The Sun.
London, England, 1829-08-14 00:00:00

PALACE COURT.

PAGE V. lIEYLIGER, ESQ..
Mr. Ross (with whom was Mr. Capel) statescib:
the jury, that this was an action to recover 1 the
by Mrs. Page, a milliner, for goods supplied t°4l4
wife of the defendant, a youm t-uan of fashion. 1
troods had been supplied at...;',WoKin to the orders
he defendant, who had callrediittheg plaintiff's halo
in Golden-square, with his groom and cribri°4
Ile had even taken the greater part of them:ne
himself. He now pleaded that he had not bau,„„*.e,
goods; that if he had, he was a minor at thela
and that they were not necessaries. He shariefti.
prove the facts which he hdstatedi as to the ""i
'ol'
very of the goods. The defendant represented...fill Wrest
self as a gentleman having large property in the
lla
Indies, and in a few months entitled, when he
be of age, to a fortune of 3,000/.. per year.
regard to the plea of infancy which he had thealtly
proper to make, the plaintiff woillaliave a diffied de
perhaps in proving his age in 1826, when the d.
were furnished. By a late statute, however, au a„id
mission after a person had arrived to maturity 0"01
bind and make them legally liable for the an301:110
debts contracted in their minority. That adallad
hel..ivould be able to prove, as the defendant 0,
ve.,Otten to Mrs. Page, admitting the debt, and P,,rto
mising to pity. Then the litestion would be a" el
the goods -being necessary! The learned coon',
believed that the jury would be of opinion, that h91,3.';
lincti was a necessary article for a . lady .during
accouchement, for part of the bill was for that °lie
cle, and furnished during her confinement. , of
could not fancy that they would think the article ii
silk any luxury for the wife of a man who 100„,e-it
establishment as a gentleman, when evert the iolie
classes were now in the habit of wearing it. 11
alluded to one of the items, which charged for la
yards of silk for lining a pelisse., The jury 0:0,
not perhaps think a dimity petticoat a very e3P-
siv
jet
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seofino re a
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observations, the "'earned
Counsel called
Henry Adams, who received the letter prodnee,d on
the 24th June, which had admitted the debt, and P",
mised to pay. Had applied before that for a balan-e
of 181. on account of Mrs. Ann Page.
Eliza Lock, forewoman to Mrs. Page, who live:
at No. 56, Golden-square, had seen defendant me
with his wife in a cabriolet, and had either delivete"
the goods herself, or siert them delivered by Or 7,
Page. The whole billiumounted to 231. 59'; -ik;
was paid on account. Alr. Heyliger chose the 51
said n . 0
he wished it to be particularly good as hed
would not confine thern,to price. He wishedd o
a
pelisse to be lined with geranium silk, as he bja tit
great fancy for that colour. He then lodged 0,
No. 6, Windsor-terrace, City-road :he had a gr°°,,t
and one maid-servant. On the delivery of the
parcel of goods Mr. H. asked if Mrs. Page would
give give him credit, and gave his honour that he oad
remit the money from Bruges on the follovialP
February, when he became of age. ,
Mrs. Page is a married woman, and has
lived with her husband. She had been served w/;;
a notice last night to prove her marriage, and '-
,e
her certificate in Court. 3
Cross-examined by Mr. FLANNAGAN—The
were all delivered in 1826; believed in SeptenwLo
Had seen them delivered. Mr. Heyliger had b`l",
introduced to Mrs. Page by a Mr. Foster, but
latter had not ordered them on his own accooat'he
Was certain that it was in 1826. Did. not knoW
hand-writing of the receipt produced ; believed it lit
it was Mrs. Page's, but was not certain. Defoe
had paid.for other goods besides those in the biller
The letter and receipt were then read. The le the
was dated June, 1829, and promised payment 26,
receipt was for 9/. 17s. 6d. paid in September should
Mr. FLANNAGAN, for the defendant, said he shcfr es
prove that he was an infant; that he was at 13/e.
at the time the goods were stated to have been
re
livered to, and ordered by, him; and that they lie
ordered by Mr. Foster on his own account.

then called
Capt. E. Foster, who deposed that defendant Of
at Bruges with Mrs. Heyliger' till the latter end °
September, 1826. „
Mr. Holmes proved that the defetidtint'i*6°r°
Oct. 28, 1806, in Jamaica.
Mr. Harvey Foster was then called, to prove the
goods being ordered for himself, but •• • not aPPea,...
Mr. Ross replied, and the Jury a %re"-
diet—damages 181. ss.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.
DEAL, AUG. 13.—Wind S.W. by W.—Arrived
the Thomas King, Williamson, from Demerara ; and
Junes Laing, Sughrue, from Jamaica.
FALMOUTH, AUG. 12.—Wind S. to S.E.—Off
the Port, the Governor Graef de Baillot, Vulche,
from Java.
PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 13.—Wind S. to W.—Ar-
rived from London, the Sarah, Chester, for New
South Wales; and Juliana, Tarbutt, for Calcutta.
Passed the Flinn, Phillipson, from the Cape of Good
'lope; Grenada, Wilson, from St. Vincent; and
Abbeston, Percival, from Calcutta, sailed the 23d
of March.

PLYMOUTH, AUG. 12.—Wind S.E.—Arrived
from London, the Lord William Bentinck, —, for
Malta. Sailed the James Lion, Turner, for Demerara.
ABERDEEN, AUG. 9.--Arrived the Phedo,
Mitchell ; and Shakespeare, Goldie, from Quebec.
LIVERPOOL, AUG. 12.—Arrived the --, Hall,
from Pictou; Montrose, —, from Antigua; and
Friends, Coffin, from Quebec.
LEITH, AUG, 11.—During the tremendous gale
of the 3d inst., the Sir James Henry Craig, John-
ston, from Miramichi, which was riding in the Roads,
drove with both anchors so near the shore that she
struck heavily, and was obliged to stand out to sea
through the reef of rocks by the Jack Keith. The
M'Beath, was driven into Portsea with
`damage, rudder gone, and must discharge. Seventeen
vessels were driven on shore in the Murray Frith;
the crews of four of them drowned.

, The Coldstream, Trigustha, from Bengal, has ar-
tired off Portsmouth.
The Perseverance, Brown, from Liverpool to
Bengal, was totally lost on the 28th of February,
thWampoor Point : the crew and a small part of
the cargo saved.
The Rose, Marquis, from Bengal, was signalized,
—ln of April, off the Mauritius, by the Coldstream,
arrived off the Wight.
aThe James Laing, arrived in the Downs from
n "laic; parted company with the Jane Catharine,
and the Scholefield, the 11th ult., lat. 31. long 78.
hll3' accounts from Sincapore, of the 23d March,
tbe Alicia, owditch, was to be ove don, having
bee
on shore in the Straits of Mhanilla.w