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London, England, 1822-08-22 00:00:00

AMERICAN TREATMENT or DRUNKARDS.

NEW YORK; JULY 16.
By an Act concerning the Estates of habitual
Drunkards,. passed March 11th, 1821, it is enacted,
that it shall be lawful for the Court of Chancery to
exercise a jurisdiction in regard to the estates of per-
sons who shall be incapable of conducting their own.
affairs, in consequence of habitual drunkenness, simi-
lar to the jurisdiction exercised by that Court in re-
gard to the estates of lunatics. A commission, in the
nature of a writ de 'lunatic° inguirendo, which was
executed L. the Fulton Hotel, on Thursday last, was
probably the first proceeding which has been hod
under the above Act. It was. directed to Peter A.
Jay, Dr. D. Hosack, Dr. Ackerly, S. S. Gardiner, and
Henry Post, jun. commanding them to inquire, by
the oaths of good and lawful men, whether J. H. was
incapable of conducting his own affairs, in conse-
quence of habitual drunkenness ? and if so, then to
inquire concerning his estate, &c. The Jury having
been sworn and charged by the presiding Commis-
sioner, Mr. Dyckman, • Solicitor for the petitioner,
called several witnesses. Dr. Cock testified that he
had attended Mr. H— three or four times within
the last two years, for mania, produced by intoxica-
1 don. Dr. Seaman bad attended him, together with
the last witness, twice during the last year. Both
the Physicians were very certain that these attacks,
which were very severe, and each of which lasted
several weeks, were occasioned by excessive in-
temperance. They had cautioned him repeatedly,
but in vain, against the use of ardent spirits.—
A number of other witnesses, the friends and rela- 1
tions of Mr. H. testified that for a long time past he
had been in a state totally unfit for the transaction of
business, being continually either in a state of intoxi-
cation, or suffering under the consequences of it.—
Mr. 11. attended in person, and cross-examined some
of the witnesses, but his appearance and manner were
strong testimony against him. It appeared that he
was a grocer, that he had begun business with little
or nothing, and by industry and good management
had accumulated a handsome fortune, which he was
now wasting. His family had applied to the Chan-
cellor for this Commission as the only means of
saving him from ruin. The testimony being of the
strongest kind, the Jut y, without any hesitation,
signed an inquisition finding him incapable of con-
ducting his own affairs by occasion of habitual drunk-
enness. A Committee v. ill now be appointed to take
charge of his estate, and his own acts in relation to it
will be void.

EXTENSIVE CLAIM.

The Halifax Free Preis of June 4 contains an Ad-.
vertisement of one Etienne le Duc, physician, who
lays claim, by virtue of full powers from Monsieur
Antoine Alexandre le Borgne de Belisle, to the greater
part of the province of Nova Scotia.
The claimant sets forth, that having in the inter-
val between the month of May, 1821, and the present
time, exhibited several petitions, with a view to the
establishment of the said claim, and also a memorial
explanatory of his titles to the abovementioned rights,
&c. together with thirty exhibited documents and
other papers, which he thought sufficient to substan-
tiate the same in an unquestionable manner ; yet, ne-
vertheless, the Governor has not thought proper to
restore to the Petitioner the object of his demands, of
which he conceived he had reason to expect the re-
storation. 'Moreover, the Petitioner having no know-
ledge that Great Britain has ever questioned, nor even
altered them, and the present Government of that
province not having exhibited to him the opinion of
the Council upon this subject ; therefore, the said
Etienne le Due, physician, begs that his Excellency
will be pleased to direct that a copy of the said opi•
nion, and in addition thereto a solemn declaration,
which may serve to evince, in all countries and upon
all occasions, the inefficacy of the measure which the
Petitioner has enibraced in his application to the Go-
vernment of that province, in hope of obtaining the
property, titles, and privileges, rights, &c. of Mon-
sieur Antoine Alexandre le Borgne de Belisle, upon
the greater part of the province of Nova Scotia.
The papers have been examined by a professional
Gentleman in New York, and appear authentic.

ExEcuTioNs--Robertßennet, who was convicted at
the last Bury Assizes, of wilfully setting fire to the
premises of Mr. Downing, of Mellis, in Suffolk, was
executed, pursuant to his sentence, on Saturday last,
at Ipswich. The number of spectators was not so
great as on former occasions. Bennet was a strong
powerful man, six feet high ; he took leave of his
family the Thursday before. A mistaken notion seems
to have possessed him that the world would regard
his dying words as evidence of his innocence. He
spent some time in prayer with the Clergyman ; and
after he ascended the scaffold continued in prayer to
himself; after which he addressed the people—" Gen-
tletnen, I am as innocent of this as GOD in Heaven
I was no nearer to the fire when it happened than my
own yard." He then said to the persons on the scaf-
fold—" GOD bless you all, and pray for me." He
was then launched into eternity. This dying asser-
tion, when compared with his own declaration after
his examination before the Magistrates, when he ob-
served to Gayfur, 66 You know we did it, and I shall
be hanged for it, and you ought to be hanged as
well as I;" and the strong circumstantial evidence
on the trial, must confirm any one that this wretched
man died without a proper sense of his situation, and
that to the last he was obstinately wicked. After
hanging the usual time, the body was cut down and
delivered to his friends. The prosecutor, Downing,
was recognized amongst the crowd, and was so vio-
lently assailed by the populace, that but for the in-
terference of the Sheriff's officers, he might have
suffered serious injury.
Friday last, Rebecca Edwards, for the murder of
her husband, by administering poisen,underwent the'
dreadful sentence of the law at Monmouth; Her
behaviour since her condemnation was most exem-
plary; and. previous to her execution she caused an
admonitory paper to be circula:ed, cautioning others
to take warning by her sad example, and earnestly
beseeching them never to neglect their religious duty.
She continued to pray most fervently to the last mo-
ment. The Reverend Chaplain of the prison was
indefatigable in preparing her to meet her fate, and
witnessed the happy fruits of his sedulous attentions,
in the sincere penitence she manifested, and the can-
dour with which she confessed her guilt. .

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COAL-MARKET, AUGUST 21.
Adair's 33s 6d—Beaumont 353 6d—Burdon 36s—beaten 37s
—Holywell 35s 6d—Killingworth 37s 6d to 37 91—Wallierd
*Bewicke 59s 3d to 39s 9d—Do. Newmarch 384—D0. Northut::
borland 57s—Do. Riddell's 38$ to 38s 6d —Do. Russel 4t to
40 s6d—Wylam 35s 6d—Nesham Main 36s 31--Wal!send Lamb-
ton 40s 9d—Walisend Stewart 40s 9d.
Tile Ships at Market-47i sold-311 unsold.

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Jamaica 0 0
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