The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-12-09 00:00:00

PORTSMOrTIf, Dec. 7.

Yesterday, at a cf.,arter infers two o'clock. a slight
short of an earthquake W 23 felt in this town, which, we
are informed, was ttemilly felt by many persons in 11.1y-
ling Wand, and by otitcrs near tha city of Chichester.
At about the same time a audilt n squall in this harbour
upset a boat belonging to Lis Alajt sty's flock-yard, when
Alr. Wm. Purdey, a eau!ker. in the King's service, of a
truly pious and irreproachahie character, was unfortu-
nately drowned, leaving a widow and four cliiitlren to
lament his untimely fate.
This morning arrived the smack Prinent, which bad
picked up, above mid-channel, between the lair of Wight
and Alderney, a pipe, a hogshead, and three quarter casks
of wine, the pipe marked 11 and C, the hogshead V Z 2,
and the three quarter casks F. The master of the Prin.
cept states, that so many things were floating in the
channel, that b.:: for the weather he might hare loaded
his vessel.

The Shipley transport, which went on shore at the
Sally Port, in the lat• gale, is just got off, and will come
into this harbour with the change el the tide.

SHIPPING I X7'ELLIGENCE.

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.

FALEMET/t. DEC. G. 2 P. M.—'3Everui TEPPek On!s7dC have
bore up for she harh..ttr, supposed to be the outward-bouhtt from
Ply, 1111 l 1:h a ..1 i'crts

1 I.VM9I7TiI, 1)r c. 06:Miring the sande of yeltznlaT it blew
strem; loon the eat t'll towards noon ; to-day it got round again
to the west. ova is row inq et ry bar ((nail that quarter: all
the outward hinted vessels put to sea yesterday. except the Corn.
It CrCw of Which vessel r.luked to proc,ed on the vnyagc.
Tbe Colonist is ex:weted to be got nilto-motrow or Wetbiesi ay.
Attempts louse been Made tr float of the Huth, but without effect.
The Pcreiral num remain till ne-t ; t xert ion. are made to
lighten her; her principal irittty appears to be in her keel and
querns streaks : her copper is but little injured, and her tipper
works appe.tr firm ; with proper means she may he sent MT next
spring tide.. Sonic valuable goods ate p:tishit4 here fns want of
iron et:tate ettentiem. The lotnisa, lbeirr. for Porto Rico, has
put back ; the Gram..? 111.. Pippiewell, tin Jamaica ; and the
Riisiol, Clynta, hero put in from the Downs.

Pon:r toVTH, 7.—Anired Iron:the Downs and remzin
the fidlortiog untward-bound, viz.—The Renewal, l:roniartie ;
John Fhadd, Rees ; Alexander, ; Albino, Shailforth ;
()Torn, I:ryart ; Lmerald, —; Gomel. 3,l•Piversun : and Irene,
Gray. The Shipity transport was got idE the bancii this morning.
Several of the outward.bound put back. among which are the fol.
lowing, viz —Ewretta, Volusit. DelaturJ, Asia, 31arlbimnigh,
Alfred, Elizabeth, Nt. Ann, Feerops. !tlerliii. Prince Itegrnts
Sinai Taylor. Westhrooke, Louisa, Whin,. and Adamant.
I.lv g Dac. the Glide, l'earee, from Wil-
mington ; and Transit, Ferguson, from I'ugwash ; and the
from radix, with damage, bound to Dubin.—Wind 11-.S.IV
blowing hard
ll•urt tett, Drc. 7.—Arrived the Mentor. Atkinson, from
s'hields for London, with assistance. hating (xenon shore upon the
It'hiting. The hunter, Brown, from St. i'mersboriih, is retitled,
and ready to sail.
DEAL, Dec. 7.—Arrired from the Direr and retrains the
Palmyra, Jamb, fur Bengal. Artist(' die :mrden, from
the irestwvd.

Ilene then is an object to fix arm—a positive evil ; a
portion of human misery which admits of no doubt; a
grievance which all must feel a desire to abolish. The pre-
sent season forces upon us the consideration of this griev-
ance, and the simple question is, can it be remedied ? Fires
are necessary, chimneys are necessary, chimney-sweepers
are necessary, but it is not necessary that chimneys should
be swept by little children. Every master chimney
sweeper keeps, for the choice of his customers, children
and machine,: • or rather machines an:mate and inani-
mate, with feelings and without. It remains only to be
understood, that the chimneys which can be swept by the
broom machine are not less than nineteen out of twenty ;
that is to say, sdl chimneys which have not sharp tureeines
and angles. Leok at any =elan house of six, eight, ten,
or twelve rooms, built in the ordinary way, with two or three
rooms on each floor. Every chimney in such a house can
be swept by' the broom treelike with the greatest ease.
Should no other improvement be trade in sweeping
chimneys by mechanical means (and there can be little
doubt that if the employment of y oene children were made
rare by a pro fen enceuregement of the other method,
further improve ments would he made), to have prevented
the sacrifice of' even three-fourths of the children usually
devoted to this shameful occupation, would he an tehieve-
ment to reflect :won with real p'e:sure. IVliat are the
obstacles which are to be encountered in the pursuit of this
object? The chief thing to be done is, to conquer our own
unwillingness to give sufficient attention to the business.
Having done this—having satistied eerselves that we ought
to employ the broom, and not the child's hoeiy—we have
to encounter the prejudice of servants. Are we to yield to
these in a point in which humanity is concerned, or are we In-Patients dischvg,..l 1•111
to command in cur own houses? This oppeeition con- Itentaimeg in the lleopital
quern], the meat formidable rennaine—the dislike of the I Yesterday a Court of Directon was held at the East la-
master eletnnev-sweepers to the use of the machine.* The dia House, when the following Captains were sworn into
cause of this elielike appeals to br nothing more than the the command of their respective ships. viz.--Captain
change which it make in their mode of business (a change Henry Cobb, Kent ; Captain Devid R. Newell, Scaleby
which humanity. and not interest, points out), and the Castle, fur Bengal and China • and Captain Edward Lam-
circunisuince of its throwing the labour nom the master or ben Adams, Kellte ('astir, Ito'intlay and China.
journeyman, instead of his having nothing to do bet to Essex ANSIZI.B.—The Judges arrived at Chelmsford
direct, scold, and chestier his boy. .1% soon as the increased at two o'clock on ionelay last. 31)(1 opened the Commis-
demand for the broom machine shall have made the master shin. The business of the Aseixes commenced on Tuesday.
sweepers and journeymen in the metropolis a little more The calendar has increased to 95 prisoners. It may not
expert at the use of it, their opposition will glee wry, par- be generally known, that for eettic time past no commitments
ticularly as in the end it will be found less expensive to have be en made out for the House of Correction, except-
them to keep broom machine s than boys. hug for vagrancy, for assaults, and for bastardy. Although
From the above statement, it appeers that every house- this circumstance may account, in some messure, for a
considerable ieflux of numbers, the increaae of crime is too
keeper has it in his power to abolish none portion of the 1
misery which exists in the world, a portion which visits l apparent to escape roger.
the most helpless and unoffending objects, and which is I Bt nct.tnx-0n Tut 'day night the premises of Mr.
gre:tely augmented by the rip:tits of the winter. 'l' he in- Hind, teaolealer and grocer, of No. 9, Aylesbury-street,
dividual who earnestly presses this sulk ect on the attention ! Clerkenwell, were burglarionsly entered, and 1501 be. of
black tea, 2011 A. of ereen, and one hundred weight of
of the public implores them to consider it es " a thing ,
apart," es a question involving nothing but she needless', raisinst, were taken off the premises. The burglars ffficted
suffering of infant did& en ; and the use of the machine ! their entrance by g• nine into the rear of the premises front
es a measure recommended neither by saints nor sinners i Aylesbury-court, and by means of a centre-bit getting in
exclusively, hut by till who have any portion of humanity. Orem+ a beck window. They left behind them a file,
The evil is emelt and certain, the remedy crenparatively, I end other implements for burglary. The property taken is
aye, and pesitivede, easy. l.ct the evil, iLerefore, be abo- t valued by Mr. Hind at nearly so/. Infortustion of the
belied without deley ; aced, among other improvements in
above was immediately communicated to Lee, one of the
our public streets, let us get rid of the odious sight of infant a officers of Ilattom.garden, who is actively engaged in en-
chimney-sweeeers. deavouring to detect the thieves.
• A circumstance which lately nceuerml to the writer of this
Address, shows exactly how the ',seeress of the mechine towanie ce °THEN. Si RING-Crli ACCIIII3KT IN Se rentx.—On
general adoption is impril:d, and how the impediment is to be Illettnestlay last, as %VIII. Nay, the gamekeeper of Sir
treated and removed. The wrher had taken a new house, and it I I:eorge Wombwell. of Stowlangtoft, in SUfiblk, was goine
alll his toured, a hawk passed over him, which he shot at and was thought renegue,. hetnre hi. family settled in it, to have
chimneys swept. Tile chin,n-re.sweemr was accordingly or- , killed ; and, going to pick it up, he carne in contact with
tiered at a certain hour to bring less machine to sweep six chimneys, :
the wire of a spring-gun, when part of its contents was
but the wrier. aware of therm-tit-ea of chininey..weepera end seer.
rants, sod deaermineti to carry his own point. *vended himself Et , lodged in his leg and ancle. A eurgeon was sent for, who
the appointed hour. Th., j..uniejni.in cameo with his broom ma. , extracted some of the shot, and hopes are entertained that
chine, and with him came al.* (just as the writer had eam•ctel) a lie will be able in a few weeks to resume his situation and
climbing boy, l'hey walked delil.erately damn to the kitchen, •
L' leis gun a^ain.—Esser Herald.
where the sweeping was to be begun. when the journeyman, I
ISt:aiming his head up the chimney, declared, in a most absolute I EICAI•C.-09 Tuesday evenine, as a woman named
nmnner, that no machine could sweep that chimney, and that t Jenkins was going up Maneliester-street, Manclieeter-
therefore the boy nom go up. Nov the house is a mooerr.beilt sentare she observed a horse and a gig coming at fall speed
house, the rooms two nod two from the ki•chens to the garrets. I r".
'roe writ,, aura the :genre. Terrified, and not being able to get fur-
and the chimneys areordirgly straight, or nearly so.
wits not, therefore, inclined to defer to the dictum of the journey. I they from the enraged anima, than a doorway, she knocked
man, especially as be I•ad had some experience in such memos, I with great violence, and it was almost immediately opened,
lie dee,' that the or.e'line might be tried. intimating that it ore trWelt was the cause of preserving her life, as the beast
man cotthl not sweep the chimney with it, another might be found rim med at that moment against the rails, which brolet
more competent, 81111 that trial soouid he made of a •care of tea- both the shafts, and dashed the vehicle to pieces, at the
thine.worker. rattier than a boy shonld he mainitt d to go op.
same time steennieg the al with the force of its fail:
The journeyman gave tip the point, and the wind i chimaera
were than...lt:lily swept. without any ditietilty, in less than an ht.ur. the rail was completely thriven ma of the enrh-stone, :and
the lamp-iron was bent over the footpath. We tinder:wend
the driver was totally uencepta;nted with the manngement
of a horse and tilltury, and it is evident that he must have
been ',teeing with the animal at the time it took fright.
'file poor fellow paid dearly for his temerity, its he was
thrown out with great viol, nee, and several of his rill
broken. Ile was conveyed to a rang-on's, in Doreete
street, who bled him, and hopes are enterteined of his re-

Burnt, Dec. 7—A cutter with apples. from Jasey for Lon-
Jon, has eased this port. having tour pipes of port on board ; she
fill in with a considerable quantity of pipes tlostatit to do: way-
ward of licaelly !lead yestere.sy morning. hut as it was blowing
hard, and she fully laden, she could only pick up four pie..
GRAVESEND. Dee. 7.—Atrivnl the lithe, I lath. brim Jersey;
Eliza, Heart, from Jersey ; Britannia, Boswell, from Lisbon;
Anna, ‘l'estnante, from Petersburg!, t ',incite, Bowden, from
Sweden I Mayflower, from Dunkirk; Jean, Rogers, from
Riga; and thz Sarah Mary, Sheader, (ram ilan,burgh. Sailed
the Ahherton. Perceral. fur 'tomboy Trois Freres. Reike, for
Rotterdam; Margaret, Dutlikie, for Seville; 31arshal Blucher,
'Dike, for Rotterdam.

SUNDERLAND, Dtc. —Thl Susannah, of this port, lately
behind the south pier at this pat, was gut of on the nth, much
damaged.

(JoEntc, I\ov.ll.—The Union, from Liverpool, is on shore
on the bland of Orleans, with loss of anchors. The Harlequin.
Ilan, Iron] bniultio, struck on fireen I sixnd on the 3d instant, Sited
with water, and it is hared will be wreckcd; part of the cargo is
expected to be sxvcd.
The Catherine, Thompion, bound to Chatham, was run on
shots near Bridlington, the 4th instant. being in • sinking state.
a: d would b.: wrecked & C21)(0 (coals) sseill.
The Mary snit %Ilea:Nth, ilrown, troin Mull to Sierra Leone,
lost on am Scrouby Sat,d.

IfIDDLESiX llt,3rlTAt, DECESIRLII7, 1824.-3furally
Return of Palitnts for Notcoler, from the Ist to the 30th
inclusive
In-Patients admitted by I.e:ter . - 99
Ditto ditto Accidents . 23
124
Out-ratients admitted by Lem! - • 164
Ditto ditto Accidents - 110

)ty risking lees than Five Pounds, you may, for some-
body must, get mor: than Twenty Thousand Pounds on the
Pith This Almith—the tbie • w 0112 impossible, yet it
literally true—look at new t=eheme, and you will
see the fact as cl..ar as the sun at teamt day.
rrATlON—limas' (were.—James Atkinson, per-
rimer. reapertfully informs the piddle, that owing to the weld
deniabil for the Below* Grease imported by him, there are moue.
rows articles veld for Benne Grease, cutely resembling hi, in the
outward appearance. These arc in innier at nothing but common
lard, marrow, &r. poc.nwsing none of the qualities of genuine
Hears' Grease. Has' Bears' Grease, when procured deem the
animal in its native elimate(in which state it is recommended tar all
writers on natural philosophy) is of a wy rich penetrating quality.
d [Kling from sit ocher animal and ve:;,tsble fah'. and the renting.
'ion it has long held for promoting the growth of hair, has been
bialy Komi in wiels toimeroas eases, as to place its peculier goa-
-1 titles beyond the question of a doubt ; and when pronerly putiti.d
and perfun:eil, it is a very pleaswnt and el' lot article for mire .sing
the hair, making it lifautifully soft and gin.se. The following is
a itmrintion of the manner in which A.Linson's Bears' Grease is
s.nit nub It is in pots• with the words.' Atkinaon's Bears' Illrease
for the Growth of flair" hunt on the top, and it is enclosed in a
wrapper, with hie signature; mice 2n. tkl.; donbl.!, 45.; per-
fumed with Ih.to of H.,st. 34. and ht. Sold Jones A ilt irson,
Iperfumer, AI, Gerrar•!....,trv..t, SAta•rrate, avct must rerfacccr.
and m,tdieitn: rend :rs.

covery.

A man lately died. who lived within a mile of the (Toes
of Glasgow, possessed of considerable property. A woman,
who lived with him in the character of housekceper, ha',
since his decease, attempted to prove herself his widow, and,
for want of better evidence to establish her claim, made the
plea of having 11 dead-born child ten months ago. A near
cenmetion to the defunct claiming the ptoperty, doubtful
of the validity of the ho•tsckccper's plea, upon rations ac-
counts, caused the infant's grave to be opened yesterday in
presence of an eve-witness of the interment of the child,
when, to their sitotaisluticnt. the cettin contained, invt..afl
of a human body, a quantity of (lough, in a soft state,
mixed with ashes.. Query.-llsve not some resurrce:ienists
substituted the dunit in place of tlat body
arrirr.

1.4 W .11V7'r

COURT Or CHANCERY. WEDNESDAY, Dsc. S.

nvtire, art r. farwonn.
ilia l.ttttngtett' proceeded,'" give judgment in this ease when he
took his chair. It was an appeal width prayed that the cause
might h: reheard, for the reroma stated cc the gr0,,,,,11 of the ap-
peal. The bill Wag ChM by the plaintiff., representing that, pre-
shingly to the yecr 1111311, they had hem rnployed ao agents and
miners at the enitery of the Earl of Moira, mid that they were
much skilled in mining, &c. ; that in 1808 they *ere engaged b
the defendants to welt their mina in the parish of littyPny, which
were held under Lord Dudley and Ward • and, according to the
verbal agreement which was then entered into, they went on till
the year 1811, when the areement was 'educed into writing ;
the agreement of the Ist of Alarch, 1811. was set forth at Pent
length in the bid, and at a recessatily great length. inasmuch as
the prayer of the bill was, that the Court 'night °Met certain cor-
rections to be made in it, the parties to re-ezeeure ir, and that it •
should be held binding. There was one very material covenant in
it, which was, that 11 the plaintiffs should cease to easy on the
working of the iron mines the defendant,' should be at liberty to re-
ponse/to themselves of the mines ; that the plaintiffs should forfeit
the whole of the property they might have upon the estate, peed-
cularly in a dwelling-linase occupied by them; that the de-
fer.dant* should be at liberty to bring an action for damages, if
!hey thought proper. This cotenant his Lerdsb/p thought a most
singular and matebyl one. In th, year 1812 the defendants repos.
timed thernselern of the mint s, oral also took all the 'Property the
plaintins had upon the es:ate, upon an assertion that tl.e plaintiffs
Lad deserted the rods. The bill wao lihd in 1816, stating, that
the defendants 1ir..1 taken advantaps of "ot,nolaing on the part of
lie plaimin, which they constrmol two a desertion, although it Wall
no such thing ; en the contrary, the &fent:tuns in their ms, er stated
that the works had really hcen desertyyl, that they hod therefore re-
re:wrist-it themselves of the mines, taken the properly upon the
!state, and brought actions both for a debt due to them and for
damages. Ilia Lordship had lonkel at all the evidence, with es
great a de,dre as Any man truly' have to do any thing, to see if be
could satisfy himself that the agreement 1•P, net at an end in 1312;
the fret was, that the plaintiffs affairs, w;th respect to their
erediums at that perks', was surly as 'hat one of them for a time
wan midi r the necessity of keeping out of the Way, and his Lord-
ship really could rot vat enough had be:n pre iented to hint to
enable Inn, to &elate th¢ rcrecoent wns nut at an end in 1312;
whether the circumstance that then took place was such an the .
fendanis ought to have taken adeartage of or nut, was not for liter
to observe upon. Ile conside.ed that in strietnew they had a right'
to repmesti then:mhos of the mine, therefore the Court could not
tli•tutb the decree of the Coon below, so far as it went to that pairs.
With respect to the costs given by the other Court, as to all the
emits that went to expensive piviceeding on the part of the de-
fendants in bringing forward evidence that the plaintiffs had mis-
managed the works previous to 1811. his Lordship could not con-
firm, because the agreement of 111,1 would have to be regarded as
a proof that the detendanto were satisfied with .he conduct of the
plaintifik till that period, and therefore the Coon reverted this
part of the decree. As to the part of the prayer that an amount
might be directed to be taken of all dealings up to 11112. between
the plaintiffs and deferdonts, his lends:tip thought sec; proper:
but he reit it absolutely necessary to call upon the defendants to
furnish the Court with a statement of the value of the property
they took of the plaintiffs, when then (the defendant*, repossessed
thenoteires of the mines, and that an should 'sous to re.
strain all actions, or proceedings at law, until the defendan
furnished the statement the Court now required, and till the ac-
count should he taken in the Master's office,

31r. IIiWWT stated, it was now : .I.liidereMe tiMesir.ce he argued
this crow ; i4it he remen:hered tfnit he did nut press his argument
with much hope that the Court would think the plaintiffs aheald
again he let pones...ion of the mines, the gist of his mantra
hying the dreadful oppriasive nature of the covenant his Lordship
had alluded to.

His (mamma had near, seen so rtirvordinary a covenant. mt-I
it might be so very oppres.ive as rot to htdnce a Court of Equity
to earr, it into efirt, thersfi.re he 1,1, thought it right to call for a
statetnent of the v..lue of the proritv they had possessed them-
selves of. xiiippise they hail taken 111,0101. worth of proprtty, and
were alio to bring an action for daintier*, they might get arty
dote* more than any amount of datuage they had sustained I
Mr. HAAT hoped his I.cm.xhip would never permit the strear,er
so rit•prcssiirely to exercise their laver over the weaker.
Hie Lo a ri,ri t r vrott:d certainly feel great regret if he fotmd hin .
self bound to countenance such a eovmannt.

13t ar CLEPHAIIT AN') CA3Ttr CHARITY.
Iles Loo nt. r stated, that there was a point in this case, which
he wished the Vounsci to consider till to-morrow. This charity
was originally fonnded by the church of i'anterbuty. ord the pro.
petty was tasted in trusters, and to he eilniinitered by the church.
warders and uterus pi of the parish of Newington; the truster*
had, therefore, nothing vested in them but an estate ; they had to
capacity to distribute the 'impiety at all. One question which
arose Wag this. whether, regard being hail to the manner In 'Niel
the charity had peen administered, this Coon would or would not,
as it has done in some tests, say, what has tranwired has 1-nl to
en abuse in the administration cf the charity, es that the ell.
cars who were originally intrusted with the distribution of the pro.
pert,. should no longer be en intrusted ? Another most material
question was, whether, regard being had to the character of the per-
sons who wen, originally intrusted with the distribotinn, Aoch a
change had takes plrxe, not in their moral. but iii their Actor Par.
liament character, as that the Curt should ear, the present ov:r.
sere% arc not the oversrers the donor wished to have employed in
the lefties of the charity y Yernes of the most disgtaceful nature
were disdrised in these plentlin_gs. us having taken place at meetings
of the parties rcspectinz thr affairs of the eliarity ; and the point his
Lordship wish d to have funher corsidered was, whether glitch:nee
he hid now alluded to ersuld be done opon this petition. His Lord.
ship mitlei, it had occurred to him, that it might be necessary. in
conseorlice of wl:at hail been done, to apply to parliament to
know what it 'sweet by the Act respecting this property. and Ileac
that application 111031 d to be made as scones Parliament
should Inert.

cocs V. COT

Messrs. lics6l,l4itsnj:Ei..Z: ltnae, and ECE, arrelTed for
the yritioner in this petition, which, by permission, stood In rho
paper fltr hs-stay. The petition rand, that when the cause cure on
to he hear I, the Court r;•ferred it to the 1l aster, to inquire whether
it would be for the henetit of all ironies to have die partnership et.
fechi, eca of this extensive enaelndraking concern, in Liquorpond-
sin-et, sold by puidic auction or by valuation. The Master had
made his rrport, and eertised, that if the good-will of the coecem
was to be taken into consideration it would be better fur all to hare
&sale by valuation; if not, then by public auction. The Master
onzlit to have certified distinctly which way it ought to be sold,
taking enry thing Into consideration; but not having done that, the
prayer of the pressat petition was, that the Court would at once
order the whole to be told by public auction.because the petitioners
, conceived it would work ineperuble mini•...f to all parties irre.
rested were any proceedings now ordered that would lead to a delay
in having the whole ding put an end to.
Mr. II ART sod Mr. BOIIILLY were COITTIPTI for the rtigloal
thmti Ir. Conk, and contended, thet no individula had ever
been more cruelly treated than their client. not only by the gentle-
men carrying on this baldness, but ut the Bar. It lied been repre-
sented of him, that he had had a desire to destroy this property by
insisting urson the strict rule of the Court being applied in tins
can. On the contrary it was his (Jb. Hart's) duty to contend that.
hr had been driven to real hinnself of the prouettoo of this Court.
The parties had taken every means they could devise to defeat him
of his legitimate interest in this concern, as the Court, on a inftrer
aeration, Ult boat-'d to declare, when it decreed that the sole which
had already been made by them to themselves was such as would
have to he set aside. _

Ilk Loops!' tr cmsidcroto 1 that a great deal was referred to Ia
this potition es to the evidence laid before the If aster, with tespcet
to which he knew nothing. hut if he were to take notice of it. It
would have to be staled at thr bar. The Master had n. 4 furnished the
I 'eon with his opinion upon what he understood good-will to mean.
and. therefore, his Lordship could cot think It possibk that the
Court could decide the case without sending it tact to hico.

COT OF ISIXG'S WEDNESDAY, Dgc. C.

WESTMACOTT T. Tu TAIT TS AND °THEWS.

Mr. wiaIITMAM opened the plewlinge. TI.;. Win VI action
for libel egaitiat the proprietcrs and publisher of the alloreirtr z.
ro'd. Ilatiig.is were laid at UM!. 'I he defendant *deeded nut
whi•retspon bone wee j,theol.
Mr. live YET appeared for the plaintiff'. The gentlemen elms.?
cause was entrusted to his advocate* was a person of literary at-
tainments and considtrable talents. He was the natural son of the
late Mr. ll'ettinectitt, and he telt himself reluctantly obliged to
bring tile present action against the proprietors of the Moraine ftc.
raid tot a libel upon him, inserted in the Morning llereLZ of the
13th of May of the present year. The libel was puldished on the
appeatencr of Mr. Westmacott's annual publication of the "
criptire tool Utitical l'valionie of the Exhibition of the Royal
Acaitemy." Mr. Wettniecatt had previously published this Ca,.
odoue on the opeeirg of the Ealliteiion. The the exhibition of
pic:u;ea tonna a fair and legitimate subject for criiicisni, every pit-
son would surely admit. The perfor Immo. of attigs wc-e to he
derided on principles of fair ittreatigation and candid crititism.
Prates stimulate:l the suceessful candhlate for fame to future ex-
ertion, and the discouragement of the undeserving promoted the
due appe-eistion and adrancetnent of genuine talent. Thtirestt
he would place to arimedversions of this kind was. where patents
under the pretext of criticism, deliberately composed a libel ; then
I tt, ',oldie good cook% and the fair exercise of crititism is at an
'iv!. Mr. ll'estweentt published the 6' lkscriptire and Critical
Catalogue" he had alr,-ady mentioned, and canard it to be sold at
the entrance to itiomenet House. It was a week highly calculated
to internee, end direct the taste of thorn whn were nut, perhaps, very
competent judges, to form a correct estimate of the several storks of
the Exhibdion. To his tunitite, shortly after the publication of
this Catalogue, a knig article appeared in the Aforsier ilerald, ow
the 'object of the Exhibition. It terminated with a rt.
the eatelogue of Mr. Wettmacott. The coenneveemet
article was occopied with notices of the pictures of some of
eminent of the modern artists, men who, he was rawly tow
exalted. above any former age. the reputation of die are
reknit and their skill. The wilt' pays a becoming tribe
talent,* of these artitta, and oonchuted by the following st
on hit client:—" We here caution the public against
ameheaete of any catalogues outside the walls of the lit
tinny." If tl plaintiff had pirated the copy of the est
the Itriyal Academy, then indeed the wameig would /
becoming hut the fart wee not so. The paragraph in
fser JleteLi proceeded—" These catalogue* ore neertist
reit ; they were others ice, they world be subject to

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