The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-01-14 00:00:00

IMPX4I4I, P.4R1.1.451.ENT. BOWIE OF LORDS, _0111:111.V., JAN, 13, Lord OOSFORD took the oaths and his scat, Metal' !Wert and Julio Willi. ‘Vere swore to Live evidence be ore Ike 'Wee Commidecreppuinted toexastittetbs Fbyriciaas rev eetiag the state of ois StAjwav's health, Geed ay ft POOL snovt4 That the Thanks of the House voted to the °darn sad Nen employ-d in the conquest of the Ides of Bourbon and of Ja. a, should be rommunicitted to Lieu lenautAitmeral Abercrombie and Sir Samuel Aoclnuty.—t)r -dered, On the Motion of Lord WALSlNGtlAM,itwaserdeaed,That no Petitioas should he received after the 25th of February, and PO Reports Of ' p rivate Was after tbe`24 th of ikiatch.—Ad journed. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Mel/OAT, JAY. 11 The SPEAKER acquainted the House, that be had received• tow the Depute Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, a list of Bar r-veal not wader six years standing, who have accepted the office Comelistionem for the P•Losigeineut of Controverted Elections, pars 'tat tusks Act in the Sid or nis llaAtr• 410 M E SUMNER brought up thy Report of the Com m Lee upon Nu. Pefitiost from the loosbitants of Lambeth and tee kali. South of the Metropolis, for leave to light anti watch ttirir ;T shit.—Tie Rep set was ordered to be recommitted. fmr4 FOLK rSTON E postponed th. Motion respecting Mrs. r -Runts Petition, of whicli he had given notice for next Thurs o tot fho tide) seliniebt. The Noble Lord stated, that it was In , ' Los ritLiu to confine his observations to the subject of the i.!os alone, but that he would refer to the proce edings of all h •nf.:ior Ecclesiastical Courts. The remon he assigned for •!. -f.z• .msernoot suns Ibc indisposition of a Learned Civilian, • 're •-xperted, trot led take pan ;n the disco' on. . P.ooht RANI save notice, that on next Thursday s'ene t would rnove, Oman Address be presented to is Royal .e ne.t , t Prince Regent, requesting tbat he would direct a tu.c cent Correspondence, between their Royal High oes.es the noshes of York and Pot-bridge, to be laid before the Mr. V;HITBREAD gave notice, that on Monday nest, be himuld move for leave to bring ha a Rill for amending an Act, passed in the lost Session of l*liauent, for the rebuilding of pre v-ione Theatre. 0,0 the motion of the CII.ktiCELLORnf the EXCHEQUER, it was ordered. that he Home should resolve itself into a Com- Initte• Taorsdz . , next, for the purpose of taking into consi deration that part of the Prince Reviles Speech, which relates to tne tegulation iss* his !liajesty's Household. Mr. CROK ce gave notice, that on Friday, in the Cons faiiaPe of Pr WelYi be ,could stave for the Wear and Tear Esti mates of the ?easy. It was ordered, that the House should reso!ve itself to-mor row into a Committee, for the purroseof taking into consider ation the Art relating to DistillatiMi from Graia. The CP ANCELLtHt pf the EiCH EQUER stated his inten tion of bringing forward, in the Committee, a proposition for eto,y. b prig the Pistillatiqp from Grain. Report ter the Connnittee of Supply was received, and the House ordered to reco4o itself into the same Committee on rcdnesdsy neat. On the Notion of . 4.WHARTON, the usual annual Esti mates of Sup...ly were ordered to he laid Were the House. After a fe w ohverv4tinoi from Mr. S MIT H and Mr. WHA &- TON , d e Cool :aid Culla Trade Bill MO committed and re ported. rbe West India Sugar Importation Hill was read the second fpne and committed. Adjourned to to-morrow (this day). The Proprietor of the Sr.sTiS.ltAle takes this op. polo may of addressing himself to the advertising part of the Community, ;Nov of whom are little acquainied with the *nature and extent of the dr cuiption of Newspapers, and who, from long habit pr otherwise, iften prefer those of small drcula lion, to others that ore very-extensive. It would be a painful task to point oat the exact number of Joacnal printed in London, but it might be odnintageous to those who have property to dispose of, either by PUBLIC SALE or PXIIATZ CON ?It 4CT, to make themselves acquainted with it. of !we there has been a complete change in the eviem of Newspapers. During the last ten years the goening Papas hove obtained great Circulation s and, in many instances have sup planted the Morning Papers ; they arc, in fact, now generally read, both in Town and Conn try, avec:idly in Reading-Rooms, Hotels, Cof .ferr !louses, and Poblie-llouses, where the ,F no' px.IN is almost universally taken in, and, upon a moderate computation, has not less than l'wenly Thousand IPaders in London, exclusive of the Country. Mr. Lorzu. has so wish to injure the property of !others, :oho have risked their fortunes in a fair and konourabk way; but it if much to be lament ed that, of late years, several Newspapers have peen established by JOINT Srocsc COMP-IN lES, pr rather by destructive Combinations contrary to every principle of low sad justice, and which, at no distant period, it is to be hoped, mill be cont. islcicly abolished. MEWS. Due. Dublin r.• 1 2 , Wnterford.. .. 1 i i , , Cadiz • Lisboa ilLilta : 1 ! Jersey ' • ' lirazils • 1 Arr. ritICE QN'• i sNcics THIS pant 3 Pelt:OlL PM". etti :4 par Cent: Keg. 6 1 2* 3 4 Per Centi.'74i • 1) per reut:liavy 94“- AIM. 16} DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Bonds IZs. I. Exchequer Bills 3 4 yr. Ditto SO. 4 5 pr. • • %Willa] a di.. wills for Acet. 63 4 Lottery Tickets 5 THE STATESMAN. LONDON: 1700 4 1 .4 f ANtbleY 14, 18121 lly the arrival of a Mail from Lisboa, ye bave re peired Portuguese Papers to the pd alt, The fol- Prying ace extracts LISBON, Dec. 22. Ilead 7 quarters gill remain at Frenada, where our gallant col_ liters awl heir lomanparable Commander, :wain their leisure hours with bunting, shooting, le.c. General lius.'s division likewise remains quiet; lie has kept two or three regiments at Albippierque ever since GINARII . 9 affair. Oar men who were pick, are mit, recovering very fast. Mts~ continues to invest Saragossa; he hag the other day asuccessful affair with a Fiench force of 2000 men, at Deroca. Oer last adv ices from Valencia Are of the *tei sit, at which time Silents had not repaired the * slestroction the garrison caused in their sortie of the 19th. The fiuerillas in the neighbourhood of Madrid have paid another Visit to King JoOltrgs and carried of from thirty to forty of his #neit IfiILENCh. DF ALCANTARA, 13-c. 10. General liocnva, who occupied Placentia and its neigh, bogrimod, lip completely fulfilied has commission, filling with pinery that utiles mute country, We ase moored that ife has railway 10 Ecclesiastics or respectable Citizens, because their raißg t !!T P4 t !!! I lt.! al!: !!!!aIY/F5 ea.!lo.! e s!, p a y g!FP-49!1! a 1 1. '' . I I 1 . 0 i c l .. ~ i i' Ih 1 11 , :tt I. ! ' IF 4 • , 4 [ .. I ' i 1 . A I g i' '''' A' ' le l ! 1 THE STATESMAN. elinary contribution imposedupon them. Ilk conduct in the other parts of the province has been similar.—The letters by the last Courier say, that the defenders of Valencia every do hope to strikesome great end successful blow against the enemy, who they have already dislodged from the Analala de Albayara, and oiligO to concentrate themselves in Murviedro ; that the Ea- PSOINADO and Doa.sw have blockade the garrison of Dame*. Miva has entered Huisca, and taken some huadreds of French prisoners.—( Gazette de Estremarlura, Lisbon Diary, Dec, 18.) ASTURIAS. CASTROHEI, Dec. 6. • . On the4th Nov. the principality of the Asturias was threat ened in the point of Nana by General Bestirs- es troops, at the time that a party of his force marched by Port Vectano, in tending to place the first division of the Sixth Army between two fires, whilst some of their battalions endeavoured to draw the attention of General itlewnizAem. towards the side of the mountain. The Commanding General thought it advisable to retire to the lipe of Narcea to preserve his communication with General ABADIA, and wait more exact information relative to the enemy's force, respecting which there were various accounts. In consequence of this, the Sdperior Junta, leaving the capital retired to the right bank of the Coa, where they continued their functions. It is the third time this country has been invaded. This province, which' had for four month , en joyed the inexpressible advantages of liberty, and which [leaven had favoured with an abundant harvest, as if to indemnify us for our past losses, and for all the evils vt e had suffered, now experiences all the horrors of war, and is again overwhelmed is the abyss of misery. According to the last intelligence re ceived, the enemy occupied Villa de Grad°, and had extended their advanced posts as far ax the Prison and Den as. General Losaoa had his head quarters in italliza, extending his ad vanced posts along the banks of the Narcea, from V igaenhas till below Nalon, where he made some French prisoners. From the eastern side it is said that General PORLIER was lately in Zece. da, for which reason the enemy bad occupied none of the towns situated upon the coast from Gijon ; neither have they advanced from Polo de Siert°. Their forces are concentrated in the capi tal and immediate villages, except a great part which cover the road from Castile, to favour the exportation of grain, and keep up the communication with Count DJRSENNE.—(Lisbon Diary, Dee. 18.) 1 LISBON, DEC. C. Cadiz Gazettes to the 4th have arrived. They do not cortirm the accounts before received, that 6tren rt. had raised the sege of Valencia. They speak of an action of the EMPECINADO, but not at Cubillejo, with the French, wno hal evacuated be castle of Unlit=; he killed 40‘) and wounded 5u a. BALLAs7R. Ros was under the artillery of tithraltar.—(Lisbox Graft, Dec.. 17.) VALENCA DE ALCAWFAR A, Dac.6. Ilead-quarters of the 6th Army, Nor. 11.- The head-quarters of this army left Villa-franca on the 7th, for Vinhales; and, on thehaMO day, the troops of the vanguard, and the second division,tshieh oceapit El Wieero,put tirriselyes in motion, iti different directions, debt:wiling by the passes of Fuencesadon and Manzonal ; and Mlle corps approaching to within a quarter of a league of Astor;tl, the troops of tee third division had orders to operate in the, direminnt s of Banhcza and Benavente.--The object of this nioveur.nt 1535 to call the attention of the troops whin were in Leen. in ordor to reinforce those which were entering the Asturias as was done, for on the 9th 1003 infantry and 30 )horse passed by Others for Astorga. The object proposed ccing obtained, the poops retired into their cantonments, leaving a COI ps of cavalry is ad vance, coact in the vicinity of Carreco. 1:fom want of ihnes and other articles, indespensibly neeessary for maltis war in such a climate and situation, the operations of this part of the army have been delayed, await ir.g thenational grat Rude and su port which those merit who have sacrificed every necessary of life, to maintain the independence of their country, and preserve the rights and property of their fellow -cis Excellency also received yesterday a letter from Gen. SlLAtati A, da'ed from his bead-quarters at Vila Real, i n which he says, that lie had received orders from General Lord WETZINGT,IN, to act in rotweet a ith our army, ou which account he bad marched for Chaves, in which place, and in Braganca, the division tinder his command, would assemble, to act as circumstances might require, Lis principal object being to defend Portugal on that side, and, when it can he done without risk, to co-operate in the defence of Gallicia.- -11 e also says, that Don CARLOS DIINP4NNA is at Lombrales, arming and clothing his division, for the use of which he bad received from Lord WELLINGTON 1000 stand of arms.—(Lisbou Gazette, Dec. 18.) We feel unwilling to repeat what we have fre quently asserted before, though it is our duty to do it—namely, that a system of delusion and deception is practised by Ministers and Ministerial Papers, with respect to the real points in dispute between this country and the United Slates. The snbject, as ex plained by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, evinces most clearly the truth of this remark, and also shows the address with which he evaded the dis closure, that the French Decrees had ceased to qv: rut;. Instead of stating to Parliament, 1111 it was his duty, as an upright and impartial Minister, to have done, that the Berlin and Milan Deesees were virtually repealed, by ceasing to operate, he diverted their attention by saying, they were not repealed with thnsaine formalities with %%filch they were enacted. he was sufficiently guarded in his remarks, to say nothing about the acted liberation of every Ameri can vessel detained ender those Decrees, as he well knew it would not only weaken his argument, but hare a teedetterto open the eyes of the people to the merits of the •dispute: It is note lions that the Orders is Council were promul gated, about nine months after the Berlin De ere,e,, upon the principle of retaliation, on the, first intelligence of that Decree being enforced. Mi. PERCEVAL would, therefore, be in a sad dilemma, to acknowledge that the Decrees were virtually repealed, and, at the same time, advocate the continuance of. the Orders in Council upon the principle of .retalia tion, when truly there was nothing to retaliate. The . CIIIRCELLOR nest sounds the alarm, that not only the Orders in Council, bet the jest maritime- , rights of this country, must be. abandoned for a set ticment with America. So far from this, the Ameri can Government have not only formerly, hut now distinctly, acknowledge the right of Mockede of any place by sea, by an adequate naval. force. At no period of our commercial prosperity, have we required more from neutrals.. .The Marquis WELLESLY also, in his correspondence with Mr. PINIENEY, connected these subjects ; hut the latter indignantly disclaimed the idea, and reprobated, in strong terms, the impropriety of assuming a demand as made by him, which he had not conceived. If there ever was a time when it was most important to cherish and Fupp9rt neutral trade, 'it is at the present mo, ~meat. With is!e.rfx4l.q4 WNW, a deficit or three millions in the revenue, and engaged in a war with combined Europe, unlimited in its duration, we need all the resources we can command. Those resources are mostly derived from commerce. Let the Orders in Council be simply revoked, and America will be come what she formerly was—powerfully co-operative in our prosperity, and, at the same time, enriching herself. The two nations are so connected in com. merce, that wherever an American ship lloats, some advantages, direct or indirect, are derived by this country. As an instance in point, for the last year, American commerce to Russia has been free and unrestrained, e►en by the Orders in Council. In consequence of this, many hundred ships have pro ceeded from this country to Russia, under American colours, with our Indian produce, and have returned with Russian cargoes. Sugar, coffee, and other kinds of colonial produce, has risen from thirty to fifty per cent. from an exclusive demand for these ship. ments. Here is experimental evidence, if it was ne cessary, of the destructive and ruinous tendency of the Orders in Council to our own trade. Had Rus sia been included in the Continental Blockade, we should have been entirely excluded from a most va luable branch of trade, which has added to the wealth of the shipowner, the West India planter, and the merchant. His Royal" Highness the Paint RECENT had a select party at dinner yesterday : amongst the com pany were Lord YARMOUTH and Col. M‘MAtioN. Lord (ioLr..►so had an audience yesterday with the Patsce REGEsT, at Carlton house. Miss LONG AND MR. PoLt.-- Yesterday took place the long-expected union between Miss TYLNEY LUNG and Mr. W. Por.r, jun. a union which, be fore its solemnization, created more fashionable conversation and conjecture, than any marriage project that has been on the tapir for many years past. Mrs. STEPUEN KEMBLE has wholly withdrawn from the stage, though she has had many tempting offers from Provincial Managers, to induce her to return to it. LIEUT. HAMILTON CROFTON.—BRAMBURY, who was bound over to prosecute this young man for the alleged robberies, upon detection of which he attempt ed to destroy himself, forfeits; of course, f,)r not appearing on the trial, his recognizance of 1001. Mr. MAnoocKs, who, by almost unprecedented perseverance and immense expenditure, succeeded in recovering a very large tract of land from the sea, has now to boast of the most promising ap pearance of wheat crops on his newly-acquired do minion. The roof of Drury-lane Theatre, it is understood, willies on by the 30th of March, and no doubt is en tertained by the Architect of the Theatre being fully -completed-in September. The largest emerald which has ever been seen, has lately been imported from the East Indies ; it was one of the most valuable stones of TIPPOO Slan t s crown. It is of an extraordinary size and beauty. Its weight is supposed to exceed considerably 500 grains. Mr. PERCFN.LL yesterday gave notice of a motion this day, in the House of Commons, with an intent to put a stop to the distillation from grain. At the last meeting of the Chamber of Com merce of Glasgow, we understand a Committee was appointed to consider and report, what steps ought to be taken upon the approaching expira tion of the East India Company's Charter, that that immense field of commerce might be opened to the individual enterprize and capital of the Mer chants of tl.;s country, in the same way that it has, for so long a time, beau to traders from America. • It was the Leeds Commercial Bank (Messrs. Frx- Tos, Scorr, NICHOLSON, and &Kern) that stopped payment in consequence of the failure of Messrs. Itot.nrao, LUSHINGTON, and Co. It is stated in the Leeds Mercury of Saturday last, that the former were creditors of the latter, at the time of their failure, to the amount of 175,0001. The same paper how ever adds, that it is supposed the Commercial Bank will be enabled ultimately to fulfil their engagements. —A LiuColushire Bank also stopped payment last Tuesday. Sittings appointed in Middlesex and London, be fore the Right Honourable Edward Lord ELLEN sown/sit, Lord Chief Justice, &c. iu and after Hilary Term, 1812: IN TERN. Middlesex. - London. ' Wednesday Jan. 29 1 Saturday "Feb. 1 Monday Feb. 3 Weduetday 5 Slenday AFTER TEAM. - Thursday l3 j Friday.... l4 In addition to the names already gieen of those who were lest it the Hero, the following sib • inen tioned:—Mr. GEORGE Iliscocm, son of Mr. His- COCK, of the Customs, at Portsmouth ; Mr. WEsTos HILLYEE, sou of Mr. Iltm.y Ea, of Portchester ; and Mr. JEFFERY, son of Mrs. WILsoN, at Havant. Ills Majesty's ship Grouper has been lost of (qua. daloupe ; the crew were all saved, except a man and a woman. On inquiry relative to the report of six American vessels having been lately taken and carried into NI or lair, it appears th a t on l y on e American vessel is there, and she was not captured. A ship from Bue nos Ayres, laden with hides, 39,194 dollars, and some silver (about 110 pounds weight), was taken by a French privateer, and carried into Roscoff, on the 14th ult. On the night of the 29th ultimo, a prize, belong ing to the Petorus gun-brig, while lying at anchor in Basque Roads, between two frigates, had her cables cut by a Frenchman on board, and one of the sailors in charge of the ship, and ran ashore about two o'clock, r. at. of the 30th. On the yea sel's striking the shore, the latter, seizing an axe, made a blow at the pfizetnaSter, a midshipman, with its butt end, and struck him violently on the head.— The villain instantly escaped, by leaping overboard. As soon ,a 4 the midshipman (whose name we have hot yet heard) reeved from the stunaing-effects of the blow, he called together the remainder -of his crew (four men), and taking to their boat, after rowing twelve hours, without sustenance of any kind, they reached the squadron in safety, artwo o dock r. m The British seamen taken in arms at the su o der of the Isle of France, were yesterday remo ve ' from Newgate to the Surrey Session House, t o b, arraigned. They pleaded Not Guilty. Their tric e are to take place on the 20th inst. They were re , mended back to rfewgate. Lieut.-Gen. WEMYSS has arrived at the Britisk Hotel, Jermyn's-street, from Wt myss Castle, Sc ot , land; also Lieut.-Gen. Sir Wm. EasKisz, a n d hii Aid-de-Camp, Capt. WEM Yii, an: Limit. j?Exwtti, from Spain, on leave of absence. One of the four prizes lately -taken by the Arr. w on the Basque Roads station (three only of whic:. have arrived at Plymouth) being unable to wpm! r . Ballain reef, was under the nem silty cf Learirw through the passage Britton. She was immerliiteli hailed by the several batteries, and fired at; LA, 141 : , Callaghan, the prize -master, a spirited youth, order.' :rig his men below, persevered in his course in them:At determined manner, and suc.ceedad in carrying thl vessel safely into Basque Roads. She was frequently struck by the shot, and her sails and rigging were much cut, but happily no lives were lost. PEDEsvniaNtser.—William CllCS!Crtliail, a youth of 17 years of age, is to start from TylArn Gate to the 15 mile stone at Uxbridge, and back, in four succ s „ sive hours, on Sunday morning next, at eight o'clock, for 50 guineas, to meet at half-past seven, at the D. vooshire Arms, Queen -street, Golden-square.—T iro to one in favour of the performance. Yesterday (according to ancient custom) IW- 7 Plow Monday, all the different Inquests of the in the City made their presentments in due form, bc. fore the Lord Mayor, at Guildhall. The preseiv. ment of St. Andrew's, Holborn, was endorsed a privilege different from any belonging to all other parishes, that parish being exempted from serving upon all Juries, but that of a Coroner's I aqueQt.— This having been read by the Clerk of the Arrai44s, his Lordship asked them if they expected him to sanction this privilege. Mr. Pontifex, the Foreman of that Inquest, told his Lordship, by no means; it was customary to make such indorsement every year, and had been tried. On Friday morning last, a bullock separated from a drove of beasts, coming from Smithfield market,' and ran furiously along London Wall, knock* down every thing that was in his way. He made into the yard of the White Bear Inn, Basinghall• street, putting every person in the yard to Hightl and then walked up the stairs into the ganetv, whore, not being able to turn himself, he wai secured by the drovers, who, with difficulty, lower. ed the animal out of the gallery, with roped slug round him. AFFINITY IN MARRIAGE, A case was lately reported in most of the Daily Newspaper, respecting the affinity of a marriage, which exhibits, in a mote than ordinary point of view, the absolute necessity of an irs mediate revision of many of those laws that stand unrepealed it our Statute Books, which disgrace a civilized people, and the origin of which can only be traced to those ages of barbarism and gloomy superstition, when the will of the Sovereign, sal the fate of the people, depended upon the mandates of a bigotted, ignorant, and intolerant Clergy. The case was tried before Sit Jons•Nrceoss, in the Court of Arches, Doctors' Commons, whetela WATSON and Waxsore were filainties, mad Pant/writ and Others, Defendants. It was sutted to be " a proceeding on, giaally instituted in the E, ispocal Court, at Exeter, but ape pealed from thence by JONNFAIRMOTJTIt and Mr. and MII,DSK• AR, of Darlington, in Devonshire, to annul the marriage of Mr. Saxon. Waives', of Iligh Week, in Devonshire, with CA. TRARINE Kriawata, his present wife, on the ground of affinity, she being the sister of his former wife. Considerable property is given by the will of Mr. Warsoa's deceased mother to the parties promoting the suit, in theesent of her son's death with out lawful issue. As he has none but by this last marriage, their object in the present suit was to obtain a sentence declare tory of the invalidity of that fact ; thereby illegitimatizing the children, and enabling themselves to lay claim to the estitt.. - - The result of this trial was, by direction of the Learned Judge, that the marriage was pronounced " null mat void;" the chil dren declared illegitimate, the rightful patrimony condemned, and the parents branded by the Court with the ignominy of in cest I We know nothing of the parties; and are fortunate twine, not to be placed in their circumstances; but we cannot withhold our detestation of a Statute which demanded a decision that thus robs a whole family, innocent in the eye of Beavers, of honour, reputation, and property ! Aud for why ? Because the man had, c ',Wary to an old musty law, the misfortun , to falliti love with the second sister, as he bad allowably befare donewith the first !" Sir J. Nicaau. stated it, as his private judgment, that the second marriage was " unnatgrat, criminal, and is cestuous!" Why then not the first marriage also? If the law allowed tie first, through freedom of consanguinity, it ought unquestionably to have allowed the second I Wherein lies de sin? The Church knows not! or why did the four ttlinisieth whom Mr. and Mrs. WATSON consulted upon their union, say " that titers was no harm in if!" w hich is what every liberal and considerate mind must say; but, added the Ministers, " it is unfortunately contrary to the Law of the lAnd."--' Wehave au desire to advocate indecorous alliance, but to combs , prejudice and absurdity; and should be glad to know on whet principle the law of the land has been thus constituted, and ii still coatianed, as a stumbliagsbluck of misery, and a barrierto happiness ! It is not from the prohibitory counsel of CHRT , T; it is not from the interdicts of Moses ; nor is it from the rcpul• sive feelings of Nature ! Moses declared, " that if any loads brother die, having a wife, and he die without children. that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his bro• ther."—Luke, chap. xx. v. ‘24. Here the sexes, it is true, are the reverse of the case before us; bet it is immaterial: for thee, which is not only a permission to the female, bat an injunrcan to the brethren, to b.arry their sister-in-law, is indisputably sot nonymous to a man taking in marriage seven sisters in secrets lion, and thereby justifying the affinity in question. a eain, when the Sadducees asked our Savtova, " Whose wife in the Resurrection will this woman be, for seven had her to wife? - - May it not be humbly presumed, had he viewed it with crimi nality, that he would have taken the opportunity of shewieg them the evil of this practice ? But the facsis, that the prohibi tion is neither a natural nor a divine law. It is an absurdity consistent only with the narrow ideas of Britain's legi.lators is past ages, or the artificial blindness produced by quiltMling law yen, who chase thus to strain the meaning of musty acts and obsolete terms. In fine, however dense the calumnious medium may be, through which the poor victims of this suit arc viewed at Doctors' Commons, theirguilt is purity, and their condemna tion praise, when put in competition a his those 'mercenary and unfeeling characters, who possess no other principle of justice than the law ; and whose sense of equity is alone exerw3 to wrench from the only true an& natural representatives of ;heir deceased relations, that property for which they must one day account to a higher tribuual ! That such reflections on our bet may cease, from the removal of their origin, is what we most sin scerely desire. May the legislative authority then, of this Mors enlightened age, be . condescentlingty exerted to correct ais4 amend them; that whilst the people of England submit to the heavy burthens daily heaped upon them, for purposes of horrid war, this solacing drop may be cast into their bitter cup, and thereby extent; the Taw of 4gerittic coogort-! PO A ,i IN :~ I~ I~ . t , 1 , 1 -. ~. ft .tic sni 1)11 A 4c :t PCI, tiet L 3 p, o in he 1 11 tat e rues