The National Register.
London, England, 1815-06-04 00:00:00

.e.

364

•K 41111‘11.4116

11.1,01.111140pmeidliViti

them. Well acquaint,d with the code of husbands, he explained
that were their rights ; he relied upon the authority of M. Fournel,
who, with more law than gallantry, observes, ' that the husband has
* right to open the letters of his wife.' This work ought to be in the

kinds of every postman, an i every dealer in love in Paris. The
se, and objection arose, according to M. Berryer, from a rcconciliaticn
Itairing taken place ; but M. Parquin maintained this was not the case.
Be allowed that it was true the Colonel went after his wife to Pont
Audemer, and that the same carriage brought them back side by side ;
that when Estelle paid him a visit at St. Denis with her aunt, that
he invited them to dinner, and even conducted them back to Paris :

but the silence of the Colonel to all the letters of his wife, proved de-

sidedly that nothing could change his mind. And in fact, of the five
characters which constitute a reconciliation, not one could be proved.
Finalty, that the confession of the Colonel did not prove bigamy, as
the explanation he (Mr. P.) had given of that circumstance, must be
satisfactory. He terminated by expressing his regret that the brilliant
talents of his adversary should be employed in so bad a cause ; and
Berryer, with the politeness that graces the French bar, might
also reply, that Colonel H. could not regret having chosen M. Par-
quin for his counsel. Upon the whole, the pleading of M. Parquin
ag acute, methodical, and always decent. This business presents to
the public curiosity an episode, that some malicious readers, who are
always ready to doubt the veracity of what they read in a public jour-
mai, may very easily call a romance. M. Berryer replied as is custo-
mary with advocates who have no good masons to offer ; the talents of
the pleader must then make up ter the weakness of his cause, and well
did M. B. fulfil this task. He preduced the objections which formed
the basis of his cause, and made as much of them a.! was possible.
M. Parquin replied in a few words : he sported with the advantage
which the nature of his defence gave him. Although we may cen-
se-de:late Madame W . . . upon having chosen M. Berryer for her
advocate, we cannot pay the same compliment to that eminent coun-
aellor.—The Cause is postponed to Tuesday, to hear the opinion of
11.de Manchangy, the Imperial attorney.

It is with regret we inform the public of its being the in-
tention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to persist in an
arrangement made with the deputies of some Country New-
papers, viz. to lay an additional duty of 6d. on advertisments,
and of one halfpenny on the paper. It will, we are confi-
dent, injure individuals, without benefiting the revenue—it
will cramp the only f; ee press in Europe, at a time when ad-
ditional
facilites and encouragement ought to he given to it.
We had hoped to have. announced measures by which the
English prints might have been circulated more widely over
the whole Con,inent, and thus have afforded an antidoe to
the bane of the French press. Our hopes are diappointed. •
The little circulation they have there will soon be done
away altogether. The Fiend) press will have no competitor
on the Continent, and we know that Bonaparte will view
this in the light of a victory.— (Courke )
Sunday morning, arrived at Shithead, the Fiend) ship La
tabiole, from Mai tinique, hound to Bou►deaux, laden with
sugar and coffee, detained on the Ist instant, in the Bay of
Biscay, h) his Majesty's ship Menai, Captain Pell. La Ba-
biole, is of Soo tons burden, and valued at 30,0001. an- has
not vet been released.
Of a!! disorders to which the human frame it liable, there
are note but what ma be ascertained by the appearance of
the urine, nothing can de a greater proof of this curious fact
than tlie ono,her of painful, lingering, and dangerous dis•
eases that have been cured by the celebrated 1)r. Cameron,
that is con,ulted every day from eleven o'clock till three, at
No. 84, Wells Street, Oxford Street, and who practices
etr-
tirely from his obselvations on the above fluid.

•

SEWERS RATE OP SURRY AND KENT.

TO THE'EDITOR OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

. .
Ste—The Sewers rate ft r the parish of St. George's, SbatL
walk, is now demanded at one shilling in the pound on th
tack-rent. This rate appears to a number of the inhabitants
excessive, and they suppose most fall with equal weight ol
all the other parishes, comprising from East Mouldry,
Surry, to Ravensbourne, in Kent. The inhabitants of all
those parishes have a right to know how this large sum is dir
posed of, before they suffer it to be extracted out of the,
pockets.. It is a well known fact, that the Borough High,
street, is always inqundated and rendered impassable to for
passengers during any heavy fall of rain, for the want of
proper sewer ; the same inconveniences are felt in other r
riches. It is a duty which the inhabitants of Southwark ex
pest their representatives to perform, and which ix equall
incumbent on the members of Surry and Kent, to inquir
and inform them bow this rate is disposed of, in the san
manner as Mr. Whitbread in Parliament noticed the con
duct of the Commissioners of Sewers for the Finsbury die
trict, who would render no account, nor suffer their books t
he inspected. Auditors for each parish and Commissione,
should be appointed by the inhabitants to inquire into the
disposal of this money. In all probability the trustees of th,
Bridge house estates may be able to give the public sow,
explanation, how far this rate is legally to be demanded, ,
their estates are considerable in this parish, or perhaps sorn,
of your correspondents, having a fellow feeling against ex
tortion, may satisfy, your's, Mr. Editor,

May 26, 1015.

AN INHABITANT.