The National Register.
London, England, 1818-12-20 00:00:00

LIJV INITLLIOENCE.

OF CII%NCERV, WEDxgsDAT• fir. 1O
Ting tieing the thrill 5..,•1 after Miehaehnas Trim, tits. Lord
Vista...liar *Trued it at his howl?, pretiarainry to his Mehour
the Vii r.Chstictllor healing his larcriahrrermithiris;
ssv Nicosia-mos.
'flue Lord Chancell.4 afterwards swore in the hollowing
L• sroed Counsel se their several offices :—Mr. Seirjerint Cop.
ley. es Serjeant and Chief Justice a cisi•or, ; Mr.
Saijratit Pull, as King's Serjrant ; Mr. Gillen of the
etaaimes, J 1 r. ; Mr G4*Wier ruts Mr.
Noun, of the King's Bench Bar, es King's Cellosil.

COURT OF KING'S lIENCII, Tuespor, DiC.l5.
ism KING v. CIONLCV. ''''

The defendant Web 'inhaled for perjury. rnnnuitled in an
affidavit sworn before the signer et the writs, fiat the pulpits'•
of arsestilig eke preassentor, ,larva Misses. The atfial•vit
stated that Moses was indebtal to the defendant is tier gum of
9 al. for itioni.y paid, laid stet and e wended to the users( the pa es
eiectitsir : and the eircusestrieces sairotiosted isle the pint of the
proseentien were as hallow :—Modeshoeing come to England
sit a foreign ship. wish smite packages of shells, pictures.
china jars, Mid usher article aeityloyed the deli subsist as his
broker iv get his goods &Shiite, *lid through the Cnstosie
Motive. kor this service. and for the duties, the defendant
charged the jai osectitor 331. soul kept back sumo of the arta.'
ties. on the I that it was neccatiary to give Well. to the
Custom-House office's. lm pas ticular he detained three
jai s. The proseentair paid him $2l. ; hut when lie asked
fur a receipt, and insisted on Ile% me his ckina etts, the dee
lettitant heat him violently. For lists arsaiitt the defend:4Ni
had been indicted ; mud having suffered judgineut as ue CUM'
ease of a 'l, in the action its which he had arrested the
prosecutor. the prosecutor litsal in turn data sad recreseied
%el meanest bins for the arrest le that action. as being
ronsidlcss and malicious. In addition to this. he uuw iits
darted him far the sake of public justice. on the groused of;
the W.I. ufhtlevit with which that aclioe bad bete co.O,
inesacca.
'llse witnesses celled rot the prosecution proved that only
about tel. was paid at the Custom-house, and that the reward
fur defendant's services, 100,111C1' wills oilier a hares s, could
not make up even the S2l. that had been paid, so that there
aremeil 110 around whatever for the additional charge of 251.
tyr the defendant it was stated. hut ant very cleat ly proved,
that the tel. was due for the defendant's services in getting
ashore and Jerome! the CH4140414 House sonic beds and other
edisies not included in the former charge, and for charge? in-
clued In a steuggline transaction carried on at the same these.
A. wee trisci said that the charges being of this nattier, was
one of die teasons why. the defendant had abanduued his
action against the prosecutor.
• 'The Jury loved thardelaudant—Gailly.
sarrter4 s'. DAVIS.
.3144 was an action to rt+Oveite'istloney which had been
placed in 4se defetiffinses ei.if stakeholder, to be paid
Winaer of a wager ranee owe foot race. Tbe defence
set up was„ that the plaintiff's own stake had been paid him
• Asataltat the defendent refused to pay the stake es the loser,
• Iserattee the race had been what is termed acres.; I. e. one •
• of Wu runnels had been bribed to loge. The repayment of
• Utre plaintiff* stake Was proved hy•IS witsseetwiras wes.present
at the sites: ; and who said that he taw the stake repaid the
satin night. But embitter wittiest) Itaviug said he saw die
p{Miutiffs stake tendered two days after the time at within
the aburc -Wiliselit4 said it was paid, the Learned Jadge•left it
to the Jury whether the Wiilleie who proved aiscliessiegatigitt
mot have been mistaken as to the dry.
- The Jury lwrod a verdict for the defendant
Cilia Justice. Abbott added, that though he hadossolfered
the Cabe to sit to them as to the fact of payment; be essm very
doubtful whether the plaintiff could have recovegeseat law
evert his own stake from the stakeholder, fouhrecee beiul
within the statute of 9th Anne.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Fatiu.st.
. ,
vt ALDEGILAVL V. 14IGNOLDLilirl...> • '
Mr. Serieant Lens said, that this action can* begirt tilt Airy An
consequence of a cruel and malignant aspersion in vain attempted to
be thrown upon the plaintiff: Far be it from him to blame the pub. I
brattiest of all the proceedings in Courts of Justice, which was not
oily a sauce of amusement bine( instruction.. It was the great cause
way men discharged their legal Amalie* sorrel in all parts of the
country. The practices and the protteediags of out Courts, and the
principles of hnglisb law, were daily read by all persons, from
the highest to the lowest. Hut : the defendant could shelter him-
self tinder 'no privilege of this Me was the last penen that
should have 'published er temseked •as a trial in winch he had
been a putty. The assignees 'se Mw Waliageave had brought an,
action tgatost Mr. Ilispadd. as ikeretaty.of tho.Nonsich Union
Eire Ofilic, and recovered the. lung intimated, to have. been 10n...
Mr. liiis;nold *Anwar& poblielta4 in the shape. ,band• hills, re. ,
Maths upon that trial. RIC " Iltionnirys"- affsjoiped to his re-
marks, was the libel *Melt l*#.sl theireund eE dutPrittin- '• It
"' should Mrs:membered. that Mr. Wal&eurt.wate inntiltent. The.
6' fire happened on Saturday Stew All•selpitiouslres ocean tin
6' Saturday nights or the nest (linsiday). No cause baeappeared for .
el this fire." 'They maid .110 s Afitibt foes moment. that thkelkiect of
these observations was to rix upon the plaintiff the imputation of •
having wilfully set fire to hie ptomime. . This was as fahe se, it
was mammas is was weilletest, in ender to thew this, to rein to the
verdict of the Jury, who froteed the • insurance bound to pay. This
could not Lave been done, if any empicien existed that the fire was
wilfully occasioned. "Re lived on bad terms with the landlord mid
occupier of the house." The hones was the Bull-ine. Biaboptgate-
street, and the plaintiff was himself the landlord. This part, was
exposed by its own absurdity. A man might bo semedrnes out of
1144,140411 with himself, but that could not be the defendant's .meaning.
lie had beta then landlord of the Bull-inn; be now kept an hotel in
Erttoa. in which it was hoped bettor fortune would attend him.
Ge progeny was not his, btu John and Mary Williams's." It
was iwarnity the.plaitinff (for the anion haviag been brought by
she assign". he wag i witness) that the property. had, been his.
••'jin action having been in the name of the assignees, he wet a:
its ; while I, by: being defendant. was prevented (rein easter,
4 aldose *bit!) wot coat:Win him." The Metithers of the filovi•
with toilet! bt blowy ainntimus, it was necessary to select tone
and none belt better krowah•or mere asstairally fines! M'represent
their intereati, the action was brought spigot their ateiffidy. *. '
min in
for was five times the value of geode' •:-'rhis
false, for the vrtrelerasen waereenvem,d. TlMikhe never
cddcnt, to be tight. They would pre suchrble
the case seemed to these to require. The p 'had
• tenni* t he lispethe Would have a fortuneße a
Clurnietet utitatiaal.auttl ,stauloaeri itu 4102114401111/1
tussle upon it. All that was t 0,44; 4,1441ie the part of '
tom to Faso 41!efeudanci, hand-ititing. • • —•-•
Jasephsbarnos bee* of :hi Orel* tea 'Rollins :jilts' k,
of March, tell ; II wet emeincligia dmahs hotbe4lturg
lice esclf Multi tr• olesek.
George eyebrow bad valued the effharlitrrot at nifff.'Z
was the awn daiautal.
Edasa Gill, a printer, wee is the s.nploy of the defendant.

Jr?HYfJI

E'Av! fHT

lute-ABB 'Bodine* printed by him by order of the defend:
Out Ito omit seem Itwati put is Inideleee. and rad.
' Crtgoatlalietedt....lt ease so him in.the usual form. The hand.
Mile war asesersives ib the members of thcantatotiola.
• •Gaameelarhe took 'opy of the payer to loc nuidished
paper lap ardor's( the defendant. It wee p
; • the
-p
she 'Oridalt Latatinary." The inititution consisted of 60,600 eat.
ben.
William Cha,nbers. publisher of the British Luminary."pub
fished the 'paPer fit tptestioa. The circulation that -day was 1.000.
It was a weekly paper.
L. Mr. Bignoid. Minds:Ws son. said his father had been secretary to
the insutuuon "lot 'SA yam Hesitating to say whether his yearly
income was 6Or 5.0an1.. or whether his lost year's income vra., not
ti.ooni.. he was asked if he was not a man of antsidesaide preparty;
and answered in the affirmative.
Cross esantinai by Mr. Serjeant COPLEY.
What ! Do you direct this action P No.
You are not on glid teems wkh your fithsr ?—if I must answer
that queitioil. I rather .ay my father is t tt it ;owl terms with Inc.
Your father is not now sxretary P—\u.
Was not Weldegrares action defended at the desire of the Direct..
ors?—No.
Are you sure of that, Mr. Blipsold ?—To the best of my know-
ledge.
You are net sure then that it was not ?—I amt because. if it
had been. I should have had instructions from them, and I had
none.

Who were the anomie, f—Lanib and Hawke.
You are a professidnal man yourself ?—1 am.
Here Mr. bee amn Lens istarpoald, and contended that this er
Immination wag calculated Mau to injure the son than to sent d e
lather.
Chieflustke.—My brother Copley conducts the cast extren t y
well
Did you gilt/no instructions in the cause ?—1 did nut.
Were you n..ver consulted upon it P—l never was. I newer hid
any thing so do with it.
W as your fatiscv in town at the time t—Was be not at your elbow
Sire-1 uaderst,nd be was.
Did your fath.:r never ap.tak to you of it P—Yes. once.
What was the date of the meeting at the George and Vulture
cannot tell.

Was it roe advertised previously for a considerable tints?—lt might
fee perhaps a fortnight.
Me ilideant. Copley. now aildressnl the Jury for the dthndant.
and witbsrest ingenuity attempted to sliest, that the sole object of
the pubheation was. nut to cslumniate or injury.' the plaintiff. bu. to
justify Mr. Bignold hit having defended Waldcgrave's action.—
This became necessary for him. in consequence of the meetings held
for the purpose of censuring : conduct in that case. Reading the
summary with this view. they' would find that it only contained the
reasonable suspicions or impeessions. which, whether right or wrong.
if they really eitistedwjustified Mr. Biguoil in resistingWaldegrarr's
action.
CHIEF J usTres.—lt is imp° sible to suppose, that a circulation
Of thousands of hand bills. of which some ought be handed to pas....
OW
is the street. anal of which a copy was published in arie%spapir,
was a privileged circulation. We can judge of meaning ; as 4.)
motives, they are beyond our province. We esa judge of meaning
only by what a man says. lam of opinion. that the object mani.
festly is to impute the fire to the plaintiff. his impossible not •t.
see that the object of the whole publication is to deprive the plaintat
of the protection which the venlict of *jury had afforded. It is fin
you exclusively to estimate the amount of damages. But I lament
data son. on bad terms with his father, should ever be brought into
a Court of Justice to prove the property of hh.flither. for thepurpose
of obtaining heavy damages. Any one who brought him in this ease
has done ill.. If lie came of his own accord, it is to be deplored in
deed.
Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 5001.

1 *•

CHrLDAVROPPING.—About eight o'clock on Tuesday
evening, a fine male child, apparently not a week old,
was found in an old basket, having on a shirt, and wrap-
ped up in a piece of blanket, lying at the door of %I n.
Mary Jinni, 24, .Tash Street, Gray's Inn-lane. The
poor child was nearly dead from cold ; it was taken in
doors,where every kind attention was paid to it; and
after it was warmed and fed, it was carried to the
workhouse in Little Gray's Inu-lane. Friday the
parish officers. who havotaken up the case, attended at
the Polite Office, Hatton Garden, where a private ex-
amination of all the witnesses took place, which lusted
Upwards of two hours. It appears that a young lady
in the neighbourhood was delivered of the child in
question on Saturday afternoon; it was shortly after
taken away. by the midwife, to nurse, to a poor woman
in Clerbenwell, where it remained until Tuesday after-
noon, when the midwife, who lives in Kirby Street,
went -.to . the nurse for the child, telling her the lady
wished to see it before she let it, go to the country,
maim .44,0tegitdett tO send it to 'num.,. The midwife
Arntigrila Ad e 411111111; tPr her tEcifibie,' carried away the
child, And the same evening the.zhild was found as
irtse.',ittirse liesring Of the. dream-
stanoe,end, baring Mini enspicion.' was induced to go to
'ilieworkfibitte; :whet the immediately identified the
ild tobe.theseme. she had to nurse. She knew it by
having a particular mark,. and it haring on the same
aliirt ; but Atli' 'tile
,rest of the baby clothes were
t changed foe the Worse. She then gave the information
that led to. the examination, Two other women, who
saw the child at nurse, proved. the same. The midwife
was sent for and clowly examined, when, to exonerate
herself' from• the charge, she was compelled to disclose
the unfortunate young lady's name who is the real
motherof the child, and whose family are of the great-
est
,:respeetability: A. warrant twasgranted.to take the
spethek of the child into custok:
-ft.uppripsuate alma past 'LAM ,Freneh dog has been ob-
.'
• ,t,tiOat end of Abeitown, going from door to
door, plyetl64ll if he pereeives any
,'the' Ii • hit. and -in in
If lie