The Sun.
London, England, 1824-02-24 00:00:00

COURT OF CHANCERY—('futs DAY.)

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.
CONST V. HARRIS.

The Court was crowded this morning by per-
sons attracted by the interest which this unfor-
tunate subject of Chancery litigation has excited,
and on which the CHANCELLOR had announced
his int ention of deciding this day. However, on
a motion for the further postponement of the de-
cision , made by Mr. Heald, after hearing Mr.
Hart against the application, the Chancellor de-
cided, that the case should stand further ad-
journed till the 20th of March, in the hope that,
in tile interim, the parties might be able to effect
an a imicable arrangement.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, FE.. 21.
',TIMIS v. BAILEY.

7 'his was an actionhiihe-proirle;;;of an Isleworth stage
aga inst the proprietors of a Brentford stage, to recover damages
for injury done to a mare by the negligent and immcderate
de sing of the coachman of the defendants.
_ _ _

The— case, as represented by the witnesses for the plaintiff,
wets as follows :—About 7 o'clock in the evening of the 21st of
Jane last, the Isleworth coach was drawn up to the curb-stone,
w siting for a passenger, and a cart was standing on the oppo-
s:,te side of the road; leaving a space so narrow, AS to require
g teat caution in any one attempting to drive a carriage through
it. At this moment the Brentford-coach was driven furiously
I hrough ; the wheel came in contact with that of the Isleworth.
stage, and drew round, by the concussion, one of its leaders,
which was struck by the splinter bar and received a serious in-
jury. It was agreed that, in case the plaintiff should recover
a verdict, the amount of damages should be 101.
Mr. ScAntEvraddressed the Jury for the defendants, im-
puting the action to a feeling of resentment against the defend.
ants for extending their journey to Isleworth, and stating that
he should be able to show that the injury resulted from accident,
and that if there was any blame, it was on the part of the plain.
tiffs themselves. The Loarned Counsel called witnesses who
represented the defendants' coach driven at a moderate pace,
the plaintiff's horses as being restive, and the accident as aris-
ing from an attempt to force back one of the leaders which had
started towards a lane into the right line of the road.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE left the Jury to determine
which of these representations was true.
The Jury immediately returned a verdict for the plaintiff—
Damages ill/.

OLD BAlLEY—('t'uts DAY.)

ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.—,Sarah Amelia Mil-
ford was put to the bar on an indictment, charg-
ing her with stealing, on the 24th of December,
in the dwelling-house of her master, Thomas
Farley, in the parish of St. George in the East,
property to a considerable amount ; and Mary
Young was also indicted for feloniously receiving
the same, well knowing it to have been stolen.
Mr. Justice BEST, in SUrntrling up the evidence,
intimated that it was possible 'feting might not
have known the property was stolen, but that
was for the Jury to consider. After a short con-
sultation they found Young Not Guilty ; Milford,

SPORTING INTELLIGgNCE.

BETTING-110031, FED. 23,

TL-STATE OF THE ODDS.
ni.

9 to 2 agst Swiss
6 to 1 agst Reformer
10 to 1 agst Agnes
13 to 1 agst Banshee
lb to 1 agst Reticule
17 to 1
agst Jessy
20 to 1 agst Don Carlos
22 to 1 agst Hurly Burly

25 to 1 agst Cressida
25 to 1 agst Bess
25 to 1 agst Skim colt
30 to 1 agst Pantina
32 to 1 agst Corinne
35 to 1 agst Sir Grey
35 to 1 agst Dactyle

4 to 1 agst Prudence
6 to 1 agst Sister to Sailor
7 to 1 agst Lyrnessa

KS.
9 to 1 agst Barossa
12 to 1 agst Pope Joan
High odds agst any other.
WORTH.
12 to 1 agst Sister to Sailor
15 to 1 agst Lyrnessa
16 to 1 agst Cressida
High odds agst any other.
ST. LEG ER.
20 to 1 agst Ringlet
23 to 1 agst 31iss Cranfield
25 to 1 agst Young Tinker
25 to 1 agst Equity
30 to 1 agst Streatham

RIDDLEs
2 to 1 agst Reformer
4 to 1 agst Prudence
9 to 2 agst Quadrille
7 to 1 agst Don Carlos
IioNCASTEIt
10 to 1 agst Swiss
11 to 1 agst Altisidora filly
14 to l agst Rosanne
17 to 1 agst The Miller of
Mansfield

HUNTING INTELLIGENCE.
MEETINGS OF HOUNDS IN THE PRESENT WEER.
The Earl of Derby's
Stag Hounds, on Wednesday, at Far-
thing Downs.
Mr. Littleton's Stag Hounds, on Saturday, at Aldridge, near
Birmingham.
The Surrey Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at Addington ; and
on Saturday, at Pratt's Bottom.
Lord Anson's Hounds, on Friday, at Seal Wood ; and on
Saturday, at Sibson.
Lord Anson's Hounds had a severe run on Wednesday from
Narborough Bogs ; they met at Whetstone, and did not find ;
indeed it could not be expected from the very great concourse
of people assembled before the appointed hour: dismay and dis-
appointment was for the moment depictured in every counte-
nance; and the hounds were afterwards thrown into a
small osier bed, when Reynard made his appearance
almost instantaneously, and faced the whole Field. He was
not to be stopped or headed, but brushed along, with a
full determination to make no joke of it, and traversed over
Enderby Warren through Tooley Brake, nearly to Kirkby ;
then turned about, ran through Peckleton village, nearly up
to Newbold; turned to the right by Mr. Grundy's almost to
Tooley Park, bending his course still further to the right,
skirting Peckleton a second time to Newbold Plantation, leav-
ing Desford to the left, through Lendridge Wood, and was
ran into in fine style in Osbaston Field. The run lasted one
hour and twenty minutes. There were hut few up at the death.
It was calculated there were 800 horsemen present, 250 of them
in scarlet, which is supposed to be the largest Field since the
days of I%leynell.

MATCH To WOODSTOCK AND BACK COMPLETED.
Mr. Abernethy, the amateur pedestrian, completed his
match to go from London to Woodstock, Oxon, and back, be-
fore twelve o'clock on Saturday night. The distance is 124
miles, and the pedestrian engaged to perform it in 30 hours.—
He started at six o'clock on Friday afternoon and went on to
Wycombe without stopping (29 miles) in six hours. He reached
Oxford (54 miles) at six o'clock on Saturday morning, and
touched Woodstock parish at eight o'clock. He travelled—at the
rate of more than four miles an hour back to Wheatley, where
he halted an hour. When at Gerrard's-cross he had 20 miles
to perform in G hours, having halted an hour only during the
journey. The match, one of the greatest on record, was per-
foraled in 20 minutes within the given time.

LONDON MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.—A very
numerous assemblage of the Members took place
on Friday night, at Dr. LINDSAY'S Chapel, in
Monkwell-street, Falcon-square, to hear the
inaugural address of their President, Dr. BIRK-
BECK, and the first of a series of lectures by
Professor MILLINGTON, on the elementary prin-
ciples of mechanical science. From a state-
ment made in the course of the evening, it ap-
pears that the number of persons who have en-
rolled themselves as members is little short of