The Sun.
London, England, 1823-05-19 00:00:00

SAUNDERS V. PARE.

This was an action on the case, brought by the owner of a
fishing smack, called 'the Princess of Wurtembcw, against
the Pilot of the East' India Company's ship the Berwickshire,
to recover compensation for the injury done to the smack by the
negligence of the defendant.
It appeared in evidence on the part of the plaintiff; that on the
morning of the Ist of January, 11122,his smack, which was bound
for London with acargo of live cod, was lying at anchor in a reach
of the river Thames, called the Lower Hope, which is a usual
place of anchorage. At this time, the day being perfectly calm,
the Berwickshire wasdroppingdown the river with the tide, stern
foremost, her sails set, but with no windtofill them. The crew of
the smack,whichlay nearly in tile middle of theriver, called out to
the Berwickshire to drop anchor; but that vessel continued its
course, and ultimately came in contact with the smack, and occa.
stoned d arnage, which was esti rn at et! (by consent) at SOL The wit.
nesses for the plaintiff represented that a vessel dropping down
the river with the tide, in a calm, is entirely unmanageable ex.
cept by dropping the anchor; that, had this measure been
adopted, the accident would not have happened ; that the crew
of the smack could have adopted no better means than they took
to guard against the danger brought on them by the perseve-
ranee of the Berwickshire in her course ; and that there was
ample room for the Indiaman to pass on either side of the
smack without incurring any chance of injury.
Mr. linov GIIA 31 addressed the jury for the defendant.
He contended that the crew of the smack had no business to
anchor in the middle of the channel, and expect great ves-
sels to sail round them : it was aa if a donky cart should be
posted in the middle of the road, stock still, and the York wag-
gon, with its eight horses, be compelled to take a circuit round
n.--4 A laugh.)—He would show that there was not room for the
Berwickshire to pass, in deep water, on either side, in come-
quence of the fiats extending into the bed of the river; that the
crew of the smack were not on deck when that ship came in sight;
and that the accident really arose from the Captain altering
the position of the helm, in contradiction to the directions given
by the pilot, who did all he could to prevent the injury.
The Learned Counsel called witnesses to sustain all the parts
of this case.

The Lonn CII/EV Jus.rict, after observing that, in point
of law, a smack or any other vessel had a right to anchor in
any part of the river, left the Jury to tiudge from whose negli-
gence the accident. rose. The Jury immediately found a ver-
diet for the plaintiff—Damages 30/.

The LAW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY recently
established by the Profession of the Law, held
a General Meeting on Wednesday last, at New
Furnival'sann Hall, for the election of seven
Trustees, 24 Directors, and four Auditors, when
the following Gentlemen were elected

TRUSTEES.
ATCHESON, NATHANIEL, Great Vigneliester-street.
AKIN SON, THOMAtI, Lineoln's.inn-fields.
BICKNELL, CHARLES, Spring-gardens.
Guct;x, WILLLAM, Salishury4quare.
PEPYS, CHARLES CHRISTOPHER, Lsq.
square.
SCARLETT, JAMES, Esq. M.P. Inner Temple.
WiLLlAits, WILLIAM, Esq. Portland-place.
DIRECTORS.
712 Alexander, James, New Inn.
591 Amory, Samuel, Throgniorton.street.
721 Bickersteth, Henry, Esq. I.ineoln's.iim,
881 Broughtun, Henry, Esq. M.P. Lincoln's-ins.
884 Brunirett, Jonathan, Inner Temple.
587 Cardale, William, Betlford.row.
773 Courtenay, Philip, Esq. 231 Montague-street, Russell.,

square. •
950 Farrer, Oliver, Esq:
807 Harrison, Richard, Gray's-inn.
808 Ilo'Me, Bryan, New Inn.
679 Jones, John, Lincoln's-inn.
813 Knight, William Young, St. Jamees..STltlallt.
737 Alacqueen, Thomas P. Esq. .3.1. P. Park-lane.
37 Oldham, Adam, Earl-street, illackfrinrs.
845 Peake, Thomas, Esq. Inner Temple.
696 Pollen, Richard, Esq. Lincoln's-inn.
924 Preston, Richard, Esq. Lincoln't-inn.
626 Reardon, Daniel, Corhet:court.
789 Scott, J. F. Lincoln's-inn.
903 Sugden, E. B. Esq. Lincoln's-inn.
845 Wizard, William, Lincoln's-inn-fields.
792 White, Richard, Essex-street.
787 Williams, Charles F. Esq. Lincoln's-inn.
751 Alrri,Pht NVilliam, Inner 'remple.

AUDITORS.
746 Alderson, Edward IL Esq. 14, Paper-building's, Tt•Aple.
693 Campbell, John, Esq. same.
ti 93: Salton, Nathaniel, Pump-court, Temple.
459 Turner, Charles Robert, London-street, Penchurch-street.

A few (lays ago, at the interment of Mrs.
AtooßE, of Itostherne, who died at the age of Uti, the friends
of the deceased were, according to her directions, regaled with
bottled ale, 35 years old, which had been kept purposely for the
occasion.