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London, England, 1819-03-22 00:00:00

CAMBIIIDGP ASSIZES.

UTTERING FORGED NoTEs.—Jolzn Macpire and
Michael Codey were tried on Wednesday before Mr.
Baron GRAHAM, on a charge of feloniously, know-
ingly, and wilfully uttering forged El Bank of Eng-
land notes, at Icklezon, on the 25th of September
last. The facts were very clearly proved, and the
Jury found both prisoners Guilty, when the Learned
Judge passed sentence of death upon them in his
usual impressive manner. His Lordship gave Codey
reason to expect that the dreadful sentence would not
be carried into execution upon him, he having pleaded
guilty to the minor offence. The Judge gave Mac-
quire no hope of mercy.

REALES V. WILKINSON.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a re-
spectable merchant in Cambridge, against the de-
fendant. who is a clergyman, for a libel written by
him, and inserted in a periodical work called the
Anti-Jacobin Review, of September last. It imputed
to the plaintiff, in very gross language, that he had,
in a transaction with a person who had been a partner
with him in the purchase of Lottery Tickets, appro-
priated to himself the whole of a Lottery Ticket, of
which his partner should have had a share.
Mr. STORKS having opened the pleadings, Mr.
Serjeant BLosszrr opened the case by stating, that
the libel in question was one for which he should
have had to have called for exemplary damages, if
the object of the plaintiff in bringing the action had
not been satisfied by the course which the defendant
had been wisely advised to pursue. Mr. Beaks had
resorted to a civil instead of a criminal prosecution,
in order to allow to the defendant the opportunity of
proving, if he was able, the truth of the charge, and
of covering the plaintiff with shame, if he was de-
serving of it. But the defendant was so far from
being able to do this, that he was left without de-
fence ; and as he had fully acknowledged the false-
hood and total want of foundation of his accusation,
and ha.l instructed his Counsel to make the same pub-,
lic avowal in Court, the plaintiff, who sought the
vindication of his character, and not damages, would
call upon the Jury for only a nominal verdict.
Mr. Serjeant FRERE, in the name of the defendant,
expressed his contrition for having bees the author
of so unfounded and unwarrantable an attack into
which he had fallen in the course of a political dis-
cussion—the object of the plaintiff in the action, he
was convinced, was reparation only for the injury
lie might have sustained ; and this he would fully
obtain by the public avowal on the part of the de-
fendant, of his innocence of the charge imputed to
him, which he did not hesitate to make in the most
unqualified manner.
1 he Jury, under the direction of the learned Judge
who observed that the libel was a most gross one,
found, by the consent of the plaintiff, a verdict for
nominal damages.

EXETER ASSIZES, MARCH is.
CONVICTION FOR BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION.
AY[ V. SIR MANASSEH LOPEZ, BART.
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This indictment charged the Defendant with hav-
ing, by himself and by certain agents, corrupted and
bribed several of the Electors of the Borough of
Grampound.
Mr. Serjeant Peta, opened the case on the part of
the Crown, which he described as one of the most
important cases which had ever presented itself to
`the consideration of a Jury. Here was conduct which'
struck at the very root of that greatest blessing of
our Constitution, the Freedom of Election. The sub-
ject of representation had been much discussed ; va-
rious were the opinions entertained upon that subject:
but all must agree, that the best way of preserving
the.pu:ity of representation was to visit severely acts
like those with which the defendant stood charged,
in every instance in which they should, by good for-
tune, be detected. TLe Borough of Grampound (the
Learned Serjeant continued) contained sixty voters,
cla'rning that right in respect of being freemen. In,
November, 1915, a meeting took place between Sir,
M. Lopez and a man of the name of Hoare, .who,
would be called as a witness. Hoare being a voter
of Grampound, and the object of the meeting was to
adjust terms for bringing Sir M. Lopez in for the
Borough. This was to be effected by a loan of
1::1.000 to the Electors ; this loan being really a gift,
and the price cf their votes. In addition to the evi-
dence of Mr. Hoare and other Gentlemen, the Learn-
ed Serjeant would produce letters from Sir M. Lopez,
himself, which could leave no doubt upon the nature
of the transaction.

A number of letters were thenr read from Sir M.
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Lopez, and from Mr.unt, his SOlicitor, addressed
for the most part to Mr. Wm. Hoare. By these let-
ters it appeared that Mr..Huot was the confidential.

Solicitor of Sir M. Lopee, and that he was the avnt
employed to mAaage the business o this Election ;
that 1.:2000 was to be pzid upon securing 11‘; voters ;
that the cm° was to be a loan, and to he paid by
Mr. Hunt, After expending considerable sans, it
appeared that Sir M. Lopez felt rater insecure as
to his interest. Mr. Teed, the present Petitioner fur
Grampound, paid a visit to the j.lcrotill, ai,d Sir M.
Lopez declared , in cine of his lette: s, th.st far frwo
being alarmed by Mr.TeeLfs joarucy, if that (,::,!:le-
•man would place him ifs. the situation in which he
stood beibre the commencement of the negociation,
he (Sir M.) would• resign his interest to hint. One
of these letters, in which, speaking of the Elccters of
Grampound, Sir M. Loiter, says, " 11 tl,.ey can fin.,
any Gentleman who will pay th"•nl better, they may
transfer their services to him." And another, in
which Sir M. hopes he shall not be put to the addi-
tional expense of a dinner to the voters, c:.cited con-
siderable met ri molt.

William lloare being examined by Mr. G VELEM,
swore that he was an Alderman c Grampound ; that
in November, 1814, he went to London, and saw Sir
M. Lopez at his house in Arlington-stre,A : that he
gave Sir M. Lopez a letter of introduction from Sir
John Derring ; that Sir M. Lopez said lie heard
there was an opening in the Borough of G:amponnd,
and that he should be coming dots a so.):1, and would
see witness on the business; that Sir M. Lopes re.
quested witness to consult the rest of the Magistrates
and Freemen on the subject, and write him word ;
Ithat witness then told Sir M. Lopez that the Electors
must he satisfied, and £2OOO would be necessary for
that purpose ; that after he returned to Grampound,
he wrote to Sir M. Lopez on the subject, and receiv-
ed an answer. In the beginning of the month of
December he met Sir M. Lopez at Plymouth, that
he went with him to Mr. Hunt's office, where he saw
Mr. Hunt ; that he then explained to Sir M. in the
presence of Hunt, that the Fr;:erren winzed £2oa3,
and that Sir M. Lopez said Hunt should come down ;
that Hunt was at Grampound twice; that on the
first occasion he did not see so many of the Freemen
as he expected, and only stayed a few hours ; that lie
afterwards met Hunt by appointment at St. Austel,
and Hunt came again to Grampound, where be saw
about 40 of the Freemen ; that he told Hunt that the
Freemen expected £5O each that Hunt said that
could not be ; that they could have only £35 each ;
that Hunt then desired him (witness) to send the
Voters into the room (a room at an inn) one by ore;
that he did so: that Hunt's clerk, Mr. Rawle, was in
the room, and John Brown, a voter, when witness
left it ; that Symons was not introduced at this time :
that he saw Sir M. Lopez some months after, at his
seat near Plymouth, and that Sir M. Lopez then said
" I have secured Symons; I have done something
for him here ;" touching the palm of his hand. That
he afterwards introduced Allen, a voter, to Hunt,
who did not seem inclined to receive him, as they
had already got a majority.
On being cross-examined by Mr. ADAM, he said,
that when Mr. Teed and Mr. Lambe, his solicitor,
came down, he told them that he had a letter from
Sir M. Lopez, in which Sir M. said he would relin-
quish his claim to any Gentleman who would do
better by the Borough. That as he was looking for
this letter among others from Sir M. Lopez, Mr.
Lambe said, " I will look for it ;" that Mr. Lambe'
then took all the letters, and said he would return
them ; that they hod not been returned; that he was
anxious to have them back, lest people should sup-
pose he had told them. When Hunt came to Gram-
pound the second time, and witness sent in the free-
men one by one, he did not see any one receive any
money.—Did you receive any money?—Yes, I did.
Mr. Justice HOLDOVD.—I ought to tell you, you
are not bound to answer any question which may
criminate yourself.
Mr. ADAMS.—I now put the question again. Did
you receive any money ?
Witness.—l do no: choose to answer.

Mr. Teed, examined by Mr. Serjeant PELL, said,
he was an unsuccessful candidate for Grampound;
last election, and was at the present moment a peti-
tioner. That in August, 1817, he received from
Isaac Watts, a voter of Grampound, a paper contain-
ing the names of the voters who had been bribed by
Sir M. Lopez; and that Watts told him the respec-
tive sums which had been paid, which ho put down
against the respective names • that he called en Sir
M. Lopez, in London; that he told Sir M. Lopez he
called at he desire of Mr. Watts, to knew what he
(Sir M. Lopez) intended to do resrecting Gram-'
pound. If he (Sir M. Lopez) would be content
with one scat, he (Mr. Teed) might have the other; 1
that witness then told Sir M. Lopez he was acquain-
ted with his proceedings at Grampound, and pro-
duced the list he had received from Watts; that Sir'
M. Lopez merely expressed his surprise where. the
witness could have got so correct a list. That Sir
M. Lopez said that the sums were very correct,_
cept that he had paid more tc, some than was put '1
down. The witness told Sir M. 1, Ipez, that he ard
the electors were subject to a psosecution ; that Sir
M. Lopez then said he would protect the eli..:tors, if
it cost hint 01001000. That he had taken Counsel's
opinion, and that the electors were not liable, because
'twn years had elapsed since the transaction
On his cross-examination by Mr. ADAMS—Mr,
Teed said, that he did not tell Sir M. Lore?. that he
should be prosecuted ; but only, that he was liable
to prosecution. That the letters were taken from
Hoare by Mr. Lambe, with the consent of witness ;
and that he (witness) did not choose to return them
when he discovered their contents.
Mr. Moont argued, on the past of the defendant,
that the money in question had been given from cha-
ritable motives, to assist the Borough of Grampound,
which was at that time in great distress. tic com-
mented 4 considerable length upon the testiniony of
the various witnesses who had been called on the part
of the prosecution. The Mr. Hoares, he said, stood
convicted, by their own confession of the very crime
which they were attempting to charge upon Eir M.
Lopez. 'fhcy were goae unworthy of credit. The
Jury should be cautious. If a landlord lowered his
rents to assist his tenants, and WAS afterwards re-
turned by their votes to Parliartera, would that cen-
stiLute bribery ? Where w.!c the eifference in the pre-
sent case? The Learned Counsel then commented
with 'orne severity upon the (!vidence 9f Mr. Teed;
and conclueled %kith a hope, that if the Jury eater
twined any doubt upon the case, they would.givcthe
' benefit of that doubt to the accused party.
Mr. Justice Houma summed up Cue evidence at

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tbebe ilmalxre.,
The trial lasted more than four :sou
was crowded to excess. • .4.
1 The defendant will be br,ng'ra op for jua,,,,
: the King's Bench in the ensuing term. '. 44
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YORK.
Farah Anderwm, who sont her daughter's ntr:-..„
hest ani chi: d, in a basket, by the Thor::e pail...- --
Hall, addressed to M. Maples, of Thnrile, i:,-rell
af
quence of which the child died soon -‘er r. •7 4, ''''' •
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ceire,.l try the Doctor in November Inv, 7 sat•,.
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or the capit•il charge of doing; so siteeaten:~1, '' el
mit murder, but '.'as found tinily of ;.u:,; ~.,t,,,
Sentence (Is (erred. - 8..
At the 'Fork Assizes, an inn!-eoper 7.,.0z,i 1
Shaw recovered £l3. 17s. 6d. from :... Fol,-.1. ~„, • I 4
Marmaduke I lorsley, for pz!tkairrs, s:,r,-,c ~.- • . • J
excited much merriment is Court : one ;::::, t., VII
" To damage done to the bed you slept tit ii:;
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another, ~ To a man for pickin:g you yr on t!'.n tri II
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and r;:bbing you down with stra..v. Is:—.l-.;• ;Jut. , u
BARoN, v. lin tried the cause, lameat;:i that ..., btit, gr.
undefended deprived the Court and the c0...a..r.. (e 111
further warming insigit into the consevcnce6,44 - -
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Bow-ovaszt.—Saturday, H. Thatcher and 7'. Pre; ... I
chareed with uttering 3 farged .€.5 not. The prisce.ve e..,L hi
the Rose and Crown Tavern, in Clare-court, zed hart.; , ', vs
5.,-,lpt.r, called fur wine,
,and tendered a £5 WIC in paemzei,-
Ilse-needed.
Meese .s-irouse.--Saturday, D. Hayes, alias ,I)haaatt,ilasb
deism . alias 0' 110 ra, was finally examieed upon a chat: 44m- II
ing a forged Bank of England note of el. The pet ,a. Sol l
one of these tried at the Oki Bailey Seuitnia ia Jut:al Lam
a similar charge, anti acquitted.—relly committed. sir
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CLERICAL L\'77::I,LI(;ENCE. ED
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CAtIBRIDGI, ~1.,, II czt :9. itOLI,
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The Chancellor's Gold halals for the best Profitines i 111
Classical Learning among the commencicg 11a:he:ars o' Ae' lOM
were yesterday adieLged to Mr. Thomas Thorp, of Ire- arpol
College; and Mr. Alt :ander Nialcolm Wale, it. Jo le', eee..,' un
OXFORD, AIARCH P.O. A f
The Rev. Ilc•i;i:isin Pierson, SyIII,‘IVI, ALA. Fellow of W. lio
ham College, and the Per. Edward Cordw• l'i, M.A. relive,: n x
Brasennose College, have been appointed Politic lisarninur,. ~ I
The following Degrzes have been cooferred: A I
' Rev. Charles Valentine Le Grine, 11. A. of Trinity Celle- sP'
'Cambridge, admitted ad cerdem. elm
DACIILLOS. IN cren. LAC-. ev
Rev. Robert Allen, Fellow of New College. sat
SLASTRPS or A RIN. IMUI
Pee. William Watson Dickina. of Merton Garage. taco
John Rodbard atin, of Christ (leech. ash,
Rev. Charli; Scr:se Dickins, of Oriel Colleer- . ,r
Pee. Joie liarc Pinghans, of a asennose College. res c
Pew. J.itir:s lieu, of Trinity College. eon
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IAC)IRLORS OP ARTS.
'William Tirekins, of liengennose Caller..
Thomas Welch liant, Esq. of Christ Church, Graad Cm. i
pounder. I
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Thomas George Corbett, of Christ Church.
ECCLESIASTICAL PROMOTIONS. • Ft
A Dispensation has passed the Great Seal, to enable ilea
T. T. Welmsky, B.D. to hold the Rectory of St. Vaiit, Far Cop
ter-lane, London, :with the Rectory of Haswell, 3.ithilt sex; a h
the former of which he was colleted by the Archbishop of Cu- • • i
terbstry, and to the latter by the Bishop of London.
Lord Viscount Anson has appointed the Rev. W. IL IL G
Hartley, of Bucklebtiy-House, one of his Lordthip's Desesta.
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Char,Lins. We
The Itev. Thomas Strong is prrseatcd to the Rectory cf The
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berton, in SuEalk. '
Tie. Iles/. Edmund Giay, B.A. to the Rectory of Kirby 7.....-
pertori, Yorkshire. E
Ilene Franei. Coleman, M.A. to the Rectory of Humbs.:4la
toe Diocese of Hereiord.
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Rev. Denny Earners, LLB. to the Archdeseor.er of Sala
Bee. John Ninthly, D.D. to the Peetory of fleetest V ' i
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Boxtead, in Suffolk. 1
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We are authorised to enure the Public, that there is no era 4
in the story of the ex traoi dinary Mushroom, said to kw to el lock
a hogshead of wine to the tap of the cellar of Sir Josiru Rees, II
and which we copied from another Journal. Pa
We are requested to inform our Readers, 0.-.:t 0
Messrs. COOPER and Co. Surgeons, ofCharlotta-thaut, I
Great Cliarlotte-.street, Blackfriars-road, have, in co-.-
sequence of their extensive practice, and for tke at. Is us
commodation of patients at tbeWest-end of the tows, lora
established a Medical Board in Woodstock-street,Ox- jh
ford-street, a few doors from Bond-street, where a :t7:
Physician, of 40 Yeats experience, and a Surgeon i to
great eminence, reside, and where all the Hoardatm- Pi
nately attend, the whole of whom are Members nt tie
Royal Colleges—that thousands have been restored to Ili.
perfect health by their united talents is universaEY ol!
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acknowledged, many of whom had been discharged
from I lospii.ds, and Otherwise impropeily treiceo.— T
Tey are consulted at Woodstock-House, Wee dstocl- *et
street, from Light in the Morning until Eights adtle
\i ;ht ; and at the Nledical Board, 'Cliarlatte-10..r.t. all
Ilh'ickti iars-;.oad, from twelve till eight in the even. - Tres
—Mocl-,-.:cs have advice gratis ever, evening nee
six till eight, at both houses, and on Sunday mernia;i in i
until melve o'clock.----N. B. Messrs. COOrat and IC. tor
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other ('cot ern, therefore all letters are to Le direc-'1 Ttiii
to Charlotte-House, adjoining Illackfriars-roar.
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The Rev. George Peake, to Matilda, You•ne I
the late Jehn Ring, Riq. of Leicester. pat
'Flea Rev. A. Clarkso::, ef limeley, Yorks!.:re, to Nisi z • - • .1
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both C. Wileocke, of Isl.agton. let
Rev. l'ructer liobinsan, M.A. of Dudley, to lierrie.77•f• '
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daughter of the bate Josiah Maynard, of Melton, Iorksl; •
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DIED. •
Rev. It. Dixon, Rector of Claxby, near Ceistor. lk
Rev. R. C. T. Pate:Lion, nectar of Milsted and F::!tt• I
in Kent. I 1
reLraday. at his house in Civhanioroad, raw— 4 --1,-- - 1
E 4. Clerk ci the Journals of the House of Peers.
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William, at cusid son of Witham Edwards, Esq. of Ile— I
Denbighelfire.-1 le had retired to rest en the preach:lF e:••• • i
in appatenf gcsed Itteilth, excepting his hi:gem-Ay cal'•' : 1
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