The Statesman.
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by a person in Mr. Clarke's eminent station ; to
leader of his circuit, high in standing at the
bar ; filling a place of distinguished seniority
among his Majesty's Counsel, clothed in all but
the ermine ; or my Learned Friend himself,
when he felt reluctantly compelled to em-
ploy tie weight and influence of those high at.
tributes in furthering the purposes of his Client,
or his Client's Attorney ; or even by the die-
charge of his duty towards one almost to act in
breach of his duty towards another, by attacking
the very professional existence of this young man
upon his entrance into life-4neading his general
character, despoiling and laying wa.te his fair pros-
pect of success in the world—i declare. I rather
think the situation in which my learned Friend was
placed, the more painful of the, two. But that
enough appears before your Lordshilts to claim a
merciful view of the Defendant's situation, and of
the conduct which not very unnaturally arose out of
it, I feel extremely confident. May 1 also express,
my hopes that I have freely described this conduits
without offering any injury to the privileges of the
Bar, or disrespect towards the very eminent person►
who instituted these proceedings.
The Arronsae-Gwenn. said, that his ditaatie•,
faction with Ids present task bad been in some degree
mitigated by the opportunity which it had afforded
to his Learned Friend for the eloquent display of
good sense with which he had asserted the Vas or
the profession, and for which the AttornepUotnerS
respected him in common with all who, heard ,
If these were not the rights of the bar, he had better
sit down, and 'not contract the conduct of the De..
fetidant Os he should feel it his duty to do) with the
speech of his exeellent, and eloquent, and bonen,- ,
able Advocate. It had been %tell elated long ago,
that the prieliene of the bar was not. of of the Ad•
rocate,' bet unite public; and that Barristers would
he useless and worthless, as far as the interests of the
Clients were concerned, without it. It was proved
by the Defendant's personal cross-examination of thl
Prosecutor at the trial, that he did not know. the
Defendant, and could him had no personal feeling
siptiovi4pim. The Defendant's affidavit stated,
that Clarke bad voluntarily stood up, and
scared him of petticipating in the damages to
he recovered. The . questiou was, whether, the
Plaintiffs in both ahem hid not made common
cause, and were to share each other's *damages,
being alternately witnesses for each ,other ; and Mr.
Clarke's question arose very properly upon the voir
dire, for if there had been such an agreement, the
witnesses would have been incompetent. Mr. Clarke
put it is the Jury w,hich .of the witness's answers
they believed ; the Judge charged them that there
was no ground for believing such collusion, and the
Jury (knowing the Defendant's character, perhaps)
did not believe it. There were no parts of the Attor-
ney-General's professional life which he looked
back upon with mote pleasure than where he had had,
occasion to state, that he did net mean to bear se
hardly upon those whose characters cam before him
in the discharge of his professional duties: and &the
Defendant had said to his own COOlifti,afterthetauses
sere over, 64 would you just ask Mr. Clarke to say that
he spoke from his instructions, and not from any per-
sonal knowledge of my cheracterl" Mt-Clerk would
have iustantly complied with the repeat. Instead
of this, the Defendant writes him a letter, in terms
which no gentleman of honour could notice. If,
when the rule far this information was obtained, the
least advance. towards the slightest reparation had
been made to Mr. Clarke, he would have stopped its
progress. Why did not the Defendant show cause
%oiliest the rule by his present Counsel, and if he had
pot the Defendant's affidavit (aliglitly altered) into
the Attorney General's hands, Mr. Clarke would
have said he had no revengeful spirit to indulge, and
would have given the Attorney General interactions
to proceed no further.
Mr. Justice Le &axe, in pronouncing the judg-
ment of the Court, animadverted in terms of seve-
rity on the conduct of the Defendant. The sentence
was, that he should pay a fine of '201., be imprisoned
in the Marshalsea one month, and find seetnity for
his good behaviour for two years, himself iu
and two sureties in 501. each.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

—now—
HOUSE OF LORDS, N0v.46.

To the Appeal Kier and others a. the Duke of Athol. Mears.
Monier and Adam were heard tor the Respondent. and Sir S.
Romilly was heard in reply.—Judgment was postponed to
Vi eduesdo7.
lu the Irish Appeal. Moore v. Blake, Sir S. Ratably and
Mr. Shadwell were heard for the Appellant, and Mr. Hart for
the itespoodeot. The further hearing was postponed to Wed.
amdsay.
On the motion of the Bari of WI A FTES BU MY, it was order.
ed. that no Peti ions fur Private Bills should be received after
the 15th of February next, and no reports of Private Bills after
the SW Of April following.
The Malt Duty Bill, the Exchequer Bills in Aid Bill. mod
the Twelve Millions mid a Half Bill, went throng l Comasittees
without aiwndmeot.
Mr. Brogden brought op from the House of Common the
Neutral Shipping Bill, the Foreign tsipplag Rill, the Prosnito
sure Note Bill, the Easti India Goods Bill, the Irish GM'S Doty
Repeal Bib, and the Weal lepartatioa Bill. They were sere.
rally lead a Arm time.
Reports of the Commissioners for the Debts of the Nab*
of the Carmtic, and of the Commissionen of the Booed of
Education in Ireland, were premated at toe bar.
Adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Sir A RTIlUit PIGGOTT moved for a new Writ for Use Bo-
rough of Westbury, in the room of Benjamin who
had accepted the *See of Steward of the Chaffs Huadreds.—
Ordered.
The Valse Measure Bill went Omagh a Committee.—Report
to-morrow.

A Petition was.presented from the Corporation of the Cky of
Gordon. far leave to bring is a Bill for the Suppression of
Mock Auctions, and two Private Bids.
The Reporis of the Irish Timber Bill, and the Me !blood
Excise Bill, were brought up and taken into consideratioa.— '
Third reading to-morrow.
IRISH PEACE PRESERVATION BILL.
The. Report of the Irish Peace Preservation Bill
was brought op and taken into consideration.
Mr. PULE' molted that it be read a third time to.
morrow.

Mr. PONiONBY said he did not rise with a view
of opposing the motion ; he merely wished to say a
few wosda on the subject of the Bill. The opinion
which he had formed after much enquiry was, th;t
there never was laid before the House a statement
WSJ supported by facts in many instances, than that
of the Rigt►t Honourable the Secretary for Ireland
last tipsainn, when he introduced the present Bill to
the house. lie was far from eutertaining au Idea