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The cooper gave evidence to the same effect as the

surgeon.
The plaintiff, who happened to be in waiting, was
then called in, and, on examination, his temple cera
tainly exhibited a scar, although the surgeon swore
he had seen no wound there ' • and the witnesses swore
that the scar was not there before the beating which
he received of the Captain. And the plaintiff's shirt
and jacket were exhibited, they were covered with
blood, although the surgeon had sworn that the plain-
'tiff's back was not bloody, nor the skin broken.
The Attonsxy-GetiftAL made an able reply, ob-
serving, among many otheri things, that if the des
fendant was a man of education and conducted him-
self with propriety among gentlemen, this cause proved
him to be a hypocrite who knew how to conceal the
tyranny of his disposition, where he dare not indulge
a. He was civil to those who could resent his mis-
behaviour, but he could be abundantly cruel to those
Who happened to be in his power ; the Jury, if they
had any humanity in them, would take the case into
most serious-consideration ; if such men as the plain.
tiff, who had behaved with entire submission and pro-
priety, and had been thus cruelly and inhumanly treated,
were not to be protected by the Jury they would have
no protectors any where, for on board it was manifest
they had none ; and be it remembered, that the blood
would flow from the wounds of such a poor man as
the plaintiff as well as from those of the defendant,
and persons of the higher ranks of society. If the
Jury thought that discipline was in danger of being
relaxed, or subordination diminished, by giving se-
rious damages to the plaintiff in this case, he must
surrender it to the public good. But as he viewed
this case, he had no apprehension of any such effect
from such a cause. Here was a case in which the

defendant made subordination and discipline the pre•
text for gratifying the bent of a malicious and re-
vengeful temper, and which should be seriously vi-
sited, as well by way of justice to the plaintiff, as as
lesson of descretion, prudence, and humanity to men
of such a tyrannical disposition as the defendant.
Lord ELLEssoltoccu summed up the whole of the
evidence, and observed, that, unless the defendant's
witnesses had Made out that the chastisement which
be had, in this case, inflicted on the plaintiff, was ab•
solutely necessary to support the discipline and subor-
dination of the ship, and to enforce the commands
which he gave for the preservation of the ship (which
was the substance of his plea), there must be a ver.
dict against him in this case. His Lordship appre-
hendedihe Jury would be of opinion that the Cap-
tain's justification was not made out, and then the
only question would be, what should be the amount
of the damages ? 44 Upcn which (said his Lordship) I
have no observation to make, because I know in whose
hands that question is deposited for decision ; and I
know the moderation and good sense with which you
conduct yourselves, and therefore; attending to the
observations which have been made on both sides,
considering what is due to the public, and what is due
Ito the individual; you will give such damages as may
appear to be fitting under all the circumstances of
this case."
The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Da-
mages £l5O.

SCHROEDER V. YENNING.
This was an action brought to recover the price of
94. tons of Riga Rhine hemp, sold by the plaintiff to
the defendant under contract, and which the latter
declined to accept. The contract was made in the
month of June, 1809, and the hemp was to be deli-
vered on or before the Ist of November following.--
It appearing, however, that the plaintiff had deman-
ded payment for the hemp on the 29th of October,
when no hemp had been delivered, and the defendant
had declared he was ready to pay when the plaintiff
should fulfil his contract, under his Lordship's direc-
tion the Jury found a verd'ct for the defendant.

Thursday, being the day appointed for celebrating
her Mammy's birth-day, the same was observed at
Plymouth withevery demonstration of joy—the troops
in garrison fired afiu de joie round the lines at twelve
o'clock ; and at one, the ships in Harbour, the Bay,
and Sound, fired a royal salute.
SERMITINE Ittvita.—The skaiters continue to be
very numerous. A young lady made a very conspi-
cuous appearance yesterday. She was attended by a
servant, and appeared to take particular delight in
sliding. The peculiarity attached to her was her dress,
which resembled the covering of a swan, being a pelisie
made entirely of swan's down, and white feet.

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LQRD CASTLEREAGH.
•
We give the folloWing letter from Mr. WArrsassAs
on the same principle of impartiality which induced us
ir insert the Article, a few days since, to which it
rfers
Sta—The observations in a statement which ap-
peared on Monday last, in the Daily Newspapers,
sai4 to be "from authority," which authority I have
reasbn to know is Lord Castlereagh—being calcst-
late4 to make an erroneous impression on the public
mind. I think it proper briefly to state some previous
and recent circumstances, that the public may be en-
abled to judge how far I have acted with candour
and justice, in what I delivered at the Common• Hall
on the 9th of this month, on the subject of the emo-
luments derived by the families of the Marquis of
I.lertford and Lord Castlereagh, from the public re.
venue. _ _

On the 26th of December, I was applied to by a
Centleman, on the behalf of the Marquis of Hert-
ford and Lord Castlereagh, who pointed out to me a
statement, which appeared in a Morning Paper of the
I.sth of December last, purporting to be a Report of
the Speech I had delivered at a Common-Hall on
the p:veeding day. In that Report I was stated to
have said, that 44 the Marquis of Hertford and his
family drew out of the public revenue at least fifty
thousand pounds per annum : the two Honourable
Mr. Seymours, not less than AC12,000 a-year ; and
that there is dish ibuted from the same fund not less
than .4:40,000 a-year amongst die family of Lord

Cln tlereagh."
The substance of what was stated in that Report,
the Gentleman having stated to be erroneous—he ex-
pressed his full conviction that I would readily rectify
the mistake, or misrepresentation. The Report I had
never until that moment seen, and on reading it, I
did not hesitate one moment in pronouncing it incor-
rect—by no means conveying that which I wished to
be und:rrtooti.
1 assured the Gentleman that my anxiety to cor-
Peet the error was not inf;nlor to that of the Noble
individuals who were the subjects of the observation,
and that at the next Common Hall I would publicly
state the misconstruction or misapprehension of what
I had really intended to say. I, at the same time, re-
marked, that I had taken the amount of the emolu-
ments derived from the public revenue by those Noble.
Families from The Political Register of Mr. Cobbett,
of the 21st of January, 1809 ; and as so considerable
a period had elapsed since that publication, during
.which the statement had, by not having been con-
tradicted, been tacitly admitted, I did conceive myself
to have been fully justified in having assumed such
statement to be correct.
The Gentleman then produced a statement similar
to that which has been published "from authority,"
which, having perused, I returned to him, with anl
observation, that although I would cheerfully correct
any misrepresentation or misapprehension that might
have•gone forth to the Public, in consequence of my
speeca, it was impossible that, in a popular Assem•
bly, I could descend to a statement of the minutia, of
that Paper, with a view to correct errors that had
appeared in the public Newatpapers about 12 months
ago. I added, that as the statement on which my
speech was w ounded, originated with Mr. Colikett,
I did not feel myself at liberty to impeach the correct-
ness of that authority. That I conceived to be a point
that could only be settled with Mr. Cobbett.
The Gentleman took his leave apparently com.
pletely sati:Aied with the result of the interview, hav-
ing first pointedly observed, that it was the wish of
the Patties, that I should introduce the subject in such
manlier as might be most agreeable to my own judg-
ment and feelings.
A few days atter this interview, I had the honour
of another visit front the same Gentleman, at which
the subject was renewed, but nothing passcd materi-
ally differing from the conversation at the former
meeting. At both these interviews some friends of
mine were present.
Cn the evening preceding the day on Which the
last Common Hall was :held, I received from the
same gentleman a note, inclosing anther statement,
differing materially from that which has been since
published "from authority"—to which note I replied
in writing, stating my objections to some parts of the
statement, and repeating my opinion, that it could
not in reason be expected of me to enter into a minute
detail, before a popular assembly, of the diffeventitemsl
specified in that statement.
On the morning of the day on which the last Com-
mon Hall w is held, I met the Gentleman by appoint-
ment at Guildhall, having previously invited him to
be present, that what I should then say might not be
liable to misrepresentation. On our meeting he readily
expressed his acquiescence in the observations in my
note, saying that he did not expect me to enter into the
part;culars of the statement, and adding, that he had in-
closed it merely with a view to spew how Mr. Cobbett
had overstated it—to which I replied as before, that
the correctness of Mr. Cobbett's statement. was not
a matter which it was incumbent on me to dispute or
to defend.
In the explanation which I subsequently made to
the Livery on this subject, I distinctly stated that
, what I had itssertcd, " did not originate with my-
self, but was founded on assertions that appeared in
the Newspapers 12 months antecedent to that period;
that the families of the Marquis of Hertford and
Lord Castlereagh derived from the public revenue
in various ways, either in salaries from offices, or
from places, the duties of which were executed per-
sonally or by deputy, emoluments amounting to.
On the following day, meeting the gentleman in
the street, I asked him whether the ,manner in which
I had explained the matter to the Livery was satis-
factory ? He expressed his satisfaction at the man-
ner in which I had made the explanation, and which
he observed, was precisely the way that I had propo-
sed—he had not seen Lord Castlereagh,,but had not
a draib that it would be equally satisfactory to his
h he :lit feel • to

Lordship, although he might feel it necessary to
publish the statement in the newspapers he had
shown me. My reply was, I have nothing to do
with that c that rests between his Lordship and Mr.
Cobbett."
On Sunday, the 14th inst. I received from the same
gentleman the following letter :
• I have seen Lord Castlereagh astd Lord G. Sey
• mom, and I have the pleasure to inform you, that your
teech of Tuesday last, in the Common Hall, is as'