The Sun.
London, England, 1827-07-24 00:00:00

POOLE QUARTER SESSIONS.

IMPORTANT TO THE SHIPPING INTEREST.
THE PARISH OF ST. JAMES.-POOLE V. GOSS AND OTHERS.

The question in this case arose upon a construc-
tion of the several statutes concerning the poor•rates.
Some time since the parish
,imposed rates on the
ship-owners of Poole, and in so rating them, rated
the non-resident as well as the resident owners of
each ship, so as thus to rate upon the full value of
the ship. The Sessions upon appeal confirmed this
rate, subject to a case for the opinion of the Court of
King's Bench, and that Court, upon argument, de-
cided, that this, mode of rating could. not by allowed,
and that no rate could be made upon the non-
resident part owners. After this decision, the
parish, under the advice of their Counsel, made a
new rate, in which they only rated the resident
owner by name, but rated him to the full value of
each ship; contendin, that as he was the visible
and apparently the sole legal owner of the property,
thus situated in the parish, the whole property could
be reached through him. The Sessions upon appeal
confirmed this rate, also subject, as before, to a case
for the opinion of the Court of King's Bench. The
Court, upon argument, decided, that this rate also
was objectionable, observing, that to allow it would
be to allow that to be done indirectly, which could
not legally be done directly. They therefore
ordered the rate to be amended, by apportioning its
amount according to the actual interest of the resi-
dent owner in each ship.
The Sessions now held were the first since the
late decision of the Court of King's Bench, and Mr.
BARSTOW appeared for the parish, and Mr. JEREMY
for the ship-owners.
Mr. JEREMY put in the rule of the Court of
King's Bench, and called upon the Court to amend
the rate, in obedience to that rule. To this no objec-
tion was offered.

Mr. JEREMY then moved, that in this case his
client should be allowed his costs.

Mr. BARSTOW for the parish, contended that it
was not imperative on the Court to allow any costs.
The COURT, after some deliberation, awarded only
403. costs.

Seven other appeals were, by consent, similarly
disposed of.

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS.

COUNTRY DIARY.-FRIDAV, Jt,Lr V.'
Baird, J., Manchester—Dog, Manchester...
Bancks, C., Latehreok—Bailey's, Whiston-ernes
Bidmead, W., Cheltenham—lmperial hotel, Cheltenham .., 12
Crook, W., Liverpool—George, Liverpool
English, F., Birmingham—Royal hotel, Birmingham lO
French, N., Cardiff—Commercial rooms Bristol
Garnet, T., Nantwich—Crown, Nantwlch
Green, J., Drayton-in-Hales—Corbet Arms, Drayton 2
Hodson, J., Liverpool—George, Liverpool
Hunt, J., Blakenharn Parva, Suffblk...Bear and Crown,
Ipswich ll
Lonsdale, J., Northwich—George, Liverpool 2
Marindin, S., Birmingham—Royal hotel, Birmingham
Miller, J., Liverpool—George, Liverpool ll
North, J., Wibsey in Bradford—Office of Messrs. Alexander,

7 '7
Halifax
Pasheller, C. and J., Huntingdon—Fountain, Huntingdon
Stead, J., Leeds—Court-house, Leeds
Taylor, A. and Co., Kingston-upon-Hull—George, Kings-
ton-upon-Hull
Tomlinson, W. Nantwicb—Crown, Nantwieli
Webb, H., Rochdale—Court-house, Wakefield

INSOLVENTS APPLYIN'
COUNTRY.---At the Court

G TO BE DISCHARGED,
t-house, at Maidstone, July 28,
o'clock.
Bennett, R., Chatham Knight, 1., Tunbridge
Bonny, G., Maidstone Matthews, S., Chatham
Brissenden, J., Woodzhurch Matthews, A., Chatham
Chauder, E., Maidstone Paul, M., Whitecross-st, Crip-
Clements, T., Littlebourn plegate
Crundwell, J., Maidstone Perfect, T. Erith
Davies, W.,Sheerness Simmons, ~ Sheerness
Douglas,
I
W., late of his Ma- Sinden, L, Minster Sheppy
jesty's ship Cambridge 'Swift, W., Layton
W Fadcy, ~ Tunbridge Wood, 1., Canterbury
Hughes, 1., Gravesend
At Lichfield, July 2t3, at Ten.
Lavender, W., Manchester

at Ten

Trade in Kirriemuir has considerably improved
within these few weeks. The other day the
weavers' wages were advanced ls. per web.—
Glasgow Chronicle.
The following ludicrous scene took place a
few days ago at Newhaven. A letter was re-
ceived by the wife of a fisherman employed at
Wick, in the end of which he mentioned, " I
add no more." The woman being no great
scholar, read it " I am no more," and conceived
the letter to be an intimation of her husband's
death. She became frantic and inconsolable at
the news, and bitterly bewailed her heavy be-
reavement, in which she was joined by many
other fishermen's wives, about a score in number,
who had at that instant heard a report of the loss
of several fishing boats at Wick. It is impos-
sible to describe the melancholy lamentations at
their supposed loss, until a gentleman, whose
humanity prompted him to request a perusal of
the letter, gave these forlorn widows, as they
supposed themselves, the most unspeakable com-
fort by explaining, that the alarming words were
nothing more than a term of farewell.—Glasgow
Chronicle.