Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-11-12
UsuRY CASES.

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ded. Il is supposed that these interesting
cases will be decided, after the goth instant,
when the court meets again, aitera interme-
date vacation of few days.
The questions growing out Of the usury laws
begin to increase 10 number and in interest.
How far particular transactions in the dlspo-
sition OF certain notes, stock, &c. are vlliated
and cancelled by usury, begin to be the
themes of general discussion in this city and
neighborhood. New cases are growing up
on US.
Executors begin to refuse the payment of
notes or endorsements which notes they be-
lieve to have been shaved.
A drawer to save his endorsers as far as
he can (when his property falls short Of his
aggregate debts) has given formal notice 10
bis endorsers on certain paper, charged to be
usurious, not to pay it at maturity.
One of the banks has decided that such
notice is not enough to save the endorser
from protest.
Two injunctions have been granted by two
chancellors, enjoining another bank not to
protest the endorser under such circum-
stances.
These matters are coram judice but if
they were not, we have no wish TO discuss
them.-We think they ought not to be can
vassed in newspaper. We merely state
the points as they arise, for the information
OF our legal readers.
The decisions in the court OF appeals,
when made, we shall attempt to publish.
[Rich. Eng.
Charleston, IS. c. Noe. 2.
FROM IRELAND.
The schr Superb, Capt. Weems, of Balti-
more. arrived at this por, last evening, in 40
days from Belfast, whence she sailed on the
ED of September Capt. w. brought no pa
pers, and her letters were not delivered last
evening. The only information we have OBJ
tanned is of the unfortunate loss Of the ship
Rebecca Coffin, Capt. Livingston, of this
port, received by one of her owners in a let
ter from gentleman on board, dated
d" Donoghadee, (Ireland) Sept. Is.
GIVE sailed from Greenock on Sunday
morning, 18th September, and attempted to
get out the North Channel, but it blew so
hard from North, that after reaching Ennis
hahul, we bore away for the South Channel.
18th, at P. NJ. while running 8 knots, and
carried on by the tide about 3 more, we
struck the ground, and dragged on about 5
or 10 minutes before rock brought US mp
You may conceive what conformation we
telt, but withaI there was degree OF COM
posure, which could not have expected
In the morning, we found ourselves surround
ed with rocks and within half mile of the
land. The anchors were sent out, and every
attempt made to gel the ship of-she once
aoated, but only to get on another rock. On
the 10th, she had not been injured so much
came on, and she beat so hard as to fill the
succeeding tide. Her cargo is mostly got
out, but in a thoroughly soaked state whe-
Their she will be got eft or not is very doubt
iul. am happy 10 add that no lives have
been lost. The place where the ship lies is
about miles south from Donaghadee. The
farmers in the neighborbeod have treated US
with great kindness"
From the Ne1c- York Commercial .ldUertiser.
LATEST FOREIGN News.
Our Boston corresp ondent has obigingiy
forwarded to us the London Morning Chronl-
Gle of the Cd of October.
By this paper. we learn that the election
for lord mayor had been warmly carried on
for three days, and was not yet closed. On
the Sd day, the polling, II is said, continued
with great activity, and at three O'Clock, the
gross numbers were declared as follows:
For Alderman Bridges l,474
Alderman Thorpe 1916
Alderman Wood 1870
Loud disapprobation and applause CONT
nued Tor some time.
Rear admiral the aon. II. Blackwood, bart.
has been appointed commander in chief in
the East indies, in the room Of rear admiral
sir Richard King, bart. coming home. 1t.
Price Biackwood to be his flag lieut.. And
commodose sir Thomas Hardy, bart. to be
commander in chief on the coast OF South
America, in the room OF com. Bowles, re-