Star.
London, England, 1805-03-08 00:00:00

'advanced with much energy by Mr. MiNALLY, is a
(port fpeeeh to evidence.
The learned Judge, in charging the Jury, lamented
ftrongly that a Court of Jultice thould be tubjeft to
die reception of a caufe inv,lving in all its branches
a feries of uniform and difgufting profligacy. All
the witneffeg. his Lord(hip raid, were apparently in-
volved in one indifcriminate macs of cenfure and re-
probation ; however, a point of law (truck him re-
(paling the matter of wager, which induced him to
recommend to the jury to find a verdift for the Dr
fendant—one, which on future diforilion before a
Court, would not preclude the Plaintiff from her
right of recovery, if any right (he had. His Lord.
(hip founded his opinion on a well-known principle,
that any contra& formed upon an illegal or fraudu-
lent bafis, could not in law be tuftained ; and he con-
ceived that the gambling refulting from cock fighting
however dignified by the appellation Royal, flood in
the predicament he adverted to.
The Plaintiff's Connie' moved that his Lordfhip
would recommend to the Jury a verdi& for their cli-
ent, referving the point of law. To this his Lord-
thip objeaed, but recommended to Counfel to take a
bill of exceptions againft the verdift he recommend-
ed in favour of the Defendant, after having noted
his charge.
To this the Plaintiff's Counfel, in their turn, oit-
jefted, through Mr. CURRAN, who raid they could
not think of retorting to an expedient, involving a
degree of expellee that their client could not fupport.
The Jury in Come time returned a verdift in fa-
vour of the Plaintiff—ten guineas damages, and fix-
pence eons.
The Judge interrogated them to know whether
they founded their verdift on the law or the fad ?
They replied, by their Foreman, certainly on the
fad, conceiving that the Defendant had no right to
pails himfelf of the Plaintiff's property until he
won the wager, if any wager exifted, and that if he
did poffefs himfelf of it, it was incumbent on him to
return it.

On Monday a joroneynan hair drsfer in Cornbill of
gorrnaisdrzing celebrity, undertook to eat a &Awl offpratt
for a confiderable wager. They were accordingly
cooked at a public-houte in the neighbourhood. and
ToVor fet tot but his capacious liomach proved in-
capable of containing more than two-thirds of the
uantity, confequtotly his fame fuffered by Loring the
bet.

BUCE;BAITING.-A number of perfons emoted
themfelves yellerday in baiting aball in the neighbour-
hood of Brentford.—A dog from Fleet-market, after
having both his legs broke, was killed by the enraged
animal, which toiled him to a great height in the air ;
feveral other dogs were much hurt.—This ravage
fport experienced no ihterruption from the Police-
officers.

A barn. containing fizty coombs of barley, the
property of Mr. Kemp, at Swardeflon, in Norfolk,
lately caught fire, by a fpark felling on the thatch
from an adjacent chimney, when the whole building,
with upwards of fifty of the coombs were crnfumed.
A ewe belonging to Sir C. Willoughby, lately
leaned Gs lambs at one time, four of which are now
alive.

Winter being the feafon in which the inhabitants
of this country are particularly filbjed to Coughs
and Colds, and the Althmatic feel an increafe of
their complaint, we deem it our duty to inform the
afflifted that Cttuacit's Cough Drops are an abfolinte
cure for Coughs and Colds, and where a cnre in
confirmed Afthma cannot be expeeted, relief nay be
affuredly obtained ; but we have known initanctes
where Afthmas of twelve years Banding have. been
entirely removed by the ufe of them. Sissw and
Eawmtas, No. 66, on the Foot-way, St. Pail's
Church-yard, are now the only Proprietors if their
names are on the Ramp they are genuine, otherwife,
a counterfeit. Price only as. a bottle.