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London, England, 1858-07-23 00:00:00

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damages for having boon wrongly dtsr4oto
that offic,-, •
,The-cause.stagzied.-I).y_a special
At the close-of the opening speech for -6 ain-ft
tiff the dause- was `adjourned, and the repo is
therefore deferrers ilatilthe conclusion of the trial.

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MIDLAND. JULY 22. •
NISI c,otatT.
After the return-from service the Ottbedral
the Hon. Sir A. 4 J.. E. Cockburn took his- seat in.
the Nisi Prins Curt, and the triarof t 'e city Canes
commenced.
GREEN V. GREETHAM (C.P SPECIAI. 4/JAY—
ACTION FOR SLANDER. ,",
Mr. Macaulay, Q.C:, Mr. Mellor, an.rl
H. Adams were .counsPl for the plaint ff; andAltr.
Sergeant Hughes was retained for the defendant.,
Mr. Macaulay, who stated _the c.se,asid the_ -
plaintiff ia-a miller and morn merchant residing at
Bardney, and the defendant is a land. valuer, arti • -
a gentleman of considerable standing; living at. `-
Stainfield Hall, near -Wragley. In April, 1850,
the plaintiff and defendant were at a veAryanert.!
ing at Bardney, when the defenant, pointing to •
Mr. Green, said—" You are a rogue-; you are a
convicted felon. I know that you are a rogue. It
was I who wrote to the inspector_ to come down '
after yeti..." The plaintiff said--r." You don't•thittk ,
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tice of it," and h. allowed the matter to pas over.
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stone weight, which would, if it were always u ed
in weighing flour, cheat the customer out of the
twelfth part of a farthing, and for this be was fined
1/. About February last the plaintiff-took a part
in defence of some relieving officer who was cam_
plained against by the Vicar of Bardney, and the
following board day at Lincoln Mr. Greetham (the
defendant), in the presence of,the Hon. A -L. Mel.
ville and 14 or 15 ether gentlemen, persisteelain.
making, a statement then although not a guardian,-
and in 'making this statement-he referred to the.
plaintiff, saying,. "You do net know the character
of that man as Ido ; he is a bad man ; he is the
pest of the parish ; be is a dishonest man ; he is
not to be believed upon his oath ; he is a convicted
felon ; he has robbed the poor." The defendant
was asked to apologise, and in reply said that he
had said no more than ho could prove.-
- The defendant plitc!d upon the record, first,
" not guilty," and secondly, " justification," both
of which pleas; however, were with irawn, and the
question was merely one of assessment of damages.
The Judge—lf a man has done wrong there is.
but one way of get.-inoa out of it. - I must say that
it was a right course toipithdraw the plea of jnstifi-
cation ; this is to his credit,
After a great deal of conversation, as to the •
te' ma of an apology, hislordship said that he would
dic•iite one which Mr. Hayes was to object to, if
his client could not accept it. The apology was a
full re rautiou of the charge of want of probity and
honesty on the part of the plaintiff, and an expres-
sion of regret that the defendant should have used
the expressions he did.
This arrangement having been acquiesced in, the
j ary were discharged ; the defendant paying all
coots in the else.

THE GREAT NORTHERN aosmAt.

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The first anuiversiry fes'ival of this institution
was he'd on WedneAlay, at the Londou Tavern,
Mr. Alderunn Wire iu the chair. About 120 gen-

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