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London, England, 1805-04-05 00:00:00

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Yeflerday a Court of Common Council was held at
Cuildhall, Alderman PERILING as loanntennu for the
Lord Mayor, who was, from indifpofirion, unable to
ekecure his office as Chief Magiftrate ; feveral Al-
dermen, and upwards of too Commoners were pre-
terit. After the proceedings of the laft Court being
read and confirmed, and the ufual bufinefs of Pealing
and granting leafe.s and hearing of petitions being
over, a plan for rebuilding of the Poultry Compter
was laid before the Court, which, after being exa-
mined, was referred to the Committee for letting the
City Lands. A motion was made and feconded, that
the Committee for letting the City Lands, be direEled
prepare as loon as pnffible a hill to be brought in-
Parliament for enlarging and improving Smithfield
ker, agreeably tote refohnions of this Court of
:•• J of February laft ; and on the plan being produc-
to marked B. an amendment was made, to leave out
all words after the word "That," and inferting in
their room the following—viz. " It be referred to
the Committee for letting the City Lands, to carry
into elle& the refolutions agreed to for an addition to
the improvement of the Mat ket, by taking in of Dur-
ham Yard, to complete the ftreet to lead from Hol-
born Bridge to the great North Road ;" which
amendment was carried in the affirmative.

A firong objeetion was made to the Chamberlain's
taking to his own benefit the interell of any public
money entrufled to his care. If intereft is made of
fuch public money, it ought to go to the benefit of
the fund that lends the money, and net to the benefit
of the Chamberlain's private intereft.
The accGunts were ordered to be printed, and no-
tice was given by Mr. COWLEY that he would bring
this matter under confsderation at the nest Court.—
The Court broke up at four o'clock.

ASSIZES.

WARWKK, MARCH :8.

JOHN STUBBS JORDAN V. ROSIIT W. SHIRLEY, W. H.
WARD •ND THOMAS HAWSES, 'soles.
This cafe, which W 2: tried by a Special Jury, ex-
cited a very confiderable degree of interefh The
Court was uncommonly crowded.
It was an aelion brought by a fah-window mania.
faelttrer in Birmingham, to recover from the Defen-
dants a compenfation in damages, for an afrault
committed upon his perfon on the evening of the
29th of Auguß, in the Birmingham Theatre. The
Defendants are gentlemen of the fira refpellability
in the county of Worcetter. Mr. Shirley is the fon
of the Hon. Wafhington Shirley, brother to Earl
Fetters ; Mr. Ward, a relation to Lord Vifcount
Dudley and Ward ; and Mr. Hawkes, a gentleman
of great property at Dudley, The damages were
laid in the declaration at sod.
The firfl witnefs called, was a man named Thomas
Bagnell Lowe, who Rated that he is acquainted with
the perfons of the Defendants and Plaintiff ; that
he was prefent at the Birmingham Theatre, on the
evening of the :nth Auguß, to fie the play of The
Mountaineer:, in which the nuns, Rofiiu: fußained the
charaeler of Offavian. The haute was much crowd-
ed, the play being bcfpoke by the Birmingham Ve.
lunteers, who on that day had received their colours.
The boxkeeper introduced him into the box, No. 8,
on the fecnnd tier, that the boxkeeper told him the
places were difengaged. (Thefe were the 4th and
sth rows in No. 8, which Mr. Shirley had engaged
and paid for). The firß aft had jut begun, when
the Plaintiff and three Ladies came in, being firs
told by the boxkeeper, that the sth row was not en-
gaged. When the &II aft was nearly over, Cie Ho-
nourable Mr. Shirley and a party of Ladies and Gen-
tlemen came and demanded the 4th and sth row,
laying, " You mutt all come out, we'll be d—d if
we won't have you out." The Plaintiff laid, he
ihntild not flit, for the boxkeeper had told him, the
4th and sth feats were not engaged. Mr. Shirley then
went for the boxkeeper, who confirmed what Mr.
Shitley had laid, defiring them to quit the places.—
The witnefs then politively (wore, that the Defendant
ufed a confiderable deal of ill language ; the Han.
Mr. Shirley called the Plaintiff a d d black-
guard; they infdled upon having him out of the
box ; young Mr. Shirley, he (wore, laid hold firß,
Mr. Ward feized hold of him by the break, and Mr.
Hawkes by the back part of the neck; he relined for
Tome time by laying hold of the door, but at length
was dragged out and thrown upon the floor ;-his
waißcoat was torn and alto his (him
On this witnefs's crofs-examination by Mr. Ser-
jeant Vatic HA% he pofitively (wore that the door
was left open after he had taken his feat ; when the
party began to drag the Plaintiff, he caught him by
the leg in order to allift him. Upon being reminded
by the Serjeant, that he fhould prove Mr. Hawkes
was not prefent at the affault, but was protatiog the
Ladies of Mr. Shirley's party, at fome dißance, he
potitiaely (wore that he law Mr. Hawkes affiiting.
The witnef's evidence was confirmed by feveral
Ladies of Mr. Jordan's party, and alto by a Mr.
Warren, Who occupied the fruntrow of the fame boa.
On the part of the Defendants, a plea of jullifica-
tlua was entered. It was contended, that the places
were Mr. Walhington Shirley's, that Gentleman
having paid for them, and depofited as. with the bor-
keeper, to keep them (ale, and that therefore he was
jellified in taking poffeffinn ; with reipeit to Mr.
Haw kes, he was not prefent.
The Defend.mts' Connie', Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN,
attract!, that to far from Mr. Shirley having be-
haved in the manner (worn by the witneffes for the
Plaintiff, he had conducted himfelf with the utmoll
forbearance, and in the moll gentlemanly manner.
A great number of the moil reipeetable Gentle-
men were called to prove the cuflorn of the theatre,
and civility ith which Mr. Shirley treated the Plaln-
tiff. They all concurred in Rating, that he civilly
remonitrated with him on the impropriety of his
keeping the places. and at levh wept and fetched
Air. Sander roc, the box book-keeper (Mr. M'Ready
being engaged), who &fired them to give up the
place. They, however, Rill rehired, and then Mr.
Shit ley reqnelled the Plaintiff to make room fur the
Ladies, and the Gentlemen would fhift for them-
f eives. He however politively refuted, Paying he
did not care whom the devil they belonged to, be
would ret,in them. The lower barkeeper proved,
II at v Ln the Plaintiff came to the Theatre, he
:tilted for places, and was told they were all en-
_ tytget" ; he replied, lie did not care ; he had paid for

places, and he'd be d--d if he did int have them.
Derby, the m•m (Hider whole care No. 8 was, (wore
that he did nut let him in. Several Gentlemen Rated
that they did not fee Mr. Hawkes preterit.
Sir. ALAN CHAMBRE, in recapitulating the evi-
dence to the Jury, obierved, that the condos of the
Plaintiff was grofs in the extreme ; and that the con-
do& of Mr. Shirley being fuch as became a gentle-
man, he was confequerdly much concerned, that,
upon the law of the cafe, he could not direa the Jury
to find a verdia for the Defendant.

The Judge laid it down as law, that the Ma-
nagers or Proprietors of a Theatre may dire& the
fervants of the houfe to remove any perfon or per-
lons that have got polfdlion of places ugainfl the
'rules of the Theatre, and, if an affault be commit-
ted by Inch removal, hia or their condor& is by law
jullified. The Jury found a verdift for the Plaintiff,
with Fere) Shillmg: Damage:.

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