The Sun. — London, England, 1807-12-18 00:00:00

kcoivomy. A Morning Paper , has attempted once, more to • • revive the claim of the late Ministers to Ecqncye. .tWe had thonght that this impudent pretensioA 4ad been exploded. The instance now produced isilie• Second Report of the Finance Committee', relative to the iii -1 nagement of the Public •Debt (not . the lievenues, as is ignorantly' stated), and the profits which the Bank derives from the custody of the Ful3 7 lic kloney, - The. COmmittee • recommend, that in consideration of these advantages, the Bank should . render further assistance to. the Public. In this re commendation, they' follow the example of Mr. PITT, who 'upon the 'sarne .. eptisiderations redutede the allOWance for management m t 7sb, ,obtain'ed a Loan of 560,0N1.Without inteitst (we:believe) 790,—and another Loan Of . 3,oetti3Otitiliiii 1.8°04'4, .Themerit . claimed by the4ate-Ministers, f9r.supe riOr. attention mit:economy, in , Opoiritiizg the Finei>lito Committie,isa - rtiortirthe mostilaring of their presunip- . tions. During Mr. Pirr's Administration, besides the Commission for examining the Public Accounts, which he found in existence,' two several Com mittees were *appointed for the parpose . t gation.. The Onein T7_B6, under an' Aet of Parlia ment, which 'Consisted of -Sir JOHN D CK,, Mr. MOLLESON, and the .present Sir FRANCIS BAnI G;. the other a Committee of the House of Commons appointed in 1797, of which the present SPEAKER was Chairman: When Mr. 13111DULPH in the beginnin'g of the rcar moved tor the appointing a Committee of Re trenchMent;io anxious were the late Ministers loin/- low the 'steps of Mr. thati f ord H. PETTY took the Motion out of Mr. 131DrA/I:PH's handi in order to „frame it in terms corresponding exat:ily with ; Shat adopted by Mr. PITT in 1797. Is it possible to coo ceiye barefaced-absurdity, .than those Mini- Ster: now taking credit to 'themselves fora spirit:of. Economy'Snperior to . that of the man whose example,. in their I.."6o'rionlical measure;, they 'professed . plicitly, to follow. • In . cither.respeds, the present claim of merle is' rodnded,.as has always been.tlie'case, not on W at the late Ministers D 11), but upon what they .wetriai. Lave done. We shall be very Moe!' obliged to the Morning chronicle -if ;they .will let us aiittie more . into particulars ;—their general • vapouring asser tioni, 'they may rely upon it ) have long ceased to kie'ceive the Public. . • ...Yesterday a meeting of American Merchants ;was he15,4;t0 consult ou the incakires td be taken ,by.' the Ordaera- critical state of the ttade between Great Bri tain and America. Nothing deeisive'was resolved; litid the , meeting adjourned till this day . se'nnight. It isjiaici that the Court of Direetors of the East, India totnpaity have ordered the Gevertintent of Bengal to provide a large quantity of flfrnil, tur tlansuniption' of Great Britain, and 'hatie direted‘t'ic df the*.tUltivaticiA of that articleiti ..Another Russian Ukase has been' received,.-At • ielates Merely to,,the Militia which was establistied ita ihe absence of the regular force last %var. -The N•viiole of the corOs of this . description are discnissedw but With an invitation to the individuals Conniosiugn them to enlitt in' the regular army. . SIR ARTHUR, PAGET.-- A 'Morning .Paper .con iiini a long article on the subje& of this.Gentlematt, and his tols4idn 16 Constantinople. 'We can, exr:res'sion in - thi:i article *hid) is not either a or .ttousensa.. The latter i 3 not . worth noticing; the. forMeif we hope and ,trust will be mpre,effeetbally noticed elsewhere, The King .of Swine' has given the most pTtitive : assurances to the British. Oovernment of his intep - tion to oppose all inroads on hiS dorninions, eit,t4er by Rtisiia, Denmark, or liance., The spirited young 'Monarch, is upheld in his determination by the voice of his people, who have advised, that. fah* than surrender their navy to the.. purposes proposed, it should be burnt in their harbours.— Nothing can afford facility to the. projeCts of-the erteinieS of Sweden but vseiere winter, and even in that case a most determined resistance will be op;i. kaidto the t'Airui, Mr. litraks was attacked with all the bitterness ofJaCtibinical . malevolence upon a false charge .of having called the people '. 4 Me Swinish Multi., tulle" when he only • spoke of, the lowest of the mob as .." Swinish Multitude." But what must be. thought of BuomArwra's treatment of th'e people of the variops States whom he has deprived of their former PrinceS:, ata upon whom he has imposed his own relations; or his servile minions, without .deigning to, pay the least re gard to the national will. in the instance of 1-lotpi und in partieular, he obliged those who have always 1 10 a rooted devotieri.to llePublicanisro tO,submit:to -44' MonarchiCal Government. , Now, it seems, • they Are to lose their present Icing, because, forsooth the eliMete does not . agree with. Ns . delicate nervesil and they are to have another with a more robust constitution, but who is probably chosen .beeause he )yill more resautely enforce .the orders from France.: mode of treating . the, people ,of the several States.whieli fall into the power of franca; . shows hat Buo NA PAR T 6 indeed considers . the 'people of every country- as .a mere Swiniih Multitude," ;'ho are to be driven about at his pleasure. For us lie has‘dotibtless prepared_ a, form of' Government; tp which the worst tyranny which be has itt lbaed On any Continental State would be com r parative 'freedom ; - yet we have . restless spirip,at I _; . orne Iltbotiring by their attempts to spread general' Ilnicontent, and thereby. give ardour and hope to. the designi of ;our inveterate foe._ 77GER R. 1147 TIN IN lA' , . . . . .. F . MOORADAIRD, APRIL i5. 7 -- , The &ortheiti Diii 'on.of this Distriat is .i ar `present so much ih r icisied ~...% itA Tygers, -.that Ave daily hear .of. men,' - Winteti,' ' , 1 ildien, ,a nd ..paq le filling aprey IQ, thp,-,f:r9cions, , .1 ' liiiiifil , --:Nfr. LLOYD, the 6'ollector of this Distri:::,t, r , • i'atlattly in3(le.! an'exettAiOn in that i'lircetion, ' on' ki, isAnnual circuit. ..'ll - 41PGentlrfilitix-eliniitiliAfted ' '1 ..cJ'is ilarMn.itX•:: Mb litlinitftkig.. gPodi (POO itie, .is .., i li. a so: famed in ,the field •fot,,iici a tss Offir z fl9xiPri,W,,as a sportsman; at the .j eitfoAty" off' ihe suiTerfiig `v11:; ' • lagerg, weat-itypttriailf!4"tikeaktiiAlT'and' killed . ;single-handed twetity-eighV -full:, 411-thvgn Myers, Within one month : . ten of 00,,, i n . u/pWr ho killed in three days, one:of W i hich,pieasqe4 ten feet four inches in' ietiei; 'and otherwiat 3 Arrli4iol - tion. 'lt has been assorted, and .generdl* *voted, that a. tyger never giveit i chasedB - 4,6nan. : ,mnipsf . , be is at- I tacked'. , Avert datlng - mstakceto.tfkcoqtrary of (144wiertidnlatelY 'adliVied 1 16 4 'Mt t . Y.:i!oVi); who, ! f.vhilgtitßking ..- an , eVenitiedOW) , in:•'llii!gig, .disco- yered a tyger of immense size prowling..on, the .; iikirts Of the jungle, about.two,,miles from his camp*. i Peing unartng4 r he inimediayly ,turned .his horse tiiiiloi . oard; rinti'' - upon loOkiiig - Vabk, disCOVered the inoniiii*. making • towatiii!+iitn:' , with.'idl his 'Speed. Mr, . I .littoYo conthitte4 : 4o , „retreati4,ofLquickly, its his. horsq. cbuld, ,gal , l?p, f e ', - ,1: tiq the xget. persevering in the purSuit, was rathet'gainin Vott g in ( , '‘iten,. alarmed;. at 'the 'rePOre4o'. - :b *lniket 'ftteit lit -'the camp, he gave ,up *the Chace„ and , tooit Auto au adjoining thicket. Mr. LLOYD went next morning 'in quest of his foe, and found him not far 'dis. •tant• 'from his hiding place, of the fortifier night. 'This tyger immediately.rnade towards the elephant ; allowing him to.advance .within. thirty. '.yattis, _Mr,: LLOYD levelled his piece,- and brought him down the first shot. . The tygei,.rpeasured i ßiyclm tkiAven incheiin length. ` usual -• Ge n t lemen •-- ~' '• .. :e- , :r . ..:1 ,; * It is fur ;ti . rriiiii to mike pariiii' for Tyger' Hunting, when.ther 'take their tents,Avotseg:'eat riaps, and guns, &c. as ,Flog Hunting forms a great , part of the sort. .. ' ' ' ' • • ' .. . . . i ,ikli;W(Yrls or TtiS .I•An 4aNkrkti PP ; KR ANCE. -- -..• 1 Jirst , as,t)le late Qoeen•.of , VE4 NC E had l ,seated fier-.. self one evening in her box at the Grath Opera at . ,Paris; alierson in the e Ostome of her G6htlemen in .ive4iing, addressed himself. to.a Lady, of.:. the first ~fashion, w„ho was M a_ box Visrart/i,f. AO her Majesty,.. , in the followieg coutteopaolantier . : 7 -... , 1 " MApAsti: ta(Ducttassa, thp Queep, my most 1 `.'(loyal Mistreas; has been struck" to adinitatibn "aitice 1 tile.: time she entered the. tietincle with your truly'.' 'superb diamond bracelet;,Nod will esteem it a most . . slegular. favour, if you, Madame La Duchesse, will , haVerrt ..,, . eotiunty to entrust one bf diem into her most graoipi handstfOr a few days. only, that her. Jew , luty,taklan eit44t,pattero 9( 910 Ibrat,,and.make a . jusketimate, //' possible, cat your most invaluable dirtA iiiiiiii; for apairof bracelets, which tier Majesty . will always be proud to wear as a mark of yourgreat 1 politeness and exquisite taste.).' , . .. l'he.DUCheas, highly flattered with .such a signal., ' mark offoyal attention, in themosfgraceful.manner, et de to'n - ctiour, preseoted,it to the 'Genii/kali/me, and catching the Queen's' benign eye, instantaneously started up, , and made a most -profound and graceful reverence,.which.wasas natorallly returtied,,by the truly condescending and amiable .Mitair At,lToo ' N wrru. Our Gentlenihn retired, most obsequiously, with theso much admired bracelet. , , 1; Sonic weeks elapsed . Withent , any news of the Joao, •Eitfin, the Duchess, by A circuitous mode, brought the subjea on the carpet in a fell. Drawing 7 room at Versailles, and expatiated on the Queen's royal condescension; to \...11,,e ears the story soon reached ; and it will I.:u easily imagined, that her Majesty i.va, , , tioless'asti•.iii:;tied than the poor flatter esid/Lichess, to find.the whole , a frand. • • ' ,:lniOnnation,was iniorefliately:.Sent to the Minister , la Police, Alonsis4 Du Safeyt„NE (the FIELDING of i' Paris.y4Avirlt an offer, of an hundred lonia reward to, !apyr Es p f t 0..110 should be'fortuoate enough to bripg , . , i flat, =thug bracelet,to the Police Office. . : ;l ' Not long after a poison Waited on tilt Duchess, as' .from Monsieur, Du SAarttia, •infortuiog her in a : billet full of congratulatory terms, of the bonne nou. .vvlle of her bracelet being recovered. - But Monsieur ,Du SARIIVE, begged, at the same time, that Ma-, dame La DuObestai would favour turn by thp bearer. with the counterpart, that they might be confronted,_ .atid more fully ascertaioed.. • . . .z, •. ! '"l'h4q)dcliess, overjoyed (for, it mpg, be under siddh;Thi bracelets were a present- . fronia lover), pot, .00ly . stiftlie other, tint, the hundred louisalso, apd 16 'l - ii . gr -. 6it astonishment, the second.atfait ' ,;uFAcct ;out, id hOis a completetrick as the first. i .. Although it .bas appeared in some of the Papera that . great part 6f the English Fleet of .Merchatinneo, lately in the Baltic, were captured, advice is re ceived that twelve Sail are got sate into Sweden, an d tive more from _Riga, and fiv,e, from Si. Peters.... burgh, are just arrlyed in the River, like,wise some: ' at the Out-ports. .. . A Veisel '(ttte Atairizit'ef) . 'l arrived at Dart mouth, which was freighted with a , cargo of fish, for Lisbon, 'but being infermed, on_' h er arrival at the Bay of Cascases, that she could not enter the Tagus, sheseturned without molestation ; she has been a long time on . her passage home, - and conse 7 quently brings nothing now. . ..,.... 7 „ . The skew. of cattle.: pct . sheep ,at Warped!, on • Wednesday,, was very great, and : there -being . a real demand, fat.. sold .readily ; the inferior stood t (i t)i,',,,,'.tili'll. many 11 , 1 , .iltori .ee 5 r s. 'n to ot s tis! )d. ( l id. per ße Beef stone,irn 4 41) sinking' ii ing . os . • :, . \\llya froM 6os. to 725. per quarter:4.- :Itye.. - _ , '..),5.. Oats vis. 4d.' to 325. . . .I. l nAvi .NATuRN,.---Singnlar as the ,following may itoe . eii,c,, it. is an . absolute fa& :— . Ralph Mellor, :a Iw,94ver, at Keverlow,..near . Oldham, some , . years ago, had his head Covered with tine locks of dark au-, burn hair. in, the course of a few months, it changed to a eoloirr almoit as %%bite as snow ; in whieh,con dition he had a must venerable look. Since that tithe it has undergone as sudden a change to its. primitive celour, and his hair is now a fine dark brown again... He says it was nor the same hairs that thus changed ' from one colour to the other, but that the first hairs pll shed off, and were succeeded by white ones i.and . tfiugaiagin falling off, were followed by the brown, 'lVidriled, on Tuesday the 15th inst: at Walton, 1 in ban4ashire, by the Rev. T. Mantick, Pitit.te i EKfitiktS TAYLOR, Esq. of Liverpool, to Miss, JA S; E :11414 , 100D, daughter of the late BERTRAM ' MIT -VQ- It ei; Esq.- of Mitford Castle, Northumberland. POLICE. Gt.iontlri..—Yesterday a yOung man 'cif very gentecl•appearance, of the name - Of - Smith, under went examination, being charged witirsgoing on Wed nesd.ty :evening last into tha shop 'of Mr.: fillies, watcmaker, in Ludgate-stieet; under pretence : of puit.:lla,ing a watch, and2rhaning ,orf . with a.gold watch along 'the Broadw'ay, 'Biadkfriars. lieing . clokely pursued, he was apprehended 'at . the corner orlinionestrcet, - with the property; which wa' pro duced and sworn to by the Prosecutor:' •The Pri soner wasStilly.comtnitted for trial. , .. W O a RIO r- STE EET.-,-Yesterday John Metctql, and Mary Skating alias Mel call , were filially - eitatuitied, being charged.by Jeffery 13ent,.Ellislient, Esqs. and others, with . stealing. a large. quantity of sheets, shirts, table Cloths, and , other articles, out of an er- - rand cart in. I3ishopsgate , street, the property .of he. above Gentlemen. They were committed to - Negigate for trial. ' . . QUEEN;S-SialiAnE.--Yesterdily ' a shocking , in.. 'stance of youthful depravity .was heard at this Office. A smart • young ,boy„ of the name of 11/in. Fiewell, • was charged' by . Goodeneugh, •ti co n stable, with stealing a . iiiiety of artiCles, partictilarly wrdoilit iron, and ,rna - iy of them thols - of • v:thie,'abOut IV est-' initiStet4 'bud . a Wona'an of the xru Clarke.; who hit an old iron shot), in Viticki,kreet . , -. whet'e the' articles; to the iamOut 0f7 , 2 potitidiiti'leiglit, were Sound, was charged as being the . receiver. A very tniiitate examination took 'place; :and no doubt . was . entertained as to their guilt, the property and per sons being identified. Mr. Colguhoun, in pity to hii'widowed mother, consented that the boy should be Wait to the Marine SoCief - i t tind;' after a - sei'vi'z:: . adt*iftitien iii the Oceiyer, 'h i Wilt ted "litrio:Ba fliitl the 'SeSiicins,'ibilindeMil parove- q -ittl 7 gasds in the mean time. l *: 1 ''klr:in 'II A TrOti - GAmp i: , si..'-'-`-, YeatddaYairee . tcVq, Ltii_za, about `dine years !if lEig:o l, ,otrPiiitimiiisteri ) a!lci 01e .. * gory;:" . about" !lateen'," :# .*. *: c exr9` htc , d ii' - sec't,nd . tithe',charged 'with gollig uffitethglt , TptiblitAionse, in' GOsW4ll'- . street, and ' sittflibi . if one•:. poi*: n!* - ' and - a' pawn, both belonging toil the serVant - iiiaiti;' the . gOwn they pledged with 'a, paWribroker 'hi . the nathe 'Of Weed, for ss. ' Luna was /iid' principal in . the robbery, who enjoined seCrecy . tq th 6 rest, - and told them they *ought to dire rather than ow:ti to the robbeil , ; but Gregory, not being st; hardened, co4n fessed being much in the company of, the two for trier; and that they used to gold clubs in Smithfield hisiket, ' Jewin-street, ' ptid Whitechapel, for 'in stritalbris from the more 'experienced thieves. As flintier liiiriry was deemed neec..giaiy, they were . cbminatea tor re-examination. . . thaw'z-HALi.— , YeSterday Cro . nning, a' notorious and well known' chara6ter,was -brought! up . ,"Charged, on the oath ofoneGriff, With exposing' for'sale a-uiantity. of Porter, without' a licence.— Gotrdeposed that on the 14th' inst. he - went, in company with an acquaintance 'of his, to Pepper alley, where Crooning 'lives ;• and that there.they had a'quantity of porter, for Which they paid.--dt was also proved, try a -Mr. May,' that the Defendant made application, on the sth of Noveluber, to have the licence of his - house renewed, but that then he Was refused, and that, 'notwithstanding the refuSal,. be had .been ever since in the constant haWt of sell ing beer, &c, as usual. The above statement hav ing been el-early proVed, :he Was convi6tcd in the penalty of gaol. COV ENTGA DENTU EATR I ... I4 :AUMZUTOW, who has been long known in the Dublin and Liverpool 'Theatres, last night matte-his first - appearance l be fore a London audience,. as - . Brulgruddery, in the Comedy of. John Bull. Mr. .HANtrdatoroN is not green in youth, laut.heAs not too tar .dcclined into the vale of years" for etfcaive service. , a stout good•looking hum, a native ,Of Ireland, =la resped. able aktor. YeSterday, in Chelsea College, a Court-Martial, composed uf General and Field Officers, proceeded on Gast ttial off" Sir. CitAtti.Ls 11(;Tit AM, Colonel of the York Itegiment of 'Militia. The charges, which were fifteen in number, were preferred by .11. LEG, ab, Son* Captain of . the same Itegitnent.— lifter Mr. 11.1roga, the Judo Advocate, had dk tinaly read the:charges, the 1 5 rosecutor (Capt. lx .:•! GA,ao) addressed the Court iii a short but elegant speech.—Atler the examination of's'eVeral witn ei ses .011 the two first charges, the ,court. adjourned at. three o'clOck.---The Owl of EOTOS, Qalonef of • the West Suffolk Militia, is Preident of the Court.. Thursday morning, as the Telegraph Coach was :on the road to Kilmarnock, a girl about six years o`f•age, -- who, with her parents, was. in the Coach, was lookittg out at the door, which , flak being pro . - _lndy fastened, flew open, and the poor child fell out, and was killed on the spot, in pros,:nee Aided . paren,ts. On'Wednesday evening, as Mr. Wilson, an artist, 'in SWalloW-street, was returi,ing to London, be was stopped by tw'o footpads, between. W . pliitig and Shooter'i-hill, disguised with black-crapo over their _faces; who, with menaces, demanded his money One of them presented pistol,' but this did nut saficiently intimidate Mr. W. who, Whilst pretend mug to search his pocket's for money, struck the low who presented the pistOl a violent bIOW 'on the head with a stiek; and etTcaed atiltnniediate eseape, by clapping spurs to his boric, The robbers. fired pfi the pistol. on . Mr, w:s retreat, but he was too, riii : off to receive any injury. SMITHFIELD MARKET, Die. tS. Thii day's Market was we)l supplied with prime Beasts 'and the show in general wls rather plentiful ; Beef and Mutton are dearer than our last report; Pork and" Veal are cheaper ; and the trade for the most part was not very good..—The sales in the Hay rnarket were not lively Hay fetched a better price than Monday's market ; Clover has dropped in price ; Straw spld at last price.—We subjoin a correft statement of the prices and numbers : „.. • To sitik . the 01141 pet stone of 81b. ' Beef js. 4d. to 4s. Bd.—hluttoo Is. 4d. to ss. 4s. od. to 6s. od.—Ladtb os, ott. to os. bd.—Pork 4s. od, to ss. A. Beasts. oo.— Sheep 4500. Calves, 320. Pigs 450. flay 4t. tos. to 51.1t05. od.--Cluver st Ss. Gd. to 61. 6s. od—traw tl. 14s. od. to 21. os . oil. CORN EXCHANGE., DIM. tB. ---TO -day's supply of Wheat is rather short, but the sales are very heavy, and scarcely maintain last prices; Rye rather dearer; Barley in plenty, Rnd somewhat cheakr ; White Pease full as dear ; Beans of both sorts rather lower Oats are likewise in short supply, and maintain the pr►ices quoted; Flour at our last curreruq. L.< UP REPORT. r' v OuRT oF. 110W0i1TH WILL.S. This was a ease of literary property, foi o picaey of the Plaintiff's work. . Galittow,' for the statedthat he *Attii,Printer, and a 'person of great ing/ennity and application ; and, by lii , 4'6'wn extierience: and - the inthrmation givca hire: 'by Gwitlemen skilled in thr: - science of fencing, he lead been enabled to publisq a most useful and scientific work, entitled, -" The Art of Defence on Foot, in the liComf Sword and Sabre ; adapted also to tin) Spadroon; or Cut and-thruit Sword." wor the 15ele-ndant:, in a compilation' of which 'he Was the publisher, called Encycloptcala Londinensis: h'ad thotight per to tipisroptiate to - hituatlf and. our 'of t,t thpagtio of which:' the, Plaintilri book .e6nsiiited";:na ; less tban 73 were literally' Copidd by the Dcfend,qtiL This, however, was 'not the caSti;' in other -park, (win some instalices; In: had inlerted . wortl4! 1 . 14 0 , ; , .'n of the - smile urport as the.PlaitultrP; ed"to ti ro J'lw Tih • , 10p ) Jury, -0%7 ever, upoli a Moment's examination, wOuld see how baeel4c;... , •d• ft piracy this \vas, and lio\tr much ‘ . the- Pliiihtitf had :suffered by it. ' • Mr. GAitIOW then proceeded to road ihriolis pay: sages fromAiffereut parts. of the ieveial productibn's in 4.thich it appeared. that the Defendant - had 4'l'o, stituted and i!ra.sed many:- words, in • Order'to.ityi4-1,4 deieeliun. Thi4 ..bowevr, was, riot 'for ,the Plaintiff, -in order to , render a book of this: kind more prael ically useful, had ..hiserred. twit:3l)la; of ttguiLts; . . on the attitudes dtikeribeti in the bodrof i tho work these alqo'the Defendant . copied ; into his ciopincrra, but here -, he had .displayed \varinejs ; for though his kures wt:te. in cx:taly rho same auitudersas those orthe l'hiintiffs, yet he 1 ): 1, - 1 taker; the'precaution to fill up the dre'ss, which th<4 : Lictok was a nine outline. Soniciitnti,', cw. / the Detodant more, th,-.ti . . 1,1 - r, ,in a3ew inte!aty.x.s, lie WO alterea -the 00;:s,..; ; that which in ,00q,work : was io'acle• a Higillnt)dc:r, in the other. was c9siverlet4 into :lll.Atistrian ; where • . . one bad an helmet - , another Was provided with a hax. The principle of the Jaw - in -these cases (said Mr. GARRowIAs Perfectly,elear •that no MAW shall •take 341yotage. : of the ,labours Of another, witllptl.fatle,ait Milit . )ng : cohipCll,iatiO“ for that advantage. On theyy grounds, the Plaintiff submitted . that he was entitled to recover damage's for this infringement upon his copyright. Major Charles James deposed, that he had prac tised the attitudes with Mr. RowOrth tier the porpcs4 of!thiS work, and had given biro the information relp4ilrig , the' spadroim, or cut-and-thrust'swaid; whiCh the witness conceited might be usOlii to the army, and ,had never been employed in this t ointry. A Mr. Michael mzeto gait evidence, that he kid ; taught the art of fencing twenty-fine,YearA.• He had purchased the PlaintiPs book, and had received ,the greatest instruction (rem it. - He believed it to be entirely original, particitlarly . that pirt Of It •Whleit related to the spadroon. ' ' . . Mr. Taylor swore; . thithe had stood for thiatii-• tufts. when they were drawn by Mi. lt. 'K. Port.:!r. He - believed the book to bcpriginill, and had never received more instrn - 6tion fi'otn any work'in his life; though h 6 had studied and 'taught fencing for rtearly' forty years. Ebenezer Stalker .proved the 'engraving of . thO' plates froni the original drawings, and' likewkii that' many of the Defendant's were copied' frtirn then), with some trifling alterations; 'as also - did Mr. Vn cent, Woodthorpe ;Ind Mr. Ashby; •itho•had.cl4 , fully examined the plates in the seivrafd works. with- conkosa,s. John Cari,hreman to the Defendant; proved tlot of'the ntunber Of the Encyclopiedia • 'i h ,iirt of" fencing, 'about 2tion had-been sold. the riaine of Elliot was -atihed to 'the ,engravino•4,, the artist that designed theni, Vet they were tOnlilp ni'qf,le from plates - purchased- :or lass than 51: <A . Mr: , Colemitb, Cockspur-street, 'Tic ATTU EMUlit AL, for the Def&Pda t COUICII (led, that I he. I'laintilr had no right'to . retovt , r. His Client was liberal a man as any io,the lession, and was fair from desirinc , to rob any.indi , - rif the ju3t reward af,ltis ILotirs. . The work( piablishod by the Defendant pi okiscd. to be marelvi a coMpilation item other authors ; -and more licened was to be alloWed in a publiCation Of that naturd than in any% other, because thd"dobipiler.did.not itess it to be an 'original compOtitietr, Ittirther, iv 'was to be noticed, that MrAtotvorth's • bOok was . brought out in I 7913 . , 'and the DeTelidatit's`not until the year 1,80, - taCatlieA Counsel' aksaiilated the . preactit easoto that of a Review-; where ' the, most ;interesting parts of; a Work. were ettratSlecli-and . whien s ryectla a • recommendition 'oto are original ; but supposing even that the person' who read • the view should be satisfied, and not purchase the.origioali an aaion .would not. liw. With resped to the en, gravings, there WO one objetlion which put., their) entirely out of the ease. By-Aa (4* Etrliameta it was declared, thatunless the publisher's name, was annexed-to the print,. he .meld not fecover damages in an atiion fOr :pltigiary; But if this,yerecfroAe., ous, the Rlaintiff . coUld not maintain, this i ! f4tioni, .for, in a case brought before-Lord Kenyon, Tepeet., Mg two prints of My. Uncle Toby and Molly Sea, gritn, his Lordship had. p:prcssed his opinion, that the party .could recover only . wl n the main design Of an original work had been imitated:: here, how vet., the main.design had not.beetr copied, for the 44ttline . was all that was taken ; ;;tine} the dress y the, 'p • riocipal part of the plate, waS introdeced the Delendatat to each Abe public eye. - .Upon these ;gromids, he insisted that the PJaintitYcould,not re. FQ , YeX! - ;,przl ELLENBoItOIIOII, that thii aia n was , brOught under the statute of Queen Anne, which gave. to authors an exclusive coppaight for fourteen years, in case of their being for fourteen years longer. Whatever indulgence theJurrmight be disposed to allow the betendalit as a -compiler, he was not by that means- to, injure priVate in diVidualt, brcopying their publications ;..for it such a permission were to be given, it wOold ditiLte,t to say where the prsdice , would end. Even in tug caie of a Review, if swum:it eft the work were copied as to induce individuals to be contented with that, and not to purchase the origin.il, an adioo certainly lie. • As to the plates, the outlin e in a wor k of this nature is undoubtedly the main de6ign, fir it the attitude wWch is prinLipally rcquised. it Cie Jury' should think the Vlaintuf untitled to a ver..:t,