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This action was brolighf by: Mr. Kent,- a 'person who gives
descriptions in some of the pi -bile prints of pugilistic operation*,
against Mr. Tebbutt, a captain in the India service, for assault
and battery.
Mr. C.. PHILLIPS' opened the case as one of Very, aggravated
and unprovoked assault, committed on the plaintiff at the flay-
Market Theatre, on the Ilth of October fest, lit thought it
fair to state, that an ifulictraint had been preferred for the
sstue assault at the Middlesex Seasions, oh whteh the defeatiatit
was convicted and, tined RV, ; but he believed he should be
able to show, by Ar.Fdril, the attorney for the plaintiff; that
the Bench took info coWsideration the pendent), of the present
a 4 ion, when they passed. solenient a sentence.
It appeared on the eyidence of the plaintifra witnesses, that
the defendant,'aboufeighi'o'Cleck in the evening; attempted to
intrude hirtself into the private boxes of the theatre, and con-
saquently some disturbance arose. This drew Mr. Kent from
his box, who remonstrated with Mr. Tebbutt on the impro-
Pifiii of his conduct, Which Mr. Tebbutt resented by a kick.
At a subsequent period of the evening, Mr. Kent was taking re-
freehment, in the saloon, when Mi..TAbutt cameio, struck him
gaie him a black eye, and broke his nose; the marks
cif *Ma Caere not wholly Obliterated nt the prettent time. Mr.
Ford, the attorney,. was called, but did not answer.
Mr. A DOOM ua, addressed the .fury for the defendant, and
call[tiia Witness who. proved, that at the trial of the ihtlictinent
Kent was asked whether he had not brought in action; to
,'which he replied that bp had droppol it.
Upon
i?iia the Loup CI! JUSTICt RAM :llr. Phillips
'Whether e could expect, to obtain more than nominal damages?
Xi% C. i vs, in reply, assured his Loral-hip that he fully
expected to be able to prove theeimnstaneea. which he stated
in his opening; but that, as the attorney did not appear, he
could riot,. after what had passed, intas the ease farther.
The Jury then, under the `ditectiOti: of the: Lord Chief Jul-
tice, found a verdict for the pleintiff—Darnages One Bhilling.

ccitlitT or COI 110 N 'PLEAS, VEIL 3. •
itfidaititt ajler in Pp Perin the Lord Chkt
Juretce DALLAS and a 4euntinian Jury. ,

wita.t.44te ti.itatcx.
Thin Was an action of tiespais bionglit by tlic p/aintifragainst
the defendant a keeper of marine Stores, for building a shed
Pti. wall resting. against the wall of the firmer's pretniscs,
whereby hp was rendered liable to the ,perAtlon of the Build-
ing Act; Which reggired a rAity-wkil to be built between both
premises- Some contradictory el:Mende, fits Igiven as to!thg
precise degree f dohneeilnOtetvecenthe yajle.of Ahq respei•tive
premises; and after.an investigation, which occupied the Court
or upwards of trsoleneirs tbq 'Lir" rgturnet! u verdict for the
Plainqtr--kanlikg(l,ore k!i ill in g.
StiTtil wide mill were tried, but none 'of them were of
public rote eat.

A letter -'has 'been received by a gentleariart 1p
Leith, from the ship -Westntorelniiii, Ottptaln
PentoN, Which sailed from -Leith for "Vatt-Die.
man's Land iii Noveinbir,-1,820, dated'Otaheite,
24th July last, all well. The vessel had been
detained 'there taking 'in- cargo Of *vol'ot-nut oil.
for 'about four months, in: cOusecitiehce• of the
death Of King PoNtkur ; who :having left an
Infant soui the -Government could not ;agree as tb
the person *ho Vra's to fill the Itegettey during
the thiittititY of the King. The Wetimore.laiso
had nearly completed-Ur targO, and -was about
to still forEngland.--(Caledonian Mercury.)

air AdnrCuLTurikt Brptiktit
1.01 WIT 44

LETTER V.
TO 0; C. WESTSIt24) Of*, sat.

( Continued from Netten*if 4upt.)
SlR,—There is another subject of complaint,
of great importance on this occailnii dt distress,
which these landlords uribltishingly bring for-
ward to support some of their petitions ; I mean
the excessive burthen of the fpott's PATES :
The nett expences for the Poor in 1776, taken froni
the return then made to Parliament, amounted in
England and Wales to . A629;780

Medium of nett money annuallypahl for the poor is
the years 1703, 4, and 5, aniounted to .
Ovsrseers iu journtes and attendan-
cxes onMagistrates, &C. - 441,63
Entertainments at meetings relative
to the poor - 11,713
Law business, orders, examinations,
and other proceedings relative to
the poor . .
Expended in setting the poor on
work - 15,092

2,004,238

55,701

12,:•:.~

0,1110,127
In 1819 the expences for the support only of the
poor amounted to the vast sum of r,516,705
Other expences, particulars as in former years 1,408,905

0,925,610
Whilst the landlords were generally abient
from their estates, revelling In all the luxuries

of the Metropolis, of Bath, at the other %ater-
ing-places, and in foreign countries, their tenants,
left to themselves,--as money-making or labour-
ing people usually do,—naturally availed them-
selves of that circumstance to manage the poor's
rates to their own profit ;—contrived to pay the
wages of their labourers out of this fund ;—and

thereby threw upon those who resided in their
parishes,• but employed no labourers, a share of

those expeuces. -BLit though it is an undeniable
fact that, generally speaking, the agricultural
payments for labour have not risen within the last
fifty yearsohe landlords and their tenants during
the period of their complaints (for they still in.
sist upon it that they have enjoyed no comforts
since the never-to-be-forgotten and never-to-be-

sufficiently—eulogized year 1702) were fleecing
the public with prices raised, as I have before
shewn, by artificial, I had almost said by fraudu-
lent, means,—whilst they were feasting on every
foreign and domestic luxury;---and now, be-

cause the times require some retrenchment, they
come to Parliament, like sturdy beggars, to de-
mand horn the Public what in their prosperity it

was the farthest from their thoughts to bestow
upon any one. It does, Sir, require a face made
of a certain kind of metal, to wink out of sight
all the good a man
.has received--and all the bad
he has done ; 'and then to come forward and de-
mand redress of injuries which his own profligacy
has brought upon himself.
Among other Signs: of Yttie times since I was
taught the ;rudiments of agriculture, the state
of farming servants has undergone a considerable
change fe? the ; worse. The ladies of a farmer's
family are, from their bearding school edu-
cations, no longer able to superintend the
vulgar cares of providing for ploughmen, carters,
shepherds, and milkmaids ;—hut these people
are nowi except on very. small farms and in re,
mote districts, boarded by the poor neighbours,
and their morals and behaviour are left to that
chance which disregarded country villages and
towns usually afford. Though this discarding
practice is yet not quite universal, it is at least
so general as to have given a most injurious bias

ofi tlehitedcencwilcyrit.t;
t
tpocipilalei a ct
jootal d:tftroorf
fh the lowestyLth parts
h a
evil, there is, under such practice very littlecou-
troul or chance of detecting the beginnings of
bad courses between his masters's stable and his
own place of rest :—in short, without wasting
time in pointing out such obvious consequences
as must ensue from this neglect, I need only ob-
serve, that the remarks in the periodical paper
Called. the Scotsman, 01, this subject, are 'both
silly and vulgar. In atisiver to that writer,!' beg
leave to:rely that in rnytirnei.a.4 far as my obser-
vations extended, no farmer, who was above per-
sonal labour, ever set down to table with his see.
vents;-,but, as the parlour 'was usually adjoining
to the -;servants room, the master and mistress,
during usually.chewed themselves at
band, and were better respected than they
would, have been under circumstances' of greater
familiarity. In a Well regulated rarrilly,, disputes_
and angry invectivesHseldom arise ; and if
a quarrel does now and then happen among the
people, a knock or tWernay be exchanged pri-
vately, but the affair's iedulonsly secreted from
themaster ;. but when nothing is oL interest to
the employer except the quantum of work. he
can extract from his,people, and, that done, tie
severally resort to thirst epot Where there inclitt,
tions-lead them ; every indulgence of quarrel,
debauchery, r,,lrunkenness,, and often smuggling
and Spoliation to support expenses, too frequently
become the consequences.
I have stated that the wages of servants in
husbandry have not risen within the last 50
years. Be pleased, Sir, to take the following
list of wages Which prevailed atthat time, in the,
county of Kent, from fifteen to 'twenty miles,
from. London, and to cotta
,are them with those-
of more mOdern times. First, Servants, nine
in number, within- the IrotiSe, who were
boarded and lodged ; and had animal wages,
agreed for at the neighbouring fairs, for au ar-
ruble farm or 450 acres, on which were kept
3 Very fine teams of 4 horses each, a job borie,
fend:generally two riders, viz. an 'upper servant'
(Pot a bailiff, for a farmer no:such ,person
man,ire those days) who. vas also the .seedsrrrau Yhi lorete m'ster, le2l 'tin, two other
from 91.' fo Wl. ' Each of tltt~ee boys from 16
to frl. One Shepherd who acted also as Deli! : I 8 years old, one utteudant on each teamster, 5
>isuall y about 20 years of Age, 1. Upper iitt;n
'l'lrc play labourer's 4
pay was Is. 4d. to Is. 64. for
en.
t
Men skilful it, the manageraent at hops c2s. disitY4
ekirtiroaqiirui thole
sne a i
was( ;1 I t I'
lel
not
ads
flays
Hs'
Lin
utr br. oy:r:r‘g eoe
°en,
b;et 1:
sal Ebo
r; were
Calculatedg,i girls
Soil
which
h 41, d. t:O0 413
:odtn°l:
poprrhouie ; And those-whp were inside per.;
c
es
roportant. 'There then were
ages no • .
the door's hates—such as allowances to the wife

find ciiiitirait in With anAake :OP*
husband received nu advance of hire frogs 141
employer even in the dearest times:
There are certain errors in the prejudites,
both
of landlords and tenants, which reqaire
observations. The non-resident landlords ist
they possess the right to expend the money der
rived from their estates, where and in any snattOgr
they please, exclusively of the controul Of
person or persons whomsoever :—and the tiollic
assert, with equal force and propriety, theirot;
to the same license of unshackled (meth:Milo
spend the money they acquire by their occurs-
lion ;—to educate their sons and dauglikri
Gentlemen and Ladies ;—and to raise thafttli?)
any elevation in society within their poirer►
is very gravely asserted by that most ocolilent
character the late Dr. Rigby of Norwichtirbor
if the good sense and respectability of allt
one could have given sanction to such an ot,
nion, it would have been his own. Under 4117
conditions, we must allow them both tellii,r47'
without those limitations, the claim appeansitbj
inadmissible ;—when the prodigal 'son, whoP
i‘‘'''wasted all his substance in riotouti
I came back with submission, he met alai-nit
reception ;—but had his return been adOillw
nied with demands, enforced by threaf4 ilf°,lllY•
father, and by requisitions whose tendekiks In"
volved the ruin of his brother, I am inclined t 9"
suspect he would have met a very different fec2.
tion. Don't you think, Sir, to speak efferr,,
dern practice, his petition would hays 1417
" thrown under the table .9" Indeed, iierrae: tt.:
present petitions of the landlords and their
pendent tenants, not mixed up as they 06
tome malicious- ingredients they would coligiwa
worthy of ridicule; but wicked, seditioo)
Selfish as they are, it is to be hoped that they.l!;.
meet the severest reprehension which the
tion of Parliament can bestow upon them,
Landlords have always held their lands oon.r
some tenure which implied a personal (WI ;1..
formerly it was that of performing military
vice ;—it is now undoubtedl under that alit
glance to the King and his State, and subA:rolgr4
y
to the laws ;—but most assuredly, cod":141::-,e,
plied duty at least of residence, that 1110/ 74,,p
afford protection and relief to the poorj-!:,ti.
unable expenditure on the spot whence thei ~lic
rive their incomes ;—and likewise a soPere'fle
ence of inferiors in every station below tneruip.
order to an enforcement of every social Pb•os
d tion. We know that the wisdom early
divided the kingdom into very
each of which became accountable in theloslrii
the actions of the individuals it comPrellue2Tind.
in aftertimes, this duty devolved upon i"e,
holders ; but the Barons and other grea',ool
from the possession of those lands owing ‘l74heic
service to the King, turned the swords me 'the
dependents to seditious purposes glint! slow
sovereign ; and he found it necesoll the
degrees to dissolve the mischievouot that
use but
minute porno!f;
military portiou of the feudal oblige-0%4 hi
that portion of feudal obligation which 'DWI
termed " SURVEILLANCE" still remains)
the laxity of modern manners onlyl n
""l
-iie
brought it into disuse : but so soon as
theAa6
of the important duties comprehended Orb Pc
tern), become so general us to affect the wsl7,7iht
of society, the legislature has an undoutkerest
to impose such consequences as shall illme—thr
casecom throughpliattce all: but,
i e
tont method
retreat oft tt,
ducethteh ep snore
etiti lenient the
.ir
petitioners
r,
s hearings,
arilneggsis,labtyure:covie
oligt
prefers
I haY
position of retirement and domestic elrcles,
no doubt, that the great bulk of the Pel/e7setveS
ing the experiment success, will hold tue„,li,whets
in readiness to withstand hostilities, ",e,,'"icsanl
threatened by the numbers which the aPrjii
erroneously imagine they hold under th'
fluence.
is 1,
In regard to the pretensions of tneJ--
must say, that I ha- known an" e' 7.4

-ve never
under very e I'
his harm as tt onght to be, that'was fitted for,,f
celevated. rank their ambition seems to air°,ll/;0010
certainly am not singular in this opinion, l'°r;,..--
, v‘er...3., wise man has eternalized these Or Ta-iiihj
ii_o.:o can he get reisdom that holdeth the
and that g loileth in the goad, that drieeth ° mil
and is occupied in their tabours' and whose 11134.)
o_rbtillocks?"—(Ecc. ch. xxXviii. v. ‘24,l°:ti I
With respectful reverence for such aufforti•
most believe that the farming class of the„ ;01.
tioners together with their wiveS,.their 613".-Xitig
their__ daughters, (I beg tp be understood as sPe-join)
of them as a great body throughout the kingib the
he Ins.nagitic;
higher
enot exactly calculated to mingle w"1;0411
it tent
n judges of
co::
f branches of society and that the pt'
iproSpucrihetryamoiflisetga tteheremfsoerimv e:
oa if
4 t root
p tvverPef:':„7. tot::
renionerati'll'hicii
indeed of any of-those contrivances with. reslt
their_ leaders gull their hopes and alarm Owl or thi
I will now„ Sir, take my leave of Yl)didgenc`"
tlttoerepxetceonntiaoryf public faitaLoot
present, with my best thanks for the 10"-ely,ip
of the Editor, and will endeavour 80011,00
watch the Intore proceedings on this (14!"4totitt
rendered momentous from the vast and dillgovecl
oh stinaey, the numbers and the ittfuriatemietV
of the applicants; that I may be raadY t,°„,g el,:
explanatory assistance which est0010"d MI
her
of the corps, but never an advocate ?lot, "it k
prejudices or a participator of their int. to I)e'
may be.able to afro-rd.—l have the t0n,,04,
Sir, your very humble' %, 5.,:,:0
r_„„4...c....,

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BIRTH. _o,
On 'Wednesday, the 12th inst., 'at Walling:4w
IlatlY Thornags:F.,Reynolds, En.) of .a

M MA D. 1)
004000001RRIE ri„litit
Lately, at Paris, at the airie 'of the hintliin
Edward Gould Mink, Esq., of Line°llol its
Trinity ("Wive, Cambridge, to Al arie-Arnanl4lf voirow,
of Jogh and. Fr,unloise•Atme ?loultm, 1000 •_,lceiti
ACHalavia, on the 2d Of September 1a54440,...,Fry r
.Fran, Eiq, of tbe tittr. of iliac-toi„di_Aprit4_ $(1. '—
Miss Anna Peake, daughter to it* .1-4`l"'"'
treasurer of ))niry Lane Theatre.

Dl.e Pcl• °Alpo
At Rome, on the 19th 'ult.,' E.. B. PowLanhhs 060 „
4°46' lioniet,,. and, Member in Parliament Iniiraws nAtiv''
Last week, at Upton, of which place ahe ", ' ' frori
,
Cole 441101. 001°
.
,
~t,vb torday, the Bth inst., Alarianne
ttarratti Esq., at Ella-Cornbei tar VitiMi..
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