The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-07 00:00:00

THE LATE EAST INDIA CADET-

SHIP CASE.
LEWES, August 4.
(Before Auckland, Esq , Deputy-Sheriff)
DEW V. COHEN.
This was a writ of inquiry to assess the damages for
a libel insert, d by the defendant in the .Brighto
Guardian, the defendant having suffered judgment to
go by default.
Mr. Ballantine was for the plaintiff, and Mr. James
for the defence.
Mr. BALLANTINE said the plaintif, Mr. Dew, was avd
auction-er, residing in Kiug William-street, London9,o_,,
he brought this action to recover compensation in damage'
for injury to his character and business by the publicatie
of a. libel by the defendant, whose'paper had a considersb?
circulation in Sussex, where plaintiff bad many friends:,
lie did not impute any miliee or improper model'
to the defendant, but he bad shown a want of care An;
diligence in this case. Mr. Ballantine here proceeda;
to n,rrate the circumstances attending the late gt°‘
Inclia. Cadetship case. Had the report complained eu
been strictly a report of what took place in London, Whet
a charg' was instituted against Mr. Dew by the ks!,
India Company, Mr. Dew would not have brought t'
action, but, instead of reporting what took place, tt:
defendant had condensed the report, not giving Mr. Pe (
the fall benefit of the observations made in the course °
hearing the charge, nor giving the people of this col
an opportunity of judging of the transaction ; 50i.d.41
the conder.sation one of the gravest charges from veul-
a man could suffer was made against Mr. Dew. 11'1;
Ballantine, here read the article, which was a follows:n-0
" ILLEGAL SALE OF AN EAST INDIA CADETSHIP.-7;
Saturday Mr. John : .18-
Harry Drew, auctioneer, of ',"0,
-
William-street, and Mr. William Rallett, of BayswittT'
were charged before Mr. Hardwick, of the Marlboroug,"'
street Police-office, with being concerned in negotiati
for the sale of a cadetship in the East India Compat
service, in violation of the 49th Geo. 111., which ins":
such a proceeding a misdemeanour. Mr. Clarkson %
peered for the prosecution. It appeared that the nit
sellers had represented to Mr. Coppard, formely residing:,
the London-road, Brighton, and now at Horsham,,,,.‘";
was seeking a cadetship for his step-son, Mr. John At.
thew Boswell, that they could procure him a cadetsl
on receiving 1,090/. or 1,1001., through the influence
Mr. Henry Shank, formerly a Director of the Compl
and they exhibited to him a note, purporting tobe
by Mr. Shank, promising to procure Mr. Boswell av.
,„,
oetship in November next, and on handing over the ov
cument,,and also a certificate signed by the prisoner'
and another person not in custody, that the signature ell
that of Mr. Shank, Mr. Coppard paid the parties 1,05
It was proved that the signature purporting to be
Shank's was a forgery. The prisoners were admitted
bail."
The jury would see that not only was the plaintiff stated
to' be charged by the East India Company with Win'
concerned in the illegal sale of a cadetship, but the sre,i
title went on to charge what he was sure his Lealllt
Friend would admit never was stated against him, '4"
the document signed. by the prisoner was a fore,:
Nothing of the kind
.ever took place ; there was no 0.,1
cument signed by Mr. Dew. It was for being trade,7j
in, this mannt r that his client felt it necessary to ttfr"
to a jury.
.1
William Ball, bookkeeper to Mr. Dew, was ,
prove that the business of Mr. Dew had been seriousll4,
jurod since the appearance of the paragraph in questl°o
Mr.. JAMES, having cross• examined the witness*,
great length, addressed the jury for the defence. witness*
Cohen had apologised for the mistake. The Winne, '6,
of the plaintiff's business was owing, not to the
tion of a short paragraph in the Sussex papers, in `"w,;.'
the sole mistake was the insertion of a superfluous
but the charge of being concerned in the illegal sale
a cadetship, for which he was taken three times toy
London police-office, and the details df which transseit
were reported in the London papers. Not a s'"'!;
owner of property had been called to prove darewts,
they had no cne but the clerk, who was engaged 're.
salary of 255. per week. Mr. James concluded by old
minding the jury that a verdict of less than 405. ig°
leave the plaintiff to pay his own costs.

The DEPUTY SHERIFF having snmmed up,
The jury consulted for about two minutes, and
returned the damages at the eighth of a penny tot
Mr. JAMES said there was a coin in the colonies

would just meet that. ind
Mr. BALLANTINE said they had better'say a WO
Mr. JAMES—We consent to the increase.
The verdict was applauded by the spectators.

DUTCH MAIL.
TRH HAGUE, AUG. I.—Their Royal Highnesses !oil:
Prince and Princess of Orange returned from Ems
days ago, and are now at the Loo. • They are exPse
here next week, with their children and household.
_at
The Cabinet messenger, Reisman, is to go to-ilwr''
to London, with dispatches for the Kibg. The
that MARCH 4 —Accounts from Am130,.. soe
that the health of that island is quite satisfactorP
epidemic has wholly disappeared.
.„ -
a-L he, clol3°,
BATAVIA, M ARCH 14. Great damage basts
in the residence of Tagat 'and Pekalongar, byr and
rain, which inundated the'plantations of Ince'atir other
indigo, and destroyed several habitations
buildings, and many small vessels, ng
BATAVIA, MARCH 21.—The coasts of Samara
and
Japara are still molested by pirates, and the ,fishing *l7
cooacing trade are exposo:l to great danger.

TRADE OF FRANCE.
The Moniteur of Sunday publishes the following Le;
,
'turns, from the Administration of the Customs of '',
principal articles of merchandise imported intol:Fril :0
t;
during the first six months of the present year, shefiti
the quantities arrived and consumed, and the all'
recei ti ell :
Merchandise. Arrived. Consumed. Datiso:
Met.Quint.*Met.Quint. Free496sl
Sugar (Freneh Colonies) 489,847 434,400 20,395'09
Ditto (Foreign)
Coff,e
Cocoa
Pepper 1
Cotton Wool
Mahogany
Oil (Olive)
Wools .
,

Silk (Raw)
4,30§ 3,263

1',4'6,5

,
Ditto (Spun)
.
Ditto `Floss) , 324 184, 2141
Coal 10,405,681 9,875,077 2.,37,'691
Cast Iron (unwrought) 278,122 279,040 1,61'603
Copper (first fusion) 48,090 48,975 113:'0,31
Lead (in pigs) 88,780 , 65,322 36j'51-
159•
Tin (unwrought)
11,04!
Zinc (first fusion) - 5,7
Nitrate of Potassium 2,170 3,981 6"'6A61
Nitrate of Soda
,7570
Cochineal 521 862
~q 6 4
—' 54
Indigo
Flax & Hemp (Threads) 41,781 40,312 2,7:fr049
Ditto ditto (Cloths)
Other duties —.- _ ii,B2
• ----ni4
75,95 ,400
Being 4,404,607 f. more than fur the corresponding Pe.-
of 1844. and 6,032,796 f. than that of 1843.

* The Metrical quintal is 221ilbs. English.

,ber
MORTALITY OF THE
of deaths registered in the metropolitan district, I°,'Bll
week ending Saturday, August 2, is 827, of whic,llo,4ll
were from disease, showing a decrease, as compared ,rge
the previous week, in deaths from disease, of 49. toff
number of deaths from diseases of the respire on
organs, was 292 ; and from epidemic, endemic, an
tagious diseases, 184.

Alutish. r
On the Sth ult., at Hallow, Allan Waters, Esq" ° ft,
mouth, Devon, to Anne Maria, daughter of the late
King, r-sq., M.D., of Mortlake, Surrey. 00030
On the 10th ult., at Quebec, the Rev. lien rmloo °
third son of the Hon. and Revs Frederick Hothan3o"7,
John
Rochester, to Mary, second daughter of the late o°-•
Hale, Receiver-General of Lowtr Canada.
the
On the 31st ult., at St. Andrew's Chapel, AberdeeTer, to
Rev. Philip Carlyon, Incumbent of St. James's, D'etretth
Grace Julia, youngest daughter of the late. Colonel
oun.
n the 2d pilarn'se, Lcleerr,sgtaoteu, Leic'ennd, °eitdesi3
Y i
W. ett, Esq., solicitor.
daughter.of Robert Garrod, Esq., of Ipswich•

On the 4th inst., HenrylEiDl 1 E
oz ey-,
Derby. wife of A'
On the 1 tof a June, at ghittagong, Caroline,
Sconce, Esq., B.C.C. wife of
On the 18th ult., in the city of Valetta, Lecilens,
commanding
Lieutenant-Colonel William Burton Tylden,
the Royal Engineers in the Island of Malta. Esq''
On the 30th ult., at Brighton, Nathaniel Simmons,
of Gloucester Lodge, St. James's, Croydon, Surrey- Toles
On the 2d inst., at Bath, Vice-Admiral George .
Shirley, aged 77. roond,
sq., of the Friari,
On the 3d inst., Mary Sophia, the wife of James Rag
Esq., of Bavthorn-park, Essex. et, relict
On the 3d inst., at Southsea, Portsmouth, Margar
of the late Major-General Sir William Clarke, Bart.
wire of the
On the 26th ult., at Dawlish, Frances Isabella,
Rev. d
Hye W. don.
On the 29th ultßea., at Hampstead, John Eaton, Eq: ..,, mrS•
On the 30th ult., at Pembroke-square, Kensnet:
Elizabeth Spence, relict of Captain H. IL Spence!,e 1‘•10-} phi,
On the 30th nit.. at Ludlow, Elizabeth, wir
Hutchings, Esq., aged 68.
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