Star.
London, England, 1810-12-07 00:00:00

NAV.IL 12VTELLWEIVCR.

TORBAY, DECEMBER S.
This afternoon arrived his Majesty's store-ship m‘,.
LABAR : she left Portsmouth on Sunday monlia,,
with some other ships, bound to the West Indies, ar?d
put in here by contrary wind.' An officer of the
above ship has just informed me, that this moccnt.
about four o'clock, one of the West-Indiamen which
sailed with them, was captured off Portland, azd
carried off. •

PLYMOUTH, DECF.MBER s.
Came in the Windsor Castle Packet, from Jamsick
last from Falmouth. Sailed the Haacos sloop or
war, on a cruize.
PORTSMOUTH, DECEMBER a.
Arrived his Majesty's ship ACIIATPS, from Gum
sey. Wind S. W.

DEAL, DECETtiIVt 6.
Arrived the RovatuFrr sloop of war, with a Trench
privateer, which she captured last evening; plrticu.
lars not known, as it blows hard from the s.
which prevents any communication between the s'ai?.
ping► and the shore.
Five o'clock.—lt looks very dirty to the west
in consequence the small craft are getting their an.
chors, and running for Ramsgate Pier. Windy w,
blows strong, with rain.

• YARMOUTH, DEC. e.
Sailed the STARLING and CALTP3O sloop of wn to
the Downs. Arrived the SPECULATOR lugger, Ind
remain with the ROEBUCK; PARTRIDGE; LYNX; MAG.
NET, CRACKER, and VIXEN.

This morning a vessel, laden with coal, was os
Corton Sand ; the crew have saved themselves in their
boat, but the ship and cargo will be totally W...
Wihd S:W. blows strong.

GREENOCK, DECEMBER 1.
It gives us pleasure to contradict the loss of 6,
brig Alphea, of and for this port, from Black Riser,
jantaica, as lately stated in some of the nest:span,
This vessel arrived, with several others in company,
at the Tail of the Bank last night, after a long pm.
sage of sixteen weeks, having experienced very bad
weather on the passage. The Fanny (A.) came"-
yesterday from New York, in forty•three days. She
brings nothing new.

ADMIRALTY-COURT, DECEMBER 6.
Fure Sodskende Brandt master.—This vessel, ender Meek
colours, was laden with barley and rye, from Rostock to Reim
dam.—Further prod required.
'iwende Sostres, Hansen master.—This case was of a siade
descripton.—Restored, subject to captors' rimers.
Christiana Dorothea, Holler master.—This vessel was wily
under Danish colours.laden with a variety of artkies.—Restwek
subject to captors ripener'.
Maria Sophia, Guhlstroff master.—This vessel was wind
near the Culph of Finland, and had various articles oil bowl,—
Ship and cargo restored, (except some prohibited articles) *lt
freight and expences.
St. Peter, Jepson master.—This vessel was capnurod cif tit
coast of Norway.—Condemned.

Juno, Soutner master.—This vessel was under timbre a.
lours, laden with sugar, &c.—Restored, with freight, subject*
the captors expences.
Walocum, master.—This used was tinder Swedish (.11,
lours, laden with tar, wool, etc.—Condemned.

Carl Frederick, riashiofi master.—This fibbing smack, wiJ
herrings and oil, was condemned.

THE ARMY.

Last week a detachment of the Royal Glamorgan
Militia marched through Carmarthen, Swansea, Bcc.
on their route from Milford to Bristol, where the r
s►iment is stationed. They have been succeeded at
Milford by a detachment of the Royal Pembroke Fu-
sileers.

According to the provisions of the Local Militia
Act, the Magistrates in various parts are now dip
charging all constables under 30 years of age ; as se.:
veral.constables have got themselves nominated by
stewards of manors, for the purpose of escaping mili•
tary requisition.

BENGAL APPOINTMENTS.
G. o.—The Vim-President in Council is pleased to make de
following promotions : •
Std Regiment Native Cavalry, Senior Lieut. N. Hod,-,es to be
Captain-Lieutenant, vice Boileau deceased; Senior Core C.
Carmichael Smith to be Lieutenant, vice H odttei promo*.
The undermentioned Cadets of Infantry to be finsitns.
Niel Steward, John Campbell, Miry Carter, Vaughan L.
Palmer, Craves Cbamney Haugh:on, Was. Capon, Jobn Fraser,
Barrington Purvi,., Henry Wilcock, Dyson, Duncan Coorhl•
John ?Vanish, Thomas Ward, Mitred Charles as-merle,
Walter Palk Welland, Henry Solomon Reid, hires Ellis, Ares.
bald Dow, Thomas Weaman Incell, Wm. Ramsay.
Captain W. H. Wood, of the European Regiment, to acts
Assistant-Adjutant General during the absence of Capt. Nicol
Lieut. T. D. Guild, of the 23d Regiment Native Infantry, h
permitted at his own request to resign the service.
Mr. Macdonald is admitted to the service as Cadet of learn
Major-General Macan, Commanding Officer of the Holm
as
the Presidency station, to bo Vice-President of .he kith:ail
Board, until furtber orders.
The following Cadets are reported to be qualified to join tbek
corps, viz.
Messrs. Turner, Thomby, Mason, Reid, Dyson, Lamb, Dr
vidson, Nind, Girdlestone, Bryce, Earle, Wigney.
Of these Mr. Turner has distinguished himself in grammtia
analysis. His translations from the Hindostanee into Entlei•
and English into Hindootanee, evince considerable knowledged
the language, and entitle him to particular approbation.
The following Ensigns and Cadets are directed to be struck of
the strength of the Cadet Company, and to proceed to join their
corps as follows :
Ensign H. Wileocks Dyson, Ist Battalion ist Wined Na'
tive Infantry, at Rewarm ; Ensign Alex. Davidson, Ise Ban,
lion 7th Regiment Native Infantry, at Native
REV F
Wigney, 2d Battalion 15th Regiment Native Infantry, at DP
ca ; Ensign H. S. Reid, 2d Battalion 15th Regiment Native IP,
fantry, at Agra ; Ensign W. PI Earle, 2d Battalion 19th Reif
ment of Mitilre Infantry, at Berbampore ; Ensign W. B. Girdly
stone, Ist Battalion 2Sd Regiment Native InLuitry,at
Ensign C. Thorsby, 11d Battalion 19th Regiment, at Beriumnoil
Cadet of Cavalry C. 0. Mason, to join and do duty wick*
Regiment Native Cavalry, at Pertaubgbur ; Cadet of Ci!IILT
P. P. Mod, to join and du duty with the Sd Regiment )I
Cavalry, at Pertaubgliur ; Cadets of Infantry C. W. Tumen__,
Lamb, and D. Bryce, to join and do duty with the Europer 111.
I &lent at Dinapore ,• Lieut. E. H. Simpson, of the Bth geft'
Infantry, is permitted to proceed to Europe on furlough, wig"
count of his health.
Mr. W. W. Rees, admitted to the service as a Cadet
Sd Regiment of Native Infantry, Brevet-Major and Senior Ill:
tin F. French to be Major, vice Litton, deceased; CaPt•-lecu,
W. Bentley Walker to be Captain cf a Company, vice fr Dotant,
promoted; Senior Lieut...H. §. Pepper, to be Captain-Lieute". _
vice \Valker, promoted; Senior Ensign C. I. Levale to be Ler
tenant, vice Pepper, promoted. B nen
9th Regiment of Native Infantry, Senior Ensign 0-
Los 2 " stone to be Lieutenant, vice Plumtre, deceased; Mr. It 14.
Assistant-Surgeon, is appointed Surgeon to the Calcutta Nip
Militia.
Lieut. Ed. Gwatkin, of the 7th Native Regiment, to bel).
put y Paymaster.
Brevet-Major A. Hanftssy to be Aide-de•Camn to the Gcrilb
our-General. vice Gwatltin.
Mr. Assistant-Surgeon G. MlWhirter to be surgeon to ea Re'

to be Surgeon to the Goer'

sideocy at
Mr. R. 'l'yler, Assists.. _
oor-t;eueral's body Guard. Si
Mr. W. P. Mutton, Asaistant-Surgeon, to 1:00 Surge
Civil Station of Samna vice 111'Whister.

LAI" NITLLIGENCB..

cotaT or KING'S BENCII, DLCEMBER S.
DUBOST .14 BEREsTORD,
If TFICYLL, addressing the Jury, said, k tvontd be
off.
,:esiar)• for him to consume some time in the detail
'the very singular transaction which gave rise to
present action, by which,the plaintiff had suffered
nly a violent and outrageous invasion of his pro-
.t c-
y, bet the total demolition of it. For an injury
this kind, the plaintiff now came to ask redrees
reparation at the hands of a British Jury; and he
as sure he would not ask it with less success because
was a foreigner, and an artist of celebrity in his
en country, now, by the calamitous state of the rest
'the world, driven to seek protection in 'this land of
ray. Even in the country of which the plaintiff
a: a native, though now hostile to us, it could not
denied, that the arts had been protected, and par-
iiiarly that art in which the plaintiff excelled—the
of painting. These the plaintiff had executed a
ork, for which he had received the highest honours
his profession ; and, having brought his perform-
Ice to this country, disposed of it to advaqtage to
Gentleman of well known taste, and justly esteem-
for his encouragement of the fine arts. Jt was
possiL to cast their eyes around in that Court,
-
d tot to see the interest created among the first
aracters in the country, by a question in which the
ne arts were concerned; and all, who were at all
cenainted with the habits and propensities of the
her order of our men of rank and affluence, must
me, that among them the fine arts could never
.sat protectors. After the plaintiff had been some
e resident in this country, he framed an exhibition
various pictures. indifferent branches of the art,
.anted by himself, to be strewn to the Public at Pall
fall. ale of these was the representation of a much-
nicd story, with which we must all have been ac-
,,,iiated in our youth, tanned by the French 46 La
.:ile et la Bete," or, as it may be expressed in our lan-
gage, the story of 66 Beauty and .Me Bead." The
,erit of this composition was admitted by every per- ,
who had seen it to be very great. No man, in- .
d, could doubt its merit, when told it had been
ecutsil by Mr. Dubost. One of the figures of this
iece was of great beauty, and the Other, as might be
?posed, the reverse ; and ;the whole Was executed
a most masterly manner. The exhibition had gone
with great success for some weeks, when the trans-
eien, to which the Learned Counsel must im,medi-
aly tall the attention of the Airy, took place. It
as now necessary, however, that he should. give
ne account of the Gentleman who was, the defeat.
it in the present case, who was no' less a 4 person
'a the son of the Archbishop 'of. 'l'tam;.and, the
:atned Counsel was sorry to say, himself in holy
ders. On the 20th of June last,. about 11 o'clock
the forenoon, the defendant came to the place of
hibition, only the plaintiff and one or two , Others
ing present, and while a person was procuring
Inge for him, a loud cry was heard of 64 GoOd
..! he is cutting and tearing the picture to pieces."
'n running to the place where the picture in ques-
el :wad, there was this reverend Vandal, (of whose
'tires for such an act, unless he had imbibed in that
,ar.try which gave him birth something of which we
eld have no conception,) seen engaged-with his
if= in defacing the picture, and cutting it in pieces.
n the person coming up to him, he turned about,
th the knife in his hand, threatened to serve in the
e manner he was doing the picture, any person
should endeavour to prevent him. The business
not done in a moment—he was engaged in it for
f an hour; Mr. Dubost interposed, saying, if he
d done any thing amiss, or which could have offen-
. the Gentleman, he was responsible for his con-
ct, and amenable to the law ; but, as a foreigner,
hoped lie was entitled to be protected from out-
le. He did not himself forget the respect he
ed to the laws, but having the police in view,
patched a messenger to procure assistance. The
crest police office was at Marlborough-street, and
lore a constable could be brought from thence,
e Reverend Gentleman had withdrawn. As to the
hie of the picture so destroyed by the defendant, it
as estimated by the defendant himself at £looo.
knew he could not give this in evidence, but he
',mild bring eminent painters and patrons of the fine
'ts who had seen this picture, and who would state
to be of great value and merit. We all know that
some works of the Flemish and other ancient
:hools great prices"were often &ea. Even for mo-
rn works of Art, for instance, for a painting by the
resident of the Royal Academy, in the last Exhibi-
)i), a very large price had 'been given, and for a
'awing in water colours, the sum of £BOO. From
is the aury might fOrm;it pretty just criterion of what
.e plaintiff, who was a painter of the first eminence,
'as entitled to for the destruction of the picture in
Tnere'was, however, in this case another
.tesicn by which_ they might
_ judge of the loss sus-
. coed by the present plaintiff. The picture in ques-
cn Was at the time in the couise of being exhibited
,y the plaintiff. Before it' was publicly known with
Lit morsels of beauty this small collection was or-
fimented (he assured his Learned Friend he did not
'hide to the picture of Benny. end the Beast alone)
1:e receipts had been comparatively small, amounting
£2 or S a day, but.when the collection came to'
' known, the infltie was so great as to amount to ten
r twelve guineas per diem, so as to promise him the
"sPe€t, by the exhibition, of realising for-
me. He should now name no specific ' sum, bit
Sould leave it ,to the discretion of the Jury. The
laintiff was a foreigner, .ant Artist of celebrity and
.reat merit, and the Jury wonld not fail to mark the
o
ntrast, that the defendant Was a man, -Irons his/fro-
trion, who, above all others, ought to have abstain,
t rem so outrageous a violation of private property.
tie did not ask exorbitant but InOderate'dalniZes•
Francis Beusquet stated, that he Was standin at
he door leading I: •
to the Exhibition-MOM, being am.
engaged to keep the door .of the Eihilatioa next
1" It, when the defendant rushed past him like a flash
et Lghtning. The witness was struck with the eir-
fernstaace,
ti • this being so unlike the conduct of Gen-
fork Ingeneral ; even the Prince and the Duke of
having inquired of him the way to the roont--
e minutes after the *feed' had rushed in, an
alarm et • . ant
as given,. in consequence of which witness
keret to .
an,epening in therillery -above, which corn-
Ziritteed. with: the plaintiff's. Exhibition room. By
jag tile job was done, and two frames were I y-
against the wall without the pictures. There
ace wine father persons at the opening above, where

the witness was stand:lqt end At defendant called
up to them not to be afraid, but for this rascal who
painted the picture, he ought to be The wit-
ness could not hear the remainder bf the sentence.—
did not see the defendant cut the picture, nor did
he see him with a knife in his hand.
Cross-examined by the Atrualicy-GcNERAL.
Said there were not many visitors et first, but a
great many afterwards.

Q. Was this not an odd strange sort of a picture
A. It was a beautiful picture.
Q. Yes, it was the picture of the Beauty and the
Beast ; was it very like ? A. Ido not know what
likeness you mean.
Q. Upon your oath was not the Beast meant to be
a likeness of Mr. Hope ? A. I have heard a whis-
pering in the room that the Beast was like Mr. Hope.
Q. And that the Beauty was Mrs. Hope ? A. No,
they said it was not like.
Q. Did you ever see the picture the plaintiff drew
of Mrs. Hope, and fot which he received 400 guineas?
A. Yes, I have seen it.

Q. And although he has not been so happy in the
portrait of the' Beauty as he was in that he formerly
painted of Mrs. Hope, still the Beauty is painted in
the same dress as that worn by
,Mrs. Hope in her por-
trait ?—Yes, though I cannot Say it is exactly the ame.
The witness was then asked, if he did not know
that there was a remarkable room in Mr. Hope's
house called the Star Room, and if there was not such
a ceiling to the room is which Beauty and the Beast
were represented to be ? But to these questions he
could give no answer, not being aware that the facts
were so.

Q. Which did Mr. Dubost himself think most like,
Beauty to Mrs. Hope, or the Beast to Mr. Hope ?
A. He never saki.

Q. This Beast was hideous and offensive Op the eye,
was it not ? A. No, Ido not think it was. -
Q. Then probably some persons could not distin-
guish which was the Beast ? A. I cannot answer that,
a Beauty is handsomer than a Beast.
Q. Yes. This is so in the abstract; but I asked you
if this is the case in the picture ? A. The Beauty is
the handsomer of the two.

Q. Then the Beast is not very ugly ? A. He is
very good natured.
O. Is he painted naked ? is he without clothes ?
A.l-le has hair.

Q. Has he any other clothes but what a bear wears?
and is he uglier of handsomer than a bear ? A. I can-
not say that.' ' '
Q. There was not then a pin's difference between
them ?—A. Different' Beasts have different appear-,
antes, and this beak is handsomer than a bear.

Q. Was he not adorned with long hairy ears
A. Yes. •
-
• Q. Was there not before him a chest with money
and jewels, and is he not offering them to her, if she
ivies accept of him ?—A. Yes ; that is the subject of
the story.
• Q. And is she not wringing her hands in agony,
that she should be exposed to such a Beast ?--A. Yes,
she is distresFed.

Q. At hem exposed to such a beast as the picture
represents Mr. Hope to be, who, to induce her, offers
her riches ?—A. That is the subject of the story.
The examination went on to shew that the subscrip-
tion book for an engraving to he executed from the
picture, always lay on the table of the Exhibition-
room. The witness could not say by whom the name
of Sir H. Englefield (which was a forgery) was writ.
ten in that book. The witness himself often wrote
down the names of subscribers, according to their de.
sire, without knowing them.
Q. Have you not told persons who visited the Ex.
hibiton that the figures were like Mr. and Mrs. Hope ?
A. Perhaps I may have said that I was told the one
figure was like Mr. Hope.
Q. Have you not said that it was meant by the
plaintiff to represent Mr. Hope ? A. Ido not re-
member; I may have said that it was like Mr. Hope,
but not that it was Mr. Dubost's intention that it
should be like.

Q. That, then, he never told you ? A. That is
another thing ; he told me it was Beauty and the
Beak, that somebody had told him the beast was like
Mr. Hope, but that it was not his intention in begin-
ning the picture to represent Mr. Hope. The picture
was not painted like him on purpose.
Q. That was before it was finished, will you say
that he did not tell you that after he had been so told
that the beast was like Mr. Hope, he did not go on
and finish it up to the complete likeness ? ' A. I think
he did.

Q. Have you not heard him say that the figure of
Beauty was taken from the portrait he himself had i
drawn of Mrs. Hope ? A. No, Sir.
Mr. Ewing was also in the room, but did not see
the defendant do any thing. The picture was then
cut to pieces.
Mr. T. Standen was also present, but paid no par-
ticular attention to what passed.
Charles Sonarat was at the door, and received from
the defendant a five shilling piece to change, which
he gave him in a few minutes afterwards. When the
witness was in the next room, a person called out to
him, that a Gentleman was destroying a picture, on
which he went up to the picture in question, and saw
the defendant standing by it, with a knife in one hand
and a stick in the other. The defendant put himself
in a threatening posture, if the witness should endea-
vour to come near him. The witness immediately
tollthe not to come in, thinking that the de-
fendant intended to murder him, and himself iun di-
rectly for a constable. He went to several different
places, but returned without getting one, after being
absent nearly three quarters of an hour. When he
returned, the defendant was still there, and the pic-
ture was completely destroyed and cut to pieces. He
thinks this was done by the defendant, but did not see
hibi cut it.

Lord ELLEshonouGH—Was it in a different state
when you returned, from what it was when you went
away ? A. It had fallen down when I went away,
but was not cut, but when I returned I found it in
.three pieces. It was cut with a knife ; it was hanging
in its place when the defendant came into the rooen,and
had not been' then damaged. He did not know the
amount of the profits derived from the Exhibition.
Q. Come, take time ? A. Now I do trinember
his saying that he did not know where to look for a
Beauty more exquisite than Mrs. Hope, or one that he
could take better suited to represent the character.
Q. And so he deternaind to finish up his Beauty
from the represefitatim of Mrs. Hope f. A. yes.

Q. -From what representatlevt Aid he take the
lines, which, in the picture, the Beast was supposed
to be uttering, and wh4ch !ppeared on a scroll--" I
ant sensible that I am a most horrible beast, and that
you can have no thoughts of ; btit if you. will ac-
cept of me you shall have all these riches at yoar disL
Posal ?" A. These are the words u 1 the fable.

Q. Now these are the words sp ',tea by the figure,
.which is like Mr. Hope, to the ilgure which is like
.Mrs. Hope, in short, by Mr. Hope to Mrs. Hope ?
A. I cannot say.
Q. Have you not heard Mr. Dubost twenty dif-
ferent times say that he would be revenged on Mr.
Hope, because he had displeased him ? A. I have
heard him say he was displeased with Mr. Hone.
Q. And was it not for this that he published this
picture ? A. I believe so:

Q. Is not the defendant Mrs. Hope's brother, and
did he not tell you that he destroyed the picture be.
cause it was a vile slander on his sister ? A. He was
in a great passion, and spoke so fast that I could not
understand what he said.

Lord
'destroying the picture r
Mr. ATTORNEY-GENEF
♦ery moment."
Mr. Louis Odekay, who collected the admission-
Money, at the plaintiff's exhibition, stated the daily
receipts to be at first about £3 or R 4. They rose as
the exhibition was better known, to £lO, £l5, and
even to £l9 a-day. After the destruction of the pic-
ture in question the receipts fell off greatly. Several
persons, when they understood that picture was gone,
would not go in.
. Cross-examined by Mr. ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
He said that the daily receipts afterwards fell down
to about A-2, but that many people who went away
without going in offered to pay for the sight of the
fragments that remained of the representations of Mr.
and Mrs. Hope.
Mr. Huet Villiers said, he had been a painter all
his life time, and had known the plaintiff for ten pars.
The plaintiff had always been esteemed a celebrated
artist, both is Frknce and in this country. He, wit-
ness, had examined the fragments of the painting in
question, and if the totality was equal to the frag-
ments, it must have been a fine picture. in its present
state, however, he could not judge of its value.
Mr. Sonarat was again examined by the ATTORNEY-
GENERAL, and said, there was an eye-glass round the
shoulder of the Beast.

Was this at the time of

Yes, my Lord, at the

Mr. Stroehling, Historical Painter to the Prince of
Wales, thought the plaintiff, when he came to this
country, one of the first Artists he ever knew. He
thciaght the picture in question a kvellpainted picture.
Helad mot examined it attentively when he saw it at
theexhibition, but he had examined the fragments, and
a person could judge of the merit of the picture from
them as well as if it had been entire. Judging of the
'aims of the Artist, and of the size and merit of the
picture, he thought its value must have been about
500 or 600 guineas.
Examined by Lord ELLENBottomt.
If the picture would have been of the value he put
on it, in a private collection, without the name of an
artist upon it ?
The witness said, he could not speak as to that:
the name of a painter of eminence gave it a value.
M-. JEKYLL said, that was his case.

The ATTORNEY GENERAL, for the defendant, said
this was the most impudent appeal by a foreigner
to the justice of a British Court of Judicature he
'had ever witnessed, and, he trusted, he should never
i see such another. His Learned Friend had said,
that a British Jury would never be slow to afford
protection to a foreigner appealing to their justice.—
He trusted they never would. But then it was in-
cumbent on that foreigner to see that he himself had
not violated those laws to the protection of which
he appealed ; for, to be entitled to the protection of
the laws, he should have deserved it. What, how-
, ever, was the injury for which the plaintiff in this case
now impudently endeavoured to get a recompence ? It
must have struck every person as singular, first, that
the plaintiff had endeavoured to prove the destruc-
tion of the picture by so many persons who knew no-
thing about the matter ; and it was another circum-
stance no less singular, that to prove its value, he
' should have adduced only one Artist who had seen
the picture while it was exhibited, and who having
been carried to the Exhibition by a false representa-
tion as to the merits of another picture, had passed by
the picture in question, without even noticing it.—
The only value now attempted to be put upon it was
according to the plaintiff's own rate of charge, calcu-
lated according to the size of the picture. See what is,
the injury for which this plaintiff asks reparation ; i
and what his own conduct has been—What he has(
done—and from whom it is lie asks reparation. The;
Learned Counsel for the plaintiff had told the Jury;
that the plaintiff had been exhibiting a picture by I
which he was realizing considerable sums of money,
and from which he expected still greater advantages,
and that it was for the demolition of this picture that 1
r he now asked for compensation. The Learned Coun-
sel had also said, that merit in this country was always'
certain to meet its reward. The plaintiff himselfhad
fully experienced the truth of this assertion. In a pe-
-1 riod of distress he had come to this country, seeking
for patronage and encouragement in the line of his
1 profession ; and he had not sought for it in vain. He
I had found it in Mr. Hope,'in whom merit in distress
had always foutira patron and benefactor. He had i,
; come to this Gentleman with all the wealth he had, i
I which consisted in one picture, for which Mr. Hope
had given him A'SOO. Not only so, but as an addi-I
tional encouragement to him, to improve his talents,
he employs him to paint the portrait of his wife, for
which he bargains to give him 4.00 guineas, the one-
half of which he actually paid before the portrait was
begun, and the remainder before it was finished.
The plaintiff, who was in Court, said he could shew
this to be false. •
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he knew what he
stated to be true, but he was really astonished to think
that a plaintiff in such aicause as this, could have been
so insensible to every feeling of delicacy and proprie-
ty, as to be present in Court whilst it was trying. He
was not accustomed to use such language, but his in-
dignation was so roused that he could not suppress his
feelings at the conduct of one, who, in his representa-
tion of a beast, had so uuly described himself. This
plaintifFhad been received into the house of Mr. Hope,
and had availed himself of that opportunity to paint
the picture in question; and because Mr, Hope would
net submit to hit apreabonakla &minds, and at length

whom he loved': in the expectation that Mi. Helve
, would still buy him n. Foiled thisexpectation, he
was nor, however, discomfited, but thought thatby the
terror of the present action, his purpose might still i)e
' effected, supposing that Mr. Hope would yielito his •
demands, rather than allow._ the remit, defendant, *a
high-minded man ,wounded almost to death on account
of his sista, and who, on the impulse of the mouteet,
had himself cut in pieces the infaittous publication by
whilih she was traduced, to appear in the Orman:taint).
—Could the plaintiff ever hope, by a verdict of'
twelve honest Englishmen, to effect his objet`'! No,
he never could; but he did hope that the parties would
have yielded, rather than try the present action. Did
the Jury riot think that this Lady's family, writhing
almost to agony, felt the ridicule to which she was
exposed ? for unfortunately this was one of the effects
of judicial proceedings, that the verdict did-not a tuse
the pain arising from an injury of the kind immedi-
ately to cease. This great object, therefore, the plain•
tiff had gained, so far had his malevolence succeeded
but farther it could not go. Should he not, this At-
torney-General asked, if a man held a sword to his
throat, beat it down ? Should he not, if held up to
ridicule in a caricature, which could not be regarded
as an Exhibition of Art, feel himself entitled to cut
in pieces the infamous exhibition by which he was
attempted to be loaded with disgrace ? Under pre.
tence of this story of Beauty and the Beast, Mr.
Hope had been elhibited in a most disgraceful point
of N iew, representing himself as a stupid and disgust.
irtg monster, who had nothing but his riches-to offer
to his wife, as an inducement to accept of him is a
husband; while she, on the other hand, was. repeats
senteti as having accepted of such a monster, merely
on account of his riches. Mrs. Hope, it was well
known, had no occasion to submit to such a sactifiee.
She was not in 3 situation to require it. To fornr
a proper idea of the Gentleman and Lady *so grossly
calumniated. it was only necessary to *see them in their
domestic circle surrounded by their family and friends,.
he a husband and she a wife, of whom it w:is to be
regretted there were so few examples ! And was it
nothing that by such a ruffian as the plaintiff, a man
like Mr. Hope was to be held up as a nv,nster, and a
woman like Mrs. Hope to be represented as a sacrifice
to brutality, merely on account of sordid lucre ? At
first, it appeared in evidence, that this exhibition of the
plaintiff's yielded very little emolument, but when it•
was told, at every corner of the streets, that there Mr.
Hope might be seen exhibited as a mototer, it got
up to ,11420 per diem. It coold not he surprisiftg,
that the knowledge of such an exhibition should
reach the relations of the Lady. It did reach, her
brother, the present defendant and for annihilating'
this infamous libel on his sister and her husband, he
was now called on to defend the present action. 'flie
plaintiff now sat in Court to hear the present action
tried ; but if Mr. Elope had taken his (the Attorney.
General's) advice, that would have been out of his
power. Still, however, it was in the option of Mr.
Hope to bring him before a Jury of his country, far
the infamous exposure of which he had been guilty.
Mr. Hope probably did well to spare such a reptile
for a time, but now, after the length he had gone, the
Attorney-General trusted Mr. Hope would at length
follow his advice. It may be s:6:1, the parties ag-
grieved by this exhibition might have brought their
action against the present plaintiff, or might have in-
dicted him, but still, in the mean time they were ex-
posed to ridicule, or obliged to shut themselves up
from public observation. The only course, then, that
was left was to destroy the libel itself, and the engray.
ing which was to have been executed from it, and by
which its poison was intended to be still more widely
disseminated. There were cases in which, if a speedy
remedy was not applied, the injury became irremedi-
able. It was no answer to say the inconvenience may
be tried at Law, if while the arm of the Law is raised
the evil is doing. He trusted, therefore, the Jury
would be of opinion that in such a case the pleintif
could recover nothing.
There were no witaesses called on the defence.
Lord ELLENBOROUGII.-44 The plaintiff demanded
a Compensation for the loss of his profits by an exhi-
bition, and for the value of his picture. The defen-.
dant pleaded no justification. He only said, he was
not guilty. 1y was proved that the picture was de- •
stroyed, and l'oerefore the verdict must go for the
plaintiff. The ruaener and purpose of exhibiting
the picture were clear. It was plainly Dubost's in-
tention to caricature Mr. Hope and his wife. The
resemblance was evident to every one, and there.
could be no doubt that it was done from a spirit of
revenge. It was not for the Jury to consider the
obligations of the plaintiff to Mr. Hope; they were
not to look beyond the evidence. It was plain,
that no caprice of painting could have' casually
drawn a beast with an eye-glass round his neat ;
and it was equally plain, that an insult to Mr.
Hope was the object. As to the value cif the pic-
ture, one of the witnesses had evidently estimated
it only from its value as a caricature. But that
must not be recognized as giving it any value. It .
was a species of property on which no man had a.
right to reckon. It was a libel, the exhibition of which
would have been stopped in five minutes, on an appli-
cation to the Lord Chancellor. It was more than pro-
bable that an injunction would have befit issued to
prevent the picture's being ever exposed to.sale. The
plaintiff then lost .iii right to consider himself as being
aggrieved by the diminution of profit trim his Exhi-
' bition, or even 1)1- the destruction of his picture. They
were means of unlawful profit, and therefore no coma
pensation could be provided by the law. The Picture,
in its perfect state, could be only looked oh as mum in.
strument for the production of punishment to the ex-
hibition, and the Jury would resolve the damages into
those of the mere wood, canvas, and c010ur...".
The Jury, after some hesitation, found a verdict for
the plaintiff. Damages £5. Costs 40s.
The Court was unusually crowded. Several persons
of distinction, among whom werethe Marcinisof FWD-
FORT, Lords SEFTON, OSSULSTON, atiId'ECIUMONTD sit
on the Bench with Lord ELLENBOROCUIL •

In the last seizure. at Harwich, by Mr. Loved",
of Forty-four Bari of Gold, it is remarbible that e.teli
har should be secreted in a lar;-.e Scheme of the New
Plan et drawing the State Lsttery in .One Day, Qll
the lath of FLbruary /sl::xt, c exactly die
same Number of Copttal Priza:b.

het/ hlitia, tSe detend.i'a tgii# of
revenge to attack his benchttor in the nv)st sens;ble
point, by holding nut to ridicule himself and the wit