The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-12-13 00:00:00

JONES V, ifunsON.

Mr. ILKYL stated this case also to the Jury,
which was an action for an injury done to the
Plaintiff by the Defendant's unruly ox, driven by
his servants, having gored, tossed, and injured
the Plaintiff in the street. The case was clear
that the ox did greatly injure the Plaintiff, by
tossing him in the air, at the corner of Norfolk.
street ; that the injury to the Plaintiff was groat,
but that the force of the pleadings did not *Witte
him to maintain this action, and therefwe the
Plaintiff was nonsuited.
PhltJUßt.. •
THE KING V. MORRIS.

The ATTORNLY GINICKAL stated this to be a
prioiecution for wilful and corrupt perjury against
the Defendant, Elizabeth Morris. Site was a per-
son who derived a fortune of shout 30,0001. mn.
der the will of an old lady of floe name of Parrott,
and there was a family of the name of Alderson, to
whmn the same lady had ',tot about 13001. and
it was supposed that the .)efentlunt had graded
that family that tom out re the bulk of the fortune
which she derived under this will. The fake oath
which she had taken was this—" Thit Mary
Alderson said she Wwild not deliver the diamonds
to the servant of fh;a 'aid Elizabeth Morris, btit
if she would come and dine With the said Nl:try
Alderson, they riould look diem over together,
and she might 'Ake them : and skewed her •t3se
diamond rings tise property of the testatrix, which
she wished by: to take away only with other
things."
Tait was the oath on 'which the perjury was
assigned., and Mrs. Alderson, her two daugh-
ters, mid her son, and al,O Mr. Orrellotheir at—
torney, were incsintt at the conversation in whir J,
this NS :II said to have taken place ; the,/ sir.,"
po.,itively it never did take place at all, e.or could
itl for they had no diamonds belong rte,; to the
testatrix; but all they said was, that It ►
.he left
any diamonds, they must he at her bat./10' ses with
'ocr plate , and Mr. Fournier, the U Jendootit,
father, and her attorney, were pres,
neither of
them was called to support her oat a.

Mr. GARRoW, wits Was Con nsel fo'r the De_
fondant, was compelled to dr' aver I 3cr up to the
justice in mercy. The Jury fAsuud ' „er gnat,.

COURT OF COMMON PLEA Gulp
.DIIALL,Dsc.I2.
IMMO)! V. PARKS' a.
This WU an action to recover.
damages for false,
imprisonment. The Defendant is a housekeeper,
residing in Queen-stre;ets Cheer ~wide, and the Plain-
tiff lived with ts servant.- _lt wikpeared from
the evidence on flue part of ef
floe Plaintiff,, that she
lived io the family of the I' ,efendsnt newly two
yea's, during which time a/
re hail condock.4 her-
self o ith credit to herself, and to the satisfaction
of her employer, till with' in the 'last few modiks;
when her muter went tr reside-fur a
.shors • nine
at Croydon, and havia a 400 d opinion of 16..1

Plaintiff, he left her inAerge his town.homee.
On MS return. from Crvidoo, soine • *Melee or.
houselt hick had blue left in the 12144 firs"
care were missing; and as she ,could not give goti
satisfactory account of their dt4posal, sus/Moss
arose
.41 the mind of the Wrintlant, who coma,
usenet's'. Ai 'cards throughout Site house, and en
examining the locks of the different pieces of se.
eutity, and that of his iron chest, he discovered,
from the mills:sit sn:trks of violette., nn them,
that some attempts had been made to force them
open. This circumstance, added to the suspicions
shich had previously arisen in his mind, at
once induced him to suspect the Plaintiff of dis.
honest prictices ; and, after some besitatim, ho
sent fur an officer to take her into custody, and
convey her before the Lord Mayor, in order to
undergo a legal scrutiny. She was conducted
to the Poultry Cosnpter on the Friday afternoon
by desire of the Defendant, and was taken before
the Lord Mayor on the Saturday, who having
made some inquiries into the circumstances of
the case, remanded her for a further examine:.
io.o.
tion un the Monday following. In the interim
her buzes and person were searched, but nrithieg
was fottOd which could form a ground for rea.
'unable accusation. And on the Monday, after
la further enquiry into the case before the Lor4
Mayor, she was discha'ged. In a short time
afterwards the property which had been lost was
j found, and the Plaintiff was completely ezcalpatei
from any charge of dishonesty.
The Defendant simply put in a piea of not
guilty ; but as it did nut appear that any felony
had been eutntnitted, and that there was comm.
quently no ground for the apprehension of the
Plaintiff, the Jury, after a short consideration,
returned a verdict for the Plaintiff—Demagog)
twenty pounds. Costs, forty shillings.

FRENGII PAPERS.

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OPENING OF TUE LEGISLATIVE BALLY, AND SPIESS'
OP TUE eursaus arm SLING.
(Fries' VINE IKON ITCOIII or Tustin Or 11111Cellaill.)
Yesterday, at bix in the morning, a discharge of
artillery announced the selenialtsee that were to
take place. At half past tea the Emperor left the
Tullieries to proceed to Notre Dune. He wail'
the Curonation coach with Isis„hlajesty the .11Ileg
of Westphalia.. The King of Naplos, the Whim,
GrAud Piotitaries, Mioeiters, .Grand (Merl Of _
the Empire and of the Crown, preceded his Me
• I . • ,
The Clergy-_ received his Majesty at the ewe' '
trance of the clviiraf, and he wes conducted to the .
choir, muter a canopy. Jr
ThoZrilittnilk:.olitte Choir were oecipled by
_
her -Majesty, the Empress, the Iniperlet•Family,
tlse Einsi Wirt-mberg and Seeing, hail the
41,seen of Westphalia.
Oee of_the Almoners of his Majesty said the
ma's_
..rrespesoiifieespiCerilittal Pesch,t* Grand A 4.
moner, celebrate!! TeDtiimsA' • . •
BM Majesty recbtolucted soder the canopy, as
on his sevirettee to the Chord)) *peesecded to the
Palace of the Legislative Body.
The Roperor being intea, the Members of the
Legislativelaptly newly eleit took the oaths; after
ehich the Emperor made the following speech : •
1 GENTLEMEN Detosits or DiteieTillini
TO TDB LEGISLATIVE Bone. •
64 Since your last Session I hare Melted Anti.
gon and Castile to submission, and driven from
Madrid the fallacious Government formed bit.
land. I was marching upon Cadis and
when I was under the necessity of treading back
my steps, and of planting mywagits on the rim.
parts of Vienna. Three months have seen the
rise and termination of this fourth Punic Ws,.
Accustomed to the derotcdeess and courage-Ai
my armies, rmust nevertheless, under thett‘ cit.
cum.:slices, acknowledge the particular ,roofs of .
affection %%pick my soldiers of Germany have
given me. •
" •Tho genius of France conducted the
army--it has terminated its projects in err., pei(l.
icistial marshes-of Walcheren. n that 'Hopoeteet
period I retitehed 400 leaps,* diste--,,t, certain of
the new glory whiCh my people.. would acquire,
and of the grand character e.,,ey would display.
My hopes have not been de, owe perti.
cular thanks to the Citisr as of the Departments
of the Pas de Calais '..nd the North. French.
tuel -Every one that' idol!' opposer,'" shall be
eonfi'lerea: and tail* weed to subraissiory.• Your
41:41"leersh,all' he tnestased-by the hatred of yaps
e.a`rnitl• I°!° hero. before zou long years of
gory and
; • onctify. You have the force and
energy or
,t 1 ie 'Morelia of the Ancients.
ie unitkl Tteteany to (he Empire. The
'Twee IV'
• *ere woitii, of it by the mildness of
their r
itaracter, by the attarlunept their ancestors
hays alwayoshewn us,•and_ by the services they
h*: .e rettacred..to European civilization.
" History "sainted out to me the' candebt I
ought t.a pursee towards Rorie: the Popes, he.
e..me Soveteigns of part of Italy, have constantly
{hewn riternseleel enemies vf every preponderating
power in the i'enittvnla— they lave employed their
spiritual power to ii,jure it. It uas then demon. •
sit-AM to me that the spiritual influence exercised
in my *States by a foreign Sovereigey • was con.
trail to the indepencletice of France, to the dig.
amity and safety of nry• throne. However, as
acknowledge the-necessity of then rites) influence
of the (lest-cadent, of the first or the pastors, I
could not conciliate these grind interests, but By
annulling donative of 'the French Emperors,
my predecessort, and by uniting She Roman States
to France. .
" By the Treaty of Vienna, all the Kings and
Sovereigns Inv allies, who have given me so away
proofs of the constancy of their friendship, have
acquired and shall acquire a fresh increase of ter-
ritory.
" The Itlynv Provinces stretch the frontiers
of my great Empire to the Save. Contiguous to
the Entpire of Constantinople, I shall find myself
in a situation to watch over the first interests of
my einegnerce in the Mediterranean, the Adriatic,
and the Leant. I will protect the Porte, if the
Porte AritMlraws herself from the fatal Ideates

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