Star.
London, England, 1828-12-08 00:00:00

LAW arrzwtoncE.
COURT OF CHANCRItT, Dm. e.
Mr. Mamas, at the sitting f the Court appeatell
without the bar, duly habited, and was called within It
by the LORD CnasicuLon, the Crown having been
pleased to grant him • patent of precedence. Mr. Den-
man accordingly took his seat among the King's Counsel,
and was asked by the Court, in the usual form, it he
had any thing to move? to which he replied in champ.
,ive, and afterwards retired.

WELLESLEY V. WELLESLEY.
Mr. SUODZW applied for a special injunction, to re-
strain Mr. Long Wellesley from felling and selling a
quantity of timber, at preaent growing in Waustead
Psik. He moved on affidavits, which set out the man.

Der in which the estate at Wanstead had been vested in

trustees for the beuelit of the childreu, the iuue of the

marriage between Mr. Wellesley and Miss Tyler:),
Long. They also stated, that with the consent of the
trustees the principal building its the park, called Wan.
stead House, had been pulled down, and the materials
sold; but that, without any such consent, Mr. Long
Wellesley bad cut dots n a great deal of valuable tim-
ber, and bad recently marked 2.000 trees,ot various
kinds, which were advertised to be sold on the 9th of
December inst. To prevent this additional injury to the
estate the present application was made. The Leaned
Counsel observed, that the trees just marked were
highly ornamental to Wanstead Park, as they clothed
sevesal pieces of water, and otherwise formed groves,
avenues, and vistas.
The Loma Cussimioa—To cut them down, then,
would be a general injur y to the property, and slier its
value, by destroying the beauty of its appearance ?
Mr. SUODEN answered in the affirmative, and ion-

pressed upon his Lordship the necessity of interposing,
without sh lay, for the protection of the property of the
eldest son of the late Mrs. Wellesley, who had been
married in 1812.—The special injunction was granted.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Dr. I.
Mr. DZNMAN tins morning cave into Court. and
took his seat, as a King's Counsel, within the liar. The
Learned Gentleman, having received the congratula-
tions of his brethren practising in this Coast, shindy
afterwards retired.

COVET OF KING'S BENCH, Dee 6.
Loodoo Sittings before Lord Terreassex sod Comma lurks.
11U1SANCIL—ORITII W. (QUI TAM) 1101111110 YD.
SIT JAMAS SCARLITT stated that this WILI an action
brought by Mr. Green to recover a penalty of 1001.
from the defendant, by reason of a nuisance. from
which the plaintiff himself had on one occa,ion suf-
fered ; for on going up to bee what a crowd was
about, at the door of the defendant's florae, he had his

pocket picked. Tie nuisance of which the plaintiff
complained we., the keeping of a disorderly 114 by
the defendant ; and he sued 14. r the penalty under
an Act of the 25th of George the Second, by which
it was enacted, that no public entertainments,
I consisting of music and dancing, tkc. should be given
at any house in London and Westminster, or twenty
miles around, without a proper license had and ob•
tained for the same from the proper authorities" The
defendant was the landlord of the house called the King's
Arms public-house, Has bleats, in tte ward of CI ipiegate,
and had allowed entertainments of this kind to be given
in his house, without any license fur that purpcsw ; and
the consequence was, that for every person admitted by
him to such entertainment, he was liable, enc!er the
Act, to pay a penalty of one hundred pounds to any
person that should sue for it. The object of the
Act, as manifestly appeared from the recital, was to
place the houses giving such entertainments uncle, the
contioul of the p..lice, bons the apprehension that
otherwise such houses might become receptacles for,
and encourager. ut, robbers and thieves and infamous
women, and all manner of vice and debauchery. Some
persons certainly were of opinion, that such houses
ought to be left free, like other houses; but they were
not here t s discuss the policy rf the law, but only
whether the law had been violated? He had a specimen
sat the bills which were issued to give public notice of
these entertainments, and it appeared that this baseness
was conducted with great economy, for one bill was so
printed as to serve for many days. The admission prce
was 2d. but that was not the only nor the principal
profit. The great profit was from the drinking and
smoking ; and by the time the entertainments were ton.
eluded, which was about 12 o'clock, many of the cons.
pony became drunk, and sallied out into tie street. some
for the purpose of raising riots and disorders, and others
for still worse purposes. Mr. Green had himself, as he
before stated, been one of the victims of the depreda•
tions of the crowds that assembled about this I Lace, and
be resolved to proceed against it for the penalties under
the statute, and with that view be went to one of these
entertainments himself, and then brought his act io Ap•
plcation had been made to the plaintiff, on beha f ofoft e
defendant, to give up the prosecution ; and to that the
plaintiffreplieel,that his object was not topic money in his
own pocket, and that therefore, if the defendant would
pay his costs, and give security that the nuisance should
be abated, he would discontinue the =len* To this, how•
era, the defendant, would not agree; and although
these entertainments were discontinued oling the pen&
ing of this action, yet, if the defendant should have a
verdict, they were to be recommenced immediately. and
public notice to that effect had been given. The plaintiff,
at present, only went for one penalty ; if his object had
been to put money in his own pocket, he might have
claimed, an', he beli4ved, might have obtained money.
He then proceeded call witnesses.
The evidence called in support of the case proved
that the meeting was called a as Cock and Hen Club."
Women as well as men sung. S ame of the persons
who attended were very indifferent in their characters.
Some, when they went out, were so drunk as to tumble
in the mud.

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For the defence, it was stated that twenty-six
actions of this description had been commenced against
the defendant, and for no ether purpose than to put
money in the pockets of those persons by whom the
proceedings were instituted.
The witnesses for the defence proved, that the house
was one of the molt reputable houses in the Ward, and
several dinners of the Ward and parish were held there.
They admitted that Concerts had been given in the
house,but on those occasions the defendant did his utmost
to keep out improper characters. The general com.
pant' consisted of clerks and mechanics.
Lord TRIITINDRN said that although it should have
'been proved that the most respectable characters bad
attended the meetings--if Members of both Houses of
Parliament bad attended there, with their wives sad
families—if would have been nothing with a view to
defence. The law had been violated, and the verdict
most be for the plaintiff.
Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 1001.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dan. S.
WIOOII4OI AND ANDVARI' V. /ADDINGTON AND OVUM..
This was an action on the tase, in which the plaintiffs
stated that thei had entered into a contract with the
Si. Kadiariae Docks Colvin, to carry bricks and send
for the beitillof the Docks, and that, in discharge of
their ditty that contract, they had to pass •ich .