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,` t ;~, c. it.! , A ~, s '' '' . 40 1 T • ' i ' ' ti , f / Lr -iti 1 1 -1 ~ -,,,. - ,i..... 1.1.J.,, -- 4 - ' ~,1 = ~ ~.) vivror , • :z --- ,q.. , • no' 4* i , -iik, , • Z . ZZ___. 'l&‘' LI i t 'e i ___ - 14 ' _. -8 ti Tilli• THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 28, 1824. NUMBER 10,024. Pitxc,E SEVF:NPEXCX. Jand J. SI V E-W RIG HT, recommend to • their Friends and the Public the SCHEME to be Drawn t't EON ESDA Y NEXT, containing :" Prizes of . .£30,100 4 - df . £520 . - " - - - 2,000 10 - - - 210 - And every Ticket will also have £5 Money. 200 J. and J. SIVEWRIGHT had the satisfaction to divide the 1 1 First Prize of £30,000 that was ever drawn, and hop to 4 Lhlany of the above to their unprecedented List of Capital inr. then great increase of which was first introduced by them fon ten Contracts, and which they are happy to see continues tnak u " 40 9 and judiciously to be adopted and acted on, and ?ea the near approach of the Dissolution of Lotteries a uni. al ms. regret. 41 their system has raised many Independent p u — ' o , lle s , they trust a continuance thereof awaits their future -"men at their Old Offices. N 0.37, Cornhill ; 11, Holborn ; and 3114 Ilannarket. EAST' INDIA HOUSE, Oct. 97, 1814. LONDON SESSIONS. LAW INTELLIGENCE. FOR TILL SUN. TIIE COURT OF DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG LAND TRADING to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Yesterday these Sessions commenced before the RECORDEu and a bench of Aldermen. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, OCT. 21. MORNING HERALD. PUBLICATION OW POLICI ft:SPORTS. DUNCAN v. THWAITES, JUX. AND OTIMRS. Mr. LawEs resumed his argument. It was not his intention to occupy much more of the Court's time, but he felt it his duty yet to make a few remarks, and he considered it most material to draw the attention of the Court to the great dis tinction there might be between the publication of this sort of slander, and the slander of imputing a fact to an individual. Here the publisher had not intimated the most distant opinion as to what would be the ultimate legal result of the charge; and it was well known that the most honourable and innocent man living was liable to be charged with the most offensive crime. Mr. Justice BAT LET—Then you think It is no injury to a man to he tried with an imputation of this kind on his charac ter circulated in the world ? RECENT RESURRECTIONS--/EGIDIANTIS AND 6CCOndill eat 130" unjaatiol l [be! was a utt it was dants had so ; and a news. lir Nei ce Oln, their m 4 The RECORDER, in addressing the Grand Jury, said, that upon looking over the calendar, he perceived a charge of for gery which would require their most attentive consideration. In cases of conviction of such an offence, the convict, it was known, was usually handed over to the executioner. The forgery of a bond, or deed, or power of attorney, was a thing of a much more complex nature than the forgeries which were generally charged in courts of justice. As to a deed, if after execution of it by the bona Re arties, any alteration should be made which rendered it different from its original form, that alteration was a forgery, if proved to have been unau thorized. It' a power of attorney appeared to have been exe cuted by three persons, and that only one of three executed it, the act was forgery. The case to which he alluded (Mr. Fauntleroy's) would most probably occupy a great pnrt of the time of the Gentlemen of the Grand Jury, whom he therefore recommended to dispose of the bills of a less complicated nature previously. Notice, That a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said Company will he held at their House in Leadeuhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 22d December next, at Eleven u'Cleck in the Forenoon, for the purpose of declaring a DI VIDEND from MIDSUMMER last to CHRISTMAS next. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, Oct. 27, 1324. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG LAND TRADING to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give SWAN WITH TWO NECKS, LAD-LANE, Dov GENF:RAI. COACH OFFICE. ER, DEAL, RAMSGATE, M A RUA TE, and CANTER BURY PATENT COACHES DAILY. rIVE following ROYAL MAILS and POST COACHES depart f rom an d arr i ve a t th e a b o v e • ^ e * HOLYHEAD M a il , through Stoney Stratfor d , 1 ow "t Iftaaest Daventry, Dunchurch, Coventry, Birminlsin, , Wol. „t ptun, Shiffnal, Shrewsbu i v, Oswrstry, Llangollen, `"aryttl and Bangor, every Fretting lat iPted, 7 o ' c l ock. - at half past 7, Sundays LIVERPOOL Royal Mail Coach, through Dunchurch, Co ;llll,_trY, Coleshill, Lichfield, Newcastle and Congleton, every _ening at half past 7, Sundays excepted, 7 o'clock. L BRISIOL It 1 Mail, through oya Reading, Newbury, Mari days Caine and Chippertham, every Evening at half past aan excepted, 7 o'clock. ~r nb A T H and EXETER R oyal Ma i l, t h roug h D ev i zes , Melk rMi Wells, Bridgewater, Taunton, and Collumpton, every 'livenin at half past 7, Sundays excepted, 7 o'clock. „ PLYM OUTH Royal M a il, every E ven i ng at half past 7, y excepted, 7 o'clock. ;Ib es t Mail, through Salisbury, Blatulford, and ocso e e lter, every Evening at half past 7, Sundays excepted, ctu di PALA MUTH Royal Mail, ever y Ev e ning at half past 7, 7s excepted, 7 o'clock. MANCHESTER Royal Mail, through Northampton, Har .°Nagh, Leicester, Derby, Ash hou ire, Leek, and Macclesfield. sea t) Keening at half past 7, Sundays excepted, 7 o'clock. .RMINGHANI New Mail Coach, (in 14 hours), through lop me at y . Stratford, Daventry and Coventry Sunda nearest Road erery Evening at half past 7, ys excepted, IeiARLISLE and EDINBURGH Royal Mail, through Chur- Pre iton,tiarstang, every Evening at half past 7, San' excepted, 7 o'clock. Wit* CHESTER Mail, through Salop, Ellesmere, and 7 41 , 444 , every Ev en i ng a t h a lf past 7, Sundays excepted, Il • s,.. Ne " Otion( IDDERNIINSTER Royal Mail, through Birmilig c, Dudley and Stourbridge, every Evening at half past 7, .st!dys ruined, 7 o'clock. ark I P RW ICH Royal Mail, through Chelmsford, Colchester 7 4 0 , 14 1, 4 1 41 1, every Evening at half past 7, Sundays excepted, POST COACHES. „ ttitANCIIESTER New Light Post Coach, !he R eg ulator , i,1,.. i 5 ,;,,. 4 „ 11 „fi1? Disustable, Woburn, Newport, Northam —4^ Leicester , Loughborough, B utton : I _ re , Derby, .Asls i b )t o%rne and HOLyA._a quarter befo 3 o clock. ha m .„ LAD New Light Post Coaches, through Birmi ug. ' ‘` a lverhampton, Shams], Shrewsbury, Oswestry, Cu,.L allli slid B angor, every Morning at halt past 5, and Even i ug It quarter before 5 o'clock. O..OLASGOW and EDINBURGH Post Coach, " I ' he Dvaance, h.," it allii, h Manchester, Garstang, Kendal, Carlisle, Ausian and - "Ries, at 5 o'clock. lOUTHAMPTON Light Coach, through Stai ne s ; H e rtf o rd ka-111.110$ Basin gs t o k e and Winchester , every Morning at half t 7. i. LI VERPOOL Light Post Coach, The Royal_ ( n : i ti e ri n al only), pion, ti 4ll l hours, and driven through by Four c.oe ch and ViVictors, Sto ney Stratford, oventry, Lichfield, Stune ctors, every Day at 4 o 'clock. daily. INDSOR anti ETON Coaches naIANCH ESTER Royal I Defiance, (in 94 hours), through rlastabl e Northampton, -las borough, Leicester, Cavendish " ti agss Derby, ' Ashhourne, Leek, Maccles fi eld and Stuck- Pi:itiglll New Light e 'E rYl)ayats. Four-inside Post Coach, The Regu- N lit only), through . u rs (with a Guard, and . 0 . 4.lll Mtv. Overton, Andes er, Sa l lis F l i nity, Blandford, Dorches tr. Briiiport Axuiiiister, ant oniton, every Day at 2 1 1: 4 1. 1 , 4e lg• Pass i m ell travelling 11 this conveyance proceeds -,imeut delay to Plymouth and Fitlinto , lt h. etittIINBURGH and GLASGOW New Post Coach . , ' . l . 'he ‘lapion, through Newcastle, Lancaster, Kendal, Carlisle Sad ufries, at 4 o'clock. • ‘,7 wbury , militlBTol, Re ent Post Coach, through Reading, . e ~ 4 - 4 11 ;t e r i t , I . tigli an d Bath, every Afternoon at a quarter haute . lIIRMINGHAM Light P st Coach, The !Saloon, through shin, iz:rl4Yeritor Stratfo rd, rttli.orti_iiaa,tl d D li a le ;r if e Coventry n p tL u y t , 4. and Stone Bridge, w e} riooti at 2 ..1 cu LYMOUTH Light Post Coaches, every iti 1-,,EYMOUTHo o 'c lock . ' DORCHESTER Magnet Day Coach, co:flours, at 5 every Morning, arid from the Gloucester !tee-house, Piccadilly, at 6. k:OVPNTRY Light P ' asi a ,, ' t 5.....? Prince Cobourg f 'l. 1 _ i • / t 4 (ane fo tir-tnside Poet Coach, every After. etc, ?therstorie, TainwrrtlNll,ALNicChbileir;l:Eß through Coven- I I Stone, Newcastle and 4 . y e t taa, every Day at 4 o'clock. th rbti tlNfin AM New Light Post Coach, (in 18 hours), Ifs r o. 4 St. Alban's, Dunstable, Woburn, Ney'PortPT: 4l O' t i " Harborough, Leicester and Loug hb o rough, (kirk „ ca „ Afternoon. c oa aLISLE, GLASGOW, and EDINBURGH, Four-inside c; 4 11 ,,e' , ' Daily at 2 and 5 o'clock. tesoil'''STEß and PARK GATE New Coach, every Alter woll,l . and Morning at 6 o'clock. t "CKS'I'ER Coaches, through Oxford, Chipping Nor ailvilher.s..lsore and Broad way, every 11 , 1t , irningatil oa . eti, every live„) il.wliK. and LEAMINGTON SI A P o st t; . 1 , 4 4 g at 5 o'clock. Its tsWlniTH, ATHERSTONE, arid HINCKLEY Coach, litbi,i7.si at 4 oclock. hotr7"lY New ' Li g h t P os t C o ach, 'File Regulator, (in : i t! % I ; lJv through Northampton, Market liarborough and L 4 e . ver ,Y. Day trOtTi l Vght Four -inside Post Coach to DUDLEY and IDOv - i t', II IDGE, every After noon at 5 o'clock. o eisr it ,,:i l . 4 l. Union Coaches, through Rochester, Chatham, 1I Veh;,, - L u lnY, Margate and i ltainsgate, at half p ass . 7 al " j4,tjery Morning, and half past 6 in the . E ) vemi r ig. slo r ,, ii r New Light Diligence, by way of I us's. , every l'Aul,,, a a l 7. and half past 6 Evening. So*, ',MN, through Cross to Bridgewater, every After -4,1,1,,51f past 3 .s'elock, at reduced Fares. () AN N 1 " ( ii - iANI Light Post Cuaels, 'llie Courier, through tier! it Shipton, Stratford- :'von -Avon and Henley Artless, ei7.ol.o.r.rig at half past 5. 01 41 . 1 .,r4.1 EN HAM and GLOUC E S T ER Light . 46,1,1;tuside, through Oxford, every Morning at G. _ . rit i .,, S tON and BUN'FINGFORD Post Coach, every After_ (4, - ;lit half past 2 o'clock , to the George, Buntingford, and N e t ',pus Royston. asltii tyDy Tmes Post Coach to NORWICH, (in 14 fri c .„..liv driven through by oue Coachosati only, at 5 in the C A a i lnit. Ithlf:1111110GE, Tally Ho ! Fast Coach, in a hours, at Pot,iri2 o'clock every Afternoon, and from the k towel (zANl.V.9olgate-street, at a quarter before 3. After. s rIiRUItY Fast Coach, Thu Tally Ho! every Not half Oast 2, in 7 hours. t'ci,,."liTON Couches at half al.,,eyety Morning. ' past 8, and half past 10 r % rare e i s 7 and Luggage conveyed daily to ail s Parts of the klr i d a rc Is every City and Manufacturing I own . in the QM '. ' W. WATERHOUSE and Co. Proprietors. ir,l 4 i' Th. b zoos. „-- • raprietcrs of the above Carriages beg leave to rarp t i r t he Public, that they will nut be accountable fur a ny u k a t ai r i o u .. Pac kSkre whatever, nor for any bee Pasnees L , R.: , to the value of 51., unless the same entered and liliCa sis ilt P 4C i. car dii?Sirat the ?e of the delis+, ry of any such - 1V1ti d .„ 41 ,,,,...` a g . .es or Passenger I Luggag e, _ to them or their ''''' , ol insured at a moderate gate. - . Y elia opettf Pfry of oiled ha Ti IT sb t - Dr - Of ir r d. sY; bC 100 61 :: 0311104 Vx tac t 0 , XdPg !~, C'Z'~ p° ,~<< ut~ atiO reL ; ro DP Igw-- or , YO , r e be 1 / 1 to* 0 3 ` 13 0'1°1" Notice, That the TRANSFER BOOKS of the said COMPANY'S STOCK. will he SHUT on THURSDAY the id of December neat, at Three o'Clock, and OPENED again on THURS DAY, the lath January, 1825. ♦nd that the DIVIDEND WARRANTS on the said Stock, due on the sth January, 1825, will be ready to be delivered ou THURSDAY, the Eth of the same month. JOSEPH DART. Secretary. AGAIN IN ONE DAY. NEXT WEDNESDAY. CARROLL returns his best thanks to the Public for the Patronage bestowed on his Offices in the last Contract, and has the pleasure to announce to his Friends and Customers, that he Shared and sold the following Capitals, Drawn on Tuesday, sth of October:- 9,895 - £2,0501 4,378 . . . £3OO 10,635 . . 510 I 12,763 . 300 The New Schema (containing all the popular points of the last) will be Drawn in One Day, 3rd INOVEM BElt, and contains all Money Prizes, and NO BLANKS I There aro TWO Grand Prizes £30,000 2 . of • £2,000 I 10 . of . £2lO 4. . • . . 1,020 10 .. . 200 4 . 520 &c. &c. &c. CA RROLL is remarkable for his great Luck in Selling £30,000 Prizes: He Sold the Two last whole Ticket Prizes of that Amount, and he is the only Office-Keeper who Sold FOUR Prizes of £20,000, 1 of .£lO,OOO, and 26 other Capitals, In Four Months. A great variety el Numbers are now on Sale at his Fortunate Offices, 19, Cornhill, 7, Charing-cross, and 26, 0 ir ford-street. fiIOORWS IRISH NI1:1,01)1Es. • Ots Monday, November I, will be published, By J. POWER, 34, Strand, London, TNINTH NUNIIIEIt of the above ce. lebrated WORK, by THOMAS MOORE, Esq.; wills Symphonies and Accompaniments by HENRY It. BISHOP, price ISs. N.8.---The above may also be bad of all Book and Illogic- Sellers in the Ilt►ited Kingdom. This Day was published, In 9 vols. post Sru. price 301. boards, RAMESES ; alt Egyptian Tale : with Hist°• rical Notes of the Era of the Pharaohs. 'l' he Tale of Itainese4 has been made the vehicle of convey ing to the public an illustration of Egyptian Antiquities, and a noted epoch in its history The author's attention has fur a long 'triers et years been occupied in collecting and ar ranging the •notes cud data upon which the incidents are founded. Printed for G. B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-lane. NEW WORK FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. In the Press, in 3 vols. 12tou. PROGItESSI V E LESSONS ; or, HARRY and LUCY concluded. Fly MARIA EDGEwortm. Printed for It. Flouter, 73, St Paul's Church-yard; and Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, Paternoster-row. Where may he had, I. Early Lessons, 4 vols. I Is. 2. Rosamond, a Sequel to Ditto, 2 ♦ols. Bs. 8. Frank, a Sequel to Ditto, S rola. 9s. JUST RXTALIATION.—A tame elephant, kept by u merchant of Bencoolen, was suffered to go at large. The animal used to walk about the streets in as quiet and as familiar a manner us any of the inhabitants, and delighted much in visiting the shops, particularly those which sold herbs and fruit, where he was well received, except by two brutal tailors, who, without any cause, took offence at the generous creature, and once or twice attempted to wound his proboscis with their needles. The noble animal did not let their brutality pass unpunished. He filled his trunk with a quantity of muddy water, and as be passed their shop discharged ut them the whole of its contents. WILD Houses, &c.--In the province of Cu mans there are in the forests an immense nuns_ her of wild horses. They live in herds, gene rally five or six hundred, and even one thou.. sand, in number. They occupy immense sa vannahs, where it is dangerous either to disturb or attempt to catch them. In the dry season they are sometimes forced to go two or three leagues, and often more, to find water. They set out in this expedition in regular ranks, four abreast, and then form a procession one quarter of a league in extent. There are always six or seven scouts that walk fifty or sixty pacesfi n f raonnd t of the main body. As soon as they perceive either a man, or any other foe, they neigh , the troop stops. If they are avoided, they con tinue their march, but if any attempt is made to pass across their ranks, they leap upon the im prudent intruder, and crush him beneath their feet. The best way is always to avoid them, and let them proceed unimpeded. They have also a chief, who marches between the scouts and the squadron ; a sort of adjutant, whose duty it is to hinder any individual from quitting the ranks. If any one attempt to straggle, either frotn hunger or fatigue, he is bitten till he resumes his place, and the culprit obeys with his head hanging down. Three or four chiefs march in the rear-guard, at five or six paces from the troop.—Wild asses, when they travel, ob serve the same discipline. But mules, though they likewise live in troops, are continually in the habit of fighting one with the other, nor has it been observed that they have any chief. Upon the appearance of an enemy, they, however, unite, and display still more ski ll and address than horses, in avoiding the snares which are laid Tor capturing them, as well as"ln effecting their escape when they have been taken. A TIZE.D..LANE CASE. The Grand Jury having withdrawn, Thomas Ford, a trans. lator of boots and shoes in FieWt44ne, was put to the bar, charged with an assault upon Margaret Merchant, the wife of his next-door neighbour, who carries on the same business with himself. That two of a trade should disagree, is proverbial, but in this instance the disagreement was still more extensive ; for the two dogs, of which each had one, were continually fight ing, and so daring in their animosity, as to carry on hostilites occasionally, not only in the lane, but over the sacred thresholds of each other's domicile. On the occasion which gave rise to this indictment, the engagement was fought in Mrs. Merchant's shop, who, indignant at the trespass, interfered in the behalf of her own dog, and kicked Ford's out. Ile ran to the dog's assistance, and threatened, if Mrs. Merchant repeated her kick ing, he would kick her. She kicked the dog notwithstand ing, and Ford kicked her in revenge. This, with the omission of the Field-lane language which was used upon the occasion, was the case on the part of the prosecution ; to prove which five witnesses were called, all of whom swore to the kick given to Mrs. Merchant. Ford was not without his partisans in the lane, and called three witnesses in his defence, all of whom us positively swore that Mrs. Merchant never was kicked at all. The last, and apparently only impartial witness called, was Hughes ' a watchman, whom Marchent, the husband, bad fetched from his beat to take charge of Ford. By the time he arrived, the row was pretty well over; and as upon in quiry be found nobody was hurt, he refused to take the charge. " I thought," said he, " please your Lordship, that as I had seen no breach of the peace I was not justified in taking the man into custody ; and I told them if they were dis satisfied, they might send over to the watch-house for the officer of the night." The RECORDER (smiling.)—" You did perfectly right; you may stand down ; you are a very good lawyer. If you do not see the peace broken, and no mischief has been done, you do right not to interfere. It is not for persons in your situation to lend yourselves to the gratification of the angry passions of individuals." Mr. CHARLES Put Lurs (the defendant's Counsel.)—Then a very pleasant situation we arc all in. As his Lordship says so, I suppose this is the law, and I am very sorry that it is the law. A great service watchmen must be to us, if, after we Lave had our heads broken in an affray, the watchman, on being called to our assistance, is to tell us he has nothing to do with the business, as he hail not the pleasure to see the blow struck. So, I suppose, if u felony was committed, and I main the watchman, and show him the thief, he is to say, " Oh I I did not see it done," and leave us to our remedy of' sending to the watch-house for the Dugberry of the night. The It se° him a made no reply at the time to these remarks; but in his summing up to the jury, he took occasion to observe that the Learned Counsel had expressed himself sorry at what he had stated to be the law. Such, however, was the law laid down, as he must well know, by the highest authority. In a chthec" wo e ull 'as be w w iti a e r l r y anted in refusing to take n u difirent, and no oflicer, in taargeaceloetfoily an of that sort,a neged He then took a ha sty review o f the contradictory evidence, o b serv i ng , t h at whichever side s r a o u f l t tl a o nfd nature,. mhigayl,iis used d wo al Learnedway sto Friends, they believed, no great injury wou ld h e sustained. In actions fo ?r r ie d nd riug 3eis urcr. lea s a y, ,4 ilemleinen of the Jury,---This is a shilling all the world over." The Jury, after a little hesit a ti on , b roug h t i n a ver di ct o f Guilty ; and the Court sentenced him to a fine of Is , and to to keep the peace for enter into his own reco g ni zance i n 101. * 12 months. Charles Bramwell, a wine -merchant at Paddington, stood indicted for assaulting Wm. 'Walker, a gentleman in the em ploy of the respectable firm of Severn, King, and Co., and Mary Ann, his wife. A cross-bill had also been found against Mr. Walker, for an assault on Mr. Bramwell. Mr. 'Walker was returning with -his wife and child from a visit to his brother, when they were met in Tower-street by the defendant Bramwell, nod a Mr. Shadgate, of the Excise, who had just left a dinner-p ar t y i n t h e ne i g hb ourhood ; and the charge against Mr. Bramwell was, that in passing he put his hand very indecently upon the person of Mrs. Walker; and upon her husband's remonstrating with him for so doing, he struck him a violent blow. With reiqwet to the indecent con duct towards the lady, both she and her husband swore posi tively. Frons the shape of the proceedings, there being two indictments, Mr. Branwell was enabled to give his statement also upon oath; and he positively , swore that he never intended or did touch the lady at all, and that the first commencement of the affray was by his receiving a kick from Mr. Walker, who charged bins at the time with having indecently as. saulted his wife; that he denied having done so; that Mr. Walker repeated the charge with insulting language ; and then —not till then—he did strike bins. Mr. Shadgate corroborated his friend's statement, declaring that he believed Mr. Bram well did not touch the lady at all. If he had, he thought he must have seen it. The RECORDER put it to the Jury to say, wheth er th ey be lieved it might not be a misconception on the part of Mr. and Mrs. Walker, in which case he would have been the first assail ant. It', on the other hand, they thought that Mr. Bramwell had laid his hand indecently upon the lady, that was such a provocation as fully justified the husband in the kick ho was alleged to have given. The Jury, a f ter some consu l tat i on , acqu i tte d M r . W a lk er on the ind ictment against him ; and pronounced a verdict of Guilty on that against Mr. Bramwell, who was immediately sentenced by the Court to pay a fine 201. to the King. The Journal de la .4loselle, of the 11th inst., contains the following Account of an attempt to assassinate :-- As 3lr. Fitasicts HENNEQUIN was sitting at supper with his wife and children, a pistol-idiot was fired at him through a window looking on to the street. The ball struck his jaw -bone, passedhis cheek, broke several of his teeth, and was !o the tendons of the neck. Mr. H. is a rich landed Proprietor, and very gene ral ly loved and esteemed, which in. volves the diabolical attempt in the greater mystery . Th e b a ll ge cl amongall g was extracted the fUllowing day : the wound, though a serious one, it is expected will not prove mortal. mention, bwrciekriatllgploaucest L that there had that the inhabi tants, impelled by necessity, bad made use of that which was stagnant and putrid in the ditches anti morasses,—the ow . been finch i a a nts scarcity fr oai of waterltaly i n gerous diseases, which had proved fatal m any . quence of which had been the To 11AKE TREES BLOSSOM I N WI X TER.--A corre spondent of the Chemist gives the following account of the German method of preparing, in winter, those real flowers and trees with wh i c h t h e y are accustomed to decorate their rooms, whenever a birth-day or other feast occurs in their families t ___ , 4 We saw off such a branch of any tree a s will answer our purpose, and then lay it for an hour or two in a running stream, if we can find one. The object of this is to get the ice from the bark, and soften the buds. It is afterwards curried into one of our warm rooms, and fixed upright in a wooden box or tub containing w a t er . Fre s h burnt lime is then added to the water, and allowed to re main in it about twelve hours, when it is removed, and fresh water added, with which a small tiantity of vitriol is mixed, to prevent its putrifying. In the course of some hours the blossoms begin to make their appearance, and after wards the leaves. If more lime is added, the process is quick ened ; while, if it is not used at all, the process is retained ' and the leaves appe a r before the blossoms. Th us , we make both flowers and leaves in the midst of winter, who: is for us a great gratification, as it is our national taste to adorn our houses with them as much as possible,'both is winter and summer. Mr. LAWES—i thank the Court for the hint. Mr. Justice BATLEY—What you state actually amounts to that. Mr. LANES--It does • and because there are two events which must take place w hen a man is charged as this plaintiff was ;--if the law of the land take its regular course, he must be tried by a Jury of the country, and then he must be either found guilty or acquitted ; if he be found guilty according to the strict letter of the law, could such a report as the one at present complained of be said to be the reason of such a ver dict ? if not, wherein would the injury be ? If, on the other hand, he were acquitted, in point of law how could he have been injured ? if the publisher in this instance had said the plaintiff' was brought up to Bow-street Office, charged as he was, when the following evidence was gone into, and then have published the whole that had been stated, that Mr. Duncan's friends, young and old, and all the world might have read, and been made acquainted with every word of it, would that not have been much more like an injury than the report which had been sent forth ? And yet the great, and indeed sole com plaint was, that the whole of the evidence had not been pub lished. Proceedings by indictment were totally distinct from proceedings by action ; proceedings by indictment were always in the hands of public prosecutors, or at least supposed to be so, and there was no other way of proceeding, in cases of slan der, except that and by action. In the latter, malice must be made out, which it would be quite impossible to snake out on the present occasion. Mr. Justice BAY LET-Have you any authority for saying. in a private action, it' the slander is false, the defendant spoke it without malice. Mr. LAW ES believed he had several cases of such a nature, and which he considered very strong. The next consideration he would turn his attention to, was not any Nisi Prins deter. mination, or any Crown prosecution against publications, but the common and clear policy resulting from publications within wholesome limits of what passed in public Courts. LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—That would apply to the proceed ings of this Court, which is necessarily an open Court • but not to examinations or informations before Justices o f the Peace, because ex-hurts. Mr. Justice BAY unr—Will you, Mr. Lames, be so good as to define what you mean by public Courta : 2 The question is, whether, by law, this Court ought or ought not to be public? Mr. LAWES considered every Court in which public business was disposed of a public Court; Lord Chief Justice Eyre had not distinctly defined, when speaking upon that subject, what he held to be a public Court, but he (Mr. L.) would advert to this point more particularly hereafter. If a reporter, attending the Old Bailey Sessions (a Court which must be considered as public as the Court of King's Bench), were to publish to the world that a true bill had been found against B, he would ask whether that could be considered a libel ? It would be ha. possible ; and in comparing the publication of what passed in Courts of Justice with that which passed in Parliament, though the one was to be looked at as widely different from the other, he contended that a public reporter, reporting fairly to a news. paper what passed under his notice, for the information of the public, who were deeply interested in the reports and statements in newspapers, must stand much more venially in the eye of their Lordships, titan a Member of Parliament publishing his own speech. The Learned Counsel remembered, when he was at the bar, that a Bill was introduced into Parliament for the very purpose of suppressing these publications, but Parliament would not allow the Bill to pass, and they therefore threw it out. Mr. Justice BAYLEr —What publications, Mr. 'Lawea ? Mr. LawEs—Police Reports of what passed before Ma gistrates. Mr. Limes perfectly well knew that that was so. Loan CutEr JUSTICE—Can you mention the date of that bill ? Mr. Lawrs—Could not exactly; it was about twenty years ago. Mr. Justice BaYLEY—What progress did the Bill make ? Mr. LAWES-llaving at that time been engaged at his chant. hers, and not particularly attending to What was passing in the house, was unable accurately to state, but he knew that the Bill was prepared, that it was introduced into the house, and that it was thrown out. It was mentioned in 2d Camp. bell, The Learned Counsel then cited a great number of cases, with a view to show that no action for slander could lie unless malice was proved, and here it never was to be lost sight of, that throughout it was contended that this supposed libel lous matter was published entirely for public news. The duty of public Reporters was most important, and on various occa sions sanctioned by the law and statutes of the land; therefore, he did not consider himself placing reporters on too high ground (provided they did not abuse their trust) when he look ed upon them as public instructors : the public wore interested in knowing all that passed in all public places, even in places of amusement, and if a reporter in writing a critique nn a play, found it necessary to mention the name of the mana ger, or any of the performers of the theatre in a prejudicial view, respecting the performance of the night, it never could be contended that he ought to set out the whole of the play, in cluding every word that passed. This was a report in sub stance of all that had passed at Bow-street, and it was impos sible to suppose that a verbatim statement of' what passed could give the true sense of the thing. If this were to he held ac tionable, no police report has ever been published, but parties might bring actions in consequence of it. Mr. Justice BAYLEY—BUt there are a good many of the parties, I should suppose, not now in a condition to sue._ (A laugh.)—Did Mr. Lawes mean to say that every report most refiecteither on the plaintiff or the defentlant ? Mr. LAWES did not: but what he was speaking of wa s ce pa)* applications for information, and if M ag i strates were to be bound to keep all their proceedings privat e , it would be a strange alteration, and one which would follow the Court's pronouncing judgment in favour of th e p resent p l a i nt if f, which he (Mr. L.) could not fbr a moment suppose the Court, as members of the Legislature, would do. To decide this ease in favour of Mr. Duncan, would entirely he putting an end to reporting ; it would destroy, instead of increase, that liberty and freedom of this country, which has already been sufficiently limited for the public safety. All gentlemen, who had been re porters of the proceedings in this high Court, would be equally liable to actions, with newspaper reporters, for every report they may have sent forth, inasmuch as no one of their reports have been verbatim ; and if that were so, surely the Court would pause, because who could foresee the extent of the mischief which might follow such a decision ? Mr. L. concluded his argument at half-past two, by observ ing that the examination taken at the office contained matter which would have been indecent, offensive, and prejudicial to the morals of society ; therefore, in point of law, his client could not have been called upon to publish it. Mr. PATTEItSON was heard in reply. The defendants had not given a true report of the plaintiff's examination because they had omitted the depositions taken before the Magistrate. —lt was urged by his Learned Friend that those depositions could not be published, because they contained indecencies.— In such cases the party ought to abstain front malting any re port• whatever. He did not see what benefit the public could derive from reports of such cases. They could only foster a vitiated taste for scandal. lie did not deny that reports from Courts of Justice were useful, but Police reports were not.— lie did not say that there ought to be an end to reports from Police offices, but it a person would publish matter before a Magistrate he must not report that which he could not justify. —He left the subject to the Court, and concluded by repeat ing his former position, namely, that the plea could not be sustained.' The Court reserved judgment for a future day Their Lorships rose at the finish of Mr. Patterson's reply. The first woman who appeared on an English stage was a Mrs. COLEIHAN, who represented Janthe in D'ArgxArr's Siege of Rhodes, in 1650. lIIS BALL:ID—MINOR TBEATRE. Eorrott-In common with .your Cerreo spondent **** (I am cure if he had assumed 11 . B r: s c t t ar iosii proclama t ionttliy ilee i nvest i gationwo f o ul tis d m n e o r t it l l v wl e h readbe iLI il an has withexces sive great lately atbieliadetn,ia. taste i t ti o laass t h bb e eee s e t ril u i at the Surrey Sessions. It is but too true, Sir, hich it these Theatres, which is a great national evil, in Nsr y ages a said doMr.suppress p n u I : l : o t N a i s ) t , e i f i o a r t • Sion of this vitiated taste was all that Govern. went had in view in preferring the gallows to the guillotine; and with just indignation did he repel. the VositiOn of Mr. DATIDGE, that such dons were not calculated to render obtuse the feelings of the spectator, but rather to be consi dered 'as A BUNEVIT TO PUBLIC MORALS ! I3Rt fictitious - horrors, nay those of " the ert ford shi re Tragedy " itself, are incomparable in their atro city with a melo-drama now acting, called " Wake.. not the Dead !" or, " The Spectre Bride." In exposing this dangerous production, must advert to an article which appeared in your paper (I believe) of the Oth instant, signed ./EoImANUS of TRANTAMESINUS. I would willingly leave that the h orrible. e s u r ep legislators d p r e b s y . Author to his own obscurity ; but the full ex posure of this Drama requires that I should say inor d f something about him. Depend upon it, Sir, t ec h ro a efa l t a tt : ll : a : ' hea tre3 though I say it, who am no great antiquary,, you have been grossly hoaxed about his ballad. It is no more an old balled, Sir, than I am a, boiled turnip. Look, Sir, at " CooeElt and Biwous." Why, in the name of common sense, who are they but Sir AsTLLY and Mr. Ilttocms of the Anatomical Theatre? A pretty joke, indeed, to make us believe that his is some fine rare specimen of antiquity, with two names tacked to it among the best known in the pre. sent day ! No, Sir. The ballad was, no doubt, written for the occasion. It is but too true, Sir, that the circumstance's mentioned by ltitn !lave taken place in a neighbouring parish.— Coffins have been torn up; bodies have_been sawn through ; cut, torn, kicked, b e aten, tossed about have they been. It is but too true•that the mieerable, dishonoured dust and ashes have been advertised for. sale by auction. But , why, Sir, I would ask,. make a half, ludicrous ballad a la SOUTIILY, on such a melancholy subject ? It shows a want of feeling which I do not much envy. However, Sir, his ballad has done more harm than by its mere publication ; the Manager of the Cobourg has got hold of it, and from it he bus composed the Melo-drama to which I wisk to call your attention. Now hear, Sir, how this purveyor of horrors defends his trade:— " It has ever been the wish of the Management of this Theatre, in the general character of its pertbrenunces, as well as of the individual who this night solicits public patronage; to select such entertainments as should be in strict conformity with popular taste, and front time to time to grati every in. flexion of public inclination. The production of the " Van:. vire " anti its subsequent success, proved, at that time, the Public taste leaned towards that species of entertainment which produced the strongest excitement approaching even to honer. The performance of " Frankenstein' chewed that this Melina. thin had gained ground, anti that the decidedly terrific was the style most secure of public approbation ; this . ha! been further i c t on i f tt ir confirmed by y yi t d h e e n r tl e y ce p o r t e p u os , ul t a h r u it t y t o h t e ' ‘e‘x"Detit'ErnltZt.uoT and it certain hold upon popularity ; with this c o nviction, the Pro. prietors have put in preparation a .Piece, winch it is confide ntly pronounced in powerfull excitement and strength of horri fi c effect, far transcends even its predecessors." dc \V ell it may, indeed, transcend its predecessors in terrific effect, when its subject is considered. The drama is written by Mr. All-mar ; it very appropriate name for him this ; but the very names of the characters point out the transaction on which the story is founded. There is Wal ter, for instance ;—why, he is half wall ; and he is Baron of Ilelenstein ; now Itela is the old Teutonic for the grave ; therefore Ilelensteitt means grave-stone, Not to multiply instances, which might he easily done, it is obvious that the whole story relates to the horrible transactions which .lEuJulANus has thought right to sport with in his inhuman ballad. It is to be hoped that the Surrey Magistrates will not suffer this exhibition to continue.— lf this is allowed, the public feeling will be come hardened, and in thepresent rage for build.. ing half the church-yardsabout London will be ran.. sacked for building materials. If ilandersiningina. lion might trace" the noble dust of AL . zAntocu to stopping a hung hole," we may with much greater probability anticipate our posterity residing in the dust of their fathers. All the present gene ration are interested in preserving their remains from such profane appropriations, and with all my detestation of /EGIDIANUS I sincerely coin cide in his wish : " All the good saints promerve us all From baking in brickfl to Antild a wall And they who cut lead to cut up the dead, May they be cut up, in spite of their lead I" Walworth, Oct. 26, 1821 DETECTOR. JOHNSON AND MALLET.—When Dr. JOHNSON first became acquainted with MALLET, they once w h and spend an hour at So u th war k . fair.et 11 were exhibiting to the gaping crowd, was a l arge , toAt lau gh ono of the booths where wild b easts bear, which the showman assured his audience had been catchcd in the deserts of Russia. This bear was surly and ill-tempered to all the com pany, but appeared to make a remarkable excep tion in favour of Johnson. " How happens PT, said one of the company, " that this savage animal is so much attached to Mr. Johnson ?"---" Fion a very natural cause" replied Mallet; " the beir is a Russian philosopher,Und he knows that Lin• mutts would have placed him in the same class with the English moralist."