The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-03-03 00:00:00

AVESMAN

004,111 OF COMllial eLliikS. *mace L -

DAW4 i. PR C
liir..flerjeaat Vat:edam 'Stilted that, this was an amion
brongiit Sy 'the plaintiff, an attorney helots rountry, and
latrly a notary piddle at St John's, Nierfenodland, o ro-
omer, ePesponmtion•for the injury he bad atniteined front
the publimition of a libel on hint by the delemlant. It
appeared that in 1818 the defendant went out from this
country as Governor of St. John's, Newfoundland; that
on kis arrival atilt* island, he was applied to hyths plain-
tiff for an appointment as notary public there. The sle.
fendant consulted the Chief Justice as to the plsintiff's
character, and was informed that nothing unfavourable
was known of him, and the defendant therefore gave
him the appointment claim!. A fire subsequently
occurred in the island, dmilitary
an_ the m.,,tary.and civil power
were united to stop its *images. A private individnal,l
whose house was adjoining to the Government ordnance
yard, .where the fite was then raging with great fury, at-
tempted to save some Jf his property,-when the soldiers I
declared that private property should not be attteraled to,
sa that of ,the public was in danger, and they were
about to force this individual into the ordnance yard,
Own the plaintiff interfered and prevented them, observ- i
ing, et the same time, that every man bad a right to save
losewis property if 111 could. A dispute folk between
die plaintiff and some of the soldiers; the plaintiff woe
assaulted, brought his action, and recovered damages.
:Colonel Manners made a complaint coneerniog his coo.
duct to the defendant, who waited until the decision of.
the trial of assault, and then, without instituting anyl
public investigation into hiseondoet, dismissed him from
the office of notary Fable, elthough no complaint what-
ever had been made against him iii that character. The
defendant then published l.is dismissal in the Gazette of,
the island in the following terms:—" St. John's, New-
fonndland—Whereas I have deemed it proper, in cons.-
, gnenee of several complaints made against Win. Darer,
to farhichhimacting say longer as a notary public io this.
island, I hereby give twice, that I have not only coin.
muniented the same in the Courts here, but also to the
Committee at Llnyd', to prevent hi. being employed in
future in that Opacity." The defendant also wrote a
letter in nearly the same terms to the Committee si
Lloyd's, and these were the alleged libels on which the
action was founded.
Mr. Serjeant Less for the defendant, insisted that if
the Governor had the right of appointment, he had also;
the power of diemissal, and .that no dismissal could be
rendered effectual, of he had not the right and power of
pui.plisiiiag into the world, in order to prevent the party
assuming that character with which be-had once
been invested but which he bad lust through his miscon-
duct. The plaintiff had mistaken his remedy, .hick
should have beeu an application to the Government to be
reinstated in Lis office.
Lord Chief Justice DAlriilll, is charging the Jury,
said, *bat if they believed the detendant to have acted
with a fair and bona fide interrion, though he might
have been mistaken, they must find their verdict for him.
If be had not dismissed the plaintiff from any malicious
Intention, be was not liable fur the publication, as that
uas necessary to the completion of the act of dismissal.
The Jury immediately returned a verdict for the de-
fendant.

RHCORDER'S COURT, Desists, Pea. 21.
• BARUEICR POLK:
Michael Jordai was indicted for stealing a barber's
pule, the prispertyof ?booms O'Meara.
The prisoner pleaded Not lisilty.
Thomas O'lleara„ (as original a Dickey Gossip as eyes
made his entree in a Couit of Jusice,) sworn end ex-
atnined.—Witness is of the profession of a barber; that's
his occupation ; lives on Stoney-b suer ; the prisoner stole
bin pole; witness mild Jo nothing without his pelt ; knows
the prisoner stole it, because he (the prisoner) beeps his
pole out for a W.olll2an—Ommuderatc law(laer); they ars
rival barbers; the prisoner is anopposuton barber; wit-
ness lives at No. 3 ; the prisoner's mother lives at No. 1 •,
witness went there tolook for his pole, hut could not find
it; found it afterwards in:Cumberland-Lane, et Summer-
bill, with the prisoner atoLlsia wife ; -Heiden has a pole
out for prisoner's mother; slue hires a boy to suave;
witness's pole was out nn the 3d of February ; when he
went to arrest his pole on Tuesday morning, the head
was cat off; it was a headless pole ; knew itby the Ilea I
that was cat off; could pick it out of a thousand poles;
the pole was a great object to witness, as he could do no-
' thing without it; alien witness went to inquire after Isis
pole, the prisoner came out in a robustic manner; knows
his object was to put his mother in possession el the
pole; saw his pole on Monday night, but did not attempt
'to take it then, as he knows he'd get himself and his
pole smashed; he went abetter way to work; he went
to the Police-office, and got two watchmen to accomplish
him; the watchmen understood poles; when witness saw
his pole again, he said " this calls isle master I" I'll take
this, s sid he, meaning his pole, and do you (to the watch-
! men) take that, meaning the prisoner.
(Here the pole was produced in Court, it was painted
in alternate stripes of red and white ; a chain was affixed
I to the bottom of it.)
That is witness's pole; linens his pole because be has
ben using it these seven years ; the head was on it when
witness had it; it is now off; witness saw the head on ;
the prisoner sawed it off—(great laughter); since he got
his pole back he fastened a chain to it to prevent say
other barber from stealing it.
(Here the witness, putting himself into a ludicrous a•-
titude, presented she pole alternately at the Recorder
and the Jury, and requested both to look at the head
that was off`!)
The prisoner in his def.:tee said, that he benght the
pole for ten-pence ; that if be knew it was stolen, he
might have got it painted over again a that his another
four and thirty years in Stoney-batter, and that the
- rosecutor would swear his life away, because he was a
barber. It was all a barbarous proceeding.
The prisoner was found Guilty, and sentenced to be
imprisoned one week.

One of the most afflictive dispensations of Providence
which ever took place in the village of Bastord, occurred
on Tuesday sen'night. Mr. Clayton, of Burton, removed
with his family to Basford last week, and on Tuesday
morning, Mrs. C.'s accouchemezt took place. lu the
evening, her husband expressed his fears, that the room
he was about to sleep in, was damp ; and although cau-
tioned by a neighboor that the ream amolvd, tie con•
ceived that there could be no danger from that circum-
stance, and would hare a few red hot coals put into the
fire-place. This was accordingly done, and wit!, a little
irl, his daughter, about two years and live munths old,
he retired to rest. The none and Mrs. U. say they
heard him up uith the chill shout one o'clock, and it is
ceriain he had the child out of bed some time in the
night. About eight o'clock in the morning, the nurse
rut led at the door, hut received no answer; ant supposing
that as he had been disturbed the night before, he was
still asleep, he nal not azain call id till near ten o'clock,
when there was still no answer. She then orenail the
door, bet could scarcely breathe, the sulphur uas so
strong iu the room. Fearing the worst, Mr. Brawl-y'
was immediately called in, and it was aseertainr.d that the
unfortimate man was dead, and the lbtle child nearly so ;
and it soon brettihed its las.. Mr. Stevens, the surgeon
of the village, was immediately sent for, but he was trout
home; Mr. list was fetched. front Bulwell, but alas too
14te: the vital spark w,ss extinct, and Mr. Best pronoun-
e• d that Mr. Clayton had been deal several hours! The
Coroner has held his inquest over the bod:es, and a vet-
diet was returned of died by suffocation.

- ion gatentilliy,fisint de &dom. winged
been committed to the Hoare 9.f,einreCtioll byPitgolti
of the Aunt. Department, for threatening to blow. out
the bniias of lirince Pint d'Esterliarr, was lrronght to
this eller; ia aseistimence of the tiesir;•be hardiniimate'lt
to the Magistrate to be traniferred to some teaser
place of coolinement, till he could he adnipted wait;
He war ordered to be rembreil td the New Prise°, Clerk-
enwell. Notice of bail was tendered and in rose the
parties are disposed to become sureties, the bail will be
weepiest. It is tarderstaa.l that the threat was made
at an interview which the Count obtained *Maths Prince;
but the itomedi occasion has pot trani,iiresi,
fit ARIAOnOVOII-STlteaT.—C. Ja. Kirk/bet, whO had
andergooe several examinations at this office ui on
charge of riding away with a horse, belonging to Mr.
Mann. of Brightua; sod uttering Lag .41 hills oreccitange;
drawn opon the banking-honse of Jones, Lloyd, and
Co., was on Saturday fully committed fur trial, by Mr:
Dyer, the sitting Magistrate.
J. !tepid was Awed at ,the big stider the following
elrcinaftances DebiriP; a fOreign lady, who herra
a logging-House in High-street, Brighton, stated, that
abbot two years aeo the prisoner and a lady, whom be r
*resented as his wife, took a sire of apartments in her
tease, where they continued a month. From their 1...
ahlouable sppearronte sad misuser they obtained from
several persons a .Brighton a number of erdetes of coasis
derable ralne,'and among the rest a harp, worth GO gui.
most which they hired of Mr. Wright, who keeps the
Concert-rooms. 'Phis harp, however, was lent en as.
aaderstamlitrg that Mrs.Debine sboald have an ey, in its
safety. At toe exit:ration of the Rhona, Mrs. Debine had-
o..cas:ou to come to London on hp.siness, and during her
absence her fashionable I xigers 4a-canoed, with the harp
and all the other property they had collected, forgettin4
also to pay their rent. The prisoner said he knew no-
, Citing about the harp. That the woman who lived with
lint at Bhp. Debine's, one day in his ahsence took all
the things away, and lie had sine hrord melting of her.
He wished, however, to base the baldness adjournedahet
he 'night .suiploy a professional snail to state his C 34,.—
Thai wee accordingly done, *ad a future day appointed lee
is reasamiaatwa.

Mr. Serjeant Bullock was sworn into office on Saturday
before the Lord Chancellor, as oar of the Barons of the
lixcheqtaer. Mr. Baron Bullock proceeds °lathe Wes-
tern Circuit, which commences to-day at Winchester.
Dear arm Boma 1.10 f.-We learn from otr rerres-
position at Ikdwerth, that John Ilartnp, of Coilyeroft,
the boy who seas to he deprived of his h aring an speeet
for a month, according tirrhe predic ion signified to him
la a vision, recovered the use of those facilites on Sa•u
day las*, abeotthe Caine hour in the marniug that (on that
iday-four weeks) be had lost the We of them. During the
time he remained deaf and dumb, he played with other
boys, and was often pushed shoat, bat never spice. :* -
etweldisses guns acre discharged over his alsoulder un-
Uwe so him, but the report did not in the kvlst s•artle
Nag. Our iuformant assures us that n i:l•er the hey nor
his patents received money of any one. SO that rain could
not be the object of the imp Istare, if such it was. The
lboy declines stating what pasted in ;tilt mind during the
period of this exttatudivary visita ion.-(Cereetry
Herald.)
As two children about hie years old each, gills were
playing on the beach, at Brignion, Thorssay mantillal.
a high and sudden ware washed both or-I.th? Stecne
groyne. A young man, named Leach, planer] into th
water, and brought one hack to land, while the other,
Idoating to sea, but I:ept partially buoyant by the wind
which had gathered under her loose r4rinritts, was pre-
served by a boat, which ts at purposely pot off Irani the
works of thairsojected chain pi r. A subscri;Con lass
been made for Leech alai t boatmen. -(Brightese
Herald.) .
Feint. 4ticismer.-06 Thursday se'nuight, about
half-past one o'clock in the aternoon, a Intl:m:1101y and
fatal enenreence took place in Wolverhampton. la open-
ing the ground to. replace Roane pipes, to carry water to
a reservoir, under a large ehuisaey upwards of seventy
feet. high, belonging to the works of Messrs. :Bander,
Weaver, and Blander, of that town, the to:satiation gore
way, and the whole came to the ground. la i•s deuce,
*portion uafertunately fell on the worke.ops of William
rfavies, a hinge-m.ll;er, adjoining, its which were his
son, a youth about 17, and a workman named Wispy._
both of whom were nnhappily killed. Davies himse
was at dinner, as wire also others of his workmen, or •
they must have inevitably shared the :ame fat-. Du I!ey
was a sober, industrious workman, cal baa Heft a pregs
cant widow and two children.
YARMOUTII,FEIL 27.-Our Marketers Satan/ay was G.
herally Impelled with Grain, which met ready sales;
Wheat may banot•d 2 to 3a. per quaaC•r, and Baiky I to
2s. per quarter dearer. 04:i Is. per quarter, and 11-ann
2s. per quarter d . Note no &itemise in Grey
Peas.
LYNN, Fee. 27.-We had a geed supply of Wheat al
Market on Tuesday, which sold readily at an advaneo of
3to 4a. per quarter. Making Barleys ate verysrarre, and
the finest samples POLIO SJa. per quarter. Oats, Peas
and Beans may also le noted Is. p• r. quarter dearer, anti
in demand. Flour 3s. per nark higher.
LEWES CORY MARKET, Fail. 2:/. --Mixed wheat!.
red oitto 11. Iss. to il. Ifie.; oats Hs. to 195.; abdpeas
11. I Is.-Tuesday Feb. 25. White wheat 2/. 6s. to 21.
10.. ; high mixed ditto 21.4:. ; mixed ditto 2/. to 21. ;
red ditto 2/. to 2/. 2s , Talavera ditto 21.45.; .old ditto, I!.
125.; barley It. Ws. to 11. 13:.;
CRICIIRSTRR CORN Al tRKET.-The corn-if:splices
averages, up to the 25th last. mere as follow ;-IYlielt,
2/. 05.,10fd.; Larley, U. 6s. 7d.; eats, 18e. 2;rl. ; beeps,
11. 124. • pas, IL I Is. 3;d.
At Lewd! stock-maths:, on Tuesday, the supply of
beef was good fur the 5021503. but manna-was rather
scarce, in conseqnence of a London jobber hattioi bought
largely, which ranted as advaoce in price. A must beats-
Wu' ant compact two-year old wither sheep, supposed tor
wegh 'lB atone, was exhibited by Ali% Brannan',

BIRTH
On Saturdvy last th• Lady of Captain Gurney of a daugh-
ter.

DIED.

Yesterday, in the filth year of his age, Charles Drone.
mond, Esq. banker. Charing Cross.
Oa the Iftla alt. in his nth year, Mr. W. Wilkinson, of
Alelerenanbury.
011 Wednesday. the 26:h ult. on her I irth-day, aged, 19.
Mary, the wife of Mr. R. Stevenson, jun. of Hill-street, iVal-
wortli, and Great Tower-street. Loudoo.
At I.oeng leplecul, on the 3rd curt. Johns 11,Celluni, it
the 106th year-of bia.age. Ile enjoyed geed health frees
infancy till a few weeks ago, and nithin these few
Yates he frequently w:dii•tl to Inerrant' from Lock-
gilpheall, and reluraed the smut thy, a instance of 44
. . . . _ . . .

At Bowmore, island of Is'ay, on the 5:11 curt. Malcolm
Campbell, Esq. aged 102 years, fora long time in the
service of the Customs.

At Murraythoaite, on the 12th ult. aged 9k, .7. Murray.
Esq. of Murraythwaite, late ti e-liente, ant of the coolly
of llumfrit s.
At toe int nse of Dryn:en, to the ►Oth nit. Mu.. Aire
Allan, seed VO, widow• of the arr. Duncan Macfatlan,,,
late tninicer of Dr 3 men, Si rlingshire.

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