The Sun.
London, England, 1806-08-05 00:00:00

Los No---hut as LOrd thur-
low said of another case, I say An this—l will make
a precedent, and I will undertake to gain the assent
of yonr excellent understanding to the propriety .of
my doing so, Mr. BiLL."--41is Lordship took a:
•view of the practice of the Court in these cases, and
confirmed the statement of Mr. BELL in that r-
espea.---" The Law of England (observed his Lord-
ship) has shewn more respe& and favour to 'suppos-
ed legitimacy than any other assumed fast;
_so
much so, that the rules of common reasoning have
been in many instances entirely dispensed with ;
the mere reputation of, parents haS been received as
evidence of legitimacy. '—Here his Lordship illus-
trated that proposition, by reference- to questions of
,access or-non-access of the husband to the Wife, in
the questions of legitimacy of a child born in -wed-
lock ; and observed, that, by the ancient LaW of
Zngland, access of the husband to the wife was to be
presumed if he was within the narrow seas for uhie
Months previously to the birth of the, child, altho'
the fact was notoriously otherwise. However, mo-
dern cases had altered the law in that respe&,, and
access ofithe husband, to the' wife.was now, like
every-other faEt to be the subje&. of proof. But of
the evils which were felt from the loss of the, testi-
mony of witnesses, none could form an "Adequate
idea but those who haVe lived, as it Were, in COurts
of Justice ; for, said his Lordship,. if a witness dies
only five minutes before the trial of a cause, no
power can make any thing he said evidence upon
a trial, though' he were Archbishop of Canterbury,
or any other man whose veracity no human being
ever questioned : it is therefore highly interesting
that:the testimony a witnesses. may be preserved
and" pe—etuated in all cases where there is danger
ofits w g lost betbre a causethat is depending can ,
be heara ; and therefore I have no doubt I shall
grant this Commission, unless tile Defendant be
brought into Court to have a guardian assigned to
him in due form, lest he should be taken out of the
jurisdiaion of this Court ; or lest Death, who has
lurisiiielion over me too, should deprive the parties
.of the benefit of the testimony of their-witnesses."
It was then agreed, that if the Defendant's Solici-
tor, who is an eminent Gentleman in the City, shall
produce his'Client in Court on Tuesday, this Com-
mission shall not issue ; 'and here ended the disctis-
.,
sion for the present.

MONDAY, AUG. 4.

PHILLIPS
.v. i'ILLESEY.

This case came before -the Court on the Petition
of Francis Plowden, Esq. which prayed, that;a sum.
-amounting to more than six, hundred pounds be
paid into his hands from the fund lodged with
.the
AccOuntantGeneral.,. Mr. Griffith Phillips was,
possessed of a considerable freehold and personal
estate, which he devised at his death to a lady of
the name. of Mary Woods, who enjoyed it during
her life, and then left it to her heirs, appointing
Mr. Plowden, with.several others, executors in trust
in her will. In this chara6ter the sum claimed de-
volved to the Petitioner, and which he sought to
recover by this proceeding.
Mr. TUOMPSON was arguingin,flivour of the ex-
ecutors, when it was discovered that no affidavit of
the death of Mrs. WOods was before hrs. Lordship,
and, inconsequence, the farther hearing was post-
poned.

Et-PARTE eRANNIER.

A woman of the name of Winston was reported,
in contempt, for not producing this person, a luna-
tic, before his Lordship, she having conveyed Mr.
Cranmer from his residence ih.Essex to this metro-
polis,-where no' intelligence of him:.could be pro-
cured. The Bow-street Officers, however, at length
discovered her in lodgings at Camden-Town. When
she was taken into custody she made a considerable
resistance, and it was with difficulty they were able
to secure her.

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL moved that this wo-
man be corninitted for disobedience to his Lordship.
The, LORD CHANCELLOR' Was, however, of opi-
;Ilion, that as the parties had gained their objea.
securing the lunatic, it was unnecessary to place her
in confinement.

PURCELL V. MACNAMARA.

The-LORD CHANCELLOR said, that he had spoken
to the Master of the Rolls concerning this case, and
as his Honour Was now di4eugaged, he intended to
apply himself to the documents,, with a view to form,
his judgment upon the subjeet. His Lordship would
devote the time after his leaving Court to the consi-,
deration of the proceedings, and intended before the
Sittings should be concluded, to deliver his judg
ment.

The rest of the day was almost wholly occupied
in motions of course, and petitions wholly unin-
teresting.

That many persons have found great benefit who
have unfortunately purstied a , dangerous practice in
their 'youth, in unguardedly giving way to' that crime
which brought. On the divine vengeance, is incon-
testi* illustrated by the matchless .and 'unprece-
dented sale of f‘ Solomon's Guide to Health ;" a book
which of all others in the rriedical line is sb univer,
sally 'necessary to be used and treasured up by young
and old in every f4mily,:that the'increasing deMand
for it cannot be wondered at, when it is considered
that, as a faithful-Guide either to male or female,
it has fiat its equal iu 'the whose world.—Price
only.

sill? NEWS.

CRAViS;ND, AUGUST 3.

Arrived—the Two Friends, Lindy, from Norway; Adeona,
Moan, Emperor of Russia, Metcalfe, Norfolk, -Amand,
John and Francis, .Varioni and Eleanor,, Nightingale, from
St. Petersburgh ; Venerable, . Jameson, from Honduras ;
Friends, Foster, from Memel Hoyle, Nappy, from Stock.
holm ; Dantzic, Shaw, frorrl Copenhagen ; friendship,
Shinderman, from Rotterdam ; Abrora, I .aytties, from C ton-
stadt ; Sarah, Srniof, from Seville; Minerva, M'Kinlay,
from Surinam ; Galen, Stedman, from Bost6n ; Suet*,
.e)awson, from Bourdeaux ; fohn and loseph, Nicholson,
from Copenhagen ; Queen, Wilson, Nancy, Jaaqson, and
Pomona, Nicholson, from Riga.
-Sailed—the. Frow 'Eliza and Christina, Abel, and Vrow
Hendrick, Perye,-for Hambro' ; Fame, Blake, for Chutes.
town ; Rebecca, Nirrno, for Leghorn ; Jason, Hook, for
Vatell ; London Packet, Renter. for the Cape of Good
Hope ; Onderneeming, Vander Plas, and Twee Gebroders
DoyvOsboden, for Catwyck ; Charlotte, I arnes, for Cork;
and Enterprize, Packwood, for New.York.'