The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-11-14 00:00:00

COURT OF RIND'S BENCH; THIS DAY.
JUDGMENTS. '
.., TVS Kite° i. rues:man *afoot.
On the Ant sitting of the Court,
' Ni. Duane? moved ih• ptelinient or the Cetirt *mit
this defendant, for publishing a seditious and Mat.
phesoous libel to His' Republican."
Mrs. Wright on *Selig called on, appeared on the
doer of the Court•acedinpanied by some females. She it
will be remembered. Wei tried at the sittings before
last term, bold at Hoildhall. Shit wet one of Cathie**
shop•women.
. Defendant. said, she had something to say in
arrest of judgment.
The Cntar Jusrice then proceeded to read ,his notes
of the trial. and called upon the Defendant to move her
arrest.
The defendant then produced a written book,rnd
proceeded in addressing the Court, to read from it. The
contents of the book were g Ily a dtfeiice of her
conduct, and the principles of the work which Ras'.
milled a libel. The language was as each sentente fol-
lowed, growinf stronger sad more violent. At length,
The Cater. cams said he Could not bear such bias.
Oral.
Mr. Justice IlliniftaidapVessed himself to the same
effeet. . .t t .se .1,--.
The defen4sei pt bull' but in a louder voles
I proceeded to state frodtliir book terms couched In ez•
treasely violent langookft.
She was again interruptdelif erfehirt, and told, she
seat not proceed. • • _
' -lin. Wright eel& Aire** lie hilomel to read her de.
feseCand expressed esimethlisg about the harshness of
the Court.
The Cater Jussice then consulted fora moment, with
his Learned brothers, and said, the defendant was par-
.dere had course. He hoped she would be better ad-
MOIL She must come up for judgment on the 4th day
vPswitt term, and. in the interim, be committed to New.
igate, fur contempt.
Mrs. Wright addressed an observation to the Court,
as the offirters were removing her, which was net beard.
tie KIND V. SAMUEL WADDINGTON.
• This defendant then darted into CORM', and with a
volume of Blackstotis in his hand, made a lOw bow to
the bench.
The SOLICITOR4IENZEAL moved the odgement age
him. for publishing a blasphemous libel, retitled "r pal.
sees Principles of Nature."
• Weddingtoa said, he wished to put io an a&
davit.
The Cater Jurrtcs said, he might, after the notes of
the trial were read. - '
Waddington. "very will fay Lord."
The Cuter JUSTICit file teed the trial, and when he
bad concluded. celled on* Defendant fur any thing he
Wte offer In arrest of nt.
44Faddiegton then took Deb of sena' art., read his
Tette
affidavit, oecasionally '' lug upon it. The substance
!Olt was that be ought not to be tried by a epeeist jury.
bat a ;whose, sad also. that a witness who gave evidiece
oa the trial was sot worthy of belief He thee
contended, that ae he histbeen illegally tried, they could
not "welsh bile t hit'esteld have had Whig to de with
the *owe in the ilthellitlOgh which thiwerhe were
said: be bed whist hi OP* is mitiptiou, because he.
theaght they hefts‘ Orli. Ys.punish him. •
- The &morel eMeiWt. spike he Fretratices. i
"Nr. Jelstiert.Dilthrtlilierved the silent of thsi
ilert epee Mee, iota We., that he i froprisms* Is
Hoes' Of Gay," Celt 11.1% -PAK Let twelve
dar iseethi, sir at .the ereireeleis of the pevieun
-" cm keerher4:pes*. litteedrhe

le ri114.,•• -
litglateetelbwoohmiteeel Moe Nalley
leo tea a *airs of Blermay r feat other safer
eamstamtee of a mysterious nature tome waded I. coke
thie pevsen's eerie extremely aortal. He had hems for.. .
days in custody for armee of bastardy money, which
Nil bed negistoted Is pay. whew isa tho4thiset
a sheep was preferred sgalast Lim of *say by a
womesislisetated herself to •he hie woad wife. She
was told by the Magistrate, (J. Req.) AM she
most produce evideeee of tise.meo's boa inesrlege, and
of his first wife being alive at the tisie of the &wood. be;
foes the charge *Auld be received. Hague was theed
committed on the bastardy-warreist. Tile second wife
sad her friends accordingly made inquiry in the midis
hoorbood of Charley, where the first wife had lived, and
iliseivered that, on the 'Mb of September, Ha*us had
fetched her away. and that site bad nut since been beard
of, though her friends supposed shame is ilemelmeteri
Irkete her husband said he was taking her.Th e sewed wife;
koowing that he had bees Seise with her ow time
that time, told the relatives of the first, Oho, Wag
dlarused, came ever to this town. sad here learned that
aft the tith of Semedeber. a woman was found drowned
li the canal in Oldfield-larte, Salford t that • large
wound appeared on the back of her head ; that no cam
was able to identify her at the Grocer's hairiest. sad
that the verdict ryes —" Poised Drowned." They aim*
Harped tbst the clothes istshlt *oases had bees kept at
tdli Woriebosee. sad on being peemitted •to exansise
than, they were satisfied they were these worn by the
t wife of Gages. The gravels*, since been opened,
r the observation either relatives, sad they recognized
her hy &particular scar under the ear, which was well
known to them. These, Omagh foul circumstances,
were sot deemed neieiestly caochisive to warrant a
opmeeltment for the greeter crime. He is, however, in
ads custody for the minor offence. sad it is to be
the end. of justice will ultimately be fatly an-
° ,by a discovery of the whole truth, which the
1g
will
betwixt the present aad that of the
will enable a rigilant police to acct.—(Yeo-
' Herald.)
GAITCIO,I TO Piseews aecosstwo Mar.—We revisit
r:.`egatlitation of our readers to an Aet of Parlimueot
the 24th of Jane last, entitled " An Act for the
amore speedy return and levying of tines, penalties, and
forfeitures, and recognisanees entreated." The first sec-
tion of this Act declares all the former laws on the 'ab-
ject of fines, penal ties, and forfeitures, and recognisance,
retreated to be repealed; and the seemed section states,
that instead of the old custom of returns being made
twice a year to the Exchequer of the Recognisance* es.
treated, the same must, from and after the 29th day of
September lest, be forwarded by the Justice or Justices
'of the Peace by whom such floe, &c. is imposed, to the
Clerk of the Peace for the county ; and twenty-one days
thereafter. or after the adjournment of the Court of
General or Quarter Sessions, should the fine, recogni-
sance, &c. be imposed there, the Clerk of the Peace is
directed to send a list of such forfeitures to the Sheriff.
with a writ of Marriages and Capies, orjferifircias end
espies, fur immediately levyia4 the amonut of suck
fines, &c. epos the goods and chattles of the persons men-
Seined therein, and for taking their bodies into custody,
and to remain is gaol until the next General or QUartrf
Sessions. The fourth section requires ever, Justice of
the Peace before whom any reeoguisanc• shall be entered
into. to give, at the time of entering into such recog-
eisanee.• written notice to all the partite bound, de-
scribing their names sail places of abode in words at
length. The fifth 'yeti°s gives the power of appeal to
the Closers! or gamier Sessions. Is nay yams havinf.
his goods seised by the Shrill—wpoa hie Orin goo 3
*entity for his appearance; and the sixth section em-
powers the General or Quarter Sessions to hear and da-
te/Mine such appeals. This Act is now in coarse of
operation, andledividnals mediate et having catered
tt*o recognisances,,ranaot be too carotid.