The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1809-06-30 00:00:00

!NT ELLICE VC'E. LIBEL. IN PLEAS, V 4 MY I msTra, Pries before Lord C hid Ju.xlict MANiFIELD. F LEICLIBTER WAITERS nd OTHERS. brnagbt by the Plaintiff, the Igaitist the Defendant'', Editor 4 lierahl, fur a Libel. The Da -20,0001. ST, on the part of the Plaintiff, lefeudanto ifrre Propri t tor y or ig paper, called The Morning l pulilislied a most b i'amialou* Nubia Peromwge who was the ion ; and web was the lOC are of the Jury did not being in a vrr. amount at wilie!l the damages , I not feel that jii;tiee was dono libel was of. such a description, compensate fur the injury it is. and it was acknowledged to bt• it:itir of it war, he dill slot know,, make an offer tome Defendant.' 'wild give lip the author, the le farther persevered in. &Nide Counsel interfered ; and , that unless they could pr duce including that the Drfeitdinite ie withholding s , !JI informatiou ae au accusation againet tlietric it coiktinued. lie said he was kuowlcdge upon their parts, us think that they caul:; without knowing who the so lid know him, they should pro- eiid not know tutu, they should ever plintlng again, for having,- cleat raiiiiotn. It was bis pain. what the libel d acquaint them, that in the e Fast , then seas g monster et kydley, a dicracr to rociet, if midi, who went tett(' mad con joint with oue of his serrent , turd that servant to commit The Editors of Tier Jlurhiub per. iu the ainnth of December crore oqrialtil and lepgle;iseil, h iu their hal,rr to this ti Itonieg gra had tatti exhifited r %air his Lady, similar to tinier fur try was proaccated lad ow -1 ere et; cumataticta •in the latter -Itodso stated, that such nuts! in Doctors:'-Corrintons.— a 'Owl upon the Remsdr of ~ they ,could prose it. by proper (dicer; Let they had it ennuis in the Record. Still, them' to do im,-Ite 'mold out fl them; thicluirge was as hey gave themselves the trouble ittlil.tarsily hove mecrtainect the they were more railyroble fhr Ile wou:d ehrw, tl.at it Must s some private pique, entertain ss connected with the office, ersonage concerned. Another hired in the same paper to this d ied son of an English Star , in eonsequence of a charge by his wife, similar to that for was tried, whose bruntl atro uu Ignominious death • a ape :n issued agai ns t his Lt:rd,litp, a disgrace to human nature. " those Editors dared to Mauna. true, he, (the Learned Cons ist he was indeed a disgrace to .oi• id oven that he was a person should associate; but' the war- Other part of the arcunnt, ass tie one connected with the pa.- aalkious purposes the rear tilling instrument. That pa- April, in the December pti.- It appeared to this effect— ') had taken place between Jy, and that she appeared in It:cry, to prove that rhe was is, he could .ay, was not the ;ether at the time. lii a few eared. Lord Chartley (now cut . a person to The Herald (!ays after, they made all the l; by insetting ais apology, and was no foundation for the re tots bad pleaded not guilty to I not put in a justification, bar it, in the attempt to prove its, a defeated; they did it, also, :In the libel ; for. vsitholft eu stion or its truth, the stigma sly attached than if they hid investigatioo must hive ended Isehood. They had sown -med relations to hear the horrid aw that he war embarrassed In irmielf, and had dime all they Ilia resideure ;--for alit; pur ;ht give notice of- it to his cre sbstruct the forwaisling of the ire which any one mun could Ater ; the circumstances were r themselser. They all knew ter, and they must see how of the Noble Lord was aft in question. The charge n was one of re odious a ry circumrtance of Its nu t upon it. liniment as he he could deuswistrate that be inaptay.ibk to iln away the I; pryer again could he mix -never again could be cow had been aceertoined to te e,. no dainaget, tto *WANT, t ; they (mild not undo what rank whit lithe Plaintiff held en into their cntisideration. in at of thu cora , riemiiini they d he bad tittle 'doubt bat be . • ebould hare their verdlct, and that to the full aintitiit laid in the deelar Mr. Harrison, ham the Stansp-offi.:e. proved the names of the Defendants; and Mr. Barlow read the proceedings in the case of lorit.Audley. Mr.Aseurr, on the part of the Defendants, took An objection to the declaration, in eotsequeisee of some 'um:miracles in the tint..tiott of the case Of Lord Atulky. After wine sq.:time:it, Mr. Scrjennt Barr admit ted the objection, but conteutled that it applied to one r count. Mr. Malls was then called in and examined. He said he was Lord Leicester', Solieitor ; had hoard the paragraph read, and had no doubt but .hat it applied to Lord' Leicester. On his cross es iiiiiiiiition, ha said that he knew hi* Lordship etenst lour years ; he mini his Ludy resided toge . 4er at Glom r.terliknse, and ‘g dower had dified with .nil there ils the montleof April or May ; he be ti they were not livi ng' together now ; refiners - i!iat the house in Gleueester-place was sold, separation, in May. 1408; knew a map . moue; of Neri. his Lordrhip's Secretary. ; Lettlelup had a house at Paddington, as well • f. tuarater-p;at v. • Supposed - the pertegraeh wilts tfri eel against the Earl of Leicester, because hr A:ls the tide', 5011 of '5 Martinis, and hied a wit ii tleet time pendteg• in Doctors'-Coutinous. Ills Loolshp has now on settled place of residence ; had heard report* respectiug his Lordship. epos which he was ordered 'to consult counsel ; had dined but three tames at his Lordship's ; female rea lathe:is were 11l conattatly,bis wife and sortie of lier, ; they, were living together in the month. of April. • • Atte+ her paragraph wee read. Using "That Lord C. had separated from his lady, was the eon of di Noble Me.quis, and bed lately succeeded to him title." Mr. Serjeant Coexist. (for the Defendant,) said, that he owe with much concern to offer a de fence for h;s diem, in stub a ease. lit the course of orb it lie hied to say, he would remove many of flee nomitatta.ta Drought against them by his Learn ed Brother ; it was with pain he entered upon the odious iits:eveitit.; but it was necessary that he shtaild comply with his duty. His Learned Friend had imputed maitre to the Editors and Printers of the papor which eoritained the calamity against the Earl of Leicester; but thejury had sense enough to. see that the aspersion did not originate with ain ; Ins Lordship's 0.111 Solicitor lied temfessed it; lie admitted tfust rumours elate kind prevailed. stud prevailed to ituch sal extent, that he was ▪ rnetrd to take the opinion of Cueits.l, and to pro seente th'ase oho ahould be detected iu the peopet e4tion of ir e He had much to complaiu of the con duett of his Learned Friend in calling upon him to sive up the author; his Learned Friend must have „,„vu diet hit could not give up the author ; his clients wets ignorant who he wan; they had offered to make antis of that igoorance; could any man liv ing think, that, if they knew him, they would net - gladly cive him up, that they thernselsee mieht tie extricated ? No one could ; and therefore it should ; 1 not have been stated as a matter of aggravation. His Learned Friend had stated what appeared in the piper hereof sue paragraph alluded to. as ' 'tn ince also of aggravation ; to him it appeared • very contrary ; for when his Lordship's fedicitor called upon them. they were convinced of their error, and did hill they could to 'do it nway. His Learned Friend had arid, that if titre did not afford him dummies to the amount of e,ouol. he would consider himself and his client ill-mid.' The jury, he was persuaded, could not eetee.tain suchen idea fur a motu t ut; if he thought thee could, he would sit dime and give himself on timber trouble in labouring to direct thew.— flit was an enemy to liceutiousuess, but he *sea ft!. .ud to liberty ; if we were to have daily prints, d should not crush them in this manner ; if great h eiefits teemed from them, great athisrences should • tuadetoi them ; if they committed lininders and mistakes they were not he charged with malice ; if. indeed, they'leht themselves to *lender, it would be a different case but if they were deceived, if, in the hurry of publication, they h a d do ne an y t hi ng through ignorance, it was not to be imputed to Clem as a crime nor punished as such. If they wereobliged to prove the truth of every article they inserted, no paper could pnasihly be conducted ; the press was a great benefit; the liberty and hap pilules of the coitutry Stood upon it, and it would all become them ta.ciste . vtura it by restrictious anesupting,to euppreemon. An attempt had been mode to.preve that the. Plaiusif had fired happily with baa ink; bet Sic *item. brought forward for that pergare was .the Noble Lord's Solicitor, who knew, within at ,all ebest the 'natter, who had dineel'witli them but three times in his life ; do re's !Attire was called in, uo intimoate friend or sc ✓isietatioe of the parties, because such rela tive or friOnd must hare given a different ac e:tient ; he must have contradicted the statement that they were happy. Never was there, in the his tom of matrimony, a more unfortunate tale. Three sleepless nights ware all this miserable bride tweet in her hosbead's bed; the was obliged to sat at ta ide.with wretched who were a disgrace to human testate. A wretch of the name of Neri occupied the.whole time of. her Lord ; while his Lordship • e;4 hiscompaily were at the house at Padditigtost. ladyship was at Gloucester-place; and when he .. • igie name - gates returaed.to Gloat...rater-place she • Lied to Peddingtose, to spend her time in soli • ; not a single witness was called to prove the I....wary, but the Solicitor, and he was called he t ~urea be kites' nothing about the matter. His Lordiship.had travelled,' accompanied by Mr. Se . rotary Neri, altimiogh be was employed in on of tie* ; and he would prove, that Mr. Secretary Neri wets supported by his Lordship ;and that when, for some reasoner other, he tied married a woman without s ehilling. his Lordship bed taken a house foe hits , et the rent of 1501. a-year; Here Sir. Serjeant flese interposed; he contend. el their su c h a hue of evidence was gone into, the tenst atsialde cilium:ter in society would not be 'wee ; he was not prepared to defend the whole life • , ":f his client, but would meet the point connected ttli the matter at inset , . Ur.l`erjestot Cote :r.t observed, that irksome as ue duty was . to hiape. Vend to others, he insist pt 4. '% ITO 1 1 / 1 thl* statement he was surest to utak... It s. a.ciirinus circumstance to observe, that a par tia cat his Lordship's high birth sttutild case into ""Trl7 -- . • , . • • • • tin e -the Chart alone, withallt aftY one to iikisk t* - `character but the Solicitor ; binaries, the Solicitor applimf the inueieln to . his Lordship, by common report. •It was said, that Bo clients hied marked the mem, but the USW was marked before. it was far the Jury, in aecert g the damages, to con sider whether dui paragraph was invented by his clients? mid that would lead them to his Lordship's character, which was acknowledged to have been, by .common rumour, bad before. He wished he could avoid this subject, bat it was impossible. Mr. Seijeaut BEST interrupted the Learned Counsel again, and inuieted that the evidence was in n t 11l If it wes to be permitted, Key man • who came into Court should come prepared to defend his whole life, and his character would be liable to hi destroyed by utifeettuded report. Such a defence wept a greater length to ruin Use c:i•irae tar of his elielit, t han the libel of which he coin •plained. Mr. Serjeanteocaeradefended the line in which he was potameling ; he maintained that it was couoieteut to ban to produce evidence of the ge neral rumour, in mitigutieu of the damages. Mr. Aellrro, twee the same side, contended, that us the Jury Via to estimate the injury duet to a character by an act, they should hear evidence as to the state of that character, previous to the , act said to affect it. The Counsel fur the Plaintiff had given evidence in aggravation, those of the . Defendants should thelefure be heard in mitiga tion of the damages. Mr. reciatant BEST denied that be had examined evidence in aggravation ; ally questions having that tendency were asked hay the opposite Counsel. After so.:ie further conversation, it was agreed that they should proceed. Cuartecerra A4tICOED czennined. Was in the house 'oh Lard and Lady Leicester the day they were married; lived with them one year ; was at the house at Westbourue-green, and that at Gloucester-place ; believed that his Lord ship slept but three or four nights with her Lady ship ; they continued for some nine in the same house together ; knew a person of the name of Neri ; Lord and Lady Leicester went to the coun try in August, his Lordship returned immediately, and her Ladyship remained till Jeituary ; his Lord ship did not visit her in the wean time ; knew a gentleman of the name of also mo of - the name of Mayfair ; fitting slept in the house ; he was not there long before Lord and Lady Leices ter went to the county) ; Hehag dined atilt , tie le, mid Neri sometimes; •s hell her mistreat and she i. - turbid to View:ester-place, his Lardehip lite.: at. Weatbouroe-green; the Lady Townshend sometimes visited at the house ; did not remember that any Nobleman sew Gmitlemen asenciated with Lute ship ; her Ladyship was much sloar. Srifccal let ters were produced to the witness, ••••!e.sh she proved to he the hand-writing of Lady - L•eceeter ; did not live with any one since she left her Ladyship; her -husband was at sea. Il• Ram)) exassimel. Is an artist in Cambridge, and knee Lord Chart ley and Neti • Neri was his I..ordeaia'S servant ; had furnishe d ornaments fur lea Lerdship's room ; his Lordship lived retired ; he remained two ia Cambridge ; left it its 1800 ; Nen maid behind him. GIORGI SYtru examined. is an upholsterer; kgew hie Lordship ; knew Neri, as his Secretary; furnished both hullers ; did not hear any reports till about a yearend half 'go, when they were all about town. Neri, lives in York -street, Raker -street; knew none but Nevi and Heliug; Neri is a private jgentlennue his hums, worth about 1001. myear ; had area Lord avid Lmly Leicester together frequently. WILLIAM NICINTON examined. Was master of the Cocoa Not Coffees-house; in 1792, Nen lived with him as coffee-room buy ; hip mime lie slid was Petrick Nen or Bnurue ; Waco no berm of hine. .1 • . Mr. RIDSWAT examined. Nen haleeel at hid house eighteen months, almut the : year 1804; bis Lordship called on hint once a week ; ?ieri peid his own bills ; had a tint floor, for which he paid a guinea a-week to Mrs. Ridgway. Mr. Danes examined. Is an auctioneer ; sold the furesitnce of Glouces ter-place and t%'estbourne-green„ by outer of Nevi ; did not see his Lordship ; sold some furniture' sfor Neri, distinct from his Lordship's. Jou% NEWBY tramined. Is Chapel Clerk in Cambridge College; knew" Lord Chortley in Colle,;e; his Lordship had a sere taut on going there first, who was succetamiliy • Neri—Neri acted in the capacity rather of a coin- paniou than a ',mot. Lord Chantey sussen odd • kind of man ; he frequently locked himself up itel his morn for a•weirk together; Neri slept in the roornnext to his Lordship; mutiny Gentlemen lead only a thin pirtition between them and their ser i vants; his Lordship did not mix much in cora -1 Noy ; he seldom even dined in the hall ; heard no reason stated fur his leaviug the Cnivereity ; beard tuiiiiy disrespectful lltin,cs of Lord Cuattley, as well as othen, which he did not believe; heard the students, in fun, call his Lordship, Loly Chantey ; heard Mom say that he wore his hair like a *onion, 'and wore shoes like a lady ; theta were many other gentlemen in the College like ladies ; never saw any thing bad in his Lordship 'a conduct; never heard that he was desired to leave College; knew that he had given three concerts pre:twos to his departure. at which the Pelle-m*4nd many Noblemen and Gentlemen attended; knew that he played music with Neri. HANNAH BUSIONAT, e realised. Knew a man of the 'mow of Murray ; he lodged NE leo house from the year linl to 1803; flit 000 know whet business ha fettoefal ; Lord Clairttof visited hen 'three tune% and drank tea with lii 'once ; he was between twenty and thirty years old be seldnin went out until evening ; he was not mesa. steed; thought that Neri breekKated with him i once; no one else visited him ; knew that he was ill once, and that his Lord„ hip to see him ; that he bid him gel every Ilieg thatwas nes:emery ;., never heard. till Murray went away, any thing du respectful of him. The Rev. HENRY POVETIIN a. iwieeu Knew Lord Chantey ; ems his intro; did' not know whir he len College; report wes, that he was ening abro ul ; neves board ea bidet's/eclat of did not know him since. Asia! tr. • :.... ... - , f , .1; eta . " 1 . e l irrylie l; ) A CoI. Re teditoto, of tireriffiellatt a Pirotebfif.fiestiedli b 4 ' tereeirepg„ , I te.41 , : - . : ,I' .. !.7 •.1! .h . A , kiew one Friths a prini)e.soldietii fee'ii,titil? ';„ het observed lion .curial i'4 Owl lif t , i t tg,t 4l . d . 1 watches. and dressed fu Mehl clothes ; ritti had a gold watch ; lie confined% su on suspejele and heard rep or t s o f hi s heir iaaieka..wlM: Lord Cliiirtley ; did nut know hie Lordship's ;.erid, son ;. had heard the s e r e p o rt s for the last is three '' years; sent the watch, by Serjeant Crudet, to the silversmith's. Lord Jou N TOWtSMEND trill ere allroi,and e.r amised fro* the Beech, lie isthe uncle of I s .nrd Chartley,aod had had uo correspondence with him in 1,07, nor since the end of 1803. or Iteginaint of 1804. He believed Lord' Chartley, et timt time. ' had am intercounw with hii father, thraigh he had with his melts. It was for general reirsosis ire' had discontinued his acenaiutance, and not from any private consideration.. To a question from Mr. Serjeant BEST, his Lordship replied, that there had preeivady been diseensions in the family. Mr. Serjeaut BEST then addressed the jury. He said, iii the where course of hit practice, he had Dever seen a cause conducted as that of this. day, nod hoped he should never witness such another ; because it crude the Coert, instead of x shield to protect the ionnceut, a weapon for their deotrue tion. Nev e r, iu th e course o f hi s hr,, did he feel more pain in the discharge of his duty, blips he then felt; he had never been so eireuurstainced ; he was left by his colleague, who was emnpelled to mitred to other duties, to defer' his client, under the most extraordinary circumstances, in a case iu which infinitely more was at stake, than it was in their power to give, or than what the Plaiutiff could possibly receive at their hands: Nothing could exceed the dialeoliCal purpose of those who could brat write such a libel, and next enter into such a defence: The arguments which had been used by his Learned Brother, were of a mart extraordi nary nature; such so contending that coeductoft of newspapers had a right to publish, if they wished to give the news of the dry, *whatever they might think fit to call news, without conslderine what might he the effect. But was this to justify this moat scandalous and infamous falsehosel ? Then ' they attempted to substantiate it by Customs against a person they never knew ; and, iu thus justifyiug their bleeder, brought iii the names of eight or nine respectable persons; who wee, in fowl!. to be held up to the world us men guilty of the wont of crimes But thee it was said, Oh ! they publish what they pick up in the you r , re of the day." In that viese„ he waeld not be hard upon them, were the eircismaishees of a light or trivial nature ; but should th e y OM, beiewnehey. , 1 $ dealt out such slander as this, have unl i ne d into it ? Was it too mulch to say, that th • ileSuldliiie sent to Doctors' -Conießaii.erbieh - oldies.-- them half air hoar, to inPirip ; ltl if or not, the neglect of whin rim! • et a character for lik ? Wriisft'iiit - - their duty to' hire ascertained whether it-was seat to gradate taste Tee: .caudal, or to satisfy private malice He was jus tified in concluding that it Wils a wicked falsebood;' invented by the Editor, such as they might tp'lit'arli.' he the heaviest damages, and irthey di d . w0t . ,.. aid were attacked in a similar manner to-ohoerow---dield out to be monsters—they could not c0mp1eie.....A..1 deposition had been talked of, 'thcleiritory. of Dee fends:its ignorance of the larther; - nobeivath fial been produced, mid no roestiebbie ) gb tiet er4 hit ,y , been given. They might 44111 e prfiddvtdl slivers . and.sheern the hand-writimilf the ophld pessiii boo who wrote it, by which it i osightiwe l bOe u traded.; but nothing bud been @belie to prow that ht 44 - not faheicated by the Editor,' ilit'hY j ottiei,... S . 44`et .. channels. His client had been ettackeir . On the . most tender points, capon the surpiointi ,of Sohn., and would it' be 'too much for hers also to attack them upon suspicion ? IVar it not fair to suppose (after their apology had been irevel4rd), when two additional libels had been publidied en the 3.3 d and ifith, that some secret cause oplatuted, and that they expected to receive some flank of England paper to stop Tuture . ritteeks ? ; Xen did Not tell lies fir nothing. Good objeele were never attained by such means ; they's 'weretlte worst of motives; and he might jiistly . sry. Who keels iny One odds trait ; Bat be who robeywe si wee good nagorw makes ore poor indeed. • And God knew this to be the truth. They had used their papers •ar highwayman did their pistol., to make what they ceukh by them. As to the liberty of the press, uo man was a-warmer Mead to it then himself; het this was not the lihertrif the press. If the press , were to.. he used for did purpose of gratifying private malignity, he woad prefer living in a country where there smoirrOm papers, than •in one where the people larrepaie to such attacks,' If there had been any truth is the atrocious charge, why did .they nut prove that the articles had been exhibited at ))odors'-Comnicias ? But his Learned Bothers-declined it, seeise; he was unprepared; ire had offered to prepare him, told hen the proper Miter was in Court, from,, Doctor's-Commie'', wire rebid sgive every inform.. stints on the subject ; still he amild net meet him, because he wan unprepared. The Learned Ser• jeant then begged. to impress deeply upon the minds of the Jury, that if his Learned Brother, who had had Live times hie experieuce. would not meet one single point s because he was unprepared, bow could ha he expected to answer for twenty such t Unprepared as he had been, linw was be to answer the evidence produced ? He f..-.I not berm apprised that a person was to be brought from Caw- bridv ; that a Colonel in the Guards was to be produced ; or that her Ladyship's waiting-maid. was to he brought forward. He did know that a Noble Relative of the Plaintiff war to attend, but could never have believed he would have been pro duced for such parpo.e. lamely to .hew that us,- happy differences existed in the family. He then went over the whole of the evidence, from which he contended nothing should be drawn utifavonra; •hte to his client, as there gas nothing in it Uremia ;tillable with the knout of his Lecthhip ; portico. lady, when it was takes into goneighgetion tbet be ,lied misay,pecutierittes; that be eras a leetag use; sad thet there war -m, an ilosay, Aid, 4iede'retileserit , , aotl.w'hiek 110•41 reihiced . the NOS, Veers a clieliciestial ear 'his person. Bra*. if Mai -. a preres's tore it weelt be to= .. . I it Nits ;•----trwr • -1 . ' s • . termally know the (milts of their ..Agservanit protheses!, proved Ott !on As Itsthe Witness for the Platen:lf, a loon Isle chassierer oas trot in the profeasion v ao ditet'ipeesed how opposite the two mod 'f4fliPg !outlier,' ; that voltam woe a..: watt h for the sintbpr of these al.oiniaadds and, it he.fuuud the poorer. to coalmen !ion. 146 treatment Alert be tumour 1,/efetidants bad persneel , the course of al and had mimed at atabbing lino. whew al to-resist. Had they pisioied o dilforei sbeil as the Leerued Sorjeant would hair mended, and had alert.' to make every i in'their power. through their Paper. 1 Means, 1:1 acknowledgment, of that hi have frees. Ino.ur than toy damages ; ,Irot were (milt ohjects fur pity, and he there' the Jury woo:of give damages to the fu laid in the ileclarution. With these rem kit the character of his Lordship to .:1I _and trusted their verdict would pr o ve . _and in his seotimeittc. Lord Chief Jostler MAlksrltLD then ed . the Jury. He said, it wei ,ufTseient the Plaintiff to a verdict, dett scritidai ptwrrd in the ini.,..er, and it was Imo el they 4154 nut know the unthor.—.l ma more excusable for a libel, th au iron 113311 1 . 1 /1101111 (illlgtf, who had not repar There had been moil arguments toe. sides, and the matter for their cow utider all the circumstances, woe the of the dam.iges. Out stir had said ill could be given up, and the o t her could not; thut was a point which sho with them it. their debberatiotar. The ,the press heal nothing to do wi !t the pre --No one could concepts the Isiwity of to extend to en .unrestrained puwar of public or pnvete individual,, although ti too moth of late used for ,uch purposes, liberty of the prep.; seemed to he south stood, he would state, that formsriy sh officer called a licenser. I/ is.w deny it a open works going to the pfe34. la defter. tech.,. officer had ocensionally,hree apve • discontinued. it iler the Itevolutiost, the ficenser was totally abolidied, and alms bad since been written upon the 'subj.-et cev,estd priliom;.—The true liberty of the Rioted Is. printing and publialsing %ilia please; without restraint; but to s,e tut amswerobie for what you so print or 1 His Lordship then read the two libels, they were torts as called for rompeosav ilillgtwstitivii that' articles had been in cW,-,„Erclesiastleal Cosset, similar to tl Nicol STninst I..nrd Audjey, where they pdpr fo to a criminal presses-oboe, we, ri 04 „Sir: to that part of the libel, charusn il "wit being accessory to a rape on his wile heant nothing. The declaration stated, /Pliintiff 13 perfivtly free from tire choir ' , that his character is injured, and to lfirgraded in soCiety. That the libels i .Jialmat..shastr eased be oo doubt. The :aats lied plaided tint guilty, which . ntio Sine out, unless by a justisicanon. 'attempt on thin point, might, perhaps., level* the damages ; as in the defence it )44pd a they could not nips., Plaintiff'. r himeosonit was before notorious ; rod t 1, paystitiatition to consider, whetiver the lb thlttil,Cpect. ass such a s 1 1 / 1 /11111 verify ‘catios?- 1 ,1-lis Lordship then atilt over the ,pertiooludycommentiug upon tile extent ...f.sfewreewts to the Plaintiff's periodic if extended,' or made more wetaleo f)efendisaits. would, in proportion, affect diet. He concluded by recosuitientl.ng t take the whole case into their seriosis eon and grove such damages as would meet i of the case. The Jury retired for more than an It they returned their verdict for the Plait magm 1,0001. and 40 shillings costs. During the whole trial, winch lasted fi the morning till the in the afternoon, was crowded to excess. --..........—. CNIURT OF ICINGS BENCH-4VErrli i a seri Sigiegs at Nisi Pries, before lard Chi. Et sgosentotiow. There were two Special Jury causes app this des: The first, the King.. his Grace of Gordon ; the Jury was called over mid the indictment being put off to next 'I the other case, Cite Jury did nut attend, necessarily post pow. PERJURY. TUC 10110 C. yes. roams. On the motion of Mr. etkveaow, the tr indictment was put off until nexi Tern., a of the indisposition of a Witness that ea* for the defence of the prosecuted. ASSAULT. STYLES a. Shan dnid Wire. This was an action to recover elama , 4 assault. The Plaintiff was a Heedboro the Defendant what is denominated a Cri Defendants, on the 25th of February, wei Brown Bear tnibilio-:iouse. Upper East fe and assaulted the landlord, who sent for tiff in his official situation ; on his rot room, he was assaulted by both Defend Ironer, out of the honse ; not satisied, tinned their ill treatment in the street. Cher OtVirr came to the assistanc e of the when they secured the husband, g w d carri the watch-house. There were several exe.sained in defence, each of ;whom coi the miter, although they all attempted the Plaintiff was the ityfgriroanr, but with: The Jury gave a verdict for the Plea naages SUI. 424 D BAILEY, June ill. 'SECOND DAY. • ,0 • *Orir4in4 Pe• indicted fee oteditti tersettof Morgan Sweetly. 1/ cettet litho 'pawner throoeb Hert-M t _ _ Vfthishiont socesearp atultAtett , cittOr will itztoolUtir through Hort-1444W, No* Lord's father to mo d garden. on the eve-tong of the red *I M.Y. ii aervoitt to 'be always oboes was accosted by the Primmer. who contwvs p. It it were wished to know hie pocket of his watch. —The Jury ft itrarr. .it bad, the way to abe g ia• Guilty. .• sine a. dtafardsd aartact.lpar. £v itiarr w capitally iipl4l4o. for