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London, England, 1817-05-09 00:00:00

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Mr. PoNsoNey postponed the Committee' on
the Bill for continuing the Military and Civil
Officers in their
,situatiOns, in the event of Abe
demise of tie Crowno till Tuesday.
The Bermtidas, and Newfoundland Trade 13111 s,
were read a second time, and of tiered to besono.
milted Lo-morrOw.
TYTHK LEASING BILL.

'Lord Tibringtnn, Sir IVnt. Scott, Lord Milton,
and Mr. I). Gilbert made stinte general observa•
lions on the fill. A Motion for extending the
Leases according to Queen. Anne's Act was pro;
pOSed, on Which Mr. LOckhart, Leird Mdton,
• Mr. Ponsonby, Mr.-WrOtteiley, Mr. L. Foite'r,
and others made. some observations.
motion for the ilonse going int6.a CO4-
. mittee being Made nod seconded, A.lvjotitt Smyth,
Sir IVm.' Scot..., Sir H.' Parnell, Sir Charles
Monck,Lird Palmerston, Mr. Saville, Mr. H.
Martin, and Mr. lirOughitm Seerally Sp'oke. The
motion was then'agreed to, and the [louse having.
resolved into a Committee, the Bill was read It
first time, hnd then ordered to be read paragraph
by paragraph; ,
On the Clause with respeet to the duration of
the Leases of Tythes, '' ten years" were inserted.
In the Clause respecting the appointment of
surveyors to appreciate the,l)tthes, that appoint
ment was, upon the Motion of Sir W. Scott, vest•
ed in the Bishops.
On the motion of Mr. LEst.tt rotrza, in order--
to meet the ease of Ireland, where' there are so
many intermediate tenants between the owner and
actual occupant. of land, an 'lntendment was made
in the Clause, giving "he' option of the Leases of
Tythes first to,the, owner, and next to the tenant.,
namely, by substituting the words, " Old intr
mediate landlord and tenant, or tenants." ,
On the motion of Sir W; Scotr, the Chairman
was ordered to report progress, and ask leave to
sit again. The House having resumed, the Chair.;
man accordingly reported progeess ; nod it was
ordered that the • Committee should sit again on
Wednesday.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed
of and at Halt-past Eleven °IAA,. the House,
adjourned,

LAW INTELLIICiENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, MAY 8.

CONTEMPT OF .COURT.-;CLANDESTINE MARMAGE.
Mr. SHAW applied to the', Lord Chancellor, ini
the matter of Mr., Lockett, a your% gentleman
twenty years of age, who, since it had been re.
ferred to the Master to indite of a proper settio:
meat, had conimitted CofiteMpt of Court, by
h,tving eloped with and c'andetinely marine!
Alias EdWards, a Ward in 'Chancery, whilst hit
prepaid was tinder the consideration of Mr. Ste•'
phen, thcfMaster. The young lady in this case was of
. the age of. 19, and the patties harl-been in lops;
habits of intimacy. The father of Mr. Lockett
was represented to the Mister as a respectable
Attorney at.. 13411), being also a person. of coml.:.
derable property. The young Laity is entitled ter,
50001. invested in the Funds. The sogge:itioo
the Master was,' that the Marriage waitinekeep.
.tionable, provided Mr."Lockett's father Would
make a settlement upon his son till the Lady be.,
come of age. This the young Gentleinan agreed
to apply for to his father,,whose consent he hatt
no doubt of obtaining.. No conniumication of,
the result of this proposed settlement of tbe fa
titer was made to the Master, ulsibt in the, hoe-
rim the marriage took place iu the Parish Cliinclt
of St.Maryle-hone, on the 24th of last month..
It was stated that neither the Guardians of the.
Lady nor the friends of either patty had objet-;
thins to the marriage, provided the terms pro•
posed by the Muster Were cousplte-if with.
Sir ARTUUIf PIGGOTT obseriedi that the, young
gentleman was now in Court, ready to, abide his.
Lordship's pleasure if he wete to be committed.
'He had this to offer as denying Contempt of
Court—he was ready to make affidavit, that hue-
iog applied to his father, bis.father, though tip
proving the moulage, had .refused his assent to
the terms proposed by the Master. The platy,'
however, having no sordid motive for marrying.'
the lady, and there being an equal affection on,
her part, he was willing the whole of her,property,
should be tnnda~ over by a settlement on her hir
life.

The Loan CHANCELLOR said, there was rio
doubt of the contempt in this case. The matter
being on reference to the IN:Lister, this clandestine
marriage takks place without the Master's coo-
sent..'!"he representation was, that his father was
a...tnan of fortune and that 'his consent would be
procured to make a suitable provision for. hint
(the son), being what the Master regitired. It
vas impossible to say that this marriage was
Hot a Willtil contempt of the Coon and -on-
less, us stated, the young man had not inch
sordid motives as made these 'cases of coni,nipt
extremely odioOs, his Lordship woold not
pass over this marriage even upon furfilliog the:
terms proposed. Not haying the accession tit the,
fat her to tiid Master's proposal, bring then under
reference to the Master, ho'marries -11 ward of
Court, Rita Lordship observed---' -I am bound
to commit this Oentletuan, and cannot help it."

COURT OF KING'S DENCII, Q.

The Court was chiefly occupied tigaio to day. in ,
passing" sentence upon persons convicted dining
the last Assizekof obstructing Revenue Officers,

The ilrovost, Magistrates, and Town Coon.
di of Paisley have transmitted a Petition to
Parliament, expressive of their decided -opinion
of the sound policy and unquestionably cypedi.
once of abrogatiag the tax, commonly called the
Cottage Tax, and praying that an assessment,
so vety'unproductive and so haraqsing, to those
,who are the object* of it, may be t tpt-Alett new
cot dingly,

onside' that they had inclined the censure of the
House,
Mr. .13ENNETT replied, and the liotve
till..eu the nondier:i tvcrc.—
Ay,s.
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