The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-12-19 00:00:00

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COURT OR COMMON PLRAB, OVILDILALL. Dee. IS.

' ESTEEM, LINO AND CO. v. THE FERMI txsuassica
DIFFICE.---(11 yrs' DA V.)
The Court met this morning at ten o'clock, and the
evidence for the defence was continued.
Captain %Vim. Day examined ke Mr. Pou.ocx.—
,Has been concerned for nearly 40 years in the making
, ,taf blubber oil. Has been the manager of all the ship-
ping concerns of Mr. W. Mellish for the, last 311 years;
has sees oil boiling in quantities of from 100 to 4,000
gallons. Thinks that if oil be heated to no greater a
temperature than 360 degrees, there is no dagger. The
danger of its rising higher is in proportion to the fire.
lithe boiler were set in brickwork, the brickwork
would retain a great beat after the fire was with-
drawn. Oil is easily raised in temperature after it is
once heated. The oil is of course more heated at the
bottom of the vessel than near the surface. If the oil
were heated to near 600 degrees• there would be dan-
ger of the thermometer breaking. Ile was in the
habit of raising oil to 500 and 310. If a careless
circumstance occurred to raise it to 600, it would
light. He used an open MINI. lie did not think oil
dangers.* at 360 degrees. The largest quantity of
oil that be boiled was nearly 4,000 gallons. The
time in raising the oil would depend entirtly upon the
quantity of fuel put under it. lie knew nothing
about the present apparatus.
This witness was not cross-examined.
The Comm! for the defence here called for the
examination of Muller, which was taken by Mr. Fresh-
field (tbeplaintirs solicitor), but the Counsel for the
plaintiffs refused to produce it, unless the Counsel also
called Mr. Freshfield, tt ho took this second examina-
tion. This the Counsel for the defendants declined
doing, and declared their case now closed.
The CHIEF Jtarice said he would dwell very much
on the first examination of Muller before the directors
(the day after the fire). :t.% to the second, before Mr.
Freshfield, it could not he called for, unless they also
called the gentleman who took it.
Several witnesses were called on the part of the plain-
tiffs to rebut the evidence of Willoughby, who swore
that he had not been in Union-street on flue morning
of the fire. They all contradicted him in this as well
nein some other statements he had made.
• Mr. SCARLET? then briefly addressed the Jury in
reply to the evidenre of these witnesses.
The case for the defence being closed,
The Soucteon-Oasteast. commenced his reply. and
entered in'o a minute examination of the evideoce on
both rides. After an elaborate analysis of the testi-
mony given by the scientific gentlemen, he cutorlueled
by appealing to the good sense and intelligence of the
Jury, assuring them that Isis clients bad acted in the
most open, fair, and honourable manner, and con-
tending that from all the facts of the ease they were
unquestionably entitled to a verdict to the full amount
of the sum for which they had effected the policy.
The Learned lientlentan's speech ocespied the Court
for moreihan four hours, and It being DOW almost
four o'clock, the Lord Chief Justice said be should
postpone his trimming up till to-morrow, as it would
be fatiguing in the extreme to get through so large a
mars of evidence by candle-light.
The Court then adjourned till ten o'clock to-morrow,

We copy the following excellent remarks frost The
Lireepool Mererry.
"'fete PROIITITCTID PRIEM—It has been often sug-
gested to us. that we ought occasionally to expos* the
pitiful and disingenuous practices of some of the mi-
nisterial journals, particularly on the great subject
which has lately monopolised the national attention, and
superseded all other public business.
The extreme length of the details connected with
the trial of her Majesty, to which our readers will per-
ceive that we allude, has alone interrupted our inten-
tion to point out the mean and disgraceful conduct in
question o anal as the rejoicings and meetings, in con-
sequence of her Majesty's triumph, still crowd onr co-
lumns, we mast confine ourselves to a brief toms,*
or two upon the all-sufficient fact, that the Londe
Cowrier, which, during the examinations of the Ms-
joerbia, Demoots, Sacchis, and Hastellis, so eagerly
laid before his reodees, In extra characters, and M.
cond, third, and fourth editions up to six or teem
o'clock in the evening ;---this same Courier, when It
became his turn to report the very opposite end roe.
pectable testimony in favor of her Majesty, almost la-
variably confined himself to reportinr. most scan*
mad partially, the proceedings up to one o'clock in the
afternoon °sly, reserving the remainder, which ill
was reluctantly compelled to notice at all, until the
nest day, apparently with the view to retard as mall
as was in his power that irresistible conviction, whiek.l
notwithstanding such disgraceful arts, has found its
way to every unprejudiced mind. We are aware that
such journals as theCenrier possess patronage and privi-
leges of so powerful a nature as to console their pro-
prietors foe a forfeits/go( all proiensioue so character,
anal even to compensate them for any diminished circu-
lation, rinsed by their trilling with or disgusting
many of their readers ; anal we happen to know that
such disgust has been produced in the minds of very
many of those who, although they may be considered
generally favourable te the policy of the present mi-
nistry, have sot lost all sense of truth and justice. In
our occasional visits to a news-room In this town, re-
, •stly, we have frequently experienced the greatest
d‘lnculty in procuring most of.the other London papers.
whilst u e have generally foetid The Cesraier, and one
or two equally honest prism, lying about. wholly un-
noticed. Urea more occasions than one (WA in the
news-roan to which we allude, and otlseis) some wag
had been at the pains '
in °vim, these super/eons

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OLD BAILRY.—MoNoAr.

Dtato set ma CAS ll'. d, a person ad-
vanced in years, was yesterday pat to the bar, charged
with robbing his furnished lodgiags. The prisoner
lodged at the honaeof a Mrs. Eglington. at Islington,
and was driven, by sheer distress, to commit the of-
fence for which be appeared at the Isar, and was found
guilty. The case of Mr. Watford was of a most ex-
traordinary nature. Until within twelve smooths past
he was in possession •f property to the amount 44!
some thousand pounds per annum, bat in consequence
of a Ikcree in the Court of Chancery, he found him-
self reduced to the extremity of poverty. He hash
been a partner in a mercantile house In the city for
many years, bat through the de. lining and em-
barrassed lute of basilicas. the concern had been I
broken up. It appeared also that the wufortunate
man had applied to the proper officers for relief.
The e011)10.4 SIDIJK AM T said. the case of this Un-
fortunate person should certainly be taken into their
most serious eonsPeration.

COURT be KtNO'll Drum—The Lord Chief Justire
sat at Nisi Priors yesterday, but no cause of public
interest was tried.
At an Adjourned Quarter Session for the county of
Oloticester, held on Saturday se'nnight,Watkin Staight
and William Perrett, insolvent debtors, were remanded,
the former for six months, for contracting a debt an-
der false pretences, and fur fraudulently making away
with his p.operty, and the latter fur three months,''
for disposing of his property, and giving an undue
preference to two of his creditors.
CAUTInS TO 1141IFRS.--Several informations have
lately been made against bakers, for selling bread not
properly marked with Roman letters, as required by
Act of Parliament. Two common informers are now
in this vicinity, and have obtained a golden harvest
within the last few days---one poor man with a large
family, having been convicted in mitigated penalties
amounting to npwards of 15/. which he had incurred
entirely through ignorance.---(Gioncceisr J
It is computed that the annual importations of live-
stork from Ireland amount to 30,0110 beasts and
150,1101) hogs. The quantity brought over was never
greater than in the present season, particularly of the
latter. We understand that bacon-hogs are new sell-
ing in this country at from 6.. to 6s. 6d. the score, or
about 30. to dd.the pound.

Cuetors Morse Taste.—We have often heard of
rats and mice hating been captured by oysters; sad 1
have Ibis week to record an instance of this natures
A deal mouse has been sent to our office, together
with the oyster, in whose jaws the little animal's head
was made a fatal captive. This singular mouse-trap,
together with the victim to spicurism, have been ex-
hibited in the window of our office, for two or three
days, where they shall remain as long as they con-
tinue inoffensive. The authority upon which we
relate this fact, is Mr. Phtenix of the Liverpool li-
brary, from whom we received the specimen; and
who assures us that the parties were actually "caught
ila the fact."---(Prum the fiuteidegeope. a Liverpool pwk-
(indium.)
The Custom House Officers were on the alert
at licigitton a few mornings ago, and the beach exhi,
bited a scene of no ordinary bustle, owing to a beat,
heavily laden with contraband effects, kegs of spirits
Ise. being discovered, about six o'clock, very clone in
shore. It was evident that the agents who were to
have removed the freight, many hours previously per-
hap, had neglected to attend. The crew alb. boat,
finding they were watched, threw the whole of. the
kegs overboard, and by means of another beat, es-
caped themselves, leaving the foresee to drift in, which
it did soon after, and underwent an examination by
the officers. Unfortunately for the smugglers, a
packet of French cards had been left on board, which
reudereil the boat a legal seizure, sad it was disposes'
of accordingly. The kegs, floating, were washed
ashore in various places, inducing a confluence of per-
sons to the water's edge, but the greater part of them,
upwards of three hundred, fell into the Isaias of the
.ollicers, and others were subsequently recovered.by
searching the premises of such individuals, who had
succeeded in beating them away. . 1

About half-past six o'clock on the etening of sigo,
day se'iusight, as a man named Edward Cock was
going from Wadehridge to St. Columb, on the cont.'
mon, about three wiles and a halt from the later place.
he heard * singular kind of noise which proceeded fro*
the side of tke road, and immediately he felt his legs-
grasped by what he conceived it, he in imp from tiro
dominions of his satanic majesty, and which dragged
a chain after it. The appearance of the demon- was
black, and it had a tail which it twisted round his
legs with great force. The poor fellow was dreadfully
territird anal cried for help most lustily, endeavouring
to extricate himself from, th.- gripe of the fiend, but in
vain. A person from a. hollow on the road side
called to him to stop, and conceiving himself beset
by thieves and devils, he cried out that they'
might take his watch and what money he had,
bit entreated they would spare his life and rid him of
his ghostly enemy. At this moment, the quick ap-
proach of some persons was heard, and
leoek" was
quickly freed from his terrors by the de tune of Isis
assailants, who taking with them the imp which they
readily induced to quit his hold, Made off across the
common. The persons who• had f. aed poor Cock from
the ling of his adversary peovgd to he a man sled
woman ; but after hearing his account of the adveis-
we, they felt no disposition te pursue the &ad and
his associates. Souse fereigmers with a large • black
meeker bed passed thralls St. Colnash a few days
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NAUTICAL INT L la ENCE.
The Lord Wellington, beide, of am" for pl
from Sunderland, was driven on shore am Sands, near the Start, on Satirday monsing, aalt
tally wrecked. the man drowned.
The Skylark, Pooley, from Lumina to cape
Hayti, was driven on shore on Slapton Sands, ttHelt4
Start, during a heavy gale of wind on Saturday
aasra
ing. Part. of the carpi saved ; one man dmsrbed..
The Vier Gebrueders, Cornelis, from mit*
Nantes, was carried into Lynn on Friday, water
4
and much damaged, having been on shore affM
ham. It is feared she will not be able to meridiem
again.
The Mangrove Bay, Dow, from London •forjhrho,
does, which put into Cowes 11th instaut, has list aik
anchor and cable.
The Augusta, hovel, from Bordeaux to
was driven on shore near nottingdeas, thettlt.
bottom upwards.
The Actress, Bi•av, arrived at Gibraltar Nthe
27th ult. from New .trit, hail her bowsprit aoisn
of her head carried away on tile 10th, off the pit,.
tern Islands, by the Eliza, Purdy, from Dablia,bami
to America.
The Ludwig Elise, Holtenl•ng, from Leith le
Stetten, was lost previous to the 7th inst. neat
Lekken; also the Industry, Lessen, from Brest g
Stoiphe. Crtwa saved, and nearly all the rams
the former vessel.
DIAL, Dec. 17.—The Lusitauia, Brash, kw tis
Cape of. Good Hope, u hit It arrived in lute Duns",
the 13th inst. was driven down to Dungeness bytia
Easterly gale, and at-eked in the Downs agala
Nu
morning, all well. A Dutch ship froin HollaratioraM
a general cargo for the West Indies, and a past
laden with corn, got on the liouslwin Sand emir ibis
morning, but were got off by the assistance of tlis
Deal and Rani4gate boatmen, and bron..ht into the
Downs ; the former has sustained considerable da-
mage. and is very leaky ; the galliot, they report, has
sustained little or too damage. Five ii'elnelt, whit
S.S.W. and moderate, the Dutch ship and ealliot an
both gone to Itanisgate harbour.
11.uu 'tax, Nov. 6.—The ship Thomas, from
Quebec to Lioidon, put into this pert en Taestav
last, leaky, and will be obliged to dinharge pan of
her mere.
Mittman, Drc. 16.—1 t is now blowing a heavy
gale Nat the E. The schooner, Wm. Leta, Hall,
front Bristol fur the Clyde, with a general carp,
parted from one anchor, and dragging the other, raa
on shore, but on the flowing tide was f .rtunately Its
off, and is now anchored in une of the ceels ttf this
harbour. Several other vessels bate drifted curbside-
rale, but we have nut heard of ani particalu
mane.
POI.TAMOUTH, DEr. 17 2—The Underneming,
from St. Ander° for Loudon, got on the Owers on the
12th inst. and beat there fur several hours, but was
go. off, ' with assistance, with the loss of bower aits
ehor, cable, kedge, and hawser, and is very leaky.
She pet in here yesterday.
Kaassoaea, Dee. I7.—The Niculette Jeanne,Rms,
front Stiffest*, for Amsterdam, is arrived here with
loss of sans I was forced to bear up by the violas*
of the gale from tine eastward, after Laving Wait
sight of the Bridle.
SCARBOROUGH, DEC. 16.—The Marv, U.
mond, from Colchester, in entering the harbour this
morning, was driven between the inner and oater
piers, and it is feared received considerable damageis
her bottom.

Suanstiot, Dec. 15—The Brother and Sister,
Sharp, from Sanderland, in making for the Larissa,
this morning, ran foul of the West Dolphin. Men
round and went on shore a little distance to the we*
ward of the harbour. Her cargo (coal) is now die
charging, and if the wind is utollerate, hopes are es•
tertained that she will get into the harbour the wit
tide, without further damage.
A snake, three quarters of a yard in length. erg
discovered a few days since, to issue trout a ctreiceis
the floor of the Three Mariners Inn, in Taunton, mpi
extend itself before the fire, where it was Lilted.
On Monday se'nnight, aLout u'c'ock at night.
fire was discovered at the end of a cottage occupied
by Wm. beaks, of Kri.well, near Sufidk,
which wai in a very short time totally destroyed:
the flames then spread in two directio- a, and is the
course of three hours consumed 6 other dwelling-
houses. including a public-house, the whole of sbielt
being thatched, and the wind blowing very hat?,
tendered it impossible for the tenants to sate 41
atom of furniture, and required .111 th,ir exertions is
get teem the scene of destruction theinselve, wit/poet
loss of life.

DANOtOS or it; SCRPENTINIt dvs 111 Da Pals-
A short time ago, Mrs. Walton. of Twiner-street. hill-
lane, having warmed from an airinr to Chelsea, ler
coachman conceived the idea of washing his het es
legs stilt carriage in the Serpentine Inver, asJ hating
drove • few paces into the linter. timber/es isatargt/
Willie out of their depth, and encumbered with lair-
nem, were drowned in a very few minutes. The car
risge was got out with dilkeitc the nett day, *Willa
coachman was providentially guyed by hiscrien.haring
alarmed the life-boat-titan, whn pnt off and brought
hint on shore, at the moment sthen immersed lothe eh!'
in watrr, and in momentary expectation of litilhiolr•
This is the third instance of* like ratastrophrwitide
a few years at the same place. although a cagal".
" deep water," Ip very properly placed on the spot.
At fl.t. Paul • 1111arttirlar1/4. R. •n Ftstardhey..llllr..
Aiojr. last, br 1)r. IngliA. William Japila. /NW".
liewasstle-spooMytee, to Miss Sarah Jameson ilatoteL
of loodoo.

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