The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-06-23 00:00:00

lavit-ricintrea-Viii tribleice in the case.
camstances, howevei, in which Lady Aril
Placed, were ,pmewhat different. Ile
lore tranractions of the spring of Itstu,
Certainly they bid a considerable effect on his
yield whet) ht was considering what value was
due to the consent ef • Lady Antrim. Mrs. Tay.
11;r- h'ad stated. that the whole was a plan to get
cossession of the fortune of the lady, and further the
irobitiois views of one of the perlieq. These un..
dpubtedly were circumstances which it would be es.'
li!ine'ly difficult for lady Antrim to g..t over; but
ts 'far 'as Lord Stewart was concerned, there wife
pinhiOg improper imputable to him. Ile was, how.
lTer, of oftiosiort that Lord Stesert would have acted
etter if he had not made Ms ;dorsal of marriage sq
ermined
as he had done. lie thought he should have
ermined Mrs. Taylor of his intentions hafore he had
proceeded to carry them into effret. This was the
general view he had taken of the rase, hot there
Were still some points upon which he wished to avail
himself of a few h ours further consideration, as to whe•
the( he should meke ordirect further euquirt . Whether
he should take that course or hoot, he should think
it his duty to ewe,- to Lady Tempest herself, all the
objections which had been urged agaittpt the marriage
—he should with all the force he was stile, call vote
her to consider those ottjectioits, and should two,
estimate what was due to a consideration to vs i.ich
much-was due—he meant, what were her iireiirrstirmir
oft the settled. %lb that duty he should chore
himself, and he would acquit himself of it without
farour or iffection, irAl with that impartialitx which
tlonged to an honest Judge, and a maw, who re..
retliected that he;lrail it Gigs dives,' the hapttiness
in individual of wham ike could trol,y say. thest
did not believe there was a mote deserving isatl.,4oll
in the world. With thew feptivos ote
'lthould have the satisfactitm of kitoW itt4 that hie jiphg.
liTerst could be set right. lie tow:tell no on* smolt,
there him with wilful emu. lie would let Ike
,Parties know, to.ruorrow or Wednesday, as hek.lre
should do with teferet,ce to those l • is up whisk hel
'hail reserved his final opinion.
The case of'cuurse stand. over tilt to.morraw tx
Wedniadoy. • .±
COURT QF, KtlY9'l4 BEN cg, 4uNg.4s.
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TOLLAND V CLEINENT.
This was en action saeinst the Defendent, as pro.
prietor of the Observer. Sunday New spoiler, for print.
ling and publishing on Sunday, the 27,11, of April,
1817, a libel of and concerning the Plaintiff, put.
.porting to hr an 'tycoon of the prOcredings of the
Instils...it Det•tose- Court, in a MO wherein the
Plaintiff, as insweril,4 the 1.,:er1. of Morley, appeared
to oppose the discharge of a mass named Curnsell,
an insolvent debtor, whip had been charged in execu-
tion at the suit of the. Noble Lord for rent due to him
for a farm, of which Curseell had been tenant.—
The Defendant pleaded, first not guilty, and second.
ly, that the publication in question aan orfejr 'and.
correct account Of what took place on thcoccerien.
Mr. ScAaLaTT »Wed the case to the Jury, and re-
capitulated the circumstances which gave rise to the
proceedings in the Insolvent Demote Court, the re.
port of ehich formed the subject of the libel. The
lissolarn; t unmet!, had been tenant to Lord. Slor:
ley of a fatal, and having become indebted for real;'
the Plaintiff, as the Nottle Lord's steward, distrained
upon the tenant's fat mill utetisits sod other property,
sahich sere found inauthcient to pay the amount of
the distress, in consequence* of. his having (as was
ialleged) contrived to remove away some of the pro.
pray, so as to defeat she proce.s. Some time after
this. Curswell was arrested, arid having given omit',
of his intention of tskiss the benefit of the Insolvent
Debtors' Art, et the Devonshire Quarter Se‘siotta,
the Pleietiff appeared at those Sessions, to oppolc itls
discharge, and after the, case had been fully heard,
the Sessions. remanded Curswell, on the ground s(
fraud.
u and:couceeltnent of his • eff.cts Auer belere
reesandrd begot hail, and rain« up to Lotads.ll, lad
wag then lodged in the King's Bench. icione, and
al the expiration of three months he . gitive the
suesl notick of his intentiok,of tilting the beilefiai
of: the Act before Mr. fitiVjeant Ruoitieglonv
oat. theft occasion the,Plaintlilriippritired units to Ili-'
post his discharge, on the ground, of his foresee re.
mind by the Quarter Sessions: The Counsel. for
Lord Morley ass Mr. Bassett, and Mr. Heath ape
peered for the insolvent. On.the following Sunday
a statement appearetkin the Defendant's paper, which
purported to be an limning o(ahe proceedings before
Mr..Serjeent Runnington, but which was alleged to
he an inaccurate .account' of -what really pasted.
The publication in quessiolt wholly omitted what
eppesred favourable to the Plaintiff; it exaggerated
what was pravad, and stated what never had ap-
peared in evidence, or . had • been uttered by the
Counsel in the case: It, was contended that the
character .of Oka ,Piaintik. was implic..ted in, this
publication, inesmechas-it..taincled- to-show that he
heed acted with the grosaeat oppression aod cruelty
Beards the insolvent. The principal inaccuracies
relied upon, were statements professed to have been.
made by Mr. Heath, who acted as Counsel for the
insolvent.
After the formal proofs were gone through of the
introductory matter of the declaration.
Mi: Boyce and Mr. Hughes, who were profess
4mi:illy employed in the opposition of the lsisolventi
proved.that the publiCation in question . was not an
, accerate account of the proceedings of the Insolvent
Debtors' Court in the case in question, and they
weiked out-the particulars in which it was a depts.!
Ore frOni )ccuracy.
Mr..OustegY, for the. Defendant, addressed the
Jury at censiderable length,. and slated that he
aboald De *able to, prove that the publication in
question was not only in substance, but to the very
I letter, correct in ester/ particular.
Edward :fulrou9da, a ,person occasionally ems•
ployed by the Defeedent, aimed, that
.he had re-
ported the f aseiti question,,and At wet .in subetence
correct. Ile swore to the accuracy of the pertiCuler
pain get Ojetted to on the part,er the Plaititiff. On,
404 crnss-eterninetion„ hQ•eviir. his "drained ,that he
. had seen Nip. Heath'', brief. it. Ornirlobel,,` , 'flied
that be had Wink. it„kpaiT, wille. ihielit..jit fend
11l
the brief :itt Catart,alter { Hite. case was.exer.i ~ is! de,
hillt! thethe.lloj4 At'illitif tAlisell *AI!, ironed'
give. the Plaiutifte 4-theceitigt its bitoggeseit,,o(.4l4l,
.proceedings.!, • ..) -t; a J sat ad lbw (v-4...rlyvvn 'A') it

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e cast. The fir: .:11irAriftie it.'nery, aw agent ;remit
Ady Antrim was 'Amid Debtors' Coust, deposed tp tl
He could me Ow vetoer/ in question, hut on hii era
ing of 1816, and ho orealsitrObit he had banded Mr. H,
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Ibid. effeci on his Mi. liblitiml4,•aad did nok lecei we it b