Star.
London, England, 1826-01-28 00:00:00

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

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Last n;ght presented us with .a new east of the
Tragedy of Venice Preaerved—the pit of Pierre by
Mr. Waling, and that of Jlffer, by Mr. SIMI. Mr.

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%save supported the character of Pierre with justness
of delivery, and expressive and stern dignity. The
Senate Scene was received with infinite applause; and
in the previous scene with the conspirators he delivered
the words K put op thy sword old man," with a power-
ful degree of taunting severity. Mr. annul, as Jefer.
shewed much point and correctness. of reading • bat
he did not appear to as much advantage as in Ha.mlat,
owing to the energy which the character imperatively
demands. Mrs. StOiuis threw much interest ever the
character of. Belvidere by the feeling earnestness with
which she acted throughout the night. The House was
well and fashionably attended.

Another soldier has turned Author, and given anal*.l
swat el his Miasma as a littanao la the French as well oi
Anal% km 1408 le tots. The Editor observes, In
Preface, that " The deieriptioa et a ieldisee ever.veryiag
is rendered pa/dada/1y Mirada( en this account, that the aem-
mouse man, emit* his Moe wherever he is by mans of his
Wets, as if led by the hand Of .eits, into every
Muse, sad into the deepest masses et piney. 4N relotiess
et this name, there is no scardry in the Velem before us. Oir
mead was ales takes by the bates. sad spoken us by Na
at a reviser el the it..,. at ValladdiA—he 011011111 Madrid ander
dte masmand of Murat.-be ploadmed and slew there during the
inistratimof the ed May,. was quartered la Aranntes,
in the nisi Palm* et the Priem el the Pam—suffered ken
the Guerillas, misted In the disetractles et the accursed prises of
the bst ke. rite.
A ! Paper, which it not likely to become
celebrated tort* correctness of its Russian or Spanish
pews, this-morning contains a letter 6 received by a
Lady of distinction now in London, from a Gentleman
holding.a high official situation at St. Petersbergh."--
in this letter the writer, after stating that 44 the laa.,
mortal remains of ALSZANDIR would set out otAhl
Bth inst. from Taganrog for St. Petersburgh, and would
pass through Moscow, tells us that the EISPIIIIII will
not leave Taganrog this winter, and why ? because
h. (Meiling is found to be impLacticable at this reason."
'Now we do bet in. any reason why " the last mortal
remains of the &onto*" should be able to efficethat I
which is impracticable, any more than the' Slants's.—
There is, we suspect, another little mistake in this letter,
and it is ihistbat the body of the &Sienna will not
e conveyed to Bt. Pitersburgh at all, but that it:will
be interred at Mosioti, Where the Russian Curs have,
without eseeptioo, been hinted.

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bet of Cease Petitions. Be rose by eleven &cloak,
not being any Counsel ready to move
VICK-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Jam. if.
PAULI? AND °TAMS% Daiwa.,
This was a motion for an injunction to restrain the
defendant from investigating a bond, passed by the
plaintiff; and also for an injunction to restrain the High
Sheriff of Buckinghamshire from paying over to the
defendant a sum of 1001. levied at his instance, on the
property of the plaintiff. The applicati a involved
several charges against. the defendant. which being
made es-parte, we think better to decline notic,ng fir
the presenr. It may be stated generally, that the plain-
tiff being in embarrassed circumstances, applied to the
defendant for the purpose of getting his affairs arranged;
and subsequently, with the view ot having a sum of
money raised for him, bonds wore passed by the pla;ntiff
sad other persons to the defendant, for which he is
dated not to have given value, and the defendant is now
Ir:barged with having proceeded to judgment and exe-
cution on the bond ; and ot having levied a distress on
the property of a Noble Lord, wh.seconi.ection with the
transaction was not very distinctly-made out in Court.
The Vica-Cuancas.soa granted the injenetios.
WHITTEN v THE PHOISIX OAS CrIMPANY.
Mr. HART applied for an injunction against the M.
*tiger and Du ector of this Company, to prevent them
from effecting further injury on the property of the
plaintiff, •at Camber well. It appeared that the Gas
Company, in pursuance of their engagements to light
the parish of Camberwell, opened the ground for the
purpose of laying down pipes, in an avenue where some
Sire elm trees were planted, the property of the plaintiff.
flue ground was opened and pipes laid down in No-
vember last, an .1 soon after the trees began to core theit
bat k and shew other symp'oms of decay, evidently pia-
' eeeding from the effects of the gas on them. Gardeners
who examined the trees found that the ronts were se-
riously injured, by cutting them to make room for the
pipes; and a pnofessional chemist gave it as his opini:,n
that the tiees were deteriorated by the escape of the gas.
Mr. Suocista said the Directors only acted by virtue
of the authority which the Act of Parliament gave
vans, and it was too much for the plaintiff to expect,
that the convenience of all the inhabitants of Camber-
well should be sacrificed to him. If the present motion
succeeded, the consequence would be that all Camber.
well would be left in total darkness. There was one
error in making the present motion, which he felt him-
self bound to take advantage of for his client, and that
was, that the trustees were nor, when in fact they ought
to have been, made parties to the.suit.
Mr. Haze trusted, Alt in sueb a ease, no teekaisal abjection
would be flamed te.

Mr. Summit said the gas lights had been burning
there f.,r five months. The injury to the trees was caused
by other means. and it was not until the plaintiff failed
in discovering the author. of the mighief, for whom
.he offered rewards, that be turned round on the rho.
nix Compel,. . .
The Vich.Cmosestias woo of *As s tit 11111.111111 was
good, sod the Oohed! was blood to amend Its ha

COURT OF ZINO'S IBENCII, Jaanaar In.
ST, PEDALS 9. °swims.
This was an action brought by the: publisher 42114
Memoirs of Harriette Wilson, si giost another ptibirshcr,
to recover damages for his having pira.ed
said work.
The cause was tried at the Sittings term* *eine:
sent Term, when the Lord Chief Just►ce directed•s 11011.

suit, on the ground that the wot k WA' immoral and..jikel.
loos, and therefore that the plaintiff could hate Jact
legal property in it.
Mr. BaOVORIAM now moved to set asid4 the musk,
and for a new trial, and concluded by obseiviitg-,,thast
if property of such a nature as was contenitea for was
absolutely necessary to support such an action ar the
present, all sorts of libellous and immoral works might
hereafter be pirated with impunity.
The LORD Cum Jusrica said, the work in question
professed to be the history of a courtesan, and contained
much highly immoral matter, and much other that.
was slanderous and libellous, and was such as no man
had a right to sell; and he was sute that no lawyer,
no man of common sense, upon the plainest pi inciple of
the law of England, would say that a man could have
la property in what was an illegal work. He wanted
tioa authority for this judicial opinion, for common
itense dictated it. An allusion, had, however, been made
'to the Court of Chancery ; one individual holding the
great seals had refused to protect immoral works,
another at a former period had granted an injunction to
ect one, and which bad adopted the wisest course
was not for him to say. The one thought that by
using to recognize the work, it would induce people
to. desist from publishing similar. wokks,sti,e other, that
by granting the injunction it would limit the circula-
tion of the immoral matter. His Lad hip had no
hesitation in saying.that in point of law this action was,
not maintainable, and he was sure all his learned
brothers would be of the same opinion.
ICU other three Judges gave shallar otiaisso.—Rale Mani,
RIGHT •i WAY.
r. shissal 7310,01 for a mandamus to the Justices
Of P
the County of Essex, coessasdue dam to bear tbei
appeal of an individual splices *Marfa moppiii .p
a poblic footpath. .
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ThOCtmet'lleld taut my Feria° had a Itifth to appeal .aeilhat
any matasalbiaast or stoppage ail a pub Win?. The sitatals•
wiesneted. After hearing modsoi or Manors at ao Odle
`Morn Wlealreer, the Court rem
COURT Or C(OLMON.WiIIa• lax 27. -• r
WRIT WI RIORT.—TOoTi v. sAOwetts 1'

This cense was again brought before the Court t.
morning, on amount of the illness of Sr GeorgeAlder-
son, one of the four Knights of the Grand Assam, his
medical attendant giving evidence to the Conn, that in
all probabilky be would never be able to attend the
trial of the cause; sad the Sherif having also retesuedl
that Sir George was unable to attend,
.Mr. Serjeant Bosauthunt moved the Court tol •
aside the ,white of cheeses°, and to owe a new
`veto issue's venire, commanding the Sheriff to semi
mon anotbet Knight to serve' with the three already
chosen and the other Jurors chosel by them—andtfor d
Habeas Corpus, -compelling the 'academe of the
three other Knights, and the. other' Members of the
Grand Assize already ch..en, to give their attendance
with the new Knight. This mode of prociediag is of
rare occurrence, and there it no case in the books where
the Court has ordered aae#er venire where illness only
was assigned as a cause, and only natio a case of death:
The asertim was typed at west kerb aia bad Ave, Mr.
Sarrant MOT Wes with &dant Baranovan for din deolooduar
and Mr. Sergeant VAUGEIAX and &limn Maas tot the monism.

bound to interfere ; and it was consoling to them to
know, that if the judgment they pronounced Irv,
wrong, that el-tor would be. awl- the ipteirinn might
be, settled by the highest. Court in the nation. Tney
therefore granted the latter part of the inori,in, namely,
a new venire for the attentlancesf another Knight, and
ordered, that the Grand Assize do give them attendance
three weeks after Easter.

SECONDARIES OFFICE, ims. rt.
MOUNT W. WILT.

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A few days ago this case came on before a special-
Jury, at the Office, in Coleman-street. It was an attion
to recover damages for injury sustained by the plaintiff,
in consequence of a breach of contract. The damages
were laid at 3,0001.
Mr. PACK* said, that the plaintiff had employed
Messrs. G sod and Son, the ship bidders, to build a
brig of a certain tonnage, and the defendant had become
guarantee for the performance of the contract. which',
however, was broken, the brig not having been timbered;
nor ready for sea, according to the terms of the contract.
The plaintiff had advanced between 1.100/. and 12001.
to Messrs. Good. after the engagement had been entryti -
into; and he sought to recover that sum, and.arealffis—
ference between the price -at which the matarialamsarts
wittin the limits of the contract, and the price-Awing'',
it reached immediately afterwards. ._ - •
Captain John Barnet stated, that he bad had taw.
actions with Messrs. Good and Son. They had failed.
Ile had been at their ship-yard in March lmt year, and
he left the yard in September. where they were building
ship for Mr. Mount. She was not folly timbered
when he left the yard; she had since beconselhe pro-
perty of Mr. Stansforth. end was being finished.
Captain W. Batley, 'one of the surveyors at Lloyd'',
who had been conversant with the value of shipping kit
SO or 40 years, proved, that the value of timber bad,
increased greatly after the period appointed for the per-
formance of the contract.

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MOM: to be hoped. would ithaliC•lto ,be faired, to . the '
there best law& They aerial* wo4d tit* auisi_a plaiutie
where there were laebas.that hu,atight have.rensediedi
• but where it was by the si.isation of Gob, they were
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