Star.
London, England, 1805-12-17 00:00:00

THE PATRIO rIC FUND.

ss Attune, Oh Mlle, each well-lultrueled lino
To fwg of Charity—that light divine,
Whole mild effolge:iee bright'Lling England's 'ante,
Par, far reficas the patriotic flame.
1-low Nall my pen do junk,: to a mitre
Which met with rmral and deft red ap2lauref
BLit ! thy benignant aid
•
(.A precious meed to naval Valour pail
Difirihutes plenty, with ahunhot hand,
To want. aggrik ring, through this rawour'd land ;
And Widows. Orphan+, Parents, fuppliatit talk
Their voices, breathing gratitude and prat ;
Ilifabled Seamen, fuccour'd by thy Rore,
Pour forth their pray's, and new rum& implore.
F.e'n calving Heroes, with their parting breath,
Thy folace hail, and, comfiseted in death.
Knew that thLir v:ives and families will find
Re:it riry Bridal pink and Britifh olio&
The !ware, who neriih'd nn Trafalgar's day,
When England's C.,g Alined triumphant Tway,
Live in the annals of their Country's page ;
They leave a geo'rous publi to affuage
'rile pining Relatives amid their woes,
Fed by the gifts which Charity bellows.
That memorable Battle proves a fource
To thew tweet Mercy's freopathifing force:
The Patriotic rund extends her arm,
With bounteous wc..lth, and Ot)ing ;Lindner" warm ;
Frit nd to the wounded, indigent, and brave,
Her pnee'r 6 rah.'d to honour and to fave ;
keel-and', fair gicry to promote, her aim,
And grace the laurels of a halting Fame !

LAW E .A.AGANCE.

R. S.

COURT OF CotribioN PLEAS, DEC se.
nut rebi O. CRANDLia.
This was ark_aakn brought by the Plaitniff, to re
damage+ from the Defendant, for the nonper-
formance of an agreement.
.Sergeant SHETI4I.ItD, on the part of the Plaintiff,
regretted ti at his client, who was an Ilona linen-dra-
per, had ever thought of entering into any other
tratl.z. in the prefent inflance, circumffances com-
pelled him. A perfon being his debtor for a large
tuna of money,ana being utiable to pay in cafh, fent
him a cargo of Chein;.e el.eeles thefe he had remov.
ed from the Chip which brought' them here, and
placed in his cellar. The prelenj Defendant came
there, and, after examining them, agreed to purchale
a certain quantity, at eighty fhillings per hundred
weight. It was arced that the cheefes thould re-
main in the Plaintiff's cellar until the Defendant
fnould fend for them ; and, accordingly, the very
day they were fent for, they were removed to the
Unit, and from thence to the cart, which the Palen•
tlant had fent. When they were cenveyed to the De-
fendant's flop, he tailed levet-al of them, and then
laid chat he word it,st take them, as they had been
removed from the cellar about half an heur before
his cart was at the Plaintiff's door ; and alio becaufe
they had not been properly fcraped. The cheefes
were immediately lent back to the Plaintiff, who
having 101 l many opportunities of difpofing of them,
as they were, in fad, fold to the Defendant, com-
menced this action to recover the value of them in
damages, and the Learned Serjeant concluded by
that he had no doubt, when the evidence was
heard, that the verditt would be given in hi% favour.
Se7eral witnelfes were then called who proved the
contra. t, and that the chzeles Vele only removed from
the cellar about half an hour before the Defendant's
Cart came.
Serjtant Coczne, on the part of the Defendant,
achlread the Jury at con fiderable length, Elating that
tbcfe cheefcs were in a very tender !late, from being
on flap beard, and that, on account of their being Irn
left, it is as 'meats v that the stignori care Ihould be
taken of them to p'ecent their cracking at the fides,
and, in a fhort time, becoming, in fad, ant worthl
one penny a rund. This care, he would prove,
not taken of them, though his client charged the
Plaintiff not to remove them horn the cellar, until
he fme perfon that knew hew to treat clicks in
that ;late. Be accordingly fent his man ; but, be-
.re he arrived, the .heefes were 411 piled in the fhop,
eight or "ten in a heap. He concluded by raying,
that he would inllantly elitist& of the cafe, by calling
feveral perfons belonging to the cheeie trade, who
would prove, that lying half an bur in that way,
would satin any cheek in the world, that had been
jut/ taken front on board Wit, antf that it did detiroy
the cheefc it. queltion.
Many I stitc.fiable cheefemongers were then called,
who all declared, that if fat cheefes were piled,
fever er elOt high, for half an hour, tome of them
sboit probably would crack at the fides, and then
the try would get in, aad dearoy them in the centre
of a vet y short time. • It was alfts proved that feveral
of there cheefes were cracked. But on crofs•exami.
t•a•itm, the witneffes acknowledged, that rersoring
them in the cart was likely to have the fame effeet.
Slr Jails Pate4vrt tn obferved on the evidence
leartir.g rather In favour of the Defendant, wMfe
diiettions to the Plaintiff refpeeing the removal of
the chafes out of the cellars he raid, were not at-
tendedio. But the Jury, after a that confultation,
brought in a verdict tor the Plaintiff—Damages
s

irt9RTILIE 9. WAINWRIGHT AND AHOTHILL
The plaintiff in this cane wits an engine-maker, and 1
the defendants; Meffr.. Wainwright and Green,
merchants at Liverpool. The latter had introduced
to the frrmer an American Gentleman, of the name.
of Wozledge, wlio, being proprietor of a manufac-
, wry, wi(hed to avail itiusfeff of that mechanical at.
flitance Afforded by the engines made by the plain-
tiff: He aecntdin.,2ly gave the plaintiff an order for
duce cut gins, which were made, and fent to the
defendant : bat Mr. Wain'. tight, in the mean time. '
had el—Jetted for America. Ilse plaintiff immediately
Applied to the defendants fer payment, who limply
*flared him that Mr. W. was competent to pay, and
would doubtlefs do fo on bis return. The plaintiff,
however, intittrd tin immediate payment, and for this
purpofe brought the pretr.nt attion.—Necslia for the
'intl., damages 1601.
11.10EBLY 9. CUTHBERT AND CO.
wis. an aFtion of mover, to get poffefflon of
s'emhattige, the proper!) tlf the

the Plainsiff in 231. for which he gave his acAptance
lt three months. This hill Gogerly,wilhed to,
have difceonted, and he' api.lied to a perfon of the
name of Watfon for that piirpofe ; Watfon carded
it to DI Ponte, a untie feller, who promifed to
give him the money for it ; but Watfon never raw
the bill or the money afterwa•ds, an Da Ponte
laid it was 1011. The bill borrowed was premted
for payment neatly two years after being due by the
D.:terclints, who ailedged that Da Ponte had given
it to them for sable, and to this -.!fell they called Da
Ponte's brother,,:but in pd.ving this they completely
failed, he NI fiaini; in denying that he owed them a
farthnz.
The Jury acr.r•rdintAr gave a verdia for the Piain-
tiff—Damages One Shilbmz. This ...antes the Plain-
tiff's colts agandl the De' enfants, and the bill was dC
livered up io hint in Coon.

•
DEC. 15.—WATTS V. COSTELLO.
This tva% an to recover damages for a
breach t f covenant. The Plaintiff* is a druggilt liv-
ing in the Suand, an: the Defendant a mulician re-
ading at Lambeth. In the year tElot, the Plaintiff
put his fon apoi entice to the Defendant, giving with
him a fee of co,alition, that the boy thould
be dieted and lodgzd f.s five years, and, in the
fpace of that time, taught mune, in fuch a manner,
that the voting man might himfelf be cni.bled to earn
his bread by teachiew. Difagreements arofe between
the boy and his mailer, and the fotmer brought an
action for ill-treatment.
This was tried Tome time back •in the Court of
King's Bench, and a verdkt was given to the Plain-
. tiff, with t5:--1. damages. In the prefent action,
which was brought by the boy's father, a number of
witneffes wer... examined on both fides, and a confi-
derable deal of time confirmed. After much contra-
ditiory evidence, the Jury, according to the direc-
tion of the Learned Judge, were of opinion, that
the fads of starvation, or negle& in teaching him his
billings, were nut fufficiently made out, and there-
fore found a Verdi& for the Detcndant.

Laft Thurfday as Mr. and Mrs. Waring of Mar.
garet. ared, Cavendith-fguare, were returning t"
town, from their feat at Barnet, in a, curricle, the
horfes-took fright, n d ran away. Mr. Waring, in
endeavouring to jump out, was thrown down by the
wheel, and had his thigh broke. Mrs. W. wa, alio.
much injured. Mr. W. was taken to the Caitle, at
Kentith Town, until the furgcons think it laft4 to re-
move him. One of the !tortes got lade, and ran
with fuch violence' againtl the (haft of a cart that he
was killed en tl-e fpnt.
On Friday afternoon a very fh,lcking accident hap-
pened in Portland-ftreet, Oxford-road; the violeree
of the wind forced an old glafs cafcment ft ;:m the
garret window of Mr. Roger s, greengrocer, which fell
into the llreet with 'a loud oath; unfortunately feve-
ral young children were returning frown fchool at tl e
time, and one of ther.i. a boy about 9 yews of age, the
fon of Mr. Andre ws, a flationer in Berner's. reet, re-
ceived a dreadful blow on the head, which fradtured
his fkull. The poor infant was conveyed to leis pa-
rents in a (late of infentibility, and but little hopes
are entertained of his recovery.

Friday afternoon as Mr. John Eckens, tidewaiter,
and ore of the cldett t fficers in the Culttrms, at Hull,
was going tin board the Egginton, I vin7f, at the north
fide of the dock, he flipped from r;fi. tite piaLk. and
falling againti the tide nt the wird, fraaured his
Ikull, and was takes up dead.
About nine o'clock -on Friday morning. as two
failors, named Jarvis and Allen, Were going down
the Humber, in a.: •ipen boat, to atria ;n bringing up
a Dutch boy, the hoot being ballatied with Rome,
was inflantly funk by a fudden Watt of wind in fight
of the we're!, and boOt the nicn wen: drowned. Ano.
thtr boat was in comp?::, bto the crew were unable
to render the unhappy men any Alliance. •

On Saturday evening as Mr. Staton: of Bread-
beet, was croffing the fields from the Shepfierd and
Shepherciefs so Iflington, he wa. knocked dawn by
two ruffians, who rifled his pockets of about 61.
Saturday at Qt2era's-fetiare, an apprentice, who
had eulifled in the army, and (worn hinsfelf to be
one, was re-examined. It is by a late Aa made a
trantportable offence, both for the liducer and fe•
duced ; the former is not in cuflody, the latter was
remanded.
Early yefierclay morning the houfe of Mr.
in the Lower Road, Iflingtnn, was forcibly entered,
and robiled of plate and other property to a confider-
able amonm.
Yeflerday Savage was charged at s.Varfidp.
&cc: office with cruelly beating a bullock the
morning in Shoretlich, which caufed the pont-
Lo do a great deaf of mifchief, when he was convi tledi
in the penalty of .}ct. and, not paying the fame, was
fent on board the tender.
An old lady, at a village in Surrey, w..s till week
defrauded out of five guineas, under the folloaing
eircumflances : A fervent who had lived with her in
her hufband's life time, informed her that her buf-
band had buried ilaige. pot of money in the church-
yard ; that be knew the fpot ; but that, as another
perfou legs concerned, fame money mull be ativatr-,
red. Tree guineas were then aditaniied, and two
more en the Monday, when the party went to dig.
It was loon found, in a pot futh as hooey is *dually
put in. On taking it up, the coin clinked, toethe
great delight of the lady ; but on her getting it home,
about twenty new halfpence were found in it, the
rem of the contents was mould. Her chat/tin and
ditappointment may be more eafily conceived than
defcrilsed:
Fines—Friday night a fire broke oat at the
Grotto public houfe, in the Borough, which de-
llroyed that and the adjoining houfe. The mile is
expe&ed to become matter of legal iitirefligation, we
therefore forbear entering into particulars.
Saturday a fire broke out in Lower Ilreet, Dept.
fort, which confirmed the houfe in which it com•
menced.
Sunday fc'nnight the town of Kelt° was alarmed
by the cry of file, miginating from the following
melancholy circumasece :—A young woman beating
a mixture of nupentine and wax. unfortunately let
it on tire ; it boiled over upon berfelf, and an , hi wo-
man; the later fucceedeJ in extingoithing the !lames
which fell into her lap, but the former rulbed into
the 'fireet in a blaze ; 'before the fire was extingeiflieds
her head, neck, arms, and legs, Were burnt ins”fo.