The National Register.
London, England, 1821-08-05 00:00:00

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That it appears by toe evidence adauced to your commit-
tee, Ihit the master of the (:roue ()dice, and the person
officiating as Master on the Plea Side of the Court of King's
Broch, have availed theinselv.s of the limited extent of the
Special Jury Book, and of the circumstance of its having
beeu out of the custody of the Sherill, and held in the hands
of the °dicers of the Court for weeks together, so us to ac-
quaint themselves with its contents. us may have enabled
them to make a selection dea ructive of the purity of" Trial
by Jury," and highly injurious to the personal liberty of the
subject.
That your committee having understood from one of the
clerks of the secondaries, that some important information li
might he obtained from a Mr. I). Walker, then and for many
years previously, a clerk in the Secoodary's Office, and who
was confined by illness to his room, and is now no more, di-
rected one of its Members to wait upon him, and take a pro-
prrly authenticated report of his dying test' y; by which
it appears that application had been made by the solicitor
of the Treasury to know the political sentiments of a jury
appointed to try a cause to which the Croon was a party;
That Mr. Collingridge being then trim home, the messenger
disclosed to the said Mr. Walker the of of his mission;
and in cobsequenee of this information, your committee
again examined Mr.Cullhytidge, wboalthough he had pre-
viously denied all knowledge of such or airy other coinattu-
nication from the solicitor to the Treasury, or any pt rson on
his behalf, was compelled to admit that be had received a
letter or letters from the said solicitor to the Ticasury, re-
lative to some jury appointed to try an is-ue joined between
the Crown and an individual for libel: he could not, how.
ever inform your committee the date of such application, the
partit ular care, sr jury, to which it alluded, nor the subject
to which it referred; your co iiiiii Bice therefore, front the
circumstance of the said letter having been destroyed, added
to the defective memory of a responsible officer of your Hu-
unto able Court, is unable to disclose the contents of a docu-
ment, as appears to your committee, alike reprehensible and
important. . . .

That your committee have examined various acts of par-
liament and other documents relative to the qualiiicatinus,
the mode of nontionting and appointing of jurors in general,
and of special juries in particular ; and now tike lease to
animal to your honourable eau'( the result of their labours,
as futuishin: the basis of an arrangement which your com-
mittee w ill have to propose to the adoption of the Court,
as the means best calculated to prevent the administration of
the jurisprudence of that city from being placed in the laiods
ot persons who may a court to It for (hair private emolument;
and to present an effectual barrier to the encroachments of
the crown upon the liberty of the subject, through the me-
dium of the must glorious of our institutions " the Trial by
Jury.'
It appeats to your committee that the corporation of the
city of London have immemorially exercised the inestimable
privilege of regulating the le of 111111 l i l luting mid vu 1111 l ton-
al their freemen as jurors to serve in and for the city,
.thout acknowledging nay folcign influence, or bring Ml6*
ject to any control, excepting as regards the qualification of
the person so to be nominated and appointed, which has been
from time to time settled ano determined by divers acts of the
Parliament of England, as by a reference to the said acts
will more fully appear.
Hy an act of the said Parliament made anti passed in the
II ib year of the reign of King Henry V I 1., the qualification
of citizens to be returned to serve on trials it a petty nature
in the Courts of the said city, wits fixed and deternatted at
40 marks in lands, tenements, or goods and chattels, and
the qualification of citizens to be returned in like man-
ner to serve in the said Coots on actions in which the
qucation at issue was of n greater value than 40 marks, was
Sized at 100 marks also in hods, tentaneuts, or goods and
chattels; and by an act of Parliament made and passed iii
the tomtit year of the reign of King Henry VIII., ca 3, it
was enacted, " That the Sheriffs of the city of Lowly°
should return in panels nod at rays in all actions depending or
to dep,tid in any of the King's courts before himself in his
bench, and before his justices of the common bench, and also
in his exchequer, pet AIMS being citizens, baying goods to the
value of 100 marks und above, to try the issues joined
within the said city, and that such jurors should be duly
sworn to try the sauce;" which said act was further coo
ezpl: al and enfoiced, by a cei tails other act of
Parliament made and passed in the 5111 year of the reign of
lain.; Henry VIII., cap. 5, and by a certain act of the
nil) or, alder men, and lily of the said city, made
and passed 00 16rY0t6 day tifJattuary, in the I I Ili year of
king Henry VIII., divers t egolations wile made and
enacted tor her purpose of giving ellect to the said recited
tat of l'a. Insolent, and for the purpose of regulating and
(allot e wog uue and proper returns of all the citizens within
the said city duly qualified under and by virtue of the said
acts of Pat Influent, to serve tin juries ins and for the sante,
and for the regular summoning and empancling of juries as
well for the said courts of the stud city, as for the it ails at
Nisi Prius, and inquiries fur (lie Mug, to be had and
livid within the MU', and in and by the said act' iti the cuss
toil) of the Town Clerk of the city, will enure fully and at
large appear.
Th it by the 7th and lath of William 111.. chap. 31, sect.
41, it was enacted, that all constables and tithing men sl Id
make annually, lists of all pet bout motor their district, qua.
Idled to serve us puma within Ike a minty, and that t hey
should return them to the sheriff of such county, and that
all juries ap; ted a atom the said county should be taken
theiefroan, subject to inch penaltiea for default as therein
arc nieuttoned.

2:)9

That this hook, so issai!e ont, and returned to the sheriff,
received the name of, and Iva, cntted, the Freeholder's Book,
because the qualifications for
,jurors for counties was the
possession of ten p,,,, pee annum, iu freehold or copy-
hold ;novelty ; and that on that account, it was to culled,

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and lias since continued to bear the same name; although
ha setts( quent leg idolise enactments, the names of certuiti
lease!' riders are •iisetted indiscriminately a ith freeholders.
t Here follows copious extracts from 3d Cewge 11. cap. 23. on
the appointment of Juromi
That, after an attentive perusal of the said act, your committee
can bat deduce the following observations as embracing the ma •
terial features connected with the subject of the reference, and as
pointing out the only particulars is which the law as it before
existed was altered in relation to the subject of the present in •
quit'.
First,—lt increased the number of persons qualified to serve
on juries in counties, by adding to the Freeholders' Book a class
of persons therein designated, who had been before excluded ;
and it prescribed certain formalities relative to the construction
and versification thereof.
2dly,—lt operated as a restrictive statute in reference to the
city of London, by increasing the qualifications of a juror from
too marks to tool. and rendered it essential that he should be a
householder within the said city, which was not before necessary.
idly,—lt gave the institution of special juries, which existed
before by customs! only, a legislative sanction , and made the
rule for such jury demandable as a matter of .ight, whereas it
was before dependent upon the will of the Court, to which an
application was made.
Your committee is therefore of opinion, that the said act of
Parliament made and passed in the fourth year of the reign of
King Ilenry the Eighth, cap. Et, is now valid and effectual, and
that the qualification of a juror of this city, mentioned in the 2d
sect. thereof, is in full force and virtue, save only so far as the
same is limited and altered by the 19th section of the act so made
and passed in the thiid year of King George II ; and that there.
fore no person ought to be returned on any jury for the city of
London, to try any issue joined in the superior courts, unless
lie be a citizen of London, and a householder within the said
city, possessed of lands tenements, or personal estate, to the value
of Its
All of which we submit to the judgment of this honourable
court.

Dated this 11th day of December, 1817.
ROISEHT WAITIIMAN.
CHARLES PEA 'SON.
J. DUIICOAIBE.
SANII7EI. FAVELL.
Motion.—That this court do agree with the committee in their
said report, and that it be referred back to the said umomittee, to
report if any and what measures should be adopted to rectify the
evils complained of.
Anscadotent.—That the consideration thereof be adjourned;
and that in the mean time the said report be printed in the
notes of the proceedings, and a copy thereof sent to every member
of this court.

Amend»tent negatived.
Original Motion put and
Resolved in the affirmative.

Accounts have been received at Copenhagen from
Christianburgh, the principal of the Danish settle.
ments on the coast of Guinea. It appears that Major
Staffens, the Military Commandant of that statim,
has recently had occasion to put in force, in a very
marked manner, the rigorous orders he has received
from his Government, to prevent every sort of traffic
in slaves. A Portuguese slave vessel, supported by
another vessel of the same class, but well armed,
made its appearance before Thamma, a town under
the Danish sovereignty, with the intention of making
some purchases there of slaves. Major Staffens im-
mediately occupied the place with one thousand
men, and made the Portuguese captain and a part of
his crew prisoners. The Major has sent them to
Sierra Leone for trial. We arc sorry to add, that
two Englishmen were seized at the same time, for
participating in the diabolical traffic ; they had been
delivered to the Commander of the English fort of
St. James, and will, it is said, be sent to London to
be tried. The Chief of the town is supposed to have
had a secret understanding with the slave merchants.
—The vessel which accompanied the Portuguese
trader, and which is said to have been Dutch, effected
its escape.
TWE ROMAN BRIDGE IN HOLLAND:-.-ThC
Ro-
man bridge, which was discovered, at Groningen,
in Holland, in 1818, is now wholly cleared from
the turf with which it is surrounded. It is three
miles long and 1:2 feet broad. It laid by the fifteenth
cohort of Germanicus, over the marshes, in which
deep has of turf have since been formed, and, in all
probability gradually sunk under the marsh by its
own weight. The ruinous particles which are in the
marshy soil have probably contributed to preserve
the bridge, which is entirely of wood. Every six
feet there were posts to support the railing, as may
be judged by the holes in which they were fixed.—
This great work, which consists of a judicious
number of beams, appears to have been wrought
with very large axes ; the workmanship is admirable.
In a late Gazette, among the military promotions,
the name of Ensign Fletcher is advanced to a Lieu-
tenancy in the Guards by purchase. This is the son
of that Fletcher who absconded when charged with
the horrible crime of printing and circulating the
most insidious provocations to rebellion, and impu.
tint; them to the Reformers. The young man bears
an unimpeached character, and he has found friends,
as his promotion is by purchase.
As the Lord Mayor of London has not been made
a Baronet, in consequence of the Coronation, it is
probable that the honour will not be conferred on
the Lord Mayor of Dublin. In the list of Baronets
published in Saturday's Gazette, there is, however,
Sir R. Shaw, Bart. member for the city of Dublin.
LISDON, Jun- 11.—The committee of commerce
has given in its report upon the treaty of commerce
with England in 1803 and 1806. It concludes,
that as the duties on Portugal wines were fixed at
the same rate us those of ranee, unit had always
continued so, although the woollens received from
England, under the same treaties, had been reduced
from SO to 15 per cent. it was advisable in future
to exact the duty of 30 per cent. as formerly.

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FROM LAST NIG lir s GAZETTE.
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BANKRUPTS.
I.J. White, Tarporley, Cheshire, innkeeper. Solicitors, Messrs.
Milne and Co. 1 emple.
S. Garton, Wood Street. Cheapaide. silk
Messrs. Fisher and Co. Furnival's Inn.
W. Welsh, Liverpool, drysalter. Sols. Messrs. Taylor and
Co. Temple.
T. Stabb and J. Preston, Torquay, Devonshire, and J. S.
Prowse, Botolph Lane, London, merchants. Sosl. Messrs.
Wsincwright and Co. Furnival's Inn.
DIVIDENDS.

Sols.

August 25, J. Edwards, Vine Street, Spitalfields, silkman-
-27. C. Wall, Coventry, mercer-25, P. Statham and G. Shake-
spear, Pall Mall, blacking manufacturers-14, R. King, Mincing
Lane, merchant-25, J. E. Street. Budge Row, stationer-27.
T. and T. 11. Robinson and J. Hancock, Manchester, cotton
merchants-25, R. Philpots, Banbury, Oxfordshire, draper-25,
H. Lark and J. Woodhead. Essex Street, Strand, navy agents-
-27, J. Rice, New Shoreham. Sussex, merchant-27. T. Hub.
land, Coventry. silkman-25, R. Clay, Stant, scrivetier-23.
W. H. Tuesly, High Street, Southwark. iron merchant-23.
Rucker, Old South Sea House, merchaht-25, W. Abbott,
Windham Place, Middlesex, merchant--11, .1. Tyrrell, Maid-
stone, ironmonger-28, J. Lamb, Birmingham, saddlers' iron-
monger-25. H. Fuller, Bethnal Green Road, surgeon—Sept.
I.
It. burster, Old Broad Street, merchant.
CERTIFICATES to be granted August t 5.
•'J. H. Pritchard, Caerleon, Monmouthshire,tin plate manufac-
turer—M. Brookes, Vauxhall Road, plumber—ll. Cox. Lam-
beth, timber merchant—W. Parker, Newcastle upon Trent,
Nottinghamshire, wire worker—T. Webb, Warwick, horse
dealer—P. Cope, Bridgnorth, Salop, grocer--. 1. li. Hitchun,
Kidderminster, Worcestershire, factor—J. Tailton, Liverpool,
merchant—J. Hafford, Leicester, grocer—W. Mallorie, Leeds,
pasteboard manufacturer—R. and E. Etlilleston, Blackburn.
Lancashire, cotton manufacturers—l. Dmpe, Whitehaven,
insurance broker—J. M. de Quiros, Bucklershury, merchant—
W. H. Camgbell, Wood Street, Cheapside, porter merchant—R.
Lloyd, Liverpool, merchant.

COURSE OF EX
Amsterdam, 12 IS C. F.
Ditto, at sight, 12 15
Rotterdam, 12 19
Antwerp, 12 lI
Ilaniburgle, 3t 10
Altona, II
Paris, 3 days' sight, 25 S 5
Ditto, Y 6 20
Bourileaux, '26 20
Frankfort on the Maine,ls9
Patel 'burgh, t U.
Vienna, Ff. Flo. 10 '24
Trieste, El. Flo. lu 2M
Madrid, 30—Cadiz, 351
Gilboa, 351—Barcelona, 35

PRICE OA
Rank Stork 4311
3 per Cent. Red. 751
3 per Cent. Consols 741
31 per Cent.
4 per Cent. 911
5 per Cent. Navy 1081
Lou: Ann. 19 1.16

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

tan Don :
SUNDAY, AUGUST s.
THE QUEEN'S ILLNESS.

It is with great regret that we announce the se-
vere indisposition of the Queen—her Majesty's
illness has assumed so serious an appearance, that
the following bulletin was issued on Thursday:—

" Her lajety has had an obstruction of the Lowelc, atomled
with inflammation. The symptoms, though nutty ate 1, me nut
removed. " W. O. :BATON,
" PELHAM WARREN,
" HENRY HOLLAND.
" Brandenburgh House, August 2,
!WI, half past 10, P. M."
At 12 o'clock on Friday the following bulletin
was exhibited :
The Queen has passed a tolerably quiet night; but the
symptoms of her Majesty's illness remain nearly as yesterday
evening.—(Signeci as before.)
" Brandenburgh ]louse, August 3,
1811, 9 o'clock, A.NI.

At four o'clock in the evening a messenger ar-
rived in town from 13randenburgh House, at South
Audley-street, with an account that her Majesty
still continued alarming ill.
At five o'clock the Queen had a warm bath, in
which she remained about a quarter of an hour, but
this had no beneficial effect. Her Majesty growing
worse, a consultation of the Physicians, Messrs.
Matin, Warren, and Holland, who era in attend-
ance on her Majesty, was held, and Dr. Ainslie was
sent for • before the Doctor arrived, several medi-
cines were given the Queen, but nothing would
remain on her stomach.

Towards 11 o'clock on Friday night, her Majesty
appeared rather free from pain, but not at all out
el danger. Mr. Alderman Wood has been in con-
stant attendance on the Queen, The Ladies at-

tending on her Majesty now are, Lady Ann Ha-
milton and Lady Hood.

Her Majesty, notwithstanding the great pain she
enaurcs, maintains the utmost placidity, and con-
venes with her attendants. fly her desire her legal
a‘lvisers were sent fur ; accordingly before nine