The Sun.
London, England, 1827-03-28 00:00:00

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS.

COUNTRY DlARY.—Fsmtv, MAncH 30.
Banks, W., P. Is-lane--Sun, Wellington
Booth, W., Manchester—Star, Manchester 1
/3ottornley, J., Delph—Castle of York II
Bragg, h., Vs hitehaven—Globe, Cockennouth ll
Clarke, T., Oswestry—George, Liverpool 1
Elkington, C., Binningham—Red Lion, Birmingham ll
Fairhurst, J. Prescot—Angel, Liverpool l2
Gardiner, W. Chalford—Fleece, Rodborough
George, H., Bedwelty—Mr. Bigg, Bristol lt
Gleed, 1., Hawkesbury—Commercial rooms, 'Bristol ......
Hodgkinson and Co., Cockney—Red Lion, Worksop ll
Holgate and Co., Manchester—Dog, Manchester .... .....
Lomax, J., Hoghton—Hotel, Blackburn ll
Lowe and Co., Manchester—King's Arms, Manchester 'o
Lowe, J., Manchester—King's Anus, Manchester ... ...... _ 0
Lusty, S., Stonehouse—Fleece, Rodborough
Mayson, J., Keswick—Globe, Cockermouth
Murray and Co., Manchester—White's, Manchester lO
Pope, J., Exeter—Globe, Exeter II
Schofield, G., Farnley Tyas—Rose and Crown, Ilialdei she'd 11
Stokes, J., Bath—Angel, Bath ll
Thornley, H. Mottram—Star, Manchester 2
Tarleton, J., Liverpool—George, Liverpool 1
Wilde and Co., Saddleworth—W hite ' s , Manchester JO
Wilde, J., Saddleworth—White'eManchester
Woodward, E., Derby—Bell, Derby

INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED,
COUNTRY.—At the Court-house, at Leicester, March 30, at.
Ten o'clock.
Chapman; T., Leicester , Middleton, J., Great Glen
Clare, '., Leicester Richards, J.. Leicester
Davie, G., Somerley Wakerley, V., Melton
Hall, P. Cuuntestliorre I Worrad, G, Leicester
Hulse, f)., Thurcastone Young, J., Loughborougit
Kingston, J., Hinckley

At Beaurnaris, March 31, at Ten,
Parry, H., Tyny-Weya.
At Carnarvon, INL:rch 31, at Teti.
Roberts, E., Carnarvon
At Litchfield, April 2, at Ten.
Hardwick T., Litchfield f Sharpe, N., Litchfield

LENT ASSIZES.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.--EXETER, MARCii 26.

BORLAND V. ABTIVIT.

This seas an action brought by the plaintiff against the
defendant, for the purpose of recovering the sum of 304
paid by him to the defendant, as overseer of the parish of
Stoke Damerell, near Devonport, on account of a baatard
ehild, which had been sworn to the plaintiff. After the
Jury had been sworn, there was a long pause in the pro-
ceedings, on account of the absence of the surgeon, who
had attended the lying-in of the woman.
When it was at length announced that the surgeon was
in attendance, the Learned Judge said, that as he had
obliged Mr. Sergeant Wilde in waiting for his wituess, lie
hoped his Learned Brother would oblige him in not making
a long speech.
Mr. Sergeant WILDE assured his Lordship, that his
speech should be very short, snore especially as no one
knew better than his Lordship the nature of such cases.
The facts of the case simply were, that his client, who was
an officer in his Majesty's Navy, having landed at Devon-
port, had the ill luck to be there accused by a lady of easy
virtue, of being the father of a little one, whom she was
about to bring into the world. Under these circum-
stances, and having no friends on the vet to be answer-
able for him, the plaintiff agreed with the defendant, who
was the overseer of the parish, to pay the sum of 801. in
full of all demands, which was accordingly done. When
the lady's time, however, arrived, she was brought to bed
of a still-born child, so that the parish was not put to one
farthing of expense throughout. These being the facts of
the ease, he should proceed to prove them, and he woul.l
then be entitled to their verdict.

Mr. Robert Adams proved the payment of the 301. to

the defendant; the receipt was produced, acknowledging
that sum to be a compensation to the parish for a base
child.

Mr. T. Rutter, the surgeon, proved the lying-in of
Grace Exeter Venning, the mother, and that the child wee
still born. She did not lie-in the workhouse, and it was
the mother herself, and not the parish, that had paid his bill.
This was the cue for the plaintiff.
Mr. Lawns (with whom was Mr. Coleridge), for the
defence, put in a Local Act of Parliament, by which it
was provided that the overseer, on receiving the money due
to the parish, was bound to pay it over to a tressserer, al)._
pointed by the Commissioners, who had the distribution
and auditing the same.
Mr. Justice Pans said, that he had never met with such
a mi,erable defence. Surely it was not the Learned Gen-
ticnsan's intention to persist in so unfair an answer to the
just claims of the plaintiff.

ln spite of this remonstrance the ease went on. The
coastal le of the parish was called, and proved meeting the
plaintiff in the street, on which oceasion he said to the
witness. " This is a bad job about this child ; I think
that the parish ought to return roe SL, se it was still born."
Upon this it was contended, by the Counsel for thedefence,
that the plaintiff could not be, at all events, entitled to
more than that sum; the conversation proved, being an
demand.adoriasi on his part, that N. was the extreme of his

to be
balei a
more blackguard
Mr. Justice PARK was astonished at the Learned Gen-
tleman's persisting in so infamous a defence. It was highly
reply, and lie looked upon
disgraceful to the parish officers to institute inch a line of
county of Devon. the whole as a disgrace to the
appeared that the Overseer. of certain parishes in Devon
of which Stoke Damerell was one, were bound under
port,
By the local Act of Parliament put in for the defence, it
pay moneys they recei-
Ted On account of the parish, to the tree-serer of the Com-
missioners ; end the treasurer was called to prove that the
defendant had so done with respect to the SOL he had re-
ceived from WI plaintiff.
a plleinsaLlitoosamaciorudneteflouredandthis
defence than the other.--a
mere joggle to avoid an honest
verdict, for it mast be sufficiently evident to every cote that
the defendant, as Overseer to the parish, would be indem-
nified by thz. Cernruissioners.
Mr. Lswas suggested, that, perhaps, Lie Lordship
would preserve the point for the Court above.
Mr. Justice PARX—No, thank you, Mr. Laves; 7 be-
hove, as it is, I am too mach given to the saving of pointy,
bat I will not so entirely .tultify myself as to preserve this
one. It is a most disgraceful defence, from beginning to
end.
Mr. LAWIS said, that at least it was no honour to the
plaintiff to have to pay SW. on such an account.
Mr. Justice Peas. _You had no basinces, Sir, to re-
ceive it ; it is against the very essence of the laws of bas-
tardy.

Mr. Sergeant Wadi& declined saYing
The case for the defence here closed.
a single word in
reply ; the whole matter spoke for itself.
COLIRIDOE hoped, that at least the other side would
give the defendant credit for the sum of one pound three--
Mr. Justice PAILX—I will give the parish officers credit
for nothing; they show here with very little credit I can
they
h
them thirty pounds,
Itlellalkt,liietimi..
ignFoirrsat,nt ceoliniotrra_ryignsootrtentl,awl
moefant,heof land, they
and tken, when they find that not
one single farthing of that sum is wanted to meet the de-
mand against the parish, for even the surgeon was paid by
the poor woman herself, they keep it for their own pockets,
or perhaps for the pleasure of a good dinner.—(Muck
laughter.)--It is a most infamons and unjustifiable defence,
and the Learned Sergeant was quite right in declining a
reply ;
indeed he has been quite right throughout, excep4
at hie opening, when he announced me tut particularly con..
versant with such things.—(A load laugh.)
Mlaw of the ease bore you out.- -(A laugh.)
e made out by the defendant,
Mr. Justice PARE then told the Jury, that as there bad
not beenr.Seargeheaandt Wtowor.fna:anOY CO far, my Lord, as the
swnl
r
they would be doing their duty by returning a verdict for
the plaintiff.
The Jury adopted this advice, and immediately returned
for the plaintiff a verdict of SOI.

ENGLICI ROAST BERF.—The Editor of
the Quotidienne, speculating upon his own statement that
the English troops to Portugal were three days without
provisions in their march upon Coimbra, 01,88„,,,, "this
mast have appeared a great hardship to
soldiers accustom-
ed to roast beef and potatoes." It would seem uneourteous
to ask the enlightened Editor of the ultra Paper, whether
in traversing the Pyrenees in pursuit of the fugitive cum.:
or when encamped in the Boulevards of Paris, the Eur.
lish soldier was found so bigotted to kis native fare, aa*
be unable to accommodate himself to the sweet acorns
the one, or the ragosts and frieasees of the othersitultio,