Star.
London, England, 1810-12-01 00:00:00

A SECOND MOURNING EVENING !ULT. fIRrSq.

A white satin slip, ornamented round the buttons with geld,
over whicfh is worn a ..lark patent net dress, with short sleeves.
The dress entirely edged round with a rich joining lace, and or-
namented with gold buttons; sloped up at the bottom in the
front, and trimmed with a broad scallop lace. The hat is com-
posed of black velvet and lace, ornamented with gold, and gold
spray in front. Hair in curls divided on the forehead ; ne•cklace
and ear-rings of gold ; white kid gloves ; shoes of white satin ,
with gold rosettes. A shawl of French grey silk, which is thrown
across the shoulders in any way that occasion or fancy may dictate.

paid value for it. The plaintiff had bees in the habit(
of discounti.ig bills for him at he apparent rate of;
five per cent. but at the actual rate of fourteen
per cent. • Which usurious charge was made by
the following means : when a bill was brought to be
discounted, the plaintiff only demanded the legal dis-
count of 5 per cent. but kept a private account, in
which h charged witness one and a half per cent.
pertwo months, as an additional consideration for cash,
and when this private account amounted to twenty or
thirty pounds, then the plaintiff gave to witness a
check on his banker for that amount, which witness
duly received at the banking house, but returned the
cash immediately afterwards to the plaintiff, who after
this transaction, debited him with the amount of the
draft so drawn, as so mach money lent, although not
actually received in that form by ,witness, by which
means he avoided the imputation of usury.
gr. Serjeant Baxr produced an instrument signed
by Hind, in which the £3OO bill in question was men-
tioned amongst a number of other bills which were to
be left in the plaintiff's hands as a security for a debt
of £2OOO. In opposition to the authority of this in-
strument, Hind said he had signed it at a coffee-house
without investigating its contents.
Uupon the whole, however, the Jury, after receiv-
ieg their charge from the Learned Judge, were of
opinion, that the demand of the plaintiff was founded
on just grounds, and returned a verdict accordingly
for £230, being the principal and interest of the bill.
in question.

BONNER V. WILSON.

This was an action upon a Bond entered into by
the defendant, in which he agreed to ray AVB. 4s. 7d.
to the widow Morrell and Son, of Lisbon, if the ship
Der Indiana, in the port of Lisbon at the time the
Bond was executed, should arrive safe in the port of
London. The ship slid so arrive safe, but the dolen-
dant refused to fulfil the terms of his bond, and there-
fore the present action was brohght.
The execution of the bond was duly proved, as
was a promise made by the defendant in London, to
pay the bond.—Verdict for the Plaintiff.

MILLBANK v. LAMBERT.

Mr. Serjeant BEST stated this to he an action to
recover 46, claimed under the following circum-
stances :

The defendant sold a watch to the plaintiff for £6,
under a promise, if the watch did not go well he
would return the money paid for it. In a few days
the plaintiff discovered the watch to be a very bad
one, and went to the defendant toget his money back,
according to the previous contract. The defendant
offered to give him another watch, or to repair that
which was complained of, but refused to refund the
£6, in consequence of which 'the plaintiff was forced
to use those means which the law afforded him to
get redress.
There was no defence made, and a verdict was of
course given for the plaintiff.

JIEMERSLEY WOOLCOMEE.

In this case, which was an action for boots and
shoes sold and delivered to the amount of Je17.25.6(1.
There was likewise no defence, which of course left
the Jury no other alternative than to find a verdict
for the plaintiff.
There was no other cause tried, and the Court ad-
journed to Saturday, the Bth of December.