THE NATIONAL REGISTER. LORD .11A PM'S DAY. Wetlitesday morning, Alderman the Lord Macor Elect, the late Lord Mayor, the Aldermen, Remitter, Sheittis, Chani berlain, and other Members of the Cortioration, assembled at Guild h 11. At a (platter atter twelve, they went in preeetadmi to Black triaisliridge, where the barges wtre in waiting to receive 1%5 the procession passtil, it was saluted by gnus front the opposite shore. Navin;; landed at Palace yard slair.4, they walked in pro re:o.ion to the Coin t of Exchequer, where the new Lord Mayor, according to usual tin in, was sworn into the dine pt rformance of his effice, and the late lord 1 1 / a yor to the correctness of ins aceomns. After an imp, vz .sive speech trolls the Bench upon the importance ot the character and duties of Chief Magistrate of this great mttro• polis, and a Sail:th:e are. nit the part of he Corporation, they made their f)beis;iere and w 1 , 4! The present and Ex-Moor, so t zether with the Sherlfs, ;no! tl trey of the City Offerers, then went to the other Et eat ('Cutts 0 e(-id is Vk e ,t tithi ,,t e r.H a n paid t h e i r It-pecis to the littiv s. :tint invited them to dinner at Guildhall. They then leturned watt r. About tetir o'clock they returned to ecdt. d by the Man in 'lie theat Had was out for dinner, and the usual inani:tr. Chaieber Ening malt r repair, the walk v el e , d wit! o ti•inpotary eolind mnal. The fonts i t • Kinz's Bench was brdliantly Co‘< iing the gieilt * ti e ;, atiillish Old eXilt MCI) hite traleTOuncy, rep.es( tow , : l'ai tanni,t, with Peace on one side, and Conionerce on the (Aber, with &c. st en in the fore ground, and I'l-ade:fed :Attic ;if LA' back. The tables wt re decorated w ith the ;Jr ate-t taste; and tai pre‘ent all confusion to the eon:pally la tal.isa 111.4 seats, the r;tme of etcly person invited, and espected to he present, war to titbit on a piece of paper, and laid on his plate. The company sat down to- dinner a little atter six o'clock; and the des( rt was itn•st superb. The Lord Mayor being a widow rr lei, dangl.ter in la\v, Mrs. birch, presided as Lady Mayoress. She was most sph.u. ( idly dressed, and underwent the Oigoes of the evening w lib much ;114 1 11110y and grave. At nine o'clock the Ladies, lilt the lady r‘l avoresg , r etir e d to the Court of Killg'S \\ hick was a pp ro . plated to dancing and refveshinctits. The Ilan was ( , pt-s o d by a minuet ilyetween Lord Henniker and Miss 13rowniw , , the Lady Ilayote!tl.'s sister.—The company exceeded 800 persons. NAUTICAL lATELLIGENCP. LOSS OF THE 11AltINC TRANSPORT. T.%traet of a letter from Bear Haven, dated Oct. crn.e- Ain nee of ^ seve7.e gale cooling on the loth instain, the fleet nadir cativo% of the Sultan, 74, was directed to put into Ikar Haven : the ing transport, a fine ship, upwards of 7( 1 0 tons, Latina' on hoard 18 officers and more than :300 men of the 40th reeiment, under the emu rtiand of Major Slit Lon, lay-to for a pilot oil the mouth of the haven, but so near to the rocks, that she d:ove upon them on the left side of the chtrahee, Rod after striking several times, lost her rudder; she then bt.eattle unmanageable, drilled across the haven, and struck on the rucks cn hear Island, carn.ing away her b ow sp r i t , nrough the exertions of the officers, the men were kept below, un til the water was ankle deep on the deck ; ever: endeavour was then sised to get them on shore, as .the ship war founcLto be sinking fast ; iu the Confusion tunny of them lumped overboard, there being no boats Near, and several were unfortnnately drowned ; 13 or '2O are at this time missing, but I hope some of diem may yet fonnd upon the island. From the vessel tilling so fast, :lad the exertions of every of btiog required in saving the men, it was impossible for them to re cover any part of their bageage; they have lost almost every thing, aid many of the mien are in a state of nakedness. I wss i n the beach from the commencement of this unfortunate busi ness, without being able to render much assistance ; ,and in justice to the officers on board, 1 must say, that to their exertions alone it wns owirg that so few of the men on board n ere lost hs jumping overboard. itY ah ti a assistance of the boats belonging to the Sultan, Shatnrorli, an I other vessels in the fleet, Major Shrltoti, wi;b the aid of the ofLecrs c..tt hoard, succeeded in getting the I - cm:tinder of the men on shore by deer.. The Bating is now covered a p h mater, and 1 fear nothing on board can be recovered. It was providential dud she did not remain where she struck in the first in!tauce ; had she done so, I hear every soul would have perished, there being a heavy surf, and no possibility of the men getting upon the rocks, had they jumped overboard, added to which, not a boat could get to her, in consequence of the wind and tido setting into the Haven At the time, LAW INTELLIGENCE. 749 -------- MonuAv. Nov. 7.—This hcine the fir,t cf Michaelmas Term, the Lord Chancellor, accompanied by the Marter of the Rolls, ti e Judges, and King's Grouse!. v ith the Serjeants at L:iw, proceeded Irons the Lord Chancellor's house, Li Bedford square, in the usual slate, to Westminster Hall, %%here they arrived 'About half past twelve o'clock.— The report of the state of convicts in Langs•orte Harbour. Wool,vrch, Sloterness,&c. &c. was read, and appeared of a favourable nattily.— othing of interest occurred in either of the Courts. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. SAIWIDIY, NOV. 12. LADY AND LIEUT,GEN. DYOTT. Mr. Scarlet slated to the court tioit the lady of Licutenant•Gen er;tl I)yott was ip court, and wished to exhibit articles of the peace ugoinst her husband. Lord lillenitorough enqnired if the lady was in court, on which she came forward and the articles were read, and stated that in 1808 the ( xhibilant wri married to Lieutenant-General Dyott. At this tone she had a settlement of 8001. a year, made on herself, payabie by trustees. She continued to live with the General tin the Bth of ;ember last, %Own she was obliged to go to the King's Bench, in Ow rules of whi:h ison she had a house. On the 10th of . October, the Gerwral, accompanied by three other nice, c;11110 to lii-r home. She was at that tinw ill in bed ; they earns up to her room, forec , i I;er not of bed, and, naked a% she was, took r into a low er ;mat townt, where they dres-ed her, pot her into a hackney coach and took her to the house of a Meritt'sthhect; where, bv threats aild ill wi,we, they prevailed on her to assign over 400/. pct. annum, of her income, and to give two drat Is en her Trustees for aVicar': income, vthich was then due. They then suffered her to depart; hot she W 8 now ready to swear .:Ice believed tier life wits in &weer f um the violence of her husband. The Lady s«•ui e to and signfd these articles, aid having gnittc•d the Court. Lord Elletiborough observed, " 'rlsiq is too lunch; we have heard too much of these parties. Ili.: lady went to the ne!ich, al' an adulteress. undtr an Order of mine and under an Order etas tits* charged, yet she continues with the adulterer." COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, TUESDAY, NOV. E. TI!lt fly. Ain 11. R. DUDT TV. TIART. V. litrV. 0 FOROF. I'AWSON% Chief Justict: Gibbs delivered the jadgment of the Court this morning in this imporant cause. It was oliginally before the Court in the fot - tu of tt rtio!ion qua re impedit, acid:lst the Rev. George Pawson, for ital. pedilg the right of preseet nth n to Ilia advowsoo of Bradwe!l Wive, in the coun'y of E'sex The (Si - If. B. Dudley) claimed pi escntation, as cxectit.‘r I I 'Thos Hanimerlev, Esq. It ;p -rayed, that is 179-2 tie. ad. conveyed to Sir 11. li Dudley, but that in constquence of a ;lodged simony, the living escheated to tu 4 Crown, who t!!cr( upon presented the Rev. Mr. Gamble. That Gri.t ic man died sub.equ , ntly, and the present plaintiff claimed the ri ► ht of presentati , m, nvinl the simony, but averring (it the Court should he of opinion that shinny existed), that the simony evached only to the next presentation, prt.vions to the imluction at Gamble, and could not aff,•ct the rights of the next presentation. On this question, two vet}' learned arguments had been haat d. Chief .ftt , ti‘7l, in pronouncing the judgment of the Court, after recitinv essential clau‘es in the dead of conveyance to the late Al btitry Waliis, El. in trust for the plaintitr, iu substance said, " As. sinning that. the contract teas simonaical, which the plaiotitr denits, the staitne of simony applies only to the next presentation. The statutes declare no specific provisions fc.r avoiding sinumnical contracts, hence it follows that the 5..1.1.d part of this contract must stand. It is not, as in cases of usury, left to the , tatote, but to the common law, which will leave the lel f al part distinguidivd hum the illegal. The question there tote is, whether a separation can be made in this case. Here a vacancy has Liken place, and the Cmn n bus presented unfit r the !itatute. The , h 1 )();!Y was the conveyance to Wallis, but there the simony emit d. Up to this the remaining part of the contract stands clear, and may be sup. ported. ft is.ti tie, one part may be illegal, arid we cannot say li.w much, but.our decision applies to the part which is legal. No decided Case appears on th e fl i The expression of Lord Chief .11,6ce 1)e Grey, in the case Barret c. Glubb, has been relied on by the de. fendure, to prove, that where siusony enters into part of a contract the whoht is void. The expression is strong, nod was irregniat ly ioiro•draced into an edition of Bacon's Repnrtt. Some re,ilarks ut Chid Justice De Gray. with others of Judge Blackstone, have been urged lIN comm• vetting this report. We canuot ge by such !oasts authurn. quo- NOV. 13. • C r