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..--..., )AY. e late ago instances. confined 6d. ; Mau. Le publics rery dull previous it former y's Cm- ipported, , 10s. to pply, and viz. 37w' the 41b• 5 Os 661- , )85 30 S —S s to, ,511$ s 60. Ng' S 485 48$ s 3fis drs .8 855 OF to 14s Of,. to lib 00 tc 1Ui6,1( CI 1Q °) 11. 0 •° 0 5 1) ' P. do ca *". IS 6 0 g Cfr V EE g. tO ; • 11 1 , LO oeO L " 84 • ne 33 ' r ,,, le SU i • a: 3 .‘ le ie 4 6 ' rc •= 64 ie ' Stone' Lose 1.3 ,1 e. !, 1 , 7.; N u nrN is t 'otb° the ,e • o ther i c the the ir t We iS , Vild g ! • • r ~werf ; 0 a piss ' a c; I foru . ag ed San' hilt , 4i se; 'Ol se. A -- c ,ir , 0 0 3" , I pet, , Hof, 44 r ='~ 1 ei ::!..,....., ....f,'... ......:.„ qs. )AY. elates instance confint 6rl - Mat publ rery di previo It foruil y'll ipporte, • 10s. PPIY, viz. 37 the 41 ,s 565 0 .5 lOs :11 S S WM 51 s 60• ei S 465 4 s 306 41 1 e. 53 Ia to 14et to 17s( LC lOsi 0 to ill et 1,2. 4, 0 1., f. 3 .." :10 1.... IS . . VEES Peal I. to+ • 16 31 4 ,:5 d. ,u " 6 ° 06. I°l (1 LC oe6s' tniee " ;Oh tie (215: ue 4', ne :•23' le SP' ne le )e •=SL 1! .2t4 Le 3'• Stone. Lost I old' 1.3e1 e. , r, s. s. e s. t 1.1 nab' t f rol ape .100r1 ,a 'n° ,dap !ce ° Cod ?rcler for l 11p0 i app tb to tb 13-es' 'leo' ,otb, edic! of t' the wet poles to 1 o el liar .age st ids/ ;, ; tiJ chi t 1 y et 0 v r oz. tli,b 11101 bot lei 141 tgrf hii 14 lap 'Cl' se iui Cl ~; 3.4 ,et c I 4 411 re. r. • _~'_—.a~~~ OOP I of W e. 0 1 1. , yt (0 ( .1 °' :O a 117 6 ch" 11 t b° if ~ o p , our • vr'' abl e ' Ires EVENING IE UITION. THEPALE SPERMACETI OIL. CORPORATION for PRESERV ING and IMPROVING the POUT of DUBLIN, WILL PROPOSALS from PERSONZVvilling t, SUPPLY 120 tuns of the best PALE' SPERMACETI l, to be delivered at their Stores, North-wall, Dublin, for t he_!lse a the Irish Lighthouses. Sixty tuns to be delivered on or before the Ist day of April ,I,,ezt, and the remaining sixty tuns to be delivered on or before _ the ist day of May following, all in sound and well coopered e tsiE not contaitung more than' fifty gallons each. the one gallon to be sent (sealed) Pr?posal and the price, to be stated per imperial gallon. Proposals addressed to the S etary Ballast-office, Dublin, as a sample, on making '."tiallrebeh rneeexetived on or before e N er VEDNESDAY, the 10th day of tra ct Security will b e required for the due performance of th i s Con. Bap —____ By order, H. VEREKER, S ecretary. *et-office, Dublin, F e b ruary 15, 184 1 . E .,, C °NI) COLONY of NEW ZEALAND. L Av 'he COURT of DIRECTORS of the NEW ZEA ,• "b COMPANY hereby give Notice -88 ‘,That they have determined to give the name of NEL tuen'''t. to the principal town of the Company's Second Sett e iThat the main expedition of the Second Colony will be atched from this country in the month of August next, 3' that preliminary expedition in the month of April next _ in th I „ } , pt the Registry of Applications for Allotments of Lail 1i0u:" 515 ° ,1 Settlement will be ned at the Company `PpPlelevenat o'clock A. an. of MO NDAY, Ist March next, e d up strictly in the order of priority in the orde r . of ; and that the Bankers' receipt for the deposit of titir _cent. I, b on purcha.se monies of allotment must be pro %i„uc.L. .efore any application can be registered. ll information respecting the plan and proceedings of the n .Colony may be obtained at the Company's House, o aleation either to the Secretary, or to Bryan Edward Te,„ernis Rsel. Chai rman o f t h e Committee of Colonists. `,, and conditions for the purchase of Lands in ti Settlement may also be obtained at the Company 's By order of the Court, Nev i 7 JOHN WARD, Secretary. 'Wand [rouse, Broad-street-buildings, Feb. 22,1841- ~ RI -- Jut SURETY COMPANY, for Qthers. Guaranteeing the Fidelity of Persons Employed by To bed°, w ered by A c t o f P ar li amen t or L e tt ers P a t en t. ,dal 1 00,0001. in 20,000 Shares of 51. each. Ana uo Deposit IL per share. vi otts ktiber call to be made without Three Months' pre- N I a4(46, and no ca ll t o excee d IL per share. The th e 4: 1 h i n t to be considered formed until one-fourth of ..rYes are subscribed for. Jameg TRUSTEES. Hartle, Esq, I Vi ce- Ad m i ra l H onyman . John Deacon, Esq., 20, Birchin-lane. eor ee DIRECTORS. le knoll, Es 5, Vice-Admiral Robert Hony- Pr„ ei ehall. man, Victoria-square. mar'. Carleton, Esq . St. Thomas R. Kemp, Esq., Ab saratiei church-lane. 4zt o ,. Dr iver, Esq., North R. Molloy, Esq., Merrion •otta square, Dublin. s t•reet artle Y , Esq., John- Alexander Robertson, Esq., Cr,,tch ed- friars* Charlotte-rw. A lderma n H oyte, S ac k v ill e - street , Dublin. Art inn Da isthire s lan , Esq. St. Swi- William Sim, Esq., Old Broad -.street. I 4_ Ni:k Messrs. Williams, Deacon, Labouchere, Thorn ki4NTA, ln n .. NSEL—William Adam Loch, Esq., New iL Inn. ke aSTS SOLICITORS. Vqlii Atkins and Laing, George Fleetwood, Esq., Ste e Il art = h'Green West, Dub ard_st -Court, Loin- pens X te . reet. lin. This' t7A4 Y—M r Henry Stephenson, 26, Bucklersbury. Aat tYl,„"VaoY consideration of small .annual or half elltist'''''nents ' guarantees the faithful application of funds t e „, 4 a ed to M a ; l agers Secretaries, Clerks. Agents, Travellers, jr,vol,c,", Collectors, and all other persons holding situations . ruLg reB Ponsibility,• and provides security for the fidelity T e h - seekin g to hold situations of trust. • 1 4 xc et ,".. 4r etY Corn ny will enable the meritorious to procure . Llltlone74,able sureties without favour, or sacrifice of inde -071); a nd presents the ready means to those who have al pl °ale security for others of relieving taemselves and ssors of weighty and undefined obligations. It 'thin the reach of the honest and industrious resources `naLl s ' l ls of rising in the world hitherto denied to them ; and, 4 1, 0 4% tel lul t a y i . ded merit to reap the full advantage of education ° rit rib P ,ect the Shareholders, without in any way lessening l' , lblir; r i irig the broad and unrestricted security given to the tithe best information has been obtained, which has en- The h 'snr o e c4) ,_ r nPany to prepare rates of charge amply sufficient i The nandsome return to the Shareholders. 0 -44 ,,.Pany further proposes, as one of its principal ob -'e ben t ,,e, a " ,l to parties . substantial - inducements to adopt ti last a . d `"ts of Life Assurance, now acenowledgest to be the prU pisi ' ' 4lt ageous mode of creating from a limited income a failtij 4 . a gainst the i n fi rm iti e s of age,and for the support of Y e ti " res, t l!ent of death. This Co . mpany is, however, ~° 4l I,;,L e a Life Assurance Society, it being altogether op -01411 of ciuo 1 ,"'" persons to avail themselves of the Life Assurance but to induce parties to cultivate a habit of 4 4 ,tant ee 1,u la the founda.iou for future provision, the 1; 1 44 to tt, c4 ._ tl , e Y Cmany will be granted on more favourable f t o; e th ello have a Life Policy (affected in any respeet t.,,,P eh * fidelitAssurance, Company) to offer as collateral security ' ftin 44 e,l (1 0. ! application for Shares and Prospectuses may be anihrisiao,uisene 1 0 ,0 ffi nd c o e n s . of the Company, 26, Bucklersbury, 04 4 11 111 n M ARY for the CURE of STRIC - - - .;_,ES of the URETHRA, SYPHILIS, GONOR . I 'VE - ',ll / „RETS, ancrall DISEASES of the GENERA ,„` II NA RI/ ORGANS. (141 tinue '"' n uing the above Institution is closed, Patients s inky !ton (ie receive the GRATUITOUS ADVICE of the ur 14,ittii;ri.,Courtenay 42 Great Marlborougli-street,) by ap " *yin he.t:e in stead of the Charity. 141,1/%4 Attendance from Eight to Ten in the Morn ings 110 44 - „ 41 S,ven to Nine in the Evenings. 'On Sundays in the • t „ at in the Exening• SIGHT AND HEARING. 39, AL BEMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY, 1 , tr risTn ( Opposite the York Hotel), and t W ILLIAM-STREET, BANK OF ENGLAND. , -,,,,,1NV1518LE OPERATIVE VOICE ji"lOhin s- TIMIO9rOR, effected by the Messrs. S. and B. Clkllrv'S, OPTICIANS and AURISTS to the R O YAL 7 WI• - ' ' 39 , ALBEMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY, ne.. fir e d '?'11 thousandof deaf rsons have been greatly b! slit iis th . s ir . )e . , thttilvityeafsizo of a seven-shilling piece, and when fixed into perceptible , , tho ear is soft and easy, and not more l llh ißiti; ' ' n g a piece of wool y in its place , by which the faintest _ e b , i tit' t . at „ 4 , Public assembly is heard with distinctness. A_ (1. - -4 14 i " B ION is brought to nature by the use of newly k m t‘i SPECTACLE LENSES; immediately they are o % N i e ,9efore weak and imperfect eye-sight, either . by da 415 1 t Vit, every object becomes clear and distinct, and Y th e e vf ,„:.4tilite particle is seen with great distinctness ; by the use 'll i nboth the sight and hearing become much improved. on be" al ,essrs. S d B SOLOMONS disclaim all con- C": 4 .14 person:a o f the same name, and the sale of am -"I '- o e "' el es i the pe rnicious use of amber spectacles . Nit -4 ' well kw iwii to the public, and the vendor . being tht R end "f it, he has therefor . ' altered their name, by leaving litt, T „ , _„. t 11 1 441 wh; tntnber, an Patents th " 1 3 , atent Spectacles. 1 4 t h o se f 4 'u ny terms "pectacles are no other than t 'll for u- R e 'llher ; the history and destructive use of that ma.e ;,4ttosii,-Peetaoles to imperfect vision is fully and most satis o ' ezPlained b the undermentioned scientific authority: 4 the DictiorLy of Arts and Sciences' of Andrew Ure, i i a Ai r a M.D ,F R S., &c., &c.' , 1 - .7 ti,. laws is an .in lur te . dF. vegetable juice, and not produced Pflue - ~,s of crystallisation but by the same causes which ''utod n- lint mechanical condition of gum. Insects are often liy hi s!ouedded in 'uodllystieniteoctfrragica.l. l 'i s r li ee h t:: r • t r i i t 4 s L t i ::::::l x, i_o c t it . , , ; to Amber suchan A i x ' t e m n ' t 's as t 'P t: w ex er p f l '''tir %„; •"a W orkmen too, are subject to nervous remor s . in gair,e,,' that it they encounter great danger dlg ap t to u ,eadfirl excited electrics ; amber grows with lime, and is arr4"'e fire, wells , o such a soft nature when exposed . o I], T he ah bubbles up, and will burn away with '''. li t ,, -evertr. lire's statements are further confirmed by Sir k istry'' WS !'„er and Pliny, as also by Parks and Hems, on Che ol,. t o * itr:s..h..e, d . estruciive effects of sua h . a material for specta- Pticiawsr,ect vision, may be ascertained at. any respectable Th e m 'n London. 'lot c o 'eurs. Soiomons' newly invented Spectacle Lenses are tior ''strUcted of such material ; but which are very sive isiollattid• 4r ing back at once dimness of sight and imperfect Ver y arn ° AS original and natural state. These Spectacles, and ilait at t he ir Voice Conductors for deaf persons, are zel y to be York Hotel establishments 39, Albemarle-street (opposite the t el), and 76, King William-street, Bank. PRANKS'S SPECIFIC SOLUTION OF The 'li ft er COPAIBA. E qu,ent tat itki'6l%... 91 COPAIBA , are th u ose , i ‘,„ i ngredients contained intyßsetAi NbyKtSh'eS mostSPE Cprlya.it2 essl,:()Lt inx,tudindeil t t iT professi d e m n, g b gr t ea b t a l y 4 y a in p a ec te ti es ar c o h e em et i ti c e/ al ,c p y r: i i lf , ft lat e ach Ute praettimple Medicine is recommended in the public vad pri. SIR ASTLEY P. COOPER, 8art t. .F . ,8 .: 5.._ Slit B ENJAMIN BRODIE, Bar ,_k__lkS'• j°SrI PH HENRY GREEN, Esq. S hip JO li RA NSBY B. COOPER, 1...5q. and 1--- °f the Council of the Royal College of the medical profes ion Z4nY other highly distinguished members of s ty e :, Y whom it - 8 d eemed the enly Specific for the cure of those Y.R.S.*Surgeons, London,' Th e e ! le P i n y fn more immediately applicable. reft....."iiriony of these ce • tlemen cannot fail t. s ef u nv r in i c o e N ev o er t y , Copg mind that FRANKS'S SPECIFIC SOLUTION it co l t l , ll A is not only in every essential what it . n . rofe te ' sse a s n to be, but Iled,(„i:itereil.a inost valuable addition to those le t d adopted I Pit Alib.a,lY Prescribed by the faculty. he th ,S'S SPECIFIC SOLUTION OF COPAIBA is proved e to , G 0,„,! inert effectual, safe, and speedy remedy for eILaIUE ( .4 I , pLiViltlia',A, GLEETS all URETHRAL DI S CHARGES, the i'itA,LBUS SPASMODIC STRICTURE IRRITATION of h Ith renders 1 :17..Nct.)::::Y, BLADDER, URETHRA, ' and . PROSTATE It h , r ; its purilying effects upon the general ifity, Y applicable in al cases of relaxed fibre ea and nervous ..I,._he Most delicate persons may take it with perfect safety. .. 1 nited Kingdo(mie°, bad of Franks' 41111(1liared only by ne vende•..s in the may t), bad of all wholesale and retail Medic I and each Illackfriars.road, 441), tom.--Noile is genuine unless Surgeon, 911, in Bottles at 28. lid. , 4s. 6..., an lt each l a c . I c i f , o r i t a t r , ' s e .. Th e ', , G e n graved o i the Gov ernment " S G tam eo p rg a e tt i' a .r c a h n ed ks t ' o "uwing Testimonials are selected from amongst tiume , ous 1,4411 J osep h , others forwarded to Mr. Franks. 1t0y,,,.,, tlenry Green, Esq., F.R.S., one of the Council of the Pr„f_ - '"ege of Surgeons, Surgeon to St. Thomas's llospital, and ~ , essor or Surgery in King's College, London. 1 , 1 164 ,.! hsitve made trial of Mr. Franks's Solution of Copaiba, at St. 5h,1'4,1 Hospita l, variety of cases of discharges an the male ri., ht r ' n ,.. le, and the results wairant my stating, that it is an effica *fle et . 0 - Te,Y, and one which does not produce the usual unpleasant i Li.paiba. p:oi4se_.l.rilicolii's-Inelligelndeds?April 151, 18 "JOSEPH 8EP"11 HENRY GREEN. ch 4n,liv Cooper , F.B.S. one of the Council of the Royal Leo g i e nf IStirgeons, Londoa ; Surgeon to tiuy's Hospital, and 35, „ ur t s et' on Anatomy, &c. Ohihut an sbY Cooper present:, n toFranks, Intior i U T, _ e , a t Pleasure in hearing testimony o the etticacy . of his iirs,,,e,_ .. , oliallia in Gonorrhoea , for which disease Mr. Cooper has ..Ne.. the SOlution in ten or twelve cases with perfect success. 1,,,,, street. Aprill3, 1535." 41 Alexander Tweedie, Esq., Surgeon to the Metropolitan Free stetl4.. ~ a Hospital, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields. I _ a _ in. e r .;, l _ ) , Alt !,11t.-1 have notes of six cases, in which have d in hevt,ir preparation of Copaiba, for the cure of Gonorrhoea . , e thin i which the disease has been initalue.l in a shorter period of Besides % et , , gto the or4inary plans hitherto made us e . of. Besides '5t,,,, , sses or which I have taken notes, I have tried it in several . in. K in _ . , at the Greville street Hospital, ar.d am quite satisfied that it th e Zell . 11 th e over the urgent symptoms of Go norrhcea, r-dieving hav e htl2aNe and mitigating-the ;caking in making water that I on e i nZ observedn the ual methods of exhibiting Copa iba. . In t Ile gine, n l- an2 e nnlY did it usual with the stomach ; L itt('llepend rather on the method of exhibition but in t this re i than on he t - j,e_e.t.,.,,,,',e-;,,asfoart,oonndiolubtviiiiagtedit, a sv p, i t t i h t k a e la i r ,a g t e i r en q t u g an , t t. ity of . water h well in ten Mays 1,,,,i'' " dine that he commenced taking the Medicine. I have not ct,,4 laKe in which the discharge continued longer than ten days comrnenei23 this treatmen t. I dear Sir, your's very trulY,, ' A ithi , parley (Signed) " A LEX ANDER Hundred Pa. 'orb 0 - of Two vl th upwards of Three . T W E ED I E. " in ' e re tre,t • -' " s m • Alg A .„,,Led With RANKYS SPECIFIC . ' -" 'll 3ttr'll"eo".iisPerert success, at the above Metropolitan ri . ospi *Ptitive* • Tlionass's;.Gui's and the Free Hospitals, by their re. , Whose T estimonials are given above. No. 15.122. LIFE ASSURANCE. A Combination of all the Important Advantages hitherto offered to the Public distinguishes the SCOTTISH UNION INSURANCE COMPANY. Instituted in 1824, and Incorporated by Royal Charter. The Septennial Division of two-thirds of the Profits of this Corporation will be declared in December, 1841, on all Policies of the participating Class. effected previous to the Ist of August next ; and persons contemplating insuring their Lives so as to share in the forthcoming Bonus, should make their proposals with as little delay as possible. Tables of Rates, Forms for Proposals, and every informa tion, may be had on application to the Secretary, at the Chief London Office, No. 449, West Strand ; or at the City Branch Office, No. 78, King William street, Mansion House, between the hours of Ten and Four. Persons whose Lives are proposed for Assurance, must be seen by the Company's Medical Adviser, at the Office, No. 449. West Strand, on Tuesdays, at Eleven .'Clock. Moderate Rates are demanded for Astralia and the Colonies generally. F. G. SMITH, Secretary. Scottish Union Office, No. 449, West Strand, London. NATIONAL LOAN FUND, LIFE AS SURANCE, And DEFERRED ANNUITY SOCIETY, No. 26, CORNHILL. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. DIRECTORS. T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. Elliotson, M.D., F.R.S. John Rawson, Esq. H. - Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. George Lungley, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. AUDITORS-Dr. 0. Gregory, F.R. A.S. ; Professor Wheat stone, F.R.S. AcTuestY—W. S. B. Woolhsuse, Esq., F.R.A.S LIFE ASSURANCE. Besides the perfect security to the policy holder of a large paid up capital, and accumulating funds, with mod erate rates of premium, the following is one amongst many of the advan. tages which belong exclusively to the princioles of life assu rance and deferred enmities originated by t -0 Society, viz.— Power to borrow, (without delay, expense, or .orfeiture) two thirds of all premiums paid upon a polity of assurance. Premium for assuring 100/. Age. I X s. d. 1 Age. 1 £ s. d. I Age. I £ s. d. 25 11 18 6 1 35 1210 11 45 1 3 9 4 30 I 2 4 4 I 4O 12 16 8 1 1 5O I 4 4 2 DEFERRED ANNUITIES DEPARTMENT. By the plan exclusively developed by the Society, a single deferred annuity is made, nGt only to answer the same object, but to equal in amount the entire sum of all the advantages heretofore only obtained by the middle and industrious classes by separate investments in Savings Banks, Benefit Societies, and Loan Banks. 1. A small yearly or weekly contribution will secure the most ample return for after life ; thus-21. 12s. per annum (Is. a week) at 20 will at 65 give the policy holder the choice of an annuity for life of 471. 16s. 6d.: 394/. I Is. in cash; or policy without further contributions of 4661. at death. 2. Two-thirds at any time lent on deposit of policy, being a fund always available during sickness or want of employment. 3. Two-thirds of all payments returned to representatives in case of premature death. The report to the Annual General Meeting of Proprietors, prospectuses, tables, &c., may be obtained at the offi ce of the Society, by letter or otherwise, 26, Cornhill, London, or at any of its Branches throughout the country. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec lA] CONO MI C LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 34, BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON. Established 1823. Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV. LOWER RATES of PREMIUM than those at any other Office that entitle the Assured to participate in the Profits, as follow: ;e..«..... 15 I 30 1 3'► I 40 I 45 1 _5O """ - • • I. Annual v. d. r .. d. s. d s. d.l£ s. d.£ s. d. . s.d. .£ s. d. Premium 10 8t 14 111.19 . 19 o 32 4 iU 11 1 ? 19 1, :3 11 94 8 per cent. The Bonus declared in 1834 amounted upon an average to £l6 per cent. on the premiums then paid ; and in 1839 a fur ther Bonus eras awarded, amounting on the average to £3l per cent. on the premiums paid during the preceding five years. Bonuses may be applied to the increase of the sum assured, to reduction of premiums for life, or for a term of years. Policies on the lives of persons dying by suicide, duelling, or by the hands of justice, are not void as respects the inte rests of parties to whom they may have been legally assigned. Assurances may be effected on any and every day, and in structions forwarded to parties resident in the country on ap plication. By order of the Board of Directors, CAMPBELL JAMES DOWNER, Secretary. N ATIONAL • LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 2, KING WILLIAM-STREET, LONDON. Established 1830. CAPITAL £500,000/. PRESIDENT.—GEORGE THOMAS NICHOLSON, Esq. VicE-Paitsins NT.—JAMES BOGLE SMITH, Esq. DIRECTORS. Joseph Barber, Esq.. Patrick Cruikshank, Esq. Robert Bell, Esq. John Gore, Esq. George Borradaile, ELq. Ralph Ricardo, Esq. George Burnand, E sq. Herman Sillem, Esq. Samuel James Capl ier, Esq. Francis Wilson, Esq. Four-fifths of th e Divisible Profits are Annually divided among the Assured_ for the whole term of Life, who have been so assured for the full period of Five Years, and arc wholly applied in the Reduction of future Premiums; and the re maining One-fifth to the Proprietors of the Subscribed Capital. TABLE of PREM.' oars for Assuring 1001. for the Whole Term of Life. Age. Premiu in. Age. 1 Premium. Age. Premium. 15 .f.:l 14 3 25 I£2 3 0 35 £217 5 20 118 (.) 30 (2 9 5 40 37 5 TABLE of PREMIUMS for Assuring 1001. payable at the Death of the Party, but the Annual Premium to cease at the Age of Sixty. Age. Premium. I, Age. Premium. Age. Premium. 15 £1 17 2 125 £2 8 7 35 £3 10 7 20 21 9 30 217 9 40 49 5 TaisLz of PRE3IIUMS for Assuring 1001. payable on the Party's attaining the Age of Sixty, or Dying previously. Age. Premium. Age. Premium. Age. Premium. 15 £2 .2 2 25 £216 10 35 £4 4 9 20 28 4 30 3B 6 40 58 8 Commission allowei 1 to • Solicitors bringing Assurances to this Office. C. B. SMITH, Actuary. NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITU TION, Enrolled under Acts ( A Parliament passed the 10th of Geo. IV., 4th and 5 th of Wm- IV., and 3d and 4th Viet., relating to Friendly Societies, For MUTUAL ASSURANCE on LIVES, ENDOW SIENTS, and ANNUITIES. 13., Nicholas-h me, King William-street, London. DIRECTORS. C. P. Bousfield, Esq. Thomas Hodgkin, M.D. John 13e.ulbury, Esq. R. Ingham, Esq., M.P. William Cash, Esq. Joseph Janson, Esq. Thomas. Castle, Esq. S. Hayhurst Lucas, Esq. James 'Crofts, Esq. C. Lushiugton, Esq., M.P. John. Feltham, Esq. John St. Bart*, Esq. Jcsoph Hargrave, Esq.. Richard Shortridge, Esq. Eta - muel Smith, Esq. M CDICAL DIRECTORS. T, Conquest, M.D. F. L. S. I Thomas Bevan, Esq. , F. L. S. SOLICITORS.-- Messrs. Hardwick and Davidson. The distinguishing lharacteristic of this Institution is Entire 1 Mutuality. The Wh. ) 1 e Profits w ill be e q uall y a pp ortioned amongst all the Assure d, who have the Option to apply them I either to Reduction of the Premiums, or to Increase the amounts assured. The First Division will be made in December 1842, and subsequently at the cad! of every five years. Every Member is enC 'tied to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting. No Member can be is volved in legal expense, as should any dispute arise, it must be settled by arbitra tors appointed agree ably with the aforesaid Akets of Parliament. Assurers may ser z urethm benefit of their Policies to Nominees. The Assurances to be effected in this Institution are as follows: Deferred and Immediate Annaities. Endow - mer ts for Children, payable on attaining the Age o f 14, 21, or f ,5 Years. Deferred Sums payable at various Ages from 30 to 65. Life Asr ,urance, for securing a suns of money payable at Death. Life As! iurance, for securing a sum of money pa}able at Deatl I, or on attaining a specific age. The folio' wing Table exhibits the Progress of tin) Institution from its commencement : No. of Policies \ Amount of Periodical Yearsending issued. Premiums received. 20th Nra v. 1836 616 12,270 8 11 459 178,021 12 2 17,417 13 11 490 22,987 9 0 494 27,236 11 3 ____- 99 1837 1838 •,, _ „, 1839 ..... If Df 1840...... Tot 4 number.....) 2,494 The E irectors are desirous to extend the usefulness of this Instituti , el as widely as possible, by keeping the public atten tion direr to dto its important benetits. The as, 2a unt of Assurance on a single Life, hitherto con fined to 2 f 0( 01., may now be extended to 5,0001. Prospe ,eta ses, and every information, may be obtained at the Office, and also of the Agents and Medical Referees in the County c. JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary. ~-_____ T H E 1 ,PERITIVE FOUNTAI N not only en able s persons to preserve a regular action of the boy Ids. bu tto procure at any moment the desired relief merely x ith a littl e svi tter ; by which simple remedy they escape from the evils o r cot tiveness, and avoid the additional sufferings that are brough lon ,by a habitual use of o p ening medicines. The apparatus is so e% fitting tot ',ether, embarrass! nent Tar imps t that, with the requisite quantity of li quid, it re , ay b e i 1 u t into the pocket ; needs no preparatory British As a s lavement machines do, and occasions no i,'s use to the most infirm invalid or nervous female. The s( 3ub iD MAGNIFIERS, for which Dr. SCOTT in general (Inventor o f t he Aperitiv.: Fountain) received thanks from the Country enabled de of p Win tion, are the enly artificial means that have ever almost, with, arsons to hear a distant speaker, and to join The ' 'cone ersation, without holding anything in ,the hand. small ar 6 of Se mral powers (the low-power CORNET being ' , lough t o be attached to the ears by a spring, and are tible), so that every individual can be supplied the •degree of assistance required ; but persons in may • have the proper kind sent to there, by ad dress* 'ng parti co l a -s of their deafness (containing an order for payment) to li es ws. Pine and Rooff , supe rintendents of Dr. So tt's Rep' • .tattery, , 369, Strand, three doors from Exeter-hall. - , - - - ----- - .„......."---....--:•,r......—..-------...-- ,-, mmgt.evem=Nk...Krm - _L - ..,..- . _ .e.•-• --.2.---e-'52---- ___ •• . . (_.-,' EVENING EDITION. . 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' _milv Y - ~ i , ' ",,,,,h;, , .-- vI T - , t, _ d'',‘' ---,, cutters, goles, sewers, trenches, and other the said impedi ments and annoyances, and all those person. and every them, to tax, assess, charge, distrain , punish , &C." Section —" Provided always and it is enacted, that if any person persons being assessed or taxed to any let or charge for . ands, tenements, or hereditaments, do not pay the said lot . charge, &c. &c." So much for the " Bill of Sewers. Lord Coke's Reports supply the earliest and most imporiarn judicial decisions on the Bill of Sewers, and in the Isle of Ely tip" .1 11 „.. case, the seventh year of James the First. The judgment of ' 1 1.11445A the Court is thus laid down (10 Coke):—" It was also re solved that none could be taxed towards the reparation but those who had prejudice, damage, or disadvantage by the said nuisances or defaults, and who might have benefit aid profit by the reformation or removing of them i also, the tax assessment and charge ought to have these qualities :—First, it ought to be according to the quantity of their lands, tene ments, and rents, and by the number of acres and perches. Second, according to the rate of every person's portion, tenure, or profit, or of the quantity of the common of pasture, or of fishing or other commodity. And, therefore, it was clearly r.!-- solved that the said tax, generally of a several sum in gross upon a town, is not warranted by their commission, but it. ought to have been particular, according to the express words, upon every owner or possessor of lands, tenements, rents, &c., observing the qualities aforesaid." The celebrated case of Commins against Massaro, in Marsh's Reports, page lthi which determined (18th Charles the First) that orders and proceedings of Commissioners of Sewers can be rettioved into the Court of Queen's Bench by writ of certiorari, and in that important judgment it is laid down " that they may charge the lessee or lessor at their discretion, for the statute saith ' owners or occupiers.' " Lord Chief Justice Dallas, in the celebrated case of the Dake of Newcastle against Clark and others (Taunton, vol. 8, p. 602), thus spoke in the judg ment—'l he Commission describes the persons who are to con tribute to the charges." In the case so much talked of in this Court, Netherton v. Ward, Chief Justice Abbott held that the plaintiff was liable, because he was the ocoupier of a house in the district, and so did Holroyd. Best also held that. the statute Henry VIII. had for its object to tax all persons equally. In the King v. Commissioners of the Tower Ham lets, B. and C. 9, p. 17 et seq., Lord Tenterden, in delivering the judgment of the Court, held " That it is competent for. persons acting under this Commission tp subdivide their dis tricts and rate the inhabitants of separate parts separately', so that the inhabitants of each part may contribute to the ex pense of maintaining those works only by which they derive benefit." The principle has always been laid down that no person is to contribute to the expense except those we bencAt - and in 'reference to Rooke's case, in 5 Coke's Reports, hi. showed that it had been there determined that the 'tax was to be there laid upon the occupiers of the 800 acres. A very admirable summing up of these important judgment. , which I have quoted was recently delivered in the Court of Queen's Bench by Lord Denman, in the case of Emmersoe and Saltmirshe and others. He commenced by reading the words of the commission to inquire by the oaths of the honest and lawful men of the shire, &c., down to the words " to be had in the premises."—He then cited the Isle of Ely case, that the tax ought to be on the owner or possessor. He then cited the judgment of Lord Chief Justice Popham.—" That they cannot lay a tax er rate upon any hundreds, towns, or the inha bitants in general, but upon the first presentment aftd 'judg ment to charge every man in particular according to the quail tity of his land or common." He referred to several cases de cided in the King's Bench from the year 1609 to 1649, in which the same rule guided the judgments of the Court. It is upon such solid foundations as these commencing 310 years ago, with the solemn decisions of the Court of Queen's Bench down to the present period, that I take my stand in op position to the doctrine " that the Commissioners impose the 'ax upon the land, and are not bound to inquire whose pro perty it is, or to regard any question of ownership or occupa tion." Having, as I think, irrefragably proved the affirmative of my proposition, I will endeavour to overturn the foundation upon which the legal advisers of this commission .do affirm the doctrine. They cite two great cases, Bow v. Smith, 9 Mod. 94, and the Level of Hull case, 2 Strange 1114. The first of : • v --- t- V t gAg i l, 0 ~ -....", ~,,,... PRICE sd. they excluded from the decree all value, they would go against both presentments.' It was no excuse in an appeal fur that Curt to shelter their own ignorance under that of the Jury. The Court should exercise its own judgment , and he thought should fall back on the previous presentment. The question being put, there appeared on the show of hands— For the original motion 4 For the amendment Mr. LESLIE not having voted on the question, called upon the Chairman to give the casting vote, whlch he declined to do ; he celled for a second divi.ion, the parties voting movitig to the right and left cf the Chair, the greater p , rtion . of the Commis sioners going below the bar and out of the room. The result was— these a few words will be sufficient to show is no authority at all, and in order that the legal gentlemen shall not say that a layman misquotes the case, I will read the whole of it. - IN CHANCERY, Vol ix., pages 94-5. 1795. Easter 10 G. 1. Modern ReportF, Anno Dorn. 1723. Fifth Edition. By Leach. Bow a. Smart. —The Commissioners of Sewers assessed all ti . e lands from such a place to such a place, in the Level, to raise money to build a new sluice, and by warrants directed to the plaintiff, ap pointed him to collect the money of the owners and occupiers of the said lands, who, by virtue therefore, made several distresses, and levied money of the defendant's tenants, for which he brought several actions against the now plaintiff in their names; and the said assessment being not strictly legal, because it should tio as sessed on every particular tenant, proportionable to the damage he might sustain, therefore the warrants and distresseS were not goal, and so the plaintiff could not defend himself at law, but a verdict. passed against him. And thereupon he exhibited his Bill to su persede those actions suggesting this matter, and that the said actions were vexatious. The defendant insists that the Commis. sinners had no power to tax him, for that there was an old sluice near the place where the new one was intended to be built, which was sufficient to secure all the Level; and that the new sluice, when built, would be of no manner of advantage to him, and consequently he ought not to be contributory to the charge of building it, and therefore that both he and his tenants bast good right to bring actions for the money extorted from him.—The Lord Chancellor would not help in this case: for if he did, then the orders of Commissioners of Sewers, and of the Sessions, would be made in this Court. Now, here the assessment was wrong, and money was levied by means of a wrongful assessment, which ought to be refunded, and a new assessment made; and the right way of making it, is to assess the particular lands according to the danger they lie in, and that it is not necessary to name the owner or occupiers of such lands, for the Commissioners may not know them ; for if not nam- ing the owners should snake the assessment void, there would be an end of all assessments by the Commissioners of Sewers; therefore, if that was the fact, it might be proper for this Court to interfere. Note in Index to the volume " Commissioners." They made a wrong assessment, and the complainant by their warrant distrained, for which he was sued. This Court would not relieve. This case presents extraordinary features. It has been dis covered that it was a case in a Court of Equity, seeking relief from the consequences arising from the construction of the Statute of the 23d Henry VIII. by a competent tribunal, the Court of King's Bench. The VIII., of Sewers had made a tax upon all the lands from such a place to such a. place, and they enforced the payment of this tax upon land upon the owners and occupiers of the lands taxed. It was re sisted, and several actions were brought, in all of which the Commissioners were defeated. The Commissioners of Sewers applied to a Court of Equity for relief. The Lord Chancel lor (Macclesfield) would not help in this case,. for if he did then the orders of Commissioners of Sewers and of the Ses sions would be made in this Court. I submit these few words were his judgment in the bill filed, and all the rest a mere obi ter dictum, and which was not judicially before him ; and if it were, he. had no authority to decide a question of law. The second case relied upon by the legal advisers of this Corn • mission was the level of Hull case, and en strongly was it con sidered to support the case against the Royal Hospital at Chelsea on the traverse of a presentment by which an utter stranger in law is charged for the whole property, if you sign this decree, that when he cited this ease the Learned Gentle man said he did not think lie need carry his case any further. Again, to avoid the charge of misquoting this case I submit it to the Court. Strange, vol 2, p. 1114, case of the Le eel of Hull. An order of Sewers was made for levying 9d. on 1,312 acres, to be paid to the clerk to be applied towards defraying of charges its and about the execution of the commission, and though it was objected that this should have been on the occupiers according to 10 Coke, 139, yet the Court held this good, for the words of the statute do not require it. Very few words will destroy this as an authority. A rate is made on 1,312 acres, removed by certiorari into the Court of King's Bench, what is the objection ? It ought to have beeu on the occupiers according to 10 Coke, 139. The Court would not quash the rate on that objection, because the words of the statute did not require it. But even supposing (and it is but mere supposition, for it does not appear) the owners' names were not on the rate, what t ould that avail when ire the very last case quoted, actions were maintaintad, and da mages given against the Commissioners for enforcing a rate made on the land without any owner or occupiers being rated. I think I may now safely proceed to my next proposition, That the necessary consequence of the preceeding erroneous doctrine was another, the Commissioners having made a Sewer-rate, without any regard to ownership or occupation, a legal distress for the same can be taken, and any person's goods found thereora may be sold for such rate. And this is so contrary to law, that it is extraordinary how it could be so often and so confi dently repeated in this Court. I will take a very early authority, and a very late one. The first, Callis, says, p. 192 :—" Yet herein 1 am of opinion that the bailiffs which: distrain, cannot, ex officio, without a special warrant first di rected to them for that purpose from the Commissioners, snake sale of goods distrained for a lay-tax, or cess of sewers ; and I take it, it were a good warrant for the Commissioners to , make an advised special law of Sewers for sale of goods dis trained upon a just occasion, before they direct any warrant ex subito to the bailiffs for any such purpose. But now hereire follows a matter of some consequence, and worthy the hand ling, that if by the laws of Sewers goods may be'sold towards the repair of these works, as in my opinion they may, then whose goods may be sold, is the question next to be decided; wherein. to be brief, I am firm of opinion that no goods ran or ought to, be sold by the power of these laws of Sewers, but only the proper goods of the party sessed and taxed, though the goods and chat te.s of other men be levant and couchant, on the ground cessed to , the repairs ; for I hold it not consonant to reason, nor that :t stands with any rule of law, that the goods and chattels of a stranger should be absolutely taken away from him, and sold. for the debt and default of another man." To the like etfeet is Collis, m. p. 125 :—" So, in our case of Sewers, if the goods of one which was not subject to the tax or secs i . m ip p t o t t were taken, he might have his action of trespass teeb ag s y " " Let n distrainer, and should recover his when Calks first appeared, tie now pass from the year 1645. accor wh j judgment of Lords Denman,. the present time, and learn d Iphus and Ellis, Vol. 6, page* O'Shaunessy and others, Patteson, Williams, and Coleridge,A in the case Pocock againet: 807. Trespass for breaking - entering the plaintiff's slit O'Sbaunessy and Smith of the plaff's, plea aand converting a sack ef fl ew tifying under a v ia, C. 5, pleas by Francis R a m ie to the statute 23 ission of Sewers, Henrys justification as above, replication and premises, and seizin m g m r Bacon, not guilty , a . n • ..e Joinder. The cause • hub a s de ?Via' ' was tried/. the special pie ttings after term Michaelmas 1!!t34. It at the .111iddlesex siods were'the plaintiff's. and a ''' neared that the g n were distrainer . in a house rented b him of for a Sewers'- , rate in this action. y i Tebbutt, -the, attorney or the record e house was one 0C out by Tebbutt,n and jointly rated to the Sewers'-ratet four. let of /. 4s. Tebbutt was the p ar t y in the sun assess-d. ca ll e d upon for the rate for the four houses, he tendered 6s. ,71 the rate for No. 3, the house occupied by the plaintiff. Tine collector refused to accept this separately, and Tebbutt required by summons to show cause why the 11. 4s. was un. paid. No cause being shown, the defendants, F • 2 Francis ante Bacon, issued a warrant to levy the it. 4s. upon Tebbutt. is goods, under colour of which warrant, O'Shaunessy, a col. lector, and Smith, a broker, seized a big of flour, the property of the plaintiff, in the house occupied by him. Tho qrsestiong in dispwe were whether or not the rate on the four house.' could be levied as a joint rate on the premises held by this plaintiff, and whether, under the present warrant, or any other.' goods being on the premises, of which Tebbutt was the land. lord, could be distrained for this rate, though they mightbe thus property of another person. The plaintiff had a verdict for 151., subject to the opinion of this Court on a specific ease. 11,4 - 1 question in which was whether or not this action could be) maintained under the circumstances against the defendants, et either of them. The Court held (Nov. 19, 1836) that the: warrant did not justify O'Shaunessy and Smith in seizing thet plaintiff's goods, but that the Commissioners who had aete(l. regularly in the exercise of their functions were not and costs at The Maser taxed the plaintiff's damages Les 1031.. a pretty expensive affair to the rate-payers w . t victims of bad legal adviote were thus made the innoesenort, short, because the My next proposition is very _Commissioner,. roceedines, have been made aware t hat tilts during these p- land enera , Solicitor-General, an t i opinions ( , f the Attorney-General, G are against them. Sir Frederick Pollock lf you reject sly amendment to day, and determine to sign the decree, you rate the Royal pa l ac es in the actual occupation of the Sovereign. The Attorney-General, Sir John Campbell, has given hist opinion, and printed by this Commission, dated 13th Novere. in which he says, her , 1839, " I am of opinion that the Royal. palaces in the actual occupation of the Sovereign are not liable to be rated to the Sewer's -rate." The Solicitor-General.. Set '1 homas Wykle, in, his opinion, dated April 2d, 1840, awl printed by this Commission, says, " I am of opinion that tins p&aces are Lot liable to be rated under the Bill of Sewers. I And Air. Justice Best, in Netherton, and Ward, 3 Barnewal,, TT is of importance to the Commercial world, to TT notice that, at a GENERAL MEETING of the SOCIETY of GUARDIANS for the PROTECTION of TRADE, which has been established nearly seventy years, it was stated that during the last seven years not twenty of its members had been defrauded. We can, therefore, most cor fidently recommend to all those who are subject to imposition being practised upon them, to become members of this most useful Society. 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THE BURGESSES OF coorstTorr-UPON-mientocr. This was a motion to dissolve an injunction which had been granted ex parte, restraining the defendants from entering upon certain land belonging to the plaintiffs, which they alleged they had a right to do, under an Act for the lighting and im proving, &c., the township of ChorltOn-upon-Medlock. Mr. Turner appeared in support of the motion to dissolve the injunction, and Mr. Pemberton opposed it. The case was not concluded when the Court rose. • . LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1841. EXCISE OFFICE, OLD BROAD-STREET, FEB. 22, 1841. FOR, SALE, by Order of the Honourable the Commissioners of her Majesty's EXCISE REVE NUE, in a spacious Room at the Chief Office, Old Broad street, on Faxnav, 12th March, 1841, at One o'Clock in the afternoon precisely, About 15,000 Gallons of. FOREIGN BRANDY and 3,000 Gallons of GENEVA, which have been regularly condemned and re-distilled; now in vats at the Excise Distillery, St: Cat herine's. 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TO CHYMISTS AND DRUGGISTS. r HE COMMITTEE appointed at a Public 1 Meeting of CHYMISTS and DRUGGISTS, held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern on the 15th inst., beg to in form the Members of the Trade, that Mr. HAWES has WITHDRAWN his " BILL on MEDICAL REFORM," for the present. But as other Medical Bills are to be intro duced into Parliament during the present Session, the Commit tee will continue to meet ; and whilst they have given instruc tions to their solicitor, to watch and oppose any Bill that may be detrimental to the trade and interests of Chymists and Druggists, they are desirous of supporting any measure which shall preserve the existing privileges and rights of the trade, and, at the same time, protect the public from inexperienced and incompetent persons dealing in or recommending Medi- eines. The Committee solicit the co-operation of the Chymists and Druggists throughout the kingdom, and request that Subscrip tions be forwarded to the Treasurer R. H. 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COURT OF ALDERMEN.--Yesterday a Cour wns held for the dispatch of business; Alderman Copeland presided as locum Wiens for the Lord Mayor, who is in disposed. A petition was presented from Mr. Cont and Mr. Taylor , two inhabitant householders of Coleman street Ward, aga inst the return of Mr . Cousins, on the g The petition was ordered to b e t a k en into cons id era tion at the ne xt C ourt. Alderman Humphery presented a pet ition signed by a g reat numbe r o f th e in gerrvouenad lot. of no n-residence, and not having paid scot nor in habitants of the borough of Southwark for the restitution of the Unio n.hall Police-office. The p etition was or tiered to be t aken into consideration when that relative pt : e a t r i r tti i ho n en gd ag n ß o 7ijn \ir t the return of Mr. Wells, f or t h e W ar d o f usg Compter should be br oug ht up. 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In co ns eq uence of thp mistakes arisi n g from a similarity of names, the P &TEO/TEES' address should be partic ularl y noted, 35, Ol d Bond-street, and 1, Old Jewry, City. as COURT OF SEWERS FOR WEST MINSTER AND PART OF MIDDLESEX. A Special Court of Sewers was yesterday held at the offices eitthe Commissioners, in Greek-street, Soho. T. L. Donald- Sidi, Esq., in the chair. The first business before the Court ;was—To make decrees for rates on the Ranelagh and Counters Creek districts, on houses, &c. at 6d., and on land at 2cl. in she pound ; and to sign the rate-books for the new rates, per min:, to the said decrees, and the abstract of the rate books of the rates made 15th November, 1539; or to take such Other proceedings as the Court may then consider necessary, upon which Mr. Leslie had given notice of an amendment. A long preliminary discussion took place as to the manner in which the question ought to he put. The CHAIRMAN in answer to the obsereations as to the al-' terations made in the presentment by the Traverse Jury, stated that the decree had been drawn up by Mr. Smith, under the superintendence of Mr. Ogle, in such manner as to meet the altered circumstances of the case. The CLERK suggested that there were two decrees, in one of which, the case of the Counties Creek sewer, there had been no alteration, and, therefore, he suggested that that decree should be read first. . The CHAIRMAN thought the best way would be to read the decree, filling up the blank, and that on some Commissioner moving that the decree be signed, Mr. Leslie could bring for ward the amendment of which he had given notice. Mr. WILLJUGHBY thought that previous to the reading the decree they ought to consider in what situation they were placed by the alteration which had been made in the present nient by the Traverse Jury. He considered that on points of law the Court possessed the same power as the Court of Queen's Bench, in altering the verdict of a jury, and that the Traverse Jury had exceeded their powers in considering the question of occupation, which ought to be lett out of con siderationaltogether, and therefore that portion of their ver dict ought to be set aside by the Court, and they must fall back upon the previous presentment, in those cases where there was no evidence to guide their determination. They had decided in the case of the church, that the church was not liable, but that the land whereon it stood was liable. Now there was no evidence to vvarrant a Jury in making any dis tinction between the land and that which stood upon it. and their verdict in legal understanding determined that the church was assessable, as in legal language the land included every thing that was attached to the freehold. He, therefore, con tended it was the duty of the Court to disregard the distinction the Jury had drawn as surplusage. It was impossible to carry the verdict of the Traverse Jury into effect, and, therefore, they were thrown back upon the former presentment. They were acting now as Judges, not as the mere ministerial officers of a Jury, and they were to make a decree as such. He submitted they ought to decree upon the presentment of the first Jury. The Court had not given up their powers into the hands of the assessor, therefore were not to be bound by his decision. He moved that the presentment of the original Jury be rati fied and confirmed. Mr. BEACH seconded Mr. Willoughby's motion. The SOLICITORS, being called upon by the Court, said it appeared to them as the finding of the Jury had been recorded it was impossible to avoid being guided by it. Mr. Ogle ad vised that all those matters which had been altered by the Traverse Jury should be omitted from the decree altogether. Mr. BEACH dissentedfrom the verdict of the Traverse Jury, severing as it did the land from that which was standing on it, which was contrary to law, being also contrary to evidence. He was surprised the decree should have been drawn up with out some precious consultation with the Court. He regretted, however, that the right name of the person deriving the emo lument from St. Luke's Church had not been entered in the original presentment, but the Court possessed the power of ad justing the name to the fact. Mr. Anew considered that the difficulties they were placed in was owing to their legal advisers ; those who had drawn up the draft of the decree seemed to have been anxious to bitch the question altogether. A Commissibeea—To what? Mr. ADEr —To bitch it, to throw it overboard.--(Great sensation.) The decree did not contain the finding of the 'I reverse Jury. The motion now before the Court was an attempt to deprive the traverser of the benefit of his Traverse Jury altogether. The decree should have confirmed the finding of the Presenting Jury, excepting such portions as were altered by the Traverse Jury, and that the finding of the Jury should have been confirmed. The SOLICITOR said that such was the case. Mr. Anew denied it. The SOLICITOR said that Mr. Ogle had decided to omit those parties from the decree altogether, and that they were not liable. Mr. Anew said that was contrary to the finding of the Traverse Jury, which had found them liable. He would never sign a decree from which the finding of the Traverse Jury should be omitted. Mr. SALE thought that in this land the finding of Juries should be treated with that respect which they deserved.— (Hear, hear.) Setting aside the presentment of the Jury was going far beyond the duty of an assessor. They ought not to delegate to an individual the powers of the Court, even though lie were my Lord Chief Justice Denman without his wig. There was a plain course which would settle all difficul ties. Let it be settled, aye or no, are churches assessable ? Mr. A'BECICETT could not support Mr. Willoughby's mo tion, nor could he sign the decree. All land was rateable, and it was not a rate on persons but on things. The question was who was to pay that rate. The Juries, however, had not found that the land was not rateable, but were after wards found charging the very properties in the original pre sentment, and went on to except certain property. Property to the amount of 1,2321. found was here excluded entirely. He (Mr. A'Beckett) thought that if Mr. Willoughby would turn his attention to that point he would see that his motion was inconsistent with itself.—( Hear.) Whether churches should be rated or not, perhaps they ought not then to inquire ; but the reason why churches were not originally rated was this — that the community were all rated in respect to the lands of the parish, and as all went to church in those days, it was not thought necessary to rate the church. Another reason was, that it would have been held a violation of the sanctuary'. In times when men possessed but one religion the rate tell upon the whole community, and if the church was not specifically rated it amounted to the same thing. He thought the presentment ought to go back for revision. —(Hear, hear, hear.) The Jury said the land on which the church stoOd was rateable. They all knew that everything attached to the soil and freehold became land in the legal acceptation of the term. He (Mr. A'Beckett) had every wish to support what was suggested by the Learned As sessor, but he thought he hadmistaken the matter—(Hear) — and that the latter part of the decree was not warranted by his own results. What then was the course to be pursued? He could not say with Mr. Willoughby—let us confirm the origi nal presentment—because that would be flying in the face of the Jury. He (Mr. A'Beckett) would, therefore, neither vote for the motion nor against it.--(Hear. ) After a few words from Mr. FULLER, The CHAIRMAN said if they were to carry out the former presentment how were they to. do it ? They would incur a great weight of odium if by a stretch of power they set aside the presentment of the Jury. If they wished to assess the churches upon the Traverse Jury how were they to do that? Could they by an act of their own apportion the sum to be raised upon the ground on which the church stood? Suppos ing this should be resisted how would they stand before a Jury? He believed according to '23 Hen. VIII. they could only return the lands assessable, and not apportion the value of it, and this he thought would be the best course they couldnur sue. Theywould thus avoid great difficulty, great expense, and ir ritation.—( Hear, hear.) And if a party objected to pay his assessment because the church was not assessed, that would not overset the presentment; the church might be assessed, and the party would only gain his point, that the church should be assessed, and was not released from his own assess ment. They had a choice of difficulties, and it was for them to decide which they would adopt. Mr. LESLIE said, his amendment would release them from all difficulties, if they would adopt it. He did not offer them the opinions of counsel, but judicial decisions. He thought he should produce such strong reasons for doing so, that they would set aside the whole proceedings on the ground of irre gularity. He believed the question one of the most important that had ever occupied the attention of the Court. They were embarking in a sea of trouble, and were wrong in toto on the matter, as he would show them from the statutes. Mr. A'Beckett said putting the name of the occupiers was a mere surplusage. The CHAIRMAN said he had an amendment given him to propose, but Mr. Leslie had the precedence if he thought pro p r, having given notice of one. Mr. LESLIE thought he was bound to wait until the decree was put from the Chair. A COMMISSIONER thought if Mr. Leslie could do all he promised, the motion had better be put..—( Hear, hear. ) The CHAIRMAN said the usual mode of procedure was to ask if it was the pleasure of the Court to sign a decree. Mr. LESLIE thought the order of the day should be moved as a parliamentary proceeding, and that Mr. Willoughby was entitled to reply. Mr. AnEir said if Mr. Willoughby's was an original motion, Mr. Leslie should then move his amendment, or he would be precluded from doing so.—( Hear, hear. )—On appeal to him the Chairman ruled that it was an original motion. Mr. Anew said it being ruled to be an original motion, he thought it could not be supported. It would be paying little respect to the Jury, having called them together, to set aside their presentment. It was his opinion they had got into their present difficulty through their Assessor not being sufficiently acquainted with the law.—(Hear, hear.) He thought they could make a correct decree, without naming the value of the land ; and then an , important question was, whether such a decree could be set aside ? He thought not. Were they to go on in this way for ever, bringing, as perhaps they were, ruin 1 on many respectable individuals, who required the payment of their bills. He thought they had the power of calling in sur veyors as to the value of the land, which the Jury had returned as assessable. The best way would be to confirm the findings of the Jury, except as to certain property which had been tra versed, and to sign the decree.—( Hear, hear. ) Mr. WILLOUGHBY thought the disposal of his motion in one point would not prevent any motion being made on the de cree at large. Mr. Anew then moved that the !elicitor be directed to alter the decree to meet the finding of the Traverse Jury. Mr. SALE seconded the motion. Mr. Minutes thought it impossible to speak upon the amendment, until they knew what that alteration would be.— (" No, no.") Mr. LESLIE said this difficulty arose from gentlemen com ing in when business was half done.—(Hear, hear.) He could not understand why they could not come to a decision upon the motion, because the question whether they should sign the decree would come afterwards. Mr. WILLOUGHBY said he should feel considerable repug nance to addtess the Court, after the opinions which had been expressed, did he not feel the great im portance of the subject, and did he not entertain a strong opinion on the subject. He would again entreat the Court to consider that they were not acting Ministerially— ( Hear, hear)—and, whatever might be the finding of the Court, he hoped they would put their own construction upon the matter, and not leave it to the finding of a fury. He thought the proposition of the amendment open to the gravest objections. The findings of the Juries would become a nuisance instead of a benefit, unless they were properly con trolled. The traverse did not produce any evidenced at all upon which the traverse was founded, and it was not, here fore, surprising that the Jury should err. Were the i r then, to to confirm the findings of the Jury which they. (I, ne u vi nder have been formed without evidence? e ll pe e s t al to the such circumstances, it was no Court to fall back upon the Were they to confirm a p ,:oringdtiininsraelns-t ent , m vi e i n i l they found so manifest an error, thatriascnillzasthloivabglhet, ibtutthat the structures upon it were not liable? essen tial to the use of Juries that tlieroaiuseihoorfitthyefirropmolwv-ohri.ch This emanated should control the ex was done by the Court above, and should be done there. If For the amendment Against it ... 5 Majority against amendment 2 Mr. Willoughby s motion was then put, when there ap peared- For the motion Against it Majority against motion ...s. -2 The CHAIRMAN then said he had to call on the Court to instruct its officers what they were to do with the decree. With respect to the Counters Creek Sewer, there was a decree without alteration ; "was it the pleasure of the Court to sign the decree ? Mr. WILLOUGHBY moved that the decree should be signed. The Chairman called oirMr. LYSLIE, who said,-Sir, on the Bth of May, 1840, I had the honour of submitting in this Court the following motion-" That in consequence of the ab sence of all custom, the exceeding difficulties, and expense at tending the assessing and recovering the proposed assessment-, and the prospect of a great expenditure of the Sewers'-rate in litigation, it is inexpedient to depart from the established cus tom in making the Sewers'-rates under this Commission." Seven voted for, and eleven against. The original motion having been again put, a further amendment was moved " That the following words be added to the original motion, except the following classes of property, viz., parochial churches, chapels, burial-grounds, not being proprietary. Royal palaces, courts of law, Westminstei•-hall. Houses of Par liament, and committee-rooms, and prisons." This amend ment was also lost, and the original motion to assess all the pre ceding. properties was carried by eleven to six. 'eon. AGAINST. AGAINST. Mr. Beach, - Mr. Willoughby, Coles, W. White, Gutch, Leslie, ' Lowe, Goldicutt, Mayhew, Fri me, Crace, Bourdillon. Griffiths, Jacobs, Lock, IJnwin, John White. Sir, the effect of that unfortunate decision has been one of great pecuniary charge to the rate-payers, the present inhabi tants of the districts. The sum for the professional valuations is nearly 1,0001. ; what the amount of law expenses up to the present time may be, I can hardly venture to imagine ; besides which, almost every palish has in conseouence been compelled by the proceedings of that day to employ solicitors, and take the opinion of counsel, so that with the law expenses of the Commission, and the parochial law expenses, all of which must be paid by the rate-payers, I think 1 may say it was a most unfortunate decision. I now proceed to show cause why this Court ought not to sign this decree, " because the proceedings of the Court which have led to the said presentments, and the presentments, are veid, being con trary to the statutes, to the Commission, and the oath taken by the Commissioners." The authority of the Justices of Sewers is derived from the Commission founded upon and in the words of the statute 23 Hen. VIII. c. 5. Before they can act as such, they must take the oath prescribed in the filth section, " to truly and indifferently execute the authority to you given by this Commission- of Sewers, without any favour, affection, corruption, dread, or malice to be borne to any man ner of person, &c., for the due redress, reformation , and amendment of all and every such things as are contained and specified in the said Commission, to the best of your know ledge and belief." Then follows after the oath in these unusual words, " And over that be it enacted Section 7, that the Com missioners hereinafter to be named in any of the said Commis sions, according to the purport and effect of the same Com missions, have full nower and authority to make, constitute, and ordain laws, ordinances, and decrees, and further, to do all and everything mentioned in the said Commission, according to the purpoit and effect, words, and true meaning of the same." And it is laid down by Sir Edward Coke in the Chester Mills case, " That always such construction ought to be made, that one part of the Act may agree with the other, and all to stand together." Passing over for the moment the doubtful question that the Commissioners of Sewers have any authority to precede the opinion of a Jury in a large outlay of money for valuing, according -to Mr. Poulett Scrope's Paro chial Assessment Act, various descriptions of property for which no owner or occupier, or inhabitant, in the the legal sense, can be found, I proceed to the main objec tions. First, I deny the authority of the Commissioners to issue any precept to the Sheriff, except it be in the words of the statute, and they are " to inquire by the oaths of the honest and law ful men of the shire." Now, it is notorious that this Com mission has been advised to frame their precept for the Pre senting Jury, upon Sir Robert Peel's Act, 6 G. 4, c. 50, and • in conformity therewith, inserting in the precept the words "of men qualified to serve on juries." I submit that Sir Robert Peel's Act has nothing whatever to do with the 23d Henry 8, c. 5, it is never once mentioned in his Art, although it re peals the whole, or portions, of between 70 and 80 statutes re lating to jurors for " the trial of issues joined." And Mr. Sergeant Hill, in a note in the 4th edition of Canis, p 108, states that the qualification of a jury for sewers is not altered by 44Anne;c. 16, s. 6, or the '24th George the 2d, c. 18, s. 3, which extend only to trials on issues joined; both these latter Acts being on the same subject as Sir Robert Peel's " Issues joined," are repealed by this statute. Secondly I contend that a Jury for a Sewer's presentment, under this Commis sion, must be composed of freeholders, none others at the pe riod of the 23d H. 8, c. 5, 1531, could form a jury of any kind but freeholders ; by 13 Edward Ist, C. 38, passed in 1285, the qualification of a juror was forty shillings freehold, increased by statute in 1585 to 80s, by the 27th Eliza beth, cap. 6, and increased in 1664 by tho 16th and 17th Car. 11., cap. 3, to 201. per annum freehold. Copyholders were ad mitted in 1692 by the 4th and sth Will. and Mary, cap. 24, s. 15, and then the joint qualification was freehold or copyhold 101. per annum. Four years after this, 7th and Bth Will. 111., cap. 32, sec. 4, it was enacted, " That all Sheriffs of counties may be better informed of persons qualified who are to be re turned for trial of .issues joined." Then provides the ma chinery by which the Clerk of the Peace was to make the Jury Book at the Michaelmas Quarter Sessions in each year. The qualification, as before stated, freehold or copyhold, 101. per annum. This was the originjof the . resent Jurors' Book for the trial of issues joined ; and there is a remarkable fact in the history of this Commission, five years after this Act had passed, March 15, 1701, the Commissioners of Sewers for Westminster had to complain of the disrespectful conduct of the Sheriff of Middlesex in not attending the Court of Sewers, and also that the Jury he had returned were poor men, and unfit to be hindered from their employment for any length of time, but there being an immediate occasion for a Jury, they were sworn. and directed to make their presentment at the next Court, and be discharged. The Court then fined the Sheriff of Mid dlesex 51., issued a precept for 48 freeholders, and the Sheriff appeared with them, and from the records it appears they were from Isleworth. Teddington, " Twitnam," Hampton, Hanwell, Old Brentford, Acton, St. Giles, and Marylebone. The Court remitted the fine upon the Sheriff. We are now to examine whether there be any thing of importance in this objection as to the precept. I must trouble the Court by re ferring to a recent decision in the Court of Queen's Bench, viz. on the 11th December, 1827, Birkett v. Crozier, an action of trespass for levying and taking away the plaintiff's goods, justified under the authority of the Commissioners of Sewers for the Tower Hamlets. The present Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Tindal for the plaintiff, and the present Lord Chief Baron Scarlett for the Commissioners of Sewers, he proved for the Commissioners that a jury had been impan • neled-that the jury had made a presentment, that public notice of it had been given, that the plaintiff's solicitor had been supplied with a copy, and he proved-what will delight some Honourable Commissioners, because it has been urged in this Court, that it always looks well in the Superior Courts to have been guided by Counsel-he proved that the Commis sioners of Sewers had had a legal crutch to enable them to hobble, instead of walking erect under the guidance of the statutes, the Commission, and their oaths, and that their legal crutch was Sir Vicary Gibbs. Now mark the important evi dence. The Commission was read, the form in 28 Hen. 8. The precept for the jury was the second document, It required " 48 good and lawful men of your county and resi dent within the Tower Hamlets." The precept was signed by six Commissioners. Tindal objected to it. This precept is bad ; the Jury ought to come from the body of the county ; and submitted that if the precept is bad the presentment and all subsequent proceedings are corum non judice. His objec tion prevailed, and the plaintiff obtained a verdict, damages 31. 6s. I submit that the Commissioners of Sewers for the Tower Hamlets departed from the authority of the statute; the Commission and their oaths bound them to the words. Al though every one of these 48 men were qualified as Jurors under Sir Robert Peel's Act, yet the Commissioners departed from their authority in signing such a precept. I rely with perfect confidence on the fact that no subsequent statute has absolved the Commissioners from the obligation of their oath, and they must strictly confirm to the words of the 23d Henry Bth in such important documents, otherwise they are but mere waste paper, as this case of Burkett and Crozier shows. My next objection is that you suffered twenty-three persons to be sworn upon the Jury, for which there is no authority in the statute. If Sir Edward Coke was any authority when lie said, in the Chester Mills case, " that always such construction ought to be made that one part of the Act may agree with the other, and all to stand together," then, Sir, this statute ta'ks of a Jury of 12, vide llth section; and that this is the correct view of the subject, Icite Commins v. Massam, 18 Car. 1- March's Reports, page 196, when it was held that the pre sentment ought to be by the oaths of twelve men. But w hat . is the judicial interpretation of the s tatute of Henry VIII, '1; modern times, on this point, Duke of Newcastle v. Clarke his others, 8 Taunton,page 602, et seq., Mr. Justice Park judgment, in going over the powers given to Comte , : el c obe- Sewers under the statute, says, " they ma y linsecnousideration of the In d , e a n n d e e a t t o o r ythe writsi orders in ; t in h o e n y amjauyr Jury command m i ; n d the S heriffs h t e e b r e i ffpubryp purpose of inquiry." This I submit deserves the s er rt io ,e i nt thc Jury into pri vateCourt.llly next objection is that this . were to make the presentment,Thp room to hear the evidence sureecpraert; d forn e t t e c h .i t u t r a y , y , c well-known case of the under the orders of this Court : f paid, Sowers for Somersetshire, 7 "But this is not a judicial K Ea in st g 7 v l . . method of making the be sworn .• inquiry; the Jury ought to th L o or e d o E nt i m ic i u s b si ? o r n o e u r ; b by evidence, to be d elivered upon oath, upon be conducted before the Commissioners, before whom theinquir7 is to hearing which the Jury are to make their p resentment." Sir Frederick Pollock, in hi s recent opinion, also expressed the proceeding;. same. The Commissioners, therefore,- in a mt . i p s h t ro i i t e n i point, are acting against a judicial decisien, in which the very any question of point f i rmed partofthien ju g d u sn as n b e in n g t, tabienlwinbowlehic whole Court were unanimous b. 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