The Sun.
London, England, 1809-07-01 00:00:00

WAKEFIELD V. CHARLES

The Plaintiff is proprietor of the Rooms; in Tot-
. tenham-street, Where the King's Concerts were for-
merly held, and the action was 'brought against the
Defendant, who became security for-th(., performance
of a _covenant entered into by s,Thudtrs, t he- riding-
' nriter. 'Elie rooms in .question were I,,ritterly
fitted np for the reeeption of the King and -Nobility.
The orciv-stra seats. and chandeliers, were placed in
the most o'egant order, and some figures; re;iresent-
Lig the Mithes, w`r-re finely painted by Don oft ier of
toe Opera ikuse. -.After. the Ro) a; Concerts were
removed to ,nOver-square, the Rooms in Totten-
ham-street re,, arced unoccupied, and Saunders,-the
_Equestrian, stn, J ttteni oLthe propriet,,rs in January

1808.: Tne premises were taken for on6-yea-r, and
'Saunders bound Haiselt in a penalty of 2001:. to
re-
'pair the roof, and keep the place in tenantable' re- ,
pair. After he had obtained po,session, he- pulled
down the orchestra to build a gallery, and spread
compost on the floor to IJirm a ride tor hortietnanl-'
ship and other feats, which he exhibited tO the pul:P.
The ereelion'of a gallery, according
_to. the
statement of witnesses, made the wall bulg, ;. the
roof consequently gave way, and when' Saunders
left the premises they were in a ruinous.- state, so
much SO, they were represented as a common
nuisance. Many of the fixtures and elegant brna-
rilents belonging to the,:roomsWere destroyed or
takenay.lt dic) not appear that any repairs had
made while Saunders was in :ptnsesSiorr,--and
it was contended that a breach of covenant had' taken
place. 7
Mr. Serjeant BEST stated, in behalf of the De-
•fendanr, that the present demand was unfoußded.
Satinde:is was a pyisoner- fpm- debt, and he cautioned
the Jar.), against giving damages, on the wound that
'the pretniseAvere in a ruinous state when. the-y.wet7e
tiken. He endeavoured to prove that the orchestia
',had been made a .gallery, without retrieving the
wood of which it had been formed. The Learned
;•Serjeant was interrupted at this part of the'pl6ad-
irgs lay Sir James Mansfield, who objed,.t` is
ridittilous to suppose an orchestra eau:be tinned into
a gallery. This is 4, 1,51.1j...r eaiguLl never heard of
before:- - ,

. .
The Jury foUncrairerclia foi'the Plafiltiff,damages
2001. ,

COURT OF CHANCERY.

FIELD V. •R YAN. •
'A. case exaaly si-milar to that of the late Lady
Strathmore, with resp.ettjo the forcible means had
recourse to, in order to induce her to assign over het
,property to h<r husband, was yesterday brougbtbe-
fore the Court. The estate is in Y...ockshire, aockhe
corntiblsory de d- vas signed iu .FlAnde,s. Mrs.
'Ryan is now de ad, and the family heir-at-law sues
It)! the recovery of the estate trom the survivihg hus-
band.

The CliANcErt.9r, granted an injnnetion, and.di-
reeted an issue at law.

. A Cororiees Inquest sat at the George Public-'
house,sin the Hackney-road, on 'Wednesday, on the
.body of John Holland, a deserter from 'a regiment
infantry,.who-put a period to-his existence whilst
'under escort to London. The &Ceased had been_
four years absent from his regimen!, and wa, takett
at I.igglesvvade on ,Sunday kit. He complained of
thirht whilst travelling on Wedneq:lay morning, and
got some beer from a house on- the rood, into which
he contrived to. put a qt“miity of arsenic, which
killed him in rwo-bouts.--Nerdia, Febo de se.