The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-11-01 00:00:00

TITY BUSIIVESS.

Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held al Gnifil.
' hall, which Was nanserounly attended.
Upon the motion of Mr. Oldham, the Court ordered the
Chambei kin to ',Awn alr. Alderman Thompson rive flue
which he had paid some yr.'ss part, to Ire encased serving the
afire of Sheriff, he having been re-elected on Midsummer.
day lasi, and since taken upon himself the office.
A short erinversasiou ensued betnees Messrs. 01.Ilism,
Joie;, and Yallowley, and some other Members, originatiwt
in an Meliiiry as to wbat measure the Bridgehouse Commit-
' tee wire pursuing, with respect to the plans sow before
theca for a seat London Bridge, but which terssisated with-
out any epecifiic motion.
Ilr. Southgate p led a petition, most numeraurey
signed by the inhabitants of the parish of St. Andrew, Hol.
bort., setting forth the grievance wider which they labouml,
by reation of the Rector esideavouriug to establish the tithes
at-the rate of 2s. 9J. is the purred, under the statute of the
37th Henry VIII. awl wider which supposed law the several
pui.bes in the City out destroyed by the fire were liable, and
praying the co-operation of the Corporation iu an applica-
tion to Parliament fur a refusal thereof.
Petitions were also presented from the inhabitants of the
perish of St. Botolph, Bishopagate, and St. Gregory by

Mr. Ilurcomhe then presentel a Report from the Special
Cinn•uittce appointed in relation to tithes in London, recem-
unending the Corportt.on to eu.operaie with the several pa-
.li.hes in an appllealiall to Parliament for • repine, of the
said aistote, mid which they conceind might be attersehtd
with clfect—which was agree" tu, and Abe relillima were
referted to a Committee.
The Lord Mayor laid before the Court a letter from Mr.
Aldeems,' Ileyieste, stating his listention to take Apes him-
self the office of Lord-Mayor, to which hr Wiser. elected.
A Petition was prevented from the Committee of the fi ns-
p tali the River Thyme, for the reeeptio• if seamen, fur
aid, winch being rem!, the Chvinberlain was directed to
• •efnieribe the sum of three hundred pounds, as the gift of
'the Court.

The Committee for General Purposes presentrd a Report
Tor making new drawing-rooms in the Mansion Howie in
:Liu of the present. and for providing sundry new ai tides of
furniinre for the Mlle, which was agreed to by a majority
of seven.

The Committee present:ll • Report relative to the union
of the %Yards of Cripplegate Out nod lis.Ordered to be
-printed, sad • copy a nt to each Member.
The Special Nteloly IV a 1 cli Coinenittre delivere.l in a
Report of their havinK arranend with the severAl Wards for
the SYst.:h Tax, and 311 order was agreed conformably thereto.

Ou Monday evening lost the magnificent and
venerable mansion of Hampton Court, iu this
• county, Was the scene of sprightly gaiety and
geuerons hospitality. A fancy bull, given by the
justly-esteemed and very worthy possessor, JOHN
ANKWRIGUIR. Esq. Muscled aunty of the distin-
guished and highly respectable families of this and
some at the adjoining counties. The antique gran-
deur of the once loyal building, its decorations,
-nod fine appearance, gave a character to the enter-
tainment which was forcibly and generally felt, but
which cannot easily be described. The peculiar
splendour sod-variety of the dresses, the beauty and
Affsbility of the fair visitants, the swimming and
alluring dance, the sumptuousness of the entertain-
ment, and the unremitting. attention, undeviating
politeness, sod friendly hospitality of the worthy
host, oil emplaned to mike impressions not eerily
to be effaced from the minds of those who witnessed
the gratifying scene.--( Hereford Journal.)

THE HOPI. DOUGLAS Kimastith.—We sire
• sorry to acquaint our leaders that the above gentle-
man met with a moat serious accident so Wednesday
In Hyde Park. Riding a restive horse, the animal
tan away with him, threw him with great violence,
broke his collar-bone, and most seriously injured

Saturday re'rmight two greyhounds. the property
of J. WoOD, E• 1. while very closely pursunig a
hare in the neighbourhood of Penarth Church,
Glainorganshire, we►e precipitated over the cliff, a
height of 230 feet, and, wonderful to ►elate, escaped
unhurt. The hare doubled at the edge of the cliff,
and the dogs being at full stretch, were unable to
recover themselves.

• In Georgia, a tract of country partly subject to
the Turks and partly to the Persians, a merchant
is less respected than a mechanic, and a mechanic
less than a husbandman ; but one of the molt re-
spectable employments in Georgia is that of a pith.
be executioner: the profession is deemed honourable,
and the professors all rich. if any man can trace
a hangman amongst Ida ancestors, lie is extremely
proud of it, and never fulls to mention it with ex-
ultation; at the same time observing, that nothing
is so noble as executive justice, and that the safety.
of the State depends upon the extermination of
criminals.

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LAW ISTELLIOENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCII, Gut cvnaLL,

Tatum>Ay, OcTome 31.

11".7

Before the Loau Cuter Justus awl Special Javier.

straveasois V. •rasa. •
'D.j+ was an netniu of sistimpsii upon a contract,
by wlech the Defeurtunt undertook to obtain for
the Plaintiff two Colombia bonds for 1,0001.
each. The facts of the case were shortly these
The D fendant was a broker in foreign securities; •
mi the bll► of February lest the Plaintiff, who is a
Geitileinao residing in Norfolk-street, applied to
.the Dereodoot to purchase for him two Culombie
bit,h4; winch, act t.rilsng to lbrs then wive of the
market, were at 671 per cent..; a written entengrg
we. drawn out for the sale of the two bonds at that
rare, with the usual brokerage and commission
charge., and the money to' be paid on the follow.
tug elay ; 111 the afternoon of that day news :strived
in town that the Corte+ of Spain bail recognised
the independence of the Colombian Republic;
lime Mot the effect of producing an immediate
rise in the Colombia bonds, and by the nest, dry
they were at a 0 per cent. lu the course of the af-
ter-noun the. Defendant mut a note to the Plaintiff,
informing-him that he should not he able to let
bins have more than one bond. To this the Plain-
tiff repl.ca, that it was very askwaid to receive
;such iutorantiliou, as, he liad.prevailed on a friend to
sell vet stock to raise the money. in order to en-
able Mtn (the Plaintiff) to make good the pu►.
•clunie. The Defendant wrote an answer to the
note, in which he congratulated theTPlaintiff on the
news. from Spain, which bad already hod the effect
of raising the price of .Colorsibs• hoods to 75 per
cent., and he had no doubt-they would be at per
cent. before the morning. Thel"laintlfr then rent
another letter to the Defendant, informing him
that. be should call in the :miming at two o'clock.'
pay the money, and receive the two bonds, accord-
ing to his contract. In the morning the Plaintiff
• accordingly went With his attbrney, and made a
tender to the Defendant of the purchase-more:l.,
and demanded the trio bonds; but the Defendant
• refored to take it, but offered to deltv-r one bond,
which the Plaintiff declined taking. The present
•actin, was brought for the difference between the va-
• Inc of the bond,. at the time of the contract and the
period at which the Defetident refused to fulfil it.
Mr. MARkTATT, for the Defeudant, did not at-
tempt to deny the facts, but contended that under
the Act 7th George R. c. S., which restrains stock-
jobbing, the Plaintiff• Could not sustain this action,
and that Columbia bonds must be considered- as
• coming within the general words of the statute as
public stock.
The Loan CIIIEPJcsnci was of opinion, Without
some-express authority could be cited to the c•on-
trary, that the statute should not be considered to
apply to fiveigti securities of this description. The
Jury therefore, under his Lonlsbili's directions,
found a verdict for the Plaintiff—damages 3-W."

SHARP V. WAY.
Tbig was an action on the ease against the De-
&infant, as owner of the brigantine Shepherd, to
recover a comperisatioo in damages fur the injure
'sustained by the Aitsey,'lrelouging to the Plaiutitf,
which bad been run foul of at its by the Weird-
ant's usenet.
The Nary, on 24 November last, at fog! o'clock,
in the morning, was on her voyage from Nrweastle
to Brighton, laden with coal., and hada foul wind.
It wap rather dark, big the crew of the Mary saw
auJ hailed the Defeudaut's vessel, which was going
to the northward with the wind large but uo notice
was taken, and the Shepherd ran right aboard of
the Mary, in the midships, Carryilig away a part
of her rigging, and leaving abirrit eight. feet
of her own jih-buoin, and the cap of her bowsprit
aboard the Mary. The Captain of the Mary
then hailed to know who they were, and they
replied the William, of Portsmouth, Stevenson,
master ; but the Captain of the Mary doubting
the truth of it, went on board the vessel, which tie
ateeitaii.ed to he the Shepherd. After the vessels
gut clear, the Plaintiff's vessel was obliged to go
tutu Newhaven to be repaired. The Shepherd pur-
sued her voyage, but afterwards fouotierml at sea,
and all on board perished.
The Captain sad crew of the Plaintiff's vessel
were examined, and proved the facts as stated.
Mr. GANELES, far the Defendant, endeavoured
to thew that the circumttances as now stated by the
Plaintiff's wituesses, differed from those set forth
' by them in their protest, and witnesses were culled
to prove the alleged discrepancies ; but the Jury,
without hearing the Plaintiff's; Counsel in reply,
found a verdict for the Plaintiff. Damages to be
settltd out of Court.

...—....
Some of the masts in the Ktao's dock-yard/ are
three fret in diameter„ arid 40 yards in length.
These long firs are such,eundoctors of sour.d, that
a watch placed against one end may be heard to
brat very distinctly by an ear applied to the other.
• The great fair of Mewport, county Tipperary, was
held on %Veil neschtv se'mught. The prices were deem.
ad better than at lialliossloe. Good liallocka fetched
8/. 7ik. 6d. The firllowing is the return ;—Bullocks
sold, 439; unsold, 79S—total, 1,237. Lord De-
st al. LET, Sir 13 swami N RLOOMFIELD,Sir ROBERT
WALLER, and seisms! of the most extrusive graziers
in the neighbouring counties attended.
SMOCIGLIN• INGENUITY.—OU Tuesday morn-
ing one of the officers of the coast blockade ob-
served four large pieces of rock, commritily called
Folkstone stone, much used in buildings. lyiug on
the beach, near the Stade, at Folkstone, and Irevirig
before observed pieces of • similar description.
which, howeiet, in a short time removed, be turned
one of these • pieces with difficulty over, and disco-
vered on the opposite side a bung-(tole sod cork,
wud which, on drawing, be fouud what was thought
to be a solid piece of atone, to be a vessel, answer-
ing the purpose of a hell ankee, and containing a
gallon and upwards of spirits of brandy ! This
most singular sod ingenious smuggling device cer-
• triply beats the one some time since adopted, of co-
vering the tubs with plaister of Pali., to resemble
white chalk fragmesuts, and has been effected in this
way ; the rock was sawn asunder and hollowed, so
es to leave a cavity, after which the bong-hole was
drilled, and the two 'halves cemented together.
Such a contrivance, in a better cause, would have
done credit to the projector, stud would prove that
if blowd moot be bad from a stone, brandy can.