Star.
London, England, 1818-06-25 00:00:00

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ENTERTAINMENT AT CARLTON-110lia:. 1
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This being the time Of year when children are at
home with their parents and friends from their dif-
ferent seminaries for the Midsummer holidays, the
PRINCE ltet.ENT gave a Ball to a numerous assem- i
blage of the sous and daughters of the Nobility, per-
sous of distinction, and his Royal Highness's particu-
lar 'friends. Their parents and friends were invited
by the Equerry in waiting, and the younger branches
Of their families, to a dance, to take place at eight
• o'clock, on Tuesday evening, when they arrived at
'.Carlton House, which called together as fine and as
lovely an assemblage of children, probably, as ever
was beheld, who principally had new clothes for the
'occasion. They appeared nor a little proud and de-
lighted at the honour of being invited to visit their
Prince and the pleasure of viewing Carlton House.
They were-conducted by the pages of his Itcyal High-
ness to the lower suite of rooms. The grand stair
case leading to the.a, as well as the suite of rooms,
were d.:corated with trees, of valious sorts, and
flowers,' brought from the Royal Gardens. The
Duchess of tiLOUCESTER arrived at Carlton House,
at an early hour, under whose direction and superin-
tendence the entertainment was given, at the request
of the RrGENT, and there jointly received. the Mfan-
tine visitors. An excellent band was stationed hi the
Conservatory, and- the laige room was laid out for
dancing, adjoining the Conservatory. The dancing
commenced before nine o'clock, and-continued till
past eleve.:, when the juvenile assemblage were con.
ducted to die splendid Gothic room, at•the cast end
of the suite of rooms, where they partook-of an ex-
cellent cola. collation, a great variety of fruits, con-
fectionary, &c. &c. The Duke of GLOUCESTER and
suite, the Duke and Duchess of CAMBRIDGBJ the
Landgrave of HESSE CAsser., the Grand Duke
MICUAEL and suite, and several of the Foreign Am-
bassadors and Ministers with their Ladies, with seve-
ral other distinguished characters, were present to
witness this interesting entertainment to the rising
geaeption. After supper they were cor.veyed to
their parents homes in carriages, and some of their
parents and • friends amused themselves with the
tinny dance.

LA 1r INTELLIGENV4.

CJURT or ROW'S BENCH. JUNE ft.
WILMS V. D. OLIVEIRA._ _

An action for damages for a libel : the declaration
also contained counts for verbal slander. The plead-
ings havnig been oeened by Mr. CHITTY,
Mr. Guitemr, in introducing the witnesses for the
plaintiff, observed, that his client was a schoolmaster
of high respectability and attainments at Girshalton,
and the defendant a Madeira merchant of great opu-
lence. The libel and slander of -which the former.
complained were of the grossest kind, and directed
against the plaintiff not merely with a view of de-
tracting, from his reputation, but avowedly with the
desiza of ruining his school. The Jury would be
aware that to no man could character be mare pre-
cious than to a person in the situation of the
and if they found (as they would find in this case)
that it was wanton and unprovoked, they would
award exemplary damages. The defendant received
a recommendation of the plaintiff's school fiom some
booksellers, the publishers of a Catholic periodical
work called the " Laity's Director." and he accord-
ingly sent his three sons there, paying, as was the
invariable rule of the establishment, for six mon hs
in advance. The boys had not been there long, when
the father, the defendant, shewed symptoms of dis-
satisfaction without any cause, and proceeded to L.-
terfere even in the management of the school. He
did not approve of the dancing-master, and he
thought that his sons were classed too low, with
many other unfounded and frivolous complaints.H
He,, finally, without notice, took his sons away, and
insisted upon the repayment of the greater part of
the money he had paid with them; of course the
plaintiff refused, and the defendant instantly com-J
menced the attack, of a part of which the present'.
action was made the subject. He first wrote the
libel inserted in the declaration, being a letter r
alessrs. Keating and Brown, the booksellers, who
had spoken in favour of Mr. Milius, the plaintiff. It
was in these gross terms:—
" Gentierwen—As you recommended BMus, it is a duty I
owe the public, to tell you that he is as low, mean, and vulva
a wretch as I ever saw in any situation. I shall be vsecessiala to
go to law to get back any money. I calnot comprehend on
what ground you could mention such a wretch, brought up in
the meridian of tit. Gilts's ; who was afterwards an usher in I
Mr. Kit:g,'s school, in Chapel-street, and since kept a school in'
Liule Wild-street, Lincoln's In 'Acids, and -two more in the
neighbourhood of Red Lion-square, when you cutest to have
known thit not half-a-dozen respectable English families have
intrusted him with their sons. Perhaps not any, or if they
it was by mistake.
" The Laity's Directory, which I have been In the habit of
taking in of you, and where i saw this blackguard, and whom,
till then, I did not know, I shall never see again while such a
cursed sbool exists.—l'our's, respectfully," dtc.
Besides this unwarrantable and disgraceful letter,
the declaration contained counts for slander ; for Mr.
Oliveira, in the height of his malice, industriously
went about among the friends of many of the boys
at Mr. Milius's school, abusing him, charging him
with swindling, incompetency, and giving the chil-
dren few provisions, and those in a state not fit to
be eaten. To several Gentlemen he had avowed it
to he his intention, if possible, to ruin the plaintiff,
by repeated an.l unfounded calumnies. Under these
circumstances, Mr. Milius had no choice but to seek
protection from these attacks at the hands of a Jury,
who would award him such ample damages as his
injuries remanded.
Mr. R. Brown, a bookseller in Duke street, Grosve-
nor-square, carrying on business with others, tinder
the firm of Keating, Brown, and Kea:ing : be knew
the plaintiff weil, he was a schoolmaster at Carshal-
ton. The witness puhlisbeil The Laity's Directory,"
in which die plaintiff's school was advertised. The
libel was delivered to Mr. Keating, and th 2 witness
believed it to be the writing of the defendant, who
was a native of Madeira, and a foreigner obviously
by his dialect.
Mr. Keating proved the delivery of the libel to
A genteel looking man, driving intoxicated through him by a clerk of the defendant. The witness had
Rochester a few evenings since, in a one-horse chaise, recommended the plaintiff's school to the defendant,
who sent some joung gentlemen to it, whether his
ran it against a carriage, and was thrown on the pave-
sons or no: he could slot state. He received the letter
ment, where he lay in a state of insensibility. A
about March last : e defendant had previously
Custom-house Officer coming amongst others to his
sroken di xespec-ililly of the plaintiff.
assistance, accidentally found in his possession a quan-
The libel was then read in the form stated by Mr.
tity of French lace ; this led to further search, and the
seizure of the horse and chaise, the latter containing ("URN"'
Alr. Brown preyed a second letter to be the hand-
other smuggled goods the value of upwards of Este)/.
writing cf the defendant, in which a demand was
Mr. Arnold, of the Haymarket, e7as met on Tues-
made from the plaintiff of the sum paid on the ad-
day night by two men, apparently sailors, in the fields
mission of the boys to his school (deducting .a small
between Hammersmith and Kensington, who offered
sum for their board, Ste. since Christmas) within 21
to accompany him as far as Kensington; Mr. Arnold
ffer, and they walked together about hours' 'file defendant in the same letter offered to
accepted their o
leave the matter to arbitration. It was dated 9th
a quarter of a mile, when on of the men suddenly
March, 18:8.
turned round, and with the but-end of a horse pistol
Mr. Charles Hutchinson, one of the ushers in the
knocked Mr. Arnold down, tied his hands, and with
plaintiff's school, deposed that the plaintiff placed
the assistance of the other, robbed him of 41. in Bank
of England no.es, and 21. in silver. his three sons there: they were sent at the commence-
ment of the last Christmas holidays.
13eDiveen eleven and twelve o'clock on Senday, Cross examined.—The plaintiff had kept a school
during the temporary absence of the family, the
at carshalton for six years. The witness had been
dwelling house of Mr. Nam, No. .5, Maiden-lane, with him since August last, There were 23 scholars.
Battle-bridge, was entered by some villains, whi;
Only two had left since March, exclusive of the de-
robbed his desk of sixty pounds in Bank notes, a bill, fend' 's
sonL
ofl2l. two silver watches, and some weal ing apParel. Mr. W. Byrne, a merchant, and guardian of two
A letter from a British Officer, at Venezula, dated boys of the name of De Silva, whom about twelve
April the 10th, says—" After the action at Sombrero,,
months ago he placed at the plaintiff's school, where,
Bolivar having detached his irregular cavalry under they still remained. A short time ago the &fen-
Faez and Cedeno in different directions, and for im- dant called upon the witness, but he could net at all
portant objects, was suddenly attacked by a Spanish fix the date.
corps under General Calzada, which had moved for- A long chain of witnesses were called, to show,
ward to intercept his communication with the Llanos, if possible, that this took place before April, when
whence he draws his supplies. Paea and Cedeno,
action was commenced ; but the endeavours failed,
two able Generals for this kind of irregular warfare, and Mr. GURNEY abandoned the evidence of Mr.
weri' as I before observed, absent ; but without falling Byrne.
back to join them,, the Supreme Chief, Bolivar, dis- Mr. Tully Higgins had a nephew at the plaintiff's
mounted his dragoons, and led on the infantry to at- school. The defendant came to the witness in March,
tack the Spaniards in ;lie mountains, where his horses as he believed, but it might be in April, or perhaps
could not act. A terrible conflict ensued, 'and 1400 February, probably more than three months ago,
men fell on both sides. The loss is supposed to have The witness had never seen him before, but Mr. °tie
been equal, and the Spaniards, thongh they had the veira asked what had induced him to send his bop
advantage of position, and their main army with to such a school? The witness replied, that he had
them, were glad to sneak away. Bolivar fell back understood that it was respectable; on which he ob-
on Calabozo, where his magazines were, and was served, that Mr. Milius was a man not capable, and
rejoined by Paez and Cedeno, with numbers of fresh treated the boys very ill ; it was a place to which no
volunteers. On the 23d ult. (March) they were pre- ntlemau should send his sons: the meat given to
paring to advance again, but it was
.generally con- sem was not well dressed, but sent up raw The
siciered the Spaniards had made their last effort. No-
defendant worked himself into a violent passion, and
thing can equal the enthusiasm prevalent here, and . seemed endeavouring to prevail upon the witness to
nothing can surpass the horrors excited by the cruel- take his nephew away : he added, that he was de-
ties the Spaniards have committed every where. An ' termined to injure Mr. Milius if he could ; and talk-
immense army under Nonato Perez, was within a int, a great deal of his own wealth, he said that he
few leaguss of Santa Pe, where thelicyalis:s lied lest nut care what it cost him.
every hold." I espos-camintai........The defendant threatened to