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the coolness of old age." He did not, how-
ever, maintain that Bonaparte, who lied mut-
dered between four and five thousand ueforta-
nete wretches in cool blood, could be a humeri:
or eparegeous mane he was silent on that head, and
contented himself with making quotations from a
.patapidet, published in France. which accorded
with.the words se had introduced upon the subie3.
The Liefendent, feeling much disgust at the Plain-
tiff's arguments, became rather warm in oppesi-
tion, and finding lie could not preserve his temper,
bee ;e3 the Plaintiff to drop the conversatien,
"if it was not fur the law, I would an-
swer this in another way." To which the Plaintiff
answered, " You need not care about the law, I
evonld not take a blow from any man." The Defc'
dent then gave the Pleietiffit gentle tap, while he e
sitting in a chair, with his opeu hand, upon the fa .e.
on which he got up, and, at the same instant, tee
Defendant struck him two violent blows in the lac:.
that gave him black eyes ; the Plaintiff male nu re-
sistance ; and the Defendant said—. Have you got
enough—l thought you wanted to fight. and am
sorry I have struck you ; if you had not that inten-
tion, yna beve had your rkrer, and I have had mine,
let's shake hands again and be friends." The Plaia-
tiff returned no answer; in cousequenee of which,
Turner said, " If there is no way of settling it
(meaning the dispute), let us go into the garden."
the Plaintiff afterwards said, he should not take the
law, and the company interposing, all animosity
was declared to be at an end ; the parties shook
hands, and a glass was drank to each other's
health ; but, notwithstanding this seemi recon-
ciliation, the next morning a challenge to fights with
pistols passed between them. The affair, however,
was not decided in that way.
The evidence adduced to prove the foregoing
fans, were Messrs. Laskin, Heed, and Ombden,
persons in company when the dispute happened.
Mr. Serjaset SHLPIIERD contended that the
Plaintiff had been used ill, by being struck before'
he was prepared to fight, art that the Defendant
atal.eot behaved with that generosity, that is usual-
ly adopted by Englishrnen. The learned Conn-el
did not, he observed, expel great damages ; het
the Jury were bound to consider that an unfair ad.
vantage had been taken by the Defendant, where
the Pleintiff 'sad suffered an injut y which their rea-
ch& ought to remedy.
Mr. Serjeunt Beer argued, that the Defendant's
conduft was justifiable, and that the Jury ought
not to give more than a shilling damages.
Sir JAMES MANSfleco thought it seas a dispute
that should have ended when the parties sho k
hands ; instead of which, the Defendant had been
called upon for setisfadion the next morning. when
all animosity was supposed to have been done away :
there was gross impropriety (he observed) in the
conduet of both parties, and the case ought not to
have been brought into a court of justice.
The Jury foetid fur the Plaintiff—Damages 40s.
On the 4th inst. Mr. Wets GI asoer, of the isle of
Walney, and some other pe sans, fishing or. board
a boat in Walney Channel, perceived a shark ; and
whilst they were endeavo:sring to get between it and
the mouth of the Channel, they discovered tWO
oteers of the same voracious species, but evidently
sick and exhausted. They persevered in their at-
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tempt to keep them in the shoalest pact of the water,
till the ebb of die tide left them almost a-dry, and
they were ea.ily killed. On opening them, there
welts found, in the belly of one of them, a pair of
buck--kin breeches. a man's hand, avd a di.vr.ond
ring, marked B. It is conjectured, that these ra-
venous fishes followed some ship from the mummer'.
Yesterday morning, between four and five o'cloci.,
some persons passing along the lane at the back part
of White Conduit House, Islington, discovered a
young man, genteelly dressed, lying in a ditch, quite
dead, with his throat cut from ear to e.sr. He is
s iperted to have been murdered by corn: persons at
present unknown. The body was taken to the church
to be owned.
On Wednesday night last, as a man, named
SNAP!, and his wife and child, were returniir from
Eccleston club feast, in a cart, the horse took ti ight,
and the man unfortunately fell out in endeavouring
to stop it, near Thistleton, and one of the wheels
went over him ; the woman soon after leaped oat.
fell, and the wheel also went over her breast. 'The
horse continued his career, for about six miles, stop-
ping at a place called Mecup, where he was founds
with the child (under two years old) dead in the cart,
the oat morning. Neither the man or womaa was
killed; but both much bruised.
A CAUTION AGAINST CATS.—.On Tuesday morn-
ing, the sth instant, die following melancholy act.-
dint happened at the house of Mr. T. SY KE‘,
Deansgate, Lewes: a remarkably fine domestic c t
entered the breakfast room, and instantly darted : t
his daughter, about twelve years of age, and bit
and tore her in a shocking manner; as also hlr.
Sy els, in attempting to rescue her ; she next sprarg,
on the back of his son, and bit him on the shoulder.
and from thence to the wife of Mr. Si KS', who pr
videatially seized the enraged animal by the throat,
and strangled her. The four wounded persons ate
using every precaution agai.ist madness, as that fa-
tal disorder is now very prevalent ameag cats and
other animals.
By the aaire and vigilant 'serious of Me.srs..
Savant and W sitter, the Constable and
Gaoler of Waterford, the noted .1, tr• 'lc was, ens
Thursday morning last, apprehended in the Mayor's
Walk. and committed to prison. This man was an
old Ofil;.tsaCt. SAVAGS and WRIGHT had received
information where he was on Tuesday night. and
repaired to the place ; J,tPrs, however, made his
escape by a back door; but, in getting over a
wall, a large stone tumbled aster him and broke
his leg. In th.t state he crawled into a pig,
sty, where he remained all night, and the nest day
WAS brought to the hnuse, where he was afte-wvds
apprehended. Immediately on being couunitt .ti
his leg w is properts set.
A very barbarous aft was committed in the neigh-
bourhood of Bonabreer.e. on the night of Tuesday
set:knight. Some miscreant. who had animosity to
Mr. Lime/ice, a farmer, in that vicinity, picked out
the eyes of a horse belongksg to the latter. to gratify
his nefarious malice, and also attempted to break
the poor animal's shoulder. The poor horse lives a
frightful objea of barbarity, the perpetrator of
which, we hope the gentlemen of that reri4hboto-
hood will exert themselves to find out and wind "
justice.—(Deohn Emirs Post.)

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