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Aipply him with beer himsa he ought not to gen.,
vent him from buying from any use else."
Mr. Witsou, for the Plaintiff, istswered, that the
Defendant ottbd d Urge &foetus ei)reeb be
could mow get fie Mei* be mho, and that tena
the Mien he refused the Weer.
The Coast ordered the ?tapir to answer the
affidavits.
About three o'clock, the se* Lord Mayor, attend-
ed by the Recorder, and several Aldermen, appeared
at the bar, and prayed that the usual warrant to,
pnieeuee ata defend for the city might be records.:
The Recorder then, in the name of the 1.0
Mayor, invited their LQrdthips to dinner at the
Mansioa.house.
CrIMMOK PLEAS.
MOODIII P I e. •At.a.
Serjeant Lass, on the put of the Plaintiff, moved
fur a rule to shew cause why the nonsuit in thi; case
should not be set aside, and a n-w trial granted.
the cause came on to be tried at the last Norwich
Assizes. It etas an *akin brought by the Plaintiff,
who was a serge manufactoter. to recover the
value of a quantity of shawls, which had been sold
to the Defendant.
Mr. Gale pleaded that he was a working mint:-
falturer, employed In the Plaintiff, and that these
goods were given to him, in lieu of payment in cash,
for work done ; contrary to the 22d George 11.
chapter 12s and. subsequent statutes, which subjelt
the manuiairrer to a penalty of 101. for paying the
wages of lees workmen in any other manner th in in
cash. At the time of the trial, the Plaintiff, not
having evidence ready to contradia this plea, suf-
feted himself to be nensutted.
Serjeant Lees now moved to set aside the non-
suit, on the poundnf its being obtained by surprise ;
at the same time stating, that, at the next assizes,
the Plaintiff would be able to prove, in the most
satisfaftory nuaaer, that he had always paid the
Defendant's wages is ready money, and that the
shawls in question had been given on credit to the
Defendant's wife, who kept a shop, and dealt in
these
The Court observed, that the Plaintiff should have
been better prepared with evidence at the last
but granted a rule, nisi.
Immo 0. WALLIII.
Serjeant BUT moved for a rule to show cause
why the nonsuit entered against the Plaintiff in this
cause should not be set aside, and the parties be sent
to a new trial. The caws was tried before Sir
.1 a If ea Mame' etas, at Guildhall, in the Sittings after
Term. It eat an :iron brought by the Plaintiff.
who was cook on board the Ind.s,erion frigate, of
which the Worthen was Captain, to recover three
years wages, and prin.-money to a large amount,
slue to him as such. kite has of the case, as
stated by the Plaintiff% Counsel, were as follow
While the Plaintiff served on board the Defendant's
ship, he bad several times defnandedhis wages
from the Captain, but was conetalltly put of on
some pretence or other. One day, while the viss
eel lay at Syracuse. he went into' the Captain's
cabin, and was particularly peening is his demand
for his wages; the ensesquesce of which was, a
falling out between him and the Captain, who
instantly-ordered him to de duty before the mast..
He went on deck accordingly, but had%tot bent
there long. when the Lieutenant ordered Vim in-
stantly to leave the Alps this he *at 'fent refused ;
bus being .threatened with the ropee'endl, he. at
length, complied, mid went es 'shore •at Britain..
From this, he, after sea daze; niade hips *ay to
England; and having demanded his pay at tlm
Navy Office: wee add beitlsrld not *even it, as.
Captain Waller, on his return, had placed an R.
after his name (rneaninerun anay). In consequence
of this, he commenced his salon against Captain
Waller, but not being able to prove that it was by
the order of the Lieutenant be quitted the ship.
111004111 t was entered against him.
Serjeant Base now moved for a new trial, on the
*rounds that the Witnesses, who coutiPproie the or.
ders of the Lieutenant, were at sea, at the time of
the trial, and that he was now prepared to go into
evidence to the fullest extent. •
Sir Jaeas Maris, mt. Et said. that RUM observa-
tions he had made on these kind of sakes, brought
by sailors agaiast their officers, he was convinced it
would not be forwarding the ends of justice to en-
, courage them. In the present instance, from the
evidence which was adduced on the trial, he did net
think the Plaintiff had a right to eepea the Court
to set aside the non.suit.—Rule refused.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCIr.
POILTIINOSITS, NOV. Si
Arrived the Sylph sloop of war. with General
Doyle on board, from Guernsey. Admiral Sir go;
ben Calder remains under pursuing at the Mo.
therbaok. Wind N.E.
PLYMOUTH, NOV. 7.
Came in ,the reirwsenth packet, Captain Wales.
from Bengal, with an account of peace in India;
Cheerio gun-brig, from a cruise; a French brig.
prize to a gus-twig ; a French chasse-nsaree, prim
to the Dispatch sloop of war ; the Stade Leder, Tree.
lull. item Bourdeadx, detained by the lien priva-
teer ; the &slag Tiarllii, Scouberg, from Malaga,
detained by the Vengeanse privateer ; the brig Speed-
well, of Chichester, Harrington, master, from Wa-
terford, for London—she was captured of the
l‘aad's-end by a French privareer, and retaken by
the Morale,., sloop of war.
NOV. 9.
Arrived the Cruiser Sloop of war from a cruise,
and the Dowd:as sloop ca war from Sheerness.
FROM LLOYD'S LLOYD'S I.IST.

ARPIVID
At Liverpool the Cenribi Gray, from VtyAnte; Ynufvg
John, Rubinson, frees Narva; Martha, lino Init.on, front
New Prevalence; Martin, Littleratd, from Holmium. and the
Benjamin, frogs St. Llecie.
Li the Clyi—oblve Paine, Reid I and the Benson, Spence,
hems Trinidad:
At lAireerar•—•the Fenny, Graham, from Liverpool.
At Neve•Y•ialt—the Orb, Reynold., from Li,erpool.
At JlC,llith—toe Gn,hrolgt, Connll. fron. Liverpool;
Nuys", from Africa • GtUrp., Purer., hoar Tortola;
Fame, IFlnitriwaite, true Whit. haven; Vigilant. James;
and the Actor, Neil, tent C.rk; Prince Edward, M.cabe,
frees Dublin; Mania, Pines. heal dri4el; rioltrtion.
ham LooJon; Albion, Crauheld; and the Hurt, Eating;
from Clyde.
It •
At St. Helena—the I.i.nd Eldon, Tottenham,
Fiedei tea, teglebarp; Skelton Came, ard ibis
main, hum Ind.., St Vincent's, Pmbhanii;
and the Unionism, Caoimmtr, fawn the boort; ;ems

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