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A - s I •-• , - 01 NumBE R 9325.1 ROYAL ACADEMY, SOMERSE'F.PLACE. NOTICE. 1 11 E EXHIBITION being CLOSED, .EX form — lBlToits are:requested to send for their sev eral Per. .EX forma To-morrow or Wednesday without fail. H. HOWARD, ILA. Sec. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. °PPIOE OF ORDNANCE, June 24, 1824. I',HE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of His MA pr JESTY's ORDNANCE do hereby give Notice, that 'Posals will be received at their . office, in Pall-Mall, on u::. 1 6e Are fke 15th of July next, from such Persons as may be t' lin g lo undert a k e the Performance of the PLASTERER'S p E RR required for serviceof this Department at the Tower, 511 (*eenwich, Woolwich, Purjteet, Gravesend, and a, l6ur Y ,' Ai a period of Three Years, terminable at any time i l!' . the expi rat i on o f One Year, upon Three Months N ot i ce o given by either Party. u se " the Terms and Conditions of the. Contract, apply at S ecretary's Office, in Pall-Mall, between the Hours of e,, a " , l Four o'Clock, where such Persons as httend to make e'''ler for the Contract will receive a Schedule of the tom 7 , 4 t ° bc-performed. 4e Proposals must be delivered, sealed up, and endorsed , pr - ° Posals f ur t h e per f orman c e of Plasterer's Work," Fm; no p ' °Posal can be admitted after the 15th day of June next lit ryt keire Clock at Noon; neither will any Tender be :no "less the Party making it, or an Agent In kis be 'QV, shall attend. By 0,-dcr of tke Board, R. If. CRE fl", Secretary. rt ... ' PICTUALLING-OFFICE, July It, 1822. . VIE COMMISSIONERS fo r VICTUAL LING,, His MAJESTY'S .NAVY do hereby give No -4,75 That ca Tuesday, the 23d Instant, they will b e read y ee 'ia 'Tenders in writing (sealed nfi), and treat for the 4u pp4 tA . 1 lf the undermentioned Articles, to be delive r e d at ~e p Aro, 7' 148 " of this Department at: Deptford, within One 44 fr;+m that date:— Curled Horbe Hair Line n ........ . .. ................ , Calic o .. • .. lO,OOO ditto. I Platin e l • ' - '• ' ' • 5,000 dittb. , Shirts flannel - '. . ' 500 ditto. Sago . 2,000 lbs. . Pearl Barley 1,500 'ditto. 'Carolina Rice I.o rsted.Stockings . .. 5OO pairs. t i011e11;Soclis ' . ~: .. ". ... .. . .... ` " 500 'ditto. 1 , . 3 "Wes of must, of the Articles (which may be tenderedfOr ' ‘ el '• 4r 1 I q y ) , together with the Conditions of the Contracts, u ' 6 e seen at this (Vice. _ : . 0 ' regard will be ' had'td any Tender in Which 'the Price. n .. •eig ?Lot be inserted •in words at length, or that shall ot ~ delivered . , ' 44i : to the B . o4zrd ,before . . On- o'Cloch . on t/1 . 2 , t ,, ,, ;ad Instant ; . nor- iinlesg he Person who 'makes 'the teA,„er' ar come Peron onbehalf, his ,attends to answer . ''' called ior. . . otice, T ied; asid e inlon 177.1LLER CLIFTON. EAST INDIA .HOUSE, July 13, 1822. V" COURT 'of DIRECTORS of the 1.4\„1/NITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ,ENG /io,:_ TH:Abns - 'Gto The EAST .INDIES, do hereby give th e -•••• reference to the 4th Section of tbe Ist Chapter of h d Company' s By e L a ws, a GENERAL COURT will be at t heir House in,Leadenhall-street - , on WEDNESDAY 4% 4 x4 ' th e 1 7th Instant,`at Eleven - o'clock in the Fore pro; f " the purpose , of laying before .the Proprietors a h d .f a proposed Bill now before Parliament, entitled East `' cti "lpooy's Loan Bill " for carrying into execution an (elnent between His Majesty and the East India ASSESSORS at ELECTIONS. 116 tY6' 0 5 ' 1.1 6 ' 1( 15 , lu ~ e reco: 01 rect l . recti"e. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. f• ier oa 41 5 45$ ./% ; Lapp o'' e •ord, o f Sq*, Joire s of oe s en' ~- Fro cis _ Mrs" torn e Y n i wif e - .1 0111) the of bY e , . . ..., , -. ,! ‘ li _. A , (~.,/ zt , ( /..i.4.." - -...4„..... - •.,. . A BILL for REGULATING the APPOINTMENT of Whereas the assistance of Assessors at Elections is found con ducive to the more easy, satisfactory and competent discharge of the duty of Returning Officers, and thereby also to the di minution of the nuMber of Petitions complaining of undue re- d' vat ted the ose on rti- atis t bat their ,was tot a ty to .atter ,eivg 1 1 3 o cc e • TO-MORROW. GREAT GAIN !—LITTLE RISK ! Ttx CAPITALS in TEN MINUTES, 11, and the whole Ten must be gained for the trifling Risk 1 , 444 194 ..0d. each, being only Nineteen Pounds for Ten Ca -4t li l i k ' t s and Sh ares are now se lling by BISH, Stock-Broker, Cr oss C)ld State Lottery Offices, 4, Cchnhill, and 9, Charing fl y Ihl-4nilon ; and by his Agents in the Country. ' )41 1 ,e plan now ado p ted,o a`'hole Ticket ultimately costs S har es •_lag• OcL andaSixteenth only Four Shillings; other %se Proportion. shared and sold TWO PRIZES of £20,000, and 'IL . ),N;y i - s } :IVE other CAPITALS in the LAST TWO Offices will remain open / unt i l Twelve o'Clock got. Island Row, Limehouse, 12th July, 1822. 1 1 E SHIP . MANGROVEBAY left Graves -124117 e nd on the . 20th November, 1821, for Tohago, in i v j' es ,t Indies, and arrived at the West India Do . cks on_the Of 8i5 u 1) 182 2.--I . experienced very heavy gales in the Bay Par e d c 't, 24 (lays, during which the Sails made of your pre th e C ''"vas were constantly wet, and seldom used, owing th e violence of the weather. The Sails are now without q a : t .loptom of Mildew. The Canvas shifted in the is considerably mildewed, which were . not • pTe- . ,eareda bail s Yon.. I have no hesitation in saying your invention complete prevention from Mildew. 4„, WM. DOW, Master and Owner. • Browell and Co. t 1e.a,,,, Lately published, *,,' s ,1""Y printed in Four Volumes, small Bro. price 11. 2s. I,- boar ds ! dedicated (by p ermission ) to ber Royal High itt"s,,the Duchess of Gloucster, the Second Edition of tgRALINE ; or OPPOSITE PROCEED INGS. Pri nt BY LI ETITIA-MATILDA HAW . KINS. h r. , ; ed for F. C. avid J. Rivington, 62, St. Paul's Church -114:, and 3, Waterloo-place Pall-Mall ; sold also T. Hook '''s 15 , Old Bond -street. ' A p_ Of Whom may be had, by the same Author, qt. Mc, Remainink Copies of the Countess and Gertrude, Editionclues of Discipline, in Four Volumes, Bvo. the Second I 1.- 16,. And ... .....:: Inme. :_t_3Rosanne, or a Fathe r ' s L a bour Lost, in Three Vo vo. t i . 7s. BRAIIIAH'S PATENT PORTABLE PENS. SPURIOUS Imitation of these PENS hay tit.,..ing recently been introduced for Public Sale, J. i;:t_AH and SONS, 124, PICCADILLY, Manufac ru„, „rd Proprietors of the Invention, acquaint its flume rhil Pa cke t ; o trdas and the Public, that in future every . Box fe s o! . f their . Genuine Pens will be staitiped with a a 1 . -.4A,..0f the Signature of the Int entor " JOSEPH .BRA co,erire; by Which means the Counterfeit will be easily ths - '''" ,l antl4ry 24, 1822. urns : Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Ma jesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spi ritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parlia ment assembled, and by the authority of the same, That at any time before the hour of of the day next but (or if that be a Sunday, then of the day next but ) after the order issued for a new writ, or pro clamation made for calling a new Parliament, any two or more of the electors, or any one or more candidate or candidates for the representation of any place in England or Wales, returning a Member or Members to Parliament, may deposit in the office of the Clerk of the Journals and Papers of the House of Commons, a Notice, subscribed with their respective names and places of abode, the form whereof shall be according to Schedule (A.) to this Act annexed, signifying that it is the intention of such electors, candidate, or candidates, to require, at the approaching election for such place, the assistance of an Assessor, to be appointed as hereinafter directed ; and the said notice shall j be filed in the said office for a fee of • and no more ; and if any two or more other electors, or any one or more other candidates for the representation of the same place, shall be desirous of checking any such appointment, it shall be lawful for them or him, at any time before the said hour of oa the day aforesaid, to deposit -in the said office, either a Notice similar to that hereinbefore pre scribed, or a notice (the form whereof shall be accOrdin* to Schedule (B.) to this Act annexed,) signifying, that it is tneir or his intention to check any such appointment ; and the said last mentioned notice shall also be filed in the said office, for a fee of and no more. _ And for the purpose of securing proper persons to execute the office of Assessor, be it enacted, That the Clerk of the Journals do, on or before the day of in each year, obtain from the under Treasurer of each of the four Inns of Court, a list, which shall contain the names of all the barristers belonging to each respective inn being of not lefis than years standing, and usually resident and prac tising in London, except such as shall within months then last past have signified : to such under Treasurer, in writ ing, their dissent from the insertion of their names in such list; and that the said lists, when so obtained, be depeSited and filed in the said Journal Office, without fee or gratttify, aati be and remain open to general inspection ; and that Is true copy there of, if requested, be furnished from the said Journal Office, at the usual rates, to each of the parties haying deposited any such notice as aforesaid. And be it enacted, That for preventing undue practices in the appointment of Assessors under this Act, every such ap pointment shall be by such one of the Masters' of the High Court of Chancery, as, at the time to be fixed in manner here inafter directed for that purpose, shall be the Master, in the rotation of the public office, unless such Master be then, or shall at any time within years then last past, have been a Member of the House of Commons, and in that case by the next Master in the said-rotation for the said public office, then being at anyplace within the•distance of miles from the said office, who shall not be then, or at any time within the said ' years, have been a Member of the House of Commons. And be it further enacted, That immediately upon the ex piration of the time limited for the deposit of notices, that is to say, between the hours of ' and in the after noon of the clay aforesaid, or --so soon after those hours as , `-the Master; on whom the duty hereinafter prescribed in4 - -kitevolve, shall fir for that purpose, which he shall do in the-course of the same day; and at the-earliest possible time, the party or parties on whose behalf any such notice-or:notices map have been de posited, shall attend the said Master at his office , by himself , themselves br their agents • and that the said Clerk of the Journals, or some deputy by lam authorised; shall attend . at the same time and place, with an examined copy of the said lists of barristers ; and that if' more than one party claim an interest in the appointment, the said Master, upon examination of the parties on oath, which he- is hereby empowered to ad minister, shall adjudge which of them may have, bona fide, separateinterests, entitling them - to the challenges hereinafter mentioned; and then these said parties, in the order of priority •wherein their notices were respectively deposited, shall chal lenge and strike from the lists one name each, And so on in the same rotation, until there shall remain 'not more than nor fewer than " . names • except where there shall be only; one party attenduig, , in which case such party shall strike no more than of the names still leaving always ' =' at the'leait un- , challenged ; and the names so left in either of the foregoing cases shall be written down upon a paper in' such order of prio rity as the said parties, if more than ones shall.agree ; or if the said parties cannot agree, or if there be only one party attend ing, then in such order of priority as the said Master shall di rect ;, and the appointment of Assessor shall be offered to the barrister whose name shall stand the first ill' such order' of piio rity ; and if such barrister'refuse, then to the barrister whose name shall stand second, and so on in the order of the said names, until one of the said named barristers accept, or until the said names be exhausted by refusal of alI the said named barristers ; in which last case, or in case the .acceptance of some one of the banisters so named on the` said paper, be not sig nified by o'clock in , the evening of the day' next following that on which the lists shall havet been 'struck s then the said Master may appoint any barrister not included in the said list, provided he be of not less than years stand ing : And the said Master and Clerk from the Journal Office attending before him, are hereby respectively authorized to de mand and receive from each of the partiesnttending before the said Master as aforesaid, such fees as shall from time to time be fixed by any resolution of the House of Commons, to be borne equally by all the said parties ; but the fee of the Assessor shall be at the sole charge of, those electors, candidates or can- ' didate, who shall have deposited a notice or notices according to. Schedule (A.) free of all expense to. any party or parties who shall have deposited no notice, or whose notice or notices shall have been deposited merely . according to. Schedule (B.) provided that where more notices than one shall have been deposited according to Schedule (A.) each such no. tice shall be liable to an equal contribution toward the Assessor's fee ; and that each agent Or other person depo. siting any notice according to Schedule (A.) shall, before the striking of the lists as aforesaid, deposit in the office of the said Master, such sum of money as the said Master shall direct for the fee of the said Assessor, or in default of such deposit money, the party making such default shall be deprived of all right or benefit given by this Act. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the Assessor who shall have been appointed in any of the modes aforesaid, and whose appointment shall be in the form of Sche dule (C.) to this Act annexed, and signed and sealed by the said Master, shall immediately on his arrival at the place of election, produce his appointment to the Returning Officer, and upon production thereof shall be entitled and required to direct such Returning Officer, in the exercise of all the powers en trusted to such Returning Officer by law, in allowing or re jecting votes, in continuing or closing the poll, in granting or refusing a scrutiny, and in all other discretionary matters what soever ; and the Returning Officer, in all particulars relating to his discretion as such, shall wholly conform himself to the di rection of the said Assessor, and shall, not be liable to any action, indictment, punishment or censure, for any thing boleti fide done or omitted by him in conformity thereto ; and as to all wilful acts or omissions of the said Assessor, or of the Re turning Officer, with the said Assessor's authority, such As sessor shall himself incur and he subject to the same liabilities, which, by the law now existing, or hereafter to be made or de clared, would attach upon the Returning Officer, 'when unas sisted by any Assessor. Provided always, That nothing in this Act contained, shall be construed to extend to any place in Scotland or in Ireland. SCHEDULE (A.) Form of Notice of intention to require an Assessor. We, the undersigned, A. B. and C. D. two of the electors of [or, I, the undersigned, E. F. a candidate; or, We, the undersigned, G. H. and K. L. candidates to repre sent] the County [or, City, Borough, &c. according to the proper description] of Z. Do hereby give notice, That it is our [or, my] intention to require at the next election for the said County Tor, City, Borough, &c. according to the proper description] the assistance of ,an Assessor, to be - appointed by one of the Masters of the High Court of Chancery, in pursuance //1 ~; MONDAY, JULY 15, 1822. of an Act, passed in the third year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, " An Act Dated this . day of (Signed) Al 3 [o , now resident at I t ki,c.. 1 of r in the City of London, Westminster, &c. SCHEDULE (B.) • Form of the Notice of intention to check appointment of Assessor. We, the undersigned, A. B. and C. D. two of the electors of [or, I, the undersigned, E. F. a candidate ; or, We, the undersigned, G. H. and K. L. candidates to repre sent] the County [or, City, Borough, &c. according to the proper description] of Z. Do hereby give notice, That it is our [or, my] intention to check any appointment, whereof notice may have been or may hereafter be given, of any As sessor to assist at the next election for the said County, [or, -City, Borough, &c. according to the proper description] in pursuance of an Act, passed in the third year or the reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, " An Act Dated this _ _ day of (Signed) (A. B. of lor, now resident at 1 &c.j in the City of London, Westminster, Sm. SCHEDULE (GA Form of Appointment of Assessor. To the Returning Officer of the County [or, salty; Borough, &c.] of Z. You are desired to take notice, That, in pursuance of an Act, passed in the third year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, " An Att I, the undersigned, being one of the Masters of the High Court of Chancery, do hereby appoint M. N. Esq. Barrister at Law, to be Assessor at the election for the present vacancy [or, va cancies] in the representation of the said county, [or, city, borough, &c. according to the proper description,] and that you are by the said Act required wholly to conform yourself to his direction, in all particulars relating to your discretion, as Returning Officer at the said election. Given under my hand and seal this day of (Signed) X. Y. a Master of the High Court bf Chancery. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, JULY 13.—1 n the Act, Tuesday, July 2, the number of Regents was, Doctors in Divinity 5; Doctors in Civil Law 3 ; Masters of Arts 146. • Wednesday, July 3, the Rev. Arthur Johnson, Fellow of Wadham College, was admitted Master of Arts and Wm. Robert Crotch, Fellow of New College, was admitted Bachelor of Arts.—Friday, July 5, Chas. Pilkington was admitted Fel low of New College. Saturday, July 6, the last day of Act Term, the following Degrees were conferred : Bachelor and Doctor in Medicine.—Rev. Thomas Falconer, of Bath, Master Of Arts; and some time Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Grand Compounder. Bachelors. iii Medicine.--George Hall, Master of Arts, some time of Pernbrolte College, and now one of Dr. Radcliffe's Tra velling Fellows of University College ; Francis B. Hawkins, Mast& of Arts, of Exeter College; also Licences to practise in Medicine were granted to all three. - • Masters of Arts.—}iev. William Henry Cooper, Exeter Col leges Grand Compounder ; Henry Watson Wilder, Wier C01..' lege ; Rev. Francis Bazett Grant, Christ Church. Bachelors of 21 rts.—iohn Wilkins, incorporated fromDuhlin, St. Edmund flail ; Cliirles Griffiths, and William Vale Hen nah, Exeter College.. The. whole number of Degrees in Act Term was D. D. 2 ; D. fled. 1; -B. D. 1 ; B. Med. 3 ; M. A. 44 ; B. A. 69 ; Ma triculations 72: Preferments. —The :Rev. E. R. Butcher, A.M. Of Univer sity College, in this University, to the perpetual Incumbency of the Chayel Royal, Brighton ; the Rev. S. Bennett, 31. A. to' the • Rectory of Walten-on-the-Hill, Surrey ; patron, Dame Anne Paston Gee,.of Beddington Park,. Surrey. SUMMER ASSIZES.- NORTHERN CIRCUIT. Sir CHARLES ABBOTT,..Knt, Lord Chief Justice ; Mr. Baron WOOD : ' Mr. ;Justice BAYLEY. Yorkshire—Saturday, July 20, at the Castle of York. City of York, and County of the same City—The same day, at the Guildhall of the said city. Durham—Saturday, Aug. 3, at the Castle of Durham. Northumberland—Wednesday, Aug. 7, at the Castle of New castle-upon-Tyne., Town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and County of the same Town—The same day, at the Guildhall of the - said town. Cumberland—Tuesday, Aug. 13, at the city of Carlisle. Westmorland-31onday, Aug. 10, at Appleby. Lancashire—Wednesday, Aug. 21, at the Castle of Lancaster. NORFOLK CIRCUIT. ' Sir ROBERT DALLAS, Knt, Lord Chief Justice; Mr. Justice BEST. Buckinghamshire—Monday, July 15, at Buckingham. Bedfordshire—Thursday, July 18, at Bedford. Huntingdonshire—Saturday; July 20, at Huntingdon. Cambridgeshire—Monday, July 22, at Cambridge. Suffolk—Thursday, July 25, at Bury St. Edmund's: Norfolk Tuesday, July 30, at the Castle of Norwich. City of Norwith:—The Same, at the Guildhall of the said city. HOME CIRCUIT. Sir RICHARD. RlcHAnns, Knt., Lord Chief Baron ; Mr: Justice PARK. Hertfordshire—Thursday, July 18, at Hertford. Essex—Monday, July 22, at Chelmsford. Surrey-Monday, July 29, at Guildford. Sussex—Saturday, August 3, at Lewes. Kent—Wednesday, August 7, at Maidstone. OXFORD CIRCUIT. Mr. Baron WooD; Mr. justice BAYLEY; Mr. Baron GAultow. Berkshire—Monday, July 15, at Abingdon. Oxfordshire—Wednesday, July 17, at Oxford. Worcestershire—Saturday, July 40, at Worcester. City of Worcester—The same day, at the'city of Worcester. Staffordshire—Thursday, July 25, at Stafford. Shropshire--Wednesday, July 31, at Shrewsbury. Herefordshire—Monday, August 5, at Hereford. , Monmouthshire—Saturday, August 10, at Monmouth. Gloucestershire—Wednesday, August 14, at Gloucester. City of Gloucester—The same day, at the city of Gloucester. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. ' Mr. Baron GRAHAM ; Mr. Justice FLor,uorn. Northamptonshire—Tuesday, July 16, at Northampton. Rutlandshire—Friday, July 19, at Oakham. Lincolnshire—Saturday, July 20, at Lincoln. City . of Lincoln—The same day, at the City of Lincoln. Nottinghamshire—Friday, July 26, at Nottingham. Town of Nottingham—The same day, at the town of Not tingham. Derbyshire—Tuesday, July 30, at Derby. Leicestershire—Friday, Aug. 2, at the Castle of Leicester. Borough of Leicester—The same day, the Borough of Leicester. City of Coventry—Wednesday, Aug. 7, at the City of Coventry. Warwickshire-The same day, at Warwick. WESTERN CIRCUIT._ Mr. Justice BURROUGH • Mr. Justice RICHARDSON. Southampton—Tuesday, july .16, at the Castle of Win chester. Wiltshire—Saturday, July 20, at New Sarum. Dorsetshire—Thursday, July 25, at Dorchester. Devonshire—Monday, July 29, at the Castle qf Exeter. City and County of Exeter—The same day, at the Guildhall of the City of Exeter. • Cornwall—Monday, August 5, at Bodmin. Somersetshire—Saturday, August 10, at the city of 'Wells. City and County of Bristol—Saturday, August 17, at the Guildhall of the city of Bristol. JURY COURT. LORD ARCHIBALD HAMILTON V. D. STEVENSON. Yesterday, a motion for exyences in this cause came on be. fore the Court, the Jury having lately found for the pursuer in all the issues. After hearing Counsel on both sides, their Lord ships delivered their opinions, unanimously finding that full expences were due to the pursuer, and appointed an account thereof to be given into Court to be taxed.—( Edinburgh Courant, July 11.) • . #.FA;• LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Jury 13. ELOPEMENT WITH A WARD OF CHANCERY. Mr. SUADIVELL said that there was a case which preSsed exceedingly, and that it was one of that description to which his Lordship was in the habit of always giving preference ; he therefore begged permission to mention it. It was in the case of Bradshaw v. Bradshaw. A young • man at Carlisle had eloped with a young Lady, knowing her to be a ward ; and they got married in Scot and against her father's knowledge. Mr. HART interrupted the Learned Counsel, and said that he appeared on the other side. All that he could say for his client was, that he ought at the time of the marriage to have been at school, for, in truth, he was a perfect boy ; and he sub mitted that the best conclusion that could be come to would be, to order the boy' to appear before the Master, and make such a settlement upon the ward as should be then found necessary. His Lordship said that the two Learned Gentlemen must agree upon that themselves. .Mr. SHADWELT. said that he did not wish to be too hard upon the young man, and that he held in his hand an affi davit, saying that they had been married both according to the rites of the Church of England, and agreeably to the laws of Scotland. His Lordship asked how that possibly could be ? Mr. HART replied, that the ; only way he could solve the enigma was, that as they decided both acts of equity and points of law in one. Court House in Scotland, he supposed they also Married in their churches agreeable to both the laws of Scotland and England. • Mr. SHAI4WELLthen explained, that they had been re-mar ried in England, but belted that that might be examined into when the pa ties were brought before the Master, to which Mr. Hart immediately consented. DALE V. DALE. His Lordship gave' a long judgment in this matter, which was, that the two parties, the one a partner of Dale and Hardy, now bankrupts, and the other (his father) as a witness:, had been examined before the Commissioners, and in consequence of giving unsatisfactory answers, were committed to the New Bailey prison, in Manchester, from which place they came here by two writs of Habeas Corpus, to try the authority of the Com , missioners, and to know whether they had sufficient reason for committing ; ' and his Lordship, after going most minutely into the case, was of opinion that the Commissioners had done right, and therefore remanded the prisoners. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY 13. GALE AND OTHERS V. HALFNIGIIT. This was an action of trover, by the assignee's of John Wil kinson, to recover the possession of a vessel, together with her tackle and stores, called the Experiment, alleged to have been converted by the defendant to hiS own use, after the act of bankruptcy had been committed. The defendant gave notice of his intention to dispute the validity of the commission, and particularly the trading of the alleged bankrupt. The case was interesting to the Gieenland trade, "and involved.a question of some importance on the bankrupt laws. Mr. SCARLETT, Mr. MAIIRYAT, MT. 1 7 . POLLOC/F, and Mr. CHITTY were for the plaintiffs ;_and „Mr. Sot-tc ur on- GENERAL, Mr. TYNDAL, and Mr.PARK., were tin. the de fendant. The case opened on behalf of the plaintiffs was thii :—The 'alleged bankrupt. had fornierly been in partnership with his father - in the Greenland whale fishery business, and was the - owner of 'three ships in that trade, of which, the Experiment wasonee• besides which, he speculated largely in oil, and car ried on an extensive trade as a dealer in' that article, making large purchases and selling for profit. In, the:year 1821 he be came involved in difficulties ; a commission teas taken out, and he was declared a bankrupt, but he had never yet surrendered to : that commission; which was afterwards superseded, and another commission sued out, under which the -plaintiffs were. declared assignees, and took an assignment. ,its the principal Matter' in dispute was the trading, it was propoSed to give most satisfaatory evidence upon that subject. After the bankruptcy, the bankrupt had -assigned - the ship in qUeStion 'to the defen dant, to whom he was indebted, and theobject. of -the present action was to 'recover it back, for the benefit of the general cre ditors. The following witnesses were called • Mr. William'Snaith, clerk to the bankrupt, probed the peti tioning creditor's debt,' amounting to about 2001., due to the bankrupt's ship carpenter. The bankruPt was owner of three Greenland wlialers:, the - cargoes of which were ,manufaCtuied into oil, and sold for profit. In additiOn to this, the bankrupt sometimes purchased large quantities of - 'oil to sell , again, as much as 30,40, and 100 tuns at a time. The bankrupt's house of business was at Wapping, and a had had a country resi dere. At Christinas, 1820, he became embarrassed, and in the.early : part of 1421 he kept house to avoid his Creditors. Crdss-exarnined:—Witness said' he knew of hilt two trans- actions in which - the bankrupt bought oil to sell again, and his knowledge of,both was derived only from the bankrupt himself. One was a quantity of about' 38 ,or 40 tuns; bought about Nevember ,or 'December, ).818, of Messrs. lanies, Wood, and James ; part of which seas, sold to a Mr. Collinson, and the remainder to Sir Charles Price ; the Other was a quantity of 100 tuns, in 1816 or 1817; bought of some person at Whitby, in Yorkshire, 'which the witness himself sa,w at .Mellish'S wharf. He had no memorandum of this purchase, and could not say to whoin,the oil was re-So:A. Witness had stated that he knew of but one transaction of this sort, but as he was'now upon his oath, he would tell the truth. Neither of these transactions was entered in the books which the witness kept, and he could not say whether the bankrupt had entered them in any boa.' -Re-exaMined.—`'Fitness kept only thd 'ship's books, the tradesmen's accounts, and the ledger. Believed that the bank rupt had other books, which he did not know what had be come of.- The bankrupt had gone away, but had left no books behind. Mr. Samuel Janiss, partner in the house of James, Wood, and James, oil-merchants, proved that in the latter end of No.. veniber • 181 p, 14s house sold the bankrupt 35 tuns of Green land oil. In the course of some con*ersation, when witness applied for the payment, he spoke of the likelihood of oil rising in price :n summer time, and' said he had occasionally bOught parcels of oil in the months of February and March, when prices were flat, and kept them until the month of June, and 'then realized a pretty profit upon them. .Illr. Thomas Woodcock, bookkeeper of the Greenland docks, transferred to the, bankrupt in February, 1819, • 15 tuns of oil, parcel of the quantity sold to him by the last witness, standing in , the name of hiS house in the 'dock-books. John Corbett lived as clerk with the' bankrupt from May, 1808, to May, 1818. In May, 1808, the bankrupt purchased about 100 tuns of foreign oil from Messrs. Stewart and Omanny, of Yarmouth, and witness went down to attend the trans-ship ment of it'lo London. It was afterwards sold to different per sons. _Recollected also his purchaSing the Whitby oil, which was sold to different persons, in separate quantities. William Brown, another clerk of the bankrupt, proved that his master had desired him to be denied to persons who called in March, 1821. Witness denied him to sheriffs' Officers, in search of him in that month. _ _ Evidence was then given of the - assignment of the Experi ment by the bankrupt to the defendant in September, 1821 ; and of the demand and refusal to deliver, and the defendant's present possession of the vessel. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then went to the jury, and said that the only question for them to consider and determine was, whether the bankrupt was a trackr within the meaning of the bankrupt laws. He contended that he clearly was not. To con , stitute him a trader, he must be a person " seeking his trade of living by buying and selling." Now, did the bankrupt answer that description ? As the owner of three Greenland whalers, he certainly was not a trader, What evidence, then, was there of his being a trader in any other respect ? The whole of the plain tiff's case upon this subject rested upon three solitary instances in which the bankrupt had bought oil upon speculation, but the evidence, even as to those transactions, was vague and unsatis factory. For any thing that appeared, those parcels of oil might have been bought to enable him to coni.plete some contracts into which he had entered for the supply of his customers in his ordinary business as a Greenland fisherman ' • and if so, he was clearly not a trader within the meaning of the bankrupt laws. It was well known that the Greenland whalers generally sold their oil by contract long before the vessels arrived, and it might happen that in consequence of a failure in produce, the bankrupt would be obliged to buy oil of other persons to enable him to perform his contracts. A person purchasing oil or any other commodity occasionally, upon speculation, with a view to profit, could not'be considered as a trader": he must be a person seeking his living by buying and. selling. Was the bankrupt a persdn of that description ? Certainly he was not, and therefore it was the duty of the Jury 'to say so by their verdict. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE charged the Jury that the single question for their consideration was, whether the bank- PRICE SEVENPENCti rupt was a trader within the meaning of the Bankrupt Laws. They had been' truly told that* the hankrupt, merely as the owner of whalers, and bringing the produce of the Voyagesper. , formed by his vessels to market, could not be considered as a trader any more than a farmer ora conntion fisherman. Then, was the bankrupt a trader in- any other respect.? The words of the .Statute were • " seeking his trade of living by buying and selling." " Seeking his trade of living" was certainly not a very correct mode of expression ; but the question was, whether the bankrupt was a person seeking his living by buying and selling. Three instances only had been. proved in which the bankrupt had, purchased parcels of oil 'for the purpese of selling again—one in 18fi8, another in 1816, and the third in 1818. Now a person who occasionally buys on speculation 'for' the purpose of selling again to advantage, is not a tttder within the meaning of the bankrupt laws. Neither would a person be a trader who bought occasionally to enable him to complete a contractfor the supply of any article; the mere selling of which would not constitute him a 'trader. A farmer who bought in this manner would not be a trader: He must be a person who seeks leis living by buying and selling. If the bankrupt, in this instance, could be considered as a trader, it was certainly one of the slightest cases within his Lordship's recollection. It was for the Jury, however, to say upon the evidence they had heard whether the bankrupt was a trader. • The Jury fbund their verdict for the defendant. LONDON SESSIONS, Jut 13. THE INHABITANTS OF ST. EOTOLPH'S ALDGATE V. THE SKIN MARKET. , Some time ago a charge was brought by some of the inha bitants of St. Botolph's, Aldgate, against Mr. Maynard, a salesman in the market, for hawing laid a quantity of skins on the south side of High-street. The-Lord Mayor heard.the case at the Mansion House, when, after considerable discus ion, It was agreed to by both parties that a conviction should take place under Mr. M. A. Taylor's Act, and that an appeal should be made to the Court of Quarter Sessions. This day the appeal came on to be heard, Upon the part of the plaintiffs, for whom the City Solicitor acted, Mr. BOLLAND and Mr. A RABIN examined witnesses, who stated that . Mr. Maynard, a salesman, had violated the Act, by causing to be lad down in the-carriage way in High street a number of skins ;—that the inhabitants were greatly inconvenienced by the practice, and that a carriage could. not pass in consequence of it. Mr. BOLLAND stated, that this case came under Mr. M. A. Taylor's Act, and called upon. the Court to confirm the con viction. Mr..NOIIToN. (with whom was Mr. 'Law) for the defendant, called witnesses, who proved that strangers were in the habit of selling skins in the place complained of, which was a market as long as the witnesses epuld remember any thing; that the mar ket extended from Whiteckapel to the Minones, and that the skins were exhibited in the carriage-way, which ; however, was not stopped up to the inconvenience olpassengers. The RECORDER then stated, that the Court were of opinion, that the Act of Parliament did, not comprehend the question be: fore them, and that, whatever ground, there might be for the position that the skin-market was a nuisance, they were .not competent to decide upon its merits. The conviction was then quashed. 'INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, JULY 13. 'Henry Sinith came up to be heard on his petition to be disa charf;ed from debts amounting to 50,0001., and was opposed by Mr. Heath, on behalf of Miss •Bakewell, a creditor for up.: ivards of 20,0001. It appeared by the insolvent's examina , - tion, that he was an attorney, and had resided for a great length of time At Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in Leicestcrthire. In, the year 1804, Miss Bakewell, who is a Lady of considerable fortune in that lieighboarhood, was induced to appoint the insolvent.her agent to receive her rents, and having great confidence in hisM tegrity, and not being in want of money, she allowed the, princi , pal part of the money to remain in his hands,. bearing interest. This continued ft 105 years, at the end of which the insolvent was indebted to Miss liakewell in the sum 'of 20,6871., for which he then; in the yeai 1019, gave here bond with judgment as a se- The insolvent, in accounting for the disposal of the money, stated, that he purchased an estate, and built:a house p on it, that cost him near 10,0001.; and admitted, that his ina come at .the time , did not amount to more than about-2501. a year, and his hbuSehold orpences alone amounted to upwards of 600/. It also' appeared that he was in the constaht habit of borrowing considerable sums of money from different persons, particularly Mr. -Grundy, to whom he gave a warrant of attor ney for 5,500/. Although it appeared by the insolvent's scheo dule, that the bulk of his debts had been contractedhetbre - thls transaction, lie swore that be-believed himself solventatthe time it took place, as he then valued his estate of Norris-hill; on which he resided, at 18,000/4 but which was since much depreciated. Miss Bakewell, in the month of April, in the year 1018, demanded a security for the money due to her, on which occasion he gave her 'his bond,; but in the month of August following he assigned over his property to Miss Vincent, in payment of a debt of 4,5001., alleged to -be due for 'sums of nioney borrowed at va rious times from the year 1790. And at the same time he assigned a life-interest he possessed iii his wife's property to his son, as an indemnity against two bonds of 4001. each, in which his son had joined him. It also appeared 'that he prepared a warrant of attorney in favour of Miss Vincent, his sister-in law, and sent it to her from London, to enable her to take possession of his furniture,'of which she availed herself, and bought the furniture at the sale for 4801., and which furniture I still remained in the insolvent's house, in which Miss Vincent lived for many years past, paying him 301. a year for her board and lodging.' The insolvent admitted, but with much &LE.: culty, that he was in insolvent circumstances at the time he gave the bonds to Miss Bakewell and Miss Vincent. Mr. IlEaTir said, he would withdraw his opposition if the insolvent would even then, although it was the 'eleventh hour, agree to bride up the property ,he had conveyed to Miss Vincent and his son, for the general benefit of the creditors, with whom they might equally share. The insolvent said, as he had already been confined seven months, he would prefer-taking the judgment of the Court,-to entering into an arrangement which it might not be pAsible for him to fulfil. _ _ The insolvent, in the _course of leis examination, stated that a confidential clerk, of the name of Brown, had made out all the accounts he presented to the Court ; and said, his confidence in Brown's accuracy was so great, that he (the insolvent) was' willing to swear to their truth. The CHIEF COMUISSIONER, in pronouncing the-judgment of the Court, said it was quite clear that the insolvent had con veyed his property to his own family, to the prejudice of all his creditors, and no doubt with a view to his own benefit as a member of that family. It was his duty to make every amends in his power to his creditors, but he persevered to the last moment., and was pleased to say he would rather receive the judgment of the Court than enter into arrangement. He had stated the impossibility of the property being conveyed from Miss Vincent into its proper channel ; but it appeared to the Court that he had sufficient influence over his family to effect the trans fer of the property to the rest of his creditors, when Miss Vincent might come in amongit the rest. The Court, the Learned Corn. pmissioner said, thought it barely possible that, of all the multi farious cases that had come under their consideration, one of more peculiar aggravation ever presented itself ; and they hoped the judgment he was about to pronounce might produce that arrangement which had been so promptly and unjustly refused by the insolvent. The judgment of the Court was, that the insolvent should not be entitled to the benefit of the Act until he should be confined for a period not exceeding two years and four months from the date of filing his petition, at the suit of all his detaining and opposing creditors. Mr. COOKE applied to the Court on behalf of Mr. Price, of Lincoln's-inn, and. 17 other creditors of the insolvent, praying that Mr. Price and Mr.' Marriot, bOnker at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, might be appointed assignees. 31r. Commissioner. HARRIS—Price is his agent; that will not do. Mr. HEATH saine was aware it was not usual to ap , point a female assignee, but in this case he should beg that Miss Bakewell might be appointed. COURT.—Let it be so; but it is on the condition that she contests these matters. _ _ _ Mr. HEATH.—I am instructed to say, that point is clearly understood as the condition. Mr. Commissioner HARRIS.—In this case I can't help ob serving, that the insolvent owed 8,0001. at the time he began to receive Miss Bakewell's rents ; yet he has ventured to swear that he considered himself at that time to be solvent. Already the reaping of oats has commenced in the counties of Galway, Westmeath, and Roscommon ; the oat crop is genertilly short in straw. The wheat is of the richest description..( Cork Advertiser, July 11.)