Star. — London, England, 1828-01-15 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE-(Tats Di!:). The Market for Plantation Suswas maintains a favourable sp peatance,lltisough since Friday budoess titan htmonsiderable amount has boon transacted. The advance in the prices obtained before the holidays, is, however, very trilling,-considering the brisk demand that has existed, end the present low stock. The deliveries continue rather - considerable, and the Comparative defidency in the" West Ilia Ducks has advanced again to nearly 10,000 casks. The market this morning is not active. The Refiners come steadily to market, and. perhaps this is the beet indication for the future. Foreign SIIMA WI do not bear so•good an appearance. Rag India f o r shipment arifirm. and the prices steady. • Refitted Sugars not en much enquired after. The' East India Company have declared 4,000. Bags for sale We:month. • Of Corset a more •favostruble • opinion is entertained, principally on account. of the buoyant stated the Continental markets. The Fast India Company have declared for sale at the latter end of this meaty, 1,200 Rapp: Coffee: ,The stock of Foreign Coffee is ea the *er,: • East India Company have just made their declaim. deft f!ir the . Mat Seie, in which month there will be submitted 1,700,000 Ih4. of digest kinds—vin. Bohm, 1,750,000 lbs. Coo gan, Canapil,''Sehne, and Sostcliong,'s,soo,ooo lbs. Twaakay and Bison Ski 1,10 0 lbs.and Hylton, 250,000 lbs. The quantity eold,in Dec. last "tV ilitis tided, and fourth qualities was larger 'than the present declimtlay.iisa prices in consequence are higher The' amount of Comp*, &mhos& &c. is much larger, and prices are heavy. The total quantity declared is the same ss last sale. Sricas.—There was a considerable sale of Spices for the Ceylon Government yesterday : the total quantity of Cinnamon offered 'was 74,000 alts. which obtained the following peen, first quality f r olOis. 4. all'. 9d. per lb. much the same as former quotationsH fd Ss. to ss. 9d. (higher)—and the 3d quality at 4s. 7d. • °tier' descriptions .crf Spices stationary. The large arrivals of Arm() lately have meld many forced sales, and a decline of full per ib. oaf occurred in the last ten days. Saytrosna remains unoperated upon by Stamm polities ; it is, in fed, if any thing, rather fiat, buyers being unwilling to purchase above' 245. or 245. 641. per cwt. THE SHROPSHIRE HUNT BALL. _ The above Ball took place on Thursday evening. It -was numerously attended by Members of the Hunt, and , the following among others— But and Countesi of Denbigh, Kati and Countess of Kihnorey, Lord Kenyon, the Hon. Misses, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kenyon. Lord sad Lady Lucy Clive, Lard Hill, Lady Fielding, Hon. Thos. Kenyon - i s Mr. and Lady Emily Harding, 'Mr. and Lady Charlotte — Lyster, Lady and the lion. Millais Forrester, Sir Watkins W. 'Wynn Sr George, Lady,.and the Misses Pigott Lady Leighton, lady Smythe, "Lady*Pulestons, Sir John, Lady, and the Misses Airrottesley, Sir John Salisbury, Sir Robert, Lady, and Miss Julia Sir Fratwits and Lady Hill. Lady and Miss Fenton Boughey, General Lethbridge, Colonel Ellison, Maim Bayley, Colonel the Bow Mrs. and the Misses Leighton, &c. ace. CHATSWORTH, JAN. 13. The Duke of Diettastttna arrived here on Friday eversing, accompanied by a large parw of shooting friends. His Grace will entertain a numerous and dr.- linguished patty there previous to tie meeting of Par liament. Lord Moaperit and his family have also Arrived. In addition to the numerous improvements arutadditions made here recently.. by his Grace, the tower on, the hill above the house, whet the scarlet flag is always hoisted during his Grace's stay, is shortly, td betaken down and rebuilt on a much larger scale. Ti.e dew erection will be a fine object, visible to all the cpuntrY around, and one of the best ornaments of the .N 1 144. . . READING 'COON CY BALL. • 7 4 #11irt;it ;Grand 5a1170 .."- i. the season took place on 'Wednesday night lssr„ id the ToWn Hall, and was at: tended by about 180 of the principal Nobility of the neighbourhood, including Oxfordshire and Hampshire. The room was tastefully fitted up for the °care ion. The music and be selections were admirable and carious.— Among 'they ifictingnished persons present were— •la Marquis Of Douro. eldest 'son of his Grace tfie Duke of Williegton, who comes of age on the 3d of nest month ; the lion. Me, 'Wellesley. Mr J. Walsh, Bart. Sir j... Cope, Dart. Sir F. Sykes, Ikak. Captain fifty*, Mr. O. Spew. ke. WELLS ebrcEET :Op BALL, JAW 10. Tbat Concert took place on Friday evening at the Theatre. The house was crowded in every part by as brilliant and fashionable an audience as ever assembled here. The novelty of-the entertainment, and the taste of the Direstor, attracted families of note even from a considerable distance. Among the company were— Earl Roseberry, Lord and Lady Herr,. JAdy Dolmen'', Lady Andover. Admiral Digby, Lady H. Primrose, the Hon. Misses Anson; W. Kenton Dishy, the. Hoe. B. Primrose, Capt. Loftus, Iles. A. Loftus, &e. , The Conceit opened -with HAT DON); Surprise Sinfo nia, which Ares led off by Mr. Venus.. whose violin solo. in the course of. the evening (Misystnan's Petit Tambour) ?excited great admiration. The glees were delightfully executed by the Gentlemen amateurs. At the close of the Concert dancing commenced with great spirit, being . opened by the Hon. Lady Pautitoss and Mr. H.l3t:oo►t. It was continued till a lite hour with• out intermission. Upwatds.of 200 joined in the dance. THEATRES. . • • DRURY LANG This Theatre-Was literilly trammed last evening in every part, 'but much Of' the plei,sure of, the evening was disturbed by an, accident which happened to the Hartegaits (Mr. Howard.). • In one of the -early scenes of the Harkquinade, the Harkqeix attached to the neck of khe, aors was being swung round by him, when being approaelied . close to the stage lights, the danger Oche situation became apparent to the Claris, and at the same time be was unable to check the violent onoticid he had caused, the Harlefain loosed his hands, and was thrown with •great force into the orchestra, the Clown at the same time filling upon the lamps, from which he was unable for some moments to rise. Mr. Howact. was shortly afterwards' taken from his dan gerous situation and carried into the body of the house; and in a scene or two afterwards made his appearance on the stage, but was quite incapacitated from going through the remaining tidiness of the Pantomime. The Cord was not materially hurt. COVE/IT-GARDEN. In consequence of Mr.KaAll having been wised with sudden illness, so as utterly to incapacitate bias from appearing last night, the Tragedy of Hamlet was sub stituted hot; that of Richard the .Thirci Mr. YOUNG having 'been some distance from town, was unable to arrive in due time; in consequence of whit.h Mr. CHAS. Yuma undertook the part of Harald, which he per formed with grin ability and happy effect. • -The three turnpikes beyond Tyburn Gate, on the Uskeidge Road, are to be consolidated into one. This is a coovetiienee to the public, and a saving to the Trust. 711 0 Worcester Bridge tolls ceased on Monday night ,: . I,,eisa o'clock, after having been levied 46 years. DUBLIN, JAM MU 14. • Among the on dim very *Meet this day in , the a onfy r.Nartabis.°le is, that irrallieitents . Will be made tar the resign: . meet (Attie Cum Bozos, who will be succeeded by theAntotitirr- Gammas, and that Mr. thsersin will resume the latter inch. • • • r • PORTING IN7 ELLIGENCE. • j ' BETTING.i4OO3I; TATTERSALL'S, Jas. 14. There was a good deal of business done yesterday, as well in the shape of Betting as in settling the new blinistry--the latter dividing the attention emote of the lauding speculators. As the betting, however, is the only subject pertaining to the Sobseriptioo.tooin, we shall =cane ourselves to it. In the Derby most of the revolt. rites retain the places they severally occupied onThunday, the only akeratfon being M Soutlaite and Shoveller-%-the former having made a decided advance, an the latter having risen from 40 to 30 to 1, bat without many friends An support him. The Colonel and Druid were backed to a very ceaii&rable sum, and so was bier. cheat. The twn brit favourites ►ave changed places for the St. Leger, and Ultimatum got up in the adds--the other horses heap ing pretty near as in our last. Some brisk betting took place at the following odds— Mawr. 7to 1 agst Merchant (taken) 23 tb 1 apt Bavaria (Larissa) 12 to 1 apt Sorcery (taken) 25 to 1 apt Finesse 13 to 1 apt The Colonel (taken) 25 to 1 atst Omen IS to 1 apt Druid (takes) 25 to 1 apt Defiance 18 to 1 apt Southgote (taken) 27 to 1 apt Amy 20 to 1 agst Mariner SO to 1 agst Shoveller I k3 to 1 agst Folly (taken) 40 to 1 apt Mona 4 to 1 apt Merchant and The Colonel (taken) S to 1 apt Mr. Thornhill's colt (takes) OA The odds u before. • • Sr. Lomas. 12 to 1 apt Velocipede 25 to 1 apt Ultimatum (taken) •13 to 1 apt Messy Bedlam " 2.5 to 1 agst Memphis In to 1 apt Coulon (taken) 25 to 1 sgst Smntelina 22 to 1 apt Merchant (taken) AO 16 1 apt Deiphine 22 to 1 apt The Colonel 40 to 1 apt Stapleton in id w' M= 4: 1 111 I ~~ v 0 • le. rh r - Pl-'•.... ai .• HUNTING. - The Chip . perfirld Harriers meet on Friday, at Nash Mill, be. tween Kin gs Langley and Two Waters. The East Sussex Fox Hounds an Thursday, at Southease; and on Saturday, at Shortgate. Mr. Osbaldeston's Hounds on Thursday, at Luton Hall; and on Saturday, at Cranford. Mr. Muster's Hounds to-morrow, at Gedling Wood; Friday, at Eagle Wood; and on Saturday, at Coddington. Lord Anson 's Hounds on Thursday, at Primetborpe Village; and on Friday, at Rourton. The Quorn Hounds to-morrow, at Rolleston; Thursday, at Gumley ; and on Friday, at Allezton Hall, The Puckeridge Hounds to-morrow, at Culver; and on Satur day, at Walton. The Haydon Hounds to-morrow, at Tbreepwood Fell; and on Saturday; at Todcastle. The Werscre Stag hounds on Friday, a; Houghton on the Hill. General Fitzroy's Beagles, to-morrow, at Tittleshall Mill; and on Friday, at West Lezbam. The New Union Suffolk Harriers to-morrow, it, Westin!! Grey. hound; and on, Friday, at Redenball Ulndi, near Narleston. The Chesbire Hounds to-morrow, at Dutton Hall; Thursday, at Appl,ton Hall; and on Saturday, at Minshull Guide Post. , The Shropshire Foz Hounds to-morrow, at Ross Hall ; and on Friday, at Battlefield. • The Pia. Trg Harriers, to-morrow, at Halkin. Sir R. Polestort's Hounds to-morrow, at .1111brctok ; and od Friday, at Gallantry Bank. The Worcestersbire Hounds to-morrow, at Corse Lawn; and on Friday, at ditto. The Somerset Fos Hounds on Friday, at Lewsy Thorn. FOOT RACES. Yesterday morning, at an early hour, a numerous assemblage of amateur pedestrians congregated in the City-road, to witness att old toot-racer, about 55 years of age, run a mile for a Wager of £5 and a supper for.six,ia five minutes and a half. The pedestrian warted from a link aboveFeatherstone-street,City-road, and went steadily _ . at the commencement of his task, but on clearing the ascent of the bridge, he ran at a most astonishing rate for a man of his age, and, on reaching the required distance, he was nearly breathiesi, but won dae match. Yesterday morning, Sheppard, the Yorkshire pedestrian, under took for a wager of 20 teineas to run 20 miles in three hours. At half-past 10 o'clock he nutted from the Mildenhead, Leadenhall market. and ran with yeatipted, until he arrtred at Romford, a distance of IQ milekiihich . he accomplished in considerably less thin half the time given to perform the whole of the match. After a short rrst, be again scatted towards London, and continued running with the most surprising alacrity, until his arrival in l A'bitechapel, where he was followed by numbers of individuals until his arrival at the hlaidenhesd, when it was a grainer pan one o'clock,* haling performed his difficult task in a quarter of an hour less than the given time. He was extremely exhausted, and a great number of bets were lost and won on the occasion. BOXING. FIGHT BETWEEN SOLLY REURENS AND ANDERSON, FOR £m A ME. This match originated out of a division of parties at the fight between Harry Gidgeon and Jack Locke, the Bristolian ; and in the heat of the'rnoMent, the stakes then were named at 201. aside, and a sovereign, a piece deposited ; but, on cooler deliberation, Ander son's party receded from the 201. a side agreement, and paid the one pound forfeit to have it liquidated to a 101. a side match. The place of fighting was named_ at the Maypole, in Hainault Forest, and Ilford to be the bead quarters; but the state of the ground ressiered that arrangement nugatory, and Wan stead Flats was then selected ; but here again the state of the ground interfered, the heavy rains having com pletely soaked every spot susceptible of moisture. The indefatigable commissary, Joe Fish wicke, however, dis covered a suitable spot in an intermediate situation, ard there he pitched the stakes, and for ornament and u,e strewed the fighting ground with a copious supply of -Caw dust; altogether completing a prime ring for any purpose. There were lots of swell drags on the ground— two or three fours— and the usual number of donkey carts, cruelty vans, kc. Sec. and a vast assemblage of those who had footed it all the way. The muster of sheeneys was both numerous and respectable. Of the two men, Solly Reubens,the Jew, was best ' known ; reputed as_ an excellent spatter, having fought , some good bye-battles, and as having been once about to be matched to fight Brown, the Sprig of Myrtle. Padar the superintendence of Barney Aaron, he spent the pre vious ;tight at the Rose and Crown, near Ilford. His weight is about 8i stone, and his height somewhere about 5 feet 4 inches. James Anderson, alias Bailey, is a native of Huston, but takes his-designation from the School of Tactics which he adraires,.end conseqUently styles himself a 'Bribtolian. He is about SO years of age, about five feet ,three inches, and a little upwards of si t stone. fi e has done * good deal in bye battles, and has always been successful in his mills. He arrived at the Rose and • Crown, near Ilford, a little after 11 o'clock. About one o'clock-the move to the battlefield was made. Solly Reuben, first shyed his tile right 'On the rwratch, with ,Mr. Nathan aid Jem Shelton. Shortly after Anderson skyed bis castor, attended by Jack Tis dale and Young Josh. Both men looked well enough, but neither indicated training. At 13 minutes past one, they shook bfads, were up and doing. • THE FIGHT. Rams 1. Both appeared graceful and easy in attitude. An denim sem* with bis right leg forward. There was little sparring tin Anderson made a rush, but, iniscakulating his distance, be mined his din, and fell short. Reuben made a single left.handed body hit, and kept out, and Anderson repeated the rush. Reuben' 'aught his head in con ning In under his right arm, and retained Ms held like a vice, whilst le fibbed with the rapidity of lighning with the left at the forehead. Anderson was helpless, and could only straggle front his looting to upset Sony, which he as lass effected. and was above in the fill. " That's nothing my poy, Sally, It's all your own." This was a singular fought round, as Anderson was exposed t• the full play of Softy's left-hand during all the letting, lad bad neither the power of stopping, nor Moral.; a *kilo blow. 4. Aiidersoe's lambda showed the effects of tie Last round on sioening up, but be faced' Ids man range Itenh'ufittellylit the body with the left, but stinlirtho atop aleveC and retnra n d ri g ht and left , but out of distance . e then rushed in, and-Solly met him with site right hind meth, cheek, and hugged /64 fibbed him as in the fanner round, till both were down. 3. More punishment visible on Anderson. Exchanges la favour of Sony. Anderson again rushed, and Stilly received him with a pepperer add-and that grassed him clean. " First knock down, I by my shout." 4. Sony stopped a right-bander at the body, and returned left and right at the face, mode both tell, aid brought claret from the ogle and smeller of Anderson. (" Snit blood, my poy, it's all yoir pwn—make short—go in, and finish," says • sheeny. 44 Aye `finish," says young Josh. " but that a'nt so easy done; I'm blow d if he bean't the gamest man u is, and no gammon ; he'll fight, mind ye, an hour or two.") Anderson fell ou his face in running in, and Sally just saved himself from giving an az:ideatal foul blow. S. Anderson hit short (" Shoot out," says young Josh). Sully went home left and right in the face—Caught Anderson, and fibbed, but was upset in the struggle. (" His shoots won' t do Josh," says a Sheeny). 6. Anderson's face began to puff, and change both shape and colour • be had now no wish to close, and could do nothing keeping out. Lily made play—Anderson clawed a little—closed, and tried for the fall, but Soily pitched him over the under ropes, and skipped like a dancing master to his second's knee. 7. Anderson wildly rushed in. was well fibbed, and scrambled Solly down at the ropes.—" Take him away." S. Anderson all abroad and beat to pieees could neither hit nor get away; he reeled about like a lathy cove, and went to grass to save his mutton. 9. Found Andenon in the same way; and concluded with Sony tipping a clean knock When time was called, Andenon 's backers would net lett ni. come again, and Sony's hat wai elevated midst the hews and congratulation. of the Israelites, after a sharp. fight of Mt minutes. REMARKS. Anderson was ushered into notice as a "strange good one;" but If the character was at sU fairly drawn from good report, Sony must be a very superior "good one," for Anderson had not a chance, be never made a single hit, and left the ring with his face dreadfully punished. Solly had no appearance of having been fight ing, except that his right band was slightly puffed. A combat more one way, and without vatiatkm. was never witsesaed—it was thought a horse to a hen on Sony Reuben'. EDINBURGH, JANUARY 12. Tuesday afternoon, between the hours of four and sit o'clock, a house, No. 35, East Richmond Street, was broken into, in the absence of the family, by forcing open the door ; and 181. in cash ; bank bills to the amount of 12701. a gold watch, chain and seals; a sil ver watch ; twelve silk, and some cambric handker chiefs, and an immense, quantity of wearing apparel and nappery, were carried off by the robbers. The prospects of trade in Glasgow continue favour able. The calenders are all busy. The following statement affords a gratifying proof of the rapid increase of shipping at the port of Dundee. Vessels arrived from the sth January 1827, to the sth January 1828-13 i itish 231, foreign 15, coastwise 10 —total 1454; being 171 vessels mote than the prece&, ing year. The' increase is as follows :—British 80, fo. reign 9, coastwise 82—total 171. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, JAx.l4. At the sitting of the Court, IN RZ JODDIULL. A LUNATIC, _ _ _ _ _ _ Mr. Gonrazi requested the Lord Chancellor to fix a day for hearing a petition in this matter as soon as possible. The object of the petition was to procure the order of the Court for the sale of some horses. The Loan. CHANCELLOR said he would have made an order in this case before but for the understanding be- tween the parties. He directed the case to be mentioneJ on Wednesday morning. It•PARTZ HAWKINS, IN RZ HOWARD AND 013114 Mr. BICKERSTETH informed his Lordship that the parties in this case had agreed to have the question in dispute tried on an issue, if his L'rdsLip would now direct it. The terms agreed OR were, that the issue should be, to try .1 whether any and v hat debt was due to Mr. Hawkins from Messrs. Howard and Gibbs at the suing forth of the commiiiionr Mr. Hawkins was to be the plaintiff, ani the assignees• defendants: and the parties were desirous of trying it in the Court of King's Bench. The LORD Crinsicm,,on saiJ, if the parties desired to have the matter speedily decided, they had better go to the Court of Common Pleas; for, from what he knew of the stare of the cause paper in the King's Bench, if must be some time before the issue could be brought on. Mr. BICKILitaTITH said, that had been considered, and he was instructed to say, that notwithstanding the inconvenience which his Lordship had alluded to, the parties on both sides preferred having the issue tried in the Court of King's Bench. He applied also for leave in the mean time to enter a claim on the proceedings in the commission against Howard and Gibbs. for the amount of the debt charged to be due to Mr. Hawkins. The order was pronounced accordingly. After hearing some bankrupt petitions of no public interest, the Court rose at ball-past two o'clock. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, JAN. 14. DEW V. CLARKE. In this case it will be recollected, that Mr. Roupell made an application to the Court for an order directing the Warden of the Fleet to bring up the defendant, who is in custody for contempt of court, to Sr C. Wethei ell's chambers, in order to attend a consultation, and also to the Court of Delegates, in order to be present at the hearing of an appeal in which he was deeply interested. This application, which was made during the last Sittings of the Court, was ordered to stand over, in order to give Mr. Roupell an opportunity of producing autho rities in support of his application. Mr. ROUPELL now renewed his application, and cited several orders from the Registrar's books, which the Learned Counsel contended to be in point, and in favour of his application, _ _ Mr. Summit opposed the application. He said, that the orders cited by his Learned Friend were made to bring prisoners up to that Court. This jurisdiction of the Court was undoubted, 'but it was quite another thing, and quite out of the jurisdiction of the Court, to 'make an order to bring a prisoner up to another Court, over which the Court of Chancery had no control. • The Vice CHANCELLOR agreed with Mr. Sugden.— He thought that the Court had no jurisdiction in a mat. ter of this nature, and he must therefore refuse the" application. His HONOUR was occupied during the remainder of the day upon bankrupt petitions. COURT OF KINO•S BENCH, GausHALL, JAL 14. Sittings before Lord Tarricaszn and CoinniOn PATES AND OTHERS V. caausew. This was an action of trover, by the assignees.of Mr. Thomas Marshall, a cloth factor, formerly carrying on business lb Basinghall-street, against the defendant, to recover the value of certain goods belosiging to the bankrupt,which it was alleged the defendanehad wrong. fully possessed himself of. It appeared that Marshall, the bankrupt, who had been in a most extensive way of business as a cloth factor, had, in the spring of 1923, become connected with the defendant,a wholesale wool- 1 len draper, residing in Queen.street, Cheapside. At that time, Marshall was in embariassed circumstances. Ha had obtained on credit goods to a large amount , ,varions manufacturers in the country. These he 'di.. posed of to the defendant at prices considerably less than those-erbich were - charged to him by the manofectyrers, and in (Act at a loss of a very large per centage. The defendant being, as it was contended, cognisant of the fact of the insolvency of Marshall at the time of the dealing between them, was now called , on to pay to the plaintiffs, as the assignees of Marshall's estate, the fall , a'ne of the goods which he had purchased of the bank. 'upt under the circumstances stated. Tie Anna.= GiNERAL , in opening the Case• ott• the part of the plaintiffs, said he hoped the system sof jobbing, in which the transactions between the bat b'. rupt and the defendant, with several others of a simians, nature, had originated, would beShortly put an end to , as its existence was most detrimental to the idterests of cemmerce. The principal facts of the case were proved by the evidence of John Mi'weed, the bankrupt's warehouse. 13210, and Mr. Paul, an accountant, who bad lc.. retried the books of the binkrept and defendant, and invati• gated the . transactious between them. The former stead that the goods, which had been obtained by Marshall from the country manufacturers, were frequently sent to the defendant', warehouse without being unpacked, and someday: they were sent without any invoice, and before any entry of them was made in the bankrept's books. On several occasions there was not 6(1. worth of goads left in the bankrupt's warehouse. they having been all sent to the defendant, who himself was soma times much pressed for cash, and obliged to have credit for some of the goods. In addition to this evidence, a variety of books and documents were put in to :hew the nature of the dealings between Marshall and the defendant; and ii:appearrd tt t on every r cca , ion, when goods were. sad to defendant, Marshall was a c - nsiderable loser. In one instance, in the year 1823, he had sold at a loss of between nine and ten per cent. and at other times at a loss of 24,10, 38, and 41 ; er cent. Tae total lo,s in the fear 1823 was estimated at the srm of 6311. 3;. which was about a fourth of the amount of the sales in that year. The amount of the isles in 1824 was 12,7851. and the lo,s on that amount was 4,7441. making the average loss in that year upwards of thirty-lour pounds per cent.— It was proved irso that the prices charg , d by the ma• nufacturers for the good' supplied to Marshall. were fair and reasonable, acco:ding to the rate of the Mar ket, and such as would have enabled Marshall t again at a moderate profit; but the witnessesstated that t! e prices at which the goods were sold by Marshall'to the defendant were, in many instances, such as were not sufficient even to pay for the raw mate ial of the art cies. The detendant, it was stated, must have been aware that the prices he gave for the goods were can-, siderably below the real value of them; and from tbe whole of the circumstances, the jury were called upqn to infer that the defendant, at the time of his dealings with Marshall, knew that that person was in insolvent circumstances. It appeared that several acts of bank. ruptcy had been committed by Marshall in January, 1824, though the commission against him did not isseit till the 2J of November in that year. The transactions between Marshall and the defendant ceased in July, 1824. For the goods sold from January. 1824, till that time, the defendant had paid only 8 3581. instal of upwasds of 12 0001. which it appeared was their value according to the regular alai ket price; and the whole of the latter sum was now claimed by the plain tiffs, as the assignees of Marshall. Mr. GURNEY addressed the jury for the defendant, and observed that the existence of his client, together with that of a large family, depended on te verdict to be pronounced against him in this case. In claiming upwards of 12,0001 as damages, the plaintiffs were taking the whole value of the goods on one side, and its a king no allowance for the 8,0.0 and odd pounds pad by the defendant on the other. If they could charge him with any sum, surely they must give cred•t fir the money he had actually paid. But he (the Learned Counsel) should contend that the plaintiffs wets of entitled to a verd ct. At the time the c m Lsirist ct bankrupt against Marshall issued, there had been a cessation of all transactions between the panics tor a period of upwards of four months, and there was no evidence to show that the defendant knew that Marshall was insolvent, or had committed secret acts of bank• ruptcy so long back as January, 1824, the commission not having been issued till November. The Jury ought not to give effect to these secret acts of bankruptcy, as nothing could be mote dangerous to mercantile trans actions. The defendant, during his dealings with Mar shall, never doubted his solvency. Marshall sold him that he had bought the goods cheap; bet the invoices, had never been handed to him (definJant). and there. , fore he could not know on what terms Marshall was dealing with the country manufacturers. The moment be entertained a suspicion of Marshall's solvency, he ceased dealing with him. There was no proof of wrong fed conversion Of the goods by the defendant ; and, as this was an action of trover, the absence of proof of that kind Was fatal to the action. Lord TENTRRDEN said it bad been decided that where a person purchased goods of another which he had no right to sell, that was a cenversion enabSing a party to maintain an action Of covet. Mr. Gm= then continued his Observations, con tending that there was no evidence to satisfy the jury that the defendant knew of Marshall's being in insol vent circumstances at the time of she dealings between them. He sabmirted, that upon the whole facts of the case the defendant was entitled to their verdict. Lord TERTERDER, in summing up, told the Jury that they were to judge 9f the defendant's knowledge•of. Marshall's insolvency from the nature of the dealings between the parties. If; from the whole course of aleal-• ings, they were satisfied that from the month of Janu ary to the month 2of Ju1y..1824, the defendant knew that he was dealing with an insolvent person, their vet.. dict must be for the plaintiffs. It was for them to c•rn sider whether the defendant, as a man of business and acquainted with the nature of the markets, could sup pose, that for the sake of ready money, Marshall a mid have gone on month after month, for a period of mere than a twelvemonth, selling goods at a ruinous sacri fice, unless he were in a state of inst Ivency. • It bad been said by the defendant's counsel, that it would be hard to make the defendant, pay the sum claimed in t hi s act i on , h a ving already paid, for the goods had of Marshall, a sum of upwards of B,ooof. Those . who dealt with insolvent men, however, must expect to get i n to difficulties, and they had only themselves to thank for it. If, therefore, the jury were satisfied that Mar shall committed an act of bankruptcy in January 182', and that, from that time until July following, the de fendant was aware of his being in insolvent circumstan ces, the whole of the dealings between them were inva lid, and the plaintiffs were entitled to recover the full Value of the goods sold to the defendant within that period. • As, however, this. was an action of 'rover, the jury might, if they thought proper, give a smaller sum by way of damages, than the entire value of the goods. • The Jury, after: retiring for a►out a quarter of an hour, found a veidlit'lor"tbe plaintiff— Damages 3,9991. 7,. :~T, .• .