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DistUrbanCes. still prevail in the Canton. of
Icbti'itg-..,,-and the Diet of the Cahton has printed. its
;protestations-. The Cantons of ScrAitz, Ur;,
derrwhlden, Glares, Appenzel, and 'Zug, mutually
_.communicate their projet-IS and instructions. „The
English are,. it is said, the- instigators of those
proceedings. , •
The accounts from Coire are more favourable.
Among the Representatives they have chosen, are
the President SALts-SiLs,': and the Legislator
SALIs-SEWIS. •
It is -now known, that the complaint of Citizen
13AcHEit to the German Diet, on the. subje& of the
-English levying- troops in the Empire, was ocoa;
sinned by the,Chasseurs of Leqveustein, who are in
English pay,.beating up for Recruits at Newbach.

Letters' from Berne, of the zest, state, that Ci-
tizen IttiEINHARD, the French Minister, ha been
.I'ecalled, and that Citizen VININAC, late -Ambas-
sador from the FrenChiZepublic to Constantinople
anti Copenhagen, has been appointed his Successor.
Citizen RFIEINHARD, it is said, will be sent to Ba.
'var;(7. •
Count CAMPO. DIALANco, the Spanish Ambas-
sador at the Court of Vienna, where he has resided
for five years, will, it is reported, soon set out for.
the Baths at Pisa, whence •he will proceed to
Nap/es. It is a4serted, that the Austrian and Spa.
nish Courts will henceforth send to each other Ant-
assadors of the second or third rank only.
--Three Gendarmes, who- had given evidence on
ffi'e trial of a band of robbers, on the loth instant,
before the Special Tribunal of Evreux, and of whom
several received sentence of death,'. were a few days
ago attacked by some•of thetas who were aeqpitted.
One thc. Gendarmes had a hOrse killed under
the other was wounded, and The third shot
dead.

. , The supply at, the Corn Market at Mark.
lane,
yesterday morning, was not
,very great, but the
•trices; notwithstanding; were on. the decline. Of.
taiglish wheat, .none at market, ancr
.yery few
samples of fine Foreign. Wheats: equal in ,quality
to what were sold on Wednesday,. brought froni
,''s• to as. less to-day. Oats continue in demand,
rrice much the/ same as before. Other' articles'
190 king down, ..but little doing.—Floor 705.
During the short visit. the Duke of, BEDFOR.SO
Yeeentiy paid lO'the PRINCE, at Brighton, he one
t:rening passed the outside, of the Promenade, ,at a
ti'lle‘one of the performers was singing, and stopping
'4' a moment to listen to the song, a man hastily
1,111.de up to. him, and assured him he would put
I'im over the paling for a Jirillin.,e, if he thought
Pro Per, as he had a ladder hard by, observing,
that it would be a iazirtg of zs. 6d.1 for if he
went in at the dorir, it would cost him 3s. 6d.
Which, in these here hard times; was more than
every person could afford. His Grace kindly
thanked him 'for his civility, observing that he
Would presently send' a few friend's who might be
inclined-to profit by his patriotic offer; but the
fellow fearing the. Officers of Justice 'might be sent
to the spot,
.thought proper to' decamp. It ap-
peared he had cauied on this praaice with consi-
derable success for a long lime..
Slorrixo ANECDOTE.—Tupor, who was.many
Years gamekeeper to Sir H: Mt LDMAY, in Hamp,
'hire, aaually broke in .a spayed_ black sow to find
Same, back and stand, as staunch as. any pointer,
Which he called 'Slut, and shot a considerable quan-
-I:l,tY of game to her. Slut. was otherwise very saga_
"ous,,for-; one day, by way of trial, she was desired
10 find Tailor in the .midst of a crowd, and she
Instantly made her way.betwixt the legs of a riurri:
r pf persons, until she. reached her -master ; after
~whose decease she was sold by -auftion,' fora consi-
`ii_erable sum..:Tupor had as fine an 'eye as his pig
iad a nose, far he was an. extraordinary shot ; he
nruld hit a cricket ball with:
,a bullet from a- fowl-
g--piece, when bowled with the. greatest Velocity,
,44(.1 at a considerable distance. .

MANSioN-1-16trit.;Yestcrday Thomas Shaw and
iCharles Gray_ were again brought before the Lord.
aY°rt• on' suSpicion of fraudulently obtaining a
Se -quantity of_ gloves, which they Offered. for
al' to a Mr. Roberts, in Fenchurch-street. ' From
ha fitter from 'Worcester, it was .proved these goods'
th.r be
-e"
obtained from a wholesale dealer,' who
not N'zison :to believe had given credit topersOns
from--i_rilding to -pay. Shaw produced a let ter as
ail of,J3irminghain, WI?0, he said, originally-
. f-ril aind m the goods ; but he could not produce or
ever since. Application was made to
row if any other charges were against the Prisoners, '
when a number of persons pressed to get in, one of
. 'Whom said he lived in Sion-Gardens, Aldermanbury,
•Ancl .11c1 entrusted Shaw with some goods, .upon
Ate reCommendation of Mr. Randall, an Army Agent,
in Downing'..street. Upon application since, he
ic4cl that person had left Downing-street. By the
advice of his Counsel Shaw declined saying any
.ping. Gray persisted in.his first account,' that he
`ad the goods to sell by commission from Shaw, and
that he knew nothing of him further than once
k ;tving had a transadion With him in the cabinet-.
,r,„,
:s74l'l"g, business some time since, at Knightsbridge.
`" er'il creditable persons appearing to his charader,
,t ilea di,charged. The house of Shaw, at Penton-
ktviug been searched;and a quantity of linen-
raPtrY and Sheffield goods- found,
to - he was remanded
..,atton_garden,' ,
Thursday, during the time the Lord Mayor was
Pr"cl4ithing the Fair, 'a • man of 'decent appearance
ttas'deieded in the aa of .pieking a Gentleman's
• Pu.ket • of
,a 'book, containing Bank-notes to the
;mount of upwards of iool:,; the thief was taken
Into custodi,, but was rescued as the Constables
41ere conveying him to the compter.
esterday at 6tiildhall, a person was examined
suspicion of picking pockets ; there were
found on him He accounted for
,;jing so many :about hilm, by saying that he was
nb through Smithfield, and kicked them before.
1-0111, picked diem up, and endeavoured tafind owners
to 14m.y:but could not. .A' Biacher. came forward
sPc4k to, his charade! ; ,he said he lived with
.„LTias Clerk,„ and- was a person of good phara6ter-
h`l'e was rempntle3, and ;die handkerchiefs ordered
4t advertised,

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MAIDSTONE:

TA 1 BY '; lir Of kiGIIT rtts:r A.6coßnlNc, TO rni;
cusi r CAVLLKIND'.—sEzcitr. LOR) IC:Ltil',Jlq.

E AND 01'0-16; t)EIIIANDAISTO). 1.,;01219
• GWTDI it, TENANT.

, THE Jury appointed.to try'this cause did not con.
silt; as is usual;. on the trials of Writs of Right, of
four Knights, with their swords girt on, but of
sixteen freehold tenants'in gavelkind,••fbut of whom
were -originally appoiuted between the parties, and
afterwards, agreeable to the custom-of the county of
Kent, nominated the othek twelve*.

. .
Mr. CONST opened the pleadings, by stating, that
this was a Writ of Right broUght by Henry Hoare,
Charles Henry Meyrick, and Peter Richard Hoare?
Demandauts, against Peter Baron Gwydiri Tenant,
to recover possession ofa-piece ofland at 4ecking.;
ham, lathe County of Kent, as their right and in.•
heritance,,and of which Ann Ackland was. seised in
her deinesne as of fee within sixty years. The
Tenant, Peter Baron Gwydir, had denied the right
of. the Demandants, and the seisin of Ann Ackland,
and pleaded . that, he had a better right to the
piece of land than tho Demandants, and of this he
had put himself upon the Jury of Gavelkind, in lieu
of the Grand Assize, had_prayed recognition of the
right, and tendered '6s. sd. for 'the use of the
King, that it might be inquired of the time! when,
&c. and whether the said Ackland was seised with.
.in sixty years. •
- - -

Mr. Serjeant SHEPHERD, Counsel for the De-
mandants—ln consequence of the mode in which
the pleadings are stated upop the record,. it becomes
necessary I should first address, you. If they had been
put in anothei shape, it would have been the 'duty
of ray
.Learneel, Friend to have begun, but as the
Defendant ha.; denied the seisin in the, late King's
reign, and tendered the demi-mark, it throws the.
burthen' upon me to state the title of the Demand-.
,ants. The property in question is not of great
value to. theDernandants, otherwise than as it ad-
joins an estate purchased by their ancestors. The
spot, for which the parties are contending, is a field
containing three acres, 'two roods, and twenty
perches, and was formerly an orchard in the pos_
session of the Burrell family, -and was sold to Lady
Ackland. 'the .present Deinandants, are the suns
of the daughter and heiress of that La.ly Ackland.
The Burrell family, in toe year 1758, entered
into a treaty for the sale 'of certain premises,
With this piece of land, to Lady Ackland.. I shall
read the description of the premises, and unless
there has been some conveyance since, it is impos-
sible there can .be a question on the subjed. The
deed is between Peter Burrell, Esq. and Dame Ann
Ackland, and states, that for Sool. the grantor con-
veys all that capital messuage, or manor house, at
Beckingham, with the garden and orchard, contain-
ieg 6 acres, 1 rood, and zz poles,- including the
ground'on each side of the house,"eiccept.and always
reserved the channel of the river. The whole of the
ground is described' to contain 6 acres,- xz roods,
and zz poles ; now the piece of land in question:ex-
at'lly makes up that quantity, and.withora including
h impossible to makeitcorresPond with the
description in the deed. After the convey:ince to '
Mrs. A'ckland in 1758; she occupied this orchard
by putting her horses in, and mowing it till 1768.
How 13urrell',afterwards had the" use of it I
cannot say, but as ' this Lady was a relation of the
family, I can only account for. it by supposing,
that as she laid down her carriage about than time,
and had no further use for the orchard to put her
horses in, ,she \consented to.:let 'Mr. Burrell occupy
it ; perhaps it may appear singular that so long a
period .shotildhaveelapsed without any at tempt to
recover it ; but this is easily explained, for Mrs.
Ackland died in 1771, and her, son became a luna-
tic, and continued so till 1798, when he died
upon his death 'it descended to Mrs. Hoare, her
daughter,' who died, leaving it to the Demand-
. ants. They applied to Lord' Gwydir; Who said he
knew nothing about it. If I make out this case,
unless my Learned Friend can shew a conveyance
subsequent to that in 1758, I shall be entitled to
your- verdia. •

The following. fa,as were admitted i—The cow-
veyance from - peter Burrell to 'Lady Ackland iii
58... Her 4eath in 1771, leaving two children,
Hugh and Frances. The death of Hugh in 1798,
and that the Demandants were the sons or Frances.
Th description.. of the premises was read froM
the feed in the 'terms above stated.'

John Fiddes said, he had lived servant with Lady
Ackland ; he ,vent to'her service in the year 1749.
She lived ai that time in .the manor-house at Beck.
ingbam ; she occupied the orchard as long as he
lived with her ; he left her,F and returned again in
1/54 ; after which he reinained fourteen years in
her service ; _all that time she occupied the field.—
f-fe remembered a little gate that led from the gar_
den. There was a walnut-tree, the fruit of which
she always took. On hid cross-examination, he
said, he did not live with Lady. Ackland when she
gave upthe possession to ',Mr. Burrell, but he re-
membered the circumstance of the fence, being grub-
bed up, and the field laid into his land this was as
much as ten years 'before she died.
John Green said, he. knew 'Lady Ackland, and
'remembered the orchard very well ; he had been
frequently employed to 'mow it for Madam Ackland,
about forty years ago. She had just laid down her
carriage at that time. Her horses used to feed in
the field before she laid down Tier carriage.

Mr— John. Newton, a surveyor, said, he'had mea-
sured the plot of ground .on. which the manor-house
stood ; the quantity of land, including the geld in
question, was 6 aeres,, t rookand zz poles.
This was all the evidence for the Demandants.

Mr. GAR ROW.-.--Lei those who are in possesiion
of landed property loOk to themselves 4 if my Learned.

4 We finct-this custom expressed in the following terns:
Estre ceo it clevnient per especial' let le Roy Henrie '-pere
la Roy Edouard que ore (que Dieu garde) que de Ttne-
mentz .qtie sont tem::: en Gavylekende ne seat prise tat_
faille ne.graund Assize: per 12 Chevalier's si come ailloars
est prise ell le reaurne c:es est a savoir la ou Tenant e la le-
marillant tenant per Gavylekende mes en lu de ces grannies
Assizes beient prises Jurours per it homes Tenantz en
Gavvlekende ; Issi que quatre Tenantz de Gavylekerde
12,.Tenautz ck CaVy leketxte Jurours.
t "1:1:4 under at the demi-mark, Jialf the ralue ef R maiti4c

Friend can close suet: a case its this,. and claim 'you'r
verdid it favont of his client. People in general
imagine, that when they have been twe;'itY,.thirty,
or forty years in possession 411 their Estates, they
have obtained an incontrovertible right to them,.
bUt the dodtine contended for .to-day will set all
:their ideas of a good.title afloat, for I desire you io
answer me whether the Demandants have made odr-
any other case -oaan this, - that in -a conveyance so
long ago as the,year 1758, .6 acres; t rood; ancrzz.
poles, were conveyed 'to theirlorcestors, and that
measuring what they have in their possession, and
taking a pteee, of land from this place', and apiece
of land froM that, it makes- up the quantity de-
seribed. the Deed ? My Learned Friend has at-
tempted to' make some apology to you for the length
of time that has elapsed without enforcing the pre-'
sent claim, by inforniimg yod of the..lunacy of young
Mr. Ackland ; but he has • not. attempted 'to make
any apology for what is more ithpori ant, thq length
of time that elapsed after Lady Ackland,'s -purchase
of Lord Gwydir's ancestor; Without her occupying,
it, how she came-into. possession of 'it, or %Oen it'
was taken from her-by Mr.- Burrell.
It wily be my duty...to prove, these fads to 'you.
I will skew you that the right and possession of
Lady Ackland both expired together.. Her lin:-
band had it under a lease from Lord Bolingbroke,
and•after his death she -held it under-another lease.,
which expired in 1761 ; the date of the 'conveyance
from Mr. Burrell, is 17$8, -and although this piece
of land was not •included in the conveyanec, she
continued in possession of it so long as the lease
from Lord Bolingbroke had currency. Mc. Burrell
had exchanged other :lands for the estate he sold
Lady Ackland, and I shall prove that in 1761, not -
only the ferke which separated the garden from the
orchard was grubbed, but in order more distindly
to mark,
,that Lady Ackland had no "right to the
latter, the little gate leading'to it was shut up.' -I.
shall call to you the Witnesses who Were employed
to grub up the fenee ; if Mr.: Burrell had Glen
possession of it in 176 r, as tenant to Lady Ackland,
it is not reasonable to suppose she would have
suffered the fence. to have been grubbed. There.
is a remarkable circumstance which it is necessary
I should mention 'to you : the' boys used to get
into this orchard to steal the. frnit 1. and while Mrs.,
Ackland held it, they 'were continually kept 'in
alarm by her Gardener, ,so 'much so,, that one of
them broke his arm in destendirig from a, tree at
his approach ; but when it was publicly known, it
no longer continued to be her property, they conti-
nued their depredations without \regarding the
threats of ,her gardener,.observing, the fad was,
that it was Mr. Burrell's orchard, and that he had
nothing to do with' it. There was anOther thing ;
the Poor rares'were increased upon Mr. Burrell, so
as to ,make him Chargeable for this
tlrchard. You
wilh obServe I am not here to make out a case by
my own strength, but to defend my •title by a pOs,
session of forty years . and. upwards ; and ii'nless I
'mistake for I never before was present at thetiial
of a writ of right'), the rule I conceive to be 'this.:
that unless a'Demandant proves a clear and incontro-
vertible title, he is not entitled to disturb theposses-
sion of a tenant after the lapse ofsuch a period. This-
Lady continued in possesston of the mansion-house
and garden from 1758 to 1771 ; she Was a person
regular in preserVing the accounts of -her domestic
concerns. Is it likely, if Mr. Burrell had been her
tenant, she'Would not have been anxious .to have
kept an account of the receipts of tire rent? But,
has the least evidence to that effeCi been laid before
you ? You will therefore consider the case,: and
the tenant's length of possesion, and ads of owner-
ship,' and you will then be, able to say, Whether, be-
cause' a conveyance aboVe, forty year's ago described.'
premises to consist of six acres, i(is enough for a
person to tell you he has somehow or otherlost three
acres, -and that he desires you to , find it for him
out' of the adjoining land of his neighbour. It
appears to me that' your. supporting such a claim
would extremely endanger the landed- property' of
Phis kingdoM—the security 'of' all landed property'
renders it necessary you should be abundantly eau-
-tious. I contend that the .case, oil the part of the
Demandants, even if not answered at all,, would not
justify your verdid in their favour, but that,, with
the evidence I shall lay before you, you are bound
to find for Lord Gwydir. •

The first evidence was a lease, dated 29th' Sept.
5,747, ftom Lord Bolingbroke to .Lady Ackland's
husband, of the manor-house and premises for seven
years; and after that period, if the ,parties should
thinkfit, for seven years furthet term.
John Matthews 'said, lie recolleaed the field in
the occupation of Lady. Ackland in i76o'; he re-
membered the circumstance of a boy having -his
limb broke by a fall from one,of the trees. In 1761
the hedge was grubbed up by order of, Mr. Burrell,
'and the gate he believed was taken away.
johin Pearce said,,he went to live with Mr. Bur-
rell in 1762 ; he was in possession of the orchard at
that time, and 'had been ever since; he never saw
any fence.

Edward Brown had known the•place forty years,
lie never saw any fence, it was always in the same
state as at present; • he never saw it in the occupa-
tion of any one but Mr. Burrell. When a boy, he
used, to go with. other boys to the orchard to get
walnuts—if Mrs. Ackland's Gardener said Inv
thing, they told him the orchard was not Madam
ACkland's, but Mr, Burrell's—the Witness' added,
that Lady Ackland was very minute in recording
her transaaions.; he also proved that Mr. Burrell
Was charged to the Pool-rates for this field.. -

Mrs. Elizabeth jefferies stated, that when Lady
Ackland purchased the Manor-house, with the pre-,
anises, she ordered her to haysit cleaned, and ex-
pressed her satisfafflon, observing, that before she
had not a foot of land in the county.
Mr, Serjeant &MgEltl) in reply said, it .seemed
to hitn that part of the Terx;nt's case niade the
Demandants' stronger .than it was before. Lord
Bolingbroke, who was the owner of the manor_
house and premises' exchanged ;them with' Mr.
Burrell for other lands, and. Mr.- Burrell after-,
wards sold to Mrs. Ackland that which Lord
Bolingbroke hail.
,sold to him, and unless the
tenant could shew,
_that the orchard was expressly
excluded by the deed of conveyance, it was impossi-
W 4 be say it 41 not pass; for i; made up the ad-

iiiMSur&ricnt, and had all the marks-, ityfiCatineg
it. was part (-5 f t e• premises:* His :Learned Friend
had sand, that after so *long a possession; every
thin6n-,6 rhr to- be presumed against the- Demand::
antS'i but tOr'the•'tircuinstans'e Of ,the Tei'lant's hay..
ing tendel-cd the demi:mark in, the late King's-
reign, it would ha've been incumbent: on hii-Q •t-ci
have proved 'his> title. How did 'it llop,ar Iffr.
Burrell hlel coni into possession 'of-- this
,piece of,
Lind ? If it could have been t;llCl.'vn that he had
ever paid tent fin! thissOrt of action-would not
have been brouglit'.•!-:It happened that the D:mand.
ants could not show,' how `the Tenant otiinaily
Carne in possession, he therefore„interTed that Lady
Ackland had Itif*ered to hxve :it for nothing ;
if she had • ev(4r,soid• to Iftere wopld ha Ve•been
a. conveyance ;;-'4od.-if Barre'* ts. tic conveyance, the
tenant• have no right. ,As tathe circuti:ance
of Mr. Burrell having 'been' as-:es*sul to the poor-
rates tot of liindj it wits accounted
for. If he occupied 'the lar4,- he-paid‘the rates as
matter of coul-se, Haring titsegi'df aiiety of ar_ •
cruments,. heiccbdodekbv insistin,Yo, ias the Tenant
. •
had hewn no-title: tai defeat: the conveyance, that
the Dtmandants- were entitled to recover •the pas_
session which had been .so long with-held from,
them. •

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Lard ICENI4.N.-.—" 1 he. novelty of this proceed.'
ing, by Writ. of Right, has brought together a con.;
siderable andience, and I fear they will find them
selves somewhat disappointed. I am as little for.vio-
lating. rights founded on.long possessioo its any man;
and I go with the foremost int presuming a good
title, where the possession lias been long; rind unin-
terrupted ; but if we we're to ray it down as a rule
,that 4.0 years'pOssessivm -gives atice, I believe there
is not a great estate in the country that might not
be ra-vishea from its lawful owner. Thereeare,
many tenants for life wild live and .enjoy estates for
More than forty years ; and there would be an end
of all justice, if, when they were removed to a bet-
ter country, we should_ say, their length of 'l),iscs-
siori.was a _.bat to the person next in remaied. r..---;*
gowever, a-long possession renders it necess:tre N'
should StOly canvass., the title' of -the pa-1.: at..
tempting to : disturb it ; but uif, Wher- ti,e ~ it'o-,-
~
evidence i. laid before, y ou, and that' s:, -t e: - g'e.,•?-4..':
is made out-which cannot be overterne,), i-. •:_z v. e„ •,T-
-titity to lay Out of 'your, consioeradoo 0,.. c.-T- ~, ,y,
of possession; and 'restore the- property (e‘i :•,,...i.'
to the: person who proves his titre to 'ls.. ',ee,•''`.-',
is the principle of the Laws of this, Coati' -e..,!.*-eez,
a Country, WhiCh I may venture to say is, intii.:l4,
to its Laws for having preser-Ved its, security ard'iJ.-..
dependence, amidst all the convulsions which hsv'e'l :•'•
shaken other less fortUnate Nations to their f 'WI; 'I. -
tiOllS. With regard to the Question, immediately,
'before us, that the,prOperty, conveyed by Mr. Bur.
'tell to Lady Ackland no man can no*, for it . is
described in, the Deed itself, with all the comprehen,
sive Words thecwlsdom and' ingenuity of a 'Convey. •
ancer,could adopt.; and' when we ask. who occupied.
it, the answer is, that it, was occupied sy Lady
Ackland, for she took the hay which grew`-upon
.the field, and turned., the ihores into it. 'You are
further told; there was a gate leaditte; out of the
garden into the orchiod, but that is a trifling eir..
cumstanee ; the main thing is, the adtial Occupation
acid the description in the Deed. , It vvas.clearly the'
property of Lady Ackland at the time 'the Deed
was executed, and if a contest had arisen then, there
could not' have been the,least doubt. - This reduces
the case to that. which constitutes the single quese
tion, namely, - whefhei you find room to lifer that
she afterwards conveyed it to Mr. Burr al ? In gee
neral, I would advise such an inference after long
possession ; bu; I itould not advise it where it would `•
manifestly avoid the justice of the case: I'do not
see how you can do spin the present instance:- With
regard to the partie'S, they are honourable persons on
both sides; it is not:•possible to, impeach their dia.. .
• raaers—each of them arc honestly and fairly. conk
tendingfOr 4,Vhat they think their right ;. they have
impleaded each Other, and' your verdict must de.
chle the contention. See whether, tile case affords,
'any
,presumption in favour of the - tenant's 'title,
Has -there been a ,fire by which *the documents the
tenant Might have. brought forward, have been de.
_ stroyed ; on the,Contrary,, he has been able to pro.
duce to. you even the leases Which. expired forty
years ago. The fair inference seems 'to be' thisi.
that Lady Ackland occupied the Fiehl while she kept
:her carriage and horses, but ceasing to do so, she ,
accommodated her nephews Mr! Burrell; by letting
him have the Use of. it: Not many 'years after, a.
fatal accident happened in her family; her son ,be.
came a lunatic, 'which prevented a claiM being made
upon the tenant. 4 atn inclined tei• think. that •ark,
ejeament might- have been brought without. all
-the splendid, display, of,. a tfial in ,this form.--,
' I had the honour of • being•known-to Mr: Burrell ;
he was a man not likely to,have, received any benefit
from his relation to the' prejudice of her family, ,es-
pecially Wheo that family was visited by affli!Etion‘
However„ I can .only, repeat; you must presume a
conveyance of which there is not the least evidence,
before you can give your.verdi6t for the tenant.--
As .to his paying the,'Poor,rates; it is a• circum-,
Stance which carries no weight ;• he .w.% bound to do .
so, and if he had paid the Land-tax, it would not
have carried the presumption ii, his favour further.
e 1 think if a person is allowed to occupy-a piece of
land for nothing, the least he can do is to pay the
taxes.. .. With a very f9w Other observations his
',Lordship left the case to. the Itecognitors, who, of
'a very short deliberation, felt:trued a Verdict it:.
favour of the Demandants. • , .. .

The Patriot, Salmon, from Honduras to Londong
is lost on Charleston Bar,

A man was discovered lying in the road near.' the
z6th mile stone, between' Chebusford and M:trga_
retting, 611 Monday last, •over whom, a few
nutes before, a timber-carriage had rassed.—liis
head was most dreadfully shattered, as were also
his arm and other parts, -He was taken tp- the
nearest house, and Mr. Bird, Surgeon, of Che4ms4
ford, very humanely, on being inforined of .the,
cumstance, went to his.relief, bur he was lo dread
fully mangled, as to be past iecoverY, IL die I.
'about eleven o'clock in th'e evenirz. The deceasel
was atone, driving a timber-carriage, upon which
it is, sullposed, he had to rest himself, and fell
off, - ,

CO LiTRY. NE;1:-.

DRISTOL, SEPT. 2. ,

,
AutOmn rTair commenced on :Tuesday last,
at which the back c7-Ittle that w,e're,in: good condi,
'tion sold tolerably Well, and others buy low ; many.
\t err driven oil sl,,ew of .forties was
but indiWeient, and very few good ,one-s among

harthem.
f lie vest is is nearly finished in the neighbouring
counties, and. the fine weather has enabled the
fitrmets to 'secure their pl'eniiful crops in the,best
;order., The prices likewise continue universally .to
ileelitie.H-The seasonable rain which ,Qll List night.
and this iwlrniog. in- and qbaut this city, must be of
• singular setv ice to vegetation in general, and par..
iitularly,to the "'aftetgras.
A correspondent ...informs
.us, that wheat has'
fallen at Oakhtmpton from One guinea'to nine
sliil-
ling; a hold, Winchester measure.
The best kidneyipotatoes are so plentiful inHert-;
fordshire, Oat they are selling at,. one shilling
bushel, and. the cornmon sort at ten-pence, and the'
super-abundant drops of wheat ifigd -whet. corn, are
welt got in. - •
of PlaiStreet, Taunton, on Wed-
nesday gave public notice ,to the-inhabitants of that
,town, that as he found the farmers were still.un.
,willing to bring their corn to a {air and open market,
at 4i-reasonable price, he would endeavour to supply
''- them wi:h wheat, as far as in his Tower, on Tues.
;day next, at nine shilling§^ per bushel. :This is a
noble example, and we -wish have, many
imitators.

EXETER, SEPT; 2.

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Tuesday\ s.-fnnight_ -was executeilat Bodmin, for
.ery, pursuant to his sentence" at the last assize
-re, Riehatd Andrewti, alias-RoWe, fortherly
:11-I,naSter at Pi-elies„ in the county of COrn
a;l4-1 lately a sclyibl-trtirster in th'e nary; ..The
enlle;tvQors .of -.the- worths- duis,l'ain enabled
Inn Uri-ate tnan ineet, with 'becoming fotti-
i
fete ; :::1,1,he-earl,estty entrear,ed the spPc-
to qhserv,.: 'with wh-ikt ,calmiless a Christian

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