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I; MARSH AND CO.'S CREDITORS. ---.omm Yesterday a meeting of this Ceroadmion was held. Me. Sergeant BOSAN utrire said, that he attended on the pert of two gentlemen, Captain 'William Stone, of the East India ser vice, and 31 r. Henry Gahnpro, to prove for a sum of 16,000/. These gentlemen had money in the Navy 6 per cents., 17,0001. and fractior of which had been sold out by a broker , Mr. Spurl leg, for 18,0001. Mr. Stescey attended in person at the Bank of England, and demanded in the usual way to act upon the power of attorney. The money was sold out on the `26th and 211th of May, 1819, and paid into the house of Martin and Co. to the account of Messrs. Marsh, Stracey, and Co., and by them taken out of Martin and Co.'s. What they did with the money was of no con sequence to him, but he would say, that not one farthing of the trilogy had ever beer received by Captait Stone or Mr. Collagen. They had never legally authorised the sale of the money ; and he now called on the partners in the house of Marsh, Stracey, and Co. to. show that the money had not been received by them and applied to the use of their house. If Mr. Fauntleroy were now Mang. he could not deny that it had been applied to the concern. Mr. Marsh could not deny it, nor could Alr. Stracey or Mr. Graham. He did not know that it was necessary to go at length into the case, as it was probable the case would have to go to a higher tribunal. Mr. Commissioner LAW observed, that in that case tire shorter the statement of facts the better. .Me 3low TACIU wished to go fully into the merits of the cage, in order to save the Lord Chancellor as much trot bi •as possible. He was sure that his Learned Friend, Mr. Poll( ck, would be as willing as himself to facilitate every thing as n as possible. It appeared that half the brokerage on the sale of the money w a s, according to the usage of bankers and brokers, paid to the broke', and the other half to the bankers themselves. Mr. 31os TAGU wished .Me. Spurling to este whether he re ceived the order to sell from one or more of the ba keys, and from whom ? Ale. S perling said, that he could not tell from which of the par nee he received the order ; it was in May, 1819 ; he entered t t_ order in the general order book of Marsh and Co. He never entered orders otherwise, and could not specify any particular part ner from whom he received the order to sell out the stock. Mr. Law said, that two of the partners, Messrs. Stratey and Graham. had already in their capacity sanctioned the sale. Mr. Pommel( thought that was coming to a conclusion rather hastily. In answer to a question by Mr. Mox TAM:, Spurling said, that Mr. Stracey generally gave orders for raising the money; sometimes orders in writing came down in the morning early, by porters or clerks. Mr. Stracey was more fre quently in the City than Mr. Fauntleroy. The moiety of the brokerage was paid to the bankrupts ; be paid the money by check into the house of 3lartin and Co. The whole money, minus the moiety of the brokerage, was paid into Martin and Co.'s. He believes the order was a verbal one, as he could not find it in we ting in his office. He sent a note of sale to the house of Alarsh and Co. Mr. Wm. Cole, clerk to the house of Martin and Co. Lombard street, deposed that the money was paid into their house on account of Marsh and Co., and afterwards drawn out by them. In his cross-examination he said, that the checks had been deli vered up, with the books, to the house of Marsh and Co. and had not been returned. - I By Mr. Sergeant Hos AIM ET—None of the individua l partners ever drew as the account of 31arsh and Co. in their individual j names from Martin and Co. • ' the drafts were always made in the/ came of the house of Marsh and Co. ; the partners who more fre quently attended on account of the house were Mr. Fauntleroy and Mr. Graham, but 31r. F. most frequently ; the money was chiefly brought by the clerks who conducted the business principally ; he seldom saw the parnievs oftener than once in three weeks. Mr. 31 ciscrsc.t . said, that every case on the part of the Bank of 7.•;ngland must be decided on its own individual merits ; and as the decision of the present case involved matters of great importance and magnitude, It was necessary that they should proceed calmly, and examine the facts singly. lie had no doubt that they should arrive, at the end, at a very satisfactory conclusion, and that all cases could be arranged under particular classes. The meeting was then adjourned till two o'clock to-morrow. CATHOLIC INSTRUCTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. SlR—The Welsh possess this in common with the Irish, the old Cornish, the Highland Scotch, and the inhabitants of Lower Brit tany, in France, that they are a race descended from the ancient Celtic people, whose language they retain, and oho have remained to this day almost unmixed with the Saxons, Danes, Franks, and other nations who overrun Europe during several ages prior to the Nomian conquest of England. The Welsh in particular, to whom this article relates, preserve to the present day some such striking and peculiar characteristics as Nit once distinguish them from their English neighbours. In cross. trig from Bristol to Swansea, and mere particularly in poising from Herefbrd to Hawlth, one is immediately struck with a differ ent language, different physiognomy, and different manners. The organization of the brain, too, to speak in the language of Phre nology, is very different, and in some respects superior to that of the 11131111 of the English. They are a people, particularly the mountaineers of the North, distinguished for their honesty, gene rosity, and religious devotion; and though somewhat tainted with the pride of family, and rather too prone to sudden anger, are ne veethelers almost totally devoid of that sordid money-getting spirit which is so prevalent in England. The %Welsh possess this trait also in common with the Irish, that they love their country, almost deify their mountains, and will listen to almost any argument with attention, when delivered in their own native language. The Welsh possess by nature a feel log of general hospitality, which reminds us of what we read of good old Catholic times, and which has its foundation in the cardinal virtue of Charity. They are also endowed by organization In a high degree with those natural sentiments of faith, hope, and veneration—sentiments which, when rightly directed by Ca tholic precepts, would form the basis of sound religion, but which, left without that guide, have involved their possessors in numer ous superstitions, many of which, from their veneration for their ancestry, and for antiquity, have become interwoven with the legendary history of their country. Now we shall see the force and application of these remarks by-and-by; and for the truth of them I will pledge myself, for I have travelled their country in all directions, on foot and on horseback—l have passed days and nights on their mountain., slept in their cottages, spoken their language, and mixed with the people. And I have since compared them with many continental nations in which I have journeyed or resided. Now it may also be remarked, that the devotion of the Welsh character is shown by their attachment to all the popular teachers at religion who mix and unite with the people, wear an humble garb, and are constant and assiduous in their duties. Now in Wales. among the religious ciasases, there are much fewer who go m the Established Church, and many more who follow itinerant weathers, than in England. Many of these itinerant Welch preachers are misrepresented by English writers, and because the clergy are apt to be jealous of their influence over the people. But they are really quite different fro is our English Methodists ; they possess the simplicity of manner, sincerity, and charity of the old mendicant orders, and there are among them many pilgrims to /sacred wells and old national relics. They have therefore the na tural materials for old Catholic purity of religion and practice, but they want the doctrine. 1 think, therefore, that they are of all peo ple those to whom the Catholic blissionaries ought to direct their attention. They would soon become attached to a religion so con aonant to the native feelings, and which has left in their country so many valuable monuments of its ancient glory. L beg leave,'therefore,•to submit to the Catholic Association the rerrity of furnishing them with the means of Catholic instruction = their own language, and I suggest that some person do move at the zincing on Monday of that Association, " That some familiar and persuasive account of the ancient faith be written, and translated into Welsh, for general circulation in that country." I also recom mend that omission of certain satirical passages not in consonance with .Welsh feeling, be also translated, and circulated with a suitable pre face. And also that there be a Welsh translation of the small portable Catholic Calendar, and of some Defence and Recommendation of the tei'itholic Clergy, considered as the friends of the poor. And above in I recommend that all these publications be couched in terms of charity, of toleration, and of loyalty, in order that they may never become the handles of the factious, but may rather be converted into the instruments of consolidating and perpetuating those do mestic virtues at home, and that public spirit abroad, in which his Majesty's Cambrian subjects have always stood unrivalled. Perhaps a cheap periodical publication might also be got up in Welsh. But lam sure that a small tract on Catholic doctrine , end on the origin and conduct of the Priests and Re.. tigious Orders, would take best of all with the genius of the peo ple.. I recommend that it be called MYNACII x neuron, or some such title. These small Welsh publications might be printed very cheap at Dolgelly, or at any of the Welsh towns ; and there are so .n mw persons who understand both languages, that the translation .would be done directly. I remain, Sir, your obedient Servant, A CAMBRIO-NOR.MAN. At the audit held at the Angel Inn, in Sleaford, on the ] ith, 12th, and 13th instant, fur the receipt of the rents of the Lincolnshire estates belonging to the Earl of Bristol, the apirits of the tenants were enlivened by the genero srig of their worthy landlord, in a continuation of the re turn of So per cent, from their rents, which return was gratefully and deservedly acknowledged by a numerous And respectable body of tenantry. SUFFOLK SESSIONAL—TiIe key. W. Goocn a. KENT. —An indictment was about to be preferred against Mr. Kent, for the assault which we before slightly noticed, when the Chairman (T. S. Gooch, Esq.) observed, that as he " deemed it most essential that justice should not only be impartially administered to every subject of this happy country, but that it should be free from the slightest ap-i p:orance of partiality, be thought proper to retire from the Bench till this case, in which his brother was concerned, was disposed of." Mr. Alderson then informed the Bench, that the Rev. Wm. Gooch was satisfied with an apology which Mr. Kent had made to him before two Magistrates, and requested that the defendant might be discharged from his recognizance. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, AVEDNZIIDAY, .7.r. 19. BVTlat 1, DORTOX. In this cue an Injun7tiO;7atibeenirSnted to restrain the de fendant front cutting down timber on an estate in Northampton shire ; several persons, however, had cut down timber for a pur chaser': and 111 r. HART now moved, that they should be committed for contempt of Court. The Loan CHANCELLOR agreed with the Learned Counsel, ' that a contempt had been committed, but that he thought the par ties should have notice to appear in the first instance. \lr. HART observed that the parties were poor persons, and that the service of a notice upon them would defeat the object of the in junction. The LORD CHANCELLOR—Let the order be 110 worded, as that if they do not appear here on Saturday morning next, they shall be committed. . _ ....... Mr. HART, after expressing hie apprehension of the inutility of any order short of an immediate committal, assented, and the order wu made. GORDON V. GORDON. In this longagitated cue, Mr. llossrz said there were addi. tional pipers, which he wished to be submitted to the perusal of his Lordship. The Loan CHANCELLOR observed that he had read all the papers which were used in the cause, and he would read no more, u he was ready to give judgment whenever it was prayed. Mr. HEALD expressed his surprise, that after a delay of five months, the judgment should be delayed for the purpose of reading additional papers. The LAID CUANCELLOR—The reason of my delay must be obvious enough. This is a case between brothers. I have already stated what my views were, and if they . cannot agree, I am ready, as I have been for some time past, to give my judgment. Her. the matter dropped. VICE-CHANCILLOWS COURT, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 19. INJUNCTION. POWER LEIGH ANU CLOHES. Mr. STRAIT moved for an injunction to restrain the defendants front publishing. in a work called the Hormonicon, the words of a song composed by Mr. T. Moore, the copyright of which was the property of the plaintiff . The affidavit of his client set forth that a volume of poems by Mr. Moore was published in the year 1802, by Carpenter, of Bond-street. The name under which they were given to the world was, " Poems by the late Thomas Little, Esq." The copyright of these romans vested in the publisher, Carpenter, and remained with him until he transferred it to the plaintiff, by an agreement entered into in the year 11109. The songs were 16 in number, and the song which was the subject of the present appeal to the Court was amongst the number. The sum paid by Carpenter to Mr. Moore for the copyright was four hundred guineas. Mr. Moore and Mr. Power made a contract after this in 1811, and for certain considerations Mr. Moore assigned to Mr. Power the right of publishing the music as well as the words of certain songs. In these was included the song in question. The property was un questionably in the plaintiff. It was sworn that the words of the song in the Harmonicas were part of those published in Little's rorins, and were since published with music by the plaintiff His client swears that be derived considerable emolument from the sale. It was evident that the words of the song in the Jlarntouicon were those published in the original poems, and he thought the plaintiff was clearly entitled to the injunction for which he prayed. Mr. LoanAINE, for the defendants, opposed the motion. The affidavit of his clients stated, that Little's Poems were published anonymously, and the preface to the first edition infotmed the reader that the author died in his 21st year, and added, that if he lived longer his judgment might be riper and his mind more chas tened. The death of the author war. thus specifically put forward, and in the second edition it was repeated. As the,law then stood, the copyright was vested in the author for the term of fourteen years. This term had elapsed, and his position was, that no claim made under an Act of later date, which extended the copyright to the author during his life, could hold good in this case, as the au thor's death was positively affirmed in the first edition, and stu diously repeated in the second. The VICE-CHANCELLOR was of opinion that it was competent to an author to clothe himself in any disguise he thought proper. His property In the works should not therefore be injured. Mr. Lotataixe said, that one of the defendants, Mr. Clowes, swore, that in the year 1602, soon after the publication of Little's Poems, Doctor Arnold composed a Butkus for the Haymarket, called Fairy Revels, or, Love is the Highlands; in this piece the Doctor adapted, as a duet, from the Poems of Little, the song of— " When time shall steal our years away," with the permission, it was said, of Mr. Moore. The design of the flarowukort was to communicate to the public the progress of music; and for the purpose of carrying their design into execution, they gave ex amples of various composers, and amongst them they gave a spe. cimen of the style of Doctor Arnold. They took this specimen from the Fairy Revels, and added the two stanzas of Little's song, originally used by the composer; neither music nor words were taken from the works of the plainiff. This explanation, he was sure, would be sufficient, and his client could not possibly be thought lui!ty of such a violation of copyright as would justify the granting of an injunction. The transgression, if it could be called one, was of so minute and trifling a description, that it neither demanded the protection, nor required the Interference, of his Honour. The original publication from which the song was taken consisted of three or four hundred pages ; the part which his clients were accused of abstracting was composed of eight lines. The Vice-CH.olex szon—Your clients are not accused of taking eight lines from the volume, but two stanzas from the song. Mr. LORRAINE said, the song consisted of nine stanzas--they were charged with taking only two. He relied upon it that this fact, and the circumstances under which the lines were taken, would bear out his clients. There was at all events one reason for which an injunction could not issue. It was long a settled point, that where the party had by any conduct or lashes of his own thrown any doubt upon his property, he could not succeed in any appeal he might make to that Court. He was bound to establish his right of property in a court of law. The prefaces to the two first editions, and the absence of all complaint respecting the Burletta of Doctor Arnold, in 1822, were circumstances fully sufficient to throw a doubt upon the right of property, and therefore, before the plaintiff could be heard in this Court, he should have his claim ascertained by a jury. The VICE-CHANCELLOR thought, that even if permission were given to Doctor Arnold, it did not justify the use made by the de fendants of the verses in question. He was of opinion an injunc tion should issue, to restrain the defendants front publishing those stanzas of the song which were proved to be the property of Mr. Power. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 19. Sittings at Guildhall, Loudon, before Lord Chief Justice Assovr and a Special Jury. THE ASSIGHEES OF SIR MATTHEW RIOXAM V. ELSEE. This was an action brought to recover damages from the defend. ant for an infringement of two patents, which had been originally granted to a Mr. Gamble; the hrat was for making a machine for the manufacturing of paper, and the second for various improve ments that had been subsequently introduced. These patents, by virtue of certain assignments, became the property of the bankrupt. It was contended on the part of the plaintiffs, that the machine made by the defendant was in effect a copy of the bankrupt's spe cification ; and in order to prove this, several very respectable en. gineers and mechanics were called, whose examinations were prin cipally directed to the question, whether the machine actually made was in every respect so perspicuously set out in the specifications made by the bankrupt at the times he obtained the patents, as to enable any person conversant with the science of mechanism to make a machine capable of manufacturing paper? Their testimony went to show that it was. _ The defence was, that these specifications having been prepared by a foreign gentleman, many terms were introduced into them which were not intelligible to an English mechanic, and that there fore the machine made by the defendant, who was en Englishman, could not be a copy of the specifications, which were not capable of being comprehended without the assistance of the drawings pre pared at the time the patents were granted., and which it was not contended the defendant had ever seen. One of the terms used was " vice," instead of " screw ;" another was " centimitre," to denote acclivity or declivity, but which term was not known to an Englishman. The nature of the evidence, however, was such as could not be rendered intelligible without the aid of the models and drawings, which were produced in Court; and as the question possessed nothing interesting to the public generally, we think it unnecessary to do more than to notice it thus briefly. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff-4.0001. The cause occupied the Court the whole of the day. The ATTOINEY-GENNI•L, Mr. BURNET, Mr. MARRTATT, Mr. TINDALL, and Mr. Cu awoon, were for the plaintiffs; and Mr. SCARLETT, Mr. BROUGHAM, and Mr. ALDERSON, for the defendant. (From a Correspondent.)—As every man fancies himself more accomplished than his forefathers, so every age commends itself for the age of invention . %Vithout any wish to imitate the vanity, either personally or generally, still one cannot help now and then thinking over those modern improvements, whict, when the scale of comparison comes to be drawn between us and those who have gone before us, will influence our children to apportion the merit of our days. From the wonders of steam, and its twin brother, the gas, by which we make darkness visible, to our export trade in bones, &c. &c., the range is ample enough, God knows, and various too. There is now to be met with a novel institution in the City, which bids fair to rank among the improve-' ments of the day—the new Post-office Coffee-house, in St.Martin's le-Grand ; each floor of the house is thrown into a spacious apart mein, decked with crimson, bronze, and mahogany, and supported by pillars breathing warm air. All this is well enough to please the eye ; but that is nothing like all—the taste of the body, and of the mind also, is provided for with equal care. The pretensions of the establishment are, to serve you with every thing, not only as vod in quality and moderate in price as you can any where obtain, but to do this with circumstances of neatness and comfort, such as you cannot meet with elsewhere. It really is an essential attain. ment to know where one can breakfast for a shilling, and drink tea for a sixpence —both, too, as good as can be desired, with a bookcase choicely stocked over-head, from which one may read at ease, and with the fullest assortment of newspapers, magazines, and reviews, at command. Most heartily may the economic loungers of London, that very numerous body of men (who love to call themselves the Moderate Brothers) be congratulated avon this information. It ought to be communicated to them where, and how well, they may enjoy their Mum cam dignitate. _ 7 THE B. TISH PRESS. OLD BAILI~L EDNZSDAY, JAN. 19. SENTENCES. The Himont)En proceeded to pass sentence upon the following convicts, viz. :— For Death (2l).—Joseph Wilson, James Stevens, Samuel Hunt, George Fielder, Patrick Crawley, Wm. Snook, and Henry Durham, for burglaries; Wm. ilartin, Ann Margaret Wright, otherwise hock, John Norton, ilizabeth Daley, Mary Conner, Mary Smith, Ann Maloney, /*hes Bleeds, Charles Wood, and Benjamin Wilson, for stealing ih the dwelling-house; Cornelius Wood, for a rape; Henry Pd'lon, for sheep-stealing ; and James liennard, for uttering counteent money, he having before been convicted for a similar offence. t in Four were ordered to be tea ed for life, via. :—John Clark (the prisoner declared he was t, so help his aid), Elizabeth Lewis, Elizabeth Messer , and Fuller. Thirty-five were sentenced Iht seven years, via.:—J. Lewis, R. Smith, 11. Keller, J. A. Legge, 'l'. Booth, T. Lee, 0. Ferris, J. Worley, T. Lushington, M. Hanlon, J. Smith, W. Randall, M. Savage, H. Wier, E. Yorke, W. Berne, T. Timms, T. Hatt, H. Ramat, Mary Walker, 81. Doswell, C. Shaw, T. Roberts, P. Kerroll, T. Morgan, W. lii`Creo, J. Stems, W. J. Pearce, O. Scam, h. Cannon, 51. Fagan, T. Clements, It. Cummings, W. Fitzpatrick, 0. French, and J. Aihwoeth. Four were sentenced to two years imprisonment il the House of Correction, one for 18 months, and numerous others from one year to one month, and kept to hard labour. Judgments were respited on five until next Session. Proclamation was then read, and the Court adjourned to the 17th February next. Tuesday evening, just before the Jury were discharged, Mr. Anoxetins addressed the Court (Mr. Sergeant Arabia), and ob served, that ha had been in attendance all the morning to prefer a bill of indictment against Joseph Wm. Trust, for a misde meanor, in having disposed of an obscene publication. The de -1 fendant, however, did not appear when called upon, he being at large on bail. ia (Mr. Adolphus) understood that the defendant had made his appearance since, and had pleaded guilty of the offence imputed to him. At that advanced period of the Sessions he (Mr. Adolphus) would abstain from remarking on the nature of the charge against the prisoner, who was in Court, and would be dealt with at present as the Court might deem proper. Mr. Sergeant ASADIN complimented the Learned Gentleman for the discretion he had Exercised; and said he should respite the judgment of the Court until the next Sessions, and in the mean time order the prisoner to stand committed to Newgate. Upon hearing this determination, the prisoner wished to be allowed to explain the reason of his non-attendance in the morn ing, but he was informed that the Court could not hear what he had to say, as he did not appear before it, to do so at a proper time. All that remained for him (Mr. Sergeant Arabin) to do, was to commit him to prison, and by the next Session the Court would consider what judgment they should pass up?n him. The prisoner was again about to reply, but the Juu h e ordered the officers to take him into custody, which was promptly attended to, and be was conveyed to Newgate. POLICE. MANSION-MOUSE. Yesterday Messrs. Rowe, Kentish, and Osborne, engravers, of Change-alley, came before the Loan 3lascoa, attended by their Solicitor, Mr. Hutchison.. to complain of an exceedingly injurious statement which had gone forth, as having been made be fore his Lordship, and which, unless he permitted them to state facts in contradiction to it, must do them very serious injury. Mr. Ilicts CHISON stated, that a few days ago, as it appeared in the public papers, Messrs. Robson and Co. of Alichurch-lane, came to complain that they had missed great quantities of an ink for which they possessed a patent; that they had discovered that a hired servant of theirs, named La Roche, hail supplied a great number of the most opulent houses in the trade with patent ink, surreptitiously; and amongst others, that the complainants Messrs. Rowe and Kentish had dealt with their servant. The public papers regarding the respectability of the house thus charged with dishonourable conduct, in their report of the ap plications did not publish their names. So far there was nothing to complain of; and had the matter rested there, the complainants would have taken no notice whatever of the matter, but Messrs. Robson sent to all the bankers and to the trade printed circular+, in which they mentioned the name of the complainants, and made the specific charge against them, thus identifying them with the reports, and fixing upon them the effect of his Lordship's censure. The LORD MAYO It said lie certainly had, upon the statement made to him on that occasion, thought the conduct of the corn. plainant highly censurable, and had so expressed himself. He, however, thought it but fair to give the accused parties the oppor tunity of exonerating themselves. Mr. Hu 'ICH tame said, that if they were allowed to go at length into the case they would do that completely, but it would be suf ficient for him to state, that Messrs. Robson and Co. had obtained a patent for an ink, which was, in fact, a vegetable water-colour, that would give way on the application of an acid. Without dis cussing the whole or the merits of the invention he was instructed to say, that it was extremely troublesome and expensive to work, and that Messrs. Robson had themselves for a long time put used an oil colour fat, which was made by their servant his they called him) IA Roche, and which WAS cheaper and more easily worked than the patent ink. This La Roche was, in fact, a clever ink maker, and lie openly and avowedly manufactured ink at his own house, with the assistance of a relation, and had long supplied the trade with it. His vegetable oil colour ink was affected by the ap- " plication of acids, but not so completely as was desirable. Messrs Rowe and Co. had long printed with an animal water-colour (cochineal), which an acid would completely obliterate. They used this ink according to another process, which somewhat resembled calico printing. Still it was expensive, and it was desirable to have a cheaper ink for certain descriptions of business, and for such an article they dealt (in common with a great many of the most re spectable of the trade, who were all included in the unfounded ac cusation of Messrs. Robson), with La Roche. They dealt with hint, not for the patent ink, which they did not want nor care for, but for the cheap ink, of his own manufacture; and they dealt with him, not as the servant of Messrs. Robson, but as an open and avowed manufacturer on his own account, which he undoubtedly was. They sent to him at Messrs. Robsons' house, because that was the nearest place. The Solicitor added that they had La Roche in attendance on Tuesday, to corroborate their statement, and he promised to attend that day, but he had since (they were in. formed) come to terms with Messrs. Robson, who, notwithstanding they had charged him with felony, had taken him back into their service. The Solicitor then showed to his Lordship one of the notes printed with the ink made by Messrs. Rowe; it was dis charged merely by wetting. He showed another, which he said wu printed by La Roche's ink ; the application of an acid dis coloured, but did not obliterate it. He made this exhibition, as we understood hint, for the purpose of manifesting that the com. plainants did not stand in need of Messrs. Robson's patent ink. The Loan MAYOR said, that he did not doubt that those who circulated the injurious statement, would, in fairness, publish to the same extent this explanation. The parties thanked 11/3 Lordship for his kind attention to their cue, and retired. lIATTON-GARDEN. ALLEGED NUISANCE IN LINCOLN'S I/TN.—Ye!OEMS] Wm. Walton, Esq. Barrister, of Lincoln's Inn, Appeared upon a sum. mons issued on an Information laid under the Act, generally en. titled Mr. M. A. Taylor's Act, at the instance of the Commis sioners of Pavement of St. Clement Danes, for refusing to remove a certain alleged nuisance in the rear of his Chambers in Lincoln's Inn. The nuisance alluded to was the wall which projects into Serle street, from the termination of the eastern wall of Lincoln's Inn_ square, to the entrance into the Inn, the rest of Serle-street being commodiously spacious. The Barristers of Lincoln's Inn were anxious to have the merits of the case fairly discussed ; and al. though there were three or four other gentlemen equally interested, Mr. Walton, pro form 6, appeared upon the summons. Mr. Adolphus appeared on the part of the Commissioners of Pavement ; Mr. 11 Alton conducted his own defence, and that of the other defendants. Several Barrister, attended belonging to the Inn. Mr. ADOLPHUS commented with observing, that being opposed to such a person as Mr. Walton, whose rank as a lawyer stood so high, he felt happy that he could at least pride himself on having the superiority over his opponent, in having more practical know ledge of the decisions by Magistrates upon the present Act. The information was laid under the 72d section of the Act, which enu merates the different kinds of projections, &c., that the Commis sioners or Surveyor of the district are authorised in giving notice to remove, where such projections are incommodious, and in fact ob struct the public way. It would be proved that the projection now complained of was one which has for a long time called forth general remark, and was a nuisance of such a character as should be instantly abated. The respectability of the parties interested should not operate on the minds of the Magistrates; nor whether the parties might be sufferers by a strict enforcement of the clauses of the Act. The first noblemen in the country, Earl Gros. venor and others, have been compelled to accede, though the injury to their property has been in many instances very considerable. The Learned Gentleman then alluded to many cases of appeal which had been tried at the Westminster Sessions, before Sir R. Baker and a Bench of Magistrates, in all of which the convictions had been confirmed. One case in particular he begged to call the Magistrates' attention to. It was the case of a publican in Pall-mall, whose bar-window projected beyond what was considered convenient for the public, and an information was laid against him at the in. stance of the Solicitors to the Admiralty ; and, although he w as compelled, in order to make the prescribed alteration, to take down a great part of his house, and also to eject a poor cobler and pull down his stall, which had stood there from time immemorial, the Bench of Magistrates conceived the Act imperative, and confirmed the conviction. He believed the chief ground of defence which would be set up was, that the wall in question is of great antiquity, and that its baying stood for so many years without any public cool. plaint being made of its existence, it could not be justifiable to bring forward a complaint in the present day; he, however, contended that one of the principal objects which the Act contemplated was, to re. move those old nuisance'. The Learned Gentleman concluded with observing to the Magistrates, that he was not there called upon to give his opinion or views in general of the Act in question, whether it was politic or absurd, tyrannical or useful ; but, such as it was, so long as it did exist, the Magistrates were called upon to enforce it against the rich as well as the poor--against the barristers of Lin. coin's Inn, as well as the poor cubic!. in Pall-mall. Mr. *Cadogan, surveyor of the Pavement, was then called. His testimony went to *hew that the wall in question projected on the moth side six feet epd three indica from the main wall of the -s ...it'. - 'buildings, and at the north end eight feet, the whole length being about 108 feet ; that the footway was rule Base feet ten inches in width, and the carriageway but nineteen feet in the upper part of the street • that but for the extreme narrowness of the carriage way the Trustees would probably have encroached on it to increase the footway, but that being impracticable, and having examined the entire place, they were of opinion that the wall was a nuisance which must be abated. On cross-examination by Mr. WALT ow, he admitted that there was a stone in the wmt.end of the building relating to the bound aries of the parish, bearing date 1884 ; that hr was not aware that 1 the space included between the projecting wall and the main wall ever belonged to the public footway, and that, for aught he knew, both the main wall of the building and the projecting wall were I erected at the same peeled. Here drawings, representing the buildings, with the measure. meats, &e. were laid before the Magistrates, by 111r.iladogan, on the part of the parish, and Mr. Wynn, the Surveyor et Lincoln's Inn. They agreed on all material points. ' hlr. Il'asarns; then proceeded to address the Bench. After ex pressing his satisfaction, and that of the Barristers of Irincoln's I Inn generally, in having this case brought for decision before so competent a tribunal, he Wen on to ardor mono informalities and general defects in the information, width wanki in thenaelves prove dotal to the case ; he would not, however, take any advantage of them, as to decide the reel merits of the ere was what each party desired. The Leerned Gentleman then contended, that the Act never contemplated, in the 72t1 section, to Include each species of building as the present ; the fact was, that the included between those milletuted a part of his ; that the whets Wilde"( Mil d at the same dins • nied lie were !b i b essoplasdpenb his brother Barristers, to all, and pewit their itemises to be emeroached aq toile ex the CadlitrilliaMb wished to insist on, their lits 'elitidd deed three tbellhasillieunds. Besides, on examination of the rld section, it would that it could in no way operate against than. It s to enumerate the different kinds of strieraers re movable by order of the trustees or surveyor, beginning with " signs, sign posts, sheds, &e., which shall project over the public footway," as also all fixed or movable projections, or structures hanging on hinges. He had heard of moveable walls, and walls on hinges, but these were generally at theatres, within which Ill• A. Taylor's Act could not be well applied. Indeed he was con. vinced that gentleman was too great a friend to " liberty, property, and law," to put so forced a construction on this chimes They had both been man y years on the same Circuit. and from that ac. quaintance he was led to form that opinion of his (Mr. 'F.'s) feel. togs. It was preposterous to suppose that any Act of Parliament could empower a surveyor to pronounce his judgment on what he conceived incommodious to the public, and order a building to be pulled down. If, for instance, he (Mr. NV.) complied with the notice served on him, he would render himself liable to several in. dietments.-for taking down the wall and leaving an area of consi derable depth open; for interfering with his landlord's property, &c., besides the numerous actions for broken limbs, &c., by per. sons who must inevitably tunable in. As, however, private interests or comforts must always yield to public advantage, the Act, by the 84th section, provides fur such a state of things, and enacts that what the removal of any house or building is necessary for the um prevenient of a street, &c., a proper compensation, regulated by a Jury, should be given to the occupier. This was the only clause in the Act on which die Trustees could presume to act. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded at great length to prove that the pre mises in question were regular freehold property ; that on the building of the Inn, the erection of streets in the rear was not at that period contemplated, it being a waste field, denominated Thicket's Fields ; he referred to an agreement made between Mr. Serle (from whom the present street derives its name) and the Benchers of the Inn, relative to a footway in the rear of the building : and in the reign of Queen Anne the parishioners of St. Clement Danes petitioned the Bendier" of Lincoln's Inn to make some alterations in the roads and in the vicinity. Justice Gates occupied the chambers which he (Mr. Walton) now pos sesses, and in his time the premises were precisely in the same state. He concluded with observing, that as the passage through the Inn might, if the Balchers chose, he stopped, to the great an noyance probably of the parishioners of St. Clement Danes, it was at least • very ungracious return for such civility to make the present unjustifiable demand upon them. Mr. ADOLPHUS replied at considerable length, with respect to the necessity of showing that the nuisance must be proved to " project over the pavement," or footway ; he conceived that only applied to the first-cited nuisances in the clause of the Act," sign% show-boards," &c , but did not allude to " fixed projections' (porches, for instance.) As to Ale. 'Walton's supposing that his "old Circuit friend" (Mr. Taylor), " the friend to liberty, property, and law," would coincide in his view of the imperfections of the Act, he was greatly in error. Mr. Taylor is of opinion that his Act is the very acme of legislation, and he (Mr. Adol phus) was convinced that Mr. Taylor would not desire a more sublime epitaph than—" Ifere lies )1. A. Taylor, the framer of die celebrated Metropolitan Street Act." (A laugh.).— The history of the building of Lincoln's Inn, which Mr. li alton gave, he conceived strongly supported his case. " Thicket's Fields" was a place of great notoriety. It was famed, as alluded to in the history of a supposed rebellion in the reign of Henry V., of which Lord Cobham was the victim ; and in later days as a place' where rogues and beggars used to go to prepare themselves to excite I compassion. The very circumstance that there was an open space, behind the building, proved that the present awkward projecting wall must have been of late erection. As to the implied threat, of stopping the passage through the Inn, he, for his part, had no ob jection. Some of the ten guinea briefs might theta make their way to the Temple. (A laugh.) lie concluded with again reminding the Bench that he did not wish to eulogise or condemn the Act ti but he believed, that notwithstanding all that had been said about repealing it, it was— " Doomed to death, yet fated not to die." That it would be better to have a conviction recorded, and that then Mr. W. might appeal to the Sessions, and have the advantage of the opinion of a full Bench of Magistrates. Mr. WALT ON dissented from agreeing to any thing like a com promise, and stated, that instead of applying to a Bench of Magis. tastes, if the case was pressed, he would let a distress be levied for the penalty, and then bring his action for the trespass. Mr. Sergeant SELLON (with whom Mr. Rogers concurred), was decidedly of opinion that the section of the Act upon which the information was laid did not apply in this case; that it was ne cessary to show that there was a projection over the footway, or that it had been encroached on, neither of which points were proved ; and that, in fact, the premises in question being regular freehold property, no body of men, no existing law, no authority, could in talere with it. The information was accordingly dismissed. MARY-LA-BONNE OFFICE. Yesterday an elderly man, named Macdonald, by trade a tailor, appeared before J. RAWIANSON, Esq. to prefer a charge against • person of the name of Icheutby, a broker, for having taken several articles in execution for rent, and not having set them down in the bill of sale. Mr. NVheatby and another broker proved that they had not levied for as much as was due, as the whole of the articles were not worth what the amount of the levy was by 103. A respectable woman, landlady of the house, in Coburg-street, where Macdonald lodged, stated that the conduct of Macdonald was of the very worst description. She stated that he had two young girls in his room, and she had witnessed such conduct as was truly reprehensible. Mr. Rawrixsow thanked the lady for her information, and de. aired Macdonald to give him the name of the children, as he should immediately give an order to Mr. Bennett, the overseer of Clerken. well, to take the children under his prote;tion. Macdonald then gave the names of the girls, Elizabeth and Ann Witcher. Mr. ItawLiwsow then ordered Stowell to take the order to Mr. Bennett, requiring him to take the children under his protection. Macdonald was ordered to be detained until the children should be safely delivered to Mr. Bennett. The summons against Wheatby was discharged. CHARGE OF HORSE-STE•LINO. — Thomas Adams, who was brought up on Monday last, charged with stealing a horse from a Mr. Radgerly, of Cirencester-place, Fitzroy-square, was again re. mended, until Monday next. It is suspected that he is an old hand in that line. _ Yesterday morning, Morris, the officer, was sent fur, to inform him that a male infant was found, wrapped up in a towel, in Earl street, Lisson-green. The officer immediately repaired to the spot, end found a fine male child, as described, and apparandy only a taw hours born. He brought the infant (after makiag several in. (pities) to this office, and related to Mr. RAwrisson the cir cumstance, who ordered him to take it to the workhouse, when in. formation would be given to the Coroner, and, perhaps, by his investigation, the unnatural parents might be brought to justice. A gentleman attended from the Mary.la.bonne Infirmary, and gave his opinion that the child was still.bom, and not quite seven months. 31r. Rawr.txsox, nevertheless, ordered the proper notice of the affair to be sent to the Coroner. LAMBETH-STREET. • Yesterday morning, as soon a;theofirce;too r was opened, two respectably.dressed men and women came into the outer office, and expressed great anxiety to see the Magistrate. In vain did Mr. Miller, the chief constable, who was then in the office, ask them the nature of their application ; they said it was very important, and that it van imperative that they should communicate it only to his Worship. They were ultimately ushered into the justice room, before the Magistrates, Messrs. WYATT and HAIDWICILE, and placed themselves before the table. One of the party, a Mr. Wil liams, addressed their Worships, and stated that a report had been industriously circulated in the neighbourhood of Mile End. where they resided, which was injurious to the chastity of Mrs. 'Williams, his wife_,_ and equally so to his peace. Mr. WYATT.—WeII, what have we to do with that 7. Mr. Williams—The fact is, your Worship, that a few days since. Mr. Johnson (pointing to the other gentleman), during the time I was from home, called on my wife, and the neighbours did not scruple to attribute his visits to other motives than friendship, and reported their suspicions in the neighbourhood, which, like all other scandal, gained rapid circulation and obtained credit, where. by my own and my wife's peace of mind were indescribably dis turbed. In order to satisfy my mind and to extricate my wile from the imputation that has been cast on her virtue, Mr. Johnson has come forward to testify by making oath of his and my wife's inno cence of the impropriety attributed to them. Mr. Williams, in the most earnest manner possible, concluded his extraordinary statement by assuring the Magistrates that they had mutually agreed, that if he came before them and made the affidavit, it would satisfy both parties,—he meant himself and Mrs. Johnson, who was in the office. The Magistrates said that, under such critical circumstance+, as ,~_ the fixture happiness of the partial would depend on the retio i eed oath, the had no objection to attesting Mr. Johnson to the fart, provided he was prepared to do so. Mr. Johnson hem stepped forward, (with his better half clos e at his elbow, lest be should not kiss the testament,) and expensed his willingness to make the required affidavit. Fortune, the ot ori, then desired the depooent to take the testament in his right hind. and in the usual forms desired him to answerall questions truly ;h et were put to him. Mr. Johnson in answer to questions from the Magistrate t a w, that he certainly had now Lid then visited 31ra. Williams when b ee hushand was not at home, but never any thing but a rational ;on _ versatioo took place between them; as for any criminal intent, he never one* meditated it. Mere 31rs. Williams rushed forward, and offiered to corroborate on oath, what Mr. Johnson had swor e to. During this stage of the business Mrs. J., Mr. Johnson's 'rife, stood a silent spectator. Alm Williams eagerly requested the 31agistmtes to ai!ow bet to be sworn to the facts already deposed to by Mr. Johnson, far the better satisfaction of her husband. The Magistrate acceded to her re n uest, and Mrs. Williams kissed the awed volume. au, this i m p or t an t subject was decided, and evidently to the satisfaction of the parties interested, who left the Office in very high spirits, each bearing off his better half. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING. ROYAL Huirr.—The weather being Son on X on „ day, a deer was turned out in a large field to the right of Slo uc h . far the day's diversion. A larger field of sportsmen assemble( u , participate in the amusement than has been known this seism. Spectators of all ranks were present to witness the turning wt . Lord Ma borough attended as usual, in his full costume, as to of the King's Stag hounds. The deer set off with great sp e d across the fields to the right of Slough and the left of Stoke, towa r d. Farnham Common, taking to the left of Taplow, where lie croued the Thames thisside of hlaidenhead.bridge ; the sportsmen vair. round Maidenhead-bridge and renewed the chace ; the deer LA across the country towards Broad-co union with great alei f tn ,, taking to the right towards White Waltham, where be was titit, after an excellent run. On Saturday last Mr. Tufnell's harriers found a very game itre at Ho►ton Mall Spring, which went away to Roswell, and i t , ' headed to the left to Writtle, from thence to Chigwell and ultimately to Great Waltham ; when, after running thro L d t five parishes, she died before the hounds, in consequence of the le verity of the Chace and out of a numerous field of sportsmen,k t three horses were up at the death. This distance supposed tote between ten and eleven miles, and was run within the hour. On Monday, the favourite stag, Sailor, late the property of Lod Glaris, who hunted him very successfully last season, was a fm ,i a , turned down before eight couple of hounds, at Mr. William bld's farm, at Chigwell, precisely at eleven o'clock, and at the end of ' severe run of fifty-eight minutes, during which time the stag ma. pletely recovered the laurels he had lost on the preceding blandly, he was taken in the river at Ransford-bridge, near Wriule Ledg e; and we are well informed, that the condition of the stag, front the attention of Mr. Crook's trainer, is fast improving, and promises great diversion during the remainder of the season, to the very as. tnerous sporting men in the neighbourhood of Chebnsford. The most curious part of the establishment of Mn. Tennise, Stover House, near Chudleigh, is his meth( d of keeping his fuses. He has nearly thirty brace of cubs and old one:, many of the ha ft of which he has had for some time ; and strange to say, there issue called " The Bold Dragoon," which has been hunted six tad tinny times, often affording most excellent runs. What mik e most extraordinary, alien he conies home at night, after the sport of the day, he never goea into his kennel without taking his supper with him, which always awaits his arrival. It consists of half a rabbit and some kennel meat, without flesh; or in default °idle rabbit, a small portion of flesh. The Bold Dragoon is a strong dark-coloured fox of the greyhound kind, and does not apnea: to have lost any of his natural character. Mr. Templar's old tau are kept in two large yards, in which their kennels, the same mire use for pointers, are placed ; and they are confined by eollars chains, the latter are six feet long. The chains of some of them are affixed to swivels, fastened on the tops of the kennels; so that, by describing a circle of about eighteen feet, they keep themselves in tolerable wind. He has one fox in his kennel so tame, tha: he was his brush as a spaniel wags his tail when any one he knows ap. roaches him ; and he has one jackall in his possession, which. of course, he does not hunt—Eider Paper. CORN EXCHANGE. WEDNESDAY, JAw. 19. With the exception of a few arrivals from Ireland, the su;t,;y fresh in this morning was very short. Every article of fine soldmis morning at prices quite equal to Monday. The stock of Bare here at present consist' chiefly of inferior dam descriptions, it sl descriptions, w , though offered at very low prices, are very difficult to dispose of COAL 3IARKET, JAx. 19. Ship: Sold. 1 Ships at Matict. Newcastle . 15 Sunderland 1 Stone Coal . 1 Cultn Pries. . 30s 041 to 41s CI 32i 91 to 421 0: 42s Oa to —s Ik SU &I to - I A Court-martial has been held at Chatham rn Mr. H. 3. Mann, Purser of the Perseus receiving ship ler volunteers off the Tower, on charges brought against bin: by Captain Couch, which has sentenced him to be dismissed from his' Majes_ty's service. A HTNT TO JURORS AND JUDGES.—(From a Corres pondent).—]t is desirable for Juries to consider that the laws have not sufficient regard to the different price of things, in condemning people to death for a theft to the value of 12d., the law having been made when 12d. were , equal to 60s. present money, as may be seen by the follow ing few instances of the value of money in former times:— About the year 900, King Alfred left to each of his daughters 1001. in money. In 1221, Joan, eldest daughter to King John, upon her marriage with Alexander, King of Scotland, had a dower of 1001. per annum. In 12?8, Edward I. gave with Joan, contracted to the King of the Romans, 10,000 marks sterling, and this to be returned in case the Prince died before her. In 1314, Elizabeth, wife of Robert Bruce, King of Scotland, being imprisoned in Eng land, was allowed for herself and family Ws. per week. In 1330, Joan of Oxford, nurse to the Black Prince, had a pension of 10/. per annum; and Mend Plimpton, a rocker, had ten marks. The pensions allowed by the King to :he Cardinals and great officers of the Pope, who were, in Let, retained by the Court of England, amounted, at the frost, to fifty marks a year. In 13517, workmen took their wages in wheat, at the rate of ten-pence a barbel; a 11'.15• ter carpenter, mason, or tiler, was allowed by the day three pence, their journeyman two-pence, and their labourers or servants one penny. In 1402, the salary of the Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench was 401. per annum. In 1408, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas bad fifty-five marks per annum. In 1549, the Chief Jusnee of the King's Bench had an addition of 301. to his salary, and each Justice of the same Bench and Common Plus 20/. At this time a felony, under the value of twelve-per:e, was not a capital offence; and twelve-pence then was eye to 60s. at the present day. BIRTHS. In Leinster-street, Dublin, the Lady of Francis Illackiwre. Esq. K.C. of a son. On the Bth inst. in Harcourt-street, .Dublin, at the house of her father, P. J. Hodgson, Esq. the Lady of Sir N. W. Brady, of a son. On Tuesday, the 11th inst. in Coik, the Lady A udley. of von. On the 17th inst. in Grosvenor-square, the Countess of Veruam, of a daughter. On the 18th inst. at Mrs. Smith's, in Portland-place, the lady of Sir Charles Smith, of a still-born child. MARRIED. On Wednesday hat, at Earibam, Lieut. C. Girdlestone. of tie Queen's Royals. to Charlotte, third daughter of the late Ra• J. Ditch, Rector of Westerfield, Suffolk. • At St. Glories, Mr. J. Saunders, Kennel' Vale, aged 7f, to Mrs. Spargoe, of Castle, aged 60. The lady who has Moe gnnd. children, is the fourth wife of her present husband. On Saturday week, at Kirk Lila, Yorkshire, the Rey. JIIrtF Donne, A.M. Vicar of St. Paul's Bedford, to Mary, c :,te , t daughter of the late Matthew Dobson. Esq. DIED. On the 17th inst. in his 60th year, William Elgie, Esq. ti lipital-square. On the lith inst. at Clapham, Joseph Stevens, Esq. in the C 7.11 yes: of his age. On the 17th inst. at Maize Hill, Greenwich, Elizabeth, the wife of Henry Francis, Esq. and second daughter of John Dunkin, Ellq• of Southcote House, Reading. Lately, after a lingering illness, the Rev. William Stocking, eldest son of the Rev. William Stocking, Reader of St. James's. Bury. At his house in French-street, Dublin, on Sunday atoning , Philip Lawless, Esq. in his 76th year. The Bar, the Army. and the Navy, have conferred honours on his children, and the con fidence of his country is largely reposed in the integrity and talents of his eldest son, the Proprietor of the lrishnian.--Dublin Paler- On Friday last, in the Phoenix Park, the infant daughter 0: Ste Colin and Lady Campbell, aged nine months. At IVidworthy, near Hannon, aged 64, J. Harris. He wag ?" of the 660 men who sailed in the Worcester to the East Wits. under the command of Admiral Hughes, where, in several serest battles, 410 of them were killed, leaving only 110 to return to their native country. In Christian County, Kentucky, on the 23d of Dee., Gaeta Henry, in the 64th year of his ages, ElOll WATER THIS DAY AT LONDON BRID(IS• Morning 7 min. after S. I Afternoon 23 mid AST 3 -vi Printed at THE BRITISH PRESS Office. by J. W. Caavror,l 181, strand, and published by B. 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