The Sun.
London, England, 1806-05-30 00:00:00

GRAND ,BRETYHOUSE, DINNER.

The two Entertainments given last year by Alder-
.
man' COM BE, at his :BrewhouSe; the, one to the
PRINCE of WALEs„ aid the other to the DUKE and
'DuTcnEss of YORK, gave great satisfaction to their
.Royal -lighnesses. 'With excellent and- snbstantial
fare,.they comoined the attraction that •to he
derised from variety and contrast with the, reine-
ment of 'high life, and were rendered furtherinterest-
ing by the revival of the custom of English Hospitality
in those good old times when the eminent Porter
Brewers were used to entertain their Sovereign upon the
Thtohe in their Brewhouses when Sir John Bar-
leycorn's. pure, and generous spirit presided at the
festive board of. Princes, and afforded a 'richer be-
verage
,than the finest wines of France or Portugal-.
The worthy Alderman, encouraged by the success
of his Entertainments of last year, invited Isis -Royal
Highness the PRINCE of WALES to partake of a
similar feast this season--to which his Royal
Highness readily assented: Yesterday was the day
appointed tor the purpose ;- and a numerous party
of- the PRINCE'S friends were invited to meet his
Royal Highness., The Entertainment took place •
in Aldei-dian Co MBE'S BreWhouse, commonly called -
Gy FIORD'S
,Brew house, in Castle-street, Long-
Acre. About half past 'four o'clock the Alder-
man, accompanied by his son, Mr. HARVEY
COMBE, and- Mr. SIIUM; attended at the -Brew-
house to receive the coMpany. . Sir Gt4BEir
HEATH COTE was the first. His Royal- High-
ness the PRINCE. of WALES arrived a few mi-
nutes after. He was received by the Alderman,
Mr. H. COMBS, and Mr. Strum, who concluded
his Royal Highness into the'Brewhonse.—The work-
men being at the time in full adivity brewing por-
ter, and mashing malt, his Royal • Highness mi-
nutely inspeded the operations, with which he was
extremely 'entertained, and made several inquiries:
into the process and the manufadure. In a short
time he was joined by the following distinguished
Personages :—The Duke of NORFOLK, the LORD
CHANCELLOR, the Earl of LAUDERDALE, Viscount
HOWICK, Lord ROBERT SPENCER, Lord
TOWNSREND, Mr.TIERNEY, &c: and a few minutes
before six o'clock the Company sat down to dinner.
The table wash) the figure of a triangle, and was
laid close to the place where the workmen were
mashing the malt. Hop-sacks constituted the ta-
ble-cloth, 'and before each guest was laid a wooden
trencher, with. common knives and forks. Five
fine rumps of beef were provided, and a butcher
Was employed to cut the steaks from the
steaks were
then taken by the stoker, the man whose employ-
pent it is to attend -the fire in the Brewery, and
who perfOrined the fundions of cook upon the oc-
casion:- The iron fire-shovel being made bright and
clean,, was 'placed upon the brewhouse fire, and thg
stoker laid the steaks upon it. He turned them with
a small piece Of iron in the shape of a horse-shoe, and
When they were sufficiently broiled they were taken
off,and put upon a wooden shovel about a' foot and
a half square, which is 'used in turning or removing
of the malt, and in that 'state carried to the tatiple.--
His Royal Highness the PRINCE Of WALE.S waA the
first helped, and was waited opun by r worthy
host, who cut the centre piece out of one of the
steaks, and placing it upon a • trencher, the Alder
man's,Gentleman laid ,it before His Royal High-
ness. The clerks and other -persons employed in
the brewhouse, dressed in white aprons, waited upon
the rest of the Company, whom they helped in the
same manner, as no livery-servants were admitted.
The table was also furnished with abundance of
lettuces, sliced cucumbers, and a variety of pickles,
in wooden 'bowls. " Porter, served in pewter pots.,
was the only beverage. His Royal Highness was in
high spirits, and declared he never was more pleased
with a dinner.

The Dinner being over, at about seven
.o'clock the.
worthy Alderman retired unnoticed, and basing
mounted his horse, rode off at full speed to his-house
in. Riassel-street, BlOomsbury, to be in readiness to
receive the PRINCE and the rest of the company
upon their arrival there, to close the entertainment
of the day. Just as they were about to leave the
Bre‘Vhouse, Mr. SHERIDAN arrived in his carriage,
and afforded them a hearty laugh at his disappoint-
ment.—UpOn their arrival a; Aussel-street, they sat
down to a most sumptuous second course.
table exhibited many lmoutiful decorations, includ-
ing two curious. vases, ornamented with festoons ct
roses and other flowers, .and a beautiful piateuu in
the middle with a groupe of Chinese figures. The
viands consisted of Guinea fowls, Turkey pouts,
green geese, ducklings, peas, and French beans. The
dessert consisted of tt e most delicious fruits, grapes,
strawberries, &c. and Burgundy, Champagne, claret,
Hock, and Port, of the finest growth auu flavour,
sparkled upon the festive board.:--His Royal High-
ness withdrew-between nine and ten, and went to
visit Lord GRENVII:LE. His Royal Highness the
Duke of CLARENCE. was invited, but was absent:
from indisposition. Mr. Fox and General FITZ.*
PATRICK were prevented from attending by official
engagements.

Return of the number cif Et-fee: live Men in thei
BritishArmv, from the Ist of January, 1775, t 9
the Ist of January, 1783, distinguishing each year :
as far as can be made up from the documents in the
War-Office, 22d of May, iso6
. _

-
,
t Cavalry. I' t; Guards. Infantry.' Total.
Ist 'an. 1775 3598 r 3088 ' 26,204 33,190
........"..
1776 4,e0 3Q50 • 26,767 13,391
1777 5450 290 t odot 43,242
1778 5244 '3034 45.024 .0.302
----":" 1779 6155 4213 70,713 - $1.0.4,
/780 , 7132 4575 76,327 ;8034
1781 '7089 4593 79,185 ,90,867,
178 z 68.6 ' 4576 77.915 "$9,336'
--.. 1783 7463 4081 * . 78,831 90,395
Return of the Number of Effective Men in the
British Army,rfrorn the ist of January, 1792 i, to the
• Ist of January, 180 r ; distinguishing each.:year, as
far as the same can be made. up from, Docu4-nents ill
the Adjutant-General's Office, 17111, of ALiy, 1806 :.
Cavalry. Ft. Guards. Intantry .. Total:
ISt lan. 1793 4681 2885 31,371 - 38,94;
• 1794 • 44,527 ,61o; 64,467 ' '35,057
. 1795 23d5t0 6k31 - 94.371) 124,262
- 1794 10,399 5390 -86,701 e 111,996
1797 21,60 t 5450 77.76 i 104,862
-- -
- 1798 23,236 ' c 797 73.510 t 02,561
17,9 26,14 8307 80,8 !.o . 1 ts,z3t
- 1800 ' . 29.581 7927 103,283 • 140,794
1801 - 23,478 1,734 117,953 149,86
. -
The numbers on the Ist of Janu?xy, 1794 and
1795, include the Foreign Corps in. I4ritish Service,
which 'were serving .on the- Continnt timid His
Royal Highness the DUFE of YORK, amounting to
upwards of 2t),000 men; at both perAocls,

ZaW RPORT.

COURT OF KlNG's BENCU, MAv 29

FOSTER V. RICHAI!DS:,
The parties: in this-eause are both linen-drapers
in Oxford-road.

Sir IriAPY GOBS said ?bat the Defendant was
call upon to answer for a new species of deceit.—
H -liven shopinati. to. the Plaintiff, and after-
eit
wards Set up business for himself., The Plaintiff had
been in partnership with a Mr. Brown; and the trade
of his shop was carried on under the firm of. Foster
and Brown until 1803. -.ln January of that Year Mr..
13.roWn quitted the concern, and received a large con-
sideration for resigning his interest in favour of the
Plaintiff. These tradesmen bad. availed themselVes
of a popular sign, and had put up a 8a1100n,.12 or 14
feet high, in front of the house, and two other de-
signs of the same kind in the windows. 'When Mr.
Brown retired the names of Foster and Brown still
continued on a conspicuous part of the premises.—
Thus was the house in which this business Was con.-
dueted distinguished in a manner so remarkable that
it might be expe&ed it could not be mistaken, or, in
other words, that the reputation acquired by Mess.
Foster and Brown, for the justice, honour,' and Jibe-
kality with which they treated their customers, could
hot be transferred to any other person. Whatever
might be the rational expectations of the Plaintiff,
they were in this particular most grievously disap7
pointed. The Defendant having been employed in
the house, knew -perfeElly the mode of their con-
du&ing business, but did not preserve the integrity
to which his masters had constantly adhered. - His
first plan of
,deception was, . to render the house in
which he had established business, in the same street,
as strong a resemblance to that of the Plaintiff as pos-
sible. The most obvious•distinaion was the Balloon,
which he imitated as closely, both in size' and ap-
pearance, as the front or facade of hiS house admit-
ted. He also introduced the same sign on his win-
dows. But this was not all : he placed the names
of Foster and , Brown in large charaaers over his
door. Messrs. Foster and Brown had a door in the
middle of the house, and a - window on each side.
The house of the Defendant, unluckily, bad only one
door at the extremity, and a large window ranging
over the rest of the front. This dissimilarity, how-
ever, he soon removed, and, with the assistance •of
hi:; mechanics,, the door was soon placed in the
centre, in conformity with the building occupied by
the Plaintiff. He did not, like Abel Drugger, go
td a Conjuror, to ask for a lucky Sign, for he knew
better than the magician could inform him, that the
lucky sign was the Balloon. When he sent for the
Painter toonake his sign resemble that of the Plain-
tiff, the Artist saki, " You have overlooked the cir-
cumstance of not having the same space to dispose
of." This difficulty, however, the Defendant re-
moved, as far as the nature of his situation admitted.
.It was true, that although Foster and-Brown was in
the centre over the door, yet, that on one side was
" Richards," and on the other,"." and Company;"
and in small diagonal German chap6ters, scarcely
perceptible, : was the word " from ;" so that the
whole stood, " Richards from Foster and Brown,
and Company ;" yet, from the artifice employed,
Foster. and Blown were the only ostensible names.
The Learned Counsel Said, that he should not only
prove,, that, by the means of this palpable fraud,
several individuals were carried to the house of the
Defendant, who intended to 'be customers to the
Plaintiff,but that he should shew, that the Defendant
himself .waslnstrumental in farthering the decep-
tion,and in one 'particular case lie was asked if there
were any other Fosters in the same street, to which
be replied, that there were not. That the Plaintiff
had sustained. a certain lOss- would be distin6tly
shewn in evidence,: what the whole extent of the
loss WAs, could not be precisely determined : but
the Jury would assign their damages according to the
best judgment-they could form 'from the circum-
stances which would be disclosed before them.
Mr. John Brown being called, said, that he began
business with Mr. roster in 1797; that he continued
in partnership with him until 1803 ; and that on his
withdrawing, for the 'good-will of the concern, he
received about a thousand or fifteen hundred pounds.
Mrs. Mary'Brain said, that she had,been recoin-
mended to the Plaintiff's shop, in Oxford-street, by
a friend of her's, Mrs. Davis ,; that seeing the' Bal7
loon, and the names of Foster and Brown; 'she be-
lieved it to be the shop of the person who had been
named to her. On entering, she asked for some.
Russia sheeting, and thinking the price demanded
. rather high, she inquired for the master, Mr. Foster,
when she ,was• informed that he had just Stepped
,Q at, that he Vad gone into the City, and the shop-
. man ,(Ed not at all•know when he would return.
Lord ELLENBOROUGII.—‘"DO you mean to con-
tend., that the shopman had a general lying commis-
sion; for so far you roust proceed, before you can
iix it upon- the Defendant in this way."
Sir, VICARY GIBBS—" I mean to contend that,
my Lord: Where 'I prove the intention in the De-
fendant to identify his own shop with that of the
Plaintiff,..it will be a question for the Jury,' if the re-
presentation of the s4opman did not originate with
-him" .

of the name of Chalmers, who had painted the Plain-
tiff's sign, and had also been applied to to paint
the Defendant's in a similar way.
Mr. PARKE, for the Defendant said, that unless his
Learned Friend had lost his sight, between the Court
and Southampton-street, he would find 40 0r..50-

houses of trade on which it was represented in
what house the tradesmanniad acquired his know-
ledge of the business ; and to put the prepositiOn
from, adding the name of the persons from whorri
the occupant's knowledge,had. been. acquired, in-
stead of being derogatory and injurious, was con-
sidered rather as a mark of • respeet and honour
to Such persons. In order to support . the argu-
ment of his Learned Friend, Foster and. Brown
must only be read, and not Richards and Com-
pany from Foster:and Brown. By excluding the
context, his Learned Friend might impose any con-
stru&ion he pleased ; even on the volume of Sacred
Writ. -

The . witness: next inquired after some of Mrs.
Davis's friends, to which the shoprnan evasively ail-
swered, that Mr. Davis bad called upon Mr. Foster.
She 'then asked after the daughters of Mr. Davis, to
which the shopman replied, that he hoped they were
well. She then inquired if he' remembered sending
some shawls to Mrs. Davis, 'to which the shopman
answered, that he did not exaaly recollect : but on
the witness sheaving him some shawls on the coun-
ter that resembled them, hereplied, that he that mo- •
ment recolleaed. them ; they were red shawls, at
the price or from three -to four guineas. After' iat,
the witness asked for the shop bill, with.the state-
' ment of the amount of her purchases, on -which the
shopman obs4ved, that there would not be room to
write the bill of parcels on the printed form (on
which the name of, Richards appeared), and that
therefore if the lady would excuse it, he would make
out the account on a blink piece of paper.; to which
she answered, that, having found her, way, the names
and number of the shop would be of no conse-
quence. On her cross-examinztion she said, that
while she was conversing with the shopman, the
Defendant was passing ,backwards and forwards
among his customers, but she would not Swear that
he heard what passed. .
Ikrd ELLENBOROUGH—", Mere may be mush
here which is not e' idence. It tunst be all lino state.
It mm fight have keen evidence,lf she could have said,
411\

, .
that the ctinversation NV3B So loud that the _master as 'Was' further Ltilaint'ained by the bircaor.i; Ili ,q no
Could not.avoid hearing it." ' ~ . Agent, • Faaor, or CommisSlotier, could bind n .il otti•
Anne Stovin saki,- that she lived in the service of , stituent beyond the limits of the mandate or cooluns-
Miss Dixon, in Portland-place; that she went' o Mr.., sion under which lie aced : and
themandate in
Biehards' shop, mismking it for that of Messr.. Fos- the case of money lodged, in that manner Was con-
ter -andl3rown ; that she bought goods there for her lined to promissory Hates, the Bank could .not be
mistress; and was surprised not to see the same shop- botind.by documents in the form of receipts... In an-
man;to whom she had given 501. before; in her mis- swer'to this and other arguments, it was stated ofi the
tress's drawing-room. C..t was, in facl, the shop-nail part of the claimants, tliat as had eSta-
orit the Plaintiff.). The witness inquired for this per- blished a bratith at Brechiti, they in faEt transferred the
son; and was told by the Defendant himself, that he Bank of Scotland to that place ; and, of course, were
was not at home. responsible for every a& and deed of their Agents
' Afterwards Mrs. Home, who hadbeen deceived which related to a banking trans:fa-lion.. Npr were
in the same manner, was called ; and then a man the persons who had dealings .Of this nature with

these Agents, bound to inquire Whether, they were
authorised to take in deposit money, on promissory
notes or receipts, that being a mere matter of form
altogether unconneaed with the substance of
the transa6tion. Besides, it was dated for' the
claimants, that the Dire6ors
.themselves had de-

parted from their regulations in this respe&, as it
was :no uncommon, prat ice at their branches to
grant receipts for deposited Money. As to the argu-
ments-of the Bank respeding the powers of tnanda-
tories. or commissioners; it was maintained on the
part of the. claimants, that, though a man was
bound, when he transacted with ordinary mandato
ries, to look'at and understand the extent of their
powers,_yet, that where a Bank established itself in
a place,. opened 'an office there, • and nominated
Agents for the general management of the business,
the powers of these Agents were to, be presumed in
all matters connected with banking; and, conse-

quently, that in a case like the preseht, th© improper

ads and deeds of the Agents must affed the -Bank,

and not the public, whj had ,confided in the Agents
by the invitation of the Dire&Ors. As to the placard,
it was stated by the claimants that they never had
seen it ; and, at any rate, that when a person enters
a public banking-office to transa(t business, he is not
bound to read placards and regulations, as he is en-

titled to consider the official:person, with whom he
deals to be. in possession of every necessary authority
.for renderitig the transa&ion legal..,
When this cause came. first- before. the Court for
judgment, it was decided in favour of the Bank by
a narrow majority of one vote.; but their Lordships,
on revising elaborate and ingenious papers on both
sides, altered their former interlocutor, and, by a

large majority,- found the. Bank liable for.thesums
claimed, besides the, costs of suiL

SPORTING INTEL LICENCE.

MADDING TON RAC ILS,(Stockhridge Course.)
WEDN a.:,DAY, MAY 28.,
The Maddington Stakes of 2-Sg:t, each. Fourteen Subscribers.
Lord C. Somerset's Bagatelle,--5 yrs old, List. 21b. • '
Mr. Germain's Capias, 4 yrs old, lost: 21b. - ' 2
Sir H. Lippincott's Niirror, 5 'yrS old, list: 31b. - .3
Mr. Eit,m's Piper, by Pipatnr, fict. - - - 4
Mr. Biggs's Margaretta, 4 yrs old, 9.t. tolb. • 5
Colonel kingicote's Dudley, 4 yrs old, 9st. Izlb. 6
. Bagatelle the favourite.
Sweepstakes of logs. each, .with jogs. added by the-Club.
•
Seven Subscribers.
Lord Sackville's Witchcraft, 5. yrs old -
Colonel Kingscoje's La Mancha, 5 yrs old - - 2
MY. Elton named Optician, 5 yrs old - - 3
Mr. Byridloi's Enchantress, 6 yrs old - - 4
'Witchcraft the faiourite.
Sweepstakes of logs. with fogs. added by the Club.
Lord 6. Somerset's Mirmillo, by Mr. Teazle, 4 yrs
old - - - - - ; - 2 t
Mr. Herbert's Tancred, by Buzzard, 4 yrs old - 1 3dr
Lord. Brooke's bl. g.. Mungo Bark, by Traveller,
5 yrs old - - , - 3 2dr

Mirrnillo the favourite. Tancred broke down.

The PRINCE of WALES gives a 501. Plate &Tall
ages, to be run for at Ascot on the second day, for
the first time. It is expe&ed that there will be very
good sport.
At the next-Newmarket 06tober Meeting Sir J.
SHELLEY'S horse Merryman is matched against Mr.
PANTON'S Tim,. for 300 guineas ; 'and Lord DAR-
LINGTON'S Pavil/ion against Mr. MELLISH'S' Stave-
ley,- for 500 guineas.
The Races at Plaistow, on Monday last, were con-
duaed with great harmony and good order. They
began at 3 o'clock, and consisted of donkey racing;
men running in sacks, women for shifts, men wheel-
ing barrows blind-folded;=&c. &c.
BOXlNG.—Monday se'nnight will be another day
of amusement to the amateurs of boxing. The
stakes were yesterday made good for the two foil Ow-;
ing matches on that day, viz. Maddox and body,
veterans of the fist, Young Ward, son 'of the noted
bruiser of the Old School, and Quirk, a boot-closer.
The bettings in each match are generally leVel. The
former. match is for forty guineas, and the latter for
one hundred.

Sunday afternoon the b'ody of a young infant,
wrapt up in a black handkerchief aroOng some lime,
was found in the Meadows, near the Archers Butts,
Edinburgh.

CORN EXCHANGE, MAY 30.--Wheat is here in
tolerable quantities, chiefly o remaining. samples ;
the few fine fully keep up their price, other quali-
ties. are exceeding. 'dull of sale; .and rather lower ;•
Barley,, with Malt, have feW• buyers ; Pease and
teans nearly at last prices there are considerable
supplies of Oats here, partly of the Prussian cargoes
that. were detained, and are now brought in better
condition, though few samples of best
.quality :
cepting those, this trade is somewhat cheaper;' and
Flour.without alteration. .

Wheat . 62s a 74s a 84s od Beans - • 40-5 a .46s ~od
Fine ditto -86 s a 9 ,s or; Tick Beaus 30s a ass od
Rye . 4os 'a 445-ed' Oats , 215 a 25s a 28a ad
Barley - 3os a 34s ed Poland ditto • 3os-a 315.6 d
Malt - - • 64$ a 7os cd • R ape Seed —1
White-Pease , 42$ a 48s od Fins Flour 7os a 7s's Ott
Grey ditto 35s a 39$ od Seconds - 6ss a 70$ od