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THE EDITOR EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. -...-- 9, s,—l find that in your notice of the state of the ma nutacturing districts, in your Paper of Monday, the :31st July, sou mention in your article on the " State of 'fraile," .letting that has been held " at Liverpool," at which White) e" was present, in which the advantage of the pike over the musket was discussed. 1 beg to set you right on this. No such Meeting has been held at Liverpool, nor is it at all likely that a dis cussion on such a subject could take place. We have little or no manufacturing population. The lower classes of society here are laliorious artisans, employed in trades that are iirimediattly connected with shipping and commerce, and they partake of the well-known honest loyalty and peaceable demeanour of the jolly tars with whom they associate. They are friends to social order and good government, anal whenever they display an ebullition of angry feelings, it is against their masters, by whom they fancy themselves a,;gt laved, and not against the Uovenunent. They are not the men to listen to the factious or the rebellious; and it is hut justice to them to avoid classing them with those ho would. The friends of your Paper here, who are in w the habit of depending on your information, expect the truth (tom you, (specially on any subject that concerns the cha racter of this town. 1 am, Sir, yours, A LIVERTOOLIAN. ST. ()LAVE. HART -STREET. CITY TITHES UNDER 3;TH HENRY VIII. A Com ICA r. Pose F.—A ri adjourned Special General Vestry of :he inhabitant a the Parish of St. (Mate, Ilart-street, was held on Thersday last. s to muskier and adopt meamres respecting the Re port and other document', laid before the Vestry on the Cc!' ofJuly last. The Reese*, the Rev. Dr. ()wen, again took possession of the Chtir, against the manifest inclination of the parishioners, and he ancel t•rn not to delay, for the sooner they began the runner they would finish. It was very warm weather, but ( laughter rm weather it was generally hot enough in that vestry. ) 3D. lou NGER immediately rose to express his deep regret at Ong the Rector in the Chair. Dr. OwEN—I think this is premature. The minutes of the L e g Vestry had better be r ead, and then y ou may say what you will. M.. ousteen assented. The minutes of the last Vmery, including the Report of the Committee, were then resd. Mr. YouNnEts, buil! he had fit excessive pain in observing the hold eel indelicate assumption of rite Rector in taking the Chair, partirulerly as it led to angry discussion, next by the frequent im proper interruption of Dr. Owen, the free discussion of the parish- Meer. was impeded. :le felt it his duty in the outset. to submit a motioa or. that suhitc: ; then, after taking a short Tt view of the Report of the Committee, end complimentiug them upon the emu met sire and temperate tone they had taken thronghout the whole of the co rrespondence and proceedings now printed for the use of the parishioners, which he trusted would meet the eve of the Richt Rev. Prelate, the lend Bishop of London, end every true friend of the Established Church, he concluded by moving a Resolution to the Ofect that it was highly improper and indelicate tor Dr. Owen to preside at a Vestry convened to discuss the per tormance of his clerical Maths, and was in direct opposition to the ramongtrances of the parishioners, who solely submitted to it be cease he maimed the Chair by authority of law. Dr. Owts—The law is the hest authority by which I take the Chair. and we do not meet here to consider my clerical duties. Mr. You sture-:.1 think we do, and I now again complain of the obstruction which you, as Chainuan, have always put in the interfere or free disrusilon. You have no right, as Chairman, to ith the farm or substance of my motion. (Hear.) Mr. Ct.tret said he cordially seconded the motion, which was then carried, with only three dissentients. Mr. FRISST. the Churchwarden, anti one of the Tithe Com mittee of the parish, then addressed the parishioners. Ile said t!..ey were snet they eb to consider the unfortur ate eubjects comprised h it Report of Committee, who would be glad to hear the sen timents ache Vestry on their proceedings. Mr. Ilswiessra said the Report of the Committee had his hetry concurrence, and he should therefore move that the same, haring been circulated amongst the parishioners, and maturely oak:trek!, since the 6th of July, should be now approked and contifinetl. M. As ctssox seconded the motion, whiet. was carried unoni- mously. 31r. JACIESOW then moved a resolution, declaring that the inha. bitsma of this parish are patrons of their bring, and were protected tom any increased claim for tithe by ancient And long.accustomed p.iynitot, which existed when they presented the present Rector to living, which then produced to him, and had produced to his pretteteoivr%, about 25411. per anrum. (flee.) D. Owxs—l'ili put this motion, but it is an assertion without proot. Several P a rishioners —It's true. (chat part is without proof ? Dr. Chiww—lt does not lie with me to prove it. 1 call upon you to prove it. Mr. 01; NGER—If you cannot contradict it with proof yourself, you have no right to call for proof from us. These are the kind of rnerruptions I,y you, as Chairman, of which I complain. You are rredding here, against justice and propriety. Dr. Os es—What ! Do you mean to say lam to sit bete as a mere ciplk r 7 No, no. Mr, At NSLEY seconded the motion : which was carried unani. courtly. Mr. JACKSON then moved a Resolution, declaring that, after the Rector's induction, the parishiooens,st his solicitation, consented to pay Is. in the pound fur tithes ; but that he, in violation of his *gement, had since exacted 2a. (hl. in th^ pound, under the Act of n Henry VIII., which, until the last thirty years, had Leen ob *clew, and the decree under it had recently bmo found by a Jury not to have beeu enrolled. Dr. Os E N.—l deny the assertion contained in this Resolution, and wish this denial to be made public. I never made any such promise generally ; 1 did promise, here and there en individual, that I would not raise his tithes, and I have scrupulously performed thts promise with respect to every aid inhabitant to whom I made it. But I never made any general promise; nor can any one of you produce any Resolution of Vestry, any scrap of paper, or do cument, to show that I did. Several parishioners here loudly declared that the D.xtor had I entered into a general verbal agreement with the pi rishien ;ea to I take to more than Is. in the pound ; but he now taunted them with not being able to show any written document to bind them. Was this honourable ? A PantsitioNts—When the draught of the list petition to Parliament was read, you stated that it was, Dr. Owen, by your individual application to the parishiooms, that they consented to give you Is. in the pound, in consequence o f your being about to be married. You now say it was only to extend to old inhabitants; but even if it was so, is it creditable to lou, under mental re. servation, to charge the widow, the partner, or the child of an old inhabitant, 2s. 9d. in the pound, when you agreed to take Is.? The Biahop of London, when reminded of this, said that you, Dr. Owen, might, in the joy of your heart, when you was pre sented to the living, have assented to take Is. in the pound, but that was not binding. How the Bishop could reconcile this to his con-cience I do not know. Dr. OwEN—I felt grateful to the parishioners for having pre sented me with the living, and that was my reason for doing it, but I a: vet did it generally, 51r. Jacesow—You admitted to me that you did. 117. HowELL—Dr. Owen. if you deny that the tithes were only "'ail. when you came to the living, pray let me ask you, what did you and your predecessors first receive ? Dr. Ow EN—Upon my honour, I cannot say. (Laughter.) Mr. Mr Routosow, the Churedwarden. said that as long as his have partner, 31r. Rolland, lived, moody, to the year 1817, he only psid M per annum, being 1.. in the pound ; but he (Mr. Robin son) now paid the doctor 201. a year. (that.) Mr. HowELL—My house, No. 58, 31ark-lane. paid the Doctor at first only IL lit, per annum, anti it now pays him 211.; and I beg to stowed the motion, convinced as I am that it is founded in truth. Others of the parishioners rose in grim array, to Mate how they had been mulcted tin tithes; but the Doctor heeded them not, dc. Oaring it was his eight, and that be would have no more. The motion was carried unanimouely. 51r. Yo ENG e lt, in moving the next Resolution, said that every VA p City took showed the crobarrasament caused by the Ihetor's presiding. However,as to the real justice of the case , lie w ishe d the world at large mild read the Report of the Committee. He declare I that he was not influenced by any personal motives against Dr. Owen. The Doctor was mistaken if lie thought hint his enemy. lie was his friend, sad the friend of the Established Chugs. and was only desirous of rooting out abuses. Ti.e motion was carried unanimously. Mr. BARLI.AMB said, it was extremely unpleasant to him, an the Doctor was in the chair, to submit the next motion, but he felt at was his duty to do so. Dr.Owxyr-51y dear Sir, don't consult my feelings; I'm a Stoic In all those things. (Hear.) Mr. BanaLa on—My amigo relates to the small payment made to the Curate; mud I know not how Ole Doctor can reconcile it to himself to pay the Carmel ao little, and revive himself so much. z aears The motion states , that it a Iron returns to the House of Common.,, that in this , for the last twenty-two years, to the :Nth of April, I , the clerical duties, with slight excep. icons, have been performed by Cutouts, at from IW. to 100!. per annum. . Dr. OwEN—No City Rector pays so much to Cu rates as I have a roe; and it is not true that I have neglected my clerical duties. Tsis is only what my Dioemen has to do wi h. I can prove that I have atteotled more than any other ( ity Rector. Several Parishioners—The more shame for them. A PAlusill o NEn--The sins of others are not to be cited in jus tifiration of your own. Dr. Ow EN-1 will prove that I officiated twenty-six times in 1825. A PaatantoNto—The return to the louse of Commons is only to the 25th of April in that year. You may be right ; but du you think it just t o take Lula w-Year for that? Dr. OwEN—This is a question of right, and the Bishop is the proper pawn to apply to ; but if you talk about that, you should Ka ta ftlaz. You should go:to a Prebend of De ',ate, who receives . 4 2 :site a-year, and only preaches about four times for it. Oleo, AIPA I flitlO:ZEß—But. he has other duties to perform. Dr, Ow EN (laughing)—But I can produce you plenty who re ceive more than he dues, though they have nothing else to do. (Hear, hear.) A Pan ontosErt—This shows what a pretty state the Church is In. (Bear, hear.) 31r. Roma:sox, the Churchwarden, seconded the motion, which was carried utaininaously. Mr. ClA's FE moved, and Mr. Sou Then seconded, a resolution, declaring that the produce of the living, letting the parsonage house, he., end I,B`lo/. per annum tithe, were computed to produce the Rector 2,2110/. per annum ; and 31r. .1 as aso N moved, that, after deducting payments to Curates, &c. Dr. Owen had received 2,000!. per annum annually, without personally rendering spiritual or other equivalent serriex for the same. Dr. Owtre— i get only 31:1. for the Parsonage-house. I admit I receive the 1,030!. tithe*, and I hope crc long that I shall receive a little more—there are some noble houses building, (lieu, hear !) but I never made 2.ltuaol. a year of the living in my hie. A PAKISIIIONEII—There are many respectable inhabitants, Doctor, going on the other side of the street, to get out of pair clutches. (Laughter.) Doth resolutions were carried unanimously. .Mr. Veit:se:EH moved, and Mr. Ron, N SON seconded a Resolu- Son, which was carried unanimously, that the Bishop being aware of all the circumstances, had agreed that the stipend for St. Bo tolph's, Bishopsgate (of which the Bishop of Cluster was Rector), should govern the stipend for the future incumbents of this parish ; and other Resolutions were unanimously passed to the effect, that the stipend for lliahopsgate was much less comparatively than the 1,2001. per annum offered for the future incumbents of this parish, which offer the Bishop had rejected ; and that they deeply regretted that their ease had not excited the sympathy of the Itisl•ulr, who had made mistatements in the House of Lords, and had not re turned any answer to the letter sent by the Committee, on the lids of May last, to his Lordship on that subject. Another Resolution was passel, strongly recommending the inhabitants to continue bringing their case befine Parliament, praying that their suffCrings might be relieved. Thanks were also voted to the Marquis of Lansdown and Mr. Caleraft, for their able and judicious support of the petitions of the Inhabitants. Dr. Owe g—fio on, tientleinen-1 am like the auctioneer, I shall want s..nte wine and water. Thanks were also voted to Mr. T. Saunders, the Solicitor of the Committee, for the able, zealous, and experienced professional as siatance afforded by hint. Sir. Save Dens, in acknowledging the handsome compliment paid him, said he hoped to lire to see the day of the complete and final extinction of the oppressive claim of 2s. Ode in the pound for tithe. lie was a friend of the Church of England, and thought that its honour and security would be hest consulted by the ameli oration of so obnoxious an impost. (Applause.) Other Resolutions were then passed, relative to the advowson of the parish. Dr. OWEN—Have you done now ? Air. Yost sots—No, Sir ; I hold in my hand a Resolution, That this Vestry learn, with deep regret and alarm, that the Rector has adviael resistance to the parish rates, and that he will not himself pay the poor's rate, in regard of his enormous tithes ; and that, in consequence of such conduct, the Churchwardens and Overseers have idit funds to pay the poor, or provide for the necessary ex penses of the parish. Mr. Rent sso sr, the Churchwarden, said, that all the inhabi tants, and particularly t he poorer ones, objected to pay their rates, if Dr. Owen was not compelled; and he understood that Dr. Owen ' bad advised resistance. Dr. Ow EN—I am ready to pay, if all my parishioners will pay on the protita of their trade. Paristitunera--Shockiag ! Do we not pay on the value of our houses ? Mr. JACKSON—Dr. Owen, will you pay my losses? Dr. Owk x-1 have nothing to do whh {oases; only with profits. Mr. BAKER. the Vestry Clerk—Dr. Owea has quashed one rate upon a technical objection, and appealed against a second one. Other Rectors pay the poor's rate on their tithes. Mr. YOUNGER—Dr. Owen's tithes are like a tenement liable to be rated. Mr. HOWELL—He was only rated at 1,100/. per annum, al though he admits he receives 1,8201. Dr. Oweg—You have rated premises in general at not half their value. The Seed Exchange is worth 1.000/. per annum, and you have rated it at 100/. ; the Commercial Sale Rooina are worth aOO/., and you have rated them at but 35/.; whilst a house which lets for 651. you have rated at IV. 31r. ItAKEN, the Vestry Clerk—Doctor. you are stating what is not the tact. The assessments are fairly made, anti sou sanctioned them at the several Meetings, until you were charged on your own ithes. The premises are nut rated on their rock value, neither are your tithes. Dr. Ow Ew—l know I have sanctioned the rates. but we all know how those things are done. I did not particularly look into it them. Mr. RYLAND—Then, having acted so improperly yourself, though I believe the rates are correct, it is shatitetul in you to im pute improper motives to others, and your conduct, as Chairman, is highly censurable. Mr. BAR 1.A318-1 think 90 too. (Cheers.) Dr. OMEN—At - bat ! am I to sit here, and hear myself charged, without anawariag ? 1 will always.ferivlsedlyasses ”sr i and, thank God, that after having been here fur feel year*, my parishioners can only say their Rector looks tolerably well. Parisnioner—Yes, you may look tcferably well; nobody else ;mald have had the nerve to look so well. You are ants fellow ! Dr. OwEN—%Vell, have you done? Mr. HOWELL—I move that the Resolutions be advertised, printed, and circulated, and a copy seat to the Bishop of Londu•i, at the discretion of the Committee. I mention discretion, Doctor, b.eatise we are so impoverished by your conduct, that we cannot go to much expense. This Resolution was c a rried unanimously, and tbe Vestry ad journed. • MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON LIST.—(From the London Gazette.] AT ?111 COURT OP COMJSISSIONIRS Or BANKRUPTS. •ASI L. ON TriNDAY MITT. B. Barlow and Doering, New road, St. George's, sugar-refiners, dirld..„ I I &Athol, 11. H. Soho-raptare, feather-merchant, special affairs . l2 Beard, P. King's Stanley, clothier, adjourned last examination ...... 10 Collins, F. Pail-mall, man.mliliner, dividend Clemeateon, J. Angel-court, St. Martin's-le-Grand, silver-matt, die. 11 Corbett, A. Friday-street, merchant, Ist examination Fearnley, C. South Sea-chambers, merchant, epeeist affairs .., Flaction, F. Berwick-street, St. James's, jetsetter, dividend Gallegne, J. B. Fort-street, Spitalfields, silk-manufacturer, let exam. I I Gifford, J. Paternoster-row, bookseller, 2cl examination . lO Gruenciaen, C. Cumming-street, Pentonville, merchant, dividend lO Giberne A. and S. New Bond-street, milliners , div i de nd.... ..... Harwood, W. C. Crown-street. Soho, grocer, proof of debts Hodgkinson, W. Doucaster, grocer, 3d examitilition Jones, W. R. and 0. Puttersitelds, wharfingers, last examination.... 10 Lowe, R. Gibraltar and Horne:lon, merchant, 3d exatniaation ...... 12 Lytle, G. Cecil-street, Strand, tailor, divide..l ll Norway. -1. Leicester-square • merchant, proof of debts.. ....... 10 Rolls, S. P. 01d Fish-street, ironmonger, dividend Sears. S. Cleveland-street, Fitzroy-square, Ironmonger, Ist examis lO Sansbury, J. Stoke-Newington, builder , leasehold lands .. Spooner, W. Chi twell-Areet, linen-draper, adjourned dividend II Strtignell, R. B. Threadneedle-street, bout-maker, dividend Steventon, R. T. Fetter-lane and Camden-town, baker, adj. last ex lO Thomas, E. Cherry-garden-street, master-mariner, adj. last exam lO Tattersall, W. Upper Thames-street, printer, special affairs I I Ward, W. J. Askrigg. yarn-spinner, 3d exam lO Ward, 11. Warren-street, coach-builder, dividend . ........... 1 , Witte and MUM, Cheltenham, mercers, adj. last MY! and Brenchley, Maidstone and M. Mildred's-court, paper. makers, adj. sep. dlr. of Wise ........ ......... „ „ ......... „ Williams, T. Smithfield and Union- RY street, cutler, adj. last exam COUNT LIST. Barney, R. Wolverhampton, rope-maker, Hotel, Birmingham, dlr l2 Bower and Guest, Manchester, silk-manufacturers, Star, 2d exam. .. 12 Bingley, 0. New York, murcitant, Hotel, Birmingham, dividend .... 12 Chadwick, W. R 4 and C. Oldham, machine-makers, White's, Man. cheater, 24 exam. Coward, H. Preston, brewer, Commercial Hotel, Shields, dividend Clarke. J. Norwieli, shoe-maker, Norfolk Hotel, Norwich, 3d exam 1 Charlesworth, J. Halifax, merchant, White Hart, Halifax, 3d exam II Gallernore and Foster, Manchester, calico-printers, Star, 3.1 exam.. Green, D. Upton-upon. Severn, linen-draper, Mr. Bird's, Uptan, 2d ex. 11 Halifax, B. Gutter-lane, warehouseman, Rampant Horse, Nurvich. 2tl exam. Homer, J. Liverpool, merchant, George. Liverpool, 2 exam..... I Johnson, P. Runcorn, Innkeeper. (toiden Liverpool, :id 1 Jones, T. Leicester. hosier, White Hart, Leicester, 3d King. J. Boroughbridge, flax-spluiter, Vittoria, Kingston, 3,1 ex..— 1 Lager, it. Bankrienton, cattle-jabber, Black Home, Skiptun, 3d ex ll Lax, E. Manchester, publican Star, Manchester, 34 ex 9 Morris T. Hide, Ironmaster,'White Hart, Birmingham, adj. last ex. 10 Norwood, J. Swlnelleet, linen-draper, Dog and Duck, Kingston, ape. OM affairs O'Neill and Martin, Liverpool, merchants. George, Liverp., joint dlv. 1 Oliver, J. Manchester, victualler, Star, Manchester, 2d ...... 3 Smith, W. Bath, carver, Gre)huuml, ath, 3d cx. 7 Tomlinson, M. Chester, innkeeper, Feathers, Chester, 2d ex. Turner and Gough, Salford, cotton-spinners. Star, Manch., 24 ex..— 1 Wallbridge, J. Newport, Ileum, currier, K'ng's Arms, Wimborne, adj. last ex Wilkinson, J. Shellield, turner, Mr. Branson's, /Sheffield, op. affi .• • . 12 CORNWALL AND DEVON MINING AOSOCIATION--.-The Shareholders of this Company held a meeting at their of fice, Lombard-street, yesterday, and our Reporter went for the purpose of taking an account of their proceedings, but on his presenting himself at the door of the room in which the parties were assembled, he was required to an nounce his name, and whether or not he was a Share holder. He stated that he belonged to a Morning Paper, and asked to be admitted ; but the answer he received was, that none but Shareholders were permitted to attend, as it was strictly a private Meeting. Miss Foote is at present performing at Liverpool, where she has an engagement for a fortnight. She has played Rosalind, Juliana, and Viefude, to the best houses on the average, that the novelties of this season have produced. Mr. Harley renewed his engagement for a few nights after his benefit, and is going on a theatrical campaign to AVor thing, where he performs on Monday next. Mrs. Davidson has played her favourite characters at Liverpool. Mrs. Chatterley has made a favourable impression on the audi ence there ; and- Miss Stephens is expected next week. Variety is the order of the day with the manar ; but the season has not yet been so productive as former ge ones. THE BRITISH MESS. f.AW NOTIrES. COURT OF CHANCERY. Et? ORS 'XVI LOAD COANCIELLoiI. IY I : INCOLN 9 11 INN II•LL,1•1/1 DAY, Ar T. Remaining Motions. VICF.•CILINCELLOII'S COURT. • ••-•••••- ........... T/lIC ♦ICK•LIIANI:KLLOt, IN LINCOLN'S INN, THIS DAY, AT Coupland v. !toward and (Abbe Moure v. Jones Carpenter v. Joints Cur:log v. May Edwards v. May Lewis v. Lewis Fairbras4 v. Furnace Watson v. hocking Coe v. Hemming Stroud v. k:uton Jones v. Cisughton Goulding v. O'Neill Denalidown v. Duff Page v. Brown Atkins v. Smith HALF-PAST TIV.• Bankrupt Petitimos. Holden v. Elford Bennett v. Brlndley Elford v. Kilned Burro&Ile v. William Holland v. Maiben 11011 Castell •. Wentworth King Y. Jenkins Brent Airy v. Bronchia, Stanger v. hiorrey Ilitlr v. Ca-Sou Maude v. Leader Moy v. )lay Godtlord •. White Fntcher v. Waketord Baring v. Waugh May v. May Sounders v. (Thurman Droycott v. Archer Bassett v. Booty Sbortbouse v. Sethi% Turnin v. Dore Dixon v. Morris Crowder v. Hurst ::eat v. Cooke Tucker v. 'rocker Hoyle v. itobami Hall T. Bennett Watkits4on v. Monde Ladbroulte v. Bishop Pemberton v. Stoket CAUSIS, ' R. DII, RoLI.S LICCTIONA ANI) PATITIO! AT ?OVA in TOIL How BromL.•ad r. Hunt, ye t titiun _ rS, ST CONSENT, TIM Cobham ♦. Bush, peil: Smith v. Sutherland, Stowell V. Ilan, fur ther In re liar' pea on Abbott. v Young. auie Shnltlewc. r. ..a. ausa Colebrook, v. Leigh, CremoVne Y. Datviton. Batton v. Barnett, do. Aeltwii v. Waiiiv, ditto Barry v. King, dicta Bridge. v.Buldaivorthy, (lino _ . petition Slater v. Duffield. ditto Irwin v. Mille, ditto L'Estrenge V. L'El trange, ditto Nixon v. Dahairy, do. Iluniund V. Helmond, joribsiiks, petition Knife v. Harrison, do. Squire v. Squire, ditto Cos v. Cockerel, ditto Butter v. Baker, ditto Powell r. /lousier, fur ther directions Waddell v. Tucker. do. Cornbe ♦. Drink water, fitrl her directions Beaumont V. Paine, pt. Itlcev.llavenpurt, pe- ditto Page •. Clay, further directions Burbell Brarkin, SaMe7. Same, ditto Same v. Same, ditto Same v. Same, ditto Alt.-Gen. v. Plumply*, ditto _ Kiiritutan V. Hinzmin, ditto _ petitiou Vllnewt v. Willson, do. Pilk ington v. Smith. do. Hendy v. Firth, ditto lu re Strode's Charity, ditto .... Brown v. Lewis, ditto Smith V. Postifes. fur thertlitections ' in rs Htitchinson, pc- Soa•erby v. Sowerby. dato _ . Wakefield v. Templer, ditto _ Clarke v. Lord Or made, ditto Duteller v. Vale. come Belt v. Resnick. ditto Hooker v. Hooker, pe tition Pyles v. Mallen*, ditto Dent v. Louden, ditto Ca -an weir v. :4 trade, do. Colson v. Dormpler, do. Tomlin* v. Tutotlins,do. %Vernet v. Clover, do. Es porte YiThmonsers' Company, ditto Mnatyn v. Wynne. do. Ptitington •. Smith.do. Knowles v. Porter, fur ther directions Stone v. Rede. mum We.ton v.Falrlield, do. Fairfield v.We-tim, do. Ambrose V. Thomson, ditto Saudis v. Hatith further directions ?lame v. same, petition Carlow v. Co lie, ditto Newman v. Neuman, further directions ExparteCommitisioners of Sewers, petition Haynes v. Marchant, Howard v. James, ditto Jacob v. Anibrinie, do. ill son v. Awdry, ditto %% Immure v, Morgan, ditto BMw v. Wlncin , tet, petition WUate roft v. Wheat croft. ditto.. 11;;;;;;;;:1 ) orant, further directions nrinte v. Same, petition Att.-Gen, v. Ld Ccur tenay, further dirty ' thins . _ Seine V. Same, petition Le Grand ♦. Le Grand, ditto Grant v. Grant, ditto In re Thoruturi, dine Godfrey V. Lewis, fur titer dis ectiorel Lonowurth Y. Wood, ditto St;;;; V. K night, pit. "lion _ . ._ HUI:e.I7IT v. Rel Fr'', (0. 1o:411110On Y. El, 1 agtcti, ditto Ex-parte Lawrence,do. Gilbert v. Wetiterea, Attv...Gen. V. Gllford. ditto InTet'elteh, petition In re fli,hop of Bristol's E•totev, petition Hold,Cll v. Samwell,do. Att.-Gen. v. Dixie, do. Miller v. Lowe. ditto Larpent v. Dun, ditto I Jenkins v. Hnultun,pe- Litton I n;ellarrett's Estate Act, ditto In re Esrl of Shrews bury, ditto Gordon v.Welstead, do. Kewell ♦. Sewell, ditto I Browne ♦. Groom bridge, ditto Fairfield v. Weston, do IC;ebore, ditto Donner v. Hurd, further direction. Gardner V. Preston, pe tition I,4.i:ennet v. Pido ditty LAB' INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Ftinaw, AUGUST 4. At the sittings of the Court this morning, Mr. HART said he had an application to make on the part of a person of the name of .1. B. Smithson, row a prisoner In the Fleet, for debt, that he might have a habeas directed to the Warden of the Fleet, to bring up his body from day to day, in order that he might have an opportunity of laying before Counsel such papers and informa tion as might be required in the conducting of a cause of " Smith son v. Sykes." It appeared, from the affidavit of the petitioner, that he had a claim against the defendants in the cause. to the amount of 130,0001.; but that, owing to his poverty, he had applied, and obtained from the Master of the Rolls an order to prosecute the suit in forma yatipzris, and Mr. Wm. Hunter was appointed his solicitor. It further appeared, that on the 3d of July last petitioner received a letter from Mr. Hunter, requesting to be furnished with a sum of 2/., to enable him to get a copy of the order of the Master of the Roils ; but that petitioner not being able to advance the money, no further proceedings had been taken. Another object of the application was, that Mr. Hunter might be directed to de liver up sonic papers and documents in his possession, belonging to the petitioner. Mr. Hart observed, if his Lordship granted the application, he did not know what useful purpose it was to be ap plied to, though it was his duty to submit it to his Lordship, as the papers were left at his office, not signed by any Solicitor, but by the petitioner himself. The Lo RD CHANCELLOR observed, that he had no power to grant a habeas, to direet the Warden of the Ylert2Bl)llnah v 4, the body of the petitioner from day to day before Coons dl. As Mr. Hunter had been appointed this person's solicitor under the au thority of the Court, if that gentleman would attend h i n t b efore he cameinto Court, either tomorrow or Monday morning, he would inquire the nature of his commitment, and see what he could do for his benefit. Mr. HART was not aware that Mr. Hunter had notice of this motion. The Loan CHANCELLOR observed, if the party had been com mitted for contempt, he would do all he could with propriety for his relief; but if he had been committed to prison for debt, he did not know that he could do any thing with it. His Lordship ob. served, there was now in anticipation, and he hoped It would take place when Parliament met again, that in a case where, after a long suit, a man had been ordered to convey an estate which he had unlawfully possessed, to the person to whom it belonged, and the man said, "why, sooner than you shall have your estate, I will stop in the Fleet fur life." it was in contemplation to give a person the power to execute the deed, his execution to be the same as if the party had executed it himself, in order that the rightful owner might not be kept out of his property, and also that the other party might not complain that he was kept in prison. Ile was quite sure, if tam subjects were fully examined, it would be found that the complaints made were wholly without foundation, because if any one supposed it was the wish of any man in this country to keep another in prison, they were very much mistaken, as he had never met with that man yet, and he hoped he never should. With re spect to those persons now in prison, on whose situation observa tions had been made, he was quite sure, front his own knowledge, they would not be discharged. LITERARY PROPERTY. 74AW MAN AND OTHERS V. TEGO. In this case the SOL lc IT on-OE N E MAL moved for an injunction to restrain the defendant from further publishing a work called The London Encyclopedia, on the ground of its being a piracy of a work called The Encyclopaylia illetiopolibina, of which the plaintiff is the proprietor. It appeared. from the statement of the Learned Gentleman, that the plaintiff purchased the work of which he is the proprietor, from the assignees of a Mr. Fenner, the forme! proprietor, and he understood a question was to be raised by the other side, that two of the assignees of Mr. Fenner had purchased his share in the work ; but for the purpose of pro. tecting the book, the legal title was vested in the plaintiff in this cause. In 1321 this book was first brought out, under the title of The Encyclopedia Metrupolittina, by Mr. Fenner, wl:o, at that time, had the assistance of a Mr. Curtis, who was not now averse to inform the readers of the London Eacychiprdia that he had been the Editor of the Encyclopedia Mai erlitana. It was worthy of attention that if a book was published,—the preparation of which most have put the proprietor of the copy-right to a very large expense—by and by was to be illegally in. terccpted by another book taking tho matter contained in that work, the owners of the copyright of the original work would incur a considerable loss ; for this was nut like a a pamphlet; it was a work which ran through all the let ters of the alphabet ; and when a man launched a book into the literary world in the nature of a Dictionary, and continued six or seven numbers of it, a great loss must be hncuned by him if his book was partly copied by . another person. The plaintiff had been nearly five years in possession of this work when this illegal rival was set up, and he used that term because he was not con tending that a book which had successfully circulated from MI to 132;a might nut be intercepted by one on a similar plan, containing new matter; but when his Lordship was told of the identity of the name, the name of the one being only a translation from the other, and also the identity of the Editor (for the London Encyckpedia was professed to be edited by Mr. Curtis) he thought he was not carrying the proposition too far, to say that the man who copied a name, would also go on copying that which he load no right to copy. He would now call his lordship's attention to the inside of the book. If his Lordship would look at the book, and refer to the word an, he would find Mr. Alawman had given two meanings to it. The one was , that it was an article, and the other that it was an imperative; and these definitions were taken from a very learned writer, a• emine nt as a grammarian as a politi cian—he meant Mr. Horne Tooke, who, by a long and laborious investigation, had brought to light a great deal of information, as to the general use of the words used in the English language. There were also other illustrations taken from Percy's Lleliyucs and Robert of Gloster and it so happened that the geatleman w ho had been the editor of ' Mr. lawman's book had exactly hit upon the same illustration to the very letter, in the work published by Mt. Tegg. lie should have thought this editor would have con tented himself with going back to the time of Queen Ann, to find an illu.:tration, but he had manifested suc h a marv e llous love of the olden times, as to go as far back as the Edwards ar.d the Tudors, to get a definition of the word WI. In three parts out of four of many of these articles, the subjects were exactly copied from the plaintiff's book, and not only the tic,inittons, but the illustrations and examples, which were not to be met with in any other book or dictionary, but were, for the first time, introduced into duo Ency clopedia Melropolilona. Though it was not morally tumult:Ole that Mr. Curtis might not have taken these illustrations front Percy's &blues and Robert if Gloster, yet. in human oreiummtion and rea soning on human acts, it was so impossibles, that in legal presump tion it vats equal to proof that he did copy it from the plaintiff's book. There was hardly an article in this book, in which either the whole, or a great part, had not been copied by the defendant, who, :iat satHkd with copying that part winch was correct, had .. 10 1 also copied the errors and mistakes contained in the Encgolorudia Meteor Maria. lie recollected a case in Lord Erskine's time, re. specting the printing of a Book of Roads, where the pertain who puldiehed the work had , In describing a beautiful teat belonging to Mr. Justice Grose, robbed that Learned Judge of the letter R. and called hint Mr. Justice (lose ; anti there it was held that the man who had pirated the work could not have gone down to the seat of Mr. Justice Grose., for the purpose of inquiring who oc cupied It, and have made that reiatake, but had, no olontit, copied it from the original work, In which the same mistake had been made. The LORD CIIANC IF: Li.on said, there had been a later case than that mentioned by :11r. Solicion.General, where Sir Sant. Rondlly made an application respecting his Learned Friend Sir Giffin Wil%oo being called Sir I hritlin. The Sneterroe-Gowenat observed, it was rather a singular circumstance, that both cases should have related to the letter It, being in one rave added, and in anuthet left out. lie would now call his Lordship's attention to the book, by referring him to the word " arbour," of which every one knew the refreshment and en joyment, except Chancery Lawyers, who could not, at this time of the year, enjoy the pleasure of sitting henceth tine. In the 1 plaintiff's bcok, the definition of the word arbour was," air bower." ;Now, a more common man might have called it a yiltiee Iterated with trees ; but such learned men as write for these hooks sontetitnes made things appear in a different way from what they me tut. The definition " air bower" was ascribed by plaint di; iii Its hook, to Dr. Hicks, when it was, in reality, Dr. Ilenshaw's t and the defendant had fallen into the same error, by exactly copying the plaintiff's illustration. In another instance, where a definition was given of the word "ash," the plaintiff had resorted to Dryden's Georgics, but the Editor, or some others had trade a mistake, and called it Drayton's Georgics instead of Dryden's. Mr. Tegg would have his Lordship believe that he had hit exactly upon the same four lines, and called it Drayton's instead of Dryden'e, being the very sante mistake as the plaintiff had made. The next lie would mention was the word " alms," and it so happened that his client had, instead of giving the definition. "charitable donation." in its proper place, put the illustration first taken front Mr. Tooke, and the definition afterwards. Mr. Tegg had, however, fallen into a 1 worse error, by making the definition exactly thither the scribing it 1 to Mr. Teoke, and thereby making that gentleman what he never was. 'AL the author of a book on charitable donations. Ile now tome to another word, which he would cull the attention of the Court to. It was the word " abjure," and the meaning given to it in Mr. Maternan's hook was, " To swear, to go away from, or to leave," which was certainly the proper meaning. The person who composed the book had, however, put a full stop at the end of the words " to swear," by which some persona would suppose one mean ing of the ward was " to eweer,"and another," to go away from." 3I r. Tegg had, however, fallen into the sante species of error, except that he had put a semicolon at the end of the words" to swear," and not a full stop. He (the Solicitor-frenerel) recollected a man, of the name of Patch, having been tried and found guilty of murdering his master, and the principal evidence against him was, his having a pair of stockings in his 1/01111rt$1011 c overed with sawdust. It was stated that he had been seen in ate yard of his master with those stockings on, in which yard there was a quantity of 'lewdest a short time before the shot was fired which killed that unfortunate gen tleman. Now he could almost fancy that he saw Mr. Tegg copying these passages with his own hand, front the work of ale Maw. man ; and it was for that reason he compared this case to that of Patch. There was another singular article which he would refer his Lordship to, respecting the Hinder, Mythology, which the de fendant had also copied. It stated that t•ere were ten supposed deities, to whom adoration was paid by this superstitious and hi therto unenlightened nation ; and as to the incarnation of the Sas viour of the World, these people thought that incarnation separated itself into certain individuals, ten in number. This singular his tory was an abridgment m ade by the plaintiff from Mr. Ward's new of 'Pulite) Mythology. lie would rot trouble the Court any further ; but he hoped that,under all the eircumetances, his Lore ship would think lie had ade out a sufficient case for the injunc- I tion asked for. The LORD Cwawerehetaa observed, he recollected a case where an injunction was asked fur to restrain the publishing of a book of roads; and, he conceived, if any mail thought proper to intr. vey the same roads, and to print his book, it it was the effect of his survey, lie had a right to do it. But if, instead of surveying the roads, he inserted in his work a copy of part of Patterson's Book of Roads, to the extent that lie hail copied front Patterson. this Court would not allow him to publish it. lie recollected another case, re-pecting the piracy of a work, called the Court Guide, in consequence of a great many mistakes being copied ; sad that was taken as evidence that the whole work was a copy. Mr. SPENCE and Mr. LORAINE were then heard on the same tilde with the SOLICITQI-UENEKAL. I Mr. Hoase, as counsel for Mr. Tegg, observed, the question of piracy could not be gone into till the parties had satisfied the Court they were the owners of that copyright, and they must also satisfy the Court that they had made the application within due time. Now, in this case, the bill was not filed till the 22t1 of last July, on the eve of the long vacation ; and, his Lordship would find by the bill, that the parties had been aware of Mr. Tegg's pwbllslang this work ever since last March. When he, theretore. emulated the tines, he thought the parties had been guilty of great lacks id: this case, and that they ought not to have taken so long a time before they bail applied for the injunction. Mr. F et.- net w .s the person under whom the plaintiffs, for there were twenty. two of than, claimed the copyright of this work. In 1819. Fenner -I=sa Isswelnwp.e, and Mr. AI awman was appointed bis aseignee. was wad m the different affidavits made by the 'plaintiff was, that they believed, and to the best of their knowledge,3 l r. F. was in e a , of the copyright. It did not appear to have been legally The tide originally was in a Mr. Curtis, a Miss I I and Mr. Fenner. The same Mr. Curtis alluded to by 'the plaintiff was one of those in whom the title originally vest. ed, and he defied the plaintiff to prove that the title ever went out of him, or that Miss Richardson ever parted with her third. A Mr. Richardson had been mentioned by the plaintiff as a person who furnished matter for that work ; but he was not stated to have any share in it. The consequence, therefore was, that the plaintiffs had no grounds which would justify them in leaking for the in junction. The LORD CHANCELLOR interrupted Mr. Home, by desiring him, as it was now past five o'clock, to proceed with this matter. tomorrow (this day). in the course of the morning , t he Lord Chancellor observed, that with respect to whit' had been said as to hie reading the papers in a cause before he gave judgment. he should be glad, for the satisfaction of all mankind, that there should be one week's experiment how this Court could do justice do the parties if he did not read the papers. What I mean, said hiss Lordship, is neither more nor less than this, that the business of this Court, as now managed, cannot go on, unless the Chancelldr reads the papers ; it is impossible. Other people may be able to ao it; but the individualftwho sits in this chair is too dull, has hhd too little experience, and possesses too little knowledge to do t e business of this Court, without he gives himself that assistance which he so often calls for. HOME CIRCUIT. MAIDSTONE, Ato. 3. CROWN SIDE. tßefore Mr. Justice llot.nottn.l FORGERY. Joint Peek, alias deorge Watson, deseribed in the calendar as a merchant, who pleaded Guilty, yesterday, to four several indict ments, charging him with having forged and uttered, in this county, four different bilk of exchange, purporting so be respec tively drawn by certain foreign houses, and accepted and indorsed by trading firms in this country, having been humanely allowed by the Learned Judge time to consider until this morning, whe ther he would abide by his plea, or retract it, and take the chances of a trial, was, at the sitting of the Court, placed at the bar, when Mr. A no t.Plitts stated, on his behalf, that since yesterday some friends of the prisoner had arrived in the town, and having advised hint, in so serious a case, to stand an investigation of the various charges against hint, he now respectfully claimed the liberty of availing himself of the indulgence which the Learned Judge had so tenderly allowed him permission to seek, if he should be so minded. The prisoner now wished to withdraw his plea of gu ilt y , and to take his trial on the plea of not guilty. Mr. ANDREWS and Mr. Baonnicx, Counsel for the prosecu tion, said they had Ito resistance to offer to the prisoner's request ; but they were placed in this difficulty, that, in consequence of the prisoner's pertinacious determination, expressed yesterday, of abid ing by his plea of guilty, the witnesses for the Crown had gone away, and perhaps it might be impossible to procure their attend ance again pending the present assizes, in which case there might be a failure of justice. A message should be sent after the wit nesses, and if possible they should be brought back by Saturday morning. If this were found impracticable. the prisoner must con- I sent that the trial should be postponed until the next Assizes. The matter was ordered to stand over for an hour, at the end of which time an af f idavit was produced, stating that one of the most material witnesses for the Crown, a gentleman near eighty years of age, had been taken suddenly ill on his way home, and that it was impossible his attendance could be obtained during these Assizes. Under these circumstances, it was moved to postpone the trial until the next gaol delivery. No objection was offered on the prirt of the prisoner; and it was accordingly ordered that the trial should stand over until the next Wirdez Assizes. MANSLAUGH'f ER. Robert Renton, a person of a most respectable appearance. *as placed at the bar, ter the purpose of being arraigned on the Coro ner's Inquisition, charging him with feloniously killing and slaying Robert Renton, the younger, his son, a child of tender years, by striking him on the head with a leather strap, armed with a buckle, at Bromley, in July last. A bill of indictment had been prefereed against him for the same homicide, but it was ignored by the Grand Jury. Before he was put to plead to the Inquisition a conterence took place, between Mr. Adolphus, for the Crown. and the Learned Judge, as to the sufficiency of the record. It seemed that the Inquisition omitted to state any venue, either in the margin or in the body of the record, and consequently, the Learned Judge be ing of opinion that this was a fatal objection, directed the Inqui. sition to be quashed. There was another objection to the Inqui sition, w hich would also have been fatal , namely , as to the mode by arich the death of the child was stated to have been occasioned. Before the prisoner was removed from the bar, Mr. ADOLPHUS, with the permission of the Learned Judge, I said a few words to the Jury upon the Subject of the case, Which had thus so satisfactorily terminated. Sonic interest was, no doubt. excited in their minds by the • nature of the offence from which the unhappy gentleman at the bar had been discharged—an offence at which human nature recoiled. As Counsel for the prosecution, tt would have been his painful duty to state the circumsrotees of he case, had not the Learned Judge ; with that perspicuity lot which his mind was so much distinguished, discerned in the rata set a fatal objection to the frame of the mead, which bad happil% spared the Jury the misery of a most Melancholy inquiry, SIM the prisoner the heart-rending recital of a calamity with which, at this moment, his soul was absorbed in unutterable grief. In the determination of the Learned Judge, upon the (keel* alluded to, he most respectfully and heartily concurred; and Ise was happy to state, that a heart-broken parent dad not doomed to the torture of having it made the subject of deliberate inquirys whether he had or had not caused the death of his own child. No man could answer for the effects of an accident, which had brought upon lthn tar great a calamity as the loss of a child, upon whom he doated with parental tenderness. It was due to the gentleman at the bar to say publicly, that by accident alone he had been bereft of the solace—the stay of bra declining years ; that he had lost a pronileing and beautiful bog, under' eireatn. stances of the greatest affliction. Reports had gone abroad of the most unjust and cruel description, as they respected the manner of the child's death. It had been fueled that the father had barbs. mealy beaten his son with the rail of a chair, and had fractured his skull. He (Mr. Adolphus) was authorized to say, from a careful consideration of all that appeared before the Coroner, and %span sub. sequent inquiry, that there was not the most remote shadow of truth in such a statement. The fact was, that the child, having been guilty of neme act of disobedience, the father, as he lawfully might, had corricted him with a strap, to which, unkhorringly to hint at the time, a buckle was appended. In consequence of some• thing unfortunate in the structure of the child's head, he received a mortal wound from the buckle, which had the effect of destroying a life, for the preservation of which the wretched patent would cheerfully have sacrificed his own. Upon each an occasion every I man must feel the deepest sympathy with the distracted parent. As Counsel for the prosecutien, he had felt it his duty to make this statement in the prisoner's favour; and he felt persuaded in his own mind, that if the ease were gone into, the Jury mdst have been . convinced that the death of the child was occasioned by accidental misfortune, and was not attributable to anything culpable in the parent. Perhaps some apology was due to the Court and Jury for I these observations. on an occasion when there was nothirig now for their consideration : but he hoped that in dismissing the unhappy gentleman from the bar, he might be permitte d to return to the bosom of' his disconsola.e family, with the p rsuaoion, that at lea-c in the estimation of the public he had nothing with which to re. prowls himself in a catastrophe which had occasioned him so much personal misery. 0 Mr. Justice Rot.NOI'D concurred with the Learned Counsel in I thinking, that had the trial proceeded, the result must have been au t acquittal, inasmuch as the depositions taken before the Coroner dl.- closed circumstances inducing a belief that the death of the chi:4 was purely accidental. This view of the case found some confitma. t tion in the fact, that the Giand Jury had thrown out a bill of in. t dictinent for Manslaughter. t I The prisoner, who appeared to be broken down by inward are guish and remorse, bowed respectfully to the Court, and was home. ; I daftly rcktured to liberty. WESTERN CIRCUIT. BODMIN, AtiaraT 1. The Assizes for Cornwall commenced this day. Mr. Justice GastzEs: sat in the Nisi Prins Court, and Mr. Justice LITTLE DALE presided at the Crown site. The Calendar is oat antisuslly heavy, but contains some eharget of a very character. There is the usual quantity of business at the CM! Side. CROWN COURT. Thomas Stone was indicted for making signals to a smuggrng vessel on the night of 2'3th March. Thomas Gammon examined—ls a boatman in the Preven tive Service, and statlitned at Cawsand. Saw the prisoner on the beach at Cawsand on the night mentioned. It was past eight o'clock. The prisoner walked past witness, and, in a few minutes after, witness observed some aparks of fire in the direction which the prisoner had taken. Wh.n wit •,a saw the sparks he wan twenty or thirty yards distant. Witness conceives that the sparks were made with a Hint and steel. They might have been seen at the distance of half a mile. Witness then tired a pistol, and the pri soner was apprehended. After he was taken into custody, the pet soner said he had only atru;k the light to tire a lime-kiln which was near the spot where he was taken. Samson Quick (also in the Preventive Service) swore that he was within a few yards of the lime-kiln, and distinctly perceived the prisoner making the fire. Richard Foote, Chief Officer of the Coast Gdard at Cawssnd, stated, that nn the night in question he had seized a small boat is Cassand Bay. He found tive casks ot for eign brandy and gin in the boat. When on boar d the smuggler be perceived that a sig nal was made from Cawsand Beach. The prisoner said he hail nothing to offer in his defence, but he hoped the Court would take it into consideration that he had been in confinement for a long time, for doing nothing that he conceived to be a crime. Ile was found Guilty, and sentenced to imprison. meat and hard labour for three months. /11/Thint ift,:,•c was charged with stealing a mare, the property of John Hooper. It appeared that the mare was taken from the prosecutor's stables in the parish of Helland, on the night of Saturday the 27th May, and was seen in the prisoner's possession, two days after, at a pub lic.house called the Indian Queen. 11 miles distant from Mr. Hooper's. The prisoner stated in his defence, that on the evening in question he had learned that his eliil4l was ill, and he took away the hoist for the purpose of going to ace her, intending to return it next day. John Lohb swore that the prisoner's child was at his house, and having met with an injury by falling down stairs, he wrote to the prisoner on Saturday morning to acquaint h:m with the accident. The prisoner arrived the next morning at four &Clock to see his child, and remained at witness's house until the following morning. He said the horse he rode was 31r. Hooper's, and took particulat care to feed her. Under all the c'rcumstances, the Jury acquitted the prisoner. CIVIL SIDE. ACTION FOR SEDUCTION. lIITCHENS. This was an action in which the pl,intiff sousht to recover corr.• pensation in damages for the injury sustained by the loss of his daughter's services. Mr. ERsiii NE (with whom was Mr. CARTER) stated the plain. tirs case. He said it was his painful duty to lay before the Jury a most distressing case. The complaint which he had to make was of a moat serious character. His client was a father, who claimed compensation for the deepest injury, perhaps with one exception, that one man could inflict upon another. He asked compensation for the services of his child, who had been seduced by the defen dant, and through!his instrumentality had lost that virtue which was her most valuable possession, because by that alone she could hope to sustain a respectable station in society. It would appear by the evidence which would be adduced that the plaintiff was an in dustrious and respectable farmer, but one who like many others had felt the pressure of agricultural distress. and was now any thing but wealthy, and also that he was the father of a very numer ous family, of which a large proportion were females. The latter circumstance probably induced hint to think of placing the subject of the present action in a situation in which she might by honest industry contribute to her own support and that of her family. At all events, it would seem that he put her as apprentice to a Mrs. Arthur, who carried on the millinery business, at St. Austel. in tit:. county. After her time had expired, the young woman, in con junction with her elder sister, set up business for herself, as a milliner, at St. Austel, and it was then that her acquaintance with the defendant, who was a tallow-chandler, and resident in the sate e town, commenced. He (3lr. Erskine) was not instructed as to the precise time when the acquaintance began, but the result had been, that the defendant, under the promise of marriage, had con trived to win the affections, and ultimately to get possession of the person, of the plaintiff's daughter. It did appear that the illicit ir - tercourse continued for a considerable time. during which this no fortunate young woman returned is her father's house, where it would be proved that the defendant frequently visited, and where it was supposed he came in the character of a suitor, who was pre ferring honourable addresses to-the plaintiff's daughter. This con. Muted until the defendant was informed that the unhappy rictint ut' his passions was pregnant by him, and then, but not until then. he had thought proper to break off all intimacy with her. Stith was the ease for which his client demanded compensation ; but t' the Jury were fathers—and he doubted no' that some of them were. lie called upon them to say what damages could compensate tot the misery and torture which a fatter must entlute under .1;7, circumstances. To them he should entirely leave the amount of 1:; • damages, and whatever their verdict might be, lie would bow to it with respect. But he was quite at a loss to know what could he urned by the defendant in his defence, or in extenuation of his cominet. Ile had heard it whispered that the defendant would attempt to pr. yr that the unfortunate young woman had yielded, not only to his ad. vances substantially, bet to those of others. By such a defence the defendant would MI tethis wretched father, " I ant not content with the disgrace I have brought on you, and injury I have done you nit - self, but I wish to inflict on you an additional wound." If such a course of defame was taken, and his Learned Friend should call tritnessee to support it, he would have an opportunity of commenting upon is hereafter. Even if such a ease was made out, the plaintiff' would still be entitled to damages. The defendant might have to pay less, but he must pay something ; and it was for the Jury to situ.: him, that he was not with impunity to gratify his passions by the destruction of the farmers, daughters in his neighbourhood. He thought it would have been as well for the defendant's character. :t he had not suffered the plaintiff' to apply to a Jury for that MX peniation which he now claimed, and which, if he received. Itoel4 be applied to the support of this unfortunate young woman, wlie had not at present the slightest means of subsistence. but that which her now unhappy father, who had Hee other daughters. wa s able to afford her. she was now soffering under the effects of se rious illness, and, under all the circumstances, he telt contiaen. that the Jury would feel it their duty to award the plaintiff's tlia and fair remuneration fur the grievous injury he had sustained. Elizabeth Wills was then called. She appeared about 3:25; of age, and was dressed respectably ; she seemed in very health, and was supported to the witness-box by he r sister. 6 one could suppose from her appearance that she ever possessed srn extraordinary personal attractions. She was examined by Mr. CARTER, and, without evincing the slightest embarrassment. I:ee evidence was as follows :—My father's name is Jilbn Wills; he Is a farmer. and resides in the parish of Prouder; T have awe bre. then and five sisters ; one of my sisters is named Honour; -she and I carried on business - at St. Austel ; ere were milliners; this was after I left Mrs. Arthur's, who taught me the business,. After wa left off business I went home to my rather a to lire ; this wart it. October, 1821. I know John Macho* vettviell ;heis a clirlder, and carries business now as it tekdow. at st. teL I have seen hint ten. AL:Ay at my father's honk. lb dine of Le ted rue. ‘ In trch- T:•••••• 126. nu. , nut ACC to C TC. ir. P. ve in flou t etl in in Jay le retary mister tome% urt of Lr and plated pect to *were ed the