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not give fiti'al judgment. He, however, thought it in-
cumbent oti,him to in:orm. Slr. Jupp,- it he was 1;1+1
sent, once for all, that, whatever might be' his judg-
ment .with resiati to his daughter's, and; his own
past coodu6r, any future violation of the order olthe
Court would be attended with the inevitable and
instantaneous committal and imprisonment of the
daughter. His Lordship granted the order against
Mr. Esdale, and ,directed that the other part of the
question should stand over until Monday next.

COURT OF KING's BENCH, 1,..mx
I,IISIJRA-NCE POLICY.

This was a cause upon an insurance policy, matte
on the ship 14'ortuna, bound to Elsitnur,
ielsin-
burgh, and Copenhagen, having on board, provi-
sions, &c. destined for the use ot the British fl-ct
and army then off the coast of Denmark. The
amoupt of the. ship and cargo was much beyond'
GDocl. the payment of which chiefly depended upon
the decsion of a Jury in this.. action, and for-vhich
the Detendants,, uho are urid!Twriters at Lloyd's,
had become conditionally •bound. The principal
point on which the whole turned
.was, " Whether
the ship in question, instead of performing the duty
impoSed on her according to the policy of insurance,
did or did not comtnit a violent breach of the same,
by converting the privilege she enjoyed into that
.ot a common smuggler ?"--=Upon this the , whole
turned. •

In support of the Plaintiff's case, this calumny
.was. solemnly denied.
Evidence of her capture and conveyance into Co-
penhagen w 2.5 proved by. the,, only witnesses 1,4 ho
could substantiate the same, namely, a Gentleman
who is a native of Denmark, and a prisoner of war
in this country, and another, who is also a prisoner of
war, and a Lieutenant in the Danish service. They
completely proved the capture on the 21 st of 06tober
180 G, the day on which the British force left Copen-
hageo,--and also proved that the Capture was made
nolens volens by a vastly-superior force of Abe-Danes.

On behalf of the Underwriters it was contended,
as before observed, tha't it was quite impossible for
the ship Fortuna to make such a mistake as to at-
tempt an entrance into Cupetthagen on that day with-
out a wiltul intent of either a determination to sacri-
fice the interests of the Underwrite's, or to, go in on
a smuggling adventure.. 1,'%.r this purpose they
thought fit Ao,call _ _

Lord Gambier. His Lordship gave his evidence
Upon this especial point (which he emphatically ob-
served was more a matter of conjeture and opinion
than of fats) with great perspicuity, marked 'with,
strong traits of professional acumen. He stated the
relative bearings of the head lands, 'of the Crown
B it tery at Copenhagen, those of El,ilieur, the Sound,
and the adjacent shore, with profound accuracy, and
concluded with observing, that the ship in question
could not have Made such a mistake as to enter the
harbour of Copenhagen, the British fleet leaving its
without knowing that fait. But his Lordship ob-
served, that between the ignorance of some Captains.
of merchantmen, and the folly of others, ,incidents
do arise, when she most pjlpable circumstances are
either not observed, or, being observed, are not on-
dersto ,d, and he added, that it might have been the
case that this vessel was atlually in the harbour of
Copenhagen, and did'avail herself, from one of these
causes, to make her escape. This latter, fa& turned
out to be the case,
,and the Jury found for tho
Plaintiff.

A young Lady of considerable property, twenty-
two years of age, who- resided with her uncle and
guardian, not far from the gates of Chtlsea Hospital,
was missing,at nine,ot.clock on Wednesday evening,
when expeaed from her usual Her maid
servant, who accompanied her mistress in her walk,
is gone off with her. The hue and cry was.raised,
and yesterday morning the young Lady 'was traced
to Kingston, in the company of a dragoon,officer,
and afterwards to the place where they breakfasted
at liampton-Court. No further tidings have been
heard ; but the fugitives consisted of four at the.
breakfast table on Friday, the principals, and the man'
and woman servants of each. - •

On Sunday-the 15th ult. an inquest was held at
the Angel -Inn, East Retford, before NATHANIEL
MASON, Coroner for that borough, on the body of
John Bragge, Gent. then lying dead. • The circuni-
stances attending this case are rather extraordinary,
and, according to the evidence, were state& nearly
as follows :—The sister of Dennis Frith, an Attor-
ney in East
,Retfordi "a young accomplished lady,
felt or feigned a passion for Mr. John Bragge, a re-t
speaable,old gentleman,. about seventy, in conse-
quence of which she addressed several letters to him
in the true loving stile, which "the gallant unfortu-
nately never thought proper to answer. Dennis
Filth, enraged that his sister's affections.should meet
with no better return, and anxious to do away the
disgrace, as he termed it, went to Mr. Bragge's,.
house on the 24th of May, and reproached him
with the impropriety of his conduct. From-.words
they fell to blows, when Frith repeatedly struck the
old man over the head, breast, and legs, with a thick
cane which he held in his hand. In consequence
of the wounds Mr. Bragge received, he was confined
to his bed, and languished till the 23d when he•
expired. The Coroner's Jury returned 'a verdict, of
" Died of mortal bruises given him by Dennis
Frith." Frith has since absconded.— (Tyne ;Vier-
cury.) •
On Sunday afternoon, during one of the heavy
Showers, M. Rousseau, a French Offier, confined on
board the Bristol, at Chatham, contrived to escape
frorn that ship unobserved, by jumping into the river_
with a basket; when in the 'water- he placed the
basket over his head, and permitted the tide to drive
him : after having been in;.this 'situation for an, hoar
and a half, perfeaty concealed by the 'covering he
had assumed, he found himself getting weak, and
throwing away his basket, endeavoured to mal;e for
the shore, from .which. he unexpectedly found him-
self at a great distance; his strength, however, had
so far failed him, that all his • exertions were un-
availing, and he was at the point of sinking, .when
a vessacame along and picked him up. Upon being
taken to his 'old quarters, he said he was dererrnio,
ed never to risk another attempt. , During the
time he has been at Chathatn, he has made four or
• five attempts to escape,. and once (about ibis time
last, year) had so nearly efietteu it, that he was pick-
ed up by one of our cruizers in a small open boat
I within a mile of Boulogne..