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Fooofthe cargo belonging to the master aid another
. from which sentence the claimants appealed.
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be produced.
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• Pei* the Mitst Noble and Right Hontimab le the
-Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes.
John, Patterson tnaster.-- This American ship,
laden. with a. cargo of cOtton, sugar, logwood, aid
Various other articles, on a voyage from New Orleans
Ito Etiurdeaux, was captured on the 29th of March,
1805, by his Majesty's ship of war Cambrian, John
Sese3ford, Esq. Commander, and carried to Hali-
fek,i4are finally the ship and part of her cargo, con-
*Wog of cotton and to wood, were condemned, by
the Judge of the Court-below, from which sentence
of condemnation the claimants prosecuted an appeal.
Their Lordships in this case restored the ship, as
cLlitned, and affirmed the sentence of the Court be-
low, with respect to the cargo. _
• Albino, Jovovick master.—This vessel, under Im-
perial colours, laden with a cargo of grain, and
bound from Leghorn to Cadiz, was captured on the
11 th of February, 1805, by his Majesty's ship of
war Juno, Henry Richardson, Esq. Commander, and
brought to Malta, where the usual proceedings were
instituted against the cargo, as prize. It appeared
that the Judge of the Court below pronounced the
;property to belong as claimed, but directed further
proof to be made as to the time when the blockade
of Cadiz commenced ; and also of the neutral cha-
' rater of Richard Meade, in case Cadiz was blocka-
ded before the day of capture. When the cause came
on again the Judge condemned the cargo. On the
part of the captots at was contended, that this was a
blockade de frdo' existing at this time, and had mis-
ted many months before it was publicly notified. It
was also contended, that with respect to the national
character of Mr. Meade, he was to be considered'as a
Spaniard, and that this property belonged to him as
a merchant of Cadiz. Their Lordships, after hear-
ing the claimant's Counsel, affirmed the sentence of
the Court below.

MARCH 31.
Before the Most Noble and Right honourable the
Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes.
This

Nancy, Christy master., American vessel,
laden with wino, arrack, ikc. bound from the Cape
of Good Hope to Virginia,was on the 10th of March
1805, captured by his Majesty's ship Driver, and
carried to Bermuda, where the usual proceedings
were commenced in tile Vice Admiralty Court, when
the ship and cargo were condemned, from which sen-
tence the claimant appealed. Sentence of the Court
below affirmed.'

Johanna Adriana, Poort mastec.—This Harsbro'
ship, laden with linen, cotton, dye-wood, drc. on her
return from South America to Hamtro', was captu-
red by the Elk brig, and carried to Jainaica, where
the ship was restored without freight, and cargo con-
demned, and the Master and Supercargo's claim for
6000 mans rejected. From this sentence the parties
appealed. Their Lordships reversed the sentence of
condemnation, and pronounced freight and expences
to be due.

WESTMINSTER SESSIONS, MARCH SI.
This day the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace
for the City and Liberty of Westminster were opened
at the Guildhall, before Mr. MAINVIA.RING and a re-
spectable Bench of Justices.
Thomas Samson was indicted for assaulting John
Paget as he was marching with the Bank Piquet
Guard, on the 4th day of December.
John Paget, a serjeant of the Coldstream regiment
of Foot Guards, being sworn, said, that on the day
stated in the indictment, between the hours of four
and five o'clock in the afternoon, as he was marching
with the Bank Picquet Guard, he saw, as he was
turning the corner of Little Newport-street, a stage
coach coming behind him ; that notwithstanding that
a signal had been made to the coachman to stop the
horses, yet that he drove forward and broke the ranks;
and that on the witness remonstrating with him for so
doing, the defendant called him, 44 You obstinate
b—, I'll cut out your b—y guts ;" and then
struck the witness twice on his side very violently
with his whip, and repeated his former expressions ;
that, in addition to these blows, the defendant struck
the witness with his whip on the face, whereupon he
turned his pike against the horses, and stopped them.
In his cross-examination, the prosecutor admitted that

the defendant had in the course of the evening offered
to make an apology, and to make any reasonable com-
pensation for the injury he had sustained.
Thomas Williams, a private, said, on his oath, that
the coach came up, broke the ranks, and had very
nearly run over the prosecutor ; saw the defendant
strike the prosecutor several violent blows, and heard
him use very improper expressions. These facts were
also further corroborated by the testimony of another
witness.

Mr. KNAPP, on the part of the defendant, addressed
the Jury in extenuation of the offence, by observing
that the coachman did not see the guard by reason of
the narrow turn of the corner of the street ; that the
horses, on seeing the soldiers and their glancing arms,
became ungovernable, and that the defendant was
unable to stop them ; that the defendant,sensible of his
offence, had, without delay, offered to make any
compensation that lay in his power to the prosecutor.
The learned Counsel thought that this case ought not
to have been brought into Court; but, as it had-unfor-
tunately been brought in, he trusted the Jury, under
all the circumstances, would acquit the defendant.—
The Jury, however, gave a verdict against him;
On the defendant being found Guilty, the learned
Chairman said, that he agreed in opinion with Mr.
Knapp, that this was a case which ought not to have
been brought into Court. He took this opportunity
of stating his opinion, with respect to an idea which
had gone abroad, and met with general belief, name-
ly, that upon every occasion the public was to give
_way to the Guards when they marched on the streets.
This he maintained was to a certain degree wrong,
for he was clearly of opinion, 'that however much the
public service ought to be supported, yet that officers
and soldiers. were bound to be as civil to the Public,
even when on duty, as the Public were bound to be
to them. He concluded by saying, that he hoped
the parties would settle between themselves, and not
call for the sentence of the Court. _ _

After some consultation. it appeared that they could
not .agree, whereupon the Court sentenced the do.
feudal* to pay a fuse of five pounds.