Star.
London, England, 1818-11-09 00:00:00

CHARITY BEGINS AT aOME.

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As a belie of high fashion was boating NMI day
Of the clothing and food she had just glen away
To the Poor, a satirise' elf,
Her uncle, exclaim'd—" You the hungry may feed,
But as to your clothing the naked, indeed,
You bad better bqdn with slower"

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF XING'S BENCH, NOVEMBER 7.

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Mr Acmtutrr moved for a rule to spew cause why
a criminal information should not be filed against
Lieutenant Frederick Wood and Mr. Peter Wood,
both residents of Cardigan, the latter • being town
clerk of that Borough, for using offensive language
towards Peter Taylor Walker, Esq. a Magistrate of
the county, and constable of Cardigan Castle, tend-
ing to incite him to fight a duel with them or either
ofthem. The Learned Counsel stated the substance
of the affidavit upon which he made his motion, and
was to the effect—that Mr. Walker, the applicant, was
not aware of ever having given any provocation to
either of the Gentlemen against whom he applied,
and had never any communication° with either of
them except on one occasion, and that was upon a
mere matter of business with Mr. Peter Wood; that
On the '2sth June last, a County Meeting was to be
held in Cardigan, at which he (Mr. Walker) was to
preside, and atat he was proceeding to the Town
.11all for that purpose, and passing Lieutenant Wood
and his brother, who were stagding at the door of the
Bear Inn, when the.former came up to him in avio-
lent and insulting manner, and putting his face close
to that of the deponent, said, " I see you are lately
come to reside at Cardigan—you are a blackguard—
my name is Frederick Wood ; I live at Cardigan ;"
upon which Peter Wood, the brother, in same offensive
manner, said to deponent, "'feu scamp, you ought
to be horse-whii.Ted—you are a blackguard, Mr.
Peter Taylor Walker."—A Gentleman standing by,
observed, that they, meaning the Woods, he sup-
posed, meant Mr. Walker to fight a duel, and in-
tended to give him a challenge; upon which Lieute-
nant Wood said, " I meant it so ;' and again ad-
dressing himself to Mr. Walker, called him a scamp,
and said he should then horse-whip him, if it was not
out of respect to his own character. Other offensive
and provoking language was afterwards used by
both the brothers, and the whole of the transaction
tuck place publicly, ::ad in the presence of several
persons, many of whom were friends of the deponent.
Under thrsc circumstances, the Learned Counsel sub-
miaed that he Lad laid suilicie..t grounds for calling
for the interposition of the Court against these Gen-
tlemen by criminal information.
Lot. Chief Justice Ar.norr.—Wliat is Mr. Walker's
condition in life ?

I`•ir. SC A itt.r.Tr..—Uc lives in Bolton-street; he is a
Gentleman ; he is a ::,ligistiate of the Borough, and
constable of Cardigan.

LORD CO lEV Joselea.—Take a rule to shew cause.
DASRET: V. WILLAN AND DXHERS.
This was an action against the defendants as com-
mon carriers, to recover the value of a parcel of
cochineal, delivered by the plaintiff at the Bull and
Mouth lon, to be carried to Exeter, but which was
lost, by the alleged negligent mis-delivery of the de-
fendants to a person for whom the parcel was not
tended. At the trial before Mr. Justice Assorr, at
the Sittings in London after last Trinity Term,
Jury found a verdict for the defendants.
• Mr. MAR RYATT now moved for a rule to shew
cause why this verdict should not be set aside and a
new trial granted, on two grounds ; first, that there
was no sufficient evidence that the plaintiff had no-
tice of the defendants' restricted liability to 5 ; and,
secondly, that the Learned Judge had misdirected
the Jury in a point of law. The circumstances of
the case were these :—A person named Worthy, a
dyer, at Exeter, had been in the habit of dealing with
t!-.e plaintiff, a dry-salter, in London, for die stuffs,
which were usually sent to Exeter by the defendants
coach. Some person at Exeter wrote to the plaintiff
in Worthy's name, desiring to know the prices of
cochineal. This letter was answered by the plain-
tiff, and tl.e answer reached Worthy by post ; but be-
fore he had time to di.clairn any knowledge of the'
subject of its content:, the person who had used his
ranie before, sera an order to the plaintiff for a par-'
cel of cod:kcal (the one in qt.estton), desiring it to
be sent to Mr. J. Worthy, by the coach, as usual.
The parcel was accordingly packed up and sent by
the defendants coach, directed " Mr. J. Worthy,
Exeter ;" and as soon as it arrived, the same dexter-
ous person, who sent the order, applied at the coach-
office for it, and it was .delivered to him by the book-
keeper, upon paying 16s. Id. for the carriage ; and in
fact, the parcel never reached Mr. Worthy for whom
it was intended. Under these circumstances the
plaintiff brought the pi cment action. The evidence at
the trial seemed to be pretty satisfactory that the
plaintiff had had due notice of the defendants' re-
stricted liability, though there was a doubt upon
that point; but the principal question was, whether
the defendants had discharged their duty in not de-
livering the parcel at the house of the person for
whom it was intended. The Learned Judge was of
opinion, that, inasmuch as the parcel was only di-
rected " Mr. J. Worthy, Exeter, the defendants had
satisfied their part of the implied contract, safely to
deliver, by carrying it to Exeter, and cleliveringit to
the person who represented himself to be Mr. Wor-
thy's agent; and, therefore, Lordship directed a
verdict for the defendants. The Learned Counsel.
now brought both points under the consideration of
the Court, and upon a review of the circumstances, the
Court granted a rule to strew cause. A great num-
ber of motions were made for new trials in country
causes.

Thursday evening early, as Mr. Wrucixs, of Flea-1
rletra-street, was passing through Cavendish-square,
a fellow rushed on him, and made a snatch at his
watch, but was prevented taking it by Mr. Wtt •
inn' struggling, and he escaped without his booty.
•About twelve o'clock, the same evening, Mr. R.
Bonn, of the Navy, was stopped near his house, in
Hatton Garden, by four or five fellows. Mr. BURN,
making a stout resistance, the villains decamped with-
out robbing him.

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