The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-07-19 00:00:00

WESTERN CIRCUPILIP:nicri sii7trtrt, :ruse
Last night the Judges appointed ibr this Circuit,
Sir J. BURIOJIGH and. Sir J. litesaanson, arrived in
this town.
This morning they went to St. Meerice's Church,
as the Cathedral Is still tinder relish, and beard an
"rell•nt sermon. preached by the Sheriffs' Chaplain.
Justice Ruressugh afterwards eat at Hine Prise, and
Juitice Riebardsoe presided in die Crown Court.
The Common Jury coulee were tried today.
"Arran V. /105111.
Sergeant Pitt said this was an seems brought b
the plaintiff, to recover damages for the injury w.hieh
hosted sustained by his heels/ been forced to quit his
lodgings by the defendant, and it was a cause it, which
be did not doubt but that a useful lesson would be
• given to Cite keepers of lodgleg house, at the waterlog
places.- The plaintiffis a clergymen, a magistrate,
sod a married man. who some time Ante, in coast-
gnome of the illness of his lady, west for the benefit
of the air and sea bathing, to Southampton. Where, in
nu evil hour, he took lodgings at the boyar of the de-
fetichist, a tradesman In that city, at a rent of 1001.
per annum. Here he resided with his faaally is qdlets
nes., until irwas deemed necessary by the defendant
to repair and paint the house, when. as Mrs. Loran's
health was too delicate to Mar the effects of neerpainer
the plaintiff welt °vet With 'her to the Isle of Wiens
• lint the defendant, who did not wish at that time to
Inre such lodgers, engaged to let them the apartments
for one whole year after their return, which soot pieile
on the 4th ofJalg following. Soon after this. 'olio far,
the Royal Dukes visited Southampton, and the doo,
Pendent, perhaptemmeirlog that he could gets leiglewl
rice for his newly-embellished lodgings than be bad
Le had agreed for. or that it would be es his ulna-
tare to get, rid. f his lodger, commetteed a eerie! of
attacks anon the plaintiff, for the purport, of obliging
lion to quit, and adopted a line of eotscloct towards
him. which no language could adequately describe.,
The defentlant'a first attack, woe by taking off the
knocker of the street door, which obliged all visitors
to hammer with their fists fur admittance--en
insult to one in the habit of receiving visits from
persOns of rank. The defendant followed this up by
cri.ting nfl all the bells, and Mrs. Laytou was subject-
ed to the vulgar derision of the defendant's beesebold,
or bearing her jerk the loose wire when attempting to
ring fog her servant. He even went so far as to refuel
the admission of the plaintiff's coals, which could only
be rot into the house by . meow of a nansiable. He
puree. 'lively deprived the family of all necessary evil-
verienees. aid sueeeeded, by a series of insults and ea-
r ortnces. )11 driAng the plaintiff from the. lodgingii.
malt was for the injury sustained in ,eioaseq
ihat the latter now sought to recover 'damages. They
must he aware how much the delicate health of a lady
mast be injored by ber hiring beets kept in a coo-
tinned state of tever,ity such insults and annoyances ;
lot ti*e plaintiff ooty asked for tech temperate cis-
mares, as, with the costs, would make tire dedlesiast
sensible that such sentinel could not be repeated with
impunity.
plaintiff's son was tailed, aid be proved the
prinripal frets of the ansoyances ; the feet of thole
Cot g off the ioiviiikri cutting away the beaks triligit,
hr firs. Layton wee gigged. %hen takes 1N toe eat
rp the •is from the bottom of the halms:Mid
also, upon the slightest occasion, to call wad bawl 'mos
the top to the bottom of the house. before any attend-
ance could be obtaioed. The stair-carpet aid the
Poor-clod were also tikes tp, and by a series of at-
tacks of. this nature; the plaintiff was obliged ta take
another locking stun advanced retool 1401. pis au-
rem. the rent *of that is question having been 100 L
Tbt physicist' who bad 'Reacted ea Mrs. Layton,
statPcl that that lady had been greatly throws back in
her. health. by the treatment which she hod received,
And the wham utilised, for her safety, thttehe should
be removed to other lodgings.
Mr. As.ask, on behalf oftbe defendant, said that the
rcr.oval °tibia noisy announcer of company. the
krecker was realty a thing of which a sick lady ought
Tot to complain, neither ought the 'pleintlif to have
Leers angry that in the dog days, the carpet bad been
taken up, and Jim lie had a clean washed door to walk
upon instead. The Jury should apportion the damages
to the inconveniences sustained, nod that was too
&Ping to be worth mention, much less to be made
the remand of an action like the present, for the only
thing which deserved to be at all considered as an is-
c,ir venience. was the removal of the hells. They ought
vet to take into account the additiotial price paid for
the lodgings, which the plaintiff uas obliged to pro-
cure after his removal, as these lodgings had the ad-
vantage of bein situated in the, most fashionable part
of the town ,
Justice lit:Reaves, in charging the jury, said that
retLing coold justify conduct so gross is that cat the
cli-fendant to a gentleman of the rank of the plaintiff,
tcr could any one be allowed to get rid of a lodger by
end: means when he :tight think he could get a
Li her price from another person.
The Jury returned a verdict fur the plaintiff—Ds-
mars 501.

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There were no trials of any it/Twist:tea on Wednes-
sky in the Court of King's Bench. At the rising of
She Fenn the Sittings werehdjourned to Monday, the
Stith of October. Lord Chief Justice Abbott left
lee e yesterday for the Northern Circuit.
SCICIDE.—On Wednesday afternoon an inquest
was held at the Marquess of Oi auby, Keightebeidge,
before Mr. Cill, Coroner, on the body of Mary Coffer.
who put an end to her existence by hanging herself.
It appeared from the evidence produced before the
Coroner, that the deceased had been seen about the
t..wn of Kensington on Tuesday till the afternoon,
when she came up to Knightsbridge and went into a
linen draper's shop to. purchase • piece of muslin.
when she contrived to conceal a taLle cloth under her
shawl. but she wan observed ; and on her quittiag
the shop, she was slopped, with ,jt pod taken to the
watt:lol(lam About aloe in tbeNvening the watch.
Louse door was opened. the watch being about to be
set ; at that time abe ter heed suspended from the
kilo spikes atlixed in the fop of the half door irsial,
by a cotton handkerchief. quite titir aid cold. She
was cut down, mad a osedictd ut.n called in. wisp
fe.ind it vain to attempt to restore her. Sneered, one
of the Bow-etreet patrol, found some pawnbrokers' du-
plicates in her pocket, by which means she was traced
to a court near Grosvenor-squire, where she lived
Verdict—lnsanity.

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Bow,iroarr.—Cruzoo or Satornox,—Yros=
Thomas Webb, a shabbily dressed mat, whO
himself to be a beater of carpets, was brought before
Sir It.. Basta, charged upon the information of
Colonel koala. of the 3d Post Hoards. aid °dar wit-
lasses, with publishing a placard emetahleg leaguer
which, in their opinion, was ealeilated to excite dl.-
content among the soldiers of tist corps, and I. bog
lots contempt the King's
It appeared hoes the statements of the several lilt-
messes, that is the year 1516, one Jobe Hegg, a pri-
vate soldier in the 3d Hoards, was seised with 'an
nail; which- ternalalted in his decease,, and the de:
feculent, who was related to him, conceiving either
that there was something unfatri6 his death, or that
he bad bees neglected or improperly treated by the
medical men whose duty it was to attend him, mail.
1 representations to the contmaadlntofficer upon
the subject. He clause to be dissailided with the an:
twers be received, and although a foil invesdgethir
((misplace at the-desire of the Commander-In-Chief.
the replalt of which. was, that falo Royal Highiese
presied tie entieLeatisfactipa it the leaden of the
medical officers, liedifeadaktiimewililleed the Sieve
tery of Sate
•fuf the Home 14irtioilit. by, whom the.
Matter was keyed back tectitilWat Perartmeit
lhe proper tribunal- for its bantlittiel: Ceithicates
were thee ap 'AM niedicil giatiNlst. Is
which they statsidlbalthe deceased teistrst seised on
ten evening ot IS it of April, with stoat its, for:
which he was bled; aid had other trope! emmaw.
o.loma, and win conveyed to theeeteittal hoe-
pdeal is a coach. Re was diseherged •• bee-
ita! ia three or fear day., tit fee duty, bet bad a re-
lapse ; , be returned on the 7th, Readied on the 14th.
The certificates minutely described the, rymptems amd
grednal • progress of the di , which we. as in-
flanuatiou of ilipieteetlnes; and added, that the body
wee *petted, tied abet mortification walloped to ban
take' plata: TA these certidiates another was added
from Di. May, surgeon-major acting la the beepitfl,
stating that t)te most humane and skilful attention
had been paid by the, two other sargeom-atajors to
tbe deceased. These doeemeots were shows. to Hui
defeedant, who however said they were forgeries, and
belag cull dinsipi4ed, he coitiiied applying to thi
its; and otftec tioesrpmeat offices, 04. to. the Dike of
Turk. bat altlentlser.investigetitie wei refused as being
entirely nameressary. The defendant, digs commenced
sticking up written placards in various parts of West-
master opo i the subject. They were beaded " Military
Meek. Jet ' int In strong language ioaiestated that }he
deceased bad been unfairly treated ; that the officers of
the regiment had refused a fair investigation ' • and that
" the wicked Ministers of the King," had alsorefnaed an
inquiry, and had aided, abetted, and sanctioned the con•
duct of tip medical and other ()Seers. These placards
were signed, " Thos. Webb, Oardenere-row, Westmin-
ster," " who," it was added, " would prove-all that was
there stated." These tdaeards have been renewed from
time to time, .until at length it was determined by the
.regiment te preepectagaitat the defendant, and on some
of them appearing on the malls la Xarliamest-itrret,
Qddy, a patrol of this offite, tore one of them down, and
Colonel Hooke lodged an ieforimatiott befire Sir It.
Bireie, by whom a warrant was' kinked for his appre-
hension.
• Tire various excalpatory'and other deccaments which
lied been prepared from time to - Use eto
feidait were handed to Sir It. /Ureic. Woo
*load, aid etpreuid his eatonishment that key Net
could be otherohe than be satisfied with them: .
The defendant, who In the coarse of the OXIIIIIIek
the evinced 'an uncommon degree of shrewd ;cell-
genre, said all these things might seam satisfactory to
ethers, but they were mot so to him. He could prove
that some of theta were forgeries.
Col. Hooke asked thimlehndaes what Genial intim
tigation he now wished for, suPpeektglite regiment
were to great afresh one. • • 't 17:. • '
The deftadant said, he should wish sew documents
to be prepared by the medical roam and otherOcee.
corned, which he should compare with the
ones ; and with certain questions which he should pat
to the parties, he knew he should be able most com-
pletely to make oat his ease. He renewed his deals-
ration that some of the documents bore forged.
Sir R. Brenta.—Were you related to the feweased
Defendsit.-1 was. He was (we naderstoo4 him)
ray bendier-In-law. fist if it tall* against me
wheel say so, I camas help it) even ilk* had bees
no relation, I 'tumid very likely bows interfered.
knowing what I do. Any man.-i commies has.
right to interfere if be eon serve any of hie leafeety's
subjects, and has good grounds epee wbiob /N
proceed. • •-• , • •
Sir It. Dinars —Undoubtedly; bet should
adopt proper means, sad you serviy cameos *ay yea
have done so.
Defendant.—l conceive any mesas fair Una.. pro-
per that wilt beteg shoat the desired' object.
Sir It. Brant a.—Well, you may imagine, ea. ,tut
yen are wroag in the steps yol• haw taco. I
consider the matter contained in these desemeots
to be-highly libellous, end calculated to macho dh-
costent is the soldiers, sad contempt sad hatnertiO
Majaety't thArefement among the people ; call
upon you to fled bail, or you must go to prian.ii
Defeidant.—l shall cot seek foe

Sir R. Bianza.—l would advise you as year Mend
to get bail, because you will then have a mach better
opportunity of preparing for your defence area
your trial, Sulu if you were immured within the
wells of a prison.
Defendast.—l perhaps could not prevail ape* any
one to become bail for me, and I don't choose lavish
the mortification ora refusal. Besides, I can bear the

hardships of a gaol.
Ile then Committed to the

~ was _ Sessions.
Tug " CORONATION PAHlips
was brought np for a final ezeclinatiou ow the ebarge
of baring by false pretences obtained sums of money
from a great many Noblemen, as stated is oar paper of
WeJeeedey last.
Lord Owyder had dressed his intention to attend
yesterday with one or two of the Noble Lords who bad
paid Money to the defendant, to preee a negative to
his allegetiens; bat hie Lurdsialit coaceiving that it
Would be suelcient if he mud his brother Peersettdded
at the Sessions upon bin trial, he sent a message
to that effect.
Mr. Pellowes was is attenimme, but
Sir R. Stamm said he could sot possibly rowed
without the evidence of *outs persons wins h d paid
the defendant mosey. A Rote was .soot to Lord