The National Register.
London, England, 1819-11-22 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR.

SIR,—YOIII' ittliwr of tha 7th atria:contained a paragrarti
purporting to be from the pen of that very orthodox and
intolerant old lady, :Mts. II annah Moore, on the dealt-bid
of Thomas Paitie. Now, Sir, no man fiV;lig has a create..
contempt for Patties theological %wimps than nsysoti.
Tlic• ate equally si.allow, %Maar, and indecent, and have
nit t the
and Pt it sticy. lint is a sorry way of answering a nball.'*
arguments, to tell lies shout him. Tur stony about bus%
dram-heti rests upon no foundation, and is one of those
pious frauds which many twit petsmin, with more seat
than distai Lion, have in all axes of the Clirittlian Church
invented. 1 could produce ,utt a beAllt such ill five 1111-

mute•.
I dertilc regret that in this age of Ole world mot •houlJ
think of rolling in esr min of the law in help Cliri.diattily
to %idol, and the untwist' tit its adver►aries. Let them
01,.1 and 411,0ervil lay f*lr appamoil, bid don't call in Cie
colvitalite as an a a%tltaty. it is really lit.firrow, to brat
that itsivt.lation which ha• God for II author, atteinlitrd
to In slim:toted by Afoot ney Gent, als and Jud;;t•., and Its
ha-u• the ti nth and autmrnrttity of tspnts
a Irst•l (iv: to the mode of del.:sit e) %ill. a 'l'm iiiiike Rtil.
Not wick, Nov. 17. A CtiltiSll

[We insert the above, 41% it COtNt 11'0111 ;,n esteemed
mend. Our observation., hubs ever, en the subject 0,11
Cactile'p Trtals cunvtuc. unr readers that nor °pinto*
un the necessity of Ihr prosecution is deridvdsand dtrsre
cutircli from our Correxpoudt utv - Lu

2F4

LAW REPORTS.

Mohmiv. Nov. 15.

211 r KIND N. JAMES 11.)WOITcli AND JAMKS SV'TTON.

. _
itir. Sergeant Vail applied to the Court this morning,
for a role to show cense, why a criminal information should
put be tiled against the defendant*. The grounds of hi.
amnion 'night be shortly stated :—A rule had been granted
lay that Con t, calling on the prostrutrls. Maria Gleam
ao show rime *by a new trial should not be had in a case
which had been tried at Dorchester, doting the Sumner
A.,sizest of the year preceding The eireitilistant es wet e
of an eattaottlieaty nature, and had created a very gene-
r..l intrust. Upon cause being shown, mcue than 100
affidavits were produced its support of and against the
The result was, that the Court refused to tlistut b
the verdict by a hieh the defendants in that cause had
/tern coosieted of as conspliecy, foicibly to carry ulf a
jonng lady (Miss Clews.) in order to matey her, she being
ass Wiles., to one of (hi itCP. This ease had unfortu-
nately produced a strong aeuttatinn at Taunton. where
Miss Glenn restded, under the protection of her uncle.
ii happened, however, that bills of indictment were found
at the 01.1 Bailey, on the VAN Sept. last, against Miss
Glean, red a servant oained Misty Whitby, for perjusey
committed in affidavits pi esessted to the Celia upon a
'station for discharging the rule as to a new tend. His
artitistvit stated, that a hand-hill had beets printed at the
instance of Boviditch ; that a thousand copies had been
*remit off, and-Mot the other defendant had been employ-
ed to disti tissue mid post them up in the town of Testators.
Miss tilt sin could taut, in conseipience of this :act, walk
through as .Meet of that town with t finding thieve pla-
4:ards he tore her eyes. .The, Court would judge of what
Joust be her state uf mind in these cucinustances. The
Land bill was as follows:

" Fate of Nli.s Glenn and bee accomplice—Trite b1:14
against them have been returned by the Grand Jury. ut
the Old Bailey, tPr wilful and corrupt perjury in the• in-
famous prosecittinulately instituted against theßowditehes.
result affords a cunrinciag woof of the tieaeliei y,
cruelty.and villainy employed against those unfortunate
Judividteals. of the baseness, said inhumanity with which
they ate now suffering i pa i►on..'
Such a publication went, as be conceived, to being even
the decision of that Conti into disrepute.
Lor.l Chief•Justice.—You have certainly stated enough
to tut lac you In a lode to show cause.

THE EIRE V. SIN I. MACLEAN.

Mr. Nlarryat prayed the jtidgment of the Court on the
.ilefeadant (a pllsiciati of extensive practice residing at
bludbstry, in SON[kJ who had Oren sonsicted at the tact
swift* of an assault upon a gentleman named Deakin.
Jurigniant on the- trial having bet ti suffered to go by de-
fault, affidavits wets now presented reciting all the facts
of the case. It appeared th:it the assault was CO 111 l tilted
. ju the open streets, and on a market-day. in the town of
gridhiny, on the 13th tit Feb. last. The pat ties ;tail shunt
*is %stela previously, dined at the house of a common
friend, in company with oilier per :.:011C ; and on this
occasion something was said by the prosecutor about tip.
starts, ,which the defendant appropriated to himself. '1 he
slutendant, continuing still to put the same interpic-
tation on the offensive expression, and conceiving it to
have heels intended for him, copies ed a friend to procure
an explaoation. litthre this could be obtained, lie hap-
pened
.to meet the prosecutor, and immediately deinnnded
an apology. Receiving no answer lions the prosecutor
who in tied from him, he thrust his hand in his face and
pulled krim by the Stele. The other party retorted this in-
. sail by
a blow with a stick, bust bring vet y inferior to his
antago .st in bodily size and strength, lie received some
nlitunries iu the conflict which ensued. It was
sworn also, that previous to the first insult, the defendant
had desired several other persons to see what he was
about to do, and that he afters ards called to the prose-
cutor, and exclaimed, " Remember, Sir..l have pulled
you by the nose." The prosecutor, irritated by this at-
tempt to degrade bins, sent a challenge to the defrodant
ou the following day; wbleb lie, after consultation WWI
his frieuds, dec.:dried accepting. A bill of indictment
against hint was then preferred, subsequently to which
lie, on meeting the prosecutor, had uemiuded 6.m by sic-
niticent gestures, of the insult which be hail alicady put
upon
These being the important facia recorded in the affislavits
fur the prosecu iuu, Sir L. Maclean appeared this day to
receive the sentence of the Court.

Many atlidaveis, coutaining testimonials to his chnrzieter
rum 'ionic of the leading peiboub in the county, were put id
nd rend.

Mr. Marryat and Mr. Gurney then addressed the Court
in itegravai ICH of punishment, hod Mr. Voltaic k au in Option.
Alt. Justice Hutt co)d, after the Coot I bad de.ihereted r •
time, pra flounced its jahlantot. Ilt remarked, that nithansia
the dr fend.aut had doom tight in refusing to a< cc•iit a chal-
lenge to fight • duel, that c hallcoge bad beeu provoked by
his ono la aulit. of the law. It was difficult, also, to be-
lieve, that he h.sti cot contemplated the result, as hen he of-
fered such au iud•geatly to the prosecutor. Ilis rank and
education ought to have taught him the necessity of curbing
has pa-siia s, mud of refraining from outrages at this dere ip-
tiou. Three were considentlium which influenced the Court
to add to the severity of the punishment which they were
calla 111/1111 to ilAard. It did tin refute order mad adjudge,
th.it he sl.ould pay a hue to the Yang of 2001., and be tut-
Imprisoned till such hue he paid.