The Sun.
London, England, 1807-06-12 00:00:00

The 1./.3fei:dant was a very decent looking woman,
dressed ity.l3llck,iand- 4' oncealed heti
face. During the . whole time she remained in
Court' she seemed deeply affeEted by her sitmli

"COURT•'OF EXCHEQUER.
THE ACCOUNTANT-GESER.:L V. DICK.

In thiS case a Bill was filed,against .the. Defendant,'
for an account of all such sums of money_ as came
to his hands by way of premiums .on
_Bills, of Ex
change by him passed or transrnited to. the N.lvv
Board, frorn Jamaica, between the years .17,9 n .and
1801, during his,employment as Navy Agent. 4n.cl
dna* Stole= ieeper to 114 Majesty's Navy on ,that
Station. • "

,
It was stated by the ComiSel tor me Crown,, that
this sum or demand amounted to a sum of 360,0p01.
'and that that sum was to be deemed part of the ex-
-change,upon those tills, and Consequently belonged
'to the Navy Board ; it was stated also against tile
'Defendant, that he knew his predecessor, Mt.
Smith, had 'been removed 'from the office for the
like peculation, as it was called, and that the De-
fendant had knowing,ly mak an unjust profit of the
Ohne money, in this way, which should have been
reiunded.

For the Defendant, it was strenuously contended,
that it would- be' the: most erne], unjust, and cp.-
presswe ad' ever committed by any body, public
or private, to make such a decreeagainst a man
Under the circumstances of this case, by which
the Defendant .must be in • prison for life; after
• lbosing the hard-earned 'Wages, in a dangerOui
climate; of his great and 'honest labour; for that
Mr. Dick, having been forty years in the Naval
service previous to his appointment :to this office,
and having, in 179 U, interest, or a claim or cer-
tainty of a place of 5001. a' year in 4ngland,. in
consideration of his long services, could not be 'sap-
posed to accept of this-otfiCe;with the then Salary of
2001. a-year only, without: those premiums, the
usual and settled perquisites and emolumentS, of that
office for'ja 'centtiry preceding,..and never in any
instance diSputed the: annual or monthly accounts
with 'the. Navy Board, until 1800, when, for the
first time, fresh orders, with a wart-ant, were sent to
Jamaica by..the Board, ordering.such premiums to
be 'in future remitted- to Government; and it Was
then settled that the salary should be raised froM
2001. per annum to 6001. in tittle of war, aod-6001.
in: time ,of Peace,giving a honse :rent-free to the
Store-keeper, and some other profits on the provisions
to be supplied to the yard. it aiipeared, thatin' a
year and a half after these orders, Mr. Dick resigned
the office, without disdbeying those orders, or touch-
ing the premiums for his'own use.

Evidence was read to the foregoing effeti, and
judgment is suspended.

COURT OF CHANCERY, Nut ii.
•
ATTORNZY—GENERAL, V. 13/A4LEY. s :
This was an information on the relation,Aafa
Mr. Harvey. and . Mr. Mathews, Churchwardens,
and other 'Parishioners of the parish and town of
March, in Cheshire, who, complained against the
Defendant for his neglect and misappropriation of a
very considerable Troperty, given in the year taut,
fur: the support ()flour distin4 charities', one of
which was an establishment for the education of 24
poor boys. in Latin and English, the stipend for the
Schoolmaster, who was to be the curate of the parish,
from time to time, being 201. per annum only ;
several estates were given for the uses of those chill
rities, an which a considerable advance in yalue:had
taken place. The Defendant, as one of the Trusa
tees to those charities,.. was charged to be the re-
ceiver of the rents (he being an Attorney at Law),
and with retaining in his hands divers sums of the
charity property,- and in particular a- sum, admitted.
by himseliin his affidavit, of .3441. exclusiveof con.
siderable, other slims in' rents
,up to Lady-day last,
paid to film? and wholly unappropriated, whilethe
objeets: of the charitye being many of ;the poor: of
the place, - were starving.' Thygrounds forkeeping
such monies in the Defendant'S bands were to de-7
fray the expeeted expences. of the suit instituted in
this cause.: It, appeared, that the present Seliool-
master was a Blacksmith, and thei-efore 'who4
unable to teach Latin: it was-prayed of the 'COurt
to order the Defendant to pay
,the suns expressly
admitted by him; being the 3141. into Court ; and
that he may be enjoined to apple the other monies-
to the use of the-charities, until further order, or the
hearing of thin cause ; and lastly, that sotn'e scheme
might be suggested for r.ppointing a proper Master
to, the School in the mean time.
It was argued for the Defendant, that he hid
made - no advantage whatever of the detention of
the:money, but 'apprehended great expence in'the
suit, it partaking of a parish quarrel.; and that he
bad no interest- in refusing the payment of rent
offered to him by-some tenants, nor in making pay-
ments a year atter the bills were delivered to
.him,
and getting the 'receipts antellited, as he stood
charged with, while he had money in .his hands to
pay immediately.' It was also stated for the De-
fendant,, that the Curate had. refused to teach for 201.
a year," on "which account the present sehooltnaster
was employed; that heliad been.a 'schoolmaster in
. other places before, as tb English and arithmetic ;
and that he only superintended the business of his
brother, a blacksmith, in the town, lately deceased,
to whotri he was executor; and that ~therefore be
, was not' dislualified from teaching, by his earrying
on the business of a blacksMith, any more than an
eminent surgical son of Galen, whom one of the
'Counsel
knew formerly at Oxford, 'who carried on
' tlsii bUsineSs, of an eminent booksaller in the Strand,'
in London, his brother having died, to whom that
s.argebn was executor, and yet none of the grandees
obje'Oed to his theclical or surgical visits at Oxford,
'on 'the 'ground of his being a bookseller in the
Strand. lt was likewise stated, that as the poor
parents of the children, in this.case, were not likely
to wish a Latin education for, their:children, and the
.-stipenl was So'sinall for the SehoOlniaster, no injury
'waA done nor any violittion of the trusts of. the
charities ; it was suggested to theCotart on the; be-
half of the school,, that as the fUnds were consider-
Ale, and the lands now.det at half their value, the
..Court might augment the salary. .
His Lordship ordere&the 3141. to be lodged in
Court,and the cause to be expedited; but gave no
ordersiaboutAe Schoolmaster,: until the hearing. •

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