The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-10-17 00:00:00

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The eireaustaaces being of soa►e consequence, and
the asters of the ease rather awe), It created cusai-

derail* interest, tad the Court was crowded to items.
It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Jobs Blair, the'
Pro• Collector, thatibe defendant, on Friday, the 9th •
of June, 1820, paid Excise duty upon a hogshead of
tobacco to the witness, amounting to a sum of el& i•
that a part of this sum consisted of private bankers'
netes, and that amongst the notes so paid there were
notes of the bank of Sir William Alexander and Co. to-
the amount of 301. 18s.; that the defendant had paid
one penny in the pound on those private mac*, so as to
make them; equal to Bank of Ireland notes; that thy bank

of Messrs. Alexander and Co. bad st payment en
Satarday, the 10th of that month, as paymentniettad pot since
resumed payment; that those notes Iftore stacked byr
the witness at the time he received them, and lore hit-
mediately afterwards lodged in the office of Mr. J.. A.
IMO" kid bills gilts to lieu of them ; that the notes
zero Maned from Mr. Smyth's office* the Excise
As., on the 14th. 15th, and 17th; that be applied to
the defendant to exchange them, which the defendant
Wafted, alleging the penny a pound charged by the
plaintiff, was taken as a guarantee for the solvency of
the bank, and that be was not liable to any further re-
sponsibility on accoust of those notes.
The plaintiff produced Mr. John Kelso, who keeps
a discount office in Derry, to thew, that a penny a pound
was the usual charges made between Bank of
and private bankers' notes, and which Mr. Kelso was
of opision. was charged as compensation, or no:antis-
sion, merely for the trouble of exchanging them. The
defendant produced a witness to shell'. that a penny in
the pound was more than the final charge for commis-.
slop, but neither party proved any specific agreiment,
as to whether the penny a pound was charged as an
insurance on the notes, or as commission for the trou-
ble of excl:Raging them.
The Judge thar..,red the Jury at some length, saying,
it was a case of that description, which seldom comes
before a Jury, SW one deserving of that consideration
which should bring It to some ;pecific termination. It
was entirely a Jury question. and he bad no doubt but
the Jury b,•fore whom the cause bad come, all of them
Aientlemrit of respectability and experience. and. no
doubt, most of them men of holiness, would see the
matter in its proper light, and do justice between tie
parties.
The Jury retired.and returned in a short din., when
the Foreman informed the in.lge, there was n• prob.i•
bility of their agreeing; whereupon they were dis-
clairgetl by content, without tia.ling any verdict.

Some disturhinees ha. e lately taken place in flan'
taint of Duollae aid feed, Isle of Masi: Medfigs
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afellirera 1. _ currying% •and -put Ai ltnnecielsary
advance on :i.e price of that indispensable article,
the lower classes collected and demolished the houses
of several bakers and Dour venders. A good deal of
property was carried off by the mob, and wines and
spirits were set flowing in the streets. As there were
no military in the island, the gentlemen in the different
towns, being joined by the hat;-pay officers, associated
under the command of Major Nichol!, late of the
97th regiment, and having obtained arms and ammu-
nitiun from the King's store, they secceeded in re-
✓ering order, after wounding two or three of the
rioters, and securing the ringleaders. Troops have
been ordered from England t the corn do:lees have
lowered their priers, and the exportation ..f grain
from the Island is inhibited for three months. 11 I
Friday se'unight, at 12 o'clock at night, the 31:tax
Cavalry and half-pay soldiers were still on duty, an
all was quiet.—(Gbver„ ow C.ronicle.)
With the excepti n of a very s ight shower eaey
yr sterday morning, the weather since Sunday tve•d• g
last has in.en very tay..nrable for the labours et the
grin harvest, which, with the exception of bier
_rounds, may now be said to be concluded, and in
these fart dvan -ell. A few days more must concludi
the hart•est in every quarter, and though partial
damage has beta sustain. d, span the a hole it may he
stated as ;marl) a fair aveiag,e crop. The farmers in
this neighbour:tood are busily employed in taking ua
their potatoes. • The weather has ever'v appearance af
continuing settled. We bad a slight degree of fri.o.t
this morning.--(Gleager Cunene.)
As the lion. Norman fliiton was lately returning froru
his seat in Devonshire, the horse upon which he rode,
(formerlycharger itelungiug to an officer in the
guards,) suddenly drone down and immediately expire.l.
sir. H. 's leg suffered a severe enhtssion ; hut, notwith-
standin, the pain which he felt, he sacreeded In proeur-
ing assistance ; and, upon opening rite body of his ho •se
there was found, wonderful to rein e, the half 44 a
bayonet in the reseera. The poorl.o.a • is a tapped to
have met with this extraordinary wound at Use late great
battle of Waterloo.
The Earl Temple Was overturre I In bit gig on Sa-
turday evening near Braintree. on his return to town
from Cuslield Hall, in Essex; to. rtauatel), however,
neither his Lordship, nor the servant who was with
him, received any serious injury.
MIORATION or 11112DX.-11 has lately been o' served
that the swallows from this neighbourhood, which had
taken their departure fur the present season to a more
tngenial climate, returned, in consequence of adverse
weather, at the time so many vessels were driven back.
The weather hating since become mild they renewed
their Sights and have now entirely disappeare.l.—
(Liverpool Mercury.) •
Hl6ll-asap Fowt.s.—At Bentley Farm, in the
parish of Framfield, Sussex, a hen recently made It. r
nest on the ridge of a lofty barn, wherein she de-.
posited her eggs, and in despite of the wind and
rain which must have assailed her, there perf•rtneil
and completed the eork of incub +don, as appeared
soon afterwards by her bringing her callow 40,0,
to the nuraber of twelve, in safety to the ground.
On Saturday evening last a fire coek-p4eassat was
found perched in the d.awing-room of Hen Vyse, at
Beverley. The servant bail put up the windine to air
the room, and was surprised to ind this new viol:be is
the evening. He had strayed in the mite of tide day.
and bad taken op his resident* for the night. 1 he.
.window was put shown, the bird Ire/1m !, and sew as a
present to the lit-Demi at Litchlield.