The Sun.
London, England, 1809-08-04 00:00:00

EX-PARTR-PURDY: AND OTHERS.

The petitioners held some bills of Exchange drawn
by one Dagnall; and accepted by one who subse-
quently became hankrupt. The petitioners, at :the
time of taking the bills, took securities from Dagnall
for the amount of the bills. Dagnall paid them af-
ter the bankruptcy, but the petitioners claimed' li-
berty of proof in behalf:of Dagnall, to whom the
bankrupt was indebted on a balance of account. 'EOn
the part of the Assignees it was stated that there
was no large balance due to Dagnall, but the latter
having sworn to the contrary, the Chancellor ordered
the proof to be admitted. •
N. B. The LORD CllANttn-011, in the course of
gore observations upon a Welch commission said to
Mr. Richards—" You must be huge feeders. in
Wales, for I find that, over and above two guineas a
piece to each of ',three Commissioners, instead of
one guinea apiece, 31.75. 6d. was paid for- their din-
ners- This was. a great deal, unless 31. mere for
coach-hire had given them such a shake as to cause
an extraordinary. appetite." .

Mr. RIGHARDS.I:-Thp dinner, my Lord, was very
cheap at 31.75: 6d, I have known &great deal wore
charged for CorninissiOtiers' diffners in Wal'eS.

LADY AUGUSTA DE AMELAND AND lIER TRUSTEES
AGAINST H. R. 11. THE, DUKE OF SUSSEX.

A Petition to the Lord Chancellor• .by Lady. Au-
gusta was heard in-Lincoln's Inn Hall last Saturday,
on which it appeared, that his Majesty and his Royal
Highness having made. a liberal annual provision for
Lady Augusta and her children,' and it hying been
by agreeMent referred to Mt. Adam to arbitrate
and award what sum remained due from his Royal
Highness to Lady Augusta, Mr. Adam had in the.
month of April 1808, -awarded the sum of 16901. to
he due and 10 be paid by his Royal Highness to Lady
Augusta on balance of the accounts referred, and
thereupon it appeared that Udy Augusta had, by
consent on her part, dismissed her Bill in Chancery.
That the award was made, and the. re-
mained due, were not denied, but.his Royal High-
ness objeaed to the prayer of the petition for pay.
in cut OA* am sum Lect...atibe the Uhl was diSMISseCi
and the Lord Chancellor on that ground was pleased
to dismiss the petition. . -

Lady Augusta mast therefore apply for relief to
some other juriscli&ion.
On another application to the Lord Chancellor by
their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Sussei and
Cambridge, his Lordship has been pleased to order
Lady Augusta's son, who is now near sixteen years
of age, to. be removed from Farrow to Winchester'
School.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

HEATH V. BURGESS.

The Defendant in this a6ion is the Captain of
the Airly Castle East indiaman,' and the Plaintiff a
Captain in the Company's land-service, and the
aaion was_brOught fox two hundred and forty-three
guineas, being the price,of a box, containing- neck-
laces„ bracelets, ear-rips,.' &c. which the Plaintiff
lost on board the Defendant's ship, wherein he came.
home a passenger.
Colonel Lys, Captains Leycester and Clarke, gave
evidence that the Plaintiff had the box when he
came on board, and that he continued shewing the
contents occasionally to the --other passengers till
they arrived in the Channel, when they were sealed,
and put into the bread-room, until they should be
examined by the Custc.•.-n-house Officers. They
were entered in the Defendant's manifest at Saint
Helena, but never put under his care. It was
necessary. to enter thenn,. bectnise no article could
be landed without' it, except the Captain paid a
fine of 1001.

- Colonel Lys stated, that the articled were not of
much,value, as he had brought home .4ome of a
superior quality, which he purchdsed cheaper at
Bombay than the Plaintiff did. FroM several letters
which the Defendant had written to the Plaintiff, it
appeared that the Mafe, without the Captain's
knowledge, permitted some of the men to con-
ceal themselves in the bread-rdorn to avoid being im-
pressed, and that they broke the box and stole the
articles.
. Some jewellers were called to proVe their value in
"England ; but the Judge would not allow them, as
* the Plaintiff could only recover their prime cost, and
because they never saw them, nor heard them ac-
curately described. Qn -the part of the Defendant
it was contended, that as they were not put under
his care, nor that of the Purser, which was the usual
pra6tice, he amid not'be answerable for their safety
or value.

Sir JAMES MANSFIELD stated, that as-the value of
• the articles had not been proved, nor that they were
under the Defendant's care; and that as there was.no
• evidence to shew that the Plaintiff
_himself had pot
carried the whole or any part away, the Jviry• must,
according' to 101,v, find for the Defendant. If he w:is
wrong in his opinion, the Plaintiff might aga
have the cause tried, 'and come prepared with better
• proof. • ,

The Jury retired, and deiiberated about an hour,
when they returned into Court, and found a verdia,
for the Plain:ff.—Damages-601:

SHIP NEMS.

GRAVESEND, ALJC;I7ST 2.

Arrived—the Comet, M'Donald. Carlebury, Dower,
lerby, Clark, Eliza, M'Donald, Gcorge, ar4t Loy,
don,- from Jamaica ; Rolla, Sandford, {Win and Ed-
ward-. Burge!), and Calpe, Moore, from America ;
Pa-trick, from Cadiz ; and the Unity, _Spinod, from 1.i;b011-
Sailed—the Pitt,, Foster,• for Madeira;- Sobthesk, Giob6!
for Bermuda ; Lord Duncan, LothrinAton, for Gibraltar;
lane, Sinnott, for Malta ; and the Woodbine, Mearnsi for
Oporto.