Star.
London, England, 1813-07-27 00:00:00

WIIITTIN V. COXE.

The plaintiff was an amateur in the Arts, and
brought his action to recover £3O from an auctioneer,
who had retained that sum as his charge for selling a
collection of the plaintiff's paintings. The latter
valued the pictures (8.5 in number) at £BOO, but they
sold for only £5O. The defendant proved an express
agreement for the £3O, for his trouble and expences.
Lord ELLEnonouoif, in charging the July, ob-
served, that the defendant was certainly entitled to
some remuneration for his trouble in making out the
catalogue, classing the paintings, and fathering them
on sorne_eminent masters, although intrinsically they
might be mere daubs ; but, if the Jury believed there
was an agreement to the effect proved, the defendant
was entitled to a verdict.—Verdict for defendant.

CORDELI. V. PETTY.

The plaintiff in this case was an apothecary, and
brought this action against the defendant, an men-
toll' for medicines furnished to testator and his wife.
Plaintiff allowed thai he had received about 830 from
testator, but contended that it was given as a recom-
pence for Lis attendance, which were numerous, and
at some distance• from town.

Lindley, who was now a Member of the
College of Surgeons, and had been in the service of
plaintiff, proved,.that he had mixed the medicines,
and entered them in the books ; and he had no doubt
but they were delivered according to the directions.
Mr. Agar, an apothecary, swore, that the charges
in the bill were very moderate. On cross-examina-
tion, he said, the charge for a draft was one shilling
and sixpence,—no matter of what materials it was
compounded, whether of expensive ingredients, or
water coloured with a little saffron, which might be
given to a Lady who fancied herself ill : he said
water was one of the best ingredients for apothecaries.
The price of a box of pills was Ss. 6d.—no ma:ter
whether they consisted of valuable ingredients', or a
little dough covered with magnesia. Persons who
fancied themselves ill were the most difficult to treat,
but. they were also the most profitable patients.
The defence was, that a sum of money bad been
,paid into Court, and that the sums admitted to have
been received by the plaintiff, amounted together to
the sum demanded by him.
Lord ELLENBOROUGII left it to the Jury to consider
whether the money had been paid on account of the
bill, which was not at the time delivered, or as a remu-
neration for the visits of plaintiff. His Lordship also
left it to the Jury, to say whether they were satisfied
with the general evidence that had been given of the
delivery of the goods ; at the sail time remarking,
that it was almost impossible for an apothecary to
give any other evidence of the delivery of medicines.
• The Jury found for plaintiff—Damages £5O.

Bow-STREET.—Ye,cerday J. Mason was charged
with violently assaulting and attempting to rob S.
Jones.. The prosecutor stated, that he was returning
home on Sunday night, about twelve o'clock, when
fie was attacked by three men, in Picket-street, just
before he got to his own house, who knocked him
down And began cutting open his pantaloons close to
his pocket, which he had no doubt was for the pur-
pose of robbing him ; he called for assistance, and a
watchman came vp, whet two of the men ran off.—
M. Hanan, a watchman, said, he went to the assis-
tance of the prosecutor, and found him on his back,
near the entrance to Clement's Inn, and saw three
men upon him. On his approaching two of them
made off; but he succeeded in securing the prisoner.
The prosecutor not having lost any thing, and nothing
having been demanded, the offence was only deemed a
violent assault, and the prisoner was ordered to find
bail to answer it.

T. .Ifrigla and W. Farthing were fully 'committed,
charged with. robbing Mr. Parkes (of Aldersgate-
street) in the Strand, between the New Church and
St. Clement's, on Saturday night, soon after nine
o'clock. The prosecutor discovered the prisoners.
close .behind him, and felt Farthing's hand in his
pocket. On searching Wright, the prosecutor's hand-
kerchief was found, and, several others.
MARLBOHOLT6II•STItE.ET.—A blind woman, who had
:separated herself from her husband, was charged by
him with exciting a riot at his dwelling, and she, in
return, demanded of him maintenance. It turned
out that the man was of industrious habits, whose
earnings did not exceed thirty shillings a week. The
woman confessed that she begged about the streets,
and that her daily income was from 10s. to 12s.
HAT'roN GAIIIDEN.—The proprietor of a private
still, at Finchley, was fined £l3O for working the
Isame ; and the L:ifferent implements, together with a
quantity of wash, were confiscated.—A baker, in
Clerkenwell, was fined at the rate of 2s. 6d. per ounce,
for a quantity of bread exposed to sale in his shop,
deficient in weight.
A valuable trunk was cut from behind the carriage
of T. \VANNING, Esq. in the road to Eltham, in Kent,
on Saturday evening, containing jewels and outer
property to the amount of £159, with which the
tnieveb got clear off.
Sunday se'nnight the Parish Church of tfroxford
was discovered to have been robbed of communion
plate to the amount of £lOO. Suspicion as yet can-
not be attached to any one.

Yesterday se'nnight a Lady, while walking in front
of her house in the Vineyards, Bath, was accosted by
a man, who, observing that the gold chain round
her neck was very 'elegant, robbed her of it, and
escaped undiscovered.

As soon as the account of the fate of the late Mr.
Ttwnies Boy to reached St. Petersburgh, the Ex
change was ordered to be shut, and no business was
transacted among the commercial body on that day.

M4RKiDS.

ISMITHFIELD MARKET, JULY 26.
PIER STONZ OP Rib. TO SINK Tin °UAL.

Beef 4s Gi to 6s 4c: I Veal 56 10d to 7s Oi
Mutton 5s Od to 64 6d 1 Pork 5s od to 7s ad
Lamb 6s od to Ss Od.
Beasts, about I,77o—Sbeep and Lambs, 5,100.
Calves, 160—Pip, 240.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHAI.I. MARKET.
Beef,per stone, 4s id to Ss 4d. Veal 4s 4d to 6s 44
Mutton - Si Od to Gs Od. Pork 6s Od to 7s ad

Lamb 51. Od. to 6s. Yd.
PRICIT. OF HOPS IN 11g JSQROUGH MARKET.
Bags. Pockets.
Kent 91 Os to 131 Os Kent 101 Os to 151 Os
s:l.sert 81 S. to 101 los Sussex 101 Os to 131 0s
Essex 91 Os to ill Os Farnham 161 Os to 201 Os
PRICE OF COALS—COAL MARKET, JULY 26.
Ships at Market Sold Prices.
19 Newcastle 17 434. 6d. to .535. 64
.5 Sunderland S 445. 91 to 495. Gd.
1 Yorkshire 0 41s. od. to 006 Od.
1 Scotch Coal • U Cos Od. per Ton.
1 Culnk 1 48s. Od. to 00s. Od.

There was lately growing in a garden at Stour.
bridge, a single potatoe plant, the branches or fibres
from the root of which amounted to 109 t

The anniversary of Bothnia Riding was celebrated
with great spirit on Monday and Tuesday last week.
The best prize for wrestling (a Silver Goblet) was
won by Polkinghorne, of St. lssey, ; the second prize
was gained by Hoare, of Warleggan ; and the third
by Langdzn, of St. Issey. These runastic exercises
afforded considerable amusement to Oie spectators,
by whom the place was absolutely thronged.
Friday se'nnight, a child of Mr. Rich. Knight, of
Creech St. Michael, near Taunton, about nineteen
months old, having walked to a neighbour's house,
unperceived, was at length missing, and was found
in the well, which was eighteen
.feet deep from the
top to the surface of the water ; but, fortunately, a
board, part of the cover of the well, had fallen in pre-
viously, and the infant was found lying on its back
on the board, swimming on the water. It was im-
mediately pc up without the slightest injury.

DIVIDENDS to be made at GUILDHALL.

August 14, Wm. Thomas Clarke, Holborn, gunmaker, at ten.
August 7, George Wihon and Edward Priddle, of Fenchurch-
street, wine-rierchants, at ten. August 14, Thomas Williams, of
Worcester, upholder, at one. August ii, Thomas Thomas, at
ten. August SI, John Hunter, of Bengeo, Hells, carpenter, at
twelve. August 21, Thomas Andrews, Church Passage, Catea-
ton-street, Blackwell-hall factor, at ten. August El, James Hud-
son, Upper 'khaines-street, wharfinger. August 14, Richard Fri-
day the younger, of lsleworth, coal and corn-dealer, at eleven.—
August 14, Walter Gledhill, Jermyn-street, Westminster, ware-
bouteman, at one.
DIVIDENDS to be made in the COUNTRY.
July 31, Wm. Taylor, Hereford, skinner, at eleven, at the City
Arms, Hereford. Angust 23, John Harwood, Warwick, grocer,
at eleven, at the Woelpack Inn, Warwick.

CERTIFICATES, Auoysv 14.
Christoher Stephens, Long Acre, gold-beater. -fames Mather,
Southampton•row, furnishing Ironmonger. Edward Burr, Chat-
ham. upholsterer. Wm. Wilkes, Suffolk-street, Middlesex Hos-
pital, tailor. Andrew Crew Oreville, Princes-street, silkruan.—
Joseph Fabian, Princes-street, silkman. John Culbmore, Lau-
rence Pnuntney-lane, merchant. Robert Abraham, Ashburton,
Devon, banker. Samuel Terry, Charles-street, Blackfriars-road,
black lead-manufacturer. Titus Keynier, Friday-strew, ware.
bouseman. Charles Toplis, jun. Devonshire-street, Queen-square,
warehouseman. John Du iikerley, Pitt Bank, Lancashire, cotton
manufacturer. Pamment Emmins, Queen-street, Islington, buil.
der and bricklayer. Robert Caton, Monmouth-street, slopseller.
Jonathan Cooper, jun. Great Grimsby, tanner. Limes Cooper,
of Kidderminster, victualler. John Radley Hall, Friday-street,
warehouseman. William Cooke, of Worthing, brewer. Joseph
Bores, Greenwich, poulterer. Samuel Johnston, Wood-strtet,
Cheapside, warehouseman. Matthew Lee Yeates, Exmouth, De-
von, banker. •
DISSOLUTIONS OF PARTNERSHIPS.
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Andrews, Langdon, and C;.Tlar7igmOrton-Wect,insurance-
brokers. Unnston and Uren, Liverpool, ship-chandlers. Richard
Potter and John Rudd, Ripon, common carriers. Joseph and
John Hugbes, of Liverpool, slaters. Thompson and Kempster,
Manchester, packers. Joseph Healey, Nottingham, and William
Calar, Mansfield, tanners. Fletcher and around, Huddersfield,
woellen-merchanii. Thomas Kay, Bath, auci Joseph Hodgson,
Birmingham, auctioneers. Bowness and Fish, Liverpool, milli-
ners. 'thorns, Flint and Thomas Hilton, Lincoln, brnsh•nunu-
(acturers. Wm. and Richard Hargrave, Leeds, paper-stainers.
Britten and Co. Cateaton-street, Blackwell-I: factors. Robert
Church and John Phillips, of Wroughton, Wilts, fellmongers.—
Abraham Stott, Daniel Lees, and Charles Stott, Fir-lane, Lanca-
shire, fustian-manufacturers. Roberts and Quick, Shrewsbury,
wine and liquor-merchants.