To The Editor Of The Time...
I ADVETITSEMEXT.1 Sir,-Eaving received a suggestion tfat hiall ar.o i oyne, wnu, it will be rememlstred, mnade a charge against me some davs ago at the .Msrylebone-office, Thght not deem it prudent to act upon the advice of the-worthy Magistrate who presided, or, if they did, that some delav must necessarily take Dlace before thcf mattcr cou:d re- glilarly be bToueht before the public, so R3 to vindicu.te mny character by evidence 'rorm their aspersions, I deem it rigcht to put my friendis at onice is possession of 1 plain straiglh-forward statement of the case. In the beginning of August, Covne bought a mare at my yard for 201., and immediately after attempted to dispose of her again to a person whom he stated to bc hiis friend, for 30 or 36 vuiineas. lie was particularly anxious that the fact of thernare beitig his own pro- perty should bc cor.cealed. in order that he mi!tht, as an impartial person, recommend lher to his friend, The mare was taken away on trial for somne dasys, an(I not being approved of, Coyne wished me to charze ML. Gd. per day for hler hlirc. 'Of course I refused to do so. Shortly afterwards the inare was regularJ3y booked in for sale at 20 Luineas, inclusive of commission. :,r. Mloody, the coachmaster, of Barbicai, saw her, and offired 20L for her. Upon this I imtnem dliately despatched n man to Coyne,. requiesting to know if I should nccept of Moody's proposal. fle sent back word that hc must have 2IM. clear, and would not oay commission out of t'hat sum. M oody, on hearing this, said I should not lose my commission on the sale, ;.or that he would take the mere at tbe guineas. 'I'le bargain wars struclk in the preseoce of 111r. Ambler. of Smithfield, and other persons. IHall camcin before MlfoolY haad left the yard, and, arnongst others, saw the mare in question. Ile seemed to th,;,b; she would do for Itis riding-school ; and mr foreman came from hlim to '3loedy, who was talking with me, and asked if he would stel the mare a;gain ? toody replie-d in the affirmative, as she waq rather I glt for coach-work; but expressly told the foreman that he Would not part with her under 2ai. This was reportetl to Hlall; and a gestleiman present having observed that he would not mind giving 241, for her. Hall concluded the deal at 261. He then caire to 'my office-door, and infmried me (for I hiad not spoken to him betbre) of the purchmase lie had made, and said he would, witlh my leave, pay tor and take away the mare on the morrow. After this, flail and Coyne came to my yard together. I inforimed both ot the crcumstancms, and the next day Hall called, paid me for the mare (2i1.), and ,ook her awnay. In a day or two I was summonede to-answer clharge against me for attempting to de- fraud Covneof tbe difference between the tvwo prices. How did I d3efraud fiim ? He has had all th^ money he asked for his mare. She was sold for what he bookedt her at, to 10oody, and surely Mioody had a right to sell ber again, at a profit, if he pleased. What consequence could it be whether he kept her for a minute or a month ? The moment the bargain was concluded between hini and me, the mare was as much his as she had beforc been Coyne'a. Wthysbould I not as well sell her for the one as the other ? I got mv commission on each sale, and nothing else. Is there any thing fraudulent or suspicious in all tbis? Now, if I; had sent my man to Cos'ne while Hall waslooking at the mare at 251, to ask hinm if he would3 take 20L, it would have been a different case; but the contrary was. the faet. Mly man wassent and rturned saain while iloody waslor,eing at thenrare, and after this and tle completion ofthe eale somethme elapsed before liall came into the yard. Every thing connected with the transaction was fair anid epen.; ill the circirns- aitances occurred in the presence of different persons; I concealed no- !hing4 'I misrepreseted nothing to aither party. Neither my fore. jna sior myiSelf ever-told Hall that the mare was Coyne's, z;or the latter th.qt the rmare was sold f:r him immediately to Hlall. So sa. tistiej wa& I of the propriety of my conduct in the transaction, that I sternly refuseul the niercenary offer male to ine at the oiffice of con. cluding the inatter 'hy.. paying over to Covne the difference in the prices. llhit right fau2 heto the diffirenee ? He had all he asketd or his marr,- tr4lhe profit "Fas fairlY and properlY that of the first purchaser, Aleo(ly. ' c rourt' inq-niry imo the affair, and 'doubt not but that it will eventuallv be as credfiable to me as disgraceful torny rnemies, wtosepitiful ittempnt to injure tne will, Iain convinccd, defeat themselvees, by creatine (if it be possible) a greater degree of corf.AAnee than ezver amona the inuldtudle of the respectable patrons and triczdlsol .J0H.N (U6BUOCN, IJp-p2r e eont2g.-treet, Xontagu-squarc TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMfES.