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London, England, 1818-06-08 00:00:00

• LAW

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COURT OF CHANCERY.
OPINA NOVSIe•••••TAYLOR AND
Sir SAMUEL RoMILLY, in behalf of Mr. Taylor,
moved that the sum,of 4,5001. as a part of the pa'.
chase money due by Mr. Waters, should be paid into,
the hands of the Receiver-General. The J..earnesii
Counsel observed, that 27,0001. had already been riM
by Mr. Waters as part of the purchasp-money of the
Opera House, and that the sum of 4,5001. remaining
ad been allowed in the report of the Master, to
whom the consideration of the case had been referred.
Exceptions had afterwards been taken to that report,
3 it was by his Honour sent back to the Master for
revisal. But, in the mean time, whatever might be
• Master's re-consideration, the report appeared a
prOper and sufficient ground for the present appli-
cation. • -
Mr. HART, as Counsel for Mr. Waters, was desi-
rous to be allowed a few days forlis client to pre-
pare hh answer to an application resting entirely on
Mr. Taylor's affidavit.
Sir SA/tit/EL ROMILLY admitted that the petition
gas founded on an affidavit; but when that affidavit
related to facts, he knew of no better ground.
The VICE-CHANCELLOR, considering all the cir-
,mstances of the case, thought it best to order that
question should stand over to the last day of the
Term.

COURT OP ARCHES, JUNE 6.
suaezis C. BURGESS.
This was an appeal from the sentence of the Con-
sistory Court, Sir Was. &orn having pronounced
sentence of divorce between Boye and Elizabeth
Burgess. The suit was originally instituted by Mrs.
Eliza Burgess, for a restitution of conjugal rights,
on the ground that her husband, Boye Burgess, Esq.
had unjustly separated himself from her .without
cause. The allegations of Mrs. Burgess to this effect
were met by a counterplea on the part of the hus-
band, in bar of her suit, praying to be divorced from
her, on the charge of an adulterous intercou.se hay-1
- taken place betvteen her and Mr. Thomas Lane,
roung gentleman of 22 years of age, and partner
. the banking-house of Moffatt, Lane, Burgess, and
Co. The crime was charged in a long detail of cir-
cumstantial evidence, during a visit of Mr. and Mrs.
Burgess, and of Mr. Lane, at the house of Mr. Chatrt
bcrlain, of. Rise, in-Essex, about Christmas, 1814.
and Mrs. Burgess had lived together for a series
years, and had several children, two of whom,
,owever, only are surviving. About the beginning
1815 a formal separation took place between the
parties.
The evidence in support of the adultery being al-
together circumstantial and presumptive, was denied
Mrs. Burgess. Her own acknowledgment, how-
ever, was pleaded to a certain extent ; and it was
alleged that Mr. Lane, in consequence, withdrew
himself from the banking-house, and, in order to
break of all intcrconrse, embarked for the East In-
dies, where he at present resides. Several circum-
stances were also stated, from which the crime was

:feried, but no express act was proved to have
occurred. _ _ _

Sir Wm. SCOTT had inferred, from the whole res
cestte of presumptive evidence in this ease, that an
Ldulterous intercourse must be concluded to have
alcen place, and he therefore pronounced that the
msband had succeeded in establishing the counter
legation, in bar of his wife's suit, and decided ac-
_ordingly fin the separation sought by the former._
This sentence was now appealed against, and brought
into the superior Court, upon the grouni of denial
fthe adultery, and an averment of there being in-
sufficient evidence in support of that act.
The Court was this day occupied in hearing the
evidence in this interesting case, and the appeal was
ordered to stand over for argument.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNE Q.
CP.IMINAL INFORMATION. _

A man named John Roberts, one of the persons
.no was apprehended under the suspension of the
Habeas Corpus Act at Manchester, appeared on the
loor of the Court, and moved for a rule to she..v cause
`ly a criminal information should not be filed against
tscount Lord Sidmouth, Sir Nathaniel Conant, Na-
din, the Constable at Manchester, and others, for
fraudulently withholding from him certain articles
If wearing apparel and money, in value about 201.
Rhich had been sent to him while confined in the
gaol of Gloucester. The motion was founded upon
an affidavit formerly put in, which stated that the
articles in question had been delivered at the Police
Office at Manchester. The truth of this allegation
was subsequently denied, on application to the par-
ies to whom it was said the delivery had been made.

Mr. Justice BAYLEY said there was no ground what-
ever for granting the motion.
Roberts said he would persevere in his application
the Court until he obtained restitution of his pro-
perty ; upon which he was warned by the Court that
Le must take the consequence of any act which his
cwn imprudence might render it necessary for the
Court to adopt.

POARD or EXCISE, JUNE c.
IMITATION TEA.
THE KING MINI WRIGHT.
The defendant, a dealer in tea and coffee, Lam.
bath Marsh, Westminster-road, was charged with
•kving one pound six ounces of sloe. and other leaves
imitation of tea in his possession, and with selling
some of the came for genuine tea, whereby he had
--rfeited 101. for every pound of such fabricated tea.
vras charged on another count with having dyed
leaves resembling tea in his possession, and with
tirg the same For genuine tea. The defendant was
,narged on another count, with having in his pos-
session 14 ounces of seed, dyed, coloured, and pul-
verized, resembling small tea, or tea dust, and.with
selling the same for genuine tea. He was fined 101.
the second count.

THE KING D. BYNIIAM.

'The defendant, a grocer and tca.dealer, residing
. Chapel-street, Westminster, was charged upon
ir.formation, in several counts, with having in his
possession twenty pounds of imitative tea, made of
-loe leaves.
An Officer of the. Excise states, that he entered
the defendant's shop, and made the seizure. The
defendant pleaded guilty. The articles were proved
to be an imitation of tea, and made of some kind of,
leaves, coloured and dyed, and the defendant was,

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convicted. in the siltigated penalty of—One Hundred.
and Seventy Pounds.
THS 521/0 V. GUILT.
The defendant, who resided in Goswell-street, St.
James's, Clerkenwell, was charged with having in
his possession, and with selling, on the 17th of April,
a quantity of spurious coffee, made of burnt beans
and peas. He was convicted in the penalty of 201.
THIC WING O. HIRINO.
The defendant, a dealer in tea and coffee, residing
in London-street, Saint George's, was charged with
having a quantity of the spurious coffee in his pos-
session. lie was convicted in the penalty of 501.

THE KING N. DANDO.
William Dando, a dealer in tea and coffee, resid-
ing.in Oxford-place, Westminster-road, was charged
with having in his possession, on the day mentioned
in the information, seven pounds of spurious coffee.
The Excise officer proved the case, and produced the
article which the defendant sold for genuine. The
defendant pleaded guilty, and prayed mitigation of
damages, in consequence of having a large family,
&c. —Convicted in the penalty of 201.
THE KING r. TERRY.
The defendant, who resides in Oxford-place, St.
George's Fields, was charged with having 7 lbs. of
the imitative powder in his possession. The Officer ,
proved the seizure of the article, which the defen-
dant sold for coffee, and deposed, that it was not
coffee, but something resembling it, which was very
unpalatable to the taste, -and very pernicious. Con-
victed in the penalty of 90/.

Tuesday the daughter of Mr. BROCK'', of the White
Hart Inn, Kendal, fell over the bank of the dam near
the Castle Mills, and was drowned.
Friday, Mr. MARrER, of York-street, Southwark,
had one of his legs broken by a skittle-ball, at the
' Punch Bowl public-house, Queen-square, in conse-
quence of incautiously crossing the skittle-ground
while some persons were at play.
Saturday, as a lady was walking along the Strand,
bearing in her arms a little dog, a gentleman, out of
frolic, loosened the animal, and it ran across the street.
Anxious to atone for his rudeness, he pursued the
dog ; but in his eagerness he was knocked down by a
hackney coach, the wheels of which passed over him
and fractured his right arm and three of his ribs.
The young lady fainted on hearing what happened.
Last week a most numerous colony of mice was
discovered ir. re: aving a stick of wheat belonging to
a farmer near Ipswich. Some little estimate may be
formed of their numbers and consequent consu:nption
of grain, from the circumstance of upwards of-9600
having been killed, and afterward, toid by 41:e far-
mer and his assistants, besides a great many de-
voured by dcgs.
Yesterday all the fashion and splendour of the Me-
tropolis were congregated in tlycie Pork. Among
the numerous equtpages on " the. Wellington," were
those of the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, the AUSTRIAN and
SPANISH AMBASSADORS, DAIS Of BEAUFORT, and
Sr. ALBANS, Earls of SMAITTESBURY and CARNAn,
YON, Lady ELLENSOROUGII, &C. &C. &C. Thousands
of pedestrians were engaged in parading or. the road
side, contented to endure the iiiconvesience of heat
and dust, for the sake of contemplating the happy
state of the leaders of fashion and Haul Ton !
Dresses of narrow green and white silk were much
worn by the distinguished eleganles—fawn colour silk
dresses, and boots, fringed, and laced on the side,
were among
_the novelties—Leghorn bonnets are still
in vogue. Many of the languishing Dandies sported,
for the first time, the artmcial mustachio a-la-Hom-
bourg, and were rewarded With the rude grins and
coarse jokes of the canaille I
DRURY-LANE TnEAran.—The Special Committee
appointed on Tuesday, consisting of twelve, among
whom are—the Hon. DOUGLAS KINNAIRD, Mr. FAI,
LOWFIELD, Mr. CROCKER, Mr. WErsit, Mr. P. PAL;
MER, MT. SUAKESPRAR READ, Mr. HAY, Mr. CAL..
CRAFT, Mr. ROBINS, and Mr. RoasoN—had a meet-
ing on Saturday, for the purpose of receiving the Re-
ports of two Gentlemen, namely Mr. CROCKER and
Mr. ROSINS. These Reports were read, but neither
resolved upon. One urged that the Theatre could
not exist without a different sort of management ;
and this was most strongly impressed, upon the ground
that one efficient person could do more than a Com-
mittee ; aid the name of Mr. COLMAN was intro-
duced, as a Gentleman highly capable of every thing
appertaining to the management of a Theatre. There
was a proposition that the Theatre should be closed
on Saturday week, by which time it was con;i.leeed
the principal actors and actreises would have taken
their benefits.

The Grand Musical Festival, which was held on
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday last, at Oxford,
was most numerously and splendidly attended ; and
all the performers, both vocal and instrumental,
exerted their talents with the happiest effect.
Thursday evering there was a Ball in the Town
Hall, Oxford, at which more than 600 persons were'
present, all of whom appeared much pleased. The
dances continued until four next morning. The Ball
was opened by Miss WYKEIIAK and Mr. ASHIIIJEST.,
DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS!—This adage is appli-
cable to those who have lived rather gay, when on
the eve of Matrimony, and who are doubtful of the
consequences of an ill-cured contagion; and it must
' afford consolation to the afflicted to know thy may
have the best advice at the Medical Board at Char-
lotte House, Great Charlotte-street, opposite the Rev. Rowland
Hill's Chapel, Blackfriars-Road, and at Woodstock House,
Woodstock-street, five doors from Osford-street. The Board

particularly claims the attention of those afflicted with Ruptures,
Strictures, Fistulas, Cancers, Scrcpbulas„ Nervous Debilities,
arising from warm climates, juvenile indiscretions, &c. Erup-
tions on the bead, face, and body, ulcerated throat, pains in the
head and limbs, frequently mistaken for rheumatism, Nodes on
the shin-bones, are symptoms which appear years after, and the
consequences of improper treatment. Messrs. Cocryza and Co.
of medical and surgical celebrity, after forty years experience in
this Metropolis, are consulted daily at both houses until nine at
night, and the poor have advice (gratis) on Tuesday, Thursday,
and Sunday mornings, until twelve o'clock.—All letters to be
directed to Charlotte House, Blackftiars road ; bat nen( arc
answered which do not contain a consulting fee.
Woassir-avam.—Saturday &wok Ward, for uttering a forged
note, and W. Weller with having three such notes in his pons4.-s-
-sion, were fully committed.—J. Renee was committed for re-
examination, being charged with violating the person of Mary
Ann Wilkins, and also assaulting. Eliza Smith and Atuclia
Thompson, girls of 13 years of age.
Friday a man m the dress of a sailor stretched
himself on the pavement in the Borough, and com-
plained that he was perishing for want. 'Heron, the
Constable, expressed his determination to take him to
the watch-house, when the dying man starting sud-
denly up, struck him a violent blow on the temple,
which stunned hips for a few moments, and ran away

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