The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-12-11 00:00:00

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TICE-COANCI.LI.On 9 COURT, Dee. 10.
I.IIIIIPUID V WILLVIIINL.
This emotes. in ostrich the D.fenden• end ht
son were Owed with a cont.rpt of the br
carrying off Miss Seaford, a wird of C.... 1, end
ender di•ectinn of a• Mr. 0., es her

The•
yoong Lady •as ne4ll) of age, and ihnegh the
wide% knew she was a ward of Cora, rh.l carts..l
her of to IL mano,wher• she twos worard to the
sod temalued In the fa ht.'s h .esa fro'.. the middle
of October l• the 9th of Nowenthrr. applies•
line was, therefore, made to the Court by the gear.
dime, at the rogoo.tof the mother, en I he 'sweated
Lis willingness to take the young Lady home again,
if the Court sheriff think proper. Toe cue woe -
swotted by severe s.
The Vies Coastot.t...a ofthred the Dofentlento
to be entsneitted to the Fires )wiser, and the rose

Laity to be dvlivererl to the goarilieu,
Defendants were is *Whitely tams lot. eel-
-1,4 by Mr. Baker, Officer. bet toe Lady would sot
be separated from bur husband, in esnargeenco nt
•hick she proceeded along with his and the father
is a coach to lb. prison.

COURT OF KIWI'S BENCH. Dee.lo.
NACIIIONt V. lIIVIIVAT
T.. see an ectiun.brnught by the Pleireif aided
the DHendant for a libel, lieblished in the Zanier:l
Reties, Nu. 37, reflecting on the Mastiff's clia

Meter.
&Ir. BILL. •ith Mr. A•SAOAN. Cmtutted tha
rate for the Minn'. For the Defendant were 1641
Soucteos•GanasaLi Mr. GURNEY, and Mr. DM.

NAII•
The ease was substantially ea toilette: —The Plain.
tiff, a subject of his Britannic Majesty, bad acted is
the capacity of Aid de.Camp to Joachins Moral,
King of Naples, daring the reign of Bonaparte.—
After the death of Merest, bating been shot, in con-
opuses of his joining thecae,. of Bonaparte after
his return from the Isle of Kiss, the Plaintiff came
to England, sad published • book, retitled .4 Sketch
of Ow Military Power of nonaparte, with interest-
ing fads respecting the Beads of Joachim Mucci.—
In that book the Plaintiff detailed the history of his
own esenetion with the personage whom he served ss
Ald.dreCtesp, which gave a detail of the treads,.
roes conduct of that personage, which is already
well.known to the public. Soon after this work was
published, a critique upon it appeared in the 37'k
INumber of the Qoarterly llerierr, of which the
Defendant was the poblisoor; and r.e critique. in re.
temente the wink, and the Pisintill's ern conduct
as then described by himself, drew • comparison be.
lignites him and his master, Motet, in which appear.
ed the foillowine expression., which t.thited
grimed, of this action Ile lies little reason to
op,nehend the honourable mode of death indicted
on his master. His vocations seem to be to another
kind of eavestien," meaning, as the deciaratiou
!alleged, that the Plaintiff deserved to he hanged.
The Souctloa GENERAL, in addle-sing the Jury
for the Defendant, vitae& that the criticises on
I which this action was Invaded, was s fair sold candid
review of the Plaudit'', conduce, aid of his nark se
printed ; and that the offensive observations and con•
lesions were seek as, upon reviewing the circens.
stances of the case, every man of hosinerable mind
would naturally draw. Mural haying been drives
from Naples by Austria during the time of an Er.
Wide', a seenciation had been commenced through
the medium of the Plaintiff, in which it was rips.
hated that Murat was to relinquish sill (elope projeets
to resume his power on Naples, upon the specific
condition that he should enjoy en honourable retreat
to a private station in the dominion of Austria, for
which he sod the Plaintiff were to have passports for
eneductieg them to the proposed scene of retirement.
The negotiation Leming concleded, the terms were ra.
tided, cud there was a perfect understanding that
Munn was is desist from an 'embalm against Na.
pies, which he had in contemplation ; bat in viola.
Wien of ibis agreement, Herat resumed the impure
of his espeditinn. sad made a hostile descent upon
Calabria, after KIM had been shendoned by Dona.
parte. It was agreed that the Plaintiff should ace
quaint she Commander of the Millet' fleet, then Icing
off Basile, should aoy attempt be slide by Murat to
violate his engagement ; but the Plaintiff knowing
that Murat, in violation of the •rsioientent he had
made, had resolved in proceed r • esperlition, de.
dined sending to the British Commander any Winn.
lion of the expedition until it bad tailed above 14
hours. It appeared frogs the Plaintiff's non book
that he had received 40,000 francs, by bill• upon
Perigord end C.. bankers, at Paris; and this, lbw
loomed Gentleman contended, wee the price of his
treachery. lie else cantended, that Gem the 6(r-om-
elette's thesackneeledged, it was nut too much via
berate to the Plaintiff the grossest violation of bin
defy—nay, that of high hereon, by thee serving an
*pi enemy against bit lawful Sevethien. The
Leayeed Snlicitur cooctuded a very eloquent and for-
Ale address in the Jury, by observing, that ac men 1.1
gNasna untlerstandieg they must And a verdict foe
the Defendant.
rich., then reie In give, as we centliter!, their
verdict for the Drtendani ; lint the Chief J auk, Ise.
ing repressed a wish abet they should beer the case to
its eeil, his Lordship seemed op the whole of the
',ideate, with sects ob tinns as occurred to him,
intimidating, that It e supposed libel was no tonic ih•is
a fair criticism upon the conduct of the Mastiff, es
well as his groat.
The Jury immediately gave their verdict for Ilse
Defendant.
conn Errs RI Gt:rim.
V. GLUIEST.

Mr. Orme opened the declaration in this ease.--.
11 was an actin,' against the Defendant, Mr. Wes
(.•r publishing ten alleged libels, enniained
in Cabbea's Week", "'aided Register, one on the
dtb of January, 1817. and the ether a sult.equent
number of the setae petilieatinn, oil the 31 of J .Iy.
1818, imputing to the Plaintlif the forgery of certain
lettere, obtaining matey ender false reenter, wed
usher cutters tojefinol to his character.
Mr. SCARLET; whe, together •ith Mr. Career
sod Mr. Denman, eppeared for the Plaintiff. iu Lie
address to the Joan diatioitoishod this me from 'ha
action which bed jest bees. stied, by abseiling, that
iris was a case of s asicia am aggravated mato',