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London, England, 1807-02-03 00:00:00

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COURT of KING'S Wormi ,Fas

This day bring the Purification of the Virgin
Mary, was a rites rmos is Term, ad, of eoe• the
Judges d:d rot sit as u nal ; but at nine o'c this
morning, Lord Ellonhorough sat at .in Prius
when several causes were disposed of, easing whie►
were the following :

LITTLRWOOD V Dam...
This was an anion for goods sold ; sod was ir
teresting chiefly with rercien to the la. as to maki,
bargains.
The Plair iff seld five loads of straw to the be^
fendant. at 40s. per load, amounting to 101.
Mr. PARR, for the Plaintiff, nroveu the delivery,
by tie straw being brought to the Del-octanes pre-
mises, about two months after the bargain wa,

made ; but, to rebu. that,
Mr. Gaseow, for the Defendant, proved, that
when the straw was brought home, it turned mot
be of inferior quality from that which his Client
ha I bargained for, and was refus.fd t. be taken in.
Upon there grounds, he therefore contended, tlist,
in point of law; there was no delivery.
Lord Et.tassoaoush observed, that if such a
bargain as this was to bind a party, no man could
safely venture to treat for any commodity what-
ever. By the Statute of Frauds, where.a sale has
Men made, Amounting to 101. and upwards. there
must be one of three things complete, in order to
bind the piety, a memorandum in writing, a deli-
very of part of the goods sold, or earnest paid. In
this case, no,e or these appeared to have been done,
sad the Plaintiff was acc-irding'y weruwited.

1111;RKIL o Ctst.
This was an action for Vander.
Sir Vteartv Gt sal, in opening the case for the
PI iinriff, ob;ervA, that cases of this natute fre-
vently arose from irritation of drunkennes and
might much better be nared, than brought before •
Citurt of Justice ; but it was very diffeeenl where
o e tra !cumin endeavnnrel to injure annt%,,r, by a
misrepreientatiiin of his affairs, by giving out that
he wis not to be trusteJ, &c. the parries ware
both it inmotigeri, and the Plaintiff carried on a
consider iii!e I)ta,iness in that line for Government,
for th. -,•ituty, and other politic esta!,l laments,
whet;, rt wu well known, the payments, although
ture, were, in genti-al, vey slow, fiat 'hence
tradesmen were frequently •it to gr incorve-
nience ; and such was the case of the Plaintiff, wnen
the Defendant went to one of his woilcm in. And
told hiin that he could not 'get on with his bit loess ;
be had not a pound of irnu in his :hop to we a ; that
he would soon be a bankrupt, and so on. The
Learned Counsel ohserved, that it would be
im-
possible to say to what extent a man might be in-
jured by such misrenresentations, and the Jury
would consider what compensation he was en-
titled to.
The evidence, however, did not sufficiently sup-
pert the allegations in the declaration, with respect
to imputing insolvency to the Plaintiff, And a Juror
WAS agreed to be withdrawn.

FOUCts.

now.vrtztr.
On Friday Mr. P. who resides in the neighbour-
hood of k.Jgware, was snmmon►d before the Ma-
gistrates of this Office, charged by the Turnpike-
gate•keeprr on that road, with passe .g through his
gate, on Monday evening, aad refusing to pay two-
pence, as toll.
The Gatekeeper stated, that on the above even-
ing, soon after five o'clock, he WAS in the Toll-
house. when he heard a horse coming; he im-
mediately went out; the horse was just passing
through the gate; it was gii" re dark ; and, from his
knowledge of the person of the Defendant, as well
as his voice, he had no doubt of his being the man.
He called to him to stop and pay the toll ; but he
rode off fullapeed, and only replied," Good night."
The Defendant denied the charge: he acknow-
ledged having been to town on the above day, on
bortelvitck, and dined ; btu said, that he did not pass
through the Prosecutor's gate.
The MAGISTRATIS, however, considering his
person sufficiently identified, eommilird him in the
penalty of forty shillings. and ten shillings costs.

On Friday, the ltizh ult. as Master M.Coe sty,
of Tamnaaooy, neer Moneymore, County of Antrim.
about 17 years of age, was returning front school.
lie stripped to look at a tree which was cutting down,
when it unfortunately fell upon him, and fraEtured
his skull in such a dreadful manner, that he survived
i.e accident only tsvo hours.
Lately, all Sir C 14•111.11% SAITO?, was taking a
ride, in company with Sir Rosier Hallaixs, in the
neighbourhood of Cheltenham, his horse fell with
him, and he received a hurt, which brought on a
considerable degree of fever. We are happy, how.
ever to state, that he is perfeftly recovered.
The body of the late Mr. Fumes* Reso was
opened at Shepperton. on Saturday, previous to the
Coroner's investigation, and it was ascertained that
he died in consequence of the rupture of a blood-
vessel in the braia. The body of the deceased.
will, we understand, be followed to the grave by
several spotting gentlemen, in Vocession.
The hay, of Milford, Josef Ens A a os, master,
has arrived at that port, after being captured about
one, p. in on Saturday se'nnight. by tot Confianct,
French schooner privateer, maiming sit carriage
, guns And ti 1 men, well armed. on her voyage from
; Youghall for Southampton. about mid-channel
from Youghall to the Land's incl. The Ceenicon,
&cumin., and Unit... Ev•ss, being in com-
pany, were also captured at the same time, and
burned ; the matters and crews of these vessels were
put on board the Lacy. an.l sent home, together with
Capt. Itoesarsos, late MON.!' of the Thee, of Car-
diff and his crew, which ves.el the privateer had
gartered eleven d.tys before. The Captain of the
privateer. it seems, took upon him to niakJ a pre-
sent of the Lacy to Capt. Kaisers's He stated,
that himself and sii others, whom be often spoke,
were on the look out in that aerghbourh 'ad for pro-
vision vessels, and he testified how much I.e felt
I disappointed on discovering the foregcelig to be
1
' laden with disks; to that solely is to be aitrihnted
his burning the two, and suffering the than t •
depart, in order that he m'ght not be burden, i
with the Crews. and not thinking the cargo worth
i sanding into 0f"...