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London, England, 1834-12-22 00:00:00

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Vic

CHANCE

(THIS DAV.)

qt' Honour the VicE-CiIA;CELLOR sat this morniaa; at
vett o'clock and notwithstanding it wag generally
'.(nsidered his Honour would not be able to to
:c his seat to-
utriao?,. in tonseuence of having been subpoenaed as a witness in
l at the, Court of King's Bench, the Court upon the
trial
of the .doors was filled almost to suffocation by per-
chs attending the Tabernacle and. Tottenham-eourt-road
tLolela, anxious to hear the conclusion of the arguments upon
ci motio to restrain Mr.- Campbell, the Minister of those
11°40; from exercising his pastoral duties. Immediately
sari
the Court taking its seat,
10;ctur. CHING proceeded with his reply, at the Conclusion of
totia HoNOUR proceeded to give bdgment. It was certainly
til:_regretted that the present case had been brought before
ourt, and that persona Lolding the religians tetiatS of the
prin parties
.to the presa'ai cause, .had not remembered the great
taanealaPle of their SalZienr, " who when he was reviled,
tha'
not again." It' aVaa contended in the present case,
tilt Under the will of the late Rev. George Whitfield, and
tto firerent documents connected with both chapels; that the
atiilltes had the unqualified power to distuis Ct appoint a
Ister ; that being however tifieertain, it was necessary to
iit;t at the intention of the founder; and his Honour could not
141 al think that if it had been proposed to Mr. Whitfield whether
.Irijnister should be appointed for life or be liable to be dia-
r"=q at the pleasure of the truateea,, he would have
that the appointment should be for life. Mr.
,the however, having left no written document on
!the subject, the only thing as lair.aaa clown triy rule upon
t,iJAIII‘t was the plan 'that has been referred to, and
paVt'spect to that, his Honour though it clear that the
la'aua to that plan were never finally ratified it into an in-
'ae Ment under hand andscal. Now at the time of the appoint-
Ma. Campbell, it was never stated to him that lie Was
po,ihis office tluring the pleatiire of the trustees, and sup.;
pat 11 that Ultimately the real trusts of the charity should turn
aitte) be that at the time of Mr. Campbell's appointment he
ta-1.„1° but his place for life, there could be no doubt, if the
iilifa`t, in appointing Mr. Campbell, had' told that he
trli_neld office during their.pleatti.re, that they could not have
uved him. The otwervations his Honour had already made
414 to show how far the trustees bad a right to dismiss
tai Campbell, but, in addition to this, it was said lie had
latp
8 td, and that that resignation was to be inferred from a
r!‘tr Campbell had written to the trustees. His Honour
taatll4Prited diet any man, or any set of men, should call
ttai attter• tt resignation. What were the words in' the letter
11; :1, Were considered as forming a resignation ? Why, those
ta Mr. Campbell stated that his first act, upon returning.
tioa "'lnn, would be to resign, and to inform the congrega-
ap-
Ckt' of his reasons for doing so. It must, therefore, be e,a4l the resignation was retrospective ; and the true con-
-"ou of the letter, in his Honour's mind, was that Mr.
Minot was so much vexed at the time, that he was deter-
aa:ed to resign On the whole, his Honour did not think
4'Nasible or probable ground for his interference had ever
1 broegbr before him; and he, therefore, could not grant
tttelater any relief by way of motion before the hearing of
tsia„,eatt3e• If the parties would take his advice he would re-
4110:tnd them, if they could, to have no further quarrel, and
Vo:Mr• Campbell to officiate, as he had done up to the
ic",of May last. If the parties would consent to make up
the',"'ff4ences his Honour would make no further order in
sent instance, except to direct the costs of all parties to
to Paid out of the fund belonging to the society. In
k 81°n, his Honour would say that the pain-
kaki IQ certainly acted as they had done frtirn conscientious
tad and ,Mr. Bateman's conduct had been most manful
la Ptaiseweathy in upholding an opinion against all his bro-
th--,a trustees, in a case in which his own conviction told him
Ifirlaere wrong.
tlpon • eTntt, wished to consult his clients, the relators,
Wavattli% point, and the case was ordered to stand over to
lii"Nday next for that purpose.
Itasfe decision of his Honour seemed to give almost universal
Oita antina to a crowded Court, and Sir William Horne, on
a,Fting to his chambers, was:corlially shaken by the hand
of the ladies in attendance.

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Co,
`AIT OF KING'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.)
ttt,
"113 PROSECUTION OP 10!1N BROWN, BARRISTER, V.
!qt. COTTON AND OTHERS.
\,/ Buarr opened the pleadings.
ttaat opened the case by saying this was an indictment
4r eart%Piracy upon the prosecution of John Brown, a barris-
-4:llrd, that, in the absence of his learned friend the Solicitor
Rcslal, the duty of opening this case devolved on him, which
ttlt,,,,tinot be arduous to discharge, circumstances having or-
Ait , which bad induced the Solicitor-General, and those
IN: ere with him on the part of the prosecution, to recom-
Nidtt,`i Me!. Brown, the prosecutor, to abstain from offering any
Its, upon the mass of aers being presented to him-
ttot), Ins learned friend the Solicitor-Ganeral in consulta-
-1:41e tr, 7 had given their deliberate advice that it was impos-
°Pet„uriwg home a legal charge against the defendants, and
Th„‘"r. this might be an end of the matter.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL, for the defendant—Oh no-
-1%1
Y not, certainly not. My Lord, the prosecutor was
i"'Y witness on the back of the indictment.
~prJonN CA1%1;11)31.1., also for the defendants, said it was the
NtOnfounded and vexatious prosecution that he had ever
itsed since be had been called to the bar.
dot7rd DENMAN-Well, gentlemen, you have a very easy
te7,lY) perform—you will say the defendants arc Not Guilty.
"1n accordingly

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY).

Tb• • R'enlioND V. SIMPRIN AND MARSHALL.
/0110 Zlrwp
itrnteaysnt seaense was resumed this morning, when the
William 3,1' • Were called on the part. of. the defendants.
GI "Immie, weaver, residing in Bridgeton, vicinity
lei 1 Rlesglinn.wiond,tre and examined by Mr. PLATT. Knows
plaintiff. Knew him first about the year
Plaintiff was then a weaver, residing at Pollokshaws,
torkteodthree miles of Glasgow. Knew of an association
tfolh• free
the weavers for the purpose of raising their wages,
ti4llb 101 l
of th association Mr. Richmond was a delegate. The
t.l4,,,ater. e association might be 40,000. Recollects that a
titt,,ion of the association was appointed to meet tbe Ma-
-14.,,.'es at Glasgow, the object of which meeting was to ge*.
Iti2,v,i,agistrates to accomplish an accommodation betweee.. the
ktek4"'s, and manufacturers. Mr. Richmond was one. of the
thit4,:s committee. A Mr. Finlay, manufacture-. and 'Polc, was present. Mr. Richmond took an. active part, and
mer-
efr(l4..at the conference before the Mag',,,trates. Deponent
tiltly had conversations with the
ell** • hld at gm,-
ers a great meeting ',AL:ntiff after that time.
. .otatog,rove in October,
kith Iv }lad a conversation th-e tee of the same year
e4i'Lr• Riehmond. Mr. 5:...-4ebetYotrei called on deponent one
!Itet,ent? at his own worl,itept khd after speaking of the dis-
-4k ej Of the people, stated that in England the work-
iti4.l3,ss were orr Ate. into an army for the purpose of re-
' Itlltbr7ltoeGboverr_dert' t; that !nen of great wealth and influence
vkl f ?a`.4.st flue conspiracy—that money to an amount
Ilittnizht°" •amtning to procure arms ,and any other. thing
Oen; t:t necessary—that as deponent had considerable
it-u4lne-• own neighbourhood, it was his duty to endea-
anize the people in that country—and that though
h*A4,Ye that the principal blow would be struck in England,
,„F`nt oPer that the Scotch should organize an array to assist.
tereplied, that he doubted the truth of , Richmond's
of illX'ts, and that though they were correct, he would •join
dap" eeterprize. Richmcrad insisted that it was the duty
I,,Neqlent to use his inkence to get the organization com-
-4,144, and that he ne-,,a not be afraid that anything would be
11,11iNgto assist hi 7 such as money, &c. Deponent told
1!1th,.." agair. that he thought it would ruin any man to join.
Opock utidertaking, and requested him never to call on him
tt4,-11 book such subject. Richmond then pulled out his
ite,ve "„el r, and offered to produce documents—letters, &c.;
t4,;q3e.`i.e truth of what he said. Deponent never after-
„.l°Ntersed with Richmond on the same subject. Rich-
ot;ttt"gia at that time acting as an agent in Glasgow, but his
04 an Was not very extensive. Thinks he had not
etem, agent for more than a year. Richmond was
heer before. Was in business altogether about a year,
fe°otinued to live in Glasgow till the February
.or
%0110 wing. He then went to New k. Saw m
Iktile went, on a Sabbath Day, in JohnLanar Marshall's, v him
39, Gallowgate. No other was present beside
411c1 deponent. Deponent was sent for by Richmond.
th! oils the day after the people had been apprehended
in
th
h. 4.3'11d for treason. Richmond stated to deponent
itt bw°l much alarmed at what had happened, and was
would fall a victim along with the rest. Deponent
‘ltiltat be should hve paid attention to that in tim,
4;3' Lne hilted to plaintiff before, not have embarked in
th' ~;(1 business. George Biggin called on deponent in
C: of the year 1817. Does not recollect of seeing
8
Wing
1,1•08 1•056-Placarded, or chalked.
414 "alnined by the Plaintiff ( Richmond )—ls a weaver.
fr,!, 4.4 book muslin, for which he is paid 7d. per ell.
tN -10 s. to 12s. a- week on the average. Has not a
tolle,;ecollection of the date of the first conversation, but
distinctly the month. The state of the people was.
' • There was much dis-
%- at topic of the conversation.
Ve 'le time, and a number unemployed, but there were
ti:l44,el°Ployed in 1810. There was some excitement at
hat e„- °f the conversation about reform. This excitement
tt„4Biderable. Read the newspapers occasionally at
tt4°e. on his oath asserts, that the letters which
Nr)ttil 4 offered, Pto be shown by the plaintiff,
anything
4jed 'vat, correspondent, and not connected. with. .
tet°:% told Public prints. Recollects that plaintiff some time
' deponent of letters which he had received from
titetit;„-,t‘ Cockbu
rn containing some money. Recollects
')11:4 d•u'acussions on the state of the country. There was
tilliorialfr:reoce of opinion ow these subjects.
.Defendant's
son generally known to be greatly against violence
'ha odic e'Ple kfle The whole committee of weavers acted on the
of aversion to violence. Thought it singular,
'bitt,l)to:,;:°os in the extreme that plaintiff should have made
ref,.rrecltoi the former part of the deposi-
llt:i tot +a,intiff knew deponent's character sufficiently well.
frlnk plaintiff foolish or ignorant, but thouht he had
tiit-'4lfir'isti slip at the time. Does not recollectsve! being
41,(1
h th company with any one after the first meeting de-
o (It Sunday in Gallowgate. Is a little dull of hear-
''f.,,,,-PAlie;se,roory a; good as ever. Recollects that there was
Tilert made to have the Scotch Poor Laws put in
dese Proceedings were going on at the time plaintiff
r7tt,,eiT
°llo,,,e°llelit ; and meetings were being held to further.
Recollects the proposition made by plaintiff
41:t,ry .;,,han tne rest of tl, conversation, because of its extra-
;ll tl4-tiehlatulire• Does not recollect that plaintiff spoke either
tti°ll t 'Dr Campbell. Plaintiff and deponent had lived
t:it.to4 ,e,:_r;ria before that time. Never mentioned the con-
',sed"'.4l Plaintiff till after the people were apprehended.
It thou to John M‘Millan, and several others