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that if it had a prose ttiva or sobsegneat bttating.
the parties 5up0.,,,..1 to *have been ii.jure.4 would,
fr.rn the moment it was in eontemPlation to op- n
those docks, make such arrangements mtd set up
such claims. as would render It llTlpOs,ible to make
si stand or to ascertain to what-an indefinite extent
those claims for compensation might he carried.—
There was sine observation in which be coir.culesl
with his Learned Friend. namely. In the tespettabi-
lity end high chat aoer of the I'laintiffs. He WAS
dieted thesought only for that recompenee which
ibey thought the law ought to give, and would be
eontented with whatever compensation the July
jedged them entitled to. But looking at the gene-
ral features of this use, be could not admit the pre-
treat claim ; first, when he considered that in the
fear 1794. they took those premises, for which they
paid no tine, not likely to get better by age, and on
which. atthouith they expended 10601. in inipiove-
meot,, th.y still received, on their reassigning them
in 1804. ti e sum'of 1.4001.; thes, leaving them, on
the wnole, a psofit of 4501' In resting the edimate
on the average of the years preceding the aft, he had
no doubt of ins legal propriety: sad withreepeEt to the
items of profit, ney wire taken from the books of
the planotifs. From these books, calculating the
profits from the year 1795 to 99, the average gave
an annuity of 230 l I Is. 10.1. which, multiplied by
9 and. I it, amounted tq tbe suns of 2,1151. Deduct
from 4141 sum the 15001. already received byMesars.
aed Anderton, and there would remain a
balance ut t 11461 whit's the Cinsoni.sioners of Com-
pensation thought themadres only justified to
etc
Tae Rectseose declared, that, e 6 erigirsa, he had
nekbesitatloo as to the purview et this all completely
limning Abe estimate of compensation to the tame et
its having hero passed in any other view it would
oro a wide boor for fraud, by I.n meals applying
this trim to tie present cnism. It was impossible
to contemplate whether the'claim might increase or
diminish, and therefore the leg•slature mid*. west
at once decisive and citelligible. That was his
oprj..on of the law of the case ; the amnia of the
l*ra; .:onspensa•ion. entirely rented with the jury.
ItNfras • iat:sladiun to him, that it he w., wrong
the, failed . power of appealing to superior and
Milteitble jeJgra .e. It was in evidence that a sum of
.
LAOnt Was expended on these prerni,es, and it was
a Cstri,siiriatiott whether the interest on it ought to
be 4:14 d. Ti:e jury would in their verdia
• the COIPt t Alit late of purchase they re..
gelded timer verdict
The Jury, having retired for some time, returned
a iv-di& [or tine Pianuiffs'of Bu2l. I Ss. n.`,lie remaining compeo.ation causes were post-
• uutil the 14t11 of November raext.

thSNIONS, Ocr. t 7.

Jeep& Thrdree, a COaCliT4,, was charged with se.
saubi g a eat.? of the !temp of ISt iant
dMit g his cart upon tt.e Kingsl444 Road, upon
thO Or, of A u,tust last. It appeared that a quarrel
bid arisen hetw.st the prosecutor and a coach.
inns, reseng to his cart and a coach running against
each other, and that the toachtnan bring the strong.
'ratan, hal gmea him a severe chastisement with
hie art.tp. and thee knocked him down and trod upon
hint ;al h ugh there was no doubt as to a most vi-
olent assault having 'sera committed, yet it was
plienly shown by the witnesses on behalf of the de.
feedmit. that he wia not the coachman that had
been the aggressor, but that it was one Moses Jewell,
earl was yeti in Cwstt. The delcpdatit, indeed, was
prated to have been in qa.te a diffcrest quartet at
She time the assault took place. The Jury accord-
isgtv atiffsitud him
Nary Jtaris. klissrbrst Curlew, .`,'oral Bum.
Jae, Rippers, and Michael flonsAat.,, were charged
with have, oronntitted a riot, and Assaulting Mrs.
11, nley, of Blue.Abchor•Alley, Stepney Fields.
17. nm the evidence, it MSpeared that the female
defendants irnaetting the prosecutria kept a house
of bad fame, east conc,iting she had nor paid them
st.ffic•ent attention, on account of their want of
personal charms, they determined to ,se revenged
upon her. Aeciltdingly, upon the 2;th of June
last; these fernalel :wobbled in a riotous manner,
and having gr.t the Man named lionshaw enlisted
inrb their service. as well as a number of bays end
gills, they determined to kick up a row, and to
assault this Mrs. Healey whenever .she made
her appearance. It being a Saturday night.
the Pvosecutrix had been at market, to provide, like
a good housewife, the necessary articles for Sunday;
and, upon her return home, accompanied by a fsiend
named Grace C ,drcy, she was assailed nit all sides
by these testlitiul women, and the man, with their
young assistants, with mud and all kaiis of filth.—
In vain aid she remonstrate upon the impropriety of
their eonduift s they had Ali eady gained the ascen-
dancy with the crowd, and had even got a Constable
enlisted into their service, who, upon the entreaty
of a tail stsvCiate, was prevailed upon to take-Mrs.
Code oy. the biend and neighbour of the Proseen•
Iris, to the watt:.-Louse, lot having, as was alleged,
scratcl.ed ti e fate of one of•tbeir a.:tagoai ts.
Mrs. Henley swore positively to four at the De-
fender ts.

ht Jury found all of them Gritty. except Sarah
Burn.

Tie Masts , after expressing his disappro-
bation of the conduit of the Constable, in commit-
ting a person te t le Watch.hoase, who hat! not been
guilty ~f any offence, sentenced the three women
to Seven days, atid the n 1,112 to 14 days =pima-
rneut.
'llJ:thew Afer.k,h was charge.' upon two inclid-
Innis, in the one by a young woman called Susan,
Veal, and in the other by a Mrs. Glasscock. wins
iring violently assaaltesl them one night lately in
Puhenry-meet, at a quitter before twelve o'clock.
Tae Defendant wax a journeyman painter, sear
Carnes? Market. and appeared by his language to
he an Irishman or a WeWm.'s, but *nether
ac-
taated upon thie occasion by au amorous or a i
ferocious disposition, seemed doubtful. He, how-
ever, began his salutation of the Lair P.o.ecuttix
- by !Pitting his arm romid her neck, and upon her
,Mpg 'a rip tnce and resistance, he
and otherwise abused
as her companion. .
v, nod he was searaitard
th indiamont.
num, by wads axagir


maker, was Mitt charged with having violently and
wantonly struck a-boy. named Cornelius Ward, son
of a blacksmith. over the head with a stick, for hav-
ing touched a dog belonging to him, upon the
street.—Of this offence he was found piny, and
fined in the sum of five pounds.
The Court were nest occupied. for many hours,
in the investigation of a charge made by a boy of
the name of Mattli-w Willitin Banner, against his
master. a recpeSaMe jeweller, in the parish of St.
John's, Clerkenwell. for an abominaYe offence ; the
evidence. however, not b-ing iugicient, and in
many tavola' contraditory, the Octecdant was
availed.

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her down, and oth
and issehreerad hat, as well as her cu
The Tory found bins Godly, and he
to pat a Ix of 31. 'spots rash inclidn
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