Star.
London, England, 1820-11-08 00:00:00

LI, INTELLIGENCE.

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Jactsos V. GREEN.
The plaintiff in this cause had obtained st verdict
for £lO at the late Sittings at Cluildha for words
alleged to have been used by the defendant, imputing
so the plaintiff that ,he had set fire to his house. j
Mr. MAREYAIgr DOW moved an arrest of udg-
'tent, on the grounds that there was no proof that
the words were meant to refer to the dwelling of the
plaintiff; and it did-not appear in the indictment
that the house was contiguous to other buildings, m
that it had been intended to defraud any Insurance
Company. The Learned Counsel contended, that
by the Common Law it was no offence in a man tc
set his own house on fire, provided it was not conti-
guous to other dwellings, nor done with the inten-
tion of defrauding any Insurance Company.—Rule
granted to shew cause.
wortrorr V. SHAW.
In this cause, which had been tried at Norwicl,
before the Lord Chief Justice, the plaintiff had been
non-suited, and Mr. Serjeant SLOSSET now moved
for a new trial. The action had been brought foi
excluding light and air from the plaintiff's premises,
by building a high wall. It appeared on the trial
that the premises, which were quite contiguous tc
each other, had been in possession of a common pro.
prietor previously to the year 1814 ; when part was
sold to the plaintiff, and part to the defendant. The
defendant had a counting-house, which was built on
piers of wood, and on those piers, after the counting-
house had been taken down, he bad built the wall,
which was the subject of the action. At the trial, it
had been maintained by the Counsel for the plaintiff,
and the Judge who tried the cause, had been of the
same opinion, that the piers on which the wall had
been built were the joint property of the plaintiff
and the defendant. It was also stated, that many of
the Jury, who decided the cause, were known to the
defendant, and his persenal friends. On these grounds
it was contended that a new trial should take place.
Rule granted to shew cause.
THE KING V. SIR F. BURDETT.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, is this case moved the
Court to fix a day for proceeding with the argument
relative to the motion for anew trial, when the Court
appointed Thursday week.
HAWKIA V. ELDRIDGE.
This was a motion on the part of the defendant for
a new trial. The cause had been tried before Mr.
Justice BEST, at Guildhall, and was reported fully
in our Paper.
The plaintiff had left at the house of the defendant,
an innkeeper at Battersea, with whom he had no pre-
vious acquaintance, a quantity of goods and furni-
ture for the space of nearly a year, which occupied
the best room of the defendant's house, and made it
totally useless to him for all that time. When the
plaintiff at last came for his goods, he tendered for
the room at the rate of 10s. per week ; while, on the
other hand, 20s. a week were demanded by the de-
fendant before he would release the goods. On the
trial, the Learned Judge was of opinion, that the de-
fendant could have no lien on the goods except as a
warehouseman, and that the value of the apartment
in any other point of view was wholly immaterial.
Under that direction, the Jury had been of opinion,
that the tender was perfectly adequate, and that the
plaintiff was entitled to recover his property.
Mr. Justice Rest observed, that the proper mode
of bringing the question under the review of the
Court, was by an action for special damages ; but
that mode had not been adopted.
After some observations from Mr. SCARLET? and
Mr. GURNEY, the motion for a new trial was refused.

Last week, through the carelessness of a boy throw-
ing shavings on the fire in a carpenter's shop, in
Rose-street, Edinburgh, the premises took fire, and
were soon burnt down.

Mbnday night a fire broke out at Mr. BUTLER'S,
in-Artillery-lane Bermondsey, which destroyed the
same. And about one o'clock yesterday morning a
fire was discovered at the Cock and Magpie, in the
same neighbourhood, by which that house and the
adjoining (a cheesemonger's) were consumed.
Yesterday afternoon, about half-past two o'clock
considerable alarm was caused at the Custom-House,
in consequence of a fire which broke out in the sta-
tionary room, situated on the ground floor, near the
public entrance. It arose from some damp papers
being placed near the fire, and being incautiously left
without any person to take care of them, the flames
communicated to the wainscot and fixtures, and
blazed with great rapidity. The utmost confusion
for some time prevailed, and the different persons of
the Establishment were on the alert in removing the
books and papers ; persons were dispatched in all di-
rections for engines, and in a short time several were
on the spot, which being fortunately plentifully sup-
plied with water, they soon abated the fury of the
flames. By a quarter past three the fire was entirely
extinguished, but not before it had destroyed the in-
terior of the room; a large quantity of books, loose
papers, printed forms, &c. but none of any great
importance.

A very considerable crowd of persons assembled
at the outer barrier iesterday afternoon, and as their
Lordships left the House, many of them were assailed
with groans and hisses. The Duke of WZLLINOTON,
and the Marquis of ANGLESEA, were as usual coming
away together on horseback, in company of the Earl
of UXBRIDGE, Lord FITZROY SOMERSET, and other
Noblemen, when the expressions of disapprobation
were renewed with so much violence, that the Ma-
gistrates, apprehensive of a breach of the peace, or-
dered the Constables to take some of the most out-
rageous into custody. In consequence of this order
five persons were immediately secured, and two of
them were taken before Mr. Brame, at the Police
Office, Bow-street. Of these, one is a Mr. Jones, a
schoolmaster, residing in Mornington-place, and the
other was James Fitch, a journeyman to Mr. Mackey,
an oilman, in Piccadilly. They Loth admitted having
hissed, Sm. but declared they were not conscious of
having committed any offence against the laws. The,
Magistrate was of opinion that such conduct tended
to excite a breach of the peace, and they were each
held to bail to keep the peace, themselves in £5O, and
two sureties in L'2o each. The other three persons
apprehended were taken to the Queen-square Office,
and committed for want of ball.