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DIVI )ENDS.

Feb. 7. H. Canning, 11;endstreet, Loader, merchant, at twelve,
at the Bankrupts 4 ourt.
Feb. 2f It. W. Porches and It Tvediien, tli Mon-
mouth, ship-builders, at twelve, at the Booth Hall Inn,tritatew, (Ilou.
cestn..

Feb. 24. J. Arnold, bothbary, aserthard, at eleven, at the
Bankrupts Court.
Feb. 2.1. R. Abbey, Alne, York, miller, at eleven, at the lied
Linn Inn, York.
Feb. 21. W. A. Brown, Cellege-hill, merchant, at ten, the
Bankrupts' Court.
Feb. 17. A. Anderson. Baker's Ball-ecourt, Cannon-street, mer-
chant, at ten, at the Bankrupts' Court.

CS RTIFICATES—Pm
T. Weller, Croydon, Surrey, wstak-niskor—N. Gse, Lulls*,
Nottingham, lace-manufacturer—E. 0. Adorns, High-street, Mid-
dlesex, apothecary—J. Elves, Canterbury. ironmonger—W. Plget,
Red flan, Surstow, Surrey, farmer-IV. Cortlingley,
place, Lower Rinstaatreet. Bormoothoy, brewer—J. Chemises.
buy, Counter-street, Southwark, oraoge-neerebsat.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
IN. Wnlke and J. Scull, gswes, Newton-Abbott—G. and J.
Thom glowers, AVorcester —T. Duras, J. Barton, and .
Thompson, coal.merchants, Nswtonspon-upon York—J. and S. '
•
Rohl:non, tottan-spinners, Wood-brook, York—O. Noel attd
W. Dvke, Charlot instinct, Pltzroyssquart, onlwaintws—G. rtez:
R. Hill, W. Tomlinson, and S. T. Holroyd, somp-boilers,
York—J. Plrkenigill. J. Rolland, and I'. Holland, blacking-ma-
nufacturers. Gairrshurgh, lAwcotn—W. Semite! and J. Lwateus.
jewellers, Car:titrshrts--J. Hayman, C. o.•Witite, W. Curling,
J. Curling, and (1. F. Young, anehor-smiths, Emmett-stres,
Poplar—P. and R. Norris, ironmongers, Liverpool-4. (1. and
R.Fairbsim, immersions!, Clapham, as flitr as re-gdtds J. Fair-
haira—T. Clark. T. Hord. and T. French, wholesale-aspen,
Skinner-.tree,—T. and C.suter, bricklaying, Greenwich—J. Down
and D. Thitothy, drapes, Strand.

MARKETS.

[From the London Yew Pric: Cut-reit J

- COTTO,'.—The Cotton market remained without interest last
diet, the exporters and ilenlers awaiting the result of the sale
at the India-litiuse on the tith proximo, betbre they. eseeate
their milers foe the present month. The Company have taxed
their Bengali at dld.
SC4JA It the earlypart of last week the Sngar nutlet was
girl hasty, and tiscre was every appointees of a reduction in the
micas ; towards Friday the holders 'viewed mote &nukes,
"hi though the hew mks were at prices a elude lower, yet no ge-
lama redaction is the eursoney meld be stated. The doused for
if oseorades continues very limited, the few sales made tomb" an
at the prices which were last week refused s the market may, in
maaetaine..-ba ammilliesay and rather Isom. la rallosal goads
there ow little alteration to state hi the prices, yet the skimps re.
sewed their impel" and them sec bed to be a gnaw
of a revival in the trade. Alolasies were steady at 277. ICee
are some purchases of Lumps to-day, and to a greater extant than
For some time past ; the market othereitt is heavy, but without
any reduction in the priers t low L:unpa Ts. Molasice steady at
27e. Gd. Foreign Sugars remain without interest to.dny ; one pur-
chase by Risme contract is, however. reported ; 80 chests ordinary
to middling white Hatannoh. 334. a 335.
CO rrEE.—The depeesard prices of Coffee and the languid
state of trade induced the hoLlers sf Cone to postpone their rib-
he sales : th.vessas Dale one brought fur ward last week, consisting
of 43 woks Jamaica and lOU oaks sod hags St. Doraiago : the
' festarsald with great briekness 2s. a ha. blither than lately realised ;
atm ordinary Jamaica, Ms. a alt. ; tine tine ordinary, !POs. The
St. Dueninge went off' at the previous Ores.; middling ordinary,
67s lid. aMs : tint class donut:N(l.as. a titis. . .

Fill private oontraii ttre appears to hare been very
little dant; lately ; a public *Ale was attempted on Thursday, a
few dentr.ged Carabounia Retains were sold from Mi. a 475. ;
Mark Suk rams all cut; Lean' Hatpins, Wm. a 40s. appeared to
have been bought in ; Fart Firm li3s. a 31k. ; Malaga ditto,
*9*. t dads* Almurda, 131. lis. heavy; Zante Currants, 11115 s.
a Ill*. iLeareelyantthing appeared so have been sold.
IRISH PROVISIONS—The Beef market continues dull.
Pork is net quite ao brisk as last week, still it is my scarce,
and maintains its price in Ireland. There is no alteration in
Boom. The weather haviag become mild and warm has materi-
ally affected Butters : the trade is very heavy, and a redaction of
qv a Ss. must be rated.
II WIP, FLAX, and TALLOW.—The Tallow market has
lately been saceedingly heavy ; yellow candle Tallow at Sts.; to-
digy, however, there is tonic appearance of an improvement, and
.1 a late lour the nearest quotation may be stated at 34..3d. a
345. Gd. Layers, sad 375. for shipments this year. Hemp and Flax
are little varied.

RUM, BRANDY. and ROLLA NDA.—The Rum market,
width has remained steady far a length of time, has to.day en sip-
pearanee of improvement ; very few parcels of Jamaica Rum are
to be founkin Importers' bands ; Leeward% at in better supply,
bet the Mews this forenoon evince much limn:ea. Brandies ere
Ilsulocking tat new to strive on the quay, 2s. 11d., hauled, Rs.
ticncia there is no alteration.

Let► INTI?ZtiGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, TUESDAY, Jex.r.

SOLICITORS.
In this cue, which related to the striking two Solicitors of Hull
off the list of Solicitors,
The Loan CIIANCZILLOR said that hehadesamined the petition
of the Solicitors, but was of opinion that it should come in its regu-
lar. order. The case of Ortmstead had taken up great length of
time, and if the other case of bankruptcy took up equal time, the'
'ourt would hare no other duty to perform than to entertain cases
of bankruptcy: It was the practice of this and other Courts to
insist on limiting thsonumber of Counsel that they should hear.
If the parties would-agree that one Counsel should be heard on
,lath side be would entertain it out of course, otherwise it must
come on in its order.

SIR GREGORY PAGE TURNER.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL rose 10 present a petition from
the mother of Sir Gregory Page Turner, praying that she and
Mr. Baron, who married the stater of Sir G. P. Turner, might be
appointed committees of the lunatic.
111 r. P):MIIERTON said that they were not next of kin to Sir
G. P. Turner.

The SoLicyrow-GEstrnAi. was rot aware that the petition
would be opposed, and, with his Lortlship'simrmiassion, he would
resume it on Thursday.
The LORD CHANCELLOR ordered the petition to stand over to
Thursday morning.

multi-TEAT) IN RE DOWARD AND GIRDS.

...
Mr. Hoene resumed the argument in this cause. Ile com-
menced by commenting on the evidence of Mr. Gibbs relative to
the honk which passed between the parties, and in which their ac-
counts were balanced and adjusted. The argument on which his
learned friends !relied for giving credence to 31r. Gibbs was, that
he came forward to convict himself, and disclose his past miscon-
duct. It certainly would be creditable in him to redeem himself ;
but the contradictory and false testimony which he gave on that
occasion removed any favourable sill position that he enterained a
dispesition of redeeming himself. As to the allegation of Grim-
stead being the dupe of Gibbs, he would rather say he was the
dupe of his own avarice, of a deaire of getting 10 per cent., and not
being satisfied. What was the conduct of this easy, simple man,
when he first heard of the fraud of which he now so pathetically
complains? If this feeling of surprise and indignation was so
strong on the mind of Orin-mend now, it would be at least equally
strong at the time of the bankruptcy. 1 When the communication
of the fraud was made by Mr. Porter to Mr. Grimstead, instead of
taking up all his papers from :11r. Gibbs, instead of the natural
indignation and surprise which might be expected, Mr. Porter
returned with a power of attorney to Gibbs to take up his di-
vidends.

The Loan Cusses:Eton inquired if Mr. Grimstead knew, at
the time that he gave the power of attorney, that he had been de-
fraud:al of the money by Gibbs.
Mr. lionst replied, that he knew of the har;rnoptcy, and with
the power of attorney which Mr. Orimstead gave he also gave an
affidavit to prove his debt under the commission. This was con-
duct strange and extiamdinary indeed. He would next advert to
the statement of Mr. Grinistead respecting Mr. Porter, whom his
beamed Friend seemed desirous of cot introducing into the con-'
sideratinn of the case. In his own petition to the Vice-Chancellor, !
Mt. Grimstead termed Mr. Porter " his confidential friend ;"
whilst his learned feiends would fain rvesent him as an utter
stranger to that petitioner. In another part of his petition he re.
presented Mr. Porter as " an utter stranger" to him, who intro-
duced himself at ('alais, and said, amotigst other things, that im-
proper as the conduct of Gibbs had been, hs
hoped that hc (Grim-
stead) would not sustain any material loss. lie was at a loss to
know how his learned friends would reconcile statements so contra-
dictory. He (Mr. Horne) was cmrided to infer from it, that Mr.
flrimatead's evidence was not entitled to credit, and therefore that
tits testimony, as well as that of Gibbs, should be altogether
left out of the matters at issue. There was a remarkable coin-
cidence in the conduct of Gibbs and Grimstead, in the circum-
stance of ftbeir both destroying and burning several letters which
would explain the nature of the transactions between them. The
expression of Lord tinnthmore was, that he found that " Grim-
stead burned the letters by wholesale." Even the letter which
eorter brought from Gibbs to Orinuttead, to Calais, was burned.
This and the other letters might hire been evidence of the fraud,
if a fraud had taken place. This circumstance warranted a sus-
picion, and, indeed, almost amounted'to a proof, that Porter had
advised the burning of these letters whith were likely to throw light
upon the transaction between Gibbs and Grimstead. It was a
circumstance too worthy of notice, that after the bankruptcy and
after the accusation of fraud, the utmost confidence existed be-
tween these two gentlemen, aid that Grimatead had authorised
Gibbs by power of attorney to collect the dividends and the an-
nuities that remained in the possession of Mr. Orimaterat The
martian in which the Vice-Chancellor disposed of this cast was the
subject of severe animadversion by his learned friends • they had
said that a denial of the justice of the country had been Made to
Mr. Grimstrad when this case was before his Honour. It had been
said that no argument took place in his Honour's Court. He
(Mt. Horne) held in his hand a copy of the short-band writer's
notes of the arguments that were heard treble the Vice-Chancellor.
There were eighty pages of close riot allotted to Mr. Hart, al-
though the affidavits which he read were not inserted in the book.
The Vice-Chancellor, besides, had read the whole of the docu-
mentary evidence, containing the various and long examinations
that had taken place before the conthihsionerti, the letters and
affidavits to which he bad referred. On the whole, his Honour's
judgment on the petition was not given until a full bearing of
argument, and ample al investigation. The Learned Counsel
then detad of the proceedings subsequent to the judg-
Mak of tttl7lt!!.(,'kjucelor, to the time of trial. He would ask
te'NdthlPONCifte Proceealasp before the Vice-Chaagellor,
aner aff that trim sceistreo. Oslo for nothing? Ten hours had
been occupied id trying the case, and was the oinsidetailon of so
long a trial tb go for tiottfng ? It had, indeed, been gravely argued,
that ten hours wen an insufficient portion of time to try. It • It
wouldhe hard, Medd, upon the suitors of this country—indeed,
atmolt every bottle in the country should be convened into a court
of justice—if a simple question, such as that of " usury or no
usu" were to take tin hours to determine.
7ne Loan Chatter iron said, that with the highest respect
for both the Vlatt-Chancellor and Chief Justice Dallas, and with a
disposition noble m suppose that he himself might be wrong than
that they were not right, be certainly was of opinion that, neither in
antthing that fell from the Vice-Chancellor, nor in any thing con.
Wiled in the maiming up of Chief Justice Dallas, did he find
such an explanation of the law of usury as the circumstances of
this ease requiroil.
Mr. floats* said; that he would not treipeas further on his
Lordship's tithe. Ile perceived that hiiLordship was likely to
come to the derbies/I which he was anxious be should arrive at.
The Loan CHANCELLOR replied, that he had no conception, at
that moment, of granting a new trial. Whether he should direct
'Minuets not was the point which lie would reserve for future
judgment.
Mr. Tat/tacos'', followed on the same side with Mr. llorne.
The Loan CHANCELLOR interrupted him in an early part of
his argument, arill said, that he would hear the continuance of it
on Thursday.
As his Lordship wits retiring. Mr. Gourley appeared in Court,
With a piper in Ito band, to which he endeavoured, without suc-
eels, to call his Loedstiip's attentitm.

COURT .01r1i1NO'S BENCH, TEESDAY, JAN. 27.
il Iltr. dwriltwira . coed for a rule to show came why an attorney
Of this COUtt not pay over the sum of 50!. and answer the
matters of an it. The circumstances were these:—An attor-
ney had rinderalien the cause of a poor person who had received
mate injury. • offered the attorney on the other aide to com-
promise the on the payment of 100/. The latter stated
that he week!' • silt ho client. He pretended to have done so ;
and on a secorigibterview between the attorneys 301. was offered for
the compromidf and accepted. Bat it was subsequently discovered
that 111 W. (the gum originally named) had been given by the
defendant for 04 compromise ; and it was on these grounds he
(Mr. Andrews) erilade the motion.
The Cool? eluded the rule.
CARLO r. wort.
Dlr. KARR levied to set aside a deed which had been entered
into between theiffendant, the Captain of an Hast Indianian, and
her managing osiers, the holders of nine-sixteenth shares of the
, vessel The oh• nto the deed was its illegality on threegrounds;
drat, as a6e iI the East India Company ; second. as against thirst
puttee...ant third its against public potley. The deed covenanted
that OlfellbOtala ould always be retained In the command, amt'
ownsas slintait haveshe nomination of the other '
of of the whleh covenants, it was contended, were preju-
dicial to the • of the East India Company : as against third
parties, it was , that the holders of the remaining seven six-
teenths, and fee h the sem of 22,0901. had been paid, were, by
this deed, coin y shut out front any control over, or voice in,
the mahAgement their property :as against public policy, that it
riin instated the Ca with the command of the ship for other pur-
poses than far exertion of his skill, abillty, and seamanship in
the merargement f her, which ft was enaterded ought to he the
rating pnntiple tiand that by consequence of this deed, it was be-
yond the pro to 4f the owners to remove him.
3lr. Ey ANN Was heard in support of the deed ; after which,
The COURT deferred their judgment dll a future day.
H.% MING 11()1NSES.
%ALLAYS t.. TAYLOR.

Th- A vircittitetwAinstnaat moved for a tule b strew cattle
why a new trial should not be had in this cause, on the ground
that the verdict was against evidence. It was an action to recover
money lost at play_, and the penalties given by the statute of nth I
Anne, cap. 14. The only witness called to sustain the plaintirrs
CIAAC WPS his brother, who pretended that hr had lost the money ;
and stated that he had invariably put down the amount of his lower
on a paper which he produced. shoving that he had lost w ithin the
year WO:, One of the days on which he stated that he had Post r
lame sdm, was °rood Friday, and it was abundantly and %antler.
wordy proved, that on this day the house was not open for play.
'flit porter alalpendoced his register of the •isitors, to *hew that
the v kiwis IVlllans had not been in the house on many of the
occasdons on which he stated that he had sustained losses. No
evidesve had be offered am to the ineans possessed by the witness
to entiblehim to meet math kisses ; on the contrary, it was amply
proved that at this period Winans was in the common habit of bor-
rowing motley io small sums, frequently so low as half a crown.
Another saspicions circumstance was, that the whole of the items
was included width; the year, which enabled tie plaintiff to sue.
Indeed, the beamed Counsel contended, that the paper was no
&Übe alteketber Is fabrication, as it appeared to have been written
all at one tiro& Wiliam had further stated that Taylor resin the
habit of attending the play-*nom, and that e.:estions and disputes
were In:fared to him fur decision ; and it had been proved on the
other hand by mein than one witness, that during the whole of this
period, TitOor 'tern-once was in thereon; but intd entirely with.
1it.31,11 himself. The bearnedCour.sel conclutial by contending that

ithe Jury must have been influenced in their verdict by Compassion of
prejudice, as they only found for one-fourth pan of what the plain-
tiff claimed ; and he therefore submitted that there was sufficient
cause for sending it before a second Jury.
The Loan CHIEF JVSTI CE —I do not see how we can disturb
the Verdict of the Jury. as I pat, on the trial, the credit due to the
witnesses fairly before them ; and they took the paper handed in
by the plaintiff', which had been kept by the witness sd dlans, and
the porter's books, out with them. And, though I might not have
come to the same conclusion, yet that is no reason fur my saying
that they were wrong in their verdict.
Mr. Justice BAYLEY—I am by no means satisfied that this
paper of losses was written at one and the same time, as I perceive
a variation in the colour of the ink ; and I perfectly agree at what
has fallen from my lord Chief Justice.
Mr. Justice 110E1101D and .Me. Justice BEST concurred.
Rule refused.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, WESTMINSTER,
TVESDAY. JIM 27.

MAY AND HOLMEWOOD r. MAY, NORTON, AND OTHERS.
AIL Sergeant Vst:i.n Ait moved for a rule to chew cause why the
verdict which had been given for the plaintiff's in this case should
not be set aside. The action was brought by the plaintiff's, as
sureties for the defendants, to the amount of ♦l6l. debt and costs,
in an action brought against them, as attorneys, by the principal of
the plaintiff's, in consequence of their negligence. The Learned
Sericant contended, that as there was no express proof that the
money was paid out of a joint stock fund, the action could not be
maintained. . .

Mr. Sergeant I'ArC;IIAW cited several cases, where it had hem
held that parties could nut recover jointly, unless they had paid out
of a joint fund ; but that they mit4t bring separate actions.•
The Cory T said, that as it did not appear nut of what fund the
money had been paid, he Eck that the rule ought to be granted.

HAL:,

Mr. Sergeant VA re. u A v moved for a rule to shew cause why the
verdict for the plaintiff in this case should not be set aside, and a
new trial granted. It was an action brought upon a bill of ex-
change, and was tried before Mr. Justice Burrough, at the Sit
tinge after last Term. 'rile bill was drawn by a person named
Little, and accepted by the defendant to meet losses that he had
sustained in consequence of gambling transactions that he had en-
tered into in the funds. The bill got into the hands of the plain-
tiff; who brought his action for the amount, and obtained a ver-
dict. The Learned Sergeant contended that the verdict ought to
be set aside on three grounds-Ist, because there was evidence
enough adduced on the trial for the jury to infer that the tranaat-
tion was illegal : 2dly, because the brokerwho had done the time
bargains was bound, when he was called as witness, to answer the
questions put to him, as the 46th Gm. 111, chap. 41, enacts that •
broker is bound to answe- all questions respecting transactions in
the stocks that he has knowledge of, although such answers should
subject the party to a civil action, either at the suit of the
King, or any fellow-subject ; but he admitted that A broker was
not bound to answer any questions that exposed him to the pc-
Palsies of • criminal suit; and 3dly, because the broker did not
produce his book, which he was bound to do under the enact-
ments of Sir John Rarnard's Bill, which makes it peremptory
on brokers to keep books, for the purpose of making entries of
stork transactions they are engaged in. The Learned Sergeant
thought that Sir John Barnard's Bill would be non-effective, if
the Court could not compel a stock-broker to produce his books.
It was nugatory for entries to be made, if they were not available
for the purposes of the act, Mr. Sergeant Vaughan submitted,
that by reason of the broker not answering the questions put to
him on the trial, and not producing the book in which the en-
tries of the tranianioas which produced the bill of exchange were
made, were grounds sufficient for the Court to grant his motion.
The Couar thought it a point deserving consideration, and
therefore granted the rule.

WILI,III v. DtAPLESON AND Yt7CELE•.

Mr. Sergeant VAUGHAN moved foe a rule to shew cause why
the verdict fur the plaintiff in this case should not be set aside,
and a new stria] granted, on the payment of costs and bringing
the money into Court. Mr. fflapteaon was a gentleman of great
respectability, and bad the honour to be eupper to his Majesty.
Unfortunately for his client he had taken a man into partnership
named Buckler, who had accepted bills on the partnership account
for his own accommodation, and the one under date of the 30th of

September, which the Learned Sergeant believed had been ante-
dated for the purpose of bringing it within the partnership account,
was of this desertpuon. It was darn} Sept. 30, lit2ll, was drawn
by a man named Charters, and was for 84401 The partnership
ceased in October IMO. There was no partnership debt. as their
Lordships must be aware a nipper could want no stock in trade,
and it was purely a trussaction for the accommodation of Buck-
ler. The plaintiff had proved merely a prima facie case, and re-
covered upon than lie now held in his hand an affidavit from
Mr. Mapleson, and another from the drawer of the bill, Charters.
He was aware that the Court would pay but little attention to the
unsupported affidavit of his client, but Charters' affidavit was im-
portant, for it stated that Willis was privy to every eineumstanee
connected with the bill, and knew that it was tOr Buckler's accom-
modation.

The COURT inquired if Charters' affidavit stated that it was
not known to Mapkson where he was at the time of the trial.
Mr. Sergeant I'AUGH•N said that it did not go that length,
but it declared that Willis had desired him to keep out of the
way. •
The COVRT held that anything his affidavit stated. Charters, on
the trial, might have proved ; and if the defendant wished for his
evidence, it did not appear that he had used due diligence to pro-
cure it ; he had not sought him out to bring hint forward as an
evidence.
Rule resod.