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AGR mr,ruitiL 80013 TY OF DEVERARA AND ESSEQUEBO. Demerara Spa, Cuminhurg, 12th June, 1533. ALT a Meeting of PROPRIETORS and REPRESENTATIVES Of ESTATES, who had enrolled their names for the forma tion of au AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY for Demerara and Essequebo, at and subsequent to the Meeting of the 21st May last : _ . . - The Rules framed by the Committee appointed for that pur pose were laid on-the table, and previous to the same being taken into consideration, the Meeting proceeded to ballot for a Chairman, Deputy Chairman, and Treasurer, when the follow ing were duly elected for the present year:— . N. M. Mof GET, Esq.—Chairman, G. WARREN, Esq.—Deputy Chairman, ALEX. MACRAE, Esq.—Treasurer ; and Mr. GALLAWAY was requested to act as Secretary. These Gentlemen having taken their scats, Mr. CROAL, in behalf of the Committee appointed to frame , the Rules, re quested leave from the Chairman to lay over a Letter from His Excellency the Acting Governor, expressing His Excellency's entire approbation of the establishment of an Agricultural So ciety in this Colony • and the said Letter having been read. was ordered to be placed on the Minutes, and the original to be preserved amongst the Documents of the Society., The Chairman then addreised the Members, stating, that as the Societyconld now he considered as constituted, he wouid request the Secretary to read the Rules which had been pre pared for -its government, and which explained its general ob jects. The - Rules having been read accordingly, and having undergone some amendments and additions, the following were adopted as RULES OF THE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF DEMERARA AND ESSEQUEBO. • Wednesday, 12th June, 1833. - I.—The Agricultural Society of Demerara and Essequebo, shall consist of Proprietors of Estates, and Planters who are Representatives of Estates; and may be augmented by the ad mission, by Ballot, of Other Persons who may be Representa tives of Estates, but whose chief employ ent is not that of su perintending the affairs of Plantations, rovided two-thirds of the Members present at a General Meeti g -vote in favour of the Candidate. 2.—The Society may be further ang ented by the admission of Other Persons, under the following Resolution, passed at the General Meeting held on the 21st May last, and confirmed this day : That all Proprietors of Twenty-five Slaves and upwards, whether employed as Woodcutting gangs or in Agricultural pursuits, shall also be eligible to become Members of the Society by Ballot in like manner, provided the Owners of such Slaves eau their livelihood exclusively from the employment•of them on - the soil, or froni. the productions thereof." 3. That all such persons as, by Rule Ist, are entitled to be come Members of the Society without Ballot, shall be bound to enrol their names as members, and comply with the Rules, within the space of Two Months from the 121. h of June, if they are Residents in the Colony; or, if not Residents, within Two Months from the period of their arrival in the Colony ; other wise such persons shall not be admissible except by Ballot, as in No. 2. A list for the signatures of such Parties shall be lodged in the Society's Hall, which is for the present estab.dshed in the Room over the Demerara Spa, in Cumingsburg. 4. That the Society shall meet the first Wednesday of each Month for the transaction of Business—keeping regular nutes of the Proceedings. 5. That the Chairmhn, Deputy-Chairman, and Treasurer now chosen shall continue in Office until the first General Meeting to be held in January, next y ear, when a new election shall take place, and be followed up the January Meeting of each year thereafter. That in the event of it being found necessary to have a Secretary, to be remunerated from the Funds of the 'Society, he shall be chosen by ballot at a General - Meeting. That a Standing Committee of Ten Members, including the Chairman, Deputy-Chairman, Treasurer, and Secretary, shall be elected from among the Members at this present Meeting, and shall continue in Office until the regular period of election in the month of January of each succeeding year.—Vacancies occurrin g in any Office to be filled up at a General Meeting. It shall be the business of this Committee, five Members of which shall form a Quorum, to attend to the Accounts, Docu ments, and Records of the Society, and to all Communications . addressed to the Society upon Agricultural, Scientific, or Medi cal subjects, relatiug to the economy of Plantations. That the said Committee shall oulbody in a Repert the substance of such Communications, for the better despatch of business, and for the purpose of fixing the attention onlembers to the contents thereof; and they are required to bring the same forward at each Meeting, together with the original Documents, accom . 'rallied by such observations as may have occurred to them on a . perusal of the same. 6. That the hour for the General Meetinli is fixed at Twelve o'clock, noon, and for the Meetings of the Standing Committee at Three o'clock, p.m., on such days as the Committee may find to be convenient. 7. That each Member of the Society shall be bound to pay the sum of : 44f, as his fee for admission, and 65f per annum, payable in advance; and no member in arrear shall be entitled to Vote at any Election, or to take any part in the business of the Society. Defaulters to be reported by the Treasurer at each General Meeting. 8. That the objects of this Society shall be improvements in the Culture and Manufacture of Colonial Productions, the pro tection and advancement of the Agricultural Interest in all that may relate to the abridgment of Manual Labour, improve ments in Machinery, healeiti and comfort of the Population, and general economy of Plantations. 9. That a Roll of the Members of the Society shall be hung up in a conspicuous part of the Hall of Meeting, and any Can didate proposed shall have his name put up on a hoard, to be kept there for the purpose, at least 14 dais before the day of Ballot. No Ballot shall take place at a General Meeting, un less 17 Members be present; and if there is no Ballot, the Secretay shall notify the same for the following General Meeting. 10. The Society shall dine together twice-a-year, say in the last week of June, and first week of December, to be notified by 'Public Advertisement, and the first Dinner shall take place on the 29th of June next ; the Standing Committeee be empowered to make arrangements for the Dinners, and to announce to the Members the cost of the 'rickets. 11. That Periodical Publications and Newspapers shall be furnished for the use of the Society, and to be paid for from its Funds; the number of such Publications and ewspapers to be fixed by the Standing Committee, who are requested to make arrangements for their being supplied regularly. 12. That Scientific and Medical men who distinguish them selves by forwarding the objects of the Societv_iainy_be elected as Honorary Members, by . a majority of votes at a General Meet ing, in pursuance of a motion made and seconded -at a previous General. Meeting. The thanks of the Meeting were then voted to Mr. GALLA WAY for acting as Secretary, and he was requested to c ontiuue to act as such. The Meeting thereafter proceeded to the election of Six Members.to constitute, with the Chairman, Deputy-Chairman, Treasurer, and S ecre t ary, th e St a nding Committee of Ten, when the following Gentlemen were chosen : Honorable JOHN CROAL, Honorable GEORGE RAINY, EDWARD BISHOP, Esq., A. GARNETT, Esq., JOSEPH BEETE, Senior, Esq., and C. BENJAMIN, Esq. And on the motion of GEORGE WARREN, Esq., the said Corn mittee was requested to make permanent arrangements for Hall of Meeting for the Members of the Society, to which the could have free access during the day for perusingthe Books Papers, &e., of the So c i e ty, an d for the regular Monthly M eet ings. The Chairman then moved, and it was resolved by acclama tion, that the best thanks of the Society are due to the Ho norable John Croal for the strong interest he has shewn, and the trouble he (as Chairman of the Special Committee) had taken in the formation of this Society, and also for laving the ob jects of the Society before his Excellency the Governor, and obtaining his entice approbation of the same. Thanks were also voted to Major Staple for the handsome manner in which he had granted the use of the Hall of the Demarara Spa, for the last and present Meetings, and the warm interest he had taken in fostering the establishment of this Society. The Names of those Gentlemen who were proposed to be ballotted for at next General Meeting were then directed to be affixed in the Society's Hall, in terms of Regulation No. 9. The Meeting then broke up, and the Standing Committee proceeded to business. It was unanimously resolved, that the Treasurer and Mr. Benjamin be requested to order the following Periodicals and Newspapers, viz. : — Liverpool Standard. Glasgow Courier. Falmouth Packet. Morning Post. Blackwood' s Magazine. Quarterly Ditto. Felix Farley' s Journa.. Mechanic's Magazine. Halifax Paper ( Herald. j Barbadoes Globe. It was then resolved, that an Advertisement should be in serted in the Newspapers calling on the Members who_liave not yet given in their Names to the Standing Committee for pro viding the Dinner, to take place on the 29th instant, to do so previous to 2.5 th instant, as no Tickets would be issued after that date. No further business having come before the Standing Com mittee, they broke up, having previously fixed the 15th instant f or the next day of their Meeting. N. M. MANGET, Chairman. A. GALLAWAY, Acting Sec. R.;11 of Members of the Agricultural Society of Demerara and Esseijuebo, up to the 12th of June, 1833. William Arrindell, of Zealandia. J. 11. Albouy, of La Penitence, &c. U. J. F. Bach, of Toevlugt, &c. IL J. Baird, of Orange Nassau. Thomas Barry, of Vriesland. Charles Beau, of Richmond, &c. Charles Benjamin, of Spring Garden. Joseph Beete, senior, of Plantation Best. Joseph Beete, jdnior, of ditto. Edward Bishop, of Zorg, &c. Thomas Blake, of - Vive la Force. J. F. Boocle, of La Grange, &c. L. Breda, of Glasgow. R. G. Butts, of Thomas, &c. Donald Campbell, of Sparta. Gillis Cantzla.ar, of Toeviugt. John Croal, of Lima. F. De Ridder, of Versailles, &c. John Evans, of Better Success. William Fraser, of Helena, &c. Thomas Frankland, of Elizabeth Ann. Andrew Gallaway, of Hoff van Holland. Abraham Garnett, of Coming's Lodge, &c. J. J. Gilgeous, of Windsor Castle. Henry Halket, of Maria's Lodge, &c. Andrew Jackson, Repr. of La Bonne Mere, &c. C. Imhoff, of Prosperity. Jan Koert, of Velzerhoofd. J. A. D Koolhaas, Repr. of Maria Johanna, &e. John M' Kenzie, Repr. of Amsterdam, &c. N. M. Manjet, of Schoon Ord, &c. Jacobus ]Mertens, of Vauxhall. John M‘Lean, Repr. of Vreed on Hoop, &c. Alexander Macrae, of Endeavour, &c. Hugh M‘Leod, of loornhaag. William M`Keand, Repr. of Hope, &c. John Nable, of .Marvville. J. V. Nedderman, Repr. of Zeeburgh, &c. John Pearson, of Dotuburg. Hugh Rogers, of ClonbroCk, &c. M. J. Retemeyer, of Little Diamond. George Rainy, of Leonora, &c. Alexander Simpson, of Montrose, &c. Colin Simson, Repr. of Sans Souci, &c. Thomas Teschemaker, of Amersfoort, &e. J. Van Waterschoodt, of Plaisance. George Warren, of Farm, &c. Alexander Wishart, of Aberdeen. Manta. 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'Succeeding 7 Yrspvcry Year of Life after. 201141 6 2 2 4 7 , 1 8 7 1 15 1 3 011 118327 0 4 9 8 2 11 11 4 U 11 7 0 3 • This scale ought to supersede all others in cases of Annuity, or Leases for Lives, iu which very low Rates for so long a pe riod as fourteen years will be found highly advantageous. VOYAGES AND •FOREIGN lESIDENCES. Persons voyaging or residing abroad, Masters. Supercargoes, and others, insured for the whole of life or for a specific voyage. PREGNANCY, INFIRM HEALTH, AND OLD AGE. Females need not appear. The rates for diseases - are mode rate, and Policies are granted to persons of advanced age. Insurances may be effected without delay. OFFICERS FOR LIVERPOOL. Medical Referee, Alex. Hannay, Esq., M.D. Banker, the Bank of Liverpool. Directors' Correspondents, G. ATKINSON and TOWNLEY, 5, Water-street, adjoining the Bank. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PORTUGAL, PROCLAMATION OF DON MIGUEL TO HIS ARMY AND TO THE PORTUGUESE NATION. People and Soldiers of Pdrtugal—When I left the metropnlis of the Portuguese monarchy in October of last year, my object was to accompany you in the midst of the sacrifices which you have made for the just cause which you defend. 1 was well convinced that your valour was sufficient to van quish the rebellious bands which lay within the walls of Oporto; but I wished to prevent the effusion of blood, and presented myself before that city, and in the exercise of the clemency which is natural to me, offered at different times the pardon which I was always inclined to grant, with the view of drawing these my rebellious children to repentance, it being credible that many of them who had been compelled in despite of their wishes to follow the path of dishonour and impiety, would take advantage of the proffered lro.nn. Time has passed away without fulfilling the consoling expec tation I had entertained of being able to receive amongst the members of my nation these ungrateful children who, instead of returning to their duty, have had the audacity to attack the peaceful anitfaithful people of the Algarves, whose coasts they assailed and, whose habitations they have pillaged. But they did not limit here their perverse conduct. The ef-, forts of these agents always employed in projects of seduction and venality, corrupted many of the officers and men of the squadron which I sent into the waters of the Algarves, and by that means they possessed themselves of it with the greatest perfidy and without any effort of valour. Strengthened by these means they were enabled to approach my capital with all their forces without its being possible for the badly commanded troops then on the south of the Tagus to offer any effectual opposition. The same corrupt practices, as the rebels confess in their chroniecu, were employed at the same time in the capi tal, and by this means some groups were formed and induced to raise seditious cries, which were followed up by many evil affected persons, who, by their proceeding in several quarters j of the city, threw the inhabitants into great perturbation, with out, however, shaking the faith of the troops under the orders of the Duc de Cadoval, who was unwilling to employ them against the seditious, as they themselves desired, in ()icier not to cause an effusion of blood in a contest between brothers, relatives, and friends, especially as the rebel troops were com ing up, and their :quadron appearing off the mouth of the Tagus. In these critical circumstances, the Duc de Cadoval was forced to adopt the prudent measure of withdrawing all the forces in the capital, causing them to march into the neigh bouring country; they were followed by a great number of employes, nobles, and proprietors of all classes, who were un willing to become the victims of oppression or the accomplices of the horrible crime which those commit who follow a faction whose special object is the destruction of the altar and the throne. • — Portuguese!!—Religion calls upon you, your native country claims your efforts, and its cry is so powerful that it alone ought to inspire you with courage and heroism. Fly all to arms in this province—range yourselves under my standard—or under that of the Duke Marshal of the army, or join any other faith ful chiefs on the points where they may be. Let us show the world that a baud of disaffected and rebellious men cannot stifle the sentiments of a whole nation, which loves, as you have demonstrated, its King and its institutions. I shall be found in the files of my brave and faithful army. I shall share in all the dangers you may be exposed to, and tne glory which 1 may acquire will redound entirely to your honour—as the common father of the Portuguese. i shall rejoice in seeing you imitate the valorous actions which immortalized your ancestors —their heroic deeds are celebrated in history, and admired by mankind, and equal fame will attend your fighting for our God and for your King, and for the constitution which you defended with so much glory not lone since, and from which your fathers derived so much happiness. To arms then, brave and faithful army ! Valiant and intrepid people, let us fight for our religion, for the salvation of our native land, and let our watchword be VICTORY or DEATH. THE KING. From the Palace of Leza de Balio, 29th of July, 1833. LONDON POLICE REPORT. GUILDHALL. On Tuesday a ladylike young woman, named Ann Esche, was brought before Mr. Alderman Harmer, charged with de frauding the chief waiter or the Swan-with-Two-Necks Tavern of 9s. 9d. ''`Tire- complainant stated that she -walked • into the.house on. Monday afternoon, and inquired if she could be accommodated with a very comfortable dinner in a private room. She was shown up-stairs, and an excellent dinner provided. She called for a pint of sherry, and said she should like a nice little des sert. These were accordingly furnished, and after sitting some time she inquired if she could be accommodated with a bed. On hearing this, the truth flashed on his mind that she was the female cheat of whose doings he had read in the newspapers. He presented his 141, and as usual he received a reference for payment to the sthicitor of a gentleman on the continent, named Meyer, with whom she had been living. The solicitor, as usual, would not pay the account, and he therefore gave her into custody, as she had no money. She was brought to Guildhall a few weeks since for running up a score at the Bull Inn, Holborn, which house she had ho noured with her company upon being prevailed on (by present ing her with a new bonnet) to quit the Bell and Crown adjoin ing, where her reckoning amounted to £9. She had dropped in at the Blossoms Inn, Lawrence-lane, to breakfast on Sun day morning, and the emptiness of her purse was not ascer tained till her bill amounted to 3s. 10d. The waiter said the loss of the money would fall entirely on him, which he could ill spare, and he begged she might be punished as a common cheat. Prisoner said Mr. Meyer was in the habit of paying these bills for her. The waiter assured the alderman he had no such habit; it was a gross delusion : and then she had such an appetite 'for sumptuous ! Mr. Alderman Harmer agreed that her conduct was shame ful, and asked her how she obtained her living? The prisoner replied frankly that she had no means. Then, said the Alderman, as you have no means but that of plundering individuals, 1 call on you for sureties for your fu ture good behaviour. She was accordingly committed to the Compter as a person living idly and faring well, and having no visible means to sup port herself. The General Steam Navigation Company's mail-packet the William doliffe, from Hamburgh, arrived oil the Custom-house at eight o'clock on Nlonciay evening. The Princess Lieven and suite came passengers therein. - - PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY EVENING•—One of the most extra ordinary instances of adventurous spirit was exhibited this after noon in arrival of a small schooner-rigged boat, belonging to his Majesty's ship Etna, from Gibraltar. Her crew consists of four men, under the command of Mr. Moneypenny, a mate of that ship, from which she parted company on the :ioth nit. considerably to the south-eastward of Cape St. Vincent. This little vessel, of less than five tons burden, has made her way across the dreaded Bay of Biscay, passed about 30 leagues to the westward of Ushant, and came into harbour in most gallant style, about two o'clock, having seen nothing of the ship to which she belonged, or received the slightest assistance from any source in the course of her passage. The Etna may be hourly expected.--P.S. Since writing the above, his Majesty's ship Etna, Commander Belcher, has been reported in sight, coming round St. Helen's. THE LIVEIIPCOT, STANDARD. Erriperial HOUSE OF LORDS, SATURDAY, ACG. 17. Mr. Bernal and others from the Clouse of Conunons brought up the Factories' Regulation Bill, which was read a first time, and referred to a select committee. The reports of the committees on the Lunatics' Commission Bill, and the Fines and Recoveries Biil, were received, and the bias ordered to be read a third time on Monday. The blave ' Trade Convention Bill, the Unitormity of Process Bill, the Sheriffs apenses Bill, anti the Customs' Repeal Biii were read a second note. Adjourned to Monday at two o'clock. HOUSE OF COM MON S, SiTURDAY, AUG. 17. The Speaker took the chair at twyaty minutes past twelve. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. On the motion of Lord Althorp tie report of the committee was agreed to. - Mr. Crawford took the oaths and his seat for the city of Lon don. TITHE ARREARS (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. LITTLETON moved the order of the day for the house re solving itself into committee on this bill. Mr. HinnE moved that it be an instruction to the committee "to provide for the repayment of such parts of the mom!) , to be advanced under the authority of this bill, as shall not be repaid by the persons entitled to receive the tithes in the man ner provided for by this bill, anti that any balance of the money unpaid and due to the public shall become chargeable on the funds arising from the temporalities of the church of Ireland." Mr. T. WALLACE seconded the amendment. On the motion of Lord Aithorp, the deliate was adjourned till Monday next. • The house then adjourned at a quarter past four o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY ' AUGUST 19. The Bishop of ROCHESTER requested the indulgence of the house while he made a statement on a subject of an entirely personal nature; at the same time, however, he believed that whenever any charge of corrupt practices was made against a member of that house, it was his duty to take the earliest op portunity of rebuttin it. He held in his hand a report of a vestry meeting at S i t. Nicholas, Brighton, at which a Mr. English was stated to have declared, that " at a place called Bayswater, or Broadwater, in the county of Kent, the Bishop of Rochester was applied to to consecrate a piece of ground, which he refused to do under £7oo,—(here the report stated tbatthere were cries of " Shame, shame," )—but that the right rev. prelate at length consented to take £5OO, he (Mr. English) having this from good authority." He (the Bishop of Rochester) need hardly assure their lordships that this statement was without foundation (hear, hear); in fact, there was no such place as Bayswater or Broadwater iu his diocess. (Hear.) He would take the opportunity to add, that the bishops received rio fees whatever for consecration (hear, hear), nor, he believed, did they receive fees on any occasion. He was induced to say this, because he believed that there was a misapprehension in the public mind on this head. He did not now mean to make any motion on the subject, but merely took the occasion to notice the report for the purpose of correcting its misstatement. The LORD CHANCEL LOR luite concurred in regretting that such a charge as the one in question should have been made, and he was glad that there had been an opportunity of rebutting a charge which appeared to be so utterly groundless; 'but, never theless, he was sure that their lordships would see that there was . a certain degree of inconvenience in the practice of noble lords vindicating themselves in that house from attacks made upon them in matters not connected with their parliamentary con duct. Whatever the practice might have been, it was clear that the laws by which the proceedings of the house were regu lated pointed out a different course. He did not mean to give any opinion on the spirit utithose laws, but merely to say that in practice they had been relaxed. Nor did he complain of the shape in which the right rev. prelate had on this occasion put his statement, but merely to refer to the inconvenience which would attend that mode of procedure if in all cases adopted. The Earl of GosFonD moved the third reading of the Sepa ratists' Affirmation Bill. The Bishop of HEREFORD said, that if these people acted conscientiously, and stood strictly on the text, " Swear not at all," they couid not take the affirmation in this bill at all, which was as direct an appeal to the Almighty as any oath could be. If their lordships should give this privilege to these '2.3 congre gations of Separatists, who were not distinguished from the church like the Moravians and Quakers, they ought to bring in a general bill to absolve all persons from taking oaths in courts of justice according to the forms prescribed by law, and to allow them to take them in the mode which they considered most binding upon their consciences. He concluded by moving that this bill be read a third time this day three mouths. Earl GREY explained the ieasei;; which induced him to sup port the third reading of this bill at present. This sect was so respectable as to be entitled to the relief which this bill extended to its members, not only on its own account, but also on account of the public advantage, which would suffer materially if these persons were called upon to swear in the form prescribed by law, and in that form only. The Earl of GOSFORD had authority to state that this bill was perfectly satisfactory to the Separatists, for whose relief it was intended. Their lordships then divided, when there appeared— For the bill 35 Against i` l6 Majority for the bill . —l9 The factory bill was read a second time, and referred to a select committee up stairs. CHINA TRADE. Lord ELLENBOROUGH rose to present a petition from the merchants of London, regarding the trade to China, which their lordships were going to open by a bill which stood for its next reading that evening. The petition ought not to be con sidered merely as the petition of tile merchants of London,.who had signed it, but ought also to be considered as the petition of the merchants of .Liverpool, Glasgow, Cork, and other places interested in the trade to the East Indies. The prayer of the petition was, that the maintenance of our establishments in China should be defrayed in the same way as our consular es tablishments in other parts of the world; and he had no doubt that their lordships would agree to the prayer. He understood that the expense of the contemplated establishments at Canton was calculated at £27,000 or £30,000, which might be reduced to about £5,000, if the 'official superintendents were allowed to engage in trade on their own account. He confessed that be was greatly surprised that such a provision, entailing so much expense on the country, and founded on principles which never would have received the sanction of an unreformed Parliament, should have passed silently through the • reformed House of Commons. The bill was accordingly read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. On the motion of the Marquis of Lansdowne, the East India Company's Charter Bill was passed. On the motion of Lord Melbourne, the report of the com mittee on the Grand Juries (Ireland) Bill was received, after the adoption of certain amendments. SLAVERY ABOLITION BILL. The Earl of RIPON moved that the report of the committee on this bill be brought up. The report was received. The Royal Burghs (&;otland) and the Burgh Magistrates (Scotland) Bills were reported, and ordered to be read a third time on Tuesday. The Fines and Recoveries Bill was read a third time and passed. The Scavage and Package Bill passed through a committee. On the motion of the Lord Chancellor, the Assizes Removal Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Tuesday. Adjourned at a quarter past eleven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MONDAY, AUG. 19. The Speaker took the chair at a quarter after twelve o'clock : very few members were present. The house was wholly occupied in receiving petitions at this sitting, among which Mr. Tooas: presented a petition from Mr. Oxenham, solici tor, at Taunton, complaining that a parcel of deeds which had been sent to him by the mail - had been opened and detained by the General Postoffice, because it contained two letters relating to the deeds, and other business between himself and his agent. The petitioner also received a letter from the solicitor to the Postoffice, stating that he had incurred the two penalties; and very soon afterwards another letter offering to compromise the matter, by exacting only one o f th e p e nalties. The h on . member read an opinion which had been given by 111 r. Follett, that such letters might be sent if they only had relation to the business of the parties; that deeds and papers were goods within the meaning of the act; and that an action wouid lie against the postmaster for the detention. He concluded by giving notice, that early in the n e xt sess ion he would introd uce a bill to amend the sth Geo. IV., c. 20. Mr. STANLEY said an explanation had been furnished him by his noble friend the Postmaster-General,' which he would now offer to the house. The' Postoffice possessed the monopoly of canying all letters, it being considered public policy that it should have that monopoly. The revenue deriving . a consider able increase, and perhaps with much less inconvenience to the subject than any other mode, it must be evident that such mo nopoly should be strictly protected, and that mercantile, com mercial, and other houses, who transmitted a great number of letters, should not have facilities for evading the payment of letters by the transmission of them in parcels- and by coach, while the rest of his Majesty's subjects were obliged to pay post age. It had come to the knowledge of the postmaster that many of the principal coach-office bags were made up every day for the purpose of forwarding paper parcels full' f - fetters. Several of these packets had been stopped and sent to the postmaster; one of which was found to contain 42 letters, and another as many as 200. It vas ascertained that a bag had been regularly made up at the GloCester and Bristol mail-offices, on the 31st of May, the day when the petitioner's letters were found—con taining, on one day; 60 letters, and on the following 42, in par cels of 2,5, and 6 letters. It could not be said that there was any additional speed or other convenience by such a system, because the letters were sent by the usual mail, only that every day the Postoffice was much defrauded. In consequence of that seizure of letters, the Postmaster-General was threatened with legal proceedings, to which he replied that he was anxious to meet the parties, in order that the law might be known and established. Flowerer, no person thought proper to try the questio n , a nd the Postmaster-General thought it advisable, in oraer to bring the question to an issue, to select a case for prosecution, and have the point decided at law, not with any vindictive feeling, or a ,desire to recover penalties, but only to let the public k no w that such frauds could not be p e rmitted to go on with impunity. On the 31st of May two letters were put into a parcel with some deeds, by Mr. Oxenham, the petitioner, addressed to his cor respondent in London, but the hon. member (Mr. Tooke) was wrong in stating that both those letters referred to the deeds; one only had reference to the deeds, and the other to a different subject. The exception in the act of Parliament related to let ters referring to, and accompanying, goods sent by a co mmon carrier, and not to deeds; but certainly it would be acting harshly if deeds were not considered in the light of goods. Mr. Oxenham called at the Postoffice, and had his deeds delivered to him, hut copies were taken of, the letters. He afterwards wrote a letter to the Postmaster-General, stating that, like many other country attorneys, he was ignorant of 'the state of the law, a fact which he (Mr. Stanley) considered not a little extraor dinary, and threw himself on the mercy of the Postmaster-Ge neral. If, as the hon. member had stated, it was the opinion of the legal profession that letters relating to other matters, be sides the needs which accompanied them, might be sent in such parcels, then he (Mr. Stanley) confessed that those legal gen tlemen who gave such an opinion had betrayed unjustifiable ignorance of the law. (Hear.) He thought the Postoffice had not acted unfairly in selecting the case of Mr. Oxenham to try the, merits of the question, and begged the house to recollect it was now in a course of trial. Adjourned at three o'clock. The Speaker resumed the chair soon after five o'clock. Mr. O'DwitEft presented a petition from J. Kent Johnstone against the monopoly of clerks of the roads in Ireland ; also a petition from Lower Duleek, county of Meath, for an improve ment of the Irish grand jury laws. Mr. BLAMIRE moved for a return of the number of suits in stituted for tithes in the county of Lancaster, from 1830 to 1833. Mr. LlTTLEToe:tresented a petition from Leek, in the county of Stafford, praying that the borough of Stafford might be dis franchised,• and the franchise given to the petitioners. On the order of the day for Ways and Means in committee of supply, lir. HUTT took occasion to complain of the monopoly of the Barton-ferry over the Humber, a monopoly which cost the pub lic £S . .)O a-year. The hon. member concluded by moving an address, praying that his Majesty wouid direct the Commission ers of Woods and Forests not to renew• the existing lease of Barton-ferry on its termination. : . • . The question was . put, and the amendment was negatived. The original motion was then read and agreed to. On the question that the Speaker do leave the chair, (ALLEGED BREACH OF PRIVILEGE BY A JUDGE.) Mr. O'Dw vEit wished to bring under the notice of the right honourable gentleman (the Secretary for Ireland) a report of a speech purporting to be a part 'of a charge delivered to the grand jury of Cork by a learned judge, (Baron Peunefather,) and which he must say, if it were delivered by that learned judge, could not be consideredin any other light than as au in ierierence with the privileges of that house. The learned judge was reported to have alluded to the Irish grand jury bill, which had passed that house., and which was in progress through the other house. In the course of his remarks he stated that in consequence of that bill he supposed the present occasion would be the last on which he should have to address a grand jury composed of gentlemen of property, as by the bill in progress a preference would be given to men of small property. Mr. LITTLETON apprehended that he had no right whatever to interfere with a speech delivered by a learned judge. All he could say of it was, that be had read the report in the papers with great surprise. Sir E. KNATCHBULL rose to order. The honourable mem ber was bringing a charge against a judge of the land, and he put it to the house whether such a charge should be brought on a report in a newspaper. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME pressed on the right hon. secretary the necessity of inquiring into the case. Mr. LITruiToN repeated that he had not the power to take any step to ascertain whether such a speech was delivered by the learned judge. All he knew of it was that he had seen au account of it in the papers, which account he had read with astonishment and regret. " Here the matter dropped, and the house resolved itself into the COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS. Lord ALTuoup rose to submit the last proposition which he had to lay before the committee of the ways and means, to meet the supplies already voted. Ile would now, therefore, Without furbber remark, move that towards raising the supply, there be issued and applied out of the consolidated fund of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland a sum not exceed in f.1 . 1:3,000,000. _ _ . . The resolution was agreed to, and the house having resumed, the report was ordered to be received to-morrow. The Bank Charter Bill was read a third time and passed. TITIIES (IRELAND) BILL. The order of the day for the adjourned debate on the further consideration - of the report on this bill having been read, Mr. Humr, expressed his determination to divide the house on his amendment, charging upon the temporalities of the Irish church all sums advanced under the bill, and not repaid by the `idle-owners. The house divided— For the amendment 42 Against it 69 Majority The house resolved itself into committee on the bill. Ou the motion of Mr. Serjeant PLR UN, a provision was added to clause 38, making the t►the composition payable yearly on every Ist Nov., instead of half-yearly in May and November. The house then resumed, the bill was reported, and the. report was ordered to be received this day. Mr. P. Tuomsolst moved for .cave to bring in a bill to renew the 2d and 4th of William IV, c. 10, commonly called the Cho lera Act, which would expire on the termination of the present session. He hoped that, under existing circumstances, the' house would not object to a su s pen s i on o f th e s t an di ng orders, in order that the bid might be passed as speedily as possible. (Hear, hear.) Leave having been given, the bill was brought in, read a first and second time, and ordered to be committed this day. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at three o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20. Several hills were advanced a stage. The Duke of WELLINGTON presented a petition from the operatives of Rochdale, against the Factory Bill as it stood be fore the recent alterations. Lord WiNFORD presented a petition from the Rev. Sir Har court Lees against the Roman Catholic Marriages Bill. The Duke of WELLINGTON presented a petition from the Council and Assembly of Dominica against the Slavery Abolition Bill. The Earl of RIPON moved the third reading of the Slavery Abolition Bill, which was accordingly read a third time, and passed. ROMAN CATHOLIC MARRIAGE BILL. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved the second reading of ;his bill.- Lord WY Ny OR D opposed it. It would get rid at once, and without due consideration, of all the marriage laws in Ireland. He (Lord Wynford), however, should certainly approve of the introduction next sessionof a measure to amend those laws; but if the noble marquis now pressed his present motion, he (Lord Wynford) should feel it his duty to move that the bill be read a second time this day three months. The amendment was negatived without a division, and the bill read a second time.—To be committed on Wednesday. Mr. BERNAL and other members of the House of Commons brought up the Bank Charter Bill, the Buckingham Palace Furniture Bill, the Forged Stamps Bill, the Cholera Prevention Bill, and the Churches and Chapels Repairing Bill. CHINA TRADE BILL. Lord AUCKLAND moved the committal of this bill, and gave a statement of its objects, as well as of some of the objections which had been made to its provisions. It had been stated that the expense of the consular establishment at Canton was too great, and at the same time that he (Lord Auckland) consi dered that the strong language which had been used on the sub ject was justifiable, he would not be unwilling that an amend ment should be introduced in the clause providing for the above establishment, limiting the expense to one p er cen t. u p on im ports and exports, and ss. per ton on the tonnage of vessels resorting to:Canton. The noble lord,..affer briefly adverting to the other provisions of the bill, concluded by moving that the house resolve itself into a committee on the same. The house then resolved into committee on the bill. Lord ELLE.NBOROUGH proposed au amendment to the effect of substituting maritime discipline in the clause which sub mitted offences in Canton and the factories to the control of British laws and legal institutions. The amendment was negatived without a division. An amendment moved by Lord Auckland to the effect (as we understood) of making - ss. the maximum tonnage duty on Vessels entering China, and 10s. on every £lOO, was next agreed to. The remaining clauses were agreed to. The house resumed.--Report to-morrow. BANK ,CHARTER BILL. . This bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a se• cond time on Thursday.—Adjourned.. HOUSE OF_ COMMONS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20. The Speaker took the chair at the usual hour. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL brought up the resolutions of the committee on the Chancery Officers' Compensation, which was ordered to be an instruction to the committee on the bill. TRIAL OF OFFENCES (IRELAND) BILL. Lord ALTHORP moved' the order of the day for the further consideration of the Trial of Offences (Ireland) Bill. Mr. LITTLETON moved that the amendments be read a se cond time. The bill with the amendments were ordered to be engrossed and read a third time on Wednesday. WAYS AND MEANS. On the motion of Lord Althorp, the report of the committee ou ways and means was brought up and agreed to. Mr. C. Woon brought up toe report of the committee on the Bank Notes (Stamp Duties) Composition Bill, which was agreed to, and then ordered to be read a third time on Wed nesday night. CHOLERA PREVENTION BILL. The house wentiiitOCOmrnitieeCon - ihi;i;iii; and certain ver bal amendments were agreed to; after which the report was received, and ordered to he read a third time on Wednesday. APPROPRIATION BILL. Mr. S. RICE brought in the Appropriation Bill, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Thursday. Tithes Stay of Suits' Bill was read a second time, and or dered to be committed on Wednesday. A messenger from the East India House brought up a return of all pensions granted to the officers and other persons in the commercial marine service, which was ordered to be printed.— Adjourned at a few minutes past three o'clock. The Speaker resumed the chair shortly after five o'clock. A message from the Lords announced that they had agreed to the Lunacy Commissioners Bill without amendment, and to the East India Charter Bill, and Grand Juries (Ireland) Bill, with amendments. Mr. W. PETER postponed till next session, on account of the late period of the year, the thin attendance of members, and the non-p , ublication of necessary evidence, hi s mo ti ons re l a ti ve t o the Larl of Warwick and the borough of Warwick. TITHES (IRELAND) BILL. The order of the day on this bill having been read, ou the motion of Mr. Littleton, Mr. P. THOMSON brought up the report. Sir E. KNATCLIBULL protested against the bill. - ' Mr. LYNCH supported it. This measure was the price paid for peace iu Ireland ; and the advance of money under it would prevent the expenditure of double the sum. he would support the bill on the mere necessity of the case. Mr. COBBETT thought that if money was not sent to Ireland they must send bayonets, and he would much prefer the former. He should like to hear that the tithe collection were altogether given up, for then he should have some hope that the shedding of blood on that account would be put an end to. They had heard from the Secretary for Ireland, a few days ago, of a me morial from the clergy of a whole diocess, stating that they could not collect a single shilling of tithe, ex c ept by military force. This, at the end of 2111) years from the tune when the attempt was first made to force on the people of Ireland a reli gion which they did not desire, ought to be a good lesson as to the folly of persisting in a muse which had such results. The amendments were agreed to, and the bill ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. On the motion of Mr. S. Rice, the Tea Duties Bill went through committee, and the report was ordered to be received on Thursday. JURIES (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. LITTLETON moved the second 'reading of this bill. Mr. SIIAw had no objection to the principle of assimilating the law of England and Ireland on this question, but he con. sidered the mode of doing it was absurd. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL supported the bill, the object of which was to oblige the sheriff to select juries fairly and im partially. Mr: Serjeant PERRIN took the same view of the bill. It would secure the selection of a better class of jurors, and a more impartial mode of selection. SALE OF BEER LICENSES BILL. On the motion that the Sale of Beer Licenses Bill be now read a second time, Mr. WA itti turrox said the bill was one which seriously affected the industrious classes of ibe community, and others whom hon. members would have no opportunity of consulting upon a mea sure introduced at so late a period of the present session. The bill, it was true, came down from a select committee of the house, but the report of that committee strongly induced him to think that it was highly desirable to defer this bill until the next session of Parliament, for it was at complete variance in many points with the provisions contained in the bill now under con sideration, particularly as regarded the hours at which the beer shops should be kept open, an d ot h er pol i ce regu l at i ons d eta il e d in the report. The advanced period of the session made it im possible that these . points could be provided for in the bill, and he was fully of opinion that much benefit would accrue from deferring legislating on the subject until consideration could be fully given to all the alterations in the present law which the select committee had recommended. lie should therefore move that the bill be read a second time that day six months, and be did so without wishing to press the house to a division, but in the hope the noble lord (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) would see the impracticability of pressing: the bill at present, and would consent to a postponement. Mr. RICE confessed he could not answer the complaint of the honourable member fur Bridport, that the bill had been intro duced at so late a period of the present session, but any delay that had occurred in bringing in the hilt was attributable to the indisposition of his noble friend the Chancellor of the Exche quer shortly after the select committee had made their report. Athnittinwfutly the late period at which the bill was brought forward, he must observe that the honourable member thr Bridport had not dealt fairly with the provisions of this bill, the objects of which were .founded upon the opinion that it was better to fix a tax, even such as that which had been depreca ted, than to leave the granting of licences to the loose arbitrium which prevailed at quarter sessions. (Hear, hear.) The bill had not been introduced on the ground or in consideration of any pecuniary result to the revenue, though he would admit • that this point could not ha a matter of indifference. He also would admit that, with respect to hours and police regulations, it was desirable that the beer-houses should be placed on the same footing as the public-houses, and that an uniformity in this respect should be established. It was for the house to say what, even at this period of the session, should be done with this bill; but, whatever might be the fate of the measure, he was convinced that if the governthent had done nothing with the report of the select committee when laid on the table, they would have been open to obloquy; and if, again, the govern ment had consented to that which was recommended by many magistrates for the regulation of the scale upon which houses should be licensed, the opposition to the measure would have been still stronger. As he had already said, whatever might be the late of this bill, he was unwilling that it should gu forth without the explanation he had offered. (Hear, hear.) Lord ALTHORP said that since the passing of the act respect• ing beer-shops lie had not, owing to his occupation with official business, had an opportunity of acqui:ing practical information on the subject. lie must say, however, that according to all the information which had reached him, it was plain that how ever the statements might be highly coloured of exaggerated in some instances, there could be no doubt that universally, in alt parts of the country, the increase that had taken place in crime had been attributed to beer-shops. ( Hear.) Under such cir cumstances, the question wit's, whether the present system of beer-shops did not require some alteration and regulation. During the last two sessions, though great . cOunPlaints had been made with regard to the effects of the Beer Bid, he (Lord Al thorp) had opposed the making any alteration in it, conceiving that it was dile to it, as an experimental measure, to wait and see whether the evils which were attributed to the operation of it might not ultimately disappear. But now that they had had the benefit of experience on the subject, and that it was found that those evils, instead of diminishing, had -greatly increased, it appeared to him that parliament was bound to provide a re medy by adopting some measure for the better regulation of those beer-shops. He greatly regretted that in consequence of the late period at which the committee that had been appointed on this subject had made their report, the present measure, of government had been brought forward at such an advanced period of the session, that it would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, should it be opposed, to carry itthrough in the present session. He was anxious to state the grounds on which he thought that the yrinciple of this measure should be now affirmed by the house. 'I he committee took a very correct view as to the remedy for ' the evil which now existed, when 'they proposed that the station ' in society of the persons to whom licences for keeping those beer-shops were granted should be raised somewhat above its present level, but the manner in which they recommended the house to arrive at that desirable end appeared to him to be by no means a practicable one. They recommended that the amount of the rate should be made the test for granting or re fusing a licence. Now, it was evident that the same amount of rate in a country district might be much higher in propor tion than a similar amount in a town district, and it was also well known that in different parts of the country the rates were extremely different. He was persuaded that in a great many districts the raising the amount of the licence duty would be attended with the best effects.- He was anxious to see the prin ciple of this bill at all events affirmed by the house on the pre sent occasion, by its assenting to the second reading of it. lie should speak hypocritically if. supposing that there was any opposition to be offered to the measure, he should say that there was any possibility of passing it this session. - All he desired was, that the house would affirm the principle of the bill now, in order that when regulations with regard to beer-shops should be proposed next session, this decision of the house might be appealed to in support of them. It • would be the imperative duty of Parliament to legislate on the subject next session, and by affirming the principle of this bill now, the house would only decide that spme alteration in the law was absolutely necessary. It was on these grounds and for these reasons that he wished 'the house to agree to the second reading of the bill. • The bill was then read a second time and on the motion of Lord Althorp it was ordered to be committed on that day month. ROYAL MARRIAGE ACT. Colonel WILLIAms, in rising to move for leave to bring in a bill to repeal the act of 12th Geo. 111., chap. 11., called an act for the better regulating the future marriages of the royal family, said that his object was to procure the repeal of an act from which, as experience had proved, no good, but much mischief, had followed. Lord ALTIIORP observed that the hon. gentleman had brought forward this motion at an extraordinary late period of the ses sion, and with more business before the house than it could well dispose of. Colonel WILLIAMS said that he had no intention to press the motion if the noble lord would allow the bill to be introduced and read a first time. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL was anxious not to permit the idea to go abroad that the act in question prevented the marriage of members of the royal family with English women. That was a vulgar, but a gross mistake with regard to it. The act provided that no descendant of George 11. should marry any subject without the consent of the reigning sovereign , but if that con sent were given the marriage would be. valid - . The hon. mem ber should he aware that by the common law of England, inde pendently of the Marriage Act, the reigning sovereign had al ways the right to control the marriages of his children and heirs, and of the heir presumptive to the throne. The Royal Mar riage Act only provided that no descendant of George 11. should have a right to marry without that consent. The law of England in that respect appeared to him to be just and salutary. Col. WILLIAMS said, that under the circumstances, he would withdraw his motion.—The house then adjourned at nine o'clock. LANCASTER ASSIZES. NISI PRIUS COURT.—TUESDAY, Aix. 20. Before Mr. Barim BOLLAND aria a Special Jury. LIABILITY. CROMPTON v. THE OLDHAM GAS COMPANY. — This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a pawnbroker, in Oldham, to recover compensation for the injury sustained in consequence of the Oldham Gas and Water-works Company not having, in compliance with the Act of Parliamentnnder which the Com pany is formed, placed fire-plugs and painted upon the walls marks to point them out. Ihe ATTORNEY-GENERAL, Mr. STARKIE, and Mr. TRAFFoRD were for the plaintiff; and Messrs. Powicic, WIGHTMAN, and DUNDAS for the defendants. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated the case to the jury. This was an action of very considerable importance, and affected a principle which may arise in this or any other town. It was, whether or not a person or set of persons, being by an Act of Parliament empowered to do many important acts for the sake of benefitting themselves, they are bound to comply with that Act of Parliament far as it affects the place over which they have those powers. Now by the Act of Parliament the Com pany have power to do a great many acts, and those acts were all to be performed in order to enable them to receive dues and rates for the propagation of water in the town of Oldham, hnd the question was, whether or no it was incumbent on them • to have every thing ready for the purpose, among other things, of the prompt and expeditious extinguishing of fire.— On the 22d of June,lB2s, an Act of Parliament received the Royal assent, entituled " An Act for lighting the town of Oldham, and for the better supplying the town with water."— The act proceeds to constitute a certain number of individuals under the name of the Oldham Gas and Water-works Com pany, for the purpose of carrying into effect the powers con tained in the preamble and title of that act. They had power to purchase property against the will of the owner, to lay down drains for the purpose of supplying the town with water, and were further empowered to take certain rights and dues from the inhabitants of Oldham—those rights and dues being speci fied in the act itself. The 57th clause then proceeds to enact as follows; " Provided always, and be it further enacted, that it shall be lawful for any person or persons whomsoever, at all times to use and employ the water which shall so as aforesaid be contained in any of the pipes or aqueducts of the said com pany, in extinguishing of any lire or fires which may happen at any house or building within the said town of Oldham and the neighbourhood, without making any satisfaction or compensa tion for the same to the said company. or any peyson or persons whomsoever; and that proper fire-plugs, with painted directions or marks on the houses and buildings in the said town and neighbourhood, shall be provided at the expense of the said company, at proper, distances and in convenient parts of the said town and neighbourhood ; and when and so soon as any such fire-plugs shall be finished, the said company shall deliver a key or keys of such fire-plugs at each and every house or place in the said town and neighbourhood wherein any engine shall be kept for the extinguishing of fire." On this clause the present action was founded; and he should prove that at the time the plaintiff's premises were on fire there was no water in the pipe leading along the street called Manchester-street, in Oldham. The complaint, therefore, against the company was, that they had neither fireplugs, according . to the intent and meaning of the act, nor had they any water in the pipes, so that the engines could play and extinguish the fire in the street in question. On the 29th June;. insraSt year, the plaintiff had a house and shop in Manchester-street, Oldham, and carried on business as a pawnbroker and salesman. About twelve months before that the plaintiff lost his wife and female servant, and he had no housekeeper, but a woman came to the house to clean it and cook for him. On that day; which was a Sunday, the plaintiff and a person named Campbell, who was his servant, went out to see some,friends. Campbell returned before it was dark, let himself in with a key which he had, and examined the shop, to see if all was safe, according to custom. He, then, finding his master had not returned, placed a floating light or, the table, in some water, and went to bed. His master returned about ten, awl sat down iu the kitchen, without smelling the fire; but about eleven o'clock the servant was awoke with a very strong smell of fire; it increased; he began to feel alarm, went down stairs and communicated his suspicions to his master,. who accompanied him into the shop, upon opening the door of which they were met by a volume of smoke, and then perceived • that the shop was on fire. The servant ran to the door, gave the alarm, and immediately a vast number of persons collected together, anxious to assist in extinguishing the lire. Two engines were promptlynu the spot, and there was a cry in the crowd tor the fire-plugs, expecting that would be the most ready, the near est, and best supply of water for the purpose; they tried in vain; they could not get at them; they could not discover them; there was no direction to point out their situation. There was no water. There was a small supply of muddy water near, but not enough to bring the engines freely into play. At length, one of the servants of the company came up, and, after groping about sonic time, found the plug, bit there was no water in it, and before any water could be obtained, it was found necessary to open a ping 400 or 500 yards off, the result of which was, that instead of the flames being got under, as they might have been, they extended and did great injury. The plaintiff, shortly before, had taken his 'Stisck, and found the value of it to amount to 1:2b00 on the premises. There was a salvage of .C 200., but the house and shop, which did not belong to him, were con siderably injured; he therefore claimed for his client the sum of £2300, the injury sustained by him in consequence of the neg ligence of the Company. Several witnesses were then called to prove the statement of the learned gentleman, and Mr. Bamford, Agent for the Pro. tector Fire-office, proved that the plaintiff was insured for £llOO, which had been paid to him. Mr. POLLOCK then addressed the jury in a powerful speech of considerable length for the defendants. After remarking on the impropriety of Mr. Bamford's . conduct causing to be paid over to the plaintiff the sum of without obtaining the necessary information, which was of easy attainment, he ob served, that it was for the jury to say whether, instead of his having obtained all the information he could, and whether by the examination of Campbell facts had not come out enough to put the cause out of court. This was a new mode of snaking a water company insurers without pa}ing them any premium, but he trusted his clients would be protected from it,. not only by the law, but also by their verdict. M r . C romp t on h a d al ready received £l4OO, and.the jury would have to say whether it was not out-and-out beyond what claiissige he had :ustaincd. From the evidence of the plaintiff's servant, it turned out i n Au I:ST 23, 1 Sg3. e 9 cross-examination that he had only traded to a very litnt nof tat during the two years previous to the fire, and could.!di man in his conscience say that there was £l6OO worth of on the premises? His learned friend's complaint wo,iogs, whereas the Gas-light Company were bound to find firelto they had neglected to do so. he said, "As you were }On_ it find plugs, you did not do so ; the house. was burnt down;„, contained property to the amount of £2500; there was a sinn of ±:200, and therefore I claim £2300;" but he heard nothing 4.6 the £llOO paid by the fire-office. This was an action in up . ) ff 2 be case, and if no dainag,e had been ained by the Pla ti youd the amount paid by the fire-offic sust e, he contended Oil verdict ought to be for the defendants. Supposing a time the engines arrived, there had been a plentiful suPrd,, of water, and they had lad on the prem i ses and g o l u ld and had succeeded in extinguishing the fire, what ~ e ue, have • been the value of the goods, for it was M elaze? already, that when they arrived the place was in a to f and were the defendants liable for that ? Th e Parliament under which the coin any was framed fur a purpose of supplying the town of Oldham with wa ter. shall because it contained a clause enacting that the public ,rril have it without paying for it, was Mr. Crompton to sa),' , u c oo have more, I'll have pay for the damage I've sustain ed, e ,you have not put plugs down ?" He protested against thestea bffity of the company under such circumstances - he . r °te against the action being mmtnenced at the period; it was .. do , the law he looked for protection from the attempt to ga w r di e t mages from his' clients,: and to the jury he looked for a %..e,roOf to protect his clients It om such a claim_ The burde n of I_l4. was upon the plaintiff; and could th e y b e satisfied with theateit, dence which had been offered ? How could they, looking 4cl say that the plaintiff had suffered one farthing of loss b,)oir the £1100? He therefore sat down with confidence th3t verdict would he for the defendants. The Learned Judge then summed up the case, reserving ir veral points of law for the consideration of the court a bove. op • Th , - Court for a.f:ely .Je jury retired, and after remaining out of CPI , t tilte siderabie time, inf o rm e d hi s l or d s hip that. they were n ot . not, to agree, on which the parti es consen t e d t o w ithdraw " so that each will have to pay his own costs. INSURANCE. „ e tiOn VITTERY AND OTHERS V. HOLLAND.—This was an -- „do , recover the sum of £245 for the f re ight of a q uantity of Of' teri et board a vessel from Terceira to Li v erp oo l, p urs uant to t he of the charter party. r ow e d Mr. VEN AISLES opened the pleadings, and Mre . 7 es JONES stated the case to the jury. Th e plaintiffs, t y 4 ° .fi e ost id e ' at Brixton, in Devonshire; were owners of the brig ~" and the defendant, Mr. Sam. Holland, was a merchant an tr ans'' in fruit at Liverpool, who had been, f or s ome ti m e before t h action in question, connect e d w ith a p erson nam ed Cha ievle importing fruit from the island of Terceira. fu Februa r YWO the vessel in question was chartered for the purpose of hr` rt for fruit from Terceira, of which part was for Challiuor and Pd a tov t the defendant. 'The charter party was originally iuteud e 5 0 , in the names of boa lloiland and Cliallinor, as 11 '°:,, c le from the manner in which it w as d rawn u p, ' but H oil s 'io , being present at the time it was s i gne d, it was road e l atP name of Challinor alone, and the defence to be set up wa%.ret ° Challinor had since become a b a nkrupt th e plaintitls ` s - to look to his assignees for payment, an d th e d e f en dant wa T e 9; free. The charter party bore date on the 3d of FebrtlarYll o o 4 ' it was made between Thomas Reid, master of the MaY to l'e r ; and stipulated that the vessel was to proceed in ballas t 0 0/°, ceira, to take in a cargo of fruit to be delivered in Live L lyitt, the usual rates of freight and primage. The charter Pa' ; A O; signed by Challinor alone, but it would be observed original, the name offlolland was intended to stand allteo that of Challinor, and - the owners of the vessel, who ha,, 1 .0'; had several dealings with Holland and Challinor joint l :i r eirj ing upon the honour of a British merchant, did not reV s igse,; signature of both parties, but thought th a t if Challiuor. v . for Holland it would be quite suffici e nt f or th e i r se,c ur ,!:rl,, o there were any doubt at this moment as t o th e due ne ee a tfr or ' t the cargo, or the amount of freight, th e pl a i n tiffs i've!",,lor, moment ready, as they had always been, t o l e t antii t s merchant settle the dispute. The vessel sailed for Te rc 'ilill ° o ',' a cargo of fruit, the joint speculation of Holland and Choeio);, and, both in Liverpool and London, nothing was more c e ter, amongst dealers in fruit than such speculations, the carg. e aP ! divided according to the shares, and the parties being )131 . liable to the owners. of the vessel for the freight. 'C lu e flower sailed for Terceira, and returned with a cargo e. o ptili j ' but, in the meantime, Challinor, without the slightest 'e', tion tion on his chaiacter, had become involved in ditlietil t ;Oi, c the plaintiffs, who had a lien on the cargo for the freight' 00 1 :i amounted to .E 245, besides primage, amounting to 1 .'',401„ refused to deliver the goods until they had some sec'',;bo; r i p i aj r n e ie d i:t t . hen f l' w h ,r e a d e ef i c h n e d f a o n il t ow H i o n l g ta l n e d tt w er is t l o iing uap tl t i a e in ca n rg e d id t :', o 9 sl " of the Mayflower : — V, 11 S ,—Mr. Charles Ch a lli nor h av i ng contracte d w ith til e ' g r flower to bring a cargo of fruit, I hereby undertake to iieg' swerable to you f or the freight agreed up on b y M r . G° according to the terms of the charter party.-1 7 aur ... ,s k , g'j, Liverpool, 11th J une , 18.31. S ANIL. 1-I°L-.3,3j'ep On the receipt of thi s guaran t ee th e f ru it was d e livere d D e , as the freight h a d no t b een pa id , t h e present act i o n h a te brought to recover it, though the plaintiffs did not wiskeeig single shilling more than their due, and were still 'A i e ler,A refer the question to the decision of any merchant or br to, t 7 Liverpool. The proposition to refer not being acceded o ,j case roceeded The first witness called was Mr. p Edward . Dashford Glynn, of the firm of John G.),liof, Co., ship-brokers, at Li ver p oo l. B e f ore M r . Gl ynn wa s ,,` - t k sr d to give evidence, M r . WIGHTMAN, for the defendant, P' f 61)' ‘ . ral questions to him, with a view to show that the house ° j ol t and Co. were principals in the action, and had give n bet tions to the plaintiff's a tt orne y ; b u t as i t appea red i 3 c, o house with which the witness was connected had nier e 'i o e l ', as the agents for the plaintiff s th roug h ou t th e t r ansact testimony was deemed ad m i ss ibl e , and the examille t l o ij r l :l: ceeded. He stated that the fi rm had acted as agents je owners of the Mayflower for m any y ears , an d h a d rda lL ea o o , ings with Holland and Challi nor co nj o i n tly. After i'V e flil lf to the chartering of the vessel by Challinor, on accoun t ` , 01,, self and Holland, he stated th a t on th e arr i va l o f the 3-L 3 e6 at Liverpool, before d e li ver i ng th e cargo , h e sen t the ' fe d i ; Thos. Reid, to Holland, to snake 'inquiries about th e i hef ° ' l l and received by the eaptai4. a letter from , Holland, on,"leP t i of which he deli vere d th e car g o . Ile knew the del e [ te o hand-writing, and c ou ld swear t h a t th a t l e t ter was wrr him. The freight amounted to £245, besides prirnage• ete r,';i Mr. Sergeant JONES here proposed to put in the he'aroo, Mr. WIGHTMAN,Ipr the defendant, objected to it, on the,fjefl'i, that, as as it was not stamped, it was not admissible in e , s pr ell!, r ; After a long argument, his lordship decided that the le t ,;(11 1 :ii! not be admitted, and asked the learned sergeant who e iboo'" the case for the plaintiffs whether he could not go on do 10 Mr. Serjeant JONES,—" Yes, my lord, but we shout" t be better with it. (A laugh.) You swear (addressing ~,dOV ness) that that letter was in the handwriting of the defe'sr Witness,—" Yes." Mr. Seijeaut Jones,—"And you o ve alTio Mr. Holland is a merchant of Liverpool?" Witness,l oot Mr. Serjeant Jones,—" I hope that a cas e lik e this pt stopped by an objection about a stamp." gull Mr. Charles Challinor was then called, but Mr. asv ' objected to his tiring examined, on th e groun ds that li, e 1 01)! interested party, that under the 127th section of the va act, he was still liable to have any future property s ei nee assignees, and that if he c o uld sa ddl e thi s d e bt on the ug er e) he would release himself from half the responsibility IP he still stood.—After a long argument, his lordshieot°a l the objection, but took a note of it.—Mr. Challinor to e t teti ,t if 0 that in Feb. 1831, he had an adventur e to T er ceira, ' l O9, the joint account of himself and Mr. Holland. H e , ael viously had joint spe cu lati ons w ith M r . H o ll an d to ti l . e e iti,) of several thousand p oun d s . Th e vesse l sa il e d u pon t' a or g , , account. There was a charter party. [Mr. Wigh, W ,t;ellZ called for the production of the charter party, but li r. „.ll o ' 3 lt Jones said that as his learned friend had made so to t % cantile objections, he would probably object to the chd'a e e rq,ill also, and declined leroducing it.j The voyage was O °T,l on their joint account. The Mayflower returned fron t ool'il) on the Bth June. About the 12th of that month, afte r o r) pi! had undertaken to give the guarantee, he (Mr. Challicevton, Holland's assent, tendered Co Mr. Glynn Holland's a c o es t l t' for £l4O, and £3O in cash, for primage, &c., as P 3,1 , 1001. the balance due under the charter e party. Messrs. ` - ‘ l ,;th ° ,i! Co. declined taking the bill, and it was returned ` r sot.'i: fendant, who remarked on this:that as he was the y e t ii"„o i r: guaranted the payment, the plaintiffs might have t a ' e :,:ec ° l ; By the JUDGE.—There was no dispute about the „V i e If he had tendered money instead of the bill, the aec e ' v ed , r ge. have been settied so far as the defendant was co ncer e s3y l he (witness) would have been liable to the o ther an d He (witness) became a bankrupt in October, 1 83 , 1 4 0 0' (id twice previously made an arrangement with his creo fr eoe hie The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, in answer to an ohj et ioci e A Mr. WIGHTMAN, Said that the defendant had first l e self liable under a guarantee to a payment for wh ic ol o'! re cl person was previously liable, and then tendered the Li! e ( which he had so become liable. He must theref°, l ,rit A , verdict for the plaintiff for £2/15, the amount claimed/0(n reserving the points urged by the counsel for the de'_ e , co' Verdict for the plaintiff—damages £245, subject tu to f: TRESPASS. WRIGHT v BARKER.—This was an action norm - e tkr, • th cover damages for a trespass, but in reality to tr y tro elvd about thirty acres of marsh land, situated near Car head of Morecambe Bay, lying on the sea shore, and e4 r. e t ", covered in part by high spring tides. The plaintiff, ' Y os t, iO 4 Wright, of Liverpool, claimed by purchase from th e ,es!,`" l 6:4 Mr. Adams, in the year 1828, and several old men , 1 1 1,i the neighboilehood, were called to prove that si" c i ou various owners had grazed the marsh in queitior,l ip, pl stray cattle, and exercised all the' rights of owne l9 ,o° a trial of several hours' duration, the jury found 1 .03 tiff, damages one shilling, thus establishing the righ t- / WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2.1. i f'. A EJECTSIk.NT. .1k,'01170) V , MILLINGTON AND ANOTHER V. THONIPSON AN- t he t, a r This was an issue from th e Court of Review to trYlivel:oo of a mortgage deed, b e tw ee n J a m e s Hudson, a I)4 , e rci l a Messrs. Robert and Willi a m Mill s 'Millington, „ s el l s the town of Manchester. , 0 11 ;0°1 Messrs. PO LL OCK, ALEXANDER, and BLISS Nc'e r- , r s• 's ld the plaintiffs, and the A TTORNEY-GENEVAL and 3 1 1 tb 3t , e fti MAN and BRAND T for the d e f en d an t s . - It a ppeare c he u t,ioc son named James Hud son , a ca li co p r i n t er i n Md ° , l 4(ill,i who printed for the pl a i n tiff s t o a cons iderable 9 5r e several sums of money advanced to him by the Me go , 0 1 '0' 1 1' ton to a considerable a mo unt; that, as a securitY son gave them a mortgage deed of certain premises jeo. ', l 1832, Hudson - became bankrupt, and it was eonten“ c ot P te/ deed was void in consequence of usury having b ee . l o i tii'M by the plaintiffs, Messrs. Millington. A regular t l iN ti)• action was carried on between Hudson an the gea 0 who advanced him a variety of - sums of nioneY' o ot.,i6 4i generally indebted to them to a considerable P ie r?, payments made in cash a discount of 5 per ceet lie ( o e 1-1- per cent.liremium charged. The case for t i lte o l 3 was, that before and up to the time of exeo n ' , r oll e ,y) interest was charged both en the principal so l , l ee 00, count, and on the premium which was added tociaileeoly Hudson. A reat number of witnesses were i t ol f tl/ 4 sides, and the" ause lasted the entire day. Th%ity° found for the plaintiff, thereby establishing the vat' ij er of e of' JO [A press of matter obliges us to omit soul sti r which we had prepared, but which shall aP next.] _ . o ° ol'4 i t CORRUPTING UNUSI , A WORDS.--A person ve rf pidly does not, most probably, see more than 1 , , , 50 0 1 , .01 0/ portion of the letters, or even of the words, vow fi i l 7 oj ogil a glance he apprehends: this is proved by til„ e ' l l analyse the orthography of any .new or unto'iT ie occurs. A steam-boat on. Loch Lomond bore t off eo of - Euphrosyne, which the Highlanders regolar t l ,; i;el 4 ,if the Hugh Fras e r. A ver y pi ous p ur itan, 1 "; t" bis,: o . 44 Holborn, in Crom w ell' s tinac , , put as a motto s* fi;', ol/ encosnpasseth us." In the coarse of years t o secb i jel ti obliterated ; and w h en it came to be rel ic its treacherous recolle c ti o n of those amongst wh" lt 'a was ren - leinbesed, it was entitled, "The - Goat I'4o l ' (e'v r f, a blazonry being given to suit the motto. In o f th .e ,J 4 o l ( a farm, which, hum standing nn the limits . I'o et ground of the boar hunt, near StAndrew' s 9 f tia a pl o t appellation Apri Cursus. This, in proccs (), ac o i t corrupted into Upper Gurus; and then, to iitn'opf its now name, the next farm - lower ttorn the Nether Gurus.