Star.
London, England, 1824-04-21 00:00:00

LAW INTELI,IGP,VCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH', APRIL D.
PELLOWES AND PRMVNE v. kODINteN.
This was an action brought to recover the amount of
el debt owing by a person Italie.] Alinghain to the.
plaintiffs, w'io were induced to L.ive credit to Allingham
in consequence. of the defendant having falselY repre-
sented him as a man fi to be trusted ; he tht dritindant
at the time Icom%ing Allingham to be insolvent:
From the evidence for the plaintitrs it appeared that
in the year 1:74:'2 2,
cr wh i Carried on the busi-
ne,s Of a fringe and trimming manufacturer, was in-
debted to the defendant in the sum of above 4001.
which, although frequently asked to do so, he did not
pay. Allingliam then applied to the plaintiffs, who
are silk, merchants, for credit, and refereed them it, the
defendant for his character. The plaintiffs sent their
cleik to the defendant, who on being asked Allingham*s
character, replied that he conside!ed him to be avery'
honest man and deicivin: ef credit for 4X)I. or 500/.
and that he had been always regolar in his payments.'
Tho plaintiff; then Base goods to A. :iit4ll;ini, and he,
afterwards took tire benefit cl the i:isr.lvent Dchturs'
Act, he being iniehted at the time ti the plaintiirs
between (2,1;1. and 1:1 Equitlatioli of the debt dce
to the defendant by Allingh am, he.gave him some of
the goods t;ot from the plai!itiff, and other
silk merchants who had given him c!cJit upon the de-
fendant's ref resentazion. After the iinAvency of Al-
lingliam was known, the defendant, on being reproached
with having given a I+1:4• dem ac; er, t.aid, 44 What could
I do ? Whilst he owed me money my tongue was tied,
bqt the moment he got nut of my debt I ex po,ed the
r.vcal, and told pc. I pie itot to credit him."
For the defendant was called defendant's attorney,
;rho smote that Alliagliam told I;im that " the plain-
thfs olll4red to wilful:.lu. their opposition to his discharge
if he would assist them in gettio,4 their 1110:.ey."
Another person who was present at the time when the
defendant was charged with having said " What could
I do, &c. Ike swore that lie did trot recollect the de-
fendant's having used any such words.
Th- defendant's books were put in to prove that the
goo,!s given to him by Allingliam were gods which had
been .pt eviously sold to him by the defendar.t.

M'. ATTORNEINGENERRL, who conducted the else
for the plaintiffs, contended in reply that the entries in
the hook had been altered, as some of them were written
in two different kinds of ink.

His LORDSHIP in summing up, observed, that if the
Jury .should be of opinion the defend in knowingly gave
a false character to Allingbam, it ought to be assumed
that he had a corrupt motive for doing so, and the plain.
tiffs would be therefore entitled to a verdict.—The Jury,
haying retired for an hour and a half; found a verdict
for the plaintilF,—Dartia,;es 2521. 13s.

GREENAWAY AND ANOTHER Fl ITER, BECKERS, AND

A NOTII Ell.

Thii was an acti.ln of trover brought by the t;lain-
..

tiff's, who are calico printers at Manchester, to recover
from the defendants the value of a quantity of calico
converted by them to their own use.
It appeared that the plaintiffs consit,ne,.l, in the year

1822, several quantLies of calico to Mr. Eccles, a w:are•
houseman in London, to be sold. Eccles being in want
of money, applied to Beckers for a loan on the security
of these goods ; but Beckers said he had not got the
money, but he could get it done far his friend by
Fisher, who on being applied to said he did not like to
have anything to do with consigned goods, and the bills
of parcels must be made out in the name of Beckers.—
This proposal having been agreed to, and the terms
upon which the advance should be made having been
settled, the goods were sent to Nfr. Woodward (who is
a packet), who packed them 1.. t exportation, and made
oath at the Custom House that they were his own pro-
perty, and Beckers paid to Eccles the advance by
Fisher's checque. Three similar transactions between
the parties took place before Eccles became insolvent,
and upon which occasion the plaintiffs ascertained the
nature of those transactions.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, for Mr. Woodward, sub-
mitted that no action lay as against him, who did
nothing more than pack the goods in the way of his
business. With resi.irct to the affidavit at the Custom
!louse, such affidavits were always made by the packers,
who, until the goods were shipped, always con..idered
themselves the ownets of them. _ _

Mr. ScAat.r.rr, for the plaintiffs, said there could be
no doubt if a person came improperly by a pipe of
wine, and his servant were to assist him in bottling it
off, both would be liable in such an action. He sub-
mitted Mr. Woodward came within that principle.
Hip LORDSHIP was of opinion that the general prac-
tice of packers took Mr. Wood ward's case out of that rule.
Mr. LAWES, for Mr. Fisher, addressed the Jury, and
contended that all which was proved against his client
was, that he was foolish enough to lend his money to
Deckers, who had since become insolvent.
His LORDSHIP summed up, and the Jury found a
verdict for the defendant Woodward, and for the plain-
tiffs against the other two, damages 51.51.
Is
Anoth - _20,0(10 so r

dzother : ~v,.... .. _ /9 Iftsn!lr—Yesterday was the
Third Day of Drawing, and No. 19,415, was a X 9.0,000 Prize,
and Said by BISII, who also sold 5.299, a J.!20,000, On the pre-
c...ti:ig day. There are still Two _e_tkvito, licc. m thaw.
Mr. Serjcant Goof.') has stateJ,• in a record at the
Assizes at Cork, that a receipt in full of all demands,
.v.ls not of the slightest use when given for a composi-
tion. Mr. GooLo s lid, that not one merchant in five
hundred was aware of this.
COVENT•(tAItDEN BIBLE AssocrimoNs.—The gene-
. ral anniversary meeting of the subscribers and friends
to this Associations was held yesterday, purposely for
receiving the Committee's Report of the proceedings of
the la-t ) ear, and also for the election of officers, &c.
The Rev. Dr. RAivnocen, Piesident of the Society, JI
took the chair, supported by several eminent Clergymen
and a most numet ous and respectable assemblage. The
report, which wa3 read by the Secretary, detailed at
considerable length the prowess the Committee had
Imade towards improving the condition of the poor in
their disti ict, by the distribution of a large number of
Bibles and Testaments; they had been materially assisted
by the co-operation of the Ladies' Committee, whose
exertions, the repot stated in warm and deserved terms,
had keen most beneficial to the cause they had in view
—that of placing a copy of the Scriptures in the hands
of every individual. The Ti easiner's statement chewed
the necessity of further pecnniary aid, to carry into
effect the objects of the instiintion. Several Gentlemen
addressed the meeting in able speeches, enforcing the
utility of the Associations ; and it was moved and car-
ried that the tepoi t should be adopted. The Committee
for the ensuing year being appointed, and the routine
business disposed of, thanks were voted to the Chair-
man, who expressed his acknowledgments; and the
meeting adjourned.

NAVAL INTEL

The Mathews, STICLII, fromieTtamboco to ibritiforEll,rao on
shore on the Scnrhorn, on the 15th inst. but was gut uff on :lie 17!11,
after dischatgir:; part of her cargo.
The ..ailed front Newt.r..r.43lunl the end of Decernb:r,
and has not since been heard of.

••••
FALMOUTII,• A ntu. 19. Wind S.E.—Arrived the nuke of 11:s1.-
borough packet, from Lisbon in tight days—cm the 17th, the
'3ler:borough fell itt v:ith a brig watet logged and r.b.lndtned, laden
with timber, called the Hannah, of ;it. John's.
Pr.vstouvir, Aran. 19.-11'itil Arrived the tithe, Tnller,
from Para ; Burt hs, I.rtitrin, from ii•httn. the port, the
Charles and Runty, KEIFE, from Cltailestt;n ; and Eagle, of Buttons
Sturris, from 1 lattannalt.
Potersmotrrn, Atom. Wind S. E. Sailed the Prinec cf
Orange transport, for Cork; his M titttty's Ship .S7A 2:1347 itA SP:
a scruize ; 'Messenger, Pack, for flambtir,;ll; Lad Venus, —, ;or
Quebec.
DEAL, Arnie. ^o.—Wind E.—Pascal through, front I.vmdc•!?,•he
Lord Cathcart, for Miramichi ; Trial, for darnel:a ; .. for
Halifax ; Hobert Edwards, for New York ; Falus, for Sm.; r la;
Dispatch, for Lisbon ; and Mary Jat:e, fur Quebec.
Ltvekroor., Arßit. 15.—The Lune arrived litre this day frtnt
IL•rbice, passod, on the :id inst. in Lit. 49. 44. long. IS. 7/..!. a brig,
with loss of bute?prit and foremast, Waterlogged and abondoned ;
she had yellow sides and blue mouldings; her stern was out.
Arm!. 17.—The front Dublin to Preston, ran on shore
at Berber Bank, on the Welsh coast, the day before last, and was
abandoned by tile crew. Some fishermen Afterwaras got her ta,
and carried her intu Lytham harbour.
:9.—Arrived the John, IluEwEa, front New Orleans;
Eliza Ann, llAamsv, front Odessa ; and Activite, GUILIION, front
Havre.

GitareFT.No, Aram SO.—Sailed the Honourable Company's ship
Princes; Amelia., Captain fur China direct; Jane Wv-
Joie, for St. Lucia ; Christopher, kNICIIT, fur 7,lirarnichi ; Caledo-
nia, Ran, for Stettin ; (i .t•uts; anti Ft lends, GARRETT, for
I.:Niue-ay. Arrived the Ann,BA Fir: I.t) ; and Violet, Coaattosis,
from Harlingen; CrobOaiVANDERaIiOCE; and Espt ralice,VaN GEST,
from Antwerp; llope, KNOWI.LS; from Gravelines; Antis,
CARES; tram Ilouen ; Diana, Mmi.eit, from Mogadore; and Mar-
Fracestis, from Odessa.
BREMEN, AERIE 9.—Captain SCIIII.I.ING, of the Helena, arrived
here from St. Thomas's, reports having fallen in with, in lat. 33. a
large Eugiish brig, with a round-honge on deck, waterlogged and
aliaiolaned. Could not discover hi:r name, as tin stern was stove in.
EMCINSIOUTH, NNW tIi...II•SHIRE; Marten 16.—The Perseverance
and the Hector, and from hence to New Orlezng, were totally
lost on the liaaes, during a gale on the Ist ult. Only out of the
crew of the harmer, and four of the latter saved.
CUSTOM-HOUSE, APRILS°.
Snits ENTERED INWARDS—The Mary Ann, from Smyrna; Diana,
from ; Ceres, from Palau ; front Rotterdam;
Colette, twit (..; hem ; Clara, trout Konigsburg; Dart, front Ostend;
Fanny, and Bell, from ;Memel; Aurora, from Datitzic ; Josepha,
from i‘lessina ; Landirende, from Bremen ; Sicily, from Malta ;
llope, tiont Hamburg!' ; Flo oeq, from Calais; Sxiftsure, front
Gibraltar; and Churcliiii, front Niples.
ENTERED OETWARDS—The Mars, fur Buenos Ayres; Esther, for
Berbice ; Furst Blucher, far Rostock ; Britannia, and Rachel, for
Ilamburgh ; Camden, and Prince of Wales, for Hudson's Bay.
Cceattsso OnTwaans—The Georgiana, for Virginia; Aurora, for
Pillau; Pacific, fur Buenos Ayres ; Latona, for Demerara; Eatl
Bathurst, for Rotterdam ; and Navigator, fur Jamaica.

NAVIGATION OF TUN RIVER PLATE.

Buenos Ayres, January 20.

Snt—With referznce to our letter of the 12th instant, incltsing a
copy of one we received from esptain Wit.i.as, of his Alajesty's ship
lIMAZEN, respecting the situation of the buoys lately plflced upon
the h.tnks in the river Plate, we beg to inclose a memorandum of
the instructions recommended to be observed by vessels coming up
the river. We are, Sec.

BROWN, BUCHA NA Nl:and CO. Agents to Lloyd's.
To John Bennett, Rsq. Secretary to Lloyd's.