The Sun.
London, England, 1812-05-05 00:00:00

Mr: Justice HEATH said, that. the. Court was in
fib wise disposed to san6tion- by its authority any of
those many irregularities which might be commit-
ted, at Lloyd's Coffee-house.
The LORD .CHIEF JUSTICE said,' that an instru-
ment. altered in a material part must be performed
with the_consent of the parties, but in the present
case it was hot,

Mr. Serjeant Si ttPlignD said, the alteration WAS
merely a customary, one, and such• as • must have
been in .the contemplation of the defendatu at the
moment when the policy was first mentioned. If
the plaintiff had made an imperfed and unbinding
instrument, he would maintain; that he had a right
to recover the amount of the prernium.

Mr. Serjeant Besi-, on the same side contended,
that since the policy was not binning in its amend-
e,d state on any persons, save-those who bad sub-
scribed to it; it might be.sustained on i;s original
foundation,- specified in the written cootraa., by
:which means. the plaintiff W‘a as entitled not only to
recover the -amended premium of ninety guineas,
hut the whi.ile of the three hundred pounds—the.
premium on ihe.totA cargo, to which the plaintiff
could bring evidence..

-The Loan CHIEF JosTrce,in _giving his opinibn,
said,' that he had examined. the instrument r-f as-
surance, and-believed it.,to be 'not avoid and useless
one ; but the Policy had been most materially al-
tered from its original meaning, by the declaration
of goods,' without the concurrence of the under-
writer, which totally freed him from the scope of
the .assurance, though it did not loose the original
bond . between them. Where an instrument had
been once made, it became not the province of ei-
ther party :to,alier its intentions, wi,hout the .privily
of the other,.ehe he, would do it at his own risk and
peril. Now, .in the present else, the assured 'party
had altered the instrument, and could not-contend
for the; return of premium, since the underwriter
bad performed his agreentent.. Therefore he held it
as his opinion, that it must remain as a-matter of
conscience with the underwriter, whether he re-
turned the premium or not.

By an account presented to the. House of Com-
mons, it appears, that the total amount of the per-
manent and war taxes for the year ending the sth
of April, 18 12, W 35-.-

. S. d.
Total permanent taxes -• • -41,117,P7 12 11
/ ' Total Arai taxes - t 6
Grand Tofu! 63:687,97. 9

Mr. BANKRS',S Bill, now in progress, for abolish-
ing Sinecure Offices-, provides, that the savings made
y such abolition or reduction shall go to the Con-
solidated Fund. Another clause goes to enable his
Majesty to grant pensions during lite of 3,0001. per
annum, to persons who have served for not less
than. 5 years in the- following offices,---First Lord of
the Treasury, Cbancelhir of. the Exchequer, First
Lord of the Admiralty, and each of the three Secre-
taries of State : "also to ptrsons who shall have serv-
ed net less than i 0 years as Chief, Secretary, .or
Chancellor of the Exch,quer for Ireland, and Secre-
tary at War for the same period, pensions not ex-
ceeding 2,0001. a year to the two' Secretaries of
the 'Treasury, and Secretary of the Admiralty, pen-
sions of i 4001.; and to the Under S,;.cretaries of
State; pensions not exceeding 10001. a year, in case
they shall have serves 4 5 years. The Bill fait her,
provides, that offices in Courts. of Law shall not be
Sold, but be executed in person at a stated salary,
and the surpiusOf fees be applied to Judges' salarlea,
&c, and. that colonial offices,be execoted in person,
and regulated.

The BiShop of Lox DON yesterday' held-a confirm-
ation at St. after; which his Lerrdship inspect-
ed his. Registry in that Cathedral; to see its 'present
slate and condition, and whether it could be made
convenient for the pUblic, in the event of the Parish
Register 8,11 passing into a law.
The Kon. Lieutenant-General. Maitland, brother
of Lord Lauderdale, accornpaniell by Lieutenant-
Colonel i\i'N3b, of the Adjutant General's depart-
ment, left London on Saturday under especial orders
to take the command of the troops employed to
quell the disturbances in the interior part 3 of the
kingdom. • • •

Mr. Browne, 'of Rockville, has cleared by the
meeting at-Kildare tl,e sum of 10,00 W. His_ horse
Lope; by Shuttle,
.seems. likely to rival the fame of
the celebrated Eclipse, as Mr. B, has done that of
. his owner, We understand that.a 'soca of not less
than fifty thous-7nd pound‘lB depending on the event
Of his beating-Colonel Lutnn's famous horse. Nor-
folk for the. ensuing4irwan's, in June.
METHOD OF IMM EDI itTELY, DISCOVERING FORGED
NOTES.—If the hand is wetted and rubbed hard.
Upon the figured Prat of the note, the whole. will
become confused it the note is. bad ; 'for in such the
India-ink has not been, mixed with that nil, which
renders those of the good notes durable after being
so wetted and.rubbed. -This is the ease • with those
forged by the French prisoners.
Urt We'dneSday sennight, an inquest was held at
South Shields on the body of Harriet Berwick, who
poisoned herself by taking arsenic, which was used
to make shot by the person in the house where she
lodged. The deceasedla beautiful young woman).
came from London, and vit,nt to that town in the
expeaation of treing married to a young man there ;
who delayed the marriage by telling her he was out
of employment, and therefore could not maintain
her : the .great disappointment caused by this in-
formation drove her into a deep melancholy', in
Which state she committed the above act.—Verditt
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