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London, England, 1808-11-23 00:00:00

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COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, NOV. '22.

1 Yesterday the Court was enraged, during the I
greater part of the day, in attending to arguments of
Counsel in a case where the Collectors of Duties on
Ships entering the port of Liverpool were stated to
have demanded more than the Act of Parliament al-
lowed. The Court did not give judgment. A man,
who described himself to be a silversmith, appeared
to justify bail ; but on being objected to by Mr. Ser.
jeant PELL, he proved what is technically termed
queer bail He had been lately liberated from prison,
and he asserted that he had not been before rejected;
but on turning to the Black Book, his name and de-
signation were traced by the Officer of the Court.—
He was not permitted to justify.

COURT OF CHANCERY, NOV. RI.
This day the attention of the Court was occupied
by the case of Lord Rancliffe v. Parkyns.
At the rising of the Court, Sir S. RoMILLY said,
that he had to submit to his Lordship a Petition, of
rather an unusual nature, from a Mr. Anthony Daffy
Swinton, a bankrupt, and who was at present a pri—
soner in Newgate, by order of the Commtssioners of
Bankrupt, who were dissatisfied with the account of
his affairs which he had given in. The object of his
petition was, that a copy of this account might be
returned to him, and that be might be allowed to sne
in this Court in forma pauperis.—The LORD CIiAN-
CILLOR did not think there could be any objection to
the Assignees returning to this person the account
which he had given in, and also that he might be
enabled to make the necessary affidavit in support of
his petition.

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COURT OF EXCHEQUER, NOV. CC.
TILE KING v. JOIIN VILLIERS.
The defendant being indebted to the Crown in a
eonsidertble sum of money, process by extent Was
issued against him, and the whole of the property
fo.und in his possession, seized by virtue thereof, was
directed to be sold, after the report of the Master was
obtained'thereott, relative to whatever part of the i
same, if any, which might eventually appear to be-
Ilong to other persons. The Master made his report,
'by whichit did appear that a part of the property
so found in his possession belonged to four other per- ,
ions, among whom was a Miss Villiers. This dry
the Sotactron GENERAL moved, that so much of the
sty, or amount thereof, as belonged to Miss
V:.Tiers, might be allowed to her, and the rest paid
into the hands of the Receiver General, for the be-
nefit of his Majesty's revenue.—The Court was about
to express souse doubts as to the former part of the
motion, when the Sows ron GEsvatitt., recollecting
himself, anticipated their Lordshirs intended obser- : waniz„d.rimple.a
vation, and said, that being an ()Meer of the Crown,
i o , ever much the justice of the case enjoined him to winturee
address the Court iu behalf of this younr, Lady, and , WTI"'
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include her claim within the purview of' his motion, CKhillaritlo eorth
yet.he found himself under the necessity of foregoing South Hebburn
it : but although he could not correctly do it, yet it EiAl and Co.'. Walls-Eod
would readily be seen, that if any Gentleman slsould 1
move the Court in her behalf, he, on behalf of the 121Yth —•
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Crown, would consent to it. i Ilartley
A Gentleman of the Bar then, on behalf of Miss ander.
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Villiers, and three other persons whose names he men-
tioned, moved that her and their moieties or claims
might be allowed out of the issues of the property urn M
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COURT QF KING'S BENCH, NOVEMBER 22.
The Court vas occupied the principal part of the ,
day in heating special arguments, which are not of
any importance to our readers ; but at the breaking
up of the Conrt, Mr. Roe moved for a Mandamus
to be directed to the Magistrates of the Thames Po-
lice Office, to chew cause why they did not proceed
in an information laid before them, on the seizure of
certain goods. Mr. Knapp appeared before the Ma
,ristrites as Counsel for the Defendant, who took as
objection to their jurisdiction, and that objection ap-
peared to them valid; but Mr. Roe insisted that they
ought to have proceeded to hear the information, un-
der the II th of Geo. I. which gave them an autho-
rity to hear and determine all seizable articles.—Rule
granted.

ECCLESIASTICAL PROMOTION.

ST. JOH N's, IaRSE Y.-Altir Right Hon. the tar! of chathani,
Governor of the island of Jeetzy, has presented theistrv.- Michael
Dupre B.D. and Fellow 'of Exeter College, Oxford, to the living
of Stjohn's, in that Mao* worth r_tol. per annum; the Rector
and Fellows of Exeter College having bees oleaginous in, their
opinion, that the livieviassquestion is tenable whlellAr.Dupre's
fellowship. Mr. Dwell (a native of Jersey has appealed iron,
that decision to the Bishop. of Eiester, Visior of the said. College,
alledgir.g, that by a clause is the Letters Patent of King Charles 1
who foundol the Fellowship, it Is provided, that, within a con-
venlent time, the l'eUow+liail return to the Islattd to serer Goo,
should a proper promotion be offered to hint, and that.that claw
vacates the fellowship. The Rector and Fellows, along with
Mr. Dupre, on the othae Mud, contend that the clause, in its lite-
-1 rid meaning, cannot operate against the statute of the college de
assemeriou it canis leserric4.a.7,;:uns ; by which statute the living
of at. John's is tenatilstiith I fellowship, nor against the decree of
Bishop Fisher, in 1201, which penni:s any of the Fellows to hold
a living, though above Slopes annum, in the King's books, pro-
vided the clear amttial !name at. the time of taking it does not
exceed the sum of 1201. The Visitor's desislim Is shos tly expected.
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CRIMINAL INFORMATION.
The ATTORNRT•GENERAL moved for a criminal
information against a Mr. Morgan and a Mr.
Hughes, the Mayor and one of the Aldermen of
Carnmrthen, for gross abuse of their magisterial au-
thority towards one Henry Lewis. He stated that
the town was divided into two parties, the Red and
the Blue. The Mayor and the Aldermen were of
the Red party ; Lewis, who was an attorney's clerk,
was, as well as his master, of the Blue, and there-
fore obnoxious to them. A person of the name of
Jonathan Harris had lately come into the town, and
Lewis, with some others, had amused themselves
'with taking,. the brass knocker from off his door,
which in a lew evenings they replaced there by way
of joke. The Mayor hearing of this, applied to
'Harris, and endeavoured to persuade him that he L
had been robbed. Harris considered it as a mere i • MARRIED.
Ljoke, but as he said, before it was replaced he did ' Lately, at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, Sir George
not know but k was stolen, the Mayor and Hughes Bowyer, Bark. to .Miss Douglas, eldest daughter of the late Sir
still insisted that there wag a felony committed, and Andrew. 7. snaLtDouti". ,
t blogorthnmoilm !times hulc,h, Johtt__Vernon, Esq. 22c1
angpatnlDcar:e.Yoor:vtso:
miss
Elizabeth
sahsaN:naroj on, Esq. of the county
issued a warrant against Lewis, who was taken upeldest
about the 28th of May ; and, notwithstanding Hai-
Justinian cuainajor, Esq. of Potterells, Huelr'tsrud da""er
of
ris would not accuse him of robbery, still the Ma-
daughter
day, at Spn; the Rev. P. Max.. AI, to Miss Sawbsitlge,
gistratc determined to commit li.im, and even refused :
uricte of the M John
i Sa7bridge, Esq. or Olantigh, Kent.
ot say, on
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to Elizabeth,
to take bail. Harris and Evans, Lewis's master,
elitist dah4aer ~, .a.
prevailed so far as to obtain an order to commit him ' the Telegraph Excise. yacht, ..o-ert ...,tesc.,st, of
only for re examination the next morning, and, being Muir, Esq. Park.—
put under the care of the cnistable, he escaped.—
The next morning Evans still offered bail, but as that Th*
was refused, Lewis was obliged to be kept out of the nary
way till the 2.5 th of August following, when he sur- Cap
rendered at the assizes, and the Judge having read
e of
the depositions against Lewis, ordered the Grand and
Jury to discharge him, if nothing further should ap- •of tl
pear to criminate him.
The Attorney-General said he never remembered
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an instance of greater. abuse of power than this. I
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Lord ELLENBOROEr.II.—Take a rule to shew cause. 1 a Om
13.11NRRIDGE V. NELSON. ive a
This was a case of insurance upon a vessel to and ghti
from Oporto, which, having been captured, was chest
ter.
•abancipned by the insured, and regular notice given • Ages'thereof to the underwriters, in order to render them i xi or
!liable flit a total loss. The vessel being soon after- i yea
wards recaptured, it turned out that a partial loss Rich
lane
004hheid beak sustained. the
law of the case having been reserved for the rietoi
&444 'their Lordships, it was this day fully and I 1 am
ably at ''
tiled fd by Messrs. Scarlett and Holroyd. olfes •
, e ut
The Court were of opinion, that a notice of aban- 3;a a
donment, given under such circumstances, could t, at
only cover the actual average loss which had. been i illne
sustained, and by no means render the Underwriters
liable for a total loss ; because, were tt otherwise, it • Ti
would grievously enlarge the responsibility of the , I •
Underwriters, and even subject them to imposition ; e
for, in' almost every case, it was the interest of the
assured to abandon.—UpOn these grounds, judgtneet
was entered for the prfendant.

MATHS. - •
At I.ettcrfoury, on the 11th instant. the Lady of Sir James
Gordon, Bart. of sun.
Sunday, at Ids thiuse in Russell square, the Lady. tif Claude
George Thornton, Esq. of a son and heir.
On the 19th instant, the Lady of the Rev. John Morris, of
Ealing-green, of a still-born child.
On the 1 nth of July last, at l'Pemerara, tho Lady of Lieut. Wm.
Gordon, of the Ist Royal regiment of foot, of a daughter.
. .

On the 7th instant, at the Black Swaa, Peasefioline-Cretin,
Yorkshire, of a son, Mrs. Weston. This lady is an extraordinary
' diminutive of the human species, thougk without deformity;
being but 34 inches hi 7h, and in every other respect proportional.
Her child race 'tied in size most new-born infants.
At Gerisbrick Castle, the Lady of Sir Windsor Hunloke, Bart.
of Wingerworth, Derbyshire, at a daughter.

DIED.
At Edinburgh, on Saturday sennight, James Fraser Esq.
Principal Secretary to the rank of Scotland.
At Glasgow, Captain Edward Clarke, of the Stirliogshire regi-
ment of militia.
At the Manse of Muirhouse, on the- sth instant, in the $2l
year of his age, and 45th of his pastoral care, the Rev..klexander
Imlach, minister of the parish of Muirhouse, In the prosbytery bf
Dundee.

At the Manse of Lethnot, on the Sth instant, of a lingrrir.i; and
painful illness, the Res•. John Taylor, in the 6:161 year of his age,
and 32d of his ndnistry. _ _ •_ .

At Carlisle, on the 9th instant, Mr. Chisholm, architect, aged
28. Hr war a native of Aberdeen.
• Monday se'nnighti aged 77 years, the Rev. Peter Hawker, sea. 1,
Rector of Woodchesterl and of liampnet and Stowell, in the
county of Gloucester.
Sunday, it Broadstairs, Ide of Thames, Anthony Calvert, Esq.
nearly thirty years one of the Eider Brethren of the 'trinity
Eouse, in the 76th year 'bf his age.
Friday, Mr. W. Richards, newsman, Bear-yard, I.incoln's Inn- ,
fields, after a short
Thursday night, the infant son of Mr. Brandon, Box Book-
, keeper to the Proprietors under the Covent• Garden Patent. •
On his way fruni Bombay to Madras, by a stroke of the sun, '
Richard Arthur Wolfe, Lieutenant in the 47t1i feat, son of
pot Rogerson Wolfe, of Balbriggan, Esq;,*trand:imphew of the
late, and second consist at the present Lord Viscoent Kilwarden.
Saturday se'nnight, at Newport, Isle of Wight, in the prime of
life, after a few' days illness, Christian, the wife of Mr. G. Mew,
of the Ipastaiett.

TO-MORROW.
Sun rises. 1 , Mao sets. / Moon rises.
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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE to-MORROW.
Morning . 49 minutes abet; 7
Aro:noun 15 minutes aker. . •