Star.
London, England, 1828-07-14 00:00:00

BATTY AND MARRS V. BALDLY.

This was an actionon two bills of exchange, one for
thirty pounds and another for twenty pounds. The
facts wete shortly these:
' 'Mr. WOrtbouse, Mr. 'Hume, Colonel Jones, and some
*oifier''Gentlemen, having formed the project of st 4rt;ng
a weekly paper to be called the Londoi Free Press, the
derendatit was induced to tecome a proptietor, as also
his Wife. The latter contributed 501. in money, and the
'forme' gave a 501. bill, which on hecoMing due was
renesed in the firm of the 201. and ,9th bills, on which
4111!Priietit 'action Was brought. These billi *ere drawn
billtif. Low,'. the Manager of the Laistleas Frere.Priss,
*ho paid lneyis 'to the plaintiff, a, stationer, for paper.
feolofteLJOnes Wad in the meantime chopped his connec.
An with the newspaper, and had become the plaintiff's ,
ipase
_user.. The newspaper shortly gars wards died a na-
.Ufardeath.
... Iliodeferice tit sip was, that the defendant Was in-
dziffil,fo .b6COII, a. proprietor, conceiving that Colonel
..lones'WkWy vrifhltr: Hume and others, who had since
'3
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isirafrritts the•concein, to have contributed their
7-';.-iisd infidels& tit the support of the paper; but
# ,thq,liadiwithefirawn from tbv connexion without his
'Tartionisg.tt, he had :Everted no r.oustderation for the
• WhichlrollOiel. Jonies, . who now sit-di/pun it, must
.Wfifeiftmairt • - • • .
• . . ...
'"iiti: %tato* who lodged with Mr, B=ldey. was
Atilleatlq.;.ktiottilisb this defence, but he proved that the
...I(l4idf 11011C4 Jones, Mr. fiumet.tic. had ceased
fie' : : With the paper bifore he give the bill.
. ~ *, '. atis .a Verdict Was taken for :the plaintiffs=
!..a
:. .• -' /01..tbs.being the :antount.of Wand interest.
' . , • . LANILI•A. IlilliTili. .• • .
;, lill yiriias as action against the oefenciat.t. as one of
ihe iictors of •a late joint stock-company,, called the
'7" Potosi. Mining Association,w
,to recover tieb
.years
, .
- salary, lot the ices rendered by the plaintiff as clerk
ta..* icsria. The Wary claimed was at the rate
of twOlitineas and a half per week, from Decimbei,
,180, to the .thne of the-last .year, when the Company
I. l' •
Sad aelq. brae up.
By the plaintiff 'i-evideice it appeared that the plain.
..tiff', who araca,Spaniatd, had been. engaged at.two.
guineas apd a half a week to . assist the Compunr.ht
their translations and- rorrespondence,. and to *base
• *rein • relative' to the • mines at Peru, and - that..tit Ats
telided torah. tightly' 'tie" office is
.a.,regntar ck4k..r.
This evidence,, however. was co..&•....asficiett by that 11,
Ai tessccant, Jo it was swain by the Secretary
the! Onipany that the plaintiff was employed only oe-
-.easimeally by the•Csanpany, and did not attend regu-
larly-lathe taco, :and • that for the .serviets ,be bad
easalered.be•bael *bendy reek4ved 4.181.. altar h, it =was,
aabenitteet, wis.alltise was.amti led io.
.. :i - .
..The sissy. however, were of o,.iuionihrit' he was en-
titled to one guinea and a half rer week, which, de.
•deetiatp theme amounted to litili. 9s. and for thit sum
vettitetmasadsiest4." *. ~. .• "• •=• t"'-'
4''''''' COCIIIVOIF COMMON PLEAS', Jure it • .
-4.1'.' ' -` ' •; tiniest IN court. •
4
Akiersoo.tilkodait's altendiiik, .'s
A Witness, wasarrested
.444eistt, and, detained by the ufficer, although the
aohlittita ipso .psodtscess. - • Upon an application to the
..411adgefse wit-ordered to be dtsefiatgedi and the Judge
reffcttiskillitir,'ihite if he alga.iii.4irtd.,',4" disregard a
subpoena. of that Coll t t, he *laid. send bias to the Fleet.
Elkiti .1:0;URT, OF :DELltGantS;Ver.s. .12.
• Armes n,lukothrsai.

"This waslvassit'iitstitsited by the piontovent, Mom.
pe Swept& E. 4. ligainSt the appellant, theßev. Dr.
Free•Acscfac 4.Stittim, in Soriey, to deprive him of his
beswitietwer'seassfet cf of conduct., The
libel, as Ift emoted? charged thenteyenddefend.int with
hams igen drank on varipusgescissions in the church
Tardy and aisoo.with impropes conduct with. a female.
41Thl Claw commenced lA' the:A.l4slles Cook of Canter.
slid.witOetiineedittetlo, the dettadirit, denying
the juslidietakirtieColift:" lie(was sought by
Sursestysieq.tnaisser to be-retostat4 and
The Zottotorttir hearing .Dr. Aditlels and Dr.
Listiattiolfoithe.piittes; p/bllatiritedidi the reform -
Com of the by. admittinglifeneir tVittey,songht to
be introduce Mr. LlOrggynit'S'Counsei.
A goestion 'retie as..eo whethertbe cube should
be tet4ined in this Coustew reMitred F. and their Li-ttl-
ships having remained 'Mite theniniconsultation,
,Mr.lsvtice LITTUZIOALI,IWOOOIIII4IId, their opinion
fa Wont of the reniisdon et the Melt ihvis
the ititisitictiogi oftbe. Arthee.tedit t antes butY.
• .

&meet of- a letter from Oporto, dated 'June •30 t
46 Alteady every preparation' is makingdetgodetls!‘
city on 6444 side. All vessels.. boa's, ase.sa chop
cieernifse that totrardi. St. John's, and aittillety will be
placed so as to cover the bridge. It"
.114.4bYlffIvi
.ffie tifyidll be 'der 'oded to tile' 4.
it Ma bit kigotak Ibo Ceadilia sod Britolimrt sloopi
01:avu me iftiss..Desei."

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.
;Saturday a young man named crepes was folly committed. for
appropriating to bis own use several. sums of meitey.•recelired In
the name of his employer. Mr. Cadman Nagging.. to whom he was
collecting clerk. The last sum so received was ISI. 6•. thl on the
27th June, from a Gentleman in Aloorfields; with which he ab
sconded, -first writing a note to Mr. Higgins, stating that he had
been robbed, and could not return.
ROBBERS' AT TH Pi EAST INDIA COMPANT.S WA ReHousts.--An old
man. named Joseph Clark, a labourer at the warehouse in
.Cutler's-
street, and who had been employed there for 24 years, win charged
with stealing a quantity of tea, the property of the East India
Company.— William French, the warehouseman, said that certain
circumstances came to his knowledge on Friday, which induced
him to suspect the prisoner had been stealing tea from a package in
the warehouse, which bad been opened the previous day ; he stilt
for an Officer, and on searching the prisoner found two of his pockets
filled with tea.—Committed.
HATTON GARDEN.

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MAIL COACH ItZTORMATIONS,...Mr. Raines, proprietor or tile An-
gel Inn, St. Clement Danes. appeared to atisvarr the complaint of
Byers, for running a stage coach, No. 97, with only the following
words painted on it—" Portsmouth Royal Mall." neither. London
nor Westminster being thereon, according to the provisions of the
52d Gen. 111. c. 51. _ _

Rawlings proved that he saw the coach in question leave the de-
fendant's yard on the Bth of last Februaty, with only the words
" Portsmouth Royal Mail" written upon the pasthel.
The defence was, that the defendant merely contracted to sup-
ply horses for the conveyance of the coach and mail bags to and
from Portsmouth. The coach was the property of the Post Office,
and therefore, if any offence had been committed, the Post Office.'
and not the defendant, was liable. ,Dyers in reply, said, that the
coach was licensed in the name of the defendant.
The defendant's Solicitor—" Yes, but that license is a neeeserry
consequence, arising out of the defendant's engagement to supply
horses tur the conveyance of the coach, and not because be is the
proprietor of it. As a proof that he is under the control of other*,
the license enables him to carry ten persons outside; .now he Is
under a contract with the _Post Office not to carry more than three,
nor can be increase tide latter nunsber under a heavy penary. Tisi.
shows his want of power over the conduct of the coach, and
proves that be is not the principal in the concern."
Mr. Lance obtained hunt the defrndant the license, front which
it appeared that the words " London " or " Westminster," as the
case might he, should be painted on the coach. Mr. L. said, he
found himself bound to fine the defendant in the mitigated penalty
of fifty shillings end costs.
Byers said, that he applied for a conviction under the 52d of
Geo. 111. and not under the 7th of Geo. IV. the former of which
Acts empowered the Magistrate to impose a floe of not less than
ten pounds, the latter giving him she liberty of mitigating the fine
to one-fourth. Byers contended that the 7tB of Geo. IV. did not
In any way affect the .sxd of Geo. 111.
Mr. Lam looked into the tormer Act, and decided against the
informer. _

Mr. Lanrc—l cannot think of allowing you any thing more than
the usual costs, 3s. 6d. and the deblidatit said he should appeal.
Three other cases of a similar nature were disposed of in the
same way. Appeals were entered against all the decialons.