Report of a board of inquiry into the allegations between Matthew Curling Friend and the editor of the Cornwall Chronicle, William Lushington Goodwin. The inquiry continued over some weeks.
A threat of legal action against the 'thirteen gentlemen' who withdrew their names from the Cornwall Chronicle subscription list on 28 April 1838.
The editor of the Cornwall Chronicle, William Lushington Goodwin and the Launceston port officer, Matthew Curling Friend were in a long running feud that escalated in 1838.