great britain hall have any force or i tnag p u oil i i dare fay you knowa what effect unlefs the feal of fuch city borough or town corporate hall be affiv 1 fherfo from the london courier june 13 court of common pleas before lite clucfjaslfcc and a common htrg defamation j ihkr v 11117 this was hated to be an action by which the plaintiff buht to recover a com pilation id damages for certain defamato ry words cpoken by the defendant and by which he the plaintiff had fullered gieat irjuryin hisbnllnefs mr set cant lens for the plaintiff la ud to the jury that the parties were both refpefiabvtradefmen in highitreet shad- well and the defendant f r fo me ft range mo tive bed known to himfclf had thought proper not only publicly to aceufe the pliutift of having committed a highway robbery hilt had actually made it his bull- refs to place himfelf before the hop ct the plaintiff and by malicious and unfounded reprefeutations prevent his cuftomers from going into it thefe fa as would be ful ly proved and he had no doubt they would give fuch a verdict as would mark their fenfe of fuch wicked and fcandalous con duct the learned ferjeant then called charles thompfon who dated hirrfelf to be an apprentice to the plaintiff mr ba ker who is a pork butcher in liighftreet shadwell mr sprat the defendant s an bairdreffer and lives oppofite to his rrafter on the 27th march mr sprats i mean well enough nr at leall you know what mag is it feems by your talk ing fo fait to me here the court was convulled with laughter and the comely witnefs left the box in fmiling triumph henry collycr was prefent on the 27th of march and hard the defendant fay i who knocked the man down c c the defendant was fweepinrr before his 1 1 door at the time mr serjeant vaughnn and fo sir you actually heard the defendant hold this language witnefs hold what sir i did not fay he was holding any thing but a broom laughter timothy newton was prefent or the 15th of april and heard the defendant be fore the plaintiffs door telling the peoplj that he dealt in hagmag and he had never dealt at his fhop ft nee mr serjeant vaughan pray sir what are you 4 me sir i am in the tailor ing iinc a tailor gentlemen the wit nefs is blotter now mark me sir on the oatlk of a tailor did you or did you not cut out this sut for the piainliff rt me sir no yes no sir i i never worked for him yet oh oh very well so then if he gains this luit by your means he has promifed that yon hall cut and make one fur him in your own particular line a you call it m oh dear sir i dont exactly uuderftand 1 never made any thing for mr baker and per- haps i never may m and pray sir what is tne reafon you have never dealt with the plaintiff since this notable 15th of april that you talk of did you believe that he was a dealer in kagmag why no h02 but i live fuch a aflillant was fvvecping before his door and not e witnefs heard mifs gregory btewi that jt wonw not to mr baker fay oh lor flume don t fc mc a very ell very he fo unneighbourly a to fweep your dirt hre upon which mr 8fl3rt on- to his door and laid co in and waft your dirty chemife mr baker hearing this immediately went out and remonftrated with mr sprat when here- plied m who knocked the man down in the field w hat money have you in your pocket if you want apotmd note 1 will give you oe mils eieauor wilhelmiwa gregory 3 tofe withering on its virgin thorn faid fae was the lady alluded to by the laft wit- heffi and ftie corroborated the firft part of his evidence but dated the defamato ry words to be who knocked the man down and robbed him and what money had he in his pocket crofsexamined by mr serjeant vau ghan witnefs is ftiil a fpiiller and though he had lived in shadwell forty years he had never heard a bad word be fore indeed fhe thought file fhould nev er have known what bad lanzuae was had it not been for mr sprats couduct in this affair she really did not know the mean ing of the word knock and that was the reafon fhe had fpoken it out fo plainly in her evidence she did not know that mr sprat was married nor did fhe know whether there were any little mafler or mifs sprats there might be a whole ihjal of fprats for any thing fhe knew to the contrary she did not hear her bro- therin law the plaintiff fay to mr spiatt go and keep yrnr houfe of illfame and take your wife off the town she was fare he had no witneffes to prove that though it was true that her brotherinlaw fpm m1h twdliktl man to take her part 3nd fhe walked away into the houfe c being perfectly connuhtce d ihul mr sprays language was not lit for any ladys cs the next witnefs vas the portly mrs julia pates hoflela of the jolly bacchus public houfe shadwell and lie fwore that on the 15th of april f he heard mr fomcwhdt ban poinh is trucbuti sprat ay to the plaintiff 1 have never mzxm lhat fhe even fhe docs n robbed any man as you have moreover ihe faw him landing befoic the plaintiffs door with hove one hundred and fifty peo ple about him and fhe heard him fny to them 44 dn go into his hop he has poifbned hundreds ot hs cuftomers with i hagmag i mr newly fells good meat let every one go there and theyll be well ferved in coniequencc of thefe words fhe had never been in the hop unce crofs examined by mr serjeant vaughn prav maam did you believe t his faid llory about p ifoning believe it no indeed 1 know mr baket too well then he well i mr tailor i have now q tte done 1 vol iutiu several ether wttneffea were cimi to prove the extensive and rtfpcable bufioefa which the plaintiff had carried on and others to explain the word katfmair fomeof whom thought it meant meat that had been kept too long after ft was killed ethers that it meant lean poor meat and others agr thought it meant meat which had never been killed at all the whole body of evidence having been gone through mr serjeant vaughan ad- drefftfd the jury for the defence gen- tlemen faid he i will not take up much o yoar time for i knew you are of opinion with me that this aion has not a leg to ftand upon notwithftanding they have employed their fpecial pleader and made nine counts in the declaration gen tlemen i will take upon myfelf to fay and 1 will uy it in the emphatic words of that declaration irfdf that the whole of thofe nine counts are hggmag that the declaration ftelf is hagmag and every part of the afiftm fron beginning to end is kagmag too laughter why gen tlemen wh- have they called in fupport of their cafe firll there is the immaculate spinster mils eleanor wilherrima greg ory who has lived in sudwjl 40 years and never heard a bad word in her life in shadwell gentlemen then comes the wapping bndlady that gorgeous pcrfon- agc milucfs julia batci youre in- correct again sir crid mr bates from the lower end ot the court l rry name is not julia i beg your pardon madam frd the learned ferjeant tc what is it then ktut that its ury ma for a tofc by any other name would fmell a aweet 8 oh lard sir my ua ne h juliet t ju liet continued the learned ferjjant u fure- ly i have the gift of fecond hight how elfe could i have quoted juliet herfelf in my addrefi to you but as 1 was faying gentlemen here is the lovely juliet herself ihe even fhe docs not tell you that fhe believed the bander which fhe fays he heard and therefore the plaintiff cannot have fuffered t5 lols of her great custom then tnere is the magnan imous tailor mr newton what has he pmvj but that he does not now deal with the plaintiff becaufc he lives at a dis tance the evidence as to the charge of robbery is directly at variance with itfelf and then again all the witneffes are at va riance with the declaration for that ex- prefsly llaies that he had poifpned bun- d eds of his cullomers with his hag and j you know gentlemen that all the witneffes fay you have a wapping tea lbn now tell me truly as you are a lady nay more a landlady and the very picture of prof- pcrity bearing your blufhing honours thick upon you whether in cafe the piainiff obtains a verdia he has nut prom ifed to have a feafl at your houfe tonight no nor he has not done that neither fo you are out of it for once but w you mutt have it 1 did not like to buy my meat at a flop as had be fcandalized with felling iaguagi and f o i hall bid you good afternoon offering to leave the b x no no mrs julia bates i have not done with you yet you know that i have a geat deal to fay to you yet k how fhould 1 know i never waa in a pace of thin fort in my life before and i hope 1 nverfhal be again aye very like wppiog or shadwell is more to your taftc dont you fueer at shadwell quite fo much ltb not fuch a place as you fem toihirk fn there ire folks there that kecs their carriages le me tell you yea we fee what fore of carriage they keep b your own bcaiiog i rs julia bates but pray wii you be kind tptiuffh to explain to ui what you mean by i- v laughter upon the whole ten tlemen i do nt fcruple to fay without in tending the qighteft offence to my learned brother that it is a nasty cafe and ought not to have been brought into court and if you give 40 damages yon may as well give the national debt the chief jus tice then fhortly charged the jury and they instantly returned a verdid for the plaintiff damages one farthing such was the impreuion made on the fuscepiible mind of the amiable juliet bates by the flattering comparifon made by mr serjeant vaughan between her and ihc fair heroine of shakespeare that in order to complete the figure flic refolvcd to rake the learned serjeant for her romeo followed him to the entrance of guildhall and was only prevented by foice from joining him in his carriage the learned serjeant was happy to decline the honour of her com ipany profess lie mahometan religion the turkish soldiers of the garrison are in possession of the keys of the holy sepul chre and allow no one i enter who does not pay beforehand for his admission every strangeris obliged to iirc is francs for every fisit he pays to the sacred tomb the sight of jerusalem in our days re- eals to mind the nvt tenible prophecies of jeremiah it i- own deserted by he t rare her either through dinanutiou f faith or dread ofcia persecutions of the mnheltuiii boston sept 18 lad night we wrr- favoied by captain fro ft of the fhip ifflk with liverpool papers to the 16m and london to the i 2th lilt important occurrence the meeting of lie reformers at mnn- chefter had been dperfed by fevcal re giments ami corps l cavahy and be tween forty and u y men women and children wounded and three men kill d the meeting it wai eilimted confuted cf 70000 and was uaded by mr hunt who was taken intocuftody all the slags caps of liberty c woe taken deftroy ed or carried off it tiiumph by the caval ry two tf the cavalry were wounded the women who carried banners it i- fid fought molt eourajieoofly to defend them and ont was cut dwn with the hanuei in her hand some lecounts fav the riot ad was not read before the cavalry made their charges aon the flags was a black one baiiug fttivctfnl reprefcnta- io or dtalk the meeting i delcn- bed in the- liverpool papers as vrry order ly and hunt had only addreffed them when they were difperfed the wounded carried froin the field filled ii coaches turcv caiih auo unco ilu tive ivomcii dreadfully vrinraded wer amnnff them the meeting was held tl 161i1 auguft bill of indictment have been found a- gainft majoi cartwifght mr vvoohr editor of the ulach d and others concerned in the election of sir charles wolejjly as an extra member of parlia ment from the cork morning intdbsxcr of lu gust at through the london papers we have had all ihe preparations which hunt and his party thot ueceftary for the tffeftual getting up of the meeting at manclu her on monday laft having pronounced his own opinion of its being hoihconllituttmal and legal thta llrebrard of edition tlought it quite didorourable to his patriotifm to coufult any ether authority and the meeting was accordingly held under his wicked inlligafi- n of this meeting we regset to fay that private letteri fnwn manctefter fx m the mod refpeftahle fourccs leceivcd in uwn this morning tivr very alarrriig and dillrefllug reprefentatiou he civil power it appears was as decided 1 prevuumg as hunt was in holding tie meeting and the refult ha been that many lives have pud the forfeiture offupp ting him in his nefarious defperation the flrcets but tlic mob fcemed defperate and determined to have revenge our accounts are no later than the 17th mong the prifonere taken were hunt johnfton knight moorehoufe saxton t llollin9s smith p clarke j hind- ley j seinor t crabtree c shaw d shaw j fielding w mafon j hal- fham t dawfon j j langley j da vis j unlworth j green ann coates vv kanfhaw w finn j lang j ed wards g white a oniel j kcrfhaw j swinnels d byrnes g bell j bell j iiigins w barnes j mills j howe t bencrofi m conroy t miller t helmark w clurtler further particulars from the manrhcs- let exchange herald of tuefday morning soon after twelve oclock the magis tratcs and a body of conltables repaired to the ground to which th- brigaded reform ers had marched and in coullquence ol depositions made before fcvcial of his maiedys juftices of the peace by many of the mnft lelpettable inhabitants of the towns of ma neb eft cr and sallord in which they hated their apprchenlion of riot and tumult as the probable coniequencc of fuch an affembly of perfons from diltant townfhips marched thither under banners fo explicit of rebellious intentions the riot a was read but it did not appear to be much attended to by the infatuated crowd who continued to laugh and fcowl at the eonftables etc in attendance at one oclock another proceffion pas- fed the exchange elcorting hunt to the place of meeting for the great man perhaps to enhance his confequence made te would be legislators wait for him although their advcitifements ftated that the chair would be taken at z oclock i he icadci of this band bore a large club and he was followed by fome hundreds of men and boys who marched in columns vvxtli autirit y ttip il i- rouiic ot a regular baud drrffed in grey uniforms by the colours which were difplayed the van at lealt were from oldam after them was borne a board elevated on a pole and as if in down right tnockery tn both fides was painted order order n almoft immediately bete the barouche in which prefs we were in poftelnon of little more than rumor the refult can only be given in a fecond edition a fecond edition of the fame paptr men tions excepting the riot at the new crofs before mentioned at which two men were hot and taken to the infirmary where one of them had a leg taken off the night was pa ffed in comparative peace indeed in the centre of the town there wasahnoft an uncommon silence only broken by the distant trampling of the patroling cavalry the report of numbers killed at that un- ufually riotous place the new crofs in the tnmult laft night are fo vague and contradictory that we refrain to repeat them in our firft edition we had trusted to what we deemed a correct authority and hated that gx perfons hud died in the infirmaiy yellcrjay of their wounds we are happy to learn this morning that only- one has died there and tint the gentle man belonging to the manchefter yeo manry corps who was thought dying at 4 oclock yellerday and whofe aftual death was mentioned with confidence laft ight has paffed a comparatively good night in fuiroundiug the hullings and in difperfing the meeting yefterday the fpirrt and promptitude of action ij admirably difplayed by the yeomanry cavalry was accompanied by a temper and forbearance which has been fpoken of by perfons of all parlies in terms of approbation hunt johnfton knight moorhoufe saxton and the other leaders of the refor mers who were taken yefterday have paffed the night in feparate cells they have had leifure for reflection which it is to be hoped will prove falutarv we are glad to perceive by the above that the private llatements are given with fome exaggeration owini tothe difficulty wj vwlicviiug idct tivai i- uuoroer and confufion which prevailed in manches ter the accounts come down it will lc obkrved but to 9 oclock on tuelday morning the cork intelligencer of auguft 21 fays the fcnfibleand loyal part of the community arc coming foiward as they hunt rode was borne the fame flag and ought to preferve not only a maiked line the holjf tuj a traveller reconlly returned from syria rotates that the city il jerasftlem i now in tu most deplara- bfttsfate lis population scarcely am- ouats to liijtxio inhabit autk whomoblly fram the xforath papers riots at maftciiester ou monday the irtth of augoft the reform metliit was brldat manclufter there v tc d i lc5 t l fftltug than 100 ceo people cocttd from all the vil lages lound for 2c miles orator hunt was the lender ihe approach of the dif fcrent bodies of e deluded populace of which it was eonfiituted wraa made with all manner of outward difjay in order to impofe forbearance on the civil authorities- banners and bands of mufic added their ef feci to the march of tic dilfcrent divifiona of the reformers vhich was conducted with fomethiuu like military precillon a mong the former were fcveral bearing the following inferiptions and devices let us die 2 men and not he fold asflives no cum laws annual pat liarneutsand univerfal fuffrage major cartwrights bill the rofe fipported on each fide by the shamrock and thillle with two hands united and the wcrd union among them thiee different flags bearing the cap of liberty on the flag itaff 4t equal representation or death taxation with falfc reprefentationjsunjnft and tyranical women in considerable numbers were united in thefe prcceffions and advanced with them tothe general place of meeting in peters square when every thing of preliminary arrangement j concluded hunt with his immediate party mounted a platform prepared for their reception from whence he proceeded to addrefs the multitude his harangue was fuifered to go on one hour until the riot acl had been read in due form aid then he was inter rupted by a body or cavalry acting under the orders of the ciil magiltrates they made a full charge fa full gallop amongft the crowd to the ylatfoim on which he was placed cut it eewn with their fvvords and tok hunt and all on the it age prifmers they then made a fecond charge to difperfe the people in wlncli hundreds were thrown down and rode over five loft their livs and about ico were feverely wounded all continued confu fion till evening hen the mob broke fome windows in ihe new c rofa the 88th foot then fired on them and killed four men they were affailcd by the mob with hones and brckbats and one drag oon was knocked dwn by a blow and has fincc died on m l all wa alarm and the fticets crowhd with militia or ders were iflucd foi all the hops to be do led and it was rented that fome thou- fands were coming to manchclitr with pikes and arma camon was 1 laced cap of liheity which were difplayed on his firft vifit to vlancheller on the bos of the carriage was feated a woman wearing a flag and in the open carriage rood the main pivot ol milehief fcveral other pei fnns wt feated in it but we did not learn their names the carriage was followed by many hundred men and boys in the order above de cubed with colours flying they marched through denfgate in which and in ail the other streets through which they paffed the fhops were all flint up on arriving at the huttings mr hunt ad his friends afcended it amidft the fliout of the gn atcft affnblage of people ever collect d at one point in viaiichcfter u undcrllnd the traveling oiator had begun to addiefs the reformers when an hour having expi i after the reading of the it lot act- the warrants of the magis trates were carried into effect the yeomanry cavalry in fupport of the police officers armed with warrants from the magiftrates dafhed through the crowd fur rounded the hullings and arretted henry ii ivt jofedi johnfton john tyas geo swift john tha icer sexton kobt wile thomas taylor v waterworth sarah hargreavc and elia grant who wee canted off the ficd and fent immc- iatly undr efcon to the new bailey 1 nfon whillt the cas of libenv and the banners of rebe lion wtre deftroyed and tiamplcd in the ralnu with many hun dreds f perfon- who were thrown down in the cwnfequrnt confufion at the mo ment the fvixurc was made by the yeoman ry the fifteenth huffars snd the 31ft and 88th regiment- f ot brigade of artille ry and the chefhiir yomaiuy made their appearance on the ground which was foon cleared of the immenle body of people who had o lately occupied it with houti of tri umph in carrying this into effect we are concerned to late that feveral perfons were killed trampled to death upon the fpot and many 1 thers wounded fome by the fabrcb of the cavalry and others by the trampling of ihe horfes at the moment of furrounding the huftings a fhower of brick bats and paving ltones were hut led at the yeomanry feveral of whom were truck one fo feverely that he dropped the reirs and his horle fell by which he was pitched off and his fcull was fractured he was canicd to the infirmary and at four oclock all hope vf his recovery was lied be fides this gentleman there were feventeen other patients brought in from the fcee of action one of whom is fince dead and 30 other perfons whofe wounds being flight they were drefled and fent home betides the above we underftaud that fix other perfons were killed one of whom was mr aftiworth of the market place who was on duty as a fpecial con- lahle- the people who had marched in town by thousands fcemed unwilling to depart home for fcveral hours but with a view to the prefervation of the peace the magis trates ordered all the public houfes to be cleared at a very early hour in the evening this had a tendency to abate the storm of confusion but at eight oclock the mob was n outrageous in the vicinity of the xew crofs that the riot act was read a er the constables had exercifed the great est poffible patience in the endeavor to dif- pcrie the tumultuous multitude there is every reafon to fear that the military will be obliged to act in a way which every friend of humanity will de plore for the forbearance they have hown has been tried to the extreme at half past nine oclock when tins paper went to of demarcation between themlelves and thofe that are debauched into a love of revolution but affo to lend their ferioun fei vices fr the protection of the tatc and the maintenance of the public tranquillity which is fo deeply involved in the prefent iuuctuic london f august 14 the paris papers of tuefday ard wed nefday laft have been received we are informed from madrid that the britih ambaffador in communicating to the court of spain the law recently paffed by our parliament preventing bi itifti fubjects from affording any relief to the patriots of south america intimated at the fame time that it was the intention of the brilwh government not only to enforce the provifumsof this law with vigour but alfo to fend a fqnadron of fhip of war to the american feas toreftrairt the pirates who fail under the flags of the independant states ihe vengeur and the superb are now preparing for this fervice the madrid letter to the 1 ft inft do not fet at reft the important queftion whether the treaty for the ceffion of tlu floiidasto the united states will or will not be rati fied bv ferdinand there has been vry numerous promo tions of admirals generals c iu the b tit rfa tavy and army nothing authentic refoecting- the snan- ifli ireaty the iiritifh government are determin ed to kite all the means in their power to fuppreft the fpirit of irfurgency which is incrafing at a great rate and they ap pear to be aided by all claffes of fubjedts except thofe of the labouring clafs mr canning had gone to the continent on a tour of a few weeks difturbanccs arc faid to have broken out in sicily commodore sir g r collier in the tartar had arrived in england from the coaft of africa the britiih fhip erne of 20 guns is loft on one of the cape dc verd iflands crew saved fire flour in london aug x6 was fold at 60 to 66s per sack the average prices of grain for the week ending 7th auguft being the 5th of the 6 weeks by which the next quarterly im port average will be made up for wheat 76s 2d the ports of great britain are now clofedagainft the admiffion for home confumption of all defcriptions of grain pulfe and flour from any port or place be tween the rivers eydcrand bidaffon bar ley oats and peafe imported from any oth er ports would ftiil remain admiflible un til the 15th auguft the prince regent was continuing his excursion in the royal yacht it is mentioned iu the london papers that the prefent harveft throughout kngland is the fiueft and moft abundant that has been known for many years extract 0 a letter received at baltimore d- ted hamburgh july 27 1819 the accounts from puiffia continue to wear a gloomy afpect the unfortu nate divihion between the king and hi- sub jects threatens fome ierious conlcquences it is faid that field marshal bluchcr u watched ch fely gnciseneaunext to bill cher in rank and governor of berlin is under actual arreft the piiucc army and people form one party while the king with hij miniftry and the nobility form the other time only can tell 4i ibr con fequencc will be