The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-12-25 00:00:00

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meaning of the Act, it shie u, Aa" d::ec.; Iv eoubeyed
by any words in it. Ti I.xplainittg e partienlkr Act,
ill the Ads on the same itribject were io tqt 'looked
into for s the purpose. ft wei not by riirerrio4
M solely to et perticelar Act,
.but by taking the col-
lective sense of all Acts en the same subject, that my
peidcolar Act was to be e*pialned. The question;
it was said, wee trot as to the hoarse; and the De-
feedant asserted no power to desteer the Seise, the
Court needed hot to entertain the tteestfon is to hie
right. Bet his expreisinns in die dethurrer were
'ogee, and it was a principle of the Court to Confine
all 'ague expressions. When the Deke, therefore;
asserted hie right Cr cut doter' timber add:commit
other *esti, it was to be interpreted as meaning waste; •
dastkon generic, and thin the. questioti "yield be,
if be could cot down all the timber ens hi eitate.—;.
Now, did the Legislature intend that the family maw-
den should be malbtained ? booking et the Arta, and
'considering them In their eellectite meaning, it was
impossible that ady Man, with common semi,, could
avoid being convinied that the legislature did intend
to arintiie the house of Blenheiet free from any hi-
jell, to the latest time. Ms honour referred to the
Acts, and (heel( upon them Successively, demonitrai.
leg Qat the equivocal messing of tiny particular pa'rt
r.
of en Act was to be explained by referring to the.
eetwordant sense of all the Acts oil the subject. The
lot Ad, therefore, filled op what Was wattling to
make apparent the sense of the Legislature In the W-
ater Acts ; sad It was undeniably a necessary can-
elision from the whole, fiat the aldose of Commons,
as a third branch of the foAlsittore, gave thi4 51)001.
,a year, to be applied to the toppret of the dignity
and homier .oppei,,4
to be' rentainiel in • eplendhl
amily us .nsion, is °Mee the/ theri might Ise I record'
le all ages, in which each breech contributed a pert.
Blenheim, therefore, ass a principal and distinct sub-
ject annexed to the title% in order to be a public menu-
' meet of the illustrious eeirices performed by the
Dake of Ihrlb.,ro•g/t. Was it not absurd, the's-
fere, to say, Mut this Blenheim so eitnevid; to be
as miintained, as long as the dignitiesgneerlal7 ieok
der leihilt
Act were to be enjoyed; —4O
upon by the branches of. the Leirisial use IS A multi-
meat of a great national era; was ir•not. absurd to
say, that this Blenheim was intended' by the LegisL
lature to be swept sway from the fare of the
earth, now, or at any other 'lime? Tne Duke
miry( be considered to hate no porter of destroy-
ing the house—no power to destroy that which ne-
cessarily t •.ided to tto shelter or ornament. of that
house. When the Court should have (e execute its
duty on the canstruction °rant Pension Act; it would
have troAreat difficulty Were it. It would not hove
to encounter so much obstruction as had been urged,'
in distingidshing bet write' what was done consistently"
with the shelter and ornament of the family mansion, if
and what was done tending to destrdy either. When-. • '
ever the Duke might hereafter commit a waste opon
the estate, it would belor those in remainder to state
wt at was the nature of the waste committed, end the
Court would not hesitate to interfere and protect it
from every inequitable intrusion.
Ili. Honour intimated to Mr. Bell, abet he under.:
stood the Lord Chancellor would sit a fewellays aftet
the Seal. Ile himself wilt not sit uutil the Sat.
- • COURT OF KING'S ItERCH, DEC: N.
BROOKS V. BRITTON.
This' was the only cause tried this morning. 0 wag
an action by a tinplate worker at Waltham Abbey,
sesinsi a labourer in the employ of GOveinmeet, p,
recover damages for words spoken by the Defendant;
imputingt bominable conduct to the Plaintiff. There
was no justification on the record that the charge was
true, but the Defendant called evidence to 'heti the
grounds of his accusation seepicious.
The Jury found a •verditt for the Plaintiff--Dan
sages, one farthing.
COURT OF OF COMMON PLEAS, 0ac.2.;
COWNSON V. RBOLCR. . ;
This was the wily remaining Special Jury case Ott
the list. It was an action for assault and bettery..Tae
Defendant was chervil in the pleadings with Wing,
assaulted and beaten the Plaintiff on board 0 ship
called the White, imprisoned him, and pet him its
double ions, for two months together.. The Defend-
ant had pleaded that the Plaintiff was guilty of mu-
tinous conduct, and that he bad not Inert greater vio-
lence than was requisite.to maintain the discipline of
the ship. Upon this {sane was joined. This case was
not gone into, the Plaintiff having agreed to bike a
verdict of 501. damages.
WHIIyeLAIIII V. RICEIT.
This was an action fur edseirtiou, board, lodging; •
&c. furnished by the Plaintiff Re tire Defendant, ore
account of a natural child which had been Wrested
to ilia are by Mr. Richy.
Mr. Serjeslit LENS, on the part of the Plaintiff,.
refrained, from motives of delicacy, from stating the
names el those patties who were concerned in this
case ; and called only two 'timeliest, by Whom,
however, the case was completely made out. It ap-
peared that the Plaintiff was a warehouseman to Mr.
Venning, tiring in Copthall.ooort, by die wife of
whom this child had been brought up; and that the
Defendant Ind been an eminent merchant in the City,
but had been lately unfortunate by his business. For
the last 8 or tO years haired been principally resident
abroad; end daring that time had neglected to pay
any thing for the care anti education of his child,
who bad now arrived at the age of 14 years. Thee
eatster the rate o
norwdemftasnl. demanded byloeatheyPre.
Plaintiff was 2501., being
The Jary gave a verdict for the Plaintiff—De-
wages 2201.
The Sittings ire now finished. • . .
The slight before last, a Gentlemen, named flat,
bidge, was robbed' near the Obelisk of a silk hand-
kerchief and a snuff!bes,which weretaken out of ewe
coat pocket by a villein, who Was observed by Mr.
il. the moment he had .possession - of. the property ;
be followed the villain, a 4 etbothoevescal came be.
hind him and tripped up his beet+, and they mewed.
Wm. Clarke, a notorious, character% was appre-
hended in East Smhblield, by 90e*, the censtehle,
in the ea of parsing forged Batik. of England note,.
On his epprehension 'he levelled' *onstatile to the
ground ;bat begetting nielstenri,seecetided In taking
km before the falegistrater at Lvortreth.ofteof PAice.
Office; where he trinierreent ate istartilnaticni, ind• este
reerloded.: He tole bwi•jast* been liberated fraii the
County Jail at Warwick.

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