Star.
London, England, 1829-12-10 00:00:00

The landlord of the plaintiff stated that he was tailed up to bear
what Arnold said. Arnold promised to marry the girl u soca as
be was out of his time. She wasa modett, virtuous girl, u far as
he observed.
Other witnesses were called, who proved the confinement In the
father's house.
For the defence, +evenl witnesses were called to impeach the
daughter's character, but it appeared that they were connected with
the defe`ndant, either by working for him, or by being related to
persons who were in his employ.
Mr. Justice J. Pau summed up the evidence, and the Jury re-
turned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages Xis.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Due. 9.
Assautv—sumanousz V. LAVATZR.
This was an action for damages for an assault and battery, com-
mitted on the Plaintiff, Lieutenant Moorbouse, an officer in his
Majesty's service, by the Defendant, the first mate of the free-
trader Medina, on her voyage home from St. Helens, on the 2d of

April last.
Mr. Sergeant SPASMS, for the Plaintiff, stated that he had
taken his passage from Bombay to England on board the Medina.
On their arrival at St. Helena they took on toard several pas-
sengers, among whom were two ladies, Mrs. Bennett and Mrs.
Gydion, with a family of ten children. The plaintiff bad been
very intimate with Mr. Gydion, the husband, when at St. He-
lena, and consequently considered he might make himself more
free with Mrs. Gydion on the passage than be perhaps would
have done with a perfect stranger. Mr. Lavater, the defend-
ant, had thought proper to consider that some insult had been
offered to the Ladles by the plaintiff, and a consultation had
been held with the passengers about his conduct. The plaintiff
sent for him to come down into the cabin, when be refused to at-
tend to it, and said he should receive no orders from him, but
from the Captain." A dispute arose, and Mr. Lavater horse-
whipped him, from whom he had two of his teeth knocked out,
and his eye dreadfully mutilated, and it was to recover compensa-
tion for this assault that be brought forward the present` ction.
Captain Minten, a p meager,
remembered the asault mmitted
upon the plaintiff by the defendant un the 94 of April. -
Mr. Shields, the second mate, deposed that he saw both plaintiff
and defendant warning together on the quarter deck, and he was
told by the Captain to separate them, which he did.
Mr. Sergeant Vistas addressed the Jury, and said that Mr. La-
rater, his client, bad perhaps chastised the plaintiff; but it was on
account of his conduct towards himself and the passengers, and he
had acted under irritability, as an altercation had already aris►n,
previous to their snivel at St. Helena, respecting the payment of
the surgeon's expenses, which caused a coolness between the par-
ties, and he hoped they would be lenient in their verdict.
His Lotman, said, that certainly an assault had been committed
on the plaintiff; but it was for the gentlemen of the Jury to take
into their consideration whether it might not have been excited
through same misconduct of the plaintiff whilst on board the vessel.
The Jury consulted for a short time, and returned a verdict of
£lOO damages for the plaintiff.
COURT OF EXCHECUER, Dac. 9.
Sittings in Equity, in Gray's Inn Hall.
ammo* is. MTN AND OTNINS.

A Gentleman behind the Bar moved for an injunction, es
parte, to restrain the Defendant from cutting down any timber
trees upon some land in his possession. A Mrs. E. Smith left
in her will the land in question, which consisted of about nine
acres and a half, to the Defendant, chargeable with legacies to
the amount of £3OO ; £l9O of which was left to the Plaintiff,
the remainder to two of the defendants. Immediately after the
defendant obtained possession of the land, he began to cut down
the trees in a moat wastelul manner. He had not paid the lega-
cies, and the affidavits upon which the injunction was moved for,
stated that unless the defendant was restrained from cutting down
any more of the timber, there would not be sufficient left to pay
the plaintiff's legaci►s.
Lona Cum &ion—Take your injunction.

IN to LOSD DIATOIL or LONDON.
Mr. Vinton? stated that this was the petition of an Infant, for
the investment of tht sum of £4,000 which had been paid by the
Coporation of London for some premises that were required for the
approaches of the New Bridge.
The Loan Cuter Batton granted the prayer of the petition.