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London, England, 1826-08-21 00:00:00

NTEA LING.

MANTLEnottE.—Or. Saturday, a man, calling himself John
Beck, was brought to the office be George Whittnarsh. a watch•
man, belonging to the Woods and Forests, on su-picion of stealing
a quantity of harness. As the watchman was going his rsund at
half-past live, the same morning, in the Regent's Park, he met two
men curving a heavy load in a sack ; lie made sonio inquiry of
them. and they told him their master was behind ; ehinkinG nil wax
not right, he followed them, until he came up with 'llamas Down,
a plicate watchman, employed by Mx.Mott, of Catobridgs Ter-

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race, and with his aisistance, and that of a stranger, he took them
both into caatotly, and left them in the charge of D :wit and the
stranger, while he went to the watch-house for assistance ; before he
returned, Down and the stranger had 'offered the prisoners to es-
cape; one was entirely loot sight of. but Berk was again secured,
and taken to the watch.housc. The sack contained one sa of
coach harness, beau mounted, bearing the letter 11. in old English
character a chaise harness, ditto, two paddles, two bridles, a I.orae
rug, and a canvass chaise cover ; in the prisoner's Tarawa were
some brushes, a lnoking.glasa in a gilt frame. and a smell crow
bar ; he said he was a journeyman paper-maker nut of employ, and
a strange 'man gave him the load to carry to Oxford.stree:, tor
which he to be paid 25., and that he slept the prccedin:
at the house of hit brio her-in-law, John Tomkina, a ‘trine.mapon,
in Camden Town. An officer was sent to Tomkins, who knew the
prisoner. hut said he had not peen him for tire or six month,.
Mr. Haw LI wso w remanded the prisoner, and ordered :he private
watchman (and the stranger, if possible) to be immediately brought
before him.

GENUINE CHARITY.
Job Norton, a Northamptonshire man, who formerly kept a
butcher's shop in Fitzroy market, with his wife and four children,
the eldest eight or nine yearn of age. and the youngest at the breast,
asked Mr. HAWLIVSOX'S advice. lie said that on Thursday„
being in the utmost distress, he applied to the overseers of St. Pan-
cras, his own parish, and they were taken Into the workhouse, but
that on Friday, by oiler of the board, Ida. was given to him, and
they were sent away. He walked the streets until the children
could proceed no further, endeavouring to procure a lodging, which
every person refused to give him because of his family, and they
must have remained out all night if it had not been for a lady, who
took them to her house.
A little kind-looking old lady, very neatly dressed, whose mime
is Charlotte Sharp, and who bees at No. 211, Field-street, Bat-
tle.tridge, came forward, and said, that hearing a noise at the top
of the sneer, between twelve alai one in the morning, she got out
of bed, dressed herself, and went to see what was the matter ;
nn
her mad she found the poor man anti woman sitting together on
the ground ; the oldest child was sitting at a distance by himself;
two of the little girls were a.leep upon a piece of board, and the
other was in her mother's arms. " I could not, your Worship,"
said she, " return V. my bed and hove the poor creatures in such
distress, so I took them home, and I hope your Worship will be
so good as to do something for them." The worthy lady had given up
her own bed for the children's accommodation, and they had re-
, eived the benefit of a good washing and some additional clothing
at her hands before they came to the el e.
Mr. RAWLISSON asked her italic knees any thing of the family ?
She -aid she never raw them before.
31i: Raw LI Ksh st—'• You hsve really done a very kind act, and
I am sure the recollection of it will afford you satisfaction on a
future tiny. I will immediately send an officer with them to the
workhouse, and if the parish will not provide for them, bring them
back to me." The lady dropped a low curtsey, and accompanied
'the patties to the workhouse.
ASSAULT.
Major Spooner was charged by Morris Hart, of No 7, Holywell-
street, Strand, with an assault.
Hart said, that on Thursday, when he took tome damask table-
cloths and napkins to the Major's house, in Bentinck-street, tvhi.li
the Major had botight of his fattier, a dispute arose about the qua-
lity, and the Major refused to pay for them ; he threw the nap-
kins, &e. about toe fi tor, locked the parlour door, knocked him
down, called Itim an impostor, anti kept beating him, although he
cried " Murder !" and " Mercy !" until at last he kicked him out
of the house, and he was very much injured by a kick which I. c
received at the street door.
John Lomath, a stranger, who was passing by, witnessed the
last kick.
. The Major acknowledged that he did kick the complainant out
of the house., as a reward, he said, for his insolence.
He was ordered to find bail, hirotelf in Of. and two sureties in
20/. each, to answer the charge at the Sessions.
SHOOTERS.
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Paddington Tom, aliasThornasVa. rley,was charged with assault.
Ingand beating Charles Elliott.
What are you r' said Mr. Rawmusou to Elliott, when he
got up to prefer his chatge.
" A shooter, air," replied Elliott.
" A shooter I" said Mr. Itawtixsost, "what do you mean by
a shooter ?"
‘6 It's the same thing as a cad to other coaches," replied Elliott,
" but we Paddington cads are shooters."
The etymology of the term put Mr. Rawlinson to the puzzle.
Elliott could throw no light upon the subject further than that
it was a new name for Cad, to which, by way of pre.eminence, the.
guards of Paddington coaches are alone entided.
The word 6' guard" seemed to assist Mr. Rawllmion in his
ideas, anti he concluded, that as guards occasionally carry blun-
derbusses, the word " shooter" owed its derivation to that CiTCIIOI.
stance.
in a " bit of lark," Joe Mellish, another shooter, stole Charles
Elliott's dinner out of the dickey. and gave it to Paddington Tom.
and he said, rays he, " Tom, here's Charley's dinner." Thinking
it no joke to lose his dinner, Charley'` takes up his fiat, and knocks
Paddington Tom down ;" and thus originated the amain.
Mr. HAWLINSON ordered Tom to find bail.
The parties soon rent-lied, to say that they had settled the matter,
by Toni giving Os. to Charley.
Mr. Rawilssort said he would consent to no such arrangement.
1 he Paddington 'shooters are a perpetual nuisance to the plaid c,
and unless Tom gave an additional bit. to some charity the case
must go to the sessions. This did not meet with Paddington Tom's
approbation, and he was locked up.
A NEW WAY TO PROCURE A SUNDAY'S DINNER.
On Saturday evening George Bottler was committed to New.
gate by Mr. RawListsort, for having obtained a quantity of beef
as follows:—On Saturday morning the prisoner, who is a jobbing
journeyman butcher, watched the delivery of some beef, by Mr.
Dexter's boy, of Paddington-streets to Gen. Ash's, IT,, Gloucester
place, and Mr. Simpson's, 71, Gloucester-place, ten minutes after
Mr. Dexter's servant had lett the joints, which weighed and
231 b. The prisoner came for them in Mr. Dexter's name, saying
there was an error in the weight, and by this means he obtained
possession of them. In his defence, Rather said it was no robbery,
for he was very poor, and completely forced to do it. He had given
the beef to a t dent!, whose name he did not know, in Somers Town,
and he was going to partake of it on Sunday.

MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS.
THAMES POLIEE.—On Saturday Samuel Libby was put to the
bar, charged with the wilful murder of Thomas rate, on hoard the
ship Kent. etSouth-seaman, in September last, on the high seas,
new the Sandwich Islands. The prisoner, who is a very good.
looking young mm, and has been in irons since that period. was
brought up on Tuesday evening, in custody of Gray. the officer,
from illackwail, where the Kent la now lying. Mr. Broderip then
went partially halo the case, and the prisoner was remanded till Sa-
turday, when all the evidence was folly gone inai.
Richard Christopher stated that he is a seaman on board the Kent
South-seaman, and on the lath or September last was on board tile
vessel on the coast of Zealand. He was in the forecatole, and so
wag the deceased, Thomas Tate. lie was sitting on a cheat, cut-
ting tobacco; it was on a week day, between the hours of twelve
and two o'clock ; the prisoner came from the deck into the fore-
castle, and sat down opposite to the deceased ; he was eating his
dinner; Rome words passed between the prisoner and the deceased ;
the words were in anger. I was siatitig between three and four feet
from them, and saw the prisoner strike the deceased with his right
hand ; he had a knife, with which he ass rating hiettinncr, in his
left; saw the deceased endeavour toget up, but he fell crown hnme-
thately ; afterwards saw a quantity of blood gush from his right
side ; thedeceasel almost immediately after died ; he did rot speak ;
when the pt ironer struck the deceased, he beard him cry out, " Oh
for God's sake go for a Docan."
Mr. BRODF.Hir addressed the prisoner, and said, on Tuesday
evening you, nasalise my advice, insisted on entering on your de.
fence. I apprized you of the consequence of so doing, without the
advice of a professional mean, and warned you that every thing you
should say would be committed to writing, and might operate
against you elsewhere; but teal you would persist, and what you
have said 1 have taken down, so I pray you to be attentive while I
read it.
Mr. BRODERIP then read the follnielng statement of the pri-
soner :—I 1,18.1 a seaman on board the Kent in September last ; I
was in a boat over the forecastle, arranging some harpoons and
boat irons; it was exactly twelve o'clock ; the Captain sung out for
dinner; I went down to get thinner; the other men were at meas.
I went to get something to draw toy grub with ; I got a ladle which
was made of a cocoa.aliell to get some vinegar to put into the pea-
soup. Barnard. a seaman, asked me, " Have you nothing else to
bale your soup with ? I said not; I took it. and baled the soup.
Christopher said, " That's a noble chap." I said, " I am no more
a chap than you are-1 have a name in the warel as well as you
have; call me by my name." He said, I suppose you want to
bully. Tate said, it was a decent trick—he never saw such done
before. I said it was often practised ;he said no—so I hove the
amnia nut-shell at him, vinegar and all. Cannot recollect the an.
swer he made ; if it was to save my life I cannot recollect it. I
nail him, if he would not give over aggravating me I should strike
him ; he said, don't be afraid, lam not afraid. Christopher. He
sail they were sending missionaries to naturalize the savages of
New %edam!, and it would be touch better to keep them at home,
and send them to naturalize that part of the country 1 came from.
This ageravated me. I struck him; he had a knite in his hand;
I said, Tate, do you intend to stab me I had a knife in my left
hand ; he shoved his knife against my chest, and under the appre-
hension of lasing my life I made use of the knife I had, and 1 had
no other way of ea:aping except by filling over the chest, which
was impossible.
Richard Christopher was again called, and he made a further
deposition. Ile said that he did not see Tate, the deceased, strike
the prisoner ; he was not minding mulch, but was eating his dinner.
It might be possible that the deceased struck, or attempted to strike
the plias-Ear with a knife. The deceased did not rise up after being
slabbed Siete was no setae. He certainly saw prisoner get up
from where he was silting. and strike the deceased first.
Mr. [Satirical', begged to know from the witness, how long It
was from the time lie fiat saw the prisoner strike the deceased,
until he saw the blood gush out from his side a—The witness said,
about five minutes.
Mr. BRODEnt ti observed, that five minutes was a long time;
anti lie requested 'lle witness to state how lie was occupied from the
period he saw the primitive strike the deceased the tirat blow, until
It saw the tarsal flowing from the &related's wouhd ?—The wittiest
replied, that lie was caning hi:, dinner, and lied jam gnt some broth,
and had time between the first blow and the fatal stub to takt four
spttonhh's of it, and break part of • biscuit into it ; he was eating
his dinner in the ordinary way ; the broth was not over hot ; he had
not handled hie dinner. He was quite disgusted ; he could eat no

more when be saw the blood of the deceased cull' into die ea-

haw° and the other w
cutting the to .
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"17;0 kora' es were here produced, thitehoowieliweriithhewhwiecshidtaecbcbroed.d

identified them both.
Frederick Robinson SWODl—Mtated that he in surgeon of the ship
Kent, South-seaman ; ha recollects the 19th of September. They
were about two dare sail from the Wand of Whahoo, one of the
Sandwich Islands; about one o'clock on that day he was walking
the quarter-deck with the second mate, when the carpenter belong-
ing to the vessel came running up to him, and naid that they were
stabbing each other in the forecastle; he immediately ran round
and saw the deceased supported by a sailor of the name of Bar-
nard lie was pale and agitated ; he had a slight contusion over the
leti eye. He asked him, was it there he was stabbed ? He made
no answer. He then observed Barnard's band on the wound ; he
desired him to keep his band on the wound; he then went down
below to the medicine cheat, and he was about thereof four minutes
eh.ent, and brought up a bandage and a bit of lint. He ordered
Barnard to remove his hand, which on his doing, the blood gushed
out most copiously. Before he put on the bondage, he examined
the wound; he put his finger into it; it was between the second and
third ribs ; the wound appeared as if it wan made with 'scene sharp
instrument; it was half an inch from the sternum ; the deceased
lived one hour and 25 minute; after he had seen him ; he died of
lixaterrane. After his death he opened the body, and found the
deceased was stabbed in the right side, between the 'second and third
ethos, penetrating the diapliram through the right lobe of the liver,
and wounding the rena cabs.—[Two knives were here produced ;
he identiti d one of them as the knife which was handed to him
after the occurrence.l—The wound seemed to be such a one as would
be inflicted by such an instrument; the knives hail been in his po
Amnon ever siece that period; die knife with which Tate was
stabbed it, live inches long. and the wound wan precisely Amite:.
The knife still retained the marks of blood up to the handle of it.
Mr. Baonenie then asked the witness, did he see the prisoner
after the occurrence ?—The wimess stated that immediately after
the trennaction, shout twenty minutes, he went to examine the pri-
soner; he was in irons.
Mr. BRODERIP 11.4C4 him what induced him to do se?—The
withers replied, that he was under the impression that as there were
two knives in question, he was apptehensive that the prisoner was
wounded.
Me. BRODER'? begged him to state whether there was any
mark upon his breast or cheat ?—The witness slid none; that pet-
soner was dressed in a red flannel shift and canvas troweers„ and if
there was any such thing he should. have seen it ; there was no
mark to knelt.), a presumption that there was a knife pushed
against his chest ; there was rot the plighest disenlouration or con-
tasien ; if toy anch thing was attempted as pleating • knife, front
the manner in which the prisoner was dressed, it could not have
'tended it, he having no jacket, but being in his died and troy:sees-
Joseph Ray, carpenter of the Soinnsseaman, being sworn, dated
that in the month of September, the shin Kent was near the Sand-
wich Island ; lie recollects one day in that n.onth being eating his
dinner wih the ship's crew in the forecastle. Ile saw the deceased
Tate sitting on a theta cutting tobacco with a square-pointed knife.
Saw the prisoner eating his dinner, sitting opposite to him ; he was
about four feet from the deceased, the pitsoner was about the same
distance. The deceased and prisoner had some words; deceased
seemedlo address himself to prisoner. and the words referred to
prisoner putting a vinegar ladle, made of a cocoanut shell, into
the pea-soup ; Christopher observed to him that the prisoner wan
a noble chap, or words to that effect. Prisoner went on dick for
POOR! water; when he returned he again resumed his conversation
with the deceased, and took his seat again opposite to Tate; they
again had some angry words; heard prisoner call deceased a black
—, and told him to give him no more of his jaw; immediately
after saw prisoner jump up and strike decree/led ; the deceased fell
against the pool bit. Deceased had a knife in his hand ;he shoved
the knife against the waistband of the prisoner's 'miners; it was
a square-pointed knife like what was produced. After he saw the
prisoner strike the deceased, heard the pitoner say " If you have
a knife, I have one also," and with that saw prisoner plunge the
knife, wish which he was eating his dinner, in deceased's tight side;
the deceased dropped. and never spoke afterwards; it was all done
as quick as he could look ; it was done in a moment ; did rot see
deceased strike prisoner could not say that when deceased pushed
the knife against the prisoner's trowsers it was done with an intent
to keep him off or to stab him.
Ilere prisoner interrupted the witness, and begged of Mv.
liromle-
rip to ask him whether the knife which the deceased bed niter the
transaction did not lie half shut on the deck ? Witness replied that
he saw a knife of tee saute desctiption as that now produced on the
deck half diet.
John Barnard being sworn, stated that he is Eiseman on board the
Kent ; recollects the 19th September ; he was in the forecastle eating
his dinner; it was between the hours of twelve and one o'clock ;
prisoner was at dinner also. Tate, the deceased. was sitting on •
client cutting tobacco, opposite to prisoner. Prisoner and deceased
had sonic words; th v were very few; they were very low words or
bed language. Prisoner and deceased were about four or five feet
from each other; deceased was sitting clown. Saw the prianncr
strike the deceased in the left eye with his right hand ; deceased
fell over against the pool bit. The deceased got up as if to shove
the prisoner off him. Pe did not see any more until he saw the
blood coming out of the body of the deceased. caw deceased en-
deavour to push the prisoner off hint ; he shoved him with both
his hands ; it did nnr appear to him as if deceased intended to have
stabbed prsoner. [Here witness described.] It wan a square-
pointed knife with which deceased was cutting the tobacco. `Then
prisoner saw the blood coming out of the steamed, he said, for
God's sake no for the Doctor. ‘i'itness knew of no previous ill
will between them. [Here the ptisoner begged to ask the witness
whether be did not see I • crouch down,when deceased pushed the
knife against the waistband of his trowsers.) Witness denied that
he did.
Samuel Kershaw, cooper of the Kent, being sworn, deposed, that
he was in the forecastle of the Kent, eating his dinner, the day Tate
was killed ; heard Tate and the prisoner have smite words ; does
not recollect exactly what they were ; the deceased was sitting on a
chest about four or five feet from prisoner, he was cutting tobacco
prisoner was eating his dinner ; heard prisoner tell deceased to hold
his tongue, or else he would knock his two eyes into one saw mi-
-1 toner strike deceased with his fist in the face; did not see deceased
strike prisoner ; does not recollect any further particulars; every
thing immediately after was a scene of confusion.
William Johnson was the next witness ; being sworn, he deposed
that he recollects perfectly well the 19:11 of September; lie was
down in the forecastle, eating his dinner ; he sat rather behind the
pool-bit ; did not hear what words passed between the prisoner and
the deceased, but as he was coming clown the forecastle ladder,
beard prisoner say, " You bad better keep your gabs off me, or
I'll be into sonic of you, for I'm wickedly bent." Cannot say whe-
ther these words were used in anger or otherwise, but rather thinks
they were in earnest. (Prisoner at this part of witness's evidence
honked with amazement, and ejaculated, " Oh ! God ! Oh ! God 1")
Witness was sitting on a chest behind the pool.bit, but could not
see the deceased or the prisoner; in consequence of hearing a blow
given, witness got up, saw the prisoner bawl the bloody knife out
of the belly of the deceased, cold throw it on the deck. (He here
identified the knife.)
Prisoner addressed Mr. BRODERIP, and said, that he was
without friends, money, or easy one to speak for him, and in-
mitred whether lie should not be allowed legal assistance?
Mr Beans:air said, that legal assistance would very little avail
hint at the present, as, no matter what assistance he could have, he
should think it his duty to send him fix trial, and he might depend
on having a fair one.
Prisoner begged to explain that part of Johnson's evidence,
where lie said, " If you don't hold your gales, I'll be into some
of you ;" lie said, in reply to an observation that sonic one made,
that this would be a tine day for Wales ; he said it would, and he
should like to he into some of them.
Prisoner further begged leave to state that a circumstance had
come to his knowledge that morning, winch he was not aware of
until then • which was, that the surgeon, pointing to Mr. Robin-
son, had told hint that the deceased had an old grudge against him,
and intended him harm.
This Robinson denied, but said that the prisoner was a very
troublesome and quarrelsome fellow, and he and the deceased used
frequently to be quarreling.
Mr. BRODEUIr here warned the prisoner not to be asking any
questions, and entreated he would be silent,. an, if he had any thing
to offer, the proper place would be at his trial.
The prisoner said, that all he wanted was justice. He here
broke out into some strong expressions of indignation Against his
fellow-shipmates; and, turning up his eyes, fervently said, that
had he not done what he did, he should have lost his life, and he
thanked his God he had been able to preserve it.
He was then remanded.
reloN-11A1.1..—0n Saturday, Mr. Thomas Hunt, the son of the
candidate no the representation of the County of Somerset, attended
at this office, according to the Magistrute's direction, to answer the
complaints of Mr. Yenning, the landlord of the Bull in the Pound
public-house, Broadwall, and a person named Jacobs, whom it
was alleged he had assaulted.
The circumstance; relative to the charge against the defendant
appeared in the lit itish Pries of Saturday last. Mr. Yenning, who
received a very severe contusion in the squabble that took place at
his house, attended. Hi' head was bound up, and lie appeared in
a very weakly state, from the effects of the full against one of his
own tables.
Me. SWAM:Y. now asked Mr. Yenning whether it was his in-
tention to proceed in the charge against Mr. Hunt, fur ussuulting
hint.
Mr. Yenning replied, tbat he had no charge to bring forward
against Mr. Ilunt ; that
_gentleman Lavine merely peened him,
and by matident his (Mr. Venniag%) head came iu contact with the
edges of a table, and cut it.
Mr. Swaney—Then it is your desire that Mr. Ilunt may be
discharged, as it does not appear he pushed yea with any malicious

intention.
Mr. Venning—Certainly, I have no charge to bring against Mr.
Hunt.
Mr. SWABEY had just announced that Mr. Hunt was discharged,
when Jacobs stepped forward, and saying, " Your %Via,hip, I
hope Mr. Hunt will he detained nn my suit ; he struck me violently
on the night in question, for drinking Sir Thomas Lethbridge 's
health, and I trust he will be now held to bail."
Mr. Hunt declared that there was no truth in the statement
made against hint by Jacobs, on the former occasion, with respect
to Sir Thomas Letithridge's health, and he was now 31i X iims that
the Magistrate should hear the particulars front a medical man,
who was in the room during the fracas.
The Magistrate said that he had already breed (mite enough of
the public-house quarrel, and if Mr. Jacobs thought it worth his
while he would have an opportunity of indicting Air. Hunt at the
Sessions.
The parties that left the dike.

THE DUBLIN EVENING AM,

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CHARGE OF LIBEL.
On Wednesday, at two o'doct, in consequence of sum:luu,.
issued on the swam informations of the Right linnaarable Lao
Rossmore, Ramy Sheehan, Thomaa Sheehan, and William fit","
Esp.+. attended at the head office of police, to answer acr
preferred against them, as proprietors of the Epeming Amu 'af'
libel inserted in that paper. reflecting on his Lordship,
fats,
Messrs. Blum and CUTHBERT attended as ( onnael for
Rmwmare, and Mr. Scaly EX as Counsel far the proprietors.
Alderman DARLEY and Mr. OnasEa were the prendir
magis'rates.

Before the cue waa entered upon, Mr. Grtavrs tha.
D aragraph which had appeared in a morning paper, aati,g that
thin ease had undergone a previous investipa:ion before the oar,
trues, on which occasion AU. Perrin said that his Lordship,
own showing, was the aggressor, was altogether svrhng;
investigation had ever taken place, nor had .Ir. Perrin trtr,
tended there on his Lordship's behalf._

Mr. SCRIVEN then addressed the Bench; Iv, thought the ir,
gistrates should pause before they took hia Lord,hip's inforni,u;
under the peculiar circumstance of this cane. II v Lard,.l4 h•,..i
beet the original aggressor. and he (Mr. Scrivv.) ecnsid,rttl t. 1,,,.
tlitre was an analogy between this case anti an as,tolt, al,ete tt,.
ph:soa
hniswiricomgedavre tbhye
afirs civil b I oc
he
action: :mt.
hiterheefifi
octtien
ei:,,,i,tir,nieftacuaritnig:,gai:tu:l:..
to indict the person whom had so aggrieved. 'nut ca,e7i::
his opinion, was not one for a criminal tribunal; Lneu i(0,4,110,„
or if lie was disposed to act civilly in the bovines. Ilia land
ship had no right to press on a prosecution agnunt the nr,tietn„
for an article which was called for in reply to his own Vetter, and
the conduct he had shown towards those gentlemen. His Lordship
was irai a Peer, it was true, but the distinction between a Peet and 't.
rGueffintalnem, baynenwwiterninogt saopgrirearatteanaparto itutnetinfyt with his hat on, armed. tai,
with a stick, and acting in a way for which a Commoner Would,
all probability, have been kicked down stairs..

Mr. Ban salt: that Mr. &riven should not use the wet'
"ruffian," in addressing the magistrate*. It was an expresso.,
pt.• uliarly painful to his feelings, and should not be applied toward,
his noble client. Many things had been said there, solely or
the porpose of that appearing. and being circulated elsorhere.
Me. ScatvErt repelled the .eharge with much war.i.th, and
said, he did not nuke 'speeches merely that they might appear
print.
Mr. Bate—l know many men who do.
Mr. ticnivEl—And so do I ; and perhaps it would hare beer.
better for themselves and the public that these speeches had ntvit
been made. He (Mr. Striven) thought he was warranted m using
this language; and he would do so, notwithstanding Mr. Brit's
interruption.
Bate—With every respect to the Magistrates, 1 will objet:
to yds I inguar ; there is aldegree of personality in Mr. Striven''
obits rra.ions against which I must protest.
Mr. Sc*IVEN—Mr. Brie hu no right to interrupt me. If I
have been personal, there is the gentleman 'Mould resent it (looking
`town-cis I:ird Rassmore).

Air. Hatt—l submit that the expression " kicking down stain"
should not have been used. _

111 r. SCRIVEN thought it would be quite time enough for 3lr.
Uric to answer Won when he had concluded.

Ur. CItAVEB coiceised that a counsel, in advocating the cane
of his client, had a certain latitude Allowed hint ; 31r. Bric •ou;d
have an orpottuniy of rep!ril.g.

Mr. t3dri [wax Chen sitlistrtied that the proprietorship of the
paper should be proved before the 51agistrates could entertain the
complaint.
411 r. Banc said the appearance of the parties to answer the sum.
mona was an admission of the feet.

This was over-ruled by Mr. GRAVES; they appeared in otrdi.
cnce to the summons from the Mag“trates..
This mstter ass however settled by the sworn inforinationsof
Lord Rossmore, which stated that he had read the Stamp 016:e
Registry, and handed in an affidavit on the subject.
At thin stage of the business Mr. CUT EIRE NT entered the bear!.
room, when a conversation ensued between biro and Mr. Saivert
no way relevant to the case.
Mr. CUTHBERT then addressed the Bench, saying, that a par.
ton of the libel in question was materially different from ordinary
libels: it was scuathilum magnalum ; an attack on a Peer of the
realm.

Mr. GRAVES was of opinion that the article was clearly h.
.llous.

Mr. Sears,Est bowed to the decision of die Magistrates.
After, some further dialogue between Mr. Scale EX and Mr.
Bate, and the resoling of the articles alleged as libellous, together
with Lord Itossmore's letter to the Editor of the Evening Moil,
Mr. C v TIIB I:11T, on the part of Lord Rossmore, made ail lois
mated appeal to the Magistrates. He had hoped his Learned Friend,
Mr. Scriven, would have taken quite a different course—thence lie
had taken, he (Mr. Cuthbert) was slue was according to his in-
structions ; but it was in bad taste, and bad discretion, and would
ultimately recoil on his clients. lie then commented, in very swine
language, on the articles that had been published in the Ertmirg
Mail, solicit he designated as most wicked and malignant libels.—
Who (said Mr. Cuthbert), could walk abroad in safety, if he were
subject to such attacks from the public preys, and then to be told,
that the Magistrates had discretion, and should use It ? He trusted
that the Magistrates he addressed had too much good genie, and tco
niuch goad feeling, to be led away by illusury ideas of discretion
upset a case of so flagrant an outrage, one that bad tbr its tendency
to level all distinctions, and coming, too, front a quarter that af-
fected to uphold the Church and State. Be would now come to the
most plausible but fallacious allegation of facts. What his Learned
Friend had stated was the truth, but not the whole truth—that
Lord Rossmore struck the first blow ; be would go further, and
show that his Lordsl.ip struck no blow. Mr. Cuthbert then entered
fully into the words of the alleged libel—the time of writing each
publication—and the time that Lord Rossmore's letter was written
to the editor or proprietor of the paper; and said he thought he had
fully proved, first, that the publication was a libel; second, that
the Magistrates had no discretion to use in the case; and, thirdly,
that if they were competent to t►y such a question, they would
easily discover who hail struck the first blow.
Mr. BRAVES was unwilling to say much on this case, or to do
any thing which would have the appearance of prejudging it. IL
thought, however, that it would be better for the public peace, art
for all parties, to stop the business far the present, by receiving the
iatermations, and that his brother Magistrates agreed with: him in
feeling it to be their duty to do so.
An application was then made by Mr. SenIVEX, in order to pre.
vent delay, that the informations should be retuned for trial at the
Quarter Sessions; the able Judge who presided in that Court would
be sure to give artisfaction to all parties.
Mr. Bate said that from the rank of the party, his Lordship was
entitled to have it tried at the Commission.
This was finally agreed upon, as it appeared that the Commission
would be very little later than the next Sessions.
Alderman BARLEY said that in every legal question which
cane before that Bench, he always made it a tole to submit to the
decision of his Learned Friend, who eat by him to assist with his
legal knowledge; lie agreed with hint on the present occasion:
however, he could not help observing in this case, that if the lan-
guage which hoed Russmore made use of in his letter to the pro-
prietors of the paper had not taken place, the subs: cpaent publica-
tion, in their paper of the 7,11 instant, never would have appeared.
Mr. Glynn and Mr. Sheehan were then directed to attend this
day whit their bail. The business occupied the Magistrates from
two o'clock until past four, during which time the board-room was
crowded with auditors.
As we have not ventured to repeat the matter aleged to have beer.
" a malicious libel," we have not been able to enter so hilly two
the proceedings before the Magistrates, as we might otherwise it
done.—Freerr n's Journal.

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