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the Fleet for their contempt, those who show lion last Monday, and extracted a pistol metal bullet . apology or atonement, amongst an infinite number
such evident signs of mutiny in the service from it, just beside the top of the windpipe. In the of libels, was a letter addressed to the inhabitants of
might undergo something more than a mere mean time, on the same evening on which this un- Stoke-upon-Trent, which contained the following
admonition. This is a matter in which the fortunate occurrence took place, a warrant issued passage.
public, especially in a mercantile commu- against the prisoners, upon which they were appre- , Mr. CAMPBELL then read4be passage in question
I and said, these were the libels and the calumnies for
nity like ours, are greatly interested. Lisa- i Fended without resistance.
1 Several witnesses were called, who described the which this action was brought.
vency is in itself a great evil, and should not be prisoners as shoemakers by trade, and as always Mr. Wm. Williams.—On the sth of last March
augmented in its consequences by that which is having borne a good character for upright conduct I attended at the copyhold court of the manor of
framed to be its remedy. The Lord Chancellor, 'and peaceful demeanour. I Newcastle-under-Lyme; it was held at the Wheat-
we humbly conceive, is greatly interested, as far 1 The Jury, after a few minutes' deliberation, re- sheaf. Mr. Hodgson, the deputy steward, was
as his labours are concerned, in having the first turned a verdict of Guilty against them all. there, and Mr. Mulock and two other persons : he
proceedings in bankruptcy confided to proper The prisoners were then called up for judgment, was in the room when I went in, making inquiries
hands, and the duties honestly executed. To and the usual proclamation for silence having been respecting the surrender of some ground on which a
: made,, his Lordship placed the fatal black cap. upon chapel had been built. The surrender. was to be
what sort of hands the duties are intrusted per-
n head. As soon as Ann Sporton beheld it she made to Mr. Simpson and the plaintiff. Mr. Mulock
laps we must not inquire. No man who knows ' screamed, and flung her arms round the neck of her was very abusive to the plaintiff and Mr. Simpson.
any thing of the matter will, we believe, venture brother, who immediately fell back in a swoon.— ' He made use of many very violent expressions ;
to say that competency has had much to do with The assistance of a surgeon was procured, and after : amongst others, he said, " they are two thieves :"
the appointment of Commissioners of Bankrupt. a little time, with the aid of cold water, the prisoner and as be was leaving the room he said, 44 They are
Like the Admiralty, the Junior Lordships of was restored to his senses. two wretches." I said, " Who do you mean by
which have been looked upon as forming a nur- Lord TENTERDEN then proceeded to pronounce that epithet ?" He said, " Your clients." lam
sery for sucking Statesmen, Commissionerships the sentence of death ; he recommended to the pri- managing clerk to Mr. Astbury, who was employed
concluded forTthi e plaintiff.
of Bankrupt have been looked upon in the law sboners to prepare for
_theira execution, and
as little more, and more than half the long list yTsehieitepnrc;tonagatehraem to
wrableci hanged.
away
in different direr- length b witnessy,N i was
Mulock, here
who
w a
cross-examined
s repeatedly at a
stopped
of petitions in bankruptcy arise, we will venture tions, the men on one side, and the women on the by the Learned Judge, in consequence of his putting
to affirm, from the incompetency, the hurry, or
other.
It was altogether a very appalling scene to questions tending to cast the most horrible impute-
neglect, of those who might prevent future litiga- i witness a whole family, consisting of the husband, Irons on several individuals.
tion, were they competent, willing, or able, to do wife, son, and daughter, all condemned to die at once. Mr. Edward Lewis being called,
it. At any rate, to attend to half a dozen or ten Francis Hutchinson, Joseph Greascley, and Mr. Mulock said, if you want proof respecting the
commissions at once is more than the most corn- George Rrownley were indicted for conspiring to- " Public Inquirer," and that lam the author of it,
petent men upon earth could accomplish ; and to
gether to resist with violence the execution of the lat once declare that every word therein was written
see a judicial investigation converted into a mere
writ mentioned in the last case, and published by me, and that I glory in every word
bear-garden, as those who visit Guildhall Conti- The Jury found all the prisoners Not Guilty. of it, save and except the errors of the press.—(A
laugh.)—The defendant then required that the whole
nually do, is a disgrace to those who are parties of the paper, addressed to the parish of Stoke-upon-
NORFOLK CIRCUIT—BURY ST. EDMUND'S,
to it, and to the system which can permit such AUGUST 10. Trent, should be read. After some further evidence,
scenes to occur under the colour of its authority. Mr. Mulock commenced his address to the Jury,
John Revell, Esq., was indicted for having fraudu- Mr. Mulock commenced his address to the Jury,
—lbid. lently obtained the sum of 101. from one Benjamin and proceeded in the most violent and disgusting
terms to state, that certain individuals had confessed
As the Orange lily fades in Ireland, the viru- Harren, on the 10th day of September, 1828, by to him the most horrible propensities, and that he
a piece of paper, purposing to be the pros
fence and irritation of party animosities abate in producing was not guilty of the libel, as he had not accused
, ssory note of one Jonathan Bowtell, and obtain-
that unfortunate country. The moment it them of the acts, but of the propensities, which he
ingmi from him the sum of 101. on the security thereof,
said were inflicted on them as a punishment for
makes its appearance it becomes a signal for two whereas, in truth and in fact, the said paper was
their apostacy in forsaking his congregation and
rival factions to " erather their clans," to proceed not the genuine promissory note of the said Jonathan
t, thereby the true belief. We refrain from entering
to acts of bloodshed, ferocity, and outrage, and Bowtell. into further details of the rhapsody which the
soner is the descendant of one of the most
de-
those who should live in harmony and brotherly fendant delivered with the greatest volubility and
resTehcetaPhrile and ancient families of this count who
love to array themselves against each other, as if formP erly resided at l3randeston-liall, where theyy'we' re most violent gestures, as it contained nothing but a
they were a couple of tribes of wild savages, un- the lords of the manor. series of the most
horrible imputations on different
restrained by all laws either human or divine, Mr. ANDREWS (with whom was Mr. Austin) iof ndividuals. Mr. Baron Vaughan,
this address, was several time from the nature
times obliged to stop
stated.st thethe case. for the prosecution.e
The . chdarge
and total strangers to social order. Everyhim, and admonish him that he must commit him if
civilized mind must be shocked that reflects on aAgiariti
Bowtell prisoner
anterhilva:, thatnature to a' pieceim imposed
e blank nn he persisted in that course ;and such was the disgust
the disgraceful scene which lately agitated some stamped paper, put
pretenceig of its being neces- with which he was heard, that several times it was
districts in the North of Ireland, and spread sary to enable Mr. Bowtell to go to London as a with difficulty the hisses and indignant feelings of a
crowded Court could be restrained..
dismay among the peaceable portion of the in- witness in a cause, and obtaining from Mr. Harren
Mr. Baron VAUGHAN, after reading the libels to
habitants. Experience must have taught the the sum of 101. upon it, after having filled up the
• 1
public authorities that at particular seasons of paper as a promisoryd. note for 1001.. The fraudulent the jury, said it was quite horrible that a Court of
Justice should have to witness the way in which that
the year such frightful scenes were likely to p.retetn:e
blankuit er which
htliisefil7.rismrr gothß. oweitfell to II man
had conducted himself. If the Jury believed
occur, and it is, therefore, strange that the ne-
psirgonmisseory notePaPfoerr'l 00/ , andln hits lumpy' himself as
this evidence, which proved that the words had been
cessary means were not taken to prevent thosespoken by the defendant, and believed that their
from Harren the sum of 101. upon the nontleg, would be
processions which have always led to acrimony, clearly established by evidence, and he should, leave tendency was to degrade and injure the plaintiff, it
lawless contention, and deadly conflicts. Much the case entirely in the hands of the Jury. was their duty to find a verdict for the plaintiff. He
did not advise them to give merely nominal damages
commendation has been bestowed on the procla- Evidence was entered into, at length, upon these
but not to give more than was enough to show that
illation issued by the Lord Lieutenant, after facts, after which
they did not believe the imputations cast upon the
many outrages had taken place, calling upon all Mr. Baron GARROW summed up.
- --- - plaintiff; nor to give so little as might have been ne-
Magistrates to exert themselves to suppress tu- cessary if they had heard a more sober defence.
mults and disorder, for the impartial tone which Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 50/.
it breathed with respect to the contending par- '1 he next action being against the same defendant,
ties ; but the praise would not have been atte- for the same libels, spoken and published of and
nuated, if the proclamation had been issued concerning another plaintiff,
before outrages had been committed, and the ~Mr. Mulock said, I shall not intrude myself on
the Court in this second action.
tranquillity of the north had been disturbed by SIMPSON V. MULOCK.
he infuriated factions.—Morning Advertiser. Mr. RICIIARDS having opened the pleadings, some
observation was made by some one about a verdict
by consent.
Mr. Mulock—l shall consent to nothing; but I
shall make no defence.
Mr. CAMPBELL then stated the circumstances of
this case, which were, with the exception of the
name of the plaintiff, precisely the same as the last.
Mr. Campbell was about to call the same witnesses,
when, after some conversation, Mr. Mulock agreed
to his Lordship's notes on the former trial being
read to the Jury.
Mr. Mulock—l hope, gentlemen of the Jury, that
in this case you will not give the plaintiff onefar-
thing less than his brother in iniquity.
Mr. CAMPBELL—I have no objection, gentlemen,
to a verdict by consent.
Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 501.
Mr. Mulock—This is the happiest day of my life :
now I shall go to my Judge.
The defendant then left the Court.

SUMMER ASSIZES.

While the Jury were deliberating,
Mr. KELLY objected that the indictment was not
sustained by the evidence. The charge was, that
Revett falsely represented to Harren that the note
was a good and negotiable note, and upon that false
representation obtained the sum of 101. Now, the
note was a good and negotiable note, and the fraud
if any, was practised upon Bowtell, who was liable
to the payment of the note in the hands of a bona
fide holder, for value, notwithstanding any fraud of
Revett upon him (Bowtell). No fraud was, or
could have been, practised upon Harren, who was
clearly entitled to recover against Bowtell upon the
note the amount he had advanced upon it.
Mr. ANDREWS replied to the objection.
The Learned BARON was clearly of opinion that
the objection was fatal, and after having stated the
grounds of his opinion to the Jury, directed them to
acquit the defendant.
He was then acquitted.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—NO TTINGHAM, Ave. 10.
Edward Revill, aged GO ; Sarah Revd!, his wife,
aged 57 ; Peter Greasley, aged 21 ; and Ann, the
wife of Thomas Sporton, aged 41, were indicted for
feloniously, unlawfully, and maliciously shooting at
William Middap, on the 2d of July last, in the parish
of St. Mary, im this town, with intent to murder him.
The prisoners, who are all members of the same
family, Edward Revill being the second husband of
Sarah Revill, the mother of Peter Greasley and Ann
Sporton, were in possession of a house in Park-row,
belonging to a man named Nelson, to which they
conceived they derived a title from their ancestors.
Mr. Nelson brought an action of ejectment in the
Court of the Mayor and Sheriffs of this town,
and
the defendants not appearing, judgment went against
them by default. A writ of possession accordingly
issued, directed to the Serjeants at Mace and their
assistants, commanding them to cause possession of
the premises to be delivered up to the lessor of the
plaintiff. At about 11 o'clock on the 2d of July,
William Gibson, one of the serjeants at mace, pro-
ceeded to the house, together with two assistants,
for the purpose of executing the writ. They found
the house, however, closed against them, and on de-
manding possession it was refused. Edward Revill
was seen through a window, in a room on the ground
floor, sharpening a large knife with a file, which
he declared he would stick into the body of the
first man who attempted to enter the house. Peter
Greasley put his head out at the first floor win-
dow, and being informed of the object of the
officers, declared that if they forced their en-
trance they would he murdered. Hearing that
the writ was a writ from the Sheriff's court, he
said it was only attended to by fools or -children,
and he would not hear it read. Perceiving that the
prisoners were armed and determined on resistance,
the officers retired, for the purpose of procuring
further assistance ; having procured which, they re-
turned again at two o'clock in the afternoon. Another
parley was held through the windows. Mrs. Revill,
who was in the lower room with her husband, ob-
served that it was to her they must apply for pos-
session of the house, as the property belonged to
her. Her son, who again appeared at the upper
window, told the officers to send Nelson himself,
and, said be, with a peculiar emphasis, " We'll give
him possession." With some difficulty Gibson,
the serjeant at mace, prevailed on him to hear the
writ read, but before it was half gone through, he
refused to listen to any more of it, and interrupted
the reading by shouting and other noise. Gibson
then told his assistants it was useless to hold any
further parley, but they must go to work, Accord-
ingly they proceeded to endeavour to force the
door with crow-bars, upon which Edward Revil was
seen to take his station behind the door with a pistol
in his hand. Peter Greasley was also seen to come
down stairs, and take a pistol in his band; while,
the women showered down bricks, shoemaker's
lasts, and other missiles, from the upper window
upon the officers. Middap, one of the officers, suc-
ceeded in fixing a crow-bar between the door and
door-post, so as to force it open about six inches,
but the crow-bar was forcibly drawn into the house
by some person on the inside. Middap then took
up a last, which he inserted under the door, and
endeavoured to lift it off the hinges, upon which
another of the officers named Harrison called out
to him to take care, as there was a pistol pointed at
him between the door and door-post. Harrison
struck at the muzzle of the pistol with a crow-bar,
but only hit the door-post. At that moment
Middap received a blow from a brickbat on
the left shoulder, and at the same moment the
Pistol was fired off and wounded him in the chin,
upon which he reeled half way round, and was pre-
vented from falling by the person next him, who
caught him in his arms. At this time there was a
mob of several hundred persons present. The
wounded man was carried to Mr. Attenburrow, the
surgeon, who, on examining him, found that the
bullet had entered on the right side of the chin and
penetrated downwards into the neck in an oblique
direction towards the left shoulder. Upon probing
the wound, however, he was not able to feel the
bullet or any other hard substance. At first consi-
' derahle inflammation took place, but it subsided in
a little time. In a few days afterwards, however,
fresh inflammation made its appearance on the side
of the neck, on which place he performed an opera-

OXFORD CIRCUIT.-STAFFORD, AUG. 10.
WILSON V. MULOCK.

Mr. RICHARDS stated that this was an action
brought by the plaintiff to recover from the defend-
ant a compensation in damages for the injury sus-
tained in his having published a certain libel of and
concerning the plaintiff, and spoken certain defa-
matory words of and concerning the plaintiff. The
defendant had pleaded Not Guilty.
Mr. CAMPBELL said that the time had at last ar-
rived for NI hich the defendant had been so anxious,
and when this cause was to be tried before a Jury of
the county of Stafford. The plaintiff was a respect-
able shopkeeper at Stoke-upon-Trent; the defendant
he (Mr. Campbell) felt some difficulty in describing.
It appeared that in 1821 he came to Stoke-upon-
Trent; he settled there, and became a religious
teacher, and had a congregation which he undertook
to instruct in the doctrines of our holy religion. At
first Mr. Mulock, who is a gentleman of consider-
able talent, and showed great zeal, made a consider-
able impression on that part of the country, and
amongst the most zealous and devoted of his adhe-
rents was the plaintiff. It was thought proper that
a chapel should be erected for him to perform divine
service in. The plaintiff came forward on that occa-
sion to render him all the assistance in his power.—
An agreement was entered into for buying the
ground on which the chapel was to be erected; a
considerable collection was made, and the chapel
was erected. By and by the designs and character
of the defendant assumed a different aspect; he first
quarrelled with Mr. Read, his brother-in-law, and
shortly after the plaintiff had reason to change his
opinion of him, on which a circular was issued by
Mr. Mulock, stating the origin of his acquaintance
with the plaintiff.—(The Learned Counsel here
read the circular alluded to, containing serious im-
putations on the plaintiff.)—He (Mr. Campbell)
said that he read that as a specimen of Mr. Mulock's
conduct towards the plaintiff; and if Mr. Mulock
was possessed of right intellect, and not labouring
under some most melancholy aberration, it would ap-
pear that he was prostituting the aame of religion to
the worst of purposes, and gratifying his own passions
under pretence of serving his Maker. These circu-
lars caused considerable sensation, but it was not
till various other circumstances occurred that the
plaintiff discovered the true designs of the defendant,
and withdrew himself from his congregation. The
chapel had been built, and the defendant was in no
situation to de any thing for himself. The plaintiff
became responsible for all that was done, and it
therefore became necessary that the conveyance
should be made out in his name, as a security for
what he had laid out, bit the defendant wished to
have the whole at his own disposal, and because the
plaintiff would not comply with his wishes, the de-
fendant began a system of calumny against the
plaintiff and another gentleman, of the same situa-
tion as himself—a system of calumny so atrocious,
that even he (Mr. Mulock) thought it necessary
before the expressions were mentioned, that all fe-
males should retire from the Court. The words
spoken impute to them a most horrible offence,
which, if true, would subject them to an ignomini-
ous death, and even if they escaped conviction would
for ever render them outcaststof society. Notwith-
standing the atrocity of the charge, an opportunity
was given this gentleman to explain and apologise
by a letter being written_ to him by the plaintiff's
attorney, offering to drop all proceedings, on an
apology being made. What did the Jury think was
the answer returned to that offer? It was as
follows :
" If your asserted clients desire to free themselves
from the imputation on their character, they must
seek some other vindicator than
" Your's, T. MULOCK."
The imputation did not rest there. It seemed the
defendant was the author of a paper called the Pub-
lic Inquirer. It did not appear at any regular
riods, but in No. 4 of that paper, instead of any

NORTHERN CIRCUIT—YORK, Aua. 10.
ASH V. PARKINSON.

Mr. STANSFIELD opened the pleadings. The de-
claration stated that the defendant had promised to
marry the plaintiff, but had refused to fulfil his
promise.
Mr. ALEXANDER stated the case. The father of
the plaintiff was now resident in London, near St.
Bartholomew's Hospital, where he was in the habit
of letting out his house for the accommodation of
medical students. The defendant was a deputy col-
lector of taxes, residing at Sandal, near Wakefield.
An intimacy had commenced between the plaintiff
and defendant in 1825. At that time the parents
of the plaintiff kept an inn near Wakefield, and
the plaintiff resided with them. The intimacy
had been carried on for some time before it was
communicated to the mother of the plaintiff, but
about the middle of 1826, the defendant applied to
the mother of the plaintiff, and requested the hand
of her daughter in marriage. For reasons which the
Jury would hear from the mother, her consent had
been in the first instance refused. But finding that
the health of the plaintiff had considerably declined,
the mother was induced soon afterwards to give her
consent, and the defendant had ere long been re-
ceived as the accepted lover of the plaintiff. Thus
matters had continued until 1827, when the father
of the plaintiff had disposed of his concern at Wake-
field, and had removed to London. The plaintiff
had remained at Wakefield for a few weeks, where
she had lived with a married sister, but she also
eventually removed to London. This had happened
in November, 1827. Up to that period the atten-
tions of the defendant had been unabated, but about
that time the plaintiff received a letter from defend-
ant, acquainting her with a change which had taken
place in his affections. The consequence had been
a considerable decline in the health and spirits of
the plaintiff. No correspondence had since taken
place between the parties. The letters written to
the defendant by the legal advisers of the plaintiff
had been returned unopened, and upon one of them
there appeared this inscription in the defendant's
own hand-writing--" Returned unopened, because
the postage not paid." That was the way in which
the door had been closed upon every attempt to
settle this matter out of- Court. He would now
present to the Jury the letters which the defendant
had written, and which by showing them the nature
of the affection which the defendant had professed,
would enable them to estimate the injury which the
feelings of the plaintiff had suffered. (The Learned
Counsel hear read the letters, which did not exhibit
much warmth of affection. In one the defendant
apologized for his absence by stating that he had
been playing at skittles, and in another he pleaded
as an excuse the rain and a swelled cheek.) But the
promise of marriage would not rest alone upon the
letters. Under the hand of the defendant, and
drawn out in specific terms, he should be able to
show it, The document to which lie alluded ran
thus :—" I Joseph Parkinson, of Sandal Magna, as-
sistant-collector of taxes, do promise marriage to
Mary, daughter of William Ash, innkeeper, of Wake-
field." The Learned Counsel then dwelt upon the
much greater degree of injury which a 'disappoint-
ment of this nature caused to women than to men.
The latter might forget it in pleasure or business,
but to the former it was without remedy.
William Shaw proved that the letters and decla-
ration alluded to were in the hand-writing of the
defendant.

Mr. BROUGHAM addressed the Jury for the de-