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.„•01441 ,, , , • ) • - • 4 1:6 r:s . , 1 • • ' 4 4lk • • Ing j„.„ :( 7 eg' h for b earl)" ''' - 7 (L:2 i / rt e e /1 hc-t. l etiti° rls ; ll, r that 111 r e ; l n - tilt nts• i s u It of !I mar rlsge ; ne tt, atte't'a NUMBER 9341.] FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1822. COMPOSITION FOR ASSESSED TAXES. NOTICE is hereby given to all Persons who PRICE SEVsNt;tCti PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1. To-day their Lordships met at twenty minutes to five o'clock, and, prayers being read by the Bishop of EXETER, the judgment of yesterday was confirmed. LAW INTELLIGENCE. MARRIAGE ACT AMENDMENT BILL. - are desirous of RENEWING their former COMPOSI II°NS, or of entering into COMPOSITIONS for ASSESSED TAXES, under the provisions of the Act first and second tleorge IV. cap. I iii, 'but who base omitted•to give notice of their desire so to do on or before the sth April last, That 'lacier the provisions of au Act lately passed, the period for receiving such notices is extended to the 31st of August next, sad that on application to the Assessor or Collector of the Pa; 'l* in which they reside, or to the Surveyor of the District, 91 ”' May receive the forms of notice applicable to theiere sPectice cases, which must he returned to them with de clarations thereon properly filled up, as prescribed by the Act, on or before the alst of August, 1822. By order of the Board, BENJAMIN SAYER. For the Secretary for the Affairs of Taxes. for Taxes, Somerset House, London, London, July 8, 1822. COURT OF CHANCERY, Atm. 1. THE SHIP WILLIAM FREDERICK. FOR THE SUN. TO THE EMIT HON. THE EARL OF ELDON, LORD CILINCELLOR OF ENGLA'SD, The Earl of RO,SSLYN presented a Petition from Mr. 31 1 -Gillicuddy, a Coroner for the County of Ke rr y, aga i nst t h e Irish Coroners Bill.—Laid upon the table chthe Home. Upon the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, the Brimstone Drawbacks Bill, the East India Sugar Duties Bill, the Great Britain Militia Pay and Clothing Bill, the Smuggling Prevention Bill, and the Scottish Spirits Drawback Bill, passed through Committees, and were reported without any amend ments.—The Appropriation of Supplies Bill, the Irish Tithes Leasing Bill, the Barilla Duties Bill, and the Exchequ er Bill s (16 Millions) Bill, were severally readl a second time. Upon the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, the Ca nada Trade Bill,. the Coroners (Ireland) Appointment Bill, the Offenders Hard Labour Punishment Bill, the Superannua tion Act Amendment Bill, and the Orphans' Fund Bill, were severally read a third time, passed, and messages w ere ap pointed to be sent to informthe Commons on their next meeting. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY now moved their Lordships to agree to the amendments made by the Commons in the Ire land Deeds Registration Bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that he certainly could not consider the measure to be, what all legislative enactments ought manifestly to-be, an imp r o vement i n the existing law. But at this advanced stage of the Session, and under all the circumstances of the Bill, he would not oppos e i ts p ass i ng, i f only as an experiment..frhe amendments of the other House were agreed to.—Adjourned. •anv , , 8 th~ r a il CO {ant 4 bel stor, id vd p e t• 3% gd 405 el an i veto THE LATE MR. JOHN EMERY. UNDER the Patronage of his . Royal High_ness the Duke of YORIC, who on this 'occasion will ed, li .kir the Theatre' with hivresence— . THEATRE ROYAL, th at NT.GARDEN.— he Public is respectfully informed, Theatre will be OPENED for ONE NIGHT 111../v - 1 2 by the kind 'permission of the Proprietors, for the . EtelT o f the WIDOW and SEVEN CHILDREN o f lef t ` 4 te AIL JOHN EMERY who are by his sudden dea t h b e nearly destitute..LOn MONIDAY . NEXT, August o, will be a Play and other Enterta inments, in which all the Vliatie talent in town have generously volunteered . their ser (;te‘• Tickets to be had of the Committee, who sit daily at' the Ici -ell t - garden Theatrical Fund-office 27, ' Bow-street, . from *r e al 4; and of Mr. Brandon, at the itox-office of the Theatre, andre,e s ubscriptions will be received ; and at Messrs. COuttS, 1".11q Alessrs. Ransom and Co.'s, Messrs. Chambers and Marsh3Alessrs. Stephenson, Remington, and Co.'s, Messrs. and Co.'s, Messrs. Grote, Prescott, and Co.'s. leis R o Subscriptions already received : fi le T M, Highness The Widow of James 4119 4 - , h .,e of York £5O 0 0 Lawson, Esq. Nor „ . - £lOO 0 0 wood - - £2 2 0 L O 4 l -I,is of Hertford 25 0 0 Mr. Harley; T.R.D.L. 2 2 0 14 °111 .4, l 9tit 4er 10 0 0 Lucas Birch, Esq. 22 0 Jpfce D unstanville 10 0 0 Mr. Hicks - 2 - 2 0 Ir o ,l ll, Esq. M.P. 10 . 0 0 Thos. P. Brown, FA' q. 2 2 0 ‘ l . " °ll lger, Esq. 10 0 0 Miss Carew,T.R.E.O. 22 0 11°b ins, Esq. 10 10 0 Mr. Griffin - 20 0 R • Elliston, Esq. 10 0 0 Miss Foote, C.G.T. 2 2 0 - 10 0 0 Mr. Oxbeny,ll.T. 2 2 0 („leo fili ia sßinnaird 10 10 0 Mr. J. Evans 2 0 0 ". A 4 ‘ - ` , Esq. 10 0 0 M r . Y ates, C . G . T . 22 0 E John --zi g e rstem,Esq.lo 10'0 'M r . C ruc ifi x • 2 2 0 The - -4 11 1, Esq. 10 00 W. C r ibb, E sq . 22 0 4. Al ei 1 111 „es Journal 10 10 0 Finnis, Esq. . 20 0 one:ule, Esq.Willet, Esq. - 1 1 0 Rah. icket, by Mr. Winter, Esq. - 1 1 0 Pro • in s 10 0 0 F,orster, Esq. - 11 0 ePnetors of theHoyal Munroe, Esq. -1 1 0 I;:riens, 'Vauxhall 10 10 0 Hayward, Esq. . 1 0 • 4.• Slnith 10 10 - 0 — . Hayter, 1 0 0 Warn er - 10 00C. D. - 10 0' P ra ,,, - *Ler, Esq. 10 10 OH.A. M. - _ 10 0 11 E l s -S• • 10 10 0 Mr. R. Elam - 1' 1 0 5. ga Es 10 0.0 .1, Allen, Esq. 11 0 j I \l, Esa. -100 0 H. Gubbins, Esq. 0 0 Arnold - .Eso -- Browne, Esq. 1 1 0 House 10 10 0 Patch, Es - 11 0 g s 7,3', ditto 50 0 = Simpson, sq. 11 0 - 5 0 Mr. Grove, E.O. 1 0 ii - "iter'i!.se, Esq. 55 0 Mrs. Grove, E.O. 11 0 ( 1) ,41.,1,7 4t igh , t, Esq. 500 J. Robinson, Esq. 10 0 Esq. 550 H. C. Richards, : Esq. 1 0 0 Ali ss 4 ,° o , rel Esq. 550 F. Reynolds, Esq. 1 1 0 Iti, b . , -ott o ' n sq. 5 5 0 R. M. Price, Esa , 1 0 0 11 1 - ,;` 44l Wi : - 55 0 Shepherd, :Esq. 1.0 0 '47l' l as kirarns,Esq. 5 5 0 J. P. - 1 0 0 - I „,1, Esq.. 5 0 Mr. F armer _ _ 1 1 1 0 „j e w nod '' u t. Green- Mr. Thos. Al oodfall 0 0 /lath Af, 411 ' 5 0 0 Mr. W. Barrymare' 1 1 0 w . Pr; ro °re, Esq. 5 0:0 Mr.J.Bennett,R.C.T. 1 1 0 (: 4 k Ye, i s ,by C. H. Day, Esq. - 1 0 0 4Zenibl e - 50 0 Mr. Offl e y —1 0 0 VAn n sq. 55 0 Mackhn, E sq . 11 0 teaci_. I°Y e s 55 0 Mr.-Thoroughton • 11 t 1 1rfr Es 3 q* - .51) OR. B. - - - 1 loi Miss e n oper -500 W. V. by M r . H ar d y 10 0 D anej 4 *ILD.L. 5 5 0 M r . Tayleures T . I t . li. ° T l r ge Ni e h id - 50 0 H. M. - - 1 0 0 li-ance Esq. 550 J. H. Reynolds, Esq. 11 0 412% 1 11 1 C, ,e ) -5 0 0 William Wall, Esq. 1. 0 0 - 1 , 4 141 01 . 14 2 1 ' - 30 0 Mr. Roberts - 11 0 Ell a - 3 0 0 Mr. Clarke - - 1 0 0 - 30 0 Green, Esq. - 1 0 0 yt: w.acidox,Esq. 00J.R. H. - 1 0 -30 0 C. - - - ( 0 ) kaitiries pu tty eake ,an,l 30 0 Sams, Esq. - 1.) • rocks ' s q.L.O. 2 2 0 J. B. Clarke, Esq. ord 1 1 0 It . 22 0 Miss Clara Fish er 11 9 T. R. The New European kt il • - 55 0 M agaz i ne - - 1 1 0 p ° _ 1141 47, 1 4 scl• y a 5 5 0 Per Qund • Mr. Butler - - 1 0 0 4 4g1 ?re e l. 55 0 M r. M erryw e ather 1 1 o oad h „ u lg Esq. 5 0 0 G enera l Ai ns li e 1 1 0 5 0 0 L. R. - 1 0 0 q• 2 2 0 John Taylor, Es q . Subr Alr t " -2 0 Office 2 ) -" ,oseph rd, sq• 2 20 An Answer. to Mr.. P. 0 . v.ge rr 4a -or 2 0 0 Woodfall's Statement 010 6 ' -13 11 vg, - 2 2 0 S. A. - - 010 6 t 7 s e , on, T.R. john.calczft!Eos, Mr. J. Taylor -010 6 .1%, R. Ir onm( " - tessrs. TAY; M.P., G. H. Robins, Esq. niger, Esq. fR & EGERTON, Secretaries. • q„, ESTATE WANTED. t4l\l " -ill) to PURCHASE, an ESTATE 1i,.. f 44'44 'r9na,c3,ooo to k 6, 000 a year, with a n 40 soil '4ilet.e 41) ° , 1 it, and distant from London betwee g . ood Family 1c4,411) I y o il. s.° Messrs. Farrers and Co. Lincoln's Inn Fields, At 41 1 d TWO OF X 30,000. • ~,- J. SIVEWRIGIIT are selling War -I,4ted findrawn Tickets add Shares for the 1,44. 'RAND LAST DAY OF DRAWING, I'll. 4 th e Is*, TUESDAY, 13TH AUGUST, ~pa h , ar `,:r 0 Great Capitals of X. 30,000, and all the other of I,b c t tie .1:11E To BF. DRAWN. ,00'P)IVEVVRIGHT Sold in Shares BOTH the Prizes ,f• 4tth:awn the First Day. ; also No. 675, a Prize of • a 7, c i r 01 4 and Fortunate Offices, . •,.... l Et 11' .114'441414 ` 1"ril n i '; 1 Co3ran'etrloafTtlkenett'ry-street. 1 r. a n is RICIURES CURED. t*iCo "I' Method the above troublesome ttiplai . b t e' or (.; l 't is entirely eradicated (without the use of I\44ehlahutt st- 4t.tstie), if not co nstitutional, whether of long li tt 4i 4 B . H i d t i e t ) a g ti , d .as well as all weaknesses generally :te ,,,,:, 1 411,,,.::::;r1::::e...p.ea price ifduo : f B n :l a : 0 til.si.t:Arutive Affections i i t l vi l oe e an the s iainr w d (hi Obstructionsuo I,iev systemu ''llt3.4N Ly !i'g one (),f the greatest discoveries ever rued e. t p Net., , tt,s t e etabi. , ~...., 44, Duke -street, St. James's. ~,,k,131, h 5.,.etere,,,,., w; ,, , . . ~. _e, ..t....i.—A1l Let- A et -tur , the Medlieine is dour Pounds. .itcti Mike. Just publisi th...lk, ric, ,„„ • te.tl,, price 55. rid. 8v0., , 14 'rkulNlAt '.EA I LSE on N ERVOUS, BILIOUS, -(NstZf ..t.ie,•„2,, 9RY AFFECTIONS, with a , ilii d .. , vv._,6 •,trictures without the use of Bougie 4.), e,„• , t a , new . Me , - . '.. 7 . . liy ..)(4) 4,PPtildix 1111 the Diseases of Women and • 9ld b L.-1-11,eli, 44, Doke-strect, St. James's. Y "IL Crawford 1 24, Cheapside. . . • COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. _ • Yesterday a Court was held for the purpose of receiving the Reports of several Committees, particularly that of the London Bridge Waterworki' Committee. LONDON BRIDGE. The CITY REMEMBRANCER laid before the Court the Bill passed in Parliament for removing London Bridge Water works. The Report having been read, Mr. OLimAm said, he was desirous to deliver a few senti ments upon this most important question. Upon reading the Bill with great attention, he found to his great regret that it contained clauses injurious to the interests of the City of Lon dOn, and he found no clause making it imperative upon the New River Company to give a regular supply of water, while that Company were permitted to confine the supply of water Within certain limits. There was another Company, with whose interests a Member of that Court had some concern, and Which would combine with the New River Company in sup plying the City with water. Thus would be established a com plete monopoly, which, if Parliament interfered'not, would be most prejudicial to the interests of the citizens of London. There was also another clause in the Bill to which he had -a strong objection—that compelling the City of London to pay the New River Company 15,0001. He knew no reason wily that sum should be paid. However, as he was anxiou s t o see the City well supplied with water, he should permit that ob jection to pass. With respect •to the construction of a New Bridge, he was determined to insist upon having the money provided for so serious an undertaking before one step should be taken. On such subjects it became the City of London to be exceedin g ly vigilant and jealous: Th e wh o l e o f this !psi ness was, hfeared, a job, and he believed most sincerely that the enlargement of one, or at most of two, of the arches would 'completely answer the hopes of all who were not looking for personal advantage to a change—He concluded by pledging ,himself after the recess to submit a motion to the Court re lative to the funds for building a New Bridge. Mr. FAVELL was surprised, under all the difficulties that presented themselves, that the Bill for removing .the London Bridge 'Waterworks had passed Parliament. It was, he thought, matter of congratulation that a buSiness of so com plex a nature had been brought to such a conclusion. One good at least would result—a better supply of water. - With respect to the building of a New Bridge, when he took it into, his recollection that the repairs of the old one were so im mensely expensive, he could not but think it advisable to erect a new one. He cheerfully concurred with the Report. Mr. Dixost said, he felt anxious that the Court should not become a party to the building of a New Bridge, and objected to a passage in the Report pledging the Court to interfere be fore next Session of Parliament on the Subject of erecting a New Bridge. Mr. JAMES strongly argued in favour of the Report, at the same time congratulating the Court upon the great advan: tages to be produced by the trivial expence of 15,0001. Alderman WOOD said the Report pursued no other course than that' taken on general occasions. Mr. OLDHAM declared that he was convinced that if the Court interfered with the -building of the Bridge, they would be saddled with all the expcnces attending the removal of struetions in the approach. Mr. LOCK moveu that it shonll referred to the Com, mittee on the Thames Navigation, to ascertain whether any prejudice would result to the navigation of the river from the building of a New Bridge." An. Amendment that . " Bridge-houte Committee" should be substituted for " Navigation. Committee," was, after a discus sionof considerable l eng th, propose d , an d t h e original motion for agreeing with the Report was, thus amended, agreed to. COINDUCT_ OF THE BAILIFF OF SOUTHWARK IN REFUSING TO CALL A MEETING. This question underwent a warm discussion. The report of ' the Committee stated, that the High Bailiff, in refusing to call a Meeting on the subject of the dismissal of Sir Robert Wilson', was influenced by no improper motives, more especially as he conceived the calling of a Meeting tu• be an interference with the Royal Prerogative. Mr. J UPP moved that the Court should agree to the Report. After some observations upon the general propriety of the High Bailiff's public conduct, and the unquestionable excel.; lence of his private character, Mr. FAVELL considered the interference of a public Officer paid by a public body upon a subject so deeply involving their interests, and the interests of the community, deserving, in the highest degree, of the reproach of all the friends of liberty: He did not mean to accuse the . Bailiff of a corrupt motive in the refusal, but certainly that officer had acted from a mistaken, which could not but be called an improper motive. The Bai liffhimself was sensible of this fact, which certainly ought to form a portion of the Report. Mr. DIXON declared, that there were many occasions in which, if the public officers granted the request of the people for meetings, general danger might ensue to his Majesty's subjects.' Sir. OLDHAM said, that when an officer, under the jurisdic tion of the Court, thought fit to exercise political opinions to the injury of those who appointed him,it was but proper for the Court to interfere. The Report had not gone far enough in giving an explanation of this very blameable conduct; but as the general animosity excited by the case was abating, hehad no wish to revive it, and thought the Court might agree in the Report. Mr. FAVELL moved an Amendment, that the Report should lie upon the table. Mr. OLDHAsi seconded it, and the Amendment was agreed to. LONDON TITHES. .• Mr. HURCOMBE brought a voluminous Report from the London Tithes Committee, relative to the claim of 2s. 9d. in the pound upon certain arrears, amounting to about 4001. with respect to six houses, situated in the Corn-market, in the parish of All-hallows, Barking. The Curate rested his claim of 2s. 9d. in the pound on an ancient Statute of Henry VIII., but he had been compelled to be more considerate in his claim, and to take 99/. on the property, instead of the 4001. . Mr. HANSARD expressed his satisfaction at such a result.— In the parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn, the Curate had raised 140 actions against inhabitants, for the same claim of 2s. 9d. in the pound. _ _ Mr. Dixon hoped the Report would operate well on the rest of the parishes in London.—Report agreed to. The Uaol Expence Committee presented a Report for raising a Sum of Money, to Discharge the Debt due to the Bridge house, which was agreed to. The Court considered a Report from the Improvement Com mittee, in relation to an improvement in Cow-lane, which was agreed to. - The LORD MA.Yon declared a Vacancy in the situation of City Printer, by the death of Mr. Fenwick, and it was referred to the City Lands Committee, to consider what regul a ti on should be adopted in relation thereto. The Court, on the motion of Mr. DIXON, resolved, that the appointment of Deputy Sea Coal Meters should be in the Coal and Corn Committee as heretofore, MORRISON V. MORMAN. Mr. Haste. yesterday, a short t i me before the rising of the Court, moved, on behalf of the defendant, to dissolve an injunc tion granted by his Honour the Vice-Chancellor, - a short time • since, under the fallowing circumstances 1621 . ; the plain tiff, a merch an t at Toulon, ente re d i nto contract with two Gen tlemen 'of Amsterdam, owners of the William. Frederick,-then lying at Antwerp, - being desirous of freighting the vessel for the purpose of carrying timber frau 'Riga to Toulon. To this end the necessary engagements were entered into on both sides, and in the November of the sam e y ear t h e vessel, having taken her , cargo on board, set sail fr6m Riga for her destination. In the course ora few, days, however, having encountered a severe gale in th e Baltic, she. was un d er he necessity of putting in at Copenhagen -to refit. After a considerable lapse of time, being again made sea-worthy at an expellee of between three and 4001. she attempted a second time to jProsecute her voyage to Toulon, but unfortunately she had still to enNunter one of the most violent hurricanes ever expelieneed in the Channel; on which occasion she was driven s into port at Cowes, in a state of complete disability. Immediately on her arrival at this latter port ? Moormas e the Captain, communicated the intelligence of this disaster to the owners at ,Amsterdam, .111311 alto to the agent of the plaintiff, Morrison, in London,' thereby leaving each party at liberty to prcitett his own interest. In the mean time he caused a survey to be made as to the state of the vessel, and the report, which stated that to put her again in • sailing condition would require 13 or 1,400/. to be ex pended on her, was forthwith transmitted to the agents of the several parties as before, and from them Moorman received in structionato make the necessary repairs ; but, as regarded the fund out of which the money was to , be taken for, liquidating the charges thereby incurred, there seemed to exist some Mis understanding -between them. The Captain, however, pro ceeded to repair the vessel, which, when completed, the next question was as to the mode of clearing the expenses. The only course before hilt appeared to be either to sell off' or hy pothecate the cargo pro rata- itineris. With this intention the defendant had recourse to the usual regulations necessary to be observed previous to th e sale of a ship' s cargo , f or t h e purpose of paying -‘the expenses of h er re fi t i n an English harbour ; he caused the property to be regularly'adVerfised ; the officers of' the King's Customs were commissioned to make the sale, and just as they were about to disp ose o f t h e cargo his Honour ' s injunetionintervened, and at once put an end to the whole transaction. The Learned Counsel then stated, that the Cetus had thus interposed chiefly on the.authority of, an. affidavit of the agent of the plaintiff, who swore, that on the entry of the vessel into Cowes, she was not' of the value Of four hundred pounds in the whole, consequently not in a state to warrant the expense which had been incurred for repairs, and that. under the circumstances of the case, such an act was one of gross im propriety. The injunction went to restrain the defendant from either selling, hypothecating, or in any other manner disposing of the property, or any part thereof. The Learned Counsel said, that unless his Lordship now interposed on behalf of the defendant, and some assistance were given to emancipate the vessel from the state in which she was in, - daily getting worse and worse, being at the present time supplied with a eomple. ment of men at a cost of 1001. per mouth, an extremely valu able cargo of, b e t ween fi ve and 600 tons burdens would be en tirely lost, the cargo sacrificed, and thus the interest of all parties would be destroyed; for in the end they would find that they had been contending for what would, when gained, be literally worth nothing. The ground on which the Learned Gentleman founded his present application was the absence 'of all rightin a Court of Equity to interfere with a case which to all intents came under the jurisdiction of the Admiralty Colin, the whole transaction being of a purely foreign natures Mr. Saap*Er.i. followed on the same side. Mr.-KSfIGHT this day shelved cause against the motion, and. contended that the order of the Vice-Chancellor did not go far enough ; as the defendant had no lien on the cargo for the re pairs of the ship, he should have recourse to the usual means of payment for the repairs by a bottomry on the vessel. He would prove this by the evidence in support of the defendant's case. The repairs amounted to 1,400/.; the former repairs at Copen hagen 400/. ; and the value of the vessel when she arrived at Cowes was only estimated at 500/. ; then, with the repairs, demurrage, wages of the crew, and victualling, the expenses of the ship would amount to between 3,000/. and 4,0001., when her actual value on coining into port was not more than 500/) He would for an instant suppose that the cargo or freight were liable for these expenses, neither of them would amount to a sufficient sum to pay them, and it could not be contended that they were both liable. The cargo was only worth 1,500/. and if it reached it s d est i nat i on; Toulon, the freight on it would only amount to 1,2001. It could never .be allowed that thq master of a foreign ship sh9uld be allowed to run his vessel intq a British port for the purpoie of having her rebuilt, and then tq come on a British subject for the expense of changing his old vessel into a new one . A question of this kind, h e believed; occurred among s t the ancient . Philosophers, whether a s hip might not go un d er so many repairs as to cease to be the same ship. • The Loup - Citak - CELI.on—" Mr. Locke mentions a case of a man having bought a silk stocking, and afterwards having darned it so with worsted, that it ceased to be a silk stocking. I believe there are - very few men who would darn a worsted stocking with silk.". Mr. KNIGHT, in Continuation, contended, that it was the duty of the defendant to bottomry the Ship to the amount of the repairs, and- although there had tieen.a bottomry on her at Copenhagen, his Lordship knew that the law was, that the last bottemry was the first entitled to be paid. Under those consf s derations lie had. no doubt but his Lordship would dismiss Mr. Hart's motion with costs. Mr. COOPER followed on the Same side. Mr. HART replied, and contended that it was not a case Which came under the jurisdiction of a Court of Equity it could only be taken Cognizanee of in the Court of Admiralty, which Court had the power of taking into its consideration the Tights of all parties in the vessel, whether foreigners or not. He therefore t r ust e d t h at hi s Lordship would dissolve the injunction. The Lout . ' CHANCELLOR ObSerVed, that he did not clearly understand how the ,Court of Admiralty proceeded in such cases, but he would have an opportunity of knowing from the Learned Judge at the head of that Court between this and Sa turday, on which morning he vtould giVe his judgment. Ile believed the C our t o f - Ad m ir a l ty had not the jurisdiction to re strain the defendant froul Selling the cargo; and the present impression on his mind was, that he ought to be SO reStreined. Judgment postponed. His Lordship rose at half-past two o'clock. THE ASSIZES. GUILDFORD, JULY 31,—CnowN Francis Caudell was indicted, for feloniously killi ng an d s l ay ing John M orr i s , on t h e 23d of May, in the parish of Christ church. It appeared in evidence that the defendant, who is the brother of a livery stable-keeper ' had borrowed a horse t o t a k e a r id e on the day in questi o n As soon as he mounted, the horse, which was young and restive, not having been properly broken in, ran away with him down Blackfriar's-road. The prisoner being unable to manage him, the horse ran against the deceased,' who was thrown down, and in the fall ruptured one of the large ar teries near the heart, and expired. It appeared that the prisoner, finding himself unable to controul the horse, called nut to the people to keep clear, but the defendant not being quick enough,. the accident happened. The prisoner voluntarily surrendered himself, and expressed great sorrow for the misfortune. Mr. LAW, his Counsel, called witnesses on his behalf, who gave him an excellent character for humanity. Mr. Justice • PARK 'summed up the case for the Jury, and told them, that if they believed that the death of the deceased was occasioned merely by accident, and not from any improper conduct of the prisoner, they were bound to find him not guilty. The Jury immediately fbund the prisoner —Not Last week, a man residing in Burlington -place, who has a wife and two children, and who has been out of place for the last fourteen months, hearing of a situation which he thought would suit him, went for it, and was engaged by the Gentleman, when he became so overjoyed that on Wednesday he became raving mad, in which state he has lain ever since.—(Bath Gazette.) LETTER 111. MY Loan—=The 9th Section of the Act now presents itself. This declares; that from and after the lit September next the consent of any per Son or persons whose consent shall be required by law to the marriage"of any persim under 21, nut being a•widower or widow, shall be signified in writing signed by such .person or persons ; such signature to be. attested by two or more witnesses, and shall fully describe the person or persons giving such consent, &c. &c. and that no license shall be granted from and ,after the lst September next, for the, marriage of any person under 21, not being a widower or widow, unless such 'consent in ,writing shall be delivered to the person granting the license, and unless one of the witnesses attesting the consent shall make oath that lie or she saw the party giving the con sent sign his or her name thereto, and also his or her fellOW witness sign the attestation, &c - . and unless some person (not being one of the parties applying for the- licence) shall make oath that the person or . persons who hate signed the con sent to the marriage is or are the lawful parent or guardians, &c. Under the late Act the usual method pursued was, for the parent or guardian or guardians giving consent, to appear personally for the purpose ; and surely this was more satis.; factoryi far safer, than the circuitous method now rendered necessary. The recent Act says the consent of certain persons "required by laW" shall be given in a :prescribed form. Who are these persons ? - Why, both Father and Mother, if living, according to the canon law of 1603, for all other law is repealed !—This Was never .contemplated- by the supporters of the measure, for the word " - Parents" does not occur through out the Bill.. The provisions of th e Act appear to me to open a wide door for the commission of fraud. The signatures of the parties giving con sent may be fabricated—such fabrication\was one of the great e vil s a tt en di ng t h e execution, of the canons -of 1603—and it is now again possible, after a lapse of nearly 220 years, for an unhappy parent to be made the dupe of a vile dombination; The recent Act; in addition to a detail of the partkular circtimstauces under which the party or . parties claim to give cOnsent; requires the .party or parties 16 be "fully described" as to his; her, or their " - person" or respective " persons." Is it meant by this that a Custom House or pass port description should be adopted, as to nose; eYebrows ) stature, and Visage? The Act Ina rendered- the application for a license,,where both parties are minors, (having both fathers and mothers living) no trivial affaiN There will be no fewer than three or four affidaVits and four certificates of consent necessary ; and the attend= ance, either in one stage or other of the proceed ing, of not less than nine different persons Nyhere Only one of the parties is a minor, four affidavits and two certificates of consent (in case both the parents of the minor be living) will be required, and the attendance of seven different perions ; and eten in the least special cage that can happen, where both the parties applying for tbe licence are of age, and have not been married before, the affidavits of at least three persons Must be made, and the attendanCe of four per sons is.required! The lOth Section declares who are the per.; sons capable of administe•;ng the oaths re 4 qUired by the Act: These are the Stun:), gates of the Archbishops and Bishops. The Section alSo inflicts the punishment of perjury and felony on patties who wilfully swear falsely in order to obtain a licence of marriage, or who are .privy to the procurement of any false instru. cent, &c. had the Section stopped here, (though it is loosely worded and terribly severe in its operation, and though by the sentence of trans portation ; which it pronounces, a sufficient quan tum of misery would have been occasioned,) much perhaps would not have been said ; the cdncluding part of it, hoWever, will, in my view of the subject, be productive of great mischief. It is this—" And if the person convicted of such " offence (1. e. swearing falsely or wilfully pro " clueing a false instrument) shall be one of the " persons who shall have contracted marriage by " means of such licence, such person shall forfeit " and lose to the King's Majesty all estate, right, " title l interest, benefit, profit, and advantage, " which such person may derive from; or be en " titled to, by virtue of such marriage ; and such " forfeiture shall and may be disposed of in such " manner as to his Majesty shall seem fit." . . Let only a case be put upon this clause. A young woman.of fortune (a minor) is inveighed into a marriage with a worthless fellow, who does not scruple .to perjure himself or assist in forging an instrument in order to obtain a licence of marriage. The marriage is solemnized, and by that means the parties become indissolubly bound to each other. The fortune cf the lady, if it happen to be personal estate, and out of the reach of equity, becomes absolutely forfeited to the Crown in case the husband be prosecuted to conviction. The woman is left without a shil ling, and obliged to remain the wife-of a felon, liable to transportation for life, without her friends being able to take any step to relieve, her. Yes, my Lord, she will be obliged to re main the wife of a miscreant, who most likely monied her for her money, and who, upon find- ing himself stript of it by this clause, will, in all probability, enhance the misery of the unfortu nate girl by his brutal conduct. Perhaps, too, the parents of the female will have to be passive spectators of the heart-rending scene, without being able to take -any, step to relieve their fated child from so 'wretched a thraldom !' What a picture - Of distress is here! It is notillowever, fan imaginary picture ; the case will occur, and !occur frequently, if the Act remain as it is.— Hundreds. of unfortunate women will, through its operation, be torn from the station in society where birth and fortune - had placed them, to subsist on eleemosynary aid—will be doomed to pass through life as the associates of convicts— and to traverse amid thorns that path which they had been led to suppose would have been strewed with flowers !—But to return. It is no argument, in favour of the clause to say, that the Crown will not retain the fortune of the female, but apply it for her' benefit, independent of the husband. There is no doubt this would be the case ; but this would not obviate the unhap piness of the parties—this would not alle viate the distress of her, who, seeing her pro spects blighted—her patrimony gone, and her reputation assailed, before she could be said to have entered upon life, must apply to the Trea sury for that sustenance . which the exerti ons o f her depart e d f r i en d s had placed within her power, and which, when closing their eyes in death', .they had fondly hoped would have ren- - dered an - interesting—per .aps an-only child—. able to meet the frowns of the world. Surely, my Lord,. placing it within due restraints, some power of interference on the part of parents or guar dians ought, in such cases as these, to be reserved. I shall probably be accused of looking at the question only in one point of- view, as far as the female is concerned. Ifut looking at it in another light does not materially' improve it. However let this be done. I will suppose a young man of fortune, (for this was the case evidently to which the Act was intended more particularly to apply ) ) I will suppose him to be entrapped into a mar. riage with a worthless and abandoned woman, who does riot scruple to make a false affidavit, &c.— what then ?—ller claim of dower or thirds (sup posing, her entitled' to any, hut which in many in stances she would not be), becomes vested in the Crown. As to the confiscation of her individual property, the chaeces are that she has none tab• lose, and so she may smile at the section, except as far as the punishment of felony is concerned. The clause, my Lord, will most extensively affect young women of fortune (chiefly minors) mho may be deceived into marriage by profligate and abandoned suitors. It is here that the tear of sorrow will trickle down the cheek where the smile of content was wont to beam ; it is here that misery will penetrate auto that domestic circle w here happiness used to be the presiding Deity`! In cases, too, where young men of family and title :tie concerned, the consequences of making marriages indissoluble, under all circumstances, will be truly distressing. What, my Lord, will be the feelings of a dignified and noble-minded father, when he reflects that the coronet which now glitters around an -equally dignified and noble-minded consort, twill, uporehis death, de scend on an Unworthy and obscure object; on one who found her way to the noblest assembly in the world, through the disgraCeful paths of intrigue and perjury ? As the consequences which I have just been deprecating will -arise even more frequently in marriages by banns than by license, tinder - the Act, I must beg the observations which I haVe made to be Considered as applicable to both cases . There are other parts of the Bill yet to be considered, and these I shall notice in a future Letter.l have the honour to remain, my Lord,. your Lordship's obedient'humble servant, August 1, 1822. BRITANNICUS. FOR THE SUN. MR. EDITOR-4 perceive in your Paper of last evening the following curious anecdote of a Scotch Grey and a Collier During the encounter between the Scots Greys and the colliers at Crwmlin, one of the Grey was in the act of striking a collier with his sabre. ' Hold, Alexander,' said the collier, shewing his medal, ' don't you remember when I carried you wounded off the Field of Waterloo.' The soldier immediately dropped his sabre, proud that he had, for the first time, an op_ portunity of shewing his gratitude to the man to whom he owed his existence." Curious it is to me, but it must be much more so to people in distant countries, to hear that the gallant regiment; the Scotch Greys, should be encountering an unarmed Welch Collier; and that the latter had been a good loyal soldier, and tained a medal for his bravery at the battle of Wa terloo; from whence he had conveyed and preserv: ed the life of his wounded comrade, whom he re: cognized as his antagonist, who, with uplifted sa bre, was going today him. Query--Whathad this unarmed collier done to place him in so perilous a situation, opposed, in such an unequal combat, to an armed and mounted dragoon ? And if he had done any thing deserving the death that awaited him from the uplifted sabre of a mounted dragoon, upon what principle of jus: tice or right did the soldier exercise the dis: cretion of not inflicting it ? Who could re late this ? Not the di agoon, or he would have forfeited his ye by the Articles of War, for not having done his duty; and i on the other build ; it is very improbable that a Veteran, acquainted with the destructive powers of armed military, particularly cavalry, would have voluntarily plac: ed himself in a situation to be butchered by them; nothing but starvation or desperation could have led him into such peril ! !—Perhaps the insertion of this in your impartial Paper, may give " the Colliers at Crwrnlin" an opportunity of informing the - Public how they came to be placed in such a perilous situation, and I think you will agree with me that, for the honour of the loyal ancient Britons, they should be heard. I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, Bridge-street, Aug. 1, 1822. J. W. PARKINS..