The Sun. — London, England, 1817-08-06 00:00:00

SHIP NENs. DEAL, AUG. s.—Arrived the Rosina, CLARK, 4 0111 St. Domingo for Amsterdam. Sailed the l'rince of Orange and Waterloo for Bmgal ; Ca nada and Brunswick, for Quebec ; Hero of the lie, tor Berbice ; Jane, for Gibrilltar ; Dente tara Packet, for Demerara ; Watson, for Havre ; td oi Brown, for New York; William, for the Mediterranean ; and several others. FALMOUTH, AUG. 2.—Arrived the Lady 'Wel lington packet with a mail from New York and halifax—lb days from the latter. Sailed yester ay the Atalanta, THEIS, for Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. s.—Arrived the Ervighest from. Rouen. Sailed the Ross, HARRISON, for J'Arqsica. ).. 1. , 1.) , , , VE It , AtIG. s.—Arrived off this port the Andromeda, SU Gli IN, from Jamaica. CRAVESEND, AUG. s.—Arrived the Lune, Wat ton, from the West Indies ; Alert, Snow, from Richmond (America) ; Acho. Ball, from Africa ; and Perseverance, Nalhy, from Belfast. Sailed the Harriet, Bowden, for Jamaica ; Regent, Ja tbieson, for Bahia ; Perseverance, Syer, and Ann anti Betty, Ilighes, for Calais. The Deputy Master and several Members of the Corporati,m of the Trinity House of London have been at Deal these two days, by order of -the Privy Council, to make enquiry into the differences ex isting het %vett) the boatmen of that place ; and we I/m ien:land that a great number of the well-dis posed boatmen have given in their names as wil ling to he tailly regulated and employed by the o:vnet, and these same persons have declar ed, that they are totally unconnected with those themcelves "The Deal Boatmen's Society." —which Society, it has been most satisfactorily prov cd, consists of only -part of the Boatmen. It is ex pected that ninny others will detach themselves trom the Society, who are now with-held through intimidation, and that they wilt no longer be so blind to their non interests, as to rejec' that em ployment, and lose those advantages which most certainly will be given to the men who have already tome forward. The Ship Owners and Merchants Lave an undoubted right, and they certainly will dispose of their employment to whoever they please, tor can it be endured in a civilized awl gr-at co Mmerei al country, the t efolllmanders of Ships shall he compelled to employ any persons who may first offer their services, whether the terms are rea sonable or not, or that they shall be prevented by brutal violeoce from employing others who may be differently disposed.---(Maidstone Journal, .dugust 5.) ST: ANDREW'S, N EW BR UNSWICK,JuNE3O. " On the 28th ult. the Commissioners of Boun daries, under, the fourth Article of the Treaty of Ghent, commenced their Sittings . . at Boston, whilst those under theffth Article of that Treaty began their Sittings on the 4th instant. The place of meeting was open to the better class of tire inhabitants of Boston who were disposed to attend. The claims of the two Governments are said to have been preferred in a manner highly creditable to the respective Agents. The state ment of the American Agent, Mr. AUSTEN, con sisted of nearly eight hundred pages ; from the general tone of ..rhich a strong, if not an olstinate, disposition was evinced to maintain the claims of tis Government to the whole of the Islands in Passamaquoddy Bay and Grand Manan, founding Lis chief reliance on the Charter of Massachu setts, granted by King William and Queen Mary in 101, the confederacy of the New England Provinces, and the contiguity of these Islands to the American Coast situated West of the main Channel up the Saint Croix. Ills Britannic Majesty's Agent, the Hon. WARD CHIPMAN, began and ended his statement in one day, producing a series of documents, which proved a clear and incontrovertible right in the Crown of Great Britain to the whole of the Islands in question—the Patent from the Crown to Sir WILLIAM ALEXANDER, in 1621, completely destroying the claims of the United States, not 'with►tanrliut; their Agent endeavoured to main tain a plea ►►f nonuser, and consequent forfeiture, And that this grant bad been annulled by the Treaty of l 7 3. The claims of the American Government, un do- the fifth Article, will, it is feared, create much tontroversy ; yet the Briti4 Agent seems confi dent of the integrity and justice of the claims of his Government, and that he shall be able to es tablish the propriety and equity of the lines he has to contend for, ".The American Party were daily expected at St. John's, to proceed froin thence up the river Sr. J►►hn's to the source of the St. Croix, on an exploring survey, &c." WlNDina, AUGUST s.—This morning her MA JESTY and the Princess ELIZABETH rode out to Vrogmore and the Cottage, and inspected the pre parations for the evening. tier MAJESTY and the i'etscEss diaed at Frogmore, and in the evening returned to the Cottage.• The OnAtess of GLoti chsTE:a arrived at . the Castle trout Bagshot, and the Duchess of Yorm front Oatlands. The No bility and Gentry arrived from all parts : they Weie very nIIIIICFOIIS, amounting to about two hundred. The beautiful new yacht, the Royal George, will sail to-nonrow for Portsmouth,. where she is to b e joined by tint Lion. C. PAGET, who IS ap pointed to act as her Captain during the tune she 'wends on the VEINCE REGENT. 'Tie I!eirl of DYSART entertained tl►e PRINCE REG E NT and a large party to dinner on Monday htst, at his Lordship's house in Piccadilly. a , tr►nl►t is now fwd.:nig at Rio Janeiro, i►► Sooth America, to cultivate the tea-plant, under the direction of some Chiutse. lintlerstand it is the intention of his Majes tv's Advocate to bring the other chimney-sweeper, Peid (agiti!,t wLom the diet was deserted pro loco V - telapore on 'Tuesday last), to trial in epteinber next.—(MufiliPg Chronicle.) CONTAGIOUS FEVER IN ITALY. EXTRACT OF A LETTER. FROM TAR AGENTS AT GENOA, DATED JULY 23. " We learn that .the typhus petechialis, or con tagious spotted fevvr, which unfortunately afflicts almost every part of Italy, has lately shown it selt in the hospital of Messina, and that the Board of Health at P‘ilermo has been induced to take some precautionary measures against it. All vessels from the Roman and Tuscan States ate put in quarantine here for seven days ; and in re taliation, we learn, that all vessels from this pill to the above State are equally subject to a quaran tine, which is a great annoyance, particularly to the coasting trade. Although this place is consi dered to be at present one of the most healthy its Italy, still there are some few individuals afflicted with the above disorder, who are shut up in a laza retto, fitted up for the purpose out of town, pro perly attended ; and we have the satisfaction to learn that the greatest part of those that have been sent there have recovered. It seems that this indisposition has been brought from the Par mesan States, where it is said to make great havock. • " As there is a report that two or three ves sels are now sailing in the Mediterranean with the plague on board, all the Boards of Health are strict and vigilant on the occasion. " We have lately had an American 28-gun sloop of war, which came from and returned to her squadron at Leghorn without taking prattique here." OFFICIAL. EXTRACT PROM. HIS MAJESTY'S CONSUL AT BARCE LONA, DATED JULY 23. " have received advice from his Majesty's Consul at Mahon, under date of the 15th inst., that a Spanish vessel had arrived there in 4 days from Algiers, bringing an account that the plague had manifested itself there, and that it rages very much at Bona and Constawine. (Signed) " P. C. TUPPER." EDINBURGH, AUG. 2. CAVALRY MovEmEsTs.—This morning a squad ron of the Ist Dragoons (Royals) marched through this city for Bathgate, on their route westward. Four troops of thi, regiment are to occupy Stir ling, Glasgow, Kilmarnock, mid Ayr ; the head quarters at Hamilton. It is expected the re mainder of the regiment will shortly leave Ipswich for Scotland. During the course of this week four troops of the Scots Greys ar rived at Peebles from Carlisle. The officers were invited by the Magistrates .to the Town house, where they were elegantly entertain ed, and the freedom of that ancient burgh con ferred on them ; the privates were regaled with plenty of porter, &c. It is said, that thk regi ment is intended to occupy Piet shill barracks, the first division having received orders to halt at Peebles until these barracks are vacated.—On Monday last the .rst division of the sth, or Princess Charlotte of Wales's Dragoon Guards, marched from Hamilton barracks for Lanark, on their route to Ipswich. On Saturday, the silver arrow, given by the honest town of Mwsselhurgh, was shot for on the race course there, by the Royal Company of Archers, and gained by Sir PATRICK WALKER. On Monday, her Grace the lltiches3 of MON-. TROSE and suite set off from Fortune's hotel, tor Buchanan-house, Stirliugshire. BUILDING AREAS.-Stances for seven houses, four on the north side, and three on the south side of. the Regent's Bridge, between Prince's Street and the Arch, were sold on Monday to a builder, for 25,0001. By the contract, the build ings must all be finished by Martinmas 1818. As an instance of the perfect state of our inter course with London, a.merchant here dispatched an order for goods by Wednesday's post, '23d inst. which arrived at Leith yesterday before twelve o'clock, and was delivered in the afternoon in Edinburgh. On the 25th curt. the foundation stone of a new church, for the parish of Cockpen, was laid by Lord RAMSAY, the eldest son of the Earl of DAL HOUSIE, in the presence of a numerous and re spectable company. The design, drawn by -Mr. CRICHTON, architect, is of the Gothic order, and deemed very elegant. After the usual formalities, the Reverend Dr. GRIERSON, Minister of the parish, concluded the re, etnony w i th a m o st ap propriate prayer.—(Edinburgh (:ourant) A letter from a Gentleman ar Bourdeaux, re ceived yesterday, says—that Bandon, Bedrines, and Cassaigne were executed on thu sth of July. Bedrines (late a Captain, and formerly Aid-de- Camp to BEAU HARNOIS) mounted the scaffold first, but recollecting that he had not forgiven Bandon (the chief of the conspirators), he descended into the cart, and embraced him, saying, " 1 forgive you as the author of my death," and then re mounted. Gassaigue followed after, forgiving Bandon. The streets were lined with troops from the prison to the place of execution. The Glasgow Astronomical Society has lately procured a Solar Microscope, from a celebrated optician, the largest that optician has ever construct ed. It is exhibited to most advantage betwixt 11 and 2 o'clock, during which hours the sun is in the best position for sheaving it. The first trial of this superb instrument disclosed some wonderful phenomena, hundreds of insects were discovered devouring the body of a gnat, and scores had lived luxuriously for several, mouths on the leg of a moth ! These animalculw were magnified so as to appear nine inches long, their actual size being somewhat less than the fourteenth hundredth part of an inch.—The mineral kingdom afforded an other display of brilliant objects ; their erystali zations, and the splendour of their colouring, ex ceed any thing the most lively imagination can conceive. WATERLOO BRIDGE..---A man was yesterday taken to Bow -street, by the collector of the toll at Waterloo-bridge, for refusing to pay a penny for the passage of his child. The Magistrate told him that he was liable to a penalty of 40s. for attempting to cross without paying ; but as this was the fn•st decision under the new Act, he would merely order him to pay the penny, and three shillings costs. This the ❑MO did, and vests discharged. P 0 C. 1' it Ir. IMPRONIP ru aN THE LORD CHANCELLOR'S unmou Ro us COMMENTS ON • THE Brush Case. Lo ! E LDON, distinguisli'd for virtue and iense, Has oft been the Jacobins' scoff, His love for his Country is-all his offence, Anti hence they must hope he'll brush of. But while he so mingles Good humour with Law, And JUSTICE supports with such care, The Public behold him with pleasure and awc, Thus suiting his place to a hair, T. TO THE EOLIAN HARP. At twilight's courted pause reclining., ith one who shares lay hope and fear, While you sweet star is feebly shining, 0 let thy cadence fill mine ear. • Thy notes, though few, are chlriging ever; Thy tunes are dulcet, soft, and shrill; And in the swell, the pause, or quiver, A warbling sadness woos one still. For like thy wild spontaneous measure, The changes which our bosoms feel Are hut the shades of pain or pleasure, Which rudely burst or softly steal. And when thou' lift'st mc, in emotion, To heaven, from whence thy tones have birth, Again I sink in meek devotion, And feel myself a child of earth. Thy chords admit no human finger— Forth beams the son,—up springs the bow— 1-leaven's breeze alone, must sweep, or linger, And then thy thrilling ❑umbers flow. may my soul like thee he fashioned ! Thy themes rray change, but all be praise; With it l'd chasten juy impassioned, With it endear my mournful lays. Breathe on ! and let me fondly number Etch tone that rises, falls, or sleeps; Breathe like an infant's dying . slumber, And soothe the mother when she weeps. Sigh through the prisoner's bars of sorrow, Whisper of freedom, freshness there; His languid mood, at eve or morrow, Loves e'e❑ the moanings of despair! LARCH AND OAK TIMBER. TO TETE Eprrott. OF THE SUN. SIR, —Understanding some experiments have been recently made in the King's Yards on Larch brought from .Scotland, it will be of essential be nefit to myself and others, who have large quan tities of Larch nearly fit for cutting, to know if there is any chance of the Navy Board becoming purehaseis of this valuable wood ; for at present there is not any sale for it in the districts in which mine are situated. I should also like to know whether there is any prospect of an increased demand for Oak Timber, either for the King's Yards or.the Merchants'. If there is not, many of the families who have calculated on a sale of Oak Timber about this time, to raise money for the portions of their younger children, will be most woefully disappointed; and what is to be— come of the progressive immense quantity of Timber throughout the country, rapidly approach ing towards maturity, if there is not any demand for it in the public or private Yards ? If any of your Readers can, through your Paper, favour us with any information on this important subject, it will grew ly oblige, Your Constant Reader, and A PLAIN COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, Monmouth, 2d August, 1817. HOP INTELLIGENCE. SOUTHWARK, AUG. 4.—Our market is dull, but as the supply is trifling, we have not had any re duction in the prices during the last week. MAIDSTONE, AUG. 4.—Our accounts from Wor cester and Hereford continue unfavourable, and notwithstanding the grounds about Maidstone and neighbouring parishes promise fair crops, the other parts of Kent and Sussex ate daily getting worse. We hear it is asserted, that the planta tion aroand and within eight miles of Maidstone will pay vtiore duty than all the rest of Engla-nd. CANTERBURY, AUG. 3.—Our plantation was looking mole fresh. on Thursday, in consequence of the heavy rains, since which tune they •-have been getting more full of lice, honey, and mould, and if the weather is ever sofavourable we shall not average 5 cwt. per acre. The wet groumls are quite gone.. One of the Paris Gentlemen who thought them selves offended by the caricature of M. CALICOT, went to the house of the player who had perform ed that part, and demanded satistacti►on for the injury he had done him every evening at the Theatre de Varieties. " Sir," replied the Actor, " ury employment is to exhibit fools, and I should never have done, were I obliged to fight all those whom I represent." Tide favourite project of NAPOLEON to improve the harbour of Dieppe, but which has lain dor mant for several sears, is now renewed with in 7 dustrious activity. The authorities at Dieppe be 7 gan to engage workmen last week, and on Satur day AO labourers were emplOyed in removing the shoals of beach and sand at the entrance. It is intended to employ 1000 men to complete this national undertaking, which will afford security to vessels of any burden. An accident occurred yesterday, about the hour ' of four in the afternoon, which might have proved fatal to a number of persons. Some buildings which run along the back of Hunter-street, Bruns wick-square, on the west side of the street, and which have been occupied as lofts and stables by a job coachman, were so wretchedly built as to be incapable of supporting the root, which fell in yesterday, at the hour above mentioned, with an alarming crash ; part of the walls towards the rear of the houses 29, 30,, and 31, in Hunter street, was carried away, and broke in some of the lower• apartments of those houses, filling their back prcniises with the ruins. Providentially no lives were lost, nor personal injury suffered. On Saturday evening a fellow knocked at a door in Devonsliire-street, Queen-square, and pro duced a note to the ladies of the house, which one of the servants carried to the drawing-room, while the other remained in the passage with the man. Some one happened to speak in the garden, which attracted the attention of the girl, and in her momentary absence the fellow decamped, carry ing with him tour coats, which were in the pas sage. The note proved to be a petition from some pretended poor widow woman unknown to the parties. LAW INTELUGLNCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, AUG. S. PATENT HEAD BRUSHES-IMPORTANT CASE RE- SPECTIN G PATENTS. METCALFE V. THOMSON. In this case his Lordship was ny,ved by Sir S. ROM ILLY :to dissolve an injunction formerly granted by his Honour the Vice Chan: whereby the defendant, residing . in Gray's-inn. Ittne, was prohibited from making, selling, or vending in anyway or ri•anner whatever, brushes of a particular quality, for which the plaintiff al leged he had obtained a patent in SeNember last. [We lately reported the case when before the Vice-Chancellor.] No Concisel at first appearing for the plaintiff, the LORD CHANCELLOR said,'' 'Los injunc;ion must be brushed off, unless some Counsel be h'ci e in a few minutes to support it." 1411. LEAcH then appearing, Sir SAMUEL proceeded.—The plaintiff, an ehti net►t brush-maker, bad, it appeared from his own statement, ta:►de a peculiar excellent inprovetnent in brushes, for which he had last Septe►uber ob tained a patent. The defendant had been re strained from making or vending brushes of time same nature, and made in the same way. The defendant, however, did not deny that he had made brushes of this kind, but he declared, in the most positiva terms, that this pretended invention of the patentee was nothing more or less than what had been from time immemorial the prac tice of brush-makers. It was obvious that the hair being fixed at first in the brush must ofcourse be uneven, and therefore the improvement of the patentee ►was only his selling the biis,' in an un finished state. Nobody ever thought of doing this before, but it happened to suit the fancy of this eminent Gentleman, who of cow se claimed it as a discovery of his own. For this discovery, and consequently his ingenuity, be was entitled to every degree of credit, but unfortunately there was an old s brush now i►► Court which had been used by a perfumer, wig -maker, wig -dresser, esc. for the space of 30 years, and was exactly the same in principle as this new patent. LORD CHANCELLOR.—.Is it a fox's brush ? Sir SAMUEL.—The defendant .had raised an ac tion of scire facias against the patentee, in the Court of King's Bench, and which was to have been tried before a Special Jury, When ti►e paten tee thought proper to bring the motion for. the Injunction, and obtained it. An objection was also made to the defendant, lot having his brushes stamped in the same way as those of the plain tiff were. LORD CHANCELLOR-.Shew me the brushes. Really it is curious to see me called to judge of brush-making.—[Here four head-brushes, one long broom, three shoe-brushes, three tooth brushes, one knee-buckle-brush, tin re clothes brushes were produced ; and his Lordship parti cularly examined the head-brushes.] Sir S. ROMILLY.--It was by no means proper, indeed, he was ready to admit, that such shookd be the.case, and he would not approve of it ; but it should be remembered, that though the plain tiff had his patent exclusively for the head-brushes, be had nevertheless stamped all his other brushes, in the same way as if he had obtained a - patent for them also. For example, be had stamped the broom, the tooth-brushes, and the other articles of that kind, which.his Lordship was now criti cally examining ; and if, therefore, the defendant had stamped his, he hoped Mr. Leach %vould not carry his morality so tar as to brand it with the epithet of its being done to delude and deceive the public. Mr. LEACH.—Perhaps the case might be put an end to here, as no notice is taken of the stamping of the brushes in our affidavits, and 1 think we should beallowed to make of ltvits on that point. Sir S. RotvitLLY.--I must decidedly oppose such a proposition, when 1 consider the vast impor tdnce of the Court coming to a decision at once on this point ; and besides, the original atlibvits are quite sufficient for the purpose you propose. LORD CHANCELLOR.—Shc w me the specification which the plaintiff has made —After reading it he said, why I am now put in possession of the brash-makLig secrets, and may begin it to morrow. Sir S. ROMILLY proceeded.—The motion was one of particular importance at the present crisis. By means of that injunction some hundreds had, during the last seven days, been thrown out of employment ; and surely, when the anxiety which was felt by ail classes for providing employment for the poor was taken into consideration, he diii not think his Lordship possibly could sanction the pretended invention of a plaintiff to deprive many of the honest means of industry; for in what did this boasted invention consist ? It was, in truth, what bad always been done by every brush-maker since the commencement of Iliac trade ; for the hairs, as he had already stated, being uneven, they were afterwards smoothed by tieing cut with scissars or sheers. The brush TIOW in court, which was the property of a Mr. 'Fox, was exactly the same in its make, although, by the bye, it had been used 20 or 30 years in brushing up his wigs„—A number of affidavits were made by brush-makers, which decidedly proved that the invention was nothing at a:i new. LORD CHANCELLOR.--Haled me the hr isle of this old gentleman. It must be a curiosity, after being so long worn by him in his useful employ ment of a wig-maker. Really this antique looks uncannmonly well. Mr. HEALD.—Your Lordship will see by look ing to it. that it is exactly the same in make as the Patentee's brushes, but only they look better. LORD CIIANCRLLOR.—That is because they are younger. Sir S.—The invention of this individual was the same, as some of the affidavits stated, as had been the practice for the last thirty years, and was pre cisely the same as that stated in the specification of the plaintiff. It was agreed by the defendant, that some of his friends in the same trade with himself should call on the plaintiff, and' examine the nature of this brush, and see whether it was tor was not a new kind. Notice of their intention to visit him was sent as a matter of courtesy. On going to his house, however, they were told he would not on any accouat allow them to see the