The Sun.
London, England, 1816-08-01 00:00:00

DP.PARTUREI.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Hertford, front Mane
ter-square, to their seat in Warwiekshire ;• Lord FolkAntie.
fr(oti his house it St.Jantes's square, ona visit to Mrs. Baultes,
ite Oxfordshire ; Sir Jones and Laily Bootein, from Charles,
street, Berkeley-square, for Tunbridge Wells; Count Julian'
roligoar and Lady, the late Miss Campbell, niece to his Grace
the Duke of Argyle', from Coolsott's Hotel, Lower Brook-
streetifor the Continent ; Sir George l'i.tott and tile two Nliss
Kellys, front Batt's Hotel, fur Ireland; Cohtnel and s.
Utility, front Cook's Hotel, Dover-street, to Bristol.

BARNET, the, Essex Petlebtriall, iS still con-
tinuing his daily labours in good spisits, and this
morning accomplished his 810th mile.

CHBLTEKTIAM, JULY 30.—Last evening the new
and .magnificent Assembly Rooms, just finished,
were opened for the first tinie,"/under the imme-
diate auspices of their Graces the Duke and
Duchess of WELLINGTON. All the rank, beauty,
and elegance Of the place, and many miles round,
attendt.d,- and formed One of the most splendid
assemblies ever witnessed in t!,is part of the
world; at least 1500 were present, excluttive of
about 200 of -the most respectable inhabitants, o(
the town, who occupied the great gallery. His
Grace the Duke of WeLutawrott promenaded time
Rooms till a late hour, conversing with different
parties with his usual affability, in high spirits,
and in evidently improved health. The Duke of.
Ocutaks, time Duke Of 136AUOORT, the Lail of
Livaneuot., &c. were amongst. a long list
of dfa-
tint;ttished characters. Dancing continued till
day-light.

LittmiroN, rumoured here that
the Duke Awl 'Duchess of GCOVCE3TIa have it in
contempt:llkm to visit this place,-Istiti thrq the Pa-
viliou, during their stay, till be their yesideoce.
The picket detained ott the other side ot' the n• 3 •
ter is the Plince Itegrut. i severe penalty, to
the amount, it is saki; of 36,000 francs, must be
paid for her tiherntioll.

ENGLISH OPPkA HOUSS,---The Beggar's Opera
dre►v a .splenthil and crowded andicnee last night,
when Miss MERRY anti Mr. HORN were again
libteaed to with &Tight, anti rewarded with al).
pLitise. 'Twenty' Years 4go folloU.ed, in „ which
MiisliatAA- and Mr. Russet. in particular con-
nibutzti very largely to the eutertoiument of the
house. ••

AlisoForm finished her engagement at Mar-
gate on. Monday evening,, when she performed
linrdy and Ro.catetna for her own benefit.
The house was attended by all the fashionable
families at present in Margate and its vicinity.
Mr. C. KaMBLa followed her, and made his first,
appearance there next evening in Don Felix in
The Wonder; Mrs. FAUCIT performed Violante.
The Windsor Theatre opened on Tuesday night,
for the. Summer season, with The Country Girl.
starkiith, by Mr. S. I'ENLRY ; Miss Peggy, _Mrs.
MAlfrYtki. Mrs. SPARKS and Mr. PHILLIPS, ut
Drury lane Theatre,- are also engaged.
MeLawcurmy Acciperr.---TwO brothers, of
the name of LARCHRKT went out from Rich.
mond yesterday with a party to fish. Near King-
ston the boat struck upon a pile and upset, when
these unfortunate young men perished. Three
others saved themselves, The deceased were
grocers in Richmond, and much respected. One
of them has left a widow and small family.
SUICIDB.--Yesterday ,an unfortunate women
who stole a sieve of cherries .from Covent-Garden
Market, for which she was apprehended at her
lodgings in- Shores Gardens., put an end to•her
existence, by hanging het self in St. Giles's watch-
house, where she was taken to. The body was
removed to the bone-hout;e, *heft it lies fur the
coroner's inguesst, • -

TU. CCINSIiiit.ICIES.

,110W-Silittt "-Mr: I'ARE3, flit Magiitrate.

proceeded 'y'esterd ay in investigation of the
-cOlutfict Of the ',anvil: ‘VhO are 'Charged with hn.
proper conduct in procuring convictions, which
occupied the Magistrate's attention nearly the
whole of the day.

Benjamin Joh»lon (who: *AS recommended to
he' employed as a .patrole by the Recorder of
London, that Gent lennot having been deeeiVed by
his supposed ttetivity•in detecting and prosecuting
'Offendets) having lately been mentioned uniting
others as being concerned in planning robberies,
and it being ascertainea that he went to Faiflop
fair without Orders, where he apprehended a well
known thief, and took two guineas or 0 two ponnd
note to liberate hint, he was suspended from his
bair.eofn horse !wrote, ain't htt Magistra;e thought
it right to order hint into en,torly till the suspi-
cions circumstances against him werecleared up.
' • A few days since information was received from
respectable than of the name of Baxter, and
verified upon oath, charging Ben Johnson :with
being concerned with his son in breaking open
a house, or assisting, and-aiding and abetting his
son' in'the Commission of the crime, by first asso-
ciating with his son as a thief, and going with him
to -break ,open the house, anti afterwards calling
himself a constable, and then taking him into ens-
todV- For this. Baxter was tried, .and capitally
Convicted ; 'but was reviled on condition of his
being transported, and be has been sent to Bo-
tunv Bay.
Yesterday Ben Johnson was placed at the Liar,
and all the persons who bad the least knowledge
of the transaction were summoned before the
Magistrate to give evidence respecting it. Froth.
them it appears that the brother of Baxter, telt) is
transported, paid his addresses to the alneghter of
Mr. and Mrs. Snowshilf, in Gray's-inn-lane,
spatters-makers, and fiont him it was' learnt,
that Mr. Snowshill had a considerable sum in
'Cash and other property in the hodse. Baxter,
who is transported, being the associate of .bad
characters, soon came into their. practices, and on
the 'Sunday afternoon previous to time Jubilee
which took place in the Parks to celebrate lb:
peace, 'when it was known that Mr. 'and Mrs.
'Snowshill and their family would 'go out to
view the preparations for the following day,
the house of Mr. Snowshill was then broke open
by Baxter, the prisoner, Ben' Johnston attending
hint. Baxter went up stairs, where it was sup-
posed the principal treasure was. After some
time Baxter returned down stairs to Ben Johnson;
he pretending to be mummaging about below for
property. Baxter told him, mine of the keys
which he had got .would open the bureau locks,
and therefore he had not stolen any thing! The
prisoner johnsdn then furnished him 'with' other
' keys, with which he went up stairs again, and
with the fresh simpply of keys furnished by
Johnson, he then opened the locks of the but.
reati, and brought down guineas, half-guineas,
seven-shillings pieces, and Other coins, to the
amount of between 701. and BtIL, besides,other
property. Ott hifi'commtinicating to the prisoner
Johnson what he had done; Johnson then threw
off time mask, disowned his being a thief, said he
had been ;deceiving him, anti that in truth and its
fact he Wag a constable, and he was his prisoner;
.and Bray,' a man connected with the City Police,
was in waiting to assist in securing him. Baxter
was taken by Johnson and Bray to the watch-house
in Eagle•street ; where, on account of its heh4
a very remarkable day, the watch-1)0111e keeps:
and his wife recollected whit had passed. When
Baxter was brought to he lodged in the watch.
hense,,,rhe prisoner Johnson confessed there, that
he knew the robbery was to be committed, and
that he , bad been laying in wait to apprehend
BAXte47. •
MrS. SnoCrshill, recollected in a conversation
site had with the prisoner Johnson, that he said,
when she semonst rated with him as to when Baxter
came down stairs witimont having stolen any thing,
why lie sent him up stairs, again with other keys
Johnson replied, it wonid not have a nswerrd his
parpose if he had not let him take property, and
from this time conclusion is, that lie considered he
should 'be entitled to a retvard on conviction for
breaking open a honie in the day time, and stealing
to a certain amount; and a Tyburn Ticket.
Johnson denies the principal and most immaterial
part of this statement Against him. lie admits
that lie knew the robbery was going to be com-
mitted, but that it. was through ,the 'private in-
formation of a thief, of the name of Goulding,
who acted 01 a nose to him. He denies that he
assisted Baxter in breaking open the house; anti
he also denies that part of the conversation with
Mrs. Snowshill, as to his saying that it would not
have answered ilk purpose if be had not furnished
Baxter with other keys to open the bureau to get
at the cash. •

It was on, this very tri:d of Baxter that the Re-
corder pronounced his approbation of the conduct
of Ben Johnson.

George Brown, another discharged patrole, was
brought to the Office from Brideweli, to undergo
another examination, but their being no fresh ac-
cusation against him, be and Johnson were both
retnanded.

MAwstot:-House.---Tbe interest excited by this
atrocious combination attracted a great crowd
yesterday, when Brock, „Pelham, and the Barry*,
were ordered up for public examination. The
LORD MAvott, however, from a Consideration at
circumstances, remanded the parties till Monday
next, when they are to undergo a final examine.
tion previous to committal.

The Hind revenue cutter sent into Falmouth,
on Tuesday se'nnight, a boat belonging to Cadg•
with,,haeing on board fifty `ankers of spirits,--
Four men who were on board were sent to Ply-
,111(1111th and pat on board Lord Exisourn's fleet.
On Friday last 'Mrs. Martha Clarkson, wile of
Mr. Richard Clarkson, of Miley Green, near
Leigh, having been for some time past in the ha-
bit of using a small bottle, it by tomb accident
slipped into her month, and stuck in her throat.
Medical assiitaroce was immediately procured, and
the bottle was with great difficulty extracted; but
she lingered only a few hours, and died iu extreme
aspny.

LAW INTELLIOENCE.

COUtT OF CH S:: Y, JULY 8.1.

WALKER V. CONGRNVE.
Mr. BLEN:AANN, Counsel for the plaintifr, ad-
dressed the Court, and einoted the Reports of the
''BOard of Ordnance, respecting his client's inven—
The language of these Reports had been,
att'first, that the invention was impracticahle, and
cculd .not be carried into effect ; and afterwards,
that it was no new invention, but one which
had been long known. it was not lair
(the Learned Counsel contended) to turn round
in that manner upon 11..4. Walker. But the in-
vention of his client went in fact to change the
whole system of supplying ships of war with gun-
: powder ; and the barrels of the defendant bad
ver been, used till 1814. four years after the
invention of his client ; that plan of supplying
patios with powder was now universally adopted,
the' idea had been taken from Mr. Walker's
invention. NVhet her 111 r. Walker should succeed
or not succeed in establishing his patent, he bad
introduced a moot important improvement into
the public :service.. The first
.distinction attempt-
ed to he made bet wi tt the'barrels of the plaintiff
a.nd defendant was, that the bait els of the de-
fendant wile made of wood lined With lead, and
not made of brass like'th use of the plaintiff; bitt
that was a distinction without a difference, and
only a colourable pretext, as both .were barrels
for keeping gunpowder, It was also ,stated, that
the. defendant's barrels had a copper ban'd, but
that was neitherinore noriess.than a hoop, as in
the machines of the plaintiff..
The Loa o CnANCELLOR observed, that the ques•
tion was, what kind of a vessel.had been made by
Sir W. Congreve and, secondly, whether the in-
junction had breu violated
Mr. LEACH, for the defendant, stated, that only
two vessels Jilted with copper It ad been made,
which had, been sent to the East Indies.
-The Loon CHANCELLOR stated, that an Hone-
. tion had beets wanted, and perhaps he had not
6cteil with sufficient caution in granting the in-
. junction before the other party had been heard.
plaintiff honestly thought that he had made
a new invention, and as to the question, whether
he had or had not, he should give no opinion.
From the afiidavits and bill he should have said,
there was enough to make him pause till he had
heard both parties ; be had, however, granted the
injunction first. But (and he said so with every
degree of respect for Sir W.. Congreve) no in-
junction of that• Court was to be violated; and if
the Injunction should be Wrong, application was
to be- madeto the Court itself for redress. He
thought the injunction had beep violated, and the
yioladiott,of Inionction was to be :treated as the
circtimitances of the care might repine. ,Where
~tliere was no stitched contempt of .the. Court, it
was tally a queqion us to the costa of the
mo
tion, ',The question here was,- would a-Court of
hold the plaintiff's patent to be a good one?
:andlte thoughtotil that question should be tried,
(.iovernment should keep, an account of all; the
_hotels made by the defendant, that, in the event of
.oe, plaintiff's Tighc bring established, he might
have all the profits, to the costa of: the pre-
Sent motion., tie' shotdd recommend to.Governmeat
to pay; them ; .but, in the. event of his reeommen-
dation not being 'effectual, they must be paid by
.Sir
W. Congreve... ,The injunction had, been viO-
.l4ted in sending the copper barrels to the East
Indies, 44.0ne copper barrel must be an incitation
of another, The initmetioo was .to be dissolvcd,
if Goverratent would' keep go account' of the
non-ibex of hatreds employed in the service, till the
ph-tintiff'h claim shorild`be tried in Court of Law,
for whieh he should direct an issue. ' '•
Both the plaintiff trod: the defendant were in
Court, where •site davrent barrels were produced',
,and :examined attentively by. his Lordship.