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CITY BIMINI:St

Yr.terder the Lord Mawr bold a Cooft of Comwon Cwm-
cil

pun ■ Report from the Committee fur Croerd l'or-
poses, the Chamberlain was directed to rrnali the rmuurt
of Ito t'it's 1111"0111C hail to the Property truly.
Tin' (And 31r)or Mid before the Corot letters be had re-
ceived bum Mama, ►trrbok and Captula )(mini iu retort. to
the tote of thanks for their rtnpeetit whtth were
and ordered to be enteral on thr Journals.
The Chamberlain preiwnted hie Prier Statesneot of the
Receipts and Itisbereements of the Cit)'s Income fur one
%tort c,diiirr flirtations lad; and the I:rolgritmater, a like
tatetneitt of the [habit-holm Fond tor the 11■111. period,
which were ordered to be printed, and ■ ropy sent to node
member or the Coml.

The Chauthertain stated to the Court, that the sword
voted to Admiral Ste 'fhontaa l.omi, lout nut been presented
to the Mount, In culotte) *Thug had bit •mices by Ida
death portion. to the flIf.Fl heti% mode. Whereupon the
( nun unariatoush restilted t.. pr. ,etti the saute to Sir John
Lon* • Post Contain in His Majtatt's service, as • mask
i.f the esteem the Coict entertained of the meritorious ser-
vices of h.j. ;nitwit and which tire, have no desgst
will be emulated and handed dons to posterity * Mason.
llis Liwitship wilt bond • Court of Common Conrail on
Monday, nod a Court of Ahiernienuu Tuesday seat.

The Swift. I.c I.Aftirus, from St. Domingo, is
put into iiitisfax, Itaky, and mutt unload to repair.
The Union, of Pl►'tnoutlt, Cont. Slims. NMI
1)10.1in, for Churl/+m(l. has b. cu takeu by
French pries:err : retnk.,t by the Tu.-resit frigate.
end t at. iLd tutu l eik.

LAW INTELLIGEACA.

COO ST OF KING'. BENCH, Wastsiorrirlt, Malt I

WESTMOASTEII ELEOTION.

ARTHUR 11101allit, kIQ. O. 11111 1PRA114,311
II•GT.

Mr. CLIFFORD laDyed for a rule to ARM CRISIS
whi the verdict olitaitied le this tout, rioNfcisadr

be-set aside. It .i.ts tried st the thtthigs after
term before Lord Ellenhorough, and the Jurlgar
u vrrdicA for the Plaionti for 1171. ss.
The areamitanas of this ruse were, that the
Plaintiff was High Bailiff of 11'estouttister, at the

last Election, and brought his actio.i agisiin4t the
Defendant for the expetroes of the Election, mud
for the use of the haslet's& One charge Wad El. a
day for the Plaintiff s tables It appeared that a
Mr. Percy Nett to the Plaintiff, and dtraliadO
tickets for the huhtingo for the DefeticlaLt'i, file
It warconterided, iu defence. that Sir French, Bur-

dett was ill, and confined to his hid, doting th.
Election, and it was sot proved that kercy
was his rout
Cord ELLSIIIIOIIOOOO, 10 his charge to the
Jury. observed, that the Plaiutiffcoa!d only recover
on the thaw for the hustings. The question was
with them to determine, idled)* Percy au not
the A,pait of the Defendant, and whether his
taking {lid seat iu Parliament, on the result of the
Election, did not coatirm the acts of his Mend.

and absolutely make him liable for the act of Mr.
•Perr)
• Timing thought it did,- and gate their Terris*
a cordisisly.
Mr. Cureeas coatedea, that a candidata laid
no right to pay any thiog to the Officery at the
Election ; that the Plaintiff might have held the
Election, and have wily o booth for the C'oicuitio
sioners to sit in, but if he thous,ht proper to go to
an espouse and build buvtiugs, every camlislata
had a right to have recnurse to it, as mach es if
it wa-s onlp a booth. lie stated several milieu which
Weft exactly in point, that no Sherifl also oast to
snore thou the ordi:mry expenses in es.ccutitvg a
writ, should be paid more than abet was alit:seed
by the Croon.
'The Count conceived that it aae a oast for 11!$
opiuinn of
.8 Jury; tiny Led alfelnis giseu glut

of aid tf it went to Anothe► Jury they nett
efreigt the Defendant would not i ono! tits IP well.

At bon they thought it Wag a tuntiou the part
oleic PlAntiff to set abide the verdict, for if tither
of the ties hod a right to eumplilio, it was the
Pialutill.—Rule refused.
DAVID ouitoos end °TIMIS r. vac wow. SVII.LiAIi
ELPIIIMITOII6 and orroaas.

. _
Mr. Dscncs snored antttle to *hew cans,
why the now-suit in tins can* at uut be bet
wale. This was an action triediat The bitting.* I.*-

foie term, at Guildhall, before Lord Ellennoreugls,
the I'Llintiti was toTppro l4gullosiism
elrettinirancimilte_Ylmj..l4 "he
llkrairtliv with irop. biorlloti Agar was
theaiiparein outlier of U641411;1; brit *lieu the rlaiut.
ilf mine tu ettioline the ship's riwistrr. he Ilium&
that Je rt.illbgbirtpxos-abmimaitith -arils the teals.
tiiieft owner at the time of Air *trimly, and the kw.
feuthuits %ere his executers; after the supply. the.
W:IS made nut in the issuie of Moses Agar.
bictaite Ylaiatill could not bring his action iu law
against Agar, as he wits tort the registered owner.
Lord EIL MIN *Novi; it observed, timid the blur:
of the triul, he bad taken it that i%Ltmeb Agar was
lite registered owner at the time of the *apply, red
cut that account he ordered the uonamit ; but if ha
was net, the executors would curtail* be maisie to
the Plaiiitiff's demand.
The LeliiiT granted the rule.
ASSAULT.
SENN FIT V. mutations&

mr.- MANI' moved for a ltide slaw cause
ally a her. trial should I:,it be grauted in this cau.e.
It ass an se.tiou tried et Chester fitr ',await and
batter), and a verdict was given for the Del...admit.
It appealed that the Plaintiff I..roduceil three
witnesses on the trial to support his note; one of
theta deposed that the Plaintiff was walking en the
nativity, and the Defendat.t nes walking in the
middle of the reed, and that he went out of his
direct road, cud went up to the Plaintiti mad shook
his list at him in au suety manner. In a little
time after he bard the Plaiutiff say, •• You we
perjured ;" and his bend was faired as if euforcieg
the word, when the Defenditzt knocked him dowry
and beat him most severely.
The other two Witoesses deposed. that they
were nearer to them than the tirA and
the first symptom of enerreling they per rived. was
wlieu the Plaintiff made aye of the word " per.
jured." and lifted his herd in ea angry manner,
on which the Defendant did brat him very severely.
The Deft:siding called no Witnesses, and the
Judges left it to the Jury to determine ahu gave
the first assault.
Mr. Mae tre contended, that the Defendant-hail
comtnitted the first eiteult, by Sitaikilig bit fist pi
the l'lsintirs face; and ewe to *eve that circum-
stance, the motion of raising the hand, to enforce eau
argument, could not be construed into an wank.
and would not be a justification for the abuse.the
Plaintiff had received.
The Coral were of opinion that the Judge had
very properly left it to the Jury to decide who the
e.aault originated with, aeffthe parties had a right
to abide by their verdict.—Rule refused.
PILLIVRY.
Tr LTC re

Mr. JARVIS, moved fora rule to abew ranee why
a new trial should not be gianted in this cauvi.
This was an action of scandal, tried at Hereford,
bufnre 110011 GRAH•34. It appeared that the
Defendant had said, that the Plaintiff ought to by
indicted for perjury ; if he was, he aciald be O-
livet' ; anti the Defendaat, after the action aim
brinight, did prefer an indictment against him et
litarnorganshire easisesi and the Grand Jury
threw it out, and the Plaintiff produced the indict-
tarot on the trial, as a further proof to cuirstantiate
the Pluintiff s hating made iise of the expression.
The Jury have the Plaintiff a verdict for sbol.
Mr. J Eaves grounded his 'notion on the Judge's
statement to the Jury, that :he indictment was an
augraysnian of the case, when in fact the indict-
ment had not any thing to do with the aist.oti. the
ithiarlitLiunu• o h
u.st
444;ii.titatie.t
ttorhertilavntti:efetaredjudgeenhaithst7ent to
etalei

to hear evidence of 'the ranee of preferring .the
indictment.. . -

The Court looked over the charge of ' Baron
Graham. from which it appeared, that he, only'•
Stated, that the indictment atiesed it WWI not in a
buisit of passion the defendant had used the ex-
pressious, and they ti•VuySht his charge was corn-
plittcly justitiable.--.:,?•ile refused.