Star.
London, England, 1826-06-21 00:00:00

PARKER V. MORRIS.

This action was brought to recover the pride of a
quantity of shoes, and some articles of furniture supplied
to Mrs. Morrie; the wife of the defendant. It appeared
that she lodged a short time in the plaintiff's house, and
her distresse slaving been made known to him, and also
that she was the wife of the defendant, he was induced
to furnish her with the articles which became the subject
of this action. It, was proved, that whilst Morris was
confined under an arrest in the house of Radcliffe, a
Sheriff's officer, Mrs. Morris came with her child, and
the defendant said it was his wife and child. He added,'
that his father was a man of fortune in Ireland, and
would pay all her debts.
Mr. SCA RLETT for the defendant, contended that the
plaintiff could not recover, on the ground. that. there
was reason to believe Mrs. Morris was not married to
the defendant. His instructions stated that she wasliving
as a servant in the house of the defendant's father at the
time she married the defendant. He also understood
that she was married to a former husband, at the time
Mr. Mortis married her. He had no evidence to show
that she was not the wife of the defendant, but the
plaintiff was not warranted in supplying her with
necessaries. A tradesman might supply a married
woman with necessaries, in a clear case of distress and
desertion; but if that tradesman found the husband
living with another woman, he ought at least to h ore
something to substantiate the fact of the alleged mar-
riage before he gave her credit. When Mrs. Morris
stated that she was the wife of the defendant, it did
not follow that she was bis lawful wife.—Mr.SCAnt. ETT
did not call witnesses.

The Loup CHIEF Jusyrcs, in his address to the Jury,
said, it WAS clear that she was not living with her hus-
band; but if a man deserts his wife, and others supply
her with necessaries, they have a right to recover a
reasonable compensation. If she elopes from him and

commits adulteiy, the husband is no-longer obliged to
support her; but if without a charge of adultery' o►
reasonable cause, a man deserts his wife merely that he
may live with another, any person supplying his wife
with necessaries may recover. The defendant is said to
be the son of a Gentleman of fortune in Ireland, but
there is no proof why he should discard his wife. I
cannot agree with the Learned Counsel for the defend-
ant, when he says the plaintiff cannot; in law, recover.
I think if a married woman is living deserted by her
husband, and she cannot have necessaries and lodging,
there is no law to say a person supplying her with
lodging and necessaries may not recover from the
husband. The statement that she was not his legal wife
is a question that neither you, Gentlemen of the Jury,'
nor I, can decide in this place. _

The Jury found a verdict Cr the plaintiff—damages £l9 131.
HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY, Jima £O.
THZ AVISO.,
Dr. Paturstoas stated the substance of the applica-
tion- contained in the plea which he now prayed thel
Court to admit, to be of the followinehature. In 1824,
the Bum sloop of war. Captain Courtenay, was sta-
tioned on the Cape Coast station, under Commodore
Buller, of H.M.S. Maidstone. The Bann, on one occa-
sion, descried in the offing a suspicious sail, to which
she was directed by the Commodore to give chace.
Being a heavy sailer herself, the Blum was soon come
up with by the Maidstone, and at night the latter out-
sailed her consort, and overtook and captured a Brazi-
-1 Ilan vessel called the Aviso, having 400 African slaves
on board. Proper measures having been taken for the
security of the prize and her slave cargo, the Maidstone
put some of her own crew on board, and dispatched her
to the nearest mixed Commissimi Court, where she was
condemned in the usual form, and the accustomed
bounty, per head, on the slaves, decreed to the officers
and men of the Maidstone. Captain Courtenay now
claimed, to share on the same principle of participation
as in prize cases.
Dr. LUSHINGTON, on behalf of the Commodore and
his sbip's company, objected to this prayer. The analogy
attempted to be set up between cases of this kind and
those of prizes made by King's ships in time of war,
where the presence of another vessel of the same flag as
the captor, at however great a distance, might be sup-
posed to intimidate the enemy, did not apply in the
instance of a slave ship, which could not attempt, for
a moment, anything like resistance to an armed frigate.
Lord Slowas.t. considered this to be a case pamse impressiona,
and deferred his judgment.

Our Manchester Correspondent, in a letter dated on
Monday, states that the silk-dyers are all employed fuU time, and that
a condderable quantitt of cotton had arrived; but the wages of the
weavers had not been advanced. _ _ __ _ _

A meeting of shipowners was yesterday held in the
City, the result of which has been, the appointment of
a Committee, consisting of fifteen practical shipowners,
to oppose the Repo:t fur the classification of shipping,
and the interference in private property ; for this pur-
pose communication will be held with all the outports
in the kingdom.
Oa the day of nomination for Members for the city
of London, Mr. FAREBROTHER and Mr. WINCHESTER
were introduced by Mr. Alderman LUCAS and Mr. Al-
derman Tuompsow to the Loan MAYOR, as the Gentle.
men to be proposed to the Livery for the important office
of Sheriffs of Londpn and Sheriff of Middlesex for the
ensuing year. Saturday next, being Midsummer-day, a
Common Hall will be held for the election.

The Urania, Captain KRITHI arrived from Buenos
Ayres, on Thursday last, at Falmouth, with a party ofi
Cornish miners, who have been obliged to return to
England, in consequence of the natives having refused
to allow them to work the mines.
The Old Bailey Sessions commence to morrow.
Sunday Geo. Buttner, Daniel Fleming, and Samuel
Bell, three sailors, arrived at Newgate in custody of the
Marshal of the Admiralty, having been removed by
writ of Habeas Corpus from Durham. They are charged
with mutiny and revolt on board a merchant vessel at
sea, and will take their trial at the Admiralty Sessions
which will be held on the Ist of July.
Wednesday, at the village of Winchburgh, two young
men having gone, without due precaution being used,
into an e:npty well, which had not for a considerable
time been uncovered, were by the noxious air, almost
instantaneously killed.
The Irish Spiritual Peers in the next Session of Par-
liament will be the Archbishop of CAsuaL, and the
Bishops of CLocHER, KILLALON, and KILNORE.
A pugilistic combat took place on Saturday night
week, in a pasture opposite the church 'at Boston, called
Josh's pasture, in which one of the combatants, named
Richard Goodwin, of Spalding, (nephew to Mr. Good.
win, ship builder, of Boston), received so serious an in.
jury as to cause, his death in a few minutes afterwards.
The name of his antagonist is James Arnall, blacksmith
of Bo.ton, against whom a verdict of Manslaughter
was returned by the Cori:leer's Inquest, and he was on 1
Tuesday committed to Lincoln Castle to take his trial
at the assizes.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

Yesterday, a watchman, named Oetinsfors, was brouglsl before
the Loan M*voa, on a charge of having cattiest the death of an
Irishman, named Kelly. . •
John Ryder, one of the Patrol for. Iloundsditeb, stated. that
between twelve and one o'clock on hiOndaj morning; be hestd *of a
disturbance near Red Lion Court, and went there. He saw the
prisoner bringing along with him a man, who used very bad language,
and made a strong resistance. Witness laid hold of him to bring
him along. He struck at the prisoner, who returned the attempt
by striking the man violently over the shins with a stick. They
succeeded at length in getting the man to the watch-house. Witness
saw no more than attempts to strike the prisoner ; witness held the
man at the time the prisoner beat bins with the stick.
Joseph Taylor, the night constable of that distric, deposed, that
when the man was brought in, there was a ernes charge between
him and the prisoner. The man, who was undoubtedly fratinticited,
charged the prisoner with having assaulted him. The prisoner did
the same with respect to the man. The man's wife eame-and beggad
that her husband might be permitted to go home; for she was sure
he had received some severe internal injury, and was very ill. Wit-
ness looked at the man, who had by this time sunk on the ground,
and saw that he had turned pale. Witness permitted him to be taken
home. On Monday night the man died.
Another officer stated, that the prisoner not only struct at the
deceased when he was held by the first witness, but struck at him
when lie was down.
The account which the prisoner gave of the matter was, that on
Monday night, he was called urna to quell a disturbance which had
taken place in Red Lion-court. When he went there, he found
three irishnien fighting on the ground, the one underneath crying
1 out le murder;' he pulled off the two men wl.o were uppermost,
when all three set upon him, and downed him; be got up, when he
was attacked and struck by the deceased; he threatened to take the
deceased to the watch-house if he struck again; the latter did strike,
and he took him into custody; he had been compelled to make use
of his stick, in consequence of the violence of the deceased.
The Lenin MAYOR said, the evidence at present 'hewed that the
prisoner had behaved with great wantonness, not only in striking
the deceased whe,n he was down, but in beating him whilst he was
secured by another Officer.
An Officer herestated, that a Jury had been summoned before
the Coroner, to inquire into the case.
The Loan MAYOR said, upon this information he should not enter
further into the investigation, but would remand the prisoner until
the verdict of the Coroner's Jury was given.
The prisoner was remanded.
GUILDHALL.

Ms West, a hackney coachman, was charged with attempting to
commit a burglary on the premises of Mr. Moon, a tobacconist, at
the corner of Staples Inn Gate, Holborn, about two o'clock on
Sunday. It appeared that Carnage, a watchman, having observed
the prisoner and a companion try to force open the shop door with
some instrument, crossed the street to be ready to pounce upon
them when they had effected their purpose. The thieves noticed
this movement, and crossed over to the other side,where they were
standing in conversation, when the watchman approached them, and
seized the prisoner; the other fellow making his escape.
The constable of the night searched him slightly, and Anding
nothing to strengthen the watchman's suspicion, was just about to
dismiss him, but Evans, another watchman, who was dozing upon
the floor during the time he was off duty, got up, and renewed the
search, when a large crow bar was discovered between his rigs, and
two skeleton keys in a side pocket'. Upon examining Mr. Moon's
premises, it appeared that the lock had been spoiled in endeavour-
ing to open it with the skeleton keys, and a pan of the jamb had
been chipped away in order to wrench open the door.
The prisoner offered no ezpianation of his possession of .these
articles, and was committed.