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' • • ASE INTELLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUlT.—Cesummaa, Mama 12. CIVIL Sloss—airfare Mr. Baron GAILOW. TH011000i•D e. ADI.AM. This was an action to recover compensation in cla mors for the Injury suffered by the plaintiff in cense. qoence of the defendant driving a coach against a horse, the property of the 'turner. The plaintiff's case was conducted by Mr. GURNEE ilia Mr. THISSIGIIR ; the defendant s by Mr. Sergeant ANDREWS and Mr. BEODEICIC. The plaintiff is the proprietor of the new Colchester coach, and the defendant is the driver of the Defiance Colchester coach, which belongs to Mrs. Nelson. In the math of December, 1827, both coaches were going towards London, when they came up with a Southend coach and a gig. At this, time, according to the account given by the plaintiff's witnesses, Riven, the driver of the plaintiff's coach, was going at the rate of five or six miles an hoer, and the defendant- was driving at a •furious rate. Jost at the point where all• the vehicles came np abreast the road was unusually narrow. The defendant was, however, determined to pass, and he drove at the same pace between the Southend coach and the plaintiff's coach. In doing this, the 'near roller bolt of the defendant's coach struck the thigh of the plaintiff's off leader, and in. fiscted a wound of six inches kr length. The conse quence was, that the assistance of a farrier became ne ceWaty, and the animal remained under his bands three weeks, and was unable to work for three months. The i bill for this attendance amounted to somewhat mote than 21. A witness called by the plaintiff proved that the horse Was deteriorated no less than 101.4 n value. On the part of the defendant a number of witnesses were Called, who - swore that the aceidesit bad arisen from the plaintiff's coachman endeavouring to pass the Southend coach at a violent rate. Tne Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 101. Costs, 40s. WESTERN C4RCUlT—Maaen it. Before Mr. Justice Oasatsc. itValtaTT V. DUBOROUGH AND OTHZEIS. ilfr. SeigeantWitna (with whom was Mr. C. F.Wer.- Maus), stated the case. This was an action brought upon a policy of insurance to recover a sum of 1,0001. • The plaintiff bad purchased a lease of certain property tbr three lives, one of which was the; of a Mr. J. House, then residing at Warminster. Mr. Lye, agent to the Ades Insurance office, applied to the plaintiff, in the course of business, to know if he had any policies to qffect, and was tuld that he hid two for 500 Leach. Mr. Lye objected to one as being a bad life, but consented to undertake the other for 1,0001. which was on the life of Mr. J. House, above mentioned; this gentleman was then only 44 years of age, of robust health, having never taken any medicine in his life, except, as he 'aid, some quack pills made by a Dr.illarrey—(A laugh). When Mr. Lye applied to the plaintiff for instructions, be told • him he knew nothing of Mr. House, and authorised hint to make the necessary inquiries, and to see that all was sight. Mr. Lye did so, and told the plaintiff that he Was perfectly satisfied. The policy was accordingly made out, and the premiuu paid by the plaintiff It was tree that Ur. House was subject to occa sional fits of drinking while at Bath ; but as soon is he leit them off, and went to reside with Ms friends at War minster, he became as strong and healthy a man as could be seen; anJ hi, habits were perfectly regular. He, however, unfor innately died in June 1828, about six seeks after the policy was effected. The question for the Jury would be, if be was afflicted . with any dis order likely to-shorten life at the time the policy was made out ? After the death of Mr. House, the Atlas Insurance Office refused to pay the amount insured ; but if such offices were to act in this way, the public ought to be on there guard how they effected policies with them, as there would be no advantage, but a loss to be gained. He was confident that the Joey, on hear ing the evidence, Would give a verdict in favour of his client. Mr. Lye, an agent to the Atlas Insurance Office, and two respectable surgeons, residing at Warminster, con firmed the Learned Sergeant's statement ; the former at to the nature of the transaction, and the latter respecting die perfect health of Mr. House, and his temperate habits during the periods he resided at the above place. In cross-examination, the surgeon admitted that if they had known the deceased was addicted to habitual drinking, and had been applied to by an Assurance Office, they would have communicated the fact. Mr. Sergeant MEREWITHEIt addressed the Jury for the defendants. They as yet had seen only one side of the case, and were no; aware of the legal ground upon which the defendants had grounded their resistance to the present claim. The Learned Sergeant had made a most unjustifiable attack upon the Atlas Office; but the Directors had no view but the general interests of the bu kof the insured. It was n' t true that Mr. House had been always residing et Warminster. The fact was, that he lived principally at Bath, and that his life was not insurable, as he was an habitual drunkard, and, What was more eltianrdinary, his propensity was for secret iot ixication. This tact had been kept back, and when he was alplied to, instead of referring to his regular medical attendant,he sent M r. Lye to surgeons who knew ▪ thing of his habits. According to the law of in storancectli e strictest instructions should have be- n given, as was settled in the case Vaaliodor v. Desborough, in the C. urt of King's Bench. In that case the p hey was vpided, because mates ial info, matron s as kept back. gross attack had been made upon Dr. Harvey, who was a medical Gentleman of great practice and celebrity at Bath, and he had been denominated a quack; but his evidence would show that no man in his senses would here insured such a life as Mr. House's. Other persons would be called to prove the same facts ; and he telt Confident the Jury would have no hesitation in imam iUg a verdict for the defendants. - Dr. Harvey examined—l am a surgeon, physician., and apothecary at Bath. and have been six years • ysician by regular diploma ; my practice is extensive. have known Mr. House, and hate attended him con stantly fur ten years; fur the first five or six years I attended him for bilious attacks; foe the last tour years 1 have been called in as often as twenty or thirty times in a year, and his illness on those occasions arose from drunkenness, and nothing else. lam sorry, as hia skims and friend, to be obliged to state that he used to be drunk for four weeks, nights and days successively, during tibia he used to drink brandy, rum, gin, 0 and, d—n it, every thing" (added the witness, lifting up his arm). Mt. Justice GASICLED told the witness that be ought to recollect what he was, before he espiessed biurself in so ladecorous a manner. Mr. Seigel's; Maaawarraiza Rode anapologyipr the whom. and said his gnawer was unintentional. Mr. Justice Gsamet—The less that is said about it the better. Witiess—Witen I visited, the thiesssa oit ;base occa sions, I found the vessels replete, and used to , bleied bins and continue attendance for three days. I can say that from March,lB27, to June 1828,1 had occasion to bleed him frosts three to four times. The excitement from drinking must increase the circulation, and might have caused a rupture of a blood vessel, end immediate danger might have been the result. I often communicated that opinion to him when he got intoxicated at Bath.— His friends used to send him to his mother's, at Bagley, but it was necessary to employ chairmen to take him by force, and, on several occasions, his brother struck him when he resisted. During the fits of drinking he scarcely ate anything. I saw him one week before he died, in consequence of his being very drunk ; it war in the afternoon; I was going to bleed him, but deferred it, as he was going to Warminster ; I thought if it was not done he would die of apoplexy, and recommended that he should be bled the moment that be arrived at the above place; I told him that if he was not bled he would die of apoplexy; if I had been applied to, I would most certainly have said that his was not an insurable life. Crospezaniined-1 was not paid fees for attendance, but by the year; the deceased always paid more than I asked. lam not a Licentiate of the College of Physi cians of London. I did not bring my ledger, because thought it of no importance, and that extracts would have been sufficient. I was often told to employ chair- men to take Mr. House to Warminster by force, bat I 1 r did not, having a respect for him sts a friend; he was drunk to often between March 1827, and June 1628, that I cannot say the number of times; my practice is too extensive to say he was drunk every day; my practice is worth 2,0001. a year. I saw him drunk repeatedly, for one, two, three, and four weeks at a time,' days and nights successively ; he was incor rigible. He would di ink any thing, or every thing. 'On one occasion he spat blood to a con siderable extent. It was against commit sense to expect that a man of my practice could say bow often he was drunk during the last six mcmths before his decease. I cannot be certain that he was drunk for weeks together during that period, but I believe he was. Thq• last time! sent him off was on the 7th June, 1828; he had then been drunk for two or three weeks; 1 said I would do .nothing more for him ; he then appeared like a maniac, and was not shaved ; be must have been stupid drunk, because a man is always stupid when drunk—(A laugh). Mr. Sergeant think stupidity often com mences before--(Laughter). Witness—l was full surgeon in the navy, on board the Alexander East Indiaman; I passed my examina tion in 1820, 1828—Oh, no, it was in 1808. I was on der Sir A. Cooper for two yeass. I must call this kind of examination personal; the full description will be seen in thetrinted bill; I must appeal to his Lordship. Mr. Justice aaset.xe said the witness was bound to answer, in order to give an opportunity of judging of his evidence. Witness--When the liquor was out of the deceased be appeared in pretty good health; a man of such habits for four years could preserve his appear ance and. appetite; I can't say whether medical men could discover disease in such a persons Mr. House's general health appeared to have been affected, laud his person showed it,and those appearances ought to haVe indicated to a medical man tbe cause of his deatb ; whea I remonstrated with him, he used to.say he could not help it, and could not live without drink. He would re quire a glass.of brandy and water before being bled, to preveiskisim fions being nelsons.; and when be drank' that he would require another; and witness was cons pelkd to let him have them, otherwise he would not allow himself to be bled. Witness took between thirty 1 and fori y ounces of Wood from him on some occasions. Mr. E. Nuberg knew Mr. James House very well during several years at Bath. The witness and two others fully confirmed the te.timony of Dr. Harvey, as to the inveterate habit of drinking which the deceased fell into. organ, the liver—(A 1810). They relieved giddiness of the bead, increased the appetite, assisted short breathing, and cleared the complexioa—(Laughter) Their occasional use would keep the system healthy ; and their operation would be found mild, and sever viefese--( Much laughter). And this was not all (observed the Learned Sergeant), for the Doctor %Ard he was warranted, from the mild, saline, yet stimulating propesties of these pills, to declare that they claimed the superiority over anything of the kind ever yet dis covered ' • and, moreover, they were particularly bene ficial to Ladies in all conditions of tile_() .ughtet)— one or two to be taken at bed time or any other time, and repeated three or four days or nights following, whenever bilious, costive, feverish, or otherwise unwell. No confinement or precaution necessary in the mode of living. Ladies would find a box of these pills very beneficial before and after sicorichement. The bene fit of these pills, said the Learned Sergeant, were not confined to any particular class—for, as the printed bill stated, they %vete ao " excellent medicine fur the use of schools," and, what was still more wonderful, " children only four years if age might take them oc. casionally, when in wan- of an opening anJ alterative medicine;" and a box of these inestimable pill. could be had of all medicine venders for the small price of lSid. But there was something more wonderful—that was 46 Dr. Harvey's valuable Bath Gout Elixir," one bottle of which always cured, and it also gave immediate ease in the rheumatic gout, acute and chronic rheumatism, lumbago, and sciatica"—(Laughter). Then followed io the bill " Dr. Harvey's Compound of Iceland Most, for consumption, asthma, coughs, holnenesses, &c. at Is. lid. per bottle ; and last not least, the 1) act e's Ent- - brocation for paralytic weakness, muscular contractions, At. from gout, rheum die gout, lumbago, chronic rheu matism, arid sciatica;" or. as Dr.Huveyvery felicitously entitled, the "sine qua mon of recipes." And GOD help the unfartun,te man who had not Oil. to purchase a boa cf those inestimable pills. When tie (Mr. Sergeant Wilde) found ari individual of sucb talents sears by Heaven, and that he could cure not only one disease, but every possible complaint, for the small sum of 13id, -how could his Learned Friend suppose that le would call suck a man a quack ?—(Laughter): He had heard that, of all the pests that infest society (he did not im pute any thing to Dr. Harvey), the worst was that per. son who offered to the poor deleterious drugs at a small price, and which, if they did not make him .one, left. him in the same state they had found him ; and such a man must expect to have hit pretensions sc r utinised when he came into a Court of Justice; but he must say that Doctor Harvey did not stand forward as a %%irons entitled to credit ; and it was necessary to make mom ks upon him, because his evidence went to prove an im portant fact, and it was to be regretted that the Atlas Office made it necessary to lion the hellos', of airy man. With regard to Mr. House, his health sr coned to be always good, except when at Bath ; and there were many men who, at times, indulged to a certain extent without destroying their health. He was, tsterefore.: pinfectly cenfideot that, under such circumstances, the verdict would be in favour of his client. The Learned Amos, io summing up. observed that the principal . queriona fir the Jai y were—first, if Mr. House was afilicaci with any disorder likely so shorten • life ? secondly, if the circumstance of his bouts of intem perance ought to have hero communicated to the office? and, lastly, if Mr. Lye was or not an agent of the pleat ,tif? With respect to the evidence of Dr. Harvey, be was bound to say that Le never saw 'a person conduct ;himself in so intemperate and violent a manner in a Court of Justice in his life, and he was sorry he should have so far forgotten the place in which he stood ; he appeared to be in the upper regions, and in hyperbole from beginning to end. Whether he misstated facts or not was for the Jury to determine. but as his evi dence was for the most part confirmed by the other itnesses,it would be safer to forte an opinion from what they said. He should not offer any observations about the medicine which was so much talked ut ; but he thought, in duty to the public, he ought to say that it was greatly to be regretted that such publications as the bill in question should be put forth, for it was im possible that such medicines could bate the effect de scribed, and they were only calculated to impose on the minds of the unwary; indeed, some medicines of this kind offeted for general use, without particular advice, had a most fatal effect, and many persons lost their lives by taking an excessive dose, and he coosi dered be would not be doing his duty unless he warned the public on this subject. This Jury, without hesitation, found for the plaintiff on all. the points submitted to their consideration— Damages, 1.0001. NORTHERN ClRCUlT—Lmscanzi, Ittacu s. , Jonathan Wrigley, aged twenty-eight. was indicted for killing and slaying Abraham Cligg, at Oldham, on Thor sday last. Mr. Sergeant WILD; in reply, contended that there was nothing like a defence in law or justice in this case. The doctrine of insurance upon ships was very different to that which related to the human body. It was not necessary that the life to be inured was in perfect health 'and free from all incipient disease; all that was neces sary was that the party effecting the policy should make a full disclosure of all the facts within his knowledge, and, in cases of representations, it will be enough if the party insuring disclosed all the facts within his knowledge. He disclaimed all knowledge of Mr. House, and Mr. Lye took all responsibility on him , self, being the agent for the defendants, and not for the plaintiff. The premnt case was quite different from that so much relied on by his Learned Friend ; in that case misrepresentetions had been made by the party sent to the office, who kept back a material fact within his knowledge. Mr. Lye, after making the necessary inquiries, expressed himself perfectly satisfied, and brought the plaintiff a paper, which he signed with out reading, telling Mr. Lye that he must take care that all was right. Such conduct completely dis qualified him from all inquiry. With respect to Mr. House, it was talker strange that the pills be took at Bath enabled him to dispense wit t the assistance of all other Doctors until he again got back within the reach of Dr. Harvey. His Learned Friend thought to excite the feelings of Dr. Harvey, by saying that he • - • MURDERS AT PORTSMOUTH. had called him a quack doctor, but be had said no such thing; what he suited was, that the deceased stated PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 11 . — We ',aril that Silolll be had used some quack pills, and that a Dr. Harvey had some Kula sleep last night, but aroused L u me n eras the m.ker of them. In judging of the feeling about three o'clock this morning, and instantly pro of excitement which the Doctor brought to this eeeded to read his Bible, with which be was furnished case, it would only be necessary to recollect his es- by the turnkey; he continued reading till the other in pressiOn" The decers•ed thank brandy, rum, gin, mates of the gaol were heard stirring. If looked at he ad, &a...it-it, every thing"—(A laugh). No doubt a betrays confusion. The two girls are still held in coo quack doctor would be too courtly to espiess himself finement. Stacey's father shows but little feeling; be thus when called into a Court of Justice, in the presence has been to sea, and was coxswain to the patient Ad- Oa Judge, and giving evidence under the solemn obli- mind Patterson. Dtstingdte fate war he kept public gadoa oleo oath; and he was astonished how any man houses at Forcon, near Gosport ; at Potchester • and could so f .rget himself. He should hke to.be told by latterly the Vine, in College-sneer, Portsea. He bee his Learned Friend what a quack doctor was. What but one arm, having lost the other when formerly a ba always understood by a quack doctor was, a person game keeper. At the time of the 'Duda, be was in Who put forth a number of bills purportiog to cure all the habit of vending salt and vegetables at the cornett kinds of diseeses. And this subject brought toliarnind of the 'streets, living in Moore's•square,Charl tte's-row. an anecdote of a respectable physician, who was ohm- Halfway houses. Doting the time that Mr. Haat. affill ved walking on loot, whilst a quack doctor was riding his active assistant, Cos, were gone to Poscliester for by in his carriage; a conversation arose between the Stacey. Lewis, Way, and Sergeant, three intelligeit two doctors, and the physician inquired of the quack officers, searched the premises of the father, aid also bow it happened he was so rich and could ride in his the lodging of the prisoner. At the latter place, it is carriage? .. Why (said the latter), do you see that remarkabl e that they should fi nd a key which fitted crowd of persple.there—and how many of them do you the *air foot door of Mr. Laegtrey's house. Think are toolsr The physician replied .99 out of the. The Meyor, EDISAR% CATOTRR. Eaq. is still most 100. is Well, then (said Vre quack), the 99 are my pa. assiduous in investigating till very late hours. Yesterday dents, and the remaining one is your's."—(Much h e di s p atc h e d M r . H unt to t h e respect i ve re l at i ons of laughter). When he (Mr. Sergeant Wilde) asked Dr. Stacey, at Ashland*, near . Wickham, and other places. 'Hervey to describe all the benefits of his " away Stacey bad been at some of them on the Sunday after Ally fat bosh sexes, anti-bilious, alterative, and de- the murder; and, in conversation with his grandfather. obstruent," he replied—that they removed every told him the murderer, was taken. and named a obstruction of the human body —(A laugh).— particular person. Mrs. Stacey is the mother•ia-law of cored weakness and indigestion of the stomach, re- the prisoner. He states, to account for the bloody moved all affections of the bowels; they acted also in garments. that be had been sadly beaten by two men *Avery particular SWUM upon the kidneys, ht. mime- and a - woman: It is imegisedthat be bas some bidden laving the absorbents to carry uff all the 31,011100u' store oflnoney.forlebett about to proceed to Porchester, kids; they were of infinite service in miming ahealthy be said be would go out sad get some 'money, which be potion to the liver, and in preveniing,..aud, laso curios, Flid to some imount. 'Hewes gone about thser_cguirters the jaundice and other diseases of that tread secreting I of an boar. The evidence went to show that tkquartel took place at a public haute, a fight ensued, :sad during which the pri►oner either struck the former a blow which felled him to the ground, or that he slipped off his chair.— The point was by no means clear, and the .J..ry acquit ted the pi isouer. . . POLICE INTVA. ri NC . ge GUILE/! The Weber of the leaelmey coachmen, whales, in eistody a kw days elites, no suspicion of being concerned In stealing 1001. Wet* of print, and clerk Iron Ur. M'Cullodet warelimste, in Watling. street, his teach having been empinyed In removing the property, wa. charged. before air 1. LAValc, with being concerned in the earns alkir. The sevpician rests upon him, because two hours after the meashdead ol seeds bad been removed, the prisoner entered e t tap-room in Bweitisbeld, where the porter wet waiting by appoint. mem for as acquaintance, began a coneetsatift with km. gu ru gleaned Mm about the nature Of big matter's property ; whe;b nt slept en .he premises. and at what hour he ordinarily returned to them; and pressed him a good deal to drink ale and purL It was presnined, from three fate, diet he had watched the porter about, and wished to amuse him, while My accomplices removed the rest of the goods In the wareboute. The prisoner, without admi:ting the 'moor% statement, sold, he was in Smithileld every mght.“ wait. log for order.," hems a resurrection man t but be should sum Ms hands to something else, "as sewn as the season was over."—lle was remanded. 130WeSTRUE T. FaillillOPlA BUB Botunrm—Mr. James Hutchins, of the Stock &change, was bruseglit before Mr. bluisnut c. on an assault tsar. rant, in wbicb the names of two persons net present were included, charging hits with baying ..ssaultcd violently a Gentleman thawed resi ing m Kilburn. . . . . _ The complainant stated, that on Saturday night lad he visited Covent garden 'Theatre, for the purpose of sewing the new Opera, in company with a Lady named I liggiobottunt, her son, and another Geutiensan. They had not long been in the theatre, when be was • astonished, on turning bit head, te see the defendant annoying Mrs. Iliggishotenst by thiurting ►is knees and elbows into her back, because she bad refused to cake off her bonnet. Witness told the defendant that if be bad asked, in the tint instance, in a pubte manner, Isis request would have been complied with. No caner bad be utteted this than he was assailed by a torten, of vulgar abuse,. • and the defendant and leveret of his friends seized hint lay the culler and shook him in so violent a manner that his coat was torn to pieces, and the buttons forced off Ida shirt. 'The complainant having finished his statement, a solicitor, who appeared fat the defendant. inquired ii be might crors.ezantine the witness, and, being answered in the affirmative, commenced asking several qaestiens with regard to the complainant having ill.treared a young Lid, bet Mr. Ladd denied hiving done any thing of the kind. sir. Jahn lliugudrottean cerroboratod Mr. Ladd 's evidence in Mr. Hutchins positively denied having used any gross *spree. I sinus, and add that be and his frieqds being contiderahly annoyed by a tall woman, bearing on her head a must tremendous hornet • which completely obsciiied their view of the ease, politely asked her to take it off, as other Lashes had dim ; but she abruptly {refused, although several Gentlemen near her were exclaiming, Ivy (;—d, if she were near me, I would compel her to uncover herself!" At the end of the first act, seeing a vacancy on the bench, be placed a young lad on it, when the complainant shouldered and annoyed hien in such a manner that he admitted he collared him rather indi3nantly. A Mr. Lomas mid that the size of the bonnet exceeded any thing of the kind he had evil. seen. Mr. Ladd-..Why, this is one of the men who assaulted IR., Mr. Lomas admitted the fact, and said he could not furbtav centring him on seeing khan beat the lad so shamefully. Much further discussion took place respecting the we. man." the " NI bonnet," the "little lad," and " torn cost ;" and ended in Mr. Muumuu calling on the defendant to find, boil,which having been dent, he was discharged. Mr. Meyer. jeweller, of the Strand, gove Informarion of an at. tempt to pass to him a forged note. About eine o'clock on the pre. ceding night. a fashionably dressed young mass tame into his shop to purchase some trifling articles of jewellery, in payment of which 'he tendered aS. Bank of Ragland note. On looking at -it Air. Meyers discovered it was not genuine, and on saying so the posing • mail took to his heels. Mr. Heye's seised hint by the cloak, bed die yams man left - that him,- as likewise his hat, which hap. peeled to fall off at the instant. Haring reaclud the street, the young man jumped into a gig that was waiting for him, and wag oat of sight in an brawn. The hat was new, and bad the name of a hatter In Ireland in it, which wovU alum that the young Una bad not lung ago left that country. Mr. Meyers said, he bail no doubt this was the commencement of a regular system, as be had read a pamphlet In which it was stated that notes forged in Aare riot were on the eve of being circulated in this eountry. Sir Iticaraan directed Mr. Meyers's infornuititio to be reduced to writing, and diapatch!id to the Bank, in order that steps might be taken for tracing the progress of the offender or offenders. LAMBETHL-STIMET. Yesterday Gene Se game ,;;;rier,veaseisArged. before Mr. Wyarr and the Hee. Mr. Marrnuis, with embezzling various sums, the property of his master. The means resorted to by the prisoner were rather ingenioei. and were as follow : His mailer was frequently in the habit of sending Mm up to town with a load of hay, with directions to take it to Messrs. Gingle sod Sons, hay-saleunen in Whitectiapel make, to sell for his account. Instead of doing so, he has fre quently sold it on his way to town, and by this manoeuvre was enabled to put a sum of money into his pocket at each time. On the scl inst. be sold a load of hay to Mr. Tanner, a Gentleman, re siding at Stratford, for 51 7s. and only rendered an account of 31. ss. 6d. to his master, who, on these circumstances coining to his knowledge, had him apprehended. The prisoner, when calked on for his defence, said he bad none to offer; for th at he had made up his mind to get three mouths at the treadmill for the offence. Mr. Wits= told him that he bad miscalculated; for, by a tut. cent Act of Mr. Peel's, be was liable to be transported for seven years.—He was then fully committed to Chelmsford gaol to take his trial fur the Mance. _______ _ _ TOWN—HALL. Yesterday Mdlett,.Worceater. and Morley, appeared to support an laformatioa stalest Nes. ikaansiak Palmer, a dealer ia market stores. Bermondsey -street. for neglerthts to have her name and caning painted in letters six inches in length, in front of her dwelling, I pursuant to the Statute, the penalty being Sol. Wurcater and Milieu having sworn, the first to purchasing a ',amity of junk, and die ocher to selling some at the defendant's shop on the 6th of this mouth, on which day there was neither name Ms ceiling visible. The defendant explained, that by a covenant In her lease she was bound to have her house painted at certain Fenix's, and it was in the course of being so done on the day mentioned, and for needy tortnight previous, owing to the state of the weather. She bad re. sided there upwards of thirty years. Joseph Webber, a writiny, painter, proved being applied to, se write the requisite words ou the 6th, but the paint not being saab dandy dry, be chalked them out, and the following morning did them in the proper way, though the ground paint was then not set. Sealer, the house.painter, also proved the time the work was in *and. Kinsey, the officer, said the ground paint was wet when be dell. voted the summons; and several Gentlemen, of the first respecta bility In the parish, GUM forward to protect, as they said. a defence lees widow, of irreproachable character, from the fangs of informers. The blasistrate (Blr Jour Panama) considering it a case not calling fur a conviction, advised the withdrawing the information on payment of costs and charges, which was in the end elected, through the powerful mediation of four sovereigns. When the Order of the Bath was re-modelled, IS years agn, the demand of 211.19, was made for each Knight, for objects which, to this hour, have not been fullilkd. Napoleon called us a nation of shopkeeper: but Heaven lot bid that English shopkeepeis should be of this calibre. Each Knight received a requisition. signed '• Geo. Nayler, York Herald and Geilealogist." requiting his "family pedigree, and an impression of his armorial ensigns." This puzzled many an honest tar, whose only merits were his deeds in battle, and horn one of these the York Herald and Genealogist re ceived the following letter : " 81a—As to my pedigree, all I know about It is tbat my father was Captain of the malo•top and cockswain to Lord Rodney; sus having lost his life in saving the Admiral's, be took me from tbt galley, where I was helper to the cook, and, la time, put me to the quarter-deck; and I rose in the service by bard light*, which. let use tell you, Is very hard to do. As you Heralds are up to making pedigrees and coats of arms for aU who rise in the world, you may, if you pleas, make a coat of arms foe me, Tor I am sae I can't make one for myself. As to your charge, .1121- 195. 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