The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-01-23 00:00:00

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COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. S.

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Ads uptt slftiele. • • er'!'
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ins Admiralty gesiiiOns, for tittirlah.deffettrast
committed on the high seas, which stetitladjour.
owl to Jaiiiiisy p 22, met . yesterday at 'the Old
Bailey. The anchor appeureti suspended in the
usual form, orctr the Judge, Sir W. Scum and
the customary preparation was made for the ar.
nigniiiciit of prisoners ; but the proceedings were
unimportant. The Court did not remain sitting
longer than half an hour.

AljournedSittings before Lord ELL'ENIONOVON
and Special Juries in Guildhall, London..:
PIMPS v. ALDJO. • '
Mr. TADDY opened the pleadings.
The Arronstelr.GENlEßAL opened the case ; httis
staled this to be an action upon a policy of itesor.
mice on•goods un board the Margaret and Peggy,.
on a voyage Iron Iceland to London. The yew&
went from this country with a licence from his Ma.-
.sty, which was necessary, since the piece to
which she eras hound was Odor the dominion of
Denmark, at war with' its. After having dis-
charged her outward cargo, she sailed on her re.
turn home. It WAS perceived, in a very short time
after she commenced her homeward voyage, that
the ship was on fire, which the crew, aided by
every person on board, used, the utmost exertions to
extinguish, but without success, for the:fault wsa,
- that the ship and cargo were entirely consomed;
end it was to recover this loss, that the action Wael.
brought against the under.writer. At 'first sails
suspicion fell on two gentlemen, prisoners .cue
hoard, but which suspicion turned out, upon In.
gully, to he groundless. A number of adiaissieus
an 1,011, silts were read, and then
Captain Liston, the Masterof the Margardined
Peggy, was called—He proved these facts as they
were opened by the Attorney-Geiteral ; bat,• on
cruss.examination, hr stated, that in obedience to
the commaiiils of Ups Honourable Captain Jones,
of 114 Majesty's ship the Talbot, before he re-
lented homeward, and the greatest part of the
ealgo was on board, hu went out of the harbour,
where his vessel lay, after a strange vessel, at (he
distance of 15 or 16 miles off. This vessel turned
out to be an American ; and on these facts, it edas
contended, on the part of the Defendants, that this
was a deviation, because it was daring the time
that the Margaret and Peggy • WaS est pursuing
her adventure, and that by thus going after this
vessel, the Margaret and Peed was neglecting
the dine which ought to be taken tap wholly in
preparing for 'het humudard.bound Voyage,
and therefore this was 4A answer to the ac.
lion, as being a deviatibn. The v.*.isel was out,
on this occasion, five hoiars. On the other hand,
and in answer to this objection, it was contended
by the Ateirney-Generat, that the Captain of
the Margaret and Peggy leas bound is obey the
command of Capt. Jews; that 30 or 40 men of
'the Talbot had been pet un board this merchant.
• man the_llargara and Nay, to lead her aft,: this,
strange vessel, to kich (timed out to be am Ameri-
can; and that, therefore, Coptais Liston had as
alternative in this case, as he was bound to obey
the larders of Captain Jams who had all the
means of compulsion in his hands. But it Apar
posted in evidence, .that &boat S or 3 hours be.
fore they went after , this strange vessel, all the
men of the ralbot had pus on board their own
ship ; and therefurp
Lord ELLRNDORODOU held, that unless it ap.
prated to the Jury that Captain Liston was ei-
ther under a ph) sieal oecessity of going after this
vessel, by the compulsion of numbers (which did
. nut eppear), or under a Moral obligation, namely,
his ditty of obedience to. Isiasuperior Officer (mud
that dial nut ale ear), and 'it might have been made'
apparent if the feet !wises for Captain Jones
was now present, atellyris Wet exatiLiticit; aid,
his Lordship observesto, 41" he expected to see
Captain Junes iu the fr 41 the battle for the
Piaitititl in this cause;'! hiptepast be takes to be a
s diet act of Captail:i as eel
part of his voyage, awl be Cuestrisedlaft a de:.
nation, sod, therefore,,lhe C/nderwriter'llilki' not:
liabl... Here •as. & rives ,run, '
the Uuder writes: did nut isndeetake to aditrer.e-
This vessel, which turned out to be an Alactican,
misilit have been an enemy, and she might hive
captured the Margaret and Peggy while she was
thus out of her course. Upon this intimation of
his Lordship's opinion, the Attorney. General
said he should submit to be neasuited.—Plaintiff
nussuii

On Christmas clay, a lair company dined at
The house of Mr. Wan. Stirov, gardener, in the
abbey of Cambuskenetb, near Stirling, when a
large tart, lilted with gooseberries, which had
beun pulled that day, iu as excels:eat State, was
served up. - Los :, .. ,
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Captain DASIIWOOD 111 appointed to the Betel-
dera ; and Captain .STfrics*soti, acting) to the
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Tonneut.
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Thrice within thotooolligtitstp 4Os present ge-
neration has the Menisment oftod the means of
cle.brr 'action to littaiiitltiiiVtill.' "WI would there. ,
fore suagest, that the iron iailitielni datilesi up
three feet 104 her, and efosid ids tot lit I. irduidt
.forming a sort of e. e..
J sue 23, '17.'14, 'Amid _Gar *iir 1 ock in 'ilsiohnittiee, Klan,
„.5.0.....,1 to be a•Wretrer, fell freonitif tdi• t be. 'trunk lb*,
-e ; ' pe.i‘c.,al, alma pilcbed um a pw.if which Inid• apee hitnawilke
Poll tie was ethers, i.e talisl fertility lelatiei4.
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histy 7, l'i44, Tinnons Craddaek, a hunt, itraw Ng
; • Noir she minis aisle tipAllipm*Atle pedrbuti and the ire.
,e ,di Itst fell lust "uluitlf flpeolttear to tit; north-west cote "•'
cat
.;t:t • An sidrm; 4ra b..oke put on Saturday si . ..
• at 4 two. the Grotto, near Stoke, Lrsucks, •
which •' i lied by -'r. PY" clereyr
met!

• , was _ Mr. maul
• and his family. The tire was Occasiol by a
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servant maid settiog fire to the bed-furniture whilst
plating a child to bed. Siteli was :Mu rapidity of
tlit flames that the family had great difficulty-in
escaping, and Ihe hutisu sas s ',att.:4 'skeleton in
Irks Than lialf an hour. Tyro ricks were also de-
stryed, as well as a bars, sod Nye "hula -loss was.
wry MI WS Sill C.