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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING ON TIM DERBY AND OAKS STAKES, ISIS.
DEREY.
Taken—io to 1 art D. of Gralton's brother toWhalebone.
11 to 1 art 14 Darlington's Sir Thomas.
Taken--12 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhilt's Anticipation.
I I to 1 agst Mr. Watson'i c. by Walton.
Takeu—.l 4 to i ags4 Mr. Wilson's c. by Sorcerer.
*OAKS.
10 to I apt D. of Grafton's sister to Minuet.
10 to 1 agst lad G. H. Cavendish's f. by Sir Datrid.
11 to I agst Ld Stawell's sister to Blucher.
11 to t agst Mr. Payne's f. by Selina.
WINCHESTER, DECEMBER 17.
Yesterday there was some excellent racing in Cams
Park, Fareham, by horses the property of Gentlemen
belonging to Mr. Delme's hunt.
The "vet rtal es for five guineac each, two miles, was won
by Air. Knotoo's brown g. Grog, beating Mr. Dehue's chesnut
g Derby.
The Math for fifty guineas, four miles, between Mr. King-
ston's ch. g. l'lot,ghboy, and Mr. Deirne's grey g. Farmer, was
won by Ploughboy.
Three other Matches were decided, viz.—
Mr. Jetining's brown m. against Mr. Theed's bay g. Prime
of Life, 12 stone each—two miles—ten guineas—won by Mr.
Jeniings.
• Mr. need's b. g. Miser, against Mr. Delme's b. g. Felix, list
each—one mile-2S guineas—won by Miser.
Mr. Jurd's gr. g. against Mr. Edmund's ch. m. 12et each—one
mile--80 guineas—won by Mr. lurd.
The match between Ploughboy and Farmer, on
which considerable bets were pending, afforded a
particularly well-contested heat, as did that between
Mr. Jurd's gelding and Mr. Edmund's mare.
ROYAL IiUNT.A numerous field of • Sportsmen
of all descriptions, assembled at the Crooked Billet,
near Staines, on Friday morning, at the usual time,
to join in the sports of the Royal Hunt. The Deer
went off in very fine style and in full speed across
the enclosuies, making towards Ashford Common,
taking towards Hampton Court, where he made a
grand leap into Bushey Park, and ran fur a conside-
rable time with great swiftness; he attempted to get
out of the Park by a leap on the opposite side to that
which be entered, but failed; he had then the saga-
city to make back to that part of the wall where he
entered the Park, where the wall was lower than on the
opposite side, and he there escaped out of the Park;
he then made a double to the left, and made for the
Thames, and crossed the river in a very fine style :
a number of Sportsmen had given up the chace ;
those who remained went along Hampton Court
Bridge, and then renewed their pursuit, but the 'Jeer
soon took to the water again, and got on one of the
Heights or Eights, when. he remained some time,
putting his pursuers at defiance: the hounds ap-
proaching him, he took to the water again, and got
safe on shore on the Surrey side, but, was soon after
taken in a Gentleman's Park near Waltham. It
rained nearly the whole of the hunt.
HUNTING.—The Surrey Fox-hounds meet Thurs-
day, at Shirley House ; Saturday, at Fox Keston.—
H. JOLLIFFE, Esq.'s Fox-hounds meet Thursday,. at
Redston House ; Saturday, at Platt's Green. The
Essex Hunt meet Wednesday, at Roydon Park ; Sa-
turday, at High Routhing-street. The East Essex
Fox-hounds meet Saturday, at Boated Hall. The
Hatfieid Hounds meet Thursday, at Bower Heath;
Saturday, at Dowdells, at half-past ten o'clock. The
Fox-hounds of R.. S. LLOYD, Esq. meet to-morrow,
at Bolted Park; Wednesday, at Glemsford Bridge
(Meltord country), at ten o'clock. The Quorn
Hounds meet Wednesday. at Normanton-on
Wolds ; Thursday, at the Widmerpool Inn ; Satur-
day, at Prestwold, each day at half.past ten. The
Pytchley Hounds meet to-morrow, at Badby Toll
Bar ; Thursday, at Stow-nine-Churches,; Friday, at
Naseby, at half-past ten each day. 'The Oakley
Hounds meet Wednesday, at Kempston Wood ;
Thursday, at Bushmead ; Saturday, at Melchbourn
Wood, at half-past ten each day.
The Caledonian Hunt have fixed their next October
Meeting to be held at Dumfries ; and elected for the
' year ensuing, the Duke of BUCCLEUGH, Prttses ; Sir
JOHN HiNON MAXWELL, Bart. Treasurer; the Hon.
Captain MAITLAND, JonN DOUGLAS, Esq. and 'Sir
JAMES FERGUSON, Bart. Councillors.

Saturday E. Kelly, a bricklayer's labourer, under-
took for a wager of two pots of. ale and a pint of gin
in purl, to carry his own daughter, a child of seven
years old, seated on a hod of mortar, up a ladder
four stories high, to the top of a house belonging to
Mr. Langford, linen-draper, in O:ford•street, where
he was at work, which he performed to the great
astonishment of an immense concourse of spectators;
and before•the crowd dispersed, for a wager of a glass
of gin, which he got from the bricklayer whom he
attended, jumped out of a two pair window on a
heap of mortar, on the pavement, without sustaining
the least injury.

HATTON.GARIMM—A respectable looking young
woman came yesterday to the Office and stated, that
about twelve o'clock on Saturday night, in her Way
home to her father's in Camden Town, she was over-
taken by.three men, who tell into conversation with
her, and walked along with her as far as Britannia.
row, and when passing by a stable-yard they forcibly
dragged her ia, when two of them violated her per-
son, while the third held her, they then robbed her
of 4s. 6d. in silver, a pair Cif new shoes, and a piece
of patchwork; after which they ran away ; she made
her complaint to the watchman, who accompanied
her to the stable, where her pocket was found empty.
The description of the villains were given, and we
hope the officers will be able to apprehend them.
MARLSOROUGH4TREET.—.A woman of the name
of Ripgrose, and a man of the name of Taylor,
were yesterday charged with stealing a bank-note of
fifty pounds and other articles, the property of
Mr. Marten, of .Market-lane, S'. James's. Taylor
was a servant in the employ of the prosecutor, and
the woman prisoner had lately left his service. Mon-
day se'nnight Mr. Marten went early to bed, leaving
his street door safely secured. Taylor was in the ha-
bit of getting up to work between twelve and one
o'clock. In the morning he discovered to his master
that the street door was open, and the property was
missed. The note stolen was attempted to be nego.
dated by the woman prisoner ; but simething unfair
was suspected, and she was detained. She confessed
having waited at the prosecutor's door until Taylor
got up, when he opened the door and gave her the
property.—Her lodgings were searched, and other
things stolen from the house were there found.—
There was no mark of violence about the door, and
from the circumstance of its having been secured
within, it must have been opened by some one in the
house.—The prisoners were remanded.

COURT OF CHANCERY; DECEMBER 17.
WAINMAN AND HIS WIPE, LADY ABICOYIE AND O+HERE,
W. HANDY AND CAMPBELL, ILSQR&
The plaintiffs in this cause obtained an injunction
without the previous knowledge of the defendants, to
restrain them from receiving the rents and profits of
the estates belonging, to Lady Amotss.
It was not obtained upon Any ground of miscon-
duct in the Trustees (the defendants) but under an
idea that her Ladyship had power, by her marriage
settlement;to appoint new Trustees.
The whole of her Ladyship's property is settled
upon herself for her separate use, and is not subject
to the debts, controul, or engagements, of her hus-
band, the plaintiff, Mr. Richard Bradley Wainman.
Upon the motion of Mr. LEACH, the Counsel for
the Defendants, before the Lord Chancellor, the
plaintiff's injunction was dissolved, it having been
clearly ascertained that Lady Amcotts had no power
to authorise any person to receive the rents of the te-
nants, or interfere with the defendants, B. Hardy
and W. D. Campbell, in the management of her
Estates.—These rents in future must be paid to the
said B. Hardy and W. D. Campbell.
*DEC. 19.—This morning the Lord Chancellor was
occupied several hours in his private room, hearing
arguments'in the lunatic case of Sir G. Page Turner,
respecting the propriety of appointing Lady Page
Turner to be the Committee of her son's person. Na
one, of course, w is admitted to this hearing, except
the Counsel and SAicitors employed on the parts of
Lady Page Turner and of Lady Say and Sele, the
petitioner.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DEC. 19.

1M V. WOODTHORPE.

This was an action brought by.the bankers against
Mr. Francis Woodthorpe, as the acceptor of one bill
of exchange for 8290, and the drawer and indorser
of another for 5e2,175, under nearly the same cir.
cumstances as the case of Ramsbottom v. Joyes,
which we reported on Monday week. It appeared
that the first of these bills was remitted by Messrs.
Harvey, of the Billericay and Rochford Bank, to the
plaintiffs, on the 4th of April, 1814, and the second
on the I2th of May, and that they Were entered short
by the plaintiffs, in their bill account with Messrs. H.
It will be recollected that Mr. J. W. Harvey ab-
sconded with the balance of his own private account
with the plaintiffs, and all the money he could col-
lect from his own bank, on the 16th of May ; that
one of the plaintiffs went down to Essex soon after-
wards, and being satisfied, notwithstanding Mr. J.
W. H.'s going to France, of the solvency of the
house, afterwards advanced about 88000 to Messrs.
H. ; that a separate commission was sued out against
him the 24th, on which day the plaintiffs discounted
the bills in question ; that the plaintiffs went on pay-
ing for Messrs. Harveys till the 23d or 24th of June,
awl that the joint commission against Messrs. H. is
dated the Bth of July.
The plaintiff's clerk proved that their house would
have kept the bills in question, though they had been
dishonoured, if they should not have been satisfied
with Messrs. H.'s other securities ; and Lord ELMS.
BOROUGH ruled that the plaintiff had the entire do-
minion over these bills. As a general principle it
was 'true that if a customer's account was good with
his banker, be might withdraw any bills placed in the,
latter's hands as an agent to get accepted and paid
before they were due ; but it the banker gave the
customer immediate credit upon the strength of de-
positing the bills, they could not be withdrawn till
the banker was satisfied for his lien upon them. In
the case of Ramsbottom v. Joyes, the only doubtful
point was whether the Harveys and the plaintiffs had
received the bills on the same terms—in that case
the former had received them in some qualified
manner, and the latter had notice of those quali-
fied circumstances, which induced hil Lordship to
give more weight to the opinion than perhaps be-
longed to it, that they were bound by the same
evity. For the let, the bankruptcy of Messrs H.
did not signify a fa.i:iing—the plaintiffs entire porter
over the bills was nev r changed, let the Harveys be
bankrupt or solvent. As their right to the bills was
thetelore entire, they had full power to discount
them, or purchase what they pieased with them, unless
that right was qualified by the communication of the
circumstances under which the Harveys acquired
them. The balance of his opinion was, that ever
that communication could not alter their rights :
for if they had once by a transmission of the bills,
acquired a dominion over them, nothing but a re-
nunciation of their rights could take them away. If
his Lordship were, therefvre, now called upon to de-
cide this case, lie should say the plaintiffs right could
not be affected by the after communication of these
equitable circumstances.
It was agreed, however, that the plaintiffs should
take their verdict, subject to the entry of a nonsuit,
'it the Court should think they ought not to recover
upon the case reserved of Ramsbottom v. Joyes.
MITCHILL O. COUCH.

This was an action on a Charter-party, to recover
an average loss on the cargo of the Vestal, from Li-
verpool to London, laden with sugars, the damage
to the cargo being alleged to have arisen from the
negligence of the master of the vessel. It appeared,
that in consequence of damage sustained by the Ves-
tal at the commencement of the voyage, she put into
the Cove of Cork to refit, and again sailed from
thence. She afterwards, however, stopt at St. Maw's,
where she continued for six or seven days, during all
which time only one anchor was let go. Owing to the.
insecure state of her mooring, she swung round, and
got foul of the cable of another vessel, and received
so much damage that she sprung a leak ; the sugars
which were in the hold were some of them staved and
damaged, and it was to recover an average loss un-
der these circumstances, which, it was contended, were

the. consequence of the negligent conduct of the mat.
ten—The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, the
sum to be settled by reference.

COWHEN V. PAOETT.

This was an action to try whether the plaintiff, a
ship broker and agent, was entitled to five per cent. or
2% per cent. for commission, for his trouble in prof
curing a charter-party for a vessel going to the Baltic.
The defendant had paid to the am,,unt of 2; per cent.
into Court. Several witnesses were called on the par-
of the plaintiff, to prove that Ove per cent. was the
usual allowance as commission for transacting busi-
ness of this description. On the part of the defend.
ant it was stated, that 2% per cent. was a lull and

I cotripettint illontnce Ex the trouble to which the
plaintiff had been pnt. The Jury, hi,Aeocr, frond 4
verdict for the p aintiff, fur the lull anton.,t ‘.l. this
demand, declaring that his charge.wa uct tn.xe than
he was eitikle4 to.
PREROGATIVE COURT. D')CTORs' COMMONS.
KNIGIIT V. N.. MW.

This was a suit as to the val..li y of the will of
John Ready, Esq. late of Oalchangei -11311, in Chi-shire,
deceased, dated the 16th of April, 1813 It was pro-
pounded on the part of Mrs. Sara:, Albina Ready,
the deceased's widow, and the sole executrix ironed
in it, and opposed by Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq.
the executor of a former will, dated June 14. 1810.

From the evidence in support of the will, it appear.
ed that the deceased died on the 20th of April, 1813,
four days after it had been executed. He had been
ill for some time previously, but not so as to be con-
fined to the house. On the day the will was made,
Miss Eliza Mary Lawrance, a niece of Mrs Ready's,
resident with her at Oakhanger.hall, had been srend-
ing the evening with a friend in the neighbourhood,
and upon•her return home was informed by her aunt,
that in the course of some conversation which she
had that afternoon with the deceased, he had inform.
ed her of his having made and deposited with his
agent, Mr.. Brace, of the Temple, a will of a subse-
quent date to that which he had made in the year •
1806, appointing her sole executrix and universal le-
gatee, and which was then in her possession. Miss
Lawrance at first doubted the intelligence, but her
aunt expressed her conviction.of its truth, saying her
husband had told her so, and had given his consent to
another will being made, for which purpose she was
going to tend her brother, Mr. Geo. King (who was
then on a visit at Oakhanger.ball), to Mr. Wilson of
Newcastle, an attorney employed by the deceased
with the will of 1806, for him to make a copy of it for
execution anew by the deceased; upon which Miss
Lawrance suggested, that Mr. Wilson might not be
at home ; and proposed that she should take a copy
of it first, being in the habit of writing for the de-
ceased. This was resolved upon, and a rough copy
accordingly made, and delivered to Mrs. Ready, who
went with it into the drawing-room where the deceased
then was, desiring Miss Lawrence to come in shortly
afterwards, and she would ask him to let her copy the
will afresh for execution. Miss Lawrence did so, and
found the deceased and Mrs. Ready together. After
the usual enquiries, Mrs. Ready said, " Eliza, you re-
member the sweet confidence I reposed in your uncle
concerning his will. He has acquainted me since you
have been out, that he has made an-ther will, winch
is in the hands of Mr. Brace, and l hove you here to
know if it is your uncle's wish that you shoul.i copy
this will," (meaning the will of 1806), the rough copy
of which the had then in her hand) ; and then address-
ing the deceased, she said, " my love shall she copy
it f" to which he replied, " yes, she may." The copy
was then made, and read over to, and approved by
the deceased ; and it was proposed to him that Mtss
Lawrance and Mr. Eardly, (at whose house she had
been spending the evening, and who was then them),
should be witnesseo, to which he assented, and hint-
self proposed Mr. King (Mrs. Ready's br..ther) as a
third; but finding he was absent, he consented to his
servant John Slater being a witness instead. Mrs.
Ready then left the room, desiring Miss Lawrance to
ask the deceased " if the new will was his own free
:sex,"

.44' Am. which- she did, and he replied, 64 Yes, it was
his, wish that her aunt should be left perfectly inde-
pendent of every one." Upon Mrs. Ready's return,
the other witnesses were introduced, and the will spon.
taneously executed by the deceased, and attested by
them as usual. He delivered it to his wife, desiring
her to keep it; upon which she said to him, " Now,
my love, is this all as you wish; do you give me what
you have with all your heart, or with pleasure r' to
which ,he replied, Yes, I do," put his arm round
her waist, and kissed her.
From tire evidence in opposition to the will, it ap-
peared, that the deceased was 67 years of age; he had
been formerly in the profession of tae law, bat had lat-
terly retired to reside on his estate in Cheshire. He
had a daughter by his first wife, for whom he had
a ' stroag paternal regard. She married Dr. Lan-
don, Provost of Worcester College, Oxford, a
gentleman of great respectability, and upon terms of
friendship wi‘h the deceased. On losing the society
of his daughter, he was induced, in 1802, to form a
fresh matrimonial alliance with his present widow
(then Miss King), a lady holding a situation under
the Princesses. A misunderstanding soon after wards
arose between the deceased and his wife, and Dr. and
Mrs. Landon; and though a reconciliation subse-
quently took place, their former cordiality no longer
prevailed. In 1806, the deceased made a will in his
own hand-writing, bequeathing the whole rf Us pro.
petty to his wife, and appointing her sole ix ycntrix,
and left it in her possession. A few days af.erwards,
however, he applied to Mr. Brace, and made a fresh
will, bequeathing the whole of his property to his
daughter and her family, and desired that it might he
kept secret. Here the matter rested until 1810, when
some alterations took place in the deceased's property,
and he then made and deposited with Mr. Brace, a
fresh will, dated June 14, 1810, first causing the for-
mer one in Mr. B's hands to be destroyed. By this
wig, Mrs. Ready had a legacy of 1,5001. and the in-
terest of all the property for life ; but at her death it
was given to Mrs.' Landon and her family; and Mr.
Knight was appointed executor. This step, however,
remained a secret until disclosed by the deceased to
his wife, when it led to the making of the will in
question, as before stated.
In opposition to this will, it was attempted L.)
shown, that Mrs. Ready was of a very domineering
disposition, and in the habit of wheedling the de-
ceased into what she wished to have done, by which
means she obtained an undue influence and control in
his affairs, which she exerted in obtaining the execu-
tion of the will at a time when, in consequence of re-
cent paralytic attacks and a habit of intoxication in
which he indulged, he had become so much debili-
tated as to be unable to resist her importunity. Un-
der these circumstances, it was contended, that the
Ildeceased could not know the nature of the act he did,
and therefore that it could not be pronounced for as
containing his last will.
Mr. JOHN NaCHOU. recapitulated the evidence in
support of the last will, and observed, that though the
wife appeared to set the matter in motion, her conver-
sation with the deceased appeared more directed to
draw his attention to the act he was about to do, than
to controul him in it ; the Court therefore pronounced
in favour of the will, but without costs.