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COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, THURSDAY, APRIL
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ROWLEY v. DOME.
Mr. Sergeant Vauottayr moved for a rule to show cause why a
hew trial should not be granted in this use, and the verdict set
aside. Tice action was tried befo; e 31r. Baron barrow, at Stafford,
end a verdict found for plaintiff—damages 511. The plaintiff was
a termer rear Stafford., and the defcndaot the proprietor of the
Os:lden Cross, Charing-cross, and proprietor of the Cheater coach,
by wt. t.o: the plaintiff sent a paper puce! containing bank-notes.
He pa:d 2s. for the carriage, but the parcel never reached its desti-
ration. The money W 23 to pay the expenses of the plaintifrs
daughter. who was at school at Brempton. The son of the plain-
tiff': preyed that he saw hie father book the parcel. The plaintiff
wca ir the habit toe three years of taking in the Cherler Chronicle,
and in the paper of that day there was an advertisement by the
coach propnetors• stating that they would not be responsible for any
parcel unless its contents were certified and paid for acconlingly.
At a!! esrnis they wished the danlazea to he mitigated, but the
Jory found for ti.e v hole amount.
jr. Junior Pests—And they did set,. right. A man does not
u‘k. in 3 pap,:r °ail the advertisements.
Sergcas:t Abe!lAN—What is the paper taken in for but to
be rftd ants!y ‘!cies not take it in to spell. (Laughter.) In a
similar case to emit, that of a goldsmith sending trinkets by
tb....cors:i:, the granted a rule tor a new trial, and 1 think the
Court °opt to k,...c? s sorong hard on the Jury in such cases, ae
they et:: very rpt to !..ivour the plaintiff
be eillEr !ire rtes observed, that when at the Bar he
happened to he Cu;.nrel for almost all the coach proprietors,
*no seldom, Wets, gtirsel a MOW. If they took his advice, they
woo:d have be-n pe7fes..ly safe. lie advised them to print small
tickets, containing a ;twice that if the parcel contained anything
watts; which I as not paid for accordingly, they would not be
irroarhile for i:s szfety. The ticket would be deemed sufficient
*tine to the pe-ssn giving the parcel.
Mr. Sergeant VAUGHAN thought the adrertisement &sufficient
node&
The COURT, however, were unanimously of opinion, that the
Jury had acted right in finding fur the plaintiff; and they therefore
saw no reason for disturbing the verdict. No man was bound to
read advertisements in the newspapers.
• The Cover refused to grant the
The Clurr Jr;5T ICE said, that in consequence of the state of
the business of the 11a-, the motions for new trials must all be
tus.de to. morrow ; it 11

PitEROGAVVE COI"ItT, THURSDAY, APRIL I.

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CLARKE.

This is a suit instituted hy TheOnlyehild of the late Mr. Elias
Stott, surgeon, of If Art rt a It'nomsbury. for the purpose of set-
!tog o Ode his will. on 11:•, .of partial insanity, and delusion, as
operating against lo‘r-tt. et: the voluminous pleadings, it ap-
pecs that the test '',7 rt. :td himself by perseverance front a
menial station, sal taw obir...nad a certificate to practise as
t.,t) dens, had by his profession sonsssed a fortune of 40,00 W. and
upwards, the bull. d. whit!, 1;e Led left to his two nephews, re-.
serving to his own t' ,••• 1^.•• able lcgscy. Against this
will a nwriber of mil:h.:its :soh aile • lt;um, have been put in, fur the
purpose of showing thot 111^ to'.' 1' was, on many subjects, under
a • mental d.dusicit. and p.trti7lJl••jy as respected his daughter
These tad been met i.e cetmt.:r.k!l• tatiAl4, setting forth that the
co:;tomacious and proverse tl.stio.'.t.'ent of the daughter was the
°sus, of the testator b,quest:toig to I•• r only a small annuity.
Sir J. in pronnuacin:- •in the tolmissibility of these
allegations, went icto a general tottery of the close, remarking
th ire cave which the daughter had to make oot was one of con-
mid-made difficulty, and coueludei by toggesting that it might per-
haps tie as well inr her to withdraw from the contest, and remain
tbntest with the annuity besortthed to her.

Lat.t night we r:e,...2.% el a file of N.w York Papers to the
SLith. Their contents are unint..resting. Judge Thomas,
who was impeached, by the flous,.. of Representatives for
malpractices in his offi, has been found guilty by the
Senate, and dismissed from the Bench. The trial of
Judge Franklin was fixed for the 2.ith ult. Tite New
York Gazette contains the following paragraph :
" We have just learnt from a merchmt of respectability, in-
twraiated in the trade of this country with Aezico, and m the pros-
perity. 07• home manufactures• that rt the departure of the brig
Cato, from Ai rondo, the sudd-n, unanticii tted, enormous, and un-
warrantable augmentation of duty on American cotton 'Linings
oser those of line • a fabrication, say from 6 6 8 eta. sera, ears
'OAP, and Into 1-9 for yard wide, to II 1.4 and IC 1-2 for 10112 C,
hat beam reclueNl to the old rates ; and that this desirable event was
induced by a representation made by the Consul of the United
Suits at Ate
a to the President, for the resident American
mcr-
theme them"