The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-08-15 00:00:00

LYtiELLICE,Vet
COURT OF CH:in:CRY.
Old CLAPAE b. BRIDGMAN and stubs
An errotieuus report lurks unprore4t reopecting
'the above roar!, 4. give the following as a correct
statement ti tit jurr.ituent
the Louts ..faititabLu4 tolgAri, by observing.
that ,the .piliciftsiingir were pelAcj,y re,.;ular and
correct, an& that, 'in applying jp this Court. the
Metal& hod folltured. a proper,coutse ; and his
Lordshlts estailuJed nearly Hs follows, viz. There
tei'Vorify rflurfrffilii evidence to go before a Jury;
aY may pdthish a wp-itillai Lord Etiton's work, but I
i:intro, in so doing, take parts of Viner's,
of any other Al,ringinrnt (.upposing the copyftglit
therein to continue), and by consolitheing those
works with tMinoi print them as my ("is. If I
were so to do, I certainly should be ituilty of
piracy. Part of Mr. Bridgmuu's cork 'seemingly
taken from Mr. Selwyn's ; I thrr!fore see no eesaou
to induce me to dissolve the injunction I hail before
issued. for restsainiug the sale of the Dere:W*o6'
work. Mr. Selwyn has certainly rendered an im-
portant service to the profession in his public-46ml
It is a work of very great merit, as are some • f the
productions of the. Defendant ; with a view, then,.
fore, to do justice to both pair's, the sale of the
work may be permitted to colitiaiic, lithe Defend-
ant will go before the Mater, and give secuitty to
the Plaintiffs fora faithful account of the prods,, e
arising from the sale of the work, and to iagy such
further sum as this Court malt think a carnpensa.
tiou fur the injury this pitieutita may sustain by 'inch
pulrlyastion ; tile Plaintiffs, in the neon tiwtr, most
bring their action, to which the Defenglaios should "
plead forthwith, so as to hurt; the trial tel ;
and the manuscript et the nervation's must he
forthwitn rapuii.tcd with the Clerk, to Court, fur
the inspection of the toluiurstr,

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aCcLiit u, CI.EittNrSoN clad OTEICILS.
This c.:.tioe was erotight tor false nupriconmeat.
Mr. 'UDY, absence of Mr. Serjeant
Cockell, who was eitgageti ie. the other Court. said.
he was afraid of coiniiiitting himself, being opposed
by two Cotioi+el, he himself being only ii
Misr at the ler. The deche Alois stated, that on
the 44th August, 18U7, the Otfenitauts falsely and '
maliciously anipriiiinie4 the Plaiatit3; whereby be
wins put teegreat expense, and itilured its Ins credit.
The circumstaifees of the case were, that the
Plaintiff was tetrad Qr singing, and was in the cot,-
scant habit of Intending divine service on the Sat-
hath-day, at the chapel of Grioilleton. 10 the West
whereof the tkeV. hnoria Clerneittson, one
of the Defeedmitis, was. the ofilimitiug clergymen.
The Plaintiff who tonstaut habit of leadilig
the band, ;loth warming end afternoon, and trot
the Ira.t objection was matte until the everting of
that day. The Plaintiff war singing as amid, and
with n book looting time upon the desk ; thegler-
gymka took 1101 Us offence, and, from the'rvirine-"'
desk, called out, Take that ream into rostodx."
The other two Defendants took hiss and kept lien
confined all night, and thee they had hiss before
the Justices, where lie was compelled to find bail,
socket the quarter sessions, was tried and acquitted
upon the evideuce which was adduced against him.
halms:ars as if this was made a party question et
Gritirlleton ; as there were about forty of them
came to the sessions. It clearly appeared the
Plaiiitiff's conduct in the intervals between siagisse,
was cegular ettreme; he went to chapel as
sidal, and he beat 'time as usual; no iutinia-
tioh had been given tts him that he had been doing
ewroog, or that he should not do so. If the Plnin-
tilf had been intexWated. he would have coutluctcd
hilastlf differently.` as this was his usual caudate,
By the rites of the church, the whole congrtgation
have,a eight to sing, and because my client cannot
rung so well as the rest, he is to be taken op and
confined. He sang es well as he could, and in his
usual manner, beat nig time with his hand put him
in mind elan epitaph written upon a parish clerk of
the name of Stephen, who had been a rimier like
the P 1 .i..titi:
" Stepea Rod time arc new both even—
",tiSsee Steplaru brat 1 ia.e, saw Tuna beats eteptiza.”
He trusted he should be able to support this case y
etidenee which would entitle him to a verdict.
Peter Hamer said, he was at Grivdieton chapel
on the !Gat August, 1807; he saw Eceks there tu
the morMitg, mime as usual ; he hewer e.lw him
misbehave ; he saw hint about tnne o'clock in the
evening, iii custody of Thomas Hall, amid SI a-
din. Witness saw hiss mono etyma set o'clock ;a
the morning. of the 17th, ~ then in tot Ott .
the Id of Septerelwr witneirs was at
Cluishurn, alien the Plae.vitf wee committed to
the house of cornettion, and lie found marmite tir•
fore Dr. Collins. Plaintiff was reckoned a lama
ine singer.
Wileseeley saw &ch., taken into cut.
tody. The singer* sit its a particular part of the
gallery, and Plaintiff' cunfortni.d to this principle.
Tney were singing an evicting hymn before the If.
ternoon service !organ. The Cergy twin was us be-
fore the *linens cattle. % sow him whiey.tr
to the parish clerk. and the clerk went and whis-
pered to Btemard, one of the Defeidants, and de
went and whispered with Fcrlee. The Clerowm,
called out—"l fluid upon him heitte pulled out ,"
looking at the Chart 1-warden acid comtable iot the
titrie. leeclek was siogine, with his spectacles upon
his time, and u hook in his hand. He wail "tie, d
and brought down by order of Clementema
Renter. lie was I,inglng, ns usual, as other peeelc
in the chapel, beating time with his bend. He was
dragged down by hie feet and head by two or the e
of them ; they dragged him down the steps.—
Wittfewe went to the door and saw Kira in custede.
He wis in the hands of the deputy constables in It.
evening.
On being crovi-examined by 3tr. Tamen, tilt
. eouartel for the.Defendaut. Cleineursou, wailers/
alild'heltiowi Horses aml Vernon, they are respect.
partshioaere. . Witness heard llortier say to
some people, keep hint quiet? Mrs. Peek *ad
wept other It.sprctable people went r..it when he
it as polled dews;. Plaintiff said to the Clergymait.
r not 40 out for you ; what carnet hetes
I emeraitted i ant lint esecommunicat...l yet." •
He was sot drank, out Lad ail appearance of a