The Sun.
London, England, 1810-12-07 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

SECOND DAY.---THUIZSDAY.
Yesterday Samuel Harris, aged 60, was hi-ought
up on a charge of,hteahng,se.veral articles of wearing
opuaritl on the 13th of October last. He acknow-ledged having stolen a coat.—Found guilty.of steal-
ing to the value of Ws.

John Boole, a w(AI-dressed man, aged 27, was
brought up on a charge of forgery; hut on account
of the absence of Thomai Coleman, the principal
evidence, he was acquitted.
James Cockshedd and William House were accus-
ed of stealing a sack and a 4,:antity of flour, from
Thomas Ashby, on :the 27th 2Noyemher. James
Coxhead.l,vas found gtfilty of stealing, and Wm.
•House of stealing, but not of breaking into Ashby's
'pretnises. •
him 'Hopkins, aged 23, Joseph Jones, aged 22, and
Richard Prescot,. aged 17, were charged with nre:tk-
ing into the shop of David Phillips; and stealing a
(lan r i ysof ;wearing, apparel.
David Phillips swore that ha was alarmed by 41te
pit role, on the Morning of the 22d of November,
-arid co going down. stairs, foUnd his shop had been
broken open,, and two pair. of leather breeches;,-four
p it of cassitheie breeches, and several other articles
takerf.aWay. • ,
John 'Murphy, a patrole, saw, at two o'clock of
the morning of the 22d, 'six men come up, who a;
fist atleae.4.l to be intoxicated„ though alt,,•rwarlls.
he discovered that they were. not intoxicated; and
then divide ',several iintes into parties of two and
three, observed tae three prisoners go, -across the,
street, from' St. Jame S's side to St Anne's side, to
!2.1, Gerard-street, where 4 shop was broken. open
-that. mucking; apprehended fories, and took (lint to
S. "watch-house,. On searching Joins, no-
was:foond upbn
OWeri. Duncan, another patrole, confitmed this •
:account.

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.
James IM'Arthur, a watehrnan, laid hold of Hop-
kins; with the asSistalice Of James Ford, another.
watChman, and found Philips's property on hiM,
which he dropped, and whiCh witness "took. up, and
gave alOitg wi h the prisoner Hopkins, into the cu.—
tody'ot 'Mr. Scott, the constable of the night; i.it.St;
h01t457s watch-house.
janies Ford confirmed this account.

• .Lanes, Kennedy, another watchman,. :followed
PresCott to. Philips's door, where he heard a num-
ber of .people talking aboin Fait fame o'clock,
and heard a wrenching* of something. Prescott
crossed the street, said " Ail is well." W,itne,s and
another ivarclunaii follw;sed him and apprehended
him, when he said he had no name. •

Scott, constable of the night, swore that Hop-
kins's hand was scratched -as if cut by brOkiog
throne} a window. •

'111;,- Prisoners, in defence, attempted to account
for their being in the street; at so late an 11(Atr.--»
.l'rescott, said, on coining home from the play lie
was Stupt by some girls, and could get into uta
lodgings.
A. very respe&able testimony was borne \to the
charader of all the prisoners. • .
The Jury; after deliberating forsome 'time in
~Court; retired, and returned in about five minutes,
with a Verdict. of guilty, but • recommended the
prisoners to mercy.
'eatherine Higgins was found guilty of stealing a
bonnet, below the value of ss.
Anne Rowley, .aged, 15, of, a very innocent ap-
pearance, stood indicted with stealing a 401. Bank-
note, from Benjamin Watkins, her master. Ben-
jamin Watkins found a 401. Bank of England note
missing.—John Siddon, a fellow-servant, aged-14,
. swore that Anne Rowley took 401. note out of a
nutmeg-grater, which she desired him/to read. She
said her father gave it
.her to pay his' club.—Mrs.
Watkins gave the prisoner a good character. Chas.
Rowley, the prisoner's father, received a bank-note
.from her; which she said she found in the street.—
Nut Guilty.
A Bill of Indictment was preferred and found by
the Grand Jury against the Managers of the Stock
'Exchange, for a libellous publication, reflecting VT-
on a Gentleman who was formerly a Subset-am, co
that house.

Yesterday morning early an alarming fire broke
out in the premises of Mr. Jenkins, Upholsterer,' in
Little Prescot-street, Poodman's-fields,which burned
very rapidly, at:d entirely consumed the same. The
flames communicated to the house of Mr. Swaine,
tailor and saltsman, adjoining, which was likewise
nearly consumed, but by the timely arrival of the.
firemen. and engines, the whole was extinguished
without spreading any farther.

SMITHFIELD,MAKKET, D.sc. 7. ,
This day's Market had but a scanty supply of dif,
ferent kinds of Cattle; Beef, Mutton, Pot*, and
Veal, sold at last prices ; • and the trade for the most
part -was not over brisk.—The sales in the Hay
Maiket were trifinfk ; Straw and Clover obtain-d
last prices; Hay has fallen in price,—Tlie tinder-
inentioned prices and numbers. are a.correct state-

LAID IiEPORT.

KINC'S BE. CN, Drc. 6.

nursosT 21, B,ER

. • for the plainfitt regretted that he
• t,o int any detail of the
case. He had.to represent it, as not
v•tik• •t and .ou'rgenns violation, but a
: .•ion of Froperty-: and lot this he carne
The plaintiff was a Frenchman,
dun. iht period which he s'Pent, iii his Da-
,
' cooi-ty, oSseSsed'a hi..;11 reputation in' his art:
w with. France, we must not
_ Lens itiat .l.e arcs were jityly applieciated, and
li slily -pa4odised there. 'The 'art of which: Mr.
Ditb,.st- was a professor; the art ef,paiPting, was
eminently regardt-d to Feance ; and to have attained
•celetatity there, rot-joked- peculiar powers. The
pLii::titrcaine over a -few years si7sce with a paint:
idg of. his, which ltd been highly admired in Paris.
Melit !mkt ti:.d its way—the Pillnting was seen
here, and Ipunnchased by.. a gentletnan of krieWn
, taste. It was rnpossible to look round the CoUrt
and trot see the interest which the cause of the fine
arts excit,.d in .his c-untry. After -a residence of
s length tune, the plaintiff formed an -Exhibi-
tion in Pall-M.,11. Among other pictures was one
fro the old Arli.)iati tnte of Beauty and the Beast.
W.:Ln it wa, hard that this was from Mr. Dritiosi's
. ,
penoti, rob .oly' enough Al as said of its merits. It
.
was
..,t;.trt.ely' to be supposed that any one should
hal-e ,Wisbed to .deitrof such- a picture.' It was,
however, destroyed,- and-by•the-deteqdant, the Rev.
47,1 r. ,•Berestorci, a. sun 'of the ArclibiShopol Tnatn,
That Gentlrfnan, on the ?mil of June, ca' :IA to
:the *Exhibition ; thc:e was some delay among 'the
persciiii at -the about cltao. i the money
%./hich he gave, and in t momCN after the4e .was a
cry that r''''the Gentiemaa , vas' cliff ling theiplEtures
- to piecer;." The picApi*eof Beauty and the Beast
was etuaily Cut to pieces. It Was uot` easy to con-
ceive tupt.ve winch could iav i iddoce.! this re-'
verend deA r:y such a w(Yrii, Link ,• had
brought with inin peculiar taste of the kind
Eon, his oWiti ct.or.tiy. Mr.lieresforti then turned
' round, With the :Itnifein his hand, the, peopit;
WllO-.t coming In, as it to ',,ke ut ptf ::ton Who
ventured near- him, Tie cootaitt,d, his work of de-
,
strodiou for at least halt air,, i,:c4r. The. pf,intify
was'any thing wrOrig'in''the pictuie,
- it, n;ight have 'been pu.iished by re law. Cmt7.
stables:wer,.; sent t.,r to .I.‘:lailboreugli-street, but
before heitcoming Mr. Bel eSlord had gone away.—
The, plaiatiti valued this oictore at 'lO9O guineas.
This Price might seem high, but the Jury knew the
sums that were often, givei, to paintings. Ina late
exhibition, a water-col ,ur ...ra wing- was sold fur
800 guineas. The Would tulip their estimate
frOm this...* The plaintiff ciaitned, not on,y for the
loss of his piettire, but ter Cie 'profits of his'exhibi--
iron.' Nbtl the Beauty an.; .rt.t Beast was shown,
the- .".profit, ani::unted to ten guineas a dar, ant! Mr.
Dulio'sa uugi t count'on httle fottune
it. • Wlien the picture was Liestroyel, the profits
sutik.,o tali o pounds a day. Th Juty 14Q1.14,1
cu -
sid all the One:tin, .vices: A foreigner seeking
the plotectien off, ws for violent injury ; a
,ssto tir. .s ; and, on the otter side, a conduct
u:B!..iiiable to au} pecAliarly to the defend-'
apt, whose :wictions should have taught hiw Otilef
thin;;s Tantre tie auhnis cc2.l s.ibus irx."
Three p. Nous of tae panic otßasky, Hest it, add
Stanley, rec. fivers at the door, Or connected n ita the
Iled to profs ,xi'stehce of the
Picture in its per tea state, as si;bit.c.juetit ;injury:
Basky said that Mr. Beresford, hen' going intolthe

raga',
.p.i.seo him lightsiing j whereas
ills Grace the Prince. of \V‘ili,:s and the other Royal
Dukei very del,bet,it,,dy enquired their, way.
Charles Suiiner at, exam,incd. 13 Air. MARRYATT.
Was in theou.er roojn,‘.vileti tiere,tord went
in. Soon after he !)lard a cry or, " the Gentleman

Liegtrby.log tl4c ran in, and saw the

defendant wit!► a knife in► o►►e hand, and a stick in

tue ether.

The-knife was 'held out towards him ;

be tieo-u,;(alh;- going to be murdered, aud lab
awa:, ; first to Isle Pcilai:e, for the Body Guard, and

next to ~the officer fur the cOnstables.

He was away

about an hour wlien cAnfe uack, the •ptdure
was, lying in pitco on ttici #,,or. Before be went
for the w'.-i:;,n3t.,,i-t-lv..thrown

thelloor; he returned it ~vai all pieces.
Cross-examirzed ty '7llu, ATTU E4•GENfiItA
There vas but little money !.,,.ot At the elthibitiutt iu
the begitpting; but it alterwrds lucreased. Wit-

'less used to -give any exptanal ion ot .the pithfre“hat

wits

Thepia:lre of -Beauty .and the ik.ast

was beautiful, ',l-1,0 could not tell whether there was

a likeness tf Mr. Hope, in the picture. He knew
that 1111-4_Hope's likeness in the pitture was'not like

ht. r, [This answer, which was extorted 'by the
Attorney-General, prokineed c9nsicteraule laughing'
in CoLit The pcopk who came to tie exhibi7

tion. sa.d, I:kene4 was ex.cel:ent, but
Airs Hope's. not gu:d. • There w 4/ a 1-?ortrait of
Airs. Hope drawn by the,plaitititf,- for which he was
paid four hundred guineas. heard hat 'Air.

ilo.pe had a room called the star-chamber, iro,ll tiitt

cieling, being .painied. with stars. lskiat roual was
kepreserited in thelin'aure. He did not thitik the

Bjai3l was a horrid, hideous, offensive rrionser;

he • thought. it rather pretty, or,„ at lea,t, rtry
good-natuivd: It was hairy lake a bear. It iiad
to clothing bu,t hair. It might be hauclboiner than
a bear, for beas,s had different kinls o beau-
ties.

.E‘ery .utte had .ivs,laste ; but the beast in

the picture was a very good-humoured beast; It
had twig hauling ears:: It was not so pretty ,as the
fe.inale figure called thel3eauty.. There. was a chest
frill of jewels before/the beast. He had his paw on
the chest, and was' offering the jewels to Beauty,She was wringing her hands,-and, in great distress,
at being e.xposLd to the beast. All this was but a
nursery tale. It rya; the stihjed of an Opera, ( ailed
-Zayre and Aior. Did not know why Mrs. Hope's

dress in her portrait was put Upon Branty. nought
it rather an ancient kind of dress. Saw Mr. Hope
but once in the street. A book for stibst_riptions io

print:from the pi&ure lay open on the table; some

L-3•041ii/OhL: by_itlCßAitll kiARRIS, of No. 4, Mastlett-court, Bow-strect and Pvbli
• the §uN•OFFicig,.. No. fl; S•raotir where iirivergisenzents, ()rulers for t

people desired witness to setschisen.tlieirirames,; Sir
Harry. Englefield's name. (which the Aitorpey-Gcs
nerarpronounced to be a 'foreerS) was not-Set down'
by witness for two copies efthe engraving.
Mr. MARRYATT.—"I understand that the, story
of the picture was the Stibjesa of au operdaiiit per-
formance."
The- ATToRt4 EY-GENERAL proceeded with the
cross-examination.--Witness -had not told any one
that Beauty and the Beast .were- likenesses, of l‘lt
and Mrs. Hopee..bu: he Alight have heard people
saying so, and what they said. Did not te-
membiar ,tdaintiff saying that it was drawn for a
likeness of Mr. and Mrs; Hope. • Plaintiff had not
begun it for a likeness ; but on beingetoldthaeit was
like Mr. Hope, he finished it -up to the- complete;
likeness. Plaintiff took Mrs. :Hope for hig model'Of
Beauty; ashe had been, drawing a fine portrait Of
her; From' the seast's mouth there was a scroll,
with these words, " I am sensible I am a horrible
heaSt, .but 'if. you will accept My hand,, alt these
riches shall be yours." These words were in Eng-
lish,' and taken from the story. The' plaintiff had
.Often said, that he was displeased .with Mr: Hope on
account of some dispute about a paintinge The de-
fendant did not -ay that he was the brother of Mri.
Hope e he spoke so rapidly that witniss could not
understand him.
Louis O'lliekey received the admi,sion Money fit
the door. The money in the begninieg *as only
twe or three potiedi a day. L Mier wa rose tO ten,
fifteen, and nineteen puunds'a day. Afier the pie-
tpre was cut, the receipts fell"otf at once. Marty
.people offered to pay for seeing the' fragments of
the .picture.
Mr. Huet Millers was called to provethe:Tlain-
tiff's* celebrity as a painter. Witness had seen the
picture for the first time only this morning,. in the
coffee-houSe. He cuulj not judge of it ;• it was in
pieces.
Louis Stroehling was next called. Witness was
historicel painter to i.he Prince of Wales. Frorna
Oral itispection,Thc thought the value of the pic-
ture live an
or six lidredguinesse Had gone hastily
the todin, and aid net sue any-likeness et
; lope, 112 on his hofnumi%
Lord- Eei.xistittotinliss-Li" What, Sir', you sse
you only iook a serreless,-eutiory `view ; and yet you
come here. to pronounce its-Value; at ti,e oesis t n-
dree guineas. Was its value from its embodying tf,e
tolignant. passions of a Man's mind, or from its in-
trinsic worth as a picture for a collection ?"
. Tee With;os could'net speak to its value from ant,
ihmg, bat from the prices which the pleintiff was itt
the habit of demanding..
. Toe question by the ATTORNEY-GEN ERA L—Wht ”-
ther'lie had ever seen the picture of a bear, or any
other beast with a grass, hung bra string round his
neck -?—Witness ansse red, it might depend on the
capricious fancy, of a painter; but noticing of that
kind had occurred in his experience of painting.
The ATTOANEY GENERAL then addressed the
Jury. Thislvas the most eheedent appeal the-, he
believed was. ever made to a British Jury, The'
Leaned. Con.isel who opsned the case had said that
his client claims. the prceeetion of the laws. He
should not hive begun by insulting them. It eas
impossible net to observe the at tifice which had been
employed by the plaintiff to obscure the troth of
the,csse. Acrowd of witnesse• had been dirought.
f erward by him totally unconnected with the fads
of t!:e sa.tt;to. T. at Lempt:at fixing an enormous
!tease hid been instilld) cut seers by liiaiLordsilip ;
and 'pit the Flomter had the fol'y to think that Gc
was inTudeoce to expert a recout-
venri.c troni the What Weis the hews' ? ,The.
plaintiff was a
.foleigner, who came- over sew time
since to this country with nosether earthly possessis
oti than a singie picture. The Learned Counsel for
the plaintiff had said, thaCtuse it weUld find patron-
sese here-; and it 'was -true. Debost found in Mr.
lope a most liberal patron. Mr- liOpt, at oncesgas4.
Dubost eight hundred guineas for the eidure, whiCle
conitittrei alit that this reffiett wes worth iii the
wails). Lie took Dubost•to his house,-and with an
ho. ourable wish to encourage the merit which -he
thought he had found iii direresss madee-him at once
an offer of tour hundred gutless for painting Mrs.
Hope's periraity 0f this money two hundred gui-
nees were given at the moment, and two henored
Mole bet or he had even finished the pi&ure. [Here
the plaintiff, who was sittingein.Court, made some
movement as if in cent raditt ion.] "eleknow," said,
the Attorneylteneral, ": I. perfectly' know what 1
am ssying. And I cannot suppress, my indignation
at. the insolence of this fellow, this true original for
his own beast, who dares to continue in Court dur-
ing this trial." What. was this fellow's COlichltl
He lived at M. Hope's for a length of time, and lie -
employed his time in taking opportunities of future
insult to his benefktor. He 'made large demands
upon Mr. Hope's liberality ; and there is no man
nit r: liberal titan that person, It was found neces-
sary to, get rid of this importunate beggar, and then
the reptile took his revenge; then be prepared to sting
his benefactor acid a most amiable and admirable
Lady in the tenderest point. He had the insolence.
and ingratitude to caricature them, under the .forms
of which so much had been already st,id. Mr.
Heee ttas eatieatured as beast, offering to purchase
Mrs. Hope with a box of jewels. Mrs. Hope was
wringing
,her hands, and selling herself at . the same,
'time to the monster whom the insolent painter lied
designated forlier busbangs eThiS was offensisce in
the extreme,, and
,nothing could.
.be motes untrue
than the,insiotenionot the piCture. Every-one who.
had seen Mt'. Hope' sustaining the best. duties' of a
father and husband; every one- Wdio lead seen Mrse
Hope, an ainienle and affettionate' 'wife, and both
exhibiting a model of that domestic:excellence, and
demesne bertnonyedwhich there were so few ex-
amples, ..sould know that the inshmation.wes 'to-
tally false. * Mrs. Hope's Isiother, indignant at the
envy which his sister's feelings time sustain, indig-.
rhea at the scandal which was liotuly thrown upon,
his own family, put an end at once to the.piClures,
What was
.the injury sustained by aubost, to that
which he had meditated against an, honourable Man
and his tanely \\ fiat was the objet) of this,aftion ?
The plaintiff knew that nothing could be immure
ittg to the feelings of Mr. and Mrs. Hope, than to be