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rnonE RT. We Understand that the Police are in active pursuit of this miscreant. W hear, on authority that we deem re 4„.ctible, that that are several serious charges against him. It this be true, there can be little doubt that justiee must speedily tereitake him, for he has no means of escapo. Ile has neither money nor friends to assist him in his flight. Various rumours are of course afloat about the active pur suit of the police after this criminal. One is, that he is suspected of the murder of the Rev. Mr. Colton ; another, that he can give some account of the mysterious disap pearance of Mr. White. What degree of credit may be due to both, or either of these rumours, we do not know ; but the quarter from whence we received the information is so respectable, that we have every reason to believe the officers of justice arc making strict cud diligent inquiries after him. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. REPORTED Ammer or Pantie ay.— Last evening the inost intense anxiety was excited, in consequence of the prs •val lice of a report through the metropolis that the above individual had been taken into custody, on suspicion of having a knowledge of the extraordinary disappearance of 31r.White, the ironmonger, late of Regent-street, which place that gentleman left about two years hack, since which period no tidings have been heard of him. It was also' widely promulgated that he was acquainted with the mysterious absence of the Rev. C. C. Colton, of which so much has lately been adverted to. Considerable credit was given to the report, it being well known that Probert hail some acquaintance with Mr. White, through a per- ; son named Beard. On this account public curiosity' was afloat to ascertain the authenticity of the statement ; and I:timberless persona, amongst whom were many sport ing characters, and frequenters of the •• hells" of the west' end, visited all the police-offices, and made anxious in quiries of the officers connected with the establishments as to the accuracy of the report ; and nut feeling at all Bads tied with the answer they received, which was generally' " Probert is net in custody here," thinking that his arrest was ordered by the Magistrates to be kept a profound secret. Several actually repaired to the relatives of Mr. White, to whom they applied for information, but could learn nothing to gratify their curiosity. ll'e were, in conse gnome of the currency of the report, induced late last night to allay the interest that had been occasioned, by making every possible inquiry into the num r at every place where it waslikely that information could be afforded. The re sult of our exertions was that Probert, who had been living since his acquittal at a public-house in Lambeth, but the exact one we could not learn, was not to be found, and that the police officers were certainly en the alert for him. We also ascertained that Mrs. White, soon after her husband's mysterious departure, went to reside with her family, which consisted of three girls and a boy, the latter about 13, at No. 4, Upper John-street, Golden-square, but is now cc sidin,: in t'amileti Town, where she keeps a respectable preparatory school for young ladies. The house formerly occupied by Mr. White is No. ae, Quadrant, and is now in the possession of 31r. Tapster, furnishing ironmonger. MYSTERIOUS I)ISAPPEAR•NCE or MR. WHITE.—! Mealy two years NCO Mr. 11'hite, of the Quadrant, by Regent. street. smith to his Majesty, to the tatonislituent and consternation of all his friends and creditors, suddenly disappeared ; and all the i inquiries that have since been made respecting him, in every pos .ll.le direction, have been vain. His friends, creditors, and others, hare never been able to obtain the remotest information, or the r.iost trifling hint, respecting him. He was in an excellent way of business, and was well circumstanced. The last trace or know ledge of him was, that he left home for the purpose of going to the Board of Works, to receive 61101., and that he did go and receive such 000 1 .., not what became of hint afterwards, what course he took, never could be ascertained. There were sonic rumours that he had gone to Liverpool fur the purpose of proceeding to America ; and his creditors gut Mr. Beard (a man who had exten sive dealings about ball. &c., with Probers and Mr. White's bro ther-in-lawt to go to Liverpool in search of Mr. White. Mr. Beard immediately on his arrival announced such fact ; but five days afterwards he wrote, and stated that he could learn nothing "Lout Mr. White. The creditors next sent Mr. IVliite's fore man's non. Saunders, to Liverpool and its neighbourhood, on the like errand ; and lie issued placards, and circulated them through out Lancashire. &c., foe the discovery of his master. The day afterwards a man went to Sounders, acid said, that for 301. Mr. ‘i* bite should be prodoesid ; that he was concealed in Liverpool. The offer was accepted—but the man never more presented himself; nor could he afterwards be discovered. It may be needless to add, that nothing could be heard of Mr. White, though Saunders re mained some time longer at Liverpool, lee. To enable the cre-, dittos to get possession of the property, Mr. White was made a ' bankrupt, and eventually outlawed—the proceedings being elinilar te these In stir recent, sod aho mysterious, case of the kegs 4.1. U. Colton. Some Magistrates (amongst others, those of Bow-tureen have afforded all possible aid to discover Mr. White, or to procure' some titling' of hint. Recent events have given rise to fresh and alarming surmises. 117 r. Beard, whose respectability is known, is raced to be one of the individuals who was enured into tzansisetiona with Probert. Mr. Beard, by his relationship to Mr. White, bad facilities of knowing that individual's affairs and proceedings ; and he might have incautiously mentioned, in the presence of Probert, or of some of Proben's party, the nature of Mr. White's visit to the Board of Works. That might account for the sodden and nijiteriouselimppearance of Mr. White ; at least such is the sue_ none amongst his friends and creditors, since the transactions that bare come to light in consequence of the murder of Mr. 11"eare.— Ltrning Pular. Placards are posted in the Metropolis, describing the person and attire of Mr. Pierce, the Solicitor, of Bristol, whose extraordinary disappearance we have before noticed, and which has excited the greatest sensation in the city where he resided. Mr. Pierce was partner in the highly expectable firm of Palmer and Pierce, and nothing that yet transpired has been capable of accounting for his Apprehensions of the most awful and distres- %nue ire entertained by his family and friends. u.orsv.—The Court Of Assize at Paris is at present aped with the trial of a woman of the town, named Vivier, who in a tit of jealousy, by no means coin , with persons of lice unfortunate situation, attempted assassinate a person of the name of Laniorlette, with • she had cohabited for upwards of eight years. It It be expressed a desire to leave her, and she hiui with death if he should do so. lie was for some time of what she was capable of doing, as had before mixed a portion of her blood with wine, gave him to drink, as a philtre to s. cure his constancy. years after, site told him that she hail mixed some with his wine, while iestigated by jealousy. At . she denies her having done so, and asserts that she 1 it merely to prove what she could do if he were un ful. On the loth of August last she threatened to' .: the life of Lamorlette if ever he married another ; the 11th, Rose purchased a carving -knife, and repaired; seven o'clock in the evening to a public-house, which lover was in the habit of frequeuung ; she waited for ig time, but he happened not to make his appearance. next morning, krowing that he was to proceed at half six to his work, she met hint and taking him by the mired him that it w a s th e l ast time she should accost They weut toget)ier to a puhlie-house, where they . for wine. Here her lover toll the amused that he r Ived to abandon her for another. She then seized knife, and struck him forcibly on the right breast. afterwards drei out the knife, and was about to renew plunge, when be prevented her. She cried out " blur- I The landlord took possession of the knife; she ' that her object was to destroy her lover, and then and her only regret was that she was foiled in her blow ; and in all her examinations she maintained same leuguargc. A%11t1(1.111. CNTATALLIzATIoN.----The property of 13 to deposit themselves about a nucleus may be to a very pleasing effect by placing substances of lin fouls into solutions of salts. Imitations of parti • minerals or natural crystals may be thus produced, I beautiful appearance, and so exact in their resent- to natural ones, that the difference cannot be disco without minute examination. They are thus 1 : --Take a blacksmith's cinder, or what is coin known by the name of a clinker, and place it into a !denote of alum in water, in the proportions of about Poonil of the former to a pint of the latter. In a in* it may be taken out of the solution, and the •of alum will be found to have deposited themselves it , is perfect imitation of natural quartz. ‘l'caker than the above succeed rather better, but they a touch longer time to form. These specimens ,tbe exact appearan ce of mineral prtaluctions, and I , ' varied in colour, by substituting for the alum blue ' el'Perari, Sce. eve. Little wire baskets, suspended solution, become studded over with very brilliant The solution should be very strong for this pur atd the basket only suspended in it for a short time, ' five or ten minutes, according to the fancy of the 4 r•--(iiirnr3's Lectures us Chymical Science. , . SII4PPING INTRELIGSNCS. CUSTOSI-Houtst, JAW. 14. XNTEIIE.I) l'iressaita. L. Waage (Chapman, broker), fl-nm Calcutta. Augusta, D. buodt (Windle, broker), trom Dantlir. JANUARY 13. ENTLMEIP OUTWARDA. . . . _ The Marshal Bluerti4, Tor - lioitercia - in ' Tiope, for Ilaniburgh Packet, for Philadelphia ; Nile, fee llilbor ; and Eagle, for Poet-au.Priatte. CLEARED OUTWARDS. The Union, tor.ealais; ikon, to Bahia; and Lord Hunger. ford, for 24adeirs. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. FALMOUTH. JAN. 12.—Arrived the Ellen Domes*, Rice, from Antwerp, for connatra ; and Enterprise, Hoskin, from London.— Sailed the Lively, Douglas, for Sierra Leone; Emulous Packet, for Jamaica; and Lady SI ellington Packet, for America. POUTSMOUT/I, JAN. mved the Fortitude, Martin, from the Downs, for Jamaim, with lass of anchor and ;able. 31ANGATE.J AN. 13.--The West India Packet was gm off yes terday evening, and has proceeded to Ramsgate, without lightening , the Levant Star is not yet got lid; but, as the titles are putting in. it is hoped every succeeding tide that she a ill be hove afloat. An anchor, about 12 cwt., with about fill fathoms of 124 . in. cable, taken up in Westgate Bay, was landed yesterday evening. Also an anchor, about 10 cwt., with above al lathon.s of chain cable, and about 20 fathoms of hemp cable, spliced thereto, left on the 11th, by the ship Fortitude, in 31 ate Hoads. Dtlat., JAN. I3.—Arrived the Mary, Wood, from Demerara; West Indian Packet, Munro; after being on shore in Margate Day, she afterwards proceeded fur Ramsgaie harbour. Came down from the 'River, and remain, the Ikon. Company's ship General Harris, Welstcad, for St. Iltlena and India ; and London Packet, Covueby, fur Mahn. Livunroor, JAN. 12.--,A 'veil the !Jerald, Davison, from Savannah; sailed 30Ith Nov. the 7th inst. 4 poke o ff Sitskaw, the ship Delaware, `for P h' telphia: and the brig !lope, fur Africa, from LiireapooL ' LIVL•POOI., Jaw. It The ninon, Owen, from hence for Dublin, sunk of Priest Rolm Island yesterday at , ernoon.—trew aired. The llarbara, I rviae, iron hence for Dingle, has put into Ben marts with much damage, having been on Penman Point, and most discharge to repair._ . . 141.YTHE, JAN. 13—The Aim, Johnson, from Antwerp, for Dundee, which was driven upon Hui:ley Hocks, 30th ult. has been get oft; and assisted into this harbour by the Safety steam boat. 11't'Acoan, JAN. 10.—Thc Earl of surr•v, sharp, from St. Michael's, fur the Is:e of lan, was stranded Bth inst. in Itally teryne Ray, hut it is expected will be gut utl: The greater part of the cargo, it is feared, ■ill be damaged. The Sappho, Lamb, from London to Sierra Leone, was spoken with Nov. 20, otfflaileira, The Louiss. Kumled. from Stockholm to the 'Mediterranean, which was on shore near Dungeness, has been got o& l'hc litanon, Arven, front Liverpool to Dublin. sunk oft Priest Datum Island 11th inst.--erew saved. VESSIK SPOKEN IV I TO.—Del;ware, for Philadelphia; and Hope. Liverpool, for Africa, 7th inst. off Tuskar, by the II erald, arrived at Liverpool; Wakefield, Oporto, for Rio Janeiro, by the Limatit, arrived at Deal; Pomona, of Glasgow, for Jamaica, 31st December, by the sprightly, Newton, arrived in the Hirer. "A 4 " " .1. RELIEF OF TOE POOR. —......—_ Last evening the annual general meeting of this Association took jii 4 plat at ..London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill. Itacirman Cr. • (dnunberlain of London, in the ('hair. The tit the List year was read, which set forth that during the last year seventeen thousand three hundred and thirty-one bushels of coals, and two hundred and thirty-nine thousand nine hundred and seventy-four pounds of potatoes were vended at re. duced prices, to three thousand six hundred families. The num ber of individuals computed to have received the benefits of the In stitution amounted to eighteen thousand. The Committee pledge themselves that from personal investigation they knew of whole families having been saved from destruction by the advantages it emit - erred. The society professed to make a distinction between the industrious am', the idle and profligate poor; and concluded I by recommending the Society to the patronage and support of the public at large, on the Hollowing grounds :—While it issues two of the most important articles of life, and of the best measure and quality, it calls forth the co-operation of the poor, to purchase them with their own earnings at reduced prices. The Subscribers are their own almoners, and the whole of the funds are employed in promoting the immediate object for which they are contributed. While the Society, moreover. benefits the poor, it dues not degrade them, and a blessing is shared both by the giver and receiver. ' A statement was subjoined to the report, of the expenditure of last year, which shewed that the aervices which the Society rendered in the last twelve months were equal to those of any former year. Although the meeting of last evening was announced as general, few persons beyond the members of the Committee attended. The resolutions were moved pro forma, by Members of the Commit tee. They principally related to the appointment of Akers of the In stitution for the ensuing year. Mr. Clarke and the Rev. Isaac , Saunders were requested to continue as President and Vice-Presi dent for the yrar 'lei. The Committee consisted of (we believe) precisely the same members last year, and from the manner i n which they appear to have discharged their duties., the re-appoint. ment of them n (we think) cakulisted.to give satisfaction. - Mr. Intt.r., in proposing the second resolution, bore testimony to the extensiveness of the exertions of the Institution, and of the benefits it conferred on society. As an instance of its utility, t o hi s I own knovdedge a women, with nine children, front Paddington, j had rxeived material benefit and relief from the advantages which it held forth in the cheapness of its provisions. Ile could enume rate other instances of may persons coming from remote pans to receive the relief which this admirable institution administered. This gentlenian proceeded to enumerate various instances of dis tress and of aid administered which came within his personal kilos ledge. 3lr. St MMONs said, that the advantages of this Society consist ed principally in giving to the pour full weight and full measure both of potatoes and coals, at one-third of the price fur which they could get :hem elsewhere. This was, independent of other advan tages, an important benefit in itself. There may have been sonic abuses in the manner in which the purposes of the Society had been carried into effect.; they were, however, few, and it would be the pleasure and duty of the Institution to prevent their recurrence. 4 Ile concluded by moving a vote of thanks to the Reverend Isaac j Saunders. , The Rev. Gentleman briefly returned thanks. Mr. Si 111 estin moved the Committee for the ensuing year. An expession of regret was manifested in the course of the evening that the advantages of the Society were not snore generally known to the public. In consequence of the igno rance in which it wa. stated the public were placed with respect to the principles of the Institution it was suggested and agreed upon that a copy of the Report should be published in the daily pa pers, in order to make the citizens at Large more generally acquaint ed with the advantages of the Institution. pka were then voted to the Chairman. lere?al subscriptions were announced. The CIIAI4MLI subscribed tet guineas. The Meeting then adjourned to the 24 of January, 1825, unless convened meanwhile by a general call of the subscriber:. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. OR'EYIIOI.7NDS DRAFTED BY LORD RIVERS. On Monday his Lordship's Annual Draft of Greyhounds from his extenidve and inestimable breed, were put up to auction by Messrs. Tattersall. They were sold separately, and fetched the followinglitigh prim:— Name. Descrip. Sire. Dam. X. s. d. Rainbow - f. - Nathan - Remain - 717 8 Rattlesnake - bt - b t . - Push . Rachel - 818 6 Rivulet a ir b. b. . Push - Rachel - 9 9 Remus +9. Push Pu. . Rachel .11 9 6 Romulfil . bt. d. - Push . Rachel - 8 8 0 • ..." PUPPIES. Name. . I►ercrip. Sire. Regent .; ' whit* dog . Stretcher - 717 6 Rutland . white dug . Stretcher . 6 6 0 Ranger - b. and wh. d. . Blue Rector . 14 3 6 Rutits . red dog - Kangaroo - 11 11 U Ruffian . black dug. - Puah - 3 3 0 Raymond - blugging - Blue Rector - 212 6 Richmond - blefirslog - Reserve - il5 6 Restleu - black bitch - Rodney - 616 6 Ruth - black bitch . Stretcher . 8 it 0 - black bitch - Rodney . 5 5 0 - black bitch . Rodney - 616 6 .C 124 8 6 It is but justice to add, that the Noble Lord intends to irro priate the net sun, as abthe (a custom which he has adopt for many rears) is presents to his faithful domatica suitable to their situations. At Tatter'sWs, on 'Monday last, hunters sold well, as appears front the following priers given for six of Lonl Ranclirs, which were al! small horses :—llsphszard 100 gs., Truffle, 14.Sgs., The Artist, llOgs., Ontager, 220g5., Little John, Algerine, 23.5ga., and two 3,.. ; g horses belonging to the late 31r. Hall, sold for 2t9gs. The receipts of the Custom-house at Greenock were, for the year ending sth January, 1844, very nearly 60,0001., and those at Port- Glasgow nearly 30,0001., more than they were on the year ending sth January, 1823. I', a s.—Y esterday morning, about one o'clock, an alarm ing fire broke out in the prandial; of Mr. Welwyn, in Mercer's row, Shadwell. It was and discovered by Mr. 11 elwyn, who was awoke by the bed furniture and bedding, in which he had been sleeping, being in a complete blaze. It was with she greatest diffi culty that. in a Mate of nudity, be escaped the fury of she raging ele ment unhurt. From the prompt assistance of the parish and other engines t h e devastation was confined to Lilt. Welwyn's preanis,•s. Fkn Friday evening, about dusk, as Mr. Palfrey. the Three Bulls Inn, was walking along the Eastgate-street, became in con tact with the point of a stick projecting Irani a santenter's basket. and, shocking to relate, one of his eyes was turned completely out of its socket, and the vision for ever loot- Ile called out in his agony foe anis:wee ; but the workman , with the greatevt brutality, passed on without Pacifies hitm—liery rust. LAW' INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, LiFccrtar's WEDXESDAY, i•X. 14. The LORD CHANCELLOR WAS this day principally engaged in hearing bankrupt petitiona. Ilk G. P. TURNER. . ...__..... Mr. TlOlllll6 applied to the Court for pennitaion fur the solicitor of Sir O. P. Turner to see him in prison. There were many point. on which it was important to communicate with hint. Ilis solicitor had been refused from holding such rontmuntration, and the pre sent prayer wax that he might be admitted to sec his client. Leave granted. One or two cases of bankruptcy, possessing no points of public interest, were then heard. . . . _ The 100 lt I) I :lIAN CE1.1.0 R, afew minute, before two o'clock, in timated to the bar that he would not proceed that muniing beyond the peiition which wu then under dr%cuimiun. COURT OF KING'S WEEIXESDAT, J*w. U. Niiiiags at Westminster sifter M ;Amebae, Teens, befirre the LORD CHILI' Jussicz sad Special .1 aria. THOMPSON a. )(ACUSON/. This was an action to recover the tom of 1441. ffd. for goods made to the order of the defendant. The plaintilf is a camp ciolipage 'tinker in long - acre. The defendant is a foreign military officer, known to the literary aced political world for his Narrative of the last days of.loachim 3lttrat, the late King of Naples. Mr. GASELLE stated the case. The defendant, he said, had come to this country some time since to enlist officers in the service of the Spanish Constitutionalists; am!, while so employed, he had ordered camp equipages of the plaintiff to the amount sued fur. The plaintiff, knowing nothing of the means or respectability of the defendant, had stipulated that he should give his hill for the amount, indorsed by Mr. George Smith, a tailor in the neighbour hood. On this condition the goods were made, and part of them taken away by the defendant. Smith, however, aftetwards refused to indorse the bill. The remainder of the goods, therefore : , lay in the plaintiff's shop at the defo•Jant's order; and this action was brought to recover what was due to the plaintiff, who had fulfilled all the conditions on which he had agreed to make the gotels. Richard Seymour sworn—l am in the employ of the plaintiff. Towards the end of October the defendant called upon my master, and said he wanted to ship sonic camp equipage, for which he offered to give a bilL The plaintiff said he had no objection to a bill respectably indorsed. The defendant said be would give him references as to his respectability,-and wroSeisswa three names, one of which was that of 3lr. George Smith, of Iseicester-square. lie called afterwards, and Mr. Thompson said he would take a trill if' it was indorsed by Mr. Smith. I went to Mr. Smith, and he said he certainly would accept the bill. Mr. Thompson then put .the order in hand. In the 4th of November Colonel Marirone called sod saw the goods ; he approved of them all, and wished to dram the bill at four months, to which the plaintiff consented. Colonel Macitone took away with hint a carpet hag and tarpaulin cover; he said be would let the rest remain in the plaintiff's care till the kill was accepted. The plaintiff drew the bill, and I went with it to Smith, who refused to indorse it; he also refused to say where , the defendant lived. . . . . Uross.examined—The plaintiff would not put the order In hand without security. %%lila the defendant took with him was worth between too and three pounds. lle did not say that he wanted the equipage to take with him to Spain. lle never complained that it would be useless for him beitause so long delayed. lie was arrest ed at Ramsgate, and raid lIL to the Sheriff's officer as payment, and costs of the goods actually received. The plaintiff, after in. quiri9g of those to whom reference had been given, said that he would not trust defendant. _ . Hannah Thompson, the sister of the plaintiff stated, that late on the evening of the bth of November, Smith culled on her bro ther, and refused to intone the bill. Mr. SCARLETT then addressed the Jury for the defendant. When they bean! the evidence he should call, they would be sa tisfied that Colonel Macirone had been hardly dealt wi . h. The answer of the persons referred to was, that they would trust him to any amount, because they had trusted him, and he had always' acted most honourably. The truth was, that the credit was given to the defendant alone. The plaintiff proposed the acceptance of Smith, and himself asked for it ; but the plaintiff' had declined to make the request. The goods were not rarely, and were never ' delivered. After the defendant had actually 'ailed, an officer had been sent after him to arrest him. He was arrested, and brought a.shore. The bill drawn by the plaintiff, and a not, of the same date, Nov. 4, 1822, addressed to the defendant at Nu. 21, Southampton_ row, were read. [The note stated the dottOt whether Smith would indorse.l George Smith stated, that die defendant's servant, Seymour, called upon him in October, and asked whetbet Colonel Macirons was worthy of critlit ? Witness said he had paid him large sums, and that he would give him credit to any amount. At anotber time, Seymour asked, in the plaintiff's mane, whether whams would become security P Wilness said he was bound so do arty tiling that Colonel Illaciron• asked him to do for him. Seymour afterwards presented a paper for witness to sign promising to indorse a bill. Witness refused, because Colonsl 31aci.-one did not ask him to do it. Witness, in a conversation with the plain tiff; said he would not indorse the bill, for fear its circulation might injure hint. The plaintiff said it would not go into circulation; but witness refused, because the defendant lied not requested him. After the defendant had left London no tie Bth of November. witness called upon plaintiff for the name of the person who was to ship Col. Mactrone's goods. He gave " Mr. Laing, Si- Mary at-Hill." Cross-examined—Seymour called thrdi tiros. — l'he plsf ntiß did not remonstrate that he had accepted the order en the faith of his security. Witness was bankrupt in 1820; 21, Southauiptun-row, wan the defendant's attorney's address. Cornelius Bird Fisher stated, that he recollected the plaintiff call ing upon witness's uncle, Mr. Andel!, lace-manutiouter, fur the I defendant's credit; witness, in Mr. Audell's absence. said lie might trust him ; the plaintiff said he was quite mashed, and would cer tainly give hint credit. John James Caine remembered Colonel Macirone leaving a bill 'with him, with instructions to give it to the plaintif f as soon as he should have the goods which he had ordered ready to be shipped ; the bill was accepted on witness's desk by the Colonel. The plain tiff called on witness and applied to know whether the Colonel had sailed, and by what ship. IVitness gave the name of the ship, and referred him to the broker for further infonnation. He said lie made inquiry in order to know whether he was in time to ship the goods, and said it' he could not by that vessel he would by the first vessel he could, but lie thought he would be in time for the Good Falconer, in which the defendant sailed; he said he would then come for the bill. _ . . -. Crass-examined—lle asked witness to see the bill ; he certainly did not oak whether it was indorsed by Smith. It was shown to him. The last time witness saw the Colonel was either on the 6th, ith, or Bth of November; he saw the plaintiff a day or two alley. An office copy of the affidavit of the plaintiff, upon which the defendant was arrested, was put in. It was dated the Bth Novem ber, 1822, and stated that the defendant was justly indebted up. wards of 1411. Hannah Thompson was recalled for the plaintiff—Smith called on the bib and said he would sot indorse the bill. Th om peon re monstrated, and said he had executed the order on the faith of his security. Mr. Sc MILE TT contended that the last witness must be mistaken in the date, from the note of the Ith November to the Colonel, doubting whether Smith would indorse. and from the form of the bill, which was drawn by the plaintiff to be accepted by the de-. fendent. Mr. GASE LET, in reply, maintained that the evidence of Sey. mour was unshaken, and suggested that • the conversation with ',sine, about the shipping, was only a pretence to find out where Mapcirone was, in artier to arrest him if the bill was not indorsed. The Loao ' Ctn►:v JUSTICE i iii i i i the question for the Jury to consider was, whether the goods were made on the assurance that the plaintiff should receive a bill indorsed by Smith before the goods went out of his ►hop, or whether they were made on the terms of being paid by the defendant's own acceptance when shipped. If they believed the plaintiffs evidence, the case was established, and he would be entitled to a verdict. If they believed the evidence of Smith, there was no promise given by him to in done the bill, and their verdict ought to be for the defendant. ' The Jury found a verdict fur the plaintiff. Alf. SCARLET T then applied to have the verdict only entered on the special counts. • The ',win Cnisr JusTitle aid there was evidence of de livery. One of the Jury said they were clearly d opinion that when the goody were ready for delivery the contract was completed, and the bill indorsed ought to have been delivered. The verdict was recorded generally. COVENT-GAHI/LS: THEATRE. BRANDON V. 11•11111% AND OTUILIIII. This was an action to recover the sum of 133 L lb., for services performed by the plaintiff, the late box-keeper of Covent-garden theatre, for the defendants, the ruprietors iit that theatre. While the Jury were deliberating on the last cause, The Loan CHIEF JUST IC E suggested, that it would be better to refer the east, as is involved questions which it could not be wished by either of the parties to hare discussed in public. Mr. ScaarETT, for the plaintiff, said he would acquiesce dieerfully in the suggestion. Mr. Coax er, for the defendants, said it certainly was the wish of his clients to have the matter In dispute discussed in open court ; In fact they were anxious fur an opportunity of justifying themselves publicly ; but after the intimation his Lordship had given, he would not persist in bringing on the trial in that place. The Loan Cii Er JUSTICE said, it appeared to him that that was the worn desirable for all parties. A Jury was sworn pro javoto, and a verdict Men for the plain tiff, subject to a reference. This cause had excited great Interest in the dramatic world, with whom the Court was crowded. Mr. Young, HIS tragedian, was aiming within the bar with the K int's Counsel DEFAMA I'ION. bankrupt, an te these In du Colton. Son have afforded vinie tidings gaming our mated to be a with Probert facilities of k be might ha or of vane of the Dowd of aleteriotia di Met mono Ma vane to keening Po) Placards person and whose extra and which I where he n respectable has yet tray absence. 4 1 ling nature JP•euth occupied w Ruse Viviet mutt with p to assassins whom she 1 nut that threatened ware for w e had be il gave hi Iwo yorrs I .'sun with reknit she id it mew . thful. ( ke the Ir the 11th seven o'c .e lover w; long time 'he next n fter ix to rtn, WWI lin. The I led for i as r • Ire( e knife, 1 afterwa 7 pitillge, t!" Thu owed that elf; ant and blow • , same IA: A%litt t stals to Itt:t to a t:aitt font a: trim 1 • % , ly beau !Ice to ha 1 ul with. tly Ino w **bon If a porn, r t t ube r r ads e r a l t %t it, in a ti4lll th; übe a to i e th e n 7 lw virj, I ' NIX , 3 1 10 int k 4411 . T 1 a , and tht is aPP Av e star.-6 HALM:MOW V. wino'''. where. On the application of Mr. SCAIILLTT, this case was called on. aa the plaintiff' tied severa► witnesses remaining in town at a great expense. The plaintiff keep, a school at Kirby-hill, in the valley of Ravenssurth, in Yorkshire; the defendant is a carpenter and builder in the metropolis. The action was brought to recover compensation in damages fur defamatory words respecting the ma nagement of the plaintiff"' school. The detimtbuit had pleaded a justification. Mr. I'OMT X opened the pleadings. Mr. SCARI.ETT stated the COM The plaintiff' bad been master' of his school eight years. It was not one of those frequented by gentlemen who finished their education at the Cuivertuues, but by T.chheaparainwttilfo'wserecharactbreddertottelbehrghrt"bsiednei fad e m an rh d ooren in d ere lh e ; malicious attack which had riven rise to this action hod rot di minished hls refutation. Scholars went to him from all pars of' England ; and he trusted that tie event of that day, on which Itios fame and fortune depended, wo u ld b e consistent with the opinion entertained by all who know him, where his character could be 'hest appreciated. The defendant had had two sons at the plain. tiff's school ; and it wookl appear that he had been induced to enter into the scheme of a discarditt usher, who had been dismissed by tilt' ?laintiff. fur etching the b o y s to rebel against hi. audio _ rite, and for sober impro p er practices, Which would be proved in evidence. The defendant had joined to set up this usher In a ris al school, and take away the plaintiff 'r scholars by false Tepee. senta.ions, which constituted the foundation of this action. It was undeniable that competition was ust.fiil to the public, especially in education; but no benefit could posetbly result from that mode of competition which consisted in raining our neighbour's repos tation. The plan of the usher, whore name Vas Cad e , was to pro ha defamatory reports, anti go mond to the people who) had children at the school, to induce then' to take theni away. lie had failed generally in his attempts, but in one or tiro inf.tanceto he had succeeded. The defendant went first and tittered the defamatory words, and Cade confirmed his representations by shaking his head, as if cautious to commit himself by speaking. The defamatory words were that the boys slept in a cock-loft, eight in a bed, thit the weather came in upon them, as they lay in the bed. and that they had nothing but water to drink. 'lO one person, a 31ns. Dos well, the defendant had said, that if she had any regard for her , child, she would not suffer it to stay there another month, that in fact, die boys were almost sternal; that the bread they had was mule of bean flower, fit only for pigs, and that they were eaten up with the itch and disease. To another person, the defendant had said that her child had a bad head; that all the boys had the itch, and were half.starved. The defendant had declared his intention to justify these atatements. Ile (Mr. S.) would chew that the food the buys had was wholesome and nourishing. For breakfast they had bread and milk. Four days in the week they had the beat beet' and mutton for dinner. The other three days they had no meat, but they had soup, puddings, cheese, and bread, as much as they could ea. For supper, they had bread and milk, and cheese. They certainly slept more than one in a bed, and in one instance, two very large beds had been put together, and three or four boys had slept in each bed. On this circumstance the defendant had fastened, to raise an imputation upon the plaintiff', that the boys were In the habi t o f s l eep i ng e i g h t i n a b ed. Nothing could be more healthful than their general appearance. The school eon. shoes, tot 911 children, who were there all the year round, and it would be proved they were all as romfortable as they could be in their situation. Not only would the falsehood of the calumny he clearly . sliewoo, but the malicious and scritlid inertives In which it had o riginated. John Doswell was then sworn.—l am a butcher at Islington. I have a son at the plaintiff's school. The defendant called on me in the beginning of .larch last, with Mr. Cade, a late assistant at the school, and asked site if I had a son at Mr. Bulderon's school. I told him I he& lie told me if I had any regard for him I shoukl send for him home. lie said the children were treated more like pigs than Chrihians. The bread they ate was made of bean flour, and fit only for pigs. They had bllCil potatoes only as the pigs re fused. lie said they slept in a cock-lot), eight in a bed, close to the roof of the house, quite open to the weather, so that the rain and snow came in on the beds and the children as they lay in bed. They had boor milk to drink, and nothing else. lie asked me if I seat him pocket-inoney, as they never received any. The boys he said were eaten up with disease, itch, and vermin. The boys when they went down had their clothes taken away from them, and others put on them. Cade was present. Widows referred to hint to confirm what lit said. Cade said nothing at all, but he nodded assent. Widows referred me to Mrs. Brushfield, to whom I went the nest day. Mr. Cade called again the following day. My son came home in the course of a fortnight afterwards. I never saw a boy look better ; he was in as good a state as a boy could be. !sent • letter down by Mrs. Brusliheld for hint to come home in conse quence of the representations of Widows. • Cross.examinird—l ant not now in business. I took my boy to a doctor. There was &slight eruption. It was not the itch. I did not send him back, on account of the aspease. Ile is twelve years old. Mrs. Brushfield sworn--In February last year I had a sou at the plaintiff's school. I saw the defendant that month at my house, is B'hitechapel-market, with Mr. Cade, the late usher at, the school. My husband was confined to his bed. Widows first addressed me. He asked if I had not a little boy at Mr. Balde ron's ? and I said I had. Hs advised me to seal for him home, as 1 1 they all had the itch, and were h a lf starved. He said my child had a bad head, and could not hold It up. He said they had no thing but sour black bread, and potatoes fit only for pigs, and that mine was one of those who slept eight in a bed, and th a t th e y slept in a cock-loft, exposed to the wi n d and weather, and open at the roof. He referred to Mr. Cade -o confirm a ll h e h ad stated, and 3I• Cade would not. 11r. Widows then said he did not wish any one so confirm what he had said; hia own word wan sufficient. He Waxed me to tlra. Fowler, who then had two enildren at the school. ID. Doswell afterwards called on me, and I was induced to go down into Yorkshire to bring up my son. Mr. Doswell gave RI. . letter to bring up his son also. I went to the school. I re mained three days at .Mr. Balderon's house. My buy was in per. feet bodily health ; his head was quite clean and sound. He had been there three years- I went into the boys' bed-rooms. I saw the bed in which it was said right had slept. It was a double bed stead, with two hells put togeuier upon it. There was quite suf ficient room for the boys to sleep in it. roux boys slept in each bed. I saw the roof of the bed-room. It was perfectly sound. No snow had entered the room, though I was ankle-deep going to the house. The boys we as dinner when I arrived. I saw they r a" tgid goodpotatoes. I maw the soup that wer s ,it n iVei o r f Ar l ier i lt was such as I would give my own family to eat. I sow out the least ground of objection to food. All the buys looked healthy except two, who were nursed by the fire. side in consequence of having a cold. They seemed very happy and cheerful ; no children could be more so. I brought my child home in consequence of his father's directions. Ido not know whether he is going again ; that MILS with his father. I should bare no objection. ley the Julio/—We paid twenty guineas • year. The boys were found every thing. It is the practice for them not to go home for two or three yours. . ..... .. Crow-examined.-114 child is ten years old next July. The bed•rootw had no ceilings. There ass no plastering inside the roof. •I aaw no traces of water coming through any Mn. Mary Ann Jeremy sworn.—l had two sons at Mr. Beide ron's school; one is Dow in the East Indies. They had been there two years and a half. I know the defendant. Before I saw him hie two sons called on me, and said they came from my sons. They said my sons wished to be sent for home, as they were so easels up with the itch. My son Joseph was then about ten years old. I told them that they must he mistaken, as he was very happy there. They looked very healthy themselves. The next day I saw Mr. Widows himself. He said, " You are hard of be , hef, to behave so cavalierly to the two boys yesterday." I told him their tale appeared too improbable. Ile regretted he had not brought a piece of the bread with him, as it was as black as his hat. He said that Mr. Balderun was a most consummate vflisin, and that he got the children there merely for the sake of the money he received fur them. I refused to give credit to his statement. He recoramended me to go down, and I should see they slept eight in a bed, had were eaten up with filth and disease, lie said he had entered an action against 31r. //Aileron, that it was quite time the Yorkshire schools should he put down, and that he was deter mined to be the ruin of hint. He gave me references to Mrs. Fowler, in the Haymarket, and Mr. liockhorn. He told me that the lady who had gone down was so incensed at the treatment of her son, that she was deterntioed to take him away. Th a t l a dy is Mrs. rushfichL Mr. Widows gave me a reference also to Mr. Cade. _ . James White sworn.—l was eighteen years old last month. I was brought up at Mr. Ilahleron's school. I was there seven years. I left it last February. I was treated very well with re gard to food and care of my person. The rain or snow might have come in sometimes, but when it was found out the house was pointed. All the boys were well treated. Mr. Balderon had some eons of his own in the school, who fared like the rest. I have a brother six years old ; he is now there. He went with my appro bation. Them were about eighty boys there when I left. They had increased in number. I remember Mr. Cade, the usher. lie left three days alter ma. I knew he was about to leave, and on what aceouot. Mr. Gumtree objected to any inquiry into the cause of Cade's dismissal, as immaterial to the mane. The LOUD 11.:111EI JuSTICE coincided with the objection. Criaat-examired.—All the boys did not sleep in the upper rooms. More than half slept there. There were three rooms with only a root of slate. None of Sir. lialderua's children slept in the upper rooms. In (ma all the boys, except about twelve, slept in the upper rooms. I hie of them was as large as the other two. It bad only one window. I will not swear less than otirty-five slept in that room. There were two large beds, in which fourteen or hfteen boys slept. They were double beds. The beds were made of feathers and chaf. There was one sheet, two blankets, and a quilt, to eat bed. The sheet was above, and a blanket below. In the large room there were about twelve beds. The boys were obliged to climb over wine of the beds to get to the others. (A I piece of bread was shown to the witness.) Any of the bread might have become as dark as this if kept long enough. (A laugh.) I never ate any so dark. In summer the boys had bread and milk for breakfast; in winter bread and milk and ustnicaL We had breakfast, dinner, and supper. Ile-examined—We had always such victuals as we could feed heartily upon. I have assisted in rubbing the boys with hellebore powder and hog's-lanl. I can't say it was for the itch. That was in the latter part of 11122. NIT. Cade and a many of the bigger boys assisted. A doctor used to atten d the school. The rubbing was contirmed for two or three weeks. About fifty boys were rubbed. Last April I became apprentice to a medica l Ulll4l. I 110 not know that hellebore is used to cure the itch. We sus. peeled it was the itch. The hellebore did not cure it. I was not cured for four or live weeks alur I left it off. The buys used to comb each other under the superintendence of Mrs. Italderon. I have seen the boys comb their heads into a plate, and the contents of the plate were burned. The fleas were in such abundance at one time as to be a nuisance. That was before the blankets were changed—about the time the cutaneous disease broke out. The boys were in the habit of amoring themselves by catching fleas and putting diem into a quill (a laugh). henry Ihniwell sworn—l was three years at the schooL We had plenty to eat, and good victuals I lay on a mattress, on which was a feather bed. The room was dry. I slept up stairs, in the largest room. I was kindly treated by my master. We were all very comfortable. Cross-ewaniitied—liar bread was not so black as that produced. It was nearly so. Only halt of us had boars to sit upon before Mr. Widows came. IVe bail no table cloths. Many of the panes of glass were broken in the school-noon, for weeks togetba. raper vas put up to keep out the weather. There was only one Ski ninety of us. A good deal of my master's tin..? was taken up t i ; his fanti. Ite-exatulned—The boys lid not complain of their tres'ierskt while I WAS there. Itaisbeck sworn.— I am now usher it Mr. BalderMea school. I have been so about 111 months. The boys appeared atll in perfect good health when I went there. I tun generally present when the boys dine ; they always Lad enough. I hare the saws bedding as theirs, and I find it warm and comfortable. I found the boys as to Mr. Baldenin well content. I was educated at a grammar-school Ilat Appleby. The bread used at Mr. Haldeman's. of better than we have at Appleby. White betel is nut commonly used, even in the best houses in the north. Cross-examined.—The eruption made its appearance in . I it has now ceas e d. was absent from the school about a fortaight, and I got well whil e I was away . I cannot say how many were ilr when I came back. My father is a medical men.. I recommended an ointment to rub the boy a ' h ea d s; it was re d precipitate; Ido not know that it is a preparation of mere . try ; it is wieJ to at away proud flesh, but it was not so used at the szhool; I can't say bow many used it; there were two smell buttes of po*der used. Thor bobs have had chilblaimt, which have brokeh ; one or two hr : ringworm in their heads. I believ e I never sa id that disease arotie from their sleeping so rank ; I never did say sd. He-examined—The cutaneous disease was not the Itch. rho ointment Was such as is tied to kill vermin about the person; 1 have known it used at the school at Appleby. I believe the cute• neous disease arose from bathing. My father said it was not the itch. We ran to the water together, and got in heated. Thomas Lister sworn.--I 8:11 the plaintiff's Wulff; his fans is about 70 actes. He fattens his own meat and grows his own ans. He feeds the school with his own faueuing; it is capital good urea. When he has not lie buys the bed of meat. 114 bits very enough .._ Ays to - good potatoes. The boys eat with a good appetite; I peter knew them stinted. .•shn Brushfield, the son of a former 'chitin, and Richard Rubinson, two late scholars of the plaintiff; proved generally that their treatment was good. ilr. John Henry Dockhom proved that he had two sons at the plaintiff's school, who were well trmied. flu cross.exatuinatidn he denied that the cutaneous eruption they suffered from was the itch. Ile admitted th • they were three weeks being cured, and that he wrote to the pla: Fto say he expectedia have his sons back •• clean as he had delivered them." This was the ease for the plaintiff. Mr. On aN sir, fur the defendant, said it was extraordinary that the plaintiff had preferred to try this case In London, instead of Yorkshire, where he Might so easily have brought forward hie whole regiment of 'seventy scholars, to h a ve vouc h e d f or t h e ch at . meter of idea, which be affected to consider so dear to him. It was not to be supposed that for such a sum as was paid to the plaintiff; children were to live in luxury, but it was to be expected i that they should be lodged in some place better than a pigsty, and kept clean, at least free from the itch. It would be proved that the boys awoke in the morning, if they slept at all during the night. with snow on their beds, and that pads were placed to catch the water which Rowed through the roof. The largest room had a window only four feet square. No whiles' had immured to sear there was a single feather:bed in the school, nor was it attempted to shew how often the linen was changed. The defendant I had understated rather than exaggerated the evils of this school. The hog's lard and red precipitate were the best evidences of its good regulation and perfect cleanliness. The boys, it was admitted, had a cutaneous disease, but DO ' itch. A gentle rash that broke out In July, according to the usher, from bathing, remained with some of the boys six mouths, and with others until they came home, and communicated the in. fection to others. The sample of bread produced Would be proved to be that in common use in the school, though in the parlour Mr. and Mrs. Dalderon hail a very different sort for their Owls consump. tion. The Learned Counsel then proceeded with a detail of the evidence he efterw-rds adduced. Edward Thomely sworn.--I am a surgeon • I was called in to attend two boys, the children of 3lr. 'Widows, ;bout the middle et December : the eldest was weakly. The itch was of long standing it presented those appearances it could not have had unless it had been some time with them. Cross-examined.—lt must have been of three or four months' standing. I never saw an instance of the itch in a school but once; I have attended seven or eight large schools. He-examined.—The elder bov had an ulccv in his legs. A com mon cause of the itch is want of cleanliness, combined with a wait of suf fi cient food. A ring - worn and scald head are the same ill common language. The ulcer had proceeded from the itch. Christopher Stems sworn.—l am going for 16 years ; I left the plaintiff's school about a y ear ago ; there were above 80 scholars 4 8 was the highest number that slept in one bed, 4 at the top and 4 I at the bottom ; three was the general number in a bed ; there was also four, five, six, and seven in a bed ; there were two beds with eight ; the sheets were unchanged for two months at a time ; the blanket underneath was never washed that I remember ; them were feather beds and straw mattresses ; I have slept on a mattress without a bed ; the bed-room in summer was very hot, and hi winter very cold ; the weather came in ; both rain and 1111011, berres come in several time, ; it has come on the beds, and pails ham been set to catch it ; the windows of the school-room have M. mained broken for a quarter of a year ; we had brown bread nude with leaven ; the sample produced is a fair specimen of it ; the milk we had was sometinim sour ; we had fresh meat once or twic a week ; our meals were not always such as we could eat ; the mo nitors combed the boys into a plate and th rew th e contents intotots fire ; every boy in the school had the itch ; it remained in the school several months ; when I went home it had not ceased to aPs pear in my skin ; it broke out again ; we had a clean shirt OWN a week, and had no ni g h t s hi rts ; after I came home I slept with Mr. Hinkheacrsatan. Cross-examined —I was five years at school ; Sfr. Bockhorn is my stepfather ; Mr. Hinkhead is one of my guardians ' • I made no resistance to my master ; I h ave sometimes slept in the room with Cade. 111 r. Ilinkhead sworn-1 am the guardian of the last witness i when he had been home a month I found that he had given ag three sons the itch. A surgeon named Curtis proved, that the disease caught by the last witness's suns from young Sienis was the itch. John Little sworn.—l ant fifteen next February. I was at Ms. Balderon's school. I w ent there with two suits of clothes. I wose one out. Ido not know what became of the other. I wore a suit made for me by Mr. BAldcron. I used to wear my hat only oil Sundays. 1 slept up stain, in the long gallery. There was no ceiling, only tiles. The last winter I was there the snow came in through the window on to the beds. It also rained in through the tiles. The servants put tubs to catch it. The rain came in all night. 1 had the itch. lam nut cured yet ;it is still in my blood (a laugh). We had plenty to eat. The sample produced is the mart of bread we had. Vi re used to eat the crust only ; the rest we left on the table, because it was sour. The milk was sou: same ' times. It was generally good. When I came away the boys had the itch. It began about two months before 1 left. The straw mattresses were full of fleas in the summer, when I fine wens. New mattresses were made, and the old uses burned. Mrs. Little sworn.--1 am the mother of the last witness. never had any of the clothes back I sent with my sun. When be came home be had every appearance of being well, except the nasty disorder he hail, which he communicated to my other moo and a lad I have had two years ands half. Crusii.examined.—Mr. Cade called on me of his own acemsd after he left Mr. Bulderon's. I had not engaged to let him have any of my eons. I saw him last Saturday. Ile was with my see at the door a chest time. ..... John Daly sworn.-1 am fourteen years old. I waist Mr. Bel deron's when the Widows' were there. The rain and snow mom in at the roof. The room was very hot ; some of the boys used le sleep under the bid, and others threw water over us to cool we la laugh). In winter it was very cold. Sometimes we could not sleep for the cold. The sheet over us was mostly dimly. The sample produced is like the bread we had. It was sometimes sass. We could not always eat the victuals we had, because they was not always good. The itch was general through the school. I bad It. Some of the boys had sores in their heads and legs. After Mr. I ridows fetched away his two boys things were better with us. Cross-examined.—l have seen Mr. Cade twice. Ile wanted too to go with him, but he did not say where. Mrs. Shepherd sworn—My son was at the plaintiff's school When became home, he was as bad as he could be with the itch. He gave it to all my children. John Shepherd swom.—l am 13 years old. lam the son of At last witness. I got the itch at Mr. Balderon's school. George Day swore.-1 had a son at Mr. Haldnon's school is April, 1821. Ile came away in January, 1823. In coneequeser of some information I had from one of his school-fellows, 1 mot Le him home. lie had the itch, and a hole in sack. of his legs. Ho was spotted all over with the disease. He has been the Let Oft weeks in the hospital. Ile never had a soar about him before* Crum-eremined.—He looked very well in the fair when he emir home. Ile is IU yean old. Mr. flues et said he would not call Mr. Cade air a witness, be cause he had had a personal quarrel with the plaint& George Day the younger sworn.--I had the itch six weeks ►e fore I C4IIIC home. There were eight of us in the same bed. Cnisit-examinel.—About six weeks after I went to school. the doctor lanced a swelling in my legs, but they did not get well. They are getting well now ; but they were bad all the while I INS at school. We had not mom enough in bed, we lay is each mites. Frederick Greet, another of the plaintiff's scholars, gave 11416 iii. evidence. John and Thomas Widows, the suns of the defendant, wow called 10 prove that they wrote home to their father to ictpldit hies to send for them. Mr. Se•RLETT replied. The Loan J us Ttce left it to the J ury to judge from taw evidence whether the expressions of th 2 defendant were justified. The Jury, in five minutes, found a verdict fur the Damages__ is The Court rose at seven o'clock. 811ERIFFS' COURT, WICIDNEAPAY, J•wrAve IL Ine;firc the UNULZ-Z , HEitirr unit a Specie! Jai EXTENTS. THE MILL. This was an Extent at the suit of the Crean, against as defendant, upon a bond for SOUL It appears Mr. Abel is a bookseller at Northampton, and Wads ing the situation of ('ollector of stamp Duct,s, bound by bond to the Crown in :10111. Upon this bond he made idnostelf &Inn, su the Crown for 5001. The bond was !malacca!, and Mr. Abel imams upon it, to be indebted the aniount in question. The Jury, under the direction of the Sheriff. gave a verdict Sit the amount, upon his ova testiniony, against him; after ablest they acre re.sworn, to inquire on an Extent in .tid, it any, sad what molter, Mr. John Hayes, paper-titimulacturer, of Hush If Ws, Northampton, was indebted to 514 AbeL The Solicitor tOr the frown produced the affidavit which hid been previcusly sworn to by .11r. Abel, as required by the Crowil -1 a 1 I I' r 1~~ . ~,