The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-04-20 00:00:00

FROM 1..457' NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

Downing-street, April 18. 1825.
The King has been pleased to appoint Sir Thomas John Coch-
rane, Knignt. Captain in the Royal Navy, to be Governor sod
Commander-in-Chief of the Island of Newfoundland and its do-
paidencies.

Pcrcign Office, April IL 1221
The King itu been pleased to appoint Sir Richard Mon.
Part. to be his /gasp sty's Consul at Nantes, and the ports sad
places in the Departiottits of the Lower Loire and of La Venda".

BANKRUPTS.
Benjamin Dryden, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. common brewer, to
surrender, May 0, 10. and 31, at eleven, at the Crown and Thistle,
Newcastle-upon•Tyned Solicitors, Mr. Charles Wilson, Grevilk.
street, Hatmn-garden ; and Mr. John Hines, Durham.
Charles Wheen Ramshotham. Clemenes.lane, merchant, April
le, May 3, and 31, at ten, at the Bankrupts Court. Solicitors.
!Begirt. Blunt, Buy, and Blunt, Liverpool-street, Broad-street-
buildings.
John Taylor. Little Pulteney.street, Golden-square, cheese-
monger, April 23, at ten, 30, at eleven, and Mar 31, at ten, at the
Bankrupts' Court. Solicitor, Mr. J. A. Gee, Hew North-meet.
Red Lion-square.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Arati. 19.

PONTITEX V. •PTLSDOIT.

e. Tel:nowt moved for an injunction to restrain the de.
fcndant from making cr manufacturing certain machines for tannin/
leather. It was stated, that on the 22d of April, 1323. his Ma-
jeat) 's letters patent were granted to the defendant for making or
mar ufacturing the machines in question, to be used as an improve-
ment in the art of tanning leather. By a subsequent agreement,
the defendant parted with his right in the patent to the plaintiff
and the injunction now sought was, to restrain the defendant front
violating the contrict. It was intended, the Learned Counsel be-
lieved, tn be said, that the defendant claimed, under the patent,
merely the benefit of the mode of forcing the tan liquor into the
hides, by which he could accomplish that in six days, which other-
wise wculd take six weeks.

His Howourt, without bearing Counsel on the other side, said,
this was by no means a case in which the Court could interfere.
The plaintiff himself had undertaken to lose no time in making
cerrun machines. Ile had also agreed to bring thcm to full per-
t', etion, and to sell them at a moderate price. It likewise appeased
that the assignment of the interest in the patent was not for a con.
sideration, but from motive, and that motive was br-gone services.
The plaintiff had not been guilty of delay; he had brought the ma-
nufactory of the machines to complete perfection, and he had
charged them at a moJerate price. On the whole, his Honour
II ought the motion would have to be dismissed ; but as It was rot
usual to give coats on refusing motions fur injunction', no costs
should b.t given on this occasion.

EX-TARTE DISNEY, IN THE MATTER OF MARSH, 'TRACEY,

AND CO.. BANKRUPT/.
Mr. Rose applied to the Court. that Mr. Disney. in this cane,
might be relieved from the process of the Court, which had issued
against him on account cf his wife, Mrs. Nelson Disney, not hav-
ing answered to a joint bill filed against her husband and her,
for the recovery of certain policies of insurance and India bonds, to
the amount of severe' thousands, placed in her hands by the late
Mr. Plrunderor. The application was founded on an affidavit. in
which Mr. Disney stated that his wife had left the kingdom, and
gone beyond the seas, without his knowledge or consent. The
Learned Counsel submitted that this lady, being not only beyond
the jurisdiction of the Court, but out of the resch of her husband's
emtrol end authority, it would be extremely hard to make him
liable to this attachment

.....
Mr. PEPTS opposed the motion, on the ground that the wife bul
Isxn collusively sent out of the kingdom, purposely to avoid the
delivering up of the instruments in question. He had an nib -
davit, in which it was stated, that she we; living with her hut-
band up to the month of December last ; that an appearance had
been entered for her in this suit, and that she had actually ap-
peared, and bad been examined before the Commissioners on this.
subject.
The VICEXHANCELLOI—The words of your affidavit, Mr.
Rose, are, that she left the kingdom without her husband's know-
ledge or consent ;" but he does not go on to say that it was" against
his will :" or that he has used his authority in order to induce her
to come back. It is not pretended they were separated, and there-
fore I think there is great reason to believe there is collusion. 1
cannot therefore make the order upon this affidavit. You may
make any other affidavit ycu please but if the husbard expects
to be protected from the process of the Court, it is very obvious
what he mu►t say.

POLICE.

BOW-STREET.

Yesterday a shabbily-ireStiedyOtinii;nan was brought up by a
eonstable of St. Clement's, and put to the bar, charged with steal-
ing a silver chronometer, value 18 guineas, from the shop of Hr.
Hawkins, a pawnbroker in Drury-lane.
The prisoner, when asked his name in the usual way by Ma
clerk, said, " I should wish, if his Worship pleases, to withhold
my name, out of delicacy to my family ;" but after some time he
gave it as Henry Morgan.
The prisoner, in his defence, said the chronometer was put into
his hands by some man in a butcher's dress, as he was running
along.
The prisoner was fully committed for trial. He seemed, by the
wretched state of his apparel, to be in extreme distress.