The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-10-14 00:00:00

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Tilt UNITED Stmts.—A cause isf enn§iderablot
importance to the mining interest of Comical) watt
beard at the Prince's Hall, in Truro, on Tuesday last,
before SOfits Vivilite, Esq. the Vice-Waiden of the
Stannaties. ;the parties were Messrs. Studdait,
Lung, and Laing, London stisenterers is the very
extensive mining cnnceru called the United Mines(
of wide!) they hold 40 187th shares, versus Messrs.
John and Michael Williams, pursers awl managers
'of she said mines. The Complainants preferred a
petition to the Vice. Warden on the following
ground :-Ist, That Defendants have not, as they
have been required to tin, shown Teachers for mer-
chants' and other hills amounting to (-2ii,5001. Gem
1817 to May, 1818, and to a further sum of 4.5001.
from May to July, 1818,• of which sums Comirlaio.
ants have paid their proportions : and the petition
prays that Messrs. Williams shirold he required to
produce their vouchers aotl receipts for the sums
paid, that Complainants may be sati•fied of their
being discharged from !lability ; 9d, That the sub-
sist money for certain periods Aould lie entered in
the cost-book monthly, lir otherwise; 3d, That pre
riodical account-days should be held bailie minus;
4'h, That a general cash account should re pro.
duce.t ; sth, That bills of parcels end other Touchers
sliceirl he shown for materials, on which large sums
are shied in the costebook to have been paid; 9'h,
That Complainants may be at liberty to appolit tap.
tains and clerks on the misses; Itth, That Defend.
ants might he required to deduct and allow s- Com-
plainants the suer of 8941 10s., being their pro.
'portion of ellego:1 overcharges on coals ; 14:h,
That the toilsome of 9,9001., with elfeh the pre-
sent scenuni.books begin, might be .spiel: e! $
15th, Tose the cost and other bo,,lts might he kept
at the accompt•hnose on the otiose, where they
could be referred to. These *..re the. itrinciiorl
points its the petition ; there *Pt,' 18 in all, anti we:e,
eseeleing two, viz. the Ist and l/h, ehiliely dismiss-
ed .1.!,e Solkir ors for the Complainsnts were
Messrs J.incs and Scott, anti lot the Defendants
Messrs. Ede arils soul Bertallack. There were two
errors in the petition, the first of which was ..i s fatal
net nip, 84 it reveries' the whole petition, in on it'
ling lo descrille the misses in question to Iv. tio.firioes,
ever which sksie the Sistinarie:.' Court has juristlice
(inn; this error Al r. Edwards allow oil the Com.
plaitionts' Solicitor to rectify, in order that the ta;siit4
of the case might he intrestigetid; the second error'
occurred in the twelfth count• of the petition, whet. a
period of eight months was set dotes, instead of 201
The nose INN, a rgue,l with great abiti'y by Ilse re,
apective Solicitors, end the conduct of the Vice.
Warden throughout was marked by she stlictest jai.
partiality . It enlisted its esidence that the Lone
don adventurers hail pissed ll...solutions, approve
itot the reittlect of Messrs. Wilii tins, to a date subs
s,qoput to those included in the period during
%his tt the mi.:management is slated to have tal...via
place; and that the origitral ens( and other books
metrti..ned iri the. i s:h punt, are kopt at the mine,
copies at Scorier-house (the residence' of Mr. Wild
lism.);atisl other conies in the possession of the Lou.
slots stilientoreis. Too Vicoe• W. 4 filen slid not consi-
der it itecessary for the D'efontlints to adduce all'
evidence. `'Visit respect to the first point, he said,
the Dcfendststs had the slorsintetits in Court, and
were ic.isiv to produce. thr•to ; and as to the "thee
poiol established, the Complaiuslits never having ape
poitilvd any caw:tins and °gents, they had no cause
for complaint. Ile did not consider a single tittle of
the petition had been substantiated, and therefore
dismissed it wi.h costs.

The house of 11-ssts. Williams is one of the first
respect .bility, Roil for upwi,rds of 70 yes's, during
which it has bee►► aifatniNhed, its credit has 'ever
been impeached. We under.ifinfl they hail all the
documents in Cnuri, and would have produced them,
had any defence been necessary l which, however,
the evidence (or the Comp'sitiittiff vutirely superseded.
It is ti,u4l in mining, and most other spet7nlative or
.cotnpanies, for the m•jori'y to govern
in this ca.e, the li'►ndJn sdrpoturets, *ho area mi.
notify, claim the right ; and with respect to the ap.
pointment of captains and stietilii, it appears
dent quo►ed by the Vice. Warden, they may be allow
ed to do so.

RTCEPTION Or Jo'EPII LANCASTER IN AMCRICA.--s•
Its the month of Jipte last this relebrated apostle of
education, accompanied by his lady, daughter, and
secretary, (a homele.s protege,) embstked in the
Good Washington, from Gravesend, and on the 294
of August, after a tedious vassale of sisty•four days,
arrived safely at the city of New York. On the
Captain's announcing who was his passenger theta
on board, the ship-owner, an opulent mar.
chant, immediately appeateA from the shore, for
the kindly purpuAe of conducting Joseph Lin.
caster. and. his family to appropriate accommo.
dation., which, says my Correspondent, exceed
in style and !taut, those of our own patricians;
end on his Hartle appearing next day amongst the
arrivals, the Alayer cud his son, together with other
ptiocipalsititetij, personally siaittil on him, to con.
gratulate and welcome him to their city and country,
and to arrange with him for dinin; nest day with the
heads of the 4tate Goterninent, when some fit times
and places for his-lectdcing amongst thee were to be
determined.

CURIOUs CH A LUNN:3 E A RIIICT BEECHAM,
of Wood Enderby, illorocastle, whose horse Ironeide
lately started for the cows, Ilorocastle, offers to ran
!confide over that ittincoln Course, on 3d November,
to he ridden by HAmniaT BEECHAM, against any
other three.year old horse, ridden by any Lincoln.
shire Lady, for IQ° guineas I
CORN- EZCHANGE, Ocr. 13.—The Wheat trade
was exceedingly heavy this looming, and although
lower prices were asked, scarce a sale could be made,
and nearly the whole of what was left unsold on
Monday, was sndiaposed of in the close of 11,is day's
market.— Barley was not so btisk a sale as on Mon.
day, and that day's prices could not he obtained,
even for the primest qualities.—Oat' are Is. per
quarter lower, having had large arrisals from abroad
since Msoday.—ln Yeas and Beans there is no ala
tetation,