The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-12-14 00:00:00

SECOND DIVISION.

CITY OF IDIOM /ROI V. 11.!ILDISRII IN Flit Fl-
- ROYALTY.
The question at tune between the parties in this
ease wes, whether or at the Defenders, carrying ors
their motbasioos in the extended royalty, were
bound to enter with the city as burgesses ?
It was nosiatiriued by the Magisrratra of &ho-
bos.. oho Fermiers, that, by old statutes, sad by
the constitution and practice of Foal burghs, the
Magistrates c• told r ouipel Lall who carded o any
professionsor trades, to eater as burgesses that
they. weld men raise the duce of ratty when any
expasistralteration or improvements were made is
the hetet 'ohm. upon lotilAng the North Bridge,
an Act of Parbretit had beta passed, exteaduag
.the bbeelies oft City over the lead, mew occupied
by the New Town; arid certainly the city of Ifeiliu-
bash sever once iaterided to pert withers important
a banish of Oar ri..y's raven's', as that arleing from
the entries of veer tradesmen, and ferias whish it
was Chilly is tiuded to deft-y the experme of build-
iog the bridge. They colatwslerl. that the Art
th ex-
:Ltztl royalty bore them oat in their 'sestet
; is so far ao. by that Act, the Maguiratcs
sad 'Csa 'lre declared, to have and copy ttse
same rights, wiedeges,t Mid juriolietions, user the
grounds anarened.as they enjoyed and exercised over
the ancient royalty; and are emitted to levy the tante
mad% duties, cinemas. and oilier taxatious, within,
the summed groilude; and that, since the year
1767. when the Act vets passed, the :11.igistrates
bad blot is the practice of comiclturg oil who ex-
ercised say trade within the stew hums, to enter as
boriesses with the city.
Aeswered by the Defewlers--That the old sta-
tutes Asada a by the Magistrates, merely •p..
04 to thaw who tltercieed their respective trades
otthus the/amino/ royalty ; that the Act of Parlim
nerd extending the royalty of the City of Elio.
burgh, dot so under certain limitations and reserve.
Coos. decleriug it lawful to every perifou to exer-
rise oily trade or calling. within the le,,de buismex.
eii, in tbr warm meaner as formerly. The clause
in ibg Act ism follows—Jo And it shall and wry be
lawful to all mot every person. or persons to oxen:ler
any trade or salting within the limits of tiir lands
hereby annexed to, and comprehended within, the
still royalty. any thing in the present Act to the
contrary notwitizetandiaig." The building of the
North. bridge. it was couternled, had no eorirtee•
tioowith the present case; it was aboudaittly clear
thestspense of that building could nut he de-
freyt:d from this dues of entries of burgesses, but by
the fraptdattee. pons's went., imposts, roisil-userners.
kc.,lnt.,isxich Vie emended royalty ie
The simple lineation was. merely the right of the
airy to euutp.d tradesmen iii the sew extrude.' ,e)--
alty to cater as burgesses; arid. Wider the close to
the Act quoted, the Defenders concerned that they
hal • eight to exercise rheit pptfeesions without be,
lug 14114 to the right of jurisdletion ceo.claitited.
Tlir vertigo(' cause origi:sally before the Dean of
Citsild, who pealsibited and discharged the Di.
felltillf. (mos carrying on. or exercising any saer•
chiadise, so 'aim they were sot entered burgesses
of the rioy. Thsisesitence was afterwards affirmed
hr Lprd Utobertota. (tedium", cur the Bill.; but
the Coart,,m, adriaina a petition and answer., watt
a coodemendeoce mud mowers for the parties, al-
tered the judgment of the Lord Ordinary mid
Dermal Goad. aseailued the Defender. tram the
actiotte mat foetid tjte Magistrates of Ediuburgh
liable in code.
la this cam, a petition. praying las so alteration
.1 the **meat of the Court, hirsiseeu refused
witlitmt aameer.
414/I.OIIIITTRa Or BRINOVRON IP. CUMIN INGRAM is*
aromas.
This Action has deorioted before the Court for
endeavour to explain
41011 a cooper w pee.

Bible. The Defenders are not members of the In.
corpora lon of tioldsmiths,but keep extensive shops
within the city, where thee sadJ ever article in the
jewellery and silver hue. 'the ;Incorporation, colt.
:ruing that their right.; were encroached upon,
brought ao action against the Defenders, iu. w hick
they contended, Ist, That they had the excitunte
•iri;;ht of nosituldeiurinic a;1 gold end silver work
wino; the thy of Edinburgh and its liberties ;
That the 1.). fmcleta had no right to maistilacture
nor employ others, who were also utirretinets, to
maisisfacture gold end silver ware within the city ;
3d, The Defenders hail no right to take the name
and character of operative goldsmiths, or to stamp
the ware sold by thew with their iuitieja ; and,
lastly, That they had no right to purchase bullion.
and deliver the saute out to unfreetnett to. be menu.
factored, payiug for their gaols the prime cost of
of the materials, und only journeymen or servants'
wages to the victual LUMPY filet urrr.

Answered by the Defendeni-.-That they never
disputed.the exclusive right of the Incorporation to
manufacture gold and silver work within the city.
They, however, contended, that they were entitled
to employ trod/omen residing in the sobarba of
the city to fabricate their goods.—The Court, by •
dual judgment, had found them entitled to import
all articles of gold and Winer ware to sell in their
shops ; and certainly • tradesman residing in the
suburbs, confessedly without the rights of the In-
corporation, was as independent of them as any
tradesman in Birmingham or Sheffield. The peo-
ple employed by the Defenders were not their jour-
neymen or servants, but master workmen, and paid
as such. lf, then, these men were entitled to work
in the suburb,. the Defenders could not discover
upon what principle the Incorporation could pre-
vent them from employing them.. as well as trades-
men residing et a distance of 500 miles, The per-
sons so employed were, moreover, freemen as well
as enfreenseti, and were at liberty to work for any
who choose to employ them, amid were, in fact, often
employed by some of the Incorporation themselves,
The Court, in May 111108, found, that " the
Defenders conceit lawfully manufacture or share in
the profits of the manufacture of goods, which is
the privilege of the pursuers to 'mantises's,* or
sell; ' but before deciding farther, they allowed the
pursuers a proof of their allegation, that the de-
fenders shared in the manufacturers profits, and
that they paid only the prime cost of the materials,
and journeymen *or servants' wages to the Ulaall.
fa ct neer*.

No proof of these allegations having, however,
ben led by the Incorporation, the Court deter.
' mined the cause upon the previous procedure, and
sustained the defences, Hs.olizisig the defenders
from the whole roue:u.imitt of the action, with a
proportion of their expenses.
Their Lord hips were not unanimous is this
judgment. Some were of opinion, that the em-
ploying utifreetneo without the burgh, was an
'admen of she rights of the Incorporation. The
majority were, however, of a contrary opinion, and
that it was no evasion, bat as legal and lawtul as
purchasing from a (redeems, in Birmingham. It
might, inflect, he defeating the rights of the In-
corporation, but in such a way as it was impossible
for the Court III interfere. in 60 far as ad proper
line of distinction could be drawn. It was, how.
ever, otweived front the 15. n h. that it was much
to be mortised. the* the I 'curt uratiott tu4 fiat
thought proper to lead any proof of their allegatiows
ht this case, the result of which might have pro-
bably removed sassy of the difficulties felt by the
Court. As it was. tiny were 'bound to receive the
avermstat albs Defenders as the fact.

A petition, presented iu this 4e, praying their
Lordships to explain anti amend their last interlt,
caw, eras, ea du- Gth tro. retu....l without otts*ers.

The PortugUrse brwtisti:ie Henrietta arrived at
Bristol, from Madeira, en the VALI, ult. with the
remains o: the l'at.usa ACLA ND. Eq.
of Fairfi.l,l is Somerseishire. The bo leer
(instal toe interment in the family canit ut Sto-
e.,tvey on the 30th, and was attended the cullowiug
slay hum Bridgewater by his private frtends, sod
many officers of the Brilvewater Local Militia,
which the deeetised was Lieutenant-Camel. The
procession moved from the town, preceded by the
Staff of the regiment. the band playing the deud
march in Saul, the drums muffled. The pall wink
supported by Colo:iel Ausw, filajor
Captains Coast WGZON. NOLL, STAADLIN 0, and
CROSS; all anvous to prove, in the discharge of
this melancholy duty, their respect awl ie,:,,ard for
the membry of this excellent and lamented yuung
urns.

A few clays ago, as a diild belouging to Mr.
St.t.tuur, wl u keeps a ebouidler's shop in Drury.
lane, was ',mu; too near the fire, the Hernia coin.
to • :lied to its clothes, by whit h she w.. .0 dread.
rally burst that slue het datii.letously i!l, but hopes
Ire eiitert • dor her recovery.
Cunt s I.cuAuv.—Tthe following Lezary, be-
gneatlird to his Master, by the Nlarquis DE LA PAZ,
Prime :Miiiirter and favourite to a King of SPAIN,
about eighty yells ago. @recta to Have been utterly
raillected by the: Legatee and all his successors ;
and it w n net till the present time that the value of
the be hint was understood ani properly esti-
mated by the people of that country. to whom, in
am+ a crisis, we may hope it will answer the de-
acri;ition given of it by the testator..--The legity
is of a singular nature, and may be received as a cu.
rions anecdote fur anon is as follows :
" I lw,rokith to the Moe 4y Sloeter, dte. the Crime&
slop of the Goon of Greet Beitaiso.-einre vs psi,.. to re-
stive of ometisnoble price; for wEilet Spa'. ran
sumo it. she bath imothiat to fear trim all the Powers of the
roweive

That hones participate with their riders in the
plessaures of the theorise well-knew:l fact ; but ass
extraordinary instance of the lees which these ans.
mats have for sports and company was rhewn near
Lincoln last oath. The foa.lionods were passing
near Catieliy.hall. the mat of Crimes
Tefrt-
a .14 Eel. when two comb has..., made wild by the
ct y of the hosed*, escaped from the lawn. (over a
(care which wee thought suißriewt to have coedited
horses bred for more arrik uses,) and followed the
chore to a considerable distance. They gni as fir
from home that they were ant found on Wednes-
day, un which day (leer Jaya after their rocape)
bullion+ were circulated, deicribiug the frolic.
some srusawe3 a.

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