The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-12-11 00:00:00

14.4111 INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, GUILDHALL, MM. 10.
.Nia Prius.—Defore Lord ELLENBOROUGIL
and a Jury.
LAW OF THE atoms.
Several short trials, of no public intcrest,:took
op the tinie of the Court and Jury fur the grimiest
*it of the day ;- one, an action ..f treqsass, in
which Mr. Bernard A tisaiitlii nas Piaintiff, and a
c Brandon Defendant ; •n e lay before our Read-
ers, in order that the public may und,trstanil cor-
reuly the full extent of that custom, which is now
emphatically termed the Law of the Road. As Nir.
Ansasido was travilloig in his own chaise to his
country seat, near Alort!ake, on the 3il of last
S.ineniirer, be wa4 encountered with such violence
a, the o..felietaiit drisilg in a gig, that the.ohaft of
tne gig entering the neck of Mr. Ansando's horse,
wounded him so ilesterately that he died in little'
tioire than an hour. ;Nlr. Ansainto's coachman and
Air. J3randon wl:se both driving on what is called
the wrotig side veripeetively, both haring their left
hands instead of tlit‘ir right to t::e centre of the
toad. It was proved, on the thai Brandon
must have seen the other, as it was n ,t then dark;
and Ihe coachman store that. he could ice 150
rids before him,' and that the road was wide
to admit of lice or six carriages. Under
these eirmnstances, when the violation of the
custom, or law of 14.14, road, was attended with nu
Inconvenience, attid when Mr. IL's gig was almost
(Toe:site to the carriage:, from some sudden Impulse
lie thought proper t..i pass over. to his own side
with such rapidity, that the accident above mend.
ta, wit was the immediate consequence. The coach.
man and another Witness is erecress.examined ; but
ai no contradiction took place, and as Counsel for
the Defendant admitted that he had ni,thitig but
circumstantial to oppose to positive evidence, the
Jury, under the direction of his Lordship, gave
their verdict fur the Plaintiff, to the amount of 92
' guineas for the horse and other losses with which
the accident was attended.
An allusion being mad° to Christian's Explana-
tion of the Law of the Road, as found iwhis Notes
nn Blackstone, vol. i. cap. 74, Lird
ILIItoVGIT was pleased to remark, that the custom
meat not be enforced unnecessarily, or so as to pro-
duce itteunvenienees.

EcENE,TI IL COLLINS.
Tilt! Plaintiff in this case is a cattle-dealer, and
the Defendant a salesman of cattle and hides, • who
had been employed by the Plaintiff in that cepa.
city, receiving as cummissien.for his trouble.
The present action was brought fur the sawn of
1751. being the proceeds of a sale made by the De-
ft-114;1w on (he PlaintifPs account, after deducting
his commission. The Plaintiff w . lung his account
sculled, had sent his son for that purposeto the Dc.
frodanti ee ho accompanied him to the counting-
honse of Messrs. Mihgay, the Defendant's agents,
by one of whose clerk,a the &Gwent Avis made out
anti furnished. The clerk then asked the Plain..
tiff's Pon bow he would wish to bare flit amount
pried ? The y rung man answered, by a draft ,ou
Messrs. Mmga.)s' tanker. lit:accordingly received
an .trtlor Messrs. Smith, Paine, and. Smith, which
however, was reter -ed, they having *towered no
drafts of Messrs. Misigaysl that day ; anti the house
of Nliegay and Co. having failed in the course of
the afteritwon—Messi-s. Alingay and Co. however,
having 13,..-en agouts fur the Defendant; who bad in
his pucka the commission received from the Plain.
"tiff on account of the sale in question, and also the
stineutit of the neat proceeds of that sale, andnhe
Defendant being also • pi estust when the draft by his
agents was given to the Plaintiff, it was contended,'
that this was to be considered fhe draft of the De..
fendant himself, which, not baying been honoured,
be was still 'bound to make good.
Fur the Defendant it was contended, that the
Plaintiff had been offered payment of Lis debt in
cash, but had prefeired taking the cheek'of Messrs.
Mingay. ans! Cu. on their bankers. In doing so,
be hail adoptcd them as his debtors,.and had himetlf
only to blame for the chuice he had made. um
and Co. had paid all the de.aands upon. theta in
.cash,, ur Bank of England notes during the whole
of the days Thi; Diffeudant, therefore, if, to be
subjected in payment of the present claim, must be
n trier by Messrs. Miutty and Co. to the amount
of the present demand, more than he would have
Et.!. been but fur the choice so made by the Plaintiff.
Lard,
i.t.enniattouca thought there was some
nicay in the ease, but left it to the Jury to say
whether to the granting of the order or draft, as
shell as in every part of the transaction, Mingay and
Co. were or were. out to be regarded as agents fur
the Defendant. If they thought they were to be
au regarded, the Defendant must be liable.
Verdict fur 'the Plaintiff—Dimages 1151.

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NEM

In the late seizure at -llaru ;chi, by Mr. Love-
DAY, of Forty four Bars of Gold, it is remark.
ahie that each Bar Should be secreted in a large
Scheme of the New Plan of. drawing the State Let.
tery in One Day, on the 15th of February Nest,
containing exactly the same Number of Capital
Prizes. •
Flax is Ltsr.r.stasrr.—Yesterday a number of
labourers were employed the *hole of the day in
cleating away the tubbish occasioned by tlie destruc-
tion of the Mexican Hotel, but they-did not succeed
in discovering the remains of gr. and Mrs. Simeon.
The servants of the deceased attended in the ruins,
and pointed out the place where the room stood in
which their master and mistress slept. It was the
back room on - the second near, under; which the
men Were engaged in clearing the rubbish away. It
is said the 6rc began in the. flue of a ctippet in the
kitchen. One of the maidservants made her escape
to the roof of the. adjoining braise, but pretriously
ran to the door of her . muter and mistress's* route,
qouRT OF COMMON PLEAS, Gutranst% Dec.lo.. and endear oursal to (open it and awake them,: but iin.
I
fortunately the baudie.of the lock. came off, and the
Sittings before Chief Justice MAlprigLD.
dames rushed up the stairs With such rapidiey;. that, I,
fLell.:11211. V. 1511474 LET. . Ito gave her Orill life, she aseeo44 to the (0014 and
Mr. Serjrant I;llEPIteltD stated that this was an . •
t fortunately gricapeddts 4.o...herit.l..tefere IllePtioned•
Ceti )19 brought to recover mime: household furniture,- . • 1
1 :sits Simeoh had a great object to Ma- heaSe,
the property of the Plaintiff. Mr. %V almsley was 1.„ :1 they
inhabited but a- few mouths and her
she .rdurruirtrator of a gentleman, of the na.nib of I husbandil - ' -
had. oa the day
.precious to 'the lro *greet!
l'assorgham. 7slr. neleser is a haberdasher in the ,to part with it, together with the furniture, for 3000 L
Strand, and tile owner of a. house at Hendon in
s
The advautageo of inland navigation, by_ reducing
biiddiesex. It appeared that the iteuse in question
the price of carriage, and enabling the littibandmap
*4s foiuserly the, seside,tice yf I;rigadier-Geteral
and • manufacturer. to scud their goods cheaw_ to
ii 111, and, Colonel Passlngliam having a desire •to
ihrett market, appear to be appreciated, tint only in this
tr..ide in it, became a tenatit fur a term of
i country, -but- iii Russia, where a line of canals, li
Nodr4, a jib permission to purchase the iiremisns
planned during.the 11!e•tiroe of Peter the Great, hasl
I. r 12001. The fixtures were .to be taken at 'al
for the t recently been completed, by which it is ptissildo to
fair valuation, and this aritou way; brought
as well as tuv.! convey goods by water -near ./500-miles.,. •with-only.l
honsehold furniture on tho iir..ruisca,
(~,,,,inei p. bad said he • 41411 interruptiop tt. about 60 slides. 'Theta entnieg
value of the tivores, lea4th, of which no oilier country im the globe cans
should like to become the purchawr of the furniture,
peahaps boast, begins at sPe.terthurgh, and eataids
in elmstvietteo of which, Mr. Wcils,t'' the ig"t
a broker, was
employed to value it, u bleb he did at MO% inland-ictt 14.4;14".
Leg the tixtuc..J. The valuation Aid not meet the
PreßAssimillow—A buTericat cTideoce of the
skpliruhatlyti of Colonel P. vs his appointd another soof state. of trade 'may be deduced from lire
broker, and a t..e owl elaitnate was evade of 90:. •PoiOl3or of 1)4°111'111de% he the Londda Garotte:i
. Colonel P. oared the latter sun% for the furniture. '1 he I i't month to 213 ; lame nlonni 'in
A proposal was then made uts the part of the Plain. 18%1 to 13U ; ditto its 1808 to.'lOU ; ditto in 1807
sid..tn s
jtiit tile differen, e betweeo tbe Tobiatet,w of Id 97 ; (hall iu 1806 to 65 ;ditto in 1803 to b 7 ;
ditto in 1804 to bu.
the two brokers; but before C4l. P. could return
oh answer be died.. The Defendant,. Who was one . yesterday Morniog, at an early hour, the body of
.al the 0-editors of Col. I'. mlinioistered to the of a mait'in a very low attire, was forb
Coroner'
near. New
• ' teens, and uctained the furniture, on 'the
.grouriti Cross,- tin the Kentaroad, dead. A In.
inat it had been purchased by the Colonels The' peat will be bOd this day.