The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-03-05 00:00:00

LENT ASSIZES.

HERTFORD. Ilmteß 3.
The Hoes Occult ceauseeced at this place to.day
before Mr. Jestko Bayley, is the Civil Gott; sod
Bk. Jaskol Park, in the Crewe Cosa. In the for.
oar, the entry of mom was eery inconsiderable ie
p.iat of number, as well es of Importance • bet in
the latter, the Caked', was sossoally heavy, lb'
comber of prism's:6 being 74.

CROWS COURT.
The following was the oely cue worth eseationing
in this Cement:—
ninth/Is ihnbrose was indicted ter violently as.
polling John Bishop on SW, King's highway, oa the
47tb of Aegest last, in the pariah of Alisehasi,
and taking from his perm a pld sail sod part of s
watch chain.

Mr. Arabia coodected the prosecution.
The use proved was this :—On the 27th of
August last, the Prottecetor was walking In a lonely
part of the road, neer the village e/ Hadley, is the
parish of Aldeabam, is the middle the day, wheat
be was overtakes by a wee, dressed in lease
treaters and • blots coat, whe, whitest any pr-
elims COMOIIIIIIaIIIOII, seised Ma by the cellar, de-
wended his mosey, and told him, that if he did not
deliver it he would lestaotly murder Ma. Tb. Pre.
aerator said be bad oo money, upon the offee.
der polled out • pistol from ender his coat, sad die-
charged it at his head ; bet the Prosecutor seeing
the act, providentially decked his heed, bet received
pert of the loading oa the back pert of the heed,
from which his hat was blown of by the discharge.
The in then street bias to thegrsusd with lbe
butt end of the pistol, where he remained leemssible
for a considerable time, sod in the Would his seal
end chain were taken. In about an hour sad • half
afterwards the Prisoner was taken in a seighbooring
wood, but be was not dressed in the apparel above.
mentioned, which, however, was loved le the same
wood together with a pistol, tied op its a beadle, and
near to where the Pasoan was apprehended. The
Prosecutor, when he first ow the Prisoner after he
was takes, being hardly recovered from the elects of
his ill-osage, was not able to swear S. his person,
ani conet.q.uutly the latter wasdisclaargod, but sett
day oas again apprehended, when he was positively
identified by the Prosecutor. Since the prosecution
bad commenced, the certetable who apprehended Ike
Primer tad died, and this souk in the chile of evi.
dence %sing wanting,
The Learned Junta ermined op the case, salami
each observations as occurred to hiss open the doubt
of identity, and the Jury, after cooaiderable
dulibe-
rsti.e, toned the Poisamer—Nor Guilty.

Tag LAW'S DISPATCII.-08 Tomptiay a yews;
maa, eased Mitchel, a notorioes character, who had
bees discharged only the preceding day from prises,
inn beetegist op before the Senn Magistrates, at
cbarged wish bawls; robbed, en the
weer sight, a Mrs. Davies, of a grows and some are
tick. of vivaria( appsrel. The charge being peeved,
be was loweetUately folly committed for trial at lee
-ivy Sessions ; a bill of indictmeet was 'preferred
.411 same morwiatibetere the Greed Jar, ; a tree
MU was fogad ; Hebei wu pet on his trial by tee
sad before three he was mistletoe! gad sew
I•need to saves years' tieseptwtatioe.
On Wednesday afterimage a shocking catastrophe
?apprised at the boos' of Mr. Plegimer, in Rose.
emplane. Mrs. IPleamar wu cognised to her bed,
hiving laid I. oily eight days, and a woman of tbri
mete of Kest was employed to attend her. Mrs.
Mesmer being is bed, was greatly alarmed at •
teffeesting smell; she called repeatedly to Mrs.
Kent, who sat In as arm chair by the fire 14,
knew
*bat tbe smell proceeded from, bet received no an.
Suer. A taller, eke lodged over bead, bra rio4 she
alarm of lire, hastened to Mrs. Plasma's room, and
fogad Mrs. Kest sitting la her *lair, quite deed, and
all the clothes rotted bet body bossed to dodo., sad
bit breasts and stomach binged quite black. It is
sopposed the eaforteeale woman was taken Is
et yes eveseese with sleep or Jigger. The Indy
sow lies tee the 'upsilon of tko Corson's Jury.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OE Or CIIA!4CRRY. Mallen 4.

This d■y, at ten o'clock, notice vressost down to
Lincoln's lon, front the Lord Chaney Hoes hoes. in
Bedford-square. stating that his Lordship would not
sit that day, in consequence of isontinoed indisposi-
tion. Jedgereot was *weed to have been given in
thu ease of Lady Emily Vane Tempest, and in that
wf lb.Opsrahosas.

COURT Or KING'S RRNCII. Maims 4.
aims V. csortra.

This was an action to recover the sem of 20001. as
compensation for "apemen inclined by qurantiee,
dentorrage, loss of time, and unload's( and re-
shipping the cargo of a vessel. It appeared. that the
ship was chartered from Liverpool to New York and
beck, with liberty for the coealgoess to skip a cargo
in return. The Captain was not bond so leek a
cargo, bat he was bond to carry oat, if the cos-
signers shipped it. They accordingly did ship a
quantity of wool, which the Captain was told was
American wedges. He proceeded on the homeward
tome; bet, ea his arrival, it was found that the
wool was Smyrna wool, and all ships front that
place, at that time, were bound to perform quaran-
tine. He diem proceeded to Milford-haven, where
he was datelined 104 days in performing omissible,
during which lime he was obliged to unload the cargo,
and expose it to the air. He was also subject to a
demurrage of 15s. a day, with other espeocos NNW
gent open these proceedings. Whim he arrived at
Liverpool, beilemanded meant of his tenons,
and of the mosey incurred by the delay. The char-
toren refined to pay more then the entrect for the
toyer, and therefore be breve,' the preen' adios.
The question turned em this—whether the Captain
knew, or was informed, at the time 44 skipping the
wool, that It was not American produce, but that of
Swan. or any other Unite coootry, lussoch as
by the Natigatioe Acts of the Protectorate sad of
Checks 11., called the Navigation Laws, no British
ship, going to a tortilla port, is warranted to biles
heck a cargo of any other country thee that from
which it is shipped.
Th. Clllll7 Josvtcs sunned up the can, and the
evidence, to the Joey, who Monied a verdict for the
Plaintiff Damages 20001. ; costs 40e.
Fawns V. OILS%
This was an action on the me to recover damages
for a severs personal injury ',stand by the Plate.
tiff, in consequence of the neglect of the Defendant,
ander tie following cirnmstances :
The Pisintiff was a respectable anchor-smith sad
ship-ebeadler, resident at Wapping, sad ois the 2d
of A ogost last he hired of the Defendant, who was a
coach-starter, a indite for the day, in which he pro-
aided, with his wife sod chile,n sad a fervent, to
Chnisherst, in Kent, to leave ose of the children at
school. On his return towards tows, he took his
seat on the bet with the coachman, sod, at a short
&Wee, a leather strap, which supported the bet,
soddenly broke in the loop, whereby they were via.
holly thrown upon the road, and the Pialatiff had
two of his ribs broken, his arm fractured, and other-
wise 'attained greet injury, which obliged him to be
takes back to Chisieltarst, when be remained five
days seder the core of a mien, whine he was no-
mad to his hoes. in town, where ho was enlisted for
two months before be amid COMO doers stairs. lie
therefore brought this action to recover composes.
lion in damages.
It appeared is Mikan, that the Defoliant, all
IMO as he heard of the accident, wrote a letter to
the Plaintiff, "springing concern for the injury he
had sustained, sad offering say reasonable compels.
atioo
satioo is his power, bet the Plaintiff preferred his
action so the use.
The Cots" JOITICI, io tentating up the Mimeo
to the Jury, said, that so person in the siteation of
the Defendant, who lot oat earriages by the day, was
brand to give a new coach; but he was booed to
keep his carriages in good order, for the safely and
accommodation of the persons hiriag them. Bet it
meat be remembered, that although he might have
netted a reasonable vigilance, with a view to such
safety, yet, sometimes, there were lavisible laws
which escaped notice, sad from which accidents
might arise. lithe Jury were of opinion, that the De.
fondant had not bees guilty of any wilful itegli-
genre, bet had used doe caution/ and had no know.
ledge of the defect, then they would find for the
Defendant; bet if they entertained a contrary opi-
Pin, thee they would find for the Plaintiff.
The Jen retired for two hoots, sad, at sit
o'clock, when the Chief Justice bad left the Court,
III" 7 returned with a verdict for the Plaintiff—Da-
mages W.

M. Lambert's newel match, to drive sod go on
foot 100 miles is twelve been, excited much curio.
oily yesterday, ever a piece of grimed of twenty.five
miles ow the Northsorpton.rood, from Friar's-gate.
The adventurer started on foot. sod did seven miles
is the first hoer, whoa he took the reins in a light
gig, sad drove a blood mare twenty-eight miles in
' the east two hears ; he left her to bait, and proceed.
ed on foot ale miles in the nest hoer. The mere met
him thee as appeleled, and he drove tier twenty miles
in as hoer and a half, when she refused her bait, and
the mat three miles was done on font in half an
hoer. Half the distance was thus performed id half
the OM, and fourteen miles to spare. Mr. Lambert
proeiteded on foot eleven miles in two hoes's, and he
the. took the reins again, and drove sisters Wiles in
two hoots; the mare was knocked up. Mr.
Lambert did five miles in the sleet hoer, and was beat
else; bet the mere walked the other four miles in
fifty-fear enhustos, having done siity.four miles, and
the man the malodor. The start lost place at feet
o'clock in the morning, and the match was for 100
gainless.
TM' BARCLAY MATCH.—Mr. 801111/1, of riliCk•
stead, Becky, finished his 25th day's performance of
1000 miles in 1000 successive hears, on Wednesday,
bet in such a state of tameness, that althoegh he
started on Thersslay morning, het little hopes were
entertained by his friends of his goiog ea. Ile was
50 mine's' doing the mile our Thursday. Saturday
is the 281 h end last day.
Wedoesday slept a man named Slamoeds, in the
i employ of Mr. Vane, butcher, et Sarkis', wham in
the ect of slaeghteditg • bullock, the beast fell spot'
him spa broke his hi. Us was taken to the London
U•spital.