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T 4.) THE F-DITuR OF THE RKITISH PRESS.

Si a,
The following statement of du•ies paid upon West
Indian produce, imported into this country from the
conquered colonies tor three years previous to their
cession, is curious, and may be interesting to that
portion of your readers which has nut the means of
access to the original sources of information—it is
extraSel from an official account, p inted by the
House of Cotomor.s, April the 13th, 130'2.
I am. Sir, your obedient Servant,
15t4 lane, 104. G. R. J.
Net amount et duty paid upon West Indian pro-
duce, imported into Great Britain, from the follow•
ing colonies, distinguishing each year
1799. 111U0.
L. s. d. 1.. s. it.
141,440 13 4

ISCI.

4
199,445 10 10

eutiass, ........
Dammed,
Waxman,
39.!14 1- 19
and 1:41
q.iibe
Martinlce :6!,91019 9
M LIAM V,.11). 0 6
Tabor, 1500Y2 19 1

•5,978 1& t

117,5iu IS II

170,573 14 9
11,410 12 0
73010 93

293,617 12 •
19,449 7 1
56,634 2 3

4726 4 7

1.757 10 h

The imperta.ion of cotton wool hoo Great Bri-
tain from Surinam, Demerara, Bethke, and Lsw-
qu;bo, in 1801. was 9,426 204 pounds. From Mar-
tinique and St. Lucia. 1,216,816 pounds. These
stawments will impress upon the mind of every
reader, the great importance of completing the re-
conquest of those cvlouies from France and her
vassal republic.

LAW INTELLTGENCE.
WERTNONSTER, Tnuesn tr, Jvnz 21.
&l': i.forr Lord Et.tErnoaot....;4.
warn,. Giirs IN.
This was an staion brought to recover the amouat
of d promissory note of the Defendant's, for 131.
Mr. GA atow said, it would be quite sufficient at
that stage of the cause to prove the Dufeud.,ot's
name aid Luul-writing to the note in quebtiun.
This was accdrdingly done. _ _ _

Mr. Glass, on ihe part of the Defendant, stated-
that the Plaintiff, .in this case, was one of the over,
seers of the pat ish of Clerkenv.ell, and the Defend-
ant was a poor hairdresser, residing in the same
parish. Unfortunately for the Defendant, a lady
swore a child on him, and a warrant was issued.
against him, to enforce the maintenance of. the in.
fans ; and the parish officers threatened to imprison
him, if be did not pay a sum of 401. as an indemnity
for the supporting of the child by the parish. The
Defendant declared his inability to pay such a sum;
but, dreading aprison, he contrived to pay them 141.
and save the note in question, as payment for the
remainder. After this the child lived but a short
time, and the Plaintiff then sought to re,:c..v.r the
amount of that note against the unfortunate De-
fendant.

Mr. William Daws. one of the -people called
Quakers, was then examined. He affirmed, that he
was an overseer of tha parish of Clerkenwell ; that
the child was not dead at the time the note was
'passed, but• did not live any length of time after.
He said they never applied the money of the parish
to their own purposes, 1)1 that ,they relieved the
poor with it almost every night.
Lord Et I.strsoadoon observed, that most un-
doubtedly the father of an illegitimate child was
liable te indemnify the Parish for the maintenance
of it, but in this case there had been no evidence of
the expence the Parish had been at, and, at all
events, the sum the Defendant Lad already paid,
was in all reason sufficient to indemnify it ; he con-
sidered it as a very mischievous thing to allow such
contracts ; it made the Parish Officers careless of the

life of a child, and was attended with many other
bad consz.quences. The Jury found a Verdi& for
the Defendant.
ASSAULT AND PAUSE IMPRISONMENT.
PARKER V. ■LLI..

Mr. Easetrit, in stating the Plaintiff's caie, re-
minded his Lordship that these parties bad been be-
fore him at Guildhall, on a former slay by the abo-
minable condul of his Wife, the Plaintiff was obhg •
ed to bring an anion against the present Defendant,
for goods, which she his wife, in conjenCtidn with
the Defendant, had possessed themselves of, for
which the Plaintiff, by their contrivance, had been
apprehended, as having stolen them, and was con-
fined for some time. In that Minn he recovered
101. damages. Immediately after the Plaintiff had
been released from confinement, the Defendant,
who was High Constable of the Holborn Division,
without any warrant or authority whatever, struck
him violently on the head with his C•onstable's S:aff,
and dragged him before the Magistrate. It ap-
peared in evidence, that the Plaintiff was at the Hal
and rue public-house in Hatton-Wall ; when the
Defendant came in, some high words passed be-
tween them, in the course of which the Plaintiff
threw half a guinea upon the counter, saying, he'd
give that is beat the lkfeactant well : upon this the
Defend tnt laid hold of him, and with the assistance
of one Chapman, another Constable, dragged him
before the Magistrate; in the course of their way
thither, he struck the Plaintiff several blows on
the head with his staff, which made him bleed vio-
lently. The Plaintiff made no resistance whatever,
and after having been detained some time at the Ma-
gistrate's, he was discharged, no charge being made
against him.
Several Witnesses were called to these fiats.
The defence set up by the Defendant was, that
the Plaintiff had threatened to fight him, and in a
menacing manner squared his arms, as if he would
strike him ; that he was kicking up a not at the Hat
am/ Ten, and the Landlord, Carey, desired him to
take him into custody ; that he had used no violence
whatever with him, and when he was brought before
the Magistrate, he begged pardon, and promised to
conduft himself better its future.
The Defendant call several Witnesses, most of
whom were Peace offieers, and save very contra-
diCtory evidence to that of the Plaintiff's witnesses.
The Plaintiff then called two other witnesses, who
corroborated the testimony of the first ones, atal
sitively swore, that the said Chapman, who was one
of the Defendant's witnesses, as well as several
others, cried out to Defendant, not to strike, not to
kill the Plaintiff.
Lord E n. t.set so nouo k observed, it might have been
a justification for the Defendant, if he could hive
shewn a breach of the peace had been committed in
an attempt to carry the Plaintiff before a Magistrate ;
but if, in conveying him thence, he had used him ill,
by striking and beating him, without any resicance
having been made on the part of the Plaintiff, he was
guilty of a violence, for which he should suffer; in
that ease, not one circumstance alleged against the
Plaintiff, amounted even to a pretence towards a
breach of the pace. lie therefore fat it was a case
not fur excessive, bat for considerable damages.
The Jery found for the Piaintirf 201. damages.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, WESTMINSTER.
5i1144,4 hfure Sir JAltss
LAMIIOf In 'FLAMM

This was an adion to recover a compensation in
damages for an assault. The circumstances of the
case afforded much amusement to the Court. The
Plaintiff is a writing master, and the Del...ndant
clerk to an attorney. They arc both volunteers Ix,
longing to the Queen's Royals; or Pimlico Corps 3
and it appeared, they retired about seven o'clock in
the evenmg. some time since, to a tavern in the
neingbourhood, for the purpose of passing a con.
vivial hour in company. The parties were then on
terms of friendship ; an 3 having entered into con-
versation with each other, an abstrad proposition
became the source of argument ; namely, Who was
the most virtuous man in the world as a public cha-
rader ? and whether Bonaparte possessed cooltieks
as well as violence and impetuosity
The writing master was inclined to ascribe mach
merit to the mock-imperial Emperor of the Gauls ;
observing, 44 that he was a man in whom all the
above mentioned qualities were to be found ; and
that he possessed all the impetuosity of youth, a 41a