The Sun.
London, England, 1830-07-15 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Jun' 14.
STEriiiiNs v. WILKINSON AND ANOTHER,

This was an action against Messrs. Daniel nod
Archibald Wilkinson, on their acceptance for 7411
35., dated the 30th of October, 1820, payable twe
months after date to the plaintiff, Henry Powell
Stephens. The defendant's hand-writing having
been proved, two points were raised for the de-
fence—lst, that there had been no valid considera-
tion for the bill; and 2d, that the consideration had
failed since the acceptance was given.
The jury returned a verdict for the defendant.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JULY 14.

Mr. Justice OASELET; sat to-clay in the absence of
he Chief justice, who was summoned to attend
he Privy Council.

1.01)Elt V. ROWBOTTOAG

This was an action brought by a person named
Loder, against the proprietor of the notorious
Finish," to recover 36/. 165., being the amount
lof wages due by the defendant for work and labour
Clone by the plaintiff's wife.
Mr. *deem Wit= stated the ease. The ac-
tion was brought to recover a balance of wages due
by Rowbottom to the wife of the plaintiff, who had
lived at the Finish as bar-maid, prior to her mar-
riage. Mr. Rowbottom, it appeared, was a man or
taste, and moreover the proprietor of the Finish, a
house long celebrated in the annals of Covent-
garden, end which not only afforded accommoda-
tion to ladies and gentlemen of gay habits, but also,:
lie believed, for persons whose business called theni,
at an early hour of the morning to the market of
Covent-garden. In this respect the house was cer-'
minty useful, and it MS of course requisite that a'
steady attentive person should be placed in the bar.,
For this purpose Rowbottom, it appeared, applied
in the first instance to the sister of Jane Loder,
whose hush and bad brought the present action, :and
she was accordingly engaged as bar-maid at the
yearly 'wages of 201. She was fortunate enough,
however, to get married, and left her situation,
when the defendant agreed to take her sister Jane
upon the same terms. There certainly was no pron.
rrf any contract entered into between the parties
with respect to the wages she was to receive; but
she entered the situation upon the implied under-
standing that she was to receive the same retnunera-
tion,
as her sister,--namely, 20/. a-year. The de-'
tendant had, from time to time, paid her varime,,
sutras, amounting in the whole to 281., and she now
chtimeti a baknce of 361. 16s.

Mr. Serjeant SPANKIE, for the defendant, oh-
,served that although his client had been charged
with a disittelination to pay his debts, except "ac-
cording to law," no proof whatever had been offered
to show that he was a litigious person, unless his.,
defence to the present action could be so construed.,
As to the " Finish," it appeared that it was an
called, not because, as some people supposed, is
wound up the pleasures of the night, but because,
Recording to his Learned Brother's opening, it began
the business of the day by affording refreshments to
the persons ho frequented Covent-garden-market.
"I shall not tell you," observed the Learned Ser-
jeant, " that l have been at the Finish myself, but
i
it is recorded that the celebrated Dr. Johnson, after'
carousing one night in the same neighbourhood, 111
not in the very house, sallied forth in the height of
his merriment, and, like a great lubber began
to toss about the baskets in the market, to the no
=mall damage of the fruit and vegetables that lay
within his reach. The huge unwieldy figure of the
leviathan of literature,---judging of his dimensions,
by the statue in Sr. Paul's,---engaged in such al
must have been a strange right, indeed, and,
its (the.Learnederjeant) introduced the anecdote,
to show that if it wee an offence to go to a
I" Finish," there was at least one grave and leurnedi
precedent. for so doing.
Several witnesses were then called forthe defence
after which,
The Learned Judge charged the Jury, and a ver-
dict for 30/. 165., the balance claimed, was re-
turned.

Seriiflatt
Lion brought by
inttry for young