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London, England, 1808-07-06 00:00:00

quer, neither the Defenlants nor their Creditors
would beat 'all prejudiced.

COURT OF commi)N ii:Ly S.

ARNEtTE V. ANI:JERSON:

This Was-a niotfon to set aside the nonsuit, and tc
enter a yeidia for the Plaintiff. Jr teas an actiolkon.
an.agreetnent relating to the. of a bon-e at Gar-
raway's: it appeared that the i)retniseS'hi question,.
narnely, the Rodnek's Head Public-house, in 'Old-
street Poad, were put lip to auttier4. and she
Piain-
tiff bought the same fdr 6401. lie paid 501. as 0,
part of the purchase btit he did nut after-
wards obtain possession Of the prernise,s. The re-,
ceipt of the Auctioneer for 501: v,;fs FrOciiiCed at tl-1(-:
trial.; but it was obje:ted as not 1 ein,-4v.ideiy.le.
under the Statute of Frauds. it was also
that there Was co proof of the conditions ot. sate
which the receipt applied, and under all the circum-
stances the
,Plaintiff was .nonsuited. It was con 7•
tended in support • of the present .tric,tion, that the::
receipt for the sftl. was evidence of the agreement of
sale, and that the signature. of. the .A.,Mioneer,'
Who had deseeibed the houSe sold in die fet'eipil;
was sufficient' to take the-case otito. of the Statute.
of Frauds.

The court granted a Rule to shew

The most recent advices trom St. Petersburgh,,by
the way ot:Gottenlanrgh, mention that a great. altera-
tion had taken place in the disposition. of the Rns-
sian Cabinet. His IS.trEtti .MAJESTY WaS Saki
to be -fully apprised of the designs of ilt:o'sArAßTE
Ito dethrone the BouatloNs,.an4 place the Grown of
Spain, upon ?pis own head or that of one of his family,
and to- have expressed a stronga.trd marked inligna-
tion of the plan.. • A Messenger, Mr. Ross, set off
on Fritlay morning, at. three,o'clock-, for St: Peters-
burgh,; Yr
and we understand that he has orders to pro-
ceed afterwards to Vienna. • *

A.sinaular instance of the sagacity of a New-
foundland dog ,oecurred a few days since en the
River :—As Mr. Cook, who keeps a Tavern in
Cleveland-street, and a party of friends, Were return-
ing froth Richmond, where they had been spending
the day, th boat upset a little below Kew-bridge, in
consequence of Mr. C. (who is aT. very ocirpulent
man) shifting from his side of the boat too suddenly.
Having .a Newfoundland dog on board, the faithful
animal immediately iJid:hold of his•master and took
him on shore;and returned agaiii with astonishing
speed to the boat, and continued to go backWard3
and forwards until he had reseued six men from their
perilops situations in less than a quarter of an hour,
to the admiration of a multitude of spectators' who
had asseMbled on the bridge.
Saturdai week a cow that had been wanionly
provoked by some men near Lane-end„ Manchester,
ran furiously into that place, attacked a young wo-
man, pent her against a wall, and forced one of its
horns intd:her body, under the ribs; uu.til it came
out at her shoulder, by.which she died almost in-
Sei•eral children were gored 'by the same

►fitly.

n!rn L

ri'
Thittcdo-MtoOrrT%Oziotullse;Lplfs
oitloienseittsl who stand
the coLfounltliyoic, o;pn
County of Middlesex, will be removed to
iiiepatatory to their taking 1.11,it- trials at tic
Sessions, which commence at Justice Hall in the
Old Bailey on Wednecday next, the I'34h inst.
Yesterday some daring thieves cunt' ived, by means
of a picklock; in the day time, to oindio cnt entrance
at the front door of tne'house of Mr. Cliei:yn,
its
Kennington-lane, doring the absence of the
and stoic 'therefrom a qu in thy of valuable.linen aria
sundry other articles, m nL. which they gut 'off uu i••••
covered.