Star.
London, England, 1818-11-20 00:00:00

One of the persons lately

consequence, as is generally
cornmanicgted by this Gov
detectid plot for the liberati
denvent on the 13th, a la
lasted from nine in the mornii
noon, before Mr. VAN De CA
vidual. arrested near the frot
been brought to Brussels, um
lodged in the prison of that c

An article from Antwerp
the news of the escape of N.
that city, and that the same

there as to the connection of
with that affair as has be
country. " The silence," it
Government" respecting the
received from St. Helena is
as it serves to give credit to
very improbable, nevertheles
to believe them.

The following are other ex
BRUSSELS, NO

The F,mpress of Russia, th
and the Prince and Princess
to-zr.orrow for Antwerp, on 1
yacht which is nos/ in the ca
her Imperial Majesty leaves
Russia, through Germany. st
Namur and Liege, in orde,
banks of the Meuse.
The-Russian cavalry is in
torments towards Givct. Tl
corps, which is at Maubeug4
13th; and the following da;
troops will occupy that plat
North, which has quitted
of Givet, where it vt
he Counsellor of State A
ral of the Customs and Exci
for some. days with a part
serted that his Majesty will i
sent Session of the States-G
tern of indirect taxes laid bi
result of two years observati
ject, and that the Legiislatii
will al►o undergo some useft
COPENHAGEN, N
An infectious scarlet feve

saiad of Farroe, Which has carried off, in a few days,
0 persons from four to fourteen years of age. The
0,,t effectual means have been adopted to prevent
Spreading of the contagion.
lONINGSBEII6, OCTOBER 31.
Last week an unfortunate boy was brought to In.
stew, sho was found in a wood near that town :
behis nothing human about him but his form ; he
gar w ,stfout 15 years old ; is dumb, and, as it seems
60 surgical examination, also deaf; he shews no
for any thing but food, which, when he was
;gild, consisted of roots, grass, and straw ; he will
;bear any clothing, seems unable to walk uprigh.,
sits and lies in a contxactcd posture; his skin
'cg little injured, and his hair cut before, seem to
~case that this unfortunate being has not lived
pin the weed, but has probably lately escaped
;:a Lis keepers on the other side of the frontier

WC have received this morning Papers from Nor-
fl (United. States,) to the 22d October.
Rom the Norfolk Herald of the 21st, we learn
IN( the detachments of Infantry', whose arrinds frettn
gaitiraore and Petersburg were lately announced,
,ariced on the Sunday preceding, under the corn-
fact' of Major BUR!), in the brig Blanehy, Wkis,
„id schooner Major Crogham, WOOTTON, • (bleed
sports,) for Amelia Island.
w report of Genera! BAYER having totally
the invading army of CIIRISTOPUr., which Wits
:an] in the Baltimore Papers lately received, is eon.
aujicted, on the authority of Captain iltroxt.vi, tvhb '
anived at Norfolk in 19 days from Aux Cayes,
states, that such had been the report, but that
'sras without the least foundation. . .
PRVADENT of the United State; and family?
'red at Washington on the 12th ultimo.
i,t IRE NORFOLK HERALD OF THE (21ST tTLTJMO.
Glpin Johnson, of the cutter Flying Fish, from,
Thomas's, informs, that accounts from St. Bar.
and Martinique had been received there
Drogers, which sated that there had been some •
,:n3 of a hurricane experienced at each of those
14asis, on the 3d of September, and that in each
r..dasee, two American vessels had been lost. Cap-
' Johnson could learn no further particulars..

G18R.4 LTA R, OCTOBER SO. "
We are happy to find that thereport of the ,plague
irlg broken out at Tunis, is not confirmed by the
ILA intelligence received from Malta. The, follow-
s, ,return of daily deaths from the plague at Tan.
. during the preceding fortnight, is given from
t' authentic source :

THE ARMY.

WESTMINSTER rourrcs.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

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SIR—I observe by the report of the speeches made
at the Crown and Anchor on Tuesday last, that the
defence kindly undertaken for me, by a Gentleman
whom I hive not the honour to know, was founded
upon a sort of domestic martyrdom to which, thank
GOD, I have no pretensions. I have to observe, that
there must he also some error in the report of to
words used by Sir Francis Burdett. who has occa-
sionally' horioured my father's house with his presence,
end also knows that house to be my only home.
Considering the character of Sir Benjamin Bob;
'house, an estrangement from my family would be
not only a misfortune but a disgrace to me: and I
own that, if there be any circumstance at all tending
to diminish the satisfaction arising from the nomina-
tion of last Tuesday, it is that of my having been
the'irmocent occasion of exposing to unfriendly corn-,
ments, a name which I am bound by all the ties of
duty and affection, to honour and revere.
Whatever political difference exists between a father
and a son, their epiniiint may still have only one ten-
dency—the honour and prosperity of the country to
which they both belong. Futurity alone can decide
which of the two has been mistaken the least. But
an undeniable proof of the dignity of their object,
and the sincerity of their opinions, is always afforded,
when, in spite of that difference, the father preserves
the same indulgence for the son, and the sop the same
veneration for the father. I may, without improperly
intruding a private fact upon public notice, safely as-
sert this to be the case in the present instance.
1 remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
43, aarzes-strect, Nov. lb. .lout Hoznotrae. ,

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The terms, Luck, Chance, and Fate, prove that
every adventurer has three ways to gain a fortune ;
for whoever holds a Ticket in this Lottery,
May gain by Lewk, £30,000, Next Tuesday; or,
May gain by Chance £BO,OOO, Nextruesday ; or,
May gain by Fate, £90,000, Next Tuesday; or,
his Luck, Chance, or Fate, may gain him one of the
'other Three Prizes of £30,000; therefore, in either
case, it will be right not to wrong ourselves, by keep-
it/ out of the sphere of Fortune, as there are Four
Prizes of £30,000 in this Lottery and NtiXT Tues.
DAY the first-drawn Prize, whatever it may be, will
receive in C £30,00) in addition.
It is with much pleasure that we lay before our
Readers the following Extracts in commendation of
the-very important Publication to which they allude:
" The Third .Part of the EIf4fCLOPASI• 16111110P0i Italia is
now before the Public; and we eo•ansiate the Editors apd
Predictors on the Mare oesMmu .0 the ewe deinef In
wart; Ardeit, which has already raked a splendid rtinitattok tit
~et wock."—Monthly Meg. Sept.
0 Mine wit thus make free to point out what appears to us the
lading defects of the Flan upon which the new Esseeciereniu,
has been got up, we are not less ready to express our admiration of
she great ability with which many parts of the work are executed.
The conductors have apparently secured for their arduousunder-
suing, a powerful host of talent and learning; and they will, no
doubt, redeem, by their eldquest and ingenious essays, any degree
of imperfection which may seem to attach to the guieral plan of
irrangernent. There Is 'bother circumstance which we would not
willingly pass over, in stating the principles upon which the Me-
tropolitans is to be conducted—we mean a sincere regard for
Revealed Religion, and a firm determination to maintain its in-
terests,in opposition to the deistical Encyclopedists of France,
and to the lukewarm wriusrs of our owe country. This is a good
spirit and a good purpose, sod these of themselves will not fail
to recommend the work to every true patriot. We, as lovers of
our country, heartily wish Is success."—British Critic, Nov.
Extract of a leiter from it Coal-miner, at Framp-
ton, Gloucester, dated the lath instant :—" There
is a fire in one of the coal-pits at Coalpit-heath. The
mine is on fire in the pit by the IVeigh-bridge,
nearest Stickler's stable. It was discovered on Fri-
day morning seven men went down to try to ex-
tinguish it, but they could not ; anti they were burnt
so severely, that the flesh of George Walter dropped
from his arms as he walked along. More men went
down yesterday, and they were stopt by the fire-
damp, and nearly suffocated. The men that have
been down say, the fire is as large as a house ; and it
it thought to have been caused by the firedamp.
ATTEMPT AT MURDER AND Roseray.--About
eight o'clock, on Wednesday evening, as Mr. ISAAC
HvueuatEs, corn-chandler, in l'utnmill-street,Clerk-
enwell, was in his stable, feeding his horses, the door
was forced open, and three men suddenly rushed in,
one of whom immediately struck out ths light, anti
another gave Mr. Hmertmas a'blow with a bits&
geon, and knocked him down. The three men then
attacked him with their sticks, he calling out " Mur-
der ! Robbers!" Some persons who were passing re:l,
to the door, on which two of the vikains got -cleft'
off, but Mr. Hampunirs struggled wish the third,
and held him until the man came to his assistance:
As they were leading him away a prisoner, another
'person came up, supposed an accomplice, and trip-
ping up Mr. H 4 the man in custody elected his
escape. Mr. H. had £6O in'his pocket at the time,
and it is supposed the villains were aware of it.

LETTER FROM MR. HUNT, TO SIR FRANCIS
BURDETT, BART.
8, NorfOth.street, Strand, November 18, 1818.
Saes—ln addressing you upon this occasion, I take leave to
my, I am mil. u• actuated by any feeling of personal hostility
nor private reset.trtnn.t, but I am impelled solely from a sense
of public duty, to reply to some of the observation, that fell
from you yesterday, whilst you were presiding at the Meeting at .
the Crown and Author, end whichmbeervalions, as coming horn
the (lair (by the common rules of all public meetings), I or ant I
iitheskulistitlital was. prohibited from meaning at the time.
Now, Sir, if I understand the duty.oLis °WOW& ALA. ,
lie owetieg,, k is.very similar to duir of a Judge in a Conn
Justice, or to that of the Speaker of the House of Commons.—
In the first place, it is his duty, after having read the Requisi-
tion, and stated to the rneetin the object for which they were
assembled, to keep order and regularity, to procure for every
person a fair heaths; but, above all, scrupulously to abstain
from discovering the slightest wish, on his own part, that the
question should be decided either in the one way or in the
other, finally to take the sense of the meeting,ml then, wits
The Aletander, Captain PARRY., (Discovery ship), aria impartiality, to pronounce and record its decision. I own
aired yesterday at Gravesend. I was trot at all surprised to hear yeti endeavour to help your
FALMOUTH, `NOVEMBER 17. ° fersiogfriend out of the serape that he had got Into on your *a
Wuxi W.—Sailed the Duke of Kent packet, for counto either was it te be marvelled at, to bear you labour,
however umuccessfully, to vindicate your took, the Rump, but
Lan: Montague packet, for America ;. Blucher Iwu indeed s ibedossid so every fair ttnd ejudlced
packet, for Jamaica; and Sandwich packet, for the man in the room, surprised and disgusted to seethe Chair.
knits, ail with Mails ; and his Majesty's ship its, man of a great public meeting forgetting every thing that was
el t cruise. due to his own character, descend to 'become the zealous and
PORTSMOUTH, *NOVEMBER 19. open advocate of one of the persons proposed to be a Candidate,
Wind S. S E..—Arrived his Majesty's brig PELT- and Instead of performing fairly and impartially the duty he had
taken upon himself (before the question WAS put) making a
et, from Jamaica. Sailed the Harriett and JOhn, speech in femur of this person, and not only replying to the ar.
HER, for London, goments of the different speakers, but in some instances most
• DEAL, NOwF.MBER 19. foully and unfairly misrepresenting them ; for instance, your do-
Wind S. fine weather.—Calve down from the River finition of Mr. Sturch's proposition," not to decide too hastily,"
Caroline, Rosso*. for Jamaica ; and John.trans- was equally false with the charge against me, of having made
an illiberal attack upon Mr. llobhouse, illustrated by the fable
and remain in. the Downs with the outward-
of the Wolf and the Lamb.
tterchantmen and transpOrts as per last. You, Sir, set out with falsehood, by stating " that the Gen-
DOVER, NOVEMBER 19. tlemen present hasi been addressed by ail who were desirous of
Sailed this day the Chichesler packet, Captain addressing them." This was false, because you knew and saw
that Mr. Gale Jones had risen ; he whom you well knew to be
°nen ; and King George, Captain Mimosa, for far the most eloquent man in the room, had risen upon the table
's, with passengers; also several sail of light trans- sad remained there some-time for the express Wish of addressing
,for that port. Arrived this afternoon thi Indus- the meeting, but hadbeen put down by the senseless clamour of
~ Captain A Roma, from Calais, with passengers. • yow Ramp, sanctioned by you; because they knew that he was
• HIRWTCH, NOVF.MBER le. as hinest In his principles as be was brilliant and irresistible in
d n ir '
S. U. . Arrived the Nelson packet, with a the deliverynf his sentiments.
A young Gentleman, who was standing near me in the room
ail and nasseng.2rs, from Cnxhaven. at the time, unhackneyed in the mazes of political deception and
DARTMOUTH, NOVEMBER 17. . turpitude, eiplessed his ..stn,.ithmeut at raiz hazarding such so
The L'.chard and . Ann, PETCRET. of PenZattte, assertion in the face Sit the whole meeting, who were eye-wit.
it'll hence for Poltprooolh, with wheat, was upset in tresses of its untruth; was told the following anecdote of the fa-
onfioLona
aJohn
dos, Wassert.,,t.d. wrhouoobejavi .one
oaf ptiwubiliec moelettitit:aglitnauatheboodzCo
Null on Sunday last, and sunk, about two rriiles
this rent—Cie* saved themselves in theii.boat, when he sat down via aiktya by the late Mr. Dome Tooke, in
RAMSGATE., I.:OVEMBER 11). private, how he conid sentUre to state such a thing as a fart,
riod S. S. W.--e 4 rrived several transports this, when at the same title he was aware that every an in tits,,
Je, from France, with Cavalry. room knew it to be i;sls4 h6efly replied, " why, I calculate
LIVERPOOL, NOVEMBER 18. *: that there may be Soo persons in this .room, who know it to'
Arrived off thi; port,the Windermere, from Boni,. iiiteinfatee, but I know t
:hit
ofirrftoywthwoiuusTedlzverrsoinr
to persons who t
will
rue read
aly. The Feniscowles, from hence, for Calcutta, ar- Thus much for your impartiality at, the Meeting. Now, a
rod at the Cape of Good Hope 7th September.... word of the Meeting itseif.—How was it constituted? who wait
Sailed the Westmorland, CREVICE, for Bombay. it that called it? The latter part of the question would have
MILFORD, NOVEMBER 15. been rendered unnecessary, if you had done your duty by read-
Arrived the brig Ann, from Bristol, for Jamaica : lag the Requisition. Mr. Scorch pre you a very broad hint to
.1 do this. He, who is one of the leading men amongst the ad.
11.'ag Fsh, BALL, from Bristol, for Lisbon ; John tens of Weitniitnter, knew nothlog of the Sleeting, nor echoes
fly, W:LLIA:4S, from Liverpool, for Demerara ; who called it :"but you kntw, Sir, too well, their numbers and
:g Aurcira, Cum.'s, from Liverpool for Rio Janeiro ;, their insignificance t you knew that those who signed this Re-
Alerat,dria, MACKEY, from St. John's, New Bruns- quisition were only the scum few of the fag-end of that'
ump; and therefore you were actuated more by prudence than
sik, for this port, for orders, all well :and Govern- fairness when you concealed their names. However, what I
tent packet, GREY, with a Waterford Mail.—Sailed complain of is this, that the Meeting was in a great measure a
th, Froacis Freeling packet, with a Mail, for Vs'a.. packed Meeting: there was not a free admission to the room—
INforti. persons, who cane with the intention of joining the Meeting,
were-stopped at the bottom of the stain, and dot permitted to
FATAL Acettrirr.—The stip Friends, DAWSON, of enter—one of them, known to be a friend of mine, was pulled
W le
or mgton, bound from Liverpool to St. Andrew's, back by force, and he is ready to swear that noR Ito than tenor
S America, was proceeding through the North Channel, whet, twelve persoes were served in the was way durint the few et.
ra the 9th nit a heavy r...1c came en from the South-south-wee nuts Butes he remained there.
„Ille.. next, day at fere P.M. in lat. 57. long. 16. 30. a heavy I One word more about the forged letter which you pretended
grace the vessel, wialzb tarried away the fore-yard and 'to say at first sight you believed tole she band-writing of Mr.
Safi 1 the baU:.st I Al! hands terry railed, and std cut Cobbett, although you knew his writing was more easy to be
nra y ..i-a. min-topreast, in berm of bringing the vessel to wear, forged than almost any other man's, and that it hadiseen forged
"`'.n ;artier tremendous set struck her, which swept away frequently before, although you afterwards admitted that Mr.
, .....,sin Di.enox, together with the foreenast, the boats, and the Cleary's eye might have been deceived as well as your own
'..-,ri, fore and att. It was uttrtly impossible to render any But, bit, you will recollect that you had seen this forgery Ise-
L.J:e-.iv.s to the unfortunate eartuin. The Mate and crew, with fore : you bad kin your own possession; you (tad been consultek
'wit ,end;cent tal•our. succeeded in getting the ballast trimmed, about the proper time to bring it out. The old .. ajos's hack,
ti the %ewe so far st-zighted as treeriable them to reach Strom. Tat Block -Dwarf says, " This Letter could not have been forged
!''ls 'a the 30th. . . for election purpoacs, because many persons bad seen it many

doer tith .3 October 11th 2.3 October 16th. 9
7th .. 13 12th u't 17th 161
stk.- •' 19 13th 2.1 15th II
94 9 MO 20 INA 42
tOti 14 15th 9
Ma3ting *soma of *l4 tioinho• ~ .
41.- 4. -
Jae 1,,00k has been ram unbolt/1y inbie the cerro,
tracer.eat of the present scAson ; and thcrt is 'no*
any cases of sickness amongit the 61thRegiment
!sough lime of a serious description. :
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141.4 VA L INMAJGENCE.

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1 morthkbefote eteeleetion, that It hall the Bede), .mark n Sett • • . LAW lATELLiCi.:VeIis •
•
it," which, by the bye, sileboegh df little conseoluencet I dal(
Yesterday the first Squadron of the 18th flussers Th2eiso 'medlar street isittio Londbawo:raostit ow dale% t:ef:rgf;naoPclsh ern-ensitckjersaialtillre, f i COURT OF CDA NCE RV', aiOlfeastert li.
passed along Waterloo-bridge, and marched through plating the post-mark of a letter for the rice of a Miliiiig, a a itivw i Lorin .... r, TIANCELLOR contioues to improve in
London, under the command of Major Cermet& wishtboere thdendlimanteliviyint so simple ae to believe OA a scoundrel .
health. His Lord hip, it is understood, will retinue
orge a letter would hesitate also to forge
The second division, under Major KlilTN/DYs f 01" a post-mark? Oh! thou black —e-, this will not do; but your , his sittings en Monday nexti
ingenuity might have discovered something that would do. You VIC VeCII.INCRIA.OIL'S COURT, NOVEMBER 19.
lowed to-day. The remainder of the Regiment ar-
[Ayes at Lambeth to-Mortiew, and continues its route perceive that in this letter, which I. dated 1808, Mr. Cobbett is ~.. ..
His liononr, on ta'..ing his seat, announced that,
made to call me Banrot. limn at that period, four years before
any human being had ever heard of me by that name; for ireras when the causes on the list eerie disposed of, lie
toSt. Alban's, on their Way to Newcastle, &c. not till after the manner of 180, when I stood two contested should hear such motions as had been appointed to
DOVER, NOVEMBER 19. elections for Bristol, that any living creature ever coupled tray be heard this day by the Lord CliaJtcellori
Arrived early this morning several transports, hay- nem 2wah that city.
This, Sir, is conclusive, even wlthobt the word of My friend . SIORTINISIR C, HAMMOND:
ing on board seven Troops of the 7th Hussars ;they ir.
Ar. Cobbett ;it it just as conclusive a fact, as it would be if it This cause had lean partly heard before, and had
are to march to Canterbury to-morrow morning.—been postponed for the production of authorities. It
:ere discovered by the water-mark upon the paper au which
arose out of a Will, in which the testator had be-
The 11th Regiment of Light Dragoons will embark 1812, forgery is written, that the paper was not made 911
although
year
Is four years after the date of the forgery ; nay, Sir,
llit Calais this day, and the Guards and 52d Regiment many men have been hung with less conclusive evidence than quiiithed a life-rent interest in certain property tb a
this of the water-mark. Yet it is still more conclusive than this, female, not at that time ft femme couvette ; with di-
ve expected to be there this evening or to-morrow.
for although it was possible for a person going to commit a for-
rections to the trustees nominated in the Will to pay
l'lrs 23d (Welch Fusileers) Regiment marched this eery to get paper with the water-mark of 1808, yet it was inn- the receipts and dividends of said property into her
possible to record a fact that did not happen till four years after-
o proper hands," She had married since the testa-
'day to'Deal to embark for Ireland.° wards, without provng to demonstration that it was a forgery.
Now, as to the fact of its being written and seen by several toes deadi ; and her husband, with her concurrence,
person nearly a year ago, as a proof of its not being forged fur filed the present bill to compel the trustees to pay
eleodon purposes, why, sir, although it is unnecessary for me to the receipts anti dividends into his hands.
t inform you, yet it *ill be int.oresting to the Public to know when
this forgery was first heard of, and when, I believe, it was writ- Mr. Bonne and Mr. WIITIIORPc littdllted a great *
ten also. It was soon after Mr. Cobbett's Registers were first number of precedents in support of the plaintiff's i
that be sent from America, wherein he charged you, claim. •
tt justly charged you, with having basely deserted theN r
N
The
Vice-CIIACFLLOR said, that the first cinesl
.)Reformers, it was then' that it seas fast heard of ; and I will
Sow tell you when it was first made use of by your agents and tion here was, whether the property was bequeathed i
with your knowledge, it wasireetsety at that period when the absolutely for the use of the legatee? for, if she have
ifflalmoiet 01. Mr. °abbot.' First /arses' t" zits BleCk" ?Prat- an absolute interest only, there is no doubt that shell
thifitier bad crested the Atlantic, and had arsived in this city;
can dispose of it as she pleases. It is clearly stater:
fur,-be it known, that these base wretches were in leaps with
souse of those who were then connected either with the printing in the Will, that she is to have a life-rent interest .
or publisbing of the &lister, and found out theiponeeat• of that and the trustees are expressly directed to pay the re-
manaseript, and them, and not till then, a copy of that forgery ceipts and dividends into her " proper hands." This
was made use of to prevent the publishing of that Address,
can never mean her husband's hands; and under
wherein you and your Rump were painted to sack true and
gluing colours. these words she can have no power o transfer her
This had the desired effect, and, notwithanding a great part right. He-should look farther into the case, and is
et the Register bad been set up In the press, yet it actually was he found a parallel case in favour of the plaintiff, he
should supprewed far six or seven weeks before it was published.— decide against the clearly expressed inteuuca.
There is eh old saying—" That those who wear glass beads
should avoid throwing stones;" I shall, therefore, in another let- of the testator.
ter, endeavour to prove, that you, Sir, are one of the last men to •
COURT OF KING'S BENCII, NOV. 11h
the world that should either countenance or connive at suds an • '
infamous production.--a production which was en insult to pub. Wne. Worthington was brought up for judgment;
lie decency, and calculated only to wound the feelings of a fe- for en assault on two Custom-house officers at Deel,
male, end one, too, from whom you had been in the habit of re- in die execution of their duty. The affidavits of
misting the most polite attention, during those various times that .
Ar Joseph quimbeau, Cystom-house officer, and Ni.you chose to honour me with your friendly visits, where you had
repeated opportunities of witnessing, under my humble roof, cholas Robilliard, Midshipman, stated the circuits-
her %motioning disposition. stances of the assault : it appeared that the prisoner
I am, Sir, your most obedient bumble servant, sr. atm• had at first fled from the officers, but being over-
taken, knocked down and stunned, Robilliard, using
at the same time some violent language, and that
nearly fifty persons collected to aid the prisoner. •
The prisoner put in an affidavit in mitigation of
punishment, which stated a ten years meritorious,.
service in the Royal Navy, and the preservation of
several ships lit the Downs, under circumstances of
peculiar difficulty wad danger, exhibiting a degree of
courage and skill in the prisoner rarely equalled. Ile
had a wife and two children dependent on him for

support.
The Court, considering all the circumstances of •
the case, that the prisoner had already suffered a •
seven weeks' imprisonment, and incurred consideras
ble expense, sentenced him to three months imprison-
Ment in Maidstone jail, and at the expiration of that 3
time to find security for his good behaviour.
Tile KING V. REES'REES, EDWARDS, AND roncur.n. )
The-defendants-were brought up frr iadyment, fur ,
an'aeiult- committed 'on• tine 11111 s, at It ocheSter, it. r
August, 1817. Several affidavits were put in, to '
shew that the Assault commenced on the part of the ;
prosecutors, and the prisoners addressed the Court
in mitigation.
Mr. Mitititywr, in moving for judgment, said. that
the affidavits disclosed only the same line of defence
that had been set up at the trial, and that therefor(
he ought to have objected to them. 'The Jury
entirely disbelieved the prisoners' witnesses, and on
that ground had found a verdict against the pri,o.
ners ; so that the defence set up was an aggravatior
of the assault. •
The Court forbore to pass any sentence on Jobr
Porcher, he not having been implicated in the wholi
transaction, and acting in cbedience to his mas
ter, Rees.
Mr. Justice BAYLEY, in-giving sentence, said, that
front his experience he knew that where there:WA,
conflicting testimony the Jury usually leant towards
the prisoner; the verdict, therefore, of the JUT y in this
instance, he thought, was well warranted. It was tc
be lamented that party disputes should prevail in
towns ; but when they did, the f'ourt must endeaioui
to preserve the peace. There was no appearance Cif
premeditation in the presCnt assault, and the prison 'r
were sentenced to one month's imprisonment in th.
Marshalsea, and to find securities fur their behaviour
TIIONIAS V. VANDERMET:LEN.--(SIIAM PLEA.)
• Action for goods sold—plea as to the first count
j ndgment recovered; as to the money counts, p: t y mem .
Mr. POLLOCK shewed cause why the plaintiff shoui,.
not enter up judgmept, as for t: ant of a plea (affida
eats lturng been put in of its falsehood). Ile con
'tended, that the Court would not go into the truth of
'every plea, but would only set it tr,ide for matter on
the face of it, if indecorous, or charge:ll4e with levity;
if the. plea were false, so v:ere also all the money
counts:. and he had no objection to the plaintiff hay.
ing judgment on the first count, if the defendant
Might shaie judgment on the money counts. The
&fendant had received a peremptory rule to abide
by his plea; and after this, the plaintiff cuttid sot
with any propriety apply to the Court to treat the
plea as a nullity. It was very-difficult for &defendant
to swear to the truth of his plea in any case; and it
would be impossible to draw a line, and say wherehe
should so swear, and where not. The present pleas
were perfectly regular in form and decorum ; and
differed from the case in which a judgment of the
Coort of Piepoudre had been pleaded, with other
matter, and savoured of levity. The legislature migia
interfere to abolish sham pleas ; but at present, ii.
that Court, he thought no such expression could be
made use of; and the Court would no more try tilt
merits of a defence, than they would of a declaration,
upon affidavits.
The Cour' expressed its resolution not to innovate
upon the practice of the Court, as long established.
But when the Court saw an issue of judgment recu
vexed, which went to the Court, and an issue of pay
meta which went to the country, the Court would sex
whether such a plea was put in by the ingenuity of
the attorney, or by his client's instruction. If the)
found it was a trick of the attorney, they would punish
him for a breach of his duty, which was to act ho
moody ; they would therefore inquire whether he