Star.
London, England, 1815-05-08 00:00:00

L Alf INTELLIGENCE.

COURTOF CHANCERY, MAY 8.
MARRIAGE DELAYED.—GOLDSMITH 11. GOLDSMITH.
Mr. HART stated that this was a bill filed for the
parpse of the Lord Chancellor directing one of the
trustees of the late Mr. Goldsmith to consent to the

marriage of his daughter.
Mr. Goldsmith had left very considerable property
to certain trustees, far the 'benefit of his daughter, in
case she should marry with their consent. She was
at present under age, but proposals of marriage had
been made to her by a Gentleman, whose rank and
fortune rendered bins a motels every way eligible:—
The youn.; Lady herself was agreeable, and all the
trustees but one had given their consent. That one,
however, would neither say whether he approved or
disapproved of the suitor ; he was indifferent upon
the so!,jec!t. In the mean time, for the want of his
con-Ait, the marriage was delayed, to the great re-
st-et of the young parties; and, under these circum-
stances, it was hoped his Lordship would order the
trustee to consent.
Sir SAbIVEL ltomtr.t.v, on behalf of the trustee,
whose consent had been withheld, said, his client bad
never acted in execution of the trusts of Mr. Gold-
smith in this will in any respect whatever. He was,
consequently, not competent to say, whether the pro.
posed match was one which he ought to approve of.
He was willing to act as his Lordship should suggest.
The LORD CHANCELLOR was of opinion, that it the,
trustee knew nothing of the proposed bridegroom, he
could not direct him to give his consent. All he
could do was, to refer it to the Master, to inquire
whether the intended match was a proper one, with
view to the young Lady's fortune and station in lite,
and if be should report that it was, then, upon proper
settlement being made, the marriage might be so.
lemnized.

ADLEY v. THE WHITSTABLE COMPANY.
This case of the Whitstable Company has been
long litigating, and was the subject of a decree of the
LORD CHANCELLOR. Application was now made,
requesting the CHANCELLOII to ;lid certain words to
his decree, declaring the plaintiff to he a freeman of
the Whitstable Company, and entitled to the full
rights of a freeman. His Lordship lamented that so
much litigation had taken place. The case, be ob-
served, was like what he had sometimes seen exhibi-
ted in print, where two parties contending for an
oyster had the shell between them, hut the bulk and
body of the fish went to a third person. llow,ver,
added his Lordship, it any part of the fis!) shall be
found to adhere to either of the slwils, I will take
care that it shall be the plaintiff's.
COURT OF KING 3 BENCH, MAY 6.
HEX V. UAItSDEN.

This was a Rule obtained by Mr. Serjeant BEcr,
in arrest of judgment, upon a conviction before Mr.
B.iron Wools, at the last Essex Assizes, for printing
and publishing a libel upon William Smith, Esq. late
Mayix of Colchester, in a poem called " The Guild ;"
and the ground upon which the Rule was obtained
was, that the indictment did not charge the libel to
have been published " of and concerning the pro-
secutor."
Mr. MARRYAT opposed the Rule, and contended
that enough was to be found in setting out the libel
to raise the legal inference, that it was a libel 66 of
and concerning" the prosecutor.
The Court asked how the inference was here to be
drawn, that the prosecutor was the person alluded to
Mr. MA ititYAT. —The appellation " slue juice," used
throughout the poem, pouted out Mr. Smith as a
wine nierchant.
Ti.e Court observed, that they must distil the libel
very nicely before they could infer that " sloe-juice,"
and the prosecutor, were one person, merely because
he was a wine merchant ; and asked why the title of
" sloe-juice" might not as well apply to any former
wine-selling Mayor of this or any other borough as
to the present prosecutor ?
Lord ELLEN liottouou.—There must be some words'
to prove that 66 sloe juice" applies to the prosecutor,
and to no other person. If by inevitable construction
it were found to apply to him, and to him only, the
Court would perhaps draw the inference ; but there
was no such inevitable construction. The words" of
and concerning," were words long established in all
the ptecedc►ts, and well understood ; and he would
ajvise persons not to be trying experiments in the cri-
minal law of the country, where there was no neces-
sity for it.
Rule absolute to arrest the judgment, ani the de-
fendant's recoguizauces were o: tiered to be respited.

MANSION HOUSE.—Ridiard Pakb was on Saturday
brought up for a final examination upon a charge of
embezzling £BO, the property of Messrs. Stevenson
and Co. Bankers, Lombard•st:eet. He was fully
committed for trial.

Bow STREET.—Saturday Danitl C'llara, appeared
before Mr. BIHNIE and Mr. FARANT, upon an infor-
mation against him under the 12th of Gen. 11. chap.
,a, for keeping a gambling house. The charge,
however, was not substantiated by the evidence ad.
duced, and the information was consequently quashed.
A man of the name 4.)f Moore, who was summoned as a
witness, was convicted in the penalty of £5O for non-
appearance.
DlALLlNG.—Saturday Captain John William nun:
was brought by Adkins and Nicholls before Mr.
BiltNIE, and charged by Captain Carey with being in
dngrr of his life, from the violent threats which he
had made use of towards him. He was admitted to
bail to keep the peace towards Captain Carey till the
next NVestininstcr Sessions. The quarrel otiginated
at Brighton, about a female.
The Militia Bill, brought in by Mr. ADDINGTON,
contains the following Clauses :
" 1 u give Half-pay to such Officers of the Militia who volun-
teered into the Provisional Battalions in 1813, as were avpointed
under Commissions from the KING, as well as to those who were
accepted ; as was evidently the intention of the Acr.
"6 To enable f:Apt:tios, as well as Subalterns, who have volun-
trertd from the Mil.tia into the Live with their proper quota of
men, to hold their Halt pay, together with their Full-pay, In case
. of 'lair again accepting Commissions in the Militia. By the 42d
lof the King, this is only allowed to Subalterns.
" .1
o indemnify tho.e Counties, whose Militia were kept em-
i bodied from the 25th of June, 1814, from the Expense of main-
-1 tainr.6 the Wives and Families of the Men thereunto belonging
li..in that time.

To provide additional means of bolding Courts Martial In
t!tr Militia when d!setfitsod,ed, by extending the distance of
cumin: 0.51.11 the attendance of Officers.

"To tr..J.slt the Ki, to call out the %WI& fue less than 28
days (if hi• •Could thick proper) its tune of peace.
" t o provide derott (or the arms of the Scotch Militia, when
to a disembodied gat** -