Star.
London, England, 1818-07-14 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARTIIT JULY MEETING, 1515.
stogruor, JULY 13.
first Year.—Renewal of the July Stakes, a Subscription of
50p. each, 30gs. ft. for 9.year old colts, Bst. elb. and fillies,
Sst. 41b. T.Y.C.
Lord Foley's chesont filly Miracle. by Soothsayer - -
Mr. Wyndbani's bay. filly, by Whalebone - -
Mr. Crockford's bay colt, by Saint - 5
Duke of Grafton's bay filly Loto, by Popinjay
Thirteen started.—Thirteen paid forfeit.—The Judge placed'
but three.-5 to S apt Lord Foley's f.-6 to 1 agst Mr. Wynd-
ham's E-4 to 1 agst Mr. Crockiord's c.-4 to 1 agst Loto.
BATH RACES, WEDNESDAY, JULY e.
A Sweepstakes of gsp each, for 3-yr-old colts, flat. 71b. and
fillies, est. 41b. The last mile.
Mr. Jones's Fanny, by Poulton
Haffenden's bl. e. Collier, by Sorcerer -
Won at a canter.

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A Sweepstakes of ss. each, with £5O added from the Racing
Fund. (99 Subscribers.)
Mr. Tomes' gr. g. Algerine,4 yrs old
Mr. Lawrence's ch. e. Minstrel, 3 yrs old
Mr. Pryse's b. c. Cambric, 3 yrs old . 3
Sir R. Williams named Hugh Lumpus, 6 yrs old - 4
Mr. Jones's Charming Molly, 4 yrs old - 5
A capital raoe between Algerine and Minstrel. The former
won by only half a neck.
Match far .;o Guiness.—Mr. &ark() s's Indus beat Mr. Jones's
Fatima. Fatima took the lead, and kept it till near the dis-
tance, when Indus passed her and won easily.
A E5O Plate, given by the Members for the County.
Mr. Lawrence's instrel, 3 yrs old - 0 1 1
Mr. West's ch. f. Leath, 4 yrs old - 0 3 2
Mr. Pryse's Diplicate, 4 yr. old • - - 5 9dr
This race will be long remembered by the sporting world ;
each beat was finely contested, and neither won by more than
neck.

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.. Gold Cup, value 100 gs, by Subscribers of lOgs each. S miles.
Mr. Charlron's Indus, 4 yrs old - i
Mr. Weit's Bulgarian, 5 yrs old - - - a
blr. Has Emma, 3 yrs old - - - 3
A cal ital race.
Match for 50gs. One mile. Mr. Hill's b. m. Mrs. Fudge,
int Mr. Charlton's b. c. Cartoon.
"A£so Plate, given by the Members fer the City. Heats, two
miles and a distance.
Mr. Stevens's
Charming Molly, .5 yrs old - - 1 1
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Bar.Bulgarian,s yrs old - - 2 2
tiVlr. C. Day's Ca. in. by Waxy, aged - 3 3
Excellert running—Charming Bally beating Bulgarian each
tint, by only half a neck.
The North Somerset Yeomanry Plate, value 70gs, by horses
bona fide the proper. of Non-commissioned °Meer. or Pri-
vat_s of tha Corps, and that have never started for Plate, Cup,
or Row. The st heats of two milts and a &stance. Rode
by Members of the Corps.
Mr. !...le,dy's gr m. Lipsey, 4 yes old .
Jones's ch. sn. Dame Dtuttan, 7 yes old -
Mr. W. Beano! I's 'or. g. Ci tcket, aged -
Mr. Adams's Chance, 5 yrs old -
Nr. J. Walker's Matilda

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2 5
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4 4
5 5

This rtce h.d exited considerable interest, but was won
t.^.411f. SterlC doubts, however, hAve arisen as to the cinalifica-
tku at the wiunitui mare, whikh are not yet decided.

PcossrstAvism.—Monday week, a young man-
son of Mr. Staee, blacksmith, of qustling, under-
took, fur a wager of five guineas, to run from the
Ivy Ch.rtii at Hoye, to the Hare and Hounds, a
measured mile, with his hands tied before him, and
kie:ling his tlntmhs together, in six minutesi and per-
formed- the sum; in five minutes aqsl one second.

SiNtiuwoe W.scien.—A shoemaker at Paris un-
dertnok for a considerable wager to make three pairs
of shoes in one day—the .first at Sevres; the second
at Versailles, and the third at Saint Germain. On
the morning of Monday so'nnight he bad finished his
first pair, at Sevres, at a quarter pastsix. He fin6hed
his second pair at Versailles, at half past eleven, his
third at Saint Gcrmains at five, and at half past seven
in the evening he entered Paris by the barrier of
Neuilly He was, of course, conveyed to the diffe-
rent places in a carriage. •
Toe Dueness Or ARGYLL'S GRAND BALL.-
-ThenclAy evening a magnificent Ball and sump-
tuous Supper were given by her Grace the Duchess
of *IDYLL. The house was on this occasion illumi-
nated in tho • .-.ost resplendent manner. A temporary
loom was erected in the garden, on a level with the
suite of drawing-rums: it was formed into a con-
servatory, containir.g the rarest flowers and plants.
The garden was also lighted up, and in every apart-
ment flowering shrubs were disposed in the happiest
manner. Dancing commenced in the saloon at half
past eleven o'clock, with quadrilles and waltzes, led
off by the Earl of thaitmoz and Lady G. GORDON.
A supper was served up at two o'clock, in the lower
rooms,. on two round tables. The banquet consisted
of every delicacy, with wines of the first vintages.
consisting of Champagne, Burgundy, hock, Ste. The
dancing was afterwards resumed, and kept up with
proper spirit till half-past five. On the whole, it
was one of the most agreeable entertainments the
season kas produced. About 150 sat down to supper.
The party did not consist of less than between two
and dote hundred persons of the first rank and fashion.
Bow-srneer.--Yesterciay the pickpockets were
numerous and daring in the crowd at the chairing of
l'Ar Francis Burdett, particularly in Piccadilly, and
at the time Sir Francis was descending at the Crown
and Anchor Tavern. Money and property was heard
to fall, in consequence of the cutting of pockets
and .Fa pressure and.confusion at the time was so
great, that it was impossible to secure the deproda-1
tors. in a short time after, Humphries saw a man of
the name of George Nizhtingale, whom he had ob-
served very active among the crowd, and secured
kiln. -On searching him, he found eighteen £1 bank-
notes, in a qtilted silk purse, and the halves of Ex-
chequer Bills to the amount of £5OO, and on his
being examined before Mr. Coe.t2er, and not being
able td give a satisfactory account of the possession,
of the property, he was committed. Seven thieves of
a similar description were brought to this °See ;—'
some of them for actual robberies, and others for
making attempts and property found upon them,
which, no doubt, had been stolen.—Committed.
Tlrarsday last, a notorious character of Brighton,
named Daniel Macfarlane, supposing the lid which
covered a well, at the back of the Aliases Beard's
hOuse, to lead to the cellar, removed the centre
board, and squeezed himself in ; and in this situation
he suspended himself until exhausted, when he fell
op= some timber-work placed to support the sucker
af a patent pump, to which it is attached, and his
body was found jammed between the last piece of
'rood and the side of the well, within a few inches
from the water. When his cries were heard, and he
Was taken out, it appearedhe had broken his thigh,
aid was much bruized : he died in a few minutes
siftervrardi. A bundle of stolen things was found
lying at the' margin of the well.

1-4 W INTSIZIGENCE.

COURT 01? CHANCERY, JULY 13.
JUDGMENT.

LADY FRANCES EMILY VANE TEMPEST, BY HER NEXT
FRIEND, MICHAEL ANGELO TAYLOR, ESQ. V. THE
COUNTESS OP ANTRIM, LORD STEWART, ORD AND
OTHERS/
The LORD CHANCELLOR entered his private room
a few minutes before ten o'clock, and, for a short
time, spoke with the Counsel in the case. At a quar-
ter past ten his Lordship took his seat, and began by
observing, that he had taken this case of Tempest v.
Ord into his most serious, and, he'►must own, painful
consideration, from an ardent anxiety to do what was
best for all parties. With respect to the bias of the
young Lady's inclinations, he was formerly of opi-
nion, that sufficient evidence of that had been laid
before him. When he had stated his opinion before
on the case, he had seen her, and after hearing what
was stated by Counsel, he felt himself bound in jus-
tice to see her again, and state to her, in the strongest
manner he possibly could, every objection which had
been urged against the marriage, and in se doing he
could declare he ha.: acted with the most painful so-
licitude for her interest and that of all concerned.
But he found her der.-- tion was wholly unalter-
the - he felt it

able, and seeing such to be case, _ .eit it was
proper to make some inquiries respecting the points
which had been-laid before him, and which, to re-
peat now, was who'l y untie( essary. In the course of
investigating these points, he had a motion submit-
ted to him for appointing a commission to examine
witnesses on the case, but he was not able to find
one instance where a commission had been so issued.
He bad, therefore, been compelled to have recourse
to affidavits. Here he would say that it was difficult
and painful for him to stale in open Court what was
stated in these affidavits, but he would do so in such
a manner as would be intelligible to Counsel on both
sides. For a very long period no imputation what-
ever of that kind had been thrown on the numerous
family of Lord Stewat t's ancestors, and in two in-'
stances that malady had been satisfactorily accounted
for. It was too much to expect hitu to visit on the
present generation what had perhaps existed in the,
former generations, though not for a vary long pe-1
riod ; for were he or any Judge to act so, there was',
no possibility of knowing to what extent the princi-
ple ntipht be carried, and no family in fact could be
safe. There certainly was a vast difference between
what was now the case avid what might have hap-
pened some centuries ago. Under all the circum-
stances of the case, looking as he did to all the facts
laid before him, and taking the objections in whole,
and also separately, he did not, and could not think
the Master had come to a wrong conclusion. These
he had Stated to. the young Lady with dl the pathos
he possibly c-uld, as he thought that proper. He
had heard an appeal would be taken to the House of
Lords, and he would say he had no objection :o such
an appeal, for to the Decision of that House he was
at all time; ready to bow with satisfaction. Hewould
have thereby the satisfaction of knowing, that if he
was wrong their Lordships would have it in their
power to set him right. Till he knew whether such
an appeal was to be made, he would, of course, is-
sue his order to restrain the marriage, and as to the.
other restraints, relative to the intercourse of Lady
Antrim, &C. it might be as well to do them away.
Never in the course of his life had he been employed
in a more painful, and to him a more distressing
duty, than the consideration of this case, bat he
trusted it would be believed he had acted with an
honest intention and a good conscience. 1-le had;
considered all the objections of the case, he had,
weighed the circumstances of the disparity of age,
the son of Lord Stewart, &c. but while he was not
prcpared to say this was an eligible marriage, he',
could not, laying his hand upon his heart, say, as an
honest man, that it was an improper one. If Sir
Samuel Romilly intended to appeal to the House of
Lords, he hoped Sir Samuel would let him know in
a reasonable time, and then he would make the or-
der he had mentioned.—Thus the case was decided.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY is.
SOLISTIKLD V. CROOK. _

This was an action of trespass brought against the
Defendant for a distress alleged to have been with-
out legal authority.
The Plaintiff' is an Attorney residing in Bouverie-
street, Fleet-street. The Defendant is a respectable
Broker, Auctioneer, and House Avnt, residing at
Snowhill, Holborn. The circumstances of the case,
as stated by Mr.Lawas for the Plaintiff, were these :
—On the .'3lst of May, 1616, a distress was put into
the house of plaintiff, who, on his arrival frornWest-
soinster Hall in the evening, found that a person had
been sent by Mr. Crook to take possession. The
plaintiff immediately served this person with a notice
to quit. he having no claim on the house or on him
(Mr. Bousfield), and a like notice was sent soon after-
wards to Mr. Crook. In the course of that evening,
about nine o'cloak, Mr. Crook arrived at the plain-
tiff's house, and plaintiff remonstrated with him on
having put a distress into the house without cause.'
Defendant said the distress Was put in at the suit of
Mrs. Sarah Elliott, the surviving daughter and lega-
tee of Mr. Gibson, to whom the houses had belong-
ed, and who had bequeathed to her the profits of
them. At the same time he made an offer, that if
plaintiff would sign " a consent" to the distress, he
would immediately withdraw it. This the plaintiff
refused, alleging that such a step would be admit-
ting the propriety of the proceedings, which -lie was
by no means prepared to do. Defendant ‘.-as then
also& to levy the distress, and had actually removed
some law books to a coach which stood at the door,
when plaintiff agreed to sign a consent to re-entry
of the distress without prejudice, proviad it was
withdrawn for that time (it was then twelve o'clock
at night) and the man taken out of possession. This
was agreed to by Mr. Crook ; but in the cours^ of a
few days he threatened 'to condemn site prcpetty,
unless Mr. I3ousfield gave a bond of replevy. Mr.
Bousfield was not in town, but some friends of hip
interfered, and had the necessary bond given. Plain-
tiff, however, had never since proceeded in the dis-
tress. It was for this, which plaintiff maintained
was an illegal distress, that he brought his action.--
He had, observed the Learned Counsel, no right to
pay any rent, having purchased the house in which
he resided, as well as the two adjoining houses, of
which he received the rents. Hi; object in bringing
this action was not for the purpose of--getting arty

large damages, but to redeem his character, whick4
he conceived had been injured, as that of every pro-
fessional man must be in some degree by having a
distress put into his house, and his goods threatened
to be sold. If defendant had even offered an apology
for his conduct, the present action would not have
been brought, and so far, even at the present mo-
ment, was the plaintiff from a wish to make money
by the action, that he had instructed him to declare,
that if the Jury should find damages to a greater
amount than the sums which he had been obliged to
pay for the distress, the surplus sum should be hand-
ed over to some charitable society.
Here Mr. Justice ABBOTT remarked, that the Jury
were not to suffer such an intention, on the part of
the plaintiff, to influence their minds. If they be-
lieved that plaintiff was only looking for damages
for the benefit of some Charity, they ought not to
give him a farthing ; but if he sought compensation
for an injury done to himself, and that the Jury
thought he had made out a good case, they would
give him what they,thought proper without taking
into consideration what use he intended to ma'se of
it afterwards.

Mr; LAWILS said, he had only made the remark to
shew that there was nothing vindictive on the par:
of his client. He had no doubt the Jury would give
him' a verdict, and to them he would leave it. He
then called two sons of Mr. Bousfield, who proved
the facts of the case nearly as he had stated it. Some
other witnesses were called to prove the expenses
which plaintiff had been put to, and also that he had
become the owner by purchase of the house in which
he lived. This last was not fully proved in conse-
quence of the want of some necessary forms for the
proof of the order of the Chancellor for the sale of
the property in question.
The plaintiff's ca-x being dosed, it was contended
on the part of the defendant, that the distress was
perfectly justifiable, and that instead of having dealt
with any severity towards Mr. Bousfield, Mr. Crook
had behaved particularly kind to him. The facts of
the case were simply these :—This house had been
the property of a Mr. Gibson, who, dying, bequeath-
ed the profits of it to his daughters, or to either of
them surviving the other. A Air. Clarke, who was
one of the executors, used to receive the rents fur the
daughters. One of them died some few years back,
and her surviving sister, Mrs. Sarah Elliott, became
entitled to the whole of the property. In 1814 the
executor Clarke became a banlcrOpt, on which he
gave notice to the plaintiff, who for many years had
been paying him rent for the holse in question, to
pay it in fame to Mrs. Sarah Elliott. Mrs. Elliott
called for the money to plaintiff by herself, and
sometimes in company with the person who had for-
merly collected it for Clarke, but she did not receive
any ; and at the time that she ordered the distress to
be put in there was a year and a halt 's rent due.
These facts being proved in evidence by three or
four witnesses,
Mr. Justice Asnorr held, that there had been
sufficient ground for the distress esta'olirled, and or-
dered the Plaintiff to be nonsaited.

A Nonsuit was ente;ed accordingly.
SCOTTISH JURY COURT, EDINBURGH, J7.;:.31 9.
In an action of defamation and dam:iges, depending
before the Court of Session, at the instance of Peter'
Christian, writer in Stonehaven, pursuer, against
Archib.tld Lord Kennedy, defender, the Court ap-
pointed the following issues to be tried by a Jury;
1. Whether the defender, in the months of June, July, or
August, of the year 1816. or in the following months of the
said year, or in one or other of the aforesaid months, did, in the
presence of various and sundry persons, and on different occa-
sions, in the counties of Kincardine' of Aberdeen, or of Forfar,
falsely and injuriously give out and declare,that the pursuer was
a rascal, or that he seas dishonest, or that he had been guilty of
fraud, and had cheated the said defender, and his spouse Lady
Kennedy, or did use other expressions, in presence of the said
ersons, to that effect, importing that the pursuer had betrayed
his trust, and had acted fraudulently or dishonestly, when em-
ployed in the management of the affairs of the defender and the
said Lady Kennedy, as their factor?
8. Windier the defender, in the months of June, July, or
August, of the year 1816, or In one of the following months of
the said year, or in one or other of the said months, did, In the
presence of the Earl of :sintore, or of Archibald Farquharson,
of Finzean, or of Robert Barclay Allardice, of Ury, or of the
late James Wood, Esq. of Woodburden, in the counties of Aber-
deen, Kincardine, or Forfar, falsely and injuriously give out
that the pursuer was a rascal, or that he Was dishonest, or that
he had been guilty of fraud, or that lie had cheated the said
defender or his spouse Lady Kennedy, or did make use of ex-
pressions to that effect, importing that he, the pursuer, had be-
trayed his trust, and acted fraudulently ai.LI dishonestly when
employed in the management of the aiLlirs of the said defender
and Lady Kennedy, as their factor?
3. Whether the defender, in the months of July or August,
1816, did, at the agricultural meeting of the principal gentle-
men and farmers of Kincardineshire, of which th... pursuer is
clerk and treasurer, held at Stunt-haven or Lanrencekirk, say
to Robert William Ruff, Esq. of Fetteresso, in presence and in
the hearing of several other persons, that the pursuer was a ras-
cal, or made use of other expressions, to the injury of the pur-
stree's character? - _ _

4. Whether, in the months of June, July, or August, 1816.
or in one or other of the following months of that year, the de-
fender did say to the said Archibald Farquharson, of inzean,
that he, the defender, bad written to the pursuer that he, the
defender, had always coupled his, the pursuer's name, with the
ward "rascal," and would always continue to couple it with
the word "rascal,' or did express himself to that effect, to the
said Arelibald Farquharson
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The cause having been tried on the 6th instant,
before the Lords Commissioners of the Jury Court,',
and a respectable Jury, at Edinburgh, the case was
opened for the pursuer in an eloquent speech by Mr.
JEFFREY ; a number of witnesses were then examined,
on whose evidence Mr. CLARK commented, in an
elaborate and ingenious speech for the defender, and
the Jury having been ably and impartially charged
by the LORD Cuter COMMISSIONER, were inclosed
for a short time, and returned the following verdict:l
'4, Find the first, second, and fourth issues proven,
and also the third issue, except in so far as it states
that the defamatory words were spoken in the presence
and hearing of several other persons ; and assess the
damages at 12501. sterling."
The Jury at first found by a plurality of voices,
damages due to the amount of 15001. but having
been sent back to agree unankrnously on that point,
their verdict was given in and recorded as above.
Notice is given of an application to be made by
Lord Kennedy, the defender, for a new trial.

Fourteen colliers have been committed to Stafford
jail, making she number who have been committed to
that county jail, 76, besides 40 who are in the prison
at Wolverhampton, all on a charge of absenting
themselves from their master's employ at Tipton, and
refusing to return to work for the wages they previ-
ously agrcitd rot; -