The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-07-10 00:00:00

Here Mr. Hurray does not say whether I.e mete.% to in•
slat that the gift was not only for her prr.•nt, bit alio
her contingent interest. All lamtodo is to allow the
Lady to bring an action at law, to try whether that
parol gift would amount to a total a,,signMent of het
futon contingent interests in this hook, Mr. Murray on-
lir rtaking to keep an account of sales until that quebtion
is decicltd.

Mr. SUADWILL feared that, at law, that license.
which wis intended to art as an assignment, would
not be binding, as Lord Ellenhorongh bad hell that
an assignment was not good unless it was by deed.—
It was the equity of the case that he relied on: there
was a book which, up to a certain time, had occasioned
a greet lose to Mr. Murray, and it was only by his ex-
pending large sums of money that it had been sue-
re,sful; and row that Mrs. Kumlall conceived it valu-
able, s'ie had expressed her determination to publish
it for her own emolument. In the year 1815, Mr.
Murray made a pecuniary acknowledgement to Mrs.
Rustle-11, in a letter, enclosing her 150/., and in it lie
said, that her little work hail been so successful. that
it made it as honourable for her to accept, as it afford-
ed him satisfaction that its success bad been such as
enabled him to make that acknowledgment ; sad so
far frow claiming any right to the property, she, in
an answer to Mr. Murray's letter, congratulated hius
that her trifle had been so fortunate, and expressed a
wish that it might continue to he so.
The Vies CtlANCett.ne—There can be no doubt hnt
Csat authors art entitled to their own work, fur their
ontn profit, at the end of fourteen years. Mr. Murray
gained an injunction to restrain Mrs. flundall, that
the p•Colishing of that part of the work that was his
coinrisi:ion, and Mca. Randall, had filed her bill to
rest:aia Mr. Nhirray her work. There eau
lyt 11,3 toestion but that an antliiir Can as!•ign his interest
for frt.:: teen year., an.l l.i t coutitigeut life-is-
ts.r.uit for at. fortl.,•r few' of f iurtern rears. It is
r. however, for tisk Court to iletermitw the question
a and, if Mr. Murray i% willior to try that Ties-
I will no: ;*rant the injunct:ion as prayed by Mrs.
1:•111,141, but rail on Mr. Murray to keep an account of
sa.r of the hoof:. _ _

r. said be felt there was a great dilb-
rc.:,y at law a: to aliwaing a legal assignment, or li-
t .-:tzv, a:.,1 Le was willing to take his Honour's jltdg-
tne..t on the equity of the ease.
T.te Vica-CitAxecct.na.--If Mr. Murray refuses to
go to law to try Lis Claim. I cannot allow you to take
advantare of this lady's inronsiflrrato gift. I ant
gran: the ir.:nnction. as prayegl, to restrain Mr. Mur-
ray from publishinr that part of the untk u Welt be-
longs to Mrs. Randall. With respect to the injunc-
tion wade by the Lord Chancellor I can snake no al-
terati 3a.

This decision restores such part• of thy a•n:k to
Mrs. Randall as were originally her's, hut derives
of the advantage of the title-page, Index, and
platys, they beinz considered the companion and se-
parate property of Mr. Murray.

THE CORONAtION OF GEORGE 111.

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(ISOM THE rms. vrE FoRDEAPONDENCIK OF RORACL
WAi POLE, LA RI, or OXFORD.)

TO GLOM; E MONTAGU, Esp.
Alhooon-,treet, Sept. 21, 1761.
T em (dad von arrived safe ia Dublin, and hitherto
lies it so, well ; but vont. trial is not begun yet.—
When vonr klutz conies, the p'ouglishares will he put
into the lire. Bless your stars that your king is not
to he to :rim! or crow tied. All the vines of Dour-
-311 the mutes of Irish brains cannot make
a too.o o 'Limit as a regal wedding and coronation.
1 3111 !•":•...; !n let Loudon cool, and will not venture
into it 3..3'n this fartitight. Oh ! the buzz, the
prattle, tit.• crowds, the noise, the hurry ! Nay, people
are so little come to their senses, that though the cc-
vonation was the day befote yesterday, the Duke
of Deronshire hall fo:•tv messages yesterday, desiring
tit het' for a hall, that dol• fancied was to be at Court
last rti:tlit. People hail set up a night and a day, and
vet trvite,i to see a aance. If I was to entitle ages.
I wrothd ran, this the century of crowelm. For the co-
roisat;on, if a poppot-Otow could be worth a million,
that is. The multitudes, h ticonies, guards, and pro-
cessions, made Palare-yard the liveliest spectacle in the
world : the hall was the most glori . The blaze of
lights, the richness and variety of habits, the core-
woaial, the benches of peers and peeresses, frequent
and fall. was as awful as a pageant can be ; and yet
• for the King's sake and my own, I never wish to s-e
another ; nor am impatient to have my Lord EtEnz-
ham's promise fulfilled. The King complained that
so few precedents were kept for their proceedings.
Lord Elio-ham owned, the Earl Marshal's office had
been strangely neglected ; but he had taken snob care
for the future, that the ;serf coronation would be re-
gu!ated in the most exact manner imaginable. The
number of peers and peeresses present was not very
great ; some of the latter, with no excuse in the
world, aprared in Lord Lincoln's gallery, and even
walked about the hall indecently in the intervals of
the procession. My Lady Harrington, covered with
all the diamonds she could borrow, hire, or seize, and
with the air of Roaana, was the fittest figure at a dis-
tance; she complained to George Selwyn that she
was to walk with Lady Portsmouth, who would have
a wiz, and a stick —" Pho," said he, "you will only
look its if you were taken up by the constable." She
told this every where, thinking the reflection was on
my Lady Portsmouth. Lady Pembroke, alone at the
head of the Countesses, was the picture of majestic
modesty ; the Duchess of Richmond as pretty as na-
ture end dress, with no pains of her own, could make
her; Lady Spencer, Lady Sutherland, and Lady Nor-
thampton. very pretty figures. Lady Kildare,
beauty itself, if not a little too large. The ancient
peeresses were by no means the worst party : Lady
Westmoreland, still Irtnisome, and with more dig-
nity than all ; the Duchess of Queenshury looked
well, though her locks milk white ; Lady Albe-
marle very genteel ; nay, the middle age had some
good representatives in Lady Holderneqs, Lady Rods-
ford, and Lady Strafford, the perfectest little figure of
all. My Lady Suffolk ordered her robes, and I dress-
ed part of her head, as I made some of my Lord
Ilertford's dress ; for you know, no profession comes
amiss to me, from the tribune of the people to a habit
'maker. Don't imagine that there were not figures as
excellent on the other side: old Exeter, who told the
King be was the handsomest man she ever saw ; old
Effingham and a Lady Say and Seale, with bee hair