The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-08-03 00:00:00

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weeks, after
my health,
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!nation of a
I was out
from whence
; one white
my absence
...y safety, .... setting oat
I had only a few biscuits, not intending to be absent
more than one day. The country and banks of the
river abound with slate and fine limestone, therefore.
should it (which I have little doubt of), communicate
with the sea, it will be of the utmost importance to
this Colony."—(Wolverhenipton Chronicle.)
Brit steusion, Jut e 31.—Mr. John Miller. farmer, Tod-
boles, parish of Kilwinning, commenced his barley har-
vest on the 23d inst. a good crop.
It is said that the late drought had put a general step
to the illicit distillation carried on in the Highland dis-
tricts, as there was no water to be got in the recesses to
which the smugglers were obliged to retire for the pur-
pose of brewing.
On Thursday last, some very loud peals of thunder
were heard to the south westward of Aberdeen, with
vivid dashes of lightning, which were followed by
general refreshing showers, but at a little ilistan-a
from that city with violent hail. The electric !laid
struck into a field at Banchory, io the neighbourhood,
where, after furrowing up the ground, it kindled a cock
of hay, which was entirely consumed.
On Friday the junior Pennycuik Whipman Society
held their anniversary. Among the other amnseireetits
were several races, in one of which, run by two mem-
bers of the society for a riding saddle, a remarkable
accident took place. The riders, when at full speed,
were each endeavootiog to take the narrow part of the
course at a turn, when they run their horses heads vio-
lently against each other, and both horses dropt down
dead; one of their skulls being actually beat in by the
shock. The riders were thrown with violence to some
distance; bet, though severely, were fortunately not den-
gerously hurt.
Cone Excnatrot, Ann. 3.-,--The unsettled state of the
weather ceased a brisk demand for wheat. On Waist"
day, and particularly towards the close of that day's
market, and having had no fresh arrivals, the mislay
this morning was very small, and which fossil buyer.
on full as good teresa as on Monday.—Oats ace Is. pee
quarter cheaper, the arrivals being very considerable
from the Lincoloshire and Yorkshire ports.—in barley,
beans, and peas, there is no alteration.
SMITIFIFI6LD MARKS?, Atm. 3.—Tbere
supply at market this morning, and prime ots.
tidied Monday's prices in the early part et nesew
ins. but the inferior qnalities could *carte he at any
prise:
(To Oak the oral ; pot Stone of Sibs.)
Beef ... . Os. Of. to de. 4d. CATTLII AT natant
Mutton— Se. Sd. to 4s. Od. Beasts
Veal .... Is. Od. to 44. 01. Calv.s
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Fort .... is. lid. to lle.lol. Sheep and Lambs
Lamb ...
. Ss. o.i. to 44. Sd. Pies . • .. ICI
Hai :MARKET.—The above article reaming in price
as per oar last.—Straw and Clover no alteration t
price.
Hay ....X. Os. to 41. Ins. I Straw ..it. Ss. to U. tilt.
Clover ..41. Os. to IC bi. i

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.

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MOORE'S 14ELODIRS.

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to the work before a Court of Law.

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COURT OF Innis MUM Ovtumuts, Am!.
Saw Abe Lois Cuts► Juntes.

NWT v. COLIC.
This was se action brought seder the statutes of
the of &nu and em .47th of 800. I 11., to recover
I's, a rsialty of 41. foliOs Segal traanolTii eiranocted
z• with the coal-trade. It mews that the ebtps toped
• in that trill, are &welshed with swots asesseo (is or-
der to the ivery of their cargoes) epee their arrival
in the river. ,111, meter is appointed as sore as the
earto of the pertietiar vessel appears, by the Units
of the office, to be sold t aid the pregame of a certain
eerdlicato put ma board at Newcastle or alsawbere, by
the shipper, is emissary to the promote ash a sale.
In rirderto prevent vessels from obtaining aides pi-
arks" in the appointurentof the meter, by seadiag up
their certificates (by rya' or otherwise) before they
aro actually is the Pool sod ready for delivery, a p-
esky of MIL Is imposed epos any toaster who shall
part with his shipper's certificate before his vessel is
se the westward of Blackwell: it was for the rosevery
enlist penalty (half gnisg so the informer, half to the
Lag) that the presort proesedisg was tikes.
. The aides delivery of the certifies*e was priest
mid the Jury toted a verdict for the plaintil--Da-
utarres 501.
The Court, oa its rising, adjouraed to the Sittings
before Michaelmas Term.
Coyotes v. Yonsion.—Tbe paragraph at the
riots Of the report of this ease, statieg that s' the
piaiatiff had failed in consequeeso of the Assam of
a material whams, &e." found its way into oar paper
by an oversight, and formed ao part of the proceed-
ings in Court.
SOUR COURT, Jusay M ass I&

t. PGWIR P. W. POWS'.
Oa the Sd of July, James Power, of the Strand,
bowies, .me-seller, obtained an iajaaction to m-
enials Wiliam Power, of Westmorlami-street,
from publishiag a printed edition of the Eighth New
hoe of Moore's lriak Melodies; the said James Power
having the sole property in the abovensintioned work,
by deed of assignment from Thomas Moore, Req. the
Author. Our the 17th inst., Mr. OVonaell, on behalf
of W. Power, moved the Court to dissolve the io•
junction.
The decision of the Court was, that the isjaueties
should remain .'disturbed till the muse was argued.
This important case cause ea yesterday, and the day
before to be erred on its merits, before his Hamar
the Easter of the Rolls.
It appeared from the stateliest of Gomel on the
aide of the plastid', that be bad entered into an em.
garment with Mr. Moore le the year 1811, for a pa
rind of seven years, the latter covenanting to supply
the former with eu number of Irish Melodies sad
certain ether works specified, for the coasideratioa of
as *Await; of 5001., which was to be paid him by plain-
Sit Ist 1812. plaiatiff entered into an agreement by
deed, with dekadant, by which he gave him the li-
sense of pablisking Moore's works is Ireland solely,
in 000sideradon of defendant's paying 4ist lt-liths of
said anseity; mid deed to be considered null and void
whew,* Illildefeedaat should fail to lily his quota
of annuity M plolatiff. Os the expiration of the 7
yam after OHMS Alms.plaintiff entered iate a new en-
gagenteat with Mr. Moore for a farther term of six
years, under which agreement, and.laßl6is present
year, the eighth number of thit•oldsiediek which forms
the subject ander litkation, eracektilvered by Mr.
Moo e to plaintiff, and by Itlm
bye
as his
sole property, which appeared by, deed of &W .
meat as well as by the regular deed of agree-
meat. The defence set up by Mr. W. Power was
that he in fact was the sole proprietor it all Moore's
Melodies, and that plaintiff bad no right to publish
them even is Ragland. without his conearreace and
approbation, but he totally failed in showing any
written document whatever in support of his asser-
tion. His cam was ably argued by Messrs. Joy,
O'Connell, and Bennett, who displayed much inge-
nuity, by arguing on' die assertions a the Solicitor
upon facts which were not contained in the pleadings.
The plaintiff's case was argued with great clearnebsi
ard talent by the Solicitor-Oeneral, Mr. Plunkett, and
Mr. Adair.
The liavren of the Ror.t.s, in giving his decision,
void that the defendaat had set up two defences, nei-
ther of which a ere tenable. The plaintiff had esta-
blished his title by the production of the assignment
from Mr. Moore, in whom the property was vested,
from his having written the work himself. It would
be very injurious to copyright of literary productions,
if an injunction should be withheld from the plaintiff,
.:ho claims his right. by virtue of such deed, when
the defendant has no written document to sub-
stantiate his claim, nor is there a word of the
4.xistruce of such a document sworn to or set
forth in the pleadings, he concluded by sa)ing
that he would give an order that the injunction ob-
tained by Mr. James Power in this case should stand
unmoved till the defendant should show any legal title

WINCHESTER ASSIZES, Arc. I.

The' above Assizes commenced yesterday, at the
Castle, before Mr. Baron ONAHAM and Mr. Justice
Balm, who arrived the preceding evening. After
hearing Divine Service, the Courts were opened in
due form. The Calendar contains the names of 46
prisoners, and the Cause Paper is very full.
BANK FORGERIES.
The following prisoners pleaded guilty to the mi-
nor (glance of having forged notes in their possession,
which subjects them to transportation for 14 years:—
William Golden's, aged 36 ; Alfred Pink, aged 30;
John Clark, aged 50; and Sarah Prince, aged 42.
,$ , EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.
Moisebt Thornton, aged 27 ; Andrew Smith, aged
23 oielm Walsh, aged 23 ; John Galvin, aged 33;
and John Woodnot, alias Brooks, aged 22, soldiers,
were capitally Indicted for having, on the morning of
the 23d of April last, at tie parish of Pongee. bur-
glarionsly entered the dwelling-house of Captain
James Hearney White, ' and stolen therein a large
quantity of dollars, bank notes, silver, plate, wearing
apparel, &c. his property.
It appeared. from the evidence of the prosecutor.
Captain White, his servant, and others, that on the
_22d of April, he left London for Po.tsmoutb,

'with Mm the property is questies. Os erviiipg at
his house, it was lodged is the parlour where attar
bed was erected for the Capsule. The roes
bad a bow window, and was fronting the street, .so
that any peam might ham seen the property. sad
what wee pada( withia. Oa Cartels Whim's
awaking mat seereleg, he band the rest is the
greatest seefesioa, and his geld watch sad seals,
which he had placed tee the escritoire, gem, together
with the ether ankles. The deer, which shut by a
spring, was epee, some handkerchiefs having got 'a-
angled seder IL Os searching the house, the scul-
lery window was discover:Ate hempen, through which
the thieves had effected their titmice. As oyster
knife, which was ewer. to have been la the saltier,
ea the family going to bed, was heed la the perkier,
bat her what Mamas it was removed is set hewn.
A female, who slept in the upper part of the house,
stated she heard a swiss about me in the morale'.
la coesequeace of informatioa received, Captain
White, with two dicers, ea the 27tIs of April, re-
paired to Coshes, Led while sitting in an inn, saw the
primmer Thompson pass. He was Immediately se-
cured, and on search beteg made, some of the stoles
articles were found. They tbs. west to the bar-
racks, sad Smith sad Brooks were taken into cus-
tody. An extensive search was then made; Galvin
gave up the watch and seals, which it appeared be ob-
tained from Smith; and a large quantity of the plate
and uniforms were aftetwards found in the posressim
of Thereto., Brooks, and Smith, against whom VW
widows was quite clear ; bat it did not materially
affect Walsh.
The Jury, after a short consultation. promeneell
Thornton, Smith. and Brooks, guilty of burglary;
Galvin guilty of receiving the watch, knowiag it .to
be stolen, and acquitted Walsh.
Mr. Justice Baer passed sentence of Death on the
three first prisoners, and senteseed Galvin to twelve
'maths impriseament in the House of Correction.