Star.
London, England, 1809-06-06 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JUNE s.

The case of COLLINS v. PIIILLIPS, late Sheriff of

Middlesex, for a return of milla bona as to the furniture
in Kensington Palace,'was postponed till next Sittings.
The Duke of Sussex, who is a material witness in the
cause, and on whose testimony, in a great measure, the
decision of the case must depend, has been allowed to
be examined on interrogatories, if he wish it, rather
than in open Court.

COURT OF RING'S BENCH, JUNE S.
The ATiORNitY-GENERAL moved for leave to
a criminal information against Mr. John Cowell' and
Elizabeth his wife. The application was made on the
affidavit of Philip Perring, Esq. stating that he had
received a variety of most abusive letters, which, al-
though anonymous and in a feigned hand, he verily
believed to be of the handwriting Of Mr. Cowall, all,
except the superscription of one of them, which he
believed to be: of the handwriting of Mr. Cowall's
wife; charging Mr. Perring with having sent to others
a number of obscene prints and indelicate letters. The
affidavit then proceeded to deny, in the most positive
terms, that Mr. Perring ever did send any obscene
prints or indelicate letters to any of these parties, or
to any other person.
Lord ELLENIOROUCTI—" What is the situation in
life of these parties ?"
Mr. ATTORNEY-GENERAL--" Mr. Cowall is a bran-

dy-merchant, I understand, in the City : Mrs erring,
on whose behalf I now move, is brother to a late
Lord Mayor of London. Your Lordships see the
condition of the parties is considerable, and the lan-
guage used in these letters most offensive."
Lord ELLENBOROUGII—" Why, yes, certainly. But
it is a gross, low, vulgar, coarse abuse, and I am
afraid that granting a rule to call on the parties to
sliew cause, would be to give it a degree of conse-
quence which it would otherwise not have. It is, to'
be sure, very bad language—nothing can be more
gross and vulgar—but then perhaps its grossness and
vulgarity will defeat its own purpose."
Mr. ATTORNEY GENERAL—" Your Lordships will
observe that these parties are not in a low situation of
• life, so thatlinguage of this kind cannot be supposed
to be familiar to them. It is certainly most pro-
voking, and tends to a breach of the peace."
Lord ELLENDOROUCTI•-" The abuse is certainly
gross, low, and vulgar; but perhaps, on that ac-
count, less likely to excite irritation in a well-disposed
mind. The Court think it better for the party to go
before a Grand Jury."—Motton refused.
suNE 3.••••-lrOX V. SXOWCALL.

This was an action brought by a young woman
against a young man in Yorkshire, for a breach of
promise of marriage, in which the Jury had given £5OO
damages.—A Rule was granted to thew cause why
there should not be a new trial, on the ground that,
under all the circumstances of the case, the damages
were excessive; and now, cause was to have been
shewn against the Rule, when
Mr. PARK proposed to take half of the damages
given by the Jury, which being acceded to by Mr.
Ser . nt COCKELL on the other side, the Rule was dis-
charged for the new trial, upon entering the verdict
for the plaintiff for 4250.
PLRRY V. EMERSON.

This was an application by Mr. PARS, on behalf of
the defendant, who is in custody in execution, at the
suit of the plaintiff, that be should be discharged
out of custody, and the warrant of attorneyoupon
*llia he was taken in execution, should -be delivered
up to be cancelled. The grounds upon which this
application was made to the Court were that the de.
fendant's fignature to the warrant of attorney was ob-
tained by deceit, That he never received one shilling
value for it, and that the plaintiff hid imposed upon
his confidence, his inexperience, and his ignorance.
Their Lordships granted a Rule I+l7:i.
JOBE 5.--OREM ARE W. DOLE YAWN.

This case was tried at the last Sittings at West-
minster. It was an action by one French Priest
against afiothei for curing him of a prevalent malady.
The plaintiff obtained a verdict for €2O.
Mr. CL/PFORD moved for a new trial on the statutes
of 3 Hen. 8. 32. H. 8. and 34 Hen. 8. by which all
cesons are prohibited-from exercising Surgery unless
nsed by the Bishop of London.' and four DoctOrs
of Physic. He observed, that by stat. 51.. H. 8. any
subject might minister herbs, roots, and water, to out-
ward sores, and drinks for the stone, strangnary, or
ague ; but he obierved that Chief Baron CONYER, in
his Digest, stated, that these exceptions only extended
to good women in the country, and who act for cha
rity, not' to those who administer for profit.—
Rule N 4 granted.

ADMIRALTY COURT, DOCIY?Rir COMMONS,
scary I.
This day the Right Hon. bir WILLIAM SCOTT pro-
ceeded to the adjudication of the following cases :
Twee Gebroeden, Jam master.—This vessel, under Dutch co-
lour, was captured by the Alettlene, and brought to Plymouth.
It appeared that she Sailed under a licence to import salt from
Marennes, In Trance, to a port in the United Kingdom' for the
purpose of re-exporting it to Rotterdam, but the licence had un-
dergone an erasure and another port in France was substituted.
Ship and cargo condemned.
Victoria, (formerly Alfred the Great.)—This vesel sailed un-
der: ..nish colour:. It appeared that this *as originally a British
vessel, which bad been captured by a French privateer, and car-
ried to Spain during the alliance of that country with France, and
was condemned ir. the Court of Admiralty, at Paris ; but, on Cie
change of affairs in Spain, the Junta of GalEc'a issued an Order
to st ize all trench property, and this vessel was purehasell by a
Spaniard, who escaped with his family from Corunna, at the time
OUT troops evacuated that place. 1 here was now a claim set up
au thy part of the original British owner.—The Court was of opi-
nion, there was no ground whatever to arthorise the orighial Bri-
tish owner to claim this property, and therefore pronounced the
otardslisnibject was euti tied to it, and rejected the claim for salvage.
MAY 31.

• linpe, Bromley master.--This proceeding was instituted in the
bysisance Coto", on the ground of salvage. The brig in question,
lain with oil, cotton, &c. had been captured by the French, and
dllcotered afterwards at sea by one of his Majesty's sloops,
wag ,
withnit my person on bcrard.--The Court allowed 1-6th salvage.
• ttzabeth , Soost adt matter.-.—Unclaimed goods were condemned
to the CrOwn,
and the captors espences allowed.
Tiger, Clark master.—This American vessel, bound from Phi-
ucioubla to Bourdeaw.:, With thy Spanish Ambassador, and my°.
Li,tch peruibe of distinction, en board, was eapturedhy the.
brawler end cbtfclemned in the Court of Admiralty, on the =itch
of • present question was that of a joint capture,
jillit!,s:ie Speedwell privateer, and Pompte man of war.
w~teA rums we
.
Court rejected, and kroiouoced in favvar of the

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