Star.
London, England, 1822-07-02 00:00:00

TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1822.

COUNTY. FIRE-OFFICE,

AND

PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE,
Regent•street, London.
PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES.
The Duke of Noßrotx, -
The Duke-of Itimom,
The Marquis of NoanumrroN,
Earl °REY,
Lord ITeArsitoorr,
Lord KING, &c. &c. &c.
DIRECTORS. •
Sir HENRY Prsric,
JANSS SEDGWICK, Esq.
Hon. WASHINGTON :iIIIRLET.
WALTSR, STRICKLAND, Esq.
Sir W. E. Wv.ny, Bart.
Sir ROSIEST WILSON, M.P.
&O. &C. &C.

Lord Norrnwicr,
FRANCIS COMM', Esq.
Sir Jour; Dors.r, K.B.
liimitirr DOWNIE, Esq. M.P.
Sir S. B. MoßLAisn, Bart. m.r.
Wit. PILAICD, Esq. _ -

Managing Director—J.3. liartza Tizairmotiv, F.sq. F.A.S.
PERMANENT CAPITALS, amounting to
iISO,OOO ha* been formed, in addition to tht fluctuating
Capitals arising' from the Premiums; which, together, consi-
det.ihty escettl a Minion sterling.
Claims have been paid to Thirteen Hundred aril Fifty Suf-
ferers (torn fire, without i single litigation. The Profits are di-
vided amongst those Who now' insure, as well as the original
Aletiabers, in just proportion to their respective payments.
In the Ran Orrice, Returns of 20 and 25 per Cent. have
been invariably paid to all persons who have continued insured
seven years, upon Annual as well as upon Septennial Policies,
and Whether they have been claimants for losses or otherwise,.
which Returns, during the last eight years, amount to A:-.6,000.

In the Lars Orrice. Bonuses of £l5. Bs. and £26. till.
have been divided during the last fourteen years; and other very
peculiar Advantages are afforded.

HAZARD and Co. who sold the Two First
..C20,000 Prises in the Last Lottery Contract, respectfully
remindthe Public, that the Grand Summer Lottery, containing
TWO - - of - - - A'30,000!
Two • £20,000 !
ate. ate. Conies and Alone}.
BEGINS 16TH JULY.
TEN CAPITALS, Sone to be Mown First Day! and may
be gained by the small Risk of ,el. 18s. a Whole Ticket—
£l. ss. a half-13s. for a Quarter-7s. 641. an Eighth, and 4s. a
Sixteenth—as all Purchasers, after taking the Chance of the First
Day, will be allowed to retuin their Tickets or Shares, whether
drawn Blanks, small Prises, or Uadrawn, at the above small'
reduction from the Money they paid, if presented on or before
26th of July.
Tickets and Shares are Selling at Bazaar, and Co.'s Old-esta-
blished Offices, Royal Exchange Gati; 26, Cornhill; and 324,
Oxford-street, Corner of Swallow-street.

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PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY .1.
Their Lordships met at ten o'clock, and proceeded tip bar

APPEALS.
Batror; Appellant; hPautro and McCcorrn, Ttesponclenti.—
This was an Appeal from the Court of Session (Scotland). Mr. 1
Adam was heard for the Respondents, and the Artorney-Geno-
ral in reply.—Judgment.postponed. •
THOMAS ARROL, Appellant; WALTER SPADEN, Respondent.—
An Appeal Irons the Court of Session (S,:otl.urd).—Judgment t
deferred till Wednesday.
Kxox, Appellant; CHAMIERS, Respondent.—Thig was an
Appeal from the decision of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland).
Mr. Ileald was heard for the Appellant.—Further hearing
postponed.
At a quarter to four o'clock the Lotto Cnawcar.r.int, the Earl
of SHAFTESBURY, and the '3larquis of ININCIIIMTEit, appeared as
his Majesty's Commissioners, and brought the Royal Assent to
the following Bills :—The Pensions Duties Bill, the Asacssed
Taxes Composition Bill, the Tunrine Duties Repeal Bill, .the
Sheriffs' Depute Bill, the Doyle Divorce Bill, and four pri-
vate Bills.

The Scoteh Distillery Bill, and the Wntminster Improve.
nsl Bill, went respectively through Committees, aud were
reported.

'MARRIAGE ACT.
The Marquis of CA Al DEN presented a Petition from Char-
lotte Ann Hayward, a young lady of respectable connections
at Brecon, who stated, that being under age, she had suffered
herself to be persuaded to marry a person of the name of Josiah
Crutchley, who had deceived her by false representations, and
had, she had since discovered, oboined a licenie for their mar-
riage by a false affidavit. They had no sooner been married,
however, than they had been overtaken by her brother, who
brought her back to her mother's house, where she had resided
ever since, not having cohabited fur a single day with her pre-
tended husband. Proceedings had been instituted, but no deci-
sion had yet been gained, in consequence of the evasions of her
deluder. She feared that the Bill now pending before the House
would affect her case and confirm her marriage, and prayed for
such alteration in the wording thereof, as might relieve her from
its operation.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH said, that as the retrospective
clause only affected those marriages where parties had lived to-
gether till the death of one of them, or had cohabited till the
passing of the Act, Miss Hayward never having cohabited with
her pretended husband, was clearly exempted from its opera-
tion. Her case was covered by the exceptions, and her mar-
riage would be invalid after the completion of the measure. He
would only add, that if the Bill had been passed before this oc-
currence took place, the offender would probably not have dared
to procure a marriage by the means which he had employed, as
he would then have been subject to transportation for life.
The LORD CH A NCE LLOR thought that what had passed
this night slimed that the retrospective cl .use at least, if not
the whole Pi 1, was not well understood.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE conceived that as no one was
better able to understand the Bill than the Nobly Earl, he ought
to explain it for the benefit of the House. If he did not do so,
it might be thought that he did not understand it himself.
The LORD CHANCELLOR then pointed out some obscu-
rities in the Bill. Among other things, it would leave Clergy-
men in doubt what portion of the Marriage Act should be read
in Churches. As it stood he himself did not know what part
was to be read.

Lord ELLF.NBOROUGH maintained that no difficulty
could arise on that head, as the Bill expressly said that so mu.h
•of the Marriage Act should be read as was recited therein. The
other objections related to mere trifles, which would be cor-
rected without any difficulty.
The LORD CHANCELLOR.—" My I ords, nuga se,in
ductsnt real;; and h believe that if the Noble Lird under-
stood his own Bill, he would find it one to which he would nut
give his consent."
Lord ELLENBOROUGH believed that he understood his
own Bill. If, indeed, it contained the clauses proposed by the
Noble and Learned Lord, the case would be different, fur he
would frankly confess that even now he did not understand
them, and he had conversed with many individuals out of drops,
not one of whom could apprehend their meaning.
The LORD CHANCELLOR had no idea that the Noble
Lord should know enough of the law of the country to under-
stand his clauses, or that the individuals whom he had consulted
should be likely to illuminate him on the subject.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH.—" Surely, my Lords, an Act
of Parliament should not be drawn up so as to be understood
only by lawyers. Such an Act too, as the Marriage Act, so
important to the community at large, should be written in such
plain terms that the man who runs might read."
The LORD CIIANCELLOR said that the present Bill bad
been drawn up by laWyers, and that he had never a•en ail so
defective.—The conversation then dropped, and the Petition
was laid on the table.