The Sun.
London, England, 1839-12-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDA Y, DECEMBER 7. 1839.

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

WHITEHALL, Dac. 5, 1839.

The Queen has been pleased' to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto
Lieutenant-General Sir John Colborne, G. C. B. , anal Ow heirs
finale of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, and
title of Baron Seaton, of Seaton, in the county of Devon.

WHITEHALL, Dic. 5.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Marquis of
Breadalbane to be Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of the
shire of Argyll, in the mem of George William Duke of Argyll,
eleceased.

PRICES OF CANAL, DOCK, A SSUR
ANCE COMPANY SHARES &c. &c.

LONDON, FRIDAY, NOV. 6.

slumber Dividend Price
of per CANALS. per
Shares. Annum. Paid. Share.
1,766 7 per cent. Ashton and 01dharn..Average971. IBs.sh. 118
~082 41. Ashby am-le-Zu.sh ~....A-acage 1151.5 h 72
1,260 Basingstoke lOO/.sh. 5
1,005 51. Brecknock 2nd Ahergavenny 150, sh. -
8,0001..16th. 91 6s. Birmingham, 1.16 th share 8;1. & 711. 219
I, 100 Ditto and Liverpool Junctl!•l9/ sti. 100 pd 26
600 3/. Bridgewater and Taunton .100/. sh. all pd -
400 41. Chelmer and Blackwater 1001.5 h. 101
500 481. Caventry, I ON. sh . 690
4,545 Croydon ......... . Average 31/.24.10d. sh. -
2,060; 41. Os. Dudley lOOl sh. 100
600 141. Derby 1001. sh. 135
?0,000 4 per cent. Danube and Mayne 4ll. 13s. 4d ,pd 2'7
3,575; 41. Ellesmere and Chester... Average 133/.41a. 80
231 621. Erewash 100 J. an. 800
1,297 301. Forth and Clyde ....Average 44111.165. th. 600
4100 10 Grand Junction 1001. sh 182 i
1,8491 11. Grand Union 1001. sh 25
11,500 Grand Surrey
0,000/ 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan 1001. 63
3'196 Grand Western 100/. sh. all pd 14
600 131.125. ild, Glamorganshire, Aver. cost 1721. 13s. 48. 220
749 10/. Grantham 150/. sh. 203
6,238 2/. Os, Huddersfield Average 571. 6s. 6d. oil. 351
100 Kensington 100 s 0 . all pd. 10
5:328 1/. ss. Kennet and Avon, Aver. 391.185. 10d. sh. 27
2,897; 301. Leeds and Liverpool 1001. sh. 750
5451 151/• Leicester
. ......_ .... ... - • . •-- 140/. sh 230

,897 64-os. Leicester and Northampton Aver. 231.10 x. 7904
2.400 10/. Monmouthshire 100/ .sh. 201'
150 101. Melton Mowbray 1001. eh. 200
500 251. Mersey and Irwell 100/. sh. 565
3,000 11. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd 50
247 171. Neath 1001.26, 325
2,400 51. Peak Forest . ... .. .. AN et.ge about 78/. sh. 104
1,418 128. Regent's (or London) Av. 331.166.8 d. sh. 12
5,509 61. per cent. Rochdale Average 85/. sh. 112
500 81. Shropshire ..1251.5h. 137
800 91. 10s. Somerset Coal 1501. sh. 150
3,6001. 4e percent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 121.105. sh. 11;
700 401. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh. 710
500 91. Shrewsbury 1251. sh. 280
900 91. Stourbridge ..„.........,._ 1454.5h. 400
3,647 2/. Os. Stratford-on.Avort Average 791.95. bd. sh. 45
533 16/. Swansea 1001. sh. 240
a, 762 11. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway AT 351. sh. 39
,
1,6001 sh. 321. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 1 share 100/. sh. 600
8.149
1,0005h.1 161. Warwick and Birmingham 100/.0 9711
i,ooolsh.
980 150. Warwick and hap,„ lOOl. sh. 196
6,000 41.05, Worcester and BirrninghamAv.7B/.Bs. sh. 70
5,000 258 Wilts and Berks Average 671. 10s. Id. sh. 28
006 3i. by yriev and Essington 125/. sh 75
126
905 la. Wey and Arun 1101. h. 221
DOCKS.
t. 600 kl3o. c. Commerc al .4001. sh, 361
1,06511 h. ~
East and West India Stock 107
9,230,31011. 60s. p.ct. London ...........5t0ck 64;
Ditto Bonds ... lOl
2.209 21. 19s. Bristol
08,3241. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll3
1.352,752 5 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 10 1
500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds
210.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years lOO
8.500 ..... Deptford Pier 201. sh. 201. pd 10
BRIDGES.
1,600 10s. Hammersm di • ... 501. sh. 22
7,231 Southwark, Old .Av. 631.21. Rd. sh. 21
1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, Now, of 71 ri cent. 5Ol. eh. 14
5,000
5,000 225. 08. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81. 6Ol. p 1 21
5,000 19s. 3i. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 21
30,0001. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds
5,848 17s Vauxhall.........,,Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh 251
ASSURANCE COMPANIES.
2,000 3110 s Albion .5001. sh. 501. pd 73
50,000 farcri cent.}Allianceßritish &Foreign 100/. sh. 11/. pd 14
50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 5/. pd 5.;
24.000 11. per sh. Atlas 501. sh. 51. pd 14;
1,200 Ish. 51. Birmingham I' ire 2501. oh. 55/. pd 1074
20,000 41. per cent. British Fire . 250/. sh. 501. pd 40
12,000 61. percent. British Commercial 5Ol. O. 5/. pd 51
5,000 51. per cent. Clerical & Medi ,•el Life, 100!. sh. 2110 s pd 4;
4,000 2/ 15s County 1001. sh. 101. pd 42;
20,000 ss. Eagle 50/. sh. 51. pd
,-,„,., f 5 per cent.] Economic Lite MOM sh. 250/. pd 400
" Z and 301 bs.
2,271 225. per cent. European Lip. "0' sh. all pd 22
50,000 20. Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 2/. pd I;
1,000,000/. 61. per ct Globe Stock 1311
20,000 5/. Guardian lOO/. sh. 271/ pd 254
'O,OOO s. 6d. Hope 501. sh. H. pd 51
2,400 5/. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 500/ sh. 50/. pd 1274
7,500 9s. Imperial Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 104
13,450 4/. per cent. Indemnity Marine 110/. oh. 8/. psi 25
2,020 31 108 Kent Fire 50/. sh. all pd 92
3/. Ditto Life 501. pd 79
10,000 163. Law Life 100/. sh. 101. pd 291-
5 000 10s, London, Fire "Si. sh. 12/. 10s, pd 18
3,9(10 108. London, Ship 251. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 18
1,000,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 1001. eh.
5110,0001.
30,010 5/. per cent. Palladium Life 50/. sh. 2/. pd 2/ ss
50,000 4!. per cent. Protector Fite .0/. sh. 2/. rid lOs Od
2,500 It. Provident Lire lOOl. sh. 101. pd 19
00,000 ss. Rock Life .0/. sh. 1/. pd 61
89,220/ 5/. per cent. Royal Exchange Stork.., 210
11,000 5 per cent. University lafe lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 54
59,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100/. sh. 5/ pd 74
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
25,000 8 per cent. Agric. and ('om, of Ireland 25/. sh. 10/. pd
5,000 Australasia 4O/. sh. 40/. pd 6',1
10,400 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham 5O/. sh. 10/. prl 121
111,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 501. sh. 101. pd 231
r,1,000 5 per cent. London and Westminsterloo/ sh. 20/. pd 21.4
60,000 5/. London Joint Stock 50!. sh. 10/. pd 111
.1,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 1001. sh. 204 pd 1-,0
25,000 Liverpool 1001 sh. 10/. pd 231
50,000 '7l per cent. Manchester and Liver,/
pool District 5O/. sh. 15/ pd 12
20,000 7 percent. Manchester 100/. sh. 25/ pd 27
20,000 Provincial Bank of I relandloo/. sh. 25/. nd 431
xo,+'oo National Bank of Ireland 511/. sh. 171/. pd 16
10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. 100/. sh. 35/. pd 314
10,000
!0,000 Gloucestershire 50/. oh. 10/, pd 25
6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 501. sh. 51. pd 9
GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
2,500 16s Od Bath 2Ol. sh. 10/. pd 22
5,000 British 4O/. sh. 161. pd 21
57. percent./ Ditto/and Provincial 20/. sh. 19 pd 25
928 51 105 Birmingham 5O/. sh. 93
1,250 2/ Os Bristol
2,250 SI 10s Brighton 80/. sh. 11
730 3/ lOs Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 18/. pd 9
2,471 41 per cent. Brighton General 20/. sh. all pd 17
4,000 61. 10s. Continental Consolidated 75/. 021/. pd 105
1,000 101. City of London ION. sh. all pd 195
1,000 61. Ditto, New
4,000 3/.os. Equitable 5O/. pd 80
10,000 94 per cent. Imperial 5O/. sh. 53
900 5/. per cent. Isle of Thanet 251. sh. 20/. pi 18
2,350 6/. per cent. 1 ndependent nor. sh. all pd 50
(1,000 41. per cent. Phoenix .......... ..........,. .... .50/. sh. 39/. pd 214
1,000 V. per cent. Ratclifr 1001. sh. 801. pd eo
4,000 South Metropolitan 5Ol. sh. 111/. pd 11
9,200 41. per cent. United General .... ........ ...50/. sh. 461. pd 37
240 51. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 50
4011 5!. per cent Wakefield 25/. sh. 22
2,000 nt. Westminster Chartered
6,0011 Ifs. Ditto New , 51/. sh 101. pd 11
78/1 57, per cent. Yarmouth 201. sh. 181. pd
WATER WORKS.
1,800 10s, Birmingham 25!. sh. 25/. pd 20
4,434 (sr. East London lOO/. sh. 163
5,5(1) 1101 Grand Junction Average 41/ 13s. 4d. eh. 67
2,000 '2l. Kent lOO sh. 414
372 IN, Liverpool Bootle 220/. sh. 320
4500 2/ lee New River London Bridge Water Ann 62
6,486 2/ lOs Manchester and Salford lOO/. sh. 55
1,000 4 per cent. South London 100/. sh. 1041
4,294 4/, West Middlesex Average 631. 121. 9d. eh. Oil
1,360 11 14s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. 35
IRON RAILWAYS.
6,300
......
... Birmingham and Derby 8(1/, pd 55
9.560 Birmingham and Gloucester
15,0(10 Bristol and Exeter 1001. sh. 40 pd 12
660 Calcutta and Saugur 501. sh. 2/. pd 0
7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western 1001. sh. 30/ 4
3000 Clarence lOOl. oh. 100/ pd 351
12,000
8.000
...
...... Dublin and Kilkenny 1001. sh. 5/. pd
60,006 Eastern Counties 25/. oh. :F/. pd 41
Grand Junction lOOl. oh. 100/. pd 1118
Great North of England 0/. pd 20
5,000
..,,,.... Great Western lBOl. sh. 65/. pd 54;
2,000 Hartlepool 1801. sh. 1001 pdl2s
8,000 Hull and Selby 501. sh. 354; pd 191
10,0011 Leeds and Manchester 1001. oh. 5/. pd 194
2,100 3/. per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 65
1,500 11.55. Leicester and Swannington .501. sh. all pd 75;
5,100 10 percent. Liverpool and ManchesterlOCLsh. 100/. pd 195
10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 251. pd 61
36,000 ... ...... London and Brighton 5O/. sh. 301 pd 141
1.,000 ...... ... London and Blackwall 501. sh. 101. pd 12;
?0000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich _'ol. sk. 20/. pi 124
25,000 London and Birmingham 1001. sh. 904 pd 1411
Ditto Quarter Shares 5/. pd 211
30,090
14,000 - .....
6,000 Ditto New Scrip 71. pd 2;
12,000 London Grand Junction 50!. sh. 51. pd ofl
13,000 Manchester and Leeds ...100/. sh. 60/. pd 671
10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 70/.sh 25/, 124
I )itto Extension 7/ pd 4
North Midland 1001. sh. 851 pd 77
Northeen and Eastern 1001 sh 25/ pd 14
2,600 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 30/. pd 341
28,000 South Eastern and Dover l5/. pd 14
1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh • 2401
9,001 ... ...... Thames Haven 5O/. sh 2/. 10s. pd
1,4410 Westminster and Greenwlch,so/. oh. 2/. pd 0
6,000 York and North Midland 50 . sh. 501. pd 374
MINES.
8,000 Albion Copper 5!. s 21/. pel 12
4,000 11. 58. Alten 15/. oh. 121. ii rpd 10
10,000 .... Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. pm.lool. sh. ii' `i d 1
Ditto Subscription 95/. tni SI
2,060 10/. Bolanos l5O/. sh all pd '7B
10,000 I/. 108 Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm 35/. sh. 20/, pd IS
6,000
11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 20/. sh. 14/. pd 14
10,000 Bolivar Copper Company 201. sh. 20/. pd 8
10,000 Ditto Scrip 10/. oh. 10/. pi 91
20,000 British Iron .... ............. . ........ sh. 50/ pd 71
6,000 Bri' ish Copper 5l. sh. 41/. pd 14
cvi, , • ~nca 64/. nd 81
Candonga
10,000 10 Copiapo
8,500 ... Columbian, iss, 51. pm.... 55/. sh. 55/. pd 21
2,850 3/. English l4/. Go. pd 31
20,000 General Mining Association2o/. sh. 184 pd 8
6155 Mexican Company 100/. sh. 551/, pd 44
3,008, Polberou Consols .. lO/. sh. 8/. pd 4
11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered 54
Ditto Loan Notes l5Ol. pd 160
30,000 ... ...... United Mexican, iss. 2 prn..4o/. sh, all pd 14
Dittt, Scrip li
Ditto New Scrip 5/ pi 2.1
West Cork 50/. sh. 501. pd 38
LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.
1,000 • London, with Bronze Ticket......7sgs. sh. 19
1,500
700
King' College 1001,pd 19
MISCELLANEOUS.
10,000 154. Australian Agricultural.loo/. sh. 2614 pd 444
6,000 41. per cent. British American Land Company 221. pd 9
10,000 61. per cent. Canada Company 1001. sh. 30/. pd 08
200,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan 9l
City Bonds, 4 per cent lOl
20,000 11. 6s. General Steam Navigation 151. sh. 141. pd 241
101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 254
2,000 14 London Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 751. sh. 19
8,000 Caoutchouc Company 1211. pd 12
New Brunswick Land Company ...50! pd
2,754 51. per cent. Reversionary Int. 50c....1001, sh. 100/. pd 133
2,633 54 per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 135/. pd 114
4,000 ......... Thames Tunnel .501. sh. all pd 9
10,000 6s. Van Die_ner.'s Land ......1001. sh. 1711 pd 51

LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES
NO V. 29, 1839.
BANKS.
L,500,006/. 64 p. ct. ?lank of Scotland...B3l. 6s. Rd. oh. all pd 1781.
2,°°°',,,°00/,' 511 P. ct. Rryal of Scotland ............ 1004 sh. all pd WI.
. ~•,,..,""n• a p. ct. Brinsh Linen Company...loo4 sh. all pd 531.
°,,'"'"'„,,,'„„m"'""" 61. p. ct. Commercial ............... 5001. sh. 1 001. per„ 173/.
.4"finf,''',,,,," sn. ct. National . . ... . ............ ...lOW. sh. 101. pd 161.
'''''"'"" 61. p. ct. Glasgow Union . . ... . ..... 2501. sh. 501. pd 871.-
4,000,0001. 4p. ct. Western of Scotland ....2001. sh 401. pd 601
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
g59,'",,,th• gip. ct. Scottish Union ...............201. sh. 14 pd 2%.
100,000 3
inWA.V, 61 p. ct. Hercules .. . .... .. ... .. .. 100/. sh. 101. pd 1311.
~-nz sp. et. Insurance .C.o. of' .......... .101. sh. all pi 10/. Os.
Tna.-7 6P. ct. North British ...............2001. ah. 10/. pd 1911.
-1- SP. ct. Caledonian Fire. ........... 1001. sh. 101. rxll9l.los.
5,000 6p. et. Edinburgh Life ............ 1001. sh. 101. pd 14110 s.
,41,,,,5g 1010 MISCELLANEOUS.
ip. ct. West of Scotland .................. ... 101. pd 7, 6..
4,518 ... ..... Edin. and Glas. Un. Canalsol. ah. all pd 10/.
Ditto Allocated .. -. .
__....--961. sh. all Pd 474
5,400 5 per cent. Ed inb. Joint Stock Water.2s/. sh. all pd 351
Carron Iron Company ...2501. sh. all pd 44/
2,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery ...... 50/. sh 48/, pd 544
10,000 3 per coat. Edinburgh & Leith Glass.2ol.sh. 16/. pd 8!
per cent.
GlEdinburghasgow G
aC50a..1..G................................ s.hh.. allall pd 501.
55001/
70 771 i Per cant. Leith Coal Gas . . .... . ... 201. sh. all pd 501.:
1,200
3.0- . ner Cont. Voiii table Loan Con, ow, v u5l. th. on g., lir,
v ...... ... Edinburgh and Dalkeith. Raihvayso/. sh 3•71
__-.-.,....

PARISH FIRE ENGINES.—Mr. Ballantine, of
the Thames Police-office, on Wednesday, refused to sign a
certificate for the usual reward to the keeper of a parish
engine, because, although it had been brought to the
premises on fire in good time, and the man had exerted
himself vigorously, the machine was of so paltry a cha-
racter and so incomplete that it could do no good.
DESTITUTION IN PAISLET--On Monday a
public meeting was held in the Court-hall, Paisley, for
the purpose of forming a committee or depot for sup-
plying those in destitution with clothing.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

ROLLS' COURT, DEC. 6.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. BROOKE.--HOSPITAL 0% ST.

LEONARD, NEWARK.
The information in this case was filed on the certi-
ficate of the Charity Commissioners, for the purpose
of setting aside certain leases granted in May, 1828,
by Dr. Brooke, Master of the Hospital of Sr. Leonard,
Newark, in Nottinghamshire, and for a scheme for the

further regulation of the HosOal.
The case was opened at Westminster by Mr. Pem-
berton, in the middle of last Term, but a suggestion
having been made that the parties were likely to come
to an arrangement it was ordered to stand over. No
agreement between the parties having been come to the
arguments were resumed late on Wednesday, when
Mr. Blunt, who was with Mr. Pemberton, was heard
in support of the information-
Mr. KINDERSLEY, who appeared for Dr. Brooke,
and Messrs. GIRDLESTONE and HULL, who appeared
for the mortgagee of the lessees, were heard on Thurs•.
day, and Mr. Pemberton having concluded his reply
yesterday,
The MASTER of the ROLLS gave judgment as follows,
from which the main facts of the case may be collected :
—This information is filed to have certain leases set
aside and a scheme settled for the due administration of
the charity. The state of the case is somewhat singular.
The first origin of the charity is not traced, but it appears
to have been a very ancient foundatio❑ fur the benefit of
a few poor people. There was a regulation made in
the year 1417, by which it is stated that this was a
foundation for the benefit of the poor, and that it was
to consist of certain particular persons—the master, two
poor men, and a chaplain, and the master was to have
towards his use and sustentation the residue that re-

maineki after maintaining the two poor persons and the
chaplain. It is said the lands are now worth 1,300/. a
year, and that the gentleman who has been master for
fifty years has out of that revenue (he is not in receipt
of the whole) allowed a sum of 50/. a-year for the sup-
port of the three other members of this Foundation.
To suppose that that could be the intent of the
founders, or any thing approaching to it, would not, I
apprehend, enter into the mind of any rational person.
The real question is, whether the documents that are
produced on this occasion do not, in point of fact, give
him the residue, after he has performed the trusts
which ought to be performed before he has a right to
appropriate any thing else to his own use. It is said
most truly, that if it had been left merely upon the first
foundation, and the Act of Parliament passed in the
reign of Charles the First, for the maintenance of a few
poor people, and he had had a large fund to dis-
ribute, certainly no one member of the persons
entitled to a portion of the fund would have
been allowed any exclusive or additional benefit
any more than was necessary to keep up the discipline
of the foundation in question. But it next appears
that the Bishop of Lincoln, who was the visitor in
1417, examined and investigated this matter, and the
recital in the Act of Parliament is that the Bishop of
Lincoln by an instrument under his Episcopal See con-
firmed by the Dean and Chapter under their Chapter
Seal, desiring to remove all doubts that might arise
concerning the hospital in future times, did ordain and
decree there was, and should be, one master of the
hospital, who should have the management, rule, and
custody of the same, and should order and dispose of the
rents and profits to the use of the poor, and about the
affairs of the hospital ; and that there should be two
poor men and one chaplain, who should be received
into the hospital by the master for the time being,
and be maintained with the fruits, rents, and

profits of the same ; and the residue to be converted

and disposed towards the sustentation and use of
the master, the supporting of the hospital, the

defending the rights and privileges of the same,
And towards the repairing and building of the hospital.
There was also a provision in the same instrument, that
whatsoever should at any time be given to the hospital
should be employed by the master thereof for the time
being, "to the uses aforesaid" all of which was to be
foundation, they may be considered justly entitled to.
The Act of Parliament did not in terms confirm the
order of the Bishop of Lincoln. The Bishop, as
visitor, had no right to direct any particular distribution
of the funds ; but we must take this into consideration.

It appears the Bishop did go into evidence in the mat-
ter, and being desirous to remove doubts which affected
the property then, he stated this to be the establishment,
and by the Act of Parliament which passed two cen-
turies afterwards, this establishment was recognised, and
has not been altered. Under those circumstances, it
does not appear to me that I can deviate from the
instrument executed by the Bishop. An exchange of
lands having been effected, leases were granted in the
way authorised by the Act of Parliament. In the
house that was to be erected for the four persons there
were to be four rooms and four chambers over them,
and I cannot help thinking it was intended the master
should be a person associating there with the others.
There was to be no equality, because he was to have
the government of the hospital, he was, in fact, to be
the master, but a provision was made for his residing in
the hospital. That circumstance shows there was no
intention even at that time that the master should receive
1,2501.. himself and give 501. to the others, or that he
should make anything like an arrangement of that kind.
Leases have been from time to time granted according
to the power given by the statutes, and in that
respect the defendant, Dr. Brooke, has in no
way varied from the practice of his prede-
cessors. It is due to Dr. Brooke to say that he has
merely followed in the steps of those who went before
him, and that he has not been actuated by any feeling
to do wrong. Indeed the question is not whether
'here has been any moral fraud on his part, but whether,
being the master, he has not acted ignorantly, in a man-
ner inconsistent with his strict duty ? This view of the
case has certainly been taken by the Counsel at the
bar who opened this case against Dr. Brooke, and he
goes out of Court without any imputation on his moral
character or honesty. What Dr. Brooke has done is to
allow 20s. a month to a poor man, whom he calls
" the chaplain," to read prayers ; 18s. a month to
each of the two other persons, and to make some
small additional allowances, all of which are stated
in the information as having been certified by
the Commissioners. I certainly do not think that that
state of things can be allowed to continue ; and there
must be a new method of proceeding adopted for the
maintenance of those persons who are by the foundation
to be maintained. It was intended by the foundation
that there should be a priest or minister to perform ser-
.ice. The master, instead of keeping the government
of the hospital in himself, has shifted his trusts into the
hands of the lessees, and has directed them to make
payments from time to time. Now what are the funds
which may be applicable to the charity in the time of
the successor of the present master, if the leases stand,
I have not any means of knowing. Mr. Hull has in-
formed me that the sums which are reserved, the old
rents, together with the sums made payable by the
leases to the poor men and the so-called chaplain or mi-
nister are sufficient. It must be ascertained what are
the revenues which are now, and which in the time of
the successor of Dr. Brooke may be applicable to
the maintenance of those persons and the future master.
Whether it is necessary to set aside any leases is hardly
ripe for my consideration, because that portion of the
revenue which the master had a right to dispose of he
might pledge in any way he thought fit, and the persons
to whom he has pledged it are entitled to the benefit of
their mortgage. I, therefore, cannot do anything in
tbis till I ascertain what is the revenue which does re-
main in this state of things, and what ought to be
applied, having regard to the worth of the whole, for the
benefit of this foundation. It may turn out there is
sufficient without disturbing the mortgage. I conceive
it is for the benefit, not only of this Charity, but of all
parties in cases of this kind, to set things right as much
as possible for the future, passing over, as lightly as you
can, the past, when you find that errors in the past
time have been committed with entire innocence, as I
firmly believe they have in this case.
His LORDSHIP then directed a decree to be made
declaring that the Chaplain should be a person in
holy orders, and directing a reference to the master to
make the above-mentioned inquiries.
A conversation then took place upon what additional
allowance should be made in the interim to the inmates
of the hospital. The amount was ultimately left to the
discretion of Dr. Brooke, the Master of the Rolls ob-
serving that he did not like to order that they should
receive an additional 1/. or 15s. a week, without in-
quiring what sort of persons they were ; as :t might do
them more harm than good, of course the Court would
judge hereafter whether Dr. Brooke had allowed an
adequate additional sum.

96, CHEAPSIDE, AL D 39, ALBEMARLE-STREET

PICCADILLY.

--
DEAFNESS AND DEFECTIVE VISION.—At
length those dreadful maladies are completely obviated,
without torture and serious risk by medical treatment.
The Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians and Aurists
to their Majesties the King and Queen of Hanover, and
their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Augusta and Sophia,
&c. &c., havo constructed a Voice Conductor, and newly-
invented Spectacle Lenses, which will be found in most
extreme cases to effect instant relief. It is seldom or
ever that an invention of striking merit is laid before the pub-
lic that ignorant pretenders do not start forth. In no case
is this more observable than in Ireland, as well as England,
bytpersons who not only assume the name of Solomons, but
actually as having a connexion with their house. Numerous
ladies and gentlemen are daily calling who have been misled
by these pretenders, and who have made purchases of their
spurious imitations, which they term Voice-Conductors and
Spectacles, supposing them to be the Messrs. Solomon?
invention, which not only proved to be useless, but pro-
ductive of very ill effects. The Messrs. Solomons do sot
employ any agents or travellers. Their improvements in
the materials are secret to themselves, and are solely con-
fined to their establishments, 39, Albemarle-street, and 96,
Cheapside.
SOCIAL INTERCOURSE.—Conventional distinc-
tions are otherwise kept up on the Continent than in
our own aristocratic frame of society, and man there
meets man as if the same heaven shone over the heads,
the same earth sustained the steps of one and all.—
Mrs. Gore.