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London, England, 1829-12-12 00:00:00

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Sir C. Wgruanu.L took his place at the bar, and begged be might
not be interrupted in what he was going to state. He was Counsel
for the Hon. Maria Jervis, sister to the Hon. William Jervis Jervis,
and he had been taken by surprise. He (Sir Charles) was present
at the sitting of the Court prepared to go into it; but, in conse-
quence of something else having come on, the hearing of this mat-
ter had been delayed, and there had been a want of courtesy in
having brought it on this morning in his absence.
The Soramma-Ousaat. begged to state, that it had not been
brought on by him.
Sir CUAIILiII Warusw.v—l beg that I may not be interrupted.
The Soucisos-Gmaitat,-1 only wish to assare you that there
has beets no want of courtesy on my part.
Sir Cummes Waeszamt—l shall be heard, Sir; I insist on
being beard.,
The Sounetta-Gammird—Mr. Knight brought the case on, and
very properly so ; I was not in Court at the time ; I came in after-
wards ; Mr. Horne followed—he wished to have the case opened I
said I had not the slightest objection, but, on the contrary, that I
did not mean to take any advantage of what had passed.
Sir C. Wsenaast.i—l say again, that I shall be heard, Sir, and
I beg not to be interrupted.
The Souceron-Guaaar..—You shall not be interrupted again
by me, Sir—(sitting down.)—l shall not be spoken to in such a
manner by Sir C. Wetherell, nor any man living.
Sir C. Wmussu.t. (turning round to the Solicitor-General, and
rather in a lower tone.)—Then you have your remedy—then you
have your remedy. You know we cannot settle that here; but
you know you have your remedy.
The Sotacsma-Ommult—lf you think I am to be treated, Sir,
in such a manner, you will find yourself mistaken. If you have
any thing to say to me, you will find me ready.
Sir C. Werslaaatt—Sir, you have your remedy. He then con-
tended that the parties who sought to go in before the Master
ought, if at all, to be allowed to go in on agreeing to pay their own

expenses.
The Loan CHANCULLOIL considered the order that had been made
tantamount to this.

Sir C. Wevneant.—After reading the terms of it, which the'
Court directed the Registrar to band to him, did not feel at aU
satisfied that the terms would meet the intention of the Court. The
usual terms of an order on such an occasion were, that such parties
should go in "at drat own expense." There was certainly a loop.
bole in the order, and if he had been in Court he certainly should
have objected to it.
The LORD Cnowem.oa observed that Mr. Home, who appeared
for Lord &. Vincent, and was In the same interest, did not object
to It.

Mr. Howie would rather have had the order as Sir Charles
Wetherell sought to have it; but finding the Court was against
him, he gave way. He did not know that Sir C. Wetherell was
in the nutter.

The Soxicrroa-Gzumtax hoped the Court would aUow him to
explain how he could not be considered to have done wrong, nor
bare subjected binuelf to any imputation of having been wanting
in courtesy, although he knew not why be should show more
courtesy than was shown to him.
The courtesy{
CUANCRLLOS wished to relieve the Solicitor-General
from any such task, because he could state that the Solicitor-Ge-
neral bad in fact bad nothing to do with what had passed. Mr.
Knight (with the Solicitor) opened the matter, and in theilbsenne
of the Solicitor-General, Mr. Ikrne subsequently desireciii have
the matter re-opened; the Solicitor. General acquiesced in that re-
quest at once, and rather wished every opportunity than otherwise
to be afforded to the other side of being beard.
Sir C. Wernatutu. had not blamed any one in particogr; all he
had said, which be was ready to repeat 20 times over; as, that
the matter ought not to have been brought on in his absence.
The Loan CoAunsmus--Well, I think the order will do as I t
is ; and I beg leave. in conclusion, to request, with respect to wbat
has passed between Sir Charles Wetherell and the Solicitor-Gene-
ral, that both these gentlemen will consider that the whole basbeen
a misrepresentation entirely. The Solicitor-General had nothing
whatever to do with bringing the matter on in your absence, Sir
Charles, and your complaint of the Solicitor-General was founded
on miwepntsentation. That you must be aware of, the Solicitor.
General not having been is Cam.
Mr. /loans expressed hie embfaction ea hearing this statement
trots the Bench, for he fek booed to say. that the Solicitor-peneral
bed been in no respect to blame ; on the contrary, that he had
acted in the most accommodating manner.
Sir C. Wassuass.t cared not who had brought h on; it ought
not to have been bristight so in Ms absence • bet still he 'Maki
not have complained, bad he not personally told the Solicitor-Ge-
neral yesterday that be was a leader in the matter, and wished to
be heard when it came ea.

The Lon. CHAIIICILLOII, again hoped an would consider that
IV there bad been a misrepreten and that no further notice
world be taken of what had tr fired.
COURT OF SING' BENCH, Dec. 11.

LACK V. SEWARD.
Mr. Beromnucx conducted the plaintiff's case. It appeared from
the Learned Counsel's statement that this was an action brought to
recover compensation for an injury done to the plaintiff's barge, by
the defendant's running foul of her on the River Thames, and which
was attributable to the negligence of the defendant's people. The
accident took place on the morning of the litth April last, when the
plaintiff's barge was proceeding with a load of clay from Chamber-
lain's wharf. It being an ebb tide, the man in care of the barge
moored her to the stern of the Magnet, a vessel lying opposite
Chamberlain's Wharf, below the bridge, till the tide turned, and
enabled him to go up the River. The defendant's barge was ob-
served coming down the tide by a lighterman. who called out to
them, and said that if they did not get assistance they would run
foal of the starlings of the bridge. The men on board neglected the
advice, and hence resulted the injury of which the plaintiff com-
plained. The Learned Counsel produced evidence in support of
his statement.
Mr. GUMMY, for the defendant, contended, that bad the plain-
tiff's barge been properly navigated the accident would not have
I occurred, and said that it was as much the plaintiff's fault u the
defendant's; and, therefore, in point of law, the plaintiff could
not recover. He then called evidence in support of the defend-
ant's case.
The Jury found for the plaintiff—Damages £45 12s, the amount
claimed.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 11.
Dos ♦. LORD MORAY.
This important cause, which N an action of ejectment. and which
it is expected will occupy the Court several days, is specially ap-
pointed for the 11th of January.
TASHI!. AND ANOTHER V. BISHOP._

The plaintiffs in this cue are the assignees of Mr. Winton, amyl
agent, late of Craig's-court, Charing-cross, and the defendant is a
Lieutenant in the 45d Regiment of Foot. It appeared at the time
of Mr. Winton's bankruptcy, that the defendant, who used to draw
upon his agent in advance of his pay, had overdrawn his accounts
4117; the present action was therefore brought to recover that sum.
Mr. Sergeant Stoats, for the defendant, admitted that he had
overdrawn to the amount of £lOO, and was willing a verdict should
go against him for that sum.
This offer was refused, and evidence was produced to prove the
amount overdrawn, after which the Jury returned a verdict for the
plaintiff—Damages £ll7.
Mr. Sergeant Wuxi was unable to attend the Court today,
arising from indispodtloa.
CONSISTORY COURT, Dec. 11.
110111 ITT V. MUMS2I._ - - '

This was a suit of separation by reason of adultery, brought by
Joseph Salisbury Muskeg, against his wife, Mary Muskett, for an
alleged criminal connexion with a gentleman named Gurney. An
action for damages was entered into by Mr. Muskett against Mr.
Gurney, which was tried by Mr. Justice Dallas, on the Norfolk
Circuit, in which a verdict was given for the defendant. A libel
was now exhibited by Dr. Dodson on behalf of the husband—
containing thirteen articles against the wife.
The substance of them fs briefly, that the parties were married
in 1812, and separated In 1819, in consequence of some suspicion
which attached toiler as to a gentleman named Gurney. She con..
tinned to reside with her father till 1829, when proving pregnant,
she eloped and is now living with Mr. Gurney. The previous ar-
ticles merely pleaded a presumption of criminality, and was princi-
pally supported by the testimony of a maid servant, who alleged,
in one instance. that eh* observed her mistress and Mr. Gurney
enter Into a cottage and remain there for half an hour When her
mistress came out, she observed that her face was much flushed.
Mr. Gurney's coat appeared also covered with cobwebs.
Dr. =LASS followed.
Dr. ADDAX{ (with whom was Dr. Cleanup) opposed the ad-
mission of the allegation, as many parts were too diffuse, and con-
tained matter not relevant to the charge of adultery.
The Judge said that many of the articles appeared to him unne.
ceasary ; for he could not pretend to pronounce upon the actual
guilt of the wife in 1817 from the circumstances now pleaded.
when she first separated from her husband; but the articles could
only be received as leading up to the proof of adultery in 1829.
He should, therefore, recommend the allegation only to contain
certain facts as to the cause of the original separation, and the
superfluous articles to be struck out, by which great expense would
be saved to Mr. Muskett. With this reformation the libel might
be admitted.

The er officio informations filed by his Majesty's
Attorney-General against the Morning Journal, the Alas, and the
Age newspapers, for libels on the Lord Chancellor, have been just
en down for trial at the aid prism sittings In Middlesex, in &DI
course of the present month. Three of them(tbe information; against
J. Fisher and others, the publisher and proprietors of the
Journal) are appointed especially for trial on Tuesday, the 22d but.
The case of the " King v. Bell" (the editor of the Alas) is fixed for
the following day. This is a criminal information filed under a
rule of the Court of King's Bench. There is another information
against the new proprietors of the Morning Journal. " the Mug v.
Marsden and others," which is appointed for trial on Thursday,
the 24th. The case of " the King sr. the Age," and a fifth informs.
don against the Morns' Journal, are to stand over till after Christ-
mas. The Special Jury List contains also the cases of " Anderson
v. Dr. Burrows and others," " Fair v. the Hon. Mr. Elphinstone,"
the Governor of Bombay, and " the King v. Wiltshire," the late
Vice Consul at Mogadore. for a conspiracy to induce Ms domestic
servant, Delovante, to confess that be had been guilty of robbery....
Awning Paper.
A correspondent, under the signature of " Amiens
Libertatia," complains of a very extraordinary violation of the per-
sonal liberty of himself and others, which occurred last Sunday even-
ing in the new Caledonian church. It seems that a discourse was
that night delivered by the Rev. E. Intuit, of so great a length as to
exhaust the patience of our correspondent and others who wished
to retire. Their egress, however, as well u that of a young lady
who was indisposed and actually fainting, was opposed by the
pew opener, who, front the exercise. he is described to have
made of his authority, a stranger might be induced to suppose
was rather that kind of officer called, as we understand, in the
Scottish Kirk, the ruling elder. Bat be this at it may, our cor-
respondent, before he entered Mr. Irving's church, probably knew
that brevity was not a quality by which the orations of that plate
were distinguished, and might have learned, if be had inquired,
that It is the practice of the congregation to hear them out. At
the same time we think, as a Scotch friend intimates, that when
the reverend gentleman " puts on the muckle pot," and distributes
his " laddles fa' o' grace," be ought to allow those who do not relish
the keit to leave the feast. The kind of restraint which be imposes
may at last come to be regarded by his congregation as something
like that punishment which the lawyers of his country call the
'paler careeris.—Moraing Ayer.
A SLEEP-WALKER. Early on Sunday the inhabi-
tants of one of the old tenements In Mound-place, Edinburgh,
were alarmed by learning that a man was asleep on the house top.
How he could have got there could not be conceived, and it was a
matter of much discussion how to get near him, from the danger-
ous situation in which he was lying. Recourse was at last bad to
th.t expert climber, Mr. J. M•Donald, of the fire establishment.
who, with another slater, ascended the roof, and with considerable
difficulty reached the place where the sleeper lay Duda& in his
imagination, no doubt, in perfect security, though within a few feet
of the outer edge of the slates. He was then awakened—a rope
Ihopped round him, and he was drawn over to another part of the
met, whence there is a communication to the ground. He could
slim no other account of himself, or how he got to that elevated
pmkba. except that he was a blacksmith, had beak drinking the
eight before, and had fallen asleep in a public-house. lie supposes
be had afterwards gone homewards (his father's house being In the
ant tenement) and had mistaken the house-top for his own bed.
He states that he is subject to walking in his sleep—that, on one
meadon, about four years ago, he rose from his bed, walked from
Cowan•street, Stirling, to the river Forth, swam across, and only
awoke on reaching the opposite bank !—Edinburgh Courant.
Monday night last, a man was taken to Clerkeuwell
watch.bouse. found lying on the step of a door. A surgeon at-
tended, and blistered and bled him. Having a most wretched ap-
pearance, he was sent to Clerkenwell workhouse, where he dieJ the
following day. Upon being searched, several letters were found
upon him, directed to " Mr. Saxton, Newsvender, No. 7, Evan.
gelist-court, Ludgate-hill." Information was given at his residence
of his decease, and it was ascertained that he was a bachelor. The
parish officers took charge of his property till the arrival of his bro-
ther from Chatham, Upon examining Maroons several Bank of
England notes were discovered in a pill-box • deeds. and leases of
houses were also found. together with a book, containing a sum-
mary of his property in the Bank, Saving Bank, &c. He was a
man of the most niggardly habits, and presented q picture of ea-
treme poverty. It was also hie custom to pick up bits of wood in
the streets to nuke his own matellts; and his illness was produced
by a want of the common Deaneries of tile. The only times when
be enjoyed himself were when he could eat fry* of expense. On the
anniversaries of the newsmen's feasts, his appetite tuner no limits,
and be would devour whatever tame within his reach most TUT.'
cioudy and to an excess. so that the next day he was unable tq
leave.h[e bed. To avoid the expense of fuel, be habitually fre-
quented I coffee-himse In winter, where be iimained at leisure
part of the day. His shirt was searady, V ever, washsda Pod kb
room was covered withal& and dirt, as it hadzever been cleane4
during the time be bed oecup, led*. He was the ridicule of Ms
fellew-newseenden. Yet tbb min was in possession of *bout
.000 per annum, besides an Mamie' news-walk I.

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