The Sun.
London, England, 1817-03-20 00:00:00

MI?? NEWS.

VEAL, Whiten 19.—Ciime down froni the Ri-
v.er, ,and saded, the Pd b tago*, tor the Isle cat
Fr owe ; Snyrna, for Smyraa anti Coostantino-
plc Pt;ter Proctor, for Donti.tica ; Montgomery,'
fot Belta(t. ; Abeona, for Duh ; and Bilboa:
packet for Bilb.a. ,Arrived, and sailed tor the
River, the John, NE wToN, front Havre.
Wind N.W.

PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 19.—Arrivcd thelirulker
transport from Antigua. A ll:Itcli man 01 tvai
tin; arrived At St. Ilelen's—n.nue u..knmvn.—
Wind N.W.

FAtmount, INlAttcst 17.—Arrived the Active,
IIosKEN, and TOWan, CUNDY, from LOndOn, and
the Alexander, supposed from the West Indies.
Sailed the Walsingham packet with mails for the
lirallls, and M try, LoivnEN, for Buenos Ayres
Wind Iron) N. to S

Maßca.l9.--Sailed the Eirl. of Le-
cester packet for Holland, and Beaufoy .racket
for Cuxha

To Ihe PROPRIETOR S cf EAST INDIA STOCK.

At the lost Election for the Directorship, I ail-
dves.ed a few words to you, in order to enforce.
the propriety of your selectieu; a Candidate who
Lail the recommendation of peculiar knowledge
and experience in the Naval concet its of your In-
stitution. That you already possess men who are
qualified by general knowledge,, experience, and
integrity, to conduct your affairs ably, none Call
doubt, but yon do not seem to possess any Di,
rector who has passed much of his life in your
maritime employ, and therefore might be consi-
dered as a competent authority in supporting your
shipping interests. My address was not intended
merely to support Mr. TIMBRELL on that OCC4I-
- but to point out the propriety of your blend-
ing a peculiar with a general knowledge of your
concerns. I know not one of the present Candi-
dates, or how far any of them may be possessed
of rhu. experience which, I conceive, ought es-
sentially to belong to your Direction, but I ad-
vise you to make the necessary enquiry into their
several pretensions. You are not merely a com-
mercial body-7you have important military and
naval, as well as mercantile interests, to watch
over and protect, and therefore it is incumbent on
you to take evecial care tliat there is no weak
pit ill your Direction, but that its collectivecha-
racter shall be that of wisdom, knowledge, expe-
rience, and integrity.

Jerusalctu Coffee-4,mi e.

AN OLD PROPRIETOR.

THE ROYAL FAMlt.Y.—YCStertlity eveniag the
Qv BEN %vent ro dine ‘vith the Dukettnil Duchess
ut YouK, at 'Yolk-house. Her Majesty was ac-
companied by the Princess Augusta. The Prince
Regent arrived about the same time. There were
also present at dinner, the Duke and Duchess of
Gloucester, the Duke of Ciareuce, the Princess
Sophia of Oloucester, the Earl of Liverpool, the
Earl ind Countess Bathurst; Count and Countess
Munster, Lord Sr. Helens, &c: There was au
evuning.party. Among the Company were, the
Marquis Hlld Marehinnesi of Het I ford, the \lar-
quis and Marchioness of Cholmondelry, the I.lar-
tioi3 and Marchioness of Stafford, the Dowager
Marchioness of Donegal, Lord and Lady Arden,
Sir Peniamin Bloomfield, Colonel Dalton, Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Stanhope, Mr. and Mrs. Ft ee-
m3othe, the suite of the Royal Familv,&c.

GRAND DUKE NICHoLAS, Fri(IRV, Mr.
Wti.SoN, a Messenger attached to the Court of
Petershurgh, artived with dispatches front the
Emperor of I,2sst to the Grand Duke NictioLAs,
the Itosi,to Amhit,,sador, &c. The 11.1eosenger
met the carriages of the suite attached to the
Grand Duke, when he was informed wit, re to
find the Grand Duke ; afterwards the Messenger
came to London with his dispatches to the Al4l-
!Migildor, Ile left London without delay to
return with the Grand Duke, but his Imperial
Rightness had gpne on board' the Royal yacht at
Dover,lnstead of 'Deal, the Royal yacht haying
gone round to Dover by mistake. Some delay
was occasioned in waiting for the Duke of De-
vonshire, who had made arrangements to'gti
hoard at Deal, but at the Inn, where Ids Glace
slept, the landlord refused to let hint be called up
to inform hitn of the circumstance. Sir William
Congrcve proceeds with the Grand Duke as far as
Brussels. _

DEATH OF' Do. COOMBE.--Died, on Tuesday
last, at' his house in Bloomsbury.square, Dr.
Coostae, M.D. a Gentleman universally esteemed
for his medical skill, learning, benevolence, and
urbanity. No man was ever inure teat!), to attend
to the calls of distress, or to administer, with zeal
and pers'everance, professional and pecuniary uid.
Ile was a sound scholar, and possessed gnat
knoWledge in every branch of science as well as
in the useful arts. He many years ago published
a splendid edition of Hottac a. It was alwitys his
aim to make his various knowledge extensively
beneficial,. and he was therefore ready to loyal t
it at all times.with affability and kindness. Ile
was zealously attached to the Brif ish Constitution,
anti public spirit was one of the prominent fea-
tures in his truly estimable character. Ile was
mitch advanced in life, hot displayed ins activity
in mind and body snore characteristic of a juvenile
period. As a companion'he was full of anecdote,
aml tendered'himself kighly acceptable by his un-
'failing good humour. As a man, be has not left
any behind him more anxious to support the true
interests of society by precepts and example.
The Spanish Consul at Norfolk, United States,
has notified generally to the meichank in Ante,.
licit, that the Loot of Vera. Cruz had been thrown
open for the importation tit all kinds of litO%isiOll6
in vessels of all nations in'amity with Spain ; that
the duties Continue, as heretofore, on all articles
with the exception of Hour : this freethon of trade
to continue fur six months, from the 22,1 of Oc-
tober last, but six months more. would be al-
l Owed front the time the cessation of it would be
announced.

~CURIOi7S WILL

COPY OF THE WILL OF A CITIZEN OP Btu%

S W I 12EILLAND.

At. the -City of iierii; in Switzerland, a man
of att,i!ies., by „tccrss iti trade, had acqnited a
consk,,:i a Gle 'red aivi liersonal estate; being ad-
vanced in yuars, and having nu family, he matte
his will to the fullowing'effcct

" Being anxious tor my fellow tit izens of Bern,
‘vhO hatve often slit-fired by deatth corn , and
;fly will is, that, by the permission of Pt o-
videnee, they sim;ll never f.,r the Swore sutlet
again owlet the like calamity.: To which end and
purpose, 1 glee lay estate, real and personal, to
the Senate of Beni, in trust for the people; that
is to Say; that they receive the produce of my
estate, till it shall Coale to the SUM of OippOSe
20001.), and that then they shall lay out this
20001. in building a Town .House according to a
plan by the left ; the lower story whereof to con-
sist of large vaults or repositories for wine the
story above I direct to be formed into a piazia, for
such persons as shall col:eto market at Bern, for
disposing of their goods, flee front the injuries of
the wtotther, , above that I direct a council cham-
ber to be erected, for the committee of the Se-
nate to meet In from time to time, to adjust my
accounts, and to direct such things as may be tie-
cepa!), for the Charity ; and above the t;ouncil
Chamber, as many floors or granaries as can be
conveniently raised, to deposit a (pawky of corn
for the use of the poor, whenever they shall haie
Occasion Fort. And when thi,shall be
erected, and the expence of it discharged, I direct
the Senate of Bern to receive the prodnee of my
estate, till the sante shall amount to the sum of
(suppose 21)001.) and when the price shall be un-
der the mea 1 rate of the last ten years, one-fourth
part, they shall then lay out 10001, in corn, and
Stow it in my granaries ; and the same in wine,
wheu under one-fourth of the mean rate of the
last ten years.
And my will is that none of the said corn -or
wine shall be sold until the pt ice of corn or wine
shall exceed, at the common market, one fourth
of the mean rate for, the last ten years ; and then
every Citizen of Bern shall
cenl4llll daily, or pro-
portionably weekly, us many pounds weight of
wheat, and as many pints of wine, as he bath
mouths in his family to consume, and. no more;
and that for the same lie pay ready money, after
the Mean rate that
,it 1145 been at for the last.tett
years past : a due proportion being allowed for
waste, and that to be Settled by the Senate; and
that each householder shall be so supplied as long
as the price of coin and wine shall continue above
the rate of one' fourth micre than the mean rate ;
and whatsoever increase shall be made of the ca-
pital, it shall be laid out, under, the saute restric-
tions, in adding to the: stock of corn anal wine,
which, under the blessing of God, will, .1 hope,
in a certain time, reduce j 1
t est. two netesiacy
of life to very Hear a fixed price, to time glttry
of.GA, and ther benefit of the poor."
This legacy has subsisted two hundred years,
and has had the desired effect at Belli.

Ait English metchant returning from Aleppo
through Bern, took the lino, mid 'settled asnut
tit' money foi the use of the poor at Kiogstou-on-
Thames, for. the purchase of coals in the same
:Ili-tuner. The Right Ilotioilf.thle Anhui. Ons
Speaker of the Him. House of Commons, is.nd
N. Hardinge, E q. were wo of the Tro,tees, un-
der whose auspices the poor Were ahunitatoly sup.
plied, rind the fend greatly augmented.
in
80e years since, at Northantroo, some Gen-
tlemen collected a sum of money for purchasing
fuel at prime cost, and sold it to the poor at the
saute rate,
.which answered perfectly well.

Oacroato.---The selection made tor yesterday
evening drew a.t audience which completely
Drury-lane 'theatre to its hppettnost row. An
apology was made by Mr. BELLAmY for Made.;
VIcTourNE 14111 U, Wito had 'ts cold and
limit seness, but promised .to do her best, under
the indulgence of the company. She and her
sister tire very interesting singe's, their excellent
taste and true feeling givii.g drect IQ their
exertions. •-MrS. SAI.:9oN's voice wits ill lull per-
wonderlul little gill, who plays a
concerto on the violin, was warmly applauded.,

On Thursday night Mr. KG.NIBLE performed
Coto, and on Saturday Penraddook ; he appears to
be in good health, at -least it we may intige from
'the nndinduished excellente with which he played
those characters. This t he performs
,Macbeth.-(`Edinburgh Courant, 11117fillaY
CO4LY LIBBER'S Comedy, en:la-eaThe
*Double
Gallant, or The Sick Lady's Care, is in rehearsal
at Diury-lane T heatre.Mrs. ALsoe is' to .play
Lady Dainty, the sick holy, and Mrs. DAVISON,
Lady Swink.
"The Congo sloop of tear is arrived at Deptford.
Several large cases, containing the natural pro-
ductions of Africa, erillected in the late expedition
to. the Congo, have hero sent to -Sic jiiskru
BANiti,"for the purpose of bein assorted in their g
respective .classes : sa:kny Of litelHßle of a kind
hitherto ainknown, and the wh-tle Will shortly he
submitt ed to the his pect ion of the public.—Olorn.
Paper.)
‘Vhert we, not long since, inserted in our Paper
ri Leiter front " A well-wisher to the Navy," we
were well convinced, that so forcible and alleeting
an appeal to the public could not fail of pro.
rioting the desired effect. As a proof that we
were not Mistaken In this conjecture, we have
just heard, with heart•felt satisfactiou, that Airs.
ELIZABETH HAMDEN, with that truly charitable
and benevolent spirit, which So Stttingly clignic.
terizes the iohahitants of the United Icine.dont,
has caused to be paid into the hands of Messrs
Daubir.soNWs, the soul of riot. to he appLeo to
the-use of that noble Intitut ion, the Naval Chari-
table Society.
..Six Weeks apkonfs.—We understand that the
sale of, this Work has already been so great, that
the profits arriving from it have relieved the Au-
t liar from a state of the greate,t embaria,sment.
and Oast ke has prudently retired to Ilse Conti-
nent, to avoki the disegrevniale consequence,
to Mille truth his having so
„intoy, and with inch curet, exhibited the tallies
and tWWet of his most intitnete acquaintance. j

INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OP 'criArschltir, AdCli' 166

WAT TYLEI.

SOUTHEY V. SHERWOOD AND CO.

The Loaf) CHANCEL/ma giVe it.idgment in this
CA•u, au,: spoke 10 11IC 10110WhIg.efteet :
" 1 have looked into all the affidavits, and have
also read the book I take the Bill of in-
junction to t?e a bill WhiCh goes the length of
slating, that' the %work was 'composed in 1791, by
Mr. Southey ; that.it is hi own producti.at, and
that it has been piddished by the defemlants
c' ith-
onr.bis sanction or authority. The Bill, therefore,
..ceks'for the prodoce of the litiblication .of the
work, and an injunction for Its itipitiessitin.
have examined moat of the cases that I could
meet with, containing
.p.recedents for in.
junctions of t his nature; and 1 find that they
all proceed upon the ground of title to the pro-
perty in the plaintiff. On thii head there has been
a distinction taken, to which perhaps more autho-
rity belongs than at first 1 was aware of, supported
as it i 3 by the opinion of Lord Chief Justice Eyie,
by whom it ivas expressly stated,' that a person
cannot recover damages fOr a work which is cal-
culated to do injury to the public. In the case,of
Dr. Walcott, a; to the publiCation of his work
under the name of Peter Pindar, the Court foOtta,
that inasmuch as he conk not recover danniges by
action, it.wao therefore not bound to grant an in-
jitnetion to secure to him the profits of the print-
ing. I hold the Same opinion. It is very true,
that iu some sense it'might operate so as
.to leave
persons at liberty to multiply copiei of such in
chievons publications but to this my answer is,
that sitting here in a Com t of Equity, I have no-
thing to" do with the nature of the property, or
the conduct of the parties, excepting so far
as applies to civil interests : and if the pub-
lication be niischieVons, either on the part of
the a...bor or the bookseller, it is not my
province to interfere. In the present instance;
the party applies for his civil interests only, and
this court is the proper place fur such an ap-
plication. 1 shall say nothmg upon the nature or
the book liself, because it appears to me, that the
principle upon which I am about to declare my
opinion makes it unnecessity, except so far us it
would mutually affect any mind, upon looki it
all the circumstances of the case. This is a book
containing sentiments not now entertained by the
author, at least so I.understand. It writ Cool-
pOSed twenty-three years ago, io 1794, and
was offered by Mr. Southey to two booksellers,
the one of the came of Ridgeway, and the other
of Simmons, for Publication. 'they were twice
consulted, anittwice declined to publish the work,
for reasons Out stated. -So far, therefore, I ttillst
look at the hook, as 1 am led, 1 unity say, jodicial-
ly, to suspect that the nature of t he work fortnr‘l
the principal reasons for j s non -ptthlication. It
AS been' left, then, for 23 years, and has no."
been published by the 410(11,1.1111s. Takin!,u-all
-tkese circumstances, therefore, into my considera.
haYing consulted all the Cates I could find'
touching the question,. and cntertmining precisely
the same opinion as my Lord Chief Justice Eyre,
it appears to me that 1 cannot•grant this injunction
until Mr. Southey has maintained his tight to tl.is
property by action."

. .
Mr. SHAW-YELL, observed, that so sensible wailo
Mr: Smithey of the indecency, impurpriety, -and
dangeront tendency or this ‘voilt, that he. bad
though! it right to undergo • the, disgrace of ac-
knowledging it to he his own production, in order
that it might be totally suppresed.
The Loan Cn.sscEt.t.ott.—zitting, as do, it,
a civil conit,, it is not my province to administer
,Justice as to the character or conduct of
duals, but merely to .take cote of their property.
During the whole course of m}' "life, 1. have been
mro,t careful of that property, and shall continue
to preserve the same line 'of conduct to the end
-of my life.