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Cher inquiries into the matter,- and disc*Overed the
whole of it; At first the.lletendant was appreherkt
ed, and brought before thelord Mayor,' as for a,_*
"oily ; but discharged of that, thiS anion was corn-
tnoticed againKt
It was alle(k;ed _that the Defendant a .witness
who could prove that the cobler was at .aliooer place
at the time when this was related to have happened,
but that the Defendant was too poor to bring bins
before the Court.
Verdict for the Plaintiff.—Damages 481.
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MIDDLESEX.--SHERIFF•s COURT, Dec,. T 7.

GENERAL CLAVERING, V. DEAN', CONSTABLE
OF THE NIGUT, ST.GEORGE'S, HANOVER-EQU'ARE.
ASSAULT AND FALSE IMPRISONMENIT. •
Mr. SGARLETT,.for the Plaintiff, stated; that the
General, returning home about twelve o'clock, on
the (.Ath October, through Prince's -street', Was at-
traaed by the cries of a woman. On approaching
the place, he discovered a coachman very much in-
toxicated, kicking and beating his wife in a most
inhuman manner. The General expostulated with
him ; 'upon Which the coachman. aimed a blow at
the-General, accompanied with a torrent of abuse.
The General, then called the Watchman, -and gaVe
him charge of the coachman. This was reluaantly
corriplted with by the watchman, who seemed to
have a sympathetic feeling for him, and enquired
'Who are General was, and who he worked for?
Mr. Tebbs, a respectable tradesman in Bond,Street,
seeing the manner in which the General (who was at
this time unknown to him) was treated by the watch-
man, and knowing from experience the treatment: a
Gentleman of the General's appearance was likely to
.
meet with a watcli7honse„ accompanied him there.
The General, on his arrival, enquired'for the cOnsta-
tile of the night, and was answered by the Defendant.
'He then gave charge of the coach Man, and,. related the
whole Of the circumstance. The Defendant said, the
:coachman had made his submission, and recora-
mended the General to give up hiS charge; which he
refused' to do ; and the coachman, thereupon, said he
gave charge for charge ; and when the General was
about to withdraw, he was told he was .a, prisoner,
,the coachman having 'given charge of him.—
Mr. Tebbs• asked the Defendant if he would take
'bail for the General's appearance next morning ;
-and was answered in the negative. He then a-
-ed whether, if a housekeeper, and an' inhabitant ,
of the parish, should ,be proposed as bail, he
would accept hiM ? to tßis he answered, he would
not. Mr. Tebbs then proposOd himself as bail, but
was rejeaed : he offered the General to become his
bail, and advised him, by way of form,, to tender
him to the Defendant,whieh he did accordingly. The
Defendant again refused to' admit him to bail, saying
hedid not knoW whether he was aaing right or wrong,
but he would not liberate him. The General said it
Was Of no Consequence : as there was a good fire, be
'would.sit down by it till'the,morning,and placed him-
self in a chair by the fire ; when he.waS told he must
not sit there. The General said he would stand: He
was then told that he Must not stand either, for he
must go to the dungeon ; and he was accordingly
lodged with the coach Man in a miserable hole about
20 feet by 12, only 7 feet high, without fire and can-
dle, and kept there for the space of 12 hetirs withont
a chair, or any thing to sit on, and scarcely able to
walk, for fear of slipping in the filth disgorged from
the overloaded stomachs of its former inhabitants.
'The General was taken before a .Magistrate at one
o'clock the next day, and discharged. The Learn-
. ed Counsel then called Witnesses, who- fully sub-
stantiated the fats advanced' by. him, \yid) several
additional circumstances of the wanton.-abuse of
power in the Defendant.
_Mr. Kt.: AN' addressed the Jury in behalf, of the
Defendant at great 'length, in mitigation of Da-
mages.
The Jury returned a Verdia of damages 1001,

A, dashing German, butler to a Noble LOrd, has.
been taken into custody within these few days, and •
has undergone an examination, on the change of
robbing his master's house, the whole' of which
robbery has been attended with much .singularity
and artifice. The Nobleman, whose prOperq was
left in the care of his butler in London, ,was re-
cently appointed Governor of a British Settlement
abroad, and a'fcw weeks since he went to Ivelancl
to take leave of his friends previous to .his departure.
The house Was left to. the managemerrt.of, the but-
ler, and taken care of ,by two other domesttcs
un
der his controul.. Soon after his Lordship had 'ell
London, the butler filled • his tister's station in
town, both at borne and abroad. He assumed the.
consequence of a Gentletnan, was seen playing the
chara&er at the different places of public amuSe-
,ment, and by his apOearatice and address, he im-
posed on many in the more polite circles, intruded
himself into their aimpany, and became the com-
plete man of -fashiOn.." Ills constant habits and ap,
pearance excited a good deal of surprise at the house
of his master, and a friendof the latter had suspi-
cion that something amiss., He, cottequently
took on himself to investigate matters ; and it was
soon ascertained that .his ;Lordship's property had
caused the sudden change in the butler. A very
considerable quantity-of ; plate and valuables,' in-
tended for his Lordship's use abroad, had been
packed in different packages, and_sent to the Wag-
gon Inns for a conveyance to a sea port, preVious to
his Lordship's leaving town ; but ,after he had left,_
the packages were taken back by the butler,,upened;
and ransacked. This fad having been ascertained,
information was 'given at- a -Police Office, and two
Police Officers took the prisoner into custody. • His
trunks were all pacited up, he being about to ab.;
scond; and on searching them, ,a very conSiderable
quantity of his master's property was found therein.
The Noble Lord being, as we have already stated;
'in Ireland, a letter was dispatched to him thither,
informing hint of the robbery. The prisoner was
remanded until. the arrival of his master.