Star.
London, England, 1802-08-02 00:00:00

PLEA SIDE.-.-11110111 EAItON HOTH AM.

The Judge this morning, on looking over the
Paper of Special Jury cafes, obferved with furprile,
that they amounted. to twenty-five in number, and
declinedgoing into the Harwich Corporation Ca ufe,
which he laid wrathd occupy more time than yet
remained for the daration of the affizes. It was
of COUTI.O deferred, with feveral other cafes, till the
next Commitlion.
WALTZ& V. VA !MUM was an act on
t 3 recover a compenfation in damages for a
libel under the following circumliances :—The
plantiff is PA-mailer of Bellivechy,,in the county
of Etre:, and the defendant an Attorney of the
lime place. Mr. Vanderzee having, from the in-
formable of feveral perfons in the place, had rea-
Om to fulped that the letters before their delivery
were opened at the Poll-Office, had his furmiles
ftrongly confirmed by the receipt of a letter jtim-
felt; the corners of which were open; and though
the feat was not aEtually broken, yet appearing in
such a rumpled and irregular Rate, as induced him
to believe that time perfon or perfons had been
reading it, as it was not likely that it fhould have
been feat in that condition. He, in confequence,
wrote a letter to Mr. Bartlett, the Poft-matter Ge-
neral of the Diftrid, to the following died :
" Sir, I think proper to inform you, that a letter
has come to my hands, which, I have reafon to
think, has been opened by the Poitmtatter of Belli.
vechy. As this man has been in the habit of open-
ing all letters that have come through that Office
for twelve months paft, I feel it a duty to the pub-
lie to bring a penal anion on the Ratite." The
anion was accordingly brought and tried at the
lan affixes, when the plaintiff was nonfnited, and
this anion was now laid for damages in confe-
quence of the libel contained in the above letter.
Mr. Bartlett proved the receipt of the letter,
which was put in and read in evidence, together
with its being the defendant's hand-writing.
For the defendant it was cornett:led, that he had
a reafonable ground fur fufpicion, and therefore
had rot ailed malicioufly. The letter which he
complained of being opened was produced, and
proved by the perfon who wrote it, not to have
beer. fent in the condition in which it was received.
Several other perfons alto depofed that they had
received letters from the fame Office, which had
every appearance of having been opened.
The 1511 RON) on reviewing the evidence, in his
charge to the Jury, Itib:nitted to their confidera-
tiun whether the rumpled and unufual appearance
of the letter when delivered, as well as limilar re-,
marks made upon other letters, did not completely
afrard the defendant at lead a reatimable ground
of lufpicion, and confequently refcue his conduCt
from the imputation of any malice ? The Jury
gave a verdict for the defendant.
THE Kota r. WATERHOUSE.—This was an in-
didment agaiall the defendant for wilful and cor-
rupt perjury, in having (worn upon a trial at the
tall Affixes here, that five quarters of wheat, which
bad been delivered to a perfon in the neighbour-
hood, was done in virtue of a contraa for the
delivery of two hundred quarters at a liipulated
price.
From the evidence it appeared, that the five
-'ors of wheat in queftion were delivered in

From the LONDON GAZETTE, 711.5. 31.

MILITARY PROMOTIONS.

WAR•OFFIOE, JULY 31.
ttEtb Regiment of LigLt Drago,n6—Conti t George H. Walter:,
ficon %tit Liga Dragoon-,to Le Lieutenant, by r•wchsc,:,
vice Lar6, promoted in the '-Co V.kit i:tgirutnt.
ru:l.:n.—lnfign John Lowther irom the
Cobittre.en Foot Guards, to Le I.Lutenant,Ly purch.:ce, vice
:to r: tiro.
Lt'.: 14.:;Ii:ot :3. of Foot—Ar.:!ant-SurTe,ot Irgli,, from
the '1.•!!•1 of the End Foot, to b.. .11:11tant-Surgeosi, tie
WAzri, s. •
29:11 Ditto--:. ktetunt George Se.v:Be Burdett to Ile, Capt.iin,
by pure!...:.., vice Lord CLatics Bentinek, promoLd in the
3d %Veil I :•!.ia Regiment.
3oli Ihtt, at mint Peter Taylor. from the Roth Foot, to
C:Ttaio, 6, purchafe, vice I.ahiff, who retires.
u;enaut-Coluttelko'.›er. Pring,:e, front the Sift
Foot, to Lc I.kutenant-Colonel, vice Nightingall, who ,x-
-chatv:es.
Dit-,—Cant.tio David Stcwatt, from the 9oth Foot, to be
Captain in 1 Company, vice Moto., promoted in the etb
Foot. _ _

43.1 Di to—Licorenant Francis Glafs, front half-pay of the 9th
loot, to be Lieutenant, vice Du hiouliti, who exchanges.
sin Ditto—Lieutenant-Colonel Miles Nightiugall, from the
38th Foot, to be Lieutmant-Colonel, vice Print:, who ex-
clianot.
77th Ditto—art:l,a lieutenant-Colonel Alcsamkr Wright,
front the 67th Foot. to be Captain, vice Grant, promoted.
V..ai•loix•rr.titi—Williara Pettigrew, Efq. from half-pay
of Captain, to be l'Armatter.
Cities of London and Weaminfler Light Horfe