The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-06-24 00:00:00

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COURT OF KING'S Be Ougs4llol'
Vanity, Jule *3.

Afore the Lerd Chief Jrkileellibilet

LIBEL.
ROWAN v. SELL.
This Was as action for a libel agiinat the Defen-
dant, as publisher of The Times iiew•paper. The
alleged libel arms in the publication of certain pro-
ceedinge, which were reported iu The Timer to basil
taken 'dice before the sating Miagiotidti, at itti
Public Office. Marlharoogh.street, on an occasion
is which the Plaintiff was a complainant agatrott
pennon minted Palmer, with whim, he had Kane iic-
rinaintauce.
The Sotaction.Gett tiA L. for the Plat or: T,
stated the case to the Jury. He professed int:melt*
friendly to the publicity gives, to proceedings iu
Courts of Justice, by publication it, the itewalnb..
pens, provided it was fairly soil
.isnoarti ally door.
Such publicity, lie was convinced, was productive
of tier greatest advantages; but whether so much
could be said fur the publication of Pollee Report..
he would not now stop to Inquire. The publia
ration iii question would lie stow read to the
Court. and he was certain that he was itisrifierl in
characterising it as one of the most infamous !ilatla
which had ever beets published, lie would make
no observations on Ilse character of die Paper to
which the libel was first published, soil from thence
copied into other,pauers. Fle Al 4 not aware that
the Editor of The Timer waa in the habit of making
unfounded reflections un the characters of
duals ; but if in this instance. he had lent litunte!f
to the malice of her, he must be made to pay
in damages for the injury done to the character of
hie client. What those damages ought to he, he
..would leave ta the Jury to deride. and potting
it to them what they would consider a sufficient
compensation fur such en injury. He then called-
Charles Presley. from the Stamp-otfice, who
Proved that the.Deftrialawt ass Printer and Publisher
of The Theses newspaper.
Charles Stalker produced The Tinges of the 18th
September, 1818, its which the article complete-ad
of wait published.
The Paper was put in and tier article read ; it
was headed .• Dew/arises Earraordinary." It their
proceeded to give a ludicrous statement of en ea-
amonation at Mai lboroligh-street, In which the
Plaintiff was described as a little fellow of four fee:
nine inches in height, with mustachios of the mast
formidable character, preferring a charge against a
brother Dandy of gigantic startler and most rand-
.
vagently genteel, fur an assault, %Fitch was after-
' wards made up between the parties, aad the Com-
plaint disnsiwied. The further thirds contained
• matter of grave charge against the character of both
the parties, which we forbear to detail, as the false-
hood of them was asserted by the Solicitor-Ge-
serail, and the evidence on the point was not gouts
into.
Wm. Stables, assistant clerk at Marlborough.
street, was called ; he proved the charge was made
at the office by the Plaintiff. It was entered in
the book as preferred against Samuel Palnver.
On the cross-eximisnation by Mr. SCARLETT, he
said the PlsinlifF had mustachios when he appeared
at the office : they we're about the neonl size which
Gentlemen wear them. He bad seen the Platinitr
in Court today, but he had not mustachios now;
H. was a little man, mid Palmer was a tall man,
nearly twice as high ; they were both dresaell in
rather an extraordinary manner. In answer to the
question of the Learned Couirsel, whether the.
chin only or the whole mars waa hidden by the
cravat ? the wittiest. said they lied is good deal of
cravat.
The examination excited a good deal of laughter,
and in his opinion the parties did nuke a ridi.
colon. appearance, and the word Dandy, when
explained to mean a person dressed or a ludicrous.
foppish, and effeminate manner, was, in Ma judg-
ment, well applied to those parties.
Mr. SCARLETT here made en objection us limier-.
Ames Palmer was mimed in every count of the
declaration. but iu the charge-book he was called
Samuel Palmer.
The StsuciTost-Gutstnat. admitted the validity
of the objection, and consented to be tionsuited.
The other causes tried were of no public in-
terest.

POLICE.
—mar—

M• 74 1110 X 14011 SE.
A black man, the *tumult of ti gentleounu who tends% in
Lawrence-lace, was charged with havoig committed a bur-
glary in the house of Mr. June", in the sane lane.
The 1 of Mr. Hickson, who byes next door to the
Complainant, said, that at half-pa,t Ilute o'clock yesterday
usoruiug, be beard a noise at the small skylight just above
his bed, and ni loultag up, saw what he first thought to
be a black cat, but what sous proved to be a honssit fact..
lie observed the provost take through a broken sky-Light is
the next house a coat, au umbrella, and a hat , Inc could ant
•wear that the thief was the Primmer.

Mr. Junes said, tbr Privoner bad men apprehended upon
the statement of the former witness. &sue linen, a cost,
and an umbrella, hail Ixen missing from the kitchen in lb.•
morning, and the window of the sky-light had been broke...
The shier could not have been an cape.iroerd one, fur tin
had left Dome silver spoons behind him.
The Prisoner's slimmer said, his •er►aut had bees put.
chased by him in the Brazils, and set fire ; Shit he had
ser►ed him faithfully ekvesi years, and bad given nu pow( of
want of integrity.—Remanded.

maßLoonouss s
GROSS FRAUD UPON LORD MILTON,
Mk. WILBERFORCE, Ice.

Yesterday a cave of some inipurtauee to the Nobility roil
the more respectable pare of society, and vehicle tlebelopeit
moat scandalous .rten' of fraud, came on tu be beard es
this office, before ill. H. Maiiiwariug, Esq. the sewn.;
Magistrate, from which II appeals that.. great number of the
most eminent of the Nubility sad (;envy have been made
the dupes of designing miscreants.
Mr. Seed, Secretary of au institution entitled " The
Straugera Friend Society," attended and staled, that he 8..
remelt a communication from F.erl Fitzwilliam, who, with
others of the Nobility, belonged to the above Society ; that fa
maw had applied to hint fur relief, and produced a petition
signed by several Nobelium, and Mr. Willie' fur et, ike. stating,
that be was a reduced land yon i.e great distress, with a
wife and large family, who had been afflicted with the
typist's fever, and mot being. able to pay his 4111. his Inlielhasel
had seised his goods, and if ,he meld prove sisecesslnt is
pruciiriug 'ICI. by sebacriptise, it would enable him' to entry
a school which was to let in Charles-street, Hatton' gird,
and thereby he could support his family. F.ul litzveilligni,
thinking the man a worthy object, forwarded his distressed
case to Mr. Sewell for examination, and the petittorer was
to call the following (yesterday) Mel uiug fur an answer He

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