The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-06-18 00:00:00

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IR (vigor of the motion 30—Against it 13—Majority for
grAirt into a Committee 23.
• °House then resolved Itself into a Committee upon the
Rill. •
• After a few words from Mr. RICARDO,
Mr, M. A. TAYLOR objected to the discussion of sots:-
portant a question with such a this attendance of Monsist•rs,
and pavticularly in the absence of the Attorney General and
the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The House resumed, and the Report wu ordered to be re-
ceived this day.
The other Orders of the Day were thee disposed of, and
the House adjourned at One o'clock this 'morning.,
COURT OF CHANCERY, 'TUESDAY, Jou' 17.

ITS MR THIS R4RI. Or PORTSMOUTH.
rill'lunatic petition being called on, Mr. %VsrnsaeLt
ste,W tbat.the Petition waa from the Committee, and only
prayi4 4 reference to the Master to inquire what debt
or debts were due on the estate.
Iklir..lizst.n said be was instructed to consent to this
aication.
The LORD CHANCRILLOR immediately gave his con-
currence, and it was accordingly granted.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, WasTuttrasmn, Jana 17.
01P BUSINCOL
The LORD Cuter Sthitice announced to the bar, that
Lis learned brothers, at their sittings to be holden after
term, in obedience to his Majesty's warrant, would firs:
take the. circuit new triali, with the exception of one case
from the northern circuit.t past the Crown paper; and
lastly. the special paper.R., . ,
TOR KIRRIR.4OHR 00nat.,446:14
' This-was a motion fot a criminal info:W*ooi against
the defendant, for an alleged libel norainst Lord li. Sef►
moor, one of the CoMmissioners of Excise.
On the motion of Mr. NOLAN, the rule was tow midst
absoltre, on an affidavit of service, nn cause being shown.
CRIMINAL INFORMATION,

Kr. PLATT moved for a criminal information against
;torst Julius of Kent, for an alleged,corropt conviction of
defendaot on one of the smuggling ars, in omitting to
state in the convict* n that the cue was within the sta.
lute, No corrupt motive was assigned for the error,
which appeared to be entirely a matter of form.
Mr. Bot.t.arse appeared for the. Justices, but
The ClocaT said there was no ground whatever made
out to sustain the application. The objection, however,
being fatal to the conviction, that. vas ordered to be
quashed.—Rule refused. ..y.,#..
. COIVICTIONS UNISHR VHS WAS ACT. •
'ffllowiltad Chief James observed, this was a question
whether en appeal to the Quarter Sessions would lie front
the conviction off Magistrate or Magistrates for light bread,
Nader the Act of Parliament 63 Cleo. 111. e.. 93 in which it
Rtes argued that the right of certiorari for removal into this
Court, on reference to the several Acts, wis taken away.—
The Court were all of opinion that the appeal to the Quar-
ter Sessions would lie.'and that the right of removal of the
Conviction by certiorari into this Court was not taken away.
THE RING V. THE RECORDER Or POWAY.
•ai
ILDE in this case moved for a writ of namiamos
directed to the defendant, to compel him to elect certain Al-
dermen and Burgesses for the Borough of Fowey. An sp.
pliestion had been wade both to lam and his deputy, either
of them, however, would proceed to the election. The
Learned Conned said unless some Aldermen were elected,
the interests of the ilorongh might be seriously injured, as
there were several wanted to complete the necessary outlier.
The Lord Chief JUSTiCE said the writ might be taken as
far es regarded the Aldermen, bat not as to the Burgesses,
inasmuch as there appeared to be an indellaitive number of
them.—Writ greeted.
. : ATTACHMENT.
Mr. Cutrry mired for a rule calling upon Sir M. Wood to
shew cause why en attachment should not issue, on his re-
fusing to pay certain costs in an action decided against him.
Mr. Justice 5131 inquired if he was a Member of Parlia-
ment 7

The Learned Counsel said he was not now a Member. He
understood that the Attorney in the action applied for the
money, and was told by Sir Mark to apply to an agent.—.
He also- wrote a letter and threatened, if "he found the
()Meer stalking about his house, be would have hint taken
before gig. Richard Rind& and punished as be deserved."—
The °Meer, notwithstanding this threat, wept up stairs,
left the rule of the Court on the staircase, and told Sir Mark
Wood what it was, who understood perfectly what was Its
Object. • •
The Lord Chief JUSTICE.—Yon may take a rule.
Rale granted.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Team?, Jima 17.
VOTILNTRY V. CHA lirN ETA, BART.—GORTON V. sauna.
Mr. Justice PARK pronounced the deeisien of the
Court in these two cases, for whieh,"es the pints were si-
milar in both, the same judgment, his Lordship Observed,'
tifitild- answer.. -In both the defendant hied bete' conceived
in horrowing a large stun of money by annuity, Ind it
was alleged that a coneirieratle part of that money had
been radioed by the grantees or their agent at the time
of granting the annuity. -A point had been originally
raised in each ease as to the description of the :meeting
witnesses and their places of residettce. That point was
now properly abandoned. A third objection was raised
in " Coventry v. Champneys"—namely, that the name
of Coventry was not inserted in the original deeds
amongst those beneficially interested in the annuity.—
The first point, however, was sufficient. The money had
appeared to have been retained by the grantees, or their
agent, at the timeof entering into the annuity. This was
the statement of the defendant, uncontradicted by those
who mast have been competent to answer it if untrue.—
The establishment of this fact. was enongh to form a
I ground on which the judgment of the Court would be
founded. The annuitants, however, attempted to evade
1 the consequences of this, by contending that Gibbs was
not their agent. fiat this was so fat from being proved,
that the Court could not look upon him in any other
light. lie bad been employed to negociate the annuity,
to agree to the terms, and finally to pay over the money
which formed the consideration of the annuity. In per-
forming the last part of his duty, he had done that which
by the law relating.to annuities, rendered that granted
in the present ease void. Out of 8,0001. the defendant
had only received about 8001., the remainder being re-
tained by Gibbs on various pretences; which retention
was contrary to the provisions of the •Annuity Act, pro.
hibiting such retention in the most positive manner. As
the grantees. therefore, had, through their agent, offend-
ed against the provisions of this statute, the annuity
must be set aside,and an account taken between the parties.

• The proprietors of iteakell'e Herter spring waggon as-
sert, that toe waggon was loaded much within the limits
allowed by the
oart, and that the spring waggon is much
wider, and lower onthe wheelo, than the van. They
also plead the bad state of the pavement as the cause of
the mishap.
• The Hon. Mrs..4-amerwittow of a gallant Admit',!,
and silt-r of a noble libirqnio, dow an inmate of the
workhorse in Little they s•inn-lane. with whom her re-
ladves pay 41)1. a year 'for her board, eves on Monday
placed at the bar of Hatton-garden-office, Charged with
stealing a smell can, the property of H. Dowse, a milk-
man.; lout the charge nas nut pressed, and the prisoner
was csnsequently di echarged,—(Poliee'Report.)
A boat containing about LUSO herrings from Lochfine,
strived at the Hroomielaw yesterday for the first time
this smolt:, They were in good condition and met frith
a ready sale at 10e. a hundred. Th• fishermen state th-at
appeerenc,s in the Loch are favonrable, and they expect
a good take this season. A felt, from Loch Lung were
retailed this 'morning at three half-pence each,—(l;las-
Igor Chronicle, Saturday.)

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" Witham Horit.allf=aft.i tie merchant. With
whwar:lle. Hunt had some ilisOsteat the London Tater'''.
on Ffichly last, before the ecummenceseent of the swotted-
in=s at the Spanish Meeting, signified hit ititeotietn on
Saturday last, of Waiting upon Lord Manor to prof i
a ierions 'public charge against *air" imlivideal. He,
however, deferred his visit until yesterday. when he
came to the Justice Room and stated that his Lordship,
, no doubt, was aware. that his complaint was against the
person named Hunt, who attended the meetincand eon-
duved himself with his characteristic want of decency, a. •
course which -drew down upon him the clamorims ani-
madversions of the meeting: It wee necessary, however,
to MD' a sort of personal erpostulmion with Mr. Hunt,
and that, too, was made known to the public. Afterg
some interval, Mr. Hunt, who was evidently irritatml by
the reproach he had justly met with, walk;d over to the
p!ace at which he (.tfr. Roweroft) was standing. and
asked him in a most insolent bee something stbuttt a
check for 10004 which belonged to the Irish Solaierlp-
doh, 'and had heels lost fdi aught he knew. The ques-
tion insinuated in a in inner that could not be mistakin,
that some base means of disposing of the check bee bekn
resorted to, and that he (Mr. Itowcroft) was a. poky
to the trick. He denied all knOwlesige of the meant-
stance, but Mr. Hunt repeated his words, and intimated
that he knew the merits of the transaction-; upon which
Mr. Hunt received the lie is etfeet, and witness advanced•
toward!. hint to.despapd an explasation of his tnenlent-
words and satisfy those arouhd him that he %vas a vile ta-
lumniator. The provue,ation wesetsuola a atture as to ex-
cuseany violent:what might have ariseoupon the pert of the
slandered person; but several gentlemen interfered, and the
dispute ended at their intercession. It was thought ads
yisabla the Committee that some notice should be taken
of this most indecent outrage, which was so strontly Colcu•
lilted to lead toe serious breach °fp, peace. As theeharge
had beevr publicly' made against a public sa.ciety, he met it,
thus publicly to cast back the slander upon the contemptible
.pecsoa who had uttered it. Certainly the charge was not
made direelly *galore the society, bet •the Insinuation was
as strong and as offensive as a straight forward accusation,
and he fet himself bound in honour to come forward and
defend the society,
The LORD MAYOR here interrupted Mr. Roworoft, and
asked him whether he had not seen a paragraph in some of
the papers (The Chronicle), which explained the circum-
stance, and stated that the lost note hid been found
Mr. Roweroft replied in the affirmative. Ile hod Indeed
sent an evritenatiori to the paper (The Tinter), which stated
the eerticulare of the dispute between him and Hunt, but he
supposed the Editor liked the scandal better than the recite-
nation, for he refused to insert it. But he (Hr. Rowcroft)
submitted that the paragraph was no explanation, inasmuch
as it related to a Hank post bill which had been found sad
restored to the Secretary, whilst the insinuation related to a
cueque which had been lost. and which Hunt evidently M.
tended to insinuate had been embezzled, or why use, the
words " who found the cheque r
The Loan 11AVOR said, that both related to a lONS of the
sum of I,tkelf. and he conceived that one transaction wet,
meant. His Lordship did not see upon what ground be
could interfere.
Mr. Roweroft said, his Lordship might probably its,
terrors to prevent the censeqnenees of the calnurniotte•in-
sinnation, the object of which no one cou!d-doubt was to
excite a breach of the peace. As to the meaning of the
fellow, lie did not know what it could be, but Hunt was.
not Mee about words ; for instance, on the Covent Gar-
den hnstings,as was well known to many of the reporters,,
lie pointed out a gentleman who hissed him, as one of
the odious gang of !'ere-street. In fact, nu linguage
could be found too gross for the use of a man whose vo-
cabulary embraced the whole dialect of Billingsgate.—'
Mr. Itowereft'begged to be understood as appearing for
the Comm! tee; as& he added.--" l don't appear here on
my own account; for I dop't can a curse for the wretch."
The Loan Maeoa said, he could not see how he could
interfere in the case. The difficulty was how to get Hunt
to the Justice Room. There had been no breach of the
prace, nor had any threat been used,
Mr. Rowcroft argued that the public insinuation
might yet lead to a breach of the peace. " Had there •
been a carving knife in the way," said Mr. Ro.vcroft, in
a lutist tune, " it must have gone into him "
".Then I must have bad you before me !" observed
the LORD MAYOR.

Mr. Kowcroft smiled and bowed.
His Lordship finally refused to interfere, and said the
answer was now as public as the charge.
Mr. Itowcroft admitted that he could not exactly see
in what manner his Lordship could act against the ca-
Inniniator, and slid that he should be Fatisfi-,1 with his
Lordship's decision. Ile then left the Justice Room.
Hosi-sragair.—YesterJay James Byrne, the man
about whom so mach has been stated in relation to the
.late Bishop of Cl Titer, was brought before Titostss
HALLS, Esq:, by Woodward, one of the patrol. on a
peace warrant, issued upon the oath of J. Wilfred Par-
kins, Esq., that he was in fear of some grievous bodily
harm, in consequence of divers threats made use of by
Byrne.
111 r Parkins stated that Byrne was in the constant
habit of coining to his lodgings and annoying hint in
every possible way, threatening to do hint some personal
harm. -

Witnesses were called to prove abusive language on
the part of Byrne; his threatening to " serve oat'Mr.
Parkins, &c.
Byrne declared, with mach earnestness, OA be had
never made use of any language which could be con-
strued into a threat against the personal safety of Alr.
Parkins, he had certainly called oleo at Mr. Parkins's
house for his money, and when his wife and family were
wanting victuals he might have been a little warm, and
have refused to leave the house until he saw Mr. Par-
kin', but he never used threats. •

Mr. MIAs asked Mr. Parkins if he could venture to
swear that he was in fear of personal injury, in conse-
quence of what Byrne had said. •
Mr. Parkins said he did.
Byrne persisted id his denial of the threats; and said
he had always endeavoured to behave in his best wanner.

11 After some further conversmiom Byrne was ordered
to find the usual sr reties in caws of common assault;
bdt in the course of the evening, upon his pl•a ling in-
-1 ability to procure bail, he being a stranger, the worthy
Magistrate discharged bum on his own recognizance.
TTON-(la DIN.-.--)estertlav William Sa Care
George Savage, and Charles Mara. were brought up for !
examination, charged with murdering William Cozzens.
Mr. John Scott, one of the Churchwardens of the
parish of St James, Clerkeetwell, in behalf of the parish
attended to prosecure. The prisoner, Wiliam Savage.
and the deceased, Costens, it appeared, fought
a pitched tattle on last Wednesday evening, when the
latter was kill •d by a blow which he received from his
antagonist. iirorge Savage acted as s-coed to his-bro-
ther, William Savage, and Charles Mars's, wite I a: his
bottle-holder. A Coroner's Inquest was !mid on the
body nn Friday I sst, 4001 after en inues,igation that List-
ed near four hours, the Jury unanimously returned a
verdict of Mansl iught•r against the three prsoners, and
likewise against the sevono and bottle-bolder •sf the de.
eeastil, who has absconded. The Coroner's warrant,
chic . ing the prisoners with Maitslangliter, was Irindell
by the iteadle t•, the Magistrate, who returned it, saying,
that they were not to be guided hi, the verdict of the
Coronet's Jury. Tie prisoners stood charged with the
crime of Mtirtler, and they would have all the witnesses
before them to be examined.. The wit:testes were not in
attendance, an•t the prisoners were remanded fur a full
and limit examination.