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preventing them from disposing of their pro perty, and sometimes depriving them of the means of recovering it. The laws against cham perty and maintenance likewise seem unsuited to the present state of society. We have it in contemplation to propose a uni form mode of executing powers of appointment, which we trust will be sufficient to guard against frand, and will get rid of various niceties which now perplex practitioners and often lead to injustice. The subject of illusory appointments has also occupied our attention ; and it has occurred to us that the best mode of getting rid of the mischiefs produced by the present state of the law on this subject may be, by rendering every power of appointment exclusive, unless a certain amount or proportion to be given to every object be specified by the donor of the power. - The existing law respecting devises appears to us to be very incongruous and defective. The smallest portion of the freehold land can only be devised by a will, signed by the testator, and attested by three witnesses ; while a will of copyhold or of leasehold lands, of whatever value, requires no witness, and not even to be signed by the testator. This distinction, from its technical nature, has never been understood by the public, and operates as a snare to the un learned. Again, though copyhold lands may be passed by a will made before the acquisition of them, yet some interests in copyhold lands, as the interest of a devisee or voluntary surrenderee before admittance, are not devisable ; and es tates in many manors cannot be affected by a will, unless the owner have transferred the legal estate to a trustee. Although a will is supposed for many purposes to refer to the time of the tes tator's death, and although personal and lease hold and copyhold property to any amount may be disposed of by a will properly framed before its acquisition, yet from the construction put upon the Statute of Wills, a will has no.opera tien on freehold lands, unless the testator's inte rest existed at the publication of the will, except in some very peculiar cases, by means of the equitable doctrine of election, a doctrine perplexed by many niceties, and to be applied only by means of a chancery suit.— If the rightful owner of land be dis seised after making his will, or if, being a re mainder-man, his remainder is divested by the disseisin of the tenant- for life, the will is inope rative ; nay, if the testator, after making his will, even with the intention of confirming it, does an act by which he is supposed to have acquired a new estate in the premises devised, the will is re voked. The doctrine by which effect is given to the wills of freehold land, as from the day when they are supposed to be re-published by the execution of codicils or other means, which were introduced to mitigate those hardships, ac complishes a very uncertain and partial remedy, and introduces new mischief's. The numerous questions which arise upon the construction of wills and the frequent instances in which, by an adherence to certain technical rules never under stood but by lawyers, the intention of the tes tator, whieb Courts always profess to observe, is completely defeated, are a reproach to our law. By requiring words of inheritance, or something equivalent to pass a fee, and by refusing to allow an estate for life to go to a man and a remainder to his heirs as purchasers by the same will, an estate for life is held to pass where a fee was clearly intended, awl on the contrary, a devisee meant to take only a life estate is allowed to dispose of the fee. We are employed in considering whether there may riot be one form prescribed for the execu tion of all wills; whether all interests in real pro perty may not be made devisable • whether there be any objection to allow a will of reality, like a will of personality, to operate, when framed for that purpose, upon all property of which the tes tator may die seised, though acquired after the execution of the will ; whether disseisin or the devestment of estates, or any act done by the tes tator without the intention to revoke his will ei4oold interfere with the exercise of his testamen tary power ; and whether some amendments may not be proposed in the rules for the construction of wills in cases in which experience teaches that the legal interpretation of certain forms of ex pression is at variance with the sense in which these forms are ordinarily used, whereby litigation may be diminished, and there may be a greater probability of the testator's intention being effectuated. Without presuming to suggest any transfer of the jurisdiction over wills of personality to the common law tribunals, we think it deserving of consideration whether a mode may not be pro vided of trying the validity of a will of leasehold land, by . a jury, instead of its being decided by the opinion of the Judge of an Ecclesiastical Court, formed upon written depositions. The expence and vexation now occasioned by the necessity for obtaining probate of a will or letters of a dministration with a view to the assign ment of trust terms, and by such probates and letters of a dministration, when obtained from a diocess or peculiar jurisdiction, being absolutely void if the land does not lie within the diocess or peculiar, or if it can be proved that the testator or intestate, at the time of his death, hail goods to the value of five pounds in another diocess or peculiar within the same province, have caused very general complaints and call loudly for a remedy. The present mode of marshalling assets in equity, or of distributing the various sorts of property of a person deceased among the different classes of his creditors, gives rise to a long-pro tracted and harrassing litigation ; and it may be fit to consider whether any remedy can be found short of making real property subject to simple contract debts, and if not, and it this remedy would be effectual, whether it may not be our duty to recommend it. The state of the law respecting the right of a creditor who has obtained a judgment for his de mand over the real property of his living debtor, appears likewise very objectionable, whether re gard be had to the complicated and dilatory res lief afforded by elegit, where an attempt is made to enforce the judgment, or to the continuing charge of dormant judgments, which make the land often in effect unsaleable, and add to the expence and risk of every transfer. This is a subject seeming to us to require our attention as well as that of the Commissioners appointed by your Majesty to inquire into the practice of the Courts of Common Law. A very serious impediment is occasioned to the transfer of real property from the unlimited lien or. all lands belonging to persons indebted or under obligation to the Crown, and from there being at present no means of ascertaining who are so indebted or bound, or the extent of their liability. We shall strive to devise a plan by which greater security may be given to purchasers vvithout endangering the rights or remedies of the Crown. We have been earnestly requested to consider of some plan for obtaining and preserving evi: dence of Pedigree. Since the visitations of the heralds have ceased, this, as far as public docu ments are concerned, has depended entirely upon parish registers of marriages, baptisms, and burials. But these have been and probably will continue to be kept very inaccurately ; they give no certain information as to the time of birth ; they seldom contain a description of the parties by which identity can be established ; and they are liable to the insuperable objection, that being of an ecclesiastical nature, and recording only marriages, baptisals, and burials, at which the clergy of the Established Church officiate, there is a considerable portion of the population of the country to which they do not at all apply. A civil register of births, marriages, and deaths, in cluding all classes and religious persuasions, and giving the additions, trades, or professions, and residences of the parties, seems exceedingly de sirable, exists in other States, and we trust may be established in England. But no measure has been suggested to us from so many different quarters, or has been so ear nestly pressed upon us, as a general registry of deeds, whereby it is contended that every transfer of land, and every incumbrance upon it, would be placed within the means of knowledge of every person having occasion to deal with it ; all rights might be suffered to prevail (as natural justice requires) according to their priority; the use of outstanding legal estates, and the expellee of keeping them on foot and transferring them would cease; the investigation of titles would be mate rially abridged and simplified, and fraud in all transactions respecting. real property would be effectually prevented. We are aware, however, of the numerous and weighty obstacles which present themselves to the establishment of a plan so extensive, and, in order to make it effective, so novel in this country. The experiments which have been tried in two English counties and in Ireland have been so imperfect, both in principle and detail, and have been so marred by the doc trine of equitable notice, that they afford no cri terion of the utility of the measure or the means of accomplishing it. We found that information upon this important subject must be sought, not merely from the practitioners of English law and from English treatises, but from Scotland, where a general registry has been long established, which is the great boast of the law of that coun try, and from the continental States, in many of which a similar institution has been introduced with more or less success. We have taken steps for obtaining this information in the most authen tic shape ; and we shall anxiously consider whether the plan can be safely adopted in a coun try of so great extent as England, where transfers of land are niore frequent than in any other part of the globe, where the law of real property must ever remain a peculiar and complicated system, and where the disclosure of private affairs may be dangerous to commercial credit. We before stated that we were using our best endeavours to ascertain whether a Statute of Limitations may not be framed for the church, and whether church property may not be render ed more beneficial both to the possessors and to the community. We here expect great assist ance from the answers to the questions which we have had the honour to address to the Right Reverend the Bishops. We are aware that even the subjects to which we have now adverted as being under our con sideration, form, as it were, but a second stage in the progress of the inquiry committed to us, and that there remain behind many important branches of the Law which it will be our duty to investigate,—as for example, the Law of Guardianship of Infants; the inconvenient and oppressive restrictions of the jurisdiction of Courts of Justice over Real Property, in cases where infant heirs are interested ; the mutual rights of proprietors of undivided interests in land, whether as coparteners, joint tenants, or tenants in common, and the mode of making partition between them; the law relating to covenants, running with the land, and particularly as to the title deeds of estates ; the law relating to stamps upon deeds; the law relating to trustees, and the mode of changing them ; the practice relating to estate bills, and the possi bility of creating a jurisdiction to render them unnecessary ; and the rules of Courts of Equity relating to election, the defective execution of powers, and constructive notice—rules appa rently formed on principles of justice, and often efficacious in furtherance of right, but requiring, we think, to be reviewed, from the subtleties, uncertainties, and lengthened litigation to which they inevitably give rise. There are probably many other important sub jects within the scope of our Commission which have not yet occurred to us, but which we may hope to reach in the progress of a systematic in quiry. We are conscious of the difficulties which we have to encounter in these various researches ; but we shall proceed to fulfil your Majesty's commands to the best of our ability, in the hum ble hope that our efforts may be conducive to the public good. We humbly submit this our First Report to your Majesty's Royal Consideration. JOHN CAMPBELL. (L.S.) WILLIAM HENRY TINNEY. (L.S.) JOUN HODGSON. (L.S.) SAMUEL DUC'KWORTIL (L.S.) PETER BELLINGER BRODIE. (L.S.) Presented May 11th, 1829. The following were the receipts of the Theatres of Paris during the month of June : fr. c. Theatre de la Porte Saint Martin 88,976 25 Opera Comique 67,270 00 Academie Royale de Musique 40,967 40 Varietes 33,172 15 Theatre de Madame 25,991 00 Theatre Francais 25,702 00 ' Vaudeville Cirque Olympique 22,252 80 Nouveautes 21,807 30 Ambigu Comique 17,914 5 Gaiete 15,456 80 The Porte Saint Martin, which is much superior to the others, has oily given 27 representation of Marino Faliero durii g the month of June; and they alone pro— duced 87,15L1, sc. Three Sundays produced 1,821 f. 20c. There was to performance ',on the fourth.—Journal des Debate. A MATRIMONIAL CRICKET.-A curious circumstance o •curred last week, not a hundred miles from Piccadilly, dm truth of which may be relied on. A lady, for several nights together, heard in her bed-chamber a noise similar to that of the chirping of a sparrow, and which continued during the whole of the night. This circum stance she communicated to her husband, and who, upon listening, the noise mysteriously ceased. The circumstance so preyed upon the lady's mind that she wrote to her friends in the country, fearing they might have met with some domestic calamity. An answer was, however, returned that they were all in excellent health. The noise conti nuing, she requested a lady of her acquaintance to sleep with her, to ascertain, if possible, the cause of this dis agreeable visitant, if such it was ; yet " all was calm and serene." , A week elapsed, still the chirping was beard ; till one night she heard it louder than usual. She fancied it proceeded from her bed-side; she sat up in bed, and in turning round discovered the cause of her uneasiness—it was her husband in the act of sucking his tongue.—Lea na nyton Spa courier. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 7, 1829. Frankfort and German Papers of the 30th June have been received this morning. Their contents are not of particular interest. The Russians seem determined to increase their Navy, for we learn, that in the course of the Summer three large ships of the line are to be launched at Cronstadt, besides a number of smaller vessels. If Russia is allowed to develope her naval re sources in the Mediterranean she may well in crease her navy, but we think that other na tions will soon find out their mistake, and en deavour to curb the ambition of the CZAR, who, if lie does not choose to be convinced at present, will be brought to his senses by a naval campaign or two. The Russians seem to be afraid of a war with Persia, though they affect to despiseit, on the ground that their army on the frontiers is sufficient to cope with the Persians and Tuiks FRONTIERS OF RUSSIA, Jura: 15.—1 n the course of the summer three ships of the line, of from 80 to 100 guns, besides a great number of smaller men-of-war, are to be launched at Cronstadt. A large portion of the.pecuniary indemnity which Persia has paid for the expences of the war, is said to have been allotted to the naval department, for the purpose of increasing the Imperial fleet. According to private letters front St. Petcrsburgh, the preservation of peace with Persia is eoneidered Ls very pro blematical. Russia, indeed, has not at this moment any interest in provoking a war with that power ; but, on the other hanel,:it has no reason to fear it, as its troops assem bled in those countries are fully sufficient to oppose both the Turks and the Persians. FRANKFORT, JUNE 29.—1 n the Sixteenth Sitting of the German Diet, 17th June, the President announced that his Majesty the Emperor of Austria had appointed M..jor- General Count Baillet de Latour to be his Majesty's Pleni potentiary in the military commission of the German Diet, in the room of Lieutenant Field-Marshal Baron Langenow, who is recalled at his own request. ExcirANCE ON LONDON, JUNE 29.--Two Months 1481. CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 8. —The Capitan Pacha, since his return to the Bosphorus, bas again been several times to the Black sea : a smart action is spoken of, in which a Russian corvette is 'said to have buffered severely, and a report is just spread that 'a Russian steam-beat, embarked in the Black Sea, was taken by the Turks. VIENNA, JUNE 25.—Aletafliques, 98k ; R in k Shares, 1115. Lisbon Gazettes to the 28th June have been received. The only intelligence they contain is the fact that DON MIGUEL, " the best of Kings !" superintended the repair of a brig of We are sorry to .perceive by our communi cation from LLOYD.'s, that the East India Com pany's ship the Cara Brea Castle, ran aground on the Isle of Wight, and it is feared. will be come a complete wreck. By an extract of a private letter, received at the North and South American Coffee-house from St. John's, dated 12th May, it is said tha t it is the intention of Ministers to take off the tonnage duty upon American vessels trading coastwise, to the free ports of Newfound land, and permit them to bring, free of duty, all such articles as are brought duty free down the St. Lawrence, and other rivers, under the denomination of inland navigation. These articles are to be allowed to be exported in English bottoms, upon the same conditions as Colonial produce, which will be a great ad vantage, es it will throw a great deal of what used to be American cargoes into English vessels. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TwELrs os CLocr. Consols opened this morning at the same price they left off at yesterday 84-, but some sales hav ing been effected they receded to 881 i for the ac count; and are now 88k 1 for money, and sellers at 89 for the August account ; at present the market looks rather heavy. The Dutch steamer, which ought to have arrived yesterday, has come this morning, but the informa tion she brings has not as yet transpired. The pri vve letters from Amsterdam brin e the new Russian Loan at i to i pm.; all the Foreign Funds in the above capital have improved. TWO O'CLOCI. Every thing appears very dull in the City for want of business and speculation in the Funds.— Consols-have remained during the morning at 88i for the Account, and 881 for money. As yet we do not hear of the arrival of the Haniburgh steamer, which is hourly expected, and for which the City politicians are anxiously waiting, to obtain further information from the East. In the Foreign Market little doing, except in Brazil Stock, five thousand of which has been purchased at 57. The other Foreign Securities re main firm, owing to higher prices of Foreign Stocks corning from Holland. Exchequer Bills continue at the same price as yesterday, 69 70; Brazilian, 56/ 57/; Buenos Ayres, 22 23; Chilian, 17 18; Colombian, 171; Danish, 66k ; Greek, 14 15 ; Portuguese, 414 ; Russian, 971 ; Spanish, 94. THREE O'CLOCN. Consols for account, 884 ; for money, 88i -a. FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 87i I Danish Do. for Ac. 881- Greek, 1825 Brazilian Bonds 57i Mexican, 1825 Buenos Ayres Peruvian Chilian Do. Columbian, 1824 Russian Spanish -- WM. WALKER JORDAN, Esq. was 011 Fri day called to the Bar by the Hon. Society of the Inner Temple. MARRIAGE.—Of all actions of a tnan's life, his marriage does least concern other people; yet of all actions of our life, it is most meddled with by other people. EASY SHAVING,--Lord BYRON gave it as his opinion that the daily torture of shaving was quite as great an infliction, upon the whole, on the one sex, as the occasional buithen of bearing children was on the other. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France, dated Sunday.) JASSY, JUNE I6.—After the affair of the 1 Ith of June, the result of which ensures the undisturbed continuance of the operations against Silistria, Gen. Diebitsch is said to have returned with his victorious troops to hasten the fall of that important place; and General Roth seems to have posted himself in advance of Kosludji, where his corps covers the communications of that besieging Silistria with Varna and Sizeboli. Other accounts say, that Gen. Diebitsch has pursued the Grand Vizier into the mountains, and that lie is endeavouring to prevent the remains of the Turkish army from returning to Shumla, by occupying the roads, so that its dissolu tion would thus be inevitable. There is a great deal of bustle among the Guards. It is said that the Emperor will review them, and they will afterwards join the army. It is also as serted,—but this report wants confirmation,—.that Turkish flag of truce has arrived at the camp of General Diebitsch. The object of his mission is unknown.—Gazelte of Augsburgh. BELGRADE, JUNE 19.—Letters from Constan tinople have given rise to the most diverse reports. Some persons pretend that the Capitan Pacha bad again entered the Black Sea with his squadron, but that it had been attacked and destroyed by Admiral Greigh : others, on the contrary, maintain that the Turks have succeeded in capturing some other Russian men-of-war. Bad news from Asia had been received at Constantinople. Gen. Paskewitsch is said to have gained a great battle. It is affirmed that the Ambassadors of France and England have already arrived in the capital. (From the Journal du Commerce of Saturday.) PARIS, JULY 3.—After much uncertainty respect ing the fate of M. Galotti, the afflicting news which was received is, at length, contradicted. The Minister of the Interior has declared to-day, in the Chamber of Deputies, that he is not dead, and that he will not suffer. The courier of our Government arrived in time to pre4nt the fatal execution. After having committed a great fault, the Ministry has at least found means to escape severe remorse. FRENCH FUNDS, PARIS, JULY 4.—Five per Cents., 109 f., 55c. ; Four per Cents., 105 f. ; Three per Cents., SOL 50c. ; Bank Stock, I,Blof. ; Naples Stock, 85f. 60c.; Royal Spanish Loan, 731 f. ; Spanish Rentes Perpetuelles, 49f. Exchange on London, one month, 25f. 45c. ; three months, 25f. 30c.— Cours Authentique. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank stock ......... 212 115,:, 12 3 per Cent. Red. '7% 3 per Cent. Cons.... 81: , i 1 ,4 '7 % 3V, per Cent. tri Ditto Red. 97 !PA 4 per Cent. 101%5i Ditto, 1826 Ditto Scrip Bank L. Ann. 19% 11-16 India Stock 244'A Ditto Bunds 55 pm. DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock Old Annuities S 7 4 New Ditto Ex. Bills. XI,OOO 2d. 19 70 pm. Ditto 500 2d. 69 70 pm. Ditto Small 24 69 70 pm. Ditto Commercial ...... —pm Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for Account 86% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds — Neapolitan Brazilian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds — Buenos Ayres Bonds Chilian Bonds ... Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1824 Danish Portuguese Bonds Prussian, Old Ditto, New Russian Spanish. 18-21 Greek Bonds 1823..-... ........... ... - Ditto, 1825 French Renter, sp. c. 109 F. 50c. Guatfmata. — Exchange . ..—. 2.5 f. 50c, Mexican Bonds . — 3 per cent. BOl. 50c. Ditto, 1825 PRICES OF SHARKS THIS DAT AT ONK O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.)I00 35 Ditto Subscription Bolanos Mining Co. £3OO 825 United Mex. Min. Ce. (iss. at 2/. pm.) £39% 14% Guardian Assurance Co lO 24 General Steam Navigation Co Arrived. Due. 'Arrived. O America 0 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 1 Dublin 0 O Flanders 0 1 France 0 O Gottenburgli 1 2 Guernsey Zt J ersey 0 O Hamburgh O Holland O Jamaica O Leeward Islancb; 1 Lisbon 0 O Malta 0 O Mexico 1 Waterford 0 RICH WATER ♦T LONDON' BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning ...24 minutes atter 6. I Evening ...46 minutes after 6. THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE, STRAND. THIS EVENING (24th time) the Comic Opera entitled TIT FOR TAT; OR, THE TABLES TURNED! Altered and adapted from Mozart's .‘ Cosi fan Tutte." Ferrando, Mi. Wood; Goglielmo, Mr. Thorne; Alfonso, Mr. H. Phillips. Fiordtligi, Miss Betts ; Dorabella, Miss Cawse ; Despina, Madame Cellini. After which (Bth time) the Operetta of THE MIDDLE TEMPLE; OR, " WHICH IS MY SON?" Brictless, Mr. Wrench ; Brutus Hairbrain, Mr. Keeley. Mrs. Middlemist Mrs. C. Jones; Penelope, Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with (first time at this Theatre) the Fntertainment of MAgTER'S RIVAL; OR, A DAY AT BOULOGNE. Captain Middleton, Mr. J. Vining ; Peter Shack, Mr. Wrench ; Paul Shack, Mr. Keeley. Tibby Postlethwaite, Mrs. Keeley. To-morrow, The Sister of Charity, with The Waterman, and the Middle Temple; Thursday, The Sister of Charity, with He Lies like Truth, and other Entertainments. cbr t , u nio „‘ war, which had returned dismasted, and was afterwards hailed with shouts of acclamation by a joyful people ! All we can say is, that we wish such people joy of their idol. The private ac counts from Lisbon state that all was tranquil there, and that political matters were in much the same condition as by the last accounts : LISBON, JUNE 22.—The Gazette contains (from the 1 Correiro do Porto) an edict, dated 6th June, in which the Alcada summons a great number of persons accused of the crime of rebellion (who are absent), to appear within the space of two months from the date of the edict, to stand their trial, in default of which they will be sen tenced to the punishment due to them. On Saturday, the 20th, the King went on hoard the Don Sebastian brig, which pai back with the loss of her main -mast, to hasten the repair of the brig, which will proceed as soon as possible on its voyage. Julia 24.--The King embarked this morning at eight o'clock at the Quay of Belem, and accompanied till it passed the bar, the Don Sebastian brig, which was obliged to lie to, the wind being contrary. His Majesty returned to the Quay of Belem, at noon, amidst the as of an immense crowd of spectators, who were waiting for him. JUNE 26.—The festival of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was celebrated to-day in the church of the convent of that name, with the customary magnificence, in the presence of his Majesty and their Royal Highnesses the Infantas. His Majesty, both on going and returning, was greeted with the enthusiastic acclamations of the immense malti 'tilde of his faithful subjects, whose hearts always , over flow with joy at the august presence of the best of kings. The . most important fact stated in the French Papers is the statement. mei by M. DE MAR WIGNAC, that the Neapolitan Exile, GALOTTI, about whose fate so much sympathy had been excited, had not been executed, although the report was so positively announced that even the French Ministers themselves believed it. Luckily for poor GALOTTI, the Extraordinary Courier despatched to Naples arrived just in time to prevent his execution. The ardour of the Courier is not less honourable to the French character, than the manly determination of the Government. We have no doubt that the re port was propagated entirely from maliciously political motives, so as embarrass the French Ministry. It is said in the French Papers, received this morning, that four frigates are ordered to be dismantled at Toulon, and that several ships of war are to be dismantled at Brest. This may be true, but we think it very unlikely at present. The French will not surely think of reducing their Navy while Russia is increasing hers. Besides, the feeling manifested in the Chamber of Deputies would seem to throw discredit upon the above report. Despatches were received at the Foreign Office this morning from Mr. MATTHEWS, the British Minister, at Lisbon. Mr. Secretary PEEL had a long conference with Sir GEORGE MURRAY, at the Colonia Office, this morning. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCH-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, JULY 6.—Wind W. to W.S.W.—Arrived the London, Ida, Pasmors, Thalia, Shand, and Ethel dred, Berry, from Jamaica; and Robert, Hankie, from Montserrat. Arrived from London, the Demerara.packet, Cooks, for Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 6.—Wind W.—Arrived the Albion, from Charleston. The Carnbrea Castle, Barber, for Calcutta, which sailed from this port yesterday morning, got on shore last evening, on some rocks near Ludroore Point, at the back of the Wight, after striking very heavily. The main and mizen mast was cut away, and she has drifted to within about half a mile of the main-head under Mot terton, where she is full of water, and every prospect of her being a complete wreck; crew and passengers all saved. PLYMOUTH, JULY s.—Wind the Ocean, Kirk, from Riga. FALMOUTH, JULY s.—Wind W.N.W. to W.S.W. —Arrived the Magnet packet, from Lisbon, sailed the 28th of June. Sailed the Goldfinch packet for Halifax. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 6.—Arrived the Alford, Fauburn, from Miramichi; and Two Brothers, Wollacott, from Oporto. BRISTOL, JULY 6.—Arrived the Lavinia, Fur long, from Jamaica; and Henry, Carter, from Trinidad. DOVER, JULY 6.—Arrived the Fleetwood, from Jamaica. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. THE SOLICITOR-GENERAL. Mr. SUGDEN took the oath in open Court this morning, that he would not use any influence' he might possess by virtue of his office, as Solicitor- General, to the injury of the . Church as by law established, or of the Bishops. WELLESLEY V. DUKE OF BEAUFORT. Mr. BEAMES applied for leave to have a petition respecting Mr. Wellesley's children put into the paper for the first day after the next Seal. The LORD CHANCELLOR—Why should you have it put into the paper so soon ? Mr. BEAMES—My Lord, the object of the petition is to obtain the directions of the Court respecting the residence of the children during the ensuing vaca tion; and I understand the vacation commences about the middle of this month. The LORD CHANCELLOR—Is there to be any op position to it Mr. BEAMES—Every thing in this matter has pro duced opposition, and therefore I suppose this will do so also. The children, during the lait vacation, were allowed to go to Seagrea, the estate that be longs to the eldest son; and the intention of the petition is, to submit circumstances to the Court, to show why they .should not be allowed to return there to pass the present vacation. The petition is very short. The LORD CHANCELLOR—But the discussion will probably not be very short. Mr. 13FiAmEs—I cannot pretend to say whether it will or not; on our part it will. The petition presses. The LORD CHANCELLOR—I suppose your appli cation must be granted. Have the goodness to communicate it to the other side, and see if you can come to some arrangement on this subject. Mr. BEAMES—My Lord, they shall have notice, but I am afraid it will be difficult to come to any arrangement. The LORD CHANCELLOR—Arrangement will be a convenient mode of settling it. Let me have the affidavits on both sides. Mr. BEAMES—There would be no difficulty in ar ranging on our part; but there_would be on the other side. IN RE SIR GREGORY PAGE tURNER, A LUNATIC. Mr. PIIILLIMORE presented two petitions in this matter. The first was on behalf of the Committee of the estate. It stated that the Master had found the debts of Sir Gregory, as far as he had gone, to amount to 29,000/.;. that a gentleman had been found willing to advance, on mortgage of the estates, the sums of 25,0001. and 12,0001.; that- the Master thought it would be proper, under the circumstances at present, to accept of the loan of 25,0001., and therefore the petition prayed that the mortgage might be ordered by the Court to be executed ac cording to the Master's report.—Prayer granted. The next was on behalf of Lady Turner, stating that the Master had found she ought to be allowed 300/. a-year, by quarterly payments, commencing from Michaelmas next, out of the income of the estates, for maintenance, and praying for the con firmation of this report also.—Order made. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. Sir J. SCARLETT took the usual oaths for his office, as Attorney-General. CRIMINAL INFORMATION.-EX-PARTE PATON. Mr. HOLT moved for a rule nisi for a criminal in formation against Mr. Benjamin Wilson, and other Commissioners of the Court of Requests of Bridge north, on the part of a poor man named Paton.' The latter had been in 1127 discharged under the Insol vent Debtors' Court. A creditor, named Parkinson, afterwards summoned him for a debt of 24 12s. 6d. which had been included in his schedule. The in solvent offered regular proof that he had taken the benefit of the Act, but the Commissioners thought proper to decide against him, and an execution was sued out against him. Mr. Justice BAILEY said that a criminal informa tion could not issue, unless it could be shown that the Commissioners had acted from corrupt motives, which was not the case here. Mr. Hour then regretted that the poor applicant had no remedy unless the Court granted the rule. The COURT held that if the Commissioners were liable to a criminal information, they would be also liable to an indictment. —Rule refused. THE KING V. JOHN BEACH AND JOHN DAVY. Mr. BoLLAND moved the judgment of the Court against the above defendants, who were convicted of a nuisance, in having thrown the soil dug from St. Katharine's Dock into the Thames at Chelsea reach, instead of landing it at Mil!bank, as they had contracted to do. The COURT suspended jiulgrnent on the defen dants' undertaking to remove the soil which they had so deposited, and desist from the nuisance in future. THE ICING V. AYMER.-CRIMINAL INFORMATION. Sir J. SCARLETT shoved cause against • the rule obtained in this case for an assault on a - gentleman named Taylor, and the Court Ordered the rule to be discharged on Ole defendants paying the costs. THE KING V. SEYMOUR. Lord TENTERDEN stated, in aUswer to an applica tion by Mr. Serjeant Wilde, a short time since, that the Court had determined to grant a new trial to the defendant hi this case, who •has already been twice tried for a misdemeanour. CRIMINAL INFORMATION.-EX-PARTE BOWATER. Mr. GOULRURN shewed cause against a rule for a criminal information against Mr. Henry James Wilkinson, for a series of libels published, in the Leicester Herald, on the character of Mr. Bo water. There were very numerous affidavits, and the reading of them would occupy some time. He believed, however, that the Court would think. it sufficient that the rule should be discharged, on the defendant's paying the costs of the application, on condition that there should be no repet►t►on. Mr. Common Sergeant DENMAN, for the com plainant, stated that his client's only object was that of peace and protection, and agreed to the terms proposed.—Rule discharged. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. RONVLAND V. JACKSON. Mr. F.POLLOCK (with whom were Mr. PAThsoN and Mr. KNIGHT) obtained a rule to show cause why the verdict in this case should not be set aside, and a new trial granted. It was an issue directed by the Chief Baron, to try the validity of the will of person namei John Jackson, an extensive farmer in Cumberland, who bequeathed his freehold pro perty to a female named Jane Dalzie, afterwards married to a person of the name of Rowland. This will was disputed by the defendants, relations of the testator, on the ground that at the time of its exe cution he was of unsound mind. The case was tried before Mr: Baron Hullock, at the last Assizes at Carlisle, and a verdict found for the defendant. The rule was to show cause why this verdict should not be set aside. Mr. Baron HULLOCK read his notes of the trial, upon which a great number of witnesses were exa mined,lo show the delusions and disordered state of mind of the testator before and at the time of exe cuting his will. It appeared he was at times in the habit of dressing in a most extraordinary manner, and when he used to go and see Miss Dalziel, to whom he left his property, his dress was a white linen coat, red breeches,and blue stockings. He used to talk about marrying her, although he had a wife living. One of the witnesses deposed to his coming to him One morning, about the time the will bears date, and asking him for the loan ofa white handkerchief, as he was that morning to be married to three fe males. Witness said, " Why, you had better let old Sarah, your wife, die first." He replied, "Oh ! she has been dead a fortnight, and the whole parish were at the funeral, which was a very nice one."— On another occasion, when he was refused admit tance to the house of Miss Dalziel, he stopped all the chimneys up with potato-tops, saying he would smoke them out; and it would also prevent the devil from coming in, as be did not like the smell of potatoes.—(Laughter.)—He would frequently amuse himself by picking his coat to pieces, to kill what he called French flies, with which he said he was teased. On another occasion, talking about his being married, he said, although he should marry three, yet one would be his his favourite ; he had therefore bought a spik and span new license for her, and the others he should marry with. second-hand -licenses.--(Laughter.)— He continued to talk a great deal in this strain, and most of his observations were very indecent. He said he was quite tired of old Sal (meaning his wife); that she was good for nothing, and had robbed him; but that although he was one hundred and one years old, he had, by putting on his red waistcoat, won the affections of a beautiful virgin of 18.— (Great laughter.)—He invited one of the witnesses to dine with him on his intended wedding-day; and observed, that when a man was married, the finest thing he could have for dinner on that day was boiled mutton and turnips, and for supper a raw herring.— (Great laughter.)—This was the general strain of his conversation, as proved by the witnesses on the trial. It was however proved by witnesses in support of the will, the,. subsequently to its date he had conducted many transactions relating to his property in a rational and proper mariner. Mr. BROUGHAM and Mr. ALDERSON this day showed cause against the rule, and contended there could be no doubt of the insanity of the testator, and therefore the verdict ought not to be disturbed. After hearing Mr. POLLOCK in support of the rule, who contended that it was only when the testator was tipsy that he skewed _ the eccentrici ties deposed to by witnesses, The COURT were unanimous in their opinion, that the testator was labouring under a general de lusion at the time of making his will, and therefore the verdict was a proper one, and ought not to be disturbed.--Rule discharged. • At one o'clock the LORD CHIEF BARON sat at Nisi Prius in the Exchequer Chamber, THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 90 Trusses.) ST. JAMES'S. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 15 to „CS (/ New Meadow Hay 3 0 3 10 . Useful Meadow Hay 9 3 3 15 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 b 5 0 Clover Hay 3 15 ' 5 5 Oat Straw £2 oto£2 21 Wheat Straw... 2 2 t 5 A moderate supply, and (on account of the rain) a very dull trade, at Saturday's prices. SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay . £2 4 to £2 13 New Meadow Hay 3 13 2 16 Useful Meadow itty 3 3 31 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3lO i 410 Clover Hay (extra fine)....Zs 0... Generally ••• 3 0 4 I() Oat Straw £l 16 to 41 18 1 Wheat Straw -I, 18 g 2 Best Old Meadow Hay 6s. per load higtkier than lest quoted; in prices of other Hay and Straw no alteration. An average supply, and a dull trade. CITY MARKETS.—(TWO O'CLOCK.), Socan.—Theiarivals of Plantation and other Sugars continue to be large, and of the former above 6,000 hhds. were landed last week. The deliveries from the West India nooks were 2,524 hhds. and 146 tees., all forborne consumption, leaving the stock 29,760 hhds. and 2,3913 tees. The market has a more firm appearance to-day ; but as yet not much business has been done. Fine Jamaican are from 655. to 705.; brown, 51s. to 541. per cwt. Refined goods are in limited demand. _ The COFFEE market remains dull, at former priaes. . . . . • Rum.—This market is still in a drooping state the stock is getting very large, viz. 18,394 puns. and 1,700 hhds. The delivery last week was small. Leewards may he quoted so low as from is. 10d. to is. 11d. per gallon for proofs. The advice+ from Kent, Sussex, and other Hop dis tricts, continue very bad, but speculation is remarkably dull. The highest prices fir Hops lately quoted are maintained. Duty called 45,000/. IND /G 0..--.A. further declaration by the. Company of 599 chests has increased the quantity of Indigo to be s old on the I4th nearly 6,000 cheats. The article remains flat. Sim—There is Ito material alteration in the price. The Act of last Session came into operation on Saturday. Ous.—The Oil Market is very flat; Linseed is quoted 29/. ; Pale Rape to 411. and 42/. per tuu ; Greenland, 25/. 10s. ; Sperm, 651.; Pale Seal, 291. ; Brown ditto) 271.: and Gallipoli, 49/. per tun. A circular has been addressed by the Mexican Government to the Governments of the respective States modifying the severity of the Law of Expulsion, or rather suspending its action against domiciliated Spaniards, sub jects of Friendly Powers. The following is a copy:—' " Excellent Sir—His Excellency the PRESIDENT has been pleased to resolve, that until the decision of the General Congress, Spaniards, subjects of friendly natiouey as well as those belonging to the ship's company o f the vessel formerly called the Asia, now the Congreso, are not to be considered as comprehended in the law of t he 20th of last month, and are not to be compelled to quit the Republic in virtue of that law i which resolution ; Communicate to you for'the ends proposed. " God and Liberty. (Signed) " Mexico, May 2, 1829. " To the Governments of the State, District, and Ter ritories." " BOCANEGA. A host of workmen are employed in m a king the necessary excavations 'preparatory to rebuilding and or storing the Royal Bazaar in Oxford-street, which O s lately consumed by fire. - ACCIDENT, ON THE 11 IVER.-011 SundaY afternoon several young men hired a four-oared cutter ft' t the purpose of going to Richmond, and were,,teturniag home in the evening, about a quarter after eight o'clock when they were overtaken by another cutter, arid the? instantly commenced a race. They had got as far as Pat; ney-bridge safe, when the crews of the two cutters exerti y themselves to get through before each ether. They ac' cordingly pulled with all their might, and the two boa° coming in contact, one of them was jammed against th e pier. The shock was so violent that one of the c utte l l was actually in a measure cut in half, and the five , you n g men tvlio were in it were precipitated into the wate r ' j Boatmen instantly put off from the shore , and succeede:l in rescuing two of the unfortunate young men, but the otht s : three sunk to rise no more. Up to ten o'clock last nig,' a the bodies had not been found. We dill not learn • names of the unfortunate young men. We understand that arrangements are in pro: greas for the construction of a Bridge over the WO,: Thames, midway between the Putney and Hammerstaio' Bridges, neither of which is situated in the . direct line from London to Richmond; consequently this intended bridWi will reduce the distance from the metropolis, throtlCl the town of Barnes to Ri c hm on d, by two mil e s sigirt— than by Putney, and one mile nearer than by Hs'! , mersmith ; the, existing roads at each side of river will h e ren d ere d ava il a bl e f or thi s b r id ge , cot': quently the immediate approaches from Thirties Elin W; and Fulham-fields Turnpike-road will be all that will required to form ; the completion of this project cannotP to be advantageous to the proprietors and to the public , - 1 3 2 di In -'~ 1 II debt lan prii at 'Fre ope ou The of s F I 4/