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London, England, 1820-03-12 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER•

Ott the part of the defendants there were three priuci.
pal grounds of defence rehed upon ; that the sup-
posed lil.el did not arise f any malicious motive, but
; ly from the sense of duty which the defentlatils, at
Oirectors of the Fire-office, owed to the Society, iii
upon the plaintiff to explain the particulars of a
transaction. with which the defetalaitts were not ac-
quainted until the matter came officially before a public
tneeting of the directors to consider of.a proposition for
assitimlating the mode of insisting farming stock, to that
adopted by other Fire-offices, when the a iljlf ul the
1/I:lllliiti's fire was in%estitzated, and was 11/1111ii w contain
circumstances of 111,311 e SlNltleloll.—Secronil, 'hoot Its
point of fug the plainte4 claim did coot his enuineraten
items of demand for huts, to which he Wit% not entitled,
no such losses having Iron sustained; and to prove this
part of the case, 4 volume of evidence was adduced, one
of the witnesses brims Newman, the bailiff, alleally
mentioned r and 3d that the defendant, \l r. Sitomphy,
could not be answerable for damages in respect of any
aggravated circumstances ins the conth • I of his co.
ildendant, and enlist (plena!) &Isis was an action for
joOit part, the dani.c?es must be confined strictly to the
supposed ithil.
Alt. Wallord addressed the jury in an animated and
eloquent reply.
Mr. Baron G.trrow slimmed up the case for the jury,
and directed them, that it they it ere of opinion that the
plaintiff was entitled to a verdict, they could not dis-
titnotiAli between the case of each defendant, Ulf ill its is
knot of action the it jury of one was the injury of both,
and the amount of a Imago s utey must st tile between
then.selt es. The conduct of the defendants collate-
rally to the i ' licati tttt of the Mid in question, wn.. only
to be receit et! in evidence *beer the temper of mind
and the motive wish which the libel was published.
Taking all the circumstances of the case into consider-
ation, they would give such damages as the case seemed
to require. His lordship pronounced the libel to be as
gross in its terms as it was well possible to express but
the jury were also to torn their jtolginent of the whole
case as it was laid before them on both sides.

The jury found thr:r verdict lOr plaintiff. Damages
Two Thousand Pound&

WEST AIDALAIS D-A SIZES.

APPtLa2 cause ivlncit earl:A the greatest
interest at these assizes was that of Hunter and Wire v.
Weicto. This Was an action of ass nth .mid battery com-
mitted upon Mts. Hamerby Mr. Welen, who, it steins,
ass the Cartain of the band of Illudgcon•rocu at the last
Westmorland election. The cast., which was clearly
proved, was of a most crud and aggravated nature ; and
though it was attempted to be justified up .n the record
by the defendant, Mr. Justice Park. who presided, eras
most emphatic in reprobating Mr. Welch's conduct,
and told the jury, in musing np, that if they believed
the evidence (and ire saw no reason why they should
nut), they might by their terdiet to give hueral damages
fur such courageous and unmanly conduct. We are
very sorry to say that Mts. limiter, an itneresting and
respectable woman, was with-child at the time this
most unjustifiable attic k was nic. Tne serious effects
of the !now were cleat ly protect by the surgeon, and the
most gross and indecent language by other witnesses.
Inv jury, alter a few mono:tits' ctnts derattoit, returned a
verdict against the deftntiant.—Dantrges aoh w.th full
costs of suit. So much for this qa4tnot ro tt ttt ander of
the renowned Corps of yellow 61114t0n-oleo, who, we
understand, h •B witnin a iew weeks been apirnmed
the important ithee quarter-inastei to olio Appleby
troop of Yeomanry Cavalry.
Mr. Justice Park arrived at Appleby on Wednes-
day, and opened the Commission of Assize and Ge-
neral Gaol Delivery. The next morning, after
attending Divine Service, he procem ded to the Court-
house, and commenced business tit the Crown Bar.

BOW sTHEET.

FORGED NOTES....-Chatirll itoSs, a young man of
highly re•pertai,le connexions, hi. fattier being a mer-
chant, and his Intoner au eminent prtd*essional Malt, Un-
derwent a. final sxantittation, charged with being acorn.
nuns titterer of forged ltd. Bank ot Etialand times 10 a
considetaLle extent Toe pristmei was originally de-
tected in uttering a forged 101. Boa...note at Ilse Key
Itagolio, in Challiii.S•Strrel, and F tatty Imgoto. iu
Catlietine-street, in the Strand. (In at, investigation of
his conduct, previous t e his then detection, it has turned
out that he was the instrument and dupe its the hands
of a most desperate siallg Or villains, vs Ito were eisaa,,,ed
iii the manufacture and uttering of MICH ri.rged and frau-
dulent ',pieces of !taper. as well as some forgeries to the
large amount of 201. each, but the actual forger has
not beets disetnered. They have beets traced to a matt
of the name of Carder, who keeps a Noland, but with
hint the trace ends; however, one of the principal o
the gang, of the. nattiest(' Sand:Ord, had a case tddlici-
riot ly made ttttt titoilest him 10 COI ttttttt him for ori
The prisoner tinfortinnuelv connected humt'll a, the
general (stirrer, he Long well qualified lit it flout toe
hberal education lie nay received, as wt II as hi. kettirel
appearance and accomplished Manor's. A charge ice-
lentil against bins yesterday was by Dr. Yates, of (-ta-
xon-street, Alay•lair, to whom he pretend. d to he
'well, and to pay hills his lee city hits .1 ID,. 111.111i,•1111-e,
Sir Henry 111-11Ord W. 14 .11.11011 g tiOrlol4 44.110 vitro
00101,a,d i.y lilla means. It W*ll 111.1t111111 111 lake ad-
-15 la w,e• of bins at the Bute lie would leave tow it fin
111 alit:lld lilellate lir was Collrtl tiptoe
by •of the stmt just as he na% about to start, awl
out 4 101. note !ming given to hint he clussiged 15
its its hurry will taking time to examine it. Tile
vamp system of ploutler hav been c•rry log nit at schools,
pretence of paying a goitres ur mo as elilfasiCe-
seuol.ty for children, getting change for iOl, tunes, and
pormitsing to send the cnildren the next day. The pri-
mmer was committed for trial.