The Sun.
London, England, 1829-10-21 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, OCT. 20.
ANGLE V. ALEXANDER.
This was an action for slanderous words, impel'
ing to the plaintiff fraud, insolvency, &c.
The plaintiff was described as a livery-stable
keeper in Colman-street, and the defendant a horse'
dealer. It appeared that the parties had been in the
habit of meeting at a tavern in Moorgate, and other
places; and on a quarrel taking place between thelp:
the defendant accused the plaintiff of having prove'
fictitious debts under a bankruptcy, said that he
traded with other people's money, and that he 0:
or would be, unable to pay his creditors more till/.
2s. Gd. in the pound. He called him also a swill''
ling thief. These expressions were proved to It3v,
been uttered by the defendant at different times, 111ij
,
in the presence of many persons to whom t'le
plaintiff was known. Verdict for the plaintif.'"
Damages, 50/.

The following judicious prescription for a
lumny, given by some ancient philosopher, will el
equally well at the present day :—lf you, would be If__„e
spoken of, learn to speak well of others; and when 37,
have learned to speak well of them, endeavour likewi4'
do well to them, and thus you will reap the fruit of I°7
well spoken of by them.
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Another robbery has recently taken place
stamps, sent by the Stamp-office to be forwarded t°
~;:n
distributor at Louth. It appears that some days Sint'',
parcel was sent to the Saracen's Head from the StO,L,
office, addressed to WILLIAM ALLISON, Esq., the fru'm
tributor at Louth, where the parcel was booked. 'to
value of the stamp.' contained in the parcel svas abo
5001., consisting of probate, administration, and 0t
hef
stamps, some of 401. and 50/. each. Information *el
received at the Stamp-office two days sines that the par
had not come to hand ; and although inquiries have hem
made into the affair, it is net at all known whether ,e
parcel alluded to was stolen from the coach-office, or fro„
the Louth and Boston mail, on its journey to Louth.
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Great skill must have been shown by the thieves, as, ff°lo
the circumstance of a parcel with a considerable an3o°
in stamps having been stolen under similar eircumstaneS4
short time since, more than ordinary care was taken citto
parcel. This is the third robbery of stamps which 06
occurred recently. A reward has been offered by
Stamp-office for the apprehension of the offenders.
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BAILIE SINIPSON.—We have this wee-tole
intimate the death of one of our most useful and resFej
townsmen, Bailie Joust SI3IPSON, who died on Igor
last, in the 68th year of his age. His death affordassloi.
instance of the uncertain tenure by which existence ie'iod
On the previous evening be was in the best healopiar
spirits, and about ten o'clock he was engaged in fal3in
conversation with a friend, when he suddenly fell dow,re-
a tit of apoplexy. Medical assistance was instantly, for
cured, and every thing that skill or attention could terea
his recovery was tried, but without effect. He liPs'ioes
on without the slightest apparent mark of conseienred
till twelve o'clock on the following day, when he eltleti
without a groan or struggle. His remains were ill; the
yesterday in Chapel-yard burial ground, and thosg"
day was wet and stormy, above two hundred pergonitle-
eluding the Magistrates and many of the country ge t to
men, attended to pay this last mark of their reareof
their deceased friend. This melancholy event, has we sod
truly say, diffused a general gloom over this town $ll
neighboutliood. Mr. SI3IPSON was more than forty yelr
a merchant in Inverness, about half of which time beLie
charged the duties of a magistrate, and in all his dee'ee
he may be said to have carried his heart in,his hand• gob.
man could be more free from any thing like guile or se' bi 4
ness. His never•failing readiness and alacrity to sale',
friends and the interests of the burgh—his humane audi-
tion to the wants of the poor, and the warmth and ste:,ll
ness of his friendships, rendered him a favourite Teritht of
classes, by whom his death has been viewed in the lig"
a personal loss.—lnverness Courier.