The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-03-16 00:00:00

IiVa.STATRADIC

COLTT OF ciiittdintr, Maw sir
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ROWE r. ALDIRSIAX WOOD AND ollialts.
This case, which so fully appeared in this paper
on a former occasion, and which occupied part of Sa-
turday and Tuesday last, again occupied the whole of
this day.
Mr. WEALD resumed his argument, which was post-
poned from Tuesday, and was followed by Mr. Sngden,
who, in an able speech, defended his client, Mr. M.
Wood, and the other defendants, from the charges
brought against them ; and contended, that, so far
from acting as bad been described, their whole con-
duct
n merited the highest praise. He went at great
length into the merits of the case, arguing on the re-
spective points as they arose; and, in conclusion, ob-
served, that the present application was made to divest
a Mortgagee of that which was his only, or at least his
principal security.
Mr. SIDE11:1711A31 followed on the same sjele, and in
the cvure of his arguments drew several comparisons
to shew.that what hail been done by Alderman Wood
and the other defendants, had had the effect of highly
benefitieg the Mines, rather than militating against
the interest of the parties concerned generally.
lti the course of Mr. Sillebothato's argument, the
Lord Chancellor took occasion to complain of the fre-
quent iumtentions of persons in swearing to answers
without duly consideritu their import, or the eon.
rneti o n that might be put upon them, but at the same
tittle begged it to be particularly understood, that Lis
observations bore nowise on the ',resent patties.
Mr. SIDEDOIIII3I, after this remark, prot-er,tra to
compare the affidavits filed to rebut the answer pia in
tat the bill, and at three o'clock,
The Loan envccru.oa ruse, observin,,, that lie
would go on with the case on Saturday.
Judgment in the case of Queen's College. Caus-
-1 bridge, is expected to be given on the next day of his
Lords Lip's presiding, which will be on Saturday.

CHEL.IISF(►Ub ASSIZICS, MAseff I I.

CROWN 1411311-11
e.Ofe ti _MID CHIEF nAnnN.
Chunks Litigard, 11auibitlun, and Ilia. Sass,
were indicted for bitrglarionsly breaking and entering
the dwelling-house of Elizaheth Smith, n widow lady,
residin.• at Springfield, near Chelmsford, in the night
of the sth instant, and stealing a considerable gnaw-
lily of silver plate and other valuable property. This
was consideted the most [schools case in the Calendar.
The prosecution was conducted by )lr. Dowusr,
and the defence by Mr. Axnerws and Mr. Anor.runa.
From the evidence of about seventeen witnesses the
following circumstances were disclosed :—At ten
o'clock on Sunday night, the sth of March, the fami-
ly, consisting of females, retired to rest, leaving the
house secured. About half-past t.ix on the following
morning, when the servant got up, she found that one
of the shutters of the bow window had been forced
from its fastening,s, the rout entered, the cupboards
broken open, and rifled of the articles mentioned to
the indietnient.—The circumstances That sifeeted the
prisowers worsts thAtneromiltell
.tr the house of the prosecutr:x, on the titatniay after-
noon and evening. Subsequently to tire robbery, two
of them were seen with lotion's, and half an hour af-
terwards without any bnndles Suspicion falling ots
them, two dunghills in the lane iu which they were
sect, were searchel, and most of the stoics article!,
were thetein found. Iltese men were then pursued
and taken; and Ling,ar4l, who was afterwards observed
to come with a cart and search the dunghill, was, with
touch dicfiettlty, apprehended. He disclaimed at-
qnaintanee with the ',dirt men.
Dictinet proof was given in contradiction to the
statements of the prisoners being atran!,ers to each
other, that they were seen together at ditrercut
in oilferent places of the town of Chelmsford, two days
successively previous to the rJhbery. ' •
he Limo Unice I.lauoy snuourti up the case with
great minuteness, and the Jury, after a short delilse-
rati,in, found the prisoners Go:gig—Math.
The Lout) Clime BMW.: then prononneed the aw-
ful sentence of death in a feeling and impressive man-
ner, telling the prisoners nut to entertain the slightest
hopes of surrey, but to prepare fur execution, which
won't' in a few days inevitably follow their sentence.
George Solis an.:l John Brakem were also convicted
of sheep-itealing.
CIVIL Slur.—(Before Mr. Baron WOOD.)
CIFKIN AND ANternen r. LADHE::T AND ANuTIMEL
This was an action on the statute 57 (leo. 3. c. 19.
against the defendants, as inhabitants of the Hundred
Becontree, for damage dune to the house of the
plaintiffs, young ladies, keeping a boarding-school at
Ilford, by a riotous mob, for refusing to illuminate on
the 13th of November, in favour of the Queen.—Ver-
dict for the plaintiff.,—Dantages ti. 17s.
Verdicts were also obtained by three other Wield-
ants of Ilford, namely, Mr. Thottipaon, the Kee. Mr.
\lover, and Mr. Wilcox, for similar injuries.
FAI•NDERS C. MA. SLUM.

This was an action layajourneynsaa printer apraiust
hip master. residing- in Chelmsford, for an assault and
fnls.• imprisonment.
Serio•ant t h st.ow and Mr. WALFOED were for
the rhtintiff, and Mr. Serieantl.swts and Mr. CHI'l
rt
were for the defendant.
The plaintiff, in consequence of a dispute with his
master, refused to murk at lois lousiness, in breach of
a yearly envie-evict:l. lie was taken under a warrant
locloru a M.ouistrate, but haying agreed t. return to
his work the warrant was discharged. Afterwards,
however, he persisted in toot returning to his fluty, and
complaint being again made against him, he was or-
dered to be brought before the Justice, who, after
hearing,- the case, made out a fresh warrant, and he
was roa►niitted to the House of Correction, where he
was detained for twenty-four hours. For this latter
imprisonment the present action was brought.
The Learned Judge, however, charged the Jury that
the imprisonment was not the act of the defendant,
and therefore, he could not be liable.
The Jury found fur the defendant.

NEW VOLCANO.—We hear from Portngsl, that a new
Volcano has burst out in the highest snmusitof a ridge
of mountains near Leira. This extraordinary pheno-1
menun occurred at the period of the high rise of the,
Douro, meutiosed in most •f the T
volcano II as in full action when the 'stem acacia%
came away, bat had happily taken a direction which
threatetwd to du little damage. The eonatry is sterile.
;ad it way he recollected as that through which Wel-
lington passed in pursuit of Blassena.

LMBILITY OF PERiItSECUTE OFbMS F
MEE •ComSrautp ,741
PROENDER&
At the late Cumberland Anises, Mr. Jinni & int
said, he wished to make a few observations,, which
perhaps were very much called for. A member of the
(Irand Jury (Mr. Christian) had represented to him
since his charge was delivered, that the Magistrates
in this connty (and the same was the case, his Lord-
ship understood, in many parts of the kingdom), had
met with considerable difficulty in the discharge of
their duty, in consequence of a notion that had gone
abroad, that a person could not be bound over to pro-
' secute, but only to give evidenre. This arose in con-
sequence of an objection made at one of the Metropo-
litan Police Offices by a gentleman. who at the same
time referred to an Act of Parliament to bear out his
assertion. It was certainly true, that the Act of
Philip and Mary, here Owlet] to, gave the Magistrate
no such power : hut that act had little to do with the
subject. By the common law of the land, Magistrates
have a right to require persons to be bound over to
prosecute ; and persons refusing shonld be told that
the Magistrate is invested with power to compel
them. his Lordship knew nothing of this misconcep-
tion but what be bad seen in the newspaper ; yet it
was necessary that its entire fallacy should be known
one.