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8957:1 FR I D AY, MAY 11, 1821. - --N -- ...., \-t-A p , -B--ro -;-",:-,-- " . .. --, V#.4.- -7 -7 --- -k„ \ v, , ... , ..,- , ::: . ''''. '. ..., , - ,1 . .. kk‘4'l4 .. ...1 N ' -- - - - ------ _0 \:5 , ,,,, 7 7, [.. " : ., 7., . -- f >" ,v - 4 , -----,,, „ 4:"5..i... fr 4 -., /,,,,, ti. f J I 4.................. w - ' •i , '- /. • e/It‘'') -".....,--/el' SEVENPENCt ROYAL ACADEMY, SOMERsET Ht txrum:rioN of tile ROYAL ACA- IiENIYISNOW OPEN. Admission (from Eight o'cicieh trti Seven), One ' Ca!al . rigue; H. UOIVARD,R.A. ec • , . • . . . . . . • Nit 7 EST INDIA. DOCKS.--Whereas ,various EST PARCELS of GOODS, imp4red prior to.the 31st De cember, 1818, are now lyin< , in the West India Docks; the charges on which hare not been paid; the.cpurt of Directors : t herefo re h ere b y gi ve -N o ti ce , t h atos illess the rates arulcharge ue Upon the said Goods are paid up within two months from this date , they Will be brought to Public Salt'to defray the Same.• • By order of the Coact, . . . H. LONGLANDS, Sec. West India Dock-house, May 4, 1821. , . . • EYTON, StOck-Biokei, 2, and Lombard-street, has to anninince"to the Public that Tickets and Shares of Chances forl New Lottery, which will be decided 17th May, are now on Sale et Ids fortunate Office at unprecedented low Prices; viz. Ticket only 11 Guineas: 7 1 . 1 3s, quarter 31. 175., Ejglith Ga., Sixteenth 44 Evcry Ticket klecitles ils own fate., and lig other. P orty-four Capitals, including - Two or 1,000 l.•, Two of 4,000, al e sure to be drawn on the 17th of May.—E.M"l'ON solicits t c l , l eri‘, 3l id patronage of the Public at his fortunate 011 ice, — '" l-1 I LL, where all Business in the Funds is transacted ~ sitb fidelity and dispatch. ME EVENT OF A DAY MAY PROVE A FORTUNE . , FOR LIFE ! BISH reminds his old and best 'Friends, 7,r• the Public, that the whole of the 4,17.07,Prizes 'will he NEXT THURSDAY, (17th of May,), when every "'IC- et and every Share Chance must he decided. Prire of Adventure is reduced nearly One Half; as a hole Ticket Chance only costs £l4 14s. and a Sixteenth 0 711 y Twenty Shitlinhs ! `; , n• T 7 Priz e s trust he drawn N e xt Thursday, inelndingTVen e 4 :?1,000, others of £4,000, £l,OOO, 84c. &c. and 100 L ila:lee:l of gaining Two of 20,20(1.-I\7'o Classes.—Every Ticiiel drawn singly, each-deciding its own fate, and no other. bfi3LLUSH solicits the favours of the Public, at his old-esta . kiltd Offices, 4, Cornhill, and 9, Charing-Cross ; where - he "'lli in the last Lottery, THREE Prizes of £21,000, besides tkver,l minor Capitals. * *.*The Prices of,Stocks are affixed howl) , against Mee in Cornhill, by which the Public can the fluctuations. VVOODBRIDGE, Suffolk.—To . he SOLD, and entered upon immediately, Ficehold and Land ax redeemed, WOODBRIDGE LODGE, situate in a most.. beautiful and sporting part of the County, and now in the n(cupation of the OWner. The House commands a charming tj';'Pect of bill and dale, with an e xt e nsive view o f th e river Detjpn, --"„"") navigable for vessels of considerable burden. it c''''Prises a handsome entrance-hall, drawing-r oo m, di n i ng . " B "rn and library; six ch.amliert,, dressing room, nursery, 'tort silti n c g-room, winch have been fitted up so as io secure a en saving in furniture; kitchen, butler's-pantry, • "r4 t - t -, Oni, cominodions cellars, with a man servant's bed . r and various other ctlic The coach• house, stabling, lareets-room, &e. tir.c. have been es. newlyland most conveniently dis Posed. The lawn, pleasure grounds, and kitchen garden a high wall, are 'stocked with the -chtricesi fruit trees.— Plants in the grapery ar e just coining, to perfection, and t`"e green-lionse, a most elegant building,..has been newly ) ,ToPleted. The whole, containing about five acr e s, has been 4, d out in the most tasty manner. Though enclosed within its own pi:citations, the house is within five nrinntes walk n f the town, which is 77 miles from Lorido:t; on the high ''':art to Yarmouth, 17 miles from Aldborough, and within , 14,,•0f a beautiful beach and cliff upon the coast. The Pre ; "*. mad he viewed, by apiAitation "to 'the . owner ,residing „,c 7 e, and will he found to possess every requisite for the lin reception of a family —Letters post paid. - 1 10 V.I.L.PLACE near Maidstone, Kent, late so Lo ille Residence of James Hnikes, Esq. deceased.—To be liII I ts' PRIVATE CONTRACT, the above capital 4" FREE 'I) M ANSION , with Acres of Land, situate in a I iful part of Kent, near the Medway, about:ls miles from e c ,„ 1 1 6 " 1 - The Houk! is in•complcte repair, cOmprising every Tr ( "tkienc e , and fit for a family Of the first respectability. (.I '7 !remises contain , on the principal floor'of the lansion, it 1 1 . ,,ttz and - drawing-room of large and equal dimensions, 1 .,,:::. 4 •a5t-roon i opening into PI conservatory, library, billiard. 41 , aHd other reipilsites. On the first floor, a small draw , . } ' ..!:. r ° , uu or lady's sitting-room, and five hest lied-chambers, ides other rooms and good attics over. The out-otlices, wi th , - ""übie coach-hmise, and stabling for six horses, are e.' s t n ' re Picte.• Also, - an excellent kitchen garden, grapery, plea. • gkouuds, wood ;and ash •plantations, in a flourishing u „ .. e, and shrubberies tastefully laid- out. A large sheet of I . l :er stocked with fish) runs throngli the grounds. Acres of Land are planted with flops, and an excellent • hnose has been tat ely Isuilt thereon. Together with T ii () ltt One Acre and a Half of Leasehold Premiscs attached. 4,,ce,.fixtures and 'kart of the appropriate furniture, with the and craps, to be taken At a valuation. Early possession r os y ire had.—For partienlais, apply (if by l et t er , post pa id ) h r• Ba r th o l omew, Sol i c i tor, 6, New Inn, London, where Ih s ?.nof th e E s t ate may b e seen, and of whom Cards to view • e wises may be had. BUILDERS.--Any person or per6ons ' d A desirous of con t ract i ng to build aI,UNTIG ASYLUM, p a ; r Oxford, according to the Plans and Specifications pre ttri.l4 for that purpos e , are requested to deliver Proposals, in lt„ Z, addressed t o th e Chairman of the Committee, at the tik;' c ',!fie Infi rmar y, a t O x f or d , on or b efore Saturday, the Dth f)i f `" June next, and to attend at . the Radcliffe Infirmary, in th e ° ,- r d, on the Tuesd a y following, at the hour of eleven in t . ,!..,",'re'noon. The Prop,sals arc to be scaled up when deli, -at a nd will be opened by the Chairman of the Meeting, t v ii‘r time and place last above-me - nilmet]; but no Tender a ccepted, unless the person making the same, or some R j't en his behalf, shall appear when called. . T he f l ans :Specifications will, on the 221 day of May instant, be lied at the Radcliffe Infirmary, in - Oxford, for inspection ' xa mination.. RICHARD INGLEMAN, Architect. Oxf ord,M ay 4, 1821, be ~• Posse;sion Of the Grown - I - on which the Building is to arr,-ected cannot be given before Lady-day, 1822; unless an l i tiOntelit, which has been proposed, for an earlier shimld be acceded to by I he tenant. Witil.a just and humane sense of t ßent ille cal am i tous results arising from the injudicious treatT 1;1 1 ,,,. 'if a cert a i n ma l a d y, contracted in a manner too well ►rato require comMent, and often 'entaiig oti its - I' %i t:Air/lA-series of distressing- and almost l i n nsupportabl mt e EADY respectfully calls the attention of those 44'. 1 ;_ested, to his pecoliac and most e ff ectual method of cure, n ki„ l4 ,e the advertisin , empiric of the. day, or the equally dri ,ar"al conduct of thoi'e," who bold the word of riroinise to the tomeßand hreak it to our Lope." Dr. Lnlv will not presume to age i nfallibility in every &sea iption 4 case, but as for as ali am aid, assisted by inedit;al and sotgieal can be rip tio:.u, be promises a certain, speedy, and prim:went restora it, I . ; having made every species of_Syphilitie aticctirm , . and tio.satrious train of diseases, the primary objects of his pr01e5;‘,,,111",)4. ;‘,,,111",)4. s tndies,.and being flattered by tine transcendant success t at : i. c s li has accompanied his mode of treatment during the tv it ce of a long and laborious practice, he is enabled to offer, f~lO the fullestconfidence, pretensions at once the most hope )4(l encouraging. - Innumerable instances can be adduced ,:_Lyn istratiye of the superiority of Dr. Eady's'systein, which' has. Arfound to •prevail, even, where eminent talent, retained t 11111dic institutions, been ineffectual. In addition I'o fo_t..c consolatory advances, .Dr.• Eady will lie found equally , iallunate in reviving the slumbering and debilitated energies 4,rrt,!_i.e human constitution, which embitter, and if not . timely Ni s :ted, frequently render nugatory the very prin cipal of . From this desolating- state of inanity and sterility, .4tt Y le ce- anitnating the frame and affording tone and elasticity to I,,rreilnaxed organs. r. End): is happy t convey the most prateXes F and positive a‘surances that the ft -sufferers ,of both trescueil; a steady perseverance in the means bei‘ng only required.—Dr. Eady consulted daily, at Dean street, ton nt Soho, by patients of boils sexes ~).,,f;tters inset respectful attention. Sty 1-te Street, • • Soh o , is a . private House;oppositeMeard's )I,._cy;,,oue end of Dean Street leads into Gerrard Street, ,posite the General Tvvi) brans nito Oxford Stret— Post Office, and the Advice gratis to the Poor. PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF LORTiSsrUAY 10. TIMBER The Earlof LAunctIDALE presented a Peti.; tion from the Merchants' Company of Lith, praying that the Timber Duties Bill might not pass into a law.—Read, and laid on the table, 'The Noble Lord then seeing a Noble tarl in his place, inquired when it• was` his intention to move the second reading of the Timber Duties' Bill? Earl BATHURST took this oprortunity of giving notice, that to-morrow .sehmig-ht he should pro pose the second reading of that Bill, and of • moving that their Lordship be summoned for that day.—Agreed to. - NEWPOUNtit*7'. The Earl of DARNLEY recalled to their Lord ships' mind the Petition which bad lately been presented from Newfoundland'by a Noble Friend of his (Lord Holland,) stating a most atrocious case, in which no redress -had been obtained. He was anxious to obtain some assurance from his Majesty's Government that steps would be taken to afford such redress as the case required. Earl BATnuasT entered into an explanation, which, from the low tone in which his Lordship spoke, was almost entirely inaudible below the Bar. All that was understood was, that consi dering corporal punishment liable to abuse, his Lordship had sent directions to that colony two months ago, when he heard of the case mentioned in the Petition, to have the practice discontinued, and that the Commanding Officer to whom blame had been attached, was -a man of such humanity, that he had twice volunteered, in the midst of winter, to go into the interior of , the country to relieve the natives who had been driven back into the woods by the settlement of Europeans on the coast. With respect to the government of the island, it was so far improved, that whereas -it was formerly the practice for the Governor to repair to the colony in May, and return in (3 1 - tober, he now remained the whole yei'r at his post. After a few .words of explanation from the Earl of DARNLEY, the conversation dropped. GRAMPOUND DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL. The order of the day having been read, The Earl of CARNARVON rose to move the second reading of this Bill. He was aware that many Noble Lords objected to the particular provisions of the Bill, whilst others amongst•their Lordships were hostile to the whole principle, not only of this Bill, but of all measures of a remedial nature growing out of the evidence given at the bar of the House. He would not however, enter at any length on the' general part of the question, because, by having already passed three Acts of Parliament of a similar nature to the present Bill, and having entertained every Bill of the kind which had been presented to them, their Lordships would seem to have recog nized the principle, thut when the Rouse of Commons sent up any such Bill as the 'present, they would hear evidence for the purpose of re gulating their cc - induct thereby. It would only be necessary, therefore, for him to endeavour to convince their Lordships that the evidence which had been given on the present occasion was sufficient to justify the passing of the Bill. Those Noble Lords who might vote for the second reading of the Bill would only pledge themselves to this, — that some .change was necessary to be adopted in the manner of exercising the elective franchise in particular parts of the country, either according to the words or the spirit of the present Bill. None of the evidence which had been given in support of the Bill led been impaired by oppos ing evidence. The Noble Lord then stated that at the end of the last Session two Bills for the disfranchisement of Grampound and Penryn haa been sent up to their Lordships from the other House; which Bills, after all the evidence in support of them had been gone through at the Bar, were prevented from being passed by tl►e dissolution of Parliament. The Noble Earl op posite, however, had given it to be understood, that if either of those Bills should lie sent up from the Commons during the prest , nt Session, it should be considered to Stand on the same foot- ing as when formerly before their Lordships. In consequence of this understanding, he (Lord Carnarvon) had thought it unnecessary to go.in to the evidence at the same - length as on the for mer occasion. He could state, however, that the evidence on which the Commons had passed this Bill was the same as that on which the former Bills were founded. The' Noble Earl here proceeded to take a review of the evidence which, had been given before the IrouSe of Commons, in order to shew that it was sufficient to authorize the adoption of the Bill. It appeared that 50 out of 63, the whole number of voters, had been influenced in their votes by means of bribes given in the shape of loans, secured by notes of baud, which were cancelled at the end of the election. That the object of the notes was to bribe the voters could not be denied. It was also proved in evidence, that a person who had:formerly been a Mayor of Grampound, had offered to procure a _Majority of votes upon recr..iving the sum of 7,0001. lie had stated these facts to show what had been the general practice of the borough. For the enormous evil against which it was their Lordships' duty to guard, the Bill provided the most expedient remedy,' by increasing the num ber of suffrages, and extending' them to another species of voters. In legislating for the particu lar case of Grampound, it became their Loid shißs to take a wider vieiv of the question of transfer contained in the. Bill, and to consider whether it did not afford a remedy for the evil, if the right of election were given to populous towns. It bad been mistakenly said that Corn wail possessed.an undue share of the representa •tion ; but the fact was, that though Cornwall had hitherto returned a large number of Members through these boroughs, the persons chosen Iver t e not connected with that county ; they were, in reality, more the Representatives of Manchester and other great trading'or manufacturing towns ; but if the system of confining' the representation to. the hundred prevailed, the objection to the State of the representation of Cornwall would ,then be Ivell founded; for in that case, when` other. boroughs. in the same manner, came under the animadversion of Parliament, instead of the representation being distributed, as it ought, over the different classes of which the Commu nity was composed, the only result would be that of introducing 30.0 r 40 more Cornish 6entleMen into' the Hous'ar Commons. He was not pre pared to say that the existing balance of the Con stitution was the best that could possibly be con structed ; but of this he was certain, that no better had ever been tried or as yet suggested. To give. security to a system, it was necessary that it should be pure; and be was therefore most desirous to remove all those blots and ano malies which disgraced the Constitution. This, it was obvious, could only be done by timely and prudent reforms. Where, be would ask, was the point at which human institutions ought to stand still ? Since the beginning of the world every thing had been subject to change. No proceeding took place in the Legislature which did not, in some degree, alter the state of the Constitution.. Every Enclosure Bill their Lord ships passed had an effect on the existing state of society. The prerogatives of the Crown were daily altering. Was the state of the Crown or of the 'House of Commons the same as a century ago ? If their Lordships really wished to pre serve the practicable identity of the Constitution, They must be content to do it by renovation and change. When every thing else was altered, was it reasonable to insist upon one point remaining unchanged ? The LORD CHANCELLOR would not have risen to say a word on the present occasion, had it not , ppeared that the &oble Lord considered the louse pledged to entertain this Bill. He, there 'ore, felt himself bound to state, that he reserved o himself the.right of.discussing the principle of he Bill, and that he conceived that their Lord ships were not pledged to any thing by the ex amination of witnesses, or by any step which had yet been taken in this measure. Be did not. mean to detain their Lordships at present ; but while he rose to say " not content" to the motion, he must claim for himself the right of debating the principle at another stage. The Earl of WEsTMORELAND objected to the Bill both on account of the injustice of its prin., ciple, and because it tended to secure indemnity for future offences of the kind of that which it was intended to punish. For when persons who had acted honestly in an election should find that for giving assistance to bring the guilty to pu nishment, they were to be deprived of their own rights, they would no longer be disposed to yield that assistance, without which guilt could not be proved, and corruption might be carried on to any extent without 'a check. The principle of tir,t measure was inconsistent with the British %Constitution, and in direct violation of Magna Charta itself. He then contended that no' cor rUption whatever had been 'charged against thirty-two of the Grampound electors; that the innocent should not be punished for the guilty, and that the part of the Bill which related .to the disfranchisement of Grampound ought not to pass. The Earl of LIVERPOOL wished briefly to state the grounds on which he should vote for the se cond reading of the Bill. Whether his opinion were right or wrong, it was one which he had long entertained. For though in the second Ses sion in which he had sat in the other House be had opposed the general plan of Reform bronght forward, yet he had supported a Bill for.remov ing the elective franchise from Saltash. lie consi dered the right of election as a public trust, grant ed, not for the benefit of the individual, but for the public good. He admitted at the same time that it was attended with great advantages to the individukls by whom it was enjoyed; and than was the reason why he should never vote for the disfranchisement of any place on grounds of expediency alone. But if a case of abuse were proved on the part of those whom it was' intended to disfranchise, then he could have no hesitation in giving his vote The elective fran chise had no analogy to the right of property., though it had some to the rights of their Lord ships as Peers, because they sat in that House, not for their own benefit, but for that of the public, and Might be deprived of those rights if they were abused.. The same principle might be applied to a borough., If it had abused its' trust by gross corruption, Parliament was autho rised to deprive it of the exercise of its rights hereafter. The only difference was, that in one case the deprivatio►i would apply to an i►idivdual alone, and in the case of the borough to the whole; the act of a corporate body being for good or bad, the act of the whole. If, the ques tion were, whether a case of abuse had been made out, on that ground alone be should vote for the second reading of the, Bill. For if ever a case of general and systematic corruption had been proved against any borough, it 'was against the borough of Grarripotind: He had ,opposed tine Bill for disfranchising Barnstable, because he had not considered the case established to a •slif• licient extent to justify such 'a measure. ^ But if ever corruption had been exposed, it was in the present instances. The usual practice had hit her tobeen not to transfer the , dective franchise, but to extend it to the hundred. In the cascsin which - , that had been done, he had highly approved of -the enactment, and, if he should adopt a diffe rpnt course on this•occasion, it should be-only because he did not.think that the same remedy would apply. The situation of Grampound made it impossible to throw that Borough open to the nundred without great inconvenience. It was well known that Cornwall abounded with, Bo roughs ; but though there were more boroughs in Cornwall than in any other county, there were not more Cornish Members in the House. To throw. open those boroughs to the hundreds, would be ; to make that which was only an evil in theory,....one in reality for it would make the. representation- more local, and _exclude persons, from. other parts of.the country from a participa tion in it. At the same time he had a great ob jection at one part Of the yernetly." .proppsod.„, If the elective franchise were transferred to . Leeds, the qualification would be arbitrdty, for there was no fixed principle on which it could" be formed. Some would go on the ground of pro perty, whilst others would be for giVing it to all householders, a system of which he had seen-too much, not to have discovered the evils which re sulted from it, and 'how liable it Is as to, that very species of corruption which it was the intention of the present measure to punish and prevent. Neither could he approve of a very limited qualification, as it would give an obnoxious character to the Bill. He thought it would therefore be better to have -recourse at once to broad find fixed :princi ples, which could be done by giving two addi tional Members to the County of York.: So many difficulties attended the transfer of the Elective Franchise to Leeds,,that he'did• net see - his way out of them ; but if two Members were added to the representation of -Yorkshire, or that county was divided into two, .the. House would. then take and transfer the right of, election as it found it, without the necessity of creating :any fresh rules or qualifications. But : should theire e Lordships object both to Leeds and to York shire, there was another course which might be still more ,beneficial. Parliament' might, after disfranchising Grampound, authorise his Ma jesty, through the• exercise of his prerogative, to order that two Members, should be returned from any place which he might think proper, or ; to revive an old borough. The last borouz,lt which had been created, .. that of uwarl had been . created . by. the Peoyal . Prerogative, This course would' obviate most, of the ties •in which the subject was, involved, at -the same time that it would -be perfectly cotsis tent with the Constitution. .When a Corporation had forfeited its charter, there WRS nothing- to prevent the Crown from reviving that charter and grantitig it to another body. The course .to • which he had alluded would be the same, and, he conceived, more advantageous and unobjectionable than that now proposed to be pursued by Parlia= went. Should it.be decided that the prerogative of the Crown should be exercised to create a new re presentation, 'the first thing which 'would be tine. would be to select some popiilous town' in the country, and to grant it a charter of corporation as similar as circumstances would allow, to those of our ancient corporate cities. Would not this be a more 'substantial principle,..and keep more effectually in the ,view of the people_ the origin of the House of Commons, than the mode of legislating proposed in the present Bill ? He had thus stated. his. opinion, that a case of gross corruption had been ,made out ; that it was proper to transfer the right of election, from Grarnpound to some other part of the country ; that it would be best disposed of by creating two additional Knights of the Shire for the County of York, and that if this course•were not approved of, it ,would be con sistent with the spirit of the Constitution to al low the Prerogative. of the Crown.to act on the occasion. -He should now only add, that he shoUld feel it'his duty, in the .Committee, to pro pose, that the elective franchise be transferred to the County of York instead, of the Town of Leeds. . . Tbe Earl of LAUDERDALE maintained that no case of general .corruption had been established against the Grampound Electors, for that there were at present 51 Electors who bad a right of voting, and out of those, 32 against whom there had been no charge whatever. To punish the innocent for the acts of the guilty would be a most unjust and mischievous system -of legis lation. The Martinis .of 14ANsnowNE,reg ar d e d th e Bill as calculated not. only to command their Lord ships' assent, but as entitled to.the tnost favour able consideration, from the importance of the Principle of moderate Reform which it involve,d, mid which would tend to perpetuate the Consti tution, by investing it 'with.the reipect.and con fidence of the people. Jie.thought it. \his duty, at the same- time, to enter his, protest against be ing involved in any assent to the suggestion of the Noble apposite; respecting the exercise of the prerogative of the Crown in the transferof t4e elec tive franchise. .The principle would now be alto velty in the constitution of the.,couutry,wlth the appearance of a return to.ancient privileges. and customs. It had been in,diSuse since the Revo lution, and could not be revived after the. UniOn . . N'vith Scotland and that w ith Ireland, had taken. place and after the H o i ne of Commons had cquired- a degree of influence in the Government of the Country, totally different from thqt wh►ic it possessed at the time when the prerogative hart been in use. 'The Crown ought to.be a party to, the selection, only as, one branch of the Legislik ture, and in Concurrence with the other two. Though he..should pi:4er granting the right a election to Le e ds, yet should he find the sense of the: House against that provision, he should not TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By yr. SOTHEBY,:at his HouSe, Wellington-Street, Wa terloo-Bridge, Strand, on THURSDAY, May 24, 1821, and.. Twelve followit4g Days (Sunday excepted), at Twelve o'Clock, PART of ripHE • Extensive LII3RARY of - his Excel - . lency the CARDIYAL - FESCH, particularly rich in Ahbatial, and Local Ecclesiastical History; . Royal and Noble Genealugies'; Versions of the Scriptures; Sacred Philology; Councils; -Works of the Fathers; Theology*; Canon and Ci vil Laws; Ancient History and Biography; together with several Early Printed Books and Chronicles. To be view ed. on Motiday,"Y ay 21, and Catalogues (price 25.) ro be nowhad at .the Place of Sale; of Mr. Parker, Ox ford ; Mr. Thorpe, Cambridge;' Messrs Constable and Co., EdinbArgh; acrd Messrs. flodes and AP:Arthur, Dublin. NEW POEM, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS. This Day was published, ' in Royal Octavo, with Twenty-six Oates, price 21s. TAKINGS, or . the LIFE of a COLLE . GIAN ; Poem : illustrated Twenty-six Etchings, from Dcsigns„ PAGLEY, Anther of "Se - le . ci Gems from the Antique," a, Compendium of the Theory and Practice of Drawing and Painting, &c. " Pcrlilp% it. May loin out a Song, Pt-chaps turn out a tiormon."—BWlNS, London: ['rioted for - John' Warren, Old Bond-street, and G. and _W. B. Whittaker, Ace Maria-lane. This day was pUbleshed, in avo. Brice ISs. i n ' ma id s . ATREATISE on COPYHOLDS, CUS TOMARY FREEHOLDS, ancient DEMESNE, and the JURISDICTION of COURTS BARON and COURTS LEET.. By JOHN SCRIVEN, Of the - Ihner Temple, Esq. - Barrister at .Law. The—Second Edition, considerably eniarg,ed and improved ; with Appendixes containing Rules for holding. Customary Courts (particularly.with reference to Plaints in the nature of real Actions), Omits Baron, and Courts Leet, Prece dents of Cana Rolls, DePrnations, and Copyhold Assurances, .and also extracts front the ielatit'e Acts of. Parliament. Lotidon; Printed for Henry Butterworth, Law Bookseller, 7,-Fleet Street, between the : Temple Gates: . , • PAR LIAMENTAR Y PAPERS. POOR LAWS. BILL to AMEND the LAWS relating to the RELIEF of the" POOR in ElkdiaA). Whereas the-rates for the relief of the Poor have of late years so greatly increased ; and if some timely check be not provided to the further increase thereof, there is reason to apprehend, that the lands in many parts of England, overburthened by the charge of maintaining the Poor, will not be worth cultivating. And whereas the habits of industry and frugality are most es sential to the well being, comfort, and independence of the la bouring classes ; but the too . great facility of obtaining relief, by those who are-able to work, is calcu7ated to encourage idleness, extravagance, and imprudence, the ture forerunners of poverty, misery and vice. • And Whereas also the removal of the Poor who are unable to maintain thernselves to the places of their settlement, is attend cd With great oppression to theip, as well as great expence, trouble, and litigation, to the different parishes and townships from and to which they are so removed ; and it is not reason able-that those.who have by their labour contributed to enrich one place, should be removed to another, and often very distant place, where there is no demand for their labour, there to be maintained in sickness, and in seasons of scarcity and distress. For remedy whered, and of the several matters aforesaid, be, it therefore enacted, by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by andwith the advice an d consent o f t h e L or d s Spiritual arid Temporal, and Commons, in' this present Parliament as sembled, and by the authority of the same, that from and after • no greater sum shall be as sessed, raised, or levied for the relief of die Poor, in any parish, township, or place.in England, for any one year, than the su m assessed for that p ur p ose in suc h par i s h , township, or place for the year ending on the And to the end that the amount of- the sum so assessed for the last_yeas, ending as aforesaid, may be better ascertained, be it further enacted; that the constable or constables of every parish, township, or place maintaining its own Poor, shall, at some Quarter, -or Gen era l S ess i ons o f th e P ea ce, t o b e h o ld en within after the passing of this Act, b r i ng and deliver' to the Clerk of the Peace for the district within which such parish, township, or place shall be, a certificate in writing, Signed by the Overseers of the Poor of such parish, township, or place, or some of them (who are hereby required, Upon demand, to sign the same,) of the aggregate am ount o f •the sum Iso assessed for the last year upon such township or plaeP e for the relief of the Poor.; which certificate the Clerk of the Peace is hereby required to receive and cause to be. entered fairly in a book to be provided for that purpose, for which entry he-shall be entitled to have and take from the constable bring ing such certificate, the sum of and no more,_ to be allowed to' the'cOnstable in his accounts ; an d t h e Clerk of the Peace shall' and is hereby reqUired, at all times hereafter, upon application of any person whatsoever, to furnish a copy of any such certificate as may be required, upon receiving the fee of • . for his trouble. . And he it'further Enacted, That before any rate hereafter to be made for the relief of - the Poor shall be allowed•and signed by any ()Ibis Majesty's Justices of the Peace, such Justices are hereby authorized and required, to inquire into the amount of the rate or rates already made for the current year, and to ascer tain that the same, together with the amount of the rate so to be allowed and signed, does not exceed the total amount limit ed by this. Act ; provided always that in case it shall be made to appear to such .Justices, that there is.any increased charge in the County rates which are payable out of the Poor rates, which may require an additional assessmen t b eyon d the assessment for the relief of the 'Poor for the year last past as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for such Justices, in that case, to allow of such excess only as shall be equal to such increase of the county rates. And be it. further Enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any churchwarden ; overseer or guardian of the Poor; or any other person having authority to adminster relief t o th e P oor , to allow or give , or for a ny Justice of the peace to order; any relief to any male person whatsoever, being single and un married at the for himself or any part of his family ; unless such poor person shall be actually, at the time of asking such relief, by reason of age sickness or bodily infirmity; unable to obtain his livelihood, and to support his family by. work. . . And be it fluffier enacted, that from and.after the it shall not be lawful for any.JuStice of Peace or other person, to remove or caus e t o - b e removed any poor person or persons, against the will of Such per Son or persons, from any parish, township, or place to any other, by .reason of such per.. son or persons being chargeable to such parish, township, or place, or being unable to maintain him or th emse lv es , or un d e r colour of such person or persons being settled in any other parish; township, or place, any law or statute to the contrary notwithstanding : Provided always, . that nothing in this Act shall in anywise he deemed to alter any law now in force for the punishment of vagrants. BOW-ST RE E 4..—Yesterday the final examination and corn mitment of the five Smugglers concerned in the murder of Mr. S. Snow, a Midshipman in the Preventive Service,. which hap pened at Herne Bay, near Whitstable, K e nt,- . took place before PirTtx Esc); the Sittink.MagiStrate.—N o further evidence was7brought againSt them Than that which appeared on a for mer examination. AWFUL. INSTANCE OF SITDDE).: DEATIL—About seven o'clock on Wednesaay evening, a 'respectable looking middle aged woman seeing a bill on the parlour window at 7, Fre derick-place, Goswell-street-road, for the nest house to let, she knocked at the door, and desired to be shown the hoes:—the servant got the key, and_ accompanied. her to . the door of the house, which she unlocked, and het master and mistress being from home, she returned home ; the lady went into the empty house, taking the key and shutting the door after her; an hour passed, and not. returning, the servant becoming alarmed, went and knocked at the door of the untenanted house, but received no answer - ; she waited till her master and mistress came home at nine o'clock, when the master procured a ladder, and enter.: ed the first floor window; he opened the street doer, and when they entered with a light, they' found the lady sitting on a chair in the back parlour,. quite dead.