The National Register.
London, England, 1822-01-27 00:00:00

STEPHEN. V. BRUGDEN.

This was an action brought il;Ttil;llliiintiff to recover
damages for an ivisault committed limier aggravated cir-
cumstances. The parties were goldsmiths, and ..)11 the Ist
of June a meeting was held fin the purpose of consider-
ing matters connected with the (jade. The plaintiff un
that occasion used some explesions, which induced a
Mr. M'Oregor. who was present, to suppose he said Mr.
Brogilen was an informer. The defendant being informed
of the circumstance, invited the plaintiff, by en extra-
ordinary civil letter, to come to his house. The moment he
entered the defendant's counting house, lie was charged
with saying Mr. Brogdeti was an informer, and hetine he
could say two words in explanation, the defendant beat
Trim with a chaise whip, and intheied a wound upon bits
head, which appeared by the evidence of a ,urgeon to be
estren daugeruns. It afterwards appeared, that the
visitant had nut charged the defendant with being an
tn'oruner, but merely repeated the words used by a Mr.
ll.sitay. Tito defendant afterwards sent a letter to a
frirud, offering to submit to the dec 'ion of any gt•uile.
min, to whom the transaction might be referred, pruvid-
ed the plaintiff dropped all proceedings against hill' at
kW; lint it did not appear that the plaintiff ever saw
that Ir tter. The action having been commehced, the de-
fendant macre(' judgment by default, and toe Jury, int-
painielied in the Secondaries' Court, asse,sed damages at
SoUl.

Mr. Scarlet', on a former day, obtained a rule for a
new trial.

Mr. Phillips this day •hewed cause against Mr. Scarlett's
rule, and
The Lord Chief Justice said, if the Court could see
that the verdict had proceeded from a a tong impression,
it would be their duty to set it a-ide; but upon the affida-
vits he could not discover that to be the case. His lord-
ship had no doubt that the tee hugs of the Jury were ex-
cited by the address of the Learned Counsel, but whet)
he adv..' ted to the note by which the plaintiff was invited
to the defendant*s house, and the testimony %Melt might
have been given by Mr. Taylor, one of the aline:4es,
who heard all that passed on each side, and who might
base stated it; and when lie also examined the testimony
of the bill genii, sheaving a serious injury to the plaintiff,
be was out prepared to say the verdict was given erre-
tieun.,ly. It this inguity was set aside, the. Court could
nut say a new Juty would give less damages, and there-
fore they could nut interfere.
Judges llolroyd and Best were of the same opiuioo,
and the tole was discharged.

About midnight, on Tuesday last, a terrilale foe was
discovered ill the stack yard at Newbold Lodge, belong-
ing to Mr. Clung, hanker. of York, which destroyed
toe whole of the stacks, eight in number, the pro.
duce of about '.:00 acres of land. Happily the stack
yard was at some distance front the farm house, &c. and
the wind was also ill a fat ourable quarter, else still more
disastrous consequences might have taken place. There
is reason to apprehend this fire was the work of art in-
cendiary. Tire flames was perceived by the mail guard,
Pm after leaving York, and also by the watchmen at
Hull, and at Griuisby.

r_

• •