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LA4 PER r L PA IZ fiI:iMENT.

110 USE OF FLERS.

MONDAY, JUNE 20.

tmonit t, Were heard at considerablelength, relative to the
Appeal Thellussons v. Thellussons; and His Majesty's At-
torney ('coral ; after which their Lord,hipti adjourned the
lutthcr consideration of the Case till Thursday.
Oti the Motional' Lord Et.i.tritiaitoualt, the Amendments
made Lythe Comrnclns:to the Capital Offence Regulating
'were' taken into consideration, in the course of which,
}Ai Lordship, in answer tb a question put' by Lord Sit Er-
-7lttu! slated that the Bill in question did not extend to
IL•land, because Ireland was to be alretied by a separate
The Amendments were then read and agreed to by
their I ordshiPs.
./..2,-.lp.E.Libljti presented Copies of certain Surveys of
the Coast of Scotland, &c. which, after a variety of Obser-
..v4tions relative,ao the general sittijeB, from • Lord Stir-
ottc, in the Muse of hich he stated his opinion that
Covernmenr- should give tvery pradicable a•.;sisianee to the.
rojeCt or the Cakciooian Canal, and amelinr,te the condi.
orate lower order of peilde in Sitothititt, particularly
t4hicti tve.ry- f}r Ot.lTed to lit on the Table.
LOrd FILI-1.604, spoke shortly in explattaiton, in consl-
quence of seine Oints,whiihfellfrom the Noble Earl.

DEFENCE OF THE COUNTRY.'
The Order of the Day being Moved for taking
Ris Majesty's IVl.ssage on this subjs.:a into coo_
sideration, the same was accordingly read.
Lard HOBART rose to move an Address to flis
IVlajesty On the occasion of His most gracious Mes-
tage. lie oloerved it was unnecessary be shoold,
take up touch of theit Lordships' tinft in order ttr
induee them to agree to the' Address—for whatever
difference of opinion might obtain as to the
manner in which the furce recommended in His Ma,
jesty's Mess* should he raised, lie was sure there
Could be hat cne sentiment. as to the necess4 of
having tecourse to such a meaStire. Under the 'pre-
sent Circumstances he airtight it incumbent on hint
,to state the outlines of the plan which it was the
intention of His Majesty Government to propose on
the present occasiotr. It was judged necessary to
place the Country in, such a situation of Defence as
not only to render it:secure against every attempt
which may be made by the enemy ; but to place it
. in such a state as to render the success of any attempt
so little likely as to deter an advirsary from making
it--,-What he should. then state would
certainly
be
no more than a mere outline of the measure it via's
proposed to adotit, and ehicfly with a view to
enable their- Lordships to be the better prepared for
the discussion, when the details of the measure
thould come regularly before the House.—Previnus
to his stating the outlines of theplan, the Noble
ecretary took occasion to assure their Lordships
that every possible exertion had been made by I lis
Majesty's GovernMent to increase the regular force
of the country, anti to put the.same on the most re-
al'eflable footing. -With reaped however to the pre-,
sent crisis, and the measure in contemplation, it was
peen rrece., ,aythat ex! r!lo rd i ry cff,rts should
be made. He was aware that such a largs l'Oice as was
IIOW necessary, could not be raised, without more
or less interfering with the Industry and Agricul-
ture of the Country ; 'but every possible regard
would be had to those considerations, which, bow-
ever,.he thought, were but trifling, when coin-
pared to the magnitude of the Objects to be at-
tained on the other hand, He - then proceeded to
state the outlines of the Plan in queStion—which
being exaCtly similar to those stated by the War
Minister, in the other House of Parliament, we
feel the less necessity of regularly following. After
staring the numbers which were raised for theTroopi
of the Line and the Militia Corps, &c. in the pre.
*milt, and comparing the same with what had been
done on those occasions, in the late War, he
stated geuerally, that the additional Force proposed
to be raised,.in cootemplating the Subject before the
tieuse, Was 4ceotio 'Men, for Great Bijtain and the
Islands in the Channel, and sOicioci for Ireland ; than
the services of the Men so raised were to be inter-
changeable, with respat to both Countries. With te-
Bard to the consideration of officering theie Levies, it
Was proposed so be done by persons havingAiniy rank,
-from the Half-pay List, Officers of Fencible Corps,
and also by Offio:rs who hadbeety-in the East India.
'Company's Service—frcim those sources there was,
do doubt of 'procuring the men proper °Vers. It
was intended that the Levies should be made on
the principle of the Militia Ballots, in the different
Counties, Distriels, i!sc..or by .Volunreers; as in
the Militia ; that they should be enrolled for- ser-
V.ice; that hey should be taken from the age of IS
years to that of 45. .With respea :to 'the men in
Ireland, they were to be raised on, the principle of
the in that part of the kingdom, which cx:
tended 'to the mode of enlisting, as well as raising
by ballot'. 'lt would he provided that those who
may be so disposed, -should have power to enlist into
the General Service,and which4ol course, may
be
.a metros of increasing
,our Disposable Force.
"s--After some -farther remarks upon the' nature
and intended disposition of the force to be raised
as above, his Lordship said, he was aware -that
to this plan many.objetlionS may be urged but it
%Vat one which, on the most most mature delibera-
tion, His Majesty's Ministers deemed to be that,
under all the eircomstances, Which would .be Most
'tile-serous, and-at the saute time least objetlionable :
't4 any Noble Lord was at liberty suggest any
Plan which he might think more likely to answer the
4nithe in view, or to propose any alterations
!19(111111 t which.shuuld be brought forward. He trusted
tat' every ' its that House would support the.
"Which would be introlinced,. for the purpose
carrying the meaSure, of which he had stated the out-
1-tnes into effsit. The N(ible Secretary' of State
c'ii?..ocludeil by moving a correspandirig Address to
LASjeity,
,on his moitgiacioUs 'Message.
On the question being put;
ors sentiments
DUKEtf CLARENCE :rose and delivered
sentiments on the occasion at considerablelength.
Iri the course of his observations, 'tee Royal Duke
al(!: that the outline of the measure just stated by

the Secretary of States was less objediOnable than
that :which the Public at large seethed to have had
an idea of. Still what was proposed did not meet
his approbation, „ but, though he.deetned himself
free' to animadvert upon what was proposed, he was
one of the last men-in the CoOtory to thrbn, any
obstacles in the way of His Majesty's' Ministers,
or say any thing that would tend to dsmp the
spirit and ardour of the country. His Royal Highness
here adverted to the cause the country had for going
to war with Franee. Malta was our, as had been
asserted by some, the cake; it arose from the op.
pICSsi VC, restless, and outrageoei spirit ef ambition
which aduated the ‘Tyrant who govern, France ;
it was that which,forced this country inorthe War;
it therefore became all' these who wished weil to. the
constitution and independence' of these realms, to
stand 'forward in their support, and to twee could
he more properly appeal, on such an occasion,
than to. the Members of ,that House.. S
Royal Highness thin enteired into some detailed
animadversions upon the proposed plan, in the cones.-
of which he 'referred to the exertions which:were
made by. England in her defence on the occasion of
different` Invasions, or apprehended de.cears at dirs.
terent Reettels of it, History, beginning with the at-
, tempt at invasion by the Sparkish Monarch, in the
reign 'teen I..tzabeth, and ending, with the latier
'periods of die recent War ; and obserVed, it was with
great satisfaCtion they could contemplate the 'uc.
cessful exertions inatie‘ b, England in it, defence,
in former periods, particularly toaler the jthistrions
Princess above alluded to. He panegynsed the Mi-
litia Institution, and dwelt on the brilliant services
they had perhe int 4.1, when they had the opportunity
of displaying Iheieesllantry, while ,n ottive service.
.The Royal Dokelike,sise pronounced an eulogium
on the gallantry' and ;liesipline- of the Land polices
in general'of Great Britain. He Übseryed that the
efforts of the counts)' should be in proportion to its
increased population, and adverted •to some expe.
clients which'he considered as likely to be serVice-
ableon the present occasion. He particularly awl.
'est to the situation of the Highlanders, whosevapabis
lities a, soldiers, he deemed to be superior to tit )34. of
any other Country. He disapproved of the measure as
he had heard the outline stated ; als,ti:sapproveo
or the principle of Defensive War, and he stated the
advice which he should give the,King Gn such an.
occasion: he would propose the levy of a Body er
Troops who Should, be' engard to serve in any
quarter, North, East,. Sonth, or West ; they should
.be enlisted on the most solemn promise. of their
being discharged at the end of the War, or as soon
after as praetiCable : ttitis would a great disposable
Force he Qbtained, and all menace~ of inVasiou set
at &fiance. He cued not what was the naval force
of France and Spain. If this force of the enemy
dared to come out,, they would never. return to
their own ports , and it was ditlicult-to-surrwhAri.„
under the tyranny of the ambit was' man who now
ruled .France, might not be attempted, He should.
not oppose the proposed' measure ; but l.e could not
fbibear from expressing his sentiments as he had
done.
Earl GROSVENOR meant to trouble theirlaord..
ships very elottly : he agreed with much of what
had fallen from the Royal Duke, yet •he thought the
,outline stated by the Noble Secretary worthy the
serious consideration of the House. He' hoped no
impediment' would be thrown by it in the way of ,
recruiting the troops of the line, or of keeping ep-
,the militia forces. His Lordship then stated some
objections which struck him as applicable to the
proposed mode ; he seemed to allude to the practice
of balloting, and observed, that many of those who
were drawn for the militia, were in fact represented,
by others. This he regarded' as a• defect in the
militia system The Noble Earl then alluded to
.some , regulations 'w rich he thought Would conduce
to the welfare of the services, chiefly in the view
of a' speedy levying of the then, and in a way which
•he considered 'as' not to interfere with the re.
enticing for the line.
The Earl of CARNARrON made
.a number of
observations on. the Conclude-if Ministers,. and on
the Cause of the War. The War,' in tack; as'
appeared from the Documents,
.he considered- to .be
for a Lease 'of Malta, for ten years, and 'afters4ards
for the Island of Lampedosa.—With reaped to the
points in questioos he censured the. Mode of levying
by ballot, as it abtainedin the Militia, asa species of
taxation, 'and a proceeding, which went to transfer
the Expence from the Public Purse to the Individual,
on whom it`shoUld fall.- He concluded, by observing,
there 'was more danger to be 'apprehended to the
Country, .froM the mal.administration of its Af.
fairs., than from the efforts of the Enemy.
The Dues of CLAttspete spoke in etplanation,
as did Lord 'Hon ART.
'The Earl of SUFFOLK did not rise to
,object to
the Oropaied measure,' but to make a.few observa.
dons as a Military .man, He thought,- as was the
prattice with all the Roman Governors,' that every
Commander should be furnished with a military
plan of the COuntry ; there shoold,be'a general Mi..
li tar), Plan of Defence for the Country, and methods,
arranged for a quick conveyance of the Troops froin
one point of attack to another, as occasion may le_
. quire e there should be also' efficient Deputy Lieu. ,
tenants, to at in the absenee of the Lord Lieute_
nantrt of the Counties s—above all, the Troops,
shOuld be commanded by Officers of whom the
Country entertained a high opinion :- he instanced
Lord Gary. Ile alsoSalluded to another Noble
Commanders of whose exploits he spoke. most high.
ly : he was one who had given she Country Peace
-they had almost torn the laureli from his brew—
'Earl Geosst e NCilt spoke to order.
In consequence of which a variety of observe.'
dons:Were interchanged upon the point of Orders
between the-Detexof Cwousoi, Each Giso-40.

NOR, and SUFVOLK, the LORD COANCELLOR, and
the Earl of CAR YtiPaiT, i the comae of which the
-Noble and Learned Lord- seemed to say, what
had f.ttlen from the three first S,peakeis was, strialy
speaking, out of order.
The Earl ufCnitt.rsLE said a few words on the
same point; and Earl SUFFOLX offered a few ad.
ditional observations, rather explanatory of what he
had advanced in the first instance.

The Earl of 1011?4, 1.-vio had,, been alluiied to
by the last speaker, in terms of high estimation,
said, he was veiledly satisfied with the destination
his Sovereign had assigned him; and he assured the
Noble Earl and the House, that he should draw his
sword with as much ardent zeal, as' private in the
ranks of a corps of Yeomanry,' its at the heal of an
At my .: he thought the Noble E:trl perfetqlk iu
order•in shat he-had advanced. With respect
the question hefOre the House, Ile slid not rise to
object to the Addtess—.he should , feel it his duty'
lather to smooth the way for the performance of
y of Ministers as mdch as he could.
At a time when the most energetie'exertions wL-e.
to be 6t‘n!led from Ministers, they certainly should'
have the most unshackled command, of the Resources-.
of the Country ; though other plans.might sbe,stig.
tested, yet they should' consider how far such cote,'
duet might protra4.. the hour of efficient exertion.
With
.resped to the Noble Secretary's idea of
looking forward to future Parliamentary discussion,
the I-louse should 'consider how I.:net:loos was the
present time, not onehonr.shoulit .he lost.
they were debating, the enemy was aeting:-.---they
will not'wait for the regular ilispersition of our force ;
they will be noon us. • On the loth of March; die
Me•sage came down to the 1-IJu:te, ,Ministers must
at_ that time biaire seim that War was inetritahle, .and
now, in the iniddie of June, they came down with
the present measure that yeassont-the way to deal
with the enemy we had to contend With. We
.should be in a condition to., meet him elsewhere,
thin in this country : we should meet him on' those
!ands where the inhabitants groat under his tyranny
anclOppression.. Since the last debate, one. of the
most valtiable Possessi,,os of the Sovereign was'
wrested from him ; it was the duty, and should'. be
the pride of Britons, to defend those Hereditary Do-
minions of a Sovereign who had.so nobly c,ltinn,rred
his personal interests, 'sooner than ' derogate from
the safety and honour of this country. this loss
we were del rived of an opport unity of saing against
he rear of the enemy, in the event Of certain Conti.
rental operations,. Heagreed With the Royal Duke
as to the real cause of the War.. He deprecated the
idea of a defensive system ; defensive war was a so.
leci,m; it was defeat in the first instance. 'Another
,ysiein (f operation must be adopted, or we were
undone—
Rise, rise, ine,Conntry
" You miw.!--,or you will perish." . , •

--ilie-ITtilite-gittivrVeeerOettr.io—the,,courke
Speech not less argumentative and eloquent, to de.
liver, Itis sentiments upon the very important subjea
before the I-louse but his leadings -points were in
of those principles which he laid,duwn
in the outset.

Lord MuLcizzrEcomplitm.nted thelast Speaker
on the display •of patriotism and eloquence. which
appeared throughout his speech : the Noble Lord
then delivered ins own' sentiments:at. some length,
on the suljeA before 'the House.: in the course of
v.hich bespoke in approbation of the projed laid
down by the Noble Seelei“ry, AS wise, and likely
to he effeaii4l; he only. lamented that it was not
now, in iaion,- Anti the Troops under arms.
Lord llortmq:spoke in explanation.
The b,arl IMITERICK agreed with the lost
Speaker,. with ,respell-to the admirable and patrio.,
tic Speech of 'the Noble Earl who preceded- him.—
His Lordship then, alter a kw-observations on the
mode oflevying Men, far the 'Militia, &c. expressed
his approb,itiOn of the Mit:en:ore pro Pose- by the
Noble Secretary of Stare, as combining the cap.
bilitier'of offensive as well 'as 'defensive Opera...
tibn, .

The Doke of CLAttrxCE spoke in explanation.

The
,Duke of RI4...IINCIND kiivered- his sen(i,
meats, in some detail,. and adverted to the lIMLITC
of the System of Continental ant offensive War
which, in a great degver, deNtlticd upon tircum-
stancel. He seemed, upon Alte whole, vither“(L
Ver3C .to the proposed Plan, as tendirg too much to
interfere with. the- Agricultural Concerns of the
Country. He suggested. some 'Expedients which
bellinught, answer the proposed end.
Earl FITZWIL L I fiiM made 'some observations on
the present'nlitta System, and expreised his aver-
'llion fur a' War, concluded entirely on defensive
principles.

Lord GRENFILLE.§poke at some length. and
with great ability. He. agreed with ruu6h of What.
had fallen from-a Noble Earl (Mota,A) and severe..
Iy teprehended the conduct, of Ministers in not
coming forveurd•sooncr, .whet; twelve months ago
they must know that War would be` the alter-
native : their supineness anti want of energy had
increased the danger ten.fold. lie contended
that by a tingly and vigorous interposition,
theEleetoral Dominions of Majesty might have
been saved. He was in favour or•Vigerous and
decisive measures —comptilitory it necessary—he..
tween the Sovereign and the Sulijeft, proteaion.and
assistance and' sopporr a vre recipr, cal ; on these
principles Society was fountictl—and it W:l5 the kild.
ing principle of the British Constitution. Ire agrved
with those who thought that the War was not for
Malta alone, After arguing some time -on these
general y
orounds, his' Lordship sumat to exprrso
himsc;lf iather unisvourahly as 'to the speoiiii: plan,
l'Ht the Motion he 'would MA oppose, ting
ing that, in the present crisis, the measures of Go-
vV"ilicnt, bhoull.fcceive any obstra.tiun Irvin him.

Lord. Ho BART, the Mite of RUTLAND, and Lord
Gs nrlvrt.t.s, bevcrally spoke in explanation,
Lord VIEF F ALL) eontlutied the debate by
saying, that in ‘koting for the Address he wished riot
to be supposed' to agree that the plan of datnce pro.
posed was the best that could be se!eded„. On the
cAvrary, it appeared to him the mist oppressive,
,nest provoking, and owst expensive that COI!Ilt
have been chosen. He considered that if the pro..
position passed into a law, there would be a ballot
for upwards of t tomoo men within three months,
a;;d it the number should ever be coMplete, which
he much doubted, thh the wives and families of
tiaose t t 0,030 me:), num all fall on their parikbeq„
The question was then put, and the Address
voted, '2f/ft dif. and ordered to be presented to His
Majesty in the usual way.

Their Lordships, in a Committee on the Clergy
Residence Bill, truck some further amendments
therein, rind the House resuming, received
.pro 'Brom
the'Report, ordered the Bill to he printed, and the
Report to be taken into coniideration ou tVetl•teday.
The New. Loan and ()Flier Bills were brought up
!rum the Commt,ng, and toad .re first dint., Ater
which their Lordships, ett a quarter past ten o'ciucki
adjuotti,:d till to•morrow.

HOUSE OF C'OMAIONS.

UONDAY, JUNE 20.

17pON reading the RepOrt of the Exeter Road. Bill, a
slanse by which certitin expenses were to have been throwri
upon the CiTy ustrrArt or the Couray at law.; was objected
to, and a short debate took place, upon whiJi the Haus.
divided,
.For rejeding the clause, - Or"
In support or it,
The, Lout Bill I,ya.. read a third time and passed.
KING's MESSAGE.
The Secerreelear WAR moved the Order of
the Day for taking, His Maje.sty's most gracieus
Message of Seturd iv last intri
Order being reade he moved; that the 11(Inse d,3
noW resolve itself into a Committee of the met
e
Huse to consider of the seid.Messageee-Qtdered.
That the Ser. Atte& do now leave the Cheit.—Or.
deted. The liouse then resolved itself into a Come
mittee of the whole House upon the Message ace
cordiegly, Colonel STANLEY in the Chair.
His Majesty's Message being read,
The SECRA.TARY at if<ei. said, he was now
about to call the attention of the Committee to 111$ -
Majesty's.mosegravioils Mesieget which hail brim
just read, and which 'Message presented three main
objeelslo the consideration of the Committee. First,
for. ptoviding in the most effctlnd matter fur- the
heifer Defence and --Security of the United
tom ; Secondly,: to provide a lerge disposable force
for offensive. operations.; and die conceived it did .
not•require much argument peeper, that in the prey
sent cenjunaute it was, beeetne the bounden duty of
Parliament to useevery encelee within its power muse •, eee
bkcly tp be .eireduallotverds this nowt imporeint,
neteeSsioeie'thitee+teklleitilleeetheeethis lietild tn.
done with the least possible ditery. ;In conilderieg
the. first of theSe reeizeis, namely, Proteeb !w and
Security to the United Kingdom, with reference
to the stare of our. defence both Navel and Mille
tary at the present moment, with: reference also to'
the tithed state and means, of the gaiemy, the posts
that each occupied, and their Present
,condition, he
could not but express his convidion, founded as• it
was on'a deliberate view of the whole of this' sub.,
jet•l, that a considerable reinforcement was advisee
able .for us to make, When he 'said this, lie must
be understood to speak with reference to the extra.
ordinary circumstances which we had misfor,
tune to feel; peculiar to, the, most :extraordinary
time in which we live, and also to the most extra.
ordinary conchal of that most, extraordinary per.
son, wirri.was now the sole depositety of the jute
mense power of France. Under other circuenstances,
and -if menaced oely by the ordinary . dangers of
War, such as ,we. led known. and formerly felt, he
sheuld have felt no.hesitatiou in expressing his firm
t
opinion, teat the Forces which we now have on foot,
or shall have within a short time, connected with our
decided superior Naval force, would have entitled us
to look with contempt on the means to be used diy
the enemy egeinse us. Speaking of ordinary times,
and otc.ukating upon the ordioary daogers of War,
and indeed of almost any dangers.eio which this
Country had been exposed until, within the last tee
years, and when we had .140,000 men raised—
where we had steth a supplementarrforce as was or.
tiered to be raked; it
,that .should be done—and
conoeaing that with the powerful Navy which we
possessedelied readye and were now preparing,
should be entitled to look with contempt on the
preparations of the enemy. That in Ordinary times,
and under. Ordinary circumstances, he said,
should, from a view of all .-this, he jetitifLel in
looking 00 the preperationi of the enemy with corie.
tempt, 'and say, 'that if. they dared to make the- at.
tempt they menaced, they would fan a sacrifice to'
their piesereptioe-e-they would be sent to the bate
OM of the sea, or blown to.pieces by the cannon .of
our brave countrymen on -there, who would crowd
most readily and e.tgerly, to receive them. Such, he
would 'say, would be liis language in ordinary
times and circumstances of .Wet between this
country tint Fraece, but the present circumstances
were, differeet, and therefore different languaee
shoeld be used; and without undeterating the deo,
ger to which we were exposed, we muse be prepared
to meet ite although the probability -wax that only a
certain number of meta_ might be thrown on the
coasts di Great Britain: wed 'lreland, yet ,it wet. his •
opinion thatealthoeigh Such-will 'always he the tete
uk VCII an attein,lit against the independence, ,and
eve, existence of this Country, still it was irate
business to prepare as the apprehension sires touch
more eletwieg to us. He said he was justified in
•• •
cenctiveog that such teas likely to be the ultemate

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COURT OF CHANCERY, JUNE 17.

To E Court was occupied nearly t4)e whole-of this
„morning in hearing a cause of a very novel and co"
rious nature. It was an application by .theAttor-
ney-General, that a Mr. Wall, the Clerk of Messrs.
Vanheythusen and'Carr, ttvo eminent ,Solicitors,
should be committed to the-Fleet, for having 'beet%
guilty of a contemprof the Court, in challenging a
Mr. Burroughs, the Clerk of Mr.-Coppinger, one of
the Registers of the Court of Chancery, to fight, and
breaking open his desk to get possession of- an or.
tier made by •the Chancellor to a certain cause.
it appeared that a cause had been depending be.
-fore his Lordship, ant that one of the patties being
ent it led elejure to a sum of money, as soon as it should
be decided, applied to his.L;-:talship, stating thene-
, cessiry he was in for the money, .arid that unless his
cause was heard time enough to get the stock sold
out of the Bank by the zsth May, the Accountant.
General's Office would be shut, anti he would have
TAO opportOnify of obtaining the money till July ; a
delay which would be foal to his affairs and inte-
'rests. His Lordship finding that the party was
likely to be involved in considerable distress, if he
did not receive the money he was entitled to, con.
sensed to hear the cause out of its regular..
course, and to give it a preference over others. Ac,
cordingly the cause was heard, and- the Chancellor
ordered the money to be forthwith sold out of the
Bank, and paid to the person entitled to receive it.
It is necessary to state, that before an order is drawn
up. in this Court, it is the duty Of the Register who
attends at the hearing, It, settle with the Solicitors on
both sides, the minutes of the dire&ions given by
his Lordship in pronouncing judgment ; of course
this was a ceremony the Solicitors for the party en-
titled to the monay, were extremely auxious to have
had accomplished wills all possible expedition.; and
.with that view, Mr. Wall, their Ivlanaging Clerk,
was directed to use every exertion in his power. It
is also necessary to state, that irs this Court, there
are a number of Registers, who have seats in the
,Register Office, where they dispatch their business;
but it 'happens in this Office, as in all other public
ones, that some of the Officers are affable, accom-
modating, and disposed to oblige, while others, on
the contrary, are aetuated by very dissimilar dis-
positions, and conduet themselves with a degree
of hauteur and Official Consequence, not very well
calculated to expedite public business. We do not
mean (to infer, that Mr. Coppinger, the Register
upon this occasion, was a person of the latter
-description ; but Isis Clerk, Mro Burroughs, had
:contrived, by the assumption of a degree of
Torrance, not strialy attached to his situation, to
.render himself very unpopular among the suitors
and solicitors who had business at his office. Mr.
Wall, who, as ,we have stated, was desirous of get.
ting the order passed, called repeatedly to have the
minutes settled—but Mr. Burroughs, who was in no
such hurry, did not think proper to pay any atten-
tion to the.ernergency of the case ; this, of course,
irritated MR Wall, who, at length having 'obtained
a copy of the minutes, declined returning it, unless
.Mr. Burroughs would vromise not to lock it up.—
What, said Mr. Burroughs, make such a promise at
your request ! It became a material question, upon
which of the words the emphasis had been laid.—
The Counsel for Mr. Wall contended, that the em-
phasis had been laid upon the word Jour ; meaning
thereby to convey a reproachful insinuation against
Mr. Wall, who was consequently justified in using
the language he afterwards did ; that language con.
sisted in certain expressions injurious to the charaCter
of Mr. Burroughs ; followed up by an assertion,
that he had said enough to him to induce him to re-
sent it, if he had beerea Gentleman. This, it was con.
tended, implied a Challenge. The Minutes were at
length settled, and the
,order was drawn up. - Mr.
Wall applied at the Office for the Order, that he might
pass it in the usual form ; he had been delayed till
the last day, and he was aware that if he did not
procure the Order, the Money could. not be re.-
ceived. To his great surprise he found that Mr.
Burroughs had locked it up in his desk, and walk-
ed away with the key. He then applied to Mr.
Coppinger, the Register, who said his Clerk had
got the Order locked up, and till be returned it could
not be had. Mr. Wall finding that between Mr.
Coppinger and his Clerk he was likely to lose the
betielit of the Order, resolved to obtain by force,
what was denied to entreaty ; and accordingly he
armed himself with a large poker, and proceeded. to
the desk of Mr. Burroughs, against which he com-
menced a most formidable attack. It soon yield:.
ed to the application of such an instrument, and
Mr. Wall, seized the Prize he had won, car-
ried it off in triumph ; the order. was passed, the
money received, the Client relieved from his dis-
tress, and all parties- satisfied, save Mr. Burroughs,
supra grieved for his rifled desk. Such was the trans_
action upon which the application was made, for
eutnrnitting.MrOWall to the Fleet Prison.
Counsel having been heard on both sides, and the
whole affair canvassed,

The LORD CHANCELLOR delivered his opinion.
He said, that when the application was first made,
h., entertained some doubts,-whether• this was a case
io which the Court had jotisdietion ; but upon re-
tiedion, his mind was perfectly satisfied as to that
point ; and indeed it did•not seem to be contended
by the Gentlemen at the Bar, that the Court was
not competent to determine upon, the subjed; un-
doubtedly this Court had a jurisdilion over those
offices in which its business was transaled ; the
Register Office was a "part of the" Court, and any
contempt of its authority or its officers; committed
there, was as much punishable as if committed in
the-Court itself. lie therefore considered, that the
Clerk of a Solicitor, concluding himself 'as Mr.
Wall had done towards the Clerk of a Register,
who was part of the Register, was highly reprehen-
3ible ; and if a case of the kind, unaccompanied by
the circumstance that attended this, was again
`)r night before him, he knew of no punishment in
ids power to infliCt, that would be too severe; but
:hoe were- in this case, circumstances which very
mi,ch went• to extenuate the condo& of Mr. Wall.
Mr.Coppinger, the Register, who sat in Court on
ILe day the order was made, must have known

-, pe&aly well 't7lat it was the wish And feeling or,
the Court., that it should be carried into cffetti with.
our the least delay. It was therefote his duty to have
taken care that the forms of the office should not have
.prevented the intentions of the Court from being
carried into execution. He desired it to be fully
understood, that the Court Would nei-kr tolerate
either a Register or his Clerk to throw ob'itruetions
in the way of any proceeding with reigard
,to which
the Court had recommended -expedition.. It was a
scandalous proce.7fing, that the intentions ofthe Court
should
.have been retarded by the Register's Clerk
presuming to lock up in his desk a paper which he
knew Would he wanted. It was this conduft upon
(ke p‘rt ~,,t- the Register and his Clerk that induced
him not to exercise his powler in committing Mr.
Wall to the Feet ; but he hoped that, after the sen-
timents he had expressed upon the subjeet, and
the warning he had given, no one would ever
presume to be guilty of
..such,a contempt of the
Court-, as either to use provoking or insulting lan_
guage to its officers, or use a violent Weapon to
obtain any paper that was withheld. The proper
course would have been to have complained .to the
Court; and tie desired the.RegiSters also to take no-
tice that, however disposed he was to proten them
in the fair discharge of their duty, yet, if ever a just
complaint was made out against them for unneces-
sarily delaying that which the Court had recom.
mended, they would not.only
.be the objeds of his
censure but of his punishment. As the case stood at
present he did not think it necessary to proceed
to extremities, but he trusted'that-what he-had said
would not only have its due efFed upon the parties, '1
but upon all others whom it might concern: . .
The parties were dismissed ; and we have only to
hope his Lordship's leclure may have its proper
effea.

AbOut a week since a young man, fashionably
attired, applied for ready-furnished lodgings at
the house of a Mr. Gwinnel, in. Downing-street,
Westminster.. A suit of apartments were shown
him, and he approved them much. The situation
was extremely a-propos, as he had business to, settle
with His Royal Highness the DUKE Of YORK, at
the War-Office, during his stay in town, and be-
ing, as it were, on the spot, would greatly assist
the dispatch of his affairs. Mr. G. desired a re-
ference, and he was immediately told to address a
line to Captain F. at a Coffeehouse, near Spring_
gardens, anti most ample satisfaClion would be given
on that head. Mr. G.- wrote accordingly, and was
answered that Mr. S. was a man of fortune, cha-
rader, and honour, and that it was an acquisition
for'any person to have him in their house. Mr. G.
was satisfied, and Mr. S. entered upon his lodgings.
After being in possession from Monday se'nnight
to Wednesday, he expressed a wish to give a sup-
per to his friend Captain F. who had made such ho.
nourable mention of him, and reqUested Mrs. G.
to assist him with a side-board for the occasion, as
his friend was a dashing-dog, and liked things in
stile. He should order the entertainment from a
neighbouring coffee-house. This request was corn.
plied with, and every article of plate was produced
and set forth on the occasion. He liked the display
amazingly ; but Captain F. could relish porter only
out of a silver tankard ; if that could be procured
it would crown the whole; for his own part he
could not abide to drink out of filthy pots from an
ale-house. Mrs. G.bati no tankard, but she had a
china mug at his service. Well, that must do.
He would go to the coffee-house and hasten the sup-
per, and a short time afterwards was heard to go
out of doors. Not returning immediately, as was
expected, Mrs: G. went into his apartments, and
to her astonishment discovered that her lodger had
carried off every article of plate she possessed in the
world ; some of which she supposed had been thrown
out of the window to an accomplice, it being left open.
Information was given at the Public-Office, Queen-
square, and this honourable Gentleman was taken
in bed on Friday morning, at a coffee-house in
Westminster. On being brought before the Ma-
gistrate, he denied the charge, and behaved with
the • most impudent assurance. 'The Magistrate
committed him for a second examination. The Pri-
soner could not fail of being well recommended, as he
had written -his osun charalfer from the coffee-
house, passing under the name of Captain F.
Smuggling has lately been carried on to an unusual
extent on the Northern Coast of Notthumberlard.
A vessel of this description stood off and on in the,
Bay of Berwick the greater part of last week, and
landed bale goods and gin to an immense amount.
counteract this as far as their limited means al-
lowed, Mr. Nicholson, Inspeaor of the Customs
at Berwick, and five others,• put out to sea in an
open boat, on the night of the Ist inst. and came
tip, unsuspetied, with the lugger's boat, which was
making for the shore, deeply laden, with nine men
on hoard. One of the officers, not considering, or
not knowing the ineqUality of their numberes jump-
ed on board, and fired his pistol, but was soon over-
powered. The smugglers immediately pulled out
to sea with their prisoner, and after repeatedly
threatening to throw him overboard, turned him
.adrift on Holy Island Point, *up to the chin in water.
A good ducking, however, was all "the harm he re-
ceived, as he fortunately reached the shore in safety.
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