The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-04-14 00:00:00

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1;tgl • ' COURT 031 NCE ,Aram 13. i
The LORD CU ANCA 7.1.0 Wlllll illecopied until ono
o'clock' in beeline Lunatic Petitions, but no cue of
any public joterestiqr notoriety occurred.
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COURT OF KING'S BENCH, GUILDHALL, Aran.l3.
111-1.1.11,11 .27. CURE.
This was an action upon. a ,pelicy of insurance.,
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epou goods, per thy ship Sophia, on a voyage from 1
Alalta to Lissa, with liberty. to carry assimilxted i
papers, to seek, join, and -exiltinge convoy, &c.
&c. &c. This being a new; adventute, it was tiii:l
object of the assured to conceal the real thastinatioul
of the vessel as much as possible, for which purposel
the bills of lading were made out for Cephalonia;
and the ship sailed for that port, with a view to ob..
tain a convoy, and having remained there three dam ,'
proceeded to Corfu (then blockaded by a atrial
squadron),with the same intention ; but not being til4
to obtain convoy, she proceeded up the Archipelago,
and arrived safe at Lissa, where she had discharged.
a part of her cargo; but a French sqoadrsin arriving
unexpectedly at this place, during the absence of the
British fleet, all the property belonging to British
subjects nag captured.
It appeared upon the evidence of the supercargo,
that if he could have disposed of the whole cargo at
Cephalonia, he should have done so, and entered
into a treaty for that purpose; but not succeeding,
he proceeded to Lissa without breaking bulk,; his
chief object for ping there being to seek ceirroy.
Mr. PARE, for the Defendant, upon this, con-
tended, that the going to Cephalonia, was such a de-
viation from his real destinatidn auto avoid tbe po-
iice, and discharge the liability of the underwriter,
and in corroboration of this he called
Sir George lyre, who conime,iided the bloc/hailing
squadron off Corfu, at that time, from whose evi-
dence it appeared, that Cephalonia was about twenty
• leagues out of the direct course to Lissa, that there
Vas little chance of obtaining convey up the Archi-;
pe:ago from that place at that period, or even from 1
Corfu ; and in his judgment, the risk was much i
grater in proportion to the chance of obtaining con-
'o Lord ELLEtteekotiou left the question entirely to
the decision of the Juryrwho were also to take intd
their consideration the extensive terms of the policy.
The Jury, after a short consultation, found a I
verdict for the Plaintiff. 1

MARLBOROUGH.4THEET.—Mr. Young, the actor,
applied at this Office on Friday night, to recover
a horse which had been clanuestinely rode away
with from the Countess of Buckinghamshire's, un-
tier the following circumstances. It appeared that
Mr."Vouug called at the house of the Countess, at
Pimlico, and during his temporary stay a maid-ser-1
vent held his horse. A man dressed in a smock frock
ran up to the woman holding the horse, in an appa-
rent
grs:at hustle and asked how long his master had
come, and immediately took the reins of the horse, j
which the servant resigned, believing him to have I
been Mr. Young's servant. On the latter returning i
frOm the house he found his horse had been galloped
off with by the stranger. A hue and cry was raised,
and notici, given at the several turnpike-gates, and
the horse was brought back again by some sort of
management.
A most notorious gang of coiners -and forgers of
bank-notes, him been detected at Birmingham. The
officers, on searching the premises, found concealed
in different parts of the building, tools for coining,
presses, dies, (to. besides great quantities of notes
of different country banks reedy for circulation ; in
clit4gisig round the premises, 30001. in good Dotes,
guineas in gold, and about 6001. of bad silver,
were found. 'The head of the gang, named Booth,
has been fully committed for trial, with nine of his
accomplices. Two of his men who worked with him
were taken into custody, end have confessed enough I
already to bring him to justice; in short, such scenes
of iniquity have come to light, as perhaps were never
before equalled.
Mrs. Mills and her dashing daughters of Park.
square notoriety, were en Wednesday last put upon
their trial at Beverley Sessions, for a conspiracy,
with an intent to defraud Miss Watmough, of WuU,
of a quantity of millinery; but after a trial of three
hours they were acquitted. These L-Wes, who
prove to be the wife and daughters of a deceased sail-
maker at Stroud, are recommitted to Beverley House
of Correction, to take their trial at the Midsummer
Sessions, on another indictment.
MEANS OF CLIAIIMG Roosts, &C. or RATS AND'
MlOE.—" A plant which. grows is abundance in
every field, the drag's tongue, the eynoglos sum offi-
cinale of Linemus, has been fouosi by M. Dom* lo
possess a very valuable quality. If gathered at the
time when the sap is in its fullest vigour, bruised
with a hammer, and laid in a house, barn, granary,
or any place frequented by rati and mice, these de-
structive animals immediately shift their quarters.—
The success of this method M. Boreux says, is equally
tewetly and infallible."
brie AN IDEA or A RAma.-.--It appears that the Se-
ny:a Indians, had sold to the United States a great
proportion of their country for the sum of 100,000
dollars, which they deposited in.the American funds, I
ender the idea of receising the interest. But (by
what means it does not appear) the interest or dies-1
(lend was converted into an annuity which ceased in
Jan. 1811. The Indian negociator thus appeals to
the American Secretary. 44 Brother, the Commis-
sioner who was appointed on your part, advised as
to place the money in the heads of our great father,
-the President of the United States. Re told us our
father loved his red children,
.and would take care of
our miry, and plant it in a field where it would bear
tc.-d for ever, as long as trees grow, or waters ruts.
Our money has hitherto been of great service to Us ;
it has helped us to support 'our old people, and our
women, and our children'; but we are now told that
she field where our 41oncy seas planted is become bar-
ren."
Minute CURIOSITT.—& cherry stone is exhibited
in the Museum at Dresden, in Saxony, on which, by
the help of a Microscope, above *hundred faces may
be distinguished. This mechanical whim has bean,
.perhaps, more than equalled by on ingenious dotter,
Taunton, who exhibits itoelz)e pair of polished dot
esiessis that will go into a cherry stone l 1