The Sun.
London, England, 1801-04-08 00:00:00

LAIf REPORT.'
fcoullT OF

SITTINGS, P 1.13. 23

I,VbILDON ev: GOULD AND ANOTHER.
This case is of importance to Calico-Printers, and
those Who employ them _ _

The Plainti.fidelivered a quantity of goods-to one
Pearce, to get-them printed. Pearce sent _ them to
the Defendants; who arc Calico-Printers, to whom
he'had been bugin the habit of sending goods. Whip
these gooils'.were in the hands of the Defendants,
Pearce betame,a bankrupt. Wildon• then applied to
the'Defendants'for his ealicoes,• offering to pay for
the printing of them. The answr made to him by
the Defendants' was, that they did not know they
were his goods ; that they had everyfreason to be,
lieve they were the goods of Pearce, for:whom they.
had long done I; Isiness ; that he was indebted to
theM upwards of $ool: and
_that they had a right
. to retain those gpods, not only till their charge on
these particular goods was defrayed, but for, their
general balance.
11/1 r. ERSK t E, on the part of the Defendants, said,
it had been determined in several cases, and by his
Lordship, that Calico. Printers had a right to retain
for their general balance. The Defendants knew no.
thing of Wildon till after the bankruptcy of Pearce.
The single•question, therefore, was, whether Pearce,
at the time of his bankruptcy, owed the Defendants
more than the value of these. goods ?,-It appeared in
evidence, that Pearce's debt to the Defendants greatly
.exceeded their value. The Learned Counsel referred
to a case of this kind, which had been decided by the
Lord Chief Justice, and observed, that on-that oc.
casion his Lordship had said, that-it was the strong
leaning of his mind, that this should be made as near
as possible a general rule of law.
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Lord KENyThig said, he had made that observation
upon much 'higher. authority than his own—on the
authority of Lord. MANSFIELD, in the case of
Green and-Fanner.—rerdia,Ar the Defendants.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FEB. 2T.
HILLTARD,Itui tam, v. PARKER AND CO.

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This cause, though not interesting in its circum-
stances, was'of very considerable importance to the
Public. Theaaion was brought to rtcover .3151. be..,
ing triple theamount of a sum advanced under circum-
stances which' were supposed to bring the transaction
under the operation of the statute against usury. It
was stated by the Plaintiff, that the Defendants had
advanced' on the 4th of May 1799, los!. to a fo-
reigner on fourteen gold, watches left as pledges ;
and that on the 14th of December, in the same year,
i 161. was paid to redeem them. This was the usuri-
ous transaction stated on'the record, andvto make out
the case two witnesses were produced. One of these
witnesses, was• the foreigner by %rho& the watches
were pledged, and the other 'the person by whom
they were redeemed. They both concurred in stat-
ing the fads alledged iii the declaration ; • the one
deposing as to the day on which the articles were
pledged, and therother as to the tittle when they
were redeemed, and the sum then paid into the
hands of the Defendants.
Oa the.part of the Defendants three things were
alledged, as entitling them to a V - that the
transaaion took place on the ith, avd not the 4.th
of May ; that the sum paid on the 14th of December
was 1151. and not j J 61. and that even supposing the
transaction to be true, Parker had no knowledge of
the affair. These circumstances were endeavoured
to be established by the produdion of their books,
and-by the evidence of two of their clerks, as to the
regularity and correaness.of the entries.
Lord ELDON, in an excellent addressio the Jury,-
impressed on them the -necessity of laying out of
their view all consideration ofThe.aaion in a moral
view. They might be convinced that the Defendants
had been guilty of rapacity and injustice in a moral
light, but they were then to decide on the transac-
tion as a dry question-offat, leavin& the pucli,ih.
mcnt of this injustice to another tribunal,,,and to the
judgment of- the Defendants' conscience.. They
might lament that the poor were not better pro.
meted against oppression, but they were then to. find
their verdkt according to the. evidence. Though
even from the Defendants' own sheaving, they had
received more than legal interest, if the affair took
place on the, 7th instead of the 4th of May,
.9.4 if
11'51. and not . J JO, were paid, they would be en-
titled to a verdia on the present record.,
The Jury retired a considerable time, and the
Foreman op their return said, they lamented ex-
tremely that they were obliged to find for the. De-
fendants, but they were under the necessity of doing
so from the evidence.

The first of the. late. Revolution in France was
nothing,in comparison to what the first. revolution
of- the Lottery wheel will produce on Thursday
morning next;, tfie former, in an awful moment•
brought ruin and desolation on many families,--the
latter, in 'a lucky' moment, will produce riches and
comforts, for besides the Thirty Thousand Pounds
which the first drawn Ticket will, be entitled to,
the chances of the Wheel, affords other Prizes. to a
great amount. It is worthy of remark, that shin
day twelve' months,..being the 30 day :of the.
DraWing of the State Lottery, 'rickets sold. at
001.- per Ticket; what makes this still more singu-
lar, there wai_no,o,oool. nor near .the number of
so many- rich Prizes in the Wheel' as at present.
Fortune's last best Gilt.--iNs the Thirty Thou_
sand Pound,Priie,. which is to.be driiwn as first
Ticket on Thursday morning, next, will in ail pro-
bability be the last of that magnitude ever assigned
to any future Lottery, it is no wonder that, such, a
Press of people are hurrying to the principal State
Lottery Offices, -as candidates for so capital a sum.
There .are nuny other Prize's in the NI/bee/Al° doubt
s'ufficient for a state ;even above mediocrity, 'but
Thirty Thousand is.a spurto the",mOst dar.
ihg ambition, in her highest flights to fcirtune.

EIVGLISIISTAiIr 'LOTTERY.

THIRTY-Y/KST DAY.
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Q.. 40,240,a,P ille Of 50,1* •

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