The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-12-05 00:00:00

F-;OM THE CHARLESTON CITY GAZETTE.

The Resolutions adopted by the Citizens of
Charleston, on the sth of September, 1809, were
forwarded to the President of the
United States, by the Chairman, David Ramsay,
in a letter, ofnhich the following is a Copy:—

Cintriestoo, 8. C. fit.
Slit—With great pleasure I obey the soden of my fellow-
,f.yer., of Cliariestou, in forwarding to you the inclosed
Copt of the Heusi/240ns this'dat adopted by thew. These
R-s. :Littonn were prep:veil by a largo Committee indiscrimi-
nately .appointed t and afterviar's unanimously adopted by a
very numeroos assemblage of cittzens of differeat
prii.etples. Tim A41101%21 of the late negociatioits by the
British Ministry. though it calls for no gratitude, is likely to
714111‘ is good. It has materioll . forwarded an extensive as-
tacidsion fur the promotion of domettie raminfactores on a
attional sane—it has nidueed a belief that the failure of past
r.egoriation tins Mt chargeable no the Administr.stors of oar
Goternment ; and it has e..entially contributed is the onion
of our ritizesm. The Names of parties which hare heretofore
retailed, are io a fair way of being exchanged for the Ito-
al.uraltie appellation of stases ieans.
ith the most exalted sentiments of respect and esteem) I
am your most obedient servant,
DAVID R 11MS IY.
An Answer from the President was yesterday
received, of which the following is a copy :

Sgt—l have received the Res°lotions's( the Meeting of the
Citizens ie Cbaileston, on tberrth bet. covered by yL7 sr fir
'Mt of the seine date.
• The Iteeatatiosos comprise totssaany circumstances, enhanc-
ing the values( the patriotism they breathe, not to &fiord
particular vitisfaction.
However a dliieretwe of views may be iedulged ie wabordi-
ante qu.•••tions of policy, a anion of all, an such as evidestly_
anet t the the honour, or the essential lemma el
the nation, is a duty to which every denomination of citiv'n,
sill rally, whose lore of country elevate.; them above a spirit
or pan,. Of this genuine patriotism, the Meeting at which
sun prisidt,tl has Risen a coolicuous example.
'file occasion which led to this proceeding of your fellow-
r. I Aens' iv as mach regretted a.• it was little to be alticipated.
1• L.lttldtht less have been anticipated, as, besides the respect
dtir to nu arranAensent &oleanily entered into by a Plenipoten-
tiary Minister, and dat only strictly, but irvevocably, carried
Info cart-mita; by the other party, the arrangement itself was
i•l'a nature to claim a real, saticti,n, even if, contrary to
CVery guound of confidence, it had na been within the scope
in Pre lOW instructiuns.
‘Shether the sequel mar better correspond w ith the wishes
and hopes of the United States, toweled nn that attachment
to trace which they have proelalavetf.and on that exemplary.
r is bleb they have praeliveti, remains to he peen. lane
went can the cilizeits of Charleston lose the merit of having
evicted au unanimity and seal, not less calculated to atert,

There i>t no loss than 90 sail of American ves-
sels at St. Bartholomew, laden with produce of
America, and cannot sell, as the Act of Parlia-
ment expresses it shall not be imported from a net.
Ira! island in any bottom. In consequence of this
our men of war are swarming thereto catch prizes,
and there arc now in our harbour a great many ;
on this account, provisions there are worth no.
thing. Since then our Legislative Body have passed
an Act to import a part of American produce from
that Island.

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)'• Monday, Um 4. ' • -

ItIVILL V. SINITII AND OTHER!. •
s was an action brought to recover the vs.
a quantity of weights and scales, which bad
seised as untrue by the Defendants, the
Leet Jury of the hiassoroStepney. The general
rights of Lett Jerks, were rubli, by Lord ELLEst.
NORM/GU ; but in the present case the weights
seised being of higher weight than any of those
standards which the Jury possessed would make
together ; it was consented that a Juror should be
withdrawn, the Plaintiff's Counsel stating, that all
his object was to clear his character.

WATTS V. lESIIOII.
This was au action brought by the Plaintiff,
who is a livery.stab!e.keeper, against the Defend.
ant, who is a man of large fortune, for ►Mines
sustained by the Plaintiff, who, in conseqiietice of
the negligence of the Defendant's coachman, had
his gig upset, by which► accident his vehicle and
harness were broken, and he himself was thrown
from it, and was consequently confined to a sick
bed for seven or eight weeks, when he was order.
ed by Mr. Heaviside, the surgeon, to visit
Brighton, for two weeks more, for the complete
restoration of his health ; the whole damage he
sustained being, therefore, this confinement and
inecusvenimacc, and tbe Loss he incurred from not
being able to atteiiii his business during all that
time. The accident happened in May last, as
both parties were returning to town from Epsom
rac►s, on the bill at the entrance of IVimUledon
Common, the Plaintiffdriving a friend in hi, gig,
and the Defendant being driven by hi, coachman
in abarouche and font. The evidence was con.

tradietury.
The first witness called on behalf of the Plain.
tiff was a man of the name of Williams, gardener
to Sir William Rush, who saw the accident from
over his mutet'A wall, and who said that the
Plaintiff's gig was walking quietly up the hill,
in the middle of the road, which is 24 feet wide,
and that there was room fur the Defendant's ba.
rouche to have passed the Plaintiff's gig on either
side of it, the carriage of Lord Sefton having
passed it but a very little while before, and it not
having swerved from its direction since. The De-
finidant's carriage had just got into a trot up the
bill, and the witness did not hear the affendant's
coachman call to the Plaintiff till his leaders had
passed the gig. '
Mr. Theophilus Dennis was with the Plaintiff'
in his gig. They were walking up the hill, in the
middle of the road, as the last witness had testi.
led ; and the present witness had just given the
Plaintiff half an orange to eat, as the Defendants
leaders passed the gig, and it was overturned.
' The witness did not hear the Defendant's eoachintin
call to the Plaintiff, till his leaders had passed :
• they crossed the Plaintiff's horse when they had
dune so, and immediately the gig was overturned.
Both the witness and the Plaintiff were thrown
out ; the Plaintiff was shinned, and the blood
streamed over his flees the Defendant and hisser.
vents, who were in the barouche, did not stop
long to *Mit the Ptafirtiff, end the airforislant on-
claimed, " G—d d—a them, I Irish they had
both Moo killed." [Mr. Ganksim, for the
Plaintiff, however, admitted the humanity of the
r-Datandattt's conduct afterwards, in sending his
owes Surgeon to the Plaintiff's relief.]
'rho damage dime to the Plaintiff's gig was
prove t tis be 71. IGs. and that done to his harness
was admitted to b • 21.

Robingurt, Sorgenn and Apothecary, was
called in immediately after the Plaintirs arrival in
tolvii. Ile found the Plaintiff in great pain, with
a small contusion in h,s arm, awl a strained hip.
'On the secand or third tiny after this, the witness
thought it necessary to call in Mr. livavisicle, by
whew aslaisamlaariaiatiff meat to SriOtto*, after
he had been confined about eight weeks in town.

On the part of the Defendant, was first called
John Dove, the driver of the barouchc, he havin4
been released from any action the Defendant might
have against him ender the present circuaistanctz.
He stated that Lord Sefton's carriage had passed
the Plaintiff's gig some hundred yards heroic
the Defendant's carriage came up to the Plain-
tiff 's ; that fur this purpose the Plaintiff It
made way into the middle of the read, but
then reverted more into the right side of the
road, on which the Defendant's carriage was
to pass the Plaintiff's ; that the %Roves called
loudly to Plaintiff, to make way fur him, three
or four times, at which the Plaintiff turned
round anti ►aughed, without deviating fron► his
track ; that when the Defendant's carriage cunt
up to the Plaintiff's, the leaders of the baruuche.
tied the bar, which separates them from the
wheelers, and which is wider than the barench,
itself, passed the gig clean, so that there wool(
have been room for the whole vehicle to have pass
ed, had not the Plsintiff then turned his gig stil
more towards the Defendant's carriage ; iit cense
tisence of %eltich the 1) •fondant's splinter-bar w a
broken and the Plaintiff's gig'upset.
This account .f the transaction was corrobo
rated by the evidence of the Defendant's valet ant
his postilion, who heard the coachman cell to th.
Plaintiff long before they came up with bim,
one of whom saw the Plaintiff tore his wrist so a
to run the sk alblnstthe bareuthe.

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The valet, stpon his cross.ezaminalion by Mr
Gaanow, said, that the Plaintiff did not appeal
much hurt, but eery drunk. A litleblood flowed of
his face, bet the whole appeared to him a drunker
frolic. The Plaintiff d—utttl all the DJfendasr
party, and swots he would leather them qll.
Mr. GA1M0W......" Fur what ?"
The Valet.—" For upsetting him.—The Dc
fendant said, D—n 'em, come away, and leav
them ; they're both drunk."
The postilion Confirmed the valet's account o
the tranalodoef and heard the coachman call t.
the Plaintiff WO at the top awl itt the bottom n
the bill. TIN ihefrodatit's carting° went alogot.
the batik in order to pass the Thi
witness did not hear the Defendant-owy, "
'est, leave 'es." They staid with the Ptaintlff I


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