The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1826-01-12 00:00:00

0 V E NT-GARDEN 711 FAT asst night Sheridan's opera of the Pttenni waa performed e , this theatre, and Mr Bland, from Liverpool. made his a ppearance en this stage in the character or eacior Wand is in pct. , on below the mid It sir., but f..:iSOll- weil roportionsal, and his features are gl ut and ce .revsive enottgli for a singer. His voice Indic: power a1..1 :aloes= to on ordinary decree, and his musical rdu r won does oat appear to have been neg!..eteil. Not ivith s!noliog th ••se a dvantages th , ee is in the higher notes an ezcasional herihissi of trsailotl, and IP the lower a sit apailc Or.+l Mara Of holly, WIliCll Pre (I:spit asing. Inde pendent of thes.: faiths, Mr. Bland is a pleasilll. sled Wt• hope one slay to compl:m.m: him as a powerful , singer. His articitlatum is singularly distinct—a p. rfection not always ohs. rvable even ill performers of greater pre tension. Bating some ittle vulgatity of exprission. bath in simiiiet and sneakiiig, end a slissere,.afit, drawl in his promon Bland is a VOVIIISt sufficiently agr,,eable, and gives promise of no mean vlegrce of ex cellence. first song timid . tit to the character, " Hod I a heart for falFehooll framed, - was gig sn .pith no small phare of anilitv. and lottillv sneonel. In that which fol lowed, •• Sure such a pair," the singer ayes still more suc cessful, and cone:veil. bath in mintier and expressi.m, treat share of the arch humour ileaignell by the author ; was loudly encortil. " .list like love" was not to our rnind ao happy ill the delivery, Fllla there was an attempt to encore it, which 41111 not tell well for the actor. Mr. Bland, what much of the matinee, and in some Dales a Rawl deal of the voice, which distinguish Broadhurst, pos sesses more compass and power in his execution. On the whole we are disposed to consider 'Mr. Bland as a promising voeslist, and one likely to be a material acquisition to the o rrratic department of this theatre. rest of the performance was well sustained ; Mr. Dearman sung pleasingly in Antonio; and Messrs. Faw a, it and Blanchard were as excellent as ever in the emitting Lc: se and the irascible Don ./cronse. Bartley is the best fat friar extant ; his Fulher rad was famous, and ludicrously contrasted by the /my-brother of Mr. Barnes, who looked as if in training for the Living Skeleton. Miss Love's Louisa was good, and the Desenna of Mrs. Daven port is immortal. It is almost needless to say that Miss I'aton's singieg in the character of ('tee.: was exquisite. In " Adieu thou dreary pile," she, if possible, surpassed her former excelence. We have seldom witnessed a more tothusiastic encore than followed this song ; and in its re petition, if the fair vocalist dish not win fresh laurels, she ut least added new verdure to those previously attained. At the fatiice of the curtain the applause was general; and the Opera was announced fur repetition on Tuesday, apparently to the great satisfaction of the audience. THE l'.lliliS-THE ICE. We seldom remember to have witnessed a fuller attend ance of fashinnabh s at any public promenade than thost• which yesterday gtac•.d the Parks by their presence. The ice v. as of course a principal object of attraction, but the exploits of the steehdiosl exhibiters were, with some soli tary exceptions, scarcely deserving of notice. The fatal calamity in St. Jarms's Park, on Tuesday, seemed to have chilled the ardour for skaiting,, at least amongst the proti ciente in the art. There were, of course, a crowd of learners, who amused the " million " by their awkward achievements and frequent tumbhs. The more accom plwhed few took possession of the end of the canal nearest to Buckingham-gate ; and, causing a line of de wsreation to be struck, beyond which the canaille were not to pass except at the hazard of running the gauntlet, they then showed off some very graceful evolutions: one of the moat remarkable was the execution of a set of quadrilles by a party of gentlemen, chiefly foreigners, which, notwith standing the absence of music, was very neatly done. One young Frenchman, M. Courdrois, in the space of about twelve feet diameter, performed some most ingenious and graceful evolutions with the strictest mathematical pro portion, and he afterwards, for a small wager, skaited from end to end against a gentleman who ran along the verge, and who got a start of fifty yards. The run ner at first seemed to have a decided advantage, as he rather gained than lost any of his odds; but having to get on the ice where the paling intervenes, it might be fairly said that he lost A rt-word, for he unfortu nately got one leg into a hole, from which he experi enced some difficulty to extricate himself. The skaiter, who by this time had come up, generously declined the advantage of the chance, but went back a considerable distance until the other was again on terra . firma. Some, who had yen toted more mom y on the issue than he did, cried "Shame. foul !" &c. But he speedily redeemed his character whh them ; for, starting off with almost incredible velocity, he toot distanced his antagonist, and reached the gaol amidst the acclamations of thousands. With the exception of aom:y particular spots, the ice was generally very strong. S,-reral men belonging to the Royal Humane Society were in attendance with ropes and drags, but fortunately there was co occasion for their services. The beautiful variety of colours sported by the furred and fair pedestrians gave ficde Park the appearance of a Russian promenade. Wusta's Nsw Or ea.a.—On the evening of the 2.411 tilt. ;he opera of Furyanthe was given for the first time, before a most brilliant audience, in the Royal Opera-house at Berlin, and, in fact, under the special direction of the great composer himself. As soon SA he ap in the orchestra the whole house rose, and greeted ri l i k n e r d vith the loudest plaudits. While the overture was in the course of being played, frequently the most astounding applause shook the very walls of the building. All the airs were received in the most enthusiastic manner ; indeed the music is every way entitled to it. At the end of the first set the composer was called for, in order to receive the most flattering marks of approbation--a circumstance which, to our knowledge (says the Berlin Editor), never took place before in the Prussian capital. At the conclu sion of the opera lie was again obliged to show himself, when a thundering of applause took place, such as never before was remembered upon any occasion. Mr. Von Weber sets out almost immediately, by way of Paris, for London, with a view to bring out in March the opera of Oberee, which has been expressly composed for the pro prietors of Covent-garden theatre. Mr. O'Kr r e.—The public, who have derived so much entertainment from the works of this dramatic veteran, will hear with regret that, in a veryadvanced age, and deprived of sight, he has hardly the means of decent support. Ile had enjoyed a pension of 201. a year, but the receiver of Covent-garden Theatre is not authorised to pay it under the restrictions of the Lord Chancellor. It is not to be sup. posed, however, that his Lordship could have intended that any of the restrictions which he deemed necessary could be intended to - deprive this literary veteran of so humble a stipend, suit so well earned by the many suc cessful pieces from his pen which were first represented at that theatre, besides the many others which are often per formed there. AVe think, therefore, that, as the annuity in question was granted by former proprietors of the the atre, and, as we understand, remained on the books , there tan be little doubt that the present proprietors would be too liberal to annul this scanty pittance to an original and humorous writer, who is old, infirm, blind, and necessi tous; and that the receiver, in paying it, would not only be sanctioned by the Lord Chancellor, but receive his Lordship's approbation. Mr. Waterhouse, of the Swan-with-Two-Necks, Lad lane, London, has been fined in the sum of 421. 10s., being half the penalty of 85/., which had been imposed on him for having the luggage of the Regent, Bristol coach, seventeen inches above the legal height, the fine being 5/. per inch. Tee I strutter. Nouorte.—On Saturday a woman was brought before the Magistrate, charged with having been 'wind drunk and disorderly in the street on the preceding light. On being asked how she came to be in that dis .aceful state, she ingeniously referred it to have been 'sed by the new measures, which were the subject of Anion in the company she was in, and which, she iid, bad so completely bothered her calculation that in the mftision *be supposed she had been " beguiled" into oinking more than her usual Triunity ; and site therefore loped the Magistrate would look over it for that time. The *by Magistrate smiled at the woman's ingenuity, and Amended her in future not to make so free with the " Imperial Nugget."—Liverpool set the composer most flattering which, to our I took place befor sion of the opet when a thunder before was ren Weber sets out London, with a Oberon, which 1 prietora of Core Mr. O'itaty entertainment f bear with regve of sight, he he . had ewioyed a Covent-garden ' restrictions of i posed, however that any of th could be inter humble a stip ensful pieces ft that theatre, be formed theme. iii question war site, and, as s tan be little do too liberal to al humorous writ' tons ; and that be sanctioned Lordship's app Mr. IVaterh \ lane, London, being half the on him for her seventeen inch per inch. THE IMP!? i brought before found drunk a , bight. On la ~ rueful state *used by the vehation i id, bad so cc 4 confusion she 4 thinking more hoped the Ma: worthy Magisi e , commended " Imperial Ni ..- LIVERPOOL. sport nnil Stock on hand M PORTS. B.P. (V&A. nra tierce") I)iito. !nth.' flings, - Own, Ili vriturit bores) Brazil (chests) - - - Ditto I tiarrris and belt.) tiiro Vt.pper, E. I. (hags and pockets) I'i ncnut (bars and bnirrtl.) - Ginger, AV. I. (baizi Ft tinrrels) En-ii India (packets) . Rain (itiincittn , ) . - II ides, t nw and Os - . 11„„, , re, A••wricin (rusk') 'iv), Spanish (germi%) Ig.v.rnit. I'a•ll , ewhy (tons) - MI, .r2inaiCa (ditto) - Diun Ilondura.. Ivs.(eittm . histic. tuba. Sihmiah St Jam. Nicarammvmml - - Ka wood . Caul wood A‘h es, American (barrels) BrimWne (tom) - - Floor„ , lmerb-dn. hr. (blrrels) Olive 011 (at-k•) - - - Palm Od (tittm) - - - Sahnotre (bags) - - Sumach (ditto) - - - Tar. American (barrels) Tut pentine (barrel.) - - Tobacco (Md..) - - (e o4sl - - - PROVINCIAL RANKS. DISS RANK. We are happy to state that the Diss Bank of Messrs. Finchani and Sons re-upencil on Monday. The following notice was issued on Friday last:— '• Messrs. l'inehani and SMIA have the satisfaction to inform the public that they shall re-commence business on Monday next. It had not been tiieir iutention to re-open their bank till they had established a connexion alluded to in a late notice, but the exami nation of their accounts have satisfactorily shown that their pro. perty is far more than sufficient to answer all claims that could be made upon them ; and being assured by the highly gratifying pro ' raise of support which they have received, that they are still strong in the polalie opinion of their honour and responsibility. they feel that they should be wanting in gratitude to their friends, anti a sense of slvit was due to their accommodation, if they longer deferred relieving them from the inconvenience which the.) , have alrendy submitted to with Buell kindness and forbearance."— ' Bury and Norwich Post. BOSTON BANK. We regret to state that the Committee appointed at a meeting of Messrs. Ingelow and Son's creditors, have found it impracticable to carry into effect the contemplated ar rangement mentioned 10 our last, namely, an assignment for the general benefit of the creditors, and that, conse quently, a commission of bankrupt will appear in the Gazette this evening to have been issued against them. — Boston Gazette. CHELMSFORD BANK. On Monday a respectable meetine took place, at Chelms !Ord, of the creditors of Messrs. Crickitt, Ruffell, and Co. bankers. A statement was produced, by which it appeared that the whole of the debts amounted to 152,000/., and that to meet this, the assets, which would be available in six months, amounted to 110.000/. ; deficiency 42,0001. This statement included all notes which may hive been lost or destroyed during the period the bank had been esta hlished, which were estimated at 6,000/. ; and tite eaicu lation was entirely free from what might arise from the property of the late Mr. Crickitt. The following names were handed to the Chairman, to be proposed by him as assignees, and who read them as follows :—Mr. 11I'Lach lin, of Great Baddow ; Mr. John Payne, of Maldon ; and Mr. James Butler, of Chelmsford. The names were put collectively, and unanimously approved of. STOCKS. Dec. 31, each Year. 1823. 1824. 11125. [ 111:3. I 11124. 1P25. •____ 46.350 41).41111 42.5 , 94;, 10 n 3: 1 1 1 1; i 1 , 0 1 9 1,7 9 1 14.0110 - 30.1100 17.700 10.000 : 17,1 0 10 1,450 7,4401) 0.200 9.150 3.409 29 720 2.650 100 11 2191 ) Gil 7.20 11 10.:.110 I 11.7 0 0 1A1 „ ' 1.009 2,1:7111 1:1:0 6.000 5,1100 111111 ) tone llOll 1.7:10- 12.000 19,000 12 500 • 7.000 J , 0.1,80 7,609 0.400 ii 3.500 7.490 0,909 3.900 4 864 5.300 il 1,090 1.:100 1C5 2.500 4.460 1.950 ! 1,200 2,000 IJ - 01 100 570 950 i: . . 211 1;9 ;1/ • 18 000 tons 200 none. - - - . 10 000 9700 5 0110 ;, 9.0110 8.01017 11.000 nii5.1 . 1111 512.000 520.018 I: 180.000 112.14f10 I 0 1 .257 ' I •13.1,11011 4110.01.11 32i,..1G0 I, 2750100 129,1511 i 43,374 12,11110 13.5110 4 000 1; 4.500 4 000. 550 730 1;71 1,295 i, 2 100 I 250 - - - - 59 2.000 4.1100 4,850 8.770 0,200 1 1 2,000 - -. - 790 700 2.100 1,8841 3,000 11 1.350 000 1.5491... 1.300 1.949 3,400 'i 300 609 2 259 CO 220 80 h 1,100 099 450 60 210 150 ;! 20 30 63 I (pd. 5,300 6,400 7,100 37,000 33.500 34,400 I' pot 1.,100 13,700 15,100 • 3.100 2 300 3,200 8410 850 1,250 13.1410 . 83.7011 24.000 24010 9 0- 11 01 1 39,000 2.750 1.73) 4.700 1 tuns 000 270 1.590 6 7.3041 .977 10.850 1 2,100 1.0410 tuns 1,409 16.750 18.5110 17.500 1 9,500 7.7 0 0 5.500 25 650 34.000 28.000 j 7.000 10.290 23.900 14.990 15.217 16.643 1 12.000 2.000 1,500 70.1100 100 300 77.500 1 15.19'0 -- 41.000 69.000 12.970 5 250 10.3 0 0 10.1100 9,30 11.900 15.200 10,200 21200 j 7.500 4.000 8.500 ___ LIVERPOOL CORN-EXCILI GRAIN. Wheat per Bushel 701 b. s. (1. s - 9 0 a 10 1) - t 0 a 10 9 .83 a 9 3 English . Ditto (new) Scotch . .73 a 8 3 . - Ditto (new) . 8 9 a 9 6 Foroign. free - 7 li n 8 9 Ditto(in bond) - 4 11 a 4 6 Canadian (free) 6 . 6 a B 9 Oats per dushel of 451 b. Irish Potato - 3 3 a 3 8 Ditto (new) - 3 2 a 3 7 English, Scotch, and Welsh - 3 5 a 3 8 Common 2(1. a 3d. tower. Beans per Imperial Quartcr. English . 46 0a 40 0 [fish - 43 0 a 47 lIPORTED INTO LITTRI`OOI OF JA Wheat (quarters). Ireland . - - Coastwise - . Total - - Oats (quarters). Ireland - - Coastwise - - Total - - Barley (quarter.). Trelinci - - Coastwise - - Total . 220 Nothing expo TIIE must! PRESS. for tit. last Three Years, of sonflry Articles. ronsiming of 1.580 tons, 11.1 0 .. 70 tons ilavannall, :44 14r.:zil. 24 St. Do. It lAguira, hind bAst hlm. (Cuns'sting (4'700 Cuba. 50 -I. Jamaica. 31) ISratil, 72U k common Spanish. f Beirg (.4'O Montreals I ni,.l 1,11)0 swed. 5 ing 14,5 1 .0 Alontreals, I and GOO States. 7M Sicily, WO tune Gal t lipoh, 20 Levant. NGE, TUESDAY, .I.o‘. 10. The wind having prevailed for so long a time, the imports are very limited, consequently the needy burrs were obliged to give an advance of V. on IV le.•at. 01*.a and other articles remain with out alteration. The attendance at market, both by dealers and millers, was pretty numerous. hut .he apparent chance of wind in the morning induced those who could to dispense buying in hopes of more arrivals. . Barley per Imperial Quarter. a. d. a. d. Malting - 40 0a 46 0 Barley pet 00 lb. Grinding - 5 0a 5 6 Flour per 280 lb. English - 51 0a52 0 Iri,h . 11l 0 a fil 0 Amer. per 196 lb. in band - 24 0a 26 U Pease per Imperial Quarter. English, boiling (ill 0 a ILI 0 Foreign 60 0 a 64 0 Malt per Impe rial Quarter - RO 0 a 72 0 Rye, per ditto . 40 it a 411 0 Itane‘eed per last Irish 251. a 26/. L TitOM TUZ Su TO THE 9TH ,NCART. _ . Pease (quarters). Foreign . Beaus (quarters). Coastwi'm Oatmeal (loads). Ireland . Coast wise . Total . . Flour (sacks). Ireland . - 160 Coastwise . . 40 ;tell this week. IMPERIAL CONTINENTAL GAS ASSOCIATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. Stn,—_l paragraph having appeared in the Moraine Chronicle of the 9th inst. signed " Scrutator," reflecting on the proceedings of the Presidents of " The Imperial Continental Grs Association," we beg leave to sey that all the statemerts contained in that para graph are utterly false; and that as the motives in which they originated are manifestly of a malignant character, legal proceed. ings have been commenced on account thereof. The assertion that information has been withheld is equally false with the others ; a Report was prepared expressly for the inspection of the Shareholders, and notice thereof given to them by circular letter ; and any information respecting the Funds of the Company and the appropriation of those Funds, may be learnt by the Share holders upon application at the office. We remain, Sir, your very obedient servants, J. and S. PEARCE, PHILLIPS, and BOLGER. Swithin's-lane, 10th Jan., 18" A RIDAND TRADE.—One of the manufacturers of Coventry, who is known to be well versed in all that relates to the riband trade, bad yesterday an interview with Mr. Tins kisson, who manifested the greatest anxiety to relieve to the utmost any oppressive consequences that might arise from the operation of the new law. After going into a full in vestigation of its probable result, as applied to Coventry, he concluded by intimating that he would confer upon the subject with Lord Liverpool and Mr. Peel, and would for ward the result of the communication on Friday next. There was not a single clearance outwards or inwards at the Custom-house, Sunderland, on Monday and Tuesday last ; an occurrence which has not taken place on any day, holydays excepted, within the memory of the oldest member of the establishment. The number of colliers cleared coastwise at the port of Sunderland in the year ending sth Jan. 1826, inclusive, was 8195, being an increase of 268 on the former year. The receipt duties for the same year amount to 65,368/. 14s. 7d. being an increase of 33,8931. 14s. &I. on the former year. WHlSRY.—'fbe public generally are likely to fee' disappointed at the manner in which this spirit is to be now legally drank in tbis country. It was expected that after the sth of January, we should have it in England at a price little exceeding what it costs in Scotland, and at any rate we had been given to understand it would not be more than Ws. per gallon. In come places it is even doubted whether whi,ky is to be sold agreeably to the provisions of the new Act, as it has not been received by the different spirit dealers, and they profess entire ig norance respecting it. In Newcastle, however, it has been I introduced, but at such a price as, we should suppose, would prevent " mountain dew" coming into such general con sumption as was expected. The merchants, we under stand, are selling it to private families at from 1.55. to 17a. per gallon, and to publicans at 14s. ed. a gallon, who re tail it at 4d. a glass. If whisky is thus to be sold at about double the price at which It may be purchased of excellent quality in the sister country, we may reasonably anticipate a great increase of smuggling.—Tyne Mercury. Novel. WAG/R.—At the table of a celebrated sports man in the vicinity of Sunning, Berke, a few days since, the conversation happening to turn on the docility of the brute creation, the worthy host offered a wager, which was instantly accepted, that his favourite hunter would, at his request, quit his quarters in the stable and follow him into the dining-room. He forthwith went to the stable, disen cumbered the animal of the head-stall which confined him to his post at the manger, and returned to the company closely attended by his quadruped friend. Not contented with this display, he proceeded to his heal-room, whither also he was followed by the horse, whole docility was the theme of every tongue, and the object of universal admi ration. Here, however, the proofs of his obedient dieposi lion ended, for neither entreaty nor force could prevail , upon him to decrend the stairs, and in the bed-room lie in sisted upon passing the night. In the morning lie mar& felted the same determination not to retrace his steps, and after all means of entreaty and intimidation had been in vain resorted to, his master was compelled to have a breach made in the wall, through which the docile steed was forced to leap upon the ground, where a load of straw had been spread to receive him. The descent was accomplished in safety, but owing to the trouble and expense occasioned by the visit, it is net expected that the horse will be invited beyond the parlour in future. NEW COMET. Extract of a letter from Bolanos, Mexico, dated 3nth September :—" About two o'clock on the morning of the 19th instant I discovered a beautiful Comet in the fol lowing situation ; but I have not seen it since. Has it been seen in Europe ?" • Pleiades. * Comes. . Orion. Bolanos is 23 days journey from Real del Monte. A French journal quotes letters from the Isle of France, stating that in the southern hemisphere there has been dis covered amongst the constellations of the South Pole one of the greatest comets which has been seen for a long time, and surpassing by far that of 1811. When it was first seen, which was about the latter end of September, it was nearly as bright as the Pleiades, elevated from 16 to 18 de- grees, and with a very short tail. Its brilliancy soon in creased, however. and its tail becoming longer, these cir cumstances, together with its retrograde movement amongst the stars, gave it an appearance of a near approach to the earth. About the middle of October, at night fall, and during the absence of the Moon, it was the most brilliant object ►n the horizon. An astronomer attached to the English ship Espiegle has made observations on this ('omet, which he has communicated to the Astronomer ! Royal at the Cape of Good Hope, who will bhortly publish I the recruit. The River Thames above the bridges displays abun• dance of loose ice. The thermometer on Tuesday afternoon stood at 26 deg. Fabr. Towards midnight it rose to 32—(freezing point:) THZ LATZ Sroast.—lt becomes our painful duty to state, that during the storm on Friday night last, seven vessels were wrecked at Dunleary. Wc are happy to add, however, that our informant assures us no human life was lost upon this awful occasion, the whole of the crews having been saved by the life-boat.—Dublin Freeman's Journal, Jas. 9. A contract for 17,000 barrels of perk, to be delivered at Newfoundland, has been entered into by two provision mer chants at Waterford; the price, we understand, to be 525. to Ste. per barreL The contractors intend making up the pork at Hamhurgh. A new species of self-impelling carriage has been in vented by a M. Barret, of Lyons, which is capable of per forming a distance of 120 leagues in 15 hour*. It was lately exhibited at Lyons by M. Barret, who went in it from his own house, in the Place des Celestins, to the Porte St. Clair. The carriage rests upon three wheels; one of these is placed in front, and acts att a sort of rudder to re gulate the motions of the vehicle. A person sitting in the body of the carriage sets the two greater wheels in motion by means of his feet, which he strikes alternately against a piece of mechanism formed in the interior. The car riage, by each stroke, is made to perform a distance of six teen feet, from whic h the whole distance can be easily cal culated. The most remarkable part of this invention is,' that the person who regulates the movements of the direct ing-wheel, or rudder, has it in his power to turn the car riage round, and give it a contrary direction, whenever he pleases. Tile SCIENCES AND Aars.—ln this age of universal improvements, it is obviously desirable, that a respectable Weekly Journal should regularly give a succinct but satisfactory account °CI the progress of all the Sciences and Arts. The Proprietors of " The News of Literature and Fashion" have. therefore. determined to de-' vote a sufficient portion of their journal to that purpose, commenc ing . with the tat ;s:umber for the year, published on Saturday, the 7th instant, which is also the Ist Number of their 4th Volume. Henceforth, therefore, the public may confidently expect to find in that work. not merely an exposition of every new fact or new troth in thew hole range of .Scierce--physical and moral, but suoh an ap preciation of these as will fully satisfy even the scientific reader that powerful thinkers and able writers are alone engaged in it. The Title of the Paper will, therefore, in future be, " The, es of Literature and Fashion, Science and A : t." 7, Brydges.ewer, Covent -garden. Account of Q 1 'COM minntserz CAUSE' Gantt• ll.Pmrkard Same v W. Pirtek.at: Lewis v S•aples Little v Sy non or Symon Brown v Ayling flilletfr Lurk Throtto-eon r liia Dot% v Filuer Carp r v Vnul Walker r Powell • COURT OF KING'S RENcil, WESTMINSTER. %CF.I/NESDAY, JAM. 11. Sidings Leibre Lord Chief Jratice A illtoTT rind Common Juries. SI VS PUY v. 31 AcKLIN. This was an action of tinter brought to recover tl:e valve of' cer tain goads which had been taken by the defendant from plain It. anti unlawfully detained by him. The defentlarit pleaded Not whereupon issue wall joined. Itlr. SCAR LETT stated the case to the ,Ivry. Ills client was a poor Irish shoemakt r, tval in the year 1821 occupied a small rot.m in a house in Denmark-ea:let, Strand, beameing to a 3lr. Free land, a waiter at the Freemasons'' Tavern. In torso:gee:ice of severe illness the plaintiff had not been able to pay his rent for some time, anti he was, in the month of April in that year. 81. odd in smear. Ilia landlord being very desirous to get rid of an unpro fitable a tenant, authorised the defendant. who is a broker and auctioneer, to levy a dist teat on the plaintiffs got thi, and instructed hint to take all he could find. In pursuance of these instruction,., the defendant's servants seized every thing that the plaintiff pas- Besse'', even to the children'a wearing apparel, and the saucepan that wes then actually on the fire with potatoes in it for the chit dren's dinner. The goods were removed to the defendant's stile tion-roorna ter the purpose of sale. After having sold property to the amount of 111. odd, which was sufficient to cover the rent in arrear, and the expenses, the sale of the remainder was stopped. The derv:clan, then informed the piaintiti that all the goods had been sold, hod that there was a balance of 4s. due to hint, after deducting the rent and charges, which lie tendered to hint. The plaintiff believing this statement to be correct, accepted the money and signed a rereupt for it. Subsequently the plaintiff saw a leader and a ret of fire.irons belonging to him on the delentisnt's pre mises, and which the defendant permitted him to take away. Afterwards. on comparing the inventory of the goods seized with the catalogue of the sale, the plaintiff discovered that several articles which were mentioned in the former were not interred in the latter and on further inquiry. he ascertained that those Sr. ticlen had been reteined by the defendant. Among them was a picture in needlework, which had been given to the plaintiff's wife on her marriage by a lady of rank, with whom she had lived as servant for many years. Several applia:ions had bee.' made to the defendant to return the goods, particularly that picture, on which a very great value was set, from the peculiar circum stances under which it became the property of the plaintiff; but as the defendant had refused to comply with his reasonable request, the present action was brought. Sa anxious was the plaintif to recover back the picture, 'list even now, if the defend. ant would undertake to return it, the plaintiff, notwithatandiog the injury he had sustained in having his tools and the whole of his property besides taken from him, wonld accept a verdict for nominal damages; far the picture was, after all, the great bone of contention between the parties. The evidence called to support this statement was the man who accompanied the broker's servant, and the plaintiff's son, a boy of 13 years of age, who gave his testimony in a very intelligent manner. lie attended the , /tile, checked the articles as they were sold, and proved that several of hit father's things were left unsold ; among the rest was the picture in question. The COSIMON Ssnontur, on the pert of the defendant, said that the whole of the goods had been sold and accounted for; and that if' by accident any were left unsold. it was 0wi0.4 to the ;;;;- 7 Insignificant mitre. ne ff,en called srneral witnesses, who denied ow having seen such a picture as described by the plaintiff's son. One of them valued the whole of the goods taken under the distress at 01. 125.; while another proved that that part only which was sold realized 11/. odd. The receipt was then put in, which stated the rent to be 81., and the goods sold to have amounted to 111. odd, and that 4s. was paid to the plaintiff as the balance. Mr. Seatt LETT in reply contended that the very receipt which had just been read was sufficient of itself to taint the whole trans action with grows fraud ; for by law no auctioneer could charge an high as to justify him to receive 31. on a distress for any sum less than 2W. If therefore a man couki•he guilty of such a species of imposition, it was a Lir inference that the defence which was now set up was but an attempt to justify a similar act of injustice towards his poor client. It had appeared, indeed, in the course of the examination, that the defendant had been actually convicted before the Magistrates, in a penalty of treble value, for hav ing charged these exorbitant fees. With regard to the picture he begged to suggest, if it should meet with his Lordship's 'typo ' hewn, that the Jury, in. estimating their damages, would state specifically what value they fixed on it ; for so very anxious were his poor clients to recover it back (and it was a very laudable feeling that induced them to be so), that lie hoped the Jury would feel themselves at liberty to put a fictitious value upon it, so as to make it worth the defendant's while to return it ; in which case the plaintiff would engage to refund that portion of the damages of which the picture should be so estimated. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, on summing up, observed, that it was entirely a question as to the weight of evidence, whether the picture had ever come into the defendant's postuasicm. If the Jury believed the testimony of the plaintiff's son, then ii was clear such a picture was taken away by the defendant's servants under the distress. In that case he saw no objection to their affixing a spe cific value upon it, es suggested by .Mr. Scarlett. It was clear that more goods were seized than were sold by the defendant, for he had himself returned the fender and fire-irons, after having pretended to settle the business with the plaintiff. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 131. estimating the picture at 5/. SCALE V. BIRD AND nalesow. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, to recover compen aatioa for the injury done to his propertyy, in consequence of the defendant Bird permitting the defendant demon to throw a quan tity of the residuum or waste of certain gas-works into a pit on the premises of the former, through which ran a stream of water that supplied the plaintiff's fish ponds. Mr. GURNEY and Mr. LawEs conducted the plaintiff's case, and Mr. 31att it TAT thatof the defendant. It appeared by the evidence that the plaintiff was a farmer, and occupied several acres of land in the parish of St. Mary, Stratford. le-Bow, in which were two ponds well stocked with fish. The ponds were supplied with water from a stream that ran through the adjoining land, In the occupation of the defendant Bird. Just before the alleged injury was sustained the plaintiff' had about 30 head of cattle, and lON lamb-hogs depasturing in these lands, and which drank from the ponds. Several of the lamb-hogs died, and also one of the cows ; and the plaintiff's son, in seeking to each min the cause, found the water in the ponds very much discoloured, and emitting a most offensive effluvium. He traced the discoloura tion in the stream as far as the pit in 3lr. Bird's field, where he saw a large mass of the residuum from the gas-worka. On appli cation being made to Mr. Bird on the subject. that potleman ad ' mitted that he had received 36 5. from Mr. Hanson, the other de fendant, to allow him to deposit In the pit the waste from the works for a fortnight. The plaintiff removed several of the cattle into a meadow that was laid down for grass, and was obliged to sell the others at a considerable lose. Ail the fish in the ponds were destroyed. Mr. 11InnernT, on the part of the defendant, opened a state ment with a view to show that the source from whence the noxious quality of the water proceeded was not the pit in the defendant Bird's field, but in some other place ; but The LORD Ciller JUsTiCe intimated that the cause was one much fitter to be decided out of Court than by a Jury. After consulting with their clients, the Learned Counsel on both sides agreed to refer the matter, and a verdict was accordingly taken tor the plaintiff', subject to a reference. COPYRIGHT OF HARRIETTE WILSON'S MEMOIRS. ITOCEDALE V. ON WHY N. This was an action brought by the plaintiff who was the pro. prietor of the copyright of " Harriette Wilson's Memoirs," to re cover compensation in damages for the injury he had sustained by the defendant having pirated his edition of the first volume of that work. The defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr. RICHARDS opened the pleadings. Mr. BaoUttualt stated the case to the Jury. The plaintiff, he observed, was Mr. John Joaepli Stockdale, the bookseller and pub lisher, of Pall-mall, and proprietor of a work, the name of which had already been stated to them. :This action was brought to re. cover compensation in damages from the defendant, who was also a bookseller, for having printed and published copies of the first volume of the work in question, and having thereby infringed the copyright of the plaintiff. The Jury were aware that by several Acts of Parliament, one of which wits passed so lately as the year 1814, being the /r4th of George the Third, the property of persona in literary works was protected, and this action was given to those whose copyrights were infringed. All that was neceseary for the plaintiff to show was, that he had that right either by an assignment from the author, or by being the author of the work himself, or the assignee or representative of the persons to whom the copyright had originally belonged. Then, if he could show that another person had pirated such work, the present action immediately accrued to him. Now he should be able to prove thus much to them, and having done so, it would remain to be seen what defence could be set up That it was as gross and palpable a piracy as could by possibility be committed, the very title-page of the work itself de. monstrated. For it was there set forth as being a correct verbatim copy of the celebrated original work which was published at h. 6.1. a volume, and which he (the defendant) proposed to sell at the re. &teed mice of 4s. The avowed object, therefore, of the defendant, was, that finding the original work to yield the plaintiff a very eon. aiderable profit while published at 7s. 6d. a volume, be, in order to avail himself of a portion of the,e great gains, chose to publish and sell it at the touch lesser price of four shillings only. He .understood that this Mr. Ouvrhyo did not secs, no? did he deny that the property was Mr. thockdale's ; but tUthe said. " Tine it is I have committed one offence t true it is I am guilty of one set ; but then I have elan committed soothe/ canoe, and I am also guilty et ameba illegality, he I Uwe 296 published a work which in some of its paves arc fibril*" and to others irrefigerue." Such was the kind or deferirethat the defend ant wan expected to resort to, tad a nacre torleeenr, or a mow gross der^..v, tan never before set tip. Alt illogmg hi, elm wrmg, in publishing( libel:eon and licoutioue work, for the par. po‘e of cot •ring an attack ;mule by Wm upon the property of inn titer, he thougth deserved t , be. wiol wan characterised by• hate •:ty properly so it MOO clef,te. lie beget! the Jury Mit to let his Learned Friend I Air. Scarlet') run away with their dude' meat, by mune:thug to PIATI urea the WIWI': of at.y particularrF sages in this work, anti thee, ny cihing upon them to tin far the defer tlott, cheek tlie publication of it for they must have pars ceived that nntlii-g could he mere preposterous than this pretence of putting an cod to the rtrettlation of the work, when the very beat posidde way of promulgating it. atm of causing it to go imp nets it rthicti it would otherwise not gn, was by encenraging that noecien of defence; an it was obvious that the cheaper the wt...k was said the greater was the focthry afforded to the pubis to become its pu e:onsers. lie took it therefore, to be quite clear that if such • thpic could he urged at all, it lay on his tie melt, to with thy kind 0. consiateitcy. With respect to the nature of ili.s laud:, it Was * strong and favourable circiunstance, that altho ten it had been fit rircolation for a considerable petite!, yet nn action had been brought '.gains the plaintiff tm account of its contents. Tate Lout) Curer JI:RTICE reminded Mr. Brougham of the henna brought by .711 r. ll:bre against the plaintiff: Mr. Itaotin HAM said that was for a libel contained in soothe. volume of the work. Ile wan informed that there were other parts. but it was rot any of the parts which constituted the first volume which contained that libel. He doubted not the Jury would hear II good deal upon the immoral tendency of tile work; but the pre. sumption wan, that there was Iw/thing libel/oo+ nor licentious to a work which had been allowed toga so long without being prow. cued. Not only was it kit ititassailed by any person, wit. or cognise it would hare libelled, were libels at all contained in it ; but it bad not been noticed nor at all proceeded against by any of the have °Meets of the Crown, whole duty it was to protect the ptsbllir morale and to supprees every publication that had a tendency W corrupt them. If then, they who wire the guardians of the pub. lit morals had done nothing, it was a reasonable ittfereuee and • just presumption to arrive at, that there was no inch lieetitimas oe, libellous passages contained in this work g loot that it should far the first time be discovered by the defendant, who had been print. ing and di.seminating it throughout the kingdom. That this wort was liable to such an objecti:m was most extreardinary I As be had nu doubt his Learned Friend would not give him an oppOrtue nity of addressing the Jury again, he was obliged to anticipate the nature of the defence that would be attempted. Most probably his beamed Friend would state to them, that in another Coon it had been decided, that persons who claimed property in works of air irreligious tendency was not entitled to protection. He alluded to' the case of exparte Murray in the Court of Chancery, where art objection to the character of the work was taken ; but the Jury would remember that that was an application for an injunction, end there the Lord Chancellor said he would not under the cite-ewe stances interfere, but leave the party to his action at law. The Lorin CHIEF JUSTICE—I want no such authority in • case of thin nature. Mr. BRouottax continued. He called upon the Jury to reflect upon thin kind of defence ; and on the comtequences that would re. suit from its being establialted, that if one or two licentious pat sages could be culled nut by his Learned friend from the body of this work, that upon that account only the book oho Id have no le gal protection. What havoc such a proposition would make throughout the whole range of literature ! For he would maintain that there were not many of the standard books but what would ad. mit of tome few passages that would no longer be safe under such a law. Few of the ancient writers or poets woald be free from itS operation, and many of the English classics, which had hitherto been estimated property of a valuable nature, could Ito longer be so considered. And this would not he the only Cotsequence, for not only would the owners of copyrights be unproteited, but no action could be maintained for any thing done in respect of the priming oe publishing of theM. He entreated the Jury to bear In their mind hcw extensive would be the effect of such a rule. Having mew. tloned thus much, it was only necessary for him to prove to them the right of the plaintiff to the book in question, and the act of pi. racy which had been committed, in order to entitle him to the!" verdict. John Box SteF.Lelear elrEnThed by Mr. IlicrtAnnt.—l am the .:.r.er'lne - plaintiff, and assist him in his business of bookseller and publisher. I have the manuscript of the first volume of the "Me moirs of Harriette Wilson with me. I have seen it in the pposses sion of my father, and have frequently seen him writing In it. It was afterwards printed, published, and sold by my father. My Is- . titer corrected the press. It was published by my father before a was published by any one else. Mr. SCAIILETT—I will trouble you for the manuscript. • The manuscript was then handed to the Learned Counsel, who proceeded to cross-examine the witness. I have seen my father write in the manuscript, but I do not know whose writing theothar , is. My father Lever informed me. Mr. ScanaErr —ll'hat ! is it not flarrieve Wilson's ? How ever, never mind that; pray does not your father hire persons to write for him ? Witnetoi—l do not know. I don't know that my tither is a mein- • ber of the Society for the Suppression of Vice. There have been It numbers of the work published, and it is still going on. Mr.. Poplett was the printer of part of it. Hie bill was not paid by my father, and Mr. Poplett brought an action to recover. I heard the trial in the Court of Common PL as. Mr. SCARLETT—What objtkion did your father's Counsel, take to the anion ? Witness—l do not recollect. Mr. SCARLETT—Then I will assist you. Did he not say that this work was of so scandalous and vile a nature that no person ' could come Into a court of justice and claim to have bli ilght In is , recognized ? 1% itness—l believe that was it. Mr. SCARLETT—And did not your father succeed in thecae's ? Witness—Yes, he nid. Mr. SCARLET T—And hat not paid the man to this hour. ( We could not catch the witness'iranswer to this question.) He-examined by Mr. Boon° HAM--I beard the Learned Ser geant on that trial make the objection. Air. Bootroluat—Did he not at the same time soy that he took the objection himself without any instructious from your' father ? Mr. SCARLETT—WeII, what of that? Witness—Yes, he did. Mr. BROUGHASI—And had not your father merits besides or meet the action ? Mr. SCARLETT—How should he know ? Witness—l believe he had. Mr. Beovonase—And that your father never authorised km to take that objection ? The LORD Cutts* JUSTSCE —Be don not say any seals thing. Mr. Boottonam—But the Counsel says so, my Lord. Did Me Counsel say that ire did it without any authority from your father or hie attorney ? Witness—Yes, Sir. Mr. SCARLET T—Did not Poplett prove that lie printed part of the work ? The Loan Cntor Jurrich—You need not try that case ever again, Mr. Scarlett Mr. SCARLETT--No, my Lord. The witness then produced a printed copy of the first volume of° the work published by his father. Win. Smith examined by Mr. Bitorrosaw—l bought the first volume of Harriette Wilson's Memoirs at the defendant's shop, of the defendant himself, on the 6th of March last. 1 have come pared it with the number produced by the last witness, and found them to correspond with each other, except a few literal more. L cannot say that there were many ether numbers for sale. I did not see any, for I was not In the shop above three minutes. Cross-examined by Mr. Scrinazisr—This book professes to by a book containing the life of a courtesan, does it not I , Witness—Yes, Sir. Mr. SCARLET'S—It describes senses ? . Witness—lt does. Mr. SCARLETT—I will not mention names, kit do yew( romps. ber a conversation that is stated to have taken place at the basal a Mrs. Porter ? Witness—l do not recollect such a name. Mr. SCARLETT-. Turn to the book at page 121; thesle la a a.: scription given of her meeting a person there ? a Witness-_There is. ' Mr. Scazaver —And a long conversation ensok with lke.• Porter at her house ? Witnear—l recollect one part of the book where oho WOO ea Mn. Porter. 111 r. ScaatErr—Look at page 121, where Mew Porter is mall to say, " My clear Lord, what would I not do to serve you? ' I will' pay Harriette a visit early todnortow morning, although, my Lord, to tell you the truth; I was never half so afraid of any rowan is my life." ' Is not that an account of her being procured lur lege, to meet a gentleman ? , Witness—Yes, it is. 111 r. SCARLIETT—'I,IO2 at page 129'. Does the book Collit'll u account of a person there called Julia, and of bee intermOrse with Mr. Cotes? Witness—lt does. Mr. SCARLET T—Aod state 901110 particulars about &AMA shit. case 9 . Whom—Yes. Mr. SCARLET'S—I dp not know what you may think of it, IMP I ask you Is not the book hail of indecency ? Witness—ln someyiarts it O, and in some parts it is not. Mr. SCAZLETT—It is the history of ereourtesao and binomial* is it not? Witness—lt is. Mr. SCARLET2-.Besides that, it contahts, dos h not, E( names of a great many persona of &Unction ? Witness—Yee, it does. Mr. ficsizoorr —Pray O there any instance in whist do aw scribes a Nobleman wishing to get her into the keeping 'ibis so r The wiuoiss—There is en amount of Lord ......--,.. Mr. BCAILETT—I do 'sot mention omens Sir. I skin .4 follow Mr. Storkdale's unapt., by invent* faisehools, sad adds 4 ing names to tbena to give Met* the currency and apissersom truths. Look at page 8 , where it says " ---..--• woo 0 man s not one of your stiff-bleed, tmeratiel e fetberes who chastity and forbearance to theirebildtwo. ite theses tramy ; coagratulated hie friend —L., twin so 'a awe gene Is AO that a statement of the Mud oadeyyOuide tblwitiri to live with lila son?* i Witness—b le, Sir. • ldr. E. Thomas wee caned. On snoring the willgi observed to bis Lonlabip that his owe wooed ou of the work, sad by wished so know whether. k teaming asp iloadOns tbst might be pot obits as,up die LAW NOTICES. 'ItT OF KIND'S ill TO DE TRIED IA DAT AT VIESTMI? Joarpli v ►Valton ' , keltlain v PIOSOMI Wat•nn v Waco. Storey v I) an NfrlifeN vSnear Ciiiven v %Vane v Squires litt4erra v Brown I'l.•=Hint; V Broom field • Ilarc v F'illin¢ .am L.TTV INTFLLIGENCE. YC IT. C)MMON JURIES NTI:11. • • flay v. Burbi<l7," SAmpso.ir P-r , iter tirecuwril v Fame v Ward Till r Shun v Beet mrlcwell v v loiliogton ifuri•nq v ll4mer Griqi.hm v :111..re fleamitan v • I i I I " I ,: `iC: 4 • \ ~'