The Sun.
London, England, 1815-12-14 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUETS.I,

Tuesday evening an inciiiesi • Was" field at the
CrO,. in Diike's-court,'Lei.cester,stinfire, before
A. (3E1.1, Esti. Cbroner foe, Westminster, on the
body 'of' John Win. Ilill, tears of age, who
vas droWnecl in the Caw-11 in' St.' 'James's Park,
last Sunday.—Williont Diamond depoSed,filtat he
was a ‘vatermati teiitling in Hititgerford-iVaiket :
about three o'clock-last Sunday afternoon he:was
near the Pagoda Bridge, whidh •vv-a extremely.
crowded with" persons .iestvint . the fliiinelotisi
skaiters on the canal, some of whom came Close
to the bridge.:to she'bv th;:ir dexterity, aml were re-
peated iy WarnA of their" danger, because the ice,
on that part.was.not sufficiently' strong, but they
persisted, until of a .swiclen it of oke„ and 'several
were instantly inntrA-sed into the :muter, amohgst
them was the dcceas;ed. Witness. andXWo of his
companions (other wafermen) were provided with
lines, by 'which about seven men 'got' but, who
would itievicablyhave.perishcfl;othets we're taken
out by the Mob ; the deceas'ell Was-about 20 nti7
notes above the water, during that. time the'line
was often thrown to him, but he could' not hold
by it ; at length he sunk, and was about an hour
and a hall:under the ivatcr bifore his body was
taken out, he was then quitedvad, and s7:4's taken
to. St Martinis Workhouse believes that he
would have been.saved, had it 'not been for the
multittui.e who crowded to•the spot on the alarm
being given, their weight having broken the iek
and e:idangered the lives of many otbers hesides,
adding to the general confusion. Verdiet—Acei-
dental Death:

Another Inquest was held at the same house,
befOre the same Coroner and Jury, on the body
of John ilideman, who waS found dead. in bed
that morning. Mr. John Bell, of No. 5, St.
Marthes7lane, deposed, that the deceased, who
was a paintec, and a single man, about 40 years
of age, occupied an :apartment in his house about
eikht years ; he came hoine about 12 o'cloCk last
+Saturday night, and we ut to bed apparently sobe.r.i
be was not seen all day on Sunday, only was
beard snoring in the room in the' eveninfr.-; on
Monday, being wanted, hiS chamber-dour was
repeatedly knocked at, and .as he did
,not answer,.
it was supposed he went out, and' hail taken, the
key, as usual. Tuesday morning the Witness
peepitd through the key-hole, and,peiecivibg'the
key- lying 'on the inside, he burSt 'open the (16Or,
apprehending that all was not 'right, and tound,
him in bed, with- his neckcloth and,.waiitenar
quite dead. It further ipticatrecl that he vi-as in
the habit of drinking freely.' Ye'rdiet—.-Died,ky the
Visitation of God.

Six men were convicterlat Wolverhampton, on
Monday, in the penalty of 5!. each., for buil-
baiting. . .

LAW INTELTAG CNCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, DEC. :IQ,'

'OPERA-HOUSE.--TAYLOR' V. WATERS.

The LORD CHANCELLOR • said, he bad looked
over the papers in this case, and examined the
deed. He was bound to say, that, by this exa-
mination, he could see no authority which Mr.
Waters had, for the application of, the mottgy
which he had made.. It was contrary to the
,or—
ders of the Court, and parties st.iotild be -aware
that they were not at their pleasure to controvert
such order. No money should be expended with-
out thy: expuss authority of the Master, and anv
application of it otherwise, should be restrained.,

COURT OF KING'S 'BENCH, DEC. 13.

ASSAULT-FRY V. FISLI.

This was an. 'action 'to recover damages for an
,assault. The' Pkiinstitf Was a master lighterman,
and the &fetic-m-1 a pilot. -- The defendant was
empl'oyed 'the Swedish vessel the Christian Wil—
liam, and the plaintiff was . also employed in :the
same ship. The plaintiff, when he came.on board,
was addressed rather angrily, to .knO,v Why he
was so-late. 1: lie plaintiff .said-lie did not expect
the ship to get under weigh sit soon, and that it
was not then high watt... This produced a short
altercation, aid the.. plaintiff was addressing the
Captain, and about to tell bin, someth-ing•re-spect
ing the conduct of the defendant et:L-IWe to alto,
ther ship, caked the CrOwn. Prince,. when .te de-
fendant gave pan a blow on the head •
,Before
the blow ?vas struck, the plaintiff had given the
defendant no ill -language ; on the contrary,
he-
bad begun by merely saving, " Captain ilonimey,
1 will tell you how •it is," Thr dc•fendant's Conn.'
sel (lid. not elegy the assault, but. addressed the
Jury in miiigation of dainages.—Verdiet- for the,
plaintiff—damages.sol. ; •

HARVEY V. LEDTARD.

This was an
_action_ by. the.. Assignees of the
Messrs: Harveys, late hankers at Rochford and::
Billericay, in Essex, to recover three hundred add
•thirty-nine pounds from the defendant, under the
following circumstances :-00;the 17th Of SeP-
tember, J. W. Harvey, one'of the fit to, committed
an act of bankruptcy, by departing from his
ing-house and going to France, bt.it N. B„Harvey.
committed no act of bankruptcy until the 23d of
JUnefollowing. Before t left hoine on the-16th
May; he desired a. Mr.. ac: get a of
4221. 104. discounted for him, which- he agreed
to get. done at. the .I.link, bat it totild
not beAloile _by the •-17tliii._hethen
the ano.dey, 1414(i4)\''ihtrVer!s direction paid a
sum,-and inclos.l the ren-laimki. in a s'inall-karea
directed one Mr. Schofield art, the.f3orjugh.---::
He then gave a letter to Harwey-,• whicit,ikn-tbied
• him. to-get the parcel ;- ietttri J. Eliltvev,
, hefore-he went otf,..g.ave-to.thedefeddant&liail,
and. on the 17th, Lediapl scut his- porter Jo t•he
Gem:l4.-e, inn,•*.in the Borotigh,-aml.reeeived the,.
pireel of .Notes
the GeOrge.luti:-
,Lord ELLENBOROUO+F Was cle-ei-rj-ji4l ins
case-thm- the defendiv,t-ctiuld 'not Leti4d
.ney.
.3. W, Harvey haiing counnit--te&a.elear act
orllankrukacy on the. 17th, the jits diEporien.dresV
the partnership effect gnti'e, and as it retit-in-
ed in his hands
.virtually, •the,property
of the assignees before. it ;reached. the halcds' of the
defendant.---Verdict :or the rfaintitt-...

11 ARV,EY V. dRICkETT AND''ANOTfiER.
TIII3 Was. an action by-the sinne'plaiotiff, aris;*
in;;out of; the saute bankrupty. Tire-defendants
'were banker,s at Cheliastord, who at the tin6.--of
J. W. 1-1,: vey's • abscomriog,:beld notes of .their
hank „to 'a 'eunsiderable- amount. -.on:the:lith of--;
Junerultich was.gper the act of ba-ukrtipey...trf J.
VV: Harvey, -but Wore the. batitroptcyr.aM...l3--;
Harvey, the ot4r partner,-D. Harvey, the attor,' •
ney for the7tionse,- gave the 'd fondant- a bin' 'or
exchange for their dob_t, which bill was after Wards
duly. paid.. •
The question in this enuse Was., whether M. B.
Harvey, being supposed solvent at the date of this
transaction, could bona fide dispose of the part=
nership effects. PAttKa cited the case of Fox
v. Hanbury (Cooper's 14pott,$), to shew, that -a*
solvent, partner niay, hanaficie,,dispose of the part- -.
nership effects atter the bankruptcy of one partner.
It was agreed to ibake a special case for the opi
nion of,tbe gonrt.