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Left,/ INTELLiGENcA.
comicr OF KING'S 13IENeHl rEllitt74l.RY 11.
LIBEL.-••TISE KING V.

• This *Lei proiecution at the instance of the Right
Hon. Lady Percevat, against the Pi oprietor
of Ike New:, .a. weekly- Paper, for a liht.l inserted in
that PUbiicdtion upon her,Ladyship. The cause was
set down for trial thiS day, and had excited so much
peblin interest, that. the Court was crowded at an
rally hour.
• Mr. HOLT, her Laelyihip:s Counsel, however, on
Lord Ellenborough coming ttanCaust, applied to his
lend:ship to hire the trial pat off. The Le;nued
Ctmnsel stated, that the libel consisted iota. insertion
of. certain letters ht. The Novo, purporting to be let-
ters igrtieil-by Lords Castlereaah, Eldon, and Liver-
pool. .The evidence of those Noble Lords, some one
,ct them at Nast, was necessary to the prosecutris, -to:
prove that these letters were fabricated docile-tents.
lord Caitlereagli was out of the kingdoms, and there-
fore could not be subpoenaed by the 1. rosecutrix. Her
'Ladyship had,-however, subpeened• Lord Liverpcol ;
brit laistervsning (Sunday) about eleven o'clock, and:
not :till then, the prosecutriz received information,
that Lord Liverpool was so, seriously indisposed as
to render k impossible he could attend this day as a
witness. • Under these circumstances, her Ladyship
Wei obliged to apply to the Court, to have the trial
pure..
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Lord ELLEVUOttoUGn said, before he could consent
. to the application, he must have the circumstance of
. Lied Liverpool's indisposition set forth in an affidit.
Nit t it Could not be taken on a parole statement.'ll
' Ms. Huta said, if his Lordillip- would allow him
till the next cause was .disposedsif, he would get an.
a fidavit sworn to the fact:
..rhe Noble Judge having indulged Mr. Holt in bit,
*quest, tint Learned Counsel procured thesadatitof
Mr,Chivers,i,ord Liverpool's medicalattendant, and
also the affidavit of Lady Percevars Solicitor, statingv
, that it Was not until a late hour on' Sunday evening
that he received notice of his Lordship's. indivailtiOnf.
Mr. torento, for the defendant, said, upon this
statcreent.he should not oppose the trial,being putof;
upon the usual terms, ;payment of costs.
Mv..Hot.r hoped his Lordship would not give vista
in this ease, the delay arising not out of any fault on
the part of the prosecutria, but owing to the illness
of a material witness. - • 1
• Lord ELI eaor.ouGu observed, the delay did arise
out .of the -negligence of the prosecutrix. According,
to li own statement thew Were three Noble Loris ,
who could prove these docuinents to be fabricated.
One 'of them, indeed, (Lord Castiereagli)' war otit of
mash; but two remained who might both have been
s4lapcsuaed ;.the prosecutrix had neglected to take that
precaution, and out of that neglect the present delay
stose, • The -application, therefore, could only Isl,
granted upon payment of costa. • • 1
Mr. Hier submitted to hie ,Lordship, thht if the
affidavit were read, it. would be found that Lord Ll-
=was a matatial witness, without whose evi.
• , the prosecturiz could-not proceed.. One of the
documents purporta to be signed by him alone, and
he only could prove it Utabrication.
The affidavit was then read, and being foUnd to
state this fact positively, his Lordship said, the appli-
cation must be granted viritheut costs.
. The trial therefore stands over till next Sittings.
":„0:1-D BAILEY.
. Yesterday titrefteiteptisoners were tried, one of
whom was convicted, viz. Wm. Buidser, for
stealing in the dwelling-house of Win. Pinching £7O,
and upwards, in Bank-notes. •
T. Williams was indicted for stealing twenty-two
• books, the property of J. Winans, from the Exeter
nailer--T. Walker, guard of the Exeter coach, recol-,
lected the parcel being pdt into the coach. At Ken-1
sington he got on tie roof of the coach, to speak to,
the coachman, and while he was doing so, a post-bell
gXve an alarm, and on looking behind, he saw a maw
at the hind Wet of the coach: he immediately jumped
• down, and pursued hiin, but he escaped. _There was
a hos taken, as well as the parcel. •
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A. Westbrook, one of the Bow-street patrole, was
ott duty on the night in question, and saw the prisoner
and two others follow the coach. One of them got
Lp behind the boot, and witness heard "something fall
lam the coach. The prisoner caught up the parcel,
inaleinition, and saltness imme-.ately secured
jgolfsevard WAS indicted for Stealing a t 1
ant( a pair of breeches, the property of.l Hawkins,:
. 136 pjosecutor and the prisoner were fellow.]
-1 • s.• The' breeches and waistcoat were missed
': *am s the 119th. of lutcary. Th; prisoner's •liidgings
were searched, and the officer bad much difficulty in
wresting the dnplicate•for these articles. from 'Mari,
Which he endeavoured 'to swallow. Therwabruket,
plioved that he topk the articles is front theprisonii.l
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F. Stockton was indicted for stealing two trying.'
scinarel and one g:tuge, the property of 3. Rains.
* The tools were taken from a building at which the
prosecutor worked as a carpenter. The pi• isoner
offered them in pawn to Mr. Hall, a paseabroker,
whO stopped him with the tools.
F. Wilkinson saw the prisoner at the corner of Or-
erard-street, on Friday or Saturday last, bargaining
with a man for some carpenter's tools. Thu Jery,
after sortie hesitation, found the prisoner—Guilty. • .
The following were also convicted of felony, viz;
—C. Black walrand T. Timms, fur stulin4 half a
of corn, the property of J. Hart ; W. Rey.
nnhis, for strafing a quantity of leather, the property
et J. itice ; T. Thompson, for stealing a quantity of
of Se tr.tr, candles, and rum, the property of E. Wel.
ler ; R. Mills, for stealing a Watch, the property of
R.- Gibbs ; J. Farley, for • stealing four Ss. Bank-
tokens, the property of T. Fisher ; Mary, Combe and
Hannah Brown, for stealing two pieces of ribbon;
the property of C.* Robinson ; and J. Brown, for
stealing a great coat, the propert)t of .T. Hama

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stealing a great coat, Me propOrty of.T. Hampton. Light itetna:es, dres‘cd in white, with long white wells.
J. Kinghont wits convicted of it misdsmcanor, in 11w Coffin, carried by tight nuns, in the Nil dres3 of their order,
and wearing long black veils.
procuring alraudulent bill of exchange tO be set up ~ Tweive. Nuns, with lighted tapers, daunting a funeral dirge.
and proved undcr a commission of bankrupt sgainst The Nt.ollS accompanied the remains of their late Su-
bic& perior Rio farther than to the churchyard ; when the
The following were epouet* ea, viz. AuEttstutl.leao forpse WAS borne to The grave by the Ladies who hid
verso, Esther Whee ' 'XL Butler, I..Thoinesep-'4, precedud it; the Nuns reterning immediately-took
Thompson, E. Fo‘, Itladler (who 'remains). Jr Nunnery. A considerable number of- spectators -1w
Edward:, T. oittleik• an4J:Doyliwg.
lerstoto
seiza bled to wiele‘s the novel exhibition.
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