Star.
London, England, 1807-12-25 00:00:00

ARRIVED

In Yarmouth Roads, the Minerva, Bruce, from the Baltic—At
Plymouth, the Abo, Pchrll, from the Baltic--In the Clyde, the
Gofport, Binckman, from Lisbon—At Limerick, the Rehecc3,
Tyer, from Philadelphia—At Berbice, the Indefatigable, Williams,
from London—At Grangemouth, the Jane, Lero ; and Moriton,
Haody, from the Baltic.

The following is a copy of a letter from Captain
Frrzcsam-n, of the Liberty, from London to New
Providence, to his Owner, deed FAlrnoutb, Decem-
ber 2 t

" I have to inform you, that on the 19th of November Taft, two
days after I parted with the convoy, I was to►en by a Spanith
privateer iii lat. 38. 30. long. s W. The fetond day after, the
fame privateer was taken by the Solebay frigate ; every perfon on
board was taken out but the patrengers. This day I arrived here
from Gibraltar in a traufport."

The following ii a lilt of merchantmen that failed
from Monte Video, under convoy of Admiral Mutt
R A let fqUadrOn
The John, Monday; Ocean, Crawford ; and Mineral Spring
Nairn, for London—Cattle, Ekworth, for Llverpool—iLlney, , Be
gall, fot Guerofey—Mary, Clark, for Ayr—Favourite, Cleveland;
and the Surry, Black, for London—Adive, Neil, for Belfaft
Prince, Towers; Frazer, ; Harriot, Bullock ; Tagus, Co-
fielly ; Ellen, Watfon ; and the Cla rkfon, Stcphenfon, for Lon -
don —Laucaiter, Arroftrong ; and the Harriet,Tontufon, fir Li-
verpool—and the Prince of Wale', Walker, for F3linouth.
The five former parted on the 13th of October,
under convoy of the Steady gunbtig ; the four next
parted on the t Bth of September : the Matilda, Carr,
for London, parted on the 14th of September, in the
River Plate.

A large prize, with p►ize goods and trqopc on
board, was abandoned and fcuttled on the Brazil

A fleet was fpoken with on the 25th tar. rff Cadiz,
foppoled to be the SARACEN'S convoy from Portf-
mouth.

The John and James, KAVANNAH, fiilyd f:nm
Newfoundland on the toth January 14(1 for Deme-
rara, and has not fince been heard of.

The Atiel, Com, from Pernau for Hull, was at
Mirtlrand on the 9th intiant.
TH E BALTIC Tkans.—.A. Petition for a convoy to
he appointed for the proteCtion of the remaining
homewatd hound Baltic trade, left in Carlfham and
other Swedith ports, Wai lately forwarded from Hull
The petition was figned by 70 merchants and Blip-
owners. The untxpeCted departure of Captain
Frazer from the Sound, with all the (hips of war
under his command, having excited a contiderablt.
fenfation. The following letter, from Mr.Staniforth,
one of the Memh.rs for Hull, to whom the petition
was forwarded, was received there in antwcr, on
Thurfday morning :
• .. . .

" London, Dec. 15, tgo7.

Sir,l have laid yonr letter, with its inclaare bef:.re the I.urds
of the Admiralty. at.d I have reafor to think r!ley will inn:ltaly
adopt every praCticable meafure for the pr..t....ftion of the Britith
flips remaking in the Baltic. Captain Frazer appears ta have
left his ttation much earlier than was expected; and the %vat
confeque: ces arc to be apprehended
" I have the hot.utir to be, &c.
" J. ST .1 NIFORTH.
" Joceph rgginzton, Efq."

In conCequence of the above petition, and feveral
private letters from individuals, the Gentlemen of
the Committee of the Ruffian Company alto waited
upon the Lords ri the Admiralty, to enforce the
prayer of it. Their exprclT•d fume for price,
that Commodore FRAZER had D. t ft:it a convey for
thole vefTeh before he left the Sound ; 2nd allured
the Committee of their defire to do every thing
poflible to afford them proteelion. It will now
be a matter of f rme difficulty to extricate the vef-
fels in quellion. The two Danilh (hips of the line,
which wete in Norway, had apparently been Lid
up there for the winter; in confequence of which,
our cruizers ilatinned to watch them, came away ;
and the Dane', taking the advantage of this circum-
fiance, refitted thele (hips and proceeded to Copen-
hagen ; lo that to bring our veffels thrmit7h the
Grounds, it %ill be neceffary to fend fome !hips of
the line, a meafure which the advanced fealon of the
year renders hazardous. Our velfels, however, io
that quarter, arc by no means numerous.

NAVAL APP. iNTmENTs.--CAptain L HALSTFD
to be Captain of the fleet under the command of Vice
Admiral Sir CHARLES COTTON ; Captain A. MAC'
KENZIF, to be Prefident ; Lieutenant lit cxs, late of
the ACTIVE cutter, to be a Commander; JAMES
KENNEDY, Efq. to be Secretary to Sir CHARLES
COTTON ; Capt. T. B. 'MARTIN, to the IMPLACABLE.
Captain GEORCE HARRIS iS promoted to the rank
of PA, and appointed to the command of the Sir
Flanci Drake frigate, now on the Eall India Ilation.
Vsrednefday the Lords of the Admiralty again took
into conlideration the frrvices of Captain YEO, when
they declared him entitled to a reward r,f aoctl. and
figned a recommendation to the Lords of the Trealury
to prefent him with that fum.

In the European Magazine for December, No.
312 (which will be publlfhed on the ill of January,
price Is. 6]. by J. ASPERNE, Cornhill), our Readers
will find a Biographical Memoir, accompanied with
a molt fpitized and animated likenefs of that diflin
guithed nobleman the Marquis We!lacy, and a view
of Ealthourn Church, in Suffex, and the ufual quan-
tity of intere fling matter, which has always rendered
this publication a moll acceptable prefent to friends
abroad, and a fource of agreeable entertainment at
home. Volumes 5 t and 52, for the year 1807, will
be publifited at the fame time in two volumes, half
bound, price 11. Is.
The Freedom of the City of London, the empo-
firm of the world, is an enviable privilege ; and with
which the moil illullrious charaElers, and the greaten
heroes, have been proud to be prefentel. If put-
chafed, when not attainable by hereditary and natu-
ral rights, a large Inns is required ; but an opportu
nity now occurs, which prefents many chances, for
a very (mall funs, of laying a foundation for obtain-
ing,not only the Freedom of the Britifh metropolis,
hu: a Capital Freehold into the bargain. The now
depending City Lottery is in full proof.

irAl MOUT I! k DECL2:!Ci.."R 22.

The gre3t coneourfe of naval and military officers'
llatinned here, will afford the proprietors of lodging,
houfes and the public places of retort, a good winter
fearn. BAH, at the Roy al Hotel, and
Harvey's Card Affemblies, continue w ell attended..
A weekly Subfcription Concert is 31f9 fet on foot
by the .officers of the German Lezrion, tnh s now
take the lead in promoting all our fallii,nable amufe•
mews; and the performances at our theatre, nn 3a.
turday evening, were patronized by them : tl.ey con-
lifted of the Hong Moon, and pantomime of Pet oufe.
The horde was very crowded, and the perfumers
accptitted thernfelves with increaled fatistattion to a
very genteel audience.
It has been a pleating reflation that, during the
late gales, we have experienced nn (hipwrecks on this
part of the coaft ; but we are lorry to time, that
three reamers, Peter Beer, Wm. Buck, and 'William
Banett were latl week drowned, by being upfet in an
open boat, by cart ping a prefs of fail, on endeavour.
ing to reach their (loop, called the Mary, Captain
'!'tees, of this port. • Wm. Banat has left a wife
and child to deplore his lofs.
Notwithtlanding we have lately experienced forne
very fevere frofts, it is extraordinary to relate, that
in etc garden of Wyke Cottage, belonging to Mr.
Km Rant:nos, merchant of thic town. two apple trees
!love been in fine bloffon, in fticedlion, doting the
refent month.

Lnrd and Lady KINNAIRD and family are arrived
at their hook is Grofvcnorilreet for the winter, lion)
their feat in Scotland.

'lle Duke of N ItFnLIC lift Gloncefter. yefierclay,
1,1- his feat, Workl,p Manor, Notingh.tmlliiie, where
his Grace will entertain a large party of failtionables
during the holidays.
Yelltrday the prudent /mule maids of the Capital
attended Covent Carden Marlet in confiderable num
bees, in order to provide the ever green decors:i•nts
fit the enfuing feafun of mirth and iellivity :—the
Ziii invi•ing, rnyletne was bought up at an early hour !

The fink of the Norwich and Yarmouth conches
art ived at a late hour lall night, when, not leis than
tour hundred brace of dead game were unloaded from
it, for the banqueting of the Londoner: at this iuxutiou,
e dion !

The audience at Drury Lane Theatre, on Triefday
night, were entertained by a ht.!: interlude between
!h: 4th and sth atN of the Peke'.; .ktrittojern. Mr:.
Joe naN had 101 l a valuable medallion, let in dia.
moods, from one of her bracelets. 'Flute little buy•
were employed in looking for it before the curtain,
and feveral Gentlemen in the Ilage boxes direled
their fearch, but in vain. '1 he fifth a& began ; and
Mrs. JORDAN, though fhe loft no gaiety, when fhe
had any (hare in the dialogue, eid not negleel to look
yet y anxionfly for her bracelet, when the had not.—
At bill Eel-is-ma, in the mad fccne, while his eye
was "in a fine frenzy rolling" hit upon it, and it wa,
immediately retlored to i's Ica babitaficat upkti the
lair arm of its owner.
Friday !alt, the Duke of GR Art-ON% IUIUMIS had
one of the cleverell chafes this feaftin has afforded
in Suffolk, coolidering the ground they avert over,
and the pace they went at. The fox was found and
went away gallantly from Hindeiclay Wood, with
the hounds in• a mot} compad body. pointing for
Itedgrave, but bare to the left over Lop ham Fens
and Ford, leaving Garboldifliam to Ile left, to Weft
Harling, where they ex pet ienced a ns- roentary check,
but went off again with frefh vigour and accelerated
fpced, cradling the liver, leaving Wretham Planta-
tions to the right ; the hounds killed him in slew
dole to the Belt at Toftr, a diflance of fixteen miles,
in a Itrai.Ot line from the place where they found,
in an hour and 35 minutes.
Mr.METRALCOURT'S ANNUAL BALL for his Pupils,
on Friday evening fall, at the Upper Aff.:mbly
ro ems, gave to the amateurs of the polite art of
danc;ng a gratifying treat, by exhibiting a lively
and interelling cnntpetiti•ul among Mr. MSTRAL•
iOURT's pupils of various feminaries of fathionable
education in Bath and its vicinity. The exertions of
Mr. NIETRALCoURT (who may now decidedly be de-
elated to have at rived at the very acme of his art) to
!produce an excellence and improvement in his fchn-
I hitherto unequalled, is far beyond all praife ;
and the applaufe bellowed by an elegant affembly
comprifing eleven hundred Ladies and Gentlemen,
is a teflimnnial which mull be ahnndantly grateful
to his feelings, and a proud triumph that his labours
have beer. crowned with met ited fined's. The Ball
opened with the Devragbire Minuet mull gracefully
danced by Mif White (niece to Mrs. Magan) and
Matter Sneyd, who acquitted themfelves admirably.
j Amongfl the pupils of the feveral Boarding fchools
under Mr. Maraaecouar's judici•rus the
following afforded honourable teflimony of his pro-
feffrunal talents—Mrs. Fournier's, Mrs. Evans's, and
Mrs. Magan's ; the ss•hole eminently difplaying
throughout the various dances their progreflive
provement. To difcriminate might be confidered
invidious, and to amplify would far exceed the boun•
duties of eulogium. The two Miffes Sneyd, and their
brother, and Mifs Wheatley, danced a tan dance,
compofed by Mr. Mcraaocouar. The company
were further delighted with the maflerly execution
of Mailer Afhley in his hornpipe, whole eafy and
fprightly m•vements excited a burn of applaufe
equal to the fatisfaelion it produced. Ball eon-
chided with the Minuet de la Cour, d awed in luperior
Ilyle by Mr. and Mils Metralcourr : tll'h was a fit.ifli-
ed performance ; the genius and fcience of the fa-
ther were if poffible exceeded by the graceful and
charming movements of the diughter, combining a•
(kill and elegance which excited univerfal admira-
tion. The trade enterable was Cr. jadiciutaly arranged,
as to leave fuch a fcope for the illuftration of the
molt et itical obferver, as precludes the palibility of
a defcriptinn adequate to the fubjeel : for whether
we admire the (kill and perfeaion of the dancing in
all its parts ; the beauty of the numerotts charming
and accomplithed proficients ; the magic fymmetry
of their delicate forms ; the elegant fimplicity of the
dreffes worn upon the (accretion, or the genius and
talents of the meritorious gentleman who :et the
whole fprightly re pa du ballet in motion ; it may be
jullly pronounced to be the moll delightful banquet
ever prepared in this kingdom for the table and fatis
faelion of the conr4;urr in this falcina•ing accom
plifhment.

LATE INVEYTiON.

We onieraand that Lieutenant Huts's:, at the:
Royal Staff Corps, has lately invented a machine
capable of conveying fire to a ditfance of fifty
yards, with the greatea precifion ; that fuch is the
certainty of the machine, it will convey to that clic-
tance a lighted port-fire into a circle of nae inch dia •
meter, either in an horizontal or ye: tical s
and that pent tire c in alto he conveved from tint of
any building, mil at an angle of e'ghty
communicate fi,e to the height of tsa feet. Th:
poweis attending this machine are combined with
accuracy, fifety. and velocity. And as a fat r
proof of its efficacy, the author can engage tc :At toj
mulk4t barrels, and placz them 3 inches apart on an
hotizontal line, the vent only fhal be primed, wilt!)
the whole (hall be fired feparate, within the coca of
ten feconds from a dilan:e of forty yards. The nu-
thor will likewife engage to convey a lighted port fire
(into a circle of one inch diameter), to the bottom
of a well zoo feet deep, within the (pace of five
feconds. We uoderfiand it is the intention of Lieu.
tenant Hut.:a E to communicate hi, inventiin to the
r Hdn. Board of Ordnance, in w!sofc department it
will be found of the greatell utility. This machine
will not only infure the utmote fallty to miners woik•
ing under ground, but it will alfo enable men of com-
mon capacity to convey fire to a diaance, by which
means thole fatal accidents and dangers fo frequently
attending explufi.ms, can ot, fuch occaftons be always
av,ided.

When we refiza how many of um fellow creatures
have 1,41 their lives through the alas of explufions.
and how many have been rendered ctipples and mi-
ferable during their exillencei it is with pleafure we
con.emplate ou a ditliovcry, whefe nouns are calcu-
lated to prevent thole fatal and dial-tiling accidents
happtning in future: we thetcfote tut a, that common
humanity will operate as an induccrnent for the dif-
covety to be made public as early as

Maastna House —Yeflerda y 'T 1).-, lit Perringer, ft
lad 17 years of age, was fully committed for trial,
for tie.sling men's wearing apparel on the preceding
night, out of a clothes 'hop in Bilhopfgate-fireet.--
l'he prifoner was in company with two youths about
his own age, and a fhopkeeper, who lives near the
profecutor, fufpcOing their intentions watched them,
and apprehended Perringer with the property on him;
his accomplices made their efeape. This is the third
time the prifoner has been examined on charges of
felony within the latt two months, and (leaped pn-
niihmest—the evidence nut being fofficiently et/nett!.
five, and from the refpenabiiity of his parents.
In conlegnence of the orders ill-tied by the LORD
NIA it nit to all Night Cunila bles, ant other officers, to
Jetain perfo:li wall parcels, &c. who appear in the
‘ireets at unfealon Able bun (unlefs they give a fa-
tilaant y acconit of themfelves) feveral were appre-
hended en Wednefday night and r•fierefay morning.
and on their not being able to fatisfy his Lordfhip
li .w the property, which was found on them, came
iutn !brit polrefii :n, they wet e committed till Saturday.
A genteel looking man, of the name of Ellilbn,
was brought before the LORD Marcie, charged by
Levi Levi, a J-w, with fwindling. The prifoner had
applied to Levi to difcount a bill drawn on a Mr.
Vernon, of Charing Croft. The refpe6tability of this
gentleman was well known to the complainant, and
the bill was difieountcd. On its falling due, applica-
tion was made to Mr. Vernon to honour it—he teemed
artonifhed, declared be knew nothing of it, and, of
cnurfe, refufed to pay. After tome time had elapfed,
the prifoner was traced and apprehended, and the
account he gave by no means exculpated him from
the charge. He Paid, that Mr. Vernon's brother
owed him a lam of money, and he had given him the
I bill in part of payment ; that he was muck in wan: 1
ca/b, and therefore applied to the complainant for
affitlance, which was afforded, the ufual difenunt
being allowed. The prifoner laid he felt himfelf ra-
ther awkwardly fituated, becaufe Mr. Vernon had
left his brother, and could not be found; but he
trufted, if his Lordfhip would defer the bufinef, till
Saturday, he fhould he able, either to fatisfy the
coniplainant, nr produce Mr. Vernon to fuhilantiate
his Itatement. It appeared, on further inveftigation,
that the prifoner had been examined before on limiter
charges. The LORD Mayor obferved, that he had
no doubt of its being a fwindling tranfaetion, the
whole of the circumltances ftrongly indicated fraud;
but as he wifhed to give the prifoner every opportu•
nit), of extricating himfelf, lie deferred the further
hearing till Saturday.
Uwuos HALL —Yefterday joho Taylor, belonging
to a prefs-gang, was charged by George Hutton, a
feaman, with robbing him of Bank notes, &c.
amounting to between four and five pounds. Hutton
flated, that lie was by birth an American, and a
feaman formerly in the Gibraltar packet ; and that,
i on the 15th inßant, he was at the Riling Sun public
I houfe, in Tooley.flreet, where the prifoner told him
that an information had been laid agairat him, in
cnnfignence of which he impreffed him ; but indeed
t of carrying hint to the Tender, took him to his locfg-
,
: ings, where they had fomething to drink ; and that
1 during his flay there, the priLner put his hand into
his pocket, and took out a pocket-book, containing
, ! the -above furn, and nn charging him with the rob-
! berg, he kicked him out of the !mule. On the Int-
, i lowing day, the prifoner gave information of hirn to
[ 1 the gang, who conveyed him on board the tender,
I where lie made known the fait to Capt. Rieliball, the
i Regulating Captain, who caufed Taylor to be sip-
' ; prehended. The prifoner made no defence, and was
• : committed for trial. The &I/gills-ate fent for the
• : American Conful, who loon atrerideel, and after
! : clofely examining Huron, Rated, that he had no
cl doubt of his being a naive of America; in which
• l cafe, lie will be Icon liberited f om the tender.

SHADWIELL Orytcs..—Yetleri2ar 7. Little was fully
committed, charged with a buig:ary, in the neigh-
bourhood of the Office ;RS WAS 7. Day, for a fimilar
offence ; and Margaret Prait and tlizabeth Smith, for
lboplift ing.
QIJSPN'S SQZJARP.—Yellerdzy Relerea Beepvis was
fully committed to Chelm•f.rd gaol, char; e 1, on her
own confeffion, with Healing a ♦elvct pelife, a quan-
tity of plate, and other articles, the property of Mr.
Aylett, of Ponder, near Epping.
-- Roberts, toll colitetiir, at Pimlico, was
charged by W. H Timhzell, Efq. with extorting
more than legal toll for the paffage of his carri tge
through the turnpike ; which offence he acknnv-
I leJgett, and was convicted in the penalty of 51.

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LAW- NTELLIGENCE,

COURT OF CHANCERY, DEC. 24.
AUGMENTATION OF FEES.
At the fitting of the Court, the LORD Cuattert.
LORt in alluding to an order made by his Lite predc
ceffor (Lord Erflcine) for increafing the fees of the
officers of this Court, obfetved, that fince he had fat

before as Lord Chancellor, the fees of the officers
of that Court had been altered, and he had no con-
ception what they were at prefent. His Lordfhip
underßood that an application was about to be made
on behalf of the Court of Exchequer, to have a
General Accomptant appointed for that Court, upon
the fubjett of augmenting the fees of the officers of
the Court, by .vhich it was fought to be declared
that no fees can be augmented by the authority of
the Court only. His Lordfhip having looked into
the former Firaetice of this Court, had found. no in-
fiance whatever in which the fees of the officers of
this Court had been increafed (and this, he appre-
/,ended, was the true dab ine laid down upon the
(Ojai) without a Commiffion under the Great
authorifing certain Commiffioner;, therein
named, to be impannelled, as it were, in the nature
and manner of a Jury, to fay what fees fhould be
paid to the officers of this Court, as between them
and the King's fubjeCts fuitors of this Court. What
had already been done in the augmentation of the
fees in this Court was, in his Lordthip's opinion, very
fit to be done ; for he certainly confidered the fees
of this Court much too low ; but although what had
been done was fit and proper to have been done, yet
-it was eltentially neceffitry that it ihruld have been
done in the proper and regular way. The order,
therefore, for augmenting the fees is reverted.
BANKRUPTS' CERTIFICATES.
His Lordfltip took occafion to fay, that he ob-
ferret!, that petitions for haying the certificates of
bankrupts were prefented in fuch a manner in point
of time, that it was next to impoffible to difpofe of
them properly ; arid therefore, in order to obviate
this inconvenience, his Lordfhip direited that, in
future, all petitions praying that the bankrupt's cer-
tificates might be Rayed, fhould (land at the head of
the paper of bankrupts' petitions.
L FX PARTS BULLOCK IN THE MATTER OF HIS OWN
BANKRUPTCY.
This caufe being called on, Sir Samuel. Row LLY
Paid, that this was a petition on behalf of a perfon
now under fentence of death ; and his Lotelfhip had
Paid upon a former day, that he would not hear it
until after the Judges had delivered their opinion
upon the cafe retervcd for their confideration.
LORD CHANceLLOP..—" Let it Rand over until the
ith of January next.
Several other bankrupt petitions were afterwards
difpofed of ; but nothing of any public inter eft was
decided, and the fittings concluded.
His Lordfhip will refume the remaining bankrupt
petitions, and give judgment in Come caufes which
Rand over for that purpofe, on Monday, the t ith of
January next.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DECEMBER s 3.
BARNES V. CONWAY.
Setjeant SHEPHERD, for the Plaintiff, hated, this
was an iffue from the Court of Chancery, to try whe-
ther William Harry, and William Sutheire were
indebted in any fum or flans of money, to William
Webb. The circumftances of the cafe were thole :
Harry ani Sutheire were fugar bakers, and Webb
ufed to fupply them with money. On delivering his
account, they found he had charged them five per
cent. intereft, and five per cent commiffion, on all
raw fugars, purchafed by them, which they refufed
fettling, confideting it ufurious. On this objection
Webb waved the charge for commitTion, and made
out another account for money lent, and the intereft
at the rate of five per cent. and delivered it to a Mr.
Anderfon, the attorney of Harry and Satheite, who,
in Augull, tBox, executed a deed to Webb, for the
fecurity of the principal and intereft, payable by in-
ftalments, at fpecific times, with a claufe, that Webb
Mould have the privilege of examining the books of
Harry and Co. from time to time. %'ebb was fince
dead, and the claim was brought forward by his heir
at law. There would be a defence fet up, that it was
originally a fraudulent and ufurious contract. He
contended that a perfon executing a deed, allowing
the confideration ro be valid, put the fubfequent
tranfaftions out of the cafe, but that was a point of
law for his Lordlhip to decide on.
He then proceeded to examine the witneffes.
Jofeph Anderfon, attorney at law, proved the ac-
(want fettled in I Bo2,and that the balance was I I ,600 l•
He was employed by Harry and Co. to fettle the
differences between them and Webb, in the bell way
he could. Witnefs told Webb that old deeds were
only good for fo much parchment and walle paper.
.

Crofs examined by Serjeant LENS. -
Harry had a writ cut againft Webb for ufury, and
he gave the time for payment stilted by Marry ; he,
being fatisfied that if he did not, the action for ufury
would be carried on againli him. The papers rela-
tive to the former tranfaaions were burned at the
requell of Webb, it being the fpecification for his
giving Harry the terms he wanted. Witnefs faw three
half-yearly accounts that had beenrendered by Webb
to Harry and Co. ; the charges for commitlions were
about 20001. Witnefs heard afterwards, that one of
the papers, the original deed of Igo°, was not burnt,
it being in the cultody of Mr. Conti, who was then
abroad.
Serjeant SHEPHERD Paid, he Ad not contend that
the f tranfalion was not ufurious, and it was
ufelcis to take up the time of tbe Court in attempting
to prove it. The only quaint.' was, whether that
former ufurious tranfaltion affects the after agree-
ment, when a deed was executed for a fair account
for money lent, and inter& at five per cent. ?
Serjeant LENS, for Defendant, Paid, that it was a
fum of money advanced by Webb, for the purpofe
of eilablifhiog them in trade as fugar boilers, but
lent upon a ufurious confederation. He would con-
tend, that if a perfon acted In long under guilt, there
could be no after agreement that would clear him of
that guilt ; ufury having accrued on ufury, that ufury
could not be altered by any after ails; there was no
room for repentance ; no affumpfit in the law would
clear the criginal tranfaltion ; if a man commits a
robbery, his returning the property does not take
away the guilt of the crime. He then made Come
comments on the tit It deed, in r 800 ; that it was not
burned with the other papers, which fet forth that

Webb fhould advance the fams wanting to buy raw
fugars at 5). per cent. and Harry should not purchafe
fugars from any other perfon but Webb, and he
fhould be allowed 5 per cent.commiflion on fuch fugar
fold by him. Serjeant Lens added, he would let the
queßion go to the Court on the Plaintiff's own cafe,
for if it was once a fraud, it mull always continue
in, the fecond agreement could not be valid.
Serjeant SH EP H ERD replied, that a debt was due to
Webb was beyond al doubt, by Harry and Sutheire
giving their deed for this balance, in 1802, and this
deed annulled the ufurious bargain. He did not
think, even by the ftatnte, it was uftnious—there
was only 5 per cent. charged as intereft, which was
lawful, and 5 per cent. commilEon for purchaling
Cogan lie did not know there was any Al of Par-
liament to regulate commiffion, the parties agreeing
to a certain fum. The ftatute did not fay, if there
was ufury, it fhould not be expunged by a fecond
Ad. The ftatute was not a criminal one, it did not
attach ignominious ponilhment, it was far different
from the ftatute for Theft.

Mr Joli ice Citamatts obferved, if he was to decide
on the cafe, he was not to judge what would be done
in a Court of Equity. The queftion would turn on
the aatute of t ath of QeenAnne, which Bates after
prohibiting ufury, that all bonds, contrafts, and
notes, for the payment of a principal Cum, bearing
interell over 5 per cent. should be confidered as
ufury. This was a contrite, and the principal was
lent on ufury, there was no fum lent fince, and
it muft come under the conftruftion of the Ratute—
and, therefore, he thought it an illegal contract.