The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-11-15 00:00:00

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POttTSMOUTH, Nov. U. •

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Arrived the Orion,. of 74 guns, from the I;rihi•C;
e. yane,.Captain Collier, from off llavre, with in.
telligenteo( the escape of the French shi.ps. from
'that port ; Sarpedon,. Captain Greco, from a
cruisc.;,the Challenger,-Captain Rider, from JA.
maica ; the Rattler, Captain Gurclon, from off St.
Catharines; aud' the Ant, from a cruise. -
The West India convoy remains wind-bound;
the gale •s increased to a hurricane, but without
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any damage.

PLYMOUTH, Nov. 13.
Sailed hal last everting the Princesi Charlotte,
with a few vessels under convoy for Coik ;
amongst them the American brig slii4e, Captain
Lovet t.

The Courageux, of 74 guns, did not coin in
yesterday, but passed op Channel for Portsmouth..
Sailed the Adventure packet, Captain Tilly,
with Mails for Nsw.York ; and Express packet,'
Capt. tiollockelwith a Mail for Jamaica.

FHF• WIATESMAN.

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blasOliool an that rase, stated, that it aas •
(ion fou*Rdid On *the -Statute' of Vi4tiftiethity, and
'oak down; Ws the fair.smd. joist construction 01
the clause in that Act now referred to., th.:ij it " was
true that it. was pot in the Brshop's power to with.
hold Buell approbation and licence wh..2a he pleased."
The motion, in that case, no doubt, was refused,
but it was so refu,:d.oti very dilfereat grounds In-
deed, and for reasons which did not occur in this
ca:4e. There the application was refused; first,
because there was o?, fixed stipend; told another
reason was, beeause•the Rector had refused to al.
loss to the person who claimed to be Lecturer the
use of his pulpit. On these two grounds, the a;)-
plication in first Wilson was refused, and, haul it
Rut been for them, the Court would have granted
~the Mandamus, because, as had been laid down hsy
theaChief Justice, the Bishop was not entitled to
refuse his approbation and licence when he pleased.
Lord ELLtmsattottatt.—" Did the Bishop assign
any reason fur his•refusal ?"
Mr. IVARREN said, Mr. Povah had applied, to
the Rev. Prelate, requesting to know his reasoass
but he would neither disclose, them, nor the per-
sons upon whose information he had been induced
to refuse Mr. Povah his licence, except by stating,
"'That he acted on grounds, which the said Richard
rPovalr WWI not aware.of." As, therefore, accord.
iite, to the dict:tim of chief Justice Lee, the Bishop
had no right to refuse the licence when he pleased,'
the Right Res. 'Prelate, in: this case, the Learned
Countiel contended, ought to have informed Mr.,
Povah how, when, and where he had given cause
for the unfavourable opinion thus conceived against
him.

Lord Bt.r.tqloßol7oll said it would be necessary
that there. should be nothing in the answer of the
Bishop to shew9st he not acted impartially,
Lind seaside:se balm.
Dfi:-W Anima proceeded to state the substance of
the affidaviti. The Rev. Richard Puvatt had been
legularly•appointed to the morning lecturcrship of
the church of St. Bartholomew, in the city. It
had been filed that Fsiday should be the day for
the lecture. The Rector btd approved of the ap-
pointmentrit had speed to lend his pulpit to Mr.
Povah; a I 10td requested of him in return, that
he wowld'engage to do for him (the Rectorl any
thing which might arise on the day of Mr. Puvah's
lecture, to which also Mr. Povah assented. When
Mr. Povah came to apply for the approbation and
licence of the Bishop, it
.was refused ; first, on
the ground that Mr. PQrah-Vras only in deacon's
orders, though he chewed the Bishop that .he had
been licensed, on a former occasion, • about 10
years ago, by the late Bishop, as evening lecturer
of St. Pail's, Shadwell. Ile accordingly presented
himself, however, for priest's orders, but this too
was refused. Me. Povah, then, in consequence of.,
a recommendation he had received some years be. !
fore from the late Bishop of London, applied to
the Bishop of Soda". and Man, and was by him re.
ceived into Oriest's orders.
This objection being done away, Mr. Pim!'
again applied to the Bishop for his licence, when
he was answered that the Bishop woOld, not grant
n ~.ifjorrped that Mr. P. had been
knowo to preach agatitsi infa"ntlia.ptism. This Mr.
Povah 'denied, tend claimed the liberty' of facing his
accilter, which was' refused him. AfterwardS, it
was objected that. his testimonials werenot sufficient,
,when Mr. Povah gate in additional testimonials
from the Recters of St. Clement's Danes, St. Mat.
thew, Shadwell, and another. The answer then
given was, that the Bishop had long since made up
his determination, after consulti•big with legal ad.
risers, to whom he had communicated more docu-
ments than Mr. Povah was aware of ; and he now
rested his objection on Mr. Povah's general unfit-
ness. '6 Ido not approve of hint as alit person,
and this I am reads to
Lord ELLENUOROUGH said the Court thought it,
fit to pause before tbey granted a Role in such a
lase as this, being totally without precedent, or
rule of any *ftind to go by. , They should inquire
into the subject, and if they found any case appli-
cable they shcitild let the Learned Coensel know.
Mr. IY4RREN asked might he not so frame his
Rule as to cad on the Bishop to hear his Client
Lord ELLENROROUGI4 said, that would be an in.
direct mode by which to make the Bishop .produce
the author of the information he hail received, which
the Court could not do.
The Rule Iva' ordered to stand as originally
draiit, and the pourt agreed to consider of it. •

COURT OF COMMON FLEAS, Nov. 11.
SLANDER.
wren a.• wocita.
Mr. serlcant BEST -having obtained a rule to she
cause why 'the verdict in tlii; cue should not be set
aside and a [sunsuit entered. ,
Ali. Setleant Papas shewed clime against it. The
action was brought to recover damages for slander.
The declaration said that the Plaintiff was in posses.
lion of the lease of a house, end having put it
for sale,•the Defendant told the auctioneer• that the
Plaintiff had nu title, and it he suld the lease the
perchaser could not obtain possession. ;The cense.
quence was, that the sale was prevented. The con.
duct of the Defendant was described to be mali-
cious, but• it appeared that the Plaintiff had not
niade good his title by neglecting to pay up certain
arrears, which he was bound to do 28,days after the
same was due, or give the Defendant a power to re.
enter the premises. . •
The Learned Judge at the trial did'not observe
any particular malice on tho, part of the ndeodairt,
'and a verdict was taken,. subject to the ojtinion of
the Court. After a long.iliscussion, the rule . was
made absolutefor, a nonsuit. • •
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Yesterday SIR JAal ES StAtOTIELT) inforlitqd the 1
'Gentlemen of the Bar, that (lie regulation With re.
-spect to the slim fur which Wills to justify on C.
count of costs, recently adopted in the Court of
King's Bemis by Lord Ellenhortote, would be
itbserred in the Court of Common° Pleas. • '
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On the 19th ult, a royal salute was fired from the
diff•reni hatAerie.s. 'in Cadiz, and Ihe'•loe of Leon,
and from all the Noglitni and Spatsfsh shills' lif was
in' Cadii Rosda, in celolication•or the. sictoit vb-
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tained over ilieltaacla atifitsico. _

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