The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-12-20 00:00:00

THE SCRIVELSBY ESTATES.

A writ of right has been commenced by Dymoke
Wells, Esq. against Lewis Dymoke, Esq. to reco-
ver possession of the Scrivelsby estates, in this
county, with their appendages, oil the ground that
the same were illegally devised by Lewis 1)31101:e.
Esq. late of Serivelsby, who died in the year 17(50,
to Edward Dymoke, Esq. the grandfather of the
present posaessor, he not having such) power, the
complainant (Wells) being the heir general of the
family. The question wholly rests on a point of
law, and the construction of an ancient Act of Par.
!lament, how far it may or may not operate on a
grant previously made by the Crown. On Mon.
day, the 6th inst. Mr. Wells petitioned the House
of Lords, in terms of which, the following is a
copy:—(Stamford Paper.)
"To the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in RirLaineeit
assembh d. the humble Petition of Dymuke Welk, Fsq.
sheweth, 'rhat your petitioner is the heir general of Yhatp
de Marmyon, as has already in effect been pros eel iu the
proceedings on the petition of Lewis Dymoke, Fey. upon his
claim fur the barony of Marmyon before your Noble and
Honourable House. That your petitioner has beta advised
to institute his writ of right against the said Lea is Dy-
moke the claimant, in his Majesty's Court of Common Pleas
at Westminster, in order to recover the Serivelsby and other
estates, wrongfully devised by the Honourable Lewis Dy-
moke, of Scrivelsby, who died in the year MO. That your
petitioner can prove to year Lordships' satisfaction, that
Edward Dymuke, your petitioner's ancestor, was the nest
eldest brother uf Sir Charles Dymuke who served the office
of Champion to his Majesty King James the Se I;
and that the said Lewis Dymuke, the claimant, was de-
scended from Jobs D,moke, the youngest brother of the
said Sir Charles Dymuke. That in the report of your Lord-
ship.' House sitting in judgment on the claim of the
said Lewis Dymoke the claimant, your petitioner tiuils
the following observation That quest. of a very
difficult solution may Ow arise iii the disseicin of land to
which a dignity may be supposed annexed ; at least until
all the remedies which the law has give. ou diastisius shall
have been barred by the statutes of limitations of aetions,
that no decision ought to be maile:—Your petitioner there-
fore humbly prays your Lordships will be pleased to suspend
all further bearing on the said claim of Lewis Dymoke, the
claimant, until your petitioner shot; have obtained a decision
on the said writ of tight ; and your petitioner humbly hopes,
and is advised, that he shall he able to chew that the
Scrivelsby estate- is exempted from the effects of the Act
passed iu the 14th yea► of his Majesty King Charles IL,
and is strictly reserved for personal services done to thee
Crown ; so that your petitioner submits that gin flue or
alienation can affect the same; and that the said estate, as
well as the honours sled dignities thereto attached, arc the
hereditary rights of your petitioner—And your petitioner
shall ever pray, &e.
(Signed) " DYMOKE ITELLS."
The petition was recorded in the usual way, and
in this stage the affair remains at present.

Ships in port at Plymouth—
/a Hainoaze—Windsor Castle, Impregnable, Tribune,
Shamrock, and Fox.
Retiree* Island and Nrairt.—Dwarf, and Active.
Catwater—Prins Frederick, Vanderwerft, and Courier,
Dutch.
Is the Sound—Spartan, and Lee.
Ships in port at Portsmou►h—
At Spithewt—Lesailer, Liffey, Camelcon, and Malook.
In the Ilarbour—Queen Charlotte, KansilieN
Vigo, Maims, Brazen, Favourite, Tamar, Raleigh, Fetter,
Clinker, and Weymouth.
On Tuesday night the Minix, from Copen-
hagen, with a valuable cargo, bound fur St. Croix,
was totally wrecked near North Yarmouth, and the
crew unfortunately perished.
The work of retrenchment, it is said, is about to
be carried into further effect in several of the Offices
under Government. According to report, however.
it is principally to fall on the junior clerks. At the
Victualling-office. 12 or 15 individuals of this de-
scription have received notice that their services will
be dispensed with at the end of 'the present year;
from which it may be inferred, that a great diminu-
tion in the public business has taken place. None
of these unfortunate clerks are, it is reported, to
have any permanent allowance for past services. al-
though some of them are represented as having been
eight and nine years in their situations.
PARLIAMENTARY BOROIIGH9.—It appears from
a list of the Boroughs which were represented in
the Parliaments 23d and 26th EDWARD I. but
have long ceased to enjoy that privilege, that BA-
siugstoke, Alton, Alresford, and Overioo, in [loots,
then retu►ued Members; as did also Tiiiibridge, in
Kent ; Bradford, Wilts ; Axebrugg, Somerset;
Blantlford, Dorset ; and Sutton and Ashburton,
Devon. FORTESEVE, who wrote in the reigii.of
lIEN RY VI. says, that the House of Commons then
consisted of 300 chosen men; and Mr. Wir.Lts,
iu
his Noriria Porbantentoria, rays, that from the
reign of EDWARD I. to EDWARD VI. not 30 new
Boroughs were created.
On Monday evening last, immediately after the
meeting at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand,
W. W. COBRETT was arrested by one of the Mid-
dlesex Officers, for a debt contracted previous to
his departure from this country. He was subse-
quently hailed by Mr. HUNT, and Mr. Daum, the
publisher of his Register..