The Sun.
London, England, 1817-06-20 00:00:00

LAW I:VJ'ELLIGENCIF..-

COUR).*

19.

4IPERA I.OI.7IE.•••••TALMA A! D 11,1‘1)LLE. GLORGES.

WATIAIS V. T4YLon

Nfr. LEACH, fin 'of Mr. Taylin, this day
moved tor ao ittitmotioo, to restrain Waters
trom performing French flays, etmetits, etc, in
ihe'Opera 1-loose, omit he had paid into Gtort the
purchase•money for the Thcalr. ; and also that
Mr. W. might be todered to 'pay into "Cout:t all
sums of money nett, ivt.d by Most s. 13 tch, gm de-,
cosily of the slit) i,ropet.y, tip to December last.
It was of the ntmott iniportaitce, he !ii, that the
pre•ent 'motion should be in ode this day, as per-
formances of a very partictilar nature had been
advertised to take place thi4 evening it; the Con-
cert Room of the Theatre.

Mr. 1-IART here interrupted the Learned Gen-
tleman.-1-le trusted liiß Lorckhip would not en-
tertain a motion wade under the present cir(111:
stances. 'file defendant ought to hove apphid,
befote he might have applied yesterday to the
Vice-Chancellor, and not have drtvon it over
until the moriung of the very day on which the
ptrtormanrea were to take:place.
'lite Lotto CHANCELLOR—" flue performances
have been deScritled ftS flt a particular nature;
should like to be itoinuto.d t. hat they are."

Mi. Leant—" My Lord, they are readings
and recite ions from French plays, by 111:T a. alut
and Mademoiselle Georges, and have been ather.
tiled to take place this evening in the Concert
Room of the Opera House."—The principal ob-
jection the Leerned Gentleman had to the pre..
sent pct formatter was, that hi the event of is tire
happening during the performance, they would
be nimble to recover, us the policy of insurance
did not extend further than the performance of '
Italian Operas, by wit ell he, Mr. Taylor, would
hi subje, ted to is greot loss, butts as a joint pro.
rictus , and as the tot 41er of 60 propt ity boxes.
the Leorm.4l Gentleman concluded by obser‘ie4',
that while Mr. T. had had the matiegetneet (Alba
Theatre, he had been res!rieted from the periorm.
once of any thing het Ititlian Operas, ou the
grounds above stated ; he thereeee trusted, that
he (Mr. T ) would not be subjected to the dan-
ger ehich would lobe on the pieseot occasion.
Loan CHANCELLOR—" %Vey . tees not this
RIOVe,I r.sterday 1"
Mr. LititC:H—" It was not till the 16th that Mr.
Taylor had learnt that 11-e verfoillimiee wag to
take place this evening."
Mr. HATIT..-." %%lien were the advertisemtuts,
announcing that the pestormances would take
place this evreing, inserted in site newspapers ?"
Mr. Mtees—(Mr. %Voters's Solicitor)—was
not aware that they had been advertised rut all
the 4ffillavit on which the preseet motien wee
touoded had only been filed yestcrday. and they
hail filed an affidavit in an answer only led( an
hour before.
Lotto CuAstcheeou—" Mr. Mills, what does
your effidevit contain ?"
Mr. Mt Les said, that it denied ell the allege.
tines continued in the affidavit filed by Mr. Tay-
lor. lle (Mr. M.) had gone to the different Fire
Offices to make inquiry whetha there wits any
danger in suffering the pet lormance i but he wily
got naught d it.
LOUD CIiANCRLLOR..." They might laugh be.
fore they brolight their action."
Mr. HART read a ',tier from the Secretary of
One tit the 'Fire Offices in which the The sie was
insured, stating, that hi' Ail not consit there
would be any danger ill suffering the petiole mice*
to take place.
Mr. lIART observed that there could he endan-
ger in the pertorinance of French phis, unless
they contained " Inflammable gas."
Mr. Ilenen--." It the Theatre was to take fire
doting the performauce of those Fren`ch plays, the
Defendant would lose twenty thonsend rime's,"
The Luau CHANC,I.I.ot4-11 ,till be best slot
to interrupt tee lerformaives this eeenin.:. The
only question appears to me to be, that whether,
in the event to the Theetre tieing burnt 11()% 11, the
parties will be .ble to recover tinder the policy of
insurance. Let this motion come on at,,aiti ICl-
morrow, the fii st thing.

COURT OF KING'S 31!:NC'4, Just 19.
THE KING V. WOOL,L.IiIi.

This morning the ah,rve .1./erviiiiant moved to
erase the verdict of guilty, which was entered
against him oti a trial ;or a libel at the Sittings
atter last Term at Guildhall, runt the Record of
the Court. His motion was fotoul,tl on the affi-
davits of two of the Jury, the substance of which
has been before the puhlir. The Court were of
opinion that these affid wits could not be received,
and held, thut such a proposition as was asked for
could not he
The dt fendant cited the case of the King.v. Sim-
mons, Soyer and, a dictum of Lord Mat Mich!
in the case of the King v. WoolllBll, sth litirroW,
2'667, on which anthorities be conictitled that the
affidavits in question ought to be received. The
Court ruled to the contrary. Ile then put in the
affidavits of Mr. Hitchins, an auctioneer, and Mr.
Blinder, an ollicer of the Court, skewing the dis-
sentient voices of part of the Jary to the verdict
at the time it was given. Uptt these he movetd
that the rule which the Court has granted for it
new ttisl might be discharged.
The ATTO a N v•GENEIIAL enntended, in support
of the Rule, that these latter affidavits absolutely
shoved that a new trial was necessary... •
The Defendant replied at some length, and con-
tended, that lie could not be again safety _brought
to trial, as his case had been so brought before
the public, and PO fully disetn.cd, that twelve
men could scarcely be found in the whole country
who had not formed an opinion on it.
Lord Kr.t.nra,aortrivon—" Have you done?"
Defendant—" My •Lord, for the present, I
have."
Lord ELLENBOROUGH.."" Let there be a frenire
Facias de. Nova "—Rode made absolute.

SouTHWARK, JUNE 16.-1 n consequence of the
sudden blight which ha, Hutu krtl the Hop Plan-
thtions, our Market experienetul du adv,,,ime of
50s. tea ath. per cwt. last week on pockets.--
Bags are also dearer, say 20s. to 30i: per cwt.
()or Sakti are not large, nor is our supply greet.
The Duty has been dune to-day at 80,0001. sod
85,0001.