The National Register.
London, England, 1822-04-28 00:00:00

DERBY AAD GIBBS C. CAMPBELL.

The Solicitor Genet al moved for a rule to she* why an
attorney of the Contt SIIOIIII/ not pay to a Mr. Omni,. II
t•;:ol.. This nllo4'3l{oll Bab made on the affidavit of Mr.
C.impbell. stating, that he WA% a prisoner in the King's
Bench at the suit of Messrs. Derby and Gibbs o. Camp-
bell. Having been f ceommentled to Ike attorney to
obtain his discharge, he paid into the hands of that gen-
tleman 2301. in order that he might pay It over to the
plaiutifls in the artion. He Was expected to retgrn with
the discharge of Mr. Campbell. but he never did return.
Sew, rut letters had been written, calling upon him to re-
turn it, lint he never had returned it.

The Court granted a title to /hew cause.
TIIR RING G. HOLGIR.

Mr. Serger.nt CI oss moved for u rule to 'thew canse why
the defendant should pot be admitted to bail on a charge
of manslaughter before the magistrates at Lancaster.
Tl:e le:trued Sergeant moved this upon affidavit, stating
that the defendant was unable to pay the expense of tlit
writ of Habeas Corpus to brine him lett) Cont.

The circumstances were these'—The detehdant was
sitting al a public house in 31ancliesler, u ben a person,
who had misbehaved, was lorded out. The prisoner as•
Sister, in turning him out. A mob assembled in the street,
and the person tanned ont of the house went awry, but the
(If eillAftll received a blow from the poisoner, which occa•
slotted His death.

Jody, Bayley agkect slietlier there was any provocation.
rgeant. CIOAA RAW, the 'unwise', !omitting on the steps
of a door. I eceired a violent kirk.

Judge Be.t.—A kick in the Lauceadie way. I have
ihnge

'l..c 4;:cited the title.

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THE WINO v. J. A. WILLIAMS.

In Hilary Term a role was obtained by Mr. Seatlett,
ailing neon the defendant who is editor of rho Durham
Chi-on In • hew cause hy a criminal information should
not be filed against him for a libel on the Church of Dur-
ham. Mr. Broughtial on that occasion 'hewed cause
against the rule, and this day Mr. Searlril was heard in
support of his application. lie said his learned friend
expected to induce the court to discharge the rule, fast, on
the ground that no particular person had been libelled ;
secondly, that the statute of William required that some
pea son should be set forth as the avowed prosecutor, iu
order that the court might know against whom to award
Costs. Dis learned friend hail actually entered into a
justification of his client. lie had said that it would be
extremely hard if his client was not allowed to censure
the conduct of the Church of Dui ham, which had been
called an Alumni stable by 13arnes, a writer in the early
part of Queen Elizabeth. To the hater observation lie
should only say, that the Aegean stable had been cleansed
by the reformation. W ith 'aspect to naming the prose.
calor, the Right Rev. Prelate, the Bishop of Durham,
was not ashamed to avow himself the prosecutor. It war
unnecessary, in support of a ride for a criminal infor-
mation, to point out the person libelled
The Lord Chief Justice said, the court were of opinion
that the rule ought to be made absolute. I t was accord-
ingly made absolute.
TIIURSDA T. arum S.

nirt ere occupied dill aa.,.; tins day in bearing ar•
gument• fur new teitals.

ABBOTT V. TOTING.

Serra ant ibillock moved for a ink to set aside the verdict
in ibis cause for the plaintiff, tend to obtain II new trial, It
was nn action for breach of promise of marriage. 'tied
before Mr. Justice Bayley at York. and the learned Ser-
geant moat:A On the ground of periury on the part of two
onnEssea, tilo excessive damages. The pluilit.lf I, d lived
servant with the defendant, and left lis are in the family
may. The breach of promise of marriage was proved by
to sisters of the Fin ore tl.e pla hair!' (mild
neither rend nor ar rite, :old Cue :16etalant was thereby pre.
chided from ending in a iet,cr purporting to have been
written by the phi:mato tiie defendant. The letter in as
repro-rilted lo h•ase htlt wtll:Nt by one of the sisters, under
the dictation of flue plaintiff. The learned Sergeant said
lie had an nflidar it pr" Mt; that the 0;11104 could
The Coors granted a rule to SIICW Chose.
FEW kV, Aram 2i.
THE RING V. .5. R. EV.IIOP, ESQ.
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Mr. Taunton was heard this morning in support of the role
for a criminal information against the defendant, a magis-
trate of the county of Callum-eon. 'lrks learned C iuriscl
addressed bnt a few observations to the Court.

The Lord Chief Justice, giving jnilithient, obseivcd, that
having looked ut nll the 'alibis its, the Court were of opinion
thew hole of the charges were satisfactorily answered. —lle
had entertained uime doubts on the question of rush, but
upon a more minute enquiry, he gas convinced the 'garco-
n )))) was the etlect of audevuleisie, therefore the rule ought
to be discharged with costs.
The rule obtained by Mr. Scarlctt was cousequesitly
dis-
charged a ilit COttlY.