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would be superfluous to make any further remark:l
shall therefore not add one word more.
The COURT remained •in deliberation for about
twenty minutes; after which,
Mr. Justice BAYLEY proceeded to pass sentence on
the defendant in the following words:—" It is my
painful duty to be called upon to pass on you,. the
Reverend Richard Blacow, a clergyman of the Church
of England, the sentence of this Court for a libel,
first uttered by you in your capacity of a clergyman,
in a place set apart for very different purposes, and
afterwards printed and published, as part of a ser-
mon preached in the Church of St. Mark. It is in
itself a very great evil, that a place so sacred should
be perverted to such purposes. It ought to have
been with very different feelings that the minds of
those who attended should have been impressed, nor
should you, upon so solemn an occasion, have
mingled with Christian instruction, any observations
upon living characters. We all have sufficientfaults
of our own to correct, without commenting upon the
faults of others. It is no small aggravation of the
case, that there did not exist an unanimity of opinion
on the topic that is the subject of this libel. It was,
therefore, at the time you mentioned it, calculated. to
prOduce different feelings in different minds, but not
such feelings as ought to prevail in a house of Chris-
tian worship. The nature of the place itself is one
of the great stings in this case—that which gives it a
feature of peculiar aggravation. I must say, that
you have exercised a wise discretion, in having de-
' clined to offer anything this day in mitigation of the
offence of which you have been convicted; and 1
hope that determination arose from a conviction that,
on looking back to your conduct, you saw nothing
in it for which you could offer any defence. Taking
all the circumstances of the case into consideration,
the sentence of the Court on you is, that you do pay
to the King a fine of One Hundred Pounds; that
you be committed to the custody of the Marshal of
-the Marshalsea of this Court for the term of Six Ca-
lendar Months; that at the expiration of that time
yeti do enter into sureties to keep the peace for Five
Years—yourself in the sum of £5OO, and two suffi-
cient sureties in the stun of £lOO each."
The prisoner immediately tetired in the custody of
the Officer of the Court.
THE MANCHESTER MEETING.
BEDFORD V. BIIILEY AND OTHERS.
This was an action brought against the defendants,
Birley, Oliver, Whittington, and Meagher, members
of the Manchester Yeomanry Corps, for an alleged
assault upon the plaintiff, at Manchester, on the 16th
of August, 1819, during the Public Meeting which
had been convened by advertisement, to consider of
the propriety of petitioning Parliament for Reform.
Tae venue had been oriL.;inally laid by the plaintiff in
the county of Middlesex, but had been changed on
the motion of the defendants to Lancashire, on the
Esual affidavit, stating that the cause of action, if any,
arose in Ltocashire, and not elsewhere.
Mr. BLACKEURNE, for the plaintiff, now moved for
a Ride to spew cause, why the venue should not be
brought back to Middlesex, on the ground that a fairl
and impartial trial could not be had in the county of
Lancaster. The Learned Counsel founded his motion
on the affidavit of the plaintiff's Solicitor, which
stated in substa:ice, that this action was brought to
recover a compensation in damages against the
de-
fendants, for a violent assault, made by them on the
plaintiff, on the 16tli of August, 1819, at Manchester,
when the plaintiff and other persons were, as depo-
nent was informed and verily believed, peaceably
as-iamb:ea in pursuance of a public advertisement, to
consider the best means of bringing about a Reform
in Parliament. Deponent further said, that he ha,l
been informed and verily-believed, that the said
Aleetilig was conducted in the most peaceable and
orderly manner, until the Manchester Yeomanry,
cotnmanded by the defendant, Mr. Birley, and of
which corps all the other. defendants were members,
and were on that occasion present, without any pro-
vocation, attacked the Meeting with drawn swords,
and severely wounded several persons, and amongst
others the said plaintiff. And deponent further said,
that he had also been informed, and verily believed,
that a very great and general prejudice exists through.
out the county of Lancaster, amongst the persons
who are likely to serve upon Juries, as to the nature
and object of the Meeting in question. And depo-
nent.further said, that he had heard, and verily be-
lieved, that several persons who were so wounded on
thesaid 16th of August, 1819, preferred bills of in-
dictment at the Assizes for the said county of Lan-
caster, against the persons who had so wounded them,
but that the Grand Jury, upon being informed that
such transactions occurred at the said Meeting, ig-
nored the said bills: and deponent lastly said, that he
verily believed, that an indifferent or impartial Jury
for trying this cause cannot be had within the said
county of Lancaster. The Learned Counsel said,
there were several precedents for this motion, and
amongst others, he particularly relied upon Pettit v.
Berkeley, Cowper 510, upon the form of affidavit, on
which the affidavit in this case was framed. Indeed,
this case went farther than that; for there the affida-
vit was made by the agent, whereas here it was made
by the plaintiff's Attorney.
The CHIEF JUSTICE.—Take a Rule to sliew cause.
TILE ICING V. RICHARD FORE&

This was an indictment against a stationer at Ald-
gate, for %ening obscene ptints.---Judgment was suf-
fered by default.
The COURT sentenced the defendant to nine months
imprisonment in the House of Correction. Coldbath-
fields, and to find sureties for his good behaviour
during a term of five years.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, NOVEMBER 28.

STE'PHENS, ASSIGNER OF MITCHELL, A BANKRUPT,
AGAINST BOTHWELL.

Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN, on a former day in this
Term, obtained a Rule to chew cause why a nonsuit
should not be entered in this case.
Lord Chief Justice DALLAS read his notes of the
trial, from which it appeared that this was an action
brought by the plaintiff, as assignee of a bankrupt,
against the late Sheriff of Middlesex, to recover treble
damages and 1:40, as a penalty for extortion, in
having demanded and received snore fees than by
the Statute of 29 Elis. c. 4, he was entitled to upon
*the execution of a kvarifaciat, which bad issued'
against the bankrupt, on a debt due from him to the
Cronin. It appeared in evidence, that the bankrupt
bad requested the officer to sell be goods leviba by,
Itt fa such a manner as would, in his opinion, pro.,

duce the greatest return. The officer had complied
with this request, and, as it caused him much more
trouble than a sale in the usual manner would have
done, he had received an equivalent proportionate to
his trouble. On these circumstances the present
action was founded.
Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN had taken the three fol-
lowing objections at the trial :—First, that this was
not a case of extortion. Secondly, that if it were, the
remedy was not by the Statute of Elizabeth,. but by
the 3d of Geo. I. c. 15, the former relating to execu-
tions on suits between private individuals, the latter
having reference to. executions of the Crown. And
thirdly, if the action was properly brought on the
Statute of Elizabeth, the present plaintiffs were not
entitled to recover, for that Statute expressly gave
the remedy to the party grieved, and not to his re-
presentatives, and in this case the party grieved was
clearly the bankrupt himself.
Mr. Serjeant Pau. now :hewed cause against the
Rule, and contended that on the facts of the case the
Sheriff had been guilty of extortion in receiving more
fees than were given by the Statute of Elizabeth.—
This case was clearly well brought on that Statute,
the words' of which gave a remedy for extortion " in
any extent or execution whatever:' The assignees
were entitled to this action, for it was founded on a
wrong to the bankrupt's property, not his person,
and the Court must discharge the present Rule.
The Count. were decidedly of opinion that the
Statute of George 1. was alone applicable to the pre-
sent case, and therefore, abstaining from giving any
other judgment whatever on the two other points,
they made the Rule for a nonsuit absolute.

BOWSTREET.--%. respectable-looking man, of the
name of White, appeared at this Office yesterday
with his Solicitor, before Sir RICHARD BIRNIE, and
complained that he was in the custody of one of the
Bow-street men, who had arrested him on Sunday
week, upon a warrant for a misdemeanour, which
had been issued at the Mansion-House, and backed
by one of the Magistrates of this Office. He also
stated that the officer had arrested him in Surray.—
Sir RICHARD BIRNIE said that he would not inter-
fere in the case. It appeared to him, that all the
patties had laid themselves open to -an action for
false imprisonment, in arresting a man for a misde-
meanour on a Sunday. The only cases in which
such an arrest was justifiable were those of murder,
robbery, and breaches of the peace under particular
circumstances. The officer was-also unwarranted in
.apprehending the defendant in Surrey.—Mr. White
observed, that there was not the slightest pretext for
charging him with the commission of any offence
whatever; but it was a device which the other party
had recourse to for the purpose of having an oppor-
tunity, upon his being taken before the Lord Mayor,
of executing a writ which they had issued against
him, and out of the way of which he was anxious to
remain for a short time, as he expected money in the
course of a fortnight, by which he would be enabled
to discharge the debt ; but if before then he were
thrown into prison, he should be ruined.—Sir RICH-
ARD Bittsan replied, that he saw clearly it was a
trick to effect the execution of a writ; and he should
certainly make the part which the officer had taken
in it.—The officer said that the complainant had ap-
plied at Bow-street for a person to apprehend the de-
fendant, and hiving the warrant backed by Mr.
Halls, he accompanied him ; and the defendant was
pointed out to him by the complainant.—Mr. White
asked if he was not justified in refusing to accom•
pany the officer ?—The officer said that he would
take him to the Mansion-House, and deliver hini up
there.—Sir RICHARD BIRNIE declined to give Mr.
White any advice in the case. In his opinion he WA'
illegally in custody..—Mr. White said, that in that
ca.e, he would n4t accompany the Officer to the Man-
sion-House, as he knew there were prison; waiting
there to execute the writ upon him. Ile accordingly,
putting on his hat, walked out of the Office. Some
hours afterwards, the S.,licitor who had concocted
this curious stratagem, came to the Office, and, ad-
dressing Sir RICHARD BIRNIE, said, " I understand,
Sir, you have discharged the prisoner brought here
by one of your officers on a City warrant?'—Sir
Iticnann BIRNIE—" Then, Sir, you understand in-
correctly. I have done no such thing. But I'll tell,
yon what I shall shall discharge the officer who
brought him here."—The Solicitor seemed rather
dumbfounded at this remark, and having ventured
an apology for that officer, went out and rated the
poor fellow soundly for being such a fool as to bring
his prisoner up to Bow-street instead of the Man-
sion-House.
A man of the name'of Best, who, Sir RICHARD
BIRNIE said, had been very troublesome at the Se-
cretary of State's Office for some time past, con-.
Istantly writing letters, and asking for an interview'
with the King, came to the Office yesterday, and held
some conversation with Sir RICHARD, in which he
stated that he had lately very narrowly escaped being
poisoned, and was still in constant jeopardy of his
life from the machinations of certain persons who
were conspiring to poison him. The plot had a
deeper root, he said, than he (Sir Rithard) supposed.
Sir Rictia RD BIRNIE advised him, if he had any ap-
prehensions of that nature, to go to the Sessions, and
upon making affidavit that he was in dread of his life,
he would procure a Bench warrant against the indivi-
duals of whom he complained. But it was idle to
suppose that the King, or Lord Sidmouth, could
devote their attention to the case of every individual,
when his Majesty paid Magistrates for that express
purpose. He therefore told him to abstain in future
from troubling the Government with any more letters.
Mr. Bestahatiked Sir RICHARD for his suggestion,
and withdrew. _

William Evans, a journeyman baker, applied to
know where a brother-in-law of his was confined ?
Mr. Ford, the clerk, told him in a very civil manner
that they could not give him the information he re-
quested. This answer did not satisfy Evans, and he
got very noisy and troublesome. E. Read, the officer,
desired bim to quit the Office, which, he declined
doing, and proceeded to assault Read, and d—n the
Magistrates, clerks, and officers, for 46 a set of Go-
vernment men." He was put to the bar for the
assault, and committed to Clerkenwell. Prison for
want of bail, where he consoled himself to think he
would b. likely to meet with his dear brother-in-law.
LAstairrwirrazzr.—John Mahoney was brought
up on a warrant, in custody of Moses Fortune, one
of the officers, and charged before MATTHEW WYATT,
Esq. by Mr. Mania Toy; of High-wet, Poplar,

with an at-Sault. It appeared that in the afternoon
of Sunday se'nnight, the complainant was in a field
in the rear of his house, in search of one of his pigs
which had strayed from his yard. His attention was
suddenly attracted by a half naked, bare-footed
stripling, running along the field, screaming at a
terrific rate, and closely pursued by the defendant,
his father, who pelted him with stones, and coursed
him round the field several times. The mother of
the youth came up, and commenced a similar dis-
charge at her husband, who was soon assailed in front
and rear by his wife-and son ; the engagement conti-
nued very brisk for some time. The defendant at
length suddenly rushed at the female warrior, and
knocked her down with a stone. The complainant,
seeing that the fellow was then beating the woman
in a brutal manner, stepped forward to her assistance.
The defendant, leaving his wife, suddenly tore off the
complainant's frill, chewed it in his mouth, and then
spit it in his face, and began to lay about him with
his fists. The complainant found it necessary to use I
his utmost skill in defending himself, and after hav-
ing fought some rounds, his opponent finding him-
self likply to be vanquished, sent off his wife and son
express for assistance ; very soon afterwards nearly 50
Irishmen came running across the field with their
coats off, and armed with sticks. Dreading the con-
sequences, the complainant betook himself to flight,.
and succeeded in getting into his own house, fol-
lowed up to the door by the mob, who continued'
there for some time.—The Magistrate lectured the
prisoner on the impropriety of his conduct by pro-
faning the Sabbath, as it was evident he had done in
this instance, and for the wanton assault on the com-
plainant, whose interference, from the daring com-
plexion of his conduct, most likely had prevented
him from committing murder; and to prevent a re-
petition of such occurrences, he ordered him to find
good bail to answer the complaint at the Sessions.
UNION-HALL.—William Jones, a glass-cutter, ap-
peared to answer a complaint made before the sitting
Magistrates, JOHN HEDGER and D. KING, Esqrs. by
a Dissenting Preacher named Fowler, who, it ap-
pears, has been often inte;rupted while engaged in
the pet formance of his sacred duties. Mr. Fowler, a
person apparently between sixty and seventy, stated,
that about six weeks ago, as lie was delivering the
text of his sermon in the Chapel in John-street, Lant-
street, the defendant walked into the midst of the
congregation, and the moment the text wis con-
cluded called out with a loud voice—" It's a d—d
lie !" The congregation, who were amazed and
shocked at this profane interruption, finding that they
could expect nothipg less than a repetition of such
language, determined to turn out the offender, and
with some difficulty accomplished that object. On
Tuesday last, while he was explaining the Bth of the
Unmans, the defendant again entered the Chapel,
and called out—" You d—d swindler r and used
other language the most offensive and improper that
could be spoken. The congregation again interfered,
and turned him out; and the witness, to prevent any
further interruption of the kind, applied to the Ma-
gistrates, who were always known to discountenance
such conduct, to interfere for the preservation of order
and decorum. During this statement the defendant
frequently spoke, and apreared in great agitation.—
Nl'. HEDGER asked the defendant whether he did not
know, that by the 52d of George HI. he became lia-
ble to a penalty of £lO, for disturSing a religious
congregation ?—The defendant said, his object was
not to disturb the congregation, but to reprove the
Pi earlier before the congregation, and give them
sonic knowledge of the sort of example they had be.i
fore theta in their Minister. He then proceeded to
say, that at the death of his mother, who was in the
;habit of attending the Chapel, the complainant be-
came trustee to property, which was left equally
between the defendant and his brother, to the amount
of £l2OO. After his mother's death, the complainant
offered to take him into his house and provide for
him. The defendant consented to go, but after having
remained in the house for some time, he applied for
ithe money that had been left to him ; upon which
the complainant induced him to take a quantity of
black lead, which he afterwards found to be da-
maged. The defendant then produced a sample of
the lead, and said that was all he had for his money.
Mr. HEDGER asked the complainant what business lie
carried on; independently of his professional avoca-
tion ?—Mr. Fowler—" I am a dealer in anything that
I can turn into money !" lie then totally denied the
truth of the defendant's statement, and produced what
he called a settlement of the money transactions be-
tween them, which was drawn up by a solicitor, and
signed by both parties. Mr. HEDGER advised Mr.
Jones not to disturb the congregation again, but in-
stantly discharged the complaint made by Mr. Fowler.
CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday evening an In-
quisition was held before Tilosias Hiccs, Esq. on
the body of a respectable-lookilig Gentleman, un-
known, who, on Sunday night, had walked into the
Thames, near Essex Wharf, off a passage leading
from the stairs to the river. Four accidents of a si-
milar nature, two of them attended with fatal con-1
sequences, have occurred within the last two years,
occasioned by the want of a bar or gate ; the pave-
ment of the court ends abruptly on the edge of the
water, and only a few feet above it.—The first wit-1
iiess called was a Mr. William Holmes, of 'the firm
of Messrs. Soulsby, Holmes, and Co. coal-merchants.
He stated that on Sunday night, while in bed, he
heard cries as of some person in distress, and went
to die window which overlooked his wharf*, hut could
not see anything. The watchman then cried the
hour .of the night, and the deceased again shouted
very loudly for assistance in a smothered tone of
voice. The watchman sprang his rattle, and alarmed
,the neighbourhood. 'Witness got up and called his
servant, who procured a light, but the wind blew it
out. Mote assistance was sent for, as witness being,
very unwell was obliged to remain within the house.'
—Nathaniel Young, a lighterman £t the wharf, said,:
, that yesterday morning, about twenty minutes past
one o clock, he was called up, and instantly repaired
to the spot with drags. He continued to search for
the deceased until two, when he went home, but re-
turned again at six, and found the body about twenty
or thirty yards from the place where it had fallen in,
which was at the bottom of Essex-steps, leading from
Essex-street. There was no appearance of violence
about his person ; the, deceased seemed to be about
.forty years of age, and was very respectably dressed.
—ln his pockets were found a silver watch, with
the hand at twelve, some silver, and other articles.
—Merl being no other evidence, the Jury we to

view the dangerous plate where the accident oceut
red, and, on their return, expressed their wonder 44
indignation that some security had not been 044
to prevent accidents which might so easily occur
particularly after the many accidenes that had airtad
happened. It was suggested to addressthe Lord Mayor
on the subject, and by their verdict, to express the
great surprise they felt at no security being made
—After some. further consideration, they returned a
verdict to the following effect 1—" *Accidentally
Drowned, occasioned by culpable neglect, there 4,4
no fence or bar to prevent accidents.' "I

Wednesday, a miner at work near the pop„1-
Thaws' road, had three cf his fingers entangled am;
the tackle of an ascending bucket. Ile wu kaxt
up between 20 and 30 feet, when the mottle ,04
drawn off the fingers, and he dropped to the beteedi
of the pit, and received a compound fracture in tea
of his legs. He was subsequently carried to di
Royal Infirmary, Glasgow.
The Grand Junction Canal having become re*
full, in consequence of the heavy rains which fella;
Thursday and Friday, the lsth and 16th instant,
boat which lay at Batch worth-bridge, near flick
mansworth, was forced from its mootangs, and coraiii.
in contact with another boat heavily laden with trial;
forced in the side thereof, and she instantly we:» u
the bottom.- A man and his wife and child were it
the cabin of the boat when it sunk. The min swoi
to another boat and procured a plank, with which le
succeeded in getting the woman and child nut, La:
not until they had.been in the water so long that le
some time the child's life was despaired of.
An apple. tree, of the golden pippin species, is ton
growing in a common flower-pot, at tke house of V
G.WATTS. glazier, in Broad-street, Plymouth, whi,%
although not excceding twelve inches in height trot*
the ground, has produced, this season, fire fine ap?lei,
of the circumference from seven and a ball to eitl:
inches each, and fresh buds are again shooting

HI ItTIIS.
At Gaddcsden Park, the Lady of the Rev. J. F. Moes
lialsey, of a daughter.
Nov. stt, at his residence, 'topical, near Dirs, the larly4
the Rev. Temple Frere, of a son.