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London, England, 1809-07-10 00:00:00

COURT OF CHANCERY, JULY 5,

The Limo t., ;I pronounced judgment,
this rr.,:rnin,,,;, in the hau:aupt petition ex parte Steel
and ;41.cr,. in the matter of inlin Dicas, a bankrupt..
r.(-:-tts; :p tool: a ,! aleral view of the argumerts
used yesterday in support of a Lew Commission being
g.. n • ed, f: out r inch Ite concittied that the Comrr.is- .
S.. .1 Is and that the Commissioners hav-
i - d;st•harged their duty, were entitled to
costs, slio.trld tlic7y require. them. Conceiving the as-
sioaces ui n.tve been irrogularly chosen. his Lordship
diree:ed a new choice to be m:tde, in which Mr. ,
the brothcr of the bankrupt, and Mr.
Iluxley. his ag.'-'ut, should have the liberty to vote ;
am! also that Mr. Huxley should have his costs, if he
thought prorer, but Old the other petitioners must
be dismiSsA xvithout costs.

COURT OF KING'3 BENCH, liims 7.
PE-1.10";s J. 111ITIM1N.
Mr. ATIOf.F:i-GExEttAt. stated, that this was an
action re% 'recover £l6O against the Defendant, the
2:_teptor of a bill. He said he could prove the draw-
ing, acceptance, and the regular indorsement of the
bill, until it became the property of the Plaintiff—
but, unfortunately, the bill itself was lost.
Lord ELLENBOROT:cit—" If the bill had been de-
stroyed, I should have no objection to hearing this
i id of evidence ; but where.ic is only lost, or mislaid,
it might some day make its appearance, and the De-
fendant be obliged to pay it a second time.. lam of
opinion, the Plaintiff cannot have any redress in a
Court of -Law—a Court of Equity may relieve him.
I remember an instance, at the Old-Bailey, where%
man, of the name of Sharpe, was tried on an indict-
ment for forgery, where the bill was destroyed. The
Prosecutor 11. i.; the imprudence to shew the bill to the
Prisoner, and he swallowed it. He was acquitted on
the merits of the case, but not on account of the ab-
se:.c- of the bill. Under these circumstances the
plaintiff must be called."—He was accordingly non 7
suited.

BOTIIAM V. DTXON.

This was an action brought by the Plaintiff, an inn-
keper, at Salthill, against the Defendant, the pro-
prietor of the City Repository, Barbican, for S9l. ISs.
paid for a hone, which the Defendant warranted quiet
to ride and quint h irness, but which thu Plaintiff
returnLd as unquiet. The Defendant did not pro-
duce any evidence of the quietness of the horse, but
relied on his conditions of sale, by one of which it
was declared, that though the horse should not an-
swer the warranty, yet if he was not returned by six
o'clock the next evening after the sale, the pur-
chaser must keep him with all faults. After a very
distinct and impartial charge by Lord Ellenborough,
in which his Lordship observed, that it would be dif-
ficult for the defendant to carry on business at all if
his conditions of sale were not to be adhered to, and
that it appeared the defendant nad been very indus-
trious in making known the conditions by which he
sold, eic Jury immediately found a verdict for the
defendant..

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BUIDGE TO-MORROW.
Morning 56 minutes after 12
Afternoon '2l rtynutec _after 1

SALES BY AUCTION.

SPACIOUS ELEGANT MARINE RESIDENCE, PLEASURE
GROUNDS, GARDENS, and OFFICES CEA the COAST of
SUSSEX.-13, Messrs. HOGGART and PHILLIPS,
At Garraway's, on Thursday, the loth July, at Twelve &Clock,
AN excellent RESIDENCE for the accommoda-
at 3- tion of a large Family, delightfully situated fronting the Sea,
at Little Hampton, near Arundel and Worthing, in the County
o' Salem, the Residence and property of Mr. Serjeaot Best. The
House curtains ten Bed-chambers,' spacious elegant Dining,
Drawing, and Morning-rooms, Library and Offices of every dr-
4criptior, Louble Coach-house and Stabling for seven Ho.ses,
Pleasu, - ald Kitchen Gardens, and rich Paddock adjoining, al-
together a ut eight Acres, of which immediate possession may
be had.

To be viewed with tickets, which with particulars may be had
fif een days previous to the Sale, of Messrs. Hoggart and Phillips,
62, Broad-street, Royal Exchange. Particulars also at the Ncr-
folk Arms, Arundel; George, Worthing; Little Hampton; and
at Garrax ars.

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M tilt AUCTION.
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,y• nititt, in the ..., - . .
house of Miss SLACK, milliner, No.-62, Conduit-street. .. • it ALUAME IPREZHIILD tifTATSS,
Jr appears that no one was in the house • for it was first 1941Ped°r
discovered by the watchman, and he found the door' •
1 tn Situation, Prospect, and convenient Distance from
Loudly
Mr. WILLIAM
the ermectionsTANTof Villas.
open, with a blaze of fire in the back parlour. He At Gs y's Coffee-house, Change-alley, Cornhig, on 'nuts-
sprung his rattld in the house, to alarm the family, day, the 20th day of Jury, 1809, at Twelve o'clock at noon, in
but nut a creature heard him. He then alarmed the Nine Lots •
neighbourhood, and Mr. HURLEY, the grocer next A VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE, con-
door, was raised from his bed • and his family was , slating of about 53 Acres of rich Meadow and Arable Land,
saved. No seater was to be found, as usual, for more 1 eli
giblyu‘ity of Kent,
uatedon
oany eminence,sie
itsl the
from patndsolion, yet perfectly
of Lewi3hame in
the cont
ctly
than an hour, during which time the flames got such I
retired, and the surrounding country presenting beautiful and
an ascendancy as to make the destruction of the houses I extensive Prospects, with an excellent private road lately made
No. 62 and 63, inevitable ; but it was hoped that the i through the Estate, forming a handsome approach to the different
fine mansion of the Hon. FeenzatcK NORTH, situate Lots frintt Turnpike
hakerdoad.
Particulars at Messrs. Graham, Kinderley, and
next door to the west, might escape the flames, on Donwine's, Lincoln's, inn; at Messrs. Black and Chapman's,
account of its strong party walls ; and the woman in Land Surveyors, Hall Staircase, Middle Temple ;at Garraway's
possession refused to open the door. The Right Ho- Coffee-house; at the Auctioneer's, Hitchin, Herts ; and at Mr.
nourable WILLIAM Wtsntram was drawn to the spot, L. Phillips's,Rushy-green, Lewisham, who will shew the Estate,
by the lively interest he took in the preservation of
Mr. NORTH'S inestimable library. The roof of the
house at length caught the flames, as the wind set in
that way—and at length the fire-men broke open the
doors. A number of the books, through the inde-
fatigable exertions of Mr. WINDHAM and the Volun-
teers, were saved, and lodged at Mr. Wmrert's op-
posite—but we lament to say, that in the midst of
their exertions the roof fell in; crushed three of the
fire-men mortally—and all that part of the library
which was in the upper part of the house was de.
stroyed. The loss to literature is incalculable. The
collection has been the labour of Mr. NORTH'S life ;
and has been made with a research, skill, taste, and
perseverance unparalleled!. He visited all the known
stores and depositaries of the world for rarities in sci-
ence and literature—and though a part has escaped
the flames, yet we fear that the library is irreparably
affected, by sets being broken, others totally burnt,
and the whole essentially damaged. His house war,
most superb in decoration and furniture, but that is
of little estimation when compared with the books
and manuscripts, and with the lives that we fear are
lost, for their are faint hopes of their recovery.—The
flames were so violent that the walls of Mr. NORTH'S
house, as well as Miss SLACK'S, are totally destroyed.
The skeleton of Mr. HURLEY'S remains. Mr. NORTH
is now on his way to Malta and Constantinople, ani-
mated by the hope that through the friendly inter-
course re-established by Mr. ADAIR, he may be able
to pursue his search after the precious relics of anti-
quity, and add to tile stock of human knowledge.—
What a shock it must be to him that the acquisitions
of 2.5 years were lost in an hour !

GLOUCESTERSHIRE.-By Mr. STANTON.

At Garraway's Cofee House, Cornhill, London, on 'Thursday,
the '27th day of July, 1809, at Twelve o'Clt,a, in One Lot,
DIVERS FREEHOLD FARMS (Land-tax re-
deemed} situate at Wapley and Codrington, in tke County
of Gloucester,l 3 miles from Bristol, containing nearly I 9.0 Acres,
one of which Farms is let from year to year at £B5 per annum,
and the rest on Leases for years, determinable on one, two, or
three Lives, at reserved rents, amounting, with the l.anJ-tax, to
£14.4 per annum, and estimated to be of the annual value of
£2500, if out of Lease. Also adjoining the above, a valuable
Farm held wider the Dean and Chapter of Bristol, on a Lease
for three Lives now in being; and also the Tithes of Corn and
Grain of the Parish of Wapley and Codr4ngton, held under the
same Lease, and which are now let with the last mentioned Farm
to a Tenant from year to year, at £4OO per cinutn.
Fot further particulars, apply to Messrs; Orel:1m, Kinderley,
and Doraville, bolicitors, Lincoln's Inn, London ; Mean*. Blue
and. Chapman, of the Temple, London, Surveyors; Mr. Wickham,
Solicitor, at Frome ; Mr. Brutton, Solicitor' at Exeter ; Messrs.
Clarke and Son, Solicitors, at Bristol; Mr. Moses Higgs, of Co.
driogton, who will shew the Estates; Mr. Stanton, Auctioneer,
Hitchin ; at. the Bush Tavern, Bristol ; and. at Garraway's.

NORFOLK FARM.
By BULLF.N and BUSHEL,'"

On Thursday the 19th day of July, 1809, at the Greyhound-Inn,
Hopton, in the County of Suffolk, at Three o'Clock in the
Afternoon,
'THE valuable FARM and ESTATE, late the
proporty of ROBERT BROWNE, Esq. deceased, situate at
F.lo' Norton, in the County of Norfolk, in the following Lots,
subject to such conditions as will be then and there produced.--
Lot 1. The Messuage and Garden, with A. a. r. A. a. r.
the Barn and Homestall, containing by ad-
measurement 1 026
One piece of Arable Land, called Tyler's 4 223
One ditto, called Tytus's - 5 1 33
One ditto, called Cross Lands - 7 1 0
One ditto, (Copyhold of the Manor of
C'pl.ail, in Garboldisham) called Copy Close 5 0 0
One Meadow, called Rush Meadow 7 2 34
One ditto, called Further ditto - 7 2 4
With Right of Commonage - SS 3 ()-
Lot 2. One piece of Arable Land, called
Great Burnt blouse Barn - - - 7 0 12
Ditto, Little ditto - - 4 2 30
With Right of Commonage 11 3 2
Lot 3. One piece of Land, called Little
Batson's - 5 1 10
Ditto, Great ditto - - 7 213 _

12 3 23

Lot 4. One ditto, called Shire-house
Field - - - - - 9 1 15
Lot 5. One ditto, Pasture, called the
Grove - - - - 7 0 «1
Lot 6. One ditto, Arable, called Rush-
brook's - - - . 4 2 29
One ditto, called Upper ditto - - 4 2SO

Lot 7. One ditto, called Springale's

9 1 19
6 3 0

Total Estate 96 0 0
Outgoings—Land-tas per Annum .V 6 4 o
Quit rent on Copy Close 0 1 3

N. B. All the premise, except the Copy Close, are Freehold.
The Laid-tax to be ppportioned according to the value of the
respecti% e Lots.
lhe pia.' of the Estate may be seen at tke office of Mr. Pate,
Attorn.y at Law, Bury; and particulars and conditions of site
may be had at the place of sale, and at the principal towns in the
n.i.thbourhood ; of Thomas Bullen, Upholder and Auctioneer,
Bury ; and at the Office of Mr. Smythe, Conveyancer, Brandon,
SuffJlk.

- DREADFUL FIRE.
LAW INTELLIGENCE. •
A dreadful fire broke out on Satbrda,
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COURT OF CHANCERY, JULY 5, -1 house of Miss SLACK, milliner, No: