The Sun.
London, England, 1819-05-26 00:00:00

PROPERTY OF A CONVICT.

Botr-STltenT.—On Monday Mr. Sheriff Ro.
berts, accompanied by 11r. Under Sheriff 'Turner,
attended at the Office to complain against Adkins
the Officer, for detaining and keeping in his pos-
session a quantity of silver plate which he produced
in evidence at the trial of Jeticot, the clerk -in the
General. Post Office, who was lately convicted at
the Old Bailey for breaking open letters, and.
stealing Bank' notes which were in them. The
officer took possession of the plate when he ail.-
prehended .I,ll.cost at his 'residence in Norfolk-
street, Strand, it being suppost d to have been pur-
chased with some of the stolen Baak notes. The
Sheiiff contends, that supposing there be" a doubt
as to whoas the plate belongs, he was the proper
person to keep possession of it until the (plc s.
lion was decided, and not the Officer.—Adkins,
the Officer, in justification of his conduct for keep-
ing the plate io his possession, produced a let:et kid-
dressed to him from Mr. Pot kins, tbe Solicitor to.
Post Office, directing him tO retain possession,
of the plate by command of the Postmaster-tie•
neral.—(illoriAiig, lie, aid.)

Yestertlay 'horning, at eight viciock, fifteen
wale convicts wire sent off from 14cliellioliger-
:atle Gaol, in the prison caravan, for the purpose
of being pot oil board the bulks at .Wootwicii.
"{lie gaol is now dear of cuinicts, wilt,' the
ception of a 1w ICLUdICS,

LONDON JOtIUNALS.

FROM THE NIORNINc; PA.P.ERS OF TH

:S DA'

[Morning Chronicle.]
The Earl GKtty brought in a Bill last night
in the House of Lords, for the repeal of the oath
and declarations against transubstantiation and
the invocation of saints. The Bill, however,
provides that nothing therein contained shall ex-
tend to dispense with the oehs of allegiance and
supremacy. The practical effect of i:, therefore,
is pot to relieve Roman Catholics from any dis-
ability, but to relieve Protestants from the ne-
cessity of declaring the Roman Catholic Religion
'superstitious and idolatrous. •

• [The Times.]
In our Paper of the 20th we tnentionetl, curso-
rily, among the proceedings of the House of
Lords, that the Judges had delivered their opi-
nions in the case of the Prince Regent as
Duke of Cornwall v. Sir John Saint Anbyn.—
The matter is of more importance than may at
first appear, Nine tplestions were put by the
House to the Judges on the subject of the
Prince's rights and powers ; but the following an-
swers are the most material :—Unanimous, " We
" think the Prince can, as Duke of Cornwall, by
" force of the right vested in him, sue and be sued
" in tie Court of Exchequer, by his Attorney-Ge-
" nerd, on matters touching the title and inherit-
" ance of the Duchy ; and that a judgment is to be
'' executed in the same manner as a judgment in
" matters touching the Crown orthe inheritance of
" the Crown. Wc conceive the Court of Enche-
" quer molt proper for this sti!:ject, but that the
" right may extend to other Courts." And in
answer to the question, whether the lands of the
Duchy are subject to the statute of limitations,—
" We think an information of intrusion at corn-
" mon law will lie for the Prince, for lands parcel
" of the Duchy, but not for any other lands."