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London, England, 1826-07-31 00:00:00

NAVY-OFFICE, Jut.v 29, 1826.

THE Right Honourable the Lords Cotninissiotters
of His Majesty's Treasury, having appointed Money for
the PAYMENT of HALF-PAY to SEA-OFFICERS, from the
Ist of April to the 30th June, 1820, according to His Majesty's
Establishment in that behalf. These are to give Notice that the
several Payments will begin, to be made at the Pay-Office, by
the Treasurer of His Majesty's. Navy, at Ten o'Clock in the
, Morning on the following Days, viz.:--
On the 7th, Bth, and 9th of August, to Admirals, Captains,
and their Attornies. _ _

Onti;;ii;iiiTilth, 14th, 15th a.id 16th of August, to Lieu-
tcnan6 and Chaplains, and their Attornies.
to Matitera, Surgeons, and
On the 17th and 18th of August,
Pursers, and their Attornies.
After which the Lists will be recalled. may then, and there,
the first and third Wed-
nesday in every Month, that all
attend to receive, what may
payablebecomie'emms to them ; and bring
with them an Affidavit, as required by Order in Council of 30th
July, 1919, the Forms of which were publisl
m mSeptember,ed in an Advertise-
ment fro this Office, dated 16th
181%, and may be
procured at the Office of the Treasurer of the Navy; and in case
said Attornies are to
any of the said Officers should not be able to attend themselves,
but employ Attoruiea for that purpose,
employed by.
produce sitnilar Affidavits from' the persons they are
the
Where Officers are abroad on leave,
pro-
duce attested copies of such leave, before the Half-pay can
_criiie
their Agents nrebteo_ai.
And, as by Act of Parliament passed in the 35114 ear "1
belong-
ing late Majesty's Reign, intituled,
easy and expeditious method for the Payment of Officers
___ of
" An Act for ostablis inga
to His Majesty's Navy," it is enacted by the 20th Clause
the said Act, " that if any Commissioned or Warrant Naval
.Of-
ficer, who shall be entitled to receive Half-pay, and shall he.dtt:
sirous to receive and be paid the same, at or near the place of his
residence,
residence, he may apply to the Treasurer of His Majesty's Navy in
London, to have such Half-pay paid at or near the place of his,
residence, /se. in the manner pointed out by the said Act." And
by a further Act, passed in the 56th year of his late Majesty's
reign, intituled, " An Act for enabling the Officers in His Majes-
ty's Navy, and their representatives to draw for and receive their
Ilelf-pay," it is enacted, by the Ist and 3d Clauses of the said
Act, " that if any Officer in His Majesty's Navy, who shall he ,
entitled to receive any sum of money for or on account of his
Half-pay, shall be desirous of drawing a Bill of Exchange for
the game, upon the Counuissionera of His Majesty's Navy, instead
ofesi receibyving the same by Remittance Bill, he shall signify* such
dre, Let to the Treasurer of his Majesty's Navy; and
that if any Officer in His Majesty's Navy who shall be entitled
to receive any sum of money for or on account of Half pay, shall
be desirous of having his Half-pay paid to him by extract, at His Majesty's Dock Yards, where Clerks for
the paymentan of Wages for. the Navy shall reside, instead of receiving the same
• lyy Remittance Bill or Bill of Exchange, he is to apply either to
tive proper Clerk at the Navy Pay Office in London, or at the
Pay Office at such Doek Yard, signifying such his desire." No-
tice is hereby further given, that the Half-pay ending the 30th
of June twit, will commence paying on the 7th of August next,
and all persons desirous of drawing for, or of having their Half-
Pay remitted to them, may apple, as above directed.
Max.—Bills of ExChange drawn under or by virtue of the
Act
above recited, are not liable to the Stamp Duty.
No persons residing out of His Majesty's Dominions are enti-
tled to the privileges of this Act.

Dlt. FOTHERGILL'S TONIC FEMALE PILLS.
firglIESE, PILLS have been ht Public estima-
tion for a very considerable time, and are particularly
recommended in general Debility or the Constitution, also as
It safe and excellent remedy in those periodical Irregularities
which Females, of delicate and languid circulation more espe-
cially the younger part, are liable to; they tend to strengthen
the 07.3 ans of the Stomach, correct bad Digestion, retnoveNer.
you& tilddiness, Head-ache, &c. ((cc., and as a Family Medi. einaw ill be found generally useful.
Sold in Mxes, at Is. I Ad. and 2s. N., by Butlers, Chemists,
4, comer of cheapside, London; 54, Snel,,ville.street, Dublin ;
and 73, Princes.street, Edinburgh ; Savory and Co 130, New
nond-ituut, and 220, Regent-street; ar.d by the principal
Medicine Venders throughout the United Kingdom.
Of whom may be had.
Dr. VOTHERG.II4IIB N ERVOUS D ROPS, so much eele.
orated rot their efficacy in Nervous Diaonll% and their various
II lure, i g rffiTtions, as Oppression of Spit.; tajlead.ach es, Loss
of Aplietite, Indigeittlort, Spurn I, TreITIOT,, Fainting Fits, anti
Debility
224.
or Relaxation of the System. In Bottles, atqs. dd.,
111., and

its is a ‘lt` revolution t and the mime
of the Constitution 'and its adherents, is supported by
the Author with all the fervour of a warm partisan.
Of course, all the heroism, goodness, beauty, suf-
fering, love, gallantry, and true religion, is on the
side of the patriots, among whom the hero plays
a prominent part ; and equally, of course, dishonour,
knavery, deformity, cruelty, hypocrisy, and every
other possible bad
,quality, are found in unmixed
malignity in every, one of the opposite faction ; not
that we are at all inclined to question the truth of the
author's general representation of the state of the
Spanish people, or of the general character which
has stamped the proceedings of both the contending
parties. We only mean to observe, that his object is
to make his novel the instrument of supporting ex-
clusively one party, and not to make both parties im-
partially afford materials for his novel.
In the execution of the work considerable power is
displayed. The Author, we think, succeeds admir-
ably in giving a truly and exclusively Spanish air to
all his descriptions ; whether of scenery, manners, or
character, the subject and the period are such as to af-
ford abundant opportunities for varied and striking
cident, of which certainly the Author has taken due
advantage. We are presented with many good repre-
sentations of the scenes which such a series of events
would naturally disclose, touched with a masterly and
vigorous pencil. Thus we have the head quarters of
the constitutional army ; the dungeons. of the inquisi-
tion ; the arcana of a nunnery ; the ceremony of taking
the veil ; a Spanish jail ; delightful sketches of rural
scenery ; in short almost every variety of Spanish life
and manners, mixed up with a story which, without
any great depth of plot, sustains a constant interest.
The hero Sandoval is a fine spirited youth, heroi-
cally devoted to the constitutional cause, in ad-
herence to which his father has suffered banishment
and confiscation. He of course goes through a due
series of adventures and misfortunes ; whilst his fair
lady. Gabriela is exposed to scarcely less (Imagers from
priests and the bigotry of her rela
theton
artifices of
th the
e titl e of the bi)ok we expected to have
been initiated into some of the mysteries of Freemasonry,
but we are disappointed ; of that system very little
meetion is made, it merely appears as in sonic in-
stances affording a bond of union and means of com-
munication to the Constitutionalists. We have not
room for many extracts, but we Will present our readers
with the following description of the administration of
justice :
As our hero entered do court, the eyes of those who happened
to be al his line of march Were immediately turned upon him with
""t of savage satisfaction, mingled with strong curiosity.
" Who is he?" was the general inquiry"
" The son of Don Fabricio Sandoval," whiliPered tP,ier*lPucloi'm
Welt‘polnnswiaboat
vheim,t'h' their leads.
the,
zurouuvrtodio, Irvecngdanued 0115 of
them " he is a prise We will have something out
of him, or the thunderbolt shall crush me !" shying
which, several rattans rushed towards him, and laying
their hands
kin bye ut, tetiee them away, Sandoval
:ni'l:tePauotudeeirealttestwY :et,f"ortihitoeonhitolhiteltr7sat el
I
that he was unable crowd so overpowered him,
g pushed about
by some, and dragged on b I grasped the hilt of his
where, on being admitted, he foundo hist See ori the Comisiorado
cßeglerksie'bYee:PhYlomag hachlaviors.
SCOuntlioider.ably
.rainsLn d abovee' those of the
front orwhich stood a
obreoiw;thichehdamll il7atstedelf,
table,: covered with Passports, vytnrd.edt
h and declarations,
decrees and other official document:, c His
,hig
gard
look
and
jaundiced appearance betrayed the debauchi. of the previous night,
and added a. disgusting deformity to e already horrific counte-
nance.
snood
din
pfrrelifet;r6eld tahgeaittlehirr
At the moment Sandoval entered the respectable-looking
.aeofliii et
htri ovl)ia'nt hel man
hoarsean accusationdean
accents
govof
aieet,uramanore
breseanti'n:bwiiiityliienri2,tTingshe
theed hg.-wisth aria,cheewrfhuo,l

crime you stand accused of will subject you to ten years' impri-
sonment in Ceuta, if it he clearly preyed you have acted wilfully
in the commission of it. It falls under tht late decree of his Ma-
jesty, in which it is expressly forbidden to laymen to wear un-
derneath their hats the black silk cap, that became so fashionable
during the late disorganizing governinent, and which, as the decree
expresses it, was intended as au encrotalmtent on the rights of
the clergy; the said cap having, from time immemorial, been
made use of exclusively by the holy miaisters of the church, to
cover their sacerdotal perieraniums.' "
" Your Senoria takes me quite by smprise," said the elderly 1
gentleman, " for I assure you I was not aware of the existence of
such a law. I have worn is black cap for these ten years past ;
not for the sake of fashion, but because, being nearly bald,
I found it a very comfortable substitute for the want of a natural
covering, particularly in foggy and damp weather, when I am
always in the habit cf pulling it overh ears to keep them warm;
for which purpose, I assure you, Solaria, it answers admirably."
Artimana frowned darkly at this speech. "By the frivolous
manner in which you speak," said l j, " I should not at all be
surrised if von were the first tai lr; Ober% ,tie Perukiuml ex-
ample of wearing that tap, and:ll 4:1 suthor of such a kitten,
crime, I know of no punishment bad enough to expiate it.—Take
him away to prison," added he, addressing himself to sense of the
armed guards, who were in the.room, and let him be Ant up
in solitary confinement, till the will of his Majesty, the King,
our lord and sovereign, be made Ituottm to its."
The gentleman made an attempt to speak, but the guards in-
stantly colleted him, and dragged him out of the hall. A mi-
nute after a savage shout of. approbation from the rabble in the
court put the seal to this case.
His Senoria now called aloud the name of another gentleman,
who eat in a corner of the room, and who advanced at the sum-
mons of his. udge-..." I have been informed," said his Senoria,
" that yesterday, in going in your carriage to the promenade,
you met a clergyman tarrying the saaament to a sick pencil?,
and disregarding the established usages, by which you were in
duty bound to alight front your carriage, and humbly give up
your seat to that holy minister of God, you continued your way
without even making him a tender of it. fly this scandalous
conduct, you were guilty of a twofold offence, being uumindful
not only of a religions duty, but of the example set to us, and
to the world by our beloved sovereign, who on similar occasions
does not disdain to walk on foot beside his own carriage, as every
true christian ought, till 'the clergyman reaches the house where
he is going to administer the sacrament. As this is a crime very
much-reprobated by his Majesty, and as instances of it are but
too common in our days, I 'shall condemn you to the loss of your
carriage and horses, which must he sold for the benefit of the
church ; but being informed that this is your first offence, I shall
not compel you to pay any fine in money."
The gentleman said, in his defence, that he had not alighted
(as it had been his wish) because his wife, who was then in the
carriage with her babe in her arms, and also another eon, were in
a very precarious state of health, and unable to walk far ; to
which Artinutna returned the following laconic, but feeling au-
swer—" Sir, your duty to God ought to be paramount not only
to your child's life, hut to your own; and to that of every mem-
ber of your family either past, present, or to come."
" Amen," cried i voice in the hall, which was followed by a
burst of laughter among the spectators ; but which so kindled the
passion of his Senoria, that he started up from his seat, and said,
his teeth clattering like a pair of castanets—" Lithe name of the
King, I condemn to tett years presidioa the insolent person who
has thus endeavoured to throw x ridicule on the proceedings of
this august tribunal. Let him now apter before me."
At these words an old woman, mot,t raggedly dressed, andhold-
ing a rosary in her hands, stept forwqd and said she would apo-
logize for having uttered that word*l during her prayers, if it
were required for the sake ofjuA4tH ,4. "'gut," added she, " I sup'.
poSetheii.still be no neteasityMtutt, Shen you see it wall' your
own mother who said it, though since your nomination to the post
of Conditioned°, you have behaved to me in such a scandalous
manner (ties.ting use like an old slipper, and disowning me in
public, as if people knew not you were my son) that perhaps you
may wish to carry your sentence into execution."
"Away with that mad woman," cried Artimana, bursting with
lassion, "take her to a mad house, and let me see uo more of
ter."

" Ungrateful wretch," cried she indignantly, " think'st thou
people will not hate thee the more for repaying all my cares with
ingratitude, though lam poor and aged ? Ay, and think thee a •
deeper villain too ? The curse of heaven and of man will fall on
thy head for thy wicked deeds sooner than thou art aware of."
Artitnana's face became livid with passion, and be waved his
band, unable to utter a word ; till his mother was carried away
by some of his minions, when he sunk into his chair, and with a
sort of groan, called for the next case, which was still more ex-
traordinary than either of the two preceding.
A young man, who had just arrived front England, bad
brought away, among other books, the "Elegant Extracts," the
title-page of which runs thus Elegant Extracts, selected for
the improvement of Young Persons." On his arrival at !run; on
the Spanish frontier, the priest, commissioned by the Inquisition
to examine the books that are imported from foreign countries,
in comparing the title-page of the works belonging to the travel-
lers, with the names of those comprised in the index expurgate-
riyi furnished hint by the holy tribunal, found the one above-
mentioned, and threw it aside to be burnt, because, as he said,
" those were the damnable writings of the heretical end sacrile-
gious Young, whose name was marked down on his list." In
vain did the youth endeavour to prove that those vo-
lumes which be condemned as the productions of Young
were only extracts, or a selection of useful matter from dif-
ferent authors, for the improvement of young persons ; the priest,
with that charaeteristic pertinacity which belongs to ignorance,
insisted that the title-page said Young, and that that was enough
for him to have the books burnt,
which was accordingly done.—
The youth, however, could not help smiling at the gross igno-
rance displayed by the priest, and even ventured to compare the
justice of the auto-da-fe made of his harmless books, to those per-
formed in former days, by Father Torrequemada, and his fellow
:hampions of the faith, on their innocent victims. This sally
did not pass unnoticed or tmforgiven by that learned priest, who
immediately wrote to the Comisionado Regio of Lograno, the
place to which the young man was proceeding, requesting his
Senoria to question him closely, as he suspected he had been
smuggling into Spain heretical works from England. In fact, on
his arrival at his native city, he seas arrested and examined ; but
declared be had brought only those which had been burnt, and a
few snore that did not come withist-the pale of the sacred index.
The Comisionado, however, not being satisfied with this declatst,
tiou, had sent him to prison, from which be was now brought to
the court, to undergo another examination.
Artirnana, whose mind, though callous to the voice of con-
science, was extremely alive to the ridicule of the world, which
he conceived his mother's exposure Was greatly calculated to raise,
sat immovable in his chair, with one hand on the table firmly
dosed, and the other thrust into his waistcoat, darkly glancing
about the room, to discover if an impression of merriment was
any where visible.
" Well !" said he, with a savage look, as the young man 1
above mentioned came before him, " do you still persist in deny-
ing the well known fart of having introduced into this country
English works, containing most pernicious doctrines on religion
and government?"
" As long as such a fact remains unproved," replied the youth
, fearlessly, " I must persist in doing so. This I declared during
my former examination, and shall continue to declare while the
fear of offending my Creator holds a place in my heart r
" I thought, said his Senoria, " that • a week's imprisonment
would have sufficed to make you confess the truth ; but I see you
have visited the country of the heretics to some purpose, you
have at all events acquired their impious obduracy of character in
denying truths as palpable as the gospels. But we shall see if
your acquirements can withstand other proofs—approach."
The young man obeyed, and Artintana drew front the table-
drawer near him, a thumb-screw, of which there were several of
different sizes, and into which he put the young Mart 11
thembe4.

* The galleys.
Rain° Gonzalez, whom Ferdinand nominated Minister of
Police, after his return to Madrid from Cadiz, and whose bar-
barous decrees are the opprobriumof the age in which we lire,
was at the epoch alluded to in the text, Comisionado Regio at
Pamplona, and made use of the thumb-screws above described, as
did also several of his colleagues in other cities. For this fact,
many gentlemen at present in this country, among whom the au-
thor himself is one, ran vouch, having been eye-witnesses of these
barbarities.

Hannah Russell was indicted for wilfully, feloniously,
and traitorously, and of her malice aforNoilaht,
Benjamin Russell, her late husband, by administering to
him a quantity of arsenic, at Brightling on the gth of :May
hut.; and D. Lamy was, indicted as an accessory to the
same murder.

The case excited an uncommon degree of interest. The
Court was crowded to excess with both sexes during the
whole trial, which lasted nearly 12 hours. The female
prisoner, who appeared to be about 40 years of age, was,
in fact, only 31; and the man, who appeared to be about
30, was in reality but 19. Both were persons of ill-
favoured aspect, and in the lowest condition of fife.
Mr. Andrews, with whom was Mr. Darby, stated the
case for, the prosecution at considerable length. He opened
it as a case depending entirely upon circumstantial evi-
dence, and invited the most serious and anxious attention
of the Jury to an enquiry so fearful in its probable result
to the prisoners.
Wm. Russell, the father of the deceased, saw him alive
at his own house in the evening of Sunday, the 7th of
May. He was cheerful, and in good spirits. Witness
lived about a quarter of a mile from his son's house in
the same parish of Burwash. On the Monday morning,
about one o'clock, he was aroused from his sleep by some
dirt been thrown at his window. He got up, and opened
the easement ; it was dark. The female prisoner was
outside, and desired him, to come down, and let her in.

She said that Benjamin) son, had drops down in a tit,
or was dead. The other prisoner, who was, immediately
behind her, said the same thing. They appeared to have
come together, and wished witness to help to get Benja-
min home. Witness dressed himself immediately, and
accompanied Leany about three miles into the parish of
Brightling, and Leany brought him a foot-path,
where they found the deceased lying stretched on his
back. He was then _dead, cold, and stiff. His clothes
were on, and there was a handkerchief tied round his, body.
The spot was not far from the house of a Mr. Holloway,
a farmer, about 60 or '7O rods from Gleddish-wood. The
deceased was lying stretched out on his back straight,
the hands close to the body. The prisoner Leany then
said, that he and the deceased had ucen stealing sortie
corn from Mr. Holloway's barn, and had divided it into
two parcels. The sack which the deceased was carrying
was the heaviest, and he complained of apain in his heart
at the time. The prisoner then offered totake a turn of
his load. The deceased declined, and advanced up the
field with the load on his back, and prisoner, on coming up
to him, found him dead, but he did not know whether he
had dropped down in a tit, or died a natural death. It
was then so dark that witness could not see the dress of
the deceased minutely. Witness and Leany then moved
the body into Gleddish-wood, and placed it on some
oak gratton, or stubble. Witness's motive for so
doing was to , hide the shame of a transaction in
which the character of his family might be injur-
ed, by its being discovered that a son of his had been
guilty of a robbery. Witness did not know the
cause of Ms son's death until the following Wednesday,
when the Coroner's inquest was held. When exit_
mined before the inquest, he did not give the same account
of the transaction which he now did, because he understood
that those who helped to move the body Would share the
same fate as those by whom the deceased was poisoned.
Mr. Thomas Abel Evans, surgeon at Burwash, had at-
tended deceased frequently before his death, but not for
two
the
sthimomf immediately
y ; Mr. Newingtoniatelybefore.Swh anisbd Mr. Nak
odyat aebarn
On e
being present at the opening of it. Examined the body
to see if any extensive violence had been used. Found
sonic considerable discolouration was visible about the
or oesophagus,
inflammation.
a, r
ta and
face, neck, shoulders, and as far down as the breasts. On
ioticiluteeeensotiputesfreir:ttltoelei:l,ebuirramteodninyew,:at;heisgtltrahibgehsetatiltiayitae,
omiancflhammeds iinntemrnaailllyv.
placesl'he
quite corroded. We found a considerable quantity Of
gross white powder
adhering to it; the heart, liver, and
brain, were perfectly healthy.
We took the stoma
home, and analysed the contents by various WAS, by which
we sublimed nearly a drachm of white arsenic. A drachm

A full Grand Jury, composed of the , t .ae.
county, answered to their names.. Arn .'t,: cured
by a most singular coincidence, the 11 r. i... Liddell,
Matthew Bell Esq., the members s .ity, Lord
Howick, Sir John EdWard and
Beaumont, Esq."
John Pratt was indicted for havini, 't found in this
country before a term of fourteen years' transportation, to
which he had been sentenced,' had expired. It appeared
that the prisoner was convicted in 1818, at the Durham
Assizes, of having had counterfeited Bank of England
notes in his possession, and had been sentenced to fourteen
years' transportation. In his way feom the Court to the
Old Prison, which were at some distance from each other,
he snapped the hand cuff, and escaped. Ile was not again
heard of till the spring of this year, when some person
gave information of his residence, and he was apprehend-
ed. Several persons stated, that, for some years past, he
had behaved himself in the, most correct and proper man-
ner. The Jry found him '
u Guilty.
Mr. Baron Bullock said, he would take care to com-
municate his good character to the proper quarter.

HEREFORD, FRIDAY, JULY 28.
ADDIS V. HARRIS.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff for the re-
covery of the price of a horse, which he had bought from
the plaintiff under a warranty of soundness, and it ulti-
mately appeared that the horse was labouting under a dis-
ease which caused its death soon after.

The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, 19/. for the
horse and Id for his keep.
Mr.: Baron Garrow having sat on Thursday nitil be
finished the criminal business, left Hereford on S ...urday
for the purpose of opening the commission in IVlnamouth,
where the Judges will be engaged on Monday and Tues-
day. Wednesday will be the commission day in Glou-
cester, where the business is rather heavy.
The following case was the last which 111. r. 'Yawn Gar-
row tried at Hereford :-
21omas Limo was, in the course of 7:4 .Iday, COM.
tted to the gaol of this county, upon ach sof horse-
itealing, a week or, ten days ago, in the ref's.' iurhood of
Machin, near Abergavenny, and a true 'big r • .ad by the
Grand Jury for Hereford, before whoa the indictment
had been 'tendered, the horse having bcc-,1 round in the
,prisoner's possession at Ross, within the Herefordshire
jurisdiction.
Verdict Guiliy, but recommended to mercy on the pars
of the prosecution.

EXETER,
Fate.
Y, JULY 28.
RONVX V. BittliTON.
The plaintiff, Mr. Row '
skill ' e, is a gentleman of considerable
. in raining affairs. In 1814 he Nvas the proprietor of
an estate called Lewellan, part of the manor of Tewington,
in Cornwall. The manor was the property of a Mr.
Rashlei who been sold
p urchased it in 1708, it havin
under t provisions of the Land Tax Redemption Act.
g
In 1820, a vein of copper ore was discoveredon the estate,
as Mr. Rowe contends by him, though do merit of the
discovery is denied him by his opponents. Its value,
however, is immensc—intleed it is believed that the ore
already obtained is worth upwards of 200,00ti1. Such a dis-
covery naturally attracted the attention of his neighbours,
They seized the ore in ques-
and particularly of those who had any connexion with the
in tin form of an action of
property. Among them was K company of miners,
called the East Crinnis AilventureN, with whom Mr.
person .who was chiefly active
Rashleigh was connected*
tion, and left Mr. rtovve to commence his action to try
property, the soil being his, he was
ttth:oiverrinigahpgate.rtinysTtbhneiisruegyhteteno,:pliyt
,tihutto table!. AF Nell he could discover beneath it.
in taking away the ore. Ott the part of Mr. Rowe it was
Ill'eold, the interest taken by the
uisiete.anniriir:l,l
jowyhmicenhtgaorvite3laniindi
calorteentalteittlie
This was denied by the defendiutt, who contended that
nteoir e'vtennutte bsocilr,egbunitaotneldy bjeli

winch, under no circumstances, gave him a right to the mine-

rals,which might be discovered beneath the 8-urfae. These,
it was contended, remained in the lord, and these, it was
'also conten,A, passed to Mr. Rashleigh, not only as lord
of the manor, but as lessee of the mines tinder several

leases granted by hi
ss present Majesty, when Prince 'of
Wales, as Duke of Cornwall.

It may here be obiervedy that at one period the whole
county of Cornwall bonged to the Clown. It .passed
by grant from the Kings of England at various times, to
relations and favnurites; nha among the latter to Gaves-
tone themininn of the weak and unfortunate Edward the
second. On Gavestoil's subsequent attainder it reverted
to the Crown; and by the third Edward was granted to
his son Edward the Black Prince,, by a charter, confirmed
afterwards by Parliament, and which charter rendered the
property inalienable from the then Earldom (afterwards
Duchy) of Cornwall. Those who claim through .-Mr.
Rashleigh and against Mr. Rowe, contend, therefore,
that the duchy property is inalienable, and the utmost in-
terest. which a tenant of a duchy manor can have in the
that of a customary tenant, the freehold always re-
mainqigi vested in the Lord; and if this he correct, it
would saloW that a mere copyhold tenant could haVe no
interest- in the mines, unless by express grant or special
custom, and that they might be disposed of by the Lord,
as he pleased. The Duchy itself vests in the eldest son of
the reigning King from the moment of his birth. When
there is no son, it, as a matter of course, reverts to the
Crown, and follows the regal succession, tlis present
Majesty, therefore, was Duke of Ciwnwall at his birth,
and having no son, the dudiy his never been divested
from him.

Mr. Sergeant Wilde' stated the case for the plaintiff,
observing that he (the plaintiff) had been for some years
in the possession of the mine, a circurnstance 'which in
itself seemed to imply a right. He believed that a claim
would be set up in support of the defendants.; Which, if
well founded, would shake the title to property in Corn-
wall to an alarming extent.

The Attorney-General, for the defendants observed,,
that in Cornwall there were two leading descriptions of
tenants, some were called free tenants, the other conven-
tionary tenants ; the former Ireld an estate equivalent to
freehold, the latter resembled more nearly the tenants of
copyholds in the nature and quantity of their estate. It
was not denied that this property was held by conven-
tionary tenancy, and the question would be as to die in-
cidents of that tenancy. The plaintiff wished of course
to extend its advantages : the defendant to prove them
limited.
The putting in of documentary evidence was then corn-
mence,d, and occupied nearly the remainder of the day.