Star.
London, England, 1823-11-10 00:00:00

THE KING V. HARVEY AND CHAPMAN.

Mr. DENsrAw moved for a rule to shew cause why
the verdict should not be set aide, and a new trial
granted. It was a criminal information against the de-
fendants for a libel on his Britannic Majesty, attributing
to him mental derangement. (The Learned Counsel
stated the circumstances of the case, which arc fresh in
the memory of our Readers.) The ground oa which he
applied for the new trial was, the misdirection of the
Judge, who told the Jury that they were to presume
malice in the n, unless the contrary were
proved. lie (Mr. Denman) contended that the mere
assertion that a report exited of the King's lunacy,
which report did actually exist, was nut to be taken as
a presumption of malice.
Loan CmEr JCSTICE.—I did n.lt lay down that ; I
requested them to form their own calm judgment upon
it, and return a .verdict accordingly.
Mr. Justice BAYLEY.- The Learned Judge said that
the presumption must be taken, that the defendant
knew the effect of the act committed.
Mr. DENMAN argued that no malice was proved, nor
could any be intended.

The Judges BAYLEY, lIOLROYD, and BEST, delivered
judgment, and held that the Common Serjeant had
made out no case for a new trial. They considered the
observations made by the Lord Chief Justice strictly
correct.— Rule refused.
Mr. BEOUGHAAT then made the like motion on be-
half of Mr. Chapman, the other defendant. He stated
the same ground for a new trial, but :•as also unsuc-
cessful. The Court refused to disturh the verdict.

The Lora) CHIRP JusricE abstained from giving any
judgment on the question.

HANIMOND, ESQ. V. SIOFFAT.

Mr. BOLLAND stated that he moved for a rule to shew
cause why there should not be an arrest of judgment in
this case, which was an action tried at the last Kent
Assizes, for disturbing a rookery—(Laughter). The de-
claration 'alleged, that the plaintiff was possessed of a
certain close, in which grew a number of trees, which
were frequented by a number of rooks, which there con-
gregated, laid their eggs, hatched, and reared their
young ; and, in which rookery, the declaration further
alleged, the plaintiff took great pleasure and delight,
as did likewise his friends and neighbours—(Lasighter);
and further, that the plaintiff had a valuable property
in the said rooks, their eggs, and young, as being most
excellent for the purpose of making pigeon pies !
—(Laughter); and that this defendant, unlawfully,
wickedly, and maliciously, did, at the distance of a mile
from the said trees, fire a gun, &c. and which, by means
of the smell of gunpowder and agitation caused among
the said rooks, alarmed and put them to flight, to the
great loss, injury, and damage of the said plaintiff.
Mr. Justice BEST—If these rooks are so shy that they
cannot stand the smell of gunpowder, I'm afraid they
will not stay very long there—(Laughter).
Mr. BOLLAND proceeded—That the eggs were as
good as plovers' eggs, and the young rooks as good as
yonng pigeons for making pies—(Laughter).
The Loan Cater Jcsvez—Did it appear the plaintiff sold the
eggs as plovers' eggs, or the young rooks for young pigeons ?
Mr. GUANLY—No, my Lord, only as rooks' eggs; and we all
know that young rooks make excellent pies.
Loan Caw Jusvicx—l take it for granted the poulterer knows
what he buys, but when plucked, does the customer know whether
he buys rooks or pigeons?—(Laughter).
Mr. Bottaun—The defendant in this case, alleges the firing a gun
in order to drive the rooks from consuming his corn, and for fright-
ening them out of his fields.
• Dlr. Justice Bavz.ar—Was the question at the trial, whether be
did this for the purpose of protecting his own land ?
Mr. Boxtaiw—That beint so, the verdict given for the plaintiff,
l'apprebend, cannot be sustained.
Mr. Justice Beivr—lf done wantonly, and merely for the purpose
of disturbing the rooks, as in an action tried at the Essex A.sizes
for frightening ducks oat of a pond.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—Take a rule to shew
cause; and let it be put upon the special paper, to be
solemnly argued as a new case for the opinion of the
Court. —Rule Nisi granted.

Messrs. PRA RMAN,CoNstrAY, and DECAMP, have taken
a trip to America. Mrs. PEARMAN is entirety recovered
from the effect of her accident, without undergoing the
reported amputation.
DARING BURGLARY.—Friday night, some daring
villains entered the extensive premises of Mr. Smith, the
.g Diorama Exhibition," Regent's-park. The premises
were as usual at night locked up, and left in the charge
of a man, who about eleven o'clock vatftt to bed, leaving
the fire alight in a room adjoining the countinghouse,
in the entrance hall. He had not been long in bed, be-
fore he was alarmed by'the opening of one of the up-
stain windows, end thefootsteps of. some persons on the
stajrs, and immediately after lout ruffians entered the
room, knocked him down in the bed, and one' of then..
.ipinting a pistol to his head, swore he would blow his
btains out if he made the least noise. They then pro-
ceeded to ransack the premises, and breaking open the.
counting-house, took £5 in sdver, which was there, and
then tied the man to the bedstead with ;t rope, in soth
lay that he could neither move hand nor foot, and
left the house by the front door. On the workmen'
coming in the morning, they liberated him. Informa-
tion was given at all the police-offices.
Over the mantle-piece bf one of the parlours at Mnunt
Vetnon is a small framed miniature of WXstittiorox,
[Which was cut out of a piece of common eisrthen-ware.
It is a singular fact, that this is regarded by the family
as the most accurate likeness that exists. The general
contour of. his faoe is well ascertained. This &lib,
%‘hich was 'broken out of a common pitcher, and pro-
bably exectited by some potte'r's app; entire, is said to
possess snore of this intellectual characteristic than any
of the other portraits.
CORN PLisenot.—The following recipe is said to be
hifallible for the cure of corns :
Take two ounces of gum ammoniac,
• • .-- two ounces of yellow wax,
six drachma of verdigris, •
_Meltithevn together, and spread the composition on a
piece of soft leather, or linen ; cut away as much of the
core afsyou scan with a knife, before you apply the plas-
ter. which must bt renewed in it fottniVit, if the corn
'is not. by that time gone.-
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• THE PRESCI.Vr-f MAL Q4ifßiPaigiv4rt
(From a Parisian publication, caned Ze Diable Batters: a
cal Pamphlet.) s
There is in Paris a foreigner, whnse fortune, 44
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was already equal to that of a King, has been leceed
augmented by. a bequest which raises it to a capital two hundred millions of francs. This individual p9l
sessuis property equal so *quarter of an otiooda; budgek•
a sum which would pny for two Spanish campajpi
pureha-e, without the aid of subset iption, a. billing
estates of Chambord*: maintain' a Staff and miib
larger than that of the King of Naples t buy dyy.b;
public of Colombia, or defray eighty years the enargaiii'
appointments of a great empire.
•
The ultra-opulent personage is very simple and N.
ginal. in his propensities. His studies are those of a
man of twelve hundred francs a-year. lie busies liob,
self in altering the punctuation of Horace, and in filliovr
up the hexameters which Virgil kit incomplete;
also corrects the lections of Homer, Xrnoploon, ant
Iliticydides. No one would imagine that the two hook/
which are at his side are sopported e,:ch by one Igo,
dyed millions of francs. Ye:: this foreigner is rittlajetli
whims and caprices which an enormous fortune only
can explain.
It is related of him, t!,at being attacked by a styare
cold, which the art of Dupuytren coin(' not cu,e,
was enabled to ge: rid of it by a dream. The Devil
appeared to him en this dream, and told him that ha
had taken a hold of him, which he would only quit by
conjuration. The ffn-cigner immediately gave °Wets
for the construction in his garden of a Devil in wood,
which was more than 100 feet high, and which con
him as much as a three-masted vessel. The tail and
ears of the Devil were of frightful dimensions. Dining
a whole fortnight his forty footmen had orders to go
morning and evening to throw filth of every descrip-
tion at the nose of the Devil, and at the tame time to
abuse him soundly. Tile healtli of the Savant being
re-established, the Devil was taken down. and curia
away in the mud-carts of Parts.
At another time he resolved import 140.ng to Italy for
six montin. Preparations for the journey were in hand
for fifteen days. The day fixed for his departure brit%
arrived, 30 can iages and P2O post horses were on the
yard of the stable. Everybody gets up. The posti-
lions smack tfleir whips, and ate off. When they at.•
rived at Villajnit, the first post-house from Paris, the
foreigner pulled the check-string of hi, carriage. The
principal outrider being called, mode up, and asked his
' opulence what he wanted? " I am tired" (.1e niennuie)
said lie, " let us return to Paris."
The story in the last f)aragraph is evidently a clumsy imita-
tion of one of those absurd, hut ludicrous cat icatures of English.
men, with which Voltaire has sprinkled his Lies. It has neither
truth nor verisimilitude.
• The estate of Chambord was purchased by subscription fcr
the Duke de Bordeaux. The subscription list is curious enough:
Counts are set down Sur teu francs, and Mayors for three trims
(half-a-crown).

Such k the effect of perseverahce and industry ii
the science of Medicine, that great numbers, many of whom had
lingered under the mo•,t painful and obstinate disorders, who
were pronounced incurable by respectable practioners, and aeveral
discharged from I.lospital, have bee• restored to per fact health by
the celebrated Dr. LADY, xvim, after a tong and laborious prat.
tice, is enabled to remove the most (,bstirat,, Venereal Complaints,
however long ar.d deeply fixed in the habit.—Eruptions. Pain; in
the Limbs, obstinate Civets, Dimness of Sight, Nodes nn the shin.
bones, Ulceration, and S.lre Throats, are untorg the symptoms
arising out of improper trzatment, and which without timely as-
sistance prove fatal. The Doctor is consulted daily by patients of
both sexes,-at 38, Dean-street, Soho, and 1, Hatfield-street, Som..'
ford-street, I3lackfriars and Waterloo Roads, by persons from every
part of the country, and by Letter (if post paid) enclosing a fee.