The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-06-28 00:00:00

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LAI/ Tk:LLIGENCE.

corn OF KING'S PLNCH, Warriumnsa,Jums

A CHALLENGE.
InTIiIERALD V. BELL.

Mr. PARER moved fora Rule to shew cause why
an tetUrmation should Dot be &led against the De-
fendant, far deallenging the Plaintiff to tight a
day". He then proceeded to state, that the Plain-
tiff was a gentleman possessed of valuable estates
in ilauipshire ; the Defendant was a surveyor in
the mime part of the creintry. The Plaiutiff wished
to renew a uomber of his truant's leus.ea, and em-
ployed the Defendant, as his agent and surveyor,
allowing bins a cesta,e as a compemation for his
trouble. His ccutaiv, and other incidental ex-
pensea amounted to 4001. The Plaintiff had ad-
vanced that ants to tb 7Defend3nt, by paying it to •
third person, at his request. In a short time after-
wards the Defendant sent iu another bill for 1,4001.
which the Plaintiff r onsed to pay, and referred it
to Mr. Pickering, hi. attorney, who, on examining
the acconut, found that the Defeadant hml, in se-
veral places charged thirty and forty pound* for
leases, where be had only paid the solicitor
and after Mr. Pickering had expunged those
false charges, the bill was reduced to 4001. The
Defendant at first denied having received the 4001.,
but at a mbeeqnsat period he acknowledged hav-
ing received it. The Defendant had written many
letters. and made inane applications, to the Plaint-
iff, which be answered by referring him to Mr.
Pickering. The Plaintiff was fond of aquatic ex-
cursions, and had • barge fo7 the purpose of
making exult minas round the Isle of Wight; he was
011 board his garage when the Defendant, accom-
panied by a persoa of the name of Cooper, came in
a boat along-aide, and asked for the Plaintiff,
when a friend of the Plaintiff's answered, that he
was in full possession of the circumstances between
them, and that the Plaintiff leould not have any
thing to do with hint, except through his attorney.
The Defendant then asked, if the Plaintiff' would
speak with his friend, Mr. Cooper? The Plairitilf
answered, from the hatchway, that he would not ;
that Mr. Pickering was It man of honour, and he
would do justice to both parties. The Defendant
then said, " By your refusal to speak to my friend,
Lana to infer that you are a coward, and 1 will post
you as such in Winchester, and all the public towns
of the county."

The COURT Ivre interfered, and olv.arretl, that
Mr. Parke bad vary inutecesturily stated all the
facts of the cue, for the latter part of the stattuttitt
etas quite aufficieut to induce the Court to grant
the rule, which was acconliugly granted.

Tlilll %MG Ir. WHIERTY.

Mr. Maas:tart apptied to the Court to let this
cause stand neer, until Mr. Darrow. irks was Conn-
eel with bias for the Defending, should be able to
attend the Court.
The Arrow' r.v-f;ranutt. said he had no oh-
jectien if the lammed Counsel would undertake to
stop the sale of the book. for he had been iiitisrm-
ed. that the Defeoclant still continued his adver-
tiseuseut in the public newspapers, inviting persons
to bemuse porgy: iasers of the very book that con-
tained the libel.
Mr. Magnuarr obsurred, he ens not aware of
that being the floe. The book was a mere novel,
and did not contain any libel ; he thought it was
only the preface that was deemed libellous by the
Prosecutor. Mr. ltolierty was not in Court, and
he could net undertaketo answer without consulting
him ; he would see him in the evening, and itirefal
the Court M the owning of the result of the con-
ference. he did not apprehend it could make au,
material difference to the Court the postpo grt
for this day, as the Lord Chief Justice was going to
sit at Nisi l'rioss.

The t'ncaT acquiesced, and it 111114 postponed so-
corclingly.
John i)aly was brought up, nn a Ildiest Corpus,
to he discharged, he hart's:, ipeen cointwited nu the
hut/e-go Act, on the motion of Mr. M Ital OTT. it
hciai alledged that the commitment aa: insuffi-
cient, the Sittittg. Magistrate not haring been
properly doicriiieol.
After a few obiierrations from Mr. Mtamarr,
for the Poisoner, and Mr. ]%art► for the Prow-
cution--- _ _

....
Thc COTRY sere of opinion that the commit-
in..ot was vuffi.lent, awl ordered Inns to be rccont-

iraitwd.