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_ 1 '?'i , - • • Fox IMMO. 1611. ten 10 1911 101 11 0 11 11 blits M dellefildiehil ant hM M saint Medere es atta Maladies up M thaws *au, which of etech i total atop to the ewes** al deo kesitingt ' have am bond ha. the Ithlipag. and in. bed we Pot ilea weather has preeetited tie Ile. M.SAW* nett boa kenos say sport bet Mr. foes beanie had a sontattable n o as !Ilanadae law Tbengh tat- fiat Sat badly out of the r eed, bey set ai helmet Wltinotineh they thew with. v ia emcee. and poreeded to try Hatchet Syrian and Schema woes Whin, witbuwl •• a aught chathinget" bet us putting t he Ptak ime &Wowed, a fox tninsediately stole lawny, and hdeg umi anon lodations towards Thome., turned tit the oh, passing over Rinton-hillo. nearly to Keswiak Outage, and thence Mahe right oy Cdthinghain toter, oleritheegien Gelds, Caned Moor, frond the mush road end Mr. Thompson% padt, at Wirtberby dining.. where, lindusg the pack close Wins Mush, be boldly dashed into the river Wharf, and ten sing Omagh Hotiot Banks over Walton orn kids, by t he When up to Welton Weed, thence by Mt Stapleton 's plantations be Liters, by Healaugh teem, Wain Shoe liakt t the tight, OWN OMNI strong indeaurer. and , t ry deep and revere country, up to Bilbreegh over the Meer, erased the York road at Street-hoer down to Bolton Percy, tmnedtothelift to lan %oval, into which cover Rey timid • rowed not above I S before the pack t but lime they 1-aLii,ey changed. and going away with oi fresh Pox, wore woo ildkeulty btoptioil running brew high, in a direct line he the dowbrdre Sir Win. Manor's, at Non•Applctoii. All tie !Nivea that. Until to the end of this uncommon run being lit a ditect line, front point to point, it w• ren deal twenty rides the voitsid toey went over, anove tire and teeny, in two hem* and eighteen eav—and, what's racorkable, this game Foe hardly owned a curer, and °ern tried aa Stab. The scent lay veil weal, aar-i they ate ways "kept ming." though certainly net their beet pace. Mr. Hawke Oa King Cole, Mr. Jaali% eat No...illation, and Mr Cough on Conjurer, dtvehe •linnoiirthis mutation, for ndiaf well up to the hound. in ta u . eacit:titst MI; nor she lii Ca Maio Sarberon, on hir favourite hone Biocket.s, o m it t ed, she snowed whet wonders a heavy weight can to norm, when iisseemed of " a good eye to • ciountry.".-C York Hr. u al ) The Mairitie. of 74 guns, Vice-A dmira l l Rus sel., is arrived at Sheerness, where sae is to be re paired and fitted ler Csarriel service. The 7 igrets gun-brig. Lieutenant li. Loren, is ordered from the Rore to Pita:moth, there to wait for farther orderss, cud fitted fur channel service. The Priors' Frederick. of 64 guns, is order d 1 i Ora the Nor* to Depttorsl. where she will undergo a tbormh repair. '[hi Csortieriand, of 74 guns, the Hon .P. Wont souse, is ordered horn the Nore to Spithead, there to wait for farther orders. The Duke of Renames° left D sh!in far Collon, the seat of the Right Hue. Jews FOATIIII, on Mon day se'noiglet, front whence he proceeded to visit the Earl of Esse art. I. as, and sevcsal other persons in the North Ireland. A Gentletnan.ene nt the Atternies'Corps,was found drowned, on the 151 h insta.4%n tha Canal adjoining Merriam-square, Dublin. Hs has left a wife and six children. The Lords of the Treasury (in eonseqnenee of the Kitties Sign•lfaranall -hate appointed EDWARD EAR WEI , ' formerly of t it Customs at Portsmouth. and late of Lnndan. to be Chairman of the Board el Customs. in Stothand, with a cmsi.terable addi tion of salary. It is tern irkable, and ranch' to the credit of the Portstnqnth Cuvoin-house, that with in a few 3 ears, three Commissioners, one Secretary, sad three Surveyor-Generals. have bven appointed, who were first instraaed, arid saved several Yeats at Pertsmimth.. Ifs lIINJII.ST T has been pleased mast graciously to approve ot, arid c-intii in the ricSi..ii try the Corpovati,n, of JOHN ki ACK AN ail, i.sq. to be le. crrder of the botough , if %4 allot tort. Departus es for india s—Paisevfers per P4Ernii: TM' 1‘.... i -...Mr S. vise, Stiag,on, Mr. S•vdtri, &Lid C Ai . bin Wens. Fee hirdras...hir. Milo., cad., Patisagars per /Visolaud : c Toe Idadbay—Mr. Drury, sess...r icrebant, M n. and Miss warn Mrs. and Mao K4(11401, 1.1.1.4.1.14 11.1vig, ,y, and Tx 4 Captain Campbell. and olt Vin 1.10. 14 Maw in.ussaer. ,larMadraan.-Mrs Con.:ly. Pgradoires t par Liphia tte,t : --- • F iR imilay...Lieutm.ant X. Aug,. &Va. West, two Misses W and two Mame,' W 444 4 `I:•-ca Gnodvatn r!gul flare i Mr. ft. Migrant mud Mr. Solnnigoune.as, Or:. a..f, f i. 1 . 1 ,44, . Lib iiimnbay Marisa ; and Lieut. J-Anlour. raseengers per EMI.: : Vet Cl.ake, free mann.. ; r. o or. m . fn :itnkue ; And NI, R , C , ,A .1., Cadat. toe the Caps of Gund Hope—aft..l(4.l.ll, I.rloa. Passengers per ;rawer Oak : lld orta—Mibs Ileen, Mrs. aral Nit.' Canton, and Alm Paisley. tar the Cave of Good Ilupa—Ndr. riingle, 41.;;suipary's Agar ; hod Mo. P•itetle. Fri Iheacoulen—..Mr. !admen, free mariner, and Miss K. Coe. We understand that there it e some •rrors in The Friewerdihary lieseile 81 to dates. Lord SAANCI /USD went on board Sir Storer JurCH ' , flag-ship on the lads of Novensbm, and remained with him Ell the In the night between the t Sth 29th be west on shore and returned to Lisbon. On atrivitg at the hones of the British Agept. M. &rano, he learned that the Court had hen on hoard the rriaerae de Kee!, a Portugnese ship of the live. since the 04th. He repaired en hoard the Ceedisseee, then attending apoe him in the Tagus. without lois of time, and, after having a confer ees* of some boars with the Peones Rear:sr, the whole Best ratted the BAT, wad dropped down the river on the 90th. They remained four days Ai the mouth of the Tagus, in company with Sir Mouse Saliva's squadron. Lord Steam:l ooms, in the coesse of this time. was every day s , :th the Patine, and, es the Sth instant, the magnetic fleet, co.:sitting altogeti•tr of upwards of linty sail. set out on their voyagv to the Brthils, s.cenerpanied by the British ships of war, mentioned is The Effeeeerdeeere Ga:ette. Lord Sr a anoio O.D accompanied the Rein till it retched near to t!,e Western Isles, and had a very quick passage Lome. He .was only eleven days in comic t from the Tagus. The day en which the -Sett left Lisbon was remarkably lat. It afterwards encountered a strong gale of wind, and sustained some darn..gr. which thirty Btiti6h seamen were sent on hoard each ship to assist in repairing. The people beheld the departure of their Sovereign with the nemest apathy and indifference: 'Fee family consists of onig fourteen, not fifteen person:, as stated in 1 hr(iesette. Nor is hunt, as has:seen toren out in so u s e journals of yesterday, that the 'tenth had trucked Lisbon at the Mouseat the fet set sail : on the contrary, they were only at Mafia, which is *bunt twenty miles distdni from the capital, on the 6th iastabt. When the Court wife prrparing to entbast, the Quattit's Confessor was Mis.ing, end Lord S :aatturoast tug his haulm to i4Elra, to fetch hits. 1 -•- . • . .11'4 • • evnizra; l 4lMl) PLICR. Colonel lieneetti. late, t i o/onel Contented . sot of the efeeelatetera:SelfOrd. &Fr *.d Duekinield In depending *jam Coapt, ha. retkned the. torrunand of that Regiment. His motives to this step ere given io the ftollowitg .I.dleess r. To the Members of the Itinimha • abW*. fr Roth sod Diabohirld IssestpendonlMo • Wite4f • • Gentlemen, /root the unmerited calumny I at preeant labour under, flu expressing myself dmiroin of an honourable 4 , 2 f LISIII.ti of•the present war, aod from a sincere wish that no praise condom of tome should, in ant way, diaunite the Regiment, I have bran under the very *awful - necessity of sending my re signatitio to Uovemotent. 1 wire with a consciousness of having en.l.rittourl ro per form my duty as en offices....wiet an undiatioiahed attach-• roma to the C with feelings eattterie for your %Int im n kinder to me, which no la iguage Out des-xibt. Pars .visre its maintaining your high character fir attention and discipline. 1 clam (ruin our long frieedsho the I ty of rt.twine you, that, if last you are called upon to a,t against either iore.gn at domestic enemies (though of the latter I be lieve there are none) 1 shall be prood to loin those ranks, the corairuutil of which 1 Lowe with air th.Th regret. Gentlemen, Straorwaye Ilafl, Your - must obedient sievant. Dee. 10,11107. JOSII. HAN . • A Requisition, signed by the Colonel and others • bad been addressed to the Borotighreeves and Con statilos of Manchester and Salford, requesting them to tt call a muetiog of the inhabitants, to considef the propriety of petitioning the Throne for Peace (so requisite, if it can be honourable obtained) at the present important crisis." The Boroughreeies and Constables, for reasons not publicly explained, declined to call a meeting. Since chit time the Colonel has published the above Address, and the Petition to His Majesty, which, bail the meeting been held, it was his intention to propose; it is as follows: PETITION. " We, yens , Majesty's loyal aulijects, Inhabitants of the towns of Manchester and Salford, and their n4ighbourhood, well romans,' that you are always happy to heal , the o nce of your faithful pmple, most humbly petition your Majesty for a speedy and hooodrible termination, if possible, of the present war, which hat, of late, been for us peculiarly unlisrtunate. We beg leave us assure your Majesty, Liat the very extensive sureenricre of foreign consommes has chrpessed our trads you'd all premnirelowwconsiderably the price of labour —threatens to neca ion the want of employ for thousands rf the indostrious classes of the community—and to reduce many interplant( and isirreLoirs manufaLlurers and others, from af fluence to compatatire poverty. At the obese time we thus State to your Majesty one real situation, produced by recent events on the Continent of Knome, we do not presume to urge the adraiitag.s that wool.' be obtained, nod the distress that would be avensd, by the restotation of . l'e,ew, from the least dread of the enemy we only most enurey solicit, that en oppostunity may be omi•ted of opening a negotiation ; which, if not succeuful, would give One Heart One Hand to your faithful sobjels and prove to the World, that they consider no sacrifices eg privations too greet, when made fur the notion, and security of Muir King end Country.' CITY RUSINI:L Yesterday. heing St. Thomas's Day, the elation if Common Council, and other Ward Oeficers, took plsce, according to anneal custom, in the several Wards in the city of London. lIRFAf•STR!?T WARD. In this Ward there was an opoodthin, an! the Lord Mayor, after th 3 rfeftion, went in state to the TOWER WARD. Here his Lordshi, 11444 a Wardmote for Sir Wm. Corti, There was n opposition in the Common Council. A Ward Beadle and other Ward Of. deers were eleeted. Some conversation took platy respeeting the expmdituro of money. which was explained to the satisfaCtion of the Wardmote. WALRROOIC WARD. The Eleaion fir tLis Ward waiii;ld by Alderman Romptor a, ; n S alters' HAI. At the ellwe of the Poll Vie Lumbets s:ood as follow: Mr. I . llolllal Vti iiiiams 17 —Thorns Well - 51 .-- Wiliam Pearce - 64 Charles Alchaget -14 ...Thom., Rea - -61 -- R A.lllNy / n 43 —S , utusl Toulsoin - i 9 -- E.P.5,1.. f (...NeArle44e. 40 Thuneas Mall Ify . SS --- Joa"ft Woiter - . IS FARINGOUN WI fill MT. .... ___ . The War , traore far this Ward was held by Sir } Co aims.- Pater, in the Parish Church of Si. Se pt.:Are. Alter as address from e ac h C an did ate , and IMalll conversation respecting II double return of Mr. J'ames Brewer. (a new Candidate). open a show of bands, it was declared in favour of the old McAbee.. The friends iof Mr. Creek de manded a Poll, at the close of which the num bers were R. Bemuse. log Deputy 33 W4liam Griffith .31 Mr. Ahriman' Y oung 33 —J. Wryer Doubt, 29 John Newman - 97 -••• J. Crauk S Stoma - 11 John Damen . 35 ST. ANDREW., HOLBORN. Sir Sarum Ikameorub. Kitt. 34 Mr William-John Reeves $4 ST. BRIDE'.. R. Herring, Tag Mout, 191 --John 31;th311 ,- .19 Mr. IVOitana Wnght - V 4 ST. DUNSTANN. TMnnM is 1-• Ed.r.nl Quin . $3 bonus M. Sardis -2) ST. MARTON. I.IIOG %TR. Mr. Robert, Warilunat - 2t Themar Roan - 17 CORDWAINKRS' WARD. i . AidernsinCNlOSTatMlß SWITN, held thisWard mote in Mow Church, when the following Candi dates were nominated, and demanded • poll upon shew of hands, at the char of which the-num bers were, for— Mr Smith . 0 nimS7 - 34 Ila..sala - 33 rh,-npsork - 33 Jones AG I Nicks . 17 A1:047 - -35 I Watson 1111 F 11 14•-.010 - 34 Make Candinano 13 kw, - - 35 .4.- Jalis • CANTLE: Fi.% TSAR U AND ORIPPLEttATE WARDS. .111 were demanded in both these Wards. They wilt open Jt 11 o'clock this day. F ARINGDON. The oLi Officers were ale Red without opposition. DUANE'S paper, The dhow", et Philadelphia, can. tains A n Address of a Committee, iapersuaace.of a Resolution of the Hibernian PrOvident Society of New' York, to Mrs. Itlsi Toes, the widow of rtICOSA LD Wotas Toss, to whom they pre.r 'anted, at the sem time, a Medallion, with an op. propriate devise. and to ker son, I youth of 16, • Sword.--The Rama of the Committee are. D 41111) Barsoss,Gllolloll. WIL L 14114 .1 AMY *Ns els, Trossas Aunts LIS IMETT, anti GlOll4llll leo. The Address, as wallas Mi.. Toss's Ammer, 'pre c l enched in sentiments associated wish the an fortunate trsasaaiess of a few years ago is Ireland. ...,~ r 4• Art. -. . .' tti77I.I.4f7ENCE. • • • COI= 01 CHANI:KitY, miurnar, Coe 21. " 4'• ensisitorost cosroa•rilm .f autorari". Its this calve an application was made on Ore part of the Defendants to dissolve theinjonEtir.r. previously granted to the Plaintiff, against ilsth proceeding in their att.on of eisament. Ibe riff had been the sehn &natter tsndat that eorpo.a lion, and had held the nsdal }lassie which far ce-- 'uric:: /Ltd been attached to that office, under a !rase for years, now expired. '1... Defendants, on the expiration of the demise. endeav -.sled to der rive him of the dnrelling-house, and on Lis refiisai to surrender, had incitund an affirm of ojeCtiorru. The present motion was r q iipoied on tile ground that the house was attached to the, ofsceof scnoolniaster , and that the Phii.ititi hadibeen proprrly coniiiiated and licensed by the Bishop of the Diocese. :.tier a variety of ob servations by the respeftiva Coo nr.ri, The Lotto LtIANCILLL7II expressed his opinion, that it was impassible for the Court, with only such partial information as was then before it, to with draw front tre Plaie iu its equitable protettim. He was awate that there existed oo many cases. . where the endowed school-masters were kept in such , a state of subserviency to corporatetodies,thar, sob thud by their necessities, they were made satisfied with even a causal enjoyment of those iiitetestseo which, by nature of their dffice, they were eltitled toe life. Stich a systems. from its abuses, was preg nant with a variety of evils, in such a degree, that he felt mimed. were the gross misapplication of those fends which nosy prevails removed, it would be found, that there were provided in this country ample means for the diffusion of a salutary education. A serious investigation of this subject was now oh foot, and lre was confident, its result would jucily his conclusion. On the present mo tion, be4dit it his duty to continue the Injunetion. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Gus , Dtc. RI. Sistiuse hPre Lard E L LSN NO Rayon aid Special Juries. . CROERVORD O. WINTER. This was au salon brought to recover 'the sum of 5001. stock, which had been bequeathed by a Mrs. Watson. the grandmother of Lai Defendant, oa the footing of his being an illegitimate child.— It appeared that the testatrix herself, and every other person who pilaw the Defendant's mother, for many years back, considered that her daughtet, Mrs. Winter, bad been lawfitilyasarried to the De fendant's father, William Winter s schoolmaster. in London ; and formerly an assistant or usher in an academy within 30 miles rf Newcastle-upon-r,ne. Wier!, however, the young mats had attained the age of 21, and was entitled to receive the money so 'left him, a difficulty had occurmi which his father had never before looked to, namely, that he (the father) should give in a regular certificate of his marriage and the baptism of this child. Accordinp ly, when the period arrived, means were taken.to procure these sacessory doettetefiti ; but certain cir 'cumsiances occurred. which prevented them from being credited. William Winter. sen. had be. n mar ried to a Miss WAMITI, the reacher of the Defend ant, at the church of Ail 524.11., at Nrweastle upoo- fyne, under the feigned names of William Hastings end Ann Wilon. The reason assigned for this was that he (Mr. William Winter.ses.) had, in 1732, when kni marriage took place, been aa usher' in the academy of a Mr. gorge, w'io tint wish that any Married man should raisupy tilat situation ; but, that soon afterwards. his marlin.° being diseoverai. his employer sent him his trunks arid a £Ol. ante, and he never villaged to him. but came to "reside in London. When the met:- sity of obtainirg these cellificatei occurred, it ap peared that this Mr. Winter, the father, used mo.t unpardonable means to procure them for the tem porary satisfaelion of these requiring them. He returned to Newcastle, and in.peard the Records of the Church where this alleged marriage was said to have taken pl ice, and procured a certificate of the marriage of two persons named Hastings and Wilson, who had been married mach about the time be stated his to hare taken place, which he afterwards crpied, altering the name to Winter and Watson ; and to the 1.4% of such a marriage having, taken place, he afterwards made affidavit before the Lord Mayor of this city. In addition to this he procured an old woman of the name if Margaret Kilpatrick, alias Wood. to swear udon this occasion as to bee having been a witness the said maniage of William Hastings end Ann ',.Vilson, and to corroborate the circumstance as to ills concealing the marriage. and their assuming hese WARS. Although this story appeared plats. •ihle as to his assuming a feigned name, yet there did not appear to be any good reason for his wife doing so ; and besides tins. every ciratmstance tended to show, that Tarbes artifices had teen had recourse to to c aroborate his testimony, and that of this old woman; but certain inconsistencies in a correspondenze with she Clergyman of that Church, rendered the deception evident, It was argued, that there was au fault on the part of s tile Defend ant, that it entirely lay with his father, and that, therefore, although be had bad recourse to inch means of prod of his marriage, ender web circum stances, it ought! not to deprive the son of the lc ' gacy bequeathed to him. Lord Eat. en Boeotian observed to the Jury, that the principal point for their consideration was, whether the father had been lawlully married or not f In his opinion he had been guilty, not only of perjury, both upon occasion of the original mar riage, by miming a false same, and latterly. be tthe laced Mayor, by swearing to his haviug married tinder his reel name. besides the crime of uttering the certificate. The Joey, without any hesitations - ffiebirlievi3g all this story of the • in question, rye it Verdie ter the PWntiff with coats. o. caelearoa, This wee an aeioti epos • policy of fow+•aae epos the ship • Goatee for 1001. boat London fat the Smith Sees. Mr. Peet stieted, that this question had best formerly Wine the Court. The ' had bees captured by die Freech wiry war the sad the Caftan seeded to Verdes. where be was kept bit a osemeirside time. . The Defied**, as nadir• wriest of part of the ow, had ateelly adjusted _ . • - • 30, • . . the petiey, sad the el.:esti:Al Would tin tipise. 411 paint of wh-ther r,r not triere h.d iii•e3 a suilfffinst ' o' , - s : commtchleation of the eireenrunces int. n ;ir.g t • 1 I situari , m of the erste! prreinus to such an adj ,-1- menr ? 'the vlrdift having. been formerly given itt 1 favour of ' the Defenclan:. on turf:tett cf terse not 4 having been a suili :rent .carnumsnicaii.in prey; ifs tel : •I :•' 'elepii.g C.e insiirar.ce and sAtc&ting the i7 , o:ictr. - When the policy we, tgaderwritter, it had nn ' t beers sta:cd that she was fl touch at IPortsmonth tor ' cnnvoy. nor that s!.c, previously; had brat driven tram her e,rneny, at .rg with mane teller yowls, in a violent storm, and had Iry sit • I Is c!I hosed at. He slintild prove. I oveirm. filet C' s.' ;rad every other fad ha& been enenteunicated to tl:is De:endant, and should 'a--...:-, that it P, („0••• Defendant) did not look into and ern /tine the ! • . t a detailed in the corresponden7e th.n Laid bef.'re bin , he had himself only to blame. Several letters. and the articles of sucTrement, • signed with the initial' of the Vet:its:apt. were read ; end a M. Millet It iseri was czamine I, and de. based es us such a signature being a sufficient and' until warrant to the brokers to pay the' amount tJ the insured. , IV: As TO. rs k Ir 4 !Pea A 1., nn behalf oTt'ie ts fpe• :,,,,,.. fintlant, stated: th at he relied °a thelesint tferfaere. 4 l" --- et firmerly laid down by the Ccurt of King's Bench in Bailey. 1. Lumley, is Last's Ripest,, 469. kr. •, Champion, it was evident. had a;;reed to the 'ad. .1 justment in question, under an ignors••ce of the fade of the case ; but even if be had known Olen,. . * his acquiescence in that adjitstmmt wutild ' . not prevent him from a legal remedy. Had he a.flu illy known the whole circumstances, II certainly would never have agreed' 12 i:T.• its never understood thit the vested was' to proceed from the Downs to Portsmauth, to wilt for convoy. and far less did he know that the con4y of the Yarn brig had been dispersed in stormy weather, an * among others, bad been scattered ad over the Chalk. nel. The vessel had been represented' to the De. fondant as having Banally sailed from die Down. * to the Sauth Sea fishery, ,end he was kept entirety ignoratit of her having toeched at Portsmouth, and ' out hating been since need nf. • Mr. PARK, in reply. ohsereed. that every satite faftory informahou had been given Cr the De fendant previous to his signing the adinsttner•. and therefore, unless he could show grass fraud in the representations made to him, or that any information bad been withheld from hire on that occacon. whleb had sine, transpi• e d. he ' etaght to be rendred liable i 3 the sante mtnner as if he had aCtuallygivm a bill for the money, the signing of the adjumment being, in the usual course of trade, looked up rts as so order kr payment. N's less than two whole days h a d/ elapsed hehre he chose to make any objeaion. , lie again submitted to the Jury, that from the evidence he had shewn, every necessary doeu rneLt had been put into the hymns pt the Defendant, and it was no fallt of his client, that he, (the D. iendant), did• not use them. He desired lite leer . to bean It was stated by the Attorney-General, be- • cause it such was the law of the land, no reliance I could be placed upon any adjpstusent, howle-r deliberately and conscientian.ty effeSeci. Lori Kenyan had held that there was no round tar seek an amen, atter an undn writer had s-a expressly 'hewn that he thought himself Ira. le. He should menann anAher c...e. Law e Hislop, whe,e an underwriter had signed , an a:tint:tient without making any obje. , inn, and the l'i ont4 recovers d. --Much about the sameriree, anu•her •...on was tried against an co.:dative's/sr ups-n the same vessel. woo bad I.l: i t subscrilhd the adjai in lit, , ln accost:at: 'of there nit having bees a statics-.t disclosure of feffs at the time of s•gnierc, the 4 policy... 4'6s tatter underwrite* was hot held liable, while the former was. Lord ELLLIIIIHRoIiGH observed, that wherever a party ckuoses to pay a Stlia of money, i he could toe get it back again. unless he laid at statement cf tads betere the Court. tending in thew that soars fraud had been practised upon him. What was as adjastment, lent an admission of the troth 4 teas, asserted on the part of the insured, and that the Defendant knew nothing to prevent the money bei g paid ?—Therefore the matter came to this. warts.. . the letters that were coammnicated ett the De-: fendant, did afford him a sufficient reason to with, hold that payment. It was no excuse, that the Defendant had not read the documents which were put into his possession. The Jury alter retiring for a short time, returned a verdift fur the Plaintiff for 801. the sum of 201. having been previously paid into Court. !AJAR 5. MRsTIAII. 1 This was an anion brought to recover damages frotn the Detendant, for an injury sustained by a vessel named the iiii:o”, the property of the Plain tiff, while repairing in the dry duck of this Deign& an-, at lfotherhithe. It appeared, that upon the 2Gth of December last, during an extraordinary tide, the water had broken down the gates of the D. J . :11440v 's dock, owing to their ihantficiency, by which accident ano ther vessel then in the ricer bad been driven. agatest the Ato , aa, end had damaged her hulk cansideredy. Tr,e testimony of Thomas Brown, formerly Mute of the Albtan, sheered that this event had taken piece daring a period when all the workmen se:re 6i/tie; •• and only a watchman and himself to take ea:e I the vessel and the dock : and thatan a coneet sett, a be had that evening with the Defendant, :se, the Di. lantern. invested all the blame of this to the absent • of his workmen: surd hid, that this a..ridet It had arisen from giving them holkays. Ilse* Defendant, on that same occasion. tweed a his watchman for negir.esoce. ItiP.-es rat the gate, and of its supporters, upon tn. day eta' laded to, were produced in Court, dud we...! am*. featly in a very rotten and infirm state. The I.X. far •tcat, fry Lis observations on tnat "courier°, at SO this negligence of his servants, her:Pada llyriveia ' a vtroict against hiniSett, and, upon that point, the quesiion seemed riot:Tally to turn. Previous to trot rnvestiganim tieing closed, the parties agreed that the ~romans bi damages ...sontes. srdle due to t..e Plaintiff, shotold be scission Its the determination of one of the Jury. lime the Special Jury caines closed. and Ile following was steJ:Dltted to the jungtnita. tat • a common Jury : SISAS.I , „ yotING v. WRIGHT. This was an action up.n a bill of exchange for * 1 I 4.' ~ p _~ r • , 4. (t . _ I ~,