The National Register. — London, England, 1823-02-23 00:00:00

ft ( Imperial Perisoreent coalmined frees pep, 39.) des/sour to he as clear as possible ; he should nut designedly Metal,* his statements in obscurity ; iu the fired place, he should advert to the state of the Iteveuue and the expenditure of the lasi year; but the paper front which he eliould state his figures had already been submitted to the Howie. The Revenue was 63 millions odd, the expenditure 49,100,0001.; leaving a sur plus of 4,900,0001. Fur the next year he calcu sled On a He valise of 57,000,0091. ; the expenditure 49,000,0001—the Revenge would be increased by pay front the Commissioners of half pay. Navies detailed the items of expenditure, amounting to 49 millions, be stated that 33 mallow; arose from permanent charges ha the debt, and 16 millions odd for the current ex pence*. lie calculated on a surplus of 7 millions, which it was desirable should be maintained ; 5 millions towards paying off the debt, sad upwards of 2 millions for relief from taxes.— (Hear.)—The taxes to be relieved were pot tious of the Assessed Taxes.—(Hear, hear.)—lle thought he should show that the language of the King's speech was juitsli.d. The House would be aware that the reduction of expenditure ought to precede that of income. Last year relief had been afforded by convert ing the fives into Pours, the reduction of the malt taxer ; but reduction of taxes was hardly euittemporaneous with the re duction of espeaditure ; the mitring of salience mould not be immediately effected. So that the revenue sustained a lose by such °parttime,' to the amount of 1,700,00 W. Hal foe such effect( there would hare been a surplus of above 0,000,0001.: lie, bowever, did net regret Ib. redaction of taxes; on the contrary, ha thought such reduction ought 14/ be carried fur ther.---(Hear.)—As to the produce of the present year, he cal culated that the Revenue would amount, notwithstundiug the reduction, to as mach as that of Met year ; Customs 10,39970001 deducting the tonnage duty. That had been repealed. The E 11014 e last year was 27,290.0001 The seduction of taxes last year would affect this branch—but still be calculated with the fall siperation of the relactions, be expected 20.000,0001; Stamp* 6,000,0001. ; Post-horse 1,100,0001., Assessed Taxes and Laud Tax last year were 7,217,9671 The Hearth Tax ,Lad, been reduced. Tee Land Tas he calculated at 1,200,0001 lie took the prebehle receipt of the Itimenne for this year at 62,000,0001. deducting what would be obtained trues the Pon toon Commissioners. The receipts of last year were, great, and he believed those of the current year would be equal ; Jur our tride, relieved from the antiquated trammels, would be 'still more heselitted. Extended markets were opening to us in all parts of the world, and they were gradual aid secure. Other parts of the world could not be benefitted without im proving our condition. " A wide and unbounded prospect" opened upon thu country, and lie thought that " shadows, clouds, and darkoess," no where rested upon it. Ile felt fully assured of the prospect respecting the pronluoti a the Heremie; and that increase was proof of the additional coml.-,t of the people in general. On all the essential articles, beer, bricks, .tobacins. British spirits, tea. ,dtc. there was an iucrease, as compared with the ge of the preceding three years. That fret also warranted bin in thinking there would be no reduc tions. There were agitations anti *editions before, but now there war order. They beheld tranquillity, peace, and island comfort, and they proved an improved condition is the people. The Saving Beaks were further proof of it ; those might put siimey in theist who ought not ; but the majority of the depo sitors consisted of the hembler classes.--(Hear.)—With ►e• I %tem to the expense of collecting the Revenue he calcalated on considerable reduction.—(Hear, hear.)—Many had already taken place. In 1821 they were less than preceding years, affording proof of the exertions of ministcra, The culls lion of the Customs had been 1,300,0001.; they had been rodeo id to one million. The reductions might be extended to Ireland with great effect and advantage ;—(hear)—sad he appealed to the reports of the Irish Cotnesissiou. , The Government had not ,beien backward to carry into erect, the recommendations ; and them would be a reduction of patronage as well as of expense. r ile then detailed this items of the present year's expenditure, amounting to 49,700,0001 sod lie thought the Government lied effected all the reduotions that were possible. But all Administrations were cherged with extravagance and profli gacy; yet all charges ought nut In be considered as well toauded. Notwithstanding the increase of the Navy, there was in the Army, Navy, and Ordnance, a diminution of 470,0001. Ta. right bon. gentleman then described the mode in which re , but hem taxes, to the extent of two millions, was lo be effected. The redact - iota' would be in the Assessed Trees. It was pro posed to take 4'30 per cent. or one-half of the Window Tax ; nod to take of entirely the assessed taxes on servants and oc• emotional gardeners, small horses, &o. Such reductions, it was calculated, would afford considerable relief to ,bgraeulture. .The House Tax was to remain. He also stated, that the as •eased taxes in Ireland, which produced a very small portion el revenue, were to Ike reduced ; and it was in ecootemplation to •Nord some reliel to the distilleries in Ireland. Mr. MABERLY said, that instead of giving relief to the extent of two millions, relief to the amount of fire millions might „lee afforded, and that would be accomplialied by doing away with the Sinking Fund, towards which the surplus of bre nos had been set apart. He embodied these °piteous in a : tang Resolution. Mr. BARING did not agree with the proposition to do away with the Sinking Fund. Ifs principle was good. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that at no distant day he should li .re to propose a plau for simplyffing the Sinking Fund.--(Hear.) Mr. MABERLY's Resolution was not pressed, so that the original pro forego Resolution was agreed to.—Report on Monday. The remaining Orderchaving bean disposed of, the House adjourned at 23eren o'clock to Monday. .FROM TUESDAY ArIGIIT's GAZETTE. .....—..... BANKRUPTS. W. Armstrong. Great Queen Street. Lincoln's Inn Fields. auctioneer. Solicitor. Mr. Brooking, Lorrilmnl street. G. Capes. Barton upon Humber, draper. Sol. Mr. Hicks, Gray's Inn Square. W. Barrett. Cardiff, innholder. Sul. Mr. Peacock, .Lincoln's Inn Fields. H. D. Hughai, Shottisliam, Suffolk. apothecary. Sol. Mr. Roth, Crown Court. Threadneedle Street. J. Ward. Lowestoff, twine spinner. Sol. Mr. Van Heythusm, John Street, Bedford Bow. J. Earl. jun. and T. Lee, jun. Birmingham, merchants. Sole. :Mears. Norton and Co. Gray's Inn Square. T. Inas. Vedingliam. Yorkshire, home dealer. Sol. Mr. Hacks, Gray's Inn store. A. Thomson. ,Liverpool, merchant. Sol. Mr. nawlinson. I.ieerpwl. W. Ford. Walworth Road, linen draper. SoL Mr. Downes, Furnleal'ainsi. DIVIDENDS. Feb. et, F. Birmlngharn.Charles Street, City Road, common brewer—March If, ffeelant„Literpool, merchant-1c T. and J. Perry. Reeding, ironfoundees—te. W. Rees. Bristol. ship owner—le. M. Robettr, Manahester, grocer-14, W. Car neri, Br•ttu: l InerOwinc. and forint., sad imputed the writiag of the above tinder to 8 malicious feeling oo the part of Mrs. Chrome. in eensequerco of a related, on the part of Lady Ogiftly,,te intiedsee her at -the drawing•room in April, 1522. The letters were written in a feigned bend, but c. Inn peculiarities in the composition would Teave the Jury no room to doubt Mrs. Chanson was the writer. A.great number of witnesses were examines In support of the plaintiff 's case. Some who had sent Mrs. C.'s Indies de clared the letters to be her hanu disguised. Sir. F. Dosing.. and Baron Notekens were, however, of opimoa it was not her.writing. The-Solieitor.beneral addressed the Jury for the defendant, sod trolled Sir Robert Steele,:bady Steele, Lady Lille, Sir F. Sbuekboroogli, Lady Charlutte Denys, bliss Denys, sod others, who expressed their strongest conviction that it was not the hand writing•of Pies. Chanson. The Lord Chief Justice, in his charge to the Jury, said, this once proved bow much it mould be to the advantage if Themselves and others, if parties receiving anonymoes letters would put them in the fire the moment they came to bard.-- In most instances anonymous writers might furnish some truth, bat in general the greater part of their infurlitation was false. Ilia lordship left them to say whether they belies ed Mrs. C. wrote the letters. If they did not believe her to be the writer, they must find for the defendant. If, on the contrary, they should. he of opinion she has: circulated the slander, they ought to give damages nimble to the injury the plainifflad sastetned. The Ju•y land a verdict for the defendant. FRIDAY. ERB. 2I• THE KING v. ALLEN. This was•an information filed es officio by the Attorney-Ge neral, against the defendant, a waterman, for lia assault on a custom house officer named Colsell. . It appeared from the statements of the witnesses for the pro se.•utitia, that Colsell was in the service of the customs, as a preferable- watermen. On the sth of September last, the Lord Me:cille steam packet arrived elf the Tower stairs, is the river Teague*, from Calais. Colsell, having gone en bond with other officers, was stationed to prevent passengers frost leaving the vessel, except by the gangway, in order that an opportunity night be afforded of ascertaining that they 'did not convey sinegkied goods ashore. The defendant with other watermen, came in his boat aloagside the I, in order to bring passea- I on shore, and came on the deck near the bow. Colsell pat his band oa Allen'* shoulder, mod told him be had orders to allow no person to go out except by the gangway. " What." said Allen, " are you going to stop me, when you are nothing I but a b --y extra man I and put his fist towards the face of the officer. Colsell Then went to fetch assistance. and Allen seised the opportunity to gatos board his boat with three pas sengers, whom be lied agreed to take ashore. Colsell fol lowed, and observed there was no name painted on the boat, and accordingly seized it, ender. 27 Geo. 111. cap. 22, sec. I, and marked it wills the broad arrow. Allen attempted to path otT; Colsell held by the steam-bonto prevent him ; but Allele succeeded in striking out, sad Cohan, if be bad not been. saved by another beat, would have fallen into the river. The defendant denied:that be assaulted the officer ; alleged that he did sot conceive the .boat liable to -seizure, because there was a by law of the Waterline's Company, allowing eight days for the painting of the name;-, which had not clap.- d sine this bust-wee completed ; that the boat was not his own, and thenforeihe had no isterest in preventing the seizure ; that he •merely begged to he allowed to take his passengers on shore, and afterwards actually brought back the boat to the Custom house ollcers. _ . .The Lord Chief Justice *mutated, that if the defendant proved that La restored the boat, then, ought scarcely to ►e aay farther proceediagsagainst him. The Solicitor-General said undoubtedly be would pray no judgment. The Jury then found the defendist guilty. He was inform ed that no judgment would be prayed against him, bet be must not rely on the rules of the Watermen'a Company, which were contrary to the words of an act of Parliament. The defend. ant bowed. and left the court. NIKE HARRIET *11,601d, o. SINWSKRY WRIrliT WILSON, [NT. This was as.action by .alien Harriet Wilson agaiast Sir H. W. H'ilsoo, I. recover the arrears of an annuity of 2001. which be bad agreed to pay hernia coasideration of her quilting the situation of governess,• which she held in Lady Sandwieh's family. The Lord Chief Jesting suggested the propriety of • re ference, but the proposal war nut accepted. Mr. Gurney rose to state the case•of the plaintiff, whose lot was singularly bard. She was a young lady of excellent talents, which had been matured by education, who bad been engaged as goaerness in the families of Mr. Riley Addington and of Lady Sandwich, where she bad acquired the admiration and the regard of all who knew her. The defendant sought her out, and ascertaiaing that she was nearly related to him, expressed his devise to remove ber from a situation which he deemed dero gatory to himself, and offered to pay her 501. per quarter if she would leave it. She complied with bis wishes, but be had -since refused to fulfil hie promises, and had Alias deprived her of the means of honourable subsistence, and rendered her des titution store afflicting by the hopes which he had led her to the • rich. 'the Csuatess of Sandwich stated, that Miss Wilson had been governess in her family, and bore the most honourable testi mony. to her talents and virtues. She parted from her with great reluctance, at the earnest request of Sir 11. Wilson, and because she conceived the change would be for ber benefit She oontioued to receive thevisits of Miss Wilson up to the present time. Mr. Riley Addington said, that the plaintiff bad condooted hermit in au exemplary manner, and 13.. d manifested great le -1 lent as a governess in his Emily, and Lad, is return, heart treated with great respect and affection. A number of letters from Sir Henry Wilson to Miss Wilson were then put in and read. The earlier letters were lull of expressions of affectionate regard, and contained allusions to the promise of 2001. a year. There were also letters to Lady Sandwich and Mr. Riley Addington, *peaking or the plaiulilf in high terms, and evntaining similar allusions. Mr. Scarlett submitted, that the promise, even if established, was ■wlsempartwaq as it was the mere tills:ltaly set of the de fendant's bounty. . . . Mr. Gurney contended, that the letters sufficiently osoi• reeled that the plainulf had been induced by this promise to resign a situation more truly valuable than the defendant's protection, and that this formed a suMcieut cousideratiuu for thee promise. The Lord Chief Justice ruled that the letters could only be taken Ls evidence of a parole nontract for an annuity, which was void ander the statute of frauds. The plaintiff must. therefore, be nonsuited. The plaintiff was accordingly nonsuited. Lord Ellenborough, Lady Sandwich, and Lady Harriet Mon tagne, hat on the bench beside the Lord Chief Justin* demi the trial. THE NATIONAL REGISTER LAW IN FEL LI GE NCE. WEDNESDAY, ILL O. BREACH OF PRO:1118}.: OF SIARRIAGE. LEWIS V. 'ISEADoWCROFT. This was as action brought by the plaintiff; who is the pre dalin anti of a Miss Hannah Hale, a minor, to receive cum pecsation in damages from the defendant, as attorney in Gray's Inn•square, for the non-performance of a proraiie of marriage, which, as was alleged, he made in August, 1820, to Mica Hale. . . . . Mr. Scarlett and Mr. Charles PhiUipnewidneted.the ease for the plaiutiff ; and Mr. Cooper and Mr, Broderick for the de fendant. Mr. Scarlett having stated the erne for the plaintiff, which he was instructed he could prove, called Sarah Harrison, examined by Mr. l'hillipe..—l know the piaintitf and defendant; I first knew the plaintiff in August, 1820, and I went to live with her as 'wryest in September, 1820 ; in August the plaintiff lived in Cook's row; StaPanoras, but in September she lined ;n Camden-street, Somers Town ; slit then removed to the vale of health at Hampstead, where the defendant took a cottage for her, and in the year 1820 fre quently came to see her ; she was very young, not seventeen years of age until. January, 1821 ; the defendant sometimes cense to are her at Somers Town three times a day, and if he were absent a day or two, he was sure to write ; his eider Mary Amme was Wen at school at Hampstead ;..oftertterierst week or twit that she was-at Hampstead, the defendant did pot come so I.equently as before. .One day as I was taking some coals into the parlour, I beard her pressing him to perform his promise to marry her, and he said,-" You shall .he toy..wife ; you are my dear little wife ;" sad he looked at me, and said, "At least, it shall be so smolt." I looked at him, and thought be would not marry-her :. I thouibt him • rogue, because I thought he had seduced her, and brought her to that place. On one occasion the defendant told the plaintiff that his sister was walking oe Hampstead-heath ; and the plaintiff said. , '•Gh, dear William, why don't you introduce Mary Anne to me, and let her itop.liere r Mot lie said, " I must first take i my dear little Hannah to Hampstead Church." The plaintiff :hem removed to Clarendon-square. In March,. 1821, I saw the plaratiff .sitting upon the defendant's knee, and she was 1 urging him to perform his promise, mud he• said, " By God, I you shall he my wife ; but, my dear little Hannah, you must I leave patience, I can do nothing yet awhile;" and be said something about his oriole. When the plaintiff and I rammed to Hampateed from London one day, we found the defendant there, and we saw the letter•box open opera the -table, and we also saw the ti..der-ben, and a candle on the tat/le.-and a 1 qeantity of burnt paper in the grate ; and the plaintiff said, "Mb, dear William, what have you done with my letters?" He gave her Doe from her. sister, sod some tradeamens' bills, and said, " I have burnt these foolish letters, but I shall write you mare;". I have read a gcod many of the letters which were burnt, but I remember particularly the contents of two of them, whioh were dated the 10th August, 1820, and the Sad September. 18A. ,In the first, be said he world perform his promise .of marriage between the . 10th and 13th of that month, as be was satisfied that he -was her seducer ; and in the other letter, that be was obliged to go into the country for • few days, bat that be would marry her in the course of a furtnigl.t. The plaiutilf appeared exceedingly attached to the defendant, who told me to accompany her .whenever she went out, and I did so. lie. always visited her inClaremlon-square, until she went to her sister, who keeps • school at Blackheath. She remained at her sister's for some time, sad thenche came to tows, and took lodgings sear him, at .7, •Statil• inn' I buildings, Holborn, where he visited Iter.fear or live times. I remember the plaintiff going afterwards to an attorney. Mr. Pearson, and leaving her letters with him. .Cross-examined by Mr, Cooper.—When the defendant said. .." Myxlear little Hannah, you shall be my wife." 1 .ain't say Oat lie was intoxicated ; I won't swear that be was sober. This took place after dinner, I have berm sent out for wise by the defendant. I used to read the plaintiff's letters. George Edmund Shad well proved the letters produced were in the hand-writing of the defendant. After the death of the I defendant's uncle, he told witness that his -uncle died worth 63,0001. and that his part of it, when his mode's affairs should Ibe settled, would amount to Bor 10,0001... . _ I Robert Reeves proved other. letters, which werepeedwind., were in the band-writing of the defendant, Ten or twelve letter.* were then put in and read. In those letters the defendant professed the greatest friends ship for the plaintiff,..told her 't to keep up her spirits until tla• wind blew over; that be..worild, if she went to school to Ism sister, expend 1001. a year en her improvement," lint is none of the letters was there a distinct promise of marriage. Two or three.other letters were read. In one, the defe•-r dant complained of the plaintiff a loitering about the streets ; and is another he said, if the plaintiff did sot give a fair ex planation about the letter signed " B." and wished to separate from the defendant, he would not throw any obstacle M the way. Mr. Cooper addressed the Jury for the defendant, and ctn. tended at considerable length, that it could not be inferred from any of the letters that the defendant ever promised mar riage to the plaiutiff. The Learned Counsel also contended, that Harrison Wells undeserving of credit, and that if the de fendant had in his letters of August and September, 1820, pro mised the plaintiff marriage, it was not at all likely. after having destroyed this letter, that he should (especially when be professed so mink regard for the plaintiff) not any -a word . of marriage in the fourteen letters produced. His Lordship maimed op, and the Jury having retired for about a quarier of an bear, found a verdict Mr the plaintiff— Damages, 5001. THURt.DAY, PEII, 10. ANONYMOUS SLANDUR.—SIM LAY ID oUILBY v. CHAN NON. This action was brought loy Sir D. Ogilby, an oilier in his Majesty's ser.ice, and Lady Elizabeth his wife, against John Cbannon, and Elixa his wife, to recover damages for slander. The declaration charged the wife of the de/Lacteal with being the writer of four anonymous letters, to as many persons, with intention to injure the homier mid reputation of Lady Ogilhy. --The letters were all without dates, except the date of the Post mark. The first was addressed to Baroness Nolekens. The second, to Lady Patton, the third to Lady 1) gee; the fourth to Mts. Lewis Desanges. The letters, with some slight vnriatioo, cautioned the parties to beware of the woman Lady Ogilby, who wished to come taco society, after moving in the hark pound many years from a good cause, having been known to be the companion of disgusting characters; her ob ject was to take away pe pie's characters, married or single. The writer expressed fear that she had done so with two or three respectable families. Her intriguing sister went with ber. Sir David Ogilby was described as generally creating disgraceful tales of people, who would not notice biol.. dt was • shame sash people should go into respectable society.---The letters were all signed il.Friend to Morality." Mr. Mom-lett described the parties to be persons of fashion ... 1 1' it I - ■ I