Star.
London, England, 1802-07-09 00:00:00

FROM LLOYD'. LIST.

nEALi JOLT 3..—Salled the Wooltrich, Itorefhip, for the
Wcit Indies; Tottenham, for the Fat! Indies ; and the
Dart, for the South Seas.-. Wind S. W.
GOAVCIEND, JOLT 8.--Paged by the Unit is, front
Martinique; Lady Parker, Boag, front Artik, ; Phenix.
T ' Baird, from Tobago,; Wafhlngton, Scott, from Cit.trleatawli;
Commerce, Fowler, from Dantzie ; Dolphin from
Savannah; Nile, Fifher; and Comet, —, from Demerara ;
Rot:al Admiral, Wilfon, front China ; Comet, Tait; land Le-
viathan, Bryce, from Trinidad; Cygnet, Farr; Lord Ros,l-
- Turnbull; Salt's, Dunn ; Thetis, Lowry ; Clarendon,
Fled ; Reward, Leech; Sir Godfrey Webiter; Skinner; tttid
Willoughby, Lovett, from Jamaica.—Sailed the ,:•zkel,on
tle, Pittman, for the Ealt Indies; Favoiirite, for Genus;
Venus, Barret, for Hamburgh ; 'Union, Stnalea, for Newfoutoi.
land; and the Graff Van Beroftoff, —, tor Marki:h.a.
Off Dover—The Harpooner, Kentfhaw' from Qurbee.
At Briltul-a-Lord Ndfotr, from Dporto. . .
At Hoylake—Sir Sidney Smith, Patridge, from Patti&
At Clyde—Recovery, Camphtli, from New York.
At Auerpuol—Charlotte, flushes, (turn Surinam.
At Cork--Fame, Freeman, from Virginii.
At Hanaburghw4.lbe, Landfltalls, from London; and the
Nymph, Gratbam, from London.
At Gibraltar-a-John and Ann, from London.
At Chatlefton—Mac, Hill, from Clyde.
At Nantz—Eagle, Parker, from New Balton!. .

At CadlO—Rebecca, Sinclair, from Liverpool; and Triton,
from Jerky.

Yefterday a Court of Direaors of the Ea a India
Company was held at the India Houle, which ad-
journed to Wednelday next. The Devaynes, Cap-
tain ADER La r, for Bengal direa, is under difpatch.
The Rofe, Herr N STALL, from St. Vincent's to
London, fprung a leak three days after failing,
and put into St. Kitt's on the aBth of April, ant
unloaded to repair.
The Mercury, Bicaan, from Bolton to New-
foundland, is lolt.
The Mother Ramfav, -, from Milford to
Madeira, is put into Scilly with damage, and the
cargo landed.
The Leda, Avatigsms, from London to Hondo.
ras, was loft near Honduras, a4th April, part of
the cargo Caved.

A letter received by the Royal Admiral from
Canton fays, « Monfieur IsIicNOLAS Jossva RAUx,
the Supreme of the French Miffionaries, arrived
in the City of Pekin, in China, on the 3d of Sep-
tember kit ; and has received the Emperor's per-
million to purfue his facred fundions in any part
of the Chinefe dominions.

CRlCKET.—Wednefday was played a grand
Match of Cricket, at Swanley, Kent, between
eleven Gentlemen of Bexley, and eleven Gentle-
men of Swanky, for Soo guineas which was won
by the latter by IT runs.
The race upon which fo much was betted, be-
tween Co&kr (Mr. Pars's), a brown horfe,
aged, and Mr. WHALEY'S MO, a brown horfe,
four years old, half a mile, eft. slb. each, for 200
guineas each, p. p. was won by the latter, by near
a length and a half, or not quite fo much, on
Tuefday, on the race courfe at Bibury ; young
Cutraty rode IVilla in a mallerly manner. Both
parties, vie. Colletior and Ifrilir's friends were much
difappointed, owing to the heavy rain ; the Welch
Harper not attending as was expeCted to welcome
in the .former boric if he won; and the Irith
Bag-Pipes the latter. GolleSer had many Wel%
friends, and the Man of Middlefex as many hint.
—The purfe of one of the Welch gentlemen wat
lightened a good deal ; Colktior has fcarcely ever
been a beaten horfe, as he wen all the plates, the
fweepftakes, and hunters plate at Carditr lan yearn
Wilke won for the firft time, by which he ationith-
ed many of the knowing ones, no horfe being more
abufed than he was at the Epfom Races ; he tra-
velled lout days journey from thence to meet his
antagoniil at Ilibtiry. We hear Colletkr challenged
urn..... "

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Li IV Lyn LLIGICA CZ.

COURT OF KIN3I BENCH, jIII.T t.
isAv ANO.Wifft. b. MITCNIL.
This was an action brought for damages from
the defendant fur .iu injury firffained by the piano
cid-s wife by region of a carriage being overturned
in the ttrect over ionic rubbali, which was there
depofited by order uf the deletniant, who is a ba•
ker, living near Broad St. Giles's, and who was
then repairing his oven.
It appeared in evidence, that the plaintiff is the
footman, and his wife the confidential fervant 01
a Lady of the name of Middleton. That as they
were coming home from the play about twelve a:
night, they came to this place where was this rub.
bah without any light, fence, or any thing to fe•
cure, or to warn paffenger, againf danger, and
the plaintiff's wife was bruifed in the arm, and
being in an indifferent habit of body, having had
a paralytic Itroke, the was ill for fume time. A
furgeon attended her, and his bill, on that fpecific
account, was 51. which the defendant paid, as he
did alio the coachmaker", which was 41. t6s. 6d.
for the damage done to the carriage of Mrs. Mid-
dleton.
The defendant contended by his plea, that the
plaintiff had accepted the 51. paid to the furgeon,
as a compenfa win for the damages fuffained iu this
cafe; but that was negatived by the witnelfes called
on behalf of the plaintiff, and no witnefes called
an the part of the- defendant; but Mr. GaltltOW
addreffed the Jury, admitting the right of as ion
in point of law, bat fubmitted that the damages
in this cafe amennted really to nothing, inafmuch
as the furgeon's bill was paid, and the plain-
tiff's wife was continued in the boufe of Mrs. Mid-
dleton, and provided ht the manner. fhe had been.
for many years.
Lard ELLEVIIOII.OOOM'S add' efs to the Jury was
very interedinf to the public at large, and parti-
cularly to the inhabitants of this metropolis; and
Dill more to thofe who eaufe impediments in the
erect, and therefore we detail it. His Lordfhip
laid, " That this was an aeion brought to obtain
conspenfation in damages, for an injury fuflained
by. the plaintiff's wife by means of the defendant's
anifccrodua. The Learned Gentleman, who was
of Counfel for the defendant, bad, very prudently,
not examined any witnefks, becaufe they could not
have made out the defence which was fet up in the
plea of the defendant. This was an anion to re-
cover damages for an inconvenience which the
plaintiff's wife had fuffered, from a quantity of
bricks and rubbilh in the ftreet; and the cafe was
a very fhort one, and (hewed, that a great deal of
caution ought to be obferved by thofe who left any
rubbilh in the ftreet, or who lay any thirigin the
public way, which every individual has a right to
tne; for if by fo doing, any inconvenience is occa-
fioned to any fuch individual, the perfon fo ob-
ftruaing.lhall be artfwerable in damages for fuch
inconvenience, or he than be liable to public pro-
fecution by indiament ; for he !hall take care that
no individual (ball fuffer by his alt, and therefore
it behoved the defendant to take care there &add
have been about this rubbifh, either a fence to fe-
cure the paffenger from injury, or a light to warn
him of danger; or that there fhould be fomething
done to it to avoid the inconvenience, which was,
not done in this cafe, and therefore the defendant
was anfwerable ; for as to the agreement to fettle
this cafe on the defendant's paying 51. for the
furgeon's bill, there was no evidence whatever, nor
was there any other on the part of the defendant,
and therefore the Jury would take it that this was
a dangerous obftruaion, which had occafiened this
ikjary, and for which the defendant was anfwera-
bk. The damage done to the plaintiff's wife in
this cafe might have been a little aggravated by
the habit of her perfon, from the paralytic ftroke,
on which it was not necefary to lay any (trek, btit
the queftion here was, what was to be allowed on
account of thebodily Coffering and mental afiliaion
which mull have accompanied that bodily (offer-
ingf in eftimating which the Jury would be mo-
derate. It appeared that this perfoa had been ill
about three weeks, in the molt lenient way of con-
fidering the cafe. As to the damages, the jury
would fee what either of themfclves would ave
espeded to be given, were the plaintiff's cafe their
own. Then, laid his Lordihip, " if this was an
indiament, after your vetdie, it would be our
duty to endeavour to hold out an example by
which fume reltraint would be laid on an enormous
evil of which we have all too much reafon to com-
plain, as we come in our coaches through palfages
which ought to be kept unobilrated, and free for
the pair:age of every individual. If this obarualon
is continued, there mutt be Come fur:unary mode
adopted to remove it, for really, in our approaches
to this Hall, the obilruaions are abfulutely into-
lerable. This you have nothing to do with, at
prefent, I admit, but although not abfolutely a
part of this cafe, I think it right to take this op-
Lortunity of noticing it ; and to add, that I do
ope fome perfona will take this matter up, on
public grPtinds, to put an end-to thefe enormous
ohdru,ftions. by which two•dlirds of Come dreets
are taken up. I !peak particularly of St. Martin's-
lane, the conduit of Come of the inhabitants of
which provobes, and muff meet with public pu-
nithment, unlefs the obliruilions in it be forthwith
removed ; and if no other ;Trion takes this matter
up, I (hail think it my own duty to inltitirie a
prolecutiati, wilds the fubjeil of complaint he
abated. This, as I have laid already, does not
belong to the confideration of the prefent AO,
you will now, if you pleafe, fay what damages
the plaintiff (ball have."—Verdiet for the plaintiff,
damages 51.

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