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London, England, 1810-07-30 00:00:00

POWW•LL V. NILLSON.

This was an action to recover the mount of 490
berrek of turpentine; but it was brought to try a
question of custom at Liverpool. The Plaintiff
sold to the Defendant the turpentine. under a war-
ranty that it was two-thirds soft ; bat on its tieing
elm:tuned, it was found that it was only 'worn-
'mord 281 barrel. soft to 50. and the Defendant
refas til to accept of it. It appeared it was cusv
triunity in Liverpool, that if it exceeded oat half
soft, to sell it as two thirds, Mid the present at hull
was broneht to try the validity of that ciwnin.
Lord ELLEM 11011.0 04H observe I, that it could not
be held iu Lll that iSi were the two-111416 01'50 ;
if they did, it was time to get a new arithmetic aNsi
a new language.
Nonsuit.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. 4111ILDItatt,, Jinx 941.

afore Lord Chi.f looks MANSFIELD Mid•
'Foci*, Jots.

MI JOHN ROAR A. JACISOM AND °Maas, ALIO-

',AAA or RA/tut: ROSS, A .........
Tin, wog an action of litrier, brought by the
ptoiiittlf, it Knight of the Swedish Order of the
;:uueil, Gild a Lieutenant in the Nary, against the
113rfesi4aiits„ asrieneea of Ina brother, George Roe.
a bankrupt, for the fee:over, of ISall. the price of a
qusouty of household furniture, purchased by Sir

John Ross, outlet arteattosit bom the Crown, issued
toraitiet his brother's geode; which furniture had
been ders,,,ea by the Ili's', ;0 res of George Ross
who, substkpient to the issuing of the extent, had
become bankrupt.
The fact of thebill of sale hiving. heen executed
by the Sheriff to Sir Juba ROll4, Wlab not attempted
tu be disproved: The defence set up w. 19, that
the sale was not a boas fide transaction; as, in point
of fact, the goofs were paid . for by a alrt:ft on the
!verse of Brown. Cobb. mud Company, and sigued
"John Ito4s,'' though it was, in reality. 'mom
by Mr. G. Itos., who had lodged money of his own
in that house. in the items of his brother. and
sought by that means to conceal bit property from
his creditors. The case on the part of the
Plantar, therefore. rested on his ability to poet
that the account opened at the liouee of Brown
and Company, in his osine, by his brother,
wes,,iii fact, what tepurporteil to be. For this
purpose, ' Thomas Winter, clerk to .the bankrupt.
bus called; who. proved *het the draft given for the
furniture, 'was signed by Sir John Ross, and that
he had taken mousy fur bun to the house of Brown
owl Co. before the issuing of the extent —Charles
Renate, clerk to Cobh and Co. was also examined ;
be brought with him the ledger, and the account of
Sir Juhn Ross was gone through, iteru by item, for
the purpose of discovering in what notes, and by ,
whom the different rums were paid in. By this ex-
amination it appeared, that Sir John Ross hail had
an account with Brown and Co. which closed about
twelve months ago. and was renewed in December
hist, so that, both before and after the trancicion
in question, Plaintiff had a running account and a
balance at the house of Cobb and Co. Part of the
money, also, which had been paid in to the account
of Sir John Ross, was proved to have been in paper,
which he hunsell lied received from his navy agent.
Mr. Ross, the bankrupt, proved that he we, till.. •
powered, by letter of attorney, to receive his bro-
ther's pay. end the rent of ail estate which lie hsd
ill Piccadilly : since his bankruptcy, he had always
placed his brigher's money to his account only ;
they had tot asked account, with the exception of
there sums, which were immediately withdrawn :
the money which paid for the furniture was
,his
brother's ; the draft was signed by bleu ; his rea-
son for withdrawing his account from the Bank of
England was, because a clerk whom lie had dis-
charged was in possession of a number of blank ac-
ceptances, which Ire might till to Huy amount ;' he
also thought his money more safe in his brother's
name than his. When pressed by Mr. Serjestst
SHEPHERD, as to what safety he allotted to ; he
said, after much difficulty, safety front attachments.
He also deposedi that his brother lett him a num-
ber of blank acceptances, so that he might draw
for what Wins hr pleased.
It was contended, on the other side, that the
whole story was too groat to he believed ; for, at
the very tone it was us., rted such numerous burns
were placing in the hatidsof Brown and Co. belong-
ing to Sir .1. Itms, he hail over-drawn his %remain
with his Navy Agent, and was actually aubject
to the payment of interest for the money so over-
drawn. The fact was, as proved I. the Briiktupt%
letters. which had been read, that he directed ins
confidential clerk, the moment he discovered that
a docket was struck against him, to withdraw his
property from the Bank al England, where h.s ere-
tailors would find it. and place it in other hands,
under his brother's name. The first reasoa lie ta-
sselled for withdrawing his account from the Bank
of EnglauJ, was a very goof our, for changing the
banker, but not for changiiig the wane in which
the bank account had been kept for many years.
Hit second reason wa. the true oue.--he wished to
preserve his property from attachment,
The Jury returned a verdict for the Plaintiff-
-1.131.

The trial lasted from ten o'clock in the morning
till near three.

POucz:

110W-SIRERT.

It is extremely to be lamented that the public are not more
cautious in sending money or Bank notes by the port; as,
sintwithstandinz the shin t and excellent regulations adopted
by the Post-Office, the stealing u( letters and their content■
is still earned no to a very considerable extent, whirls might
in ■ great degree be prevented, if thus, who have occasion to
witti Bank notes by the post would adopt the precauticin to
cut their notes in two halves, and ablaut au acknowledge•
meat of the thrust half before the second in sent off; Of pro-
cure Bank post bills.
Information has lately been received at the Post-Office of
myriad depredations of ibis kind. Suspicion fell upon George
Camay', a messenger ; and on Friday evening Clerk in the
employ of Mr. Parkin, the Solicitor to the Post-Office, and
two yoaug men belonging to the OffiCr, seized him, and
found up.w him the cover of a letter which had been mules,
and several ut the notes, which had been %mei) in change fur
the tool. notestolen.

Harry Adkins, betoneinz to Bow-sheet Office, was seot
for, and be was steliveri.4l inio his rusto.ly. Un 5.11111411% he
was exarninra at Bow-strect Office, a-id was committed for
further ex Me :lion.

The Pri ono has only belonged to the Office 'Mont six
mantles ; Es was recommended to the Post Masters General
by Geimeal Needham.
Daub 01001 was chsrvil with violently assaulting and
!mating his mother, Catherine (of whom he Wfiß the child by
a former husband), tht. wife of John Swiuney, of Legrilley,
Long-acre.
The Prisoner baring been to sea in the merchants' service,
Mr NASLO, 'the sitting Magistrate, nest bim un board the
tet.dcw. UtlOts-IIALL, JULY qt.

W. It Johiona was examined tor hawing titrOwa • glens
batik oat of the gallery at hketky's, into the pit, by which
youth haJ his bead much cut. The Prisoner was permitted
to make compensation, anil dim-barged.

APITAPH.

The Ir.:flowing extrairehrtar, inscription has late-
ly been cut upon% tuenh-ataasa, at the Kick of St.
Iklartin's Church, iti the small piece of bilt)ing-
groom* in Church-court
Sacred to the nientnej of
JOHN IRWIN, E.q.
of Sligo, to Ireland,
Smyrna to His Majesty's Forces.
who dml on Ow 2.441 day uf April. t 10,
Aged Ja years;
A victim, like thousand. of our RAllsat Coootrymen,
t, the fitsl routequetices of the
%wk.& innate Expedition to the Stbeldt,
commanded by
Esrl of CuaTnAlt. .

The poisons wt.e ter-roily eppreheoderl the
wretches to a pul.hc-hottbe in Pyre-etc... 4, Clam-
our ket, on • wpm iiiii of the turns untn.llll prsetire•.
deMre 11% to way th.it the person Mh., wsa s.oong
them of the tient, of litsteplirPys. was not 0)0 C.
Hotitylsrers brloubing to the Public oMce.
'met.