The National Register.
London, England, 1821-01-21 00:00:00

VERGISON V. SERI:ISOIG

Mr. Hart asked the Laid ibisliccilol, if the Learned
Judge t 4 110 turd the kr.iie had 'cut it cup). of his mitt:, Ins
Loidship said, (hut he had tut !received thew, but that he
expected them at au earl p. .lad.
The rehatihder of the mai hake, wet IlCcupied in a t)tlie
caw of no iiderest except to the pahies.
COURT OF CO WION PLEAS, JAN. 10.
SPECIAL JOH N AND LIP. U. KERUODE.

This action stirs brougla to itrover u loss sustained by ig-
norance or negligence oil the part of the tierendunt. An
agreenimit in wilting had been mmle beiween the defen-
dam oil one pair, ;tad the plaiiitifft on the miter. The
el:outwit staled, that the said agreement eat cult cii into
by which tiic defendant undertook to convoy in the brig
Hope a cargo of it Me, of the value of blse,i. to IN) de Ja-
oleo ; that t:,e ship sailed limn Liverpool in 11414,
and at lay el took MI I10::111 i,e 5511 W 5% loch it it. to be canal
by the deteiidant :teem ding to agreement, tile cargo sold,
nod pi iit Cells entitled Loin RI./ J:melto lil
lire pivatitl,.—
The that btcacll was that the Capia u, tiii ill* antral at Ilk/
de 'hint 110 did Wit lieluvcr any phrt ut the • toga, 1.111 after
willag front ',apt) landed part of it at Pero:maw( o, whe,e
it was sold 'l be neat breach nits Ihu t the vessel Was not
kept tit for the voyage, but uas w itimut boats and I iggiug„
mot Walled to be leaky, damaged, au., out Of repair. Tae
crew nos:rho devtail,ed to be uuskillul, and nicapuble of
maamting our YebWi. -

tv..vci al of Cie st illiesses for the plaintifft, particularly
Capt. itoliertson, ot the 'f tinily House, C..ptain iioihs, of
toe Royal :Sas), anti C .plain Ednaids, gave their up .. I .
of the log of the //ape, that the Captaio had steered ail im-
proper course which brought him tutu difficulties, and led to
the nuslin tunes in the voyal.e.
Ots the part of the deletidant several Captains also slated,
that the COLlise sleet ad 11) the Captain was u proper course.
It was also g 'wen in evidesice, that the Captain applied to
the British Cutout al Pero:imbued to raise atone, before he
disposed of the n time, and %%as told Ill.it the Consul never eti-
ga ,ed in mercantile tronsactioas. The Captain was refer-
red to the house of Litatlsay unit Co. hut failed 111 Ills appli-
cation to those parlie.. tie a. as then compelled to sell part
of the csrgo to pay tor rt pans. When Ise Cal I led the rest
of the wale to 800 the Janeiro, it pi used 10 be such as the
Portuguese would not drink, and he could 110 d no sale 10i 11.

'foe Jury found a s.,rtlict fur the plaeutilli--Datuages
11,15a1.
This cause occupied the whole of thi• day.
FRIIIIAN, JAN. 10.
INJUNCTION.—TI-IL FINE ARTS.
NOME'S NATIONAL MEDALS.

JAMES INEDRE v, EDWARD THOMASON AND C. JONES.
Mr. Hart stated, this W.lB a notion (Ur iiiitniction
to restrain the defendants lions using the dies of the
plaintiff, and from disposlog and exhianing medals
struck from the dies by them, without the pernile,sion of
tile He d tills under au Act of Parlia-
ment passed in the reilis u. the late King, tor toe better
protection of 11'e fine arts. It appearLd twat lile plaintiff
some nue previous to tne year 1816, tiiiticitook to lurin
an additional sr nes of ma dab, to Ti cord the principal
events of the late war, and to coniii•ii the bust O the first
fpperson of sem mock.. The Vainudi cot ployed the.tle-
endanis, who are medal 111.1111i..ictur,rs at B iiii inghain,
o manufacture the medals, and the plaintiff delivered
them several tires, from which they were to be ,trued,
which were deposited in a box secured by a lock and
key, with an understanding that the dies simidd be kept
locked up. except whilst in use litr strikin,r elf medals
tor the plaintiff when ordered by Ilan. Lt 1820 the
defendants caused a large ornamental sideld to be exe-
cuted, and had 21 half 1111:11313 struck ilOlll :he plaintiff's
dies, and decorated the shied round the burner with
dieni without the knowledge or consent of the plaintiff;
tile defendants advertised the shield in the British Press
on toe Wilt an I 13th November, 1820, and in outer
dewspapers, 'cling forth lit it it war clesiaited by the
defendant Tiiiimasuat; that the border was composed of
21 stellated compartinents, and contained the cele-
brated victories tit Ili:wheal succession, from the land-
ingot the Britista army in Portugal to taie capture of
Prrio, and the fixing of Lition,iparie at Si. Helena, which
the !deltoid charged to be struck from his dies.
The Lord Chancellor observed, as the defendants
were employed by the plaintiff to manufacture the me-
dals for hint alone, and the fact of their having maws-

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