Star.
London, England, 1827-10-10 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

PROM THE GAZETTE DE PRANCE, DATED OCT* 8.
PARIS, OC'T. 7.

Letters from Barcelona, of the 29th of September'
announce, that the King of Spain arrived at Tarragona
on the 28th. The whole population went to meet him
and displayed the greatest enthusiasm. The country
people passed the whole night in the fields in order to
'see him. The roads were covered with Royalist volun-
tpers, who were drawn up on each side' where his Ma.
je.ty pasted.

A letter from Vienna informs ns, that the Infant Don
Miguel will go to Portugal through Fiance and Eng-
land, and that be is to stop some time at London.
His Grace the Doke of FortlAncl, President of the
Council of his Britannic Majesty, has just arrived at
Rif itto

The Journal de Frankfort is mistaken in announcing
the death of the Grand Quke of Baden. His Royal
Highness is in good health.
We have received a letter from Constantinople, dated
September 16 (by the Russian post, and by way of Bu-
charest). It contains the following
- sentences :
" No esieatial change has taken place since the 81st
of August. The egociations and conferences of the
SuroF can Ministers still continue; the families of the
' three Amls.tssadors have not yet sailed.
" The Russian subjects, having inquired of their Le-
gation If ;hat was reason to fear a speedy rupture, ye-
priced an evasive answer, with the advice to act with
priglence in the management of their affairs."
General Count Fernir, brother-in-law of General
Count Goilleminot, his Majesty's Ambassador to the
Ouoman Porte, arrived yesterday, express from Con-
stantinople.
The ancient castle of Rosenberg, in the Rhinthal,
which was still an ornament to that delightful country,
fell down, for the most part, on the 2Sil September.—
The wineywds below have suffered considerably. We
expect further particulars.
Accounts from Berlin, of the 29th September, say—
" Lieutenant Wimmer, in the Russian service, lin
pissed threbgh this city wiih dispatches from London
for St. Petersburgb. M. Theremin, our Consul at Rio
de Janeiro, has also arrived here with the ratification of,
a Treaty of Commerce between Brazil and Prussia,'!
giving to the latter the commercial advantages before
i obtained by Prance and Edgland."

IRAN THE IatiOTIDIZEHL,

The events of Catalonia are covered with a veil which
we cats scarcely withdraw. The want of commtMica;
tiont the character ef the insurrectionary movement,
All the circumstances which accompany it, give room

Ma Bossy opened do pleadings.
Mr. B:rgeant WILDE stated. that the action war-
brought for a breach of contract. The plaintiff. Mor-
rison, was the father of a lad who had the Misfortune
to have been born deaf and dumb. and who for several
years had pursued a system of education in the asylum
established for the reception of those persons who were
afflicted in a similar meaner to the plaiutiff's son: of
this excellent institution the other plaintiff, Mr.Nottage,
was a member. After having remained for some time
in, the asylum, and having attained a proper age, it was
deemed advisable that young Morrison should be- ap;
prenticed to some trade; and for that purpose the de-
'fendant, who is a cooper, was applied to, and agreed to
take the lad at a premium of 101. "'This stun was pai4
from the funds of the asylum in August 1822, wino the
youth entered the service of the chfendant, and con-
tinued until the February following, when the defendass
from some reason of his own, refused longer to receive
the boys and accordingly sent him home to his father
tto whom such a step was exceedingly injurious, inas-
much as he was under the necessity of maintaining hii
son for a considerable time at his own expense, and
would most probably have been obliged to do so to the
present day, had Doi a shoemaker kindly undertaken to
,instruct the lad in his line of business. The delendan
ou being asked why he had dismissed the lad allege
that he had misconducted himself, and on that grou
refused again to take him into his family. He was then
brged to return the money which he had received for'
the boy's instruction, but refused. The object of the,
present action was to rtcover some compensation for the,
injury afid expense incurred by the fall:et from the re-
fusal of the defendant to perform his contract of in-
structing his son in the trade which he carried on. It
should have been stated that the defending pleaded thiitl
he had performed his covenant.
James Davey Morrison, the lad in question, was they
called, and through the medium of ppe of the instrut
tors from the Deaf and Dumb Asylum. communicatel
his evidence to the Conn. He deposed that he was dis-
missed from the employ of the defendant, on the ground
that be had kept irregular hears, and that ba bad
flourished an adze behind the back of his master. The
facility and rapidity with which this e!idence was givep
was really astonishing, and furnished an irresistible
proof of the excellency of the institution in which the
unfortunate lad had beep educated. _ _ ,

Mr. Sergeant ANDRIWS, for the defendant, was about
to enter into a detail of misconduct on the part of the
boy, which be contended would justify the step that the
defendant had taken, but he was prevented by
The LORD CHlRRJusucg, who wars of opinion dud
if such had been the case, it should have been placed,
on the record. His Lordship was of opinion that the
Learned Counsel could now only speak in mitigation of
dathages.
Mr. Sergeant Assnatwa then proceeded as his Lord.
ship had directed, speaking only in mitigation, urging
the improbability of the defendant's dismissing the lad
at the very time when be was getting useful to him,
unless some fault of no ordinary complexion had, been'
committed. Taking the whole of the facts into can•
sideration, he thought the Jury could only be disposed
to give very trifling damages.
The Loan Cam Jusuca having smuts(' up, the
Jury returned a verdict forthe plsintiff—Damages, 261.
mcnnanson v. 81* OODPRAT
Mr. F. Kau./ opened the pleadings. The action was
for goods sold and.delivered.
Mr. Sergeant Houm a. stated, that the plaintiff was
a mercer and haberdasher, carrying on business at

Sergeant TADDT addressed the jury for the de-
rfor,dans; His Learned Friend appeared tp have gone
.over this case in a hand canter. He had proved neither
quantity nor quility, nor could he. (11ir. Sergeant
'faddy) collect from any part of the evidente that Sir
Godfrey had ordered any part of the goods for which
the present demand was made. His Learned Friend
was perfectly correct when he supposed that the defence
wouLl be grounded on the treating Act. That statute
expressly enacted that no period shotild be entitled to
recover for having 'supplied ant voter at an 'electire
with money, meat, drink, or proviiion, or for makidg
any present, gift, reward, or entertainment. Now, the
Learned Sergeant contended that these ribands %co
presents or gifts within the meaning of the Statures and
that therefore 'the plaintiff could not recover, lie being a
'voter and of course aWare" for what purpose if.iy
were supplied.

The LORD CUM) JOSTICR said, that under this sta.
trite, the plaintiff certainly could not recover if the rib-
ands had been given to voters only ; but it had been
'proved that the greater Ott had been given to White-
boys and ladies, who were not'foters.
Mr. Sergeant TADDy said, it was not shown that the
ladies and I,Vhitebois had been supplied by SirGddfrel's
desire. It was Ore committee who had takers 'upon
themselves to order these ribands, and they wets the
persons who were liable to pay for them.
The LORD Critic Juartoa said, he had no debt that
sock se were given to the voters could not be recovered.
•Mr. Setjeant Tnurry contended, that if one part had
been supplied for an illegal purpose; the plaintiff could
not recover for any. '

The Loan Cnizr JUSTICE., in summing op, said, tlut
reasonable evidence had been given to prove the sup-
ply of ribands sa the amount of 211. ss. and, conse-
quently, the defendant was bound to pay, if they weye
ordered by his dethority, unless there were any law
Which, under peculiar circumstances, shotild dirett the
contrary. There did cast that 'nest eicellent &tattle,
which had been urged as a defence to this action; and
be should he glad if every person, whether Sir Godfrty
Webster, Mr. I)ascoe, or any body else, who acted In
violation of it, were punished as it directs: if tFe'gnsid
old laws now in"ezistence were fully acted on is they
ought to be, there would no longer be a clamouring
for new ones. The question now for the consideration
of the Jury was, whether the plaintiff, in supplying these
ribands, was aware that he was acting illegally ? If,so,
he could not recover. If, on the contrary, they belie r-
ed that the plaintiff did not know they were to be used
ille ally, he had every right to recover. For his own
par his Lordship could And no evidence to
pe they were for an illegal purpose.
The Jory, erithettt hesitation, returned a
the plaintiff—Thanes, 211. &.