The National Register.
London, England, 1812-02-16 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL 'REGISTER.

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Mr. Pellegrini. This picture is well drawn, sweetly colountd, and has
a most pleasing effect. There is, perhaps, a little roideur in the attitude
of the Virgin, but this defect, if it exists, is fully compensated by the
general merit of the composition, and the richness of the colouring.
No. 18. The Detection. By L. Cosst.—The Exhibition of last 'year
contained an admirable picture of the same Artist. The Refusal
Marriage was justly applauded, and Mr. Cosse acquired by it, in the
estimation of impartial judges, a place very near Mr. Wilkie. The same
spirit has animated him in the composition of the piece here mentioned,
and We doubt hot that this line of painting will arrive in this country to
as great a degree of perfection, as it was once, in Holland and Flan-
ders on the Easels of the masters we have named above. Let us ob..
terve,however, that an Artist who wishes to become conspicuous in this
sort of subject, ought never to forget that Ortade, Bega, and all the
amversation Palate?* owed their unrivalled fame to their great skill itt
keeping. Scattered lights may be prc.ved to exist in Nature, bttt vitiare.
oscuro, floating around a bright focus of light, is sure to succeed.
No. 10. r 4 Demoniac. By G. DANE. A. R. A ...This painting wza
exhibited last year at Somerset House under No. 461. It has been justly
observed that it is impossible for any man, either in orout of his sense*,
to sit patiently to a painter, in the character here represented, long
enough as to give the Artist a full Opportunity to study the distorted teay
tures of the faces to catch the madening fire of the eyes, and to fix the
whole on the canvas; therefore great praise is due to Mr. Dave, fat
we must suppose that this ingenious Artist had, partly by gathered ob-
servations, partly, and mostly by strength of genius, turned an origioiil
type in his mind and worked after it. We are sorry to confess that it Ps
not a pleasing subject, and that no other place, but the gallery of a cony
noisseur, is fit to receive such a performance; yet we arc proud to thlitt
that the Artist, unmindful of pecuniary reward, worked fur his owes
fame, and thus deserves for his performance the place wuich we taste
pointed out for it—Connoisseur's Gallery.
(To be continued.)

LAIV REPOI?".IS.

tOtTIZT OF KING'S BENCH, SAV2RDAV, FEB.

SITTINGS, AT NISI PRIU Sp BEFORE LO RD EL LENBDROV GU, AT Wellr.
Ml NS 1 k.R.

BRAY T. HALT..
This was an action of replevin, -to recover back the value of gooda,
amounting to 541.125. taken under a distress for non-payment of rent.
The plaintiff rented some stables, in Holborn, from a Mrs-. Shepherd,
and two days before she was entitled to distrait: for the quarter's rent,
the plaintiff sent a person to her son, who was a Solicitor, to tender the
rent due, which he did, by offering him Bank of England notes in pat-
ment ; hut this the son refused, insisting on being paid in the current
coin of the realm; intimating, at the same time, that the rent should Ire
paid in future in nothing but the current coin. A second tender wals
made on the fallowing Monday, in a similar manner, and again refuseire
and on the evening rat the next day the distress was levied by the defend-
ant, as agent for the landlady.
• It appearing in evidence, that the tender was made in Bank of Englana
notes, which, by the existing laws, was not a legal tender for rent—
Lord P.I.LENBOROVOII, however much he regretted that in such k
case as this the law should be so, yet lot must take the law as lie found
it ; and, upon the evidence, the defendant was entitled to a verdict-;
and the Jury found accordingly.
'TOVF.Y QUI-T.IM V. PALMER.
This was a penal action, brought under the Stew' c of Elizabeth, against
the defee.lailt, a master plasterer, for empleying in his serv:ce, role
James Delahay, as a journeyman plasterer, he nut having served a
regular apprenticeship to the trade, according to the provisions of the
Statute.
It appeared that Delahay, wit') had come from Ireland about eight
years ago, was employed fur four years as a mere plasterers lai:ourer,
but in bound himself apprentice to one Foley a plasterer, at d
having served him in that capacity for about seven months, abseundtd
and went into the employment of the defendant. Vat ions applications
were made to Foley to give up the indentures, whit k lie refused to do,
but at last a s rt of fiction was resorted to, and to save his conscienee, a
little :11E1 of four ye are old, helonging to Foley, lennied over the inden-
tures to Delahay, in the presence of Foley, and with his concurrence,
for which Delallay gave the child two haif-crown pieces.
Mr. Gai row fur die plaintiff, having here closed his ease,
Mr. Geaste :per the defendant. under these circumsances, doubted
whether it was necessary for Lim to addrees the Jury—but Lord
Ellenborough thoweht there was fact for the .111;
y.
Mr. Gcaslee said he had another objection which was unneswerahle,
and that
if M wali there was no evidence IS one boors employment in ti.e
coteddlesex where the...offence WAS lail and the defeneent