The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-05-29 00:00:00

ANNIVERSARY of the SOCIETY of ARTS.

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Yesterday bring the day, on which this excellent,
and highly useful Society, instituted in 1754, for the
encouragement of Arts, MannfaCtures, and Com-
merce, were to make their annual distributiod bf
premiums and honorary rewards; their spaciOas
and elegant house, in the Adelphi, became crowded
at an early hour; the concourse of beautiful worsen
of rank and fashion, who pressed for admission to
the great Room, was so unusually great, that by
half-past ten o'clock (full two hours before the
time of beginning business), not a seat was unoccu-
pied, except a seat appropriated for the Foreign
Ambassadors, and those for the Vice-Presideia, and
Chairmen of the several Committeesasf the Society,
and for the Candidates fur the Society's honours
and rewards, nearly the whole room was filled with
Ladies; the Gentlemen, with true gallantry. retiring
and occupying the passages, in order to make room
''for the fair; but even this accommodation penvt..l
insufficient to prevent a great number of Ladies
from gaining the admittance they so eagerly sought.
About twenty minutes past twelve o'clock, His
;Grace the Duke of NORFOLK, who is the President
of this Society, took the Chair; Lady SYARHOPE,
Lady Manage., the Hon. Miss Jet.; imps, and se-
veral other Ladies of distinttion ; the Earl of BRRA-
-1:0•L ft A li,Collat WOR OK/OW, the Russian.and Baron
Jacost, the Portuguese Ambassadors; J. C. Cut-
wee, M. P. I. H. BROWNE, M. P. with many other
Gentlemen of great respet.shility, the several Vice
Presidents and Chairmen, and the Candidates, hav-
ing previously taken their respedive seats near the
centre of the roam, and at the tables, which were
covered with the models and other illustrations Af
the many ingenious and useful inventions and dis-
coveries, which it was the business of the day pub-
licly to notice and reward.
We could not but notice, with satisfaCtion, the
great and unceasing interest which the company
took, during the long interval before the business
commenced, and how incessantly they were em-
ployed in contemplating those inimitable paintings
by Mr. BARRY, which ornament the Society's room,
of which the books that were circulated gave so full
and interesting an account.
(The pressure of matter °Mfrs us vs atef -r the particulars
of this interesting Meeting wail to-morrow.]

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Alderman COMBS will, this day, entertain the
Prince of Wect:s, and a numerous party► at din-
ner. at his brewhouse. The dinner is to consist of
beef steaks. The beverage will be the worthy Al-
thrman's best porter.
His MAJESTY has been pleased to establish a
Board of Health, to prepare an•.l digest rules and
regulations for the most speedy and effetual mode
of guarding against the introduaion and spreading
of infeition ; and for purifying any ship or house,
in ease any contagious disorder should unhappily
manifest itself in any part of the United Kingdom,
notwithstanding the precautions taken to guard
against the introdnaion thereof► and to communi-
cate the same to all Magistrates, medical persons,
and others, His MAJESTY'S subjeas, who may be
desirous, and may apply to be made acquainted
therewith...
The said Board hold their meetings at Somer-
set-place, and are composed of the following per-
sons, viz.
AndrewSß Swipe Hameln!,!tart. f",.rnutroller of His Ma-
jesty's Navy, President.
Sir Limas Papys, Bart. Pre,ident of the Royal College of
Physician►.
Dr. Reynolds. Sir Francis Milerr,, Rut. Dr. Hunter, and
Dr. Hcberden, Fellows of the said Noyal College.
Sir Alex.twler Munro, one of toe Commis.auncrs of III;
Majesty's Customs.
Dr. Harness, sentor.Member of the Board far the CA7C of
Sick sod Wounded Seamen.

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A Court c.: Aldermen was summoned to be held
yesterday at Guildhall, when only the Lo a u Nt A vna
and ten Aldermen attending, no Court could be
held, consequently no business could be transaaed.
'[he Aldermen who attended were—NE Nt:IIAIS,
LE MICIIVEILR, Sir B. WATSON, Sir R. C. GLYK,
Coves, Sir .1. EASIER. SHAW, Sir W. Levztro:r,
THOMAS SMITH, and LEA. His Lordship. Prev,'
to leaving Guildhall, nr44red the Peke of brand to
be continued the same as last viva.

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FOX v.CLULOW.

This was an anion brought to rezcver eae at? pnd
occupation of the Plaintit's horse.
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The Plaintiff, in this case, was a de,sler ip horses,
residing near tielidun, in the coulity of Middlesex,
and the Defuse! nit WAS an Attorney, living in
Chancery-lant,. and having a house also At KentU-
town.

On the part of the ll'faintiff, Mr. Lase ran. stated,
that, on the 19th of January last, the Plaintiff be-
ing at Eyleshury Faiv4urchas,al the horse, or ra-
ther poney, in question, from a person of the name
of Ifornidge, wan was then servant to Sit William
Young, Bart. fur 41. lee. A few days after. being
at Smithfield, with the poney. he was claimed by
the Defendant. as his property; the Plaintiff was
taken into custody, on suspicion of bring a horse-
stealer, and the Defendant kept possession of the
poney ever since.
Sir William Toung (who gave his testimony from
the Bench), and six of his servants. swore positively
to the poney, in whose pos.ession he had been for
four years ; and Hornidge, who had sold him by
direftion of his master, stated, that he also sold the
bridle, which he afterwards rpcognised with the De-
fendant ; all the witnesses shore to the particular
mark of the letter T, on the off hind fiaak ; and the
Defendant, when asked by some of dim], what
marks his horse had got ? replied, he had not any.
The case made out by the Defendant was, that he
had the poney in traestion for near five years, for
the use of his daughters, who were accustomed to
ride him about the neighbourhood of Kentish-town ;
and that, about the time the Plaintiff purchased
him, he had been stolen from the Defendant. and
being seen in the possession of the Plaintiff, at
Smithfield, was seized and taken from him.
A great number of Witnesses were called on be-
half of the Defendant, who swore to various marks
about him, but, only one swore positively as to the
mark of a T on his off hind-flank; some swore he
had a mark of a cut, which bad been sewed up. on
the eye-lid ; but, the farrier's book denominated it
the eye-brow. One of the Witnesses (Mr. Joyce,
a cow-keeper), in order to prove the identity, swore
that the poney, being accustomed to graze at dif-
ferent seasons with him, was brought to his yard
after he was taken from the Plaintiff, and, by way
of experiment, was let loose near his farm-yard, to
which place the ;surrey immediately dire red his
course, and proceeded to a shed, where he bad
been aceastorned to cat grains with the cows ; and,
on another occasion. his recognising n a:quaint-
ance with the Ddendant's mare was considered a
proof of hi; identity.
Lord ELLISNIMPO:1011, in summing np the evi-
dence to the Jury, observed, that much contradic-
tory testimony had been given its this case, but, on
thepart of the Plaintiff, it had been circumstantial ;
the possession of the poney was traced regularly for
some years back, never having been out of the pos.
session of Sir William Young, during the whole
of that time ; and all his servants unifetmly swore
to :Ale same mark. t whereas. on the paft of the De-
fendant, the horse had been out of his possession at
times, and the witnetszs varied exceedingly in their
evidence, as to the particular marks of the horse.
The July, without much deliberation, fouad a
verdift for the Plaintiff.