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mach with pain and sickness. This bad been the
case from the lot of January, 1817, to the time
when the imlicttuent was preferred. He hod
complained, without effect, to the Dekodant.
The path, near which the mitsufactory stood, was
Much frequented, and thrift who passed, were most
ormleinostitly affected.
The CHM Juerics-o-" Mr. Wilford, can you
&fend a sitioanice, situated close to several public
truth-ways r
Mr. WALIFORti..., y can all persons
.to prove
that they are not affected by it."
Tbe Cut sr JuSetes—" Yes, you ntay 144 all
the Defendant's workmen, who. uw.doubt, will say
it is the sweetest went in the world."
!Air. Kebbell eross•exuedied by Mr. CttitTY.
Ile vegetation of witnesses garden was impaired
ever since the manufacto4, was 'established. He
knew there were a black tar and a saltpetre manu-
factory in the neighbourhood—hut they were nut
offensive. The saltpetre manufactory instead of de-
nier:long assisted vegetation. He was in the habit
of overseeing the men employed in his garden, and
he was often lairl up by the noxious qualities of the
vapour. which assailed him there. His crops were
destroyed, and has ineu were rendered incapable of
workitg.
John Weot•liad worked in the Defendant's ma-
nufactory
.from Atigtot, 1816, until May last.
floe materials used in niak,rog the volatile salt,
were the liquor that came from the gas-lights,
called esesomits, vitriol, and plaster-of-parts. There
were Ave furuaces co, stoutly at work. The smell
.was nauseous, and had injured his health. The
espour crept slong the ground, and killed every
specie, of vegetation it touched, The Defeadant
once site!' him to pull up Wale of Mr. Kebbell's
ribhagts that were killed. in order to bury them.
Witness refused, unless his master would stand to
the consequence. The Defendant, after some con .videration, pulled them up himself, and witness;
buried them near a tar-barrel.

Margaret Roue, who formerly rented a house at
firornley, owed, that, when Defendant set up the
manufactory, she was obliged to quit. the smell
was so bad. The vapour lay so heavy on her heart.
that it gave her a »irk head-ache. She had a little
garden, with a few potatoes, which were all killed
by the vapour.
Cross-crinniosed.—A Doctor Bramwell had suc-
ceeded her in the house —but he had also been
obliged to leave it.

The CHIEF JIISTICB—" The place would he a
very good reran fur a Doctor."
John Nutter, who worked at Mr. Brown's pot-
ash manufactory, stated, that when the wind wa. in
a particular direction, a fume was carried along '.nth
it which created dizziness iti the head and sickness
in the stomach. He had smelt it for a quarter of
* mile. It killed vegetables, and even trees. Mr.
Broad had not • bit of fruit io his garden during
two summers. It was all destroyed by the vapour.
The CHIEF JUSTICE again inquired of Mr. Wail-
ford, the leading Counsel fur Liw Defendant, wise-
tiler he could repel this case ?

Mr. Wstaroan aid, looking to the evidence
wl.ich he had to adduce, he felt it uecessary that
the case should go to a Jury.
Mr. GURNEY then proceeded to call several other
witnesses, who resided on the spot. They all con•
curved in describing the vapour that issued from
the manufactory, as must offensive. Amino' them,
Mr. Brown. the oveier of the black-ash-in 'noise.
tory, was examined. He stated, that he one night
turned out sixteen horses ou a piece of ground id.
joining the Defendant's manufactory, and, iu the
morning, lie found one of them wholly blind, and
am other deprived of one eye. He attributed this
to the noxious vapour which' proceeded from the
premises. He had never offered 100% to the Dr.
fendasit's foremast, to leave his master, and assist
him in setting up a volatile salt manufactory.
Mr. WALFORo addressed the Jury on the part of
the Delsoutritt, observing that he would prove by
evidence, that the Defendant's manufactory did not
send forth the deleterious stench complained of,
and that there were many establishineou in the
neighbourhood from which much .More uuwhole-
some smells issued. He then called
Mr. Bramwell, • medical gentleman, who had
taken the cotti.ge formerly occupied b'y Mrs. Roue.
lle, his wife, and two children, had lived there from
October, 1816. till March, 1;17, and never found
any ill effects from the Defeisdaut's mannfectory.
was, however, much incommoded by the black.
ash-manufactory.
Mr. Accurn, a chemist, deposed, that horn the
Manner in which the Defendant carried on hie busi-
ness, nothing injurious, and scarcely any thing un-
pleasant, could issue from his nianufactory.

Toe foreman of the Defendant stated, that he
had lived iii the manufactory two years. and found
his health and appetite better thou they ever were
before. Mr. Brown. who had jurt given his
denee, had offered witness tool, to leave hii master,
and go into partnership with him iu i volatile salt
manufactory.
Several other witneeit. &plied that they had
Mt no inctuottenielice from the 'manufactory, al-
though they lived contiguous to it —hut they were
greatly annoyed by other manufactories iu the
ueighbotte hood.
Mr. GuitvEt seas about to reply—when the
Jury stated that they were satisfied, and mune&
itchy returned a verdict of Guilty:

PIRACt.
mint tr. WHETSTONL.
This Wis sunder to that which took up en
much of the time or the Court yesterday. The
declaration set Cork that the Plaintiff had com-
posed two country flan-Cyr, called Lady Caroline
Morrill'''. and Rat R 41% hi which, by the statute,
he haul a property for 2 years—hut that the De-
fendant had ille!polly pirated them, by which he
suffered considerable injury.
Nlr. SC•ILIATT, in stating the case, described his
Client, the sou of* mosaic-seder at Bath, Is s young
mato or very great gemus. Ile had devoted him-
self to the study of music, and hwl produced se-
vend highly-asliniretfcountry-daticri. Two of these,
entitled Lady Caroline Noerisou and Rub Roy.
winch were exceedingly popular, and of which, he
would prove, the Plaintiff's father had at first said
a great number, the Defendant,mnric-seller iu
the Stroud, had thought proper to pirate, by %hick
means the Plaintiff sustained considerable injury.
lie, had, therefore, to protect his property in fu-

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