The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-07-17 00:00:00

NAVAL PROMOTIONS.

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Captains Septimus Arabin, Charles Phillips, and John
Walter Roberts, to the rank of POST CAPTAIN.
Lieutenants John B.'Hundas. Robert Scallon, Robert
Hagan, Alexander T. E. Vidal, Adolphus Fitxclarence,
Thomas Stopford, Andrew Forbes, and iolan U. Graham,
to the rank of COMMANDER. _

Messrs. Joseph Grote, William O. Skyring, George F
Dixon, George W. C. Lydiard, Cornwallis Ricketts,
Henry J. Pugett, Henry Beam Martin, William H.
Geary, iVilliam N. Taylor, William Preston, Richard It.
Methorell, Edmund Stevenson, George S. Dyer, Henry
Fortescue, George T. M. Purvis, William Pretyinan, Tho-
mas W. Langton, George Daniell, Henry Raper, Samuel
Baker, John Crisp, Itichad Jones (h), Richard W. Hen-
derson, Henry Shapland, Win. Turner, Thomas Greene,
James E. Periby, John H. Weller, Smyth Griffith, John
D. Robinson, and Frederick J. Jeffreys, to the rank of
LIEUTKNANT.
APPOINTMENTS.
Captains John B. Dundas, to the Argns; John Fil-
more, to the Bann; A. T. E. Vidal, to the Barraconta;
Thomas Maling, to the Cambridge ; James Robert Bur-
ton, to the Cameleon; Thomas Stopford, to the Carna-
tion; Hon. C. Abbot, to the Columbine; Edward Brace,
to the Ganges ; George Harris, to the Hussar; J. G. Gra-
ham, to the Icarus; A. 1). Y. Arbuthnot, to the Jasper;
Fred. Marryatt, to the Larne; John M. Ferguson. to the
Mersey; Hon. It. C. Spencer, to the Naiad ; William
Hamlet, to the Velorns ; James Nash, to the Queen Char-
lotte; W. M'Culloch, to the Ramillies ; Sir C. Hurried,
to the Revenge; James Montague, to the Rifleman;
Charles Mitchel, to the Slaney ; G. T. Falcon, to the
Spattlate ; Andrew Forbes, to the-Thracian; J. W. Ro-
berts, to the Tyne

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Potwar Eata.—The following is an account of the
number of Foreign Eggs imported into Great Britain, in
the year ending Bth January, INS (at a duty of 10.1. per
120), distinguishing the countries from which the same were
imported, with the amount of duty received thereon :
Denmark 240
Holland lBO
Flanders 949,963
France . 40,423.124
Guernsey and
Total quantity larded *644,013
.:$1 .4...
,t L• Almost of Der reedVid, /47,897, ills.
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• STATE OF IRELAND.

Okost Tot I,ISittICIC eIIRONICLII, JULY 12.) •
Ihicess DT of PlXEL—lnformation reached the office
of T. P. Yokes, Esq. Chief Magistrate,of Police, that on
Wednesday night, Gerald 13Iennerhassett, Esq. accompa.
'lll4 by Mr. Kiely, chief constable, and the Police from
Mt heal% proceeded on infornation to Knockfierna Hill,
in this county, where they found 58 pikes, concealed in a
wall, on the remotest part of the mount. The pikes are
represented to be made similarly to those used in the in.
surrectionary proceedings which occurred in the metro.
polls, in 1503.
A molt blood-thirsty and treacherous murder was corn.
mitted in the County Clan., near the confines of this
City, on Thursday eight. The object of assassination
was r faithful steward, marked out by the Itockite system
for destruction, solely because he was honest. The'oo.'
currenee its detailed to us as follows
"About the hour of twelve o'clock on Thursday night,
thtee or four fellows, under pretence of being of the
Police, stationed at Parteen, went to the house of Michael
Ryan, steward and manager of a farm at Athloncard,
County of Clare, aithin three miles of this City, part of
the estate of Thorns Jackson, 'Esq. On Ryan getting
Mt of bed, to admit (as he thought) the Police Consta-
ille, be was dragged out, and beat so dreadfully with the,
laths of a gate and with stones, that he died on the spot.
The police and military at Parteen, being apprised of the
harder, made diligent search in that neighbourhood,
and apprehended two persons on strong suspicion. The
.nly cause of this shocking murder is attributed to Ryan
,acting faithfully to his employer. The•destipsed has
Ash a widow and throe children." • 1 1.,

GUILD OF bIERCHANTS,
' (Front the Freitnan's Journal of raesday.)
Yesterday being. Quarter Day of this there was
a numerous meeting at their Hall, the aeons? Master,
Mr. Sutton, in the Chair.

After some routine business, thanks were retnrned to
their Clerk, Mr. Allen; to Mr. George Nugent, Mr.
Oulton, end the other Members, who attended in Lon-
don before s Committee of the House of Commons, to
further the interests of the Guild.

Captain FtxxstatoNs, after referring to the Report of
the Select Committee of the House of Commons, on the
subject of Local Taxation, moved that an Address be
presented to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant,
praying that he may be pleased to order a new valuation
of houses in the city of Dublin, so far as the law would
permit his Excellency's doing.
This passed unanimously, and a Committee was ac
•,rdinely appointed.
The Bev. Mr. Ottroottv, after a long prefatory speech,
moved, that the thanks of the Cuild he presented to Sir
A. B. Kttso! ter his late conduct when called to the
Bar of the House or Commons; and that be shonld be
invited to be o candidate at the first vacancy for the city.
• Mr. Mttaaa opposed this, as it was, in his opinion,
contrary to that sy.tem of ronciliati.m which all good
subjects were bound to manifest.

Captain FiTZAIMONS said, the', in his nsintl, there wit'
no greater friend to roneiliaifoa than Sir A. B. Kreo (!!)
nor any Body who more anxiouily looked for it thin the
Guild of Merchants, however unjustly the contrary was
insisted on; that of this fact they had lately given Si
uudeniable proof, by giving np the painting and drew
ing of King. William's statue, while the Catholic As
i riation bad n the public prints of this morning, set
forth as the accredited speech of Mr. O'Connell, eats
iag, that in the " South of Ireland, the poor ronN
never get justice from the rich." Such a doctrine,
and at such a time, was highly improper, and msst un-
deserved, when Mr. tionlburn had announced his inten-
tion of adding another Quarter Sessions to the County
of Corkt in order to forward the ends of justice there ! !
When his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant too had used
suchsxertions in the cause of the poor and infatuated
peasantry last winter, as that we had incontestible evi-
dence that a common clerk would call it " Drndgerv"—if
any thing more were wanted to promote conciliation, it
is not with the Protestant'', but with those Catholics.—
Ile next attacked the " Parish Orators," for their ap-
plication to tiovernn'ent to direct the Attorney-General
to site the Corporation, before it was ascertained whether
they owed the debt or not ! _

The motion wa■ then carried. Thanks wore voted
to the Orange Dislrict Lodge, and the meeting ad-
journed.

THE DUBLIN EVENING KM
(From the Dublin Evening Post.)
The Journal above named, on Wedne-day evening
last, contained an article purporting to be an account
of a Carnival, said to hare taken place at the Itotonda a
few days before. There was, it seem., some foolish ill
conducted attempt at an entertainment so called, which
was unattended except by very few persons. The article
in the Evening -.flail was a fictitious account of this Car-
nival. Among the characters introduced were several
individuals, male and female, in private life, who had
not been there, and also his Excellency the Lord Lieu-
tenant, and the officers of his household, not one of whom, ,
we believe, had been there. The characters were gene-
rally of the most offensive description; amongst others,
Nit. Colin Campbell and Captain 'Webster were thus com-
plimented. These gentlemen called at the office of the
Evening Mail, an S turdsy last, and having obtaire I an
interview with the Editor of that prper, and nut being
satisfied with the explanation given to them, they in-
flicted summary punishment on the spot; Sir Colin
Campbell used a whip, and Captain Webster a cane.
Saunders's News Letter says, that the affair Initial;
transpired, the Magistrates of the Head Office of Police
caused all the parties to give bail, in order to prevent.
any breach of the peace—the require.' eremitic* were
entered into, anti there, for the present, the matter rests

EARLY HARYRRY.—A correspondent in the Qneen's I
County informs us that in the Parish of Lea there is a
fine field of oats of about ten acres now ready for the sic-
kle. This field was sown in Augu4 last year, after a
crop of wheat which succeeded potatoes. 'the land is of
godd quality, and the crop abundant. The success of
this experiment warrants other trials of sowing oats be.
fore winter.—(4Mlone Herald.)
At Gloucester Midsummer Fair, on Saturday se'nnight.
there was the Caine dearth of business, whirl' has recent-
ly been so much complained of by the agricultural classes.
Stock of all sorts was not brought in such quantities as
has been before seen at this mart, and the prices for
nearly every kind were on the decline. There were
scarcely any fat cattle exhibited ; and' no demand, even
at reduced terms for them, or for stores. The only
rock which seemed of ready sale, were cows calculated
for the dairy, which were sold at an advance. Sheep,
both fat and store, were not very numerous, and both
11 sorts at lower rates; the same may be said of pigs.
' There were very few good horses.
At the Pair of Quin, county Clare, on Monday, some
very fine cattle were exhibited, and a few purchases wore
made, but at prices unusually low. Several lots of caLM,
and many scores of sheep were given as payment for rent;
we have-heard of two yearold wethers in the drone being
transferred in this way, for fifteen shillings each.

COll. MARKET, JULY

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131 Newca5t1e........... 10 117 s. Sd. to 445. W.
4} Sunderland . . n.,.:.... Mo. dd.. to 4s. Si.

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- - SPORTINE INTELLICIENC
CHELTENHAM RACES.

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FIRST Dlsy—Wednesday. Jai,
'TM Übeßenham St. Leger Stakes of S.Sgs. eaek,t4y, tnits
and allies, then S-yis old. 'three years bl 4 Ceitift abiesi,
a mile. • ' ic
Mr. W. West's DI. e. Volomer
Major Gore's eh. e. Achmet
Mr. Jones's b. f:Caroline
Renewal of the Gloucestershire Stakes of Sags. each, Jot.
and only figs. if declared. &c. Two mUss. -fie sub.
. Mr. West's Angelica, 4 yrs. 7st. 5ib..... • 1
Mr. W. IL Beach names Atlas, 4 yn. 7st. lab . tt
Sir T. Stanley's Tarragon. aged, fist. 21b +...
Eleven started. Won by half a hes&
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LUTON LEES RACER.

The revived Luton Lees Races over Won Dow.,
Hants, afforded much sport onTuesday, aodparttealarly the
Hunter's Plate, which prodeced foer fine contested heats.
Plate of MR. for hunters to carry list. Heats two mile%
Mr. Millbank's Honeysuckle. 4 1 2 l
Capt.'Howard's Ergo 1 9: ,6. 2
Mr. Bouverie's ch. g.-Libertiva 0 '
1-- 3,, 1 S
Mr. Bishop's b. h. Trance • i — '
Mr. Lexmore's Ellen asiv 's dr
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Mr. Phillips's Ben 6 dr
1 After the heat even on Ergo, afterlife second beat sto 4
on Honeysuckle, and even after losing the third heat.
Hack Stakes of 10 sevs.eseb; with 25 added.
Mr. Ploughman's Fudge. i•• I • 1
,Mr. Hartiand's Amy - " 2
Capt. Howard's Bosphorous .. t $
Two others started. A fine race. and won by* sea..
Mr. Wilson's Prodigal, 1 Ist.best Mr. BouveriesTOddies
'llst.Vlb., a subscription meld of 301. : .
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PIDESTRIANI3II.—A match of fifteen miles was ton yes-
terday morning for 60 sovereigns, over a three mile-plece
of ground under Basildon-park-wall, Essex, between Sam.
Betteridge, the Northamptonshire pedestrian ; and Wood-
ford, the groom, wh 3 had done the distance in one hoer and
forty minutes with a few days training. Betteridge was
backed at sto 4. The peeestrif ns ran naked with the ex-
ception of light drawers and slrfes. They' started at con-
trary ends of the mile, and did the ground as tinder:— -
Min. See. ' Min. Sec.
First 3 miles, Bette- `First 3 161161, Woof.
ridge
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth

93 29 1 94 31
it was a remarkable fine race until the last mile, when
both bad done about the same ground. Bettering° won by
a minute aad two seconds over his adversary, who was beat
more than a hundred yards.

uriE FIFI CAI

The Estates which form the subject of this appeal,
amount, it is understoo•l, to .e? 0,000 alear. The grounds
of dispute respecting these estates, are whether they were
dispose d of by the late Earl of Fife, by deeds, which,
according to the law of Scotland, were strictly forma'.
At the time the deeds were signed, the late Earl was
nearly blind, and a question was raised whether the at-
testation of notaries was not in that case necessary. On
Monday the House of Lords resumed the consideration
of the cause, which has been long in litigation, both
before the Court of Session in Scotland, arabefore their
Lordships. On this occasion the Lord Chatrzellor oh-
served, that both the parties had justifiable grounds for
bringing the important question to the issue it had at-
tained; that no moral blame could attach to either of
them; they did their duty—His Lordship gave in Awes
of the Judgment the House intended to prononnee.to be
seen and perused -by the parties on both sides until yes-
terday. Yesterday the Lord Chancellor referringle the
draft., which for the information of the parties, he had
presented to the House on Monday last, cave 'Attlee,.
that he would move for final judgment in this cause to-
morrow.
The following is an abstract of the proposed judg-
ment, showing the several points decided thereby, and
the substance of those to be ascertained by the remit .
bark to the Court of Session in Scotland
I. The Lords find that the signature by :Votaries was ndt
necessary. That the signature of the Earl of Fife swarths
proper oue to give effect to the instruments according to the
Sta'ute.
2. That the deeds are probative instruments ; end that •
to impeach them as probative instruments, deeds of the
Earl of Fife, the Pursuer, the present E4rl was bound to
prove that the witnesses, or one of them, did not see the
Earl subscribe them, or hear him acknowledge his subscrip-
tion thereto.
B. That to impeach the deeds on the ground of want of
knowledge of toe contents, the Pursuer was bound to prove
that titillate Earl cid not know the contents when be signed
them.
4, That reading over is not a solemnity by law at the time
of sigoing. or any other time and the knowledge of the
contents must be presumed until contrary shewn ; hut that
proof that deeds were not read over to the Earl at the time
of signing, is evidence to be received that hi- did not know
contents; bet such is not coaclosi tit evidence that he did
not know contents, inasmuch as his knowledge may be
proved by other evidence.
ft. That the deed of alteration In Nov. 1808, five weeks
after the execution of the other two deeds, is evidence to bo
received as proof of the Earl's knowledge of the contents
of the previous deeds, when he signed them.
• 8. That the verdicts of the Juries were ineonsistent in
s'm• respects, ■nd insufficient to warrant the judg•ruents or
interlecuters reducing the deeds.
7. That the question properly in issue on the summons of
reduction was, whether the deeds. though apparently pro-
bative and to be received as the deeds of the Earl of Fife,
were the deeds of the Earl ?
S. That the proof that they were not the deeds of the
Earl ought to have been gtv-n by the present Earl in s'opv
port of his action for redaction of them.
Tnerefore ordered, that the Interlocutors r f t' a Court of
Sea ion be reversed; and that the Court do ditect -an issue
t.y whether the deeds were, or were not the deeds of the•
late Earl of Fife? and that upon the trial the• burden of
proof that they were not, ought to -lie upon the Respondent
in the appeal, the present Earl of Fife. Thnt he be the
plaintiff in such issue—Sir Jamey Duff the respondent.--
Thn t the deeds be produced on the trial, and received as
pi obate instruments to be impeached by the present Earl by
such evidence as he may .offer, and to be supported by Sir
James Duff, by such evidence as he may offer ; and that•be
be at liberty to offer the deed of alteration of lath Novem-
ber, MS, as evidence in support of the two previous deed►
of 7th October, !SOS, if he think proper to do so; and after
the trial of such issue, the Court of Session do proceed fur-
ther in the cause as shall be meet.

Cowmen' Drumm—An inquisition was held before.
T. STs sums. Esq. on Saturday last, at the Castle, Eal-
ing, on the body of Samuel Dance,
It appeared from the evidence, that the deceased and•
three men named Hill, Answorth, and Blagrove, were
drinking at the Lion, public-house, in Ealing, when the'
deceased being intoxicated, the above persons insis•ed on.
his paying for a pot of beer, no part of which he had par-
took, and blackened his face with soot frein the chimney;
upon his endeavouring to leave the room one of them
pushed him down against the seat, his back carne against
it with some violence, and he remained for a time insen-
sible. He was moved into the open air, and allowed to re-
main in the yard; subsequently he was carried home, and
died in a few hours.
Mr. Dickinson.
and found in
lated blood
side were
cured the I
he stated,
laced b 9
The Jury
the three men.
Hill has abscoo

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. Dickinson, a surgeon of Ealing, opened the body,
'und in the bead a eonsiderible 'quantity of roar,-
blood ; the enth and twelfth ribs on the riot
rem fracture and the fractured portion hml pone-
the lunp. the effusion of bloOd on the brain was,
Lted, sufficient to rause death, and which was pro.
I !lime external violence. •
e Jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter against
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ire. men.' Answerth and Blagron are in custAi;
tas absconded. .
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peotoiddiElhaesemodeim the-V.
• . imam a irb SUIP' White 0040,4itt.
it. will be recollected. that this,!wogialpsawo2l44ll se-
- 'lj:teeth:the lisasinissloi eria introberrolimsoara,teiliadifkl
and that r disgot¢ bed 111K11..aloMee Abe Fut* U
whiViteettldflay .tbe tesponeee of seek traasidtelea..— •••
Si r, B jMala sow td the Court to Civet Ihet
eta Bast !Witt. Gospeler bh OVIVRO*I to
_pay within ten
daya..to-Mr..eradshaw,•the min of He believed.
that.this • motiowirot guested to on-thit other ; the
object beset. pay to Die. Bradshaw this small sea, in
order that he might be patootitf the ease.
AIF. Raw who appesemi as Galilee for the other jarty,
-objected salbe applicsilos. • - '— ••
31r. Beat, for the East hdirCiiiiitri, observed, that
his oilente•had ao lnterestirt the 41Plipikin; s 4 thr were
srake-bolders only. • The whole smielbtow in thew hoods
waslnit.
The motion was rte0pi4,;,...„44.:7

SUMMER ASSIZES. •
~, SALISBURY, Tuessavi, Jun 15.
leseauna .COok was. eapitally.indleted for-haying, on
tbe. kith of May last. forcibly violated the person of
.. Lydia Lawrence, et Caine, in the mummy of Wilts. There
wan &tootle.: itelietment against the prisoner for as
• edam& on Mary Lawremee, (aged 10 yters), the Aster of
Lydia Lawrence with intent to commit the smite offence."
. Ilarrimesee.si Les placed at the bar, appeased very little
cheesed, bribe situation in which be stood. He is a
. shortytout man, about 2$ years of age. and carried the
appeare*e oft respeetehloyeoman. The iirincipal wit-
noverttrairld him was Lydia Lawrence, a pretty -looking
• child of 14 years Old. but of such diminutive stature and
altogether Gran appearance so iefastine,tbat it was diffi-
: cult to imagine her to be nteie than nine yeses of age.
- it appeared that the prisbner, who lived at Caine, and
practised gape' the coustry people as a quack doctor,.
had.called on the day mentioned in the indictment at the
hones of Langesee. a short distance from Caine, to in-
quire after the health of * little boy who bad been under
his tare. The father (a labouring man) wet from home,
but the mother, aftet ansa-ering his inquiries respecting
• her son. showed him a swelling which had appeared
under the chin of her daughter Lydia: the prisoner said
he could care it; bet that it was necessary to have some
herbs fresh gathered fur the pnrpose. The mother
readily conidnted that the two little Aids should go
with him for the purpose of collecting the herbs. This
was about one ea leek ; and the mother was alarmed by
their re appearance two hours afterwards, unaccompa.
'flied by the prisoner, looking very ill, and in great ap-
parent Mores,. The poor child immediately comment-
dad to her mother the villany which bad been practis-
ed on her by the prisoner, who, it seems, had taken them ,
to a lonely field at above a mile distance from their
home, where he lad perpetrated his (Kabalisml purpose
en the eldest sister, having previous) y made a similar
abortive attempt on the yoanger. The pext day the
poisoner bad the effrontery to go again to the house of
Lawrence, and was immediately charged by the mother
of his villany : he strongly denied it, but took ao oppor-
tunity if the mother going out to *teal away. He in-
s'arttly absconded from Caine, and it was not until a
afterwards that he was apprehended and commit-
ted for trial.
• After the case for the prosecution had closed, the pri-
sorer, who had no centre), addressed the jury in his de-
fenmend urged that the child had been consenting to time
riming. He hail even the hardihood to examine the un-
hippy victim on that point, but she persi.ted firmly in
the account she had before given. He called as a witness
• a (ramie with Whom be had cohabited for the last 18
n,ontits, to speak to the state of his health ; but her tes-
t:moony was inconclusive on that point. (It appeased
f7uni the evidence of the surgeon, that the child's health
tad been injured, and that she still laboured ;tatter the
emenplalso.)
The learned Judge (tic. Justice licatioucn) having
summed up the evidence, the Jury, after a brief consulta-
tion, returned a verdict of (kitty.
The learned Judge, in passing sentence of death, ex-
horted the prisoner to lose no tone in endeavouring to
make his peace with his Creator, as he must not enter-
taht a hope of mercy in this world.
The prisoner heard the awful sentence pronounced
with an unaltered countenance, and bowed to the Court
on being taken from the bar.

YORK., MONDAY, Jute 14.
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Mr. Justice BATLEY at nine o'clock this morning took
Lis.seat on the bench of the City Court at the Handball,
anitcherged the grand jury. He congratulated them on
Lacing bat one indictment for trial at the city assizes—
it was that of two women who were charged with an of-
fence not very uncommon in this city—namely, picking
pockets. It was the duty, his Lordship said, of the pa
gar.,particularly of the rightly watch, to take such pre-
rasitionsry measures, by clearing the streets of idle and
'Resolute characters, and seatehing their places of resort,
as wonld prevent intemperate persons froin being exposed
to their liventiousoess. He then congratulated the city
upon their arrangements for introducing &species of.-la-
bear into their prison, which wee now generally adopted
through the kingdom (alluding to the tread-mill), and
the conseqiences of which would be most salutary. No-
thing could be better in every view of the subject than to
itupcse upon prisoners the duty of labour, and cultivate
by every meanssuch practices among them as would ba-
nish habits. of idleness and dissoluteness, while they
wive exposed to seclusion from society. He was glad to
find•that the city of York, by introducing this system of
sompalsory labour, was determined to Show itself ready
to facilitate the good work of improvement in prison dis-
cipline. His Lordship concluded by observing, that, as
et present advised, the easeof the two females already
mentioned was that which would alone occupy their a-
uction.
Two women were then tried and convicted for picking
a farincr's pocket. Sestet:co-4 yi ars' transportation.
COUNTY COUNT.—.CIVIL SIDE.
• Mr. Justice B at 12 o'clock commenced business at
lifer Pries. la the Citadel of York.
MILNE' O. TAVERNAR.—ACEION FOR DEFAMATION.
Mr. Jones opened the pleadings, and staled that this was
dri.aetloo brought la behalf of a young Woman named
Milne*, who had been a servant In the house of the de-
fendant, a publican at Huddersfield. for defamatory extres-
dons cabal:toed to bitten the plaintiff's antracher.
wspreasioos were too odious and problywolt bear repe-
tit;un.]
Mr. SCAIILATT stated the case in a few words, lie oar-
riled the nature of the imputation which had been castupens
the chsraeter of the pistol iffs daughter, who. was a young
woman wider age; had lest her place, and was unable to
obtain another, owing to the profligate conduct ascribed to
het he the defendant, whilst in his sonnet, and the state of
'width which Mut described as having repaired from her
alleged immortal Intercourse.. Its treated that a Jury
should, so far as peenniary remuneration could confer re-
rompense to an Injured girl, administer it up3n the present',
osensitn. e.
The first witness wasJobn Romsden hitcher at fled-
. err-field, who said ha lower the plaintiff Is. asnendant :
vie farmer's daugidei had lived gas the service of the latter.
Ott the 115:h Jane ry,,,lfatit. he saw deferuient,arlur ',endu-
ed to him the ehareeterof " Betsy Milnes” in the terme re.
cited In, the d-oteratioth .Witness said, in aniswer to the
I-imitations. ',Suety net 1" bit defendant rejniated•the
Iv-
matattoas,wswpsalyd by a profane asseivermina of their
troth. _Oa.* *obedient tomais:oo,• Maims ante to 'him.
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wasfbot of raters, 0I a *it rapid way Awl re ' Me,
amer. 'lawyer's *W." 44. ) Us- west stißs,
to try sad settle Ilia wand Tawnier went Oa se
thledauvaboat her; .110 Filth " I'll give. Is to •I
writing, that et is illegal (a laegh)., but I mom. t
Lave It le the Leads miwspuper"—bes was, in fact, reedy to
don w thing saagly, but nothing la the way of seasdalleing ,
hMf in the newepapen.
Croes-enamlued by sir. 1111017411Allfe—Katli Mr. Ifilies;
knew Mr, Teemsert. ha could net tell what *as odd in the
brief, although be swore it was all said by Taverner; bum
Milnes's attorney : all that took .piece ought to be
" spoke" when Haersrent to seek an amicable settlement.
He meaat to say, that all the base talk was repeated before
a psreel,of persoas ,• and yet all the while this aggravation
had ooeureed, their object was to make it up. The Mercury
was the paper in Leeds that they wanted the lasertioa to,
denying the woman's illness.
Mr; B aouostax—Yea don't know an, though you do know
my blend, Mr. Bleekberne.
%Winces—Yes I de; I expected you'd give Is nor. (A
laugh.) 1
Mr. Haooonalt—Ay, ay; you were right. Wiii:1111 hied
for picking pockets at the sessions ?
Witness—Why I was t but you know I wpa bewessobly"
ammitted : for be (Mr. itieekburne) was eoeffgalsat me.
Mr. Buoyanms—Yon never took that purse—.Beier ; 1
did Be such thing. I was *bore it.
Mr. Bacmonau—lt was all calumny'-0, yes. Lord,
bow well you recollect it, Mr. Brougham.
Mr. Bbouousu—Beesase you know I have It all In raj
brier. -
Jane Durrance knew the plaintiff, 'who was shOot to
hire with her as a servant in January, last year. She
[ saw the defendant then, who came to her house end men-
! Honed that &say Milnes was every thing bad, repeat-
ing the opprobrious names he bad publicly heaped, upon
her. ,
Cross-examined by Mr. 81191/011AIL—Taverner came
and told all this in the midst of a public company. Knew
the father of the young girl : her wages would have been
about haltwcrown a week, had witting hired her, which
she declined.

In answer to questions from the Contt,witness said her,
reason for not taking the girl was owing to what Mr.,
Taverner had sail.
Benjamin Stead corroborated the testimony of the pre-
ceding witnesses, and said, that the defendant had declared
he would lose his late sooner than give a " newspaper
scandalising contradiction," although he was ready
to put down the words on paper and contradict them
privately.
Cross•evansined.-Had been &Quaker ; was not one now.

Mr. BROUGHAM then addressed the Jury for the de-
fendant. He said he was truly sorry that at the very be-
ginning of the first day of the assizes, they should be
stopped, as it were, from the regular business by a filthy
and trumpery action of this description. 117liat was the
.nature of the rase? It was the complaint of the father
,of a trumpery bar-maid, living in a fifth-rate inferior pal).
lic-bouse, that his daughter had not been considered, like
Ctesar's wife, not only strictly virtuous, but also aliove the
possibility of being suspected—that no man should yen-
tare to insinuate, whatever were his information, that
this woman deserved the name, which even those of her sex
belonging to a certain degrading profession heard with al-
most greater indignation than they did—the name of s cer-
tain ant al which sometimes followed them in their daily
walks. Let the jury look at the witnesses who were
called to sustain this ridiculous cause. The first of
them, the butcher Rameden, was in reality "a tried cha-
racter." Oh, but he was honourably acquitted—thus
using in the common law, the phrase reserved fur the
military tribunals; for the Juries of the country, they
all knew, always sent forth a successful deTeodant, by'
using the plain words, • " not guilty;' but any fellow
now-a-days, who had ever rubbed his shoulders to the
gallows, and escaped by a quibble from his impending
fate, always said, when reminded of his accident, " I
hare been honourably acquitted." So said this butcher.
See the sort of fellow who was produced to sustain this
ease, and mark his story ? lie said that Tavereer came
to him and asked him, " How do you do ?" " Very
well," replied he, " how do you do?" The natural
answer would be, " Very well, I thank you."—
Net to Mr. Ramsden's version of Taverner's dia.
logne, for his answer was, " Betty bidnes is so
and set" and this without a syllable of preparatory
matter,to introduce the name of the lady into the collo-
quy. Wu that version of the conversation likely? Was
it credible by plain honest men in Yorkshire, or any
other set of men ? by the Somersetsbire men,—no,nor the
dullest men of *dullest country in England would not
believe such a tale.—(A laugh.)—Then cams the con-
verted Quaker to prop up the hotelier's story. lie did
justice to his conversion, and with all the zeal of a new
convert entered most enthusiastically into his new prac-
tice of swearing, and gave the established church (were
be a member of it) ample promise of being the greatest
ornament of it in the alacrity of oatti-tsking.—(A
laugh.)—They bad heard a great deal of Taverner's
readiness to compromise the matter, but to what did it
all amount? Only to this—that when Taverner found
he was likely to be involved in a law-suit, he did what
any reasonable man, knowing or nut knowing the law,
would ham advised him to do—be offered to retract the
words privately, but peremptorily and positively refused
to give public retractation; lie naturally wished to avoid
even the consequences of getting a verdict in a court of
hew, for every body knew the cost of such an advantage,
MI more particularly in this case, where Taverner had
for an opponent in the litigation an old tailor (the fa-
ther satire girl), who was not worth the ninth part of
a penny. The learned Counsel then proceeded to de-
scribe the nature 'of the justification which the defend-
ant had put upon the record. It went, if true, to esta-
blish the truth of the opprobrious epithets used by'the
defendant against the plaintiff's daughter, which he
promised to substantiate in evidence. He concluded
promised to sub.tautLte in evidence. He concluded
hc.iamenting on the delay of this action, in vindica-
tion, (ps it professed to be) of female virtue and innocence,
whisk-was postponed for above a year, until the plaintiff
knew that a soldier, named Bernal, who could speak
about this girl, had been removed with his regiment to •
great distance from Yorkshire.
Several witnesses were then called for the defendant,
who its distinct terms described cerisin acts of the Blain.
titf's daughter, which, if true, amounted to a °entwine-.
tion of the immoral habits impat‘d to her by the former,
as well as the bad rate of :math resulting from such
alleged prOligacy, and which was described by a medi-
cal practitioner, named Newhouse, from the symptoms
she had told him, without actual examination.

Air. ScaimuTT then said be would call witnesses to
' rebut the evidence just given fur the defendant, and par-
ticular to her state of lieultb.—The witness he cell-
ed was
Mr. Mien. a surgeon. who said that at the time alluded
to he was called in to attend this sirl ; he bad exitusined her,
cud her disorder was not of the Wore described. The skin
of her foot had been torn by au accident, as he was inform-
ed, and he cured her.
Cross-examlned.—fie was pos!tive that the disorder in
the Monsb of January, terz, was not such as bad beat de-
scribed.
After a taw words from Mr. USOUGUAM upon the evidehee
I of the last witness.
Mr. Scutum-in reply. 'slating It the jury were satis-
fied of the titileuesi glue by the wilauses fur the defend.
ant, then WM an end of the ease; but tut evidence was,
he contended. Ito. fell of inoOlferoot statements, so late
reconcilable with esch other, that It nu quite unsafe for
them to rely upon it. The [.earned Consort theu repeat. 4
end contrasted the details' f the evidence itt the plida terms
in which it was given by the defendant's %knew", and
used the greatitoprobability of their several atatemects,
•

pfilittt Detrog- es
mattaliALL e. niobbit=•Leitietramt
This was ad action bran lit by the'phrintiff as the re-
*ensibie person of the 16 Union Vilebdly. SoCieti," of
Huddersfield, against the defeadadt, who *4 islignee of
Messes. Henjmnin and Jardine Intim*, trinket* arid af•
lerrbuidataakrapts, st liedderifield, foV the rerbeeVy of
a slim of MI. which was drily deposited ib tbeit'hinde
Imassrers for the idtieryt acedrding to the previsions
W the Act of the late Kink. whlbh entitles 'all frieddly
eircieties, duly regiitared, enrolled, and approved by the
magistrates at the quarter sessions of the district, in the
case of the bankroptcy of any holder of their funds,
b recover the full amount of the debt out of the assets
of the estate.
. The plaintiff was at the commencement of the rase
Hosaited, upon an informality in.the mode of showing
the election of some of the office/s of the society.
On the Croon Side there were only two cases tried ids
the course of the day, and they were entirely drreid of
interest.


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