The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-05-31 00:00:00

COL'AT OF KING'. nENcif. --VILDRALL.-Tl:l:7*.tY.

LONG* PORVALL.
inkstuctiest to recover ikunages_for the injors done to
one ship by another running GrtiroTit in the Thames.
Amount claimed n piv a rds of 14111.
The ship which was injured was railed the Zenohia,
the other the Carolina Matilda. A procee.ljue had been
taken in the Court of Admiralty against the ship. whifh
was iiitaine,!, in ronseirlinee, by an order of that Court
iron It was then that the defendant came for-
ward, antrolfered himself as a guarantee to see all ea-
pensectuitaer ISt/. paid. if the vessel was oilier-eel to pd.'
iced upon her Tnyage.
.fly this proceeding lie, tussle
himself smswerable, and dm: the Aetion was hrmicht,
Fur the defendant it was contended, that there waaa
Trinity-house pihit on board, and therefore that *r w its
not liable for any injury done by the ship. A point'of
law was therefore raised ; hut, at his, Lordship's ogres:
lion. it was made into a case foftlse.e.onsideration uf
the Judges.
lIKOOK*II Xr, C. :rr..".D.
'flue plaintiff in this case was a ship-chandler, the lie-
fendant a ship-owner. tiomla were proved to been
firrnishrel by one to the other to the amount of IV
The defence set up was. that the ,00ds were furnisliedi
io the order of a person named Clement, against whom
the defendant had a set-olf. It 11 'aid OA they were
furnished to Clement's own arconnt.
Ihr plaintiff rebutted this by showing, that Clement.
was merely his anent.
A verdict was found for the plaintiT as to 3M.
THE KING r. nync.r..
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This was an intiictmrtWaitheproserNion of the Nil
ill/VS! of St. Wide's, against the tlelettaant fur a nuisance..
Plea, Not guilty.
UURNFAir %aid the defendant was ocenpier of err-
lain remises on the Thames between 111arkfriar's bridge
and the Temple. at tie bottom of Water-lane. The in-
inettnent imputed to him that, by making his wharf a
depository for the most noisome Ph, it wa§ Itecome a
toilsome'. to the whole neighhonrhood. Near the plate
lay a.puhlic carriage-way; and a little higher, at the
top of Water-lane, there was a path.vavirmling to AC
Trutp'.e. Ile observed, this was less evens:A/le in the
dal-rodent. for a prosecution hail hers eatilMeneed
against the ocenpier of. a IlPiellhltlrlag wharf, and be.
seas rnnvictPtl in this Court There was no oreildon for
laying the filth in this wharf, for simer tt:e Jest of Los-
tiNl—'-'—'77t7:-Ti::ires called laystalts had ',wen mante
City of London, foe ft Tilt until it was
taken awar,s down the river by the barges. Ile ovoid.
show that 'the place wan a nuisance from the mouths of
the (lentil-men of the Inquest, and he coold not think
what the defence would he. No our could doubt 'het
that such a tereptacle lot the moat noisome filth was not
a great nnisanre.
Three of the tientlevr.-n on the Inge-st proved that
the smell arising from this place wits very ofensite.
Mr. Aeoteut.s. fur the defence. commented upon the
absence of evidence to show that it was a n011;4,11ce to
any one immediately in Its neighhonritood. 'l'lll. prose-
ration, he said, was the r?-rt of private malice. Ile
denied that there was any pro if to show that the defrost-
ant •* hail laid, or causer, or proenreil tit he laid there,"
any offensive matter. lie also observed that his client
was ready to tliscirstitme this onisance„ and that he had
already made an offer of Int. as a compensation to the
parish for the expreve they had beets at, hot it was re.
rosel. Ile trusted, therefore. the Jury woitl.l not, by
their verdict. Make 11.11.110telves parties to this prosecution,
which was the effect of
The Jury acquitted the drferdant.

If vrYota-Gatottx.—A ShOrt TIME are PPTI4IIII inform.-
tious were Icalcefi at this (live atTninat Mr. Brre.furd.
11r. King. and other nrirtvenders lirine in the Liberty
of the kali., Sun,lay new.pspers on the
day —Thy Magistrate*. QS hearing the rave% ton•
I;rote to Jeliberale, and ther yesterday Bare jn,tetura
atrainst the ilet.”§dan•s, said they wraCil aneal
against the decis:oo.