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; • :;,,--- a. $ ',1,0 i O. , :. .• .......74 . ir • OS "/ • • el .c..-.1-::+?;.-ci)-...‘711* tff) ii 3 MISS WILSON. —.....—. The performance of this young Lady in the character of Mundane, at Drury-line Theatre, on Thursday night, superseded every other subject of ronversation yesterday in the literary and musical circles. Beery circumstance connected with her was inquired after with the utmost solicitude. To Mr. T. WELSH the stage is now indebted for two of its brightest ornaments, Miss SIMMS and Miss LsON. To his discrimination and care ex eisonvely is due the praise of introducing to the world Miss Wmitotr, in the high state of cultivated talent exhibited on Thursday night. His meeting with her. we learn, was purely accidental. As he chanced to pass through a retired street in one of the suburbs a very few years since, Miss WILSON was singing in a situation near the window, and he was struck with the sweetness and strength of her totes. His curiosity was strongly excited to learn something of a girl so highly gifted by na ture, and afters few interviews with her parent, she became his apprentice, in the confident expects non on his part of her future excellence. The performance of Thursday night proves how well he has fulfilled his duty, and the lady has profited by his instructions. If st seventeen years of age she has achieved such wonders, what may not be ex pected when practice, and a more matured age, shall have improved her talents? Miss Wtuson, we un derstand, is not less perfect in Rosetta, which will probably be the next character in which she will •ppear. Iler Mariderne, however, must have a long run before the public can wish for a change. ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. .... - - . The Soirees Anuesanies, a new class of entertain• ments, which hove been recently set on foot at this place, attracted $ considerable audience last even ing. They are highly entertaining, cod hold the attention firmly, without any occurrence of tedium or anxiety. The first part, which is represented by shadows, is a very clever illusion, displaying the company, adventurea,and travelling of a stage coach, which so stand* still at the rate of eight miles an hour." The characters form a very eccentric groupe, and conduct a conversation ern less varie gated sod whimsical. The prosecution of Mr. Qaeer Trumpet, the puppet.shew man, by the Managers of the Theatre-Royal, which succeeds, appears to shadow forth the spirit of some very in vidious proceedings, which were commenced in the course of last ye,ir by one of the patent houses. The mock pleadings in this important case seemed •tO be fully understood, and were applied with great alacrity by the audience as allusions to matters of real moment. The aecoad part, 4 , Dr. Faystws is ,Liorwloa," is a swore adventurous effort still. The display of heads, prepared by his familiar to repre sent the opinions and habits of the towu in living form to the Doctor's view and hearing, is a con trivenee of great Merit. It opens an opportunity for judicious satire, which is here turned to good account. The heads of the woman of quality, of Dore Jams, and of the poetical punster, who keeps a menagerie of wild beosts, are rich iu sar casm, poi n t, sad humour, and give uo icupt dia. whiny of the prevailing follies, prejudice., and bed testes of the current tunes...at the same time they convey none of that unjust bittersweet which con demn" and denounces the whole b ri e of a po. lished society on account of a few couutervailiug defects.—" Gay Fawkes," which succeeds, and finishes the entertainments, is no lees prolific iu facetioes humour and witty contrivance.—The pieces were intermitted by choice selections of vocal music, in which Mr. BROADHURST, Miss Tun. araLL, and Mias STIIRRNSON distinguished them selves. Upon the whole it may be fairly said, that where cheerfulness is the object sought, an evening cannot be more rationally and pleasantly spent thou at these entertainments. A letter from Brighton, dated January 17th, sass—" The weather to-day has ben, humid and unpleasant; his MAJESTY, uotwithstanding, has promenaded the Palace-grounda. The Princess AUGUSTA has taken her usual carriage airing, ac companied by Lady MARY TAYLOR. The KING, for a few days, leaves us for Carlton Palace s on Saturday morning. The llamas, bids adieu to ' Brighton, fur • longer *emu, to-morrow. Her Royal Highness's departure will be a subject of mai I regret. The Earl or LIVERPOOL, Lord CASTLEREAGH, and Sir C. PAGET, arrived at the Palace this afternoon." Yesterday the Princess SOPHIA. visited the Duchess of Ctsaxace. The Duchess of KIN? spent Wednesday even ing and drank tea with the Duchess of CLARENCE, who, we are happy to say, together with the inf an t Princess ELIZABETH, continue extremely well. The Margolis of STAFFORD is entertaining the Earl of CARLISLE, the Archbishop of YORK, Lord MORPETII, oink other distinguished characters. at his magnificent seat, Treutham Hall, Staffordshire. The Earl of Bar...oats and his two eons, Lord Viscount CORRY and the Honourable Mr. Htsa CORRY, set oft from a Ciertleeuole, his Lordship's test, near Enniskillen, on Thursday. for Loudon. The H«. Osnis BROWNK has arrived at lien derma's, Hotel, New Palace- y ard. BAOWILL, M.P. left Medfield, near Clea red, on Friday last, for London, to attend his duties in Parliament. General and Airs. AILCHDALL hays left Castle Archdall for their seat in the Queen's County, pre paratory to the General's departure fur Loudon, to attend his ditty in the House of Cotus•sau. Great rejoicings have taken place in consequence of the safe delivery of the Lady of Lord JOHN CIMPBBIL of • aau and heir p►esumptivt to the house at Aitclri.L. Next to Mies DILAIIY, the richest heiress is said to he Miss Lawitince, of Studley Park. in Yoykshire, whose possessions exceed 50,0001. a .13112 kir. TO THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD MAYOR. Lower Brook.slreef, Saaatry 19, 1991. My Lm-1 am hosamered by the Queries commas& to inform year Lordship, that as her Majesty ►as bees gives to eaderstaad that some difficulties have arises with regard to the attemilance of professional individoals at the Concert which was appointed to take place at the Mansion. Horse on the 16th of February; her Majesty. I■ order . to striate them immovesisseine. has sanetioard the pompous. nest of it until the let of Marsh. And lam ordered to coramoalcate to your Lordship bee Majesty's isteation of beiag presaat at it or that day. 1 hare the hearsr to be, my Lord, Your lordship's moat elardient bumble Serrano, R. K. CRAVEN, Vics.Chamberlaio. The following Addressee will be p►esented to her MAJESTY. at Bnodenho►gh House, ou Mon day next :-- Livery of Loado■ Sodium/ Freemen is Louden, Westminster Falkirk' Mary-le-bone Amicable Society of Net. Leedom Industrious Clones noehara Tis-plate Workers Warwick Glass-blowers . • • Carpetslen Krwigwam Coopers Brass.iiienslers Trowbridge Callehermilt AN Sabots, Poplar Bakers Berkshire Reading Poole Neweast le- upon-?yne Ditto, Females Dublin (Guild a Glovers and Skinners) Southampton Chipping Sodburp New Shoreham Leggin)lnt Guildford West Teigessouth Birmingham, Mechanics ConeentriC Society of Liver pool Simplon Mellott Cos bridge, Glamorise Newbury Alford Camberwell, Laboorers Blackburn, Males Ditto, Females Stamford Wallingford Manchester &Ming loves-wry Dundee (Flax-dressers) Soke and neighbourhood of Horncaslle Colron, Devon Oxford (Coach-makers) Selkirk, Incorporated Trades Brecbin, Dalin and GniWrg Ditto, Odd Fellows. GRAND ENTERTAINMENT BY MR. AND MRS. COUTTS. The Royal Dukes have frequently honoured Mr. mud Mrs. Coutts with their company at dinner separately, but not together, till Thursday, when the whole of those in England, excepting the Duke of Gloucester, were present, namely, the Dukes of of York, Clarence, and Sussex. The entertain ment was given at their mansion-house in Picca dilly, which was to celebrate the anniversary of their wedding-day. Mr. Coutts was in excellent health, much better than he has been for some years, to entertain his Royal, Noble, and distinguished guests. Among the company were the Earl and Countess of Besborough, and several others or the Nubility and persons of distinction. The dinner was most sumptuous, consisting of every delicacy. After dinner the company were gratified and de. lighted with a most charming concert, under the direction of Sir George Smart, embracing the most superior talent, both vocal and instrumental, which the metropolis can boast. Among the vocal performers were, Madame Camporese, Miss St e . phens, Miss Go odall, Mr. Bradman, Signor Ambro getti, Signor Angrisani, Messrs. W. Knyvett , Hawes, Broadhurst, and Lute. The band was led by Mr. Spagnoletti. The principal instrumental performers were, the admired Miss Sharp, on the harp, Mr. Putze on the horn; the other instru mental performers were Messrs. Lindley, Watts. Daniels. &c.; composing a very happy mixture of English and Italian performers. The concert began at half.past ten, and finished at half.ptuit twelve. The rejoicings of the festive di, wars not confined to the higher orders, as the charitable and beneficent donations bestowed by Mn', Coutta were carried to a most unprecedented extent, she having relieved by her charitable dona tions the previous day at least 1,000 persons in the metropolis. She relieved 100 families. and one of them being a man and eight children. it is esti mated that they consisted of at least 500 persons. The donations consisted of bedding, shirts, shifts. gowns, flannel petticoats, and other articles of wearing apparel, besides bread, into, coals. tea, and sugar, together with sums of money. according to the number in family, or the distressed state of the parties. Mrs. Conics, in the distribution of her extensive acts of charity, took every possible pre caution to gourd against the deception of Mallow. tors, by making inquiries herself into the correct ness of their representations in many cases, and in other instances engaged respectable persons to act in a similar way. The other numerous performs in distress who par. took of Mrs. Coutts's bounty, reside at Malden, in Essex, and its neighbourhood, where the different articles to be given away were conveyed iu caravans, and her steward superintended the distribution. The remainder of her extraordinary and truly benevolent donations (worthy of imitation by all wealthy ladies) were distributed among the pri soners in several gaols. 'We •re authorised to way that Lord SCARSDALE was prevented attending the Derby county meeting last week, by the indifferent state of his Lordship's health. The Mayor of Derby has 6xe:l Tuesday next for a Meeting of the ioliabitents of that town, to consider of the propriety of petitirming Parliament to take the most ttfectiisl steps to reinstate her Majesty the QUEZN in all her political righter-to cause a stiict inquiry to be made into the late un constitutional proceedings against her MAJESTY— sod to prevent a recurrence of measures equally dangerous to public morals and to the peace of the Country. The Observer of To-morrow will contain correct representation% of the Interior of the House of Com mons. It will be from a wood•cut, with an esplastmory table. The plan and the letter-prig ixplanation will occupy one-fourth of the Paper, and will be similar to the en graved view of the House or Lord', which appeared i■ The Observer of the 17th of September last. The price of The Observer, Sevea-pence. The well lately souk itt Lincolres.laa-squase, for the purpose of erecting a pump, is 213 feet deep, 75 feet of which is oar filled with water. The pump, which is to be ott an entire new con• structibu, will be erected in a few days. PETE AT RILIVISHAW. On Thursday last Residua, Hall, in Derbyshire, was the scene of joyous festivity, in honour of the christening of the son and heir of Sir George Sit. well. The hall and adjoining /tables were adorned with variegated limps, of which about 3,000 were used. Over the entrance to the hall was * large and very brilliant star : end the whole front was tastefully decorated with laurel and lamps inter mixed. Over the gateway at the stables were the letters "S. R. S." the initials of the infant son of Sir George (and as well those of an ancestor); the pillars ware likewise covered with a profusion of lamps, the whole so displayed ns to give a splendid effect. When seen from the entrance to the hall, or from within, it had a most beautiful ap pearance. Indeed, the whole was so well arranged and displayed as to afford delight to all the spectators. Nor was the ivaide of the hall less an object of attention than the outside. The whole suit of rooms occupied by the company for the evening, was bril liantly illuminated with candles; end a coloured glass window in the dancing room was formed into • transparency, which was very superb; the floor of this room was likewise chalked in an elegant and tasteful manner—that portion of it which was appropriated to the quadrille parties being chalked with oak and vine leaves, and trophies in the centre ; and that fur the waltzers with thistles and roses mingled. The table. in the Hall wera• likewiee beautifully decorated by an artist from London. About twelve o'clock, the company, consisting of upwards of two hundred, began the sprightly dance, which was kept up until about three, when they sat down to an elegant repast, after which dancing was resumed, and it was about six o'clock before the company separated. The Sponters on the occasion were—His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, Sir llay Campbell, and Mrs. Parke; amour, the company were— The Duke of Devonshire, Mrs. Caveodish, Mr. Sibeyd, Mr. Ashby, Rev. Mr. Smith, Mr. Beanmoot, Dowager Lady Galway, Hon. Mr. Curzon, Mr. and Mrs. Watts Russel, Sir Robert and Lady Wilmot, and Mr. Wilmot; the Dowame Lady Sitwell, Mrs. thriven, and Mr. Hurt Sitwell; Mrs. Moore, Mrs. and Miss Parke, Major Parke ' Miss Taut, Miss Mundy, C o l one l H a lt on , Si r Francis and Lady Wood, Mr. Wood, and Miss Wood ; Mrs. Mr. E. and Misses Beaumont ; Mimes Lee, Mr. H. Fawkes and Miss Fawkes; the Hon. and Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Lumley Saville, Misses Lumley, Mr. and the Hon. Mr.. Bland, Hon. E. Hawke, Mr. Rhodes, Mr. C. Mallon, Rev. Mr. sad Mrs. Reaston, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Ricketts and Miss Stunt, Mr. and Misses Chaplin, Mr. H. Gaily Knight, Rev. B. Port, Mr. J. Fuller. tots, Rev. Charles S. Stanhope, Mr. Thornhill and family, Mr. Hallowes, Mr. and Miss Bllby,•nd Mr. and Mrs. Heath tote, Colonel Hacker, Mr. and Mrs. Parker, Mr. J. and Slim Parker, Miss Swallow, Mr. Jebb and family, Mrs. Gaskill, Maas Pilkingion and Miss Noble, Mr. and Mr,. T. Mr. E. and Miss Walker, Mr. C. Hamden, Miss Crompton i Rev. Mr. Mrs. and Miss Alderson, Mims Crum, Mr. Httoloke, Mr. John Shore, Mrs. and Mr. Daley, and Misses Shore, Mr. William Martin, the Honourable Mr. Leslie, Mr. Carat Worsley, Mrs. and Mira Carill Worsley, Me. aid Mrs. Sparrow Sturm, Mrs. M. Stovia, Rev. Charles E. Cotton. Mr. Nra. and Miss Thomas, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Fordo., Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Broomhead, 'Messrs. Rama. den, Dixon, Booth, Chetwynd, and Temple, 1151 b hussars, Mr. Methuen, Mr. Talbot, Mr. Harvey, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. C. Cater ' Rev. T. Cater, Mr.. and Miss Stokes Rev. Mr. Bosley, Mr. Headley, Major Money, Mr. Cos:ttoo, Mr. Irimose, Casuals Ste . MrSaid Wright, yrs- s" Miss Trotiell, Mrs. Mr. J. and Slimes w Rev. Mr. Downs, Mr. Strati, Sir John Eusrace, and Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Elea. The leativilies were renewed on Monday, when many of the respectable neighbours dined at Real. sha« Hull. Ylll. AGRICULTURAL P&TITIONS. _ The numerous and respectable meeting of the Landholders of Duitmow Hundred, Essex, was held at the Saracen's Head, Donmow, on Tuesday., the 2d inst. when • Petition to the House of Corn mons, praying that the protection of that House might be extended to thenr, from the accumulated distress which the agricultural interest now labours under, was unanimously agreed to. Similar agricultural Petitions to those which a►e shortly to go from all parts of the couittry, are about to be sent to both Houses of Parliament by the Agriculturists in the neighbourhood of Derby. One of the Petitions to each House, we understand, is now lying for signature in that town. DUBLIN, JANUARY 14. DUBLIN POLICE.-DARING OUTRAGE. Hr4o•Oirctoc.—Oa Wednesday night, the 10th instant, the house of Ignatius Purcell, Esq. of Prospect Puitit, near Swords, in the county of Dublin, was burglariously and felunioualy entered by a number of armed men, who robbed the house of bank notes to the •mount of 87/. together with • great quantity of plate •ud Are-arm. Information having beta communicated at this office on the following (Thurs day) morning, Mr. Farrell immediately dispatched Peace officers MiCarihy, Wright, and M•Donougb, in search of the rubbers, when after • diligent search they succeeded in ap prehending, i■ a public-house in King-street North, four men, namely, Pat Walsk, Pat Foga'', John Kelly, and (harry Ilaarally ; and on being searched, was found the whole of the bank notes which were taken nut of the house. The officers, after much resisl•eee on the rubbers' part, brought them to this office, when 111 r. Purcell, together with his ses rants, attended,and Identified the whole of the money, as also their persons to be part of the gang; when after • strict examination before the Magistrates., they were fully committed to abide their trial at the next commission. The great activity and rfficleney of our Dublin Police is the familiar theme of praise not only in this city, but in London, where the want of similar exertion is so strongly felt and complained of. The exceedingly prompt detection of t►e rubbers who committed the outrage detailed above, furnishes striking proof of thej wanes' of the commendation upon the Dublin establishment. A melancholy accident occurred in the park of Sir JOHN BOUGHEY. Bart. one of the Members for the county of Stafford. at Aqualate. on Satur day se' 'ghe. Some poor miners and others to the number of fourteen, being out of work, bor rowed u waggon and leaving loaded it with coals, fur the purpose of earning a fete shillings by the sale of them, drew it without hor►es to the house of the worthy Baronet, who with his accustomed benevolence made them a handsome present, but declined accepting of the coals. in hopes that the poor fellows might turn them to profit elsewhere.— On ►eturning through the park, Lied having ne glected to lock the wheels, the waggon descended a h►ll with such velocity that a man of die name of RUDGI was thrown down, and the wheels pawing over his body, k►lled him on the spot ; another ass hod his ribs broken and his life is in great &ogee; sod a third airs injured iu a less degree. IA ItY PaßroilMANck. Thursday sight a yetoug mat, of the name of George Ket tering, a weaver by trade, undertook to stand four hours on oue leg without any other support. The wager was for tea guineas, sad deeided before a large eonspany, up stairs, at the house of Harry Harmer, the pugilist, the sign of the Plough, in nittspoir.strect. Bets rim high against Min ; even when he hail stood shove three hours and a half in that pain.. fhl position bets increased to five and six to one •gainst him ; when be stood hi that Itilinde three hones and three quarters he became so weak that he could net speak, and with difficulty could support himself and it was expected every mionte be world give in; however, to the ourpri.e of all, he stood it out, and then was carried to his chair, he tint being able to move. After Ms leg was fomented for same lime, sod some cordial given to him, he recovered so far as to be able to join in the festivities of the parties assem bled. Many sporttng gentlemen were present; we under stand it is the greatest task of the kind ever performed. PEDESTRIAN awd IMUIESTIZIAN EXPEDITION. since expedition is now so meek in veggie, that almost every week beings intelligence of some performances that are arppompd to hove never bees vailled before, it will nut, we pres•me. begonias to shear, that many of these wonder. Nil efforts which have lately exeited so much attention were indeed surpassed in "days of yore." Ettchidss, • titian% of Plates, went nn foot from thence to Delpilets, to bring the d fire. This he obtained, sod vet erne! with it the same day before elate!, having travelled 125 English miles. No sooner had he saluted his fellow.eitixens, and de. livered the fire. then be fell at their feet and died.—After the battle of Marathen, a soldier wns sent on font from the field to annownee the victory at Athens. Eahansted with fatigue, and bleeding from his wounds, he had only time to cry out, " Rejoice, we are ronqiierors!" and then immediately expired..—Mot. Cooper Thorehill, an innkeeper, at Stilton, rode from that plare to London, and bark again, and also a sern•d time to London, in one day, which made in all tl3 miles. He node took to per. form this journey with severs? horses in fifteen boors, but completed it in twelve hours and a quarter.—On the 3d of May, 1714, • rung lady, who at Newmarket had laid a considerable wager that she could ride 1,000 miles is 1,000 boors, finished her match i• little more than two. thirds of the time. At her coming in, the country people strewed flowers in her way.—One of the fleetest racehorses ever known was celled Eclipse, and, as it is confidently affirmed, once ran an English mile in • minute. Such equestrian performances seem to countenance Shakspeare's byperbohc•l language sin this subject : I've beard of riding wagers When horses have been nimbler than the sands That rue i' Ih' clock's behalf. - - BRUTAL OUTRAGE AND ROBBERY. A few nights ago, as Dr. Lewis of Dock•bead, who is be teteett sixty and seventy years of age, was walking near the end of Dover-street, in St. George's•Selds, Ite was slopped by some men who demanded his motley. The •enerable gentleman did not immediately comply, nn which one of them drew a bludgeon from under his octet, and struck hint a most tremendous blow on the nose, whirls deprived him of sense, and laid him prostrate on the ground. In this situation, he was found a few minutes afterwards by some humane persons; kis pockets were turned Inside out, his watch was gone, sad be wan bleeding profusely. CHESTERFIELD. JANUARY 12.—His Grace the Doke of DaVONSelag passed through this place on Wednesday last, after his return from the meeting at Derby. Before his Grace entered the town, the horse* were taken from his carriage, and he was drawn by several of the inhabitants, amidst the cheering of several hundreds; who, expecting the Dwirtoa arrival•, had aseensbled to esprsaa their approbation of his conduct. After thanking them, his Grace observed that the Resolutions which he Had the honour to propose at Derby (and to which he must attribute the flattering reception thus given him) were perfectly loyal to the KING, and con sistent with the principles of our happy constitu tion; severe to none but the persecutors of the QVISEN. Then holding up in his arms the son of Mrs. CAYeaDisH, who was along with his Grace, he raid, ,‘ Gentlemen, here is a CAVENDISH— aIready his young mind is made acquainted with the beauty of our constitution, and I hope he will always be loyal to his KING, and endeavour to pro mote the liberties of the people." His Grace ex pre,sed himself highly gratified with the honour they did him, and said that he bliould always feel a lively interest in the welfare of the town of Ches. terfield. Recent accounts from India mention the death of General HARE and General TORRENS. The Insolvent Debtors' Court sat yesterday in the Inner Chamber of the Court of Exchequer. There were no cases of ally general interest. The Court adjourned at three o'clock until Mon day. when it will sit in the Justice Hall of the Old Bailey. There are 27,200,000 acres of hind in the State of Penipylvania. The United States, recording to a Report by the Secretary of the Treasury to the Senate, dated November 17. have purchased from the Indians 191,776,538 acres, which is more than seven times as much land as the whole State of Pennsylvania, and something more than three times as much land as the whole kingdom of Great Britains While Poets are paying their Addresses to the Nine Muses, a wiser and more numerous class of 'persons are impaling the Nine Tocenig one Tkomidoods, which the Contractors fur the New Lottery have provided fur the Public ; and as Three of them are store to be drawn on the 23d issiatot, before the King's Speech is delivered from the Throne, we may guess the reason why the Lottery Offices are su early crowded with adventurers. BURGLAILY.—The house of H. HEDGER, Esq. Magistrate for the county of Surrey, situate At Walcot-place, Lambeth, was broken into • few nights ago, and rubbed of a quantity of valuable family plate, clothes, linen, and wearing apparel, to a very considerable amount. A daring outrage and attempt to rescue took place on Thursday at the &mecum House, Horse. monger-lane. immediately after HAnnisoN. Esq. had passed sentence of seven years' transpor tation ou G. Williams, Jobs Chick, % hos. Gosling, J. Sibley, -- Miller, and Casik, for assaulting, with an attempt to rob, a Mr. Mt urea, at a coffee shop near Dover-street, Bluckfriars-road, one of the prisoners knocked down LEE, a constable, who was a principal witness ifgainst them, and who was then standing in the witoess`-box, and an attempt to rescue and escape immediately commenced; but by the prompt exertions of the Police, Sheriffs'. officers, and constables, assisted by the Magistrates, Barristers. Attorneys, die. they were secured and conveyed back to prison, double ironed, and confin ed in separate cella. The CHAIRMAN ordered LAB reward of 101. for his exertion and assiduity in ap prehending the Prisoners, who are part of a most notorious gang that infest St. George's-fields. LAW MrELLIGENCE. e COURT OF CHANCERY, Lameotm's FaiDAY, JOU:ARV 19. The LORD CHANCELLOR tame into Court GE half.past eleven o'eloi It. tut Nertos. THE FINE AKIN IMUDIE'S NATIONAL MEDALS. JAMES MAIM V. EDWARD THOMASON AND CHARLES JONES. Mr. HART stated, this watt is motion for an in. junction to restrain the Defendants from ',sill tl dies of the Plaintiff, and from disposing and exhi. biting medal. struck from the dies by them. ultly out the permission of the Plaintiff. Ile Mori, d this stoder an Act of Parliament passed in the trigu tf the late King, for the better protection of the fine arts. It appeared that the Plaintiff, some time previous to the year 1816, undertook to form an original series of national medals, to record the principal glorious events of the late war. and to contain the busts of the different dis tinguished persons who adorned that pericil, sled after much labour and expense, he completed a set of dies in that year, being the first part of the series, executed by artists of the first eminence, end the untlertskiiig was patronized by his present Ma. jetty, the bite Qneen, and by many of the Nobility, who subscribed to purchase sets of the medals. The Plaintiff employed the Defendants, who are medal manufacturers al Birmingham, to mantifac: lure the medals, and the Plaintiff delivered thent I dies, from which they were to be *truck, which were deposited in a box *enured by a lot!: cud key, with an student:m(l4,g that the dies shout,' be kept locked up, except selitl-t iu use for strik. ifig off medals for the Plaiiitiff when ordered by hon. In 1819 the Plaintiff succeeded In completing the whole series of national medals, the dies of a were delivered to the Defendants, and in the pro gram) of the work the Plaintiff had advanced 10,0001. ; the Defendants continued to strike off the medals from the dies from the year 1816 until December, 1820, a set of medals, consisting of forty, which relate to the celebrated victories obtained by the British arms 'el the Conti nent, in historical succession, from the lauding of the British army in Po:fugal to the cap ture of Paris, and the fixing of Napoleon at the Island of St. Helena. In 1820 the Defendants caused a large ornamental shield to be executed, and had 21 half medals struck from the Plaintiff's dies, and decorated the shield round the border with them without the knowledge or consent of the Plain tiff; the Defendants advertised the shield in THE BRITISH PRESS newspaper on the 10th and 13th of November, 1820, and in other newspapers, setting forth that it was designed by the Defendant, Thomason ; that the border was composed of 21 stellsted compartments, and contained the cele brated victories in historical succession, from the landing of the British army in Portugal to the cap. tore of Paris, and the fixing of Bonaparte at St. Helena, which the Plaintiff charged .to he struck from his dies, and the Defendants were now ex. hibiting the shield in their shew.rooms at Birming ham, and the chief value of it was the medals struck from the dies of the Plaintiff. The Plaintiff re ceived a letter in June, 1819, from the Defendant, Thomason, stating that he was making a large gilt pillar. to be exhibited at a banquet to be given to the Duke of Wellington, and a number of the Royal Princes and the Nobility ; and the Noble. man who had ordered the pillar was desirous of having some of the reverses of the victories in Spain inserted in • gilt tablet round the column ; and that lie (the Defendant, Thomason), would be much obliged by the Plaintiff permitting him to use the reverses of the battles in Spain, by striking one side of the medals, to which the Plaintiff con sented. The Plaintiff believed the banquet never took place, and believed the column was manufac tured with the reverses of the Plaintiff's medals, by the Defendants, for the purpose of sale; and it was afterwards actually sold to the Marquis of Salisbury. The Plaintiff examined the column iii possession of the Noble Marquis, and the Defend ants, instead of confining themselves to the reverses of the victories in Spain, had struck off, and insert ed in the gilt tablet round the column, the reverses relating to the battles in Portugal, the Netherlands, and France. The Plaintiff charged that the De fendants had for some time past, unknown to him, struck off a large quantity of medals from his dies, and had disposed of some of theta, arid had a great number ready for sale without the orders or permission of the Plaintiff. Under those circum stance he had no doubt but ins Lordship would grant the injunction. The LORD CHANCELLOR inspected • series of the Plaintiff's weduls, and observed, that the sta tute was unnecessary in this case, as the Defend ants were employed by the Plaintiff to manufac ture the medals for him alone, and the fact of their having manufactured some not ordered by hint, was sufficient ground for granting the iu juuctioce—lnjunction granted. OPERA HOUSE. WATERS S. TAYLOR. The ATTORNEY.GRNERAL stated, that there was a motion in this ease part heard, but Mr. flesh], who was Counsel for the Defendant, Tay. kr, was absent. The LORD CHAIIICELLOR" Let it come on le. morrow." BUSINESS OF THE COURT. ' Mr. HEALD, at the rising of the Court, observed, that junior Counsel were placed most unpleasantly as motions were at present arranged, the senior Counsel having the right, on account of thew se niority, to make their muttons first, which in general were motions of appeal, and occupied severally a considerable tune of the Court. by which moons junior Counsel having mown. to make, were un able to make them. which certainly tended to do them great injury in their profession. He men. tioned this with all due respect to the Court. and without intending that it should be supposed be alluded to say particular Counsel who were senior at the bar. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed that ha wOOI.I have a conversation with their Honours the Master of the Rolls and the Vice-Chancellor on the sub. jest, and he bad no doubt but he would be able to make an order on the subjec►, which would suit the convenience of the bar. lits Lordship observed, • t~