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Lill, INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF I-;NG'S BENCH, JUNE is.
BURGESS V. CLEMENTS.

This was an action tried before Mr. Baron
RICHARDS, at the last Oxford Assizes, by a traveller,
against the landlady of the Three Cops Inn. in that
city, to recover the value of three boxes of Birming-
ham trinkets, which the plaintiff valued at 1600 or
1700, and which were stolen from a room in the inn,
while the plaintiff was there as a guest. At the trial,
the Learned Judge left it to the Jury, that an inn-
keeper- was prima facie responsible for the goods of his
guest ; but the guest might discharge him from that
liability by his own conduct, and left it to them
hether the present plaintiff had not done so. The
Jury being of that opinion, found their verdict for the
defendant.

Mr. intvis obtained a Rule, Nisi, last Term, to
set aside this verdict, and grant a new trial, upon the
authvrity of the 4th Resolution in Calye's case, 8 Re.
port, 65, which decl.ires.•••44 an innkeeper bound in
law to keep his guest"s goods and chattles safe ; and
it is no excuse to say, that he delivered the guest the
key of the chamber in which he is lodged, and that
he left the chamber door open ; but he ought to keep
the good; and chattels of his guest there in safety."
Mr. Mimicry and Mr. W. E. TAUNTON shewed
cause against the Rule.
Mr. Jeutvis and Mr. Masmcv maintained, that the
delivery of the key to the plaintiff did not take away
the defendant's liability.

Lord al.exaortot.Glt.---" We cannot see any
ground for impeaching the finding of the Jury, al-
though the facts of the case might have b..,en. com-
mented upon more at large by the Learned Judge
than appears from his report. But the question is,
whetl.er the Jury have rightly exercised their pro-
-vince ? It appcated,that the defendant advised the
plaintiff to bolt his door, for there were strangers
about; and after this suspicion had been communi-
cated to him;he was obliged to use diligence in pro.
tecting his own property : ordinarily, a guest certainly
had a right to rest on the protection of his landlord;
but after the latter's fears expressed, and admonition
given, he was bound to use some degree of caution
himself."
Mr. Justice BAILEY and Mr. Justice DAMPIER
agreed with his Lordship, and the rule was refused.

JUNE 13.-WOULHHAM v. TOIMURST•
This was an action brought by a lime-burner
against the defendant, who is a butcher and horse.-
dealer, residing at Greenhithe, for an assault upon the
plaintiff. The assault consisted in the defendant's
bolding a poker in a threatening manner at the plain-
tiff, and presenting a loaded .pistol towards, and
threatening to shoot him. The defendant justified,,
and pleaded that witat he had dune was in his own
ddeuce. It appeared that the defendant had sold
the plaintiff a poney for £3, which turned out to be
worth almoscnothing, and upon the latter taxing him
with the unfairness of the bargain, he used very op-
probrious language, and proceeded to act in the vio.
lent manner alleged .in tl,e declaration.
The Jury found for the plaintiff, and gave him da-
mages with reference to the price of the pony,
three pounds.

ItosALIE lIUYIIGLES V. KINSEY.
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This was an action to recover £l5OO from the ue-
fendant, as administrator of the effects of Count de
Behague, who died in this country in 1813, under the
following circumstances :—lt appeared that Count
de Behague was a General Officer in the French ser-
vice, and had commanded in Martinique previous to
the French Revolution, and whilst in that island for-
MA an intimacy with the plaintiff, who is a woman
of colour, and who had accumulated a considerable
property as keeper of stores, and received a pension
of five shillings a day from this country in conse-
quence of services which she had perfermed. Shortly
atter the Revolution broke out the Count came to
.England, and having received a severe wound, he be-
cstite indisposed ; and anxious to obtain the tender
offices of a friend, wrote to the plaintiff to come to
him. The plaintiff accordingly came to Southamp•
tin), where he resided, in 1795, and from that time to
the year 1808, was the constant companion of the
Count, acting as housekeeper, for the salary of fifty
guinea's per-aa.nom. It further appeared, that she had
placed considerable sums in the Count's hands, upon
whose death, lc having died intestate, she applied to
the defendant, as administrator of his effects, for the
amount of Tier demands, but he refusing to pay, she
'nought livr action. A written account, in the hand-
writaig of the intestate, was put in, which acknow.'
!edged the sum of 15,000 livres•to be due to the
plaintiff ; and a French physician proved, that he
had heard the deceased acknowledge this sum to be
due tr. her.
On the ',Art of the defendant, k was contended,
that the plaintiff had lived with the Count in a more
intimate capacity than that of a domestic ;—but the
Jio y, under all the circumstances, gave her a verdict
for 411020. 18s. 6d.

INSOLVENT DIEBTORS' COURT.
HEATH D. (AMPERE/0
Mr. bINCE SMITH opposed the prisoner's discharge. '
Tie had been remanded several times to explain his
schedule and account for some property disposed of
by him since his imprisonment. Upon the case being
called on, a person delivered a paper, purporting to
be a certificate from a surgeon that the prisoner was
ill and incaßable of attending.
Mr. Serjeant RVNNINGTON examined the bearer of
the paper upon his oath, when it appeared that he
had received it from on:. Wilmot, an agent. He had
seen the prisoner at nine o'clock in the King's Bench,
'who appeared in good health, and said he was waiting
for a document, without which he could not go, and
desired the turnkey to wait till ten o'clock. He did
slot say he was
Mr. Seijeant RUNNINGTON upon this said, it was a
gross attempt to impose upon the Court. The case
had been adjourned sith an order to produce a wit-
mess finally this. day. The illness was a mere pap,
fence to delay and harass the plaintiff; he should
therefore not only dismiss the petition, but should
add, that the defendant pay the plaintiff the colts of
bis previous opposition.
The Court having: disposed of all _the the easel re.
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staining over in the of the late 0101111661
aJjoureed foe $ week.

WESTMINSTER MATING.

A Mating of the Inhabitants of Westminster was held yes.
terday, in Palace-yard, for the purpose of
oo the subjectof the War and Reform. paidonlng Parliament
Femscis BusorrT took the Chair. He t
The High Bailiff having refused to cativene.Athehkatleeatiagatq,owSir.
lion, signed by 118 Inhabitants of Westminster, had been pre-
seated to the High Bailiff, to caU a Meeting, hut tha.._ !Beer
would not comply with the request; and, therefore, the Hon,hair.
line-
able Baronet observed, he bail been obliged w take the Chair.
It would have been more becoming in hint to have presided, and
ant
Bet, however,
ee,xere:ctihsede
coamedigstureentei
to no
ems of Westminster had acted as freemen, and resorted to the
which
hhiischrefduisdalnwasot belong,
he the herd.-
mode adopted in former times, by calling a Meeting
of their
own, which was a better practice. In those haft, when Mr.
Fox presided at the Meetings, it was a mere formality to desire
the High Bailiff to take the Chair. A Meeting like this would
convtuce him that his authority was not necessary. He bad,
however, not acted on his own advice, but had consulted a lawyer
(and a worse source he could not go to for any judgment affect-
ing popular rights); anti on legal advice he had refused to call a
Meeting. The Honourable Baronet then stated the object for
which they were called together. A PetitiOn had been agreed to
at the last Meeting, and presented to the House of Commons,
complaining of various grievances of the people—protesting
against the war—arse asking redress against the no:orlous cor-
ruption which existed in that Assembly. That Petition was re-
jected, because the persons to whom it was addressed, having
false notions of dignity themselves, considered the language was
' not digaified enough for them to receive. They were now met
to recapitulate those sentiments—to maintain their right to peti-
tion—and some Resolutions and a Petition would be read for
titter adoption, [minded on the topics contained in the Petition
which had been rejected.
Major Caa•rwittnirr came forward to propose the Resolu-
tions and Petition. He observed, that the Electors of West-
miester might imagine, from the length of time that had inter-
vened since the rejection of the Petition and the preaent
Mlet-
leg, that they had shrunk under the rebuke. He wished, there-
fore, to explain the reason of the delay--the Petition had been
presented to the House of Commons on Thursday, the iteth of
May ; as soon as it was known it was rejected, a Requisitinis was
signed tor another Meeting, and sent to the High Bailiff at Isis
country house at Colobrunk on the :9th. But to the teeter con-
taining the ReqUisition the High Bailiff returned no answer. It
was therefore determined, on Saturday night, to call the present
Meeting, which was a constitutional one; for he had the honour
of being a Member of the Association in Westminster, 35 years
age, which formed themselves into a Committee for similar pur-
poses. The real ground of refusal originated with the Deputy
Bailiff. With respect to the Petition, the flouse rejected the for-
mer one, because it was not couched in respectful language. Tile
House of Commons was entitled to respect, and the people
sheaved their opinion upon that head, by petitioning them, and ,
endeavouring to render them what they should be—the real Re-
presentatives of the People. lie then referred to the state of the
Representation—talked of the Borough-mongering faction—al.
luded to the conduct of Lord Castlereagh in respect to seats in
Parliament—asserted that the Union which was the child of the
Noble Lord, had added 71 adverse Members and 29' indifferent
ones; arid conzluded with moving several Re,solutions—appoint-
ing a Colninittee of 91 inhabitants of Westminster, to watch
ever their rights and privileges, and to convene General Meet-
ings, dm &c.
Mr. WALKER. seconded the Resolutions, and recommended
the Electors to assert their rights, which were sanctioned by lb-
numerable Statutes.
'1 he Petition was then read by Major Cartwright.
Mr. HON r addressed the Meeting, and advised them to de-
mand the constitutional exercise or the right of petitioning.
which, if dea,ied them, there was an ead of the people's liberties.
tie then made some observations upon the House of Common,
and the conduct of the High Bailiff in refusing the Meeting•-;
conduct which would not have been imitated when the Cleggifig
Bills were in practice, when a Meeting might be called upon the
requisition of seven householders; here it was refused, tbouga
signed by one hundred and eighteen. He time adverted to the
I war, maligned the Allied Powers noticed the conduct of Ram-
pant, the murders of Wright, le Duke D'Engbien—spledged
uenself cu prove that Napoleon did not destroy the first of those
persons, and contended that the war was a war of the Borough-
mungsrisig faction against liberty all over the world. He then
observed, that this flay 600 years the Barons at Runnymede come
palled John to sign their liberties. This day the Duke of Nor-
folk. celebrated the orAmision a* Avower% Castle. The Noble Ddke,
tolitigii certainly a respectable, and in many respects a good,
man, was one of the greatest Borough-mongers in England. fhe
difference between the celebration of the day in Palace-yard and
at Aruudel Castle was this—that at the latter place there would
be a great show and tarade, but no Pection ; in Palace-yard, no
parade, but a strong Constitutional Petition.
The kesolutious and Petition were then severally read and
adopted; and Sir F. Burdett, with Si). other persons, were ape
pointed on the Committee.
On thanks being voted to the Honourable Baronet, for his
readinte., in taking the Chair
Hr F. Bu D r expressed his acknowledgments, and observ-
ed, that he .hould rot do his duty if he did not shortly advert to
the leading topics of the Petition. He complimented Mr. Hunt '
upon his speech, with which he cordially concurred. The con-
duet of the House of Commons in refusing to receive the Petition,
was a false as, umption of dignity. He was not sanguine with re-
spect to the reception of the present one; nor was Sc well aware
of the grounds ou which the former one was rejected. He re-
remembered that something bad been said in the House of its
containing strong expressions, but those expressions were not
strong enough for the House. The Hon. Baronet then attacked
thebsg
Borough-faction; and contended, that in respect to War, the
dread of
attacktki was not a satisfactory cause for plunging
the country auto it. Ministers—or rather the Faction—had urg-
' eel as a plea (when the Continental War t/as finished) for going
sto War with America, that all their work was not yet done, for
' Madison must be removed. But what was the end of that War
'this Country came out of the contest, after expending so much
blood and treasure, with very little credit. He clam) recommend-
ed perseverance, until the people had obtained the only legitimate
representation—Annual Parliaments! Until they had obtained-
such a Representation, the Members of Parliament, instead of
being servants to the people, would continue to be masters.—
Animal Elections would prOdtice health in the body politic, the
same as motion did in the physical body. If it was c.ffered to
remain fur seven years, the House would be like stagnant water
...impure and corrupt. Little good would arise to the eauilet
unless the people throughout the kingdom followed the example'.
sat Westninister. He trusted Englishmen's minds were not so,
dead to the principles of freedom, as Hot to use every constitu-
tional nteano to recover their just rights.
'thanks were then voted to Major CARTWRIOUT, and dial
Meeting adjourned.

Tuesday afternoon, about five o'clock, a ligbter-
man, of the name of Bothell, unfortunately. slipped
from a barge near Blackfriars Bridge, and was
drowned. The body was soon after got out of the
water, but every attempt to restore animation was
vain, We under stand the unfortunate man, who be-
longed to the British Fire Office, has left a wife and
six children.

Mr. KENNEDY, the agent of Lord TEMPLETON/7g for
the Discovery of whose supposed murder in Ireland a
large reward has been offered, is now, it appears,
living. He etabarked a tow days ago at Liverpool,
ter America.
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We have authority to state, and the Public are
respectfully requested to take notice, that Mr. MIL-
LARD, the Patentee of the IMPERIAL TWINE CLOTH,
has deputed no Agent whatever to sell the same, and
that all persons attempting to sell any other Clbth,
for that of the IMPERIAL PATENT TWINE CLOTH, are
guilty of a gross imposition ; and for the protection of
the Public, as well as of the Patentee, any person
found so offending will be proseiuted strictly agree-
able to the Law. The IMPERIAL TWINE CLOTH can
be obtained from 2s.to ss. 6d. per yard, duly stamped,
with the Patentee's name, number of the House, &c.
citc. at no other Hoitse but at the EAST INDIA WAR.
nousas, No. 16, Cheapside, in entire Cases of 60 Pieces,
Demi Cases of SO Pieces, and by the single Piece, for
the convenience of Families and ludividoals.

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