The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-10-31 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, OCTOBER 27.
Among the arrivals at Ryland's Hotel, Saar ille.stiett, are
the Right Honourable D. B. Daly and Coloael Palliser, from
London.

Lord Gkntwortls has arrived in town from Limerick.
The Earl Gleugal has arrived at Cable House, from
England.
The Earl of Enniekillen is at present on a visit at Dean's.
fort, in the urixhbouchood of Cavan, the seat of the Rev.
Dean 31agennis ; his Lordship has been on a visit at the
Earl of Farnham's fur some Jaya past.
Lord Hawarilen Liss been fur some days part on a visit
with the Esri of Farnham. Hit Lordship formed a part of
the suite of his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant.
Oa Friday the Lard Bishop of Limerick left the See
Hostbe, fur Dublin..
Sir Julio Ramos, Bart. arrived at Swinbiiries, in Limerick,
on Thors.l4 ; and next day, with Futile Heou, Esq. vitited
his estates in that county.

PALACE Ci)(1117; WHITEHALL,

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30.

LIREL.
HARLOW c. JENNINGS.

This was an actiun to recover a compensation in damage'.
from the Defendant, fur having wilfully and maliciously de.
famed the Plaintiff's character. The Defendant pleaded the
general issue.
Mr. ADAMS read the declaration, and
Mr. HART stated the Plaintia".. use. The Learned Coon.
eel nhserved, that tlw present action was instituted, not for
the purpose of recovering heavy pecuniary damages, but
for the sake of clearing the Plaintiff's reputation from a moat
odious cal y, whit 6 deeply and materially affseted his
interest*. The Plaintiff, a respectable young man, under
articles of clerkship 11/ a Gentleman of the Law, was paying
his adnresses to a Miss Adams, whose father is one of the
King's tradesmen, and resides in the King's-mews, Charing-
cross.; sad the Defendant was an attorney's clerk also.—
The libel, which constituted the present action, was con-
veyed in Iturr to Mr. Adams, in the month of June
last, and was to the following effect:—" Sir, For your in-
formation, I beg to state, tl.at your daughter keeps
company with a young man of very bad character; and
should she ,he so unfortunate am to reponse him, from his
recent et:tunnel, will cause her rattlers misery; besides he
cannot scarcely support himself"—''F is,' said the Learned
Counsel, is bad English ;'—" and, into the bargain, he is a
notorious Deist."—The libel had the effect of dissolving a
roienexiom of the must tender nature, fur it was put into the
hands of Miss Adams, who, in consequence, refused to have
any concern with such a man ; and thus his peace of mind
was destroyed, and ht. pt uspect of being united to the young
lady blasted.
Mrs. Elisabeth Ahem slated, that she is the wife of
FAlward Angst', of the King's-mews. About the middle of
Jane • letter came directed to her husband, which she found
ou perusal to contain the libel on the Plstntif, who was well
known to her, and paid his addresser to her daughter. In
consequence ..f her husband having no very high opinion of
Mr. Harlowe she did nut skew him the letter, hut gave it to
her daughter, who in Jnly enclosed a copy of it in an en.
velope, and rent it to the Plaintiff, forbidding bins to visit
her any more.

tha her cross-examination by Mr.ltamna. the Defendant's
Counsel, she admitted that the Plaiatitrs addresses to her
daughter did not receive the sanction of Mr. Adams, and
that lie visited her for three weeks after the libel had been
transmitted to him.

Mr. Joseph Groom, an attorney's clerk, was called to prove
the hand-writing of the Dcfrudina, and said that he had uo
doubt but the letter produced was written by lino.'
Miss Matilda Adams, a handsome young woman, aged 19.
stated that she sent a letter to Mr. Barlow, forbidding him
her rearner, but it was not is consequence of the libel, for
she intends ti previously to have dropped his company, and
only wailed fur an opportunity to tell him so.
Crossmettatined.—tibe changed the date of the letter from
June 49ib to July, !Remise the Plaintiff should lIU. know
she had it in her possessiuu so lung without sending it to
him.
This closed the Plaintiff's case,

Mr. RRADER addressed the Jury on ben :1r of the Defen-
dant. He was sure they would be told by the high authority
from whirls they would take the law, that as there was no
loss proved, the re was at once an end of the special damages.
The Judge (Mr B. Meams) considered the letter a wilful,
and malicious libel, and summed up the evidence with great
minuteness to Ike Jury, who after deliberatiug about half
all hour, gave a verdict fur the Plaintiff—donates 5/.
The case occupied the Court till near three o'clock.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. OCT. 30.

ATROCIOUS ASSAULT.

This was an indictment brought by Lord Viscount Rane.
lag's against noway Cordery, charging him with 'moult-
ing his Lordship's huller, Anthony M'Gitt, by kicking him
in the belly anti saber pasts of tbt body, on the 27th 11:tent-
h' r last, when trespassing upon his Lordship's grounds, soil
in the act of stealing walnuts. There wax n second count,
charging the Defendant with a similar offence on the llth
of September.
Mr. Barnwell stated the ease to the Jury; he said he
should Kure in eridrsier, that on the 11 tit of September the
Prisoner and ethers entered the premises of Lord Randall
end there destroyed the fences, broke the hetighs uff several

- - -' time of the Pro nietors—but if Mr. Moore were any thing to do with them. Thee being the 5110510 prove iti mortice, that on me I tin or brptember the this occurrence, witness found the knife on the
evinced e desire to do that, they had, in his mind,
ground, within about two ur three feet of the
dune nothing. The Him. Baronet said, he was present, I would demand a ballot." I * * only perstinis willing to take* up the busmess
On the motion of adjournment.-- he conceived there was not any use in Cr Prisoner and blimp entered Ore premises a Lord Randall
• and there. minty,. the cored, broke I r etig is u several
I d( bh I off I
u-erlug walnut trees, wbieli tiny climbed up and robbed; that when deceased.
ready to sacrifice ills 5001. share tub an example to
Mr. ROBINS rose to make a few observations with remarks relative to them, when he knew no the servants of his Lordship ordered them off the pireMiltell The knife was here produced. It was a *mill :
others. They were on the eve of henkruptcy—and
) respect to what took place at the General Meeting individuals whom he could propose in their they refined, and carried off a great quantity of Gun.— white handled demerit knife.
what property had
he (Mr. Rubins) in the Theatre.
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'their On the Mho( the manic month the Prisoner, with a prig or . held few buck.
winch wada weeks He was at that . places. 'They had dressed dish, and they must Richard Maeloink, the keeper of the Chelsea t:
Ile had four or five 5001. shares—he had i. or 15fife n fell ms came un- in• Lordship's premises. His
Tune in Paris and of course, had only learned now endeavour to eat it as they could. He cons'. ee . ' . %IP • watch.house, recollected the Prisoner being brought I'
IDOL shares—he had a bond on the Theatre, and " " - Lordship's merinos, Mr. M'Gitt and Mr. Wood, ordered
through the medium of the public prints, what had dered the question as one of great national import- them to leave 11w grouude; they all dirtexceot the Prisoner; to his place—he admitted at the watch-house that i'l
r other property connected with it. Ile was ready to
• occurred at the Meeting. Some things were, how- ance—and therefore it was that he deprecated he took_ off his,i cwt auddekhalkkiried. Mr. riGitt to fighbt, and he killed his wife with a knife—on witness pro- i
sacrifice ou this sum 10.. in the pound—and, if the
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ever, stated in the Report of the SutoCommittee, lowering the prices. But though they had done fro, ',tie neh
sbirm
Wooivill Ls nLardSLel 'fl'imarwdefine% Zeitseeltzeiluthe duciii4 the knife which was delivered into his cart,
Committee meant to make the best arrangement
they could, let them make the offer to all who were produced on that occasion, which he felt it right to and declared to the world that they would give au he said " that is the knife, and now lam happy."
notice, being connected with his situation us Chair- inferior entertainment, etill it »smeared the alterateen
Prisoner,l.whets he called to hisP Rorie, " Wild( .' wilt von let
as 1 I ling to accept of it. Ile would then readily join, them take ewe prisoner?" and his fellows came and released Mr. .101131 KITCUFN was the Surgeon who wars
man of the Special Committee of Proprietors. In hind riot produced the desired effect, for people him, and threatened to murder Mr. M'Gitt whenever they
i . 3 % ute of thanks to them—but, until they offeredpresent when deceased was brought to St. George'e
that Report' mention was made of what were termed would not witness suck performance* as had met with him.
that, they virtually offers:a nothing. Hospital—elie shortly alter died of a wooed-41(1AI+ it
" vexatious proceedings"—alluding to what took recently been exhibited. If the offer made Mr. M'Cusi ! ,scribed the injury lie reteivrd from the Pri- , . .
a knife on the right side of the abdomen. Ile
Sir I'. TIJItTOII said, his observation was, That place inSub-Committee in • i .e. ... t violent, extensive, and slangerolia, "y
Court of Chancery. I -
there were gentlemen willing to put down, at their rom the 'statement, that the Proprietors courted a spirit of bona fide dealing, he should thank them and our -'e- '''• received was
oil
a part which caused the had no doubt that this wound to inflicted was tile
own risk, the sum of 17.500/, instead of the smaller most excruCiating pain. sole cause 0, her death.
suit io equity. That was not the fact. The for au act of sir munificent a description—risen The Prisoner, is his defence, said that he was 'mounted
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sum, which ass to be raised by the Special Coma The case eras here closed fur the proereutiao.
Committee appointed by them did not go willingly which they could derive no benefit, but the first by Mr. 111.t:ito, who pulled loin down a tree, and rodeo-
mutes. With respect to his share of 500/. lie The Prisoner of bring called upon for his ilea
the Court of Chancery—aid he wourlered that Theatre might receive a great deal. He hoped they 'poured to take
.hina 1., his Lordship'n house.
nievnt only to say, that he, as one of the body of
Illiolr. Cocker had not contradicted the ins. • inuation. would persevere ill the proposition, for sinless a Tlie Jury,
. without hesitation, found the Prisoner Guilty. fence, said nothing. He did not put a alogle q i:ss
tiewsrenteis, was anztous to co-uperate with ail The Chairman (I•rsucis Cense, Es q.) said that Ilse PrI•oller lion to :toy of the witireeses.
The truth was, that, as the organ of the Proprietors, compromia took place with the tradespeople .
those rla • r • ; te lin the same *amnion, in order to set th directed the Sub-Consinittee riot to proceed impossible the e. .
.tablishment could go on. They
it was had heels guilty of most dining outrages, mid lw bitiwtl his
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wood poise a woroing to hill companions. Mr. Justice DALLas summed up the evilee.-.•
an example of forbearance to the great OMB ofto the Jury, wile alter a minutes deliberation fun IA
furlher with err for °peeling the Theatre opened precipitately, drill now they found. that, tins The 'comm. of thr Court •iiii, that he shan't! be impri-
creditors. lie wished to let it be ',ern, not that he, the Primmer Guilty.
—arid when they found, that, iii defiance of their less the encumbrances were cirri-ea,' they could prisoned it the House of Correction fur thine months.
as an iiirlividtial, but the whole body, were ready direction,l'lre Prisoner win e•ked find lie any thing to nay
that Committee hail engaged Mr. not wink the concern for the season. The only
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• • why sent+ nee of death should ion be 11.1.%Vd Up, it
to m. 1.••: all 11111)1/n4111i sacrifice. Stephen Kemble and others, they found it nem- mode which presented itself to his mind fur •ne stables and einich-nourie behaiging to JOHN
Mr. litosvtosueit said, the Sub-Committee were Nary to apply to the Court to stay their proceedings. keeping the Theatre open successfully. was by Will TURNER. El. of Putaty, were boatels open oii him ;Le alliArletl, nuthing.
•as anxious an Mtn could be, to fulfil, in its true It was made a matter of complaint that the sir- making the proposition which the Sub..Conount. Thurt..luy night by some edition. who ribbed the The t,: rival:MU then sentenced him io the ti.ii,il
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spirit, the oiler that had emanated from them. junction was obtained oil WI ex-ourfe statement. tee hail originally offered. With respect to the , same of four coach glasses, and effected their irons to lie exeented on Monday +teat, :rial Li.• It ale •
escape undiscovered. given far dissection. The Proutorr hit the Ct:u:t The CLI:1101d2( thee proposed Mr. Alderman But there was mailing extraordinary in that—it was Special Committee, they did not menu to shut the
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