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touch-touching certain allegations of bribery during the lest puaal
election for the borough of St. Ives.
The Lord Chief Justice ordered the defendant to be remanded
in the custody of the Nlaralutl of the Court, and come up spin
for judgement on Monday.
THE LING v. WEAVER AIM °TIMIS.
Judgments on the defendants. for publishiag libels on her late
'Majesty, and oaten. in the John Bull, was postponed until
next Term.

TR !DAT. FEB. 8.
Serjeunt Ho%lock moved the judgment of the Court on
David Ridgway, cmivicieJ at the Leicester Assizes of pub-
lidibig tt 111'ditill115 lil,Cl, viz Caulile ► New Year's Address
to the Reformers. The defendant bring placed 011 the door,
Mr. Justice II oh oyil read his note of the trial.
The affidavit of ih • defendant stated, that he had hi en put
to great eapeut e by the prosecuti ... had was reduced to
great poverty, awl tom lie had a w ire and live infant chil-
dren deer a tin. on Iwo, fur suppoit.
The affidavit tit I). Ralgh ay, nephew of the defendant,
shore titat since the 1.111 Wily fotemi a Circular had been sent
hi th., Si cretary of the Constitut Metal Association (the pros
seeimits in this c ise) slating the lan, of
111141.
it'tilts it. of P, ter Turner aid others, residing is the
to 1. 01 Thin( heeler, givieg the defendant good character,
here hl-o read.
Mr. BronAitm essed the Court, as Conusel for the de-
fentbiet, 111 Mil 1,;1111 .11 of puoislueew. in the conduct of the
pro.. cows the defendant had limed meal cause of com-
plaint. The indictment hi.sorigiiially f dat the sessions,
but r- moved ved by she prose, °tors. 'I Ire,' was malting that a
Manchester Jury could cot have ti well a, a Lancaster
Jura. ll id the deleadaill been tried ill Nlitneliester, till She
extra and thitiecei.sary expehee Mewled mull hive heen
spared. The el. lemiaint hail also to c ttttt Idaho of another
Their Loiffilitle• had Item ii the affidavits of David
Ridgway jam and it V, 11. almost unnere-vary to urge one ob•
seriatim, hi proof of tile i•.decency of the act alluded to.—
No affidavit has been pot in to 1111.0 a it, if any answer
could he given, bee iti•t• the parties dare hot perjure them-
selves. How then wood the mailer t—The..e prosecutors,
ho were su tender of the laW, out of pore love fur the due
administration of jaaice, had put fur h, through the medium
of their Secretary, the fah of fitted in a manlier which must
have been pr. judicial to the de endant oil his Ilial. It was
cleat they were end. avourihg, o heilwr they knew it or not,
to prevent the defendant cumin; into Court before an un-
biassed Jury. Whilst lacy were circulatieL attacks nn
per-
guilt), us t hey ,opposed, of publishing libek they were
eiv'easiini in. to Coouct the defe iilaut of the same offence.
—lt has a tlanderou- attack, 1111111 the defendant was found
guilty ; and the nitsch.ef was, that it has addressed to the
Iw-rsoi.s whom they were sell etiale as a Jury to try the de-
fendant. lie was permaded the Court heard this with in-
dignation, said that it would weigh with them m the judg-
ment they should pronounce.
Mr. Si ijeant Dulled; addressed the Court in aggravation.
The Cont t, after herd le the Learwal Sergeant, ordered
the eeleautant to come up iegitia tin Monday to receive the
judgmetit of the Court.
THE [TNO C. 110LiT•

Mr. Tindall moved fur a rule to Ate* cause why the Co-
roner of the 4 011111 y of M.ddliseit should not strike a Special
Jury tor the trial of 111115 iudictssaut. a Gartner Special Jury
having hero qUiI•iIP.I•
TA, 1141? 1/11iiiie will reef:lied wag an indictment preferred
by toe C4/11,i1.utiu..,,1 Society a,;iiite.t Mr. Dolby for pub-
hitting the Political Dictionary. An ohjectims stag token
to the Special Jun, ois the ground tit:ti the Sherif, Mr.
Got ;tit, by 1% hum it wit- titruck, wa- men of the Constitutiottut
Sycict,, co,.d.quetlily a prosecutor. up,iu a challenge
of the array tile Jury aas quashed.
The Court asked if the tame Sheriff was now in office.

Mr. Tyndall iirow.-red ttt the affirmative.
Judge Bay ley .—Take a rule to sliew cause.
Ex parte lli lon.
Mr. ROICh moved I.ol* a role to shew cause why Mr. C.
Milian', all attorney of (1-e Court (a ho the notorious Se-
ete• ary to tar L. idge.4 reel Atsnciatiost) rattu:.l not ;say
over certain 00000 toes rec. tvrd I the Court of Admiralty,
having never arc-mimed for the nude riming ten yews.
Mt. :thin ay -everal times hart fered, that the mat-
ter is as still helme Judge 11 st, nil Chanilwr, but the Court
would not allow bias in iht. frupt th learned Couaorl.
Judge I.asley. ad.lr .sijnig Mr. Itoich. said, you are al
I.berty to make an appiiear ion to the Cittirt, m other geode-
limo are ; andyou nu-t not lie iiiteitopat•l.
Mr. Hooch then siall d, that be gtuunded hit motion on the
following tramartion r—Air Anserieari ship was taken by an
English eroiaer, and the own.rs petitioned the Auliairsilry
Gnat for restoration. Mr. C. Murray wasempluyed to con-
do.- the proceedim s. As the agent of the owners he re-
ceived r.tl thousand pounds out of the Court, and had
never accounted for the same since 1809. Letters had been
.rut, but no an- wen returned, and *ben his employers met
hint in the Wert be case evasive answers. He had pap...,
in his pmression which the parties at re dismal• of obtaining,.
J adge Hoy ley.— Dhesyour uIL 'trait state he was tondo) eJ
our client us tatturmy ?
Mr. Hutch —Yes, nry Lord.
Judge Ifolcoyd.—And that he refuted to account fur
money received?
M.. Hadch.—Yea.
Jude flay ley.—Take a rule to show cause.
Mr. Murray then w timed to addreor the Court, stating
that the mutter was still before Mr. Justice lJe.t, at
Cliambe.s.
Jihige Itlyley bring 0b1i.:.41 to notice the repented efforts
of Mr. Mut ray in consrartiet the Irdflle:i comport, said. "It
is eClremeiy inept opi r ia.tt any geotleme n wait is an attar
ney should interrupt the proceedinks ; and 0 this interrup-
tion was allowed on early es parte application, the busiuess
of the Court cosh! nor ga not
Mr. Murray then sat

INSOLVENT DERTORi' COURT, FEB. I.
Stuout.mv Casa.---James Fleet Cover was b ght
up to Le head oo his potion, to be discharged, and was
opp,)sed by M. Norton, on behalf Isaac Kist, a cre-
ditor far 834j1. •
W Mr. SUM stated, that the insolvent had ,t'lr several
years e.rrird em the trade of a cock johbq and of a
dissen.ing niinicer. lie the year 1810, he became the
rotor of a re!igloos cooptgattoo in Soliolk, of which
Mr. Kist, the opposing creiht. who is a failllvr. WAR
ie IliCtillucr. Fur lour yews the itsvolveitt cool ttttt ed to
diaveur; the word to his coops-awl tttt nt Suffolk, disrii:,4
which dine he was received with the inmost cin.fidenei•
to Mr. Rist'v :satot:y, and Istm.r.iic Ids adviser. Mr. R.
having ~red ICOoI. out of the profits of his faros, the
Ilow.iht ill, sit lice 111.111111 Of"J‘111e, lair), ads tied 1,,0, to
i‘.%rst it sit !liehiwas A4.4.ordiusly Gore, d

and the insolvent who professed himself an adept in the
management of stock transactions, came to town to
make the investments. Rist had occasion, some time
ago, to draw out a sum of 5001. and subsequently a
sum of 2001. both of which transactions the insolvent
managed to his Satisfaction. The insolvent soon alter
came to reside in town, as minister of a congregation,
and Mr. Met confided the sole management of the 3001,
he then had in the funds to hint, with which, and 2001.
of his own, the insolvent advised hint, he had purchased
an Exchequer Bill for 5001.
Mr. Ninon' here read extracts from a series of letters
written by the insolvent to Mr. Rist, from 1815 iii
April 1821, i•i all of which, except the last, be gave
acccounts of the great success with whicti lie was specu-
lating in the fonds, buying, he said for ready money, and
sellitig for the account, atilt holding the stock for a secu-
rity, so that there could he no loss. Mr. Hist being sa-
tisfied front these representations, the math of which he
did not doubt, that his money was perfectly sale, be
gave the insolvent au order on his coriii)ciiir fur 1741.
and remit. d him 1051. in the month of April 1819, fur
the purpose of iitereasing the capital that he thoti,4itt was
in a state of rapid improvement. For so );•eat was the
skill and success wit It which the insole• lit stated in his
letters he !Ilillijgett the property, tiljt in Jan. 1821, Mr.
Rises capital amounted to 8391.
In one tile letters the insolvent told Mr. Rust that
he long wished to go to Liverpool and Ireland to form
mercantile connections in the former place, and in Dub-
lin, Cork, and Limerick; and as he COIICCITCti personal
application was touch the best means of obtaining his
of and wishing at the same tithe to consult economy
avouch as possible, he had au.retd with the Evangelic
Society to go to I relattil as a Missionary,.
The Ilex' letter a: written trout Ireland,and informed
Mr. Rist Om the insolvent %vas succeeding in all his
objects, though he had experienced much opposition
from the ungodly, both in the pulpit aoil out of it. The
moral state of Ireland, he slid, was truly deplorable, and
the people all appeared to be poverty struck.
A letter, written by the imolvent to It'st, in the month
of January. 1821, expressed his sorrow that Rist had not
sooner advised hint of his wanting 3001. as lie (the Mud-
vent) hail laid out all the money for the April recount,
till which tune it was locked up, as those trsauaetiou♦
are net er altered.
Rist, it appeared, was prevailed on to wait fur the mo-
ney lie toted till the settling day in April, immediately
after which the insolvent astont,hed Itim by a letter,
stating the total loss of his funded proper! y.
" It is with infinite grief I inform yon," said the
insolvent, ' that in consequence of repeated losses, in
rapid succession, I am totally unable to make the pay-
ment you require, as the whole of my property, and that
which you entrusted to my management, are in the Sallie
situation. My susses exceed 1,2001. but I have hopes to
recover, if my circitittuAlleki arc kept secret, as my credit
is good on 'Change, haviiig always paid toy differences.
though I could nut 'Let payment of those due ta me.
have wisv nothing but whet 1 receise holm the congre-
gation:'
Mt. Norton having called on the insolvent to acknow-
ledge the letters tube urine*, by him, put them in, and
closed his case.
Mr. Heath. for the insolvent, said he would follow his
learned friend's example, and not eat 111 l toe, as certainly
no case had beet) made against hint. It was et ident that
the insolvent and Kist had both been gamblers in the
funds to:tea:T. Mr. !bat contitmed the illegal practice
for years, when he thought it profitable, but now that he
finds it a lositig business, he wants to punish his col-
leaipie for his share in immoral transactums, by which
lie has lost all In. nivu propery.
The Court, aGer comiderable time spent in constul-
tation, sat I, as the accounts given by the insolvent of
the disposal of his creditor's money tad not been at-
tempted to he contradicted, it most he taken for true,
and by that account it appeared that he had speculated
with Bist's money with his consent, and had lost the
the whole of it. winch was lies doubt a very eumnion
case with those who gambled in the fonds. Tne
conduct of both partii-s was equally illegal, but it did not
appear that the insolvent had obtained any money by
false pretences. and it was not pretended that be had
concealed any property; the Court therefore declared
that he was entitled to his discharge.

EsTeststve Sistt.M o 1 /loafs STEALING —The
stables of several getalenitm in the neig.lbwirhood of
Bexley awl B.ackheatei, have lately 11.fett robbed of se- -
vete' valuald saddle and carriage torses. A few nights
ago, a pair of carr.a horses were stolen ont of the
stable of the Nee. Mr. Frith, of Bexley. Thompson.
an active ollit!er, and the coachman, instantly
ssn it tan
pursuit of the thieves, and they traced 'bent upwards
of sixty miles across tile comitry without the ro!thers curt
having been seen 011 a tut •spike road. Tiimi.;ison suc-
ceeded in recov,lme tine of the horses within a mile of
thsford, in au out of the way stable; and the moment
the animal heard the well-known voice of his old friend
John, lie turned himself ;timid in his stall, and placed
his head on the shoulder of die coachman.
List week a desperate attempt at self t;, ntction was
made by Corporal Marv, of the Kith rev' new, statimied
•at Water ord. II .rink been put under art st while on
duty at the main guard, and fearing the r.suh of this
court titarti.il about to incestiaate the charge against him,
he contrive:l to load his nitiiket unperceived, and to
attach to the trigaer the lace of his ii•vot with a loop.—
Ttivis prepared, hr took the firs; opportunity. on being
taken to tile guard-toot of toe barracks. of carrying his
ilvadful purpose tom ext.ciumq, awl, leaning ills breast
aJilitiSt the insizsle of has diacharitt4tl it by t:TiisS,.
ina the trigAer with tics foot I Toe ball, fortunately, did
not enter rte ca‘ it), of the chi at, but glanced aloud the
nreast bone upwards, wit:inning hint destierately, and
carrying otf pait of his kit ear. The iiiiliappv man is
still abve..and is even expect, d to 1...c0ve. lie is trot
21 yea's of j;.;e, amid is a haute tat lurk,where h.s iftr.lll43
are said to be rettpeciab:e..