The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-05-18 00:00:00

L dW INT'ELLIBENCE.
COUWAF Wiril BENCH MAT 17%
ISENEFIT soma. y;
moved fors
. Rule to thew cant, whz
a 1114141mq% sionild not issue, directed to JAR
Claudius Hunter and William ?erring, Voritl.
derinen of the City of 4..0nd0n, commanding
them to issue their warrant against Sir Charles
Price, 13art. and tither', Tcustees of a (lane& So.
ciety, calied " The Commercial, .Traveiiprs' Beep.
fit Society," for the levying the sum. of 20),1t
year, ordered by the abuse Megistr4ies, to be paid
the widow of a deceased member of that kocicty.
Mr. PAN; 40d, that the worthy 14arotiet against
a hum the warrant of distress was called for, and
the Magistrates to wbum he prayed that the tqan.
damns should issue, were snot actuated of them.
selves by auy desire of opposing the payment of
this money ; but aa a great dilference of opinion
prevailed in the Sosiety relative to it, they were
tenacious tif taking any steps either to pay the
ntone/ or tis'asiforq the pigment, it being refused
without tins sanction of tlic Court
.cif
King's Beech
~ uu ithich,accopt this application
was made to their Lortlahipat
Lord ELLUISOROUGII ifikeil Whether the par.
tics had boll summoned, Oa( the urtier was made !
by the above Magistrates, tq appear ist4 pax the

money.
Air. rani; ens weved it> Op negative. His Lurd7
ehip then reeouviiiended Ilium, in purieence of the
Act of the 3341 of his Majesty, to cite the Trus-
tees before thp Magistrates that they obey their
under, and if they should refuse to obey the order
undue that stenamons, then to come to that Court
with the application new made.—Rule refused..
110 V CIINOR PI CTO N. -
Mr. Slat* ple restos( his arguments this dilly in
behalf of the isbuve Gendemati, and laving con!
flPdesll
lewd Et.tianaostoools signified the intention of
the Court to bar the counsel for the Plaintiff in
cply in the cetera of nail week after which the
ourt will Givejudgmentt
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. MAY 17.
sv Nisi Paws.
patron o. STANTON.
This was an action to recover 45.1.
fait! to beret
been weaved by the Defendaut, Dr. Stanton! a
surgeon in thoilrand. It nppoamid Bata the evi-
denec that the Plaintiff be*l situation in &Inter-
mt.:house, in 1804, what bo was .charged with
embeasting Government sieves; and lodged in pri-
son. The Defendant, who had attended the Plain.
fir. family as a medical man, wait to him whiltt
he was in custody, and undertook to preserve his
property, which would have tallest into the hands
of the Sheriff, if the Plaintiff had been convicted
of the efLuce imputed to kite. Ie accordingly
went to the Pliiiistilfis house, 411 ,Ezoter-street,
strand, -and secured 34.51. in cab, which the
plaietilf had conceited to a duet. lle afterwards
used his interest, end prevented the ptosecutiou
from euing on, but rernsed to return the money,
though he was frequently applied to for it. At
last iie.defivered a hill of tO6l. fur Medicine., and
in the present instance pleaded a set off,
The hill appeared to he a mast extrayegant
charge, and lading the items objected to, the
CQUallei abandoned the set 00, and rested hie de-
fence on a receipt in full, said to have been deli-
Tired by the Plaintiff.
peceme a question whether the receipt had
twee beer, signed by the Plaintiff! who was describe
Ws
ed to be.incapable of writing name. The Plain.
tiff to avoid an arrest for debt, kept net of the
way, and was not to be found ; but under all the
eireunistanees, it was contended that he hiui re-
ceived his money out of the Defendant at different
times by instalments, and that the receipt as his
hand writing.
The Learned ledge snowed' up Rho 'evidence
the greatest impartiality, and left It to the
fy ery to give credit to the rtualiptt or refuse it, as
they believed the evideace.
The Jury, after retiring from the bort found
verdict for the Plaintiff for IQOI.
The case lasted all day.
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4, .

The latest eaPpuuts of the FrollsCh Eitecaoo
are of the 3d instant, at which time be was still
at Antwerp. He and his *arms are expected
to yisit wary proviocial town in Holland.
8ei5t05....4 pitched battle, for 10Q guineas
!side, ,betweee tiro mbjetjc provincial bruisers, of
the names of Pearce and Gatos, the former,
coneliman to Colonel Hare, who yr backed by.
his master, aed.the litter, the champion of Glee.
cestershire, barked by Sir C. COe Was fagot On
Cophall Heath, sear 4.onissey, Haals,ali Mon..
day last. The combat iv deeeriboil, by asavnatenr
present, to have outdone all others in determined
bravery and hardihood. The men, above six feet
in height, possessed *moderate share of skill, and
they set-to is the style of the old school ; and,
algrough the battle lasted two hunts, neither of
them !ell without a blows or thrown by the iron
grasp of his a4kerstity. The features of the
,%:hainpions were se distorted, that the faces could
not be recognized, and the body bits were sucks*
an ordinary profeaor could not have endured.
•Paton was the giant-killer of the county of Gloat-
Pester, and the terror of his neighbourhood, bast
Pearce was rather the favourite at sidting..to.
Raig# was ultiniali.ly beat by a cruss-battack.
Xhs winner wit, put •ty- bad, an 4 remained them
two days.
Cons ExCnAnav, MAY IS.—Tq day the sup-
plit, of Wheat are again theft, and Sales in this
trade rather dearer ; Barley en.l Malt nearly at last
pricts ; very few White Peas ; filealls of the two
kind fully at last currency ; Ncie Ticks 445. to
51-. per qucrter ; Uld, as under; Oats Ire like-
~Vl,e ice troue short supply, and this trade is
dtarer. Prices of Flour at the lut advance.
CUMALNT PRICE.
WhfAt•• - 90'. 100..'lltl•. Tick licair, (old) 92i. 58..
Fine din° - - - - 173•. 1714. Oats,
Rye, - - 58.6.1).1.
Rfirley,
itare Seed - - 4X348 4W
ila4(lioilC11) 68:e. 74*. Fllae 1.10411. - -
tire% Peas, - - - 4e. v.p.. I Secuads -
1144 w, (old) - - -69 e. 6%.