The National Register.
London, England, 1821-01-28 00:00:00

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COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
wEumespAy, JAN. 24
EXTORTION OF A SHERIFF.S OFEICRR.
ROWDEN V. THE SHERIM OF MIDDLESEX.

THEATRE ROYAL DUBLIN.

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Serjeant Pell, for the Plaintiff, stated that his client
had been arrested under a Cr' pias directed to the Sheriff
of Middlesex; that the officer by whom the arrest was
was made brought him to his house, where he lodged
wo nights, for which accommodation ins. was de-
manded by the officer's wife, and paid by the plaintiff
without any objection. After the second night the
plaintiff was given in charge to another officer, and be-
fore he was removed feom the house in which he had
been from the time of arrest, he was obliged to pay a
fee of 11.35. Gd. for which extortion the present action
was brought. The learned Sergeant stated, that by a
statute passed in the reign of Henry VI. Sheriff's Officers
were restrained from taking a greater fee than 4d, on au
arrest; but by a statute passed in the 32d of Geo. 11. the
Justices of the County were empowered to fix the fees of
the Sheriff's Officers at Sessions. a table of which should
be hung up in the Sessions House, and the Officer
became subject to penalties for taking ally larger sum.—
The present action, the Learned Sergeant stated, was
net brought under the statute of George the Second, a
it did not appear that the Justices had fixed any rate of
fees, in consequence of which his client sought redress
under the statute of Henry the Sixth, which fixed the
penalty of three times the amount of the sum charged in
extortion.
The case, as stated, was fully proved.
Sergeant Vaughan, for the defendant, said, that as the
plaintiff could not recover under the statute of George
he Second, because the Justices had not complied with
the enactments of that act by fixing any rate of fees, so
neither could he recover under the statute of Henry the
Sixth, which since the passing of the Act of George the
Second, had gone into disuse. On this point the
Learned Sergeant argued at considerable length.
The Chief Justice said he could not admit that it was
the law of England, that while a statute remained on-
repealed, it should he deemed to have fallen iota disuse,
and the officers conduct his Lordship considered con-
trary both to the letter and spirit of the statute, as well
as to justice and humanity.
The Jury immediately found a verdict for the plaintiff
—Damages 31. 103. Gd.

On Thursday night, the New Theatre in Hawkins.-
street opened, its a style far superior to any expectation
which even the most sanguine could have entertained.
As a model of classic elegance, the original portico fur-
nishes a specimen of architecture; little was•wanting to
embellish and complete it ; however, the attention of
the Patentee has, in the
_present instance, been devoted
not only to the beauty of the structure, but to its per-
manence, security, and general comfort. It is impas-
sible in this hurried sketch to give an adequate picture of
this elegant, thou' r.h stil unfinished edifice. raised, as the
ldilress most aptly expresses, like the fabled Palace of
Madin, almost without onr knowledge.
The Dress, or First Circle, presents a richly executed
ornament taken from the Temple of Bacchus—the
mouldings and pillars in burnished gold.
Second Circle displays an elegant design—the Cap of
the Ants, from the Temple of Erectlius and Minerva
Polius.

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1 litrtl Circle.—The Grecian knot, with a continuous
link of bhainrocks.

The Cieling.—ln the centre, " The harp of Erin,"
enveloped in rays of light, with a raised band of sham-
rocks in dead gold and green—coveing represents the
Lyre simply executed.
The Yroscenium.-•Stagedoors in the Grecian Order,
richly gilt.—The Alanavr's box is festooned with crim-
son velvet drapery, relieved with blue—a richly gilt
Apollo's Bead in the centre. Shamrock supporters—the
semi-circle, a Hooey-suckle in fretted gold.
Fronti:piece.—The King's Arnis supported by Cu-
pids, with the motto
" To hold, as 'twere, the Mirror up to Nature.',
The dimensions of the house exceed that of Crow-
street by six feet in depth, and Leven iu breath—its 101111
is that of a horse-shoe.

A DANDY !RESERVED,—On Thursday se'nnight
a young man. of good fatally in Paris, walked .he
Pont Louis I Gth, and threw himself into the Seine.
Fortunately an elegant white coat made in the first
style of dandyism supported him upon the water,
until several sailors came to his assistam:e. They
laid the honour to catch the opposite
the Invalides at the moment he was sinking. An
unfortunate run of ill luck at the gaming table in-
duced him to commit thc act of despair.
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Oa Friday evenin.,,, the 19th, a tire brckc out its
the commas of Mr. Matthew M'Cabe, John-street,.
Dublin, woollen manufacturer,. occasioned by the
neglect of sonic of his spinners. It raged with un-
abated fury until the whole of the untuanutactured
property fell a sacrifice to the devouring element.
The lower part of the building was occupied by his
presses, which, notwithstanding their great bulk,
were ulso consumed. By this unforeseen calamity,
a most deserving and industrious citizen is, for the
present, deprived of the means of afl4ding employ-
meta to upwards of two hundred persons, wholly
depending on him fur support.
The Magistrates of Essex have determined to
erect a spacious penitentiary tier that county, in
which all the prisoners are to Le classed, and those
who are able obliged to work fur their own suprort
whiist imprisund.