The Sun.
London, England, 1830-02-15 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
rawrnasox a. WILLIAMS •ND ANOTHXR.
' This wu an action brought for the purpose of recover-
ing a certain sum of money, amountinr, to 330/. ss. against
the defendants, who it was alleged hailb made themselves
liable to the above sum for the repairs and expenditure of
wha vessel called the Jane and Alice, which was injured
en coming down the Shannon, and afterwards put into
Kma., in Dec. 1827.
The case for the plaintiffs was conducted by Mr.
Serjeant Jonas and Mr CUMMING ; and that for the
defendant by Mr. Setjeant Bourcs and Mr. RICHARDS.
(whThe question was as to the liability of the defendants
o wern gip-brokers) to the sums which were found
necessary to be expended in repaiza for the vessel. The
plaintiff having written a letter to the defendant., re-
questing to know whether they would be responsible to
Lint for certain disbursements, which the vessel required,
should
be advanced before she could sail on her voyage.
The defendants' accordingly wrote a letter in answer to
The
plaintiff; in which they stated that
they would be
responsible for such expenees as would be necessary. The
vessel itself belonged to a Mr. Roberts. This was the
plaintiff's. case,
In the defence it was stated, that when they received
tie letter from the plaintiff; they' imagined that 20/. or
80/. would
.be,;he 'utmost expellee they could he re,pon-
sible for. Instead °ranch sum, ,however, without re-
calving any other communication whatever, a bill was
sent in to them amounting to the enormous sum of 558/.
Now, the defendants contended that the buem rse ments
mentioned in the letters front the plaintiff di
tos hem could
not possibly
,have been understood to hare meant
the repairs of the vessel, to support which there were
four witnesses called, who stated that t! ey were ship-
brokers, and they would have understood the word
disbursements to..isave - meant merely the expence at-
tending-the nayigation of the vessel, and certainly not re-
pairs, unleis such repairs were particularly expressed.
Mr. Serjeant JOl/14 argued at great length on the ab-
surdity of the interpretation which the defendants endea-
voured to put upon the words contained in the plaintiffs'
i_rir, and contended 'that they agreed to become respon-
svneredifeotr...teanslum for which the action was brought
Damages, 3301. hs..

INsoLVgN
rrons- COURT. •
Deniamin 84ePiterd,:: formerly living at Nail,worth, in
Gloucestershire, ftppl,ied Nom his petition to be discharged.
It appeared ' that insolvent had formerly been in
business rind bectiziie bankrupt- in•lil6, but did not ob-
tain kis' certificate. . In, the
..year 1826 he attempted. to
retrieve hie '
''falles4' fortune. bysentering into a matrimonial
?peculation, by'Wedding a lady with six children by a
forcer husband, and who was reported to be in possession
~,mf 11„gP'd ditetiof Vitip-4,ty, but to his astonishment aml
ted—'43l.'eltintri'l4silstivered after the indirsolUbk knot was
.t.tlitt
his *0644 Was overwhelmed with debt. Scarcely.
,ad„„:e.2"Pltettel from the altar of-Hymen, than Lis honey-
-,,.,,--7, part.)
.4terropted. 4. the -donning of clamourous
""'"'", awl the 'dread of a " bailiff's tap," and at length,
Madero nier rehort, he.wao
_obliged to come up to this
Urtiojray for hti 'discharge. As the debts on the schedule
41noun
length-i ea 6. ,00-0:1! the petition was examined at great
b.oy the Chief. Commissioner, but as no creditor ap- '
%tithe °PPOIIe, he was ordered to be
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end sotif rite'pay this tribute to the talents of the Auth?r,
904 h 'e'Pate his being the rage, we must beg to qualify.
iskieCjt„'en by a few remarks. In the first place, that
itali6;,. ensure his book an extensive circulation, is, a
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iieee7Personality. There is, as we have been induced
' we 1,44, mistaking some of the, characters aimed
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, The' " :letise or protection for such invasions of societ.y.
politiP4 are few subjects upon whiCh the tribe
itrTaftonornists have differed more than as to the
.lants, f‘i7,e country to maintain a given number of in-
', hop 4,,,",thep WavtooN taking it at 30,000,000,
* of th:'.4 at 90; while the Earl of LAUDfilini!LE,
Ksin 1600 Todern economical school, declares it might
ivera9rsooo.—Western Times.
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fined g,_ A REATRE.--ROSSINI S 0/e//0 was
wAI4°P me on Saturday night. Signor Dottzaw
' I Pi 144il Mademoiselle BLASIS the Desdemona
ki. aYiiii ealtilently - The Carnaval du Venise fol-
-44/4e 041 e lis; tolerably well attended.,
' %* nifrO hoisßggy IN STRAIHSPEY.—
' 'otie 7, Wr4esdpy, the gd inst., a robbery of an
'1 Ake 1,,,4444. with an attempt at murder,
rill/Im' two with
on a travelling hawker
11 r ,i 1 by name.. ArKEsziE, near the old
~,Iveli°'',,,,leading from the Bridge of Spey to
(jut . i„.l 4e villains have not yet been discovered.
taN 24.nl'eff with all the poor packman's goods,
rn- - -.' and his money, amounting, in notel, to
,tt 4)
..,,,'4 4 e,!,llelitrising Out of WHITE and MET-
rit"„ntilk,l,ter, Mr. 4ergpant Itussrra, stated that the
1.-"u411,-" 15,900 folios l and in the trial at bar ilflra.
--. \:4)*Aocuintints weiglieil three quarters of

ROLLS COURT.
Tye' MASTER OF TINS ROLLS sit in Chancery-Jane to-
day. " His Honour took short causes, exceptions, and
further directions.

♦TTOafNET-GXNiIAL V. SAVAGE.
'"ln this case which came before the Court upon further
directions, a small estate had been left for the support
• of a Minister and Clerk to officiate in a chapel in Butt-
lane, Deptford. The trustees of that charity had sold
the estate, which produced 'about 41/. a-year, the proceeds
of which they had placed in the funds, by the investment
of which the income bad been raised to 50/. a•year, but
on account of such a transaction being contrary to law,
an information was filed by the Attorney-General for
the purpose of setting aside that sale. Upon the ease
'coming on for argument, the Court decreed that the pur-
• chaser should restore the estate to the charity, and take in
its place the stork, thus giving up a benefit to the charity
of 82/. a-year, beside burthening it with the costs of the
suit, upwards of 1,000/., a sum which it is expected will
swallow up the whole funds.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.
TIIZ LING r• EVANS ♦ND TIOISAS.
This wee an indictment charging the defendants with a
conspiracy to defraud the creditors of Thomas. The
ground of the charge was, that Evans, fatber-in-law of
Thomas, put a distress for rent into his (Thomas's) house,
to prevent the execution of a writ of fiere fnceas, and also
with arresting him on a fictitious debt, to enable him to
take the benefit of the Insolvent Act. The case: occupied
.until near two o'clock, when the Jury retired to consider
their verdict, and had not returned when our Reporter left.

COURT OF DELEGATES.
Rlr. Justice GASELEZ, Mr. Baron VA UG HA N, Mr.
Justice Pam, Mr. HERBERT JEN Mt, aid Doctors
Pntuniour, GOSTLING, BLAKE, HAGGARD, and CHAR-
MA P-
N, sat too Delegates to-day.

V. .
This case, the FREE
facts of which areHUROOYHZ so notorious, came
before their Lordships, on appeal from • the decision
of Sir John Nicholl. The suit,. it will be recollected
was, originally instituted by Mr. Burgoyne, at the promo-
-; • tion of the Bishop of Lincoln.", for the purpose of
pint Dr, Free ,of • the • Recitorship of the parish of
Sutton, in the county of Bedford, in consequence of
his lewdness; drunkenneis, and other immoral habits.
' •Sir John, Nicholl, after hearing the cue most fully
Ind. attentively, gave judgment at some length against
Dr. Free, stripping him of his rectory, and stating
thiit lie considered him as a man wholly unfit to retain
his situation in the church he then held. From the evidence
it appeared that the Doctor had had several illegititnate chit_
• 'dreg by Mary, one of his maid-servants; that he was in the
habit of showing them indecent prints which. he hail in his
• possession for that purpose, that he was a reader of Aris-
totle's Afasterpiece, was in the habit of getting drunk and
siveitring, had neglected Lis ditties to his parishioners,
- had taken the lead off the parish church, and sold it,
• turned horse,, and cows into the church-lard, and had
Made a complete brothel of the Rectory house.
I Dr. Free conducted his own case in person, denying in
- the strongest terms- every allegation against. him.
Drs.
respond ent LUSHINGTON and DODSON were Counsel for the
Their LORDSHIPS after hearing arguments at consider.
able length, affirmed the judgment of the Court below
With costa.