The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-07-01 00:00:00

TliE STATESMAN,

treat extent, and shoidd such a practice become
;coral, it would be attended with the most alarming
consequences. A case was brought before the'Com.
;Niece of a poor man, who had made work to the
amount of 30s. which he was paid in Coat Cloth, for
which the man rould obtain no more,,than 10s. 6d.—
Hcar, hear, hear 1-11 e should next draw the at-
tention of the House to a clause iu the Bill, which
compels the Ilosier to hang up in his warehouse a
schedule, containing the prices intended to be given,
and the deductions intended to be made, that the
workman might know what he was to receive for his
labour; this he thought was a very fair and a desire
able measure, to which there could be no objections,
as it had been heretofore the custom of that trade,
pni would tend to prevent altogether the disputes be-
wen masters and their workmen. That he had no
doubt that the present Bill would restore and pre-'
eerve the peace and tranquillity of Nottingham and its
ccighbourhood.—Ukur, hear!]-11e would beg
I ave to state before he sat down, that the Committee
,mposed of the lion. Gentlemen from the various
,unties where the Manufactory- was carried on, was
41 attended, and that but one opinion seemed to
(nail as to the propriety of the present Bill.
Mr. J. SMITII said, after what had fallen from
• lion. Friend who had just sat down, he should
take up the time of the House in following his
n. Friend through the detail of the Bill, which
been ably and so feelingly stated; he should only
.et that lie coiockled in the opinion that the re-
:elm), of the Bill would effectually prevent, for
future, the &Up-bootees, by ameliorating the
-• dition. -and increasing the trade of the town
he had the honour to represent. 1111anufactu-
rerl, retailers, and workmen, were unanimous in
their opinion, that the making of fraudulent goods
hay been the ruin, and had 'nearly annihilated the
e:veral branches of the Nottingham trade.—[l/ear,
v4rl—The evils of making fraudulent lace and
rin .up stockings. and other base articles, w ere luch
a& loudly called for Parliamentary interference.
Ttb se things had weighed mach on the minds of ev.n-y
/lel. Member of the Committee, as sufficient sped-
me had been sliewn to prove the existence of such
taals, and the difficulty of detecting them in the
in which they were sold. With respect to the
j.a% acne of workmen in goods, he eve; had one opi.
,raw on the subject, that was, that it was highly
oppressive, and criminal.—Lllear, hear,
7 ..r!]—lie. could cuter farther on the subject, but
-he topics were of a local nature, he did not think
roper to trouble the House any farther ott the
et.
Ir. D. GIDDY could not but acknowledge, that

making of bad lace was a great evil, and had ma-
dly injured the trade of Nottingham; but, with
ect to the payment of workmen in provisions,
Letould not but think it a harsh thing to prevent a
inas,er from paying his workmen in provisions, as it
might happen that a farmer might wish to pay a
stociing-maker for making him stockings with a
bushel of corn ; he said, that he hpard frequent com-
plaints in Cornwall, where the miners had been paid
iu provisions, lWt he never thought that a remedy
4ould be applied fbr it, as it interfered in the con-
trac.s between masters and sersauts; he thought the
scholules would prevent a master from completing a
swiden order, as he could not raise his wages to in-
....-. workmen to leave other employers to complete
emands.

NVM. SMITH said, that the same mode of
1/34 ig in goods existed in the city that he had the
h•n• ur to represent ; he had heard frequent
is against it, but he had always advised not to
11, fere in the practice, as be thought if that mode
of • yment was abolished, it would be injurious in
th! nd to the workman.

r. LOCKHART wished to know how it would
that this evil was practised, Ai there was a
gainst it ; if the workmon were willing to do
selves such an injury, he thonght they were only
ime, however, he could wish to know how the
ice stood.
r. COKE explained, that it nas the practice of
of the masters to pay the w crktneu in money,
hen produce goods for him to percliase, which,
refused, he was deprived of employ. That,
respect to the observations of the lion. Member
cornich, he could assure him, that he thought,
all the persons who carried on the trade in
;on, that it was a great evil to the workman,
II as to the master, and could have no good ten-
whatever.
Bill was then read a second time, and or-
.. to be committed on Wednesday next.

COURT-11_1111UL.

:tißlitss, JUNE 27.—This day a Court-Martial
eld ou board the Rdispnabk, in Sheerness har-
- whereof Kmirrit M'firNztr, Esq. Captain

. Majesty's ahlp iye•.wo.s% President. The
t tri pt .11fichar.1-Kilffahagrtn,
in, on -charges exhibiteri•againtt him by tuw.
1t54.1 Captain of his Majelty's brig. Into-
for a breach of the 122 i sitid 23d Articles of
The Prisoneri' fin 11 ts defence, pleaded ncca.
i,.,anity. The'Cetiet,svere of opinion that the
es were proved, and' 'Aid therefore adjudge the
lichael lii(linhagqn to be hanged by the neck
yard-arm of such ship, and at such time as the
•• • Commigsioners of the Admiralty should thick
lirect ; but it appearing ou the examination of
the au .d of the Prisoner by the surgeons of the
Ana) and Insolent brigs, that he had received tick..
leat ccxtusious and cuts which might occasionally in-
duce d mangemeut, the Court strongly recommended
him to mercy.

Tin BRITISH Navir.---There are at present in
Commission 737 ships of war ; besides which there
are rep.iiring and building a number which make the
tots' ar moo 1,014, of which 262 are of the line, 37
frei tii to 44 guns, 235 frigates, 183 sloops of war,'
bt t 3 and fire ships, 168 armed brigs, 44 cutters,
;un-brigs,
' .rday the two regiments of Life Guards were
d iu Hyde Park, near the barracks, and went
a variety of olooteuvral Gs lidtairable

Silt SAMUEL ROMILLY.
THE Public are informed that Subscription-books
are opened at Niesnrs. Martin, Stone, and Martin's, 68,
Lombard-street ; Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith',_ George-
street, !Mansion-house; and at Messrs. Coults's, in the Strand;
and it is requested that such persons as approve of the intention
of the hector of Bristol to return Sir Samuel Romilly to the
next Parliament, and to make the Election free of expense to
the It epreseatative, and who are disposed to uid those Independcnt
Llectors in carrying that resolution into effect, will add their
names to the Subseril ' List.
No deposit is required, and the Collections will be made in
case of exigency only.

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TH,E STATESMAN.

LONDON:
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1812.

The following notice was this morning posted at
LLOYD S
" ALTAR, Aix': 6, 1812.
" The Regency of Tripoli has declared war against
Spain."

The pavers and letters brought lw the Malta Mail,
the arrival of which we announced yesterday, were
given out this day. From the former, it appears that
BALL ASTEROS, instead of defeating the French, as was
formerly reported, has himself been routed with
groat loss. The following aro the particulars of this
affair, u given in the Gibraltar. Chronicle:—

ALOES' RAS Jvvz 3.

An action took place on the Ist Inst. in the environs of Bonnie.
Gen. ltaLLasTrnos attacked Gen. CURIMS, for the pnrpose of
dislodging him from his position, and at first actually obtained
some advantage ; but having been charged by a numerous body
of cavair!, h wits driven back with the loss of three pieces of
cannon, and laY) men killed, wounded, or taken. No official
account kas yet becu published.

JUNE 4.

We areas yet without any official details of the action of Byr-
nes, and 1 must, therefore, content myself with sending you the
account given us by a prisoner, who has been brought hers ,a Chef
d'Eseadrou, in the division engaged. Ile states, that the action
WAS most bloody ; that the French had formed a kind of in-
trenched camp n here they left •wo battalions and :Y.., arse, in re-
serve ; that the remainder of thedivisi 111 l , to the number of about
Sikh) foot, and 150 horse, had marched oat to meet General BM,
LASTERO4, by whoa they were vigorously attacked, and who,
the Chef erLscadrnii adds, had a force double their own ; that a
desperate contest ensiled, which lasted three quarters of au hour,
at the end of w Lich victory declared in favour of the French.
The lens of the Spaniards he calculates at 1500 *own in all,
among whom are no fewer than SO officers killed or wounded;
and that of the French at CA) rank and file, three officeis f. illed,
and about 'AI wounded, lie further states, that, owing to their
small numbers, this battle has ant been productive of any ad-
vantage tq the French, and that the same would have twee the
cue with the Spaniards, if they had beaten their enemies, as the
latter would then have re-entered their lines, which were so
strongly fortified, that nu fence than'2s,ootimen would have been
required to carry them. General CtR111:11 commanded the
French ; they had been tinder the necessity of leaving Vyet and
other neighbouring points unprotected, in order to form the di-
vision which was engaged on the Ist inst.

The capture of the works :a Altuarez had come to the enemy's
knowledge, but our Chef tt. Escadr.m represents them as very
weak, and accordingly attaches very little importance to their
loss. Me belierm that the Allies have withdrawal from F.-trema-
dura, and have no notion of penetrating into Andalusia for the
present, but if they should attempt it, he thinks, from tac expe-
rience of thi. past, that Lord IV CLLINGTON must have the means
of ensuring snecess. Sonia continues in his position in front of
Se. illt with 25,000 meet, who are in communication with 15,000
more belonging to MAILMUNT'S army.—(Gfibralletr Chronick,
June 6.)

• I

GIBRALTAR, Julie 6.

Since the above letters reached the garrison, an authentic,
thoug't very short i:ccount, has been received from au Officer of
rank in the Spanish army, by which it appears, that the action
of the Ist was as well comes-tett as any that has been fought since
the rcrol alien ; and that an unforeseen accident :done prevented
the gallant exerttons of the SpaniarilS being crowned with vie-1
tory. The number of their wounded is acknowledged to be con-
t siderable; but it is added, that the French masthavesastained an
let; nal loss, and that they did not presume to push a single gnerilla
I towards the banks sf the Onadalete to harass General }LettA9-
grans iollw retreat The General bad taken up a position in
! the field of Ruiz, and was resolutely within; for them, as be
was determined to sacrifice himself and the whole of his troops
rather than abandia a angle wounded. Reioforeements for his
ermy, to the number of 11000 foot and 400 horse, have 'arrived
front Cadiz in the course of this week, and landed at Tarifa and
Algeciras.
Letters from the first of the above-oneationed towns state;that
the divisions of the Allied Amy, which were expected shortly
to penetrate into this peov ince, have received orders to proceed
to Fuente Guinahlo,

The Regency of Tripoli has &dared war against Spain.
TL'%IS, APRIL 22.
Rear-Admiral FREMANTLE has obtained from the Regency
of ibis State, the release of all the sicilans who had been cap-
tured and held as slaves. A treaty has been concluded between
this Regency for the whole time that the British Government
shall continue in alliance with that of Sicily, A free trade will
therefore immediately he opened between Sicily and Tanis.—
(Giorsaie di Malta, 1ay13.)

In the Courier of last night, there appeared oneof
those gross and impudent fabrications, which, we i
have had frequent occasion to notice, daily disgrace
the columns of that Journal. The following is the
article to which we allude :
f 4 We received this morning the following impor-
tant letter from Dublin :

DUBLIN, JairE 26.
4 An Extraordinary Meeting of the Catholics was
held yesterday, when Mr. KIWI, a most respecta-
ble Catholic, reprobated, in severe terms, the speeches

made at the late Aggregate Meeting: Had he known
that any other business was to have been done but
to receive the Report of the Delegates, he would,
have drawn up different Resolutions, in which there
should have been no thanks to Lords GREY or
GRENVILLE; for, in his opinion, they deserved none
--,he alluded to the attempt upon the Household i
Officers, and asked how Gentlemen would like to
give up their private friends and associates with these
of a different description. He intended shortly to
visit London, but he protested he should almost br, I
ashamed to pull off his hat to Lord Montt, lest it ,
should remind him of his countrymen's readiness to
pass Resolutions of London manufacture, in which
his Lordship was utterly passed over and forgotten.
Mr. BaumtwALL regretted his having seconded
such Resolutions, and
' The Earl of FINGAL', eipressed sentiments near.
ly to the same effect.
" In addition to the above letter, it is rumoured
that Mr. GRATTAN set off. for Dublin the day after
Mr. CANNING'S Motion had been discussed, in order
to get the Resolutions of the Aggregate Meeting re-
scinded."
1
The whole of the above we pronounce to be an
ATROCIOUS FORGERY. In the first place, no Dublin
Mail arrived yesterday, by which the pretended letter
could have been conveyed; for it is not said by the
Courier, that it was received by express. The
Editor must, therefore, have been aware that what he .
was circulating as a genuine letter, was a palpable
fabrication, which fairly justifies the opinion that he
was an accessary to the deception. In the second
place, we have received, by this day's post, the Dub-
lin Papers of Saturday last, which are not only en.
tirely silent as to the " extraordinary meeting of
the Catholics," said in the Courier to have been held
on the preceding Thursday, but in which the
.first
Imeeting of that body is expressly stated to be fixed I
for Thursday next (to-morrow), the '2d of July. ;
The following is an extract from the Dublin Evening
Post of Saturday :—" The Aggregate Meeting of !
the Catholics of Ireland, to be held in Fishamble. ,
street, on Thursday next, is expected to be more
numerously attended than any that has yet taken ;
place. All the Members of the Beard, and Pro-
testant Friends residing in the Country are expected
; in town."—Besides this Paper, we have the Free-
! man's Journal and the Correspondent, published on
the same evening, in which there is not the most
distant allusion to the pretended Meeting of Thurs-
day. In the next place, with regard to Mr. RAT-
% TAN'S journey to Dublin, "in order to get the Reso-
lutions of the Aggregate Meeting reseiatled," we
know that no such idea was ever entertained by that
i gentleman, and that his departure for Ireland was
i fixed sometime prior to the day ou which the Reso-
lutions of the last Aggregate Meeting reached this
country. Independent of. these- conclusive proofs
that the letter in question is an audacious forgery, the
complexion of the wfttement which it contains was, of
itself, sufficient to :encl.r it suspected. It was on the
18th of June that Lord FINGALL presided at the Ag-
gregate Meeting, and sN-onded the Resolutions which
I were then passed. The pretended letter from Dub-
lin, without assigning any reason whatever for so
! sudden a change in his Lordship's mind, states, that
only fire days thereafter, he attended an extraordi.
i nary meeting, at which he declared he " regretted
his having seconded such resolutions." It was hardly
to be expected that any man would have been guilty
of such tergiversation, in so short a period ; but when
Lit is considered, that the individual against whom it is
charged, in this instance, is a Nobleman far
famed for his steady adherence to the interests
of his country, it was utterly impossible to give
credit to so foul a calumny. The same may be
said of Mr. KEOGH and Mr. BARNEWALL, who are
remarkable for the uniform support which they
have cons:autly given to the cause of their mfich-in-
jured countrymen. The fact is, the Courier resorted
to this contemptible manceuvre, with the view of in-
fluencing the discussion, which is expected to take
place this evening in the House of Lords, on the Ca-
tholic Question. It is so far fortunate that the ar-
rival of the Dublin Mail has enabled 'us so completely
to unveil this shameless conduct.; but where can we
find language sufficiently strong to stigmatise the
1 party, who could resort to RHIRWS so diabolical in or-
der to accompli- . their views' 'and what .mast we
think of a cause which requires such support ? Lord
Livettroot and his faction, may obtain a temporary
Itriumph by such policy; but they may rest assured,
that means like these are always certain, in theend,to
defeat the purposes of those who employ them, and
to give a sir- triumph to the cause of truth.

ignal

Ministers have not published the Dispatches from
Lord WELLINGTON, dated the 10th instant, and the
reason of this silence has not been explained. Under
this circumstance, weshrtll give the following extract
from the letter of an Officer, without making any
comment upon it :—.
Juan 9.
" We have been for four or five days no forced m rche3 of
between three and six leagues on the road to Salamanca, We
have now useuectedly received orders to bait, and it Is cur-
rently reporteff that there is an armistice."
The Secret Committees to enquire and report upon
the information respecting the disturbed counties,
submitted to Parliament in conformity with the
PRINCE itEurves. Message, were 49hosett last night
by ballot. The Members of the Lords' Committee
are all Ministerial, except three.
Government yesterday received disratclica from
Lord WILLIAst BENTINCY, at Sicily, of a rec.mt
date, but they contain nothing of interest. The
island was tranquil, and the Government seems cot.-'
dially to operate iu cogerroity to British qounsele.

Monday evening Lord CAM.V.RRAGII sent a Mes.
senger off from his Office, with dispal cites for America*
fly the Hornet, lan ly arrived in Atneficr from
Cherburgh, it was stated that though livens the spy
had been in France three weeks before the &pinta*
of that vessel, nothing had been said there of al's
secrets he sold to the American Government. He
appeared daily in the American nudress uniform, and,
passed for a man of fortune.
At Liverpool, one and a half millions of yards of
bounty goods have been shipped within the last week,
worth 125,0tX)i.; and, it is said, that two and a
half millions of yards more are in progress of eme
beekation. Within the same interval of a week,
12,000 h convoy duty, at four per cent. ha 3 been
paid, indicating further shipments to the amount of
200,0001. At the same port we arc also ieforneel,
that the wages of the Lancashire manufacturers have
been raised Is. per cut, or about 2s. 3d. per week.
An erroneous statement having appeared in some
of the Papers, of the alteration lately made by the
Board of Trade in respect to liceuces from France,
we are authorised to state the following, which mar
be relied on as correct :—" Licences are now grant.
ed to bring wine and spirits from France to this coun-
try, without commencing by any exportation from
hence : in that case, the wine or spirits, on their
arrival, can only be entered for exportation. By
commencing by a previous exportation of 51. per tots
from hence, the wine, on its arrival here, may be en-
tered for home consumption ; but in both cases the,
cargoes (whether wine or spirits) must remain ware.
housed here, at the expence of the importer, until
an exportation is made from hence, by the same ves-
sel, of sugar, coffee, or British manufactures, in
the proportions already stipulated. It is to be un.
derstood, that the spirits can in no case be admitted
for home consumption."
Mr. Serjeant Su CPHERD is to be appointed Solicitor.
General to the PRINCE REGENT, as Duke of Corn.
wall.
The sudden abandonment of the Orders in Coun-
cil, by the present Ministry, is an instance of the
most utter incompetency that we ever witnessed.--
Not a word scarce said upon this mighty question by
the celebrated parents of the measure! 0! inglo-
. rious retreat of the tyranny of the seas ! The heed
that grasped the circumference of the earth shrink*
in nerveless diminution till it cannot raise &
finger in its own defence. How will HON.'II'ARTII
shake his sides when he finds the notable origina.
tars of the interdict that made the British Nary
felt as far as the tea-table of Europe had e er
fennel the luxuries of scandal and loaf ..gar,
lowering their sails before a wind which they
affected to deride, but had not the courage of skill,
to meet and manage. How unlike their /alien
bade ! at least the vigilant, the dextrous, the
gillant PERCEVAL. He was a man, as has been said,
who was " out in all weathers." Whether in the
ripple or the roar of waters they always found him
Int his post, with an active wind and a cheering eye.
Bet his retinue, like the child in his fither's boots,
ere mimicking his stride till they tumble neck and
h .els over the cumbersome strength they we .
timptuous enough to ape. All the great prieciples
on which they came into power they are alloeing
' their opponents to beat from under them; and per.
editing themselves thus la be driven from pillar to
post, they are conteet to swegger about v ith the
mace, as nominal Ministers, who hare been Wedged
with authority as a plaything, and so (het they carry
' the bauble are het dless who prescribes the dii eceion.
—(Chester Herald.)
The Severn, bound to Bristol, sailed from Bar.
buloes, May 14, under convoy of his Majesty's ship
I Charybdis, to join his Majesty's ship Forrester, ap.
j pointed to convoy the homeward-bound extra fleet.
The Fox packet, from Falmouth, arrived at Barba-
does, May 13 ; and the Chesterfield packet on the
16th.

The Victiwious man of war, arriv ' at C i.raltat
on the 7th ultimo, with a fleet from Milta.
The curious in Birds awl Animals will be highly
gratified at Messrs. Km; and LOC:LIKE'S Sale,. an-
nounced for to-morrow. The Lynx is the only auk
mat of the kind alive in this country. There are
variety of Birds to be sold, that are'considered by the
amateurs in Ornethology as rare azi:.

NAVAL IN l'E L LIG ENG&

PORTSMOUTH, Jr;NE SO.

Arrived the Weymouth store-ship fro m G.hraltar and Cadiee
in AI days, with dispatches from Sir Edward Peliew, Commo-
dore Penrose, and Admial Legge. The Victorious, of 74 guns.
Capt. Talbot, and her prizr, the Rivoli, arrived at Gibraltar
on the Bth inst. n ith a convoy for England. They were to sail in
a day or 1550 ; so their arrival oily be daily expected. The
Weymouth saw a convoy off Cape naisterre, homeward-bous.d.
The Victorious is to take her prizeliawrlytnotith.
Arrived the Vengeur, of 74 guns, Capt. Bawd:a, from edl
Cherbargh ; and the Hope, from a craiseP
The prosecution against Sir James Wooti eitteed to-clay ; aid ..
he males his defence to-morrow.
•
PLY MOUTH, Just
The Hope sloop of oar is arrived here from Portsmooth, AO •
take the trade under convoy bound to Sorth America.
The Hermes sloop of war is appointed convoy to Corunna 114.
Lisbon.
Sailed the Helena, Achates, and fielltom sloops eit liar, on a
1
crulze. s
Arrived the Active, Loverelgo; Blessing, Mills; Fumy,
Banks; Aiary Ann, Tippet; Good liners, Haiontiford ; Aler-
enry, ; Loaits, Armstrong; and Firm, Barns, all from
Wales; the Hawke cutter, from Slorlsis-:-Mr. Blount, AO
Englishman, who has been a prisoner in Prance for. seven or
eight years, came passenger in her ; the Friends, Jennings; anti
Sisters, Balling,. hush from Bristol; and wiarianue, Bowen,
from Cardiff.

DIAL, Jogs N.
Came In last crewing, with the :css of as anchor and cable,
the Mary, Baster, for Priocc Ell anis island, and sailed Dolts
about. _ -

FA LM °Urn; sows
Arrived his Majesty's ship gabrlnee, from Lisbon, in 16 dad!
Captain Linace, of hes Majesty's ship Union, who 1$ stabbe4
by one of his cress, is passenger on board her.

CORI( EXCITANCI, Scar I.—To-day the Market has stot innal
further arrivals of Wheat, and nut much of first quality oq
hand, and the general plc, in this trade folly sustain Moridny's
advance. Barley and Malt nterly at last quotation. Whitt,
Peas heavy sale and lower. Beans, of each sort, keep their
price. There are several fresh arrivals of Oats, and this t•ada
aLo quoted at little fluctuati on. Flour fully at last week's prices.
Wheat lofils IsllB 1561/2 I Tick do. (new) .. 74 85
Fine ditto l6B 164 I Do. (Flee Old) .. --••
Rye
Barley 64 71 Polonddo
Malt 92 160 , Pottgoe do.
White Peas (boiler%) 78 84 I. Rap... Seed
Grey do.
a .rata

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

CnTJTIT OF CII.ANCERY, St/sE 30.
fH tiNIT J. FIR ALEXANDER GRANT.

This was a ~.otion for an injunction, to retrain
the D .:qr Alexander Giant, from receiving
the rents, issues, and profits of great estates in
jitTna..'a and Scotland, which were devised to him in.
remai-d r for life, s::lject to certain pecuniary lega-
cies, anwiities, and debts, &c. The Testator, at
his di ath, owed dans to the amount of one hundred
a:PI. forts -Iron: thousand pounds, and devised all his
es:a:t s :.1 h:ngland, Scotland, Africa, and
Ann ica, to trustees, to the uses of his will, which
gra divers annuities and legacies, and the re-
m: hider, in reversiem, to the Defendant, after all
the i:munibrances should be disaarged. One of the
estat•li being a Scotch edail, was sold by the De-
Pitilant tor a sum of forty-eiht thousand pounds,
which was applied to the discharge of some of the
debts, out, hundred thousand pounds of which were
cleared off. The will was made in 1772, and the
trustees are all dead ; so that the Defendant sustains
the several capacitici of heir in reversion, agent,
consignee, and creditor. Raving, several years ago
gone to Jamaica, and at a vast expence improved and
Mutivated the great plantations there, for which Lel
claims a 1:e1z in preference to the claim of the Plain-
tiff, as one of the legatees under the will who filed
the present Bill, complaining of the sale of the scotch
entailed estate, and of the preference claimed by the''
Deßnclant to -appropriate to his own use the sums
that Should be. applied to the liquidation of all the
debts and legacies, paripassa, according to equity
and )istiCe.

Sir SAMUEL ROMILI.T, as leading Counsel for the
Tlaintiti. followed by Air. WeAtitEnar., contended,
that the Dlendant should be restrained by the in-
junction now moved for, from continuing his ma-
ma:ten:el t. uktil he should give a more explicit ac-
count of the application of the funds than he had
done by his answer to the bill, although they admit-
ted that much candour appeared in such answer in
all other respects.
• Mr. DART opposed the motion as quite unfounded,
since no evidence of waste, or danger to the estates,
was given, and the Defendant appeared to he pro-
• 'noting and cultivating them in an eminent degree.
The Loan timseELLon observed, that the va-
tines relations of the Defendant respecting the es- i
to es rendered an injunction necessary, sinless a sa-
• tisfactory affidavit were produced.
Motion granted.

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COURT or KING'S BENCH, .Tvwz W.
WARRAND V. WADMAW.

TMs was an issue from the Court of Chancery, to
try the validity of the will and codicil of Francis
Wadman, Esq. The Plaintiffs were, the Attorney,
Who made the will and codicil, and who had filed his .
bill in Chancery to recover his law r.pences; Sir Wal-
ter Stirling, Dart to whelp thecodicil bequeathed all
the Testator's estates, subject to a legacy of 6001. to I
the third Plaintiff, Major John Seymour Davies, ;
who, in the isill, was tenant in common of the
estates with Sir Walter; and the Defendants were'
the heirs at law of the Testator; Mr. Francis Wad-
man was in his life-time a Major of a volunteer corps
at No..thfleet, and was proved to hare been in his I
,old age a man of extremely filthy and beggarly habits. I
He hired a lodging in Suffolk-street, at half-a-guinea j
pt ; weeTe, where he lived without a servant, seldom!
or never Cil'a 0:Ig himself; and, when he did iedidge
himself with a clean shirt, patting it on over his dirty
cite. In this lodging In. was visited by Sir Walter
Stit ling and Major Davies, who used to come almost i
daily and pray with him. A few days before the
execution ef his will, he called upon Mr. Hastings,
a chemist in the Haymarket, requesting him for a
medicine for his complaint, which he described, and
which was of so serious a nature, that the chemist
was surprised how he could walk about. He
put the medicine in his pocket, and walked out
01 the shop without paying for it ; and Mr. Ilast- I
lags supposing from his dirt and rags, that he was a
pauper, said nothing about the pas meat. Mr. !
Watkins, Mr. Hasting's assistant, who sppke to -;
the testator berme he saw Mr. Hastings, was so con-
winced of this circumstance, that he gave him. an I
alms of 6d. which the testator took, with expres-
&io/15 of gratitude. The next day Mr. Hastings was
called upon to Visit as a patient Major Wadmaii, nn
Sulfelk-street, whom he was surprised to find was
the same person he had relieved at his shop. Mr.
Ifs" 'Rs attended him two or three times after this ;
iee;, the 1 Ita of August, 1809, was, together
with his ree:is'atit, fetched by Mr. Warrant!, the at-
torney, to wit., the will. They found the testa- i
tot in bed; and :..ajar Davies said to him—" Uncle,
we hare brought the will for you to sign," turning
over the leaves of it.—(The testator was no relation
to Major Davies.) '1 he Major used other expres- !
*Nis of persuasion, and lifttd the testator out of '
avd; he had some clothes On, and executed the will i
at a table near the window. The chemist and his
• assistant, and Mrs. Croft, the landlady of the ledg-
witeessed the will, tali+ was not read over to
the testator; nor was he told of its contents, Mr. War-r
rand, the attorney, remalifing below stairs during the
execution. Both th.. chemist and his assistant were ;
of opillion, from the testator's imbecility, that he
was iacempetent to execute the will; and the latter;
observed to the former, that if ever they were called'.
tpon to give their testimony upon that subject, he
should state that opinion ; but they witnessed the
will, supposing they were testifying the mere act,
und not tt.e competency, of signature. Mrs. Croft
thought better of the testator's competency, and dif-1
fared with the chemist as to the situation in which
tie testator elec.ited rite will ; she deposing that he
got out of bed and dressed himself to do it, and he
that . he test-tor remained in bed.
Lord Er.Lcsnortuvcil was-of opinion, that the
probabi/ity was in favour of the assistant's es idence,
that he rose partly dressed, and thought that these
slight variations tended to confirtd the general evi-,
derma rather than to weaken it ; fled it appeared
that Mr. Hastings had refused to anticipate his evi-
dence to Mr. Collier, the attorney; and had repelled
• all the parties who bad import fined him on this sub-
ject from his shop.. All the three witnesses agreed
as to the testator's weakness ; and that the will was
not read over.... His Lordship should require a cm-
. munication of its contents .to the testator, and ex.
waned his awl's* that- tie attorney .wbo made, the

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