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LAW INTELLIGEA'CE. fiOURT (VIKING'S BENCH, W ESTMINSTER .—Nuf. "---- Tug KING e• 050. Al DANCE, OrAIT. The Defendant in this case was brought up for judit mist, for publishing various libels agitinst Sir M. M. Lopez, Bart. ; the particulars of which we gave in a former Paper, when sn application was made for a criminal information last Easter Term. This in formation was tried before Mr. Baron Tdom ?sow. at the last Spring Assizes for the County•of Devon, and the Defendant was found Guilty. The libels upon which he was convicted were contained in va rious letters to the Prosecutor, to Lady Leper, and some of their relations, couched in the most gusts, obscene, and abusive language, accnsing the Pro secutor of being the means of his ruin, charging him with cowardice as an Officer commanding a Volunteer Corps, and lavishing the most shameful epithets upon Lsdy Lopez and other branches of the family, with which he himself was cosineet.id. He also published a sort of hand-bill, wherein the cha rafter of the Prosecutor WAS further vilified and abused, in which he used the epithets of , t Jew and Pig ;" making comparisons between the Prosecutor, as a Jew, a Pig, ands Christian. St:. Mr. JeerL, for the prosecution, observed, that these libels were such a tissue of ribaldry and ob scenity, he did not wish to offend the ears of the Court by repeating them, The - affidavits of the Defendant and his Attorney represented the former to be in a very weak stare of mind, and whenever the subjelt of his trans salons with the Prosecutor was mentioned, he be came quite deranged, and bereft of every power of thinking or afhng for himself. He had been misled and mistaken with respect to the Prosecu tor's condo& toward* 'him, for he imagined that he had been the cause of his ruin, by withholding pecuniary aid from WM, which lie thought himself entitled to by right. From the very heavy erpence this prosecution had ins - deed him in, he was tota+ly ruined, and from the deranged state of his mind, he was unable to manage or attend to his business. He expressed the greatest sorrow and contrition for his offence, and offered to make every repara tion its his power to the Prosecutor. Sonic letters were then produced, on the part of the Prosecutor, and a fprnser affidavit made by the Defendant. The letters were written by the Defendant to the 'Prosecutor since his conviction, and contained mote mow of libel and malevolence, one of them ciin eluding with " your enemy till death, G.M.D." Mr. Da P4Pleg addressed the Coon on behalf of ' the Defendant. He observed, that the conduCt of the Prosecutor towards this unfortunate man, with regard to pecnniary transaFtions, had isEtually de verged his mind ; or, at least, from a misconception or misunderstanding of that cendult, he hid been disordered in his faculties, and unable any Idnger to attend to his profession as an attorney. He was in a stata of absolute poverty, with a wife and large family.; and although it was impossible to justify the offence, be trusted, situate as he was, the Coon, as ever, would temper justice with mercy. Mr. GARROW and Mr. Juitv t, for the Prosecu ow-and, that vll4 was rot the fiesUcase in which the Court had had a diiii. ulty to distingui4 between downright malice and a deranged state of .mind. 'This Defendant, down to the last moment, had re peated those abomin a bl e lib e l s , an d attac k e d a most a .. respeaable gentleman's cnarader in everrpart, that, in man, could be vulnerable. II- had- stated Ith, derangem-nt of mind ; but it that was easterly the fad, he might have given mach better proof of it . ; it ft WAS madness, It was that kind of madne ss whi c h had much method in it ; and the whole had been contrived and pradtisei for the purpose of extorting money from this gentleman. Lord ELI eleaoitoeux observed, that the lan guage of the !defendant in these litres was the most ahornina'tly indecent, and the most Malevnlent, he llad ever heard. 'L he Court then direfted him. to he committed to Newgate, and bronght up for final judgment on the last day of the term. THE KUNO V. tilt CIS/ISLES 11. BLUNT, Mr. BEVAN ow ved to enlarge the rule fur filin,z a criminal interrelation against the Delendact, in this ease, who ailed charged by a Mr. Cripps, with en deavouring to provoke him to send a challenge to fight a duel, as mentioned in one of our former Pa pers. The Defendant being out of the kingchni, the Rule could not be served, and it became neces sary to make this application. The Court granted the Rule accordingly. EKE KING V JOWN MAR, MTN RY ritAQLE, JOilli SECAs, •111) ANOTHER.. All the Defendants in this case, except John Se te., were brought up ler judgment. 'I hey had been inchtled the last assizes for the county of Surry, held at Guildford, for a conspiracy, as assault, cud false imprisonmeit. upon Francis Attywond. All the Deendents; except John Secar, were found ga ll, of the assault and false imprisonment, but in-pitted of the conspiracy. John Secar was eteeore of all the charges in the indidment. fhis was a case of rather a singular nature, in orknelt she proceedings of parish oMeers, with re al:Wl to paupers and bastard children. was particu larly concerned. It appeared from the Judge's notes, who tried the mi.., and from other circumstances in the case, that one Charlotte Field, a pauper, of the parish of Wallington, in the county of Surrey, a girl of about eighteen years of age, came before the MAats- TaATta of the distri:2 of Croydon, and swore her self with child of a bastard child, by Francis Atty. wood, also a pauper of the Berne parish, then about nineteen years old. It turned out afterwards, how ever, that although every symptom and appearance led to that conclusion, yet, in point of lea, she was not, at that time, in a state of pregnancy. The Defendants, as the Churchwardens and Overseers of the parish, took Attywood into custody, and con fined him in several public houses and other places, in ordsr to compel hint to marry the girl. 'I o this he uniformly declared his aversion, and endeavoured te make his escape, but in vain. He was brought 1-efore one Clergyman and another, in order to have the marriage ceremony performed; but, in teem quence of his being under age. these Reverend Gentlemen refused to execrate the office, until the banns should be regularly published, or the parents of the parties should conlent to their union. While the aft of walking to die Clergyman's residence, ~-~--- he was sometime: handenffed to ene of the party. He was kept in close confinement for the space of three weeks, until the banns should be regularly published, during which time he was well ted, and had plenty to eat and drink, and was supped with brandy and other liquors abundantly. He would have endeavoored to escape, but some one or other always remained in the room, as a watch over him. At the expiration of the three weeks, he was forced to church, and there the marriage ceremony was regularly celebrated. The new-married couple were brought home, and a plentiful supper pro vided ; but he still expressed his dislike and dis gust towards his rib, and declared he would not be compelled to consummate the marriage rites. He was, however, forced into the bed chamber, and locked in ; he sat up all night, and at one time en deavoured to make his escape through the window, but this was fastened, and lie was obliged to re main there, till released the next morning. It ap peared, that an adion at law, for recovery of da mages for false imprisonment, as well as the indid ment, had been instituted under the direction of the Magistrates belonging to the distrid. The former, however, was now declared to be stopped. Mr. Ga* tow, for the Defendants, made a few observations, and thought it a very common case, where a young man had got a young woman with ehild, the parish of f icers should endeavour to ac commodate matters in the best mealier ; in this case, both parties being .paupers, they concluded. that matrimony would be the h. it Method. Mr. Serjeant Besr and Mr. Notre, ter the pro 'mention, admitted that the acq I , t , A) of the 9elMds on the charge of a conspiracy, was piutßiftly right; but when the young man had been as saulted and falsely imp, is used fir three week . , aod aftere-ards forcel to marry a woman w',oru he de. tested, it was serious matter for the consideration of the Court. Mi. Justice Game, in pronouncing the sentence of the Court. (leas awed, that had tls Defendants h-en coavided of it! first part of the mpg', namely, the conspiracy to force a person to marry another 'against their inclination , their punishment must have been severe. But as they moo• soled coavided of a : common assault and false imp; isotiment, the Court , must 4il_t accordingly. They .could not, however,' forget the mode in which this asscult and imprison ment were *made; at parish officers, they, instead of ading as they had done, sh,aild have se: a good example. Under all the circumstances, the Court ordered and adjudged, that they should be . soned in the County Gaol of Surrey, in liorso- I S monger - l ane, for the space of six weeks, and be then discharged. COOL 2 TReVaNIOII, Mr. Gaztt.ty moved the Court, that the De fendant should be discharged in this case. The Defendant had been a Member of the late Parlia• merit, and was arrested by the Plaintiff betwer n the 29th day of Odober,, on which day the Pa. liame.a was dissolved, and the 3d of November, when the Hellion for the town of Dover was appointed, which place the Defendant had before represented, an 4 was again going down to offer himself as a candidate. The p eattecd.cgonsel cited some cases ill point, and the sixty,' granted a conditional rule. STAGE noallSßr. Oa Saturday night, the performers of Drury- Lane Theatre were obliged to submit to an unplea sant stiqinre. When BR sir AM had dressed for his part in the Travellers, he Left his gold watch, and a tOl. Ante, in his dressing-room, Irons whence it was purloined, while he was on the stage, either by one of the Forty Thieves, or snore maraud r, who im bihed principles congenial Aids those of the Bagdat banditti. On missing his property, BR Its Si corn municeted the circumstance to Mr. ()Kailas!, o who proposed that a general search slorild commence among the Dramatic corps. This mode of procedure Br AIIa 01 objected to, Oh -1 serving. he hid no wish to hurt the feelings of his c ii.eagues, and that he conciived it to he a de gradation incompatible with the delicacy doe to the ladies ; hut as Mr. GRAHAM conside,ed a search necessary, the Performers acquiesced, and an hives ligation ensued ; during whicii, close inspeftion seas made into the wise, rairukt, indiaprfruPts, &c. of the ladies. Notning iinbaetiatone was however di.- covered in those receptacLs, nor any where else ; and notwithstanding the ordeal was strictly superia tended by the Bow-street Officers, the depredator remained unkrown. In consequence of sinoirr thefts having tormeily been committed in the I hea tee, means wild Ise taken to deted the delinquents. THE.4THICA I. FRAC .48. Saturday last, the fullowing very indecent and in.lecorons assault was investigated at the Public oXce, Bow-street, before AAROM GRAKAM, Esq. Miss Aims JOHNSToN, of No. 23, Titchfield street, stated upon oath, that, being at the CafFee-room of Covent-Garden Theatre, and the prisoner, Mr. AIITHOII HILL. of Carburton• street. seizing bet, she accidentally touched his frlti.kers, which being pre, one of them came off. The prisoner immediately caught her in his arms, turned her petticoats over her head, and thus held her exposed to the spettators, by whose interference she was liberated. The prisoner was immediately ordered so the Watch-louse, is Covent-Garden, by Mr. Burro, Jun. who, with Mr. GIBLETT. a legal Gentleman, corrrborated the above, with this addi tion, that in the Watch.house, Mr. Hill, addressing himself to Mr. Buem, said--4 , A few nights since, at Drury Lane, I ezporsd a girl in high style I" Mr. HILL admitted the truth of the charge I but said he was quiet as von as he understood Mr. Bolin was a Magistrate ; aid that if it had not been fur him. the maim ssould have been adjusted. Mr. GRANAM—" Theta there wou'•d have been no reparation for this gross insult up•in the whole bause."—Mr. HILL found bail. - - The King has bens pleased to ic,:Toint Den at o STBM ACT, Esq to he Hi, .dajesty'e writer, printer, and pal:tits:ler of 7ee Eilinbar, 7 6 Gnsette.—l G►sr'te.) A letter from dated Ott 23d, says i— s, The,M.ry mail tr)st, with the lettets for tt_lrrttit Britaia, from Trinidad, l'obago, Grenada; afcl S 4. Vincent's, it ca t :tiled, and c srt itnd iota Glatiahiupe; the Mails were sunk. Wg have a newt of the ar rival of tho Prince Frew packet, at liar'lado.,.. from It ngl.sad ; bat it watts co!itinuation." . • liutzaPoßn, Nov. to. • •• On, Monday I ist. betw ee n e l even and twelve &dock, the Right lion. Sir J . din New:sort, Bart. attended by an irn-nense concourse cf his friends; proceeded from the New Rooms to the City Court House. On his etrival, the' S!'eriir read His Ma jesty's precept for eleaing a , Memi.ker to represent the City «4 Waterford in Perlia neet. Mr. Bolton having declined sten lieg a poll; Rogge? PAULI., Esq. rose, and, in a speech of considerable length and talent, of which we can give but a faint sketch, addressed the Eleelors.— He observed, that in proposing his friend and fellow citizen, the Right Hon. Sir Joen Newpoi t, t, a fi end proper person to represent dos great commercial city of Waterford in the Imperial Parliament, he merely enticieered their anxious wishes, and only spoke the public mind ; indeed, when he comein plated the high char:tiller, and animpeached in tegrity, of the worthy Rsronet—;is Parliamentary conde2—his high seinen, an inteewoven with the affairs ef the country—his ernMent talents—his close and Unremitting attention to the revreue ani finances of Ireland, a subjeet conneeled with the national prosperite, and one comtint and happin of every Men in the kingdom —when Ie ceneidered all this, he was really astonished that any serinu:Op pesiiion could. have been intended. If sticli a Irian, with such irresistible claims to their confidence, was deprived of his net in Parliament, it world not be merely a reproach for the city of Waterford, hit. in the peculiar situation of the cautery, a national mi.- lot tone. He had another strong inducemrnt for proposing the Right d)on. ilarcovt to his lellow-citizens; when be retieettil on our distance from the seat of govern ment, and slier, by the Heil steitien he field, he had it in his power to represent the sentiments of hi; countryuie,., to our graci.ius Sovereign, he might say, with truth, that the age of bigotry, intolerance, and dissatii4aiflion, was at an end; that all ranks were united,; heart and hand, to support a constitu tion which he considered the best in the world, and would cheat fully sacrifice their lives and fortunes in opposing that monstrous and .arbitrary despotism which has enslaved the greatest pact of Europe. After observing that our veneration for the constitu tion could only continue so long as our representa tives in Parliament were faith of to the people, Sir. Paull sai .1, he tclt pride as an Irishman in earnestly recortmiending the C. airelio: of the Exc!'eqiier to the Ele Rot► ; in him seCtied else and drl . c.icy of genius were united with the most p-eseveiing app!i cation to the dull business of finaece ; he was a plant of Irish growth,. which lie wished to cherish, until it ezpaaded iteeif in the sunshine of British ap plaits Anse nitanimnesly returned him on the few des% n , ..cw'innch stronger were his claims ;he 'resent occasion, wlien he had passed the ()ideal Of public opinion, and come out pure a.sd unsullied. After in eking several other obs.rvations, the Hon. Cen;are. in concluded It rnovirg, 6:it Sir John Newport be elated to represect use city at Water ford in Patliarnent. Trost es Weise; Etq. if ate - Menet of St: John, seemided the mo ion. Sir Joists NEWPORT immediately rose, and ad dressed the Lenors in a speech which was much adnined for neatness of laaguage, and perspicuity of arrangement. 'We sincerely regret our inability to report it with any pretension to acenraey, as, from the extreme pressure of the crowd, weywere wholly unable to take notes. He said, that ire ado dressing himself to the Eleetors Of Waterfnrd,%is friehdi, and felloWecitiems, he had a most pleasing duty to perform : he had to assure them, that he Afd life in his bosom, he would gratefully feel and acknowledge the repeated' flattering proofs of kindness and alachment they had hcnuured him ' with, and that the prosperity of hit( native city should be the unceasing oLjeel of his; w = arrant solicitude. It had pleased his Gracious Sovereign to intrust to his care the financial lousiness of-this country, and I his most Relive exertions should be uniformly devot ed ti weigh, in the nic es t balance, the burdens of the people, and the imperious neceesities of the State. he present crisis unquestionable inspired considera ble aid, an f large contributimmoesee necessary to mist that inveterate enemy, who.e boundless Am. bitten, and thirst of d 'minion, had already sweet away all Governments that opposed kis grasping ty ranny, hnt who, if he dared to attack this country, would, no doubt, find hearts as tiem A and bonds as Wong, as those that met; stud defeated, his le gions in the deserts of Egyrs and on the plains of Maids. It tied been his lei to he called t-1. the C.utt of his Sovereign, at the same time with men who had cat riled into the cabinet of their Keig. the affection of his people; with the !me greet statesman whose untimely loss Europe and the whole civilised world lamented, snatched-from the country at a period of the most momentous importance to the state. Fie had, how ever, the satisfaeti in of retelling, that the same spirit, which animated that great man, equally ac tuated his noble friend, with whom it was his pride and his glory to have been connelied 110/11 his child : hood ; and he was well warranted in sti:s,rting, that not even the Must: ions chars ter before alluded to, felt more strongly the vital importance of the well being of Ireland to the Empire, nor was more anxi ously disposed to promote her best interests. From the illustrious nobleman who presided over this kingdom, the nation had every thing to .hope, which could tend to its happiness sad welfare. Hie Grace was fully impressed with the importance of those great and constitutional do lrines which dis tinguished the house of Russel, and be accepted office, to use his own warns, with the express inten tion of enforcing the due execution at t!'e laws, without infringing the liberty of the subject. If the worthy F.:.lesaors °l-Waterford theuelit pro per to honour him with a renewal of their confideuce, he would faithfully promise the same watchful and perseveling attrition to their interests, which had, he was proud so believe, already obtained their aeprobatioa. However deficient he might be in ability, in integrity mid assiduity he would yield to no moan. - PAULL'I swear/me then put.bj the Shefiff, am! uaiolimouoly.ceiriod. Sir Joao Nen-rues, in a short speech, remitted his unfeigned thank* to the Eled:irs. Thee h , - noured by .his Sovereign sod. his country, ! felt himself a proud man ; their confidence had irn,-rer- • see A value oh his efietts, end seven them a ettrrentt and es timation they could :rot cehiew se be in t i t l ea tn. "Hawaesse inf e rior fhe materials, the image and in esepinin' weir * City's. . . ~ . .. The Rig':: H .n.Barnnet was eliVred throi.gh dat -- rreets of Waternirt.•a midst the Learifelt coirgraM ratiortspf his fellow-ei•• 7 .''. S ' ...........___ __,....___.__._. . . RIDDI.e.SI , ,K , :,/,„64; IION. i ..................... i1iP.67Tr7)17,, SIOV. CI. tint Tlffit/tF.N . rff I..tY•':: r ,'a. At the close of the Poll, this Jay, the numberi i were— i • • • For Mr. Menistt Mr Itr.4 • sir F. Iture.:tt .•• -....-, .• 24 E Z:'' 1 '.. 1 Mr. nee* made his ectusteaMd beer; alZd 1 4* I tired. Sir Fa asacte Be aterrr spektes filth:owe :1-1." Ger*. . tlemen, in addrewing the few wn• i• I shall have'lltis • . day'to offer to you, I shall begin by ontietng Vie ,3' Sariitsta.On and exultation I feel, in consequence* that iedependert spirit mid exertinn which belt placed me i n WV respea.gable a sitnatton nee lief poll. This. I assure you, is hilely gratiffitic la; my fcclMga, particularly as I find that at tl4 late .i. period of the contest. the Freeholders are rata rue dined to come forward than et its comnsenerrisleat as if the Calumnies and misrepresentaticess j l ilintret ..., • circulated and promulgated against Inc, ate* ROT, wearing off, and the polilic were canonised Of their injustice and fallacy. Upon that head. however, I - have only to observe, that there are yet sillicient *Withers of unpolled Fre-eh:ol*ft to porn the Elec. ti9n dce4rively in my favour, if they eltink props, tes nett themselves and corce torwaid t alai I win. oddmisat•if they are so inclined, the, shell ran 641 meirantitt• ; but. on the central y. that 1 *ill givil the independent spi-it of the entinty every op or ssa nity of exerting itself, by keepirg the poll rapers* the vet-y la.r rwrinert tie .aw allows ja. , frisare,/,:iale I•Vrisso I lor.k and se- rale thnissand and sire A • . votes op et the - Poll Monks, On my pat. tinaket - and unit.fluencee, I look to the contest, Jet tt e ed. stilt be favourable or raw, as eidine iiiiiimphstitlp • in my favi.uf ; I recoils& too, the o A.teere eit my opponent, and the variants modes It• 1141 ( iner:aa ing bit so/Frage,. When I consider that I heel* stood alor.e. unconn•Eted wi-a any pen/ice, inteter s or party ; and wb -ti I consider, that it is to the tips dependent intilen *lane, that I am indebeed I r this suffrages I have obtained. I eatutot help e naiderfit ;., my present situation a s re/fleeing no leas 40110:It up. T . 01 the County - of Middlesex, than it is fi Itterin iiip e_ '• rays, if ( liplasive). Having expressed my me ;..•,, Son at the exertions the F rot h ald e rs b ore ..; .i in mine and their own cause, I shall proceed *ley' f r .', a few w rds as to the opinions I entertain of the inn. ~, ation. of t. . ..e country ; and Ido it the more readilli , as it is up.,n those g rou nds t h at I, as k the suffeyrt e of tl.e Freehalders ; admitting, at the 'rime Oise; ~ 7 , that if these opinions do not meet the approbation l','' • and approval of the Freeholders, lam an stnitrairaii ,',;- • to represent them in Parliament. It boa been set ! opinion, and lam thoroughly pe r su a d e d of itsittlillt` ''. that tha system adopted by briasietArs fay asepp oi nfltiei . 7 past, has been lamb inimical to the intekthr .s., fare of the people. and dangerous and deetTorSivll' to the country. I also am strongly persuaded that • I have done all that lay in my power, to attempt • ', tat progress of dis.icter and ruin, mid to emote the' i s . oldfree constitution of the coun tr y ; a const i tut i on i• • formed upo:, a basis of mutual happiness to the peps 'ii„ pie, and general welfare to the country. I lanient.„ 4 that a departure front that ennatitetioss has intro r 'T"' duced Barracks and gullies, Poor-hearts a.iti i'ede , ' :Piers' Polders, ' Parisi donations, end Srsile'‘,pries S. , up-shoos. /Hire a genres! lira of as ape- 01, melt - issued from the• FrreAolaers ieshls are k k ,.to 0 4/ I am afraid, froth tae displeasure marines ed by '. some Cen'lemen p . that I am !rtching a sore pact; bet every', rte knoivs; liotelverjrainfurthe cr *ration, that, to cure an ulcer, it must be probed• to the 'bottorrt; I shall repeat, thin, that lam Atli, et.. 'Aided, that the grierarieet I have ',aims, . 4 - • bare. not been - the genitine *duce laud re r measures warrant e d by the good old Con• d ' ' 4.- of Sngland, and t hat I h a ve strenuously iitioroar '`.; inßeavom, tul far as opportunity has presented .self, to arrest that progress of rneasutes; which. i'•:f repeat, has end 'd in the present da serous end ' ealanainui condition of the country. Yet I have farther to observe, that if the rseehold:rs of the county are satis fi ed With such con,!net and such theasores . , they will do well to support exeludeelf the Gentleman who stands next me (Mr. Medias). who has uniformly siipported ever; measure that I 'lad, opposed. I say, Gentlemen, that I put us? ' pretensions upon these grounds, and whatever •s ay you determine, the resole urn be satisfadory to me,' (This speech was folbcard by the oreoseumed .01. sea: Iron ihe tepubacrle.) Mr. Maiiisu then came forward, and spoke as fellows I-4. Gentlemen, I return yon my thanks ir the honour and support you have this day c: a. &ITtd upan me. By looking at the p.ll y u will see *hat a veil great majority 1 have (A lead sip. I roar.) This, Gentlemen, is the Hon. Ba owes own expression f and I bo l .e you will continua your _ exertinns:* ((Gressel hitt., from the *soh.) The Hustings were then cleared, and the Candi. dates retifed to their carriages. SZIIIMICIrSard=2IIMIdet Cn Saturday, the 15th it.stant, the Honourable Captain Cetett Titter tIOV Le, brat -er to the Earl of Coax and °Lagar, scat dated Membet t•a• Ban don, in the county of Cork. Yesterday, as a sufficient number of Ald•ritnea did nut attend to mate a Court, the Le 4 1 . 5..1 previous or ledving GeildhaL, was otilits;44, . i *tyros, to raise th e price pt bread halt de s ou s which will take place to-morrow, settee-the (pistil het will Wield for le. lid. To our gallant Tars 'special attention is tae ill occasions, / These brevere•felleirs Mica tag ha .10 . ,eroweratheroseives wikh laurels arid Om nonsfet.' "There is now a fi rst rate ship just afloat , that carries . moat eatmortlintry heavy ins ...1— 5e e, tin e tvrrii:y. and even thirtf thousaecl vunder • I tVe allude to '. magnitudinous new Lottery !scheme... MC . 4 yilid. li,lmilt and fitted oast: A small Adventu re :n i t , nom their poise money gained at M . A. May speedily reeehor many of them h the hat bust of Flew y, ens to a - mithd.ition for rhc . r promotion in the Navy. 1 ALA to their. Sweethearts, what rresent so likely so • gain mesa smiles, as that of a Share of a Lottery Picket t -A NM