Star.
London, England, 1802-03-10 00:00:00

SAIDEN.

STOC [SALM, hi. 9.—A pennon for life has
been granted by his Majeily to the widow of Mr.
Ha LA tio,lately deeeafed, whn had been for twenty
years Swedilh Charge d'Affaires at the Court of
Drefden.

The propofition of an exchange of fomc of the
territories of Mechlenburgh for Tome of thole of
Pruflia, in orderthereby to facilitate thc hulinefs of
the indemnities,has received aslitt le countenance at
Peterfburgh as at Berlin.
FEB. I2.—For the purpofe of extending the
plantation of potatoes in Finland, his Majelly
has not only given to the difpofition of the Finland
Agricultural Society ro,ooo rix dollars, but by a
proclamation declared his will, that every Fin-
land hufbandman mull plant yearly a certain por-
tion of land, according to the extent of his occupa-
tion, with this root. The defaulters are, as a pu-
nifhment, to exped no rapport in corn from the
Royal magazines in any year of fcarcity.
In connthion with the well known canal ellab
lifhment at Trolihattan, a large (hip dock has been
formed there with great cxpence, wh,:re great and
large (hips may be repaired to the bell advantage.

P4RLIAMENTARr PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF LORDS, TUVDAY, MARCH 9.

The vartoes Bills before the Houfe were fonvarded in their
refpeetive fines.
...

The Greenland Whale Fifhery Bounty Bill was brought up
from the Commons by Lord G se, and read a firtt
time. •

Sir W. LEMON. Mr. ASTLICT, and other Gentlemen,
brouz,ht up priv.dc Bills. which were alfo fercrally rcad a Eat
time.

Their Lordiliips poftposed giving judgment relative to the
Scotch Appeal Sent v. Brodie.
The Order of the pay was read for the hearing
of Counfel and evidence on Crewe's Divorce Bill,
which florid for a fecond reading this day ; and
accordingly, Mr. Adam, as Counfel for the Peti-
tioner, was called to the Bar.

This cafe was before their Lord Chips LIR Sef-
lion, when no decifion upon the Bill was made.—
Connie' and evidence were then regularly heard,
and at confiderible length. There proceedings
were duly reported by us, which, in the prefent
inßance, precludes the neceffity of a detailed Rate-
tnent. However, for the information of fuch of
our Readers as may not then have had an oppor-
tunity of pending our accounts, or of thofe who
may pollibly have forgot the circumnances, we
Rate very briefly the following &etch :
The petitioner, Richard Crewe, of Cheltenham,
Efquire, (a younger brother of John Crewe, of
Crewehall, Cheflare, Efquire,) it appeared, was
married in November, 1780, at Kingllon, in Ja-
maica, to Millborough Allprefs, a daughter of
Samuel Allprefs, Efquire, of Spanilli Town • that
the Petitioner lived with his Lady until March,
1799, when he ciifcovered that an unlawful inter-
courfe had taken place between Mrs. Crewe and
Sir Henry Charles Englefield, Baronet ; that in
confequence the Petitioner brought his aftion in
the Court of Ring's Bench again[ Sir Henry, who
fuffered judgment to go by default; but on a'
Writ of Inquiry taking place, he was awarded
30001. damages and colts; and, in July, ;Roo, he
obtained a fentence of divorce a menja et •iboro in
the Eccleflaßical Courts.

There general faits tranfpired from the Counfel's
ftatement, who argued with his ufual ability in
favour oldie Petitioner's claim to the interpofition
of the Legiflature, and tiated, that as no decifion
had taken place lan Seflion refpeting a timilar
bill brought in on behalf of the Petitioner, the rule
of their Lordfhips' proceedings required, that the
cafe ibould begin anew, and the neceffary fats
above fet forth, should be regularly fulallantiated
again in evidence.
On this latter point there appeared to prevail a
degree of difficulty, namely, the neeeffity of de-
tailing the evidence viva voce at the Bar ' • that
given in the lafk S:tlien having been printed, and
for tome time before the lloufe. Some explana-
tory converfation took place between the Learn-
ed Counfel, and the Lord Chancellor upon the
point. The latter, in concluding, obferved, that
though the regularity of their Lordfhips' pro-
ceedings required the prodation of a new Bill, in
confequence of a prorogation of Parliament inter-
vening, yet that did not apply to the evidence,
which till remained good, as a record, before the
Houk

Lord CATHCART teeming to entertain doubts as
to this point, the Counter was ordered to with-
draw, and his Lordll4 proceeded to Rate his fen-
timents upon the fubjed. He deprecated at the
fame time every nnnecefrary degree of publicity
on loch occafions, and adverted to the numerous
publications of detailed evidence in pamphlets, &c.
which were often illuarated with indecent copper.
plates, and circulated, with great indultry, to the
great injury of public morals, and the general
corruption of the youth of both fens. He ap-
prehended it was to avoid publicity as much as
poffible that parties were induced often to let judg-
ment go by default, which precluded the need-
fity of detailed evidence. However, in fuch a
cafe as the prefent, he thought the proceedings
thould commence Is novo, though on the grounds
he bad Rated, he teemed to think that printing the
evidence anew might be difpenfed with.
The LORD CHANCELLOR obferved, that the mil:
underaanding had arifen from what had paled,
perhaps rather irregularly, in the way of conver-
fation between him and the Learned Counfel.—
Whatever may be rcquifite as to the Bill, (till the
evidence given haft &Ilion remained in the nature
of a record; it was not only printed and before
the Houfe, but on their Lordfltips' journals, and
that it exifted as a record, nothing could more
clearly prove, than that the parties were liable to
be indicted for perjury if they had fwore falfely
therein. With refpe& to the printing of the evi-
dence, it was like every other proceeding of that
Houfe, a queftion for the difcretion ofiheir Lord-
(hips, when they fhould authorize, or when re-
(train ; in di& views, the danger of ahufe fhould
he ferionfly confidcred, and in the ilia:owes where
that Bionic, take place. their Lordthips ought not
to content themfelves with talking about it. He

agreed with the Noble Lord, that trials and cafes
of that nature were too frequently publifhed and
circulated, not with a view to convey legal infor-
mation or datrine to the public, but chiefly for
the purpofes adverted to by the Noble Lord. He
did not mean then to allude, in the leaft, to the
right or propriety of publifhing the proceedings in
the Courts below, but with that Houle the cafe
was clearly different, their Lordfhips were the
confervators of their own privileges. With refpedl
to the printing of the evidence in quellion, it did
not ftrike him, that any thing of an indecent na.
ture had tranfpired, as he (hould have held it in
cumbent on him to have fuggefted to their Lord.
(hips, the poillbility of abufe in the way he had
hated. There was one point, however, which fell
from the Noble Lord, in which he differed moft
materially from him ; and that was his obferva-
lion, that in many cafes, the motives for letting
judgment go by default, was to preclude an unne-
ceff.try publicity of evidence : On the contrary, it
was his moft decided opinion, that in nine cafes
out of ten, judgment was fuffered to go by default
from motives of Collusion.

It was then allow :d Mr. Adam to proceed, and
call the witnelfes, beginning with Dr. Mofely, who
was prefent at the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Crewe,
at his own houfe, in Kingtion, in Jamaica, and
proceeding regularly to Mary Hawkins, now Ma-
ry Cooper (by marriage). who lived sac a fervent
with Mrs. Crewe.

Mt. Cowper, Clerk of the Route, read the evi-
dence minutely and di flintily to each witnefs ; and
Mr. Adam, at the end of the evidence of each,
put the queftion, " Was that a true ftatement of
their evidence P' To which they feverally replied,
" It wis."

Mr. Adam then proceeded to put a fcw addi-
tional gneflions to Mary Hawkins, and having
finiflied with hcr, informed the Honfe, that Wil-
liam Shepherd, the fcrvant of Mr. Crewe, had
been ferved with a notice to attend the Houfe, and
give his evidence, but that he did not attend.
Some little converfation then took place in the
Houfc, as to the day on which the further proceed-
ing on that Divorce Bill (hould be adjourned, but
the Loan CHANCELLOR recommended Monday
next, on which day, if it appeared to be advifeable,
it would be open to any Noble Lord to move a fur•
ther adjournment of it.—His Lordfhip hinted that
the prefent inclination of his mind was againfi the
Houfe proceeding with the Bill, but that on Mon-
day next, or whenever they thought proper, they
might examine Mr. Crewe or not as their dif-
cretion might incline them. It (lands, therefore,
for next Monday.—The Honfe immediately Ad-
journed.