The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-08-25 00:00:00

PROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED.
W. Crawford, jun. late of Chespaide, bookseller, Aeal
28 to September 7.
I W. MacCenrce, of Lower rore-etreet., Lambeth, brewer, from
Sept. 4 to Oct.
BANKRUPTS.
T. Tappenden, of the King's Ilsal public-house, Cumberland-
, street, Aliddlesex Hospital, victualler, to surrender Aug. 31, Sept.
18, at eleven, and Deo. 3, at ten, at the Bankrupts.' Court. Solici-
tor. Mr. Whitton, (heat James-street, Bedford. row.
R. Jones, of Westbury-Leigh, Wiltshire, clothier, Sept. 9. 13.
and Oct. 3, at eleven, at the hopes Anne, Westbery. Solicitor,
life Williams, Red Lion Striate ; or Mr. G. bleaker, Fromm
T. Smith. of Derby, nail.manufacturer,_Sept. 17. at six, and
Sept. 18 and Oct. 3. at eleven, at the Kinig's Head, Derby.
Solicitor. Mr. T. Vl'rage, A ye-Mari...lane ; or Mr. Greaves. Derby.
.1. Peck, of Andover, linemelraper, A ug.llBl 41. and Oct. 44.
IA twelve, at the Hankrupte Court. Solicitor, tie and Me
field, Carev-street; or Mr. Barfield, Thatcham, uceb.
A. Anderson, of Lloyd's Coffoc•heuse, and of Efarling-Green
Place, Kennington. master-mariner, Aug. I& Sept. 4. and Oct. 3.
at twelre,et the Bankrupts' Court. Solicitor, Mr. emelt, Union.
meat, Broatbstreet.

I U. Helm, of li'orcester, linen-drapm, Sept. 9...111. and Oct. S.
as twelve. at the Ilop.3larket Inn, Wornmer. Sobettor', flostrt
rand Parlby, Holborn-court, Gray's Imo ;Or 31r. Swollen,
Miter.

DIVIDENDS.
September 24. J. Quenbv, Liverpool, tea-dealer, at one, at the
George Ina, Dale-street, Liverpool.
September 17. R. Woodward, Liverpool, merchant, at toe, a:
the George Inn, Dale-street, Liverpool.
September 14. T. B. Smith, A. Smith, and D. Smith. OM
Trinity House. Water-lane, Tower-street, corn-racton, at ten, at
' the Bankrupts' Court.
September 14. C. Brooke, Southampton, eabhser -
twelve, at theCuseh and Horses inn, Southampton.
September IS. H. Cooper, Conntsercial-place, City-road, carpen-
ter, at ma, at the Bankrupts' Court.
I Se/Weber IS. 8. Caner. Stratford, West Ham, Estes, check:-
monger, at twelve. at the Bankrupts Court.,
Otter 2. C. Hammond. DarUm, draper, at ten, at the Cofelt
te. and H
ILIN Hanchester.
Taserwiy i*preset, Cam ma bridge, Cook. at ,at the Hoop
G Liv.e
ee,
AIL . raishaw • Liver.poo Meambast, at one, at the
eorgSe= flahmtvest„ rportLl,
. •
CERTIFICATES,Sgiettmaga Id-
J. Sherwin and J, Deane, Gould-square, Crenised Friars..etamb-
makers-..W. Burrell, Thomas-hose. Wakefield, York, menitant—
C. Poyrer, Doncaster, York, linen-draperi-.J. Fain:meter, Alfred-
mews. Tottenham-court-mad, horse-dealer—R. Hatton., PoehoV_
with-reuniters!, Lancaster, soap-boiler—T. Roll. Piccadilly,
tarta
a-keeper—C. %Vire, handling, new Malsleteme, Kett, p-per-
mak.

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STOROE r. DRIGHTMORL.
Mr. INGRAM opened the pleadings, and Mr. Scan LETT stated
the nature of the case. It was to recover the amount of a cask of
hardware ordered to be shipped at Oainsborough for Newcastle,
which the defendant shipped from Newcastle to Oainsborough in-
I stead, in order, said Mr. Searlett, to create freight. The vessel,
the Thomas, which had the charge of the cask, was afterwards boat
at the mouth of the Tyne.
(Admissions put in and read to all but the mark on the :ask.)
Oswald Caldicott called—He was servant to Anderton and Co.
of Birmingham in 11121 ; he executed an order from the plaintiff;
it was on the 31st of October; they were sent in a cask. Witness
'directed it; it was painted on the head of the cask—" John Stokoe
and Co. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, pay to Brightmore and CO. for
Gainsborough, from thence to Newcastle direct." lie did not see
what ass put in the cask.
Mr. WILLIAMS. for the defendant—We do not dispute the
goods were sent nor the amount of them.
Cross-examined by Mr. WI cuasva—Might have sent half a
idozen casks beh-e. This was the first in his time that had been
sent to Mr.:40.0t at Newcastle. It was a month or six weeks
after he heanl of the dispute. Can't say what the carriage was.
The carrier's book would tell. Ile could tell by calenlation.—(Bill
put in.) Six shillings was charged. (*an% say how much per ton.
They don't trade to Trent now. They were formerly sending very I PROGRESS OF 7'OIrIVS.
frequently. ___......_-
Cross-examined hv Mr. SeartiitTY —When he said six shillings I In the case of country towns, where a Highland laird c r
he spoke from the books. The order was not sent by letter, it was , a speculating society has not interfered, it is matter of
a verbal one. 1 analysis, for th.: fashionable science of political economy,
lliam Clarke examined by Mr. ficaatryr —He was ware.; to discovst how one of them has grown, or by what cement
houseman to Andaton and Co. for forty years. He had known ,
ached the cask— casks sent by then, to Mr. Stokoe. lie v
k_. •it is united. There is a church ; that is the ordinary
.. 302 qrs. and ft." ' foundation. Where there is a church there mraiit be 'a
(The head of the cask was produced anti thedirection read.) l parson, a clerk, a sexton, and a midwife. Thus we Sr.
Swain was the water carrier. ' coma for four houses. An inn is :claims' on the road.
Crow-examined by Mr. WILLIAMS—Cannot Mil, exactly how' This products a smith, a saddler, a butcher, and a brewer.
many. Can't say i he had directed any casks to Hudson and Co.
i The parson, the cltrk, the sexton, the midwife, the
of Hull. six or seven years past.
Joseph Wholly—He has a boat on the river Trent. On the 111th butcher, the smith, the saddler, and the brewer, require a
of November he had a cask sent directed to Messrs. itrightinore, I baker, a tailor, a shoemaker, and a carpenter. They soon
Iflainsbereugh. He put it on board a vessel for Hull. Ile knows learn to eat plum-pudding ; anti a grocer follows. The
the direction. it was for .' John Stokoe, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, I grocer's wife and parsons wife
' contend for superiority in
pay to Brightmore and Company." lie remembers the direction,
dress, whence flows a milliner, and, with the milliner, a
use it was • peculiar one. Ile mentioned it to the Captain of
the defendant's ship, home he had never seen such a one before. I mantua-maker. A barber is introduced to curl the parson's
The JI:DOT oklectetil et the question. wig and to shave the smith on Saturday nights ; and a
John Forbes examined by Mr. SCARLETT.—Mr. Stokoe had i stationer to furnish the ladies with paper for their scnti-
correspondents at Hull (Messes. liothor.), but they have no dell.' mental correspondence : an exciseman is sent to guag,e the
ings row. The defendant gave the orders in his presence; they casks, and a schoolmaster discovers that the ladies cannot
came by a Hull vessel
rii. A hatter, a hosier, and a linen-draper, follow by
oas...examined by Mr. WILLIAMS—They were shipped at
Gainaborough on the 7th of December. 1021 ; the Thomas was gees ; anti as children are born they begin to cry out
wrecked oil South Shields ; the goods were damaged by the wreck. 1 for rattles and gingerbread. The parson becomes idle and
Joseph Shields, examined by Mr. SCARLETT—IIe trades be- gouty, and gets a curate, anti the curate gets twenty chit-
tween tininsborotteb and Newcastle ; trade is conducted by agen I- i then and a wife ; anti thus it becomes necessary to hate
re, both from (laittaborough to Nescastle, and yin rer•,l t
by hull ; there is no other mode than the direction to guide them
" al" i more shoemakers and tailors and grocers. In Ott nwan
;
he never knew an instance of the kind like the present. 1 time a neighbouring apothecary, hearing with ititligoatim.
Mr. IV ILLIAMS addressed the Jury, and called several witness. l that there is a community living without physic, places
on, who spoke principally as to the trading between Newcastle and ; three blue bottles in the window ; when, on a sudden. the
Gainsborough, and the direction on the cask. The house-book I parson, the butcher, the innkeeper, the grocer's wife, and
was rtn!iured. the parson's wife, become bilious and nervous, anti their
Mr. Z.C•RLETT replied, and said there had been no &fete:. I children get water in the head, teeth, and convulsions.
The Learned Bartow asked for the consignment, and then ad. ! They are bled anti blistered till a physician finds it c mve-
dressed the Jury. His Lordship said as there was no question am • „;_,... to settle : the inhabitants become worse and norm I
to tie contents Or price of the cask, the only question for their eon- f mr"
videration sr-a, whether Mr. Brightmore hail been guilty of a dere.. !every day and an undertaker is established. The butcher
lietion of his duty by sending the cask in an indirect way front the i having called the tailor prick-louse over a pot of ale, Snip,
order of Mr. Stokoe, and they would pay particular attention to Ito prove his manhood, knocks him down with the goat •
the evidence on both sides, and say by their verdict on which aide
the weight of truth preponderated. There was no doubt that the i Upon this plea an action for assault is brought at tli., next
goods haul ken damaged by the wreck of the Thomas, after the i S.lsions. The attorney sends his clerk over to take depo-
, transhipment at Hull, but still this was not the guesnen for their sitions and collect evidence : the clerk, finding a good
decision ; the sole one was, had the piaintifi'S order been executed; opening, sets all the people by the ears, becomes a petti-
according to his direction or not, and if it had rot, then was he I fogging attorney, and pen-e flies the village for ever. But
entitled to their verdict. Persons who sent parcels by land or by the village beetinies a town, acquires a bank, and a coterir
water. had a right to expect that their orders should be faithfully I
ofl old maids ; and should it have existed in happier days.
exnrutcd.
The Jury rid.... might have gained a corporation, a mayor, a mace, a
"MY I"Pr'l, it is a very complicated plait quarter sessions of its own. a county assembly. tl:.: ast:acs,
Tt-cr suer:van:. reti-01. and returned with a verdict for the
t.:::.--I)nr.iages:".' 10s. 3d.—t...osts 40s. and the gal!ows.-31ac::,:loci.

The impressions taken in the foregoing manner almost
equal silver medals in beauty, and are very durable. If
the box or a:Mild be rather larger than the impression of
tin-foil, the plaster, when poured on, runs round in;
edges, and forms a kind of white frame, or circular border
round the foil, whence the new-made medal appears more
neat and beautiful. If this tin-foil be gilt with gold leaf,
by means of thin isinglass glue, the medal will resembld
gold.
Having dins endeavoured to put it into ate power of a
young medalist to procure, in this manner, what uumbtr
of Medals and coins he pleases, for at most as many pence.
I shall conclude, with only saying, that if, by this means, I
may prove instrumental to the promotion of a more gene-
ral knowledge thereof, by rendering the expense inconsi-
derable, it will be adequate to the motives of
INVESTIGATOR.

AIETHOD OF • • tA,
TAKING 13fPRESSIONS FROM MEDU.
Chiefly owing to the cost required for purchasing a CS:
billet of 'medals, it has happened that the studrof them
has hitherto been confined, comparatively, to a few indivi-
duals. Another principal impediment to the cultivation of
an acquaintance with theft has arisen from the diffitrulty of
understanding the inscriptions thereon, for want eif a suf-
ficient knowledge of languages; on which amount, in par-
ticular, this study has been condemned by the illiterate as
'barren and useless; but .such as are acquainted with the
advantages Which have already resulted friar) tbeae nvms
imemur tales, cannot hesitate a moment to assist the promo-
tion of a more general pursuit of the subject.
While colossian statues, and the hardest marbles, with
their deepest inscriptions, am destroyed by iictitlent or by
time, and paintings, finished with the highest colours,
quickly fade, a medal shall survive innumerable accidents,
; and disclose historical facts a thousand years after statues
are crumbled away ; and when nothing but the names of
an Apelles or a Praxiteles remain. Does not a single me-
dal of which we are in possession give us greater light into
history than the once famous libraries of. Alexandria and
Pergamus, which are now no more? From these and
many other considerations I would willingly contribute my
endeavours to render this study more general, and conse-
quently more useful. I have tned a volley of methods to
enable a young medalist to collect a cabinet, which may
initiate him into the knowledge of medals and coins at a
trifling expense. •
The method of taking off plaster of-Pans and sulphur
impressions is known to every body. The first is too so*:
to preserve them from injury, and the brittleness of sul-
phur is a greater objection,
I found by forming a coat or layerof thin metal oyes
the plaster-of-Paris it would be a omnitlerable defence
Tin is the cheapest sad mose•convenitin trietatfor Me pm--
pose, as it is sufficiently flexible, and at the same time very
much resembles silver. The tin-foil I have tried is of the
same kind with that used for silvering looking-glasses. It
should be laid over the medal or coin intended to be take-,
off, and then rubbed either with a brush, the paint of s
skewer, or a pin, till it has received perfectly the impressice,
of the medal ; the tin-foil should now be tared oft' rounA
the edge of the medal till it is brought to the same circum-
ference. The medal innat then be reversed, and the tin-
foil will drop off into a chip box or mould ready to receive
it, the concave side of the foil, or that which laid on ihe
face of the medal, being uppermost. Upon this pour plas-
ter-of-Paris made in the usual manlier, and, when drys,
the cast figure may he taken out of the box or mould,
with the tin-foil sticking on the plaster, the convex side
being now uppermost again • in which position it is to be
kept in the cabinet after it becomes: dry. To have an im-
pression very perfect, the thinnest tin4oil should be math:
use of.