Star.
London, England, 1816-02-26 00:00:00

EAST-INDIA SHIPPING.

The CLAUDINE, private ship; arrived in the Downs
on .Saturday, and the JULI %NA, private ship, yesterday.
They sailed together from Batavia the 2J November,
but parted company off the Island of Ascension.
. The CLAUDINE touched at the Cape Of Good Hope
the 26th December,' and at St. Helena about the
10th January.
The General Stewart, private ship, arrived off the
Isle of Wight die 25d instant :-.she left Boinhiy
the Stb• of OCtober, and St. Helena the 4th uhiuno
The Sir William Putteney and A'polto, extra ships,
had arrived at Calcutta t sad the Csrnatle, regular
ship, at Ceylon. The General Stewart has brought,
dispatdhes horn 9t. Helios, lrom Sir dsolicit Cocx..
ages{. No new oicsiteadOl &Sy iaterest had Wien.
plasiie is' that amid.

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-tit Quern lionnslthr;-Met thieday, at this,/ Gate; wlll Meet
eat Weduesday, at Widinerapaol Inn; on Thursday, at Ayles:one
Town,
9odestroie (I.ord T.onsiale's) Hounds—Met this, day, at Uf.
fington Wood; will mftt to•morrow at Seaton;•on Thu.:Klan at
Castle [Lytham. . • . .
• Lord Yarboiough's Hound;—Met
.t.o!s day, at 1..1,.tie
Lodge; will meet on Wednesday, at Bony Wohl; on Friday,
at Swinkop House.; or. E'a-ur.lay, at Kennet
Mr. Osboldestotes Hoards—hint this day, at Clifton ; will
Meet to morrow, at Li Ale Aston Hall; on Ti.day,at Nurruatuott
Hall; en Saturday;at Whherley
The Rockingham liaunds—Will meet to.morrow. Ashli ;
on Thursday, at Thorpc ; oat Sattarday, at North Lam-
barn Pasture.
The Hatfield Hoonds—.Mct tats day, at Hitch Wood,' will
nte.t on Thursday, at Horse ~.haa 'I surnplke, St. Alates It ,ad ;
Saturday, at.Buwer lieatiy at haltpast ten. .
The Hz.mpilstre Hounds—Met this day, at gutron Co Ismou ;
ICH meet to-m.errn*, at Mat•erly Gate ; on Thursday, it Chilton
Old House; on Sa t:rdag, a* Abbotstone mown. .
late Chcster liarr,srs— \VW meet on 'Wednesday, at Rourtun.
Rowton Bridge; 04 Friday, Saighton.
SI'ATE OF THE GDl)S.—Betting Room, Fe sruary 24. .
DERBY.
Eight to I art Penny Trumpet ;9 to art John of [farts ; in to
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1 agat Abran Pen; •YO to 1 igst Sorcerer, out of Rial; 20 to 1
sgst L'Ilo;Ie de Venus; 20 to I tgst Grey Skit..
OAKS.

Six to I apt Sister to Crispin ; 8 to 1. agtt Sister to Raphael ; I
to 1 art Selim fil'y, dam by Stbaktpeare.
THE MATCH.
Takers of 7 to 4, and 2 to I..—fl,•:tern of 7 to 4, and gm I, cm
Sir itultua apt Filo 41a Pir 4, p. p.
CRAVEN MEE fING.
Mr. Wyntlhanis Wanderer 13 the favourite for the first class
of the OatLinds S aka.
FiRsT SPRING MEETING.
The Duke of Rotland's c. by Walter, qut of Peuny Trumpet,
Is the favourite for the I.(`P.k!s.Staket.

F.ONCASTER.
Tre Duke of Led:. b. e. by Bravest Bread, is the fevourtte
for the Great S. Leger stakes of Rigs each.
WORCESTER FEBRUARY MEETINCI..
This Meeting took place oa Tuestiay. .The flautFcap Fwep•
stakes; of Zigs each. wrath 20gs added, was ruu for by t:te lobaw•
ing horses:-
Mr. L. Char!ton's ch. g. Jostler -
Mr J. Dattran's br. c Prince Blucher .
Lord Derrhurot's br. en.
The first !.at was a very goiNl .
The Sweepstakes, of C.igs each, was ruu for follows:
Mr. Mnstyn's br. g.The Corporal t
Air. Turk's b. g. Doctor Syntax - R ti
Mr. Wanklin's b. g. Teazel. - 3 3
The Renewed Handftap Sweepstakes, of sgs each, wok 2
to. added, was run for by the tollowlug horses:
Mr. A. Dutseues br. g. - 1 I
IV.r. F. Charhon't hr. Mulatto - 3
I ion. J. Coventry's b. g. Javelin - 5 I 3 3
Mr, Nerenhon's Congress 4 4 dr
Mr. Ntostyu's cb g. Fortune Tel* - 3 sdr
This was a remarkahty well contested race.
A snatch between Mr. liornyuld's b.g. and Mr. klar.t.eu% Bob
Short, W. 45 woa by the former, after come soul ruanirtt.
Boxiso.—Rahmson, the Black, who fought Crox.
ley ; and Butaer, the n3viizator, nito beat lord,
are matched to fight tomforrow fortn;ght.—JAinran
and Lancaster fight the ssme day. The battle be.
tween West Country Lick and Curtis, two untrieti
men, of ten stone, will take plice in a short time.—
They are both men of scirti:e, and so well matched,
that little betting has taken place.
Tr.sets.—Saturday last, their Imperial Highnesses
the Archdukes Jam; and LEwts, Count Sr. Jyttes,
and suite. visited the ILIA 'Tennis-Count, James.
stuet, Ellytnatk,:t, to see a grand match played be.
tween ROBERT Latest and S. B. DAvts, Esquires,
against Mr. Cax. the proprietor. which was wan by
the latter, who gave them half thirty and a Lisrpte..
The C-rust was exceedingly crowded. Amongst the
company were several patons of distinction. Their
Highnesses expressed themselves as hig:tly gratifietL

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2 2
II dr

Last eight; soon after twelve o'clrck, a Ere broke
out in the house of Mr. WALoom linen-draper, N
131, New Bond-street. Tit, fire began in the draw..
ing-room, which was occupied by a Milliner, and
aged till the whole building was reduced to ashei.
The ancient land mark on Cie coast of• Holder-
flesh Owthorn Chinch Old Spire, better known by
the name of the Sister OW rCiles, was destroyed br
the tide on Friday week, Aid tell to, the grouud with
a tremendmis crash, to the great alarm of the Mita-
' bitants (4' the vill ige.
Considerable bets were lost in the City, (NI the
drawing of the Lottery last Saturday. o.le Gentle-
man betted 1600 Guineas to 500, that one or more
of the Four great Prizes of 25,000 Guineas And
£20,000* would be drawn, and considering there is,
no fixed Prize, in this Lotteryi and that nearly WV)
Tickets were drawn out.on Saturday, the odd* must
have been greatly in favietr of the Gentleman who
made the bet. No. 6J87 was drawn a Trite .of
£.5000, and several Prizes of selOW, &c. were drawn;
but the Two grand Prizes of 25,000 Guineas and the
"I'W6 of t$2O,O(X). &c. kc. yet remain in the Wheel.
As Wednesday, 6:11 Nlarch, will be the last day of
drawing but one, and there will be no small Lottery
to toll:les this; it would create no surprise to see cre
Tickets sold at 450 or AM each, Which was the case
formerly, when the Wheel was less rich than it is
now, and only a day or two •to draw..,',
HAZARD. BURNE, ;end Cr. the Contractors lot the
Lottery, have . the pleasure to announce to their
Friends, that they shared aid sold the following Cs.
pital Prizes wh;cia were drawn last &sturday, )eba
ruary
No: 6,087 a Prize of zspoa, In Shares.
,Cl,OOO, In a Whole Ticket:.
le,seo A ,000, Share 4.
11,••;441 Shares.
The Last Day but One of Drawing will be WAD.
Nlits6Ay• 6th March; and the following is •
THC GRAND bTATE 05 THE WHEID.
Two Prises of 25.f.`,c:0 Guineas in Gold.
PflitS Of C 0,040 roun.ls.
One Prize of .-!,ooti
With Prize. of .0 t .E 000; &i. late.
Tickets and Shares, warranted 'indrawn, are :AL
ing. by the Contraetors, HAZARD, &flint, and Co.
Royal Exchange, London.
3MI rffirtELD MARKET, FEBRUA.RY se.
Nit 4+ 01 to Si 4i Veal 5% 01 to 6s 60
Marton is Od td 51 4d Pork 41 Od to 52 68
Beays 2000-.-tibeep and Lambs 13,620—C Alves 100—Plzi 441111
kiraaoW Hay 31 151 to 41 13. I Clover 51 Os to ifl Os.
OAR EXCHANGE" FEBRUARY 26. --`Orr Market
was abundantly supplied with all Grain, particularly
'Wheat and Oats ; the for Mer experienced very heavy
s•iile at a reduction of from 2s. to Si. per quarter, and
a CC/Raider:lW quantity remains undisposed of at that
"Jeeline. Fine Barley supports last Moaday's prices,
bgt ill mho. descriptions are item Is. to gs.'per
(putter lower. Oats are a dull sale at a decline GE
Ys. per quarter. Beans are is. per spatter Ithelliier.
En -Peas and other articles thus is link_ oc
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‘lonritirrs of AWL,
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ifti,:ime of our' headers way ibmibly •diseoier the
originals of the undermentioned portraits of ?bets,
without going to Persia for them. They are extrat-
ted from a Work, net published, entitled-o“
▪ PRINCESS 01 PRRSIA."
to The operation of.an increasing attachment to
the wildness and luxuriance of the native lehunk of
fancy, on the Persian poets who flourished dutlij
the youth of Gulzara, was sometimes beneficial, but,
very frequently ludicrous. It indisputably assisted
to get rid of much backnied mediocrity, which was
neither poetry nor prose but, in return, the fail-
ures under the new system were generally thepurest
nonsense. Such is the miserable consequence of
system and exclusion ; by limiting the range of
poetry, and confining praise and approbation to the
moat Rhstract exercise of the imagination, TAW,
dignified themes, which had hitherto been thought
capable of poetical embellishment, and of being
ailed by the force of numbers and ;he 'majesty ut
verse, were altogether abandoned. , To lend graces
to philosophy and morals, audio clothe undressed
truth with harmonious expression, in' the course of
the poetic experience of Persia, had been productive
of many very noble intellectual exertions. All this
Was now neglected, and nothing but the fantastic
and the visionary encouraged. .Universal mature WAS
pervaded by the Persian bard for whimsical combi-
nations, and his metaphysics were as capricious And as
wild as his matter. In his compositions, the fabled
sphinx was revived, both in its form and its riddle ;-
- and, as in a course which partoo& more of the win.
wowing of the butterfly than of the flight so the
eagle,. it was difficalt even for genius to keep itself
steady ; the fate of its humble imitators- may be
readily apprehended. The whole land was deluged
with die most sickly ,affectation, and poetry seemed
to have exchanged the Muse for the night-mare.—
This revolt from the shackles of long oppressive pe-
dantry was, in its progress, not exceedingly dissimi.
hr to the Tartirian revolution : it began nobly, pro-
ceeded deviously, and threatened to terminate ab-
surdly. Its leaders alsi, very much like their bro-
ther rebels of Tartary, were scarcely sufficient mas-
ters of the higher elements of their profession to effect
the good they intended. The primary Persian poets
of the tenth Hejira were skilful, but not mighty
masters ; they were radiant, but not precisely suns ;
and, though some of them bade fair to shine to dis-
tant ages, it seemed very-doubtful if they would carry
a world around them. The most fruitful of them,
Said, was famous for his love of a particular period
of Persian history, from which he drew all his
themes, with a facility that began to be fatiguing to
his Readers. The elder times of our own country
are frequently interesting, and in description exceed-
ingly picturesque ; but the modes, manners, and
names ; horses; armour, and accoutrements; houses,
castles, and dungeons ; satraps, slaves, damsels, and
ladies, o' the age of the Darusses, are, after all, ex.
haustible, and, when exhausted, should be allowed
to nat. The mule was a good mule, but it is dead.
The great forte of Sad was description, particularly
of natural beauties, and the peculi nizies cif .s specified
locality. He had also the art of p tinting motion so
exactly, that his works formed a kind of easera eh-
;
nava of battles, crowds, and assemblages. This vi-
vacity of delineation, with occasion it bland and beau-
tiful touches of pathos and reflection, made up tl.e
merit of Said ; his gre test clifec! was repetition and
mannerism—he was.always promising another, but
eternally giving the same.
66 The next poet, in point of bulk, if not from el-
dership, his superior in that ominous diatoms
was Caled, who visite:l every region for its fiction,
and always selected we most unnatural and extrava-
gant. The excellence of Caled consisted in h's hold
of the heart, in the portraiture of the natural affec-
ticots, in the midst of the wildest vagaries of fancy,
and the most whimsical forms of expression. What
might have been spared, in addition to the said ex-
travagance, was no small portion of unmusical phra-
seology, and a man..ilin tone of tenderness. which
bore the same relation to pathos as blubbering to
grief. Another peculiarity of this bard was his ex-
treme petulance against those who did not happen to
think with him at a given time. Travelling himself,
with great satistaction,from one pole of opinion to
the other, nothing could exceed his anger at the tar-
diness of the poor idealists who chose to settle on
the road, whom, 'ith great piety and amenity, he
would ternvrascals and robbers, and devote to eter-
nal disgrace.
o Atter the dignified add consistent Caled, may
follow the pleasing Amru, whose tender yet exalted
Inspiration gave a deep tone of pathos to even the
common place of war ; whilst, on more congenial
tomes, it spoke irresistably to the heart. le Pleasant,
though mournful," were the productions of Aniru,
the poet of sympathy and of tears.
▪ Nor must Waled be omitted, who, at once gay,.
sportive, and amatory, delighted in theme* springing
out of the sunshine of social intercourse, and who
worshipped too ardently the Mee eyes of earth and
the black eyes of,paradise. . He had, however, shewn
that lie could sound the lyre to notes of manly free-
dom ; and the world waited with impatience to .see
him give up rosy wreath and myrtle bowers for lof-
tier associations.
,g The accomplished Mirza Osmin comes next,
who, as certain poets and painters are fond of depic-
Wring the uproar of external nature, lexuriated in the
devastation of mind—in the delineation of great qua-
lities, ruinous from their excess—of- love operating
• like a volcano--and of revenge, wide and indiscri-
minate as a pestilence. A tone—deed, reflective,
•nd solemn, lightened at tithes by a flash Of satire,
which seemed to mock its own levity, was the great
characteristic of the noble bard ; whose principal de-
fects were a tendency to dwell too much upon a few
'favourite tassociatioos—a, darkness of allusion, ap-
proaching to the obscure—and the spread of an ar.
Uticial mystery over moral causes, which sometimes
looked like an inability to conceive the anatomy of
his own creations.-
. ig Lastly, the mystic poet Adhim, who. as seen in
his productions, might be compared- to the statue
dreamed of by. the Babylonian Nebuchadnezzar,
with head of gold and feet of clay—so noble and so
_base was their composition. The pretensions .of this
bad were very lofty, as he considered himself the
Loalidcr of a new sera in poetry ; and be had only to
, &wee buitAlion, an4-.aa =claim) to. WO Wants so

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mewed,- The endeniable beat? of Adhitn cones.
ted is a deep And eloquent spec* of reverie, which
bestowed soul and language on inanimate or simple
nature; and Isivoluetarily suggested a contempla-
tion of the mysterious connerion between mind and
matter, and of both with their eternal cause. The
great source of his defects wax a desire to carry this
kind of contemplation farther than it wonjd go, and
to make the evsry day transactions of common life
a subject for soliloquy and muOng. That two and
three make five, may be wortderfitl to the initiated ;
but truly the wonder is wonderfully barren and un-
Interesting to every body else. But the insipid pue-
rility that was mercilessly held out for admiration,
and the ludicrous attempts to exalt nothing into
something,'which formed so large a part of the men-
tal fabric of Adhim, were certainly original; and, as
he WAS gaining converts, even from the ranks of his
enemies, the school of ruminating pulishoess appeared
likely to be established."

LADY broncia's O'Dossad—Atiother edition of this
delightful tale is already called for, aad we are pleas-
ed to observe by the Foreign Journals, it has also
josrlr obtained, with the Novice and Wild Irish Gill,
a distinguished place among the mast classical novels
of the age. The Editor of the forrsted It: Debate, in
reviewing the French Translation which has just ap-
peared, observes that k the interest of this new work
of La.ly Morgan's, eariehed as it is with a number
of incidents; is still not interrupted by a single epi-
sode that so often distract a the attention, which is
here confined to the hero O'llonnel, who unites the
virtue and valour of heroic times to all the inf:•xible
pride of misfoitunes: even hi* servant occupies and
amuses by his naivete and fidelity ; and liis very d
/days a part which in some instances excites emotion
even to tears."

The folbuing are further particulars respecting
the onfortunate affair between Mr. Thompson and
Mr. Brookes :—On Saturday morning; the regular
evidence of the uilertunate sufferer being deemed
highly requisite to clear up the transaction, Sir Wu.-
LIAM Courts attended the hospital to take the exami-
nation. But it was now too late. The patient was
found not only delirious, but his extremities were al-
ready cold. He spoke a little, but it was in such an
incoherent and contradictory manner, that his state.
:cent could not be considerrd good evidence; and the
surgeons were of opinion that he could not linger out
the day. The young woman, the cause of the ca-
tastrophe, whose friends deemed it expedient to con-
fine her to her room, contrived to defeat their vigi.
lance, and found rwr way to the hospital ; but was
soon conveyed back to her friends in a state of the
wildest delirium.. Mr.. Thompson expired at three
o'clock yesterday morning at Si. Thomas's Hospital.
Mr. Tbomrson was a native of Manchester, and. a
principal clerk in the house of Meuis. Swain and Co.
ahem ;, in Frederia's.place, Old Jewry. He was
vrry much attached to the young woman who was
the cause of his misfortune.

SUDDlDlArns.—Friday two awful instances of
sudden death occurred in the neighbourhood of Man-
chester•spare. Mr Evans, the landlord of the
Co.k public-house, in BI indford.street, whila serving
his cu%toontrs behind his bar in apparent end health
and ,puits, fell down and expired without w groan.
Mrs. Branscomb, who kept a school on the first fluor
in the house of a butcher in E bt.Ftr ret whilst teach-
log the girls their lessons, dropped down and expired
immtnediAtely. •

SUFFERERS IN THE HEATON COAL PIT.-It will be
remembered that about 12 months ago, between 70
and &Poen and boys lost their lives in the Heat"n Coal
Pit, near Newcastle.upon.Tyne, by what is call:d a
blabt of the pit, and its filling in consequence, with
water. It was not until Monday last, the 19th in-
stant, that the bodies of the greater part of the suf-
ferers were come at, when 55 of them were found, in
what is called the far workings of the pit. It is a
melancholy circumstance to relate, but it has been
clearly ascertained, that those unfortunate men a..d
boys all perished by starvation. They had got into
a part of the pit where the water did not reach them,
and had been many weeks employed in endeavour.
in to work their way into an old pit, by which they
might have escaped. They are supposed to have
failed in their attempt by the want of food to support
them, as every horse in the pit was eaten to the bone.
The unfortunate men had a water-mark fixed up,
that they might observe if it fell. One man, who is
supposed to have been set to watch it, was found
dead on his post.

Bow-yawn—On Saturday morning the following
case was heard before R. Btnxsa and It Surcnczy,
Esqrs. Mr. Tavver.a,the gentleman who has opened'
an Institution in Soho-square, entitled the Bazaar,
which will give bread to at least from four to five
hundred people, stated to the Magistrates, that that
morning a man came into the Bazaar, and seized a
quantity of silk handkerchiefs, the property of a poor
widow, without :hewing his authority ; that he fol-
lowed him, and requested him to return, as he wail
himself a Magistrate, and wished to know under
what authority he acted.' lie observed, that be was
a Custom-house Officer, and that he would not re-
turn, but would go either to Bow-street, or Marlbo-'
rough-street, when Mr. Trotter accompanied him to'
the former Offiee. Mr. BIANIZ wished to know under,
what authority be had acted, or by what Act of Par-'
liament He stated, that from private ioformation!
he had received, be went to the Bazaar, where be,
found a quantity of Bandana handkerchiefs, which
are prohibited goods, and that he seized them under
the 55th Act of his present Majesty, which makes
the penalty of 0200 if the Commissioners choose to
proceed in the Court of Exchequer. The poor wo-
man to whom the property belonged, stated that she
bad bought them uf a man who had called on her,
but did not know where he lived, and was totally
ignorant that they were prohibited goods. Mr. Bra-
me.told the Officer, that if he had acted.improperly,
of course he would be punished, as Mr. Trotter was
a gentleman who was determined to protect all those
who had any thing to do with the Bazaar, which was
established more for the sake of giving employment
to the industrious, than for the sake-of emolument.
He at the same time did not dispute the oath of a
Custom-house Officer, but he thought the goods
ought to be well identified before they left the Of-
fice, to be deposited in the King's warehouse ; and
the best way would be for the owner to accompany
the Officer. Mr. Trotter very humanely attended for
the poor woman, who could hot go, as she was obli-
ged to look alter her children. •

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COURT OP KING'S RENCI4, FEBRUNLT. ,
LORD COCHRANit.V. smetnuttsr.
(Our limits on Friday did not permit, as to give this impoftant
ease at such length as its mints dpseeired.)
against This Mr. Smethurst,
asmticti
etia.ainsotn,
tibtoleug
htby 'Lord Cochrane
respectable
and ingenious
iLniarminp Manufacturergeme ntofa of
Patent
B rinobl et,A-sinetredbyfor an aged
hisjwrlide
ship
for Improved Lamps, but which alleged infringe-
ment, '4S appeared in, the course of the trial, was merely
the followiog up, on .the part of Mr. Smethurst, of a
series of most valuable scientific improvements on
the construction of Lamps, which he hiinself has
been giving to the public for many years.
Mr. MAItItYAT, for the defendant, before the plain-
tiff's witnesses were called, took sonic formal obiec-
lions to the right to recover, founded on a compa-
rison of the specification of il,e patent with the patent
itself, which purported merely to be “ for a method
or methods of more completely lighting cities, towns,
and villages."
'Mr. GAZELEE, on the same side, submitted that the
patent was void, because the specification claimed
much more than the pitent granted, by stating the
methods of lighting houses, theatres, convoy* &e.
Mr. Justice LE BLANC (e ho tried the cause for
Lord Ellenborough) asked, if there were any autho-
rity to chew that the patent was void, because the
specification claimed more than the grant itself con-
ceded t
Mr. GAMMAS answered, that the point was left in
doubt by the case of Hornmanv. Bolton.
Mr. Justice Ls BLANC saved the point, but observed
that the principle seemed the same as in the Argand
lamps, with the addition of a mode of expelling the
consumed air, which had been deprived of its oxygen
by a tube which augmented the draught, and conse-
quently brightened the flame. In his opinion, the
plaintiff must claim for the combination of these ad-
vantages, and for the application of them to street-
lamps.
Colonel the Hon. Basil Cochrane, the brother of
the Plaintiff, was then called, mad stated the conifer-.
sations at various interviews by Lord Cochrane with
the Defendant. He admitted that Mr. Smethurst
had suggested the propriety of a Rd wick, and of a
double stream of air to feed the fi me.
Mr. John Farey, Mr. Isaac Hawkins, Mr. B. Mes-
sier (a Frenchman, late partner with M. Arvind),
and several other _scientific manufacturers of lamps,
deposed to the excellence of the plan, as well as to
its originality, more especiahy that part which related
to the metallic pipe, called an eduction-pipe, to in-
crease the consumption of air, and the non-absorbing
cover to prevent its return. Their cross.examination
was directed chiefly to skew that the whole principle
of the invention was old, as the defendant and others,
before the date of the patent, had employed the most
material parts of it, particularly the introduction of
air immediately contiguous to the flame.
The plaintiff's case, which occupied more than six
hours, having been clnsed ;
Mr. MARKYATT, for the defendant, submitted that
the plaintiff ought to be itonsuited on the evidence
he had produced, on two grounds-Ist, That the
whole merit of the invention was proved to be the
consbinati,at of old principirs, whereas the specifica-
tion claimed each part distinctly as a new invention;
2Jly, That in the specification no sufficient expiate*.
tion was given of a pars of the supposed invention
called the line of exclusion, on which much stress
had been laid by the evidence. As to the first ground,
he quoted King v. Ark wright.
The ATIOItNEY-GENERAL and Mr. RICHARDSON,
argued on the contrary side, by reference to the spe.
cification and the dressing annexed.
Mr. Justice Le BLANC.— In reality it appeals that
the Patent should have been for an Improvement
upon Street-Lamps; instead of that, it is ,g for a
Method or _Methods of more completely Lighting
Cities, Towns, and Villages." I do.not well see how
such a Patent can be supported on the evidence. The
Plaintiff claims for an entirely new invention, new in
all its parts, wherees this at the utmost is for a mare
application or combination of old principles, in which
certainly great ingenuity is displayed, but the Patent
itself appears to be in a wrong form; it ought to have
been for an hnprovement only, instead of generally
for an absolutely new invention.—Plaintiffnonsuited.
713. 23.....ANDERAnN 9. HAMILTON.
This was an action to recover damages for an assault and false
imprisonment, at Heligoland, In November, telt).
The Plaintiff was a British merchant, and the Defendant, at
the period In question, was Governor of tbat Island. The trans.
action, as stated by the Plaintiffs brother, and other respectable
witnesses, at that titre resident merchants on that settlement,
was as follows :—During the period hi question, ft is well known
that Heligoland was a station from which the Brittish merchants
got British manufactures and colonial produce Introduced Into
the Continent, notwithstanding the vigilance of Napoleon's Go-
veottnent, and the utmost efforts of his downier. At the end
of the year laid, the Plaintiff was a British merchant, resident
hi Heligoland, and the Defendant was an Officer in the Invalided
Battalion appointedlo the command of that station, exercising
the powers of Governor. In the administration of his office be
thought proper,• of his owu authority, to impose a duty of one
hell per item on certain tnerchendiats, which the Plaintiff re-
fused to pay, in consequence of which the Defendant by force
took possession of his house; so that the Plaintiff, after an ab.
ience one day, on his return home, found his house locked op,
and an Officer of the Government with the key in his possession.
He took the key from the man, but without any force, and re-
entered his house. This the Governor considered as highly mu-
tinous, and immediately took him into custody, and sent him to
the common prison of the place ; and not content with that, par-
titioned off a cell, about 11.1 Vet) feet square in which he confined
him for about three worts, until his health was considerably im-
paired. He also brought him to trial before a sort of Court,
cons sting of the seven senior Bailiffs or Officers of the place, and
Jur the first time, sat as' a Judge amongst them. But instead of
.conducting himself as a Judge, he brought with him the seat ace,
ready written, before the man was convicted, He was, pow-
ever, convicted, as a matter of course, of ,being disobedient to
the Govetnor, and was pronounced a pavan dangerous to the
Island, and was sent to .prison. He was afterwards allowed to
return to his house, but because he presumed to go out of doors,
the Governor again took him ups and made him find bail that
he would nut leave the island. The whole of this outrageous
conduct, as appeared, was founded on no other cause bur because
he resisted the Govetior's assumed atithority of lazing the mer-
chants at his own pleasure.

Mr. ATTORNRY•ORNRRAL, for the Defendant, stated, that in
defending him by the authority of Government, they did not
mean to unction,pny Illegal act he might have committed, but
only that the fact should be fairly inquired into. He then stated
that the Defendant was a mere roldier of fortune, and he hoped
the Jury would cot give damages which might operate as per-
petual imprisonment.
Lord ELLINDORouoa, In summing up, moll the Jury there.
was no pretence for the conduct of the Defendant, nor any
apology to be found for I. He characterised it as a case of
most gross oppression, and not to be tokrated. At the same
dme; be advised the Jury to temper the severity of justice with
a merciful con►ideration, add &wad such damages may as It Was

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envivEßSlTr INTELLIGz)
CAMBRIDGE, FEBRITAItY 2
Saturday last, Mr. Petwington, one of ses
fi Stiso
t Thomas Gape, LL.B. ut Trinity Hall, is cite
Cneli;igtee,‘wvasm.elaacettietkle,imntorth. e
that Society.
• . Walker, of Christ College, is altr!ted
Mater

8.0. of Lisril
OXFORD, FF'2RUAIty 24.
His Royal Highness thr Prircz R• 1%4
Lis Lordship to t
tagriauneut uttshteotHhoeußerevo.l.lricnotelsiZTenb::ii,d
pretegii.ati
place and digtrry of a Pri));:y.la, y of the•ugi
:Jr. Peter, We,ttuitister, toad by the resioation
Rey. Robert (4115th, 13..-1. S,h,i;ar of %au
mestle Chai)hin 'to the Karin 4 of Bath, and it
The Rev. S. I"AL, D.D. a.:l a Magi,tratee
bWhiipl:l4ofhwi.arb:lnmatperpo:.:ien,e,ttothi
presented to the very V...!L: 3 hie iteatity eu mita
Rev. Ralph Tath to, 1.1. D. to the Rectos/ ,
,S:lbbatd, in Norfolk.

Lire Princi,ial and Professor, or Markew
verity of Aberdeen, have conferred the drive
Rev. Mr. George Gl'nie, Profe.,or of Mural
College, and arc of the Ministers of Abtrieen.
Friday lilt, at As:iford, Kew, az, d 91,
Gui:sley Ayers% Rector of Spel !huts , in Ken
one of bts 41.kiesty'c Justicev of the Peace far LI
Miss M. F. Sropford, Eldest tiatii;!,:eruf
Sir R. Stop!ord,K.C.l.t. of Buckia:ol.liaoei,

Thursday last, a Gentleman who
rinsity to pass an Lour in t!.e :.lethrtd
in the City road, W 45 r,,b- nt hit
which contained upw.trds of £lOO iu
having his pocket cut through with
strummt.

Early on Friday sc'nniel a fire br,
_premises of Mr. Bennett Hawes, of
Essex, which entirely consumed a dot
i stack of wheat which had recently
into it for the purpose of thra,hing.
We are informed, that Messrs. C
the celebrated Surgeons of Charlotte
friar's road, have patronised en Est&
accommodation of Females, whose sip
a temporary retirement. The Asylua
where a'Nfidwife, of twenty )ears' exp
This benevolent act will cause the
have the good wishes of the most beau
creation ; for, by such ar. Estabiithl
grief wail bc avoided, reputation preset
-babes protected ; and we are of °pink)
ment may also be the meatus ‘f press
luable lives. •

mit ills.
TueAday, in Pall malt, Vi•coun:e» heap
Sam diy, at Linton :pricy, iieJs Natherb
Hun. Wary Butler, of a scu.

MARRIED.
At Enfield, the Rev. J. 11. Mules, to Miss
of John Joßy,,Esq.
Saturday bennight, at Bit mlngliat, Major
goon Guards, to iar,h, AtTood ,:autister tit Of
Lately, Alfred Fur, Esq. of l'ctubroke H
Mils Clerk, eldest daJghter of SAntuel Cloak,
7nured-Iy. at Brainti..to, Mr. 1 bonsai Bus
the Are. Robert Por:oa., Vicar of Branham
of IScoton, Linculnibirt.

l'hurtdv, at Mary Ia boon* March, Ott
Esq. of the Ueuersl Put office, to late, third
Lang, Esq. of Portlantl-Vace.
Thursday seinnie"., by spacial licence at I
Tyrone, Vi:caunt Cionmore, to Lady France
ter of the Marqius oi Aberc

DIED.

Friday sennight, at Dunster Cattle, in the
John kewnes Luttrell, Esq. one of thu kepi e
mein for the borough of Mlnehead.
Tuesday Charles Francs, eldest son of th.
Moysey, Rector of Martyr SVorthy, ueB V.
uesday, at Rochester, at the advinee,l
Mrs. Baker, proptietortif the Canterluiry, it'
'Tunbridge Wells, and Faversham '1
of which she und,ertook about the year 17:
period left a widow, with three children.
Friday sennight, Mr. Mitchell, bp:easy/An'
Donegal, went from idseerness to t
! who had recently arrived there in a coal shi
way, he tell over one of the wharfs into the
could not extricate himself, and perished.
At Sinnraer, on the 16th inst. At:in:rat h
At ihunbar; on the'Sth instant, the Rev. Joi
of the Associate Congregation there, in the
Wednesday, the 1 ists inst. in the 87th
Hon. Mrs. Townshend; widow of the HI
sheod, Dean of Norwich.
TueAlay, in the ittth year of his age, du
veutry, of North Cray, Kent.

HAVING dedicated ourselves u
been gratified by the most considers
branch which we thought proper to select, vi
not more misemployed our time, than tbo
sive field of the profession, are occasionally
tainty, and cannot always attain that chew
by concentrating the intellectual power to n
The diseases of Debility are •peculiarly
bring with them a train of coucomnant synti
pression of all vital energy, exigence ir.df
Whether (lily arise front the pr. valet ce or
structive habits of school.!loys, or the k" e
of masurit)\ they require the most as i:!uot
and well may it be observed, that by the is
ted men; the symptoms are aggravated, am;
destroyed.
As Members of the Royal College of Seri
Surgeons !n his Majesty's service, we grout'
regularity of Education, and possessing eve
tiee, we feel ourselves entitled to that oonfid
have hitherto been *o liberally honoured.

In the first Sensations of It;cal weakness,
prevent the ta:arnity of a debilitated frame
fever, from a consciousness of the tinma rime
caused his m'sfortune, is fearful of the emit
his family physician, and broods over his it
concealment, it must be satisfactory for his
only of capability of 'treatment, but also of
secrecy.
Sadly. The Venereal Disease contaminate,
the seeds of existence are poisoned by it, a"'
by the indiscretion of ao unguarded mantel,'
We offer the advantage of this aperient
sex who are efflicted with any kind of MAI
Of Venereal infect:on, and in all casts the ter
are stated on the first irate: view.
In recent Venereal complaints, it Is pncsi
danger, or distress; and in the most coniplt
acquirement of exclusive exp.:tit-tice in this
certain, and speedy r::-estahitslitu-ns.
Patients in the country are ripected to s
and are requested to specify their ag.• and
well as the existing symptoms of the compls
• t
Members of the Royal College of Surge,
Edinburgh, 107, fiat .sia-Gard• n.—

LONDON: Punted by Lava'. 'sew
Published tbase,and at the Star Onirr