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LAW INTELLIGAACE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FEB. I. RUSSIAN RDIRAILCO. SEALE V. TH01401014 AND JONNsON V. BECIDIIICIR. These were two fpecialverdids, which came on together, and were very ably argued by Mr. Ser jeant LANs, tor the plaintiffs, and by Mr. Serjeant BAT tAT, for the defendants. The two plaintiffs were two feamen on board two Englith flips on a voyage from Hull to Pe terfbargh and back to London. It is unneceflary to Rate that they were detained by an order of the late Emperor, from November loth, tSoo, till May the 28th, ißot, having beeh marched up the country several hundred miles fiom the (bore Thefe iwo aftions were brought for wages *during that interval, from the time they were taken out of their Ihips and marched up the cnui.try till they were brought back again, and let at liberty. All their gages outward and homeward were paid ; and the tingle queftion for the decifion of' the Court is, whether thefe feamen are entitled to re ceive wages during what is commonly called the Ruffian Embargo ? There is no difference between this cafe and the other of Johnfon V. Broderick, except that Johnfon is a foreigner (a Swede); and when the Britills crews were taken out of their fhtps, and marched up the country, this man, as well as all the other foreigners on board Britifli fhips, were claimed by their Confuls, and fct at liberty. At the conelution of this argument the Court in timated no opinion. When this important queßion is decided, the =oft material parts of it !hall be Rated.. Llt MILEY V. HOTCHINSON. A Rule had been obtained on the part of the defendant, to thew caufe why the (hould not be clifcharged out of cuilody, on filing common bail on the ground the was a married woman. Mr. Serjeant BEST (hewed caufe.—His client, who had mulled her, fwore the did not know the defendant was a married woman at the time the trolled her, and that the had no reafon to fuppofe but that the was a femme foie. Mr. Juice Rooxr—Did the reprefent herfelf fo? Mr. Serjeant Bisr admitted that (he had not. Mr. Jußice HEATH—She muff mifreprefent her felf in order to deprive her of that privilege. — Rule abfolute. CHURCH V. STUPART. This trial tatted a great part of the day, and derived its interett principally from the improper conduit which the parties imptued to one another, and from the contradictory fwearing on both fides. Mr. Serjeant Seer:4ElD faid the plaintiff was a poor young woman, who had lived as fervant of all-work with the defendant, and brought this anion to recover the furn of 4 55. 6d. that being the amount of (even months wages which was due to her, and which the defendant refuted to pay. The defendant, he faid, was an Attorney, but bow far his bufinefs extended, or what his general eharaiter was, mua belt appear from the manner in which he had conduited himfelf. At the time the plaintiff went into his ferviee, he lived at Whiterhapel. He afterwards refided tome time with part of his family at Brompton ; butfor rea lism perhaps belt knewn to the butcher, the baker, and the publican, he decamped from that place and went to live in Edward-greet, Blackfriars toad, where he was when the plaintiff left him, which was en September, :lat. &fides the wages due to the plaintiff, it would appear that (he bad •at various times laid out money of her own for trifling articles in the neighbourhood, and which The had never been paid. The firft wittier: on behalf of the plaintiff, was ter own Aunt, whore name was Place. She proved the agreement, by which Mrs. Stupart had under. Oaken to give the girl wages at the rate of 71. a year. She alfo fisted, that the girl had laid out feveral (mall fums for the ufe of her mailer and • miftrefs. Being ailed if the knew the latter fait from her own knowledge ? the anfwered that the beard her niece fay fo, and that (he had fuch de pendence on her, that the would believe any thing the faid. The Noble and Learned Judge told tier that that part of her evidence mutt go for nothing. The witnefs was then crofs.exarnined by Mr. Berjeant Bear, who :liked, as the had once thought fo highly of the plaintiff's integrity, what opinion did the now entertain of her charaifter ? To this no fetish/tory anfwer was given. She faid the plaintiff had not been in place finee The left Mrs. Stupart, who refteed to give her a charaaer. Being afked where the plaintiff lived at this time, and in what manner the got her bread ? the an fwered, after fame hefitat:on, at a great houfe in Fetter-lane ; and that the got her living in any way the could.-4Z Did the ever tell you that the bad been turned away from her place becaufe the vied to wear her =tildes clothes, and admit men into the bode, whom the afterwards conceal ed in the coal-hole ?—A. No : never.—After Come further quettions, the witnefs began to grew warm: he laid the was a Lai of Foriane ; that (he h a d advifed her niece to have nothing to do with the! prefent butinefe, or with fuch mean people as the defendant and his wife ; and that The withed not to make fo little of herfelf as to come iu.3 that place at all. Being further Felled as to the man. ner in which her niece concluded herfell at this time, The faid the believed her to be on terms of marriage. • Mr. Serjeant SHEPHERD at length interpofed, by obferving, that he could not conceive the oh jea of this crofs-examination. This poorgirl might be unfortunate ; but that was no reafon why the thould not be paid the money that was due to her : and he was lorry to fay, that the misfortunes of unhappy young women were often occafioned by the treatment of thofe with whom they lived as fervants. The nest withers was a ynun i t woman, coulin to the plaintiff, who had frequently vitited her at the defendant's bnufe. While they refided at Whit chapel, Mrs. Stapatt and three of her chil dren went away for fame time, and left the plaint.' tiff in the li-iufe with one of the children. During this time the paid for fe mai articles for the ufe of the child and of her mittrets out of bet otlin pocket. She faw her lend her !Tanis half.a.gvinea one day, when fhe was going to Greenwich. Before the plaintiff came there, ihe lived at Jones's Ri ding School. She fail the plaintiff lived now with her aunt, the latt winters ; and that that Lady got I l her living by working in a cotton manufaEtory.— [The witneffes had been ordered out of Court be- fore the trial began.] Mrs. Place was then called byLord At.vmmar, in order to explain the contradiaion between her evidence and that of the other witnefs. She Paid her niece did not live with her, but occafionally called on hcr. The defence to this a&ion was founded on the eke utuflances, that the witnelles fupporting it had contradided each other ; that the adion was not brought, nor the demand made, till twelve month!' had elapfed, and that the defendant had paid the plaintiff every thing he owed her at the time Ste left him. The nude who attended Mrs. Stupart in her lying-in, and another woman, were then called; they faid they were prefent when the plain tiff came and demanded twenty.eight fhillings from Mrs. S i tupart, who gave her a 7s. piece, and defired her to call or fend the next day for the re mainder. On the following day, a young woman, who.faid fhe was filler to the plaintiff, came and got a guinea from Mrs. Stupart na receipt was given. In anfwer to this evidence, it was Rated on behalf of the plaintiff, that when her Attorney made a demand for the wages upon the defendant, lie did not feud for anfwer that he had cleared off the debt, but that the' girl had robbed him, from which it mutt be evident that the whole of her wages had not been paid. The Jury retired for force time, and found a verdkt for the plaintiff ; deduding from her de mand the fum of 285. which was proved to have been paid here POLICE, &e. Mae LIBOROUGN-STO. EF r. —A man, exhibiting all the appearance of a Buck of the prefent day, of the name of Woodford, was on Monday brought before the Magiftrates at this Office, charged by Mr. Jen. bins, a Liveryman, in Br yanitone-Ilreer, with hay• ing ftolen a bode his property. Mr. Jenkins had before feveral times lent the prifoner hones, and therefore, on his ha application for one, felt no hefitation in letting him have one which had been left at his (tables for fide. The hark, however, had never been returned. The prifoner Paid his father was a coachman—he had been a Poll boy— fince then, with a working jeweller; he was drunk' when he lalt had the honk, and could give no ac count of the manner in which he had difpofed of it. He was committed for further examination. Bow-sraarr.—On Mond iy evening Molnar Afider, alias Fins:era/4 was charged with defraud ing a young man of tsol. undzr pretence of pro curing him a place in the Stamp Office. The profecutor Aced, that fame time ago he adver tifed for a place under Government, and offered a handfome reward. The prifoner anfwered his advertifernent, and they had feveral meetings upon the but - Inds. The . prifoner told him he had two places to difpofe ot, one in the Navy Office, at tool. a year Glary, and one in the Stamp Office, Glary 601. a year. Fitzgerald defired to have a fpecimen of his writing, when he Paid he thought the place in the Stamp Office would fuit bill; as it , required very little writing, which the profecntor agreed to, and the prifoner was to receive isol. ' for his trouble ' which was accordingly paid to him. The prifoner laid he was agent to a lady at Ba. fingftoke, who had the difpotal of the places for her own benefit, and they were given to her by Lord Bolton. A day was appointed for the pro. leaner to meet the mifuner at the Stamp Office, to put him in poffcUloa of the place. The profccutor attended at the appointed time at the Stamp Office, but could not learn any ti dings of the prifoner, nor had he been able to meet with him at his lodgings finer. A few days ago the profecutor obferving an advertifement in a newfpaper fimilar to his own, of a perfon offering a reward for a place under Government, and forpeaing the prifoner would anfwer the advertifement, he went to the perfon advertifing, and, on enquiry, found his fufpicion true, upon which be related to the perfon the manner in which he had been defrauded. They accordingly agreed to exert themfelves to appre. bend the prifoner; and on Monday evening, being the time appointed for the final fettlement of the bufinefs, they gave information at the above Of flee, and Rivett went with them, authorifed with a warrant; and on the arrival of the prifoner, he took him into coarsely. He was committed for further examination. Yefterday, the two men in caftody, on a charge of robbing the Chifwick errand cart, and (tabbing one of their purfuers, underwent another exam. natiop, before Mr. BOND and Sir Wm. Names, and *ere fully committed for trial, and the parties bound over to profecute, both for the robbery and &fault. NoWiland, the prifoner, who fo dreadfully wounded one of the men who purfued them, ap. peared extremely callous during the whole of the examination, nor fhewed the leaft figns of remorfe at the produition of his own cloaths, which were nearly covere with blood from the wounds of the poor man whom he had fo inhumanly mangled. When Mired by M . l. BONN if be would will to make any anfwer to the charges, he replied, in a Curly manner, he (honks defer what he had to fay until a future time. The wounded man is in a fair way of recovery. Maestro, Houss.—.Ricbard Alford was yeferday brought bet ire the LORD MAYOR, charged by Mr. Ward, of Newcaftlrupon-Tyne, with picking his pocket of a silk handkerchief, on Monday !alt, in Cnrnhill. The prifoner in his defence, laid Mr. Ward dropped tl:e handkerchief, which he picked up, and offered to Mr. Ward. A Gentleman, however, who was walking behind, faw the tranf aftion. He was confequently committed to take his trial. A man of the name of fie4ffit, was put to the bar, charged with flealing a great coat. It ap• peared that on Monday evening, about fix o'clock, the prifoner was met by one of the City Police • Oicers, company with another mans they . 4 were both we l l inidozoll to the oficer,whO Wiry ing a great coat under his arm, and fufpeding be had not come honeftly by it, he immediately made an enquiry amongli the Hackney Coach men, (as it appeared a coat off' that defcription,) whether airy one of them had loft fuch a one ; at length it Was owned by a butcher's boy, who had left it is his cart, out of which it had been Men; The prifbner Was purfued, and taken in White %hapel, with the great coat on. The other two, who were in company, efcaped. The prifoner was committed for trial. GUILDNALL.—A woman of the town, of the name of Mary Litslahall, wis yellerday brought before the Sitting Alderman , charged by a Geo damn, with having Winnfield himfelf and his wife in Alderfgate-fireet, and having made ufe of fuch indecent language, as mutt Chock and terrify any modeft woman. The Magiftrate feeling the full force of fuels unwarrantable condo& on the part of women, who, he faid, were in many in fiances to be pitied. but who, when they for a mo ment preforned to infult the ear of modefty, de ferred the moll form reprehenfion, ordered her to be fent to Bridewell, and there to receive the cor ration of the houfe. HATTON GA RDE N.—An information, under the Excite Laws, came on to be determined yellerday, before the Magiftrates at the above Office, which was exhibited by Mr. Norman, an Officer of the Ezcife, again(' --- Davis of Rotherhithe. Mr. JACKSON opened the cafe to the Magi ftrates, on the part of the profecution, and called Mr. Norman, who faid, that on the day named in the information, he, together with another Officer, obferved Davis (whom he very well knew) in a cart, in St. Majtin's-lane. SufpeLing foam (mug. gling tranfadion, he followed until he faw the cart (lop at Grafton Mews, Fitzroy.fquare ; here he followed Davis to the houfe of a man of the name of Sackfield, and fhortly atter faw two bags taken out of the cart, and carried into Sackfield's houfe, which he immediately followed and feized, it proving to be 250 lb. of raw coffee. Mr. Gwen Ey, on the part of the defendant, trots. examined Norman, in the courfe of which it ap. peared, that an information had, in the firfi in fiance, been laid againfi Sackfield, as well as Davis, but bad been afterwards dropped, and Sack field made a witnefs of. He was therefore called, and fully corroborated the evidence given by Nor. man. Mr. Gurney laid. he Ihould not call any witnefs, but throw himfelf upon the mercy of the Ezcife, and the Magifirates, praying (in confe. quence of the man's being poor, and having al-, ready, upon a former occafion, been fined one hundred pounds) they would not go far, or award the whole penalty, ,which being treble the value of the coffee, amounted to ltd. and upwards. The. Magiftrates, taking the whole of the cafe into their confideration, and obferving it was not the with of the Ezcife to crnfh a man, convicted him in a penalty of 501. Arch held Dew, the man who has been Tome days in cuftody, on fufpicion of having committed a highway robbery on Ealing Common, on the 6 th of January LA, and who is (worn to as having made a (smilax attempt on Charles Poole, Efq. on the Edgware road s was put to the bar, when Mr. George Millward, the Gentleman who was robbed on Ealing Common, gave evidence as to the rob. bery having bean committed by twnmen, on the 6th of left month, about ten o'clock in the morn ing ; there were two Ladies in company with him in the chaife. The highwayman fired one piftol in order, perhaps, to induce the driver to (top, and took from him about 51. ifis. They then rode off. Another witnefs corroborated the circumftance of the chaife boring Hopped, but could not fay any thing to the perfon of the prifoner ; no more could Mr. Millward, as they had crapes over their faces. l'he two honks, upon one of which Dew was mounted, when apprehended, as was his corn panion (who made his efeape) upon the other, were claimed by Mr. Fox, a Liveryman, in London wall. On his book being examined, it appeared that two honks had been let on the 6th, and were taken away from the liable about eight o'clock in the morning, ( the robbery was committed at ten) but neither Mr. Fox, nor his fon, who let the horfes on the over night, and received 2 c. each in advance, could recoiled whether die pr Ulmer was one of the perfons who hired them. The Magifirates were of opinion, more care ought to have been taken in enquiring into the character of perfons hiring bodes, than in the pre fent inflance appeared to - have been done. They therefore bound both Mr. Fox and his fon over to appear at the Old Bailey, but refuted the applica tion of the Stable keeper to let him have the horfes again, until by the verdict of the Jury, they could be Pure whole property they were. The prifoner was folly committed to take his trial for attempting to rob Mr. Poole, and a de tainer lodged again ft him, on fufpicion of having robbed Mr. Millward. Saturday morning, at Porthnouth, the Royal Marines were drawn op in the Court of the Bar. racks, to hear the fentence and attend the pima ment of Serjeant Scnitivr, of that corps, for de fertion and embezzling money, with which he had been intrufted as a pay ferjeant. The proceedings of the Court were read by Lieutenant anti Adju tant Valeta The charge being proved, the pi. Inner was fenteneed, for the defertion, to be re duced to the ranks, and receive five hundred lathes ; and for the embezzlement of the money (which was Hated to amount to 60. r Bs. mid.) to have all rums now due to him for pay, &c. applied to the repayment, and alfo to have his future pay flop. ped, to an amount not exceeding the half, till the whole deficiency &mild be made good. Part of his punifiiment he underwent this day. A Com t Martial was held the fame day on Patrick Smith, for defecting from his Majefty's (hip Loral, and entering on board the HYDRA; being found guilty. he was fenteneed to receive plates on board the former fhip.—Capt. Da uar, Prtfident• The Seamen at Shields, on Saturday and Sun day fe'nnight. again proceeded. to ads of irregu. larity, perambulating the greets in a riotous man , net., and even going on board different flips in the harbour, infifirag that the men on board lkould r ant proceed to fea, valcfs their wages wets ad va eed tfie wind fakeat. tNe twin adverfe to the Nips falling; iliey have. * dete front further pioeettdings ;. but it i$ Much feare they their efforts As foon as the strin favour their putpofe. We have no d. übt, euer, but the interference of the WTI . Magliiratki of NeWcaflle, &c. will prevetn any ferious cot& quences ariang dieregotit. ' By the late Packet,front Jamaica, we are gaunt tounderaand; that the fyfteM of Rolylveryfo loodlY complained of, arnongli the Merchants of this Country, is daily fpreading to a degree which; if not timely fuppretred, bids fair to lap the very foundation of its Commerce. Ainfingil. 9thet merchants who have recently fuffered by this fpe. cies of depredation, the relive/Ale bottle . ot tleffrs.AG VILA ft, Dias, and Son, of this city, have received information from one of their Corrapon dents in Kingtton, hating that ( - unary packages; (hipped by them per the Ihip Matthew, h om ton._ don, in September lea, hare Conte to hand in ap, parent good order, but upon being opened,. were found to have been robbed of their contents, Silks; Muffins, and Laces, to the amount of pooh and in the lieu thereof, billets of Wood, rope yarn, pa. per, &c. were found fubflituttd for the Potpie of tilling up the packages. Grievances like tilde, at once to feriotis and alarming to all branches ofthe community, call aloud for the flrenuons exertions of every honed member of which it is compOlea; in order to pnrfue, convi& and pnnifh the perpe,. trators thereof. It is with pain we leant that that late reward offered by the Committee of MeV chants, and fenelioned by the LORD Maros, for bringing to jutlice the nett of fccret who have committed thefe robberies, has not yet had its defired effen. We, however, ituft that every ncsv ael of hollility committed on the property of the indoltrions merchants of this coun try, will annulate them to unite and redouble their efforts for the purpofe of countera:ting fo dreadful .en evil. BIRTHS. Laft week, at his father's hook, Sohepfqeare, of a Rill-horn child, the Lady of Richard Burton, Efq. The Lady of Samuel Walker, Efq. of Ecrlerftreet,Thlblin, of a fon. On the 23d Inftant, Mrs. Archibald Cantpteft, of Clathiek, of a fon. At Caftle-Widcnham, county of Cork, tie lady of J. Beata Creagh, Efq. of a daughter. On Arthur's...pay, linterlck, the lady of Captain Vincent, of a fon. MARRIED. The Rev. Jofeph Stertlng, of Rouadwoo3, Q2een's Comm to Mifs Sufinoa Green, of Mountrath. In Limerick, Robert Roger, Ski. merchant, to Mifs Roffd, daughter of the late William Ruffen, Efq. • At the Quakers' Meeting•honfe, Meath-ltreet, Samuel Robiolon, of Moat G. Efq. to Mifs Simmons, daoghter of Hue Simmons, Roebuck, county of DAgin,Efq. • UILAI'HS. At Ma hods in Oartiln — crin;,Monittjorfigartre, Debi* In the 79th year of his age, Arthur Gulnnels, Efq. The Rev. Patrick Tobin. P. P. of Powerilown, near ClauselL Ir Chanfcry-lane, Dublin. Mr. Robert Marehhank, printer. At the Altos houfe,st Clonniell, Mary lahare, aged reftears. HIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE 'TOMORROW Morning • • •• •• • j 4 ininirtat gift 11 AftaTlooo o minutes after Is DISEASES of the URETHRA and CERTAIN' COW PLAINTS. A __________ s foie Proprietorof Dante' eviebrated Met& cued Sebes' tad Remedies. Mr. boron ie Informs the Public, that he stay AB ufual be confulted dotty frost p tel. at his hook 140. y , Prith.flreet, Soho, on Cares oP Strlibblea, Ob fired/son, Glens, Ire. &e armed as Debility, and everfilf erder where keret-, is fie @lkeda' a vesture, thee Mr, ia has provided a fr dogs Houfe, that every P. tient niq be intro duced in a feparate apartment. Mr. D. boo for many yews confined hintfclf to that department of Surgery, and from as. tenfive praftiee, and the molt flattering fee vie, he b enabled to offer a method pf care mild, requiring finement or refit: aim in diet, snd prevenitag the poliblicy of a reldpfe. Perfsts in the coudtry itatinititetr cafes folly, fri et letter, encloting a oac era two pound note, aid havoropecre medics fern to the astount. Foe the redoes fyitiptonto, rx c. fee Mr. Dufour's Trestife or thy above conte.abits, price u. 44. the fifth edition; to be lied of J. Callow, C. own roan, ; Symonds, Paterneder-rnw; std *Pk Arbor. W 'HEN Profeffinnal Men of education and re / deviate front the general fyftens bpthe fc teclion of a peculiar Branch, the fasaion of long etseintal nieces is the brit criterion of fisperiority. _ _ .......... . Ten years have I devoted inylaradelee tel the eseinbte meat ment of THREE DISORDERS, awl the fikeedifill refalrnf my plan gives vac additional anioar to ripper.: as far as I sin able the ravages at thole complaints which are the melt import ant in the catalogue of human infirmitka After hiitiation iota every branch as. an Army Surgeon; I formed a wiet at as catty naiads( Pradtke to reran linlirida ale from the ignorance et uneducated Meg, ay the equally die serous precipitancy argentin Prailtdonen. . . The' CHAISE DISORDERS,As the care of which I ham ;le voted my attention, comprise ' , key rpeelea cif VENERSAL INFECI lON, whether of a Nome ar long deratioae—sdly, AU kinds of DF.HILITY, whither aridly Rom the hablti c: Schoolboys, IST the Indulgent of sateen age, and horny Oat a- ' rAngrocsat ot the Went in Wumen which Is MIMI 3ARREh • NES:i or STERILITY. Numerous &Cares are the refit el ignorance °the& In the ! treatment of a fimpk Onnorthet, and It UPC unttecurptly Nal , pens that the feeds of Life are polkaed by the Indlferedan of .01 unsnarled hoar. 3y a fuperkir method fuch etturp!siotalut easily cared, and even where °Ril have failed, I melt that I may pre(ome to edra a radical re-eltablifinnent. Few, however, re eke cafes of weeplicated Meth le the Moder, compared frith the e... oni haus Stinnes , ' of Men, was ' Rain Ineulgence in a soLn•Aktv vivE.w the Prtvat," Galena of • faihintiable• Life, motive that QM CA tithilit; which is the oozy didabie eatrecarnto or lisch Perniclose habit. Where thetthappy fairer brood, over Ids Id ea fully conceals his misfortune, it may be kens . ( nation% r hint to know, that although it be an nice of doubt or sneer falsity with otherPraelitloners, the removal of 4toitc Dr.i I. CI EN C I ES by the gradual peogrefs of rrt:ocr to. is the via ire meat of my experience. It the rites at batch:" or Venus he': begun to reduce mealy atom, mach anxiety 'rid be p rat* 3 by an early count,oaßlon .1 this begun Itara. MG 1 1, 4 ' cafes no great difficulties alit occur. Tot where this detseleasey harf or year edited. • ' , Mil Perfeverasee Is Inilifpenfiblt requirte to mime the4ineer'4 (parks of Life, and to re.a ., imate the Conloietion: MARRIEDWOIVIEN. who leave beg hens dlreigniit ,4 In their ceramic/nip( a Family, inzy be afftwert,that In MA inftancee Inch &feels ale earn* by Medon fkilL • ' . The SECRECY wid th is fo e ff entol to wry toilettaldnislm , the (baNeert ins which I have pinioned te lbeitann ilia Baru cot my pretenftons, and in enlneidence with feelethislak mating is given, that Mr. BREE may be swished plefimair (or by letters Mending alne! n.ite; at ht. bowleg Nmag,AffelP del-Brut, Strand, near Teiripl , •-har There is an additional entrance lerWatmairent .qsi and the name is an both the doors; • M. DIME, IMiember_el the nova Wl= lir ISM_ ?...--- ....., _ LONDON : Printed far the Prol7rietore,4 joHN DAIML. (of Maiden-lone, Coverd-Ganicn) at the ti'vau !await ,- Orrice Na t, Carey -ftrert I and publiihri by Lit L uoi KENT,If Canterbury-plac , ..l.autheth ) at Jitd& a I ,Calg ' t and at the Si as-Owner, Tenrlt-lise ; ,to which -, w , I ilaMmunteatioas far the Ear: J s art rierroud le IPS Ti Ist the pro arid 1 is a a i krl s the 1 Ms I M IN /raw Sou' 'VIE les o wadi sellth trial, Too }dot'