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sitous men ? Evidence would soan decide this•grcat question.
He wished to prOVe this.
. The-LORD •CHANCELLOW here' intiinated,`tbat if the.
Company were not a legal body, no matter how bad.soever .the
pawnbrokers were, could their Lordships enable tie Company
to do any good illegally ? •
Here the Learned Counsel still wished
.togiye evidence, as to
the benefieial•tendency of the Equitable Loan Bank. He -re-
butted the charge of usury,-preferred by his Learned Priend.—
Usury could -•not•-be presumed. But, besides; the Company
mi&htbe.prosecuted for an Usurious charge. •
The. -Loin) •CHANO.fiaalt repeated an observation
which . he formerly: made., and which appeafed so'rational that
he professed he could not get red of it, namely,, that if the decd
.
were to be considered as the foundation of the-Company, ought
it not • upon:that account tiPeOnstiiitte Part •of the Act ?
Ilmtursox, in conclusion, said that amendments might
undoubtedly be.rnade to the society's plan, and wished to be
heard further .on' this and' oilier points.' •
After sonic remarks ttie, Y4arl..of.:l4Atziaz anat.al;tliord
SuFirreitt, -ant others,
_the • further hearing of Counsel was
appointed for TueSday nett; and, .at PAST SEVEN
O'CLOCK, the house adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
There being only thirtyMentbers present at four o'clock, the
House adjourned;

SCOTCH APPEAL.

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HOUSE' OF LORDS.—MONDAY 'AND WEDNesUA3t.
• MAULE v. MAULEh -•
The LORD CHANCELLOR addressedthe House on this case,
so important to the Scotch, inasmuch as it involves the consi-
deration of the very. important question whether a -father of a
family , shall exercise his :own judgment and discretion in the
allowances to his heir apParent,and the other . members of .his
family, or the whole of his property shall be subjected to 'the
review de-anßo in..antinnt of • the Court of Session in Scotland,
and by way of appeal in the. House of Lords.; The Court ,of
Session had awarded to the respondent, who is the eldest"son
of the appellant, an income of 1300/. per annum, to be paid by
the father, and it was against this decree that the latter ap-
pealed.•'. The Chancellor observed, gist if thejlaw did give,the
Lords of Session this power,' it would behove them to monire
what . was the extent of the parent's income; what his debts
were, and what was the extent of his obligations to his other
children and other persons de anno in annum ; and the (pies.
tion was. this, whether the Court of Session has a jurisdiction to
take into its hands, as between the father and his. eldest son, and
as between the father and the other members of his fathily, alt
the father's property, and to retain it as long as any natural
oofhltihgeatfiaottlii
eerxl snted the
ebeptrweeseenn itlciaesnei
bthoen
tgrnoisnseatenennu
thoinucsoarrin
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pounds,' and the annual interest of his debts and other annual
charges were about eight thousand and five hundred pouilds,
leaving a clear annual income of ten thousand and five hundred
pounds; that the debts due from the father to his creditors
were twenty-nine thousand pounds , • and regard 'should be had
that the father owed a debt equal to -three years' income,of
The estate ; that the father, in determining what he should
-.do for his children, ought to consider his creditors, and it was
to be remarked, as a very important point in the case, that he
bad not the power of charging.one shilling.of those debts. upon-.
the estate; that the 7 amount of the allowance to the son was
deserving great consideration, and it appeared by the proceed.
ings that several actions were depending ,for,,the purpose of
obtaining evictions of some of the family property. Another
consideration was, that the father was a' cantioner for dif-
ferent persons to the amount of several thousand pounds.—.
That the Lords of Session differed ,amongst themselves as •
to the amount of the•tillowanci,-.= one thought 600/. sufficient,
another 800/., another a 1,0001., adding, that a hundred •or
two could not make much ditlbrence to the father ; and that tha
son must be enabled to mix in the society Of our fir-at:circles,
for that all the learning in the world would not give !Toad Man,
ners. LordGillies thought VOO/. At last the-Lord 'President
fixed the allowance 'at 8001. per annum. That it seems thin
power of the Court of Session was grounded On' the 20th penal ~
statute of James IV., 1491, whereby it was, enacted, that
when any lands happen to fall in ward to the King, or any
baron of this realm (Scotland), he should give sic like sure-
ties not to waste the.meadow and other lands in ward, and
should grant a reasonable living for the sustenance of the heir,
after the condition of the heritor. It bad been contended that
this allowance was only to he granted-where the heir had not:
any blanche land. That it appeared, by. 1.11,3 text writers, that the
Court of Session had from time to time applied the Statute to' •
the heir apparent of a person living, but it et-10d not 'aPply,
cept paatione. The question was, whether, regard being had to the interests of the-father and son, the decision of the Court .
of Sessions was right? 'Whether the son was emi:led to this.
allowance as hisjus naturale What was this 'to stand upon,
unless there were a power entrusted to a Court of Justice, and
was riot the-father the bestjudge Ofthe allowance. to his son when. •
lie became major? It came to .this : whether the patriapotestas
• no longer belonged to 'Mr. Mamie, but to the Coorrof Session ;
whether that Court has a power to judge pro 4ae,vice, and to
say to what extent the son may demand to participate in the
property. 'That the qUestion affected all' landed and'ilionied
proprietors in Scotland ; that the House must take care not to
entrench upon the established laws of the land. His Lordship
concluded this.morning (Wednesday), by movinethat the alio-
catur be reversed ; to which the House agreed nemine.contra.
dicente.

AGR[CULTURAI. REPORT
FOR THE COUNTIES OF WORCESTER; STAFFORD,
• ;,4NP $A LOP, FOR- AI AY. •

The crops of \Vheat look more promising than
have been noticed for, several years, the cold weather has been
very favourable toithem, and kept them properly backs so that
they have had time to tillow and cover the ground; the genial
rains have proved abundantly beneficial to all kinds off-476°-
oes and Barley sowing on all lands has been finished in good
time,- and the early sown crops look extreme], well; and Clear
from weeds, the seed vegetating very fast, the ground being in
such excellent order:—Vetches are abundant and cut heavy;
they are found very valuable for the stock, and prepare
Ole land
forthesuceession crops.---Luern and Saintfoin turn out abt.m..
dant crops; we arc glad to see so much land sown this spring
with these highly valuable and useful, grasses.—Carrots, Pars_
nips, and 14141:gel Wurzel. shew very kindly, consideratile
breadth of land is now in a state of culture with C:tse lately
introduced craps-; it shea's the great progress that knowledge
is making among the farmers, and by pursuing Such object
steadily they will be enabled to carry double stock uporAheir
farms._The Lambing season has been particularly favouiable,
but few have died although the nights have been very cold:—
The Bops have suffered very much froth the frosty ni!;hts and
cold biting wind; unless there comes a veri material change
in the. temperature of the:atmosphere the crops` will be very
light.—Apples and Pears in some districts have suffered intielt
from the blight, but there will be a fair average-crop of these
useful fruits.-1 he.Rycisrising very finely into ear, and pro.
miles abundant produce.—Beans run very short, and are gettiag
into bloOm pretty generally ; much cannot be said in praise of
them at-present. • -

. ,
. BISH AGAIN TRIUMPHANT !!!—Yestenlay the
drawing of the State Lottery took place at Coopers' Hall, when
our old friend Brsu was, as usual, most conspicuous for the
sale of great Prizes, at his Offices, as he sold not only lip
largest Prize in Shares, but many other Capitals, as the follow..
ins; brilliant List., all drawn yesterday, and all sod by him,
will show, viz. :—No. 1804; 30,0001. in 6 shares • M 6, 10,000/.
in.!) shares ; 6516, 1,100/1 in 9 shares;-6593, 500/. in 9 *slurres,;
8731, 3001. in a whole ticket; 8023, 2001. in 9 shares ; 638-1, -
2001. in a,whole ticket ; 1742, 2001. in a whole ticket. This
extraordinary run of luck must assist flisx wonderfully in his
new contract with-Government, as we find that the next grand
Scheme is his, and he adds to it the novelty:of giving away, as
extra Prizes, 64 Pipes of Wine, exclusive .of the money granted
by Government.