The Sun.
London, England, 1806-08-19 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

YORK AUGUST MEETING.
SATURDAY, AUG. I.
Match for 29egs h. rt Bst. 31b. Two Miles. -
.Mr, M ihatt's b.c. Luck's-Ail, by. Stamtord, out of Mar-
chioness -
Sir Gascoigne's ch. by Timothy; out of Violet
i-ve to 2 on Luck's-A.l. Wou -..asy. •
After passing ,the Winning Yost, Sir T. Gascoigne's colt
was near tallingc-and I. Shepherd, who rode him, in pulling
him oti his legs, fell inid the colt in his movement hit
Mr Shepherd, who was taken up for dead ; but very kind-
nately, in about ten minutes, he, shewed signs of lite.. The
Military Surgeon belonging to the greys being near at hand,
'Mr. Shepherd was taken to the Round-House, and after be-
ing bled, began to recover. In the course of half an hour he
was put into Mr. Mellisys carriage (which, much •to the
honour and usual humanity of the owner, was waiting), and
conveyed to Dringhouses. Mr. Shepherd, we- are glad to
state, is in a fair way of recovery,• and will, we exped, be
able to ride by the beginning of the week.
Match for toogs. h. It:' Two Miles.
Mr. Croft's b. c. by Cardinal, out of Luna, Bst., - t
• M r.G rimston's br.c. Wuldsman, by Sir P. Teazle, Sst. 31b. 2
2tol oh Woldsrnan. A good race, and Won by halt a head.
Match for 2oogs. h. ft. Two Miles.
Mr. Mellish's b. f. OfFsne-goes,by Shuttle, dam by High-
flyer. - - - -
Sir M. Sykes's b. c. Sir Scudamore, by Stamford, . 2
z to i on Off-she-goes. •
Match for z:ogs. Bst. 71b. Four Miles. •
Gd' Darlington's br. c. Trafalgar, by Sir Peter Teazle, T
Sir Al. M. Sykes's b. c. Sir Reginald, by Precipitate, 2
stor on Trafalgar. Won easy.
Match for !bogs. Sst. 41b. Three Miles.
Sir M. M. Sykes's ch. c. Sir Sacripant walked over.

The annual Races at Warton took place yester-
day sennight, which were attended by a, great con-
course of people. A great number of post-chaises,
gigs, Shaudrays, and carts 'of every description, and
numberless male and female equestrians and pe-
destrians graced the course on the sands after the
sea had lett, which rendered it a very novel sight.—
There was only one race, which did not afford much
sport ; but an ' ass race followed, which produced
some excellent diversion, although the fashion for
riding donkies has not reached that part of the
Country. In the evening there was an assembly.—
A shandray and cart came in conta&, the former was
upset and broke to pieces ; the persons in it did-not
receive apy material injury.—A chaise with six in
it was upset, two of the company, were severely
bruised.

There was another amusing foot race ih the Park
yesterday, of 140 yards, as it was given out, for 40
guineas. r Tue parties were, a groom and a lobster
merchant ; two to one was offered on the former,
but the race was won by. the latter, who left:10
competitor 20 yards in the rear. There were but
very few spe&ators, and very few who offered to bet.
A race against time (if such it can be called) of a
. new description was .performed, two or three days
since, in the neighbourhood of Vauxhall.—A per-
son laid a bet of 20 guineas that he would walk up-
on his hands one mile in 35 minutes. along the road.
His feet he was allowed to use as he pleased,.pro-
vided he kept his hands upon the ground. He per-
. formed, the task in 32 minutes, and consequently.
won the wager, not, however, without experienc-
ing considerable incOnvenience • before. he arrived at
the end of his journey, from the • creeping and
crawling posture in:which he was obliged to proceed.
IVIANsioN-HousE. --=Yesterday the young man
Whounderwent an examination last week on a charge
of embezzling drafts and notes at a banking-house
in the city, was fully committed for trial.

•

As, this,annnal..Festival has 'for years ?Ist
been a scene of. Confusion, ;.s.nd has given scope to
dissiNktipo„ theft; and all to tuner.. of licentiousneFs,
tine I:'yjp,,)-tratc.s of the distri4-had resolved to exer-
theirpO,vcr to, the titwost, to orjer to suppress
the , The lower order of the
people, howewber,. were very yeinctant, to resign a
Vesjivai long Sakiptipect by tiine, and Which all-Ord-
en them sqlpe relaxation atter. a year, of labour'and
care.
,Many Gentlemen of the neighbourhood took. up
.their cause, and were resolved to
.resist, the views of
the Magistrates. The Lord of. the Manor., in, parti-
cular, it -is said, was very much adverse. :to the
intended abolition of what gave aii annual gratifica-
tion to his poor neighbours, and in .the Zeal of his
regard for an ancieut custom; declared, that, if the
Fair was suppressed, he would order every tree in
.Camberwell Green to be cut down; and would,ereat
cottages upon the. spot tor the people whO would be
deprived siftheirtraditional.amuseMent. This formi-
dable menace,. it is sa4 settled the business, and
the Magistrates, rather than destroy the beauty of
the village, consented to withdraw their -opposi-
tion.
.As. Dr. LETSOM is the Lord of the Manor,
we are not inclined to believe that he uttered any
such threat; or if he. did, that he had tiny de-
sign to carry it into execution. However, the
Fair commenced as usual yesterday morning, in
all.its wonted stare, dignity, and splendor. Three
row of booths, stored with the customary refresh-
ments, courted the prurient appetites of the multi-
tude. Gingerbread nuts, bearing the favourite names
of British' vie-tors and vi&ories, every where claimed
-consumption from loyal and patriotic purchasers: die
names of. Nelson, Atereronaie, Sir R. &radian,
Trafalgar, and the Nile, emblazoned every can-
nister which contned those'sweetmeats.

We recognized all our old friends, Giveit, Sizun-,
ders, and other celebrated priests of .liomtis and
rzespis, with their comic companies ; the Sieurs.
Pike, atinningliani, and various others of the itine-
rant Magi, whose necromantic performances and
grand deceptions in tit;, conjuring art have so long
astonished the wondering, world .; the Irish Giant,
the Polish Dwarf, the wonderful Ventriloquist, and
the Child of Promise, were all present, contributing
.to gratify the voracious curiosity of John Bultanct
.his•family ; while the wonders of
.the Lybian and
.other deserts, the lions,
.tygers, panthers, hymnas,
•serpents, kangaroos, ouraug-"outangs, wolverins,
and beavers; the ostriches, cassowaries, pelicans,-
storks, and horned owls, contributed their share to
the general display. Fifty-catou/W, -.in the shape
of:rzving7swangs, played high in air, to the delight
and extacy et' some hundreds of:smirking damsels
.and their sweethearts. ; while half, tt dozen round-
abouts, in rapid, rotation, administered to the .de-
light of the rising generation.
.Apollo and the 111V1.0 also contributed their au-
spicious infitte9ce to tile charms of the scene, in
•inusic. and pot.ry. .Many new and deleaable.
dit-
:ties, about loin and murder, were chaunted by Ivarb-
-ling ballad-stagers, accompanied by blind fidlers,
-harpers, and hurdy,gurders. • ~ •
. /When .night came on, all was a blaze ofillurnina7
lion, and a din of clamour, laughter,-and tnerri-
..ment ; the theatres were all croActed, the ladies all
delighted, the swains all happy.; a .few' trivial ebul-
litions of
.vivacity, vulgarly called boxing matches,
here and -there adorned the fields, and enlivened the
.roads: to town. ..

The King has been pleased to present the Rev.
Robert Lunen to the Church and Parish of Kennet-
ties, in.the Presbytery and County 'of FOrfar, vacant
by the death of the Rev. David Ferney, late Minister
there. - •

The King has also been .pleased to .present the
Atm Thomas Brown to the. Church and Parish of
.Ton land, in the • Presbytery and Stewartry of Kirk-
cudbright, vacant by the death of Mr. Rob, late Mi-
nister there.

The condua of SCINDIAII during the last. hostili-
ties against the Company, it is said, has rendered
.him very unpopular. Some of the native Rajahs
,opeuly resist his authority, and some of his disbanded
troops have entered into. their service. Numbers of
these infest the southern banks of the Chombul Ri-
ver, and along the western frontiers of Oude, where
they have frequently 'interrupted
.the Hindoo De-
votees in their pilgrimages to that province. A skir-
mish lately took place at a Rohilla Post above Alla-
habad, where the former, in considerable force,
wanted to possess thernselVes of a defile which corn-
mandS the Low Country ; but they were defeated
with some loss, and made their retreat into the
jungle.,
C. R. VAUGHAN, Esq. one of the travelling
Fel-
lows from Oxford, has landed at Harwich, from
Husum. Daring an absence of five years, he has
visited the' ditTereut States of EuroPe, and travelled
through Asia Minor, Syria, and Persia, returning
home by the Caspian Sta.

The celebrated Dalor and Professor ARNEMAN;
formerly of Gottingen, whose name. is.well known
to every scientific man in Europe, lately shot. him-
self in Wandsbeck Wood, about .three English miles
from Hamburgh. Pecuniary embarrassments are
stated to have instigated. him to the .fatal ad.- -His
loss is universally.regretted. He has left two female
orphans totally unprovi:ted for.,
Last week John Benriett of Winterborne, killed a
snake of a Most unusual size ; upon opening it there
was found the remainder of a pig's feet; and a large
toad, which it had swallowed•w hole. A pig has hem
lately lost in the neighbourhood, which it is suppos-
ed this monster had deavoured.

SWINDLER.--A young man, of considerable rank
in the Army, and son. of a very distinguished .per-
sonage, has been taken into custody on various
charges of swindling, &c. Tice coniplaints against
him are from Livery StableLkeepers, B:iukers, &c.
Bfthe fOrme,r he is charged: with hiring hOrses, car-
riages, &c. which, he did not return; and the aCcu-'
satioris of the latter ;ire for pas.iing oh them lielitiou,
bills, cheques, &c.. FrOm the very delicate sittL;iion
in which the, mud!) respected parents of this 'mis-
guided youth are placed,' we, decline entering into
particiflays on the suhjedt, which, to gratify our
Readers; would he to distress, in' the higlivst degree,
a GentieMan well known as ha% in p,rtinined ni:wy
meritorious alts in the cause of iris Country. =, The
delinquent is in confinement under the roof oi
his much injured' parents.

.e. tr;ITER Li'? It'

CARLISLE, Aunt >"l credit of t.e:
County-it eur Calendar exhibited hut.a short list (if
The business at the crown side 1.7,a,f,ri5,'41-
ed on Monday ; hut we nev.A- ob>ierVe,.; •o
bi_v;iness ,the Court of'Nisi Prins,, WhiCtl .wa;
extremely crowded: There \v ere a iiwirtler
suits, .and .several . causes. we e left to a: ;
particularly on&. respecting a rilan,Jrial right on
.Fell ; where there ha4lbeen lately discctvered a lead
mine, which, as far as it has been ,wrought, his
proved one of the most valuable ever diseot ered
Great Britain. We shall give the partitmlars when
the arbitration is finished, . ,

HEWER V. ALDERSON.

stet:leant COCK ELL opened this case. He
stated, that this was an action brou;hi by
Hewer, a respectable butcher in the West of Cunt-
herland, to recover a compensation its ciantap's
against the Defendant, for the loss,of his daughter's
Services, by her seduction by the DekndLint. This
was the way by which they must proceed, yet the
.tury,wonld not have to find merely for the loss of
service, but they must take into account the w0w1...-
ed feelings of the thther, and the ignominy brou4iit
upon the family by
.the infamous and dishunourai,le
condud of the Detendant.

Jane Hewer stated, that she is at present twenty-
four years of age, and has fire sisters. First 1).1:-
came -acquai..tted with the Defendant (who lived
about two Miles from her 114tlices house) about
three years and a half ago, who 'sited her with die
couseLit of her parents and about a year ago, she
was delivered of an illegitimate child. The De•
kndant has been often pressed to marry lk ri but
refused. •

The Jury consulted for a short time, and brbught
in a verdict for the Plaintiff ot 1001.

J.CrVERSON V. TIIE uxvntwxtiTEns.

This was an a6tion upon a policy of insurance.
The evidence of the Plaintiff, as given by himself,
is as follows :----The Ship, of which, the Plaintiff is
Captain, and part owner, giiled froth Maryport ft.! r
Metnel, on the 17th of April, 1805; and having
taken in a cargo of-timber at the latter place on: the
2d of June, left Memel for, this Country; but,- on the
3d, at night„a heavy sea struck the Ship, where-
upon she fell on her broad Side. The whole cre.,l(
instantlygot upon the outside, where, theycontintaid
till between: three and four in the mewing, when
they .cut away the lanniards and main-shrouds, by
which the mast
.went by the board, and the" Ire'3-
.sel rigiaed. On .the. same day the crew were
picked up by a: 'Schooner; and carried info 13iipoa.
The .Vessel was stranded, but, by proper assist-
ance, was "carried into - the
,p ),are- just mentioned.
The Flainti wrote -to England, Out receiving nu
instruEtions, ,and bele.- in want., of money, re-
solved to put. the Ship, up to public :sale, which
be accordingly did, and, by the assistance a friend,
bought it on his own account.: The Plaintiff
attempted to,gel:any valuation, on the part of f
owners, by kay of bottorury, because, as he said,
.the Vessel" was not worth it; ha paid 1.'401 for r -
.pairs,.and, on cross-examination, said,-it was aftiar-
wards worth 0001: or 14001.
„ .„

The Learned Judge, conceiving this to be a case Of
fraud, would not stiffer it to be-prbeeeded in, and the
Plaintiff was nonsuited;

- The late tremendous storms in the Metropolis
have extended to the North of:England. On S ,tur-
day se'nnight, about three o'clock in the afternoon,
the town of jancaster experienced a very awful
storm. The whole of that day, and the day preced-
ing, had been uncommonly,closeand sultry, scarcely
a breath of air was stirring,.and the inhabitants were,
looking for an explosion, as absolutely-necesiary fur
promoting respiration. The flashes of lightning
were vivid and terrific beyond description, and
lowed each other in rapid succession, from three
o'clock in' the afternOon till eight.in the evening. At
Millthorpe, about 15 miles from the town, the
lightning fell on a cotton manuladory, attraded by
the vane ; • it forced its way down through the
counting-house, but did not do much damage. At
Cartmel, about the same distance, but in another
dire&ion, and over the sands, a poor man • and his
son were travelling with cloth for sale ; as they were
standing at the door bf a cottage at .Lowood, to
shelter from the storm, their horse, that was stand,
ing at a short distance from them, was struck dead
by the lightning; the man and boy, by the same
flash, felt a very painful sensation in their heads, and
were deprived of their hearing for between three
and four hours. The neighbouring Gentlemen,
hearing of the sad accident, raised a subscription to
purchase the poor man another horse. The storm
extended as far as Carlisle ; it was one, of the mot
tremendous in the recolle&ion of the oldest inhabi-
tants ; the rain poured down in torrents for three
hours, and most of. the streets were rendered im-
passable. At Linstock, about three miles distant,„A
barn :and byre were set on fire and consumed. -At
Starmix also a peat-stack was set on fire.

• An inquisition was taken on Saturday, at a pub•
lic--house, at. Colebrook, on the body of a Gehtleman
of the naMe of•DaviSon, who met his death by the
kick ofa horse. , It appeared in evidence, that the
-deceased,. who resided at Touibrey, a village not fir
.from where--the accident happened,
,bad gone from
.home in a chaise with his lady and three children,
,to dine with. a friend about six .miles off. On their
return in the evening, the deceased alighted to alter
the: curb, near Colebrook, and • whilst in the ati of
doing so:, was.kicked by a led horse in the:lower
part of •his,stomacb, which caused. almost instant
..death. It did not :appear that the servant, who had
.the led borse,-: was by any means culpable-; he par-
•ticularly slackened'his-pace from a trot to a ,walk,
whilst passing:the vehicle of the deceased.—Verdiet,
Accidental Death.
WONDELFtL INTERPOSYIV)N Oi PROVIDENCE.--
On Saturday child, amusing itself near
the Cruives at Gordon's Mills, near Aberdeen, fell
into the .Itad of-the Meal Mill, and was _arried ly
the current under. the water wheel. The child was
no( missed for some little tinie ; "Ijit ou th.:.
being given, its father ran out, and fonnd b:s infant
floating down the stiedm a consiner.4)le way below
the mill. The child was taken out, and whi t. is
w6nderful.to elate, not even a•scratettwas art
it, and were it styposed that the child ixko as;:tnaly
been packed into the bucket of the wheel, it i ould
not have escaped with less injury, as there is not
rootn to pa,!-: even the thickne4s.of a pettily ce un-
der the wheel.

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF \CHANCERY, Atm. tB.

71-ILTORIt LORD ERSKINS. CHANCELLOR, AND Si IS 11014.

THE MASTER 07 THE ROLLS

PUZCELL V. WN AMAR ESQ.

WE are at length-enabled to acquit our promise to
our Readers, by presenting them with a summary of.
this extraordidary and important Case. The transac-
tions, which we shall briefly describe as they have •
been proved in the progress of the cause, will be
found to develope the highest degree of honour 'and
liberality on the part of the Defendant. The Plain-
tiff, le-slices Purcell, now upwards of -56 years
of age, is the eldest daughter of the late John Pur-
cell, Esq. formerly Deputy Governor of the Islandof.
Tortola, and the Defendant, John M‘Namara, Esq.
a Gentleman of Very considerable property 'in• this.
country. As long ago as the year 1771 Mr. Pur-
cell died, having previously, by his will, bequeathed.
the sum of 70001 to each of his daughters, Frances
Purcell, the Plaintiff, and Margaret Purcell, her
sister.- He devised his estate, consisting of a plan-
tation
in Tortola, to his son, John Purcell, for
life; subject to the above legacies. He appointed
Michael M' Tamara, Esq. then residing in Great
George-street, Westminster, .the near relation of
the present .Defendatit, and also Sir John Boyd,
And two other Gentlemen, his Executors. His
daughters' then lived tat the West end of the town,
and were frequently at the house of Mr. Michael
M'Namara, who took them under his protedion.
Mr. Purcell and his sisters were at that time, or very
soon after all of age. The Defendant was a youth
jtist frOm school, and under the guardianship of his
relation, Mr. ?Michael Nl' Namara, who had adopted
him with the intentien of making him heir to his
property.
,At this-period young MeNamara of course
contracted a very cloSe intimacy with the two Ladies,
who were in the constant habieof visiting his relation.
.In that friendship all the .Proreedings of this cause.
originated. :The Ladies :pees:44 into a course of
faShionable extravagance infinitaly beyond their for-
tunes ; and the Defendant, whose expeetations from
.his relation were generally known, availed himself
of his credit, though a minor, to borrow large sums of
money, which he from time to time advanced them,
and frequently to relieve them from arrests for debts.
Ile was equally la eish of hisp€cuniary assistance to the
brother; who resided with his sisters, on his- arrival
irons Tortola, where hr had married a woman from
whom-he afterwards separated.. Between this:period
and the year 1776, Mr.-Trevanion, an eminent Mer-
, thant, and Consignee of the West India estate, who
had been indebted to-old Purcell in 11,0001. was in
advance to his -children, so unbounded had been their
extravagance, in upwards ofooool. and the inherit-
ance of the whole estate was not worth,. according
to the valuation made eof it upon oath, above
33,0001. Mr. TreVanion, therefore, was desirous
-ef closing his connection with the concern, and the
house of Mr. Alexander Grant undertook the ma-
nagement of it. A mortgage of the estate was exe-
cuted by,Purcell and his sisters to Mr. Alexander
Grant, as a security to him foi paying off Mr. Tre-
vanion's debt, and the annuities with which the
estate was charged, as well as various other incum-
brances. Mr. Grant'contirwed to be the Consignee
till 1782, when he died. By this time the Defend-
ant, who had inherited hiS 'relation's fortune, and
married a Lady of, great wealth, was largely, in ad,
vance to the Purcell family. . Their joint securities
to the De.....-.ndant for monies paid on their account
amounted to no less a sum than 22,2061. and up-
Watsls. The brother had nearly ruined his fortune
W)re his arrival in England, and hesthen partici-
pated in all the extravagance- of his sisters, princi-
paliyat the expence of the Defendant,. whose ill-
paced friendship prompted him to relieve them, and
save them from perishing in a prison. TheDefend-
an haying thus tar involved himself, was advised by
itte late Lord Kenyon, and other Professional Gen-
tlemen, to take every possible joint security from
the Plaintiff, her sister, and brother ; and acCording-
lv certain deeds were prepared by Michael Bray, and
Isarles Butler, Esqrs. and other, eminent Conveyans
-tern, fbr securing the debt due to the Defendant, as
:well as all ulterior advances. Upon Mr. Grant's
deathit appeared there was 14,3001. due to him, and
'his representatives would have sold and dismantled,
and, of course, have destroyed the estate, had not the
Defendant, thteugh the medium of Jas. BaillieeEsq.
t considerable .West India Merchant,- paid 'olf that ,
debt-also. The.result of all these transactions was,
that the Purcells became ultimately indebted to the
Defendant in the enormous sum 0f42,5141. for which
'be accepted the estate, valued only at 33,0001. as a .
security, and at the same time. agreed to allow John
'Purcell an annuity of 6001. and his sisters annuities
of 2501. each. It appeared that John Purcell died in
• 1795, insolvent, and considerably indebted to the Dee
-fendant exclusive of the sums already mentioned. The
several conveyances refered to, our limits will not ads
-mit of.' our enumerating. It is only necessary to say,
they were settled by the first Counsel on behalf of
Ike Purcells, and the principal one, dated Nov. 4,
1786, conveying the estate to the Defendant its 'fee,
was signed by the Plaintiff at Calais,whither she had
-retired. It also appeared, that at the, time she executed
'this deed she expressed the utmost gratitude to the
-Defendant for having made an arrangement which
-alone could save her from the miseries of a gaol in
a foreign land. A number of letters were exhibited,
'containing the warmest acknowledgments on the
pert of Miss Purcell, for the disinterested kindness
shewn by the Defendant to her and her family.—
Such- is the general outline of the fa& proiede The
Plaintiff instituted this suit at the instigation, as the
Defendant alledged in his answer, of her attorney,
and Robert Lincoln, a discarded steward of the-De-
fendant's. The Plaintiff, Miss Purcell, although they
had 'acquiesced for upwards of twenty years, in the
-adjustment made, with .an immediate view to' her
best interests, inferred by her bill, that the Defend-
ant bad exercised an undue influence-and controul
"over I.er, to induce her to sign the deeds of convey-
ance, and therefore prayed that they might be set
aside.—The Defendant, by his answer, and the
proofs and vouchers in support of it, verified the
whole of his accounts, and proved all -the particulars
we have stated. The facts received further confir-
mation from the answer of Margaret' Purcell, the
sister of. the Plaintiff, who not only gratefully ac-
knowledged her own and her sister's and brother's

pecuniary obligations to tile- Defendant, but dis,,
tinaly swore that she did hot believe her sister would.
haye been capable of so ungrateful a-proceeding as
filine, this unless she had bees: induced to do
so byp some improper influence and advice. The
evidence produced on each side was extremely vo-
luminous. Upon the cause being heard, the late
Chancellor (Lord ELDoN) ordered the several deeds
to be set aside, and an account to be taken between
the- parties. The Defendant, conceiving himself.
aggrieved by this decree, which, he had reason to
had been principally sounded on certain parts
of the testimony of Robert Lincoln, his discarded,
steward, and since discovered to be materially ineor-
red, petitioned the Chancellor fir a re-hearing. His
petit on was sanCtioned by the precious opimoAs of
Mr. FONBLANO.UE, MI% THOMSON', and Mr. Acait,
who severally stated their object ions to Lord anotz's
decree in writing, and gave their reasons. They
considered it a decree absolUtely against evidence,
manifestly unjust, and such as the COurt would be
induced to vary upOn a re-hearing. The cause came
on a second time last-Tenn, before thepresent Chan-
cellOr, Lord ERSKINE.

Mr. VONBLANQUE first addressed his Lordship on
behalf of the Defendant. He spoke at great length,
and with much force and eloquence. He took an
ample and detailed review of all the faEts alledged by
the bill, and, denied by the answer, and particularly
pointed his remarks,at the erroneous and biassed im-
pression produced on the mind of his Lordship's noble
predecessor, by the false testimony of the Defendant's
unfaithful steward, Lincoln. A-most material part of
that testimony related to a ledger, containing the De-
fendant's accounts with the Purcells, out of '.vhich
certain leaves had been cut, and others pasted toge-:
ther.—Lincoln's evidence had insinuated, that these
mutilations of the ledger were for the purpose of pre-
senting the accounts ig an' imperfect shape but by
a copy taken by Lincoln himself;-before the original
-was del►vered to the Defendant, and since fortunate-
ly discovered, it appeared that they had been made
with a view to conceal his own errors. The Learned
Counsel, with a degree of candour which his Lord-,
Ship could not avoid ex pressing his approbation of, of-
fered, in this stage of the cause, to let the Plaintiff go
into any additional proof that might be thought likely
to develope the .accounts of the Defendant, and he
consented that her Agents and Counsel should have
access to every private paper, letter, and memoran-
dum in his handi, or in the hands of any other per-
Son. He shetd by a series of the clearest deduc-
tions, that all the, deeds between the parties, from
the first to the last, were cautiously prepared by the
ablest- conveyancers of the day, with' a view to the
interest of the Purcells;.that they had been executed
with eveiyrequisite formality ; that they had been
nearly. 20 years acquiesced in, and would still have
continued to have operated to the advantage of the
Plaintiff, had it not been for an infamous conspiracy
against the Defendant, of which she had suffered
berself.to 'b: made the instrument.

Mr. iktoistpsont and Mr. AGAR followed on the
same side. They expressed their confidence that the
event of the trial would establish the upright conduct
of the Defendant throughout the whole of his trans-
at-lions with the PurCells, and terminate in the com-
plete exposure of the artful and wicked machinations
of the Plaintiff and her confederates,

The SOLICITOR GENERAL. argued the case for ,the
Plaintiff. He assumed that all the allegations con-
tained in tbe Plaintiff's bill were true, and that the
evidence on the part of the Defendant, by whi6h they
hal been contradi&ed and disproved, was not entitled
to credit.

Mr. HART adopted the same course of argument,
and endeavoured to discredit 'the testimony on behalf
of the Defendant, which, however, if his Lordship
believed, he admitted was decisive in his favour.

Mr. FONBLANQUE replied. He maintained,. as he
had done before that the whole proceeding was the
result of a concerted plan and premeditated scheme,
between Miss Purcell, her Attorney, and Lincoln,
to sully the character of hef benefactor, and to im-
pute to him a&s of injustice, of which the whole
tenor of hiS condtia through life, and towards her
in particular, had proved him incapable. •
Haying thus distinctly, and, we ark: persuaded,
accurately, detailed ail the leading points df7this
singular Cause, we 'have only to add that Judg-
ment which, after an interval of several weeks,- was
this day pronounced.
The MASTER of the ROLLS delivered his opinion.
He observed that, after the full discussion the case
-had undergone at the Bar, he did not apprehend it
.would be.necessary to enter into any very detailed
Statement of the various fa6t s which had been brought
before the Court. His Honour adverted to the fans
nearly in the terms we have already stated them. He
considered that the principal question was,Whether,
under the circumstances' of the case, Miss Purcell
was bound by the deeds of conveyance she had ex-
ecuted for the purpose of securing to Mr. McNamara
her own and her sister and brother's debts. To de-
termine this question he thought it necessarTto ex-
amine what had been the relative situation of the par-
ties at the time when the transaalious
His Honour observed, that Mr. M‘Namara's admit-
.sion left nothing doubtful on this part of the case.
He bad candidly stated, that he stood in the relation
of a friend and proteetor to them The whole of
His Honour's remarks were confined to this single
consideration : he thought that the deeds, however ad-
vantageous the arrangements under them might have
been to the interest of the Purcells, could not be al-
lowed to stand, if the Plaintiff, who was a principal
party, thought proper to institute a suit for the
purpose of setting them aside, because, regularly
and formally as they had been executed, she was at
the time she signed them to a certain extent under the
influence of the Defendant. His Honour having taken
this ground as his principle of reasoning, proceeded
to comment upon the several deeds of conveyance.
He observed, that the consideration which had in-
' duced Miss Purcell to sign them was, the debt con-
tra6ted by her brother, though materially increased by
what she and her sister had at different times obtiin-
ed from the friendship of the Defendant,. This debt, so
due from her brother, he was ofopinion, she could not,
according to the stri& rules of law, becharged with, ex-
cept as far as thp late decree bound her. His Honour
concluded by saying, -that the Plaintiff was not lia-
ble for her brother's debt, although she had affixed
her hand to deeds by which she professed to secure
to .the Defendant the advances he had made to her

and het family.: lie ssltteettdstiest .eltsVefts.fiseny f
the topics enlarged upon by the Counselepartieula.•-
ly the Mutilated state of the ledger:- 'lt tiid,:tiot‘ ae-
pear to him, according to the view. he took of the
case, that the book was at all ~material. The evie
detice upon which he proceeded was that which was
furnished by the deeds, combined with the situa-
tion of the parties ;, end for these reasons he eube
.nutted to his Lordship that the deeds had-been pro-
perly set aside, so. far as they , bad, by. the decree,
been brought under review e but -as the Defendant
was an incumbrancer to - a very large amount, he
would of course retain possession of the estate till
be was paid. .
. Lord ERSKINE began by remarking, that he had
not sat a week as Chancellor before this Petition was
presented to him to re-bear ,this important cause.
When lie recollected that the cause had been heard
. at great length before his Noble Predecessor, and had
been pleaded with great ability on the part. of Mr.
M'Nainara, by a Learned Counsel since by His Ma-
jesty's favour raised to the Bench, he thought it in-
cumbent on him to pursue that course which some of
the greatest men who had sat as Chancellors had-fre-
quently adopted; namely, to avail himself of that as-
sistance to which he was legally and constitutionally
entitled. It had been the pra&ice during a series of
`years, for Chancellors to be assisted by the Judges.
But independent of the importance of the -present
question, he was ;satiated by anotherenotive in re-
quiring the assistance of the Master of the
.Rolls.
It was impossible that a Judge, could always be a
stranger to the contesting parties in a suit, and iewas
that which rendered the trial by Jury of such-inesti-
mable vacue. With respea to-the-Plaintiff, she was
an entire stranger to him. The Defendant he .had
intimately known all his life, and he had the highest
opinion of his honour and integrity. sle wesetbe*
fore he was anxious for the assistance of the Mister of
the Rolle, conceieing it would preclusieebsepeesii)ilitss
of any imputation on the character of the, Const,:in
case he should have found it necessary-toe lavgsq-,
versed the decree. His Lordship then 7 fssiloesed
nearly the course of argument,- pr either of. elespe-
vation, upon which the opinion of the.Nlester eif.the
Rolls had been founded. His Lordship ,cepressed
himself perfealy assured that the Defendantehad
made the arrangement which was now sseught
set aside with no other view than thatsof thesintee ,
rest o'f the Plaintiff and her sister- and brother 3. and •
he was equally convinced that if theels/s4nsleux had
deemed it to have been an arrangement : prejudicial
t,o them, he would never have advised it, - .er have
been concerned in the transaction... The prieeeiple
upon which he decided was the confid4tiel rele-
tion which subsisted between the parties.. -.He-gave
the Defendant full credit for having advanced all the
sums which he charged against the Purcelise but he
considered that the greater proportion of. such ad-
vances applied to the brothere and not to the Plain-
tiff, provided she thought proper to, dispute the
liability she had-by her deeds imposed on herself to.
answer jointly for her brother's, debts.. Had this
been a deed executed between debtor and creditor,
in the ordinary degree of relationship, it could not
have been set aside. The creditor Might, have said,
that he would not advance' another fart Wong unless
A security was. given him. His Lordship desired to
have it understood, that the ground upon, which he
determined was that of relationship solely. He there-
fore was of opinion the decree ought to be affirmed,.
and that for all the sums Mr. M‘Narriare had - ad-
Yanced he should have credit given him, and receive
ample justices .
Mr. M‘Namara immediately rose and addressed
his Lordship in these words My Lord, I can-
not have the slightest objeaion implicitly to abide
by the late decree, confirmed by what your Lord-
ship has now prenounceds It is neither my interest
or my- wish that any of these deeds should stand,
except as a security for what I have aaually advanc-
ed.
But if the Master should report that I am not
entitled to the advantage of being the Assignee of
Alexander Grant, the , Plaintiff would disencumber
her moiety of the estate from her mortgage to him, of
'the right to which no Court of Justice can divest me.
My Lord, as to one moiety of the estate being de- '
creed to the Plaintiff, Miss Purcell, I not only sub-
Mit it without appeal, but I am also willing 'to re-
linquish the other -moiety, which is iedisputably •
"milles, and to give 'up the- whole ,estate," provided,
what cannot be denied, is decreed, that I am the re-
presentative of .Alexander Grant. If this. is under-
stood; I have no objeaion to the Plaintiff having the
whole estate. I shall 'then be extremely benefited ;
by the decree, I shall be a creditor instead of aesur-
chaier, and shall be released from the annuity of
2501. which my humanity induced" me .fobind my-
self personally' to pay the Plaintiff during her life.."
LORD CHANCELLOR.—" I have done nothing With 7
the decree. All that I have done. is -to declareelsat
the decree is pot reversed. lam ignorant -of the ,
proceedings in the Master's Office ; but if the. Master
makes an improper report, come before me with ex-
ceptions to it, and I will put it to rights."
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL applied, in a very
sir-
gent manner, ter costs against the 'Defendant; but
his Lordship peremptorily refused -to give them.
We scarcely ever saw the Court so extremely
crowded.

Yesterday morning, between six and seven o'clock,
a young man was drowned while bathing in the
Thames, near Bankside ; the body was dragged for
and brought up about half an hour after it sunk; it
was carried to an adjoining public-house, where
every means was tried to restore animation, but inef-
feetually. At the time of dragging for the above,
the body of a boy about fourteen years of age was
brought up, which appeared to have been some days
in the water.

The town and neighbourhood of New York were
lately agitated with reports about a dreadful worm
which has appeared upon the Lombardy poplar,
whose bite and sting were said to be venomous.—
The circumstance was at length deemed worthy of
the notice of the Faculty, who made various experi-
ments with the worms upon kittens and puppies.
They applied them to the nostrils of the animals,
which they bit in the manner of leeches : they, how-
- ever, produced no effea, except a propensity to
sleep, and a slight degree of local pain. One of the.
puppies swallowed a worm, without any etre& ; and
the Physicians have, in consequence, decided, that
they are harmless in their nature. • The worm, how-
ever, is of a new species.

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