The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-07-16 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

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The CRISP JVIITICS thought It a question of vast
importance, and recommended that there should he a
speelal case st4ted for the opinion of the Court above,
with liberty to turn the facts into a special verdict.
This was agreed to on huth aides, and
The Jury found their verdict for the plaintiff—Da•
wages 3,b01.11, subject to a rare.

VCLTON O. RASTROPE, ESQ.
This was an action under the Relbery Act, to re-
cover penalties against the defendant, fur bribing
certain freemen of the borough of St. Albans, to
vote fur him et the election of a burgess to serve in
Parliametit for that borough, in December, 1821, in
the room of W. Tierney Roberts, EMI. deceased. The
penalties sought to be recovered Amounted to about
10,0001.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL and Mr. HoLT conducted
the plaintiff's case, mot Mr. SCARLLTT and Mr. Pet.
LIR the defendant's.

Us come for the plaintiff rested principally upon
the testimony of his father, Robert Fel•un, a bank-
rupt, now a prisoner in the King's Bench prison, at
the suit of the defendant; and who was employed by
the defendant as his confidential agent In managing
his esnvass for the borough of St. Albans, in Deem-
ber, 1321. Four other actions were promoted by the
same person, one at his own suit, in lies tfordshire,
and the remainder at the nominal snit of his son, in
as tinny different counties. According to his evi-
dence, he was authorised by the defendant to promise
Ito the out-esters for the !borough, resident in Lond.•n,
two guineas for their expenses, whilst attending the
election, and three guineas each fur their votes, after
the elec.ion was over; and be stated that the persons
who voted for the defendant had been paid after this
rate,

Several of the voters were examined, who proved it
to be the custom of the borough of St. Albans to be
paid for the exercise of their elective franchises after
this scale.

S I respectable wi. were examined on be-
half of the defendant, to contradict Felton, and to
chew that the defendant wss wh,,lly ignorant of
any bargain having been made of the nature stated
by him.
The CIIIEI JUSTICE, in his charge to the Jury, di-
rected their attention to the form of the declaminn,
which alleged the corrupt bargains to have taken
place before the election, eft, he evidence bad
moat reference to supposed corrupt bargains after the
election. They would, however, direct their attention
to the evidence on both aides, and to give it such
weight as the credit of the witnesses in their judg-
ment seemed to des.rve.

The Jury immediately found their verdict for the
defendant.
The trial last the greatest part of the day, and was
not over until half-past six o'clock.
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-fiaeesaarar-Jueso 14.--aarmiffietiryt4f.."Wro. Borth-
..trielt, the Ckshier of the Bank of East Lothian, in
Scotland, who was arrested a few days ago, charged
with bating eloped with ties hundred and seventy thou-
sand dol!ars, was brought before Judge Charlton.
Berthwick was committed by a Judge under a gene-
ral affidavit that he answered the description of the
Cashier. • .•
Judge Charlton decided that the Prisoner was not
charged withinay criminal offence, and that If he had
been, that offence would appear to have been commit•
ted In a forgign country over which the Coutt had no'
jurisdictioq„ There was a principle of amity in intsr-
leational law which would authorise the
fugitive from the jostles of a foreign independent
sovereignty—bet it must be a matter entirely depend-
ent upon treaty arrangements. Upon these grounds,
if we correctly understood the Judge, he directed the
Prisoner to be discharged. Borthwick, however, was
immediately afterwards ted by order of the Judge,
on a bill in Chancery, praying for a writ ne erect, a
discovery,! the affairs in relation to the Bank, and
for en ammo% and required to give bail to abide the
decree. The Prisoner not being able to procure bail,
has been committed to gaol.
WEATHER IN IRELAND.—DUBLIN, JULY
ring the whole of yesterday it rained more or less,
and at night it came on heavily. We fear less that
part of the bay crop yet unsaved may have suffered,
and that the heavy-eared wheats may be lodged.
We regret to state that a poor old worn in, aged 74,
was drowned on Thursday night, whilst io bed, in the
kitchen of a respectable citizen rosiding in Grafton-
street, in consequence of the vaults being flooded, by
means of the great rain. We understand that the
water rose to nearly five feet high in the kitchens of
this house. The deceased, we understand, had lived
upwards of thirty years with her master. Many
houses, in different parts of the city, were flooded
on Thursday night in a similar manner.
Lem, JULY 15.—The peal of 5,040 grandsire
triples, was commenced on the bells of Southover
church, by the Brighton and Cockfield Rinavers, at se-
ven o'clock on yesterday morning, and conducted in
most excellent style, for two hours sod 15 minutes,
during which time, 3,900 changes hsd been com-
pleted, when the tenor bell, weighing 16; cwt. parted I
from her crown, and fell instantly upon the upper
floor of the belfry, luckily across a joist, which, being
a new one, stopped her, and prevented any accident
occurring to the ringers below, who on hearing toe
bell fall, and expecting her upon them, fled from their
ropes in dismay, and thus, all further progress in the
peal, was of course pat an end to.
On Wednesday at OfIP o'clock a fra 'as took place on
the beach, near the Eastern watch-houv, Hastings,
between a parry of the Coast Biockade„ and some
fishermen, in consequence of the former having tie
tained a basket of fish for the purpose of exat JJ 11l d•
doe. Fortunately nu serious accident occurred dur-
ing the affray.
blat.ANcuota ACCIDENT.-0a Sunday morning a
young man named Thomas Hanly, about 19 years of
age, clerk in a solieitor'• office in the Tetpple, took
boat from the Old Barge House, to bathe in the Thames
on getting to the middle of the river lie stripped off his
clothes, and being a good swimmer he plunged in; be
was intently seized with the cramp, which depriv,ai him
off the use of his limbs, and be immediately sank to rise
no mere alive; every exertion utade,to eau him proved
abortive,