The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-07-19 00:00:00

sere that they contained proper groands. Ile, there-
fore, desired in have further proof before ha giauteJ
an ism.

COURT OF OF KING'S BENCII. Joi.• 17.
sosAN4:I3 CT AND CO. V. AMMER.

This was an action on • bill of exchange fens's-
wards of 3001., drawn by the Defendant and sc.
rented by • person names! flouter, endorsed over by
Moseley Woolf, to the Plaintiffs, but not paid,when
due, by the acceptor. the Plaintiffs, therefore. no. I
sought to recover of the drawer. Tbe clerk of
Messrs. Desanqaet proved..that Moseley Wolfe kept
cash with thee, and that the hill in question was dies
coasted be their boss, for hie ; sod further, that
Moseley Woolf. was at present in their debt to a con-
, side/able amount. The Plaintiffs, however, failed to
prove that the Defendant bad any knowledge that the
bill in qaestion had ever been accepted by Boater,
or that it was ever in his bands after it was moved,
Of that a letter orates to him by their clerk, Inform-
km biro the hill bad not been honoured by Boater,
ever reached his bands. Under these circatastauces
the Plaintiffs were nonssittd.

BUDOCIL, tstl e. w.nonoust.
This masa. Belies to recover from the Defendant,
the proprietor of a coac► going from the Swan with
toe Necks, Lad-lane, to Tortray and Newt.■ Ab-
bott,. in Devon, the vales of a parcel of cloth, deli-
vered at the coach-edict, is town, to be forwarded
to the Plaintiff at Torquay. The delivery of the par.
eel at the of re, Lad-lure, was proved; that it was
addressed "W. lialdock, Esq Toseptay, Newton
Abbott., Devon." The value of the parcel was
proved to be 441. The porter who took the parcel
proved the delivery at the coach-office, and predeced
his &hurry-book, signed by the bookkeeper.
The defence set up was the notice placed in the
office, that the proprietors would stet be answerable
for any parcel of a greater vale. than bl. unless en-
tered as such. The porter who delivered the parcel,
however, sore he slid not see the notice.
The Cuter Jusstcasaisi this notice was no defence.
Coach masters cooks not make pompom see the notices
stuck up io their °Sees, bet they might, by commas
care aed pru•teoce, relieve themselves from responsi-
bility by stating to persons bringing parcels, or by
directing their atteetto■ to the nolice.bierd. Ver.
diet for the Plaintilf—Damages 441. 6s.—Costs. 40..

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. ict.r 17.

CONSPIRACY To SEDUCE WORKMEN.
GUNTER U ASTOR.

THE STATESMAN.

POLICE.

(erred from the Customs to the F.scise. This power.
which never yes acted upon ie the Castanets, bat
been attended with very important concevences its
the hands of the active agents of the Ezri.e. The
moment the Act passed, barrels of fabricated Pepper
began to roll into his Majesty's wsrehnuces. One
officer seized eighteen hundred weight ; another
seized Ifteen hundred weight ; and the utmost
confining has been occasioned amongst the W-
ishings fabricators, who have been making fortunes
by this mansfactsee. The new whole pepper is made
up of the bulls of musterd.seed, glee, anti chalk, end
a certain quantity of stuff called P. D. The profit
derived by the manufacturer, upon each potted, is
es. 4d. and the sale has been most ezteoaive, the
1 proprietors, who are now in jeopardy, hiving all of
i them respectable characters, and being men of active,
ilndustrious, sod as would appear from the specula.
titres in which they were detected, enterprising habits.
iThe penalties ailed to the offence bear a fair po-
portion to those loilicted open dealers consieted cat
selling other speciosa article,, by shirk the health of
the community may seller. The prosecutions are to
come on in November, in t►e Court of Eschequer.
The seizetes of spacious pepper already made
amount, If estimated at the rate of sale made by the
ureaufacturer, to an immense sem, that rate being
3s. 6d. a posed ; if upon the utility of the article in
sabstiietieg real pepper, to little or nothing. The
P. D. which composes the greater part of the mate.
dale, is sold at 4d.a pound.