The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-09-05 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.

John IlroWn Moviebrinte, now ut late of Wareham, Dor-
set, butcher, to aunender Stoic:ober IS, 19, and t)ctober 16,
at eleven, at tt.e Red Liunlun, in W.relram. Attorney, Mr.
Thome. PUT, Poole.
Joahua Eaton, now or late of Liverpm4, me•ehaot, to am,
render Se aconber 47, 28, andO. tuber 16, at e, at the York
Had, in Willianoon't-aquare, th.ensool. Acorn xf a nt.
Statham and Son, Liverpool sod Mr. Gault Nutter, fl
court, Temple, London.
John &JIM. juu. of Liverpool, m..tivant, to vorvett.h, Sc.;
%ember 16, tl 1, and October 16, at eleven, . t the St.-r .n 1
Useer Trvem, Paradise-street, Liverpool. Attoctioy, Mr. Ro.
bat Grasso, Liverpool.

DIVIDENDS. •
November 10. HAmas, c.f Hastieli, Mitlille.en, soap.
maker, at twelve, at Guild! all.
Octet, zr IS. Frenctv Wilfem, of Overt Clacton, Ivrea, linen.
dra,tr, at tan at tioilandll Llndosi.

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September 46 Thomas Rideout of Manchester, merchant,
at elee•n, at the blip' Wilk!? A;11,11, M-socht,t,
November 7. Statue% James, of Cress-street, lio.bern, but
wareman, at eleven, at Gtrihittall.

Nova ober 7. Vltlltant Cade'll, of fotantetorc, Lout, lap.
bolsterer, at eleven, at atoldnall,

CERTIFIC kTE—Steramaa a O.
William Belle% M Wakefickl, York, awrchalit.

A shocking accident occurred on Satttrday after-
noon, at Briiham in Surrey, as Mrs. Law, of.Atre-
Maria• Lane, was riding in a chaise with a gentle.
man, the bit of the bridle dropped out of the mouth
of the hone, and being unmanageable, he ran away
with the unfortunate people, who were both thrown
out of the chaise. Mrs. Law had part of her hose
cot away, is much fraaured about the head, and was
not expected to recover ) the Gentleman was like.
wise greatly hir.t, and lost thr.:e of his lingers.
Sunday morning last, ;he body of a well dressed
female, about thirty years of am was taken out of
the New River. She was taken to Clerkenweli
church to be owned.

Last week some say ors, supposed six ia number.
belonging to a gun-hrig laying in Dover Roads, in
order to make their escape from her, attempted in
the i iQht, to swim to the short, which. it is nuudt
rearecL not one of them reached, as three of 'heir
bodies have .alrvady been found. and the .nt,hers
have not been heard of. A Coroner's Inquest sat
on Friday evening last. on the tr dy of one that
was driven on shore, between Dover Pins that
afternoon, and returned their xerilitl, sicelletetgi
Death.

YO![ AssTZES,
(C•NTIMVID )

The &flowing Cate is ef great Importance to be bailie le
)4.-,hail., ice. sending goods by wattr, et it (Wry eita
blithe* what has Aces often doubted by Shipping Colima-
sae.. or Geier% be W.d-r, via their liability to oak* pod
the daniag • done t 3 got.ds committed to their Mfr.

RAITIIWAtrii men •T ititelOis V. ItztvitLt.
Mr: Scrjeant COcKitt.i. stated this Action upon
the Case.
He said the Plantiffs are grocers and copartners, s
and carry on a considerable business at Stockton,
s the county of Durham. The Defendant also
resides there, and is the Captain of a Ship, or Vessel,
. %Zed, the Hawke, belonging to a great num-
ber of persons (of whom the Defendant is one),
assaciated under the name of "the United 5171ipping
Company," and which vessel is usually employed
in conveying goods from the port of Stockton to
Beal's Wharf, Southwark, and from that place to
Stockton. On or about the 88th of .fanuat y, 1804,
the Defendant took on board the said ship at Beal's
Wharf, 19 puncheons of treacle, or molasses, all
in good comlition, to he conveyed to the Plaintiffs.
When the Hawke, after an easy passage, arrived at-
Middlesbrough, about 5 miles from Stockton, the
puncheons in question were taken out of that vessel,
and put on board a sloop, or riser boat, called the
Tees, belonging to the Company, which is a
eammon mode of conveying goods to the Wharfs,
when, from the lowness of the tides, larger vessels
cannot so conveniently be brought to them. When
the sloop Tem arrived at the Wharf, at Stock-
ton, it It as found, on opening the hatches, that two
of the puncheons had hat a considerable quantity
of treacle, part of which had tun, and was then run-
ning, into the hold of the vessel ; and upon these
two puncheons being landed, they appeared to be
so much injured that they could not he safely con-
veyed hom the wharf to the Plaintiffs warehouses,
though a very inconsiderable distance ; and the
porters usually employed on such occasions, tefused
to take the charge of them for that purpose. with-
out an express Indemnity from the Plantiffs. It
was for the recovery of four hundred weight of
treacle, of the value of 61. for which this action
was hrought.—ln support of the Plaintiff's case,
Thomas Tunstall, of Stockton, cooper, was called
to prove, that, on or about the I7'th of February,
1804, he was requested by the Plaintiffs to insped
the two puncheons in ques ion • that they were then
upon the Quay; and it evidently appeared they had
leaked, and on one of them the chime-hoop was
loose, and the nails drawn, and that he took the
b saps off wit'. his fingers ; the treacle was then run-
ning thrott,:li the joints, and he was obliged to put
on new hoops. He said at that time he ha I made
no observation how the damage bad hapeened ;
but was certain, that, if the puncheon had rteeived
no damage. d e nails would not have been drawn ;
but he is old not pretend to say how lung the cask
bad be. it :njured ; the other puncheon seemed to
have been shattered against something.
Upon his cross.erammation, he said, he did not
see the pimci.e. ns on board the vessel, therefore
could no- pr, tend to say now they had been stowed :
be would ro.t take upon him to swear that the se-
cond puncheon 1. aked on account of the shatter;
• i.licr would he pretend to say that the mere roliii g
of the vessel had caused the leak.
Thomas Coates, of Stockton, common porter,
gave evidence to the maw effect.
V. idiom Miles, clerk to the Plaintiffs, proved that
he knows Mr. Davison, diredor of the Shipping
Company, who was sent for by the Plaintiff, to
their warehouse, and a proposal made to him that
the damage should be divided between the Plain-
tiffs and the Defendant ; 'nit Mr. Darson would
not hear of any terms. he proved t:sat the kiting
pace of treacle was 7'.os. per cwt. whick, if 4 cwt.
had been wasted, would amount ru 61. proved
also, that one of the in te ffs ,on the eoth of Fe-
bruary last, read use reesnie ot that date to the De-
nJant for the freight, and saw him sign it And nee are
t!.e money, a copy of which receipt IS as 10110WS
2oth February. 1804, received of Messrs. 'Braith-
waite and Atkinson, the sum of 291 10s. 9d. for
the fre•ght of nineteen pancheons of molasses, one
of winch was marked No. 6, and another No. le

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(the two puncheons in questior), and other goods,
and ail of which were shipped fur them in good
c•milition on or about the Sfltli January last, born
Bet 's Wharf, London, on board of the ship Hatch,
of which I am master, and de:ivered to them at
Stockton, on the 17th instant. Signed Stephen
Reevell. Witness, William Miles."
Upon the Witoess being crossielamined by Mr.
Tore la o, he said, he heard the receipt read to the
Captain, who verbally acknowledged the receiving
of the goods in London perfectly safe, and that this
acknowled,;ment was made aLer the shanage had
b tppened.
Mr. Richard Tireman, clerk to Messrs. Rowntree
and Frank, of Stockton (the Plaintiff's' Solicitors),
proved that he w.s present at a conversation on the
. 9th of March last, between the Defendant and Mr.
Frank (the Plaintiff's Solicitor), when the De.
fenJant admitted that he had a share in the shipping
company; that the two punch.ecns of treacle :r. quer
tion were (with other goodie delivered to him on
account of tlic Plailatiffs ; that be was a judge of
casks, and examined all the puncheAss Wore he
took them on board his ship, and that he foand
them in good coccliticn, or ne would have refused
them ; that on :.r hi g the puncheons, some of the
hoops of to n of s
.is A•Tested to No brcken ; that
above four cwt. of t, . •:e :. ill rzili .ats of the pun-

that no negligence waskot eonld be attributed to
the Defendant, the le.tr4d JUDGE observed, that it
would be unnecessary to take up the time of the
Court any longer upnn the subject, for the Itcy upon
the case as it stood in favour of the Plaintifs, could
admit of no doubt, and .slireded the Jury accord-
ingly.
The Jury gave a verdid for the Pl.tintiffi to the
full amount of their loss; and the Dcfendaut will,
of course, have to pay all the costs.

cheons so injured, occasioned, 4e he supposed, by
fermentatii;ii ; but (4 014 no positive anrwle,fge
coulJ be lib:aims!, as the treacle exhio.ted no parti-
cular apptaratice.
Here the evidence for the Plaio•iffs closed ; on
Mt. Tornio, as Counsel for the Deiendant, began
by stating to the Jr y the extren-tr hardship sit a
master of a scud being made an inswer for the safe
conveyance of goods by sea, whin they ware sub-
j.a to the numon which Oa: r' . • notild ne-
cessarily create, and that it wa- a 'c to con-
vey from London to Sun kun. e . ;lc aunit Ser.
nientable quality, as molasses without sitsta:.,ing
injury.
Here the learned Jenne intetrupttd Mt. To p
is co, by asking him, it they had nu otl.ei defence
than mere general reasoning upon the case ? Upon
Mr. TOPPING saying they had a great number of
'rigatoni w prove propel *AA age of the guucli, and