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London, England, 1801-08-11 00:00:00

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At Warwick AfSzes, a carafe was tried, Soden
e,. Johnfon, wherein it was determined, that a horfe
having titreftar previous to Vale was not an unfound-
nefs, though it might produce it ,• Raul, unlefs the
bora was proved untiniod at fn.& time of fate,
he was not returnable.—Verdie for the Defendant.
The Affixes for the county' pf Devon, at,Exeter,
did not conclude till late. on Saturday evening.—
In addition to the capital eon vidts :pensioned in
our Ixll,l'. Ayery and N. Iteql, for Steep Seal-
ing, received fentence of death, and were left for
execution. The other condemned prifoners were
all reprieved.

At the Leiter Aifises, an atticm was brought
byLord Haiaaoaova a againa Mr. Locates., for
the amount in value of aliorfe, fold by the defen-
dant to hie laotdfltip, under a warrant that the
amiptal at the Anse of fele was found. It appeared
in evidence, that the plaintiff had given 130 gni.
- • news, together with another horfe which he valued
' at sso guineas, for the defendant's horfe. The
a4lion wu therefore brought to recover 380 gni-
neas.—A few days after the pwchafe, :the horfc;
fell lame while the groom was riding him at half
fpeed. Lord Hiasoeoticte Tenet* bele back.
which Mr. Loci Lir refured; tyke te* that by was
tots ist when fold, 'and had tlnce been han.in the
thoolder.--sereral witneres of refpeitability were
called, who knew the horfe, and believed him to
be found, though he had been fired at the time of
tale. A witnefs was called to (peak to the value
of the horfe given by the plaintiff, which he pai-
mated at as guineas only, lanced of 25o1.—The
Jury, atter tome confultation, found a verdiit for
the plaintiff, 155 guineas damages.
WINCHESTIIIo AUGUST B.—As Mr. Richard
Cattleman, timber merchant and auaioneer, of
t
Lymington, was returning on day evening
from Lyndhurit, where he had ttending the
Zile of foren timber, he alighte -Rote and
Crown, Brokenhura, but on remounting, his horfe
being rather naive, fell baclewith him, and bruit-
ed him in fuch a manner, that he languithed till
Tuefday morning, and then expired, leaving a wife
and three infant children to lament his fate.
On Wednefday left Mr. Whitener& took an in-
queß, at Maddington, on the body of !Creel Davis.
about 13 years of age, fervent to Mr. Flower--
Driving his matter'sizorfes during a thunder !term
they took fright, and in endeavouring to flop them
he fell under, where he was fo much hurt as to
occafion his death thenext day. Verdilt,accidental
death.
Suit sweittr, Aua. 7.—On Saturday lea the
body of a new-born infant, enclofed in a napkin,
was found floating in the River Severn, nearly
oppofite the Cattle Fields.
On Wednefday the Coroner's Inqueß fat on the
body of E. Hibbs, who was killed in a battle; Me
Monday, the 3111 inft. in a field near Newtown.*
the parith of Dafchurch.—The circumaances rip►,
lating to this melancholy event arc as follow :—.
The battle confined .of twenty-fix rounds ; to•
wards the latter part of it, the daughter of the de-
cleated, about 1a years of age, the youngeft of
four children, broke through the crowd, which was
numerous, and had prevailed on her father to go
home with her; unfortunately her filial duty was
not properly feconded ; (he was feparated from her
fathef for the lan time, and he was encouraged fa-
tally to lip on ; and in a few minutes received the
blow which put an end to his exiflence.—E. Bibbs
was the only furviving parent of four children.
On Sunday laft, Newport was viatedi with a
molt violent Rorie' of hail. attended with very tre-
mendous thunder and lightning.—A farmer in the
neighbourhood had his barn and hay Rack burnt
down ;—a ball of fire fell on the free-fchool in
Newport, and injured the clock, but did no other
damage.
CHMSTIdt, Ann. 7.—On Sunday afternoon this
city was vifited by one of the more awful aorms
of thunder and lightning ever remembered by the
inhabitants.—The peals of thunder were fo awfully
• terrific, and the lightning fo uncommonly vivid
and incelrant, as to occafion an interruption in the
evening fervice at the Cathedral. The eleltric
fluid did confiderable damage to the houfe of Mr.
Chamberlain at the top of Smith's
-walk; it en-
tered the bottle by a chimney, and forced its way
to the wire ofthe bell in the drawing room, which
it melted ; alio the top and bottom of ;Clarice oval
looking.glafs, under which it perforated the wall
in a zig-zag direllion, about two inches deep, to
the bottom of the room ; it then re-entered the
chimney, and defcended into the parlour, the fire
grate of which it lonfened. and from thence into
die dining.room, ran up an iron pillar, and made
a hole in the ceiling of about eight inches diem.
ter, and forced a brick out of the wall; it then
entered a room into the upper Rorey; awaited, if
is fuppofed, by the weights of the window, srlde4
were call iron, the cerement of which it wit .
Pieces, and threw a part of it into an adjoining
tree, breaking all the windows in the room, and'
part of thole in the dining room ; and though'
the whole of the family were at home, they
received no injury, except the fright they wets
thrown into by thu awful litigation of nature ; but
every part of the !mute appeared to them to have
a blue can, and the fmell of fulphur was fo awing
as nearly to deprive them if the power of breath-
ing.—A young woman fubJeit to fits in Nun's-
lane, was thrown into a Rrong convalfive one,
iiccafioned by the load claps adman, and al.
aloft immediately expired.—Wc have not heard of
damage being done-to any amount by this tremen-
dous dorm, five that a thatched barn (empty) was
let fire to by the lightning, at Eon, about eight
miles from this city, itnifentisely confumed.
On Tuefday S. Reword, of Stockport. in this
•county, was committed to the Cattle, charged
with the murder of J. Hawkridge, late of Stock-
. port. The prifoner and deceafed met and guar.
Tellrti. either in going to or coming from Mellor
wile.

Your, Aucure R.—On Friday week a revere
firuniAar [tom happened in the neighbourhood of

Abbe:ford. At,Piirlingerp, the-feat of €ir Tao:
Gscommat the lemmas en fitting down to dirt-.
ner in the hall, were alarrnalby the cry of “ tVa.:
ter, water." They inllaatly went out, and (mind
theinfelies fur-rounded with a flood. ' The !tables
were filled as high up as the mangers, an 4 every
place. wore the appearance. of in (taut , deltikaiioP-
This, (widen . deluge is fuppofectto have teen occa-.
fumed by the burftiag of a tbuipler.eNand. he
;water, in its rapid courfe, did .ntncli , damage:-;-!-
The cliviften wails (saf cptdiderahle,thigluiefs). of
three paddocks,litUated.at the end.of each' other,
were entirely Wanted down, and. the Bones, Come
of which upwat'ds pf ioo cwt. (Tattered about the
geosnds. At AbberfordonanY of the boufes *ere
filled with water, to the, kpilk of, three or four feet
above the eellers. At brftford,"the water ;was two
or three feet on the turnpike mad.' The *hole.
had the appearance of a general deluge, rind great-
ly alartnal the iohabieants.
HALIFAX, AVG. 7.—.0n Tnefday laft Georire
Brooke, a young man employed lathe iron-worts
of Meffrs. Jarratt, Hardy, .and ,Daivton, in North
Bierly, near Halifax, was unfoittmately killed,
whilft working in a pit ; a mould of vaft weight,,
'for the making of call iron, falling upon•him, al-
, melt instantly trollied him to death.
Monday fe'nnight, as Mr. Parry, of Flint, tim-
ber-merchant, was bathing his children in the 6-1
ver Dee, he vies alarmed. with the,cries of his el-
dell daughter, who had gptant of her depth; he'
1 rulhecrinto,tile water with part Of bliolothes on,
' and brought her fafely to the epriti :but he in-
Randy fell down in a fit and expired .
In confequence of the brick ' tion of one
of the piers fallisw
airhe fire: siiiii, lAN*.
in
to Meas. 'h and ,In Salroia, -on
Monday fe'nnight, the arches immediat re..g
upon it fell in. One man unfortunatelyEA Ititlifi:

A Gentleman of the name of Rosiest's, who
was born at Middleton, in Suffolk, a lhort time
fence left 70,0001. for theimprovement and enlarge-
ment of a Botanical Garden. Some circumilances
however rendering the beqtieft abortive, the Exe-
cutors made enquiry for the lawful heirs, and dif-
Covered them to be a poor man of the name of
Bedwell, refiding at Cloptone nea Woodbridge,
and the wife of ilabouring man with four childten
at Middleton, between whom this large property
is now divided. Thefe perfoni are now placed in
fituations fuitable to their fortunes. Their mother,
it appears, was utter to the deceafed.
Early on Monday morniu the honk of Mr.
Barnes, at Hendon, was broke open by eight
men, and robbed of property to a confiderable
amount, with which they made their efcape.
Lalt Tuefday morning, about nine o'clock, a
villain had the impudence to cut the fhop window
of Mr. Salter, jeweller of the Strand, and make
off with two valuable ;old and one filver watches.
On Friday morning, a Gentleman was hurtled
in the Strand, by a notorious gang of peek-pock-
ets, and robbed of his pocket-book, containing
bank notes to the amount of siol.
Yefterday between twelve and one o'clock,
Mr. Magirk, of Queen-ftreet, Oxford-llreet, a half
pay officer, was paffing through the fecond field;
leading from the Jew's Harp honfe to Hampftead;
be was-flopped by a tingle footpad, who demanded
his money inftantly, or he would blow his brains
out : Mr. M. perceiving a Offal under his coat,
and no perfon being within fight, he delivered his
purfe. The villain having afcertained that Mr.
M. had a watch, haring inquired the hour jolt be-
fore, he infifted on having it, after which he made
off over a hedge, and effetied his efcape.
On Wednefaaymorning a fire broke oitt at Mr.
i George Orger's, n High-Wycombe, whreli con.
fumed part of the premifes, but by the fpirited
exertions of Mr. Orger, and his neighbonets, far
ther damage was prevented.
Saturday Mr. Ogal, an eminent wharfinger' in
Thames-ftreet, fummoned a great many ernen
before the LORD MAYOR charging them with re-faringto load fuch goods he had-reidy for them,
they waiting to have their eleSion in choofux,g to
cart only fuch goods as they pleated. rm.. m, er,
ample to others, the Loan MAYOR fined each of
them ten (billings.
Yeßerday an adjourned Quarter Selons was
held at the new Seffions klou,a in Horfenionger-
lane, Newington Caufeway, in the Borough, before
the Right l-fonourablrLord G Y, as Chairs
man, and a Bench of Magiftrates, hear caufes
and, mifdemeanoters, and to difcharge prifoners
from the prifun of the King's Bench under the di-
ration of the late Infolvent AEI. Many were dif.
charged, and the few excepted mean to appeal at
the next Seilions.

Yefterday, at the Public Office, Hatton 0
two chimney-(weepers were examined by the
ot giftrates on a charge of healing a watch, a,
room in Toth-ftreet, Gray's Ittn-lanct tbs. '
they made to the charge ippeari% obe le,
:one was frilly committed for txbd, aud the .
remanded for a re-heating.
A great number of diforderly women wag ex:
amined for praying about the (Erects at unfeafpn.,
able hours. Being ready with miferable taTes of
diftrefs, they were generally difcharged with an 11
admonition. - I

A woman exhibited a complaint againft her bid:
band. to whom the had only been married threft
weeks. for cruel ufage and kicking her last of bed.
On invefligsting the cafe, it appeared. that the,
man was married to a woman in the couFtl.
which this woman knew to be the cafe At the tune;
but there being no fpccifio charge to that ere&
they were difcharged on it,preanfe of accommo-
dating their diferencei.

A Wekh woman accufed her Miland of great
cruelty towards her, by throwing boiling water
down her boron. In extenuation of his offence,
he Paid, that his wife was fo much addifted to gam-
ing in the lottery, that he thought him felf autho-
rized in doing what he did I but it appearing they
were fermrated by mutual a t, they begged
to drop the bawds, to w • the biagiltrate. COll-
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LJVW IPl' alatiffee,

COUItT OF KING'S E.PCK W4I#4IUAY, Ml' L
?minxes O. MILLEIL.
The Plaintiff is a Merchant kin. the City, and
deals, amongft other things, in thetExportation of
Shoes, and of Ribbons for the 'binding of them,
npon the Exportation of which there is a large
Bounty by way of bra/11/back.
Mr. ERSKINI, outhe part of the 'Plaintiff, raid,
that this was an Adion to recover the loft Which'
bad fallen on the Plaintiff in coafequence ofaquan4
tity.of Ribbon binding which hadibeeti entered mil
the Cultrzn Houle; and the Cocket Mt &out for'
yalbs. weight, whereas it appeartid tO'be Only +alb.'
and fume palaces. The pradice of the Officers of
the Cullom-Houk was very 'liberal, when any!
entries were falfely made by mere miltake, but!
when the Drawback was very large, aturbore,fueh
a proportion to the value of the goods as perhaps'
ten per cent. which was the cafe in come things,.
diet it was a rule that was invariableind inflexible,
to condemn and never to reftore the pinperty, that
being found by experience the only effeduid way of
riventing fraud ; and although it might operate;
in fame particular cafes as a great hardfliip on in-
dividuals who had no clifhoneß intentions, but who
did that which was wrong by rodiake ; yet, upon
the whole pudic; of else Cußout-Houfe, it was
fouod hetter.to.adopt this line oc r ' ar, as it ;was
are
Ifoaad to be, in Came particular . ces ; bus of
jallice,oltqpther . rather
.01.111 pre open a door
to great fraud which Would -take place if the rule
wits ottierwire. In This particular inflance there
flis,a9 tepid OPPELtaiI to the Defendant; it ants
a Mere =flake. The Plaintiff's Servant had at,
'404 at ,dte Defendant's Ware/cure, and there
he was informed that the !ft:eight of the Rion
Which the Plaintiff had bouglatofthe Defendant was
yalb. and fame odd ounces., It was therefore en-
tered accordingly ; that is to lay, it was catered
according to cuflom in thefe cafes, a pouqd and
a few ounces lets than thereby weight, to allow for
wafte and dryads, and to be fare attht re.weigh
Mg, &c. It was found to be entered higher than
its real weight, in this cafe, and therefore, as the
?aunty to be claimed would be more than the
party Exporting would be entitled to, a confifea-
von took place : and an application was made to
the Commiffioners, listing, as the truth was, that
the error was the refult of a mere millake, for that
there was no intention whatever to defraud the re-
venue ; but that application was unfuccefsful, ow-
ing to the rule to which be had adverted already.
The cafe then was this: Here was a Merchant who
had bought Shoes and this quantity of Ribbon,
upon the Exportation of which he was entitled to
have a certain Drawback. Re was entitled to have
from the Defendant a true account of the weight
of this Ribbon. The Defendant knew, or ought to
know, what that weight was. He knew alfo, that
if there was not a true account rendered at the
Cufloin.lionfe the property would be forfeited.—
Here were two innocent parties, innocent he meant
to fay, of fraud. There had been a lots upon a
tranfadion between them. The queftion was, as
the loft mutt fall upon one of them, which of them
lhould bear that Ws ? He apprehended this cafe to
be tike the cafe o' 4 *ratter given of a perfon.—
When a nury out pi mere good nature, without
anY intereft of any kM4, faukof another that he
watt nrolvent Radon, pad 40 dealings to a certain
amount, when it turnitta ottskthat he was not folvent,
and did not deal to amount, and the perfon
Iwho afked for the charader'gave credit to this per-
fon on the flrength of fuck a charader, and fur
tamed a lots thereby, he than recover againit the
perfon giving that charader, although no fraud
was intended. For, in thefe e*s a man was :an-
fwerable for his mittakes as well as for his wilful
mikondut, if injurious to the perfon to whom the
charader was given, Stich was the Law in thefe
cafes. Every man was bound by the Law. Every
one'was bound to know the Law. The Defendant
here, in point of fad, knew it pratticilly. It was
his.duty in this cafe to be accurate. if he wits in-
accurate he ought to bear the lots. The lots mutt
tiller fall on the Defendant or on the Plaintiff
The Defendant ought to have taken care to be ac-
curate, for the Plaintiff trailed in him; the fads
nem quite plain, and he apprehended there could
be no difficulty upon the Law.
. Andrew Smith, who bad fonie years ago, that is,
in 1798, been clerk to the Plaintiff, gave an ac-'
eitant orthefe goods being hot:Alit by the Plaintiff
Of the Defendant ; that the wttoefs applied after.
wards at the warehoureor the Defendant for the
weight of the ribbon, and tht he.was there told by
'the Defendant that the weight was 3,41 b. He ev-
tered it in a.nsenuwandum.book. The meaner in
upon
vneriyt,ebounftutted,c.ranedtoobukt little
afterw reliance
was which this witnefs gave his acronnt of this entry in
twhuiarrns bit"Sacakiedwua
was independent, of his teflimony.
The Affidavit which was made by the Plaintiff
and Defendant and their clerks,. in rapport of the
application to have the condemned goods tutored,
Ail red on the part of the Defendant,,thei this ac.
cones was given by Samuel Miler, that is, the
I:W*4n, Ote. upon which
Lned Assam* obferved, that this weighed
.down
rn
all other points. for he ufl take the
.Affidavit of
the Defendant to be in every refpe4 true when it
operated upon the intereft of that Iterendant.—
Howevei, as this matter appeared to be a mere
millake, and as an inevitable loft arofe upon it,
his Lordfliip thought that the belt determination
would .be that of withdrawing a Juror, upon an
agreement that the lots fliould be equally divided
betThweeisnfutbeggePtiliaoinntoirlff iiiinds Lte orhdfliptiprendawas n.
accededt to
in NMl:ince, for the verdid wakstp,os, given, for the
Plaintiff, for half the value of the. that is to
fay, for the Plaintiff Damages tpone Pounds
three Shillings. without coils.

Dial H. • ' • _-
On rrilty let, the lady et Gone Claris, Eft" Banker, in
ad-Rtes, alt a daughter.