The Sun.
London, England, 1820-02-23 00:00:00

LA 'W INTELLIGENCE.

COURT ,OF •CHANCERY, FEB. 9.2.

The LORD C'HAVCRLLOR did not .coate at 4
Court, having been engaged all day in his raiwiciat.c
room with the hearing of a Lunatic Perition•
went off at two o'clock. • The Court was adjourlist
ed till Thursday, as his Lordship will preside://
the hearing of Appeals in the }loose of Lardilfr
morrow.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, F. 22.
LIBEL.
DONALDSON V. STODDART, L.L.D. AND ANoTHigt,'
This was an action against the defendants,'`;
proprietors of The New Times newapaper, '4
pnblishg a libel of and concerning the plidal'dji
—The alleged libel purported to be an accooff,t.
the examination of the plaintiff before. Mr.'idi;
naut, the Magistrate, at . the Bow-street ir0,47,
*Office, on a charge of embezzling money of
i>tmaster, Mr. Woodbead, a distiller in Drury-I°7
by whom lie was employed as collecting 'else':
and stating, amongst other things, that the liin-6
tiff had been dismissed from his masters-service
the month of Minch preceding, for miscond4e4.'
and concluding with a statement, that the rlaiotio
had been committed for trial. The defenda"ro'
pleaded, first, the general issue, Not Guilty; 4'.
second, a justification to the whole of the .wilege*
libel, 'except that part which stated that the ikae,
tiff had been committed for trial, which was*`i,
witted, in point of fact, not to be true, but rim'
fished by mistake.
Mr. SCARLETT and Mr. PULLEN conducted ti;l'
plaintiff's case, anti Mr. RAINB, Me, TINDAL, LI
Mr. WEST the defendants".
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The usual prima facie case on the part t*
plaintiff being proved, a great body of tvillie""'-
was.adduced on behalf of the defendants.,
port of the justification, sliewiug that the 0114'
libel was substantially correct in all die states aeon*
the exception, that the plaintiff had he
committed for trial. It was proved that the-ph.w!A,
tiff had been charged by his !wster with de-tr47o)
ins him of various sum,; of money, which had 4
been accounted for, and Mr. Brill, an artornel:
who attended for the plaintiff on his examinat7,
before Mr. Conant, stated it to hire been s
mitted on all hands, that tire plaintiff had els;
hetzled money, the property of his emploYeces
without accounting for it. Several publicans we,
examined in confirmation of this, who proved "11
stances of embezzlement, to slim that the plai"tlif
had been guilty of improper conduct towards.l►
4.
late master, now deceased. It appeared that ,
IVoodhead had compromised the prOseeittion,'clo
tenting himself with resorting to the security tat
which which the plaintiff' had entered for the fidelitY
his conduct at the time of emeting his setvice-
On the part of the plaintiff, however, it also
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pealed that he was ;n the habit of giving
fel
1. 0. U. to his -master, for sums not acconoted,
in the cash-book. Mr. IVocolliead was prove'4l
have been a person much addicted to liquor, i",,f
that he was in the habit of selling the artieles.,q
hiS trade at a less price than apecified in his 104
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of parcels, with a view to elude the regulations;
the combination committee of Spirit rectifiers.
-whose body he was attached,
ire
Mr. SCARLETT replied on the part of the e--
,ja
tiff with imnsual energy.
The CHIEF JUSTICRSURIEIIed op the case fort .
July, who found their verdict for the plain-of
with 50i damages on the first is-sue, and in lac°
of the defendant on the second,

Last night, about a quarter before ten nicloe,
a fire broke out in the premises of Mr. Barnes, a floor-c 199,0
manufacturer, in Windmill-street, Finsbury, which f
communicated to those of Mr. Pearson, bed-tick-nlOlOl
Surer, and in a few minutes became one large body of
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the wind. aused the flames to spread rapidly, in consequefot
of which a great extent of buildings soon became a 1)1*(1,00
in about half au hour communicated into the City-road, `voeaso
the inhabitants were thrown into the greatest constero3
rdi
there being at this time little or no water to be pr°°°,oo
three or four houses in the front of the City-road 114
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[seen completely gutted, when fortunately a plentiful 80,1 i,
of water.caused it to he gut under ; and it was not till ctia'"Ns,
derably past twelve the inhabitants, for many houses Lli,toi,
could feel themselves in safety. The cause of the accioe;oo
not yet exactly assigned, but we are happy te say We
no lives are lost.

BIRTH. otte
On the 400 init. at ReZturY-Lottge, Woutifyril, 211
'lc, of a daughter.

MARRIED. • ftiCi9
On Tuesday, the 22d at St. Paul's, Covent-V t.
Mr. C. .tit,ele, to Miss M. Fisher, late of Coclispur:sTe_--"

F.D.
On the 16th instant, atD Brighton, Major-General
Lindsey.
In his sth year, William John, son of W. Ritherbil
401U:else:A. •
At Hrunpstead, anMoutiay, the gist instant, the
he 141
John Dian:dale, Baron of the Russian Eininre, I.'
•year of ins age.
Ottthe Bthof Atiguia last, at Calcutta, in the 29th eel
his age, Uaptaili George Ilanhury, of the Honourahleip.V.
Compaily!s -service, fourth .son of the lute JolvA
y, Esq.. of 'fottetiliam, Middlesex. I'll 1
The celebr,,ted Irish Pugii;st, Daniel nonnelly, at 13'51.4
House, is Greek-street, llublia, on Friday noon, 1" —0- 441"
quence of the bursting of a blood vessel. He was in tki
year of his age, and had always enjoyed excellent he3111:„...,e

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