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CoOCT OF CRANC:ERY, 4kticu3T 17.
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EXPARTE CALVEIa IN T/ig 111ATI1:11 OF COLTISAV.
Mr. AGAIt said that a brief had just been put into
his hands, on the part of the petitioner in this case,
by which he Was instructed to move his Lordship
that the petitioner might have libczty to withdraw
the present petition.
Mr. MONTAGU desired to know who was the Soli-
citor from whom Mr. Agar had received his instruc-
tions ?

Mr. CULLEN said he' appeared for Mr. II innam,
one of the respondents in this case, and was instruc-
•.d to state, that a Clerk of Hannam's having atten-
ded the petitioner to serve him with some notices
connected with these proceedings, was then informed
by the petitioner that he had given orders to Mr. Hill,
who wIS the Solicitor in the petition, six months ago,
to withdraw it.

Mr. MoNiaGu objected' to Mr. Agar's appearing
for the petitioner without having received instructions
to that effect from a Solicitor. It was a rule of that
Court, that no Barrister could appear without having
the name of a Solicitor on the back of his brief. This
was a case of such consequence, that his Lordship
had thought proper to order the examinations and
the whole proceedings under the bankruptcy to be
laid before the Attorney-General, and would not now
surely allow the petition to be withdrawn without
some information on the subject.
Mr. AGAR submitted, that if Mr. Montagu was to
be allowed to make a•speech, for the purpose of hav-
ing it published in the newspapers, he would at least,
in the first instance, satisfy his Lordship, for whom
he (Mr. Montagu) appeared. He (Mr. Agar) held
in his hand an affidavit as to the fact of the petitio-
ner's having ordered this petition to be withdrawn.
The LORD CHANCELLOR asked what he had to do
with affidavits in such a case as this ?

Mr. AGAR said, if the petitioner wished to with.
draw a petition which had been presented in his
name, it was surely competent for him to make such
an application.
The LORD CHANCRLLOR observed, that then he
must know a little more of the matter. It there was
no Solicitor's name on the br;ef by which a Counsel
was instructed to move that a petition be withdrawn,
and it was stated that there was a Solicitor who in-
sisted that the petition should proceed to a hearing, his
Lordship must know a little more of the matter be-
fore he allowed sr.ch panic!' to be withdrawn.
Mr. AGAR sail the brief had been put into Ws
hands by a person whom he did not know, but whom
he believed to be Mr. Ilannam, a Solicitor. It had,
indeed, no Solicitor's name on the back of it, but
was accompanied by an affidavit as to the wish t,f
the petitioner to have his petition withdrawn.
The Lotto. Ctrairceta.ou had nothing to do with
the affidavit, but he would know the truth as to the
object of the present application. He could not suf.-
' fer Mr. Hannam, or any other person, to act in this
manner. If a petitioner 'wished his petition to be
withdrawn, that was a thing which might be done,
go payment of costs ; but it a person imagined, that
atter having brought under his Lordship's observa-
tion a case which called for the interposition of his
authority, he could afterwards, at his own pleasure,
withdraw that case from under hit Lordship's
diction, thu person who thought so deceived himself.
His Lords!)p would do nothing with the present ap-
plication till he was informed that there was a Soli-
citor's name on the back of Mr. Agar's brief. He
should then know how to deaf witk the application,
as between himself and such Solicitor.
Mr. AGAa begged that the matter might stand
over ten minutes, to which his Lordship consented.
Mr. AGAR afterwards renewed his application, sta-
ting that the name of Mr. Harman) was now indorsed
on his brief, as Solicitor.
Mr. Movraou assured his Learned Friend that he
had no intention of making a speech in this case, if
he should not be compelled to do so. There was a
question pending between the estate of the bankrupt
and Mr. Hannan), which had been referred to Mr.
Bolland—namely, whether the sum of £4.59 and up-
wards should be paid by Mr. Hannam to the bank-
rupt's estate ? There was a cheque of Mr. Hannam's
which he had granted on his bankers (or this money.,
This cheque was now in the hands of the Solicitor in
the present petition ; and if Mr. Hannam would con-

sent to its being deposited in the hands of the Secre-
tary of Bankruptcy, he (Mr. Montagu) should have
nothing further to say.
Mr. CULLEN, on the pan of Mr. Hannam, had no
oNntion to this. It was right his Lordship should
be info' med, that a prosecUtion having been carried
on against Mr. Hannam by the Attorney-General,
he had been. acquitted.
The LORD CHANCELLOR asked, who was included
in that prosecution ?
Mr. CULLEN said, only Mr. Hannam.
The I.OED CHAY.CELLOR understood that the ac-
quittal took place in consequence of the testimony cf
a w'tness who was an accomplice not being thought
entitled to credit.

Mr. MoNT.tou said, yes ; that witness having sta-
ted, that when he was sworn to the truth of an a&
d ►vit to a false debt, he kissed his thumb instead of
the book; the Learned Judge thought that the Jury
could not place much reliance on his testimony.
Mr. CULLEN observed, that after one witness only
had been examined, the Lord Chief Justice turned to
the Attorney-General, and asked him if he thcught
he ought to carry the matter any farther ? When
the Attorney-General declined proceeding.
The Lofty CHANCELLOR.--•" I wish I had been at
his back.''

Mr. CULLEN was glad his Lordship was not there.
The present, however, lie was satisfied, would be
found to be a very different case from what it now
appeared to be, after it should have been fully en-
quired into before Mr. Rolland.
EX4'ARTE CAMPBELL, IN TILE MATTER OF HARRISON.
Mr. LEACH stated the present to be an application
vvhic:‘, he believed, was new in bankruptcy. Harri-
son, and other four persons, his partners, were re-
puted owners of certain vessels to which the Peti•
tioners had furnished repairs, having received their
directions from the whole five. It turned out, how-
ever, that only two of these five, along with Mr.
Brickwood, had complied with the provisions in the
.4et, by getting their names inserted in the registers
of the vessels, and that they, therefore, could be con.
sidered as the only legal owners. In these circum.
gam" the resent application was, that the PO.

tioner might be at liberty to elect to prove either
against the estates of tie two inih registered
owners, or against the 'pint estate of the five rePwed
owners, whom the Petitioner had dcalt with, and
given credit to, as if they had been the legal and re-
gistered owners of the ♦essels to which the furnishings
had been made. The liability of the parties v.1:o
were left in the situation of reputed owners, and by
whose directions, as if they were the registered owt:er.,
furnishings had been made, could never, the Learned
Counsel contended, have the effect of taking away
the liability of the actual owners. In support of this
doctrine, he refilled to the case of Rich and Cne, in
Cooper, p. 636, in which it was held, that though the
master of a vessel he also the lessee of it for a nem-
ber of years, and covenants for all the repairs, the
owners are still liable, though unknown to the ptr-
sons furnishing.
Mr. COOK followed on the same side.

Sir SA1111:0. 12 mkt:LIN had no doubt the Petitioner
would now be very willing to go against the separate
estates of the registered owners in this case, expecting
that they would yield a greater dividend than the
joint estate. Besides, however, that it v.,as with the
five partners jointly that the contracts for furnishinps
were made, and that it was to the joint estate that
the credit hadbeen given, the Petitioner in caLe
had already made his election, supposing him over to
have had a right to prove either upon the joint or se•
parate estates. He had already elected, and had
proved against the joint estate. Though he might,
therefor; have had a right to elect, he had not a right
to retract that election.

Mr. LEACII said, this the rtitioner had done in
ignorance of his rights.
Mr. tvlorrrAtax, on the same side with Sir SAMUEL
ROMILLY, •ticed a case before Lord Ellenborough,
where his Lordship held, that the great and impor-
tant consideration was, with whom had the party
contracted ? The legal ownership, in such a case,
was immaterial. Here the petitioner had himself
told the Court in whom he confided, by proving
against the joint estate.
Mr. LEACH• having replied,
The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that inch cases
as the present went on very nice distinctions. It ap-
peared to his Lordship, however, that if a furnisher
of necessaries and repairs to a vessel chose to say to
the reputed owners of a vessel, that he would take
them as the owners, and, as such, would contract
with them, and upon their credit he would not, after
that, be entitled to go and take other persons, as those
with whom he bad contracted. He should consider
the cases which had been referred to ; but at present
he regarded this as a clear case against the petitioner.
Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY asked, had not the petitioner,
independently of the merits arising on the legal ques-
tion, made his election, by proving on the joint estate?
Mr. LEACH, if i,is Lordship thought it necessary,
should have an affidavit tiled, to prove that the peti-
tioner did so in ignorance.
The LORD CHANCELLOR should not trouble Mr.
Leach's client to make such an affidavit, thinkinl it
more than probable that he mu.t decide the case
against him on the merits.
GUILDFORD ASSIZE 3, SURREY, AUGUST 16.
CRINI. CON.
POWLES V. LE MERCIER.

Mr. Serjeant BEST stated, that this was an action
in which the Plaintiff sought to recover damages
against the Defendant for the seduction of his wife.
Unfortunately these causes had been late years so
frequent in our Courts of Justice, that every argu-
ment had become threadbare, and should therefore
abstain from wasting time, by commenting on the
nature and serious quality of the injury. He should
content himself with stating to the Jury the parti.ts
and circnmstances of the case. The Plaintiff, Mr.
Powles, was a respectable London merchant, re-
siding at Kennington, next door to the Defendant.
The latter was a dancing-master, but one of most
extensive practice, and possessing a great deal of
money—at least he exhibited all the external marks
of wealth, fur he kept a splendid house and table,
and glittered away in a showy equipage. But al-
though they were next door neighbours, the patties
did not visit for some time. The Plaintiff was ab-
sent during the greater part of the day, on his busi-
ness in London ; and it was on one day duet ig his
absence that Mrs. Le Mercier first visited at the
house of the Plaintiff. When he returned home at
night, he fcund his wife full of the praises of dick
neighbour, and from thence a communication of
visiting commenced between the families. At this
time the Plaintiff and his wife were very young.—
He had been married but six years, and had Once
children. At the 'time of the maniage he was
barely twenty-cue years old, and his wile not above
eighteen. During the last summer one of the chil-
dren was ill, and for the benefit of the air, a lodg-
ing was taken at Richmond ; and while Mrs. Le
Mercier herself was in a state tar advanced in preg-
nancy, the Defendant took the opportunity of catty-
ing on his work of seduction, and in which he too
soon unfortunately succeeded ; fine in the month of
June last Mrs. Powles lest her 1 tdging, and he should
prove that Mr. Le Mercier and herself passed se-
veral days together at the Spring Garden Coffee.
house, where they cohabited as man avid wile.—
Tnis was the case he had to present to them, and for
which the Plaintiff sought to recover a compensation
in damages.
John Harcourt Buckle produced the registry of the
marriage of the parties, by which it appeared that
they were married at St. Leonard's, Slioreditch, on
the 15th February, 1808.
Mrs. Hannah Jones was aunt to the Plaintiff:—.
She stated that they were acquainted together about
four years before they married. Mrs. Powles was
then not quite eighteen, and Mr. Powles not twenty.
one. The lady was of a good family, and reputed
very handsome. They had now three children, and
hitherto appeared to have lived in harmony and mu-
tual affection.

Colonel Fleming of Wandsworth, was in the habit
of visiting the Plaintiff, and he apparently lived on
affectionate terms with his wife.
Thomas Williams, a cot.in of the family, cave
the tame evidence.
John Dandy, waiter at the Spring Garden Cof-
fee-house, and Mary Botilttr, cilamher-maid at
the Wale place, proved that the Defendant and
Mrs. Fowles came there in June last. They occu-
pied the same bed-room, and were supposed to be
man and wife.

Mr. GIMMES addressed the Jury for the Defer.•

&mt. in mitigation or damages. He coined d,
that there was no Fri ti vi• acts proved, hot that
they were I:ft in the dark as to all those p errs of
the case upon which the Jury were to found th.ir
estimate cf damage;. Ile warned them nut to sup-
pose that ti.! Defendant was a wc..10,y man, merely
becatist be kept a cat age —for the caniitre of
dancing-master, was Ilk-, the c....r:t.ige or an apo-
thecary, a mere tool of his trade ; and he uarred
the Jury not to let their (*.Alsip supersede the it ju !x-
-i:lents, but that tilt'''. would give mcd,:rate and tern-
p:rate damages.
Verdict for the Plaiiitiff—D.tmlge.., One Thou-
sand Poands.

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SONG.
tin BY MR. cooKr, IN TrE NEW °PIRA or FREDERICK

TUE CHEAT, PERFORMING AT THE LVCIUM.

Let others breathe the melting dgh,
And swear th.•y k►ve to madness,
To them I lease the tearful eye,
And aU Love's sober sadness.
No :coder vows and pray'rs are mint,
But tbia I swear sincerely,
'hile truth ant; honest love are thhte.
I'll love thee ever dearly
Then, Lady, though 1 scum the wiles.
Which Love too oft discovers.
Ne'er spurn the heart that vases is smiles.
For smiles were made for lovers.
And though nd tender vows are min*,
?et this I swear sincerely,
While truth and honest love are thine.
l'il love thee ever dearly !

Lout 0 wsLow's WILL. —The late Ears of Omar,
by his devised his house and appurtenances at
Richmond Green, and nearly the whole of his per
sonal property, to his wife, HENRIETTA, for lite, and,
after her death, to his grand-daughter, HARRIET
ELIZABETH ONSLOW, for ever. All his plate, books,
pictures, furniture, and stock (live and dead), at his
mansion and grounds at Clandon, in the county of
.Surrey, he has left to his son, Viscount CRAWLEY,
and, atter his death, to his grandson, ARTHUR Gto.
ONsLow, his executors, Etc. desiring the same to re-
main in his tamily as heir looms with the said estate.
The only other legacies are two of Xi 00 each. The•
Countess and EDWARD Boom.E, are appointed eze.
cut"rs to the Will, but the former has not lived to
fulfil that trust. The personals were sworn under
WAX).

The Exeter grand Wrestling Match took place on
'Wednesday and Thursday last week ; Flower was the
Champion, and gained the prize of ten guineas. A
prize of five guineas was wrestled for at Chulmley on
Tueid.iy. The weather being fine, and a good ring
provided for that purpose, the play went off in fine
style. The Champion Flower, with a very small
party, had to contend with a large party from the
North of Devon ; he suotaiiiLd the contest with nn-
commix! strength, and contended with more than
usual spirit, and never was seen to play better. He
threw Tainlyn, a powerful man, who had thrown him
twice before ; but was himself thrown in the double
play by. tic Champion Tay, of Meshaw, .cko was de-
clared the best man, and received the prize.
An information was lately laid before the County
Magistrates, at their `.yeekly sitting at Hereford,
against a farmer, for selling to a shopkeeper a quan-
tity of bad butter, cased over with what was ot good
quality, about me thickness of one inch. The infor-
mation• further stated, that the tub in wheel it was
thus curiously packed, had no: the legal marks, in-
scribed on it. The penalty for each offence is 45,
but the ingenious contriver escaped them both;• as the
purchaser had not laid his information within the time
required by the statute. -
Sunday forenoon, about eleven o'clock, a fire brrike
out at Elmcut, near Cambridge, in Gloucestershire,
at 'a 141111-410U3t, in the occupation ot Mrs. Poulton,
which consumed nearly three tons of best-making
cheese, twenty bushels of wheat, three liogshead ot
- cider, one ditto cif beer, and nearly the whole of the
farming *hid dairy utensils, as well as lurniture. It
was occasioned by a portion of soot on fire flying
from the chimney on the thatch of the riwellit g house,
which communicated to the dairy, stable, and barn.
Such was the 'rapidity of the flames from the high
wind, and the thatch being dry, that the whole was
consumed and levelled with the ground in less than
an hour r the property was not insured. Mrs. Pool.
ton is a widow, with six small children dependent on
her exertions for support, and who are, by this acci-
dent, rendered destitute.

A few days since the son of a Dissenting Minister
of Manchester, who had been dining at the ,
t'.ropic Society's Annual Meeting, on 'his way home,
eleven o'cl..ick at night, met with a man holding a
horse, which he at once imprudently mounted, and
rode otf, and in Addington-street, coming in contact
with a pest, alas thrown down. He WAS taker, to the
Infirmaty, and died thc next day.
Friday last, as the purser and several Officers, be-
longing to the Notion, :n 7-lignns, (then in Plymouth
Sound) were rcuraing to that ship from Plymouth-
-13,,ek, th. boat iii Which they were. sailing, was run
-down by A vessel standing into that Sound,. and the
whole party were precipitated into the water, the
boat being cut in two. By the active exertions, how-
.eVer, of the Captain and trete of the brig, they were
all saved.
On the Ist inst. Mr. W. Jones, clerk to Mr. Baker,
solicitor, of Chester, a young man of great promise,
.aid who had, on that day, attained his gist year, was
drowned whilst bathing in the. sea at Whitby ; and
on Mt.nday last the second son of the Rev. T. Bold,
.of Liverpool, about 1 lyears of age, was also drowned
Whilit bathing. Watt elder brother was with difikaky
saved.

The sna of Mr. Ward, builder,. in St. James's, was
drowned a few days since, whilst bathing in the
Th.Ant.fs. He was at a boarding-school, in the neigh-
bourilood of Hampton Court.
A young woman was pressed by a dray against a
',wit, at the corner of Lad-lane, yesterday, in a man-
ner to viident, that two of her ribs were broken.
A fine male infant, supposed to be about six weeks
old, was lint by its unnatural parent, on Wednesday
night, in the passage of the !lease occupied by Mr.
Green, smith, in E4rl-itreet, Seven Dials. The little
foundling, which was d:ir.-ied extremely neat, was laid
in-a basket, and was conveyed to the workhouse.
Yesterday evening, about dusk, as Mr. Clarence, of
- Warcieurlstreet, was passing the ;end. of Long.
acre, he was knocked down by a gang of fellows, and
• sobbed of his watch,and its in notes.
- Saturday night the dye-house of kr. Hagerty, of
Bandon s( Ireland) -was entered by somc ruffians. who
Gut in pieces dbotit 8000 yards of corduroy, and threw
them into the river. •
'ls the morning of the atb inst. four ruffians, armed
with hlunderbussgew Itrokoiato the house of J. Burn,
of
.Balbhcvough (*gland) after firing several shot
out:idet end
_stole, gat!) to the amount of *56. 3a. a
eraant&ty of Way apparel, a4d. other articles.