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provisions, with which the inhabitants were
The ratr of discount had risen to 90
, and dollars were declared current coin,
rods metal. All French and Spanish coin
an act of the new Government, ordered
taken in payment considerably above their
-...neral JUNO? laid a coutlibution upon
of Lisbon, of four millions of cruvadocs ;
report was in circulation's that. BON/AP/MB
intended CO exact trout the people of Poitugal the
sum of one hundred" millions of franks, upwards of
four millions sterling.

The snow storm of Thursday night was the se-
verest experienced for a length of time. We do
not recollect an instance of so great a delay and
interruption in inland correspondence as have
taken place in consequence. Of twenty mails that
usually reach the General Post-Office early on Sa-
turday morning, ten remained due at one o'clock,
p. IN. The Glasgow and Worcester did not arrive
until three, and the Liverpool, Holyhead, Leeds,
Norwich, Yarmouth, and Edinburgh, had not
reached town at four, at which hour a notice was
givon,at the Office, that no more letters would be
delivered until this day. The Liverpool snail ar-
rived et six, bat it. letters, pursuant to the above
notice. remained in the Office. The accounts re-
ceived from various parts of the interior, are very
distressing. Many persons have lost their lives,
seine of whom were frozen to death, anti others
killed by the upsetting of carriages. The fall of mow
was particularly heavy upon 'the North Rsiad; is
many parts of which it was drifted from 40 toso feet
deep. In every direction, it was found necessary to
put an additional her of horses to the coaches,
but in few instances only was the difficulty thus
overcome. In the vicinity of Biggleseade, the
Newcastle, and several other mail coaches. were
completely buried in the mow, and it was only by
the greatest labour and exertions the passengers
were rescued keen their perilous situation. In
other places the amslis were taken out, and for-
warded on horseback. but even this mode of cons
feyance was interrupted in sonic cams. Several
horses were killed, either by tills, er by excessive
fatigue. The damage done at sea, we fear. has
been very con►iderable, partictearly on the South
and Eastern coasts. Along the Kentish coast a
great many vessels have been driven on shore.

We have received some more American papers
and letters to the tsth last. On the 4th Mr. Rae-
s/ai►Y brought forward the Impeachment of Ge-
neral Wuctesos, charging him with basing re-
ceived a pension from the Spanish Government.
General WlLinssosi is the officer who commanded
at New Orleans, and took such an active part
against the partisans of Mr. Buss in that dis-
trict. A long debate ensued upon the motion
for impeachment, but • motion to adjourn was at
length carried.—lt was stated to the House that
the Court of Inquiry upon the General's conduct
would sit on the lit!' ult. When the motion of
Mr. RANDOLPH was under consideration, Mr. Talf•
LOll said, " as Mr. Cute had stated that the
PiII:SWUM had turned a deaf ear to the attempt
to give true information, it would result, that by
pressing the resolution, the Par_stoENT would be

censored—He should Cher, fore vote against it."
Mr. CLARK said ",that he knew attempts And been
mode by the Sponivi Government to divide Mt Union I
lie had twice endeavoured to inake the facts known
to the Platt PENT, but either he did not or would not
understand them—He had put papersinto the hands
of the SLCarTARY Of STATE."—But WILKINSON,
says an article from 11'ashiugton. .6 basks in the full
blaze of Executive sunshine; and is confident of
escaping—he confesses he received the money from
the Spaniards; but declares it to be a balance due
to him in a commercial speculation !! He talks of
caning RAIIDOLPH. anii RANDOLPH, it is hinted,
intends to send for one of his negro-drivels to horse-
whip the General." A c.)arse and angry c.irre-
spondeii.e has taken place between the Senator and
the General.

When finesse and snisreprebentation are the order
of the clay among the higher niiisterial Circles,
it my be naturally expected, that their parasites
aad panders will not neglect the cue which they
receive from head-quarters. A DlrMig the gross at-
tempts of this kintl lately made to ahuse the pub-
lic, was an assertion in the Treasury Jaya*, that
a certain Illmtri..as Personage has forsaken his
eta polttieal 1611114. sod new gifts all his interest
and influence to Mr. CatiiNgsa,, for it may not be
unneressari to observe. that, Tstr. Paacsout., Lord
Ilswassavay. Lord Castusuaams, sad the other
',Umbers of the Cabini4t, ate seldoui'uotieed in
ne Courier, sod its echo, 1i a ileraing Post.—
The brilliancy of all their rays is heat in the lumi-
neilis effulgence of Mr. CANN LNG'S eloquence, as
diairtaycd every oiglit in the 'louse of COM/WM
la fa. t, Mr. (,MANN IN k: knows more about news-
papers, their longitude and latitude, and all their
bating, as a political engine, than all Ws amid.

jute", and, perhaps, all the Ministers that ever,
preceded him, and they, it must be allowed, are
sot ungrateful. Nl'llether the subject be the at-
tart on Copenhagen-- tin apt quotation from Lord
Hun:mimeo/es letters-or the political conversion
of an Illustrious Personage—it is all ascribed in
the Treasury Journals to the wonder-working ta-
lents of Mr. Caws' two—this pupil of the school
Of PITT, who is remarkable for nothing but sew
morality, and his abhorrence of the old morality,
to the practice of which Mr. PITT died a Martyr.
We noticed in a former Paper the ridiculous man-
ner in which the professors of this new morality
attempted to prove that a certain Illustrious Person-
age has joined the Ministers. " Mr. Trawsurr and
ColonelllPManoa," said the Treasury Journals of
the new light," voted with Ministers on the Copen-
hagen Question ; thertfore the PRINCE has joined
the Ministry." This is the whole of the premises, of
the conclusion, and of the logic. The premises,
however, if true, would not justify the conclusion ;
but, even so much we cannot admit, for the pre-
mises are false, distinctly false. Mr. TrawalTe
and the Colonel would scarcely be missed out of the
friends of that Illastrious Personage, and even of
these too, the Colonel certainly was totally free
from all influence in that quarter, when he voted
upon the Copenhagen Question. The Colonel is
nut returned to Parliament upon the l'aincu'r in-
terest. but upon that of a Noble Duke, who voted
with Ministers upon that question, and to whose
wishes we believe the Colonel was uo stranger. •

One of the Treasury Journals says, " It is said,
that the Opposition mean to wove, that the Danish
fleet be immediately restored to Denmark in a per-
fect state of equipment, together with all the stores
taken in the Arsenals of Copenhagen. It is also
reported, that they ineun to propose ample indem-
nification to be made to Denmark for the attack
upon her—this indemnification to be pecuniary, if
the Danish Government choose ; that is, the pay-
ment of one or two millions sterling; or a present of
some British line-of-battle ships, besides frigates and
sloops, if Denmark prefer that kind of indemnity."
This statement is made in the Treasury Journal as
a sneer. The sneer, however, is mach out of place.
Could the restoration of the Danish Navy restore to
life the hundreds of innocent men, women and
children, buried in the ruins of Copenhagen,
could it repair that city, and cure the wounds that
rankle in the breasts of the angry DAMS, we do
think that it would be a cheap and most desirable
purchase. The pupils of the new school of mo-
rality, established by Mesas. CAN N! nn, PERCIVAL,
and Co. might, perhaps, entertain a different
opinion ; bat the old-fashioned English, educated
in the school of Mr. Fox and Mr. Pirr, would
probably think it a good bargain. What ! are we
to fear an Enemy's fleet, after the battles of St.
Vincent, Abonkir, Camperilowit, and Trafalgar?—
" Shade of Natsox," to use the expression of the
Earl of MOIRA, in the House of Lords, on the Duke
of Noaromis tuotiou, do not despise us !" Let it
not be said that NELSON died in vain ! that he left
es to be f. ightened to frenzy by 16 Danish ships of
the line laid up iu ordinary at Copenhagen. It is
recorded in history, that the Roman navy began to
decline immediately after the annihilation of the
enemy's fleet. The wreck of the naval power on
the Continent of Europe, as it stood previous to the
seizure of the Danish navy, was barely sufficient to
cherish the heroic ardour of our seamen. That
wreck did not bear any proportion, even in number,
to the 13ritish navy, consisting of 250 ships of the
line, and a thousand frigates and sloops. What
then had such a navy to fear from a fleet of 16 ships
of the line ? Had it assumed as hostile appear-
ance, we had, on the contrary, ever• thing to hope
fir a greet and splendid triumph.

An account was received. yeaterday, at the Ad.
miralty, from Plymouth, that the Aaiphium and her
convoy have sailed for the Mediterranean.

The rot ypistaaite, ti-t, Captain th yWOOD; Sid-
erite, Captain BATHIJIIST ; and Daphne, Captain
MasoN, are in duck at Portamoutli.—The Bins-
keine (late Christian the P. 1 Ith) is to be fitted for
commission, and the Sas Ildefowou fora victitalling
depot at Spithead ; Tigre, bO, Capt Hat.Lowtt,‘
and La Chiffessae, Capt. WAINWRIGHT, are to be
taken into dock for repair in the courve of the pre-
sent werk.

Orders were sent off. yesterday, from the Ad-
miralty, to Portsmouth, to stop the sailing of His
l'lrloJerrit's ship Thew, and for her Captain to
come immediately to town. He is expected to at-
tend the Admiralty Board this day.
We understand that all the Admirals on the
Howe Statism., are to be removed ; and all the
Captains of the Sea Friicsbles, who base been em-
ployed in that service three years, are to be re-
placed by others now on half-pay.
Lord MoNsott, it is said, has accepted the com-
mand of the Lincoln Volinteer Infantry, void by
the resignatioo of Heattttau lhowit, Esq.
The Caw, Capt. J. J. WILLIAMSON ; Ceres,
Capt. Donoroats : Coates. Capt. Locionsa Dor-
ms:Wm, Capt. Disown ; Abssoick Castle, Capt.
PRESCOT ; Darid Scott. Capt. J. Louie, jun.:
and Exeter, Capt. MLNITON; East ludiamen—far
Madras... Aid China. arrives' at Portsmouth. on
Thursday. from the riser. The Lica ottia rows.
Cart. Itionts.o, is appointed to convoy them,

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On Saturday, the Rural. F 11:ILY left town fin Jas. Lanes*
Windsor.
ice: that they
Early yesterday morning, Lord CATHCART ar. on outcry, mrived at NVindsor, and had an audience with Ilsi ntid the child
Mystery, for a considerable time; afterwards His was very rout
Ma.o erre, Priutesses Sonata. Ay n uova. Austin in a great am
and Matte, accompanied by Lord Caltsicear, 01l Leepillg I
Lady ALSO CIA CUMBERLAND, and Gm. Finings, ware officer
went to St. Georges. Chapel, where a sermon at. ay, and of 1
prenched by the Rev. Mr. Csam:trt zits, from St.
Matthew, 40th chapter, verse 15, anti afterwards
returned to the Palace.
Mr. CHLETZT gave a grand dinner, yestendir, to
Earl GREY, Lord HUTCHINSON, and a lare pa:ty 1:1::::;;;nia/sYlliailt:11/11.4.°s'
of his 'political friends. OFFICE. Or
Mr. WARD is very ill at his house in the Ad- Si:Olt/RI.
'slinky.
A.Sti.tt:L
Viscountess DUKOANNoN'S party, on Friday -
evening, was attended by. the Duke of BEDFORD, This day 1
the Marchioness of SALISBURY, Earl and Comae's& BIRCIIALL,
Seances, and the Ladies G. and E. CECIL. county of ;
Earl and Countess Srancsa entertained a select in this case,
party of Nobility at dinner, yesterday, at their Went to got
house in St. Janies's-place.
Mr. Buss
The Earl and Countess of Essex gave a grand dressed the
dingier, yesterday, at their house in Berkeley- the f:equeur
square, to the Earl of Avant, Viscount CHARLET, had come
Lord and Lady Mouse*, Lady CLIFFORD, Mr. they had tie,
Klan, and Mr. Nur?. more gross i
The Countess of LOUDON and Lord biltresmaia tied which
are as well as can be expected. fur which t!
Lord Gaassnia.E gave a grand dinner, on flu- cuingances
turdey, to the Duke of Soiree's?, the Marquis ef Pau:, Esq.
BLANDFORD, the Earls of EASEL and Stant, Via. ability, and
count EERINOTON, Lords SONLEIS and GLASTO/A. meat, m In
suer, the lion. T. GaLxvlLLa, and Mr. Faze- sivety end
MANTLE. ruler of Ou
The Marquis and Marchioness of Lawseowit the time a
eve a grand dinner, yintertlay, to Sir liaresen of the ellip .
HAMILTON, Colonel Darr, Messrs. MARA, BRIX- Jaz°, captu
DON, Lae, SMIYM, and %Vann& In the evening hail beer is
the Marchioness had a ronaersasiorse. which was Botany Ile:
attended by near thirty Nobility, among whom was Bea, al, wa
the Conatesa of Essex.
veral pen: en
The Earl of LANDAFF and tha Roe. M. M 0... earentftene
TARR' lift London yesterday morning for Indeed. and being t:
The Countess remains in London. his passage
Mr. MOMCKTON likLE has for the third time sully paul 3
offered himself as Candidate for Stockbridge, ma for half a c
the expected vacancy. to the RIM
Sir CHARLES and Lady ASGILL arrived yester- well 44 ern
day at the St. Jarues's Hotel, final Ireland. the Lest trt
b. DAVENPORT, Esq. M.P. uud family, tr. about the
rived, on Friday evening, at their house in Brooke-. era rie a .id
street, from their seat in Cheshire.
cm erable t
The Lord Bishop of LONDON is at London ludiC4l. Na
House, St. James's-square, and in very improved iiitelted its
health. at hoard ti
Celoael littniett. is arrived at SHEFFIELD'S committed
Hotel, Adel phi, from Chelteulaun. Last week be behaviour a
gave a specimen of his .Esculapian skill, in the such a rah
resuscitation of fishes, apparently dead, at the fish- rpected by
monger's, the corner of Brooke-street, Bond-street. all of aha
where be made two large carp, which vet-used life- fact,: and
less, frisk about the tubs, with astonishing velocity. for the Ca
to the great amusement of the Penpatetics of hl r. Paul
that fashionable lounge. co:um:mule
On Wednesday evening Captain and 'Lady HAN. of June,
NAHBETTRAWORTH, sister to FAA GRIT, gave au eveuiag, a
elegant WI sad supper at their house in the Poly. tier, at the
gen, Southampton. All the neighbonring gentry ways obsei
were invited. The supper consisted of every deli- deck, or p
cagy the season afforded, and the confectionary was pewter to I
served with touch approbation by Mr. Wane. The firieg at a
Nottingham band, from Portsmouth. for the o: a- settee of
sion, and the Southampton band, played the most was th.. 1.1
faiourite airs, until six o'clock ou Thursday morn- Cisrles S
Mg, a hen the dancing ceased. it ass he
Begone dull Care supported its title at Covent- into prod
Garden Theatre, on Saturday night, and sent all with them
its visitors away in pod humour. him) at SI
The New Opera attracted a beldllant and crowded for better
audience on Saturday evening. The performers ging ay w
exerted themselves to the utmost, and receised tin- the deck.
bounded applause ; every scene is a complete pie- nor any 01
titre ; and the music, for richness and sweetness. in any ran
cannot be excelled. Ile, nowe
The serious Opera of Seissirmnide was performed tiff. said,
at the Opera House. on Saturday Might; and Ma- first, Me
dame CATALAMI, as the fair heroine, displayed pistol ink
her fine singing and acting, to the greatest *dean- strut to br
tape. Madame Wootatcst was also very success. hi.a. ss II
ful, and sang with more effect than oil any pieced- l-nge him
ing night. Mr. D'Esnlit.e's ballet has nader- G--1." :
gone some judicious curtailments, and was very a fel'osil
well received. The Pit was crowded, and the on bring
Boxes were respectably RUed. to the Ds
Valentine a day falling on a Sunday, will greatly place to t
impede the soft intercourse of lovers. there betn‘ it there.
no pest to convey their passitneate addresses. blas:y Plaiutiif
a love.sick maid will find h,r rest di a urbed by the iii a owns
disappointment, and consider it ii misfortune of the " I)--., !
greatest magnitude. guard sea
The Nottliampton Theatre has opened with great gentleman
eclat, under the management of Mr. MUDIL, the guard."
new Propnetor. The Stronger. and Raising tits II wan he
*lei. were the pieces selected for the first night. the latre
Mrs. Mr' nr c jd,ved Mrs. /hiller in a very supervir :I en.'• A
style. She al'n spoke an appropriate Address, pollee. em
written for the occasion le: Mr. STCP/Ir.N &ENSILE.. eat. who
Much praise is due to tht, 'Manager. for the tan.. he 1;04.
be has displayed in decor..ititie the hntt'e, as well si,ty ye
as in the improvements ; and we have no donl..t. than the I
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Plaintiff, a -
Iverting upon
*tinder cases that
believed that
tigate one of a
its parts, than
„. to tgem, and
images. The cir-
sue
_lan of respect,-
British Govern-
st, being extra-
,
si.ety engtiged in trade as it merchant, in the pro-
vince of Uncle. The Dereodant, Henry Moore, at
the time of the assault in question, was Captain
of the ship Furtrae, (late a Spa.ii.h frigate, the St.
captured het ear)" a freighted vessel, which
bra been sent from this country, with convicts, to
Botany Bay, and having proceeded from thence to
Bengal, was on tier homeward voyage, and had se-
veral pss-engers on board. The Platatiff had been
alarentfrens Isle Weise eenvenrarearty-ferty yews,
and tieing desirous once more to visit it, he took
his passage on board this ship, foe which he not
oily paid 3000 neva rupees (about 4001. sterling),
far half a cabin, (tot also took on board provisions
to the amount of 1000 rttpees. Thc•ii sums, as
%veil as entry other consideration. retitled him to
the lw.t treatment. The ship sided limn Calcutta
about the 6th of April, 1407, and the Captain's
coarse and unpleasant conduct soon became
covorable to the passengers, several of whom were
ladies. No particular hostility had, however, ma-
nifested itself, nor had ally altercation taken place
on hoard to the lath of June. when the assault was
committed on Nfr. Paul. Indeed, this temper and
behaviour of ill.. I'aul, during the voyage, were of
such a nature as to reader him esteemed and re-
spected by all his fellow passengers and the crew,
all of whom would, most willingly., testify these
facts; and it was really impossible to account
for the Captain's seemingly particular malice to
Mr. Paul, at nice so unbecoming a man, a
eo:umantler, and a gentleman. Upon the isth
of June, between five and six o'clock in the
eveuiag,- offer the company had retired from dine
uer, at the Captain's table, where sobriety was al-
ways observed, the Defendant went to the quarter-
deck, or poop, and having previously ordered a oar-
peuter to nail up a btiard—he amused himself by
firing at a living fowl suspended to it, in there-
seuce of several of the gaaseligers, amorist *hoot
was the Plaintiff. The Dere:el-int awned to a Mr.
Clarke Sivrac, fifth mate of the Fortner, " that
it was necessary he (the Defendant) shonld .get
practice. as he might hove • something to do
with these jockies (meanies the Tneengers around
him) at St. Helena, and that he should not wish
fin better sport than to sit upon the guns, drink a
treif e, win and exchange shots limn them Remits
deck." During this time, neither Mr. Paul,
nor arty other person spoke to the Defenit.suat, net
in any manner whatever Kaye him the least offence.
lie. however, them addressing himself to the Plain-
tiff, said, " By 0--d, I should like to take yon
first, Mr. Paul r and immediately after put a
pistol into Mr. raul's hand, and ordered his ser-
vant to bring up wine. Mr. Paul very civilly asked
hiut. " If lie was in canard, and meant to chal-
lenge him ?"—To that he replied, Certainly, by
6—.1." Mr. Paul then requested to see Mr.
a fel'ovi-passener, who was then below, and who,
on being stilt for, as • friend of Mr. Paul, observed
to the Llefendent, that that was a very improper
place to fight in, and advised the Plaintiff n.* to do
it them Upon this the Defendant went tip to tile
Plaintiff in a great passion. and holding his pistol
in a menacing wanner to the Plaintiff '• face, said,
" you, I would not tight with each a black-
guard *MI todrel. It would be an insult to any
iv:Mc-man to tight with such a d—d old black-
guard." Mr. Nut then asked the Captain, who
it was he called a blackguard scoundrel? To which
the latter directly answered, o \llly, you, d—o
Non." Mr. Paul, being irritated at this gross lan-
F‘Li.;e, retorted the same terns nron the Defend-
cit. elm immediately threw down 'he pistol which
he held, ail, running at Mr. Paul, (who is
sixty years of age, and twenty Years older
than the Defendant') seized him by the cellar, and
atraek him two or three violent blows with his is

ou the see. The consequences of this were, a
Muck eye, and his face otherwise disfigured. The
Defendant still. however, thiratir.g for further re.
was attempting to repeat his Mows. when
two of the gentlemen present, Mr. Gott and Mr.
Wdten, (the tint moto,) interposed, sod prevridFd
hint. Mr. Gott, as a friend, advised Mr. Paatheo

to suit the poojl, and go on the wairdeck, which Mr.
P. unmeiliately did, and continued walking there.
The Defendant then addressing himself to Mr.
Killen, notwithstanding the Plaintiff's peaceable
departure, ried out, .‘ Kick him down, kicl the
old b.—r (lowa," and leaning over the breast rail of

the poop, is a loud and uhiisive strain, and in the
hearing of all on deck, exclaimed, D—u your
eyes, you old scoundrel, you are nothing but a
blackguard Frenchman, a thief, a vagabond, and
a swindler ; you were kicked out of Calcutta for

swindling, and I can prove it all, d—n you. Had
I not a ship alongside of us, and you would not
fight, ,43u blackguard ? I'll shoot you in your
cabin, 'if you say a word—l'll prevent you going
ashore till you are in England, and then you elm&
be sent to the Alien Office." To this shameful
language the Plaintiff marlt no answer whatever.
The Defendant, however, unsatisfied with the in-
jury be had done Mr. Paul, o►dered him to be
taken into the custody of two ermine's. The Plain-
tiff was accordingly confined to his oven cabin, with
centinels placed over him with cutlasses, and thus
continued in confinement from seven o'clock in the
ecerriog till eight o'clock the next morning, when
he was liberated. Now it %as for this off nee

(continued the Learned Counsel) that they were
called upon to give damages to the Plaintiff. It
was florae which he had by no means exaggerated ;
for it would appear that there was much more rea-
son for him to desire them to be moderate. than to
give excessive damages. He asked nothing out of
the ordinary way, but merely a reparation to a gen-
tleman of Mr. Paul's respectability, who had been
struck, ahusedi, disgraced, and imprisoned, on
board a ship,. witlioat having given the smallest
provocation. He ctrecluded with cautionin., them
egtmet beirg swayed by any assertions that
be made by the Couosekon the opposite aide, un-
less substantiated by evidence. They were to at-
tend to the facts only is they appeared upon proof;
and he bad no Joubt of substantiating his case to
the utmost extent, and that they would give their

judgment accordingly.
In support of the above statement, Mr. Berveugh
called as witnesses Mr. John Wed derby, a panels-
ger OA board . the Fortune ; William Augustus
Cott, Esq. also a passenger ; and Mr. John WU-
len, first mate of the said vessel. It is only
.neers-
sary to state, that the testimony of all these wit-
nesses went not only to substantiate the facts, but
even to aggnree the gross in;syotidoct and unpro-
voked aggression of the Defenduta, beyond the
narrative given by the Plaintiff a Counsel.
Mr. TWAY then addressed the Jury as Conned
for the Defendant. He began by stating that it
was impossible to attempt a total justification of
bis Client's conduct, he hawing already allowed
tidgment to go by default, thy acknowledging
sensibtlity of the offence he had committed.

He was, however, instructed to rapreas Captain
Moore's *arrest foe what hadhafipmecLAßer dinutr,
when shooting at a mark, the I ;sintitfrether incau-
tiously came up to him, and entered into a conver-
sation, which occasioned some altercation to take
place, and the Plaihuti was the first person
who spoke of challenging. One circumstance, he
observed, which tended to she.* that the Defeutiant
did not mean to challenge the Plaintiff was, that
the pistol be, the Defendant, pnt into his, the
Plaintiff's hamls, was found, upon subsequent
examination, not to be loaded. Although he
could not justify the Defendant's conduct in strik-
ing the Plairitut with a pistol, dud putting sentinels
over him, he could venture to say, that the De-
fendant was not originally serious in mea.iiig by
his expressions to oaie an insult. The subsequent
coutinement had been intended to prevent fur-
ther mischief from ensuing during the remainder
of the voyage, and the fact was, that the Defend-
ant had conducted himself peaceably during
the whole of that subsequent pennd.—lt was
evideut that the Plaintiff had suffered no
material injury of a durable nature, as they now
saw him before them without a black eye, or a dis-
coloured face. The question then was, what was
the real amount of the injury sustained by the
Plaintiff? They were not to judge of criminal
ewe, nor to ascertain, by their verdict, whether the
Captain bad trarisgretcei the rules of proviso",
but they were merely to judge of an insult said to
have been offered by him, after dinner, when it
might be supposed he was heated by wine. Upon
the whole, it seemed to have ort.,.4nated in perfect
good humour, and to make them the more con-
vinced of this, it was only necessary for hint to add,
that the Captain was an Itishmen, and, therefore,
ho serer good-humoured be might be at the cant-
on cement of the cowersation, he would naturally
bee nue of a warm and irritable temper, wben pro-
voked by any expression which he might deem in-
salting duriog intoxication. He was not wishing
to make arty national reflections or marked allu-
sions to particular people, but he should put it to
them, whether it was not ustw ally to be rearmed.
that en Irish Captain would be fond of his bottle?
Mr. Teddy then enlarged, at considerable length,
upon the circumstance of the Defendant having,
both on board ship, and since their return to Eng-
land, offered to make a suitable apology to
Plaintiff, which had been refused. This, he ar-
gued, ought to have some effect upon thlir minds,
in alleviating his misconduct, and in lessening the
iriainues of damage%
In support of the fact, that an apology had been
offered by the Defendant, two days after the assault
and false imprisonment, which the Plaintiff had re-
fused to accept. the Counsel adduced the evidence
of Captain Joseph •Fletcher, of the Cowpony's ser-
vice, who had been commissioned by the Defend-
ant to make that apology. Mr. George Wood.
another witness, deposed as to his havin_g also been
sent by the Captain to wait upon Mr. Paul
of the
to offer an apology. since the commencement the
action. No witness, howeve.-, was ealed to prove
the intoxication of the Defewlaut, but ea the con-
trary, it appeared from the preceding testimony
on behalf of the Plaintiff, that the company, shout
fourteen in number. who dined together that day.
did aot exceed thwir erns) allowance, having only.
drank about font or five bottles of wine. •

Mr.Buitaovon. in his reply, observed, that none
of the circumstances he had stated were by any
means contradicted by the evidence adduced fur
the Defendant. That an apology !tan becu offered,
was a fact which he should not attempt to dis-
prove : but he should ask them what apology could
prove a sufficient atonement, by a Capt.an of a
vessel, for such an unprovoked and unjustifiuhle
attack upon, and degradation and confinecuent of. a
passenger, who had every title to claim a wattle-
man-like conduct,and the inilaest usage ? to the
allegation of the Detkialsot's beitig ii,toxtratti, a
fact totally without foundation upon the evidence
' before them, that surely tuuld not, in their
minds, prove a justification, or even a palliation
of the Captain's misconduct. The circumstance
which the lAarned'Coutisel for the Defendant had
touched upon with so mach ingenuity. as to Cap-
tain Moore having no actual intention of offering a
challenge to the Plaintiti. from the fact of the pis.
tol which the Defendant gave to him not .being
loaded, he rather thought had a contrary tendency,
and indeed might Ise deemed not only an estraor.
divary, but a suspicious circumstance. With these
observations he should leave the (re in their
baud., satisfied that they, by their verdict, would
make the Defendant pee inch a sum out of his
pocket,as would put the Plaintiff straight with him•
self and with the world, by a contradiction of those
malevolent and groundless aspersions which had
been so unjustly thrown out against his character.
J. BiltellALL, Esq. then summed up the evi-
dence with great impartiality and tint* elm, and oc-
casionally animadverted upon particular parts of
it. He observed, that the circumstance of an
heing offered, us it could tact be a Isar to
the action, count not operate as a reason for no
damages being inflicted. If it were otherwise, it
might lead a person to believe, that he might oiler
unprovoked injarics with impunity.
The Jury were then left u short while in deli-
beration, and retanied a verdict fur the Plaintiff--
Damages .C2OO.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF RING', BUNCH—F-4. 13.
The First Settings after Terns at Nisi Pries, befbre
pt Lord L !AN aoßou of.
RIOT AND ASSAULT.
Tag NINO 0. ISSJAMIS awl OTHERS.
This trim/ occupied the whole of the day. It
appeared, that the Prosecutor, Mr. Lancaster, a
stock-broker', in Surrey-etreet, Strand, was on the
toth June last, at his country-house, Michael's-
grove, Brompton. He epeut the evening with his
wife and child, et the house of Mr. Jacob, his
aife's uncle, in the neighbourhood ; and the child
haviug been peevish during the evening, he was
obliged to return bottle sooner than he intended.
.1t half-past ten he left Mr. Jacob's house. The
child was frightened at the darkness of the night,
acid cried loudly. The father took him up in his
arms, to pacify him, when he thought the child
locked at his mother, on which he gave him two or
ttc7re slaps, and made him walk. Three :utiles
up at this timusent, and conceiviug Mr. and
Lulu. Lancaster were not the parents of the child,
Ira.: that they were treating it crnelli they made
I sr. a,r initcry, uni lathered a mob. Mrs. Lancaster
llis :cid the child ma e their escape, but Mr. Lancaster
Ilia ass very rnuKbly treated. It appeared that he did,
LII, in u great measure, bring it en himself, by insisting
IST, ea keeping one of the ladies in custody until a
WI. peace olbeer was procured. She was do years of
was age, and of respectable appearance, cud the mob
St. eagerly espoused her cause.
lards P.eudaixia ffisfier and four others were found
Mat Geiltg.
r• hi Sarah Waller and six others were found Guilty.
arty
OFFICE OP EVE SHERIFF OF MIDDLESEX.
Ad.. SLDFORD.STRELT, ISEDIORD-ROW, Fag. is.
ASSAULT AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT.
day .
PAUL V. MOOSE.
This day a Jury was assembled, before JOSEPH
BIRCHALI., Esq. Acting Under Sheriff for the
county of Middlesex, in order to a•sess damages
lacer county
this case, the Defenciaat having allowedjudg-
heir went to go by default.
Mr. Bollietaid, on behalf of the Plrintiff, ad-
dressed the Jury, and alter animadverting upon
the f:equeuey acid the nature of similar cases that
xv,, had come before tle-in, mid he believed that
M.r. they had never hid occasion to iirvestigate ene of i
more gross and insulthig nature in all its parts, than
ISt that which be was afaut to Lariat, to tSem, and
Ss-for which they were to award damages. Tilt ell..
Ss- cuinAraisces of use case were these :—Laurence
S of Paul, Erg. the Plaintiff, is a gentleman of respect.
ability,, and has resided under the British Govern.
ow.. meat, in podia, for dtir.y years past, being eaten.
ST- steely engaged in trade as it merchant, in the pro.
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