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London, England, 1804-09-25 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

SHERIFFS COURT, SEPTEMBER
Wain Fur v. Jacoas.—The Plaintiff, the Mate of
an Esti Country fhip, .brought his attion to recover
601. which he had placed in the bands of the Defen-
dant for fecurity. Jacobs is a Jew faleftnan. Having
accolPd the Plaintiff en his return from a voyage
to Riga, he perfuaded him to go to his houfe in Eaft- ,
cheap, where he promifed to fupply him with necef-
(arks at a moderate rate, and to protci him from
being inspreffed. The Plaintiff, under the faith of fuck
promife, agreed to go, and incautioufily gave the
Defend Ant 601. nearly the whole of his wages, to take
care of. The latter, as loon as he had got poffeffios
of the money, prevailed upon the plaintiff to por-
chafe a watch for K. which was not worth 31. to boy
ufelcfs and expenfive cloathing. and a complete fit
of wearing apparel for a girl of the town, the whole
of which articles were enumerated in a bill, amount--
ing to no lefs than 301. Coulcious of being impofed
on, the Plaintiff refufed to pay; he had only been in
the Defendant's houfe a fortnight, and his bill aad
expences could not have fairly amounted to fuch a
turn ; he therefore itditted on not payiug more than
half the charge, which the Defendant wt uld not ac-
cede to. On examination of the Defendant's bill, the
items were exorbitantly charged; the Jury reduced
it to 131. and gave a verdi& for the Plaintiff—Da,
mages 371.

SILPTE:49II 24.
An Extent having been liked from the Exchequer
:o the amount of 13,0001. againti the effefts of Metfrs.
Cartel and Bowel, the Banker., in Lombard-ftred.
who lately flapped payment, an inquifition was taken
this day before the Shet iff„ on the property, introfted
to the AtEgners. Ftom a fquare tin cafe brought
into Court, Bank of England notes were produced to
the amount of to,8581.; in acceptanbes not due,
2,678, and 5151. in gold and Slyer, the whole making
a fum of 15,1541. Mr. ',ITCH ci at" Solicitor for the
Cams. atter tome objeaions, contented that the
Sheriff Ihould make his return in favour of the de-
fendants, and the property was conveyed to the
Bank.

A few days fince, a brutal farmer, at Sheihrds
near Lambourn, Berk., fet a large mallitf at a poor
ineffenfive woman:for having gleaned a handful of
barley nut of one of his fields, after the corn had
been carted off. The animal tore one of the poor
creature's arms alma from her body, and the is now
languilhing in a very dangerous Hate. The man has
fence sbfconded.
The feaman who was lately coneiaed at Plymouth •
of mutinous conduB, and lentenced to receive Soo
Lithes, and to be impritoned in the MarfhaYea, has
made his efcape from the fhip in which he was con-
fined. He has received, at different times, for va-
rious crime. ntarly 1500 lathes within two years.
An inquierticn was taken on Thurfday fe'nnight '-
at the Bull its Peterborough, before J. Sroorma,
Gent. Coroner for the libeity, on the body of 8. "
Main, an Enfign in the Peterborough Volunteer lnfan
try, who, the preceding evening, wasfound dead about
a mile from Pete" borough. OR the 'l'horney Road.
On inveftigation, it appeared he had fallen from his
bode, and received a violent contution on the brain,
which canted his immediate death. Verdia—Acci-
dental death. Oa Satird.4 evening, Mr. Main's
funeral was attended by the Volunteers, by whom
every refpea was paid to the memory of a man whoft
death will Icing be feverely felt by his family, and all
who truly knew ham
REMOIIIII or CoNscrsirck—.lktonday laft a WORM
appeared before a Magidrate, of the Hundred of ,
Longtree, in Gloucetler:hir e, and congaed that eight
years ago fire had murdered her Wind Infant, by
cutting its throat, and throwhrg it into a brook, and
declared that filch was the intolerable mifery of her
mind till fhe had divulged the dreadful feeret, due
the was inevitably compelled to conrip herfelf over
to the law, to anfvrer for the horrid creed which ear
bittered every moment of her. exifience. She wait
committed to p 1 ifon, and remanded for another hear•
inn, till eroviiry lhould be made into the event.
An unfottunate cireirmilance took place on Satur.
day fe'nnight, at Mts. Femon's farm, Sheffield Ma-
nor :—A waggon loaded with corn, with nearly so
women and children ou the top, was driven through
the lower farm yard, in the occupation of Ma HZ,
when there, the women on the top infifled upon the
dtiver turnip A the waggon t mind, that they might
thout the HArreit 1-1 •rue, to the upper farm of frits.
F‘nton t—the man had nearly fucceeded in turning
the waggon, when the p iticovr4 overbalanced the
load, and, with the wagon, acre immediately and
all tovether p.ecipitatcci to the ground. We are lorry
to add, that two perfons, a mother and her daughters
• I.A each of them a thigh :vokro, and were other.
• wife bruited ; a little boy hid his leg broken, and a
yuung woman her neck JAI. rated, bon.. a perfon pre-
: fent immediately replaced I-, and the torn recover-
ed. Several orh,r pelf -s were 11:y.h...1v
The pi ircipal 111:1.rers %set: icmoved to the sheffield
General Ii t.rmar

hat hc:n difenvc,:ed at Afishy
Pi cton,m, in I.incolnthire. It was round by a la-
bourer cutting .t Ti,e top c f the ibine che@
lay thiee tect-bel w the furtace of the ground, the
lid if nitt.d neatly to the fides, hanging a little over
the C•!?.4.., In Om; when it was removed no dirt of
.4n•: kind had g.iined :admittance, during a period of
ne.iily two thoitfaild years. The elicit is of frce-
ft me, of the kind found in abundance on I.'l coin
Heath. The urn is made of tiring p 14G, w,ai /na-
-1 n,L,clnted, hilt of a greenith hue. The glats was
pCI Ica in all icfpels, 41,1 the turfscc WAS at ratUrAll
as it It had 1)-C11 jll't CUtlC.;:ea fire. This
receptacle nt the a.1..s was neatly fited with frnall
pieces of Lon-, mail oi lions the cti.:.ft. rf ig-
ni,ion, be ne white tiatingli et...l,llance of l'Of bone.
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E.YIRAORDINART CHARACTERS.

JO3Erlf CAPPER, ESQ.,

On ThtirGlay fennir,ht, at half pan twelve o'clock,
died Joskvu Carr es, lA. many ycirs an inmate at
the Horns, Kennington.
Mrs Gentleman Was. perhaps, the 'mall eccentric
charaaer fince the celebrated ELwes. He was
born in Chethite, of humble parenti ; his family be-
ing numerous, he came to London :it ail early age
(as he tiled to fay) to thilt for himfelLand washonnd
apprentice to a grocer. Mr. Carves faun manifelled
grtat quicknels and indullry, and moVed a moll va-
luable herr ant to his mallet'. It was one of the chief
boafms of his life, that he had gained the confidence or
his employer, and never betrayed it.
Being of an entermiling fpirit, Mr. CAPPER COnt•
menced hufinefs as loon abbe: was nut of his appren-
ticefhip, in the neighbourhood of Rofcmary-lane.—
His old mailer was his only friend, and recommend.
ed him fit lit °nal)? to the dealers in his Fine, that cre-
dit to a vet y large amount WAS given to him. In pro-
portion as he became fucceGful, he embarked in va
rides fpeCulations, hot in none was to fortunate as in
the funds. He at length amaifed a fun tufficient to
enable him to decline all trainers whatever.
Mr. Ca rri a having now 101 l his old mailer, was
refolved to lead a fedentarY life. Thie belt fuited his
difyinfition ; for although he poffeffed many amiable
qualities, ) et he was the moll tyrannical and over
beating man living, and never teemed fo happy as
when placed by the tide of a churlifls companioe. For
feveral days he walked about the vicinity of London,
fearching for lodgings, without being able to pleafe
hinifelf. Being one Jay much fatigued, he called
at the Hunts. at Kennington, took a chop and (pent
the day, and anted fur a bed in his ulna! blunt man-
nef, when he wars ant wered in the fame L41110;111 flyle
by the landlord, that be &nth! not have one. Mr.
Cameo was mil-dyed to flop, if he could, all his life,
ttlplague the graudirc felleav, and refuted to retire.—
.After Tome altercat nisi, however, he was accomodat-
ed With •a bed, and never flept out of it for twenty
five years. Daring that time he made no agreement
for lodging or eating, but walled to be contidered a
callbrnir only for the Jay. For many years he talked
ablaut quining this telidence the next day. His
manner of living was fa methodical, that he would
nits drink his tea aat of any other than a favourite
clip. He was equally particular with refped to
his knives and fork., plates, Sec. In winter and
trimmer he rote at the fame hour, and when the
mornings were daik, lie was fo accullomed to the
that he walked about the apartments with-
out the afghan= of any light. At breakfan he
arranged. in a peculiar way, the parapharnalia of
the tea-table, but firft of all he would read the
news papers. At dinner he also Armed a gene-
ral rule, and invariably drank his pint of wine.—
His flipper was uniformly a gill of rum, with fu-
ginf, 'kitten-peel, and porter, mixed totether ; the
latter he laved from the pint i e had at dinner.
Freim this mcsnomical plan he never deviated. His
biR for a fni-night amounted regularly to 41. tBs.
He called himfelf the Champion of Government ;
and his greaten glary Was certainly his Country and
King. -lie joined in all fuhfcriptions which tended
its the aid of Government. He was exceedingly cho-
leric, and n railed his anger fo Icon as declaim-
ing againil the Bruins Conaitution. In the parlour
he kept 11:s favourite chair, and there he would often
emus hlintl.ll with fatirifing the cullomers or the
landlord, if he could make his j -kes tell better. It
was his m tsim never to join imeneral convellation,
lint to interrupt it whenever he could fay any thing
illnatured. Mr. C 's conduct to his telAtions
tills CECCentgly capricious; he never would fee any
ref them. As they were chiefly in indigent circum-
fiances, he had frequent applicatisns from them to
burrow muney. Are they indutitious ?" he would
encmire ; when being anlwet ed in the afliimative, he
*amid add, ‘. tell them I have been deceived already,
' and never will advance a lixpenee by way of loan,
bet I will give them the him they want : and if ever
I hear they make known the circumliance, I will cut
them off with a thilling."
Soon after Mr. Towasaxo became landlord of the
Horns, he had an opportunity of making a few good
ready money pnrchsles, and applied to the old man
for a temporal y loan with, laid he, to terve
you.'L'owsscan; Gem an indult, ions fellow ; but
how is it In he Mr. TOWNSEND ? 1 have (worn
never to lend, I nook thud-, rc give it thee ;" which
he accordingly did the following day. Mr.TowasYND
proved pr Foul fur this mate pl libcralitl,and never
(-eared to admiiiillcr to him every comfort the bottle
wont,' sat o ; and what was, perhaps, more gratify-
ing to the raid rain', he indulged him in his eccentri-
cities.
Mr. CAPPER was elated fleward of the parlour
fire, and if any petfonn Were daring enough to put a
poker in it a ill.tnt his pcimitTion, they flood a fair
chance of feeling the weight of his cane. In rum-
mer time, A favourite diver ion of his n as killing flies
in the parl-ur v HI his care: but as he was fenfible
of the illiopittion this would pi odus a a itiatg the bye•
Randers, Le would "ilia great ii,gettni:y introduce a
Rory about the rate al ty of all Frelichro:n,“ who n."
flys he, " I base and detel, and would knock down
jail the facie .ts thefe flies." This was the lignal for
attack, and preiently the killed and wounded were
llattereil Actin iit :all quattats of the room.
'lids !fitly eccentric a'iaraner lived to the age of
77, in et,ellent licaliii„lnd it was not until Tociday
it'iatit,:,,ltt that a vitible alter.e.iiin was pet ccivcd in
Haring ?if fn at an racier pat iod than natal. he
was obi-vs-7d to walk .unlit the luitife, exceedrtzly
at;itaied add convolied. Mr. Towss kit peeled Lint
to flora medical to ha it.:ll tor, 4% lt,lh Mt.
CAr; I s then, and .:t at tint,, had A great avcriiori
en. lie afked for a ;tan :tad ink, evinced great ails-
iety to write, hitt coitial not. Mr. Tosco's t No, ap-
prehemiiia: his diifirlittion r.ivll, endeavoured, but to
vain, t t yet pet to land for Mr. CAPt I A'S
rclati ins, and tried to obta'n them: addrefs far that
poirrife. He relufed, filing that he thould be
h. tier. Ott the lecoidi day, facing no holier
e c.,v, et- y, Mr. Titassst VD called in four re'p.A-
:.tde O-t.tlemen or the neighlruto hood, and had
Teals pill upon all Mr. Caress': p,ElpenEy. One
rf the tiny. (441dt:flier' re, olireld the addrels of Mr.
(APPS R••• ricriicw ,or the name of 1) is, who
isdrheifi or!, fat., 1.4. They raided ia the
ncighl,o stho-i! el Koftanary lane.
As in, A. the old Geri :letinAn'sdiffolution had ta-

ken plate, his detkt, trunks, intl boxes Were opened
by Mellis. T TOS i and their Lawyer, when they
)and tool. in hank ante., a few guineas, a great
many Government fecurirics, aril a Will ; • which the
parties prelet.t 4,ruceeded to read. lr was cutionfly
worded, and made on the back of a flieet of bankers'
cheek,. Itipas dated five years hack, and the bulk
of his property, which was then upwards of 30,c001.
he left equally among his poor relations. The two
nephews were nominated executors, and were be.
queathed between them 130ocl. in the 3 per cents.—
What has become of all the property which has been
accurrittlat:n4 fince the will was male, does not ap-
pear. Trum Mr.Carrvii's declaration in his life-time,
theme was reafon to fupp•fe he had made another will,
as the one found did not appear to be witnetfed.
Mr. Carr La's tcmains were interred on the tyth
inl. in a vanit in Altalgate Church, and next day the
remainder of his papers were examined at Mr.Tows-
saw o's by Mellis. Durroas, his nephews, in pretence'
of ant: Gentlemen who firft put their feats upon
them. Nothing further appeared to mark the eccen-
tricity of this Gentleman's charader.

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