The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-06-18 00:00:00

LAW INTELLICL NCE.

VICECH.(!IOELLOIU cuvll•r, Wimmilest,
l'uussest, Juxi 17.

His Honour the Fret:-CtiAt.t.ti.t.ox wtto occu-
pied until ogle o'clock io c.,tive* of no
interept except to the panic,. lb. llossour rune at
that hour.

(*MILT OF KING'S BLNCII, iVtarainsirn,
TIAIJINDAY, it.t.t. 11.

1111; KING C.

Oar readers will mulled, that Mr. SCA ItLLYT,
some time sitter, olotutoed x role to thew (-aloe why
a criminil information should not lie 'tiled against
the Defendants, who are at the head of at highly
respectable establishu►eot, culled The Commercial
Hall Wiae Company, for all alleged conspiracy, in
employing ;remit, to procure wines out credit.
they afterwards pure' wird from thine person*, at
little more than half the real 'Atte.

This day Mr. Serjeaut V•ticart AN and Nlr. CAM Y.
BELL appeared for the Defeudautit, iu order to shuts
Ulnae ligaillAt the role.
Serjeaut VAUGHAN proceeded to addre4s the
Court es to the facts or the ca,e —the improbabi-

lily that they were correct—mid the little credit
that ought to be Oven to the allegations of the prr..
sons on whose affidavits the accusation was punch.
pally founded.
The C111E! Justice, after the Learned :irr-
itant had proceeded some way in Ins speech, inti-
mated that the Court did not look upon this case
as one that ought to he taken oust of the ordinary
course of justice. If wrong had been committed,
redress might be obtained in a different grinner.
lie would say nothing with respect to what hail
been disclosed in the affidavits, because he wished
not to prejudice the decision of the case, if the
parties whir declared they were aggrieved thou,;l4
proper to pursue it farther.
Rule discharged, without costs. •
A Drawing.room being held in honour of the
birth-day of his Royal Highness the Pr' 7e Regent,
the Court rose at an early hour. The Chief Jus.
tic, and the other Judges were in their scarlet
robes, and all the King's. Counsel iu full Court
dregs.

In the Cunsistory Court on Saturday last, sem.
fence of divorce was pronounced in the cause of
TEMPLE v. TEmet.e. by the Learned Judge, Sir
WILLIAM SCOTT. Our 'ceders will remember that
there was hn action at common law, souse time since,
for criminal.conversation, TEMPLE v. Pou LETT, in
which the Plaintilt, EDWARD DALEY TEMPLE.
Esq. obtained a verdict by default against the De-
fendant, Joins Pou LETT, Esq. of Addington-huu►e,
Ducks, to the amount of 5,0001.
It is expected that the trials of Mr. CARLILE.
55, Fleet.street, for his publications of Paine't
Age of Keaeon, and The Deist ; or. Moral Philo.
soldier. will take place in the Sittings at Guildhall
immediately after Term, which ends Oil the 30th
instant, as yesterday he received peremptory notice
to attend at the Crown Office on Tuesday heat. the
22d instant. in order to nominate his different
Juries fur trial.

Yesterday. in the Secondaries' Office. Coleman.
street, an action was tried. in which Mr. WILD, an
eminent merchant of Leith. was the plaintiff. and
Mr. WILLAN, a coach proprietor, was the defend-
ant. It appeared that the Plaintiff wis on his way
to town in the Exeter and Plymouth Subscription
Coach, when, owing to the careless and furious
driving of the coachman (in his endeavour to pre-
vent another coach pasting him). the coach was
upset near Bagshot, by which accident the Plaintiff
was thrown out, and materially bruised. The aunt
of 281. had been demanded, as a recompense for
the injury the Plaintiff had sustained ; but thia bad
been refused. The Jury gave a verdict for the
Plaintiff—Damages 50/.
AMERICA AND HER RESOURCES.—We are glad
to observe that the public attention has lately been
directed by an eminent reviewer towards this work of Mr.
BILIMD, which cannot but prove highly interesting to the
!English reader. hors the account it gives of the state of
society, issauirs, polities, internal regulation, Rt. of the
Veiled Slates, rectifying, as it does, many miscanceptiuus
sad erroneous nations respecting that republicau empire.
Speculators and others who may wish to obtain correct in-
formation, would do well to peruse this well-digested and
apparently must impartial account.
A few days ago there were landed at Leith. from
one of the Loudon trailers, many packages, with
objects of natural history, for the College. Museum,
purchased at the ►ale of BusLocx's Museum in
London, by Dr. ADAM, Edinburgh. One of
the cases coutaiocd the finest specimen in Europe
of the male giraffe. or comrleopatcl.
The boxing match between 7'urner and Cyrus
• Davis, from Bristol, will take place this morning,
14 miles southward of Landon. Mania and Toils
liadsais are to tight *costl. Betting even, but
er fur choice—mid 5 to 4 on Martin.

On Wednesday, the 16th instant, Mr. ROBERT
WI LLI•MS, of Christchurch, Surrey, was resettled
with au tlegaitt silver cup, with on appropriate
inscription. as a testimom of respect for Ins excel-
lent conduct doting the Iste contest for the office of
organist to the. Parish Church, on which occasion
he was a modidate.
The very singular circumstance occurred at Bog..
ton Church too Sunday last, of nine (Asa Itirr el of the
rams parents brink all b.iptized at the sante time.
The eldest, we understand, 11 may about sixteen
years of age. The hither is a boatmen, and besides
these nine, is blessed with a tenth child, glow quite
an infant.

Yerterday. at the NI insion-liouPe. William Squire
Smith. a youth of respectability. It. owl J. Noble,
the wife of the bitter, and Mary Broom, were
charged with extensive rol)beries in the house of
Mr. tictrix, doper, of Great Eanitcheap. It op.
peered that Smith woo Nib apprentice to Mr. STEEL E,
need that B. Noble was his journeyman. Smith, ut
.the iiistigutiou of B. Noble, purloined a variety of
eriietea, which the other Niel:niers disposed of; and
on the 25th tilt. be plrindere,l a chest of Bank notes,
a►untturtuX to 11.44/. and bill* to the amount of op.
ward; of 5001. J. Noble and his wife were th—
cli.arged, best the former was hound over to give
evidence; B. Nobly. hlary Brown, and young
South, were remanded fur u fins' examination.