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London, England, 1816-11-30 00:00:00

'''''.;.'" LAW INTELLIGENCE.
ECCUrniarIICAL COURT, Docrrotte Commons, Nov. ON
' OWEN V. OWZN. ,
This was a suit instituted by the complainni4 ••01,.
Gentleman of *fashion, against Lady Elisabeth
OVWD, his wife, for a separation, on the ground of
adultery, "'nerd to have been committed by ber.
lis supports:lf the allegations, the testimony df a
waiter at the Bel Inn, at Sandwich, in Kent, was
,- which, stated that Lady Owen came to the
kai lon, in company with the adulterer, and passed
the night there.
Mr. Mercer, a Gentlemanin the law, also deposed
in Wl' seeing Lady Owen at Catlaiain company with
the person with whom she rased the night at the
Bell Inn, and that they went by the name of Halk.
Evidence was also adduced of her•hayingbeen seen
in indelicae situations, stud carryiog on a clandestine
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correspondence. -
The Learned Judge (Sir WILLiAlit SCOTT) was a
, opinion that tLe proofs of her: guilt were sufficiently
strong to-wan:Ant his pronouseing a separation, and
dented accordingly. •
BURGESS-v. DUBOW&
This was a suit instituted fur a separation from I
lied and boat d. • • . .. - I
The libel stated, that Idr. Burgess suspecting his
wife had a criminal connection with a person of the ,
name of Lane, who was OR terms of intimacy with
him, and wishing to sathfy his mind thereon, went to
the house of Mr. Lane, and accused him of having
had as adulterous intercourse with his wife, which
he, atter some hesitation, acknowledged.
Atter this interview Mr.
:Burgess charged his wife
with having been false to his bed, which she admitted
to be too true. He then separated himself from her,
and commenced this suit.
In sopport of the allegations, two letters were read,
one from Mr. Lane to Mrs. Burgess, informiug her
of the interview with Mr. Burgess, and the other sent
by 'Mrs. Burgess to Mr. Lane, relating what had I
peeled between her and her husband.—The Judge
was of opinion the allegations were proved, and 1
prouounced a separation from bed and board. '1
COURT OP CHANCERY. NOVEMBER se.
LORD BYRON'S POZMS.—OZOROL GORDON. LORD BYRON,
v. JAHNS JOHNSTON.
Sii• SAHUZL ROitILLY moved for an injunction on
the part of the noble plaintiff, to restrain the defen-
dadt from publishing a spurious edition of his works,
entitled" Lord Byron's Pilgrimage to the Holy Landi
Vie Tempest, Farewell to England, Ode to St. He
len4; to *y Daughter on the Morning cf her Birth,
and to the Lily ot France," which the defendant ad-
ircitised in the Newspapers, particularly on Sauuday
the 16th instant, as follows :
" The Publisher of • Lord Byron's Pilgrimage to the holy
Lund,' together-with the • Tempest, hegs leave to say, that it
maths ready for delivery on Wednesday Dot. Price 51- 64- erg'
fortis with the liable Author's former works. He likewise takes
the oppoetunity of infvrot.a. the Public, lot they may be oh.
.. led, that the copyright of this Work was eoosigaie to bhp gads-
sively by the Nuhk Author himself, and lot which be pee 500
guineas.---98, Chraystde, and 959, Osford•ureet." .
The Learned Counsel then stated, that so far
from this bring a uue statement, he held in his band
the affilavit of a gentleman of the name of Scope
Beidmore Dave:. which set forth that the plaintiff
was travelling in Italy, and in the beginning of Sep•
ternber he left him near Genoa and that he entrusted
him to bring over to Mr.- John Munay, bookseller,
his two last new Poems, to be published by him,
and which said Mr. Murray agreed to give bins two
• thousand guineas for; and from, the conversations
be had with the Noble Lord,. he was confident that
dr works held cut by the defendant are not the pro-
duction of his Lordship, only so far as they may con-
tain plagiarisms. An application for au injunction
hid been made to the Vice Chancellor ; but his Mo-
amar was of opinion, as the Noble Plaintiff viii UM
in the kingdr•rn, notice of the nintion ought to be
served on the defendant,. to give him an opportunity
of proving. the assertions in his advertisement. He
Would not take up thoturther time of the Court, but
snit to hear what would be advanced by his learned
Friends on the other side. .
- Mr. SRADWZLL followed .on the same aide, and
said, it was not the wish of his noble Client that the
defendant should be restrained from publishing his
rhymes ; aU he wished was, that he should be prohi-
bited from selling them as hit, the Plaintiff's poetry, i
for it was neither grammar por poetry that he wait
vending. He would read a passage, which be 'Op-
posed was &tended to pay a compliment to hil
Learned Friend, Mr. 'Leach, the defendant's Counl,
sel, and he had no doubt high would put his, Lord.'
. ship in full possession of the merits of the defendant's
publication. The Learned Counsel then read from
the Poenrof " The Tempest"--
a Deep were bb hurts, bat deeper win •
Some wound that' bodied sight at skill ;
'Teas such as deemed the friendly lamb
Sera all mortal art toreseh.
. Oh I 'twat usaianarene of the soul, .
Which lew might know, and none controul
Sums lawk-ss passion's boisterous Ire
home be. unbkst, seine unquesched ire ; '
rerchanta Despair's dark Rend possessed
The threat aad sane* ef the breast. .
Ilic what it may—Nwas lusown maw,
• Save to that friendly keels alone." • .
This caused much :Dutch in Court, in which Mr.
. LEACH most heartily joined.
Mr. SHADWZLL laid he would read but one passer:
more, which was the last of Mt Tempest, viii.
" But oft upon die indsz-stews
That friendly leech walla sit aim; ),
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And though the Mixon would bullet blot
And drenchiog Takeo:A evert tiro,
b lie recited not. Oa bia dila* caeca .
He told stranp tales, Which soma can Coe*
'1
. s Which made the startled eye-balls dime,'
And petrify the stlikaing hair,
' Of deedsof bell.—but they have sped.—
Goon rest the sods ef all the tired In .
Mr. SUADWELL observed, after this specimen. whit-
ever might be the opinion of Mr. Leub, he was SUM
his Lordship would think the floble Author was not
doing too much, when he asked not to be Considered
. the father of such jargon. He had therefore no doubt
but the praler Of the bill would be gulled, and an
injunction Uwe to restrain the defendant from selling
his publications as those of Lord Byton.
Mr. Leacn, Counsel for the defendant, stated,
that the works in question were denied by Lord Bye
son to be his works. Hi contended, therefore, that
n . notike-of motion could oblige the defendl
dau
to come into Courkarid defend it. H 4
He ifoirld be •
injisatice to. hia.clrent if Ire was to say one wcriitora • ,
Sir SAIIIISI. RustlLtift to reply, contended that be

'was dolled to * it diet **a
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Ineonsbent *tiho Colltrto lf he
-WM many` CMOS iopeint, egt dare celebrated MT.]
Ivor, where bodkeeller wat..ksp from publisb- !
lei dame, Irit bad ed
sever written.
Also in the care of Dr. Pally, and that of Lord Ches-
terfield's ttecuton prohibiting a work which intro-
duced a letter of hit Lordship's advice to his son--
The 4eferiCint had undertaken to inform the publici
tbatjthe works he was publishing, were the works off
the plaintiff,. and that he had given for then% a va.
tumble consideration, when his Lordship had disposed
of them to Mr. Murray, for a large sum; and autho-
rised him to publish them. It was not remeneration
for his talents that the noble Plaintiff wanted—it was
only that spurious and ungrammatical matter should
not go out as his production. His Learned Friend
(Mr. Leach), bad made no objection that the bill
could not be ffied in the absence of Lord Byron—but
it fie had, he could have proved, by affidavit, that his
Lordshipnad lett authority .with Mr. Murray, before
lie went abmad, for that purpose, and also a general'
authority. Under those considerations, he had n. 3
*doubt but.his Lordship would grant the injunction,to
{e.strain the defendant trom selling the works as those
of L:rd Byron.
The.Lonn CHANCELLOR observed, that the Noble
Plaintiff did not.ask the injunction to restrain the
Defendant from publishing on pecuniary grounds,
but on the grounds of character as an author ; in
answer to which the Defendant had said he had given
a pecuniary compensation for the work he had pub-
lished. He (the Lord Chancellor) certainly could
not refute the injunction, on Lord Byrongiving secu-
rity for the cost of the suit. Injunction granted.
COURT OP NUM'S BENCH, NOVEMBER wt.
SWORE. OF otoorowoaa.
THE KING IP. TIMMER AND 1101INTFORD.
Mr. NOLAN applied to the Court for a Certiorari to
remove the proceedings et this tase from the Surrey
Seuions to the Court of King's lkoch.—Writgranted.

THS JUNO V. •PerTv.
The defendant, formerly Town Clerk of Kendall,
was taten on an attachment for a contempt in not
Mien-lag up the Corporation Boots. He was di.
rated to nuke oath that all the books in his custody
were delivered up, and the Rule was enlarged until
next Term. .
Novastazit 29.••• TIM am v. rtxwat.a.
This sias an indictment against the defendant Pye-
well-, a horse.dealer, for a conspiracy, with another,
to sell a General Officer an unsound horse as end for
a sound one.
The General was called, who proved that he
bought the horse of Pyewell fora sound horse, and
that it was warranted sound, both by the representa-
tion of Pyewell and the other defendant. Ending
the horse unsound, be ietusned it, but could get no
return of his money.
Lord ELLSNBOHOUGH said, this was the common
case of the warranty of a horse which did not answer
the a arranty. It was aSt subject for an action, but
not for an indictment, and directed the Jury to ac-
quit the defendanu.—Not Guilty.
THS SIKH 9. ALUM.
This was an indicanent•against the Keeper of the '
TyburniurnVike.gate for an extortion, in demanding
3d. for the passage of a cart laden with dung, the
property of Mr. Woods, a farmer at Actoa, contrary
to the Statute 52 G. 3, c. 145.
Before the case was gone into, it was agreed, at
, the suggestion of LorcrEt.casnonoven, that a vet.-
' diet of Guilty should be recorded, subject to the
Opinion of the Court upon the true construction of
the Act of Parliament in question.
The Jury accordingly found a verdict of Guilty,
with liberty to move to enter a verdict for defendant.
IRROUSOS V. Dli ROVVONY.
Phis was an action against the Abbe de Rufigny,
who keeps an Academy in Castle-stteet, Holborn, to'
recover the sum of eleven guineas, claimed by the
plaintiff for two months' gavial es atv usher in the
defendant's school, at the rate of five guineas and a
half per month. .
-The case appeared to be this :—Defendant went
to France in the month of Angurt fast, for the pur-
pose of visiting his relatives, Intending to return to
England in a month 'or ids weeks, and hired the
plaintiff •to superintend the school, which was at-
tended by morning and evening scholars, during his
absence. He was to teach French. the Latin and,
Greek Classics, and Geography. During the de.
lendant's absence he ingratiated hitoself so much in
'the good opinion of the pupils, that before the return
of the Abbe, he announced to the' scholars, that he
was going to set up a school for himself, in the neigh-
bourhood of Ckrkenwell; to which he invited them;
and then, leaving the defendant's establishment to
shift for itself, he carried his intention. into effects
and he was accompanied to his school in Clerkenwell
by several of the defendant's pupils.
The Jury, without much hesitation, found theirs
verdict for the defendant.
It was inthenned in the ceune of the trial, that the
Abbe hid noW an action pending against•the plain.
tiff in the Court of Common Pleas, for seducing US
pupils away from his establishment. ,
• HUN V. PAW.
This was an action by a coach passenger against)
the OMMHS to recover the value of a box, with its
contents. ;shad Alp fit. 3d. which it was &Hedged
was lost by the 'negligence of the defendants.
It appeared in evidence, that the plaintiff, a female
paucager, bad of into the coach at night, about
eight miles from Basingstoke, having consigned ber
luggage to the tate..of the *coachman) but she did not
know of the restricted liability of the coach**oprie.
tor for property sot exceeding the value of ilts Ontil
after her arrivals in tows. Upon discovering the loss
of her boa she made a drand opon the defendants
of .‘lolls. 3d. the value of it, but the defendants
resisted ,payment, contending that they were only
liable for ‘5, being the amount for which they bad
; publicly restricted their liability, in all cases wherel
I thee WADS &mance.
Lord Eumnfaeitrom however clanged the Jury,,
that until carriers had of late'restricted their liability
by notiee re the public, they were liable at C °MORS
taw to a loafer an iodellaite amount. • It was, there-
fore, in this case. material to knew whethei, the plait'.
tiff had bad due ties*. of the defendants' limited
fesponsibilityl fox if ibis bad not had actual notice of
it, she Vriu sodded to i vadici for the whole value
of the property lOU.. '." . ,
The Jury toutre-iiict for. the e Sail hil+pDa-
nage' 41110 Sim 114.

• • ,
• v.- ..Itifstiarcrmir Artrrynns.
. • •,,•••-,
At ifotitio din t.tartholonitw's Hospital
as hioaday lasi, taiffie body of Eleanor W hittOrd, a
Ice young ishonatt.l7 yealtsof age.—Mar' Whitford,
sitter to the deceitieff, deposed that she resiaes at 32,
Stanhope.street, Clare Market, and at about half-
past 11 o'clock on Saturday night last, the deceased
had been cooking supper ; that the deponent went to
fetch some beer, and on her return liatV the deceased
standing by tht fire ; the deponeot turned to lock the
door, and the deceased cried out, e, I am on fire 1"
.deponent ran to her assistance, and put a piece of ear-
let round the deceased ; she then unlockod tke door
sod called for assistance ; that the deceased rushed
•out of the room, ran down stairs, and WAS met by
Mr. Rands, landlria of the house, who extinguished'
the flames.—Mr. Rands deposed that at about half-
past 11 o'clock on Saturday evening last, he was
awoke out of his sleep by the cries of some person
over head ; that lie instantly got up and opened the
door.; saw the deceased running down stairs com-
pletely enveloped in flames, which ascended near a
yard strove her head. On the deceased seeing his
room door open she rushed in ; aia the deponent
took off his bed clothes, wrapped them round the
deceased, laid her on the floor, and thereby extin-
guished the flames ; that the deponent sent for a sur-
geon, who advised him to take her to the Hospital ;
the deponent then took the deceased in a coach to St.
Bartholomew's Hospital, %Acre she died in great
agony about half past eight on Sunday morning.—
Verdict—Accidental Death.
Another inquest was held at the same time and
place, upon the body of a girl ten years of age, who
met her death in a similar manner.—Same verdict.
j Mrs. CLARKE, the wife of Mr. CLARKE, of the Shef.
field Theatre. was unfortunately burnt to death, on
Friday se'nnight, from her clothes taking fire by the
.eandle accidentally falling at the time she was em-
ployed in ornamenting a muslin dress'; she imme•
diately rushed into the street, the flames gained new
vigour from the air, and in a few moments the un-
happy woman was one terrific blaze, from the ground
to a considerable heigla above her head.
• Mr.FARRELoof Wentworth-place,Dulditnnschitect,
having recently completed the building of the Charity
&hoots, at Bennets-town, near the Royal Canal,
endowed by the benevolent Counsellor Morgan, took
the opportunity with his family to visit them on Sun.
day last, enconraged by the mildness of the weather.
The party consisted of Mr. Farrell, his wife, and a
young Lady, Miss Bates, of shunt toe age of twenty,
a near relatihn of his ; Master Bate, a young Gen-
tleman of about sixteen or seventetn, bloater to Mi..s
Bates, and a Master Wright, a boy ef about 8 years
old, son to a gentleman living at or neat Donnybrook.
They All rode in Mr. Farrell's Car, 'end on their re.
turn home by the side of the Royal Canal, between
the 10th and 11th lock, at about the hoar of tl.ree the
horse evinced an inclination to drink, and turned to
the water, on which the driver, blaster Bates, endea-
voured to check h to : the horse, 1111103tunateiy, be-
came more restive and stubborn than, tom his former
habits, either Idr. Farrell or Master Bates could have
possibly expected, and he actually plunged towards
the Canal with such violence, that in a moment him-
self, the cat, and the whole party were immerged in
the very centre of the Canal. Mr. Farrell and Master
Bates, the driver, had happily the presence of mind
to throw themselves out of the car, and gaiu the op-
posite bank; but the car falling on one side com-
pletely covered thil two ladies Mrs. Farrell and Miss
Bates, and the young boy, ladies,
Wright, and pre•
eluded all possibility of obtaining any aid from their
sorrowful and horror struck cotnpanions who escaped.
The melancholy conseceience was, that those three
persdna were unfortunately drowned, together with
the animal whose stubtiorness occasioned the whole
disaster.^Every possible means were made use of to
disengage the bodies from their dreadful situation ;
but it was found a work of labour and difficulty to
do so, from the circumstance of the car covering diem,
and that being so firmly attached to the dead horse.
The bodies, however, were taken out the seit mor-
ning. Coroner's Verdict—Accidental Death.

Friday se'nnight a fire broke out in the warehouse
of Mr. Hewitt, dealer in marine stores, near the
.low
end of North Shields, and such was its rapidity that
not a single article could be saved. The bake kobie
of Messrs. Cornfort and Jordeson, adjoining, was also
entirely destroyed, and the workshop of Morton and
Co. block maker, was also much damaged.
Thursday evening, a fire was discovered in the
workshop of Mr. Mansell. japanner, Great Sutton•
Meet, Clerkenwell, caused by a. varnish pot boiling
over I the timely arrival of the fire engines, and a
good supplt of water, arrested the progress of the
lames. and preserved the premises, without doing
further damage than what was done to the inttrior of
the shop.

_ l'odringtose, a boy of about 15
yeanof age, was brought up, and underwent a final
nominating, charged with burglariously breaking
the home of Mr. Stedman, of Aldersgate•street, and
attempting to steal silk kaiakerchiels and other pro-
perty, on Tuesday night last. The prisoner, it ap. i
peered, notwithstandingnhis youth, was one of a gang
of thirty juvenile depredators, and had himself been
but three weeks discharged from Newgate.—He was
fully committed for trial., .
MARLBOAOUGII-STftErr.—Rebut Newman and John
C.larkt were charged with a burglary in the dwelling-
house of Sir Rhn Clark Jervoise, Bart. and stealing
a desert service, apparel, and various other articles.
,Tba robberr and burghiry was committed in the
stables contiguous to, and forming a. part of the
tiVrelling-house. The prisoners were remanded for
another examiaation.,
HAUE HpNtING.—A few years ago., an Airshire
Laird, with some of bis companions, having gone a
hunting, and started a hare, after a long run, puss
made her way thrqugh a amen bole in a stone wall. ,
and was instantly seized by an old *organ, who hap-
pened to be there at tile time; who secreted it in her
arras. The Goodman°. being the first to °lake kis
. Way over- the wall, astonished at not seeing the hare,
questioned the old woman, who denied having. seen
the animal. Struck with the idea of her being a
witch, who had resumed her proper form, the. Gen.
dem= „seized . the olcf lady, and shaking her, exclai-
med-44- Whit the Devil, is it sou we have bees ,
hrsitrisiz
,all-this time ?" when, out started the hare,,
'thereby renewing the chase and affording a fund of
metefment to the Gentleman and his party.