heard, and the Plaintiff found that two of his Dogs had been shot by the Gamekeeper, in consequence of general Orders to that Effect, from his Lordship. A Correspondence between the Parties took place, in which the Defendant, apparently irritated by some hasty Expressions of the Plaintiff, finally declined giving him any Satisfaction for the Loss which he had sustained.

Lord ELLENBOROUGH observed, that the general Order for shooting the Dogs that might trespass, was altogether illegal and unjustifiable, that the Question for the JURY to consider, was, not what Value might nominally be attached to the Dogs, as being Favourites, but what was their real Value; and, taking that Consideration for their Guide, he thought they should give the Plaintiff, a liberal Compensation.

The Jury retired for half an Hour, and returned with a Verdict for the Plaintiff-One Hundred Pounds Damages.

A Second Action between the said Parties, for a similar Loss, took place in 1809, it was for Damages, on Account of the Defendant's Gamekeeper, having shot and killed, the Plaintiff's Dog.-The Plea was, "that the Defendant, Lord CAWDOR, was Lord of a Manor, at Kidwelly, in the County of CARMARTHEN, and that the other Defendant, was his Lordship's Gamekeeper: that the Plaintiff's Dog came upon that Manor, and was following a Hare, and might then and there, have killed the said Hare; that the Gamekeeper shot the said Dog, as it was lawful for him to do." To which Plea there was a Demurrer.-Lord ELLENBOROUGH, by way of shewing the Absurdity of the Plea, said-" I think the Plea does not justify, the killing, by the Gamekeeper: is it to be endured, that a Man's Dog,

or any other Animal, shall be shot, because he follows a Hare, without stating in the Justification of killing that Dog, it was necessary to kill it; or that the Dog belonged to an unqualified Person, and was pursuing Game unlawfully. All this, or some of this, was surely necessary to be stated. If there be a PRECEDENT, for such a Plea as this, it is a PRECEDENT, against COMMON REASONING, and COMMON SENSE, and the SOONER, it is overturned, the BETTER."-JUDGMENT for the PLAINTIFF.

The legal Cases alluded to are recent. An Action was brought at the BURY Assizes, 1810, by the Plaintiff, who is an Auctioneer at WOODBRIDGE, against the Defendant, a Gamekeeper of Mr. JENNEY's, to recover Damages, for having shot two Pointers, the Property of the Plaintiff. A Witness proved that he heard a Gun go off, when the Dogs were shot; that the Defendant asked the Witness to bury them, and that He never denied shooting them, but upon being told, it was a Pity he shot the Dogs, he said, it could not be helped then. Another Witness proved, that he heard the Defendant, at an Inn in WOODBRIDGE, confess the Fact. On the part of the Defendant, his Daughter was called, who swore that her Mother, went nto the Cover where the Dogs were, with a Gun, which she fired off twice, and that the Defendant was gone to WOODBRIDGE, and met Her and her Mother as they returned from the Cover. The JUDGE left it to the Jury to say, whether the Defendant or his Wife shot the Dogs, as in the latter Case, the present Action could not be supported, without Her being joined; his Lordship said, it might be possible, that the Defendant acknowledged it to screen his Wife, supposing that He might justify, as Gamekeeper, although She could not. The Jury returned a Verdict for the Plaintiff, Damages, Twenty-five Pounds.

ROBINSON v. Lord LILFORD.

This Action was brought by the Plaintiff, who is qualified, against the Noble Lord, for shooting a brace of Pointers, the Property of the Plaintiff, as they were returning from chasing a Hare, which had run into the Defendant's Estate. The Noble Lord suffered Judgment to go by Default, consequently it was decided before the Sheriff and his Jury, at the NORTHAMPTON Assizes, in 1813, when a Verdict was given for the Plaintiff, of Eighty pounds, and Costs.

BOYD V. GISSING. (Court of Common Pleas, Dec. 1, 1809).

This was an Action, to recover Twenty-two pounds ten shillings from the Defendant, for two Pointers, warranted staunch, &c. The Plaintiff is a Gentleman residing at Teddington, and the Defendant a Dealer in Dogs. On the Dogs being tried, they flushed several Covies of Birds, and were altogether useless. The Plaintiff agreed to take a Setter Dog, which was also warranted, for twelve pounds, and if disapproved of, the three Dogs were to be returned, and the Money refunded. The Setter was described by a Gamekeeper, as a Newfoundland Dog, in Action. A Justification was attempted, that the Dogs were not returned in time.-Verdict for the Plaintiff.

This keen Attempt to increase the Revenue, and to pocket some of the Spoil, for extra Vigilance, happened in the Spring of 1809, at KENSINGTON. A Lady who keeps a most respectable Boarding-School, at Colehern House, Earl's-court, was surcharged for two Dogs, and appealed. Upon being interrogated, whether she did not keep a large Yard-dog, replied in the Affirmative.-" Then, (exclaimed the Collector) Ma'am, I have you; for I'll take my Oath,

I saw a yellow and white Spaniel at the Window."-" True, (replied the Lady) but the poor little Fellow is only stuffed, and has been dead for two Years!"-The Auditors burst into Laughter, and the officious puppy of a Collector, retired so discomfited, that he will not again hastily shew his Teeth, before he can bite!

A Trial recently took place in the Court of King's Bench, DUBLIN, respecting a Pointer Dog. The Witnesses on the part of the Plaintiff, proved the Identity of the Animal, who, as further Evidence, was produced on the Table, to the great Merriment of the Court, who were convulsed with Laughter, at this unusual Witness's Testimony. The Jury gave Thirty Pounds Damages, to the Plaintiff.

This Fact, may put Persons on their Guard, not to buy Dogs from a Stranger.—In 1811, a DOG-STEALER, was committed from Marlborough-street Police-Office, for having stolen a Pointer, which he had sold to a Mr. NIGHTINGALE, for eight Guineas. He had sold the Dog again, to another Gentleman, of whom it was owned by Mr. N. and it turned out, that the Dog was originally stolen from HOUNSLOW; and the Prisoner confessed, having stolen and sold the Dog, five several Times, IN ONE MONTH.

By the late ACT, Pointers, Spaniels, &c. pay two shillings and sixpence, and all other Dogs (except Greyhounds and Hounds), One Shilling additional Duty.

In high Estimation, for His Breed of Setters and Pointers, we may be excused adverting to a Man, the late Mr. DANIEL LAMBERT, the most astonishing, in personal Magnitude, of any HUMAN BEING upon RECORD. When so increased in BULK, that the Sports of the Field, could

only be enjoyed from Recollection, he still persisted in maintaining that Excellence, to which he had brought his Dogs, of the above Description, and in 1806 they were publicly sold, at the Prices beneath.

Mr. MELLISH was the Purchaser of the Seven Setters, and Lord KINNAIRD of the Two Pointers.

Mr. LAMBERT died in 1809, in his fortieth Year; and when last weighed by the famous Caledonian Balance (in the Possession of Mr. KING, of Ipswich), He was found to be Fifty-two Stone, Eleven pounds in Weight (Fourteen pounds to the Stone), which is Ten Stone Eleven pounds more, than Mr. BRIGHT, of MALDON in ESSEX, ever weighed. The celebrated Sarcophagus of ALEXANDER, viewed with so much Admiration at the BRITISH MUSEUM, would not nearly contain this immense Body.— The Coffin, consisting of One Hundred and twelve, superficial Feet of Elm, was built upon two Axle-trees, and four clog Wheels; and upon these, his Remains were rolled into the Grave, in the new Burial-ground, at the Back of ST. MARTIN'S Church, STAMFORD.