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COURT OP kING'S BENCH, MAX
ARNOLD v, ANDREWS, HARDING. AND Pastern&
This was an action brought to recover damagea
for an excessive distress. The plaintiff carried on the
bakiness of a tin.plate-*Orker in King-street, St.
Giles's. and was indebted to his landlord. the defen-
dant Andrews, in the sum of £l9. ltsa 6d. composed'
of one quarter's rent and an arrear upon the preceding
quartet. For this sum Andrew's, assisted by the
other
.two defendants, distrained the goods of the
plaintiff, including the materials upon which hi was
working, the bed upon. which he lay, and . even the
nails and holdfasts in the walls. The object of the
landlord, according to thestatement of the attorney.
*as to compel the plaintiff to live up his lease, which
be had made valuabliby repos done to the Forks.
The witnesses for the plaintiff proved that the
goods taken under the distress were of the fair value
IA £6l, and that they were of such a kind as might
easily have been separated sa as to give the landlord the
amount of his claim without removing the whole of
the plaintiff's property. The house was left a com-
plete ruin, and the defendant, Parsons, had said, that
be would distrain to the utmost, in consequence of
some attempt to replevy.
'Lord ELLENDOROUGH% however, was or opinion,
that in a joint action the,declaration of one of the de-
fendants was net evidence.
Mr: SCA En', for the defendant, complained that
.the plaintiff, by ailing' the three defendants, had de.
prived his client of the important evidence of the per-
sons who made the distress under the orders of An-
drews. He, however, could shew, that the proceed-
ing had been strictly regular under the statute, that
sworn appraisers had been called in, that they had
valued the goods at only 10s. 6d. but that by
extra' rdieary exertion they had been sold by auction
fbr about thirty pounds, leaving a balance atter pay-
ment of expenses, of Al. lOC 6d. which had been paid
to the
lie then called a witness of the name of Hem-
mings, who had appraised -the goods, and had subse-
quently sold them by auction, buying in one lot for
himself, and including in the catalogue goods of his
own. The other sworn appraiser also deposed that,
taken the chance of 'sale, the goods were not worth
more than ift2 L. 10s. 6d.
- The ATTORNEY GENERAL replied ; and the Jury
found a verdict for the plaintiff-=Damages £lOO.
MAY 29 —BRYSON V. COLES.
This was an action of ttover to recover several
casks of cum Senegal, the property of the plaintiff,
-which was alleged to have been improperly received
by the defendant. The cause lasted nearly all day ;
but the principal question was whether Messrs. Coles,
the brokers, had purchased the gum in question from
the plaintiff, or whether they had only acted as
brokers and assumed to have sold it to some other
perion ? It appeared that the plaintiff had imported
the gam in question by the ship Echo, and it was
_warehoused in the London Docks Several brokers
applied about it, and amongst others Mr. Coles. He
sold the gum, and gave the sold note as follows :
Sold, on account of Messrs. Bryson, 75 casks of gum
fienegal. at 765. cwt. without naming any principal to
whOm lie had sold. The plaintiff made an order to
the •Ipck warehoustAceper to transfer the gums into
the name of the C,oles's. When called upon to set.
ile, they gave bills for the amount on a house whose
acceptance they bad borrowed, and guaranteed the
payment themselves. Afterwards, thelouse of Coles
wanting money, Alley landed the gums and other secu-
rities to the defeidant T. Coles ; and shortly after,
proving insolvent, they set 'up that Ow had bought
these gums for themselves, and not for an un named
-principal. The qoestion was, whether it was a sale
to them, so that they might deal with the gums as
their own, or whether they had dealt as mere brokers ?
The Jury found, that it was no sale to the Cola, and
• returned a yerdict for plaintiff—Damages £2780.
COURT OF 0101 MON PLEAS, MAY es.
ASDREWS W. CEO:KETT.
The plaintiff, a widow Lady, sought to recover
£4l, upon a contract made with the defendant, a
Lady of considerable fin tune, in. the county of Essex.
It appeared, that the defendant end her daughters
• arced td' take a house, No. 4, Clarges-street, Piece.
dilly, which belonged to Mrs. Andrews, at the rate
of ten guineas a week for eight weeks. A few days
after she bad been is possession, the defendant com-
plained that the house wa9 dirty, and not fit for the
accommodation of a genteel family. She quitted it
in-consequeoce ; and the question was. whether the
defendant was liable to pay the rent for the whole
term of her contract ? After she left the premises,
the house was let by her consent to Lord G. Caven-
dish, ad the rent received fro that Nobleman, to-
gether n
with one week's rent tendered by the deka-
dant, left a balanpe of XII.
Miss Crickett, the defendint's daughter, proved, on
the part of her mother, that the house was not fit to
live in. The window curtains, beds, and floors, were
described to be so dirty that the Servants, might well
. refuse to occupy the rooms. The defendant's cham-
ber-maid also stated, that the beds were numerously
inhabited by fleas, and that she had "seen no such
.vermin at the elegant mansion occupied by the defen-
dant in Essex.
Mr. Serjeaat B SST, in his cross-examination a the
witness, put the following question
Q. Pray, Madamwdo you happen to know an El-
ves gea front a London flea ?—No;
terjeant VAMELAN, who _was for ,the defendant,
etlies asked the Witnessr.
Did you ever see such fleas in Essex as those you
• Saw in London ?—A. No. They were the latgest I
ever saw.
Serjeant Vitooptatt. ---'Fizert, brother /list, you see
tLe London fleas are too strong for your Essex fleas.
The Court was in a men, mood during the whole
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of this examination.
After an able charge (rout the LeSTISSA Midge,
the Jury found a verdict fcr the plaintiff—Damages
Tony-one Pounds. .
en.EnoGATIVI dna* MAY ft.
*Amur .aammostme Soso -AND OTIIIIIS6
This Was a question respecting two papers pro-
. plaided as.costaining the will and codicil of Mr. 3.
liobson, of Leadeahall-street, deceased. The deco 1.
-ed died on the 9th of December, and 'the two papers
were neither of them 'dated DV sealed.- Sit J. Nichol
said, it was impossible to establish 'them ; for it w4s
Ow, at the s\iiest the deceased *rote *hemp he bog.

shed eitifthedlc Ali% For VIS Slantintini Wristills.• g
both, is Hereby I set my
_band and este, s
therefore prOneenced agitate their irarsdliy, fad
rested die reprises oabodt tides to be pat Out Of
deceased's estate.
won:, Asb °Taints w. boob!'.
'This case came on On the admission of the Ate.
don. It *rose eespectin* the last will of tie. Rel. W.
Goode, late of the It eadephoose, St. AM's, Black.
friars. The deceased died oft the 15th Ol.nt Stock!.
*ell, having gone there on a visit to a Meld, leaving
heldnd him a wife and seven children. The paper
was dated the lit of January, 1816, and purported,
to contain a complete .disposition of is property
amongst his wife and children. It appeased that the
instruedt *as signed by the deceased, and had an
attestation clause, but no witnesses to it. The Court
admigid the allegation to. pro Of.
CONSISTORY COURT, MAY so
AnnorT o. Assoft.
This woo a cause of nullity of marriage, brought
,by A. Abbott against Martha his wife, by reason of
her Minority at the time the marriage wits solemnised,
which took place'en the 19th of Match, 1808, at St.
Martin's in the Fields. It appeared that the party in
the cause was the daughter of Richard and Mary
Smith, of the parish of Hyfield, Susses, and that .she
married with Out the consent of her father, she then
wanting about three months of the age of 21. On
the part of the wife it was contendedby Counsel, that
the evidence was too slight to found s sentence of
dissolution of marriage. Sir J. •Soorr, however.
thought the necessary fasts proved, and pronounced
the marriage null and void.

OLD BAILEY.
Yesterday these Sessions commenced befote the
LORD MAYOR, Mr. Justice BAYLEY. Mr. fustice
Platy, the RECORDER, and several Aldermen. -
W. Goldsmith was indicted for robbing M. Samberg
of £23 on the highway. The prosecutor is a Swede.
Nearly two years ago he was at Stepney.in.the-fields,
having returned from receiving his pay, where be saw
the prisoner at the skittle-ground of the World's End
public-house. The prisoner and another followed
him, and as he passed a bank, one of them knocked
him down, and the prisoner snatched his pocket book,
containing his money, from him, and made off with
k. This was about right o'clock in the evening.
Two or three days after he was robbed, ha was obit.
ged to go again to sea. About six weeks ago, he
saw the prisoner at Shadwell Office, and knew him
instantly to be the man who robbed him. This being
all the evidence in support of the charge, the Jury,
without hesitation, acquitted the prisoner.
G. Nanhervilk was indicted for sobbing W. T.,
ll°lt of a silver watch and gold chain an the high-
way. Mr. Holt lives at Horton. On the 13th inst.
between three and four o'clock in the afternoon, be
Was walking leisurely in Gooch.street, and as he was
turning into the Market Place at Homan, a fellow
ran against him, and put his hand down to witness's
fob,. A voice from a window called out, « Sir, you
have lost your watch." The prisoner ran across the
Market Place, and several persons after him, crying
" Stop thief !" The case of the watch had fallen,
and a man picked it up, and gave it to witness. 'The
prisoner, he was positive, was the man who robbed
him, and was soon after taken. E. Hardy lives in
Holton Market—He was looking oat of his win-
dow, when be saw three young men step Mr. Holt.
Two pushed Shim behind, and one before took his
watch. The prisoner was one of those behind the
prosecutor, and was not the man who took the watch.
They.all ran away, and witness pursued the prisoner
to the King's Arms public-house, where he ran into
the privy, and was taken. Guilty—Death.
T. Carey, M. Shaer, J. Wan, and J. Bill, were in-
dicted for high treason, in coining counterfeit shil-
lings. The tact was proved; but Mr. Justice BAY.
LEY held,. in the summing up, that if the Jury did not
think the coin was sufficiently well executed to im-
pose on any one, then the prisoners were entitled to
an acquittal. The Jury retired for nearly half an
hour, when they returned a verdict, finding the priso-
ners—Not abilty.
The same prisoners were again brought up on a
similar charge; but Mr. GURNEY, for the prosecution,
offering no evidence, they *bre again acquitted.—
Garay was detained to be indicted for uttering coun-
terfeit money to the Officers.
Esther Sampan was indicted for stealing a quantity
of wearing apparel and jewellery, the property of R..
Pollen, in his dwelling-house. She was found guilty.
Death.
Elisabeth Sod was indicted for stealing a lace
shawl, value itc, the property of S. Gartord, pri-.
vately, in his dwelling-house... Guilty of stealing to
the value of 395. only.
W. Graon was indicted for stealing ewe trunks,
eontaining a quantity of wearing apparel and Bank-
notes, the property of S. Herbert. .The prosecutrix
stated, that she arrived at Billingsgate front Rams-
gate, and took a coach at Billingsgate, into which
she put her trunks. She was accompanied by a little
boy. They stopped at the bottom of atancery-lane
to see a friend, and she and the little boy got out.
When they came back, the coach and her bores were
gone. She went hack and told her friends of it. She
was sure the prisoner drove the coach. She had got
all her property .agais. W. Goldsinith, the boy who
accompanied the prosecutrix, corroborated her eil-
dente. He knew the number of the coach was 571,
and the prigiter drone its The porter viho Mit the
i
units into .the coach proved that the number of kl
was 578. Elizabeth Levi is a dealer in old clothei,l
id Sandys-row, Shoreditch. OD Wednesday last, It'
coachman came to her, and said he had two articles
that would suit her. He asked 50s. and she offered
him Ail, which he took. The prisoner was the coach-
man. Cross.examined—She gave /112 to the prose-
cutrix to be out of the scrape. Braid, the City Mar-
shidman, and Armstrong, the Officer, produced the
things pawl ed with Mrs. Levi. The .piosecutiix
identified these things as her property. She did
ceive £l2 front Mn, L*i ; and she no* said that
she lost a great many more articlei whith site had
never again found,- ;Guilty.
Elisabeth Fordyce was indicted for staling a wit
and other articles, :the property of J. Madison.—
The priisecutor was an insulanmbroket. fle left 'cis
coat in his counting-house, about tiro o'clock oh
Thursday last, and on his return fond it bad been
Stolen., The prisoner wis stopped on the itairs, :with
the.coat in her possession, by the se Who keeps
the iOniiting.house. She inquired he t gentletain of
a gaited name from any that lived Awe. Guilty.

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tigtesaats......Brabdifon arida% a yonng esan
of fashionable appearance and address, was %nous&
tip by Gleanon, charged with stealing three ironic:,
containing wearing apparel, mathematical initru.
mats, and other articles of Cossiderable value, the
' property of Captains John.and James Budford, and
of Robert Verschoyle, Esq on Thursday evening last.
it appeared from the evidence, that Captains budford
are Swiss, and Mr. Verschoyle an Irish Gentleman.
The prosecutbis became acqoainted *kb the prisoner
at Chem, having accidentally met him there, he bad
travelled wish them to several places on the Copti.
sent, and finally embarked with them it Ostend fa
thisssountry ; they arrived at Ramsgate, and pro-
ceeded together by the stage to London. During
their intimacy, the prisoner had borrowed OA tithe'
amity, and by his apparently amiable manners, had
completely insinuated himself into their confidence
and regard. When they arrived at Blackheath, Cap..
tains Budford feeling
'indisposed, determined to 0100
thine there daring the night. The prisoner, however;
and Mi. Versehoyle continued their journey, the pd.;
Boner having charge of the luggage belonging to the
Captains, which he was to see safely deposited at,
Messrs. Cothay's and Co. in Cannon-street, in which
house he represented himself to be a partner. On
arriving at the Inn, in the Borough, about eleven o'-
tiock at night, the prisoner had a coach called and
ordered his baggage to be put in, with which he drove
off. On the coach stopping again at its final destina-
tion in Cracechurch.street, Mr. Verschoyle on inquir-
ing fot his trunk, found it was gone, and that the
prisoner had taken it. Next morning Captains Bud-
foid came to town, and on inquiry at Messrs. Co-
dray's, they found their trunks were not there, and
further, that they had no knowledge whatever the,
prisoner. Glerinon stated, that in consequence of in-
formation received from the prosecutors, he proceed.
ed in search of the prisoner, and on Monday disco-
vered him at a house in Tottenham court-road. The
officer, it appeared, had considerable difficulty in
tracing hi n, he having changed his coach five times
on his way from the Inn to the place where the officer
discovered him, and each time he changed his coach
he had the trunks put down in the street, thus endea-
vouring to destroy the clue by which he might after.
wards be traced. Glennon found considerable diffi-
culty in getting admittance to 'bet house ; but at
length succeeded by stratagem, and going op stairs,
and admission into the prisoner's room being refused,
he burst the door open, when he found him sitting
upright in the bed with a pistol in his hand, which he
pointed at the officer and pulled the trigger, fortu-
nate 4, however, it flashed in the pan, and no mis-
chief was done. Glennun then secured him ; and all
the property was found in the room.
'the prisoner did Lot deny the truth of the facts as
stated, except saying, he had nointention of taking
Mr. Verschoyle's portmanteau, which was put into
his coach by mistake, he denied also having pointed
the pistol at Glennon, he said he pointed it at him-
self. He,was fully committed for trial.

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HIGH VIATEILTO'IIitORROW AT LONDON BRIDGEs
Morning . - - 59 min. atter A
Afternoon . - - its ....... ..... 5

COAL MARKET, MAY 29.
Slips at Marling. Ships Sold.
In Newcastle 12 S4s. SI to 4Ss Sd.
3 Sunderland S 395. Od to 42s Od.

PRICES OF GOLD AND SILVER.
Pomp' Gold in Coin, per or. Xi Os od.
Fortis° Gold in Bars - 4 us od.
New floubloons . . S Ins od.
New Dollars • • 0 4s I

COURSE OF EXCH
Amsterdam 39 6 8.2 U.
Ditto at sight 39 0
Amsterdam 12 1 C. F.
Ditto at sight 11 18
Rotterdam 19 9 9U.

YESTERDAY.
Barcelona SS

NW*
St. Sehastipa

34
33

Antwerp 12 2
Hour.burgh SS 10 2 .
Altona 35 112
Paris 1 day's date
Bounteous 25115
35'5
Ditto 2 U.
25 55
Frankfort on the

147 ex Mo.
84 effective
334 effective
SS
Aelo of the Dank on

Gibraltar 31
Leghorn, 47
Genoa, 444
IVenice,*. C. Liv.Piccole
ineffective per i. stet ZS 50
[Malta 47
Naples,. 39;
Palermo, 1134 per oz.
Lisbon, 57 t
Oporto, b7t
Rio Janeiro 60
Dublin, 151
Cork, rsf
Holland 4 per Cent.

BIRTH.
May 2S, at Svingtoti, the Lady of Sir John C.Hourproods
Bart. of a moo. _ _ _ _

MARRIED. -
Mooday, at /korner, in Norfolk. the Rev. George Mason, of
East Retford, to Harriet, second daughter of James Coldham,
Esq. of Anmer Hall.
fuesday. at Mary-La-bonne Church, Colonel Carmich)el Smyth,
of the Royal Engineer, to Harriet daughter of Genets' Morae,
lee Inspector-Gametal of FordSeatlOno.

DIED.
On the 4th of April, on his passage from Barbadoes to this
country, where he was , coming for the recovery of his health,
Colonel Dolphin, 6th West-India Regiment. In him hi. wife
and children haVe lost a must affectionate husband and fattier, and
his death will be long regretted by his brother-officers and MUM-
MN Meads.
Monday sennight, at Horton, the Rev. John Basset, Rector
of the Parishes of Mogan and Can& ve, in the County of Curt-
-wall, in the 55th year of his age.
Monday, the 20th Instant, in Bedford-scivare aged three years
and an half, Charles Fletcher and on Thursday, the tad, aged
nine Months, Robert, sons of Charles Pott, Esq.
Saturday, at his Chanti't sit Grays Inn, Mr. Samuel Webb.

DR.. COOPER'S MEDICAL BOARD, BLACKFRIARS-
AD.
THE salutary effect or this Institution is manilelt
from the following very extraordinary case
London to wit.--" John Jackson, of the Borough 'of South-
wark, broker, tusked' oath and *with, that in the year 1814, he
was afflicted with a dangerous disorder, and was Hearty seventete
months ender the care of several respectable Surgeons, withoit
obtaining any relief. The disease increasing, and his life being
in danger, was.recommended,tt Dr. Cooper's% Medical Board, ,
Charlotte Pious*, Blaekfriars-road, where the promos of the
disease was itunsediately mopped, and be was soon restored to
perfect health, which, by the blessing of Con, be grin enjoyis
hereby declaring, that in stating theie beta be b influenced hy no
other motive than a grateful rsturn ibe so,miraltuiOus I care, and
the duty he owe., to his fellows:restores.
(Signed) a', JOHN JACKSON."
• wiTnesses rase r,
P. M. Lawrence, VS; Blotchiness-oam, Borough; Thous
Johnson, 6, Charlotte-itreet, Blackfriare-road.
44 Sworn at the Mandon-house, this 6th ,di of March, 1616.
before me, (Signed) mATrtiEw WOOD, Mayes,"
Messrs. Coorsit aad Co. are coosolted daily by all rubs id"
people, from Twriviii till Eight, and OM& the attontipst 'Ethos,
who have been improperly treated.—Aerice gratis es TueedaV,
Thiaiday, lot soadicy steintov, thea Twelves Aida.
N. B. Two ontiosst Physician bare lately Visaed sbe Board,
; and yoteditiat-Gentfetividt.b Mufti %Mb.lltiNdtiradasife, are
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