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to compensation, the smallest coin in the king.
dont would amply. pay the Plaintiff for all he bad
lost.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH observed to the Jury,
that, from the evidence, the Plaintiff's life could '
have been but little elevated (if any)' above a
common prostitute, in point of morals ; but the
fact of the criminal conversation between her
and the Defendant bail been proved, therefore
they would be obliged to find a verdict fur the
Plaintiff.
The Jury, in a few minutes, returned a verdict
fur thePlaintlff—Damages 1001.
TUE LINO V. DE YONGE.
This was an action oh an indictment for ex-
changing a quantity of guineas fur more than their
cawerut value.
The ATTORMEY-GENEEIL stated, that by the
Acts sth and 6th -Edward VL., if any person chang-
ing gold coin, gave or received more thou the va.
lue, as settled by Proclamation, such person was'
liable to fine and imprisonment. By the pruds.l
ination of George I. bearing date December *2d,l
1717, the value of the guinea was settled at ODD'
pound One shilling. The object of the present
prosecution was, to stop the traffic of careyin.;a
gold out of the /cutlet:), into foreign lands. It
bad became of late a prevalent practice to collect
guineas and sell them at a premium, to be carried
abroad. The Defendant was a great dealer in
that lies. The masters of foreign vessels were
regularly directed to him, and the traffic was car-
ried on with all the formality of a legitimate
commerce, This attracted the notice of the offi-
cial persons, who were employed to prevent such
abuses. The Solicitor of the Mint-sent two per.
EOM to plirChllM gold; they addressed him as
foreigners ; De Yong° recognized their introduc-
tions as from a man to whom be had already sold
guineas. 1)e Yonge sold what quantity was de-
. wended- to those persons; be was finally arrested,
and,the money, which had been given for the gui.
aim,. was found in the house. There could be no
Aleut of those facts, and the Jury must find the
- Defendant guilty.
Kr.. Leonard, from the Council Office, produced
The Gazelle of the ggtl Dec. 1717, containing the

COURT OF COMMON "LEAS. Gerstinat.v.,
Sittings before 1.1.11 Chief Justke Jl4morizz.D.
1141111 V. ICAARCTV AND CO.
This was an action to reviewer. 3001. for gook
sold and delivered. It appeared. frnpi the sta_te!.,
meat of Counsel, on the part of tha;r4Ootit, ;
he is'a jeweller, living in Salisbeeikikkinfre,
street, and furnished to the Defendant, iodate ar.
ticks in . his line of business, to the amount of
3001. which were to constitute part of the clrgoes
of two vessels, the Elliot and the ilctivetirrighted
by the Defendants, and bound for Ituenni Ayres
sad Surinam, during the intercourse between the
/turner country anti 4lsis, after the first successes
of the British arms in that (pouter. In cause-
L quesseti Of the unfortunate events which afterwards
lof thole, lioarever, the speculation on the
:pat Of the Defendants proved woefully uniucceSs.
ful, and the hopes of a golden' hellcat were cem.
,plctely .disappointed. On the return of the vessels
to London, with the,mortifyiug intelligene.c of the
failure pf their prospects, the Plaintiff intimated
'to the Defendants that ho should draw Cir the
amount of his account ; they, however, refused to
~pvy his demoted, and assigned as . a reason, that
they conee,ived him to benparticipetpein the loss
with themselves. Not coinciding with this settler
meat on their-pear hailmeneil it prudent to bring
the present simian.
On the pin of the Defendants it wis contended,
that the
,Plaintiff solicited a share in the,speculetiorn
to Buenos Ayres, and was as sanguine iu his hopes
of one-hundredfold profits as any other epee**.
tar. of the day ; . but liedittg he was nut likely
gaiq by his venture, he resolved to securehis,prip,
cited, by obtaining it, if he could, from his pezei.!
ners in his loss, who very prudently fearing thell
the eventual censequenee of the voyage might be
a bankruptcy to themselves, refund, in justice to
their creditors, to comply with the deniatul of the,
Plaintiff. .
In support of this statenteol, a gentleman named
Taylor was called, who proved, that the Plaintiff
was extremely anxious, during the 'bole of the
• transactions relative to the dispatch of the ships
to Buenos Ayres, examining the *moo% and
esigting an appearance of intermit, whisk could
• only arise from ,'hope of gaining, so matted
share, in the profits, and not from a mete .duslee
of securing the value of the goods (welshed by
him, as of that he could breasts feasible doubts, 1
from the known respectability of WC Defend**.
This witness also stated, that whets the Plaintiff
wrote, napalming the Defendants of his inten.
thin to draw fur the 3001. he returned him an an.
wer stspecting the unprofitable result of the voy-
age, rewinding him that he was ;11 partner in the
concern, and remarking at the same time that he
would be liable to pay his equal share of any even.
teal luss which might arise.
The Counsel for the Plaintiff expressed his Ig.
soranee of these facts, and agreed for the present
' :to take a Nonsuit, until his client could be. con-
. t

Proclamation.
Mr. klastan4T, as Counsel for the Defendant,
objected that the,Proclamation was out wander the
Great Seal. This was over.ruleal by Lord E.L.

BOBOUGH.
,hlr. Powell, Assistant to the Solicitor of the
Mint, had been directed to scud two persons, .of
the names of Call and Bushe, to the Defendant's
house. Call was to appear as the supercargo of
a Dutch vessel, acid, as he was not to dpeak Eng-
lish, Bushe was to be his friend and interpreter.
Witness gave Bushe 591. in batik notes, which he
-ill& marked,. and two dollars, which were alsq
iparketi. Witness went in a coach, and waited .
%algae De Yoage's house, with Browne, a police
dicer, till a signal was made. Upon the dig.
witness went to the house, and found De
Yonge. ia eastody of Leadbeates the •of
-The sates were produced from a bureau its the
1 room. De Yonge admitted that he had received
141. 61. for 50 guineas, being ts. 64: addititsual
to, the value, bat alleged that it was sorely se a
slight reward for his trouble.
There were lying on the table ikairloartimati
of - sad s Akre of

iaf pillow, one . half gnieeas,
f.abeee.sbilling pieces. There were three or four
*thee canvas bap, such as bankers use, but empty.
irephnocios Call went, on the 26th of last
emeher, to De Yonge's htinse, with Rushe, who
personated an Italian.; Coil was to actthe part of
4 Dutchman, waatiog Oases. . Mrs. De Yon,
first, appeared, and. questioned-thee.. strictly on
-the objects of dia.', visit. Bosh. esentiossol the
t.pawa of Captain .14yder, who had lately borscht
wittiness from De Yung.. After this, all watt on
-4smootbly. Wiittess and - Babe were ushered's,
• ataink, to De Yong., who was glad lose* Re*.
let's frieqd, and said, the Captain bad btiught
nine hundred guinep from him. They all 'Nike
Dutch ; Call said, be hoped De Yoagit would give
the money to him on the same terms as the Captain.
Dc Yonge said, he had sold the gnineas hafor9 for
sixteen-peace a piece profit, but must sow have
eighteen-pence. This was agreed to, and witness
gave 661. ss. for fifty-guineas. After the purchase,
witness desired to have something, whit+ 'they
might drink together; the servant was then sent
out for some rum. Mrs. De Yonge then told wit.
nest to be careful 1u he took the gold oat of the
. country, for no more than five guineas would be
allowed. Witness said, he did not care, for he could
• tie it round his middle. Busitcsahr he could chew
,at better way, for the money could Ire sewed up
!io his garters, and thus put round his legs. Hut
. Mrs. De Yonge professed that she know a better°
way than either, and,asked witneXs, Whether ho
:did not wear a stutter in his cravat. Witness pre.
tending not to understand her, she got up, took
gut a piece of flannel and some halfpence, laid
'the halfpence in the folds of the flannel,
'bud directed him to make • such a staffer when
the was to carry qff the gaineas.—Dtt Yonge
requested witness, if ho knew any other :per.
vions wanting guineas, to send them to him
„VA Yonge). All the pestles were arrested by
tthe officers, and De Yonge, when the ofticerx OVRO
Iht, whispered the witness not to admit that the
guineas Were sold above the value of 11. ls. • .
Mr. MARYATT took some legal objections to
the appltcation of the Statute of Edward VI.; but
the main one was, that by that Act both giver
and receiver being liable to forfeiture of the mo.
ney in question, imprisonment for a year and
fine, and the Statute speaking distinctly of the
exchange of coined money, the present exchange
of gold for paper was nut within the view of the
Legislature.
Lord ELLENSOROUGII would allow the Learned
Cosine( every advantage for its eagle. If he
(Mr. M.) chose to apply fee a new trial, on the
grounds which had been stated, he was colnlte...
tent to do it ; but there was no doubt of the
meaning of the statute in the mind of the Coati.
The statute certainly looked, in the first us nee,
to the exchange of coin ; but its [angel* was
large, and looked to an undue profit on the cpin.
It was only necessary for this that matter. aiven
kt exchange for the coiu should have an ackuow.

DAVITS V. VIVRA-110107f..
This was an action to recover 10,0001. the value
of a tarps of coffee, the property of the Plaintiff,
but refused to be delieered.by the Dtcfendatit,. un.
der the following circumstances
Thu Defendant arrived in this country, as the!
eamadited agent of Christophe, the black Em-
peter Ad St._Domioge,'•and.was received in that
view by this Government. Amongst other coin.,
nsercial transactions' with ,the merchtinas• and'
tradsimen of England, lie applied to the Plaintiff,
and purchased from him, iii his-employer's name,
goods to the amount of• 10,0001. which were duly
shipped for St. Domingo, and were to be paid for
by a cargo of coffee of similar value. lii•the due
course of time, the coffee arrived ; but oh the
Pleiutiff applying for it, the Defendant refused to
deliver it, until he was paid an account which he
produced against the Plaintiff, for commission,
brokerage, and warehousing on the goods seat to
tit. Domingo. This the Plaintiff refused to pay,
justifying iiimself in.such refusal, on the ground
! that the Defendant was the agent of Christophe,

and not, of Wig the Plaintiff, cud that consequently
he could not, upon any principle of eqoity, be
iselled upon to pay the demand which was made.
. The case was stopped in lintinc, end referred
to arbitration, when it will be decided whether
the Defendant has a right to de►nand agency or out.

SOIIIIB 71731

WINCHESTER ASSIZES, At!aviT 2..
Thonias 01601 a purser in the ham was tried
on an iidicitneat • for the itaiirdef of Joanna, his
wife, at Gosport, oh the 18th of 4114-refi. -
• The esidence against titpllrjsoptti was the sister
of the deceased, a maid servant,Out
.two sur-
geons. it appeared that the deceased !Ai Jailed
ty a pistol Shot in tied, whilst her, husband was
ijitig by her side. • lie iunnediatelt aißrino, her,
sister and servant, who sieptiab an adjoining room,
And surgical aid was procured 'without delay.--
Suspicions arose that the Priiener had been the
murderer of his wife, and ho was consequently
taken into custody. It was the, opinion of the
Jury who sat on the body, that (ruin the state in
which it was foetid,' the deceased e‘inid not have
kilted herself ; but this Opinion eins koved (o have
been erroneous ; the ball had eptefed before the
ears and the deceased Hied only a. lioarter of *n
hour. The Judge did .'trot send the case to the
Jury ; he observed, that not even a suspicion o
guilt attached to the Prisoner, .wlig, On the eein
trary, had exerted himself to. procure immediate
assistance for the decreased; nor didit appear, that
any quarrel bad happened betWecii them. 'Seep'
rat naval officers gave the Prisoner an micelles
character for humanity, and he was Acquitted.
W. Panne; and Joho Eyre were couvjeted p
burglary, aid roecired IMMO 6f Death;

••••*. . vonw •
lodged and ascertained vane in general currency. CURIOUS
Any grou commodity,. wideh bad .0 dewed' 'and .
precise current 'aloe, would answer the pur- AUERIC Ar GO Ute TI N.
,posa as well as paper, or even as coin. The facts A citiies et an adjacent noway, who vow* ,
of the transaction were admitted, and the' opisittin his temaleelaso committed to the BridewelLet
of the Court was clear on its illegality. The. New Yolks ter minim mayhem bite, Ilopplied
Defendant obvienaly teceised ustive than the me- a few days past to the-polices !shave her prose;
lar exchange, pad the Jury would bud him guilty. eased for felony • alleging that she otoieirom
Verdict—Guilty. articles to the value of seven dollars,- 46 mallet
which was a very valetble Lock, that he would 'net
‘baye lett ferfotir dealers : he 'thought more of it I
than all the ether arttelte, stockings,' Ike." The
woman being in Bridewell,' he was ttildlo.attend 1
there on the next mornidg at feet' o'clock IX MI
so, and on further examination it appedr: ?,that
the articles in question' Weie. taken. in ei.opti!ir
county, where the complainant lives ;,
to take her to that county, and prosecute ker

there.
-11 woman being brought forth, was Inter!
pted in the presence of her master.
Q. " Did you take a lock from your master ?'l
..-A. 1« Yeli, Sir."
IQP " Why Alid you take it ?"—ik. "I could.not
help it. I ran away from him because be treated
me cruelly, and the lock was to a neck yoke, that
weighed twenty pounds, which he put round. my
neck, and it hung On my shoulders: when I ran
away,' amen filed it of, and I threw it in the
creek."
Thus was the soWlisal value of the neck-yoke
and lack toanswer the-pewee or notsvictfag,t)an
unfortunate slave, and enable her tyrant to trps,
port her, and pocket theprice of her West"lndin
bondage. The Magistrate refused to interfere,
farther-than to deliver her to him.


POLICE.
Guriasititt.A. boy named Baines, the ser.
rant of Mr. Tbompstio, Calico-printer, in Foster.
laue, was charged by his nester with stealing
three pieces of shirting-cloth, ,Ipsd, other articles,
from his premises. Ifs suspected the boy, sod
charged him with' the theft;' the boy, on condi.
tion 'that heshould not be sent to pritun, and pu.
oished, acknowledged the theft, and said that he
seld the goods.to a person in the neighbourhood.
Mr. Tkompson asked him if be thought theism!
would purchase another piece. 'the boy answer«
ed " yes;" for. that the man hail told hini ho
would purchase 5801. worth if he could get them,
Mr. tkompaon having some doubts of, the boy's
veracity, ;narked a piece of cloth, ontri,galveit ito
the. boy to go and sell it to the person. The boy'
carried it up to the garret where the Mah
and retutoed shortly afterwards with the mosey
epee which Mr. -Thompson procured an officer),
and. searched Ake man's premises; found this
Weida) piece of„ Cloth, but none of the Atli
pieces missed.
There-being of coarse, no witness against the'rei.
ceiver bet the boy, particepscriostlnis; artitepiett
of cloth found on the premise, of the recoirativai
not stolen but given by Mr..thotepsieo, nothie4
could, be done in this•case to the efolstf 4010%
the receiter to justice ; and the bey, was remanded
under the hope of Ending anotheraccomPlice VI"
tied absconded from Mr. Theingsou's service.,'"
Robert Lovelaca, another boys the app
-of a bir. Hay-fovih, clothmaktic iq Ow. pain, raid
nage, was charged, by his toaster-with stealing 4
quataltrof cloth, value 141. his property. Tho
lad acknowledged the theft, and' stated' that lib
had. *Old two of the pieces to thfr.Prisoaer last at
tius.bar ; and, two ;other. rentoopta ,tt. a persir
whom he had
,urt 19 Alderesepivory, in thoap«.
peasance Of a porter, "but whose's:mato be *did no!
*know. Title boy Also Was for firtiter
, examination. • • • : •
. It appotared,thitt them boyebelesig Vi *long pt
Os or eight of the same description, who are cop:
stantly encouraged by receivers to rob their mls.
tern ;•' and that thefts, to a very considerable
amount, are continually carried on In that 'sly.
•
LAUNCII OF pik meitsaN,filli,g.

."11111.".. •
ROCU ' ESTIR Aroest 1.—r,4-rem the uncommon
showery weather for these ten days past in this
part of the eueoty, it was supposed it would upe.
Fate as drawback on the assemblage of persees
to, witness ;he event; but, contrary, to eqpee.t...
don, It was very numerous.
Al eteten e'clock the great gates of ChathaM.
'yard were thrown open for admission. Great
numbers from all parts of the county, in chariots,
post.chaises, gigs, &c. intermixed with the more
humble pedestrians, crowded fee admittance.—
Very spacious booths had been erected on each
side of the ship, to accommodate the Ladies viii.
tint on the occasion, which, by twelve O'clock,
fell in the extreme with the
.fashicia And
beauty of which this county can peculiarly boast.
The River Maw afforded an ectual display in
suiling.beike, wherries, sod boats of evety descrip.
tion. At twenty minutes put one, the dog sheers
were knecked sway, and every heart beat high in
,expectetiou of the launch ; but, like the rock
from which she is named as a simile—the impreg.
noble fortress to our enemies, Gibraltar=so stood
she as fast. At that time there were five blocks
. under her, and not until they were entire:4,4lphi
awiur did she melte. At a quitter before -two
o'clpck the las; blpck
.was split out, WI she wept
off in a majestic style.
emegemeswessimamern
A cause of considerable kaportaace with regard
to the valid* of engagements for gambling debts,
was determined on Monday sa'ainight, in the Court
of Eichequer, Dublin. It appeared that the late
'Dr. WILSON had obtained a bond, passed by the
Marquis of Doutear., for a sum of great magni,
WIND Irk*, on the Daetor's demise, fell into the
pessemion of his children. The principal and in-
terest having beam sought for, the Marquis reject.;
.act the application, and it came to issue before
Baron 0/GRADY, when it was decided, notwith.
standing a bond had been passed for the amount,
the teanuction which gave it birth, rendered it
deficient in legal validity, and null and void to all
intend aOd purposes. The Jury, of cootie; 11114
tior the direction of the Leurned Judge as le the
r law, reissued, a verdict for the Marquis, with let
pence costs.

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