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LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY 11.

SUPPOSITITIOUS CHILD.

StRIISSON V. SERGISSON.

This was an issue directed by the Court of
Chancery, to try whether Eliza Ann Harriet Ser-
gisson was the daughter of Colonel Francis Ser-
gisson, deceased.
The public are familiar with the circumstances
of this case from the previous disclosures made in
the Court of Chancery. It may be' therefore suf-
ficient to remind our readers, that the plaintiff in
this case, who sued by her guardians, was the
infant into whose birth inquisition was now to be
made by a Jury.

The SOLICITCM-GENERAL and Mr. GURNEY
were for the plaintiff, and Mr. SCARLETT, with
whom were Mr. NOLAN and Mr. DENMADi, for
the defendant.

After a trial which lasted twelve hours, and in
which a number of witnesses were examined,
Whose evidence it was-. impossible to- resoncile
eaCti4ther,.the Jury, after a short consulta-
tion, round,ayeFdiet for the'defeiidauf.

COURT-OF COMMON PLEAS,- 11.

ORME V. ATTLEY, SMITH, GAITSKILL, AND OUR

OTUERS;

This was an action to recover damages for an
injury sustained by the; plaintiff, in consequence
Of a combination entered into by the defendants,
who are malt-distillers_ and rectifiers, to deprive
him of his situation.

The case having excited great interest in the
City of London, the Court was crowded with
distillers, merchants, and publicans.
The Jury consulted for a few minutes, and
returned a verdict for the plaintilf--Dainages
1,5001.

SALVAGE.

HIGH COURT OF ADNIIRALTY, Tutsmy, JuLT

SHIP SALLY-, JOHN CARR, MASTER.
This was a caseof Salvage, brought by ALFRLD
WRIGHT, of Mousehole, in the county of Corn-
wall, Pilot, the Master and the Owners, and
crew of the Pilot-boat Probidence, against the
Ship;Sally, of
,the port of NeWcastle-on-Tyne,
and bier cargo. It appeared from the evidence,
that the Sully, having on board a cargo of timber,
on her voyage from St. John's, New Brunswick,
to Falmouth, for orders, arrived -on..the 21st of
December last-at the mouth of the Channel ;- the
wind was bloWing froth the West-south-west, and
the Master had altered his course to the North-
east, in expectation, from the then presumed si-
tuation of the ship,
.of making the Lizard at four
o'clock P. M. At half-past two o'clock the ship
was fallen in with by the pilot-boat Providence;
and CARR, the Master, having
.asked %Valour,
the Pilot, how the Lizard bore, the Pilot
replied, that the ship Was embayed in Mounts
Bay, and could not clear the Lizard on the star-
board tack. The Master then told the Pilot that
he wished the ship to be taken to Plymouth,
(but the Pilot persisting in his assertion that the
ship was embayed) he was permitted to take
charge Of-her.' The .-vaieFwaf thereupon hauled
upon the.- larboard tackiatid -Steered by
East, and after-:liniming fen miles she made
the West Land -in Mounts Bay, and was brought
to an anchor in guavas
_Lake, at six o'clock
P. w was switien--- by
.the Master' and the
crew of the Sally, that the Pilot deManded the
SUM 'Of •2001.• for- taking- the into: Guavat
Lake,' which was met by -the -Master. with
an offer of 20 guineas ; Witipirr,,the Pilot) hour
ever, positively denied having. Made -a demand-of
2001:- It was sworn by the Master and. crew of
the Sally, that- the representation of- the. Pilot,
that the ship Was embayed, was a false one, and
that if he . (the Pilot) had choSeri, he might have
piloted the ship direct to Ply Mouth, by steering
her South-east; the wind—being ,at the time
West-south-west. On --the part of the" Pifot-
lzat it ,was sworn, that :the-. Sally, when
fallen in with;- was aboUt nine miles. to the Sc,ilo?.
West and by West of• Cliddenl Point in:A:fountB
Bay, with her
,Union .rack in her shrouds as a
signal of distress ; that she had lost her foremast,
bowsprit, -and mainsail, and had rece;feJ other
considerable damage, and that the ship.w ould in
a very short time have been on shore near Cudden.
•
Point.

These were the principal points in the case,
and the cause now came on for hearing upon the
question, Whether the Pilot and his crew were
entitled to a Pro rata salvage on the value 'of the
Ship and Cargo, (which was agreed at 40001.), or
only to the sum of twenty
,guineas, for the ser.,
vices rendered by them to the ship, such sum
having been tendered in acts- Court. on the
part of the O wner. The Learned Judge was on
this occasion assisted by two of the Elder Bre-
thren of the Trinity Corporafion, tbe question,
Whether the ship ought to hale been taken to
Plymouth, as desired by the Nitster, or not, be
ing entirely a nautical one. After, heariwr, the
arguments of Counsel, the Trinity Masters ex,-
pressed themselves decidedly of opinion', thai tiie
Pilot might, and ought to have:taken the ship
,to
Plymouth, as desired by the Master ; and the
Jugge, therefore, prOnounced the tender of 20
guineas a sufficient compensation for the 'services
rendered.

The Forte frigate,-1 Of 44 guns, at Chatham ,
which is fitting for 5-ea. has been conntisWaeti
Captain. Sir WiIOMAS