Star.
London, England, 1822-02-20 00:00:00

takes from Mr. Cobbett's Register, of Dec. 1818:

" Dec. 4,1019.—1 am ready to lender my band to Sir Fran-
cis Burden, and to tender my whole heart and mind, to be
exerted, in co-operation with him, for the purpose of endeavour.
tag to rescue our country from the fangs of its oppressors. I am
ready to bury all private considerations in oblivion. I have seen,
all through the country, proofs of a most ardent desire that an
union should take place; and I am resolved that no private feel-
. logs of mine shall obstruct' that union.—William Cobbett.' I
told the Gentleman, that I would have nothing in the shape of
co-operation with the Baronet, except as one of a Public Meet-
ing, perhaps unless be would immediatelyb and out of his own
purse, furnish the means of facilitating the entrance of Mr. Hunt
and myself into the House of Commons! On the 9th, I received
the following note trom the Gentleman From a conversation
have just had with Sir Francis Burdett I am persuaded the
inclosed cannot be rendered available. ibis causes me regret,
but I have thought it best to return It you, with my aasurance

that it hattsetbaso seed.ost ssaladliiiVale *whale that took
pieces. p. etof.
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(1 Way isahlvotiaose prams have *stormed their any
Ow. that the •.110112ftwat &ad lowtheoll
of a seat In imiNdes. rtrobwrit with tb• b::::•Bv"te!
of .a toast whew • lad ban.", ad fa
exposed. To persons that lob eiti eiOnieel
was etziatly patriedes we have mil to awe this, that in as
he was walking is the footstep{ of .that 6 Vipirable
Cree¢ is the Critoclon of 'keelboat' (tee No.
110 S), and w ho, in sit article of that Creed, has laid it down as
*maxim that most, est, fightiot the estedrr, lag reject the
*se of the arms of even despicable and detestable nteo."*.....tleb.
beet. V. sit, p. Int.")
Mr. Dettarhtt, in commutation, proceeded to gate,.
that his client had never lai4 dawn any such doctrine,
and put it to the Jury, to say whether they could do
otherwise than feel that he had every reason to com-
plain of being held up to the abhorrenee of all man-
kind, and orbeing dragged from his fire-sad! to vin-
dicate his character from aspersions utterly at vari-
ance with every act of his life? His object, on the
present occasion, was not vindictive damages, but he
thought he had a right lo obtain such a verdict
against Mr. Wright as would tend to prevent the recur-
rence of similar unfounded and gross attacks in future. '
Captain Robert Williamson was then called, and
proved his having waited on Mr. Wright, and that
that Gentleman had acknowledged himself to be the
sole author of the Book of Wonders.
The libel was then put in, and with it the passage
in which it was referred to. 'These were both read.
Mr. SCARLET? then submitted, that he had a right
to have the whole of the passages preceding the libel
also read.
The Curer JUSTICE agreed to this suggestion, and
several extracts were then read from an article headed
" Sir Francis Burden," ht which the opinions of. Mr.
Cobbett, respecting that Honourable Baronet, given
at different periods, were set forth k the favourable
opinion: being placed under die title of a hot," and
those of a contrary character under the title of" cold."
These opinions, it is hardly necessary to observe, were
as opposite as light from darkness.
The CHIEF Justice now suggested his wish that
there should be an accommodation between the parties.
Mr. SCARLETT said, that after what had passed,
and Mr. Wright having distinctly shewn Major Cart-
wright that the libel imputed to him were the precise
words of Mr. Cobbett, he could not consent.
Mr. SCARLET? then addressed the Jury for the de-
fendant, in an ingenious speech, and submitted that
Major Cartwright bad entirely misconceived the ob-
ject of Mt. Wright in this publication, which was not
to reflect on the character of the worthy Major, but,
by contrasting the opinions given by Mr. Cobbett at
different periods of his life, to shew how little reli-
ance could be placed on his consistency, his honour,
or his morality. To shew, in fact, that there was no.
thing, however base, or however virtuous, that at
one period or other of his singular life, he had
not applauded or condemned, and thus to disabuse
those classes of society upon which his name, and not
his character, seemed to have had such iiifluence.—
The Learned Counsel was then proceeding to con-
tend that the words set out in the declaration were
not lihellous ; when
The Clime Justice, on reference to the declara-
tion, found that although the words of the alleged
libel were set forth, yet that the references to the
places from whence they had been quoted were not—
and on this variance the plaintiff was Nonsuited.

FIBEHARY 19......W00DR05TE V. HELPS.
Mr..GURNZY stated to the Jury, that this was an
action brought by a Student at Law against the de-
fendant, for the bteach of warranty given on the pur-
chase of a dog. The plaintiff applied to Mr. Helps,
who was a dog-dealer, to procure him a capital setter'
for the last sporting season, when he Freehold he'
would let him have the finest settee ever seen—ooe
thlt was equally well trained to ilia or back in
short, as accomplished a deg as sportsman could
desire. Mr. Woodroffe first tried the dog in the fields
near Ed ware; but, as might be expected, found
very few-birds there, and had no opportunity of ascer-
taining his qualities. He ultimately purchased
him, at the price of £l5, with a written warranty that'
the setter " would back and stand, and was in every
respect a thorough-broke dog." The name of this
famous dog was, to snake the transaction complete,
no other than " Honour." Mr.Woodroffe, expecting
fine sport with his purchase, took him down, together
with a setter bitch, into Leicestershire ; and having
arrived at Wobua n in his way, on the 24th of August,
thought he would try the dog in a field where a
covey of partridges had alighted. The groom was
accordingly sent with the dog and bitch into the
field ; the bitch immediately pointed, but the dog
would neither stand nor back, but mu in among the
birds, which of course flew away. This happened
twice; and Mr. Woodroffe might have directly re-
turned him ; but then he foresaw this answer—" Ob.
this is only the 24th of August ; he is a thorough-
bred dog, and will neither stand nor back till the Ist
of September !" After the Ist of September, how-
ever, he was tried in Leicestershire, and,to give him
every chance, in Northamptonshire too; but he would
never do his duty in standing or backing, nor would
he even follow a good example when it was set him.
In short, be was not worth a shilling, and Mr.Wood-
roffe would have immediately returned him, but he
became lame, and therefore was not returned till the
beginning of December. Then he was taken to Mr.
Helps ; but there " Honour" was quickly whipped
out, and came back worthless to Mr. Woodroffe's,
where he remained until he was lost on Hampstead-
heath. These facts would be clearly proved, and
would entitle the plaintiff to recover the sum which
he had paid for the animal.
The warranty was then proved, dated the Sd of
August. The groom of Mr. Woodroffe proved that
the dog never did stand or back, after repeated trials
in the first and subsequent weeks of September, and
his testimony was corroborated by several persons
from Leicestershire, who attempted to shoot with him
in company with the plaintiff. A letter was put in
from Mr. Woodroffe to the defendant, datedthe 11th
of September, in which he complained of the quell-
ties of the dog, but said that he did not discover them
before, on account of the lateness of the corn, which
retarded the season for shooting. To this the de-
fendant replied, alleging that the dog was thorough
bred, but expressing a willingness to chaege him if
there was another which would suit Mr. Woodroffe.
The dog, however, continued lame at Leicester till
November, and, after a refusal on the part of Mr.
Helps to receive him, and to return the money, be was
lost on the road between Hampstead and Highgate.
Mr. SCARLICTI9 for the defendant, conic:sided; that

the Jury engin milder that the- dog wan 'pooled by
the mismanagement of the plaint-4o that no due no-
tion was given of the defselenmes of the animal; that
the best dog in England•onight be spoiled io a day
and that the plaintiff had evinced the dishonesty of
his case, by writing, on the Ilth of September, that
he had' no opportunity of trying the dog before,
whereas he had tried him several days on the pre-
ceding week. by the evidence of bis own witnesses.—
, The Learned Counsel called persons, who swore that
Mr. Woodroffe had moptessed himself satisfied with
the dog before he leR London, and others who traced.
the history of the dog, until he was scold and delivered
to Mr. Helps, and who believed him then to be an ac-
complished setter.
Mr. Gtteasy replied, contending that it would be
a Most serious eta, if dog-dealers might get rid of
the effectioi of warranties, by alleging that the dogs
were otter well managed but in their own bands,
and mitt be spoiled in a day. The bitch, which
had been treated esactly like the dog, had not been
spoiled, and the expressions of satisfaction alleged,
were used, if at all, before the plaintiff had an op-
portunity of trial.
The tORD CHIEF .Tusrtmo.said, that however little
the Jury might know on the subject of dogs, their
knowledge must be equal to his own. The question
was certainly not whether the dog was worthless on
the Ist of September, but when it was delivered with
the warranty: if they thought the lattet, they would
find a verdict for the plaintiff for £l5.
The Jury found for the plaintiff—Damages 0.5.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FEBRUARY 19.
WINTER V. BROWNE.

This action was brought by the plaintiff, an attor-
ney, to recover-she sum of £620, due to him by the,
defendant, who is a dealer in marble. The defence
was, that the debt accrued before the defendant's
bankruptcy, and that he had since received his certi-
ficate; to which the plaintiff replied, that the certi-
ficate was vitiated by Mr. Curling, a principal cre-
ditor, having been induced to sign it by the promise
of £1.50 per annum ; and upon this fact the whole
question turned.
Mr. Curling having been called on behalf of 'he
plaintiff, swore that Mr. Penning, an upholsterer in
Holles-street, persuaded him to sign the.ktriificate,
by holding out a promise of the annuity above men-
tioned, whilst

Mr. Penning, on behalf of the defendant, swore
that he held out no such inducement. lie merely
prevailed upon him by an appeal to his humanity and.
his conscience, telling him that he ought to banish
all malignant feelings towards Browne froM his
breast ; to do as he would be done by ; and remind-
ing him, if he ever said his prayers, that he only there
begged to be forgiven as he forgave others.
The Loan CUIEIt JUSTICE informed the Jury, that
if a creditor was induced, by any prothise, direct or
Indirect, of remuneration, to sign a certificate, no
matter whether the bankrupt was privy to such pro-
mise or not, it vitiated the certificate. The simple
question in this case, therefore, %. as—whether or not
such a promise had been held out to Gurling ; and
that depnded upon which of the two witnesses, Gur-
ling ovning, they believed. His Lordship then
read over the evidence, observing upon it as he went
atong.—The Jury found for the plaintiff—Damages,
COO 101.

Last week, three farmers, of Cotherstone. York-
shire, ignorant of transgressing any law, were each
surcharged Lt.. los. (the tax upon a gig, Ste.) for
suing a kind of chair slung in ch..;ns, upon a com-
mon cart, to ride to church or market in, and sel-
dims to any other place. One of these persons used
his once a-year only, to carry his wife t-s see her chil-
dren and grandchildren. A blacksmith, cf another
township, was also surcharged a similar sum, for
riding upon a board fixed across the middle of his
cart, in which he conveys his iron frtim market.
ALESIARRECTION MEN IN NORTH WALES!—Friday
night, the Bth of this month, the vault of the late
THOMAS JONES, Esq. of Llantysilio Hall, in the
Canny of Denbigh, was broken into by seven or
eight men, with an attorney and surgeon from a
neighbouring town at their head ; the coffin contain-
ing the body of the deceased forced open, then taken
outside, turned upside down, and the corpse tumbled
upon the ground. The body having been interred
an the 12th of December, 1820, was of course in a
State of greardecay, when the place was viewed by the,
Clergyman and Churchwardens of the-Parish. The'
only motive assigned for this outrage is, that a pert
lon supposing himself interested in a will, had dream-
that one was deposited under the head of the de-
ceased. Upon this vision of a disordered mind,
strange as it may appear, an attorney was found
weak enough to commit the above outrage. Ile
came prepared with a plumber, mason, blacksmith,
iltc. and two females were said to have been present!
About eight o'clock in the evening of Thursday,
'a fire Was discovered in the Parsonage-yard of the'
Rev. Joan Mowiws, at Ringwould, which, iu a short
time, consumed the barn and several lodges, with
great part of their contents.
Between eight and nine o'clock, on Wednesday
night, a fine little girl, who was carrying a bundle of
Clothes home to her mother's, wfis stopped near the
Castle, in Tuttle-street, Portpool-lane, by a gang of
young ruffians who infest that quarter; whilst two of
them kept her pinioned,' -with their hands on her
smith, to prevent her calling out, another of the gang
'lran off with the bundle ; she was then knocked down
In the mud, and her head was shockingly bruised
against the stones. The villains made their escape.
A shocking' accident occurred in the port of Hayle,
on Sunday last. The Lydia, Captain MiLcwoon•
coming in fronsNea, it was found necessary, soon after
she had passed the bar, the current being very rapid,
to drop an anchor from the stern, in order to preyent
her running foul of the vessels a head. As the cable
attached to the anchor was carried out with great
velocity, William Illewett, a young man of excellent
Moral character, and who had been to sea but a few
months, got his leg entangled :n, it, and before any
assistance could possibly be afforded him, he fell,
sad was dragged onward until be came in coolant
elth the stern, when his foot was instantly wrung off
*the ancle, and fell into the sea. The poor young man
*as conveyed to his father's house, 3nsi the leg being
ill a very mangle.' state:ilia. underwent amputati
jlist below the knee. ••, •

DurRESs QUEEN.saERRy,

AR the world kabw the pony spirit which ante about
the sson-licensing of GAT'S Plsty of Polls (a sequel
to his Beggar's Opera), during which the Duthennf
Chiareissafte patronised a subscription for its pig,.
lication, for which Gaon's the Second forbade her
to some to Court. Her remonstrance is singularly
bold, and as it is not so well known as the circum-
stances which occasioned It, we think it may not prove
uainteresting to our Readers:
.44 That the pacisess of tpseasirwry is surpris,a, esd snit
pleased the King brig), given bet so agmaabis a 003MTUIMI tO
stay from Court, where she never Caine for diveri;on, bat to
besobw a greet civility an the Sing anti Queen. she hopes
'
suck an unprecedented order 'Aden, that the King will see n
few at his Court as be whiles, pentode* sub as dare to think
oc speak truth. 1 dare ass deateerwbe, and ought mt, taw
could have imagined that it would not have been th.: 'eta/
highest complinseat f could pbadkly pay the King, to endearve
to support truth sod isittooonce in his home.
C. QUF.P.NSBRIMY.
" Particularly when the Xing and Queen had ',nth told taw
they bed net read Mr. Gars.Pky. I have tertaiey done sight,
then, to stead by my awn weeds rather than his (race of Graf_
tab's, who bed settler made nes of truth, „„
eau, through die whole after, either for himoif of his friend('