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compensation to the Jury, who, sifter • sheet con.'
sultatioic found a verdiet—Dwarge+ 40s.
PRY tt. GALLOWAY AND S. PARRY.
This was an action by the Plaintiff, a type-
, founder, against the Defendant Galloway, a
machinist (the Defendant Perry had suffered judg-
ment to go by default), for a quantity of type or.
dried by the Defetithint Perry for The Slnfesntun
newspaper (of which he was Editor and part
' Proprietor), amounting to 456/. les. 4il. The
I type had been cast, but not delivered, on Sc.l •
count of some dispute. which took place between
the two I.Mendants, in consequence of which the
_Defendant Galloway gage the Plaintiff notice not
to deliver it. The only question in the cause
was, whether Gy!lowest, ut the time the order was
given, in April, 1819, was the partner of Perry
hot. •
The whole of the Plaintiff's case was gene
thriingli, when, at the suggestion of the Luau
CHIRP JUSTICE, a Juror was withdrawn.
Meal COURT OF A ONIIRALTY, JULY 12.
CAPTURE OF PALEMBANG.
The Kitties A nvocase stated, that this was an application
to the (Inuit to condemn certain property (stated ni 41.4441 in
s "whir Gwen in), which property was taken in Palem-
bang, in the East Indica, in March, 1812, is consequence of
retain hostilities committed by the Snits. of ['Minifing
against his Brietennic Majesty's Rag in the island of Sonma.
This brit itory was raptured by a conjoint est, 'briou of sea
stnd land fours The only doubt upon the case was. w he-
:air this property citt:l3 be considered as so captured by a
.unjoint eapedition of his Majesty' naval and military force%
• r iit one other say which could be recognised by the ant ho-
stiee hoe; inmonoch as the island of Java, of which Paler,-
lostvg was a dependency, had Well taken by the Briliqb
1811, ne.,l pl acrd as log believed, its the kande of Os&
I'.•atlxeha oimasite. di fection of the Sultan's took.
plate in the following spring; mad the question was whin
t ter the ta•ller (101 soul rat hr come within the scope of the •
L. 451 India Complto)'s Charter' The interval, boa seer, be-
t wt•en the 41,94411011 of the regular homilitits agaiont the
Doti.h Powrr in these tpsarterti, and this def. csion was
very at I ; tied his Msjesty's tutees were called in to re-
tire is that tilluctints. Since the institut. tf this suit ounce
had tern given to the East India Comp/1111v, iu order that
they initrl.t snake any claim which they should think 'Toper,
and they now declarsil that they disclaimed all interest in
the mititer otherwise than as agents fur Government Go-
vernment felt very desteons that the question should lie re.
trend to the thigh Coati of Admiralty fir its deeisio
Muir at)'s Advocate, iu conelissinn, submitted that, as his
Alajesty's fore. a bad been called to so won after Go. noun;-
nal Fedor slots of the island, to repress this &reclaim, it was
to he rosisidrictl as a cotijuiut expedition by sea and land ;
lbst nu OppOsiiioll was offend to the present appltratitiii ;
and that es the East ludia Company considered this tierce-
ti,ol a. cut growing tint of she Sultan's atiachntent to the
former Dutch • authorities reaidtait •t Palembang, they
e.,..erived there taided a bond of ustiou between the two
easel*. With regard In tape properly itself, there was an
affiel.i•it of FlL•jur Thome, in atrial it was described as the
bus., fide prop* rty of she St ltair of Paletnhang.
The anidirril was here read: it contained a long and whim-
sical coinnieration of the Stiltan's spoils and forisisare. These
cmailred of brass armonry, blue earthenware, chintz. lia.
• lainpures, tin pot., and silver, blue serge, Malay shovels,
sad 811 I 1111 l teem variety of implements and 11131111rattl.frIt
corner, bras.. and other metal..
• Sir Wm. Score—" Is there any comelne of their value "
Dr. 1.1 Mil NOTON—" Somesrlo tr about 30,0001'.
Sir 11.111. SCOTT."—The East India Company make nn op.
post then?"
The KING'S A DTOCATC—" NO, Sir; they disclaim any
interest of their win ; whereas in any other ksnd of coujoint
eatierlitinn approachin; the nature o' this, but nut precisely
of the same character, they would hare had an interest.
l'hey usnally partake of the grant made by the Crown iu
such cases. Tbe truour of their charter is, that they shall
have all prim.; captured within their own territories.
!rw W. SCOTT illosteht that there was sufficient in the facts
alleged lu prove (as lie understood it) /bat this capture was
..tonnes-led with the reduction of the statist of Jars, and wan
therefore to be con•itlerril as gmwing out or the Dutch huati.
Wirt of ibis period, and nut of the attachment of this
Oriental Soveictign to that Dutch form of government. This
beteg the case, it was cootie . to found ilsejuristitction of the
Court for the purpose that was faa)...l for.
The decree was then ordered to issue (specially worded)
for the said tonsideratiou.
CAPTURE OF TF.R AGONA.
Vlletlaln Score, in Ovine judgment, observed, that
the conatrurtion of his Majesty's original warrant to Att.
mural laird Viscount Esmooth, and Licutentint-Geoeral Lord
Rentioek, was, tuft they should be the eotdrustites for
the sum of 31.5311. and jointly make distribution of such
innate. in the ern and land forces under their comma.,.,.
'Seesaw. thei.e two distinguished !lemma bad devotee d tie
treat imposed on them by the royal *arrant, each nonsinatiog
separate agent (a practice which, however fry-queen, was
nut strictly correct, it did not follow that there was to lie, in
reality, any severance of the joint trust originally confided to
them. On thecontrary, the trust mail be held to be orate same
rbseartrr tloongh all its oh voliitiosts ; and the Court was
therefore of opinion that the distribution should lie made
jointly to the land said sea forces, by the substituted agent.,
and not reliantly and severally to the milli:11y and to the

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ussi,a I force rtoploye4l on this oerlsion.
' i ITIos ss• nn nmirsble snit between Ibe he
1 : Tnandes•, to is y the qui...lion of thostshist 00000 ,
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I ' COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
li P 1. On Thursday a cause web decided in II
Crown against the owner of a vessel, 1
front Liverpool. in the year 1819, with i
l'.. istiel t trolly passengers for South Amt.,
the Spanish Petrie's, mere than the Aci
event allows. The penalty for each
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i i.. li _ itiod whore the number allewell, brink ti
' 'r . -Ole 1n:1 peoaltra to. 14 recovered by
r %dingo's to the large sum of viv thousa
.. Nri,, the mat, it epprered that the vessel
Liverpool oil% her peeper eornpleineni
gera.and seamen; hut the, to tier nig
YAKS nOnthtif -itt gyration were put n
etkvili.silit Vie was uoder sail. T
fe starritiril'lty the men having hi
' `.... 1 , i Ili. J• wi-for the service of the lode
.. . ... 111.4,411_,i,iteeiee; and that there was
Isielifeihrtnir ie4 provishnis taken nut for it
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1,. we at a'itiiswiser of people, who were,
404 V.the drat Fort, Tobago, almoi
, in: cus • ion.
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the % ; Alien by the t!aiiiii--eorw soaps*
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keeptog the poser on Thorstlary next, 11
r . . lots doe Corowation. Moe et' there wh
tberweeive4 were respeeleillkitottarkeep.
1 111/10Allt. *lto came fetwarti ti• vs:tinnier
irbe Grand Joiy ut the irestmiiis
yesterrley true bill
AP capty„ walk.
Thomas Lee. an does 'miss, for thi
WILLIAM CUOLE, at the late 004 at. VI
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