The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-05-04 00:00:00

LAW NUTICFS.

COCIFT OF CIIANCIIRY.
TNa LOOP cnaNcel/011. ?WS DAT, A? ?AV.
Fdeotovnoercb 1. Oath?, per Jurktr- Carter v. BLhop of Landoll, per
sent I itarni
After wtVeh, at tn.

VICE-CR ANCRI.LOR'S COURT.
Ht. HOlllOll, does not rit to-day, It being Rely Thanelap.
sllort rause* to be put at the heed of the paper old be heard on

notT.s COURT.

The )later of the Roll. will in4l;y, ft being Holy Tharelat.
l'auve, Further Direction., and Petition., to he heard, by rt.n.ent, on
nab irday not, at nine In the morning. Cause.: and Petition mutt be
.et doe n by two o'clock tu-mot run .
I.:antral Maio!' day en Turti.ty next. at nine In the marmite. Petl.
1011 i tnu.t beet dowu. and r. pi.* It t't rich the Secretary, before two
tneb ou bl4nday.
slket Clll4OllOll Wedweaday next, et ten in the ITIOTAIDg.

COUNT OF ICING'S BENCH.
IDUL L;IX.
is likraud Camas only will be tried in Middle,“ to-rni.,rnn Ninice
newt riven at the office of inch caloics rr me midi:fend...a, or the 1:c-
-. frd. will tn..t be eget to Westminster fur

Limnos.
Undefended parr may will be Wed In Landon on gantries.. Netter
r.: .t be given. at the Ofiet. of sorb notes as are untlefeaded.
r the Keene& will net be sect to Gulliball fur trial.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
TO- MO/ ROW. AT ?RV.
Retort the vitals, Court.
tamer r Palmer, exerptions I Fawcett v. Hutchinson, exceptiots

PREROGATIVE COURT •
TOMORROW.
Fourth and last Session In Es4trr Term.—Beture Sir Jubn Nichol.

Sits at teL

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

11l COURT, WZITX!NeTri, MAT 3.

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

CO(? r. MAORIS.

This came tame on for further directions to-day. The bill, It
may be recollected, was filed for the purpose of giving etkct to a
seed executed in Much 1812, by the original proprietors of Covent.
garden Theatre, and it prayed the Court to direct the specific exe-
cution of this deed.
The Vice-Crestrcrr.t.en said, that it appeared to be the sole
object of the deed to s.cure the payment of wok: debts of the
theatre. but it did not appear upon the record, whether the debts
grovided for by the deed had been paid, and he must direct au in-
quiry to Me Master to ascertain that fact. It sas possible that the
debts might have beeeti discharged from other sources, and it
••mli, of consequence, be necessary to direct an inquiry whether
they bed been paid, and.if so. by whom they had been discharged.
There was another inquiry likewise ne:essary to be made, whether
any part of the funds directed by the deed to the payment or the
dtins, had or bad not been niisaporecl. Upon ilie result of these in-
quiries the Court would be enabled to meet the justice of the ease.'
The plait/tit had asked that it might be declared thatbe was enti.
(led to a specific execution of the deed of 1612; but the Cesare
cc-lA/not make any each direction ; beepute if the debts had been
paid. there would be unihing remaining to be executed. There was
also another reason which operated in not making such a dikeetion,
and that was this: because, it appeared, both from the bill Lahti
arswer, that, by the consent of all parties, there had Inca a devia-
ton tram the deed of 1812. If the direction thus sought by the
[61;6 T had been granted, it would hare given bim a right to ex-
ureic e all the accounts of the theatre.

Mr. HART exprensed a doubt revecting the Inquiry row directed
by the Court. an to itt. reaching the object aweigh%
'The VicS.Criascrrion was of opinion that It win the best
merle of proceeding. His Honour then directed the case to be
referred to the !faster. in the manner mentioned, who would
e at liberty to sate any special circumstances at the request of
eitt.cr party.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAT 3.

THE KIIIth V. WILLIAM MINNS ELLIE.

The prisoner in this cawc, ri,T,TZiVrenConvieteil;ipetit larceny
at the last Sessions for the City and County of Exeter, was brought
tip to this Court on a %Veit of Error ; and the error assigned was,
tliat the Sessions had exceeded their power, in passing upon the
prisoner a sentence of fourteen years' transportation, on conviction
of 'taring stolen one shilling from his mistress, Susan Newman, an
extensive grocer, at Exeter.

Mr. CHITTY, in support of the Writ of Error, contended, that
the Court of Sessions had no power to transport beyond the term
of seven years for petit larceny ; and as the sentence could not be
amended by the same Court that had tried the ptisontr, he ought
row to be discharged.
lIIr. PARKE, eottlfa, contended, that s sentence might be partly
pod and partly bad. For this he cited the King v. Collier and
another, IA Wilson, 332, where the defendants were convicted at
flicks's Hall of having assaulted s magiurate, and the Court of
Quarter Sessions having sentenced them to 'he imprisoned one
month, to beg pardon ut the Justice at hit house, and to make an
apology in a newspaper. this Court held the two latter parts of the
irtence bad, and confirmed the sentence of imprisonment. So
here the Court could confirm the sentence pronounced as to seven
years. and the Crown might remit the other seven years' trans.
donation.
'rht Cot at, after hearing Mr. Chitty in witty, ordered the pri-
,„re, to be committed to Newgaie o i l ~riday next, when he is to
be brought up again, and judgment will be given.