The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-05-15 00:00:00

WAT.ERFO RD, MAY 7.

The Right Hon. Sr John Newport and his Lady
returned to t!:is city last evening, about eight o'clock.
As soon as thsir arrival in the packet was known. a
great 'somber of gentlemen, on horseback, and a
vast concourse of people on loot, went out to meet
them. They came in two car r.ages, accompanied
by time friends who had joined them by the way.
The crowd took the horses from the carriages about
o mit from town, and drew them to the house of
Sir John's fatl.er, on the Adelphi, where the worthy
traionet warmly expressed kis thanks for this new
proof of their attachment, and assured them, that
the best exations of his life should be devoted to the
interest of his fellow-citizens, and to the prommion
of the general prosperity of his native country.—
The joy•bells wete rung, and the vessels in the river
hoisted their colours, and fired several guns. We
cannot sufficiently describe the proofs of esteem and
gratitude, which were testified by every description
of people. MI were emulous in expressing their
high sense of the private virtues, public integrity,
and eminent talents of their Representative. 'These
were not the transient effusions of the moment ;
but a solid and Listing tribute to those constitutional
priticipl's which have already been brougf t to the
test, and which remain unshaken and firm. It was
a scene equally honourable to the discernment of
nor fOlow.citizens, and to the reputation of the in-
dividual. In the same packet arrived Messrs. Ca-
rew and Coklough, of' Wexford ; General Wal-
pole; Mr. Jephsoa, of Mallow ; and Mr. Power,
of Clashmore!

Eztvv.'t from a private letter, same data t

" When Sir Joh,' retired. a gentleman offered
money to the crowd, when there was a general cry
-.! tie money, wo money. Mars ao mob, we ere Sir
!ve7:7l,ilet friends !"—Sir John's canvass goes fa-
...m-361y on, and there is little doubt of his success;
hot the Church in danger" has hut him several
bleach. It is no unusual thing here, and in other
p..,t% of itched, for Kleiflors to be asked, will you
vote for the Pope or the King? The County of
Vieesiord will be hotly contested."

Ruh chance and fortune seem to combine to
SIAM!. the am of the present Lottery with uncom-
mon intere-t. *ro.itiorrosv morning commences the
List tFt, or week of this nr:st opulent Scheme, with
10.6001. to the first draw,/ Number : and most ez-
tra•adtnary to say, with every beating great Capi-
tal stil in the wheel

Twenty-one Capital Prizes, from 10,0001. to
5001. Are yet in the Wheel, besides the Prizes of
1001. and 501.. with the full proportion of 2JI.
Prizes, And uo Advance in Cie price of Tickets and
Shares. The twit day nt drawing will be Saturday,
when the First•dtao zi Ticket will receive 10,0001.
TLe Luny Kill fiuis'a met week.

LAW IN'TELI IGENCE.

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COURT OF KINGS WEvractusrel, MA/ =4.

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Sitting; at Nisi Prato, 6thre Lord Chi,' Juiti,e
FALstisoliovon.

AtiOrrory, V, BLAKE.
This was an aCtion of slander. It appeared that
the Plaintiff was an Attorney of this Court, residing
at Newpntt, in the Isle of Wight, where he follow-
ed his profession with credit and respettability, har-
ing previously setwed his Clerkship in the respelta-
hie Offi-e of Messrs. Warton and Co. in the Tem-
ple. He was employed by a Mr. Philip George
Dodd, in his professional capacity, reepeeting a dis-
pute between him and a tenant of the Defendant,
about a mill-course, and having met upon the sub-
jeet, Mr. Dodd told. him he could no longer employ
him, as the Defendant, Mr. James Ruffin Blake had
told him that he was incompetent, the winals charg-
ed in the declaration being, tt Why do you go to
such a petty-fogging fellow as that ?" (meaning the
Plaintiff) ; et Why don't you go employ some re-
speCtable man, who knows his business; as to him he
knows nothing about business r. The Learned
Counsel for the Plaintiff here observed, that there
was a case in the tooks, where an Attorney of the
Court obtained a verdia against a person who
called him a daffy-down-dilly, the Court conceiving
that this epithet meant to convey something inju-
rious to the Plaintiff's eh-trader, hut the phrase of
p nty-fogger did not require any translation. being
already well known to the world in general. In
consequence of the,e observations brfhe Desndant,
Mr. Dodd entirely withdrew his business from the
management of the Plaintiff, to his considerable loss
and injury, and this action was brought to recover
compensation.
The ATTORNLY-GINTR•L. on the part of the
Defendant, (when the Plaintiff had proved IA
observed, that no man respelled the character of an
Attorney more than he did, but the fait in this c:t:e
was, that Mr. Dodd was the real Plaintiff, and not
Mr-Griffiths- Dodd had had a dispute witha miller, a
tenant of the Defendant, about cutting down a mill-
bank, which was a great loss to the poor miller, aiid
Mr. Blake wanted Mr. Dodd to give up a lease he had
of these premises over the miller, in order to pre-
vent further disputes or disagreements, but this he
refused to do, and in revenge determined to throw
Mr. Blake upon the Attorney, by imputing these
expressions to him. If, he continued, any one of the
Gentlemen of the Jury, who resided in the City of
London, and whose mercantile transactions ware
solely confined to the metropolis, had been aspersed
and calumniated, it would be thought a most ridi-
culous thing were he to publish a vindicatinii of his
charafter in Yorkshire, in order to clear himszlf
from such imputations in the eyes of the people of
York. So it was in the present case, for the Plaintiff,
wholly unknown in this city, had brought his adios
here, when be should have tried it in Hampshire,
where he end all the other parties were known, and
to which place the whole of his professional pro Rice
wesconfined. The fall, however, was, mat the veers
was originally laid in Hampshite, and the Plaintiff
discontinued that aftien, and commenced pre-
sent one in Middlesex. Under all the circuimtences,
he trusted the Jury would be satisfied it was not a
case which called fur more than nominal damages.
Lord EL I. Le.I3(..KOUGH observed, that the words
being attionable, and proved to have beet spoken
by the Defendant ; the question war. whether, in
consequerice of these words so spoken, Dedi did
withdraw his business trom;the Plaintiff.wno tocreby
sustained a sa.:cific loss? But if the Jut y believed
that Dodd, bsing irritated against Blake, did thus
pot him in the has d. of his Attorney, and that lie
had sustained no to ; by this conversati m, then they
would negative the special damages, and give such
as they thouAht him entitled to.
The Jury found a Verdi ft for the Plaintiff, One
Shilling damages.

We have authority to state, that these were the
words uttered by Mr. ELLIOTT. at the close of tine
poll, on Tuesday, alluding to what had fallen from
Mr. SHERIDAN. He said " For my part, 1 declare,
that the day of political chivalry is not Over ; and
I here solemnly protest, that I absolve every West.
minster voter, who has premised me, from that pro-
mise, provided he will vote for Mr. SHERIDAN."
Ten Thousand Pounds for the First•drawn
Ticket To-morrow Morning. Ten Thousand h.unds
for the First-drawn Ticket on Tuesday Morning.—
Ten Thousand Pounds, Five Thousand Pounds, for
every succeeding day, besides six of One Thousand,
and seven of Five Hundred. The Drawing will
finally close on Saturday se'nnight. Tickets and
Shares are selling, warranted undrawn, by Hoarissir
and Co. 26, Cornhill, 52, Charing-cross, and St.
Margaret's-hill, Borough.
Tne Ticket, No. 14,317. drawn on Tuesday last
a prize of 5001. was sold ia sixteen Sixteenths, by J.
BRANSCOM a and Co. at their Lucky Lottery Offices,
No. 11, Holborn, No. 37, Cornhill, and No. 3.8.
Haymarket ; likewise No. 24,505, the first and only
20,0301. ever shared, drawn on Thursday the 23d
of April, was sold in One Half, One Quarter, One
Eighth, and l'svo Sixteenths ; where Tickets and
Shares are now selling, warranted undrawn the 4tb
day ; and sth day of drawing will be to-morrow,
when the First Drawn Ticket is entitled to le,oool.
A LAUNCR.—One of the most complete little
things will be launched this day, that has been
turned oil' the stocks for many years. intended far
Noblemen. Gentlemen, and the public at large, en-
tirely for their use and pleasure ; the name to he
given her is Etendio ; there are .many more from
the s.rne. stock. May be viewed, and on sale at
Pim tsv..ion's Dock-Yard, No. 16, Gracechurch.
meet, London; she is built in the form of a Razor-
Stroo, a new experiment to give a razor a sharp,
keen edge, to shave with pleasure, price 21. 12s. 61
to 51..5.. lagenuity has been at work to meet the
pn'ilic eye ; to conceive the nature of their use is to
see them. Noblemen, Gentlemen, kc. that will
honour Mr. P•ccwoo o with a call at the above
Dock-Yard, the only place of sale, to view the ar-
tizle, will be eiteemed a favour. Alba, on sale, a
large assortment of his celebrated Razor-strops Is,
rernave .notches .from Razors, Penknives, &c. pa-
tronized by a generous public upwards of twelve
years, price ss. tid, ss. and !Os. 6d. each, wish
composition, per box 2s. 6d. to repair them, St:.
Sold by the above Mr. PA C awooo, and by his agents
in different parts of Larupe.