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fendant said, I refused to supply the plaintiff with any more goods on credit. 1 t'ross-examined by*Mr. t: lINEY.—I did not ask Oshome what' .ladder's character was. Miller used the words which I have stated; and I did not say I would not trust him because Osborne said that he Ras atklieted to drinking and was a disciple of Tom Paine I tompmmiatil with my creditors in Much 1823, and paid them be• tween seven and ten shillings in the pound. 1 cannot say for what amount Miller asked me to give him credit. A conversation did rot puts between me and Miller, in which It was stated that it was necessary I should refuse him credit, in order that he might be ;ambled to bring this action. I don't know whether 1 am called " the mart of memory " in the Borough, but my memory is very indifferent. Re-examined by MT. Course.—Previous to this statement by libberne. I was In the habit of giving Miller credit to the amount elf three akar pounds ts-week. Examined lb,y Wm Mr. Justice bittledale.- I Vhen ', asked me for credit I told him I would not give him any, as I had heard a spry indifferent ebakacter of him, but i did not tell him from whom. Et asked me to 'tell him, but I declined then. I dal afterwards VII bitoit was„front the defendant. William Cohen, shaman to the last witness, also swore to the words spoken by Osborne, and in addition to the account given..ll - stated that the defendant said Miller was a Tom Paine man, and was ha the habit of ge . tting drunk and quarrelling. ilicangw now addressed the Jury foe the defendant, and contended that the words were not productive of any mischief to the riaiiitiff. He also submitted that they were spoken. if at all, in answer to inquiries made by Clarke, and were therefore privileged. Mr. Orifice LIT T LIITALt then summed up the evidence, and the Jury „ after having retired for two hours. vent in a written nue,- ton to Mr. Justice Littledale, to which his Lordship sent back wool that they must come into Court. The Jury continued their deliberations about a quarter of an Tear lancer, when they unit. into Court, and pronounced a verdict sus the defendant. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Wroissimv. Fss. 15. iSittings in London before the LORD CDIET JUSTICE.) WILLIAMS. GENT. r. Gummi X THE ELDER. Air. ger m s's Vaticinate stated this case to the Jury. It was en action brought by the plaintiff, who is an Marne,. spinet the defendant, a cow-keeper, to recover the sum of 7bl. Is. tel. for work at id !Aver done. The amount claimed consisted of certain items, the expenses incorrect In bringing an action against the Proprietors ov the .llderney Dairy Company, who had charged the defendant's son with a felony. This company failed to substantiate its charge, which was, that Goodwin the younger had stolen from them a certain quantity of grains, and an action was brought against Sumetield, one of the mephitises of the dairy, on the ground that the arrest was malicious. The action here referred to was brought tat the instigation of the defendant, who, as would be proved to the. Jury's satisfaction, not only promoted it, but gave all the ne- ' emery Into-actions. This man was of comae now looked to for pie costs. He had paid 201. in advance, and got a receipt for that vim in the name of his sca. This, however, would admit of some esplanstion. The lasen Cater Jcsricz—Was not Mr. Goodwin the elder examined in the cause you have just referred to as a witness ? Mr. Sergeant VAUGHAR—Yea, my Lord. The Loan Cutts' JUSTICE—How then can he be tined for the' costs of an action in which he was witness, and yet obtained no release ? The cause may go on ; but the circumstance is novel, and must be reserved for the consideration of the Court. Mr. Sergeant VAUGUAN continued. The receipt for the 201. was made out in the son's name, at the particular request of the father, who so desired it, with a view to raise a subscription in case the action riatuld fail, amongst the cow-keepers, most of whom felt that this action was a common cause against the Company. The LORD CRIET JUSTICE—That renders the matter worse. Henry Watson, clerk to plaintiff, was thee called. He had seen the defendant at plaintiff's office frequently. He had only seen the son there once. Cetus-szarnined--Pleintiff had a managing clerk named Turner. He was a very sanguine young, man. Turner was nix( examined—He was plaintiff's managing clerk. Defendant called at his employer's in the month of April, and related all the circumstances of the action. He complained that his can was ill.treved by the Dairy Company. At his request a letter was written to Mr. Stansfield, threateninglhim with process fur the malicious arrest; to this no answer was returned. De. fendant called a second time, and brought his son with him. He then gave instructions for the proceedings . It - tunas told him that unless the malice could be substantiated the action would be fruit kw Defendant said, " I suppose you will require some money to go on with," and paid 20!. on account. Witness made out the receipt in the name of the son at the father's request, who ob served. " If we lose the action this will enable us to raise a sub scription amongst the cow-keepers." The LORD Center Jriericz said that the witness, by thus igiving a lane receipt, that the cow-keepets might be fraudulently 'tette d to pay the expenses of the action, was guilty of a con. ? piracy. Witness said that did not occur to him at the time. Ile admitted he had dome wrong. The LoRD Critter JUSTICE—Mr. Turner, did not you bear Goodwin the elderany, when he wits examined at the time referred W, _that he had noting to do with the cause ? Witnern thought the question was put to him. Ile had a blank release in his pocket in case the question might be put. The LORD Cuter JUSTICE—Then you would have filled up the blank, released Goodwin the elder, and have looked to the younger Goodwin for the costs? Witness—Yes. The Loan Cnize Jusrtcr —Really that was very abominable conduct. The witness was then cross-examined by 31r. Sergeant STAN LIE e--Defendtmes son did not look more than 21 years of age. Ile inter said if they did not get a verdict the plaintiff must lose his costs, becalm he had no claim on the elder Goodwin. Never heard thwdetentlant say he wished the action not to be brought. The receipt was then put in sod read. T. Saunders was present at the striking of the Special Jury ; the defendant then said he was defermined to proceed with the action. This closed thgpLaintirs case. Mr. Sergeant araetziz addressed the Jury for the defendant. The Learned Sergeant anicuadverted in very strong terms on the viaduct of Turner, the ou.naging clerk, who in tire action against the Dairy Company had.put a witness ii the box whom he knew to be interested. The Learned Sergeant said he should be able completely to disprove the plaintiff's case, and the Jury would then decide how far such a witness as Turner was deserting of credit. Joseph Goodwin the younger was then examined.—lle knew Turner. First saw him at the beginning of April. ll'itneFs ex plained to him bow ill he had been treated. Turuer said, " you base good grounds of action, and will get Mi. damages." (Laugh ter.) Witness told bins he had no money to squander away in law, acd Turner replied he did not want any ; he would take it 11110 Court himself. He went subsequehtly, and gave Turner the 20'. I to canyon the action. Turner put it into a boz, and said, " Joe. my bay, I hope you oat bare this back again in little while, and some more to it. ',Laughter.) His father did not say a word about a subsaiption from the cowkcepers. In the acuon he was Delimited His father then said to Turner, " You have not done the boy justice: 1 always told you the law was against you." 1 Turner replied, "11 hat bass you to do with it ? It ts nothing to I you." He asked Turner for a receipt for the money, and he sent a boy to pet one. The receipt was then written. Cromexamintd by Mr. Sergeant N'attonse.—lt was his own 'money hr paid. He was in the employ of his father. He received 7s. a-week end had his board, lodgings, and clothes. He ire- q_uvitly got money for doing jobs. Part of the money he paid to' Turner as borrowed from a pence named Calvert. Cal vert lent him W. Ile had Ti!. by him that he bad saved. The remeinder his fatbek owed bins. Ile frequently went for months w ithou t recessing any money. He did not receive it weekly, fearing he might spend it. He had tio words with his father about the trial. His fat tie r quarrelled with Turner, for mis leading witness. He did not go to plaintiff's office and request him to make out the bill in his tame. Thomas Lemnos. a milkman, knew the plaintiff and defendant. Was in company with Turner one day after having been bail in an action. They dined together in St. Paul's Church-yard, and had eouap steaks for dinner. The defendant and his son were of the itry. Turner said he thought it proper Joe should bring an Set an mallet the Company. The defendant said , he tho u g ht i t had better be left alone. Turner replied, if he did not get damages ire would not ask anything for expenses. Cross examined by Mr. ANDREWS.—That conversation took place some time ago. lle could not say exactly . when. It was Foam months ago. It might be twelve months since. It tun,- Fired at a public-houee. He had become bail that day for a person named Melsnm. He never was bail but once before. It being observed that Calvert, who had lent the money to young t laid - win. was in Court t Mr. Thesaiger put him into the witness box, that the plaintiff's counsel might have the benefit of his cross.examination. Crosa.examined b t i Sergeant VAUGHAN.— Witness did not act as en attorney. e recollected leaving a brief at Mr. Sergeant Vaughaa's clambers, but he did it merely as a messenger. Hs as a fine-spinner, a dealer in flax, in Russian mats, and hemp. Mr. Sergeant Vat:GaAs. I am very sorry you deal in hemp, 'no. (Laughter.) Witness—Yes: I make hemp ropes to hang lawyers. (Great laughter.) Cross-examination continued. Ile brought actions sometimes in his own name. He wrote a letter fur the defendant, in answer to one sent by the plaintiff, requesting a settlement of his bill. lVit mai was instructed by the defendant, who desired him to say, he was tiorpriard at the application to him for money to settle the costa of the action, it not having been commenced by his (defendant's) order. • Two or three witnesses were then called to prove that the cause of the action far wbith the present costs were claimed had not trans psud at the time when Lemnos went to put in bail in the action against Melsom ; and that therefore the canveriation given in mi di:zee could not have taken place. Some book entries showed that !Sebm's bail was put in on the 111th November, 1824. and that the. treatment which Gwin the ur comlained of having received from the Dairy ood C yo ompany did n no ge t occu r until the March following. The conversation, therefore, could not have taken plea. A Juryman inquired of Turner whether them was any bail put in tar fir. Mahon as say subsequent period t and was answered Oa Ana negative. Tbis *errs Mom was upaalisd. sad ia answer to a !wisdom put doPlard bad ad be/ id We office ; Mad they had no occasion to send out for receipts, as they always had them in the office. Cidvert was also re-called. The Loan CnIET Jeer ICE ex amined him. lie did not assist in getting up this cause in any way ; he had done no more than write the letter before referred to, at the request of the defendant. He SAW the plaintiffi afterward* at his office, whop he said that there was good ground to move for a new trial ' . which would cost five pounds. lie further said " The ' Judge was . a d—d old fool, and ought to have let the cause go to the Jury." (Great laughter, in which his Lordship joi ned heartily.) Mt. Williams, the plaintiff, who was sitting instructing his Counsel. exclaimed, labouring evidently under great agitation, " It is false, my Lord ! it is false !" The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said that Os reminded him of what occurred once in the Court of King's Bench, when a person informed Lord Kenyon. who was on the Bench, that one of the parties said " VOUS Lordship is • great rogue, and the Jury are great Moll." (Great laughter.) Lord Ke n y on replied that he would fiwgive him ; and his Lordship had no doubt the Jury would do so also. Mr. William.. still much moved, asserted that what was imputed to him was &Ile. and threatened to indict the oitnesa for perjury. The Loan CHI Fr JUSTICE said—" Mr. Willianis, for once take a 'mon of pattence from me." Mr. Sergeant Vail ti AN then addressed the Jury on behalf of the p laintiff: after which The bean tr JesTiet trammed up. His Lordship said that this was a case which had become of vast consequence as far as regarded the character of the witnesses; either one side or the other had unquestionably been guilty of gross perjury. It was fur the Jury to decide with whom the disgrace should lie. The Jury retire!, and after consulting for some minutes, re turned a verdict that credit had been given to Gooelwin the elder. The Loan rime JUSTICE then nonsuited the plaintiff on the prints before mentioned, and gave the plaintiff liberty to move to set it aside. Mr. Sergeant VAUGHAN made some objections, when The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said he would then make short work of it, and recommended the Jury, as was his duty conform able to law, to find a verdict for the defendant, the plaintiff having no right to bring such an action. Mr. Sergeant VAUGHAN did not question his Lordship's power to do so, and therefore conceded. The plaintiff was therefore nonsuited. MAY v. RSZVER AND OTHERS. Mr. Sergeant Seatoor said this was an action brought under curious circumstances. The plaintiff was an accountant, and pro. ceeded against the defendants to recover the sum of 4411.75. for work done as an accountant. The defendants had been engaged in speculative transactions to the amount of 40 millions, and employed the plaintiff to settle their books. They had taken an office for him, in which were lodged the voluminous accounts. The Loan Cuter JUSTICE observed, that it would benefit the country if some of these 40 millions were to pour into the country just new. Mr. Sergeant Seaarsig said these were speculations from which nobody had suffered—the defendants bad paid all who had any claim upm them. What in the present case would appear most extraonlinary was, that the plaintiff was even now timing the de. fendants on the most amicable terms; he was, in fact, unable to get a release from them. An arbitration had been unsuccessfully appointed to adjust the claim, the fairness of which was admitted ; but a question arose as to who should settle it, and to ascertain this, or, as the defendants said, to avoid each the liability of being laughed at by the other, the defendants themselves recommended that this action should be brought- The case was proved, and The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff.. JACKSON V. REALE AND OTHERS. Mr. Sergeant VAUGHAN said this was an action for assault and false imprisonment. The defendants had not been able to plead a justification. and therefore had contented themselves with the gene. ral issue. It gave him pain to be obliged to enter into the details of this cause, the principal defendant being the pastor of a congre gation, and such characters were clothed in a divinity winch it was distressing to deprive them of, even though they had violated their sacred calling, and shown that they were 111-deserving of those Wallops of delicacy which nevertheless would operXte to a certain extent. The plaintiff had been thrown into a prison appropriated to felons for a whole night, and had suffered other indignities. If any defence were attempted he should have an opportunity of an-. meting it; his present conviction was, that there could be none. The plaintiff was a respectable bookseller, and the defendants were members of, he believed, a Calvinistic sect who had a chapel in Aldersgate-street. Whatever might be their faith was of little import to the matter here in question; and the learned Sergeant ousted that, so long as they met in the true spirit of religion, they would be free to exercise their calling, unassailed by any of those prejudices which sometimes operated against those who were not of the established church. Amongst this con gregation there had been some disputes. Ile need not now en ter into them further than to state, that they bad been very pro perly referred to an arbitrator, who had awardtat a certain sum to be paid to the plaintiff in this cause by the pastor, the defendant. On the 10th of April last, which was on a Monday, the congrega tion assembled to hear a lecture by their pastor on " Pilgrim's Pro gress," a book containing doubtless a great deal of morality, a due portion of religion, and a certain amount of imagination, which might be beneficial, and might not. A. soon as the lecture had con. eluded, Mr. Ileale announced to the congregation that he had some matters to introduce to their consideration ; and these matters, in. stead of being those charitalle notions w hich should possess the minds of gentlemen in such situations, were actually relative to the temporal disputes before referred to. Ile told them, that lie should read to them some letters that had passed between him and the plaintiff's attorney ; that those who took no interest in these pro ceedings might witdraw, and that then the doors of the chapel would be closed. The gates were accordingly barred, and the let ters were read, which was no sooner ellected, than it was announced by somebody that the plaintiff' was preient. This was no sooner communicated to the worthy pastor than he de scended with dignity front his rostrum, approached towards Mr. Jackson. gazed upon him for a while, and then apparently returned to his official situation. Once again mounted, he addressed the congregation lie proposed to them—what :• That Mr. Jackson, the plaintiff, should go to prison. Ile begged of them, if they approved his proposition, to " signify the same by holding up their hands." He wished In this way to ascertain the sense of the con gregation. Mr. Jackson had gone to the chapel to hear a lecture on Pilgrim's Progress! No charge was made against him—there was noalleged ground for the proceeding—but the doors, when lie was about quietly to retire, were suddenly closed upon him, and the pastor put it to the congregation whether he was a fit person to be committed to the Giltspur-street Cumpter or not. This was abso lutely the case; those who were of this opinion were to say " aye," and those of the contrary opinion were to say " no," and the ayes had it. (Great laughter). The Loan Culler JUSTICE—Then he was committed by the Speaker I suppose. (Laughter.) Mr. Sergeant %%trustee continued—The door had been fastened, and—to use one of their own expressions—they nabbed him. An officer was sent fur ; lie was hurried to the watchbouse ; bail was offered, and by one of the congregation ; but to have accepted it would have been to have relented something of the vindictive spi rit tl et was rife; aid a benevolent feeling of core.ssion or Christian charity formed no part of the present proceedings. The plaintiff was loeigid in the Giltapur-streetCompter—a receptacle for felons, rot the profligate and abandoned of every class ; and there was he left, despite of the offer to bail, to pans the night, subjected to all the In. dignities of the situation. But this was not all—he was actually, as if he had been in reality a felon, searched by the officers at the instigation of one of the defendants, and his pockets were rifled of , their contents, and his private papers were intpertinently scruti nised. lie was next morning taken before the Magistrate, when the only charge that appeared against him was, that he had not conducted himself so as to meet with the approval of the defend. ants, and more particularly the worthy pastor. This was the " head and front of his offending." The plaintiff was of course discharged, though the Learned Sergeant believed there was some contemptible charge cot up to hold him to bail. W. Lidey was cafied. He lived whh his uncle. Ile was at the chapel on the eveniug in question. Some letters were read by the Pastor, who, as soon as he had read them, put it to the congrega tion whether the plaintiff was to be sent to the Compter or not. There was a show of hands taken. An officer was sent fur, and the plaintiff was taken off. He attempted to address the audience, but had no sooner commenced—" Ladeis and gentlemen," than he was pulled down by the officer and Mr. Heale. A Mr. Rawlins, one of the defendants, was very active. There were several hands held up. Rawlins proposed sending for the officer. Heade ap proved of it. The Loan Caster jUSTICZ—What an indecent exhibition ! Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant 1.103 AN 4.1.1: T—Did not know that the defendant was to give; ny particular explanation on this evening. Did not see any handbills posted it p round about the chapel, neither did he see any distributed on the outside. Titus Parr was going by the chapel, and saw the doors closed, they were opened and he went in, but they were reclined. This witness contirnied the testimony of the last. lie knew Heale, the pastor, Rawlins, and Dodd. There. werg two or three others who took so activeyart in the proceedings, but he was unacquainted with them. The three persons above-named tall held up their hands. When the plaintiffigot upon a form to address them, and WWI pulled down by Heale and the officer, there was a cry of " Mercy, mercy ! quarter, quarter." Joseph Harrison was the officer who took plaintiff to the Comp. tor. Several went with him there. Dodd and another searched him. s The Loin enter JUITICZ asked how the officers came to allow hint to be searched. Witness said it was the practice—the standing order. The LORD CHIEr JUSTICE.—It is a very improper practice, Sir, to march persons not charged with felony, and I advise you to be careful and not allow it for the future. Witness cuminued—The plaintiff was charged in t':ie books with being disorderly. The Loan litter JUSTICE—If you had taken all that were disorderly, you would have taken a great many more. The other witnesses for the plaintiff merely corroborated the above facts. The plaintiff's case here closed. Mr. Sergeant liosadraurr addressed the Jury for the defend ants. There had been a bill minted by the plaintiff, in which he stated that the Pastor had forced him into an action which was subsequently abandoned, and that ha had inn:erred a certain ex. pease in getting up a defense. To sends this difference an arbitra. for was appointed, who awseded 171. les. which sum !tetrad not been able to get from Mr. Mule. The bill stem! this to the con., gregation, and requested them to defray his expenses. Surely this was lawititrigire his though it might not go to the le•ldi The letters read by Air. THE BRITISH PRESS• Ilea* were In **planation of this. One was from the plaintiff'S Solicitor, who stated that Mr. Heale had frequently tendered him the money, hut the plaintiff would not allow hint to take it. The Learned Sergeant then called some witnesses, who proved the dis tribution of the bills, and their being printed according to plain tiff's order. John IVay was sailed for the defence, but proved nothing ens mist. On his cross-examination he said he saw one of the de fendants hold up his hand in the chapel—his name was Luton. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said, but for this witness the de fendant Luton would have escaped ; bat he considered it being proved that he held up his hand for the imprisonment of the plain tiff it was quite enough to cnminate him. This witness further said the service on this day concluded with a bernsliction. (A sensation of disgust was here very strongly ex pressed by all in the Court). Mr. Sergeant Vainc Ag. in reply, said the Jury would consi der that the pastor had been cunning enough to make his congre gation hold up their hands to support him in Ills disgraceful mea sures, and he had no doubt but that this divine would turn round for the coats of this actin's, and remind the flock that this was their act and nut his. Considering, therefore, how many were to divide the damages, the Jury would not be very sparing. The benedlc lion of the defendant was something like the benediction of those in gone by days; who wedged their victims between stones and left them with a prayer that the wretches might depart in peace. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE summed up. Ills Lordship had lived during the whole of his life, and hoped hed lie would die a liberal Christian. It was not fur him to Judge how a man was to serve his God, excepting so far as regarded his own happ iness—his own hopes. What, however, had transpired to-day, was a develope ment of god' a disgraceful contempt for all the moral and religious duties of life, that he more than ever blessed that fate which had early instructed him in the pure principli sof the Established Church. fle!e was a pastor, turning from those prayers through which alone he could hope to be forgiven, to indulge in his vicious passion and profane the holy temple in which he ought to stand before his maker, as one supplicating mercy, and ready to mete out charity to all, by outrageously attacking one of his own congregation in the very worst possible manner. Ills Lordship proceeded to read the evidence and comment upon it as usual, leaving it to the Jury to name the amount of the damages which the plaintiff was entitled to recover. The Jury deliberated for a few minutes, and then delivered a verdict for the plaintiff—damages 2501.—costs 40s. COURT OF EXCLIEQLTCR, WEDNESDAY, FEa. 15. THE RIRG HUDSON. This was a proceeding arising from the forfeiture of a large quan tity of wheat flour (between 1400 and 1500 sacks) from Mr. Hod- Son, an opulent corn-factor residing at Hull. This was the case alluded to in some proceedings which toolt . place at the Mansion House some time since. The ATTORNEY.GENE nal. stated, that by the Corn Laws persons were allowed.to import foreign wheat, and while British wheat was at a certain price to deposit it under bond in such warehouses,under the care of his Majesty's Officers of the Customs as they thought proper. barge quantities had been deposited in his lltajesty's warehouses, when the owners, as a matter of indulgence, were per mined by the Legislatute to take out any portion of it, on the con dition that an equivalent quantity of the best fine wheaten flour Jhouhl be substituted or sent in for every five bushels taken out. It' flour of an inferior quality were sent in:it was liable toforfelture.. Now, Gentlemen, that there might be no dispute, no litigation, and no understanding the Act, it declares expressly that the flour returned shall be of the best quality of fine wheaten flour. Air. Baron tiannow—You mean " no in'sanderstanding," Mr. Attorney -General. Mr. Itunuctiast—My Lord, he is perfectly correct. The ATTORNLY.UENMIAL in conclusion said, that the sole point, disentangled of every other, for the Jury to try was, whether this floor was of the quality required by the Act. The first witness called was Mr. James month, the warehouse keeper for bonded customs at the port of Hull. Ile proved the fact of Mr. Hudson having sent in a requisition for the delivery of a quantity of wheat to be ground into flour under the regulations of the Corn bats. This quantitywas delivered, and an equivalent quantity was returned. Cross-examined by Mr. Bnounnam—The lockers, who were witness's assistants, had access to this flour in the warehouse. Mr. SuF.PittEltD objected to this course of examination, since, by the nature of the pleadings, the identity of the flour was ad mitted, as, if it was intended to soy that the flour was adulterated by those in whose custody it was placed, a different course should have been adopted. Mr. Baron GARROW held the course taken by Mr. Brougham to be good. Nothing could be more unjust than to preclude the defendant from showing that this was not his flour ; that something had been introduced since his delivery of it, and that no fraud was imputable to him. Cruse-examination continued—One of the lockers, a labouring man, was convicted of taking a quantity of wheat out of the ware house a short time since. It was, however, but a trifling quantity, a pocket-full. Re-examined—lt was impracticable fur the lockers to take a con siderable quantity. The whole was lodged in a warehouse, to which access could not be had, either by the witness or his men, without their being under the inspection of the defendant and his men. Three witnesses were called to . prove that the flour returned by the defendant was of the most infe rior quality. One of them, named Rayner, said his wife made bread of a sample, and it was sour and so bad in colour and taste th at he must have been reduced nearly to starvation before he could venture to have eaten it. A miller deposed that it was worse by 30s. in price than fine flour, which then sold at 50s. He did not think the flour in the warehouse was worth more than Is. per stone. The third whiles*, a baker, represented it as such vile trash that he should have been ashamed to supply his customers with any thing of the kind. Mr. Curtis, the biscuit baker of Wapping, deposed that in his opinion the flour was neither of' the fineness nor condition required by the Act. It was of such a low quality, that he hardly knew of any purpose to which it could have been applied. The price of fine wheat flour was now Otis. per quarter. He hardly considered the beat of this worth more than 15s. Mr. Richard Clarke deposed that he was Galenical Operator to the Apothecaries' Company. In December 1824, witness went to Hull, and took 1462 samples from so many sacks pointed out to him by Slr. Rayner. They were fairly taken, and between that time and the end of May he analyzed it. Sever..eightlts of it he supposed to consist of the component parts of wheat flour. The residue he believed to be chiefly bean Sour. One part consisted of a black chaff; which he considered to be the chaff of buck wheat. There were shades of difference in the quality, but none of it was of the description of floe wheaten flour. He had made some bread of it, which was bad, brown, and heavy. Cross-examined by Mr. BROUGHAM.—Witness examined each of the samples by a separate examination. He had a particular test by which be distinguished wheat flour from beau flour. Mr. BROUGHAM—I want to know what this test is ?—Mr. Clarke. I must be excused from stating it. Mr. BROUGHAM—it is a secret then ?—Mr. Clarke. I can't say that it is; other persons may know it; perhaps every chymist in town know. it. Sir. limo non m—Then you do not think proper to disclose this secret, which is in so much the better keeping, as it is known per haps; to a great number ?—No answer. Mr. BROUGHAM—Conie, Sir, tell us what are the component parts of bean flour. ?—Alr. Clarke. I don't know any thing about the component parasol bean flour; but when it is mixed with wheat flour, I can instantly detect It. Sir. BROUGHAM—What are the component parts of wheat flour?—Mr. Clarke. Gluten, mucilage, starch, saccharine matter, and a small portion of ailex. Mr. BROUGHAM—Now really, Sir, are there not gluten and idle: in beau flour. ? —Mr. Clarke. I don't know : I ant perfectly ignorant with respect to bean flour. There are twenty-six kinds of bean flour, and 1 have never examined the flour produced from them. Mr. BROUGHAM—How long may you have been Galenical Operator to' the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries?-11r. C. About ten years. Mr. Buovonase—How long have you been in possession of this Pythagorean secret about beans, which consists of whet you know nothmg whatever shout ?—Mr. Clarke, I have given my particular attention to the analyses of flour a considerable time, and for the last five years I have been in the habit of analyzing all por tions of flour except bean flour. Mr. Boot:GRAM-1e there any process in chymistty by which a liquid will distant. fa separate ail the component parts of any ye getable, withoutaffecting any of the component parts of another ? Mr. Clarke. I cannot answer that question. Mr. BROUGHAM—Do you know any body who is in possession of this secret of yours, beside yourself ?—Mr. C. 1 do not. A number of witnesses, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Hayes, Alr. Green, Mr. Courteis, spoke to the samples which Mr. C. had tried, and de. elated that as they did not come by any means within the descrip. tion of' the Act, neither age nor bad keeping would make tine Hour into coarse, such as this was ; they might change good fine flour into sour. Mr. Clarke aria then recalled, at the request of the defendant's Counsel. Mr. BROVORAN—Did you never represent that there has been plaster of Paris, and lime, and hone dust, round in this flour ?—Mr. Clarke. I never said any thing of the kind. I have heard of something of the kind. Mr. BBOCSlllaSt—llid you state any thing of the kind at the Mansion Bowe before the Lord Mayor ?—Mr. Clarke. Not with respect to this flour. I nerer made such a charge. I did say that plaster of Paris had been found in other floor. I hare some flour now with stones in it. The Editors said— The ATT oaximt; CV gIIAL—We cannot enter into an exami nation of what editors of newspapers a what police reporters way base said. This was the case for the Crown. Mr. BROM:MAX said, the last question he put to Mr. Clarke was of the greatest importance to his client, as it had been alleged, openly and publicly, that he _had mixed „ and M' • him particles which he thought were of bean flour, and the other who fancied that this ruined flour had the flavour of beans in it, ventured a whisper in confirmation of such a charge. Ile (Mr. Brougham) did not mean to question the veracity of Mr. Clarke, who doubles. was as confident of what he saw as that he was the Galenical operator; but he distinctly meant to question his judg ment in this case. The component parts of bean flour were similar to those of wheat flour, though varying in the proportions. In one as well as the other would be found gluten and =til lage, and perhaps silex ; and it was a thing morally and physi call), impossible to be as Alr. Clarke had stated it, that a liquid might be found which would affect the flour of wlica', without af fecting the flour of beans. He was the only scientific man in this scientific metropolis that could be found to state such a thing, and that was the reason he was the only chymist called by the Excise. The Learned Counsel said he did not mean to say that any of the Revenue laws Were free from objections; he did not mean to contend that some of them were overloaded with oppres sive regulations and absurdities; bbt he did mean to say, that this Act was one of the most obnoxious and prejudicial Acts in the statute book. The Learned Counsel said he hoped he should be able to prove that the flour sent in by Mr. Hudson was of the first quality relatively to that county, for such an absurdity could never have been contemplated, that the flour required was to be the whitest, the purest, and best which the squeamish taste of this metropolis required. lie should prove that it was the hest quality, when it went in for the county of York ; that it was dete riorated by being kept in a bad warehouse; he should prove that it was pure in Its. ituality, and he hoped he should be able to rescue the character of Mr. Hudson, which had been so infamously aspersed. A great number of witnesses, chiefly Mr. Hudson's men, were then called, who swore, that in no stage of the process was any beans, or any thing of the kind, introduced. They had never known of such a thing. One of the witnesses admitted that the value of the flour sent in was 41i. when the price of the best fine wheat was 555. and 61 s. the quarter in the country. One witness swore that he had made puddings of it, and never would wish to ,„,st better flour , when it was sect in. Another attributed Ike dete 'haration of the quality of the flour to the bad warehousing. The A TTORI4 LY•OENERAI. said he meant to impute nothing of the nature of fraud to Mr. Hudson. lie did not know but that lie might have purchased it. The Jury had nothing to do with the consequences of their verdict in any way. The simple question was, whether this flour was of the finest quality, and the defendant's own witness had proved that it was not. The Jury without any hesitation found a verdict for the Clown. lIIGII COURT OF ADMIRALTY, WEDsesDAY, FED. 15. THE TRINIDAD WEST INDIA MAN. This cause was heard by Lord STOWELL, assisted by two of the Brethren of the Trinity }louse. Dr. JEWNER, in behalf the salvors of this vessel, which had been exposed to great dinner orshipwreck on the 21st of December, by running aground on the Skier Sands, near the coast of Gla morganshire, briefly stated, that the claims of Jones and the other salvors (seven in number) were for services rendered to the Trinidad on that occasion. The vessel, which was bound from the island of Trinidad to Glasgow, having run aground, hoisted • signal of distress ; on observing which, the claimants immediately put off from shore in a boat; and it was by their assistance that the vessel was afterwards navigated and finally saved. The Master, himself, admitted that he was so ignorant of his situation at the time of his running aground, that he had mistaken the coast off which his vessel then was for the coast of Ireland. The weather had been so hazy for three days, that he had not been able to make a single ob servation to ascertain his position. Ile had quitted his course, had mistaken the time, and completely lost his reckoning. At the name time he was so ignorant of the navigation of the Bristol Chan nel, in which he admitted that lie had never before been, that the vessel must inevitably have perished without the assistance of the present salvors. In ease the Trinidad had been lost, property to the amount of more than 17,000 f. would, by the admission of the owners themselves, have been entirely destroyed. In return for this service, a tender bad been made to Jones and his companions. of a sum of 11101., a sum which the Learned Doctor contended to be totally inadequate as a compensation for the salvage of such valuable property. Dr. LusnINGTOX appeared. in behalf of the owners of the ves. set. There would be a very considerable difference in the facts as stated on the one side from what would be brought forward on the other. It is true that the vessel had struck upon the sands ; but it must be remembered that she had got off before the boat reached her. Ske was then Is+ g-to, and was not at the time considered as in any danger. The boat from the village on the coast of Glamor. ganshire did not reach her till between acne and ten o'clock. Jones was no regular pilot, but said he would undertake to pilot her out' of the situation in which she was then placed, and be did accord. ingly pilot her a part of the way. At two o'clock a regular pilot came on board, who took charge of the vessel, as he was entitled i to do; an that the whole time that Jones was employed was floral five or six o'clock in the morning, when the signal of distress was first perceived on shore, till two in the afternoon, when he resigned the charge of the vessel to the regular pilot. There was no danger whatever at that period. Though the master had never been in the , Bristol Channel, he knew where he was, being perfectly convinced by the nature of phe bottom, indicated by the matter that adhered i to the lead hi sounding, that he must be in that neighbourhood ; he had examined his charts at the time when the alleged salvors came on board, and was no longer in any doubt on the subject. Under these circumstance*, it was submitted that 100!. was a pretty ample compensation for all the assistance that had been rendered on the occasion. Affidavits were then read in confirmation of the 4 different state. meats on both aides. The water in the held, on one side, was said to have been three feet; on the other, to have never reached two. Dr. JEXNER again addressed the Court. Heobserved that the nature of the bottom must be a very poor criterion for the master to ascertain his situation. The distance between the village and the sands on which the vessel had struck, which was only seven miles, compared with the time which the boat's crew had found necessary to reach the vessel, was a pretty clear proof that the service was not attended with so little danger as it had been attempted-to insinuate. It was true that the vessel had floated off, and was said to have been under easy sail within the sands. Her situation at this period was one which every nautical man knows to be the most intricate and dangerous in the Channel. The gentlemen who sat by his Lordship would judge if it were probable that the vessel should be standing under easy sail in a severe gale, and with the tide running in shore. The master must have been entirely ignorant of the danger which surrounded him. He was far mare likely to have been drifting to wards these sands, as the pilot asserts. His Lordship would not consider the mere time cf the salvoes' employment, but would have a due regard to the encouragement which it was necessary to give• to persons who ventured their lives in such circumstances, panicu. larly as this was frequently dote in cases where little property was: concerned. In a case where there was so large a fund to support the expense, it was an imperative duty to reward them proportionately. The sum demanded (4000 he therefore considered as by no mean/ a disproportionate compensation. 1)r. LosnisoTON replied that the time which elapsed between the setting out and the arrival of the boat at the sands was no very clear proof of danger, and it was not in fact exactly correct. It was not the setting out of the boat at five or six o'clock in the morn ing that was sworn to ; it was sworn that the signal of discreet was seen from the shore at five or six o'clock in the morning. But Junes had to collect his six associates, and to prepare to launch the boat. A considerable time must have been spent in these prelimi nary objects. The nature of the bottom had, in all the nautical books which the Learned Gentleman had ever looked into, been al ways considered as some criterion to judge by, however uncertain it might be; but the gentlemen who assisted his Lordship were much better qualified than he to determine that point. It might be so at sea ; he had not been there often enough to know from his own experience that it was not the case; but it was not very usual, on land to see foggy weather and a gale at the same tittle. Not. withstanding all the fug the, signal of distress had been distinctly seen on shore, so that even thing* that had been sworn to must, in this case, be taken with grains or allowance. It should also be re collected that the boat was not the property of Jones, but a life boat which had been built by subscription Rome years before. hoed STOWELL, after consulting with theßrethren of the Trinity House, pronounced his decision.--.that PAL was, under all the cir. 'instances of the case, a sufficient compensation. REG UL AT ION S RESPECTING SLAVES. . . In the ease of an appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court at Tortola, the particulars of which are already before our readers, Dr. Darincxy appeared on behalf of the appellant, and con tended that the information against the slave owner had been pro perly laid, that there was abundant proof that the 47th of the late King was violated, by conveying slaves into an Island not under the dominiou of his Majesty. and that the Court was bound to re verse the judgment of the Court below. Lord &totem. T said that as it was the practice, for domestic ac commodation, to allow slave owners to employ their slaves upon tunnies situated on other leinatis, he would not be the first person to shut the door, and say that practice was not to be continued. Ile was aware that the inhabitants of those colonies were subject to many inconveniences, and he would not give any decision which would inconveniently affect the local practice. In the case before the Court, all the circumstances were favourable to the slave owner. Some of the slaves conveyed from Tortola were children, and all were returned to the Island. On this part of the question, there fore, he would confirm the decree of the Court below, but would decide that the parties should pay their own costs, and not that all the cost should hill on the Informant, as decreed by the Court at Tortola. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. AT Till COURT OF COMMISSIONERS OF BANKRUPTS, BASINGIIALL-STREET.-TIIII DAY. E. SECOND MEETINGS. Banker,llle, J. French Horn. Lambeth-walk, victualler . 10 Comfort, E. Hosier-lane, coffin-furniture-manufacturer - 10 Wood, J. Upper Itanelagh-street, Pimlico, carman . 10 FIRST MEETING. Wigden, W. late of Whitmore-road, llexton, Middlesex, coal. merchant 10 CORY EXCIIANGE, WEDNEsciase, FED. 15. The supplies this week consist of 3,800 quarters of ‘Vheat, 5,700 quarters of Barley, 9,300 quarters of Oats, and 7,900 sacks of Flour. There were but few sales effected of any article to-day. Prices much the same as last day. COAL 3IARKET, Fsa. ls. Ships at Market. ,yhips Sold. Newcastle. . 41 . Its Od 1 Bookstand . r 10 • 31s $4 plaster of Paris and bone-dust with his flour. Mr. Clarke, as woo is be heard of this report, which, if it bad been al- lowed to go uncontradicted, would have been laud to the character of Mr. 'lndian, went and denied, by a public statement, what he now denied upon his oath in a Court of Justice. Retrain Mr. Clubs dung to a suspicion which was of a grievous *arum of Mr. Hudson. who was oat of the mat opeicat and respectable tamers is tire ositatry. The charge which Mr. Clarke *silenced sou not may that the flatter was uot.of. the cha- racter of liar lbw. bat was adulterated with buck wheat and bean flour. AU the other witnesses were accustomed to work or sell hut awl all, taw pt two, use of whom stand that be saw two RIOTS AT NORWICH. By accounts from Norwich, it appears that the agitatio n that has so long prevailed among the manufacturing ids bitants of that city is by no means suppressed. Th e state of the place on Monday atd Tuesday seems to have caused great alarm amongst the citizens, as the folloisa, private letters iudicate:— Non wren, PEa.l3. This city has again been in a State of riot since eleven o'clGek this morning, owing to one of the manufacturers being detected to sending work out of the city to be executed in the colantry. Th ree men are now cooped up at a public-house, called the Sun and Anchor, in the parish of St. Clement, on whole persona several canes of silk were found, and such is the state of popular fee}, around this spot, that any atempt to escape from the house would be the signal for their destruction—the order of the day break beads, not windows !" The Mayor, Ind Deputy Mayor, siin several Magistrates, and the posse comitatus, went down to the scene of riot, at twelve o'clock, and continued at their peat. L eery. thing predicts a turbulent night, Nearly 12,000 persons are at this time unemployed ; and every kind of buttress is at a wand. - - NORWICH, FEliirrm. About the period at which the mail for London left us last nigh t the state of this city became truly alarming ; every effort wa s mule by the magistracy to bring to reason the multitude which had rol. lected, but wholly without success. Mr. Francis, the Dem, Mayor, conceived that lie had taken upon himself too great a d, gree of responsibility in the commotions of the let and 2d February, and declined to act without the conjunction of the ChieflUagisimi e in consequence of which both these gentlemen, in a prompt and firm manner, exhorted the people to disperse, otherwise the BM Act should be again read (as it was a fortnight ago), and the mill. tory called in to disperse them by force. Their advice was, how. ever, not even for a moment listened to. One fellow called out to the Mayor (Starling Day, Esq.).." Go home, Mr. Bankrupt Banker, and pay your creditors twenty shillings in the pound !" At six o'clock two troops of the Scotch Greys arrived on Tomb. ' land, from their barracks,* and were placed at the disposal of Mr. Alderman John Patteson, jun., and Mr. Alderman Crisp Brown an immense body of special constables were also sworn in, and hal orders to take up all persons who stood about in groups. This appears to have exasperated the people still more, as the zeal die. played was of too violent a nature on the part of these gentry to quell the tumult; hence great resistance was made to the ciaii and military power, and after some severe wounds with staves had been given and received, about twenty of the ringleaders were cap. tured, and committed to the City Bridewell for examination this morning, at eleven o'clock. The military and civil power pa. troled die streeta during the night, and the shops were closed at so early hour. roux o'cLocx. The examination of the prisoners is still going on. Several are remanded for futher examination to-morrow. There is a deep acd sullen gloom pervading the city, and to add to it all, b1131134s a completely at a stand. The civil power is again ordered out fur six o'clock this evening. P.S. I will write again to-morrow, should anything occur of au. port/ince. RECORDER'S REPORT. The Recorder of London yesterday made a report to the King in Council of the prisoners under sentence of death in Newgate, as follows: John Lowe. aged 36; Samuel Roberts, 29; Thomas Win!l Preston, 17 ; Henry Thomas Reading, 17, convicted at the t ber Sessions, of house-breaking. Thomas Gismore, 41 • William Johnson, 21; Jane APEroy, 25; John Welch, 18 John. son, 13; Mark Brooker, 18; Cornelius Brisnahan ' 27 ; Jame Edwards, 25; John Williams, 25; William Dunn, 25, for italic; In a dwelling.iiouse to the value of 40s. and upwards. Michad Davis, 20; Frederick Thelwell, 22; James Pinkett, 18, of bur. glary--tonvieted at the December Sessions. William Williams, 39; James Hawkins, 24; Abraham Davis, 28, being at large in this country before the expiration of the tens* for which they were sentenced to be transported. James Smith 27; ' James Hawkins, 43, of coining. John Jones, 22; William Bunt, 14; William Nicholson, 19; John Henley, 21 ; George Wright, 20, of burglary. William Burke, 18 ; Susan Barnett, 32, of high. way robbery. Williarvc Groves, alias Cufftree Brooker, 61, of horse-realing. George Coshead, 20; Joseph Dolphin, 39; Ed. round Waller, 59; Ann Conroy, 26; William Ks l, SI ; Joba Myatt Shaw, 30; Charles Pratt, 32, of stealing in a dwelling•houss to the value of 40s. and upwards. Edward Cockerell, 29, of forge ing a promissory note. When his Majesty was graciously pleased to respite daw ing his Royal pleasure all the above-named convicts, ex , cept John Junes and Edward Cockerell, upon whom the law is left to take its course, and they are ordered.for exec cution on Tuesday next. POLICE. HATTON,GARDEN. JUVENTLE DEPRAVlTY. —Y esterday, Thomas BoweLe and James Sat son, the former under ten and the latter not mare tIA7 twelve years old, were placed at the bar for about the tenth time, charged with robbing their parents and others. Bourke's father, who is an honest hard-working man, residing In liattlebridge, stated that on Sunday last the prisoner (his son) had run away from home, taking with him 41. Ifis,, which was laid by to prepare for the half-years' rent, coming due at March next, besides a quantity of wearing apparel. The poor father, naturally distressed by this heavy loss, made instant inquiry concerning the delinquent, and at length was enabled to true him to the house of Sarson, in Somers-town, whose son had likewise run away, having previously robbed his aged parents of almost every thing they possessed in the world. They were finally ?raced to a law house in the 9l ivories, the resort of the most abandoned youth of both sexes, fiarson'a mother told a story nearly to the same ef,ct, as regarded her son, who was quite callous to corporeal punishment. II: had been privately whipped in Bridewell some months ago, but had committed a robbery the very day lie was discharged. The constables who apprehended them described the house In which they were found as the most abominable haunt of vire In every shade of character. It was kept by an old Jewess, whose principal employment was the seduction of youths for various tale poses; and though this abandoned woman had frequently been confined and otherwise punished, nothing had yet served to deter her from the pursuit of the same horrid course. The Magistrate desired that this house ahould be looked ant/, and remanded the boys for another examination. TOWN-HA L L. SANGUINARY RUlPTlAN.—Jeremiah Hurley, a powerful you; Irishman, was charged with wounding Mary Hurley, one of ha countrywomen, with a case-knife. John Bassett, a watchman of St. Olave's, Tooley-street. add that between eleven and twelve o'clock on Tuesday night he hard the cry of " Watch" proceed from Back-alley, Tooley-strert, and repairing to the spot, found the.prosecutrix, with her right arm nearly severed. The blood was flowing from the wound, al nearly covered hint while he was conveying her to the hospital, other watchmen, assisted by the inhabitants, having secured dr prisoner. Toe prosecutrix, who had been brought from the hospital, 50 so extremely weak from the loss of blood u to be una(la login evidence. Patrick Hurley, the husband of the wounded woman, was ther. sworn. He had been fighting with the prisoner a short time before. who, after eating his supper, again came to him, and wished ton commence the fight. lie had a case-knife in his hand at the titer. Some violent words arose, and the prisoner made a desperate blew at his throat with the knife, which must inevitably have killid htet had not bits (the witness's) wife st the sane instant thrown her um round his neck to draw him away, and received the blow on to right arm ; the blond flew into his lace. Kelly, the watchhouse-keeper, described the wound as three inches long, and deepened to the very bone. The prisoner said lie was so drunk he had no recollection of s whatever. Alderman J. J. SMITH, after observing that drunkenness mull not be admitted as an excuse for an act so savage, and aimed at t)': life of another. ordered the prisoner to be committed, the as nary ruffian being unable to procure bail. UNION-HALL. An undertaker residing in Southwark, made the followl , N WC' ous application to Mr. Hall, the constable of the establishmet , He stated that a female called at his house the day before. formed him that her husband died in one of the Hospital/ do' morning, and that she came to request he would send for the hod!. which would be delivered to him by the House-Surgeon, lot lb ' purpose of interment, and that he (the undertaker) would pelota the funeral rites, and she would of course defray all expense o r tending the same. He sent for the corpse agreeable to her and had it now in his house, but the female who gave the 04 never made her appearance Prince, and he was in a dilemma horn act, for he knew that should he bury it he would be at the tie!, himself, anti in the event of his disposingof it for dissection , 1 6 ,' had many applications on the subject, he might run some MX' Mr. Hall declined giving any advice on the occasion. BIRTHS. On the Itlth Inst. at Basildon Park, the Lady of Stt Frac / Sykes, Bart. of a son. On the 12th inst. at Lindley Hall, the Lady of E. Applortl' ltt. Esq. of a son. MARRIED. On the Ilth inst. at Exeter, Charleijobn, son of Jsit o Thompson, Esq. of Ivy Cottage, Palban, I WY . . to . second daughter of Buxton Renrkk, Esq. a( Altssisos, itunn: donehire ; and in Scotland, Charles, seta's% soli of Batton Ecq. to Bella, eldest daughter of U. B. Lousads, °' }ti e s ~~i of DIED. „, i On die 10th inst. at his bnuse in Doctors' Conienens, 41I Y* Maurice Swabey, Esq. D. C. 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