“The jury were sworn to try four actions, on four different bills of exchange, drawn in New York, on Liverpool and London, by Jacob Barker, indorsed by the defendant’s intestate, and purchased in New York.by the treasurer of the United States for the use of the United States. Two of the bills were dated the 30th of July 1814, one for £8046. 6s. 5d. sterling, and the other for £10,000 sterling. They were protested for non-acceptance on the 25th of November in the same year, and for non-payment on the 27th of January 1815. The first notice which the government had of their dishonour, was received on the 7th of May 1815, by a letter from the Messrs Baring, the agents, of the United States, dated the 9th of December 1814, covering the protests for non-payment. On the 8th of May 1815, a letter was written by the secretary of the treasury to Mr Flewellin in New York, covering the protests for non-payment, and directing him to employ a notary to give notice of the protest to the drawer and indorsers.”