The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-08-11 00:00:00

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cations Of the proceedft9rtheretn,
plement to moral discourttes and thl
vines; but those advantages would
if the Plaintiff prevailed. The ,
lect that Mr. Clement did not
charget were true; his plea of.
the Report ti as an accurate aces
ings in the Insolvent Debtors'
be established; it was fair am
mitigated if any thing. Hi
Friend's law. It was not hel
be published regarding an absetr
v. J. IVright dill apply. That
report from pecuiar motives.
Lord Ellenborough declared,
Apight he injurious to individui
Vilegird; and his Lordship Iv
continue to be privileged, Oil
niences might result from them,

that was the ground on which
As to ex-parle reports not bei
not constantly take place, pal
to showCsose. They and oho
lished with the sanction of
v. Stiles, that was a t►urlesque
ill to hold the party tip to rid
from a fair Itrepurr like the UI
Mr. Judge Aaiun said, tin
`the law of the subjoct; the issi
Report ;stirs true or false.
Mr. A DoI.PHUS said, he wo'
oration pursue such division

The truth of the Report woulk
as to the heading of the article,
reader the main point agitated
detailed h) Carter was such at

m .0 unpitying bosom relent;
Lewis the Public was to know

such things were to be heard w,

:o open the mouth—they wee',
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Court of Justice, hut they w
As tst giving verbatim reports,
and if such reports could
often he nonsensical and uni
The case as detailed in Cour

og detail ; and how was the
;he deeds, mortgages, bills of

liam•'e charges for •• hiring al
If the Report could not be
one—nn the contrary if it ci

established to be a correct

mum hvve a verdict.. If they

give the Plaintiff a vPrdiet, to

contend with through life,

event as one of the most unfor
concerned in. It would determine that the subject
had no right to know what passed in a Court of Law
—it would effect more than Cromwell with all his
power had been able to accomplish—it would corn.
pletely close the. Courts of Justice against the Public.
Mr. Perish produced from the King's Bench Prison
the order for Carter's discharge.
11.. W. Clarkson, Clerk of the Insolvent Debtors'
Court, remembered V. Carter being brought up for
discharge. Ile had no remembrance of what passed.
Mr. A. W. Bassett, Barrister, said he re-
membered Carter being brought up. lie had read
the newspaper report of the event ; be considered it a
true sod faithful report. The words attributed to
him, he did not recollect, but he thought them sub-
stantially correct.
Cross-examined. lie took no notes, he thought;
he seldom took notes.

Mr. Norris, also a Hirtlster, was likewise pre-
sent. lie was not engaged as Coutts4, but he at-
tended to it front the circumstances of names, &c. He
thought it was a faithful report, indeed he considered
the case as rather understated.

Cross-esamined.—lle thought the Reporter of the
case was named Edmonds. lie . was not an ac-
quaintance of his, but he had repeatedly spoken
to him. Ile would not vouch for the words,
he might vouch fur the epithets; if any were
pninted out to him, he would, say whether he
recollected them. Ktamined by Mr. Justice Abbot.
Ile recollected that Mr. Serjeant Rusinington animal).
verted strongly on Mr. Lewis's conduct, and
said something about application to the King's
Bench to get Lewis struck oil the Rolls. Ile also
said something about the assignee brioging an action.
There was a sort of approbation on the man being
discharged—there was a clapping of hands. Carter
appeared to be an elderly man.
Mr. Clarkson re-esentined.—He hsd no doubt
that the Sentient said, " if this be true." there ought
to be an application to the King's Bench, but he
could not charge his memory with the fact.
Mr. Corkhill, Attorney for Eades, had read the
Report.. It wee substantially correct ; indeed, it
did not go the length of stating all that occurred to
the discredit of Mr. Lewis's character. Ti.. case
was under-stated—Mr. Heath spoke from witness's
instructions. The property had been sold for up.
wards of 3001. It fetched more, tie believed, than
would have been obtained, had Mr. I. hall the
selling of it. lie was the real purchaser—he did
not like his Client to lose more.

George Goodyer, employed in the Observer
Office, stated that he saw Mr. Williams on the
Thursday. He warned to know the name of the au.
thor ; witness said he could not give th name of the.
author; witness said he could not give it. lle
came next day, and brougEt a contradiction, leaving
it for the Editor to look at. He returned spin on
Saturday, at twelve o'clock, and left the article,
after paying for it. The Paper was then at press,
2,000 had been worked off. It was immediately set
up, and inserted in upwards of 9,000, heiog the re.
sidue of the publication. It was also in blooday's
edition.
Cross.ettarnined.—He did not know the Reporter,
wept from what he had since heard. There were
many Reporters who attended the Court ; Mr.
Dowling, Mr. Byrhe, Mr. Kerr, Mr. llaines, fic. ; but
he did not know the Repot ter of this particular case.
Mr. W. Carter was called, hot the Defendant's
Counsel declined eismining him, at the suggestion
of Mr. Justice ABBOT, at the accuracy of the Re-
port was the only question.
Mr. hi AnnYAT replied, contending that po
frauds on the part of Mr. Lewis bed been mode out.
Much had been said about them in the course of
Counsel's speech, but proof there was none. Where
had it appeared that Carter was solvent when he got
Into Lewis's bands Al to the Report being a faith.
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had been urged by the Derendatit's Counsel were ex-
@mined, it would be found to be law. Ile said thus
much to prevent his silence from being construed into
acquiescence in the Learned Gentleman's doctrinei..
The question for them to determine was, after what
they had heard Greed from Messrs. Bassett, Norris,
&c. whether the Report were an accurate detail of.,
what happened. There was no note taken at the
time, the recollection of individuals was relied on ;Li
and if Mr. Clement's Reporter were really present, I
it rather made against him not to have called that per- I
son. As he could not anticipate what their verdict
would be, he ought to speak to them on the subject

of damages.
The part taken by Lewis, even according to his
own showing, was not such as all must wish to see,,
adopted by a professional man. The advice was not
to pay debts, but to resist them ; and Lewis ulti-;
mately adopted steps to secure himself. Although
that conduct was not praiseworthyl it was different,
from the description in the Report. No frauds were
proved. Mit should they have to consider the amount
of damages, the Plaintill's real conduct ought to be
considered.
The Jury, after consulting for about 10 minutes
returned a verdict for the Defendant.
The trial lasted nearly seven hours..

SURKEr ASSISBSI duat.iiki
CIVIL ME.
MOLDING V. HEATH.
Mr. PLATT opened the pleadings.
L%wE4. in an excellent speech), stated that
this was an action by the Plaintiff, a four-factor, in
Birchin-lane, against Richard Heath, a coach.maker,
in St. George's-fields, to recover a compensation for
the badness of a chaise built by the Defendant for the
Plaintiff in March last, and warranted to be a good
sound chaise, and for which the Plaintiff paid 661.
Mr. Probett, a wine-merchant, and the Plaintiff's
groom proved that the gi had broken the first day of
using, and several times aftervrards.
Mr. henry Williams, Plaintiff's Attorney, pro.
doced part of the broken shafts, Whirl Were sworn
to by two eoach.makers, Mr. Powell, rifiond.st reef.
and Mr. Farmer, of Cie Haymarketcrveho proved
that theshafts were very bad, and the gig isapropetry
constructed.
Mr. GURNEY, for the Defendant, endeavoured to
show, that the Plaintiff was a dashing driver, who
had ordered a smash tip gig, and then brokeit to
pieces by improper usage. 'Phisdefence afforded a
great deal of amusement, but failed in prod.
The Jury, after a very few minutes' consultation,
returned a verdict for the Plaintiff—Dimages 401.
CROWN SIOI.
William Taylor and Robert Hughes were in-
dicted for stealing three white hogs, the property of
W. Meagertat Croydon. This case was wholly cir.
comstantial. They had taken the hogs from the pre..
miles of the Prosecutor in a cart, at five in•the morn.
ing. One of the wheels of the cart left an odd im.
pression upon the ground, near the house ; and one
of the feet of the horse had a deformity, which wet
very unfrequent with horses. and left an impressiota
Loot to be mistaken. These marks were traced to thel
Prisoners' linuse. The skins of three hogs were
found in the stable of the Priannere, resembling that
of those that were stolen. The rtisafters had been seen
dragging three white hogs into their stable from the
cart at en early hour in the morning ; their horse
was in a deplorable sweat, and their behaviour had
many marks of suspicion about it. They were found
Guilty, and sentenced to be transported for seven
years.
Edmund Murdock weseopitally convicted of break-
ing and entering the dwelling-house of John Jarrett,
do the Ist of June last, at Southwark, and burglari-
ously stealing therein a quantity of wearing apparel;
sorb plate, snd other property.. . - .

of toe caao, isovteser, Mr. Balmer was not inclined
to Dread the accuaatims. Titui the Prisoner was ad.
mvied ti hail. Prisoner said he had an uncle intim
General Post-ollice, to whom he applied, as oar(
liia securiliec

Stanimonovan rens:cr.—On Monday John Bishop, nam
of n prepo-sessiog Attres., and genteel appearance, was 140'0
op room Macy-le-nonne watch-Muse, charged with robblig
Mrs. Eli,. HOW, of Ni'. 3t Weym h-stieet, of 41 in Balk
nmes, and other properly. It appeared that on SattinLy eras-
ing, between nine and ten n'eftrek. the Proseentrin warm
ensued by the Prisoner, in the neighboorhooi, of Iliglwirm,
Mary-le-bonne: she was carrying two bundles, one of 4411
the Prisoner *erred to carry (or her. but she declined his drat-
ference, and bgrged him to go«b at his bmines--notwideanni•
ing which lie laid hold of her arm and insisted on walking oil
her. • When they clone into Weymouth-street, the PrlSOnff
began tosak .lilwriies with her. In the course of w hich he con-
trived in get his hand in her pocket sand bike her pocket book,
with which he ran away, The Pi °seem rix gave utt bnanedinte
alSrrn, and he was pawned and overtaken en Wimple 1,1 reet.
Nest morning the pocket-book, containing sill the money, was
found by sh- "Adman down the areas' No 48. The.charge
being clearly proved, the Prisoner was folly committed.
A Mulg;toyootn was committed to prison foi seven days, for
bathing in the Paddington
.Canal. be being unable to pay a
I 'Litigated tine, The Wier Companies have taken up the nei
sauce iu this Canal.

IIItEdIMIL FIU.

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Monday morning, about half-part one o'clock, an alarm*
fire broke out
.at the house of Mr. Heoeker, the sign of the
Duke of York, Oldie-house; Ratcliffe- highway A troanstho
was passing by the house at the time, nod observing a great
body of smoke issuing from the windows, instaml. ran •01N
wait hmen, and made an alarm In a moment she flumes bare
from the windows with the most alarming rapidity. Mr. Hes
'wirer was ristite a .lintry, at d h d left his house iu the care of
a man and nen women servants, who had retired to re-t. Every
effort was tried so rouse them, but for some time in vain; the
watchmen at length broke open the doors, and awoke them, all
they escaped the hark way. The fire emumiiniessied lo sheaf-
Joining house, and likewise to some old wooden h uses at the
hack, and the wind ol wing in that direelso, is threatened de-
sit uc: ion so the wlmle neighbourhood. Ihe Nicest a, frond-fa-
Hand, (Hobe, and seseosi other engines, shortly arrived, but
at first there being a short supply of water, the flame- increased
so sin alarming bright. Ilse houses of Mt. Heneker and Nit.
Hume fell in feint a • remendous crash• and the adjoining bows
which had caught fire were burning A poor alone
was Masers. d from window vuersionded wish Armies, seeming
and calling fo• as istaner for herself and her helpless children,
but those who swished to assist her w ere feat ul lest in the attempt
they should lose their own lives. At l• ngth, finding no person
coining to her nstissance, sbe ru-leen in, and shortly alltt
brought three naked children out in her arms. She let tbesam,
and returned. Pled brought out manlier. She ran about dis-
tracted. thiskinsi she had sou got them all. mid on their heleg
placed before her, she fainted, aud lay ow the round as if &ad
fur some lime. One fatuity were buried in sleep when (beim
had nearly nivived of their apartment. 'and were awoke by IS
ialeuee beat. The father let the whole of them out by impels
while the firemen played she water about them; after wind be
let himself out, and fell before he arrived so the ground, but war
not math hurt. Several pesoss ventured into some of the aid
houses at the hack, to try to save some of the property, and
while they were in, the roof fell in, and they narrowly escaped
with their lives. A woman and her chid were horned rot,
much iu escaping from their room = they took shelter at Mr.
Cohen's, but were shortly after obliged again to escape. that
house having caught fire. '1 be fire continued burning till be-
tween right and nine o'clock on Monday morning, and at foie
in the afternoon wos mit quite oat. It is s of yet known %sheik(
any lives were lost. The houses of Mr. Ileucker; Messrs. Mars
shall, butcher; Mrs. Hume. batter; Mr. M•Donald, lair.
dresser; Dudley, butcher; Mr. Cohen, lodging-Muse-keeper.
and Owen, were burned in Hatclife-highway, and upwards Id
twelve saber houses were also destroyed.

DIED.
On the 7111 instant, at Croydon, Benjamin Men, Kg
aged 56.
On the fith instant. at %Calmer, in She 38th year of her afie
Anne, wife of Captain William Mande. of the Ito‘nt Navy.
On the 7th instant. al Greens% ids, John Francis Howlett, FN.
lac S- eretary .0 his Grate the Doke of Mancheste • Gesentor
of the Island of Jamaica, which &tuition, to the great regret
of his Grace. and of the i,laad in general, he was obliged fro*
ill heakb to resign.
On the3d of dune, in the City of Rinroton. Jamaica, Dmid
Clarke, Esq. Merchant, aad lately of the dun of Rouse and
Clarke
Oa the 7th instant, ai Kairirlemh•Mr. Jobs Pepper, io bis
89th )ear.

COAL. MARKET, Also. I►►

Ships at Market. Ship. 41-111 Price.
96 Nestcattle
11 Suuderlnod

L N DON • Pe;Ttp:. and PuNiighed. t.v D. I.ov '
! OFFICE, No. 4,3 tli sbury,coOr., Ft...ef-sred.

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torrid be gone for ever harried ? Why had note the manuscript been pro-
chargiol as follows t—Mr. Nwhetii, of mat B.eiriuus' vet
The Jury would recol. duced,--
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f justification was, that venitlit Merle for Mr. Clement to pursue. .
t say that the various bed beentomsandoeivinwilit." Inhtsietr,llisftoewallev7trs, w" as aniotetraatci;nns.
Two and among other articles taken from him * 1 .
:comet of the proceed. persons were adduced, but no note taken at. the time drawn by Barlow arid Co. 1„,. iiii. b.. it .I. bin
ce:::::iictghietap.se:d:t;i:::
tut:: i
t few
was days Piiie-mil "5:441 11e
was shown •; and they were to be satisfied with the „eased in some
of
the t,,,
nianmtoealphperahreoluisuepofihr tWheibil al. : k-►li
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s' Court. That would ' 11•1's• but in, in, %lead.
wmiree.nmi it was
hits(a,
side
nd faithful, but ratherll
opinion of two 'persons who tonaidered it to be a
fe denied his Learned faithful Report, without swearing to words or epir
.slednithpaatrtnyt.sthiTnghecKouhlargl be sa-
twhae:af.ait'hlrluielrienwiaiss titoontgitionagget.o poroutgehithathteytheloaccount
raeed
was for re-publishing a tistied with the apprehension of two persons, when hill, and he was taken into 'lithly. -.:
In the King v. Fisher, Mr. Clement had better means in his power to prove
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rrisoeer said, that he bad i i)ill.b kft,
that although reports the accuracy of the Report by producing theh notes
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indorsed that in question for Mr. Bid° dr(' --'
sill. ' 1
uals they had been pti and the manuscript. But against this appre eosin('
street Stlislour r i of
, y-square, who was sineedoid. Iles"
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rusted that they would there was the strong persuasion of Mr. Clarkson, his
Iname to it upon the comlition of being • - II
ilsough partial inconve. that the Serjeant's words bad not been fairly report- P 914 e. 41
commission when it 1.
was i 14(.001ited• He had no 13
rn. That was law, and ed t and all experience of the Judge confirmed that .
{station in doing so, because he looked o /)
Pob it
I reports were published, Persuasion. Ile maintained that the justification had
good hill It . was net an unusual thin gt in the rat arts • S
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eing allowed, did they not beets made out. As to damages, Mr. Lewis-re-
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ot uusittess, to indorse one upod sdcli cottolitio ,Ithi
,orticniarty in Motions roared not insiguificant, but such damages as would
he knew nothing whatsoever of any 111"
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he affidavits were pub- vindicate his character in the county. of the
Plink
easels( Mr. Binford.
he law. As to Noakes Mr. Justice ABBOT summed op, stating the nature T
he Lotus MAYOR not being satirfied col • n
• report, the object be- of the action, and the character of the evidence. There hit ' bo
account of the business, remanded the Prion,.. I
Idicule, it was different was a justification entered on the record, and the ~.,_ ,
InUlarnt-,-.er awl
y that an opportunity might be Irv. ii,
:Thserver's. issue to be tried was the truth or falsehood of the ,_
ootatning further information upon the s. • n -
he question was not on I Report—whether it was really a faithful account of u je..te q V
ssue was, whether the I what took place in the lest Insolvent Debtors' GVILDuALL.--John Wilson and' Charley
4111 'r;
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Court. If the Defendant, in the opinion of the Jury,
Auld not after such inti. had merle out the justification, the Plaintiff was not
I were brought up yesterday, charged with an Husk
upon a person spaol:ed Watson, and with aesiount , ,_
of the subject further. I entitled to a verdict. The language attributed to to rob Lim The Prosecutor stated, that in tetra,
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Id he established ; end Serjeant Runtiington was anr important part of the ing home with his wife about half-past eleven ()Oyu w
:le, that only told the case. It repreSenled Elle Judge as giving entire cre- day night, he met the Prisoners in Giltspur.onst. -At
, iti
el in it. The case as i
(1.1 to the charges against Lewis. Now, would they One of them came up and saluted him by an i .'
as tended to make the say that such language had been used after what was "met 89 an old acquaintance. The Prosecutor ti{. : Ore
)•e t according to Mr. said by Mr. Clarkson, and iftet what they knew of hied any knowledge of the parties, upon which .►-
el
tie to
w nothing about it— Mr. Serjeant Runningtnn's general caution ? If ofw them struck him in the eye and knocked him does.
without being permitted Whsle in this situation I
therefore the Report failed in shy particular, it was he merle some attempt tildes ",
re to be detailed in a not a faithful Report ;to be substantially true, it prise him of his pocket.book, but this the Prosecatios 14
,ere not to he reported. must he accurate in all its parts. Much had beets said resisted. After much difficulty, and an attempt ts '
s, that was impossible, by the Counsel on both sides, on the law of the sub- escape, they were both taken into custody by 14 •
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be given, they would :feet. On one hand, it was said, if Newspaper Pro- watebroeu.—The I mourn were ordered to WI% -,01,
nititellieible gabbles.— prietors were not allowed to publish all that took place for the aasa ult, the Prosecutor not having beeelit ''.
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art was full of afflict. in the Courts of Law, there Would be an end of the PrivPil,of any sort of hi, property. ~
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impression lessened by Liberty of the Press; and by the Plaintiff's Counsel BOW•STREET.--Yesterday James Kellner wo a
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f costs, and Mr. Wil- it had been urged, that ex-page accounts ought not charged on suspicion of being concerned its breaking li
Ind indemnifying bail." to be published, nor accounts implicating absent open and robbing the house of Mr. Bulmer, A a
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proved to be a false Parties- cloth manufacturer, in the Strand, on Saturday '1).
Ind at
oulrl, as it would, he Whatever might be the effect of such publications, when he'was discovered by Mr. B. and his son, le 1
t one, the Defendant he was released from the duty of stating what he their teturning home towards the mortlin ' pH
'g, in the -11
should deem it right to deemed to be the law ; for the Defendant had tested shop, and could render no fair account of himself,
much as he had had In Isis defence on the truth of his Report. On that ques- Ile was habited as a sailor ; the premises had bent 41
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he should dept„, the (ion issue was joined, the question of law was not entered by a picklock key, and a quantity of• •
pro. • ..- v
flow, he had „er heel! raised. But he could tint ovoid saying, that if all that I pert), was carr:ed mi. Under ill the circumstances
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