The National Register. — London, England, 1818-07-27 00:00:00

JTTLY CITY BUSINESS. Tneaday the Lord Mayor held a Court of Aldermen at Guildhall, at which I,4l%rence G..vytine, E4q., who aa. lately elected Sheriff, attended, and clamed into bond to take upon him the said ofEee.„ Mr. Alderman kihod was unanimously appointed Governor of the Tackle-house and Ticket-porters, in the boom of Sir Charles Yrice, Bart. deceased, and who had. resigned the office at tl.e last Omit. _ A Court of Consmou Connell was also held in consequence of a requisition to cons:der of Addresses to the Pribce Urgent and the Q,teen, on tile ntartints of the Dukes of Cletence and Kent. AS:iTZE OF BREAD. Mr. Alderman Wood wished to call the attention of the Court to the subject respecting the assize of bread. During the time he had a seat in the last Parliament he hid frequently bad conversations with Mr. Frankland Lewis on the effect of the alterations which bad been made, and had expressed Lis opinion of the necessity of some inquiry heing made by the act lately passed. Mr. Lewis admitted the necessity of inquiry, but thought it bad better not be then enninienecd in Pal liameut. To this opinion he had assented, but it appeared to hint that the present recess of Parliament was a proper time for an investigation in the City. It would be easy for the gentlemen of the Common Chained to collect In their dif ferent wards such facts as would enable them to judge whe ther or not the alteration oldie law had bean beneficial to the politic or not. In saying this. he meant to express no relict% tion on the alteration, though he certainly had his ownopioion on the subject; all that lie wished for was, that an investiga. Lion should be entered into. He would therefore recommend the appointment of a committee to inquire whether the repeal of the assize ball been advantageous to the public. The litquiry, be thought, might be cow:laded in time to enable the committee to re e urt before the meeting of Parliament, oil at least early iu the session. The Lord Mayor thought an inquiry necessary, and acreed in opinion that it could Lest be accomplished bye com mittee of that court. Mr. Samuel Dixon thought the subject to which the worthy Alderman had referred. one of very great importance. The alteration which had been made its the law, be understood, had been merely a matter of experiment. It was fit, therefore, that the effect of the change in the law should be ascertained, and he hulled the subject would undergo a full investigation. It was afterwards re terred to the Bread Committee, to coo• tiler the propriety of applying to Parliament for the repeal of the act doing awa v the assize. ROY 3IARRIAGES. Mr. Alderman Heygate rose to move an address to the Prince Regent on the marriages of their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Clarence and Kent. He confessed that, when the performance of this duty was first suggested to him, he felt some hesitation in agreeing to undertake it, Not certainly front want of respect to the illaistrions personages who were the objects of the motion he should have the honour to make; not because the originating such a motion appeared to him to bear any thing of that time•serving character which he disapproved of, but because he had not been in the habit of coming forward on similar occasions. When he considered that it had been the invariable practice of that Court for more than 100 years to address the throne on the marriage of mem bers of the Royal Family, he was sensible that ■s little time as possible ought to be lust by the Common Council in taking an opportunity of expressing their congratulatious on the recent Royal unptiala, and he had therefore agreed to the sug gestions of these who wished hint to make this motion. Such expressiou of loyalty was due to the Royal Family, and to the principles of civil and religious liberty which placed them oil the throne, and which they had net er ceased to ac knowledge. As, on the one hand, the maintaill3llCC of these principles on the part of the throne was the surest way to promote the interest and secure the happiness of the country, so on the other hand the people ought to omit no proper op portunity for testifying their loyalty and attachment to the Royal Family. The melancholy and unfortunate death ot' the Princess Charlotte had left the succession to the throne in a doubtful and uncertain state, and measures had very wisely been taken to guard against the possibility of the Crown de parting from the present Royal Family ; for nothing could be wore regretted than that the British crown should descend to ally foreign Prince unacquainted with the language and the customs of the country. On these grounds lie was eon tident the Court would be happy to seise the opportnnity of testifying their loyalty, andexpressing their eongratnlationson the unions which had taken place. The Princes of the Royal I•'amily had never kept themselves aloof from the people; and ibis remark ass applieable to the Duke of Kent, who had always been forward in giving his estistance to every institution bent licial to the public. lie had indeed, at a peat sacrifice, both of income and time, exerted himself in the support of vat itllllll public charities, and had acted in bitch a manner as to lender himself not ouly respected in this country, but throughout all Europe. The distinguished ladies to whom the Princes had been united were emiototly qualified by their virtues and accomplishments to seem" the happintsa of their consorts. One of them had ririfeular claims un the regard of that Court and the public in general, as she wrs the sister of a Prince who, by the lamented less he had austaiued, and his conduct on that Irving and paillral oc casion, had endeared hiintsehf to the people of this vitality. — lie concluded by moving that an address be presented to the Prince Regent, to congratulate Lis Loyal 1144truess on the marriage* of the lltikea and Due:muses of Claieuee and Kent. Mr. Deputy Jacks seconded the motion. Flavel said a few %cords iu support of the motion, which was agreed to unanimously. Mt. Aide:utast Ileygate nest muted a similar aciclresst.o the Queen. Mr. Depoty Jacks. in seconding, this motion, expressed his esteem and rilyeet for the character of the Duke of Kent, observing, that trough circumstances had rendered It necov. Nary for his Royal ttichneNs to live in a very economical man ner, his heart and his poise had always hem open to the calls of 'llliB motion waN al,o agreed to tunanimmiNly ; as were mo tions for presenting the complimentary congratulation% ot the Corporation to tile yokes and Duchesses of Clarence and Kent, A committee was then appointed to withdraw and prepare the 3aine. The Assize% for the C , oatty of Kent will commence to mon ew, at Nitta& tour. Lord EAlenboroase,n, in consequence crintlispositton, Lei's' unable to attend, Mc. Strjeatit Lens is to preside in the tipper Court in his Lordship's place. The trial of Hussey, charged o ith the murder or Mr. I%i rd and Lw Lousekeepet at litesno kb ; Nill come u.. TIM NATIONAL REGISTER. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Tv EMU Y, JuLy 21. CA 4 E OP Tilt: RANIERI/PT, CRAWLEY. Mr. Rose this day appeared on the part of the Coimnlitslott ers of Bank; uptcy, in support of the warrant of commitment. lie liud no observation to make upon the ease itself, but he wished to draw the attention of the Court to the question of the validity and sufficiency of the warrant of the Commis. sioners. The Lord Chancellor observed, that if the warrant of Corn minima was only insufficient in point of farm, the Court was not only authorised but required by the statute to amend it. The doubt, however, in his own mind was, whether the warrant was not insufficient in susbtance. 111 r. Rose represented,that the commission isened,on.the 7th of March, Dll5, but up to the present time no acts( ttttt t hail Leen obtained from the bankrupt. An examination was taken upon the ease of the bankrupt upon the 4th of June last. and Mr. Crawley then declared that on the 14th of tiler mouth he would produce his accounts. On the 14th a meet ing took place, hot no accounts were produced ; and the only reason assigned by the bankrupt fur their time production Was, that they were now at the house of Mr. Hamilton, a tiic u d of his ; that lie had two petitions before the Lora-Chancellor, and that he doubted the validity of the commitotion. The question was,whether this was such:in answer as the corneas. eionei's ought to have been satisfied with. He humbly con ceived that it was not, and that the commissioners were quite authorised in the step they had taken. The Lord Chancellor observed, that die question was, whe. ther. if to make a new warrant a good will rant, fresh state ments were necessary, the warrant was nut insufficient in point of substance. Sir S. Itomilly, on the part of the bankrupt, knew of no in stance of a commitment upon any thing o u t of the examina tion of the bankrupt himself. The Commissioners could only proceed upon the ex:limitation of the Wok' ilia himself, and this examination should appear upon the warrant. rtes, in this case, it had been omitted, and it was quite impossible to say that this was a matter of form which ought to be supplied by the Court. The Lord Chancellor said, that as to what might have been the conduct of the bankrupt, or what etlect that conduct might have produced upon the creditors, he should not con sider. The duty lie had to discharge was, Ist, to determine w Nether the warrant wawa entficient warrant of cummainent ; 2illy, whether it was insufficient in substance oe form ; and :idly, it' it were only inemlicient either as matter or form, how it should be rectified. The opinion be had formed was, that the warrant was insufficient in matter of substance, and not of turns. He took itto be• clear principle, that in such a case as the present it was impossible to travel out of the warrant of commitinent ; and lie took it as a fact completely ascertained, that there had been notch mantle:Lion previous to that examination, alien the answer aas give" which was considered to be so 1111Satiafactoiy, and ut w :deli the conse quence Was the comini.ment. He regretted mach that such a matter as this should be discussed in Sheila The Court of Chancery, he observed,waa one of the must insidticlead juris dictions In such matte, s, because it was ready inconsistent with the constitution of the human need, that the cir cuinstances found upon the face of the warrant should alone be considered, without being influenced by other matters, which were absolutely necessary to guide the judgment. He would, however, deal with this subject to the best of his Abilities. He could not help Wulking, after 1e.% ing repeat_ Idly rend the warrant, that the minds of the commissioners were in sonic degree intluenced by previous examinations, and not merely by that which had been stated ill the warrant. He did notknow how an honest man could pre vent his mind from being intim:need ; hint, supposing nothing more 111 , 1 passed titan was represented in the warrant, he would ask avliether it was quite clear that the answer was unsittisfactuiy?Oil the4thof June the bankruptstated, that lie would, (intim 1401401 e saiue month, pi ()duce the accounts. None acre, however, brought forward ; but he assigned us a reason for the neglect, that the books were in the possession of his friend, Mr. tianoltomixlio ..ad ref i ned to deliver them up, and that be had presented two petitions to thee Court of Chancery on the subject. He at the satue time stated, that the whole commission ss as invalid. Nothing appeared upon ilic warraut of commitment but this examivation, and he condi! out 111'4) thinking that the 111111dS of the cominissiotiess a ere effected by some ante' tut examine. time. The next question was, bow he was to deal with this case according to the principles o Web had been determined ill oilier cases of a similar nature? . It had been iodispetably settled, (a 'tether wisely or nut was not for him now to deter male), that whet e a question was put to a bankrupt upon his extieunatiou, and to that question e fact or dtclaratiou was emutolted which :lad on a precednig day been eecertained, it the "aitisrupt gave an :tumor which slid not intimate that he t ie a t. d that then • was stick a &claret:on or fact, he was under suml to :Mina what was so stated. This had licen decided in many cases, and particularlythut of Peri ota.:llei e the life of the psi ty was concerned. He should give no opinion as to the pooete of the commissioners to examuie am one else but the bankimpt. If the commissitittels had done su in this case thou lie should ask us het lier the aiibstnut. ul 11114 exaliCoalion had listen put upon the war lu it of ehoundoleht Hail the cunt Onssiolitrsetati d the matter, so that tithe party was lousight up by a a lit t#l Labeas corpus, the Court might have Me sane mans avowing Ma decision of the questimois lathe eetistat torioess or 011sal.slaCIVIiness or the answers or the bah::rupt, as the commissioners had themselves? ire was s pun the %thole of opiiiion, that the warrant uf vuntiellillelik in this ea• e was 111• butlicicid, ill:valid(' 11 as it reteried to cli poeitiota which tile Court had lio power uf examining, and it was t.apussitne for :iiiiiself to know that the rututuissu•neta had acted r;ghtly ill the decision they had come to of comma ma die hail hi Opt to pi icon. As to iiie distinction, a hetlier tins es au rahl ass hi sufficient in Southt or in substance, he tons. it to he dela clive in constancy, and [lies efore tie aas 1101 11:pilled to issue any new warrant., our would lie be justified ill cluing Au. Hu these fore °Acted that the bankrupt might be discinn ged, so tar as regarded tise warrant in question. A Conen:s'eton has Jolt it.oc.c't the list at Seal, appointing lioard to inquiie into the nest means of pievvoililig the tut - gui'y of Bank Notts, to examine ev 'deuce, and to irreive any plant that Altillt be offered. 'llse Members aie—Sir Joseph hanks, Sir %jot. Coligrevt, Win. Courtney, M. I.l.lrots Ulthett, Esq. M. P. Jer. Cieversior ut the Bank.W is [irk H. D. and Cls..rleb Hatchet', D.+ Frotu 4 lb:aril thus to..siitieted, the politic uhay toilletge ti hope that sumt t: tug will proceed alit's'. ash tlituirse.h crime that 114% Its en 4 moll to .10.114. , lii iv, dorm; the last feet yea' A, and V 6 Inch, It i.o. I I.velte,i ventati re nicans—pitnisii. , ..iiis having pito% ea u5...v..1.1114• tht eAcio es'Osvil wall talons every ',town an toe Pletrok •la. that si.ti::g lOok b)1,1“. no:3day last. 233 horn the LONDO-V G.IZET'I'E, 'Tuesday, Jelly 21. BANKRUPTS. BUDGE W. Crirburton-street, Fitzroy-square, horx-dealer, Alg. 1. 8, Sept. 1„ at Guildhall. Mt. Mr. Pearson, St. Ilelzres-pla..e. TOMLIN J. Chad's.rtr.r, Gray's lan-lane, bricklayer. July 8, Sept. 1, at Guildhall Atts. Weston and Co. Fenellort.l - street: ARMITAGE W. sen. Thorne. York, mariner, July 25, 27, Sep.. . at Kingston-upon-Hull. Att. 31r. Ellis,Cliancer ) -t i ne. HALL M. and - T. Kingston-upon-Hull, woollen-drapers, July Is. V 7, Sept. t, at Kingston-upon Hull. Att. Mr. Spencer, needle-street. \\'iou•r It. Liverpool, merchant, Aug. 5,6, Sept. I, at Guildtiell. .Itts. Anstice. and Co. Temple. Atmore S. New-court. M. Swithin's-lane. merchant, July r, Aug. 1, Sept. 1, at tiui. Atti. SwLet tutu Co. Babing.isll street. DIVIDENDS. W. Wootwy, Great Maryl:born-street, haberdasher. July 33. W. Lawton, Wilmslow. Cheshire. haberdasher. Aug. It. W. Gilhnore, Hulme. Lancaster, mum- spinner, A ug. 12. J. Bland, jun. Mark.34,rougn, Wesunorlaa.l. ion-keeptr, 13. .1. Alackcoull, Worthing, Sue,ex, stationer, July 25. 1. Thompson, Keekle „rove. Cumberland, merchant, Aug. 12. J. Tappendru. Foverihatn, scrivener, Aug. IT. W. Barber, Alnwick. Northumberland, brewer, Aug. 10. G.. Abrahams, Falmouth, merchant, At:g. 12. R. B. Snadwell, Deal, grocer. Au -. 15. CERTIFICATES_ Aug. It. A. Spear.. Basinghall-arc...l. inereliant.—J. Swirl., Ilnlie.:tr Ohl Artillery. ground, silk-manufacturer—J. W. Wig leslicorth. lialifax, merchant —T. Rodinaync, Preston, Lancashire. litien -draper —J-Dean, Dean's-buildings, Poplar, baker—l. bpittee, Proyelcaze row, liaekncy..mernhant. EXECUTIONS. Wednesday morning,..l jowl hy Itl‘Namara and Thomas Rng tery, for forging a seaman's will, and Richard Feruandi, alias Richard Clarke, far highway robbery, were, pursuant to their sentence, executed at the usual place before the llebtoCs door at New gate. Fernandi, alias Clarke, was ren•icted of a highway robbery committed on the night of l.iister Sunday, near Highgate Archway, by him and two others, upon the persons of Mr. and Mrs. Hancock Rood, who were returning to London in a one horse chaise. Clarke had protested his innocence of ilia robbery, and denied the juotice of his sentence, until a short time before lie ascended the scaffold. His conduct was most unbecoming on Sunday, during the time the condemned scrum' was picaching; he got up, and declared he was a murder ed man, and the prosecutors had sworn his lib- :sway. The Rev. Dr. Cotton declined administering the sacrament at that time. ou account of Clarke's conduct. Neither of the unfortunate men Wept tench on Tuesday night. Atria in sea and fluttery were singing hynnts and praying must of the night. -..- At a quarter before S o'clock, the Sheriff, Sir G. Alderson, the Under Sheriffs, and the Sheriff elect, arrived at Newgate, and the criminals were brought from their cells into the Press-yard. Doring the time their irons were being knocked off they prayed most fervently. As Al‘Nantara vas waiting to ascend the scaffold, he said to Mr. Devereaux, and a dis senter who was encouraging hint to hope iu God : " Ab ! my friends, 1 do not leer death ; it has no terrors for me ; it is nothing compared to the sufferings of Christ for poor sinners, of whom I am one of dm ArealLtt ; for I have been redeem ed by the blood of Righteousness, anti shall soon be with my dear Redeemer." lie thvo cordially shook bands with the Clergyman, and said, " God bless you ! we shall meet again Ia better and a hrigbter world." The criminals mounted the scaffold precisely at 8 o'clock. Clarke was greatly agitated—the other two weir compose(' anti firm, and did not evince the ,light est tear. After a short prayer from Dr. Cotton, the unhappy wcu were launch ed into eternity. Clarke was convinced fora long time, thus other two died almost instantly. A respite was received for William Evison, who was found guilty of forgery last Sessions, in tilts riug a bill to Mr. Powell, coach maker of Mud-street, purporting to be drawn by Messrs. Francis and White, Roman cement manufacturers, Vauxhall, in pa)ment for a carriage. On Tuesday night an inquest WAS held at the Rose awl Crown, liromley, on the body of W. Hand, a shoemaker, who was drowned by jumping into it deep gravel pit , its Brumley Fields. Verdict—Accidental Death. The Coroner, when in the act of taking down a deposition, was interrupted by the door teeing burst open, and a young man acid woman, who were beating out. another,canse tumbling in oil them, followed by a posse of others. which put a stop to the lustiness of the. Coen. 'Die Coroner and the July remonstrated with the 111411 for so cowardly an act, when he said it was his wife. It was understood that this happq pair had been joined iu the bands of wedlock at Bromley Church the same morning, from whence they repaired to the above house, to end the slay ut harmony and merry-making, but in consequence of a di.pute between the 111311 and wife, it ended in a battle so desperate. that the Jury were kJ to think another incumbent duty vet Ind fall on them previous to their leaving the place. The tight being eilled, the Jury proceeded vs ith their investigation. On Sunday nunising, between 014 C and two tichwk, tea an aiz.el couple named Hunt were asleep in their cottage, at Nosing. Width:on-abbey, the nitre was aroused by a noise at her heitrco::, window. She immediately arose, and pereeried a min on the ous-ide endeavouring to lift up the sash. She exerted all her strength tv pr..vent his entrance, but her attempt was hie:kers:4l: the rowed open the window, plunged in, and put a case knife to the throat ot the terrified female; happily in her Struggle she knocked the knife Irons his grasp, and it fell to a distant part or the mote. uas, lowever, unable to rise hatru the spot whc7c the wretch d knocked litx down and attempted to perpetrate the nairder. In the who is M 4 yc..r. of age, e:me iron, ins!, and contributed his feeble assistane: the oss , ..:vation M los wire : hut the dash: ,, robber di5.,b1,31 him by a him on the f loor, mg any tircmal sillain, prr ceiving that he had nothing sissan thee bather re ast• antic, deliberately sided the p..sc':et.s.lit HI:: '.'s SiIIaii•CICACS. its Wll/12:111;3.. the ou.s, of 2;1. in dank-Jukes, Use inte.seit ut (SM..: ter stmt. ce:...01s for Cl mounts, wide:* da: p_sir old L., , 1 received at the itistik on 6atur,l4y. and then the &UDC window by which tie entered. Ass illqu:st held at the Queen' , Head, Et.:t7sn - 1.7.e..5n, on t h e ho.:y of J. I Maur. Tile deet.vett was in grod circui.istaisees, but hasl ran been in his proper aeos..-s for two i n e , mre •It sots of Ins wailing one ii:ornin4 and :::etini:l.is W.fe a tsnrse lic wan wont) haagin.4 ID his shed by a neighbour, v.t,e vitt ifnu gown, rot unite etLi. A sargion was sent ior. who Came in a quarter ut an hour. by whirls time the unliappy 'man se'slead. One of cis.- aijeeted to re:urn a verdie;.ot inumit:•, a; t c s t diny t,, encourage terun,le ; whereas ter ignonsiny toslost.og a veitsiet of . filo de .re w ousel cetet slep raved rs 4 din o use p, tons trim roniusit deg that dreaolul calm;. heittth,lets, a verdict of losattity watts reetutled.