The Sun.
London, England, 1808-11-02 00:00:00

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF KING's BENCH, Nov. T.
A I,JOUR.NEXI SITTIwG3 FOR• LONUOIC, BEFOIt 1:)&ii),EI.-

Lii,NZIOROUCH AND A SPECIAL J UtLY.

WALLACE V. HARDACRE.

This-wa-s an aaint, On a bill Qt. 31%0'
os. The bill was drawn by Ed w. Mayuec at t
months,:upon If: T. Fiardacre, duly aceeprod, , and
indorsed by Mayne to the Plaintiff tar a valuable con-
iideration. The defence was, that Mr. Mal, ne bad
indorsed it 'to the Plaintiff. after e2onnnitt nig' 26-t

of bankruptcy, and. consequently he was not legallY
untitled, to recover..,against the acceptor_ The ira'
saver to this was, that by Sir S. Ro:N;lll..cy's'A,A, 13-0
secret ad of barTkruptcy within two inombe,
ing a cornrinuion; could be set up to defeat thecLr:as
of a lairdealeF„ provided it conic! b:-.! shown th?. perst.l7,
dealing vas ignorant of the insolvncyof the parlP
The question therefore -Was, Whether' Waliaco,
hirnseifor agent, kne,k..the insolvent state Of Ma ji
at the time he- becarno the indorsee of thebill in +s'
sue ?:d.'he. Jury were.of opinion that neither hia,.ri-es'

nor' tii's agent had I,tich knowledge, and Nnind va'
diet for the Plainthr..—llamages 3 tcal. 1 Oi.

•
A CAUTION TO VOLUNTFEU DRUMMERS.-- At
Court Martial held on the,2lst of October, igot;,4l
the.Vefitry-roam'at St. Mar.x,aret'i, Westminst:24,,,
order of the fion„Lient.-Cohlael
ing Officer of the St. Maigaret's and St, John's IT(/'
luateer.Corps, John Wailers, a Drummer, ,beiovg"
ing.. to the said Regiin-ent; was arraigned upon Or
:thder=mentionted Charge, viz.
4•. Fin- laving, on or about the izth of September last. it'
being a General Muster Day, ueserted trom tie said Volta-I'
tedr Corps; and co: tinned so to do until the 4th of (:).tiobtf
following, he then receiving the IVeekly Pay 0195."

Upon which Charge the Court came to the f°

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lowing decision •
‘. The Court having maturely COnsidered the whole of elf
evidence and matter that has been adduced in Support of tit°
Charge ,xhibited against the Prisoner; john Waltzes, "":
gether with what he bas-oitered in hiS defence, is 04.0"
mously of opinion, that be the said Prisoner is Guilty of
sertion; and it doth, therefore, adjudge him, is cluisideratw"
of tas being his second othnce,lo receive, on the Ist of ?",,c)-
vember, in the prelence- of the whOle'Rei;imeat,
upon his Pare lies
Which sentence was .carried into effeaiyesteralf
morning. ,
- Last week an unfortunate accident happened "9/1:
the river at York, nearly'opposite the far end c
St. George's-field: A pleasure' boat, with five ate"
sons it: it, had been tacking up and down the lei'cr
.tier some time, when, on turning liar head a: the
above place, a sudden squall of wind took the sail"
and entirely upset the boat. Two of the persoo'
and a waterrnan, immediately leaped o'nt,.thiti'l.i4l.Bl:
no doubt, they could get to the bank, iron)
they were not above touror five yards ; they, tio';
ever, could not make the. shore, and after afc,
minutes Of inetfeiStnal struggle id the water, sollt,
The other three kept by the boat., though she
several feet'undee water., and were provideati',llq
saved by some boats coming to their assistarwe: •
Dutch Sam is matched to fight Ben Aii,;•Jle-v°
man' well known, in the pugilistic world, is a
sparre'r, but who haS never fought a pitched b-atitor
The stakes were deposited last- Monday; i 5
fifty gUineas a-side; the battle will take dace
,-0c
three weeks. Dutch Sam IFltiow.n,•.last
Gravesend, on