The Sun.
London, England, 1816-11-26 00:00:00

to give-Mate 131411 ettStlAl liberAity of
chc pliblic has increased with the distreiseti of the
times, and no small nulislier of inipo-nors 'are tak-
ing-advantage alibis liberality. Por this; among
many other reasons, it Is desirable that if tommon
beggars are relieved at all, it should he by soup
tickets instead of money.
The labouring ,l‘or of RaCtlitre and its neigh.
borirhood met with a temporary relief on Sour_
day, by the extroorditiarychernoess id pr:ovisions.
Early in the morning a crawl “seinbied round the.
door, of a bntrher in Jiateliffe-highway, where
prifrie joints of meat Were exposed tar Sale at the
!ollowing prices, vii. beef, 3d. and :141. per lb. ;
min ton, sth. ; and veal 6,1
The Ministers and- Parish Officers of Windsor
and Clewer, have dining the last week employed
themselves in visite:id-Aire abodes of the poor and
working dittoes in the two parishes. It 'appears
that the number of Alen, women, and children, is
about 3000 of these, 1600 are supposed to stand
in more immediate need of assurance ; and which
it is intended to render by a weekly proportion of
bread and coals, at a rate much under the current
prices. This undertaking I.its mei with the most
Idler 11 sanction of her M4JESTY told the PRIN.
CISSES) and other distinguished characters.

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LAW' ITE,IISI,IGENCE.

COVItT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 23.

MRS. MARY ANN CLARKE.
Mt. ANDBPws, opp9sed. the
,justification of this
notorious !Ay's hail, in an action against her tor'
a tradesman's bill of 201. The ground of his op.
position was this :—Notive of the bail been
given to the plaintiff's ittorbey by a person act-
ihg its the lady's attorney,. named Chariers, but
that notice being deemed hlslifiCiCht nit a tomer
day, ttesh notice was given by Mr. Harris,' as
her attorney, as for Saturday, %Olen further time
wal given to iriquire into re. Circtim,trwrci of the
eaSe;nand it Was now 'subtunted, thlt 'he present
initiee was insuffiei,nit, because no rule had been
obtained for changing the ,ittornq ; hut
Ur. Justice liatt,av, who presided Moue, said,
It. Would be the hardest thittg iu the world upon
•atietcmlant, who had employed an alorney to act
for: him or her, to annul the proceeding becauxe
it Alight turn out. hat some when person had pre-
ViOnsly acted as the attoruey without due an-
. thority.
The hail, who were gentlemen of the JewiSh
persuasion, then totelerwent a strict e.:iaminarion
as to their sufficiency), but were finally-permitted

to justify.
itAuns.cottpcs.
Mr. a JONES moved .a Writ of Habeas
Corpus, to bring' Itr t 6 body of Joseph Massey,
a man aged 70. committed Upon the Verdict of
the Coroner's Inquest; id Chester. Castle, on a
clutrge of Manslaughth.,'lor killing a boy named
J. li. Wilson, at,ged.; Frye years, by running over
hint wish a 01111,111 e boy haVing used of a lock
Jaw, ill consequence of the wheels (it the cart eoing
over his feet, in order to be admitted to bail to
take his trial at the next 'A
-sizes. The affidavits
in support of the motion acquitted the.prisoner
'of cdlpahtlity in the unfortunate accident, and
represented him to be it man of good. character.
Under these circumstances
' Mr. Justice BAti,RY 'ordered the writ to issue.

VIE KING V. HERBEIMHAIIRts.
Mr. JARVIS prayed the judgment of the COurt
against this defendant, who was convicted at the
last Assizes for Monniontlishire, before Mr.iiistice
Abbott, for publishing a libel upon one 'flunilas
Griffith Philpot, a Captain in the Local
and an Attorney of this Court ; the tendency of
which was to represent theprosecntOr as a person
who had been ;platy of dishonest practices in his
business of an attorney, and to bring him into
hatred and contempt as a Captain in the said Leal
From the Learned Judge's Report it appeared,
hat both parties were. tival attorniet in the town
of Monmouth, anti the libel in question was con.
taincti in :doter addressed to a Nir. Vhillips, who
had 6rst employed the defendant as au attorney.,
hut afterwards put his affairs into the hands of the
prosecutor, which occasioned the misunderstaed.
tog between the contending lawyers ; and in the
letter in question the defendant spoke of his op.
ponent is the most opprobrious, scurrilous, and,
abusive manner, imputing to him cowardice as a
soldier, and dishonesty as au attorney.
The defendant now put in affidavits in midge.
clan of pitnishment, the object of which was to
chew that the imputed libel was drawn from him
ju consegnente of prstVieus libels of-the like de.:
scription having been written of and concerning
him by the prosecntor,"whieh libels were set forth
in the aflitlaVits.
After hearing some of these libels read,
Lord ELLestiottouOtt interposed and said—Are
there any more of these 'umlaut libels i for this
is really a disgusting waste of. time to, listen to
such trash. If any'body on the part of the prose.
cutor had read these: letters, it- is hardly possible
.hat he would have brought up. the .defaidant for
iudgment.
The AtToRNEV-GRNItaAr. and Mr. Jarvis said,
these libels'Were quite tiew to them.
Mr. juitiee AasoTT—They were not read at the
trial, but I collected at the trial that something of
the kind Wontd be .fortheoming to-day.
LordEt.t.itistioitovoti—lt cannot he expected,
After these letters, that thc,COtirt can pass any
severe sentence upon the 'defendant, Indeed. it
would be well if we could punish both parties :;
and the. punishment I should wish them would be
to make them live with each other, and read over
their respective prodattions to one another. Use
is sorrylo we men engaged in the profession att-
ing'so absurdly, instead of attending to the jute-
`rests of their clients.
Mr.Jostice IlstLer-;-Their conduct is extreme-
ly repreliensilde.
Lord ELL'ENSoltotiolvii-iitet the defendant _enter
into his own recognizance of 1001. to come up
again when called for, andinrthe mean time to
be of good behaviour. •
The ATTORISSY-OpIERAt expressed himself
quite satisfied with this 'adjudication; and
The defendant, haring, entered into the required
Security, was discharged,
THE SPANISH ANIIIASSADOR.

THE lA/Kit OF MONTELLANO NeHairrat,
This was nn action tor money Lad and reccivd,

brought by the Spanish ittitassa.'l,w agli..it the
defiunlant, and
Mr. ScARLETT now moved, on behalf of the
defendant, for a rule to suer cause why the plain-
tiff should not g;.c security for costs in, the event
of the defendant's succeeding in the action. He
grounded his motion on the antlibrit) of a case iii
2 Peere-Williams, 452, where the Court ordered
an Ambassador's servant to give security for cost'.
''here could be no remedy ugainst the Ambesa
doe in case costs were recovered against him ; for
by the statute 7 Ann, Ambassadors were privileged
from arrest. •
Lord ELLestentiooGn thought the case in rem
Williams did tint apply, fur that was the case of a
seevaot, but this was the case of the Ambassador.
himself. His Lordship intpt...red whether the af-
fidavit upon which the mol ion was made ,tutted that
there was any anprehension of: the Ambassador
leaving the country. .
Mr. SCARLATT replied, that there was no sug-
gestion of that suit ; but inasmuch. us the plaint,ff
-as eKempf mini the process of the Court, it was
intpOrtatti to the defendant that he should nave
some security lot costs.
`After considting with the other Judges,
Lost! ELLENintROUGH said, unless there is some
reason given, such as I have mentioned, for the
into positism of ihe Court, 1 tnitik,- considering
she delicAcy of• the' situation of the plaintiff, and
considering the motives under which the Act At
P.rliineut alluded to was passed, it is .extremely
necessary to he C 4111.1,10 how we act t..wards the
itcprettentatives of (sae of the Crowned ileads of
Ferope, , The plititititi wilds a high and respow.
siisle situation, and front the respectablity ~1 his
charActer, ire. must presume that he qill do that
which appertain's to justice. and %theta occusioil
oretto, t at he will atisa.er. i.v.iateverl demand is
Its .de again,l him. :lc ortt;rming , its he does, the
chliracter of an tad, pilliirot Sovtre'ign, We think
it would not,* tesinctable to exact from Mitt: !,.•,-
airily [tie cost;i, Links., tee have reason to hel;eve
alit. ii is necessary fryin an. appFelien4on that he
is
..,b,uo, I() qui4 014.* Mlllltry, an apprehension
Which is, turt sugges ed:----liole refriserl.
TIM KING V. 'FRANCIS AND Jeee,:alail J014,.EY,
Mr. Serjestat,HULLoClL prilyed the jiltignieut of
the Court against these defendants, who were
convicted at the last ,Carlisle AssizLs, before Mr.
justice 134iley, -tor printiog and publishing .a libel
of 'and concerning Dr. ileisharo, a Magistrate of
the County. of: Ctionberland. 'this defendants ~It e
the Printers of ;The Orbs' 14 Jourpa 1, and bait ip-
sated in their paper a statemeut,.purport,iv .1')
contain a report ,of tlie• case of
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Sharpe, who was convicted by the pkefte tt ifor of
having in his posiesaion seven sulmono.iretea had
glean unlawfully taken in. Solway ri ith 49i4ug the
hreeiling season,• mid in commenting on Ap case,
they asserted' that it hed,,beeo reported„t4et . the
prosecutor heti approp, hued the largest of the fish
to his own use, ailmentl of distrilr,.rig them us
'the law directerL There was other labellona mat-
ter in the publication, tending to, bring .the pro-
secute- into ridicule, hatred, and oultempt.
i. Affidavits were put in by the defendants in miti-
gation of pimishment, the principal topic of ts.cul7
whin being, that they had ioaavertently pub-
lished the hbel:in question. .' . .
Mr. Serjeant •llullock, and ,Mr. Williams were
heard in mitigation, and Mr. Searlett and Mr.
Lambe in aggravation, of punishment. ,
The Court sentenced the defeadants to payeach
a fine of 501. to the King, and to give security for
their good behaviour for three veers.. themseive.,
in 2001. each, and two sufficient sureties in 1001
tacit. .. .
For another offence Of site like description,
against Mr, Hodson, the Clerk of the race tOt
the county, they were sentenced to cruet into their
own recognizances of 1001. each, to (*nue up for
udgment when called upon. , ,