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1 . , ; '.- ' - ' vrf ' -v -iV Vol 19 , ;.J "; - K'f -VFBiDAY, SBHi; i8&J ' ' . j ' ; WiMiT ... . . ' . . . .. . . : 77 , . , .. .... . : " -.. ... - . ... . " . . "'""t i ' :" RALElGHr(N.C.) j, PHiNTKIU'WEBKLf BY A. LC0A8. jvpm, of tubtcripiiont Three Ooharl per yer,OH half. Kr than three monthi after, a yeiir't fVitecliption be ? HnraTvl notica. thereof ihall hive been fpven, ajvertitment not excaeding H lie, are inserted thrice for one dollar 1 Cor twenty-five eenta ech uV o.. .neort'inn t and iA like DrOoortion where thert ' isaereater number of line than foUrteenU-TUe csn must accompany .those from person .unknown to the rxo wAscrlpttoh can in any fciae be i.thK p;vment.of at least gf'SO in advance g"d. no di continuance without paymcntot arrearspiniess uc opitnoi 'he editor. - 1 , ; . LAW INTELLIGENCE f ROM THK SOUTHER! PATRIftIV IN mwHtwygsij WtlLuiii A iMon ;.t. f.ui it k. AftKMtcy !5e DwtrYe Cojirc. Thi.eae,i wn fried be. f .re Mr. JuBtice.NoTT, at. Charlestjn, in May ' lVnn, iat 1, who now delivered the opiuiou of tins eourt. j , Tfiis wan a scire facias on a Bail Bond to ;he Sheriff, to shew cause why the Plaintilft thou Id not have judgment ftud execution Hainst tht bail. , The proceed are very vretiiar, nevertheless, as the. Counsel have consented (hat the Court should decide upon the facts, without reg.ird to the form, enough may be found iipon the record to enable us ta( give j jdinent. . It appears that the Plaintiff "citinineoed an action tig tinst one ' Wrijht, the gsth day of December, 1803 ; and that the D ln(litnt became bail to the Sheriff for hi liinearunce at Court. The Defendant failed ... tering op of final judgment against the Defeo- wa b&re tecoDscioas i&tisfaetidn to reflect that dant, and cannot surrender his priucipaiaAer;.liayiDS hjid great duties to perform, to, the per wards. The entering of special bail, thereforeUforniance of those duties we have applied a intbisese after final judgment, wafUIegiMmost faithful aniivdefatigable attention. , . m a as da v ti? a a 1 - my, duty Lumbly and a perfectly nugatory act, and eould not ex onerate this Deft, from his liabilitv. -The aei of 1809, which in some measure, extejnJjJbaN monies therein prjvilegfca of the common bail was passed lub- sequent to this transaction, and toe Deft, cannot have the benefit of it. The decision beow yvai made by myself oat of respect to the opinion of one bf my brethren, who Lad eiren aa order for the surrender. ': But law satisfied that it was wrong, and mast be reversed. The Plaintiff ft therefore entitled to hit jodgaient. ,,, . The other Judges, Uay, Colock Johnson and Chevts, euaeurreoV " . . - - - , ;' - Yancty for the notion, . tog-deit eontra "Sir, the Bill w Ji it is n to present to your Koyal Highness, is entitled, rBii,,ijtl!il4'j iT . 'M'l k - ---e. menuanea for the service of the year mi7 aaor ioa further appropriating" the Supplies granieq in, tnis session of . Parliament,' tn whrch, with all humillity, we pray ..hia Majes- lyilro jaVi ient.: .. ....,j' i,:.t,.. . At the conclusion of this speech the Lord Oaacellor received the Bill, to which, toee- (ftb:tleetjolrll Regulations Bill, His ilnval Hishness the Prinna Rtsei then read hi fcjeeh, of which the following taaeo. py v- ' . - Prorogation f the priltsh Parliament. By 'i'J.... mttii 11 a.f I4.11 ' - mjOi eiose tnis oesssioQ TRTnamejat without reoBwini; my expressieasof deep - fMt ur lltn A aa I a stti A n A A hia H1 ilnal7d I . atwb ua aaac tnui iuuuulo ui inn ivaaivTaiav m. a a. thermal yesterday '"S'hex an. jented . -n . . Xhe witIl ny, Capt, n,an,tnr0 day. from fLhieh yon hate applied yourselves to the eon we have ree.ved theLondon bl.b j of the 14tMgioWon ofthe Afferent subjects whirfil re f July, wh.ch altbougu not so late by loar eomaienil,j , attention at the commence, days as were receif ed by the Conner on 1 hr. Jment of the gego d,maQ(l8 m warm;gt nay ia,j coniaius vue Feu "cwrc.cu knowledgemens ; and I have no doubt that prorogation of the British Parha.rfent. the favofable changs l.ich is happily taking On Saturday, the 12th of July, the House of ,Me ftuf main 5 Urds was crowded at an early hour. Among eribeil lo'the salntary measures which you tlwcroxvd were a number of Foreign Ambassa- ,donfpit;fflj. re.-rvina iha-hnMi. trn. r- - ---j - t . o. dors, and many Ladies of rank and fashion. At 3 o'clock, the Lord Chancellor took his seat ott the woolsack, and in half an hour, his Jloy al Highness, the Prince' Regent, entered Ike House and took hi seat ou the throne. Short ly afterwards, the Speaker of the House of Com- ... . . a 11 . 1 .lt. (iions attended by the .Yiemuers 01 mat nouse, m th land Hizhness with our a . vta . ,mm . . a'.'fe T . a 1 J" A. 1 11 L . . mn. Iv . a f .k t appear, .ana the riaintitt obtained julg-'.ana auireu lor iuenrsi umc u ma sii- ttirnt, Jaunary term, IHOQ. In April, 1809 he' entered thi door, udvaoced to the Bar, and ad issued a Ca. '8a. ou which the Sheriff returned' dressed to hi Royal Hfghuess the fotlowiag ton est intuitu, the May following. IuOcto. Speech: , ; ber, 1810, the Defendant entered special 'bail In obedience to yoar Rayal Higltness scom- to the action, and surrendered the principal. So that the question in the .Court below vf whether the bail cayld surrender after Jinai judgment agnnst the principal, and return of a Ca?Sa7u;un it. Jfidgetnenl was given ia the Court below for the defendant : and a motion is now made to reverse that decision give judgment fpr the Plaintiff. This proceeding is founded onlhe tenth sec tion of the act. of 1785 0, P. L. 369, wliieh it has and Jo is in the following words : " Whereas adds, we h'n 'Majesty's faithful Commons of le, United Kingdom of Great Britaiu and Ire- atieud your lioyal last bill of Supply, at the close, of -a laborious Session. Among the nnmero.ns siihjects of deep public importaiiee 0 which our "consideration has been called, there are ii iae that have more anxiously occupied our attention than those which relate lo the Finances and Internal Slate of the country. In conformity with your Roy al Highnesb's recommendation at tho commence- hprPtnfnrAhn lh lu, nf U tt. that lin.i """ "1 IflO DtfSSlOO, We luc I a, cd the return of writ, of ad resp el' best calculated to m.ure a full and se- im, where the Defendant or .. Defendants...,' lo-ih Pabhe laeome and maketh default of appearance, to suffe r the ependiture.LvThat .nvest.gation has continued pi-:.j i, 'j:... ..-a:-., tbrouehout the Session. From that investisa- ' . - . - " i titn mua It i toe uelenuant or Lleteudants, mid coinnjipnce suits against the bail, w hereby the costs have been, greatly and unnecessarily encreasej, and the Defendants aggrieved ; for remedy, where of, be it enacted, that wbere any writ shll is- frnin n n v f'nurt. .rithin tliis Krnfo, vuliwl hnp' mf...r,- :-r..:.. i... .i i "Deeply VI IUUICUIC UI 1UIC1 IUI JUI ISUICIIUII, aim UV- . ,, ! . . ,. f ,,. fendant shall give bail for his appearance at ""8""'' ''"S direeterjhe hati- Uourt, and shall make default, the suit iW T, , . 01 trie reiiun. wuu ccijr icuutuwii '- tabUahmenta-that soundpolicy-Would allow, we have had (lie satisfaction to find that the aad the .Sheriff shall return upon Ihe'exeli6n &.uPP,IM,nilSni Pre ,wu l0Ul "iB 1U, ' that the Defendant is not to bS found or hath ! s,t,ou ,,f J ad1it,onable: burdeus iipoa the no effects whereon to lew the debt and cos's.! PettP,e S.&Bd weuave the proud gratification to . ' 1 4 I. Z.. lr ihar Hohiif haf milni tha irnvurtrifH UFIfl LUlUaakj lllAly II f I. T UUP Ifa-tiu I llg t,sju ita.i a a w .... k .t.n..nnoh .. ,m .iPt iftnahl vT W ve 41 1 inty. at Has given me Bin- remains to be done j. but 'we trut we are ju.ti- Xo had hat you haye been enabled fied in the conviction, that in easing our cxpeu- t0 P'". very branch of the public ser ditureby what the real interests of the empire vice, without any addition o the burdens of the may require, no apprehension need be enter- i;ettl''.e- state of .public credit affords a tainedasto. the stability of our resoarces. decisive proof of the wisdom and expediency sensiMe of what we owe to vour "uucr r lU0 l'rc8e,u ' """') ' be uroseeuted to judcrment, and .execution a - g&inst stich - Defendant," before- any iiroceed- .uigs, suaii ue iiau against ine common oau ; ltn.n Pt n inn gainst such Defendant. &e. : Provided that PtrrcfJcd exertions wh.cb this Wi ntry has nothing therein contained shall be construed U deprive the common bail, in such action, from appearing and entering himself special hail, at any time before judgment, in sueht ac tion, shall be signed. ' " The bail spoken of in this act, under the denomination of co'mmo..hjil, is what in En jUnd is ealled bail below, or special, bail to the Sheriff T. Blacky 290, 291. The' condi tion of the bond is, that t he Defendant shall ap Jm atCourl tat lhtnrnl of J t)ie tvrit. This appearance i is affected by putting in and justi fyngbai to the action, which is ealled in En gland bail above, and hy this act. special bail. t; The preamble tot hia clause' of t heJaei recog nizes the taw and the practise of our Courts, prior to that lime.-Iff the party did not appear '"cording to the condition 6tlie bond, it became forfeited, and the 'Sheriff -was required to assign it to the Plkiptiff, P. L. 96. The proceedings ire theh suspended s against the Defendant, nd an aetion eomniebced against the bail on hw bond trt ine Sheriff. The bail to the She riff eould" noi: lunender his principal in dig Charge i of himself.' hot he must have; entered Wit to the action to entitle himself to that pri vilege ; , anil it was too late to do that after de fault of appearance, for the only appearance re-r-ogiijzed by law in such case, was putting in Md justify mg bail toTthe action, or what is call v this act, special Vail. The aet then has made three important alte Cations in the law : lit. ' It require the Plain ti? to proseeitte his action to judgment and ex- -"utionr. against the"Defendantbefoe, he can 8rt to the hail.. ;2d.'I givea the eommou il the privilege of appearing and entering "'mself speeial bail at anytime, before final Hgment against the Defendant ahall he sign-e- ' Aod 3diy.: It authorizes the Plaintiff to Proceed against the bail, by way of sere facias, '"stead of bringing an aetion on the hand."' lo t& there is ene other requisite on the part of !l6 .'t before htfeao proeeed against the bail. ht is, that he shall iasne an execution either .8inst the body or roods of the Defendant, on ! enfat or nulla bona, as ' the ease mat He. 4bailt however, become fixed ooa t&e en- been called upon lo make, and the duiiculties and pressure which' miist necessarily be the consequence of such exertions, at no period of iis history has public credit stood inoore sound, steady, and unshaken than at present. In cousidering,- Sir, the iuternal state -df the country, it has been pamlul lo us to, con teiuplate the attempts which have been made to take advantage of the distresses of a portion of the people, to convert them to wicked aud mischievous purposes. His Majesty's faithful ComniorisTVhirs ly engaged in such measure;) as might check the further progresa of these attempts, have not been unmindful ofsuchother measures as might afford relief to the pressure of that distress ; with this view we have turned our attention to the encouragement of the fisheries, to the means of providing employment fur the poor, aud most diligently (although the limits . f the Session would not allow the completion of a measure) to full and initiate inqmoy into the state a,ud effvat of the Pior laws," a question iu nvvich the wealth, the industry, and the tnorali' tVof the nation are so deeply implicated. , Whilst we have deemed it our first duty to ueuoer.ue wiiu unremiueu soiicuuae upou the subjects of paramount importance. to these alone our deliberations have not been confined. Feeling has intimately connected the best in terests of the country with every . thing that is of interest or eoucern to our ecclesiastical es tablishment , we hope that much of advantage will be derived to the Public, and queh ot eou consolidalion of the lawsltfTecting spiritual per sons. , . - . . " To Ireland our earnest attention has been1 directed, in providing far, the more delibrate iovestigatioa of presen'ments to be made be the Grand, Juries ) a measure of most geueraL in fiaenoe over the whole of that part of the UnU ted Kiogioia-a measure ;which we confident ly hope will prove as salutary in practice, a it is unquestionably sound in principal. M These, sir, are the leading matters whieh hateireugrossed lha lahors' of his Majesty's faithful Commons j aui if the Session has pot b-en mtrk'd with twit brilliancy and splendor which has eharasterued forms5fMia--let suility, and to your steady adherence to those principles by which the constitution, resources, and credit of the country have been hitherto preserved and maintained. Notwithstanding tse arts and industry which have been too suc cessfully eterted in some parts of the country t alienate the affections of Ins Majesty's sub jects, and stimujate them to acts, of violepce and insurrection, 1 have had the. satisfaction of receiving the most decisive pruols of the loy alty and public spirit of the great body of . the people ; and the patience, with which they have sustained the most severe temporary dis tress cannot be too' highly commended. 1 am fully sensible of t lie confidence which you have manifested towards me by the extraordinary powers which you have placed in' my hands ) the. necessity which has called for .them is to me matter of deep regret : and von may rely on my nyaking a temperate but effectual use of them, tor i lie protection and security of his Majesty's loyal subjects. . " Ginth men of the House of Commons, . , j! " I thank you for the supplies which you have granted to me ; and for. the labor ions int vestigation which, at my recommeuJation, you liavc ma-ie.i( the state of the Income and Ea- ,4 ! financial arrangements which you have adopted 1 have every reason to believe that the deficien cy in tht revenue is, in a great degree, to be ascribed to the unfavorable slate of the last sea son j an! I look forward with sanguine expec tation to its gradual improvement. . " Jy lod'snnd gentleminf": " ;r The measures which were in progress at the comuieiicement of the Session, for the issue of a new. silver coinage have been carrir-d into execution in a maimer which lias given uni versal satisfaction; and to complete Uie syslttn which has ben sanctioned by rnrliameut, a gold, coinage of u cCw denomination has been provi ded for the convenience of the public. 1 conti- nuV to receive from foreign powers the wrong est assurances of, their friendly disposition to wards this country ; and, of their desire to pre serve the general tranquility! " The prospect of an abandaut harvest throughout a consider able part of the continent ja in the highest de cree satufactnrv This happy dispensation of Providence cannot fail to mitigate, if not wholly to remove, the pressure under which so many of the nations of. Europe have been suffering in the course of the last year ; and I trust that w e may look forward in consequence to an im provement in the commercial relation of this and of all other countries. I cannot allow you to separate without recommending to you, that upon your return to your several eouniies, you should use your utmost endeavor to deiVat all attetntto tOrrupt and mislead the lower clas ses of the community; and that you should lose no opportunity of iuciileating amongsrtbem that spirit " of concord and obedience to the laws, which is lio't less esseutial to their hapuiness as individuals, than it is indispensable to the ge neral welfare ana prosperity or tne ftmdom." I'fie Lord Chancellor then read the Commis sion J for proroguing the Parliament to the 23th of August next. The Loud m papers of July 18th, mention venienee to the Clergy, 'from the re iyon . and thaUelteri-f iramRomaapress great-doubts upon tbeprobable recovery of the POl'K. His health is represented to be much shattered, by sufferings and old age. . . I he Klmperoror Russia has sent to hngland four young Russians to be instructed in the new method f teaching,' that they may be put at the head of Seminaries. ; , ! . The Paris papers eontain aeeounts frbni ; Al giers", stating the" Dey was at war With the Bey mi i uon, anu wun ine insurgents pi oona, wnere some revolt bad taken plaee. The niatriage of the grand -Duke Nicholas and the Princess Charlotte of -Prussraas--tft take place at Petersburg!!, about the 3d or 4th of Julj. ;. A fever of the n ot frslij,ti.i4 cr"ii n n prevails an.ongst, the uiliabiiantn cif.de cty of Cork,. A nomber of hensts l( i lie ice j nua of the sick had been am hen inih( ,,.i'm..r r . . . w ,. I - the eity. f t ' I VintrHo nt JnM 11 r.,i... r. i i.' ' t dated June 18, received at Lli. . tniu, , ayi --intelligence has been ret:i ti iri,o. Al- , giers, statu g that matiy are sht in 1U1 ite. People who were all day ii ibeir tff.ij.s, ii. y t d : hehr hv tbf ytrtborter nTglT iT Supper, make tf oiivuisive iy aiid it n t u. at ad. Moors walking in the street suddt. ly die. It , is saitsv be the. plagne,' . ; " , from every tiarFoi t rrminv. t iAinn -1,'.. heen received M the fall in ''prices of earn he Diet has deeided that from the trt ot tijetobcr. flvt- ilia lrau.lt ..(' . It tS, i mviu .11011 ur rrc lUiUDatl opt all Uermapy. w'f'V. to the eiittitaL hia at wt - rvc t t.i. a V 1, an halitiat gBat wpou tVBoMt- 1 -lard ?homattiti.;rtT he streeuihrc utt. wiur h ue iaseo n ore .unea witn ruilueiv, andthft -hite flatg and other appropriate tn.Wn; r displaced from the wjudov s. rffa bvo,,tt 0f men'uncler arn s, were estinsated at 86.0tj0. 1 1; 7 city" was iUoininatiet at night. ; . - , A steam-b)a( has been invented in France by ' 3 a Mr. Humphrey, on a principal w hirh lender esplosion impossible:8, This vessel carries i-as-sengers between Berlin and t harlot tenherg. J A horrid murder has been ecpin.itted in Lis bon, which excited inuch interest. A Portu guese olfieer havliig drawn his sword on one of ' his sisters, on tie .inttrfermce of Ms mother, cut down and stabbed the latter through the heart. 1 he unfortunate object f his firsi attack was also desperately wounded j and the oli.ef ' sister, ib at'.emptjcg l;fcr escape from the cham ber Where this, tragedy was petforming, was precipitated down a flight of , stone sups and her skull fractured, 'i he wretched author of these crimes was soon after rr.i :., i street, but apparently totally indiflertnt to the umuuy ueeu ue r-iwi perptirated. Letters from Parif dated the lCth July make mention of some trifling disturbance at hiras- oourg. . me '.national guuid was follow td by many persons of low deacription hooting at them. The guard, wli9 could have pot them to flight in a moment, took no notice of tbem. . I he Portoguesi squadron which is to tfiiivey . the princess royal of Portugal to the .1. ! was expected at Leghorn the 30th June. fv The hnrvpal in llnlv . . . -.j nvuiiaca gctui aoun- dance. The London 7 Imes of the Jth July, states that the. AmericBh squadron, cc mnmnded by Com. Chuuej-lnth hfcd bt-rn in tfct I a.r of Maremea, arrivettoff I cgt orn the 21m ult. It consists of the VVashiii'gton of 86 guns and 780 men, and two frigates, ihe United Slate of 44 guns and 440 men, and the Constellation' of 36 guns and 330 men." It was reported in England that the Austrian troops were to evacuate Naples. It is mentioned from Rome that the Princess of Wales ocrupied the country lionet-of 'the ba?,ri.3cu'theiss, on the summit of "Jftbunt A ventihe. ; . . The l)ukeofNoril)UniherIand has fefl a reve nue lo hrs eldest isoa of 80,000 pounds per aniK; aou 10 eacn or meyounger children he has bd queauieu iuo,ooo poonos in cash. j i:e ueuu oi me laie jir. fonsonhv was pened by 5Ir. Lynn, the eminent rursreon of Parliament-street, and jit It were f und six ounces of cxtravasati'd blood, ' in a CMjigulated state. It is a natter of surprise that I'ii'e eould have c'.ttntinued so Jong u illrso great a pressure upon the brain. . A number of Scots emigrants, chiefly fa r ineis' and Shepherds from the Southern toon tries of Scotland, hare been indueed by the li beral eucouragemeiit of count Poe, a. Polish no-? , bletiian, to settle as a colony, on his estate of Dousponda? for the purpose of intrt.dueyig the improved agriculture of Scotland into'the fer tile hut ill cultivated plains of Poland. The Jract is to be called Scotia. By an ukase of the ' Emperor .Alexander, thev are to be free from rpiilitaryconscription. A I resbyterian clerg)- uinu is iq seiue amoBg mem. Parliament . was prorogued, after an address to the prince regent, and a speech from his Roy al Highness, on Saturday the i gib of .Inly. The Emperor of Russia, oh the 7th of May, by Decree, established at St Fef croburgh, an Imperial Comrocitial Bank. 1, Thirty mil lions of roubles, of the eapital of the crown, are placed at the "disposal of the bank.' 2. The bank is allowed to take money 1st, on interest ' 2d, in deposit. 3r The batik gives Iosbb on Russian goods, accordins to the principles of the discount office, and accepts bills, tt king the , per centage aefeording' to t he course of commer cial operations. 4. Half the directors to con sist of public officers,, and half of merehan's. S. The bank to he opened on the 1st of January, 1818. , The integrity cf thd loans introsled to the bank ate gaarantced bythaylroperial word . From a large mass if papers, ay th Lopuft Courier of July 14, received this mornipp from all parts of thVmptre, we have extracted ae eounts more favorable ; r ,e H.ey partial or confined to two, tr three, or four eouBlrirs they extend to all pnrts of the three kirgdoiLS. The foreign pspers aie equally ft-voibble, and. Plenty wsikii-g Isrd inland with peeeei is likely to visit end bless every part of the globe. : : , V . '. . . lJ Aa artielefrrm Turiei In the, Frene l Jntuv. -nalsrsays, an ec orn ot-s Augment of a tm I eg letarhtd f roir Mrtipt Sr. Be mrd,;im e i ieht brtv ecn ti e 1 6th ai r! I7tl l it. v Ufl fyU n -the -Coumnne of Villaid - fitrCctutaij aiueV bdr
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