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fIISOOT Of ONO PENaI. Mims a.
•itsJIMIN r anue.
This was an action brought to rreccrer a emus
Beasation is damages for ais assault committed by
the Dife.udeto upon the PlsintiQ The whole of
the Plaintiff's case was proved by a Engle witness,
a cabin-boy of the Defeutiant, as follows: •Tbe
Plaintiff. Mr. Benjaatia, and his wife and child.
were in the West Indies, and were retinas to re-
turn to England. Mr. Benjamin accordingly
agreed with the Defendant. who was Captain of a
weasel, to afford them the genteelest accommoda-
tion possible, and bring them home. Evet;- thing
was amicably adjusted, and, during their voyage,
up to the let of January last, the parties acre on
the most foieuelly terms ; they were liapa in each
other's company. About ten o'clock at night, on
that day, elide ther were convihiaily drill kiiig their
poach in the cabin, Mr'. Bellj sumo gave some of it
to her infant, which attracting the Captain's notice,
he remonstrated with her oii the impropriety of
giving ,liquor to a child ; she answered, that had
she anything else to give, she would not have clone
So, but at the save time thought it unbecoming in
the Defendant to arraign her conduct. This pro-
duced a disagreeable answer from the Captain. and
called uu Mr. Benjamin to espouse the cause of his
lads.. Words grew high, anti at length the Cap-
taiu seized the Plaintiff by the nose, and struck
him. Mr. Benjamin asked if that were treatment
for a getidernan ? Upon which Defeedant again
seised lulu as before. mad exclaimed, " Recollect
that I've pulled jou by the nose !" The Plaintiff
then proposed that they should go upon deck. alai
settle their hpiiirrel, like gentlemen, with pistols ; foc
this purpose he went to his locker and drew out a
pistol. which the Captain seized, and thrust into
t to face of the Defendant with so much violence,
that it cut his nose, and discoloured both his eye,.
Laid ELIANBORUVOI. in remarking opals the
conduct of the Uefendaut, cesiwured him in severe
terms. as he had engaged "to treat the Plaintiff
like a gentleman, for winch he had been liberally
paid; but whew he had Inin completely in Ins
power, he had behaved with brutal violence.
Verdict for the Plaintiff.—Menges £l5O.
payee v. 'TAYLOR.
The Plaintiff in this cause is an artist, and the
fendant, a whitesniitli. The action wai brought to.
ficover the stun of 261. 6e. for designs which hod
been furnished to 31.. Taylor, who it naposered
*as anxious to produce to the fashieuable world
erne baths upon a new construction, ornamented ,
with tableful deices. Thr design furnished by
Mr. Prfse were allowed on all sides to be
table, and the prices charged very moderate.
Ou the part of the Defendant, it was contended,
that the desheics iirptestion were never intended
an be clia-c•-• • that the Plaintiff, besides being a
drawing-master.. Was a carver and gilder, 'Hid had
furnished the drawings for the purpose of gniiiiii,,
amployatent as a carver; and that it was stipulated
between the panic% that the Plaintiff should ex-
clusively execute all orders derived from three de-
lgheh. The Defendant seki.i-e I.4lgeil a deist of
el. Ga. for carving work, which he paid into Court.
Lrs•cl EL•l.RNnneobet said, the mile cpiestion for
the Jery to deride, was. whether the drawings were
done upon a speeial contract. or whether they were
furnished for the purpose of extending Plaintiff's
fame and increasing his connections
After a few minutes di-liberation, the Jury gide
Asir ierdiet for the Defendant.
DOCMR LA R E TE.

This Gentleman, whose sleuth we announced
yesterday, hell distinguished him-ell in Parliament
for many years, if not by pow %whit eloquence, yet
with knowledge and good Stll,. He first Iw-
came known to the public by tht active part which •
he took in the memorable contest for West:muster,
ja the year 17s.t, in writing for tlr. Fox, penicil-
in-1y in the Opposition Newspapers of that period.
Though his subsequent scertiuns were of a very
different kiwi, he was the author of many elretion
ballads, ishr.h •at that time were highly popular
with the pally-. Ac some rc..ionpeuee for his seal
and. his services, the 'nifty putrouirrd the publica-
tion of The lobed, of which lie was, iiiilerd, one
of the author-, us weli io of The Probationary Odes,
awl these works proved a source of cons:derable
e aolument to him.
Dr. Lawrence then begun to he ambitious of a
seat in the Itilise of 01111410114, and foribmir pur-
pose, as well, iii.lrea. as froin.a high a:lntim:ion of
Mr. Burke, attached hinvielli particularly to that
great ornament of the British Senate, by whose in-
terest with Earl Filar/ahem; fin: I loctor was grati-
MAI in his desire of Parliamentary iiourifirs,
From this time he con.idereij himself rather as
the adherent of Mr. Burke, than aeon implicit fol-
lower of the ;Arty with which that great man hart
hitherto acted ; and when the French ite,,tati,,a
minced Mr. Burke to witticieew Inosertf Frans Mrs
For and his friends. Dr. I,:rerunee trowel the steps
of Mr. Berke. and remained inflexibly attached to
'hat Gentleman and his principles, till the world
se s deprived of his greet talent..
'Fite Motor, however, had for some time wisely
considered that politics afforded hit an uncertain
itneau of support, and therefore (heeled his atten-
tion to the civil law, and by his practice in the
Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts, gradually ac-
*mired a considerable fortune. ,Mr. Burke had in-
deed deriviot great iiilvalitage from tile Doctor da-
ring the prosecution of Mr. Hosting*, as 1w wee
surlaitigable in eaploriug and arranging the down-.
merits neerstary ill that arduous and complicated
tranciction. The !Eddie are indetitill to the Doc-
tor for a complete edition of the works of Mr.
lurke, which will for ewer remit.' a monument of
t ie bast 'fulcra' and varied aespietiours of that ex-
t %ordinary mall.
Dr. Lawrence, as we before observed, possessed
esti:wave knowledge and good vow,
epoilitics characterizes! Ina elfiirts in Parlirenelit.
lie was a worthy well-meaning chAreeter, and his
abilities, if not s! g, were s was about
wxty year* of 1112‘..
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The estimate of the exp . isse of the Trustees of
the Linen Board in Ireleirl, for one year, to the
sth January. Itslo, al. laid before tau House of
Contemns* ie 21,60u1.