The Sun.
London, England, 1809-12-02 00:00:00

POOL V. BZNTLY.

This was an at.tion for the use and occupation of
certain premises 'in sislngton,for a quarterof a year,
301. being at the rate of 1201. a year. •
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL olaerved,s the written
agreement on which the plaintiff claimed his tent,-
was either a lease or a written, agreement ; if a lease,
it had. not the right stamp, it Was a stamp of 10s,
and should be 30s. and therefore, void :as a lease.
If it was an agreement, it was not binding on the
defendant: . • ."
•
Lord ELLENBOROTin held it to be a lease, with the
wrong stamp, on which the plaintiff tvas non-
shited.'
Mr. 'GA:U(3W observed it was singular enough
that it was stamped this very morning; and the
party might as well have,paid tut' the right stamp to
save a nonsuit, which would cost • him a good deal
more 'than the difference between the • two stamps.
However, if parties would. be so keedless, it was
their own tault, and must be at their own txpence.s

COURT OF commoN. PLEAS.

SITTINGS AFTER TIEEI SEvoit.F LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.
MANSFIELD, WESTMINVIEE.

131iAV Z. BL'yH.

This was an aLtion to recover forty-five guineas,
the value of a horse, sold by tiid Piainthr to the
iendant.
The plea for non-payMent pu the part of the De-
fendaa Was, that in eight days after he bought the
horse it went blind. It couA not be proved, how-
ever, - that the Plaintiff had warranted the animal
sound, atid of course, a verditt was given in h 6 fa-
vour for the price of the horse.

BRAY V. lIOLDSWORTII.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff in the
last cause, against Mr. HUldsw'otth, late a partner in
the firm condueling the London Tavern, for thirty
guineas, -the. value of a" horse purc.hased by the de-
tendatit, who, it appeared, is a clerk in the house
.of
'Mr. Cock, in Birchin-lane, and is a young wan of
modern dash and fashion,, and like many of the city
bucks, keeps his tandum,- thre.e horses, and a
groom.,
• It was proved by the servant of the Plaintiff that
the Defendant had applied to his master to purchase
a horse to match a grey which he drove in tits tan-
dem, and that the animal which formed the ground
of the present action was sent for his approval to
the bousepf Gulley, of bruising celebrity, in Carey-
street, Lincolu's-Inn-tields,where the-Defendant was
taking leSsons in the polite ,and elegant at t of box-
mg.' On seeing • the horse, he, and some of his
friends, tried and approved of it ; but having kept it
in his possession lot-three days, during which time
he made a further idol, he returned it to the Plain--
tiff, saying, that it required too miuch of the whip
to answer-. his. purpose. The Plaintiff• therefote
brought his action on the ground of the Defendant
having duly purchased the horse.
Mr. Serjeant BEST, for the defence, called the fa-
ther of the defendant, who proved that his son was
but hineteen'years of age, and was pursuing a career
in-opposition to his wishes, and likely to terminate in
his ultimate destruction. He seemed much added,
and regretted in the strongest. terms the blind and
unthinking profligacy of his
Sir huts MANSFIELD observed, that the plaintiff
should have made the- proper inquiries _ before he
gave coedit to the defendant, woo, he must have
known, could not,- from the nattire of his employ-
ment afford- to keep three horses.
.1211 e plairrtiff was nonsuited on the ground_of the
defendant being an infant. •

Last week, a turnip of a very extraordinaryapr
Pearance., was takon ttp in a 'field near Carlisle, be-
longing to Miss Waugh. It exhibited' the true and
perfett resemblance of a human hand, having a
thUmb and four fingers most completely tbrrned and
proportitined. What is more remarkable, one of
the fingers is furni,hed with the likeness of 'a.nail;
the palm of the hand and the round part of the
thumb are exaaly. On the sidle Shape as in a real
hand. This curious production of nature hag, we
understand; ,been presented by Dr. Blarnire, mad
be has procured accurate drawings rhe,saryie site of
the original and coloured atter it, whichhe will in
all probability transmit to some of the learned So-
cieties of London and Ediubtirgh.

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