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London, England, 1815-03-06 00:00:00

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SINGULAR CASE.—!_caturday 'a case of a very
singular nature el-oneon for argument before Mr.
_Justice DAmplEI, at ,his Chambers. It appears
that about a week back an application was made
to his Lordship ;or a writ of Ila?)eas Corpus, to
bring before him •the body of a female.child, 11
years of age, who was in the cusrbdy of her aunt,
a respectable woman, living in Somers'-town, in
' order that she might be delivered to the care of
her mother, as her natural guardian.--Mr. Cum-
mrXs, Ott Ow part of the mother, stated, that the
Child had certainly , for a long tune since, remain-
ed tinder the protection of her aunt,- hut the mo-
ther,; whose former bus:)and, by whom- she had
the child, was dead, 'and she had since married
person named.Sulliyan, who was perfectly com-
petent to suppoit the chiId.—Mr.TARRY, 1!-e
part of Mrs. Wilon, tile aunt, resisted the .deli-
very of the child to Mrs. t.iol;iva-n, on the ground
that her nnorals, as ‘veli as her general welfare,
were more secure tinder the protection of her
aunt, who lmd had the custody °libel. from the
age of 15 months, and to whom she was fervently
attached. Mrs. Stallivati, he said',
,was a profli-
gate woman, and only wanted the child for public
exhibition. He then• produced several affidavitS,
from which it appeared that Mrs. Sullivan was
! • originally
married to. a man of the name of Craw-
ley, by Iyhom 'she had'had five children : three or
them of a perfect whiteness, who eNhibited
tinder the name of the f.hree Albinesse2, and the
othe'r two of a hue proportionay dark, The child
%vim- was claimed was quezitiourri privately by Mr.
Justice DAmPtE2. as to her own wishe3, and 'she
preferred staying with her aunt. Iris Lordship
afterwards had a private conference with her'sis-
ter, who lives with her mother,' anti froin a corn-
rrison of the Manners of the tiro, added -t6 the
description which had been given of the career of
Mrs. Sullivan, his Lordship declared that he did
not feel himself juEtifird in directing the child to
be taken front the 'custody in which she had so
long remained, with so much advantage and satis-
faction to herself—. If this titterwination was not
considered satisfactory, it was open to the parties'
to apply to the Court.

HERTFORD ASSIZES, MARCH 4.

DICKINSON AND LONGMAN V. THE GRAND JUNC-

TION CANAL COMPANY.

The attention of the Court .was occupied some
time by this action, which was brought to reco-
ver damages alledged to have been occasioned by
a diversion of water from the Plaintiffs' paper-
Mills, near Two, Waters, by means of the canal.
Mr.. Justice CIIAMBRE having given his opinion
.that the plaintiffs .must at all events have a ver-
dict, because the water returned into the river by
the defendants was so returned by a steam-engine,
and not by a revervoir as directed by the Act, an
-Offer was made'hy Mr. Harvey, the Superintend-
ant of the Canal, to leave the whole question -to
competent engineers, to ascertain whether there
Was. any real cause of complaint, and if any to
award a proper compensation, and direct what
should be &one to remedy the evil ;. nod a'fter,
:Some discussion it was agreed that the question of
damages should be referred to Mr. Seijeant Bo-
sanquet.

ROBBERY OF THE HERTFORD BANK.
William Cook w. indicted for- stealing Bank
Notes and the- seturites.of the HertioNl Bank, to
the amount of 53-181. the property of John Ca-
threw and George Christie, the proprietors of the
Hertford Bank. The prosectitor•s• as Bankers at
Hertford, had connexion in business with McSsrs.
-Ratnsbottom and Co. Bankers, in Lombard-street,
and they were in-the habit of remitting their. Notes
on Thursday and friday. In order to do this
with security, they had 4 small iron chest made,
with a lock of intricate construction, which was
fitted to a place within the front seat of the Hert-
ford coach, ;And screwed to the bottom. They had
one key to this box, aw.l Ramsbottoms
so that when they made their retAittances the box
was scre wed to the coach, thcsecuriticJ inclosed and
locked up,. and oatlie arrival of tht,coach in Lou-

The - I/01-2D CnAr7;cEt.t.oß, on Saturday,
jtvigment in the four Lases notsv (IL:pending in. this
concerti, and brought for ward for judgnwnf be-
fore his Lordship, on a long debated motion, for all
order to set aside an arbitration !bade by Coun-
sellor BUTLER, of Lincoln's. Inn, to whpin..all.
the parties had entered .into a consent that was
made a Rule of Court,'binding themselves to abide
by his award in all mutters in difference. His
Lordship' entered most naiad), and elaborately
Into the articles of the singular and complicated
co-partnership in question, and which no huthan
understanding could decide upon under the powers
given to the arbitrator in this ease. His Lordship
detailed the clauses of 'the deed, which appeared
to be wholly inconsistent and irreconcilable to
each other in their most material provisions, in-
somuch, that no reference, under such power as
was given to Mr. 'Butler, could make a better
deed than the original inexplicable one in tines-
tion. That deed had established Mr. Colman,
although a prisoner in the Rules of the King's
Bench Prison, the general 'Manager of the Thea-
tre, Mr. Winston, as Stage Manager, and Mr.
Morris as the Treasurer, in the management of the
Concern, at given salaries, with power to appoint
a new Stage Alanttg.t', in' the ratio of the votes
of the several shares of ihe respective Proprietors
of the concern, when a vacancy• sh-oidd arise ;
provision in the deed that would.tend to endless
doubt and difficulty, from the peculiarity of the
case, and articles which rendered the ca.a, wholly
under the articles, as well
as under the Arbitrator's ne%y deed, His Lord-
ship vt'as therere clearly of opinion that the Ar-
bitbator had far exceeded his authority-in this
award, and
.that without more extensive„powers
to be given for such an arran;:ement, the 'concern
could never continue cir 'proceed.; The result of
all his Lordship's-reai-oning and deductions from
all the clause's and provisions of these articles,
and thy` award. that- the same should be set -
-aside. Judpuel,t was given against the award,
and in favour of the plain:iff.