The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-02-17 00:00:00

A WON,DERFUL JUDGE! f!

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN.
sts—There is no part of tote press has so much the
rarer' of coateying instruction to mankind as news.
papers. Consequently they ought to he the vehicles
not only of what is cotnntenl7 called " news," namely
—the occurrences of the day, but of every species
of isferiostion that can form the minds or polish the
ammusers of the country, which they, I may say re•
palest t sad more especially when such information,
at tke same time that it conveys instruction, confers
stassasent. It is with this feeling of newspaper im-
portant*, that I offer you the following authentic
ousocefote, which is better titan a thousand essays. It
exhibits, sot only the fulsomentss of flattery ; but,
Sit, it striltiogly exhibits that ridicule—that contempt
to which the perpetrator of fulsome flattery, uo
'wafter bow high his rank, is exposed when lie vett.
tom to commit it upon persons of good sose and of

spirit.*
The vim of a certain Jtulge, much celebrated in
the annabi;•( pofiti...‘—greatly celebrated in the an-
Isals of hermour, and ate amassing noes: of—" 77,c
cot .f a HOrtf."—hiS rLtrruaY, which he at times
lavishes so grossly as to tithe the complimentv lie in-
tends to pay his tlear:.st Wends, become the troo.t
mortal sarcasms. It is a necessary preparation for
the forthcoming ;et. d'seprd, to apprize you, that pith
his eplesdid talents, trcm, men consider his " tor&
ship" a mach better jester than judre. Mach more
bastard Appals than in lii., and infinitely toefter
Wed to spot, an epigram than a preerdast.
Some yeses ago this oracle of the erniine trent to
-the aplondid masquerade of the Countess of
sad ligarod in a domino, pinyin o";
not 1• rases"
said black 'inter--hitt my stars snch showers of
• jitsx des mom," and en!ogies the most usprec•.
skated.
In this indiscriminate millwer of "posies and
roses," he at last encountered a young fellow in high
life, equally admirable for his archness atiol his as-
**ranee, in the character of ot blind fiddler, scraping.
serack'd cremona with about a %trim; and a onaiter,
who instantly recognized his " Luokhip " by the
" eel raf his" voice.
Ha! said his Lordship, " how do mister fiddler—
yes play most you draw
most escsisite bow." Do you think s.)? said " poor
jack Cpou my honor," said his Lordship, with
• great solemnity. To which the fiddler, with an ex
erasion too bold to be mistaken, replied—" von think
eifsoo—yon—votras a darrtred tad Jutict:
His jonship shot off so electrified, that a group
near the enraged musician asked him with great
ongoeneas—a was any thing the matter ?"
Oh, said the wag, with the saute archness and point
in before, something about "drawing a long bow

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COURT OF KINOi RENCII, Fen. 16.
acmes V. SMITH AND °Vises.
This was an action against the hundred of Owls-
ton for damage done to the plaintitt's house on the
night of the 13th of Nov. 1e,20.
DEISIAn stated to the Jery that the plaintiff'
was an eminent army clothier, carrying on bnsiness at I
the terser of Old Bond-street, in Piccadilly. On the
slight of the 13th Nov. IS2O, which the Jury would
remember was a night of general rejoicing, London,
with some few exceptions, was illuminated. Of a few
oesteptions, however, the plaintiff was one about nine
in the evening he was infested by a lumber of rio:ons
persons, who calling upon the name of an illustrious
personage, than whom there could be no more decided
calmly to every act of popular outrage, priweeileil
with stones and other missiles to break his windows
sod destroy his premises.
ftvidenee having been given to spew that the house
So. 1, Old Bond-street, was situate within the hun-
dred of Omeiston, in the parish of Sr. James, and in
the liberty of Westminster.
James Moore, the defendant's nephew, said that o•
the evening of the 13th November he was sitting in
his uncle's drawing-room. About nine in the evenin!
Clore was a v:olent ringing lit the bell, and a cry of
's Lights. lights ;" witness desired that no one would
go to the door. About ten o'clock a numerous mob
surrounded the house, and continued to assail it (ex-
cept at those moments when the Horse Guards were
passing) until midnight Almost every window in the
buts was broken ; the streq door was burst in, the
shop shutters were split; and the brickbats were dis-
tributed so profusely that witness was compelled to
vacate the drawing-rotten, and to seek refuge in an
apartment which, being at the hack of the dwelling,
was out o° the rush of shot and shell. Next morning
the porter collected. within and upon the premises.
two bushels of stones and bricks, and a great number
of halfpence and pennypieces.
Mr. BLacenven, fur the hundred, contended that
the Illumination had been general, and that the hun-
dred was not bound to pay for the contumacy of the
plaintiff.
'The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE observed that the Act of
Parliament rendering the hundred liable was impera-
tive. No man was bound to light his house who did
net think fit to do so.
Verdict for the plaintiff--Damages
normals v. anansan.
This was an action upon the case. The plaintiff,
deiviag his gig upon the blie road, was met by two
earls belonging to the defendant : the first he passed
is safety ; when he came to the second he found the
driver absent, and the horses left to their own discre-
tioas afrd, in the event, the gig, the weaker vessel,
was overturned, and the plaintiff had a rib broken by
his f11J1.•
AvoLenve, for the defendant, insisted that the
accident had been unavoidable; and that the plaintiff
mad claim to mare, at the utmost, than 71. 7s. the
.annaoat of his inegeon's bill. The Learned Counsel
Called 'no Witnesses.
:41'ba.Lonb Cuter JUSTICE left it to the Jury, upon
the plaintiff's evidence, whether the accident might,
wig reationoble care on the part of the defendant's str-
ewed, latvi Won avoided.
Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages pt.
. • • 010011 i C. 1111.1.1A31i.
Thii,earn an action -of debt. The plaintiff, who is a
tailor; sued 204.. fir suits of clothes. The defen-
desk. wile Is an ;twenty, set off 201. for suits at
-he aloe pleidad the statute of limitations.
setsliet mas taken for del. subject to a reference.

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