Star. — London, England, 1817-02-04 00:00:00

without any visible ratatis of support. 10, Contr:% . diction. the Petitioner .stated, that at the very rnr, mea t he was arrested, that he had property i n his possession to the amount of three shillings, anti &s -vnte, in r - .0.1ey, in his p o cket —that he had resided t. r shot e. three mouths iu the lodgings he then occu rivd, ani obtained' an honest livelihood by the sale ti • eels, and moral tracts. litifeed the boy had from the prison to his landlady. for the per 1. - of assuring her, that he had not absconded from • 1 ,, 1 6., , , 4 titcs, acc.inipanird with 4 leggiest that she s:a.l.l'ariag him some m'ney of his which remained at I,:T ho ,se On the last day of the Sessions the hratight up with many other persons, tied ... 4 taher with a rope, and was therz discharged. ..o c h .1 statement catied for the mast serious and inersiigation at all times, but whets it was L,callecei that du , ing the last year the most netari .! crimes were btought home, to P u ke Offi cers , aronz suspicions to Police Maiyistrates, and that to notice appeared to he taken of that conduct by Department of State under whose supetioten. ;,,ice these Police Magistrates were, he sincerely ;cooed, that the flouts would feel the present a ease „t an enormous invasion of the rights of the subject, t i o ttnudiv deinandril its interlereiscr.—(llear, hoar.) The folio:wing Petition was then read s •!o, Is the Cnounons of the Mittel Kingdern of gnat Email) and Ireland, la Parliament aastnabrid. " e Petition of Thomas llogootl, of the Parish of St. Pin!„ Covent-garden, in the City of Westminster, " Humbly theweth, • ri it your Petitioner tea parentless and friendless boy; se• • '"( l! years of age, who, until lately seized by two Police Of. •t• 3 . .1 seta to Mein Iv the Police, obtained the honest 111t111$ ;, lag by the tale of Religious and Moral Tracts, which be t" purchase of Mr. Collins, 01 Pates nester-row. Itu your Petitioner has, tor more than four months last • t b b ol'ed and he Esti lodges, at the house of Kean • :10 I:vc. a , No 13, Gee's•eourt, Oxford-street. and who is a caw to Mr. White, of Mortimer.strect, and who is also a et•chenut its Mary•la-honne parlsb. " 'Hat: yt,ur l'etiti-her has never in his life lived as a vagrant, bst ha. always had a se tied home, has always pursued an ho tot and eti.ble means of getting has living, has always been, and •dy to prove that he always has been an industrious, 'a peace :, sober, honest, and orderly person. "'That, on the 10th of January, I ttiT. your Petitioner, for !ne ;el ed down a potting-bill, printed by " J. Downes," who the Primer to the Police i and which Bill was entitled " Mr. Awe hinted 4.1 of the City e• nthoi,- was committed by Mr. the New Prison, Clerkenwell, where he was kept on tread and water, and compelled to lie ost the bare boards until twenty-second of the same month, when be was tied, with slaw oto-rs, to a lung rope, or cable, and marched to lhcfss Hall, and there let loose. flat your Petitioner has often heard ft said, that the law afardsgtotecs ton to the poor as well as the rich, and thy, if un itise totinant redress any where else ° every subject of bit Ma. ) has tit.: road of petition open to hint; therefore your Ped., tiler, brisl unable ip obtain redress in any other manner toe t:.e grievous wrong s done him by the Kitimat* of the Pate, two humbly implores your Honourable Heinle to afford hint' pro••ction and redress, and to that end be prays your Htmourable Haute to permit him its prove at the liar of your I ItioNtrable and sever:tithe aUe b •ations contained in this his most be.i:Ne Petition- " Ansi your Petitioner will ever pray." Lord FOLKSTONE then moved, that a Cores appointed to examine into the facts- alleged the petition, that 'he petition be referred to it, and this Committee Repot t to the House. Mr. HILEY ADDINGTON assured the Ilinse, tat he knew :lathing more of the tate described by Noble Mover, and brought forward in the petition than what he had read in the public papers. None 4. the facts or allegations had come to him through other chavel. He had-seen the examinatiou of boy stated in a report from one of the `Police and had afterwards read, that one. of two in. „ids who had taken up his cause had said, that meant first to have laid the car before Parlia , but that upon subsequent censideration he had ' his mind, and meant to m eke a representation subject to the Secretary of State for the Home rtment. In consequence of this intimation he Riley Addington) had expected such a reptt , as would have laid the facts before hint in a shape as would have warranted inquiry. No umication, however, , had been made to the !: the Home Secretary ; if there had, he could tie the House that every :retention would have paid to it, and that the fullest and strictest in %aeon of ell the circuenst;.nces would have taken :e, in the most prompt and x:alous manner. The Hon. Mr. RENNET was surprised that the Honourable Secretary had not made one obser at about the 'motion for a Committee. Was be it ? (No, no,frorn several pares of the Bouts.)— . not help, since he was up, making one re , on the place where this poor boy was confined. thought it utterly disgraceful tc the country.— leer, hear.) No man kept a pack of hound: ir. a wretched place, and with such wretched ac iodations, as these poor creatures were confined (Hear, hear.) The ATTORNEY GENERAL would ask the it was proper that this case should be . in Parliament in the first instance, or it would not be better to adopt a different and apply to a Court of Law for a legal re- The petition complained of fake imprison . an illegal act. The petitioner stated, that he had often heard it said, that the law affordi to the poor as well as the rich ;" and :at he had'heard it so said, he beard what was in country practically true. (Near, hear.) Let, fore, a legal remedy be first sought, and if un to obtain redress in the regular manner, let him . exercise his right to petijion the Legislature. — this petition was received, the Hon. and Learned titan gave it as his opinion, that the applica. of no person who complained, in similar circum. of personal restraint, could be refused, and functions of Parliament would thus be coalman: with those of Courts of low. Objections might started against bringing an action for false impri in this case, but they did appear to hint (the . ley General) so strang as io warrant a depar- . from the usual course. The boy, it might be •1 was young, but could he sot sue by his guar. `? He was poor, then let him sue in forma pos h appeared to him that it would be the better 01 proceeding tahring the subject of this pet fore a Court of Law. • RILEY ADDINGTON begged, in eeplana-, to suggest, whether it would not be,more beco to tefrain from pressing this subject farther at and to allow it t.o , stand over for a day os 6 1 proper inqu iries should . take place in the, It to which he belonged, relative to the The reside of these inquiries ha . Noble Lord and tbi Howse, should communicated to tba. Hui ket • (iffser.) )LKESTONE- . -:" It is contrary » ea) , • . dirt Wish to retrial: from 'calling for the Commits e';' but ss it appears to be tie general wish that I should let the matter stand over, I shall yield. r will •not t , however, withdraw it, but merely adjourn it until' Thursday next. (Hear, hear I) - Lord CAS I'LEREAGH resisted this idea of ad journing it. The practice of presenting petitions of that kind woold oisen a door to applicants wiiich would he subversive, instead of preservative of the course of justice—( Hear.) For his own putt, be would require a much stronger case than was yet r u +de out before he would consent to admit the post. poneno:nt of a consideration which ought not to have been so prematurely introduced —(Hose.) Lord FOLKS I'ONE--- ,, 0.1 one coniition, and on one alone, can J consent to postpone at, and that • , that if the boy should plead iii forme; ilatarerb, t LI Attorney-General will act as hi. advocate —(4 lough and hear.) I require this aid from the King's Attorney Genernl, because in the person of this boy a most flagrant breach of the liberty of the subject has been comniitted, and one which is the more to he felt from the lowliness and unprotected state of the suf, ferer. How is such an abje:t boy to seek redress, and that, too, tram a . man who receives the wages of the Crown, and can cotnmand suitable Counsel r if the Attorney-General will not consent to be Cie boy's advorate, in the event of his legally suing fur redress, I shall nor withdraw my motion." The ATTORNEI-GENERAL replied, that this was thy first time since the House was the House of Cunoions, that a detainer was about to be pin upon him under such circumstances. It was quite impos ,ible that, as a Law Officer ul the Crown, he could be required to stand in such a situation. The Ho nourable and Learned Gentleman repeated his fins tiler arguments, explanatory of the course which the boy ought to pursue, and by which he could have the first Counsel in the kingdom assigned to him, who would as zealously advocate his cause as they would that of the proudest men in the realm —(Hear, hear.) When the N able Lord took those observations into consideration, he would rather have any other advo- • cate for the boy than the Attorney-General.--(A laugh, and Hear.) Mr. BROUGHAM agreed that the Noble Lord could not ask the Ateorney•Generai t-) undert -ice this task; but he may be able to prevail on the House to appoint that Learned Gentleman for such a purpose. There was nothing unusual, as second to be suppazei, in calling lot a Committee to submit a heavy griev ance to their consideration. It was possibre, that. after this consideia.ion, the House may order a pro secution. At present they had only heard the boy's prima facie case ; and he would ask, did its bare reci tal not disclose sufficient ground for having the affair sifted to the bottom ? It WAS needless to remind the House of the circumstances of the case; they had made their full impression when the Petition was read. The only question was, whether any inconvenience could arise from allowing the matter to remain over r t'or two or three days, to allow of the Under Secre- Htary of State's inquiry, merely for the rake of being able to resume it, should the answer. as had happened before, be unsatisfactory to the Houser—(Heer, hear.) Let it be also recollected. that there was a standing . Committee of Grievance always sitting. Lard A. HAMILTON thought inquiry was ne cessary, and he felt himself boned to vote for it.— ,Tbe boy had been committed to alleisownwand ter what r--. 41 for having no visible means of subsis tence." Sorry he (Lord Archibald) was, that if this were a just ground of committal, them - were. in the present distressed state of the country, hundreds of thousands, who• were in a high state of criminality. (Hear. hear.) This was not, !Imre/ore, tie • moment 'to allow the notion to go abroad. that such unhappy 1 persons were liable to •be immured in a dungehe, be. cause they had no visible means of subsistence. Mr. WROTTESLEY saw no ground for re ceiving this petition ; if they did receive it, they would be inquiring into the conduct of a Magistrate, against whom the petitioner had his proper remedy elewhere, and the boy did not seem to be without friends to assist him in his course. (Hear. hear.) — If this mode of seeking redress were to be allowed on every false arrest, a petitioner, withont even the for mality M an oath, would call upon the House to de ' cide upon the merits of his case. (Hear, hear.) The complainant had his remedy its due course of law.— His claim by petition ought to be his last, not his first resotirce. He would, therefore, vote against receiving the petition. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT believed that there was a considerable difficulty in suing in forted pauperis ; a certain preliminary was necessary in it; which alone might interrupt it. A certificate should be signed by Counsel, that the matter was of a naturei proper to be entertained in the Court, and he could not say whether i: might be easy to find a Learned Gentleman inclined to sign such a cerificate. The case might be of such a nature as Counsel woul,•1 wish to wash their hands out of—it was a sort of Government oppression. for in that point of view he was obliged to consider it. It was the act of a certain Police Magistrate. an officer of Government, for an act connected in some degree, however re motely, with politica% circumstances; it was for searing down a paper that had issued from a Pollee office. for the purpose of calumniating a particu lar individual. and, in•a case of that nature, it might be difficult to 6nd a Counsel who would undertalt to advocate the cause of an obscure in illeiduel - against a person in authority, and appear. ing at least to act under the direct influence of Government. It was also for the consideration of the House whether the liberty of every individual in the country should bc placed at the niercy of an arbitrary . Police Magistrate? and in this point of view, the subject assumed a paramount importance. He ad mitted, however, that had he brought up the Petition, he should have been willing to withdraw the motion. for the present, atter the promise that had been made by the •Right. Honourable the Under• Secretary of State for the. Home Deparement,. who had met the ,question very Italy, and bad undertaken to have the mattes investigated, nor in so doing; should he enter-. lain any apprAensione for the ultunate fate Of the Petition, if he might judge flout the feeling of iadig-. nation manifested by the House nu hearing the ea cunistancesoof the ease. If, howel'er, the'Noble Lord ' felt differeatly.Ua the subject, and was resolved to press the motion, be should vote :for it, nor•dithe' think that the' House, in entertaining the Petition, would lb 'the Afightest &give, Infringe on &rum% ''', proceedings in the Courts of Mkt. . • • • the AtrOINEY-GENERAL said, that there were scores of Gentlemen it the English Bar, won, if applied to in an rase of oppression, would do their duty, no matter what might be the rank of the parties, and this, he doubted not, seas well known both to the Honourable Baronet and tl.e Noble 1.431-.4 opposite. Lord FOLKSTONE said, that he would not re., fuse to pnstponl the motion. Mr. BRAG GE BATHURST edvised the N 3512 Lord to withdraw his motion altogah r. Lord FOLKSTONE replied, that he would have no objection to withdraw the motion, if the circa -' stance at his having withdrawn it did not appear on the Journals. The SPEAKER observed, that he co-old not close any deviation to be made from the custom of insertiag the late of every motion on the Journals. Lord COCHRANE stated, that those Bills pur ported to Ii ive been printed by Downes, Printer to the Police °fliers; that they had been issued under the direction of the Magistrates, and that officers had attended the posting up of them, and were after• wards stationed to watch whether any person would tear them down or deface them, that the persons so off.mding might be dragged before the Magistrates. to be treated by them as they thought proper. He telt that unless the subject were examined by a Com mittee, no certain knowledge of tie circumstances could be collected ; for police ofiLers, and others, might prevaricate and conceal the facts, which they could never venture to do before the House or a Com mittee. He admired tbe dexterity of those who now argued against having the subject submitted to the House of Commons before it received the decision of a Court of Justice, remembering that the very same persons, not long since, argued against the inter tereoce of the House in cases on which a Court r‘f Justice had already determined. By such reasoning the House would be precluded altogether from exer cising any control over judicial crncems. Mr. YONSONBY would have felt Much satisfac tion if the Noble Lord (Folkstone) had seen this matter in such a point of view as would have induced him to follow the usual course of proceeding in cases of petition, and be satisfied for the present. in having the petition lie on the table. —(Mearq —Had he made such a motion he would not have been incapacitated from subsequently making any other motion on the subject, which he could die better do otter heAting the result of the inquiry premised by the Right I nourable Gentleman. It was difficult, he observed,' to speak on this question in the present stage of the proceedings, withodt do;ng injury to either party.— (gear, hear, hear.) —The subject must be a matter for future deliberation ; but he would add, that if tie allegations contained in the petition were substan tiated in a Court of Justice, damages would net 4e the only satisfaction that would be requited for suet an outrage—(Bear, bear).—He was almost asharnzil to ask the question, but he begged to be apprised whe ther persons suing informs parsiseris Were liable to stamp duties The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied, that they were not. Lord FOLKSTONE fiaving finally consented to withdraw his Motion, the Petition was ordered t.) lie on the table. ^ 1,..4 yams to and I.e sill hves s , No 13, Ge. cate to Mr. White, of tv.tchrent itt Mary.la-ho , U 0 1b.: yo,ur lea ha. always had a se I rot and ess.ble memos of it ready to prove t l.at he a ide, sober, hottest, awl 'lltat, on the 10th c I: ring poi ed down a putt it the Printer to the Pohl ifewt hosed cut of the CO beton it: the Nrw larsot I.re.td and water, and con t wenty-seeot id of the ahust Yf y otn-rs, to a Hichis Hail, and there It that your Petitionst ::x4. grotto ion to the p glee tothraut redress hill has th: road of petit ti . ler, brig; unable sw of bvieeutts wrongs done mot humbly implores T( purecuon and redress, all guise to permit him to 11,..!all and itectrlthe Ite.gbie ertitioo. • Lott/ FOLKSTO slitter be appointed I in the petition, that that this Committer Mr. HILLY AD. that he knew twthit the Noble Moyer, ant than what be had tithe facts or allege any other channel. the boy stated in Offices, and had afte diriduils who had t he avant first to hi mot, but that upon altered his mind, ant the subject to the parunent. In et Mr. Riley Adding sensation as would such a shape as wou ammunicanon, he *Pace of the Home :sure the House tl .e:n paid to it, ant ettigation of all thi , :ice, in t'ie most p The Hon. Mr. 13J ' ight Honourable a.rou about the . tr r Ana it ? (No, on le could not help, trk on the place i e thought it tuts ilear, hear.) No At a wretched pl ommodations, as t 0. (ilear,hear.) The ATTORN] rouse whether it unlined in Parli 'nether it would I nurse, and apply t .edy ? The petiti ient—of an illega he had often he, rotection to the he had - heard .1 country practi , :rafore, a legal 'Ole to obtain redn , en exercise his rig this petition was tntleman gave it 4 1 of no person al antes, of persona functions of P d with those of started against I in this cab 'torney General) .re from the use , was young, b He was p in It appeared of proceeding before a Court • r: RILEY A, to suggest, w 'g to tetrain fro nt, and to arc until proper i 'attment to w tinssnurce. T d promise the tidy contras. ord FOLKES IPSIVILIGILS Or ?HL novas. A.nusa irons the Lords acquainted the House, that " the ds.always desirous to maintain a good correspondence with the House of Commons, assure them, that their Lordships were not aware that the 'fainted Chamber bad not doting the last conference been in the usual state s—That they Ire willing to gr.tnt the Managers, on the part of the Comm...ns, the usual accommodation, and have issue.l their orJers for restoring the Chamber to its former staw." PAPERS AND PETITIONS. Sir C. MONCK moved that there be laid before the House an account of the number of Notices given to th.: Collectors of Assessed Taxes in the districts of London and Westminster, by persons who bad 'given up, or intended to give up, tht use of certain enjoyments that rendered them liable to assessments, from the Ist of January 1516 to the lit ' of January Ibl7.—Ordt•rid. Sir F. BURDETT presented a Petition, signed by 31,500 petitions, inhabitants of Sheffield, praying tor a reduction of taxes, a diminution of the public expenditure, and a Reform is the Commons House of Parlhiment. Lord Rainotteve presented a petition from Castle- Dodelington, in the County of Leicester, praying for Parliaments annually elected ; and Lord ESSINGTON presented one trom Honiton, in the County of De. von, praying for an amelioration in the tithe laws, a reduCtion of taxes, and a Reform in Parliament. The petitions were severally ordered to lie on the table. Sir ROBERT HERQN. moved an humble Ad dress to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, That he be graciously pleased to order an account to be laid belcre the Houle of all Pensions granted in Great Britain and Ireland since the last returns, spc cliying the amount and date of each grant. Ordered. (In the motion of Mr. BENNET, an account was ordered of all Civil and Military Offices held under the CrOwn in the Colonies. specifying the salaries and emoluments, together with the names of the hol ders* and the dates of the several appointment:., CAPE OF GOOD iiorE. On the motion of Mr. F. ROBIPMON, the House re solved itselt into a Committee on the Acts relating to the TrAde of the Cape of Good He pe, for the pur 'pose of continuing the said Acts, and extending 'nem to the Isle of France. The House hieing resumed, Mr. RotussoNrepqrted from the Commi:tee, and obtained leave to bring in a Bill t) revive and mead the said Acts. CO)4MITTBIt OP SUPPLY. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved, I , That the House resolve into a Committee on the Motion that a supply , be granted to his Majesty." Mr. PONSONBY rose, not to oppose the substance of the Motion, but to apprise the House, that as :he Noble Lord opposite had thought proper to postpone the Commiuee on Finances to Friday, if effectual steps were not taken on that day toward, the forma tion of the Committee, he should move for it himself. He asked the House whether they were prepared to make themselves a party to the Noble Lord's “i1C11165 of delay /. Lord CASTLEREAGH observed, that in post posing the motion for the tecolatioa of the Committee amid Friday, he Jas not" influenced by a desire to delay the maaturepbut solely with a view to public conreifeitee. for it should be l!is duty at:l.Thursday to submit a motion to the House, wh:cll, under the exiting citeumstanets of the conitry. hit M ijestyi Ministers found themselves e. mpelled w taste to Par li.ancnt. Mr. PONSONLY said, that tie motion hod Fie% postponed frorri Tuesday till 'lshorsda% by the Ctalirellor of the Exchequer, an ! fi nn Thursday till Friday by the Noble Lord ; tl asked whether the ques;ion wools! ter:Lolly c.litie 44n Ott Fridiy, anl what tiiiNitature u 1 ter Comioittoe, the bloh!e Lord decl: , te.l giving any :ins , ser.—(Near.) The SPEAKER, then left the Cli tit. In the Corrana.fi-e, the CHANCELLOR of EXCUEQUER ntov!d—" 'lhrst a Supply be grant ed t o his Majesty." MT. CA LCRAFT WAS anxious to le.un snmethinT of tie mod e or proceeding tha7 %mild to asiopted on Friday, and whether the Co•ntni , tee would be formed by Lumination or by ball 4? Et, also desired to be itiformei by the Chancelt:e of the Exchequer. wrietht • it was intended to nraic any sacrifice to the people in their present distresses LI relinquishing some of those I3XvS that come home to the pockets of the great mass of the nation? It were vain to r pm, however trade might in time revive, however manufactures.. might rs-sume their former activity, and agriculture-once again flourish, that the increased population of this country could support themselves on Cteir diminished wages, nor could parish aid be much longer afF rded them without involving the whole country in general ruin. W. 45 it 11 - I(;:aded, a; alluded to in the Speech, to preseri., the Sinking Fund ? Oa this subject, and with t!,e limited means of information which the abuse as Jet possessed, he was unwilling to commit himsea, btft at present he could not we the p.iliey of not co tvertitrzr x portion if the Sinking Fund to the service t,f tae country, and remitting equal :;m tent is taxat'on to the reut.le. The CHANCELLOR of the .EXCHEQU i ER. declined entering into any explanatiAn of his jowl- Liens respecting the Way; and means for the year at that moment. Mr. CALcRAFT allowed that ''e could not have expected any other aolaw frora the Right Honou rable Gealentan. He. how.Ner, still desired to be int - or:n-0 relpezting the m,:dc of appo:nting the Lord C.VTLEREAGII did not led it conve nient t:) hate hi) inteutioul on that subject, until the clnie properly tv_.forethe Hotte. Mr. CAI.C.R.AF I'—" , This undotibted4 might seem to cue N.thle Lord to !)e a State mystery, but csintot perceive the s.tme reason ior his silence that appears to ju , ,:ify that of thl Right nonourable Geode:l2.m' Mr. CROKF.R laid on the taie papers relatinz to the increased salaries o: the Sec:::..ries of the Ad. miralty. LUSHINGTON laid on Ole tahie an abstract of the net revenues of t!.e year ending the sth of Ja. nuAry, 1 S!7, (liitinguibliig the amount of the Congo lidated Fund, &c.—The Hour: then Adjourned. L.e/li , 11111iLLIGENCS. COt't(T CtIANCER . I% FIIBILITARY • The tviAsTen of the Rows sit this d 47 in the ah. sense of the Lord Chancellor, and heard ir rem! cattses of no importAnce, save to the parties concerned. the.nsatter of Westbrook Sbell,.y. the Lena CnitNcrzcon v..,11 give hi jusignient in private Sir John Shelley having acquiesced in the wish •of the other parties to the suit. COURT OF KING's BENCH. FEBRUARY S. THE RIO I'ERS. The Arrortwav-fjexenAt. itated, that the indizt ment kund against certain persniis (meaning Ho ,per and others) tor a misdemeanour, having been re. moved by certiorari ii to this Court, and those ',ergots, having ippesred and pleaded Not Guilty, hr wailitt structte. to apply to their Lordships to name a day hi the t...zt Te: m on which it would he cony: tarot to try the Defendants at B.:. . Lord ELLENBMOUGU, alter consulting with the other Judge 4, said, at present it seems AS it the se cond 'rtursd iy in net Term, namely, the Ist of May, would be a convenient day. If the Court should see no ohjectinc, that would do. Is the la of May a dot nos in the Term ? • The ATTU It NEY -Gk. ERA my Lord £LLIINBa1tOW:11--Then we a:..411 take it on that day. CRIMINAL INIPORIIATION. Mr. MARRYATT moved fur a Ctiminal . lztormation against two Commissioners of the Cqurt of Reqtre as for the Town of Margate, ,at the instance of a Mr. Lucas, another Commissioner.—The affiJavit set out a paltry squabble among the parties At the Meeting of the Boats!. which indcd at last in the imposition nt.a finc nn Mr. Lucas, under pretence that he had insulted the Court. which fine was levied by distress. rbi s , i t was contended, was illegal and oppiessiv& The C ;WIT said, it WAS not a case in which they ought t' interfere by the summary ran& of Criminal Inicirrivition. but tha: the party sheuild seek his re dress by is.:itinn it he was injter..(t.— Kctl^ refused. L.,rd Et.t.etswitwunit AilttWAtfik. sat at N.si but nothiar occuized. TILE CMG v. THE M. Oft or GRAIII'nL'ND. The ATIoRNICY:GEAERAL moved for a it ae to thew cause vhy a Writ of Mandamus should n , issue to the Mayor cf Gramp...nnd, c ol . n a andt . n7 him to admit a gcntlernan, whr•te name was not net cloned, to be a capital f;tirg B lough, rpon an affidavit, which stated, that Cie Corpo• i , 'on t ined of a Mayor, Rec..rJer, and a tertaitt o'lMhefOi capital Burgesses. It vas the practice of the Co-po. faltioll V, summon the Burgesses only on snecial sions, mentioned in am attidasirt. Tt'e pres.: t apnii. cant was elected a capital Borg •ss ill the Ye..r He a:ter:tied hit duty, when c , iled upon iii the ye , rs 1803, 1806, and downwar,:, ntitil the year IS! 4, when he removed to London, hu: at All the subs,. quent meetings he had not been summoned to atteni. On a late occasion, a notice had been served upon bins to shew cause why he should not I,e struck va . -he list of tree Burgesses, on the ground of noo-residence.— He applied .o the Mayor up-ri the sti.j.cr, rt fin tcld him that it was a mere matter o!. form —tii.it nothing would be done upon it—tod that he need out •give himself any rouble abort the inntter. AL.:ot he did not trouble himself Lbut.in the mean ;iv% , he that he had regularly hiten.led all tot n . er not ers, Was disfranchised, althoigh it was very .•,vll ho own and that 'ac:uii residence was not necessary to qua. lily a person fir a .capital BJ•gess. Lori Et.t.r.Nannocuti.—Talte a R-ilt msbew cape. Nl•