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AN ACT TO AMEN!) Till: SI:VERA!. ACTS LAYING f rfren cents per Pound : when not bound, thirteen ceitts per pOll.. .
DUTIES ON 1311'014TS. I (In all other books, when bound, thirty carts per pound; when
_ in sheets or boards. twenty-six cents per pound.
Be it enacted by the Senate and house of Representatives of l I
On folio and quarto pun paper, of all kiln's, twenty cents per
the United Statea of .Imerica, it) l'origrese assembled, That from ; Po"nd•
and after the thirtieth of June, one thoutenal eight hundred and i 4 tit foolscap and. all drawing and writit •g paper, seventeen cents
twenty-four, in lieu of the duties row imposed by law o ) the int.: per pound.
portaion of the articles hereinafter mania:ad, there shall be levied, i (In printing, eonner-plete, artl stainers* paper, ten cents per
call:sited, and paid, the following Noting : that is to say— 1 pm a.
a (in ,Ilestliin;binders' i paper, and box boards, and wrapping pa-
licst. On sail duck, eserhurgs, burlaps, and ticklenburgs,
itey of lificen per centunt ad valorem. I, per, of all kings, three ceraa per pound.
(In all manufactures of wool. or of which wool shall he a corn- i On all other paper, litteen cents per pound.
penent pert, erupt woratd am ff goods ay.d Waukee,. which stem el du: y tut niche and a half per cement ad valorem on all anti_
of twer.ty.five per centum cd valor:in, a dc:y of thorny per cen. !des not herein apecilifil, and now paying a duty or seven and a hale
tom ad valorem, until the thirtieth tine of Jane. At: hunts:toil : per ventuin ad valor:eat • with the exception of patent adhesive
debt hundred and twenty-live, and, after that time, a duty of • tilt. for covering ships' ceetoins, which shall be admitted free of
thirty-tint e and a third per centum and valoran : Prof Wed, •pnt !ditty, until June thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and
on all manufactures of wool, exec of Ilanrel and baina, the aetatal ; twutty-six.
value if which, at the place whercc inteorted, shall not exceed i See. 2. Ard be it further enacted, That an addition of ten per
thirty...attic and a third cents per square yard, shall be charged I centum shall be made to the several rates of duties hereby int-
with a duty of twenty-five per (vaunt ail valorem. I posed teem the several articles aforesaid, which, after the said
Secc al. On all manufactures, not herein spa:Died. of cotton, I respective times for the commencement cf the duties hereby Mi-
llen, or hemp, or of which either of these materials shall be a I posed, alien be imported in thins or vessels not of the Imited
component part, and on all manufactersa of silk, or of nittA, ;
State". Prey:fled, That this addition shall rot he applied
silk shall be a ceniponent material, coming front beeped the Ito articles imported in ships or vessels, not of the United States,
Cape of (food Hope, a duty of twenty-five per centunt ad ; entitled by treaty, or by any act of Congress, to be admitted on
valorem ; on all other manufactures of silk, or of which silk . payment of the b:IDIC dutiia that are paid on like articles imported
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shall be a component material, twenty per centum ad valorem :Ito ships or s & owls of the United States.
l'rovided, That all cotton cloths whatsoever, or cloths of which I Sec. il. And be it further enacted, That there shall he allowed
c mon shall be a component material, euceptirg nanke,as inn.: s draa back of the duties by this Act intpoaed upon the exports-
parted directly from China, the original cost of which, at ton of any article that shall have paid the sante, within the time,
tlte place whence imported, with the addition of twenty per and in the manner, and subject to the provisions and restrictions
centum, if imported from the Cape of flood Hope, or any prtscribtd in the fourth section of the Act, entitled " An Act
place beyottd it, and of ten per centunt, if imported from any to regulate the duties on import and tonnage," passed the 27th
oilier place, shall be leas than thirty cants per squire yard. shall, : day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen.
with such addition, be taken and deemed to have cost thirty cents ' S.C. 4. And be it farther enacted, That the drawback allowed by
per square yunl, and shall be charged with duty accordingly. And law on plain silk shall be allowed, although the said cloths, before
that all unbleached and urcoloured cotton twist, yarn, or thread, . the exportation thereof shall have been coloured, printed, stained,
the original cost of which shall he leas titan sixty cents. per pound, . dyed, stamped, to painted in the United States. But, whenever
shall be deemed and taken to have cost sixty cents per pound, and ' any suck silks shall he intended to be so coloured, printed, stained,
shall be charged with duty accordingly.—lnd all blc.elted or co- dvtd, stamped, or painted. and afterwards to be exported from the
loured cot:on yarn, twist, or thread, the original cos: of which eiti..ed `tats, with privilege of drawback, each package thereof
shall he less titan seventy-fife cents per potted, shell be ileemni . alien, before the same shall he delivered from the public stores, be
:mil taken to have cost seventy-five cents per pound, and shall be i opened anti inspected by an inspector of the customs, and the con-
charged with duty accordingly . Provided also, That the provisions tents thereof niemured or weighed, and the quality thereof aster.
of this Act shall not apply to, or be enforced against importations ' tained, and a %ample of esch piece thereof reserved at the Custom_
of gads Irvin ports or places eastward of the Cape of Good I five, 1 house; and a particular account or registry of such examination,
er beyond Cape Horn, before the first of January next ensuing. I describing the number of pieces in each package, their weight or
Third. (to wool manufactured, a duty of twenty per centum : measure, a...,1 the samples thereat reserved, shall be ent,rrd in the
ad vaiotem, until the first day of June one thousand eight hun- I books of the Citetonnlionse : and, aftereuch examination., said goods
deed and twenty-five: afterwards a ditty of twenty-five per centum shall be repacked in the original package, and the said original
nil valorum, until the first rimy of June one thousand eight 'package shall be marked with a Custoin-housernark. And whenever
hundred and twenty-six ; afterwards a duty of thirty per centum I
; any such goods, being th US coloured, pri I) nal, stained.. dye I, stamped.
ad valorem : Provided, that all wool, the actual value of which at ;or Painted, shall be entered at the Custom-house for exportation and
the place whence imported shall not exceed ten cents per pound, I drawback, the same shell be so entered in the original package,
shall be charged with a duty of fifteen per centum, ad valorem, and marked as efitresaid, and not otherwise, unless the person so
no more. attiring the sane shall give satisfactory evidence to the Collectar
Forrth. On all Leghorn hats or bonnets, and all hats or bon-
lor . N • l livaOfficer, or one of them, that such original package has
nets of straw, chip, or grass, and on all flats, braids, or plats, for I been lost or destroyed by accident; and Ito such implication fur
niakirg of hats or bonnets, a duty of fifty per centum ad valorem. ; drawback shall be niade, except on the contents of entire packages;
Provided, that all Leghorn hats and bonnets, and all hats or bon- j and upon application for such entry and drawback, the contents
nets of straw, chip, or grass, which, at the place whence imported, ' of the packages so offered shall be examined by an Inspector
with the addition of ten per centum, shall have cost leas than of the Customs, art! measured or weighed, 3nl compared with
one dollar each, shall, with such addition, be taken and deemed the original entry, registry, and samples ; and if, upon such
to have cost one dollar each, and shall be charged with duty tic- ' cainpanson and full examtnation, the Collector shall be satis-
cordingly. :led that the contents of each package are the same identical
Fifth. On japanned wares of all kinds, on plated wares of all I goads imported and registered as aforesaid, and not changed
kinds, and on all manufactures not otherwise 'Tallied.. made of 'or altered, except by being coloured, printed, stained, dyed,
brass, iron, steel, pewter, lead, or tin, or of which either of these I stamped, or painted, as aforesaid, then the person so entering such
metals is a component material, a duty of twenty-tire per centum I floods shell be admitted to the oath proicribed by law, to be used
ad valorem. in cases of application for exportation of goods for the benefit of
On bolting cloths, fifteen per centum ad valorem. drawback, and shall thereupon be entitled to drawback, as in other
On hair cloth and hair scattng, thirty per centum ad valorem. cases: .Provided, That the exporter shall in every ether particular
On marble, and all manufactures of marble, thirty per centum ad comply with the regulations and formalities heretofore established
Tabor. m. for retries of goods for exportation whit the benefit of drawback.
1 in all paper hangings, forty per centum ad adman. And if any person shall ,resent, for exportation and drawback, any
On all roach laces, of cotton or other material, thirty-five per coloured, printed, stained, dyed, stamina!, or painted silk, knowing
centunt ad valorem ; on all other laces, twelve and a half per the saute not to be entitled to drawback, according to the provisions
cent um ad valorem. of this Act, or shall wilfully misrepresent or conceal the contents or
On lead, in pigs, Ears, or sheets, two cents per pound. quality of any packages as aforesaid, the said melds, so presented or
On leaden shot, three and one half cents per pound. entered for drawback shall be forfeited, and may be seized by the
On red or 'Ate lead, dry, er ground in oil, four cents per Collector, and proceeded with, and the forfeiture distributed, as in
potted. other cases.
(hi Mussels, Turkey, and Wilton carpets and carpeting, fifty Sec. S. And be it further enacted, That the existing laws shall
teats per square yanl. extend to, and be in force for, the collection of the duties imposed
On all Veeetian and ingrain carpets or carpeting, twenty-live by this Act, for the prosecution and punishment of all offences, and
cents per square yawl. for the recovery, collection, distribu ion, anti remission of all fines,
Ou all other kinds of carpets and carpeting, of wool, flax, hemp, penalties, and forfeitures, as fully and effixtually as if every regu-
et cotton, or parts of either, twenty cents per square yard. lotion, penalty, forfeiture, provision, clause, 'natter, and thing, to
On oil cloth carpeting, and on oil cloths of every description, a this elect, in the existing laws contained, nail been inserted in, and
ahoy of thirty per centuin ad valorem. re-enacted by, this Act.
On all other carpets and carpeting, mats, and floor cloths made Sae. 6. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the sc-
ar tow, Hags, or any other material, a duty of thirty per centum ad coed section of the Art of Congress, entitled "An Act to regulate
vakwem. the Duties on Imports and Tonnage," approved April 27, 1816,
On hemp, at the rate of thirty-five dollars per ton, of 2,2401bi5. shall extend and enure to the benefit of schools and colleges within
tht tarred cablee and cordage, four cents per pound. the United States, or the territories thereof, in the same manner,
On untarred cordage, yarns, twine, pack.thread, and seines, five and under the like limitations and restrictions, as is provided in the
cents per tinned. said Act, with respect to seminaries ut learning.
On cotton bagging, three and three quarter cents per square yard.
On iron, in bars or bolts, not manufactured, in whole or in part,
by rolling, ninety cents per hundred and twelve pounds weight.
On round iron, or brazier's rods, of three sixteenths to tight
sixteenths of an inch diameter, inclusive; and on iron, in nail or
spike rods, slit ; And on iron, in sheets, and hoop iron t and on
iron, slit or rolled, for band-iron, scroll-iron, or casement rods,
three cents per pound.
On iron spikes, four cents per pound.
On iron nails, cut or wrought, five cents per pound.
On tacks, brads, and sprigs, not exceeding sixteen ounces to the
thousand, five cents per thousand; exceeding sixteen ounces to the
thousane, live cents per pound.
On iron or steel wire, not exceeding number eighteen, five cents
per pound ; over number eighteen, nine cents per pound.
On square wire, used in the manufacture of stmaibers for um-
brellas, twelve per centum ad valorem.
On anvils and anchors, two cents per pound.
On iron cables or chains, or parts thereof, three cents per pound;
and no drawback shall be Wowed on the exportation of iron cables,

ASIIANTEE 111.111—D!A of SIR C. MTARTIIT

Official accounts have been received at Earl llathurst's
Office, confirming the melancholy intelligence of the death
of Sir Charles WC:artily ; but the despatches containing
the details of the late unfortunate operations against the
Ashantces, have not yet reached his Majesty's Government.
The Borodino transport, Lieut. Andrews, R.N. arrived
at Portsmouth on Monday, from Cape Coast, which place
she left on the 22d of March. By this arrival we have
received the following informAtion .
•• Ciro COAST, 111.tneu 10.

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" Ili/ Excellency Sir Charles )I"Carthy arrived here from Sierra
Leone in December last, and in the early part of January marched
to the interior, towards the river free, with an army. of between six
and seven thousand 171e71, chiefly natives, and a West India regi.
ment. On the 31st of January, near free, a most sanguinary bat-
tle was fought, in which nearly one thousand of the enemy were
slain ; but the ammunition being expended, our little army was
surrounded by above fiftecn thousand, and the greater part cut to
death with long knives, in a nioit horrible manner. The heads of '
nine white officers were exhibited near one spot, with the jaw-bones
taken ont—an invariatle practice with these savages when they take
an enemy alive.
" A considerable force, under Captain Illankarne, of the West
India Regimect, has marched to take ample revenge. An action is
hourly expected.
" The Owen Glendower has been very active along the coast in
destroying all that rime within her reach. She sails to-morrow
morning to destroy a town that had seized on an English ma-
chantinan, and murdered the crew.' _ _

or parts thereof.
On mill cranks and mill irons, of wrought iron, four cents per
pound.
(In mill saws, one dollar each.
On blacksmiths' hammers and sledges, two and a half Cents per
pound.
On muskets, one dollar and fifty cents per stand.
On rillo„ two dollars and fifty cents each.
(In all other fire-arms, and on side-arms, thirty per centum ad
valorem.
On crating knives, scythes, sickles, and reaping hooks, spades
and shovels, of iron or steel, thirty per centum ad valorem.
On screws of iron, weighing twenty-five pounds or upwards,
Shiny per centum ad valorem.
On screws of iron, for wood, called wood screws, thirty per
eentuni ad valorem.
(In vessels of cast iron, not otherwise specified, one and a half
cents per pours.%
On all other castings of iron, not specified, one cent per pound.
On all vessels of copper, thirty-five per centum ad valorem.
11n quills, prepared or manutactured, twenty-five per centum ad
rearm.
On slates and tiles, for building, twenty-five per centum ad vs.
berm.
On black lead pencils, forty per centum ad valorem.
On tallow candles, five cents per pound.
(In spermaceti candles, eight cents per pound,
On soap, four cents per pound.
On lard, three cents per pound.
(in wheat, twenty-five cents per busheL
On oats, ten cents per bushel.
(In what flour. fifty cents per hundred weight.
On potatoes, ten cents per bushel.
On cold, six cents per heaped busheL
tin corks, twelve cents per pound.
On 'trundle and other shoes or slippers of stuff or nankeen
twenty-live cents per pair.
On laced boots or bootees, one dollar and fifty cents per pair.
Oa linseed, rape seed, and hemp seed oil, twenty-bre cents per
(In castor oil, forty cents per gallon.
On ale, beer, am( roner, imitorted in bottles, twenty cents per
gallon: imported otherwise than in bottles, fifteen cents per gallon.
I In beef and pork, two cents per pound.
(In hams and other bacon, three cents per pound.
On butter, live cents per pound.
On vinqtar, eight cents per gallon.
On alum. two dollars and fifty cents per hundred weight.
On refined snlipetre. three cents per pound.
(In blue or Homan vitriol, four cents per pound.
Oa oil of vitriol, three cents per pound,
On I; lanher salts, two cents per pound.
in Ewan salts, tuner cents per pound.
t a camphor. crude, eight cents per pound.
:11 camphor, refined, twelve cants per round.
in copperas, two dollitts per bundree weight.
(In Cayeinte pepper. lineen cents per pound.
(In ginger, trio cents per pound.
I in chocolate, four (vests per pound.
I In currants and figs, three cents per pound.
On plums, prunes, muscatel raisins, and raisins la jars and boxes,
four cents per pound.
(In all other raisins, three cents per pound.
lin window glass, not above eight inches by ten inches in size,
three dollars per hundred innate Pet • not above ten inches by
twelve inches in sir..., three dollars a d fifty cents per hundred
square fret ; and if a:mve ten incites by twelve inches in size, four
dollars per hundred square feet : l'rovided, That all window glass
imported in plates, uncut, shall be chargeable with the highest rate
cat duties hereby imposed.
On black glass bottles, rot exceeding the capacity of one quart,
two dollars per gross : on bottles exceeding one quart, and not
more than two quarts, two dollars and fifty wain per gross ; over
tw t quarts, and not exceeding one gallon, three dollars per gross.
On demijohns, twenty-five cents each.
in apothecaries' vial., of the rapacity of four ounces and less,
in., dollar per gross ; on the same. above four ounces, and not ex-
calling eight ounces, one dollar witl twenty.fire cents per gross.
ii•••=01r1=1•11=11••••111
(In all wares of cut glass, not specified, three cents per pound,
and, in addition thereto, an ad vidoreni duty of thirty per centum. Mademoiselle SAuturoth has announced a morning oom
On all other articles of glass, two Grits per pound, and, in eddi- cert at the Argyll Itooms. The admirable and extraordh
trot thereto, an ad valorem ditty of twenty per centaur. nary talents of this interesting child cannot fail to attract
On ail books, which the importer shall make it satisfactorily ap-
a ,t.mnie.rolas audience,
_ for no example, perhaps, ran be
pews to the collector of tl:c port at which the same shall be entered,
I attilUe4.ll such finished powers of execution and expres-
,e printed previous to the year one thousand seven hundred
and siveniy-hTe; and also oa all books printed in other languages soon, in a performer of her age.

The following is an extract of a letter, dated Elmina,
March, 142 t
" It was my fortune to be near ow lamented Chief when he re.
c:ivcd his wound, which was, in all probability, a mortal one.
Buckle, Wetherall, and myself, conveyed him for shelter against
a tree • but we were. soon discovered by the enemy, a number of
whonirushed on us. I had one very severe cut on the left side of
toy neck, but just as the fellow was making a more complete effort,
his arm was arrested by one of his Chiefs, and I was sorcd. On I
looking round, 1 beheld the headless trunks of my friends. I was
bound and conveyed towards their camp."
DEAT/IS.-1118 Excellency Sir Charles 11DCarthy, Dr. Telly,
Mesita. Buckle, Chief Engineer; %Puha:ill, Sir Charles's Secre-
tary; Brandon, Ordnance Storekeeper; lledley, merchant; and
Robinson, merchant—killed by the enemy. Captain L'Estrunge,
and Mr. Raydon, merchant—of fatigue. Lieut. Theed;
Torranc, of the Owen Glendower; 111 r. Mends, of ditto; Lieut.
3l'Clean, W. I. H.; Mr. Belzoni, the traveller; Mr. Ilamlyn ;
Mr. Kellen, Assista:t Commissary; Mr. Gordon, Printer to the
Colony; Mr. Tedley, marchant ; and Mr. Picton, Stall Asaistant-
Surgeon—of fever.
It would only add to the grief of the friends of our
lamented countrymen, were we to add all the particulars
that have come to our knowledge of the refined cruelty
practised on their remains.
Ihe following promotions have taken place on this sta-
tion : _ _

Captain U. Courtney, acting, to the Owcu Glendower; acting
Captain Woolleonibe, Ist of the Glendower, to the Bann; 31. C.
Binatead to be Lieutenant of the Glendower; Lieut. Lloyd, from
the Bann to the Glendower; and Mr. Peddle, from the Glendower,
to be Lieutenant of the Bann.
The Bann had gone to Sierra Leon:.

[From the Starl
We stated yesterday that intelligence had been received
by the l'itt, continuing the account of the death of Sir
Charles M'Cartliy, and the defeat of our troops by the
,Ashantees. The Borodino transport, which arrived at
Portsmouth, has brought similar news. The latest dates
are the 29th March, at which time we do not learn that
any new events had occurred. The body of Sir C. M'Car-
thy had not been found. Preparations were making At
Cape Coast Castle for an attack upon the Ashauttes, who
were understood to be collected between Dixcove and the
Dutch settlement of Elinina. A Mr. Williams, who was
believed to be the only English officer who escaped after
the attack, bad taken refuge at Elmina. The following
is an extract from one of the letters by the latest arrival :
•• C.seE COAST CASTLE, MAUL!, I'9.
" Although Cape Coast is perfectly safe, yet the disastrous 80%4
with the Ashantees had thrown us into alarm, until the strived of
the Ann vansport, with one hundred and fifty troops on board.
Poor Sir Charles M`Carthy, who was as humane as he was brave,
has fallen in a battle with the savage A shantecs. The particulars
of this fatal event have not been allowed fully to transpire. It is
however said, that not only the Governor, but the whole of the
whites, officers and men, with the exception of One, have been
killed, and we fear the calamity is too true."

COLO,II

[Ex trict from tl:t aszctte of
orFulm, commusic.iTioN.

From the (ii:;:er.ll—Setvetary in Camp of ilk Excellency the
Liberator, Prexhicat Bolivar. to the Secretary' of State fur the
Department of War.
General Quarter nt Trutillo, Dee. 24, inn.

TO TOE SEC RETAIr (E MARIN r AN.O W. 411!

St tt—ltlr.ltord Wilson has been presented to his Excellency
the Liberator, admitted, and worthily employed by his Excellency.
I can assure you that the opportunity now °freest', to show and
acknowledge his gratitude towards the illustrious and generous
protector of our cause, eneral Sir Robert Wilson, has been highly
gratifying to his Excellency the Liberatnr, who has Eck a very
particular pleasure in gis ing an employment to this exeelleat young
gentleman (his son). and in being able to give this new proof of
the high esteem and consideration which Sir Ruben NVilson so
just 4 deserves front the Supreme Congress, aid from tl:c 3lost
Excellent President of the Commonwealth.,

I. have the honour to be, &c. &c. &e.
(Signed) JOSE DE ESPI NA It,
Scct-vtary.4;enerel of the Ir.tctior.

CRUELTY TO ANIJIALN.

A Meeting was hell yesterday, at Slaughter's Coffee-house,
St. Martin's-lane, fur the purpme of forming a Society to give
effect to the lass which have been enacted to prevent cruelty to
animals.
At two o'clock. FOWEI. T. 111,irros, Esq. M.P. was called to
the chair. The llonoura'ile ferdlentan briefly explained the nature
of the Meeting, and proceeded to move the several resolutions on
which the Society was to be founded.
Some desultory observations were made by several of the 31em-
berg as to the propriety of prosecutions on the part of the Society
against those who v:ere guilty of cruelty to animals.
It. MARTIN, Esq. M.P. said, that although it would be detri-
mental to the interests of the Society, and unralvisable in every
point of view to give their public sanction to such prosecutions as
those alluded to, he did rot see that there could be any objection
to their remunerating persons for walking in the neighbourhood of ;
Smith:kid, and elsewhere, for the purpme of informing the proper
authorities of any cruel conduct towards animals of which they ;
might be witnesses. He believed that the laws which had been ,
enacted on this subject hail already created a moral feeling among
the lower classes of society, but not among the lower classes
only. It was his conviction that those gentlemen who, a
few years ago, would feel no remorse at sending a worn-
out horse to the nackers, would now be ashamed to do so.
A few instances of the way in which some people treat their horses
had conic to his knowledge, and as they were highly creditable to
die parties, he would mention them. One was of Mr. Broy,ffien,
a person of respectability, who resided in the neighbourhood of
Smithfield. His worn-out horse, who had been useless to him for
five years, was kept at a livery stable, and was to remain there
until he died. Another instance was of Miss Stephens, whose
horse had received some injury, and although she was offered a
considerable sum for him, she preferred paying for his keep to the
risk of his falling into improper hands. And another was of the
officers of a marehiogi regiment ; one of the gentlemen, in conse-
quence of his horse having received a hurt, had disposed of him to
a hackney-coachman; the officers came to a resolution not to
associate with hint, and did not, until he re-purchased the horse.
Ile could mention many other anecdotes of equal force • and it was
his decided opinion that the laws which had been enacted, had more
than any thing else, contributed to create a moral sentiment among
the people.
Mr. lie XTON then moved the following Resolution t—
" That the Meeting is of opinion that it is extremely desirable
to form a Society for the purpose of preventing cruelty to animals.
That its principle object will be to call the public attention to the
subject, by means of sermons, tracts, and discussions."
'the motion was unanimously agreed to.
Mr. Iluvros afterwards proposed the nomination of a number
of gentlemen to compose two Committees, the one for the purpose
of attending to all publications,—the other to adopt measures for
inspecting the streets and markets of the metropolis, to prevent
cruelty from being practised.
Committees were accordingly appointed.
Sir J. 111 se Isr °sit. M.P. suggested that • main object of tho
Society should he to endeavour to prevent the unnecemsary suffer-
ing of animals we were compelled to destroy.
Mr. WaintE, M.P. said, that to effect this would bo most
desirable.
Mr. iit'XTON then moved the appointment of a Treasurer, and
Honorary Secretary, to superinter.d the subscriptions.
Subscriptions were then entered into.
The Rev. Mr. Baounitax, the Honorary Secretary, said that
he had received an anonymous subscription of 501.
Thanks were returned to Mr. Buxton, for his conduct in the
Chair; and to the Rev. 111 r. Brougham, for the services he had
rendered to the cause ; and the Meeting separated.

LAW INTELLIGEACE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, WEnxzszur, JCRs 16.

lIULTHIM V. SCIVERS.

This was an action to recover I IU. which became due to the
plaintiff' from the defendant, under the following circumstances:—
Mr. ('lathe, a Swedish gentleman, made an investment of paint and
colours for the foreign market. The goods were bought from
Messrs. filcher and Co., to the value of 1931. The plaintiff; who
was Clathe's broker in the transaction, gave his acceptance for
7:4, and the defendant for 1181. The plaintiff honoured his bill
when it became due, but the defendant did not. The plaintiff
ultimately paid the defendant's portion of the security. Messrs.
Pitcher and Co. remitted U. or 4L in consideration that the pay-
ment was for another, and fur the sum actually paid-115L, the
present action was brought.
Messrs. SCARLETT and POLLOCK proved dui facts br evi-
dence.

091l011!.% for the defendant, contended that he was not
liable, as the bills were accommodation bills for which he had
received no consideration. Ile calla! witneases to establish this
defence.

AST. hCAN LETT replied.
Verdict for the pliintill—Damsgri, including interest, 1181.
TYLER 1.. NNOOXDIAN.

The plaintiff in this case was a cow-keeper, and the defendant a
sausage-maker, in Spital.fields, and the present action wu brought
to recover the value of a " cu.suulty cow," sold by the plaintiff to
the defendant.

Mr. (It IT rr was for the plaintiff; and Mr. ANDUEU'S was for
the defence. - - - - •

John Elliot, one of the plaintiffs men, produced a black pocket-
book (the obituary of the cow-yard, we presume), and read from
it—" April 24th, a casualty cow." He stated that the cow was ill
after calving, and that she was killed to prevent her front dying.
The cow was good meat, and worth 71.
Thomas Emmet, a very sombre-looking gentleman, in a full suit
of black, whose grave appearance led us to conclude that he was
undertaker to the casualty cows, stated that he had introduced the
1 plaintiff to the defendant, when the defendant said, that if the
plaintiff heal any thing in the casualty way, he wished he
would send it to him, and he would make the best of it.
The defence was, that the cow WAS sent to the defendant only on
commission, and that it was in such a state, that he was obliged to
send it to Mr. Special, a horse boiler, (vulgarly, a knacker), who
after grumbling at the article, and stating his decided preference
of dead horses to dead cows, bought it at IL
The Loan CH11:1' JrSTICE summed op to the Jury, who
found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 51.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, WEDNESDAY, JCXE 16.

TAYLOR AND ANOTHER BOOTH.

Mr. PACK opened the pleadings.
Mr. Sergeant VACCI:AN stated the case. This was an action
on a bill of exchange for 2.41. Ilk. 10d., payable at twelve-months
whet date. It was drawn by Itanl.ly, Sons and Company, Char-
lotte-street, ltlackfriars road. The biH was indorsed by them to
Booth, who indorsed it over to Bardsly, sen. and Company, Man-
chester. The parties were hat manufacturers.
William Wilson, in the employ of the plaintiff., proved that the
bill was drawn by Bardsly, jun. and Co. at Dublin, and also
Booth's indorsement,
_ _ .

Robert Rode, clerk in a notary's office, proved the presentation
of the bill at the house of ltanlsly. Sons, and Company, Char.
late-street, when the answer was that they were gone to live in the
country. The bill was potested.
John Southey, clerk to the plaintiff', swore that a letter was
sent to the defendant by the plaintiff; advising him that the bill
was dishonoured. .

The witness wns strictly cos.-examined by Mr. Strgeant
Cu oss—AVitticss did not write the letter, but he reel it. _

By the l'ounT—The letter was directed to the defendant at
Ilooghly 11111, rear Manchester.
Mr. Sergeant C moss submitted that the verdict could only be for
the amount in Irish currency. and cited some cues.
The Cittur JUSTICE held they did not touch this case. In
the cases cited the bills sere drawn and payable in Ireland.
This difficulty arose upon the plaintiff's nvcriiient in one of the
Counts of the declaration. Upon the face of the bill it was also
clear that Engliatt currency was intended, as the word sterling
was upon it..
51r. Sergeant (.'roes submitted that the word sterling had a
different meaning in Ireland to what it had in England. There
was •20 per cent. difference.
The CHIEF JusTic t: concurred; but that was in caw where
the transactions were confined to Ireland. But his prescut opinion
was the plaintificould not get rid of the averment.
A verdict was then taken fur the plaintiff, on the first count, for
the smaller auto, with liberty to move to eliter the verdict for the
larger.--Damages, 211/. 4s.