The Sun.
London, England, 1814-04-21 00:00:00

SMIETY OF ST. PATRICK.

'Yesterday the Patrons and Friends of 'the Bene-
volent Society of St. Patrick dined together at /he
City of London Tavern, the Meeting having been
postponed from the Anniversary of the tutelary
Saint, in consequence of the Adjournment Of Par-
liament. Half past five was the hour for the co-
vering the tables, but it was delayed till past ...even,
by the non-arrival of Marquis WELLEsLEY. Even
at that hour his Lordship did not appear, and the
Chair was taken by the Earl of LEITRIM, sup-
ported by .the'r,art of CHARLEMONT and Lord
WILLIAM FITZGERALD. After the cloth was
removed, the President read a letter from Mar-
quis WELLESLEY, excusing himself on the.
ground of ill
,health, and inclosing a draft for
1001. In reply to a request made, that lie would
nominate the Marquis of WELLINGTON as Presi-
dent for the next year, ho vbservcd, that be of
course could not engage that his brother would
con'ent to, fill the Chair, but.he should be happy
to communicate to him the wishes of the Society.
Another lettcf wit' read from Col. M'AlAnoN,
closing a draft for one hundred pounds from the
PRINCE REGENT.—The greatest cordiality and
harmony prevailed throughout the evening, in
consequence of the recommendation of theChair,-,
man ; and the toasts that usually suggest them
selves on those occasions were drank, with the
addition of the health of Lows XVIII. and one
or two sentiments founded upion thepresent sitt.a-
tion of turope. A great many subscriptions were
received, among which were 501. from the Princess
of WALES,' and 201. from Mr. SHERIW,N. The •
whole collection at the tables and elsewhere was
about 930/.--L-Mr. MONTAGUE PAraco-vm,.. called.
the attention of the Meeting to his exertions to

relievc,„ the'Roor Irish iu the parish. of Mary-le-
bonne, and claimed the assistance, both personal
and purse-onal,, of tbe Gentlemen present, at the
Thatche4,House Tavern., on a future day.

SCOTCH INTLLLIGENCE.

. .
JEDBURGH, APRIL. 9.----The Circuit -Court of
Zusticiary waa opened here yesterday by. Lord
Gmer.s.—The husiness*'eommenced with the trial
of Joint Gibseirt, nailer in. Hawick, accused of the
murder of his wife, on the mOrning of, the. 19th
November last. Several witnesses were exa-
tnined, and the Jury this day returned their ver-
dict, finding the partner guilty. He was sen-
tenced to be executed 'at Hawick, where the crime
was perpetrated, and his body given to the Pro-
fessor of Anatomy iu the University of. Edin:
burgh' for dissection. It 'appeared from the de-
claration of the prisoner, that he was a native of
the town of Ayr, -and. bred ,to the. business' of a
nailer; enlisted, in the '94th regiment of foot ;
having lefethat regiment, be cattle 'to Hawick,
and married Janet Renwick, about eighteen years
since, who has borne eleven children to him,
of whom he believes to be 114, excepting the last,
a boy Of about seven months ohi ; lived happily
together till a few months ago,, when he fancied
her affections were estranged from him. A French
officer 'was in the habit of frequenting his house;
never s.atvany familiarities between his wife and
bim,, but suspected such was the case. 'Within
eight-M. ten dam previous to the fatal event, had
a severe pain in the pit of his stomach, which
rendered bird unable to work—convinced that
ibis arose from poison being mixed with his vie,
particularlybis tea. For the last ten,days
always contrived to raise some dispute,
then rose from the table, and said she
' ?would take no tea. Last Thursday took tea by
himself, and saw his wife sneer at him, and im-
mediately he felt himself seized with a pain more
severe than formerly; said to his wife she was
`poisoning him ; she „laughed, but made no an-
s;er. .llad some high words with his wife on
the Thursday. night ; went to bed about ten
el'eloe-k, his Wife being there •before him. His
body and mind were both very much disordered,
and he imagined be saw the Frenchman -come into
the room, and he rose to see if he could find him ;
found nobody, :and returned to hed'again, very
thirsty, and rose for a drink of water.; could not
get- any, but went to. bed, and desired his wife to
get him ,a drink ; site would notalo it, but pitched
1;inl with her, elbow, and bid him go about his
business. He sprung out of bb:I; his wife Ml-
lowed, and seized him by the throat, saying she
would chotik him. His passion rose vary high ; -
felt fOr a penknife in bias waistcoat pocket on a
chair, and called to his wire to take care of her-
self ; but she not regarding him, he applied the
and hOicted a. wound in it
4ite to her throat,
tlt all his s)r4ngth. She. fell, and he repented
of•what he had done ; called tciiiis neighbours for
assktantei but he thinks,none cione until she was
dead. : Teti days before, her desired his wife to •
seeJc. a plaster to put on. 1)i• -side, on adcount
the pul .in his stomach, which she did, and the
bas remained on his side ever since. lie
is About 40 years of igc.

LAT INTELLIGENCE.

COUBT OF KING'S BENCH, Amt. 10.

ACKERMANN V. TURNER, BART.

This was an action brought by Mr. Ackermann,
of the Strand, ttS recover of Sir Gregory Osborne
Paae Turner the sum Of 520/..4sf(id., being the
balance of- a bill of nearly 39001. for pictures,
prints, and goods sold. It *as proved that the
defendant had given bilk for the greater part of
the demand, on which.itihad become necessary to
sue him, and there was stilt an out-standing.judg-
ment on one of the bills. It was .also proved that
the defendant had atlinitted the present balance.
Mr.-JA\Rvis, for the defendant, said, that a very
small part of this bill -was for pictures bought by
the plaintiff for the defendant, the minority con-
sisting of prints and transpamtcies out of the
plaintiff's shop., which the plaintiff used to load
in to the defendant; who'receired'all without exa-
mination,'and contended that the defendant was
entitled-to an allOwance as a wholesale customer.

Lord ELLEN BOROUGH was of opinion that he
could not claim this, as he did not buy to sell
again ; and it was agreed between the parties,
that upOn the defendant bringing the
,balance into
Court on the fourth day of next term, and the
money recovered on• the outstanding judgment it
should be left to Mr. Jekyll to 14)0k into the ac-
count, and-'say whether any thing bad been
overpaid.

MARSH AND OTHERS V. TEED AND OTHERS.

This was an action brought by the bankers in
Berners-street against banters at. Plymouth, to
recover the amount of three bills of exChatye of
30001. each, drawn by Jaine's Lathy upon and ac-
.cepted by the defendants, and indorsed to the
plaintiffs. The defence. was, that the cOnsid.era-
tion f'or these bilis.wafi usurious, inasmuch as .ss.
per cent. was to be paid to the plaintid for com-
mission for getting the bills accepted and paid,
besides 51. per cent.- interest: It appeared, that
the plaintiffs- bad entered into an agreement to
accept the bills of Messrs. Harrison and Co. of
Newcastle, upon these terms.; audit having been
decided, that bankers in. London 'had a right to
charge this ss: per cent. commission for procuring
such acceptances and payments, besides, 51,,, per
cent. interest for their .country cOrrespOndents-, the
letters inclosing-the bills -in question to the plain-
tiffs were dated front Newcastle, although written
in London, as dr. Serjeaut BEST, for the defendant,
contended, for the purpose of giVing a legal co-
lour to thilusurions -interest., -Btit it appeAred,
that the basis of the written agreement was either
to keep the plaintiff's always in cash, or that they
should charge interest for advances; and there
was a subsequent written engagement to put the
plaintiff's in cash two days before the bill should
become due. Lord EttEsaoßouGa held, tlmit the
material circumstance which would authorise the
charge of SS. per cent. commission, was not the
country dealing, but the fact of the trouble which
was given ; but here Jhe dating the letters front
Newcastle, which were written ,in London, was
au unnecessary piece of folly. The Jury, there-
fore, foundtheir Verdi-et for principal ail interest,
damages 10,617/. 2s. sd.