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PARIS COURT OF ASSIZES, Av 0.17.

The Court was occupied to-day with a cue presenting throats
stances of horrid urocity, and which show to what dreadful excesses
men may be impelled by the love of vengeance, springing from is
most trifling causes. A man. named Legros, who was the auk
ferer, !elated the details as follows:_
The 12th of last November he was driving his cart, loaded with
wine, from Paris to Sevres ; it was almost night, and he had just
innonl the harrier. when he met two other carts, whi;hcompeilsia
him to turn aside to the edge of the road ; his cart was upset ; int-
mediuttly the two men ran upon him, struck Ittiti violently with
the handles of their whips, and broke the bones of his nose ; nut
content with beating him almost to sleuth, and bathing him in
blood, one of the men dragged him into the middle of the road,
placed him under the wheel of his cart, and then drove over bim,
crying out to his comrade, at the same time, let us go, he is now
done for !" Nevertheless, the wretched man contrived to crawl la
Sevres, and sought shelter at the inn bf Sieur Legris, who, seeing
his wretched plight, refusal to admit him, (cultic, no doubt, than
his guest might require more care than he could repay. Leptis
then lay for some time stretched on the road, until a gentkloani
,pasaing in his carriage took compassion ow him, prevailed on the
innkeeoer to take him in, and dressed his wounds. The next day
Legros was carried to the Hospice St. Antoine, where he remaineel
tour months, suffering the greatest torture. He identified Louis
Brous, the prisoner, who hail been some time in his employment,
as one of the men who attacked him.

This deposition, the venerable white locks of the wretched is.
ow, and his fractured limbs (which he moved with difficulty), ea-
cited the most lively emotion in Court.
BefitAx alleged an alibi, and, strange to say, completely suc-
ceeded in establialiing it.
. . _

The PRES' DEN T 71vell the recapitulation of the case with these
important words--" The charge is heavy, the circumstances shuck.
iog ; but the dclence must not lose its rights, and you, tic:Amia,
are the defenders of the accused.

Broux was acquitted.

DISTRESSED 11.4 XUFACTURERS.

On the Means of giving •'Psbhc Relief' to the Distressed
nefocturcro, " with safety,'" and the Grounds on which that
Measure is justified by Precedent. Addressed to the several
Committees appointed for the Iteli4 of the Distressed 31auttfac-
turers—By the Right Hon. Sir John Sinclair, Bart.
Gentlemen—Notwithstanding the great exertions which have
bete made to relieve the distresses of the marufacturing assets
and though a considerable period has now elapsed since these dis-
tresses commenced, yet there is still no immediate prospect of any
material improvement in their condition ; and as numbers of these
industrious individual, are anxious to be supported by their own
labour, instead of relying on private charity for eubsicence, it is
necessary to consoler, whether some means might not be devise.t,
I. To diminish, for the present, the misery arising from the exist-
ing calamity, by means of public aid; and, 2. To provide, in fue
ture, some new occupation fur those distressed manufacturers, •lio
cannot any longer be employed with advantage its that branch of
industry.
I. It is quite a mistake to suppose that there is no precedent of
public relief being afforded in such distressing circumstance,' ; for
it was given in the year 1703, when, owing to a deficient haters.,
there was not only a scarcity all over the kingdom, hut an actual
famine in several of the more northern districts of Scotland. Being
then 31 ember for the county of Caithness, it was a duty incumbent
upon me to take an active part in procuring public aid for my tan.
fortunate countrymen. The proc. sling. upon that occasion have
been detailed in a recent publication ;It and the result was, an
address from the House of Commons to the Crown, dated 6:h June,
1783.
" Beseeching his Majesty to give such directions as might teed
most effectually to avert the evil, to be apprehended ; and assuring
his Majesty, that the House would make good such expenses as
might be incurred in relieving the misery to which his 3lajesty's
unhappy subjects had been reduced I'."
The total sum expended on this occasion amounted only to
15,259/. as. ; but other grants of the same description were ate.-
wards made to the inhabitants of the Orkney and Shetland Islands ;
and the principle of granting public bounty, to districts afflicted
with unforeseen calamities, has thus been fully and explicitly re-
cognised.
It may be contended, that the granting of public relief cannot
be safely adopted on the present occasion ; for the calamity being
so extensive, it would occasion such demands on the Treasury as
could not possibly be complied with.
To obviate that difficulty, the following plan is, wi•h great de.
ference, suggested. Let it be laid down as a rule, •'That no suns
shall be advanced to any district unless where an equal sum has
been, or will be, raised by private subscription." This weal be a
suffiaient check on improper applications, and likewise would be a
great inducement to local charit.es, when every 'individual knew,
that though the public would not undertake the whole burden of
maintaining the distressed, yet, if he gave one guinea, he was at
the saute time securing another for the benefit of his starving
neighbours. Had this plan been adopted in the case of Dublin, it
would not have been necessary to have attempted a reduction of
the wages of the labourers to six-pence per day, and all the tu-
mults which now agitate that city would have been prevented.
A considerable sum might likewise he placed at the disposal of
the respectable Committee of the London Association',' who have
conducted the business intrusted to them with much discrirnina-
, I dun. ability, and success.
2. I hope, in this way, that our unemployed manufacturers may
be kept front any great extremity of distress, until Parliament ats-
semblee; and then, I trust, that it will be in my power to lay before
the public, an efficient plan for employing the destitute, in that
great source of useful industry, and of solid wealth, " the cultiva-
tion of the soil." It is now evident, since the great improvements
in machinery have in many cases superseded manual operations,
more especially in thebranch of weaving, that too large a propor-
tion of our population direct their attention to manufactures, and
that too small a proportion are employed in Relict It ire. Hence,
instead of throwing land, not distinguished for is fertility, out of
cultivation, the wiser policy would now be, to einploy our unoccu-
pied fellow.subjects, not only in rendering farm lands productive,
but in augmenting the produce of our cultivated soils, by means
of trenchitig. It' those manufacturers who are without a 'tall-
cieney of work, and in many ceses perfectly idle, were employed in
agriculture, or in carrying on a variety of userul public under.
takings, as embanking land, or making Jostle, canals, railway.,
harbours, &c., the condition of the remaining manufacturers would
be much improved. For, 1. They would not have so many rival
workmen in the same branches. 2. They would necessarily has.
a gees number of additional consumers to purchase their goods.
And 3. A greater quantity of food would be raised by the number
of additional lahourets employed in cultivation.
Under such a system, the condition of the country would soon
improve: and if, at the same time, those alterations in our eystent
of currency, which are so essential the the extension of coninkree,
and the prosperity of our manufactures and agriculture, were el.
fected, the nation would soon surmount all its difficulties. But it
cannot be too strongly inculcated, that,with a restricted circulation,
no branches of industry can prosper ; for it necessarily occasion*, I.
A deficiency of' capital to carry it on; 2. A scareity of money,
which checks& demand for goods in the home, that best of all mar-
kets ; and 3. A general want of credit and confidence, which pa-
ralyzes the whole community. Indeed, manufactures and commerce
cannot be carried on to any very great extent, unless circulation is
so abundant, that money can be obtained on moderate terms toe so
lung a period of time, that returns may be expected front distant
markets, to discharge the original expenses of the manufactures.
On the whole, the remedies I take the liberty of recommending
to the attention of Government, and of the public, are few and
simple—l. Let the public double the amount of all local subscrie-
dons which have been, or shall be, raised for the relief of those in-
dustrious persons who have been deprived of their usual nit arts tit
subsistence; 2. Let all those who cannot be usefully employed its
manufactures be transferred to agriculture; and, 3. Let the cur-
rency be pat on such a footing, that commercial men can, with. ut
the risk of bankruptcy, transmit their goods to distant markets,
without being under the necessity of demandieg immediate
payment.
Those who approve of the measures above pointed out. will,
trust, strongly press their adoption, while it is still possible that
they may be the means of averting much evil. At no period was
that sound maxim in politics and in medicine," veuienti occutite
motto," more necessary to be acted upon than at the present crisis.
JOHN SINCLAHL.
133, George-street, Edinburgh, Aug. VI, 18211.
• Analysis of the Statistical Account of Scotland, Part ii. App.
to Chap. 3, p. 38. No. 3.
t See Commons' Journals, vol. xxxix. p. 459.

A transaction which has taken place lately at Yarmouth,
attended with rather peculiar circumstances. is (tow the cnmmou
topic of conversation there. About a month since, a person who
keeps a lodging-house on the Downs received a letter, dated front
Portman-square, requesting her to reserve all her apartment, fur .%
lady, who intended to come down, and would take them for sic
months certain. Every preparation was m ttle, but the et:pen:el
visitor did not arrive at the time fixed. A few days afterward.
another letter was received, in which it was stated that the lady
would certainly come on the following Sunday, and the writer re-
gut sted that a fire should be lighted in every apartment, and every
preparation made to receive her. On the afternoon stated, a gib
which had been hired a few miles from town stopped at the diair,
and out jumped two ladies, the one calling herself the mistress, ::ad
the ether the housekeeper. It having been stated that the lady was
very rich, some surprise was excited at their shabby appearance. as
they were attired in a very homely way, and did not bring any Jug.
gage with them. The mistress, however, pretended that a lat/zt
quantity had been sent from London, and that it would attire by
one of the traders in the course of the week. The propriattess of th •
lodging.house, though a little suspicious, treAted the new-corners
with every politeness, but was somewhat astonished at their calling
fur wine immediately on their arrival, and two bottles were colt.
awned by theni. Things went on pretty smoothly for a slay or
two; mistress and maid waited upon several tradesmen, and gay°
extensive orders ; and coachmen, footmen, and servants of all
descriptions were engaged, but no money was forthcoming. A
week passed on in this way, and the landlady. becoming somewhat
anxions, ventured to give her lair lodger a hint, at which ,he pre.
tended to be very angry, saying she !old never barn sn grossly in..
stilted ; and in the aftermam, having hired a gig under pretext, oe
taking an airing, she decamped, leaving her maid and a number of
anxious creditors behind tier. She arrived, It appears, the *ante
everting at Norwich, and gave further orders to milliners and drew.
makers but information having been obtained of her prutreerlinga
at Yarmouth, she decamped rather abruptly. and It its said sent an
to London. It appears that she is actually related tr, a lady of
title. and it is said she is deranged.

LAW INTEI.I.IGEXCE.
COURT OF cnAiwlntl", Alt re, DAY. A efiusT 21.
HAIV3I.O.t AND OTHERS v. TEGG.
The 1•011 R CHANCELLOR CARl'venced ty observing, that be
had„. every inlunction case he could and, but bad not
MVO *We to distwov..r one in its nature and circumstances to
the quecion new before lr:o.. lo forma crises, he had met with ..e
difficulty. They lovrall ot ti;cat been CASS'S either of piracy with a
mere of 1:11e rue or eases in which the original matter
was curial, Ltd sn otteriv velsehtss in itself, as to create no On.
e4.li,‘n^n, l'• his n Vol ;n grit:nog an injuretion against the while.
The my rut case, lamPrzr, was a cliff:rent one. In the first plac t,
the ('ours were yet i•4l,lAncr of that most important and neces.
way fawn. :o ss,iot is tainting its derision, via. the extent to which
the piratic. rot. ft set-rn:6l, indeed. ea If the plaintiff* themselves
had nor re. as.. r.7..5.:101 thou prece.se limits. Ha was eafled upon to
my linw ranch he •Ivvil.l enjoin against, anti this he could not do
• till he knew haw notch war pirated. To deter.niae this, it would
ntressery ether to send deco the books to the Master for him to
r-jt how much of the deledant's work was mere copy front the
' ow
or else to send the (location before a Joey. In either
• ore It well fe necessary to dirt ce the defendant t w keep an account
. of p.-oti s. as under certain ettenn)stances he might have t pay them
over to the ploiatifTs. It might. indeed, he a question, Considering
the difference in the peem at tibia: the two works were telling,
wlwt ,er the transfer of the profits would be a full compensation for
the Ijory : and if it should eventually 'appear no: to be so, he
anoold tlinatt at, is Rue to determine what further anmont of damages
ought to be Todd by the defendant. Upon a consideration of all
the circumatances, tie should order the books to he taken before
the 3lesrer for him to ray how much win copy ; and he should alto
order an issue at common law, to ascertain the annum, of dantagoe;
' and, to prevent delay. he shnold expert the defendant to plead as
• early as possible. Ile should also onter the defendant to keep an
REECHO, of Mitt'. With respect to .lIC question as to how far the
plaintit . had a pteperty in the work before him, he wan of opinion
that they h made out a clear and satisfactory equitable right. and
he should, therefore. call on the defendant to admit the legal right
on the trial of theiswe.
Mr. hotelier:. for the plaintiff.. wished to know whether the
directitni to the Mauer, and the trial at common law, were to corn-
tomer at the same time lf
the Loan CHANCELLOR Paid eertsinly ; or, an the only refer-
ence to the Master was the determining the quantity of matter pi.
✓ated, the pl wintlffs might, if they pleased, undertake that task
themaelves,.and thug prevent any reference to the Master.
Mir. Loa/UNE said he would consult his clients on that point.
The fenticitor foe Mr. Tegg raid there were many articles in the
• plaintiffs' work which they had themselves copied iron: former an-
thrtritlea, and which had been again copied fro rt them by the de-
'frndant. His Lledeltip would not, he trusted, include these articles
in his order.
The I,oito CHANCELLOR said certainly not. His order would
have it...faience to the new matter only.

NE otrwrox.
This was a petition which hod been before the Master of the
Rolls. and dismissed. It now CAM/ before the I.OED Cites.
CBLLOR.
Mr. Rosa said that the petitioner was the residuary legatee
named in the will of John Burton, deceased, and that P. Atkin*,
who was the only surviving executor of that will, had been many
years absent from Englnod, and his place of residence was unknown.
That the debts of the testator. and all the legacies bequeathed by
him, had been fully paid and satisfied, and that there was now
•Taantling in the name cf the te.tator, in the books of the Bank of
England. several thonsand pounds in 'du Four per Cents., to which
'the petitioner claimed to be entitled as ands residuary legatee; and
the petitioner therefore prayed that hit Lordship would direct a'
transfer of the said funds, in pursuance of the power given to him
by the Statute of George 111. see. 7. whirl' empowered his Lord-
ship to appoint a new trustee, or decree a transfer in the event of
• the trustee in whom the property was vested having left the country,
or refusing, or becoming incapable, to act. It was true, that in this
cane Atkins, whit was absent, was not strictly speaking a trustee;
but he (Mr. Rose) submitted that by the equitable construction of
the Statute, the money would be considered tale vested in Lim
as
a trustee.
The Loon CHAECELLOR asked what was the decree of the
Master of the Ro!is ?
31r. Host said the facts had been referred to the Master, urn
whets report the 3laster of the Rolls woe of opinion that the facts
as established did not bring the 'minima within the meaning of
the Statute.
The Loan CHANCELLOR—But cannot you tell me what were
his lordship's ressors Or thinking so 7
Mr. ltosE —No, my Lord.
Tb- Loan CHANCELLOR—Then, if rim will hand me up the
Act of Parliament and your brief, I will in hire of the Master of
the Rolls what were the reasons that governed his decision.
His Lou DSIIIP rose at half-past twelve o'clock, and said he
would sit to.morrow morning at ten o'clock, and that if there was
nothing particular to do, oa Wednesday, he would sit at home.
Two or three Important MICA were appointed for Thursday, when
Mr. Hart and 31r. Heald would lain attendance.