The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-03-29 00:00:00

LEICESTER 4SSIZES, MARC II

This day was tried before Mr. Baron GRAIL Am
and a Special Jury, a cause of great interest and
magnitude to the Potters and Merchants of Staf-
fordshire. This aFtion v. as brought by the King's
Mill Company of Flint-grinders in Leicestershire,
to recover a sum of 1251. of Messrs. Wedgwood
and Co. of Etruria, for ground flint sold to them,
and for which they refused payment, on the plea of
its being an adulterated article, and not merchant-
able. About the middle of the year 180;'. a
singular disease appeared upon the earthenware
of Etruria, and its surrounding works. The
symptoms were, that the plates and vases (in
the biscuit state', instead of their usual white-
ness, appeared of a dull red, and would not
take the glaring only on the edges ; and, when
finished, on being exposed to the air, nine out
of twelve chipped and tiew into pieces. These
effetts continued for some time, without any one
guessing at the cause; but, after a long course
of experiment, Mr. Wedgwood was of opinion be
could demonstrate the imperfeetion to rest in the
flinty matter purchased of the King's Mill Com-
pany. Previous to the commencing of this aftion,
the Company employed Mr. \Vaitman, and Dr.
Forester French, of Derby, both eminent chemists,
to analyse the siliceous matter in dispute ; and these
Gentlemen base in the result of their experiments
at the bar, accompanied with this observation,
that the lime contained in the King's Mill Flint
was too insignificant to account for the ap-
pearances on the diseased pottery." After Mr.
Wedgwood and his brother potters had illustrated
their experiments by numerous specimens of pottery
introduced into Court, Mr. Davy, Professor of Che-
mistry to the Royal Institute, was called in evidence, to
prove from his analysis of the King's Mill Flint,that it
contained proportions of sites, alumen, lime, and
iron, different from those discovered by Mr. Wait-
man and Dr. Forrester French. On a specimen of
the ehirt stone being produced in Court, with which
the flint had been round, the Professor attributed
the ill effeas occasioned by it, to its containing too
great a portion of lime. Front the number of
il-
lustratious, and detailed experiments, the trial had
nuw taken up nice hours, and there remained on
both sides, near an hundred flint grinders and potters
to give evidence, unexamined. A hasty vcrdkt was
called for, from the necessity of the Judge proceed-
ing on his circuit, and it was given fur the Plain-
tifn.

The impress continues very warm at several of
the sea-ports, bat no measure of that kind has yet
been adopted at Hull. Accounts from Whitby state
the arrival, on Wednesday evening, of a Regulating
Officer, for the inspress service at that port.
The nomination for the Salisbury Hunters'
r.:pstakes of Fire Guineas each, to be run at our
next .races, is closed. The following Gentlemen
named, as under :
Mr. Scropes ch. k. 1.i4 of f.ineolii, by Warwick.
Mr. t.t.,Q,ltake's ch g.
Mr. 'I . br. g. Snarler, by Critic, aged.
Luc.: Firilii—rolic's gr. g.. Twig, aged.
Ni Lim R. lhgut s eh. g. Gary Owen.
Mr. Bindlost's ch. g Blemish, by out of Maid
of

Lord Gf/VC3.11 c, m. Cruina, by Young Imperatur, 5 yrnrs

ft.
Mr. Bowes's h. Cow% 1,, t,v Fxtuuir., 3 Fear; old,
l'hitteen Sq::::-ritu•ri who d‘d uot Haute.

Asrcnort ur Etiiu.ve.—roe new manners and
rankles of the Cqitt of the Tl.4illerics knight to be
published. for the benent of those strangers who are
not aware that BON :OA lIIE has =mined the dig-
nity, as wellas.possesitil hiniseif of •the pAlacc, of a
King. iLt3les arc necesutti to Jceep ordur. In
Spain, the 4...4nrt Etigsgor ‘s!..o..4arricti to su,h lengths
as to make mar.tyrt. of, their if,#gr. Uric is an
.m-
-stance :--,11.is um. the ThLtrn, bun gpwlJ.,teopd,. as
Spaniaraikgeoessily, Are, ky. a S.:hirrinvi,Av.hertthe
are-maker of.tlieC,l,rt.baditiosilid scsscot-.a Ottn-
.tity of.woud, that the -1111:1444;h -wai. pr 1y StAto-
catral with heat, .bis. gross/toe. would Ito, suffer.liim
to -rise from the cliait;,4s4d.ibe
.doincgickeduld
. not.,prritont. to ewer _the apartmeat,4tesouse.it ins
if . against . the ertgorto. ' ~At,,lxagth . tbe.r
pis
, 4e."
POT.% r iippeared, and the hint stUl.srtd 'Arc to-
damp the fires ; but he erru.vi hi f, giigipg,*
that he was forbidden. to :-.7riorm sUsh .2:114`..t.,0P, ,
for which the I..)&te de s.s until, to beAst,Ded
upon, as it Was his. busine3s. The gotrkeivatgone
out; the ire burnt fierc,lr ;•.101, de LfiTreadured
it, rather than derogate from his .digipity. %But his
-blood vas heated t» such a degree, thititn •erjipeles
brute nue in Ifs head the next.Aoy,..which,:beinig
succeeded by a oialent• fever, corriett.him VI ;n:
14i21. and .iir the twent!.-fouith year cif. his age: