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London, England, 1801-11-24 00:00:00

HAYCROFT CREASY.

This is a case which has very deserved!), at-
!ratled the notice of the Public, and' is extremely
Itt.tteresting to every man in this Country, who
• I,lther shall have occasion to ask of another, or
jo" tive another a character ; it becomes still more
anttesting on account of the turn it has now taken,.
&`` therefore, as it may be said to be a case of the
it 6t impression in its kind, we have bestowed upon
more labour than is usual in common cases, as-
wig our Readers, they will not be misled by
.'at they see in this Paper, but that they may
‘lve it full credit for accuracy, as far as it goes.
1,,,e have no room for the observations of Counsel,
it We shall give the substance of what is more
'4l3ortant because of higher authority.
Ord KENYON reported the trial as it took place
4'°re him and a Jury of Merchants at Guildhall,
the Sittings after the last Term. His Lordship
that the declaration stated in -substance, that
file Plaintiff being an Ironmonger, before the
t:„Ndulent representations made by the Defendant,
&NI c9ncegning nrle i'tatlecz Elizabeth Robertson,

cuts apply LO W 3 llu 11U11S 111111 N ttC.
titer he, the Plaintiff, was safe in giving credit to
the said Miss Rlertsoti. That .when application •
was so Made to the Defendant; he represented her
situation and credit to be such, that he, the Plain-
tiff, might safely trust her. That the Plaintiff did
trust the said Miss Robertson, on account of the
charaEter which the Defendant gave of her. That
she was insolvent at that time, and that the Plain-
tiff thereby lost his money.
The evidence for the Plaintiff was that of his
son and of his brother ; for the Plaintiff had no
share in this transaaion himself, he being at Bath
for the benefit of his health. The case is, that
of Miss Robertson of Blackheath, whose name is
familiar to a considerable part of the Public. The
Plaintiff is a furnishing Ironmonger. The De-
fendant a Currier, both living in the neighbour-
hood of Blackheath. The substance of the evi-
dence of the son of the Plaintiff was this—" That he,
the son, had a conversation with the Defendant,
of and concerning Miss Robertson, when the De-
fendant said, " My father might credit her with
perfett safety. That he knew, of his own know-
ledge, she had a large fortune from her mother,
and was in expelation of still greater from her
grandmother. 1 dealt with her entirely on the
Defendant's recommendation. .1 asked him, if he
was certain as to the recommendation he made?
he answered, " I am." He stated that he knew
the Lady was related to Mr. Secretary Dundas and
to Lady Paget. I wrote to my father, and wanted
his direaion. I called on the Defendant again,
and asked him as to the.charader of Miss Robert-
son. ' The Defendant said, " I can positively, of
my own knOwledge, assure you, you may credit
Miss Robertson to any amount with perfect safety."
He said, my father need be under no apprehension,
for Miss Robertson had come to a large fortune a-
few months ago, and expetted a still greater. I
executed the order entirely on the faith of the De-
fendant's charaeter; and to the amount of 4851.
9s. 4d., and all the charges are reasonable."
. The substance of the evidence of the Plaintiff's
brother, as read from his Lordship's notes, was
this : " I suppose (said the Plaintiff's brother to
the .Defendant, who called on • the Defendant by
way of -further caution), I suppose you do not
mean. to' inform me on hearsay ?" The Defendant
said, " Friend Haycroft, I know your brother
may trust Miss Robertson to any amount with per-
feet safety."
This is the substance of the Case on the part of
the Plaintiff.

On the part of the DO:
7.1-iant it was contended
then, and now, tha: the Defenclant did not give
view of fraud-,
this chiraClLe .any
totem -1:11Z. truth, as he supposed at the time,
but that it appear afterwards, that he, as well as
many other persons, became a dupe to the artifice 'of
Miss Robertson, who had all the appearance of a
person Of great, property. That no Case had yet
gone the length of deciding that any man should
be liable for the consequences in giving a charader
of another, -unless he did it fraudulently, &c. That
here there was no fraud intended by the Defendant,
for that he himself had become, and was at the time
when he gave her the character, a dupe to her arti-
fice.—That the essence of this sort of Adion was
fraud in the person who gave the charatsler, a
4oftrine which was expressly laid down in- the Case '
of Paseley V. Freeman, which laid the foundation
of this Action, and recognized in the Case of Eyre
w. Dunford, &c. That the Defendant having here
taken upon himself to say; " he knew this person
might -be safely trustedi" was in common parlance
between men, who do not consider the meaning
of words like Lawyers, not to mean absolute know-
ledge,- but that degree of probability which is taken
for certainty in the common affairs of life. That in
this Case, the Defendant hal something.more than
hearsay to guide his opinion, namely, the plans of
the supposed _estate of this Lady. Hesr making out
Powers of Attoruies to receive her rents—ordering
mourning rings--Lhaving a carriage, servants, and all
the appearance of a person of property—all taken
together inducing the Defendant to believe that she
was a woman of property, and therefore his saying so
was the common language of men of inferior edu-
cation, who ctimmo-nly, in discourse, said they
knew that which they indeed had only evidence to
warrant belief. That this was the case of the De-
fendant in this Action,. and that, as the Jury might,
have given their verdid on the supposition that the
Defendant knew, at the time he gave it, the Cha-
ratter he gave was false, whereas it was the genuine
representation of his mind, there ought, in this
case, to be a new Trial,
On the part of the Plaintiff it was contended, that
although this case was different in its particulars,
from- those which had gone , before it, yet, the
principle by which it was to be governed was the
same, namely, That when any-application is made
to a man for the Character of another;` he shall
either tell the truth or hold his tongue. Nor was
there any hardship in this, since no man was bound
to give another a character. Here the Defendant
had said, he knew that the Plaintiff might trust
this woman to any amount. He did not speak from
hear-say, which might be matter of belief; but of
knowledge, which was matter of certainty. Upon
the faith of which the Plaintiff had 'given credit,
and had sustained a loss;• the Jury had ordered the
Defendant, whose conduct was the cause of that
loss, to bear it, and therefore, upon the principle
which guided this Action, the verdict was. right."
We do not mean to say, that this was all that was
said on the contrary, the Case was argued at great
length, and with much learning, but we have en.
deavoured to bring into one view, the substance
of that which was in contest between the Parties.
As allusion was made to the Charge of my Lord,
KENYON at the trial, his Lordship read the words
which constituted a material part of it, which he
wrote out in his Book before he addressed the Jury,
and scored them under by way of emphasis.—They
are as follows :
" Considering the manner in which the question
was put to him [meaning the Defendant] and his an,
swer, speaking to his knowledge, I thought the
Action maintainable."
The Arguthents at the Bar being ended, the Court
proceeded to give its opinion.

-spice nearly as follows
" I wish, if there, be any real doubt upon this
poiht; it could-be pelt in a way to receive deciSion
in the dernier resort ; but not knowing how that
can be done in the preSent case, and my mind being
Made tip upon it; I shall proceed to deliver my
.
" A Tradesman, here, has sustained a loss, as the
Jury have said, to the amount Of 4851.95. 4.4.: That
Tradesman makes a charge upon that person, through
whose misrepresentation that loss has proceeded; and
he has incurred that loss, and calls upon him to make
satisfaction for it. FroM the anxious manner in which
the inquiry has been made, such as never took place
in any inquiry before, I believe, we have the case
most clearly before us upon the evidence. The son,
who has the conduct of his father's business in his
absence, is applied to by a person he does not know,
to furnish goods to a large amount, and he is re-
ferred-to the Defendant. He goes to the Defen-
dant, and asks him, What is the state, condition
and credit of this person who wants the goods
The Defendant says, " You may trust her with
perfed safety to any amount." The young man
asks if he knew this, of his own knowledge, or
whether he had heard it from others ? He tells
him, « of his own knowledge." The inquiries
thus made, by this young man, are repeated by his
uncle, who being more mature in age, is supposed
to be more prudent in conduft, and possessed of
more knowledge of business. He asks the Defen-
dant, Whether this person night safely be trusted ?
" I suppose, (says he) you to not give me infor-
mation from hearsay, .but knosvlssoge of fads."
He says, " Friend Haycroft, I know your brother
may trust Miss Robertson with perfed safety."
Now the question is, Whether this representa-
tion, which the Defendant made, was ti ue or
false ? To that question, so put, only one answer
can be given ; and it is quite immaterial in what
words the description of that answer is given.—
Whether it be called " common parlance," or un-
common parlance, is not worth while to inquire,
and appears to the to be no better than nonsense.
The question is, whether this answer of the De-
fendant, and on which the Plaintiff's son ailed, was
conformable to the fad or not ? That it was a gross
falsehood, there is now no doubt upon earth. That
a loss has been sustained in consequence, is equal-
ly clear, and the question is, who ought to bear that
loss ? I came Into this Court, in the year 1788, and
:ono .vsag I I ••• •
it was in the Ta---- •'
y - Case, of p-se-
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assistance the tn
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taalindc ef offeet
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with great resivsatt, and feel with gratitude.
Two c:
them (Mr. justice .A.::::niußsT, anal
lint-
' •
ER) were, from their peculiar study, eminently skill-
ed in points of practice and the nature of Ations.
They were of opinion the Action would lie. The
other learned Judge (Mr. Justice GROSE) ,of whose
opinion I cannot speak higher than I feel, was of a
different opinion. I was• not informed very criti-
cally of the nature of Actions ; but I had then ad-
vanced f:::ty years in a life, which was not a very
idleone, in which I had endeavoured to store my
mind somewhat, with knowledge of civil, moral,
and religious duties. It is to very little purpose
that I have so early learnt a lesson which was long
ago inculcated, that the law of the land is never
so well exercised as when it is subservient to the
cause of morality, or social order and religious
duty, if this species of Action is not maintainable
in a Court. of Justice ; for I think we could not
preserve social order, or good morals, nor per-
form our religious duties, if we determine that,
when a person, by any misrepresentation, whether
.wilfully, or from too scanty an inquiry him-
self, produces an effea which is injurious to
another, he is, nevertheless, not to make to that
sufferer, from his fault, any compensation. That
the Plaintiff, in this case, has been damnified by the
conduit of the Defendant, is beyond all question.—
I suppose, if I were to put it as a qiiestion.•to the
'ATTORNEY GENERAL, who is of counsel fbr the
Defendant in this Cause, Whether he was not very
sorry that his Client's representation has rdined
an honest man and his family, by causing almot. all
his goods to be taken from him, I should receive
from that Honourable and Learned Gentleman that
which would be dilated by honourable feelings, an
unfeigned assurance that he was very sorry.
Those who can distinguish this case from other
cases which have gone before it, and in which the
Actions have been held to be maintainable, are fur-
nished with powers of intelled of which, God
knows, lam not master. TIIC ATTORNEY-GENE-
RAL, at the close of his argument, has hinted that
this case would be an incroachment on the Statute
of Frauds, but he did not critically enter into that
part of the case. I say this case has nothing to do
with the Statute of Frauds ; if it has, I have for

upwards of twelve years been deceiving the Coun-
try—l have been deceiving the Country if this spe-
cies of AEtion is not maintainable by the rules of
Law. Ever since Hilary Term in
.the year 1789,
it was held by the authority of this Court, not de-
graded, I hope, by my concurrence, . that this Ac-
tion is maintainable, with the dissent at first,
but afterwards the acquiescence of the Learned
Judge upon my left hand (Mr. Justice GRosE). I
have, uniformly, held that doarine since, and have
had occasion to state it to juries several times—
Where am I to go, or where shall I hide my head,
if -this do6trine be not agreeable to the law of the
land ? Perhaps in my case, as in many others, infir-
mity of judgment as well as body, accompanies the
advance of years. If so, I should retire—otherwise,
what shall I be able to say to the people of this country,
if for twelve years I have misled them in the law of
the land ? but I hope I have not mistaken the law.—lt
is not a fit thing for Judges to use harsh words upon
parties who come before them. I used no harsh epi-
thets upon the case of the Defendant in this affion.
The ground I went upon was that which was stated
by Mr. GIB Bs, which was, that the case rested upon
this, " That the Defendant affirmed that to be true;
of his own knowledge true ; which ,was not true.—
Did he affirm it to be true ? He did. Did he know
it to be true ? He could not, fot it was false. I
will not here discuss the moral turpitude of such
condu& as this of the Defendant, nor is it necessary
that any such should appear, before the Plaintiff
shall have a right of Altion in such a Case as this.
There are a number of Cases in which there is a
fraud in construction of Law, where there is no

moral guilt. Many such there arc under the `oza-
vitt of Elizabeth; which Iwill not now delineate:
Many cases there arc in Which a than, With the
faireSt moral conduft, Is nevertheless considered as
guilty- of a legal fraud, where he fails in the perforni
atice of a (hay that is Undonneded with Morals, but
which the Law exaas from tis condition. So liere
withdut saying any thing of the intention of the party
which decides the morality of the thing, lie has -volun-
tarily done that Which is detrithental to another, and
therefore, I say he is answerable. Not for saying
what he believed to be true, but for saying he knew
that to be true, which he could not know to be
true; but Which the Defendant's Counsel contend
he had reason to believe to be true; becatise he had
evidence of it from a thousand quarters, and almost
all points of the compass, and then they ask; is he
to have no compassion held towards him ? Surely;
Surely, he is entitled to compassion, if he Was
posed upon ; but his condu& has at all events been
injurious to the Plaintiff, who by the way is treated,
in some part of the argument, as if he had done
something that was wrong. Why, one can hardly
know where one is on such an occasion.

" It is very true, as has been stated, there are debts
of imperfed obligation ; as if I sec a man, to whoth
I owe friendship, going to the altar with a woman
who has lost her virtue, and is given up to vice, I
ought to dissuade him from entering into such con.
nation ; but that is an' imperfect obligation, for I
am not bound to pull him by the sleeve, and insist
.upon it that he ought to shun the danger of his de-
strudion. Or, if I see a friend about to give large
credit to a man who is just going to be declared a
bankrupt, I am bound, in good morality to inform
him ot. it, but I am not bound by law ; and therefore
the obligation, since the law will not inforce it, is
an imperfed obligation.—But here is every specie's of
obligation on this Defendant, perfea and imperfect.
I say he is answerat-le-in a Court of Justice. God
forbid I should speak profanely, but as far as,Di.
vine law has been divulged to man, I think he is
answerable by the Law of Heaven. Ia faro civil.;
he .is answerable, and I think he is answerable in
_Toro Cceii. He has transgressed the duty of man
to man, I think therefore, that, by the ruleS of
morality and social order, by the solemn duties or
religion, and by the law of the land, this Defendant
is liable to the Plaintiff for :he injury he has done
him. I say this Adion, upon the principle that
one man is civilly responsible for the injury which
he.does to another, is maintain?.?;;. ,Th'is is
opinion, and, unti! I am c0rr,..,-1_
thority,l qh""

Dy superior au-

„i continue to state it as my opinion
occasion may require. I think am doing no
violence to any good principle by this dOdrine, for
I think that all social, moral, and religious feeling,
go that way: This is the do.::-trine which has .bcen
uniformly held under the authority of this Court for
the last thirteen years nearly, and by which I
think we ought to abide.” •

Mr. justije Gi,usE spoke very nearly as fol-
lows :—" I am not clear that I understand what the
true question here is. I do not understand the
question to be, Whether or not this a6tion will lie.
If that had been the question, we should not have
had a motion for a new trial, but a motion in ar-
rest of jtidgment. As to the case of Pasely Free-
man, I am bound by the decision of that case ; I
heard it, I have read it since with great attention.
I cannot say I understand the case perfealy, but
still I am bound by it, for a majority of this Court,
to whoni I pay, as 1 feel I ought to pay, perfea
and entire submission, as the authority of those whose
opinions were better than my own, have so decided:
By that law I am bound, and shall continue to be
bound, until there be a decision to the contrary, by
.which decisions should it ever happen, I shall also hold
myself.equally bound when it takes place. But here
the question, as •I take it, is not whether he Anion
will lie ?, but, whether the Evidence g! :yen in this
case, proves that which is necessary to sustain the
.Anion ? I will not now consider whether the
Aaion will lie in this case, because upon that
point I conceive myself bound by the case of Pasely
v Freeman, which upon that subject I consider now'
to be the Law of the Land.

The :question first with me is, "What was the
ground on which the Ataion of Paseley v. Freeman
was held to be maintainable ?" When I heard that
case .argued at the Bar, and the opinion of my Lord
and my Brothers then upon the Bench, I did under".
.stand (my understanding may be defective, but I
certainly did understand), that the right of Anion
,was founded on fraud—it was expressly so said, in
so many words,--and not only so, but all the other
cases upon which the opinion of the Cc-srt went. in
giving Judgment in Paseley and Freeman, are cases
,in -which either Fraud or Deceit appear ; for that is
also a word that is used,--so that Fraud is the very
foundation of the Altion—sO did I understand from
the Learned Judges- who differed from myself in • the
case'of Paseley Freeman. I therefore then consi-
dered, and have ever.since considered, that as Fraud
Was the foundation of the Aaion, without Fraud
• this Anion would not lie: This makes it necessary
for me to consider, whether there is such a Fraud
proved by the evidence in this case, as will support
this At ion ? Now, in looking out for Fraud in
the condua of the Defendant in this case, I protest
I do not see where I can find it ; for I consider him
as asserting.nothing more • than a mere opinion. I
obserVe the words are, " You may trust Miss Ro-
bertson, to any amount, with perfeftsafety."—But
what Was the meaning of that ?—He meant to give
his opinion, such as it was (a Weak One, perhaps),
of the circumstances of a woman in the neighbour_
hood. I cannot treat what has been said , at the
'Bar upon this point as folly and nonsense. They
say, it was nothing more than his -opinion that he
gave to the Plaintiff—his mere opinion of the ere,
dit of another. When he'says " I know you may
trust her," let me consider what the question is
which is put, and what the knowledge is that is to
be predicated. I think that he uttered, and that he
meant to utter, nothing. more than what he really
and truly believedlr was a question of what
credit was due to another. Credit is matter
of opinion in its nature. When I say " I know
a person to be a person of credit," I mean
to say,. "I believe he is," for I have no doubt
of it, from the intercourse and manner and habits Of
the man ; I verily believe him to be a persOn of
credit,
.and I. say, without weighing my words, I
know him to be 'a man of credit, I hope this

is not nonsense, for it appears to me to tie the true •
definition of credit, and of what we ordinarily
call knowledge on such a subjea. If this be
the definition, and the sound way of Considering
what• is (ailed knowledge, as applicable to such a
subjea, let us see what is the evidence to su sort
the fraud in this,CaSe Is there any reason for us,
to believe that the Defendant was telling a lie ? that
is, that he himself knew that what he said was false,
f,r that is the substance of, a lie ? Had he any
r .anon to believe that this woman was unworthy of
credit ? Why, he trusted her himself. He had no
interest in obtaining credit fer her at this time.
He had most wonderful apparent authority for say-
ing that she was a person of credit. •He found her
- with all the habits and conditions of a woman of
f)rtun.e,_ treating others, and others treating her.
splendidly, playing the'whole scene of deception
thoroughly, and he became her dupe. Am I there-
fore to say, it was a fraud in this man to say, in
ordinary language, " I know her to he a woman
of pi operty, and you may trust her," when, per..
hates, I might have been-duped myself by the Same
means, for I own, that under such circumstances,
I might have 'supposed such a woman to be• a
woman -of credit. We must remember all this
while, that the Defendant had no interest what-
ever in deceiving the Plaintig'. What is the
amount of the Evidence here ? think it no more
- than asserting his own firm belief, that this woman
was deserving of credit. If that be so, ,as I think
it is, I really cannot feel myself warranted in say-
that' this Verdict is right. I know it is matter
for t'he jury, to take the whole circumstances of the
case tog( ther ; but inasmuch as they might have'
. considered, that althoUgh this man -was `duped by
this woman, and that although he had not any in--
.temion to defraud the Plaintiff; still as he misled
:the Plaintiff he ought to repay the loss ; in which
case, in my apprehension, the Verdia would be

wrong. -- I think there ought to be. a - new
trial ; because, I hold it, that in order to support
•thiS'ACtion; ther#-must be convincing evidence of
-fraud. That the Defendant saying, that which he
believed,- in the charater of a mere ,dupe; is, in my
;,apprehension, not strffcient to support this Ataion.
And, indeed, with all due submission to those who
think otherwise, I do not see that there is evidence
enough, to support this Action ; and therefore,
unless others are of another opinion, 1 do think
that there.ought to be a new Trial. In this I beg
---1-to.say, that I do not meddle with
this Mtion will

to he unaer3tt,—,_

the Law by which it is hetamt..-
lie, fOr have taken the Law upon that
as laid down in the case of Paseley and Freeman,
and which, until it be altered, I shall consider to
be the Law. 1 cannot, at• present, concur in the
vcrdid that was given in this case, because I do not
see that the fads here stated," do amount to a sufH-
Cient !;,roof •of fraud, which decided to be the
foundation of the Adion in the case of Paseley and
Freeman: I could wish to set this question put
upon- the' Record, -so- that our opinion may be put in
the way of being considered by higher authority."
Mr.••justice LAWRENCE said, " that considering
the extent of the question, he could not help wish--
ing also, that it was put upon the Record, that it
might receive the determination of higher authority.
He wished_ it to be. put in •a way to receive the de-
cision of dernier resort ; at the same time he must
observe, that he had always considered the case of
Paseley Freeman to have decided Fraud to be the
foundation of such an action as this, and conse-
qiiently, that unless there was Fraud, no action would
lie. He took it froth the report of the case of Pose,
ley 'v. Freeman, to be the opinion of all the Judges, if
it went to the Jury, to consider whether the Party
giving the character, that is ofcourse, the Defendant,
had a fraudulent intention, and they found for the
Plaintiff, the Action was right ; but in this Case he
could not say there was evidence of that. It was
clear that the Defendant here was a dupe, and that
he really believed the woman to be trust-worthy.
He did not think that the Case of Pasely and Free-
man went the length of this Case. He observed
that great stress- was laid on the words of the De-
fendant, 'who had said, ." I know," so and so ; now
upon that he would observe, that common people
do not attend to the critical nicety of words.
A man in common conversation, and, perhaps, in
more than common conversation, might say,. " I
know there is no City larger than London," because
he believed there was no City larger than London,
or he might say, " I know there is a City larger
than London," because he had been told ;—either
the one or the other of these things, and he believed
yet by could. not properly
_say so, in the one
Case, as a matter of knowledge, unless he had seen
and measured the City of London, and some other
City that was larger ; or in the other, had measured
not only London, but also every other City in
the world : ,but, men. in these cases ordinarily
Substituted firm belief for knowledge. If this
man meant to represent, fairly and honestly, only
what he thought, it struck him, he said,- that
thisiadion could not be supported. ' In order
to suvport this Adion, -it should appear somehow
or. other, that the Defzudant bad
.acted with some
:It was -tot necessary that he should

'evil intention.

appear to be interested ; but ail evil, intent of some.
kind or other ought to ,appear. - However, the
Learned judge said, 'that although this was the
of his opinion at present, he thought the
case an important one, and he had doubts upon it ;
• and, after -,what, had taken place to-dziy, it would

nor become him to say other Wise."
Justice La BLANc said, "he concurred with
his. two .brothers, in wishing that this Case might be
brought more clearly before the COurt than it .was.
at present. The Learned judge proceeded to. give
his opinion' on the law at considerable length, as
laid down in the Case of Pasely and Freeman, recog-
nised in the Case of Eyre and Durnford, and in-
clina to the opinion of IVIr. Justice GitosE, and
Mr. Justice LAW itr.NcE, that there should be a
Fiaud in the Defendant before this sort of Aaion
could be maintained. By Fraud he meant an inten-
tion in the party giving the charaaer, to deceive
the party to whom it was given,, 'whether for lucre.
to himself, or advantage to another, was immaterial,
hut there must .be an intention• to deceive. The
Learned Judge di4 not see that there was 1%04. of

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3 per Cent; 1751,
011111 i II 111 21
Miner. 3 per Cent. ,
Ditto Aim.
hank for Account
India for Account
Consols for Ace.

LONDON MARKETS, 8:-c

CORN EXCHANGE, MONDAY, Nov. 13

We ,have had a very large supply of Corn at market this
day, and our buyers . being of opinion things, will be lower
shortly, caused our Wheat Market to,be very dull, and full
ss. per quarter cheiper than this day se'nnight.
Rye begins to be in demand.
Barley, of tine quality, owing to a great show of that article
at market,. is full p. per quarter lower.
Malt continues much the same. • •
.Oats are from is. to 2s. per quarter cheaper:
White Pease are nearly. as before; but Grey are full as. per
quarter cheaper.
Tick and-small Beans nearly as last: -
Flour ss. higher than last Monday.

RETURN PRIC
On board Sbi

E 01, GRAIN,

1), as under :

Eng. Wheat 48s 56s 6os 66s od
Fine - 725 4 7oS OC!,

Superfine old Malt a
Oats . - zts a z6s a 3zs od
Fine, oos a 36S od
Fine old =s a--S oci
Superfine - —s od
White Pease 455 a sos od
Fine - SZS a 54s o
Grey ditto 36s a4os a .131, od
Fine - os a ors 0
Small Beans New 36s it 4os

Superfine - S2S od
Foreign do'. 4ss a Os a 6-,s od
Fine .„ 7os a oos od
Superfine - Sos a—s od
Rye - nos a 33s od

Fine - - of a :365' od
Superfine - os a od
Barley • .. , 23$ a 350 a, 36s od
Fine - ' cs a 4Ds od
Superfine -75 s a oos ad
Malt -48 s a 56s a 6os od
Fine os a 635 od

a 42s a oos
Fine Oki - oos a 46s od
Ticks 3os a 36sa 38s od
Old - - - 44$ od

PRICE OF FLOUR.
Fine Flour - Oss to 7os od I Pollard - 223 to 24s
Second ditto 6os to 6.ss od Bran gs to xos od iOs Gd

RETURN OE WHEAT IN MARK-LANE,

By Messrs. Cnz Ln and M A 4PA Mez..l-Weighers, in-
cluding only _from the gth of Nov. to the Lith of
.Nov.
agreeably to Aa of Parliament.

42 Quarters a,t, 85s od
25
2a9 at 76s od
1513
97i at 74s I, of
6ot
8:3 , at 72S yd
ro9
54 -4 at 715 6(1
at 7:s ad
29 -__. At os od
130
6:8 at ~6Ss ot:
23 t at 6-s od
at 66s ad
104 ' 6.55.
Total, 12,479 Qilafier4
Bs. i d. hi-grief t

173 Quarters at 64 od
77 at 03s bd
633 at 60S od
at 5Ss :id
So 6s od
448 at .55s od
256 at 525. od
394 ---- at Sts od,
.545.-777:7---at ,48$ od
14g at 44S cd ,
519 "at 42.5 '
560 at 4as. od
46 at .39 od •
~•
364 r;Li
3,e, at- 474 .9(k,-.

s,...„lt;;.eratzi-t '6 is-.
tun

^ _

A R.FTURN OF FLOUR,
From Nov. 1. to Nov. t 3. from the Cocket-Office.
s. d. Sacks. s. d. Sacks. s. d.
43 at 65 8 to at 58 ito at 54
5 at 6; 732 at 58 6 32 at 53 6
so at 64 7 at 57 to 59 at 52 10
15 at 63 20 at 57 6 t at 52 ti
7 at 61 5 450 at 57 47 2t 52
Bat 6t i 21. at 56 5 7 at 51 ;
ICo at 60. 6 1 152 at 56 48 at 56
24326 at 6o so at 55 8 —3- at 4; 8.
7 at 59 3 371 at 55 • 7 at 45
62z• at 54 70 at 54 3
Total-27 3 5 Sacks.----Average, 591. sicl„
el. sd. higher than last Return.

AVERAGE PRICE OF ENGLAND AND WALES,
Ending-Ndv.:lB. •
Wheat 695. 4d. I Balky- 435. 7d. I Beans 445. 3d.
Rye 445. 4d. Oats 245. 6d. Pease 446.

SEEDS.

Red Clover, (per cw•t,) -
White Clover, ditto
Trefoil, ditto . AD -
Turnip, (per bushel) - . -
Rye Grass, (per quarter) - -
Cinque Toil, ditto -
White Mustard Seed, (per buShel)
Brown _ ditto, ditto

20S. to 84S .
20S. tO IoSS.
4S. tO SoS.
12S. to 18s.
16s. to 28s.
os. to (Is.
10S. tO 145.
loS. LO 145. 64.
Bs. to tos.
401. to 421.

.Canary Seed,
Rape Seed, (per last)

ditto

SMITHFIELD MARKET, N0v.23.
To sink the Offal—pet stone of 81b.
Beef, 4s. 6d. to ss. 4d. I Veal, ss. od. to 6s. 6d.
Mutton, ss. od. to 6s. 4d. Pork, 6s. od. to 75. od.
• HEAD OF CATTLF. THIS DAY.
. Beasts about 2000—Sheep and Lambs 7000.

NEWGATE and LEADENtIALL MARKET, Nov. 23.
Beef, 3s. Bd. to 4s. 6d. Veal, 4s. 4d: to 6S. od.
Mutton, 4s. 4d. to S. 6d. I Pork, 6s. od. to 7s. cd.

PRICE OF LEATHER (per Ib.)AT LEADENIIALL.
Butts, so to 561,13. - - -16 d. to 18d.
Ditto, 6o to 661 b. - - -19 d. to 22(1.
Merchants' Backs - - - —d. to —d.

4.A.,4".“....4..... ................. .
Dressing Hides - .. - - x4d. to 16d.
Fine Coach Hides - - - t6d. to i7d.
Crop Hides for cutting - - - 171.
.to tgd.
Flat Ordinary - - - - -14 d. to 164.
Calf Skins, 30 to 401 b. per Dozen -21 d. to 23d.
Ditto, so to 70lb. —23 d. to 28d.
Ditto, 70 to• 8015. - -23 d. to 26d.
Small Seals (Greenland) 28s. to 30s. i per Dozen.
Large ditto, - loos. to 130.4.
Tattled horse Hides, 15s. to 305, per Hide. • -
Goat Skins - - os. to —s. per. Dozen.

RAW HIDES.
Best Heifers and Steers (p. st.) Ordinary, 2s. 2d. to 2s. 6d.
• ..3s. 4d. to 3s. 6d. Market Call, 9s. each.
Middling, 2s. Sd. to 25. lA. EnglishHarie, r2s..to rcs. ea

SKINS.
Sheep, 3s. 6th to 6s. 6cl.

PRICE OF 1
St. farnes's Market 3s. roil.
Ilre Market 4s. orl.
Whitechapel Market 3s. tod.
per stone ofBlb. -

ALLOW.
Town Tallow 665. od.
Russi:tdo.(Candles)s9s.6os.
Russia do. (Soap) 565:
Melting Stuirizs% os.
Ditto rough 345. ,
Graves 'igs. od.
Gcod DregS
:led, 76s.—CU'rd,
ts. od.—Moulds, 123. od.

ts. 8(.1.
Average price 3s.

Yellow Soap, 6.85.—M0
Nice of Candles per dozen, x

St. JAMES's HAY MARKET, Nov. 2f.
31. os. od. to 51. os. od.—Aver. 41. os. od.
4traw, 11. ss. 6d. to 11. 16s. od.—Aver. 11. los. gd.

IVHITECHAPET. MARKET„ Nov. 21.
hay, 31. tos. od. to p. os. od.—Aver. 41. 55. od.
Clover, 51. tos. od. to 61. Los.. od.---Aver. 61. os. od.
Straw, 11. Bs.‘ od. to 11. 155. ti. Its. 6d.

.1

r..,

ir;•,•n, NOV.

Sailer—the Latnna, Sr: 1;d), fer Africa; R
rntsr,fOr Jamaica; P I;ilier, for Grei::nia ;
for Venice; Rochdale, —, Dublin; Sallv,
Rot:belle Mary, 'Arc:ll2ll, for Dwrrnica ; fitirsev
Dernerar,;-;.•Augusta, Wood, for Anr,,2.0,. illiitsistlut,t'g;
Nelly, Pixley, and Duke of Clarence, Peal, for St. Klnf

THE TIDE of FASHION involves in its Or,
tet every ProduCtion of A rt. or Science, and occasional'
obstructs improvement by the dread of iiruhritert censure
SYDI•:NIIANI, POrf,- CidESEL DEN, HARVEY, ar,
'others, Whose Lives wer....
;vvoted to their Profession, cr!'
• tidied Mankind by' the impr,ernertt of their Art, and .
fie their Country by the liril4crsal r!: of their fame. Yeti
Was not without e'xciting much. prejndice, that the adtl2l
Cautery was exproded,oc th.: theory of-the Blood's Circula'
tion adopted.
Inselectin VEN E R.EAL: COMPLAINTS, -DEBILI:
TY and tIARRENNESS ti,r my peculiar province, I nav*
certainly acquireittnore ability to L'en them, than if I ll°
not made s.o useful:a selection..l'her uccess 1: have met W
stimula‘zs me to still greater,exerii2ri. , ,
Almost any Medial Man inaS. aoparerill y cure- a VEICE;
REAL COAI P LAI NT,' b4t;to re.rnoVe' utrcerrai ray from trw
. treatment, to cure. Cases:where others have failed,- and in ft:.
cent ,Compinints to prevent—PAlN; DANGER or
TRESS, is-the acqiiirenient of EIGHT YEARS EXCL,,
SI V.,E EXPERIENCE: •Where the-Practice of a Seett4
Solitary Vice ihis undermined the Stamina of tile; Constittv
tion, it the confidence placed in me is sufficiently explanato'
ry, I assert, 'that every, case of suth Debiiity-is curatei
And the.fitst ramilies•iirthis7Country;have experknced, that
those Disorders which prevent Conception, may be remo%
by Medical Treatment, and thc4lappiness of)joiliestic Ll•
increased by the acquisition of .0 trs'p ring, even after a Sterail
of ten or fourteen years:,:, • ~„ :
Ott the basis ot these pretensions, I give -this, intimali°ll'
that with the censtanfo,liSep/jll.Ce or SE CRESY, Mr. B--4
May be consuitedße'rsounlly, or by- Letter, with the 115'61i
inclosure, at Ms House, 29, Arundel-street 4 Stran"
near Temple Bar. . . .
Th,:re is an addilitional Entrance in Watet:Street adj,
ing, and the Name is on both, the Doors. •
NI. B. Member of the Royal College a SUrgeont of LondO'

Dl.X's LOUT and RHEUNIA•i'LC TINCTURES..
THE GOU'r and RHEUMATISM are the most
painful'and ddhilitating complaints mankind are sub'
jest to. The Gout is sup posed incurable, as all ether (1,51
orders were said. to be (phi' we know- not how to cure)
until radical and safe remedies vere discovered to cure tlvoL,',
It has been thought dang,ero-Js to cure or prevent the- raw' ,
of the Gout. But if -the cause is removed ~,411 danger rausa
be done away, which this• Tincture (taken as directed, 0.,
regimen followed.as prescribed) will completely etted,
proved, by many respettable cnaracters in London and els'',
where, who have long, and still do experience; the hat pies
effeds of, whose - letters, verifying the facts, Mr. Dix h'
with their authority to publish, and to refer Ladies and
tlemen to the writers, who will answer any particulars to
person. .
. Personal references 'must surely be more convincing 24
satisfactory than the publication of letters,' which, - by.solnet
• may be suspected as fabricated for the sole purpose of re;
commending the Medicines. Therefore he prefers refer
the At-Hie-fed to original letters iniiis possession, and to
Patients•theniselves,• who are ra' respettable to be suspec_L
-pt-•.,4uplicity. Those who see them di perfe&t health, 27e
efloying the free use of their limbs, must he convinced of
pOwerftti and salutary efficacy these Medicines. F,4;
iartstubborn things, and will conquer every prejudice. •''.ed.
C. Has been said, to be-, a salutary . disease, and suriP,'„it
"-(by those who know not the cause, nor how to cure or prc%
• ill.--to keep off all other complaints-; the Writer begs
-vvith due deference, to ..dither irons such as are Of this og
since •this assertion has 'never been proved. 11
the c.onfeary is, the fad, is daily proved. How. 111, s4'',
'
Gouty airtit:l .clo We not. see and hear of suffering onaer -
.coMplication of. ciiSodrees ; such as Rheumatism, Scurlit
lions ..and .Nervous Atteetions; Iliccups, Sufi-64260i
4,//rn;,illead-ach, Pains in the Stomach and' Bovvel.;
Ali veil 1.1,01 the sathe cause as the Gout. All which
remove and prevent, if takes
these
as directed, argens will d
re fillall
)lbt,.,Yeed as p.rescribed,
ill from the this
tient neert teat any subsequent
- constitution
-Medicine, which cannot injure thernosi
it .taken direeted. may not be. improper to dal"' str.v7
•••
and no Va',
'is no Mcrcury in these.;sdedicines, knowing that
.some
pared' with that Pernicious drug, acre recommended for tn,
Gout; Mercury •to a Gouty Patient, is as deadly.Pais,, ,
°nl
sure to injure.. These Medicines ' will keep any both
time in any climate. •
Mr.
td
• Dix may be consulted every Monday, WedHesclaY, 4r
Friday, from ten to three o'clock,: at his house, No. z;, Up
Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, where, and at 11. Waco:"
No'.' 324, Holborn, these Tinctures may be had with di('
6d-
.
The Gout Tinaure, 'in Bottles at 1;1. as. and al. Its.

Stamps included. tklicumatic is. and 21
ditto. '

Letters (post paid) will be duly answered.

To THOMAS TAYLOR, Esc.

No. 9, New Bridge-Street, London.
Honoured Sir, -Edinburgh; March 18,
you; that tg.i•he
I BEG leave re, inform
ev ex sin
year 1790, I have been atflided with the Lues
rea; which, from its obstinately. resisting every courseja
Medicine prescribed by the most eminent of the Faou"
here, and undergoing several severe courses of salivati/
and twice discharged from the Hospital, with little
would appear to he of the most inveterate nature. In t,5
spring of last year my disorder had got to such a head--:d
nearly to put a period to my existence--I had a large til
on the-crown of my head, one •on each arm, and MY '`j,
were broke out in a frightful manner ; my right was &elle
fully painful, and had been in a state of ulceration for tiff
last seven years- my left had also .twa large nodes 00.0.
was very much discoloured, anti gave me such excruudie
ing pain, particularly 'when warm in bed, as nearly te'o,
prive me of rest ; ii this- lamentable state, I was recut,s
mended by Mr. J. Thompson, ( who received so gr,.rl:s,
cure by them here), to take your Leake's Patent jol
whiCh I began to do on the, 26th of May ; in the o.7re
of a_ fortnight, I began to receive benefit—in little i'l
than a month, 'the ulcers on my bud and arms ned
Soundly healed—soon after; the sores- on my legs helot
also; leaving, however, consitierthle discolouration hlice.
skin, and pain in the bone of the' lett, which, by the -?',„?
sing_of GO, and a little longer perseverance in your Obit
luable Medicine, subsided ;' the nodes dispersing, the s,;iff
regaining its natural hue, and the nocturnal pains gradqie
going off. • I thus became, by your liberal advice and
divine, perfectly free -from all my fOrmer complai.,„°
by
have recovered my former' spirits and strength, and am
aril
• come jolly and fat, in which state havingcontinuedat
months to the astonishment of all who knew me, .l' a
io
.otto
a loss in what terms to express my gratitude, but beg )04
for the good -of other suffering mortals, to make this,,so
case as public as -possible, as I shall' on every oceatfolfl
in so doing; you will greatly oblige, Sir, your gratlit::
obeckient, very -humble servant, ALEX. MURK
Swan's Close, High-street, Edinburgh.
Witnesses to the above Cure:
TouN. TROMP SON' 3, New Poultry; Market; aDO
ow; M`ls-Frosti, Old Assembly-Close, Edinburgh. •
Prepared and Sold by the sole Proprietor, SO'
THOMAS TA v Lott, Member of the Royal College of ,00
gems, at his House, NO. 9, 'New Bridge-street, Land
where, after a constant residence of more than thirtY_
,of
years, in a practice particularly directed to the eurctipt
Venereal Compiiiints and those incidental to the Par
, Generation, with that inviolable secrecy which Me" I
his profession should- always -observe in such cases,. slll
T flatters himself, the advice and assistance he gratuit!Tbe
administers to persons 'taking this Medicine, w.ll
esteemed, by a discerning Public, as an advantage
OM attainable and void of ail ambiguity.
Aldo sold, by his appointment, for the convertieucest,
those living-at a distance, 'at the Perfumer's, No. 55,0%,
Alban's-street, Pall-Mall -; the Toyshop, No. 103,
ford-street; Mr. Disborough's, Na. 7, Fish-street-her,
Mr. Steel's, Bookseller,' No. r, Union-row, Little Temac
hitt ; Mr. Baxter's, South-bridge, . Edinburgh; Mr- or'
donald, Glasgow,; Mr Cal lwell's, Dublin; and by tr.'
person in every considerable town in Great-Rritain an all
land, in Boxes of only -2s. 9d: each, sealed up with red
\ and plain directions, whereby persons of either sc%
cure themselves with ease, speed, secrecy, and safety.
N. I). Every Box sbld in Great Britain is sealed uP
a Stamp, on .which, by favour of the Commissionese:
printed, at the Stamp-Oilice-4, T. Taylor, Nb•
Bridge-street,"—to imitate which is Pawl)", and al '
a-re Counterfeits. _