The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-06-11 00:00:00

PRicz t`EVIIN ISNCE.

.1 dVOI.ELTY IN LIWISLrITION, ALARMING-
TO TOPERS. •

[From the New York Mercantile Advertiser. May B.]
AN ACT CONCERNING THE £CTATZ OF HABITUAL DRI:N.
KAn DP, PASSLD MARCH 16, 1521.
Be it enacted by the people of the state of New York,
represented in Senate and .Iseembly, That it shall be
and hereby is declared to he !enrol for the court of
chancery of this state, to► exercise • jurisdiction and
power in regard to the estates of persons who shall 1w
incapable of conducting their own affairs in eonsequeuce`
of habitual drunkenness, similar to the jurisdiction and
power exercised by that coort in regard to the estates of
lunatics : Pnwided, 'that the costs of any proceeding
upon a petition to the chancellor in regard' to the estate•
of any person who shall be incapable. of conducting is
•wn affairs in consequence of etch drunkenness, in case
the inquisition be traversed, shall not exceed the sum of
twenty-fire dollars; and in case snob inquisition shall
foot be traversed, such costs shall nut exceed the sum of
Aileen dollars.
And be ft/kr/her marled. That it shall and mat• lei•
lawful for the oveiseer or overseers of the poor of are
city or town within this state, anti they are hereby re-
quired, whenever they discover any person or persons
to be Is 'biota] drunkards, whose property may be er.-
slang. red by means of sreh drunkenness. to make An
application to the court of chancery for the exercise of
po`.s cc jurisdiction aforesaid ; and it such
drunkard shall not possess property sufficient for Isis or
her support, tench memo r or overseers may 41soignate
and describe such drunkard, and require, by wri:ing, to
he signed by him or them, all and wort• ererrhan•. •!is-
tiller, store-keeper. grocer. tavern keeper, orother drake
in spirituous lionoas, within their respeetive cities sr
towns, not to NM' or 11,11, moiler :toy pretence, spiritn,
liquors to any such drunkard ; and il, af.er the service
of such notice, any such person ter perup< shall know-
ingly gitc or sell, to any way or manner, spirituous 'd-
eplore to AM' such drankartl, except by the direction or
on the rertificste of a regnitrly licences! physicist.,
that the sante is necessary for the precert ation 4.r te-
merry of the health of such drunkard, he, she or 1:,,F
shall forfeit and pay for every otfe•nee, the seem of ten
dollars, to be recovered by the overseers of the poor of
the several cities or towns, or either of them, for
the use and noponet of !Le poor of such city or town.
.4ad it be larti:er (warted, That if any person. desig-
nated and described as Aforesaid, shall consider himself
aggrieved, Of injured thereby, he may apply to Ally du:-
tire of the Poorest( such city or town, who •hall imme-
diately give noti.•e in writing, signed Icy ',be
gamier, or overseers, of such applicatioti, sh 411 so
name a time anti place when sod where the parties shall
moo for the trial of the Met of such drnul ro ',e.g. anal
shall also issue a venire to any constable of sae% coy or
town, requiring bias to cause to come before the s del
Jostler, Al the said! time and plase, not less than niter nor
more than twelve repatahle freeholders s.f mice, city or
town, any six of a buns being ballotted for and aino-sr-
shall be sworn well and truly to try the matter in
difference between such person and the overseer or over.
seers af.wesaid : and if upon investigation and due proof
on both sides, if offereil, the said persons thus ballotted
for shall say that in their opinion steels person is an le t-
blood drunkard, the said Justice swill entry socla dr-
eier/slim, in a hook to lee by hint provided; which de-
claration or an attested copy thereof, shall bre,etestslered
primes facie evidence of the fail ice all places 4:141 courts
nut• action between the soperl low prosecuting for the
recover, of any penalty agaieist such persim as afore-
; hot if the said six persons sins!! declare such per-
son not to be an habitual dremleard, the said jostice shall
Also enter the same, and award ant direct to the appli-
cant such costs against thee said overseers as are iisnal in
trials by jury on summons issued against the• defendant,
it Inds rusts shall be paid by such over:cers.
And brit further enacted, That if at any time there-
after, theaverseers of the poor of stile city or town shall
be seistied thst such dm: dated has reformed and bre:uuee•
sober, they shall, on the application of such person, re-
voke %mil notice as aforesaid.
.4a4 be it fm.-ther tno,ttd, That the espen••e of prose-
coring snits directed ley this act, or elrt.•edinq me any
such application as aforesaid, in the event of failure,
shall be borne and defrayed by the overseers of the poor
of Ilse several relies and towns ; the account tarretel,
and of the soy ral owes seers of the poor, supervisors and
jetstire.. in granting licenses, shall he an :steel and al-
lowed es th. either expenses Of Midi city ur town me
audited and allured.

P.IRIVY OP Sr. ANDREW, HOLBORN.
(). Friday a Meeting of the Inhabitants of the above
Parish wa• is:•ld in the vestry of the Church, for the put.
pow of taking into consideration the re,-ent Acts of
Parliament palmed fur the Enlargement and Building of.
Cbureitee, as they may affect that parish, and the adopt-
ing each measures thereon as assail appear expedient ;
and on other affairs.
At tatter o'clock the Chair was taken by the Rev.
Mr. lieresford, the !lector, who opened the business of
the day by rea.iintr the Requisition. lie recommended
unanimity arid good humour; enlarged on the utility
of the measure before them ; and recommended a
patient hearing to every gentleman who should address
them.

The Minutes of a Meetiaw held on the 25th of May
were then read by the Vestry Clerk, and carried unani-
ii.otislv by the Meeting.
SIr.BEAUCHAMP then rose and addressed the Meet-
intr at consitlerabie length. He observed, that a parish
up,eargis of 311,0011 inhabitants required ate.
other Cliiireti being built in the district. He conceived
that the wito:e expense of building it would not exceed
20,0041/, 10,01:111. of which would he paid by a Parlia-
mentary grant to the Parish—(Applause)—which, un
the whole, would nut amount to more than ss. for each
person. He then proposes' a series of Resolutions, in
fortlieranre of the objects of rite Meeting. The tirat
Resolution recommending the building of a new church
was 4econdetl, and about to be put, when
Mr. Ila !Anis. tY rose, and argued on the unnecessary
evpense which would, for a series of years, he entail's'
~n the v Irish by the erection of a new Cli:irch. He re-
marked that,consitlering the great borthens which the
parish hail already to contend with, themes:Awe should
not he entertained at present~ lie concluded by op-
posing the Resolotion in all its bearings.
The R-sointions was then put, but lost by an ina-
Meilit• ; as were all the others.
After much discussion, in which Messrs. Fearon,
Cable, Tar, ler, Pontifex, and others, joined, all the
indigo agreed to adjourn the Meeting to this day ee'n•
night. •

The Defence transport, nn 6cr passage from Cork to
Malta, %%ills part of the 18th regiment on board, was
strdck by lightning, an I nine peopie, who were on
deck, were thrown down by the shoe*, two of doors
were killed, one died shortly afterwards, and two
were left at the Malta Hospital in a danierons st.►te.