The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-06-11 00:00:00

INUNDATION.

11111110 LT OS, pule S.
On Friday evening, it b to rain, and con.
nued almost incessantly ttilfaid
Saturday afternoon,
about five o'clock. fn consequence of the great fall,
the roads, in several paces, became impassable
On the road near Kimbolton Turnpike, a man en-
deavouring to pass on horseback, the stream over •
powered his horse, and the rider providentially
caught hold of th- branch of a treo, where he re-
mained, till a rope was thrown to him, to which he
fastened himself, and was drawn biota his perilous
situat ion.

At Great Naughton, a village about 4f miles
from Kiinholton, towards London, a Mali, teiGna-
ing to a Grocer, .411 GAznanchester, won hid
been to Kimbi.ltoo. with articles in that line, nn his
return in the evening, before dark, in attempting to
pass the bridge, the stream overpowered Avis .e,
and man and horse were both drowned ; a dray
passed about the same time, but, from the • superior
strength of the horses, get safe.
The Oandle coach could not proceed farther than
Limbolton. on Saturday evening ; and this morning
waited two hours after their usual time of setting
out from thence, preceded by a man on horse-
back, and the Master of the White Lion Inn, lead-
ing the fore-horses. The water at Stonely, one
mite from the town, was four tees high. The town
of Kimboltnn was nearly under water, this morning,
at six. It is supposed a Mr. Palmer, a tanner, in
the %irk-street, will sustain damage to the amount
of SOL The ground-Saws of must of the houses
were under water.

Several places on the North mai were covered
with water for a mile together; near Girrtord-
Btidge. the %tier w.a, part of the way, Ora feet
inchei high.
'Ch.• (kindle each arrived at the Gyirge and
Blue Bear, Holhorn, at twelve at night, tire hours
atter the n sal time.

It WU reported at Biggleswale. that the town
Bedford was nearly all uadr► water. by the orer-
Cwang of the Ouse. wbich runs through the town.

JURY COLCLUUGN, ESCI.

The death of John Colelough, Esq. of the county
of Wexiord, has excited so universal a eensation of
sorrow, that we should net fulfil she duty we owe
to the public, were we to omit the opportunity of
' paying our sincere tribute of esteem to the memory
of a man dear to freedom, to liberality, and to be •
nevelenee. The spirit waists wauld harm seise our
people, and render them happy arid noised, was the
impulse of his condisat, and the stimulator of his
activity. As loyal as any man, he considered Vie
protection of the poor, and the shielding the fe.-l-
ings of the peasant, against the malignity of party.
End the ascendancy of m inopoly, as the most faith-
Pial performance of his elle* vice to his Sovereign,
end the certain and invincible defence of the em-
pire. His ambition was to make men loyal through
tie medium of their affe..9-.ns--to snake t :.w the
vindicattor, and not the pasecuter of an u- ..lng
country—to put down a party, and to rate of
people, His whole life was diredted to this great
and glorious pursuit, and even the last moments of
his existence asserted the sights of his countrymen to
the free anti .dependent exercise of their elettive
franchise. As a public charaaer we wish to con-
sider him ; as such we knew and admired his prin-
ciples, which, at a period like the present, am the
' best calculated to heal the wounds of a long-sitffer-
sing nation.. His private charatter was m nired with
all mine amiable virtues which insured the sift...lion.
1 and no* call forth the tears of his ataiifted family ;
but the hold which be had of the hearts of his coon-
trynt-n was CO strong, their zeal for his exaltation so
warm—their deep and melan :hole sorrow for his
fete are tne best rvi loners of his value, and the un-
erring stwidard of his 1,154. When the creatures of
party aad bigotry shall moulder in the dm, un-
heeded and forgotten, patnoti.us will be found
m eirning over his tomb t and the tears of an unpto-
tened peasantry will be ‘en, to fill for him who
heed and died in their detene... We hope that is
woo nn y succeed to his estates, may also succeed CO
his virtues and to its eotaraeter ; and when aboo: to
quit th e. transkowy seine. tear he, like his eeeeilent
predecessor, demand to the grave wish the blessings
of his countrydiedl-•-f Diae goe,iiej earl

The King of Prussia spares Ilts pains to restore
harm ny between Sweden and Russia ; it is said
that the Emperor Alexander has made proposals of
accommodation to His Swedish Majesty.
We are informed that the Kiag of Saxony has
consented to the convocation of the diet of his states t
but the period at which this gen,ral meeting is to
be assemhled, is not known. The Signs Minister
is incessantly occupied with the establishment of a
new system of finance.
Several small states in the North of Germany
have been admitted into the Confederacy of the
Rhine. They are to furnish their contingents for
the Grand Army.
One day last week, a boy, named STARLIT, had
the esidortnne to fall from a considerable height. in
a chesnut tree, to the ground, by which accident
both his arms were broken at the wrists; but a Mr-
geon having been immediately procured, the file.
tures were reduced, and the youth is in a fair way of
recovery.
Some tew days ago, a man went frog Dalling-
ton. to Hellingly, to be married, but not being
provided with a certificate of the Wan. brei.l7, been
regularly published, the Minister era tin,i, r the.
necessity of postponing the wedding *id the follow-
ing day, not thinking it posiible that the man could
return in time, Si, great a distance, en foot. for the
performance of the cerem soy sooner. He was,
however. deter mined to make the attempt, and
after pulling oil his hat, and committing it to the
care of his intended bride, started from the church-
yard, at full speed. and returned to Hellingly 20
minutes before twelve, completing a distance of
nearly 20 miles, in ritadtly two hours and S 5 mi-
nutes, to the grer iy of the betrothed damsel, who
anxiously waited his arrival, which had no sooner
taken place, than a congratulatory salute was ex-
changed, when the fond coast- repaired to the
Hymeneal altar, and were ro4Je happy. The bride-
grooll is small of stators, abut 25 years of age,
and, of course, must have been wholly unpr•pared
for nab e iodate:las seterprtre.

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LAW INTELLIGENCIL

COURT .01r Ct4.III4CRAT, fuss 10.

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CITY of LONDON agolost &wriest° sad ANOTHER
ASSIONITS of NICNOL A 4 Toggle. • Beeksolef•
In thisuase, which the Cu A sleaze°, stated to be
quite new, there being no case cited at the bar, nor
'whin his Lordship's knowledge, east ly in point,
nor even :Like to it, he gave judgment elaborately,
this day, against tle• ':ity of London, as we yester-
day anticipated se- • . h- the result, fr im the points
suggested during Argornew, by the Court.
He grounded his judgment, no, merely on the lapse
of time, in nut renewing or tendering a lease fir a
renewal to the lessors, on the ternsineri et It Om
original I fAse of 173 G, but also on the ci.com.
stance of e City having sold the premises demised
to them by the first lease, and along with them other
premises, the property of Mr. Gennon, the lessor,
not included in such original demise, to the Com-
mittee of Biackfriars' Bridge, in the y'ar 1760. its
violation of their covenant wit's Mr. Gennen,
without c tiling upon Mr. Tunic- to consent. It
appeared, that the City had passed a Bond e,f In-
demnity to the Bridge Committee, for the sum of
60001. to secure the Colltmittee against the chine of
Turner ; and that the City had, in 1775, «ono it
their hill against the mother of Turner, for a spe-
cific execution of the original covenant, instead of
following uo the earns, Abel fined it, and *sec: toed
a lease fawn her, who had only a life estate in the
whole. and a reversionary right to her heirs of one
moiety only, without any regard to the present Mr.
Turner's right to the other moiety, upon step-
mother's deceits, (he being a son by a frirm•e erfly-
riAge). 'lbis leas?, from :sirs. Tamer, is 1775,
wet in the same wieds, and with the same cave.
giants as that of 1766, notwithstanding the total
change of the state of the premises, fifteen years pre-
vinus to the latter lease, and the sale of them ander
the A& of Parliament, in leto, to the Bridge Com-
mittee. This latter lease, said his Lordship. was
utterly impossible to be crecuted, or Lifted u'sd-r,
and it was made so by the City themselves, wham
ads in this case were irrecnncileable with law or
reason, nor did the acceptance of rent cure it. They
came here, praying an impossibility, by their pre-
sent Bill, for a specific execution of a centre.%
which they toemselles had rendered utterly impos-
sible ever to be afted upon He ordered the in-
Junaion, obtained by the Plaintiff., to tie dissolved,
and that they s'iould pay all costs.
eaowsz cad ANITHAR ogoi•at Sloe GOYS/DION ad
courasy of 14e 'Aim of atiozasin.
In this Cali, Joshua Browne and John ruzeerald,
mariners, filed their Bill against the Governor aod
Company of the Bank of Engle-11, and. stg,iinst a
Mr. Caaernajor, the Priz- Agent, state 4 to have
purchased of the Bulk, •tock to tie amount of one
million sterling, the value of bu'lloe and nuiiiisn-
Wei captured by the Plaintiffs and others, cn hoard
the brae privateer, in the year 1745 This 3111
prayed a discuvery f a I ale sum of Lid, money,
rempt4og in the Batik undistributed, under a form
dier:e, to which the Mil itiffs were not parties, nor
.ictiteArted with the proceedings thereon. the
•t.ited, thatthe Plaintiffs bad embarked ender a,
contrafl to receive a proportionate share of the
captures, and that they bad nu pay or wAges ; that
they had captered bullion and boilien.bars to the
amount, of one indlion r.gthig ;.ied it wit alguel
that the wren., Mr. CassernAjor, tour! S;O: avail
himself of t ie lapse of time, 'icy years, which wags
by a demurrer fii•-1 by tne Defendants against the
bill in this cause, contended to be a tsar to the re-
lief or discovery prayed for ; it was contended for
the Plaintiffs, too, that a Trustee, such as the Prise
Agent was in this came, ougstt net ee be allowed
the benefit of the Statute of Limititions, bi idy
andlegy, in the Court of Chancery ; another objec-
tion.was, that the bill eras filed on their own berialf
only, and net on behalf of themselves and others, '•
whereas all parties interested should be brought be-
fore the Court ; it was also cbjese.l, that the Plain-
tiffs might, under the former decree, obtain all they
prayed for here, and that their bill stated no pro.
seeding at law pending, or interded to be begun.
and that teere lay no anion for them in any shape.
Mr. Hatt' stated, that toy fie aid of a discove. y
by this bill, they might mai emirs an station fir money
had and received to their use against Mr Crew-
major, who stood charged in the bill with con-
tinuing to receive. by representation, the dividends
of the money remaining in Bank.
`The Loan CNANCSI.LOII considered it like a bill
filed to discover the persons against whom Atwater
bill NU to be filed. and allowed the uenaume.

COURT OF KING'S Wastsicrstag, Juva ii.

The ATTORIere•GB &&&&& applied for a waiter
Certiorari, on behalf of Mr. lain Crandall. to re-
move the d•cision of a question from the Court of
Quarter Session for the criuwy of Middlesex, into
tail Court. under the followiag circumstances :
In the year 1774, Mr. Crundell, the Coitiphs nant.
was appointed by the Magistrates of she county of
Middlesex, under the Aft of the 14th of Geo. lilt.
Surveyor of the Distriets of Paddington, St. Pan-
cras, and St. Lake's, Chelsea ; and had continued
in that office ever since, until the tith of February
last, when he received a letter from the Clerk of
Peace for Middlesex, direeing him to produce be-
fore the .I.tsticen. on a certain day, an account r 4
all the buildings ar.d partymalls. kc. within lys
&stria. lb answ,red respeettully, that sack a
account wis not required of him by the Statute ;
and, therefore. not teAing himself bound to famish
it. declined doing so. On the 9th of M trth fol.
• • ...lg. an order was made on this Gentleman, by
the Justices at Sessions. that he should attend, and
shim cause shy he should not be .tismissed from
his splice of Surveyor. fie accordingly attendee,
and gave the best reasons in his power, for not
complying with their former request ; notwithstand-
ing which, they dismissed aim. By the 68th Sec-
tion of the Aift, th. Magistrates had the power of
appointing a Sirs '•ynt at pleasurz, and dismissing
him, in case of misconduet. Ibis Gentleman felt
himmif much anzieved and irjurfil, and wished
to bring the matter under their Lordsh:7s' considee.
mini), conceiving he was improperly dismissed.
Lord 14tt aitaoitenom—e• U.ies the Order of the
Might: ate* len. discharged litrit, state. that it was
RH' tnioropercoodna AT so ass x-Clasanat.
atrivered is the affirmative.
Ayr. Totems saa.i. that be wee instrieN4 is tba