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#UsccUan;i. LITERARY COUNTi&r'UrS. appears from the follow in g.t hat some i ingenious scribblers in England, have -lyfitrtn woriJ tn imttation oflord Byron's poems as iden-J lical works of that author. Though some parses of tbe spurious works (which have been republished here) are . absurd-end prosaic, yet others ate truly -! ~ awrtinl ttf" srith fllfr ~ 7V?W \TVIW -t. ? - ~ - . ?3 ?"1.AW REPORT. ~.1 Court of Chancery, (London ) /tav. 28. RON V. JOHHS^N. ?< Sir Samuel Romily staled that this was ? ?- bill filed by the plaintiff, L<mf Byron, j against the defendant, a bookseller in Cheapsidesnd Oxford-street ; and prajred that the Lord ghanc&itox. would grant ai> injunction to restrain the defendant from publishing certain poems which he had ad vert ised as the works 4i the plainti fF, but to jrhkh the^piaint^f was as puch a st i an ger asany person in that court.-. t)n the kSkh of November ipstant, the defendant CftUjiCtLtte fonowing advtrtiseipeni to be Inserted in Tbe Timfes jburnal-*-*^ Lord Byron. A short time ago ww little antici pated the. pleasure of, announcing a new j work-from the pen of this noble and justly admired author, which Is this day publish* ?dj Uniform with his other works, price 5s. 6dk entitled, The Bight Hon. LovcMBy* ron's Pilgrimage to the Holy La?<K^.To Which is added, the pbem of- the Tempfest Printed for J. Johnson, 98 Cheifpside and 335 Oxford* etVeetv./V T)n the same dfry, tw dc|^int tMpitt d prwtfer adveftise - ? ^ Iftth injcPfetl be published, wni form with the noble Author 'a former ww4Ug*(ht Right Hon.Lord*Dy 's Pdgjima^j^io^he Holy /Land* To Johnson, 98 Cheapside and 335 Oxford jcreets" ; e$t sow b/ alt booksellers. ? o( whom may be had , by the same atuhort ar new addition (the thii^ |jrWt ^s? 5d. Fare- 1 well io England ; with three other poems, via. Ode to St. Helena* to my Daughter on the finor*ing of hev Birth, and to tlfe Lilly of France- n Ae toon as- these* ad v vertlsemenu appeared, rfi4f. Murray of Albemarle-strcet, convinced that they were nd leaajmpositions on the^piihlifc than injurious to himself drew up the following statement, which appeared in a morning paper- of th? ^1 6tfc^tnst . <* L**rd feyrott^ The public are respectfully informed, that the ptamit lately advertised under th entitle*; %'W' Uyron* Pilgiima^s to zu* Holy Land, &c# are not written by lxsrd^)yroii. The* only bookseller at Oresrnt, authorised ^lo^pfSt^rdTlyron's poem is Mr. Mutry, to whom Lord Byron his lately sent, from the Continent, two new work* enVnled, t, A, third Canto1 of Childe Harold; and J, I The Prtsdner of Chillon, fcc, both TjN sashes? howeve r, the de fc ndant, either a ppr ised Mr. Murray's intention, or natuMlv eotvv eTttxdfn? iHit some auch meat tire *o#d be* adopted, caused the following adverAe *n l^e ?amc P^P*1* , - - ^Ilyitm'S Pilgrimage to the Holy Laod, together with the THtoNM begs to sat that it will he ready for deuft* Tt on W?4fatda^ next, - price 1*. 6d. uhi- I ;m with tho?Mb1# aelhor's former works. _ ijlkewise /takes this opportunity of In* >tnA?ng the public, Itst they m/y be ibis ltd) that the";<#pifright of this yrot k was consigned to httft exclusively by t$6 noble , author himself, and for wttfch he Rives"] J im fire hundred gtmfeas? 9^,a(CKeHps?de, and 335, Oxford-strttts/r #'n Now, (arid the learned CmmseO I^ord Byttxi nfltbeiftg her* it irimpossiftle for me to produce any affidavit of his Lord abip that ha is (lot the author of these poems/ but 1 can nrodue^ ^n<W aflkia lo tbit effect, which, at least rntft place the defendant under the necessity r.f show- I log* by. Ws own affidavit, .that l^rd Byron is the author, and that he gaVe his ^ord^ ahtp five hundred gutneus for thetn. Mr. Sferoope Uavis, an fntimiitefHend of I?rd By roil, and who was with him abroad, <has lately returned to Hfhis country with ihre poen>^ for which Mr. Murray gave hi Lordship 3Q00U ahd Mr. Davis i* quiv aatisfi-d that Lord Byron nev?r v^rote any ,nf the poems which the de^indant' Has thought proper to advertise. Mt; Davis l*ss been in the habit of converiibg with his lordship kn the most confidential man. t he has frequent Ty conversed with him on the subject AF money received for the copyright <>? his works, rfnd never heard that the n<;blc Lord fiad wrstien ?ny sn? h poems. Mr. Murray's afftdaYk stated that tx>rd Byron had of<??h pfaposed s^v^ral l>oems io him, and that he had several tim^s paid his ;Lordship 30001. for copyA ri((*itf but he n?vee heard Ills Lordship speak of such subject as the Pilgrimage, or ilie Tempest, *nd he verily helieVW! that the defendant's advertisements were puhlishtd without the consent or .know* ledje of the pontiff, that the p'aintiff is not the author of those works, and that ine publication thereof is an injury tohijti, as be guve-20001. to , his Lordship for the-* two poems which he lias recently Publish ed in full faith that he was to be the only publisher of his Lordship's productions. {* The IcarneJ cout^et then staled that ao ?, flurtc tippi.cuupn had been made to the Vice Chancellor to restrain the train publishing those poems, but his Hon or thinking thai there were tra^ipn who could swear positively that his Lordship^ was not the author, cottce ought to be ^iv | *n to life dyjcndauL. Accordingly notice had been given, and therefore iT tlie de Y fendant had thought propct to advertise to i 'all the world that he had paid the money mentioned in his advertisement, and now | in swf?af tn thai fact. il WHS to t)e ' hoped that his Lordship would see "sufficient grounds to giant the injunction.* v^y: - Mr.- Shad well followed oi the same side. fie observed, that whatever might Be thought of the reputation x>r Lord liyron as a poet, (tho' he beliei^d, no adequate judge wouht venture to que^iion his me* J litsj) it was undeniable that his i,ordship , was at least a correct scholar. -TJut what \ ? was tlie character of the poems which the defendant had bcea insoieiiU:noujdi l4L_piib^J I' lish to the worid jn his Lor^p's iMiae ? Tney mani tested, indeed* a total ignor ance of the LngUsb language. as must *h: evident lYom the following extraciU'ln [ the Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, camo I, j stanaa the poet, whoever he might be* ! introduced il\i* grow metrical line, ? u And live there AYwr? on continent-ori Isle^' which correct and ekgaut diction was strongly confirmed by anther line in canto +1 sunza t ? -?? Oh ! sail there turn 1 ["down life1* imlaUUM Sf> much for the poet's knowledge ol his vornacul^rj tongue, fyrt then l^ortTHyton was wett, ac.qiia i nit d with the Latin Language, and of coarse could not mt*mk?. it* poetical J quantities ^ yet, whut said the aulhpr oH , The PHfffiiTtagc, on ilus heafl iJLn ^canto I stanza 2 ^, beteiivhlsUaiki b, llial ? ? ^ w joyous JChponer bounds before ' ' v* r ??? ? ? - - - - y y 9^' - '* r o' ^ x , n " And leaves old Kile and Cano/iua be* ! ?tito#.";-;.. ..v,:-,- . ' yr, M jL,' v This, no doubt t was admirable enough ' ?but U was still surpawd. hyanother^fcuivi where he sings of " Xbfc Lethean stream 4" j and, certainly, if any person com Id produce 1 I an. autheivity _in jmy W in cornposaion, < whefe Ltlhstus was u#fd as a dactyl, tljieftfej could exist no doubt that Lord Byron wmr ,aW author oT this poem* __ 4 1 1. a ? v /a. 1 Hut after all, wh*?i? this compared W the enchamiiTg^ H{)es in -The- Temfi** 4 whfctc the, burthen of th* s?>ng is * u JLcfch ;f All save tba^ leach? why went h?* t Did pious pit y hold him tbtre, isna f* Afljd tne .(-- -t, ?j "pv* j VVliich field with mihrthaa pity's eh And matte thM fiiei rlly leech veinain. Hut oft upon tlfe in*a-stj*e Sg nMA. . wd^roit^ hing ruJiw stfak?V^y Lmb. Atd drenc He rtckcdfilot? On his dyw* coach, He told strange tales, wbfch some c*H vouch, 9} Which made the started^yc-baU glare^ ? And retrial)** stiffening MiaJr, Of deeds of hell-^-Uut tHey have %pe<t?^ CcM vest the b^jIs of all Uh: dep^ V A noble lini4, and ^otthjrWiit cqficlvi |>oaof ?uch a jK#n) I But to sp^ak sevv? ously, VfiJl any one of these ftofini exhi- 1 bit such a want of Hcl>Oi'arsh?p that would \ bf injurious to l?or4<y)yr--n if tWft suffered" to "^o into <he world ?s hia pro [ ductioits. ? Al'ttr th^t thundering; advertise the defendant, that Lord Hymn was the autlinr, and that* he hail ypaiu lm lordship SOo gm-iens tor the cop^rt^ht, it Mas to be expect^ that tlie delettdant | woutd swelr positively to those facts i b^l what had he dorteMTe had merely taken a^ technical objection to th* till, that piace of residei>ce was assigned to U>rd HyroiY| a"nd he believed thai Uid Byron ^was ?ro4d. If tha deftiuUnt, however, had any doubt that thia biA Wa% filed by hia lordship, mo*t ample security would he imme<Hatelj giv^h To^ the ee|tij|^3BH * Mr. I?er.ch, c,n the part of the defend Ms 4|afluAd?a, that he Iras not called Upri 6n so Inter to the allegatiooa of this bill. It w?u!d requite some authority to satisfy hte lordship thrtl thre court of chsorery -sit there to vindtoate the poetical or literal ry character of any man. The cdurt' no | doubc, would project his pecuniary inter est 1 but all that this bill that tht poems were published without Lord' Byron's knowledge, and that his reputa tion as a poet won id he iftj(Ufed, by such publication. It was evident, indeed^ that Lord Hyron's reptiuition could not be In jured by ttNtffflpoems, since' Mr* Shad well ha<f told Che court tliej^ were so coll. < temptible, that bo one could believe them to hie hia lordships works. Upon the me rits too, it ^a* necessary to look at ihe 1 form of this motion. Upon what ground could hia lordship be called upon to reatraio ] the publication of works which were de clared not to be the works of Lord Byron? But thi?* bill was iK)t thpbill of Lord By ron \ it was the bill qfcaonie friend here, and had that friend satisfied the court, that there Vas sufficient ground to call for any ausuerat all? Orally* bill be filed in the name of Jin absent person, aed ??& it cu~ _ oo%h-*t>feall upon the detodjiiit to ainswj* it in a court of justice, because an indivi dual said, I had some conversation vv .th Lord Byron four months ap^v and be ne% told me tha^ he in tended^ to .publish tfofo {Joemi. Nothing \vou id bo mure ab surd ; Tor any one acquainted wiih the ii terarjr world must know, that nothing was more common, than for an author to con ceal Ins name until he saw what success attended hity, works. The dfcfendnnt, in V?eed, had twt gone into the merits, bu* had fil -t\ an affidavit, that Lord Byron was abroad, for the purpose of calling on the | Vfclit to protect him against the costs. Sir Samuel Koiriilly, in reply, observed, that a perfcoo abroad might certiinly file a bdf. and the residence of LortTByron was ; inunutenal, as there could be but one per-; son m the workt who was entitled toih^t appellation. As -to the objection ihaf^um was not a matter of pecuniary interest. ? suppose all the pecuniary interest ? ere our Lof the question, (which tvas not the co>e,) Uhe courfi|r*mld inter Spre to preven^any person from injuiing the reputation of an-' -other. To cite examples to his lordship W*S slrtvost unr>eCcs??n y ; btrt did not Mr.' Hope 4>r*>cure an " injunction to restrain Cuvi, the- boolweUer -from publishuH* his letters ? I'alcy 's eWeeutors ot? tain an injunctwt to prevent the publica tion of some or^la sermons? Yet what J^cnqiary intere *f could t he ^ have f An other instance was that the^ttecutors of vh%^reaiJL?tx> J^hcstet field, wiio obtained An injunction to restrain the publication c/f certain letters |o his son, which he never intended for the public eve : but thf junction was obtained too late to prevent the publication. There couKt'be wftrruftT that thlft court w0pM protect the cn&racter of anindividUal against works WhidjL he never pubKshed**~Mr. Leech had *said these 1>oems were so contemptible, that; thef could not injure the reputation of Lord Byroh; but . the defendant was the only person whf? cbuld not use that argu ?ereived them from hi* lordship, tjpit he tract paid htm a valuable consideration for them, c 'i'he silence of the defendant was [ cottttufiive that they m tewc Lord JlyTon%~ works ; the defend*"* had the apport unity of 'proving U^tr^jh of h\s asset lions, and , I hc had hot availed himself 6f it. was * argnqtf, indeed, thai Lord Byron himself lh(s bili;^to an affidavit ctatold be procured to show* that his lordship had given a general authority to Hie % bill in tfls name, in swse such spurious |#o MiWplhi#!ihou!cl be published** Ids w Chj*eteUmW' I tiii Vice*Cl>anceHof^|^^y "ghtW^? ?. granti g nn injunction without rttotico. to n ar? rafc-:"ni; \*m ?????VIHIHI hmst ! IS -a pecuniary interest also, iHP ^JjOtakon himself has 'HVthat he g*v* 500 guineas for those jxirrcv, Mr. Johnson, however, has had an omfc^ tuniiy <if #t?|tiafg the truth of his *s?fcrti otyL and he has not made use of it. Lord fty ron must, thtretifte, giv* security for the costs of this hilt, and I think that an jfh junction must be granted. Mr. Leech has certainly done every thing he could for . his Otient, butiifclias nbt satisf!W t^e couii ths< th^injuneHon ought not lo ibe r(l. Let the defendant, therefore be rc k;s(Urt|p|^om publishing th4^;|6emw ^ SOUTH mWCA. Official Mtourit the Attack ?n EFc(5Hi the C?ftacas ;t?#*ttte,tof 36th, Fe> ? I ? flPSl 'A The operat'tonii of the armjr, from the^ 6th to the tOth February, if* fPhtained in the following &4}atch of Getieral Heal, command ingthe army of operat ion of the L east, to his exeelleocy the ofpraib gene* ?U. After a diflRcnlt march from the cantons of Oriiuco and Cbsguaranra*, with a scar ?* it y of Water and provisions, 1 arrived on the fith inst. at Pillar, where I received information uf the situation of the enemy in Barcel6na* From persons wortiiy of Credit, I learned that Bolivar, witlf 1000 men, armed with arrows and fire aunt, had fortified himself in a convent, *heti* he had mounted sisi pieces of arullerjr* one of 16, two of 12, two of 9 and one of L 6, supplying himself with provisiotis for a lonfAnw *u ) Notwithstanding the difficulties that presented themselves, I determined to reCoftljoitre Bartelona^and assure myself | of the truth of wtrnt had been told 'tue ; i as I did net wish to be' deceived in the I least in my opt rations. ? At 5 in the morn* ing of the 7th, 1 marched to Jnncal, where 1 encamptd, and joined the ' t?<v>ston of Clarincs, ami At 11 at night) 1 marched on the city. * At sun rise, after uniting the column of chasseuts and the diVisaian of iLnn^. commanded by culoncl Ban^a, i directed ugc possession of the br?x!gc , wluch separate tiit city frOrn the suburb called Portugal, wiuU the design of uilci-. ceptin^ the communication with Mutlno, and of observing Him at the Same t?me* in case lie should apurojB^fjH i4efie?t> edly understood lie inieiKled* Whilst t)n? oilictr and colonel Giro ex resisted the constant attacks and e Aorta made by tlve enemy to recover the budge. I attacktd them mi the opposite .bide of the city, and stu$9F<tad in dmiuft ^ *hur .strong ^sitfon, rot$Mtatie Inhabitants as had marched ouf to ii^&rupt us?? ~ A filing ? ^ : -A ^ L9 "Warkept up during the day, and the' re - bels^were nepuUed'in titry uu.cn pi ; and t>l am persuaded, that, had \?oJ besh ' ! so well*Tortitied with rum, as some prison ers conlessedj that they would not have been so* oobtioife jn their attacks. Hav ing leconnudert^l to my satisfaction, the k position of the bandits, 1 made disposi iytioiis to^join Bansa wiih theiest^tjic ar. my, ar.d *l 4 o'clock I marched. until I j#|>. p<oaclied bis left (link, at the same urne dutoied colonel Urreiatiete with two com panies ot Gran ad A, and three of his corps, to cute* the city, and tp em$frte t my anew, , This wm performed, . iv'i. ?qptanwu uy Vfie Ol'TTlJ'j as exhibited by the annexed statement, is in ,y;rcat measure to be ascribed h ardoi^oIilMi troops - T ~ ?'*?" mi^d the conduct or file others, ^1 loss of^the enemy wifi eiuped 300,mklJ ted, wounded and missing. ^ Notyv|^stftnding, thai my designs sftfe accorrfplished, ir wished to make 'fl list "V? d>u W ll^ *">"?> lVotn tWir thereto yrtiOt dibSb ? to the nelghborl.cx*!! re 1 remainHp'fooVna position. In ordfcr sit ions Cora retreat J|, nf the placet v where -'I. rtroa'n>rd^*Sjbffifr hours ; but observing their prudent am* duct, and ' obliged by the scarcity of J>ro*. visions, ,*nd the fatigue of the troops, I proceeded to Jtmcsh wlnergj etrcampeft ond remained until 12 o'clock of the fol io wmg 4?y with It* s *mt <lesH;n not ImVtog obicivfcti J>in> to n>|ke_jBat movement. I fcturned tp Pilar ^ toning the drvission of Marines await cannon to baRer the et. fied by lhe-rebsh*, Wjth a cevtidhl on then* their 'desti the work of but a few momi excellency may be Vspred, X had tlie fortune to meet yith c on the coast, and it, jjfataUt tiki me with a few pieces o* large hv)T>*\lh all his defenders? y been nt Ms roomenlSf . . Wh th the chief of the sta | possess hirimlofHit mfceth of the 1 1 v#fc an unavoidable misfortune fiaj he^fWomtn? wl>o vert ci sdrgefa pivreers, VHfliWu. eaused tn&ny to tlni m detail mii wlncU was. r^r-S\i 'I ffi, the rt>id??e5t<;^pttm .fbirtF Olim a the !9thKtht royal squadron, r,i rffig 1 wnicn it tnootm}eiea?itar inc port oi Bar celona* cannonaded ihem, and pursued llptni i? ^|?Pj^y, <ts compelled some of J them to ground. The aquadron Clitn pio^ ? ceeded to Can ?\na, friihi whertcev?it wift sfiottly return. The Gazette of the 5th March, says, oA ? he 26th FcbriiHry^th|fa^adion^grt?etl On the J27thi <he active vchaeon l caused the Conejo, a beautiful pilot boat,' ground ed on tlie i2th, to b% raised ; and finding her not much injured, has determined^* arm her. The rebels presented them selves on the shore to impede this opera- | lion, but a f^w cannon shot caused them to disappear. The ,furcc$ of the royal sqnadrotrare. in possession of the Moro^ and the vessels anchored before it. On the Uih Febniary, General Men*- | lo was af the village of San Fernando, . would shortly be in tfcf , tpjrtt of yilfesgj inretmi L Recent I had ialieti < a loss of? mem IWfcw jgopqw that if they be treated as ed four hdnrs ? said tbe answer did not utes constderatien. ind jnot surrender. The attack, u|^6n recei .vingthis rtply, immediately eommenfctdt when, after a severe cofttesy the tndepes?