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the home, and they found him lyitte nn two ell..;ra
fillite insensible, the luaus was runtime out of his
mow h, lie was vet y badly struck, and he never After..
words 't-ion-red ; at tier cod or trot *seeks lie hail
is sin 11:•-•r ottock ; wain so. • id the testator had not
hi+ bsetsltir, hum the ligir hr hid the tit. De could
lint otter his words, and his asisaerawere Wit intact:W.
mull he Was not entniieten: to invite a will ; witne-s
'i.ttd4 him itt December 1810. Mrs. c.illtil
upon the witness in trecemher titlo, and asked
isigs Aphat hr Ihnitgld of the ii:tl ;
itii-
moat •ti.l he told her if his airfors strobe out totted
thvy must remain as they were, a. he was 1101 CAlha•
Llr it ismking any alteration in tilein—sheietx asked
about his fteollectien. hr sand lir wan perfect. that
it was in D-critiber.- 1/510, the time Airs. W•ight,
liaid him his hill, the old matt Was lint capit'ile of
ter,'lvitt';tit a: set, or even of c..miting it ; stinting
give indirect aiid round-111)0ot +Wailers to the
ciatcle,is that were put to I , that it is not easy to
%tato the sit hstance of 1111 evidence. He *St ereU•s•
esatnimd by 11i. Canso, who desired him to state
to the j•tly the reason 4 on %/Lich hr had formed his
ja.l4lOrlit that Johu Chatwick was incompetent to
in k•• his will.

Witnias—" In my opinion he was wit competent, because
Lis arcroace was imp, tf. rt."
Mr (.woes—" Then, Doclur, we are In understand, that
is n your opinion, that wlkii a mia's riercoace is imperfect
this coiniwttni to make his will ?"
iViiar•s—•• I adv., a question, be did not give
me a al. Mt ammo,' but began to talk of melte similar
thing .•'
Air. CR 01111••••" Theo you conceive that wiser a susses
*lrra.re t, imperfect, and %Owls us addition, he shun not
e.se .11101Wri 6.1 such questions as are asked him, it
(VI proof !hat he is incompetent to snake • will ?"
Wit care*—.6 yea."
. (arras—" Pray where did you receive your medical
education ?"
it'll urss—" In Scotland."
Mr cross—" lne can write, I suppose?"
Wit acss--., I can."
Mr. Cno.ri--.. You put down, I take it fur granted, the
liars of )our stiCIIIIIIIUCe ?"

tV,lnri.i.—" "
Mr. eRllllll—.4 HAY. von your books here '.•
it*,tios..—" No, I did not brio: them with me."
Mr. Inn s—" Are the bunk. in existence r
Wit,,,"" Whew I ►ave duke with them I lake no (nether
t., ire of them."
Mr. C 11048—." Rut your not taking notice of them does
not nnihilate them ; I repeat the question, are they in ea-
).•

Wila.-o.—" Tile book is which I made t►es►. retries
is redurre."

tli.. Coats-0 You lw. not 111:isheri your oratinwr,ou y
hire ;Pot to;51 us to what it I. rvilticril—was it to
ocss--" The book is rediered."
J1,11GE..." Do you mean by this tern that your b telt is
oto 1 5554ec ii) rsisitnce ?"

V.", my Load, that is what I mean ; it is no
long is.. xistewee "

Air ('Russ—" Pray, Air, ran anti give a rational answer to
any gnr•t that is asked you

1i.1.14,...-" Nu!"

Mr CRO3ll—" You hare at least fur once Oren a ilirret
ai,auer, mud I will hut trouble you, Sir, with any further
qttv.tiutia "
The gravity of the Court was much disturbed by
the enikssitiotjurt or this witness. stud his Lordship
iistamitleil that it was witieeestiAry to proceed further
to thy c.ase.—The Pliaiutiff was mob-suited.

LEWES, AuGusr 3.

Sonn after eight o'clock on Saturday 'treillage
.lu.,!ice Abbott arrived here from Maidstone.
:i..c named by our Sheriff and suite. and owned
tiie Commission of Assize for this county. Yager•
day hip Lordaliii, went to St. Michael's Church,
and heard a sermon. suitable to the occasion,
lavacbeil by the Sheriff's Chaplaiu.
At Mae o'clock this looming. the business will
au•neace in b Courts. Judge Abbott will try
pit.oares, unit Mr. Serjeant Lena the causes, of
w.,1,•;i Were ure upwards of tweedy entered.
•Fhe huvinevi of daft Court will prove more thou
was experiell, the smother of Venire/4 returned yes•
ttatluy amounting to i I.
i:e Gaol Calendar now exhibits for trial 16
Nt is.nier., which i4b follow :
51,1.11. a Stal, aged 43, Clf stealiug at Fruit a bay mare,
th proptity uf.l.tha 11.11101111.
Harriet Kitchener. aged 26, for stealing at Brightlortio-
_,.. 'emir tour silver spoons, value 27 bbilliags, the ruperly of
Mr Gun,.l.

ieiin Gower, aged 32, fur feloniously breaking epee a
stind,wil ■t eurklield, and felouiuusly stealing therein a
sum k, cuistaining three bushels of flour, value 48s. the pie-
iy of George Webb, r.
Thomas Standee, aged 23, for sacrilegiously breaking
open the parish church of Warblvtun, and widow !betties
a COMI2IOII prayer book, the properly of Mr. Blackman.
ilereminh Bailey, aged 30, and Francis Allen, 21, fur bur-
glsr.niedy entering the dwelling-house of Julin Reslall, of
Trutitio, and feloniously stealing therein a part of a cheese,
qoatitity of Novi, >Nap, and tobacco, •alue 40s. the pro-
t y gee said Julie Bcstall.
Gew.ge Chairman, aged 10, fur berglariunsly entering

Nice of the elcrea copies, but what you actually
did sell the dere') last copies fur )—Nu doubt it woold.
How mail) copies might bare boroe this additional Vries?
%owlet a dozes.
Widt! you 'peak of more thins Juan, dare any these
spree nut nit-wed:au OlutteN Of fuurieer betWeVII cause
the slumber aulocribed for was very• comities ahle.
In ell,el of works Of *bich two hundred fifty lava
been printed, bar it tint toot within pour ealn•niSK'e, fist
only that the whole 11131iibtf ties been but, in !mint of
fact, that the tau r•le%cti mines hire • ism in pi ice ?—it
has ; CHIC is another instance in that ltd..

Dee. it 'tot Foittiliniem bar prn, shit the Imf.i twenty or
thirty copier 111 Arica ?...11 IlEly so liml is n ; if it l*
stasrd Ihnt n rrri.ott Tlivitller msly *III b:• pointed, 111 general
we have tuh•rrthn. in that iisimiter.

If twenty or thirty Ipinea pf .11/11 st work erns3in on liana,
may hot the iiinbli•hrr interline the pure npou them, no as
to 111111111 G it). Lim*, If fur the inerreseil cost of the rat of the
work occnColic,l by the ilelivcsy of the eleven copies I.—The
iticrc,lne p 1 irr input copies which remain on Itniorl in al_
vrsys inaticr eruption, it is nut a matter of constant prac-
tice.

I presume, iliont:b it world very frequently happen, that
When y 4,1 rtutic to the ekrrn copies of a book, it would
bear an ittercim• of prirc, yet it very seldom happens, that
o lien you have trenty or thirty copies un band, you can in-
ert:ore the price ?—Certainly nut.
Ahnut eleven is :enerntly the nutnber upon which you can
venture to increase Ilir time ? tis sod tithe Work 15 very
t %pensive, we comma lay it oa at all.
In the works in rhich you are engaged in the peblication
of, and in the risk, riii you conceive pleat the demand of these
eleven copies, by adding to the cei lain expense, would have
a tendency to discourage persons from undertaking some
winks which they would otherwise print ?—Certainly it would
have That effect in many instances ; on several of the works
which we have published it 'until have had that effect.
Have you auv reason to belie re that the delivery of these
eleven copier will precept the publication of future works
—To jnilge from past experience, I would say, it will) 1
have a letter from a gentlemen, who has a work in baud
now, of considerable importance, in whirls the idea is com-
pletely expiesscil. It is from the Rev. Mr. Roding, who is
printinz a work upon the English Coinage. He propose. to
is Mt the History of English Coins, In three quarto volumes,
the amnion* two hundred and Arty on Neill paper, and fifty
ern :orgy piper. This is his letter:—
" Malden, March 117, 1813.
" Stn—l have of late examined the public papers, with

much impitience, to discover the ds:tenninitiOn of the
House of Commons respecting the statute ad' the Ilth of
Awe; but in vain; and then fore presume that nothing is
as yet arsolveil upon
" That determinates., is of considerable importance to
me, as upon it will depend cerratala whether I shall print
any large paper copies or inn; and possibly, if my number
of subscrihrrs does sot materially increase, whether I shall
he able to print at all, with so anions a deduction, as that
of eleven copies from a very smell impression.
" It appears that nearly all spirit of inquiry into the prin-
ciples and practice of coinage has vanished, together with
the 'anal coins. In this state of the public mind, I cannot
venture to limit noire than 230 copies of my book; mud I
Irate you to judge, shriller I can afford to give eleven, even
of smelt paper, nom so limited an impression.
" A line frmn you, as soon as yen ran give me any intor-
tranti •n the manner in which the business is likely
to terminate, will greatly
" Su, your bumble Servant,
" ROGERS RUDING."

There will be a great number of plates in it; and even
when Mr. !hiding selhi the whole number I know the profit
will not he a large one to I . Many years ago he pro.
posed to riot 11w work in Iwo quarto volumes, at the price
of fonr guineas but the materials mcreased so much upon
his hands, and the subscriptions Vitae IS so slowly, that he
fotiod he must either give up the idea of printing the work
at all, or that he must print girt this expensive price.
Were such omks as yes publish now commonly published
in the days of Queen Anne ?--Clei taint, nut.
*UM slew the grievance on works of coloured plates, do yen
publish Dr. Sibtborpe's Flora Greta ?—We du.
What would lie the actual expense out of pocket of deli.
veriug vertu copies of that wink the frill prier it
would be 2771. 45.; and it would be actually that low, be-
cause the price of the work ie less than it costs.
Do you publish Sowerby's English Botany ?—We see sloe
of the publishers.
What does that rest colouring, a volonte?-Ito far as I ran
form an idea, about eighteen shillings per valuate.
What is the price of the VilltaNlC believe about I/. 145.;
there are stow thirty-six rehouses published. It sktuald he
mentioned, that Mr. Sumerby only prepares so many copies
as he has • sale for. Therapist's of colouring must be in-
curred in the Flora Grunt, and I. the works of Mr. Sow-
erhy, the Faialish &gaily, mod Miemakrgy, because there are
noise With uncoloured plates.
Du you publish 11.ambereaDenee Piours?...We do.
What would be the actual cwt of eleven copies of that
work ?—With the plain plates the Mode price is ten guineas;
it would be one hundred awl tea goitres'.
Yoe publish the workaref the Dilletanti Society ?—The
Dil etatiti Society'a Sprcuneas of Ancient Sculpture we
publish.
What wooltl be the actual cost of Citing eleven copies of
that work !—Thr actual Mat of Plat of the copies of that
work is about ten peewit'. The fart is, that in tlie original
megagernent we made with libeSocii ty, the price of the plates
was to be 3,00 n venires; hot it was tumid impossible at such
a price that the work could ho rublulioni at all, and they took
off one thollsand.
'There art many of those fow works published at r loss,
without • slew to profit.?—lo this ne paid for
plaits nt that rate : it was mot the litreiet y'r kiss.
What would lie the actual loss of *Acorn copies of Mr.
John, s's Froissart, the iptarto edition ?—The actual loss at
first would bare leen elt ico times the trade price; aid, as
Sir Egerton Itryitgrs has 'initial. the ultimate actual loss
would hive beets p.ater, for 111 the sale itiercascd the price
inferred.

Do you publish Roman AutioniCcs?—We do.
Hun mane rubrics west. p 4 'Atli and ul Ibat wou
There 200 prolite.4l; but as the work contain• .

fon& applicable to the pitrrli:re of 1,401.4 '—‘r• know 'Sat
route !coy, and I I,.llere *II Wt.... With Irgefli to the Bod.
Irian, I con ao e r it, In iritniw I loam the lierowells for the
Ills te last plus f nbn•h it 41,111.3rN that i lie eoLbrra
Lace teceitea, olkoi an avg., at4r of ilso.e thine ycarA, olul. a
Year.
ploy lack volt, if this is not raised by fa kiiig I Ilemiehreb?—
Clots ly
. . . . . .

Have yon heard any thin 4 of the funds of St. Andrew's
—M L. Inueinan tell% me, lie milirlies them with bunks. The
Vivveisity of Aberdeen', either Mr Mammon, ur sume other
sic supplics. (Amigo* in their memo' 'al
admit ilo.v leave futon.
His the Adirticates Library a hind l—Every Advocate
pays, upon matririllatinvi '21114. of which Dili?. sue.: to the
support of the library.
1)0 you you know any thin- of the Dublin libraries?-1
do nut.

Huse any of the Univernities, nut I).ioug supplied With
boriLs, becutue purritaseis ?—ThAt lIMS frequeutly been the

Did you, at * former meeting of the booksellers, thir.k
twenty-eight years copyright a coonpensaliou for this deli.
very!—l was not present at that incelisig, nor did I enter
into any of the Sires of it.
What, in yunr opiniolo, will relieve the proprietors of
books?—Of course, upon that subject, 1 Cali only otter a
very humble opinion. I see tin tither say duns that of re.
turning to the old principle. The Act fur the Encourage.
meet of Literature, by giving copyright and certain penalties
in eases of the recto ration of works, never was supposed to
apply to books of a very expensive oat etre.
Do you think the payment of half price by the Universi-
ties would diminish the grievance?—lt would certainly di-
minish it ; but it would not tske it sway. The British
Museum, it strikes one, is the only completely ostionst
library in this kingdom ; and upon the same principle. that
tilde eleven libraries shuidil be supplied with hooks :it She
expense of booksellers suit authors, it seems to me, that
every other public library should obtain books in the same
nay. The British Museum contain, the only completely
nitional library. I should think, if a statute were enacted,
to compel us to give one copy of every bunk we publish to
the British Pluseunt,it would be cheerfully assented to. The
right which is now claimed is a right that never has been
exercised; and the law has always been understood in the
same way by the booksellers and by the Universities.
By an Act of Parliament which passed some years ago,
every printer is obliged to keep a copy of every hunk he
prints ; if, instead of the regulation of that Act, all sorb
copies were collected together in a national library, like the
British Museum, woohl not that, at the same tone, bike off
the burden of delivering one of these (lest a copies?—Cer-
tainly.
List of Books, in folio and "unto, pitliti,hed within the
last lady, you', by John White, loud by Whde„ Cochrane,
and Co. Fleet-street —(The r culurun is flue price of
eleven copies on common paper ; the WWl', on large paper.
Where only one price is mentioned, theoe sac no large pa-
per)
Mlles Origin and Progress of
Writing, 4to. and folio (100) -
Allwood's Literary Antiquities of
Greece, bre. Co. - - 19 16 0
Panks's Dormantand Extinct Eng-
lish Peerage, 3 vols. 410. (230) 69 6 0 103 19
Botanist's Repository, by Andrews,
9 vols. Cu. - - 297 0 0
brookshaw's Pomona Britannic.,
large folio (too; - 493 0 0
Cove's Not thern Tour, 3 vols. 41.1.
61b edition (59) - 73 12 0
Daniel's Rural Sports, 3 vols. im-
perial Co. (100)
Dilletaut i Specimens of Sculpture,
folio (350)
Forbes's Oriental Memoirs, 4 vols.
royal 4to. - 191 16 0
la 11
Fentssrwres sleffeas "IL 463.
(300) and ! web. lislits (lb) 196 7 0
Hooker's British fesgerinsouisie,
calculated at 20 Nue. 4to. and
folio - P 2 10 0 139 0
Jninville's Memoirs, by Johnes,
2 vols. 410 - - . 49 4 0
King's Mutilations Antique, 4 vols.
folio (950) - 184 16 0
Knapp's Graining Britannica,royal
4to. (100) . 92 8 0
Knight's Pomona Herefordiensis,
ditto 49 10 0
Lambert's Description of the (k-
-nits Pious, folio, plans (17.1) and
coloured (25) - 138 12 0 577 10
tysons's Itelignia, Romans, 3 parse 116 10 0
Letter from Ai bens, rayslito.(3oo) 13 131
Marlytes
41u. - 23 17 6
Distorter's Modecu History of Hin-
dustan, 2 sole 410. . 57 13 0
Montscio's To stares Britannic/I, 2
vols. 410. plain and coloured 33 0 0 06 0
Hanning's History or Neirrey, 3
vols. folio ;330 nod 150)
Moustrelct's ('hronicles. by Jnhnn,
vols. Co. ;300) sad 5 sole. Mitt
(201 - 231 0 0 557 10
Pennant's Outlines of the Globe, 4
vols. 4to - 00 13 6
Sihthorpic Fists G. ova curs Smith,
vol. I. tone(to consist of tittle
more v (30) - 277 4 e
Smith's Tone to, and Description
of Ilsfool, folio (10111 - 138 12 0 -
Stroll's Engl.sh Spirits and Pos.
times, 410. (500 and 15) - 34 13 0 11It
Satan's History of Staffordshire, 2
vote f di° . f 9 6 0 103'19
St. Alban's. Ronk of, sm folio (150) 57 15
Wilmot's Life of BiFialp
royal - - - 17 6 6. 23
11111y:ions's Voyage up the
tevraitesu s ills Lord Nelson, 4to.
and 6.lis (108) - - 40 8 6 fa 11
Parsilisus

L. R. st.
/03 17 6

173 5 0

207 IS 0

138 12