The Sun.
London, England, 1822-05-25 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF ICING'S BENCH, MAY 24.
ALDRIDGE AND TOOKE V. 'HORNE AND CO. _of
The plaintiffs are jewellers, the defendants proprietorsr,
the Wisbeach mail coach; and action was brought t 24,
cover the value of a parcel sent by the said mail from 1/',A,
beach to the plaintiffs in London, but -which, it was alleic,:a
was- lost by the negligence or the defendants. It app Le
from the evidence, that in January 1821, ajeweller name" ads
Febre, residing at Wisbeach, had received some coral ig„„,
from the plaintiffs on sale or return. Wishing to return
he packed up as many as amounted in Value to 221. 3s. egl• to
enclosed the article in a brown paper parcel, which was sere
the Rose and Crown Inn, at Wisbeach, and delivered ta Abe
Landlady uf the Inn, with eighteen-pence for carriage. it
gave it to the coachman, with a caution to take care of .it tis
came from Mr. Le Febre,--and was of value. The coatn":ss
received the parcel and deposited it iii the coach, but it the
ultimately lost. It was proved that eighteen-pence Was rie-
price of a common parcel.—The defence was, that the PIA,
tors were not answerable for any parcels above the value aost
unless paid for accordingly. It was proved the plaintiffsot
have had notice of the regulation, as copies of the saraoe
been delivered at the house of the plaintiff in London•
plaintiffs, under all the circumstances, were nonsuited.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MAY 24.
HUNT V. BELL. spo'

This action was brought by the plaintiff, who keeps a 'via
ring room in Great Windmill.street, against the Editor --the
Proprietor of The Weekly Dispatch, to recover damages for The
publication of a libel which appeared in. December lasr.,,ribb/
alleged libel was a letter addressed to the Editor bY,'--tift;
and several other pugilists, complaining that the Pia'-tise.•
without authority, had inserted their names in his adverflia-
ment, describing them as pugilists who were to exhibit, by
ring. It also stated that the plaintiff's room was fre
boys and raggamuffins.
; 11055'
The son of the plaintilf was called to prove a spec-a • the
• a•
He stated that the receipts previous to the publication „win
libel were 1501. at a time, and. after the letter they came 'l'
to 81. sit'
Mr. Sergeant PELL, for the defendant, contended that to.
ring exhibitions were unlawful, inasmuch as they baci,,,isser'
dency to occasion a breach of the peace. The beam"'
geant submitted that the plaintiff could not recover. ore
The Learned JUDGE was of opinion such exhibitions opt.
Unlawful, but suggested that Counsel might move for the
nion of the Judges on the point. •
The Jury found a verdict for the defendant.
SEDUCTION—GWYNNE V. JENKINS. idol'',
This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is a;',„l, to
(keeping a public-house, at .Meklreth, near Cambriab7 her
recover damages from, the defendant for the seduction o'
daughter. y
The defendant was a medical man, and
.professional„ „To-
tended the family, and accomplished; his purpose under
rnise of marriage. - upon
quente
The CHIEF JUSTICE charged the Jury to give 51! ten
mages as would be short of bringing down absolute roll
the defendant.—Damages-1501.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, MAY 24.
COUNTY' RATES. Parish
of St.
BOLLAND moved the Court on the part of the. o,te
St. George, Hanover-square, to appeal a,gainst the la"te in
levied for the county of Middlesex. He stated that the r; ar
question was 18,7421. 13s. 4d. made in April, 1821 ; hut 11 fol-
peared by the accounts of the late Treasurer, that in Junin of
lowing he had in hand, by his own shoving, edefal-
-13,2871. 17s. Bd. and upon examination it was found his
with
cation amounted to the sum of 7,5051. Bs. 2d., whiell, n 01
w the 5u,%.-tufe
other disbursements, altogether amounted
24,4441. The Learned Counsel was aware, that by the statute
o r Sessions,
considered
of George 11. the Magistrates had a right to meet at a 1? hie,
tashet
no necessity for making a fresh rate till the 'money ealte's'req
hand was expended or accounted for.—The appeal "
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PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

Mr. Veneris, 24? die Mali, 1822.
Speaker reported the Royal Assent,—to Employment of
Poor (Ireland) Bill; Silk Lace Duties Bill; Seditious Meet-
ings Amendment Bill ; Gloucester and Berkeley Canal Bill ;
Lanark and Glasgow Bridewell Bill;. Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Gaol and Tolls Bills ; Bognor and Rochdale Markets Bills ;
bHChelmsford and Tiverton 'Paving Bills ; Dublin Foundling
ospit:l Bill; Reading, Dudbridgeand Nailsworth, Shaftes
bury and Sherborne, Tetbury, Whitchurch and Temhill,
Bridgewater, Lincoln Heath' Guldeford and .Farnharn,
Royston, Eveshain, and Dartford and Northfleet Roads Bills;
Drake's, tier s, and Lockhart's Estates Bills ; South Dalton
(York), and Towersey (Bucks) Inclosures Bills.
Av RFORDwEsT G'AoL—Further time granted for making
_the Report till Friday next.
'ATIONAL _MONUMENT IN SCOTLAND BILL
lIIIIGHTHELMSTONE PIER BILL
.I.ASIITON-UNDER-LYNE ESTATE BILL
/1103 /PS ESTATE BILL
CON'
ON'S
NAME BI
.BILL
...HEADIN'G'S L
UOIVE'S ESTATE BILL
t!OADs—Drayton Lane
-4,3-LlGHT—Glasgow
CV ILD'S NATURALIZATION BILL
VIPROrEMENT BlLL—Camden Town 4GRANT LAWS AMENDMENT BILL j
.-.
Oltit: I MPItOVE3IENT—Further time granted for ;flaking the
p Report, till Wednesday.
TRAi3lary-le-bonc—Reported ; to be ingrossed.
the RAnE AND NAVIGATION BlLLS—Petition of Directors of
Chamber of Manufactures and Commerce at Birming-
1, Liam, in favour ; to be printed.
°on ItEmovAL BILL.--Petition from Charlton, Lough.
I bourough, and Hathern, against; to be rinted.
L"TREATMENT OF CATTLE BlLL—Petitions from the
thUnited Parishes of St. Anne Blackfriars and St. Andrew by.
SAL e 'Wardrobe, and from Bridewell Precinct, in favour.
re 'r TAx—Petition of the Mayo; &c. of HeLston, for the
peal thereof ; to be prinied.
"cOTTISII TURNPIKE ROADS BlLL—Leave to Committee
0 sit notwithstanding adjournment.
is T ILLATION (SCOT LAND)—TWO Petitions from the Coun-
tx of IVigtown, complaining of the restrictions on the expor-
A tation of Scottish Spirits ; to be printed.
EHOUSE LICENSING BlLL—Petition of Licensed Vic,..
retailers of the Metropolis, in favour ; to be printed. Bill
read a second time, and committed to Messrs. G. Bennet,
flume, Bernal, Cartwright, Brougham, G. Lamb, F. Pal-
Iner, and Chetwynd, and all Knights of the Shire and Ma.
gistrate,s.
~,-.3AGE FROM THE Lonos—That they have agreed to
''''l2l)lloyrnent of. Poor (Ireland) 811, Malt Duty Repeal (Ire-
n) Bill, Edinburgh Police Bill (N 0.1.), Severn and Wye
Bill, without amendment ; Hundred House Roads
'4l, and Lower Mitton (Worcester) Inclosure Bill, with
amendments.
AQ,That they have passed,—a Bill, intituled, "An Act for
'3o,,ee,ting an exchange of Lands between the Right Hon.
I,`",e,aard William Penn, Earl Howe, and the Master and
fh,'".?"ows of Catherine Hall, iu the University of Cambridge."
''ziEft..4l TURNPIKE BlLL—reported; Bill, as amended,
cOttx to be printed.
rn LAws--Petitions from Owners and Occupiers of Land
the Eastern part of Sussex ; also, from Cirencester ;
A against lowering the importation prices—to be printed.
.'"CULTURAL DisTriEss—Pettions from the Select Vestry
Ticahurst ; also, from Wadhurst and PYiton—to lie on the table, and to be printed. Petitions from the Hundreds
of Brothercross and Smithdon—to lie on the table.
"IssESSED TAXES COMPOSITION ACT,—The following Re-
solutions reported and agreed to, and Bill ordered to be
brought in
le
•That the time for receiving Notices to compound for
Ace Duties of Assessed Taxes shall be extended, and the said
Act for the relief of persons compounding for Assessed Taxes
for 2. s` That
person occupying a farm as tenant, at rack-
rent, -under the rent• of 2001. a-year, shall be exempt from
...Play on Horses kept for husbandry, but occasionally used
rot riding,-or let to hire, or used in drawing for hire or profit."
Ottbr IMPORTATION BlLL—till Monday week
SlrnntrES DEPUTE (SCOTLAND) till committees Thursday
INSOLVENT DEBTORS ACT AMENDMENT deferred.w.ti ILL till Thursday.
EaT INDIA AND AMERICAN TRADE BILL I Considered
COLONIAL
TRADE BILL tin Corn-
Mittee and reported ; further consideration of Report on
.d ' •
aY ; BilLs, as amended, to be printed.
..LLE ItY (SCOTLAND) ACT,—Resolutions reported
That there be charged for every gallon of Wort or Wash
Lo;wed or made in any part or place in Scotland from any Malt,
trajt.,- Grain, or-Tilts, or any mixture with the same, for ex-
Spirits, for consumption in Scotland,—
prod" here such Wort or Wash, before any fermentation is
°be uced or excited, shall be of a gravity not exceeding eighty-
pence hr ieated by Allan's saccharometer, the sum of eight.
•11,upenny •
Prof; "ere such Wort or Wash, before any fermentation is
live, uned or excited, shall be of a gravity not exceeding seventy'.
Peseeas. indicated by the said saccharometer, the sum of eight
prod' here such Wort or Wash, before any fermentation is
ii:cred or excited, shall be of a gravity not exceeding seventy,
hair 'eated by the said saccharometer, the sum of sevenpence
qy ;
ha,Wort ere such or 'Nash, before any fermentation is
rive' . cell or exeited, shall be of a gravity not exceeding sixty-
Perleeit! or
by the said saccharometer, the sum of seven-
Produvhere such Wort or Wash, before any fermentation is
i4Pd or excited, shall be of a gravity not exceeding sixty,
441£ lamed by the Said saccharometer, the sum of sixpence-
Per eetlhat for every gallon of Spirits of the strength of seven
ikes, tarn above proof', as denoted by the hydrometer called
er,B, nYdrometer, which shall be dlled in any part or place
4'ashlba-nd, for consumption in Scotland, from any Wort or
tare t, rewed from Malt, Corn, Grain, or Tilts, or any mix.
cited of a gravity not exceeding eighty-one, as
%n of 3- saccharometer,—there shall be charged the
p-o.,.inepence-halfp'enny :
every distilled such Spirits, of the strength aforesaid,
l'ity 4 Mall be rrom any such Wort or Wash, of a gra-
Olar ~°t exceeding seventy -five, as indicated by the said sac.
°--eter
por the sum of nine pence
eV
erY gallon of such Spirits, of the strength aforesaid,
4n8"411 be distilled from any such Wort or' ash, of a gra-
Ineter-t,,exceedin seventy, as indicated by the said saccharo-
e g u • '
For oreightpence-ualfpenny
pinch every gallon of such Spirits, of the strength aforesaid,
ry lan be distilled from any such Wort or Wrash, of a gra-
a-r,thin°l:3
.exeeeding sixty-five, the sum of sevenpence three
h, Pet •
every gallon of such Spirits, of the strength aforesaid,
notuead be distilled from any such Wort or Wash, of a gra-
Ad X,ceeding-sixty, the sum of sevenpence
egree of on in proportion, according to any higher or lower
~the strength of all such Spirits respectively.
titla;l37 -.,:•„1,1at there be charged for every Licence to be taken out
titt PlaceTstlller or Maker of Low Wines o.r Spirits in any p.art.
h: er,eti.olllo Scotland, whether for sale therein or for exportation
sum of ten pounds :
"Mid every Licence to be taken out by any Rectifier or Com-
4ve er of • • .
()Itrids.:Palts in any part or place in Scotland, the sum of.
anyor el,
Brai erY Licence to be taken out by any person to make
Scotlar,a, the sum of ten shillings : tl‘ thatil; every Licence to be taken mit by any person not being
,tsellearsAitil if Rectifier, or
.Compounder of Spirits, to. keep and
trad r the carrying on the trade of a Chemist, or any
1121!41 eor business requiring the use of a Still or Stills, the
),•°ltentinsillings*"
-14)gt --s agreed to; Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr,
°tl and Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Read a first

Read a 3d time,
and passed.

, Nn,,,,, ,
.. Ai; ES of MOTIONS for THURSDAY NEXT...
Mr.
ra..mtnceller of the Exchequer,—Bill. to authorise th. e
-4 of the Treasury to regulate certain Public Offices in
2. the
„Bxchecuer of Ireland.
t.
'Bill to alter and amend the practice of Courts
3,A2f Great Sessions in Wales.
4ur.
,
), ..t,orey-General,—Bill to explain Act. 53 Ge0..1.115.
e‘iat% 41, elating to the Registration of Itafe-Annuitie ,
4n4 to substitute other provisions in lieu thereof.
011 Th '
/. tt --'4l.s of the DAY, for THURSDAY NEXT..
7,41" Burghs Accounts Bill—Further Consideration of
2. ?v,. 43eport .
a• '''av!gati°ll 411—Third Reading.
4. yrlcient CommereialStatutes Repeal Bill—Third Reading.
S. KI-.llPortation of Goods R Deal Bill Third Reading.
4. latNhaelpe4tridolit.lilitary Peneslons (payment— thereof) Re
7. ;Fettish nn,
Bill—Se.cond Reading.
R. 1,4144 Depute (Scotland) Bill—Committee.
p. Intia.g._e V_essels Regulation Bill—Renort.
". East iezAt. Debtors Act Amendment Bill—Committee.
lib ndia Trade Acts--Committee thereupon.
1 ,IVATp
'Qr h 4 aiLLS—Second Readings, for THURSDAY.
* thelnastone Pier 2. Ashton.under.Line Estate.