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London, England, 1826-05-23 00:00:00

COURT OF ADMIRALTV.—Tnts DAY, AT Tem.
First Session in Easter Term.—Before Lwd Stowell.

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!Outrank appointed to be betd lu Mh
Hon. Sir Charles Abbott, Kole
Trinity Term, 1d26.

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June ; and at hall-ca,; nine ou the other trays.

COURT OP COMMON PLEAS.

Siltturn appointed inllllchilese; mod London, before the Itittlit lion. Sir
William Driver liest,, Knight, Lord Chief Justice, in mutt lifter Trinity
Term, r+24.

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11.—The Court will alt at 12 o'clock precisely on Nay 27 sod 31. At
10 oN.lock preckely on May 21) and June I. At half-past o'clock pre-
ciAely on June 7 and S. And at 10 o'clock precisely at the Sittings and
Adjournments alter Term.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF RING'S BENCH, OVILDNALL, MAT 22.

[Before the LtiD CUM' JUST tcr. and Landon Common Juries.]
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■O7llBll v. MENSALT..

This was an action brought by Messrs. Robins, the auctioneers,
against Mr. Mensall, formerly a schoolmaster of Kentish-town,
to recover 411. odd, as the amount of expenses incurred, and a re-
muneration f.t. trouble taken, in attempting to dispose of a house
at Parson's Green, and two houses in Crawford-street, by public
auction. It was proved that 271. 104. were actually disbursed in
advertisements and other incidental expenses, and the remainder
was considered by other auctioneers as a moderate remuneration
for the trouble taken. The defendant had paid :la tm account.
For the defence, a sister-in-law of Mr. Mensall was calks], who
swore that one of the Messrs. Robins undertook to attempt the
sale of the houses, at ten guineas each, if they were bought in t
but if they were actually sold, he was to hare the usual com-
mission. The houses were bought in.
Under these circumstance*, the Jury found for the plaintiffs—
damages SW.

BUSINESS OF THE COURT.
Mr. ANDREIV3 applies] to the Lord Chief Justice to restore
cause to his I,ordithip's paper which bad been struck out under the
hdlowing circumstances. When the case was nearly arrived at, the
tiefendant's attorney offered the plaintiff a cognovit, and while
the parties were negotiating for the acceptance of that offer, the
cause was called oh, when no attorney appearing for the plaintiff,
it was struck our. The defendant then refused to give the cog-
novit, and the barbed Counsel now applied to have the cause
restored to its place. as the absence of the plaintiff's attorney was
occasioned by the defendant's own offer.
The LuRD CHIEF JUSTICE.—I will not restore it to the
paper. It is the duty of attorneys to attend in Court themselves,
or to have some one attending for them, when they have cause' in
my paper. otherwie3, when a cause is called on it will be struck
out, and then the public time is wasted by applications Of this sort.
I will not do it.
CROSSFItt.D V. DIMON, I.UXT, WRIGHT, AND PUTNAM.
This was an action of assumpsit, brought by the plaimiff an
attorney's clerk, to retover the sum of 71. tram the defendants, the
ehanterers of a ream-boat called the liero, being the amount of ex-
penses incurred by him in consequence of their not conveying hint
and nine of his family to the Nore, and back again to the Tower.
stairs, on the 19111 of July last.
It appeared from the statement of Mr. SCARLETT. confirrneJ
by the evidence of the witnesses called. that previous to the 19th of
July, 1823, the defendants published a placard, advertising that
on that day • grand gala and masquerade would be given by them
on hoard " that Boating pabite," the Hero, which would proceed to
the Nore, thence to take a survey of " his Majesty's stupendous
ships of war at Sheerness, and in the Medway." and return to
her moorings off the Tower-stairs by dusk in the evening. A
vocal and instrumental concert west° be given on hoard, and ample
arrangements were to be made for every description of dancing.—
The tickets were to be five shillings and sixpence for each person,
and the plaintiff having purchased ten of them, took his wife and
eight other members of his family on board the Hero, at eight
o'clock in the morning of the 19th of July, expecting much plea-
sure and amusement from the voyage. Ir then turned out that the
Hero had only arrived from Calais that mornieg, with her boiler
burst, in repairing which, and getting coals on board, she was de-
tained until eleven o'clock. At that hour, whit two hundred and
fifty persons on board, she proceeded with the tide as low as Oreen-
wich, when the tide having turned, she could make little further
war. The fire was incressed to force her on, but she only got be-
low Woolwich, and there the boiler again burst. In this situation
she remained until night, and the plaintiff, together with sonic of
his family, were obliged to get on shore, In order that they might
apprise the friends of the different parties in what situation they
were. At twelve o'clock at night they got a glans coach, by Reel-
dent, at tireenwich, and by that means were enabled to get to
town. In the interim the steam-boat was got back to Blackwell,
where, at three it'eleek in the morning, Mrs. Crosslield, her chil-
dren, and die other parties. were forced on shore. About five
pounds had been expended by the plaintiff in the purchase of
tickets, coach-hire. beat-hire to go on shore, &c. &c., and for that
sum the present action was brought.
Mr. GURNEY was instructed to cppear for the defendants
during the progress of the plaintiff's case, and, after some held-
tation, he submitted to a verdict, at the suggestion of the Lord Chief
Justice. The Learned Counsel, however, said that he should ad-
vise his clients, the next time they advertised a similar entertain.
ment, to make its stipulation that no attorneys' clerks would he
taken on board. Otherwise, as in this case, it the steam engine
failed. they would have to pay in an action.
The Jury fund for the plaintiff: damages 41. 7.. ed., the
amount proved to be necessarily expended by thr. plaintiff
The hnsinesi of these Sittings have gone oil unusually fast.
No less than sevciity causes have been withdrawn or were unde-
fended.