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[FOR THE ENQUIRER ] • ft the Superior Court of Chancery,for the Rich mond District, Fall Term, 1*09. MARKS vs MORRIS. The bill in this ease, was brought, to be reliev •d against an usurious contract, covered by two deeds of trust, which the trustee was about to tstff inte effect, by making a sale of the proper ty thereby conveyed ; and for an injunction to slop the sale, which was awarded. The usury was not admitted by the answer, nor was it positively denied, but from the terms of the answer, and the testimony in the cause, the deary, be>ond all doubt, waa made out. This cause was twice argued, with very gieat ability, by ail the counsel i and the principal question, submitted to the court, was, whether the plaintiff should be relieved against the contract entirely, Cr against all but the principal money. My the Chancellor— I have devoted much time to this •*se, and I confess, that when a motion was for merly made, to dissolve the injunction, I thought differently from what 1 do now ; but surely, I was under an erroneous impression, and 1 now Wk* tench pleasure, in receding from it. It is Cot my habit, to take up much time in court, in delivering my opinions, as I deem time of more importance than words to the suitors : otherwise, •pon this subject, I could write a volume ; and while 1 have not less respect lor English judges, and English opinions, than other gentlemen ; yet 1 rave too much regard for mjsell, and the nati* cnal character of my country, to rely upon En {/u-A books farther, than forinformilion merely, ut not as authority ; it was the co'nmon law we adopted, and nbt English decisions t anil we should take the standard of that law, namely, that we should live, honestly ; shduld hurt no bo dy ; anti should render to every one his due, for our judicial guide ; by this standard then, let this case be adjusted : to do which, we must under Stand Mrliat wis the former rule, upon coming in *o equity, in a case like the present. Before the •third section of our present act against usury, Was introduced into our laws, the rule with res pect to relief in equity against an usurious con tract was this ; that if the borrower breught a bill in chancery, against the lender, to compel him to discover the usury, he might demurr, because it subjected him to a penalty : and no one upon Ermciple* of natural and universal justice could e compelled to subject himseti : In order, there lore, to compel a discovery of the usury, the bor rower had to wave the penalty, and to offer pay* Jnent ol the principal money with legal interest ; •iid then the lender was compelled to answer, & to make the discovery, upon w hich, relief was cfioixled against the i»legal interest ; neon this VlATim tl.-i 1___l___ i. _•. . ' ------ --“ W|UIIV, lliUav uu 11 : But tn« third section m our act declares, that a Bj hoi rower may exhibit his bill in equity against Hie lender, and compel him to discover, on oath, all the circumstances in relation to the transacti on ; and it thereupon, it shall appear, that more •ban iawlul interest was reserved, lie shall be o fcliged to accept his principal money, without a- I By intei«at, or other consideration, and pay costs, feet shall b- disci,argad of all other penalties of that act. The difference then between the for mer and the present rule, is this, that by the for mer, relief in equity could only be obtained op en doing compleat justice, by paying the princi pal money and legal interest; but by the latter, It may be obtained upon payment of die princi pal money without interest. But I understand the counsel lor tlio defendant to contend, that he ts entitled to the full benefit of the former rule, ! Unless the caee falls expressly w ithin the latter^ ' as the discovery of the usury was not made by his answer, but proved upon him. But, as well the former, as the present rule, was predicated Upon the ground, that there was no relief at law : and surely it never was intended, to preclude a borrower from relief in equity, if, from circum stances, which he could not control, he w as pre vented from making his defence at law: and then, whether upon the latter, or the former ground, if relief in equity should be asked, the rule in both cases should be the same : for I ap prehend, that the legislature did not mean to place the lender, who should not make the dig. covery, in a better situation, than the one who should make it; for example : a bill for relie/ is filed : the defendant, the lender, in his answer, admits the allegation* of the bill to be true ; then be shall be obliged to accept his principal money, without any interest, pay costs, and b* dischar fed of all other pena’ties imposed by the act_ ut, if he had evaded the truth, though the usu ry bhould be proved upon him, he should, as 1 ! understand the counsel, fee entitled to his princi-1 pal money and legal interest, agreeably to the { former rule ; it not being a case expressly with- ; in the latter, as prescribed by the third settion i _ f A.%__a. *1.* . . ■ A . f «vv , uuvmiBi.amii.( UC U 1A1T exposition •f the legislative will, as It would be an induce ment to every lender, to withhold a fair disclo •ure of facts ; upon this calculation, if they are disclosed, I lose all my interest: but if they are not disclosed, though they may be proved, I shall get lawful interest ; and if they are not proved, 1 get my lawful and unlawful gain -• but when the fcntler, in either case, is to lose all his interest, whether upon his discovery of the usury, or upon •lie plaintiff's proof, there is no inducement held •ut to him, to withhold the truth. One word upon the main pillar of Mr. Hav’s argument, “ that the plaintiff was operated up •n by the effect of the deeds of trust, and bavin" had no day in a court of law, was compelled to •omc into this court, for he could go no where •Ise this is time : and under the operation of these deeds, the plaintiff was placed precisely in •he situation of a nu-n against whom there was a judgement at law, upon an usurious bond, he cause he and his witnesses were all sick, fk could Rot attend the trial, and therefore a judgement was rendered against him : now f hio man must pay the usury, in the judgment, unless he can be relieved in equity, &. there is no doubt about it; k •o with respect to the present plaintiff, his pro perty wes to have passed off under the hammer •f the cryer, but for the interposing hand of this court ; he is then the applicant here for relief, to which lie is most clearly entitled ; but the ques tion is as to the extent ol that relief: The answer is, that he must do justice, an far as the law will authorise it, in order to obtain it; k therefore, he must pay the principal money without any inte *est ; and the defendant must be depri .ed of all j gain by the contract, which Mas corrupted by! #ie usury, pay costs, and stand discharged from *11 other penalties of the act. The decree may he to this effect : — That if the plaintiff’shall pay to the defen dant so much of fc 2500, being the prin cipal money, without interest, as shall re main, after deducting all costs, and Si 12ly |acknowledged to have been received) op •r before the 1st October next, the injunc tion is to be made perpetual, and the deeds ©f trust, and a note for $ 05, in the hill mentioned, are to be delivered up to be •sncelled, and the defendant tube dischar ged of all othi r penalties imposed by the i act : but if 6uch payment be not made, , •hen the injunction for so much of the prin •ip.d, as shall remain as aforesaid, «hall ' siand dissolved *• an act of this day, and j the deeds remain as a security for thoj same, and Olisrln Copland, esq is appoin ted a commit don«r to proceed agreeably •o the terms oi flie deeds, to raise tne a mount thereof, and to report hiv proceed ings to the court in orde r to a final decree Tothis decree, Mr. Hay objected, and refer »fd the court to many precedents in the English book*. Curia mluisare wit—on the next day • *y the Chancellor-— , , T;lie principle in this case is set-j W*d. Marks is relu-ved against the hardship of tfce esntrert, and Morris Si A fife Td* jkrnetflu! money without interest, pay costs snd be dischar ged of all other penalties imposed by the set.— Tlte question now is, as to the form of the de cree 5 about w l»ich there would !>e no difficulty, if Marks’s counsel had not intimated a dispositi on to get out of court, it order to occupy his le gal stand again ; to prevent which, when the court said, the deeds, in the bill mentioned, might stand as a security for the principal money, it was objected as a solecism, that deeds void by law, should be set up in equity : and in support of this objection, the court has been referred to Vernon, Precedents in Chancery, Atkyns, Brown, and bonblsnque. Let these books l e examined in their chronological order : and first, 1. Vern. 467 Biller Price 5 the bill in that case was filed, lobe relieved against several secu rities for goods sold at 5 Tor 1, and the court is reported to have said, that the plaintiff's security should be delivered up, on payment of what was really and bona Jiae paid to him. 2. The precedents in chancery, 80, Smith xs Loader ; the hill in that case was to be relieved xs a recognizance for a much larger sum than had really been advanced ; and the master of the rolls decreed a per^t-itud injunction upon the pay ment of the principal money and interes'., and the chancellor affirmed the decree. 3.3 Atkyns 28r, Liwly xs Hooper; and, al though the chancellor, in that case, thought tlte transaction a shift to avoid the statutes of usury ; yet, he said, there was no necessity to determine that point ; and decreed relief on certain terms, specified in the decree, upon the ground, that the agreement, though for an absolute sale, was such as a court of equity should not sutler: and by ! 'be decree it was pnn ided. that if tho terms were I refused, the bill should he dismissed. | 4. 1. Bro. 398, Lowther an the countess dow ager of Andover, et al. where the oill was filed for a specific performance of certain articles; & the court said, that if upon a tender of a suffici ent conveyance, the money wan not paid, the plaintiff’s bill should be dismissed. 5. 4 Bro 439 Mason xs Gardenier, where the question was, whether a hill, for the discovery of tho usury, without stating that the plaintiff was ready to pay principal ami interest, ujMin demur rer, was good and could be entertained : & the chancellor said it was not. 6. 1. Fonb. Where it is laid down, that the court w ill attend to the claims of equal justice, and will never interfere, unless the plaint.ff will consent to do that which is right. 1 understand, that the object of the plaintift’s counsel in referring the court .0 those cases, was to prove, that where relief is afforded upon terms, that the party who obtains it, is at liberty to ac cept of the terms or not; and this is admitted, so far as the relief goes, but no farther : Then’ 7 :--‘••'-•'•MW 5U111U111 use: 10 au out llie principal money ; and the court will not com pel the plaintiff to accept of its relief; for, if he pleases, he may pay the usury but the court wilt pot it m his power not to d<> i't; and this is all the court can do as to the relief: but the question is as to the principal money P Shall Marks have the aid of the court and not Morris ? Shall Hie court not aid Morris in getting from Marks that v. Inch lie may withhold ? Or, shall the court suf fer Marks to go out protected against the usur\ anii put Morris to his action at law for the princi pat ? Would this be right, while both are here, and ac 'ording to Fonb. entitled to equal justice ? I think not In the cases to which I have been referred, tLere was no necessity for the court to go farther than it did : because, the agreements were all^oac/at law, and the defendants in uquit' were to be benefit ted, if the plaintiffs refused the terms on which they were relieved ; and there fore the defendants did not object; for it was thc.r interest to be at law ; but, says Morris, , 8 ,s not my ca*e : A court of law will not do forme; you have said my deeds aie tainted with usury, and that if Marks will pay me g 2500. my securities shall be cancelled ; but if he will not, how am I to get that sum ? Must l sue him > It l do, he pleads thr usury upon me, and proves it by your decree : so, that although law and e quity say, I am to have n,j principal money, with out interest, pay costs, an-, be dint barged of all other penalties ; yet equity wfJ not help me, while it reliefs Marks. It is this view, which Mor ris is made to take of his own case, that makes it the duty of the court to provide for him as well as for Marks : for surely, it would he a solecism, to say, that the contract is so far legal and equita «r, that the principal money shall be paid, but the ueeds, by which such principal is secured, shall not be set up in equity, to secure the pay ment of that principal, which the act compels the lender to take : I think they may ; and so said the English Chancellor in the case of Scott is Nisoet: it is true, that that was the case of a judgment which the chancellor said, could only be displaced up>on doing what was right, and that the judgment should stand as a security for the w>ui legal interest : anti all Mr. Hays rrguments went to prove, in this very case, that Marks occupied a ground, on which, at law, there was no relief. Between Marks then and a judgment debtor, no difference is dis cerned, and that if the principle laid down by the judge in Scott vs Nisbet was correct, with respect to a judgment, it must be equal ly so with respect to the deeds in this case ; and, more especially, as it m«y prevent another contest, which this court should not he the means of producing, while it holds in its own bands, the means of preventing it. But it was said, the chancellor in Scott vs Nisbet did not understand the case : how this was, I do not know, but if he did not, he guessed well, for he struck upon the only principle that secured equal justice to the parties, svliile he relievud against the hard ships of the case at. the same time But, if lie had not done it, I wou'd : My .predecessor did it in Hill and Hook: and 1 shall do it :n the case before me. I am perfectly satisfied with the frame of the decree, delivered out on yesterday, conformably to which the C.erk may draw it up, and have it entered. FOREIGN SELECTIONS. London, July 15— Mr. Pitt’s Mont monument to be erected in the Guildhall of London, is in a state of great for wardness. 1 Ins exquisite piece of sculpture is the production of Mr. J. c. Bubb, of Grafton street, Htzroy Square. The massy substance on which the figures in this composition are placed, is intended to represent tne Island of Great-Bri tain, and the surrounding waves. On an eleva tion, in the centre of the Island, Mr. Pitt appears in lus robes, us chancellor of the exchequer, in the altitude ot a senatorial orator. At the wings, on the immediate fore-ground, two erect statues characterise I*is abilities ; with national energy, winch is embodied, and riding on a symbol of the ocean in the lower centre ; they assist to dc scribe, illusively, the effects <1f his administrati* on. Minetva is Oil his right, overcoming anarchy, thereby securing internal repose to the country. Mercury is oa the left, us the represent* ve of Cointneru and the patron of policy. To describe the unprecedented splendor *f success which crowned the British navy, while Mr. Pitt was minister, the lower part of the monument is oc cupied by a statue of Britannia, seated triumph antly on a sen horse , u, her ]eft |unj ., ,jl(. *1 emblem ot naval power, and her right , thunderbolt, which she is prepared to hurl at the enemies of our country. As the place assigned in Guildhall for the monument ot Mr. Pitt ■* immediately opposite to that erected to the memory of lbs illustrious Lord Chatham, the artist has taken care so to construct the pedctal, mouldings, breadth, ele vation, and arr hitectiiral parts ot his design, that, in the paints ot dimension and outline, it nmy serve as « companion to the Monument al rrsdy executed to Uio fatho# of the illustLous Wm. prtfc Uyi*-* 'se*Wne» and Tmbrcrement* —The , difficulty of procuring fibres suffi. irntly fine asul elastic for micrometers has induced a gentleman to me the sp> ter’s web, which he found so fine, opaque, and elastic, as lo answer all the porno • srs of practical astronomy. But as it is only the stretcher, or long line which supports the web, that possesses these valuable properties, the dif ficulty of procuring it has competed many opti cians and practical astronomers to employ the raw fibres of unwrought silk, or what is still worse, the coarse silver wire munutac ured in this country. For these a substitute l.ss been ob tained, in a delicate gl iss fibre, which enables the observer to remove the error of inflection, while it possesses the requisite properties of opa city and elasticity. Mr. Spencer Smith has lately introduced that valuable plant, Smerna in elder, into this coun try Mr. Smith furnished the society orarts with 1 some seed, from which Mr. Salisbury, of t!»e Bo tanic Garden, Sloane-street, bus raised plants that have grown in the most surprising maimer. He expects to obtain seed from them, and there is every reason to hope that this useful, dye-root will become naturalized in our soil. M. Dnulergeruis, optician to Honapar‘e, has produced a ponderous flint of glass, bra nded for the manufacture of achromatic glasses, in which he has attained a degree of perfection equd to those of English manufacture. The glass made by him is heavier than flmt glass j its specific gravity being 3588, while the heaviest flint glass being only 3339. Lieutenant colonel Lindsay, of Grove-Hous* Edgware, has obtained a patent for a telegraph, or apparatus, which conveys intelligence with as much facility by night as by dav. WINCHESTER ASSIZES. July i9 Surge*, Tf. Cohbett, As'ett, and Dui/ber. This wa- an action of assault and imprison ment, brought against the defendants, said to be men of good property, in which the plaintiff sued injsrma pauperis, and laid his damages at 1U00I. Mr Borough (who was assisted by Mr Ga«e lee) stated the cause at some length ; from his statement it appeared, that in December last, Mr .Cobbett, of Botley, well knoa'm for his polit ical writings, took Jesse Burges, a brother of the plaintill, then a boy of 15, into his service, and in March, the lad ran away from his master, anti returning home, complained that his master swore at him and threaten -d him so harshly that he could not stay with him A warrant was is sued to apprehend the boy, Mr C »bl>ett liat-mg stated that he was a servant in husbandry. The i k.- .-i. .. . I Botley, followed liy Ids mother and br< tlier, j (V\ illiam Burges, tlu* plaintiff.) Toe lad .»• big 1 left alone took to his heels and rail oft’, and the j mother and brother were proceeding along toe road home, when on looking round, she saw As let and Dubber (the former a constable, and tbe ! other a tithing m >n) riding attar them. One of ■ them roared out, “ halloo ! stop, old woman ! j stop, you fellow ! take diat old woman into cus tody I’ve got a pistol and will shoot you !” I'liey seized the mother by the bonnet und hair, when the son said, if they touch'd his mother, lie Would knock them down On which they . laid hold of him, and snatched a stick from hi band, when lie very n aurally kic ked Aden on the leg, whereupon tne tithing man struck the plaintiff, and a scuffle ensued, which ended in the plaintiff’s being dragged to Uotlee, af ter be big kept prisoner for several hours on the way. i — Here he was detained all night In the morn ing, the mother and the son were carried before Mr Smith, a magistrate, at Southampton ; but on their arrival, Mr. Cobbett, who was there, now found be was in the wrong, and lie desired tbe womai and plaintiff might go about their bu siness. The young man said that bis mother had many miles to go, and was unable to walk : Mr Cobbett replied, “ damn your eyes, you may get home as well as you can !”—Mr Borough con cluded by calling on the jury to give exemplary damages for the illegal violence commuted by Mr. Cobbett’s orders on tbe plaintiff and bis mo liter. The mother and sister of the plaintiff were examined, and corroborated the above statement. The sister was a seivunt to Mr. Cobbett, who threatened with an oath, to l^apsport her for knowing that her brother ran siwjjy ; lie also threatened to scud her elder brother to sea. | Mr Jekjll, lor the defendants, said, it was im I possible for him to give any answer by evidence, | for the whole was •» gross fabricati <n Ti e wit nesses were all of oik- family, a d could of course I tell the same story : and this was the reward and gratitude Mr. Cobbett received fir the many kindnesses be had lavished on this ungrateful family. The fact was, that the I .d was ass-sled ! in his escape by the moth' r and brother, an 5 the : defendant was justified sh apprehending them. This action arose from spleen mil malire VL Cobbett as a political mm, had n*tur liy man enemies, and they had incited this action h« would appeal to any mao in Botley whether M Cobbett was an oppressive master I lie whole was a trumpery case and he trusted me jury i would find a verdict for the defendants. Mr Justice Lawrence said, that if a lad ran away from his master, he must be brought back again ; but these persons were not ju-titi-d in »c. ing as they had done. Iftherew s an attempt to a rescue, an indictment should have l* en prefer red ; as it was, their conduct was unlawful If the hoy had behaved ill, there was no reason why his brother should be imprisoned. The jury returned a verdict for the plain tiff. with ten })9iu\dt d «mag«-8 ...London /Juf>tr. IW'sh to lease my farm, in th< neighborhood of this City. There ‘13 a very good brick house and other necessary building* upon it. It contains fifty-six acres, of which about ten are is clover, and about nine in natural mead >w. The whole is inclosed with good posting and railing. It may be had for one of mor years, upon rent J or shares : proper security being given for the one or the other. ENMUND RANDOLPH Oct 6. w;!w BATTESEA PAPEK MILLS—Those who wish to encourage the manufactures of their own state are informed, that they can be suppli ed w:th Paper Manufactured in Petersburg, in any quantities. PRICES AS FOLLOWS: Fine Letter Paper Vellum, £ 4 75 ^ Do. do. Laid, 4 51) Fools Cap No. 1. 4 M Do. No. 2. 3 374 S. Do. No 3. 3 123 v ^ Folio Post Vellum, 9 50 ( "* Do. Laid, 9 £ Fine Printing Medium, 5 50 5 Do. 4 50 r Excellent Wrapping Paper, I 12jJ :1J7 A liberal discount made to wholesale pur chasers. Orders for any of the nh< ve qualities, address ed to the subsenoers, executed at the shortest notice. BANISTER Cf Co. August 4.__wtf ( ' EOKLK W AT 1’ hat juttrecci vat, and offer* FOR SALE. Sicily, Madeira, and Snetry H' IHK. by the /Hut. and ,V. cat/, Green Coffee, Orleant Sugar t>< the l/ha / Ga in,in Piatt Ha* Simplex by the piece or ue, half pint Glam Turn hlert in "ate* •/ lOuJ each, and Nt w I’trk St7* 4 Camilet. OH /I A HD, Madeira Wine, Or,'ran i ami .Put corindo Sugar*, Green Co fee, Volume*, Prnu Pork, Liverpool and Stone Ware, Souchong, //, ton, Skin, and Gunpowder Tea, Spanith Sc gore, -• aitint, Almond*, Nmm>g.i, Winnow Gin**, A/rn * O’ Women* 'Short, which he vtiil clitpotr j tf by noho’.etaie on reatonmble Hr not. 2U‘J 22, tf At a MPitrta'.'sB of the A isittrt nod Coxereors o’ William C* Mary College, held at (he Council Chamber, within the said College, the Sth .lav cl >/r, 1KU9. ■ J BE IT ORDAINED, That all students, tlu* ring the first year of their attendance, who have entered the Junior Cl.vw, sh .11 reside will, i the College, and hoard at the public table ; those only excepted, who may live with their pa rents or guardians,nr with a professor, and whs will engage Jliat any stud-nt living with them, sliall observe the same rules, as far a« they can j be applied, which tdi til he in force within the col lege: Provided, nevertheless. That when the rooms, in college, shall he fully occupied by stu dents, permission shall be granted others, by the society, to reside in anv respectable privat • hoar ding-house, in the town or neighborhood : Provi ded, also, That at the request of the pirent or guard.an, of any young man, who is so sick or in suc.lt ill health sic to render it necessary, in the o pinion of the society, that In* bu permitted to re side onto! .college, pertnic.sion may be gran let I by the society to him, i > reside out of college, while his illiicilth co:. in.ies, 2ndlv. The hrtirs ofstudy which every student sltall observe, shall In- first, from sun rise *ili In-eakla-t ; Seetintllv, from 9 o'clock in ll>c fore noon, till twelve, nol.-ss engaged at lect*u*C r— 1 liirdly, l root half-p-tst two o'clock, in the rfi’ter iio in, till live, unless engaged ar. helo t; mention ed, or in such duties as shall be required by the rules of the college. o !iv No student shall be absent from his -oom during the ..ours appointed for study, unless «.» gaged as mentioned in the second section of tIris statute, or fir some sufficient reason of which the society shall judge. 4thly At nine o'clock of every evening, ex cept in the monihsnf November, Decendie;-, Ja nuary St February, when the hour shall he eight o clock, the hell shall ring, when t very student residing in college, shall, in an orderly in.<u,i-r, retire each to his room, nor shall he leave the same till next morning. The rooms shill he vi sited bt flic President, or by a professor, and eve fj absentee jiarticul-trly noted. Stt.ly. I" any case of disorderly conduct, wish in the College, in which students are concerned, every student >n college, at the time, whether he he a resident iherein or not, shall he considered u3 a principal, and treated accordingly, unless lie can shew his innocence. 6lldy A rol! shall be kept by each professor, which shall be called over at the meeting of h. class or classes, and all schBenteus noted. The roll so kept, shall regularly, oti gacli Monday, at 12 o'clock, be I. d tefore the society and examined, and those who have failed in any duty assigned, shall then be called upon, and iti fin case, sliall a delinquent be excused, without good and suflici nii iroami. i ne proccenmg oi sum meeting with the reasons on wnich delinquents have been excused, shall be entered on tlie minutes or j.mr nil ot tiie sc sic y Let each professor carefully preserve tin rolls kept by lain, and lay them be fore Uie succeeding convocation. 7; lily. Any.student who sh ill frequent a T.i ve'ii, or ie concerned in riotous noise, in the streets, or who -iiall h n r degraded li.inself by ny s.ngie act of drunkenness, or i»v any other act contrary to good morals, slia i for I nr first offence be eitner publickiy censured or exp lied, and for tlie ac. ond offence shall be deemed unworthy of being a student, and shall be expelled. Stilly. Any student, concerned hi gaming du elling, shall lie furthwitu expelled, u>d into, m . lion ot i ven expulsion shall no communic-.U-d to all other colleges in i <* United States. The ,-)V tence of expulsion, with the reasons ■' refor, shall be immediately published in some paper, e. dited in Richmond, for three sir < • a ae werks 1 ne parent or guardian of every .stidem, wh<. may be censured, susp- utyd or expelled, shall also In- notified of the same, and a copy oi the proceedings, in each case, shall be transmitted to shell parent or guardian. 9lhly; Students shall be compelle 1 to attend lecture; and in no iustanee, shad .ib-ent them sclyes, without tlie consent of the professor lec turing, except in case of sickness. Nor sli ill permissions of absence We allowed by any pro fessor in term time, unless at the desire ot' the parent or guardian s g iitie.d in .. a.ug. 10i.li. No Student shall lie subject t > censure more than once. Suspension for the r rnam tr ol Hie course or expulsion, as* th.* cas.*. in..) be. sliaM always succeed the repevtion of tin of* fence, for which the censure bus la*, , passed, or any otuer actol violation of the Rules of the Col lege. 11th. After the violation of any italu’e, ride or regip »tion, by any student, tlie society shall pro* cec ■ to inquire into the case, and ‘apply t ie punishment, although lie may have absented himself ljtli. There shall be two public examinations, in each year, one as heretofore,, on the second Tuesday in February ; the other shall com mence six tlay previous to the fourth clay of July. 13th. Any student who shall be absent, tram public examination, unless lie be prevented, by sickness, or oath tbe permission of the society, to be absent, wliioli permission snail he granted only in cases of urgency, snail be expelled. 14t i. Let the President examine the stu dents ami scholars in presence of the rtf; ac tive Professors Gibers, once in every three months, or on-ner, it he shall deem it necessary, i ami also, apart from the Professor or Usher, onre in every six months, in order that the Pro | feasors, as welt as stud'-u's and scholars, may be kept more stri-tly to Ihei. duty, i 15th. Any student, failing to perform the du ties required of him, in any school, which he may attend, shall he admonished by the Profes sor of such school, or Ilia Giiiure shall he report led to the society, at it., c meeting on the sue I reeding M mday :—H"i the Professor shall not admonish the same •••■ •ion, more *.Jiht» once. In t e second instance of failure, it-shall be his duty to make report to the society, who shall ccnsurs, suspend, or expel, as tne case mn_. require 16th. No student, after ike second examinati on, in the first vear of his .dtendaue, shall be permitted to return t<» college, unless he shall ostam, cither i vote of approbation of his atten tion, to his studies, and of his moral demeanor, from tin: President and Professors—ucopy ol which, shall oe furnished to the student approv ed, if required, or unless a special license to re turn be obtained, it uing the reasons for granting such license, a copy whereof shall he lai l before ; the succeeding convocation. 17l*i No person shall be permitted to contin ue a student after the second year of bis attend ance, unless she shall, at the end of such as cmul year,or before, obtain a d?gr:e of llalcli lor of An* : Provided, That at the end of sur.li second year, the President and Professors, ma\ permit such student to attend tt.o lectures on the i|so..i terms, if they be of opinion his attenti on and moral demeanor deserve such pcnr.isdoii Iktli. No Professor shall absent himself from coll: gc .during the time* prescribed for Lectur ing, nor at th • same time, of poolic examin .tion or « xeroses ; ami every professor is her-by re quired, respectively to examine tne students ol bis class or classes, at every such public exami nation, and, also at every Lecttira. lyth. All the Professors and Students shall at tend chapel, and there demean themselves in * manner suited to public worship. <J(Hh. No person shall he admitted, as a stu dent, until he s tall have made, in presence of the President ai d Professors, the following dec,l ira t in “1 (knowledge myself to b- i student ol VVilliam an.i M try College, ajid promise that I wdl observe And keep all the St'imtes, Rules an'l Regulations, <>♦ i iid College.” To Which declar Uion lie shall subscribe his n/.w-, in a fair an legib'e band, in a book to be kept lot- that pur pose. 6’fcy>/. Tlflff, W*. RVSiiiLL, c i. Sept. X. wiw - r IROINIA At a Superior S -.u t «,,* ZAus rery» h iUlen at the Cxp:i«»', ni ...cU tioncll Jinx* 18U9. PluMp M Attorney General, os be* ball ot' the Common wealth of Virginia, P'.t'ff. a gainst I.ucy Price, relict of Win Price, register, dec’d. amt Wm. I). James Alexander, Job i »;Ae. vie, and Anne }*r ice, in lam heirs of *V *>. l*r>c% j dec’d. by Win. Duval, their gtiardi n, and tlie will Wm. Duval, administrator of Wiu.ii.ce, dec’d Dcf'tt. Philip Duval, Pir.iiitijf, against the stone De~ fctulantt. I lie Mutual Assurance Society against Fireo* buildings in the state cf Virginia, Pit'ft against the sauit, Dcf'tt. M And— Wm Marshall and Thomas Taylor, gucfdiant of Eleanor and I.avinia Dandridge, orphans of W in Dandridge, dec’d, Pit'ft. against the sum* Dcf'tt. TI15SE causes, by consent of parti*?*, rrer# this day heard together, on the bills, answer, ex hibits, ami report of commissioner G-eenhowg msde in tne second suit, which is substituted, uy consent, in the other causes, ami were argued by counsel ; On consideration whereof, the court, I>v consent ol parlies, doth adjudge, coder and decree, that John Prosser and VV m. Mon.ure, or cither ol them, who are appoint*.! cour'..ssi..ii e:s n>r tlu.l pm pose, «lo*r having ;«<iv<?r.|-i*d the time ai d place ol •»ale for thirty *.1 a\ >, in two of l lie news pjpi-m printed in t!ie ritv nf iticJimond, d » ex use to s:ue, . i. Public Auction, upon me premises, the loilmvmir I* A N D S, Of the Estate of the iiiles>st~ Wm. p.-ice, late Register, namely : Twn-thir I.; ol t vo Lotirs .he city of Richmond, known and di-iingiinmed in the plan 6t the said city, by me numlim live hundred and twenty-seven, and live hundred and eigid, lying »n the mam sired, winch were pur chased ol Alexander (,£uarrie.r, am. adjoining liia present residence : Nine vc'aiu Lots in the said i:ity, near the tenement of Joseph Jackson, and distinguished by the numbers-; a Mouse and Lot. on the main street of tshockse If ill, near the brick budding of I'lxmins Wiiite, commonly esiled the illue House, and which the intesu te pur. nasedol Joint Bretain : Three hun dred and fitly acres ol Land ijimrc or less) in the county id Goochland, adjoining die Ian Is of Ro oerl 11. Saunders: Two hundred and eighteen a cres (moi>*or less) and eighty acres of coal land, both lying on Deep Run, in the county of Henri co : Three hundred and fifty acres on the Rich mond Turnpike, siluMed about three .«nd a half miles from Richmond, being the farm formerly occupied by the intestate, and now by Peter Wil kinson : And ten Shares in the Richmond Turn pike Company, or so much there >f, as shall b* aumtitiu u# SHIMy UIC piailtUHS, III UUZIV »^Sp«C (ive claims, with interest thereon hom the .luv ot' sale, in the order, and on the terms following, t*> wit: 'Vosatisfy the Commonwealth oi V" ,>initt two thousand eight i.und ml and to ty-livedol lnrs and ninety two cents, wi.h interest from that first day of October, m the year one li.n.icuinl eight hundred and eight, with costs of suit and experors of the sales hereby directed, winch asies .all be made on twelve m .nilin rreuit, ill* po,-. baser or pure ha .era paying interest t-oni the da1,*, u-.d giving bond v. in mi me tent afeumy, p»y« le to the treasurer, for the time being, or oi» »ur.cessci-» in office ; which bond or bonds siikll he delivered to toe Auditor of public ac counts, by the said commission: ; : To satisfy m the nr *.t pUc.e, JVi '.p lJuval, the sum otiwelvtt h'.iiuir 'i 'h e x with iiiificsi from liie twentieth il iyof November, Itjjd, :.iid costs of su.t, with toe e*p.»ii;.e.s oi n.i- s.drs hereby direr, .d, winch •'okit e in..ue on six in,tilths credit, die pumta i sei wi-puiclL.seis executing a note or notes, nc j gotikole utd payso c ii. tor oank of V.igmia, with i kpprov«*d «.ulors' . , and tin* not" i>. notes so la , ltr“ such sum as sli <11 he .pul to me said Phi i lip lJm ,<i s elkihi, w nli nuen st until such note or ! n‘»l« s khuti become nue, he delivered to the said, i i ioi:p loi|\at, I>y toe Saul Comm.s>i liters : To sa— i tisfy, in (lie third place, the Mulu.il 'As.uiaiico So: iciy, against Fire on buildings, in the state ol' Virginia, tne sum of two ti. Us.uid iwo !n|idred and seven dollars and fifty cents, with imeSeston two thousand and niiscty-f.iir dollars and five* cenlb, from die hist day ol the present month, and the cost , d suit, with ioe expcnces ol the aale» hereby directed, wntch sale snail be nude at 13 months credit, the purchaser or purchasers exe cuting a note or notes negotiable :itul payable at loe oa.ik ot Virginia, witu approved endorsers, , fur swell sum as shad be espial to toe principal !c interest ol'the s.ud society’s claim, until the said , Mute or notes shull become due, and costs of suit, which su. 1 note or notes shall lx- delivered toth* principal agent of the said society, for the lima ; nruig : And to satisfy, m the l ist place, the plain idi* William Marshall tud Thomas Taylor, tho ••"not fourteen hundred dollars, with interest 1 from the first day of tue present month, wills co-ds ot suit, and expenccs of the sales hereby diiesteil, which sale shall hu made on a credit ot’ two years, the purchaser or purchasers executing . b *nds with approved security, hearing mlercstt i (. uni tlie date of the sale, the s ml bond or bond* i to he delivered to the said M.u ball and I'ayloi* ; and the court doth further adjudge, order and decree, that the suul commissioners, or the one who may act, report their proceedings to ;h* - urt: As to the dower of tlie defendant Lucy, in tlie property iiirected to he sold, liie * uurt will it tlie parties ceisent, at a future lay, proceed to make compensation to her, out of the other land* of t ie estate of the cicrsUte : And Uoerty i» reserved '<> the infant defendants to she w (i,uso against tins decree, at any time within six month* alter tiny shall severally attain the age of twin 1 ty-iuie years ; and by consent of the parties in j tiie last suit, t ie court doth order the delen •l.uu Win. Duval, to make up tlie accounts of that intestate as guardian of Laviuia and Eleanor Dandridgc, now wards of the plaintiffs Taylor and Marshall, before one of the commissioners of the c net, who .s ordered o examine, state, set tle and report loe s .me to the court, with any mat ters required r>y tlie parties or Jecmed pertinent by hiinscit t A Copy. ‘Teste, PETER TINSLEY, c. «. IN Conformity with tlie foregoing decree, -we •h ill, or one ot ns, proceed to sell on tlie Promi ses ; On Tuesday toe l~lh Inst, at 11 o’clock, —the Lota mentioned in said Decree :_The H uc House will be sold subject to the possibility of the Dower of Mrs. Hrt.ain—and imni r.iiatelv after the Sale of 1 lie Blue House Wdi tie sold ten Share* m tlie Richmond Turnpike Company : —also mentioned in said Decree :—And os Wednesday the lean Inst, will be sold on the Premise* : that beautiful Seat in the Cour y of ) Henrico, called Chautille containing 3r'0 acres, 1 or so much thereof, as will be sullici nt to satisfy lii • Plaintiffs in their respective claims, with in terest thereon from the lisy of sale. JOHN PROSSER,? ... . . Wm. MON CURE. 3 C<,7nm,u:inrn. Oct 6. tds N. If. The Ssl«* of the Lots adjoining Ctrl. I Qiiarrfer’s was lormei ly l or bid den, but the title j will now b»* guaranteed to Ike puchase i s A CAR1h—DOCTOR LEWIS, lately from I x the West-Indies, has opened hu Oliice, at Manchester, in the house of Mr L Bunnp, for ] flic practice of Physic, Suryery, and Mi'hciJerj. | He hopes from his success and experience, te ’| merit tlie patronage ef a litieral public, j N B. Private families may he supplied with i Medicines, with suitable directions. Advic**' I for the p tor, ^rut/f. Setnpiember 26. tf C* Mi.tii’iii’.IAiN Mll.l.i-Tlie su!;*rr,5 / having ,.urf!i.s -d the Colombian Mihr,! k* ivc i > inform the pubhe. they »• »• g vin * c,. h l; * Wires*, and Corn. 1\ DAXMALL ir L> l So i(«mbs4‘ 5. el'