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COURT OF KING'S BENCH, lAN. 19.

FINN L. WILL,IAMSON,

v: as an action to recoverdamages for an as-
toLlt and cruelly.
TheP2TTOUNE-V-GENERAL -said, that this Was
a most aggravred case: , The plaintiff, bid been
on board the,ship Ocean, an East Indiaman, in the
capacity of, :ship-joiner ; the ',defendant was the
Commander of the ship. On the ,c2oth of May last,
oo toe homeward-boUnd passage,- l'he
plain-
tiff, who had• been bettteen decks at eork, came
upon he' si,?:,.r-„deck,- when the defenalint ordeied
'two of the hiremast men to seize hint ; he then
called the r.oatswaiu, atid made him give the
title twenty blows With a thick rope. The yaintiff,
in a most civil manner,' a-hed the defepdaot ',what
he was fio4oled for, as tie Ind beena great- num-
bor of.-voyages at sea, and had 010 ;with 'as
severe .Captains as 'there were °tit 44-England, and
net's had received a blow ? The defendant replitd,
.fry up the rope which the boatswain bad be-
fore used, aird beating the plaintiff pi).6st.tionierci.
folly ; the end of the rope snuck 'Won on the tem-
ple, and -hid, it open—it bled niost profusely. He,
the Attorney-General, would prove, -that his clo,nt
gat e t,f) provocation for this tre,.tiront : that he
giOdresNod the Defendant in the most respectful,
and even the most humble planner, tiAingthgap-
pellation of" yoor liononr;:. The .Defirodatit "had '
pin in a plea of just.figliton to the d.ccieration,
which was, that the discii-,line of the ship required
tiro e.hattien-wi.t..: This he denied, There v,,Ts no
wan who would'sooner stand forth in Oa!it'llft:
than he won't ; and he, was wellaWare that
it Was ,the good discipline that was preserved on
boatfl_our t3bllis that °lade Our marinte:Sorce,supe-
n(q- to alLothers ; nut cruelty was as
.diderent front
(ii4:iolioe ant! god o!der,a,4 disobedience was. The
Pioioriti, for some time before .the outrage was con,-
nvtt,:o.l, v... as in I) d health, wltich.,,Should have en-
titled him to indulgence: it waq too ofteti the csse,-
when a mait got the commai4.l and controul of a
ship; that he forgot b was ender the goternment
of the la..Vs of his country ;,such a4ions. the,
present, were, in his opinion, mat wholesome;
tor, is the natural dispositions
.of personSplaced in
the sit t;atioti eo of the d-id:lnt, did not allow them to
know .humanity was, a Jury of their country-
men_ ;--; 'terdict, would at leootteach the& to
be caution.; in giving way to the cruelty of tbeir,pas-
• siotis. As to damages, be did not a3k tot viudic,
tire cues ; but he required those that would deter
others from baing guilty of the kihd of inhu-
manity. The Jury would consider that the low-
est ioditidual on board of a ship was, to be
equally projected by the: lat.rs of his country, as the
highest, it he fairiy.and honourabiy-did that duty he
entered -into Ito engagement -to perform. They
wool 4 also con& ider it ..k'as the auty.oi the defervlairt,
the Captain of -the slip, who) in the absence of the
law, was Vactd to the situation of a judge of equity,.
and ought to have 'protected his injured client tiont..
the ill-us -g• 'of his-itiferiorottieers, as loog as lie
did his duty, instead of coucleinniug, :without :a
cause. and then 'bz-coming the cc)mmon executioner
hiatSelf.. Under th•s.! consideta ions, he had hot a
count but tory tx t uid ye -ihe olanta these da,
magi's which his COS, ':-A) it:tidy called for, . „
`L*. statement • IAYS fully corroooratid by four
%t to, were s-.iiors oil boatu tier slice;rrone
oftheor, ,he nrot.e of Smith, on Ihs
that he lia(; brought tlaact ion against
the deiendant for an assault, on tlie sailte t oyage,.
an got a verdid for tool. but that the. otherohree
wo, rs,es vlid not give evi4:ence On that action.
Air. (.3Aa,LOW, !ti defence, contended, that it was
amete cO,nt.ination of the crew to rut the Wind-
' ant ; I icy wets piutinous; and iouud. it ncOts-
sary tr, stil.,r,ss= tiLt ;, he would t rove•that the:
Fla:, :id" a not recetven any injury, but only re-.
c:•;:e. that ct.astisealeot wh:co wits haces-
say to st;p';ciirt cu board ...essels which
We e bOLUiu oh lung vomcs ; if he pro,ed this, he
14.,1 oot a cLtlbt but theLkiendant, under u:e
di-
re' ,i•,n ut Lortisl:ip, would •be entitled to. their
They would r ar in their recollo6iion,
t,•, a, Of a 'difftoent opinion hum hint, and gave
a .1-, for the piaintiff, that not one shiilipg, of
-,ain;Aeswould go ihto hf.s pocket ; for, in fact,
not' his. action, but that of his torocy.—
,i-cceeded to call his whnes:es.
The, Vo:ns,.vain of the ship deposed, tliat the
• he g.ive the 'Plaintiff,' by. the ooler. of -the
Dereodani, was 'Merely what was denoMinated
; • 'and he understood it was :because .the
l'hinititf refused to lend his tools to the carpenter
• that he gave as a reasdn for refusal, .ithat the last
,be had rent, die carpenter spoiled. The Plaintiff
monkiiing to the Defendant,- which the wuneSs,
soppo,ed 'Was disrtspectral, which made him strike
He did not perceive his temple wa's
On his .cross-examination, he would nut uptkr-
tilie• to sly', the words made use of by the Plaintiff
• disrespectltd, and his, temple might have been.
• cut with .nt his seeing it.
Tl:e Surgeon deposed, that, the day after the as,'.
saul',- the Plaintiff applied to him for medical
• au:_e, but he. said not gike hint any, not consider-
. in-h his 'situation requi ea it.
.frle had many flesh*
bruises btohis batik and sides, but the skin was not
broken; his temple might haVe been cut, 'but he,
the wii,t,e3,, did not see it.
- The Al-won s ny-(aNER A L replied, and deprecated
the kid of c:elenceatteinp;ed Et) be set up, to bring
wen torwarGi-to teil'w.hat Ult.-1r did not hear or see,
▪ there were four ttiii.itsses, who swore posir,
-Lively .to what they did both hear and see.
Lo'rd ELLENBosouop summed up the evidence
with his usual peispicuity, and observedilhere were
fur withesses tor the piaintiff, uncontraditted,s tor.
- those of tite Defendant spoke only to what they did
no; ,ee; iu his ooinion they must give a.verdict
the iloiorlf; as to damages they remained entirely
Witlothe Jury ; but l could not lleip saying, that
it was not a ease which called for light damages.
The Jon, without hesitation, -gave a veidiet for
the, Pialistili:--damaii,es 1601,

DOCTORS COMMONS, DLc. 8.

CHAMBERS V. CHAMBERS.

l'his \v.:l4 cause of divorce or separation from
14At, board, and wutual cohabita►ion, prowoted by

George
,Chambers, Zig. against the lion. .1 ine
Chainuers, ife, :by 'reason of adultery,' &log -d
to 1:41,,t been cominit+o6-with dantain Caulfield. • It
app,,art..o by the.ltbrl and evidence produced in the
cause, on behalf of Mr. Chambers, -that theirmar-
nage took place- at a very etrtyperind of lith, and
that th.y ha .1 liced and en!.abit d- together as lawful'
wife for ti: s::ace of fifteen years
during which periedthey had a numerous iss,tie,eight
of Wly:nr were still living. That during the absence
of Mr. Chambers at, the Helder, on his professional
duty as an officer, the .acqu,iintance between Mrs.
Chambers and 'Captain CaulfieLl first eorninenced.
The libel, consisting or thirty anicies, stated the;t a-
: rions acts of adultery committedbetween the par-
ties accused,
.boti, in town, and country, particularly
at a lock-up-house in Spring-street, and at the
resi-
dence of Captain C.tcillield, whilst a prisoner in the
Rules of the. King'• Bench Prison; St. George's-
fields,.-rat the . suit o(,Mr. Chambers fur a verdial.
obtained for such criminal intercourse with his
, wife.. ; On .the part of Mrs. Chambers, by way
of 'defence, pleas of recrimination were given in,
.clutrging Mr. Chambers with ..adultery; connivance,
cuilusion., incest, and cruelty. The' Court, after
heating the Counsel on both sides at considerable
. length, postponed giving judgment till the first Ses.
sions'in next term.

SURREY SESSIONS. •

TOIRSDIiy, JAN'UARY 18.

THE KING V. HERN.

- This was- an indictment .against the Defendant
for an assault It appeared tit evidence, • that John
Page, the in this case, is a professor of
the histrionic art,. and tLe. defendant •proprietor of
several movable. Theatres; tIL.-se had been
hired by the .pl;tintiff at a we ,Illy rent of fiveshil-
ling, and he had exhibited in vatious parts Of the
town and :country./ It appeared, that during the
late_ disturbances at Covent-Garden Theatre, the
more sOateand.resper.iable part of the community,
having been depriv,.'cl cf their• usual rational amuse-
‘Ment, had resorted in greater numbers than. was usual
to the plaintiff's exhibition, to enjoy, undistuthecf
by noise andtumult,: the. chaste and splendid terre.:
sensation of some of.,the most popular pioductions
of our. immortal bard. This of
having. rendered tile -ccncern '.104"t, than 'usually
productive, the detend,inr, wishe9, ii possfaie, to
get the management cf t!ie i, einre again into iris
own banns; _and the plaint.ei tot heini. Phnritual in
the payment of the weekly stipend,. the dete..datit
went to the plane where the Theatre wes thee, stand-
ing, early one tnornin:-;., ben tie foot-, i thesphin-
tiff busily employed it drcrity,..:ing the' scenety, &c.,
preparatory to the floe' or • that grand
spectacle, Alexanfier the The. defendant
slated_ his wish to 'he tf, nqt giritig up
possession' so readily as hi: be proceeded to
eject lira by a v-ery,stintt.att—pioccss, hatuely, first
knocking him down a moo, then washing'
him off the stage With a ; oil of water; with which
tho 4aiatitf,was about to IL e re!'ieshed the Windows
..of the itaya/Palace, of Reby/en.
Tile Jury 'found the defendant guilty, and the
Court sentencahim 16 one 11101nit'S imprisonment.
The bu:-..l:less of the ES's.iooi being. concluded,
the Court was adjourned in the usual torus.

The MentraA---;.A very remarkable species of ani-
. mats 'is that gelatinous class sto.which Lin vacua gave
t.he 'tante- of i‘Jidusa. They are mote numerous
than have hitherto j been supposed, and' the peauli-
, anti: s of, their striieture have lately been well cx-
pressed to" the- French National Institute, by M.
Pct ore, who cojletted a great number in his voyage
• to` the South, and has increased this family to more
C.ian an hunidred and fifty species. The following
is an account of their singularities :—" Their sub-
j. stance seems to be merely a coagulated water,; yet
jithe most important tundions of life are exercised in
it. Their multiplication is protilgious, yet.%.,:e know
nothing of the peculiar 'mode in which it is effeeted.
j,They are capable of attainiag jseveral.feet.
meter, and fifty or sixty pounds in weight, 'yet
then aitiffitive'systt-iiieScapes Oise eyes. • They ex-
ecute the must rapid and long or:661)&14d movements,
yet the details of the. muscular byilern ore impercep-'
Tl-,:a have a very, active species of respira-
tion, the true seat' of whiA 'is a mystery. They
_appear extremely fr eble; yet fish of considerable
size form their daily • prey, and dissolve in a few
moments in their stomachs. Many species of them
shine amid the darkness of night like balls of fire ;
aid some sting or j?enumb the hand that touches
them fi ; yet the principles and agents of both these
pi-genies reniaiu to be discos cred. All the Medu-
sas have ja gelatinous body, nearly resembling the
cap of a mushroom, which M. Peron, after the ex-
ample of 'Spallanzini, names umbrella; but
...they ,
&tier in. wanting or in hating a mouth; in/ the
mouth being simple or multiplicious ; in the pre-
space or absence of a produetion resembling a
cle ; and in the edge's of, this pcdiele, or of the
mouth itself, being fel nislted with tentacular or fila-
ments; more or less nurialyous. Frohi these cha-.
ractars M. P.-forms divisions and subdtvisions, under
:which every possible kind of Medusa' may be ar=
ranged. Some of these' animals exhibit beautiful
colours. To -this examination of their external
characters, M. P. had adCed very interesting remark.s
on the interior structure of these animals ; and in
particol:tr u( that genius which Mr. CuVier named
Rhizosteme, because he supposed that the filaments
bordering its tcntacula . were t,o many sockets; and
that the nourishment drawn in by them was received
into a cAttral cavity, whence it was .distributed to
the. whole body of, an infinite
.number of ‘easels
disposed with great regularity, and .paaticularly nu-•
merous about the.edges of the umbrella. The four
apertures at the sides of the base of the pedicle ap-
peared to Mr. Cuvier to be the organs of respiration.
M. P. on the contrary, having seen many'
Rhtzoton4ea take in small animals by these fokit
• apertures, and digest them in the fot r eayaties to •
t:' hick they . lead, presumes that they' are 'tom
Hat:pits, and, as many stomachs, while the great
vascular, apparatus that fills the, pellicle, and the, bor.--
A '
tiers of the umbrella, is more probably appropriated
' to respiration, as it is almost always,found full of
air."

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