The Sun.
London, England, 1818-02-10 00:00:00

OIL "fiiADF.,.

Yesterday Mr. MARRYATT moved to set aside
a Rule of• the Court. obtained last term against
Mr.lbers, an eminent merchant in the City. and
Mr. Cleasby,hkbroker,under a charge I hat they had
conspired I,' raise the price of oil by fie inus and-
nominal sales, and also by engrossing the markets
from which this country is supplied. 'Fite Learned
Counsel adduced !Hoot to spew that there was no-
thing irregular tin any of the purchaes made by
Mr. Ililbers, the whole being in the usual regular
mode-of ; and .contended that the charge
of engrnssiu and conspiracy could he affixed on
the Subscription Society with more propriety then
they had attempted to throW it on his Client.—
After some ingenuity of argument by Mr. SCAR-
LETT, on the othet side, the Court at length dis-
charged the Rule.

Among the impels of the kite Mr. M. of Good-
.man's-fields, who died, worth 163,000/. was
,the
following curious document, to shew how he ob-
tained the greater part of his 'property. lie had
a wheel, In which he put 1000 small cards, mint-
beret! from 1 to 1000 ; .and after Well turtling. it,
drew as many numbers as there were thottsands in
the State Lottery at the time he used it ;. that is,
if there were 18,000 'rickets. (is in the present
Lottery), he would draw 18 pro►ni•cunns
num-
bers—these • he noted down as numbers between
No. 1 and No. .1000. ile: then put the whole
again into the wheel, and after turtling it, drew
18 more, which he noted down as numbers by-.
tween No. 1001 and NO. 2000; and so
,bn, until
he had,lB numbers for every thousand, which, in
this case, would be 324 numbers ; he, then put
these 324 numbers only into the wheel, mid drew •
18 of them : froM these he made his purchases,
and amassed the greater part of his wealth by
Capital Prizes.

;'ARLIA UENT.

bat7SE crl tORDS, AIOVINOI, t.

'Connie! Were fully heard 'in die Scots cause
Caorpht-11 v. Andersbnatia others."
postponed WI Monday.
In the cm.‘,e n 1 '"tl(ordcin Marjoribanks,"
Connsri were heard in part.; to tiroteed again 'On
WydrireidAy. •
The 4ri.sh'cirand Jury Presentments' Bill passed
`through a 'Committee of the whole House, and
1013 repofted.
Mr. BRADLEY. from the Mint Officer presented
nn acconnt•of the number and value of the new
'Cold nod Silver Coins•isstted from the Alint in the
year 1817, (iistingAtiOling each species 'of toil);
which was laid upon the table.

11.RCENT SUSPENSION OP, 'FETE nAiIEA.S CORPUS

ACT.

Lord HOLLAND ObserVtd, :that he bad perhaps
to apologise to their Lordships for what he was
about to state: A petition had been given to hint,
he was requested to present to their Lord-
ships, with a view to its being referred to the'con-
.sideralion of,their Lordships' Secret Committee,
eel!ich petition, he was sorry to say, he had by
some means, or through inadvertence, unforto-
Irately lost. The petitioners complained of cer-
tain grievances suffered by thetu dining the recent
Suspension ot !Ile liabeas Corpus Act. Among
them were many respectable persons ; several
were, known to be respectably connected, and men
of character and talents, particularly a Mr. Tit:y-
Tor. With respect to this petition, he "bad to ac-
knowledge his own'negligenre, nor only in not
laying it upon their Lordships' table, 'but in not,
having thoroughly read it.. But he had reason to
t'llink (though lie knew the reference was not quite
iegillar), that its import was to a great degree si-
milar to another petition which hail been pre-
sented in another place: Ihe petition contained
ajlegations of facts,which had occurred to the pe'i-
tioners in the course of the last year, !1.1 which were
ivorthy of the nrost serious attention and inquiry
of their Lordships.. That at the time the.peti-
tioners were arret.ted, little or no disturbances
reyailed : that whatever seditious practices may
Have existed, they ;night in' general be found' to
proceed from the conduct of Spies, or other per-
ions employed by the Government, whiCh persons
•ixere charged as the instil„;atots of much tnisebief :
that no effectual inquiries were made respecting
the conduct of such persons ; and of their allega-
tions, the petitioners requested permission to
bring for ward legal proof at the Bar of the House.
Notwithstanding the untoward circumstance that
bad occurred, Ire trusted a similar petition could
be brought forward- in tune, before their Lard-
ihips' Secret Committee should make -their
Report..

Sto bi/sicess being before their 'an
aflournment, until to-morrow, imnietliitely took
place.