The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-03-03 00:00:00

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meld,. in which his. Lordship wig for the Defending, -Firmirkw—isi EiR4lOO-4 GAZETTE, MARCH I.
and in which the Pleintirr recovered a verdict in con- . --wee--. • •
sequence of an entry in a register on a Monday.— MILITARY PROMOTIONS.
A similar trial dela...tiding on the same entry, was: to .., • • • .
have taken place on the Wednesday •;• but the De- Wor-Odice, Meech 1.
fondant, in the mean time, havinv inspected the 2d Regiment of Dragoon Gyards, William Richardson Graham.
n Bent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice ()militant promoted
original, the Plaintiff did not chuse to proceed to • in the 23t1 Light Dragoons.
• trial. The [louse of Lords, his Lordship observed" itDitt, Cameo,t Ensi
ith ogut n R. R. W. Brett, from the 11th Foot, to be
w purchase.
always proceeded on inspection of the original re- 19th Regiment of Light Dragoons. John Wallace, Gent. to be
. sister. , Cornet, by purchase, vice Phillips, promoted.
14th Ditto., St. John Charlton, Gent. to be Cornet, without pur-
, Mr. llAirt, in reply, contended, that on trial of
, • . • chase, vice WCarthy, promoted.
tee ejectment, the present. Plaintiffs had. been Com- 20th Ditto, Captain 11. Floyd, from the 90th Foot, to be Cap-
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plrtely deceived by the entries in question, by which ' ta in of a Troup, vice Kelly, who exchanges.
Cornet the Ilan. W illiain hiassey to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
,n Iraq been, induced to suppose it wholly useless , vice Sandys, who retires.
tOsidatece the strong evidence with which they were. Joseph Kelly, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Lindsay,
• .prepared to have met the pairole testimony on the who. retires.
22d Ditto. John Rolland GenL to be Cornet, without purehaw,
)qtbor side. To, the benefit of this evidence, there.; vice Paton, promoted.
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Piero, he subi+tetttlary *ere still entitled. - , i 24th Ditto, Cornetp C. Wardell to be Lieutenant, without pate.
••' ins.. chase, vice %i the,y who retires.
• sue Loan CtIANALLOII said lie must take a day or ' Staff Corps of Cavalry. Hospital-Assistant William Campbell,
ha,. tO consider the case. - to be Assistant-Surgeon; vice James Campbell, whose ap,
, • 7-roP"-- . • • pointment has not•taken place-
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nt OF KING'S
irBENCH, Nelsen 2. Ist Regiment of Foot Guards.
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' To he Ensigns, without parelrise--George Thomson Jacob,
. TIRILDS ti. SONEIIII. Cent. vice Ellis, promoted; and Donald Cameron, Gent. vice
This
was an action on a Bill of Exchange, drawn • Clive, promoted.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, George Richard Buck-
by a person of the name of Braham Isaacs, at two ley, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hothans, pro-
month', and accepted by the Defendant. The I misted.
amount of the bill was 651, les. . 1 William Hu.nter, Gent..to be
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. The acceptance of the . bill by 'Defendant' having f p romoted
9d Regiment of Foot Guards.
been proved, . . Tote Ensigns, without purchase—JefferfPrendergast, Gent.;
pson, Gent.
The ATTOENEY:GENERAI" . for the Defendant, !-Ist-W—mentSoimf Foot, Joseph Crowther, Gent. to be Bosi"
- stated., *that the real facts of this case were these:— i- by purchase, vice Wardrope, promoted.
1 The Defendant applied to Mr. Isaacs, for the loan Captain S. P. Newell, from the Oxford Militill, 40
; .. . sates, : 4th Ditto,
• be Captain, with temporary rank.
et between sixty and saventy pounds, and a meeting , 6th Ditto, Lieutenant A. Macpherson to be Captain of a Cow
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was appointed for the purpose of transacting the Rally. without purchase, vice luster, promoted in a Peas&
.business at4he Mitre Tavern, Aldgate. The parties _ sional Battalion of ilia.
vro be Lieutenants, withit purchase—Ensign H. Delhair, 'vice
met, when*Mi. Isaacs produced 631. and then drew, Graham, promoted i Ensign P. Gaggin, vice Lillie, promoted
the Bill of' Eichange in question, and tendered it to I .
rintql
ese 60th Foot; Ln‘ilol "ha Bonney, vice Adda", who
. Defendant, for acceptance. Defendant, on seeing 'To he Ensigns, without purchase—Volunteer Tyner,
-meant
which it was dra wit, asked what was vice Delimit.; Quarter-Mauer-serteant Samuel Rose, from
meant by drawing it fur more than the sum lent ?
9th Ditto,
h;i6titost, t°stitgvisicSe Vlaarginfrom the Ist West York Militia, to
When Isaacs said, 64 I shall have to pay fifty shit. • he Ensign. without purchase. •
.lings to have the bill discounted again." Under .11th Ditto, Lieutenant Jr; Arnaud to be Captain of a Company,
these ciicumstances the Learned Attorne sub- James w.lthout purchase, viceTuton, removed trom the service.
~ , yWaller Sidney, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
,mitted the Plaintiff was. not entitled to recover on , L'Estrange, pronimeed.
the grin, Cul of usury. . . 12th Ditto.
These facts were proved by two witnesses, named ToII vibcee Lieutenants,
erwj:lleurt
irenrcha.sbte—nEt purchase—Ensigns
tEt. It. Hicks,
'Harris and Simmons, who happened to be in the Clarke, vice Illityt, decease:lTß. Paget, vice vic°elChirhovlem;, de-
public-house in question, when the transaction took ceased.
To be Ensigns, without purchase—William Austin, Gent. vice
piece.. , Clarke; George FoSberry, Gent. vice Paget.
. Braham Isaacs having been called again, and having 14th Ditto, Ensign St. John Harman to be Lieutenant, vice
declined answering the' question as to the money Nicirlss n
°ideceed.
To be Ensigns, without purchase— Fraser,
__ Gent. vice
which lie had paid to Somers.—The Plaintiff was Oakes. nn oted in the 52d 'Foot; Edward Wes tby, Gent.
nou-suited. • • . vice Harman.
To be Paymaster—Robert Mum), Esq.
15th Ditto, Ensign G. IllingwortlE to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Cu3t, who retires.
16th Ditto.
To be Assistant-Surgeons—Assistant-Surgeon J. C. Bnlkeley,
from the 12th Royal Veteran Battalion. vice Kell, promoted
in the 97111 Foot ; Assistant-Surgeon It. Hickson, from the
6th Dragoon Guards, vice O'Reilly, promoted in the 14th
Foot.

1, •ice Wiaper,

• LOX V. CLARKE.
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..' This was an utters to recover 111. ss. alleged to
be due under
.the following circumstances :—The
:Plalitiff.:is the proprietor of a waggon which pro.
(teed, from London to Portsmoutth-esni was applied
it, by peteadiukt to carrieertain goods from• London
to roctemouth. These goods were put into the
. waggon at the warehouses
.of -Defendant, and a
• . ticket gives to the waggoner of the weight. Upon
arriving At the weigh-bridge, beyond Chichester,
however, the waggon was weighed, and fpund to be
19 cwt.'heavier than was, allowed by the Act of Par-
siament. ..11tle toll-taker, in couseolueuce; demand. ' 21st Ditto. •
Tu be Captains of Companies, ed anti ved 51. 19s. 6d. beyond the usual
4 R. hlacdonald and J. i- without purchase—LicuteltantS
toil. Defendant was subsequently applied to not To he First Lieutenants, without purchase-Second Lieutenants
Bodges, vice hl‘Doriald ; dad
*lone for this sum so paid, but for the additional, J.
Fir Al'rinAciroSrgti're ffair n
carriage 'of. the 19 cwt. which he had omitted to To be Second Lieutenvants, without purchase—Hon. J. sie-4;
mention in the ticket of weight which he had origi. vice Egan; Alexander Geddes, Gent. vice Moe"
Charles L . onsdale, Gent. vice Hodges; and Willi-
Bogy given. • . tl.
strong, Gent ..v ice Armstrong.
The promise of the Defendant to pay this demand ' rid Ditto, Liek.-Colooel J. Tucker, from the Star in North
hawing been proved by the waggoner of Plaintiff, a' America, to be Lieut.-Colonel.
verdict was found for .Plaintiff.—Damn , „ „ Brevet Major P. AP N eight to be Major, without purchase.ges 4 lie U,• ITo be Captains of Companies, without purchase—Lieutenants
Costs 40$. J. Fleming, C. H. Watson, H. B. Mends, from the 60th Foot;
---ssoms.-- and A. S. Taylor, from the 94th Foot, •
• Tirbe Lieutenants, it ithout purchase—Ensigns H. Ramos, W.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, 11Ltacw 2. F. Mart' and R. Burbidge, from the 2d Garrison BMW'
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ASSIGNEES OF SMITH V. *THE ATLAS INSURANCE
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To be. 1
Ensigns, Without. -gprcltse—William Birdsall, eat.
COMPANY. I James Telfair, Gent --- Crawford; Gent. ----- Kelso.
This was an action brought to recover 26001. the ; Gent, and John Hod_ gm, Gent.
from the Nleviimoth Militia, to
;,- sum for which wearing apparel and furniture of : be First Ili:untie R.
savtihtheartes4orary rank.
:.Smith, the bankrupt, was insured. It will be recol- 24th Dino, Lieut. G. A. 13owdler, from the Ist Garrison Batta-
iected that Smith was tried and acquitted at the Old lion, to be Lieutenant, vice Neligan, nho exchanges.
th Ditto, Philip Smith, ' , to be Paymaster, vice Bruce,
26 Bailey for burning his house in Newgate-street ; but : who resigns. kaq
as many circumstances tended to cast suspicion on ' 26th Ditto.
him, the Atlas Company resisted the demand of his Todbe
aCsaelittniansnt
FCostpaannies—vtiiteeute:
stotsdeAcease, Lettri, vice Child,
assignees. It appeared on the trial at the Old Bailey, , To be Lieutenants—Ensigns J. hiahon, vice Thompson; do-
that between nine and ten on the llth of November, ' To
and T. Clithhe. vice Mahoney, deceased.
Isl 2. Smith, who was a merchant-tailor, went with. Toliblem,tptriegynSna—lblin°,.":::: Silelsevntele3l.7.7lju, b"heell' . vite
Mitheiv
tilimil'
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his clerk, a friend, and two of his men, to a public- 27th Regiment of Foot, Lieut. A. Drysdale to he Captain of a
house near Tower-hill, to give them a treat :he there To he without(
Fpu.re base, vice
Smith, vice
rinit,ainvieicre,
decredoast!di.
;daelaidd
got so drunk, that he was carried home by a porter; of ehiseuwoenuannds ; Eilbgonnsovan, vice‘
to another house which he had in Houndsditch, where " M. All`Nicol, vice Harding, killed in action.
he staid till the next morning, when news was'. Tosthoener.raigints.—
ovi '',1723:14.4hat:
.. vice goneovannt': Geaundt.JovsieepeliS 7 i,th
brought him that his house in Newgate-street was I vice M‘Nicol.
t.
Awn!. It appeared that on the 10th Smith had '' 31th Ditto.
• be Captain of a Company—Captain T. Kelly, from &Nis
bought some turpentine, pitch, links, firewood, and .7Lih 11 • vice Floyd,- h h ht ragtoms,
shavings, which he had brought home himself. j 31st Ditto, Ensign S. 0. Goodwin, from the Sligo Militia, to be
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Mr. Sezjeant Snreua E
x o, in stating the case for the 3,2d'gHig" • Ensign j Henry
yto be Lieutenant, vicelgrk deed ,
Plaintiffs, observed, that the circumstance of Smith' ortisw'otjorad. Votr Uineer -- M•Nlbb to
~ Ensign,i
buying his own fire.weed and turpentine was not ' vice Henry, -..•--
33d Ditto,. Lieutenant E. Fitspntr:ck to he Copeishrof it um-
calculated to raise any well-founded suspicion; as lie {zany, without purchase, vice keig:itley, proniefellfreli 13th
via, 'a vsrlgite man, and was constantly in the habit Foot. .
of acting as his own porter. -Ife said, he should 34th Ditto, Ensign G. Bell to be Licaterthat; iii344l4lws. de-1
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prove that Smith had, previously to the fire, four '36i-iris3eito, John lAN low, Gent. to be Ensig•Orldienit risfatalics
thousand pounds worth of goods in his shop, and i vice Hole, promoted in the-78th Foot. . ' • •
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though he was constantly selling, the deficiency so ! 37th Ditto.
created was as constantly made good. He was pro. ITo be Captain. of Companies—Lieutenants E. Bottfr, without
purchase; E. I)ruitt. from the s,th Foot, without purchases
reeding{ to call witnesses, when and the Hon. J. Finch, from the 15th Light Dralgvoms by 1
The Cum JUSTICE observed, that as it would he I purchase.
very desirable that some of the creditors should be Toßtalnd,eirkanrmtss,trownit.hoi!ast rrcha.n7A—dEnsigns
itw.6w.,me.sond
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examined, who could not be admitted as witnesses, I Trydell, from the sdriiarrisgonn aßattalijontavnice Butler.' an
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it was highly proper, on alt accounts, that the case To he Ensigns— --.-- Blake, Gent, vice, Bevan; and
i Conolly, Gent. vice Armstrong. i
should go to a reference. 3Bth Ditto, Lieutenant Smith, from the North Hoots i
The case accordingly, with:the consent of the par- Militia, to be Ensign.
ties; went to a reference. ..1. 41st Ditto, Limit. J. J. Herbert, from the Ist West York Mi-
Mils, to be Lieutenant, with temporary rank.
42d Ditto, Lieutenant J. Hamilton to be Captaiaof a Compan
without porchose. vice igitckenxie,appointed to the 9th Royal'
Veteran Battalion.
Ensign J. W:ttson to be Lieutenant, vice Hamilton.
Alexander Cumming, Gent. to be Ensign' .ice Watson.
46th Ditto, Major A. Campbell to be Lieuteoint-Colonel, with-
out purchase.
Captain J. 81•Kenzie to he ida'or, vice Cauiphell.
Lieutenant T. Miller to be Captain of a Company, vice
M`Kruzie.
47th Ditto, Lieut. P. Forbes to be Captain of a Company,
without purchase, vice ituttledke, placed upon half-pay,
50th Ditto, Lieutenant R. Chtedinnon, from the Dublin City
Militia. to be Ensign.
lst Ditto, Ensign Walton from the Monmouth and
Brecon Militia, to be Ensign.
514 Ditto. •
To he Lieutenants, without purchase, Ensign G. E. Senn, vice
Temple, promoted ; and H. T. Oakes, from the 14th Foot,
vice Chalmers, prismoted.
To be Ensign—John Montagoe,•Gent vice Scott
S3d Ditto, I.ient. J. Treveaeo' from the 100th FM, to be Lien-
tenant. vice Campbell, *boexchanrres.
55th Ditto, Capt. T. COSMlllits fres the 101st Foot, to be Cap-
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18th Ditto.

To be Ensigns—John Butler, Gent; by purchase, •ice Littk,
promoted.; William Burnett, tient. without purchase, .vice
Faulkner, appointed in the 77th Foot.
20th Diuo, totign.J. Tunipbon to be Licutenaot, without per-
chase, vice Pigott, who retires. -
Donatus O'Brieu, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vie*
Tompson. •

ACCIDENT.—On Suadisy si'most melancholy acci-
dent happened at Deal, to the daughter of an honest
industrious man, named Biker, the deputy crier.--
'1 ip. unfortunate girl, whO is about 13 years of age,
and much deficient in intellect, was sitting by the fire,
and during the ablence of her mother up stairs, her
clathes took fire from a spark or other cause, and
she uas in a moment enveloped in flames. • A Mr.
Terry, who happened to be passing at, the instant
the miserable girl ran frantic into the street,
mai much burnt in his hands, &c. in endeavouring to
reseueher from the flames that surrounded her.—
' 'Medical aid was imMediately•called in, but the that
--parrs httd.bebome so Much injttred, that the poiir suf.
ferer, after languishing till siz o'clock, was released
front all her tortures.

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