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she fact. He understood, however, that Johnston and
_the -Plaintiff supplied the army in Holland with bark,
Diautly, and other necessaries. They did so in con-1
ittnctions: but were ,never understood to be partners
Jae added that the Defendant lived at Yoxford, and
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was a man of fortune.
Mr. Teague, keeper of Giltspur-street Compter,
proved that he had Mr. Wilson under his care for
7001. due to the Defendant, and for 10001. due to
Thomas Johnston. Mr. Wilson was in the Compter
for twelve mouths, and was discharged on the 10th of
February last. The witness stated that the Plaintiff
rented a room in the Compter at ss. a week. Hill,
the Defendant's attorney, and also Johnston's attor-i
ney, applied to the witness to know why the Plain.l
tiff had not long since been discharged, adding, that I
he might obtain his liberty if he would only exchange
receipts with those who had arrested him (Turner and
Johnston.)
Pearson, an attorney, was examined by Serjeant
Shepherd, whether he did not know the plaintiff to be
a wholesale smuggler, in Suffolk? He saidhe did not.
The learned Serjeant then said, he was instructed to
prove a pa, tnership to have existed between the plain-
, till and Johnston, who at that time went by the name
Hamilton, and to prove this he read a letter from
Ithe plaintiff to Johnston, under that name, telling him
of certain bills being left unprovided for, particularly
lone..drawn on Johnston, by Messrs. Sharpe and Kirk,
druggists, for bark, furnished Johnston, amounting
to 4401. The partnership was trot doubted, and as
Johnston was not easily caught, the druggist brought
their action against the plaintiff, and he was arrested.
The money was paid by the defendant.
Johnston was then examined. He said he was the
person named Hamilton in the plaintiff's letter to him
in November 1799. They were partners, though there
was no deed of copartnership executed between them,
as the concerns Were of a smuggling description. He
was arrested for the bark he had from Sharp and
Kirk, and turner was one of his bail, and he paid the
debt.
Cross-questioned by Mr. Serjeant Cocitz.z.
He said he had forgot the year in which he was ar-
rested, but it was either 1801 or 1802. He arrested-
Wilson for 10901. worth of dollars he had lent him e
these dollars came from the Helder expedition. Ques-1
tion brthe Serjeant--" Did you advise Turner to ar-
rest Mr. Wilson ?" "No."—" Did you dissuade him
from doing so ?" No."—He then stated, that he
and Turner employed Hill, the Attorney, to serve
Wilma with process from them body as he was a very
active man.—" Had you at that time (asked the Ser-
jeant) no information of Mr. 'Wilson having instituted
a process against you for 30001. ?"—Johnston replied
" he had already done so, and by some unlucky means
I got into the Fleet."—" Ai'd by your own dexterity
you got out; did you not ? You surprised the War.
den—, We Fly by Night,' eh !"—The Serjeant then
asked him whether the witness and plaintiff's mad
speculations had not nearly ruined them both ? and
if so, what could possibly be Turner's object in arres-
ting him ? Johnston said that Wilson had money;
yes, said the Serjeant, and you was kind enough to
lodge a detainer against him for 10001. knowing well
that you was in his debt 30001. The witness an-
swered, the 10001. was the dollars he had lent the
Plaintiff. He denied having instructed hill to get
releases from the plaintiff. Turner was the witness's
friend while he was in the Fleet. Evidence was then
gives of the fact of Johnston's arrest for the price of
the bark. His bail were Turner, the defendant, and
a person named Gibbon. Judgment was obtained
against Johnston, and the money eras paid by the De-
fendant.

Mr. Serjeant Cocims, on the part of the Plaintiff,
said, that there was a most scandalous conspiracy be-
tween Turner and Johnston,to obtain Johnston's re-
lease from the Plaintiff. The arrest of the Plaintiff,
by Turner, was infamous, and done for no other
cause, but to compel the Plaintiff to give Johnston a
sate Magas. It was evidently a conspiracy, as the
Plaintiff had been confined for twelve months for no
delinquency of his own, but he was harassed by them
both, as they knew him to be a needy man. He
trusted the Jury, when they contemplated the pu-
punishment the Plaintiff had so unjustly undergone,
they,.would feel like men who prized the liberty of
the subject, and that they would set a splendid ex-
ample that suck delinquency should not go unpunished.
Sir JAMES MANSFIELD recapitulated the circa m-
stances of evidence, and was clearly of opinion with
the Learned Serjeant, that the arrest" and imprison.
ment were obviously malicious, and ,added, that it
was for the good sense and sound discretion of the
Jury to award the reasonable quantum of damages.
—Verdict for the Plaintiff, damages 10001.
JULY 27.— WILSON v. JONNSTDIt.

This was an action to recover damages from the
Detendant, for a malicious arrest and imprisonment
of the Plaintiff, and a sequel of the cause of Wilson
v. Turners tried yesterday, in which the Jury found
for the Plaintiff 10001. damages. The circumstances
of the case have been already stated on the former
trial, and the evidence the same, with the difference
only that a Mr. Cartwright, brandy-merchant, of
Blackfriars, proved that Johnston declared in his hear-
,ing, while the Plaintiff was in prison, that upon a
'statement of accounts Wilson would owe him nothing,
but that there would be rather a balance in his fa-
vour; and that Johnston adduced evidence to prove
kis having advanced 1000 L in dollars to the Plaintiff.
- The Court and Jury, however, were of opinion
that this sum only formed a part of the account cur-
rent, and that no debt was due to Johnston by the
Plaintiff. Verdict for the Plaintiff—Damages 1.5001.
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A very .destructive fire happened lately at Bake,
in St. German's, Cornwall, (the seat of Sir JOSEPH
COPLEY') which entirely destroyed that ancient man.
ion, with the farm-house adjoining, and part of the
furniture, 2001. worth of wool, and 1001. worth of
hams and bacon han apprentice boy to Mr. KEAST,
the tenant, about nine years of ae, fell a victim to
the flames.. The fire broke out after the family had
retired to bed, and-was occasioned by the clovel of
the kitchen chimney catching fire.
Uxunt-nALL.—Yesterday Holderness, a wa.
ierman, was fined in the mitigated penalty of ss. with
4s. 6d. costs, for extortion. It appeared that the
Rev. L. Sharpe had hired him to go from the Tower
to the Surrey side of Westminster-Bridge, the fare.for
which is 9d. Mr. S. voluniarily offered WM Is. but
the prisoner insisted on Is. 6d.

71F-IifENTSI,6O;

Yepterdayit -at one o'clock, a lyge number Alb!:
iroolliujers of London and its enyrrcsts assembled at
Mr. Sialei's Repository-yard, in Gesivell-street, tp".
attend a sale of English grown MeridoWool, alinotni-
ced by Lord Somerville, and other owners of Spanish
flacks in this country, to be annually held at this'
place, for disposing of their wool by public auction.
Twenty-seven lots of wool, principally of crops be-
tween Merino and Ryland sheep, were- put up and
quickly disposed of to the following buyers, viz. Mr.
Thomas Shepherd,Wm.Oakley, Mr. Stephen Clisold,
Messrs. Richard Townshend and Sons, Mr. Molding,
Messrs. Dyur and Swaine, and Messrs. Andrews,
Clement and Co. at from 2s. to 4s. Id. per pound,
exclusive of one lot of scowered wool, which fetched
ss. Id. per pound.
The above wools were stated in the catalogues to be
the property of Ear) Manvers, Earl Mansfield, Lord
Somerville, William Mitford, Esq. Charles Jenkinson,
Esq. John Wilson Allen, Esq. and others. Besides
woolstaplers and others connected with the woollen
trade, we noticed as present at the sale, Lord Somer-
ville, Messrs. Compton, Searle, Cator, Allen, Green,
&c. Messrs. T. and R. Martin, of Coleman-street,
were the auctioneers.
At the conclusion of the sale, which took place in
the spacious lofts in the Repository Yard, where the
wool was deposited, Lord Somerville gave an invita..
tion to the company present to return to the Three'
Cups, and partake of a chop of mutton from a fat
wether of his true Merino breed.
After dinner, his Lordship rose and assured the,
company, that no views to his own individual interest
had been allowed to mix in his exertions towards esta-
blishing the present sale, for having himself always
had the most ample vent for his Merino and Merino
crossed wools, at prices answering his utmost expecta-
tions, and having even previously engaged his wool
of this year to the former buyer, Mr. joyce, he had
been actuated by the wish of being serviceable to the
possessors- of Merino sheep, especially those whose
flocks are at present small, by opening a mart, where
such might be sure of meeting a price proportionate to
the fineness and quality of their improved wools,which
seemed an indispensible step to the general spread of
Spanish sheep, since the wool-buyers of many districts,
particularly such where coarse wools prevail, had
deemed these small lots of fine wool unworthy of their
notice, except at prices utterly beneath their true value.
His Lordship next adverted to the danger of diminu-
tion, if not of annihilation, to which the Merino flocks
are at this time exposed, while depasturing on the
Northern provinces of Spain, by the ravages of con-
tending armies ; and argued, that this circumstance
ought to redouble the zeal of agriculturists in the
growth of Anglo-Merino wool, that had been proved
so capable of supplying its place, in the staple ma-
nufactures of the country. His Lordship further
stated, that he had received a letter from the Duke
of Bedford, expressive of his regret, that a prior en:
gagement prevented his attendance; and that his
Grace had engaged his Merino wool of this year to
Mr. Frederick Smith, subject to the prices fetched by
similar wools at this sale. Lord Somerville, in order
to shew the great degree of fineness which may, in.
three years, be produced by crossing proper breeds of
English sheep with Spanish rams,produced a scowered
fleece of Hereford and Merino wool, three times cros-
sed, which was pronounced to be of very superior
quality. The buyers very generally expressed their,
approbation of the establishment of this annual sale,
and promised a very full attendance next year.
Mr. Wm. Oakley was in the Chair, and several
appropriate and patriotic toasts were given.

The Tickets No. 16,909, 820,000 Priv, and'
No. 7,227, £lO,OOO Prize, were sold in Twenty-two
Shares, at J. WARNER'S Fortunate Office, No. 16,
Cornhill, last April. Tickets and Shares in great
variety are now selling as above. The Wheel con-
tains 820,000, £lO,OOO, 85,000, £2,000, &c. &c.
Next day of Drawing, Tuesday, August 2.
FAIRS.-At St. Boswell's fair, the shew of lambs
was not so great as last year ; they sold from about
ss. to 14s, or 15s. per head, with a pretty quick de-
mand. There was but an indifferent shew of black
cattle, and very few sold; the prices low. A middling
shew also of work horses, which met with tolerable
good sale. The prices of linen cloth were much about
the same as last year, but not half the usual quantity
at market, and rather less demand.

At Ross fair, a large quantity of wool was exposed
for sale, and the prices were as follow ; best trinded,
S4s. per stone ; coarse sorts, as low as 215.; lambs'
wool, from 265. to 30s. ; and a few prime samples of
Merino sold from 38s. to 425. per stone. The shew
of cattle] was not large ; prime beasts sold at good
prices, but lean and working stock were not in much '
request, and experienced a considerable depression in
valve. The shew of sheep was considerable, and they
sold briskly at good prices. There were very few
horses. Best cheese sold from 80s. to 88s. ; and se-
cond from 665. to 725. per cwt.
At the last Morpeth market, beef sold from 6s. 9d.
to 7s. 6d.—Mutton, 7s. 7d. to Bs. 2d. per stone (sink-
ing offal),—Lamb 7s. to Bs. 2d—Wheat from 80s. to
90s. per qr.—Rye 601. to 64s.—Oats 41s. 4d. to 445.
Peas 72s.—The shew of sheep and lambs was very
great, and fat of both met with ready sale • many in.
ferior of the latter not sold. Very few cattle at mar-
ket, which met with dull sale.

LONGEVITY IN TEMPS —There are now -growing,
within 300 yards of the old Gothic ruins of Fountains
Abbey, three miles from Rippon, in Yorkshire, seven
very large yew trees, generally called the Seven Sis-
ters, whose exact ages cannot be accurately learnt,
though it ha: been handed down from father to son
that these seven yews were standing in the year 108 e.
And it is saij, that when the Great Fountains Abbey
was building, the masons used to work their scenes,
.during the hot suramers, under the shade of these trees.
This stupendous ancient building is 700 feet long,
and was finished in 1283.—The circumference of
the Seven Sisters, Avben measured by a curious tra-
I
veller, *ere of the following sizes—The smallest tree
round its body five yards twelve inches ; four others
are from five yards and a half to seven yards and'
a half; the sixth is nine yards and a half • and the
seventh is eleven yards and nineteen inches in cir-
cumference, being two yards and ten inches larger
than the great yew-tree now growing in the Church-
yard at Grasford in North Wales, which is nine yards
nine inches. These trees are the largest and oldest
growing in the Arid& &minions.