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London, England, 1814-09-24 00:00:00

PALACE COURT, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23.

LIABILITY OF A HUSBAND.
IkION TA GU E TAY LO R.
In this case the Plaintiff brought his action to re-
cuver 12, for board and necessaries furnished the de-
fendant's wife, under the following circumstances :
Mrs. Taylor being desirous of leaving her husband,
requested, in the presence of a witness, that he would
turn her out of his house. The husband refused, but
suffered her to pack up her things and elope in a
hackney coach, without offering the least opposition.
She afterwards received from the Plaintiff the neces-
saries which constituted his demand. The above facts
being proved, it was contended titat the husband was
not liable for any contract made by the wife, after she
left his house, without his consent.
The Learned Judge (Mr. REYNOLDS) was of opi-
nion that the husband was liable, but allowed a ver-
vict to be taken for the plaintiff, with liberty for Coun-
sel to mt ve to set it aside.
Mr. AGAR, on behalf of the defendant, this day
argued that the action could not be supported. If it
could, he said, the whole system of the law for the
protection of the husband would be destroyed. The
law as it stands, allows a man only to be responsible
for the necessary debts, or those incurred for the sup-
port of his wife and children. The debt in this else
was not necessary, because the woman might hilve
been supplied in her husband's house, and if she had
abandoned her home without her husband's permis.
sion, she had forfeited all right to make contracts in
his name. Mr. Agar contended, on the dicta of
Judges Raymond, Buller, Blackstone, and others,
that if a woman elopes from her husband's house,
without his consent, a tradesman who supplies her
with necessaries cannot make her husband liable. It
an attempt was made to fix the husband with a debt
of that sort, the plaintiff WAS bound to skew that his
wife el,ped either in consequence of oppression, or
that the husband consented to let her go. IR this
case there had been no consent on the part of the hus-
band, and therefore he could not be liable.
' Mr. &mica, on the same side, said, the question
'was, whether a husband is liable-fdi the debts of his
'wife, in case she elopes without his consent? The
Courts had decided, that a wife is incapable of making
any contract to bind the husband, unless it is such a
"contract as implies his consent. In this case, a ter-
mination had been put to the right which the law
gives a wife to contract debts payable by her husband,
therefore the husband was not liable, and the verdict
could not stand.
Mr. Rim woos said, his opinion remained the same
.as it originally was. From investigation, he was in-
clined to consider this a new case. The same facts
were not reet with in any other. The question was,
-whether the husband could be deemed not liable to
pay the pliintiff's demand ? In most cases, where a
wile has absconded, and the husband was not liable
for her debts, a charge of adultery had been made
against her, or there was a separate maintenance by
deed ; but in this case there was no adultery nor se-
parate maintenance, neither had the husband adver-
tised her. Having pointed out a marked distinction
between this case and several cited by the defendant's
counsel, he observed, that the assent of the husband
to his wife's elopement, was seading her into the
world on his credit. On the general view of the case,
and the p:micular facts, he remained of opinion that
the verdict ought to stand.

AN APOTHECARIES BILL.
An action was brought by a medical man, to ma
♦er £B. 6s. for medicines and attendance. There

was no defence, but before the Judge addressed the
Jury, l►e observed, that it had been doubted whether
a medical practitioner can charge for attendance?—
He adverted to the case of Fowler, an eminent Apo-
thecary, against the executors of the Duke of Queens-
bury, in which the question was discussed. He had
heard medical men lament that they were not allowed
to charge for attendance.
Mr, HART said, one of the charges in the plaintiff's
bill was for business done as an accoucheur, who cer-
tainly could charge for attendance.—JuDoz—Does
not an accoucheur come under tbeexception ?
.Mr. HART—No. It is for an , act done. I have,
knqwn, in this Court, twenty midwives succeed in
charging for attendance.—Verdict for the Plaintiff.

WAITHMAN ANDCO. V. NIEL
This was an action in which Waithnsan and Co.
Linen Drapers, :ought to recover gl3 odd, for goods
sold and delivered to the defendant.
A witness proved, that the goods were ordered by
the defendant, packed up; and sent to him by a per-
son now in 'Wand,* and who could not of course be
produced at the trial. A demand had been made on
the defendant, who returned 1 letter, acknowledging
the debt. That letter, which Was proved to he the
defendant's hand-writing, was the only evidence;
howetter, as there was no defence, the Jury found a
•erdict for the Plaintiffs.

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oLn a4IJ:Er.
Yesterday John Elliottwa indicted for stealing a
load of hi icks out of a brick-field, at Ball's-pond,
Islington, the property of John. Scott. The prisoner
came with a cart, on the 25th of April, and received
the load of bricks Irons Mr. Scott's kilnman, without
any note, which is usual when bricks are taken away.
When the robbery was di:Tiered, the kilnnsast ab..
sconded. He now came forward as a witness, and
said, that Elliott had bought,the bricks of him at half
their value. The quantity of bricks stolen amounted
altogether to 93,0&.—Guilty.
George Swann was tried 'for stealing 541bs. of but-
ter, a wicker basket, and a linen cloth, the property of
John Howard. The prosecutor keeps a shop at New-
ington-Butts. He had been to market early in the
morning. He lest the basket of butter in the care of
a little boy, in Paternoster-row, when the prisoner
came up, and took it. away. Two witnesses saw the
prisoner carrying it away, when taken.—Guilty.
M. (V. Lielunan was indicted for stealing a quan-
tity of jewels and other articles, the property of the
Lady of Lieutenant Colonel Stewart of the East In-
dia service. The prisoner was introduced to the pro-
secutrix by a person who assumed the name of the
IRabbi Herschell. In consequence of this she intrus-
ted him with jewels to sell for her, to the amount of
RBOO. Besides which, he got possession of two India
counterpanes. In his defence, he said he hid kept the
counterpanes, because they were contraband. Guilty.
The RECORDER said, that the prisoner was too clever
to be allowed to remain in This country, as he eonlb
get his bread any where..
B. Callaghaa was found guilty of stealing a paiiof ,
shoes off the feet of a mat As he lay asleep in a public
house.

J. Risky was indicttd for robbing P. Callaghan,
on the highway, Of British lace, value £22. The pro-
secutor was cleric to Mr. Hughes, a lace manuiac-
tnrer. On the 2id ult. he went into a public house,
in Wigmore-street, for some beer, an.l when he came
out the prisoner seized his bundle, and said he had
caught him at last, and would be revenged on him r,
saying also he was a Custom-house officer, and
sheaved a paper, which, he said, was his authority.—
He took the prosecutor to the Excise Office, where he
lodged the lace.
Here the COMMON SERJEANT reprobated, in strong
terms, the bringing forward an indictment, affecting
a man's Wei which could scarcely be supported by
civil process. He directed the Jury to acquit the
prisoner, which they did accordingly.
The following were also acquitted :—W. Watson,
J. Newman, and S. Edwards.

Same day the Sessions ended, when sentence was
passed on William Norman, Robert Seton, James
Eves, John Keith, Joseph Hopkins, alio: Finch,
Esther Thompson, alio: Fernandez, and Esther Fee-
guson, alias Cherry, to be transported for life—Sarah
Watson, Sarah Broad field, dim/Gillingham, and A bra-
ham Soper, • for fotirteen years--Sarah Simmons,
Joseph Sumpter, John Thornborough, William Ro-
berts, Daniel Mandes, Jacob Luby, James Simpson,
Richard Johnson, Thomas Elliott, Moses Woolf Liep-
man, John Wilson, Joseph Shepherd, James ishisinan,
John Weston,Johu Clarke,James Piper, John Weight,
Thomas Townsend, Margaret Ryan, Joseph Woutiey,
Benjamin Hookliant, Thomas Dossiter, James Clarke,
Sarah Craston, John Williams, Thomas Edwards,
William Palmer, alio: Wells, Henry Clarke, William
Bosher, Jasper Murky, John Jones, Robert Roberts,
Charles Moss, John Radley, George Gilkes, Joseph
Wiffin, Thomas Coils, James alio: John •Shephard,
William Maddox, Charles Williams, William God-
den, and George Horton, to be transported for the
term of seven years—two to be imprisoned in the
House of Correction at Clerkenwell for two years ;
fifteen for one year, and twenty-six for lesser periods
—eighteen to be fined and imprisoned in Newgate—
fourteen to be privately, and three publicly whipped ;
several fined Is. each, and discharged, and 45 were
discharged by proclamation.—Sessions adjourned to
the `26th of October next.
This Session has been one of the most serious that
has occurred for several years. The Grand Jury for
the County have sat upon nearly five hundred bills of
indictment, comprehending crimes of the blackest and
most malignant dye, and offenders commencing their
depravities with infancy, and not ending them with,
the last period of old age. Twenty-four have received
sentenced of Death, exclusive of Hollinp and Mitchell,
executed on Monday last, for murder.

QUEMI•SQUARL-Mr. Wilson yesterday exhibited
his complaint against the driver of the hackney-coach
No. 509, who refuses to drive him unless he promis-
ed not to demand a ticket, as stated in our last. The
Magistrate observed, (the man having said that lie
had no tickets) that he ought to have had them. He
stood fined 20s. The man referred to the third clause
of the new Act, which, he said, did not impose any
penalty on the refusal of a ticket. The Magistrate
wished him to knOw, and to communicate to his
brethitn, that the conviction took place under the 9th
of Anne, made perpetual by 1 Geo. I. for rude belia:
viour. The mere refusal of a ticket carried its own
penalty, loss of fare, asno one was bound to pay with-
out a ticket; but if that refusal was followed by rude
behaviour,' then the case came within the old Act.—
The coachman paid the fine of 20s.
J. Weiiitu was charged by Mr. J. Bagshaw, with
attempting to pick his pocket in the Lnbby of Drury-
lane Theatre, on. Thursday night last, and was re-
manded fora fortnight.

An ancient instrument of punishment, which was
formerly used for the correction of scolding women,
is in the possession of the Corporation of Newcastle.
It is called the Bratsk: ; and when in use, was found
to be of great service in quelling that unruly member,
the tongue. It may properly be termed an iron mask,
having a spike so contrived as to enter the mouth, and
hold down the noisy organ. If the offender attempts
to speak when undergoing this punishment, a rharis
hint is given of the necessity of preserving silence.
SINGULAR CIRCUDISTANCIL—Last week an aged
female (a widow) who resides at North Shield:, ap-
plied to the Officers of, St. John's parish for
Some doubts being entertained respecting her claim,
an investigation took place, when it was clearly ascer-
tained that her last service was in that parish, in the
family of Mr. Edward Wilson, about Su years ago,
and that she is actually a niece of the cekbrated Ge.
neral WASHINGTON !—"• Sic transit sloria illundi !" It
is almost unnecessary to add, that relief was immedi-
ately granted.

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LONDON MARKETS.

MEWOATE AND LEADENHALL MAIIKETS.
(By the Carcass.)
Beef, qer stone 4s of to 40 si Veal 4s 03 to es OA
Mutton - 4s 44 to 5s Oil) Pork Os Od to 7s Id
Lamb 4s 4(1 to Rs sd.

PRICES OF HAY AND STRAW YESTERDAY.
IT. JANES'S. WNII teIIAPIL.
I
Hay 41 Os to 51 ih Od Hay 41 Os to 54 ds Od
Straw 111 164 to 41 Sa Od Straw 11 Its to iti Iv Od
Clover 41 Os to 71 7s 04

. PRICE OF HOPS.
SIM SAOI. MEW FOCUTS.
Kent 51 Os to 71 Os Keit El Os to SI 14$
Sussex 51 Os to 61 Os Sussex - 01 Os to SI Os
Essex 51 Os to 71 Os Farnham 81 04 to 121 Os

PRICE OF LEATHER IN LEADENHALL-iTHEE r.
Butts, 50 -o 56Ibs 251 26d Call Skins, 30 to 401bs i4d 39;
Ditto. 56 to 66Ihs 27d 211.1 Ditto 50 to 70Ibs 314.4 42.1
Merchants Basks 21gd 224 d Ditto 70 to 1101bs 3,1 d 40d
Dressing Hides 20d 210 I Small Seals Greenland 37t1 4ed
Fine Coatis Hides 214 d 23d I Large ditto, per dot. 120 s 180 s
Crop Hides fur eutt 224 2.4 I Tanned Horse Nide' 28d 30s
Ditto 45 to 50Ibs. 2144 $234 Goat Skins lls 50s

RAW

IWES.

Best Heifers and Steers (per I Ordinary as Od to 414 d
stole) - as 0,1 to 3s tid Market Calf I is. each.
MidJtinas 2 61 to 2s ad Eng. Horse Itis to Ids
• Lamb Skins 2e 641. to 4s 6.l—S.beepskins 344 to g4s.

PRICE OF TALLOW.
St. James's Market 4s 10d i l'own Tallow Iliatid
Clare Market - 04 Od 1 Yellow Ramis 114 s Od
Whitechapel Market 4: lOd 1 White ditto 10. Od
per stone of Slla .------ I Soap ditto iss Od
Price of Candles per doz. 14. Od—Moulds, ISs Id.