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.4,AW INTELLIGENCE. .THATFORD'S COWAN?' O
COURT OF ICING'S ititfreff,-Oott.owaLt., Dee. 17. An lixtrae of a Let e. ti on Cot
Sittings at Nlri ['Pia*. &fine Lord Chief Yiestice Isle of Wigs t, December 16th, si
to have to announce to yen. the
atIVISOKOUGU, and Speeirl Jam:. '
otinetts is HMIs. ,5, cumstance of-tee lo,s of the shnv
In this base it appeared, that Mr. Dunklb, tlie•• William nlkiwaYs mas.et. an W
Plaintiff, ketps warehouse: for the reception ottert,":-1 liiast, ntf Gh•iet Chureh-haad, hay
and had received from the Defendant 810 quarter/ -I cOmegneane of a. heavy sijualt..,
of wheat, orl'ich were, accordingly, deposited in hit j mans passengers wee had w. .r 1 tt
granary, of whieh a considerable quantity remained ' hew., for P.,. •le; and amine then
in his stores, for the space of fifty-three weeks; the say, the *.ola. tsf Shetturd's Co
Plain'iff had applied for payment to the Defendant, diens; wit-t the. exception of two,
for the storage of the above-mentioned wheat, ac- Miss Strat7.'n .Amorag thWISIIPS
cordiale; to the' usual and establi4sed eves, viz for "'lt the MaPngart and hit *an'il
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storage of the entire' wheat (830 quartets) dining Mr. and Mrs. Qaantr.:ll,. Ur, an
the space of fifty-three week, at the tate of Gs. per \lost, Gisidner, Curtis or*. cai:ri
r-
hundred quarters each week ; and in consequence of men, sin of tl.e late M John.
the refusal of the Defendant to pay such charge, 'stir, and several eotheis,. oblong
the present affirm was brought. On the part of the tee .heft.—A" sad fatatke see**
Plaintiff a number of witnesses were produced, to the whole &Ai* Cqnspany. firs'em
prove the existence of the above-mentioned custom. in this Island—poor D"arillub a
which they all agreed did exist, and was in general former, and who was well k..werai
enforced, when the corn did rot remain in the stoles been here ugly a few days tutor'
for more than two or three months ;or if the charge and died." • . ,
did not take place in the above-mentioned way, the CC* RUNE //I'S /VI
store.keepet had recourse to another, which was
neatly as usual, viz. that of raising the weekly rate
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of storage per 100 quarters. They concurred in An inquisition peas taltellb
thinking the rate charged by the Plaintiff very tea- Triumphant Cataliccadilly, befe
ceresfake, and represented it impossible, in general, Coroner, on the 494 of tosifsas
for any stotekeeper to nay the heavy rent and taxes stns.' at
~ Hammersmith "" smain
necessarily attendant on seer nettincerit, without /I' "'genius iris .6teGaelYffea'
that the deceased *as brought d
exacting equal charges on the storage of corn.
five o'clock on Monday evanin
The Defendant's witnesses, who were equally nu-
from the discharge of a gun, ds it
serous, admitted the existence of such a custom,
A full charge appeared to have
but maintained it was seldom enforced, except in
cases where the corn remained but a short time on and the arm of the deceasestipsed
were lodged in Ile substance OE4
the premises; but where it had remained a very
ascertain.- d velum the body was qf
considerable time, they being in general warehouse-
-- I3ediord; -1- Gardener in 4
men themselves, had never attempted to exact it.
[ They conceived the custom justifiable, ethen the Brooks, of Hammersmith. stated
warehouse was occupied but for a short spite 01 whom he bad long known, was
time, as the proprietors of warehouses frequently in a Nursery en Monday, and
had them unemployed for more than one-third of o'clock they retired tagetleer to
" the year. On which account they conceived then-
their tools ; a faun was standing'
selves justified in making those who had only con-
witness took it up, and said,
sulted weir own convenience, pay handsomely for Pm ;" meaning has young mast'
the time they had occupied their stores. ly touched the piece, when it we
The Learned Jena& interposed in part of them- the "men* in the body and arm
mittation, and begged to be informed, if a eorn• This was the only witness who sp
faeor should deposit in the granary of the Witness n°^ itself, none others being
one hundred quarters of corn, the greater part of other persons proved that the part
which should be drawn out in the first six months, friends, and that the latter, pies
leaving only one quarter remaining in the mores six had attributed it to as amide's*.
months longer, whether the custom in question that the gun had been left ct.tk
would justify a chenand for the storage of the whole cidentai Veda.
for twelve months ? -
SHOCKING afCCII
The Witness answered, that according to the
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principle generally established, he conceived " it
would not be irregular or extraordinary. On Wednesday seeing:it, abet
Upon which the Junoc observed, that however a man, 66 years of ages who "
long established, it was tine to put an end to so in the service 01 Mr. Wilkinson,
iniquitous • praftise ;he recommended the Jury to Chatham, was gt.ing to bed with
consider accurately every circumstance that held ing to pass through the upper Pa'
appeared in the course of the trial; he felt satisfied, too*, the greater part of Whim
that whatever might be their determination, it would i flooring, he slipt down between
be worthy of themselves and of the dignified situa- his fall, is supposed to have strut
lion they had in
.. s.a.e. pa 0 1.6.1;1. 24 Lae«. a...1.a_ ...1
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milk& dm

siWuld they deem its cintineance necessary fc; the
interest or the commercial world. they would be
justified is finding a /radii! for the Mastiff s or
perhaps the best mode of adjusting the differeoce
would be, since the Plaintiff's Counsel had in the
latter part of the trial resorted to the principle of
quantum merest, to find a Verdi& for the Plaintiff,
proportioned to the loss he might be reasonably
supposed to sustain.
The Jury, in a short time, brought in a Verdill
for the Plaintiff, 341. damages; which, together
with the sum deposited in Court, they coasidered an
ample compensation; at the same time, they wished
their Verdie might be considered as only applicable
to this particular case, and not at all saa&iening the
custom.
WILNMAN V. TOPPING.
The Plaintiff brought an affirm against the De-
fendant, who had been formerly his clerk, for up-
wards of 3,0001. advanced in goods, ecc. to the
Defendant and his Fanner, a Mr. Bailor. since de-
ceased.

gigiFtWilirbelow: rtrhe endi of
site to that on which itr feU, fl
against one of the joists. opp,s d
as if it had been a fixed bar of
part of the forehead of ite wrifort
to coniiia with the edge of thebea
to the bone, and, from the ra
nearly the whole of the scalp
scraped off and lacerated, that t
fore part of /lie back of the hea
bare. Thar bead nest struck
against the reale, and tie viol. te
frattured the skull ; the bon.- bsi
lion of the fradface. vtoss dfsibbr
sine kefont the poor fellow was
diats slat gical aid was called its,
conveyed to the poor.houst, writ
tlemea who Were present, ja!ge
operation of the trepan should b
ed, as a 'Fording the only possible
two pieces (,t the skull were ace()
by the trepbine, eel two other
wards separated by the forceps,
of the skull taken sway, when
oblong triangle, containing abt
ches. The pulse of the untortti
the operation ; he appeared bent
but he languished through the
died about eight o'clock on the
rorszeeres=e

It appeared, Mr. Wildman had, on account of
the faithful services of Nailor, who had also been
his clerk, advanced to Nailor and Defendant, the
goods, ice. mentioned, in order to establish them in
trade, in the bland, of Jamaica whither they ac-
cordingly went; but Nailer dying in Jamaica, pre-
vious to the setting out of the Defendant, the busi-
ness declined; and, finally, the Defendant returned
to England, was kindly received by the Plaintiff,
notwithstanding his ill success, and placed in his
counting-house as clerk, where he acquitted him-
self in such a manner as to excite the indignation and
resentment of the Plaintiff, whose debtor he was, to
so Considerable an amount.
Several Witnesses, the clerks of Mr. Wildman,
proved, that the Defendant, to whose care the books
of the house were committed, had endeavoured to
throw off the responsibility necessarily attached to
him as partner in the film of Mellor mid Co. by sub-
stituting in the books of Mr. Wildman, the Plaintiff,
the title of the Executors of Nailor," to which
account he carried over the balance of the ac-
count of Nail*, and Co. Not satisfied with thus
vitiating the ledger, lie gave orders to Haslip, the
clerk who regulated the journal from which the
entries are always transferred to the ledger, to make
no entry in future under the title of 'shallot. and Co.
but under that of the Execu:ors of Nailor. This
being at length discovered by the Plaintiff, led him
to investigate the matter more hilly, when he found
to hi. great swill ise, that the vouchers or dot aments
relating to his ttamaSiotis with the House of Nailor
and Co. were removed.
Mr. GA a ROW, the Plaintiff's Conarel, was pro-
ceeding to Vitamin, witnesses further, when, at the
recommendation rif the Learned Judge, the Counsel
for Defendant consentcd to submit the case to the
decision of any of the gentlemen of the Jury, to
which Mr. Ganow agreed.

The College of Physicians ha.
D, or for his work against bra
The plunder of West India
tofore took place in the Rivet
checked. The Dlreaor, a the
are putting the wh.selesomr pro,
Parliament in force, under the
Mr. Roason„ of Goodmait's-fie
pacity of Magistrate, heats
causes as they arise.
About twelve o'clock, on Mi
bridge latelg stetted over the r
Hiles troat 'Cardiff. which tile
Glamorgan and belonnwstith, 1
nsendous crash I fortulnately,
ernphiyed in wheelialg. gravel
theer work osly a tow minion
harp-ned. The bride* would.
in a few weeks. The old brid
veer score.
One day Is‘t week, as the h
roar), of Uditnote, near Rye,
hare, a bitch of the pack.
stroppad one iotoluntately in
instantly abandoned the sce .t,
imperious call of netture.
y-ung ; which she affeodett,
whelp tenderly in her mouth,
(several miles) to Her kennel,
her litter, consiting of lie tie
It is reporwl Ana* tae p
traftors hod a very nar'uw es
large quantity licksts to II
previous to Berta v * posi
It is a settisfantort, therefore,
snense capatl ?rites with 's
so pre-emei..emly ithourids, piv
the: BaiLisb adventurers.

The uncommon mildness of the present seasrn,
has produced, in the garden of Mrs. Ross. at Guils-
held, aim- Shrewsbury, some well-flavoured straw-
herrles, and teveral dishes cf green peas i which
v. ere gathered a few days ago.