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London, England, 1810-11-09 00:00:00

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I 1110VEN111* 8.1.dt-ifiLL it; ikaititak. ...
This was an action brought.by Mr. Hill, an Attor;
ney, to recover £6 for business done in a case in
which Mr. Harness, a gentleman h-lonaine to the
Tianipoit Office, was defbndatit ft appeared that
Mr; Harness bad accepted a bill of exchange, drawn
by a Mr. Gdrniatt (since lead),,,and being atied 011
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the bill, the copy or a wnt wroth ;,e 11.,,, . i
Mayor and Mt. Jones repeatedly called on him to let
was left at Mr. Hill's Office, in Chancery.lane. There
theft see the case, which he refused ; arid Mr. Jones
not being aware of such a one being in ei'stence, ad: was no proof of any transaction petaoliAlly between
vised the Mayor to adjourn the poll to the following the.plaintiff and defendant.
day. Between the adjourtinient•and the nseeting next The evidepee to support the case wits Mr George
day, the defendant and some other candidates receiv-
Hill; brother to the plaintiff. He stated; that the .
ed the Sacrament privately at Lady Kensington's
copy of the Writ served on Harness was left at 'hi
house of his brother. He could not say it was bro••ght
house.. This was what the Learned Serjeant's clients
by the defendefit, hut, in his opinion; it Wis sent by
complained of. He (Mr. Attorney-General) held in
the defendant %Tie: instructions to defend the action.
his hand the affidavits of the Mayor and of Mr. Jones,
Hill, the witness, went to the Transport Office, and
who positively denied that they adjourned the poll
had a conversation about the biil for defending the
with the intention of giving the defendant an oppor:
suit, and it was stated that the delitidant had said be
tunity of receiving the Sacrament ; but that they din :
it to give themselves an opportunityopportunity of being made ac-
isould call on the plaintiff.
quainted with the cage mentioned by the Gentleman, 1 Sir Lusts M.p4sInELD observed to the Tory, the
and Which he refused to skew them. Mr. Jones, during notice of the dmaration being filed azainst the de-
the evening, searched for it, and found it.—lt was The
i fendant, is brought to the !inure of Hill, AS the actor'
King v. Hawkins, and did not bear on the case;
and so ! ney of the defendant. This notice must be pea-tonally
he declared at the meeting on the following day, when i delivered, and it must have got out of the possession
the poll was reopened, and the defeadant elected. But lof Harness. It was carried to the honse of Hill, and
• left witTi Hili's clerk. How eyrie it with Hill, but
suppose, said the Learned Counsel, the cl:?fendant had
; for the purpose of defending the action ? You Rill
not received the Sacrament during adjournment, his
election would remain good, for the Act of Indemnity judge, therefore, whether there is not sttnn probabi.
' lily that Hill was employed in the case to which the
Qhe 501 A of the King) sets forth, that any person
Ilected, and who received the Sacrament before the i papers sent to his offize applied.
year 1811, should be competent to fill such situatluns It is represented on the part Of die defendant, that
to which they had been so chosen. there was a man of the name of Ge.rrnhin who drew
Lord ELLENBOROVen—" I think there is something the bill or Harness, and that he had said he should
intricate in this case, and that it ought to come before I be at the:
tirat may be, there is no proof of that sort. If Mr. expense of defending the action ; however
the Court in the fullest manner ; I therefore think the
1 fiainess did not mean to pay the expellee of deft&
rule ought to be made absolute, which will enable as
to have it argued at length."—Rule made absolute. ing the action, he ought to have paid the bill of ev
TIM KING v. ROACH. change. As there is no proof that any other person

Mr. ATTORNEV-GENERAL--" nit is a similar -case
to the last, except that the defendant did receive the
Sacrament before the first day •f election, which
does away with the complaint, and of course the rule
must be discharged with costs.
Mr. Serjeant Len acknowledged that the state-
tnent of Mr. Attorney-General was true, but the de-
fendant had deceived the complainants by refusing to
answer whether he had or had not received the Sa-
crament ?
Lord ELLINEOROUGII" I cannot bold, brother
Lens, that a candidate at an election has a right to
answer every qtiestion put to him by his electors, or a
party opposed to him."—Rule dismissed with costs.
THE KING v: RICII.
Mr. GLEADE moved for, Rule to skew cause why
the verdict in this indictment should, not be set aside,
or a new trial granted. It was tried before Mr. Jus-
tice Le Blanc at the last AsSizes at Oxford, and a
verdict given for the Crown. It was an indictnient
against two ladies, of the :lime of Rich, for not re-
pairing a bridge in Berks. He would not contend
that, as the owners of the manor, they were not ob-
liged to repair; but he would, that they were not ha.
ble to rebuild. In the present case, the bridge was
blown down by the visitation of Gon, which could not
have been foreseen or prevented by human means.—
It had been Oetermined in cases 4 embankment on
the sea-coast, whembieaches had been made by storm,
the county *as liable. • . ,
Lord ELLENDOROUGH.-4 Can you point out where
a county is liable to die visitation of GOD, and indi-
viduals not ?"
Mr. GLEADE—" Certainly not, my Lord."
Mr. Justice LE BLANC—" It may be very severe
against the Ladies, but certainly the case is very
strong against them."— Rule refused;

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was to pay btu Harness, and as he must have sent
the papers to Hill's office, you will judge whether
there is any defence to this actiod.The Jury found
a verdict for the plaintiff.
rkasom V. CALLOW,
ThiS was an action.for the price of two pigs sold
to the defendant by plaintiff. The cause was not de-
fended. Callow, it appeared, had entered into ark
agreement With the plaintiff, on the 24th of May last;
to purchase four pigs, for which he was to pay £l6;
and which were to be taken from plaintiff's premises
on the following day. At the specified time, defen-
dant sent for two of the pigs, but refused to take the
other two, which were 3.611 in plaintiff's posstisiobi
ready to be delivered up.
' Verdict for plaintiff—damages FS:
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t ADMIRALTY COURT, NOV. e.
! Ansui.and Catharine, Plump master —This vessel, inetirsifik
silks and linens, was bound ftens Hambursh to Loathing& the
time she was captured by the Mercurbil. It appeared at the for-
' hearing, that she was captured within one Dutch mile of the
! etel; and site ext.use which the milter then let up for being
feu,
rid in such a situation was; that he had mistaken the Dutch
`boot for the English. The Court therefore deemed it necessary
to have the attendance of the TrinltylMasters, whose opinion thid
, day was, that it was inipossible to atalte such a mistake.--Con-
• Iliphia, Koster inaster.—Tbis iiie a tam of a slenliar deserlp.
lion. The vessel was With *kit verioeS Juliette, sad *as pre..
ceedin-, at sheen's of capture, from St. Petersburg's, ostensibly;
to Baltimore. The Trinity Masters were of opinioo, that there
was no evidence to induce than) to believe that the Master bud
any intention to go into Holland, however ignotant helzUghthatit
been.—Restoreit.
Anna Maria Elizabeth, Piet Master. Ship released, end the
unprohibited pan Of her.cargo.
klormanden, Brandi Matter.—This was a Danish ablis kill
with hemp, which was coming, when captured; from RI. t
Leith.—Restored, subject to the captors expences. . - •
Emelle, Lagroth Master.—Thls vessel was under &weak MR
lours, laden with wheat, deals, kt. :rem Riga, ostensibly to O.
tenbuith.—R est ored.
Amedes, Lerberg Maiter.—This vessel was under ',redid litioil
lours, and laden with tallow, fLtz, hemp, Ste.--Condedlikiiiiint
Masters private adventure restored.
Anna Ida Catharina, Mitster.--This
laden with hemp, its!, Sic. bound to Hull.—Reineliekidljedl.lllF!
the captors' expellees. . .. a
Freide, Fozholtz Master.—This vessel was tinder Prussian iii=
'Ours, and laden With vaiious articles, coming ostensibly to Cole
' berg—Restored, subject to the allure' expenses.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, WESTMINSTER, Nov. 7
GARDINER AND OTHERS V. SENHOUSE AND OTHERL
This cause, which was on a policy of insurance,
had been tried last Term, on a motion for a new
trial, and a verdict entered'for the Plaintiff.
Mr. Serjeant Coceeet. now moved for a rule to
shew cause why a new trial should not be again
granted, on the ground that the Jury had found a
perverse verdict, contrite to the direction of the EDINBURGH, NOVEMBER 5.
Court, and had construed the policy of insurance
improperly • hailing given to. it a latitude which, in Saturday, Henry Lloyd, Midshipman of theOale
Gal-
fact, it would not bear. The policy was on the ship lint gitn-brig, who W o-t as committed the Tolbooth of
Good I Hope, bound on a trading voyage from Lon- I this city,' on the 14• th of August, emitted of killing a
don to Trinidad, and from thence to all or any of I foreig Leith harbotirn seaman, while the vessel be belonged to eras,
British the ports of discharge on the Spanish Main, with :
liberty of calling at any of the settlements or. I ente
stand ring
trial before the 'H received an indictment ro,
High Court of Justiciary, fee
islands, in the course of her voyage to the Spanish that crithe, oil the 19th instant. ,
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Main, with the exception of Jamaica and St. Do. 1
Saturday evening, about ten o'clock, a recruit bee'
mango. The vessel, it appeared, WAS lost on the
Jon to the Perthshire Militia, endeavouring
oto
' Anegada Reef, near the Island of St. Thomas ; and onging
the question was, whether that island was in the direct ,climb over the south wall of the Castle, fell over
and sea
the Spanish Man ? manlike course of a vessel bound to the western among the rocks, and was so dreadfully mangled
part
about the head, that he is not expected to live.—He
of
was carried to the Royal Infirmary.
Chief Justice
,Maeselece—di There must be a
rule to shew cause. The Court were perfectly in The herring fishery has been more leeteheliki in
some parts of Argyleshire this season, thae ft hat
possession of the merits of the cause. I recollect the some
been for several years back. Ott the west arm of
feeling by which I was influenced when 1 practised
at the bar ; and had 1 been Counsel for the Plaintiff Mull great numbers have been caught. It ie sup-
posed that, in Lech Scriddan alone, 110,000 barrels
in this cause, I should, after the Court had stated P
its opinion, have agreed that my
client should be non-
have been cured since the middle of September. In-
suited, arid not have trusted to the prejudice of a Jury. deed, the herring fishery has proved astonishingly
I do not mean to insinuate any thing against the Jurypreductive along the whole of the west coast, and
, western isles; insomuch, that a barrel of herrings might
who pronounced the verdict in this case—they, like
other men, have their prejudices. These things are on many occasions, and particular:y on Saturdays,
talked over at Lloyd's before they come into Couit,
have been bought for a shilling, owing to the diifi-
cuy o '
and opinions are there given as to the meaning and
laid ietf guttino
salt.g the quantity caught in time for being
intent of disputed policies, which, of course, must
have some effect. I: was supposed by the Plaintiffs 1 Some weeks ago, William Farquhar, fisher from
that there was a prejudice among the Jury, and Port-Gordon, was accidentally killed be falling over
therefore, the question was suffered to go to them.— a rock, while engaged in the herring fishing at Wiek.
It had been attempted to be proved, that proceeding Wednesday last, a man from England, named
by the Virgin Islands was the way to Trinidad ; but Blinkinsop, was committed to Paisley jail, charged
this was qualified by Plaintiff's witnesses stating, it with stealing goods from a bleachfield at Pollob.
was the way according to the clause contained in the shams.. A number of pieces of the stolen goods 'were
Policy ; arid when I hrst read the Policy, I supposed found in his house.
that it gave a latitude, which on a subsequent exami- A dreadful fire took place at Contin, on the mem:,
nation,l found it did net possess.—lf the same con- ning of Saturday ' the
duet is to be puisued by the Plaintiff's Counsel, and barns full of
that a little prejudice exists among the Jury* the De- various implements
fendant will gain nothing, ultimately, by this applica- some other small
tion.,—However, take the rule"..2_ L corn in the barn,
Mr. Serjeant SHEPHERD/ 'Attire Counsel for the The fire was.
Plaintiff on the fortner trial, stated, that, if he had a neighbouritig
supposed the'Opinion of the Court had been'so deli- consumed is estimated
dly egegoor Min on that %Wail" he certainly would of it belonged
cwt have pressed the business. farther, . , tin ; and no •

mg that year ? He refused to ait nreri on whla the same
Gnatletmin declare* that the didnidant, or the other
candidates, earild, not-be electedl: without declaring
,whether they had or had not teceived, the Sacra.
Mont preiious to the election ? He also stated; that
he had in hit ptissession ,a case which was confirmed
in the, Court pf King's Bench, to that effect ; the

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urday last the 26th ult. by which MO
corn, a stable contalnitg cart ggrraai~th, and
lements of husbandry, and a-byre, with
;mall houses, together with 17 stacks of
)arn.yard, have been bowl° tint rood
occasioned, it is thought, by *lark tram
frig chimney. The value if the propiver
estimated at ii'7oo at least. Os who&
tcl to William tviackentiso wow O.'
part of it was insured,'