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. • I t . :..\ • 1111 .►~ -1.; ." - p.... .Ir, . 1 i- . - 1 * 4 lilia ~ ,,...pitr, . • ._ . , lk ------6--7 vgnEß 783, TUESDAY, JULY 7; this; CONTRACT FOR THE CARRIAGE OF TIMBER. NAVY OFFICE, July 6, 1818. wig PRINCIPAL OFFICERS azid COMMlS gooßsilis It.IJESTY's NAVY de hereby gime Nelice, Bur au WCDSF.SDAY, the 13th Instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with suds Persons as may be willing to Contract for conveying by Land and Warr Carriage to his Bait rty's Yard at Woolwich the following quanta:a of OAK TINSEL viz. Abut n 7 Loads from Sakr: Forest, in Northamptonshire. About 85 Loads from Whittlewood Forest, in ditto. A Formai the Ter.dcr maybe seen at this Office. No Tender will be nceived after One o'Clock on the day of Treaty, nor my noticed , u nless the party or an agent for him attends. Byer, Tender must be accompanied by a Letter addressed to the w a y B o ard, and signed by Two responsible Persons‘en. gaging to became bound with the person tendering, in the sum AVO far the due performance of the Contract. A NEW ERA, TSVO Prizes of I:30,000 !! ! With Only Eight Thousand Tickets I G CARROLL, the Contractor, submits to the UN Public, with grateful confidence, a Scheme founded on tar. :: :o , :micndations of Adventurers, who being unanimous in rOes; for rites of Thirty Thousand Pounds, he is proud to rat, that although the Lottery is limited by Government to 1•70 Tickets, yet the Sch:me can boast of 2 Prizes of 1 5 30,000,. eft; WC usual number of other Capitals and smaller Prizes ;. it must he evident that chance increases in proportion as tie cumber of Tickets is lessened, this Lottery presents to Ad micros probabifirift of obtaining £30,000, which no Lottery or. ;resented before, in this or any other country. And, in addition to all the Prizes paid by Government, as a ti".l`cte of gratitude for public favours conferred on G. CAR IOLL,Ite has made arrow:now= that Purchasers shall have tits option of receiving -• VYTON, Stock-broker, 2, ContssuLt.,. takes the: .11-11 earliest opportunity of submitting the SCFIRME of a NEW LOTTERY, which begins Drawing so early u the 4th, of AUGUST. The magnitude of Prizes is very great--andi the ntimberol Tickets remarkably small, there being Two Prizett of £30,0e0, with so few Tickets as 8,000. Besides these ad.' vantages, Two of the Prizes will receive in addition Eight Pipes: of Port Wine or Madeira, or Eight Hogsheads of Claret, to be chosen by the Holders thenuielves.—E. M. solicits a prefereace, as above, where Schemes with full particulars may be had gratis. All Business in the Public Funds transacted with the utmost fidelity and dispatch. i.tiOltr ON Firrwc*r. The Select Committee appointed to examine die Acts 8 Anne, c. 19. 15 Geu. tn. c. 83; 41 Geo. 111. c. 107; and 51 Geo. StIL c. 516. respecting .Copyright of Books; and to report any ce what alterations are regulate to be made therein, together with their observations thereupon, to the ikuse; and to whom the Petitions regarding the Copyright Bill, and NU Returns from Public Libraries, and from Statlonere-hall, presented to the present Session, were refined; and who were eMpow ered to report•their opirlpt. thereupon to the ifuusc, have elm minxd the matters to them referred, and have agreed upon the following Report and Resolutions, topther with an Ap pendix. NEW GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. This day was published, handsomely printed in Bvo. (double co lumns), containing 25 sheets, Vol. 11. Part T. price 95. of THE EDINBURGH GAZETTEER ; or, GEO GRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. Comprising a complete Body of Geography, physical, political, statistical, and commer cial; accompanied by an ATLAS, constructed by A. A RROW SM ITH, Hydrographcr to the Prince Regent. Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London. 1.-The weq will extend to ix volumes Bvo. elegantly printed, such volume to consist of 50 sheets, or 800 pages letter-press. 9. The price of each volume will be 18. in boards, and, in order to suit every class of purchasers, the work will come out periodically, in Parts, or half volumes, price ns. each. 3. A part, or half volume, will appear every three months. 4. The Atlas, consisting of 53 Maps, engraved in the first stile of the art, may be bad along with the Gazetteer, price £l. 16s. neatly half-bound ; coloured copies £l. 12.. 6d. boards. SUFFOLK. MANOR, FARMS, AND DECOY. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, GOLD For the Two Prizes of 1,000 Sovereign, with PORT, CLARET, or MADEIRA, Lmottsthig to Four Pipes of Port or Madeira, or Four Hop- Inds of Claret, for each of the Prizes of 1,000 Sovereigns, and it retortion for Shares. The Wine to be chosen by the Holders it:1130.70. 300 200 100 .50 5 Begins 4th AUGUST. CARROLL'S I muss =ALM AND SOLD ET \ED PRIZE. ALL 571.'".L1N , :. nwar. CARROLL, In the-Last Lottery: 9,481 a Prize of £20,0011 8,899 - 1,000 12,125 - - 1,000 5,285 - 500 9,755 - - 500 0:"LY 13,000 TICKETS. E P:ixes of 250,000 o 2,000 (Sovv-Agns) 1,000 500 8,899 - - 7,749 - - 85,500 - &c. &c.. &C. 6 • 10 • 1,560 300 200 200 And in bls late Contracts, 7,735 a Prise of £30,000 6,345 . - 30,000 3,645 . 90,910 4,349 - 40,000 &c. &c. &c. 7,ckets and Shares are now on sale at the Offices of CAR. ROLL, the Contractor, N. 7, Cornhill, 26, Oxford -street, Lealor.: and by all his Agents throughout the Country._ INDIA LONG CLOTHS. THE admirers of the fine Madras Long Clo th s of India, and the Public, are respectfully informed, MIL LARD'S NEW PATENT CLOTO entirely supersedes the we of the above, and is applicable to all the purposes for vrkieh to has toz.n held in universal estimation, as well as far Shirt. he To Families and Gentlemen going abroad to, or returning Ism, wum climates, it is essential, from lea natural conducive. son to health, Li those as well as in tL. oolder ones, it tending to prevent the effects frequently arising from sudden transitions from ken to cold. The wide widths for Sheeting are desirahhe L: winter wear, for travelling and for cold climates. It Is sold brthe Patentee, at his East India, Hatribro', Scotch, Vane:Lin ter, Prirt.d Furniture, and Family Linen Warehouse, No. 16, CREAPSIDE, and no where else sylaatever, (all ot'aer sold la it being imitation only) in Cases of 30 end 60 pieces ash far exportation, and by the piece of L'6 to 52 yards each, at h 3s. Z's. 6d. to .ss. 6d. per yard; where application is stmentel to made, and all orders from abroad or the country r. topettrally requssted to be sent. Tug various kinds of India se Prink Long Oahe, Indic Illuslins, White Chintz, 6tc. • she mon fashionable Articles of Dress, Fcrei , m Lace and Us, sad the variou s ki n d s o f F am il y Li nens are ;old as above, vtolaule cad retail, on the most reasonable terms. FRAUD PREVENTED. TO COUNTER ACT the many attempts that are &T.? male to impose on the unwary a SPURIOUS COM POSITION nmead of the GENUINE BLACKING prepared by DAY and MARTIN, they have adopted a LICW Label, In which their rignature and address, 97, HIGH-HOLBORN, hi it conspicuously placed in the centre of the Label, that they tnr sa attention to this, and the difference of the type, which is mike al letter-press, will enable purchasers at once to detect tie inlaition, Tae Real Janan BLACKING, made and sold wholesale by DAY azl M.'SRTIK, 97, High-Holborn, and retailed by the Piaci* Grocera, Druggists, Booksellers, Ironmonger., Butt-Disers, Sm. in the United Kingdom, in Bottles at ed. is tei each. THE SPANISH FIDDLER. 'PROM Madrid to London a fiddler came o'er, ~1 1. A wee monklfied elf; "I Monday his flaw., and he'd actree got on shore Ere a boot shest.:4 the shape of himself. 1.0 Perna vra nigh, and be knew not the way, IS thaw he the Thiqll address'd— Will you to 3 direct me I pray? And bow 'd bra with his band on his breast. Tu scare to 3 bowed, but we well may suppose k forbore to the Don to reply ; re tho' irvret's Efackinj each feature blight am'. Yet talking it cannot supply. Tie I}O3 hz loolied hard, ?.owed agsln, emped hie fcot, had repeated his humble request ; l'etT action 1•:.s rimicked by aim of the btnt, ta4 not a word it acidreased. Euanle echoed Moadongo, while tratelled kis frame, fts tzy what my music will do ; lrel.r out his itLilt--the .:Onn did the Irt—'e Ti Dm arm aaaaeci, 0r.3 l'rit tan he mot to the daion he took, To h et iextued 04.14 his speech he'd bora making La v , !: is a boot, that reacted each la* 13 ; the beauty et ramie Zacleigig 'At *arc tic 7 BLACICINO4 PrePared (Zia livaiezm \0 30, St ran d, London; k!::'1 tr. tree. Boot.r..k.:rs, Grocers, Ironennerrt, Etta& &Lag, P:_lutters, Ste. in every Town in tbs StoaL Bett'a, 6d. ZW.. and :33. oath. IC. a Ask Lot WARSZNI Webb* The earliest foundation for a claim from any pub lic library, to the gratuitous delivery of new publi cations, is to be found is a deed of the year 1610, l by which the Company of Stationers of London, at the request of Sir Thomas Hodley, engages to deli ver a copy of every beak printed in the Company (ma not having been before primed, to the Univer sity of Oxford. This, however, seems to be confined to the publications of the Company in its corporate ca pacity, and could i r no case exceed to those which might proceed from individuals unconnected with it. Soon after the Iles:oration, in the year 1662, was passed the " Act for preveniag abuses in printing seditious, treasonable, and unlicensed books and pam phlets, and for regulating of printing and printing presses ;" by which, for the first time, it was enacted, that every printer should reserve three copies of the best and largest paper of every boo!: new printed, or reprinted by him with additions, and shall, before any public vendin4 of the said hook, bring them to the Master of the Company of Stationers, and deliver them to him ; one whereof shall be delivered to the Keeper of his Majesty's Library, and the other two to be sent to the ViceUhancellor of the two Univer sities respectively, to the use of the public libraries of the said Universities.* This Act was originally in troduced for two years, but was continued by two Acts of the same Parliament till 1679, when it expi red. It was, however, revived in the Ist year of James 11. and finally expired in 1695. It has been stated by Mr. Gaisford, one of the curators of the Bodleian Library, " that there are se veral books entered in its register, as sent from the Stationers' Company subsequent to tire expiration of that Act ;" but it is probable that this delivery eras by no means general; as there are no traces of it at Stationers Hall, and as Hearne, in the preface to the Reliquz ltotileeine," printed in 1703, presses for benefactions to that library as peculiarly desirable, since the Act of Parliament for sending copies of books printed by the London booksellers is expired, and there are divers wanting for several years past. During this period, the claim of authors and pub lishers to the perpetual copyright of. their publica tiohs rested upon what was afterwards determined to have been the common law, by a Majority of nine to three of the judges. on the cases of Miliar and Tay lar in 1769, and Donaldson and Becket in 1771. Large estates had been vested in copyrights ; these copyrights had been assigned from hand to hand, had been the subject of family settlements, and in some instances larger prizes had been given for the purchase of them, relation being had to tire act of the Bth of Queen Anne. By this act, which in the last of ,these two cases, has since been determined to have destroyed the former perpetual copyright, and to have substituted ore for a more limited period, but protected by additional penalties on those who should infringe it, it is directed that nine copies of each book that shall be printed or published, or reprinted and published, or with additions, shall by the printer be delivered to the warehouse-keeper of the Company of Stationers, before such publication made, for the else of the Royal Library, the libraries of the Uni versities of Oxford and Cambridge, the libraries of the four Universities of Scotland, the library of Sion Col lege in London, and the library belonging to the Faculty of Advocates at Edinburgh. From the passing of this act until the decision of the cases of Beckford and-hood, in 1798, and of the University of Cambridge and Bryer, in tele, it was universally understood, that neither the protection of copyright, nor the obligation to deliver the eleven copies attached to the publication of any book, un less it was registered at Stationers' Hall, as act which was considered as purely optional and unnecemary, where it was intended to abandon the claim for copy right, and in conformity to this construction, the Act of 41 Geo. 111. expressly entitled the libraries of Tri nity College, and the King's Inn, Dublin, to copies of such books only as should be entered at Stationers' Hall. In Beckford v. Hood, the Court of King's Bench dcoided, that the omission of the entry only prevented a presecution for the penalties inflicted by LOCK AND SURGICAL DISPENSIRY. the Statutes, but it did not in any degree impede the His Royal Highnesa the Duke of YORK, President. recovery of a satisfaction for the violation of the Surgeon—Mr. Kiernan, Member of the Royal College, Londoni copyright. The same Court further determined, in,e case of the University of Cambridge against' w Governor , Earl of Evremont Earl of Leitrim, Hon. Colonel J. Barry, M.P. John f.atouc.he, M.P. Bryer in 1612, that the eleven copies were equally THE ROYAL and. NOBLE PATRONS' of the claimable by the public libraries, where books had not above INSTITUTION, for the exclusive Treatment of been entered at Stationers Hall as where they had. VENEREAL COMPLAINTS and their dangerous Conse- The burden cf the delivery, which by the latter deci einences, in order to insure the Benefits that have resulted from sion was for the first time established to be obligatory it, selected Mr. It I2P.NAN as its Surgeon, standing high on the Ilowin upon publishers, produced in tire fu .g year a va est of the Royal College from having directed his chief attention to those Diseases, Mr. Kunuese conceives it a part of his official riety of' petitions to the House of Commons for redress, duty to caution the Public, by pointing to t h e List o f th e Royal Col- which were referred to a Commitlee, whose Report will lege, published in Feb. 1316, as the only sure guide; and that no b e f oun d i n the Appendix ; in 1814 the last Act on this assertion of persons assuming such titles ' and publicly advertising su o . t t was passed, which directed the indiscri trii nate them, without beim; sanctioned by this List, are to be credited. i The Annual Reports of the Lock Dispensary will prove that delivery of one large paper copy of every book which i some of the most dangerous Cases of Sratcrites, Damen, and should be published (at the time of its being entered ether supposed-incurable Affections of the Generative Organs, ' lit ‘eationers'-hall) to the British Museum, but limited 1 hove been here radically and successfully treated , the claim of the other ten libraries to such books as Mr. KIERNAN may be consulted as ususl, by both Sexes, at his house-21, Losers Casuals-re -want; oereeseeteese; they should demand in writing within twelve months where Letters from Town and Country are to be addressed, and after publication ; and directed that a copy of the ',be necessary Advice and Medicine wilt be given, or sent to any list of books entered at Stationers'-hall should be Ott of the United Kingdom. Just published, price .11. Second Edition, I • Upon reference t 3 the continuLig act of 17 Ch. 11. c. 4. paaefrt 0 /manumit , . 4 . 1 2 b ove zh ileseee ,b 7 jtienue, the clauses respecting the delivery of the three copies appear to sod 3347 be bad at No. 110. Fleet-strestir 974 necsuestor-row ;I be perpetual, yst sbookl that they were not so toast. gad 10, Gown-coon,&So. dared, tat being adverted win the act of 4issie. At the Bear Inn, near the Bridge, Great Yarmouth, au Tiruas- DAV, July 16, 1818, at One o'Clock, THE MANOR of FRIT I'ON, in the County of SUFFOLK; also the FRITTON ESTATE—compris ing the Mansion-house, with the Coach-house, Gardens, Woods, Plantations, Sec. Ste. in the occepation of Oeo. Peewee, Esq. the several Farms in the occupation of Mr. Woona and Mr. 'ABM, and the fine Piece of Water called FRITTON DECOY, which covers a very considerable extent of land. This Estate contains nearly SEVEN H UN DRED ACRES—is abnost all freehold, and within seven miles of Great Yarmouth and 16 of Norwich, and adjoining the River, which is navigable to those places. The Leases to the present Tenants will determine on the 11th Octo ber, 1310. The scenery from this Estate is not surpassed by any in Suffolk, there being fine views of the Fritton, Belton and tier ringfieet Lake and surrounding Country.—The Decoy abounds in fine Fish—there is also an abundance of Wild Fowl during the season, and a fair quantity of Game upon the Estate, which might in a short time be increased to a great extent. A consider able part of the purchase money may remain on mortgage. . Printed Particulars tr.sy be had of Messrs. Panther and Tur ner, Solicitors London-street, London ; of Mr. Sohn Francis, No. 1, New Solicitors, London ; of Messrs. Francis and Tamer, Solicitors, Norwich ; and of Mr. H. V. Worship. Soli citor, Great Yarmouth. The Map of the Estate say be seen at Mr. Worshit's Office. AMERICAN SOOTHING SYRUP, FOR ONSLIIMI WHIZZ COl7lllO ?WS AVIV. A MORE sing u l a r utblemec insta ucie cannot oc bee found, d the efficacy of this inhe. a child of Mrs. Smith, No. 90, Peartree-street, Waterloo-road ; the child at 19 months old having only four teeth, and suffering' . under the moat alarming wane of body, it was emaciated to such a degree that its arms appeared to contain only a fibrous substance, no bone being felt; in this state the child lingered for many months; incapable of being ma-ed, when PAOVIDLNet directed her to try the SOOTHING SYRUP, which in one week produced four more teeth, and destroyed the fiver which had so long threatened the life of the child, who is now four years old, having cut all his teeth, and the bones seem to be restored to their natural substance, and the child is able to calk about with the assistance of ..a. go-cart. The mother having another child three months old, lost no time in applying the Syrup I to its gurus, which brought its teeth through with ease, and therefore prevented those .alarniing symptoms which so often attend dentition. The above singular case may be proved by applying as above, where the child may be seen. To be bad of the Proprietors, Johnson and Williams, No. 94, Newman-street, Oxford-street, London • and, by their appoint ment, of all the principal Medicine Venders and Perfumers in town and country, at Ss. 9d. per bottle. N.B. Mrs. Jouysex relieves the Poor, as usual, at her house, every Tuesday and Saturday morning, [rum Nine to Ten o'clock, by bringing a Letter from a respectable Housekeeper, testifying that they are real Objects of Charity. CAUTION. THE extensive demand for the following Articles having occasioned numerous imitations, the Public are re spectfully informed that the genuine has the Signature and Ad dress of the Proprietor on the Label : ATX I NSON'S FLUID For the Growth of founded on a discovery of the CallS2s which occasion baldness; it prevents the hair falling off or turning grey, and whore baldness has already taken place, either from illness, perspiration, change of climate, or hereditary causes, it will restore it to its original strong th and thiikness. Respectable references to this fact are given in a Pamphlet en closed round each Bottle. ft also frees the Hair from scurf, makes it soft and glossy as silk, and keeps it in curl during exer cise in dancing or walking, or in damp weather. Price .as. 64. a Bottle. - ATKINSON'S VEGETABLE DYE Changes Grey or Rod Hair on the Head or Whiskers to a Brawn or liGkek ; warranted perfectly innocent, and to give a permanent Onour. Price Ss. 10,. 6d. and 0 Guine ATKINSON'S AMBROSIAL SOAP, Prepared by a new process, which frees it from all irritating qualities, removes Freckles. Redness, aad hardness from the Skin, prevents its Chapping, and makes it soft, white, and even. Price is. the square. and prepared with Naples Soap, for Shav ing, price 9d. is. aid is. ttd. Sold by James Atkinson. Perfumer, No. 44, Gerrard -street, Soho-square: and by most Performers and Hair-dressers in Town and Country. ‘. O- r - P7'-orlOW: -.....--/,..............,.. ~........A " ". ." '.. . I. I - --- Part 'else- F 'Ae e l' ,/ l i•-e-- - .1, .i .w i l lG"'""" - s. '1 0 - 0 ) - ti,...• • , , .1 6Vc• '''' t - i's• , „ ;, iN •IL, ' 2,v -,• rOs ,rdP• .7- -. . 's "iit jrNr. 4 • ' , / ..,"" ! 1 , ' --..- • ~ 0 ° Yrse- ' 40- I '., - .lli --; II •-.- . , . ... • ' . • : ; 7irL4skalPft .. :- ICIt SEVEN-PENCE. - " - 1 1 • - 1. , : . transmitted to the lib rar i ans once i n t h ree months, 4f not required oftene r , i It appears, so far as your• Committee have be* enabled to procure information, that there is no ode. ' country in which a demand of this nature is carried to a similar extent. In Arne! ice ?russia, Saxony, and 1 Bavaria, one copy only is requirec“o be deposited ; in France and Austria two, and in the Netherlands I three ; but in several of these countries this is not ne- cessary, unless copyright is intended to be claimed:- 11 The Committee having directed a s t a te ment t o be I prepared by one of the witnesses, an experienced 1 .•1 bookseller, of the retail price of one copy of every i 1 1.1 bookentered at Stationecs -hall between the 30th Julie '• f g . .. 1814, and the Ist April, 1817, find that it amounts se the whole to £1,419. Ss. 11d. which will give an i 1 : i' average of £534. 4s. per annum,; but the price of the . ) ?' books received into the Cambridge Uri versity Library ' ri 1 fromJuly,lB.l4,toJune,lBl7, amounts t0i.:1,145 10s. I P the average of which is £BBl 16s. Bd e per annum. In dee course of the inqui r y c o mm it te d to there',.. , ' % 1 _ the Committee have proceeded to examine a variety of evidence, which, as it is a'ready laid before the I f House, they think it unnecessary here to recapitulate; ri , 1 i but upon a full consider a tio n o f th e su bj ect , t h e y h av e . ft - , ' come to the following Resol u ti ons: 1. Resolved—That it is the opininn of tkiie Committee, that ; * it is desirable that so m uc h o f t h e C opy - r i g h t A ct as requires that gratuitous delivery of eleven cops es skauld be repealed, except i' it. L ; in so far u relates to the British M useum , an d t h at i s I s d e - sirable that a fixed allowance should be granted, in lieu thereof, . 1 ' I I to such of the other public libraries, as may be thought expedient. 2. Resolved—That it is the opinion of th s Committee, thit i,'''..11..1.1t I'' t l . 'i 1 1 l 1 1, if it should not be thought expedient by the thine to comply with the above recommendation , it is desirable that she num- ber of libraries entitled to claim ' such delivery should be re- stricted to the British Museum, and the libraries of Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh, and Dublin Universities. 3. Resolved—That it is the opinion of this conunieee, that all books of prints, wherein the letter-press shall not exceed a . (1 certain very small proportion to each plate, shall be exemrted from delivery, except to the Museum, with an exception of ail bucks of mathematics. 4. 11-soh - ad—MA i' is the opitthm of this Committee, that all hooks in respect of which claim to copy-right shall be expressly and effectually abandoned, be also exempted. S. Reiolvell—That it is the opinion of this Cernmlttee, that ;. { the obligation Imposed on priuters to retain enc copy of each I work printed by them, shall cease, and tie copy of the Museum be matte evidence in lieu of it. 5. -.. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. •• Yesterday a Court of Co neon Council was hcid for special purposes. The LORD MAYOR informed the Court, that the 1 Addresses agreed to he presented to his Royal High- ness the Prince Regent, on the Mars iage of the Duke or Cambridge; and also the Compliments of Cone gratulation to the Duke and Duchess, had been pre- e, • , seined; and laid before the Court the several Answers thereto, wnich were ordered to be entered on the • i I i Journals. - 1 ASSIZE OF DUBAI). ! :i il , . Mr. Dime hoped he should not be thought too presting upon a subject which interested the people s most materially, if he requested the attention of his . Lordship to a question which he had some time afro . put in that Court—he meant with respect to the • i Assize of Bread-; and he should now be glad to learn whether his Lordship had come to any decision, either ' 4 1, o . . with or without consulting his bro.her Aldermen, as i I, • : to the benefits arising from the present arrangements with respect to that indispensible article. • ,-," . 1 : i ( :he LOLD MAYOR said he had not as yet had an P' I' ' . , opportunity of bringing the stsbject betore his Brother Aldermen, but to-morrow, being a Court-day, he . I should do so, and make the communication as quicidy - I " 1 as possible to the Worthy Member. I -; t seERIPFS. I A Mr. PEARSALL presented a Petitio n f rom G eorge p 1 . Bowser, Esq. who was elected one of the Sheriffs for 1 i the ensuing year, he: ar, praying that should not be sub- 1 ject to the usual fine fur Lee serving, he being a Pre- tesrent Dissenter. The Petition was accompanied by la certificate from Dissenting Clergymen, in comb , - . I !nation of this escuee.. : 1 Mr. DIXON diddidnot rise to oppose the motion, bait f : I i he could not help saying, that the Act of Cominza Council, which excused Dissenters from serving, he:d out a bounty to persons for departing from the este- ' • blished Church, and it might be observed, that fte 1 apology was always, made when no emoluments could be derived from the occupation, and Withheld ; i i when any thing profitable presented itself. t. . 1 . A motion for czeusing Mr. fiosVseit was thta aereed to. 0 OFFICE or COMMON PLEADER. 1 . ' A discussion arose upon the question, whether the i 1 Office of Common Pleader, become vacant by Cee let 1 death of WILLIAM Wes ['SON, Esq. shoeld be pet tin , . to public sale, according to usage, or be rende re d elective? • 1 ' Mr. DIXON objected to tile practice ofpritti?tg rp the place to sale, upon the ground that all Oinces . I connected with the administration of Justice slie . ,:d be free, and that by election a man was bound ie gratitude to perform the duties required of him. Mr. Pnercee said, that by disposing of the oce. • • . I t by sale, the Court disposed of the.right to election, which he trusted would not be meddled with. i 4 Alderman tiooneeneaa was for making sale of ;' the place, but not by auction, as an oblectl e eebi e 1 • ; person might get in by that means. The vigil ance 'of a man could not be so well secured as by throw- ' ; ing a deeper responsibiiity upon him than mere v- II 1 titude. Selling the place by public auction might 1 2 introduce a bidder of bad character, and the mun- -1 ence of the Court should be particularly avoided. • I Mr. Dixole observed, that mere was to be appre- hended hended from the influence of a Committee ; but, in . e.• ! fact e either should be guarded against. I•• -k. was then cerriq, by shew of hands, du k e t h e I plus 40)44 lit iiiiPosa 0 4 1 elictiolu • •