Star.
London, England, 1829-11-21 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
HUNTING.
The Craven Hounds meet on Monday, at Hunt's Green ; Wed-
nesday, at Standen House ; Friday, at the Monument, in Sari-
nake Forest; and Saturday, at Denford House.
The Earl of Hariwood's Fox Hounds, on Monday, at North
Deighton; Wednesday, at Hook Moor; and Friday. it CoUing-
ham Bar.
The Hadsworth Fos Hounds, on Tuesday, at Pollington ;
Thursday. at Bed House ; and Saturday, at Woolley Hall.
Lord Petre's Fos Hounds on Monday. at Inptestone flail ;
Thursday, at Woodbam ; and Saturday, at Stanford-le-Hope.
The Somerset Fos Hounds on Tuesday; at Raleigh's Cross ;
and Friday, at Lee Cliffs.
Lord Kintore's Hounds on Monday, at Dockland Cross Roads ;
Thursday, at Balking-green ; and Friday, at Whittenhant Woods.
Mr Horkek's Hounds on Monday, at Limpley Stoke ; and
Wednesday. at Gatcombe Wood, Christian Malford.
The Conoek Hariers, at St. Anne's HiU,on Monday and Friday,
at Haskings's Penning.
The Cottesmore Hounds on Monday at Pkkwonh Town ;
Tuesday, at Watchley Warren; Thursday, at Park House; and
Friday, at Leesthorpe.
Earl Fitzwilliam's Hounds on Monday, at Ashton Wold ; Wed-
nesday, at Hammerton Grove; and Thursday, at kennel.
Burton Hunt—Sir Richard Sutton's Hounds on Monday, at
Faldingworth Grange; Tuesday, at Welton Mill ; Wednesday, at
Brattleby; Thursday, at Halfway House. on the Newark road,
and Kenwick-thorn Bar (two packs) ; and Saturday, at Stapel-
ford-moor.
Lord Yarborough's Hounds on Monday, at Bradley-wood ;
Wednesday, at Kingsford House ; Friday, at Blyborough Hall;
and Saturday, at Swallow Cross-roads.
The Doddington Harriers on Tuesday, at kennel; and Friday,
at Lewin's Firs.
The Earith Harriers, on Tuesday, at Dog House Prove, WU-
button ; Friday, at Swavesey-mill.
The Worcestershire Fox Hounds on Tuesday, at Crow's Nest ;
and Friday, at Churchill.
Mr. Boycett's Hounds on Monday. at Spittle Brook ; and Thurs-
day, at Chiliington.
Mr. Dansey's Hounds on Munday,at Saddlebow-hill ; Thursday,
at England's-gate ; and Saturday, at Newnham-turnpike,
The Warwickshire Fos Hounds on Monday, at Compton
Verney.
The Cambridgeshire Hounds on Monday, at Hayky Wood;
Friday at ChUderley Gate.
Mr. Mute's Fox Hounds on Tuesday, at &owlangtoft Spinney ;
Thursday at Kennet Bell ; Saturday at Burrough-green.
The Packeridge Hounds, Monday, at Glisten. Park ; Wednes-
day, at Peverelles ; Saturday, at Watton.
The Royston Harriers, Tuesday, at Barkway Toll Bar ; Thurs-
day, at the Thrift.
The Shropshire Hounds, Tuesday, at Cbetwynd Park ; Wed-
nesday. at Uffington Village ; Friday, at the 'fwesulows.
Sir Richard Puleston s Hounds, Monday, at Overton Cross ;
Wednesday, at Overton Scar ; Friday, at Bangor Bridge.
Mr. Wicksted's Hounds on Tuesday, at Crewe; and Friday, at
Hankelow.
The Cheshire Hounds on Monday, at Barr Bridge; Wednesday,
at Sluvingtun ; Thursday, at blarbury ; and Saturday, at
Wrenbury.
H. Jaffe, Esq.'s Fox Hounds on Monday, at Platt's-green ;
Wednesday, at the Bell at °lnwood ; Thursday, at Nutfield
Marsh ; and Saturday, at the Hermitage, Walton Heath.
The Surrey Fos Hounds on Monday, at the Hal( Moon, Good-
stone-road; Thursday, the White Lion, Lock's Bottom; and Sa-
turday, at the King's Arms, Westerham.
T. Meager, Esq 's Harriers, on Monday. Wednesday, and
Friday, at Pet Place, Crokam.
The Sanderstead Harriers on Monday, Wednesday, at Saturday,
at Sanderstead Village.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 20.
LIBEL:
CL iaason tr. Lawson.
This case came before the Court on demurrer. It was an action
brought by the plaintiff. who is a proctor, against the " Times"
newspaper, for a libel published in that Journal, stating that the
plaintiff had been suspended three times from his office for extor-
tion—once by Lord Stowell, and twice by Sir John NichoU.
The defendant in his plea professed to justify the whole of the
charge ; but the alleged proof advanced in justification, extended
only to a single instance of suepension, and not to three, as charged
in the libel. The plaintiff then demurred to this plea as bad.
Ir. Sergeant Canes was heard for the plaintiff, and argued that
the defendant was bound to junify the whole of the libel, as he
professed to answer the whole of the charge.
Mr. Sergeant WILDII, in support of the plea, contended that the
gist of the action. was the charge of extortion, as the plaintiff com-
plained that the defendant had caused the public to believe that be
had been guilty of that offence. The defendant proposed to prove
that he bad been guilty of it, and punished fur it ; it signified not
whether once or three times, it was enough to justify so much of
the libel as the plaintiff pointed out as its sting. The Learned .
Sergeant, therefore submitted, that the defendant must have the
judgment of the Court, as be did not profess to answer the whole,
and had well answered apart.
The Court, without calling upon Mr. Sergeant Cross to reply,
held that the plea was bad. It was a much greater offence to say
that a 'man had been punished three times than once, and therefore
the defendant ought to justify the whole.—Judgment for the
plaintiff.
TOWNES V. CSATTSSTON.
The Court delivered judgment in this case this morning—lt was
a rule tri set aside a noesuit is an action tried before the late Lord
Chief Justice Best on the Circuit. The point was, whether a verbal
promise to pay a debt, otherwise void by the Statute of Limita-
dons. was valid in an action brought subsequent to the commence-
ment of the operation of Lord Tenterden s Act (Ist of January,
1829). 'whkh requires such promise to be in writing, the verbal
promise being prlor to the coennsencemint of the Act.
The Court dedded that the action and the promise .must both
be before the lit of January last. The Court of King's Bench
had held that the trial, as well as the verbal promise, must take
place before that time, which was still stronger.—Rule discharged.
. COURT OF KING'S 'BENCH,—Nov. 19.
TNT SIMI V. 11021$ MAST9i ;IND MISR&
The defendants, three countrymen. dressed in smock-frocks,
were placed open the floor of the Court to receive judgment for a
conspiracy to prevent a witness from attending to give evidence on
An occasion where his testimony was necessary.
Mr. Justice Passe, having stated that this was an informatir

preferred by tie Attorney-General at the maims for the county of
Sus.ex, read his notes of the evidence, from which it appeared
that the prosecutor, a person of the name of Henry Mercer. hav-
ing been summoned to give evidence in support of an information
against a person named Billing, for an illicit traffic in spirits, the
defendants, with a view to suppress the evidence of the prosecu-
tor, called upon him on the day before the examination took place,
made him drank, and very much ill used him, and, finally,
trumping up an unfounded charge of theft against him, detained
him forcibly at the t'me when his evidence was required—one of
the party having sent for a constable, as it were to take the prose-
cutor into custody, while another was dispatched to all the con-
stable nest to come.
The defendants tendered an affidavit. in which they declared
that the violence with Which they were charged had not been
preconcerted or premeditated between them with intent to de-
feat the ends of justice, bet had arisen from a sudden mis-
understanding lad intemperance, the parties having been all
drinking together for several hours. They prayed the Court to
take into its merciful consideration chat they had been attested
on the 2d of June 'last, and had continued in the county gaol
ever since.
The affidavit of the prosecetor, Mr. Mercer, stated that he had
been treated with great cruelty and violence, :hat be bad received
much personal injury. and had not yet recovered perfect strength
of his right arm, in which he had sustained a very serious hurt
from the attack of the defttulatits.
bit. Justice BATLEY, in pronouncing sentence, said that the de-
fendants had been found guilty under an indictment charging them
with a conspiracy's() obstruct the course of public justice, and to
prevent a person named Henry Mercer from giving evidence in a
case where his testimony was necesaaty. There could be no doubt
of their participatins in the offence with which they were chasged,
and which was an offence of a very serious nature. They had al-
ready suffered a considemble degtee• of punishment in being kept
from their wives and families since the 3d of June. lint the Court
could not overlook offences of this kind, nor could they suffer it to
be imagined that any attempts to impede the execution of justice
would fail to bring down a heavy punishment upon all who were
concerned in them. The Court therefore ordered and adjudged
that the def.:attains should be imprisoned in the House of Correc-
tion at Lewes for the space of six calendar. months, and shoald give
securities fur their good behaviour for two years, each defendant
himself in in% and two,sureties in .CO2 each.
' ' rid memo' w CLATHAII.
The Arromme-GanteAr, moved the aunt to pass judgment on
the defendant, who, it will be remembered, had been convicted of
obtaining a certificate to practise as an apothecary, by swearing that
be was one-and-twenty years of age when such was not the fact.
The particulars of this ease appeared In our King's Bench report at
the tfaSseof Its occurrence.
Affidavits from the most respectable inhabitants of Thorny,
where the defendant resided. were read, which gave the defendant
in excellent chi.racter.