Star.
London, England, 1807-06-11 00:00:00

SALTASH.

Mr. Jaavis moved, on heb alfof Mr. Bl.ttiise, Town
Clerk of the Borough of Saltafh, for a mandantut to be
direeted to James Buller, Efq. who claims to be
Mayor of the above corporation, commanding him
to deliver to Mr. Barlow, the Contlitution Book of
the Borough, for the purpofe of his making certain
entries, which are contended to be requifite, on an
affidavit timing that application had been made` to
him in rain for that purpofe. Rule to thew cattle.
Mr. BELL moved for an information in the nature
of quo warrant°, calling on the Right• Hon. Reginald
Pole Carew to (hew by what authority he claims to
be a free Burgefs of the Borough of Saltafh. Rule to
Thaw caufe.
HAYTON AND OTHERS. ASSIGNIFS OE MATTHEW

FAIALISS V. JACKSON.
This was a cafe referred to the Court, on the c-on-
fttuetion of the ftatutes popularly called Lord Liver-
pool's Mts, which have occafinned fo much datuf-
fion of late in -the Courts, and the policy of which
has been doubted by filch high authorities. By thefe
legifl 'tire regulations, certain things are to be done,'
whether the (hip be in her pert, or abfent from it ;
and if thefe be not ilrialy performed, the fait of filch
fhip is null and void ; and if within ten days fubfe,-
quent to her return to her port, ((hotel,' Grebe abfent'
at the time of her Pale) an indorlement be not made
on the regiller by the owner er owners, the laid is'
nuvatory. It appeared in this cafe that the direetions
of the aet were not complied with, and therefore the
(hip reverted to the affignees of the bankrupt ; and
judgment was entered for the Patintiffs..

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DUBLIN; JUNE I.
WRITSON V. HARRIS

This was an adion to recover compenfation in da-
mages from the defendant, for falte imprifonment, on
or about the 28th of Augult lath. The damages were
laid at 5001.
Mr.hlooes in a feeling and eloquent manner Ilated
the cafe, from which it appeared that the plaintiff, who
is a pt inter, had, with his wife returned to his honk,
in Gulden-late, llMslin, about the hour of 12 J'clock
nn the night cf. the day above mentioned, after hav-
ing (pent the evening in a dittant part of that dty.—
Having rapped at the door repeatedly, without
ing admittance, he threw a fnuff-box at one of the
windows, and made lome noife, for the purpofe of
awaking the fervent, who W3S afleep ; in doing which
he aw ke a fhoemaker who flept in a freer room on
the oppollte fide of the way; the fon of Crilpio imme•
diately opened his window, afked who it was that
dared to dinurb his (lumbers, and imperiouily defiled
the plaintiff, under pain of feeling the weight of his
refentment, to remove from where he was; the plain
naturally, conceiving that he had a right to go in
and out of his houfe whenever he thought proper, let
the fhoemaker at defiance, who immediately defcen-
ded from his apartment, armed with a bayonet, and
ruching upon the plaintiff, who was unarmed, gave
him fevera! fevere wounds en the head ; this natur-
ally excited an alarm—the watch was called, and
Harris, the defendant, who lives near the plaiatiff,
and who, it appeared, was a friend of the fhoe-
maker, came up armed with a fword, and regard.
Ids of the Plaintiff's wounded tituation, charged
him on the watch, for houfebreaking ; in that fitua-
tion he was then dragged off to the watch houfe,
wounded and bleeding, confined in the black hole,
and next myrning brought before the Superintendent
Magillrete, who finding nothing either in the charac-
ter or condud of the Plaintiff to fubilantiate the
charge of the houfebreaking, ordered him to he libe-
rated. The fhoemakcr, who, under the exinia,g laws,
might have been capitally indided, was, through the
humanity of the Plaintiff, thortly afterwards indided
for an ktfault only, found guilty, and fentenced to
three months imprifonment.
On the part of the Plaintiff, the Watchman into
whole cuttody he was given, and feveral creditable
witneffes were produced, who proved the inhuman
treatment he had met with, and the inoffenfivenefs
of his charader.

The Defendant endeavoured to fubflantiate the
charge of houfe-breakinz againit the Plaintiff, by
producing feverdl witneffes who (wore that he had
actually broken feveral windows, but their evidence
appeared to be contradictory.
Lord NORBURY charged the Jtry, who, after re•
titing for about twenty minutes, bp.ught in a ve:diet
for the Plaintiff—ael. damages, and 6d. ,colits.

.

On Sunday night, a Gentleman driving rapidly
through lflington, with two ladies, in a gig, the night
tieing extremely dark, his car eec.watimpeded by a
hackney coach returning to tOwnc; the girt boric
ttruck his nofe upon the fpikes on..the back foot board
of the coach ; and fuddenly, ftartled by the anguith,
plunged violently, and reared upon hiSohind legs, by
which both ladies and the gentleman were flung from
the vehicle ; one of the former had two of her ribs
broke, the other had her head fevertly wounded, her
leg nearly fractured, and the reit of her psrfon much
wounded and fcratched ; the gentleman fortunately
efcaped with little or no injury.
Monday morning a woman, refiding in Kent-areet,
in the Borough, going from home to make fume litt e
purchale, locked her fon, a boy about feven years of
age, in a room, which was on a fecoad floor. On
her return towards• the 11,,ufe, the child feting his
mother coming home, immediately opened the win
dew and jumped into the greet. She ran with all the
anxiety of a mother, expecting to find him killed on
the fpot; but the poor child got up in an inflant, and
, ran to her, without having fullained the fliphtell
apparent' injury. So fortn-ate an efcapc is too Infra
culnus to be often expetied ; and we with it may he
a caution to rmthe,s vt,hen they leave their children,
to let it he in Cafe cultody ; as dreadful accidents
have often happened from a nezleet of fuch preeau
Lion.