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London, England, 1822-10-26 00:00:00

ttlE ARMY.

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One squadron of the 3d light dragoon►, together with the
►rad.quar►en of the regiment, arrived at Chichester bar-
racks from Brighton, on Wedoesday last, the 231 instant
gad another winadron of the sante corp. arrived at the sante
destination on Thursday, preparatory to the inspection at
the regiment this day.

It islunderstood that detachments of the 3d light dragoons
will march from Cbtchestir barrens on Monday neat, the
28th instant, in order to resume the stations which they fu►.
merle occupied on the mist of Susses, for the suppression of
ansuggllog.

Major-Grneral lard Edward Somerset, Y C.B. iospeeted
the Royal rrgameet of dragoons at Canterbury, on Thurs.
day.

VERONA.

Verna*, city of Italy, sod capita/ of the Veronese. the
see of a llishop• and situated on the Adige. It is (untied
is the •iscient meaner. sod defended by three easties,two of
which, Namely, St. Felts and St. Pietro, stand on a bill ; and
the third, called II Castello Vecchio, soda kind of citadel,
lies in a Idaho along the river Adige. which rays through the
city. aid over which are four stone bridges, whereof the
111•111, the last mrationed castle. is 349 feet long. The
city makes a better appearance by its delightful outlets than
within, most of the streets being narrow, crooked, and dirty,
and the hooves bat mean. The number of its iababitants
is sow computed to ansouot to near 60,000, hut formerly was
much g'eater. The best street is that called the Coes.'
witch is pretty long. The cathedral is as old bonding.
(tar of the finest chin-ekes is that of St. Georgie., belonging to
the Reardirtiaes. The palace is which the society, or aca-
demy of Philharmonics assemble, as all the Society of the
Philo'', in order to the revival and improvement of martial
exercises, is remarkable, particularly on account of the great
collection of all the sodent inscriptivea and monuments is
the Heirorian. Panic, Egyptiao, Greek, aid Latin lam
pages. either founder brought here for a great many years
past. The largest square is the city is the Pings tfArnsi, is
whith is a marble statue, repmentiog the city of Venice.
la the Palszvi della Regiooe, or the Guildhall, are the
*tutees of Sire illustrious natives of Verona, inanely. Cattail-
Ins, /Entities Marc.., Cornelius Nepos, the elder rliny, and
Vitruiviap; bat the most weldable piece of aatiquity here is
the celebrated Roman aelphilheatre, which so far exceeds all
' others, the steps, or seats, on which the people sat, being
still 'wire; though, in reality, bat little of it appears an•
cieat. having been carefully repaired, from time to time, at
the city's expense. The learned Coast Maffei computed
that it held 99,184 spectators; the outward wall and the
upper story are wasting. Near this city is a delightful
place. called Campus Martina, at present used for the au-
Dial fair; it is conatrucled is a quadrangular form, with
fort gales, and in the centre. along the stands and booths,
which are placed in a direct line, one may see all the four
! gates. The trade of this city is sot improved as it might
1 be, by supplying other countries with the medicinal plants
1 growing or Monte Benxi, olives, oil, wine, and very good
' sewing silk, and woollen atoffs. Tit; Sealigeri were
lords of this city for 170 years; sad sae of them, fur his
' treater security, and to keep the city in awe, hnilt the Cris-
tell° Vecchio. and the large stone bridge. l• 1387 Gaieties()
Maria, Gest Duke of Milan, drove out the Scaligeri, and
usurped the sovereignly of this city; bat, In the year 1409,
the Veseliass became masters of it: sixty miles W. Venice,
' sad eighteen N.N.E. Mantua. Long. U. 34. E. Perm. Lat.
45.94. N.

PUGILISM.
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO THE SPORTING

WORLD.

COMPLETE EXPOSURE AND DETECTION OP THE
CROSS, IN THE BATTLE BETWEEN WARD AND
ABBOT, AT HOLESEY HURST, ON TUESDAY.
A most nonaereus sod respectable meeting of Sporting
characters took place at the Ose Toth, in lerwsysbstreet, na
Wedoesday evening last. to isirestigate the suspicious cir-
cumstances reepectina the termination of the above prize-
fight. Ward, his barker, Tom Belcher, Estes, Cribb, Bores,
ken were present. Estes (the second to Ward) mated, w that
towards the conclusion of the battle be wished Alas to go fit
and wig it ; but was greatly surprised to hear Ward say he
had his o►ders, and must not win the battle." Ward ap-
peared genii ly agitated, and denied it; however, being left
to himself for two or three minutes, sod called slum by the
Chairman to tell the troth, he bend into tear; hung down
his head, sad admitted "it was a own." The Chairman, by
the desire of the company, the. asked him who was the per-
ilig that wished him to sill the battle? Ward said Mr.
►is hacker; and that his backer had promised him 1001. if be
lost the light.
M►. --, is reply, deaied it, and produced a certificate
gigged by Wa►d, that be had done the best to win the battle;
that Ward west with him in a hackney coach before a Jos.
lice of the Peace is Hattun-gsrdes, but the Magistrate re-
fused to let him swear to such document.
Ward again shed tears, stating, that as he lay i■ bed in
the mowing, at the house of ►is barker, the latter person
came up to him is a great Burry, and said, " Ward, if you
do mot stick to It aow--nay, swear to it, that you have lost
the battle fairly, we ■hall not get the money ;^ sod his
barker also told him to complain of his back, and to walk
lame, if any gentleman should see hiss ; he did so accord-
ingly, as he thought he must do every thin his backs, told
hear.
Two gentlemen, Mr. F and Captain P., stated to the
merits!, that they had asked Ward in the morning, at the
house of his backer, if it was a fair fight! He 'towered
yes ; and that be had done his bat to win the 'rattle. It
was she observed, that Ward had sturrial times, in the
cowrie of the evening, wished to leave the room, in order
to avoid the investigation.
The barker of Ward, declared he believed the
bottle to be a cross; but at the same time be pledged his
hononr--nay, he would take bin oath, that he was not privy
to such a circumstance. He had every thing to lose, and
nothing to gain by such an event. He was well known to
the sporting world—his character was nnw In fore them; and
he defied wry person to prove that he had woe any consider.
able aim, no as to have induced him to art like such a foul
and a scoundrel. On the cowman/ be had backed Ward, sad
be trusted the battle money world not be giver op.
The gentleman who backed Abbot said he would not re-
ceive the mosey; but, nevertheless, be thought Abbot ought
to have something done for hiss, as it did not appear that
he had acted terosegly,—(Grest applause.)
Mr. T. Belcher said, that previously to the battle he had
1 heard that vnusething was wrong; aid be mentioned it to
—, Ward's backer, who immediately laid him the
odds oo Ward.
A letter was read from a well.kooon sporting gentleman,
decteriog that it was so Oagraut a cross that he would rot
receive epos it.
Before the question was put Ward was 'waif called, when
he persisted, or to use his own words, said, " it was • pro.
per fair cross." That be was lgoorant in the ways of the
world, out used to company, nor to drink wise. His hacker
had also eudeavonred to make him tipsy the sight before
fightiug, Raying, " Never mind, Ward, you have but little
nook to do tomorrow, therefore it is of iso consequence how
much you drink." As he hoped to gu to H hereafter,
whatever he had done wrong was according to the directions
of his backer, and rot his inclination. He bad told nothing
to-night but the truth, and he was without a shilling.
Mr. —, Ward's backer, again protested that he had no
knowledge of t►e cross.
It was suggested to the Chairman, on patting the question,
that no person ought to vote whir had any bets on the fight
bet the backer of Wald said that every 'portal( mao pre-
sent ought to give ►is vote.
It was carried unanimously, that the battle between Ward
and Abbot wee a eras*, the barber of Ward holding up his
hand that it was in his opiuiou a cross. Thus the matter
steads at pretest.
Tom Cribb, and several other persons present, 'hewed
their charitable and forgiving disposi lions, by putting down
money fur Ward; who, besides his dishonesty in t►e 6ebt,
went to Hatton-garde• police-office ou iVeductday, with the
Windrow of committing perjury

LAW 0-TALLICANCL

COURT OF RING'S BENCO, Wasymikettei
FRIDAY, OCTOBER TS.

Ikbire tb Loao CAM JUSTICE awd a Special /airy.

ItNG v. LODGE AND BITTLESTON.
The SOLICITOR-GaDERAL stated that this was a
proceeding by mire Adios, to try the validity of a
patent, granted in the year 1820 to the Defeodents,
who are tross-makers in the Strand, for a certain
improvement said to be made by them iu the
t►usses used by persons efiicted with hernia. The
improvement for whict: the letters patent were
granted was in the mode in which the springs were
triode to act, and this was certainly a very beneficial
invention but he should prove, by unquestionable
testimony, that, so far from being a new invention,
a patent for this identical form of truss was taken
out in the yea► 1811 r by Messrs. Salmon and Ody.
who were truss-makers of considerable eminence iu
Holborn. Having' established throe facts, he hid
no doubt the verdict of the Jury would be in favour
of the Crown.

The specifications ■nd drawings for the patent
granted to Salmon and Ody in 1811, and to the
Defendants in 18i0, were then put in evidence, and
the following witnesses examined:—
Thomas Fletcher know• the Defendants; they
keep a shnp for the sale of trusses; bought of them
on the 29th September the truss produced.
Thomas Bateman produced • truss, which he
had bought from the Defendants a few Jays ago.
Samuel Harris, a workman employed in milking
trusses, stated, that the truss produced is correct
by the drawing, No. 2, of Mr. Salmon's specifica-
tion. Witne.s first worked for Mr. Salmon in
1813 and 1814, ■nd made trusses of that descrip-
tion for Min, and has seen them exposed for sale in
Mr. Salmon'► window. Mr. Salmon is now dead.

Cross.exausined by Mr. Scalturri..—Mr. Ody
gave him • pattern to make the truss by ; it was
not made from a drawing. He could not tell from
the drawing now .hewn him, whether the pad was
on the concave or convex side of the truss. The
pad was on the convex side of the trusses which he
made 18 months ago. He had seen one truss of
that description previous to his going to Prat 4e
in 1815.
B. Donkin, examined by the Souct-roi-Getts-
It AL.—I am acquainted with patents. I have read
the specifications of Salmon and the Defendants, and
have compared that part which relates to the spring..
They are similar : looking at the drawing and read•
ing the specification, I should have no doubt that
the pad was placed on the convex side of the truss.
The object of the spring would be defeated if the
pod were on the other side.
Thou. Gill hail examined the specifications of the
Defendant and Mr. Salmon, and found them alike.
He prepared the Defendants specification from his
instructions.

J. Millington, engineer, corroborated the evi.
dence of the former witness as to the similarity of
the springs described in the specifications of the
Defendants and Mr. Salmon. and should, from the
drawings and description, have no doubt that the
pad was on the convex side.
Cross-examined by Mr. SCARLETT.—If the
drawings described the curvilinear line, he should
have some doubts whether the pad was on time con-
vex or concave side. The drawing represents the
pad on one side. and the buckle on the other.
Joseph Privy had examined the specification.
and the inventions were very similar; the action of
the spring is the chief merit of both, and its both
that action is alike. Looking at Salmon's drawing
and the specification, he should place the pad ou
the convex side.

Cron-examined by Mr. SCA RLETT.--Wilnesl
understands drawing. A curve projected on a plane
will, in drawing, appear like a strait line if the eye
is horizontally placed; and, to chew the curse, the
object is raised abo►e or depressed below the eye.
Francis Braithwaite, and John Williams, a truss-
maker, confirmed the preceding testimony.
Mr. Pool, clerk in the patent office, recollected
the Defendants applying for a patent, and he re-
commended them to look ■t other specifications
first.

Mr. Scatutre, fur the Defendants, complained
of the mode in which the question had been brought
before the Jury by • writ of mire facial, to recal
the Defendants' patent, instead of Messrs. Salmon
•nd Ody bringing an action fur the infringement of
their patent. He observed how remarkable it was,
that in • metropolis like this, where it wars corn.
puted that one-seventh of its labouring population
were afflicted with ruptures, yet no surgeon had
been called to speak to the utility of Messrs. Sal-
mon and Orly's invention ; no patient had been
examined that had received any benefit Irons it.
There was no instrument of surgery more generally
used, yet although there was. Rupture Society in
this town, to whom every thing of the kind was
litmillar, yet no surgeon or member of that Society
had been called. The invention claimed by the
Plaintiff was, unquestionably, a very beneficial
one, and had it been known since 1811, the truss
would doubtless have been universally used; yet
ro far from it, he should prove by the evidence of
the most eminent surgeons, that it was never seen
before the period of the Defendants' potent. He
should also call a workman who had made • truss
after the drawings and specification of Messrs.
Salmon and Ody, and it had the pad placed on the
concave side, and the questinn for the Jury to try
was this, was the pad of the Prosecutors' truss placed
on the convex side—aye or no? After the evidence
which he should lay before them, he trusted they
would feel satisfied in giving • verdict for the De-
fendants.

Joseph Csrpne, examined by Mr. l'ot.t.ocx.—
lam a surgeon, and have been 40 years. My at.
tension was first called to this truss about the year
1820; before thirt period I had never seen a truss
in which the springs so acted. I have seen o great
many of Salmon and Ody's trusses, bat never saw
any thing like this as coming from their shop. I
believe this truss is generally used ;tow, and fur the
cases to which it is applicable it is a beneficial
invention. I mentioned it to Mr. Blair, the sur.
geun of the Rupture Society.
Joshua Brookes, examined by Mr. ROTC/.—l
•m a surgeon, and • lecturer on anatomy ; 1 Mill
saw a trues similar to the Defendants till I mow
theirs, and I have since recommended it.

Wm. Wilt, surroo of the Rupture SealatY.
eitamiuea by Mr. ScsaLErr.-1 have beta sur-

aeon or the Society since its first instittition in
1804 ; I have seen a great number of trusses ; new
inventions are brought to us. and we had applitv-
lions from Salmon and Ody to recommend their
trusses, but no truss of this sort was ever presented
to me by Salmon and Ody. This truss was first
bronglit to my notice iu 1820, or beginning of
1821 ; I thought it very navel, and likely to be
usrful in certain cases.

Crosa-ettrmined by the SotictTon-GenEgst.
The self-adiusting truss was presented to the So-
ciety in 1810. by Salmon and Ode ; 1 ut first
approved of it, but afterwards altered my opinion.
Salmon and Orly have since kept aloof from me.
Charles Bell, surgeon.—This truss was only pre-
sented to my notice in 1830; if it had been in any
thing like common use, I should have seen it. and
I think it must hare come into common use *mate-
disiely it was known.
Mr. Wriglit, surgeon, and Robert Jones, sot.
'eon, of Chancery-lane, partner nitli the late Mr.
lloward, pee similar testimony to the preceding
witness.

Jolla Coombs, examined by Mr. ScARLETT.-1
have the tnisfortune to be raptured, and have worn
several truces of &tenon and oJy's, but nevrr
bad a truss from them that answered. Ahout 18
mouths ago I first wore a double truss of this con-
struction, which I got from Lodge and Bittleston,
and it has made a OM of ine.

Joseph Clements, a mechanical draftsman, eaten.
sively employed iu that line. examined by Mr.
Pot.t.ocx.—l have seen the opecifications, and in
the drawings of Mr. Salmon the pad appears on the
concave side. Tne black truss is an ex ,et repre-
sentation of the drawing in Mr. Salmon's specifics.
ton of fig. 8. (In this truss the pad was on the
concave side.) It (the drawing) appears very dale.
rent from this truss (one cri the Defendant's
trusses) ; looking at the drawing, he should have
made a trams like the black one. " The project,
ing like a horn," as described in Salmon's 'predi-
cation, gives no information, as horns project in all
manner of ways.
Alfred Ainger, a draftsman.--.ln his judgment
the drawing, fig. 8. only *hews that the object is
carved at the edges, but gives neither concave nor
convex side. Upon studying the drawings and ape-
cifications together, there appears no ambiguity,
but that the pad is on the concave side of the truss.
George Grseg, a tress-maker, examined by Mr.
POLLOCAC—Etas been in the trade 12 years, and
from the drawing, No. 8. and so much of the speci-
fication es he heard read, he should as a workman
have made the black truss. Before Lodge and
Bittleston's patent wag taken out he never saw the
covered truss with the pad on the convex side.
Peter Nicholson (author of the Mechanical Die-
lionary).--Ilan looked at the drawings, but not at
the specification. The drawings represent the pad
on the concave side. In none of the figures is the
pad represented on the convex side. The words of
the specification do not alter Ins opinion as to which
side the pad is placed.
Wm. Raines, a truss-maker, never saw a truss of
this description before Lodge and Bittlestun's
patent.
Samuel Raines, a truss-maker, has been employ.
ed to make a truss from the drawing. and specifics-
taws, and from them be made the black truss with
the pad on the concsve side.

Cross-ezarnined by the SuLtctroa•Gangitsr..—
I am in the employ of the Defendants, and was em►
ployed to make the truss in February last. I made
it from the drawings only.
Samuel Bittlreton went to Salmon and Ody's
shop in December last, and asked for as twiny ea-
miles of trusses as they could shew me, but they
did not produce sky like the Defendants.
The SOLICITOR-GENLIAL replied, offer which
The Loan CHIEF JusTtce summed op the evi-
dence.—The Jury found a verdict fur the Crown.