The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-12-13 00:00:00

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. CITY BIM Zan
Yesterday the Lord Slayer held • Centre of Aldermen, at
Gsiltthsil, u Lien was it ameruusly
Upwards of 35..:0 ounces Of 'weir) •old, in ban, Ina pros
dueed, cud did) sworn, previous haeipurtation.
Stelae! persons were ailowed and brokers.
stnetry tradesmen's 3(111 other bil's were ordered to be paid.
nuttier time anis alione4 to Willosan Jacub, Etc to take
upon himself the offiee of Alderman for lame-street weed;
to which he W 23 elected sense time since, in the rums taf
Alderman Prima p, resigned.
Jews Hoek, a poor aged elan of tit. John's the Esser.
list, WeliglaillioiCr, was admitted an out-pensioner of Emanuel
Hospital.
Nu utber business of importaace was transacted.
LAW I A TALLIG
CnltT OF KING'S BENCH, Werrisixerett, DWI it.
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fit STWICK V. JACILSON, •
This was an action brought to recover &mare;
•against the Defendant, for a crud *lad unmanly • -•
assault.
Mr. JEKYLL, as Compasel far the prosecution,
opened the case in a very able snannet,.statitrAlbir
Plaintiff to he the Second. Mute qrthe Ship Slirciele‘:,
an extra Indiamaim, and the Defendant the Master :
and Commander of that ship ; Abet the Defeed.o.
ant had taken frequent opportunities, during that. .
voyage. to tate the Plaintiff ill, as well as all his'
other officers; but that, upon the houttwartli.boued
p wage, at Rio Janerio, he called the Plaintiff into
the cabin, and accused him with being a spy upon
his actions, for the owner ; and after balling him the
Most opprobrious Dames, struck him several times
in the face, followedltrus upon deck, and ordered the
Steward to bring up his pistol's which he not doing • .
immediately, he did it himself, And presenting one
to the Plaiutiff, which was, wit charged, far hula to
take, be presented the other to the Plain iff's breast,
which was loaded, and swore, if he did not take
it he would shoot him dead, and esteem him e
and ; all this treatment being received by the Plitio;
tiff with great patience, he again repeatedly strut*
him, and asked him how he liked it This state*
snout was ably supported by Mr. Dies, the Friat
Mate, Robert Shuter, the Steward, and William
Rice. tit:. Carpenter, :Ito were eye-wiltsesses of the •
cruelty and shunieful conduct of the Defendant.
Mr. Uxosoviaddreased the Jury in mitigation
of damages; end after Lord Ett.ensoanccst had
summed up the evidence, the Jury reurcd., and
than gave a verdict of tool.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,GVILDHAL6 Dec. if.
EDINSON r. PAILItEIt. _
This was an action to recover 4 compensotionrlll'
damages, for false imp:isonfnent.
It appeared, • -
service of the
Ciiimpsitle. for
time, her condi
the last two in'
don, and left h..
return he missed
could trifsitisfa
was inxioediatel:
searched, and
en the locks
end iron chest.
So this suspicion,
Of a patrt le rr-
her undergoir
before whom
Lordship inquired
minded her '
day. fullowit
box were searched, it.
aecusatida. Oa Monti. Vir
short time eater. all the property was finand4o4
muter such circumstances as completely domes:
stra-ed her innocence.
The Defendant simply pleaded Yet Cseft—Verdict for the Plaintiff'—DamagesTwentyrestestes • .
All the English goods lauded in Weicheren halite
been re-shipped, to prevent their confiscation by
the enemy. The black Hag was displayed as a
signal to the inhabitants that the arsenal and•fortm.
'cations were to he destroyed.
On Saturday evening last, a man' of the name of
Tai.cnEs, a private in the North Devon Milli",
returning front Orestou to his regiment, in crossing
over Catdown, near Plymouth, owing to the dark-.
ness of the evening, and being intoxicated, he lost
his road, and mistaking the wall erected as a fence
to the parry for the stile in the path-way, he gpt
over it, and fel! down a precipice of at least ninety
feet; toe firA, however, lodged on a jutting cock
(..bat the workmen call a head) about a third of
the depth of the declivity, when believing himself
'to be on the ground, he rose to walk, and was in- •
stonily precipitated to the bottom! areadftil,
however, as was his fall, he was enabled, by his cries,
to bring persons from the neighbouring dock-yard
to his aosettitece, and, after a short time, with very
little help, to walk to his quarters at the Citadel !
The fwe part of his skull, it seems, in addition to
the bruises of his lonly, was laid quite bare, and his
left leg terribv lacerated, but there was no fracture,
nor rupture of any material blood-vessel, and the
poor fellow, we umierstand, is in a fair way of doing
well.
Lest Saturday evening, about nine o'clock, as
the Volunteers of New Shoreham, belonging to •
Captain CYarroire company, werwieturning from
exercise, they were informed that seven persons
of auspicious appearance had lately passed through
the town, apparently desirous of avoiding being no-
ticed ; on receiving thus information, four of the
volunteers, named PAINE. LASIAMAR, GATES, and
WATERMAN, very spiritedly followed them with
their arm!, and overtook them at Egypt ; oo dial*. •
lenging them, the volunteers met with some resist-
ance, but the stispieilius persons were at length
forced to surrendsr„ when it appeared they were
seven French ofVers, who eight days ago broke -
their parole st Reeding, end had from that time
been passing through the country. They have
since confessed it was their intention to have gone •:
off that night in the first vessel they could have
boarded in the river, and endeavoured to escape
far France. Their appearance is respectable,
thongh their clothes are in p very deplorable state.
from having been exposed to the weather for thin
last eight (lays. Thvy will remain snider eirestv
till instruction* are received from the Transporb.
cane.
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Pr (Slat krElpil3U11111,111•
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red, that, the. Plaintiff had been. p the
le Defendant, who listed ioQueen-streets• .
for the apt ce.ortwo years, during which
onduct was irreornacluibie. tintit within.
months, when her master went ti;A•jiriy-
,ft his tuarn.houte to her care. rirpon his
Aimed some linen aryl as the Plial*ng•
itirLetority ace-twat for its abaelinrohe
ately ipected ; the hoese wit di W,.
Ind marks of riuleoce were ob
•ks of the Dafeodanes closet,
eat. These circutbstances added at
steina, and he sent her in he cu
e to the Potedry Coosptcr, previa*. ,
tang au exammstion by the Lord Mayer,:
lin site was brought the day after. Ma
iiquired into the circonvitauce, and re.
r for a farther examinatmn on the hloa-'.
mg; in the mean time, her periooMM
torched. but no groubda were formed for
On Monday she was di-chargea ;4iis a