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Conformity in the laws regulating different species of property is de sirable, with a view to the better general under standing of the law ; accordingly, one recom mendation of this rule is, that it would make the transmission of real property, in one case, conformable to the law now long established for the transmission of personal property, which, in case of the intestacy of a person dying unmar ried and without issue, goes exclusively to the father as next of kin ; a law which it is believed has not been found inconvenient, nor considered unfair or objectionable. The father too, as the general dispenser of the family property, seems the fittest person to have the controul over whatever is to devolve by law upon some part of his family. By a technical rule of pleading, the descent from one brother or sister to another has been hitherto considered immediate, and in the opi nion of some persons it would be better to con sider that as a substantial rule, and to prefer brothers and sisters to the father ; this how ever would be introducing an anomaly, espe cially if the principle were not followed up by postponing generally the ancestor to his des cendants, the grandfather for instance to the uncle. AND CORFU. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT, TREASURY CHAMBERS, JUNE 18, 1129. SUCH Persons as are desirous of Contract ing with' the Agent for Commissariat Supplies, to Delver COALS at BERMUDA and CORFU, may receive particulars of the Contract at this Office be tween the Hours of Ten and Four, and deliver their Ten ders sealed up and directed to the Agent for Commissariat Supplies, marking therein " Tender for Coals ;" on or before Tuesday the 30th inst., but none will be received after Twelve o'clock on that day; nor will any Proposal be noticed unless made on or annexed to a printed Parti cular, and the price inserted in Words at length ; nor un less a letter be subjoined to such Proposal signed by two persons of known property engaging to become bound with the party tendering, in the cum expressed in the particu lars, for the due performance of the Contract. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 19, 1829. PRICE 7D. No. 11,471. NEW EXETER CHANGE, 353, STRAND. OFFICERS and the Public are respectfully informed, that the whole of the several branches of the business lately carried on AT THE OLD EXETER CHANGE, ROLLS COURT. OLD BAILEY, JUNE 18. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. The Mastail of the Rolls has announced his intention of holding the sittings of his Court generally in the morning, instead of in the evening, as it has hitherto been the cus tom for him and his predecessors to do. His Honour has at the same time intimated to the King's Counsel, prac tising in the Courts of Equity, his wish that such of them as elect to practise in his Court, will notify their inter tion to his Secretary. The following is the list of sittings which his Honour has appointed for the ensuing term, and the sittings after it; the effect of which will be, to bring into pradtive some of the most important objects of the Bill " for facilitating the administration of justice in Courts of Equity," - which was recently withdrawn from the House of Commons, after having passed the Lords : James Butler, the man who was tried for setting fire to the Messrs. Downings' floor-cloth manufac tory at Chelsea, and whose trial was not concluded. when we went to press, was at a late hour found Guilty. Edward Martelly and Henry Jubilee Conway, both of whom were convicted yesterday of feloni ously tittering a cheque, knowing it to have been forged, were again placed at the bar, charged upon a second indictment with forging and counterfeiting a cheque for 2001. upon the bank of Sir Coutts Trotter and CO. In a second count of the indict ment the prisoners were charged with uttering the same, with intent to defraud, &c. Mr. Charles Bolton—l am clerk to Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand. Mr. Hamlet, the jeweller. keeps an account there. The cheque now produced was presented to me for payment on the 29th of April last by the prisoner Martelly. As soon as I saw the cheque I knew it was not in the hand writing of Mr. Hamlet. The name of Harlett was endorsed upon the cheque. The witness then went on to state, that lie questioned the prisoner, who said he received the cheque from a gentleman, a stranger, whom he met that morning in the Strand by accident, and who requested to receive payment for it. REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS ON THE LAW OF REAL PROPERTY. (Continued from our Paper of yesterday.) UNITED GENERAL GAS COMPANY'S OFFICE, No. 14, King's Arms-Yard, Coleman-street, June 16, 1829. INTOTICE is hereby given, That the DI RECTORS of the UNITED GENERAL GAS COMPANY, at a MEETING held thiq day at the Com pany's Office, did make is further Call of One Pound per Share from the Proprietors of and in the Capital of the said Company, upon each of their respective Shares, by virtue of and according to the Provisions of the Deed of Settlement; and the said Proprietors are hereby required to pay the same, on or before the 27th day of July next, at the house of the Treasurers of the Company, Messrs. Rosanquet, Pitt, Anderdon, Franks, and Co., Lombard street, London. W. H. PORTER, Managing Director. are now continued at the above Manufacturing Establish ment by W. DAY, PATENTEE and SOLE INVENTOR of the EXPANDING TRUNK, and EXTENDING BRASS BEDSTEAD, where he humbly, and with con_ fidence, solicits an Inspection of his very Extensive As sortment of ARMY and NAVY EQUIPAGES, includ ing SADDLERY, HARNESS, CUTLERY, TRUNKS DRESSING CASES, TRAVELLING BAGS, &c. &c. NAVAL AND MILITARY EDUCATION. (UNDER. ROYAL. PATRONAGE.) GOSPORT ACADEMYwiII be OPENED again after the MIDSUMMER RECESS, on the 27th of JULY, where YOUNG GENTLEMEN are BOARDED and EDUCATED for the NAVY, ARMY, the LEARNED PROFESSIONS, and PUBLIC OF FICES, by WILLIAM BURNEY, LL.D. and SON. AT WESTMINSTER. On Monday, the 22d, and on every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, during the term, at eleven o'clock, on causes, further directions, and exceptions. And on every Friday during term, at the same hour, on consent causes and petitions. ROYAL ACADEMY, SOMERSET-HOUSE. T HE EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY is now OPEN. • The School has long been established on moderate terms, and the Plan of Education is liberal and extensive, com bining the advantages of a Grammar School with those of an Academy. Pupils are carefully and expeditiously prepared here for the Royal Naval and Military Colleges at Portsmouth, Sandhurst, and Woolwich, and go with superior advantages to these Establishments. AT TIER ROLLS. On the first and every other seal day, including tke last seal, at nine o'clock, on consent causes and petition.. On every other day, until the last seal, except seal days and Saturdays, at eleven o'clock, on causes, further direc tions, and exception•. On the day after the last seal, at eleven o'clock ; and at the same hour, on the subsequent day or days, if necessary, for the disposal of petitions, on petitions. And afterwards, on one or m ore days, airway be neces sary, at nine o'clock, on consent causes and petitions. Admission (from Eight o'clock till Seven) Is. Catalogue Is. HENRY HOWARD, R.A. Secretary. PRIVATE PUPIL. AMARRIED CLERGYMAN, for some years Tutor to a Nobleman, and subsequently re ceiving Sia Pupils into his House, a moderate distance from . Landes, would be glad to fill a VACANCY with a CENTLEMAN'S SON, whose Education er Health may require more that common attention. Letters addressed to the Rev. 11. S., Messrs. Harding and Lepard's, Booksellers, No. 4, Pall-mall East, London, will be duly forwarded to him in the country. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNE IS. HAWKINS AND OTHERS V. CORBETT AND OTHERS. AUTHOR OF WAVERLEY'S NEW NOVEL. This day was published, in 3 vole. price 11. I ls. 6d. ANNE OF GEIERSTEIN. By the Author of Waverley. " What ! will the aspiring blood of Lancaster Sink in the ground ?"—Shakspeare. Printed for Cadell and Co. Edinburgh, and Simpkin and Marshall, London. Of whom may be had, ST. VALENTINE'S DAY ; or, the FAIR MAID of PERTH. By the Author of Waverley, &c. 3 vole. l Is. 6d. Second Edition. _ . CHRONICLES of the CANONGATE. By the Author of Waverley. First Series. 2 vols. 1/. Is. Second Edition. Contents.—Tale I. The Highland Widow—ll. The Two Drovers—lll. The Surgeon's Daughter. TALES of a GRANDFATHER. Being Stories from the History of Scotland. By Sir WALTER SCOTT, Bart. First Series. A New Edition, 3 vols. 10s. 6d. TALES of a GRANDFATHER. Second Series. A New Edition, 3 vols. 10s. 6d. The COOK'S ORACLE, a New Edition (being the Eighth), containing a Complete System of Cookery for Catholic Families. 12m0., 7s. 6d. "We venture to prophesy that the Cook's Oracle will be considered as the English Institute of Cookery. —Edinburgh Review, March 1821. IMPERIAL FIRE OFFICE, SUN-COURT, CORNMILL, and No. 5, ST. JAMES'S-STREET. DIRECTORS. John Baker Richards, Esq. Chairman. Xneas Barkly, Esq. Deputy Chairman. Grant Allan, Esq. Daniel Mildred, Esq. Charles Barclay, E.q. M.P. Jeremiah Olive, Esq. Andrew Colvile, Esq. James Pattison, jun. Esq. Charles Danvers, Esq. Sir Charles Price, Bart. John Henry Deffell, Esq. Sir James Shaw, Bart. Gerard de Visme, Esq. Robert Slade, Esq. Samuel Drewe, Esq. I John Henton Tritton, Esq, Thomas Foster, Esq. Joseph Timperon, Esq. Samuel Hibbert, Esq. and Richard Lee, Esq. Richard Twining, Esq. Ex-DIR Michael Bland, Esq. Cornelius Buller, Esq. George Hibbert, jun., Esq. :CTORS. John Horsley Palmer, Esq, Joseph Reid, Esq., and John Smith, Esq. M.P. ['ORS. AUDI Chas. Porcher Lang, Esq. James Gordon Murdoch,Esq. ---- George Reid, Esq. and John Tritton, Esq. EX-AUDITOR. Martin Tucker Smith, Esq. Notice is hereby given, that Insurances which expire at Midsummer, should be renewed within 15 days therefrom, or they become void, and that receipts for such renewals are now ready for delivery, at the Offices in London, and with the respective Agents for the Company throughout the United Kingdom. P. MILNER, Accountant. PICTURES, FINISHED AND UNFINISHED. Sketches, portraits, &c. by the late Benjamin West, P. R. A., a few Pictures by Old Masters, tine Prints, Plaister Cuts, Alahogauy Panels, Carved Picture Frames, &e. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. GEORGE ROBINS, In the Splendid Gallery, Newman-street, TO-MORROW, the 20th and MONDAY the 22 d inst. at Twe lve, AFew Finished ORIGINAL PICTURES, particularly the First Installation of the Order of the Garter, a chef d'oeuvre, one of the most elaborate works of the ate • BENJAMIN WEST, P.R.A. The admired cabinet picture, Damon and Musidora ; the curious picture of the Two Prismatic Spheres, illustra tive of the System of Colouring, and referred to by the Professor of Painting to the Royal Academy. UPWARDS OF ONE HUNDRED UNFINISHED PICTURES AND SKETCHES from the inimitable pencil of the same celebrated master. amongst which may be enumerated—The Death of Crew ; Venus attired by the Graces ; Departure of Leonidas ; the American Treaty, including Portraits of Dr. Franklin, Mr. Temple Franklin, Mr. Jay, Mr. Adams, and Mr. Pinney; Governor Penn's Treaty with the Indians; Lear and Cordelia ; Abraham and Isaac, fine life size ; Studies of Thetis bringing tke Armour to Achilles; Infant Sa viour, with Mary and Joseph ; Academical Study of Wil son • the large Cartoons for the Painted Windows of Windsor Castle; two superb copies of Stella, from the celebrated pictures of Nichol° Poussin, in the possession of the Earl of Radnor, of coeval date with the originals, and supposed to lie touched upon by the master ; a sin gularly fine set of Raffaele's Cartoons, coloured by Sir James Thornhill, upon the original off-traits, used by Do rigsey, for his celebrated Plates—this series is more valu able for not being revised ; the Ananias, coloured by Mr. West from the original at Hampton-court ; two fine Drawings, by Goupy, from Salvator Rosa ; three, by the late G. Barrett, R.A., &c. ; five Prints, framed and glazed ; numerous seasoned Mahogany Panels, of various dimensions ; large carved Picttu e Frames ; two large rolling Eagles; Porphyry marble-coloured Slabs; fine Colours, &c. May be viewed till the sale; when Catalogues, at Is. each, may be had at the Gallery ; of T. R. Smith, EN. Solicitor, Furnival'a Inn ; and at Mr. George Robins's Offices, Covent-garden. DINMORE'S SHRIMP PASTE and ESSENCE. 'THESE New and Superior Preparations X only require a trial to be approved ; the Paste for Sandwiches, Toast, Biscuit, &c., and the Essence as a Sauce for all kinds of Boiled and Fried Fish. DUNN's ESSENCE OF COFFEE AND COCOA PASTE, from which Coffee and Cocoa of a superior qua. lity, and perfectly clear, is instantly made. HARD's FARINACEOUS FOOD, for Infants and Persons with impaired Digestion, far preferable to Tops and Bottoms, a species of Food ill adapted to the stomachs Pf Infants. ASHBY'e PREPARED GROATS and BARLEY, for making Gruel and Barley Water in a few minutes. Thes e superior preparations are packed in tin-foil in order to prevent them from damp. BURGESS'e ANCHOVY PASTE and ESSENCE. -These articles have been so long in general use, that it is only necessary to caution the Public against the nume rous inferior imitations offered for sale. _ ..... Sold by the principal Italian Warehousemen in London, and Druggists in the Country. On Wednesday, the 24th of June, will be published, in One Vol. Svo. price 12s. boards, AN EXPERIMENTAL INQUIRY into the LAWS which REGULATE the PHENO MENA of ORGANIC and ANIMAL LIFE. By GEORGE CALVERT HOLLAND, M.D. Bachelor of Letters of the University of Paris, formerly Senior President of the Hunterian Medical Society, and President of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh. Printed for Madachlan and Stewart, Edinburgh; and Simpkin and Marshall, London. On Wednesday, the 24th of June, will be published, in Bvo. with Ten Engravings, price 10s. 6d. boards, Vol. IV. Part 11. of the MEMOIRS of the CALEDONIAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Printed for Maclachla►► and Stewart, Edinburgh ; and Sinspkin and Marshall, London. In this part of the Society's Memoirs are contained many valuable papers for practical purposes. We would .most particularly recommend a perusal of Mr. Hay's in genious paper on " Pine Apple Pit," heated by means of Steam, introduced into a close chamber filled with Water worn Stones. With Two illustrative Plates. If Aid 0 1 lo e o oi w~~. to ~: NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 18.— Mr. Douglas Curry, College Midshipman, son of Capt. Curry, R.N., Belmont-place, Stoke, who was severely wounded at the battle of Navarin, in the pinnace of his Ma jesty's ship Rose, in the act of boarding one of the Turkish ships when she blew up, was, on the 1 2th instant, promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. Lieut. G. T. Dixon, first of his Majesty's ship Dryad, 42, paid off at this port, is promoted to the rank of Commander; this officer being the son of the lamented Captain Dixon, who lost his life in the Apollo, a brave and gallant officer, the son's promotion cannot but be genendly pleasing. Mr. Lunn, Mate, now serving with Commodore Barrie, on the Lakes of Canada, is promoted to the rank of Lieutenant ; this gentleman is the son of Mr. Lunn, of the Dock-yard, and having served with Captain James Hillyar in his brilliant actions, his promotion must be considered as the result of merit and long servitude in various parts of the world. A NEW FLYING FISH. A very strong sensation was excited a few days ago in the vicinity of Wandsworth, by the ap pearance of an extraordinary animal, which was observed floating slowly through the air nearly over the village. Its appearance, which was that of a fish of about 20 feet in length, and propor tionate bulk, excited alarm amongst many, and astonishment amongst all, who beheld it. What was it ? and how it came there ? were questions very eagerly and very naturally asked, but not so easily answered. Conjectures were hazarded, without number, and without result. Nobody could give a satisfactory explanation of the phe nomenon, though every body made the attempt. It was a fish—it was a sea serpent—it was " very like a whale ;" and there were not a few who thought that it was none of these, but something supernatural, portentous of strange and awful events : one or two of the more shrewd looked upon it as one of the visitations with which the country had been threatened in consequence of the passing of the Catholic Bill. But whatever it was, it seemed to be the general wish that it should if possible be removed from the neigh bourhood. But then came the question—how ? To take a monster of such dimensions alive, was an attempt which might be attended with much danger. It was therefore considered pru dent to kill it first, if it could be killed. For this purpose some of the best .shots in the neigh bourhood were put in requisition. Several fowling-pieces were discharged at it, without any other effect than that of adding to the terror of many of the spectators. At last a gentleman brought out a long strand-piece, loaded with duck-shot, and took his aim ; he was successful. Some of the shot pierced the animal's side, when, to the - terror of crowds who looked on, it changed its form and sunk to the earth, a shrunken and mis-shapen mass. For a time no person was hardy enough to approach it ; but at last, not seeing it move, the gentleman who brought it down advanced, and to his sur prise, and the great relief of many present from their alarms, found that it consisted of a quantity of silk made in the shape of a fish and inflated with gas. The phenomenon was now explained. Further inquiry led to the discovery of the place from whence it came, and it appeared that it was a "loose fish" which had escaped from Vaux hall-gardens. The proprietors, it seemed, had prepared this monster, intending that it should rise from the waters of the Hydropyric Temple, and float amidst the fire-works over the heads of spectators. Having been properly inflated, it was slightly fastened to that part of the temple from which it was to ascend ; but, in the course of the night, the strings became loosened, and the monster escaped. Where it passed its night is not known, but early on the following morning it was seen floating over Wandsworth, as we have described. The truant monster has since been restored to its owners. YORK MINSTER.—The cylinders are now completely replaced to two of the cloistered columns of the choir, the bases and capitals only remaining to be re paired. The workmen have begun to replace the stone cornicing preparatory to laying on the roof, which latter is rapidly progressing in the Minster-yard. It is expected that the roof will be on, and covered in, by the end of September.— Flail Packet. This was an action by the assignees of Messrs. Archibald Morton and Co., formerly bankers at Wellingborough, against Messrs. Archibald Corbett and Co., wholesale linen-drapers, of Friday-street, Cheapside, to recover 27,0001., the amount of monies belonging to Messrs. Morton and Co., and alleged to have received by Archibald Corbett, and applied by him for the partnership purposes of the defendants. The case was referred to Mr. Taunton, who, it was agreed, should state the facts in the form of a special case for the opinion of the Court. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JUNE 18. PUGH V. CAMPION. The plaintiff in this cause is a painter, and the defendant a carrier. The former drove out to the country on the 23d of October last, in his gig. On his return, whilst he was waiting for the gate of the yard to be opened, the defendant's waggon, drawn by three horses, came up, and notwithstand ing the plaintiff's calling out to the defendant, who was sitting on the shaft, to take care, the waggon ran against the gig, and threw out the plaintiff, whose right arm was broken by the fall. He was afterwards attended by two surgeons for a consider able time, and in their opinion he will never again have the perfect use of his arm. For this injury the present action was brought. No person appeared on behalf of the defendant.—Verdict for the plain tiff—Damages, 130/. PREROGATIVE COURT, JUNE 18. WAGNER AGAINST MEARS. The deceased in this case was Ann Jones, a widow, who died in December, 1821, aged 70, leaving property to the amount of upwards of 13,0001. By a will dated in July, 1821, and a codicil dated 30th of November in that year, she bequeathed the bulk of this property to two nieces, the children of a sister, (having no nearer surviving relation,) and small legacies to three nephews and a niece, the children of another sister. Probate of this will was granted (the two niecesbeing appointed executrices) in January, 1822. After the lapse of six or seven years, the probate was recalled, and a suit instituted by Elizabeth Wagner, the other niece, with a view of setting up an earlier will, dated in 1820, on the ground that that of 1821 was the result of contriv ance and circumvention, the deceased being alleged to be intestable at the time. The CouitT was of opinion that there was no ground whatever for the suit which had been insti tuted in this case. The nominal party, Elizabeth Wagner, was a pauper, against whom no costs could be recovered ; but the real party was Samuel New bury, a nephew, whose legacy had been reduced (for reasons assigned by the testatrix) from 1,0001. to 500/., who was even present and concurring at the execution of the last will, who had acquiesced in it for six or seven years, and had taken his legacy under it. He now sought, by this in direct and irresponsible proceeding, to set up the former will, instead of doing so at first. It was to be regretted that he had obtained his legacy, for otherwise the Court might have been able to do ample justice to the executrices. All it could now do was to pronounce in favour of the will of 1821, and to mark its opinion of the transaction by con demning the pauper in costs, directing the taxation to be suspended till it should appear to the Court that she was in a condition to pay them. EDINBURGH. HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY, JUNF. is. Yesterday, John Stuart, blacksmith, and Catherine Wright of Stuart, were put to the bar, and pleaded not guilty to the charges of murder, as also theft. The minor proposition of the indictment contained these words, " Feloniously administering laudanum, or rather narcotic and deleterious substance, aggra vated with intent is aforesaid :" in so far as on the 15th of December, on board the Castle Toward steam-boat, plying on the river and frith of Clyde, then on her voyage from inverary to Glasgow, and when the boat was on her way between Tarbert and Glasgow, they did administer to Robert Lamont, merchant and farmer at Balligarton, parish of Kil ninian, in the island of Ulva, Argyleshire, a quantity of laudanum, or other narcotic and poisonous sub stance, which they mixed up with a quantity of porter or ale; and the said Robert Lamont having partaken of that mixture, fell into a profound sleep and state of stupefaction; and while in that state, they abstracted from his pockets a leather pocket book, containing ten batik notes for one pound each, and a two pound note of the Leith Bank, and other property ; .and in consequence of having drunk of the said poisonous narcotic mixture, so prepared and administered, the said Robert Lain?in lingered in a state of insensibility until the morning of the 16th December, when he died, and was thus bereaved of life and murdered. The indictment , which was also laid on the statute 6th Geo. IN . c. 126, charged the panels with, at same time, ad ministering‘ a similar mixture to John Lamont, Ca therine M'Pate or 'McPhail, and Margaret McPhail, their daughter, with the intent to murder or dis able them. In consequence of some informality in the indict ment, the SOLICITOR. GENERAL moved that the diet be deserted pro loco et tempore, and the prisoners re-committed on a new warrant. We understand a trial upon a new libel will take place in three weeks, We are happy to learn, on the authority of a gentleman residing in this town, who had the honour of conversing with the KING a week or two ago at Windsor, that his MAJESTY is in the full enjoyment .of excellent health and spirits. The gentleman alluded to was, at the express direction of his MAJESTY, who condescended him self to give orders to an attendant to that effect, sbewn the whole of the Castle, including the new and magnificent state apartments, and also the beautiful scenery at Virginia Water..-Brighton Gcixofe. Stevens, a Bow-street officer, deposed to the fact of his taking the prisoner into custody. Mr. Thomas Hamlet proved that the signature to the cheque was not in his hand-writing. George Coombes, the accomplice, who is still in custody, was then examined, and repeated his former testimony with respect to his acquaintance with the prisoners. After describing several meetings which they had had together, he said that they met together at the coffee-room in Pickett-street, in May, when Martelly asked Conway if he felt inclined to commit another forgery. Conway said he had no mind to do so, and witness said the same. Mar teliy observed that he was in want of money, and must have some. Soon after, witness, Martelly and Conway met together in St. James's Park, when Martelly pulled a cheque-book of Messrs. Coutts from hispocket, and said that Conway was going to put his signature to one of them, and that he (Mar telly) should present it. Witness told Conway that he would be very foolish to do so. Witness then declined having any thing to do in the matter, and went away. On the following day witness met Conway, who told him that Martelly had presented the cheque at Messrs. Coutts and Co., and that he (Conway) remained outside, and after waiting some time he saw Martelly taken off to Bow-street. Witness and Conway met the next morning, and Conway said he would write a note to Sir H. Bir nie, and that the signature to it should correspond with that which the cheque bore. _ Cross-examined by Mr. C. PHILLIPS—I refused to have any thing to do with the transaction, be cause I thought it dishonest to do so after having par ticipated in the other forgery. The number of crimes I have committed so oppresses me, that I cannot count them, I came here to-day for the pure love of justice, and no other motive. By Mr. CLArtx,soN—Upon my oath I have not come here expecting to save my own neck. I do not, however, believe I shall be prosecuted. 1 ex pect I shall not be prosecuted. I must have told a lie when I said I came here for the pure love of jus tice. The Jury,after consulting for about three minutes, returned a verdict of Guilty against Martelly, and Not Guilty as affecting Conway. The moment the verdict was pronounced, the prisoner Conway fell senseless in the dock, and in that state was carried out of Court, followed by Mr. Box, the surgeon of Newgate. Martelly heard his sentence without appearing to be much affected by it. The trial lasted until past seven o'clock FRENCH COMMERCE. (From the Journal des Debats.) The general Table of the Commerce of Prance, with her Colonies and foreign countries in 1828, prepared by j l the a dministration of the Customs, has been published. The following are extracts : The amount of general commerce is 607,677,3211: namely, 3,465 French vessels gauging 346,59 I tons, 242,952,4551. ; 4,122 foreign vessels from the countries whence the merchants come, 445,704 tons, in vessels from 31A8ssifotpl:aigillipaan9rs:es' Cotton other countries, 33,019,551 f. ; by land, 205,769,855 E ; total, 607,677,321 f. Exported, 609,922,632 f. ; diffe rence, 2,245,311 f. The exportation is as follows :--3,341 French vessels gauging 326,835 tons, 218,963,080 E ; 4,164 foreign ves sels, 344,547 tons, 183,127,6001. ; 899 vessels from other countries, 115,972 tons, 41,916,4481. ; by land, 165,615,504 f. The special commerce of what France has received for consumption, and of what has been drawn from the interior for foreign countries and the Colonies, is thus divided : Merchandise consumed paying taxes—Materials neces sary for trade, 278,590,868 f. ; natural objects of con sumption, 136,845,918 E ; manufactured, 38,323,551 f. --total, 453,760,337 f. French merchandise exported, natural products, 167,377,012 f. ; manufactured, 343,838,910E—t0ta1, 511,215,922 f. Difference, 57,455,585 f. This does not include the dealings in money. The imports are, 208,101,075 f. ; exports, 25,571,564 f. The commerce with the French Colonies and the Indian fictories is—imports, 67,267,242 f. ; exports, 53,865,997 f. Difference, 11,400,2451. The premiun n i a s n o i n el) 7p_ortation paid this year amount to 10, 5,725,323 E 590,1791. 932,7801. 54,370 f. Woven Cotton Mahogany Furniture 8371. Acids. 21,787f. Woollens 2,022,196 f. Straw Bonnets 124,388f. Tanned Skins 45,1461. Lead, manufactured in sheets 19,810f. Copper, manufactured in sheets l,olBf. The hay harvest commenced last week at Crowland, but the crops are very deficient, in consequence of the long drought : indeed the pastures in that neigh bourhood were seldom or ever known so short in the month of June as they are this year.— Stamford News. Ft RE.---Yesterday afternoon, about one o'clock a fire broke out in the house of a gentleman, named Hoe- KINSON. in Clarges-street, Piccadilly, and burnt a con siderable quantity of valuable furniture before the engines, that hurried to the spot, could succeed in subduing the flames. The family had gone to Ascot Races, It is not known in what way the fire originated. On Saturday Miss F—, a highly respectable young lady, was proceeding to Ormonde Market, when passing along Ormonde-quay, and within a short distance of the place of her destination, she was made the victim of an attack, as diabolical as it was upcovoked and unac countable. A quantity of vitriol was suddenly discharged at her as if from a squirting gun or some such instrument; the destructive liquid took effect on her gown, bonnet, and other parts of her dress, but fortunately her face and per son escaped uninjured.—Dublin Morning Post. The clothing trade of Bradford, Wilts, and its neighbou r h oo d, i s , we regret to find, suffering severely, in common with other manufacturing places in this district, from the general commercial depression. One of the principal factories has just been closed, and a number of hands have been thus thrown out of employ. Parochial relief is, in many cases, the only resource of the poor weavers ; and, as a necessary consequence, the poor-rates are becom e so excee di n gly heavy in Bradford, as greatly to degree s th e va l ue o f l an d e d property.—Rath Chronicle. INHERITANCE. The rules which govern the transmission of Freehold Estates of Inheritance at Common Law, on the decease of an absolute proprietor, in the absence of express disposition by him, are (for the most part) well understood, and appear to be well suited to the habits and feelings of the people. By these rules an estate descends to the eldest or only son, or his descendants, if he should be dead, leaving issue, and next to the second and other sons, according to priority of birth, and their .descendants ; in default of sons and their descendants it descends to daughters in equal shares, if more than one, and to the descendants . of any deceased daughters, such descendants taking the share which would have gone to the parent if living. When there is no lineal descendant, the estate goes to the eldest or only brother of the whole blood, that is, who was born of the same father and mother as the deceased proprietor, and to his descendants, if he should be dead, leaving issue, and to the other brothers in succession and their descendants. If there be no brother. or descendants of a brother, the sisters of the whole blood succeed in equal shares, and the descendants of deceased sisters, such descendants taking their parents' share as before. In case of the failure of brothers and sisters and their descendants, it becomes necessary to inquire whether the deceased proprietor took the estate himself by inheritance, or whether he acquired it immediately by a deed or will, or in technical language was a purchaser. In the former case the heir is to be sought in the family from which the estate descended to the deceased proprietor, that is, either on the father's side or on the mother's side, as it hap pened ; in the latter case the law gives the pre yference to the relations on the paternal side, but if there be none such, then it directs the inheritance to go to the relations on the Inger- nal side. Here occurs a rule, drawn from feudal prin ciples, which is at variance with ordinary feelings and notions, and has been long considered un just : every lineal ancestor of the deceased pro prietor, whether near or remote, is excluded from immediately inheriting. An estate may pass to the younger brother of the father, and upon his death it may pass to the father as his heir; but rather than go at once to the father or the mother of the deceased pro prietor, the law directs it to escheat, that is, to fall, as for want of an heir, to the lord of whom the land was holden ; that is, in most cases, to the Crown. In default, however, of lineal and immediate collateral heirs and their descendants, the inhe ritance is to be traced through the nearest ances tor, that is, the father, unless it be a maternal in heritance, and if it be a maternal inheritance, the mother, and it will pass to his or her eldest brother of the whole blood or his descendants, and the other brothers in succession and their descendants ; and if none such, to sisters of the whole blood and their descendants, in equal shares as before ; in failure of this line, the next more remote ancestor on the same side is made the stock in the same manner, and then the next more remote, and so on ; the rule being still ob served that the paternal line has the preference in ascending from the first purchaser, and that up to the first purchaser the inheritance must be traced back through the line of ancestors by which it descended. If heirs in the pure male line ascending from the first purchaser should fail, then, in compli ance with a rule above stated, a female ancestor, or some ancestor of a female ancestor is to be made the stock ; and first, it is a rule that such female ancestor is to be taken on the paternal side, if any such can be found, and therefore the brother of the paternal grandmother (the father's mother) is preferred to the brother of the mother of the deceased proprietor, he having bee❑ the first purchaser. Here sometimes, though rarely, occurs a point about which a difference of opinion has existed for a long series of years. According to some authorities, when a female stock on the paternal side is to be introduced, proximity of blood is to have the preference, and consequently collateral relations of the paternal grandmother are to be preferred to _collateral rela tions of the paternal great grandmother ; accord ing to other authorities (and this is the doctrine maintained by Mr. Justice Blackstone in his Commentaries,) the pedigree is still to be traced up as far as possible on the paternal side through males, and the female ancestor of the remotest male ancestor is to be preferred as a stock to the female ancestor of a less remote male ancestor, the paternal great grandmother to the paternal grandmother. On failure of relations on the paternal side of the first purchaser, the maternal line is let in, that is, the mother of the first purchaser is con sidered as the stock, and her ancestors, first on the paternal and then on the maternal side as before. It is to be observed that on failure of heirs of the last proprietor on the side of the first purchaser, the estate does not pass to the heirs of the last proprietor on the other side, but escheats' as before, so that an estate descended to the deceased proprietor from his mother, can never pass to his collateral relations on the father's side. It has been laid down in the above statement, that collateral relations in order to be let in to inherit, must be of the whole blood of the person from or through whom they are to derive their claim. Thus a brother of the deceased proprietor by the same father, but a different mc,ther, cannot inherit to the deceased proprietor, whether he took by purchase or descent. The estate will rather escheat, and the same is the case with an uncle half-brother of the father, and so on : this rule, like that which excludes the lineal ancestor, has long been felt to rest on no sound prir.ciple, and to be hard in its operation. We think that boil these rules may be taken away, without introducing any uncertainty into the law of inheritance, or materially impairing its symmetry. AND, FIRST, AS TO THE ASCENDING LINE. It appears desirable that the lineal ancestor should be let in to the succession in such order It may be argued in support of such proposal, that the ancestor, who is likely to be advanced in life, may be expected to be less capable of making discreet disposition of the property, that he may be tempted unfairly to divert it to his issue by a different marriage, or even to make some disposition altogether capricious and un reasonable; but the dependence of children on their parents is acknowledged to be salutary ; and when it is considered that the proposed change of the law will only come into operation in the absence of express dispositions, and there fore it may be presumed, for the most part, where no strong reason was felt by the deceased proprietor for making a disposition, the general good of the family seems likely to be best con sulted by vesting the property in its head, rather than in any of the younger members, and, as already observed, less violence will thus be done to the general system of the law of inheritance. The same reasons we consider should prevail against a plan which has been proposed of giving to the ancestor an interest during his life,only. SECOND.-AS TO Till HALF BLOOD. We think it advisable that no distinction should exist between the whole and the half blood, except that preference should be given to the whole blood of the first purchaser, as be tween his kindred in equal degree or their de scendants, with the exception of a single cace afterwards mentioned. The following reasons seem to us sufficient for putting the whole blood and the half blood on an equal footing with the above exception :- Ist. One ancestor only of any couple of an cestors, being the person from or through whom the inheritance descends, it seems needless to have any regard to the other ancestor. 1 hus, if land descend from the father to the eldest son, there seems no reason why it should not pass from him to the second son, whether born of the same or another mother.- 2d. The rule is recommended by the principle of conformity already suggested, as in the trans mission of personal estate, the whole blood and half blood stand on an equal footing, and so in case of descent of a title of nobility, or of an estate tail. 3d. The difference between the whole and the half blood, however well understood by lawyers, is, it is believed, not familiar to the public ; lands are therefore liable to be left to descend contrary to the intention of the owner, and they are liable to be claimed and to be possessed con trary to the law without an evil intention ; and further, in deducing the title on sales of estates, the circumstance of the half-blood, being not of very frequent occurrence, is liable to be over looired by those who prepare the abstract of title, and by those who know nothing of the pedigree but what is laid before them, and thus a bad title may be approved of by the advisers of a purchaser for valuable consideration and ac cepted by him ; whatever leads to insecurity of titles, is of course, independently of other con siderations, greatly objectionable. Some of the above reasons apply with equal force to the case in which the person who died seised was himself the purchaser. The reason which has inclined us to give a lim;ted preference to the whole blood in this case is, that when one parent has issue by another marriage, the connection between the members of the two families is felt to bo much less than between the members of each family. If a bro ther leave a whole brother or sister, or the issue of either of these, and also an elder brother by a different marriage, it would be repugnant - to common feelings and notions to direct his estate to descend to the half brother, although if he left a brother or sister of the half bloo:1, or the issue of such, and only a more remote relation of the whole blood,• the proximity of kindred would seem to give a reasonable preference the former. It would, be desirable, if, witl reference to the half blood, a distinction conk be drawn between the case of a purchaser by his own act noording to the familiar use of the wort purchaser, and that of a purchaser in the mer technical sense of the word, that is, a person wh, may have succeeded perhaps to the family estate but is considered as a purchaser, hecause i comes to him through some deed or will, an not by inheritance, and in the latter case to pt the whole and the half blood on an equal footing It is considered, however, impracticable to fir,,m a law founded on this distinction, which :;noel be clear and simple, except, indeed, th a t a pow( may be given to the person from whom the lire perty comes, of directing that, it shall be take particular line of ance torsi r i s f it descended hereter from n pla a ined, in which case w think the distuiction of the whole and half bloo may also be taken away. It is proposed, therefore, that the whole bloo of the first purchaser, who took without ref( rence to any ancestor, shall be preferred, as b( tween persons claiming through the same mice: for of the first purchaser to the half blood, an that subject to this preference, the distinction ht tween the whole and the half blood shall be ab( lished, TIIIRD.-AS TO TIIE FCIIALE ANCESTOR. With respect to the question as to tlic preft to 4. wolf' ofth r oe'r rilkilf FC'' Ef4' if% im rep ungt: efiejs."