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• AIMAUL1':•••••-•701L. W. IROULTON..
, This was an action fee, an assault. The plaintiff
was a seaman on board the Devaynes East India-
man, and the. defendant a Mate on board the same
ship. The .plaintiff's injuries, as set forth upon the
record, were of the most serious -and distressing sort.
He not only appeared to have been dreadfully beaten;
but that,a rapture had_prov# the consequence of his
sufferings, and rendered him miserable forthe remain-
der of his days. Still farther to enhance the defen-
dant's tyranny and ill usage, it was alledged that he
had thrown the plaintiff's chest of clothes into the
sea, and thereby done him a serious pecuniary da-
mage. These injuries, however, were not made out
in evidence, and with respect to the rupture, no proof
of that fact was tendered. It did appear, however,
that in the course of the voyage the defendant had
given the plaintiff a pretty Severe beating, and that
about a month afterwards he complained to the ship's
surgeon o 1 being ill. With regard to the chest, it
appeared that it was thrown overboard with others,
at a moment when the ship expected to be engaged
with an enemy, and was done ht consequence of the
Captain's order to clear for action.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH said, the case having been
so grossly overcharged upon the record, threw a sus-
picion upon it that it was impossible the Jury should
divest themselves of, and made it appear as if large
damages were more the object of the plaintiff than a
just redress of grievances. The assault, however,
has been proved, and the Jury would exercise their
discretion, and say what damages tke Plaintiff was
• , entitled to.—The Jury consulted a short time, and
' found for the Plaintiff—Damages 101.

MARCH I.—BENJAMIN V. MILE% •
This was an action of assault brought by the plain-
tiff, a passenger on board the defendant's ship from
the West Indies. It-appeared the plaintiff's wife, who
was also a passenger, had given her child some rum
and water, which the defendant rebuked her for. The
plaintiff interfered, words arose, and the defendant
assaulted and beat him in a most unmerciful way, re-
peating his blows and ill-usage till he was rescued by
the mate from further violence. The defendant pul- .
led his nose, cut his head, and beat and kicked him
about like a foot-ball.
Lord ELtvcuoitot:ott observed to the Jury, that
from the evidence of the boy, this appeared a most
wanton and aggravated assault, and there was no at-
tempt to shake the credit due to the boy's testimony.
—Verdict for the plaintiff, damages £l5O.
HALL, V. ALLEN.
This was an acti, of damages. The plaintiff kept
a little bookseller's shop ; and business going bad with
him, the defendant, his landlord, levied a distress up-
on his effects, took possession of his house, and kept
that possession by force, having nailed up the door to
prevent the plaintiff's entrance.—Verdict for the plain-
tiff, damages R5O.

Dr. OMEARA actually did preach before the KING,
at Weymouth, OR the first Sunday of October, 1804,
(Mrs. CLARKE'S letter of recommendation is dated on
the 4th of August of the same year) and an account
of, his sermon, which was directed chiefly against the
Savnge Philo:pithy of the French Deists, afterwards ap-
peared in a London paper, accompanied with the fol-
lowing panegyric upon the Reverend Orator :
" We wish our young Ecclesiastics would arouse thesgaelyea,
and shake off that mental languor which depresses thettfia the

pulpit, and show themselves in earnest.
" Sacred eloquence is certainly in this country, feeble and un-
impressive; no other t xcellence can supply the want of anima-
tion. That sweet charm, that celestial unction, which Chris-
tian oratory demands, this Gentleman possesses in an eminent de-1
gree. His lips are winched with the live coal from off the altar.
" The KING was very attentive, and stood for neatly the
whole of the sermon (which we never observed before) and ex-
pressed his high approbation to the Earl *of U x ER WOE and others,
whilst the QUEEN and PRINCISSE s, and the whole audience ware
melted into tears"
M.4NCHTER THEATRE.—Wednesday se'nnight the
tragedy of The Grecian Daughter was performed at this
theatre, for the purpose of introducing a young lady,
in the arduous character of Eufthrasta, to the Man-
chester audience : She possesses a commanding
figure, treads the boards with peculiar grace and
dignity, and her action is easy, elegant, and pleas-
ing. Her voice is well-toned and mellow, though it
wants that compass which is only to be found in ma-
ttirer years, and with which a short period will endow
her. She can modulate her tones with peculiar
sweetness and impression, and her enunciation is clear
and distinct. This young candidate for theatrical
fame, only nineteen years of age, is the wife of a
Mr. CLARKE, and the youngest daughter of Mr.
COWDROY, printer, of Manchester. Her neconfi ap-
pearance, in the same character, was given mit by
Mr. BARRYMORE, amidst the most general plaudits
ever heard in a theatre.
Monday evening an over-drove ox went into the
shop of Mr. LEVY, watchmaker, in Whitechapel, and
entered the parlour where Mrs. LEVY was sitting alone)
who not being able to get by him, crept under a side-
board table. The ox walked round the room several
titnes, overset two clocks, tore the mantle-piece down,
on which was a number of watches and bracelets, and
then turned • into the shop, where he broke the show
''glass in which was 200 watches. He was at length
forced into the street. •
• Thursday se'nnight, the mill and kiln of Cromlet,
near Old Meldrum, was discovered to be on fire, but
the flames had got to such a height, that all attempts I
to extinguish them proved ineffectual. From the long .
continued frost, there was in the mill a great quantity
of grain to be milled, belonging to the farmers and
others in that neighbourhood.
Yesterday a fire broke out in a stable in Carnaby-
, market, which communicated to a Printing-Office ad-
joining. The stable was consumed, but by the exer-
tions of of the persons behinging to the Printing-office
• and' the fire Men, the flames were promptly arrested,
and the latter building sustained very little injury.
, • THEATRES DESTROYED.—The following is an Ac-
count of the various Conflagrations.: •
DrurY-lane was Lurnt 1662, destroyed by fir 1612, re-built
1674, pulled down 1791, re-built 1794, destroyed again by fire
.oitYPlday esersuing,..Feb. 24, 1209. •
Caveat Qarden was bulk 1733, enlarged 11962, destroyed by
are Tuesday,, Sept. 90, 1809.
dpeia-House, Haymarket, opened' 1704, burnt down 1789,
the foundation of the present house laid 1790.
Pantheon, Ctsfordi.street, opened 1772, converted to an Opera-;
House 1784, burnt d0wn17.92. •
' Nickles Antiphithearre burnt..down on the Duke of York'i
birth-night 1794,, re-built and burnt'down a second lime in 1802.
Rota? Circus, destroyed by fire on the Prince a( Walts't birth-.
day 1805.