Law Report. 7u n-seud uen mpucii concernea, tnat, trom want ot roan:,s; wg have`ja.t&bad ari opportaunty of stating thb elabtuorate iunents ad'duced in this case. 'We are glad, howevef,'now to \uive it in our power to give rerberti.n the judgment pronounced by. their Lordships. .-. Lord lLc,nnvwoaoucx.t-." lthe introduction of this subject to the inotice of the Court, his, it least, 'oad the good effcrt of producinig an enlarged aisrussi6n of the question before the Cotirt, and of givin, notoriety to the' ex7istence of the Statute of lhe 6th Geo: I. so that no perisot hereafter may be enabled t say, th:tt the Act is obsolete, ad on that account not to be enforced. Af- tei tb'lapse of 88 years, since aify prisecbtion bas been founded upon this proceeding ofilhe Legpislature, and since otber Peanbs"are open to the-parties, the Court, accor4d- ing tobits views 'of. the fit aindsound exercise of fts juris-. diction, wvilldecline -to interpose'in. the waysought, fur the.unusual and 'sxtraordihuaryiekercise of its authority. The Court, however, .will: not pronounce, that tbe De- fendiant dues wit comne within 'the pena3s9 ef thelaws, but it chuses to express itself with'the nmore resenre re- collectum,i that the offence may be here re-considered, if a hilt of iiidpzth2ent shsould' be' presented, and the ac- cused should be convicted. independent of the general tendency ol schernes of t'he ndtfue of the project now before us,` to dccasioo piejudice lo the' piblic,' thire are -particular'circunistaiites, oevious on the prtispectus in this case;,to shew. the 0eSrnicious`tkndency. It is stated, 'that' the pasitieS shall iot he further liable than to the 'extelit ot theif respectisve'shares, and the whole. are to bencdludedein a deed of trust or enrloment; under which, to ihat amtount only; they-aie to:be'responsible. As be- :twesh themselves, utinder:such aadeed,.&huey may not be r-furtlier lislble, buLa to aSthe rest of the wvorld, and for eivery .debt contracted mn the coneern,"thdy in'ay be -held responsible .to theSbit extent. of the .engagenalent 'I'forbear to comment uponi the Eirlnriple ;but dte smiall rsum in the firstniustance to be sulbscribed, .ihe s p. pearance of holding ou't a huire' to uoniary persons. jrTbiiCehas not only. consi'dered that ithis is a proceeding under a Statute *wlinch his beenidisagai.ucu ifoeigbt4i$bht years, butit Has also. atteioded to cthe aircul nce, that it is a prosecatiorn instituted 'by a party not inijured and"defraudedj tlre,iirnmedi-ate- object 4f ile Statute.beii"g the protection of the unwary; 'and k thisis .zanother reason why the:Statute should mot be' t 'rosly tnfircedunder tb's fair f tpplica iai r7othung, hLerefeo.e, wichii now falls froMm the Cour't,is to-be.con- -sideed as tending to7impede any informeation' whicmay tbe prefegrrtzby thie cqn1petent flicer, (tfie 4r rtO!u>sy: at std ,) to usbon the public interest in such cases iis-cougnaed..* :- -; '':- '" -'z e :Court is of opi'nion, t%at walteri tlie-pectoli-ur.cir- cTastaues the rl should be&charjed without coals, tan!d the'.lluunl it %ull be a intsDi ptrue it the p&iyJelful4 foibear to cairy' iJiWCUVct thtis p'toject, ind -likewiso anothert a similar nature (a p tnamifac- way),oserhzch.s irtiyataiou has :been gisein'-I athe &ygainerielof the Lamired 'Counned. - tThv-Arroscacny GV:NUCAi?9':M L ord,; appeiirs ypha'tbiw'hee ofahete"fditvieit i'' - . a -;.. -.''' witiith4e.greateFrrprileprt oietymdf nttS-n b f tbhat Idard ala )d:bgisF*rid s1tts*yte& the Vault t'Will aot;'by jt 9rWt'5ecni FCW4el #idS.;udqs timlation umw givenl w.l1 be understood-by others dwi engae,d in pursui.,s o,fhekedies?rjpeion.:Z-A4rrcy-i: Yll GN r. 'R6'Enhz lUr. PARIC applied to-'matte the. P,V obt^irned ia this cause absolute, to which it was obj eted&by-'Mr.nC-AAR. mowi that thle afi i, ts were no flaser tLan dlevenin mimlier, Ard that they occupied'_rig0 sheett , on. which account, as thie motion waz only u'ade an -Tuesday, it was in'poesibleso-'oon to gs'a the pinner rotice. Alter some interlocutory oasriatiuns taiee ,th AT.Trrt9EYi .GSEnItn, "Mr. JDStiCe La BaeC, the. CitIL :JasnTcr, and lIr. .Ga tROS, it was order,ed, that the }'ue should he_ cnlarged, end that all -the afidavits to beviade by persons wvithin the island, should be filed four dayshbefore next Term. -rMlboie rty had obtained a day rule, and seas present in CQort during_ ;his appi- cation. - , , . I LArv EpRIifT.' COUTO U'' NO.M~i,L'O atub 'KI:U Z.. DODD.
