Star.
London, England, 1827-11-24 00:00:00

SMITH AGAINST BLAKE.

Dr. DODSON moved the Court, on behalf of-General
RobeitLindley Blake, the defendant in this suit, to re-
scind the conclusion of the cause, and to admit his
allegation. The defendant was a legatee to the amount
of 6,0001. under a will of the late Dowager Lady Blake,
who died the 13th of March la.t, leaving property to
he amount of 16,0001. General Blake sought to set
aside this will, propounded by the Rev. Hugh Smith,
the executor, in favour of a former wall, which cause was
to come on to•day. The Learnt d Counsel read an afff.
davit from General 'Blake in support of the application.
Dr. LUSHINOTON opposed the motion—the defendant
had caused his party great trouble in the service of the
usual notice. by keeping hii address from :hem ; and
although be had bad ample time to take the necessary
steps, he delayed till just before the beating of the cause.
Sir JOHN Nrcnott. said that it would be'contrary to
justice, and a great oppression to the other party. to
comply with this motion; he must reject it, and proceed
to pronounce sentence in tic cause. The Learned Judge
saw no reason to doubt the validity of the pill pro-
pounded, and pronounced for it accordingly;

PALACE COURT, Nev. 23.
DOBELL V JONSS.

Th's wPs an action brought by the plaintiff, who is a
linendraper, upon a bill of exchange for 1.51. 6s. 7d.
given by the defendant, as a security for the payment of
that sum, contracted for goods sold and delivered.
Mr. Ross conducted the caserOhitlf of the plaintiff.
It appeared ft om the state men( pande and evidence ad.
duced, that the defendant had been seduced from the
home of her parents, by a person reptesenting himself as
Capt. Moore, about ''2 years back, she being then about 16
years of age, and lived with him for about 12 months
in Milford-place, Edgeware-road, during which time
she was introduced by a respectable person, and dealt
with the plaintiff. During her stay at Milford.place,
she paid her bills : subsequently, from same alteration
of ciicumstances, she removed to the house of a Mrs.
Timberlake, in York-pLice,.Bryanston•squate, occupy ing
her fir►t Rim, obese she received the visits of more
than one Gentleman, and where the present debt was,
contracted.

Mr. FLANNAGAN contended that the defendant was
not liable. Lord Mansfield had decided, in the case of
Williams and Watson," that a minor could not be a
party in law to such an instrument as a bill of exchange;
that plaintiff knew he was to be paid from the wages
of the defendant's iniquity ; and that in no point of view
were silks, silk stock'ngs, icc. proper necessaries to be
supplied to so young a person, without the express con-
currence of her friends or relations.

The Learned Jurics briefly recapittila•ed the evi•
dente, and observed that Lard Kenyon had decided,
in a case where a mintr, taking up his residence at ai.
Ho el, c ritracted a debt fur a suit of clothes with a
tailor, who afterwards brought his• action, but was
nonsuited, it was not necessaries which could le
recovered for, unless it could clearly be *hewn that they
were supplied upon the consent or sanction of the per.
sons having the paternal custody cr controul of the
minor." There was some calico and flannel charged in
the bill. lie would leave it to the Jury to consider,
after the explanation he had given, and the evidence
t!.ey had heard, whether such things were or were not
necessaries, and return a verdict accordingly.

The Jury retired about ten minutes, taking IA ith them
the pl.intirs bill of articles supplied, arid on their return
into Court, gave a verdict for the plaintiff for 121.

Subtequently to the rising of the Court, Mr. FLAN-
PAGAN, the defendant's Counsel, moved for a rule
to slier, cause why there should not be a new trial
granted upon three distinct grounds, via. That by the
decision of Lord NI msfield, the cause of action merged
in the bill, st hich was clearly an illegal instrument.-
2dly, That no such thing as necessaries supplied to
minors living in a state of open prostitution or de-
bauchery, could be known or recognized by the law ;0
and 3dly, That the verdict had been given both against
law and evidence.—Mule granted.

• In a case before Lord Ellenborough, It was decided that even
persons purchasing, on credit, goods for t►e pbrpose of supplying
them to others to commit prostitution.such debt was not recoverable,
although in that case t►e evidence of the fact was but slight.

The body of Lowe, who was executed on Thursday
for coining, was conveyed to his late residence in St.
(i lees where it was exhibited by his wife. Many of t' e
'spectators contributed their mites to the widow, who,
after they were gone, fell asleep, when one of the can
dies which su rounded the body set file to the sh,et
which covered ir. The door was forced, when the p-or
woman and her infant were h and nearly in a state of
suffocation; and one side of the head and two fingers
of the corpte bur nt.to cinders. The flames were, how-
ever, speedily suppressed, but not till the interior of the
room and great part of the furniture vete destroyed. •
Wednesday evening, about six o'clock, a man and
two women came driving along Old-street-road in a
chaise cart, in such a furious manner, that on their at.
riving at the corner of Bunhill row, the horse, which
appeared to be under no management, came violently
against a fruit stall ; and before the poor woman who
belonged to it could get out of the way, she was knocked
down, the wheel of the vehicle passing over her body.
Both the upper part of her legs were shockingly frac-
tured. and the spine of her back most mien*, injured.