The Sun.
London, England, 1829-07-23 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT, JULY 22.
DUNLOP v. BUNN.
Mr. HORNE (with whom was Mr. SPENCE) de
tailed the facts of this case. The defendant was an
iron-master residing at Weybridge, Surrey, and had
been appointed executor of a person•who bequeathed
an extensive property to the mother of the plaintiff
and her family. In November, 1819, the defendant
went to Glasgow, where Mrs. Dunlop resided, to
settle the accounts connected with his executorship.
On that occasion he represented his business to be
very valuable, especially as he had a contract for
three years to supply his Majesty's dock-yards with
bolts, &c. and observing that he was old and inclined
to admit a partner, offered to receive one of Mrs.
Dunlop's sons in that capacity. The old lady,
dazzled by the flattering prospect of certain fortune
which Mr. Bunn held out to her, paid him 5,0001.
as a consideration for the admission of her son into
the business as an equal partner with Mr. Bunn.
An agreement to this effect was entered into be-
tween the plaintiff and defendant, on the Ist of Ja-
nuary, 1820. The plaintiff being, thus settled in
the business, the defendant conferred o❑ him, as he
made him believe, an additional benefit by making over
to him the other half of the business. The terms of
this second agreement, which was entered into on the
20th of April, were, that the plaintiff should pay to the
defendant in ready money the sum of 2,5001. and
moreover a rental of 300/, during the term of the lease
under which the premises at Weybridge were held.
The plaintiff, after having made these improvident
bargains, discovered that the profits of the business
had been egregiously overstated by the defendant,
and that the contract with Government, instead of
being for three years, was only for six months, and
determinable on three months' notice on either side.
The Navy-office closed the contract at the end of 12
months ; and the plaintiff having had recourse to legal
advice, filed a bill praying to be relieved from these
engagements. On the bill being filed, the defendant
brought an action against the plaintiff for 3001. the
amount of one year's rent; and the case having been
referred to Mr. Denman, that gentleman was of
opinion that the second agreement was founded in
fraud, and awarded that instead of the plaintiff pay-
ing any thing, the defendant should pay to the plain-
tiff the sum of 3001., the amount of costs, &c. The
plaintiff thus got rid of the second agreement, which►
was the only matter that, by the terms of the refer-
ence, Mr. Denman could inquire into; and then the
plaintiff filed a supplemental bill praying for relief
against the first agreement.
Mr. SOLICITOR-GENERAL (with whom was Mr.
LOVATT) appeared for the defendant, and contended
that the second agreement recognized the first, and
precluded the plaintiff from any relief on that score.
Mr. HoRNE was about to reply, when
The VICE-CHANCELLOR said there would be no
necessity for a reply in this case. The opinion of
the Court was, that the agreements should be given
up to be cancelled-; that the defendant should pay
back to the plaintiff 5,0001.; and that, as the agree-
-4 that sum; that the
ment was founded in fraud, he should pay five per
cent, interest upon plaintiff

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY 22.
-ROGERS V. TYLER, CLERK.
In this case, which was an action for an assault
upon the plairitiff at the Vestry-room of St. Giles's-
in-the-Fields, by the defendant, who is rector of that
parish, a: question arose as to whether a select
vestry had .existed from time immemorial in that
parish. As: the question involved points of some
novelty told importance,-it was argued at consider-
able length, 'and not concluded until yesterday, when
the Jury -found a verdict for the plaintiff—damages,
405., thereby establishing the fact, that there is no
select vestry by ancient usage. The apnouncement
of -this verdict was received with great satisfaction,
by an unusual crowded auditory.

AMERICAN MANUFACTURES.

(From the Boston Courier.)

INTERESTING FACTS.—A gentleman in-
forms, us that the brig Mars, which sailed from
this pori4,u Monday last for Calcutta, carried
out seventy bales of domestic cottons for the
Calcutta market.

It is a fact, universally notorious, that previ-
ous to the late war coarse cottons were imported
in great abundance from Calcutta, for which
specie was sent in payment ; and it was then a
matter of surprise that they could be imported at
so cheap a rate.
It is a fact susceptible of the clearest proof
that the price of India cottons before the war,
was more than double the present price of Ame-
rican cottons, leaving the qualities of the respec-
tive kinds of goods entirely out of the question.
India cottons of a width suitable for sheeting,
were sold twenty years ago, for thirty-five, forty,
and sometimes as high as fifty cents. the yard ;
they were exceedingly coarse and thin, and
could as easily be seen through as a ladder.
American cottons of the same width, of fine, sub-
tantial durable texture, may be bought for seven-
teen, and those of extra fineness for twenty-five
cents. the yard.
Just previous to the late war (1808 to 1812)
an article for shirting was imported to a consi-
derable extent, called British cotton, the most
indifferent of which sold for fifty, and the better
qualities, from seventy-five cents. to a dollar a
yard. American skirtings have driven this
article entirely from the market ; for those equal
in durability, as well as in delicacy of texture
and finish, can be purchased for less than half
the money.
The investigation might be pursued with re-
spect to calicoes, ginghams, and other goods
manufactured from cotton, aud the same un-
daunted and indubitable facts exhibit the parallel:

So in regard to many articles manufactured
from wool. Broadcloths and cassimeres, (the
former especially), are from fifty to a hundred
per cent. lower than they were previous to the
war. A man may now get two coats, for what
one then cost, and perhaps have change enough
left to buy a handkerchief, a pair of stockings,
or even a silk waistcoat. It is no refutation of
these facts or the inferences to be drawn from

them, to say that the period of which we speak
was one when goods of all description were high
in consequence of the embargo and non-inter-
course acts ; there never was a time from the
settlement of the country to the close of the war
in 1815, when five dollars would purchase more
than half the cotton and woollen goods which it
will purchase at the present time.
Neither will it avail any thing to say that
labour and agricultural productions produced
more money or higher compensation twenty years
ago than they do now, if any one should be fool-
hardy enough to make the remark. The prices
of labour in some branches of mechanics may
have depreciated—housewrights and shipwrights,
for instance,—though we are not aware that
wages are much if any lower now than in the
most busy times. In many trades the price of
labour has constantly been rising, and has long
been at so high a rate, that he who is employed
on daily or weekly wages, makes more money
than his employer, without suffering any of the
trouble or hazard which invariably accompanies
the,operations of the principal.
As to agricultural products, (we speak parti-
cularly with reference to those of New England
and the middle States) when did they ever com-
mand better prices ? Those farmers who live
adjacent to the large towns, New York, Provi-
dence, Hartford, Boston, Portland, and others,
and even within fifty or sixty miles of those
places, are on the high road to wealth, and if
they do not reach the goal,—,-the object of every
man's toil,--Lthe fault must be in themselves.
Beef, pork, ham, butter, milk, cream, veal, mut-
ton, poultry, are as high as they were ever known
to be in our market, and some of these articles
bear a price so high as to amount to an actual
prohibition of their use, except in the families of
the most wealthy members of our community.
Two pounds of butter, half a bushel of peas, or
a box of strawberries, will purchase a shirt, and
a. few dozen of eggs, or a few bunches of aspara-
gus will put a ruffle on to it. The proceeds of
a single waggon load of vegetables, such as are
daily brought into the market, and which, in
some of our recent warm nights, grow up almost
as fast as Jonah's gourd, will furnish a decent
and respectable suit of clothes, and a second one
will supply a moderate family with tea, coffee,
and sugar for a month.
We believe we have stated nothing here that
is not, in the main, susceptible of demonstration.
The application we leave to the good sense and
sagacity of the reader.

A REGULAR AMERICAN.--We are informed
that a gold mine has been recently discovered in Davidson
county, containing a vein of the precious metal eighty feet
in width. This is the largest vein ever beard of in this qr
any other country. They generally vary in width from
two to five feet.—Raleigh Register.
On Saturday last, ANN, the daughter of Mr.
THOMAS CLARK, of the Vauxhall Tea-gardens, new
Hessle-road, near this town, died suddenly.—The decclts-
ed, having quarrelled with her sister, remained up stairs in
her chamber till called to join the family at dinner. On
coming down stairs she went to the privy; and a consi-
derable time having elapsed without her returning, some
of the family hastened thither and broke open the door.
They found her in a state of extreme illness, and convey-
ed her to her clamber, where she shortly afterwards ex-
pired. The deceased, we understand was about 2`l• yeats
of aes and of rather irritable temper,Hun Packet,

Within the last few dayS, the village of Kew and
its vicinity has been thrown into some degree of ex-
citement by the discovery of the body of a smartly-
dressed female floating on the surface of the river,
on the Surrey side, about half a mile from Kew-
bridge. The body was brought ashore about mid-
day-on Tuesday, and deposited at the King's Arms,
near the bridge. It was washed and properly clean-
ed, but owing to its swollen and rapidly decaying
state, the features conk] not be distinguished. The
dress worn by the deceased was of au elegant de-
scription, viz., a Leghorn bonnet richly trimmed, a
;mishit figured gown ; in the cars were gold ear-
lags, with the new fashionable drops; around the
neck a coral necklace, and upon two fingers of each
hand was a gold ring, one of them a wedding-ring
with a gold keeper : a ruby was set in one of the
rings. The deceased is of short stature, and had
long black hair. No person whatsoever attended to
claim or identify the body.
'•Mr. JEMMETT, the Coroner for that division of
Surrey, and a respectable Jury, assembled yesterday
at the King's Arms Inn, to hold an inquest upon the
deceased.
The rings and jewellery found upon the deceased
were placed upon the table for the examination of
the Jury.
The body of the deceased was minutely examined
by some women, but it was so much decomposed
that it was quite impossible to say whether any
bruises had been received before death. The teeth'
were beantifully white.
It was stated to the Jury that a man named
Kean could give some important information, and
he was called in and sworn.
Kean, however, said he could give no information
whatever upon the subject.
One of the Jury said he had heard him boasting
that he knew more than any one else about the de-
ceased person.
Kean replied that all he said was when the dead
body was brought ashore—" That surely is Mr.
Creed's daughter, of East Sheen." He said so be-
cause Miss Creed eloped from her father's house
three weeks since, and has not since been heard of.
The CORONER asked him why he thought the
body was that of Miss Creed ?—Kean said that he
had no particular reason for thinking so. The bon-
net found upon the deceased's head was a Leghorn
bonnet similar to that he had seen Miss Creed wear.
He could not trace the features of the deceased, it
was impossible for him or any other man to do so.
A Juror asked him if he knew why Miss Creed
left her father's house.
Kean did not know; she was a gay lively girl,
and he thought it likely she had run away with some
person.
The CORONER asked the witness Kean if he had
ever seen Miss Creed wearing any articles of jewel-
lery ?
Kean had not noticed her particularly. She was
a very pretty girl.
A messenger was sent to East Sheen for Mr.
Creed, who arrived in a state of considerable agita;
Lion. He stated that about three weeks since,
• during his absence, his daughter eloped from his
house, and he had not since heard the least tidings
of her. He had not seen the deceased, and could
not therefore say whether it was his daughter's body.
CORONER—Was your daughter ever married ?
Mr. Creed—Never to my knowledge.
CORONER—Did she ever wear gold rings ? Mr.
Creed—l never saw a ring upon her finger in all my

Mr. Creed went and viewed the deceased person.
Upon his return he said it was not the body of his
daughter, or any thing like her. His child was a
different kind of person altogether. His daughter
never wore such a dress as that found upon the de-
ceased.

The CORONER briefly addressed the jury, observ-
ing that nothing hut mere conjecture could be formed
as to this female's decease.

The Jury deliberated a moment or two, and gave
a verdict—" That the deeeased female was found
(lead in the river near Kew, in Surrey; but the
jurors have no evidence how she came to her death."

The rings, trinkets, and clothes were given in
charge to the overseers, and the deceased was de-
cently interred in the course of yesterday evening,
with the usual funeral rites of the church,