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COURT OF CHANCERY, JUNE io. . the Rule, -a satisfactory althea would.be given to
WILL OF THE LATE DUKE OF QUEENSBERRY. theirobetiotis. • ....p.J.1
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Mr. HEALD stated, that he had'to present a Pei-. . The liD Cattle JusTrult, after-1. feW inAittithe
Lion from the annuitants and legatees of the late conference with his Learneclißrothers, said, that in a
Duke of Queensberry, playing that a fouith more of case 14e the present the Court was anxious to have
their claims might be paid, there now being sufficient every point fully gone into.—Rulei Nisi Granted.
funds in the hands of the Accountant-General for
that purpose. The Learned Counsei said, there was
no less ri sum thin . £1,400,000 accumulated and
vested in the name of this Officer, in Bank-stock, fori
the benefit of the claimants, and he understood it was
not intended to oppose the application,-although the ‘
executors did not say they would give their consent
to it. Some consultation had been had on the sub-
ject out of doors; he, therefore, prayed that the'
prayer of the Petition should be granted.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, he hail not 111-
ceived any instructions, nor had.he been consulted. •
The several King's Counsel in Cour; spoke in be-
BRITISH AND FOREIGN ScltooL SvGirry.--The half of their respective clients.
Annual Meeting of this Society, was held on Sattir- Mr. WINGFIELD appeared for the Earl of Yar-
mouth, and said, his Lordship was anxious that the
day last, in the Freemasons' Hall." The attendance
of Ladies and Gentlemen friendly to the objects of business should be put in a train of settlement.
the Society .was very numerous, and highly yr.spect- The LORD CHANCELLOR said, there was not a man
able. Amon the üblic characters present, were
existing thUt had a heart in him but must wish the
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legacies and annuities to be paid; but, said his Lord-
Lord EBRINGTON, Mr. WILLIAM WILBERFORCE,
Mr. BYNG, Sir GanaßD NOEL, and Alderman Woon. ship, the Marquis of Queensberry has commenced an
action for the recovery of £150,000 against the exe-
The worthy Alderman, on entering the room, was
tutors, and he certainly had a right so to do ; it was,
greeted by the Assembly 'with very general expres-
therefore, proper that the Court should see that no
storm of approbation. In consequence of the absence
harm arose to the executors, before the funds were
of the Duke of SOsSEX mid the Duke of BEDFORD,
allowed to go out of Court. With respect to their
who were both prevented by indisposition from at-
tending the Nleeting, Lord EBRINGTON was called to not opposing the Petition, that was very different to
the Chair. The Report of the Committee was read consenting to it; it merely said to the Court, " Milfd
by the Rev. G. CLAYTON, the Secretary of the So- you do right."
ere Mr. HEALD said, if his Lordship thought one-
ciety ; after which several eloquent addresses w
fourth was too much, they would take one-eighth, or
delivered on.the moving of the various Resolutions.
In the course of the day, Mr. BYNG, the Rev. Mr. any part his Lordship pleased:
NEWMAN, Mr. BENJAMIN SHAw. Mr. C. BARCLAY, The LORD CHANCELLOR—I will order it to stand-
the Rev. Mr. HOOFER Mr. WILBERFoIiCE Mr. AL- first on the paper for Tuesday next, and, in the mean
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LEN the Treasurer, the Rev. Mr.C.KIDD, and several time, I will look over the Petition.
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other Gentlemen, addressed the Meeting. A liberal COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNE to.
contribution was made at the door of the room, on THE KING V. SIR FRANCIS BURDETT. '
the departure of the company. Mr. PHILLIPS, in a speech which occupied upwards
MERCHANT TAILORS' COMPANY.—The Anniyer-
of three hours, • supported the motion for a Rule to
sary Dinner of this most respectable Corporation Was shew cause.
held on Saturday last with mere than usual splen- The first point upon which the Learned Counsel
dour and solemnity, on account of the ceremony,
retied was, that the writer of a paper;however slan-
'which was fixed for that day, of investing the Mar-
detour and seditious, was guilty of nooffence until
quis CAMDEN with the Freedom of the Merchant
that paper should be published : that the intent to
Tailors' Company, pursuant to the unanimous vote publish, without the act, was not sufficient to consti-
ef the Court of Assistants of the 18th of April last. tute a crime. In answer to this proposition, the case
of o-the King v. Bere," in which the bare writing
The Noble Marquis having been sworn in as a Citi-
had been held sufficient, would no doubt be adverted
zen and Merchant Tailor with the usual formalities,
to ; and although the name of Lord Holt gave to
was addressed by Mr. TEASDALE in a very neat and
t
most appropriate speech, in which he justly desig-
hat case an authority not lightly to be impugned,
yet he was satisfied, after most careful examination,
nated the late pecuniary sacrifice made by his Lord-
that it was not a case which could at the present day
ship, as ,- one of the most splendid and magnificent
be maintained; and that the precedents which his
acts of public spirit that ever adorned individual
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character, or the annals of a country ; and he would Lordship in that case had cited, by no means warranted
take thg liberty of asserting, that if there was any the decision which, in the end, he had pronounced.
man possessing such obliquity of heart, or perversiea Mr. PHILLIPS then read the opinion expressed by
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of intellect, as not to see and feel the full force of Holt, in the case of ~ the King v. Bere," Lord
to-
such noble disinterestedness, that man does not de- Sether with the authorities upon which that opinion
had been grounded; and proceeded to contend, at
serve the name of a Briton." The Noble Mal quis
great length, that the authorities cited by his Lord-
replied in an elegant, patriotic, and most feeling
snip had been insufficient, and that, upon the very
speech, which was universally and most warmly ap-
definition of libel by the old Roman law, and upon
plauded. In regard to the motive of an act, which
Ire was happy to find so generally approved, he must every principle and maxim of civil jurisprudence, the
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be permitted to say, that it proceeded from mi vain completion, the publication, was absolutely necessary 1
desire to court popularity, and, if possible, still less to constitute the offence. In conclusion, he quoted Jowl Sc.
from any doubt on his mind as to the propriety of the opinions of many writers of high celebrity upon eleven, at
deriving such emoluments front a source which he legal subjects (among others of the Lord Chief Baron Messrs. Fight.
*Comyn), who had doubted, if not denied, the position Huddersfield.
could not but consider highly honourable, namely—
taken by Lord Holt. . John Shaw, Wem, fla.,
the national estimation of public services rendered July 22- at eleven, at ti..
by that Learned Person flout whom they were de- The second point to which the Learned Gentleman nits, dr. Grifiths, Souihas,
requested the attention of their Lordships was, that Wem, Shropshire.
rived to himself; but his sole motive was, an anxious
Sir Francis Burdett could not legally be tried in Lei- Abraham
_ Garrad, late of' Downhatn
desire to contribute something toward the relief of a
cestershire, unless proof were adduced that the libel Lunen, 20,
" nhaiatn- kx,
21,
randt.JuZ 22, at
public distress, which at that time was the subject of
ocaies, iv
just and general complaint, together with a hope that Lawrence, Peterborough; ortt
had actually been published in that county. TheMears. Twit
causin to be published would not, he contended, if born-court, Gray's Inn.
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by so doing lie might perhaps rescue some deserving
made out, be sufficient. If Sir Francis Burdett, being 'awn" TriPhmk' St' James's
-street, bmiKiell
objects from the wide sweep of retrenchment.and July 22 at ten, at Guildhall At
in Leicestershire, . had caused a libel to be published Adanes court, Broad-street. • tr
FURL—A little before one o'clock, on Saturday se n- in Middlesex, then he would have committed an act Charles Clively, Lamb's Conduit-street, '
night, the interior of the Roman Catholic Cathedral,
which, had the offence been felony, would have im- 27, and July 22, at ten, at GnildhaY
the North Parish Chapel, in Cork, was discovered plicated him as accessory ; but, in cases of misde-
to be on fire. Alarm and dismay were at once spread RichardEdMunde-lane-
meanour, no accessaries were acknowledged ; and June 17, 24 :and Jul 22, at t:
over the neighbourhood ; and the Right Rev. Dr.
Sir Francis Burdett, being tried' as a principal, could toraies, Messrs. Stevens and
MURPHY, the Catholic Bishop, and the Curates that Charles Skrine Bath, grocr
only be tried in the county in which his offence had
serve that parish, who reside in the immediate vici- been completed. eleven at the'ehristophr
pity of the Chapel, on forcing open the great en- Red n-square •or '
The third position which Mr. PHILLIPS took in Levi.2,l
trance, found that the-grand altar, and the beautiful ; late of
support of this motion was, that the evidence adduced merchant, June gr
tabernacle and pictures which surmounted it, were
upon the trial had not established the fact of a pub- Attorney, Mr. r
rapidly consuming by a most uncontroulable fire;
lication in Leicestershire. Publication he understood William Wither'
and what appeared, if possible, more alarming, was,
to mean a divulging or communicating of the con- • ten' a' ten'
that the window at the back of the organ, which was
tents of any given paper. There was no proof that winfair
situate at the other extremity of the edifice, was like-
any such communication had taken place in the hale, r
wise on fire.. Every effort was made to arrest the pro.
county of Leicester, but a great deal of presumptive , tef.
gress of the devastating element; they
_happily suc-
proof the other way. There was no evidence that
ceeded, net, however, without irreparable losses,
- any one in Leicestershire had seen the letter in Sues-r'
among which were the organ and to
don, from the moment wheu it quitted the hands of
EXECUTION OF LeuveL.—The Procureur-General.
the writer to the time when it appeared in London.
M. BELLART, interrogated Louvel in prison, on Wed-
It had been said that Mr. Bicketsteth might possibly
nesday morning. The culprit seemed disposed to repel
have received it in Leicestershire from Sir Francis
the succours oireligion ;he reftised to hear a respecta- Burdett himself. But where was the evidence of that
hie Ecclesiastic of Notre Dame. At last his obsti-
fact ? It had not been shown that Mr. Bickerstaff.
racy was overcome, and he confessed himself to the
had been, at the time in question, within a hundred.
Ordinary of the prison of the Conciergerie. The exe- miles of the county ; and besick.s, if an interview bad
cation, was fixed for four o'clock, did not take
taken place, why the written paper, directing Mt.
place till six. Every precaution was taken to main-
Biekerstaff as to what should be done With the letter?,
tarn good order. Two legions of the garrison Deco-These very directions, that the letter should be givenl
pied the Place de Greve. The line of 'soldiers from
to Mr. Brookes, who published it in Middlesex, were
that to the Conciergerie was formed by Bens d'arrne,
strong evidence that Sir Francis had never concern-
the chasseurs of the guard, and troops of the line.—
plated its publication. in Leicestershire. The mere
At a quarter to six,Louvel mounted the fatal cart : fact of putting the letter into the Post- office would
he was accompanied by the respectable Ecclesiastic
not amount to a publication. There Was evidence,
of whom we have spoken, who offered him pets&
no doubt, 'that the letter had been received in an en-
o'veringly, though at first unsucce:sfully, the succours
velope ; but what ground was there for presuming
religion. !its face was extremely pale. During
that the envelope d been delivered-to any person
from the passage the prison to the place of execution, 2 unsealed .If Juries were to be called upon to pre-
- 1:e never ceased to look to the right and left. The
mime, their presumptions ought to be regulated by
cart arrived at the Place de Greve four minutes be-
probability, by common sense, and common experi-
fore six o'clock. At the foot of the scaffold the Con- :
once ; they ought not to he desired to presume a fact
lessor redoubled hii zeal, and Louvel conversed with i
i directly contrary to all custom. If it was right that
him for (our minutes. The alteration in his le . ores,
they should presume at all, their presumption ought
and his consternation, were visible. Two of the ex,..- :
!to have been that the letter was delivered like all
cutioner's assistants were obliged to support him, and
other letteraseakd ; and not like no other lettek—
aid him to mount the scaffoid. Whilst .'.rev bound
open. The Learned Counsel concluded his argument
him, he looked round on all sides. At a minute past
lo 'adverting to 'the case of the sever) Bishops, in
six o'clock his head was severed front Lis body. The Which the Judges had refaosil to,ailmit any piesuttip-
crowd dispersed without disorder.—Frencle Papers. riot) which tended to fix thevilt of the defendants.
MA IL uto ...c.H.ST eic tr—Sat urclay. J. Milid!eton, a ballad-si ngc r. Ir. EVANh said, that he was also of Counsel for
was committed, in default of bail, charged with exciting a tumult '
Sir Francis Burdett, and wished to kpow whether
in the Stable-yard, near St..famrs's Palace, on Friday night._
The prisoner, in his deftuce, attempted to Sct up a pica of y• , tlieir Lordships would be pleased to hear him ?He

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014 SZVKG TB6 CELESILATZU PICTURE or IT. IitAItGARET AND TIII
11AOON, PAINFID BY ILAPIIAEL, 1N THE CAlltiel OF THE MG Or
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Hail Sainte! Whose form the Pencil yet pourtrays,
Calling our minds to hallowed times of old
When Pastors grave, to guard-their wandering fold
From prowling Volf that on meek Virtue preys,
Gathered their flocks on kolie ground to graze
By fountains pure, where sacred waters rolFd ;
And, when at eve the vesper larum toll'd,
Around their hopes the pen of Faith did raise!
Inspire me to exhort our faultering race
To strive with him thou martyr'd Virgin trod :
Then chaere thou with thy tirme and tranquil face
111y.sheep, awaiting tug directing nod,
Who whylome held on earth the Ireaverlie mace
To bri:ige us bazk to oure approving Gun! Purim.