The Sun.
London, England, 1832-12-22 00:00:00

SOLARTE V. DINES AND OTHERS.

The real plaintiff in this cause was M. Nazabel, of
Oporto, and the defendants were the Mutual Marine In-
demnity Insurance Company. The action was brought on
policies of insurance on goods and specie, namely, 650
gold doubloons, shipped on board the French brig Cour-
rier de Mulanza, at Bordeaux, bound to La Guyra, in
South America. The policy was made by the agent of
Nazabel iu London. It appeared that the ship sailed with
the goods o❑ board on the 4th of September, 1829. On
the 15th of the same month she became leaky, and went
down on the coast of Spain, off the Asturias. The crew
saved themselves in an open boat, and were taken by a
fishing vessel to Dijon. Nazabel had been employed in
trade with La Guyra, and having received the specie from
the house of Saint Maria and Santos at Santander, shipped
it for the purpose of purchasing cocoa. The witnesses
proved the delivery of the doubloons on board the vessel,
and the bill of lading was produced.
The defence was, that a conspiracy had been entered
into, by Nazabel and Santos, to procure false invoices, for
the purpose of defrauding the English underwriters ; and
also, that the vessel had been lost under suspicion of
b irraty. . _

The Jury, at eight o'clock in the evening, found a vet...
diet for the plaintiff.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, DEC 21.

LIBEL-STEVENS B. LAWSON.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a school-
master, residing at Lowton, in Essex, against the publisher
of the Times newspaper, for a libel, which had appeared
in that Journal on the 2lst of June last, by which many
of the scholars the plaintiff then bad had been taken
from him by their parents and friends, and others
prevented from coming to him, and by which he had been
injured in a pecuniary point of view to a great extent.
The Editor of the Times had been requested to insert
Mr. Stevens's denial of the charges against him, but
had refused to do so. The libel complained of appeared
in the Times under the head of the Union hail Police
Office. The libel most of our readers will recollect. A
Miss Chambers, the daughter of a❑ officer in the navy,
who lust both his legs at the battle of Canmerdown, on
board the Venerable, was left with four young brothers
and sisters, who looked for support to her. Wishing to
place a brother at school she applied to the plaintiff, with
whom she made an agreement to educate, board, &c.,
her brother for eighteen guineas a year. The boy had
not been at school more tha❑ eight months when the
plaintiff sent in two hills : one for the first four months
amounting to EV. 14.. 9d., and the other for the latter
period amounting to 13/. 17s. Miss Chambers went to
Union Hall, stated the agreement, and asked the advice of
the Magistrates as to the course she ought to pursue; at
the same time stating that she had sent the plaintiff 38.
to buy her brother a pair of shoes, which sum he hid ap-
plied to his own use, giving credit for it in the account ;
and that he had also sent home her brother's box of clothes
without either locking or cording it, by which many arti-
cles were lost. The Learned Counsel would now proceed
to prove the injury which the plaintiff had sustained,
which he I ad no doubt would entitle him to the verdict
of the Jury.
Evidence to the above effect having been heard, the Jury
found a verdict for the plaintiff—D uages 50/.
The Court will not sit again till the first day of Hilary
Term.