The Express.
London, England, 1852-08-09 00:00:00

inquiry. The learned judge theft concluded by requesting
the jury to take all the facts into their considersuon, and
say by their verdict whether the Plaintiff had established
tho allegations she had made against the defendants, in
which case they would retorts s verdict in her favour; t-at
if, on the other liend, they considered that she had failed to
do .o, their verdict should he (or the defendants.
The jury retired fur about threaqsarters of an hour,
when they returned into court, and gave a verdict for Use
defendants.

RUM. N.. 'MICR NAM wn ♦ &MALL JOST.
Te• KINO Ur rra BILOIANS P. riktlllll,

This was an action brought by his Majesty the King 0 f
the Belgians to recover damages for the improper cultist-
tion of a farm. and alto to recover a sum of money borrowed
by the dirk...lent to his Majesty's use.
Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., and Mr. Lush were for the
plaintiff; Mr. berjeant (Mansell, Mr. Bramwell, and Mr.
!Alley were for the debt:Want.
It appeared that the farm in respect of which the claim
arose holongesl to the estate 00 Claremont, vested by the
country in his Majesty. The present defendant had oecu
pied the farm since I/40, when he applied to the bailiff of
the royal plaintiff to allow a potties of the valuation to re-
main as a charge on the farm. sad be now contended that
he was not sow liable to pay the amount.
Evidence having been given on both ►ides, the jary re-
turned a verdict for the plsintiff—Damages, 651. 10..

OXFORD CIRCUIT.-oLoucearea, Aua. 7.
Pena Pint. COVET.- Bayou Ras CIP..WILL eftesswv.t.
Cllo4:4llTai •. NOILII%N.—LAIC.

This wail a special jury ease. It was an action brought
by Mr. Chembyre' aolicaor of Cheltenham, against Mr.
George Norman, the registered proprie, rof the Chelan-
Alm Examiner newspaper, for an alleged libel contained in
a letter published in his paper of the 17th Match UM.
Plea : justification.
Mr. Keating, Q.C., and Mr. Alexander, Q.C., were re-
tained fur the plaintiff, and Mr. Whateley, Q.C., for the
defendant. . .

Mr. Alexander in stating the case said the plaintiff was
admitted an attorney in 1839, and had practisA in Chel-
tenham since 1840 with success. Ile was the son of • bene-
ficed clergyman in Esse:, who was a magistrate of that
eounty. and his mother waa the daughter of the
late Rev. Mr. Commelim, of Itedmarley. Mr. Norman
wee the proprietor of the Chs.lenliam Examiner, •
paper of considerable circulation in Clloncestenhire, and
espeeially in Cheltenham. The libel which he had pub-
lished in his paper was one of no ordinary severity, and
calculated to injure Mr. Chesehyrie in hie fair fame, and
damage him in his profession. Every effort bed been made
to ascertain who wee the real author of the letter which
had been published under the anonymous 'donator.) of " A
Looker-On," but on Mr. Norma* being applied to he re-
fused to give up the name of the writer, and had taken
upon hums If the responsibility. Mr. Alexander stated in
detail the circumstances which had led to the publication
of the letter, and which were afterwards given in detail.
It appeared that Mr. Blagden, a magistrate of Cheltenham,
and • commissioner of roads, while driving in the neigh-
bourhood of Cheltenham in the spring, had met a man
named Hill, who was leading a stung of horses. Hill
took the right hand side of the road, end Mr. Blagdeo, on
meeting him, called to him to keep his right place—the
left side—but Hill maintained that in cases of led horses the
general rule was reversed, in order that the leader of the horses
should have them on his right side to have them better
under his control. A dispute arose on the road between
Mr. Blagden and a friend who was accompanying him
(Mr. Shute): end at length Mr. Blagden gave way, but sum•
mooed Hilt fur obstructing the road, while Mr. Shuts also
summoned him for an mama, be having pushed Mr. Shute
on one side. The case came on for hearing before the ma•
gistrates, lir., l'ilkiiigton and the Rev. Mr. Purnel, on
Monday, the kith of March. The magistrates dismissed the
charge of assault and deferred their judgment on the alleged
obstruction until the following Thur Way, wheu that also
was dismissed. Mr. Chesehyr• appeared as (the advocate
for Hill. In the course of the hearing of the charge of
assault Mr. Medea put a question to a witness named
Biddle, on which the plaintiff, Mr. Chesehyre, objected,
saying it was not competent for Mr. Maiden to be witness
and prosecutor, and desired him if ho eau, el to suggest
•ty question, to put it through the complaisant, Mr
Shute. Then, in the neat Cheltenham Examiner, note-
tansously with the report of the case, appeared the
letter containing the alleged libel. Thu letter was
read. The folio sing are the passages complained of:
" A Mr. Choshyre, an attorney, was retained for the de-
fence of Hill, who after most unnecessarily having attempted
to browbeat Mr. Shute, and seeing that the case was evi-
dently:against his client, got up, and instead of making • de-
fence commenced a most bitter and unprovoked attack upon
the character of Mr. Blagden. He assailed him with the
vilest epithets and chargid him with the meanest motives,
by no means restraining his observations to the truth or the
evidence before hon. Thi conduct, though extremely bad
and disgraceful in itself, I do not so much find fault with,
as doubtless Mr. Chessbyre thought that it was his proper
line of business; and not pretending to be a gentleman, of
course he cannot be supposed to have any respect for the
feelings of a gentleman. So this point I dismiss. But
really, sir, I think any right-minded man must feel ex-
ceedingly indignant that the presiding magistrate could
allow an attorney to vilify and asperse the character of a
country gentleman—a member of the bench on which he
was sitting—and, I may add, who has been a member of
that bench for a number of years. That he permitted such
I slanderous and disgraceful Is moat lamentable.
Such violent language as Mr. C neetl ought to have
been checked at the outset ; or is it maw to this, that a
gentleman cannot appear as a whams in • cave without
being insulted to his face by an Inalsnillesst attorney, who
maybe entrusted with • vagehaeffe ? The presid-
ing magistrate's duty was phia—me sash halms should
have been permitted. If smelt leanest sawdust were uni-
versal oar marts of Praise wail assn be converted into
bear geraim, and any who might to
amulet the riwe of • att=iaight be en=
M Men to dle
✓oles of moiety, he evidently weld reamt. In mmele-
sion, I am sure you will agree with me whoa I say that it
augurs badly for 011/ town when a bench of enesharates will
listen to the insulting tirade of a vulgar dlemsgogns., who
would =Monier Wear at the ezpowee of truth and
jetties. A. llegisn very wisely remolds such con-
duct se Mr. Cheseligne displayed may wia the applause
of the mehlity. Bak dr, _a the beach to be stubbed ?
Are ear hive to be hembehhed I Aso the ends
of justice as be dsAeld bg inagahme binsterers ?"
Mr. aleariadra having alesindoll lb alien to the jury,
20:111i he temperate sod needemee deszerels as
Mr. Cheesier' in the geld of his
seichboura. pnt in the paperesateklas the the
cation of whhh by the deftdara erse leldtted.
The two meghteetes, Mr. Pilkingtea sad Mr. Purnell,
were then eneasised wharf/ea, sad deposed that there
was Whine beams& or leveed the limes of an advocate
la Mr. Chneblpe's eeaiaes of the defame of Hill before
them. Both Mr. Clearebyre and Mr. Bleedin were excited
sad inhered at the sire of the mash case, and Mr.
Bluish ra
iltirel Mr. Blegisa with bag a partisan, and
with • truseor • paltry are into the ceurt.
Both were together te a Tether excited state,
and while so egyegall as gistrates dismissed the case
and so pet an galls fe.
Mr. What•ley edema the jeep ter the defendant, sug-
gesting that thh case bad Is.. bleaght into court with a
double object, viz., to obtain seetemed te advertise the plain-
tiff in his profession. He admitted that the verdict must
be in plaintiffs teener, bat tiostended that the smallest
damages would suffice.
The jury gave a verdict ha plaintiff—damages, 40e.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.—WALLs, Auourr 6.
CKAIIOII Cr WILVOL MORDIR.

Edward Mahoney, aged 30, was charged with the wilful
murder of William Tudgce, at Bath.
Mr. Phinn appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. T. W.
Saunders as counsel for the prisoner.
William Taylor, sworn—l as a butane, midis( at
Bath. Oe the 4th of April last, shout six *Week in the
evimain& I was at the Seven Di le pahlimbavas. The pri-
, sew, Seems& and these se hef lair possum were there.
Dammed we
we
sad die phew Mimed lks. I h ard
to=aad west ont. I humll pelissees mesh bleeding.
end 1 west up in 01111114 sod sheet lye se ten
Wastes sherwaads we west We • /sae met, when we mot
prisoner. Pviesner had a ha& ia his hawk sad said he
would sash the first I?srosa that saes awe him. I saw
something eliejag is his head. He rat at dommeed, and
struck him with sise knife in the bah heseat. Ha fell beck
about a yard, end aid " I'm sishhed." I helped the po-
liceman to take deemed te the WOW.
Crowe:mobbed by Mr. Benafieve—l heard nothing at
all said about the Pope, er liars catholic', or Irish, or
anything of the kind. When I miss into the passage pri-
weer was crying out Oh, oh !" I did not my in the lane,
Here's the Irishman ; let's take his litti." I did not
strike or molest the prisoner, or use any bad language to
him. I am is custody. I am serving out a sentence
of two mouths' impris roment for stealing.
Juba Hoskins sworn—l am a labourer. T was at the
Semis Dials about seven o'clock OS the evening of Sunday,
the 4th of April. Pelham wee in the taproom. Taylor
sad Timigee same in abort half-pat eleven. I heard
nothing pass between deceased sad prisoner. Prisoner left
the room, end deceased followed him three minutes after
wards. I wee behind deceased. I saw him hit the prisoner
in the mouth, and made it blew'. Prisoner " Re-
member this. I sever gave you so mime foe doing tile, and
you shall drop into it." Deceased made so answer. Some
reap woman pulled him beak, and its came again to the
front door. Prisoner cams up with a knife in his hand, and
kit it iato Tadpe. I did net hear prisoner say anything.
Tadao* aid,' I'm stabbed."
B . his Lordship—l did not see Taylor there at all.
Bardaa sworn—l live at Bath. About half-
past stems cm the 4th of April I went with Tudgee and
Taylor to the Seam Dials. I Ward so quarrelling. I went
out at a quarter to twelve. The house wee cleaved at twelve.
Primmer afterwards came up with a knife and struck de-
, ceased with it is the side. He said, " I'm stabbed."
Creseesassined by Mr. Saunders—l did cot see primer
serape hie clothes with the knife. I heard no such language
se " Irish blackguard." oe anything else. I did not Ms the
primmer musk. He had a very duty smock frock.
George Gilbert sworn—l ain a police officer, at Bath.
On the 4th of April I appnhcmdcd the prisoner at the
Sena Diahisten minutia past twelve. I charged him with
having stabbed a person. He said, I'll go with you." II
aphid the landlord who bed stabbed the person. Primmer
said, " the man." I searched him, sad found a
knife with dry blood upoa it, which I produce.
Crosasameaused by Mr. Sammism—Prisoner did not my,
" Good God ! if there is any ems 'tabbed I mast have done
it." Hs appeared sash eglisoml. He asked me to take
ma* is. is sad PIMA to some en* whose name
I deal tare. isA did .ash mg he had been boos. sr