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LAP/ LATELI IGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNES.
MARY GRIMSTL•D V. PETRI HARWOOD.
The Plaintiff is a fhopkeeper at Barnes, the De
fondant is the fon of the hottefs of the Crown Inn at
Deal. This scion was brought for the maintenance
of an illegitimate child.
Mr. GARROW, for the plaintiff, Rated the nature'
• of the evidence, and the engagement on the part of
the Defendant, to pay for the fupport of this child.
Ann Sherlocke depofed, that fhe was the mother
of the infant, which was (lone blind, and that the
Defendant engaged to pay, for every expence attend-
ing it, at the rate of one Vinea per month.
IWary Giddins Paid, the Defendant engaged to
pay all charges, and that he would defray the ex-
pence incurred by the Plaintiff, even y" the money flmuld
COW fr7in the clouds.
George Larwell fait!, he law the Defendant in
Auguti 1803, at Deal ; that the latter paired Many
pleafant encomiunu on the care of the child, and ac-
knowledged his own liability to fupport it.
The SOLICITOR GSNERAL, for the Defendant,
laid, that Ann Sherlocke for forme time infilled that
Gentleman, who was a Clerk at the Bank, was the
father of the child.
Lord EctswenentycH.-.—" We are not here upon
a quail:in of filiation."
The SOLICITOR GENERAL.--" True, my Lord,
and.therefore I (hall not gointo this proof; but ca..
tain it is, the Defendant had not the monopoly of
the lady which he had fondly expected. Ann Sher-
locke herfelf placed the child at Barnes, the Defeh-
dant paid her two guineas, Paid he would be no fur-
ther anfwerable, and that fhe might bring the infant
to the houfe of Mr. Andrews, in Blackman-ftreet,
whenever the pleated, as fhe would not be refponft-
ble fur its maintenance.
Mr. Alexander Andrews depofed, that Ann Shet-
locke was introduced to his lodgings by a Gentle-
man from the Bank, who laid her name was Anni.
fort; that her hulband was at tea ; and that the was
under his prole ion. The whiles alluded 'to three
or four letters which were written to the Plaintiff,
requiring the furrender of the child; but the letters
were not produced, no notice had been given refpea.
ing them, and the evidence on the part of the De-
fendant was defdlive in this particular; a verdift was
therefore found fur the plaintiff, t tl. 6s.
THE KING V. ALEX. CASSINO. _ _

This was-
an indiSment againft the Defendant,
who is a Bookieller in Pa11•Mall, on the charge of
offering bribes to a Cuitom-houfe Officer, with the
intent to defraud his Majetly's revenue.
The SOLICITOR GENERAL laid, this atilon was pre-
ferred, in order to recover from the Defendant the
penalty of tool. for an offence, which, if not re-
prefred, would not only injure the revenue, but would
endanger the rights and liberties of the country. The
faaa were these : The Defendant had imported a
quantity of books from the Continent, which were
embarked in the fhip named the Jong Agatha. On
their arrival at the port of London, they were put
en board a boat, in order to be conveyed tjp the
Cullom-honk Quay. The Defendant and John &or;
an Officer of the Cuftoms, were in the fame boat,
which, from a fudden gull, was overfet, when the
crew, with difficulty, efcaped on 6me rafts, while
the books were floating on the waves. Another boat
was procured, and the property was collefted, al-
though much injured by the accident. In this fitu•
ation the Defendant offered 51. to the Officer to ad-
mit the goods to go by land to the Cnftorn-houfe.—
The latter accepted the reward, and when they had
proceeded as far as Tower•bill, by land carriage, the
Defendant again importuned the Officer, and offered
the fame confideration, with equal Jed, that the
goods might be taken to his lhop to be dried, in-
*lead of bcing conveyed immediately to the Cullom-
boufe. This was, however, acceded to, under a
promife, that they should be brought to the proper
place in two or three days. With this the bookfeller
did not think fit to comply, and Mr. John Short (the
Officer employed), gave the intelligence, on which
this indidment was grounded : After the evidence
had been gone through on the part of the ptofecution,
Lard ELLENBOROUGH Paid, That there was a
fatal incongruity, as it was Hated in evidence, that
the books were to be delivered at the King's ware-
houfe ; when, by the declaration, it appeared, that
‘ke place was, at the quay or wharf of the Cuflom-
hook. He was lorry to torn the Profecutor round
upon this error in the locality, but the nicelfary re-
gard to the forms of proceeding made it unavoida-•
Ve:"—VerdiEt—Not Guilty.
WILDEY V. MITCHELL.
Mr. GARROW Rated this to be an attion to recover
damagea fultained by the Plaintiff, under the penal-
ty of tool. io a bond, executed by the Defendant to
the Plaintiff, for the faithful performance of his duty,
as a workman for the Plaintiff, in the bufinefs of a
coach-fmith. It bad of late been found impoffible
to compel the journeymen of this trade to attend to
timir hufinas viithout inch a bond as ibis. such was,

the general diflipation of that clan of men, atifir,
from their being able to ger, in two days, as much
as would enable them to be idle for four. The De-
fendant was one of thefe perfons, he had executed
this bond, but neglected his bufinefc, fpoiled fome
coach cranes and axletrecs—ltaid away, loitered,
kept it up for four days at " Bardany Fair 01"
which occafioned lots to the matter. Some of the
articles the Defendant worked upon became ufelefs ;
fome men whole labour arofe on the article, after
the Defendant had done with it, went away from
the Plaintiff, becaufe they could not afford to lofe
their time in waiting fur the Defendant, who, on
being told of thefe things, Paid, " he did not care."
The lots fperifically proved to have been fultained
by the Plaintiff in this cafe was about tot. The De-
fendant's wages were 245. per week, but he could
earn a great deal more by working by the piece.
The Souciroa GENERAL laid, that the Defendant
was an inexperienced Scotch Lad, who had entered
into this bond, which contained a covenant that he
was to he taught and inftruded in the trade or myf.
tery of an Axletree Maier, but of which he knew no-
thing. He had no more knowledge of an axletree
then he had of a pair of breeches, having hardly feen
either until he• came to town !—Finding his know-
ledge not growing upon him fo fail as he wifhed in
work, he betook himfelf to a little pleafure. Ac-
cordingly, he took the elegant amufements of Bartho-
lomew Fair! Indeed, no genteel Blackfmith would ad-
mit him into their company un►il he was accomplilbed
by fame leffuns in that Academy. fie trufted, under all
thefe circumltances, the Jury would fee that juflice
required nothing but moderate damages in this cafe.
—Verdid for the Plaintiff—Damages tol.

JUNE 6.

ritICIFIt AND HINDMSON V. R. HEATHCOTE, NM:.

The Plaintiffs are paper hangers in Bond-Il rtet, the
Defendant is a man of falltion, lately refiding in
Hill- tireet, Berkeleylquare. This anion was brought
for the fum of 3041. t 25. for decorating one apart-
ment : 3001. had been paid into Court, and tool. the
Plaintiffs had received ; the ()Ned therefore of the
pretent anion was the balance of 5041. 525.
Mr. Gaaaow, for the Plaintiffs, Paid, that the
klendid room on which this expence hid been be-
llowed, was in the ftyle of an Egyptian temple. To
aflitt the numerous artifts, the defigns in the mug.
nificent work of M. Denon had • been rubmitted to
their obfervation, and the fpirit of thefe ingenious
perfons was animated by the occafional lints of every
perfon of dillinftion, and even of his Royal High.
nets the Prince, who t cold not be indifferent to the
progrers cf this monument of Britifh fplendour.—
Every thing conduced to the general charafter of the
ancient feat of the Ptolemies. Elephants were teen
ranging in the fonds, the amphibious crocodile was
difeovered repofing on his favourite Shores, and the
Imperial Nilus expanded his waters in every direc-
tion to impart brilliancy to the ream A beautiful
and well-depleted country appeared before you, and
through the arcades of the fuppofed building, in ad-
dition to many ancient relics, you perceived the long
extended courfe of the Nile, with other mieuter ob.
;efts, to make the fcene a mod perreit reprefentation
of the (pot the Paborama was intended to delineate.
The painting covered 430 rquare yards, and when
the talent that was employed to produce the elite,
and the frequent interruptions and alterations the ar-
tid met witl i were confidered, and nbove all that the
work was obliged to be finned by a certain period,
when the defendant wifhed to burl upon the fafilion.
able 'acrid with eclat, he crated the Jury would not
think the fum charged, namely 4;ol. unreafonable.
It was, however, to that particular fum the defen.
dant bad demurred: but if Gentlemen of great for-
tunes perfevere in their tale for antiquity, and trent-
plant the venerable remains of a country, once the
teat of learning and of fcience, into their drawing-
rooms, they fhould not objeß to ratify the labours
of thole by whole talents they are fo highly gratified.
The unfavourable change in the fortunes of the De.
fondant occafioned the tale of his mention, which
had colt nearly 26,0001. for lefs than half that fum.
Mr. Jones, Decoration Painter, was then called ;
he Paid, various plans were prepared for the under-
Staking, which was perfeElly novel in this country.—
A fyllem of Arcades was formed, that prefented
eleven diflinel views of the Nile; and the furround-
ing country, from the Cataraas to Grand Cairo.—
There were twelve columns in the Egyptian talk, of
which the material refembled porphyry. Hierogly.
phies were imitated, and nature feemed to be render-
ed completely fubfervient to wt.
Mr. Brooks was allured by curiofity to that apart.
ahem. He was formerly of the tame bulinets with
the Plaintiffs. The reprefentation was that of the
lweftibnle of sM African Temple. The effeß was
affilled by the figures of Apis, Ofiris, Canubir;
and GA deities of pagan woillip.
Lord ELLINSOILOUOI4.—"Canopus, 1 prerume ,
you mean."
Mr. Brooks, Paid he had confounded the name,
Ibex the charge made was not equal to the execution.
Crofs-examined by Mr. ERSKINI.—Q Was the
Nile traced from its (ounce ? A. No, Sir.
IQ, I thought it had been, becaufe all rivers begin
in ffrook,. You perhaps de not know, Sir, if the
figures of Serapis, 10, and Telethufis, were hiking
kkeneffes of the originals ; for much of the merit OT
the artift depends upon the fuccefsful imitation ?—A.
I never law the originals.
Mr. Easeful, for the Defendant.—" If Paper-
hangers are thus to be rewarded, I think their em-
ployers mull loon hang thonfilvrs. Certain it is, that
we have had more figures in this defcription than
the figures of rhetoric my Learned Friend urually
prefents for our indrutlion and amufement ;—yet I
do not quarrel with the Egyptian ornaments among
the great and the fathionable, 1 only with there was
a little lefs of Nero. I mull acknowledge my friend
has a very arch way of commenting upon there
arches, but his clients will not be permitted to pars
lately through them. I admit the whole of the bill,
excepting a charge in the grofs of 4301. for painting
only. There were eleven views of the country charg
ed, when, in felt, there were only two deigns ; but
by the dexterous management of the paw of an
enormous fphynx, they were multiplied. The paint-
ing was chatged, as if it were a cabinet picture of
exquifite talk and finals, when in fat it was little
more than a cold, feeble outline.
Mr. Robert Smirke, Hiltorical Painter, raid, he
had examined the room, and he thought for the
painting t Go to zoo guineas, woulfil be an ample com-

penfation. The arclittettural parts were decently.'
executed, in a flight panorama ftyle, by which an d-
ied was produced without much labour or talent.—
It more nearly refembled the fcene of a village thea-
tre, than an oil:painting, on which the abilities of a
diftinguiffird artitt had been employed.
Mr. Thomas Daniel, Landfcape and Archite&n-.
ral Painter, depofed to the fame purport. He was
not trartfpm ted to the vale of Imperial Saladin when
he Purveyed this effort of the imitative art ; a Claude
would, upon his mind, have produced a more fuc-
cefbful deception.
After Mr. GARILOW had peen heard in reply,
Lord Eccseacutouom fummed up the evidence.—
He obferved, that the utmoft expence, according to
the account of tome diftinguifhed artifts, thould have
been 2 tol. far the pllinting of this room : the firm of
3261. had been paid for that particular Item ;—the
jury therefore would judge if this was not much mote
than a fufficient compenfation. The general charac-
ter of the fcene was derived from Denon ; fome of
the fubjeds of the Heathen Mythology (whether Cap
nubis or Canopus), were not fbpplied from that
fource, and were, perhaps, left to the imagination of
the artills ; yet, however the inventive faculty might
be exercifed, there leaned to be fame reafonable
limit in the reward which to human ingenuity ought
to be affigned.—Verdia for the Plaintiffs, tool. 125.
KIRWAN, 1149. F. COBURIII, ESQ:
The Plaintiff was a Lieutenant in the both Regi-
ment, the Defendant a Cornet in the Guards. They
agreed to exchange their military rank with each
other, and this action was brought for rsol. being
the difference of value between the Cornetcy and the
Lieutenancy.
Mr. EKsars► laid, that the price of ssol• was as
common for a Lieutenancy a► a halfpenny roll for a
halfpenny, viz. 4.001. for the Enfigncy, and r3oL for
the additinnal fltp of rank. A Cornetcy was worth
4001. in the prefent initance, and on the exchange,
• the Plaintiff became entitled to the balance ftated.—

Two Itttets, written under the orders of his Royal
Higlinefs the Commander in Chief, would chew the
jullice of this claim. (The Learned Couple' then
read two letters from Colonel Gordon, Secretary to
the Duke of York, liming the appointment of the
Defendant to the Lieutenancy, eflimating the Cor-
netey at 4001. and direfting the Defendant to pay to
the Plaintiff the difference, which cunflituted the pre-
fent claim.)
Mr. Archer then produced the Gazette, in which
sit the promotion of the Defendant to e rank of Lieu-
tenant was announced.

Lord ELLINEOROUGH....." How is this tie regular
evidence to an appointment io the annyt"—Plaintiff
Nonfuited.

COURT OF KING'. BENCH, DUBLIN, MAY 19.
COOPER V. BROWN.—This was a caufe tried before
the Honourable Judge OSBORNE and a rcfpelable
Jury.
Mr. BETHEL opened the pleadings by Rating that
the Plaintiff fought to recover compenfation in da-
mages from the Defendant for 18 hours falfe impri•
torment in the watch-houfe of St. Paul's, on the isah
February lafl, to which charge the Defendant had
pleaded the general iffue.
Mr. M.NaLt.v, on the fame fide, followed Mr.
BETH EL in a fpeech of confiderable ability, defcant-
ing on the excellence of that conflitution under which
we live, where nn man. however humble, can be in-
jured either in his 'salon or property with impunity.
John Sheppard, examined by Mr. C. BALL, proved
that Cooper was brought to St. Paul's watch-houfe,
about fix o'clod on the evening vrf the ;soh February
lan, charged by the Defendant with robbery—that
in the courfe of the night bail was offered, and he
refufed taking it—and that Plaintiff was not dif-
charged till next morning about ten o'clock. Or
his cron-examination by Mr. RADCLII FY—he heard
fame difpute refpeeing•rent which the Plaintiff owed
the Defendant, and alfo that the Plaintiff was taking
away his furniture without payingthat rent.
Second witnefs—Pierce Butler—Examined by Mr.
BETHEL, proved that he went to the watc% houfe
on the :hove occation, and offered to go bail for the
Plaintiff, which was refufed in confequence of the
charge being that of robbery. On being afked by Mr.
Bethel what fituation the Plaintiff was in, he de-
fcribed it as a dock with iron rails, which is each'.
lively for the lower order of /dons or other =Valor,.
Here the tale doled on the part of the Plaintiff.
The defence fet up by the Defendant was a very
ingenious fpeech by Mr. RADCLIFFR to evidence.
The Learned Judge charged the. Jury in a mild
and conflitutional manner, recommending modera-
tion at to the quantum of damages.
The Jury found a verdict for the Plaintiff—tol.
damages, with cons of fuit.

. Benjamin Oldrnyd, who has been refpited fince laft
Affixes, was executed at the new drop, York, Mon-
day fe'nn;ght, for the wilful murder of Jofeph Old-
royd, his father. On the morning of the execution,
Mr. Brown, the Chaplain, requefted him to attend to
prayer ; but he obilinately refuted, exclaiming, a It
was wilful murder to hang an innocent man !" On
the platform he paned in his innocence, refuting to
join in the offices of devotion ; and, whiltt °niggling
with the officers, who wi(hed to place him on his
, knees for that purpofe, he fell on his face with coat.
derable violence. His body was on the fame even-
ing taken to the Infirmary for ditreftion.
To alleviate the fufferings of Scurvy, of Seto-
' phula, and various Difeates of the Body, the late
FRANCIS Svit.satisv devoted much of his time and
attention. His fuccefs is now before the public. His
Difpenfary has been opened at all fcafons to the
poorer claire!, whole circumfiances did not reach the
priof of his remedy. Fond of Medicine and its purtui,,
he invented the Patent Antifcorbutic Drops, a rrld
diaphoretic, without weakening the fyitern, hut giving
it vigour by prommingall its natural fectetions. There
who are compelled to retort to the tonic powers of mi
nerals, if they with to of ll their cffift on the nerves,
no medicise is better calculated for the purpofe than
the Drops. Another recommendation, the dote is
fmall in quantity, And taken without refiraint of diet
or exercife. _

Mr. SPIIMIURY is not acconntaMt fnr any mixture
fold, unlefs the words 13y the King's Patent" are
inferred at length in the bill of dii e •trans, bottle, and
wrapper ; the 'lamp alto (the King's duty) is printed
in black ink inflead of red.—Bottle: gr. 6d. tot. alai
25. duty included.

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