Star.
London, England, 1829-07-08 00:00:00

STONZ V. lIIIITT.

In this case a rule bad been obtained, calling upon
an attorney to show cause why the judgment signed by
him should not be set aside, on the ground that he had
never been employed by the plaintiff. It was deposed
that the plaintiff was ill, and having some debts due to
him, he desired his wife to call upon the attorney, and
ask him if he could get them is, but by no means
to go to law ; be, however, did commence proceedings,
upon which the plaintiff wrote to him, telling him to
stop them, but in defiance of this letter he proceeded to
sign judgment.
Cause was now shows against the rule. The attorney
deposed that the wile desired him to get is the debts
without any reservation about not going to law; and
he further deposed, that when be received the plaintiff's
letter, judgment bad been already signed.—Under these
circumstances, the Court discharged the rule.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER. JULY T.
Sittings at Nisi Pries before tie Lou Qum Boson.
YIELD AND OTHERS S. HARTLEY AND OTHERS.

Mr. CAMPRILL and Mr. RICKARDS alpeared for the
plaintiffs, and Mr. PAVILION and Mr. BLACK/DURK for
three of the defendants.

This was an action brought by the plaintiffs, who
were bankers, of Leeds, against the seven or eight de-
fendants, who formed a Company denominated the
Leeds Pottery. It appeared that the defendants kept
cash accounts with the plaintiffs, who advanced them
various sums of money. from time to time ; and the
balance now sought to be recovered, including interest,
was 3,4471. 12s. 10d. On the part of most of the de-
fendants it was admitted that such a sum was due to
plaintiffs ; but three of the defendants, named Brooke,
Nicholson, aid Parsons, contended that they were not
personally liable, as they were only acting as executors
of some deceased partners, and they conceived that they
could only be liable so far as the available assets of
Ithe whole concern would cover.

Mr. Caursar.r. cited several cues to show that per-
sons acting in a firm as executors to deceased partners
were personally liable for whatever debts were con.
tracted by and on behalf of the firm, without regard to
the assets.

The LORD CHIRP BARON held that the three defend-
ants were certainly responsible.
The Learned Counsel for the defendants then ob-
served that they had no other defence to the action, and
The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs, for
5,4471. 12s. 10d.

COURT OF CONDELEGATES, JOLT 7.
=CLIPS' O. ZUTSLIFIE.

This was an appeal on behalf of the wife, and the
husband in a former term was decreed to pay costs and
alimony.
The Proctor for the wife now stated that the cause
, bad beers compromised by the husband's nodertaking
to allow Mrs. Sutcliffe a small yearly annuity, for
which he gave his personal security, but that the sr-
rangement was no sooner concluded than the husband
left the kingdom, and resided for some time at the Isle
of Man. The Proctor now moved that the husband
should be pronounced in contempt, for not obeying the
monition of the Court to pay the wile's costs and
alimony.
The Courr acceded to the prayer of the wife's Proc-
, tor, and pronounced Mr. Sutcliffe in contempt.

An Inquest was held yesterday morning at the Turk's
Herd, Putney, on the bodies of Henry White, aged
Wm. White, his brother, aged 24, and John Curtis,
aged 16, who (as we stated yesterday) were drowned on
Sunday evening. The first witneu examined was a
Waterman, named Jenkins, who deposed that on Sun-
day evening, about hall-past seven o'clock, he was
plying at the stairs near Putney Bridge, when be heard
cries of distress, appearing to issue from under the third
arch of the bridge. He instantly jumped into his
Iwherry, and proceeded thither, when he found two
cutlets entangled togeti,er. one of which was nearly,
be uken to pieces. He succeeded in saving two of the
' unfortunate persons, but the other three were carried
away by an under-current, and were not found till Mon-
day evening —Henry Williams: deposed that himself
and five ocher young men hired a boat on Sunday, for
the purpose of going to Richmond; and on their return
in the evening they were raced by the boat in which
were the deceased persons, who succeeded in getting to
the bridge first, but they were not skilful enough to
avoid it, and were driven by the current directly against
the pier, and the cutter in which were the deceased
'persons was torn almost in half. The waterman came
up, and succeeded in saving two of the young men, but
the other three were lost sight of. The other young
men who were with the last witness in the cutter were
then examined, and they gave similar evidence, and
the Jury instantly returned a verdict of 4. Accidental
Death "--The Coroner said he hoped this lamentable
accident would prove a warning to all inexperienced
young men, not to hire boats if they were ignorant of
lthe management of them.