The Sun.
London, England, 1801-02-07 00:00:00

BATES V. BROWN:

Ttiti was an Adion to recover the sum of 101.
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t as.
alledgcd to be due as the balance of account I,
on goods sold and delivered. The parties, who
are engaged in the. manafadoty of straw bonnets,
had been in the habit of doing business With each
other for a considerable time, ,and the Plaintiff
pretended, that on the 26th of August last the
Defendant purchased from him a quantity of such
straw as is employed in this.trade,.amounting to
upwards. of 331. the balance on which.was the
sum specified in the DeclaratiOn. To substantiate
the fad of the delivery of the goods, tslid Wit-
nesses were called, but their. evidence way com-
pletely unsatisfadory. Failing in this, it was.en-
deavoureil tcybe proved by the evidence of another
Witness, that the Defendant had on one occasion
admittO.that the greater part of the sum claimed
was due, and that he had made an offer to pay
as soon as., a receipt was produced, In this
proolalso there was a great deficiency, and the At-
t orney,who was called to corroborate the statement
of this Witness,. did not appear to give evidence.
On the part of the. Defendant, the claim was not
only denied, but it was even urged, that'im a fair in-
spedion of the accounts, the-Defendant, solar from
being indebted to the Plaintiff; adually had a fair
claim on him to the amount of2ol. Two:Witnesses
were called, whOse evidence was cleat and explicit,
that the quantity of goods alledged to have been
delivered, were never at any tittle seen or heard
of in the warehouse-of the Plaintiff, and that the
Plaintiff had,.on the morning of the day when.he-
was supposed to hare purchased them, adually
informed the Defendant that he did not then
require any supply-. •
Lord ELDON, in summing up the evidence,
animadverted with considerable 'warmth -on the
impropriety of bringing a&ions of this kind into
Court, and expressed his hope that the Attorney
concerned for the Plaintiff would at least have
the conscience not to charge his Client with his
attendance this day ; heped also, that he would
be honest enough,titit to charge him with the ex_
pence of. • the attendance of witnesses whose evi-
dence was altogether nugatory-in the•cause.

On Tuesday the 27th of last month,. the re-
mains of the Earl of Powis were attended from
his Lordship's house i'tf Portland Place, by the
Marquis of HERTFORD, Lord RE R W ICK, the
Members for Ludlow, Bishop's Castle, and Mont-
gomery, and others of his Lordship's friends, out
of town, on its way to Powis Castle, in Montgo-
meryshire, where it was met on Tuesday last by
the principal Gentlemen of the Country, and his
Lordship's Tenantry, who proceede& with it
from thence for interment, in the Family Vault
at Welchpool.—By descent from his 'father, HEN-
itY ARTHUR HERBERT, Earl of Powis, who Was
at the head of one great branch of the Hilts kin'
fatuity, his Lordship was Earl of Powia,
Vis-
cnunt LubLow,• Baron BE RT of. Cherbury,
Barons, HERBERT of Ludlow, and Baron Pbwxs.
of Powis Castle—Through his mother, who was
at the head of another great branch•of the same'
family', . his Lordship was' descended froth, and-
'heir to the }IRA E RTS who herCtofore had -the:
IVlarquisate, -Earldom, and-Barony of Powis:: her
paternal Grandfather 'whom, on.the death of.
her Uncle, 'the last Mari-lois of -Poi is without.
issue,• she, as only ChiltVol his ITO:lnger Brother,
became Heir),, being Marquis aid Earl of Povift
ViSCOUnt MO ITTG E and• Baron of.Powts,
which Barony of-Powis he derived from his an-
cestbr, Sir WILLIAM: HERD E,R.2):_ created Lord
Powis in, the ..filth of .CtiAttLas the First the
Earldom and IViarquisate. from another ancestor
of the same Christian name and sirnam; created
Earl of Pow is 1674' and, Marquis Of-Fowls
and Viscount IVIoNIQomtaY in 1687. This
latter ancestor was created bukt of Powts. lis
Lordship was Lord Lieittenant of the Counties of
Salop and'Montgotnery, Colcinel Of the Shrop.:
'shire -Militia, and Recorder of Ludlow. He
died' a bachelor, leaving. an only sister; married
to the present Lord Ccv t', by whom' het Lady=
ship has issue four children.
Last night a fire-broke out at M. Either's, in
Gerrard-street, Soho, which entirely consumed
his louse and valuable pktures: 'The Westmln.
ster Dispensary, the adjoining house, was some.
what damaged before the tire could be got under.

On Thuesday.sennight the ReV.., Enw. Tun.
"rtes, of I'ingutm, near Usk, was committed to
•,Monmouth gall by the Coroner's Warrant; for
.the wilful murder of his servant boy; about
:twelve years of age.
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By letters received from St. Ann'S, in Jamaica,
we learn that that parish had most severely suffered
by the hurricane, of the Ist and ad of-November,
and particularly the Richmond estates in that
quarter,. which had its forwird plants and rattoons
completely blown down, and twisted in every
diredion. . The plantain walks and :the poor 'Ne-
groes' cultivated grounds were' estroyed.. In ad-
dition to this heavy calamity, intelligence. has
been since received from the- same parish, by the
Lord Aucklemd Packet, that on the r 3th of De-
cember folloWing, a .deluge of rain, inundated a
great part of that parish, destroyed the Bridge,
at New Works; and swept, off a _number of fine
cane-pieces of that and other properties, by
washing' and carrying' away the'Mould.aid roots
altogether. -Richmond' Gully was,so high, that
several Estates lost their cattle and;tiy.ains, by at.
tempting to cross it. A very. fine Brig, dis.
masted and deserted by the crew., was cast on
shore below Richmond Wharf. She was loaded
with. flour ; in 'a few minute's after. she struck,
and Was dashed to pieces.
The -Agnes arta Edmund, Scdley,, from Cork
to Lisbon, was wrecked rear Viana 'the 17th
January crew saved,•