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'or her reputation, he resolved to take her away, the men to go •to law with the captain, for needful
-again, should it ever he in his power. He in so doing and wholesome punishment inflicted. The • -true
Mgs, no doubt, guilty of a contempt ; but his Lord- ground of the correction complairied of, ifire,'lli so
ship could not punish it upon the guilty, without in- excessive us. the fire in the galley left by the negli-
Wolvinig in its operation • the object whom they all gence of the Plaintiff, *base duty it was to extin-
"greed to be innocent, and whom it was all their guish it at eight o'clock, for it was among the strict
Wishes and their duty to prOtect. Besides, the young orders of the Est. India Company, that no fire
lady was rather delica'e in her health, which any should be allowed after that hour, and. no light after
thing would effect which went in the shape of punish-. 10 at-night., Alt persons were awere of •the terrible
meat. As for fortune, Mr. Mizell'y left it all to his- consequences of a fire on ship.board: . it.was na.
• Lordithip ; having been restrained from surrender- luridly providedagattist; with the -utmost caution;
frig to the authority of his Lordship, solely by fears I though our sailors never shretik from the fire of an
for the risk his wife's health would thereby run. I etsentyt nor feared to meet the horrors of a storm,
. The Loan CHANCELLOR Fairly the four. affidavits because the one they might subdue, and the other
which had been last Merl, wept to affect peisons with outlive: but a fire on boarti.their ship, bg careless-
a charge of corruption, which were not naw before tfess or accident, -which soon communicated with the
him, except t tro. . Ile acted here as parent to Mies spirit-room and the magazine,• doomed all to ineritaS
'Wade, and as guardian of people by general; and he ble and horrible destruction., It was the duty of the
must take care that he did not suffer his compaasien t Captain, tendering the lives of his crew, to be ever
for her to do injustice in the cases• of others. He re- on his guard,. and even. though in, this litstanee the
,collected of a case, beforeMy Lord Loughborough, tire had not been lighted by the Rhiiistiff, he was
of a eorispiraty, where his:-Lordship sent it to the (answerable for it, in the room of which-he, as cook,
'Aftorney.(leneral, which he happened to he at the , had the charge. Much had been said of the cruelty
time, Was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to the iof the punishment, but it was milder than it night
'pillory. He hoped that could not apply to •the. pre- I have been, and no serious consequences had been
settecate ; but if it did, he must not suffer, for-the I proved; it was fair, therefore, to 'presume that it
'lalt: Uf 'at; individual case, • public injury to be done. I was only, that degree of moderate correction required
'He would look into the affidavits tosmorrow,• for .to preserve subordination and obedience to reles, as
"the Porpose ofralcertaining-whethe'r it would be pro. 'imperative upon the Captain'as upon his men.
;per :that the parties alluded to' "'leek' attend-; for •• Mr.- James Barclay, who was second officer of
whirl, purpose let this case stand. for Monday nest. •• the Lady Carrington on the voyage in question, de-
.WALL ANn ANOTHER V. Linnet:, eon amas . ,
_ • ..ss% /.posed to the rules regarding fire and lights, mention-
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' To-day the Loon CHANCOLLOR ilinneuisced the 'ed by the Attorney-General. The punishment was
following judgment I-0 I have read 'the papers, .
not, in his judgment, too severe' ftsr the offence ; the
the unietelligi.' Plaintiff had. performed all his duties•as rook until he
arid it•isessike impossible foe Me; Ili
• . Jan 'Way, on the arrival of the ship at Calcutta.
ble state' of the. •trausattion, tfitisselvethe inseuc-
•. • s • . .• . . • - • -• .• •• • • ,I.- Lard: ELLENBOROUGH, iii summing up, left it to
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• the Jury to consider. whether the fire had been left
Mr. OAST asked, whether iiiiLerailtip would Or.•
der the money to be told into Court ?
• in the galley by the negligence of the Plaintiff ; if so;
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• - , it did noeseem to his Lordship that the punishment,
TO Lotto Q•ua'sceet.on—" Ceithinly . AOC: bat , , .
miser tnearctonstancete was too severe, and conse.
If yon wish, • Esoa 19 lend you mys reason to-ther. •-• .•• •-, • ,
. .. A.- .- .. .e.._ quently Abut the verdict would be to favour of the
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Defendant.
Mr, if int woskl not (rouble his. titdslilli : lie wiat
. ~ • .s. • sits .es -...:4 The Jury, in a few minutes, found atreediet (sir
'rite:sat isfiird.
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•. . is_.• Ls. ••• ....s. C;, the Defendant.
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• The. Lo an CH A.NbeEr.iii. Proisoudefietiftlgtpent• ka . The Plaintiff ilea Coves* iti. the. st4its Light-Mb-
:this cave: slihs Lordahiji refused 'tell Ohl:stile. in.' moans, and brought this-action. against'. the Shet lA.
juncttoes moth, /Wien was hreught, bade tbeexpl; fir' an assault, battery, and false imprisonment. The
„0„.,, sitstisse eons soya oats. lie gave len parties real Defendant is a•Siteriff's Officer, • eanied•• Mines,
leave,itietvever;_tO appq• far another aelitiiii;'iaki be Davis, who havitsta.'writ against a Lieutenant Shot-
would the* stale wheelie ffieught of it. •' s , - '-ten, of the 14th. Light Dragoons, weireto Kettsing.l
eimtiorroctiAitl. itnet.or AND oxuzes. ton barracks to execute it. In the said he saw
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• the' Plaiutiff in conversation with Captains Ate''
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s,, noise se elk& •sr • •,•iferson and Weinman, and 'mistaking him for Lieu.•
• • •••?s. itetillettiwohtia e.
.oesay :tromps% Le. - • slime. e
s ahottett - he delivered to him it note contain.'
TittsistWsist proceeded in to-day: by. the Couesel elk the warrant.' .
Mr. Trent returned it, stating,
for the 'if. est ees,.. sclitte ' ' ,
_,' • =Rat he was. nut the person to whonvir st as adttrett.ed
The Iso• st 6 'Cnatsetti.on desired the. Ivey, of and his two friends joined iii that assuraricei•Thrist;
Trusrof •;itharilith'Niff Storilt...lBl-1, anti the. agrees kne•eser, was opt satisfied, andlaisisted upon arrest.-
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'tient- of' ''"fst ,er Aetits:lfil-1, to be, hooded to ling Cornet Tien'tas Lieut. Soorterisafterhearieg been'
him, iiiiitileillio;lTejaeiht see the real oeturept the ,sivarnerithat he did it at his 'feria • tire letter. off-
tratistectiba Istriiitos this Titiskists—ollia 41111-IsittS Mr. dressed (M'Shotten, kat ',Sing. the I've rrant;: *nil • horns
St"clalale7__,,•••••:'•• :••••:- •• S, : .•• ' . '•••• •• opened by mitt of thaparty. • :The Sherilr,a .70flicerl
shurt'nenrikfirrek • • - •••1 ' .•• •es. ' •• • " . desired Mr. 'Praia to accompany him, mike's hirer.
• • •""salstorsrs ss :s ,•.„•• •, • hit Prisoner in the pretence of the seetries stratoned.
• 'COtittit tif K.IXO, Pl%lgc•lletaltsis 4. • •'-s . ^ 'bisthe • lirrtic*li.iird i'. but bey, ticpc,itectstide4
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ctvetim Ti, HAWneir.,.. • „ ,' -more than.twri.or three hundeed.yotrils heforetinheiter
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Thetiiintiff ;Yes coek •Itn1:111Orlhec on hoorn'tftle :and "'reef, suet the person, at whose seibl the) waarant
Lady C' iiringlita , Mitt tmliereara, commandetfby, the bud been granted, who told the Seerifro Daisies (bet.
Defendiet, chi' her '
outward eoyege ;in 1812. • The he was Seder a mistake. , Kir. TretttsPass thereto:reef
. action was for ilintliult•Sied; battteey .onsSwe several released, but no apology wai merle by Davis for Nei
occasions to w-hich'tbe petettdaittrylealled; in juSti- miiconduct.' These facts Were. provetl,:after ROI 010-'
• Oration., the neglect atilt mjscoutlectsof the (Plaintiff, nion by the Attorney-Genera); by the eeideuce of
-which rendered' the correctious necessary, as to oue • Captains Altdeison itud• Weinman
.• - s_ • eirs• t.• ~
' assault',. and :the replication W 8) sk injuria,. only as Lord Eeeiiiseesualihivisig selsreed ifllo,o4kt
' to the,pietiColiri assault to which the. ustification- Se. kris foiled for the, perri4i-ft., Aertiages.4os.
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• fated.' -The Plaietiff was therefore ceifitted- in kis i • . _ . .`'
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proof to that injury. . .
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I We noticed this..casein the course.ofothe Term.-e•
Mr. Torte NG stated hie Mule for the Plaintiff, •re-. i
In was an action brought by the Plaintiffs, resident
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minding the Jury of the right every man possessed
in Paris; to recover 32,053 fr. or 16011.65. 9•1•1..f0r
to protection front, tiq'se'lews widdi he obeyed, how. the expences, &c. of publishing some poems in praise-
' ever humble•iris ititioa, •He admitted the necessity
of Bonaparte, called " Nopoleonitli," hefore iris re
maintaining discipline on shipboard, but repro-•
firemen tto Elba. . . ;.... ,
baled the most unreasonable .and cruel severity of .
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the Defendant towards the Plaintiff, who had corn- The •,
laintiff w d this, day, In; cones
mined, not only no adequate offence, but no offence -as nonsuit s
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quence of not having evidence In prove •the.partnerm
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ship of the Plaintiffs
of any kind. 'By accident, and . without the know.
• .lit,the case of the Kin- 7.'s)r Gregory P. Teener,
ledge of the Plaintiff, one of Ale sailors on board
. Mr. oceneety, on the part .of the prosecution said
the Lady Carrington had lighted a fire in the•
caddy,
that he had ni evidence' to offer against thesDee
or gntley •of the ship, where fire was usually kept
fendant. ... ..
for the purposes of cookery, which coming to the .
A verdict of Not Guilty' was taken iMr di • I JOLT:
hearing of Captain. Hawkey, he immediately order. .
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el the Plaintiff, the cook, to be flogged fig 'the boat. —.........-.
swain with a thick rope; his order was immediately 1 COURT OF EXCHEQUF,R, Doc. 1.
executed, the man having only a thin shirt upon his I • . JONES V. iHoitirsioN.
hark, efforditig him no protection from the heavy! This was an action, brought by the Plaintiff, a
1,1r4s inflicted, The consequence of this unjust pis- , Lady, daughter of a Clergyinato in Hertfordshire,
nishment was, that the Plaintiff 'was much injured, to recover a compensation in damages, from the D..,
attd•some stripes across his loins for a considerable fendaet, one of the vergers of St. Paul's CathedialS,
lime disabled him, tied caused a dangerous•and pain- for false imprisonment end an assault.
- ful 'wellies'', which prevented even the Wearing of From the statement of Counsel, and the evidence
clothes. The justification was, that this infliction (Mr. Jessop, a Barrister, residing at Chesituut, in
• was only moderate and necessary punishment for the above county), it appeared, that he, Mr. Jesse!),
neglect aid misconduct ;• but no .misconduct could accompanied Miss Jones, ott the 28th of June last,
be proved, and whether such a cruel laceration were to see a part of St. Paul's Cathedral. Two children
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• moderate and tiecessare, under any circumstances, of Mr. Jessop's were with them. Two-pence were
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was a question for the Jury. I paid for each of the party on enteriug the church ;
• . Francis •ticrivens, a tailor, remembered the order i and a second two-pence as a fee to go up to the
- giien. brCapt. Hawkey to flog Gibson, because a Tower, .in order to give the children a view from so
fire had been lighted in the i
galley by another man ; elevated a station. As they ascended they found the
She Defendant came upon deck, and told the boat.; door of the Whispering Gallery open. Thompson,
swain "to punish the rascal well." Gibson was, the Defendant, and some sailors were there. The i
consequently, beaten with a rope's-end, - and -his n
party entered ; the sailors soe withdrew, and guys , The PRINCE -REGENT has been uttenimoosly roe
back was very much bruised. • ' I the Defendant some halfpence. The' nature of the I' chosen Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Free-
John Abrahams, a black, who hadlighted the fire. place was explained to the children, and the usual i masons of Scotland, at the meeting which was held
whispering was performed by the Defendant. After iin Edinburgh, on St. A.suirew's Day, and the Earl
in the galley, also spoke to the punishment.
Both the witnesses, on To-examination, Admit- this, Mr. Jessop put 'his hand iii his coat pocket, in lof •Fri.2•Acting Grand Master for his Royal High-
fed, that 'Gibson only received what was called a order to girt, Thompson some halfpence; on eallich ness. • .
starling, and not a regular Bogging with a-cat-o'• Thompson addressed him, and said, in a peremptory One of the steam boats, on Lake Champlain, the
nine.tails ; but Abrahams swore that he would rather manner, s‘ My demand, is two.pence for •each."— i 'Vermont, was lost on the evening of October 21,
have a flogging titan such a starting. . . Mr. Jessop said to him, " Your demand, I imagine, . while on her way from St. John's to White Hall.
Another witness, of the name of Gale, said, that' is ;what I choose to give you ; but as you demand it ; The fellowite;( account of the accident is copied from
the blood ran down the Plaintiff's back, and that as a matter of right, I shall give you nisthlug."— i The Moon ()cannel :—" The machinery became
it was much cut. The rope might he an inch- and The Defendant then stepped between Miss Jones : deranged, and beat out her bottom; she went down
' a half in thickness : it was a part of the ranitiocrig. and him and the door of the gallery, which he locked.: in 20 minutes after the accident. • The Pilot had the
ging. . e Mr. Jessop then told hims that If. he hada right to ' presence of mind In head her directly in shore,. and
Mr. Lucas, a surgeon, was called to•provetheseate demand two-pence for each, he had 150 riot to de_ the impetus then ms the boat carried her intosuch
of the man's back, after his return to Engiamkeeehe fain them in that place, and gave-him his address.— . shallow miter, that her quarter-deck was left above
did not recollect even having seen is, - ..,•,
..,,5..1 a'o this the -Defeo/hint replied rather insoSenfly,. and water. The passetigers'were taken off next Iday b
i-100 The Ai-0 eahastre for the •Defensksait,; words ensued; the-Terree remained at the door, and the new boat Phoenix. She was
rower the first boatys 4. ef„,,,,ird eirseitte.ly this kind of action, u/n,ldf)Ven-lny. 'Versional lanai .Pesing 44"1° /44 "V '4 Ihn• Peril that was Wit, arid we are informed, orniaotdeeyrn
thr"ats
• meowed at the 'suit of an interoe.dong ettehterr x,s‘e„tst es,,,,Al.pajts esesinneied. Mrs .tessetp after, .provements itt the mooch:ll:cry. of the
who;. at the coNchsioa of a vositots, Went - • board Pilule called ,fr ' I ollery,sbut they are not liable t shaccident which occasioned
',the ship tb try whether be could", imial there the loss of the reemo•ne". 1
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more than a. 9uao-ter of an hour, Mr. Jessop
patience being exhausted, he told the Defendrtot
he did riot open doe door, he, must 'remove him fro!
it by force, and took WA by*the collar in order ti
effect it ; but the Defendant being a heavy. man, hr
could no, :.Jhe Defendant alien took a constable'
staff, and threatened to strike'llim with it. A scuff
ensued. ' At length. Mr. Jessop, in order to liberab
the party, who were confined in the whole .betweet
! twenti'minutes• mid half an hour, paid the Defend.
ant what he had demanded, 'being BJ. for the fowl
'•persons.
j The witness was cross-examined by Mr. DUINCCIr
leading Counsel for the Defendant, from which
.! appeared, that beside the present action, a subpeom
'I was served upon the Defendant (the incipient process
of an' acrlcin), in unnther Court, in'which he,. Mr.
'Jessop was the Plaintiff, and in which case • Miss
• Jones could be viiiness for Mr. Jessop; that he,
daring the scuffle, had taken.wp a hammer, in order
fosdefend himself against 'Thompson ; and he might
I have said, rigt if he were
.struck, lie would throw
him over the rails of the gallery: The Defendant
Iwas an elderly Mill.
I The Learned Counsel observed, that nothing op-
• peared by the present evidence to affect Miss Jones
she was not assaulted, or,applied to, nor did she ii,
all seem to interfere in the matter; she did not corn.
plain to the Defendant. Mr. Jessop, her witness,
toiPpeared solely to be active and proinisient in the ha.
sines', and as such he appeared to relate the transac.
ftion. The money required by the Defendant wet
I what, he believed, Was ge:lernily known to be that
which he had a ri,tht to demand ; and surely the littlo
fee could
.hardly be les•. A table of. these fees was,
.as he believed, exhibited in some part of the church.
:It was a ttnltetiat consideration for the Jury how. car,
;.if , any thing,. the present evidence alfected Miss
!..Brines, who was the Plain, id', and whose case and
romphoint thr,v.woire trying.
''. The Lour quEi llAaoa, in his address to the
Jtirf; 'shortly referred to the leadin~ points of the
esidefiCh, which, if tlotiy believed, and that if Mist
slooionv Was -detained against her will, it certainly, in
poiorof•law, did amount to: an ut:ault and ilipri:
enninent ;. but in surto a rage, and under such cit.-
.stprivtances, thtl would decide %ilia, damages were
Ate fficient .
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...The Jars'. after a short conference, found a ver-
' aid for the Faloitiff, One Farthing Damages. •
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.11i.i. .L9rdship afterwards expressed• his opinion,
that thp,pacpoot wits a case that ought 'not to cover
'mast%' and the understanding was, that each party
•*.ahoulil ply their own costs.
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J. Whiting: Master Baker, in the parish of
sMary.lh.hOnne, nes indicted for assaulting Jahn,
'Pearson, Beadle thereof, in' the execution of in. dui,.
Mr. ADoLylitYS stated, this proiettatteri• Was ,car.
.ried on, by the parish, wader the authority 'of afloat-1.
Act of. Parliament, to prevent' unitances in' that
pstish. As it was attended with some violence on
Iliepirt of the Defendant, he „Riede. no • doubt the
Ceivrt would Consider it iime to restreiu such evils in
fiseerai:'
clear=
L' • Pomo* and his witnosienivoveil the assatilt
Jty,lvitich:be had received. from. Mr: Whiting, While
lindesiOuring to, remove• his- ba.klaet *ern, the • pave..
1 ileihis deft .lice he pot in a written paper, reflecting
en Ole conduct of the Beadle, who, he said, had con-
ceived a spite'sgeinst him, for not submitting to give.
him:los. on O former occasion.
The Chairmatv; Mr. Watson, animadverted' in se-
vere terms on the increase of these nuisances, and in
order to put n stop to them, gave the judgment of the
Coirt, which was a floe Of 51. or imprisonment Oil
paid, which Was done immediately. . .
The Court rote at 'four o'clock,

• . FORTUNE-TELLING. •
rt s P• ST It EM—Yekitertlay, Jeminra Smith and
Susannah Lave' were charged with defrauding Mary
Ann Att wood, of a one pound note, in the follow-
ing manner Prosecutrix ,deposed, that she is
I serssnt to Mr. Farl, at Battersea ;• that on the•49th
of last Noveq►her, she was goinz•to the•Clty-toad,
and met the Prisoner Smith, in Gnswell-sleet, wi►o
asked her if she would have her fortune told ; she
said she had not less than a pound note, but the
other replied, she.cq.uld change it for her ; having
received the note she ran off, whert she was pur.
sued and taken into custody ; then Lovel came up,
lined was also taken ;. the luttes's husband paid the
note since, on condition that she•would not appear
against his wife. • . •

Mr. GIFFORD was of opinion, the charge consti.
tuted a felony, and committed Smith as a principal,
and Lovel attaccessary after the fact.
The driver of the hackney chariot, No. 217, WAS
summoned by a gentleman, named Mihon, who
stated that he engaged the chariot at Temple-bar, to
take him toshureditch, when he got there the driver
charged. him 31.6 d. whereas the lawful faro which
he -was in the practice of paying almost daily, was
only '24 . 6d. The driver pleaded guilty, and .was
find 10s. and costs, which amounted to 195.

rs-'went (MI beard f 40111iFdt for it eeeeteble from the
persuade some of ne cae paiti•atteutivo to it. After rectal(
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