The Sun.
London, England, 1818-10-31 00:00:00

hIONOPOLY OF WATER.

A Meetini: took pl.tce yesterday at the City of
Londo, Tavern, B SnAtirs in the Chair, Ihe
.ct,it i.tJpos of the Meetint: was !0 sbetv that the
connexion b ,ween NFw Rlvcß and
Tttt. b,iST LONDON
.%7ATER-WORK CoMplinv, vas
iojiirioos to the Public, and was vhara_6,erlzed
s, veral of the•Speakersas an oppressivl trion,poly.
A Share-holder in the latter Company objected to
the,, term monopoly, and stiled the co:Oexinn
nnderstaneling." Many j,,dicions
pa 55,,,,.„ About 200 respectable chari:cl,l:s were
FeSenr. We heartily congratulate the Ponlic,
tti4i thii Mee,tog has taken place., AS it tn.y pre-
tent such suspicious junctions ip ,fuoti.:•ij.?Ttit it has
lung been t nooght that the Water-wo:kCompa-
Dies have iO9 tatich arbitrary po-werentrusted to
them, and that, it iw,ittld he for the bvnefit of the
COmnittnity.if tne ,distribotnni of such an esseti-
!ial
_article as water were wholly taken out of
pr'i'vate hands. „ , . ,

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

'COURT OF CHANCERY, L/NcoLN's.l.m.

The business of the Court commenced this
Inoining in confOrtairy to the Nottication thade
!It the .couclusiou of the last pitting. The uitlal
hustle after tt vacation displayed, itself, and there
'Vas a vety fu'll,attendance of Barrisvers and SOii-
citors. At ten o'clock the L .RD CHANCELLOR
took hiS seat, and we underatuod his Loi'd.ihip to
say, he would take au early day 'in the, ensuing
week to deliver lodgment in the various cases
that are pending.,

'COURT KING'S BENcI-I,S;RJEANT'S InTs HA Lr., OcT. 30.

ZULLOCK V. DODDS.

This was a demur rer to the proceedings which
-came on to be argued.
• The plaintiff appe•Jred to be . a person who
.ome. years ago was tried at the Old Bailey, on a
charge of Wally ; he was afterwards transported
to New South' Wales. In consequence of a war-
rant sent nut to the Governor, the plaintiff received
a license to returwto England for an especial pur-
pose ; and subs( fluent to his release and pardon, he
brought an action to recover the amount of a bill of
exchange. The defendant, in his plea, alleged
that the plaintiff was a convict, deprived of his
civil rights, and incapable of sustaining an action.
The replication was, that it was true the plaintiff
had been transported, but his civil riehts were
restored, as he:was at large from a meritoriona
cause, and under -the sanction of the law. The
rejoinder stated, that the plaintiff was at Largo
withwit lawful cause. The demurrer was founded
on several objections, but ptincipally that the
plaintiff did not stand in the situation of one who
had been pardoned or reprieved, according to the
spirit and meaning of the Bth of Geo. 111.
Mr. MANNING, in support of the objections,
contended that the circumstance of the plaintiff's
being sent home by the Governor's licence, and
afterwards pardoned by the Great Seal, was not
sufficient to restore him to his civil ri4lits.
Having been att aimed of felony, and sew enced t.e
he transported for a term of years, his inabi-
lity to sue iI) IA civil action would continue omit
the expiration of the term of his transportation,
unless he were pardoned accorditig to the statute.
Mr.Poeeocte, for the plaintiff, contended, that
the pardon reinstated the plaintiff in his ri.,;nts,
and enabled him to defend himself. White per-
sons under attainder had brought actions, they
bad always been allowed to sue unless the Cronus
inlet fered. By the Bth of George 111., he was
clearly entitled to the benefit of a free pardon
under the Great Seal. Whether the Court look-
ed to the pleadings or the Act of Parliament, it
was clear, he said, that the plaintiff was entitled
to reeover in the action.

Mr. 'MANNING was heard in reply, and the
Court, considering this a novel case, took time
for further deliberation•: they consequently post-
poned judgn►ent.