Star.
London, England, 1818-07-16 00:00:00

11411L1RKET THEATRE.

This Theatre opened last night, for its short sea-
son, with a very good specimen of the quality of the
'entertainment its present management is able to offer,
to the public. The Poor Gentleman, Blue Devils, and
A Day after the Wedding, were the Pieces represen-
ted, and all went off very pleasantly. TERRY, Jonas,
TOKELY Mrs. GIBBS, Mrs. DAVENPORT,
and (*her established favourites of the town, were re-
ceived on their entrance with the usual kind and cor-
dial greetings from the audience, and amply justified
that good will by the spirit and ability with which
their several characters were performed. The part
of Emily Worthington yas sustained by Miss E.
BLANCHARD, the daughter of the celebrated actor of
that name, and her second appearance on any stage
—a young Lady whobids fair to become an orna-
ment to her profession: to whatever limit future ex-
pectation may be restricted, her success on this occa-
sion was quite unequivocal—an agreeable person.
mild gentle manners, with extreme attention to, and
just conception of her part, even in the by-play, left
wahlng to be wished for. Her reception was ex-
tremely flattering. A Mr. J. RUSSELL, from the
Edinburgh Theatre, made his first essay on a Lon-
don stage as 011apod. The abilities of this performer
certainly place him above mediocrity, but he suffers
in this attempt by contrast with his predecessors, who
have usually rendered the part much more piquantc;
exhibited, however, in more than one scene, a
touch of the natural and just in acting. As a singer,
he has more voice and less humour than usually be.
hng to performers of this class. Lieutenant Wor-
t4ingfog was admirably sustained by Mr. FOOTE. The
Theatre was very cool and pleasant and well attended.

LAW liTTELLMENCE.
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COURT DV CHANCERY. JULY 15. '
FINAL DEVON OF LORD STEWART'S CASE.
The Lona. raxem.Lort came to Lincoln's Inn
Hall at ten o'cloCk, and was for some time occupied
in his private room. He took his neat at half-past
ten. The Court was much crowded, in expectation
of the final result, it being generally understood that
Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY, as Counsel for Mrs. Taylor,
the guardian of Lady Vane Tempest, would this
morning intimate whether Mrs. Taylor intended to
appeal, or not, to the House of Lords. Sir Samuel
happened, however, at this moment to be engaged in
a case before the Vice-Chancellor ; but Sir Arthur
Pigot, one of Lord Stewart's Counsel, was present,
with Messrs. Hart and Home, also engaged in the case.
Sir Anruun PIGOT then said, that he had con-
suited with the Counsel or. the other side, and under-
' stood from them, that it was the fixed determination
'of Mrs. Taylor, the aunt of the young Lady, and one
of her guardians, to appeal from his Lordihip's deci-
sion to the House of Lords. From the circumstances
of the ease, it was particularly desirable that the ap-
peal should be heard as quickly as possible ; but it
could not in any war proceed, till his Lordship had
formally made out the order.
The Lone CIIANCILLOI4.---YOU may, therefore,
take the order that the Master's report, finding that,
this is not an improper marriage, is by me con-
firmed ; at,the same time let the entry of appeal be
inserted. lam of opinion that the marriage must be
restrained, under the present circumstances, till the
decision of the House of Lords be knoym. With re-
spect to the other restraints, they had as well be put
an end to, as I don't see any reasonable cause for
their being continued.
Sir ARTHUR Ploor.--I should suppose, my Lord,
that the Master may, in the mean time, nevertheless
proceed with making out the proposals of settlement.
The LORD CIIANCELLOIL—CertainIy. I can see
nothing to prevent him going on with that; but let
it be understood that he does so without prejudice.
Sir Samuel. ROMILLY at this moment came into
Court, and addressing his Lordship, said, " I am,
my Lord, desired by Mrs. Taylor to inform your
Lordship most respectfully, that it is her intention
forthwith to appeal to the House of Lords, from the
decision now given by your Lordship."
The LORD CiraNcEsa.on.--I was just informed of
this, Sir Samuel, before you came into Court, by Sir
A. l'igot. I am particularly glad that you have
adopted this course, because, in a cafc so painful to
me in every point of view as this has been, I shall
have the heartfelt satisfaction of being' set right by ,
the House of Lords if lam wropg. -Painful as the
consideration of this case has been to my own mind,
• I am happy to think that a superior tribunal will
have it in their power to review my judgment, and
that any error or inadvertency I have been guilty of
will be there redressed. I have just stated to Sir
Arthur Pigot what. should be done, and I do really
think I am in justice bound to restrain the marriage
in the mesa time. This is the best thing I can pos.
sails; do for the parties. Take the order as I have
mentioned it. and let it be drawn up forthwith.

EX-PARTE CROWLEY, A BANKRUPT.

Tile bankrupt was again brought up this mornium.
but was re:nand:A, as the LORD CDANCLLLOR had
not obtained the result of the searches which the.
Master was ordered to make. He expected them at
one o'clock, but they not harirz, beer. sent in then,
the termination of the matter was deferred till to
morrow.

MARRIAGE SET I'LLMENT..--KENNEVY AKI) OTHERS ti

THE EARL OF CA3SILIS AND OTHERS.

This was an application to dissolve an injuretion.,
The facts connected with it were as follow :—Lord
Kennedy, the eldest son of the Earl of Cassihs, paid •
his addresses towards the latter end of the year 1813,
to Miss Ellen Allardice, a young Lady, at that time
seventeen years of age, residing in Aberdeen, and
heiress to a very consider r' 1e property—C3o,ooo in
Bank stock, and landed estates in Scotland to the
amount of between £3007 and £lOOO a-year. Lord
Kennedy was cheer, nineteen years of age; and his ad-
dress's-es haSing been encouraged by the young Lady,
as well as her mot';er, with whom she lived, he
commanicated his wishes on the subject to his father,
who resided in Lon don. The mother lost no time.
in informing Mr. Lilies, use of her daughter's guar-
dians, and he in consequence came to London,',
for the purpose of maltitg with the Earl of Cic-.
silis the proper arrangements previous to the marH
riage. The Earl of Casilis constantly professed
that rnonc; was no object either with himself or,
his son. it happened, however, that there were,
many difficulties in the way of a final settlement.—
Various sets of propositions were made by Lotd Cas-
none of which were agreed to by Mr. Innies.
TN. !Ist .;et of propositions made by the Earl of Cas-1
silis declared that Miss Allardice should have £lOOOl
a ',ear daritsg the marriage to her sole ar.d separate
use ; that, 7I she should survive Lord Kennedy, this
annual sum should be increased; that her mother's'
;Mrs. Allardice's) jointure should be increased from
4'UO3 a year, which it then was, to 121000 a vests
and that the house in Aberdeen should also be sets,
tied upon her. It was propo'ed that £l5OO of the.
Bank stock should be applied to purchase lands, in
order to produce the £lOOO a year for the sole and.
separate tide of Miss Allardice; ar.d that the remain-
:der of the real and personal propsrtv should he set-
, tled on the issue of this marriage. 11 hide these pro-
Lpositions were under the consideration of Mr. Zanies,
Lord Kennedy was in Aberdeen. I: was now about
the end of April. 1814. lie was anxious to hasten
his marriage with Miss Allardice: he told her of the
propositions which had been made: he himself be-
lieved that all the necessary deeds were in prepara-,
tion, and, as the lady was perfectly satisfied with the
propositicns, the was prevailed np.on to marry Lord
Kennedy, and accordingly the marriage was solem-'
nized on the Ist of-114y. Some time after this, a
marriage-settlement Was made, which varied very
considerably from the propositions, particularly with
regard to the £lOOO a year to Lady Kennedy's sole
and separate use. For this was substituted £lOOO
a year after the death of Lord Kennedy, or in case
any misfortune should cause a :separation. These
were the facts, according to the statement of Mr,
Innies. Since the marriage of Lord and Lady Ken-
nedy, as soon as the latter attained the atie of 21, an
action was commenced by Lord Cassilis mutt Court
of;Session in Scotland, .the object of which was, in
the firs place, to obtain a conveyance Irons Mr. In-

nies of the £lO.OOO in stock which stood in the Bank
of England in his name ; and in the next pLece, to
compel Mr. Innies, who was all along the active
guardian, to give in an account of his marsrent
of the property during the minority of the I. As,
soon as these proceedings were commenceds Mr. In-
nies applied to the Court of Chancery for an injunc-
tion to restrain them, which injunction was granted,
upon an es parte heating, six months ago. It was
to dissolve this injunction that the present applica-
tion was made.
• The application was supported chiefly on the ground
that it was not competent to the Court of Chancery
here to restrain proceedings in the Court of Session
in Scotland. The Court of Session was itself 'a
Court of Equity : it was independent of the jurisdic-
tion of any other Court save that of the House of
Lords. If the Court of Chancery could issue an in-
junction to restrain proceedings in the Court of Ses-
sion, the Court of Session would have an equal right
of issuing an interdict to inhibit proceedings in the
Court of Chancery. Such an interposition was ex-.
pressly in violation too of the Act of Union.
The application was resisted on the ground that
the Court possessed the jurisdittion, because the Bank
stock was in England. The parties who made the
contract, so far as it was made, were, with the ex-
ception of Mr. Innies, domicile subjects of England,
and the matter was negotiated in England. The
Court of Session in Scotland could not make any
order by which the Bank of England would be af-
fected; and therefore that Court was not competent
to take cognizance of the matter. • The merits of the
case were then gone into, in order to support the in-
junction. Doubts were suggested as to the terms of
Lord Cassilies final proposition ; and it was there-
fore hoped, that, if the Court should dissolve the
injunction, it would at least direct an inquiry to Le
made to ascertain what were really the terms of the
%final propositions.
It Was re-urged, on the adverse side, that the in •
junction was originally obtained in order to protect
Innies from giving in his accounts.
l'he LORD CHANCELLOR was of opinion, that no
principle was furnished against the jurisdiction of the
Court of Chancery, because the property in question
could be affected by its order alone. It was in its
national character English property. The defendants
to the present bill were also English domicile sub-
jects. It was the object of the suit in Scotland to
compel Innies to give.in his accounts, and to convey
to Lord Kennedy the Bank stock. The injunction
was obtained on the part of the children -of Lady
nennedv. No injury could be done to the children
by the Scotch suit; as the Court of Session, while it
might compel Innies to give in his accounts could
not make any order which the Bank of England
would be ob;iged to obey. The other trustees of the
property were not, it appeared, made parties to the
suit in Scotland ; but even if Innies and they consen-
ted to convey the stock, still, on the part of the chil-
dren, it was competent to the Court of Chancery to
enjoin the Bank of England not to trinsfer the stock
in question. Although the Act of Union ought cer-
t-ainly to he considered as sacred, yet cases might
arise in wilich it would he impos.,ible for the Cour: of
Session to proceed with effect, if it were rot aided by
the Court of Chancery here, anti rice versa. His
Lord 'sip concluded with ordering the injunction to
be dissolved without regard to the merits of the case,
arid he desired the order not to be understood as giv-
:ng. any encouragement whatever to the othertrustees
to join in making a conveyance of the Bank stock.

Monday the Magistrates of Surrey assembled at
the Sesons•house, to receive the Reports from the
Churchwardens and Overseers of the several parishes
in the district, respecting the conduct cf licensed vic-
ttiallers, and of public officers, in the extensive dlvi-
sion of the East Half Hundred of Brixton, in which
are upwards of 800 public hpuses only one house was
reported as improperly conducted ; and in the in-
stance alluded to, the subject of complaint arose more
from error than an intentional violation of the laws.
It was stated, that at the Wheat Sheaf at Lambeth, a
number of gentlemen's servants assembled every Sun-
day morning during Divine Service, and continued
there till the time arrived of their attending their
masters and mistresses home from church. On the
landlord being called upon to explain his conduct, he
stated, that from time immemorial it had been the
custom for the servants of those persons who came to
church in carriages to drive to his house, after setting
their company down, and there await the termination
of the service. lie bad never before, been informed
that he was acting improperly in entertaining them,
nor had his predecessor ever been called to account
for sin filar conduct. The Chairman, l'LonENcx
Youxo, Esq. said, that he did not approve of the
practice, but lie conceived that if any blame existed,
is ettached to the masters who allowed their servants to
be if: attendance when they ought to he at church ! The
further consideration of the subject. was postponed to
a future day.
Yesterday afternoon, as Mr. WAR; the architect,
'accompanied by Mr. DUDLEY, steward or overseer to
Lord (.4r,ORIJE CAVENDISH, Mr. SEABROOK, the mas-
ter carpenter, and Mr. KINO, the foreman, and three
plasterers, were on a lofty scaffold, in the interior of
Burlington House, examining the cornices, stucco,
plastering round the skylights, &c. when, from the
great weight on the scaffold-, one of the putlogs snap-
lped in two, and all were precipitated to the bottom, a
'height of two stories. Mr, WARE received a severe
contusion on the back of his head, and bruises on
various parts of his body. Mr. SEABROOK and Mr.
Kivo also received some sever' e bruises ; but Mr.
DUDLRY had his left leg broke in two, close to the
ilknee, and before he could be extricated from his pe-
11rilous situatkon, a heavy plank fell on the broken leg,
land shattered it to pieces. He was carried to his
apartment in Burlington House, and surgical aid sent
fer, when it was found necessary to amputate the leg
above the knee, which he bore with great fortitude.—
The other three received each more or less injury, but
rare of any consequence.
The first stone of a new County Jail, for Wiltshire
was laid, with much ceremony, on Thursday last
after which an appropriate address was delivered, ex-
planatory of the. view and wishes of the Magistrates
in the execution of the building, which,.it was stated,'
was intended for a'pxopei classification of the priso-
revs, rather to prevent than to punish crime, and care-
fully to faroid the dangerous association oeyoung of-
fenders with the more hardened. The cst.iniatc to
cqpiplote the buildinx, is C 84,000.