The Sun.
London, England, 1822-04-27 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, APRIL 26.—Lord Pelham, eldest son of the
Earl of Chichester, is aLlnlitted of Trinity, college.
At a Congregation. en Wednesday last, the following De-
grees were conferred :

DOCTDR IN DIVINITY.
Rev. Frederick WM. Blomberg, St. John's college, Residen.
tiary of St. Paul's.

MASTERS OF ARTS.
John Elijah Blunt, of Trinity college..
Alexander Malcolm Walf,ffellow of St. John's college.
James Samuel Upton; f Catharine-hall.
BACHELOR IN CIVIL LAW.
Ralph Bagot, of St. Peter's college.
- BACHELORS OF ARTS.
Evan Nepean, of Trinity college.
Thomas Hutton Croft, of Trinity college.
Francis Thomas Atwood, of Trinity college.
Joseph Scott, of Trinity college. -
William Henry Barkworth, of Trinity college.
Robert Agassiz, of Trinity college.
Henry Blanch Rosser, of Trinity college.
Henry Crafts, of St. ohn's college.
Gilbert Elliot, of St. John's College.
Augustus Granville Stapleton, of St. John's college.
Henry John Earle, of St. John's college.
John Thornton, of St. John's college.
Henry Stebbing, of St. John's college.
William Pashley, of St. John's college.
Thomas Newte Stevens, of St. John's college.
John Steward, of Pembroke hall.
Thomas Dale, of Corpus Christi college.
John Dodsworth, of Queen's college.
John Doughty Hepworth, of Queen's college.
Charles lMathwayt, of Queen's college.
John Charles Williams, of Catharine hall.
Thomas Cook Fowler, of Jesus college.
John Robert Hopper, of Christ college.
Henry John Pye, of Magdalen college.
Charles Wright, of Emmanuel college.
George Brooks Legrew Hesse, Emmanuel college.
Perry Nursey, of Sidney Sussex college.
William Tilden, of Sidney Sussex college.
William Butt, of po*ning college.

OXFORD, APRIL N.—Tuesday last, April 22, the venerable
Charles Goddard, Doctor in Divinity, of Christ lik►urch, Arch-
deacon and Prebendary of Lincoln, and Chaplain in Ordinary
to his Majesty, was unanimously elected to the Lectureship
founded by the Rev. Canon Bampton, for the ensuing year.
Friday, April 26, in Convocation, the Rev. Robert Collin-
son, Master of Arts, on the Foundation of Queen's college, was
unanimously elected to the Living of Holme Cultram, in the
County of Cumberland and Diocese of Carlisle, in the patronage
of the University.—The same day, in Congregation, George
Freer, Bachelor in Medicine, of Christ Church, was licensed to
practiSe in Aledicine ; and the following Degrees were con-
ferred :
BACHELORS IN' DIVINITY.—Rev. Charles Wightwick,
M.A., and Fellow of Pembroke college; Rev. William Morgan
Kinsey, M.A., and Fellow of Trinity college.
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MASTERS or ARTS—John Ogle, Fellow of All Souls' cel-
lege ; Rev. John M erewether, Queen's college; Edward Dick-
inson Scott, Taberdar of Queen's college The Hon. William
Lennox Lascelles Fitzgerald De Roos, Student of Christ
Church; Rev. Henry Gipps, Fellow of Worcester college.
BACHELORS OF ARTS.-Charles Corkran, and George John
Scrjcantson, Christ Church.

Considerable curiosity prevailed yesterday
morning among the persons who were in attend-
ance at the Old Bailey, from a report that Mr.
DENMAN would take his seat. The fact is, he
cannot preside until he has taken the customary
oaths, for which purpose a Court of Common
Council will be held on the 7th of May.

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A Duel was to have taken place yesterday be-
tween Mr. a Surgeon, and Mr. B---T;
but the friends of the former prevented the affair
taking place, by causing him to be taken into
custody on the ground on Hounslow Heath, and
he was held in sureties to keep the peace.

LAW NTELLIcItNek.

COURT OF ICING'S BENCH, APRIL 26.
CARTWRIGHT V. WRIGHT.
Mr. DENMAN moved that the nonsuit in this case should be.•
set aside, and a new trial granted. It was, as the Lord Chief
Justice would remember an action brought by. Major. Cart-
wright against Mr. Wright, for a libel contained in a work en-
titled the Book qf Wonders, and which comprised a number
of passages purporting to be extracts from the writings of Mr.
Cobbett, some of which were sufficiently wonderful in them-
selves, and others became so by comparison with the rest of his
works. The libel, however, was contained ih a note of the
Editor, Mr. Wright, which was as follows :
" any well-intentioned persons have expressed their sur-
prise that the enlightener (as Mr. CObbett is denominated
throughout the work) should have Iteen willing to accept of a
seat in corruption's den, purchased with the Bank-notes of a
man whose incapacity and baseness' he had so powerfully ex-
posed; To convince such persons that this line of conduct was
strictly patriotic, we have only to assure them that in so doing
he was walking in the footsteps of that venerable veteran,
whose creed is the criterion of excellence' (see No. 195,) and
who, in an article of that creed, has laid it down as a maxim,
that we must, in fighting the enemy, not 'eject the arms of
even despicable and detestable men.'" Vol.. 32, p. 82.
In the declaration this paragraph was set out without either
of the references, and on the ground of this,variance the plain=:
tiff was nonsuited. But the omission was immaterial; because
it did not vary the sense of the passage. 'With respect to the
first reference, it was altogether immaterial whether the words;
" whose creed is the criterion of excellence" were or were not
a quotation; they formed no part of the Major's complaint;
and it signified nothing whether the irony was adopted from'
Cobbett, or proceeded originally from the: defendant. With'
respect to the former part of the paragraph, if it stood atone a
a quotation, the objection might apply; but, in reality, it waS'
adopted by the defendant, who professed to explain an bacon--
sistency of Mr. Cobbett, by shewing how he might avail
self of an article of Major Cartwright's creed. fie himself sug,
Bested that the author whom he was exposing might allege in
his defence that he was " walking in the steps" of the plaintiff,
when he was guilty of that which the plaintiff would abhor ;
and he himself alleged that to be an article of Major Cart-
wright's creed against which his writings and all his life were
directed. It signified not, then, whether iir. Cobbett had or
had not first thus grossly mis-stated Major Cartwright's creed ;
the libellous matter was inlaid in the editor's own style, and
made his own. In the case of'" Tabart v. Tipper," 1 Camp-
bell, 352, Lord Ellenborough held that the omission of a sen-
tence which did not affect the meaning of a libel was no cause
of nonsuit. The case of " Bell v. Byrne," 13 East, 554, was
directly the reverse of the present. There the libellous matter
was charged as contained in the letter, and was proved to be
published as part of the speech of the Attorney-Ueneral of Ire-
land, in which he commented on such letter, which certainly
Were different things ; but here the defendant spoke in his own
person, though he might introduce terms previously employed
by another. The Learned Counsel, therefore, submitted that
the libel was substantially proved as laid, and that the nonsuit
must be set aside.
The COURT, however, were unanimously of opinion that the,
nonsuit must stand. They thought the libel, if read with the
inverted commas and references, meant one thing, and without
them another thing ; that in the first case it meant Mr. Cob-
bett says that Major Cartwright's creed is the criterion of ex-
cellence • - and the same Mr. t obbett says, that it is one of the
articles of' that creed that in fighting the enemy we must not
reject the arms of even despicable and detestable men ;" afid
that in the last case it meant " I, Mr. Wright, sneer at Major
Cartwright's creed, and affirm that this criterion of excellence
Contains such an opinion." • Both the cases cited proved that
such a variance, so affecting the sense, was fatal. They there-
fore refused the motion.
The Lon) CtirEE JUSTICE handed back to Mr. Scarlett
the copy of " The Book of Wonders," which was given to
him when the objection was taken at the trial, observing to Mr-
Scarlett that his client seemed rather afraid to put it in his hands
but that he might dismiss all apprehensions on that point, for
he had never opened it.
Mr. SCARLET T.---He was afraid your Lordship would find
something about yourself there.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.--It has been quite harmless
I have never had•the curiosity to open it. '
Mr. ScauLETT.--There is plenty, of entertainment in
my Lord.

• BEDFORD V. BIRLEY.
Mr. Evifs, after Mr. Justice Best had left the Court to sit
at chambers, rose to move for a new trial in the cause lately
tried at Lancaster, respecting the conduct of the yeomanry at
Manchester; but the Lord Chief Justice requested him to post-
pone his motion till the Court'should be full, and promised tO
call on him early to-morrow (this day) or Monday.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, APRIL 26.
HUDSON V. MAJORIBANKS.
This was an action on a policy of insurance on, the cargo °
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the ship Swallow, from the Cape of Good Hope, consistinfbe
Cape wines, and bound to London, Bristol, or Dublin. ,r'ebe
vessel was wrecked off Bristol, on the 23d December, and
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wines were taken from the ship, and sold on the 28th of April
following. The quantum of damage the wines; had sustante`:
was the subject of contradictory jestimony„..arid -the Jug'
length gave a verdict for the plaintiff, for general average oniP
e
Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN now moved for a rule to spew caus
why there should not be a new trial. The • vetsel had been
wrecked on the ,23d December, and aletter was immediately
sent by the plaintiff, requesting directions how to proceed, and
offering to sell the wines, leaving all questions open to the Par
ties. After some delay, the Solicitor of the defendant said, tha!
the plaintiff had better act as he thought for the benefit of all
concerned. The wines were immediately advertised for sale
on the 31st March, but on that day the different underwriters
sent down an order, prohibiting the sale, which was then put
off until the 28th of April, when the wines were sold fora sun'
considerably less than their value. The Learned Serjeant con-
tended, that although the sale might not have been justifiab
under other circumstances, yet that, as the underwriters woul"
not give any directions, and as they had permitted the sale, thef
ought not now to be allowed to object to it, and the verdict
should have been for a total loss.
The Court granted the rule, and at one o'clock the Chief
justice went into the City to try Nisi Prius cases.

OLD BAILEY, APRIL 26.
CONSTITUTIONAL ASSOCIATION.—At a quarter pastee
o'clock, the RECORDER took his seat on the Bench, and
London Jury entered the bog. Carlile's shopman was then
put to the Bar, described in the indictment as a man " win/s4
person is well known, but whose name is unknown," charge
with publishing a blasphemous and seditious libel, contained
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in a pamphlet, entitled A New Year's Address to the
formers of Great Britain.
Mr. Shelton, Clerk of the Arraigns—Have you any till
more to say than what you addressed to the Court last Sessioai
Prisoner—Yes, I wish to take my trial - immediately
pleaded last Session.
The. RECORDER—No, you did not. We do not try Per°
unless they give their names.
Prisoner—Yes, I did. I did plead.
Clerk of the Arraigns—Will you give your name ?
Prisoner—No, I will not.
The REcoRDER—Let him be remanded.
Prisoner—l have been in prison four months. ,a not
i The REcoRDER—That s your own fault. You wow
give your name. Let him be remanded.
The prisoner was then remanded from the Bar.
After an uninteresting case had been heard, the London 'Lliercil
were dismissed, the RECORDER observing, they were enn" f
to the best thanks of the Court for the attentive discharge °
their business.

BIRTHS.
On the 25th inst. in Hereford-street, the Lady of CaPoi°
Hatton, of e Royal Navy, of a duhter.
Yesterdayth, the 26th inst. at his house in Lower Brook-street'
the Lady of Sir Wm. Duff Gordon, Bart., of a daughter.

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MARRIED.
Yesterday, the 26th inst. at Richmond, Major George Gun
Munro, of Poyntzfield, North Britain, to Jemima Chatloti,
relict of the late Francis Graham, Esq. of TOloch Castle!
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On maica.
Wednesday, the 24th inst., at Walcot Church, Datil.
the Rev. Wm. Liddiard, Rector of Knockmark, Countylieri
Meath, to Mary Anne, youngest daughter of the late Jr°
Tirel Morin, Esq. of Weldon Lodge, Bucks. Edward
A few days since at St. George's, Hanover-square, na
Johnson, Esq. to Harriet Mary, widow of the late Revel Tate
Willou hby Berti, of Grosvenor-square, and niece of the
Philip, Viscount Wenman, of Thatne Park, Oxfordshire'

DIED.
On Sunday last, at Chelsea, Jacob Adolphus, Esq., aged 76
years.
On the 14th inst., the Rev. C. Gerard, of Brompton.Es4 of
At Malta, on the 20th of March, Charles Wheatleh eral
the 28th regiment, youngest son of the late Major-Gen
Wheatley.
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