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THE QUEEN. Several Addresses were presented last morning to her Majesty at Brandenburgh.house ; some of them , conveyed by select deputations, and some by itidivi. duals. The deputations were for the most park , numerous, but the advanced period of the season, and the understood wishes of the Queen that huge crowds of persons should not be collected for this purpose, have prevented such numbers from joining the deputations as would otherwise appear iu them. The first procession, last morning, consisted of a deputation from the united parishes of St. Paul and St. Martin-le-Grand. headed by a Gentleman on horseback carrying a flag, who was followed by an open landau with six gentlemen, drawn by six horses, and four others with four horses, filled with ladies elegantly d►esed. The postillions wore yel low jackets. and the horses' heads were decorated with white rosettes. The second procession wds formed by a large party of sailors. who marched six a-breast, each man wearing a white favour in his hat ; they were beaded by the eommittee on horseback, and were accompanied by a baud of music. The Address borne by a man on horseback. was ornamented with white favours. There were two flags of white silk, one bearing the inscription " e. H. Heaven pro- Sect the Innocent," ■nd ■nother with "28 L." in the front of the procession, and the rear was brought up by the union -jack. The Address from Southwark was conveyed by a select deputation, consisting of ladies and gen tlemen. who occupied fourteen or fifteen batouchea, each drawn by four horses. The deputation was preceded by three trumpeters, dressed as Ineffetiers. and was accompanied by parish officers u► their official dresses. The Address fromClerkenwell was also conveyed by Select Deputation of Ladies and Gentlemen. A large flag, iii4eribed with the words. " The Clerkenwell Arldretor," was borne by a man sitting on the box of the foremost oirriage. Ting deputa tion occupi•rl three harouches, each drawn by four The followiii2 , is a list of the Addresses presented to her MAJESTY yesterday:7.. - - Southwa , k ... ...„ _ _ . . GI.IiiiIIlIIIC Alitersgate St. Leonora's, Shore.lorli ~ ditto Cierkenwell St. immrg's, Westanima. r ditto St. Paul's Coveut-gardro ditto Semmen King's Lynn ditto Dartmouth 1 Brougham sad Wood Lincoln Stourport Cork Ardisier Spalding V, Illation . Axminstrr Bow and Broml-y... Congleicto ditto Shrrwshnry Lathes ....... Borkfastleigh .... Silrhy Wbitehatren Strain-6er Benefit Society, Prestonpaus By Mr. Sheriff Waithosam. Her Majesty returned the following most vacious Answer to the Address of Congratulation Iron the inhabitants of Ntw Mahon, presented by Lord Ihniminnof , :— " The Bailiff, Burgesses, and Inhabitants/if the Borough of New Melton, are requested to accept my unfeigned thanks for this loyal soil affectionate Address. The moral remind of my adversaries is sufficiently marked by the turpitude of the witnesses they have pro .o reed, and of the agents they have employed. Hail I even been guilty, their conduct would hardly have been less re prebeusible—for what can dream a recourse to such deteata. irk means as subornation and perjury ? That race of moral ibb IS happily almost extinct, who pretended that the end would justify the means. But yet, it is certain, that if my swoon could have effected my degradation, they would Aave felt no compendium with respect to the kind of means by whirl' it was accomplished. The constancy of my friend, has, however, rumbled me to vanquish the treachery of my Gres. If my rights are yet withheld, the attempt to degrade me has, at least, been abandoned, amid the principles of liberty have triumphed over the projects of despotism." In consequence of the numerous street-robberies committed in open day in various parts of the tne impnlos. particularly on every public occasion, Lord SIDMOUTH has 'snitched fifteen of the flow street patrol under two conductor: to each of the followitig Police-offices, viz. Queen--quare, Marl barongli-striert. and Hattun-garden, and all the public officers above fifty years of age will be div charged on half-pay. • On Tuesday evening last, VICKERY, one of the Th....street Officers. arrived to York, in quest of Franklin the Traitor, and early the following iiifirialltg, proceeded in a post-chaise. accompanied by LERM AN, one of our Police Officers, to l'otit hogtott ; at which place a strict search was mode iu vain. l'ocklitigio.i is the neighbourhood of his former resiikime, Nod tie is well known iii York. having brew in the Inaba of paying it an occasional wish • but fur what purpose we know not.—( York A reward of 5001. is offered for the discovery of any of the pertains coocerned in running • luiuggled cargo between Sassiest. and Shorachffe. in the night of' the 13111 of November. and ii shooting at said wnuradi. g Lieut. PEAT, and three seamen be longing to Me Severn. Fatal an:l Destructive fire.—On Thursday mort ing. abosit one o'clock, the 'muse of Mrs. ROPED, the lime and Crown lnu. Kirby-Loos dale, was discovered to be en file. The ostler, who was the first person awskened by the flames, immediately gave the alarm to all the family whoa the viotence of the tire would Arm him if. approach. Mrs. Rome, two of her daugh ters a female servant, five serviria-tnem, a towel lei. and a prob.:ol)mnd geodetical), olio was • lodger in the louse, effected their escape, most of them by leaprog out of the windows. But the most limeoluble part of the catastrophe is }et to be stated ; aud it is with feelings of regret and horror that we have to rebid', that five of the female se, Vdtlll6 became tjle victims of die devour ing element, said were literally burnt to ashes , . Tire house as entirely deatnryed, and scarcely any port of the furniture was saved. MEETIt4GO TO ADDRESS HER MAJESTY. ISLINGTON. Yesterday evening • most numerous and highly repectable meeting of the above populous district was held at Cationbury-house, I s li ng t o n. f o r the purpose of an Address of Congratulation to her Majesty. and also to Petition his Majesty to dismiss Ministers. The great room was crowded to excess by • most respectable assemblage of Ladies and Gentlemen, •nd many hundreds were unable to obtain admittance. At seven o'clock Captain Loiscsterea took the Chair, in consequence of the illness of Mr. Thomas Wilson, from whom a letter was read. The requisition to the Churchwardens was then read, as was also the correspondence between the Requisitionists, the Churchwardens, and the Rector. Mr. SMITH then rose and proceeded to read the correspondence between the Churchwardens and himself. He observed that Mr. Ustonron, one of the Churchwardens, had said that he had a bias in favour of the meeting, but could not grant the use of the church without the concurrence of the Rector and the other Churchwarden. Mr. Smith then proceeded to censure the conduct of the above persons, and wished they had followed the example of the Mayor of Miami, who readily grant• ed the use of ihe church fur the purpose of address ing the Queen, and as readily on the following day grouted it to address his Majesty.—(Cheers.)— He would wish every man to act according to his own judgment, and he must also say lie would not forego his claim to loyalty more than any other man. He then proceeded to refute the charges brought forward a g ainst those who address ed her Majesty, and obs erved. that the late pro ceedings went to destroy the bulwarks of the people's liberties. Whilst the people supported the King and his throne. they deprecated the conduct of those Ministers who had degraded both.—(Lord cheers )—Mr. S. then adverted to the late proceed ing. against her Majesty. The worthy Gentleman concluded by moving the first Rrsolution. Mr. TULLOCH then rose and observed on the great changes which had taken place during the last 30 years, and remarked, would any man at that time have dared to vilify the Queen of England ? for by the law of England he who traduces the character of the Queen is guilty of treason. The late events were a disgrace to a civilized country. Mr. Tulloch then censured, in most indignant terms, the evidence bring allowed to go forth to the world. After adverting to the majority and mino rity in the House of Lords, he concluded by moving the second Resolution, which was carried with four dissentients. _ _ . Mr. REICHTER, in u few words, moved the Ad. tires* to her Majesty, which, ou being seconded, was carried with five di.sentients. The Address to his Majesty was then moved and seconded, and corned with only two dissentient voices. _ _ The mode in which the two Addresses are to be presented were then unanimously agreed to, as was also a vote of thanks to the Chairman, after which the meeting broke op at ten o'clock. - ' . Akm BARBICAN. Yesterday a meeting was held in the long-room of the Jacob's Well public-house. Barbican, of the Mechanics and industr'ons Classes, for the purpose of congratulating her Majesty on her live triumph. SOOll after one o'clock the Committee entered the room, when Mr. JOHN 'GASS was called to the Chair, and the proceedings commenced. The CHAIRMAN rose and stated the object of their ossembling this day, which he observed was for the purpose of congratulating her Majesty on her triumph. When they met on a former occasion it was to address her in the language of condo lence on her return to this country. The signa tures to the Address ut that time were very nume rous, amounting to no less than 29,376, which he conceived was a greater number than had accompa nied any other Address proceeding from one body. After some remarks on the late Lnrd Mayor's re. rural to hold the meeting where they bad now assembled, he concluded by moving the Reaolu bons and an Address, which bring reconded were until i i iii ously carried. Thanks were voted to the present Lord Mayor for his independent and noble conduct in coming forward to protect her Majesty on her proceeding to and returning from S'. Paul's. A vote of thanks was given to the independent part of the Press, for their able conduct in espousing the cause of the Queen and the people. The CHAIRMAN said that the Address should lie at various places for signatures, and it was their intention to present it and the Resolutions to her 1 Majesty as a New Year's Gift. The Meeting the n broke up. . A requisition is in circulation for a general meet ing of the county of Kent, slid will speedily he presented to the Sheriff, for the purpose of Addressing the KING and the QUEEN. In addl. lid% to these purposes, it is supposed that some notice will be taken of the extremely distressed state of the agricultural interest in that fertile and once Nourishing county. The weight of the bur dens of the rates and taxes are felt so severely during the present low prices of agricultural pro duce. th.st nothing can exceed the distress and alarm► in many parts of the kingdom, as well as in Kent. The York Herald, alluding to the requisition for ti general meeting of the County to Addsess the QUEEN, so) e, "Our pleasure is. however, in some degree, rennetd, by the circumstance of there ex istmg amongst the Patriots of Yorkshire a differ ence of opit i respecting the propriety of bring jug fOrward at the said in etun i c the great nattotial question of Putliamerilary Iteform.— Pow gentlemen of rank and talent, whom we know wild highly respect. have refused to sign the requi !Mimi, unless that subject be introduced ; we, how ever, would hope. that the difference sill yet he so amicably decided. as to preveut the failure of the projected meeting." AcciDENT.—Yeeterdav morning a boy shout 13 year. old, son of Mr. PARSONS, of llerniunthoy. whilst playing with some other boys at a wharf in Ilanksale, fell iota the water and was drowned. TIM CORONATION. Some half-dozen earpenters, and other trades men, still continue daily at work in the Great Hall of Westminster, forwarding the preparations fur the ceremony of consecrating his Majesty. The long galleries that run longitudinally at each side of the Hell, and also the gallery that is immediately over the grand entrance, and connects the two others, have been for some time finished. The galleries are extremely commodious, and are cal culated to contain a vast assemblage or persons. They consist of three tiers, each tier comprit ing several rows of ice's, and each rising higher than the other ; but the second and third tiers are respectively thrown back, so that each suc cesaive tier does not, like the tiers of boxes in the theatres, overshadow tee one it immediately follows. These galleries communicate by flights of stairs with the area of the great Hall.— Two immense tables run longitudinally through the Hall, from the lower extremity to the platform that is raised at the upper end of the Hall several feet fur the King's throne, and the table at which his Majesty will dine. Recesses are formed at con venient distances under the galleries and accommo dated with shelves to serve the purposes of side boards fur the noble guests who are to fill the long tables. The King's table is not yet placed on the platform. The workmanship throughout the Hall is excellent and substantial, but the arrangements necessary for the grand festival are as yet very far from being completed, and the paucity of work men employed in forwarding them is so glaring in comparison with the magnitude of the work to be accomplished, that one is almost tempted to be lieve that these few men are kept there merely for shew, and to make the public believe that the idea of the Coronation is not wholly abandoned, al though the period for performing the august cere mony has not yet been specified. We understand that when the carpenters' work is finished it is all to be painted. The works on the exterior of Weettninster Hall are advancing slowly ; but they are of such a nature as must excite feelings of gratification in the mind of every person who associates the idea of Westmin ster Hall with some of the most spirit-stirring events that have immortalised the rages of British story. The great esstern window has been handsomely and tastefully renewed, and is surmounted with an ele gant spire chastely ornamented. The whole eastern front is about to be renewed, and the ancient designs which were traced upon the mouldering stones that lately formed that front, have been carefully and accurately preserved in the new cas. ing of hewn stone, which is gradually rising in their place. Westminster Hall thus promises fairly to he rescued for many ages from the destructive ra vages of time. Antiquarians may affect to lament the mouldering stones, the rust of eges..which are now removed, but this is • selfish feeling, and if it were to be indulged much longer would reduce the whole edifice to a state of ruin alike disgraceful to national taste and destructive even of the charm which once gave it value. We have received this noble edifice, the most ancient (except the Tower) of the palaces of English Kings, from our duces tors, and our posterity would have cause to com plain if in admiring its character of antiquity, we should, in the indulgence of our own caprice, suffer the venerable pile to moulder into ruins. MELANCHOLY AN!) DISTRESSING CIRCUMSTANCE. Ok i villain! villain ! thou bast robbed me of mine office and my name !"—Daonto or Epsom TO HIS BROTHER Or SYRACUSE. The tears live in an onion that 'Wald water this sorrow:' SHAROPILMILE. We have this day the painful task of recording one of those unforeseen fatalities to which the Mo narch and the Magistrate, the great and the little great, are equally liable. It is in the recollection of our readers, that ocr late upright and excellent Lord Mayor, in that happy spirit of loyalty and liberality for which he has ever been remarkable, shipped off, doping his Mayoralty, • hogshead of Irish whiskey, as • pre sent to his Majesty. The grateful Monarch, in re• turn, consigned • cask of wine, of rich and delicate flavour, to " the Lord Mayor of Dublin," giving orders also, that the wine ►hould pass free of duty. So far, all was right; but it unfortunately happened that previous to the arrival of the wine, Michaelmas. day (which brings a fat goose and a new Lord Mayor) placed the city collar around the neck of Aldertnan Bradley King. The new Lord Mayor had not been long in office, when the " Rich Faler nian" arrived, and rumour having wafted to the worthy Alderman, the Ez-Mayor, the new., he flew on the wings of impatience, thirsting to press to his lips the regal present—hut what pen could pourtray the mortifying disappointment--the amazement of the worthy Alderman, when he was told the wine could not 6e give• ap ! The wine was directed to " the Lord Mayor of Dublin ;" to " the Lord Mayor of Dublin" it came ; and with " the Lord Mayor of Dublin" it should remain !! ! The worthy Alderman " thought it hard The Mayor should lose his title with his office "' He had no valid plea to strew cause against this forcible detention of the King'. present. Ere he re. tired, however, • compromise was offered, namely, that the worthy Alderman might " put his legs under the mahogany at the Mansion-house," and get his share. Oar emissaries have not yet reported to us the final determination in this matter—whether it is to lie decided by gentlemen of the long robe, or whether • petition and remonstrance shall be for warded to London, praying the interference of his Majesty to give the wine to the right owner, or wise. their the proposed compromise will he accepted of by the worthy Alderman, who is so much out of spirits by this whimsical occurrence. We have a spy among the corporaturs who will shortly inform us.—(earrick's Post.) A duel was fought no Satnrchty, on Blackheath, between Mr. • Gentleman of furtune, is Kent, and a Mr. S—y—r, a merchant, in consequence of • dispute at • coffeehouse in the City, when some blows were exchanged. Mr. S—y—r was shoot in the shoulder in the first fire ; the ball was extracted in the evening, and be is doing well. LAW INTELLIGENCE. -.0.--. COURT or 'CHANCERY. Ltscours Ml *T, 11. The LORD CHANcELLot came into Court at half-put ten o'clock. JUDGMENT. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL e. THI cORPORATION oT BRISTOL. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave an elaborale judg. ment iu this ease. He slated that it was an juror- mation filed by his Majesty's Attorney-General against the Defeudinits, to which they had de- Inurred, and it came before him in the shape of an appeal from the judgment of his 140110Uf the Vice- Chancellor, as to the validity of the demurrer. The information set forth that Sir Thomas IVltite, who was Lord Mayor of London in the reign of King Henry VIII. wishing to increase the trade of Bris tol, and other curpormed towns, paid to the Cor poration of the City of Bristol the sum of 2,000/. in trust, that they should purchase therewith landed properly, which would produce 1201. per ttttt um, for them to distribute between themselves and twenty-tour towns iind corporations. in certain pro portions for charitable purposes, which was to be denominated the perpetual charity of Sir Thomas White. The Corporation of Bristol purchased the land of the value of 120/. per annum, hut it hail increased in value to a very large ■mount : the question then was, whether the twenty-Gu towns ■nd corporations hid a right to share in the surplus rents with the Corporation of Bristol. His Lord. ►hip was of opinion they had slot. But he gave this opinion without deciding the question whether the Corporation of Bristol had or had not the right of putting the surplus to their own sm.. as that was a question which could only come before the Court by the present information bring amended. or a new information filed. He was therefore cf opinion that the demurre► ought to be allowed. fees in the bookselling business, it being intently/ that on use acdount was his name to (blower as a ;tonner in that branch of the business. The Ibleiti tilritesigned a reason for that, which wu, as it was known that he was as man of property, if it apprtred that he was • !seiner, the Defend/Hai might obtain a greater degree tit* credit than they were entitled to. This was denied by the Defrost. outs, who said the cause of his name not bein4 pro. ininetit in the firm was, that be was a priutfr„ that according to the rules of that trade, hi not carry on the business of a bookseller. Arcola. ing to the deed of partnership all bills and note. for the purposes of the trade of the firm, were to be drawn and accepted by the Defendants. The Plaintiff had secured to himself by the deed the right of printing all the books of the pirtitershtli. It was shin provided that a c.shiihook should be kept, and that it should be balanced once a montii„ end that they should have it booker, althossghli.is was d e nted by the at .14vd of the Plaintie : • l also there was a clause in the deed for • 1•10 I I.lf • • of more money, if it was wanted in the business, to be lent lay one of the partners to the firm..ttad tf one of them could not give the loan, that the money was to be raised. The LORD CRANCELLOR—" I am obrigtd ow rise., it two o ' clnrk, go I am er•inimliril intend eliwwtiere. Mr. Wetherell, go on with this motion to-morrow morning." COURT OF KING'S BENCH, WISTMINSIES, MONDAY, DrCUtialtit Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Xpeeial Ju►y. WRIGHT C. coBBETT. As soon as the Jury were swig's— Mr. Co',hot rose and said, he meant to 101,,lriw the plea. in this cause. He meant to plead tne general issue. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE —" Sinctly open's tog, that cannot be done.—You do not mean to offer soy evidence, then'" Nlr. Cobhett-s-" No, my Lord ; I will expla'a the reason, if your Lordship The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—" Thst is not l ie. ceesary." Mr. CHITTY then proceeded to open the ;de la ingot, which slated, that the Defendant. io the st.n January, 1917, on the 6th March, 1819. and 1$ 0 January, 1820. had published three several lint on the Plaintiff, chugging him with having forged his, the Defendant's name, mid obtained money under false pretences from various perspire. To those the Defending had pleaded the general issue, and had also pleaded several pleas of jtistificerioc. Mr. ScARLETT then rove and said, his Learned Friend who had read the pleadings would have so'. ticiently explained to the July the nature of the action. He would now state to then, more in de tail who the parties were. Mr. Vi'right, the l'hen tiff, was a gentleman who was esteemed by all who knew him, and no one had been darieg enough to impute fraud or falsehood to him, except the De fendant now in Court. He was proprietor ors e ees o f learned works, and the Parliamentary Debat.s. though published in Mr. Cubbett's name, were cps,. ducted under and by the exertions. the talents, and abilities of the Plaintiff: lie would not at. tempt to describe the Defendant to them ; he was a wan who had made his name familiar in every place where the English lotigua4e was known. He did not wish to say a syllable more than the cause required; but this he must that he possessed loch powers as few melt hail ever ex. seeded. He particularly possessed, more than aey other man, powers over the public mind, hey mixing (he must pardon hint for saying so) a (Timm coarse ness of feeling and expression, which he well knew bow to use. It required great courage in a man who had the misfortune to be expose,' to the attack+ of such • person to bring him to justice. Mr. Woglit's first acquaintance with Mr. Cub. bett arose while he was in America, from the cir. cumstaatce of Mr. Wright, who was then a book seller, sending him out some books, and the first pecuniary concern which Mr. Wright ever had with him was his advancing Mr. Cobbett 201. Mr. Cobbett, on his first arrival in this country. pnb.. Fished a work called " The Life of ThomosPaine," a work which did him infinite honour. The Learn. ed Counsel here quoted a passage from that work. to shew the great powers of the writer. No doubt. he mid, Mr. Cobbett's object at that * was to repel the npproaches of sedition and bleaplismy, and having such objects in view, it could he no im putation on the Plaintiff to form a coonexion with him. Some of the first characters in the country then thought highly of him—he need mention only the name of the late Mr. Windham. Under such auspices the Parliantextary Register was commenced. in which the Defendant was to be at the expense of' publishing and minting, and the Plaintiff was to be at the trouble of conducting the work. The De fendant published also the State Trials, iu which he was assisted by a gentleman of the name of Howell. This continued till Mr. Cobbett went to Southampton, about which time he was writing a great deal about paper money. yet he became • our. chaser of laud, over-bought himself, and raised money by accommodation paper to the amount of 60,000/. or 70,0001. He drew on Bagthaw, his publisher, and Swaim, his paper-maker. discounted for him. The Plaintiff was written to by him to raise him money on those bills. and that begot a great money ors. count between them, and led to accounts of great intricacy. The Defendant kept no account, or pre. feuded to keep none, and made a system of sitsto '- log every leiter or voucher which hr received tr.. is the Plasm:ff. The accounts lied iu conseriue,e-t, become so difficult, that, according to a 'vitriol ,06 , 4 OWN " The Devil himself could not unravel theme' In this state they were when Mr. Cobbett was coo. victed of writing a libel, and to evert the of being brought on the fluor - of that Cosset is. cr. crier judgmeiri, and a question *goae as to the sire s to be taken, I , lr. Cutibett proposed to the Govern. mew, thioisiii a gentleman whom he shoo d befote them as a waters, that if he should not be caned up for judgment he would alwaia from. writing any more Registers. Front that per oil Mr. Wright wished fur a settlement of AV= counts, arid Mr. Cobbett required from him prune' of every stein which be laid ever disbursed fur him. He therefore employed an accountant make out the accounts in the best manner he could, and that stuntman he should also call berate '=----~ DENOLEY V. PINNOCK AND MAUNDER. --..---- . Mr. WETHERELL stated this was u minion on lhe part of the Defeodstits to dissolve the injunc tion thetas on their answer being put in. and that his Lordship's order, appointing It receiver and manager, ought to be discharged. It would be in his Lordship's recollection this was the ease of the Defendant., respectable booksellers in the Strand, who had takes; the Plaintiff ea a partner into their buoitirss, and when his Lordship was applied to fur the injunction, he was told that they were persons concerned in transactions of es bad a nature as that of Coles and Golpin. and they were from that Court given nut to the world as such. It was therefore necessary, on account of his clients' characters having been so attacked, to go more at length into the facts of the case than it would be otherwise necessary. The of jest of the motion certainly was, to get rid of the injunction and the order for the receiver, and this lie would prove to the Court he was entitled to by the articles of part nership, executed hetween the Plaintiff and Defen dents. He had read over all the affidavit., and he could not had any breach of the articles of partnership on the part of the Defendants, which could be construed as ►uch in equity er in law, but before he called his Lordship's attention to the deed, be moat mention another imputation against the Defendants, not that they had ill-managed the partnership concern, bat that they had used the name of the firm of the partnership for the purpose of raising money. and afterwards putting it to their own use : this charge he would he fully able to refute. The Defendants had been booksellers at Newbury, in Berkshire, one of them was also • printer. and the other was • partner in the Newbury bank with his brother, which was robbed of notes to a considerable amount, an extent in aid was issued by Government, which at fii.t affected one of the Defendants. and ulti mately them both, and • commission of bankruptcy issued against them, which was afterwards super seded, on which they came to London and establish. ed themselves as booksellers in the Strand, but although the commission was superseded. the firm still remained indebted to their creditors. and in tl►is state of circumstances they be came acquainted with the Plaintiff, who was a printer. in Bolt-court, Fleet-street, who pro posed to become a partner with the Defendants, he knowing that they were compelled to come to Lon don ou account of the commission issuing against them at Newbury ; he knowing that they had not 20/. available money ; he knowing that their debts amounted to between 7 and 8,0001.; yet knowing all this he urged them to let hum be• come their partner; he was not misled by them, but inviting and not invited he became one of the firm. According to the articles of partnersh►p the Plaintiff became a partner of the Defendants in Christmas, 1817, although the articles were not executed until the March following. By the bill of the Plaintiff the Defendants were charged with raising 4,0001. for the purposes of the business, and of giving bills and notes in the names of the copart nership; and if they did so, he would contend they had the right, and if an action was brought on the covenant of the deed of copartnership, he would defend et ; for the deed of partnership stated the capital of the Defendants, and how much each partner was to bring into the firm, and how the old debts of the Defendants were to be paid off.— One of the charges in the affidavit of the Plaintiff was. that the Defendants had taken 4,0001. of the funds of the new fir► to pay off the debts of the old firm. If his Lordship would look at the deed of copartnership, he would see with what justice this charge was made. It recited the estimate of the value of the stock of the Defendants; their copyrights were valued at 3,0001., the good-will of their busitiess 1,0001., their stock 5,0001.; which, with debts owing to them. u►ade the whole 12,000/. end up wards. The old firm was indebted in 7,5001., which left a balance to the Defendatits on their stock of 4,700/. which was to be brought into the new firm, not sat the shape of money. for iii money the Defendants had not a single guinea; but it was in the remains of the stock of the uld firm, at cording to the deed of partnership en. tered into by the Defendants with the Plain tiff, their capital was to be 7,0001. the De fendants' surplus of the assets of the old firm 4 700/. the Plaintiff to advance the sum of 2,3791. and also to lend to the new firm 4,0001. on bond, to be repaid, bearing interest at five per cent. It was covruated the the Plaintiff should not inter• 6i. (2 , ~• kh=ii 0..~:.~...~ IMMMIS ~:.~~, -