The Sun.
London, England, 1804-12-29 00:00:00

EN6LISHAIEN ON liOilRD THE SPANISH SHIPS.

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.-, L -C. " ow-_Tg Et n t_e
Spati-iOl Plate Ship-wit*ildi.vtiere lately captured by
our Striadron off Cadiz; Wiere found four English_
Inert,sybd, on beirg interrogated, gave -the fol-
lowing acc.innt of Ilieniselves :—" That -they sailed
pas board the Lady Shore'Transport from Falmouth,
in- August, 1797, for 'Ronny 'Bay ; that 'a mutiny
rook - ;Ave during the voyage .; that the Ctrfrcet4'
were :murderer and the ship carried by the••natAi-
fleets into Monte Vido, and afterwards to-Buenos •
Ayres, %%here they had..been-confiieft in-prison as
Prisoners of 'iNar until rreleased by Order of the-
GOvetntilettt of Spain, and were to -hay e.been -landed
at Cadiz, and conveyed to England by the first.con.
veyance, ac the expellee of that Government, had
they not been taken by the English Squadron.!'
Allis account nenig transmitted
,in the Secretary
of States Office, their . names, viz.- Job,:
Brown, Eiwari( Eagle, Francis Ward, and Laaa -
t,lat Knowles, ajd information being seht that they
were arrived in the River, qn 'bond the. Enterprize
Tender, two Bow-street Officers were sent onMon-
day, to Jemove them to Tothill.ftelds Btidewell,
and they have since undergone several- examina.
tions,;, the übstanct-of which is es folloWs :
Edward Eagle sniti,he was a drummer in the New
South Wale,;Cot-vis ; that he vizi, on.hoard the Lady
Shore when rite mutiny took place, but had no share
in it; he was their only:fourteen :icars of age ; that
since that time he bad chiefly been in prisbn in.
Buenos Ayres, .and other placer; in 'South America;
that he reeeived permission to come to Europe in
the Spanish Fiigate Medea, which was captured off
Cadiz.

John Broiwn said,he was born at Cambridge, ard
1$ about, thirty years of age ; that he was on board
the Shore at the time of mutiny, as a 01,
dies In the South Wale's poips„; he was not in the
watch at the time of•ihe Mutiny, and knew nothing
of it until the snoricing, when he found Itirilself fins.
tined below. Tire Frenchmen, Datehmen,rand
mien, who were' concerned in the Mutiny, fastened
down'the batches before they to .k the vessel, and
Our Officer told us we could not retake the vessel,
and that he had given, up his sword, and Must
give up our arms. Serjeant Burns brought the
order from the Offieer. We rook nci prizes after-
wards, and the.Frenclitnen carried us into the River
La Plata, where he had been a ptisoner about seven.
'ears. -,

LAND/ at the time his Grace• Wai Secretary Of State,
Thursday he vas. liberated, by order of Sir
hICH A RD FORD. The rither three remain in cos.
of them, who was a drummer,
,i.B to be
sent fora soldier.
. .

LAW IZEPORT.

COURT' C7rKII4CP3I3ENCH:

SiTTINGt AFTtli TERm.
COOPER MANTWAINE.

hitiff is a 'Wholesale Dealer in Prints in
iett the Defendant is a Vender and
Colourer of Prints. . This •Adion was brought for
.a quantity Prints sold to 'the latter, to the amount
of 134. L Bi. • - •
Mr.' GAR ROW said, that a man of the name of.
Thminique Galley, goi from the... Plaintiff some
.Bankers' Checks, post dated, for which Galley gave
to the Plaintiff three Bills of Exchange,: on which
•nothing can bei recovered, • no consideration hay.
~ing been given for them. These Checks de:
vtylved into the hands of the Defendant, and the
Learned Counsel understood, that the defence. to
be set up was, that. instead •of payment for the,
goods, those Checks,. for 'which no consideration'
had been received, were low4se..deemed a set-offi
In answer to this,- he shotild ;prove, that at the
time of the sale of she. Prints,. it was mutually
agreed the Cheeks should not be taken in pay*ment. •
'" I will (said . the Plaintiff)! have nothing but
ready.money payment.?'• When • the Dcletrdaiit
. was called upon toAischarge-The account; 4te ac
knowlettged his.obligti6ns,to do so. • But another
ground of the defence was to be, .thanhe,at that.
time pal& he -was,,under age.; but* his, Mr. CIO..
stow's,instrtielions were coned, the Defendant was
twenty-seven years old. He should submit to the
Jury, that of whatever' age he might be at the time'
he made the purchase, he was at least Of full a4e
whets he made., the- promise to pay. .Allowing for
the Checks in favOur of the Defendants.' there was:
snit t balance 'Of .z7l. for which, under any crr.
cumstances his client Would be entitled to ihe' Ver..
dia of the Jury., •
J. Cooper, the.-son and apprentice Of the
said, that hi wag desired to go'to'the
Defendant, and to demand -2of him the sum of•
1341. Ss. for the Print;. io
.question. Tlis.ansti4r
was, that he must deduit some 'Checks . to the-
amount of /071. ,35. 4.d. The Witness.then asked
him to 'write' down his reply, as he, the "witnesw,
might forget it. • With this the Defendant coin.
plied, and the, paper being produced, there an.
pea-red stated it three Bankers';checkss of the
i5tb,.19,1„, and /4011 of September, 1803; amount•
invogether toil. 3d. 4.d.
William White, journeymac to The Plaintiff, said,
:that Mr; Conper observed to the Delesida'nr, at the
time of making the bargain, if the Cheeks- were to
form any part (If the payment' he would have tin.
.thing to do with the order. On being eiamineit
by Me.;Eattict tot, he s3id, he aid not knout' wliar
Checki they ;abided but ,he understood they'
.
were-Awned by forgeir ppm '• • • •

Mr:ERMINE. lua.:the Defendant, said, it was:
quite skiflitient: for him, without embartassing the
cause ,hi—any, collateral matter, to prnduce the,
Checks of the Plaintiff, which the Defenilant'had
right tO Candder as a pyment to the former, hoW.
ever inefficient they might be to any other person:
Lord ELLPNBOROUGH,....."' DO you mean to
putt the halance of 271. ?" •
Mr. EtSKINI.----" My'Lord, my Client came'of
age ors the: 260 v :of the month, and the memorandum'
even evidence was written on the 29th, bur we
were alWlYb ready to pay the balance." •
Lord ELLENAOROVGI4..•.—'t The justice of the
case requires that the:balance should-be ret•oVeredl"-
_ The Checks were delivered up, and the—V.erdiet'
WAS found fir the Plaintiff, damages. 2 71.
W. ItUGHIONES,V. M. SWANCOTTS.
This was an action for coals sold and dirtier:id;
by the Plaintiff, a Coahmerchant, iti F.arl.street,,
Blackfriars:
Mr. Gulps, for the .1-ilnintifF, stated, that his
'Client had sent in a quantity of coals, to: the 'aloe
of t zl. r 2S. Ca. ; he li4d only to prove thejr.::deli,'
very), and the Learned Counsel could not fokesee
what possible defence could
.1.4 coortived this
claim,
The Coal-Meter proved, that one hundred and
xty.iwo'bus eLs had been delivered., On I eitig
cross.eximined by Mr. Giotttow,'helleposed, that
the q.upptits, puri,orted to be delivered wo,five
Which oughtto have consisted Of one bun..
,deed and eighty-nine
,litaels,, instead of one lain.
tired and obity.two and further, that the. Plaintiff
pAS '4;il. penalty fur defrauding his customer, on
this odeasion; •
loptd gt-,t4s-!r-1.4 The Defendantinight
have
,repudiated 'the, conirati, but tf lie icepA, the
coals lie mast pa.Yl,4 them." ,
Me. CA'RKOW, Defendant, that' he
Was instrusAtid to prove;, Abe,Plaintift in c.irz-
.
041c:ration of having oriLy•sokii; pthiilty t.O ,pit)',
stead "of tool. agreed to-give tip this demand.
Lardtki;eNaortouoit.7—` " rThe'DAleAdant taiust
pay for the coals he has used.",
For the deficiency in measure was
made from the account, 'and a VCS.CII4I Wa,ll. round for
the Plaintiff, damages