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London, England, 1809-11-10 00:00:00

Sir JAMES' MANSFIELD said, be recolleEled the
evidence for the Plaintiff, and especially that of Mr.
Mills,. his Attorney, who had fenced a good deal
but:at last admitted, that the prevalent reports of his
Lordship's eharaeter indu&d• him to believe the pa-
ragraph-alluded to his Lordship. Under such cir-
cumstances, he could not see what damages the cha-
rader of the Noble. Lord could sustain. He should
be extremely glad, however, to hear,no more of the
matter ; but lest his 'advice should be reje6lo, be
should grant, the rule.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 8.

PARSONS V. SCOTT.

, Mr. Serjeant j3cs-r .rnoved for a rule to stew cause
..why the verdia its this case should not he set aside,
and a nonsuit entered.

It 'was an a6liop upon a. policy of insurance on a
trading ship, from Portsmouth to Oporto. The ves-
sel being in the, port df Oporto, when Martha'
Soult, with a French army, entered that city ; she,
in common with other British ships was Seized, and
French soldiers sent on b9ard to secure the capture.
An arrangement, however, took.place between the
Captain and the Erma General, that t he ship should
be ransomed at a fair valdation„by two French Offi-
cers. - Two persons' accordingly estimated the value.
of the property, and on the Captain's paying the
money, the ship was suffered to depart for England.
On the 19th of April the ship arrived at Portsmbuth,
-and on the Ist of May following the Plain!itf gave
notice of abandonment, not knowing at the time
but the ship was still in the halt& of the enemy.
The .verdiet, for the Plaintiff was taken as for a
tolal loss. .

Mr. Serjeant P.E.ST submitted to the consideration
of the Coult, that under the circumstances of this
case, the Plaintiff was not entitled to recover. It had
been Settled by the Court of King's Bench, in the
ease of Bainbridge v.' N eilson; iot h East's Reports,
329, tharso long as the ship-was Still under the .eon-
trout of 'her own Captain, at the time of the aban-
donment, whether the owners were, or were not
apprised of that fad, a Plaintiff could notrecover
Should, however, thiS point be indecisive in the
Case, he objected •to the verdi& obtained by the
Plaintiff, upon the ground of the ship having been
illegally recovered from the hands of the enemy. -He
submitted tt was in dire& violation of the statute of
Geo. 111. 'ch. 25th, Which expressly declared it to bean illegal ad.„ for any ship belonging to any of his
Majesty's subjects' to be ransomed out of the hands
of the enerny. Had the Captain abstained from so
illeg d a procedure, as it was manifest he had
committed, Marshal &nule ~could not have marched
back to France with 60001. British money in his.
pockets, for in a few days alter the ship was ran-
somed, Lord Wellington, at the head of a British
army, drove the French out of Oporto, and liberated
such other vessels as had been in the'hands of the
enemy. Under these circumstances he trusted the
Court would not hesitate in granting the object of
1- motion.
Rule to shew‘cause granted.

ECCL tS►A STI CA L PROMOTIONS.

November 2.

Rev. Hugh Chambre tones, student of Christ Church, and
Ciiaphnii to the. :ate t)uae or rertsatio, living of tvc:4t
Lssex, void by the cession ot the Rev. Q. V. %Vet:.
Icsicy.
Rev. Francis Mead, 1), D. Fellow of Magdalen College,
to the Rectory of Candiesby, in the County of Lincoln.
Rev. Spencer Madan, to the Redory of Thorpe Constan-
tine, 'Staffordshire. ,
Rev. lames Penny, to the Vicarage of Preston.
Rev. Jamey Watts, M.A. to the Vicarage of Weston-Beg-
yd, HerelOrdshire.
Rev, Charles. Carver, J 3. A. to the- Vicarage al Horning,
Norfolk, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Anthony 13ar-
Oxvoao, 4.
Monday last the Rev. Frodsham Hodson, B. D. and Prin-
cipal of Brazen-ncse College, was admitted D. D.
Yesterday came on the election o All Souls College,
when the following-gentlemen were elected felloWS of 'that
Society :—Mr. Annesley and Mr. Sneyde, both of Christ
Church.
Tuesday the Reverend -William Crabtree, B.A. of Uni-'
versity Colleg,e was eluted fellow, and Mr Ceorge Orgill
Leman, and Mr. Mason Vincent, Scholars of that Society.

SwINDLING...--MARLEGROUGH-STREET..-.--Several
chargeS 'of fraud were exhibited , against a genteel
man on Wednesday evening, by: Messrs., Jackson,
Reviere, 'and Fisher, gun-makers. The defendant
is'the son of a man of fortune, whb .was formerly a
Magistrate in Surrey, and his appearance andde-
meanour in his situation excited a considerable de-
gree of sympathy. It appeared by the testimony of
Mr. Jackson, of Wigntore-street, that about the
1-2 th of September, the defendant called•at his shop,
and gave an order for-a .double-barrelled gun, to be
completed as soon as possible. After introducing
the "name of the Grosvenor family, wh6m he affeet-
ed to be acquainted with, he talked of his wife being
at Hampstead for' her health, by the advice of Dr.
Reynolds, and having imposed on the gun-maker
by these remarks, and his general language, he suc-
ceeded in borrowing a double-barrelled gun, and a
pair of valuable pistols, which were sold at a
_pawn-
broker's,and the prosecutor was consequently duped.
The defendant bad also succeeded-in obtaining of
Mr. Reviere a valuable gun; and a pair of pistols,
worth twelve guineas, about the 4th of September,
by similar artifices. He repreSented himself as the
acquaintance of Lord Staweil, and he borrowed the
pistols (after having ordered a. double-barfelled gim
to be made) as he observed, to keep perions off his
,estate at Hampton Lodge, near Guildford, his corn
having been trampled down, and his fences broken.
Mr. Reviere soon found out that his double-barrelled
gun and pistols had been also sold for half their va-
lue.- The prisoner obtained a gun of considerable
value of Mr. Fisher by the sante artifices, and he
.also found that his had been disposed of. Other
persons were ready to -prefer charges for shooting
dresses, Bec. anda chinaman had also manufactured
some valuable-china, which the defendant got hold
of. The Magistrates committed the prisoner on the
Pawning A& for these several offences, which sub-
jetis him to restore the- property in value, with tI.
fine on each, or to suffer three months imprisonment
for each offence,. and the correction of the prison.
The ptisoner appeared in a very desponding state,
and.the Magistrate committed him for. another ex
amination. The. defendant represented himself in
all his transaetiens as residing at Hampton Lodge,
near Guildford, Surrey.

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