The Sun.
London, England, 1802-11-18 00:00:00

CHAR ACTt RS.

Captain Kelson, - - t. Do wr oN
Kelson, - - Mr. J. BA NNIST ER.
)1-16".*Idi - -
Me • Mr. KELLY.
Lhizedec, - - Mr. WEW viz ER.
Hawser, - Mr. SEDCWICK.
Matthew, - - - Mr. SIJETT.
Servant, - - - - Mr. Wills. '-
Mrs. Dorville, - Mrs. SPARKS.
Charlotte, -• Miss DE CAatP. AMP
Fanny, - - - - •
- Mrs. BLAND.
porville has a house about fifteen miles from Ply,
which 'she announces for sale, by a board at her door.
covetous old few, who has acquired a large
)ie 'extortion on Sailors, is inclined to purchase it,
to beat down the poor widow in the price. Charles
a yoUng Naval Officer, and his friend tfelfield, a
Yill_at Composer, who are travelling towards Plymouth,
ewho have exhausted all their cash, stop at Mrs. Dor-
to whose house they fiad indeed been conveyed. M
cart by het servant Matthew. Struck by the ap-
Pearance of the board, which intimates that the House
is
Charles Kelson conceives, that by pretending to be
, purchaser, he may procure a supper, and, pe.rhaps, a
"'l, for himself and his friend. • The scheme succeeds : the
ejeclulous Widow admits them into the House, and agrees to
tsPose of it. Atier the purchase had been settled, Melchi-
Zek;
s.vito had repented of not having closed the bargain
''With Mrs. Dorville, hopes to inveigle Charles Kelson
, iptietroceaivrees-stahlee upon the same conditions. Charles, however,
Jew's anxiety for the Mansion, and after sug-
esting ••
of . many improv,ments which he intends to make, all
chv vsvitch would obstruttions to Melchizedec, whoSe
ah, is adjcent, at length works up the latter into
House". o.t. Eight Thousand Pounds for the Widow's
Pay
the,clavrfes Kelson consents, and is thus enabled
to Pay ,
,Idow Five Thousand Pounds for her House,
ao
to
three. Thousand to his Friend Belfield, in
Inolder induce Mrs. orville to agree that Belfield.shall
maj .r y e
, _,r,!liece Charlotte, between whom and Belfield there
g a mutual attachment.,
O
This Piece, though it possesses no great claims
dialogue
dramatic reputation, is light and diverting. The
'4ls)gue is sprightly, and there is some laughable
.;,,97"'297ic• The Plot is. not devoid of interest, and
as
well eonduaed as might be expeaed in such a
P/oduftion.
I,llere is nothing offensive in this Piece, and it
much ttiore amusing,' and much less extravagant,
1,„"" 'flost things of the same kind which. have been
•.•
ate 4'.'t 10rI:Vaia "of late.. What characters there are,
ovo. %ciently
stl •
diversified, if they are hot very
The
Sliew Part 'of Charlotte is very Well calculated to
S• the talents of Miss DE CAMP in dancing,
4r)
to -6it'g, and ailing, and she gave an amusing scope
-,Qr
ltae ektrader. BANNISTER was lively and hu-
n,.
`'US -11-1 Ckarles Kelson. WEWITZER was very
el in the Jew. Mrs. BLAND sung charmingly in
thle.'"tY, and KELLY acquitted himself very well in
songs of Beifield.
Upon the whole, the Farce went off very well,
44(1 IS by no means discreditable Fo Mr. Cosa, who,
Ive understand, is the Author.•
•. The Music.is by KELLY, who has .shewn vigour
and elegance in the overture, and who has imitated
the air
y style of
• sone,„ the Italian Comic Opera in the
ft;
le Piece Was received with great applause by a
numerous audience, and we see no reason to doubt
that it will bcofteti repeated with success.
The following is a specimen of the poetry :

•
AlR—Flotny.
Tttt: sweet Lark with her Song wak'd the morning,
When my Henry I met on the lawn :
Ah t how long had he sighed at my scorning,
And I blush'd with the blush of the dawn.
Love then caught me by surprize;
joy beam'd in Henry's eyes.
I shaloi e'er remember that morning,
When 1 blush'd with the blush of the dawn ;
Can you then wendel I should prize
The bird that carols to the skies ?
I shall ever remember that morning,
When I blushed with the blush of the dawn.

AIR.-CHARLOTTE.

Far from my love, ah ! must I mourn
The sharpest pang of Cupid's dart !
When will the gentle youth return ?
The dear-possessor of my heart !
Oh Love ! deny not now thine aid !
In pity to an hapless maid !

'Why, in a loyal vot'ry's breast, :
Say, tyrant, wouldst thou plant thy thorn ?
Cr'litara ; by thee alone possest,
-,iy heart thy magic chain bas worn.
Oh Love, &c:

RILLINGToN has taken a House in Sack_
e- stteet.
• a, There is a Pic_ Vic Company at Stanmore, as well
, De {.41 Tottenham.street : On Tuesday night they
Vr-°rrued and Yarico, Burnaby Brittle, The
zl::4m a
_i!zUrask'd, Door Last's Examination before
tki''lreve of Physicians, and sang Crazy Jane,
4/li--t7vard Reerriits.
It •
•04 vzs said, that notwithstanding the restriuions
still kiting Weftiniuster Abbey, poor Authors are
tent Permitted to go into Poets' Corner. The pre.
bt,t race
Of Poets may indeed go there while living,
the
Y have little chance of being honoured with
ace in it when they are dead.
in,Th toe maegnificent Seat at Rincy, formerly belong-
:6s
s th Duke of ORLEANS, is at length in the
essioo of a man, once a journeyman Grocer.
crlokGrie n- me
e ral ANDRLossI has brought three
alwas with him :ram France. They seem to •.3e._
the employed, and as the Kitchen is in front of
ofoouse in Portland Place, it is the constant resort
,giaping Curiosity.—The
daily consumption
_tie,
f
nea' by the General's Servants, is said to b'
forty quarts.
I,4llllrriage Feast is stated in one of the Papers,
yne4ve been ertiven under the direction of a gr.
side ,4 • This Gentleman's Family have long,)re-
s" at Entertainments of this kind.
•cau:llille Fishermen near the Nore, on Monday last
Nvai,d t a very fine Conger Eel, which measured up-
in,hes of six feet in length, was more than twenty.
Pnut,ds jr) circumference, and weighed sixty-one
rt,), '4 Tuesday it was exhibited alive on a 14.1',1
Ivitlr'S stall, at Exeter 'Change, and
%44ur:ize by some hundreds of persans in the
was noticed
(?1 thq uy.

TOUR DO PP ANC E.

1.11141. ER 111.

Wynithe exception of the Army, and men in
power, I verily believe there are very few real Re-
publicans in France. Though they live under a
form of Government probably- more arbitrary_ than
the most oppressive ever established by Louts the'
Fourteenth, they do not seem to wish to have
modified into the form of a limited Monarchy by tht
restoration of the Bouttsot4s, an event that it is na-
tural to suppose will work itself out in process of
time, When the Royal Family are mentioned,
with a great deal of sang froid it is remarked,
qu'il n'y a plus d'esperance pour euX." This
apathy and indifference are not easily accounted for,
and can only be resolved into this—that their mani-
fold sufferings have obtunded their better feelings,
and rendered their minds callous to a sense of their
situation. Should this indifference continue through-
out the present generation, the next, educated in
new habits, and impressed with new prejudices of
education artfully calculated td produce such an ef-
: fed, may become genuine, staunch Republicans, who
(judging from the only standard we have, the page
of History) will naturally, in time, operate the IC-
formation of a Monarchy.
Had BONAPARTE restored the BOURBONS, the
dark side of his character would have been relieved
by
.the splendour of such a brilliant action ; but
as his own personal ambition manifests itself daily
more and more, he must be content to possess little
of the resped of the wisest, and best part of rtsari
kind, while he holds a situation in the scale of
created beings, to which uncommon good fortune,
aided by talents, has elevated hit from a station of
'mediocrity and insignificance unparalleled in history.
—We must look to ourselves. Whether the BOUR-
BONS or BONAPARTE are on the throne, or in power,
the danger from aggrandized France is the same.—
' This Power has increased; is increasing, and
ought to be diminished." England alone cannot
altogether effect this : a period will arrive, when
Europe will see. her dangtr. Russia will take the
lead by land, England will ad powerfully by sea,
and France will be reduced to a moderate extent,
'influence and system : all this is, , probably, in the
womb of time. In the mean time, the Peace that has
been. made, was a sound, wise, and' politic measure,
to enable us to recruit our strength, and meet with
full vigour a- farther struggle that will ultimately,
though not immediately, take place. BONAPARTE
does not wish to go to War. The interest of his
personal ambition, So very dear to him, and those of
his empire, would not be promoted by a war for
which he is not prepared. If he wishes for war,
he will endeavour to render England the aggressor,
that the war may be unpopular, and ..that the olms
odliof it may rest on our shoulders.
Our Minister is highly respeded abroad : his
moderation and firmness are equally known. His
talents, like those of his most able predecessor,
are of the very first rate description, None better
than him knows the value of the blessings of Peace ;
but if forced into a War, an event not at all Pro-
bable, he will possess the fullest confidence of the
Nation in demonstrating the necessity of a measure
that will be induced alone by unavoidable necessity.
The Moniteur places France in a hostile, threatening
attitude. Our 'Minister is placing England in one at
once steady and defensive. The Liberty of our
Press, like the bulwarks of our Freedom, the
Bill of Rights, the Mutiny and Habeas Corpus Ads,
&e. Sce. cannot be done away. If the French Go.
vernment feels galled, aggrieved, and annoyed by
the freedom of inquiries and public writings of this
Country, and if their system can bear probing to the
bottom, let them appeal to a British Tribunal, where
upright, independent judges will interpret the Law
with candour and ability, and where • enlightened
honest juries will give impartial v.erdids. I fre.
qttently, when abroad,' took occasion to mention
Mr. PITT'S name, to ascertain the estimation' in
which he was held. It is readily acknowledged
that his vigorous measures saved England at
,a criti-
cal moment ; that his integrity is only equalled by
his abilities ; and that in Finance he has not his
equal. His great opponent, they also say, is
on triis grand Orateur, et aussi on. hotnme de
beaux talens."—lf the very hairs ofpur heads are
numbered, and if a sparrow does not fall to the
ground 'without the knowledge of that -Bring who
rules over all, a fortiori must we conclude, that for
wise and inexplicable purposes, not-to be fathomed
by limited human faculties, the Ruler of France has
been raised from the dust, to one of the most emi-
nent stations on earth. This being the case, let us
say with Mr. PITT, that whatever may be our opi-
nion of the man, deduced from his alions, we
ought to treat him with the language of respell
due to the situation he occupies. The acrimo-
ny and 'virulence with which this distinguished
Personage is treated in some of our Public Prints,
indicate envy and fear, more than justice and
partiality. Let. us own that his accession to power
has put a period to scenes of cruelty and bloodshed
on scaffolds, and to the prosecution of domestic
distress.

I send you these loose Remarks, written without
any particular method or arrangement, that you
may_insert them in your valuable Paper, should you
deem them worthy of any attention. They may in_
duce more discerning Travellers to write others that
may be more interesting._

I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
A LOOKER-ON.

P. S. Our good, and even light guineas, are
purchased in Paris by money _changers, for two-pence
over their nominal value, at ,the rate of ten-pence to
every livre. • These men inform me that they
melt them down. Some mode of finance ought to
be adopted to prevent this.

Crl Monday evening, between eight and nine
o'clock, as Mr. CHARNOCK, of Brunswick-row,
Westminster, was passing akrng the top of the Bird-
cage-walk, he was suddenly knocked down by two
men, armed with bludgeons, supposed. to be Sol.
tilers. He recovered himself, and called for assist:
anee, when the villains ran off without effeaing
their purpose. It is suppose• 3 they heard some per-
sons comin up.

l•-/. it.lAMt..7R6w MAA%

THE HAGUE,- Nov.

TR P. AMbaSSadOr of the French Repuhliei M.
SE MUNI I lA, E; had yesterday his soleinn ao'ditltte of
the Government of State. The t‘vo Governments
have agreed that the ceremony of the entry of the
AmbassadorS of France, observed at the begiquing
of the iBth.Century, in regard to the English and
French Ambassadors, shall take place for the fu-
ture; but that at the audience of M. SE MO NV I L LE,
nothing took place which did not at the, ordi-
nary audience's of the Envoys and Ministers Pleni-
potentiary' accredited at this Republic. After• the
audience, the President of the Government, accom-
panied by the Messengers of State, and other Offi-
cers of the Council of Stare, went in their carriages
to the Ambassador's Hotel to congratulate him.
The Corps Diplomatique,, the Generals, and the
Members of the Government, went • there a little
after to pay their visit. The livery of the Minis,.
ter, on account of the mourning of his farriily, was
green, frogs, embroidered with gold fringe.
The deficit in the -receipt for the wants of the
State will amount, in the year I 8 03, to seventeen
millions.

ALEXANDRIA, AUG. 17.

WE are anxiously expeaing the arrival of Gene-
ral STEWART from Constantinople, in hopes he will
bring us orders for quitting this country, of which
we are all heartily tired. These barbarians, the
Turks, now regard us with the utmost hatred and
jealousy, and if our force was any way diminished,
we should have every, thing to apprehend from them.
They have already stabbed several of our soldiers,
and one of our. sentries was killed on his post, in
endeavouring to proted an Arab woman from one
of the Turks, whO was going to offer her violence.
The offender was seized, and proved to be one of
the green turban gentry, the descendants of Mahn.
met, whose persons are-reckoned sacred ; notwith-
standing which, Lord CAVAN insisted upon his be-
ing publicly strangled, which was done, as usual,.
with the bow-string -
Our Army, which amounts to about 4.000 u2n,
are extremely healthy none have died'of the pli,goe
since the 17th of June last, and except the loth Re.
ginsent, very few of the troops have the opthalmia.
The Mamelukes are still in great. forcc, particu-
larly about Ghiza, and have already defeated the
Turks in several severe skirmishes with consider_
able loss, and, I am convinced, will drive them out
of Egypt soon after we skill have left it.
.The ,only Fort which we have retained in our
pOssession is Fort Cretid, near Alexandria. The
chief part of the Turkish Army is at-Rosetta, to
which place they were removed from Alexandria,
on the remonstrances of Lord CAVAN, to prn;ent
the consequences` that might arise from the ill will
that'subsi§ted between there and our troops. .

PETEKSBURGH, Ocr. 26.

His. Imperial'Majesty this day, went on board
the new Ship of the Line hunched last week, which
lies now in the Neva at anchor, and was pleased to
express his perfet satisfaction at every part of it.—
This beautiful ship carries tio guns, and is called
the Gawvil (or Gabriel.)
On the z7th of September, the anniversary of
the Emperor's Coronation, then monument erected
in Kiew to Prince WOLODOMI a was opened. It is
ereeted on the very spot where this. Prince, after
his conquest of the Tauric Chersonesus (now Cri-
mea), in the year•9B9, and after having been him-
self baptized, not only converted his people to
Christianity, but
.as an example to them, and as
a proof of his.devotion, baptized his own children
in a fountain: The stone monument consists of
Doric pillars, .32 feet high. Within these pillars
is a font,, and on the side of the pillars are two
inscriptions—the one " to Prince WOLODOMIR, the
enlightener of Russia ;" the other is " out of gra-
titude for the confirmation of the ancient, privi-
leges of this capital, by the Emperor ALEXANDER I.
Sept. 27, 18oz." The ceremony of the opening
was performed with much pomp and solemnity.
An express going to Paris carries a letter, in the
Emperor's own hand, to the FIRST-CONWL, who
had proposed to our Monarch to accede to the Con-
vention of the sth of September.
The Ambassadors of England and France have
lately delivered to our Ministers an official note, in
which they unite in praying the Emperor to accept
the,guarantee of the Order of Malta.
It is als6 observed, that they have very frequent
conferences with the Second Minister of State,
Prince CZARTOVYSKI, who is usually present at the
conferences of the High Chancellor with the Fo-
reign Ministers, and is obliged to lay a Report be-
fore His Imperial Majesty every morning at nine
o'clock.

I-IILDESHEIM, Nov. 6.

THE following Proclamafion has been published
here : " His Majesty the King of Prussia, &c. our
most gracious Sovereigt►,'afier an examination of the
accusations spread against the Order of La Trappe, in
obedience to an Order of the Cabinet, of the z Bth ult.
has been pleased to allb,,v the Monks of La Trappe
to remain in the Country for the present, and till
their further destination shall be arranged, but on
condition that they shall neither take Novices, nor
bring into the country Members of any other
establishment of Monks of La Trappe. They are
also commanded, under the severest penalties,
mediate!), to give up their establishment for the
education of children, and to• restore all their pu-
pils to their parents. All parents and guardians,
whose residence is not known, are hereby required
immediately to take.•hack their children, and to
apply for that purpose to the Magistracy at Pader-
born, who are commanded `to lend them all possible
assistance in claiming their children.

" Done at PaderiTorn, Nov. i, j Boz,
" By His Majesty Special Command,
SCHULENBERG."

COPENfIAGEN, Nov. 6.

Tc,:mokßow the Court goes into mourning for,
ten days, for the late Grand Dutchr,:ss of Tuscany.

`the Berard 6.1 traLle having fepisented to it
Majesty that the Danish Captain KiiAi4 had die
Misfortune to lose his ship in a ,ioient scorn, acid
that the crew must hate pt•ristced, but. fur the eic,
ertions or BENJAMIN PETER b E Joi46, of Lerthe§;
in Fricseland, His Majesty has ben pleased to be_
statv upon the said Dutch Captain,_ foi his generous
bduitioUr to subjets of Denmark on this occasioh;
the gold rn:!dal:

According to. r c most recent .accotints front
Switzerland, General BACHMANN has al►ially left
that country, and intends to seek an asylum ih Bri.;

taint

Tim FIRST CoNstit., according to Letters from.
Mentz, is expected in that City about the middle'
of December.

The Counsellor of State, CIZETE'i, accompanied
by several Engineers, is travelling through the
Edstern Departments of France, for the purpose of
inspeling the Canals, Bridges, &c. in that part of
the &public.

PRINCE WILLIAM FR E DER IC, gOn of the Reign:.
ing Duke of Brunswick, who had been affianced to
the Pi NoEss MARIA EL! ZAB ETH,;Of Baden, since
the rzth of June last, arrived at
,Carlsruhe on the
3oth ult, where the Marriage was celebrated on the
Ist inst.

Letters from Vienna 'of the 3d inst. announce,
that the Dutchess Dowager of PARMA, a relative of
the-Emperor's, and an immediate desceßdant from
MARIA THERESA, Queen and Empress of Hun-
gary; had been requested, in a note from the present.
French Administrator General,' of the Dutchies of
Parma, Placentia, and GuAstalla, to leave her resi-
dence of Parma and the Dominions of her late Con.
sort, • With this note she immediately complied ;
and she has since arrived, 'with her family, at Ve,
nice ; from which place, after a short stay, she will
go to Vienna.
Another Shock of an Earthquake, 'more, violent
than. the former, was felt at Strasburgh on the Bth
inst. at half past eleven at night.
Married, this morning, at Windsor, the Rev.
JQHN WILLIAMS, M. A. of Plaktol, Kent, to Miss
RICHARUSON, only 'Daughter of Major-General
HARDSOI<7, of the former place.'
The Vestry RooM and Alms-houses on the East
side of Sr. Clement's Church-yard are now removed,
and have opened a very pleasing view of tile body
of St. Clzinent's Church on entering the Strand from
Fleer-street.

A SINGULAR EVENT.-There is•a person at Li-
x,erpool, of the Jewish persuAon,.who.having mar-
ried a youpg worn In of (he Christian church, by
whom he,had a child, which last week died, appli-
Cation was made to the heads of the Synagogue, for
the burial of this child in their ground, to which
Henry hid long been a subscriber, but resisted, on
the ground' of Henry's having by his marriage for-
leited.the rights of the Jewish church. Henry,
nevertheless, prevailed upon the person resident at
the Synagogue, to deposit the child privately in the
burial ground. Near three weeks elapsed, when,
upon the, demise of another child a grave Was dilg,
-when lo .the recent deposit was discovered I In-
quiry was set on. foot, and she fad ascertained--"the
Heads of the Synagogue were called together, when
it was resolved that the coffin- and .corpke should be
returned to Henry by the beadle.' Henry, apprisd
of these :movements, was prepared withdconstat4e,
and on the approach of the beadle with his charge,
he was taken into. custody, and lodged in Bride-
well, where. he remained the whole of that night
the next day.the beadle and the persons who order-
ed the removal of the corpse were examined before
the Mayor at the Exchange, where they were justly
reprimanded, and two Constables accompanied the
Beadle to the burial ground, where the body of the
infant was replaced in the same grave from whence
it had been removed. '

A claim was on Tuesday laid before the Sifting
Alderman, at Guildhall, in which it was stared, that
a Member of the United -British Benefit Society,
deceased, had bequeathed, by will, to a Mr. Andrews,
the sum of 50 guineas, the sum -to which any
nominee the deceased might
.think proper to will
it to was entitled by the articles of the Society.
Mr. AGAR attended as Counsel for the claimant
in this case, and read to the Magistrates the specific
article in the rules of the Society, by which any
member, not having a wife or child living., hod a
right to will the money arising from the Society in
consequence of his being a subscriber, to any per-
son he should think proper. The will Mr. AGAR
produced, and cc,ntended that it was, to all
intents and purposes, a good will ; bat confessed,
that in consequence of the deceased not having died
possessed of persona; or other property,, it was nor
proveable in an Ecclesiastical Court ; that the
father of the deceased, or some of his Creditors,
might claim the payment of this money whenever
they chose to- administer ; but, in reply to this, he
said, the Cusiness in question was a mere rnat!e
of contingency, and that the deceased, during his
life, could not. possibly have become possessed of
a farthing of it, consequently it could not come,
under the denomination of assets, and therefore
could not be claimed by any •person who might
choose to adMinister, when a will had been ieft ;
though that will had not been, nor was it necessary-
it should be proved. In the present case it was
sufficient there was a will, to which none of the
relatives of the deceased, who were joint Legatees
with Mr. Andrews, objected ; on the contrary, he
had letters from them, requesting it Andrews,
so soon as he had received • the money, to remit
them their reipe6tive shares.

Mr. Alderman NEWNHAM said, that, cn con-
suiting his Brother Magistrates, they were of opi-
nion, that though the Aift specifically called upon
them. to determine cases of this nature, yet it would
be too much for them to become Judges of the will,
as well as the liability of the Society ; therefore
they conceived they could do no more than dirt
the Treasurer, or whoever it was, of the Society,
to pay the 5o guineas to Mr. Andrews, provided
Mr. Andrews gave an indemnification to the So-
ciety, in case any other parties 'should bring -an
action against the' Society for the recovery of the
same money ; to which Mr. AGAR, on the part of
his Client, acceded.

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF KING's BENCH, Nok.

BOV EY V. BULMAN AND OTHERS.

Lom Ett ENB OROVGH delivered the Judgment
trf the Court upon the Motion made to arrest the
judgment in this Cause. It was an anion against
three Defendants, for so negligently loading a cart
with treacle, that the same was totally lost._ The

Jury had given a verdin against one of, the Defen-
dants only; the other two they acquitted of the
negligence imputed to them. The ground upon
which the Motion in Arrest of Judgment had been
made,_ was, that moan anion arising ex co'ntraa4 to
do a particular thing,, the verdil could not sepa.
rate.the Defendants, but that it ought to he the
same with regard to all of them; consequently, that
the verdit in this case, having exculpated two of
the Defendants, could not constitute the fOundation
of a 'judgment against a third. . His Lordship said,
it was the. opinion of the Court, that in anions
against several persons, for a wrong committed by
them jointly, the acquittal of one or more of them
did not preclude the Plaintiff from having judgment
against the others. The. Rule to arrest the Judg-
ment was therefore discharged.
It being what is called a Paper Day, the whole
mornin,, was consumed in heating arguments on dry
abstradquestions of Law, the detail of which would
afford no amusement to. the Ptiblic : they are in-
teresting only to the Profession, who may hereafter'
refer to a more copious account of them than our
limits would admit of, in the Term Reports.
In the "course of one of the cases, referring to a
point of pradice on the eonstrunion- of an Ad of
Parliament, Lord ELLENDOROUGH and all the
Judges lamented, as an intolerable grievance, the
extreme inaccuracy with which many of the Ads •
of Parliament relating to judicial proceedings
were drawn up.--In the particular instance before
the Court, the An of Parliament on which the
question was raised, ,was palpable nonsense, and
rrretity unintelligible. It was replete with mis-
takes, and many words evidently intended to be
inserted, were omitted. There were also a num.;
hereof statutes which formed the foundation of the
proceedings of Magistrates, to which the same ob_
jenions/applied, and Magistrates had frequently
complained of the inconveniencies to. Which they
were subjened; in consequence of The loose and
invorred manner of penning Aas of Parliament.
It was much to be wished ,that such of our Legi-
slators on
_whom the care devolved of framing Ads
of Parliament for remedying defeds in the Law,
would have recourse to the advice, and assistance
Of those persons who, either as Magistrates or
_ Lawyers, were best enabled to inform them.
The Hon. CHARLES 'YORKE, Secretary at War,
appeared .in Court, and took the Oaths of Allegi-
ance and Supremacy„

WEDNESDAY) NOV. 77.

DUNCAN V. REEVE'.

GARRow moved, that this Rule be made
absolute, upon an affidavit of service. 'This, he
said, was the case which had been several times be-
fore the Court, in which the Defendant Lad been
held to bail in an Adion of Trover for 5001. and
this Rule was to discharge the Defendant on filing
common bail, and to call on the Plaintiff and the
Sheriff's Officer who advised the arrest, and acted
in it, to answer the matters of the affidavit ; and
that, in the mean time, proceedings be staid, i\to
cause being shewn, the Rule' was made absolute.
Mr. BuRRoUGH moved for a Writ of Habeas
Co;pis, to be,aireded to the Keeper of the Corn
mon Gaol at Devizes, commanding him to bring up,
the body of George Marks to be discharged, on the
ground that the Commitment, under Which he is de-
tained, is illegal.
It 'appeared that he was committed under the au-
thority of the 37th of the present King, c. 123.
which Ad was :made to prevent- the administering
mu moos oe seditious oaths to persons in the Service
of I OjCS &c. but the case of this person did
not come under the description in that Act of Pat--
lint-tent ; and therefore, if the Defendant were now
in Court,. he would be entitled to be bailed. The
Commitment stated, That on or'about the month of
June last, the Defendant wets present, aided, and
assisted, at the administering and taking of an Oath,
of an engagement contrary to the form of the Sta-
tute.. The Commitment did not specify the ground
on which he was committed, and there was no of-
fence mentioned in the warrant of commitment, other
than " being-present and assisting at-the taking of
an Oath contrary to the Statute."
Lord ELLENRoROUGH—" That is, of itself,
an objection to the Commitment, for a Commit-
ment which states no more than that of administee.
ing an oath contrary to the form of the Statute, is,
on the face of it, a bad CommitmenL"
Mr. BuRRouGH said, that the fad was this :
The man who teas thus committed, was, some time
in June last, at a public-house, which he went into
for the purpose of having some refreshment.
man of the name of Bailey came in, and it appeared
that he had taken some cloth instead of wages that
vere due to him, contrary to the Ad of Parliament.
Knowing that he was in the house, the company
rent fbr him to come into the room where the,De-
icadant wassitting with Them. Tpey:sent for him ;
the man c;:rnee he was told that he was charged
with having received' cloth instead of money for
wages, which were due to hie', The man said,
" he had done so, he was wrong; 'and.said he would
sWear never to do so again ;" upon which he took
up 'a book' which was lying on the table, and
said " he would swear never to do so again," which
he did, and so it ended ; but some people saw this
sort of oath, never to take cloth instead of wages,
with an evil eye, and so the Defendant was. com..
Milted for ad ministerink an oath contrary to the
form of the Statute: -

/Lora ELLEVBCIROdGti Said, that this defeilivt:
shoulii bc Cured.' •
Writ Granred.

Mr. Bußßouoil saiU, he had a similar Applica.
tion to make on behalf of a person of the name of

Edwards.

''` t Mr. JEKYLI, said, he -bad Motions of the sl me
kind, on the part of 'iliree others and the Writ
rent also to the Jailor for them.