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102 INTELUGI NCE. COURT OF CH ANtIERY, WED% muiv, M omit 2s. PRIVATE IIEARI%G. LADY PRANICES EMILY VANE TEMPI:sr. A• INP INT AND A WAND OF COVItr, By UM% NEI r 1.0111. Jay. M. P.. Y. LORD srEWAMT, Tani cULAIEs• AP ANTIIIM. WIDE, AND <minds. . It +sill he reioll Tiesl„ that this was n petition of Mrs. Tay lor, the pates not mud and' t.staniessiary guardistu of the in. fart, pn list that bit larskloSp resi.oe hn judgment • ersairming the Master's report, that a marriage aOh Ilse tlefendosist, Lord Steuart, ant n lb and proper stile for the infant, its melt farts had tome to her knots ledge tiller his o lordship% decision The petition aas heard ass its merits, its Ilia lordship's private room, tat the ea elusisois of toll persons except the co:tassel eugazed its it. Pis lordship id that tine patapoatol his ju.iginent, but 'ester lay' delivered his written Joilgoiesot to the parties, tube follnos mg ell'es I, viz.—" Thal his lordsolss p disi slat see any thing in the new petisian that • ought to make hies ehao.le las los mer opiosion, a lath c.ill• firmed the Master% report. that it a as n lit stud plover mar riage fur the lost:mg." lsetitioo dismiholls . 411Tilf COURT OF ADMIRALTY, blench 23. IN TUN. 111111* .4 Si A. 81r WILLIAM SCOT r proceeded to give judgment in this ease to-day ; the facts of whit h, as far as he was enabled to judges from the very contradictory evidence nine); h n d be e n exhibited, were in general thee: hat the ASIA private East India ship, laden with cotton, on her home ward voyage hum Bombey. was overtaken in the Don ns by the memotaht • storm of the Ith of last 51arets, and a Inch lasted through several succeeding etas; Ott she broke from her anchor, and her a inellissa woe so damaged as In become useless; that +a passing Ramsgate, lights sleer hoisted, the sewne party says, in order to obtain assistance. mid guns filed Yor the same purpose; heel after ires•ing liamsgatc, it was determined, tea consult i•:g a it h the pilot. and for the purpose of saving th•• lives of her numerous cress, amount in.: in all, including the officer', to is men, Innitles opine custosn-house • officers who were en looted, to run her ashore, it being then some time after high tide, a hich aas falling test, the a ind setting in fresh in store. This ant dom. a ithout any material injury to the vessel, except unaleipping her rudder. Now it matter in contention beta ern the parties was, a 'smiler lights were so hung out; unit guns fie rd, before she was ashore or after. Putt it was admitted that guns were lured. The l es - aumption was, he thought, and he that he an,s Fupported by the opiniene of the nautical gentlemen I.y n hour he Ind been arsisted, that lights were hung mil before. In that condition of the ship, it mug have been Impossible for leer to proceed without snaking signals fur ns.sisenitee from the shore, nnl therefore she pas-ed Ilanisgnte with lights lung out. It nus asserted, that after being run on shore, she lay film and se cure; in that case, it a meld be ilifilrellt to account ally guns mere fired at that time, by the direction of the pilot, a per son chivied expressly a ith the safely of the '1 he boat men of Ramsgate, in the heighboue hood of the Pier, were on the look-out for accitleids of this kind, in order to ren der their useful but perilous ace sieve, various aleips being at that time supposed to be in dirties.. One bent nasal long' h got along the shore, and dragged opposil.e to the spot on which the vessel ass a-pouted. Having got the boat MT will) the assistance of several persons who were on the beach, 5 men proceeded in her; and cei tainly in such a night, in such a storm, and such a seer, the mere deal rip. . lion of which could nor be read %diluent te,.rier, MIN w a s a •erviee of extreme peril tend difficulty, rendered by a art of men accoratoined to face danger, and to con,rmn with spirit and with activity. 'flee learned sledge preceed a.el to observe, that Omura imenediately on their quitting tho bomb, which swamped, but ass lint lost, the danger to the ship lortnnately ceased ; three fore, sy fur the other 18 men, who came on board afterwards. ail certainly tiers formed labour set the pumps, he could only look at tb.ir services as labour, nod not as of a salvage nature. After a review of the various point: of 1.% idener, lie finally decreed 300 guineas to the 5 MINI who first hewed, d the Asia, as salvage money ; and saol. to the mini. 18 men, as th• price of their labour. :thane to hr paint on freight, in proportion B.llint it, 70 gielueas being ma the proportion of ita valor (8,00101.), nr as t In 5, and I(1. for ilisitinge dinar to the ' , nat.—This the whole MIT given by this sentence is 6111. 10s. NORFOLK LENT ASSIZE'S. On Saturday last the Asaiz c..tnmencesl at Thetford. TI Mr. Nergeant Firth, Baron G the place till the Sunday nor half-past nine o'clock the N and after two causes the trance Sir 1 homas Beavur, Bart. F. Keppel, Esq. W. B Pructor. Esq. John Wright, Esq. Edmund Workhouse, Esq. J. Pei re, Esq. E. R. Pratt, Esq. I J. T. Mott, Eva, & Tyssen, Esq lo his Lorship's charge to the Grand Jury, he observed that he was sorry the Calendar exhibited a scene of numerous of fences. Ile felt assured that it was unnecestary for him to say much in reference to the duties or their capacities as Jurymen r nevertheless he conceived himself bound to say a few words on the subject of the state of prisons, a subject that could not too often be impressed on the minds of those whose situation and ability in the county rendered them the proper conservators id th e pe a c e a nd t h e i nspectors o f pub lic morals.—The general slate of primns at the present mo ment, instead of presenting tl.e n.eam of removing, rather increased the contagion of vice. It was therefore the duty of gentlemen, and especially of such gentlemen as held corn mis•ions to guard the pail c peace. that they should per anually inspect such buildings, and use all the means in their power to remove every thing opprys.l to good conduct and the practice of virtue. He particuiarly recommended them not to suffer young offenders to associate with those of no torious had characters. Sergeant HMI presided in the Crown Court; and on 'today morning the trial of the prisoners commenced. tes for the County of Norfolk 'he Commisson was opened by 3raham not being able to reach ron. On Monday morning at Pries business commenced; rw•ing Grand Jury were sworn : S Partridge, Esq. N. W. R. Colhournc, Esq. Henry Bell, Esq. J. W. Tomlinson, Esq. George Beauchamp. Esq. Thomas Rctihe:td, ESA'. Otani' Gunton. Esq. Edmund Rolle, Esq. TIIE . NATIONAL REGISTER. C.IUSES. ••••• owl roihY s Y. J.' we. -....Undefended.—This wa, brought to recover the sum of .4/. 16a. 64. for burley and delivered. The delivery of which hem,' ea tisnic only proved, the Jury, under the direction of his Lord ship, tonal a verdict fur plaintiff - Damages 44'. 16.. 64, Li tea sad .abler.. v. J Se4e,e.—This action was brought ti recover 10') .advanced on a promissory note by the 'I Yea surer of the'hlandesle Friendly Society, with an arrear of interest. Mr. it Sulker, the sabscribing witness to the note, having proved the hand writing o• the defendant, the Jury found a verdict for plaintiffs for lII'. sa. To v. C No defence —I his action was brought to rezover for flour sold and delivered. and she pro. mice ot payment beim!, proved by James Houghton, the off • cer, when he arrested the defend ant, a verdict was given for plaintiff for 28.51. R Ice I Breit v Rain. Lemen.—Undefended.—To recover the sum of 34/. 18.. :U. for work and labour done to de feud:lnes mill Verdict for plaintiff, damages Mt. Ins. 2d. Dae . n e 4 E d Illighe: v. Ri. hardeon. —This was an action of ejectment to recover the possession of about 17 acres of fen land at Hilgay in this county. It appeared that the defendant took possession of this land about five years ago, but not under any am-cement, nor had he ever paid rent to the plaintiff 'I he defence pet up was; that the plaintiff bad no title, and that even if he had, the defendant was undertenant to a Mr Hedge. '1 lie plaintiff having saticactorily proved his title to the land, and the de fendant nut being able to prove that he was undertenant to Mr. !ledge, the Jurv, under the direction of his Lordship, found a verdict for plaintiff. Green ...if If, v. Batmen end 11 - 1/:, for an assault.—Green is a shopkeeper at Swanton Morley, and the di-fend-tat a wheelwright in the same parish.—lt appeared that the two females had some trifling dispute, and a few blows passed,, which were of a trifling nature; but the defendant, by en deavouring to prove that the plaintiff caused the dispute, strengthened Green's case; and a verdict was given fur plaintiff, damages 40.. Yvv , g, (c'erk; v. ',Mc—Record withdrawn. Medal sadnd r. v. Hawkins end o hers — fins was an issue out of Chancery to try the vat lity of a will made in the year 1779 by Robert Pur.glove, late of King's Lynn in Nur tolk, blockniaker —lt appeared hat Mary Hawkins. one of the defendants, who now wanted to invalidate the will, proved it a few years since in the proper Ecclesiastical court. Frances &rotor, one of the subscribing witnesses, proved that in the year 1779 the lived servant with a Mrs. Hawkins (sister to the testator) and one of the said defendants; that she well recollected being sent for to Mr. Pursalove's house to attest she execution of his will with two other persons. several other witnesses were called to prove the hand writing of the testator, the death of one of the other subscrib ing witnesses, and that searches and inquires had been made to find the third witness but without effect Copies of admissions were produced to show that persons entitled to property under the will, had been admitted under it. It was sontended by the defendant that, part of the will being written in the margin without any reference, it tended to in validate it; but it appeared to have been all one hand writing and written at the same time, and not introduced after the will was esecu:ed: and the. Jury being satisfiedmf the fact. they did, under the direction ot his Lordship, find a verdict for . the plaintiff. :/ An Halle. v. At biheiten's of flee Hundred of Heppieg in 111n.f.1k. r -This was an action under the Black Act, 9th Geo I. c. `.i2 to recover the sum of MI. being port of the loss which plaintiff sustained in consequence of two corn stacks and a barn and other buildings having bean wilfully-set on fire in January 1818. la appeared that plaintiff - 6 the owner and occupier ot a 6111411 farm at Lessingham in Norfolk, and that one Thompson was indicted and tried at the last Lent assizes. on suspicion' dist Ise was the person who set fire to piaintifrs peoperty, but that he was acquitted. Witnesses were called to prove that the necessary forms required by the above act had been complitel with. Plaintiff'sson proved that, previous to the fire, he suspec•ed there were evil dis posed persons in the neighbourhood; a calf having been a few nights before suspended in an outhouse belonging - to the plaintiff and some harness thrown into& pond —that heand his father were induced to watch the premises for several nights. and they actually watched till a very late hour in the night preceding the fire, which happened in the morningof the .?9th of January. 1818, between 5 and 6 o'clock, and that the damage was between ' 4 and 5001 —Other witnesses were in attendance to corroborate the above facts, hut the defendant's counsel being satisfied that the plaintiff* property was wit. fully set on fire, and that more than 200/. damage was in cursed, the Jury, under the direction of his Lordship, found a verdict for the plaintiff for that sum; and his Lordship, in by charge to the Jury, regretted that by the provisions of the art no more damages could be given. h , Kt. g v (.;:wirns esd tellers —This was an indictment for an as , .tult alleged io have been committed at Wells. on the l'Ale of August PSlti On one Henry Thomas, a Custom- I louse offe:er; and the prosecution has been conducted under the direc!ion of his Maysty's Commissioners of the Customs. A Special Jury was summoned, and notice of trial was given at the last summer assiref, but Ott the day preced ng the com mencement thereof, the solicitor for the prosecution counter mandei it. Another notice of trial was iiven for the.e as sizes ; but as scarcely any of the Special Jury attended, the counsel for the proseeeition declined to pray a Tales; and the cause, after a vast espense to the defendants, who have tw ce sublime acd above thirty witnesses on their behalf, stands over till notice of tel.', t'e again given. We think the defendants would do right to petition the Ilouse of Commons for relief against the vezatious delay and e pense• It.lieer v. flstwer.—This was an action to recover the profits of certain glebe land, at Sake, which was occupied by the defendant after he had reigne d the living. Both par tes are clergymen and brothers. Many objections were taken to the form of action by the defendant', counsel, and ultimately a verdict was taken for the plaintiff by consent, for Izitg. 6i. W. subject to be reduced to 50'. 9s. by the opinion of f he Court of King's Bench on a point of law. Sem, v was action to etc-over 300!. and up wards. the amount of dilapidation. suffered by the defen dant on the ',afore-mentioned living 'of Salle. Thiee sur veyors ware called on the part of the plaintiff, to prove the amount of repairs necessary to be donee and on the part of the defendant, several workmen living near Salle, for the same purpose. Ibe Jury returned aNcrdict for plaintiff— , damages 2501. MARCH 2g. /lipoid v. framer. ..4n this scion Messrs. Bignolds, of Norwich, sought to recover Wad vc Isich tbey had ads towed to one Event, t , and which had been guarantied to t lieu, by the defendant, who had .joiued Evesiett in a note for Iwo, *I he note had been delivered up to EveneA under fake rept e. sentations. as was stated by the plaintiff,. Mr. Morgan, sin the part of the pla' 'ffs, wa. called to give evidence rr.peet. ing the note, or some cons creation which hr,d pas.ed on t h e subject of it, but could state nothing which could be rectivssl as evideuce.-The plaintiffs were nonsui.ed. EXETER dSSIZES. (Before Mr. Justice llolroyd and a Special Zury.) CONVICTION FOR BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION. HEX v. Silt MANE•sEIf LOPEZ, SANT. This was en indictment of rather a singular bat highly important mature. It charged the defendant with having, by himself , and by certain agents, coo - awed and bribe 1 several of the electors of the Borough or tl ienir , ene d. Mr. Set yam Yell opened the ease on the pint of the Cron n, %hick he described as one of the it ‘st hotpot tont e n ,ps i h hick had ever resettled itaelf to the eonsid t rati,,,, of 'Jury. Impatient, the I. eat tied Serjeant said, as it re . 'tattled the individual—importatit as it regarded the public interest, and the purity of the Constitntion. Here vs as person tit immense wealth, applying that wealth to the most unworthy purposes. Atter es printing cuttaiderabl e sums ' it appeared that Sir At. Lopez telt rather insecure as to his Intereat. Mr. Teed, the present petitimier fur thampottnd, paid a visit to the Borough, and Sir Manessels Lopez declines, in one of his letters, that liar from being alas med by Mr. Trial's journey, if that gentleman neut.l plat c I in the situation in v hich he stood be fore the catunielicement of the titgociation, lie (Sir M ) would De sign his interest to him. One of these letters, in which, speaking of the electors of tiramponsid, Str M. L. says, " If they ran find any gentleman vs ho will pay them lit t ier, they may transfer their services to him"— mid ano ther, in width Sir Al. hopes lie shall Dot be put to the additional expense of a dinner to the voters—excited considerable merriment. Wm. Hoare being examined by Mr. Gaselee,swore that he was an Alderman of Orampound ; that in November. 1811, he went to London, and saw Sir M. L. at his house in Arlington-street ; that Sir M. said he heard there ens an opening in the Borough of Grampound, and that lie should hr coining down soon, and would se e wit ness on the business ; that Sir Si. Lopez regnested witness to consult the rest of the Magistrates and fret hies' on the subject; that witness then told Sir Al. that the ell elms nmst lie satisfied, and 20001, would be necessary fur that purpose ; that, after he returned to Oramiinund, he wrote to Sir M. on the 'abject, and received an ;tamer. In d ie beginning of December, he met Sir Al. at Plymouth ; that he wrist with him to Mr. Hunt's office, while he saw Mr. Hunt ; that he then explained to Sir M. in the presence of Mint, that the freemen wanted 20001. and that Sir M. said Hunt should come (loan ; that limit was at Gramponml twice ; that on the first occasion he did not see so many of the freemen as lie expected, and only staid a few hams ; that he afterwards sect Hunt by appuintment at St. A n gi e , and Ham came again to Grampound, where he saw about 40 of the freemen , that lie told Hunt that the freemen expected SOL each ; that Haut said that could not be-- that they could have only SSI. each ; that Hunt then sle uthed him (witness) to send the voters into the room (it room at an inn) one by one; that he did so ; that Hunt's clerk, Mr. Rawle, was in the 300111, and John Brown, a voter, when witneas left it ; that Symt.ns was not into. (laced at this titer ; that he saw Sir Manasseh Lopez sonie months after, al his seat near Plymouth, and that Sir M. then said, 1 ' I have se cured Symons ; I have done some thing for him here—tonchiug the palm aids hand). That lie afterwards introduced Allen, a voter, to Hunt, who did not seem inclined to receive him, as they bad already gut a majority. When flaunt Cathy to Grampoand the second line, and witness sent in the freen.en, one by one, he did not see any one vet-rise any money. Q. Ind ynu receive any monsgif—A. Yes, I did. Mr. Justice Holroyd.— I *Wit to sell you, you are not busied to answer any question whir h may et imiume yourself. Sir. Adonis.— I now pot the question again. Did you re ceive any money I—Witness. I do not t house to answer. Mr. teed (examined by Mr. Serienar p e n) s a id, t h at he vs as an unsuccessful Candidate for tinimpoued I et Election, and was rat the present _momenta petitioner. That in Au gust, 1817, he re. rived from Isaac Watts. a voter of Gram pound, a paper coataining the names of the voters vs ho had been bribed by Sir M. Lopez ; mid that Wat s told him the respective sums which had been paid. which he pot donut against the respective names. That he called on Sir M.Lo pez, ie londou. That he told Sir NI. that he called, at the des re of Watts, to know is hat he ( M). intended to do respecting Grameound. If he (Sir AL) would he content vs it h one sent, he (Mr. 'f erd'. might have the other. That witness then told Sir M. lie vs as acquainted with his dro ceeding, tit Grampound, and poiduced the list he had re ceived front Watts. That Sir NI. merely expressed his sur prise where the la Mien could have got so correct a list. That Sir NI. said the sum, a ere very correct, except that he had paid more to smite than wan inn down. That witness tied Sir M. L. that he and the electors were subject to a pruaecution t that Sir M. then said he would protect the electors if it cost him 100,0001. That he had taken Coun sel's opini iiii ; and that the electors were not liable, because two years had elapsed since the trausnetions. Mr. :Moline, in a very animated speech, argued, on the part of the defendant, that the money in question had been riven from charitable motives. to assist the Borough of Crain; iiiii tirl, which was at that time in great distress. Hr commented at considerable length spun the test intoey of the various witnesses also had been called out the part of tbe proseention. If a landlord lowered his rents to assist has tenants, and was afterwards retiirned by their votes to Parliament, would that constitute hi iheryi Where was the difference in the present case ? The Learned Counsel then commented a ith souse severity upon the evidence of Mr. Teed, and concluded with a hope that, it' the Jury entertained any doithl upon the case, they would give the beni lit of that doubt to the accused party. Mr. Justice Houtovn sunnncl rap the, e•iileilce a.t con siderable length, and expressed his opinion, that if the witnesses were to be relied on, the case Lad beet; already made oat,