The Sun.
London, England, 1831-05-24 00:00:00

ROLLS COURT.

His HONOUR, the Master of the Rolls, was occupied
the whole morning with the case of Armstrong v. Arm-
strong, which contained no point of public interest.

VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT.

The Court was occupied until our reporter left with
arguments on Pleas and Demurrers, none of which were
of the least public importance.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.
itANDAMUS.-ALDERJIAN SCALES V. THE LORD MAYOR

AND CORPORATION OF LONDON.

Sir JAMES SCARLETT moved for a rule to spew cause
why a mandamus should not issue to the Lord Mayor
and Corporation of the City of London, directing them to
swear in Mr. Michael Scales as Alderman of Portsoken
Ward. Sir James stated that he had affidavits showing
that Mr. Scales had been elected&lderman of that Ward
by a large majority, on the retirement of Sir James Shaw ;
that the Ward was now without an Alderman to its great
inconvenience, and that Mr. Scales had applied to be
sworn in, but the Court of Aldermen had refused to do
so, without assigning any reason. Certainly a great deal
of evidence had been gone into as to Mr. Scales's charac-
ter, &c., but they could fix on no reason fur the refusal,
none having been given by the Court.
Lord TENTEADEN-Take a rule.
LIBEL.-TIIE KING V. BONTOFT.

In this case the Attorney-General obtained a rule last
Term against the defendant, who is a bookseller in Boston,
Lincolnshire, for publishing libels on the character of a
clergyman of the name of Robinson, who is curate of that
town. The libels were contained in publications put forth
by the elefendant, one of them entitled " The Pink and
Staunch Advocate of Slavery, and Defender of Abuses in
Church, State, and Corporations." One of the passages
charged as libellous was this :—" Shortly will be
published (for the use of the fair sex), the Ad-
vantages of Early Seduction, or a Guide to Ruin.
A Novel. By a Journeyman Lecturer." Another
paragraph was this :—" Our highly esteemed friend,
Squib, has lately been on a shooting excursion near Lin-
coln, when he waited on the Editor of that enlightened
Paper called the obscene Herald, to present for insertion
a paragraph written with his accustomed ability to vilify
the Blues, &c." Another paragraph wis as follows :
bßrt`eeu'onsAutpd,lieintedassoothifnion,rtg time ago St. Matthew, the Immaculate, was
shooting at Fishtoft, when some villain wilfully and ma-
liciously by chance frightened some birds away, which he
was about to shoot at. The Rev. Gentleman quietly ad-
monished the scoundrel by shooting at and wounding him
in the arm." Another• said—" On pretence of religion,
Squib frequently nips (squeezes) the hands of females,
and snakes them repine." In others be was charged
with sending females to the country on a very par-
ticular errand, and hoping they would lay in a good
stock of health, and that he bad pleaded his minority in
discharge of his debts.
Sir JAMES SCARLETT this morning proceeded to show
cause against the rule. He observed, that this rule had
been obtained on the affidavits of the Rev. Gentleman and
others, that they believed the charges to apply to him, and
giving a general denial of the fact of Mr. Robinson's being
a bad character. He (Sir James Scarlett) would have
liked the Rev. Gentleman to have been a little snore ex-
plicit in denying the charges which had been directed
against hin►. The Learned Gentleman in support of the
named charges, a producediiy,
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from some trees where Mr. Robinson was shooting, when be
shot the deponent in the arm ; others from different females
whose virtue he had attempted, although he was a mar-
ried man—one Mary Ann Prescot stated that be (the
plaintiff) bad addressed her in the market-place of Boston
in the day time, and asked her to meet him in the church-
yard at night, or to accompany him to a house of ill-fame,
when lie would give her five guineas; that he followed her
round the market-place till she escaped in the shop of Mr.
dot
dischargeet or l‘nvea:t
l the t: rule.
Barber, who corroborated this part of the affidavit, and
further stated that be bad often seen the plaintiff in the
market-place waving his hand and making other signs for
women to follow him. Ellen Bennisalenied that Mr. Ro-
binson's conduct was what a clergyman's ought to be ; she
idieeprowsehdenthasittehewhenadt
out
teno triedn
errands, to seduceiying hteorebnytiefoellobletrintgo
the church-yard, and stating that he would take care of
her if she would meet him ; on one occasion he slipped a
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and a parson
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other
plaintiff--one deposed that she had been bridesmaid at a
solicited t,
followed on thc same side.
wedding at which be officiated, and that he attempted to
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mented strongly ►on these facts, and concluded by praying
The ATTORNEy•GENERAL, in support of the rule, eon-
that the af!id wits on the other side were the
gross perjury, and a conspiracy against Mr.
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into, destroy themselves. I:oefarhffi.isßdaovobriitdnsistoolanntilboiaonitlhhfuesritdil,eiaesdr, most
t himself as a clergyman of the Church ought,and
'Be hoped the Court would make the rule absolute.
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COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
PRISTWICK V. MARSHALL.
This was an action tried in Hilary Term, before Mr.
jiptice Bosanquet, wherein the plaintiff obtained a ver-
dict upon a bill of exchange for the amount of 261. odd,
accepted by the defendant.
Mr. Serjeant CROSS obtained a rule on a former day to
set aside the verdict, and for a new trial, on the ground
that the drawer and endorser of the bill was a married
woman, therefore the document was illegal, and the ac-
cepter not liable.
Mr. Serjeant ANDREWS, in a long argument, showed
cause against the rule.
. _

111 r. Justice BoSANQUET read the evidence from hi,
notes, from which it appeared, that on the trial it was
proved that a person named Bickerstaff, the proprietor of
a boarding-school, received the daughter of the defendant
as a pupil, at the terms of 40 guineas a year. At the
request of the defendant, and with the knowledge of
her husband, Mrs, Bickerstaff drew the bill ip her own

name, and endorsed it, with the authority of her husband ,
and in the presence of the defendant who accepted it.
Bickerstaff, who was then a traveller in the house of the
plaintiff, took possession of the bill, and presented it tr
his employers with others which he got discounted
When the bill bee inw doe, it was presented but was no•
paid, the defendant taking advantage of the fact of its
having been drawn and indorsed by the wife of Bickerstaff
whereupon the action was brought by the plaintiff for th(
recovery of the amount. The husband was examined fo,
the plaintiff, and he distinctly proved, that at the requeo
,r the defendant his wife had drawn the bill and indorse('
it the body of the bill was in his writing, he gave his
wife authority to do so, but she did not indorse it in hi,
presence.

Mr. Serjeant CROSS, in support of his application, con-
tended that the name of the holder of the bill not being
indorsed upon the back of it, was sufficient to set asid,
the verdict and to allow of a new trial.
The COURT held there had been sufficient shown that
the plaintiff was eßtitled to a verdict. The husband had
been proved to have been the principal mover in the trans-
action. He had drawn the body of the bill, and by his
authority his wife had signed and indorsed it, and be, it,
possession of that fact, procured cash for it of his em-
ployer, the plaintiff; therefore it was quite clear the vet--
diet ought to remain undisturbed. The rule was these-
fore discisarged.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK

A mail from Rio de Janeiro has arrivetl,whicirsailed
on the 18th of March ; also one from Jamaica, which
sailed on the 16th of Apt il.

(From the Rio de Janeiro Papers.)
By the last news from the mines, it appears their Im-
perial Majesties had arrived at the city of Ouro
where it is supposed the journey of their Majesties would
terminate. On the 22d the Emperor addressed the miner@
and the Brazilians in general:—
" Miners,—This is the second time I have had the
pleasure of finding myself amongst you, the second time
the love which I consecrate to Brazil has conducted Inc
hither. Miners, Ido not address myself exclusively to
you, the interest is general, I speak to all Brazilians.
There exists a disorderly party, who, taking advantage of
circumstances selely appertaining to France, endeavour to
deceive you with invectives against my inviolable and
sacred person, and against the Government, with the
intent of representing in Brazil scenes of horror,
and covering her with mourning, with the interest of
placing themselves in office, and satiating their ven-
geance and private passions in despite of the welfare of
their country, which is never considered by these who
have followed the revolutionary system.
" They write without disguise, and call the people to a
confederation, and endeavour to screen their crime by the
174th Article of the fundamental law, which governs us.
This Article does not permit alteration in the essential
part of the said law.
" Can there be a greater attack against the Constitution,
which we have sworn to maintain and defend, than to
pretend to alter it in its most essential part? Is this not
a manifest violation of the sacred oath, which, before God,
we all voluntarily took? Ah ! dear Brazilians, I do not
address you now as your Emperor, but as your most
cordial friend, do not suffer yourselves to be deluded
by doctrinis which are as deceitful as they are pernicious.
They arc only conducive to your perdition and that of
Brazil. They never tend to your felicity or that of your
country. Assist me to support the Constitution exactly
as it stands, as we are sworn to do it. I confide in you,
and you may confide in me.
" Constitutional EMPEROR,
" And Perpetual Defender of Brazil."
Their Imperial Majesties are expected here on the 20th.
(From the Jamaica Courant of April 12. )
_ _

We learn by the Hyacinth, from Carthagena, that
affairs in that quarter continue to be in a very unsettled
state, and such was also the case at Santa Martha when
his Majesty's ship Sparrowhalch sailed ; from the
feverish excitement throughout the whole country businemr
was completely at a stand.
Extract of a letter from Santa Martha, March 28 :
" I have just been informed that a courier has arrived
from Carthagena, announcing that the Liberals -are in
possession of all the gun-boats. Two men-of-war were
off Carthagena, to afford protection to the British residents
in case of necessity. The Boca Chica is taken by the
same party.'
(From the Courant of April 6.)

We learnt yesterday that war has been prod limed be-
tween Bolivia and Peru. The grand contention is said to
be, that the province of Arequi,a, in which the port of
Arica is situated, is anxious to obtain it, and the Peruvians
refuse to give it up.
The accounts from Silesia state, that the frontiers on
the side of Poland are closed, as in the time of the plague.
A French Paper received by the mail this morning
states, that commercial letters were received at Paris,
stating (by an extraordinary courier) that the Poles had
gained a considerable victory over the Russians ; had this
been the case we should have received it by the Ham-
burg steamer, which is arrived.