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Holding. for the burn of 34,000/. it.. the contract
could Not he •it%tainpfl, it was abantio.A.
o+l the finding for the sum of t:ti3Odo/. on the
10111 Immo.

Mr. Seileant FlutLocx, at consi•lerable length,
contended, th it the Plaintiff could legally entrr
tap a verdict for that sum. The tenth coma of the
declaration was good in form and m structore iu
point of law, anti there was evidence before the
Jnry to *Arrant them in finding a vasslict for the
Plaintiff on that count. _

The Coutyr said, that the count on the face of it
ors, good, but the qurst;nie tsar, whether the evi-
deuce supported the count as trainril ?
Mr. Serjeant IIoI.LOCK rO.lll-11ti,d, that the let.
ter of the :12,1 of September, which was called
contract, but which woo nit, in het, pi contract, but
evidence of ass agreement betwevis the parties, that
this duciament, as well as the eiiiire evidence oil the
trial, supported the tenth count of the declaration.
Chief Justice DALLAS said, that he was of opi-
nion that the coma of the declarat iiiii was not sup-
ported II proof. The te•dii count allev,ed the rm.
ployment of the Defeistlaiit by the Plaintiff, that
he accepted of sorb employment, soil that out of
the employment.cortain duties arose. situ the com-
plaint wiss the non-performance of those duties.
Withost sayia4 whether the document alluded to by
Vlr. &timid Hillock was a contract or not, he
would soy, that where certain duties grew out of
an employment, the employment itself should be
stated truly. In every Cale the party was
hawed to !wave the employment he alleged ; stud
the only question before the Count WOA, whether
the etoployineut aileged in the tenth count of the
declaration was sustaiiied by the evidence? The
declaration stated, that the ship im question was
h0W1541 his proceed to the port of St. Petershurgh,
and on her way to touch at Guttenburg. But
what was the evidetice ?—That the vessel was to
rroceeil to Gotteiihnig ; there to ascertain whe-
ther she might solely proceed to St. Petershorgli.
That evidence was certainly very different from the
allegation, that the ship was to proceed to tit.
Petersburgh, touching at Gottenhurg—this was a
variance between the evidence and the emplay-
meta as stated. _ .

The rule wee discharged, and the Phsintiff allow.
ed to enter up his verdict fur 15,000 f. the last sum
fosthd by the Jury.

IN.SOLVENT DEBT►►NS' COURT,

MONDAY, FIEBDUARY 7.

This day the luso',eat Debtors' Court met for
the purpose of hearing such cases as can be gone
through before the expiration of the present Act,
Is 110V1 fast spin ouclialig. We believe it will
expire on the 233 of the present month, if nut
proinage al by the Legislio are.
hi the course of th. exarniesdon of an Insolvent
'Aimed Wy herd, by Mr. BARRY, it came nut that
since be went to prisms lie aad disposed of the
her of his house, and other property, for 5001. ;
bat on further itiquir), it was ascertained that of
this sum the greater part was applied to pay off a
mortgage on the prttuists, us well as arrears of rent
and taxes; and also to finish some work in the
Islieelwrig!it business, of which the creditors would
nem have the benefit. the parties bring solvent to
whom the articles were delivered.

Daring the examination a complaint was made
on the pad of the Plaintiff against an agent of the
Comet, mimed Ross, to whom he hail paid Ist. to
assist him in olitainici his discharge. The Court
also inquired of Mr. toss why he had not men-
noised the sale of the lease in the Insolvent's Mlle.
tittle. The agent solemnly denied that the fact
had been conantonicated tit him until the Insolvent
was brought up fur examination. lie admitted
that lot lied received 181.

The Couax declared, that if extortion or con-
rcealrutait of such a fact es this were brought home
to any agent, he should iertantly be dismissed.—
The matter respecting the agent was ordered to
staid port' for further inquiry.
Mr. LANs-mm.l4ot the suggestion of Mr. BARMY,
aincoded the lroolvent's ochrtlide.

Tiw cases which were heard daring the day
were quite devoid of interest.
A Mr. John Millington Heywood wee discherged.
slier some remarks upon the particularity of- his
description. Ile was a certificated bankrupt stock-
broker, an uneertificuied batikrupt stable.kerpe•r,
and now a sable-keeper within the rules of the
Ring's 11..esch.
A number of Insolvent. are pressing their cues
for • hearing before any alteration is made in the
present Act.
Lord Auratour has given notice of a motion in
the Horne of Commons for • new cue.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, IMSRUART a.

Arrived yesterday the Enchain, Elljes, from Demerara for
M;i!dieliu.sh. Arrived tu.day, the Constance, iltresnet, fur
Cll., Lou.; The Fleece, Mennel, fur Sunderland, with coals;
()min; into the harbour, gut on the Spit, and remains
qiiidi.2l be arrival of the Roehfurt, from the Mediterranean,
r. um the 3d inst. is a mistake.
PLIYOUTB, FEBRUARY 3.
Arrival the Ajax, Clark. from LioMoo for Madras; and
hefty, Told', from St. Michael's far London. The Ella
I wth and Mary, from Jamaica, still remains. A large ship
is seen making for the offing.
Arrived the Lapwing.
lu Ilsmuasr—lmpregnable, Windsor Castle, Lot, Wulf,
Dwarf, Richmond, and lox, revenue.
Reiwern the Island and Main—Shamrock, Pigmy, Active,
and Make,

1111.140V7111 7111111WAILY 4.

A.tived the 111'11111m Maid, Jefferson, from Cadiz, its 16
1.) . ; R•:rea Tigris, Comerford, from Canton, in 106 days;
. ■nd Mary, Daly, from Guardrails:; and Liberty,
A 1.fit.12,r, (tom Portsmouth for Si. Mkliners.
Sailed tke Brazen for Si. Helrma ; Prince Ernest packet
wawa mail fur Lotbun; and Auto, %mks., for Teverilre.

DNAL,.II,IIIIII VARY 11.

Ail-ire.] yesterday end sailed for Ow river, the Timor,
Part,rr, lions the South Seas; William, Thompsea.fruarolit.
Nlirl:sel's ; He►o, Lang'luii, from Palermo ; sod Mercury,
Too ells, lion' Lisbuii.
a,:atne down from the River the Waterloo, Proau, for Rio
Jatieilo ; Whim, Tburohal, for Madeira; mad Delight,
Siii'ith, fob T.enerlffe.
el.tor door from the River to-day the Royal Sovereign,
Russell, fur the flotilla Seas ; and aerrral others, particulars
was° cu. .
rool.l, WEIIIMARY 6.
Aii.ved The George, Giarsard, from Newfutsioaland. On
the 3t,i14 oil . sbe fell in with the Two Gomm's, of aad from
Cbarlem. a far Ronriteanx, in diaries sad wster•logged; she
had lowii atztemi 11,y. at sea, sad the George had just time

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BOW -11111 VIT.
Yesterday We. Charles Ross, a respectable young man,
and of very reapectahle contusions, underwent • incited ex-
•mitalion before J. E Counant, Esti , charged with tittering
• forged Bank of England note for 101 at the Fountain
bagniu, in Cathetine.street, •nd with also uttering the same
note at the Key hairnet, in Chard's-street.
The particulars of the uttering at the Fountain hagnio on
Friday, and the principal features of the transaction at the
Key, were yesterday roan med by the waiter at the Key, who
stated, that doubting the goodness of the 101. tittle tendered
to him by the Prisoner in payment fur his bill for Madeira
amounting to 7■ nit, hr compared it with a
fo▪
rged 101. which bad been stamped at the Bank of England
with the word ringed," and had been traced hack 111 their
house, without their bring Ale to cay of whom they took it,
and fnund it to correspond exactly with the note in question.
The Prisoner was 'again detained.

Joseph Mears! was charged with being concerned in
breaking open the shopAriudow of Mr. James Trenelall, a
watch -maker, at Reading, on the evening of the 26th of
January last, and stealing smile gold watches. The Prisoner
was stopped in taming a gold watch to pledge at A pawn.
broker's, and the only account he could give of being poses-se-
ed of it was, that be bail bought it of a ono in New.
gate-street, whom be Slid not know, which not bring
satisfactory, be was detained in custody, and information
having been received at the above office of Mr. Ternilall's
robbery, be was written to from the office, and yesterday he
attended there from Reading, tool identified the gold watch
which the Prisoner had offered to pledge, ■s part of the
property stolen from his shop of the 26th of January last.
Under three circumstances the Prisoner was contemned fur
trial. _ _

Ankara Behan, James Berlout, and James Smith, un-
derwent an examination, charged tot suspicious of bring con-
cerned in the numberless robberies of Noblemens and
Gentlemen's ermines, stage coaches, aid oilier carriage.,
which have beer roldwil coming into London (tom the Wes-
tern [toad, particularly between the watt of Lori Hid-
lead's Park at Kensington, and the Gloucester Coffee.
House, in Piccadilly, where there are dark inert*, mad the
robberies have beets tarried on upon a systematic plan
by gangs of robbers, who have had a cart sad horse follow-
ing them to receive their plunder. On Thursday evening
last, as a Nobleman's carriage and four was ott its way to
London, near Kensington' the patrol, who were on the look
out for the rubbers, called out to the drivers to take mire of
their trunks, and beware of thieves. On the retorts of the
drivers, from London, with their post boner, they told the
patrol that the carriage they hail been driving was robbed
of a trunk and valuable content.. They as knowledgeil that
they heard the patrole call out to them, brit from the noise
of ihe carriage mud horses they could out tell what they said.
Oa Saturday night the patrol observed the same horse and
cart seen before, which they respected belonged to thieves,
under Lord Holland's park wall; they detelinimil on seising
it, and the gang in the cart, who proved to be the Prisoners.
Or the Prisoners iliscoveriog Shot they were taken, they were
observed by the petiole to throw several things out of the
cart over the wall into the Park. After the patrol had se•
cured the Primmer', they examined that part of tin. Park
near where they were seen to throw !bingo, when they found
several instruments well calculated foe torch); away trunks
and other things from carrisq,es, and breaking apes, coaches.
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