The Sun.
London, England, 1802-01-27 00:00:00

ANNUITIES;

Mr. Gi a BS chewed cause against a Rule for set,
ting aside an Annuity of 601: granted by Ann DO-
rothy Stull to the Rev. Mr. Mitchell, for the sum
of 60°1: The objections to the Annuity Were,
first, that the consideration was stated in the memo.:
rial to have been paid in money; when in point of
fzia 1001. had been paid by a cheque on a Banker ;
secondly, that Mr. Mitchell had not purchased the
Annuity for himself; but in trust for his daughter ;
and thirdly; that the freehold pfeniises upon which
the Annuity was secured did not amount to the
yearly value of the Annuity.
The Counsel argued in support of the Rule, who
failed in making out any one of the objelions. It
appeared the cheque Was given; and the money re-
ceived a month prior to the deeds being signed ;
that the premises were of the yearly value of 16°1.;
and that Mr: Mitchell had only stated in a letter
that the annuity belonged t 9 his infant daughter, in
order to induce the grantor to pay the arrears due
upon. it.--The Court discharged the Rule with
Costs

l'Ht KING Z. STE TENSON.

The Defendant is the Gentleman at Weviicastie,
who was last Term accused of secreting from his
friends the Captain of a Greenlandman, under pre-
tence of his being insane: On the affidavit of a
person who had been his Mate, and.a quack-dodor
of the name of Patterson, a Motion was then made
for a Writ of liatas Cat pus, calling upon br. Ste-
venson to produce the body of the supposed Lunatic.
These affidavits were answered in a very Satisfac-
tory manner ; brit the matter was ordered to stand
over till this Term/ that inquiry might be made
whether. this madhouse was visited according to
Asst of Parliament/ and that the sci-disant Dr. Pat-
terson should shew by what authority he took upon
himself the style and title of M. D. thereby deceiv-
ing His Majesty's liege Subjefts.
Mi. ATTORNEY GENERAL said, he was in pos-
session of voluminous Affidavits which proved the
condud of Dr. Stevenson, in the whole of this

, ttiansaeti&i, to haV6 BienMOst hontitirab anj flit=:
inane :' but lie belio7ed it Vpitild be Unneeessari fdi.
hiM to go through ific'-rn,"and he therefore should not
unwarrantably consume the time of the Court;
it appeared froth the Affidavits, that the insane p;er
son vas no longer in Dr. Stevenson's custody; cow
that it was qUite imposSible that the Writ cbuld
now issue. Ctitts, the Mate, in a way on WhiClf
' the laW would not ldok with great favour, had iiot
him into his phsseSsion. Mr. Justice Gaost
putting Some question about Patterson, Mr. Attor.z
ney said he had expressed great sorrow for arrogat,
ing to himself a title which did not belong to hiai.,
He still pretended to be able to unstop the cars of
the deaf,: and to confer upon the dumb the faculty
of speech; but he allowed that he had never
been dubbed a DoEi'oe. Any criminal officious-
neSs of which he had been guilty in the begin-
ning of this affair, he had perhaps atoned foi•
by his subsequent condud. A short time ago; In
the neighbourhood of Durham, he was surprized to
see the Attorney employed by the Mate; open the
top of the London coach. When he drew near he
found that there was a great disturbance among the
inside passengers. At last the carriage was obliged
to stop, and the Attorney, to quiet the fears of the
other threes said to them, " don't mind My friend
here, he's only insane." This was no other than
the unhappy Captain, whom they had spirited
away from Dr. Stevenson's, and were hurrying
to Town. This speech had a very different effea
from what was intended. in the midst of their
consternation some one said, this was a case in which
the vote of the majority was binding, and moved that
the Mate should be expelled. The motion being ear.;
tied by acclamation, he might have have been left
in a very destitute condition, had not Patterson
humanely taken him home to his lodgings in Dur-
ham. Having here been treated with great kind-
ness, he was furnished with money to rettirri to
Newcastle, but he' again fell into the mate's hands,
and was put on board a ship. In sailing down
the Tyne he watched an opportunity to call a
skuller, and was rowed ashore. There were Mil-
davits of those who had seen him since,and who
declared him still to be quite deranged.
Mr. MARRYATT, who reproehted the other side
after complaining of Dr. Stevenson's unwillingness
to alloW the Attorney admittance to his patient, °Tot
served that he did not see why the case should no;
be strutk out of the paper, and it was struck out
accordingly.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, J4N. 2C.

SITTINGS AT CUILDEIALL,

HARRIS 2+. LttiniWALTE,

it appeared that an agreement had been made
between the Plaintiff and Captain Leeth‘,vaite, de-
ceased, to Whoni the Defendant was Executor, that
the deceased should take out to the Mediterranean
certain goods bought by the Plaintiff; Which the
fortrier Was to. sell to the best advantage, and was
to share the profit with tht PlaintifE Goods which-
had been purchased by the Plaintiff to the amount
of 14.001. 'Were shipped on this account Onboard. the
vessel commanded by Captain Leuthwaite. Upon
Captain. LeuthWaite's return, to Portsmouth, after
completing his voyage, the Plaintiff sent down a
person to hith, to whom the Captain almitted that
he had sold a part of the goods, and said, he would
very shortly pay the Plaintiff' V.hat was due to him
out of the money he had received on account of the
goods, and give him the account of the whole ; but
the next day he was taken ill, and died in a very
few days afterwards

This AdiOn was brought against the Defendant 3
as ExLtentor of Captain Leuthwaite, to recover the
value. of the goodse It appeared, however, that
the Vessel in question was the Isabella Transport,
hired by Government, and eriiployed in the tr.tnsport
service; whith Leuthwaite the deceased cotemanded
3
and that part of the goods in que-stibn were. adttally
put on board as ship's stores:

One of the Owners of the Minsport stated, that
the vessel was entit.ely let to. Government, and that
according to the rules of the TranSpott Sert'ice, the
Commander could not take ont in her any gooth•
whatever for the ptirpoSe of selling theat;
Lord AtvAra.EV being dearly of opinion that
the whole rransaaion ‘vas clandestine and illegal„
and that. the Plaintiff had therefore no right to rep
cover, the Plaintiff's Counsel consented td a ncin;,
suit: •