Star.
London, England, 1824-06-01 00:00:00

VAUXHALL-GARDENS.

Last night these Gardens openel for the season with
more than the usual attractions, or at least many of the
old ones so varied and improved as to have the air and
effect of novelty. It has been remarked, that for many
years London has not hen so full as during the present
Spring, and in proportion to this influx the different
places of public amusement have been encouraged.
The favourable state of the weather yesterday evening,
afforded the strongest inducement to a visit to this
delightful spot, and at an early hour all the avenues
approaching the entrances presented a cheerful and
varied bustle. The River Thames, too, was covered
with boats, filled with gay gronpes, all procecd;ng in the
same direction. The illuminations were upon a very
extensive scale, and so arranged as to produce uncom-
mon brilliancy of effect. Where Mount Vesuvius was
last season, we have now the Cave of Fingal ; the Step
sea-view is very good, and the scenery in general
throughout the artists' department of the gardens very
creditable. The Chinese ballet is capitally got up ; the
French mechanical theatre is attractive; and the cosmo-
rarnas (several of which are new) are :Is good as usual.
The fire-works are very magnificent ; and a Mr.l3Lacrc-
moue, who is designated as the surprising young Ame-
rican, made his ascent on the rope to a triumphal arch
at the top of the Moorish tower with great intrepidity,
in the midst of ironies of rockets, flames of blue lights,
and the double din of fireworks and cheers. The vocal
and instrumental performers are numerous and well se-
lected : Miss TUNST AL L, Miss WITUAM, and Miss
HA MMEHSLEY, are the ladies; Mr. TYNE, Mr. GOULDEN,
Mr. NELSON) Master LONGHURST, and Mr.MALt.INSON
are the other principal singers. Some of the songs were
encored, and the glee of " Here's a health to all gocd
lasses" was very well received. The gardens were well
attended, notwithstanding the lowering appea:.aoce of
the atmosphere late in the evening, and the whole et
the arrangements upon a scale which entitles the pro-
prietors to the patronage of the public. Marry of the
walks and the saloon are enlarged ; new galley ins hay;
been constructed near the Theatre and firework:.; and
a shell-roof, rather too low for the orchestra, and for the
mechanical action of a sounding part, has been placed
over the orchestra; but this defect (if such the musical
folks find it to be) is so susceptible of remedy, that it
is hardly worth remark. Vauxhall-gardens furnish air
old, and in many respects, unique source of amuse-
ment; everybody is accustomed to know and to enjoy
the lounge ; and it is hardly necessary to say more
than that everything is done by the proprietors to main-
tain the reputation of this long-established place of
public resort.

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF CHANCERY, MAY 31.
IN THE MATTER OF FROSTS, SOLICITORS.

The LORD CHANCILLLOR gave judgment in this case
to-day. After taking a review of the ciicumstances,
and animadverting on the practice of suing out fraudu-
lent commissions of bankruptcy, so prevalent amongst
country attornies, his Lordship ordered that all the fees
received by Mr. Frost under the commission, either as
solicitor or commissioner, should be refunded ; and also
that the Messrs. Frosts should pay all the costs of the
petition (except as to so much of it as referred to the
first commission, which was yet to be decided), as be-
tween attorney and client. His Lordship did not know
that he could do anything more aseful than to make
this case the foundation of a rule by which Gentlemen
in the country might be governed in future—namely,
that every person about becoming solicitor to a corn-
mission should furnish evidence to the Great Seal that
he was the solicitor, and that no one else was connected
with him as solicitor to such commission; and that no
Commissioner had any interest in the fees of the solicitors
If, after this, the case ever occurred again, the parties
should never after, with his (the Lord Chancellor's) con-
sent, practice either as solicitors or commissioners. In
the present case, if it had not been for the admission of
the parties, that the practice was wrong, and that they
had not attempted to vindicate it, he would have visited
their conduct upon them much more severely.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 31.
THE KING V. HALLOW SMITH.

This was a prosecution which came on before the
Lord Chief Justice, at Cambridge, instituted against the
defendantfor selling improper prints. A verdict of guilty
' was taken by consent, and Mr. STORKS now moved the
judgment of the Court upon the defendant. The de-
fendant appeared on the door, and put in affidavits in
mitigation, stating that he was a bookseller, and had
always maintained a respectable character ; that he had
been repeatedly applied to by a person named Jones
for the prints in question; that he refused to sell them
until eight applications had been made to him, and that
it was not until Jones, who was an elderly man, had
solemnly assured him the prints %sere not for any mem•
ber of the University, but for a person of high rank,
who was making a collection of drawings of this de-'
scription, that he was induced to let him have them.
The affidavits of several individuals were also put in and
read, giving the defendant an excellent character, up to
the time olthis transaction taking place.
Mr. Justice BATLEY, in pronouncing the judgment of
the Court, observed, that the case of the defendant was
nut without mitigatory circumstances. Still, however,
he was very far from standing free from blame. The
sentence of the Court, therefore, was, that he should be
imprisoned in the jail of Cambridge for four months,
and at the expiration of that time enter into recogniZ2nce
to be of good behaviour for three years; him:.elt in 10i.!
and two sureties in 201.
SCOTCH COURT OF SESSION.
INTERESTING CASE OF ALIMENTARY ANNUITY.
MADAME SASSEN V. SIR JAMES CAMPBELL.
This was a declarator of marriage, in which the pur-
suer failed : but afterwards, on a renewed libel, advo-
cated from the Commissary Court, the Court of Session
found her entitled to an alimentary annuity of 2001. oa
the ground of the deception practised on her by the
defender, in making her believe that she was his wife.
This judgment having been carried by appeal to the'
House of Lords, Madame Sessan gave in an application
for interim execution pending the appeal. This was
opposed by Sir James, principally on the ground that
there was no offer of caution to repay the sums that
may be paid in case of a reversal. The Court granted
the prayer of the Petition without requiring caution.
They did so bn the ground that the Act did not require
caution to be found, but only that they should have a
due regard to the rights and interests of the parties.
There was nu equality of the interests of parties here.
In the one case, Sir James's income was only restricted
by the amount of the annuity; but in the other, if the
Lady did not get the annuity in the meantime, she must
starve. In the case of a child pursuing for aliment from
its parent, he never could be requited to fuid caution;

for the continuance of the payment might be necessa7
to enable him to live; and a question of aliment, from
its very nature, presumed that the party had no other'
funds to depend on, and therefore could not find con-
tion ; the Court did not even require caution for the
repayment of the expense.