Star.
London, England, 1812-01-17 00:00:00

LAW IN7'ALLIGENCE.

COIIRT OF KING'S TENCH, JAN. la.
SLATER V. LAIPARGUE.
'This was an action to rccover £382, for goods sold
end delivered. The plaintiff is
.a manufacturer in
Manchester. July, 1811, he sold, in London, seven
bales of velveteens to the defendant, under the deno-
mination of job goods, for ready money. A few days
after the sale, the son of the plaintiff, who resides in
London, called for payment, but was put off frOm
time to time till the goods should Ice checked and
examined. That examination did not take place till
the latter end 'of September or beginning of Octobe)S,
when the defendant finding them of a quality diffe-
rent from what he expected, refused payment. In
ttv7plaintiff's case, it was proved that job pods is a
phrase in trade used to signify goods damaged in
'some manner or other ; and that the price correspon-
ded with that idea (15d. a-yard), and that this was ,
understood by the plaintiff at the time of the sale.—'
On the part of ete defendant, it was contended, that
the colour& of the pieces were. alone comprehended
under the notion of deterioration, and that the uneven-
ness of the fabrics, the numerous blotches, and other
blemishes which they exhibited, when examined, was
an unexpected discovery. But the long delay in exa-
• mining the goods, together with the positive testi-
mony Of two witnesses as to the terms of the sale, ap-
peared to weigh so heavily in the mind of his Lord-
41up and the Jury, that they found no hesitation in
returning their verdict fos the plaintiff.
KENVALL.V, DRISCOLT..

The plaintiff in this action was agent for the firm
of Eastman, Savage, kind Boson, of London, and re-
sided, in 1810, at Buenos Ayres. The defendant is
a Shipowner, one of whose vesselsi,commanded by
Capt. Mtlvers, was freighted by the above-mentioned
twine for Buenos Ayres. During his stay at Buenos
Ayres, the ouster had occasion to draw money for
the repairs of the vessel,. which he did from Kendall
and,MlFarland, the Agents of :those persons who had
taken her up. The. Captain thought proper, to drew
a bill of exchange upon Driscoll, for somethinganote
than £4.00, the sum that he had received and expend-
ed. The house of Eastman and Co. becoming hp:
solvent, the amount of the bill of exchange was sought
to be recovered from the defendant, Driscoll. The
principal thing to be ascertained was the character in
which Kendall acted in advancing, the money to the
Captain ; but as that appeared to he as agents to their
principals iii London, and as Mr. M'lvers swore
that he drew on Driscoll, merely, that it might pass
as an item in the account between hitn (Driscoll)
and the house of Eastman and Co. the plaintiff suf-
fered judgment, as in the case of nonsuit.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JAN. IR.
Yesterday, Sir JAMES MANSFIELD sat at Guldliall,
pursuant to notice given by the Learned Judge, pre-
vious to the holidays, for the purpose of trying as
' marl of the iemanent causes as possible before Term.
The most important of the causes tried was :
FMK V. PARKINSON.
An action on a policy of insurance on a vessel from
liamburgli to. London. . The ship sailed with simu-
lated-papers about the time the French took posses-
' 'ion of Hamburg)), with a pass, or permit. which en-
abled hereto proceed to the Elbe without molestation,
but tieing taken by a French privateer, she was car-
ried into Amsterdam, and condemned as a prize ;...:.
the crew was *et at liberty. It was copteudeci 0 sup-
. port of the underwriters, that the plaiitlff.had,misre.
presented •the -situation of the ship at the thee the
policy waseffected. .
' Feist, on being asked by Parkinson, whether the
ship had:a licence, answere&t that she had a Fr tech
licence, and an English licence, and under that repre.
.sentation 'the insurance was effected. It appeared that
she had no other than the French permit before stated.
The. Learned Judge observed, that a licence and a
permit!were.distingdy different. , 'The-tormer would
have protected the ship against capture 'by the
French.; and if the Jury were of opinion, that the
representation tolhe underwriters was not true, they
' would find a verdict for the defendant.—The Jury
found for the defendant. •
—„,
lii/ary' Term 'commences next week, lynt_the in
teresting,Terotof Hardy begintnt Nine o'clock on
Tuesday - motakeviext, when the Grand Wheel of
Fortune will epee and ..dispense ,6120,000. in
.varied
Capitals, and Prizesve adventurers in the,present Sate
Lilttery ; but as the drawing begins so early in the
morning. no Tickets or Shares can be bought after

next MOnday.
Only I 2,000 Ticleets, and Two Prizes of /120,000,
is so strong an inducement to advintnrers in the Lot.
tery, that Hoitionv anti Co. cannot refrain froni ad-
vising their friends torparticipate in the chance of ob-
taining such Capital Prizes. In Lotteries of old,
those two chances alone would have formed subscri-1
hers sufficient to have purchased the few remaining
Tickets at three times the price they are now to be,
bought at HORNSBY and Co.'s old-established Office,
klo. 26, Cornhill, where the very first prize of 620,000
was sold.—The Drawing begins at Nine o'Clock on
Tuesday morning.
The TOPAZ, lately arrived from the Mediterranean,
was dispatched by Admiral Sir Enw. Putzw, Bort.
to Athens, there to take on board the valuable sta-
limes fouad near there, which she has brought home.