The National Register.
London, England, 1823-03-10 00:00:00

BOXING.;

BATTLE BETWEEN ROBERTSON, THE BLACK, AND TOONE), THE
CHESHIRE MAN, A FORMIDABLE PI.OVESSOR, or 13 STONE.

This fight, which was a most sanguinary one, of
two hours duration, took • place on Monday, on
Macclesfield Sands, Cheshire, fur fifty sovereigns a
side. The Bluck•was backed by some Scotch gen.
tlemen, and Young by Captain Mayston. It was
fought in a 24 feet square—minute time. •
Is the first round the black made the play, and drew claret
from his adv e y's right peeper lid. Young meant mischief,
but had not got exactly into the way of doiag it yet. Ina close
be threw the black, and betting was even.
• Ftnill the 2d to the oth rounds the black had best from pink-
ing the head with the left band and getting away, but at the
end of the oth round, Young Live him such a 'finishing right-
banded leveller under the short rib►, that he fell as if shot,
nod his frame was prop •rly cheneerilied.
Young, from bleeding fast and being tired, cadet not avail
himself of following up his "access as it should have•been, end
the black was too l.ury to let loin omen up to,bia•head, but
sparred for re ornery, and broke- ground. to •all spans. of the
ring, and until the linli round it wis.snere skisinishing, bat in
that round the black bad got round,' sod laid the bridge of the
olfactory organ open, and grasped bia ad ynsaatty..
Until the 20th round there was touch 'Winning :;ghting.—
Young was kept, in full bleeding ; but his heavy dangerous
right hand told at intervals, vied •left same lumps about the
black's body, and one as big-as a huge potato under the left
ear.
The blade. Coo& manfully anti) .thei 25th round, when na-
ture began to play the turn-up gamempon him, and in the 30th
round lee was hit so heavy.. that he was not only knocked out,
of time, bet was removed senseless off the-ground. •The blow
was a swinging one en the temple.

Rails ROUVIs Sr. JASIES.S Partic.--Netreng.nititter
of the niiiible.heeled trartiity were in St. James's Park
on Wednesday last, to witness the performance of a
pedestrian, named Hopkinson, . ho was backed for 20
mereigns, to run round the riding of the Park, a tl.l-
twice of a mile and u quarter and a few yards, in see en
minutes. Toe (planers of a mile were measured fur a
guidance, and the pedestrian ran in a &roof dress..—
Betting was even, but the man for choice. The first
quarter of a mile was pelf-tamed in one minute and servo
seconds—theseeunti to one minute and fifteen serond.s-
--•the thinl-in one minute and twenty-four seconds—
and the fourth in one ;Mimic and twenty-four secoude, -
making the mile in five minutes and 'sixteen seconds.—
The filth quarter of a utile was done in 0,.e minute
and thirty-two sssrotids, and the whole ground was per-
formed iu six minutes and fifty-one seconds.
'KNOTTING Marcie*.--The match fur Mr. Maber-
.ly'a mare, woof Ili nines in one hour, and to carry len
*tour, for two hundred sovereigns, was decided us. Wed-
nesday, over a four miles piece (Aground from Wilt to.
wards Crorton, 0111'4'i/011g FOre!11, 11011 it was done iu
..58 minutes 10 sect-mils. The mare broke from-the trot
twice in the first and fifth miles. Another- match, to
trot two miles in a yen iii e niter, Inc reity.sovereigits,
took place. It was witts.a.tallowayibelongisig to. Capt.
Price, and to carry eight stone. Thermion was lost inr
!dour seconds through twice breaking,.

BI STNS.'
• At Cantles town, Ws lady of jnha tpustler, Assistant Consansaary
GeIIICIRI to the Forces. of a daughter.
Al her tether's, W. Williams, eaq. M.P., Partland place, the lady
Of Capt. 11. L. Poker, R.N., C. h.. al a daughter.
• In (landlord street, Mrs. P. klartiaems, of a son.
The lady of M. M(Pletnara,eag. of GL•ncesser place, of a ion.
lu Dannsootb sprat, the lady of L. llolkaid, cap of a daughter.
lu Luster Thames slrert, Mrs. (I. A. A xlasin. tog sea.
MARRIED.
At Maryletione chinch, 0. Jackpot, earl. la Elizabeth Marla, thud
daegitter at I bus. Lndingtoa, est. of ass k erescrut,Por timid place.
At the same church, If. H. Reynolds, Jea. mil. sou of Dewy It.
Re) molds, ea+ Clue( lommiseioser 01 the Coot for the Relief of
dmolvent Debtors, to Mary Ana*, North daughter of the late Mr E..
lknatchlsell, hart. of llersham ►atch. Kent.
At St.lfterge'o, Bloonsaber), T. Peri y esq. of Monlapee square. to
Marla Jane, youagest daughter u( G. Waillogion, esq. of Lipper bed•
ford place, haasell equine.
At St. Martia'S.alserch, Mr. T. E. Robin., of St. Marlin's lane, I,
Miss Margaret W. tlitstati of• Matti, In the comity of Lase's.
DIED.
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on Wednesday lan, it his harms at Keaniagtors, T. Hashes, esq.
94. Mildred's etiurt, l'oeltry.
At his house in Aldermanimry. Mr. Juin Banger. aged
At her residenee, Stoke cottage, sem Gailinned. Larly Bornaby.
aged 114, relict or the late Admiral Sir W. Mtreoa►y, Sae&
At iris house at Dover plies, Kent 1.91111, Mr. (IMAM Minton. many
years clerk In Mews. Ittritsachilds.

78

FROM TUESDAY NIGII7"S GAZETTE.
••••-•••••.
CROWN OFFICE. Islsnot 4.
MEMBERS returned to serve in this present PARLIAMENT.
80. ugh of Ityegate.......James Cocks, of Charing Cross, 'n the
county of Middlesex, Erq. in the room of the Don. ./Prmw S.
Cocks, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.
County of Dorset.—Edward Berkeley Porting,- ll* of
tryanston Ilmise, in the wintry Dorset, in the ZOOM of s.
llt.l'ortman, Esq. his father, deceased.

BANKRUPTCY :'..NI.nRGE.D.
C. Itving, Southampton, schoolmaster. from Mirth I to.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
T. Fitzgerald, Lawrence Pountney Hill. merchants
BANKRUPTS.
W. Wells, Brightwell, Berkshire, farmer. Solicitors. Messrs.
Williams and Co. Lincoln's Inn.
C. Ford, Regent Street. linen draper. Sol. Mr. Clarke,
.-nfonl Court, Throgmortnn Street.
J. Aldersey. Liverpool, grocer. Sods. Messrs. Clarke and
to. Chancery Lane.
J. Fletcher, Plumbland, Cumberland, lima burner. Sol.
Mr. Armstrong, Staple inn.
A. G. Mingay, Silver Street. Golden Square. builder. Sol.
Mr. Brooking, 'Lombard Street. •
T. Chatlesworth; Clare Street, Clare Market, grocer. Sul. Mr.
Portal. Clifford's Inn.
S. Hebbron, Hutton, near Rudby. Yorkshire, butcher. Bola
Messrs. Morton and Co. Gray's.lan Square
M. Haile. Cheltenham, victualler. Sol. Mr. King, Sergeant's
Inn, Fleet Street.
.1. II umberstone. St. .John 'Street, 'Clerkenwell. victualler.
Soh. Messrs. Saunders it
en.
IVIDENDS. Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Sq.
D
March 29, B. Roff..y, New Bond Street. tailor-8, J. Han-
cock, Poplar, mast maker-25, S. and 'l'. P. France)... Liver-
pool, marble masons-26, T. C. Hodson.; Leominster, draper—
. 2b. .1. Morris, Liverpool, wine merchant-26. J. Tarkton,
•Glouce.ter Place. merchant—in. E Deavill, Manchester, grocer
—to. I. and T. Bollinan, Minthorp. Westmorland.lmmers—
e% It. N. Rose. Holborn Hill, bookseller-18, J. Cripps, Wis-•
.beach, •Cinnbridgeshire, linen draper—April 1, T. Vernon,
l'uweester. Nottliamptolishire. grocer—S. M. B. and .1. W.
Harvey, R,chturd, Essen. bunkers-7, W. Burraston, Worces-
ter, hop merchant—May to, N. Ketcher, Bradwell, Essex, shop-
keeper.
CF.R'fIFICATES to be granted March 2S.
T. Greenwell. White Lion Court, Cornhill, merchant—H.
Humphrey.. Islington, grocer—J., J., and J. Slater, Yeadon,
IL'orkshire, clothiers—ll. M llis. Twiston, Suffolk, farmer.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OP KING'S BENCH.
MONDAY, MARCH 3.
THE NORFOLK BANKS' FAILURE.

_
ANDREWS, ASSIGNEE, V. WILKINs.
Mr. Scarlett stated, that this was an action brought by the
-assignees of Eagle, Willett, and Co. bankers, at Thetford and
oilier places in Norfolk, who had become hankrupts,.to recover I
the amount of 3191. on a bill of exchange, drawn by Widett
and Co. and accepted by the defendant.
Mr. Charles Willett proved the baud-writing of the drawer
and acceptor. The bankrupts carried no business at Thetford,
Mi'civilian, Brandon, Burn, and Stow market. Sir Join Per. I
ring and Co. were their agents, and o n the 23d of April last,
Sir John refined to pay their notes ; witness rezreived oiotica of
4 mis oo ►he 2.1 th.; witaoss went immediately to Bronden, and
found that branch, as well lb the others, were stint up, earthed
topped payment. Finding the ether brancher had also stopped
payment, witness returned to Thetford and shot that up also ;
on the 21th several persons applied at Thetford for mosey, also
at Brandon, but were not paid. On the 2311 i, Eage, Willet was
within when several people called and be refused to see they ;
.witness was in the room with him.
Cross-examined by Mr. Scarlett.—He had the chain epos We
•door, and told witness he wax afraid of being arrested.
William Loft was apprentice to Bohai Willet, at Mildew-
hall. He told witness, on the 25th, that in consequence of
the Bank having slopped• lie expected to he arrested. Mr.
'Noma' Wills coiled, and witness told him Mr. Robert Willett
was not at home, although he, was. Thus, by his orders, he
denied him to creditoes.
David Cole and Thomas Hill corroborated the evidence of
the shove witnesses.
Mr. George John Willett.—Knows Mr. Lockwood ; he was
a creditor for upwards of 41101. Witness was agent at Bury,
a draper ; hrd Bank" over the door. Witness is a son of
Field Willet, hat was not a partner.
Ihll of Exchange put in for 3191. drawn in February, and
Aloe on the 241.11 of April.
Verdict fur the plaintilf with interest.
Tt'FSt)DY, MARCII 4.
aMITH S. MARV/DLL.

Mr. Platt staled, that the plallitill:inthis case was a clergy-
man, and sought to recover from the defendant the sum of
321. 1.25. for board, lodging, and instruction furnished to the
defenchod--the defendant pleaded first that lie was an infant,
and secondly that in fact he had never promised to pay. The
facts of the case were as follow :—The defendant was a young
gentleman who was dssiroua of qualifying himself for a mer-
cantile sitaation, and with that view be applied to the plaintiff,
who is master of an academy, to he taken into his family as a
partner hoarder. and to be perfected in a mercantile education ;
accordingly hernia having .been agreed to, he, ou the 15th of
March, ISM, went into the plaintiff's family us a parlour
boarder. tie was furnished with meat, drink, lodging, and
education, and continued there five months and a half, the
',biota having by assiduity in that time reader d him fully
qualified to lake a situation ; he then quitted plaintiirs house.
The charge made fur his hoard for that time was 27 guineas
suit 14 'kali, being at the rate of tie vine's a year. There was
also a &large of two guineas for entrance, nod a guinea and a
hair for washing, making the plaintill's demand 31 guineas ;
for this sum plaintiff had made repealed applications, and de-
fendant repeated promises of payment, but had as frequently
brok..ti his piondoes. On one occasion he wrote a letter to the
plainttlf, io whirls he pleased his soul and hotly that he would
pay sninc time after lie sent a person I', him with a letter to
demand payment, when he gut the letter f him and tore it
to pieces, to9in "Now, what will Mr. Smith do to prove
his debt !" Ile trusted, however, the Jury would to-day
allow loin such proof was not necessary.
After several witnesses had been esamined,
La Chief Janice suAgested the propriety of settling this
mord riot of court, and accordingly to :11$ Lordship's suggestion,
• Pala was withdrawn.
aIAnCII 7.
131 ER'S PRINCIPLE OF NATURE.
Tllll.. KI•G C. CIIA 111. is TRUST.
The Solicitor-Gem:rat stated, that this was a criminal infer.
Darius *splint the defendant fur publishing a blasphemous libel
entitled •• Palmer', Priuciples of Nature." The deftntlant

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wu one of Carlilelrabspaseel to dicer sent to parttime the
book in question, woold prove the fact of the defeedard's being
in the shop when the book was handed to him by breams of the
machinery in ass. Ho anderstood that there was no defence.
Thomas Ford, • How-street officer, went do the shop is
question. Carlile" was over the door $ the -defendant was
i'ere, and anod ier. young lad ; witness asked for *' Pakaer's
Principles of Nature." He said he had not got it baud, bet
in boards ; he said it would be 10s. and desired witeess- to
put the money in the box, pointing to a hole in the pinnies',
behind which the defendant went, and immediately the book
was put through the spout. The book produced is the book
which witness marked witness then proceeds Ito How•street,
fetched a * t, and took -defendant into custody.
The Lord Chief %Notice shket, if the defendant was in Court?
A young man, seemingly s Jew, about 18 or 19 :ears of age,
then stood op, and, asked the witness, if be saw any other
person in the .shop--Witness answered, be saw • gentleman
going out of-the shop with a book, Jest as witneesment in.
Defendant submitted there was an proof he sold the book.
Another young man, stating he was the defendant's brother,
called out—" Weilave Counsel, my Lord, not yet come into
Court " _ _

Ohief Justice,—.. Who is your Counsel ?"
DLL r. Prendergast.
.Lord lle'a gone on the Circuit, I dare say."
Defentinnt asked the witness If he could swear defendant
old the no.k
Witnes..--•• Not further than I him stated." . . .

J. Murton, another Bow street officer, corroborated the
former.witness *A to seeing him go into the sbop•iu Gilispur-
, and bring out the book.
De•endsot submitted there was no evidence of his being
guilty of the offence cherged.
Lord Chief Justice.--" Well, well, we will see by and by."
Defendant then modestly sat dawn, and was silent.
The several passages selected for prosecution were then
read from this philosophic work.
The defendant proceeded, it an audible Voice, to read his
defence, which was as follows If the Jury were onenposed
of twelve hones: men, they would pronounce him Not Guilty.
If the} (the ;or) ).were disposed to convict him on the evidence
of such fellows as these, who would swear through brick walls,
it might be said tile Jury themselves were of that description
of persons, who get their bread be•taking false oaths. Ile did
not enter into the character of the wink, but contended there
was no evil-u 'a of his !saving sold the book "
The hiol!eitor Geueral, in reply, commented upon this de-
fendant, a mere boy, being prompted in all be . tid by an el
derly man who sat next to him, and pat the words of his de-
fence into his mouth. Ile contended, if those wi►nesses were
not perNers of r od character, they would not be employed by
the Bow street Office. _ _

The Lord C1:...f Justice observed, there could be no doubt
This bc k, cello; Mt? Saviour an imposter, wu an impious and
profane libel; and as !ittle doubt of the evidence of publication
by the defendant. It was unnecessary to say more, than that
be hoped the convictive of the Jury v.ould have the effect of
removing that very young man from the society with which it
was to be regretted he was unfortunately leagued.
The Jury, without hesitation, fund the defendant Guilty.
The defendant was then ushered out of Court-in custody.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5.
MACKINTOSH AND DC OR EAYSIs.v. STREET AND 'MtIbPORD.
Mr. Serjeant sVaughati stated the ease to the jury. The
plaintiffs were respectable merchants, sod the defendants were
the proprietors of the Carrier newspaper. He thought that it
would be impossible for the jury to declare that the writing of
which the plaintiffs complained was not a libel ; and it would
have been as impossible for the plaintiffs to pass it over in si-
lence, since no apology had ever been made by the defendants,
who, on the contrary, now stood forward to justify ever, tittle
er it. The plaintiffs having determined to carry out a mercan-
tile adventure to Van Dieman's Land. purchased a ship called
the Hope, on board of which they embarked various pieces of
machinery. The plaint ifs determined to carry out passengers,
and about 90 persons engaged to sail with them. Orieinally,
it had been the intention of the plaintiffs to set sail from London
on the 25th of August, 11421, but circumstances occurred
which prevented them from leaving that port until October T.
Haying arrived in the Downs, the vetoed suffered damage from
■ severe gale, and was compelled le runinto Ramsgate harbour.
From tlmt moment the passengers became unwilling to proceed
in the vessel ; and in order to get rid of •their engagement,
sonic of. them represented to commit-bon e officers that there
were mere passengers on board than were allowed to be car-
ried, according to the 43d of George 111., called the Passer
gers' Act. Its colisequence of this information, the snip was
seized, and detained at Ramsgate for five months; but upon
■n investigation before the Board of Customs, it appeared tbat
there had existed no jest ground for taking possession of the
♦essel, mid the Treasury granted • compensation of 20001. to
the plaintiffs for the injury winch they hail sustained by that
act, and sent the passengers out free of expense in another ,
ship. The libel which formed the subject of the prosecution
was published in she Courier on the 3d of January, 31442. it
wasin the form of a notice from • correspondent, mid it stated,
in substance, that the ship Hope, after hawing been detained
in London for a considerable time after the period at which her
owners had declared that she would sail, to the great prejudice
of -the passengers, bad been obliged to pot into Hamlets
harbour in • state of great distress ; that she had been disco-
vered to be unseaworthy, and not sufficiently victualled for her
intended voyage ; that the provisions were or an ioferio, de-
scription ; that the owners had been arrested for debt; and
that the unfortunate persons who had beeb deceived mid misled ,
by the premise% of the owneri..were reduced to extreme mi-
sery. Every statement contented in the libel would be proved
to be false; and if that should be done, how criminal would
not the conduct of the defendants appear. They had published
a libel, which was calculated to de troy entirely the %aloe of
property of so delimit, a nature as shipping ; and yet they bad
never, from the day on which the oll'ensive writing first ap-
peared, clown to the present, condescended to offer the slight-
est apology, or even to acknowledge that they had been ads-
ios ttttt ted.—The damages were laid at 10,C101.
Witnesses fully proved the case ; and the Lord Chief Justice
declared, that in i i► opinion every statement contained in the
libel had beim proved to be anfetcrted. It would be for the
jury to judge whether that circumstance was evidence of a
malicious intention, which was necessary to constitute • libel.
There were some circumstances, however, which ought to be
considered as tending to extenuate the offence. Not only was
there contradictory evidence, but circumstance.* had uodoubt-
edly arisen, by which the object of those persons who bad
embarked on hoard of the plaintiffs vessel was defeated, and
which might possibly have led the defendants into error. The
question of the amount of damages re►ted entirely with the jury.
After a few minutes deliberation, the jury returned • ver-
dict of Guilty -Damage; Sittll.

?MAY, MARL* Tr
JOhES e. SabiHAs.
Mr. Serinitit Lena stated this ease. It was fin article am
false imprisonment, and the damages were laid at SOM. The
plaintiff was a surgeon, and the defendant captain of the ship
Arrow, and the imprisonment took place Lea bi-ard that ship
on her voyage from India to England last year. The plaintiff
was • passenger coming home with a certificate of illness.
The defendant pleaded Juseification.
Capell proved the plaintiff having been confined to his
cabin by the defendant's order.
J. Spills, a musician on board the vessel, stated that he car.
vied various messages from the plaintiff to the defendant.—The
former was confined by order cf the-fe.ter.
Cross-examined by Mr. Serjeaut Taddy.—The papers now
prodnced are in the hand-writing of Jones. Mr. Jones used
to call Captain 'Bingham a blackguard and on one
occasion, threw a saucer-full of jelly at the captain's head.
John Smith was appointed sentry over Mr. Jones—lle was
relieved at the end of two houri—don't know wh•- tool bis
post whits be went—the plaintiff had a *entry over [dui till the
ship' arrived in the English-Channel.
!rids was the ct‘e for the prosecution.
Mr. Serjeant Pell; for the defence, then proceeded to read
s number of letters sod notes to the defendant from the
plain-
tiff, in which the latter stigmatised the former, Major Howieson,
and several eminent passengers, as .' villains, blackguards,"
and scoundrels"—tket they were a disgrace to society,
and the-vilest creatures the Almighty ever suffered to exist;'
but it was with paiu he was obliged to revert to those disgust-
ing documents, of which the jury had only heard a part, to
clear the character of Captain Brigham, and to show to the
world the dark mind of the plaintiff. (More letters were then
road. couched in the same strain as the former, and also a
requisition, signed by all the passegers, to the captain, se-
questing the plaintiff might not be allowed to dine with them
at their general table.) If he (Seryeant Pell) should prove
these facts, then he had no doubt of the verdict being in his
favour, and thus Captain Brigham would lee cleared of a
chae,e which materially affected his character. The Learned
Counsel, `after censuri,l in
viour, and commenting on the malignity of his disposition,"
called _ _ .

Major Palvey, of the East India Company's service, who
corroborated every statement made by Serjeaot Pell.
Mr. Ayres gave similar testimony.
Mr. Serjeant Pell snid he could go much (nether, but this
Jury said they were satisfied.
Plaintiff nonsuited.
The Lord Chief Jeitice was bound in justice to say, the de-
fendant, Captain Bringliam, left the Court with ■ character
untouched by this charge. He bad behaved with great far•
bearance and humanity.
The Jury begged leave to concur in the sentiments of his
Lordship.