The Sun.
London, England, 1816-07-08 00:00:00

ONIUINAL POETRY.

THE LIM ADVENTURES, AND DEATH or MRS. ANa
MASTER HENDERSOn,

did you hear of Mrs. Henderson ?
One morning she did send her Son
To the Cobler's stall to mend her Son,
And makt !dal alter his pace.

Then valiant Mrs. Henderson
Deirrotinvtl to defend her Son
)''rota the Pawnlit-deer, Wbo would lend. her Sou
Money On his gold lace.

Theo motherly Mrc. flenderson
Ordarecl she would attend tier Sun
To the Aliuisterlio to befriend 14or Son
With a snug Sinecort Place*

And the Letter of Mrs. Iftndersort
~ •
Ve'tylotartily did commend her Sop,
Tian. women or: could net bend her Sun
To bring on her ally dibgritca.

But uh poor Mrs. Henderson!
'l't Ministers did suspend her Sun,
Though he was such ri tundcr Son,
And looking so well in the fate.

Unfortunate" Mrs. gentlerson !
The sad disappointment did end her Son o
So up in hts coffin she penn`d her Sort—
Oh was not that a poor case ?

CORN ExCLIAtidE, JULY B.—Our nuttket con*
litmus must abundantly supplied with Wheat, and
for which there being very little demand, sales
were heavy this morning, and only that of fine
quality found buyers, but for sech description.
last Monday's prices were obtained ; all other
sorts are of noininal value. Oats were dull sale,
and about Is. per quarter lower. In Barley, Peas,
and Beans, there is no alteration.
Smyrurixt.p, JULY a.---This clay's Market was well sup-
plied with prime Beasts, and the show of Cattle in -general
was considerable t Beef, Lamb, end Veal, wereelteaper Mot»
ton and Fork sold at last prices ; and the trade, for the most
part, was somewhat brisk. The sales in the Hay.tearket were
rattier lively t Hay, Straw, and Clovpr, fetched last prices.
The payment of the July dividends at the Rank
will be to the Stalkers thislay, and to Ott Public
to.pterrow,

3

L,NW INTELLIGENCE.

TUE noc rows OV LAW AGAINST THE SEIPEANTS
AT LAW.

The important question of precedency between
'the Lear ,•.d 'Gentlemen of the long robe, of the
:.ank of I.),crors of Law and Serjeants at Law,
arose incitjeutally opon-communcing the re-hear-
ing of tie lea g litigated case of Henshaw v. At-
kinson, ichie't., for the third time, is referred to
an Adjunct'Commissiou , composed of the intiow.-
' int; Juilge, all of whom meet daily from ten till.
three o'clock, in Seleant's Inn Hall, to hear the
arguments Of Counsel : Mr. :lus) ice Wood. Mr.
Justice Dallas, Mr. Delon Richard's. Mr. Justice
Bailey, Mr. ,Yostice Park, Mr. 'Justice Holroyd,
Dr.,Robinein, Dr. Arnold Dr. Dodson, Dr. Phil-
limore, Dr. Parsons, Dr. Gosling, Dr. Danbigny,
and Dr. Burnaby.
Mr. Serjeant COPLEY Said, he hoped, before be
opened the cause, their Lordships would cellos~ him
to suggest, that had arisen with respect
to preceslenev between Dr. Stoddard and himself
They both wished to submit to the determination
of their Lordships. it was not finr hint to ar4ue
the question, he should merely state the anthori-
ties on which he founded his claim 10 prECCACIIICY
Its a Stiiettat at LaVtr—the first was the table of
degrees in Blackstone's Commentaiies—the next
sites, Oughtonssllook De Ordo Judie, from which
he had extracted the passages that related to the
subject. He should offer these to their Lordships
perusal, and should with cheerfulness submit to
the result of their judgment.
. Dr. STutinstrr observed, that he wars the last
person who would desire to cutter into conflict
with 'the Learned Serjeant, or any Gentleman or
lei) rank. He understood it to be the general
opinion of the gentlemen of the profession to
which he had the honour of belonging, that the
Serjeants and Doctors, being ..he persons of su-
perior rank, were considered in pari•passa-.-aliat
the Sojeent had not precedency over the Doctor,
or the Doctor over the Serjeant ; that, therefore,
they ranked, when they came in Conflict, merely
by seniority of standing. This had been commu-
nicated to him for he confessed it was a point
which was stew to him—his studies had not called
him that way till this unfortunate collision ; un-
fortunate for hint, as far as respected his feelings ;
for, personally, lie was desirous the Learned Ser-
jeant should Frecede hint, but he could not sacri-
fice the right of his profession. He' submitted
this statement as communicated to him by higher
authority than his own. He had been informed,
that iu this court of delegates, the role for
which ' he contended had prevailed He, had
not h.ren able' the; find the particular case, but
the Dint of the Aches bad mentioned .a case
in which Serie.Ant Watson had been engaged,
probably that eirctimstane might bring it to some
of their Loetlehips' recallection, As the Learned
Serjeanchai submitted to their Lordships' con-
.SW*llololl One or two passages from 'hooks, he
should, if their Lordships erpold i Vt.! him leave,
fifer them to the glossary of Sir Henry Spelthan,
a work with which they must he Well acquainted,
under the kilt Serjeants at Late,' vet semiotics
ed tegoit, it was thus stated : " Sc js,ant vel ser-
iens ad !teem antiquis seivienS flat nil or lore-115i
(.3311ic0 serpot counter pro compteur is dieitur
qui smumum ohtinit gratigHTl In legem Anglicarum
professionesieuti in inra clviii not (factures appel-
lawns% Et firer sevieni bolus mode opibus non-
banquets mngis pallet quam integrunt fere doeto-
' . runt collegium etiasu et tpulta bodie, anticedit-
testimatione doctormn tamen inititotio nobilior
fuisse videti et entiquia honnratior (foetal-it enim
• appellatio est magisterii seriattlis, uti supra doxi-
tuns ministerii doctorei sedentes cathedrati infra
cue-isn't' & pileati disputant' sarganti stantes pro-
miscue extra repagulat curiae grew barros vacant
'ebonite pilei bOtioreSed tenni ealypha (que-cpyta)
elicitor 'natal caosas aguta et promOvent;"—Now
he understood Onghton to have moderated the
doctrine of Bpelman, and to have taken 011ie
latter part-of his authority. ,He understood him
to say, that the doctors had priority over all the
xounsul of the common law, except the sergeants.
There was another book to which he would call
their Lotditips' attention, it was the commentary
of Waterhouse on Fortescue, c. 5, *hid) began,
With teference to the 'conclusion of the chapter,
end it was thus stated : Now the Chancellor
being milling to let no query of the Prince pass
unresolved, after he has written of the academies
of the law, Inns of court, and chancery, which
are the subject of the' 49th elf. proceeds on thus
to a replication atal satisfaction to hint, that
thongh -the laws of England did differ from the
civil laws in the:names and kinds of their degrees,
yet in the import and signification of them they
are suitable in every notation of-desert and dig-
licet gradus hujusmodi, saith the Chan-
tellor, Dear tamen in illis, nedum gratlus said et
status evident grade Doctoratus non minus cele-
br;tl aut soletres qui gratin's serVientii ad !igen) ap-
pellatur. Coneerniug this bouourible tlegree--
the honour of .serjeancy, as it is a state and
give in the law, conferred by the King's writ of
h/latent, it is not only,. saith the late Learned and
onourable Cbancellor, the Lord Coventrp, a -
very ancient state and degree, so ancient, that
books ere as silent on it as on the conimencentek
of the common law, but also a very honourable
one—the high reward of profound learning, spot-
less integrity, and notable fortune, and whatever
tends to a jurist's accomplishment ; for besides
thiO, it is coupled in the statute lst'Mary, sera.
2, 8. with the great men of England, and as
placed next to knights, the class of statue and
. grados its the writ amounts, to some bottom, like
that, of knighthood, and conveys an addition of
gentility, importing , name. end blood, and this
, intakes it nos mirms cgletris solennin then the
doctorship of, the law is, for though it has not
.been said, tbatlhis
,degree has one hnndred and
thirty grand privileges attending it, as Ludoricus'
liologninns had computed those of a doctor of
thanks be to him., who being himself a,
doctor, has generously amassed and propagated
the dignity of Isis degree, which none of the learn-
ed sergeants have ever, that I know, done to,
ale' lustre of their dignity, being more intent
(n) gain by it than glory frottt it, which truly,
1 beg their lavOurto say, is mine of their greatest
praise. and emeritini,,,est commendation's yet is

in exerp,d;l,-Ation of the renown and worship 'het
is due to this state and dignity of the learnenlong
rt.be. Now, though I could not-serve dietit :here
in the proportion 1 would, beeattie6 at'rite of it
strenuously, and to tto noa ',taro of ite:nattire of
it, would become a distinct' work of somelarge-
ness, in a noble completion of it some Mine tlian
ordinary industry and exactness, learneth anti
with judgment to do though I cannot under-
take to write to the amplitude it,calls tor, yet so
far as my tenuity can contribute thereto, I readi-
ly shall be a servant to all, and a particular friend
to some of them that are dignified with this state
and degree. testimony whereof I cannot
leave, according to the method of my comment,
to write what I find, suitable to the matter of Our
Chancellor's text, and apposite to be insisted upon
in the illustration of his language and meaning.
The form of the solemnity of creation he has
described capitalis just iciarius communi bane()
de cou-silio et ;ism:also (minium justiciatioram illi-
,gere solet quoties sibi Mettle opportunum.'—
These calls shOrtly abridged the ancient form, yet
in the main practised form of calling serjeauts
front their travail, and retirement, and study to
their reward and conspicuity, which excellent
men and our -chancellor are in all good time ar-
rived to,. not by ally means less ingenuous ,and
worthy than by the merit and reputation of excel-
lent parts, cotl.4Aiit diligence, staunch integrity,
approved fidelity, which because they best ap-
peared to be judges who best know thent, there-
fore is the nomination, approbation, and preSeo-
tation of such fit, persons referred to them, that
is to the Chief Justice of the Common Meas."—
The book of the learned Ladovicus Boligninus,
said the learned Serjeant, he had Hot (well able:
to find, but lie had found another author, Mat-
thew' de Afflicris, Who .had this passage: " Doc-
tor legum dicitur strennus claim ad versa sternit—
illustris—magnificus—nobilis— noblissimos—cla-
rissimns celsior discretissimns—sapiens—egregilts
—bonus ;• altos nominationes studiosus lector po-
terit invenire—Unusexinsigniltus quad damn doc-
tor' est cathedra pot dicitur seder sapientia dici-
tur.—Vicarius mqui paratur comiti—ideo deetOr
decitur comes--dicitur domintis lux in mundo
stelia perpetua prmaeptor antistes dominos legion
orator scriptor amicus priucipis pater."—lla‘ing
called these passages to the afteutioli of their
Lordships, as far as his own wishes were cou-
cerned, he Was anxious the LearnedSeijeant should
proceed..
Sericant Cumin' upon being called upon'
to reply, observed, that imprepared as he was, it
was not for hint to argue the question, lest doing
it in a deficient
.manner, he should compromise
the rights of others—he remarked, that the pas-
sage in Oughton appeAred rather in favour of the
Doctors, but as Oughton was himself tattiLl
it was likely that he might have, been partial.
Ur StoDoauT said there was a little book writ-
ten by au author of the name of Ridley, which he
would hand in for the consideration of their
Lordships.
The Cwte seas cleared, and the Judges deli-
berated about half an hone : the ter() continuing
parties were then called in and heard farther in
support of their respective claims, after which it
was finally arranged that time point should be re-
served -that Dr. Stoddat t should open the plead-
ings, amid that Mr, Serk
it
Copley should theu
be beard on the merits of the case.

COURT OF KING'S aliscir, Jute O.
SAWDEII.3ON E!'3i3EL.

The pilinffir is senior churchwarden of the pa-
-601 of Hampton, where the defendant is sexton.
The action was For the lollowing words :---11,`.-Titat
d----11• Sanderson has robbed the parish, :In' his
situation of churchwarden, of 7001. ; and I can
prove it." On the examination of witnesses,
however, there was reason to 'bfteve that the
whole affair was a mere village squabble bcoseen
the partie, who were the proptietors of opposi-
tion stsge-coaches. It also appeared that the
fendant 'did not mean to impute theft to the plain-
tiff, but only that he bad obtained from the parislr
a lease of a house at too low a,rent.---The Jury
gate one farthing damages.