The National Register.
London, England, 1821-11-11 00:00:00

011FRNET V. carrom.

This action was tried before Baron Wood at Croydon, and
a verdict given fur the defendant.
The Common Sergeant applied for a new trial, on the
ground that the learned Judge had rejected admissible evi-
deuce, The question was, whether the signature of the
plaintiff to a warrant of attorney was genuine? Evidence
was called by the Common Serjeant to prove the plaintiff
was not in the room where the warrant of attorney was said
to have been executed time sufficient 111 allow him lo write
his name twice on the instrument in ques • . lie also called
the father of the Outdid', who swore it was not his son's
hand-writing. Four other witnesses were called, all ac-
quainted with the plaintilf's hand writing, and they all de-
po,ed that they did not believe it to be his signature.—The
Common Sergeant proposed to call the inspector of forged
notes, and two inspectors of franks in the general post-office,
persons well skilled a: judging of hand writing, who he was
instructed to say, would bate stated their opinion that the
signatures in question were forgeries.
The learned Judge considered such evidence inadmissahle,
and consequently rejected it. The Jury found a verdict for
the defendant, therebylaffirming the signatures to be genuine.
The learned Common Sergeant contended that the direction
of the Judge was erroneous, such evidence having been re-
ceived by Lord Kenyon, Judge Buller, Mr. Justice Aslint4,
and Judge Could, on a trial at har. The question upon
those authorities ought to be reviewed ; therefore he trusted
the Court Would grunt a new trial.
The Coust granted a rule to show cause.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, NOT. 7.
DAVIS V. THE BANE OF ENGLAND.

Sergeant Lens moved the Court for a rule to chew cause
why a new trial should nut be granted in this case. The
learned Sergeant stated, that the plaintiff had brought an
action against the Bank of England, to recover the value
of two sums of 3,0001. each, 3 per Cent. Consols. and 7:d.
Long Annuities, which had been sold out by his brother,
John Henry Davis, under a forged power of attorney ;
and on the trial it was proved, on the part of the Bank,
that, on the 10th of Jaanary, being the time at which the
dividends on 3 per Cent. Stock were paid, John Henry
Davis had paid to the plaintiff's bankers, and to his credit,
the sum of 1501., which was the exact amount of the divi-
dends that would be due to the plaintiff on his stock, had
it not been sold ; from which fact it was inferred, that the
plaintiff knew, at the time this payment was made, that
his stock hail been sold by his brother, and that he re-
ceived the payment as interest on the debt due by his
brother, in consequence of making the sale. The plaintiff,
(said the learned Sergeant), is now prepared to prove that
this payment of 17,e1. was made by his brother on areount
of house-keeping expenses, the two brothers and their
mother being at the time lis ing together at their joint
expense; and in sopport of this fact there was not only
the affidavit of the plaintiff, but also of his mother, Lady
Davis, and of their hinter, who keeps the family art:omits..
As soon as Sergeant Lens had concluded, the Chief
Justice said, "Take gout ride, and, as far as it is proper
for me to entertain a wish on the subject, I wish it may he
made absolute. It is a most distressing case; if the
sent verdict must stand, the innocent plaintiff will he
i
ruined—amid ruined, too, because he delayed to give n-
formation to the Bank, which would have certainly led to
prosecution of his br other for a capital offence.'

A ministerial paper states, that Mr. Baron Gra-
ham Wood have retired.

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HOW STK CET.
TIM WEDDING RING.-011 Friday a person acting as
shopman to Mr. Dobree, a pawnbroker, at Charing Cross,
appeared upon u summons to tatisw,4 the complaint of Jane
Junes, a poor but very decent looking woman, for refusing
to deliver up a wedding ring, which she had pledged there
for a small sum of money.
Mr. Jones said, die had lived at Deptford; but being some
time ago iu London for a day or two, upon business, her
money run short, and she wan obliged to pledge her ring,
which was the only thing of value she had about her. As
soon as she could raise the money. she COW again to redeem
it; a hen instead of her own ring. the defendant gave Mi.
one of considerably less value. But it tin, not that bile
minded : she would not take any other than her own, if it
were five times the value.

The shopinau declared, that the ring he gave her was the
same which she pledged.
The complainant said, she was upon her oath, and she
would declare most solemnly that it was not the same.
Mr. flalls.—" Is your husband living T—Mrs. Jones.—
" Yes, Sir, to the best of my knowledge ; but he is gone 11
lung voyage to sea, and perhaps I may never see him again."
Mr. Halls suid, he knew what the feelings of women in tier
station were upon such occasions, and the pan nbroker must
Iliad her ring if possible, or give her another of equal value
ut all events.
_ _ _

Mrs. Jours went away with the defendant, but soon re-
turned, and stated, that he refused to give her any other than
the one he had befiire offered. The woi thy magistrate im-
mediately gave an order upon the pawnbroker to pay her
the full value of her t inz in money.
UN IOX HALL.

About seven weeks ago, a poor servant girl, named Bar-
bara Torrence, left a situation iu w hlch she been iu the
Borough, and was proceeding over Blac las inrs-bridge, with
her clothes and y tied up in a bundle, when she saw a
an, of a decent appearance, stoop to the ground and
take up something. • Tile woman ran up to her, nod sheaved
her the ring, mid said she would divide the ,property with
her.—The servant girl accepted the otter; they walked toge-
ther to Flect•strect, and having reached ajs welter's shop,
the tinder of the ring put it into the hand of the servant girl,
nod desired her to go into the shop and ask the price of it,
adding, " Leave the clothes with me while you go ill, they
are not half the value of that ring." The poor girl did so,
but soon learned that the ring was brass, and upon running
out for her bundle, found that the Ling tinder had decamped
with it.
Oil Friday last as the servant was passing through the
Borough, she saw the thief in company with a sailor, and
charged her with the robbery. The sailor protected the
thief, who easily escaped down one of the nariow
An officer, who was passing, took the sailor into custody.—
The sailor was brought helot c the magistrate; in his pockets
were found duplicates which he admitted he had gut from
the woman who was accused of the robacry. but denied that
he had any acquaintance with her.
The sailor's Capt ion gave him an excellent character.
Mr. Chambers declared, as it was evident that the sailor
bad acted with impropriety, lie should nut go without paying
the poor girl thirty shillings, as some reparation for her loss.
The Captain became responsible for the sum, in the (twin
of not finding the thief.

SHIP NEWS.

HASTINGS, Nov.4.—Melancholy Shipwreck.—During
the gale of yesterday, the Danish galliot Young Murtha,
from Boulogne to Bourdeaux in ballast, came on shore
between Hastings and Rye harbour, near the Martell()
Tower, No. 33, and very soon became a complete wreck.
—As the gale increased, with a very heavy surf, it was
sviilt the utmost difficulty that a boat could be got off to
the assistance of this vessel; three officers of the coa.
blockade, however, made the attempt, in a six oared
galley; but before they could launch their boat from the
beach, they observed one of the crew of the galliot strug-
gling with the waves, and Mr. Drake, admiralty mid-
shipman, immediately swain off to his assistance, carry-
ing him a rope, the extremity of which was hod
by Mr. Barniston, who was up to his neck in the surf;
and although the si.a was very high, Mr. Drake suc-
ceded in reaching the unfortuoate man, who was nearly
exhausted, and securing the rope round his body, he
was recovered from the devouring element. There still
remained clinging to the wreck the master, three of the
crew, two women, and three children, all of whom
could be distinctly seen from the beach. Every exertion
was made by Messrs. Drake, Burnett, and Barniston,
midshipmen, and a party of seamen, to get a boat off to
their assistance; and they succeeded in reaching almost
within half of the wreck ; but, unfortunately they were
driven to leeward bj a heavy sea and tide, and being
obliged to make for the shore, their boat was upset, and
they were obliged to swim for their lives. This did not,
however, deter them from making a second attempt, fur
hauling their boat alongshore to windward of the wreck,
they hunched her again, but they had scarcely got
through the surf when the boat skipped a very heavy
sea, and was upset, and, five seamen, comprising the
crov, those brave men were nearly sacrificed to their
huniainty, being obliged to swim through a dreadful
surf to reach the shore. The scene which followed was
distressing in the highest degree; the inlaid' mast was
carried away, sweeping into the sea two women with
three children, and two of the crew, they were seen for
a :hors time sit uggling with the waves, but soon sunk to
rise no inure. Two attic crew still remained on the
wreck, and were seen on the foremast, to which it is
supposed they had hushed themselves, but as the gale in-
creased, accompanied with a tremendous sea, every at-
tempt to get to them proved in vain These poor fellows
remained in this situation for several hours, but the
foremast bein7 carried away at eleven r. M. they must
have been precipitated into the deep. The bodies o;
two women, two children, and one man have been
picked up.

The fi►llowing advertibement is literally copied
from a New Jersey paper:—" To be mold, on the
ith of July. 131 suits at law, the property of an
eminent attorney, about to retire front buallCE4e,fr
Auttc clivuts arc rich aid übbtivate.