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London, England, 1825-02-17 00:00:00

REPEAL OF TIIE ASSESSED TAXES.

The LORD MAroa then Laid before the Court the Requisitioc,
which was read.

Mr.. Factxr. moved a Resolution for a Petition to Parliament,
praying for a Repeal of the Assesse' Taxes.
Mr. Deputy limprii seconded the Motion.
Mr. Drum; suggested an alteration, which was adopted, and the
Court unanimously agreed to the Motion, and to a Petitien to the
House of Commumt, which strAs ordered to be presented as usual.
The Resolution was ordered to be advertised.—( ride First Fade.)

A BILL
TO AMEND CP.RTA IN ACTS RELATING TO UNLAW-
FUL SOCIETIES IN IRELAND.

Whereas by an Act passed in the Parliament of I• eland,
in the thirty-third year of the reign of his late Majesty
King George the Third, intituled, " An Act to prevent
the election or appointment of Unlawful Assemblies,
under pretence of preparing or presenting public Peti-
tions or other Addresses to his Majesty or the Parlia-
ment," all Assemblies, Committees, or. other Bodies of
Men, elected, constituted, or appointed to represent, or
assuming or exx►cising a Right or Authority to repre-
sent the People of Ireland, or any number or description
or the People of the same, or the People of any Pro-
vince, County, City, Town, or other District, within the
same, under pretence of petitioning fur, or in any olier
manner procuring an alteration of matters established
by Law in Church or State, save and except the Knights,
Citizens, and Burgesses, elected to set ye in Parliament,
and the Houses of Convocation, duly summoned by the
King's writ, are declared and enacted to be Unlawful
.Arisernb:ies ; and provision is thereby made for the dis-
pe►sion of all such Unlawful Assemblies, and for the
punishment of persons acting or assisting in the election
or appointment of such Assemblies:
And whereas it has been found that Societies, Com-
mittees, and other Bodies of Persons in Ireland,without
any previous election or appointment by the People, or
by any number or description thereof, may be so con-
stituted that the mischiefs intended to be provided
against by the said Act, may equally arise; and it is
therefore expedient to extend the Provisions contained
in the said Act;

Ik it therefore Enacted, by the King's most Excellent Majesty,
by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled,
a:id by the authority of the same, that from and after
every Society, Committee, or other body of persons now estab-
tiled, or to be hereafter established in Ireland, assuming or in any
manner or by any means or contrivance, exercising the power of
acting for the purpose of procuring the redress of grievanees in
Church or &ate, or the alteration of any matters by law established
in Church or State, the Members, or any number of the Members
whereof shall continue or renew the meetings or proceedings of
such Society, Committee, or other body of persons, whether under
the sameotir any different name or names, by adjournment or
otherwise, for a hanger time than days front its first
meeting, or which shall apppoint, authorize, or employ any Com-
mittee or other select body, or any President, Secretary, Delegate,
or other Officer, to act for them or tinder their authority, unless
such appointment, authority, or employment be limited to a period
not exceeding days front the first meeting of such Society,
Committee, or other body of persons, or to report to them after the
expiration of such •period as aforesaid, or which shall appoint,
authorize, or employ any select body or bodies, or any Treasurer,
Collector, or any person or persons, to levy or receive, or *thick
shall receive when levied, any money or contributions front his
Majesty's subjects, or front any number or description of Ahem,
shall be deemed an Unlawful Combination and Confederacy, and
the Meetings thereof Unlawful Assemblies.
And whereas by an Act passed in the [mirth year of the reign of
his present Majesty, intituled, " An Act to amend and render more
effectual the provisions of an Act made in the fiftieth year of his
late Majesty's reign, fur preventing the administering and taking
Unlawful Oaths in Irelands," certain Societies therein described,
are declared to be Unlawful Combinations and Confederacies, and
various previsions are thereby made respecting the same: And
whereas it is expedient to extend the provisions contained In the
said Act; be it therefore enacted, that from and after
every Society, Committee, or other body of persons,
which shall be composed of different divisions or branches, or of
different parts, acting in any manner separate or distinct 'from
each other, ear of which any part shall have any separate or distinct
President, Secretary, Treasurer, Delegate, or other Officer,
elected or appointed by or for such. part, or to act as an Officer
tor such part; and every Society, Committee, or other body of per-
sons, which shall communicate or correspond, or whose constitution
shall contain any provisions for eorrespondence or communication
with any other Society, Committee, or other body of persons,
urn! every Society; Committee, or other body of persons, from which
persons of any form of religious faith allowed or tolerated by law
shall be eicleded, and every Society, Committee, or other body of
persons, the Members whereot are required to take any oath, or to
make auy declaration authorized or directed by any Aet of Parlia-
ment, at any other place, or on any other occasion, or under any
other circumstances than as specified in such Act or Acts, and as
required by law, shall be deemed an Unlawful Combination and
Confederacy, and the Meetings thereof Unlawful Assemblies.
And be it further enacted, that it shall and may be lawful to and
for any Mayor, Sheriff, or Justice of the Peace, and they are hereby
respectively authorized, empowered, and required, within his and
their respective jurisdictions, :to command all` Meetings herein-
before declared to be Unlavifol Assemblies, immediately to dis-
perse; and if any such Meeting shall not thereupon immediately
disperse, to apprehend all persons offending in that behalf; and to
demand admission into any house, outhouse; oc office, where they
shall respectively have good reason to believe that such Unlawful
Assembly shall be, and if refused, to enter by force.
And be it further enacted, that every person who, after
shall become a member of any society. committee, or other body of
pc7sons hereby declared to be an Unlawful Combination and Con-
federacy, or shall act as a member thereof; and every person, who,
atter , shall directly or indirectly maintain correspond-
ence or intercourse therewith, or with any Committee or other se-
lect body, President, Treasurer, Secretary, Delegate, or other officer
or member thereof, as such ; or who shall, by contribution, colic*
tiers, or receipt of money, or otherwise, aid, abet, or support an
etch society, or any committee or other select body, or any officer
.)r member thereof, as such, shall) be deemed guilty of
end every persop convicted of any such office by due course of
law, shall mid may be punished by , as the Court be-
lure wl.tesn such offender shall be tried shall think fit.
Provided always, and be it enacted, that where any society, em-
ito tree, or other body of persons, not originally unlawful, shall atter-
Irdis because au‘Unlawful Combination and Confederacy within:

the meaning of this Act, by reason of any matter or thing clone con-
trary to the provisions of this Act, no member thereof shall be
deemed guilty of such offence as af..resaidior be subject to the Pe-
nalties herein contained, unless he shall continue a member of such
society, committee, or other body of persons, after his knowledge of
such matter or thing done, whereby such society, committee, or
other b idy of persons shall bate so become an Unlawful Combina-
tion and Confederacy as aforesaid.
And be it further enacted, That if any person shall knowingly
permit any meeting of any Society, Committer, or other body of
persons, hereby declared to be an Unlawful Combination and Con-
federacy, to be held in his or her house or apartment, such person
shall, for the first offence, forfeit the som of • ; and shall for
any such offence committed after the date of his or her conviction
for such first offence, be deemed guilty of an Unlawful Combination
and Confederacy, in breach of this Act.
Provided always, and be it enacted, That nothing herds, con:
tained shall extend to, or be construed to affect any society formed
and acting merely for the purpose of religious worship, or for the
due ordering thereof, according to ally form, allowed or tolerated
by law ; or to any society formed and acting merely for purposes of
public or private charity, science, agriculture manufactures, or
commerce. •

Provided also, and be it enacted, That nothing herein contained
shall be deemed or construed in any manner to prevent or impede
the undoubted right of his Majesty's subjects to petition his Majesty,
or both Houses, or either House of Parliament, for the redress of
any public or private grievance, or to prevent the appointment of
any committee for the sole purpose of preparing or forwarding any
such petition; provided that such committee shall not exceed the
number of persons, ane. shall not have power to appoint any
other committee, and shall not have continuance by adjournment or
otherwise, for any period exceeding days from the time of
such appointment; and shall not collect or receive any money or
contribution from any of his Majesty's subjects, other than such as
may be necessary for the specific purposes of preparing and transm:t •
tiug to the King, or either House of Parliament, such petition as
aforesaid.

And he it further enacted, that every prosecution, action, and suit
that shall he brought or commenced against any Justice or Justices
of the Peace, Constable, Peace Officsr, or other person or persons,
for anything done of acted in pursuance of this Act, shall be com—
menced within calendar months next after the fact com-
mitted, and not afterwards; and the venue in every such action
or suit shall be laid in the proper county where the fact was com-
mitted, and not elsewhere ; and the defendant or defendants in every
such suit or action, shall and may ;lead the general issue, and give
this Act and the special matter in evidence at any trial to be had
thereupon ; and if such prosecution, action, or suit, shall ►e brought
or cemmet ced after the time limited for bringing the sante, or the
venue shall he laid in any other place than as aforesaid, then the
Jury shall find a verdict fur the traverser or traversers. or defendant
of defendants; and in such case, or if the Jury shall find a verdict
for the defendant or defendants upon the merits, or if the plaintiff
or plaintifti shall become nnnsuit, or discontinue his or their action
after appearance, or if upon demurrer, judgment shall be given
against the plaintiff or plaintiff., the defendant or defendants shall
have costs, which he or they shall and may recover,
in such and in the same manner as any defendant can by law in
other cases.

And be it further enacted, th.it this Act may be altered or
amended by any Ac: or Acts to be passel in this present Session of
Parliament.

Mud be it enacted, that this Act shall commence and be of force
from and after the expiration of days from and after
the passing thereof, and not sooner; and shall be and continue in
force for hunt the day of passing this Act, and until
the end of the then next Session of ParParnent.

M I NORITY

AGAINST MR. GOULBURNS BILL FOR PUTTING DOWN

THE CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION.—FEB. 15.
Abercromby, Hon. J. Fitzroy, Lord C. Ponsonby, HOll. F. C.
Althorp, Viscount Foley, J. H. H. Pelham, J. CI
Barham, J. F. Folkeston, Viscount Philips, G. sen.
Miring, A. Frankland, It. Philips, G. It. jun.
Baring, H. French, A. Power, It.
Baring, Sir T. Graham, S. Powlett, Hon. W.
Barnard, Viscount • Grattan, J. Poyntx, W. S.
Barrett, S. 13. M. Guise, Sir B. W. Pyrn, F.
Beaumont, T. W. Gurney, H. Rice, T. S.
Bective, Lord Gyrney, It. H. Ridley, Sir M. W.
13enett, J. Hamilton, Lord A. Roharts, G. J.
Bennet Hon. H. G. Heron, Sir It. Robinson, Sir G.
Warlock, lA. W. Hill, Lord A. Rowley, Sir W.
Benyon, B. Hobhouse, J. C. Robertson, A.
Birch, J. Honywood, W. P. Runtbold, C. E.
Brougham, 11. Howard, H. Scarlett, J.
Browne, Dom. - Hume, J. Scott, J.
Burdett, Sir F. Hurst, R. Sefton, Earl of
Bury, Viscount Ilutchinson, Hon. Smith, J.
Bernal, It. C. H. Smith, G.
Cradock, S. Johnson, W. A. Smith, W.
Calcraft, J. Kingsborough, Lord Stuart, lA. P. J.
Calcraft, J. 11. Knight, R. Sykes, 1).
Calvert, C. Lamb, Hun. G. Talbot, It. W.
Carew, It. S. Lambton, J. G. Tierney, Rt. Hon. G.
Carter, J. Lushington, S. Warre, J. A.
Caulfield, lion. H. Leader, W. Whitbread, W. H.
Cavendish, H. Leycester, R. Whitbread, S. C.
Cavendish, C. Maberly, J. White, Colonel
Chaloncr, R. . Maberly, W. L. °White, S.
Clifton, Lord Macdonald, J. Wilson, Sir R.
Coffin, Sir I. Mackintosh, Sir J. Winnington, Sir T. E.
Colborne, V.W. R. Mahon, Hon. S. Wood, 111.
Crompton, S. Marjoribanks, S. Wyvill, M.
Curwen, J. C. Maxwell, J. Wrottesley, Sir J.
Davies, T. H. Monet, J. B. Wall, C. 13.
Denman, T. Moore, P.
Dundas, lion. T. Martin, R. TELLERS.
Ebrington, Viscosint Newport, Sir J. Duncannon, Viscount
Ellice, E. Norma:shy, Viscount Nugent, Lord
Ellis, Hon. G. IL O'Brien, Sir E.
Evans, W. Ord, W. PAIRED OFT.
Farrand, R. 'Palmer, C. Haldimand, W.
Fazerahl, Right Hon. Earner. C. F. Robarts, A. W.
N. Parnell, Sir H. Wilkins, W.
REPRRSENTATION OP IRELAND.
roa inn 111.1.

Bernard, T. Dawson, IL Ozmartown, Lord
Brown, J. Ellis, T. O'Grady, S.
Brownlow,.C. Ennismore, Lord Plunkett, Right 'ion.
Barnard, Viscount Foster, J. L. W.
Burgh, Sir U. Forde. M. Pakenhans, lion. 11.
Brydges. Sir J. Fitzgerald, Itt. Hon. Rowley, Sir J.
Browne, Rt. Hon.D. W. V. Stuart, W. (Armagh)
Curry, Lord Hill, Sir G. Shaw, Sir IL
Colthurst, Sir N. Harvey, C. Seymour, 11.
Collett, E. J. Hart, General Stewart, Sir J.
C:•:chester, Sit A. Jocelyn, Sir R. H. Smyth, It.
Cuff, J. Inglis, Sir It. H. Stop lord, Lord
Cooper, E. S. Knox, Hon. T. Welksley, It.
I Come, Sir C. King, Hon. H. Westenra, Hon. 11.
Clements, J. Leslie, C. P. Wynne, 0.
Dawson, G. It. Maxwell, H. Wigram, W.
•Dogherty, J. Magennis, R.

AGAINST THE GILL
Bectlve, Lord Hutchinson, Hon. C. O'Brien, Sir E. -
Browne, Dom. H. , Ponsonby, Hon. F.
Caulfield, Hon. H. Hill, Lord A. Parnell, Sir H.
Carew' R. S. Kingsbornngh, Lord Power, R.
French, A. Lamb, Hon. G. Rice, T. S.
Fitzgerald, Rt. Hon. Mahon, Hun. S. Talbot, It. W.
M. Martin, R. White, S.
Grattan, J. Newport, Sir J. White, H.

ASCENT.
/lambdall, Gen. Fitzgerald, Lord W. O'Neill, lion. J.
Belfast, Lind Fitzgibbon, lion. R. Proby, lion. G.
Bruen. H. Fetherston, Sir G. Plittle, Hon. J.
Butler-Clarke,Hon.C. Forbes, Lord Prendergast, M.
Beecher, W. W. Farquhar, J. Smyth, W. M.
Bagwell, Right Hon. Hyde, J. Sneyd, N.
H. W. Kerr, D. Stewart, A. ..
Berusford, Lord G. Latouebe, IL Stewart; W. (Tyrone:
Crosby, J. Maxwell, J. W. Somerville, Sir M.
Daly, J. Newry, Lord Yarmouth, Lord
Deceased—Lord Movntcharles.

Private letters from Paris express much- confidence in
the sutcess of M. de VlLLitt.x's new financial measu►e•.

The Josephine, Colombian vessel, is arrived at Li-
verpool, from La Guava, with coffee, scc. This is, we
believe, the first instance of a Colombian ship arriving
in an European port. She left the sth of January, and
brings 'accoants therefrom, only two days later than
thoAe received by the Leeward Island packet.

LAW REPORT.

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COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FRS 16.

HARRIS V. COSTAR AND OTHERS.
The declaration stated that.this was an action to re-
Cover compensation for injuries sustained by the plain-
tiff, who was an owtside passenger on the Gloucester
mail, on the Ist of October, 1824. The defendants
caused the coach to be overloaded, by which it upset,
and the plaintiff's leg WAS broken. The defendants
pleaded that they we, e not liable.
Mr. Serjeant TADDY stated the case to the Jury.
The plaintiff had been originally a woollen-cloth-
factor, but having heard of a situation in the country
with 5004 a-year, he prepared to take possession of it,
and took his passage in the Gloucester mail for greater
security and expedition. They started from the Angel
Inn, St. Clement's, and proceeded to Piccadilly, where
a very considerable load was put on the top of the
_coach, in two large deal boxes. The coach proceeded
on to Maidenhead, and overtook a waggon on the road.
The near leader took fright at the waggon, and darted
across the road up a bank : in consequence of which
the coach upset, the plaintiff was thrown on the road,
and his leg was fractured. He was carried to Maiden-
head, where he was confined eight weeks. He lost his
employment in c"nsequence of the injuries received;
and he now sought compensation for a calamity which
would never be removed Item his person.
James Silleter was coachman on the Gloucester mail
on the Ist October, Mr. Harris was an outside passen-
ger. The near leader never had a shade on his eye.
He drove him four or five times as a leader before; he
had been.a wheeler before he was a leader, and was put
back to be a wheeler after the accident. The coach was
eight or nine feet from the bank when the horse tarted.
He ran across the foot-path, and the coach fell. Mr.
Harris fell on the road and was injured.
Cross.examined.—There was a waggon on the road,
about 30 yards before them. It was tilted over. There
WAS a doer or flag before the waggon, which flapped
and frightened the near leader. The coach had lamps.
The horse was always quiet before. Witness drove the
mail for four years, and no accident happened. The
coach was not loaded at all. There were only two band-
boxes belonging to the lady passenger.
Mr. Bislio;., surgeon, at Maidenhead, attended Mr,, Harris in
consequence of the accident. The plaintiff had a fracture on his
leg, the tibia was fractured half way, and considerable injury was
done to the ankle. It was a simple fracture, as had as could be of
the kind. The plaintiff was confined eight weeks. He saw him
this morning on crutches. His bill w;.3 10 guineas.
Mr. Joseph Curtis, a surgeon, now attending the plaintiff, cor-
roborated the evidence of Mr. 11i,hop as to the injury.
Mr. Peace said, that the plaintiff was capable of earning 5001.
a year, and was not able to fulfil his situation in consequence of the
accident.

The landlord at the Saracen's-head, at Maidenhead, said that the
plaintiff's bill, while in his house, amounted to 481.

This was the case for the plaintiff.
Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN could not subset ibe to the
.position of his learned friend that the plaintiff was to
be carried safely like a bale of goods; he took an
objection to the counts in the declaration, contending
that the pla;ntiff had not made out his statements. The
defendants were not bound to convey theplaintiff " safely
and securely." _

The LORD enter JUSTICR.—Nat at all. But there is evidence
to go to the Jury.
Serjeant Wat.os submitted that the plaintiff must be called,
as there was no evidence of contract to be ‘, safely and securely
conveyed."
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said, that it must be un-
derstood to bear that construction, but the defendants
were not bound, at all events. They bad not insured
to do it. Carrie's' and innkeepers were, in, a certain
degree, insurers of goods, else they might otherwise
collude with thieves.

Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN said, his learned friend had
d Welt much on the horse having been a wheeler be-
fore he was a leader. Why, his learned friend had him-
self been a wheeler before he was a leader ! (Loud
laughter). The defendant had been accused of negli-
gence in not providing proper horses, but this he denied.
The coach was on the right side of the road till it over-
took the waggon, with a flapping cloth over it, and it
was no wonder that the horse shied and took fright.
There was no imputation of drunkenness against the
coachman; lamps were provided, and everything
which the defendants were bound to do was done. It
was therefore too much that they should be liable for
an accident. As to the damages, he did not really
know what to say.. There was no proof of the situation
of 5001. and under all the circumstances, though he
regretted the plaintiff's misfortune, he trusted that the
Jury would find a verdict for the defendants.
The LORD Oiler JUIYrICE summed up; and the Jury having con-
sulted for about five minutes, found a verdict for the defendants.
PREROGATIVE COURT, DOCTORS' COMMONS, Faa.l6.