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London, England, 1804-12-22 00:00:00

WARD OF BRIDGE WITHIN.

Sir Mathew Blozham, Alderman of the Ward of
Bridge Within, held his Wardmote in Fishmongers'
Hall: Mr. Lacey and Mr. Dutton were proposed for
Common Councilmen, and a Poll was demanded,
which continued open for a short time. At the
close of it, the names and numbers stood as follow :
Mr. Rartgunt
Aldus
Cope
Garrett
Wrench
Child
/Why S Wi!de
4

aft Wit
Boyd
Alderman Shaw, of Portgoken Ward, held his

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Wardmote in the Church of Aldgate.
Alderman Combs, of Aldgate Ward, held his
Wardmote in Ironmongers' Hall, Fenchurch-street.
Sir John Easser, Alderman of Longhorn Ward,
hold his Wardmote in the Vestry-Room of St.
Dime Back Church, Fenchurch-street.
Sir Richard Carr Glyn. Alderman of Bishop's-
Rats Ward. held his Wardmote in the Parish

Alderman Perring, of Broad•street Ward, held
bis Wardmote in Drapers' HAL .er
Alderman Lee, of Colman-street Ward, held
lrs Wardmote in the PiUull Church.

Sir Williams Staines. Alderman of Cripplegate
Ward, bald his Wardrnote in the Parish Church.
Sir John W. Anderson, Alderman of Aldersgate
Ward, held his Wardmote at their Ward-hall.
&r Williams Leighton. Alderman of Billingsgate-
Ward, held ►is Wardroom in Batches' Hari, Pud-

AM e~af Newnhans, of %Thum Ward, held
Ms Wardsnote in Cutlers' Hall, Cloak-Line.
Alderman Le Meunier, of Dowgate Ward, held
his Wardnaote in the Church of Allhallows, Thames.
street.

Alderman Ains!ey, of Bread-street Ward, held
itis Wardmote in Cordwainers' Hall.
Alderman J Smith held his Wardmote, for the
Ward of Castlebayoard, in the Church of St. Gre-
gory, in Old Fish-street.
Alderman Flower, for Ccwnhill Ward, held his
Whrdmote in St. Michael's Church.
Alderman Hunter, for the Ward of Bassishaw,

• bald his Wardmote in the Parish Church, Basing:
halktreet. In all the above Wards, we find no
contest or change of their Common Council, except
the eleaion of Mr. Comings, in the room of Mr.
Squire, resigned, in Cheap IVard.
Sir Charles Price, Alderman of the Ward of
Farringdou Without, held his Wardmote in St.
Sepulchre's Church, and contrary to their usual
custom, we understand the Eleftion of Common
Councilmen was settled without any contest.
Alderman Thomas Smith, of Ferringdon Within,
held his Wardmote ; and, we are told, four of the
Common Council have resigned.

Amongst the various objet, which at this time
engage the attention of the Coss /4 •NDZIL in Came,
we can assu: e the public, is the permanent establish-
ment and rezzulation of the Royal Military College.
A Board tai General Officers is daily assembled at
the Horse Guards, on this important subject, under
ilk Royal Highness's immediate direction; and we
have sub doubt, that this great national institution
wit he eneduded on a tooting which will assure to
the asseauy the moat essential advantages, by instill-
ing into the minds of the rising son, designed
•for the military service, principtesaoerfasttrid morality
and professional science. The proposed regulations
are, we understand, framed not less with a view to
the health and comfort of the Students, than to the
attainment of the cbjeas before recited.
To the honour of Mrs. BiLt.iitorow, it should

be mentioned, that she was not induced to take
the laudanum, which was produaive of such dau-
serous effeas, merely on account of indisposition,
but in consequence of a shock she received whi..h
threw her into strong convulsions. The nurse who
attended her was abruptly informed, in her
that her child had just been banned to death.
Pursuant to a late notice in The Gazette, a en
derable rise in the fares of hackney coaches
took place yesterday. The public are ever ready
to pry for their accommodation, and they hove a.
runt to espea that they should be compensated to:"
this additional us upon them, by the cleanlir.ess and
seeurity of the can iages whic.l they are to use. The
l'onunissior.e:s ate bound to order a stria inspec-
tion to be made of all the hackney coacheb in the
metropolis ; the greater part of are in so filthy
acid dangerous a state, is scarcely po.sible to
employ them with any chance of safety. We tear
the pcor horses (msny of which are tit only for the
dogl will not be twit mush b; the additioril allow-
ance.

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LAW.

COMMON PLEAS. GUILDHALL.

Sittings at Niti Pr us, 4f :ire Mr. Ju‘lice CIIAMBRE,
and a St ecial jar,.
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1111401: V. SIR \t►TT:ILW RLOSIIAM and co.
This was an adion for money had and received,
brought by the Plaintiff, a respectable merchant,
against the Defendant, an eminent banker, to re-
cover the sum of 451. which had been lodged in the
Defendant's Rank, and which he refused allowing
in account, alleging, that he lead paid a draft to
th it amount, though he had received notice not to
pay it, as it had been lost.

berrant SHEPHERD, on the part of the Plaintiff',
said, he was at a loss to know on what grounds the
Defendants intended to contest the payment of this
money; that similar cases had been several times de-
cided against the Defendants in them in the Court
of King's Bench; and, that if they were not always
decided s.), every merchant in the kingdom vroult
either be obliged to transaCt his business without
having recourse to a banker, or else, if ever the ac-
cident of a draft being lost should occur to any
man, he would, to prevent its being paid, Le obliged
to draw his money entirely out of the hands of the
banker, as that would be the only sure means of se-
cui ing to himself the amount of that draft, the
bankers not being very ready to pay a draft, unless
the drawer happens to have provision for it. He
concluded by saying he would shortly prove the
circum tances of the case, and ha•i no doubt of a
verdift.

Thomas Halifax deposed, that he received a draft
for 451. from the Plaintiff, on the 22d of February
last, and that he lost it and his pocket book on the
same day : he immediately told Mr. Hinde and got
a letter from him to the Defendant, stating that his
draft on them for 451. specifying the number, had
been lost. and desiring that if offered for payment
it should be stopped; he carried this letter and
gave it to one of the clerks, who said every thing
that was in their power should be done, and imme-
diately had a notice posted up, to stop that number
and description of draft, if ever it should be offered.
He said, the Plaintiff, lest there should be any
mistake, gave him two drafts, one for twenty, and
the other for twenty-five pounds.
Oa his cross-examination by Serjeant Herr, he
said his pocket had been p'cked, as he was going
down Petticoat-lane. The Learned Serjeant archly
desired him never to go that road :gain, when he
had any other person's money about him. The
young man blushed, and promised faithfully he
would not.

It was admitted by the Defendants, that the draft
had been paid on the ith of March.
Serjeant Basr addressed the Court and Jury, at
very great length, but called no witnesses, ■s Mr.
Justice CHAI MMR did not think it wouti be of any
serv'ce to his case, to prove that the bankers in ge-
neral did not engage to be answerable. The Jury
immediately found a Verdi& for the Plaintiff—
Damages 451.