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London, England, 1830-11-30 00:00:00

LAW &SPORTS.

Seals, Re.hearings, Appeals, and Petitions, Ware the Lone CHAP.
CSLLOII. after Michaelmas Term, 1830.
Monday, December 6th—First Seal.
Tuesday 7th. and Wednesday Bth—Re.hearings and Appeals.
Thursday, 9th—Second Seal.
Friday 10th, and Saturday llth—Be.bearings and Appeals.
Homy, 13th—Third Seal.
Tuesday 14th, Wednesday 15th, and Thursday 18th--..Re.hearings
and Appeals.
Friday, 17th—Fourth Seal.
Saturday, 18th—Petitions.
N.B. Such days as his Lordship is occupied in the House of Lords
aro excepted.

Seals, Pleas, Demurrers, Exceptions, Causes, Further Directions, and
Petitions, before the Vtcs CHawczr.Loa, after Michaelmas Term,
1830.

Monday, December 6th—First Seal.
Tuesday 7th, and Wednesday Bth—Pleas, Demurrers, Exceptions,
auses. and Further Directions.
Thursday. Bth—Second Seal.
Friday 10th, and Saturday 11th—Pleas, Demurrers, Emplane,
awes, and Further Directions.
Monday, ISM—Third Seal.
Tuesday 14th, Wednesday 15th, and Thursday 10th.....Pless, De.
mum, Exceptions, Causes, and Further Directions.
Friday, 17th—Fourth Seal.
Saturday, llith.—Peritions.

COURT OF XING'S BENCH, Nov. Ni.
arm V. ZNINSTS AND LACY.
slr. C. F. Wiauspo 'hewed cause against this gulp fors babes,
corpus, to bring up the body of Mr. John Knight, an alleged haat*
from Lavenuock, Wilts. Kr. Williams produced antral allklavits
from medical mac, es to the distspedim state elan /Woes mind
in dept. ill , whet; Jo was Ins malined, by litho of a regular amid,.
ems ; ruin, which ha Nil been grailetallY impr Ylng and was in a tak
war of rectwety; but Ibis applioodOe W. at the WIMP of $ widow,
whp bad crsW4 some pima in tbe Was with AIL Eniglit, op hip haw,
holm sod whose gbowar pi& be levered firma tbs Won ado bed
writtat to him since his etatinamOni• Wed Ala in raid, ammineists
" My ever deatvst Faked—What Mammal* delight and spopandipp
ibis opportunity affords me of writing ts mg
mangeding • ago
bless you my dowel Life." Ms 44 mg qdmiged t. immet ipdh
Guam, that the object vi the sad a&w if Mr. jraiail no..
Lining him was to defeat make person of a will ha hod bud, am*

but his clients positively swore, that mishmash they bad hand be bad
made a will, they had not yet found it.
Lord Tzar z a Dan—What is the state of his mind at the patent time ?
Mr.WlLLrams—lt is sworn that ally yesterday he was amusing
himself with mending the high road. and calling out to the roomers ;
and several medical men declare be is not in a fit state to be preowned in
this Court. lam ready to refer the matter to any respectable podemen
to examine and report upon the state Mils health.
Mr. Wybom refused each reference. He produced and reed the ail.
davit of Dr. Wighunan of Southampton, who swore that be bad been 34
years a member of the Royal College of Physicians, and far the last 30
years had attended Mr. Knight as his physician, thet be was acquainted
with all his concerns, and therein, fully qualified to decide whether be
were insane or not. That he bad visited Mr. Knight on the lath inst.
and conversed with him upon various topics for two hours, purposely
varying the subjects to ascertain whether he were labouriag under *say
delusion, and he positively swore, be found him perliselly sound in
mind. Mr. Wyborn added, that not only was Doctor Wlghtman, from
his science and character beyond all suspicion, but he was the very
identical professional man, employed by the brothers to examine him,
and actually did sign the certificate by which he was first confined, and
in addition to his testimony he had eight other witnesses to the same
erect. Certainly these spoke to his health ten days ago.
The Cocas, after consultation, refused the habeas corpus.
CRIMINAL INFORMATION.
LIBEL.
rill NINO V. 11,4.11111011.

Sir J. SCAR LIT r, on a former day, obtained a rule, calling CO Mr.
Hudson (the defendant) to show cause why a criminal in ormation
should not be filed against him, for having published in a newspaper
called The Hampshire Teley's" at Portsmouth, of winch paper he
is Editor and Proprietor, a false and malicious libel, reflecting on the
character and reputation of a gentleman named Padwicit.
Mr. Sergeant NI EItZWETHiII (Mr. Fou.sww with him) appeared
this day to 'hew cause against the rule. The lammed Counsel stated,
that Mr. Harrison was the proprietor of a weekly newspaper published
at Portsmouth, and that the alleged libel was_ published in that paper in
the shape of an advertisement ; by his &Merits, however, he most
strongly denied that he had any idea that it implied, or was intended to
apply, to Mr. Padwkk—that he received the offensive communication
from Chichester during the time a contested election was going on in
that place. He cooddered it one of the squibs that passed on such oe.
elisions. He (Mr. Sergeant Merewether) therefore hoped that the
Court would be of opinion that this was not a case that called for Its
extraordinary interference. Mr. Padwick did not fill any public situ-
ation, and therefore ought to have appealed to the ordinary tribunals of
his country, where a Jury would have been best able to decide whether
or not the offensive names and term applied to Mr. Padwiek. Mr.
Harrison positively denied that they did.
Lord Txteirmenxx..-.lf the rule is made absolute, then the ease
must go before a jury. Does any roe; join the defendant in his dn.
davits
Mr. Sergeant MiNzwentan.....Yes, my Lord, be is joined by two
gentlemen, who state that they do not believe Mr. Padwick to be the
person alluded to in the libel, and the Court will also observe, that
Mr. Padwkk confines his denial of the charges to certain parts ; there
are many portions of the article to which `e ion Net attempt to give
an answer. He does not swear that be is the person mum, who was
represented as jockeying, deceiving, and defrauding his partner; but
he chooses rather to gives gmend denial.
Mr. Justice Paaxx.—Th charges are of a general kind, and, in
my opinion, of a most serious nature. 1 remember well the libel.
Mr. Sergeant Alraxwaninen must submit, that a more &Sake
answer ought to lave been given to the imputations. The defendant
went on in his af&iavit to state, that he had been the editor of the paper
in question fora period of forty years, during which time it had never
I been made the vehicle of personal abuse, or had it ever been prosecuted
fur a personal libel. That he received the communication by post, and
I was talking with a gentleman in the shop when it arrived, to whom he
showed it, and It was their united opinion, that k was a tame election
squib, and be in consequence inserted it in the paper in the menlooll and
ordinary course of business, and without the slightest idea or wish to
injure the feelings or reputation of Mr. Padwick. whom be bad known
fur thirty years as a most respectable roan; sod that, on the followln
week, in his piper, be expressed the most sincere regret that be should
have given publicity to the article, and added, that being an advertise.
meat, he did not examine it so minutely as' be otherwise should have
done; but he again deelmed that he had no idea it alluded to Alr.Pad wick
Lord TEXTIMDEL—HeIII3IISt know it applied, and was calculated
to wound the feelings of some one ee soother. Adveslisententa were
not paid for if they were not to answer some particular purpose ; and
no one could doubt the intention of the author of the libel, which, said
his Lordship, I consider a very bed one.
Mr. Serjeant MEnEwiwitza—.The defendant had done ell in his
power to counteract the mischievous tendency of the txtblitation, be
had expressed his mat sincere regret, and therefore ought not to be put
to the great expense of that mode of proceeding ; and la ordinary
ewes it was contrary to the practice of. the Court to grant criminal is.
formations (but genteelly refused them), unless the potties applying
tilled some public sintst, or the AMOR was one likely to provoke a
breach of the public peace.
Lord TztreaaNsx—Whet is the situation in lifitel MN Padwick
Mr. Sergeant Manzwirratint.....th is a veer raersdeble ra
was formerly an attorney, but has tow retired es his pespertyde=
resides in the Isle of Wight. But be is not a Masiarsale Neither does
he fill a public dike ol any kind. He therefore seemed, that it
mold be coatmrl to the mho of the Court, if the isle thesid be made
absolute, as the deaf sdsss bed committed no Wombed seam
Lord TEXTICIDEN...4 coosider it a very henteral ellknor, and one
of great magnitude, for a pperasaoono to libel ea eleader another, whether
he knows who the party is, or does set.
Sir JANIS SCARLETT was about to argue Ia support of the rule,
when

The Court interfered, and said there was no necessity. The libel,
no doubt, was one it a serious nature, and they oessideeed that Mr.
Padwick was closely added to the protection and assistance be asked
fee from this Court.
The rule fora criminal information was made absolute.

MANSION-110Uno-.-EITII/01706AlltY Cannes or POlGillr.
Yesterday, a young man named Boylessin Cole. a clerk in the Bank
of England,c was brought before the Lad Mayor, charged with having.
in conjunction with a certain female, forged 4enatures fee transfers of
stock in the Three per Cent. Camels, to the amount of 1,8601. and
with intent to defraud the Governor and Company of the Bank of
I;nAr. Frahlield, the solicitor to the Bank of Bighted, attended for
the prosecution, and stared the particulars of the case, as they were de-
tailed in the following evidence:
Mr. Joseph Coles, of No. 19, Kent-place, Old Kcnt.eead, Oil and
Italian dealer, said, I am the brother of Mrs. Temperance Creed, who
died on the 24th of September last, at the age of eightpahree yews I
the prisoner is my nephew he and I, and my other sister, are
executors to the will of Mrs. Creed, and the prisoner told me he would
do the necessary business at the Bank. I was nut aware of the amount
of the sum she had in the Bank, but I knew she had boo daily adding
to it. The prisoner told me, that Mr. Box, the Proctor, had sent him
the probate of the will, to get registered at tee Bonk, and I had sees
the will the day before the funeral, and was interested in it.
The will remained in the Bank notch longer, as it amured
to me, than was necessary. The prisoner told me that he ha exec.
mined the books, and that the emu d 1,9801. was in the 3 per cent.
moods. in Mrs. Temperance Creed's name. We then instructed llr.
Gawking, the stockbroker, to sell the stock on the 19th instant, but en
the 111th the prisoner willed on me and said, that in coaeoquence of a
mistake oouuniucd by the beaker the sale was necessarily post till
the following Friday. The Friday however pool away without any
sale, but there came a note from him, saying, that he was so unwell as
not to be able to attend the City, butexpressing a hope to be able boat.
tend in a few days, and get the truelove* settled. It was then suspected
that all was not right, and upon inquiry we found that there was no
foundation for the excuses, and that forged transfers bad been made.
Here one of the transfers said to be forged was pointed out to the
witness in the Bank books. It was for 1161. Three per Cent. Causal*,
was dated 3th July, and purported mbe signed Temperance Creed.
Witness swore that the signature was not in his deceased sister's hand-
writing, but was a forgery.
Mr. William LW, of St. Jobn.street, City.road, stock-broker, stated
that he is acquainted with the prisoner, awl had transferred the 1181.
Three per Cent. Camels. The individual who signed the transfer was
identified by him as a person whom be had MD several times since the
year 1827, and she been introduced to him by the prisoner es Mrs.
Temperance Creed, the proprietor ash, stock. The prisoner gave wit.
new an order for the sale of the different amounts of stack be (whams)
sold from time to time as foe a friend, and the lady who signed as Ara
Creed was always accompanied by the prisoner. Witness felt no doubt
upon the subject, and looked upon the 9f the prisoner as a
guarantee that no deception was pit i
Mr. Freshdekl—How old did the lady appear to be 1,
Mr. Lawn—There is a difEcuity In saying say thing to a certainty
about a lady's age. This lady wore a large bonnet, she appeared to to
to be about thew years old.
• reeabfield—Was she wrinkled as ypu wottld suppose the face of
a lady of eighty would be ?
Witness--No I don't think she was above forty.
Sir. J. Sauna, a clerk in the Tbresuft7Cuot. Consols Olin, stated
that he witnessed the transfer. The
prance who personated Mrs. Tem.
Creed could net haverisoner exceeded yells it age. She wee al.
ay accom
s pasio_d by the p.
• patebgalii nested that eke Lord Mare would order the psi.
man to be
Bow.araasT.—Tewrday Selma * yaws Jew, drowed In
a way dandified style, was brattiest up, camped with ao assault apse
Mr. James Mash, a student at kw, sakto itt Lyon be.
Mr. Musk seam% thatea Friday less. be cur paeolog tbnefb Hely.
irtitotreet, *read, with a Mead. whew the d who woo sm.
played as what is called • " barker at the shop resheo.few
mod Hart, 4 dealer essood.aaaa gait* then, Oohed than if
lass, wanted to boy a god seat, or a parr of tremors f to whit