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and the PlY:ntiff was detained in the poor debtor's
ward, until the 2d day of the enfuing month of May,
.when his wife and large family 'being reduced to a Rate
of tiarvation, by reafon of his abfence, tome per-
tons took pity on him, and he was enlarged uponbail
being put in.
The ATTORNEY Gaines., for the defendants,
(who were merely nominal defendants, the real one
being Burton, the Sheriff's Officer), laid, that the
fate was, that Oliver Dixie, who was the father of
John Dixie, was the real and Lena Pe debtor of Mr.
Tell, but by mißike, he not knowing his chriflian
name, the name of John was inferted in the ot iginal
writ; this was but a mitlake, by which the prefent
plaintiff had avoided, for a time, a legal demand
againft him ; and although he admitted there mull
be colts againft him, he trufted the Jury would think
nominal damages would meet the jultice of the cafe.
Lord ELLENHOROUGH told the Jury, there was
but one queßion for their confederation, and that
was, the quantum of dainages the plaintiff was entitled
to, the fiatement of the defendant's Connie' remain-
ing wholly unproved.
The Jury, after a fhort confultation, found a vet-
dift of 401. damages for the plaintiff.
CRAWFORD V. EDDINGTON.
Mr. GARROW faid, that this aaion was brought to
recover the (urn of 9301. upon a bond, and the jury
would have nn doubt but that the foal was due to the
'Plaintiff, and that the band was executed. The De-
fendant fome time fince had become a bankrupt, and
the Attorney General would fay, that although this
was a prima facie cafe, yet there was a Ilatute which
enaCted, that if the creditor of a bankrupt that( re
ceive any bond or fecurity as an inducement for fign•
ing the certificate, loch bond or fecurity (hall be void,
and the Defendant may put by furprifc a witnefs in
the box to prove this cafe, and defeat the party of
his remedy. The Learned Counfel laid, he would
put Mr. Barber, an attorney, into the box, who
would prove the bond, and who would do more—
he would give evidence that this Defendant, being
in ettßody in Morpeth gaol, an uncertificated bank.
rupt, executed this bond in fatisfaftion of a jug debt
to obtain his liberation. If Barber (liquid add, that-
the agreement was that the Plaintiff thould tign the
certificate on receiving fuch bond, Mr. Garrow would
defire the Jury not to believe him ; for, altho' the bond
was executed as early as the year £793, the defendant
had not to this hour obtained his certificate, in conic.
quence of the refiftanee given by the obligee to this
very bond. He would give a piece of advice which
perhaps, would not be favourably received, becaufe'
it would be given gratis. Let men take care whom
they bring as witneires upon their folemn inliruments.
No man could pretend to a good charaaer who lent
his name to tranfaCtions that would not bear the light,
and loch was the conduit of Barber, who, in his
evidence, would attempt to invalidate a bond, the
execution of which he was the only witnefs in exit
tense to prove. This fainted, it was neceffary that
Barber thould be called to eflablith the bond, and in
the other parts of his evidence he would be exprefsly
contradifled by Richardfon. In addition to this, an
account would be produced in Barber's own hand.
writing, Rating the balance for which the bond was
given. This was not a fop to Cerberus, it (hewed the
condition of the account in Barber's own opinion.—
As Mr. Barber was in Court, he was glad to give
him an opportunity, by thefe comments, of refleaing
on the nature and extent of his evidence. Mlw
could the ingenuity of man (lima that the Galion
of the certificate could be the inducement to execute
this bond, the plaintiff being to this very day the
oppofing creditor ? His learned Friend, the Attorney
General, mug go far beyond his former outdoings;
he mull work a miracle if he could overturn this
argument.
John Barber, having proved the bond, was croft-
examined by Sir V. GIBBS.
Q" Was not the bond executed by the defendant,
under an agreement that the plaintiff was to figs
his certificate ?"—A. 44 It was."
Q" Being executed at a date fubfequent to the
bankruptcy, the bond could be enforced againft the
defendant, although he lhould obtain his certificate ?"
—A. 44 Yes."
Re-examination by Mr. Gaixow.
Q." The communication on the fubjea of the
corrupt agreement you (peak of, was not with the
Plaintiff, but with his Attorney ?"—A. " I defired
that the matter might not be named, becaufe I did
not with that the certificate fhould be invalidated.
Dobfon, the Plaintiff's Attorney, and I, agreed, that
the lets was laid about it the better."
Q.." The invalidity of the certificate did not then
depend upon the fait of the inducement given, but
upon the mention of that fait the fraud did not affea
the Certificate?"
The ATTORNEY GINERAL....." Does your Lord-
(hip think that my Learned Friend thould, in this
way, examine his own witnefs ?"
Lord EtLatranaluon.—" I think he may, fume
the witnefs is only called by him to prove the bond." \
Mr. GARLOW." 1 want to know more of you,
Sir, if we (honkd with to have a difcreet man to ma-
nage our concerns. You had no objeftion, then, to
the Plaintiff's having a fecurity which was not worth
a farthing ; and to the Defendant's having a certifi-
cate of the like value. You, a man of the law, put
your name to a bond under thefe circumftances ?"
—A, " Yes, it was Co."
tZ " The Defendant is an uncertificated bankrupt
down to this hour ?"—A. 44 Undoubtedly. There
was a bill in equity to get this fecurity delivered up."
Mr. Richardfon was then called to contradia the
evidence of the lag witnefs, as to the feet of the
bond being an inducement to the certificate, to which
the Attorney-General objefted.
Mr. GALRIOW." I do not feel that I am let into
this evidence."
Lot d Eto.axanaouote" I cannot let you go into
a direa contradiaion of your own witnefs ; for if you
invalidate his teßimony, what is to become of your
bond ?"
Mr. Gattitow." My Lord, I mutt (land upon
the reafoning and the effea of Barber's evidence."
Lord Etssasoaouort.—" If that be the cafe, the
evidence is, that the bond was given as an induce-
ment to obtain the certificate."—Plaintiff non/oiled.
LOWTEN V. THE W•YOR AND CORTOR•TION OF COL.
CHESTER.
This was an adlion upon a bond for 40001. execut-
ed in July 18ot, to the plaintiff, by the Corporation
above mentioned.
It appeared in evidence _that the bond was given

as a collateral &curie,' with i niortgage, and by
the•cufkom of the corporation, for many, years, two
different corporate feats were ufed indifcriminarely,
,he. one being the frualler, with deeds or writings
upon paper,,fafiened wtill wafer ; the other, being
the larger, was ufed with. wax, upon all deeds, Stu.
on parchment. There two, feels were kept by the
Mayor for the time beini, and
.nfed in the Town.
clea's office, upon all cccafioni, at the teals of the

corporation. -
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It alfo appeared that the infirument in queflion,
pu'ported to be the ad of the Mayor, Aldermts,
and commonalty, and was executed by certain per-
forts being the feted body of the corporation, dele-
gated to ad trr the whole. it further
,appeared,
that this was formed,' a corporation by pvefcription,
but by the td Geo. 111. chap. 6j, it became a cot-
poration by charter. , ,
Mr. Tar p raq, for the defendants, took feveral ob-
jeetions in point of law. He firft contended, that
the inarument in queftion was not tented with the
regular corporate feat, and chiefly relied upon the
objedion that this deed, purporting to be the Ad of
the corporation at large, fhould have been executed
by the body at large, or by perfons fpecially appoint-
ed for that fpecific purpofe, by the body at large.
Lord ELLFNIV)ROUGH, however, obferved, he did
nog find, that up .tt any former occafirn, the body
at large had ever been convened for that !pirate ;
but as, by the charter, the fried body had the power
to do all the neceffary sets of the corporation, with-
out any fpecification of any particular ad; his opi-
nion was, therefore, that the corporation at large
was legally bound by the at of the feled body; and
a verdid was accordingly found for the plaintiff, and
the damages affeffed at 26601.

CONVOCATION.—YeIerday, about eleven o'clock,
his Grace the ARCHBI3ROP of CANTERBURY, in his
robes, attended by the College Dodors and Proems,
in their gowns, proceeded, uncovered, from the
Chapter houfe, in St. Paul's Church yard, to Sc.
Paul's Cathedral: they entered at the Weft door,
where they were received by the Dean, Chapter, and
Choir of St. Paul's, who condu&ed them to the
Choir, where the Service in Latin was read, and a
Latin Sermon was preached. After which his Grace
the Archbiatop, and the Gentlemen Dodors and
Prodors, returned in the fame order to the Chapter.
houfe, and held the Convocation.

Yefterday the LORD MAYOR ordered the price of
Bleed to be continued the fame as ha week; viz.
t lid. the quat tern loaf of wheaten, and told. honk.
bold.
On Monday the MaaLsolourots, a line of battle
(hip, mounting 74 guns, was hunched at Banter's
Dock, Deptford.
The long depending footrace, between Cooke the
foldier and the Brighton Shepherd, for so guineas a
fide, took place at half pall eight on Monday night,
in Lord's Cricket Gro-und. They run nearly equal
for the fiat too yards. Tire fhepherd then took the
lead, and won without much difficulty, his antagoniß
having given him two yards at coming in. They
performed the race in ten feconds. Several (porting
gentlemen and noted pugilifts were on the ground.
On Monday a Welch mare ran in a gig, on the
Taunton road (between Crofs and the Shoulder of
Mutton at Poulett ), too miles, in i i hours 59 minutes.
A moil cruel trial of the powers of a noble animal,
and partly unneceffary, as the was allowed i 6 hours
for the talk. The wager on this performance is faid
to have been 700 guineas.
Yellerday an elegant Silver Cup was rowed for by
fix of the belt cutters on the River, manned by Gen-
tlemen who fuftain and row them at their own ex-
pence, and for their own pleafure--the agreement
was made in this way, that the cutters Ihould be
rowed, not by their own hands, but by thole of
the others, on the fair ground, that they knew the
trim of their own galleys Co well, that it would be a
fairer point to have thole who belonged to one galley
fhould row another than row their own. In this
way they Ruled from the Widow Smith's, xt Mill-
bank, on the flow of the tide, to the Swan at Chelfea,
and returned down again, four rowing each cutter.
Six galleys fluted, but viaory was foon declared in
favour of three of them, the Diana, the Northumber-
land, and the Venus funney. On drifting down the
Diana took the lead and kept it, and was followed
by the Northumberland, who was backed by the
Venus. They came in in that order, and the Judges
gave the cup (a molt elegant one) to the Captain of
the Diana : it was a well contefted race with thole
three gallies, and afforded much amufeno-nt.
A great number of boats were on the River, plea.
fure boats, as well as others, and it afforded a pretty
aquatic fpettacle.
A Nov CL Cast.—A firgular anion Taft week oc-
cupied the Court of Exchequer in Ireland, for four
days. It was brought by the perfonal reprefentative
of a Lady, to recover damages for the breach of a
promife of marriage made to the deceafed. Tbc
Defendant has demurred. It being a novel cafe,
much ingenuity and learning have been difplayed by
the Counfel on each fide, and the Court ha• taken
time till next Term to pronounce its opinion.
A SINGULAR OCCURREmcc—On Sunday morning
lag, as a Gentleman at Dover was fitting under the
Cliff, while dreffing himfelf after bathing, he per-
ceived a hawk in the air, acid nearly within the reach
of a lark. In order to lave the little fugitive, he
(boated and clapped his hands, when immediately the
lark defcended, and alighted on his knee, nor did it
offer to leave him when taken into the hand, but
Teemed confident of that proteaion it had found.
Plodders accumulate wealth (lowly, while wiensdf
enterprize and fpirtted adventure frequently poffifs
it rapidly. Of all poffible means of honettly ac•
quiring fudden opulence, a State Lottery affords the
moll chances at the (mallet rifle of leis. The pre-
fent Scheme is fpecially entitled to this diftinaion ; it
has not three blanks to a prize, and yet ecntains
greater Capitals than were ever before known in a
Scheme of only zo,coo numbers.
Yefterday evening, at five o'clock, an Inqueft was
held at the Diftiller s Arms, Great Saffron-hill, be-
fore G. Honosom, Efq one of the Coroners for
Middlefex, upon the body of Stephen Byrne, a la•
bowing man, who 101 l his life on Sunday, in New.
mart, Great Saffron-hill. It appeared that the de.
ceafed and one Tovey, a hair dreffer, having had a
quarrel, went out to fight. They had not fought
above a minute when the deceafed fudden}y dropped
down and expired.—Verdiet, Accidental Death.