The National Register.
London, England, 1818-02-08 00:00:00

SATURDAY.

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The arguments in this case were resume Son fife ar-
rival of M. Justice Flolroyd, The appellor and appellee
took their usual stations.

Mr Tindal stated, that on the part of the defendant
he felt it his duty to say, that upon the face of the re-
cord their Lordships were culled upon to give judgment.
He deprecated the mode that had been resorted to by
his Learned Friend Mr. Chitty, in drawing the law us
applying to this peirticular case from foreigu authorities
of our oldest books, and, with reference to these, he
contendod that the trial by battle was the undoubted
right•of the defendant, and not the plaintiff; and also
that that the counterplea did not set tbrth any of the
exceptions which the law allowed ; that it was quite
vague and uncertain ; and if it was answered at all'
the replication was a complete answer to it. The
Lea' ned Counsel went on to show that the law and
right of waging battle originated with the Normans,
and that there was no allusion to the trial byibattle in the
Saxon laws. In support of his position the Learned
Gentleman cited a rariety ofituthorities from the reign
of William the Conqueror downwards, and. commente
with great ability thereon.
We left the Court Kitting..

In the Court of King's Bench yesterday, previous
to the further argument in the appeal case, Lord Sid-
mouth presented himself to exllib:t articles of the peace,
against Arthur Thistlewood, one of the persons indicted
with Watson fin. high treason. ThiS man, it appeared,
had written a letter to his Lordship conveyine, a chal-
lenge to fight. The articles having Wen revel and tiled
the tipstaffs of the Court were tlsspatclwd to apprehend
the defendant.

The amount of the Ilusnian exports of corn last year,
was 113 inilltons4f rubles, about tweuty-five
sterling.
Sir Gregor \I 'Gregor arrived at Liverpool on Mon-
day, in the William Ewart, from Nassau, New Provi-
dence.

7 II L. DRAMA.

COV ENT-GARDEN.

After the Opera of Artaxerxes, on Tuesday night, a
sew Melo-Drama, under the title of Tin. blusirious
Tracciler ; or, The Forges of Kanzell, was prctiuced.
The scene is laid in Norway ; and the story is simple,
but interesting. The scenery is new, and some of it
very beautiful, esp:•cialiy a view in the mountainous
'part of Norway ; a view of the interior of the IF,rgcs ;
a view of the Sea by Moon-light, with u Light-ionise,
&c. The piece throughout was received with loud ap-
plause, and wee announced fur repetition wit! out a
ilisseutient voice.
A new tragedy, entitled Fax;o, written•bv H. H.
Manton, B.A. Fellow of Brasennose Collegi; Oxfbrd,
was produced at the above theatre on Thursday night.
The pint is simple. Fazio (C. liembleb unhappy in
his poverty, and iu the vain pursuits of ale:quay,
,by the love of gold, tempted to incur the suspicion of
murder, by robbing u murdered Miser. aised to the
highest aillience by his ill-gotten wealth, lie is educed
from the arms of his doating wife, Bianco (Mi:s
O'Neill), to those of a beautiful, proud, and titled
courtexam. Stung by the desertion of her husband,
Bianca, in the blindness of her passion, resolves to
tear him from thesedocer, by denouncing► him to dos
Senate,. as the murderer of the Miser. The dreadful
'consequence of this act is the death of Fazio by the
hands of the executi.,ner. Bianca, driven frantic by
the deadly and unexpected cataatrofrohe which followed
the ungovernable impulse of her jealousy, dies of a
broken heart. Mis O'Neill, as Bianca, exceeded all
her former performances. The success of the Tragedy
was must complete—it was announced for repetition on
Monday next, amidst shouts of applause. It is remark-
able that Fazio has been published these tuo years, and
has not been offered to any Theatre by the author. Mr.
Dibdin, of the Surrey Theatre, has the honour of hav-
ing first tiisaovered the fitness of the story for Dramatis
effect, and last season produced it under the title of
" the Italian Wife." The Bath Theatre r:ext adopted
it, and its success has been•sach as to materially benefit.
the House.