Star.
London, England, 1826-08-18 00:00:00

ARIEL V. RALPH.

The parties in this case are respectable inhabitants of
Bristol ; and the action was brought to recover eama-,
ges for certain slanderous words uttered by the defend-.
ant concerning the plaintiff; imputing to him the com-
mission of a felony in having sent to the defendant (is
be said) a letter with a fictitious name,„ containing cer-
tain threats for the purpose of extorting money. The,
defendant, among other pleas, pleated .a justification,
I stating that the plain ff had been guil:y of the felony
imput, d to him, by having sent the le.ter in question.'
This the plaintiff denied by his replication ; and this was
the main question which the Jury had to try.
Before the calling of any evidence, Mr. Justice LITTLZDALI in
terposed, and called to him the leading Counsel on both sides. After
some private discussion, and a considerable interval of time,
Mr. Sefjeant WILDE, far the defendant, addressed the,
Jury ; and on behalf of his client made a most hand-
some acknowledgment of the plaintiff's innocence, ad-
mitting that the slight evidence which he had to adduce
in support of the charge would be but as dust in the,
balance against that which the plaintiff bad to disi rove
it. All that the defendant v. ished was, that it might
be understood he had not proceeded altogether without
information. The plaintiff had acted in the most hand-
some manner in not pressing for the Costs.
A verdict was accordingly entered for the plaintiff, upon an un
derstanding that it was not to be acted upon.

CHESTER. Moon 14.
3EDITION.

Joseph IVhilelegg was indictel for having used cer-
tain inflammatory and sedi,ions languAge at a Meeting
of the working easses, held at Lnngshut-lane, Stock-
port, on the evening of the 19th July last. The indict-
ment was,about four yinds in length, and contained
four counts.

Mr. Attorney-Ceneral [I'LL conducred the case for
the prosecution, and called sever .1 witnesses. w ho proved
the follow ing facts;—Between eight ani nine o'clock on
the evening of the 19th of July, a considerab!e number
of persons, of the wot king .class's, were assembled at
Longshut.lnne. A ring was formed, and a man, pr tied
to be the defendant, was reading to them an extract
from Shertcin's Palatal Register, of November 14.,
1818. He made use of the expressions, "Arm your-
selves, and that immediately ;" and just at that .mo
mea a pistol was fi.ed rff by some one in the crowd.
He then read from the book the beet description of wea-
pon, which he said to be a table or carving knife, of 11
inches long by 1 inch wide at the broad end, with
cket (hand!e)ot tour inches long and one inch diameter;
this was to be fix. dto a pole of 8 feet long. A body of
men so armed, or with mu,ket and bayonet, would be.
infinitely superior to one armed- with musket and bal
cartridge. S ime one from the crowd cried to know
how they were to be used ; the defendant replied " Sup-
pose you were so armed, and met a mad dog running
towards you, what would you do ? Why run it down
his throat to be sure ;—and you shou'd do the s me to
those who wrong us, oppose us (or oppress u ), and de-
prive us of bread."
Two or three of the witnesses spoke to their interpretation of
the words, as tending to invite the multitude (who were perfectly
peaceable) to acts of insubordination and resistance to the Consti-
tuted Authorities of the country.
The prisoner, who had no Counsel, cross-examined
the several witnesses with extraordinary self-possession
and with considerable tact, and cleated much merrimen._
in Court. He [messed one witness, Furnival, the pail h-
cletk, very hat d, to know if he was not asleep while he
was present at the meeting. My traron for asking this
question, my Lords," said the defendant, "is, that I have
seen this man fall asleep while on duty in the church, for
which his master, the parson, reproved him severely."
He addressed the Jury, at some length, with considera-
ble fluency, and called two witnesses to thew that he litd
received tbe book from nrother person (one of the wit-
nesses), and that he made no comment, but merely teat,
the extract, and that t!'e Meeting was perfectly pea e•
able. 0,.e of thee witnesses, a man named Black,ha w,
wished to make a speech at the commencement of his
evidence. lie said t' at he was st trying, and had a
wife and ft.ur childri n, and had been 26 weeks out ol
work ; be said the extract read by the defendant w as,
as he (the defend int) stated to the Meeting, the senti.
merits of an Ehlish General (Hale), addressed to a
public Meet ng,st York, in 1781, and re-i.rinted in the
Number of Shersr;:ss's Register, which he held in his
hand. Both the witnesses said, they thought any man
might read, in any place, the opinions of an English
General o.`ficer. _

The ATTORNEY GENERAL briefly replied He di-
rected the attention of the Jury more particularly to
the case of the King v. Sir F. Burdett, in which it had
been held, that without any regard to the intent of the
utteiers of seditious expressions, or the publishing of a
sedi:ious libel, if the Jury should be satisfied that the
expressions of the se itious passages had the tendency
to excite An cyposition or resistance t the Civil and
Military Authorities of the realm, they should find the
defendant Guilty.
Chief Justice %Vannes summed up at great length,
and laid down a directly cont. ary doctrine. He told
the Jury that they must be satisfi d the meaning of the
expressions used was that which the witnesses gave to
them ; and also that such rapt essions had the tendency
to excite disaffection, resistance, &c. Iltc. and that they
were uttered with that intent,, or that they could not
find the defendautguilty—which they did, after a short
consultation.
The Clues JUSTICE, under the impression that the
defendant had only been the thoughtless instrumeniof
others, sentenced him to be imprisoned six months, and
to enter into his own recognizance. in SW. to be of good
behaviour for three years.
The criminal calendar was finished this evening, and the muses
at Nisi Prins commanced.—Chaster Cberned.

Yesterday was the Birth•daq of the Duchess of KENT,
when her Royal Highness completed her fortieth year. la the
evening het Royal Highness's tradespeople illuminated their house*

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THE EV.ENISIG STA R.

LONDON...

FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 126.
STOCK RXM4ANGR, Twmvs O'CLOCK.

Consols opened this morning at 711 i buyers, and left off yesterday
at the above price. At the commencement of the market, two

thousand was done at 784 for money, since which the market has
become very heavy, and Consols have receded to 784 sellers, and
7$ buyers for October. The gloomy appearance of the market is
attributed to the unfavourable state of Ireland, which the Bears
have taken advantage of.

Tbc Foreign Market also bears a heavy appearance, and South
American Securities are not so good as yesterday.
_

Current prices: Old Spanish 10} 1, Mexican 45i 1, Colom-
bian 32f 1, Russian 83i 1, Greek 13 e, Brazilian Shares 12 to
14 premium.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.

Consols were done in the earlier p trt of the morning :at
781 rot money; since which they have rather improved, and may
be quoted, up to the present time, at 781 a, and for October Ac.
count at 7fli buyers.
In the Foreign Market, all South Americans remain heavy:

PRICE OF STOCKS AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
S er Cent. lied. 791/4 1/5 1/4
3 per Cent Consols 78% 3/.
er Cent. 87
. 3S per Cent. Red. 863/6 Vs 14,
New 1 pet Cent. 9 3/8 gas
4 per Cent. 1826.. 951/8 95
Long Ann. 1914.5 16
India Bonds 23
£I,OIXI Excheq. Bah 15 17
£5OO ditto 15 17
£lOO and .4200 ditto 15 17
Cutts. for Account 78 A 1/2
• FORF.IO N FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK.
9razlllan Bum!, 611 Met. Illy 1825,6 p. Ct. 461 si
Buenos Ayr • Bomb 50 51 I 451 11 5
Colombian Bond., Mex. Acct. 46 1 51 1 1 1.5
Ditto for Ace. I 441 •
Do: Bonds, 1824, 321 1 / Peruv. lids. 6 p C. 24 25
1:o. Acc.r.2 all Russ. Bds 18.2, p 831
Dani.l3 80n.14,3 pCt. 561 Spat. Bonds °p Ct. 101
Ditto Acct. 561 Span. sp. C. 1823, 71
Greekßonds,lB'ts,sp C. 13 115 Ditto Acct.
BRITISH AND FORK,IGN SHARES, TWO O'CLOCK.

SIIA Illt. tA If%
100 65 Ili
100 15 34e
General Mining Assn. 100 5 5
L'ilited Mexican 40 221 10i
Provincial Rank or Ireland 100 20 15
FRENCH FUNDS. Nets, Amain 15.
' Five per Cents. . . . 100 f. 35c.
Time per Cents. • . . 66t. 30c.
Bank Stick . . . 20101.
Reines de Naples . . . 12f. 80e.

Anglo Mexican 5 pm.
3razilian

A Brazil M4l has brought us the Diario Flurainease
of the 13th of June, containing the following interesting
intelligence from Rio de Janeiro :