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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

CUSTOM-HOUSE, FE*.!.
!Immerses.
Brilliant, Clark (Barry, broker), frowiCadls.
Frederick Wilhelm Gustaf, Langhor (Bremer, broker), from
Lisbon.
Schleicher, Krohn (Castendieek, broker) from Lisbon.
Lord Exmouth. Mills (Langridge, broker), from Malta.
Rising Sun, Stokes (Burnet, broker), from royal.
Prince Regent, Riches ( Blake, broker), from Seville.
Cynthia, Linklater ((:hisman, broker), hum Zinn).
Neptune, Stranack (Drinkahl, broker), from Ostend.
Earl Bathurst, Gibbs i Hall, broker), Rom Rottadam.
Susan and Maria, Airey (Burnett, broke). from M. Michael's.
Albion, Townserd (Melhiti.h, broker), from Bilbao.
Caroline, Hughes (Sedgwick, broker), from Villa Nova.
James, Freeman (Sheddon, broker), from St. John's.
Charles Hamilton Aberdeen, Dickinson (Festhotaioae, broker),
from New York.
Rachel, Chadwick (Dmlinrsox, broker), from Hombre'.
Express, {Yells (Blaksley, broker), from Carboneras.
Brown (Rogers, broker), from Seine.
Liberty, Prynn (Ditto), from St. Michael's.
Tay, Sim (Robertson, broker), nom Lisbon.
Flora, Brown (Arnold, broker), from Gallipoli.
Ward, Ilan (Waltham, broker), from St. John's.
Hinkley, Lamb (Buckles, broker), from Gibraltar.
Nile, Blyth (Scrum, broker), from Berbice.
Copia, Bailey Rouths, broker), from Messina.
John, Wills ( &Orson, broktr), from Leghorn.
Eliza, Atberden (Burley, broker), Yawn Rotterdam.
Commerce, Lime, (Buck, broker), from Marseilles.
Prosperity, broker), from Rotten.
Siren, Faillant (Ditto), from Calais.

JAN l'All Y 31.
Euvratn Orris-mans.—The Thomas, for Limerick; Atlas,
for Dublin ; Rover, for ('alai. ; Asia, for Lima ; Hottentot. for
the Cape of Good hope ; David Walter, for Seville ; Upton
Castle. fur Bombay ; sad Telemachus, for Lisbon.
CLEARING OUTWAR DS.— The Patrick Henry, for La Gain ;
Nicholas, for St. Thoins.'s; Jul row Alide. for Rotterdam; Rover,
fur Calais ; Harmony, for Rio ; Promise, for Cadiz ; Viscountess
Downe, for Hamburgh ; and the Highland Lad, for Bahia.

LADY thTELLIbENCE.

entIRT OF CHANCERY, Mownfty, Frlt. t

(1111111ITIA6 1M Mr HOWARD AND 411183, MAXI.

all PTII.

.
This morning the segumenta in this case were returned.
Me. /4011 T. wiw heardat considerable length for the assignees.
Mr. 11 u.ae followed on the same aide. He began by examln.
twg Ale *cesium( in detail, and pointing nut the Introduction of the!
Itmallete items. He perttenlarly adverted to the three periods of
.setkonent--in October 11111, and in the May aid November fol.',
hot front which he inferred a knowledge of details on the part
slr. 11rimettrad, a lilch he denittl. The sin_gle li;1,16011 Waco
halter there was sin wurrirms entorkt between him nod the hank .
mete? If that question was in be decided by the hook in Urieeh
e acemeet sae kept, there veil./ be no doubt of the aifinnaiive; the
items eicair proved it. At retry stage in the settlemeet of the
amount, prodeee was snort(' oil the prinelyal in the herds of
lieneded and Hilda., eseeeding the legal interest of five per rent.
Thte.• be no I len Olt on the face nf the amsunt, unless it was
created by the auhatithiinn of the word " produce" for the term
urn-„" hich, indeed, on mit ii occasions wax al wnys expressed by
. nine of:mop:me. Hut tee spew the enticed:waling httwert the par.
t.CS let to the nmanlng of this wool " produce: and to prevent all
(}N^lllO or difficulty ea to its use, he valid produce a itneoment
vesict, nosesconereiver than all miller testimony, wneld prove the
ones si tier ervigni There be to doubt that the eery.
11.1.11 t of the principal might have town deummled by Mr. Crlei-
: tend, during the specific interval from the fah to the ledi
o ( let.het and it was minuet to establi‘h the ante of
:he esti melee (het Mr. Mimeo -eft end the bankrupts dealt on
• net' rafttrart of Man rot reduce:ace, at ti rem!r rate than five
in erne. It might be objected that the Tar haven in the allow:ince%
henol that there was something between the parity. not mater.
eessl by ace other parson; but it might he ausweral, that though
ti..e- n satiation, yet it we. clear that the nto of niMwance
eieurhout was mere than live per rent.; rod if lie (Mr.
was. eddee.sing a .dory en the tact, of the ease, he would, with eon-
re, atl to thrift, whether it was net palpable there tirtrrirar
Lotman between the party for more than lire per tent., according
to which they bail regularly settled their sernmes. The link, of
itself, prima eerie, riot.' a case of usury. It st is open to an an-
swer, no doubt, and on was every deed that could be minced In
Smart, but ter- answer must be shown, and the farts on whkh it
etas gretintiC4l must be anis*. Iltsimee the ingenuity Or the
Lenmed Ciao nnel, on the other aide, ensidmi them to minima, a set
of fa..., by which the tramartions might hair taken place with-
out noire, they were not thereto-0 to 'mime that they hod given
an 1111,11.1. iv• e.mitecat el tee ateignee% was, that where the
pante. wrigularly rutted their tycoon.. on n.eerinna interest, thnt
tact wee eridenee or to existing contract loomed them to that
effect. palms it was explained by other farts. His lordship ha!
said the Loch roliOrod un explanation, that was, an explanrion
rat of coli.lactare, hat of evi.irece. W hat lets the 371.11rti ? Ind
Mr. 4 allele that Off. (Abbe had pr.onol en unfaithful
agent, and on discovery, had mineented to allow him eeempenm.
lion Mr Ilia bra Or of ditty N ; that win not the *mover.
Did 5/r. Citmstead allege that Mr. Gildse himself betsine the
;parer of the sianulties? Certionly rot. lin the (steamy. .11
fie front any iinapicion of Mr. Hibbli% want of fidelity, Mt.
Uriailociel untie ued hint in Nil anifilenee As his executor, And
never coashiercd him go the grantor. What, then, was the
answer? Alt irimatead said that he had never so lookeil at
the book as to be :mood by the items it contained t that he had
never examined then. in any respect, or even east cap a single t.i.ge,
of the accoum. The amount of Mr. tirienstrad's statement Wes,
that in fart he was tint perfectly ouster of a knouleige of the con.
tents of the hook. How was this statement bnrne out by the other
facts of the awe, and by the retiree roamed by Mr. Grimittral
himself ? Certainly an pains had horn spared on that gentlenuti's
pert in obtaining the bee' advice AS to the conduct of his suit. Ile
hail die ablieentiviaent, and there could be ro qutstion that they
Waned want meal. If therefore, either of the viewers not given
had been proper to have urged in siippwLof his claim, there could
belittle dwobt that It would hare been Nu;rgested to Into, if the
facts of his case would have warranted it. It might, indeed, not
lavoreppeared altogether ecently, to have contend.ii that the farce
of deception hail leen acted over three lima., with miceas, and
netboist eltaklne the confidence of 51r. (frimatead. It might have
seemed strange that Mr. fitimatend shoidd mote into Court and
f acknowledged he bad been unfaithful to the treat, but
he allowed me In per cent. for the damages I had sustaitted. I
again confided in hint. Ile was again unfaithful, but I again al-
limed him to tin afresh." It had been objected that the trial by
jure was not a safe tribunal for such a case as thin; but he (Alr.
coold are no just grounds for the objection. Mr. Grim-
stead had failed in his trial., not because there 111111 any defect in
the conatitution, but because no twelve men could be found in the
kingdom who could be deluded into tho belief Which it
was hie interest to inculcate. 11'ith regard to the statement
of Me. Ihinnteach as to his Ignorance of the contents of
the beak, it wei a rule foe the judgment of testimony,
that where a witness said he acted under a certain impassion!
at a note when he did certain arts, the Court, in enter to arrive at
the mereetneaq of the alleged impression, should look at the con.l
duct then punned by the witness, end front that draw its conclu-
sion. Mr. Nrimstead mid he did nut look at the book, and was
Ignorant sit its cuntenta. He admitted that he was tint deceived by
at, but added, that he trusted altogether to Mr. I Wass, who trade!
the entries, it was now said, with intent to deceive him I and it was
therefore argued that no usurious contract could have existed, be-
ca use, it it had, Ile. deception on the part of Mr. I ;dohs wax wholly
winrcomary. (et-sauteed', wards were. his sulmtance, " Though
I was not deceived by the book, I was by Mr. Hiblees torments,
which from beginning to end were false." Mr. Urinistend's ease,
'limestone, mated on two paints t 0.4 that the book slid mit prose
usury against hint ; and secoadly, teat Mr. tabs deeeired him by
anal falee %tet's. The latter wee manifestly a question depending
entirely oh the credit due to the patties. As 3lesers. Howard arid
GOA% must have been cognisant of the elude transaction, there
could he no ex use framed, if it turned out that there was any in.
consistency or ituperfection of atatement on their parts I and as to
Mr. irimatead, though he mil& he a negligent man in some re.
specie, yet it was to be presumed he was competent to the ordinary
bealneve of life. He admitted that he had the book in his pcKses.
eon at every time of settlement, anti that it wax sometimes in his
Mimi% for two. or three months together. Ile also stated, that his
attention sae not drawn to the items of the accounts at any time
while the !pek an% in hie posacmion, mid that if it had been he would
not here uuderstmel them. The mu stinn wax, whether, when he
saw the item. of produce, he understuod than as meaning interest
on 'enmities, or whether he untleretoud them as a term &Menotti;
home, to cover the usury ; and here he (.)Ir. Wilde) must say.
that if, into, ad of meeting the claims of Mr. litanies:od in this
term, he had a iri iii i t ill charge to prove against him, he shouki
euntend that the facts would justify him in arguing that he
had brought the knits ledge of site items hoarse to Mr. (leant-
stead. ilow Many instance. were there of men convicted of dk
moat serious charges Oil evidence far slighter? 111 r. (him-
stead admitted that i.e had faded the accounts with his own hand
at the foot of the page, and &hewed the book afterwards to
Me. Walsh. Could anything more fully prove that he knew the
items of that account P It had been objected that the of
the moans of knowledge was not nuitionount to actu knowledge.
In the first elate he would remark, that the existence of this trick
was the reason foe Alr.lirimete•ati's keeping no other, if his Lord-
ship were to administer justice on the principle that a person
having every opportunity of knowing the contents ut any docu-
ment, might absolve himself fmni the consainences of poe-
ms-sing that knowledge, on hie own denial that he did nut possess it,
the most fauful efforts moat ensue t it was impossible to see hole
I.nowltol!re mold, under any circuntranct e, be brought home to
Roe person who might chine to deny it. Ile (Mr. has se.
ttS6 ',l that no jury of t wive men ever ant:alibied at Milliken.
wild far pee...laded that Mr. I iriflllat'ad wall ig9olll.lt of the items
Of hi. scrotum.. If hoed Chief Justice Della% WWI wrong in the
principle out which he summed up, Lord Chief J ast ice Abbott erred
I n common with bins that where a parry would net Mok at a deer.
wen in order to avoid a knowledge Its contents, that alone was
iorricient to render him reaponsibie for a knowledge of than. Ile
alluded to a case tried before Losd l'hiefJustice Abbott respecting
an urbanite*, tie whom several applications had been made in vein,
at his Matthaei, where a lever was finally left revoking Ms audit,.
racy. l'he Issue wax. %leakt the arbitrator hail eufficient notice of
Itoe revocation of his putters P It warn pawed that be hail destroyed
*the letter withoest reading it; but the Lord Chief Justice told the
jury that if lee had avoided opening the letter in order in avoid a
enwledge of its content*, the jury were bound to hold him
'greeted by the cements. Them was maw dissinceiss be-
tween the circumstances of that ease and the present; but
tie principle in imth was the mite. Here it was to be
prommed that Mr. Illiiinstead had, to speak the ettim language of
tiie law. tratidulentheand with a covert meths, &storm to look at
the book, in order that he might be able to plead ignorance of its
cemente. %tumid any question arise upon them afreeting his rights.
Why "timid he what in nerd a knowledge of the item ? Ile
could have only had one motive via, that he might not be suiremeal
tel know the usury with which)his account was tainted. But why
h el hr taken the book away? why had he kept it ? uhy had he (nee
looked at it, except he wished to know what It contained ?
berme put himself in possession of all the mews of knowlnige, lie
yet dui nos choose to poetess himselfof the knowledge itself, it must
hear here hasn't he might afterward* uttee' himself by saying
he was ignaeant of the details. The learned Counsel then pro..
eroded to animaihreet all the examination of Mr. (irimetead, which
I e amid ought rather to have been called a blamer of his case
written by his (Munsel ; foe not only had that learned Gentleman
put Lwlteg eneatinna to the witness, but he had in sonic instance%
saineetrel facts not at all warranted by any precious answer.
deed 111 r. lirimstaill 'innate% to have been led limiter than he mould
hair gone if he had been lett to follow hie own epontaneous retiree.
The rumination was an artfully writes history, edited by the
I swyer, and adopted by the witness. In his address to the Court a
I eel days ago, his learned friend (Mr. It. Montague) remarked that
thorn lifer! MI few contradictions in Mr. (irimstours case. that they
c valuable Mr their scarcity. Ile (Mr. W. denied this shah:-
merit. He %aid that eery material fart in the case was contradietal,
and if h!, Leitrim' Prima could point mit one that was tint contra-
he wail.' give up his case immediately. Whether the ex.
aminetion of .11r. lirinistemi was considered with reference to the
i!:.•stiree, his knowledge re* the book, or him understandirg or the
word *. praiece," it wax clear that hie mind was rut in that state in
which his i videnc: (mild be made the foundeoem of a remedy
to such as extent as he claimed. An affidavit had ham
produced hems Mr. Caftan; but he (Mr. Wilik) wislird the
'waived,. hail hal OM. witness' In the bus. before a special jury of
she city of London, where his respectability visa known, anti his
v-rarim. wo Oil have been appreciated. Why wee he not produced
ea tit..trill. inetead of his solitary affidavit being bought forward
after this lapse of time ? Mr. Oaths, in his a motet tion, 'aid
only that the book used to be product' to Mr. lirimstead, by
whom the account% were signed and settled; but whether he chose,
while lonising at the book, to me nothing, was of :miter more than
Mr. Hibbs could undertake to declare. The evidence clearly
preyed that he had a strong motive fee examinicl; the bock, and

• Mr. Grimaced did not attempt to slaw why he had not yielded to
that motive. Mr. Gibbs went on to state why he used the word
" produce," and afterwards why he erased it. NC said he never
entered into any explanation of the ancient to Mr. (irisnetead.
Ilia words were. "He never Naked it, and I never glace it." But
he stated that Mr. Grinstead was in the habit of signing acquit.
Lances when the annuities were redeemed ; and some instances in
which he did so WOOltl prove very Material in the progress of the
regiment. Mr. Gittbri stated funhcr, that his partner, Mr.
i Howard, was not aware of any fraud that seas practised on
't Mr. (Winstead. end that he supposed the partners were considered
debtors to 3lr. Grimstes4 for the sums in their possession, for
; which he was paid 10 per cent. interest ; and Mr. Gibbs added,
' that in Ida books he entered the interest co n,,nthit. It was re-
! markable that though the profit of the annuities much exceeded
le per cent., allowing for the premium of insurance on the lives,
and other expenses, so that the average varied from 12 to Id per
cent., vet the produce allowed Mr. Grnosteed never exceeded II
' per tent., and in some Instances was rot more than 111 per cent.
It was a fallecy to try this cause On Mr. firimetead's qunlificationa
as a man at' beano& A safer role would be to judge it by re-
ference to Air. Gibbs's character as a man of business. ilia Man-
tis/ST to deceive, if it really existed, might be ascertained
by that test; but the cnxtulity wenitnesa, or negligence, of Mr.
ei nmotead admitted of no criterion according to any ordinary mode
of judgment. There was however, no doubt that Mr. Gibbe was
an able, acute, and experienced man, versed in the knowledge of
the law, and dexterous in lila habitsl of business. Before Mr.
(Inmeteed could establish his rte, he must :thew that Mr. Gibbs
OAP the reveree of whet every body took him to be, fur If his design
was to deceive Mr. firinistewl, never before did an able and acute
man, engaged in the ecommiesi,.n of a fraud, Hike so much pains to
triennia. his plot. fin the face of the book, what was the conduct
of Mr. flii.be as to this accoont? Ile Anted, indeed, now, that tic in-
tended to deceive ; but judging by his actions at the time, what
was the re:instal inference t., he &PPM from his confect ? As
soon ns lie received any money from /de Inimstend, lee entered it.
erne, hr paid any he incik care to specify to whom and fie what.,
lie enrretly struck the balance, and, as a faithful cunt, allowed
mein on the sum hi hand. Ile furnished the means of eheck-
ing every item. From the first to the brat, not a fractional loss of
interne at to per cent. could he traced for a single day. Ile eon-
enure I his book in the mom Pimple and intelligible form. There
wait no *menial of dates, names, or same; and vet in the teeth of
this irresistible testimony of his fidelity, he was to be considered a
dishonest man, aiming only at defrauding. his principal ! The
Learned Comm' then entered net the examination of the items of
prieluce, with a view to prove that it was a word used only to con-
ceal the mutely.* contract between the parties. Every annuity, It
was to be on-reed, uffiteded a profit exceeding 12 per cent. in
order to cover the profit to the grantor, the premium of insurance
on the grantee, and the charge attempt and other expenses, which,
i t the cast. of what had bete called by the other side real transac-
tions, were always charged regularly to Mr. (kimono! ; but where
them was no veal transactions, these charges were emitted. In
t he ran of an annuity pan oft' by load James Hurray, on the 20th
of April produce was &newest for the two days up to the lilt of
Bay. kl'ily, if any fraudulent design had existed on the part of
Me. liens, was reface allowed so carefully for the two days, in.
stead of the annuity being prolonged? In every real transaction,
the :unmet of the annuity was regularly credited. It was evident,
by this instance, that lily. Giblethati most faithfelly discharged his
tear. nut suppose it appeared that lie. (irimstead himself had
signed an acquittance for the annuity (which was the fact), how
could the knowledge of the Account be brought home to him more
clearly teen by thia document, in which he was compelled to admit
his knowledge 1 lie must have known that the produce items
tare plated to his credit, not as part of the annuity, which he had
ran/allot, hut as inherit on the principal emu in the hands of
Howard and Gibbs. The produce itcnts all through the account
were calculated, not with reference to any annuity, but to the date
of the settlement—a course very proper as tointerest, hut highly ab-
surd rot to annuities. Hut his knowledge in this instance could be
brought even timer home. The insurance on Lord James Mur
ray's life did not expire till July. The policy was bought by the
etar-office s he arraigned it, and credit was given to hint in the ac-
count for the return of the premium. If lie believed his money
had been re.inirested, how came he to alaign his policy P If it
was nuinvtoted, he had the same intenet as before, in lord James
Marray's life. Besides. he received his ten per cent. on the die.
ference between the stuns. Who could he suppose made bin this
allowance but the bankrupts ? Could his Lordship believe that
Mr. Gene, who had kept his accounts PO correctly, had done so
with a design to deceive ? There was another instance when Mr.
linoleum' was present, when the money was received in redemp.
tern of an annuity. It remained for general purposes. Produce
was allowed for :le dart. It was then reduced by the purchase of
an annuity, and produce was still allowed on the remainder. Fi-
nally. there remained up to the settlement of that account, a sum
of :Apt. not invested, and on that rum, as on the others, produce
was allowed. It was clearly stared to weont the former sums were
invested, but the hater remained unexplained. In fact, it was in
the hank of the bankrupts, from whom only Mr. lifinatesd must
have.known he received the produce. He (Mr. W.) might go
through all the items in the same way, if he was not afraid of el-
hauenng the attention of the Court. They were all of the same
sort. He defied the Counsel on the other side to select one of a
different complexion.
The ;Gitlin I 'IIAWCET.T.nII-11'hat become of the 5071. ?
Ale. Wi en r —lt rentained in the hands of ilowiad and Gibbs,
and forms part of the eel,' now claimed. It was mom, left in their
hands at an tram ions rate. Bet the OM against ele. Orimst
did not sum there. He wait in the constant murk oTgoing to Ir.
Gibbs's office. The inn-mune of annuities could not have required'
such ire .lueot visits. Mr. Gibbs clearly took no pales to deceive
him, because,. teaming the book to swain eft his furiffle vrlffit was
tenter prevened hint from leaving it at the office among Mr.
Gibbs's clerks, any one of whom might have discovered the sup.
posed frandulent nark, ? If Mr. Grinstead were so exceedingit
negligeot, wee it Bluely he "odd live called so frequently at Mr.
Gibbs'. office? 'Vet it appeared that !abed called and asked wee.'
thew a particular stint had been curried to his credit P The de in',
as his Inquiry, turned to the folio in the ledger and satisfied hen.
He undentond enough of business to frame his question coerectly,
and the form of it was rentrukable. lleasked not whether the sum
was invested in annuities, but whether it was carried to his credit.,
lie went in the infinity way of business, as little like a careless
man as could well be conceived. Indeed, no part of his conduct
argued negligent... There was no fact to build such an opinion
but his owu declaration, by which it seemed that he was as
anxious to provide the means of examination as he was neg.'
ligent in using them. In every case of real annuity, Mr. Gibbs
charged fir stamps, but there was none on the produce Items. Mr.
Grimmest! said 0,1 his elimination that Mr. Gibbs had no autho-
rity to re-invest the annulate, redeemed, though this stateneut. like
ever other be made, was, in another part of his examination, eon.
tradietion.

The Loin CRANCZLI.OII-1 cannot hear you further to-day,
Mr. MIMc ; I wish the tiolicitor-lieneral and you could name •
day when you could both be here together. lam sorry this case
of. HOU ard and Midis so interferes with those of other InlittlTS. It
has been complainer!, in some measure, that I have not attended to
this case ; Imu sure I have heard it patiently anti attentively. I
lament that, ns it comes on in term, the l'hancellor of tingland is
not in a condition to give his whole time to the arguments, but the
truth is, that I hare DO Court in which I can sit after half.past
:wo o'clock. It is not my fault that I cannot sit later. I hare
;nal no ('wet to sit in now for two or three years.
The further hearing was then adjourned.

COURT OF COMMON PI.EAR, WiSTITINSTZI,
MONDAY FEN. 2.
ISilasses Londors, Vlhre MONDAY,
Cale( Justice Uirro*o,
and Special Juries.'
11PooNFR AND °Turns T. WITINToN AND OTUNRS.

Mr. Ca•trtsgt.t. having opened the pleadings,
Sergeant Pam,. stated, that this was an action bmught by
:Messrs. Spooner and bankers. on bills of exchange, to recover
the amount of 3791. 125.; a deed of composition was drawn up
and agreed to, which was to have been executed within three
months of the time of the agreement, hut was not done, and in
consetmence the defendant* hail rolp,al to pay the amount to the
aplaintiffs, for :he recovery of which had been compelled to
iring it before this ('.ourt.
tiergeant Tsnriv, for the defendants, raised his objection
noon the circumstance of the deed not having been duly executed,
as had bein agreed to in the first instance.
The .lure I:mtid to the full amount for the plaintiff, with later.
at, in all ;1111

SAM :NON AND CITUSRS t. LIAIOU AYR OTIMIIIP.
Mr. Sergeant PE Lt. stated, that this Ism an action brought for I
the ptinusse of recovering the slim of Cut. by the plaintiff, as'
assignee of --%nihilism, a bankrupt, from the defendants, ss
fekeelltal• of - ilaigh. The plsintiff was a merchant at
Smyrna, and, as was the Civiloni of the trade, had consumed a
quantity of goods to the defendant, who accounted for the sale of
the goods in question to plaintiff, and it waa fur the purpose of
übtaming the amount of sales that this action was brought.
.%n objection had been raised on the grounds of a difference of
czeitange. . -

John Abbot, clerk to plaintiff's attiwney, produced the commis-
id!'m of IVilkinson'a bankruptcy. bearing date 10th of September,
iti_fl; Lo AIM got the proccedioga wider the bankruptcy.
ransitiasion and proceeding!. were then put in and read.
t:v Erni !ruff II Were here read ; and

dams, **hod in their being
receivcd as evidence, upon the ground that an act of bankruptcy
posaibly be proved by the bankrupt himself.
Air. :sergeant PELL contended, that the bankrupt's declaration
te-sadmiwihle, preceded it came from the bankrupt previour to the
co of bankniptcy, and two of shear letters proved that he was
antccedeut to the art. and in consequence of the bad state of
Ids claim ne thought it advisable to remota there` and by one of
di..m it was evident that he was almond for the purpose of meeting.
wale 11et.4191 Ms bovines'', Lid that, consequently, the letten were,
e%idedee, and ought to bv. received at such. .

Tit.: Lc' n IE E JEST ICE CMIC:IVCd that the art of bank-
ruptcy roust be proved by another pelvon, and not the bankrupt
htt:

Mr. F. Pot.t.nex suppiwint his friend Mr. Sergeant Pell, and
was of opinion that the circumstance of the post mark on the letter,
soil the charge of ls. for the postage, was sufficient to prove that
he' absent (rum en appointment on the 341 of July, and that this
w..s evidence eninigh to prove the act of bankruptcy.
Mr. Sergeant I'ELL here rose. and said he would call a witness,
whose evidence would spare his Lordship these argnments.
ti one o'clock the Jury found far the plaintiff', 157/. 3s. fld. sub-
ject to Mr. Sergeant Vaughan's proposed motion.

l'ostwcas.-4)n Thursday morning last six men were
found unlawfully ►hooting pheasants in Scott Wood, tzar AlicWe-
tield ; rawer the watchers, appointed to yinsterve the game, whose
mute is %Ufa Wry. endeavoured to waist the questions of rheum.
rissere. but was deliberately shot at and tlangemunly wouisled.
The et aped. A reward of tifty pun:Ws bas Ceen offcred
fur their aprtrbassiosh