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London, England, 1815-01-27 00:00:00

don/ and that the defendants used to sioi stamps foe
that purpose in blank; the defendant Danuy h- ad
been dead long before May drew the bill, and there
had been a dissolution of partnership, we believe, as
to Mr. Cock, which was not advertivd in the Ga.
*cue, and of which the plaintiff had no notice. May
not Laving any signed stamp of the new firm, drew
the bill upon the old signature, and it was remitted to
Messrs. Hallett and Hardie, without date or sum, as
'mere accommodation paper. May afterwards being
in town, filled up the date and sum as above, at
Messrs. Hallett and- Hardie's counting-house, and it
came Into the plaintiff's hands for a valuable consi-
deration.
The ATTORNEY-GiNERAL contended that the plain-
tiff ought not to recover against the defendants-Ist.
on account of the previous dissolution if partnership,
and 2dly, on account of the death of Mr. Dansey
before the bill was iu existence.
The Court refused the Rule; and Lord Ems-
' Boanunis said, that if partners, with .ut notice of sub-
sequent dissolution, sign a vast number of blank
stamps, with a view to future use and benefit, and it
one of them fall out of a clerk's pocket, and get filled
up into the hands of a bona bale h01..4-:r, they by whose
improvidence the fraud was put into The power of any
one who might pick up the signature, would be the
parties to suffer.
JONATHAN JOHNSON D. CARNET.
This was an action on a bill of exchange fur
£897. 12s. 4d. drawn by the defendant, and accepted
by a person named Gibbs, dated originally the bah of
June, and made payable to Richard Johnson, at 09
days. Richard Johnson was the indorser, ani after
the bill had been accepted, the date was al cred by
Garnet, in the presence of Richard Johnson, front
the Bth to the ‘..!Siti of Aloe, and Richard Johnson
took the regular discount tor the added 23 days.—
The bill not bcine, paid when it became east., an.ac.
Lien was ,hrote,ht upon it, .ind a verdict obtained foe
the plaintiff*.
Mr. PARKF. now applied for a Rale to chew cause
why this verdict should not •he set aside, tse the
grounds that the alteration of the bill.vitiated it; that
it became a new bill, and ought to bare been on
new stamp.
On the other side it was contended, that this being
an accommodation bill, it was still good, inanely*
AS the alteration was to be taken as the act of botb
drawer and acceptor. Gibbs had given the defets►
dant leave to draw on him, and had accepted ; and
it must be assumed, that he had allowed the deftn•
'dant to extend the term of the bill, as should be con.
venient to himself.
Mr. PARKE agreed that such might have been the
case, if the bill had not been negotiated ; but could
not apply to bind another party a bonafide holder.
The Court asked, if the present bill had ever beets
negotiated, and whether it had ever got beyond the
hand of the payee. Richard Johnson?
Mr. PARK& said it had not ; but he submitted the
circumstance of the defendant having paid discount
can the bill, formed a negotiation of it.
The Court differed from the Learned Counted on
this point, and Refused the Rule.
*SIERT 'V. TOBIN.
. The Armin:re-Gm:VIAL applied to the. Conn for
a rule, .to :Sew cause why the nonsuit, entered in this
case. should not be set aside and a new trial granted.
It was an action brought upon an assumed Agree:
ment, under the following circumstances. A person
named TUrner had Evert residing for some time at
the house of the plaintiff, wi-o keeps an Inn in the
country, and had contracted a debt to the amount of
£l7O. On a sudden he withdrew himself, and some
time after Mr. Askey received an anonymous letter.
containing a 85 note, .and couched in nearly the fol-
lowing terms. " A friend of Mrs. Turner's having
learned that Mr. Turner is it lebted to Mr. Askey a
sum of 8170; has iaclosod him aSS as interest, and
provided no steps are taken to make Mrs. Turt.er un-
easy, the principal sum shall be paid in twelve monthi;
but as this undertaking is not comptil,o‘y, if any
thing unpleasant occurs Mr. Askey will hear no more
of it." The twelve months passed over, bin no tuk•
tice was taken cf payment of the bill ; and the plain-
tiff having, in the mean time, ascertained that-the
anonymous letter was the hand-writing of Mrs. To-
bin, the defendant, he brought his action to recover
the amount of his bill. Lord Ellenborougb, how-
ever, at the trial held, that this was no obligation to
pay, but a mere honorary undertaking, and the plain-
tiff was nonsuited. The Attornei-General now stated
all these circumstances, and said he founded his pre-
sent application for a new trial, not only upon the
anonymous letter, but also on another letter of Mrs.
'robin's, written since. This letter the Attorney-
General read, but its contents did not at all bind the
defendant, and never even mentioned the word
payment.
The COURT were unanimously of opinion that this
was no agreement to pay, but came completely within
the meaning of the statute of frauds. The rule for a
new trial was therefore refused.

WINCHESTER, JANUARY 25—The bustle which was
occasioned yesterday by the County Meeting having
subsided, the City has returned to its usual placid
state, which is only interrupted by the occasional ar-
rivals of Officers who have been summoned, by Sir
JOHN MURRAY, to give evidence in his defence.
Among others just arrived is General • Min AN.
—Monday evening a person, who described himself
as Mr. MATHEWS, from the Theatre-Royal, Dublin,
Made his appearance at the Theatre of this City, and
afforded some amusement to it few o/ the town's-
people. The novelty of such an exhibition, however,
was its only recommendation, and the nature of the
performances was not calculated to attract many per-
sons of taste. The chef-d'atsvre of Mr. MATHEWS WAS,
lifting as anvil, weighing 40 :tone, by the hair of his
head--a display of talents which, it may be conceived,
did not excite among the cognoscenti any very extatic
feelings of delight. We apprehend Mr. MATHEWS
will feel less difficulty in carrying his perre from the
town, than his anvil.
SMITHFIELD MARKET. JANUARY 27.
Beet 51 Od to 6s Ot Veal 7k od to es Od
Mutton 6. Od to 64 Std Perk es od to 74 ed
Beasts 860—Sheep sad lambs s.746—Calves 1 00--I'ip 340
HAY AND SFRAW, PER 1.0.11).
Meadow Hey 41 to 51 Os I Clover 51 Os to 61 111
Straw .e 1 10s. to 81 144.

CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, lAN. 27.
The continuance of the trost having completely .topped the
navligadon of the rivers front whence our supplies come, all bud-
nen Is at a stand ; not &single sale has been etfixted this moniing,
and our prices must be gauged nominally as va last Wednesday.