The Sun.
London, England, 1818-08-14 00:00:00

hilt. PEEL.

The Grand Jury of the County have voted RR
Address to Mr. PEEL' on his departure from Ire-
land. Feeling as we chi 'hat Mr. Peel is entitled
to every mark of respect which ,could be paid him,
we are sorry to find that nine Grand Jurors have
refused to sign this Address. Eight of, them, how-
ever, profess to be actuated by a mere feeling of
etiquette, concurring fully in the sentiments of the
Address, and expressing their respect for the public
and private character of Mr. Peel. With all
deference to these highly respectable Gentle-
men, we must say that as they thought with
their brother Jurors they might have waived
the strict consideration of fain. They Inuit
have known that it has been constantly the
practice of Grand Juries to vote such addreSses,
and it strikes UN rathr r ungracious in ad-
mirers " of the public and private character of
Mr. Nei." to m.,ke an address Jo him the first
excep ion to such pravice. We never knew
any instance of the kind before ; and we cannot
see the impropriety of the ?Id custom. They
live published their protest against the proceed-
ing, as also has the ninth Gentleman, who dis.
sewed on different grownis from the rest, With
which he (lees nor choose to revoltr the public.
We think they would have committed their own:
dignity as Grand Jurors solicit better if they had
contented themselves with dissenting from the
majority (the acts of which Mr. WRIXON appeara
to have discovered not to he the acts of the body),
in their own room, without obtruding, their- votes
on the public. We can attribute it to nothing hot
some petty feeling of local politics. The follow-
ing are the protests : _ _ .

We, the undernamed Member, of the Grand Jury,
cvnsi-
tiering' it objectionable to jolt rwtoc, any subject to the consi-
deration of the Jury, which is unconnected with the rubliv
lw,iness of the Connie, do feel •it incumbent on us, under
'that inip,e•sion, to Mt:timid, as Graiut .11,1r0r9, our i,re
front the Addresz presented to the 'Wight Hu::ourahle Robert
Peel on Ili-ehupart are fi tun irelantl.
We do hot justice to I,lll.st:tees in publicly decli:vin,,z the
reason for our Alient, lest we might appear -deficient in tivrt
respect which we feel for tin public and private ell: tacter of
Mr. Peel.

Kirwsborotigh, aiyes St. Leer, W. 1-1. M. Hodder,
W. H. W. Newel ham, It. U. Fitzgerald, Joseph 1.).
Freeman, fl. G. Barry, Wailis Adams.

I feel myself called upon, as a Member of the present
Grand Jury, by the course .wldch has been 'pursued by my
brother Jurors, to take this public method of stating, that I
did not vote for the Ai4diess to Mr. Peel—that I objected to
the principle that in such a case the act of the majority should
he considered the act of the whole body, and that I think a.
Grand Juror is equally ster;iing out aids province, in voting.
a Political Address, as in assigning reasons tot he Public for
not haring dom.: so. ' JOHN MICHAEL \MIXON-
(I, ruin the unnc Paper.)

Yesterday two troops of the 4th, or Queen's
Own Dragoons, arrived in this city from Fermoy,
to replace the 20:h Light Dragoons, ordered u.)
Caller, which place is to be their head-quarters.
The troop left this on Wednesday for Cloglieen,f
and two more will proceed on Monday n •xt to
Caller. During the period of two years the 20tik
Dragoons were quartered in this city, their Con-
duct has been held in the highest estimation—the
Office's for, their gen:lcman-like and friendly de-
portment, and the men for the strictest regula-
rity and discipline—we feel confident in saying
that they leave this city with the general Etood
wishes of all classes of our

PRESENTATION OF THE FREEDOM OF DROGIi6DA TO

HiS EXCELLENCY EARL TALBoT.

The freedom of the ancient Corporation of,
Drogheda has been presented, as already men
tioned, to his Excellency the LORD LIEUTENANT,
in a supech Gold Box, of which the following is
an exact description :—On the lid of the Bux the
armorial ensigns of this loyal and ancient city ale
toLiacil
in coloured gold, upon. a ground of ormolth, and.
encircled with a...deep border, composed of the
Rose, Oak, and Shamrock, entwining each other.
Round the body of the BuZ is a border of a similar
description, ainVon the bottom is engraved the
following inscription :

• • To
Ilis Exc,:lency-
CHARLES efiETWYNO, EMU, TALBOT,
Lunn LIEur6!:INT-GENEHAL,
AND GENERA I. GOVLItNOII Of ittIiLAND;
The Freedom of the Corporation of Drogheda is herein must
respectfully presented, by
The Mayor, Sheriff's, Aldermen, rnd Como ton Council, pur-
suant to :heir Unanimous Vote, on the'
11th day ofslune,lBlB.
In testimony of the high s,•lltie they entertain of his Public and
• ate Virtues.

The execution of thit• box noes infinite credit to
the artist, Alderman ‘iresr,ot Skinner-row. The
different. designs and 'decorations are finished
with peculiar taste and beauty,
,aud tlte hand of
superior skill seems to pervade tbe workmanship
generally. It Is gratifying to perceive so con.
vinciog an evidence as this affords.ot the ;;neat
imptoventent which INS been made in an rui..
branch of A very valuable art in u, r city;
and we should hope that it will not escape nit%
observation uf those who mider-rote the iabours
of.our WUXI,II,. slut import the productions of
Qtlier countries, that they can find at home, as ill,
the instance ut this gold bux, ati :cies 0: the most
extptisiteand beattlittil woiliwouslop.—(TheieZhett.
lin] Corropupdcnt )

LAW INTELLI6 ENCE

COURT 01" CHANCERY, AUGUST 13.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE•
The Loa') en N. cimt.ott,,after transacting some
business iu hisAtrivateChaniber,`enteted theCoutt
at about halt-past nine o'clock, when, adverting
to what had passed on the subject of Drury-lane
Theatre, he said, it had been his intention to hear
that case to morrow evening ; but taking into
consideration the lateness of the season, and the
multitude and pressure of Ihe business still 'indis-
posed of, he tabonld appoint to-root row !limning
for that purpose. For the saute reason, agree-
ably to a previous intimation which he had
given, he must apprise the Gentlemen at the Bar,
that he could only listen to one Counsel on each

side,
Some time after, Sir A. PIGOTT, who had not
been in Court when the Lord Chancellor spoke,
allodi!!g to the general notice which he under-
stood his Lordship yesterday to have given of his
purpose to admit only one Counsel of a side to
pirad in the causes remaining to be heard, ex-
pressed a hope that the motion to dissolve the in-
junction whieit had beep obtained in the case of
Drury-lane Theatre was not included in his
Lordship's resolution.
The Lotto CHANCELLOR said, it certainly was.
Sir ARTHUR Ploovr then observed, that the
ease was one of deep and complicated importance,
itivolving in a serious measure the jarring inte-
rests of numerous individuals, and, as he could
not be ut,conscious of his incompetency, single-
banded, to contend with the force of ail that ar-
gument, intelligence, _atateloquence which, in
_the
person of Sir S. Romilly, would be arrayed against
Lim, he wished to assign the arduous attempt to
tile more hopeful zeal and ability of Mr. We-
therell.
Sir S. ROMILLY said, that so striking and atnia.
ble•an instance of modesty on the part of Sir A.
Pigott could nut fail to excite in him a similar
wish to transfer the labour and the honour of the
contest to the emioent skill, knowledge, and ex:
perience of his second, Mr. Bell.
Mr. WETHERELL and Air. BELL acknowledged
-severally the sense that each entertained of the
professed honours, which, however, were by both
of them respectfully declined.
Sir A. PIGOTT then suggested to Sir Sarnue
-Romilly, that perhaps it might be as well if they
should adopt an expedient sometimes resorted to
in another place, and " pair off."
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that whatever
accommodation the gentlemen might afford each
other, he found it quite impossible at this period
of time, and with the load of business that was
still lying before him, to depart from the resolu-
tion be had formed of bearing only one Counsel
on each side.

LORD C. TOWNSHRND V. BLAKE.

• .
The question in this case was_ merely this—
whether tinstees of an infant ought to let a farm
to a tenant who would give an annual rent of
4391., or to one tvho would give 4801. The matter
came before the Lord Chancellor some time ago,
and it was referred to Master Stepheb, Who, after
a lapse of several mouths, made his report in favour
the smaller rent. This determination was ob-
jected to by Lord C. Townshend, who had an
.annui,y upon the whole estate, and supported the
interests of a Mr. Wightman,, who offered the
larger stint, and he consequently now bought the
.question before the Court, 00 a petition that the
Master might review hisseport.
Sir ARTHUR PIGOTT opposed the application on
.behalf of the Trustees of the estate, who wished
to accept a person of the name of Brett as the
;tenant, at the rent of 4301. He observed, that
• the 'point would be very short, if the only dispute
were attout the two stints offered : no doubt 4801.
were better than 4301.; but other circutustanc.s,
in the opinion of the Master, made all the differ-
ence. A surveyor of high eminence had given it
as his opinion, that the value of the farm Was only
4301., and there seenled to be no reason for dis-
puting his judgment, excepting that the protege of
'Lord C. Townsend offered more ; but Mr. Brett
had been lon .! tenant of the property, and had
expended 15001. upon it, and had a claim to Lave
his lease renewed, at a fair and honourable rent.
Sit S. ROMILLY d,id not think it necessary to
add any thing on the same side, after what his
Lordshi,, had said regarditig Drury-lane Theatre.
Mr. HART, on the other hand, insisted that the
matter was.qaite plain, and the duty of his Lord-
ship quite clear, though the trustees seemed not
on wiNiug to abandon their duty, by neglecting the
interests of their cestui qui trust: they were offered
480/. a-year by a tenant of substance, and whose
father was willing to be his surety for the rent,
and for the observance of covenants ; and on what
pretence could they accept an offer of 501. a year
less, by which a thousand guineas would he put
into the hands of the tenant before -the expire.
tion of his lease of 21 years,..?
Sir A. PIGOTT, in reply, said that the trustees
were under a sort of obligation to Mr. Brett to
renew his lease upon reasonable terms, and it
would be a gross breach of faith on their part
Dot to 'do ,so'. _

The Lottp CHANCELLOR said that be would
look into the affidavits, as to the breach of faith ;
and if it amounted to a contract between Brett and
the trustees, he could take notice of it ; but if it
appeared to he any thin, less, as a Judge he could
Live it no tveight, however binding it might be i❑
conscience.

scorcit BANKRUPI.S.

s EIauFNFRATI ()Ns, EX A NIINATIONS, DIVIDENDS, &c.
Alexander M'Ncil, merchant, urocer, Sec. Greenock, to be
examined in the Sheriff-Clerk's Office there, Itit Itigust and
Ist Ss ptcwher, at 12.
Creditors of William and Thomas Nl(Nlillan, merchants,
Castle Douglas, meet in Douglas's Inn there, 27th August,
pt. 12.
Creditors of George Donaldson, draper in Edinburgh, will
receive is dividend at the office of William Scott, accountant
thvie, at October.
Statee of the affairs of William Hyslop, corn-merchant and
Maxwelltewn, lie will! the trustee—No dividend.
• States of the .iffairs of Jame,: t !meson, carter and coal-
deakr, Glasgow, lie with the trustee till 2d October—No
- end.

Wednesday se'nnigLit an explosion took place
jn Walkend colliery, Newcastle, by which one
mrla and t sVo boys ~vcre killed, and another man
adlopwlisly buEnt. The accident arose from the
boy who held the '' Davy" galling with it, and
iiinring the lamp.