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London, England, 1829-09-08 00:00:00

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The Livingston, from Sierra Lcune for Liverpool, ran on sh.ire
near Faro, but was a.si.ted off in a leaky 'Lite ; part of the catgl
landed. with damage.
URAL, Sate. 7.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived the Sprightly, New-
ton, from Lisbon.
POIITSMOUTH, Sam 7.—Wind W. to 5.5 K—Arrived the
Henry Parker transport, Rum Lisbon. Sailed the Ottawa, Wil-
son. for Qoehet.

Fausouvat. Sen. 6.—Wind W.—Put back, the Swallow
packet, for Jamaica, and sailed again. Arrived the Stannirr
packet, from Usbon—sailed 2.14 August.
Baum., San. 6.—Arrived the Charlotte, '
'Morris, from Ja-
maica • Hope. Adams, from Trinidad Navasino, Dards, and
Sophia, Blake. from Quebec.
HOLYRKAN Sim 6—Arrived the Glasgow, front Africa;
Monarch, from St. Lucia; Jamaica, and AnSeld. from Jamaica.
Livaarom., Sgrr. 6.—Arrived the Sophia. PAwards, from He.
merara ; Norfolk, Woods, from New Orleans; lrene, Owen.,
from St. Michael's; and Hope, Clifton, front St. Petersburgh.
Gummi. San. s.—Arrived the Baklutha, George, from De-
merara • Louisa, MlKellar, and Penelope, Speyer, from Trininad ;
and Caledonia, Miller. from Quebec.
Rimier, San. 4.—Arrived the Diana, Real, from Jamaica.
CORK San. 4.—Arrived the George and Mary, Nichols, from
St. Dos:lingo • Grace, Ismay, from Smyrna; and Argo„,Richar.l,.
from Leghorn.

ISSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

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,RN CIRCUIT—Bounor., Sm. S.
WELLINGTON, TIIE VENUS, AND
ROYAL GEORGE.
Y AND OTHERS V. GETIIINO.
opened the pleadings. The declaration
defendants were owners of a small vessel
of Wellington, which vessel had received
injury by the wanton act of the defendant,
• plaintiff now sought compensation in

pleaded four special pleas of justifica-
the general issue.
nt WILDE addressed the Jury. They had
heard from his Learned Friend that this was an action to

recover compensation in damages for injury sustained by
the Duke of Wellington—(a laugh), of which vessel his
clients, very respectable merchants, were the owners and
masters—(a laugh); but the real question in the cause
was, the right of all vessels trading to Newport, Mon-
mouthshire, to use the wharfs on the banks of the river

Usk, for the purpose of loading and unloading their
cargoes on the payment of certain rates. On the sth of
May, the Duke of Wellington, loaded with corn, arrived
at Newport, and fastened herself to the wharf belonging
to the defendant, who shortly afterwards ordered her off,
which order not being immediately complied with, he cut
the cable and sent her adrift. The particulars of this ill-
natured act towards the Duke he would prove by wit-
nesses, but he considered the principal question in the
cause was one for the decision of his Lordship, resting
entirely on the construction of the 15th section of an
Act of Parliament passed in the 42d year of his late Ma-
jesty's reign, entitled, " An Act for improving the navi-
gation of the river Usk." That section authorised the
erection of wharfs on the river, and fixes certain rates
that should be demanded by the owners of them, for the
loading and unloading of vessels. It also directed that
rings and chains should be fixed to the walls for the ac-
commodation of shipping frequenting that part of New-
port. Now, as be (the Learned Counsel) before said, the
real question (and a very important one it was to the
shipping interest), was, whether this accommodation
could be demanded as a right, or was it necessary to
have the consent of the owners of the wharfs ? He would
prove the defendant's conduct most ill-natured, and
trusted he should have the opinion of the Court on the
construction of the Act in favour of his client ; he should
rely confidently on their verdict.
Thomas Williams examined—Witness was mate to the
Duke of Wellington. On the sth of May they arrived
at Newport, about six o'clock in the evening. The Venus
WaS unloading at the defendant's wharf, and the Duke
dropped silently alongside of her—(A laugh). The
Royal George was not far off—(A laugh). After the
Venus had discharged her load, the Duke got into her
birth, and was fastened to one of the rings in the wall of
the defendant's wharf. The defendant shortly after told
the Captain of the Duke that he must be off, as the
Royal George wanted to come in. The Captain refused,
and said he had as good an authority and as much right
to be there as the Royal George had. The defendant
said, " Oh, oh ! have you ; we will try what effect cut-
ting the rope will do." The Captain replied, " This is
the first time, Mr. Gething, I ever was at Newport, and
from the reception I have met with, I hope it will be a
long time before I come again." The defendant then
said, " You had better at once take yourself off now."
The Captain then gave orders to let out more rope, so
that the vessel dropped down to the next wharf, and al-
though fastened to one of the rings of the defendant's
wharf, no part of her lay before it except the bowsprit.
This, however, did not satisfy him, and after some further
angry conversation, he cut the ship's cable, and sent her
adrift. The tide running high at the time she was con-
siderably damaged.
Mr. Sergeant WILDE—I believe the Duke of Wel-
lington, after her cable was cut, run foul of some other
vessel ?

Witness—Yes, Sir, of the Venue—(Laughter).

Mr. Sergeant WILDE—WeII, what happened then?
Witness—The tide was running very high, and at that
moment the Royal George came up and struck the Duke
of Wellington with such violence asealmost turned him
round—(Great laughter).
Mr. Sergeant Wunz—Your vessel the Duke of Wel-
lington was considerably damaged?
Witness—Yes, Sir.

William Hall, a pilot, corroborated the above evidence,
and added that, when the defendant cut the ship's cab's,
they had unloaded all the cargo except five sacks of corn,
which would not have taken them many minutes longer,
but he would not wait.

A reference was here proposed, and after some .00nsul-
tation between Counsel, it was agreed to refer the deci-
sion of the case to the Water-bailiff and Custom-house
officer of Newport.
The case excited considerable interest.
STEPHENS V. NIBLETT AND LANE.

This was an action to recover 331. the price of a horse.
The defence was that the horse was purchased by Lane
on his own account, and that Niblett was not liable.

Evidence was produced to prove that Niblett and Lane
were joint proprietors in the Bath Mail, but they had no
connection in the coach for which the horse was purchased.
Lord Chief Justice TINDAL held that all coach-pro-
prietors, whatever might be the terms of the partnership
between themselves, were jointly liable for all debts con-
tracted in any manner connected with such partnership.
Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 331.
This case was the last cause for trial. The Lord Chief
Justice left Bristol on Sunday morning for London.
CHESTER, Sin. 5.
Before Mr. Justice ham.

John Fleetwo;l6gi, was indicted for the man-
slaughter of Richard Done, at Runcorn, on the 2d of
May last ; and Samuel Eaton (13), with aiding and
'abetting in the same. The extreme youth of the pri-
soners excited a strong feeling of compassion in Court.
This was a most singular case, and the facts, as far as
they transpired in evidence, were briefly as follow :
James Mayor, the Captain of a flat, plying on the
Duke of Bridgewater's canal; left the boy Done, who
was what is called " the band," in the flat, then lying
at Astmore-bridge, on the day named in the indictment.
The Captain did not intend to sleep on board that night,
and the boy Done invited both the prisoners to sleep with
him on board the flat for company, to which their pa-
rents consented ; when the Captain returned on board,
about three o'clock in the afternoon the next day, he
found the cabin door open, the boy Done on the bed,
quite dead, but still warm, and froth and blood issuing
from the mouth.
Mr. Samuel Myles, the surgeon who examined the
body, said that he found the ears much swollen ; they
bore marks of considerable violence as if from pressure,
and there was a great fulness in the blood vessels in the
hinder part of the neck. There were also marks of ten-
s/datable violence on the chest, the ilavity of the abdo-
men, and the anterior part of -thethighs, as if prodneed
by severe pressure. On the sth of May the body was
opened. eessels of the brain and pia-mater were

'much distended. The sinuewas also filled with blood ;
there was about a gill- of blood• in- each amity of the
thorax. The bronchea and-the windpipe wete-filled with
arterial blood. %e internal jugular vein was ruptured.
The small intestines bore marks of groat violence from
external pressure, and the stomach and liver were forced
up against the diaphragm. In- the opinion of witness
these•injuries were the cause of death; they could not
have been inflicted in innocent play ; and neither of the
prisoners was, of himself, sufficiently strong to have in-
flicted them.

Mr. George Whitley, a surgeon at Halton, who as-
sisted in the examination of the. body, corroborated the
last witness, but was of opinion that one of the pri-
soners► was sufficiently strong to have inflicted this
violence.

William Harding, a constable, who apprehended the
prisoner Eaton, said that he admitted to witness that he
and the prisoner Fleetwood had slept with the deceased
on board the flat ; hut said that they had left him asleep
in the morning, after having ineffectually tried to awaken
him, by shaking him for half an hour.
The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
Joseph Worthington, aged 24, an. ill-looking fellow,
was indicted for horse-stealing. The prisoner, who ap-
peared to have " method in his madness," affected in-
sanity, and played numerous pranks at the bar, in order
to induce a belief of his fatuity.• Among other expedi-
ents to which he resorted were, whistling a few bars of
a Go to the and shake yourself," turning his back
upon the bench, and throwing up orange-peel and
ae sheep's eyes" at the ladies in the Grand Jury box. He
also refuted to plead, but tinder the late alteration in the
law on this point, his silence was taken as a plea of Not
Guilty.
The Jury, however (after first finding that the prisoner
was of sound mind), returned a verdict of Guilty. Death
recorded.

The prisoner heard his sentence with perfect unconcern,
and walked away whistling from the bar.

NORTHERN ClRCUlT—L*icastut. Sin. S.
&tote Mr. Justice BATLET.

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