The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-07-13 00:00:00

r t. f. V ri :. ~~ _. e" , r • ROLL M4REIAVES. The 11Ionises of his Royal Highness the Doke of Clarence with her Serene Highness the Princess Ada laide of Sase•Meiningen, and the r e.swarrisge o f the Doke and Duchess of Kent, being appointed to take place on Ssturday, at Kew, at an early hour in the mor ning, Mr. Basting, of the horse of France and Boating, the Royal upholsterers, arrived at Kew Palace, and fitted op a temporary sitar in the Queen's Drawing-room, which looks into Kew Gardens, on the first floor. The nil of the Altar was extended for the accommodation of the four Royal Personages, sad four crimson velvet milieus were placed for them to kneel upon; the whole was covered with crimson velvet, and the valuable and magnificent communiin plate belonging to the Chapel Royal and 'Whiteh a ll Chapel bad an elegant and splendid ap. pearsnce. The Royal Couples, the other branches of the Royal Family, and others necessary to be present, began leaving town at three o'clock, and they had all arrived before foot ' • it which hour the Queen was conducted into the Drawing-room, and took her seat on the right side of the Altar, in the same situation she did at the marriage of the Princess Elizabeth with his Serene Highness the Prince of Hesse-Homburg; the Altar being fitted up exactly in the same style, only extended a little wider to admit of four Person ages instead of two. - The Prince Regent attended the Qeeen on her en trance into the drawing-room, and followed by the Doke and Duchess of York, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Princess Aegosto, the Princess Sophia of Gloucester, the Laudgrave of liesse-Cusel, the Duchess of Mienin. gen, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Liverpool, Vivcount Sidmouth, the Count and Countess Man- stet . , Stc. The Doke of Clarence end his intended Bride, end the Duke and Duchess of Kent,heing introduced into the room in due form, and having taken their stations at the Alter, the Archbishop of Canterbury com. silenced the marriage ceremony, in which he was as sisted by the Bishop of London. The Brides had the honour of being given away by the Prince Regent. The Lord Chancellor produced the sanction of the Prince Regent in Council to the marriages. After the ceremony, Mr. Howse, the Serjeant of the Vestries of the King's Chapels Royal, was in at tendance, with his gold verge of office, and produced the registry book of the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, when the Bishop of London, as Dean of the Chapel, registered the marriages in the book, which was witnessed by the Queen, the Prince Regent, and all the branches of the Royal Family present, accord ing to their rank, ifter the new marriage pairs had signed the registration. The Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Liverpool, and Viscount Sidmoutb, also signed the registry.' The ceremony and official proceedings occupied three quarters of an hour. At the conclusion of the whole, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Lord Chan cellor, and Viscount Sidmouth, left Kew. The Queen retired to her private apartment, where bar dinner was served up, the state of her health sot permitting her to dine with company; and, after she had partaken of it, she found herself in a very com posed and comfortable state. At five o'clock the Prince Regent, and the remain. der of the company, sat down to a sumptuous dinner. About half-past seven, the Doke and Duchess of Kent left in Prince Leopold's travelling chariot, for Claremont. The Earl of Liverpool left about the same time. The Prince Regent and the rest of the Royal party proceeded to - the Cottage in Kew Gar dens, near the Pagoda, where they drank tea ; after which the Duke and Duchess of Clarence in • new chariot, launched for the occasion, proceeded from Kew to the Royal Duke's residence in St. James's Palace, which was brilliantly illuminated. General Taylor dispatched a light horseman to London, announcing that the marriages had taken place; and at six o'clock a double royal salute was tired by the cannon in the Park, the bells of several parishes also struck op a merry peal. lIER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS 01 KENT'S WEDDING Daris.—A very rich and elegant gold tissue, with two superb borders of scolloped Lama flouncing, each border headed with rich gold trim min.—The body and sleeves to correspond, richly trimmed with beautful Brussels point lace,and tastefully ornamented with gold tassels.- , The robe of rich gold tissue, lined with white satin, and trimmed round with rich scolloped Lama trimming to match the dress, and fastened at the waist with a very brilliant diamond clasp.—Head-dress, a wreath of diamonds. HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE • Dvcuus or Cwt. MLIICE'S WEDDING DRESS.—A very rich and elegant silver tissue, with two broad flounces of beletifel Brussels point lace, each flounce headed with rich silver shell trimming. Body and sleeves superbly trimmed with Brussels point lace and infer tassels. The robe of rich silver tissue, lined with white satin, trimmed with Brussels lace, and bordered with silver trimming to correspond, fastened at the waist with a brilliant diamond clasp.—Head-dress, a superb wreath of diamonds. A letter from Gravesend, dated the 10th instant, says, " This evening, Mrs. Court.; with two daughters and son, arrived from New York in the ship Venus, and were landed at this place. They arrived in London on Saturday, and it is andentood that Mr. COSSITT may be soon expected. CORIOUI R INC OSTRE.—A serious affair lately , occurred at a small church in Wales. The Pastor hawking a tame goat, which followed him to the church and sat under the pulpit, the animal was so struck with the nodding of a drowsy Cambrian, who sat opposite to him, that, taking the frequent inclina tions of his head for • challenge to combat, be made a butt at his supposed antagonist, who, not observ ing from whence the blow proceeded, struck the per son next to him. The Parson, who was also of the quorum, would have committed the drowsy Cam. Lain, when brought before bias next day, especially as. the latter had been convicted of reading and com menting on the Newspapers ; bet as it was proved by several witnesses that his goat was the first ag gressor, he observed, that if the People " tespised tivine service, it would pe no wonder if peaats of the field was to rise upon all the chakopius in the wee try."—(Shrenibury Papa%) w4v - mr ~~"o: OUR PROSPERITY AND ITS CAUSES. The Ministerial Papers, as usual, bike credit to their patrons for this augmentation of the Revenue, and the increased prosperity of the country, from which it is supposed to arise. That unceasing eigilance and unremitted activity hate been used, to draw from the Public the utmost farthing which could legally be demanded. Is unquestionable. The heart-rending report of the miseries Which this vigorous system has inflicted on the famishing inhabitants of the Islands of Scilly, bears ample testimony to its efficacy. By prohibiting these wretched Islanders from bartering their fowls, potatoes, dm with homeward-bound vessels, they have been deprived of their boats and reduced to depend for subsistence on the limpets that ad here to their rocks. These measures are likely speedily to reduce the population within con venient limits ; a circumstance, no doubt, desi rable in more cases than theirs. But of the means which Ministers have adopted to increase the general prosperity of the country, we ere yet to be informed. We would ask, is that prosperity owing to the establishment of a Standing Army in a time of profound peace, unprecedented in the history of the conntry ?.—or in the attempt to continue the detest able Income Tax 2—or the endeavour to add nearly 0,0001. a-year to the burdens of the People ; and an equal sum for outfit, to enable the Royal Disko to marry ; when it now appears they can marry and do very well with 18,000 a-year; and give up the outfit altogether ?—Or do we owe our prosperity to the suspension of our liberties ; the arming Magistrates with new powers, heretofore unknown to the Constitution; the imprisoning men io irons on the report of hired spies; who if not sent to corrupt and ensnare their victims, were allowed to doso ; and then discharging these men without trial; whilst they were precluded by an Act of Indemnity, from pros'. ing their innocence, or seeking redress for their wrongs?—lf acts such as these are calculated to pro. mote the happiness and prosperity of a country; then the present Ministers are Patriots; and have indubitable claims on the gratitude of Eng lishmen; for they have strenuously laboured to secure the public welfare, by bringing forward and, as far as in them lay, carrying into effect these measures. However, we apprehend our Readers will ogres with us, that if the situation of the country has improved, it is owing to that vigorous, elastic, and unconquerable spirit which is the genuine offspring of freedom : and «Lich all the combinations of Mieisters with Despots abroad, and their strenuous exertions to . put down liberty at home, has been unable to extinguish.—Whilst this spirit continues to operate, England will rise superior to all her difficulties, and finally, by recovering what is lapsed of her Ctitution, become all that Provi dence has qualified her to be ;—the first of nations, in freedom and prosperity. - . P r THE sTAT Wad ..M '3; LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERT4 Slttt 11. A WRIT NE-EXEAT REONO. Mr. HART—." I have an applicatiou to make to your Lordship, which I was requested to do in your private room ; but if your Lordship would cast your eye over the Petition, it would prevent those whom I see from catching the name—for if they did, it would frustrate the effect of the application." The Logo CHANCELLOZ- 66 I think you base said too much already, Mr. Hart:* . . building a new jail for the City end Colk. tol, in pursuance of which certain Cam therein named had advertised for tenders tracts; it went on to state, that the ' sent in his tender, amounting to 34,7501. , accepted; that, afterwards, a Committee Commissioners, consisting of the three was aypointed fotther to cumin., *hob.. the Plaintiff's tender should be - rejected , ground that be had conducted himself and intemperate manner: the libel was this report, and was in these terms : your Committee feel it their dety to state, are well continued, from the *talent midi manner in which Mr. Mills thought proper himself beret. your Committee, as well 1 observations of his late insolent conduct Commissioners, and the circumstances delivery of his original tender, that it impracticable for the Commissioners to advantage to the Public in the erection , any contract made with a person who ducted hiMself." The declaration went that the Commissioners bad in conseqoen the tender of the Plaintiff, by which be ► damage, Ike. Mr. ScAeLatt opened the Case at length, observing that it deserved meter, tion, and that it **UM be foetid that' meritescateple remuneration. The chid Sets, ever, may be comprised into a much neriewet Cow. pass tbau that occupied by the speech of Counsel. The Act of the 56 Gee. ill. a new jail at Bristol, haring passed, _ sioners publicly advertised that persons willing to enter into contracts for the send in their tenders, with the names widgets as were willing to become the nettles contractors. The sth of March, 18" tinted for receiving them; bet the Plel..tif, go of transmitting his proposal through •", Brice, Clerks of the Commissioners, sea post : it was, however, received, though named his sureties ; and as some others same sitoation, a subsequent day was gi , the purpose, and the three Defendants by the other Commissioners to seperint , ter and make their report. The Bth filed upon for the purpose, when the tended with his brother and a friend whom to hear what passed : in the mean time, had seen the Surveyor of the Commissioners, had suggested some alterations in the or fication, which would considerably red pence d the building, bet ho refused Plaintiff any copy of those alterations. Plaintiff waited upon the three deputed he was required to dismiss his friends, hi intention to embarrass the Commissioners Plaintiff denied that there was any - supposing that he meant to do some further conference, in which conducted himself with composure, sired to put what he wished lite plied, and requested a copy- of alterittleps, but he was told in snivel irtie:'.;;;lte laid - before the get the Commisionille On the- 13th of made their report, Wieling the libel complained of, and according to the stet/ Learned Counsel, without any warrant I Lions it contained, the effect of which deprive the Plaintiff of the benefit of which had before been accepted by the of the Commissioners. That there wr proceeding was deduced principally colars—tbat the Plaintiff had formeril dispute with two of the Defeodantr, George, which bad never been arnica' and that they had procured an entry t( ly made in the book of proceedings, represented that the Plaintiff had vi drawn his tender, which was the lows account had received the assent of the The Learned Counsel added, that damages was easy to be ascertained, practice for an architect, like the Plain' a profit of 20 per cent, from any which be was engaged. ' The witnesses were then called, thorn, Mayor of Bristol, who pros terial but the Mode in which the Plaintiff was sent into the Commissioners ; next one of the Clerks of the Commies'o diced the book, in which it appeared that the Plaintiff had withdrawn his serted after the word adjourned, and ' tore of the Chairman of the Meeting. 'examination this witness swore that in fact withdrawn his tender, that fore the word adjourned had been that it was remedied at the nest meeting March, on the observation of the air" fact bad not been stated. He also conduct of the Plaintiff on the Bth lent, and that he had called one of the by the nick-name of Besty Bush. Mr. John Mills, brother to the Malony, who accompanied them to ors, did not think that the Plainti been insolent, though they admitted warm. Mr. Justice ABBOT early in the his opinion that the question would , Defendants had made their report bona ciously, and now interposed, pettiL lett whether, ender all the circumstances, maintain the letter ? Mr. SCARLETT allowed that the fact to be considered as an action for the injury the Plaintiff' had sustained of his tender, and the adoption would cost the inhabitants of Brist, if. did not think that he could anti tee the evidence of Mr. Brice, and Mete of contradicting. Mr. Justice Ascot recommended tiff should be nonseited, and a °molt newerdingip All the other Special Jury calm Ironed until a Sitting which will probalk fore neat Term. This day will be occupied in dit Common Juin. '4!‘ • • linty of 13th. ;ainmissioneri dens for con- Plaintiff had )1. which was stittee of the e Defendints, • • • reported that • meted, on the f in t violent contained iri —" And hetal tate, that they od intemperate oper td Wave 11 as ftme their let towards the $ V a attending the it will be quite • proceed with of the jail, on Ito has so con- ot on to state, leen I rejected matained it amsiderable 1 totters delibers& that. his Client hiefilets, items: nariatialt ea r& of the Learned • [l. for Building I, the Commis- lone who were he work shield ies of each scretlei of that • 181 f, was' ap- 'llll.,tif, instead gh Osborne and , seat it by thd sogh be had not iers were in the 401 I giten them for its were selected rintend the met. it of March well the Plaintiff whom he wished we, however, he missioners, who a original speci• reduce the es 4: used to give the ions. When the ted Defaulters, 11' ds, "plea it was < stalssieners ; the any ground for so, and after ich the Plaintiff to, he was de.' to writing. He of the propels& liver, that his op: general body of r h of March they libel at present • statement of the' 7 4, rant for the asset. - 1 1 bich had been to of his contract,. the general body was malice in this ly from two card. rrly had a private ntr, bt'Adam and micably arranged; ' ry to be fraocialeat. a, by which It was voleotally with. lowest, and on that the Commissioners. tat the amount of nod, as it was the Plaintiff, to derive pottlie work on I, first. Mr, flay. roved nothing ma- Plaintiff's tender next, Mr. Brice, Wooers, who pro- ared that the entry his (coder was io. nd before the log. On his cross. tat the Plaintiff had it the omission be- en accidental, and meeting on the 14th Chairman, that the Liao swore that the th March was inso. f the Commissioners • Plaintiff, and Mr. to the Commission• intiff's conduct had ted that be had been the cause expressed , ould be whether the I bona fide or mali- thing it to Mr. Scar- !mottoes', be could the case was not in n for a libel, but for fined by the rejection in of another, which Bristol 4,0001. wore. tottein the charge st- and which he had no ?nded that the Plain- amok was entered uses have been post. pr o bably be held *,l disposing of 'the rev • ~r k p • • S p g is g / • les . tit N. IM r . rt pet tb. the . , X~ !tt.l FIRES. On Saturday night an alarming fire broke out in Newton-street, High Holborn. It commenced in the stable of Messrs. Spencer, feather-bed.makers, whose boy had been in the stable, at the back of the pre mises, and immediately under the feather-bed menu factory. About ten o'clock he saw no appearance of fire, while he was in the stable, but a short time after he bad quitted it, he heard a crackling noise, and immediately opened the stable-door, and found the place all in a blaze, which soon communicated to the manufactory and house of Mr. Spencer, whole whole premises and valuable property, worth about 7,0001. were entirely consumed in less than half an hour : he is insured. The whole of the premises between Spencer's house in Newton-street, and the back part of Mr. Jameson's coach manufactory, in Little Qaeen-street, are entirely consumed, with the whole of the property they contained. The pre sloes of Mr. Mould, a coal-mercbant, in which were a quantity of old coach-wheels, &c. were entirely de stroyed: as also the premises of a coach-spring maker, who is the only sufferer that is not insured. The house of Mr. Tombs , a publican, nett door to Spencer's, Ws suffered considerably from the fire, and be has lost a quantity of furniture, &c. to the mount of 4001. and upwards: we understand he is not insured for more than half his loss. The shop of Mr. ---, a carpenter, was burnt to the ground. Mr. Jameson's premises are not very much injured by the fire, but in removing a number of coaches, &c. to save them from the fire, they are all very much damaged, and some missing. Messrs. Scholl, and Davis, coach-makers, lave suffered in removing their 'property in much the same manner es Mr. Jameson. Happily no lives have been lost. Neither of the Messrs. Spencer were at home when the calamity took place. Mrs. P. Spencer was in the house, with sis young children, who, by the assistance of the watch men and others, were safely removed. Another fire broke out about Mz o'clock in the rear of the premises of Lackington and Co. Finsbury. square bet it was speedily checked, and the injury it occasioned was not material. On the 30th ult. a young Englishman. aged 17, who bad just embarked at Calais with his father and brother to return to England, cut his throat with a rator.—Assistance was immediately rendered, and be was re-landed. He is considered in great danger. CORN EXCHANCIi, JOLT 13.—Wheat at last Momlav't price:.—Barley. Peas, Beans, and Ono 21. cheaper.—ln other articles no alteration. Wheat (English) .... 74 92 Grey Pets ....M b 8 New ditto Ditto (Foreign) .... 18 .- 94 O iSe ld an tts. ... ' — Rye 46 50 Tick do 4s 64 Barley ..... 40 60 10;sta New Fiat do ..... . . Malt lO 86 Poland do. .... ....... 40 48 White Peas 56 60 I Feed do. New ditto.... ....... Fine Flour 7O 76 Ditto Boilers .. 64 68 Seconds.... • SMITHFIELD MARKET, JULY 13. To sink the Offal, per stone of Blbs. Reef ..... Ss. Ild. es 4s. 10.1. I Head of Cattle tbis elm 9 demo ..4a. Od. to 55. ed. Rents . 1320 Veal ... ba. Od. to 6.. pd. Sheep aad Lambs ...... 39.740 Pork ....Jo. Od. to 61. Od. Calves. i L0t0b....6. 0.1. to Is. Od. P1e5....—............ 910 HAY.MARKET. Bay ...... M. Op. 04. t , . 81. Ss. Od. Closer .... 51. Os. Od. to 91. Os. Od. NW, .... 21. 10s. IA W 31. th W. , His Lordship then looked OM the Petitions and appeare4 to doubt. Mr. HART— - 64 We have been told at the Council Office that a similar • has beets issued." process The LORD CIIANCRLFORS6 This Court has nothing to do with the made of transacting besisess in the Council Office. Yoe may take the process of this Court as far as it is prayed for, and make what use of it yoo no." INJUNCTION. WHITAKIR V. PIRRYMIAD. Sir SAMURL ROIRILLY moved for an Injunction to restrain the Defendant from collecting the partner. ship debts of the Plaintiff and the Defendant, and 1 from disposing of any of the partnership property, under the following circumstances Plaintiff and Defendant entered into partnership as chymists end druggists, in the year 1813, for the term of twelve years. There was a clause in the deed of partnership, that if either of the partners lined ne• gociable paper for any other purpose than of the con cern, that the other was at liberty to dissolve tha partnership. The Wilms, was carried on be the Defendant as the manager of both parties. The Plain. tiff had friend out that the Defendant had given an accommodation bill, in the name of the firm, to a third person, for the sum of 3001., and that be had received several sums of money on account of the concern. which he had applied to his own use, in direct violation of the articles of partnership. The I'laintiff had in consequence served him with notice of the dissolution of partnership on the sth of the present month. Under these considerations he (the Learned Counsel) had no doubt but his Lordship would grant the motion. Mr. RAITHIT, Counsel for the Defendant, said, it was impossible for him to oppose the Injunction ; at the same time, he was certain that his Client could put in a full answer to the Plaintiff's bill, which would be done in a few days, and in the mean time he trusted that his Learned Friend (Sir Samuel) would be satisfied with an undertaking that oo waste would be committed, which would make the appoint ing of the receiver unnecessary. The Loan CHAItCELLOI--" You cannot say a word against the Injunction. I mast grant the mo tion as prayed for. You say the answer will be pot in in a few days; then you can move to dissolve the Injunction. Although the receiver is granted, he cannot be appointed before the time you have men tioned. In which case, if your instructions are Mu rect, your Client cannot be injured." Motion granted. .....milla COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Jose 11. DROWN AND MIMI V. WiLLIAMs. An action upon two bills of exchange specially ac cepted : the one for 2001. drawn by Ebenezer Wild, at Palermo, at 30 days sight, payable to the order of A. Gibbs and Co., accepted by the Defendant on the 29th July, at 90 days, and endorsed to the Plaintiffs; the other for 4001. between the same par ties, and accepted in the same manner. The acceptances did not appear on the face of the bills; but on the part of the Plaintiffs, Mr. MAR ! WIAT put in two letters, containing, as be argued, a special acceptance of the bills by the Defendant ; that principally relied upon bore date on the 2d August, 1817, and contained the following sentence —" I have accepted the bills, the holder being coo• tent to receive them at 90 days." On the part of the Defendant, Mr. SCAILLSTT ed. milted, that as the law stood, an acceptance might exist, though it did no appear upon the face of the bill ; but he argued that the sentence relied upon, was to be understood conditionally, as if the De. fondants had said, 6 1 4 I have agreed to accept your bills, if the holdet is content to receive them at 90 days," for the bills had been drawn at 30 days, which did not suit the Defendant's convenience.— The holders, who were the Plaintiffs, however did not choose to eatend the time of payment, and con sequently there had been no acceptence, either special or otherwise. To show this fact, be called a Notary, who proved that the Bills were presented on the 29th July, when the answer was given that they would be accepted et 90 days; but the Plaintiffs not consent. ing, they had procured them to be protested. It also appeared in evidence, that notwithstanding, on in. telligence arriving on the Bth of August, of the death of A. Gibbs, one of the endorsers, the Plaintiffs again presented them, bet the Defendant then re. fused to put his name upon the bills, as the Plain• tiffs would not concur with his proposal at first. Mr. Justice Annoy observed, that it seemed evident that the words used in the letter, " I have accepted," were a mistake by the Defendant, who had actually refused to accept; but one of the Jury entertaining some doubt upon the point, Mr. MAI. avArr addressed them, insisting that, although the Plaintiffs bad protested the bills on the 29th July, it was only done as an additional security against the other names upon the Bills, and not because they considered that the Defendant bad positively and definitively refused to accept. . Mr. Justice Assoc, in summ in g up, observed, that he was one of those who deeply regretted that special acceptances, either by letter or otherwise, bad crept into the law-merchant of this country, and he sincerely wished that nothing had ever been deem. ed an acceptance by our Courts bet the actual au. pearance of the name upon the face of the bill. He then left the question to the Jury, whether they thought that the words " I have accepted" had or had not, been written ender a mistake; if so, then the Defendant was entitled to a verdict. The Jury retired to consult, and in half an hour found a verdict for the Defendant. SAMS MILLS V. IagADAII, (MVOS, AND MSS. An action for a libel. The declarstion, as stated by Mr. CIIITIN set eat the stet. 66 Cr , 111