Star.
London, England, 1821-12-13 00:00:00

dente both of Mr. Pittld and Mr. Sewell, to have het
recent, and the Jury must remetnber that defeadaer
refused to sell the horse before de went the journcr.
Lord Chief Justice DALLAS then charged the Jur;
and after observing that the question was entirely fOr
their consideration, he said, that if a person wa,
ranted a horse, having at the time a latent of
which nobody knew anything, it was, no ithstand.
ins, a breach of the contract, and the party ~rould
be liable on his warranty. In this case he considered
there had been no fraud in the conduct of either of
the parties. From what did the lameness of rheh„rse
originate? There was not the slightest ground of
presumption, on which to charge Mr. Cooke with
improper conduct in riding the horse, and the .1,8,
would therefore decide whether either the seeds 4
the disease, or the actual unsoundness of the hong
had existed at the time of the sale.
The Jury consulted together for about ten ntinuteti
when the Foreman turned round, an on being asked
by the Officer of the Court, whether the
.4111 had
agr2ed in their verdict? he replied, " We find for the
plaintiff;" but, on being checked by some of his
brother Jurors, he said, " Oh, no, I beg your pardon,
it is a mistake." The Jury then considered few
minutes longer, when the Foreman again addressed
the Associate, and said, they must retire, as a pear
difference of opinion existed among them. An officer
was of the Jury;
and
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this
the
LORD CIIIEF JUSTICE left the Court, and in rather
more than half an hour afterwards the Jury elm ued.
The usual question was again put, and the Foirman
then replied, " We find a verdict for the plaiutd...
Damages £50."
The Court broke up at half, past five o'clock.

Bow-sraeer.—Yesterday, Captain Johnsen, the Gelled*
mentioned in our Old Bailey Report, claimed the protections(
the Magistrate having been surrounded and insulted oa
the Sessions Ifouse, and even charged with horse-stealing.
solicitor immediately stepped forward to prefer that eli-re,se4
said that the Captain had hired a horse for the day cf a pawl
named South, which he took to Southampton, and sold to 4 kr.
Bath. Ile, therefore, begged the Captain might be detaiutd_
The Captain, in reply, said be had hired the animal for an LA,
finite period, and that he wrote twice fruit Santliamptoa to Ne.
South, and twice on coming to town, s Bering to buy tine
but received na answer ; that he had returned the eltual, sod
it was now In South's possession, and this charge was made he.
cause he would not give the extravagant price that had been tie.
mended for the animal. The solicitor admitted that mould/
letters had been received, and the Magistrate dismissed the
charge, observing, that whatever might be the merits of [heels?,
here was no horse-stealing.
Curious C*se.—Margaret hillier, the wife of a stune-nusa
out of employ, applied to the 31.,sittrate under the follawieg
circumstances t—Some time ago her husband had 420 its
queathed to him by a relation " far down its the west country!'
She had the care of this motley, and fur saf tly carried it abort
with her in her pocket. Upon some family occasion she ads
female friend agreed to take " a drop of sitnetiiiNg Mot. ' They
accordingly repaired to the Cock and Bottle public-house,uters
they took a glass or two of cloves, which Margaret paid for; NI
returning her huswife, containing the £2O, to her pocket, as de
thought, she somehow slipped it on one side, and it was kit.
She immediately gave information at the Rink, aad by the
ertions of Mr. hawker (one of the clerks) the notes were, with
great difficulty, traced to an old man residing in the neighbour-
hood of the Cock and Bottle. This was some months etude
loss, and it was found that the old man hair marr..d a ycerg
wife, in consequence of his having found it, and h:d arpiisde
in furnishing their apartments. This was explained to los war,
and she, whh admirable honesty, having first rqtac..d he
venerable spouse with his duplicity, instantly gay. up .C. 3 nhlek
she had saved in service, placed a small ceamit of die
possessed in the hands of Mr. Hawker, as a security for ;be Sr.
minder, and bidding her husband conduct hinoelf more ho-
nestly in future, left her house, and has never since bee heed
of, though it is new twelve months ago. The pros, r t
dos, therefore, was to regtest his Worship wou:u ow de
plate to be sold in satisfaction of the remaining 31s.
snext, however, to whom all the circumstances wee ad
known, declined making such order at present. Ike va
something so nobly disinterested in the conduct of the-yere
wife, that he could nut make up his mind to deprive heraldic*.
trifling articles of plate, upon which she might probably :eta
value far beyond their ;eat worth. He then gave poor Nap
rat a few shillings, and directed that Mr. Hawker should teal
the plate tin further notice.

MARRIED.
Dec. 10, at Lampert, Northamptonshire, lAeutenant.Celevi
Puke, of the Grenadier Guards, to Eliza, the only &tights d
the Rev. Vere Isbam.