Star.
London, England, 1824-12-30 00:00:00

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF CHANCERY, DECEMBER 29.

BLAKIIMORIC OLAMOROANSMIRE CANAL COMPANY.
His Lordship had drawn out the minutes in this case,
which directed two issues to be tried forthwith, namely,
whether what the defendants had done towards widen-
ing and deepening the canal in question, wa's con•istent,
with the provisions of the Acts of Parliament ; and
next, if not consistent with the provisions of the Acts,
whether the plaintiff's iron-winks had been injured or
damaged by the operations of widening and deepen,
ing, by having reduced the surplus water the plaintiff
is entitled to from the river Taff, for the ptirposes of
his works?

COnK V. COLLINRIDGB. •
His Lordship had received a letter from the plaintiff
in this case, which stated, that in consequence of the
absence of Mr. Hart fiom town, the plaintiff had not
been enabled to furnish his Lordship with certain obser-
vations which were deemed necessary to he made (and
called for by the Court) upon the minutes his Lordship
had delivered out in the case on Filthy last. His Lord-
ship further stated, that there were several cases in
which he had been preparing minutes, which he would
complete in a few days, and send to the solicitors.
The first Seal will be on the lith of January, and his Lordship
.will sit in bankruptcies on the 13th.

The old College of Physicians, in Warwick-lane, is
to be pulled down, and a street made from Nevrgate-
street to Ludgate-hill.
The new College of Physicians, at Charing-cross, be-
gins to assume a handsome appearance. The pediment
and Greek pillars are much admired.
THE DRAGON OF WANTLRY.-111is old romance, now
the foundation of the Covent-garden Pantomime, had
already been dramatised, and in a more important
form. A Mr. H. Carey made a burlesque Opera of it
in 1737, when it was acted also at Covent-garden The-
atre. It had a great run, the fourteenth edition of it
having appeared in 1738. It is mentioned as having
had a good deal of humour in it, and as being a fine
burlesque on the Italian Operas, at that time so much
the fashion of the town. The plot, avowedly taken from
the old ballad of More of More Hall, is worked up into
all the incidents of love, heroism, rivalry, and fury,
which most of the Italian Operas were indiscriminately
stuffed with. To help the main design, the several cha-
racters were dressed in the utmost extravagance of
theatric parade ; the machinery was truly burlesque,
and the songs, though ludicrous to the highest degree,
were set to music perfectly in the Italian taste. The
composer was John Frederic Lampe; and it was acted
sixty-seven times the first season.
Saturday, Thomas Savage, underwent the awful sen-
tence of the law at Huntingdon. A short time previ-
ous to his execution, he made a full confession of the
crime for which he was about to suffer, to the Rev.
Brown, the Chaplain to the prison. He denied
the accuracy of Cooke's (the accomplice's) evidence,
and declared that it was the match which Cooke held
that had fired the premises, the bunch which he him-
self applied to the thatch having gone out ; however,
he expressed his hearty forgiveness of him and of all
others. After the rope was adjusted, the unhappy man
addressed the people. He confessed the justice of the
sentence, and exhorted them to abstain from frequenting
ale-houses, and to attend some place of worship at
least once on a Sunday, for it was bad comp any and the
frequent profanation of the Sabbath that led him into
a bad course of life; but it was owing to the mill—het e
the Under Sheriff gave the fatal signal, and the unfi-
nished sentence was terminated with the life of the
wretched victim. He appeased to suffer much, for
some time his body writhed in dreadful contortion ; and
lull ten minutes elapsed ere life appeared to be extinct.
Among the acts which have lately much increased
the popularity of CHARLES X. with the Royalists, the
pensions granted to the family of the Vendean Chief
CATHELINEAU stand foremost. JAQUES CATHELI-
NEAU, a General in the Vendean army, was born in
1758. On the 20th February, 1793, the National Con-
vention ordered a lery of 300,000 men: the 10th
of March was fixed upon for drawing the lots. The
young men of St. Florent who were opposed to this
measure, drove away the gens-d'armes, and pillaged
the Hotel de Ville. CATHELINEAU, hearing of this
affair, harangued his neighbours, and placed himself at
the head of 100 men, and called the villagers-to arms.
At Jallais he repulsed a larger force, and took posses-
sion of a six-pounder, the first piece of artillery in the
power of the Veudeans. On the 13th of March he took
possession of the village of Chemille, and made many
prisoners. On the 15th, he attacked CHoLLET, and de-
feated a force of five hundred men, and took several
pieces of artillery. CATHELINEAU, who was but a
simple peasant, rose to the command of an stymy; and
it is somewhat remarkable, that at this period the Royal
and Catholic forces in La Vendee were led by a man
born in the obscurest class of society, while the descend-
ants of BIROK were at the bead of the Republican
army employed against them. On the 19th of June,
CATHELINEAU attacked the city of Nantes, but was re-
pulsed ; and on the 10th July, he received a ball which
fractured his leg; a gangrene succeeded, which occa-
sioned his death. The peasants he commanded called
him the Saint of Anjou, from his piety, and they sup-
posed him to be invulnerable. The Government of
Louts XVIII. in May, 1516, granted a pension of 1,500
francs to his son, and 300 francs to each of his daugh-
ters ; these pensions have been raised by CHARLES X.
to 8,000 francs each. There is a tine painting of this
VendeanChief, by GIRODET,now exhibited in the Louvre.
The stupendous size of the largest of the Egyptian
Pyramids, said to have been built by Cheops, of Chrem-
nis, may be better conceived by comparing it with ob-
jects with which we are familiar. Its base forms a square
of 600 feet, or an area the size of Lincoln's Inn-fields,
which is said to have been constructed of this specifie
size by Inigo Jones, for the purpose of illustration ; and
its apex nearly a third higher than the summit of the
cross of St. Patti's.

MOUNT ROSA.—After long enjoying the honour of
being the highest among the Alps, Mount Blanc had
been, some time since, declared to be somewhat less
elevated than it! rival Alp, Mount Rosa. The recent
trigonometrical aduieasurements of Austrian engineers
acting under the direction of Baron Von Welden, have
restored Mount Blanc to its original superiority. The
relative height of these stupendous mountains they
found to be as follows, in Paris feet: _

Mount Lhnc
Mount Rosa

- 14,764
- 14,222

Mr. Robinson has sold Homer to Mr. Pierse for 1000 guineas,
and 500 more if he wins the St. Leger.
His Grace the Duke of Leeds has purchased Bhkebcaed by Black-
lock, three years old; for 1450 guineas.
Lord Kelburne hiss purchased Osmond, by Filbo da Puta, of Sir
W. M. Milner, for 1300 guineas.

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