Star.
London, England, 1804-02-18 00:00:00

Colonel Twills, of the Royal Engineers, a
the Stall'.

Licutroant-Caioriel Gore, Infpedting Field 0/scer of Yeomanry
and Vidantion In the Cinque Ports.
Liar Oarroatos.—The Oratorio Seaton com-
menced laft night at Covent Garden Theatre. with
confiderable eclat. The performances are under the
management of the As LILTS. Such finging as that
of BR AN•I4. Mrs. BILLING TON. Mifs TIRES, &c.
could not fail to command fuccefs: we were, there-
fore, not furprifed at the numerous attend..nce at the
Theatre. The infirumental band of the prefen: fea-
fon, led by \Velum's., is very powerful, and the cho-
moires are well fuftained. The Grand Selairon of
lad year was the performance of yeller day evening.
Indead of the overture, a Samfon," the audience
were, on the railing of the curtain, moil agreeably
faluted with" GOD five the King," in which the
chief performers took a part, with a general chorus
and a full orcbellra. Two verfes were happily added
on the occafion, the one allufive to the threatened
invadon, and the other to the melancholy fituation
of his Mailers:. in which the cordial and fervent
willies of the country are expreffed, for the Fedora-
tion of his health. They were both greeted with
univerfal and reiterated plaudits. A delay took
place at the conclufion of the fccond Part, at which
the audience ezpreffed tome impatience, till Mr.
BRAMAN announced the carafe to be the fudden indib
pr.,fition of Mr. AsuLtr, fen-

LEW INTILLMEIth Z. •
COURT or E3lOl paliCit FEIL it

A &El W. TOM. n,o.
The Plaintiff is an Organ builder, In the New
Road, Lambeth Mar& ; the Defendant, n Clergy.
man, who lately had an eilabliihment atJ3laekheath.
for the education of young Gentlemen, bat litho now
refides at Deptford. It farts the Defendant had
fame difcord with the man of concord, or the urge-
aid he employed at his Chapel ; and in order to pie.
vent the harmony that mould always attend der
facred Cervices float being interrupted. he had Order, •-.
ed an organ to be ionfiruded on a plan fimilar to
thole of the Itinerant Jews, which would difpenl
with the neceffity of having a profefed muficlan. In
purfuance of this defign. Dr. Tow* gave an order to
the Plaintiff to make an inilrument of this kind, for
the value of which (2014 the
.crel'ent anion wad
brought.
Mars. Eucims arid Kantor, for the Plaintiff.
dated his credit and eminence in his bufinefs, and .
produced Mr. James Ayre as a whites, who &Toad
to the exPcudon of the barrels', Ike. '

Mr. Lincoln was alto broogbt to prove the hand-
writing of the Defendant to certain knees, whisk .
contained the inkruitions to the Plaintiff for the cow.
pletion of the work. On tense befitation in giving
his teftimcny, Mr. EISICIIIS Paid, he was confidant
that be only paafed whik “ the Devil was looking
over Lincoln.''

Mitchell, ti third witnefs. having proved the dd.
livery,
Mr. Gaeaow addtefed the Court andjuyy in law
half of the Defendant, and then proved, by fi tidic.
tory evidence. that the Organ was not executed in a
Workmanlike manner. and that it mil not delivered
until a confiderable time lifter the period prefcribed
by the order. A mechanic devoted, that although
intended for fund mace. it was only faked to di&
turb the congregation. by exciting ridicule ; that the
mufic produced was as different from what was In.
tended,. as Chevy Chace from the favourite Asthma
of Save the King. This fingular witneh ear
eluded his devofitions with offering his remit* (In
the ffylc of Sioeffer Deigerweed), and reminding Mr.
Gum*. whore client he bad brought off, that both
for him and his Mier hi had been employed in the '
nsufical way. and he Grid he hoped for the maim.
lace of his patronage.
Lord Ettennonooolin.—se The order Ira wither
executed in the proper time, or in the proper mar
ter."—Verdia for the Defendant.

Ith
NATIISIII. iiswras
The Plaintiff it well kioiit as an inn teepee, as
the Bing's Arms. Glalionbory ; the Defendant is in
the fame occupation at Bridgewater. This attion
was brought under ten counts of malicious Deader,.
to recover damages. In the provers of the csofes
only one of the counts, viz. the third, was fupportedl
by the evidence, and the gravamen was, that the
Plaintiff had left the collo:is of Lord Da Dusszas.
vissa by finch malicious Bander. The words' cons.
plained of were nearly thofe employed to every per.
(an unveiling poll, by ihe coalition of inn krperso
when he withe; to be driven to a bon& ndt in the
routine of their intereft. " My Lord (laid Mrs,
Newman) you will act meet 'with barks essoakh.ae
with accommodation fulEcient at GLltionbary Hooks
we always drive on to Street." In coofequence of
this obfervation, Lord Da Dneszsaviasa, from the
Student's box, gave evidence, that he and his retinues
during one excurffoo, abandoned the honk of the
Plaintiff, and gave his voltam according to the rw
comnsendAtion of the Defendant.

Mr. Easeful, for the Plaintiff, endeavoured to
fupport the different counts in the declaration. awl
he contended that it was not neceffitry to date fin.
cial damage ; but it was competent for bins tog*
into the general damage, which was laid to the ez.
tent of zo,oool. He adverted to the magnitude of
the concerns for communication on the great roads
'of this opulent kingdom, and be trotted that due
Jury would, by their verdib, repair the great been
his client had faffered from thefe malicious nitre-
prefentations.
Mr. Gaeaow, for the Defendant. ezpreffed his
furprize that this anion was transferred to Wefe.
mintier, inftead of being brought on at the Bridge.
water Affizes, where the Plaintiff might have had
the affiance of his Learned and facetious friend Mr.
Jekyll to open his cafe, and of Mr. Gibbs, to lead
on the occafion, who is julily .diftinguithed as the
great Prophet of the Western Circuit. si It Curtly
Odd the Learned Counfel) is no fcandal to fay that
an inn is not licenfed for poll horfes. I have fame.
times been at the bottom of Shooter's hill with tired
bealls, and it is well known the immenfe building nit
the furnmit has had no licence to fupply horfes in
fueh an emergency. I hope I (peak no fcandal when,
I fay this, for which I than be brought before this
Honourable Court. My Learned n icnd Mr. Er.
(trine and myfelf have unfortunately met in the north
Circuit with the retinue of the Doke of Northumber-
land, in his progrefs to Alnwick Caftle, and we hare
been fpoken to in the language of the prefent De-
fendant, that horfes were n, t to be procured at Terry.
bridge, and that the Angel could give us no menus.
modation ; yet no anion was brought—and Inch pre.
cifcly might have been the citcomaances when his
Lordlhip, who has appeared as a witnefs in this
cauk. was upon the road. Out of the ten counts.
olic only remains ; it is in ;deli futile and nuatory.
and ought never to have been lu:J
elitted to a jury in
Wel:mint:et Hall."

Lord ELLtrisoanucii—o The rule of law is,
that yon not go into (Pedal damages without
fufEcient notice to the defendant ; and there mull be
fume conformity between the words ufed in an ailioat
for liander, and the teflimony to Inch aaions. It is
not enough that words are spoken of a certain ins.
port, but they mull be falfely and malicinufly fpokeru
I may recommend any particular inn, but to enforce
fuch recommendation. I mull not neerflep the limits
of tenth I if I do, it will be eonitrued that I have
malicinufly fpoken. It does appear on this evidences
that a rnifreprefentation wo made to my Lord Da
Dunhanville,and that he did, in confequcnce.oaone
occalion, leave the Glannnkrury Houle. He travels
with fits hnefes, and perhaps the loft OA this fingia
citeuvinance is not likely t,) amoapt to man dim
39,.—Vcrdia for the Plaintiff stn. .