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MR. .kCARLETT AND MR. ;WILLIS.

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In the coon of the trial of the cause, " Revenge v. Macintosh,"
at Guildhall, on Friday, Mr. Scarlett. as Counsel for the plaintiff,
observing upon the steps which he said the defendant had adopted
for the purpose of brirging the plaintiff to his terms " had tra-
velled about with a person he called a barrister, who, it would
seem, had delivered oral opinions as to the plaintiff's liability,
and the liability of the ( 'oloinbian lioveroment. Who the Learned
per•on might be that danced attendance on Mr. Macintosh, he w-$
unable to learn. Be could not suppose hint to be a barrister, fae
no man would deserve that name who could give such an opinion."
We understand that a gentleman of the Chancery Bar (Mr. Willis,
whose name was afterwards mentioned in the cause, and was rt.:
sent at the trial, taking these observ.dions as offensively applicable
to himself, immediately wrote a note to Mr. Searlett, demanding a
public apology, accompanied by an intimation, that if an apology
was not made, he Mound demand the satisfaction of • gentleman.
In Mr. Sowlett's reply upon tae defendant's ease, he iv reported to
have said (speiking of the opinion given by the Solicitor-General,
and a Mr. Willis, who he understood to belting to the Chancery
Bar), "Of that gentleman—of his conduct with respect to thi4
cause, he did intend to have said something ; but, fromsome.
thing that ha occurredthat slay, he would remain
mouth was closed." This we understand to have alluded to the
note above-mentioned. On Friday evening, we are informed, that
a gentleman of rank in the army, • friend of Mr. Willie, waited on
Mr. Scarlet, and demanded an apology, or the usual alternative
amongst gentlemen. Mr. &Mew, we are informed, expressed 11%
willingness then less he had hen previously disposed td do), Sti
make a proper concession, had Wm Mr. Willts's note, on the MOW;
ing of Friday, been accompanied by something like a threat, with&
deprived him of the Pont d'Or of which, from good taste, he wotild
have been disposed to avail himself, if he had unintentionally
wounded the feelings of *bother barrister, In the discharge of his
forensic duty. Be then expensed his disposition to matte eenees
talon if the threatening altideative of Mr. W illis s note was with.
seawn. It is reported that Mr. Willis's friend acknowledged that
the latter part of the nose would take away the grace of any cot-
cession which Mr. Scarlett's own . good feelings as a gentleman
would suggeet. On Saturday morning some communication took
place, with • view to an accommodation of the misunderstand-
log; and Mr. Willis hating consented to 'hitches' the warlike
passage of his note, 'lr. Scsrlett; at the close of thi that cause,,
which was tried on Saturday, took occasion to allude to the circum-
stance above-mentioned. What the Learned Gentletrain said was
in so inaudible a tone of voice as not to reach •• the general ear ;"
but we untlentioxl him to appeal to lb: Chief Justice, and to such
Gentlemen of the Jury as were present, whether chat he said
respecting Mr Willis could be understood to cast any reflections
upon that gentleman derogatory to the feelings and character of a
4entleanan. If he had been so understbod, whiling was farther
horn his intention.

The Chief Justice said he did not so understand wha: Mr. Scar.
lett lout said.—srveral of the tipecial Jurymen in the box staithesoed
ia the same observation.

Me. Willis, who WAS present, rent astbay apparently sitisfied,
and ob4cretil, that he hoped Mr. Scarlet: would he more guarded
in his expressions for the future; tor, although he wore • silk
gown, he ought notgown, to forget, that men who wore serge gowns hid
the feelings COMMON he hoped, to every man brought up in the
proftisiou of • gentleman.

MR. .SADLER'S BALLOON.

[From the 3fenrlarsicr GuaTyliars of Saturday.]

Yesterday, pursuant to the notice which had been given, Mr.
Sadler a.cend%l in his baltooo, from the yard of the old Woolien
Cloth Ilan, in Salford:.

For some time pant Mr. Sadler has been in this town, engaged
in making preparations for hie ascent. We believe his first inten-
tion was to inflate his balloon entirely with carburctud hydrogen
from the Salford coal gars-works; but a proposal having been made
by Robert Howarth Peel, Esq., ao officer of the dd dragoon guards,
now in the barracks here, or.d cousin, we believe, to Mr. Secretary
Peel, to ascend with him, various experiments were made, with the
view of ascertaining whether the balloon, when inflated with cubs:-
noted hydrogen, would be sufficiently buoyant to carry two persons.
In the nest instance, we belieie, it was found that the coal gas, both
from the Manchester and Salford gas-works, wan moth too ponder-
ous for the purpose, which, by the way, is pretty conclusive evidence
of its good quality. Some changes were, however, made in the mode
of preparing it, particularly by substituting common coal for the
Wigan cannel generally used for the purpose. It was then found to
be of considerably less specific gravity, but it was null considered too
heavy to support the weight of two persona. Mr. Sadler therefore de-
(ermines! to inflate the balloon partly with coal gas and partly with
hydrogen gas; and he proceeded to construct, in the eloili-hall
yard, an apparatus for procuring the latter, connisfing of two wooden
vats, eaeh six feet long, four fat broad, and six teet deep, for hold-
ing the iron and diluted sulphuric acid, and a third vat, of the
same dimensions, to be tillod with lone and water, to purify the
hydrogen fro. the sulphureous acid gas winch conies over with it.
and wnich, if-stuttered to pans into the halloo.), wuold be injurious
to the textunt of die silk of which it in composed. A four-inch
cast-iron pipe was also laid to convey the gas from the main pipes
in Chapel-street, into the yard where the ascent was to take pine:.
Preen the extreme Hoene:is of the weaather during the preeedir.g
part of the week, hopes were generally entertained that it would
be equally favourable yesterday ; but the morning wee ushered in
with a gloomy sky, and slight rain, which increased so much to-
wards nine o clock, that Mr. Sadler became apprehensive that he
should not be able to asci.oil , and, instead of commencing his
preparations for inflating toe balloon at nine o'clock; which way
necessary to enable him to ascend at half-pant two, as had been
snout sid he remained in a state of uncertainty until twelve
o'clock, when, the rain having teased, and the atmosphere be-
ginning to look a little more promismg, he determined to eon,-
tnence the operation of inflation. The balloon was therefore
brought out, and suspended from a cord stretched across the yard
from the tops of two lofty poles ; a quantity of iron turnings and
of diluted sulphuric acid were put into the wooden vats; the plug
was taken from the coal gas I ape, and the inflation commenced.
borne idea of the way in which the apparatus was arranged may
be collected from the following sketch :
Front the immense sire of the balloon, which. when filled,
contains 25,000 cubic feet, the process of inflation seemed to go on
slowly ; and as no public announcement had teen made that the
ascension wasof necessity delayed, the people, who had assesubisd
in immense crowds in the neighbouring streets, began to manifest
considentble impatience, and many who had posted themselves in
favourable situations in different parts of the town, for seeing the
balloon after it left the yard, concluded that Mr. Sadler had given
up his intention of ascending, and went home.
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'About half-past four o'cl;:lt,the balloon bring nearly filled, Mr.
Sadler began to prepare for attaching the car to it, by fastening the
strings of the netting to a strong hoop, and after securing the bal.
loon to the hoop by four large cords. lie then got into the car,
accompanied by Mr. Peel ; and two flags, a grappling iron, at d
rope, and a quantity of ballast, having been deposited therein, ti
balloon was partially released, ter the purpose of trying whether it
would ascend; but it was found to be too heavily loaded. A quan-
tity of ballast was then thrown out, and another a:minima was
made; but still the balloon would nut ascend. A third and fourth
experiment were equally unsuccessful and Mr. Sadler found, to
his great mortification, and no less to the di: 'foment of his ',-
tended companion, that the balloon was not su ienthy buoyant to
carry them both. Mr. Peel was thereihre compelled to reltnquis
llris seat in the car, which he did with the utmost reluctance. A
gentleman who accompanied Mr. Sadler from Liverpool, being ra.
ther lighter than Mr. Peel, took the scat which he had vacated, and
another ineffectual attempt was made to ascend. The balloon was
not sufficiently buoyant to carry two persons; the gentleman then.-
fore got out, leaving Mr. Sadler clone. The balloon was then re.
leased, at seven minutes and a half past five o'clock, and bounded
at once in the atr in the finest style imaginable, clearing all the
buildings without dith:uhy, and ascending with great swiftness.
As the wind was fresh, its progress through the ate was extremely
rapid, and in something less than two minutes and a half after it
lett the earth, it parsed into a cloud, end disappeared from the eyes
of the spectators. The wind, at the time, by the vane on the ha.
change, was about a point to the eastward of north. A few nal.
notes before the ascent, the weather, which till then had been fair,
though gloomy, changed for the worse, and the intrepid aeronaut
set out on his journey in a heavy shower of rain, which continued
to fall for some time. Notwithstanding this drawback, the ascent
was very imposing, and seemed to give great satisfaction to the as.
ambled multitudes who beheld it.
The balloon, when It went up, was estimated to contain about
2.2,tinti cubic feet of gas, of which about 16,0Ue feet were coal gas.
With regard its the remuneration which Mr. Sadler is likely to
receive. fur the trouble, expense[and risk which he has incurred cm
this occasion, we are afraid that it will not turn out to be very Jibe.
re. Front the louring and unpromising a?pearance of the sly,
many persons, particularly la, les, were deterred from attending,
and the sum received for tickets was far short of aluit we have no
doubt it would hare been, it the weather had been tine; it amounted
to about lahl. An attempt was made, some time before the bal-
loon ascended, to collect ninney front the persons atitembld in the
streets outside; but they were at that time generally impatient of
the delay which had takeu place, and a vtey trilling sum indeed
was obtained from theta.
THE DESCENT.

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Mr. Sadler arrived at the titer Ism, in this town, last night, a
little before eleven o'clock. It appears, from his btlitellif la, mat as
soon after the ascent of the balloon as he could melee an oosierve-
tion with regard to his coarse, he found that he was going in the
direction of l.iveepuul. TH., we conceive, must have been subs:,
quently to 41s disappearance from our eyes: the balkcin was then
moving about 2.'i degrees to the west of south, which is a very diffe-
rent direction from that of Liverpool. After he had proceeded, a,
he thought, about half-way to Liverpool, the Ludlam. Will rapidly
ascending, he entered another current of air, which carried Imo
with great velocity to the south-cast. lie was then, as he judged
from the distended state of the balloon, about two miles high .
but his barometer having been handed out of the car when it we
lightened, with the view of enabling it to carry Mr. Peel, at d note
having been returned, he was unable to determine his elevation
with accuracy. From the time of first entering the clouds he ass
constantly enveloped by then,, and was exposed to a continued
shower of snow, which completely drenched him with wet. Uncle;
'these circumstances, he thought it expedient t.. descend ',quickly
as possible. lie therefore opened the valve, and descended •1.11
great rapidity. When he came near the earth, which was cat
neighbourhood of Monk's-heath, near linutsford, he threw nut his
grappling-irony which caught on the stump of a tree, and he sac.
ceedtd in getting out of the balloon and securing it; but in doing
so he receive t a blow either front the 'grappling-iron or the tr.:,
',hill he afterwards discovered had Liflictida severe weund ou In?

Leek of the head. lie sea exactly thirty minutes in the air.
It happened most opportunely that at the time of his descent a
rhaive was passing along the road, at DO Feat distanre; and saute
persons who had obsened the balloon, directed the driver to the
=hem it w.., likely to descend. and Air. riadlet tented the
ready as mac as hi. bad secured his baUtran.

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RAtTOY v. RODDIVOTOX.

LAW INTELLIGENCF.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, SATCADAY, Aran. ft

Thin was a Special Jury cause agais.st the London Dock Com-
"any. to, recover the value of lOU rinks of tallow, which, it arts
contended. they had delivered isnpmperly. The tallows in question
nem it ispeeared, imported by Messes..hiked, on the Bth of Sep-
tembev. DIM, and by their order landed in the London Docks, on
Ilse 12th and 18th of September. They were subsequently trans-
limed by ortler of Messrs. Mitred to Airmen. Coley. This order
was to t arm and deliver, aril wax on the 18th of Septensber trans-
ferred to Alessme. Barton, the present plaintiffs. On the 38th of
leptember there was an order from Meows. Barton, which r4n is
these ternts : Please transfer, weigh, and &liter, 6.c. to Messrs.
Moberly and Bell, lOU casks of best yellow Peseraburgli
sallow," I.e. This 11,11 the fret sailer in which the word weigii
sats itundoceil ; and on the nth of September there was lodged at
die Docks the ender of Messrs. Moberly and 1111, " Pleme trans.
fit and deliver to Mesmeric Hawes and Cu." Messrs. Hawes after-
wards traasferreel she tallow, to other persons, who blade snboe-
queht transfers. l'ho billows, however, were not iu fart weighed,
rill Fehrtuay 18114. 'The clerk front the Docks stated, that MS
Messrs. Barton were the persons who gave the first order to weight,
the charge of we ghing would be made to than, previous to the
aglow out of the Docks. The tallow was sold by Messrs.
Eamon to Messrs. Mote sly and Cal,on the 28th of September, at
415. per bundral weight, prompt payment, fourteen days to be al.
lowid far delivery. On the 10.1 i of October, Mews. Moberly
and Eat gave Messrs. Barton a check on their bankers fur the
aiehount of thetallow, butt, tan its being presented, it was found to
Mae been, by mistase, dated the 12th of Iktolver. The check was
matected, and lamented next day, the 11th, but it was then fiend
that Messrs. fflobtrly and Bell had stopped part-milt no that day.
Ileums. Barton, upon this, gave notice to the London Duck Com-
pany no: to weigh and deliver the tallow to the ender of .Moberly
and Bell. This notice, however, was lost delivered till the I.7nis s'
October, and in the interim the Company, acting on the order of
Ilex* and Bell, had delivcrd the genus to 3lesests. llama. The
present action was now brought against the flock Company by the
plaintiffs, on the ground that the ...Wow, not having been weighed,
Si' delivery had been perfected to Messrs. Moberly and Bell, and
therefore the Ihsck Company ought not to have transferred the
sallow, or suffered it to pass upon the mirror these
The ATTORNEY-OEN EILAL called witnesses to praise these
tams.
Mr. Sea& LICTT, on die other hand, contended, that the Back 4
Company was in this case Bound to deliver, Sm....such as Moberly
and Bell hail porchased, in the same manner as Messrs. Barton
'bed done. The lamdon Dock Company having ascertained that
Moors. Hawes had abeulutelv paid_hir these pods, had no right
S ship is I ras.ills, but were bound to give them up.
3lr. Hawes examined, stated, that he bought of Moberly a-d
Hell on the 2feh of September, and gave them his acceptance for
the amount the nest do, previous to doing which he desired to
have the Dock transfer, which .Mr. Bell handed over to witness,
alto instantly gave his acceptance, as requested hy Mr. ; she
transfer was in the usual form. It'itneriv sol.l afterwards to Mr.
J oho Usher; witness laud the charges fur weighing, and the at-
patent and receipt of the Dock Company, containing a charge fur
'sander, MU afterwards deity.) to Mr. Baron, and must have been
a proof to hien that die traaan.v of the goods had been made.
The holm Cuter JUSTICE said, this was a question elf very
great importance to the exininicreial world. It was whether the
original possessor of goods which he sells to another, giving an or-
der fur delivery, Ate. and this second person sells to a third, and
receives payment fur the gtwels, but does not pay the first seller,
the first seller has a right to stop the goods la trairsilw, He MIA
decidedly of opinion the tint seller had no such right and lie
should so direct the Joey. He was anxious to allot *lse 'dlest
opportunity fer discus:es% this very important mercantile questiva,
did considered that tint best way of doing so would be foe the
plaintiVa Counsel to tender a bill of exceptions to his directions.
fire ihrTonser-G.:s enat. said he would pursue the course
recounien.led by his Lurdship—and a verdict was taken foe the
defealatt.