The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-03-24 00:00:00

MAKKETS.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, MONDAY, Ma*en SS.
This sky's Market bad a pretty good supply of prime
beasts, and the skew of tattle in geseral was middling.
Beef, Lamb, Veal, and Pork, were doom"; Mottos sold at
sat price and Ike trade, for the sweet pert, was somewhat
brisk. The sales in the Hey Market were rather lively ; Hay
awl Straw have got up in peke; Clover °Mahood last price.

CORN EXCHANGE, MONDAY, Maftca 23.
Our Ntarket was but thinly supplied this :nursling, cons,.
gravity real Awe Wheat was taker uff al the prices of this
day week, but ordinary was dull. Fine Data are in demand,
and from le. to 2s. per quarter dearer. Barley has also ad.
yawed from ls. to to. per quarter. In Pease stud Beans there
is So 'iteration%

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS.
(By the Carcase.)
Ilse( .... is 441 In Is 4.1 Veil 4l 4rl 10 all 41r1
Mutton.. As 0.1 to 4% &I I Puri tos 011 1,/ Gs UJ

Mitt' cOUR T.. DINBCaCIL

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the Court of Session (I: seat Divisissti) having found
that Mr. Leven's dilusi,wl f AL!, proceeds d
frum the 11111011111111C11 complaints of the Iliefeisiless,
and that three artides of the Pursuer's libel,
rim; lusher, were proven, remitted to the Jury
Court met ly to arses the astunitst of dninugto,
which were laid at 40,0001.; and that Court having
refused to allow the Defenders to enter an upped
against their judgment, moil the smossist. of du-
usages were ascertained, the unevament of deranges
took place on the 17th instant.
Mr. Kc*v stated the ease for the Pursuer with
greet clearness, and called three witnesses, chiefly to
*hew the value of the Office held by the Pursuer.
Mr. JEFFREY then •mildressed the Jury for the
Defeisders, in a most powerful and impressive speech,
contesidoig, that it was not implied in the jusig-
nent of the Court of Session. that Mr. Leven's con-
tinued exclusion from office was owing to the Or.
fenders, and that the Jury would be able to judge
of the eatent of the malice imputable to the De-
fenders, by perusing the documents produced by
the Pursuer. He complained in severe term of
the proceedings of the Board of Exeter, which
had produced every document which M. Leven
required, mud had withheld the mstesi.tl document's
necessary fur the defence of his elieots. its these
eiremistences, and on account of the terms of
the decision of the Court, he declined to lead any
profit
The LORD Om, COMIVISSIONIIR delivered a
most able end perspicuous charge to the Jury, who,
after deliberating for ass hour, gave a verdict for
the Pursurer—Damages, 2,0001.

At Chelmsford Assizes, George Lasefurd was in-
dieted for stealing, tin the ed of Sept. a parequet,
the property of STEPHAN KEMPSHEAD, an u,ll-
- residiug at Chadwell. 'rite maid-servant of
Prosecutor was the principal witness in this case, tip
prove the less of the p,operty its question. She was
fully convinced that the parapet was its her master's
cellar a very short time before the theft, by his ail-
dressing her in his usual aidatory terms, and calling
her " a pretty creature." when she went into the
cellar. This piece of ornithological flattery might
fix the ctrcuut•tance of possession must strongly in
the mind of witness, though she-was certainly not a
Venus de Medici. It appeared that the Prisoner
sold the bird, shortly after it was stolen, to Mr. Ser.
jrant V•UGHAN, and told the /servant that he had
caught it between Colchester and Manchester : the
Lem ned Selma purchased it fur 155., but return-
ed it to the owuer as soon as lie discovered it had
been stoles,. The servant, who then lived with Mr.
Serjeaut VAUGHAN, but who had since lett his
place, and was living with Dowager Lady Luu-
Boca, proved that the Prisoner sold the btid at d
wrs paid the money. The principal fact by whit h
the parrot could be ideastilied, was its elosrence ;
and its exerting its oratoriosl faculties, it elicited not
only much laughter from the whole Court, but even
the Bench was convulsed by the oddity and eccen-
tricity of its ejuculationa. The Prosecutor knew it
by its I►c::tig ',We to cull is Waiter, bring a bustle of
old Purl !"—" Pi,,. all hands a hey P. Had titter
several other ludis tans exclamations, of its cepa-
Lility to do which it gave striking 1/MOrt. In lime
whole Court. The Jury found the Prissuber.
—Two months' imprisonment.