The National Register. — London, England, 1816-01-28 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.. JAN. tB. Nis general, .his colonel, his captain, or his sergeant, ac cording to id: rank, orders him. Obedience is the law of the Ire)), and wh.•a gentlemen of high spirit enter its ranks !ley must learn to restrain their feelings. Chivalry i n o w noel, ; .rodigaiity of life. an.l contempt of danger are its noblest virtues. Generosity in private, even to a sin Ile enemy, gallantry and courteousness of manners to all. are the eraces of the camp, and reign there supreme, Bet reflect on, political opinion, patriotism, remonstrance. don t, flesh tion, whether the act to be done be jest or nnjust, cruel or inhuman, treacherous or mean, if it be in the or.ler of the day, is plan mutiny an-t death. Such. we fear. are the articles of war in all armies, and much more so in !velem than in ancient times. Then each knight and duke was, in some measure, independent ; am' an a; my was composed rather of small bo lies of than of companies of soldiers. When we talk of a soldier's honour we must under- , and that it lies in his sword, and that he hilt and Cie ha!td that holds it are almost equal). median:cal parts of the smae unthinking weapon. Sir HOBERT WILSON is also accused of fabricating the clumsy report of POZZO DI BOHao. We will not believe him ra,,ab•e of such full), or we mast give up our opinion of.his character altoge.her. We must leave him with the usual prayer for all persons on trial : " God send hilt a good deliverance." A Dutch mail has brought the Copy of a Decree, issued by the King of Prussia, and levelled against secret Societies, which have existed for some sears in that kin4doin, and more par':- entail% 6' the ..;rand Union of Virtue," which, in former tinv° of veld ai:d distress, had received his focal Sanction, and ( I which he was himself a Member; considering it the means of inspil in 4 a spirit of patriotism and courage; but that secret Societies can now be only pi (judicial to the State. His Majesty. tlwtelo;e, prollii;its all such Societies, and the printing and publishing of anv writings upon them. Several Lokes of Freemasons are, however, exempted from the operation of the Dec) re. It is stated in letters from the Cape of Good Hope, that in consequence of a dispute in the private trading ship Barrosa, on her passa4e from Mader a, a duet took place on the arrival of the vessel at the Cape, between Captain Hawkey, of the Royal navy, and Major Clason, of the East India Company's service, in which the tatter lost hi- fife An Irish paper has the following paragraph:—" One of the se verest fox hunts we ever remember to have heard or read of, tool. place on Monday last with Mr. Sweetman's hounds, near Dublin. The morning's sport commenced with a ba..ged fox, which did not give much amusement before he was killed. After that, a brace of hares, both of which gave excellent sport, met the same fate. The field was exceedingly crowded, and about three o'clock another fox, which had been taken the evening before by Mr. Segrave, of Newbarn, was shook at the ward beyond Finglass he tool; the son in fine style towards Newbarn ; thence he touched at Mount-stew art, and headed towards Mr. Baker's. of M,illahoe, where he tra- versed, for some time, all the grounds thereabouts in search of an earth, but in vain—the Boyne hounds being out the same day, all the earths had been previously stopped for them. Finding himself foiled in his object here, he ran to Maul—headed again towards Stehall, and made a cast towards Mr. Caddell's of Harbours town, where he earthed after nightfall. At Naul, Mr. Gilbert's horse dropped dead under him. While rising to a leap, Mr. Langan's horse, o f Batram-town, fell exhausted in to the d y ke, where he broke his neck, and was killed on the spot. Mr. Scaver,'of Ballybohill, lost his horse in a similar way, and two other Gentlemen, whose names we have not been able to learn, were obliged to leave their horses.in the field, where they shortly after expired. The length of this chase is computed, at the least, to be 16 miles, without taking into consideration the various tra verses the fox made in the course or the chase. It was quite dark when the fox took the earth. We do not remember ever to have beard of so many fine horses falling victims to the ardov of the chase, on uny one day before. LAW INT. 4 VENCE. COURT OF KINGS BENCH, JAN. 2T. RUMBOLT AND ANOTIIER V. GASCAR I). This was an action to recover 781. 195.!;,1. the balance of an , ac count for goods sold and delivered. The plaintiffs were m - ann , c ie turers at Norwich, and the defendant it dealer in London, who hsd been supplied with the goods in question through the 'l7l;dillirl „r a person named Nield, who resided in town, and acted as agent awl factor for the plaintiff's. On the part of the defendants, the receipt of the goods eras not denied, but it was contended that this was a debt due to Nield, :ind not to the present plain its, who were entirely unknown to the lefendonts in the transaction. Mr. Nield was called, and stated that he had always, in his deal ings with the defendant, acted as the factor of the plaintiffs, and the . . 4 .0 ids furnished to the defeulant was the plaintiff's pods, upon the sale of which he, the witn ss, had a commission. The witness's Ace was on the first floor of a house in Cheapside, and the name of Nield and Co. was written on the door. Witness, till lately, was in the habit of making out his invoices, Dr. to Nield and Co. All the invoices of goods sold to the defendant were in that form. Lord Ellenborough held, that this dill not make any difference . as to the plaintiff's right of action in this ca , e. He was the tea .o.viier of the goods, which not having beea•paid fur he had a right to recover for; though if the defendant had had a right to set off against Nick] it might hare been good. Nothing or that kind existed in the present case, and therefore he hod a right to recover his full demanil.—The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs for 731. lits. 9d.—Costs 40s. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.-JAN. 20. RUDALL V. VAVASOUR. Serjeant Shepherd moved, that the verdict fmnd for the Plaintiff' in this case should be set aside and a new trial granted, on the ground of excessive damages. The action was brought by the Plaintiff to obtain compensation from the Defendant for criminal, conversation with his wife. It was heard in the Sheriffs Court ea die ad inst. The damages awariel were 3.001. Chief Justice Gibbs sa,d, that unless the practice of tl►e Court were totally against granting new trials, upon allegations of execs ire damages, this was a ease that cabel for one. There was no evidence that the Plaintiff saw his wife fo.: some time past, or that they had any communication. A compensation was granted for a loss a party sustained; and that loss most be estimated by his nrevions affection for the object lost, by the harmony in which they ;ived, and the domestic happiness of which the seduction deprived. them. In this case there appeared no aggravation. The Learned ' Judge went over the circumstances of the case, and found them all making for a new trial.—ltule granted. JANUARY ?I.—YOUNGER KILSEMY. This was an action brought by the Plaintiff, who is a broker,. to recover five guineas for a certain valuation made. by him for the Defendant, a publican in the city. The Jury found a verdict only for lour guineas ; and a Rule hail since been obtained for a sug gestion to withold from the Plaintiff his costs. This Rule was moved for and obtained upon the authority of the 29th and 30th of the King, called the Court of Requests Act, which was meant to re strain vexatious actions for small sums ; and by which it is provided it that any Plaintiff who shall bring an acti:m for a sum less than pound:, in a superior court, sh dl not be entitled to his costs. Mr. Serjeant Best now chewed cause against this Rule, and con tended, that where the Plaintiff had in his own judgment a fair and equitable claim for more than five pounds, even though the Jury should not give him that sum, that he was entitled to his costs. The Lord Chief Justice held, that the verdict of thc Jury was the test by which the debt was to be measured, and as it had been her& but tour guincas, under the provisions of the very salutary act its qnestion, the Plaintiff was not entitled to his costs.—Rule absolute. CONSISTORY COURT, JAN 26. ABDY V. ABDY. This case came before the Court on the admission of the allega tion. It was a cause of divorce brought by Sir W. Aluty, of the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, against Anne, his wife, by reason of adultery alledged to have been committed with Lord C, Bentinck.—Sir W. Scott, after hearing tile articles of the libel read, admitted the same to proof. MACNAB V. MACNAB. This was a cause of divorce instituted by Annabelle, the wife, agaimst R. M•orAtejolf.sq. the husband, of the pal•ish of St. Giles in W•DL:M. , V • •