Star.
London, England, 1821-11-20 00:00:00

dismissed.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DUBLIN, NOV. 17.
THE COLLEGE B. THE LORD PRIMATE.
Yesterday, in this cause, the Judges charged the
Jury, which was Special.
Lord Nonnuity.—Gentlemen of the Jury, it de-
volves upon the Court to perform the very arduous
task of addressing you upon this important case, be-
wee n the Heads of Religion band Learning in this
country. Fortunately it is not embarrassed with the
contradictory evidence of living witnesses, and we
will therefore proceed Nrith less perplexity. The
Lord Primate, by virtue of his high office, claims
the right of Presentation to the Living of Clonfeickle,
in Armagh, and this right, the College contends,
belongs not to his Glace, but to the Provost, Fel-
lows, &c. It is the business of this Court and Jury'
to decide between these high contending parties:"
His Lordship recapitulated the evidence at length,
and observed—Gentlemen, you find the College con-
tinues in the.quiet possession and patronage of Clon-
feickle, except two interruptions. From the period
iof the Restoration, the College have done nothing to
forfeit their rights ; if they had a right then, they
have it now. Gentlemen, they have enjoyed the pre-
sentation of this living; ancient possession is pre-
sumption of right; we cannot divest this case of what
would be evidence in any other, namely, length -of
possession. Gentlemen, if there was no title in the
Crown to grant in 1610, the College have no right
to This advowson—if there was a title in the Crown ,
in 1654, then this advowson is in the Primate; this'
is. for you to try. I will not trifle with the feelings
of any man, much less will I with Dr. Jervis, the
nominee of Primate, who has abundance •in his
power to recompense the Doctor. His Grace has not
suffered by time, which was so poetically described
by Mr. Plunkett...-id Time has not thinned his flow-,
ing hair, nor on him laid his iron hand." No, Gen-
tlemen, for he is at this moment well in health and
hearty; an 4 I have the pleasure of knowing him very
well, and now leave him to Goo and his Count? y.
Justices FLETCHER, Mooste, and JOHNSON then
delivered their charges at great length, concurring
with Lord NORBURY.
Late in the evening the Jury returned w;tli the
following verdict—g, We find that the College were
seised of the living of Clonfeickle, in the manner
aforesaid, with £6OO damages, and 6d. costs."
Justice MOORE informed the Gentlemen on both
sides, that costs would not be allowed in a case of
Quare barb:l."
COUNTY COURT-HOUSE, CORK.

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An action for breach of promise of marriage, in
which Miss Margaret Adams, of Kilfinan, was plain-
tiff, and the Rev. Mr. Cozens, defendant, was dis-
posed of on Saturday, judgment having gone by de-
fault, and a writ issued to the Sheriff to assess da-
mages. The Jury, after hearing evidence, returned
' a verdict of 1.:225, with 6d. cora. The damages
were laid in the pleadings at £l,OOO.

.
Bow-sraerr.—Yesterday .1. Knight and H. Weidle
were put to the bar, when Mr. Joy, proprietor of the
Grand Hotel, Covent-Garden, stated, that the de-
fendants came to his house on Sunday evening, and
ordered an expensive supper, which was served to
them, and •they drank three bottles of wine. While
they were at supper, one expressed great surprise
" that Kelsey was not come;" to which the other re-
plied, "it was very extraordinary, but, d—n him,
he should pay." At length, when the bill was sent
up, they swore they had nothing to do with it ; Mr.
Kelsey had invited them to supper, and had pro-
mised to meet them there, and he must pay the bill
of course. Mr. Joy knew Mr. Kelsey was confined
in the King's Bench Prison. This they denied ; and
said, that he had promised to meet them, and that
they would not pay a farthing. They, moreover,
threatened to throw him down stairs, and thrust their
fists into his face. After some expostulatioh, they
consented that a watchman should accompany them
home, in order that witness might know where to
find them ; but they had not gone tar, when they ran
away. The watchman, however, sprung his rattle,l
and they were secured. One of the defendants re-1
peated the assertion, that Kelsey had promised to bel
with them, and treat them with a supper; at the
same time acknowledging that he was in the Rules''
of the Bench.—They were then committed in default
of bail, for the assault.
Gut LOMA LL.--G. Bennett, apprentice to Mrs. War-
ren, a baker, in Ivy-lane, was charged with an as-
sault on W. Pagan, a tailor in the employ of Mr.
Eden, of Christ Church-passage. The complainant
and his shopmates had gone to the Salutation Tap,
after receiving their wages 'on Saturday, where the'
prisoner was sitting, in company with some butchers.
The prisoner having struck up a snag to amuse his
companions, the tailors jeered at it,' and at the con-
clusion set up thunders of ridiculous applause; one
of the tailors then sang, and the prisoner and a
butcher jeered in their turn. The tailors then called
the baker a blackguard, when he knocked one of
them down, and a general row commenced.—Sirs,
JAMES &Law thought his conduct blameable, hut the
epithet applied to him was very provoking, and dis-'
charged the complaint.
Town HALL, SOUTHWARK.-Will RM and Mary
Brown were charged with assaulting Ann Smart.
The affray originated in a feeling of jealousy ; and
Mrs. Brown seeing Mrs. Smart, a neat door neigh,
bour, passing up Griffiths's-rents, Bermondsey-street,
pounced upon her, and gave her a black eye, ha