The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-11-21 00:00:00

i E QUEEN.

The Queen is understood to have returned an an-
swer to Lord Liverpool's esesmonietiffion, that " until
Parliament. shall aii et for the diepatel, of hosiness,
the allowance winch h m hitherto been 8:11.4,yed by the
Queen will be co -tinned to her; and that it will then
be for Parlinttre:a to determine the i•,nitint of the
future provision to he greeted to Ljesty." In
this answer, M-.j.voy, it is said, isforwas his Lord-
ship, tl:at so lung as Parlianteot was sitting, and con-
nived at the eimaituation of the allowance granted to
her as Princess of Wales, sloe did not deem the receiv-
I hi; of it ineoust-tent with her homer ; but that now
that Ministi re have announced their determination to
prorogue Parliamel.t, without paoisio.ilig any regular
provi,iun for tile t!iitt maintenance of h r dignity as
Qinten, she no long..r feels herself at liberty to receive
any allowance Wilieil is not sanctioned by Parliament ;
and that in taking it upon thituisrlvi a to pay to her
either the amount of her former zliowance, or any
miter sum, witlnalt such san'tion, Ministers must be
aware that they are acting disrespectfully toe ards
her. and ill violation of the law,. The letter is said
to he drawn up with great ability, and from its inte-
resting natu.e, may be deemed necessary by her Ma-
jesty a advisers to be laid before the public.
A letter has been received from a gentleman, by the
treasurer of the Queen's Plate Committee, with the
sum of tifty guineas, towards a subscription, which
the writer stig,,cats for building a palace for the
Queen. Alio:her letter from a lady, is also said to
have been received with the sum of u hundred guineas
for the same purpose, Dr. Gilchrist, the secretary of
the Committee, has also received the sum of twenty-
live pounds, from a Noble Duke, to promote the ori-
gami object of the committee.
Lady Anne liatnilton, Mr. Krppel Craven, and
Alderman Wood, received the Sacrament with the
Queen, on Sunday last.
The following are some of the company which dined
with her Majesty yesterday :
The Duke and Duchess of Leinster, Earl of Thanet.
Lord lhairannon, Right. Hon. the Lord Mavor, the
Hon. Grey Bennett, M.P. Mr. anti Mrs. Brougham, the
Hon. Mrs. Darner, Lady Anne Hamilton, the Hon. K.
Craven, Mr. Denman, M.P. Mr. Hume, M. P. Alderman
Wood, M.P. Marquis Antaldo AntaiJi, Pinfessor Tho-
m:4l6li, Lonati, Chevalier Vasaali, Monsieur sad
Madame Felici, Commandant Molinari, Monsieur
We have heard that the Queen intends to visit Co-
ventiki_AAMen Theatre this evening.
117 e 'queen, it is said, will spend the Christmas
Holidays at Shughtirough, the seat of Lord Anson, anti
that the Duke of Sussex will honour his Lordship with
a vial: at the same time.
Lord Duocantioti and Mr. Bennet came to tows
from a considerable distance, to (line with the Queea
yesterday. Lord Carnarvon called yesterday ou her
Ji.ijeaty.

mirrftrous AFFAIR.

Some time ago as individual, who is said to be re-
spectialtly situated, was brought before Sir John causer.
at the Town Hall, and held to bail, on a charge of se-
ducing and violating a girl of fifteen.
At the following Sessions a trne bill was found against
I • ; but on the trial he called a number of respectable
witnesses, who clearly proved an alibi, and he was finally
acgoitteel, after a deliberation of sear an hour and a
half amongst the Jury.
Yesterday, however, application was made at the Town
Hall by a gentleman, who wished to know how to pro-
ceed, in a case, as he observed, of more than ordinary
singularity. He proceeded to detail, that, since the ac-
quittal of the individual above alluded to, hand-bil's hail
been published and circulated throughout the neighbour-
hood, signed by the person against whom the complaint
had been made, the girl who had charged him, one of
the witnesses on the former trial, and eleven of the gen-
tlemen who had formed the Jury, in which lie (the ap-
plicant) was distinctly charged with the same offence fur
which the other had already been tried and acquitted
Such an accusation proceeding through such a channel.
cook! not fail of producing a very great impression on
the mind of all who read the account which this paper
imputed to hie., who was, be said, a stranger to all the
parties. One of the placards was handed in and read;
it premised that the girl, who had .:.,eets seduced, anstious
to make all the atonement in her power, begged to de-
clare publicly, that all she swore when she made the
charge against Mr. , was totally false, and with-
out foundation, the present applicant (whose name and
address it gave in full) being the guilty man. The
tientleman proceeded jo state further, that as soots as
this extraordinary charge came to his knowledge, he
lost no time in waking such inquiries as he thonght to
be necessary. He went to the house of the girl's pa-
its company with some uitimsses ; and, on inter-
rogatittg her, she declared (lie said) without any threat
being held out to ber,-that the whole accusation against
him was founded in falsehood, and entirely at the request
of the ;person originally charged, who requested her to
make the charge. against some one else, as it would
make his own character right with his friends; be also
threatened that, if she did not reticent, he would indict
list for perjury ; but added, that if she willingly entered
into his views, he would give her a 5/. note, ire provide
for her, if her friends disowned her. All this the girl
fhe stated), wrote down on paper in the presence of ter
ather and mother, and several other witnesses, and she
signed it and gave to him, of at any time to swear
it before any Magistrate. The applicant also added,
that he understood there was an intention to indict him-
self and another person, who was a stranger to him,
and be believed to the rest of the parties, for persuading
the girl to lay the charge against the person we have
already alluded to.
Mr. Newsome advised him to leave the papers and
call to-morrow (Ibis day), when he would receive the
Magistrate's opinion on the subject. The foregoing
atfeir is so obscure, that no prejudicial opinion should
be fumed of either party until further investigation.

Jedi,h Pearce, a poor woman inhabiting a cottage
near Sutton Bridge, Wilts, was found inhumanly mur-
dered un Tuesday hot, by repeated blows on the
head; E. itackland, a gypsey, Musa site had refined
to relieve, was committed, on a !Wild of the Coroner's
to be tried for the horrid Awl.

L.,111' INTELLIGENCE.

I.IN,'OI.N'S INN II 0.1..-11toyinAy, Nov. 10.
INJUNCTION.

I,k.:Ai AN, HI'N'T AND I O. r. ONDEART ♦(D OTHERS.

SII A In• s Li. stated, that this was an application
•or its injunction. From the affidavits of the plain-
dis, it appeared, th it in 1791 Mr. O'Keefe wrote the
•omr,ly of Illid Oats, which was published in 179.1.
In the month of August last,• Mr. O'Keefe, (who is
still living) by assignment, gassed his interest in the
copyright of that play to the plaintiffs. In 1795, Mr.
Cumberland wrote the play called The ll'heel of Fur-
I. tre. the copyright of which the plaintiffs purchas d
Cr a certain sum of (none). Mr. Thompson also sold
to the plaintiffs a play, which he altered from the
o:crrnan, called The Straver, and which they the
l'Aintiffs have published. The ilefenda-its are book-
sellers and printers, and they have recently printed
a ,t 1 published, without the permission of the plain-
tiffs, copies of these several plays. Under the se cir-
eumstances, it was submitted, the Court would feel no
difficulty in restraining the defendants from printing
and pnblishinl,• Ike same.
The Loan Cilioseci.Los.-I)ce the affidavits state,
Oat the interest of each of these works is vested in
tne,plaintiffs by deed ?
Mr. SII.triIVIII.L.—The first work w•as assielted to

t.c plaintiffs by deed—with regard to the two others
tr.e plaintiffs have cnly an equitable interest—not as
interest by an assignment made to them. They have
raid the money, which they agreed with the authors
to sive, and this, 1 apprehend, confers upon them as
• qu.tahle light to protect the property f.oiti invasion
—when money has been paid, this Conti considers
it such a proof' of contract, that it has always
'larded the interest of the party, who has so paid his
lit 111• V.
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Th, Limn CUANCELLOH.-1-mlonliteilly, the doe-
tr;r:e ig nen-, that no interest rests except by deed—
but it has been so laid down by a Court of Lau•.

Mr. Sosnu ELL.---And it is curious to rt.n.t;oler,

that that doctrine was first laid down in a ruse,
' in whicl► this Court admitted, that relief might be
given.
The I.OIP tstret.t.on.—l hiae no objection to
let you take the injunction, that the gitt.itioli might be
tally heard en the motion to sustain it.
Sitinu &AA..—l he case in which that dortrin:
was laid down, was that of the f.i.dt Mebofies, in
which a special motion was made before the Vice-
I hall re 110 r, and he directed a►t issue upon it, that
it might be tried Ly action in a Count of Law,
was then fur the first time, that' Lord Elleulus.
rough Euro upon us with the new light, that no
irterest could be sustained, unless it was lielltr4l by
►irrd.

The Loan CHANCELLOR.—But I think, that since
Vim case an injunction has been ref.i:,ed here, acting
upon that doctrine. Unless an assirnment has bees
road, by deed, the Court of King's Bench will say
eiere is no interest to be affected. llonever, as the
question will be more fully heard, you may take the
f..junction.
ATTORONT-aminaL e. TUE CORPtilt %VON OF

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