The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-04-27 00:00:00

1113 .MAJAITY 60ING IN STATE TO THE MOM OF LORDS TO OPEN THE NEW PARLIAMENT. euniequenre of the will known I.lve of tag,e and e k t ,ace displayed by his Majesty upon ail ocr_:sions u r i c .; the Regency, and tha embellishments the Ifoise of Lords has undergone, and tlw erection o f • {u re rb throne, the anxiety ts obtai.i a . adtnirsion I ranks of society was beyond any f.,rnier i.re;e• all hnndreds of persons iti th.• upper riri of lii~mit c mpelled to put up with dis.itToitithient. brink also the first speech a 11;4 present M.,jesiv c:iacacter of the Monarch of this ope ”, asanother stimalus to be preient on:in so ityere4- ; t : all We .sioo. The opening speech of his late Ma is ~;,, those memorabk words were contained, • r, nas I b-ed amongst you, I giory in the name of stiil retained all the Isree patriot:am aaion, - st the people, and rendered an event like the r res..at a tent auspicious and important monietit. 11w whole eyes of the country, tiirr:ted tuaards speat ▪ cin very easily arronut fur t'.e ;;rest eu• r w!ikh pervaded the wliu:e a etropoli,. As early as tea o'clock in thl mor,ing, St. J a mes', s'r,-e!, Pall-!rap!, and Parliament.stre tt, displayed or ,. ..I:;.lete string of carriages, t!led svi!t prim.:- rile. attired in the most superb dresse as early ▪ eicren o'clock, one boar before the ituora were o tort, the ratmge to the Hons.. of Liras wit; coos plet-ly filled. Hi: Majesty left Carton Pala..e it about minuses fore o'clo k, preceded by th.. Master of tit, Horse ao•i t:.e Otfirers who atteml upon such ; add the guns autism:red his arrital at the fluu..e of Lard.: at a .;carter before t. His Majesty looked ehetrful, and was diessed in military uniform ; he wore el.° a black *ask 'I he populace frequently cheered him, and the lad es fr..ni the windows waved their hath;kerrhiels. 'lke Lord Chaimnor canoe to private room, at West:faultier-Hall, at ten o'clock yesterday tour:dna. to preside in the Court (If Chancery. Before he had time to role he received an offici4l letter. on tt hich hr sent OW of his offii ers into the Ccort to the Bar that he should not be eb!e to come into Curt, as k i r w ould be eni.raged with other hnsiness the reittai oiler of the day. His Lordship afterwanls had an ioter view with the Spesiter of the House of Continuos, in his Lordedp's ro to in the Howe of Lori.. It it reported that Iles :n. !Lundell and Wilke, kw contracted to snake the alterations uu the Inve nd Ll.wo for Sixty 'I 'loosen.' Pounds :----Except chewing theflec-de-lic for the bouquet of the rote, tafrfkand tio,soarocA, we trust no fur her changes will be na4e. 'Mare iJ a suer:Nine:es in atre, in things of dialled, that should be si.ruptiloualy - respectell. The King honoured the Lord 3layor of Dublin by an invitation to dinner. It is said that his Majesty. whist his Lordship tea.: present, was cooties. esidin k :. 'oomph to compliment him and the country from which he came, by driaitig" Prosperity to Old Ireland," in a hamper of rltiskem roe.. We understand that. whAs the Deputation af Xac absatswaite ea the rl of Liverpool with fbeir petition. olishwas • *am days since, the Noble lard told *mu wills candour, that if tin y expecte.l the re peal of the Con Bill they must not look (or the support of Uovernment to the measure. Thi-re were at that tittle of land-owners and farmers in many part:. of the kingdom preparing Petitions to Parliament, to pray fur farther protee.tion ; and in this contort be tween the two parties, Ministers were r. solved to adhere to the measure which hat passed into a law —to give to the ',dying arrangement the furth.l. experience of time. On. point which the Merchant urged with great farce of argument was, that all prohibitions should be Liken off, as most fatal to aramercial intercourse with other nations, and whi. h was is itself a most sick's. principle. Instead of totally excluding articles of foreign mentally lure from tatty at our Custom-houses, let du:ies be laid on them far the protectiod of the home mannfartn.e, if thought anemia ; bat let them at Last be admissible. 'I his vrettli, In its effect, open the eves of foreign States to the advantages of the same policy, and might lead to that interchange if commodities by which they might all he boacitted. o this proposition the Noble Earl paid Haul! attention. Among the ettfgrants proceeding to reek another eadatry el the shores of ffouthern Africa. four vessels. contaiatag above 600 souls, have rated from Liver pool. Woad to the Cape of flood Hope ; three of then varier the command and direction of a naval officer, and one rider private superintendence. The public aril was instructed to provide every accommodation %hid rook! mivis'er to the health or comfort of the families *to Weft to embark. Day LANE TnEATAE.—After the representation of Mac Lear at this Theatre, last night, The Miller of Arm rilehl was p rformed. In the commencement of the second t the. Klaf is entertained at the Miller's LW, who proposes his Majeity's health as a toast. The audicrre received it with great applause, but a person from one of the galleries having cried out "Drink the Queen too," his suggestion gave rite to &contest so vehement (and in which the company in t;,e boxes jo.t,i.ri), that nothing from that moment quota he heard fium the st ige until Mr. Ht.sszu., the t►tAge Manager, came forward to address them. He t•preeented briefly, that they. rfurmers had introduced nuthiPg h was not in the original piece, and as itto , e;Prt had been loug established, he hoped they w hear it to the end. His appeal, however, was in s'reetwil m.ses, cries of " Ott; o"," and " Qu. en. %teem' were continued to the end ; so that the re ittAinder of tbc performance went off in dumb show. Hans •TTPACT6D BY Vcxc•.—On Tuesday after soon, a great 31ilitary Command.r had nearly expe rienced a serious sec dent, owing to the following cir cmistance:—The above d.stingnished Sri ql.llarr, oa quitting the glass-warehouse, the corner c.f Whit tub-street, near the Haymarket, was suddenly attract ed by the powerful charms of a lady e e Fame : nay, solost was he to other surroundin,r object, that a coach, driving at a fuliuus rate, had nearly run over hem, and which must have happened, if a gentleman had n"t Pad-natnredly caught hold of his arm, aw &Len in! the hero of Waterloo from his trance. 'f he latter . immedia►ely trrned round, and shaking the hand of the gentleman, thanked him kindly for his fr:ondly interference. THE Si ATEBII.-% N. THE RING'S COURT. de. Yesterday morning his Majesty received visits at his Palace in Pall-mall from the Duke and Duchess of I;l,m:ester, the Princess Augusta, &e. At two o'clock a Guard 1.1 honour marched into the C•mrt-yaril, under the t (Namaland of Colonel Walpole, pr: retied by the First liegitnent of Foot Guards. The whole GI the Cuirt Jttendants were in waiting. The Cr.iud Hall was lined with the Yeoineti of the Guard. .1t fairer the Pep ttalion from the University of tt.'rd I roceeded iu •:r..:11.1 prore•sion frotu the Horti cultur4l Society's Wit/1114 its Regent -street, to the Pahwr, * headed hv Lord tirenv3le, in his full risi v r r Aty robes, as (14'04.01m., preceded by two V. omen l!edelis and two Esquire Bedells. The as semblage was the woo numerous in the recollection of the oldest Court a:tem ant. Ans..n4 those in the peoerssion were-- e • Ker. Dr. F. Ifosison. of RiTara Nose; the Vie.- chnoeettur, the Praetor.. tie Heads of Colleges. the Pro testors. the Meld thin. S•r Wltt. Scott. one of the. Repre s.nitati‘ei ; tie Dean of ChM .t (lurch, the Duke of Wellington. the Earl flothur-'. Viscount Bulk/ley. the Soh-Dean 4it the UtApoll 11'10. the flee Dr. Holland, the Rl. . Ilarriatm. the Rev. Dr. White. Baron Wolfe. the Her. hallo Sactolers. Sir Claudius Illitlit r lusmber4. the 'ter. Mr. D ikon. Mr. Round. tho Deana Weatintestee. U., foci! arri% al at the rt.-,••• • were jt.lvied by the tretditshop Verk. the Linda,. Oxford. Can and London. their Royal Hichnessea the Dukes of k. Ciarence. and Prises Li•opoirt. the Parlor Vinson*. the 1::r1 of Mayo. the Earl of Itles.ogten, the Fart of N..rlheek. Dr. Latham. ae. Soon afterwar:ls, hi 4 Majc!ty beinz seated on his Throne in tie tire,it Council Chamber, surrounded by his Cabinet Ministers, the tireat Office. s of State, Lor.l Boston, in Welting, Sir William Kepl:i.l, the Ilr,som in Waiting, the l'age of Honour, the State Page. and the lientlenten l'etnieners iu baiting, in their splendid uniforms ; and, even• thing being in n•adiness, Mr. 3lash, the Hem:titian Usher in Waiting, ancouneeil to Lord lirenvilte, the Chaneell ir, that his Majesty was really to receive the Meiuheis of the Uni versity of Oxfor3, and he condueted the numerous airelObliire into the Royal presence, when the l h in ce Her read the Address of the 1. niversit• upon his Majesty's .I,..ees.tic.ll to the Theo .e, which was most graciously received, and to which his Majesty re- turned an appropriate answer. 't h.! assemblage con sisted of about four hundred and thirty. His 3lnjesty afterwards held an Investiture of the Order of the Thistle, upon which o, : easi nn h e wore the ii;4ignia of that Order. It was attended hy— Ills Rime' Highness ti n • Duke of Clarence. the Earl Cath car;. the kart of Ay!eAbbrs. the Earl of Aberessenny, and I.'ad Ergkire. Also by Robert Quartue, Esq., Gentleman Usher of the Green Rot!. 'fhe Martini., of Lothian wa' introduced with the usual forum and cereutonirs, when hip Majesty 1V:IS cracioutly pleased to confer the 'swum'. ut" Knight hood ttlPui the Noble 3lstqui4, and to ihrest hint with the insignia of the Order. 'll.e Ororn f the Univergity of Dnb!in 111% intro duced to his Majesty, when he pre• . ented an Address upon the Kinr's Accession to the Throne, which was zush.t graciously received. _ 'I he Earl of Mayo was introduced to kis )fittkati, who was graciously pleasA4 au confer the hoil of Knighthood upon the Noble Earl, and to inv2st him with the insignia of the Itanovcrian Order. the ping held a Privy Counci!.— His Majesty'• Spervh, to be delivered at the opening of the Ses,iuti of Parliament, this liay, from the Throne, was agr re d upon. The Earl of Carlisle. Lord ErAine. Sir John &c -law Warren, Sir Evan Nein an, and Mr. Pole larew. were introduced and t worn in Privy Councillors: they took their scats at the Hoar) accordingly. The Earl of Craven wrz introduced, - and sworn in Lord-Lieutenant of the uunnty of Berk+. Visrount lieiveynd attended as of the Council. 11. s 31ajesty gave audiumus to Viscount SE:month. the Duke of 11'ellingto9, and the Cul.e of Montrose. THE NEW THRONE. ThC.. magnificent and costly l,is re o' worLmanship yrrtertlay displayed a striking end additional embel lishment, viz.---a large and superb dark crintion silk velvet curtain, widely bordered with the richest gold lice, from which, at the botto:n, appends a broad tick gold fringe with tassels : the whol Lody of the curtain is richly embroidered in gold in a running scroll pat tern. This superb appendage of the ►r:rprrial '1 bros.: is festooned in the centre and at the skier, and par tially folding round the magniti nt I'orinthian columns in the itont. The Throne, or Itr..mi Chair of State, will lJe ready at two o'clo:k to receive the new Sove reign of these Realms. 7he strictest regulations are made to preclude an indiscriminate admission of strangers to see the aurust ceremony of the opening of Parliament by the Sovereign in person. No one will be admitted into any of the numerous suite of apart ments between the outer entrate:e of the House and the Chamber of Parliament, without an order from the Acting Great Chamberlain of England ; 111/1 upon any account into the small spaces reserve•) below the Bar for spectators, without a Peer's order. --(MorningPosi.) One of the most gencritlly reprobated wirelties of the present day, is the randy, glitfering, glaring French piece of furniture !dared in thr fli.ii• e of Lords. i'here was a sort of ancient, simple nrijesty it, the old Canopy of State, which, like vtir Peers' rul.e , , associ ated itself with our institutions, and seetnrd in har mony with the place and assembly in which it :tool— but this glittering gewgan—this piece. of French frippery, with its fasces and lyres, and arabesques and volition entwined with laurel, seems to belong to Al mack's rather than to the !loose tif Lcrils, or perbais is just such a thins' as the Lord Ma%or's upholsttrir (money being no object) miglit have got up to dine the Novereigns under at tie ente.taitiment riven t • teem at Guildhall. The Canopy is in the form of a French bed, with a circular half tes,e;, and i CNCt writ by French artiste and of French materials; with the addition of looking-glasses and niielin curtains, might have done magnificently as a bed for Jeranir Po:say:ate or Madame Keramier. The (hair i; not )et. (tone utr. bun as care is taken to ti,vire tt.a the our now in use, being of simple ferns, is no' the sine ii,t t nd e d, the pat ions of this new style confidently eti,ki t, that the inniel selected will be flit. `'tote Chair foram fly be longing to the King of Westphalia, and which Is now the scat of The B. tie in 1k 6 3.8 Gi.asee!!!---(. 7 !ucf ) OLD 8.1/LEY LIES:UO.II -<Tsts Dar). TRIAL OF DAVIDSON AND TIDO. The trio of the abore prisoners was returned this tanning at the u4ual hour. The erijence ou the part of the Cr„ ra was ma gone through ; after %air!' Mr. Cciiwuou and Mr. Ai o:enrs severally ad- JreNs...l the Ju. y. Many witr.e.ses were called on be- Lai of the-prisoners, chiefly %till a view to establish their previous poi th..racter. John Bennett w.. 1 cellei fur the pu.pose uf discrediting Fled. He de .po•wF that linden had endiavoure.! to pertusiz h.m to attrud the Poe uW t. At the eonelw:on of Mr. AD01.1.111:*'? speech. Baron tiumlnw intimated to Davidson. that this was the time tit torferirkg arty r!touri.s in A.Alition to those made by his C. ans.!. Day.:lson iretnedia:ely arose, and in x manly and enerittic speech, ctideuvuured to explain his condu:t, ji" tar us it is.ts i.npl.,:att .1 in this trinvaction. 'I he cirrumst.ince I , i 11 ' , pi' i s ing the ',Nudes-Lim oA. thus unt.“l f. r. se :id that it W3I the Fruperty of a M. 11 . 01:in,rii, who sailed sante tare ae,o to the t . .ipe of Co ..1 HJpe. tie I ',divan!, it br desire. and u it iKinton's departure ream Priiilaud tie tiehrt h.,d been deliv red to h:m..-- After *es% ral °the, pcnrrAl tentarl.s. the prisoner eon: hided by quiting n pr.e.ael•ot Seriptote, and two %erie% from Pope's , e 4..1 from the manner ;n the ;lir. Ft Da Vi.kOn trait :ortipookl awl ticl:..ercti, it wit. vittinit that h.t , h. h;t4 eau 4.ion li.ta b. muds tuptrior to I!:0 , , of the other tsr.u..tv. .1 4.141 r ,, in . ; the :ttri ir!.en we to',k our In a late Liarraphical of Cowper, we find the fothewing piny ape:--- " In our trays, Au Utile are authors in danger of starving from the ir“.brattee and svitisliiiesy of irook • Ilert. or the nee tcct of ta, it ce t.anprtrarics. that if to true talent thei add 'Ai). an ordinary portion of p rudenee and i .iustry, there is scarcely any class of men that has less to fear fetnn ;he ea pr,ces of firtitne. 't he announce ment of a work front the pen of at has: a dozen of our dicing atilials, excites teear!y as much interest is the urns of a great battle an I for every poem of a l-er hundred stanza-, London or Edinburgh sends Wee. what the Laterj acentA call a Holden shower, to it fresh, with all t!ie luAitries of life, the retirement of a Scutt, aC. hell, a Moore, or a Ciablre; or, per ativeuttire, to furnish the noble initv:rcl with a hrger letter of credit ou some fir, et: or [Wien banker. Cut for this happy revolution in the re f abbe of letters, the literati of the present see are is a great measure in debted la emit- ale have race before them. Ibe growth of t este, like the p.og.e , .‘ of liberal rayinioas wish which it is in , :eparatily connected. is uniformly slow and eradttal ; and had nut l'eakdise Lost sold for the yuhr,. awn of IW. or att., T* • Task, and some otia,r works brenprtsenied as a gi:t to the publishers, Geo "okh, 7 1 ;:c LaJg ty" the LaLT, or even a sin& imaillrfof CW1040114 utter wall have yti chaserat the extraardivary Frice of thief thousand icisiaieretMsias, in loon. NNW pustatla caste; wad, contevisteritly, the early ttrieets, whn halt in a com sew of tr stele not one flan ill o n thotrand un dercood the vain.. w...re :Air: so feud sheeny y.s in toe preaicanient of that. rho let down buckets into empty wells, and ?rail their days , in drawing no waver. latt this evil has, at Lot worked out its o wn cure. Ily itedulgintr, ip despite a poverty and priva tion, ;he natural bent of thesr minds, men of r enias have at last eular4ed tie circle of readers. and have created a demand for the beauties of literature, have plat: 41 it within the reai.h of their suecesors, to amass liar nes ty their *Mil and :rehires in supplying it. Ina w A.% the Itetuat.; el the fathers of literature in a cc:wary, may he coitipired to capital suuk in some crest ihni•irs‘l unduriukin,T, whieti, although ruinous to tar Civet projectors, 1:: elest;hed to enrich and en light u posterity, by •caiteritir over the community :.',I the Lictrina's e emir d an.i extending civilitation. Gismo A JUSII4 I A PAP' ne I.la. &UK Err•.- -A few day since, as Mr. Dnpree, a istagitrate and a great eportsinhn, a as taking a *4lk aith his lady, contlemous to his estate, in the neightionthotal of Beaconsfield, he observed a histy wageoner at a snail di stance from him in the pnhlic path, in tINdt•WW4 !bifida wits two servant markts beloneine to they Aeve town. Mr. Dupree immediately left h's Is ty awl went to ad inuiri•li the mue!ern er,trerei ler the inipra e ii dy of his con lu t, when unexpectedly 8ed..., with a gr. - se upon his Cheek, obscreett, that he took Mr. Dare* for too v.rcat a laver of lb.- elasee than to interrupt the voila , sf MeNeld : and seizing an ua stick, whieh the above gentleman had in his hand, nithout In flier ceremony laid it oft s I sharply about blr. Dnpree's bead al to produce a rife of deck eyes, and other marks of violence. Ihe latter immediately applied fur a werrsu: to Mr. Ferries, but hisfoet was so altered from the activity of the wavretter. as to be scarcely recognised by thr- Msgiitrate .es kis friend ant neigh bour Mr. Dupree. The wage. tier ewere.l into a re eagniz Awe for his apt carat*. e to take his trial tar the smelt. Unto turetine to A: place yegterslay mortsior, on beiween 311 o• and a gentle man ot the name l'eation, in eunsegnenc.: of a dis pute ia % .olli a female of gay- character. `bate yr. re PNehaawed with llt etlce!: tut to the seron.i tiro the 313jui na4 w.aun,lvtl the leil :ide. Lut the 1,411 did not :17. Cmtvima, 12 O'CLom. ' Tleri else the Lottery tekatt drawing, when :cu. 9,! , 11. .t y rat of .Citt,Uttlt Consols (litrip the only La i pihil drawl at th.• a%t•re hour), was :111.i in on: tjuArter, OW Eighth, and ten Flateentli .hares, by I J. and .1. SlVin P. iGs. T. 37, Cornhill, 3,, Ita,u,srtre, 11, Holborn, and 141, Oxford-greet, reticle the tin tunate holders may receive their money. nee.—Alsout one u'cluch, pi:lmlay morainr. the tuatittfactori . of hlr. V Aurhan Isriltlis, printurs•-itA 1 maker, Coppire-row, ClaLenwell, was diieuri and fp he on lire. ' The Mitsui rti . lril for CHU: I.ale with ere.it fury, on account of the ..t.iivity i f conihns:ible uhile• rids on the premises, Mid iltre.iii•ael il.thrit.hion to he I weitthhontine hour, nor we:. flay •huirlioeit until the who!e of the nt.inifactory, with the cock in tiahe, utensils, Sc:. w.!rt destroy tu. the pietnaies were n• t in.at ed. " 11Ib i NAPUL INTELLIGINCE. • • ...........—. Dias., APIS& ft —Case dews fro. the River lest sight, sad sai.adoha Aosta. Tong, for Perseatbswo t 111116,6, 1 Reid, for Trieste; Jiliss Cesar, Ledge. for Overrate; and Hales, for the alledherreseas. The Orwe.l. Sander , . 1 ft, atlas, brought up last mallet, and is sow wsitiag for the Seetrhy Castle,—Arrived to-day, sad sailed for the Ri ver, the Londe., Lyre, boo Chenustel Laurel. Spitshs, frost Tweed& ; sad Uarnoey, Woodall. from Dessrars.— A Turkish frigate, Rota Alsaaadris, hes passed throes* the Dowse for Leedom; • salute of 11l gun was 'red, sad re , termed by his Majesty's ship Severe. 1 _ FL's o'Cnecw.—The lireleby Castle. Botizoby, for Cities, is jest coining late the Downs. and if the northerly wind coalition sl e will proceed with the Ora ell. HARWICII, APRIL it —Sailed the Itesulroy peeket, tor Cuxhaven, and Charlotte packet, fee Gotteaberg; nub a mall. Pearsuortu.Arair.lll.--Salied the 31arabult. White, for Prtersburrh ; Loyally. Hears. for Lcbacton ; anti ral Ca? tharioa. Spook, for firre%ko.—His hisjes4'4 sip Sopphe has gore out of harbour. and brought up at Spitheld, boos' to St. Itelean. PLY Dot Tn. Antic 25.—Arrired the Ibis, hiirmons, free Charente. for London ; and Gallant. Myth, from Liverroo.. for Ilawburgb. —Sailed the Specriatioa. Richards, fcr Quebec ; and Henry Clay, Cana, for Virginia. Ltrainroos. Aram lb.—Arrived the Itidsrd. treabigle, from Para; Whits Deb, Betts, from New Odense ; Talbot. Rates. from Aletentlrla ; Potomac. Rrodford, (runt ditto and Persateranee. Moues*, Irons Charente. rAilsovre. Area 24. Arrived the Jepittr. N:11•!Tigc• frees Arundenl; end Milder Derry. lAideisson, ;role lao4- lieu ad. ArataSlL—Tho Agememoon. Capt , in Robert Bartels. with corietcts. for New Rooth Wales, has saZed from this port to -day. COURT OF EXCISE, APRIL 26. Mr. James Dobson, a respectable paper-stainer and hanger, was charged with having st.ined a quantity oi* paper, without having given the no-ire required by lain to the Excise.—He pleaded Nut bulky. _ _ 11 illiam Skinner, an officer of Excise, statel that La was at the Adelrbi Theatre at the lucre end Sep tember, veien the Worm was and tin h • el:- tenth of Oetob r following, the silo in was / a:ered with blink elephant paper by Mr. Dots in's me:., wh o stained it on the following day a sal men retest:. Thera was no stamp on this paper to show th::t i: Lad p . .id duty for being stained. '1 bon,as Chilman stated, that he we.• emi.icyed by Mr. Dobson to paper the saloon of the Ad. Tbea , re, which be did with plain piper, cal:ed lining, to which afterwards a slight colouring wls riven. William Faulkner, an °filler of the Rieke. who WAS in possession of the utmery of the Theatre, whiz it had been seised fur not baring been Paint d on eanv.:es that had paid duty, confirmed th;s testimmty. Mr. Maras, lAA tor to the Pulse, reset the elasso of the Act of Parliament on which this Udall:slims was &node , . It sated, that any Fermis who rtlitirt paper without thing notice thereof to the Exc't 4111011‘. upon eemeilleinte a be Rattler, a rosily of lOW. Henry Cleat% a de& of the *gel*, picved that no notice had been given by Mr. robsowei try inten dos to stein riper at the Airiest 4lteor.l-. Mr. Dobson, in his defence, sated ti,lt he !lad been enraged by dr. Rodwell, one or the r tort icor3 of !ha AdelpLi Theatre, to paper the saloon previous to the o;lening of the Theatre. He Cowl that the walls iserl very damp, mil fiat it was necessary to lir.c them with paper of an inferior quality, Wore that which wets to receive the relent could be put on. The parer +, at oft as a security against the demi) wit of co:lry un stamped. Soon .after this had b: en dine he had ceca sips to leave the work, and the actir.g director being of opinion that the Ant lining of paper looked so& ciently well to receive the colour, without ring to the expense of a won.; Hoint , of' paper, use criers to the defendant's earn to s Ma the raper, whi di they dig' in his absence, without beimg aware that they v:ohted any Act of Parliament. When lie fount ah.t they bad been doing in his al•sence, he mer.t oned tht ease to the °Meer of Excise, who was the surveyor to his manufactory, and whom he consitlered as his 'ere A ydin. The oMeer said, the question as to the lisbi:lty of theatrical property hal net bean decided by tha Bard, and advised him to c. ver the °lmmured p-par w th taper which hid paid duty, and c.tiin it or r a. ain. Relying on the infallibility of the officer, bet had done so, at consideraSie expense. Vv. defendant best commented upon the impassibility that tradesmen cool" adhere strictly to tl.e letter of the Excise laws, and upon the injurious effnot whivh a strict execution of the Act in question would rapture, if stair,» were bound to give notice to the Excise of every Otte in which they stained paper. 1 be Co1:11. said, that the strition wh:eh r7mained undecided with regard to the liabiiity of theatrical property, ratted to the scenery only, and net to say other elsemeatione. it. was quite evident that the di. rcetlons of the Art, as it now stood, requiring rotiees to be given to the Excire, relate" to all places whet event, In which pwl.er should jpe stained. 't be de resist must be answerable fornhat was Ann^ by his savants, but the coveting of'4ltowslis with stamped art was certainly a neat entteittiattera a theorize. helve the above eireuvistaners, ate Collet (*evicted the defendant, bat miligated theism:shy front ICtg. to the tominal one of 10/. o ani brunt, since th i•lwtvi tion, lire* lots put it, :rens. being mrOs holispo es t is lex-letpred *ion thnt speeir^ urroercio::. ThM wretched !rniin is extemiely nary. ui, aid at Freeent enters little tte that hinifttOld Ivor, rho Ptt Air trial, appeared to si s-arterize his enntluct at the se• • cret meeting, in t 'A he irons slaked • tb^ T esarefs are s't , iilar thou .• pnt ou all capital telols. 1 histliswoefl scenic' to b.? notch tnott Ogg when they were rtaresi upon him. trust soy. Mit ' ti.. has not 1 . . , et " kgaile colivittei " -, as vial tie. I t histlewao I, were yes:en:lnv rem 'red to the , :otwtsrallited Yerterilsr. ore of the pr:voners, when* trade •we that: t pr. -en! ni:nti in, 2..tiernp•eli siliets a knife r his wince .2, prertoosiy elegise fait. Caart. It ap:•etrs tent Mr. Pro in bid 7irrh .raven tnat such nee .on; •tt.;rid hr kiTt our et tbirfr few+ ; 'bit me of the k ::ho load tree. eating wind bead sad eh op% •••nc.y Isi.l his k n if e olowsk an .i the pr.:sorter seised the itrornarrity of e.micavourtert tv if...act...1 it. : • r • w ~ ...i~a'c i