Star.
London, England, 1819-07-29 00:00:00

LAiribifigitzeENcE.
OUT OF CllANatt "AWOL? se.
TIM HON. NEWTON nuoictii.• Mg EARL PP PORTS.
MOUTICAND JOHN RANSON. •
Mr. HART stated'thafthis was a motion for com-
mitting the defendants for a breach of an injunction
granted to restrain them from cutting down certain
trees, and also from pulling down the buildings be-
longing to the mansion-house, and from destroying
any fixtures in the latter. The defendants had not
denied that they had felled the trees, and therefore it
tVould prevent the necessity of hit going fully into
the merits of the case. The plaintiff's affidavit stated,
that some ornamental trees had been felled since the
order for the injunction was granted, and that he, as
the trustee and the heir at law of the estates now oc-
cupied by the defendant (Lord Portsmouth), saw that
this was the case, especially so far as fourteen fir
trees and a very tine oak, all of which were in view
of the.house, and the reliques of which were still visi-
ble, though attempted to be concealed by earth and
grass. He was also informed by a labourer that he
(the labourer) had cut them down, and that they were.'
marked for the purpose by order of the defendant's
Bailiff, who had done so by the direction of defendant.
The labourer could not make an affidavit of this, be-
cause by doing so he would have lost his employment.
Even the Bailiff was so much under the influence of
the defendants, that from him also information could
not be obtained. The breach of the injunction, so
far from being occasioned by accident, must be at-
tribtited solely to a contempt of Court. The very
pulling down of one tree was as much a contempt
of the Court as if the whole had been demolished in
the Park. On the other side, it was attempted to
Mike an apology, by saying that a Lodge had been
recently erected for the (lame-keeper of the Noble
Lord, nod it was therefore necessary to fell certain
trees which essentially retarded the Game-keeper's
'.iew of the country from his Lodge. It was also
said, that the removal of a saw-pit nearer thelMan-
slon-hoose occasioned the cutting down of some tim-
ber. But if' such apologies were admitted, the au-
thority of ;the Court was at an end, so far as related
to Injunctions ; and such, he hoped, would be the
copiluct qf his Lordship, as to show the Noble De-
f'& dant that this Court would not be trifled with.
Messrs. Wanton au. and BaLL followed, on the
smie side.
Tht ATTORNEY GENERAL for the defendants ad-
siiikia that the other side *ere so far light in what
te.ty had said., but it could never be meant that the
iluiletion was' to evend further than ornamental
timber, the deftoriant (Lord Portsmouth) being only
tetant for life, and besides, he was so without any
impeachment of waste. His I.ordship would recol-
lect, that the injunction .vas granted in 1811, and
to Noble Dzfendant swore positively that never before
fltsirce the injunction had he CE down any trees in
the park or pleasure-grounds, except two fir-trees
which were between the saw-pit and the garden wall,
Which so. far from being ornamental, were totally the
reverse, as by their situation they totally obstructed
eke growth of the frisit-trees on the other side of the
*alt.. The defendant, Hanson, had moat posi-
tively sworn, that he never gave directions to any
one to cut down trees, and if they had
.been cut
dbwn, it was 'contrary to his knowledge. The
Bailiff made an affidavit, in whit.h he declared it
was necessary for the mansion house to be repaired,
and that he accordingly had cut down 14 trees for
that purpose, which were growing in a clump nearly
one mile from the house, and which trees had been
marked for cutting down some years before this took
place. Another tree had been felled, but it was so
rotten as to be fit only for firewood. None of the
stumps of the trees had been covered over with grass
eavtli to hide them, and thr '2.9 years had lie acted
in the same way as he had done. Such was surely
sufficient evidence to show the order was not violat-
ed, and he (the Attorner-General) hoped the motion
would be dismissed with costs.
'11:osko and Mr. Tae..st.ovr: followed on the
same side, and said that the other side seemed to have
forgotten that A Peer of the Realm could not be com-
mitted for a contempt of this Court. There was, no
ail Order of Parliament that a Writ of Se-
questsation might be issued, and this had been shenn
in the Case of Ewer and Lord Shaftesbury.
tr.' NAT,. in reply, contended that he was
ri the-. Earl of Macclesfield had been committed.
the 'Loan CHANCELLOR. entered fully into all the
facts of the case, and pronounced his opinion, that
the injunction had not been wilfully violated, and
thrstefote he trust dismiss this Motion as against the
Noble defendant. He would at the sank time assure
the parties, that it could not be too often repeated,
that-this Court had such a jurisdiction as would reach
the liighest Peer in the geahn, were the slightest in-
svh Offiaed to the authority of the Court.

Asibertev.HENßT E RI NGTO N was passing through
Carlingf9rd, near Dublin, on the 12th.instant, in a
landauTette, the horses took fright, and ran forward
with such itnpettiosity, that he was thrown with vio-
letite againgt the gable of a house, and received con-
siderable injufy in the head. His Lady, a nurse, and
an infant, were also precipitated from the carriage,
which was dashed to pieces. Mrs. ELRINGTON was,
we are sorry to say, severely bruised. The nurse
stistained little injury, and "the infant escaped unhurt.
He ate happy to learn that Mr. and Mrs. ELRINGTON
in a fair way of recovery.
:Thursday se'nnight, a melancholy accident occur-
red at dare Morris, in the county of Mayo, which
has' deprived an amiable wife of a fond and affection-
ate'husband, to whom she had been but a few months
rtrarried.--As a Mr. Mnartiv, the Revenue Officer of
that town, was returning home, his horse took fright
and became ungovernable, when be, in his exertion
td tasnethe animal, was thrown from his seat, and his
head coming first to the ground was nearly killed on
the spot.
Monday sennight, T. Thomson, a soldier in the
Roral Artillery, whilst bathing off Carrickfergus, was
sel:r.ed with a cramp, and unfortunately drowned.
Satinday W. C. Saltmarsh, a private in the 18th
llussars, whilst bathing in the river at Kiggel's-quay,
LiMerick, went beyond his depth, and was drowned.
Thursday morning, Michael Cullinan, schoolmas-
ter, was drowned at Killaloe, while bathing in the river.
&few days since as two children were playing to-
gether at Fordwich, in Kent, one -of them threw a
sign, which striking the eye of the other (son of Mr.
Webb) occasioned the loss of his sight.