The Sun.
London, England, 1819-11-19 00:00:00

1118 MARKETS.

(To sink the Offal; per Stone of B!bs.)
Beef 4s. Od. to ss. Od. I Veal ss. Od. to Gs. 0,1.
Aluttun ..4s. 04. to ss. 6d. Pork ss. Od. to Os. 6d.
Lamb Os. Od. to Os. Od.

Beasts
Calv

CATTLE AT MARKET.
720 I Sheep and Lambs 4,900
260 Pigs

HAY AND STitt. PER LOAD.
Hay ... ,C 3 10 0 to,CS 10 01 Cloi•er..Z.s 0 0 tO,C7 0 0
Straw Z 1 80 to 1 16 0

FURIOUS DRIVING.

CoRoNEk'S INQUEST.—Yeiztcrday an Inquisition
was taken before THOMAS SHELTON, Esc!. at the
Jacob's Well, in Barbican,.on.the body of a child
named John Suattord, aged 1S mouths.
James Webb, collector of the toll at the Turn.
pike in Old•strect, St.. Luke's, stated, that on
Friday last, about two o'clock, Le was on ditty
at the gate, when a Mr. Samuel Jackson, residing
at Bridgewater-gardens, Barbican, galloped Him'
the gate on horseback at a very furious rate. At this
molurnt a little girlo.ith the deceased in her arms,
was crossing the road .trout Golden-Line to
Brick-lane, and was, by the.lotce of the animal,
knocked down, and the horse trod on the head of
the deceased, and galloped off wilh great speed,
but was stoppud by a person near St. Luke's
Church, and Me. Jackson, the rider, was brought
back. The deceased was taken to Mr. Jackson,
surgeon, in Old-sticct.

Sarah Stratford, an interesting little girl, and
sister to the deceased, stated that site, by the de-
sire of her parents, who live in Ilridgemater-gar-
dens, took the deceased.' out for an airing ; site
Went as far as Oid•stieet ; and as she was
crossing the road, near the Turnpike, %vitt) the
deceased in her aims, a man who was on horse-
back gallupped over her, and knocked the
deceased Out of her arms, and the horse tramped
over it, and the man beat the horse, and gallop-
per) off immediately. •
Mr. Thomas Jackson, surgeon, residing in-
Old-street, stated, that lie examined the c
' when it was brought to his shop, and found a se-
vere bruise on the right eye ; he attended the
deceased, and rendered it every assistance, but he
died on Tuesday ,morning ; since which he bad
examined the head, and found an .cxten-
sive int-lammaion on the surface of the brain,
and also a quantity of water • was bet ween
the dura mater:tind the brain, which was the cause
of his death, and that those appearances'were pro-
duced from external violence.

Juror—Jackson, !limn being sent to by the ha-
rems of the deceased for a Hide assistance, they
bilIT very poor, refused, that the loss ot
6he child in a large family was of no conEeciaeoce.
.The Jury retorped a verdict of-Manslaughter
against sawuel Jackion ; and the Coroner issued
his warrant tor his apprehension.

A Proclamation has been issued by the Loan
LIEUTENANT of IRELAND, deChritlg 114 e County
Of Roscommon to. be hi a sure of disturbance,
and requiring an extraordinary establishment of
Police.

StnctnE.7—Afew days ago, Charlotte Ulford,
licook io the fantiiy of Mr. Edward Harris, Can-
terbury,place, Lambeth, put a period to her
fexiit.tite by cutting ter throat. She had been in.
the family only a tetlldays, during which she ap-
p.eattd its n melancholy and de 'kited state of mind,
which, it. is surd, Was occasioned by a y0n0.,,, roan
ho..had paid his addressei to her having been
latrly married to another. Do the morning she
tomu.itied the act, she remained in bed after her
fellow-servant ; the latter, finding she had not
.got up at eight o'clock, went into tut' room, and
ft nod her with her throat cut. A surgeon was
cAled• in, hut she died in a few minutes.

CORN EXCHANGIC, Nov. 19.—Althongh we have
had hut little Wheat fresh in since ►llonday, the
trade was heavy this morning, and only fine sam-
ples could be got Gti, and all other descriptions
are full Is. per qr. lower.—Fine Barley is Is. per
(Jr. clearer, having had but little at market this

%I:eek ; but there is no amendment in the ordi-
nary qualifies, which still continue nearly nn-
saleable.—Oats are rather better sales, and fine
Corn ls. per gr. higher.—ln other articles there
is no alteration.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, Nov. 19.—There was a good supply
of all kinds of Cattle at Market this murning, and prime
Cattle obtained a good price ; Mutton and Veal were at last
prices ; Pork was somewhat cheaper.--In the Hay
Market, there is nu difference in the price of Hay since
last Monthly's Market: Straw and Clover remain as per our
last quiitation.—The following is a correct statement of the
l'rices and Numbers at Market:---

REQUISI TION to the LORI) MAYOR
For. A COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

A Deputation of the CoMmon Council, consist--
lug. of Messrs. Williarns and Blackett, of the
Wird of Farriogdon Without, and Mr. Fenton,
of Castle Baynard_Ward, wailed stpon the Right
Hon the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion house, be-
t ,veen twclve and one- o'clock yesterday, widi
Requisition to his Lordship for a Court of Com-
mon Council, of which the foilowiug is a copy :
" TO THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD MAYOR.

" Having learnt that the Court of Aldermen, withont the
knowledge or sanction of the Corporation of London, have.re-
solved upon proceedings, affecting
.not only the Funds of the
City, hut the rights and privileges of the Citizens, of whom
the Court of Common Council are the Representatives, We,
the undersigned Members of that Court, do request your
Lordship to convene a Court on an early day to consider these
pu6ceeaiius, and to adopt such measures thereon as may seem
uecessary."
This Requisition was signed by very nearly 100
Members of the Court of Common Council, the
greatest number of signatures, we believe, that
was ever known to have been affixed to a Requi-
sition fora Meeting of that Court.
The Lord Mayor, at the time of the arrival of
the deputation. was presiding in the /Justice-
Room, and the Gentlemen were in consequence
shewn into his Lords.hip there ; his Lordship re-
ceived them with the utmost politeness and affa-
bility.
Mr. IVILLIAMS, presenting the Requisition, said,
they had the honour to wait 11 pot) his Lordship.
as a deputation from several Members of the Com-
Itton Council, with a Requisition to his Lordship
to call a Meeting of that Court.
The LORD MAYOR replied, with a smile, Why,
Gentlemen, you are very quick upon toe.
Mr. BLACKETT observed, this is our first appli•
cation, your Lordship.
True, said the LORD MAYOR, hut you know 1
have already called a Common Hall for to.mor-
tow upon this same subject. 1 have no objection,
however, to the Requisitioo, but most readily ac-
cede to it ; the only question is, what day you
would wish it tor.
Mr. WILLIAMS urged, from the importance of
.the business, the necessity of as eatly a day as
would snit his Lordship's conehiclice, and sug-
gested Monday next.
The LORD MAYOR said, there really was such
a pressure of business at present, that lie feared
he could no, grant it for Monday ; there was a
meeittg of the Court of Aldermen stood for Tues-
day, hitt any d‘y after that he should be happy to
attend to them.
Mr. BLACKETT replied, that what his Lordship
had stated formed an additional reason for their
pressing him to name Monday. The Coutt of Al-
dermen_ had already decided upon this vestion,
and it was, perhaps, of importance to the future
deliberations of that Court, that ,they should be
put in possession of the opinion of the Court' of
Common Council upon the subject as eatly as

possible; he also begged to press upon lAs Lord•
consideration;' that"Jhe Common Council
- was a meeting of the Corporation, of which the
Aldermen. bemg Members, had a tight to attend,
and called his Lordship's attentioti to the mini-
ber and respectability of the Sigutit ores to the Re-
quisition.
'lite Loan MAYOR said, be had no doubt of the
respect:ibility of the gentlemen who had signed
the ittvosition ; in his situation of Chief Magis-
trate, he WAS itrerestett-in, and bound to protect
the rights of eve' y branch of the Corporation, and
was desirous of conducting himself to their gene-
ral satisfar,ton; it was necessary thereriire that he
should talte some consideration on the subject,
and he would be ptepared by the.neNt morning to
Sx the day for the meeting of the Court.
Mr. BLACK RTT said,- lie hoped his Lordship
would not keep them in suspense till then ; per-
haps a later our on Monday, than that at which
the Court usually met, might suit his Lordship,
or even on Saturday, if his Lordship was no
otherwise engaged ; it had never been usual to
de!ay the meeting of the Court more than three
days after the presentation of a Requisition, ex-
cep• in the last Mayoralty.
Air. WILLIAMS said, be was quite sure from the
Sluff: specimen of his Lordship's public conduct,
and the polite reception they had met with that
clay, his Lordship would not adopt that precedent
as an t x3mple to regulate his proceedings, and
urged, that it would he an advantago-to the Court
of Aldermen, to know the opinion of the Coat-
num Council, as well as that of the Common Hall
upon this business, before they adopted further
proceedings.
The LORD MAYOR replied, be was most desirons
of complying with their wishes, and would there-
..

fore take only an hour or two for consideration,
and would he ready to give them a conclusive an-
swer at four o'clock, if they would have the good-
ness to wait upon him.
The deputation then withdrew, and four
o'clock Mr. Williams anti Mr. Illackett again
waited upon his Lordship, and upon being in-
troduced to him iu -his private parlour, his Lord-
ship said—

ekintlenien, I do assure yon I hare the most ardent de-
sire to accommodate myself to your wishes, hut "as I hare al-
ready informed you, I have upon previous application to me
for that purpose, called a Court of Aldermen for. Tuesday
next, and I find that it would be contrary, to etiquette, and
inert(' lie considered as a sort of insult to that .COurt, were I,
'iron a suliscquent Requisition, to surnmon a Common Conn;
cil pievionsly.„ It is my earnest wish to maintain peace and
unanimity between all the branches of the Corporation, and
1 therefore must decline' catliti... a 'Common' Council before
that day."

Mr. BLACKETT !kinked his Lordship fur his
candour, and suggested WcOnt!sday next,
The Lf,liD AiOR IWlfo objection to Wednes-
day, hot. as it was tire day appointed for the Alert-
ing to Smithfield, and thnugh he had no appre-
hension of any, disturbance or disorder, it would
wit he proper that be should be particularly en-
gaged on that (1.-ty.
Thursday tvas then named, and cheerfully ac-
ceded tt, by his Lordship immediately,
Mr. 11..3t.ctAms, in taking his leave, begged .to
thank his Lordship for the candid, liberal and
genilemardy conduct lie had evinced that day ; and
he congratulated his Lordship and the citizens at
large, 'Ton that confidence and unanimity which
such cit;dhct would necessarily enrorre between
his Lordship and every branch of the Corporation
d,iring the present Mayoralty.

LAW /N FELLIGENCE.

coma OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 18.

LIBEL UPON A MAGISTRATE.

Mr. Se? jeant VsuGuArt prayed 'the Judgment
of the Court against Thomm Thompson, Printer
of The Leicester Chronicle, who hart heen con-
viete,l before the Chief Bann, at the last Le ices-
tei shire Assizes, of- a Libel on the lien.
er. Joi
liithluiph, a Magistrate of the said county, in-
setted in that P,tper.

Mt. Justice linsT read the Report of the trial,
by which it appeared, that the libel was a letter
signed " reflecting on the conduct
lit the prosecutor, in having ordered a pauper,
under the slat. 43 Eliz., to be publicly whipped,
for stealing a few potatoes.
The defendant !nit in affidavits, stating that the
letter was lint written. by Irin►self ; that the prn•
sect►tiut► had originated in political motives; and
that he was poor, and had -a fannily of four
children.

For the prosecution, an affidavit was put in, and
panip!,let read, which the defendant since pub•
listed, containing a report of hie trial, and re
fleeting on the Grand Jury and the Special Jury
who had convicted hint.

Mr. DENMAN, in mitigation, made a most elo-
quent and impressiVe speech. He eulogized the
Liberty of the Press, and the right using
the conduct of men in public situatinus, widtwit
which it %vas a ;noel:et y to speak of toe Liberty
of the Press. lie contended, that the Magistrate
had acted illegally towards the pauper, concerning
whom the libel to,cl originated, and still mote so,
as it appeared he had consulted with the prose-
cutor ns to the punishment. tie relented to the
42; George 111. to spew the iUcgality of the pro.
section's conduct, for by that statute the 43d of
Ltizabeth was virtniii!y repealed. The pauper had
long worked for Mr. Moore, the prosecutor, rind
his fattier. and, in a time of great itistr,;is, Le
took a few potatoes. The Learned Gen:lent 311
%VAS procet'tfittt with much warmth, %Olen be was
interrupted by
Mr. Justice 13AYL:rir, who said—Mr. Denman,
von have used the words " and vin•
dictiveness," as applied to a Court of Justice.
The Court feels no indignation, ,ind is to I,l' vin-
dictive, but mild and ienieto in the adminisitation
of justice.
Thr JUSTICE repeated the same send-

Mr. DRNMAN said, lie was not sorry, but ex-
tremely happy, that he had drawn such a declara-
tion from their Lortiships, and Was sure his client
would have the benefit of it. But, he would ask,
was it proper, was it discreet, that a Magistrate,
in the exercise of his authority, should, in a
public town, subject a husband, the father of a
family, pedlar, in the sight of his wife and chil-
dren, to the punishment of whipping, and left to
the degraded clemency of a constable ? It was nu
,exhibition calculated to excite the most painful
emotions ; atiil if thi'rentarks opt /that act of
severity in the Magistrate should have been too
strong, it was the exaggeration of a humane mind
deeply wounded by such an exhibition. The let-
ter, whoever might have written it, did great
credit to the heart of the individual. The Learn-
ed Gentleman, iii a most eloquent and impressive
speech, proceeded to state, that the prosecu.
lion had originated in political motives—had
been commenced by a Member of the True Blue
Club, and was conducted at the expence that
Club, whose object was to put down the paper
of which the defendant was pt inter, and which
was opposed to it in politics. He. concluded by
hoping, that whatever warmth he might have dis-
played, it would not injure his client.
Mr. Serjeant Vaughan, Mr. Header, and Mr.
Balguy,spoke in aggravation.

The- CHIEF JUSTICE, after consulting with his
brother Judges, inquired of Mr. Denman, if h
would he satisfactory that the deftmlatit should
give his own recognizance to appear again for
judgment, if called upon ?
Mr. DeNmav replied in the affirmative.

The CHIEF JUSTICE, after censuring the seve.
city used by the Magistrate, ordered that Mr,
Thompson should enter into his own recogni-
zance for 5001., hoped.he would stop the sale
of the Pamphlet_ Mr. Thompson assured his
Lordship he would ; and was enlarged upon en-
tering into his personal recognizance of 1001., to
appear When calkd upon.