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London, England, 1818-10-22 00:00:00

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.A• Meeting of Ihrtieektristi took ' place, t4ae
dime since. at the Cocoa-tree. Harrosslyarileis. when
a great variety of flowers, plants. fruits. &e. woo
exhibited. to which it was unanimonsly arced
that appmpriate moan should •be gime. The fol-
lowing constitute a few of the articles on which the
Assembly bestowed particular denominations
Plants, 4e. A►aeee.
A bri et LUlst Ilie Seek eatilirke.
Two Orasgalleirers Lora Timm& awl

Mr. Fed.
As eyeliners Aliedireds, tbe peeks
eta hot kol prepared by Mr. Pitt Ile. Womble.
A sorpriebealy Awelle Osier—bee&
able hi eel &sells..
A bed of Vigils The Moils st pew

A Sae specimen et the irish Cral—it parte.
wry essins pediedise Mr. Oskar.
4 assfelethesat-4104 prised by
ISM
ficatisad.
Ms dower TeoAro radsr-ohred,
a ea loaisdaros Aar Zara Codsrogh.
A illareithOphid, shrialikri at every
arra
A Skates' TM lard Mow Mr.
A mot (whoa speciosa sf do
Dead Ohm "eds. TM Nola a War.

eider.
A productive &heUglier The Than per (hula.
• eftselevisak, harialess soeugh,
what properly opens! hir.lllreries.
Avprehaso of evrisealedref, whiell
hsa asiesiiied all who have beheld
Mr. W. Pak.
A mime Havnypolherigisally a
• pour lower, but, hostas bees treas.
pleated to a puke at Mumma,
it has Wane eassaiegly rich Mr. 'flimsy Lem Pete.
The largest special= of Os Papyri,
er Paparbse, stir area is this
estttry—die Bog sad the Dible
loviefitio are also maxim is pas.
sees is The Climaills, of dis
Ihrsheiesr.
A /my kris pawl of the idenh's.

hod opoeies fonlinaad tb Beloved.
baenlifol "par rer S. ltoodlly.
An mammooly ht madame of the
alroll4no—inal be moot Bevan
eigoesoly and in weleeive over
la Palk Moth and Chorilallio
hoNtaliewe
Omni voecioe of Abe InvanAlo and
Drier Andly. old& so puma eon
.sso /Otiose donor.. The Cooessea of IM
A lot of fiedkno—.ete toed foe may

Mai ON roars TM Attempt.
A Saa-Bower, la Blown Sir W. Cowls.
A Wet Asedira Pride
Agawam.
A anionliably otion Wollilawer ... N,. Brown (Kasper or
Neweito).
kraal Fir trees T. Iladowes-bay
Compaay.
A Asek-Idoloa
Three Chnwrows—Wwwy, but
Lord Amherst, fir M.
Maxwell, sod U 9

A Pow" .f mot eassiferais goo.
My
A wioolor of Com-Rowan TM lopportero of Ow
Core INN.
A Focal of Dos-moo Tie rogilioto.
oaf. IL WALTER WILDFLOWER, Prem.

It is sow known that Lord ELLassoßouGu re.
tires frost the Chiefftlesticeshipof the King's

Bench, to which he was promoted in the ADDING.
TOM Administration, awl is to be succeeded by Sir
CHARM'S Assort, a puisne Judge of the same
Court. The state of his Lordship's health had for
some time prepared the public to expect his resig-
nation ; yet it is not the less so that account to be
considered as a very important occurrence in the
Court over which he presided. It will, we sup-
pose, be matter of gettersl remark, that his successor
has been promoted from the situation of /mime
Judge to that of Chief Justice; and that by such a
measure the boasted independence of our inferior
Judges is invalidated; for, though they are pro-
tected from feet of the Court. by the act of the be-
ginning of the Ktmo's reign, they are not now re.
moved beyond the influence of hope. or the power
of seduction; inasmuch as, though they cannot fell,
they may be moved higher. If there is any justice
in this observation. it wi'l acquire additional force,
slid the measure itself mit be snore prejudicial as
a precedent, inasmuch as it is not on a death, but
on a resignation. that Sir Cuaat.ss Assort has thus
been promoted. Future Ministers cannot ante.
life. but they may eaptdite retirement. However,
iu cases between the Cant and the subject, the
nation we believe, eves now, trusts more to the roa
1
solution of the Jury thou the firming* of the Ju
A Ministry that gowns well. sod is opposed
bed nitro, will seldom fail of favoisrable verdicts; ,
incompetent ur tyrannical Governments will, while
Juries tenant, be but feebly. sustained by au gab
tug Judge. ,
Wednesday. while some oxen were driving to
the slaughter-houses of this city, one of them,
having turned furious, broke off, mei owe liwaseh
the streets. up to the Castle-hOl, posidiest
ono in its way. It at length went dam die 111:12
side of the hill. and entered a dwelling-house, in
which there was only a young girl. who fortunate-
ly made her escape. where. after basking almost
every article of furniture, the men who followed it
bed to adopt the stratagem of bringing another beast
to induce it to leave its use mensiou. The
animal, however, was op sooner out than it again
broke off. and returned up the hill, running north
by the New Tows. and did not stop till it reached
a pork near SteckbrWge. We have nut heard that
it injured any person in its protracted career.—
(lidiebargh l'oper.,

► tors's dAIIEILL.
we Netteett shot the
.splessdour of her talent's
l„ adverting to Mies O'Nutt.t.'s late pink•ssioital
toor,
had pnidoced a Omer in the internal ecoonnty cwt
the' imeincial *Potties The* Papers in general
being publishes! fluty *nee a week, it may be con-
selves! • difictrit Mask to And runts forche aggre-
gated mews sad itivertisbutents of sin days, or any
but Kaiak and neeresery matter. Theatrical
041;6. bas. Omicron., been'osed very sparingly in
the poseeinciei Poem, and the most brilliant stars
have moved through their orbits without having their
peerage marked by mare thou the entice in the
We hitc_lyvopied • a critique on Miss
O'NEILL from the Norwich Paper, to *hew how
great the altenttiou that has been made in the
system in favour or that Lady. As a Nether mite.
tuition of our remark. We copy the following article
from the Bitry St. -Edmund's Paper of the
iststant:—
*Hi DRAMA. ,
Oa Friday aetilatitedef last, the halobiteeN oF debtors
mad neighbourhood received that high hatillestien to which
they had few saws tide his. Wallin forward, in the appear,-
aro/ of Miss O'Neill at sir Theatre, N the itereeters of
illehlaires and Juliet— The dire wend, Moen% Igbt
stud In ties place of all criticises : a truth wed desplieity of
enaceries with alternate delicacy and fate of ezecutios,
jaw I. des tosnei sad to the pilot the
ad rivals
which loves all pest esopethien tar aid rinds
the nest seised .acres he Wheal of the Meg
had es nese bees idegeleeed se a gedieut
thee orsesteemed the lest Oaths thesurd toile
airportosett hitheile she is Moly homers ss a Iltiry asthma
as tie Mum It 'edition* te satiosate merit Silos risk-
ing the levidieesoess elf cesperisee ; wor avoid we pay
this mosiliest artist so paltry a esoplinteet as to old her at
the expos of Sr predecessors. There see few persons now
mantels& who can look farther bark for a pound thee to
Mn. 'Mose, the graodeer of wises perform's?, we sr
member with foliage of profetud admiration • tad we part.
ed from her with the pistil inpressies, that rwe steer
dlo•M look epee her like emir." • We de sot sow I. is
on respect look epee her lib; bat we little delight irb
16141111 SO NM look era her sped. What sass .wt
msbasedinsry in the sampierlson is, that der lest shines at
Mes.lidenes prwaand sonstesmwecosiviseed ss how aner
ply Malan hall omitted her with the power of expands' the
heroic, Ile Serrile,.a/,wilh some limits ion of elm sestamos,
the lodge aod pathetic. Fres the mold it which Mimi
• Is dose, sec lest impresslos woad be, we say say
were, that where Mrs. Siddoes was in dancer,
_at heat of
yaws. of What. Miss O'Neill• was certain-a/ WWII I bet
that in die Amer worths" of the owl, the cosalstoos of
ridge, sod the spoke of freely, youth and loveliness
sold .uty operate as disarbacks, mid that for this eseass
modes, however tieveenly to be wished, she least sod fed
Idler deg*. Set is it reaVy se? We soaceive that Mime
O'Neill% tales, is drawl's, with her truly feu:Jets ess
radon and fours, we her own ploysigiuggey for she sea
regales of gem ostler she way be supposed tia feel, is
es of the ono curios and lueseeeltes illustratiose possi-
ble, of the surges power midi sled, whoa k is st
higher order, soden ode the egrpoesel dose. Oer
limits wiN oat admit slaw sr ladolsiog Ogee Ireelatione
tartberow of somaseocimia detail partleeler Mums and
detached beauties. OM to Noma gesmally, we sever saw
say performer mak sr Susie, so locally sbywdbes (ere
say the word a:kindly) se as medium: there was sat sae
ewe fee applause; no see Dalvideva sod Juliet always;
sever Mies ulkhY. loth bees sad is Ludas, the lint
scene, and the dighisst ease, is as perfectly ropemostal as
Ohs bat sod the palest. There is as hamper; bark that a
M
ass pods@ ors derive mews fintetrom mistreat;
bre luwill; andimme is equally sarusd by lb,
last amboseisst larlabas .f Nature, and by the most ewer-
pde drams or hurt Nrislieeeti dissinetiss is Wart-
Mahe; ; bat what we, surpass the conjugal semplicily sad
alllbetimi, the feed but pews expression of the lest scene,
sod of the speech begiodes—
u Does this appear libe change, or love decoying r as.

We have nem het ter e word es islet. If ills be est
the meet airectleg of Mies perferinseees, It is
that which calls teeth her eheadaideseelleeme le the greaten
eseirty. All the early emus, diet in the liskony, so
eitemeered, yet se leeecent, the girlish pettielieme sad
allersete cossieg with the Nurse, up mute erichaetiog :
thee% ft le the end sone of Belvidere ender other dr-
comeleaces, she exhibits nemphisticated Nature and keno*
with a simplicity which would be most besardoes, If genie.
were eel under the strong metro! of jedgmeet and of
purity; het she knows hew ear she skald go, sod an halt
at die very edge, without tends( giddy.
Bet were we to meet the SUN of ail, is which the skill
of the at biumphe Mal conipktely (without aineider.
Mg the ieterest sr merit of the subject-matter), we shodid
ex so the poises scene. If we were to name ors look, at.
Made, and eselamatiee, which seemed were tike inspies-
tioe thee another, it would be at the pnimige, ohm she lifts
the dome—

"4Not, so, this elan forbid it; he thee there!"
Bet we west positively bleak et with eels further sihret.
leg to the earisits quelley id bee seise, aria the admirable
skill with which she imedelstis it.

A mart pugilistk coutbst took Owe yesterday, so Clap.
halm Comenton, ballroom a gesteremonger, 'mows by the .p.
pelletlem of Deady Jag, sad Brigade, a Guildford boat.
man. It was a bard Ask oflifty-arre• minutes, fora stake
of floe didlings. Jack gays sixteen psusds I. weight, but
be wade op that deadest, by pin Wag op to his ad.'s.
eary's bead, sod broogbt hies dews to his own pewees, but
not without reesiviog I. raters. Brigitte fought ~.fully
mail the thirty.sisth raged, when be received a downs(
laft-beaded slap so the jaw, tied be felt as if to try if his
head was on. AN the *the was took out of bias, mad Jack
woe is forty.two siastes.
We understand that the two Linn Coastnirsiers-
ere hare left 'town foe Paris, on their way to Ma-
drid.

The Grand Jery for the Cattily of Middle's: was
sworn last wonting at the Guildhall. West:tisanes.
before •--Coat?. Eaq. Tbei► attendasee for bo-
Woes" was oat regaired till Monthly nest. when the
Sessions commence at Clsrkenwell•green.

On Thursday sennight a gentleman from the
country left a heave in the High•otreet. Perth, about
eleven o'clock at night. with intention of returning
to his lodgings; but having mistaken his way, he
imply discovered he was off the right direction, by
finding himself, all of a sudden, struggling is the
riven After an ineffectual attempt to regain the
honk, he had sufficient presence of mind to throw
himself upon his beck, and allow himself to be cep-
vied gently down the stream. while be called out
lustily for assistance. is this very critical and dup.
guess litigation. he floated down the river (which
was a gad deal flooded et the time), till he came
opposite to the New Shen. where hie eileavoustd •
deg on board of a lighter, in which wen two men
below, in bed. Awskeoe4 by the barking of the
animal, the men immediately got upon deck. and
made all haste with a boat to the place from which
the cries of distress proceeded ; and, fortunately for
the stranger. reached it "time team his life.
was immediately (Named on board of the lighter.
where he remained for the night. Next morning he
wee ro far recovered a to be able to retern to Ins
friends in town. sod give them' eh account of his
perilous odteutn'te.-4Ediebrrik Pope.)

iv el snitEr Act.

W.RstlinsTra, WiSissimi3Ocr.

The tases between Clsiinante and the Commis:
sion'ere nitdrr the New Street Act were this day
continued before:J. SME6DI.IIIT. Esq. the Deputy
High Sutliff;
The lint cure was the claini of Samuel Fyler.
Eiq. the owner of 28 houses which lie between
New.street mail Swullowst►eet.
Mr. Serjesint HEST row for the purpose of ototio
to the Jury the ease of S FOsr, El. who
Was the tityiek of an extrusive and compact freehold
estate, ropOsting of g 8 Itoaw., riltttle on the line
required or the Commissioners under the filew
Street Art, Sidjaining Swallow-street and King.

street. _
The Learned Serjeant hod proceeded thus far in
his statement. to the Jury, when the ATTORN BY-
GILOSISt. whispered to him and stopped the case.
Mr. Serjesvut BUT then observed to the Jury.
that he was ektremely happy to say this case was
settled, and it only remained for them to find a ver-
dict for the Plaintiff for twenty thousand pounds.
The Jury accordingly rfcorded this verdict.
The Commissioners bad offered Mr. Fyler
HUM/. for this estate.
Janie italif;ll.ll.4anniOSlONElllo
this case ilk levy weld and Viewed the pre-
miasedn Jermyn..trsett Oa their return— •
fire. Berjeant Ousio4/ etated the came. He astit-
that.the inquiry, to which he was about to aill their
attention, woe lee to the mooing of compensation to
be given to Mr. Barber, who held • house in Ham-
mond.court, Jermyo-street, not foi his posi‘ihle re-
daction of profit by removal, but for his utter and
irrettievahle ruin. sinless their verdict interpiiiied
and shielded him from wanton oppresiion. The
Claimant carried on two branches of business in his
house in Jermyii-street, one art extensive retail oys:
ter trade, the other a valuable trade in ginger b-er,
the profit of which was very considerable. His
oyster trade consisted of a sale of not less than from
six to twelve buihels per Week. hid the ginger beer
sale yielded at least a profit of 6001. a year. The
Learned Counsel particularly complained sof:the
conduct of the persons employed by the Commis-
sioners, who had purchased the landlord's interest
in this house without shaking any communication to
the tenant. who had 'attired every injury by a pro-
gressive deMolition of all the premises in his vici-
nity. while his sufferingi Were-disregarded. and no
attempt mode to give hits that redress...by a pm-
chaie of Ms interest, towhiCh he Willi most cenkinly
entitled under the Act. All he asked was 3001. for
his oyster trade, 3001. for his ginger and spruce
beer trade, and 00/. for good-will and removal—
making a total of 1,406/.
The leaks were put- in and proved in the usual
manner.
. • John Fyfield examined.
Re stated that he knew the Claimant, Mr. Bar-
ber, foe a great number of years, and had often
brought up from Billingsgate, for him, quantities
of oysters—he • usually brought up fur him from
eight to twelve bushels a week. The oyster season
was about forty weeks in the year.

by the A TTOINBT-GENIZA L.

Witness brnught these oysters for Mr. Berber for
about sis years ; but it was seven years ago 'nice he
bad beets so employed.
Thomas Higgins carried oysters for the Claimant
from the time the last witness quitted that occupa-
tion; he averaged seven or eight bushels a week
early in the soma, and about four et the end. down
to the time when the pulling down the houses
destroyed his business. He described that the re-
duction of the business kept pace with the progres-
sive work of the buildings in the neighbourhood.
John Rosa. a fishmonger, knew Barber's (Taff
busiaeteizsd estimated the profit of it at Soul. a
year. general profit was about 401. per ceut.

George Evans tobacconist, and Thorns. Lewis,
knew Mr. Barber's premises, and, from their own
knowledge believed that a considerable trade was
carried on therein.

J. Goy, botcher, knew the shop very well, and
always observed that it had got a good rust of
bossiness. _

Semite! Barber, the. Clairelint's brother, knew
the nature of his trade. The .prune and ginger.
herr sale was very great ; the spruce was mailufac.
lured at something about 9d. a dosen, and sold for
its.; the ginger beer at about Is. 6d. and sold at
41. a dosen. He had never mode an average of the
amount of the trade, but it eettabily must have
been worth 3001. a year.
The grocer from whom Mr: Berber bieght the
sugar weed in the manufacture, of the beer, and
the penmen who used to sell him the esienre of
spruce.' proved that he was a considerable dealer
with them. He used generally to buy 3/. worth of
sago et • time, and be paid more thou 101. a year
for his silence of spruce.
Ilk Harper, • carpenter. and another person.
acquainted with the value of bosses, were of opi.
radon that Mr. Barber's house was worth 601. a
year.
This was the Claimant's one.

TIN ATTORNIT-GINIRAL commented upon the
evident", nod declared that he never before heard
of so exorbitant a claim as Mr. Barber had at-
tempted to art op. • It was in the highest degree
absurd that such a trade as this in nywers and
ginger berr. could have been worth 6001. a year.

The DaVUTV•BAIt.tro imanied n p the evidence
to the Jury, who retircd for alsnot ten minutes, slid
retained with a verdict of 7001. for the Cleirmuit.
The case of Mr. Slade, foi his Interest in the
Argyle Rooms, is the isolY rereisiinug caw at'per..
sent it issue with the Commissioners, and it stands
ovev emit 'ftiesday !ext.

DIMAS/VG DCATll—Yraterdsy a 'puma. em-
ployed is •repairing St. Betiett's Charch. Fish.
street-hill. •as at the top of the steeple do.ing
sense necessary repoirr, and by some accident it is
supposed his feet slipped from under him, slid he
fell heodlong from the scaffolding to the ground,
at the end of tittle East Chrop,,and sass 11.11 ed on
the spt.t.'