The Sun.
London, England, 1808-11-30 00:00:00

110SSMAN V. BISIKF.T.

This was an" attion brought by a person who pur-
sued the business of a crimp, against Captain Birket,
of the Anna., a West India Vessel, for eight guineas,
as the amount of crimpage for two' seamen and of e
landman, furnished him previous. to his sailing to
St. Domingo. . The cause of resisting the demand
was, that the men had come on boat(' voluntarily ;
but upon the cross-examination of the Captain it op-
pvred, that upon their arrival at Gravesend, it was
usual to pay the men a certain allowance of money,
and that those who had come on board 'voluntarily
received more than pose for whom crimpage had
been paid, or was, intended to be allowed. There
were, he said 32 men, all of whom were paid as-
volunteers, except ►B, including •the three men in
question, for whom crimpage was to be.allowed.
The Defendant having aws committed himself in
his cross-examination-, the Jury, found a verdict for
the Plaintiff. •

used' upon that occasion' was declared to- be '':
beastly, offensive, and obscene, that neither tilt'
Counsel nor the witnesseg could, with propriety, lc-
peat it in Court.
It appeared that jealousies' having existed between
the parties, a« to which of their' families was' (14
mostrbeautiful and perfea in point of form, t,
Defendant one day seeing the Plaintiff's Wile 10°i'c
ing.out of her window, launched out into the nio
gross and imprOvoked abuse ; and afterwards u[%°ll
her coming out, compared her to his mare, attacke,l
i
her with a pitch-tork, "in the presence' cat a crov3
assembled by means of the noise, and 0ff2.1-qii
fight her husband for five guineas, and .1!lat 10 •
Wife.,shor.ld fisht her (Mrs. Reeve 9 tOr as trocit
pore. Add to this, he called himself Buotiap=l,l`-''
and said he would ride over them -all. This
began about three o'clock, and lasted till fiVe it; tht%
evening.. Mrs. Penelope Reeves and Mrs. Heuri;
etta Jenkins, had been long competitors in point 01
beauty, which had ccn,id-rably increased tl e Juin 0"
sity subsisting between the two parties. --,Mrs. re:
nelOpe being so provoked upon this occasion; had,
return for such abuse, only ventured to tell Jeuk-I','s
to look at home, and he would find a crack on Pie
back, alluding to a deformed child of the 9'21, octant'
• The Jury found a verdict for the Plaintitilailli'e;
ges 501.

'NORRIS V. THE EXECUTORS OF SIR WM. STV:IES.,
, „LIA
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated, that
the declaration in this case was long, yet
ciple et the action .was short, and %vas most bt tv
determined by his Lordship the only qui'sbu'
\vas, whether a covenant, of a partiCuiar clescrip
ought to have. been introduced into a convilaoce
a leasehold property. ?. 'The Plaintiff purchased ceve
taio.leasehold. premises at an 7atictiot`r, from tll..
Executors of Sir William Staines, of which 42 YeT
were yet Unexpired ; the lease had been foitot'Oti•
granted ;by a Mr. Holden, to 'a:Mr. Clarke,
assigned,by. Clarke to Sir Win. Staines, upon
death it devolved upon his executors; there wel".
certain covenants as to rek'ving de assignee fror
incunibrances, 'but these were clone away ‘6t!' )1;
the introdu6tion of an unusual and irregular clause jilt
tile' lease wanted to the Plaintiff ; and it
order to relieve him from such a responsibility L
-this action Was brought.
-;
Lord ELLENRQLIOUGII thought that as n .11V
Hid
a point of law, it would be better to allw
parties an opportunity to argue it in a special L'';':;
the Plaintiff in the mean time having 'a vertliOl.'''
the expence thereby incurred.
Verdict for the Hairitiff 1441.

1051°
On:Sunday evening, as three young men, nr,r,
seainstrament makers, were returning roar J3l!' 's. 3
lea in a state- of inebriation, one of . them, i°,4,
trifling wager, undertook to 'jump into the w3',o
near
,Battersea-bridge ; havi,.g done so, lierrwi)6
not seen again, nor has body been found. "",,/,
name of the deceased was Aliun a young
years of age.