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between high and low %mg 'oath se their,
They also frequently raked the mei tin th
I the gravel bottoon3o Make the space fitter for
Henry Stobdh whatfinger, considered tht
posits his own whiff, between high and
mark, to be exclusively for his owilel#P,
not allow strange vessels to mew

permission.
Ctoes-examined by the Avionymosallget.—Barges
might certainly pass between high and low water mark.
Might they not anchor there? If I wasted to used)!
spate, !should tot only desire the bargeman not to
anchot there, but if he did, I should direet mI fervent:
to torn the barge adrift..
'Some discussion followed u to What was the best
mode of obtaining the decision of the Court above, in
which.
Lord Titavaaturf said, that he did not consider the
spice between high andlow water mark th be demised,
but he considered that the use of it was an appurtenance
to the wharf, and his Lordship recommended k 641 of
esceptioes ; but after some more discuision, a
verdict was finally agreed upon, that the exclusive rave
of the land between high and low water mark, as well
when covered with water as When dry, for the Acton:Md.
dation of the tenants of the Itharfinger, peeked by the
lease as an apputtenance, but the laud itself was wit
demised,
His Lordship observed, chit the each:sive use galls
proved, and the plaintiff's witness s'hail oaf dig:toted
It for if the soil were a man's oven freehold, still-* vessel
in a-storm might he there for a little while,
Mr. MARRYAT observed, that they had-called
.the
water bailiff, as if the city had a right° the foil.
Loral TIIINTR,RDEN said, the city of Loadcin were cer-
tainly not the owners of the mil. .

•.' The Juty found the special verditt accordingtp:. •
. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS;.ihruseamollee. ie.
Salop before Michaelmas Terri, behre Illr. hathaeliseraelii4"
MURRAY v. HEATH44O qtr.; • .
Mr. PLATT opened the pleadings. his %Vas an issue
directed by the Court of Chancery, for the purpose of
trying three questions. The' first was, whether there
had been any general practice or usage of the engravers
of this country to take to themselves, fur their own re=
ward, use, and benefit, a certain number not esceeaing
twelve, of the impressions of engravings on which they
were employed, without the. licence dr rensent of their
employeri? the second question Wei, whether there was
any practice or usage for them to retain eight'engra-
vings? and the third was, whether they had a right to
retain to themselves an impression? The defendants
wetted that they had .a right to retain a teltalo tuati-.
bee, .b 4 was denied toy the plaihtilf, and tier an-111de
was jollied. . . '
Mr. flingtalll WILDS, with whom was aloe Ms:l*k!
vent ANDRIEWS and Mr. Hurcntuon, itatektbit lie,
appealed for :the defendants; hat prom the oldere.fiA•the
issues. which were to be tried,, it fellon‘lsiris to state the
case. The object of the present scuba was to deter.
mine whether there had existed *byte/sett! priktice Or.
usage among engravers to feta& a tertii. enPlibei Of
the impressions 'of the plates on• which they were ens.
played without an express stipulation to that elect?--
To prove thit, he should tall Many witnessea ;Ism te,
`would in the first place state, how the salt* #4e,:' The
plaiikta ins well known as a bookseller, reaidiagii-.411-•
bemarle-street . Air. Heath was an engraver,wbo had PO.
`the MisfOrtune to become bankrupt; hod the Oittei.#.'"
•tendantk,were the assignees to his estate. fic.,lietth
bad beeiremploYed by the plainiiirtereitiontenimoale.
graving% of which he (Heath) bad , teperitp.dhi.
Whets .be became Danis-stip' his asigisa" 'Aged
these prints with his other, property,. 'viit l iriAv
of selling them for the benefit of !Ail :,,tiles. . Or.
Murray,however, disputed •his right in the engravluga;
and the matter was carried into a Court Of Elinity;
These the question, of general usage arose, Wilke!), wits
now aided Co be tried in a Count of CoMmqn,4oll4
This wet the nature of the cuet the short guidon wad,'
whether; from the general pric4ce tad nage et tbiptp-'
.f!silii,
.7.11 i. lievahlad a 10;10 tanifdif tlttertrki:.
tugs as exilist- vely his property •• • "I
..... .. .
• .ildx. Dew, 'the engraver of the piateteifitYte Y t
Dike of Yorfc,itated, that for the Moe leant). had
Oblipitled•as to 'eogiaver, be • 54li:', 'i, '*- - - *ll.lleit
Icit446eptesia.
pres4oem from the platei he. bed qt•
..- .z - ! °...
her of twelve, and that without any• atiptlatioo ft
his employers. In one case only he had been find d
to six; but in general be took from six to firekiii,.
according to Ihe value he attached to de. 'prite. :,if
the. plate .were a valuable our, be should take Make
than if it wee of no value. . ~
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Vi
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, Mr. Rhodes had beep an engraver for ferry tenth.
and hid always, without any exception whattier. re-
served to his coin use from six to ten plates. He con.
sidered he bad a ;let to twelve, but he seldom took so
many. The designer generally required at least one
proof. Mr. Weston invariably insisted on having two.
These were given from the number detained by the

engraver.
41r. Smith and Mr. Goodall spoke to the invariable
custom of the engraver's appropriating to his own use
from six to twelve impressions. if the print were a
large one, they would not take sts many as of smaller
ones, because the sale *as not so great. The latter
stated that in the case of
.I*. Allnutt's painting 'of
Tivoli,
.whick.be had enraged, he stiputeted expressly
,to cake two copies for the designer,' end either eight or
ten for himself. This was in 'the ease of a private
Gentleman; he had never sold or disposed of his copies.
, 'Mr. Tho Mas indsjiktr was also an engraver. His
evidence,stristly confirmed the preceding. He should
never think of asking permission to keep ,twelve copies,
unless when h.: knew the plate was to be kept private.
. Mr. William Finden said he bad invariably .observed
the custom of detaixing from six to twelve impressions,
and in ease the plate hadgone home wl.bout his having
taken them, he never tailed to get Wheal. for the tittles'
purpi4e of,rselrat he Consisietefl tfA*l4:i right.
, Mr. Thomas, Wallis, Mr• itichard..ifaae, Mr. g d ward.
Portbirryiarld-Mr. Themes Leptons; Confirmed the to
tietioeyaf'tht
,fiwiner witnesses wltici hall all Stated tb
'Jr.; iro gist illitoMao to Will bey ci I.lle;'.plates they de.
tailed.. latter Oesstleesets,' Osevietior,* midi that Ise
had in the counsel bailiff/sad oeeplate ; be conceived
that he had I sight tondo so,. as betoiuidered them he's
'a pr4peity.
ll~r. Wm. Yinders bad knaan
the collections of avail engravers mid after their'
decease, and in two instances while they ireire living. '
Martin Coloagbi„ the Airtatilelrer in Cot.kspar..
street. said, that the usage Of reteiniog prints vim mi..'
querti-nably at the will of the publisher. loam svgs-
comely for an engraver to take impressions for his own
use, 5:1501 fur any benefit. He had been coanected with
the buitsess for 16 or 17 yams, and be :bad aliwaysin
his own case made it a practice to 'agile' floe leagtaiar
how 'many impressions he should tlittaire7 It had ten
been a subject of discussion between the engrater mad
the' publisher, the one Contending for and the other
against the custom.
Mr. William Benjamin *Queen bad been a copper-
plate printer for 26 years. kit spoke to the genteel

fiat 6 to ,12,
the pleteire,

said, that the ra-
nee.? kept more than ive or
• hoe place of. the Princess
Goulsiiog, four or five

:yward . ropper-plate printer
for 39 years, and during that time he had always struck
off from six to twelve impressions, expressly for the,
engraver.
Mr. John Trigg, sod Mr. William Miller, were both
copper-plate printers, and gave evidence to the same
effect as the preceding. . .
Mr. Sergeant T ADDY. who, _with Mr. Sergean4t
Lawas and Mr. PLATT, appeased for the plaintiff,
addressed the Jury. He remarked- en , the eircumv
Alsace of the defendants having called only
poblisher to prove an usage, which they, of all per.
,em, were most likely to be well acquainted *
but there was obviously a motive in that.
bad thought proper to call no others'than engrave&
sod copper-plate printers—persons who were highlii
interested in maintaining a orate which could Mt hi
of being eligible to them. although it appeared sate:
a pecuniary point of view, for in the .whole otthe
dente, thee was only one instance of a sale of an
graving. The L....arhed 3ergebet then went on to.
serve on thelilierality ssith.oihich she hirtiltddlirit acie i
towards engraver., adding, tbatit had be.. etiviiiereil ,
as a reproach to the present .ige that we had no Me-
cenas—no great Nobleman riow advaocei to protect,
and patronize the liber;il arts, as wai:the case in formeel
days. Dr. Johnson-replied, “ Nor is diem any oocasioit,
,be booksellers. ire tow . become Maceetses." '. This.
the Leairied Sergverit_ ciirttended, was literally true,
and he considered it A very happy thing that it was
so ; for, through the bo .ksellers, the public bad them-
selves beCome the patrons of the arts, and under such
patronage. they were far more likely .to become liberal
and enlirged thin if they wee subject to the taste
and caprice of any single individinai. He then pro-,
ceeded to comment on the evidence which had been
produced, and concluded by asking the Jury if they
considered it sufficiently definite to establish the fact of
general usage ?
Mr. Justice GASELtit summed up, andlaving &de
through the whole of the evidence, left the case to the
Jury, on the simpie question of whether they believed;{
from what they had heard, that an engraver. without
a specific co.-tract from his einployer,. was entitled' to
retain twelve, eight, or one impression ; and ohether they
considered that he had i right to sell those impressions?!
• The Jury, after hesitating for a short time, returned
a vet dice for the plaintiff on the first iesues antifor the
li4ll64ants in the two others, being of opinion that an,
hograter had aught 'to retain eight impressions: they
wait, hovieirer, "of opinion that he had do tight to *LI
any ot. them,.. ..; . . .i. i
• .IdiDDLISFX SESSIONS, Om. as. - i
. - Jkliskir.lirsisers, a hictriby coachman, was indicted for
it appeared,
it Mr. Wakeond A Mr. North. The prose-
i - il-ip -peered, Wire driving through' Piccadilly,
me in a sociable, irr whic,h were' alsd four of his family;
• .. the other in a gig, when the defendant drove Ino,
tieeeta them and the rant of hackney coaches which
iltmsd there, whereby they were driven aped the paie
Ment ; and upon their remonstrating, he assaulted them,
raise after the other, most grossly, having first pi!xoted
the waterman to drive off with his coach, to prevent his
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om being taken. A watchman aimed Clad
the defendant, took olio of the prosecutors

Tl;edeiesiarst was found Gnilip on both indictments,
and sentenced to be imprisoned for three month* in the
Hoag, of Correction:
The CHAIRMAN advised the prosecutors to make a
tapiesentation ot the watchman's conihtct to the parish
sets of St. James's. . .
Thomas Wright, a sesle-soaker, residing in iistedd-
street, Goswelt.nreet, was indicted tic. **malting a
Mts. Mordecai, 'rho rated, that hectare &east on the,
OAPs intront Of the'difeadant's ha* he themes% pith-
-to 'Jr) kid thinly * l ttf arty 'wtsker nisei
'of windiw Air, evrikrsbP•shi was drew:ha tol
the skin. • • • ••:.
• The defeaerrits, ihat this woman 'kept a house of a
esnitsin description, and that she and her young ladies
were in the habit of exhibiting themselves in front of
the defendant's house, for the .purpose of procuring
customers.
The prosecntrix denied keeping. any ladies in. her
house, except her.ov.n daughters, of whom she had 19:
The defendant was found Guilty, and sentenced to
pay a hue of 40s. to the King.
POLICE INTELLIGECNE.
.MANSION•HOLISt

Yesterday a collector of Poultry was dewed. by a countryman,
with lave* stolen &hind pen, front him es the i SW of Dec. 1526.
The complainant Mated. that on the day to "Union he fastened
his petty to a rail bilimithield, and in ten minutes missed him. He
never saw him since, *EMI yesterday. When be met the defendant
driving him in a cart, and making " no mistake." he seised the
collector, cast, pony, and all, and put the Into the eiamody of as
*Meer.
The-defendant said, that he purchased the piney about 6 swabs
ago of a perste whom he did neeknow„ at Itieenford fair, and
had driven him, ewer since from parts of the amtimy to market,
with fowls.
The Clerk of a salesman meted, that the defendant constantly,
every Tuesday and Saturday. brought fowls to rabbet, and was a
must industrious honest man.
Complainant—Aye. bat he had my pony, Mouth.
The defendant .said, that be could prove that he . bad purchased
theriny at elblt signs stated st ltonstord fair.
The Loan MAYOR was satisfied with the defendant's proemiae to
appear again before him with Witnesies."
A difficulty arose here—the Wmplainant submitted to the Lard
Mayor, that as the pony was his own, and he had sworn to that fact.
he had a right to drive him. home. The defendant, on the other
band, was willing to ester that he honestly purchased the pony, and
be submitted, that if he were sot slowed to take bons his old
acjtalntance, hecould sot convey to town any .of the witnesses•
who were present whoa be made the purchase. Neither of those
ailments weighed with the Lard Mayor, who refused to evictioo
either putt' in laying heads sixam the pony. The parties therefore
bad a run for it, bat siranee to say, whin Mil got to literate of the
Mansiombouse, neither robe doe tart" were to be seem
GUILDHALL..
Yesterday lasses Millinefiski mood charted with having com-
mitted a most violent assault "ca boy. The prisoner wee in the
employment of a Smithfield butcher, and while driving out of the
market a flea of Met; assisted by a bdy, he desired the boy ro
tura theebeep, wheat* having satisbeterilly obeyed the order, was
immediately attacks' by the prissier and struck most furiously on,
the bead swab a drover's large stick, which knocked him down, and
enacted it necessary for him W be carried instantly to the Hospital.
The .-of the Hospitalient to.saj tt Was impossible to let the
boy be'itmtd that day, and Weeders the prisoner was eilmanded.t
BOW4TABET., •
Mamie ffitmiellre and ,ffistykolosime finis*, otherwise Genie
Heatitem, were yesterday placed at the bar, charged by Ili. Maths
solicitor to the Treisitry,selth having conspired to abatis by freed
the half pay of tittle -deceased lather, glarihokielvw Ilstiachsi fee.
Seely a Lieutsnaet in-the letti.Garrime Bauabbo... „
David Martin, fisq. of the Trev „ utyand Lawrence Within*.
Accountant-General of the Army Pay-office. attended, with
Mr. Made, to suppOrt the prootesitiott, and mural witnmees bons
irelanclwere also in attaidsocs • • ,
Mr. Mamie meted, talc the- fraud. whit tibiae& prisoners were
flaread.warwftected in IrelandoentlAteerferette
is caosquence of which tafeentatiatiloit " to the Police
at Dublin,' to bpprflierid nail prisinikuiliiimbiriiredeetitAndwired,
till very lately, when Roams, MO of Ike principal ollioteltef D,w.

4. 4.4
r own ground. preaciat of .the engravers Ntsiifig 6
they came to aomecopiacases .14nfor the barges. they were employed.
the sce op. Mr. MArtin Colnaghi re-eslied,
red low water gravers he 'had employed Offer keg
Et, and would sit ilvpre;sions. Of the very 6oe pld
re without his Charlotte, engraved bT Mr. Gowerelstakimenigemill". t
amt.—Barret Mr. John Hayward had been a