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NNI. R. er was yr r -street, S . J IS:ed at isz u'clot n, upon :he groth.. 'l'br teblei e each side nt arches, and vatic si, sr MSS Met aeteeptu- J of fish ut all ktr.d. ; lowed by it smolt de !rries, st► • r tst the Chair. itawn, the following um arid Royal Pand!'t-- Na "014,—T !a, tn.' SU:XL/4W the.,...- laa Lupien...Toe rit..s• :ate Admiglibtratiku, Vt., thank, to Mee kit th,-. ~ reovdlo. bemg Brant he numereub an,, d. He teat .uv g of I.i, nt,At o. as, ne w.i co anti wishes t • or4z noNnstio Isiristh ti Ise be present sy spec as upca :k, Earl Cnntwnrrr WlLLtamt wick retired Ki A t:u obse:veJ, the as CAI illy Accc.itiv4>l . rd, aul with the uepa•uut: .)( wished it tu be wit. titer wt. by 110 1V1C,0 , 11 wh.0.14 'bat rcspv34b.4 1, 'Lid pad :di •gerh I," re then y,tvt u, And u.a .111-p.ibt 11. tkevon,h.te, Aicyle, awl St. r; fanktiville, ShAfteahurr. kiuLdrord, Lrr• O.IIIW-414e, i;11,1 , t1, Fb•ra r icsbwough, Altrtuaarle. La• Ossuliton, How,ck, Cllder, lington. nstvend, Si, and Sete, South• sroonby, Kill, Da Claiitorl, retivalo, Ilawlte, Alchthail ton, Caodur, li Calohdisn, ion, St. John, Henry Pott7, Rilbanite, Thos. Miller, W. tient, John A üb,ey, G. C•I -:t, S. Roroilly, and W. W. Grenville, Henry Cretin, n, General Friaparnek, e, Wm. Maul., H. Howard, .. Dumb*, Ruben L. Deus:.'. C H.,d.hmw. mt. m. Caiond'ah, George Henry isonb% , C. A. Polhill', OV,I. a, W. Lambe, J. W. Ward, ith, dairy Jonet, S e • mo . o, Je:e..ite, Jekyll. !lett Llend, Laing, tole:• , 0 a 4, Latovehe, Jolui La* .Jei , e. Chas O'Hara, MIA qt, on, M. A. Taylor, I. Bernard, Benicia., Bal. baron, A. Shaketra.e, li. C. , Cuthbert, Crerry, N. C.al• tie, awl I.ee Antoine. rst Cabinet dinner. yester hope-street, May Fair.-- was prevented from at inn. His Grace has ban tst, which prevented sty's Levee yesterday confined tin ough ess the Princess of WA Lti or the infant child of Mr rof the Exchequer. Pft • f scale are making on Lim Idiog•clothes are an the er lace veil and cloak have idred pounds a the lace for ding dress fifty, and she appeared a second time Haymarket Theatre, acd ne enthusiasm as on Mi.' - „t obliged to the Manage'. ;entletuan of such supctioa lettings fixed for this Son leshirei Wiltshire, Haut?. rkslure, and Lincolnshir ; sins the particular town ey will be celebrated, .%"‘ , and the names of t; idge, June 30, July 1, Ir. August V 6, S 7, a,.d 2., V Cathedral. er, September 16, 17, and L. ;sthedral. I, Seeterraber 12, 29, and 44, M. :r oe or the three Choirs. tubes SO, and Weber 1 and October 7. 11, lod W' root, the fair hostess te centre of bar grand su, m i ng branch dispt.yed, davice--7" game till oar were VA VOUS selea oun'ae. allusion, probably, to recta front bespoke non:be, ate to Fancy WAS . nu doubt that the now s: CM* will led consecue. sidonables Olen prone . THE. COURT. psterday it tie, o'clock His Masan' a ite Levee at the Quscies Palace, which vim at . by— vchioop of eantedtery ; the Lord nil's , seal; the L ,. or the Ras:homer ; the Scceraries of State; the 14 the Admiralty ; the Mauer General of the ~. the Judge Adtneate ; the Lord Cr.aritherlato ; toe 4 Warn's; Rut et Ayleford ; Lords S imeryiue Ao,i , r 4; Sr A Wellesley ; Captain W o n, R. N. 3,,Metsc.. es, Flute. Farkoser i and Rey. Cole. fulhuting had the honour of being presented i Ni sIiST Y :—.-• 'sin Donn, of the Royal N av y , upon his a a Coin ppointment oner , Campbell. t roll his being appointed nrasiof ccise. mile Welesley, upon his being appointed Secretary i 1.0. A I.lra t eliant of Ireland. linoltharn F ree. by Mr. CannitY ; upon his (Wing aui, on her riv,ion to Berlin. at d CATHCART took leave of His 111.siesrlr pre. \ sto hia leaving England to take the contmand 1 e army on the Cuntincnt. its MAJ CST T held a Privy Council. at which understand His MAJESTv's Speech, to be deli td at the opening uf the Session of Parliament, norrow, was tnken into consideration. dis Mairstv gave audiences to the Earl of ratios, Lords Hawaliatiav, CASTLERRAGII. Carticaa, , Sr . C s statito, and Mr. Boon. l o laid before His M sJest v the proceedings of !era l Courts Martial. car BUSINASS. i I Yesterday, being Midsummer Day. a Common flail was held at Guildhall, for the Elenion of cni.-ers usually chosen on that day, when Chris toi,,r Smith. Esq. citizen and draper ; and Richard Phillips, Esq. citizen and stationer, were elcaed Sheriff's for the ensuing year. Mr. Phil l'o's n omination was received with loud acclama tons The greatest unanimity was expressed in his favour, almost every hand in the hall being held up I for him. Ricsard Clark, F.sq. was re-elected Chamberlain, mid !"lc-srs. Galabin and Wells, Bridgemasters , sr for the ensuing year; M es s.Dirrisdale and Leiipar ,!, we a co•irinned Auditors, h tying only served on:.' year ; and Mesys Samuel Hall. and John Isaac C --art, were eleaed, in the room of M e ssrse Bo ired s. ; t •ck and Hayward, whose two years p Enever, Richard Saunders, John Brooks, rid kVheldon Jones, were elelted Aleconners. The Lord Mayor afterwards had a Court of Al dermen, when the Chamberlain and Bridgemasters, as also the Rulers of the Watermen's and Lighter men's Cmpatay, were sworn into weir respelive az:a. .1 he Precepts for belicheelmas Day next were di ”(led If, he issued ; and several Officers salaries, end • adestrien's b,lls, were direeed to be paid. —wee THE .EXPEDITION. - _ 1160 AT 1. JUNE 29. This afternoon five companies of the 2d Light Battalion of the German Legion embarked fin board transports in the harbour, and immediately sailed for the Downs ; where, it is said, they are to remain a few days, until joined by other corps. The above are a remarkably fine l e .dy of men, and have behaved very orderly during their stay at Ratingen. They have praaised constantly with their rifie-pieces, and ate, in general, very expert and good marksmen; and, if we may judge tram appearances, these Mtn will do their duty well in the field of alio°. There ij a part of several of the battalions of the German Legion lying in the Dawns yet. No or ders had arrived this afternoon concerning a conti nuation of the embarking here. There is a number of transports in the harbour ready for troops Some came in yesterday. Ssveral corps are at (-doter bay, which are ell:teat.' hourly to restive orders to watch to this place. DUBLIN. Just 18. T.,ursday morning, at an early hour, two fat mer's botnes on the lands of Kitocioray.ily, near Cullen, in the co unty of Limerick, were set on fire by some vhlains, and entirely consumed, together N.lOl the furniture, bedding, po:atoes, Ise. belonging to J. Ryan, the herdsman, who occupied one of the houses. The following melancholy accident happened to Mr. Masterson, of Duffry, on his return from Mr. Sparrua's funeral, on Tuesday evening :---the horse on which he rode became restive, and threw hits with such violence against the ground, as to cause his imine.liate death. JUNI W. Toe 18th Dragoon., at present on Dublin duty, are under orders for toreign service on the shorted notice. On Tuesday last the 23. h Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart, marched into Cork city from Doneraile, and proceeded nest morning to Kinsale, to replace the 32d Regiment. who are under orders for embarkation. A division of the first regiment of the Light Ger man Legion arrived in Dublin , en Thursday, from late country quarters. at Gort, and other parts the country, in that neighbourhood. k 32d regiment, now at Kinsale, and and.? • • 1.-Ts for England, were reviewed on Saturday last, ri-us to em b a rking. by Major-General Camp , •I'heir manaavres in the field, as well as the ii:terior economy of the corps, called forth the high approbation of the General. the light companies of the 96tb a nd 31st regi ments, stationed in Limerick garrison, and which were to have proceeded, on Saturday last, for Dub lin, have been countermanded. The camp which is forming in the Pisani: Park. is, we understand. to be composed entirely of the light companies of several regiments brigaded to ;tethers this was a measure to which that gallant °Seer, the present Lord Grey. was always very partial. When Sir Charles Grey, and commanding the E,astern Distria of England be had two bri gades of dank companies formed at Cantechery the one comprising all the grenadier companies, and the other the light infantry companies nI all the regiments in the vrhoie of the Distri& which he cons. minded ; and a finer body of eaten. for their num ben, amounting to about dues thousand each. was tathaps man sma. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Jung 24• Before his Homer the Mast en of the ROtelsts SATES • JENKINS. The question in this case has arisen on the last will and testament of the Rev. Or. Joseph Hoare Jenkins, deceased, who was a Master of one of the Colleges, in the University of Oxford. He devised a sum of twenty thousand pounds in one of the Stocks in the Funds, to one of his brothers, and to another brother a sum of seventeen thousand pounds. in another fund. lie then disease' that all his rights, does, and proportions of income, accruing from the Cathedral Church of Westmin-ter, and four or five other several Churches, should be vested in Trustees for the purposes of the trusts of his will; and he further dire red, that all the rest, remainder. and residue of all his real and personal fortune, as well as tile revenues and profits arising from the several Churches, in his will mentioned, should be applied to charitable uses, such as his Trustees should approve of. This last clause excited some sure ise, from the indefinite terms of it ; for all be quests to charitable uses must be made in conformi ty with the Statutes of Mortmaia, as now settled. This case excited some interest, bsiug very iin portant in value; but His HONOUR, with his usual clearness and con ciseness, stopped all arguments for the present. until the Master shall report the amount of the fortune. SCOTT Iv FRINSEIP aid SCOTT. This was a bill filed by Mr. Scott, a minor, and heir at l ise, against Alderman Prlnsep, as trustee, and Mrs. Scott, as personal representative of his tie. ccas -d father, praying, among other matters, an ac count of the property of the deceased, and in parti cular, of the. Motley arising from the sale of the hoasehold furnitirre and effeN of his father, situated in York-street. in the city of Edinburgh, which were sold by the Trustees lately, and the money produ •.ed by the u.tie, lodged in the bank. The deceased in the East tidies, at and before the time of his death, did in 1805 or 1903 send an authority or power to his nents,persons of great credit. requiring them to ~pproi ruse a sum of or 50 or 0.000 dollars in the tir...ee per cent conolls, in any outer fund or put chase more beneficial, to his three illegitimate children, pecifical:y named in his instrinse or to set apart s and appropriate to such ars e a t sum of 15,0001. tO be equal:: divided to and amongst such iii. gtum . ue childrrre, share and , bare Alike, which soever should be found most beneficial to them. 'Die 13,C001. was preferred. as more advatirageous, from the then state of the funds. The 'deceased likewise desired to have some eligible house and domain purchased for him, at a certain price, within forty miles of the city, in a sporting country, but he did not live to return. The Trustees are charged with no fraud or miscntietutt, but it is supposed that some question may be agitated about the provision for the three natural children, and ether parts of the pro perty. when the minor comes of age, or when the Master shall have finished the inquiry before him under this bill. His H °sou' ordered that a certain sum, remain ing in the Trustees' hands, by their own admission in their answer, should be paid over to the use of the Plaintiff. COSTA V. COSTA. Ia this curious case, though trivial in vahae, the Heads of the 114 t, to their honour, chewed some zeal on both silos. The question was, whether the DeFendant, as exe cutrix to her husband, a poor firma, slould, in her accounts with her eldest son, the Plaintiff, he allowed any m're for hi , niaint enance, for ten years, than a sum of 421. which she produced receipts for before the Isla-ter, as for monies paid for divers articles for the s .:-.'s use ; or whether she should be allowed a sum of 2-301. for the son's board, lodging, and washing, for the ten last years before he came of age, as site, by her answer on oath, stated herself en. titled to. She has but 101. per annum as her share, and the son claims a balance of shove tool. the value of stock sold by her : he also claims compen cation for his work and labour in those rars on the farm, wink she swears that he only did work when he pleaseJ, voluntarily, and so little of it as did not amount to the sums she gave him from time to time. a, pocket-money, endeavouring to support him as the eldest son,she having several other children. He. by his bill. claimed no specific sum for his work or service, and no witnesses were examined in the cause. His Hovnua lamented the great expense of send ing the case back to the Master; but it was his in tention, in the Decree, that the mother should be allowed to charge for the son's maintenance, al though she had not written accounts or vouchers; and the Master is to inquire further, whether the sou be entitled to any. and what compensation. for his work, in this case ? which Mr. It Ica A ern, his Counsel, contended for; while Sir Samuel. ROMILLYS for the mother, on the other side, strenuously argued, that this bill should be dismiased out of Court, with costs. as unnecessary and improper ever to have been fi led. For he stated, that although the Court had been bound to make a .leci et is the cause for the Plaintiff. owing 1 to the illegal ad of the executors. in obtaining a re lease lease from the son o n his comin g of age, which must, for example sake. have been set aside; yet t here was nothing wrong or erroneous in the ac counts, in fad and substanc e . as the final result would I prove. mil seems to be his Honour's inclination. ___..... COURT Of KING'S BINCH. Wins°intim, Just 24 Sittings la Hai Pries, before Lord Chid' jastice Um's soaouou, sad Spcial Jatriss. MALICIOUS PROSECUTIoN. PURCZI.I. DIACMIIII MI a. This was an aaIJII brought to recover compen sation, in damages, for a D eft proseciition tor perjury, instituted by t hndant against the noun ff. Ur. (U IN IT op ened the pleadings on the part of the Plaintiff , stating the nature of' the aAion, which, he said, arose out of as indiAment, instituted by the Defendant, upon *mid anignments of perjury, alleged to have been committed by the Plaintiff, upon an affidavit made by her, in a cause pending between these parties in the Conn of Chancery ; reports of whicts we have laid bef furth ore o e ur reader tbin toupee pers. The declaration r stated,at 1 . I upon that iedidrnent the present Plaintiff' was fully acquitted, and she new laid her damages at 50001. vs which declaration the Defendant pleaded the general issue of—Not Guilty. Mr. Tome°, for the Plaintiff, then stated, that this anion was brought by Miu Frances Purcell, who was one of the daughters of a Gentleman, who, in the year 1770. was :appointed Governor of 'Tor tola, and possessed very considerable estates in that island ; on his departure from this country, he took along with him his only son, John, leaving the Plaintiff. and her sister Margaret. under the care and guardianship of the late Dr Munamara, a most respeCtable Gentleman, and uncle to the present Delendant. Governor Purcell soon after died at Tortola, leaving his son John his heir at law s and residuary legatee ; and in default of issue, the pro perty to be divided equally between his t.vo daugh ters, to whom he left legacies of 700D1. each, and appointed Ds fslacnamera, and Surgeon Boyd, his Executors. Alter the death of the Governor, John Purcell returned to England. formed an unfortunate matrimonial connedion, and soon after died with out issue. The Defendant being in the habit of visiting at hi; uncle's, became acqnaieted with these young la dies. He was at that t; me a young Inn, and aStedere of Uncoln's Inn, but having acqueed a splendid for tune, he afterwards gave up that pursuit. In the year 1775, a Mr. Travanoion, a gentleman of high charafter, was appointed consignee of these ealueele estates inTortola, and the Defendent connived to have this trust afterwards conveyed to himself. John Purcell having dead without issue, made his will, leaving the whole of his property to the De• fendant, except mow small trifle to his sisters ; and Dottier Macaamera having died abet:: this time, the sole management in their affairs de volved upon the Defendant, who a dvanced these ladies various unlinteed sums of money, at dif ferent times, until they at lest mertgatned the whole of their property to enn, and even antie their legacies of ;Odin. sub ) e.t t.. his demands, and by the year 1806 they hail an isle an Absolute conveyance -if the whole of this itnni:nse pieperty to the l)ef •rs - ant, in lieu of which. the one ( Vlargaret) was to re ceive an annuity of tesnl. and the PlaMtita' 9,591. per annum ; wlsich latter finding this a very scanty sum for her sopnort, retired into France, in the hope of liegig snore ecooomically ; but in this she was mistaken+ for even the annuity was b.sdly paid, and she was obliged to go into debt, .end in the sequel returned to t nis country, in the hope of procuring payment of her annuity. when she fortunately fell into the heads of Mr. Whitten, the Attorney, who has been bee chief support since. Mr. Whitton had an interview with the Defendant, after which the annuity was more regularly pis!, for a short time. This, however. did not last long; Mr. Whitten was once more obliged to threaten, and the Defend/hi filed a hill in Chancesy, to prevent the Plaicsiff trom proceeding to reeever her annuity. Upon her an swer being put in, tha Defendant thought it pru dent to dismiss his own bill, with costs. Mr. Whit ton, aging under the best legal advice in this coun try, then filed a bill against the Defendant, praying an account of all the sums of money he had ad vanced to the Plaintiff, securities ezcuted, &c. to which he put in his answer, and the cause came to be heard before Lort! Chancellor Eldon, who di 'retied that the Mister should take an account. The Defendant's onjett being to drew out all he could from the Plaintiff, in the mean time, exhinited in tertogetories, which sbei was to answer within a li mited period; but being then cue... aed to het bed. in an ill state of health,- the time fur answering that enlarged until the 4 th December, 1805. .1) pon that day she was wrested, AL the suit ot a milliner, to whom she became indebted in consequence of the nen-payment of her annuity ; and nom her sick bed she was drageed to the lock up-home of one Laver, a Sheriff's Officer, in Chancery-lane, when she was put to bed in a wretched condition. Hero she was visited, at ten o'clock at night, by Mr. MAC. namara, accompanied by her sister Margaret. He who had, from the year 1800 to 1805, neglnfted to pay her one farthing ot her annuity, and had beets at daggers with he: ever since, no..v came forward to proffer his friendship and services ; he told her she had been sleceieee by Mee Peter, her friend, and Mr. Whitton, her Solicitor ; and said, si she would only relinqnssn any further proceedings against him in Chancery, he would once more becosne her friend and protedoi ; this offer she refused with indignetinn; upon which he dew jaw the most violent passion, and abused her and her Itiends in the grossest manner. The Learned Coun sel here observed, that he did not, by any means, mean to insion Ate, that the Defendant had caused this arrest to take place ; but he could aot help observing, that this early visit of the De fendant after the arrest, and his subsequent cnaduet, compared with his former neglect and hostility towards her, was rather an ea reordinery circhm stance, and that his charity, which had so long lain dormant, should now be awakened. In the course of the cause it became necessary fur the Plaintiff to make an affidavit ot the occurrences in the luck-up house, and the proceedings were going on in the regular way, when the Defendant found it necessary i n take some steps to prevent the further proceed igs of the cause. for (the Learned Counsel ob eeeee d) it could be no honest or honourable motive that insioned him to prefer the indidrnent in ques tion, charging the Plaintiff with having committed perjury in the last mentioned affidavit. When the assignments of perjury, he continued, were com pared with the affidavit. it would be found they were of the most trivial nature. ;fairing all the material parts of the affidavit totally out of the question. the indiCtroent. however, being preferred, the Plaintiff, anxious to have the nutter investigated, and her chetader released from such A imputation, finding the Defendant net inclined its prosecute, made up the record h erself . served notice of trial, and CAllitAl a Special Jury to be summoned. Thu* the cause stood for Oat in the month of June; the Jury appeared. the Prosecutor's Counsel were all ready in Court, but the Prosecutor WAS no where to be found; although he had ventured to go be fore the Grand Jury. and tell his own story, without the bosom of a croes-exasninatieu, to did not then dare to come into Court, where he knew the truth would he investigated,but he withdrew himself from the casaba ; and upon the same morning was erwe in his chariot and tour horses, driving down to his elegant :tunnels in the county of Bub. lire Plaintiffs Miss Nucall, wes consequently ac- '.• . 404.11.4111101.0":"7"ir . 41144 ~, "V .i . ~ quitted. Rite this did not eaticry Vl l . 7'. 1 3 - , ~t r 1, and immediately after Lord Er .1;. e• - i.; •,:r. • -e Chancellor, he applied for a r.- . •-e:' cause, on on the grounds, no sionbt, of r• - : . : • • • misapprehension of his Lordship's no)t- pi: - .,1 , : , 7. The cause was again heard. and Lor i Erskii,e, .• • sisted by the Master of the Rolls, c ialirmed tte former decree, and Miss Purcell was orchaed to be restored to the inheritance of her ancests;rs. The Learned Counsel concluded his statement by thserv ing, that the obje.t of the Defendant was no other than to warp and observe the proceedings to the Court of Chancery, and such as no man of hu inanity could make the subjee of a prosecution for perjury. He was a man possessed of so independ ent a fortune, that he propo.el himself as a car.- didate to re resent the borough of Leicestcr in Parliament. The original record of the indinment and subse quent acpsatni was then put in and read ; when The ATTORNey-Gescß AL, for the Defendant. objected to the record, inasmuch as there appeared an incongruity bev,veen the ernire and the return of the peons, the latter being returnable on a day when Lard EllmScr-ugh tliO not sit at Nisi Prior. The Court considering this to be A fad' objceion, in point of law, the Plaintiff was .Non-erited; at the same time her Counsel declaring that the record should be amended, and the cause properly tried ou a tte.Ure day. AssAui.r. w‘r rs .v. T . ( SON. Ti%'i was an Am.'ilt , a3 far an assault and trespass committed by the Defendant, u.ion the Plaintiff, in the month of May last. . Toe parties in this case were Attorneys in the county of Somerset, and Members of the Yeovil Volinteer Associetion. The Plaintiff was the Paymaster of the Regiment, and the D dendant the Maj ,r. Collnet Fane, their Commander, having died, a meeting of the corps was co.vetied at I lches ter, in order to eleft a Colorel in his room ; alter time election was over, they proceeded to the other li:is . ass of the corps, and the Plaintiff was called upon for his accounts. He replied, he did not know that he owed me regiment any thing, and if he did, he could not settle it with them, bet with the representatives of Colonel Fane; hav ing had a letter from the Earl of Westmoreland. to that purport ; to this the Defendant replied, that this was all a pretence, and he only wanted a hale to creep out of. The Plaintiff saswered, that be had bean treated in a very nnhandsnme manner s and the Defendant rejoined, saying. that when a Gentleman had public mosey in his hands, be should always he ready to pay it when demandel ; some further altercation then ensued, and the Defendant struck the Plaintiff a violent blow. Mr. G•11110%Ve for the Ddendent..smosidered this a case wherein the parties might- dame Mies spared the trouble of coming up-to try it is UM don, at an enormous expense. when they all rai sided in Somersetshire, where the circeintames between them were perfealy well; k!.osirn. H. thought he had his Lordship's sanaion for making this oosterration, as it was in his tecrillillion what his Lordship's opinion was in a similar cam upon a former occasion. He then made some general observations upon the nature of the ttansealos be tween these parties, and trusted the Jury would thistle nominal damages quite suf f icient for the ieiary complained of. L , rd ELLEMIOROI/0111 said, he could not well apply the observations of the Learned Counsel to the present case ; for as AM, COOTS was composed of see vend Members, who, pethar,is, were all more or less interested in the business, And all of them being persons of respectability. the probability drat, that some prejudice might have existed, and the chance het~ g that sntriz of them might be chosen on the Jury. his Lordship thought t'tc pat ty right in coming here, where there was nn prejudice. There was a blow gven by one person, in a respectable line of life, to another ; and persons in a military weeny were more tena:ious of injuries of this kind than other people might be. The Jury would consider what the provocation was which led to the set. Had Mr. Tilton confined himself to expressions k roperly applicable to the subject. the parties might have been saved all this trounle ; both. however. were blameable, hut time tirmt offensive words were made use of by the Defendant. The blow was not violent. but the feeling of a gentleman. receiving a blow in a public company. called for a liberal compensation; the Jury, however, looking at all the circumstances, would give such damages as they should think reasonable. Verdict for the Plaintiff, damages, '2Ol. USURY. catswaLL v. WILSON. This was an aifti in opm a bill of exchange for 5001. drawn by Mr. W. Sharp, upon the Defendant, at six months after date. 'the Artoansif-Ges ill A 1., for the Plaintiff, said, he understood that the defence to be set up to this bill, was, that it arose out of an usurious transaition s arid however vitiated it might be in point of law, yet, when he should shew that his client was an lc, nocent holder, fur a valuable consideration, and that both the drawer, Mr. Sharp. and the acceptor, Mr. Wilson, had personally represented to him, that the bill was a good one, and should be paid, he trusted he should be entitled to a verdie for th: whole amount. William Butler Hurst. shopman to the Plaintiff; who was a woollen taetor, said, that his master had received the bill from one Wimp ; he took it to make the necessary inquiries, when he saw bcth Wilson and Sharp, who told Fins it was a good bill, and would be regularly paid. Is consequ:nce of this, the Plaintiff gave Wimp goods to the full amount. Upon his cross•examinsitioo, he admitted that Wimp was a person of no visible means of live lihood, having formerly kept a woollen-draper's stall, in Whitehorse-yard. Drury-lane, but latterly living in an obscure lodging in Duke street. Lin colns-ion Fields. He could not idet.tify Mr. dtvrp ; but admitted that he was cautioned not to part with • the bill or goods. until he should bear from one or other of them. 'llse goods, however, were delivered to Wimp the next day. The bill being proved in the regular way. Mr. Gaaaow, for the Llefewdeot, said his defence arose out of two different causes, the ow was usury, is the formation of the bill. and the ether was. tbat an alteration had been wade is the dew of the bill. subsequent to its being incased. bk. Wass" helJ M - ` ol