The Sun.
London, England, 1814-11-04 00:00:00

To Tiii; LoadrroP THE

• •. • •
Sitt,—Devoted as your Journal tolhe pro-
' tection orthe psililic.;:wel!*ase, and to the detection
and exposnrc of inottopory and impo•ition, where-
e‘ee Ibex, I
111(htetli to trouble you with
tow f,b4c,r,•iiriotis on the subject of. Coals ; a
!cub:leo, I *co nceive, of considerable importance to
. the lultabitants, of- London, and worthy of par-
•tictilar and ser;o4s attention. The enormous price
• now charged for this.article, compared with what
' it %vas in former and more expensive periods, in-
clines me to belieye, that a shameful advautage is
practised by the dealers ; and if this should appear
to he trite, no time should be lost .in devising the
hest and most likely method of putting a stop to
the svenem. In Isl'.. coals were delivered, all
expellees included, at (2s. per chaldron ; and last
year at 6,15. In those years, the seamen's wages
to London and hack, %were 91. per matt, anti the
vessels were liable to capture ; but now, when
that (huger no longer exists,
.1)(1 the wages of
the seamen are reduced to 3/. the price of coals is
'ines-eased to 755. ! Ilium what principle, then,
can the present 'nigh rate of OA article be sup-
ported Indeed, Sir, I ant utterly at *a loss to con—
ceive, unless it be tharof private advantage.. But
coals are an essential article of life, and the pub-
lic c.7;.seet to be supplied with them at a fair mid
moderate price. As well almost might there be a
Monoptsly of bread, as a •monopoly of coals ; but
to say that there exists a monopoly of the latter
'is, I fear, but too correct. That the Legislature
'has ever been attentive to this article, and anxious
to secure .a sufficient sup:pl'y- to the manstfacturers
and isomer classes, is obvious enough from no
less than forty Aers-: el-Parliament; which Lave
been front tinib to time passed to regulate' the
dealim;s, and, prevent the frainls of dealers ; and
YOU, Sir, doubtless recollect, that- when Mr.
at tl,e ,comineneettient of Isis ministerial
career, proposed to lay it tax on coals, sold either
.by weight or nielSure, it was considered not only
extremely oppre:isice, but even ruinous, and',.
deed, Was so gencrall7t+ reprobated, that it was
prudently given up, and other sources of revenue
esubstitural in its room. • If, therefore, the .ex-
isting Acts of Parliittnent are not sufficient to pro-
tect the• public against the impo,;itionS of the
dealers (and if the present highs price is suffered
.to continue, we must naturally suppose they are
not), some fresh regulations should he itninedi-
atelyadopted to Aeck 'the monopoly SO generally
felt and complained of. To relieve tbe.inhabi.
tants of London, it appears to ine, that an early
application should he made to Parliament, to take
.eff the duty_rm Coals by inland navigation ; and,
perhaps., it might even be expedient to give a
Lounty, to encourage the bringing a sufficient
quantity to market. This, I apprebend,.would
greatly defeat the impositions that have been so
long pursued; and trastiug these observa,
tions, brief as they are, will induce some .Metn-
ber to promote a strict impiry on the stibjeet.
I remain, Sir, ?our obedient .Servant, •
October 26. • , • • - Clll =N,

OLD BAILEY, 'Nov. 3.

John --Introhu.s-was indicted for ste.ll:ng a regi-
ment,' jacket and, oCeralis, the gri,zids of our Lard
he King.

,Sullivan, a .private in the 3d regiment of Guards,
proved, that on the lOch of October 11( teft his
jabket in the room he slept in .at the Tower ID:•-•
Tacks, and iviren lie wanted it next morning-. it
Was•gone, and lie Ti new nothing of it till the 19th,
when he taxed•the, prisoner with it, and he own.
ed he had taken it, and di;:posed of it at an old
clothes'-shop in Toihill-street; The woman who
Lep!. the ..hop said it had been sold.
John Southcrwood,':,eijeant, Oil the same day,
lest ti pair of overalls, and the primmer gave him
the same account v.s he had done to Sullivan:The
over•As had also been sold. • •

The woman WhO kept the shop remembered a
man coming to her shop. Looking. at the jucket
he it coohl not he his by the size of it. He
sAid it was his father's, who had lately been dip.
charged. accordingly bought it and the over-
The man was of dark complexion; and about
the size. of the prisoner, bat she could not posi.
t vell,t swear to hiTh, nor to the day of the-month.
Verliet,qtaßy

.John Pri.tst.‘yas eruwicted of stealing lead, the
rronerty of TliOinas Stewart. He was only
and the prosecutor, ou account of his youth, re-
co7ninenfled him to mercy.

T:te RECORDER - sail, °' Then more than half the
calendar must be recommended to- mercy, for
there were no less than 57 who were node'. 20.
it was time t=o Make some examples, and the beSt
Ivey would be- to send thein abroatd:, by which the
country would be rid of so manyip)underers, and
these youthful culprits would be separated from
wibited associates, and might be recZaimed."
Eliza Goose was convicted fur stealing a (pan-
ity of chair covers, curtains, blankets, and other
niaielcs, in aliouse at the West Euitl of the Town,.
io the care cif she haul been placed by
Ifiargrave, the Auctioneer. of Brewer-street, to
whom the furniture in- the house, had been con-
signed for appeared that the prisoner •
was marrit.d to a most, honest industrious man,
end was allowed for the care of the house half-a--
piinca a week and her coals. • -Her miscomluctiis,
„tt:Thotable to hir prcdeliction for
Her husband declared that he wOuld not .again re-•
m.i" her, and the Court considered, the •best'
course to be pdrsued would be to send liar out of:

C 142 country...
.Blizabetli 4;104 atid F,lizabeth Yeoman,. two girls
of the town, li-etc indicted tor.ste4iii,w; a so.,:er
glt wit tc.l4: 'giAt-I,ol‘hin;- 'two' gold • seals,- a, swill
anet-t.'l•:i.ce fiugsr tbe-lwoperty of
inyfen. pm.seentor stated that he was a
liirt h,": hut a Um bolic
circl:inst.aNcem he Iv-as sworn on the New
w.:anient.—The. Jury found Gibbs guilty, but
w gni/ ted Vedinan.

PRoDucr. car VoTAToEs.-0/, Moudnv
lost, a C:;eur.leillito of Clieter-le-street took up five
rccks of poloti)-i, the produce of olie gpotat Of! cot
for J ced,. culled cia: Fir Apple or LontiOo Screw.

LAW INTELLIGI'NC:E.

COURT OF CHANCERV, Nov. S, 1614.

Ik•Ai."l"E. R V. M.4.13N11E.-SIR 'CIIARLES BOOTirS

PROP) RTY.

This important and extraordinary cause came
again, before the Lord Chatter on three peti-
tions cr part e fite heirs at law, paterna and maternn,
of .the late. ir Clearles Booth. The faCts of the
ease are :—Sir C. Booth died. in 1795, leaving
the whole, of his real and personal estates tv
Messrs. Ruddle and Wade, bankes* and stuck-
brokers, in trust , for them to divide the same
amonghis relations and kindred as they might think
proper. The trust was so important, that -awile
and Wade died without having venturer! to exe-
cute the power given by the testator. Mr. Wade
who died last, transferred, by his will, all the real
and personal property of Sir Charles Booth to
Messrs. \Valiant and, Edward Brav, solicitors, for
the purpose of seeing the %via of the testator car-
ried into effect. Mr. WAnit died in 1893, and on
that occasion John Me, who claimed to be sole
heir at• law, and sole next of kin of Sir Charles
Booth, filed a bill. against Messrs. Bray, for the
purpose 'of having the opinion of the Court re-
specting the distribittion of this property. After
a long legal investigation, the Alaster of the Rolls
decided, that the claim of the heir at law was quite
011Lof gliestion, an'il that the wlnile of Sir
Booth's property, real and personal, wentto thelom-
bext of kin. 'Flue four next of kin being all dead, the
property was given to their representatives, in con-
sequence of several persons distantly related
to the fankily, who had seareelv ever heard, :be
name of Sir C. Booth mentioned, found Lf.,1111..
sates raised from the most itinuble and indigent
circumstances to considerable propetty. One of
them was so remote. as to he deseenslecl from tt
person related to thelamily in the reign of King
James. The heirS at dissatisfied with this
distributiim, appeal to the CHANCRLLOR, and this
day the case was argued at considerable length,
It is contended that the testator intended to give
his real prover!), to. his heirs. at ; and 'they
say, if that is .not the construction to be put on
his will, it is a nullity, and he died intestate.—
The onestion sents to be, whether in point .of
fact the Cottrt will consider tliisa.tlevise of land,
sullieet to-the statutes of distribution.
Mr. AG.tit, Mr. Lurri..F.D!kt.F., Mr. LEACH, and'
Mr. Beet., were heard plc) and con the heirs at
law. There is no disposition to deny the next of
kir, the personal property, but the real estates are
claimed by the heir at law.

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riol4) C 1 ANCE LLD It 10,•e at two o'cCock,
having givoi ai:y

Nearly all the Pleaders in Chancery are re-
tained, and perhaps there never. was a caese more
generally interesting to the 1,30 r. The Tenterton
and Deeit estates i►► Kent, and tile Aldersgate
tate in tile City of London, form a part of the
property, which is suPposed to he worth 60,0001.
besides' timber, %%delvel at between 50 and fid,ooo/.
The law expellee:* have already amounted to
I o,uoot.

cot :pa OF KING'S TENCH.

THE ti.ING V. 'TA LOE.

! NutSANcE.—This. was au indictment agaif:st
the Proprietor of one of the Slaaghter-houses in
Warwick-Lute, for a nuisance in obstruct lwz, the
regular thoriwgirfare, awl in otherwise annoying
the whole neighbourhood by killiug,.cattle, &c.
The proSeCut jou WAS I:lStittltCd by. various inha-
Wtants in Warwick-lane and I,l'arwidt-square,
declarcd.that they were consta-p,-;tud
onidY annovt;tl by the continnance.ot the nuisance,
and that their property was, very. extensively in.:
jure(' by it.
The .I,TroTtN'EY-GZNF.IIAL, in opening the case,
stated, that the nuisance %vas so well known that
it did not require description ; for the inhabitants
were not only positively unable to pass to their
homes, and, almost stenciled ont of their hahita-
tions, but the Lute vas so occupied by the slaugh-
terers, that it had almost ceased to he a public
thoroug'hfare. Coninion report mig,ht be sufficient.
to establish the nuisance, but ha would prove it
by calling the whole neighbourhood ; and having
Proved that fact, he should hold himself entitled
to a verdict. That such a nuisance was contrary
to law, he thought, was beyond dispute., but he
was sine the Jury would be told from the Bench
that it was conaary to law.

• Air. Crowtter, of Warwick-square, "Arr. \Vheble,
and Ir. Shirley, the distiller, of Warwick-lane,
proved the nuisance, stating, that the lam; was
often lo completely impassable as to render it i►u-
possible for them to•get to their residences ; and
added, that the smell alone whi9h proceeded from
the slaughter-lionses constituted an extensive and
unbearable nuisances..

Lord ..ELLENBottotlon,. interrupting the course
of the prosecution, when there were about thirty
other witnesses ready to prove the same facts, ob-
served, that according to the Statutes on the sub-
ject, it was illegal to slaghter cattle within any
walled town, Berwick and Carlisle excepted ; and
that the nuisance and its illegality were therefore
now beyond dispnte. But as the practice of kill-
ing cattle had continued iu Warwick-lane for so
long a period as to give it almost the appearance
of a legal proceeding, and as the proprietors of the
slaughter-houses would, -no doubt, acquiesce in
altering their conduct, his Lordship recommended'
that the :natters in dispute should he referred to
sonic Gentlemen cminected with the City', and
competent to decide on the case, to say what
should be done •

Tile pa ties having consulted for some time,
agreetl to ref,2r it to Mr. Montagu, the
'City :Surveyor, for to say how the nuisances
complained of were to be reformed, and how the
business of the slaughterers should be conducted 1:1.
future ; 'and A Verdict
of Guilty Wets returned,sub-
ject to such reference.

TEIP; KING 1 .51M1!3.--•-TnE sHEIN,EasoN.
'nese wcye indictinents also against the.pro-
priefors of slaughter:houses iu Warwick-lane, for
nuisances; -anti they were also agreed to be• re
ftrred to Ali-. Montagu.

DIS'ORIBOTION OF l'itliV.-HONEY: • •
To his Alisjes.tv't: ship Mune:wig for the re-capt dre bf ibe San
.1 tr;!1) Baptista the itippun in c-qplpa.ny),. ever;
ItiJay fur thzcu ulontbio at Nu. N4JralL,strect, trAail.