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and, after bitig:iiitias hoot` inittlretity minute,
returned with a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages
40s. Costs, 40s. • " •
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, THICEMBER s..
•
THE LING V. SIR .7. HILL,•AND. SIR J. POWELL, DAR 73.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated, that this
information to reamer the penalty of three 1k:
amounting to i:100,000 each, entered into by t! '.e
Pendants •for the faithful performance of dot;es he
Eyton, a Receiver-General of Taxes for
shire, during the years 1813, 1814, and 1815.
Eyton died in 1816, at which time he was'in
to the Crown about £lOO,OOO.
W. Turner stated, that he was Mr. Eytan's De-
puty in 1813, and to the time of his death in'lBl6,
and he read a very particular account of all the sums
received by him as Deputy during the three years te
which the. Bonds applied : the total amount of which
was £659,108 4s. 61hd. part of which he lodged itt
the Bank of Messrs. Rock and Co. at Shrewsbury,
and the- remainder he remitted to Messrs. Gosling
and Sharp, in London.
It was now admitted by the Arroatirs-Gctitaat,
that Mr. Eyton had received Taxes, in .1813, 18!4,
and 1815, to the amount of £639,105 10s. 3A4,
and that he had paid into the Exchequer £511,930,
leaving a deficiency of £127,455 10s. 3IA d. out cf
which there were allowances to be deducted •to the
amount of about £33,000, which would leave Lis
amount of deficiency C:)4,455.
Serjeant Pr.r.t contended, that if all the -moues'
paid by Mr. Ey ton during the years 1813, 1814,
181 A, together with £40,000 which had been level
by the Crown since his death, was applied tothe pay..
ment of the taxes for those years, there would re-
main no demand on the defendants; and if the ?:;b-
-lic Ocers had not done their duty, •by causinglina
to make' his payments regularly, the defenclarizs
miOt say they were entrapped.
The ATTORN EY-GENERA L said, the fact of part
the money received for those years having beenic,itd
by extent,. proved that the bonds were forfe're.i:
be.ide, -Mr. Eyton might have had the Money that
he was in arrear in his hands at the time these belles
' were entered into, and might have misapplied chat
he received during those years.
Serjeant PP,LL said, he would be able to skew that
the money paid during the three years for which the
bonds were given, had been received during the sarre
years, on which evidence the Jury, he trusted, Would
find for the defendants. -
The CHIEF BARON said, it was in evidence, that
part of the money received for those years had been
levied by extent, which was proof that he had net
paid ; and, in his opinion, the defendants were liable,
but their Counsel would have an opportunity of ar-
guing the law 9f the question on a motion for a new
trial ; and he most sincerely wished them success, as
he had the pleasure of being acquainted with the de-
fendants, and knew they were as honourable men as
any in England.
The Jury immediately found a verdict for the full
penalty of £300,000. •
•

A few days ago, an accident occurred at Bonhard,
near Perth, to the son of Mr. ALEXANDER BLAIR
farmer at F.andowie, a fine young boy, about nine
years of age. As the unfortunate youth was gal-
loping his pony along the road, the animal made a
sudden spring to one side, in- consequence of which,
the boy's head came in contact w ith a large tree,
which, occasioning a severe fracture, caused his death
a few hours thereafter:

Tuesday se'nnight the Police of Glasgow appre-
henled an Irishman, named Connell, on a charge of
having committed, or been present in-the commi -
sion of,-`a murder in Ireland! After -being
ez-
mined he was sent off with a proper escort to Bei-
. -
fast on Wednesday morning.
A dreadful assassination was committed onWednes-
day in the street. of the Seine, in, the Fauxbourg of
St. Germain, on Louise Leroux, an uncommonly fine
young woman, aged 18. She was the mistress of the
assassin, a solaier, named Montreuil, aged aB, who
stabbed her to the heart in-a fit of jealousy.. IA per-
son named-Laporte, who was dining in the public-
house where the horrid deed was perpetrated, seized
the murderer by the throat; but an Officer, who was
also an. eye-witness of the transaction, having drawn
his sword to prevent the assassin from committing
further atrocities, Laporte unfortunately quitted
Montreuil to gUard himself against the officer, whom
he took to be an associate of the murderer. During
this strange mistake the villain made his escape:,hav-
ing first snapped his pistol at Laporte, which fortu-
nately did not go off. He was expected to be soon
taken into custody.
Mr. Lewis GRUMMITT, formerly an eminent gra-
zier in Lincolnshire, died a few days ago. in that
county, at a very advanced age. It was from an
hospitable joke of this worthy man's thett Dr. GOLD.
SMITH took the hint of Marlow mistaking the-house
of Mr. Hardcastle• for an inn, in the Comedy of She
Stoopito Cowper. The circumstance was as fol-
lows :—Mr. Gaustserrir, at a late hour one night, met
a commercial traveller, who had mistaken his road,
and inquired his way to the nearest inn or. public-
house. Mr. GRUMMITT replied, that as he was a
stranger, he would shew him the way to a quiet re-
spectable house of public entertainment for man and
horse, and took him to his own residence. The tra-
veller, by the perfect ease and confidence of his man-
ner, spewed the success of his host's stratagem, and
everything that he asked for was instantly provided
for himself and his horse. In the morning, he called
in an authoritative tone for his bill, and the hos•
pitable landlord had all the recozupence he desired is
the surprise and altered manners of his guest: Mawr
other whimsical acts of kindness-are related of him.
A Clergyman, residing in the neighbourhood ef
Cullompton, on his war to Church, about a week
ago, met one of his flock- in his working habiliment;
and accosted him, 1‘ Don't you follow the Church?'
" Follow the Church, Sir I (replied the man) wl.sTe
is it gone?" t-

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