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clothes, the Defendant had been for years in the
h 11)4 deaiing with the Plaintiff, but that his cur-
tom was to pay for the articles, either directly or
nortly after he received them. It was indeed ttat-
ed by the Defendant's Connie', that he had a pa-
percontaining in account ()fall the Itu finefstranfiet-
ed between there partiesond the word" fettled" upon
it, in the Plaintiff's own hand wiiting, but this
he could not make tile of, becaufe it was not
lampt, and the defendant knew it, and took ad-
vantage of it.—This the Learned Counfel laid was
a Idueme fet on NA with a view to ruin the de-

fendant. But :fa verdift went againfl him in this
allion, for want of his being able to make life of
• this paper, which, in point of homily, put an end
to the whole of it, he thi.uld take care to inflitute
a profecution the plaintiff, for having
tigned this paper, without a Ramp, there being a
penalty by law for lo dointY.
It then appeared in evidence,r' on the part of the
defendant, that this plaintiff, at the very time he
laid this money became due to him for the lodging
and board of Mrs. Jenkins, as he called her, had
borrowed tsol. of her, and gave her his bond and,
warrant of attorney, to confefs judgment for that
him, and in which the was Elated to be Mary Proffer,
the daughter of J. Proffer, of a place in the county
of Hereford. This was not all, but it appeared that
Mrs. Price' or Mifs Proffer, which ever name be-
longed to her, was the coufin of the plaintiff's
wife, and was with them in the family, taking
care of the children, and cleaning the honfe, &c.
like a domctlic in the family. Upnn which the
Jury, after, hearing the obfervations of the Learned
Judge, found a verdia for the defendant.
AITKINSON V. WILLIAMS.

The Plaintiff in this cafe, who was a hair-dref-
fer, had, in the year 1796, employed the Defen-
dant as his attorney, in an action, for which he ob-
tained, a vei did of 41.21. with coils. This 41. 2S.
he had never been able to obtain Com the prefent
Defendant, though repeated applicatinns.had been
nude to him for that purpofe ; and a letter had
been received from him, 1n ing he would call on
the iollowing Wednefday evening, and fettle the
account, that the Plaintiff mtght have no more
trouble in calling. When Mr. Jukes, the Plain-
tiff's attorney in the prefent action, applied to him
• for payment, he Paid he bad Come charges againft
the Plaintiff ; and, his bill being produced, ac-
cording to the charges which he had made, only
I 25. 6d.- was coming to the Plaintiff. Some of the
items of this bill were overcharged ; fume things
%vele charged for which fervice had never been
performed ; and, by Mr. Jukes's calculation, the
fum of 21. 13', was du: to the Plaintiff. A fmall
reduftion, howevzr, was made From this ; and the
Jury returned a verdict for the Plaintiff for al.tos.2d.

COURT OF EXCHZ.Q.VT.R, FEB. is.
TR! ATTMINIT joHmsToNt.

This was an ivformation filed by the Attorney
General aga:int Johnllone, a Perfumer, in Corn-
bill, for having had in his pt:trefion a quantity of
Hungary-water, for which the Excife Duty had
not been paid. The cafe is petfally novel, and
will fin map. ecedeat in future. The information
proceeded upon the ground that Hungary-water
was a rpirit, and ai fuels excila!tle. Upon the trial
a verditt was given againil the Defendant, fubjeCt
to the opinion of the o.m—whether it was in-
eluded within the General Excifi Laws ?
The Soetcorox Gk tame AL contcluLd it was an
excifable commodity : the APRs of Pat liament re-
lating to the Excite, applied to fpirits of every de-
feriptitin, except fuch as were particularly exempt-
ed; and Hungary-water was as much a fpirit as
any either fpirituous liquid.
Mr. Pt.ota ER maintained the contrary opinion.

Mr. Roos, on the fame fide, obLrved, that in
confiruing the Escife Ads, with regard to their
application, the word Spirits was not to be taken
in fo general a fenfe as the Solicitor General was
difpofed to give it ; true it was, that Hungary-wa-
ter, as well as Rofe-water, Lavender-water,.Ci-
tron-water,and many other Perfumes, were, ariZtly
(peaking, fpirits, but not that fort of fpirit to which
the Excite Laws referred; the word Spirit was to
be conarued according to its acceptation and mean-
ing in common parlance, and in that point of view
coldd apply only to drinkable fpirits.

Mr. DAlf SCLY obferved, that the Solicitor Ce-
ntral, fcnfible no doubt of the weaknefs of the
point for which he contended, had not argued it
with his ufual ffririt. It was abfurd to fay that
perfumed waters, hecanfe they contained fpirits,
were thole forts of fpirits which the Legiflattue
.intended to make excifable ; a different coat-tic-
tion would render every Perfumer's Amp liable to
the col-titan: vifitation of an Excifenian, a fp:cies
of Officer very likely to deter the approach of cull
tomer% from the Weft end of the town ; no Lady
of Fafhion coul,l purchafe and carry ay...ty a bottle
of or rof: water without a permit, or if
the tl::1, the would be fubje.ft to the inconvenience
of having her carriage flopped and rummaged for
contraband goods on 11,:r way home, and hell&
appreben-fed as a Smuggler. Another milchief
would e.iiiie—Hungary-water, inftead of being
imported in final bottle, mutt be brought over ia
calks of a certain skfcrlptinn. containing zoo gal-
lons. The Lea, ne.l Council having made himfelf

ADMIRALTY COURT, DOCTORS COMMONS, Fn. to.

This day, the Right Hon Sir WM. SCOTT pro-
ceeded to the adjudication of the following eaufes
Catherina Magdalena, Ahrens mafter.-4-
This WAS a cafe of farther proof with refpett to
the cargo. It appeared that this fhip, laden with
a cargo of hemp, linfeed, and other articles, was
bound to Amfterdam. It was contended on the
part of the captors that it Was enemy's property.
—The Court ordered Rill further proof to be pro-
duced within three months, and pronounced freight
and expences to be due to the neutral mafter.
Vrouw Certyna, Bearons mafter.—The
Court retlorcd the goods as claimed in this cafe, as
fubjea to the captors .expences.
The John, Wyer mafter.—The Conn re-
flored the remaining part of the cargo in this cafe,
c:cept 22 hogtheads of tobacco, which flood con-
demned unlcti further proof was produced in a
limited time.

Vrouw Taatje, Hollander mafter.—lt ap-
peared that Fut of this cargo had been already
condemned as unclaimed, and the Court condem-
ned the remaining part, but pronounced freight
and expellees to be due to the neutral mailer.
Vernang, Frederickfon mafter.—lt
appeared that this (hip had been already condem-
ned, but the cargo, confining of timber, the Court
reftored, on the ground of its not being proved it
was for
Isladona del le Gra z ie, Copanger (ter.—
The Court all() reftored the property as claimed
in this cafe, which confined nt a quantity of wine
that was coming from Spain to Leghorn at the
time of the capture.
Saint Peter, Hamilrom mafter.—The Court
alfo reftored this property.

On Monday 225 French prifnncrs, a•ho had
been confined at Ya:dcy Barracks, failed from
Lynn on board the Martha cartel, for France.

The hangman of Suffolk is to be tried at the
next Affixes at litnich, for ftealing a quantity of
oat s.

Worcefler toll flee market, Jail week, was tole-
rably well fupplied with cattle and ilicep, and filch
as were difpored of brought high prices, but many
were driven away unfold.

At the Candlemas Fair at Stamford, on Mon-
day, horfes %-ere few in numbet , and brought great
prices. Cattle, fat and lean, were bnnght op with
great avidity at advanced prices, in the beginning
of the day, but fell towards the clofe of the Fair.
A poor thoemaker belonging to Ayrton, near
Stokefley, perifhed in the fevere florin of the 14th
ult. and what renders the catallrophe more piti-
able is, he had combated thc inclement and angry
element till within a few paces of a cottage in
thc fmall of Nunthorpe. A woman and
her child are alfo laid to have perilhed in the fame
(form, near Lorthonfe.

Wednefday tart .111 :nor tly bullock belonging to
Mr. Peacock, ha•el.• r. of Springfield, in EWer,
which was taktoi Pion, the padure of J. Strutt, Efq.
of Terling-place, to be killed, coifed a foldier, who
was toper, the run!, but providentially the horn
penetrating his knapfack, he.was beat down only,
and received but little injury; the fame bullock
afterwards ran at another man, but the horn of
the animal, as providentially, going between the
arm and the fide of the man, he alto efcaped with
a few louifia. A poor old woman, whole age had
deprived her of the means of defending herfelf,
and tliat of running away, was not fo fortunate, as
the bullock tolled her to a confiderable height, and
the fell upon her shoulder, by which the received fo
much injury that her recovery is doubtful.
Just IN TIME.—One day lel week, as the land-
lady of a publie.hotife in Sheffield, who had been
ma, r:ed in the booming, was feaßing with her
fr'en•ls in a room up hairs, a foldier came into the
kitchen,and atked for a pint of ale, which he thank,
called for a fecond, and a third; the (errant re-
futed giving more than a quart without payment;
the foldier loudly infilled on the other pint, when
the maid went and told her miflrefs, cautioning her
not to tra him ; the bridegroom went down and
ex poftulatesl with authoritative vehemence; a warm
altercation enfued, which brought down the bride,
who immediately recognized her former hufband,
who had beenlong abfint, and whom the fuppofed
dead. She flew with tranfport to welcome him
home, renewed her allegiance to her lawful love-
reign, and difcarded the ufurper.
Lately died, at Whitworth, in Yorkfitire, Mr.
Tavt.Oß,commonlyknown by the mime of the Ink
worth Doticr. and whole fame was fo great as to pm
cure him the honour of attending the brother of
Lord To u a cow. The hihory of this man and his
brother,who was leis partner, is fingularly curious.
.13y prokffion %Liy were farriers, and to the lafl ;
if hoth a two-legged and a four-legged patient were
prefentr d at the tante time, the Doctor always pre-
timed the tour-legged one. Whether fingularity of
manners, or fitccels in curing gave them mkt, the
praßice of the two brothers was immenfe, as may
be well innogined from the orders they gave the
drufz;iitt ; they dealt principally with Embank and
Wal:os, of York, and a ton of Glauber'slalt, with
other articles in proportion,iwas their ufual order!!
Or. a Sunday morning the Do6tors tried to bleed!
ozrai Tio, patients were feated (often to the