Star. — London, England, 1819-04-16 00:00:00

. Carman les Allegro - 's filly Corinne - . ' _ nnr,cs Mr. Thornhill's Sam - • brown colt, by Orville - BALL AT ALMACK'S ROOMS: 1.4‘ 1) J• fight, the above elegant•Roonts were. , for the first time after eassiieneek, Grand Ball this season. .Ibe.Rooms and illuminated.. The late a dopted by the. Ladies Panturiesies were to, no one being admitted.after.half4. o'clock, in consequence-of which the much earlier ; and dancing com a little after ten o'clock with a favourite in which the following eleg,..ust dancers I temhselves : , osan.is ....Lady S. Pr err, Wautscouss ..... lion. Miss KINFAIRD, LUMFLI., 1 tes t D visa m 00... Lady :VA sr STHPFCHLES IL saw .. .......... Lady JAN rAGET, )4T. Mtn PAL K, DTA)4111.91: ............... ;;gOU AL FALMOUTH ......... Lady C. GRAHAM, . 1 1 VAELSTORT ............ Lady 11. WINDV)R, CHU' lAGOI4IIOVCCII ...... Lady 6. CAN; coaiti Vests ............... Lady Goonos, swops Barn URIS r...laldy I istows, L+•...... L%dy PacET, ELLLOT,nIi Ne..;e;.r. and waltzes succeeded alternately; and u p with the usual lively interest until three The c ompany were not so numerous as on • nights, owing to thenumber cf families of town for the holidays. The following :.!icd personages -were present ; Wi Ifington, Prince William of Hesse Phi- Diciiess of Richmond, Ladles Lennox, Duchess of ;h, Ladies C. and S. Churchill, Duke and Duchess the Ladies Paget, Countess of Sefton and the La. 'is, Lard and Lady Amherst, Lord Loughborough, Somerset, Lady Clarks Proby, Earl of Ross- Aes Stewart, Dowager Marchioness of Lansdown, s Erskine Lady S. Coun t so and Ladies Lord and 1:-itly Dunialy, ss of Euston, Coun- Lord and Lady Normauby, Counteisof Aboyne, Cnimtess DoWa:er of Mansfield, Ladies Gre- Carrington, Lord Langford, and Ladies Radstock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YEnIARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 14119. THURSDAY, ATM •18. , of soft& each, hat. colts, est. 7113. tut. 21b. rising 4-yrs old. D. I . 40. ... . - 3 6to 4 apt Allegro-6 to 4 apt Sant. Sweepstakes of 100 gs. each, h. ft. est. 41b. D.M. Gedded's colt Sir Topaz . . - , s grey colt, by Haphazard` - colt Chef d'Cßuvre to 4 on Sir Topaz. Prince's Inferior, beat Mr. Thornhirs Manfredi, est. ' T.Y.C. 1060 p. b. ft.-7 to 4 apt Inferior. Stakes of 100 gs. each, h. ft. (warranted untried rtv:itne of naming, May 15, 1818), and not engaged Dchy, Oaks, or 11000 p. Stakes, colts, est. 41b. Mo t 11. D. M. brown colt Master-General - - 1 , 's colt by Peruvian _ • s nor's brown filly Emerald chasm colt, by Soothsayer - - - 4 Two paid-7 to 4 apt Master-GaseraL lk brisk Class of the OmLuids Stakes of 10p. each. Ds I. kOaritou's David, 4-yrs-old, 7st. elb. - 1 W. Edwades Anacreon, 4-yrs-old, em. 41h. I V6too's 4-yri-old, est. - - 3 use's Stainborough, 4-yrs.cold, eat. ilb. - - ' Grafton 's Tricttac, 4-yrs-old, est. 11b. - - 5 41dpild.-7 to 2 apt David-5 to 1 apt Anemealt-- 6 to 5 apt Ilia-Orville. • • HOUNSLOW MILITARY RACE& • lurks of excellent Races was run yesterday over Hounslow 13, It ),.ei the exclusive property of the. Officers of the Long bcfure the hour ehnounced for starting, tl we: thronged with equipages and horsemen ; and, ciwums:ance not being generally' known, the company select. Tine ground was kept by perdu of the 19th a. d the gaiety of. the scene was increased by the ot, the excellent Band of that regiment, which played ;Ica r‘arzial airs between the heats. The Heath vas r.:::-luees, for the accommodation of the Re . and the tlet ensemble had a picturesque and brilliant At halTpast two o'clock the bugle soundc4l, and the .is-s stated for a Hunter's Sweepstakes of sgs. each, added by the Stewards.—Two-mile heats.. z.lnsinvood's bay mare Evadne - - kbliere's brown gelding Ilirkaway Moultr. , ,•'s bay mare Laila Rookh lElD:thanes zcliiing Mad Cap . I - Pd . 1 1 . 9 5 . 5 2 - - 4 .4 A adkontestedriee--clarkaway was rode by Capt. Baillie. A Hurt is Sweepstakes of earl), and 50gs. added. .in liammersley s silly Iluttou - 3 1 1 r. Button's Buffer )1: Whitmore's Chevalier Lasin Doherty's Firebrand . • - falmd Wyndhant's Talle - dr. Bd,r was rode by 1.0r4 FreJarick Berkeley, and his Lord sr...tined every nerve to pass his antagonist, but Billy Bat - "^d him completely. A Sweeptakes of sr• each, and .50ps. added, for thorough-bred horses.—Two-rnile heats. Cretin Neville's bay horse Sangrado - - - 1 friris Moeltree's black gelding Negro - - - 2 2 rti Wyndham's chesnut filly Octavia - 5 3 l'-'.l.tne s bay mare Eliza eact's bay gelding Marquis - - - 5 liammerslev s bay gelding Dingdong - - 6 6 lAr race afforded much sport, and the knowing ones t:kta in deeply ; the long odds being offered, and taken to frz;,a.-.outit upon I.4igilong. BOXING. l A eSePuey Fair, on W e dne s day, several excellent Pugilistic ••°:ar.res took place—in one of which, between two Sawyer*, tt!ceivrel so severe a fall, as to break three of his ribs, and '"'-en to die London llospitaL Armewal of the Boxing Match between Harry Lucas, the it-trk Tiernae, ar.d S. Smart, a Wharfinger, took place yester fi dose, to Greppwich Fair, in a field on the Lower tiveler 'd !t o ad. These men, who are good natural fighters, 41 (3td, ..id b a d a :urn-up at t h e F a i r on M on d a y, but they t e: 'topped, and some amateurs who saw their manoeuvres, 7. 4 °4 them for £.20 a side. There was nothing professional the tight, tither in seconds or advice. ',. s `tg-to, they let loose at each other, and received with -74'iLZ. breaking out from closing, and milling away in all The krst round ended by the Tinman being.f/oored. stand round, which lasted seven minutes, was as man- JtAtetted as the first. It was biped for blood, but Smart 7,,raiker the best, he being the straightest hitter at the h e ad tAt left hand, if not tile ha i rdest. Smart was thrown. w 4 like a , laughter-house, but the•men fearlessly Wm, and feught the third, fourth, and fifth round% Jake bravery, and equal weight. kept advantages upon equal & 1 %. Both west down at the end of the fifth round. e text three rounds were of a tamer sort—like s'crad , in Int pu, they Inlkd their tongues about, open.-1 at.d could only ni,:ite a hit or two. 4 k .l etoth round, the man g o t a lit t le fraish, and went to 'lax—their fearer were nit fiat. Toe had but t ; 'Wu, yet lie alsom..tvd away at his man. At the close of t ikt " . (l l . •! met a right-handed full facer, which hit away day and a cross-buttock in the nett round settled although the winner, bought victory dear. ktiauj'ae eornk . ...r.:s proved themselves 4 .ad *rani. —The Battle 1144441 1 :ad gave great satisfaction us the Amateurs: -- -rascut from a young Ladies' Boarding-ichoo ,7 4 -Green, is ncticed ill a pstiv inci al paper uncle ftl :e • Atence ?fthe seams , entr: n 0 •D BALL ht 4 ' N right, 0 1°4 ' 7 r th .o. • , ',l„ (i'ar rho vs.. • . 'well ;tired and_ ano.t s m juptcd eleve hed •., t 1 ! , n ore assemble d "a little alt, e in Which • w i s hed [heals „ tam ' . • of Gams. W i aidasweoual t. Fewer•aliv. pnuo D ) ,g r . IL BALL -ar„ "" gown: ...... ;;;count Fdtaowrii e l'at wore .• locoiesonocc main D'eSTE ..... set gOila HATI 1.3 4 SturrOlUi•'' is ici 3 ;3.olE.u.sol egairilles and w; kept ttp with t 1, k. Thz comp former nights, not of town f ;,r.liehcd person 0'110%33 Of 1 1V4 • Dtcliets of Ili •mtin, Ladies C e t k, the Ladava I.i..k)n,.ux, Lard al Granville Somers,: Virdiames Stead ,lt. tu t Erskine, Lord and L if Home, Lord au •,G a dras, Comae lady Carrington, SPORTE yE.W.MARKE I 78 .s t7—'!. Stakes of 9 ast. 2lb ind G. IL Cavendish' •.l."dny's filly Corinr X,dlath names Mr. I 7r, lake's brown colt, 6 to 4 apt Sweepstakes of Goddard's colt Sir l•rd Lowther's grey .Dtodu's colt Choi 7i Prince's Inferic u:h, CoAboat Stakes 0 r tee :line of naMin Dcby, Oaks, o O. D. M. Rms's brown col b.l•aodttari colt la! ad Grosvenor's brass M Foley's &mut c Two paid— ik Class of t tankages David, t. W. Edwards's Ac Ma's Fiu.oll kinsnu's Stainborc hie of Grafton's I'd, Fgltt pfd.-7 to 6n • ROUNSL leaks of excellent kris, Is : lose; tb,.• Long we: atoll *the circumstance wry select, The 1, o. d the palei To of the tx:ell anti mar wieh r.er terra. and the n. fert Ar talf.put ilex* bases sume .:47t-s. added by tt I.lhsliwooc's bay kJollife's brown g Lx.in Moultr:•;'s b: k.lLcltam's'; g, stikante rae A Hunt tb Swe: knit Ilammeraley Burton's Buffer 11: Whitmore's Che' t.ga Doherty's Fi faca Wyndham's ' 1111 was rode 151 str.incd every n la an:a:need him co A Sweeptakes of sl n Ztville's bas, lloultret's 1 Wyndham's zes bay mar tistact's bay igen Ilammersle list race aft re :, :.hen in tleepl e.xount upor A i• l tePlaey Fair, an:eztres took plz x:eived so sev, to the L etnewal of the 6. 4 -'..sh Timer as :03 419Ser to Crnelerdi Road. !' ; lrt3td, .amid hat ° ' t !topped, and 7, (41 them for the tight, tit; ••sttti.e.g. to , t i, , t • 7" "iLZ bredl .. "" 3 •„. The first r, see)nd rota : - 4t - otested as t ezd rather the best LW left hand, 'le w 4 I *^+f to ag a i n mi brdvt'rv, 41 . h Both wer. . 'at teat three t tied in the 4 : 4141 , arAl con tbt tons ne again_elwi r 1,2 4hr, yetlt mend fit: ;ether, iet"e r , b z kr.,4 ati4u • tcs n —"coin („. 4...ettd fHE PLAGV'Et. ..4.! THEEDITOIL OF THE STliii: . :l l ' s' ‘ j • V • Stir—Having very lately seen'in the pubitclitt an extract of a letter from Brandenburg, a the .instant, setting forth that a highly contagious dis temper had broken out at Grufenbergen, in Silesia, .originating from the circumstance of a Manufac turer of that place having received several bales of Cotton from Smyrna, one of which containing infec tion, having been distributed among the• workmen, the disease spread rapidly, and several persons had already fallen victims:to:its influence—and,,although the symptoms are not stated, I have little .diaubt but that it is the Plague that has made its aiPeirance, and may furnish too conclusive evidence in opposition to the singular opinion lately advanced in the:House of Commons, that the Hague is not contagious. The event, however, brings strongly to my recd.' lection the surprise I have often felt, that this country should have escaped the Plague for so long a period, and can attribute it to no other cause, than to the in terposition of a kind PROVIDENCE, the more especially when it is cczsidered, the peculiar mode adopted some years ago on board the Lazarettos, at Stand ga:e Creek, with cargoes of cotton arriving from Turkey, together with the immense quantities of that article annually imported from that part of the world. In alluding to Standgate Creek, it may not be ge nerally known that that spot was for many years assigned for the reception of ships and-vessels ceeding from countries visited by the Plague, or other infectious disease or distemper, to perform quaran tine, and such goods en board the same as were sub-. ject to contain contagion were immediately transferred to old ships of the line, converted into Lazarettos, where\they remained a certain period ; at the expira tion:of which they were generally re-shipped on board the vessel from whence they had. been received, and ' she then proceeded to the port to which she may have been destined. In the year 1796, I returned from the llesliterra nean in a vessel from Smyrna bound to London, and performed quarantine at Standgate Creek : soon after the vessel's arrival there, the cargo, consisting of cotton in bales, was received on board a Lazaretto, where, instead of each bale being emptied and its contents sufficiently spread to admit the air, the only process T observed, was merely opening the mouths of the bales, which lay piled against each other, and at the expiration of the term of performing quaran tine, which did not exceed fourteen days, the bales were ag ain closed, and put on board small craft, which brought the. same up the river. From this statement, -it must appear very clear to any person, at all acquainted with the virulence at tached to so dreadful a disease as the Plague, that bad there been any infection in this cargo,, the mere ceremony of opening one end-of the bales could have made no difference whatever—and were it not for trespassing on the columns of your excellent Paper, I could with great truth detail a melancholy case that occurred some years since at Smyrna, which would prove that the Plague has been dormant in a much less package than a - bale of cotton for a consi derable- time. For some few years last past Milford Haven has bean used instead of Standgate Creek for. vest I),r -forming quarantine, and where I trust the quarantine ;system has been better regulated or conducted. POOR RELIEF BILL. The following proceedings took place at the Ge- neral Meeting of the Court of Guardians, in Nor wich, on Tuesday week, respecting the Bill brought into the House of Commons by Mr. Sturges Bourne. After the usual routine had been gone through, the Clerk announced that he had received from Mr. Smith, the Member for the City, a copy of the Bill, introduced into Parliament relative. to Settlements. Mr. R. Bnowx referred the Court to the measures, I adopted last year, when a similar measure was pro. Posed in the House of Commons. The Bill protes lied to protect the aged and industrious poor from the liability of being removed from parishes in which they have resided andlaboured for years, to distant places of legal settlement ; and so far met with his concurrence. He feared, however, its effect would fall far short of so desirable an object: there was, indeed, a strange variance; as, whilst it proposed to combine residence with service, its enactments referred to tesidence only. In this and other mcnu- facturing cities its consequences must be highly in jurious ; affording . perhaps protection to parishes against the impositions of overseers, but tending to increase the frauds practised by paupers to gain set, tlements. He then moved the re-appointment of the Committee which sat last year, to prepare a Petition, and watch the progress of the Bill. Alderman I BROWNS thought Mr. Bourne's Bill would operate as a general measure of benefit to so ciety, and doubted the . propriety of this - city claim ing an exemption from its effects. , Alderman RIGBY objected to the motion, consider- 1 ing the present system of the poor laws as demo ralizing the people, and tending to the increase of crime. The principle of the Bill in question had been approved by Mr. Whitbread, and he thought it would be attended with beneficial ought, in a question 'of this kit Merely its local but its general advantages were on the ought to be supported. 1 Mr. EDWARD TAYLOR could fashionable doctrine of attributing 1 the country principally to 1 those laws had existed for ~ had been suddenly discovered ductive of the most pernicious petted it that this notable discovery for 'he last twenty years ? 71.- when a fundamental change - system, but he was satisfied time. Who was the person touch this venerable fabric 1 proposed to set children to ment, and to prohibit the • an able-bodied man in 4 absurd, and impracticable never been heard of. It was one of osr most populous map whqfforked fourteen only este. a week, intrepOse and- ip; • the devising and sacking sods unoccupied as will not toter re or dialiortion of Peor's for au capable of worst? • ...i., as dumb as is prse wages in Manufacturing Maio, , ts also desirous to obtain • lly judicious opitiitas os tte unhappy catisaua= ea ream& af :,' !ations to, be addre ss the Seem, ' Poultry, London. BENJAMIN Wrii.3, Secretary." r. ' 11. 311. qr Mr. Whitbread, and ne mougnt u. 141CFGW/V ‘ticaasausam•ra.• ...... ...-- - ed with beneficial consequences. We The Jury, after deliberating about a quarter of ap /no* Proba m Y De " ' WM in nalll ‘ i mages wholly inhdequatmastill it is co .estion 'of this kind, not to regard hour, found a verdict for the Plaintiff d i et. , but its general effectsi and if its £6O, inclusive of the 00. 6s. paid into i advantage which will arise friar dr? - :t. da . ellhekswittive to extend t e on the whole preponderating, it : WALKER AND OTHERS V. rant` This was an action nominally against the late She- .pinciple oLpoittical economy, ported. pepulatiOhlifftlf tiecessities of the TAYLOR could not subscribe to the riff of Sorrel', for a false return ; but, int fact, . " .The Committee will persevo !trine of attributing the . distress of against the Assignees of J. Walker, a bankrupt, to. incipa4 to the Poor Laws. After, recover. the sum of £7,234, and a fraction. The *o. Prenotortifesobjects of this Ii existed for glom. than 200 years, it plaintiffs were the executors tinder the wlll. bf T. Asentially to benefit every i only discovered that they were pro -. Walker deceased, who was, it appeafed, 'a* . taittler • tttlso: general prosperity. most pernicious effects. How hap- and parchment-manufacturer, at Bermondsey,. and : " Isliviains is notable discovery had been reserved. had, some time sinceyadrnitted his son James a part- I. Te C o om fa ir ; lTe desires to be renty yeah? The time might come tier,. with him. In January, 1817, however, he de- Pa ion t es( the unitZ la i l is N a e n d rental change would be effected in the hied to retire from the concern and lea 44 the of employment fcr the unoceuy was satisfied the present was _not the Whole to hii soil t inickciti dil Oeciiii i in a iiliiittOn or e °celltoe-Imo is the person who had presumed to die stock took 'plade';''Whe'n iewastettlat flow Jame; fa i l p9 A gas the forth :: prefelltiON a C furnishlny ocrunation for an rable fabric ? A man who ac i tsuilly Shonidgive his erithto9' se hisstrareof the stock . k !Agile heat . f eci Tzi g children to work by Act of • P Aial.good-w i l l Ow!** But not 4aving.73l* s.oions,inequalisy of c wages ua l l o Asa cohibit the allowance of any re': . ill pity:,tho Call , k hy l whgsaut i ckattcgev, Ira .l i 44 The Committee is also del i man in employ. A nsore interest, an patalsk by tristalistents. - AM countrymen generally jui ipracticable attempt at lfgislaAtils , iiiiiitia(h,. ffirdttkEkipiiil, l ifi r ti Valk+ aEivan;" ' tis of preVenfing die tuthapi rd of- It was a known fact,: thsit t in . phdlltiV ESATOCri6Pittlithirre'itiinitolrik his Wares= h avv expenses attendant On 111 st populous manufacturSna • ' piflmerrneyr , Tisughhese*eub cite feriaselaostshs • fool'"? ;•.,,,-- ked fourteen liours.vest dal ifr-‘4lllolpW4kOritAtt74 itV;tsise ~ Communications to be adc week, and this Bill was. lt kali agaiOstl4 cekrlstip. Vii i, he,- titri l l4ing's Head, Poultry,' Lo Z 4 pteveat an; maid .bfins. ' p in- lwa s. out , " BENJAmIN 1 - . AT fr: tr b T a 4l 4 lr, , a:),..4. ri , f•K ?-i.;_ 4 .'" . !" ,' ",• s iftWL - 4V 1 4 11 regard * ,4 1. WRAC awj . s.ettlerbials 4 sayi ;p cert¢iaty ot 20 .good the iiimabiTmm t perlripslher€ .nr . kgt.t be some; 'bestiltstivlttifkets wire absindintlx manifest. In• .this. *y.nrierty...tobusitmii of persons (were living who did napp,)fga4 Aseiong Simpson said I4,ooo,personsk,;4/r. Taylor was not: aware the ntimber was so large ; and it was a mosf alarming consideration for the city; that by one stroke of Mr. Sturges•Bottrne's pen, 14,000 indivi duals should at once become liable to burden it. Ebe effects would doutless be similar in all large manu facturing towns; and he trusted the guardians would now give the same active and determined pppositioif as before, to a Bill pregnant with absurdity and mis chief. He should therefore support Mr. Robert Browne's motion for a Committee. • The motion was carried without a division. LAW INTELLIGENCE►- COURT OF KING'S BENCH, APRILIS. HUTCHINSON AND HOPKINSON U. GUEST. This was an action by the Plaintiffs, who are re spectable Solicitors in Lincoln's Inn, to recover the amount of their costs and charges for preparing and drawing up the Defendant's marriage articles. The amount was £73. 13s. 2d. and the Defendant paid £30.65. into Court. The case proved on the part of the Plaintiff was this—the 'defendant, who, it seems, was the proprietor of certain medicines, being about to marry the laugh ter: of Mr. W. L. Davis. a person of considerable and varied property, employed the plaintiffs to draw up the marriage articles. Mr. Davis had three daugh ters, the eldest of whom was married, and upon whom he had settled, by bond, an annuity of I:200. The second daughter was the lady wbo married the defendant, and the youngest had been provided for by a portion of her father's property ; and the re mainder of his property the latter wished to settle upon the defendant. For the purpose.. of ' preparing the articles, the instruments which had been execnted for securing the other daughter's portions were hand ed over to the plaintiffs, who abstracted the deed!, and, after having prepared the recitals for the_articles, they were sent to Mr. Coote, the conveyancer, who finally prepared and settled them. When the draft was handed to Mr. Davis, the father-inlaw, he corn plained.of its enormous length, being upwards of 300 law folios, of 72 words each : he objected that there were recitals of other deeds Which ought not to have been introduced, and insisted that the instrument should be shortened and redrawn. The plaintiffs, however, said, that they would not strike out a line of it, and if Mr. Davis was not satisfied, they would }lave nothing further to do with the business. Upon , this Mr. Davis desired them to Send in a fair charge' for their services, which he offered to pay, and took away the draught as it had been prepared. The plaintiffs then sent iI. their bill of charges, to the amount of £73.135. 2d. including a fee of 10 guineas paid to Mr. Coote. Several respectable Solicitors, and, amongst others, Mr. Hanrott and Mr. Ambrose Humphries, deposed to the reasonableness of the plaintiffs demand, and said, that their charge was' usual, and in the ordinary course of business, consi dering the length of the proceedings. ,Mr. come, the conveyancer, expressed his opinion 'that the marriage articles which he had prepared and settled' were as short as could be reasonably ex pected, on account of the multifarious description of property which Mr. Davis had settled upon the Defendant. The defence set up was, first, that the Plaintiffs had expressly contravened the orders of Mr. Davis, by inserting in the settlement recitals of deeds which had nothing to do with the property to be given to ,Dsr.Guest ; and, secondly, that the plaintiffs charges were altogether unreasonable, because the marriage settlement which was afterwards executed, bad only #ost £34, including £l5 stamp duties. To support this defence, the evidence of Mr. Davis, the father-in-law, was relied upon ; and fie stated po sitively, that he had restricted the plaintiffs froth in troducing into the settlement the recitals of the deeds which related to the property which he had settled upon his other daughters. Mr, Richard Bassett; the solicitor who prepared the settlement which was actually executed, stated, that his charge = was £34, but he admitted that he had only, in effect, shortened the draught which had been prepared by the plaintiffs. He introduced the same recitals, but they were only shortly referred to, and he bad contracted the extent of the settlement in consequence of the express crder of Mr: Davis for that purmse. Mr.. Chapman, a conveyancer, stated, that his fee for settling the executed settlement was only "three guineas; but he added, that the settlement prepared by the plaintiff's was not more voluminou's than - was necessary, •unless orders had been given to . the cots.' trary by Mr. Davis. Mr.Scancirr, in reply, contended, that ibe, , tiffs, as solicitors, had a right to exercise a discretion as to the nature of the instrument which they were desired to prepare ; and it was not because the de fendant afterwards close to go to a cheap shop, that therefore their demand was exorbitant orunreasonabie paynxesti 4 . is rather, .611.11;e...22d of that month, Ina structingffie ghtiriff to lei . ). 'the two siatrants of attorney s whia accordingly levied on, the 28th on which day, also, a meeting of Jame Walker's 'creditors totik plact, ind it was *detirminagi to make him a bankrupt. The . ( Theriff acknowledged haviii: levied, but being indemnified by the Asslntei; Who disputed the validity of the secirritieiv had retained • the rimey, and returned nate" bontr.':"' •"fl • • On the part or the Astignees, iE eilittentiedi that this was a mere colourable transttetien. btstiveeis the father and ton, to secure to the . first all the prod-: perty, to the exclusion of the rest of the creditors.' flee £3OOO, sail to have been lent to the son, was ad vanced by the father before he quitted .the .business; and as to the sum given for the father's share of the stock and goodwill of the business, so far from being worth any thing, the stock was almost nominal. anti the concern i.i a state of insolvency. In proof of this, it was said, that the stock of leather, valued at £6OOO was not worth £4060; and a quantity of parchment, valued at £4 a roll, was not worth El. 10s. It also appeared, that in the course of Line nioaths, during which time, the bankrupt fiad had the sole business, his debts amounted to upwards of 1:79,000, which sum had been proved under his commission. A divi dend of Is. 2d. in the pound had been made ; but whether any further dividend would be made, de pended on the result of the present cause. Thomas Walker being dead, the present action was continued by his executors, The witnesses all agreed as to the respectability of the character which. Mr. T. '4%-a . Ike had always supported. It was ultimately agreed that a verdict should be taken for the plaintiff, at all events, for the levy under the warrant for £3OOO ; and that the £6OOO should become a matter of reference, to ascertain what was the state of the concern at the time the elder Walker retired from it. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS.' COVENT GARDILK BIMULBT. This was an appeal of certain salesmen in Covent- Garden Market, froai the decision of the &try cf that parish. It appears, that the Jury, in the courEe of their inquiries, had discovered that the baskets made use-of by the ulesmen in the ad measurement of fruit, etc. although they purported to hold a bushel, in point of fact held no more than about three pecks and a half, and many of them not so much as three pecks. The Jury, in consequence, amerced those salesmen in the sum which the special Act irrovides shall be forfeited. Mr. ADOLPHUS, on the part of the salesmen, was heard at some length. It was urged in their behalf, that the baskets employed by them were chiefly those which were used by the growers of the fruit, in the measurement . 4E the articles to themselves. , The Mattel...now rests in the hands of this Court.— Tie C*Ainsie.'n has declared his resolution forthwith to require that each salesman in the market shall be provided with a vessel which shall contain exactly the quantity of the water-measure, and that it shall be competent for every purchaser to demand the measure ment of theirticles he buys by this vessel or basket. One of the Magistrates suggested than it wciald be. properwhave the new measure stamped, os marked. with the words " Westminster Measure: , • , e l: The PHAIRMAN said, he did nut think, it wol4it bet neeeesary to have recourse to any risark. He 'ad be said; determined upon establishing the- new mt-a mire, and he would postpone•any further regelbtiottiv until he should see the•sticcess of the present ENCOURAGEMENT OF INDUSTRY. The Provisional Committee appointed to attend p this subject, as the best means tor the reductio9 of the PoOr's Rates, have just circulated the following' ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC: 1 4' The time appears to have arrived, when it may • be consideredto be the duty of this Cornnittee to in form the Public of its transactions, the new series of Inquiries being now presented, and the important prinCiple of letting land to the Poor having by thd passifig of the Poor Laws Amendment Bill betonie a part of our Statute Law, Parishes being by it an. thorized to hire twenty acres of land, for furnishing employment and letting to the Poor, by which some hundreds of thousands may be rendered independent of parochial relief. The Committee having from rePliet received from the highest and most intelligent quarteti ' to its Inquiries fully ascertained the following facts:ft '46 That an eminent mean of improving the con4iott of the Labouring Class, and diminishing Pauperism, would be to afford Labouring Poor small Portrons of land on easy term: •. A 4 , That the practice promotes. indnittyiThfurt+litig employment to tbnising race, prerentsa dependencer vi parish aid-.sharibg in some districts operatecksto the keeping dm, le others almost the utter extins ziOn of the Poor atiep—accordingli communiCited .with the Legislaifi Pt& the acetimplishmeneof object, and watehlt!fthe progress of the above Bill: — v 64 The Comniittnrclesires most ardentlyAolirge s fu • Pttrishis and Vait)thiAofficers to PrWed to tiPl- O IT . . cifiminatins of 00,4;44,1e objects, to the dividing .the land, tnerelay to arrsst the progivii OfPauperisroo, pd . ahlintigh ille - Alke limited quantity of land will' -most initobilbly be Mt& in numerous instances to be • itinckquavnestill it is contemplated that the tage which will arise from this grant will in e sktnre to extend the operation of this econemy, proportionate to the 1 tiecessities of the country. will persevere in its endeavorrs of this Institution, calculated every rank, and thus pro.; ;petit). INQUIRIES. desires to be aldsted by the needling • • "—a...toting, and bleebani. i ~'