Star.
London, England, 1806-11-21 00:00:00

LA, INTELLIGEhCE.

COURT OF ROWS BENCH. NOT. so.
?ma KING V. 14111.111, 101111,11 11411. L.
• This had bees an indiament amain!! the Defen-
dant. for 'prising and publrfhing a lihellons letter, ad
dyed's.] rn pallor Hat wood, one nt the ProtetforP of
the Unive fits of Canibt idge. Mr. Hall, during the
la Term, had appeared to receive the lenience of
the Court. but time was given to the profecutor to
Wirer the mattets contained in an affidavit made is
initigntion of puniffiment. Tl.e cafe was again
brought before their Lordfhips for their judgment,
when the affiJav'ts on both fides were read The
circumflances which led to the writing of this letter
to Dr. Harwood, were as follow : The Defendant
was Rector of the parifb of Bartlow, in Cambridge-
Aire, near to whole parfonage the profecutor came
to reticle. The parties lived in mutual friendfhip to-
gether, until Dr. Harwood objeaing to the direairt
of a font path acrofs his grounds, propofed to remove
it nearer to thole of Mr. Hall. To this the Defen-
dant objeard. flaring, that it would lead the paffen-
gets towards his garden. The Frofefror infifted, and
removed the path within about ten yards of the
grounds of the Defendant. From this time acinio
fity broke nut, mutual provocations took place, aid
the Defendant returned a piaure with which the
Doane had privinufly prefented him. Under theft
imprcffions the libel complained off was written, of
which lane of the mnfl prominent paffages were as
follow You hand conviaed, by the verdia of
every one who has obferved your behaviour of late,
of the meanefl condna—pour very workmen blurb
for you, the patting villager fpeaks with contempt of
you, and the traveller loghs for you." It then went
on—" My friends wonder that my alts of kindnefs
and hofpitality timid be obliterated from yDur me•
mnry ; but gratitude is a quality which never was
your's." It then expreffed the Defendant's perrua.
fool, that if ever he Mould he in want af bread, the
profecutor would have no dtfficulty in denying it w
him.
The affidavit of the Defendant was then read ;
ir enumerated many ate of the profecutor, which had
bias intended to provoke and mortify the Defen-
dant. It alluded to arkeleton. which Dr. Harwood
had procured, to terrify perfnns from puritting the
old road, that they might adopt the new path ; and
• concluded, by imploring their Lotdfhips to pats a
lenient judgment. In anfwer to this, was the affida-
vit of Trorefror Harwood. which controlled the
moll material fads in the ttatement of Mr. Hall.—
It explained the circumfkance of the fkeleton, which
was merely placed as a kind of bugbear, to terrify
the thieves, who had fucceeded in robbing the Doaor's
garden, and which was taken down the day after-
wards, at the requefk fof the Defendant.
Mr. Gamow w s 'heard in eieenottion of the
crime committed r. Hall. He adverted to the
numerous circa s of provocatirm received from
the profecntr- a trotted, that a lenient judgment
would be pal: a y theC-ourt.
Sir V. Grass afterwjjds addreffed the Bench on
the part of the ptorecution.
0 Lord Eccar manual, obferved, that there were
circumflances on both fides of the cafe, which the

Court Ma regard with confiderable difpleafure, par-
tieulatly the contradiCtion which exitted in the Oh.
davits of the parties. His Lordihip then adverted to
the &citron and caR a confederable degree of blame
upon the defendant, who had introduced that fob-
pa, as an aggravation by Dr. Haywood, when Mr.
Hall had even expreffed his approbation of the plan.
Mr. Jullice Gans' then fined the defendant 'him
marks, as a punithment for his offence.