The Sun.
London, England, 1824-04-22 00:00:00

CARNARVON GREAT SESSION

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LIBEL.---EVAN: THOMAS u. seokitrs, zitiGing, CI.ERIC.
This cause excited considerable interest, .in some .measure
owing to Mr. Temple, from the other circuit, having been
'brought specially for the defendant, and came on for trial' on
Friday last,. before JONATHAN RAINE, Esq.; Chief Justice,
and a Special Jury.
Mr:CopicEn.Er. opened the pleadings.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated the case, and commence
ed, by observing that this-was an action brought by the 'plain-
tiff, who is the under Agent of GeOrge hay Dawkins Pennant,
of Penrhyn Castle, :Esq., who is the -owner of a large estate
and slate quarries in the county of Carnarvon, against the
defendant, who is a clergyman, and the rector of St. Anne's,
near Mr. Pennant's quarry, for a libel, contained in a letter
written to ,Mr. Pennant, charging the plaintiff with con-
niving at certain frauds upon his employer, Mr. Pennant. The
Learned Attorney stated that the jury 'woUld have thiee points
to determine—first, whether the letter was the defendant's hand-
writing; secondly, was the letter a libel and thirdly, the
amount of damages. Upon these three points he dwelt at con-
siderable length, particularly the,statement in' the libel, that
Mr. Pennant showed all letters sent to him to Mr. Greenfield ;
and called, first,
G. H. D. Pennant, who proved that he, on the 13th or 14th
of March, 1823; received an anonymous letter by the post;
that , the plaintiff' was. his under agent at Cae Brach-y-cafn
quarry ; that he received other letters before from Mr. Hughes,
which were acknowledged to be his, and treated as such; -that
he firmly believed, as far as his knowledge of defendant's hand-
writing would' enable him to judge, that the anonymous letter
Was defendant's hand-writing.
Cross-examined by :111r. TEMPLE.—Had formerly been upon
more friendly terms than he was now with the defendant; he
said that the action was not brought at his eipence, and that
he had nothing to_do with the costs„ and was in no way liable to
pay the same; that defendant was formerly his tenant for a
stable and other premises ; that he had given him notice to
quit, and that he had quitted last-All Saints; that he received
the anonymous letter by post ; that he was the owner of large
slate-quarries, and had many men under the eontrotilbtagents:
that he had received some anonymous letters before about the
quarries, and several .on other subjects; he did not think"he had
received half-a-dozen before; that he continued on the same
terms with defendant after he had received several anonymous
letters, but that he had never received one in the same hand-
writing' as the one in question.
James Greenfield, Esq., was the next witness. He-stated
himself to be the head,agent to the last witness; that he knew
defendant, and had been on habits Of intimacy with him, 'and
often acted as a Magistrate with him, and was perfectly.well
acquainted with his handaititing ; had often seen him Write ;
that ho believed it to be his handwriting; that he believed it to
be his handwriting as as if he hid seen him write it ;
that,on the 12th of March, ]823, he had a conversation with
defendant; that defendant wished him to take an examination,
taken, by, aefenclint as a Magistrate, to 'Mr. Pennant, which
witness declined doing, and informed defendant,. it was useless,
as'Mr. Pennant always 'sheaved hiiii all Patiers'relative'to the
quarry.
The letter was then put in, `'and read'as folloWs :
" Cae-Brarch Slate-quarry, March 13; 11123..
" Sir,—l humbly inform you that it is calculated in this
Quary that you are robbed of Hundred pounds a week, and
4yan Thomas &lid his Son if forced would 'tell in what way.
I hope you will have an investigation, as .it has been of Great
distress to your poor Workmen bUt what they say here is that
you are afraid of Gre.entield to make any, Stir. Hoping 'you,
may get at the Truth of thatters, is the' prayer Of one of your
'Distressed 'Workmen."

/qr. Greenfield, cross-examined by Mr. Wit.LIAMS.—He
had.been long acquainted with defendant; and said that .there
Were men at the quarry ; that 'he was sure he never told any
person except defendant that Mr. Pennant showed him -all let-
ters relative to the quarry ; that he shortly after called on de-
fendant on the subject of the letter, and'eharged him with being'
the author, which defendant teneiecsia;w ithltt,t,l)hreitnebsesliedvieddniotttothbe:
or at any tithe say to defendant he did not believe himto be
the. anther, for .the moment l
he
defendant's hand-writing OteferidSrit Went for a Bible; that
witness expressed his surprise at his having written the letter,
and'inentioned his name. ds he alway's considered him his
friend ; that defendant took Up the Bible and appeared to be
taking an oath, which witness endeavoured to prevail
.upon him
not !to do,
,1 as nothing' defendant' could' do would 'alter his opi-
nioP ; defendant then kissed, the book, and solemnly declared
before (Rd he. was not the author ; that When he charged de-
fendant he considered himself implicated, and told defendant
be would bring an'action against him ; defendant never dared
him to do so ;. that he was in no. Way answerable for the costs';
that no applications had ever been made to witness for a sight of
the. letter. . .
itlr. Valentine proved that ha was.ergaqist .at Aefee.4sl47s.
chapel, and well acquainted: *kit deferidatei hatidt4inting ;
had often seen him write : thft.he IleNeFed the letter to he de-
fendant's hand-writing.. An atteMpt was made by the cross-
examination to stint,/ that a
,quarrethaa: taken place between
witness and defendant, which was denied ; and it turned out to,
be nothing more than a -disagreement about the propriety of
playing .a tune in the church, about two years ago. The witness
alsb pointed out the various parts in 'the feigned hand which
were like the defendant's acknowledged writing.
Mr. Rielfardltilliaths alaproved that he was well acqueint
ea with defendant's hand-writing, and believed theletter to be'
defendant's hand-Writing.
Upon the case being Closed, for the plahatiff, Mr. Titsrpix,
in a speech of upwards of an hour, addressed the Jury for the
t4frolhnt,, and relied principally 'upon the want of motive for
defendant's writing the letter,the declaration so solemnly,
made. on .oadi, ' and' apped 'to 'his GOd"made by the iftridan t;
that 12e was not; the author-,the dissimilarity,which he would
s* betWien the anonym'Olis letter anddefendant'SWriting.L.
that he should. call ,one.E W
van'loberts, who would prove m.
self to have- got the 'letter in question written to Mr. Pennant,—
and, concluded A very, eloquent' address; with imploritut. thn'
Jttry, if they could entertain a doubt Aron the evidence, to
Ove the defendant the: bedefit of ofen, doubt, as the Coniet
Auences of a verdipt against him would be so serious to thejle-
fendant ; and the PlairitiThad suffered no loSs'by it, winch*` the
Learned counsel conceived was ,not.a libel.-
.11,6 Rey. Hobert Phillips and. two other clergymen, and Mr.
Saunders, a printer, were examined for the defendant ; they:all
were slio'vin'the letter in the box, and swore they did not be-
lievc ;it to,be the defendant'4 handwriting;
The ATT.OW4YEY-GENERAL replied shortly upon the evi-
dence, and commented -most 'pointedly 'Upon the inconsistency
of the evidence with Mr. Temple's opening, as, Even itoberts,
the supposed ahther, was noi'eallki tor' the defence.
The :CMIEF.. JusTrcE surnmed up the evidence at consider-
able, length', amid with. perspicuity, and rather strongly
reprobated-the defendant 74 conduct4in- taking an oath before
himself,. and Making so uncalled for and profane an appeal to
the-Deity, ,which, as A clergyman and A magistrate,- .he,ottgfit
not tobave done. . .

The ,Jury .retired, and,. after an absence' of riborif hitlf an
hour, returned a verdict_ for the defendant... Some persons in
Court clapp6d their; hands, and showed other symptoms of ap-
prol?atiort, which was stroney ,reprobated'by the Coon.; and
the persons guilty of 'the indecency were threatened to be coni-
rnitted.

INHUMAN OUTRAGE.--At an early hour yes_
terday.i-norning, the stables of the I-16n. Aft. Gore,' atilitook
Lodge, near Southend, were .broken, open
.by soultanitbiroua
miscreant, who Mangled two fine huntemin so dreadful a man.
ner,-that the stablelooked rather like a slitiOter-libuie'; thinigh
the animals were not quite dead when discovered,itWit); found'
necessary. to ,shoot. them,. as' any vattemp.t ,at recovery appeared
entifily'unaVailing. The wounds inflicted seem to havp.beeq•
triangular, not unlike a soldier's bliyotieti and alnioit eVery,
part of the carcasd was perforated; as if the savage wretch de:
lighted in the torturs •of his insensensible and unoffending
victinis. A reward of 501; is offered for the apprehension of
the offenders.

Yesterday James Wilson and JoAn Clarki, the
two- men charged on suspicion of having been
courertfed in the robbery of the Heir) Portsmituth
coach, of 1,0051., were brought up for ti final ex-
amination at Union Hall.—The evidence against
Wilson, which has already appeared; was- then
read, and. he was fully committed to the next
Sussex Assizes for trial. Clarke, the other man in
custody, Was discharged, the Magistrate observ-
ing, that, in.this case the evidence brought for.:
ward was.not sufficient to send hien to take his
trial.

Richard Driver,. the dri:/er of a Greenwich
stoge.coittli; was charged yesterday-,•at Unfon..
Hall, with ,furiously driving the said todch; so as
to thi.paSsengers. It wits
stated
evidence,lthat- on the-14th instant, the
endaitinge r tiie:iv'es of
was dikovered-driving•the codch at•ii
(twit .fhrious rate alcingoihe • w rong side,Of the
towards London. IJb.)vras.cOn-.
vic4ed in the penalty of 101. and costs.

•P'AC II A ArP;r.

(FROM A cortitEseOistntNT.).
We'have authority to state that there is nn"10"'
dation for a report which has been afloat', thati he
had declared himself independent of the,..Otto-
' man Porte, as "appears from letters dated Alex-
andria, -10th of February. In one .sense.,..asln
author who has just published on the Nast,
states; who had a conversation with him, 14laho-
med Ali does fall under this-description,. yet.on
the other hand he pays a yearly tribute to the
Grand Signior as an. acknowledgement
.of
Sovereignty. A short description of this extra-
ordinary man, who is 'possessed of a liberal and
most enlightened mind, and governs with such
moderation to the satisfaction of all ranks, may
not be unacceptable.
"I accompanied the British Consul to Alahomed
Ali. His Highness honoured. us 'with a seatilex-t
to him in a corner .which appears in the East,e
seat of honour,* and upon a Persian carpet re-
sembling an English heart-rug, smoking fronl„
Turkish pipe, nearly six feet in length, the ditinin
piece of which was superbly mountedwith iota=
monds, and behind him stood a slave who fanned
off the flies which annoyed him. He entered
into a•long:conversation, making many judicious
inquiries respecting Great Britain, to which the
attachment of the Pacha is universally known!
In facti-there.could not be a stronger proof thlisr,
his informing the Consul-he was welcome to send
to the King of England all the curiositiei that could
be obtained in Upper Egyi3t!. He changed in it
moment his conversation, and talked of commerce
and the prices of grain, &c. of which he has so
competent knowledge as any man in Mark-lane;
London. In a word, every sentiment he uttered
proved him to be possessed of a mind wonder-
fully acute and discerning. He is'about 50years
old, and owes•his elevation to courage, 'Combined
with talent. He appeared to be more advanced
in years which in all probability arises • from
the fatigues he has experienced,. which are
separable from a life of activity.. His eie, that
great criterion and index of the Mind, is peen"
liarly piercing and as keen as that of a hawk.
Notwithstanding, he is a stern administrator of
.justice, yet he is humane. His knowledge: of
trade is remarkable. The happiness of:the liec?"
,ple, and the prosperity of his vast dominion!, hsis
'been the object of Mahomed Ali. Thus g4lffr-,
formerly a country where dis Order and Confusion
Teigned, now insures personal safety to tra-
vellers, and Christians, who as on former
ere not insulted and trampled on.

" Asa proof of his enlightened mind, he-wrote I?
this country for scientific persons to be sent to
inure and work for minerals threughout Egyptlii
coinequence, Gentlemen of abilities ind-expe•
rience departed from England. Further, as &
laudable trial, he, upon application from certain
persons iii his service who were parents, selected
several of their children, and sent them to Eng-
land, Italy, and other countries., with the view
of their receiving the proper elements of educa-
tion who on their return. will be enabled tu.ilo7
part to their countrymen the advantage *gat
much an important object necessarily ettliyac-eS•
" The Paella of Ac're having lately- been
.state of rebellion against the Grand SigniOr,,tltV
,Pclia of Demascus besiegecy the place,_ but the
place Was fonnd too strOtig to resist any attempt
that was made to capture it. Owing to the ii~
terposition of the wise Ruler of Egypt a cessation
of hostilities took place, negotiations followed,
and a pardon was granted to the Pacha Of Acre 94,0 •
pa-34401w Graild Signior 60,0001: This was
by contributions on the population within
jurisdiction, and under circumstances of such pe-
culiar rapacity and severity, that many ea'
grated to Egypt. This of course added to
-positthat'
, . ,
inftion of tue Pacha which was so very much.
wanted.- - They accordingly received every
couragernent,as iC forms one of therobjtretr or'
Mahomed Ali to increase the population of
country to carry into e ect the grand schemes in_
view', to pfomote the 'proslierity-of and
augment his -own resources,and which'ismoveraittr
tiourishing than any other country of the ,Levaut-
" Steam Engines have been made by his order
to navigate small vessels on, the Cola
Mines have been discovered. The English
peraloglits hav'ediscevered' quarries' of pOi.-PhYrY
and verd, antique- worked by the-ancients.' takiiii
'the MOUtti4lll, between the. Nile and the-ited^-
Sea, the scite of which has been unknown for 4
ages. A fine quality of cotton has been intro-
duced, which promises to become a most valli*
able article of trade with England. Peaceful arts
of agricu'ltur'e ' and commerce" IntrOdUced,„
canals long': neglected• cleared out, and`' Olt'
tracts of land brought into a state of cultivation.
And the Pacha also has professed his willin4-
ness to facilitate a communication between Wig-
land and India through Egypt,
,by means of steattf
paCketi in the Mediterranean and Red Sea.
Sikh is. hir wealth, that he has recently pur-
Chased the celebrated diamond, called Pigot. fot
30,000/.. sterling,. which is now un : its vratuo"
Egypt."—(Travels by Was. RAE WILSON, ESO'
Amas, S.'

BIRTHS.
OU the' 19th init., at liratidsi,ioidi-common, the Lady of
Alexituder Gordob,,Esq.,,of a daughter.
On Sunday: last, the Lady of the'Rev. Gorges PaUlisrtiooir-3'"
ther Of a' ion. ,
inst., in Neil- Broad-street, Mts. Pewlsts'' ".•
daughter.

MARRIED.
On Wednesday, the 2lat. inst.,' at \Valtliainstosv;Abtrdbetti:"'
'Pozen, Esq., of Aliihingion Devon, to Elizabeth, only daughtet
of Jattiett Corbett.; Esq., of 'Waltham tow. _

DIED..
On Saturday, the .17th inst., John•Tyleig Etiet.;•••Pritieeir"
- •
square,,aged 54.
Saftirday,. the 17th inst., at BrOrtiley;lii Xent, thß,eir•
John. Baker.,

On the 19th, .inst. An
at her. bouse,..in .South'dlelMArret*
MairY,. relict of the Tate Thomas Hunt, Esq.. aged, 83...
. On the-.l9tti inst., at hi 4 resideriCe on Vridcdfiffae-Cretit;
Bailk,,Caßcain Alexander-Nesbitt. of the Royal.Navr..
OdMondif, the 19tli hist., at Edmonton, Abs. Ann Kauai-
becicoigid 60.
On the 19th inst.,in Oadoltavi-plaCe, egett-26; Mkt Attar
Williamson, only daughter of the late Capt..lVillianason-, of
tlie,Rojral Navy.
On the .20th in Bridge-street, BlackffiaYs, 'the aef:
It °but ,C)arke,-.M.Ac., of II exham, Northurnb-Arlaad:aked Sly '
On 'Sundity, the-11th - inst., William Phillips,.. father of
COtinsellor Phillips); many years lanclioraiter" 6:1 The port of

rtiblished for the PUOPRIETOI4B, e& 1416' ides-
f4±4i: 114,'Iritittlia,lei J. B: Caugi