Star.
London, England, 1804-02-25 00:00:00

77.1NARMCE-WELLS, FEB. si.

The folloiring are the efetts of a Challenge whicfi
took place here on Monday loft :—A Captain who
had raided here fer there five thonths pail, in •
Rik Of fathionable elegance, living in one of the SYR
rate lodgioig books, dealing with the moil refpediable
tradefinen to this place, vifiting all the falbion we can
boaß of at this kalon, kept a pair of nags. a gig, a
groom in a (pence livery, with a great deal at I4ce,
two maid fervent:4 a lady, and two children. was a
conilant attendant at all the Subfcrption Balls,
Card iktfensblics, dm. in ilscrt, the lei-rfifitat Cap-
tain was looked upon as a moll accomphilied.Gen.
denten of the Firil Rank. A refpeEtahle farmer in
the vicinity, of the name of BILLING6M, fupplied his
aced. with corn, hay, draw. kr.. ; he likewife pre-
vailed on the good natured Fanner to accept two
Bills of 301. each, which were not honoured by the'
Captain ; the confequenee Was, the Farmer was at- ,
railed, and obliged to pay : he immediately waited
on the Captain for an explanation ;—they came to
high words : the Captain attired the Farmer be was
a Gentleman, and would not be treated in that man.
ner I the Farmer in reply raid, he was hot his equal
in point of rank ; notwithianding, be was a foldier
(being full private in the Kendal Yeomanry), and
would fee him with his own weapons; the challenge
was accepted; hour and place of meeting, Sc —the
Qoeen's Grove, on the Race Ground, at Seven the
next morning ; the Farmer immediately fet about ,
preparing. for the meeting. a pair of good horfe-
pilots, and engaged a Mr. S a f9eant in his
own corps, as Second; but our daptain was very
differently employed, it was in ordering in a hells
fupply of good things from the different trademen,
for next day's dinner, and inviting a few of his moll
particular friends to dine with him. The farmer and
his feeond were on the ground the next moaning as
the clock Grath [even, and after waiting a full hour
in expatiation, when fad to tell, the brave Captain's
heart failed him, and had decamped. big and bag-
gige, an hour before the duel was to have taken
place ; be had procured a chaife to wait about smile
from the place for the Lady and children, and the
Captain mounted kis nag. and left the farmer, to
gather the Moils, placing confidence in the old adage
—" he that runs -away may live and fight another
day." The poor farmer has loft 3631. and what
adds to his misfortune, that the rail of the Creditors
blame him for frightening away with his pißols, fo
fine a gentleman. and a good =Romer. Mr.
of the inn, has 101 l upwards of 6oL ; in all the
amount is 6001. befides confidesuble fuma due to
different people at Tunbridge town. •

LAW lIVTELLIGIINCE.

COURT OP COMMON PLEAS, FEB. s 4,

DAVIS 11. SIDbLITOI.

This was an adios ape& the Defendant, the ac-
ceptor of a Promilfory Note for tr.
It ap that an itieerant Jew pedlar, named
Hiram i ams, went to the King's Bench Prifon,
fosse time fusee, to viftt a debtor, and was there
informed that Mr. Wifeless, • perfon alto confined
for debt, but living in a genteel kyle within the
Prifon' wanted three watch to difpofe of to a
friend. Hiram accordingly introdeeed binsfelf to
the leqe7, and left the watches, after Wifeman had
prevailed to pay the money as foots as be could fell
them. A day or two after the Dote, which became
the fubjeft of the patient Mien. was given by Wife-
man to Hiram, drawn by the D • ant a young
man confined in the King's 'Bench PAL' sa, for •
debt ; but whole relations were highly refpeaable
at Liverpool. Hiram. having taken this (mirky
(with which it was a fnrprife to the Court, how he
could be fatisfied), carried it to the Plaintiff, Solo-
moo Davis, who is alto a Jew trader, to purchafe
Come goods ; the latter having looked at the note,
Paid it was a good one, and he knew Middleton's re-
lations would pay the note if the acceptor did not,
therefore gave Hiram. the goods, and the note, by
fink means, came into his pofferson. It was argued
on the part of the defence, that no valuable con&
&ration bad been given for the note to the Defen-
dant, and that the fituation in which he Good when
the fame was negociated, namely, as an infolvent per-
fon, made the tranfaitioo, fisted to have taken place
between Hirams and Wifeman, appear improbable.
The Jury, however, were induced to credit the
teftimony of Hiram., and found a verdict for the
Plaintiff.

BALLOW th PATIII011.1•

This was alfo an ailion brought again* the indor-
fer of a Promiffory Note for asl. The Defendant
was Rated, by Mr. Serjeant Snernaatt, to be a per-
fon, who, in confequence of a &fire to make his for-
tune in the Lottery, had entered into various (peen.
lations to that end ; and, among others, bad engaged
with the filler of a perfon, named Mafbeter, in an
infurance fcheme, which, in the end, taming out
unfortunate, the Defendant found himfelf sol. in Sr..
rears with the party alluded to, and in order to come
to a fettlement, gave his note to Mathew!, her bro-
ther, for the aol. Matheter, having it in his poffef.
(ion, applied to the Plaintiff to difcount it, who gave
the money, on condition of receiving al. more tl.sn
the aol. for advancing the eallt, which was at that
time agreed to
The defence fee up was, that the note was vitiated
by being given for fomething like a lottery tratfac-
lion ; alfo that the Plaintiff had taken a °furious
interell ; to prove the latter, it was coufidered ne.
ceffary to produce the note ; the panics howevcr
bad lofi it by accident, and as no evidence proved
the illegality of the tranfattion, upon which the note
was given by the Defendant, the Jury gave the Plain-
tiff a Verdi&