Star.
London, England, 1807-02-16 00:00:00

L (IV INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, FEE. r 4.

ELOXAM V. PHILLUPS.

TMs was an aftion on a Bill of Exchange for 6cci.
It appeared that the defendant, Manic
had married a lady of conliderable property in
Wales ; the had a pork! landed ellate, :Ind there was
a large quantity of timber upon it. The defendant
found a purchafer for it : he ~greed to peel him lim-
ber to a certain chew, if he won': accept a hill for
fool. Mr. Alexander did fo, and the bill w4s at-
ter wards paid to the plaintiff. The Trullees of the
lady, however, reltrailied the defendant from cutting
the timber, confcquently there was no conlideration
for the note, and Mr. Alexander refuted to pay it.
An aaion was therefore brought againft the drawer,
and a verdiet was given fur the plaintiff.

ABEL AND ANOTHER V. GOLDSMITH.
This alto WAS an aClion upon a Bill of Ex-'ianr,e
for t 2701. and intereft. The neceffary proofs of hand-
writing. &c. being made.
Mr. PARKE, for the Defendant, intimated to the
Court, that he had two kinds of defence to this ac-
I lion. The Mt was, the want of a proper Ramp upon
the bill of exchange, and the fecond was, that the
bill was given on account of a frnuggling concern.—
: With refpea to the firft objeClion,-he admitted, that
upon the face of the bill, it appeared to be drawn at
Guernfey, and that itland not being amenable to the
laws of this country, there would be no neceffity for
la (lamp ; but if 11 e was rightly Wit-treed, he fhould
prove that the bill was aCtually drawn in the boofe
of the Plaintiffs, Meffrs. Abel and Staelchoufe, not
too yards from Guildhall, and therefore it fhould be
Ilzmped. With refpeft to the fecond objedtion, he
f.iid he fhould prove, that this was a smuggling tramf-
aetion, in which all the parties were concerned. The
goods for which the bill in quedion was given, were
to be purchafed at Gnernfry, and fmuggled into this
country, by feveral fmugglers who were jointly con-
cerned with thefe parties. Mr. Goldfmith, being the
oftenfible perfon, had accepted the bill ; but the truth
was.that his (hare Only amounted to about fixty pounds,
which he was ready to pay. The Learned Counfel
admitted,.tirat although this ol,jeetion would not be a
good one agana a bone:fide holder, as in the cafe of
ufury, yet, where he lh •lild Phew that there panic:
themfelver were chiefly concerned in the tranfitelion.
he conlidered that thereby the bill became vitiated:
The truth was, the goods were fhipped for this coun-
try, but on their pelage were feized by the Revenue
Officers, and condemned as fmuggled property.
Si.me evidence to thefe fads was then adduced,
but not fu thciently corroborating them, the Jury found
a verdii for the Plaintiffs for the whole amount.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FE8.14:
BAYLIS V. CARDEN.
This was an action to recover 501. tinder the P.l.
lowing circumflances—Mr. Serjeant Sneensen ftsid
his client was an induflrions haymaker, and often
indulged himfelf, in his leifure hours, by reading t!'e
New(papers. Unfortunately, in there moments of
relaxation, his eye caught an advertifemcnt, which
held forth fuch fatcinating profpeets, that he was
determined to find nut its Author. In confequence
he made application to the defendant, from wham
he learned, that, by great affiduity, and a thorough
knowledge of chemihry, he had brought to perfec-
tion a liquid for cleaning boot tops, and required only
a very (mall capital to realize a fortune. I tie
Learned Serjeant Paid, his client was not much en.
raptured at firft with the defetalant's Story; efpeci-
ally, as he could not convince him of the necellity
of having Clean boot tops to trudge through the
flreets in dirty weather. The defendant, howevec,,.
after feveral interviews, perfuaded the plaintiff to ad-
vance 501. to purchafe fixtures, compounds, &c. for
which he was to have half the profits. Bufinefs com-
menced, and the defendant (to ufe the w.o.ds of the
Learned Serjeant) completely humbugged the public;
for he fold a great quantity of his mixture. His
client could not bring the defendant to any kind of
tenement, and whiled to have nothing more to do
with the concern, provided the defendant would re-
turn him the 501 he bad advanced.

This propoiel was reietied by the defendant, who
raid he would return him 351. " by way of getting
rid of him as a partner;" and if he did not accept
of that offer, he had better file a bill in the Court of
Chancery. This condu& of the defendant (laid the
Learned Gimlet) reminded him of a story, related
by a Learned Brother, whick, his Lorghip's
permilfion, he would Rate :—" A gentleman, who
reticles in the Temple, was much troubled with a
ffrange cat—he wifhed to have it deilroyed, and for
that purpofe employed his fervant, ah
After a few days had expired, enquiry was made
relpefling the cat—whether the animal was difpofed
of, ;sever so return. 0 yes,' lays Pat, I put her
into one of your kgt, and left her in the Court of
Chancery." Here tne Learned Judge enquired whe-
ther a legal iniirument had paired between the plain-
tiff and defendant ; and being anfwered in the affir-
mative, his Lordfhip was of opinion, that the a:lion
would not lie, and the plaintiff was nonfuited.

On Friday the remains of General REID, Colonel
of the 88th Regiment of Infantry, were removed front
Nis late refidence ir. the Haymarket, for interment,
in St. Margaret's Church, Wearaintter.

Lady FOLEY and another lady were, on Friday,
thrown from an open cart iage near Whitley, inWor-
cenerfhite, and one of the *heels paired over one of
her Ladyfhip's legs, fortunately, without injury to her.
Saturday, at the Hatton Garden Police Office, J.
Robinfon was committed, for a burglary in a farm
houfe at Thorley, in Hertfordfbiri, as was a man
charged with various acts of fwiodling.
Rsor.—A moft daring outrage on public deco-
rom took place yellerday in the fields near unG
wick-fquate, occationed by two Irak fellows aud
their feconds meeting upon that, fpot to decide a
quarrel that took place the previous evening in the
pirlieus of St. Giles's. ilfern fitting to, they were
interrupted by the Police -Officers and come Conga.
tiles, which fo irritated their followers (upwards of
a 000), that they fell upon the Peace Officers with
bludgeons, and beat them in a moll dreadful manner.
Some of them were brought off the field ferioufly
wounded, particularly Mr. Bell, the High Conftab!e,
whole fkull, we underitand, was dreadfully fractured.