The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-08-02 00:00:00

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Wall of INQUIRY of DAMAGES' AT TUE 11/4i4
- . SALiSatIltY AsslgES; • . ' - s•
This writ of enpary ha's beett,•already exednted
and re.esecuted befure v* O' separate inries in the
coulty of Wilts ; first at W.% nsiuvrrsn add Simi
at DEVIZES. In both Instances the Defendant,
if. !Lint, Esq. attended in perSont ant! Catalneflid
his nun cause, and in both instances thek.ftwy•te.:.
turned a verdict of NO. DAMAGE.
By a tele of the Court of King's 'Bench, c..
tained.in the. Easter Term list, we twice& in our
Paper that :this verdict was again
,set aside,' and' i
new writ ordered' to be executed before a Judge at
• the tit 'assizes, fur the county of Wilts, on the.
ground• that the Defendant ltiad misted and in.,
pcuced the min& of the Jug. in. his atldiess to
them at Devizes. • In the last:terin the Court.sies
ni,,vell by Mr. ClifT•rd for a role to postpooe•the"
THIRD hearipg of this cause tin the nextLent,As-
-0...5., to be held at Salisbury, on an affidavit itatiggir
Olt since the last 'eider o( Court in this miniet ttio
Defendant, Mr. Hunt, had been sentenced by the.
Court .S 0 3 months imprisonment in the Card
Bench,-for an assault upon a game-keeper, Wilds
•term of 3 months Would not' expire Am aftekiket.
nest assizes at Salsbury, therefismk he,
.the Dis.
fendant, would be prevented attending to Conduit
bis hen defence, whit* ' was materiartO, his in.
."-terest, and which' he was most anxious to db.. the
cow having • effused this' rele, appliciitienv has"
'sine,. been made; to Mr. Justice 'Beach, one of
the • J'edges ishigned to • hoo the Assizes at SAL
'bury) to gran; Cant of Habeas Corpus tq. take
the D•fendont down to the Aitsizes for the. purpose
bef •re named k this application II AS MAU
.BEE,q REFOF,I). Therefore this curio is Cause,
'which gas excited sqluuch interest iii the list Rod
spoiting w..rld, is likely at last to co lie before the
7al RD JCR S, at,Salisbury, undefeaded. This
we hive heard is the determinationof Mr, Runt,
unless he is permitted to attend the Assizes and
defend hion.cli, which he has heretofore dune
with so much success:

The following instance of extraordinary
=unity is copied from a paper eftyestOrday ma-
env An American ship, which sailed lately
frwu a port in the North,. was bdarded by one of
our cruizers. There ware several foreign ;lateen.:
gem oe board the veleel,amed some' other suspkiOus
circumstances cobcuuliig, the L.:sterna:oer 'of the,
gluier thought it kgotter.to send' li.er to a • British
port for invesiirilow,- and be accordingly put a.
Midshipman, and i ie! or st men, en hoard' her,
with directions to bStry the vessol .to the nearest

Britiih port.. As soon, however, as the Arneeican
'vessel was out of sight of the British cruizer, the.
crew and the passengers, among whom were four
banes, rese upon our men, disarmed them, And.
threw the Midshipman overboard.; "but being a
goad swimmer, he regained.the skip, and clung to:
the side—he woa taken on boird,, bnt,-sbuekiNt to.
relate, he Rai main thrown thrown.into the sea. He 't
tier regainetrthe void a second .time, and vies
lamed 4001144. He was then pinioned, and
. lashed to the rtag.bolts. The men were also lash.
ed to the deck. The Ametieatt Ca&ain then or.
dered the smell boat te'Ans lowered • downViteeeed
a'llitiPfficer and seamen into it, with only a little
• Water, a few hiscuits,4 and two• oars, and then
turnev(thera adrift, above 4b miles frumjtbe *bore,
Tw u of *eaten, who were unwilling . to get *into
deboat, were, we understand, stabbed, but not
as to endangee' their lites. They. remained *bait:
• Coins in Ibis miserable cockle-shell of a Wit,
iiiMettiventary expectation of perishing, when they
svere fortunately 'picked up by as „Enailish veer..
ehitamen, and brought to England. In about.
half an houkafter they were picked up, . a heavy
gale came un, in which they must inevitably Bale
perished."
A young Lady of most exemplary mildness,
aid no iacuusiderable charms, a short time since
advertisettfor lodgings respectable frivate fa.
roily and mated situation, and .Web in conseque•uce
referred to a house in Gosiell.street. The lady
b..ing quite satisfied that the family saw- little or:ne
company, and professing her own wish for sepia.
Sinn and qnietuess, said she never saw any visitors
but her uncle and guardian, who millet :some.'
times call in an evening to take tea, and play a
ga.ne, at checs 'Rh her, she was received as an In.
elate. Two evenings after, her nncle and guardian
called to see her, but a-little mal-apropos ; be
was rebo°mnized by the gentlemint of the house as a
grave an,l 7:Jralapfal City Magistrate, at the
wrong side of 34.01.1 :tree, whose gallantries were
too well knee n to elude suspicion, even andeeibe
sanction of his grey hairs. The lady and Jim:,
guardian tattle were tiieretore told' (hey-might.
instantly, seek some other place for their misuse...
malt at tilers : and theyiretiret4 muck decked at
the radenettand indelicacy of their host. •
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InErAxo.—Mr. Foster's new newspaper it
seel:s is to be celled the PaTittoi„ a Ratite in the
annals of public journals ulifitteul'ablaJoloisge:-*
vity. It is to be. werked• into notice by every ef-
fort the public el,ticea-can lend it The extinction
of a Gorrel.iimettt Fiperl to make Moth .for..the
new Journal, is thus whimsically announced its a
Dublin paper:-- •
" NPORTANT nn Pndar la,t, of a,
letteriee and pyttracted ehrtvainpitin, . w hick' the patient
bore with :amain!! truly evalaetianl. THE HIBERNIA h
T cues vit.—Weed, the imp th of time vihlch the de- ,
reasal la:stowed under this malady, is truly astnnishing. anti '
ha, contributed not a little to battle the caleu:atiora of the
Faculty. For more than ten ears-had it littgered,•and
though hovering on the brink eifsthe emit, still hail it been
withheld by an invisible band. • Whether this guardian
potter deserted it al length, or whether Mr..Fueter s:
get h,ts crushed it to annihilation, we shall not pretend
to deirrmine—but, we understand that •Ttta
to 11.• succeeded 14 his situation and emolument«, by, an only
sox, which promises to outrival• even the vigour of his
glorious sire. At the baptismal font of lids promising infant,
tt is acid, that a SecVetary of State and a Chancellor of the
Exchequer have signified their intention to act as sponsors.—
What a graitt, whit an impressive ceremony ! How amiable.
and awful will appear the aspects of Mr. Wellesley Pule, and
Air. John Foster, upon the interesting occasion! What an
interchange of sympathy will pars between those great cha-
racters—what parental fondness fur the lovely babe—with
what fervour they will pronounce the halo isinat promise, and
what tears of groitude and Inealty will they shed, when the
hallooed name of rATItIOT shall be gtveu to the popish
mous offpritig of The Tv Li:rot A YU. Tare Motorrsca Sr.rot
has set on for ever, hut we shall take care to offer ear ado.
ration to this new Lord of the Ascendant, to this other Lawn-
°FY, when he shall enlighten our benighted and Wet/time be-.
loweberelt—(Frcentan't Journal.)