The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-12-18 00:00:00

PITEOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.

Yesterday morning a young female of genteel address and
appearance waa romp!, at five o'clock, silting tinder a !alio.
on the likplford-road, a Imola frozen to death
Pearce, the man who (mind her, carried her to the Turk's
Head, on the Hilo ford-road, where, by the humane eye' tiona
of 1 he landlord, she was, after n cui.aidr►ahlr time, restored to
sense and animation. She gave no usher answer lo the Din_
mermis questions which were asked, than that she ca tie to
town almost Friday last, that sh- hail been treated uiikinilly
by her friends. aiiil that her mind was greatly dist d.
She declined stating the name or residence of any of her
Glenda, sir from what rause her distressed fi clines arose.
She reftiseil all inisienahee, and, when taken before a Mails.
Irate, persisted in her silence, and at last went away without
communicating any further particulars respecting her situa-
tion.

EXTRAORDIN 41tY CH RON OF (WILD-DROP-
PING AuA/AN7' Al I'OI7NO LA 111.

About eight o'clock on last Tuesday erenitt:. a fine male
child, apparently 114.1 a wick old, was (11111.11 ISO all old has.
kat, having on a shirt, and wrapped lip in a ghee of Man.
kit, lying at the d •of Mrs. Mary LIMY!. 21, Taish.strert,
Gray'si Inn.lane. 'the poor child was misty tierishial Amu
the cold ; it was taken in doors. whirr ewers kind attention
was paid to it, and after it was warmest and fed. it 1133 car-
ried tit the work•limme of the tipper lilwity i.f the pettish of
Saint Andrew, Holborn, ii Little Cray's. liiii.latie.
'Elie &Howie): iti.covery has born made. v. hick has primi-
ticritia9y led to the iletecti (((( of its unnatural motto r, who
proves to be a 141111,g lady. re-itling nut far from the aei h.
who Isas hitherto borne a
character. Yesterday the P u t.l. I Illire, who have lakrll rip
the Cue, attended at the Police Other, II ..tun garden, win se
• private examination of all the witnesses took place,
allifil ureupird above two
that the yoting lady (whose name, fur oliviona reasona, we
me not Il• yet at liberty to issentious), was delivered of the
child in question on last Saturday sitternoon, and aim
shortly after taken by the tutu vile to put to :sortie to
a pour woman residitig its Chickenwell, where it remained
until Tuesday aftritioun, whit, the midwife, who tars its
Ku ;iy.strvet, went to the nurse fur child, bee the
Lady wished to ate it, before she bent the country to
nurse; she sati.fied the nurse for her trouble, carried away
the child, atoll the same reenlist/ It was found as above de-
scribed. The nurse hearing, of the circumstance, sie.peclett it
was the semi. child that was taken from her on Tuesday
if mid went to the work•honse to satisfy her
picion., alien she snataiitly identified the child to hr the
same she had to nurse; she knew it by a p.trticislar to irk,
and haviii4 on the same $11:1't, but till the rest of the
baby clothes were clianzed fur wut.e. She then gave the
information that led to the present examination'. Two
oth. r w n, who saw the • Mid at norm-, plowed the
aamr. Mrs -, the inidwite, was sent fur and chisrly
exiiiiimeit, a6ri, to exonerate herself from the chats, ahe
was compelled to tli,clis,e the unfortunate young I..isly's
name who to the real moths r nr the child, and whose family
are of the :realest respectability. The entire t rid, ure was
taken down, after which • warrant was :ranted to take her
in custody.

There are many report; aflolt respertiut the folu r of the
child, %hi( II we du Ilia think ourselves umlauted to
tu the public.

Seveuty vessels smiled iu the course of last week
from Whitt-haven for Ireland.

It IS •11 runiourtil that the appointntri,t of
Loral lliav ILIA: in the Govrrintr-Gruirradship of
India ail! take plare ut no Irnlftte (late. 11'r lately
mentintirii ii rumour, thnt ;no; Lurdshrp will be %Ur.
eeriled First Lord HE the Admiralty, by the Milli-.
bills of BUCKINUHASI.
It is is-ported that Sir HtinSoN Lowe is appoint-
ed to succeed General Sir Itotp.tur 11RowNiteco
111 the Government of Ceyltni; bur not h.nt; verialu
to yet kllllw Is 5. to his successor al St. !fell-mi.
L.rd STEWART, the British A 111 bioqqiitor to the
Court of Austria, milted St Vietma on the 2d of

111, Highness the Duke of CLOUCk.STI a It ft
Fialiklort till the 711 t, fur
Nl,olance CATALANI ha- r.rsignetl the di-
rer:boo ut Ow Theuire iltolien,ul %holt s r.
has 11.141 ihe management for thr.e yea's. I)teinng
that li. r.. El N141141;14- CATA LA NI Ir bu lopurrd to has..
su.tanieil a lass of goo,ouo tr. Tile. erlehealtit
singer hit rol.phuitly to proceed to St. Pt Irrpliturgli,
by w.,y of Lit.rim, mow.. It ~.dlll
that 1.11 her return hoot Russia, she will rt tire to
hart ettatc urge Flcrctice, her native country.

L4W INTELLIVENCE.

C01,1:1', Civcos.N's-INE,
VICE CHANCE' Low.;

'lut.a.)•ll, Ustimartt 17.

At the of the Ottitt Mr. GIFFIN Vii..
SON took his seat behind the 11:1%

The Vict:-Citaaurt.i.on—.‘ Mr. Wilson, as his
Royal Fligh'arse the Ptilice Regent., in the nate.
and au helidif of his Majesty, has been g,:seiowely
piraistd to nominate and miedonit you 11111. of 1111. M.
irsty's Counsel learned in the Law, take t•tir seat
illeishe die har."

Mr. WiI.SON accordingly took his seat iuside the
bar.

COPYRIGHT.
BURN RI I. T. C. Losl,M t N and OTHERS.

Mr. TEM PI. F. moved for :lit utjnnctinu to restrain
the Defendants bum publishing mid disposing of a
musical work, the property of it heing vested in
the Plaintiff; under the 1011tming eilcomqatices :
A Mr. Vinceozii hail compaed a Sonata, at
Vienna, for the piano. forte tool violin, which he
dedicated to one of the. Archdukes of Austria.
Ile afterwards sold his copyright to the Plaintiff,
for our hundred and thirty vold ducats; but to the
;treat usttint.liiiictit of the l'iailititf,.in the month of
September last, lie saw a taii.y of the Sortans publish.
ed by the Defriiihtits, without a single note ur lair
ii fl. rent bum that which lie had purchased the copy-
right of; and it also contained the very words of
the dedication to the Archduke, 03 this discovery
lie directed a Solicitor to write to the Deleodants,
hut they did not think wooer to take any notice of
it, whicli complied the Nlaiiittfl to make the pre-
sent application to the Cowl ; mot lie had no doubt
but his flonour would think there was bulliciesit
ground for gutuiting the injutiction.
The Vicv:-Ctivieti.l.ott—'• I cannot grant.this
injoitctioil without knowits4 %%halter this work was
published at Vienna as common property. Yoe
most produce an affidavit to clear op this point."
Nlr. TEMP LE cult! rotird, as the Plaintiff had
purchased from the composer lie was entitled to the
c-pv right, sod to be protected under the Act of
Partial/trot.
The Vier-Cit NcEl.l.oa—‘, I ant not of that
opiuiou, bectitt.r if a work is published at Vienna,
or tory other foreign cottony, as common property,
soy person has a right to publish and dispose of it.
I will, hoarser, ,Jr. Temple, save your motion
notil neat Seal, to give you 80 opportunity of
storming your affidavit; rot I donut think I would
he justified iti granting the injunction ou the 'air
detice before we." .
Further consideration postponed.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, GUILDHALL,
TIILItoUAT, Dicsogat:a 17.
Sittings after Michaelmas 'F e, Ware Mr. Justice
BEST, Wad Common Juries.

WILLIANI DRAPER BI sr, J: q. this thy took
hi+ %rAt a. une of the pullet JU.lgrs of the Court of
King's Brock. Mr. GASELLE, cote of the fleM
COtird to 11.14 %rat within the