Star.
London, England, 1801-07-17 00:00:00

Bill had beta Jraent liy Mr. $/ailir, Nk436 is a Ckn-
dernan to the neighbonthood of Neweidile, on his!
Banker. in town. in fit Voitr Esf Mr. Suo:skis agent,
who bad paid it to Mr. Sp!ers, who carrying st to
be difeonnte4 it Was Nolen from him.• It s:,-as
Come time before ii became due-=they had notice,i
and they might have Itt pped that own Bill for.
2501. they tonic no means of thee fbit, Inn con-
choked thernfelves With a culpable degree of he-
gligence.
Lord Bitevois—,, What do you 'fay is. the:
amount of a Bill that ought to pals at coming'
fi-orn a firanger."
The COnnTel fimpored a Bill. for t 0.0091. tQ be I
brought to any Bank by 4 Wenger, wits it for al
Banker Immediately to fill his pocket with his owe
*Shop Notes, or ought nut rather the magnitude of
the film to have ilaggered him I He Ibbmitted
whether this was not, if he might he allowed to
de that etpretUon, a fiaggering. 11140 I .He fhould
prove by Bankers that thty would not have dif-
counted it without making enquiry. But what
was; the bell proof--they had dope fo, end not re-
ceiving fatisfanion, the Bill *as returned. He
!bouts( prone that inch a Bill circulating in the
etitintryttitift itteeffailly excite
sfWeion, and that
they 1644'111 kite putted on ruili tali% and would
ildt have di piloted it its the manner the Plaiotiffs
hacidosies.' they made no toquiry.they did not
alk a flitgle'qeellicitt--but dlfcenntted this Bill at
&Ye.t
i66# the iiidity which was extretnely col-.
gable 2,theeins. of getting ihto circulation a ti
quantity of their urn paper, winds was prodatilive
sfrtnifchier,•and which he really thought required
fame p4t4ic theth: ' In prudence' and jltfilet thei
catight nist'to have dlfeouoitd it. The deelßort iss
the cafe of Pentad and Rhoda, had ellabliked that
*me degree of caution Might to hieofed in dl(
etthntiqg Belli to a man acereirded in no &ape,
wh4ever. •
Loyd Itsayon obfervedo.that' When a Bill of the
magnitude of tool. was ufed as an argument, Mt-
, dreaded that argument that fitted folely on the
amount of 'the Bill. He admitted thch etprelllcess
were tiled bygrea; authorities a hut when he found
this erteeption, he doubted there wet fotne little'
Malady in the aignmeit When this Bill was terol
tented at the litiehmera Dank; eogb j
r they to hate
taken a horfe and cent, up to London to enquire
of the Acceptors t &me drafts-to :st very large
amount were brought town by tintless to fonte
great men, o ht ihey to fetid back to the couttry
to trace the d great hands throttsh which filth
drafts bad di A noble Duke, to whom the
Country was as much indebted as to any other
man to lithe die tnionteements he had made (the
Duke of Bridgewater) drab a draft for tosioool.
in fanfor (idle Phblic„. • - ' --1: • •
The Counfel for Delenddetfald, as kb:dome
through the regular channels of that nohliDuke,
nom= could fufped it.
Lord Kim YON Paid, if he emit:l4l2m any blame-
able negligence in the Richmond Ilatik, he would
do fornethtng : but hers was a Bill accepted by a
refpedable Houk, circulating through the mum
try, and got into the hands of a Mr. Warren, who
unfortunately turned mit to be a male MO Roiert-
fem. Said his Lordthip, I cannot tell what to do
with it—lt would peralize the whole trade of the
country. lam sot fuse, if thii defence were td
be admitted, that it would not go to Balt of tot
and there *Mild be a total end of 2U paper credit.
11 Weft the Jury infer culpable negligence on the
Plaintiffs or their Agents, I do not know how the
i Acceptors can defend themfelves spina the pay-
CI alt of this Bill. With refpett to the advertife-
mint of this Bill in a number ofthe London newt
.open, I know from experience that that might
Awe been done, and t not have reached the par:
1 Wfll in the country. if it had appeared that it had
lien infested in a Paper that cmcohted in that
Part of the country, that perhaps might have been
a degree of evideate. I remember when I was a
Counfitat the Bar, an anion brought in theCoonty
of Hereford to recover ten guineas, • A reward to
that amount had been advenifed in a Newfpaper
that was circulated in that County, to any perfon
who would produce a horfe that itad been Wen.
the adyertifement was figned by the Defendant,
and the horfe was found by the Plaintiff. and se- .
timed. The Defendant denied-that he knew arty
thing of the advertiferrtent. An Anion aas
Stought, and the ten guineas reetwtred, nit the
ground that, as the Paper was read in that County,
The jail* inferred he mud have known of the ad-
' vertifernents
Robert Willeiiifort faid,he was partner in a Bank-
ing-honfe, with Mr. Lumley, at Stockton, and
was applied to difcount this Bill. He knew the
Drawer. The palm who brought it was not
a welledref ed.man. it was their courfe never to
diktts' Bills that were brought by grangers. He
not ordy ipakt of his own mode ofdealing, but he
had never heat dof any inteance of its being done
before in the North. ,
LenekolLserow athed, how far %oath it went—
whet* it went only to the Treat, or ea the other
fide ofei t
The witnefs made no anfwer to that queflioa ;
bat ou crafirexaminotioa foi4 he bad •cense tas to
lostadoe fear al* porpofe of this cattle. The perfon
lobe offered the Bill to bedigmenteillt from his aps
gegrspgr, excited his fufpiciou. He 'twilit not can-
alise:how a ?erg's' ofhiaappearance Could be lam
steple in poiefion oils NW to that anemias.
Mr. Lightly, Clerk of the Northallerton Dank,
,fold; he recoffened a perfon I:Airing die Bill in
mirthful tabu diftonntech • Ha did not difcount it,
becaufe he did not know the man. The Winn
who offered the Bill was a man of very genteel
appearance and good addrefa.
Lord Ks it row here obfereecl, that the other wit-
nets would not tfifeountit,,lnteatikth on whit
brought ii had not the appearance ofti ' '
and had. nn adduct. - • - • •
The witnefs farther raid, thathefeemed to be a
very well inforined man. As wasa totaffiranger
to him. They frequently difcounted Bills for gran-
' gers, but he never recollcded a It to filch an
amount pretested by a ilranger, before that, to be
difcounted.
Lord Kiev° ' ...
, #tat4nne imuntry.
Banks only ilifEnttritCd , Mkt for, the tirade-
alpstelit
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