. He also noticed that the dew claws were gone. Ile went to Rivis's, at Olney, where he saw a skin which had a little meat sticking to It to the brisket part, and he '-er a it. He tell the - - belonging , also observed th!t the dew claws were barging to e left tt skin with Mr. Rtvi. Mr. Longstaff was a keeper of the Marquis, he and witness went to Denton, and found the prisoner at his house there. They ' him with the but he at first denied . , 'in. There is our own private banking marl put on them, being N 0.93131. It was put on in my presence - by Mr. Roger Smith. The mark, in red ink, of • 27th February," means the day the bill became dye. This was written by the same clerk who entered it in the day-book. On the 201. bill it has the Nentlittk) on it, and the " 11th March," in red ink. When the pridintr gave me then two bills, he asked me to place them to his credit, saying he should nut want any thing upon them until they were honoured; and that in the course of ten days, or a fortnielite he shnuld haven remittance of about 2,0001. He then endorsed the bale in the to me of •• James Dixon," and asked for a paes.neok. I gave le}M one. having previously written his name on the o u t s id e o:Fit t - E. made an entry of the bills in It. He then' appeared to at going' away,but turned round and said, " As I have been here s*: time, it is probable that I shall want a little money to pay my t Aix with,: you may therefore as well me give 301., or say IV., and that will enable me to pay every thing until the next remittance conies." I phid him 331. three tens and three ones, Northampton Town and County Bank. I made an entry of it in his book, and in our own, and he then went away. cross-examined by 31r. klotneet—That was the first time .1 hen ever seen the prisoner. There were the other clerks is the dike at the time. I did not consult with any of the other clerks. Be his Lonnante-1 did that which I am accustomed to do as managing clerk, and which my employers authorise me to do with !their customers. Roger Smith, clerk in the banking house, and won of one of the partners, stated, that the red ink marks were made by him on. the bills, on the 7th of February, immediately after the pritoner left the Bank. Mr. John Orintehaw, landlord of the Crown mid Anch&r,.of Belie town, examined—The prisoner came to my house about the middle of January, and stayed about a month. Ile paid me on the Monday, as he left on the Tuesday following; about a week before I was examined before the magistrates, but I cannot etate the day. The peisoner contracted a s hill of 221. and some odd shilliegs, lle paid me with threelen pound. Town and County of Northempten notes. I had not change, but V'ronilied to glee it to him in the morning, a nd he said th a t wou ld d o : ti hi and Mrs. Dixon intended to start on the next morning. 'lbis was be tween 4 and G in the evening. Ile told me ha was a man of property and had 6001. a-year to live upon, that a good, deal of his money, lay itt the house of Ladbroke and Co. banners, of London ; and that he had ?tome' property near Gretna-green. After being at my house a fortnight, I sent him in his bill, of which he took no notice. On the Saturday, previous to the Monday on which lie paid me, I sent ley sister to him for money, and he came to me afterwatds, and said lie hoped it would dot be of any consequence, but he cou1•1 net pay me that night ; he, however, assured me that I should be certain of being paid on the Monday morning. 1 said it was inconrenient, Ind I must wait. Ott the Monday morning, I saw the prisoner, h o told me had been to the Bank, but they had nor yet opened their letters ; they had, however, no doubt that all would be right, and that I should hien my money. In the afternoon, when the Chick struck four, I said to the prisoner, " If fou have any busineu to do with the Bank. you must go soon, or they shut at 5." Ile said, " I am going," and he went Mime. diately. lle returned soon after 5 o'clock, and then paid me the three 101. notes. About a fortniv;ht before the prisoner left my house, lie asked me, as usual, to dine with him. On that day, he said, the had got the rheumatics in hie hand si .bad dist he could not 1 write, and as his bankers had mislaid a bill for 493/. and which was soon lactfoining due, he must send another for accept. duce; lie then showed tee, on a plain bit of paper,..a copy of what he wanted me to write for him. Ile wished me first to. do it on unstanined paper, to ascertain whether I could do iesaVafactorily. I did so, and he said, that would do, anti then protiuced a Ga stamp, on which I wrote the bill. It was dated the 2iilibeceinber. The bill now produced was written by me. I gave the bill to him. The names of the acceptors and drawers have been put to it since. Cross-examined by Mr. Itovntec—T did not write any other names, except thole in the direction to Messrs. Latlbrote and Co. persons on whom it was drawn. The prisoner had his *wife living with him. He left my house about II o'clock the next morning, 'on tout. I undelitood, lie was going to send the bill to Man. chester. Ite-examlned—The prisoner said he was going to Brixworth, to a Mr. Wartonbury, an attorney, about some busineu, which is quite a contrary way to Cambridgeshire. W. Gramm, lietr. one of the partners of Ladbroke and Cc. ex. amined by Mr. Beane etnc —We have no such person as T. Gillman in our house. No such person as T. Gillman is authetesed to give acceptances for us. The acceptance now sluiwn to use Is not in the hand-writing of any of my partners. Mr. II OL DEC k here said, as the acceptor would be liable, i° ihe bill should get into the hands of any of the other endorsers, who had not released, he should, therefore, object to this witness's evidence, although the present holders had released the acceptance. Mr. Beerceenc said the release altogether annihilated the bill. It had been so held by Mr. Justice Iloboyd in a recent case. The COURT thought the release would prevent the bill from getting into the hands of the other endorsers; at all events, it weld be wholly irregular, it it were to do so. He would, however, take a notice of the objection ; but he should not prevent the evidence of the witness being taken. The examination continued—We have no such customers fa! Holt and Son, of Blanchester, nor any customer of the nem of James Dixon or Jatues Dobson Dixon. George Gillman, nephew of the last witness, and clerk in the house of Ladbroke and Co. stated, that the acceptance was not in his ',snit-writing, nor in that of any other pereon belonging to the house. It was always a partner who accepted their bills; do other person was ever authorised td do so. W. Henry Gamer, clerk in the house of Gunfire Brooks, and Co. of Manchester, stated, that he knew the hand-writing of all their partners, and that the acceptance on the bill now produced was not the hand-writing of either of them. Joseph Ball, a constable of Northampton, stated, that he was emph td to apprehend the prisoner. lie traced and found him at Howe (louse, to Cambridgeshire, on the 224 February. It was eleven o'clock at night, and the prisoner was in bed. Witness ex amined his trunk, and coned n basket's pass book In it. Witness then said, " You are my prisoiler, and I must take you to North. for defrauding the bank there." • prisonerisaid, it was They charged haring committed it; he boweyer afterwards c6nfesred that lie had killed the sheep and skinned it, and hoped they would be as merci ful as they could. John hongst4 keeper of Lord Northampton, stated that hsi went to Olney on the Sundny with the last witness, and afterwa - da, on the same day, they went together to the prisoner's, isho was Id' that time In bed. The prisoner first denied the offence. but after.' wards said lie was the a.m. that he was intoMeated at the time be did it, and he hoped for mercy. Thomas Rinis, a fellmonger, stated that he knew the prisoner at the br.r, who hail brought sheep skins to him repeatedly. Wittig* remembered his bringing one on the 26th of May, fur which be gave 7s. 6d.. which was a fair price. This witness stated the man ner in which the skin appettred, as represented by the other wit nes.sts. It was not usual for skins to be left in such a state. Wit ness had washed the brand oftwithout noticing what the mark was. It was usual for him to do so. Ile remembered the two last wit nesses calling on a Sunday, to whom he showed the ikin. (in his cross-examination lie stated that when bongstaff and • of the - and could not be ampton, The , not him, and asked how long it was ago. Witness told hill; it WAS rather better than a fortnigh t' when the prisoner said he had not been at Northampton for eight years. The book was now in the suppose, Sir, you would be very much offended if I were to ails You whether you are the servant of Mr. Hill! Witness—No, Sir, indeed I should not. Mr. CLARKE—You are his servant, then? Witness—l am. Isle. C —Wlizt sort of a servant do you describe yourself ? Witness—His land agent. Mr. CLausz submitted that a land 'gent was not .a servant within the meaning of the Act. The Court overruled the objection. Mr. CLARKE then took several minor objections, but wlsich 'were overruled, and the Jury teturned a verdict for toe plaintiff:— Damages la/. LAW INTF:I.LIGENCE. ante state as when the witness found it. Mi. Law recalled, and Raid, the book produced by the last wit: ness was that which he had himself given to the prisoner. The leaves were now torn out of the book where the entry was made. Mr. Grimshaw was re-examined, who said that the prisoner en tered his house on the sth of January, and left it on the ual of Fe bruary. The day after he paid him the three 10/. notes. Mr. Sergeant ADasts—Tbat is the case, my Lord, for the pro. secution. His Lontsnip asked the prisoner whether he had anything to say. The prisoner said he had nothing particular to say, only that it was a regular transaction. The last endorser had regular toalue from him. Ills LonDSltte—ls that person here? Prisoner—No, my Lord. The following witnesses were then called by the prisoner's Counsel. Henry Ilughm, coal dealer, of Liverpool, stated that he had known the prisoner Ectween 40 and 50 year'. The - had COURT . CS' YESTEIIDAY. MOSS v. LORD ORMOND. Mr. HORNE geld he had an application to make to the Court in the shape of an appeal, connected with the appeal that was heard lately in the House of Lords; and the question being with respect to a charge upon estates, the trustees refused to juin in conveyance until the decree of the Court could be obtained. The Learned Counsel's present motion thretUre was, for leave to make his up. pliention on an early day. Hip Lout:tame said, as it tem connected with the cause that had just been disposed of in the House of Lords, he could not refuse to hear it noon. Powtt.r. V. 1/ . e... d .'IEITETT. /dr. Mu tat said, Mr. Agar, on Tuesday applied to the Court for the minutes in this cause; he had now to state that those minutes would be just good for nothing at all, as there was no next of kin before the Court. tiits LORDSUIP did not deliver them out. GEORGES V. GEORGES. • Mr. Wire oft stated, that in this cause a West Indian estate had been ordered to have been sold some time ago, but which, from variotuk reasons, had been put off from time to time, and to. day was again the day on which it was to be disposed of in the Master's office. It had been referred to the Mas;:ir to Inqiiire whether it would be for the benefit of the infant that the estate should.all be sold in one lot; the draught of the report was prepared, from which. it appeared the Master's opinion was, it would not be for the benefit of the infant in the cause that It should be sold in one lot. As the report, however, had not been made, Mr. Clayton coneel l fed that the sale could not be allowed to go on. Mr. HEALD said, they hid now been arguing for the last four or five years at the bar whether ;his estate should be sold or not. The day on which it had been ordered finally to be sold had now arrived, and just upon the very eve of the sale being made, an ap plittation *as made to the Court to postpone it. alr. Clayton had been labouring under a mistake when he stated it had been referred to the Master to inquire whether it would he for the benefit of the infant that thermic should be made in one lot. The fact was, that the Court had oreered it to be sold in one lot, and now theta were planters and agents of planters in town in the expectation of attend ing the sale, which if f! were to be put off it might be put off to all eternity; because the pi:enters would leave the country, and, the sale in ell probability could net.er be made to the advantage to which it might note be made. Mr. CI. AY t 0 x produc'ed the order of reference, and It distinctly was referring it to the Master, as he had stated. Mr. IlEatin aCkDOWietited he had been misinstructed. His Lonnsitte then said, as the Master had not yet made his report, it was impossible the sale could go on. If the estate were mold before the report was both made and confirmed, it would all have to go fur nothing, • Lena) CADOOAN V. DATES. _ Dlr. Rotrist made an aplication, that a petition which stood in his Lordship's paper, should be hearl on an early day. His Lo RDSHIP-1 shall do no such thing as grant the prayer of this application. 31r. Horaw—My Lord, I should not have taken the lihery of making it, if it had not bein under peculiarly pressing circum. stances. His Lonnswits—l can't help that ; every case before the Court is of a pressing nature ; and in advancing cases I cahnot justify myself to the suitors in the cases that stand before the cases that are applied for to be advanced. You may try that the other Court will do for you. Mr. ItoLpii—The application has been made to the Court be• low, my Lord, and eminent Counsel at the bar have recommended the application to be made to your Lordship. His Lonnsitir —lf you will send me the petition, I'll rend it at home, and then tell you what I think of it ; but I shan't hear it till its regular turn. Mr. Itokrtt—My Lord, that will be quite satisfactory. ne ne*ccotn V. 111101)ES. Counsel proceeded with this motion, and it was agreed at the bar, that his Lordship should finally and absejutely dispose of the case. upon the evidence before the Court, just as if the Court wee called upon to make a decree in the cause. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, GUILDHALL, YESTZT:DIT LIBEL ill THE QUARTERLY REVIEW. BUC/CINGIIAat v. MURRAY. This cause, in which J. S. Buckingham, Esq. late editor if the Calcutta Journal, and author of Travels in Palestine, was plaintiff, and Mr. hlurray the highly respectable publisher, of Albemarle ' street, was defendant, was heard this day before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury. There were several literary men and booksellers in the Court. Two Special Jurors only !Ting in attendance, after a consultation with *fr. Broughad: and Al r. Hill, a tales was prayed for by Mr. Scarlett, and the :Jury win completed front the Common Jury list. Mr. HILL °pencd the pleadings. The declaration alleged, that the defendant bad published certain libels of and against the plain. tiff in the nd number of the Quarterly Review. To this declara tion the defendant pleadtnl, first, that he had not published a libel ; and, secondly, lie justified the alleged libel us true. 111 r. Hill then read the following extracts front the 52,1 number of the Quarterly Heeler published in the month of January 1022, in winch Fas. , the alleged libel was contained. The first was the index to the critique in question : •• Buckingham (J. S.) Trawl:tin Palestine—novice of an egregi. us blimder in the title-7 - of this work—remarks on the blund,rs in me title-page _ in the preface—geographical blunders respecting , the cite of Its malt and Boor — specimens of his ignorance and latiokmaking—pro fane and infidel allusions to the Scr.ptures—h is account of the lake of Tiberias, false—blundering account of tho ruins of esesarea—ig norance of Arabic--incorrect account of the convent of Jerusalem— illiberal disparagement of Nathaniel Pearce--dishonourable conduct of Mr. Buckingham towards his employers. and Mr. Bankes's note --arrival of the latter gentleman and of Mr. Buckingham at what the latter calls the ruins of GetAza, which mast probably are those of Pella—blunders cdmmitted by Mr. Buckingham in his ac count of the antiquities actually discovered they:--his plan of then', and transcriptx of inscriptions th . pilfered from Mr. Bankes— fur er specimens of Mi. Buckingham's blunders—the kiting of Oomkais, which he gives for ;hose of Gamala, proved to be the ruins of Gn, darn—temarke upon the ignorance d h in his plates, which are pilfered Iron) those of former travellers." The other extracts from the body of the critique Were as fol lows: " The charge of 'low origin and ignorance' (with however' odd a grace it may come from such a quarter) is not restricted to Nath. 44 4 • I and say, that I am greatly embarrassed to tin: which side dad complicated commence :, should be commenc, 11 ' 9 my eh', while I eu. I deavour to make It clear, to avoid wrong unnebessarily the time of hb Lordship and yourselves ; . 1 feel, however, that I ehoidd Oct be doing justice to either piety 'if I merely stated the facts upoa the tecord, and left them to themselves, it 11 thereformoecersary for me to go into the case at seine length. Tilt plttuttu, Me. Buck. l inkharn, Lae passed s t evetal years of his life s 9 ladle, and during Isis residence there, lie being a min qf untineationed talmo and information, he was induced to propose the piablicativi of • work entitled " Travels in Pali:Stine throtigh the countries of Buhan and Gilead, cart of the river Jordan ; including a disk to the Cities of Geran and Gamala, in the Decafelis." Mr. Bucking. ham having visited countries which very few Petrens hal Odin: before him, this plan naturally excited a degree of interest, and id his judgment, as well as in that of many of his friends, It was cal culated to give him no inconsiderable portion of literary farne. Ile and his friend's were !minified that he would add to his reptgatioa and emoluments by the publication of the volume. The complaint Buckingham now makes against the defendant is, that 10 the Qtottle: If.Tirw, a work published by him—a work of great cis. culation arid pgpularity—has stepped out of the just line Of crid. eism, and has ooebeen content with cavilling at his work and the mistakes that occarredithere, and with passing those obse:itians which arose from a fair and undid perusal of it. Ile complains that the defemiant has madeilse 9f the powerful instrument wielded by him for the purpose of enacting his private character, to ht' - him up to the odium of mankind apd to the detestation of hie men. It is in consequence ci this that 111 n. Buckingham the present appeal to aJury. lam instructed by my client that if the publication in gitestion had confined huh' to its pt. office—to that literary criticism which rands ao wcat a latitude the expression of opinions —if it had arsce`xtl his book in t most severe language—if It had stated 11:m to be a man unacquai el with those languages, and as not hayirig that knowledge of sciences which would render him tit to pubilall such a work, shobld have thought that lie ought to have been one of the persons to complain, because lie considered the Reviewer v have been only exercising the fair right of efticilm. and ,he haveappealed to the testimony of other Reviewerz, end !fifthc at large, for his answer and his satisfaction, aral he never have brought this case before a Jury. But when he the suttee; of a Review making that went: the vehicle of ! malice and of slander—when he found that so powerful an was employed to crush him as a man, and not to attack him candidate for literary faille—y.llm he found it was directed to attcinpt to min his character in a moral point of view, .. Buckingham had surely just cause of complaint. It has happen, to few mart of Mr. Buckingham's age to hate trite - died to without eneorintering some men who differed from him, others whose erinity had been created against him. Such iet is what every man most expect, bet every man had arzo a right expect thins no such adversary would vent his malice thiough medium of an anonymous publication. Surely the author of tical review has latitude enoirgh if he confine himself to his 1_ mate duty. It is an old obsereation that " the task of criticism a much easier one itjan that of execution." And I believe it uncommon thing for a reviewetio sit down to review a Work subject of which he has no more knowledge than what he has ga by the volirme before him. Ile then pretends to know More t the author, and notAinfrequentlo saciffies his readers that he i man of profound experience and judgment, 'while Aie author is man of complete ignorance, and totally enanivainted with the sit ject about %hick wines ; while in reality the case Is completely the other way. I have beim - id:nee observed also a want of good faith in these criticisms, because as the critic is aware that the gm natality of mankind are quite unable to pentse the work lie reviews, he knows that his observations, however false they may be, the. falsehood will remain unnoticed except by the ungr unate and the trienls to whom lie may point them out. It is not on grounds as those, however, that Mr. Buckingham builds complaint. It now becomes necessary for tie to give a sheet outline of the travels of Mr. Buckingham. pears that lie passel from India to Egypt, and from to Alexandria. While at Alexandria a treaty was entered into between him and some merchants of that place, the e` ject of which was to establish a mercantile connexion ben, Egypt and Bombay, and it became necessary that the memhiells Bombay should be made aware that the Pachrt of Egypt gave sanction to the intercourse, as well at that I sufficient credit cab at Alexandrffi to induce the Bointay mercliants to trade by s way. The object also was, that Mr. Buckingham should reside Suez, and receive the merchandize there ; and it was proposed se he understood Arabic, and could set without an interpreter, should be the bearer of the treaty to Bombay. lie accordingly v eat, and took with him two copies of the Treaty, eldi elsoduplieate letters, in order to mike the chance of eenffing tliem in different ways, if lie were enctled to rend those duplicates by quicker r veyance than he himself might have. In January, 1116, lit out with an intention of making the best of his way to Aleppo,,. theft? tel Bombay. But I understand the navigation on thou cows is extremely diffienk, and it often happens that for , together there is no possibility of prosecuting a journey. Buckingnam was, in consegnenee of this and other circumstances, delayed much longer than he had anticipated, but fie sent forum( by a native, whose difficulties in travelling would be much less ti” hetes copy . of the treaty and the duplicates bf the letters. per..oh arrived in Bombay in the spring of 1316, some time b_ _ Mr. Buckingham was aide to effect the journey. Subsegneedv, at Jerusalem, Mr. Buckingham had the good fortune to it:lea * O 4 Mr. Banker, a gentleman of considerable informatiomand "' ber of Parlianieft for the L'ilivyrtity of, Cambridge. He pas s week with him, and as their route lay in the same ditemion, theygesolyed to proceed together: but the ill health of elr. °Owed him to return, and take •a different route to Damascus. Damascus, he again Met Mr.Bankes; and they afterwards agar.. met together at Aleppo. At the close of the year, Mr. Bucking ham arrived et Bombay, when he found that the mission - which he was despatched from Alexandria had failed. !n cot quence of this failure, a gentle.nan the partner Of a house I Alexandria, who had supplied Mr. Buckingham with thp '- to defray the expenses of his journey, applied ti' have if. h. returned, and half the sum was accordingly repaid. This frtibrina. tion is necessary, Gentlemen of the Jury, In order that j'ou may perfectly understand the nature of the libel. Mr. Buckingham having tumefied from Bombay to Aleppo, and having shown _onz t. notes he hid made on that , ourney Co several eminent petsors. amonpt others, to the late &,.hopof Calcutta, was reoßmtneuded to publish them. He, intrhsted the mi , s. tc a • consequent, ' . wiih directions that they slicula be presented to Mr. Murray also, with a pmposal of the terms on which the MSS. were t disposed of. Mr. Murray accordingly had the MSS. and offered to Mr. Buckingham ternts highly advantageous 0 that gentlemar.• lle afterwards, howeVer, refused to publish them, but did not assign any reason for co dojo-;. I abstain frorti making any comments on this extraordinary circumstance, as it does not form any peat of my case. The friend of Mr. Buckingham was then author to present the MSS. to another bookseller, who subiequentlY - halted them; and almost every literiry Beviewerin the country k.. the volume unqualified praise. It was reserved for the Quarterly RevieWer to amid: it, which attack, if it had been merely co - trilled to its literary merits or demerits, would never have forma the ground of the present action. I do not mean to say that I ra prove the fact, whether one bookseller feele hortiNty towardsa published by another, or whether a bookseller sometimes tnaket of his review to praise his oen pu hi:cations and to abuse those of o thers Literary men are the men best acquainted with tilos: matters. •' belong to a profession ihich it has been the fashion to conceve opposed to all literary pursuits ; but, nevertheless, I Bite' Walton called the nitric was oat ... ...- sein, ...__ ___________ __. ---- __ e prisoner ii..._ am ; th at h hider , . ,_ discerned. The prisoner offered the skin for sale about ten o'clock lived with and Holding at Liverptiol, and had always main- Pearce: two respectable Herntans, who seem to have committed I have known inctances in which very bad novels hate been penises/ in the day time. tained a very hottest character. no other offence than that of having been assisted by Mr. Bankes, in reviews, and in return for which a sum of tea guirfeha bra Mr. BURTOrr. Counsel for the defendant, submitted that there ThOs. Hoinhisher, a f a rmer near Liverpool, stated, that he had in the very same manner as the writer himself v:a3 almost im- sent to the pit olisher. I have also known instanetif in rthich I was no proof of the stealing the sheep. known the prisoner for 30 years, and had always known him at an . mediately afterwards, are described as ' young men, who were sellers have' allowed prsons to attack theft enemies throe/ His LOIIDSUIP said, that as to th at count the prisoner must be honest man. Witne s s h a d not s een him for this tWelveinonth, nor I evidently persons of low origin and confined education, and their same medittin. These are acts which the Miblisheia -of r acquitted. did he know that the prisoner was ever married. manners were decidedly vulgar." Although travelling (he in. sometimes mime ; and by such means the authors cf thoie Mr. BuirroN also submitted, that as the second count was laid, His LOunstllP, in gumming up, obsessed to the Jury, we are dignantly adds) without any professed object beyond their own are safe, while the persons attacked arm doubly galled. because charging the prisoner with killing the sheep with intent to steal the here trying for forgery, but it is equally a capital offence to utter a pleasure, they were both so poor and destitute as to nutter Mr. are beaten by an unseen enemy; While the public of course carcass, this count must also fail, as it ought to have been with in- bill of exchange, knowing it to be forged, or disposing of or putting Bankes to pay their expenses.' It is to be hoped that Mr. Buck- not expect to receive fair and candid information. I ern' tent to steal the akin, as the evidence only showed that he had stolen it away, knowing it to be f orge d. As th e re is no evidence of the ingliam hoes not intend to upbraid them, in this place, with a de- you du idea of the mode in which the Quarterly Reviewer the skin. prisoner having put his hand to this paper, your attention had bet- gree of sufferance, which lie soon found it convenient to imitate, to attack Mr. Buckle:ha:am—not that I make this the founth‘n Ills LOROSittr asires.l3lr. Bcauclerc whether he tould remove ter be directed e ntirely to th e t it h er counts, which charge hint with' more especially as we have the Vast assurances, that these young the action, but lam desirous to poi.,t out to you ns moti this last objection. uttering the bill as true, knowing it to be forged. There arc three men neither violated the confidence of any employers to whom they order to show you that his object was not candour and tom Mr. Be:trent n c thought there was evidence sufficient to go to points esaentlal to be proved, before you can fund the priauner guilty were responsible,!nor abused the indulgence of their benefactor, by calumny and detraction. I will refer yoia to the 3d page. the Jury as to the int at of the prisoner in steal the carcass. on the present indictment. The first is, that there is a forgery ; promising , tracinga from his papers, in order aftet wards to turn Buckingham's volume, in which lie•stntes thaf a certain ve, His Lonristtir, in 'mining tip, observed, that by a statute o for if there is no forgery., the cas e altogether falls to the ground. them to account." which he embarked was of such and such a nature, and that i (Rom e 11. it was made a capital offence to remove or drive away . 1 he second point to be Inquired into is, whether such forged bill " Mr. Buckingham had undertaken to carry letters fbr a mercan. rigged and fitted out in eiiich anti such a manner. A note act I another person's sheep. The Ist count charged the prisoner with had been uttered or disposed of ; and the third question, and which tile hobse to India, overland, by the most direct and expeditious panics this passage referring to • vignette of this reisel t and if. having don e this, and the question was, whether he had so tar re- is the meat essential of all, is whether, at the time the prisoner route, a nd with all attention to economy, the firm agreeing, on look at this vignette you wdl find that it exactly corresponds Sr. moved this sheep, with intent to steal it, as would sustain this part uttered this bill (it' he did utter it), he did so knowing it to be a their part, to bear his expenses. From the first moment, however, the descrittion given, as clearly as language could ,deseribe • of the indictment ? There were no marks of blood in any other forgers ? The Learned Judge then reca p itulated the eviden ce , of his n ettin g foot i n Asia, we find him metin g as if both his time Now look at the candour of the reviewer. I confess , that ,until i pin of t h e toed except where the sheep was killed. Killing the dwelling on such parts of it as went to sustain either of the points and f u nds w e r e his own. How he may have:Mice aranged matters was phiced in my hands in consequence of this cense, I never sheep. without taking it away, was no felony. The first thing he had j u st me n t i one d . . an d part i cu l ar ly noticing the circum s ta nce w i t h hi s tr i e d an d we ll-loved friends at Alexandria, we know not ; read Mr. Buckingham's book. I had read the ReSieer. ta . a which required their attention, therefore, Was , whether this sheep of the pass book being found in the possession of the prisoner, with b u t this we do know, that so soon as his conduct reached their matter of course. Now this reviewer wonldlead his readers to sup., h a d b e en t o k e n front a ny one part of the fold to the other by the the leaves inns out, that book being the only receipt given by cars, Mr. Barker, the British Consul at Aleppo, was authorised to pose, that the vignettes in the volume were not M. titielthithane . a p r i s on er ? As to the neat count, he would state to them that the Messrs. Smith and Co. for the several bills paid into their bank by take from him the despatches, and to dismiss him ; and that he own , but were borrowed ; e n d for t h e most pail were taken tra ude , words cf the 4ct were—" If any person or persons shall kill rim. being now already on his way to Bagilat, a Tartar was sent ex- lently from Ite Bruyn and other sei.rcesi. But if this reviewer had, any sheep, dith the felonious totent. of stealing the carcass." The Jury consulted together, and immediatel y . found the Otis pressly after him for his recal , but died ac cidentall y u p on the read the preface to Mr. Buckingham's work, he would be.vet 1 The evidence in support of this was, then there was a part of the seiner Guilty of uttering the bill es true, knowing it to be forged. road I So that it is to the timely death of this Tartar' that the found that Mr. Buckingham says--" Although several of ' ' flesh left on the skin when taken away; but whether this would His Lonc i sum d ire cted t h e p r i soner t o be remo ve d from the Asiatic Societies at Calcutta, and Literaty Societies tit Madras and vignettes nee front drawings taken nn the spot, others have I prove the intent to steal the whole carcass seas, to say the least of bar, observing. that it was a most senlous offence. Ile should give Bombay,' nre indebted for their distinguished member." taken from other sources, and those have chiefly_ t' lithium i it, a very d ou btf u l que stion. There were strong indicia, which no it his best consideration, but weld(' not have the prisoner to enter. ~ ilia t ra nsactions r. ith Mr. Bankes seem to have been an epi- costumes." So that Mr. Buckingham does not pretend that .' person could doubt, that this skin did belong to the alieep of the t ain any false hopes of escaping the highest penalty which the law sale in his plan. We hare not only the statement of that gentle- vignettes were all his own, but candidly achtteledges that b - Marquis of Northampton. The points then which they had to 'Mimed on crimes of such a nattite as he had been convicted of. .' man with respect to them, but' have seen also the deposition on taken them from other sources. This is another Maumee consider were, fi rst, whether there was any evidence of an arparta. i The Court rase a little before Eve o'clock till nine to-morrow oath of his servants (the same who are spoken of in this Work), candour of the Reviewer. Mr. Bucking:Ain, in company with nit. It' they were not satisfied of that, then the next question was, morning. that Mr. Buckingliant bore no part whatever in the dispositions Bankes , had visited the town ( +craze, called by the Moans whether the prisoner's intention was to steal the carcass ? If they CIVIL SIDE. or the expenses of the journey beyond Jordan, &c.; thnt he never rash. The Reviewer, in noticing this circumstance, takes esenalsion should be of opinion that his intention was not to steal the Carcass, I.Refitre Mr. Justice lloanovn.l made i Single sketch during this tune, nor had materials for doing to observe, that Mr. Buckingham had " missed Gibbet." Wilt`te but only the skin, then it would be their duty to acquit him, how. Mu. v. Flit HUNDRED OF ItIGITAM•FERIIAtiO. so, and has, mcreover, been heard to lament his inability ; that the authority would have been usefel in setting him tie. Now 111 r, ever morally guilty he might le. This was an action brought under the 9th Geo. I, commonly plan, which is the ground-work of that here given of Deerash, was BuckinghaM, so far from having missed Gibbon\ In a note to fin The Jury found the prisoner Nat Guilty of thetintent to steal called the Black Act, to recover the sum of 2001. in compensation made by Mr: Ranker, and traced. by his permission, at a window book, comments on the very passage in Gibbon which the Review , lb. carcass. for injuries sustained by the plaintiff in consequence of his barns of the convent of Nazareth, by Mr. naekinghani, upon a direct had alluded to, and cites thu it very author in pisllf that he had gie s e His bordahlp ordered the prisoner to be remanded , wit h libert y and farm-houses havin g been burnt by some incendiaries. Py the promise that it should Oct be pulaisthed.,, this town of Geraza its righi name. This ta another proof ,ef ' 10 the prosecutor to indict him for the larceny of taking the skin. evidence , it appeared that the p remises which hail been destro y ed The original article then confined ink follows : candottr of the Reviewer, who endeavours to ducribe :dr. Peck; The witness Rivis was then rolled up, anti. his LOIRDSHIP se- were detached front any dwelling-house, and that on the tills of' i. On entering upon the journey beyond Jordan, to which tee ham its ignorant of the only authority thnt existed on the te' war* reposed him fur the conduct he had been guilty of in poi. February, 104, the person who was employed to thrash in the have more than once referred, it may not he amiss to premise, that There is another passag e in the work of sir. Ilitekingham -_ _ &Wog the skin of the sheep under such pregnant circumstances barn quitted his work about halt-past fire in the afternoon, fasten- the term roc , which, up to this place, mutt he Shistell between the the Ileefewer proceedeto c o mment. nir. Bu c kingham r:sitcd of suspition. log the doors and taking away the key. There had been no fire or writer.this muleteer, and an old man from Tocat,henceibeward sig. ruins of Otinikais, which he points ore as the ruins of a t7wn er FORGERY. candle on the premises during that der ; but about two the next nifles himself and Mr. Bankes, he having generous) allowed that Gamete, and in title belief he agrees with a late wetter, whose James Dixon, alias James DASOIi Aron, was indicted for hay. morning the watchman of Wellingborough discovered the property gentleman to become the associate of his labours. II e acquit him, was published, and published by Mr. Murray hit self, since Mg, on the 7th of February last, forged a n acceptance to s certain to be in flames, and notwithstanding every means were used to et- however, of deriving any material benefit from such assistance, publication of the -volume o f Mr. Buckingham; this authority bill of exchange for 49i 1. with the intent to defraud Blesses. Smith, tinguhsh it, the whole of the premises were destroyed. The origin since whatever he may have drawn from that source, he has made no leas than Id:. Btiekhardt. 111 r. Itnekinghart shows the - Osborne, Hoses, Smith, and (Osborne, bankers, of Northampton. of the fire had circumstance never been discovered, and this ln. his own, by such a felinity of misapprehension, and overlaid with why he believes those ruins to be the ruins of Gunala. - There was another count charging the prisoner with having uttered dared a suspicion that it was not the effect of accident, which was such a eunibtous drapery of fustain and commoa-place ,citation, mark what the Reviewer asys— the said bill of exchange as true, knowing the same to be forged, submitted to the consideration of the Jury, it b e in g on the part of t h a t we believe it wotfla be very hied for his companion. to recog. "We now reach the consummuien of Mr. o ll e tnektngbam with a similar intent ~ and, as there were a great many endorse- the plaintiff insisted that the only inference to be d rawn wa s, t h at nine nita th of his own, excepting the ground works of chat he has den. The ruins of Oomkais he gives us him to n o tuch ofs s. menu on, the bill, there were as ninny counts chsrging the pri. the fire was the net a some incendiary. The loss sustained by the given as his plans, which have alai) undergone their full share of ‘l'hat oblitmity of intellect could have led AO 'once with having forged them with the intent to defraud those per- plaintiff was tstim atm! at 1184 t. 12• but as the Act of Geo. I. limited embellishment for effect." sons whose names he had used. the damage to he paid by the parish (which was in the nature Mr. SCARLETT tom and addiessed the Court. In conarquenee s it in i n s ' ita wile oa n ai l b )r te .S e‘ eet Ta ietot re, . lie cites a i: i e ran considered dil l o ikel f y , to rm e il 'm 1 The diett Mr. W. Law, clerk to Messrs. Smith and Co. bankers, examined of a penalty) to 2001. the plaintiff sought only to recoeu that sum. of the justification that has bete put in, the present question has hand n as ragea, and they every one ' make ngain n t 1. . of i by Mr. Sergeant An .00—I know the prisoner ;he came to the Mr. Cl.anKE, for the defence, objected first, that the notice of become one of very rare occurrence, at least oo had nieo al t r o esdi given the place ., m its bor rig: f t , n ooon e i before this tribunal. is so cl'ene, that it is hardly worth n staii m ng the gnarl: t t a at, bankininhoutte on the 7th February, a b ou t t en m inutes before five the fire, and secondly. the depositions regarding it, had been made I am therefore somewhat at a loss to know hew to proceed ; but o'clock in the evening. lie said, " I wish to open an account witb and served upon the Hundred by the land agent of the phtintiff, when such occurrences fall under your eonsideratior, Gentlemen e tool hs, d you, my name is Dixon ; I am the person who has taken the who was out of the country when the fire happened ; whereas time the Jury, you are bound to deal with them to the best of yfnir f house that Mr. Walton now lives in at Kingsthorpe ; f ass a corn. Act respired that the deposition should be made, and the notice judgment, for the p ur po se of a d m i n i ster i ng j us tice to both parties. , b na i Pt: t nesf l eee r : s ite : l es nw(lee o reP f 7i: . n : gl " 7-: t 's li hso c ose o e hf . c4:ll s lel i b r ' l lera oe hr i iP t ts" w ierr ss :to l ia 2 l ored by Pompey She dealer." I replied, " Very well." Prisoner then said. " I will given by the servant of the owner. Mr. Clarke then called deal candidly • DAMS to answer all these condition* mere etactly tbli leave those bilb with you." He then produced the bill I now put J. 11. Hodson, land agent to the plaintiff, and examined him...." 111, g D rat uri t n a g ron my et lo y n of g einxperionenhoeveelbncvevlejrorinemedem; trod a l c o au ju sein which , so , Great in honour of his f r eedmen. It is not possible foraleT4 I I Of crin• -11 • and the ei I )Irphtilla t wielded , to hold its fellow m makes it to say, , e proper Anode to lc in the icquaint- ire of the work, be the laa h• re would 4 he would id so the to would he found • private en engine • 1 tim as a ed so as Lew, .Ir.' happen& to much liat, are s resuir right to 1 ough the of a cri- tic legiti. iticism ii e it is no ork on 3 as gained lore than at he is a 1 : ithor is a the sub. impletele of good it the D. reviews, be, their to authsr on sue:* r • gilds his ;ire you It ap. Egypt entered the oh e betweett chatty et 3 gore Itii it existed le by that mettle de toned ta;st prefer, Singly set 1 ,; • duplicate different ickcr cur.. -- 16, lie set eppo, and on those or months icy. 111 r. instineee, it forward less than 73. Thin ate before ;egnentiy, utert Wits and Alem. le passed if Air. It. taws. a ft,i e, arts agar.. 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Mick ittg. he sdbleet, r n cn which visited the town cancel chose wcrk since thr horiry the reazonts But now am's blue esonalti: e concha: fight nwerte4 or Feeorta The else of it a 4 tt, and tr% I secoorlitn ty to mtlit4 'ompey fife tot ae n' . . , , lie WC IT• nd se. in tine cr eleil jibe