The Sun.
London, England, 1824-05-06 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, MAY 5.
BEER AND WARD—JUDGMENT.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, at great length, reviewed the
arguments in this long-litigated cause, and intimated that he
would finish his judgment on Friday.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 5.
LIBEL.

• WEAVER v. LLOYD.
Mr. TAtixTov applied to the Cthirt to enter a general ver-
dict in this case for the defendant. It was tried at Oxford, and
the Jury. gave a shilling damages. Liberty was given to move
the Court to enter a verdict for the defendant upon a question
of law.

The plaintiff, who is a draper at Abingdon, sought to re-
cover damages for a libel which appeared in the Oxford
Journal.

The libel charged him with atrocious cruelty in riding his
horse in a state of supposed intoxication furiously through
Abingdon, using his whip and spurs in a merciless manner. It
was alleged that the horse when put into the stable had one
eye literally knocked out, and the plaintiff ordered his servant
to admit no one to the stable to see the animal. The Jury
found every part of the libel true, with the exception of the eye
being knocked out, and the order stated to have been given to
keep persons out of the •stable. Two pleas of justification
were proved to the satisfaction of the Jury, but they could not
find the other pleas correct, in consequence of the deviation al-
ready described. The opinion of the Court in the present in-
stance was to be taken on the question whether the plea were
substantially proved.

The Loti:D.CitIEF JusTicE held that the pleas which con.
tamed tbe false charges were not proved.
The other Judges were of the same opinion, and Mr. Taun.
ton took nothing by his. motion. '•

C(tIMINA'I.. ;1140.11MATI0N.
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THE K 1 WATERWORTH.
Mr. BROUGHAM moVed'fo file a criminal information against
a butcher named JohnlVdtevvorth2. for insulting conduct to
General Whattani it'.slagiserdUe; in the East Riding of York.
The application was inade• op the affidavit of the General
and four others, stating thit'theconichict of Waterworth pre-
vious to December last, and sa,Cd„' had been most abusive
and improper. The de£Prairit7'-'meeting the General on the
highway, exclaimed, " YOu', tr 4 a Magistrate, have employ-
ed persons to go into iftiOsia 'land pillage the inhabitants;
we intend to bring you before the Grand Jury for the robbery
of Alice Hutchinson." The General in his affidavit, explain-
ed the defendant's alltisio'n.`.lnthe execution of his duty as
Magistrate, he had fined a woman, named Hutchinson, for
keeping light weights in her shop, `but he denied. having acted
illegally, or with unnecessary rigour.—The Court. granted a
rule to shew cause.

•
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MAY 5.
At a quarter past one o'clock, Sir WILLIAM DRAPER
BusT, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, Mr.
Justice BURROUGH, and Mr. .Justice PAItIC took their seats
on the Bench. Ali... Justice RICHARDSON, the other Judge,
was absent from indisposition,

The Court was occupied
in swearing in bail, and other mat
ers of no public interest. • ..,„

SHERIFF'S COUItT.-7- (SUR RE Y.)
CAPT.-TENCH V. THE SIigRIFF OF SURREY.
This was an action br-ongld' by Captain Tench, of the
Tenth, to recover damages for a-false arrest. Mr. Bitot: ottrim
stated the plaintiff 'S ease. - the 28th of last May,
he 'attended a Levee at .the'i•Commander-in-Chief 's, and
upon returning to his lodgings •in Guildford-street was
followed up stairs by a tailor. He addressed him in the
name .of Jones, which excited his attention, and the tailor,
demanding him to discharge a bill for 261., called up Town-
send, an Officer, who took him into custody. The Officer
was assured they had the wrong person in charge, but
they insisted upon conveying Mr. Jones, as they stiled him,
through the streets, in the middle of the day, gaped at by
crowds, who were surprised to see a military gentleman in
such company, and finally placed him in -a lock-up house. He
there refused to satisfy any
pecuniary demand, and was con-
veyed to Horsemonger-lane, ushered in amongst the unfortunate
inmates on the left side of the gaol, and nearly four days
elapsed before his friends exertions could have any weight;
he was then ordered to exhibit himself before his Judges; the
scrutiny. commenced, and no one could recognize him as Mr.
Jones; for this series of injuries,• however wilful or mistaken,
the Captain sought damages. Evidence was called, which
proved the facts already stated, describing the accommodation
in the prison as miserable in the extreme.
Mr. ANDUEWS, for the defendant, admitted that the capture
was erroneous, but the whole fault, in his opinion, ought to
rest upon the tailor, who had directed the bailiff' to do his duty.
—The Captain, he said, might.bave cleared up the business by
sending to his agent, but his opinion was, that by enduring
confinement, he anticipated a "golden redemption." frusting
that the Jury, as men of the world, would not be argued into
such a belief, he left the case in their hands.
Mr. ABBOTT commented upon the evidence, and stated to
the Jury, that although the action was brought against the
Sheriff; the consequencs would fall upon• the bailiff.
The .Jury, after having consulted for some time, assessed the
damages at 101., which is less by 10s. than Mr. Brougham's fee.

An Inquest Was held yesterday before 'Kilos.
Saitur ON, Esq. Coroner, at St. Thomas's Hospital, on the body
of Elizabeth Rainger, who came by her death under the fol-
lowing circumstances appeared in evidence, that on Easter
Nlondity last, the deceased, who was 61 years of age, was lean-
ing against .an iron post in Lower Thames-street, ,t the time a
cart loaded with bags of wool, belonging to Mr. Edward An-
drews, of the Queen's- Head, Borough, was proceeding to
the Custom-house quay. The carman, Richard Howard,
to avoid the different carts that ply for hire, was obliged to
pull close to the curb-stone, and seeing the dangerous situation
of the deceased, requested her to move away ; she refused, upon
which he ran up to the horses' heads, for the .purpose of
stopping their progress; in this he unfortunately failed, and.
in consequence she was knocked down, and the wheel pass-
ing over her. left leg, ,it was dreadfully fractured. She
was placed on a cutter, and immediately conveyed to the
Hospital, where the leg was set, and the wound dressed;
a few days after mortification was apparent, and it was
found -necessary to amputate the limb, which was done with
her consent, but her constitution was so decayed she could
not survive the painful operation, and died on Mon-
day morning, The Jury, being satisfied that no blame was
attached to the carman, returned a verdict of " Accidental
Death ;" deodand one shilling.

FRENCH PAPERS.

( Frain the Moniteur of Monday, May 3.)
NOTHING OFFICIAL.
PARIS, MAY '2.—A letter from Rochefort,
dated 19th April, gives the following particulars
of a very deplorable event :
The Cecilia, an American vessel from the Ha-
vannah, was' lost in the night of the 16th on the
north point of Chatelaillou, near Rochelle. Of
27 persons who were on board, ten perished.—
Among the victims of this unfortunate event are a
Spanish woman and her five children ; her hus-
band, who was on board, after' exerting himself
to the utmost to save his wife and children, has
survived this misfortune. He is in a state of de-
spair difficult to be described.
The Cecilia was bound for Bordeaux, and the
cargo consisted of sugar, coffee, and cochineal.—
The ship is quite gone to pieces, and the wreck
remains on the most advanced rocks. The hogs-
heads and chests which contained the coffee and
sugar came ashore quite empty, and, up to the
date of this letter, nothing had been saved but
two serons of cochineal. The necessary measures
had been taken, both for the observance of the
precautions ordered by the Sanitary Laws, and
for the salvage of the cargo.
( From the Etoile, dated Tuesday. )
PARIS, APRIL 4.—A letter from Bayonne, of
the 2d of April, says," A telegraphic dispatch has
brought orders to the division of the reserve, to
hold itself in readiness to march to Spain. Its
destination is not exactly known, but supposed to
be A rragon."
GERMANY, APRIL 20.—(Letter from a private Correspon-
dent.)_" I can now give some positive information relative to
the various threatening letters that were addressed to the Elec-
tor of Hesse Cassel, as well as the measures and arrests which
have been the consequence. 'Without entering into any de-
tails of the Elector's Government, I content myself with re-
marking, that the most honourable persons greatly lamented
the absence of her Royal Highness the Electress, and were no
less grieved to see another lady, who could not claim much
respect either by her birth or her conduct, should be nevertheless
loaded with so roan y honours. 'While the Elector was at the
baths of ‘tienndorf last summer, a letter was delivered to him,
which contained a series of complaints against the lady, against
the present Administration, and several Functionaries, and
concluded with a threat that the life of the Elector would be in
danger if he did not remove the cause of these complaints.
The Elector immediately returned to Cassel. He no more ap-
peared in public, except with a strong military escort; and
every means of precaution was taken to protect the life of the
Elector against traitorous hands.—The Ministry published a
notice, inviting all citizens to communicate to the police what
they might know of this affair, and offered a reward of 10,000
crowns to whoever should give certain information of the writer
of the letter. A short time after a similar one was found in
the palace of Wilhelmshohe ; and several other letters arrived,
even from remote countries. Thus, for instance, the Post-
master of Wabern, near Cassel, received one which had been
put into the post at Sarnen, in Switzerland, with orders to send
lit immediately to Cassel, as regarding an affair of state of the
highest importance. The police then doubled its activity, and
not content with making investigations in the electorate, it sent
its agents to Switzerland, Austria, and' Denmark. At length,
towards the end of December, 1823, an ordinance of the Elector
was published, which offered entire pardon to all those who
might take part in any secret society tending to political and
unlawful projects, no matter whether it still exists, or has been
suppressed, provided that, in the space of six weeks after the
publication of the ordinance, they should make to the General
Board of Police, or to the Chief Magistrate of the circle in
which they should reside, an exact and particular account of
their own participation, and of what has come to their know-
ledge, of the members and accomplices of these associations, of
their dangerous projects, their extent, their resources, their -in-
ternal organization, &c. It does not appear that this ordinance
produced any important result; only the first notice was fol-
lowed by a mass of denunciations, verbal and written, from
which, however, no certain information was derived. Several
circumstances, indeed, led to the arrest of a great number of
persons, almost all of whom were set at liberty after the first
examination by -the police.. Particular investigations were or-
dered only in the case of a few persons. That against the
Cabinet Secretaiy, caused • the greatest sensation,
because the first threatening letter had been sent under cover
to him, and he had the misfortune ,to, deliver the second,
which was found at Wilhelmshohe. Another person ar-
rested, M. Robert, First Lieutenant-of Artillery, likewise ex-
cited the public attention. He is said to have declared in
his examination, that he had
_gone, to .Wilhelmshohe with the
intention of assassinating the lady mentioned above, but it
seems that this confession proceeded merely from his weariness
of life, which was proved in the whole examination. He had
already, endeavoured to destroy himself by opening several veins
with a piece of broken glass. The third person, whose arrest
had made much noise, is Counsellor Murhard, well known as
a political writer. He had been Counsellor of Prefecture and
Editor of the Westphalian Monitenr, under the Government
of King Jerome. After the restoration of the Elector, he re-
tired to Frankfort, where he lived on very intimate terms with
exiled Buonapartists, and was generally considered to be the
author of the indecorous articles on the affairs of Germany,
which appeared in the Minerva Francais', the Renontnzetc, and
the Vrai Liberal. Being lately expelled from Frankfort, for
having published, in a periodical work, a report made to the
Diet, and for having, on this occasion, compromised the name
of a deceased deputy, with whom he had no connection, this
M. Murhard was arrested on his passage at Hanau, and sent to
Cassel. It is not known whether these letters are the result of
a conspiracy' against the life of the Elector of Hesse-Cassel, or
whether they are 'connected with the general plan to revolution-
ize Germany, respecting which, positive and circumstantial
information is impatiently expected.
[The Journal des Debats, the Courier Francais, and the
Coastitutionad, do not contain any intelligence. Mademoi-
selle Georges, the celebrated actress of the Odeon, has been
hissed at the theatre, which made her quite indignant,- and she
refused to proceed. This latter event comes at an auspicious
time both for the actress and the Parisians, and the. Journals
are already much occupied with Mademoiselle Georges.]

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Agreeable to advertisement, a Meeting of the
Freemen was held at the Guildhall Tavern yesterday evening,
when Mr. THOMAS DAVE Y was called to the Chair, and after
expressing his surprise at being called to that situation, he pro-
duced a written speech and resolution, which he read to the meet-
ing, and which merely stated there was likely to be another elec-
tion, and that the freemen ought to refrain from promising their
votes. Mr. G. Lewin said, that no one could possibly oppose
the resolutions, as they did not contain any information of im-
portance, nor propose any gentleman as a fit and proper person
to represent this city in case of a vacancy, and he concluded by
proposing, as an addition to the resolutions, that Sir- R. T.
Farquhar, Bart. be considered by the meeting to be a proper
person to represent this city in Parliament, in case of Mr.
Lushington vacating his seat, which was sanctioned by the
majority of the freemen. After which Mr. J. Brown endea-
voured to oppose the proposition, but the freemen would not
hear him. After silence was obtained, Mr. John Clackett rose to
move a resolution, that a vote of censure be passed on the per-
son or persons who called the meeting, and added, that there
was no official intelligence of Mr. Lushington's leaving his
situation, which was carried unanimously, and the meeting was
dissolved. After which the freemen drank the healths of S. It.

Lushington, Esq., and 'l'. Farquhar, Bart.—( Kentish Gazette,
May 4.)