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London, England, 1817-04-18 00:00:00

L.O, INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OP WO'S BENCH, APRIL It
WASH V. SPRIGUTISS.
This was in issue directed by the Lord Chancellor
to vy the validity of the commission of bankruptcy
owed against the plaintiff. a lady residing in the
vtintry, on the grounds the rua act of bankruptcy
ad been committed by her. From the evidence
(act!, it appe 4red that the plaintiff, in January, 1,816,
Itfc her tesidence andlusiness in the country, and
vm, to sou u. where she took up her residence, at a
Noe in Grevihe-street, Hatton Garden. Here she
cotii;u:d upwards of eight weeks, during which time
'll inters were sent to her under corer to a person
!tamed Smith ; and she desired Mr. Smith not to give
22y (.lie her address. It further appeared, that she
.3-23 advised by a relation to keep herself close in
Greville street, as by that means she might. avoid
liting arrested at the suit of the defendant and a per-
nameJ Grove, who had a demand again' bet $
ruf that this same friend afterwards went, disbelief I
e miss Nash, to Mr. Grove, to request he would'i
suspend proceedings against Miss Nash, to afford her
so opportunity of making an arrangement foe aes-
Olg his demand against her. Mr. Grove accavist
to this, and Miss Nash then returned home. „.
Mr. SC ftLICIT by cross-ezamining the witness,
row/cured to shew, that Miss Nash had imams
to Loo.!ao to withdraw herself from her creditor*"
but Nit slie cause to town to make certain arrange::
laer..;, preparatory to her approaching 'marriage sue.
and Walter, that on hearing Mr. SprigginLltta
writ out against her, she sought him out in
M ask it the fact was so
14nrd If.i.t.rivionouou did not consider this b
to Mr. Spriggins as such a public she wing of hers.
as sould do away the effect of her withdrawing her.
ulf from her house for eight weeks, having her letters
sent to her under cover, and directing that her real.-
dace in town should be Concealed.

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The plaintiff Wdb therefore watched ; and the aet
a Dania uptcy established.

lIENItY W. DIAN/SON.

This was an action on a policy of insurance spec
the ship Cornwall, at and from Jamaica to this coup-
hy. The policy was dated the 2d of September,
lei i. The defence set up was, that the plaintiff had
s..t communicated all the information he wan bound
14 communicate to the Underwriters on the subject.
Fiom the evidence it appeared, that on the 29t.b of
As:gost the plaintiff received news by a parte' which
unwed in this country, having left Jamaica on the
titi Pill:se, that the Cornwall was to sail that day,
with several other ships. under convoy of the War-
nu. The plaintiff, on receiving this intelligence.
immediately applied to underwrite her; but the pre-
nom in town being four guineas, be determined to
rite to his Agent in Liverpool, where the premien.
us lower. Accordingly. he on the 29th wrote to
Mr. Harvey, of Liverpool, desiring be would under.:
rite the cargo of the Cornwell Tor 411LS00. if 'he
could get it done at SW. per cent. After he bad
closed ilis Liter, it occurred to him to underwrite the
ihip also ; and he accordingly, with his pencil, wrote
en the holds of the latter direction for Mr. Harney tD
underwrite the ship for £lOOO, if he could get ifdone
it two guineas. By return Of post he reptved,,,fetj
amiss truce Mr. iiirreto ,
sired the cargo for AI 400, at two guineas; but the
pencil directions respecting the ship escaped hint till
to Lite to do it that day ; bait be should be able to
hit the nest ; and on the .Ist of September be alav
cedingly gave instructions.. and the policy was WWI&
at on the 2d of September. at aft per CCM In she.
man time a rumour reached town on the 30th of
-August, that one of. the West India convoy, the.
Electra, had arrived asiaortsmooth, and on the fol:
being. day, her name• appeared oa Lloyd's Book‘
eating, that she hadysome in in a damaged state.
being separated ,f s. the stet. Neat day the ficet
began to drop is, whet it was discovered, that several
vessels had been damaged ; that thirteen bad been
obliged to put into the Havanna:. amongst which
number was the Cornwall. Here she was repaired
at an expense of 440004 and to recover the amount
of the sum .underwritten by the deleoshusts the present'
action was broogbt.
On the part of the defoliant, Mr. Kt/MYATT dis-
claimed imputing any intentional fraud to Mr. Henry
bus be contended that tbe.plaintiff was bound to for-
ward to Ns agent at Liverpool the information of the
crisal of the Electra. and that such information
should have been communicated-to the Underwriters,
who would then, when in, possession of tliat loforma-.
tin, have acted as they thought proper.
Mr. Routh (one of the Jury)..—" My Lords the
inhumation pu. upon Lloyd'sbook, would have been
notntions in Liverpookimfttdiately on the arrival of
the following post." •
Mr. Scaetarraa My Lord. I understand a espy
of Lloyd,' books, are regularly transmitted. by post
.
to all the principal poets every night." •
Lord ELLENIOROUGH dad not consider the plaintiff
as called opal to give this information to the del '
dant. This would berfarryiog the. doetritto of tufts*"
mation. te Underwriters farther than ever it bad yet
beet rarriet..- Iswoeld requite-au snored to kiiep a
rester of every yew' which could by any possibi.
iitY be connected in any way with the vessel insured.
Had the plaintiff receivedinformation immediately
rtoected with his gym vessel. he would perhaps'
Rave been bound to communicate his I •OW to
the Underwriters; but that duty way'Age'
Spnn him now.-.-Dantoges MOO, oliela'49l4
WILLIAM* ' WllitiTias • 's'
, Mr. Gummy statadk that this was a. action,
°fought by his client, to recover a compensation la'
davnages, for the imprisonment of his Omar during
a voyage from the East Indies. -The plaintiff had
been induced to bring the present action foe the 'per-
Pose of vindicating his own character, :tad tsot with
me desire of injui fog the fortune of Capt. Webster,
"boo no doobt, had acted under certain taisrepeeiegd,
tatimi, and false information which he bed reosieed.
This would easily be credited,. when he infOrateitis
Lordship and the .Genthimen of the hwy. that the
rip which the defendant commanded. was that on
mud of which • mutiny had orison, and teem me'
tree engaged in that mutiny had since suffered. the,
I.stence tit the law. The plaintiff felt that the de-
fendant had•been misled by false informatiOn t lad
this circumstance induced him mon readily tdacced!!
to is-
- proposition of the defendeot; to give hits unsug.
fantails%
11r- SeAltirtt was itady to acknowledge be bad