The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-12-19 00:00:00

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ide Mead se above, with the aJditius
" R. WILLIS.')

rm. the. ugusime person could bore 110.-
pouted ifist Hti'LIME? Welt. on the Glll, iu the
•Tti state dooc.roed 4 Doctor We !

At # lets Wet tam night sic nreeivrtl French
Papaw telhe 6th. ant Ditch pa the 9th inst. front
whiat IPS NOM wwte t4s follueing extracts:—

AmstraDAN, DIE. 6.

'This 'morning High:tors the Duke of Plar►n-
tia set out for the Hogue, where be will pars
short lima. a. 4 Wore W thiu city.

INAMOURCIP, Nov. 30.

The Alcoa; tin:ette front (..titriiti.s.p.o), of the
Olt% ins,. cosmos a deelar.itioo ftian Sweden
agigion gingisort, dried the leth.—We reed is it
Nest a for.usl de (.ration of war was to be know-
bud. sod that (warners were shoot to
ilea visors sod eequeetratian of all

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IbeIRIIQAM. Alec.'.
?HL glinFtg, UY [Ka iII:CIATAAY
OF sun,.

" Pll•cc lig tin jhu Wriiw ti J.:.
Emperor of two Froi,ch, King of

Italy. Protector of tie Coufirder.stion of the
Mediator of the Swiss Confederation, &v. rice.
" Ups° the Report of our Minister of the Inte-
rior, we have decreed and Is decree as follows :
a Att.'. Medieioal drags artually sow is Holland, of the
matures of Coloafal Produce, upon which .to per cent was
itupoond by ear Decree atlas mat to ditty last, shall not be
admitted iota Frasice,lst spat a reeespt bring produced fur
the payment of this duty.
a Art. 11. The toodicittal drop, hereafter denominated,
and likewiso now is lioilitod, alba pay, winos their eutry iul
the thopere, the dotage mission: from the Decrees of the stag
otAeguat, WWI milt &pleat let last, Of perm &oily Gerd
by the Tariff of the Preach Custom-houses :—Aloes, Amber-
, gris, Woe, Sandal-Wowd, hf agues i , Musk, Opium, It ho•
barb, km ire.

" Art. 111. All other species of drugs, except those com-
prised io the shove-meotioucd esempeimes, may he freely
iotmolisaid is France, but by the port of Antwerp only,
sod midst the furinably of a CUSIOIIII.III.II%t receipt, deliver-
ed by flea Officers of Cmstoau is 'Jollied; soil which shall
be held ae a sufficing discharge ou their snivel, by the
Costout.limese of Aotwerp.
" Our Minister of Fusaoces is charged with the execu•
lion of this Decree.

(Slimed) " NAPOLEON.
"By the Emperor,
(Biped) " H. B. Duke oIIiASSANO.
" The Duke of PLAISANC E."

We have received German Papers to the 14th
last. from which we have wade come extracts.

By the Lisbon Mail letters have been received
from Oporto to the end tit last month, They en-
able os to ascertai.i the force with which Lomax oc-
cupied Mower. It consisted or 'even regiments of
infantry, and two of cavalry. About the middle
of November a dreadful flood prevailed in the
Douro, the force of which was so great as to sweep
away tl.e bridge at Oporto from its moorings,
and carry several lighters over the bar. Fortunately
there was very little shipping in the river at the
time, or the damage world have been very consi-
derable. Upwards of twenty mills were carried
away at Valangs, together with a large quantity of
wheat, Indian corn, rye, and flour.

His !loyal Highness the Duke of CLARENCE
come to town yesterday. front Eusky.—llis Royal
Highness. the Earl of biota*. and several other
Noble Personages, dined is the evening with his
Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, et CarWWI

Lnrd Gatieett.t.t gave • grand dinner yesterday,
at CameVora linase. to Mr. Poonosnr, Mr.
Treatise, Mr. WHITORBAD, and several Meag-
her' of the Opposition.
The Duke of Ngragor.g gate a grand dinner
yesterday. at his house in St. James's-moire. to his
Royal Dilemmas the Duke of Sussex. Lord K N.
ININOIOII. General Murano. Mr. U. B. Dit.e,
Mr. Moms, Mr. SCUDADOAX. Mr. RICHARDSON.
Mr. Coss, Ike.

I.erd Lay soon &Mai left town vraterday. on a
visit to the Earl of Essex at Car.hiubaty.
The Tropdy of Niched was last Hight per-
funned at Caveat-Garden Theatre, and went off
with my. great east. In the revived Millad Farce
of 71e I'irgin Unines.Vd, whielo siteceedo-d the Play,
Mies FL Douro, as Lucy. '0,014441 d very spirited
pnitr.it of the lively thoughtless hoyden. Site was
extra:arty well received.

The Lady Arabella packet mailed from Malta on
the.ath November, and the Prestress Mary packet
on the 11th, both booed for England—neither of
them have arrived.

A fleet front Malta arrived at Gibraltar on the
21• t of Nnv. bound to England.
Yesterday a Coort of Directors was held at the
East India House. when C cptain Moatt.ne• was
sworn into the c.nnraand of the ship Cawbricfse,
consigned to Madeira, Msdrsoland Bengal.

We wish, says II Paper, of yesterday, that our
readers would make inquilir-s in their neighimur-
hoods. as to the present state of the Assessed arid
Parcehial Taxes. end of the steps ►ecently token
to augment the rates of those who may be con-
sidered as aisle to make up for the deficiencies
of those who are reduced to beggary ; our birs-
'nation on the subject is frightful. and merits the
most senoras attention of all who have hearts to feel
for the cemmanity, at the same time that they are
sensible of tke wants of Government.

On Monday last a sedans accident occurred at the
hone, or Mr. 111.00WIIILD. window-hlintl-maker,
in Tottenlamn.ceurt-mad. A pot which
Mr. 131mounato had placed on the fire to heat,
having accidentally caught the Home, Mr. !knots-
Mtn. in attenituing to take it out of •he room.
overturned the pit, when the lonising liynid com-
municated the flames to every thing within itr reach.
Mrs. fitutimrtet.c. being in the room with act 'amid
iit her arm,. threw herself out at the window into
the area to escape the komp., when her clothes un-
fortunetely catching the fastening of the 'viaduct,
she MI with her race egoists% the iron bars. and was
taken up my much hurt : the child fortunately
receiervl we material injury. Mr. Itt.onst rim nwa
very mach burnt. in his exertions to extinguish the
flames.

At Shrewsbury Pig Milt Sheep Fair, yesterday
se'sisiight„ fist pigs, of which there was a good supply,
sold at an average of GM. In consequetu e of a
heavy fall of snow on Monday, the number of
sheep for sale wee rather short ; prii es from 7J. to
Bd. per lb.
0./ Saturday morning. shout one o'clock, a fire
brake out at Mr. Hayden's, linen-draper. at Out-
tenharn. ft was fortunately discovered before mach
progress was made ; and by strenuous exertion
is as extinguished with bat inconsiderable dam age,
except to rhea good* and windows of Mr. Hayden.
who was absent at the time the accident occurred.
The smoke arising from the burning hisses., Ike.
completely filled tlaa apartments, and Mrs. Hayden.
%also skin 011,11 the *hop, awoke ender the most
drama& ilea of suloeatinn, and flew Goon her
mom. A famnrite dog, which wan uMal!y kft r•or
vie prot-vtion of the gods in time sholh perished.
No real CA.?.e hiss liven almigsed f Hie accident.
but, it is oilmen-NA it must have originated lay the
*Hutlrof .t f... Ale falFing utipercioveil en a piece of

IN rELz.mh:tvt:E.

COUTIT OF KING'S MINCH, CrILDICILLL, Ore is.

Siftings at Nisi Priti3hrfiire Lord Et.i.Liasuitouall
and et :Tecate! Jury.

PATENT FL tGEoirts.

BAmumaDl.C. C. U(11.11.

This was an action of damages brought by the
Plaintiff, the patentee of 1.3 improved flag, ulet,
agabirt the Drientlaut, also a musical instountent.
welter, for pirating his patent.
Mr. A rruatv v :EWER li. Stated, OA tlt s wit/
a case of all others th ot he dal not untler.tand ; it
war unfortmiste far him that he hail riot a ',tumor,
ear : not understanding tt himself, he had used
every endeavour to penuade his clictit to leave it to
arbitration, or that his. brief Should he handed over
to some Learned Counsel who was an adept in the
art of artiste. Ilis wrrr'in Vain : his
client was determined to have the °pluton of his
lordship and the Jury on the flute amid sharps.—
The Jury, in the Plaintiff's epiuten, had a anflicittit
knowledge of inis..‘e to decide, and he (.sir. Attor-
ney-General) would not. by any ,tatrtn.nt of hi.,
in a rase that he dot not unili-rstauil. preventtit-its
from se.ing their utusuvl Judgments. fie would
call the wounpes, awl he trollied tfat the Juiy
would have a better conception of time case than lie
had.

Mr. Abbott, o Cl.-rk of the Potent Rolls Office,
produced the pateut, whith woe reed by the proper
Officer.

Mr. PARKE requested that hiv Lordehip would
take nonce that it was mentioned is tint patent
dirt the Ran which nuittled the Plaintiff to the pa-
tent had never lwru before bowie. _ _

Mr. Michael Sharpe, first player on the flageolet
at the Opera House, and the first player on the
same instrument at the Lyce ttttt , passed the highest
encomiums on the improvements wade by the
Plaintiff. C sharp on the flageolet, before the
I'l ' 'lf's improvement. could not he used ; but
there was not a note, although brought to higher
perfection, that was not on the original, even to B
shove the line.

Lord ELIA,' wegorwa—" Tlii% ease might never
to have come he•r• ; the interest of both parties
wool(' knee required that it should nut. Y..u, Mr.
Attorney-Gette.ul,-sre lsbouriog to prove that those
notes were never known before they were nseti by
the patent fis..reolet, and your wit less tells you
that they were known, but tiot brought to the route
perfectmii. 1 recommend that it should Ire re-
fer►ed.^
Trio cause was accordingly referred.

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