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GOTHIC ARC HITE( TURE.

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JANUARY
5.
THE MARQUIS DE DELLOIR V. LORD WATERPARK.

Mr. SCARLETT stated, that this was an action on a promis-
sory note for 8001. given by the defendant to the plaintiff, drawn
at Paris' and dated the 27th December, 1787. The defendant
pleaded the Statute of Limitations; to which the plaintiff re-
joined, that he had not been in England during the time the
bill had existed. The facts of the transaction were as follow :
In 1787 Lord Waterpark, then Mr. Cavendish, son of Sir Wil-
liam Cavendish, was in Paris, where he became acquainted
with the Comte de Belloir, as he was then called. The
Comte was the eldest son of one of the noblest and most opu-
lent families in France. Mr. Cavendish, resembling other
Englishmen, was not the most prudent economist, an being
in want of cash, he applied to his friend to assist him, who ad-
vanced him 8001. and took his promissory note, payable at Crofts
and Co. Bankers, in Pall-mall, six months after date. The de-
fendant, however, was not prepared to pay it on its becoming
due, and the Comte did not press his demand. Ultimately Mr.
Cavendish quitted Paris without repaying the Comte, and a
subsequent correspondence took place between the parties on
the subject. He would put in a letter written by the defendant
to the plaintiff in 1792, informing him that his father was
ready to advance him 2001. towards liquidating the Comte's
demand, if the latter would take his (the defendant's) bond for
the remaining 6001. payable six months after his (Sir William's)
death ; but on no other terms would he advance even the 2001.
These terms were not acceded to by the plaintiff, and time
passed on ; the war broke out, and all intercourse between the
two countries ceased. The revolution in the state caused a re-
volution in the fortunes of the Comte, now become Marquis
of Belloir, and he caused an application to be made for pay-
ment of the note in question, but without, success ; war again
breaking out, no further steps were taken till the general re-
storation of peace in 1315. The application for payment was
then renewed, but Mr. Cavendish, who had in the interval been
created Lord Waterpark, answered the application by a bill of
equity, which suspended the plaintiff's claim till this time, and
he now sought, by the present action, to recover the amount of
the bill and interest.

Mr. Noble, late partner in the house of Crofts and Co.,
proved the hand-writing of Lord Waterpark to the bill, and
also that, at the time the bill became due, they had not effects
in their hands to answer it.
• The Bill was put in and read.

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for the defendant submitted,
that the plaintiff could not recover upon this bill. By the Acts
of the 48th and 53d of the late King it was provided, that no
bill or promissory note made out of Great Britain in favour of
any person residing out of Great Britain, aitho' made payable in
this country, should be negociable here, or be paid in this coun-
try, unless such instrument was legally and regularly stamped,
and had paid the legal stamp. duty. The present instrument
was not stamped, and therefore, he submitted, could not be put
in evidence.

The CHIEF-JUSTICE was induced to think that those sta-
tutes related only to notes made abroad, which were payable on
demand. This note was not payable on demand, but six months
after date. But supposing the matter to be otherwise, he was
by no means satisfied that these statutes had a retrospective
operation. He, however, would not decide this point at Nisi
Prius ; it was open to the defendant hereafter to agitate the
objection, if there was any thing in it.
The SOLICITOIt-GEI4ERAI then addressed the Jury, and
described the note in question as, one originating in a gambling
transaction, having been • Oven by defendant to plaintiff for
money lost at play, at the house of the latter, one day after din-
ner. The plaintiff was well aware that he could not legally re-
cover, or he would long since have .enforced his demand.
The CHIEF JUSTICE said, there was no proof of this fact;
it rested only on assertion ; and assertion alone must not over-
turn the plaintiff's right to 'recover, if the Jury considered the
proof of hand-writing, &c. complete.
The Jury consulted for a few minutes, when 'the Foreman
asked his Lordship if they were bound to give the plaintiff in-
terest for the period the bill was over due ?
The ClliEr JusTicE said, that was smatter of discretion
resting with themselves.
The Jury then found a verdict for the plaintiff' for 8001., the
amount of the note, but no interest.

Mr. SCARLET T begged to say that there was no truth in the
insinuation that plaintiff' kept a gambling-house at Paris. He
vouched this upon the authority of Mr. Manning, who knew
the plaintiff personally. It was extremely hard.that the plain-
tiff should have his character, as well as the interest of his mo-
ney, taken from him in this manner.
The CjIIEF JUSTICE.--.The case is over.
POLICY. OF INSURANCE.