The Statesman.
London, England, 1813-02-20 00:00:00

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COURT OF KING'S G011.1)11A, 18.
COATES V. La YANT.
This was an action oti a bill of exchange for 5001.
dated in July, 1811, payable, two months after date,
drawn by Jeremiah Bryant upon and accepted by
John Bryant, sen. the present Defendant, indorsed
to the Plaintiff.
The defence set up was usury, and the witness to
prove this wi.s the younger Bryant, the drasier of
the Bill. He proved, that its March, 1811, being
greatly distressed for money, he was recommended .
to a Mr. Stevenson, residing in Kieg-street, St. Mr.
James's-square. On applying to this Gentleman, and obsei
the witness was ittforeied that Mr. Stevenson himself upon
could not let him have the money he wanted, but to event
that he could recommend him to a friend, the present inga in
Plaintiff, who, ue was sure, could accommodate I case tF
him, but (lien, that he could not do so on'any tourer.' absolu:
terms than those of 7 per cent. on a bill at two I might'
months.. With these terms the witness complied, not pt
and had a bill for 4801. discounted, on a deduction ! Trottel
of 3M. or at• the rate of 42 per cent. per annum, the he
from the. amowit. Being nueble to take up the bill Etiglisl
when due, he was again obliged to apply to Mr. Ste.. of Din
Tense's, whose interference the Plaintiff of a tat
(Allot! the ..iittiess, by discounting a second bill for Thai
hies to ply the first bill, upon similar-terms. Then a course.
came the third bill, which was substituted in place of Trotter
thesecond,.. on a farther payment of 7 per cent. and stamens.
in which' ti.e Defendants the father of the wittiest, the notice,
first appeared as a party. The witness being still in one:
utta!de to pay the bill when it became due, other bills , very de'
were again substituted on a fourth payment of 7 per Mr.
cent.; and once more on a fifth payment to the same imperil
ante.eit. The witness then entered into an agree- ' Mr.
ment to pay the Piiiiiititrs demand, by weekly in-' so, an
sthlments, In a certain number of loads of hay each the reti
week: _His affairs, however, growing worse and upon '
worse, the witness gave up his business of a stable- Parliat
keeper in favour, of his brother, and his weekly sup- not merely
plies of hay to the Plaintiff ceasing of course, the expected
Plaintiff arrested the Defendant on the present Trotter
bill. jection
To meet this case on the part of the Defendant, expense
Mr. Ste•-enson, the gentleman alluded to in t:te fore- appear,
going statem?nt, was called. He asserted that the otherwise
orici.tal bill was disconnted by him and not by the must '
When te 1 laintiil discounted the other Mr.
bills he nevec took more than the regular and usual . Mr.
interest for so doing. In his cross-examination he : Trotter
said he was a bill broker, or any other kind of a bably,
broker. '1.!:‘,.) were the first bills the Plaintiff had a grew
done. through his means, for the Defendant ; though must
they were not first bills he had discounted on ac- correct
count of' the :.fitness. Ile would not say that he had Mr,
not ,lino' one a week. for the last six months, or that
he wad not done to the amount of 20,0UD1. in the
course of the last twelve months. The Plaintiff,
liowvvpr, never toe% more than the legal iutcrest for
any discounts made by him.
Lrrcl ELLtssoaouuti told the Jury they had here
to decide between two positive contradictory testi-
monies. He could not, however, refrain from re-
marking upon the inconsistency and improbability of
the story told on one side, by which they were call-
ed on to Hieve, that, while a man could command
the v. best security, with 5 per cent. interest' for
his nis.ney, he should chuse to embark it to the ex-
tent of 5i,0001, is one yqr, in such hazardous ad-
ventures as aught be ezOcted, from the specimen
they bad had to day, to come through the bands of
Mr. Stevenson, without any temptation beyond the
legal interest.
The Jury, after consulting for a few minutes,
fou.id a verdict for the Defendant.
FRIDAY, FILL 19.
it OD ES AND OTHERS D. ROUISZLE.
In the first of these actions, which was cafe, the
Se MAL stated, that it was agreed to
take a verdict for the Plaintiffs for 8001.
sAptz v. SAME.
In the second action, which was debt, brought by
Messrs. Rhodes and Co. the solicitors, against the
keeper of a gaming-house, in Pall-Mall, for penal-
ties, under the statutes against gaming, to the
amount of 74,0001. it was agreed to prove, and take
a verdict for oily else penalty, under the 12th count
44 the declaration.
John Johnson, clerk to the Plaintiffs, deposed,
that on the 11th May, 1812, he played at Rouge et
Noir, at the Defendant's house, and lost 1151. to the
Defc:icia3ts, the Proprietors of the Bank.
Mr. Nast wished to prove a loss of entity 151.
as the penalties were in three times the amount ;
but,
Lord EL LEN BO ROUGH suggested, that u the vet-
dici must pass in three tune: the amount proved, the
Plaintiffs had better withdraw their record, and move
the Courtin Term_ tinse, for leave to coteptjessd pe-
nalties, if the Court should thiny M to mitt,' the
consent of the parties.
The Plaintiff's Counsel agreed.
Mr. Serjeant Be.sr, Mr. SCARLETT) and Mr.
Bltorteni.st, for the Defendants.

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• Bow g. 9 -szexar.—Fatty on Thnrsday mornin the, • and on
oSunday morning early, William S:edh and
Old Hummums, in Covent-garden,was put into con- ,
l'homas Cook, the ten others of the gang, were ap-
-1 fusion, by an alarm of thieves. The Rev. Henry
--omm-- prehended at Leicester. They bare since !teen no-
ADMIRALTY PRIZE-COURT, DOCTORS' COMMONS. i Byron, of Clifton, near Nottingham was lodging : mined bet ,re a Magistrate, and committed for farther
i there : he went to bed about' 12•o'elock ; a little be-
TIVE HOPE AND OTHERS. ! eaantinatioti.--The gang robbed -a poor farmer, in
1 fore two o'clock h • was awoke by a noise in his
This was the case of the Ilope, and three her the neighbourhood where Miss illakewell resides, on
t, in ot
the : room ; he ascertained that a man was in it : he very : the same eveeing they robbed her house.
American vessels, captured in December las
prosecution of a voyage to :Spain and Portugal, with ' courageously jumped out of bed, calling out thieves, I oil
night last,
-Monday
cargoes of provisions. A claim was given by the 8""; tie seized the man, and discovered that his coat, . mouth of Bridgewater river was by accident burnt
owners, on the ground of the vessels being exonerated and other articles of dress, had been removed from down.. ,
whence he hail placed them when he went to bed, so •• . .
from the character of hostility, amid protected from
condemnation, by havieg on board letters from Mrs that he had no doubt hut the man was a robber. Mr. • A tai ALLEM*. .
Hewitt, the landlord of the house, and several others, ! ESSII.S..CURRIe and Co. Surgeons, late is
Allen, the British Consul at New York, anti Adm.
cans • to Mr. Byron's assistance. MT. Hewitt iM hi. Nittjest-v's service, chatleoge the whale R'•-Tlti to
Sawyer, Commander on that station, pirporting t - -
`) e •ched the • fellow, and found on ,him •Mr. B
license them for the voyage, and inte=r ler' is a safo- sal - 3 ron's ,I t.nraee a siagle instance where their. Medicine and Metionl of
i ,tree have failed .f the desired effect. The practice of ovary
P 5„ contalning a Bank post-bill for 421. I years is Doi particular branch of their profession has not given
guard and protection to•them throughout it. A ea-
riety of objections were urged at great 1,11.4 th h.* the 5,, • also Bank of England and count BAJA.' • rie• to nee issisuccessful. case. !Icy contitiue to Aired their
noire:, amounting to 131. Other property also had :
studies. to the treatment nod cure of V ENF,R EAL cost-
Captor's Counsel, to the nature and extent 4 the, PLA I NTS, nod that derniteement of the 0 stem. whicii is the
!teen taken out of *Mr. 13) ron's pockets, which Mr. i eotwouctice of ta,!lperlicir lase wasteful :sit
ietilioifo:i ,oaths~ex
protection, deducible from these documenoi ; and
B. was positive was in them w hen he went to bed.— I !!•ulieluentit'd
the elinte"siti .:liii'llii,Ld to be t Juofnilingsource of liarreeniiieit3i
the cases stood for the decision .if the Court,t- is a ,
! t he. man was taken to the watch-house, and in the the other have its rAvages fatally developed to than by a air.
days upon the validity of those objections. •
• inorning.broeghttefore Mr. Nakes, the Sitting Ma- : tres,inA stair of dehiliil, which, if not timely remedied, terni.
Sir, Wm. Sewn. observed, it ...as difficult to give tie ia lasuidence These are its remote And ultimate effects'
gistrate, and underwent an examination. He said his r 'in- •• • ' • ' '
any precise desik teflon to the letters ihich, it wit •while consitiopilio,s, loss of niuseular power, and various w.r.
!tame, was John 1114Donwl; he is a matt-of colour, and! 'nits complaitits.. usually characterise the earliest oages oi ~,i,
contended • ftariiiihed 'the protection in these eases-4 Persons lionnishing under disorders•inelitent lo
9 of
the left 9 appeared CO be an Ofiject of eiiinfifele :Miseiy end digs• '.oothet•ro''':°: 4.
a great part
tre .s. ft could not be ascertained •how lie got into • succesrotil in the count of a long, laborious, and much extim!ed
out of sight, the Court was left .to guess ut the con- The waiter who. conducted' Mr. Byres,' to ; pr
tents ;
.it was therefore only fair to infer, that it the house. ' iierel.n.fecitiioznhesili7h4asubostlisiltiiinit;ti.ins tat cionngel icueret et
grams:l,3o ni 'giv 1
his bed-room,
.was positive 'he shut the door after :
creirem.,,, 1.„1
contained a proposition to Admiral Sawyer, that thetainours„ callous ulcers, eruptions, seminal
him. It is conjectured that the prisoner had slipped
, weakaess, pleas, as also .
----was•--- business should take the course it since had. It. was STRICTURES;
COURT OF CtiMMON PLEAS. perfectly clear, that there must have been such a into the house in the course nf the evening, end had .- - •
I whether recent or of limit duratioo, and which hare baffled the
concealed himself under 11, . y Ir. B tron's bed. The Pri- • .
; skill of mini. practioners, are, by their present improved plan
INGLE V. TROTTER. proposition, from the evidence of the subsiquent ;
.soner was fully committer) for trial. i of ireatineat, effectually and permanently cured, without the
Mr. TROTTER moved for a Rule to show cause `facts. The papers could not, abstracted, be
y, con- , tient tile: allyhe excruciating pain and teaming Aetna, rs..e
why the proceedings in this cause should not be set ' sidered as affording any protection; those
who gave MELANCHOLY Acciezei.—During the very high ',I Pl
Wiliell heque follows the application or the lunar cao,':r,
as;de for iiregularity. He stated that the action it- ;them not being invested with a competent authority
wind on Wednesday eveeing,. a stack of chitunies„; i It the &ark of twenty years esteloive practice ie this mew-
self proceeded upon gross irregularities, andthat the ;to give them that effect. Exemptions from the •
con-
belonging M B ' 1 a. t •
to r. unii s iron Mills,, a ier sey, !See9
s numerous tact of strictures haveen awl fire ditty al.
Itheir care, the total eradication of which is eifeeted by a
Wilke adtlq to the distringas 81d not conform to the sequences of hosti:ity, 'the h- . Surrey, were blown down, •which killed two of the I sae' certain
, are amongst %hesti .and expeditious mode ofyrarmitx, practice, superinm met
.n'i't
Act of Parliament, 51 Geo. 111. cap. 124. acts of power • • they are the acts. •of the Sore- workmen, and broke the- limbs of two others, while-,'adopted.
other y.O . The we.aleriess, rela intim. nail dem i V
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Mr. JusticeGisaxiaz enquired whoa the distringas reign alone, and must flow directly from him, or with tile ' mg from this completes is speedily and the
sitting round the furnace fire. Mr. Bunn , inrseed ~ . .
where ,c
1 patient restored to sound aud►iel,
vigorous health. But i: r:
was executed? ;those in official situations under him. It was usual liberatiti' has ordered that every comfertaind t debility has for years existed, a proper perseeerwee, iii their re.
Mr. TR9TTER replied, on the Bth day of June, ! not to' be contended that M Al
tr. Allen, the Vice- families.
relief shall be given to their suffering and distressed 1 storasive remedies, after the stricture bus been destroyed, 15 83-
. dispensolily requisite t• revive the slumbering sparks of Inc,
1812, whilst he was iii Scotland, not, flying from Consul, was clothed with this authority in the ' m awl to re-auimate the CoaStitutioa.
this suit, but in consequence of having discovered, ; present case ; and an though he have
Admiral, may .
i In tt piece of meadow ground in front of ,Dunse Several Noblemen and Geutlemen of the Qrs. resort t hil.tv
- have beensandertbe care of Messrs Currie and Ce. foi 14:''''
that the title deeds of his estate had been concealed, : considerable power with respect to the forces under Castle, Berwickshire, the seat 'of Mr. Hay, of Drum- Mime of c plaints of the redsr . t ict res otc.; nail leivitlS
'and withheld ft OM him for years, by a Writer to the him, cannot gran •au exemption of this nature be- melzieri were lately found a pewter jug and a wood- received a radical and permunnentn'euVe, a request that refereo....
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Signet I yond the limits of his own command. The only en cup, which contained 2361 silver coins, about the may fns given to them, as intiviartory evidences ot the dec.i
supernally of Messrs. Currie and Co.'s plan of lrenb""l,li.it .
Mr. Justice Grans raid, the Court could, not at. ; question, therefore, was,- size of sixpences in excellent preservation* ;'lnost of
whether there nab not 9 Many of these Gentlemen have had strictures from tea to tee "15
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tend to that. ' since been an Act of tlte State ratifing those Acts them are of Edward the Second, -and a few of John IYowl* and had been under ihe CIIM of Messrs. liatawliel""°;
Mr. TROTTER assured the Court, thatheippeared which the law calls s • whether• fact,
purious ; ,in the of England, and - and other Surgeons of equal eminence, who attempted the curt
by the apptleatistn of the laser caustic without anew
with great reluctance:: but that an Attorney had re- i Goverment has not given them an authority th- land. By the Inscrip!ions pa the the F Patients la the'"lan
,ey reverse, ,ng- country era.reettested to state the ea I .
fused to bring forward this cao. • . did not before possess ?It appears, that Mr. . oster fish ones appear to have been coined at London, of 'bele am, age, sad general habit of living. am agc. 'twirl
a owaitiame for Wok* and asedieinis.-stles the MOE VIII ,t
The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE acCOrdin., to ;had bee in
observed 1 - n the habit of granting licences of this Cantor, Novicastri,. Eboracl„ Ditnelm, Lincoll B i r_Sw ..I
g•Vell or sent to soy 'mot or, the wow,. To more that re.
what appears at present, you have a
.fair grspund to sort ever since the order of the British Government, tollia, and Dahlinie.
Waterford, - • MC), so essential Se -their tiodertnimu, the pontsge et letters.
tnake this application upon the iiiitioe„ to ietrpsida ,of 13,
Oct.
. 1812; and that he had been authorised A constant reader ieComtnends those who have the may be ad" I°ll*u:caul° fni mediciaes.
the distringes ; .and there are many very respect.- ior recognised, iii so doing,by that Order. Tthe 1
Tae lm- management of'the lighting of Liocein's lon-fields,
• • Meow. Currie and Co. may be consulted by sillier Ses, wr
the greens, delicacy, relliety..auid homer, at their house. N"
hie. attornies who would very
willingly undertake' )icy of the meagre. and, the mode a adopting it ')mad to pay a little more attention to. the dismal attraece la, Ilattomearttea.r...B6.ltme Illat--101, Hottov-Isrte".
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this cause, and pursue this motion, if yoit would b th o been sanctioned by the Hritish`Goveromeut,w hen into Dake-street as the 1. o auo h
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matter to them as you have to us.
) Mr. Foster retirediromans country ;Mid the trainee- to render the darkness viiib e:" -• • --- .ttrrits•s* wines, Si. kill$1.11111111•

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