Star.
London, England, 1809-11-18 00:00:00

iIAIWAg CORPUS.

Mr. Scrjeant Sm.:mean proceeded to shew cause
artin%t a rule obtained by Mr. Serjeant Best, for an
Ltbres -nrims to bring tip the body of George Foster,
a clachrian in ordinary in the service of his Majesty,
who 11.;t1 bcon arrested for nonpayment of his accept-
ance on a of exchange. The grounds upon which
the role had been granted by the Court were, that the
de!"ent!ant was a servant of his Majesty, anithat, Re-
enrding to the Act of Parllament, he was, by virtue
of his otlice, exempted from arrest. Mr. Serjcant
Shoplierd admitted that Foster was a coachman in or-
dinary to t7:v King, and that he would be entitled to
sorb a privilege, but that he lard been engaged in
triffic with a person of the name of Otwav, for the
hill ror which he had been arrested had been accepted
by ()zany and Foster. This argued a sort of firm,
which shcwed that the defendant was a trader, and.
as a trader therefore liable.
Mr. Sericant Bt:s.r informed the Coen, that he had
in Ns pvss^ssion an affidavit of the defendant Foster,
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to the truth of the allegation, that he was a coach:
man in the service of his Majesty. Mr. Best then ob.
servoi, in defence of the wisdom of this provisiOn in j
the Act of Patliamcnt, and W the case was otherwise,
what serious inconveniences might result to the King
if his c•trriage was stoned as he was going to the
Haase -‘f Ler,4s, or elscwhero.
Sir .I.lmrs M.‘xscir.t.n said, that it did not come
within the province of that Court to animadvert upon
te•irrnrerrietv of one of the King's servants embar-
king in any scheme of traffic, where failure might be
injurious to others beside the parties ; but it was the'
duty of the Comt to protect an persons in the privi-
leges with which they had been invested by the Legis-
lature. The privilege in the present case actually ex-
isted, and mist he asserted until the Act that gave
rise to it was repealed. The defendant' must be al-
lowed his /u or-pm—Rule made absolute.

Mont: Blievatavv.—Thursday, an ostler, in the
Porrro,. for a wager of five guineas, undertook to
trot a very small poney, belonging to some man in
Tooley-street, ten miles in an hour. He started near
the turnpike-gate, at Kenninon: going one mile nut
and one mile in, on the Clapham-road, till the little
iinimal performed the task four minutes within the
time allowed it.
Wednesday an unexpected accident, and which had'
very nearir proved a fatal one, occurred on the Cliff
to the east of Brighton, nearly opposite to Book-
Bi lildings, to Mr. Elgar, of Portslade. As this gen-
eenian w.:s leaning against the Cliff-fence to the east-
ward.l.i, face being turned to the north, while he ex-
an-ined the state and appearance of the new buildings
in that quarter, the rail soddenly gave way and pre-
cipitated him over the margin of the precipice, from
whence he must have descended to a depth of at least
fifty feet. A projection in the Cliff happily, in some
rnealure, broke his fall, as he, at first, with menacing
violence, being a very lusty man, :oi:tilted on it, and
from thence, the instant after, descended to the rocks
and beach below. Many persons beheld the accident,
but ilicre •was•not etc who did not consider that the
iinforiminte genilernan must inevitably die upon the
spnt where bc had fallen. The sin-prize and pleasure
of ::11, therefore, rnnv he better conceived than expres-
st.,!, whcn, in lien of retr.:,Ylng lifeless at the base of
ti'.' Cliff a% d y expected he must, they beheld Mr.
Ll,;:tr recover his fret, and, Nvtli 1it!!......,,0arent
..r•
aolty, walke,!

Tuvs‘Ly cevco and eity,llt o'clock
as a cart was irol:,1.; into Tcar litn, Basinc,-
thieves sta.. out of it a truss cf eight
pieces cl•tl,, value ASO. They dropped
tw,-• 1!;••, t's
On Thursdit) r.;; ,I,t, as Mr, Sl::nton, of Holywell.
Erect, tilloreditco, Was returning home, he was ac
I,v a nr.lt in a snt;ck-fm own
ck, near his o
lic,),sutd see,
Nolo
knocked him dow and sobbed hint ot
watch.