The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-12-14 00:00:00

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Mtllfogs Oar atiasodosoo Tom, Wore the L.rd CAW
Judder end Special J:.-.fa.

16R111Iril W. NA LL.

This was an adios upon a right of patent, brought by
the plaintiff, elm is an eminent and ingeniods gun-
weer. in London, against the defendant, who is also a
gummalter in I.dmion, for invading his patent right in
a pun-lock contrived for igniting knupuwdrr and other
combustibles, iu artillery, mines, and lice-arms; and pro.
mstkng its otplosion by ?emission, and the aid of a cer-
tain ehymical preparation, called fulminating powder,
inotead of the ordinary use of flint and steel with min-
im gunpowner priming. This was the fourth time in
lohistis the patent right of the plaintiff came to he dis-
missed upon similar actions in the Courts of Jostler;
awl, in the three former cases, verdicts were filllloli fur
die_ pia; mitt*.
Mr PARKS opened the pleatlings, anti Mr. Seset err
stated the c.o.r fur the plaintiff. 'roc siiiishmee of the
stmenvest, and the evidence in sun. rt of it, acre the
same as aildneed on the three f::rwer oc.carions, already
before the pubdie ; awl went to shout the originality, and
the superior ingenuity aid mility of Mr. forsyth's in-
veotion.
Mr. Howe, for the defendents, addressed the Jury at
very considerable length, and examined in ecidenco se•
writ of the parties who had been defendants in the
former trials ; with a view to show that the contrivance
of Mr. Forsyth was not original in it, principles ; that
the specification set out in his patent was nut sufficiently
explicit to enable the puhlic to take advantage of the in-
vention, after the expiration of that patent-right, so as
to snamsfacture similar locks from the description in the
patrol; and that the locks male by Mr. Hall, upon
Which this action was founded, were materially dissimi-
lar in their principles and construction from that of the
plaintsß and consequently no invasion of his patent
and, lastly, that the plaintiffs invention was not one of
atillty to the piddle, and consequctilly eat entitled to
patent-right.
Mr. SCAILLETT replied ; and
The Cuter :mnet summed op the evidence with
seitsble observations to the Jary, wit found for the
plaintiff.
This trial prettified nearly the whole day.
The Court sits At Uaildhall, London, to-morrow.

The only intelligence brought by a Mail, which
arrived yi.sforia:: Iron] Flanders, is, that the Con-
ferences opened st Vieni.a on the 24th ult, and that
,they will co: '.ielie to be held twice a week, front
II in the mrstaog till 20r3 in the afternoon. It
is observed. ton, teat they have not the character of
a Congress, iinre .11 Power ni.c.ninected with Ger-
many takes part in thorn. All ern:fenny seems to
'be excluded, and this union is confried to the re-
presentation of the Cabinets of the Sovereign
Princes as well as of the free cities. Priem. ME-
I TICILINICSI presides. The object will be exclusively
confined to the developement of the basis of which
only the priori; le was laid dhsvo in the Act of
Confederation, and these and determinations will
permanently fix iii rights and Cie duties of the
IConfederated Sta:es, and the attributes of the
'Diet.
On Tuesday last the Royal Conrt of Paris gave
its decision in the suit instituted by the Mieur Mot-
ha against Jewish Boonaperte. Mullet lied pur-
chased an old Cetivent near Madrid, which he had
converted into ii tan-house; and Joseph Soon:-
Faris demolished the building without maths: any
ineopesiatiserfe the owner, wise by this pmceed-
imp sought to recover an indensuitv from the te-
ster** usurps, of the Throne of Spain. The
opinion of the Court was, that as Monet had made
a Contract with An illegid authority then existing
in Spain, he incurred all the risks likely to result
from the acts of that autherity ; and therefore the
Court rejected the demand.
The French Government has
_purclissed for
100,000 francs, the two pictures of M. DAvre ; one,
The Rape of the &Aims Mosses; and the other,
The Postage of Thernsoryla. They are to be
pissed in the Gallery of the Luxemburg.
FIASICIORT, Nov. 28.—The Gazette of Carts-
nth* has just emigrated the account, stating that
the peered' ngs against Charles Louis Sandt, for the
mark& of Kotzebue, have terminated, and the do-
'meets handed over to the tribunal of Manheim,
se that the anal trial of this man may be expected
daily. We understand that the interest excited in
the public mind of Germany, with respect to the
emelt, has rather increased than diminished.
On Saturday, io Wolverhampton, a quantity of
leisitation coffee was seized upon the premises of T.
Worth, agent 10 the Argue, Black Dwarf, and
4ther seditious pebßeadots in that town. Hs calls
'lt Radioed ifeeniftuf Joeumfer ; it is composed of
red wheat and Scotch barley, and as been selling
toils. pir lb., what could not cost mohre than 3d.
Winter has set in with severity. Yeterday morn-
ing we bad again a heavy fall of snow, and the
frost stillessitinues very keen.--(Edialturgii heri-
infiZinrsag.)
wick several waggons, loaded with am-
lantliable, have been dispatched from Edinburgh
Oases Sir the west country, escorted by det&M-
Mali ef the 10th Hussars.
iiiirruip Inrst.t.tosnos..—The Prince Regent's
Sterboull‘ meat oo Friday, at Bedfont, at ten, if
busting weattear,--The East Eves Fox-hounds
meet on Thursday, at Marks Hall; Saton•day, at
Pity Place, Memang.—The Duke of OraSoo's
Hounds, if the weather permit, meet to-morrow,
at Osyton • Friday, at Whisks Woad.—Tbe Oak-
ley thosati mat this deg. at • Thursday.
et *made Souse; Satewelay. at Blhamsed, at
half-pat oft—n• Qom. Hounds meet to-mor-
tow, at liedboarai Guides; Thc.s4:ay, at Vinton ;
Saairday, at Preatwould, at halli.mt ten.—Sir
Bellingham Graham's Hounds meet this day, at
Kirkby; Friday, at Grooby Pool . and Saturday,
aftsay arneisbt a diepeto areee borrow, iat Lindley Hall—The &sodomised Harriers meet
oa s
Ina Warm of the name of lll'Mahon, bbth of I every day. at Kemal.
Sawa. la Om Oa. Clare ; est al them was iltivitig I Lim Ai:maw Tuts.—Os Saturday morning,
a horse belonging to the ether to poutid; when It. Stanton, commonly celled Hopping Dick, was
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do-owner of the twee' permed his heath* with backed for tO guineas to go St miles in three hours.
• dove!, sad beat him so munereielV, that fix The lidtfatell Park Will axed upon for the scene
expired in two hour& The ceuetri people, Wig- of union. He completed more than seven milt-i in
: [lint at so atrocious a Cram. sensed tbs *Ai- the first hour, sand something morns is the saacwid ;
! cide; sad conveyed him le the guard-hew ele Mit ber-gt imiorgobirinusollit bet ost by Owe ..tti-
lUilkishen. .. DUMP.

Another troop of Dragoons arrived oa
to reinforce the military garrisoned here.
horses of the cavalry have for some auto OIL
stationed; (saddled and bridled) in the yawls Too
longing to the Crown and Mitre Tavern; whilst
the men are accommodated with temporary fitted.
AP bursitis in the Assembly Rooms. We bear
that two field-pieces are expected.—{Corbel'
Paper.)
Rich l'atago74.—We mentioned in our Paper
of Monday last, that Walkdeo and Austin, who
had been apprehended at Preston on a charge of
high treason, together with Dewhurst, Pletcher,
and Adamson, were remanded; while the last
three were fully committed. We now learn that
Walkden and Austin, having undergone further
• eXathination, have also been fully committed., to
Lancaster Castle upon a similar charge.
WIGAN, Dec. 9.—On Wednesday evening, seen
alter the hour of I I o'clock. a concourse of people,
amounting to several hundreds, assembled in the
Meows, a large plot of glebe land lying contigu-
ous to, and belonging to the Rector of, Wigan.— 1
After holdireg a secret meeting, the purport of
whisk is not at present known, the assembly Si-
inissd together until sear three o'clock in the
wooing, sad then peaceably dispersed.—(Preatos
Chressiefe.)
1 Mee of the colliers have returned to their en-
t. but the geniality of them are still at a
'Mai. The Lew Moor men have we understood.
erjorea
all up their Union Society tickets, and
sis proceeding as usual. The
isabe at work again. end a number et we
Alm the combioatioa. At other weeks►
men not hitherto employed in the trade, are
set toget coal, and many common Mews, ere
1 earning good waits io this way. The nosing. of
their meeting on Monday last, determined to ad-
hem to their former resolution. to break up the
theit ' esisiSeeieties, end a great number of the men ors
May decided in their purpose, neither to gte op
tickets, nor to relax their claims ltor as e*
nue of wages. This state of things cannot eno-
Ibne long.--(Leeds Mercury.)
MANCIVEIrrtk Die. 11.—'fbe disturbed Ala
et this town and the surrounding distrielk join
excited an increased attention bo the part of do
Magistracy, and the Boroughreeves and
Mee At the Barracks opposite the Mebr=
Prison. trenches are dug, and breast-work. or es&
IlDed with earth, are arranged. In some other
parts of the town similar military preparatioas we
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