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COURT OF KING'S HENC:H, Fee. 18.
CASE OF LIBF.I,.—RUMISOLD V. CLEMIgNT.
This action, which excited sonic interest, came on for
trial thil morning. The action was brought for the re•
cos err of a compensation for the injury which the plain-
tiff sustained, in consequence Isla libel ins•rrted in "The
Observer," newspaper, of wilieli the defendant is pro-
prietor. The defendant first pleaded Not Ottilty, and
ctterM•ards entered:a jusuticauon, stating the account to
Ire trite. To this a replication was tiled, denying the
troth of the account; and upon tits point HAUL: WAS
joined.
Mr, SC3 rlett and Mr. Chins' conducted the Plaintiirs,
and Air. Adolphus and Air:Dowling the defendant's
case. . . .

It appeared in the rourse of the trial that the libel
was contained in an account of some proceedings at
Guildhall, in which the plaintiff had been summoned
by one &druid, to produce an account of a distress
%inch lie had le% ied.

The account giten in " The Observer," in several
instances carted from the actual proceedings, and the
Chief J ustice stated to the Jury, that the plaiutiff moat
recover. The question would be as to the quantity of
damages.
The Jury required leave to withdraw, and, on rctitan-
ing, gate a verdict of 301. damages.
OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.
Friday, Feb. 18.—John Bother), was indicted for
killing and slaying Thomas Cookley.
W. Noddy deposed. that he saw the prisoner and de-
ceased on the Ist of February, in the workshop of Mr.
Jones; prisoner was blowing the bellows and holding
an iron in the fire ; saw them striking it on the anvil ;
saw the prisoner push the hot iron at the deceased, who
then struck the homer, and a setae ensued.
Henry Povey confirmed the above evidence.
Henry Pricey, the father of the last witness, saw the
prisoner and deceased struggling I the latter had hold of
the former by the throat. The deceased gave no notice
that he was hurt. They all then went Into the hay-loft.
The deceased went down into the yard, and witness told
him if he would not go to work to go home. He never
knew a mote sober or humane man in his life than the
prisoner.
Thomas Brady, a student at the London Hospital, saw
the deceased at the hospital nn Tuesday. There was no
appearance of blood about hint. The wound appeared
like a burn, done by a hot instrument ; it was a quarter
of an inch broad, and was just above the groin. It had
penetrated quite far enough to occasion the inflamma-
tion which caused his death. Did not see any part of
deceased's clothes burnt. The intestines bore marks of
a dreadful scorching. Witness hardly thought it pos-
sible for a man to stand on his legi so many hours after
he was wounded.

John Heed deposed that he apprehended the prisoner
at his work, the next morning. lie seemed much affect-
ed when he heard of the death. Ile pointed out the
iron he had used against the deceased.
The prisoner in his defence said, he had desired the
deceased to take the irons out of the fire ; deceased
laughed at him ; he struck him with one of the irons,
not meaning to hurt him. The deceased struck him
again with the hammer, and so began the scuffle.
Several witnesses pee the prisoner au excellent cha-
racter for sobriety and humanity.
Baron Graham snmined up; he could not account for
the death of the deceased, bon by supposing he had re-
ceived the wound while scallop—Verdict—Man-
slaughter.
Charles Elliott, a boy aged hut nine years, was in-
dicted capitally for stealing six handkerchiefs privately,
from the shop of Mrs. Martha Blakeman, ou the Bth of
February inst.
The prisoner set up the defence usually adopted by
the most hacknied thieves.—lle was going rather quick,
he said, along Oxford•street, and saw another boy,
exactly of his own size, run very swiftly before .
Immediately he heard the cry of "stop thief," when:
the noy dropped a parcel ; he (the prisoner) picked it up
and cried out " you have lost your silk handkerchiefs."
The boy instantly turned round and desired him to keep
them, when at the moment, an officer came up and took
him into custody.
Nlr.Jdnice Richardson summed up the evidence, and
the Jury, with little hesitation, found the prisoner
GuiPy—Dealli.
11 illiain Smills was capitally indicted forstealing two
cows, value 361. out the,f)th of February, the property.
of William Morres.

Mr. Baron Graham addressed the Jury, and the pri-
soner was found Guilty—Death.
• Robert Scutt' was capitally indicted for assaulting Ed-
ward Weller, at the parish of Shadwell, on the 14th
January last, and takiug•frotn hia person a silver watch
his property.
The p i•anter was foundGuilty—Death.
Twenty persons were put to the bar, and pleaded
Guilty to the minor offence of ha►•ing forged Bank of
England tunes in their possession, This plea subjects
theli to fourteen years transportation.
followitig pleaded Aot•Guilty generally to both
offences, and remain to be tried :
linse, James Grtfolis, 'John Curtis, Satnnel
Bryant, Daniel Lucas, •Charles Hunt, and Anne
Giants.

The following were indicted for the capital offence of
uttering only, and also pleaded Not Guilty :
Charles Harris, Stephen (;01.1, Jennings,
and John Smith. The latter pleaded to rotlf Indict meuis,
ii aides a fifth for stealing goods in a dwelling-house,
value 101. and upwards.

SATURDAY. PER. 19.
EAICK PRO1ECUT10)::;.
This (lay, Mary Hurd, Altai I).it ies, and John
,ii%erally pleaded guilty to the minor offence of
hat nig Batik-notes in their possession.
stood intlicied for on the 26111 of
January Ls:, uttered a fuigt:J note, %snit intent to

defraud the GoY,rnor and Company of the Bank of
England. There was ako another charge for the same
offence.

Mrs. Ann Appleby stated, that she keeps a hosier's
shop at No. 13, Parliament Street, West:mu:4er; rccol,
leers the prisoner coming in her shop on the 46th Jan
last, and asking fur a pour of ',lnvest the psi oiler's hand
was so large, that considerable dtliiculty tvas found in
fitting it! the prisoner also purchased some other arti-
cles ;tile table of the whole was between :J. and 3!.; the
prisoner (dieted a tOl. note in payment; wit less gave
the note to her daughter to go and procure change.
In a few minutes her daughter returned, without be,
ing able to procure change, and gate the note to the
prisoner. Site allerwards went out again for the same
purpose. Al'hilst Miss Appleby was out the second time
another matt came in, who said that he had come for
a pair of stockings, which he had purchased in the
afternoon, but which he had left, because the winless
could not change hint a il. note. De now paid for the
goods in silver. This person observed to the prisoner,
that it was a fine night. The prisoner replied, it was.
The mail then left the shop, and immediately afterwarols
the prisoner folloWed hint to the door, telling witness
that he could not wait. Ile desired the goods to be sent
after him, to the White Horse Cellar, and said hisname •
was John West. The address was given in the street,
as the prisoner was in sue!' haste me, that the daughter
of witness followed him to learn it. l'he note was found
to be a forgery. The following day a person called for
the goods and the change, saying, that he was to carry
them to the George and Dragon. Witness refused to
give the goods to the person who called, but afterwards
sent to the Geor,le and Dragon, and ascertained that
the primmer was not there, _

Anti Appkily, the daughter of the last witness, cons
firmed :he testimony of her mother.
llionias Pace is an officer, belonging to Queen-square.
office.—Recollects being sent for to Air. Mansell's
house, on the 46th January, where he met Nirs. Apple-
by. A NI. note was slim,' him, which was the °tie
produced. The next morning he was sent for to
Mrs. Appleby's, and witness accompanied Mrs. Apple-
by's servant to the George and Dragon, Jermyn-street.
The servant carried some goods with her. Witness
waited near whilst the servant went to inquire for the
prisoner. They then went to the White Itirse Cellar,
hut the prisoner was not to be found. Ott the 3d of
February witness received information that a person re-
sembling the prisoner was iii confinement at Tothill-
fields prison, under another charge. Witness took Mrs.
A.Appleby.and her daughter with him, and they iden•
tified the prisoner immediately.
_--Nlarryat resides at No. 21, "Wilson-street, Fins.
bury square. This witness proved that, upon a 'nevi•
ous occasion, the prisoner had attempted to pass a 51.
note at his thump, but kit the shop hastily, upon suspi.
cion being displayed, without taking either the pm•
chased goods, or the change of the note. He here gave
his address John Wilson, Edmonton, and said that his
father was a well-known person in that place.
The shopnwn of the last witness confirmed the above

statement.
l'eter Perry, a Bow Street officer, proved, that in corn.
pang with another officer he apprehended the prisoner
fur :mother offence. In handcufliiiig the prisoner his
hand was found to be so large, that witness suspected
him to be the person who had attempted to pass the note
at Mrs. Appleby's shop. The prisoner had been des-
cribed at the office as a man with a hand remarkably
large.
Mr. John Lees, a bank inspector, proved the note to
bee forgery.
r. Charles Phillips, a cashier of the Bank, proved
that his name affixed to this note was a forgery.
The prisoner matte no defence, and called no wit-
nesses.

Mr.-Justiee Graham summed np ;the evidence, .and
thejury fuuud the prisoner Guilty.

Dr. Motorrey, ofiChelsea College, was not upon the
best terms with his wife; and to pass the time, they
often amused themselves in quarrelling;—not amiss in
cold weather, as it is found,to save coals. One Sunday,
the dexter walked to 'Fulham, where he was engaged to
dinner.; but in the evening beheld a thunder-storm,
with a contunied torrent of rain. No sort of carriage
was to he had but a re ttttt i-hearse, which he engaged to
go by Cnelsea. The storm having at length abated, the
lady' was at the window when the hearse drove up to
the door. " What do you mean ?" she said to the
coachman. " I have brought the doctor, madam."—
" Thank God !" was the reply; " now he is as he
should be." The doctor, shoeing out, and finding him.
self upon his legs, shook his cane at his kind half, with
this retort, " lou jade, I shall live long to plague you,
I hope."
A young man-on the point of marrilge was drawn for
the militia in Lorraine. In despuir Ise applied to the
Count de Mitry, captain of the regiment, who in cola..
passion cave his word that the service should not exceed
one year. The term expired, the captain explained to
the colonel, and requested the .man's discharge,iehich
the colonel flatly related, as he said the subject was an
excellent soldier, and did credit to the corps. Next day
he was surprised when the captain waited on him in
the soldier's attire, knapsack and muaquei, with this
address-; " Jly colonel, as the word of a gentleman is
sacred, and I have pledged mine that this mall only shall
serve for a year, here is my connoisseur) of -captain,
which I resign, and am ready to serve in his place "
The colotiel with shame and amazement signed the
d ischa ow.

. A few days ago a large eagle was shot near
Craston-bank, by Joseph Foster, Esq. of Newton
Hall, It weighed upwards of nine pounds, and
the wings, when they were extended, measured
from point to point above seven feet ; it has been
preserved by Mr. W. Ittay, of Aluwiek.

ON THE RIGHT OF ELECTION.

FROM THE NORWICH COURIER.

HONOURED as we have been by so large a por-
tion of the rank, wealth, talent, and respectability
of this great and opulent county, we should ill dis-
charge our duty in return for such independent, and
truly flattering patronage, if we did not at the pre-
sent crisis, when a dissolution of Parliament is so
near at hand, raise a warning voice to the free and
independent Electors of Norfolk, as to the choice
of their future Representatives, for on the selection,
which they are about to make, public observation
will dwell with no indifferent gaze, as it has long
been very generally acknowledged, that the County
of Norfolk is the strong fort of Constitutional liberty.
The abettors and minions of corruption would bail
the fall of this bulwark of freedom with vile and
unhallowed applause. But there are even among
Tories, in many parts of the United Empire, men
of sensibility and comprehension, men of deep re-
flection and extensive information, who regard the
County of Norfolk, as the peculiar seed-plot of
W higgism, and who, conscious of the important ad-
vantages to be derived from an antagonising princi-
ple in Government, look upon this county as one of
the great mounds for arresting the progress of des-
potism ;—such men have not hesitated to declare
their wishes, to see the head of one ancient Whig
family restored to those proud representative honours,
which his ancestor so recently enjoyed, and which
are so justly and gratefully appreciated by our pre-
sent Representative, as being far superior to any
titles Kings or Princes can bestow.
f the animating principle be not fled, the inde-
pendence conferred by great wealth must render the
possessor a fur more eligible representative of this
opulent. county, than a person who, with inconsi-
erable means, appears to posses not that sufficientd
firmness of character, to resist the smiles and seduc-
tions of that mighty conjurer, Lord Castlereagh.
But not to dwell longer on these preliminary
qualifications, let us briefly review the parliamentary
conduct of our present Representatives, and then
come to those conclusions so indispensible for Electors
to draw previous to a dissolution of Parliament.
Our political opponent is acknowledged to be a man
of amiable manners, and of unexceptionable inte-
grity, in private life—illa se jade! in auta—but if
we look upon hi►n as describing a larger circle in his
parliamentary orbit, we shall perceive more super-
ficies, but no solidity. His first fruits were visible
in his support of Suspension, Gagging, and Indem-
nity Bills; and one of his first political acts was,
to set aside that Trial by Jury, to which he has
since professed so inconsistent an attachment. His
vote in this respect is quite at variance with all the
solemn mockery displayed at a county meeting. In
the new Parliament some vainly imagined he would
turn over a new leaf, be no longer led captive by
the courtesy of Lord Castlereagh, cut Bragge
Bathurst, and cease to be a chorus-laugher at the
unfeeling jests of Canning ; we still however find
him fighting in the ranks of this memorable trio ;
we still find him swelling the plaudits, with which
the many rend the skies, when they alternately sip
the oil and vinegar of Castlereagh and Canning ;
we find him dozing amid the drowsy effusions of
Bragge Bathurst, or bewildered in the confusion
worse confounded of Vansittart. In the first Session
of the new Parliament we find him voting fur a
grant of 10,0001. a year to the Duke of York, for
performing the instinctive duties of a son—duties
which derive all their grace from being unbought.
In the next place, we would direct the attention of
his friends, as well as of his adversaries, to the con-
duct of the Ministerial Representative of this county
in respect to the Catholic question ; it is confidently
believed that he had professed himself favourable to
Catholic Emancipation previously to his admission
to the Senate; but finding himself in a dilemma,.
from the strong prejudices of his Clerical adherents
on the one hand, and his aversion to offend.the
Catholics on the other, he took a diagonal line, , and
paired off ! !

Lastly, we come to the Mancliester•T y, sad
here we would willingly close the bookrleadccount,
in which the transactions of the ltith of August are.
inscribed in characters of blood—

" Lest the morn behold so foul a sight
As would blanch forever her rosy light."'
Suffice it to say, that this inamorato of Ministers
voted against all inquiry into these horrid transac-
tions, and thus effectually precluded them from ever
reaching the vaunted land of promise, where the
Trial by Jury was to redress all grievance, and fur-
nish u panacea fur all disorders. The matter was
(it was said) in a course of investigation, but Lord
Castlereagh raised his draw-bridges, and the Whigs
were excluded from all scrutiny and discussion, and
the nation from all explanation and satisfaction on
the subject. That this ministerial enthusiast should
support the late Bills which followed as corollaries on
the heels of the Manchester tragedy is quite natural
and consistent ; but it behoves this great and opus