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OF THE SON-OF THE DUKE OF' CUMBERLAND. BERLIN, JULY 104 • , .11r the domestic Chaplain of his Royal : bole of CUMIIIRLAND pesformed, ac lc rites of the English Church, the cere pti,m of the young Prince, son to Isis less, who was born on the St7th w was performed in the residence of the the presence of his Majesty our king, 'juts and Princesses at Berlin, of the Icullor of State, and many persons of young Prince was christened by name .I)ERICK ALEXANDER CDARLRS Emit-Err sponsers-- r His Majesty the Kb% of Has I)lC2tCd to hold the infant over the his Royal. Highness the Prince Re it IDs itain, his Majesty the Emperor of. as, the Princes of Prussia, the Duke - of ;•Strelitz, her Majesty the Queen of the her Imperial highness the Grand Du ndra, their Royal Highnesses the Elec s of Hesse, the Duchess of Dessau, and and British Princesses. 'IONQf SCOTCH ROYAL BURGHS. cntion met again on Thursday last, um brought forward the Resolutions, of had been given, on the-subject of Burgh re went into a long entintneicon of the •zitutions of the Royal Burghs ; and re ay old regulations and practices respec in order to shew that they had fallen it original vigour and purity. • .11is Re re moderate, and which, he hope I, . *ere secure unanimity in the Convention. uled by moving three Resolutions, stating , That within use last century many use -5 and enactments, relating to the govern- Scottish Burghs, had, fallen •Snto disue the preseut, constitution of these Burghs t it had been formerly, tor what it ought present improved state of Scotland as a country : That the Convention, therefore. tition 'for a reform of the system, and annual Committee to consider the sub liare a Petition accordinglr. ,tion being seconded, nit COOK complimented Mr.,Ritchie for tion and candour with which he had aihject ; but he did not feel himself at . e for his resolutions, as he could not see y of the Convention interfering in the len it was at present under the considers.. - -memory Committee, in its Most es• .is was an advocate for moderate s refurat ; I, he did not see how there should be two the subject. n PRovosr of Glasgow thought for the as that stated by Mr. Cook, that it was for the Convention to interfere in the wesent. JUR NTI;S (o[ Montrose) began by observing, IC display of eloquence on the other side, xkoned very presumptuous for a plain •ost to differ in opinion from the Learned and the worthy Lord Provost of Glasgow: :he Convention was bound to express as ie question of Reform. Parliament was ied, or would be in a few days ; these & could be done by it till another Session; Jean time their annual Committee might' collect and furnish the Legislature useful information on the subject.— mid have been much better had the Con tou•ed more attention upon the subject, the necessary remedies to the evils cot*. A journey•to Edinburgh, to give evidence :onvention, would have been much more n a journey to Lon ion—and they might the painful necessity of sending ship loads )ads of Provosts and Magistrates to Loss personal inconvenience, and the detri- Burghs over which they were guardians. ;elf compelled to vote for the Resolutions. !sentative of a Reformed Burgh, it would 11 in him not to do so. Montrose had be. work of reform in the municipal govern .land, and he trusted it would be the ob ese to after generations on this account— the question might be delayed, or how the period when all the Burghs would mivileges, sure he was that • to this com mie come at last."—(Loud cheering.) aus question having been moved by Mr. 'oor, and seconded, the roll was called, resolutions were negatived by 28 votes ion of Thanks was then voted to the nd the Convention ass dissolved. asLes Trial is expected to come on in this week. It is said that the works he means to illustrate his ground of de numerous, that he has got a waggon them to take up with him. He has sub )ong other witnesses, the Archbishop of Y. His Grace, we understand, returned but intimated that he would obey the Lics WcLSZLIZT, it appears, has accepted Legislatorial Attorney and Representa vd upon him by the Meeting at Bir- He promises his best exertions in con the Electoral Rights of his Constituents, gratification from the understanding that i prevails in other great towns to follow le, each electing one person, through they are to join in trying the question. :man of distinction, near Exeter, has been in a large amount, for having in a gust tused the death of his room, by striking butt end of his whip. , Niker, convicted of perjury, stood in the he fron: of Newgate yesterday, from twelve )3 ascending his elevated position he laughed .zd to treat the matter lightly ; but on being 1 1? , the populace, with a shower of rotten other l'ght missiles, his countenance spee i iln , !crwent a woeful metamorphosis. He is a young ( . )1 rathe r gentee l appearance, an d was att i re d i n Zienable loose great coat, grey trowsers, &c. Ou'rnesdA ,ghoess the ding to th , ley o f bap ral Hight,ceremon] , ke, and in • a ll the P! T! y r.i .sia, wl,O ion Circa! .0- , 4 : us, is burg. L eis Alctan Princc , s enr;san 1:6:EN:1 1 fenve IZ iCti notice Ile s ; 2 -... t Cols; . d to man tilClll, it ram I:.cli haions wen ch as %soul 1k coach( 1 r ovi:i4Lr.s , :Lt of the . 1 :: That t: • what I 2is the l' .1171 C; C • I VA ii.o ;1:011 t^themo N. IVA I.T ro.!erati cJ the sr. t o vote pror.rietl 'lt of a l'ai Jed for m. Mr. hatit d, indeed, inions on I The Logo • e reason expedient I nestion at p Provost lit at after the rust be rec utry ?tore !Alma, ac e thought tl inica on chi Frorogue ere routing id in the me able to it much Iced it v:ou etion besto 44 applied t 'fled of. A Lire the Co Lleasant than ' , re saved th nd coach lot en, to their eat of the 13 felt himse s the Repres disgraceful : , nthegood • et of Scot' t of praise however er distant t joy equal pi eaton they t The previot ALTER Coo the Res gainst 13. A Resolutis arman, an CARLI 't course of orn w 1 iCh h ce, are so ad full of ti r;ted, amc NTERZUR? Frir,ea, niaions. CHARL: e cff.ce of mlerre dri g for th 4 derives g example :ese means (. ..Inticrn eadll bail it ? 4 ' , ii , on cat vith the trill;a m Mi ilr, he I On as .. I !;ernzd utl a of ratisc fislicaable THE COMET. • ROYAL - OBSERVATORY. • ONIZRVATION ON TUE COMM Ju&v 18. • Vane n h. 34 min. 38 7 Ku - 7h. 42 min . 10 , 5 see. North Declension •SI deg. 49 min. 26 see. Longitude - - 3S. 17 _deg. 54 min..4l sec. Latitude North - - 29 deg. 36 min. 10 sec. From the former Observations the !Dements of the Orbit Of the Comet have been computed by Mr. CUALLAIS Rumws, and are as follows eL- Time of the passage through the Perihelion, June 28, 3,658. Longitude of the Perihelion - 9S. 6 deg. 42 min. 36 WC. Longitude of the Node - 9S. 3 deg. 49 min. 24 see., Inclination of the Orbit - 80 deg. IS min. 43 sac. Perihelion distance 0,3582 degrees, the distance taf the./iazdn, from the Sun being unity. COVENT GA upEN.—This Theatre closed a host successful Season last night, with the performance of the Tragedy of Hamlet and the Pantomime of Mother Goose. Previous to the commencement of the latter, the Duke and Duchess of KEsr, ac. companied by Mademoiselle de &vmit. and:Cap tain CONROY, entered Prince LEOPOLDVprivate hot, and appeared highly delighted with the entertain ment. They were warmly greeted on their into, trance, and "God save the King" was played and sung with great effect. At the end of the Play Mr. FA %% CETT came forwat d and delivered the Mowing farewell Address with great applause: • LADIES AND GaNnzattv—Again the Prop:isms of this Theatre have to express th e i r grate f u l thanks fora most prolipe tons and successful season. " Aided by your liberal patronage, the National Drams hos been sustained in all its various branches, in a manner (the Pro ? prietnrs hope) worthy of this great and enlightened Metropclis. " If we look back to the performances of the season, we shall find that Tragedy has been supported by a com'Anation of rare and distinguished histrionic talent ; and Authors, both ancient and modern, have had their Tragedies acted, with a strength of company perhaps never excallcd. Comedy has ltept even pace with her sister Muse, and ymir plaudits have greeted the per formance of most of our Classical Comic Writers. "In Opera a great advance has been made. The execution of the most beautiful of Mozawr's Music, with the utmost pre cision and effect, is a proof that what has hitherto been the sole pride and boast of foreign talent, is likewise attainable to Eng lish musical genius and capacity. " The lighter pieces have also had their full share of your fa vour, and have successfully answered the purpose of exciting hilarity and good humour. _ _ _ " The Proprietors therefore hope they have only to pursue the same steps to merit the Same encouragement ; and relying eon& dently on the continuance of your favours, they most respect fully bid you farewell, Ladles and Gentlemen, until the day of re-opening, Monday, the 6th of September. " The Performers beg leave to add their heartfelt acknow ledgments for your unvaried kindness and indulgence ; and until our next merry meeting, we wish you all health and happiness." The House was tolerably full for a concluding night, and on looking round its brilliant and beauti ful circumference, it was not unnatural to share in the common wish, that the next season should be early and productive. ENGLISH OPERA. — A new Melodrama was acted lag .aighti for the first time, entitled Self-Sacrifice; or, The Maid of the Cottage.—The interest of this piece arises from the violent suspicions which attach to Ida (Miss KELLY), an interesting female whom the Count Valmore is about to marry, from the circum stance of her being found alone with the bleeding child of tke Count. She is believed to have mur dered him. Concealed, she has witnessed the perpe tration of the crime, by Schwitzer, but will nor dis close the name of the assassin, because she will not give a guilty father up tt. jrstice. She is imprisoned, but through the contrivance of her supposed father, makes her escape. New perils await her, and to con ceal his crime, he is about to destroy her, but delays the execution of his purpose, and Ida escapes to the retreat of the King of the Beggars. Here she is pur sued by her enemy, and churned as a maniac. The Marquis Leone, her real father, who had returned to demand Ida from Schwitzer, to whom, for particular reasons, he has entrusted her in her infancy, hasbeen taught to believe her guilty. He finds her in the Beggar's abode, and satisfied that he has been abused, insists on her being given up to him. The villainy of Schwitzer is now avowed ; he defies the injured fa. ther, disarms him, and is about to take his life, but is detained by Ida for a moment, while the Marquis escapes. Leone is pursued by Schwitzer, but the lat ter 1, fading to overtake him, again seekg Ida, but finds his retreat cut of through her means, by the destruc tion of a bridge. He braves the foaming torrent, and Ida is again in his power, and about to fall a victim to his fury, when a shot from the Marquis, who has returned with Valmore, and a party of his ' , friends, puts an end to the villain's existence, and the piece terminates with the restoration of the Maid of the Cottage to the arms of her Father and Lover.— Such is the interesting outline of this piece, which, for effect and variety,may vie with the most favourite Melodramas that the season has any where produced. There is a busy interest throughout, that never fails to rivet the attention of the audience, and the general effect is as great and successful as either the writer or author oould possibly desire. We have seldom witnessed a more lively exhibition of the perils to which virtue may be exposed by the designs of vil lainy ; and rarely have we found ourselves so deeply interested in the progress of the scer.c. In short, the success of the piece was deservedly most complete; and to use a technical phrase, there can be no doebt of its having a long and well-merited " ihe . actors exerted themselves to the utmost. Mr. T. P, COOKE, as Schwitzer, was much and deservedly ap plauded ; and Miss KELLY did all that powerful ta lents and lively sensibility could effect for Ida. The scenery and Music were universally and justly ad mired. The piece was announced for repetition with repeated burst, of applause...--The exceedingly plea sant little piece of One, Two, Three, Four, Five, was repeated, with, if possible, increased success. REEVIeS imitations are certainly of the first order. Monday se'nnight Lady STANLEY, travelling from York, accompan►ed by her maid servant, was stop ped by a highwayman, when the maid in her alarm took up a bottle of ginger -beer, and the cork flying out, made such a repo: t, it so alarmed the highway man, that he instantly galloped off! BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S YESTERDAY. sr. LEGER. to 1 agst Sultan 8 to 1 agst Pocoeurante 10 to 1 agst The Laird 20 to 1 Aga Butterfly • 2S to 1 apt Archibald to 1 agst Li3ette • ' 11 to l apt Palmerin 11 to 1 agst Sir Walter . 11 to I agst Cardinal Wulvey 11 to 1 &gat Mims... BOXING. The betting on the fight between Donnelly and Oliver, is six to four on the former. the battle wilt take plate more than 50 miles from London To.stiorrow. LAE DeI'.4IGENOE. t. I . • COURT irr i t V ilkiCEßY,'YUtir 17 and fo: • ' IIIII7NTON p. AWRES AND 'OTHERS I►oll INIPItINGIIto A 1 3 AtENT. The Patentee, Mr. Brunton, had on the Bth day of June last applied to the Court, praying that the de fendants might be restrained from making, using, or vending Chain Cables or Moorings constructed on the principles described by him in the Specification of his Invention enrolled in the Court of Chanvery in the year 1813, and an Injunction had been granted. Mr. WETRERAL now applied to the Court, praying that the said Injunction might be taken off on the ground that the Patent and Specification set forth three distinct things, being for" certain improvements in the construction, making, or manufacturing of Ship's Anchors and Windlasses, and Chain Cables or' Moorings," and that if any one of them was norain improvement or new, the Patent becomes virtually void. He might l he said, proceed to shew that- in the anchor and windlass there was no improvement, but as the Injtinctioni now prayed to be dissolved, related to the manufacturing and vending of chain cables and moorings, on the principle which Mr: Brunton contended belonged to him as his property,. secured to him by letters patent, he would for the pre spt confine himself to his pretended right to the eieru sive manufacture and sale of such chains sir moor ings. He then referred to the Patentee's Specifrea , non of his invention, which he said presented some shett: of scientific description, but the ter ms made use of , b/ the Patentee were, he said, evidently duced rather to mystify and obscure than to ffhis: traie the nature of the invention they - were employed to specify. Some of the positions to be sure, laid down in the Specification, were incontrovertible ; but they were not new, us would be seen by referring to the figures accompanying the Specification. The Patentee had shewn that if a strain be applied to a round link it would lose its round form and become lengthened in the direction of the strain, while in the cross direction the sides would be made to approxi mate or become. parallel. Did not every person know this ? Mr. Brun,ton's pretended improvement was that of introducing a stay between the opposite sides of the link, to prevent the sides from approaching, when subjected to strain—an invention which had been in use for ages ; and indeed Mr. Brunton had in his Specification admitted that stays, in links of chains, were in use before the date of his Patent, but then they were,'he said, with small ends, yielding support only to two opposite points of the link, and his pre tended improvement was neither more nor less than extending the width of the ends of the interposed stays. But could this be called new ? If the stay was of the diameter of a sixpence, did not every one know that a stay of the diameter of a shilling or of half-a-crown would embrace a larger surface and yield a proportionably greater support? What had Mr. Brunton done more than is done by common carpenters every day? If a carpenter puts up a plop and finds its diameter too small to yield the required support, does he not put a piece on it, as a head, to give it the necessary breadth ? Mr. Brunton had done no more: he had spread out the head of the stays introduced into the links : this was the sum and sub stance of his invention, aad for this he had taken out a Patent in 1813. His whole improvement resolved itself into Melons of the link marked figure sjn his s Specification (and which, Mr. Wetheral said, pre sented somewhat of a lozinge appearance)- and the introduction of a broad ended stay, which surely could not be considered as presenting that improvement and novelty which should entitle him to an exclusive monopoly. The injunction which he prayed to have removed was, he said, productive of most serious in jury to the defendants, in as much as they had about 400 men kept idle while the injunction continued in force. When Mr. WETHERAL had finished, the Court was adjourned to Monday. JANUARY 19.—Mr. HART, for the plaintiff, begged to suggest, that as new matter had been introduced into the answers of defendants evidently including points of law which might require to be settled in another Court ; that it might save some time to his Lordship were the injunction removed, in the mean time, to allow defendants to carry on their manufac ture till such decision could be had, the defendants being ordered to keep an account of the chain cables and moorings made by them, to ascertain the profits made in the interim, should a verdict be obtained against them. Mr. WETHERAL said he had every wish to save the time of the Court, could he see how that could be done without . prejudice to his client; but such an order would not only subject them to much in convenience, but place them under a kind of odium which might be prejudicial to them in another Court. He begged, therefore,' to go on with his case, and stated that links with broad-ended stays had been used in various kinds of machinery before the date of the patent. He said it was impossible from the specification to make out precisely what the patentee claimed as his invention. He did, indeed, refer to figures, and particularly to 4.5, which was somewhat eliptical, but' alto presented akind of an gular projection on its opposite sides, with the neigh• bouring portions of the link straight, and not elipti-- cal. His clients admitted, that, from 1814 to 1816, 'they did make chain-cables with such links, but ever since, they had made them with eliptical links and broad. ended stays in preference, and for a good sea son ; for they had tried the two kinds, and fotind the eliptical, which was the old form, to be the strongest; nor had they made any deviation in the link from' the common form since 1816, except introducing a stay : even if stays had never been used before, this could not surely be considered as presenting suffi cient novelty and importance fur a patent; but stays ,were actually in use, and expanding the head was only extending . a former principle. The patentee, in fact, did not in his description confine his invention io . tlie stay, but took the stay as introduced into a ring flitikrof a particutir form. Even if stays of al particular form could be matter of patent, yet the' form of the link could not be matter of patent—he having joined them, the patent could not be valid.— But this was not all—the patent takes in three arti cles, .any one of which being old, the patent would be void. The anchor, Mr. Wetheral contended,.pre seated nothing new: the mode of fastening in the shank into the arms was only the common way of clench ing a nail, and nothing more; nor was it, he said, rew as applied to anchoii. 4 Here is a e . o:1 0 14 Fbrm of anchnrs in use for agtlesiluaiw a model of a Boating-light atickii‘fot44sonfething like'a cooper's adze).— 1. , Mr. HART:--- 4 1 We have ticittung to do with that; not being a ship's anchor." Mr. WETHERAL.—" Here is another," (taking up a model of what is called a mushroom Anchor) made precisely in the manner described by the patentee; with the shank rivetted in. Mr. HART.—" Nor is that a ship's guitar—it has got no arms." . __ Mr. WErirEAAT...... 7 ” T , hese are aiithors, and may be employed for anCluiring'ships." Mr. ItAat—" But they have not been so employed?' Mr. WErHERAL said there were other material ob; . . ijections against the pretended right. The City of London had a considerable time ago advertised to ;contract for mooring-chains; the chains wee' fuf T .nished, not by the patentee: they had broad-ended stays in the links: the patentee could not be ignorant of this, for he was himself a competitor, nur bad he brought any action for infringement, or even protes.; ted against the use of she 7. fot.4hetio reasons, Mr. WETHERAL hoped the,injunctient would instantly be dissolved, and witbout an3c older.to keep an account' Of the profitl.. " ' 'Mr. 111:11Atiwitit falltriviii On the same side, and Went 'over the same ;Ittruilients, endeavouring to place them its a clear poiNg e of view, but offered no new facts. . . , Mr. HART, for the Patentee, contended that the.itt vention was well and truly specified ; the irnproVei ment A great one, and the invention new. Nothing, he said, was easier than to set-forth any improve- ment as of a trithincitatitn, astd.loy forced analogies * to represent a ne.w invention as having been known for ages. every One knew, it had been said, that a round link, by a strain, would be drawn into an oval fottit -et to have its sides brought parallel could it bear such afderangentent of the particles of the iron without breaking. The Patentee in illustration of his invention, and to teach others how. to make a good chain, ltad demonstrated that fact, in his specificas tion. lie had shown also that the interpo sition of a stay, by "giving stipport - te.the opposite sides of the link, would increase its . power of resistance ; but that if this stay had sharp ends these would act as ful crums, over which the opposite sides of the link would be broken on the application of a strain. And he had shewn that his Bread-ended stag, embracing as large a portion as possible of the opposite nerved parts of the link, but still leaving room for the inter posed links to play in, would yield it that tupKirt which never had been obtained, nor could be obtained from sharp ended stays, like those in use before hi ob tained his Patent. To say that .stays had been Used before, was saying nothing, ifthese staytdid net and steer the end obtained by those of the Patentee.— Every one knew before that any prop, howeversmall, if placed perpendicular to the strain, would bear al, weigh:, for it - is a physical fact that such a prop, were it as small as a needle, would bear any weight, were it that of the world, if other circum stances were answerable. The substance pressing on the prop must be impenetrabla,,,butthis is not the case even with iron. ifEnes of Mill diameter in the. resent intten9:staTs bet w een the.sideis"of a Indprestedli teelifiror t itrifibliiiefwilf pieta! te iiirf ititatily thOtts?Vaitid:tbeitresi-; that wiiichithq are put in to supportnedk ',lain AMPita o i llrfaf7s,/14X defendants had never availed themselves it to m 'prime chain ;eilslesaillillter.the plaiutilf . 4.14 deH,Rod.. strared ThelkLi9:l3klsPecififati9ll-- .?-, - I L . :- • • galkitalAelrkyt over the ciifft Viit p#igt (bp specificatiOn der:iii i ands our hers 'bitt understand: ihe natuie of the - iiiiistient - by !haVrtri the ' .. . specification beforeiheth, Vie insert* those parts on which he laid -- priocipal.-.stress, relating . to chair cables and-m.9rings ! as nearly astbe.,wAnt of figures to icier to will permit ns, in the word's of the r*ord. SUBStANEE OF TIIE sPeCietCATEOS. ' •,‘ To convey correct ideas respecting my improve ments in the tenstttiction •of chain •ceblesa or moor- - logs, it is necessary that I should point out and alastrate the principles which should guide the'work man in his operations. These, when thoroughly,bn derxtood,. will not only enable him to avail hi self of my imptoitejnenta after the expirition of the said term ; but will qualify him to detect, and conse quently to avoid, those errors find mistakes inform :Ind construction which prevail, more or less, in all the chains that have hitherto been employed for cables or moorings. The object to be gained is the greatest possible strength from a given quantity of materials, keeping in mind' the direction in which the strain is to be bonze. -If the teadeny of a attain applied to a link of a bad form . be once propeily conceived, a great itep is gained towards 'the'adhp tiou of a good form. Lei All; fig. I, (repeater a cireulai link of a chain. 'lf receding threat Int ap plied to the two next links, the ultimate. tqnplencz of the effort of such force is to change the foreof die circular link into one which shall have ilai v i'd'inds and parallel sides, as figure 2 slitit'la'N'rerY . slight examination will shew that, before : ebb/din beefier:l ed, the link must be destroyed: for in such a cketilar link the corresponding segments of the outer and inner circumferences being of different diainetifinie of different 'lengths, and therefore everr i effart 'to lengthen the link in one direction and make the sides approximate in the other direction, must disturb the relative position of every'particle of the,metal,, , suld operate to destroy its corpuscular attraaiO3. .Ifalie oppasite segments of the link'are by the (wee of a strain to be' changed from a curved to a ettoight forni; chi - corresponding segments of the toter and inner circareferences must be brought atk one le9gtb g to effect which, the matter contained *aw outer circumfeetice must be compress. or the matter in the inner c ircumference, must be made to dilate itself without losing its cohesion, or the required compression and eipansion mutt be divided between the two; all of which are impossible without a de rangement of the relative _petition of every . particle in-the mass. To be brief: the matter in the oppo she tides of the outer circumference may:be con ceived to present an infinite number of f. over which the said receding forces, by asi l efort to render the curve straight, must rupture and 'Separate the matter of the inner circumference. A circular is therefore a bad form ; but from the foregoing it is • obvious, that if the opposite sides of the circular-link can be prevented from approximating each other, the evil that has been pointed "out _WM be lessened. Suppose a sharp ended stay to be itttroditeed for this 11/ 17111 11 I I 1 • • I 1 ► I i • ! 'I r 1 A t; • ' .• • i '' I ). • . • 4