The National Register. — London, England, 1818-08-23 00:00:00

!WC, •--- them,stwelv nobody, who fairly considered them, could leo neatly cal l . them old womanish. 'They were manly in their nature and their object. 'They were peculiarly the feelings and sentitnerito of a man-stlie (Mingo and sentiments a a true born Engliabinan. His prescription 1584 Iliti a thole 11111 hig nostrum. It could never be described in terms of contempt, though In some putsoillanimous minds it 'night ex cite apprehension. He was however happy to state, that a great ehange had been operated in public opinion on the subject of reform. He could state from good information, that the ilehisiona which had so long prevailed were fast me:trim:away. There was now, be helieveil,seareely an ho nest ratan in e nv port of the country, of gonad mind, who was not sensible of the extent of public corruption, and was not perfectly convinced of the necessity of applying a re• meilv. Burt %%tilt respect to reform, it was to be espected that men's jedgmenis should be different. There were sari ono shad, 4 Of , •pinion, and no 0110 had a right to hold oust Ihat the mode he proposed must have a preferesice-s-t hat his plan, and Ilia plan only, should be oilopte.i. lie must with all hu mility say, that this was it sort of dictation to which no pub lic man could 'submit. 'floe resolutions which he had moved in the last session of Parliament had not been proposed ki l n without due consideration. By these resolutions lie con ceived himself hound to Hand or fall in the pnblie opinion. fro them lie was willing to place all pretensions to Adore elia• racter. If lie should ever depart front them, he begged that be might not be allowed to say that he had grown wiser. If big cotintrymen thought lie had endeavoured to promote the plibilC aOO.l, they mien be kind enough to wish to throw o veil over kit weakness ; loci he certainiv should never have the hardihood to look Englishmen in the face, and en abandoning his prinelplea, fa tell them that lie wax wiser to-day than lie had beeira few yeass ago. Finding tlsst the spirit of reform was spreading, every thing would be done by those who were its eticiiiiea to mislead the people. Various measeres, it was probable, would be propose ,l to the public as the means of reform. It was possible, however, that some measure, short of that which, he might think right, would be proposed In Parliament. If that should be the rails, he should think it 110 i , lll.e.ichtnent of big consistency to support streh a rites. sore ; for something must be sacrificed to the opinions or even V:e prejudices of others. Whatever might become of ab• stract principles,. the great object was to obtain the advan tages of practical reform. He had always maintained that every person ought to hove a vote in the making of the laws n hich dispose of his liken) , and his property; and, for the life alibi:, he could not see how elections founded on that principle should lead to anarchy. Suppose the country di vided into sections for voting, however large the population, lie could not understand how there almillit he more contu sion is all voting, than there would be in any single parish or district. Could there be greater atioreby than on the pre sent system of election, which every seven years disclosed sack horrid scenes of bribery, perjury, and every vice i The scenes whirl) occurred during our elections had made many good men, though, is his opinion, not wise inert, wish that tlie country had no representation at all. It had been said that Le objected that the term universal suffrage' was not suffi ciently definite. His objection, however, was not to the term ; it was, that those trite used it, with the exception of Mr. Benthans, realty Jul not mean universal sitffrage. Wino Ile wished we.), that cniverzi:4l interests should he represented, and Oat. he 111011 CW, would be anfficiently accomplished if the heads of families were to vote. Ile had been charged with inconsistency, because he had declared that he took his opinions froin Milton, Locke, and Machiavel. It had been oleierved on this, " that Milton was a Republican, Locke a Constantionol Monarchist, and that Mat:Wave' had become the Minister of a wily Prince, and it was inferred that he might pass ti.rough all these stages." The principles of these however, were essentially the same, though apparently darting froin the situations in which they were placed.— They were ell fuirnits of freedom; hut it had been insinnat. ed that lie would act the part of each, that after being a re• po!.lieatt with Milton, lie had become a constitutional mo nit chist with Locke, and would terminate by being the Minister of Nome wily Prince. Ile wondered what wily prince in Europe would swish to make him his Minister. But the fact was, that I , :o4latid wax not a monarchy; for that meant the :ZONevrutiroll of one individual, a government vested in a particular family for its interests. Our ancestors acknow ledged no inch system. The ge vermeil' of the consiit to ion of England had an hereditary King, but that power was ha. lanced by a representation of the pro ' de. There 'night be in governments many things w Inch, besides being in namental, had their utility: but the essence and lest of a free con•titu von was a representation of the people. He was therefore always willing to support the Crown and the Aristo,•raity, pravided they were not opposed to the right of the people to choose their representatives. Those wlto were placed to endeavour to find out his inconsistencies had reminded him of Mr. Norte, who said that, wishing hiss whiggism to stick by bins, lie had taken it very low at first. Mr. Rinke, lie be lieved, dad take his whiggisin low enough; but however low lee took it, lie certainly left it lower than lie foam' it ; but lie treated he should never leavethe ptisitipksof English liberty lower than he found li. The next toast was to the memory of Dr. Jebh, Sir William Jones, mid Granville Sharpe. 'rho he:whits of Mr. Kinloch, of Kinlocb.aml Mr. Kinnnirtl, Were given, who respectively returned thanks. Some tor :her Wag* were then drank., after which the meeting ['mice up. On Monaly evening, as some cockney sportsmen were anitwing themselves by tiring at sparrows, from a trap in the largo -ground ntdonging to the City Light tiorse, near Bagoigo..wells, a no,• tiny, named Walter Alapperly, L Q. 1 ° 31 01114 to the Clerkenv els charity st.hool, who was at ;day with some oilier bons in an adjoining fi rld, was untatintlatrlS shutin the I,t .td ; he (111 to tite g round, and the alarm ',clog Well. Mr. Chappell, a gentleman residing near the plat r, sat ' I " , Pni'lled to be in his gas di si, hastened to the spot. and had tar boy i kkkkk vediattely carried, bleeding prolasely, to St.Bartlielmmtwes hospital. fie baud received Iwo shots iu the throat, one it% er the right eye, and nine more in the fare and neck; lie now lies its a dangerotts stale. One of too gentles men, who %es ft together fl ing, banded to Air. Chappell his addreis, on a p.lece of ;mime, v " Mr. Starks, 31 , 1, Oxford street, and Air. Stevens, go 1111 l alter, 43, Milt:mi." This is the third acridt . iit of a sitattlar kind that has happened its the tame plrce within these S weeks. Oat Wednesday se...might bOY had his ene..ek laid open by a minket ball ; and a I.w days before other boys received several sitial shots in the IP g!' Mt. Chappell applied to ate ;miter mcgistrates ot nation-garden, who have promised laid their APSi 4 lalir e • and the parish have undertaken to defray the expense • ,111 'ocItug Pr°""te'n's uu sire, it is hoped, will put au end to this ...matt QM 41113 SC11; THE NATIONAL ItEGISTML LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, MONDAY, Auo. 11. woes:ten v. MM.(\G. The plaintiff, in 1810, obtained a patent tinder the Great Seal for a new method of preparing malt to be applied to the purpose of colouring porter and other kinds of malt liquor. The nature of the invention was very simple ; it consisted only of drying or heating malt to 400 degrees of Fahrenlicit's theristome'er,.toy which it would be converted into a substance like gum, easily soluble in lint or cold water the heating was ettee . ted by an ordin ar y cy li n d r i ca l co f f ee - roaster, or by passing the malt down a screw cylinder exposed to a certain heat, so that the malt when delivered would exhibit a dirk brown appearance. The specification stated, that this sub stance, %slice dissolved, would be ranch inure effectual in eglantine porter than burnt sugar, the use of which had been prohibited by ail act passed the year in which the patent was greeted. Soon afterwards, the defendant commenced the same profess, and fold the dried or roasted malt to various brewers, by which the patentee sustained considerable iejiiry. A proceeding by aelrc fit.'"ial was ;teem dingle institall'll ill a Court i.f law, in order to try the validity of the invention, when it appeared on trial, that there hail been some iftego laxity in piming in the specification within Aix cal( ii dar months after the date of the patent, in eliti•i• - ;prime of which the patentee was tionsuited. Au ininite ion was aftel wards applied for against the present plaintiff, the patentee,and it was granted. AlllOllOll was sobsequontly triode, that it might be dissolved, and after at gumehts on both sides, the question stood over for his Lordship's decision, which he this day pronounced. The. Lord Chaticellor first entered tnto along detail of the facts from the petition and affidavits, of which we have given a brief iwinmary above. lie observed, that a question had been raised upon the validity of any patent granted fur a new method of performing a known operation ; and next, whether this method stated in the specification were new. As to the first, the case of Hollow and Watt, derided long ago, had settled, that a patent might be granted for a new method; and as to the second, the termination, by nunsnit. of the trial on the ache facias, had not fixed any thing as to the merits, for they had not hero entered into;at the same time it was evident that the defendant, at the time five plaintiff had proctored his patent and others, had done the same tiling ; audio the pro 'cosi itself it did not scent that tittle was any thing of peculiar novelty : it might, however, be au important discovery to brewers, whose customers were fond of drinking beer of a dark colour, and who were prohibited from usingsugar for that purpose. Under all the facts, his Lordship was of opinion, Ufa the injunction should be continned, ordering, however, in ease the question should be bi ought forward in some other shape, that the defendant in the mean time should keep ao account of the quantity of malt he dried in the node stated iu the plaintiffs specification, and that it should be delivered to the plaintiff every fortnight under affidavit. BANGOR CATHEDRAL. There were two questions in this ease. They were,whether a certain estate, and what part @fit, bad been kit by a testator for the repair of the choir of Bangor Cathedral, and what per sons belonging to the choir were entitled to the benefit of cer tain donations directed to be made out of it. His Lordship on a previous occasion intimated a strong opinion upon the subject, or at least that the prosecutor ((wpm cantor. as the etymology was stated) was a member of the choir, and was entitled to a part of the charity. The Lord Chancellor this day gave his final judgment, that the estate was given partly fur the muititainance and repair of the choir of the cathedral of Bangor, and partly for dis t' ihutions of sums among the members of the choir. As to the question whether the presenter was a member, it was to ne that the taut person filling that office fur 3U years bad never done any duty in the choir, but be might bad he Aosen it. His Lordship, therefore, confirmed the repots of the Master, visit:lt directed the proportions of the distributions, one of which was ordered to be given to the precantor, pro. vided lie did his ditty as a member of the choir. l'utsuAY. LT.-PARTE RICHARD HART DAVIS, IN as lIAARDI AND PRICE, BA NERUPTIi. This was a petition in bankruptcy, which stated the follow ing facts : Harris and Price, previous to 17!13, were indebted to Davis and Son, hankers, of Bristol, in the stun t.f 5311, ts. Oil. A commission was issued against Harsh' and Price on the 9th of April, 1793, and three dividends were declared, amounting in the whole to 84. in the pound, so that the claim of Davis and Son, under the proof of their debt, was 2101. 13s. 2.1. After, how ever, the debt h.td been proved, no demand of the dividend was ever made to the assignees until the end of 1815 or the beginning of 1516, when Mr. R. Hart Davis, the present membe • for Bristol, put in his de mand as sin vivant; represetela area the banking. :souse of Davis and Son. Mr. Collett, the, sup %riving miresentative of the assignees, objected on account of the lapse of tine, and on time ground that a certain Mil of esrbange, accepted by the house of Glaser and Co. placed by Liars is and Price in the hands of Dam is and Son as a collateral security, had not been produced by Mr. It. Hart Davis, alleging that hail it beets brought forward, Harris and Price, or their assignees, 'night have obtaitted a dividend mailer the estate of Glover bud Cu. Sod, being the farts, the goicstion for the decision of the Lord Chancellor was, whether she petitioner, Me. R. H. Davis, was entitled to the dividend upon his debt us' 4211. 4x.01. The Lord Chancellor, in giving jridgment, observed upon the rireimustance that the re,,ictiees of Harris /11111 Pt ice 11413 never come forward to require that the proof of a debt by Dacia and Sett thou:Labe e 41 , 111 gt d. on tile ground that uu di vidend had been claimed from 1793 . t0 Iditi. His Lord,hip, Imo everourt withstanding, eras quits clear, that the surviving atutienee land a right to demand that the sectirity pieced in the hands ol Davis anti Suit by thitliankrupt should be given up belbie the dividend were paid. larlostrions search had no doubt been made for the bill of Glover and Co. but in vain : it might have got into the hands of the assignees of liartis anti Price; but that seemed improbable. His Lordship re. tided that a reference slinald, in the first instance, he made to the assiotive.lllloll the subject. lie dismissed the pe tition, but without WOITE V. AMBROSE. e4se respecte.l the right of certain creditors to take the property of u Man 10 satisfaction tor their tiehr., The Lord Chancellor, u hen railed upon this day to give his )11400 . 111 tipun the C4.4e, observed, that hr 1,441 alseady •141 col 1,;„ opih iuh on mote 014.4%100A tll4O one, though Collllsll proliAbly soot heard hint. There was 110 doubt that 31 Milos. idler J 1141 1 .1011111% and sequestration, was In the R1(11314111 01 any other dilutor ; his property might lie taken in execution, but of course with a . pouvi.o that no pctoo• claimed it who bad Te 37 previous estate in it. He thought that the petitioner was coo titled to the appointment of a receiver. He mollies., that the present was only one nut or eight or ten different briefs that had been handed to;o to It bn.on wldelo he had been requested to give jutlgottlit two, Ohre, Or even four Wows over, because coomsel did not attend him at the tone he first pronounced lois opinion. It was a la wsmaxim that übiquity old) belonged to the Kist: ; boot the practice of this Coot t sectored 10 show, that it belonged to fay. Counsel in Chanrerv, who wer e before the Vice intanrellos • the Master of the Roll., himself and chess here, at the same time. PRACTICE OF DARRIsiTERSI IN THE COURT 01' CHANCERY. The Lord Chancellor took an °ppm milky in the coarse of the 1111 l ruing of stating. that he had given directions that an order should be framed so strict in its terms. as to put an end to the inconvenience of which he had had lately so much reason to complain, vit. that counsel did net attend him because they liked better to go before the Vice Chancellor. Mr. Montague obarevol, that the complaint coedit not rea sonably be made against him, as he had r e tur ne d f. es to the amount of more than 200 guineas, because he would always lie in his place before the Lord Chancellor ; this fact, he be lieved, was very well known to the peoressioss. The moment he found a hat causes would come before the Vice Chancellor by the printed list.he had given back the briefs to those who intrusted him with them. The Lord Chanceline, added, that Ite Lad certainly foun& Mr. Montagne consta.it mid pometlitil, but it was nut so with all. lie load now presided inure than 10 sass b iitiv Conn, and he did nut think that any gentleman could fairly con.- plain of any want of courtesy on his part. That he liiiglit nth be accused of discourtesy, he had given this notice ue the rule lie had in preparation, and which would commence opera tion in Michaelmas term. MI Lordship was resolved that this ;wait of the business of the Court should be put upon the same footing as the other. The Barristers who were present bowed their assent. BEDFORD CHARITY. - - - The Lord Chancellor, observing Mr. Samuel, and some others of the elders of the JelVli synagogue, present, repeated what lie had said to Sir S. Rommilly on a previous day, sir. that he had made up his mind that Jew boys were not admis sible into the grammar school of the Bedford eharity.Whether persons of the Jewish persuasion were entitled to any of the other of the benefits, he had not yet determined; bat as soon as he had, he would take care that his decision shouldhe made known. liis Lordship then concluded his sittings at Lincoln's Inn. observing, that a vast Inass of papers AV:IS yet before bins los perusal ; but after a little telaxation, lie should be able to get tin ongh more in three hours than at present iu three clitys. From Me LONDON' GAZETTE, Tuesday, Aug. 18. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. ELLIOT J. Bristol, coal-factor. NUDGE W. Carburton-street, Fitzroy-square, horse-dealer. BANKRUPTS. WHITFIELD J. Old -street, St. coal-merchant, Aug. 25. Sept. 3, e 9, at Guildhall. Aug. Chapman and Co. St. Thoniaz Apostle. WILKINS S. Russell street, Bermondsey. fellmonger, Ang. 22, e 9, Sept. 29, at Guildhall. Aut. Hurd and Co. Temple. Ilara:sr. .1. Caerswys, Montgomeryshire, grocer. Sept. 7. 8, .e 9. at Shrewsbury. Mts. Philpot and Co. Temple. RAY R. Norwich. grocer, Sept. 8, g, et), at Norwich. Mt. Mr. Tilbury, Falcon -street, Falcon-square. Sm !Tit W. Leicester, woolstapler, Sept. 7, 9, ft 9. at Leicester. Au. Mr. Jeys, Chancery-lane. Ilattoot:Hr J. Chard, Soinersetshire, banker, Aug. 22. Q 9. Sept. 29, at Guildhall. Att. 111 r. Ellis, Southainpton-buildings, Chan cery-lane. DIVIDENDS. S. Ready, Southampton, dealer, Sept. :22. J. Coleman. Liverpool:biscuit-baker, Sept. 15. R. Greenwood, Todruorden. Lancashire, cotton-manufacturer, Sept. 11. D. Pattinson, Carlisle, brewer, Sspt. to. T. Flower and J. Mainwaring, Chichester -rents, Chancety-lane, jewellers, Sept. 15. E. Forster, Rickergate. Cumberland, grocer, Sept. 10. J. 11 Pemberton, Liverpool, merchant, Sept. irk J. Moore, and J. Foster, Bishop-Alonkton, and J. Tenant, Leeds Sept. 14. J. Baugh, Carlisle, brewer, Sept. 10. CI.irriFICATES—SepT. S. J. Lanstlell. jun. Bexhill, Sussex, fanner—J. W. Rose, Bishops gate-street, silk men-or—it. Pearson, Doncaster, butcher—J. May man, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, innkeeper. A TALE ov MYSTERY —tie copy the y fi e ! a ll i, ow a i g n o g , a person frotriie La ods Mwry of Saturday About , 10 in the neighbonthood, in humble cireuni.tances, of the name of Slater, a clothier by trade, bat who in the harvest mouth generally went into the agricoltural districts, to labour as a reaperolisappealed in a very mysterions and unaccountable way, and was never since licaid of till last Satin day. Time had healed the wounds which slick an event was calculated to Inflict in his domestic circle, and all inquiry after him had long since ceased. But last Saturday, while one of his sons, who is a respectable nstinufacturer at Yeadnet, was transacting some busiiiisti in a public house. at Keichley, au aged man came into the room, and beczeil lur a small son: to boy a gill of beer. In the course of cinivcrsation the name of Slater was mentioned, when the old nian, repeathig the name, said, ' Is your name Slater?' and added, ' About forty years ago, I killed a man 1.1 • that name, and burled him in the corner of a corn•tield, abut', 12 miles below York.' This ex traordinary declaration, t hilted wit% the time and the man sierofthe disappearance of the seitiorSlater,tiscil the attention of his son. and the old man was warned in robsidet the e s ta te and probable consequence of his horrid declaration, lest the fascia P.tigetie Aranialionld heists. tie then brean to waver, and said it was not he that killed slater. but he nes killed, and be could point out the spot where he was buried. The friends of the deceased felt Ihemsrlvr. CACI! npou, of COUrse, to institute an infinity into the transaction; and yesterday Mr. Stater,ats tendril by the Constable of Yeadon, and aceompaaj e d by the old man, whose name for the present we think it proper to with old, passed thiongh this lows on their way to York, to investigate the eirriamstane.'s ninnt the spot , an d , i f possible, to unravel Mia tale of mystery. . . 'nit . Whole ill flue vieliitai rot.Viets 41 the Gisi1(11 . 1)1 (I Assizes' 32 in number. hale are i% eit ul the g:io. .".isentologer-lane ell of whom have bpi - ft reps cued, exeeto tt dli.un iVest ; for 11)4; cr y, mit t "It ious e mole, test 1 ).119..0wie5, Wit. ceok, for a burglar), and Wdlidin I'm Is, ter a like of. who ale left tot execution. Th, lier prison ers, for minor otiences, have been removed to the diflei cult prisons to undergo their various rinishments, pummel to the sentence of the Court.