The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-12-17 00:00:00

ROBBEItIES.

'Yesterday morning, between three and font. o'clock, a man
entered the bed-chamber whitlow of Mr. Fox, a student .it
St. Thomas's Hospital, resiiient in Maze-pond, Her
and, proceeding to an adjoining sitinig-rontn, broke opl
writing-desk, and took out 151. ut Bank of Enzhinil oohs;
he then returned to the rount where Mr. Fox was in beat
add stole front the pocket of his poutaloona a purse, (.:11.
tattling a considerable sum of inoiley, and was iu the art of
taking possession of a twaieil from the bed.side, mien Mr.
Fox awoke, and, jumping out of bed, seized the emitter, mid
after a severe struite.e regained the watch. Having
engsgeil himself from the grosp of Nlr. F., the thief retreat-
ed through the window by shirts he mitered, and escaped.—
In his hurry he dropped the poise, but retained putasession
of the 151. taken from the desk.

On Alontlay moralist., last, a person of respeetahle appeers
sure called at the house of Mr. Francis Smith, of No. 9, Ohl.
uw,Mile.tstd Old Town, and in•lnired of the sextant wiss
opened the street door whether her master was at bottle;
being answered its the negative, he eshed if she 1114111:hl
would be lung absent; on being informed Dim she ii not
know, lie requested her In tell him whets be caner norm-, thst
Captain Robert Jones bad beet, there, the (timid of :tie.
Hatch; lie wua about to leave the place, whets be told the
servant that second thoughts were hest; and that if %M.
would grant him the use a a honk la• would remain its th.•
parlinor reading until Mr. S came home, this the Bert Ant
acquiesced in, and spewed him into the perlionr, Bad she u.'
turucJ back to the kitchen. During his stay, he cunt,-iv. •1
to pack op sonic valuable articles with a quantity 01 s. at.
ing apparel, with which he escaped rtii.telei On
Smith's return home, the servant informed Min that Ca pi 414
Robert J ))))) 6 was waiting fur him its the pao lour, limit lid
upcoming the dour he was tune, and on ae,rebing it u
found that the above strategent was merely fur the parpow
of tuniiiiiitinc she robbery. Several ruh!rertes of this nu-
ts-ire bate lately been committed in that 111.101110111-110‘141
On 'Monday night last the house of George of
4, Cuw•cuuel, liutlutrhithe, wet hrokeu open by .• v.rain
or villains, who rubbed the place of tau silt er watches, -ties
millt.pitt, several silver tea end table spoons, and a great
quantity of weming apparel, with which they gut clear
The rune night the house ut Mr. Edward Grief: Bros it,
bother, of Spital.tields-niatket, was rubbed by a woman 111
his house of property to a considerable amount. After she
lied robbed the place, she broke oat awl hats out sinew
hies' beard of.

The Archduke MAXIMII.IAN and ULU., accom-
panied by Sir W. W. Wyti,N, visited thee's'leen
Saturday last, and, attended by AIN lisiarsum. the
architect, examined, with considerable attention,
the Gaol, County Hall, Armoury, and 011Itf
1411dingtl, with tshich his Highness ullAVlVell that
he was much gratified ; after which. lits High-
ness and suite retort-Aril to the above 111:11W.1 to din-
ner, and from thence proposed to proceed to Shreiis..
bury. Tilt nichituke helm; at Wynnstay,
It is supnosed, rialoced by Sir WATKIN. In pay ua
short suit to this ti;.t.tent tty.—((.hesirr AWAY.)
ACCIDENT.—Ou Sator:la% , as Mr. W EST. or Hit.
lerdou-green, was pas ing it:ung, the Hatrowirroail
in the hone became restive, and having
locked the foot-tumid to pieces, Mr. WEST uttfurtu•
stately jumped ; talking with con4derali!e
weight Out one of Itv, feet, he fractured the leg iu
two 111;10-8, fo that the boor protruded. Ali.
MACEINDLN, the Stirgron, bring in l•_is csrriAgt
sitar the place, he kindly conveyed lite sothacr In
his fat.Lei-in-Lte's. Sir NS. Frit: LKEs. Weave glad
to filid that Mr. WEST is klArliv to do well, tt ~,,, or
two pieces of the hour were so shuttered, that it tug,
Ibuud necessary to saw Mein ..hr.

A sveriiiirii 4,1 a i,rtt l• rat autetuleti to he give'
to Balk volts, 11:li lir. a sliewu wf WOW of thy pullite
r is of the OUR! .ise es at pr,•
sent, but iie Vk fistys "V sll
COlll3llltll ail II blaull oval lii the ccattr. At 4'3o'
etiriivr is a mdt of stamp, of I'll6OllS MA .1111:1114
appr+iralice, which, it is licpt 41, Cauuvt

LAW INTELLIGENCE:

COURT of CHANCERY, Rrovoau
WiDNISDAV, DIPTC3IIIItI ie.

This beim! the third seal after Michaelmas Term,
the LORD UtiANcti.Loß ciiietwil it at los house,
preparatory to his Il[tumor the VICE-CHANCELLOR
hearing has Lord.hip's

LAW PROMOTION 3
The LORD Ctias CELLO& of erwdrds awor. in the
fol'orrii,g I, milord Couino-1 to tiwir iit-vvrid officer :
Mr. Srrj..ant Cucuta', as King's Serjvant and Chief Jos-
lice of Clweicr._

Mr. Svrjr,ini Pau., as King's Srrjeant.
Mr Gtrra■ Watioa, ur tbe Cbsneery Ear, as King's
Cntinsel.

- Mr. GASELICS soil Mr. NOLAN, of die King's Beneb Bar,
as Kiug'd Cnituarl.

VICE.CHANCELLOR'S COURT, !Alec°ties-INer,
Uscsiansa 16.

This was the third Seal after Michaelmas Term.
The Vire-Chancellor, on account of the Lord
Chiinct-Ilnr's continued indisposition, heard his
Lordship'is motions.

THE OPERA-HOUSE.
WATE&I V. TAYLOR.

Mr. HEALD, Counsel for the Defendant, stated,
that he was instructed to request of his Honour to
hear a motion in this cause, which had on a former
occasion been made before the Lord Chancellor,
but in which his Lordship had not yet given his
judgment. His Honour had made an order that
Air. Waters should pay into Court the sum of
8,445/. being a part of the purchase-money for the
Opera-house, which he ought to have paid in the
month of December, 1817. Mr. Waters had
made an appeal from his Honour's decision to the
Lord Chancellor, and his Lordship had confirmed
the order, and directed the money to be paid into
Court 111 August last. Mr. Waters, however, did not
don/. and Mr. Taylor served hint with notice that he
would move the Court on the first day of last Term,
for an attachment against him for a contempt of
Lorin, in not haring obeyed its order. Mr. Wu.
ters served Mr. Taylor with a cross notice, that he
would move the Court on the same day to have the
tone for paying the money into Court enlarged to
the first of next January. Both motions came on
for hearini, before the Lord Chancellor, and his
Lordship observed, that a motion had been made to
him in the sittings preceding the long vacation, on
the part of Mr. Taylor, to have a sum of money
paid out of Court to him, lie having paid it in twice
over. His Lord-hip said he was tired of the Opera-
house cause, for which reason he would deter-
mine the three motions together on a future day.
However, from his Lordship, indisposition, he had
not hero able to give his decision. Therefore, what
he (the Learned Counsel) had to ask of his Honour
was, that he would then hear the niution, as Mr.
Waters was in possession of t!ie Opera-house, and
receiving the emoluments of it, without having paid
thin purchase money.
The SOLICITOR GENERAL, Counsel for the
Plaintiff, said, that the motion lie hail made be-
fore time Lord Chaticellor was not only to enlarge
the time fur paying the money into Court, but that
his Losriship would revise hams Honour's order. It
was discussed before his Lordship, and he post-
poned his judgment. He would ask then, how his
Honour could hear the motions?

The Vteg-LisabicEt.t.oa—" As one of these
mono!), does, in a degree, involve my opinion, I do
not think, Mr. Heald, I ought to hear them.
'filerefore Mr. Waters must have the benefit of the
delay e4used by the ►udi.posttion of the Lord
Chancellor."

Mr. HART, on the same side as the Solicitor
General. ',aid, that he trusted his Honour would
direct that all proceedings relative to the attach-
ment ugainst Mr. %Voters should he stayed. until
Ins Lord•liip gave his decision.
Mr. FIRALD mid. that his client's Solicitor would
undertake not to proceed with the 'attachment.
Mr. HART said, he had nu doubt of the good
faith of Mr. Tarrant, the Solicitor of the Defend-
ant; but he must confess he had not the some
opn.icin of his client. He would, therefore, require
of Mr. Tarrant. of he ceased to be Mr. To)lor's
S d:citor, that he would give Mr. Waters notice of
the t hange.

.Ir. HltAtn—" That we have no objection to."
Application reftierd.
THE LORD CHANCELLOR'S OFFICERS.

The VICE-CHANCELLOR observed, that he ex-
pected in future that the Lord Char:cello?. Offi-
cers should he iu attendance when he (Ins Honour)
sat for his Lordship.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, GmuniALL,

WLDNILSIMAT, DEMMER 16.

Sittings after Michaelmas Term, bcfure Chief
Justice ABBOTT and COMMOI4 Juries.

SMITH V. HEYSHAM'.

This was an action to recover damages for a false
unprivonment. The Plaintiff wag a Journeyman
slater and plasterer; the Defendant kept a public-
house in the New-road, near hloorfields. Some
time in March last Plaintiff went to Defendant's
house, with his brother, and hurl something to
drink. The reckoning Caine to between two and
three shillings. in payment of which lie tendered
el. Bank of England note. Defendant suspected
the note was not genuine. hut sent out for change
it ; the p,rsott to whom the ante tetts brought
buTeeted it span, and it was brought back. tirit•
ciaw vela it out again, the servant staid about en
hour, and a little after his return two Police f
ere came into the t:.p.r‘nun and asked to whom
the note be4.mged.—Smitit answered to hum—they
tin,' it was a bad one, and inquired whether he hod
any more of tlwat—be *sod not, but he wished lie
hail. They then searched his 'mart., 114141 the lin-
tog of his fiat, and founil no 11101 T, hie, note/Ith-
-I"""clii.g. instantly took 1..... to the watch-house.
brother bud prrvionsly offered to give their
chlresb, that Ilrnbliatke might bend to them for nay-
merit of his hill, but ,list wbs refused. When
tlirY came to die watch-house. the officers told the
other 'ram?. they might go at t their busitte,.a.
but detained ['lnbuilt there till night, and tit k hint
brat wowing to /tits Police ()diet:. Uu investiga-

lion the note tics di4cnveie,l to be a good one, anti
the Plaintiff brought his action ['ensile*,
for giving him in charge uu a pretended foam'.
It was stated by Defendant's Counsel, that
Smith, at first, threatened the officers with an ac-
tion, and sued out a writ, on which they applied to
the Bank, who give them to!. to compromise the
matter, winch was paid to Smith, and the affair was
!opposed to helve elided; whereas, he then turned
round against Henshaw for a second compensation.
It was also proved by ►everal witnesses, that Defeo-
dant had nut given Plaiutiff in charge ; that the
waiter had indeed gone to the watch-house, hut
merely told the officers he had suspicion► of the
note; and that the officers apprehended him ou their
own authority.
The COURT directed a nom-suitiand PlaiiitilTwas
accordingly non-suited.

FOX V. BLACKBURN&

This was an action to recover the sum of 3/. for
goods sold and delivered.
The Plaintiff' is a wine-merchant, the Defendant
sells wine by retail. In December. 1813, and the
first four months of 1814, Plaintiff sold wine to the
Defendant to the amount of 81/. 4s. In April of
the latter year, 90/. was paid Plaintiff, an allow-
ance of I/. 4s. was made for bottles returned, and a
balance of 9/. left, on which the present action was
brought. Plaintiff's clerk frequently called on
Defendant for payment of the balance, and he used
to promise to call on his master, but never objected
to the justice of the demand.
The Defendant set up two defences—first, he
produced a bill of Plaintiff's relative to another
transaction, and a different species of dealing, con-
taining au acknowledgment by Plaintiff of an error
of 3/. against Defendant; and this lie wished to
stand as a set-off—secondly, he brought forward

two wine-tnerchanta, who ot.ited that they thought
some of the charges in the bill toe high.
Verdict fur Plaintiff fur 31.

Assignees of OAKLEY and EVANS V. CARVE& and

PEATE.

This was an actiolitoTecOver the value of goods
sold and delivered on the value of a bill for 7001.
accepted by Defendants in favour of the bankrupts.
Messrs. Oakley and Evans were upholsterers in
Bond-street. In the end of May last they had a
large quantity of woollen cloths in the bands of
Rawlins and Foy, fine dressers, to be made up for
the London market. During this time they sold
the goods to Messrs. Carver end Peate, Basiiighall.
street, to whom they were all delivered, after being
dressed, by Rawlins and Foy, from time to time
before the end of June. About the seine time
Plaintiffs stopped payment, having in their hands
a bill fur 7001. accepted in their favour by Defen-
dants, in hart pay►net:t of the goods. Previous to
the stoppage, au application was made by Defen-
dants to Oakley and Evans to give up their accept-
ance, in consideration of having the goods returned.
They consented. The bill was put into the hands
of Rawlins. Foy, his partner, took it with his
cart to Basinghall-street; met one of the partners
in the street, gave him the bill, and was clewed to
go rollout with his cart to the warehouse, where
the cloths would be delivered to him. Went
to the warehouse, but could not get the
as tieither partner was there; called at their
house several times, and was at length told they
had resolved to keep both bill and cloths, and be
answerable for the consequences. A docket was
struck against Oakley and Evans the 2d July. and
as Defendants aihere4l to their resolution, the assig.
uses were compelled to bring the present action.
Rawlins proved the delivery of the cloths to
Carver and Peate, and estimated their value at
near 9001.

Foy, partner to last witneva, valued them at 9081.

The Counsel for the Defendants did not attempt
to Justify finir conduct; the only question, there-
fore, feinted to the amount of the damages, which
they contended, should be greatly reduced, and for
that purpole called the following witnesses.
-- Randall, clerk to Carver a►►d Peale, re-
membered the goods being sent for sale from his
emplo}ers to Kepilen mid Pickersgill ; made a via-
lualion of them previously, to which he was per-
fectly competent; did not consider them to be
worth more than 500/. or 550/. at the utmost.
They were sent out in as good condition as they
were received.

John Milani), clerk to Kepden and Pickeragill,
recollected the cloths being received the 7th July.
from Carver and Peate's ; the greatest part of them
has since beet. sold—the proceeds are 57d. 14c;
the valise of the remainder lb 7.1. 128.

The Judge told the Jury the simple question for
their consideration was. what was the value of the
cloths ? It was fur them to consider whether troy's
testimony was true, in representing them to be
worth 9081., or that of the witnesses on the other
aide. who stated their value at 550/. or 6301.
Verdict lot Plaintiffs for 908/.

On the evening of Thursday week. as Mr.
FISHER, BARTHORP, and Mr. LING, were in
a small boot, on the river at Aldborough, for the
purpose of shooting wild fowl. the, boat wits by
some means upset, and they were all drowned.
The Magistrates of the Hundred of South Green-
hoe have publicly addressed the farmers in that dia.
trit•t, retlur•tiug them to pay their labourers on the
Finlay instead of Saturday night. The object of
this measure is to prevent vticinaching upon the
duties of the Sabbath, by spending their money.

Sunday main; Mr. J. Grounileill, of Cliespeitie, after
attending the cresting service at St. John's Chapel, Chapel_
street, Bedford-row, retired to the house of Mr. Evans, the
King's Arm•, opposite, where he spent the evening with
Wine friends; anti remaining till 71 late .11011 f, he 'Notated
to be accommodated with • bed fin tiw night, which was
complied with. About tea o'clock, a man, aho represent.
ed himself as a butcher, came In the bar, nail desired to
hare a bed for Ike night, which he WWId retain for the
month, if etisculeist. He was accommodated with a
bed, in the next room to that iu which Mr. Gra•ndrill
slept. Next moriiing it was discovered that the butcher
had rot tip at an early hone, licfortt any of the inmates were
stirring, havit:g previously entered Mr. Groundrill's bed.
room, aml ca. tied off his wearing apparel, wrapped up in a
blanket ; in the cost p...-ket was • ned morocco pocket bout,
containing two hills of exchange, one for 2211. 1•.6d. aunt
another for WO/. suit ald Batik of Etiglaistl note Mr.
Gromodrill was obliged to burrow one of the landlord's
suits of clothe•, until he gut some fume home. %l r. t.,ound
rill pescrieed the villain in his room in the incriwig, who
drew tKr curtains round lus Ind : hut thinking it ass
one of the family, lie turned round and *Wird L,,usd le
sleep.

OLD Bind3v.
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