The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-08-05 00:00:00

THE STATES MAN.

this was a quettion which had excited 11 good deal
of dispute. The Master in short would report
such other circumstances as occurred in the course
of the iitcsdiry.
.1 After some suggestions from Mr. Hart, and
,replies from Sir S. Romiily, the Lord Chancellor
,et".l4!- that Mr. Colman, should to the mean
toe : paid the salary mutually agreed upon
thlOe should receive in his capacity of mana-
ger.'

MESSRS. INITIII AND IrmmAmi D. HZ 1/ATitil

LEWIS.

The circumstances of this ease were, the Plain.
tiffs filed a bill for an injunction against the De-
fendant,
to stop hii receiving the fees and emolu.
ments of the office of High Bailiff of Southwark,
on the ground that he hail assigned the profits of
the office to the Plaintiff+, Smith, to secure an
annuity to them ; and the Plaintiff, Williams, was
the trustee for the payment of the annuity. The
Plaintiffs contented themselves with filing the bill,
and did not move for the injunction.
Sir S. ROMILLY, on the part of the Defendant,
proved that he should be freed of the assignments
of the profits of his office, as it was unlawful ;
as the office of High Bailiff was held for the admi.
nistration of justice, it could not be assignable.
Lord King decided it so in 21tkin's Reports, in
the case of a Serjeant of the Mace, an appoint-
ment under the Lord Mayor • he became a bank-
rupt, and his assignees applied to Lord King, to
direct the office to be sold for the benefit of his
creditors, which was refused. The Learned
Counsel contended, that the office held by the
Defendant was exactly similar, and proved it by
the Act of the Sid Geo. 11. and the 46th of Geo.
111. 'The profits of the office could not he taken
in, execution, and therefore they were not assign-
able.
Mr. HART, Counsel for the Plaintiffs, stated,
he was nut reedy to argue the point of law ; but
the Plaintiffs paid the Defendant 5.6001. for the
' annuity ; and if they were deprived of the fees of
the office, their money would be lost, as there
were prior mortgages and incumbrances on the De-
fendant's estates, which would more than cover.
them.

The LORD CHANCELLOR stated, he would read
the bill and answer, and the Acta of Parliament,
against to-morrow, when he would give his deci-
sion'
re

IRELAND.
DISTILLATION FROM SUCAII.

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The prohibition of the use of Grain in the Dis-
tilleries has eseited discontent in every quarter of
tho sister kingdom. At the various Meetings that
have been beld•to take this subject into considera.
tion, very animated, yet temperate litesolntions
bare been entered into, exprocsive of a conviction
of the injurious operation of the late Act un the
prosperity of the national agriculture, and a de.
termination to endeavour to obtain its repeal,—At
the late Assizes for the King's Connty, the High
Sheriff and the Grand Jury entered into the fol-
lowing Resolutions on this important subject :

Impressed with the conviction that the law, which at pre-
sent regulates the Distilleries of I rcbusd, most sateri'llysat
Mates against the welfare of this Cuunira, by sistrtufbee sod
Itiftcouragisig its Agriaithir4 by stackliog the iodostry and
talent of' its fair Trader:, whilst holds nut lrresistibk
temptations to exercise the ingeouity and (raid of its illicit
adventurers—and feeling. likewise, (after man~ years CVO.
risme ) that the Provisiross of the Law, for SsoprriSion sod
t of Private Distillution.are oppressive ask urdisst is
prftsiiple, and altogether inadequate to their initialed pur-
pose—do therefore resolve :-
1. That public Distillation from Grain in Ir (ander
Mir:and impart rat regulltionb) might to he g eorrally ant
seem escooraged, not only as the 11306 t pf‘lollCliVe
least oppressive soure•of resesinc,and the most ell...anal pre-
ventives of the clandestine and fraudulent monalactore of
whiskey, but alto is the very best mode of inoiriag at a!I
Oates and emergencies for thfr and ..u: siiter nnustry a pknfi-
4swfa of Grain.•
2. That private Distillation has considerably increased.
and public Distillation from Grain has materially 4.cre IS(41,
and can Never, its oar (mission, be recurausewed in th • interior
of this kingdom under the present existing laws, ovri:, ns
we conceive, to the enormous per tentage or di,cotua atlowed
spots Stills of a large size, and to other partial regulations.
3. Resolved, That we altogether agree with the Report of
the Commissioners of lurptiry.itito the Fee,, Re. of Public
Offices in Ireland—" That, in a Country n here unliceased
prevaiis, it Is ()brims that e% cry curouragemeist
(consistent with the security of theßeveaue) should be es-
tended to lieenced Distillers, by the introduction (en fair
terms of equalit) of liceoced Stills of small size, especLlly
in the interior of. the Couatry."
4. Resolved, That a Petition be prepared, and presented
In the Imperial Parliament, prayMg a Repeal of the preveta
Distillery Law—and that a Cotuteittee he appointed Li pre.
pare such Petition, to he deposited with t:w 11 igh Sherif.
' for the signature of the Frechuliers ant Inbahitaats of this
County, and to be handed by Aim to our ss.irttr. Represents-
, tiles, before the euanneneemeiit of the wit SCaalUtt.S, to be
laid before the Imperial Parliament.