Star.
London, England, 1828-04-28 00:00:00

GRZMMALL V. HEAVISIDIt.

Mr. &ARUM moved for a tele to show cause why
a new trial should not be granted. The action bad heat
tried before Lord TENTERDM and was brought by dot
plaintiff, a seaman on board an Bast Indiaman, to it.
cover damages from the defendant, the Captain of the
ship, for an assault and false imprisonment, and chit
Jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 601. It
appeared by the. evidence that the defendant was un-
der the necessity of ordering one of the crew to be
punished, for highly improper conduct, and he had,
all the men assembled on deck to witness the punish•
ment, as a salutary example. The Captain said—
" I hoped there was an end to all this;" meaning
the misconduct that had caused the punishment. The
plaintiff replied in a manner calculated to excite to am
tiny, " I hope SQ too, and if Thad my will there should be
no punishment at all." The Captain called the plaintiff
near to himself and the officers till the punishment was
over, to prevent his exciting di,contew, and then ordered
him to be punished. After the plaintiff had teceived the
punishment, he cried out to the crew, rAdently intend-
ing to excite to mutiny, " thete's not a man amongst
you ;" for this conduct the defendant had him put in
irons. The plaintiff's witnesses on the trial had, in:his
(Mr. Scarlett's) mind, made out such a complete Justi-
fication for the defendant, that be did not call any wit-
nesses, though the defendant, who was sitting before
him, wanted him to call his officers, to prove-the muti-
nous conduct of the plaintiff. The Court, too, was with
him ; but the Jury gave a verdict, for the plaintiff.--
Rule granted.

• HORSINGTON V. BEAUMONT.
Mr. WILLIAMS moved for a new trial in this caste,
which was an action tried before Mr. Justice BAYLIST,
at York, at the last Assizes, brought by a land agent
aga►nst Colonel and Mrs. Beaumont, for slanderous
words used by Mrs. Beaumont in a conversiition with
Lord Hos., den, to whom the plaintiff was agent.. The
ca•s was fully reported at the. time. The v ords
proved by Lord Howden to have been used by Mrs.
Beaumont, who had accused the plaintiff of seducing a
i tenant's daughter, weie--44 And what's worse than all,
'he has taken money from the tenants." Lord Howden,
consequence, discontinued to employ him till he
.should' vindicate his character. The Jury ictutned a
verdict' for the plaintiff—Damage, 1,70 t ti.
Mr. WILLIAMS now contended that the damages
were excessive ; indeed, he was at a loss to account how
the Jury c• uld have contrived to give such an amount,
till be recollected that the declaration contained seven-
teen counts.

Lord TENTERDZN, after consulting with the rest of
the Judges, observed, that the amount of damages was
cutiarly the province of the Jury ; and he thought the
Court would best discharge its duty by not disturbing
the verdict—Rule refused.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Arau. 20.
SZATON V. ESPIWASSI.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who h a
habeidosher at Richmond, against the defendant, who
is an cm neat special pleader, for the recovery of the
amount of certain gloves, stockings, Lite. furnhhed by
the plaintiff to the wife of the defendant. Ai the trial
there was no doubt that the goods had been de.
livered as alleged. It was proved that the defendant
had paid a sum of 101. into Court, and that a tender of a
similar sum had pteviously been made to the plaintiff, in
discharge of the dem•.nd. It was, however, also proved,
that M. Espinasse had fully supplied his wife with
every Article of dress w hick could he regarded as suit-
ing her state and degr.e. The Learned Judge, Mr.
Justice BUIRKOUGII, who tried the cause, lett it for the'
Jury to say whether they cuuld seprate the tender of
the 101. trout the amount of all the items in the bill, so
as to apply to it the 101. paid into Court. If they could,
they would find a verd.ct for that amount; if not, they
would find for the whole bill. At the same time he
informed them, that this tender of 101. must be regarded
as a confes,ion, to a certain extent, of the plaintiff's
tight to maintain his action.—The Jury found for tht
amount of the bill.

Mr. Sergeant Wttne now moved for a rule to show
cause why the verdict thould not be set aside, and
dew trial RI anted, on the ground that an-undue influence
had been given to the tender of 101. at the time of the
trial. The Leai ned Sergeant observed, th it the reason
why his client had thought it tight to agitate this matter
i second time was, that this was not the only demand
which had been set up, but these were other demands
of a similar nat..re on w hich proceedings would be taken
if the present were successful.—ltule granted.

NAPOLEON'S DEFINITION or Jusrme.—Daring a
discussion in the Councit of State in• respect to the
, French Colonies, Banaparte said, " D -übtless it is pro-
pir to govern the Colonies with energy; but there is no
energy without justice. To this end, it is indispensable
that the Government should be informed of everything,
and that it should hear the parties concerned ; for it is
not sufficient to be just, merely to do good ; it is still
necessary that the governed should be convinced of
this, and they cannot be so unless they have the means
of making themselves hesad. Even wore the Council
of' State composed of angels or of gods, who could see
with the first glance of the eye what was best to be
'done, it would signify nothing, unless the Colonists had
the conviction of having had their statements duly at-
tended to."—" A finer or more liberal definition of jus-
lice (observes Mr. Hatlitt), of of what Governments
owe to the people, surely never was given."

EDINBURGH, APRIL 24.—1 t is rather a curious cir-
cumstance that the small town of Mus.elburgh can at
present boast of not less than four of our young coun-
trymen, all under thirty years of age, who have distin-
guished themselves in literature and arr. Dr. D. M.
Moir, the celebrated Delta of Black wood's Magazine,
author of Genevieve" and •' Man:ie Wanch. Rev.
Henry Carmichael, A.M. who carried off the philo
snphical prize given by the University of St. Andrew's;
Akaaneler Ritchie, the sculptor, now the favourite
' pupil of Thorwaldsen at Rome; and David Milne, A.M.
advocate, who so recently gained, by his admirable'
essay pti'corirets, Dr. Fellowes's prise in our University.
It is also Worthy of remark, that the whole four were
school-fellows.
Friday an Inquest was held at the Marlborough
Mead, Green-walk, Blackfriars,' on the body of John
Robinson Rand, a fine young man only 25 years of age,
'son to Mr. Rand, proprietor of the Falcon Ale Brewery,
who, in crossing a plank leading from the biewery to
his father's house, fell into the copper °Roiling wort,
and was so dreadfully' scalded that be died 'hardy.
.afterwards. Verdict—Accidental Death.

- MEI

, MURDER AT POLSTEAD.
• eultiaile-IPAISOCIFLAINS.
SvauAl Evarttraos—Tbategb. the general rumour at
PoWeed on Friday evening wet, shit the prison., would
not be conveyed to the county gaol at Burl St. Ed-
mund's until the following day, yet upon after con-
sideration it was deemed the more eligible course to
have bias removed there the same night.
Accordingly, between the hours of seven and eight,
he was handcuffed and placed in a post chaise under•
the charge of Lea. Prior •to leaving the-small upper
room in which he had been detained through the day,
he requested to have a glass of ram, which was supplied
to him, and appeared to give a momentary excitation to
his spirits, which by this time were reduced to 'the
extreme of depression.
It was anticipated that the peasantry would have int•
mediately dispersed after the verdict was announced,
*specially as it had been purposely given out that the
removal of the prisoner would not take place until
the following day, but the contrary proved to be the
ease, On the prisoner being brought out, the con-
course of the peasantry was so great around the
chaise, that it was with difficulty a way could be made,
for him. No officer besides Lea accompanied him—a
circumstance at which he seemed pleased, probably
from a desire to avoid the gaze and the inquirieiof the
officers of the village, to whom he bad been know.
under far different circumstances. The curtains of the
chaise were drawn down immediately, yet still they
were followed for a considerable distance by crowds
of curious people. On passing the residence of his
mother, the prisoner heaved a deep sigh, and in a half-
r suppressed voice exclaimed—" Oh, rny poor mother 1"
On passing through Boaford the public curiosity was
very great, the prisoner being known to most of the
townspeople, who surrounded the chaise, and impeded
'its progress. At Laverham they stopped at the tequest
of the prisoner, and be had some ale and a slice of bread
and butter. Although this place is distant nearly twenty
.miles from the scene of the murder, the chaise was beset
on all sides during the few minutes they stayed.
As the chaise was approaching the town of Bury, the
prisoner observed, that he had been far differently
situated in that town a year and a half ago; far he then
attended to prosecute a man for stealing his mother 5
corn, and who was convicted and sentenced tu'a year's
imprisonment. Atter a pause, the prisoner said there
were two things he wished' for—that was a Bible and
a Prayer-book. Lea told him he would be provided
with them in the gaol. He said the world was now
nothing to him, but still he widsitt ali wife could be
with him in the gaol, as 'Ho contri-
hire to his comfort, for she was a ivsity pious woman,
and would do morn for hies: than a Minister of the
Gospel. U 4 told him lie did not know what the regu-
lations of the gaol might be, liut he would inquire, and,
it it were consistent with them, he had no doubt it would
be granted. The prisoner replied, if it could, he would
take private lodgings for her in the town.
At eleven o'clock at night the chaise arrived at the
gaol, when the prisons was taken tint, and delivered
over to Mr. Ors idge, the governor. The prisoner, on
taking leave of Lea, thanked him for the kind manner
in which Ire had performed his duty, and presented him
Stith an embroidered purse, which he said had been
worked by his wile, and which he hoped be eiould keep
tor his sake. Lea a-ked the governor if the favour re-
quested by the prisoner could be granted, to which he
rep.ied that it was oat of)the question, and that he could
only be sen, as in the case of other prisoners, through
the grating.
Before leaving Polstead, the prisoner pointei out
to Lea a number cf fields which he said had been
farmed by his poor father. After an interval, in which
he appeared to be buried in thought, he said, " Mr.
Lea, what verdict have the Jury returned? I have not
yet heard it." Lea replied, " a verdict of wilful mur-
der against William Corder." The prisoner said
nothing, nor did he appear mach surpris' d at the
arinouncement. S. veral of the Jurors, to whom he
had been I.,rig personaliy known, came -ftei oar&
iirto tie room, to take a last farewell of Lics:.—
Timir pre.ecce appeared to affect him deeply, and he
hid hi, head under the bed clothes. Mr. Pryke, his
mother's steward, also had an interview with bon, toge-
ther mitts Fours, an old faithful servant of his metiter,
who, with much appearance of feeling, on shaking
hands with the unhappy man, said, " Oh, Master Wil-
liam, I am sorry it is come to this," and then entreated
him to seek consolation in the Scriptures. He added,
" I am sorry to have been obliged to be a %slums
against you, as you were always a good master to me?
li,fine reaching Lave:halo, the prisoner said he believed
there was some ti uth in dreams. "I had,. he said," two
frightful dreams on the Friday night before you took
ore. 1 dreamed that I saw my deceased brothers and siw
ter dressed in white. 1 had a kind of presentiment that,
stn. thing was to occur, and I told my wife of the dream
the fallowing morning. Sie answered, "To dream
of the dead is a sign you' will hear of the living."
Of the nature of the other dream he made no men-
tion. He afterwards observed that he believed there was
some dependence to be placed on the predictions of
fortune tellers; for that about twelve years since his
lace bad been totetold by an old woman, who declared
that he had a great number of misfortunes and troubles
14 undergo, and that in any undertakings in which he
might be engaged be would be unsuccessful. Her pro-
phecy he had found to be true, for in every speculation
iii which be had engaged he had been unsuccessful.—
Same time after, he 'observed that there were several
eatruths in the depositions he had heard read, and he
ierislorry be had not heard the whole of them. He parti-
cularly alluded to theevidence of Mrs. Marten, as to his
bringing a loaded gun to her house on the night in ques-
tion. He admi•ted he had frequently taken a gun there
*fore, but denied that he bad done so on that night. He
also declared that he was not questioned by her on the
Sunday following the 18th of May, about being seen
going, from the barn with a pick-axe oa his shoulder, as
stated 14 her. The prisoner asked Lea if he had heard
any thing about the child. Lea said, "Yes, Mrs.
Marten stated in her evidence that it was extremely
sickly; that it had been taken suddenly ill, and was
brought to her bedside, where it expired, and that it was
taken by the deceased and him (Corder) at a late hour oi
,the night to Sudbury and there buried. The prisoner
Ireplied," Ay, that is right, for it was at Sudbury that
it was born." He afterwardi went on to give an account
of his earlier years, and said he had not received a Gen.,
tleman's educations but that he had received a good
plain one, and had been five years at a respectable.
boarding school, where he was fully instructed in the
principles of religion ; that he at onetime used to attend
to them, and that he might hive done as well as apy
young man in Suffolk.

It was a strikiag circumstance last Wednesdayi that
in the, morning the weatber:was gloomy ; but at the
boar the diaorp at St. James's Palace were thrown open
for the KING holding a Drawing Roam, the sun shone
most gloriously, which added to -thirbrilliancy of the
,spectacle;, and at the time the Coutt broke up, the la-
unary was enveloped in cloud.