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London, England, 1819-03-08 00:00:00

ley4itreet, and }llan for the love of priifit vehicle he
had anticipated in the piirtiservitip with the 1)e-
-kaftan,.
Mr. MARRYATT, for the Defentlotit, culled no
evidence: hat to l tins, of the 1,13,14_
taro weinique., he endeavoured to prove that he hull
vanitaisied no inconvenience sir low. by removing felon
South A sultry...freer, since he wait m a more contr.,-
Mello for attending the Lard Mayor and
Mr. Birch. ~hurls its liodiapagstr-atreet. dims in
Saudi Audler-street. Ile farther contended, that
the I)etelittaiit had tharovered the Pluitititi was tit_
valved in pecuniary /11111rtlitlYX, /111(11 Nevus. dt•co.
'feted that circiiimtauce, lie wog hot botaliti to take
ettibara.sed twor a. la• partner.

The Jury, toiler o cloirgi• from ilk,- (Thiel...Notice,
found is teefi.et for the Phottiff—Domoges 600 i.
The Chief e s-veral undefended
e3tisrs, owl iroorlool,(1 ,sttuoi,.. If o 4 Lortf.loil
mentome,l the I 2ils of Apt ,1 as the probable day of
alljoutoonent.

COURT OF COMMON I'I.F.AS, GUILDHALL, MARE tt 2.

DePre Lord Chief Justice DAMAO and a Special Jury.

THACKERAY r. RIGNOI.D.

This WWI all action brooglit by the a
respectable cotton-spinner, of Oldham, near Maw.
cheater, against the Delei.thirit, the recently dos-
missed Secretary to the Norwich Union Society,
for a blood. *Floe alleged libel was published by
the Defendant its to insinphlet, 'voided " An expo.
sure of the unjmtotiahle proceedings and unworthy
motives of illy. Thorp and others, bolding the late
meeting at the George and 'Vulture Tavern;" and
WOW couched In the following terms
The oat party mentioned by Mr. Thorp is a Mr Tim'll-
eray. This case was as follows.—' Many teals past he
es:leil on a Mr. Gastoine, of 3lato liest:t r, the Society's ag'ent,
sod delivered instructions fur a r.. 13.1 for the marlourry and
stork in hit cotton-mill, a °Wham. The agent 114mi/it'd
him, that, as it was a rulton-nui I, the in uposal must lir trot
to the Thrt emits So be accept( el by thtin, and the tat' fixed,
before the uuunnce could b role•olerrd as eir.'Ctell, and that
they should lw immediately applied to. Tlw next day he
called again, and informid the agent that he had experi-
enced a most calm,' stormy dream whirls was, that his mill
was destroyed by lire, and agent Would lake a sum at
random, it would sated lion much sail-faction. This the
agent, afire considerable persuasion, complied with, and
Thackeray returued !none; and the same evening, a abort time
atter the men had left woe k, the atoll was destroyed, nut with.
out a rumour that it uas at by at rident, and letters were re-
ceived at theuf satothatlG.rt.lneonseyueorcofObis,l took
a journey to Oldham, u lit re the mill had Items situated, to in.
vestigate the rase. The claim mottle upon the !Sorts tell ellioll,
and upon the I'lientlix (Miry, was for 3,111101. sad the claim-
ant had put dust it Ms loss al 3,150/, mostly fur machinery.
endeavoured to learn aisat stir+ machinery had cOst, sod
discovered it tst he little e than MICA bird of the claim.
I also learnt that the dilemma ass considerably in debt,
sad bad ow moue y sufficient to pay his wt., kmen'. "

Mr. Seijeunt LENS, for the Plaintiff; briefly ad-
dressed the Jury, and called witnesses, who dis-
tinctly proved the falsehood of these stawrtimis.
After which Mr. Srojeant for the De-
fendant, admitted that his client 'mist have a err.
diet against him, hut spoke with much sophistry
in mitigation of damages.
The LURD CHIEF JUSTICE, iu summing up, told
the JurY,Nit his Learned Brother, Copley, having
admitted the libellous natute oldie putilication, the
only questiou fur their consideration was the glean-
/nue of damages: sod, as far as his opiniou might be
expressed. be &demi it to be a libel of the most
■ggravated description, inasmuch as it imputed to
a respectable aud honest 1118111 the greatuit crime lie
could commit short of murder. His Lordship left
it to the Jury to say shit sum such a nun ought to
receive, ;did what the Defeudsut ought to pry, for
so groasaud false an attack. _

the Jury consulted for a frw minuirs, and re-
turued a verdict for the Plaiutiff—Datusges 3001.

POLICE.