The Sun.
London, England, 1816-12-20 00:00:00

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CHEMICAL SgeRUS.
N.M./MD 'r. wlTtr, , .;• •
The LORD CHANCELLOR decided this case,, an
tutting of which we gave yesterday. He observ-
id,'• that this ease...was oily, of a sinoular manic!,
and conseqectuly he liad.liad, :some difficolty how
to proceed : bot a eurefol- exstninfation of the pa-
pers on both sides had enabied.him to come to
sue!) a conclusion for the present,„as would, lie
trusted, be conducivefollit ends,oepablic justice
between both parties. %Vireo a 'man was s'u foolish
as to inrolve a bad bar;ain, he had
,
ho right to expect the Court shoold interfere to
prevent the consequences of }iis folly, unless in-
ileeo_be .prayed that lie had been impos,ed•on by
some fraud. On this latter ground 'the- present
plea wus:4ooßded; iteceiot.: given to eon-
sideratioe of the Sum' of 5,0001.. was to- pro-
duce the plaintiff" a Om profit of from $OOl. to
I,OOC yearly, in the oiantrfacturelif Soda, It
"ietis "eta t4ne tultai-
much for g secret before he knew Svilat- it
was, for indeed the "recipe` itself seemed more a
catalozne of chemical articles than a description
Art, and direct loos howtoperform a, chemical pro-
cess. Tileplaintill'i• failure in the proress was
ascribed to I,...hvin.g. a changeable man-, a being
Iv.llo could Verseviere in
,nothiog, as it was alleged
he Ima beep a 'briesh,toitker,' briels-maker, attor-
ney, and a twinber of other professions. - This
dih not at all '..bear on the.. case, excepting only
that if an attorney, he seems to haste treed,: very
poor one, as he here bound 'Mins& tia to divulge
the secret:AMniter suet death, but flow; he was
do t his ,itftr his death. appear '
on the TC-
coi d. It also •appeared that the consequence Of
the secret being diva.ll.-kof the plaint& Was
to pay it pt natty of 10,0904' Why \yes hot this
p;Jiaky Hsisted tin.now ? the defen-
d...it( not nOw sae, that the secret befog, di-
vni,zed to the cOUrf.,- and through it to the
lie had It right' to the 19,0001: '
silence on this point ‘vi-JI a .strong
:presumption.
against him. -llesides,, thougli he bwintrltiorsell
not to divulge it torder:a similar penalty, it wus
rathercurioo!Ara_halirte.tin'i bound himself to.
relorit;.troin working at..it, hi:itself, for. he :thigh&
begina„pranufact,cre of so" ay hie pkasi.fi.
This fact.issias equally curious anal important for
the plaintiff's wise, He (the Lord Chancellor)
,hakired over the papers minutely,: because 1,4
considered in contracts Of thi3 nature much 111)11$1!
might Ise.tonitnitted and hrtielt trand, 4rtol lie had
therefore expected to find in the: answers a deer
•,untipti,vocal and positive statement of real factp,
without any reservation or nothiguity. Ile hid
not eirt, however, ‘.-ith B4,94rteF, in )16e
artSWees, the tielenclunt n.c.rtily atimitrcd, but by
no Means Styprili tallUthjs, was a secret, and that
it was, tint practised lry,aoy other perstins.,l,lle7
really bei*ved there was io the bargain a gross
Misunderstanding on bot i sides. He tonttcl no
proof whatever of this being. a new,,,discoselt,
and therefore eueld not give liis joiiginvm,tl:or
defendant, thlier,ii pcolmbly it might ,arise front
Iris little acquaintance ivith•chemily ichymy,
as this haa 'CASti bean.o.3tailtted 11:. 'Tice' crest;,
therefore, required timber examination sold more
light to 1:e thrown on it. Ile would not permit
any negociation.or the promissory notes-, nor:troy
nbsignment
nor tits mortgage, till-the defendaot„
had given a inure sat isenatory, posiafeoind correct
statement of !Acts. Fraud was alleged 10 the trans 4.i
aettumi,, trod .
till the eThole ease-, was better trade
ont, anti a positive, unequivocal, itureserVediati-
swergiven, be should continue the restraint air -the
defendant. His Lordship, therefore, agreeably te
ltomilly's motion, couthmed tlit to
junction.

CdURT OF KING'S .11k:NCH,
London
~sillings ojier Aliehaelmqs, Term, before
Lord tllenoOrough awl Special Aria.

SPITTKR V„cIIAVIgEW.I%.,
ThiS w.al an actiOn'itpon the ease for a inisre-
preSentation,,,,which the defentittne teas alkgcti
have. nodhe respecting. a partner
,whom he had re-
commended to ;he plain, ill..
It wAS stated by the ATTottNEY-(;KNEAAL th it
the plaintiff, .who was a, young man of consider-
.able eapectatiOns, being aboot -.to marry, and
beittr, possestl nt a considerable sum of\ money,
Will desirous of entering into basiness iu pUrtuvr-
ship with some man of, equal prospects. The de-
fendant , who carried on'the business of a morocco
leather tanutn• aillermondsey, front Nvhich he ‘va
about to retire, applied to the plaintifl'and told
hint that he bad been for some time engaged in this
trade, which was very lucrative, and provaled the
plaintiff find a capital of 20,0001, to engage in it,
tie was willing, to disposeof it, and lend. him
.5.0001. at five, per cent. interest, upon con,
d i Lion that, the plaint id won't! take into part.
nership a per3on nanteil Unbolts, of whom
the defendant .b id 'the , highest , ophtion fur
substance, and who had equal fonds wjth, the
plaintiff, to carry into the business,. 'After.stone
negociation, it was agreed ;hitt the plaintiff should
go •tvith Robeds into tin. trade. I .14 :if ed ;i1
a distinct in 's ease, that tine di.
fendant bad to?) hint, previiins to the agiCeincllt
being entered intea, that UnbertS .Wll3 .a tataat of
considerablewioperty, and was able to advance
as touch llttilfq the pliintilf himself coniti vest
in the business linder-thisperlittalion the plain,'
tiff ratified -his agreement. with Roberts,. and they
went into businesso he. 1111 of NOW. being hid
our in the ltqfovettletit of the pr anises. The
!thaw iii soon afterwards married but. the 'nisi-
netts he had engaged in had continued bat a short
time, when he discovered that Roberts was in-.
debts* sl in a SUM of 300 i, to the 41+.:10*It.i.r111t, which)