Star.
London, England, 1818-11-11 00:00:00

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TN/ MATCH arrwamt 13411 AND, RANDALL...h! partisans
of these first-rate heroes of the fist, dined together yesterday, at
the Goat, in Lower Grosvenor-btreet, after which the whole of
the stakes to he fought for, on the Ist of. December, namely,
200 guineas, ware ispotoised. Betting, guineas to Fount% and
from that to five to four on 'RANDALL. The match to take place.,
within 25 and 30 miles from London. Should the backers
fancy their men, so as to double the stakes, the 24th of Novem-
ber is the day named for that purpose.

The Earl of Fire has assembled together all the
Sporting Men at Duff-House, near Banff.
Mr. COKE has been keeping up the festivities of the
hunting season, in great style, at Holkham, in Nor-
folk The Duke of BEDFORD, MT, G REY, Mr, 0 REGO,
and Mr. Oaoe, are still sojourners at that hospitable

mansion.
Mr. CHALTON has bought Lord LOWTHER'S colt by
Haphazard, out of Iris, the favourite for the Derby.
A fine of one guinea has been paid by Mr. HUNT,
of Whitstable, to the Kent and Canterbury Hospital,
for shooting a valuable hound, the property of Lord
SONDES.
Active preparations are making for opening the
Operatical Campaign at the King's Theatre, in great
style. The whole interior of the House has been
newly painted, and the boxes decorated with taste
and elegance. The front entrance to the Haymarket
is to be under a grand portico, supported by Corin-
thian pillars, on the top of which is to be placed a
fine statue of Apollo.
The Richmond Theatre closed its season on Mon-
day last with the Tragedy of Douglas. Miss SYDNET
in Lady Randolph, was honoured with loud applause:
this young Lady through the whole of the season,
has constantly appeared in Tragedy, Comedy, Opera,
and Farce, and was deservedly a great favourite.
Miss HART, of the Northampton Theatre, had her
arm accidentally broken last week, whilst performing
Little Pickle, at the moment Old Pickle, in the piece,
was dragging her through the stage-door.
DRURY-LANE THEATRE.--The Tragedy of Ber-
tram was performed last night, and was extremely
well received by the audience, which was crowded
and respectable. Mr. KEAN'S Bertram was distin-
guished by the same energy which on his first per-
formance of the character gave it such a decided'
success. His manner of pronouncing the benediction
on the child was truly awful and impressive, and
formed a very striking contrast to the dark and fero-
cious passions which constitute the leading features
of this gloomy personage.—Mrs. WEST sustained the
part of Imogine for the first time, and availed herself
of the opportunity to exercise her tragic powers.
The picture which she drew of despair was remark-
ably affecting ; and the whole performance was much
applauded. When the curtain fell the satisfaction of
the audience was so strongly expressed as to en-
courage a repetition of the Tragedy.
CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, Nov. 11.—The
Wheat trade was heavy this morning, having but few
buyers at market; and the supply was tolerably large
from Suffolk, the major part of which remained un-
disposed of. Barley is from Is. to 2s. per quarter
lower,_ having a considerable arrival oft hat grain
from Suffolk to-day, in addition to a large quantity
that was left over from Monday's market. Oats fully
support their price; for although the supplies are
large, the demand is equally exten.ive. In Peas and
Beans there is no alteration.

LA•i INTELLtat.vdt.
COURT OF CHANCERV, NOVEMBER Id.
The Court of Chancery was engaged the whole of
this day in the further hearing of the cause which was
on the greater part of yesterday; and is of no great
public interest.
VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, NOVEMBER to.
WAITHAM O. HILL.
This case had been several times before the Court.
Sir ARTHUR PIGOOT, for the Executors of the de-
ceased Mr. Waltham, now applied for an order to
enable them to carry the Will of the testator into exe-
cution. Mr. Waltham had beque.itimi the sum of
5001. per annum to be applied to till establishment
of a school on the Lancasterian system, for the edu-
cation of the children of Catholics and Protestants
of every denomination. The school was directed to
be built on a spot of ground called the green of Old-
castle, in the county of Meath, Ireland. This ground
was the property of Mr. Napper, the testator's ne-
phew, who was a minor at the time the Will was
made. In a codicil to the Will, the testator farther
bequeathed all the property which he might be pos-
sessed of, and which was not otherwise disposed in
his Will, to the establishment of the said school.—
The testator had died several years before Mr. Nap-
per became of age, and the execution of the Will
was necessarily suspended, as he, during his mino-
sky, could not give a legal grant of the ground on
which the testator had appointed the school to be
erected. It appeared from the report of the Master,
that Mr. Napper, who is now of age, was willing
:old anxious to do every thing in his power to pro•
mote the establishment of the charity ; and that no-
thing was wanted but the order of the Court.
The VICE-CHANCELLOR Wished to know if the
nearest of kin disputed the validity of the bequests.
Mr. BELL said, his client could not oppose the pre-
sent application; but at the same time it appeared to
him, that the Court could not give a final order on
the subject, since it did not appear, from the Master's
report, that a regular grant of the property had been
obtained from Mr. Napper. He also suggested that
the next of kin were entitled to the interest which had
accumulated on the legacy since the testator's death.
The VICE-CHANCELLOR said, that the relations of
the testator could have no title to the interest, since
in the codicil annexed to the Will all his property
was made over to this charity. He was therefore
decidedly of opinion that it should go to the founda-
tion, and not the next of kin. He agreed with Mr. Bell
in thinking, that before the Court ordered the cha-
rity to be carried into execution, it was necessary
that a regular grant of the property should be ob-
tained from Mr. Napper, because the terms of the
Will clearly implied that condition. He should there-
fore order, that the Master appoint Trustees to re-
ceive from Mr. Napper a grant in fee of a certain
spot of ground, such as is specified in the Will of the
testator; and that, on the production of such a grant
in fee, regularly executed, he proceed to approve of
a proper scheme for establishing and maintaining the
charity. Costs of all parties to be taxed, as between
solicitor and client.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, NOV. to.
PEIItaiRTON O. MILTON.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a glass
manufacturer, at Sunderland, against the defendant,
an engineer, employed by the Commissioners of the
Port of Sunderland, to demolish a staith or quay
emceed by the plaintiff on the Banks of the River
Wear. An Act passed in the 49th of the King, re-
iating to the port of Sunderland, enables the Corn.
misstoners to order the removal of any stones, sand,
or rubbish, obstructing the navigation of the River ;
this order the defendant had teceived, the Commis-
sioners considering the quay in question to be an ob-
struction to the navigation of the River. The Jury
thought otherwise, and found a verdict for plaintiff.
Mr. Toeettio now moved for a new trial, on the
ground that this erection could not be other than a
nuisance ; but it appearing from Mr. Justice Bayley's
notes of the trial, that the tide only reached the quay
io question at high water, and that it did not cause
the least obstacle to the current of the tide, the Court
seemed satisfied of this, after inspecting a plan of the
spot ; and the Rule was refused.
LEWIS V. THE EDITOR OF THE OBSERVER.

Mr. MABRTAT moved for a Rule to shew cause
who judgment should not be entered up in this case,
non ()beanie veredicto, a verdict having been found
for the defendant on some of the counts of the de-
claration. The action was brought by the plaintiff,
an attorney, against the defendant, for an alleged ma-
licious statement of what passed in the Insolvent Deb-
tors court, commencing with the words—" Shameful
conduct of an Attorney.' The Court granted a Rule
to chew cause.
THE KING V. BOWDITCH AND OTHERS.
The defendants in this cause, it will be recollected,.
were tried at the last Dorchester Assizes, for a con-
spiracy to abduce Miss Maria Glenn, a young Lady
only 16 -years old, from she custody and care of her
mother,. and a Mr. Tuckett, wbo had married her
aunt, without their knowledge or consent.
The defendants, by Mr. SCARLETT, their Counsel,
now moved for a nsw trial, on grounds which will
presently be stated. The whole number of the de-
fendants were obliged to appear personally in Court
for this purpose, as is always the case in moving for
a new trial on indictments for conspiracy. They
were ten in number ; James and William Bowditch,
Messrs. Paul and Snell, Mrs. Bowditch, mother of
James and William, Susan and Jane, her daughters;
Mrs. Paul, Mrs. Snell, and Mrs. Mulraine. James
Bowditch, the young man to whom Miss Glenn was
to have been married, appeared about the age of 22,
rather slender, of the middle height, and of a coun-
tenance not unpleasing. He was dressed in a black
coat, yellow kerseymere waistcoat, with metal but.
tons, a red under waistcoat, and a spotted neckcloth,
smart leather breeches, and jockey boots. In other
words, his appearance was that of the class called
gentlemen farmers.
Chief Justice ABBOTT ordered a seat to be found
for the Ladies, in respect to their sex.
Mr. SCARLET? then proceeded to state in detail,
the facts that came out upon the trial, and the evi-
dence of Miss Glenn and Mr. Tuckett. The grounds
on which he moved for a new trial 'were, first, that
the verdict was against evidence ; secondly, that he
had affidavits in great number to contradict the evi-
dence for the Crown, the greater part of which was
a surprise on the defendants. The Learned Counsel
commented upon the manner in which Miss Glemi

give her evidence ; on her cbmpostar, clearness, pre-
t: ,inn, and OppArent. modesty: all of which had a
very reirlarkable efrect upon the Court and all wascr
were present: The twain pillar of the prosecution
was the evidence of this young Lady; and one pars
of the defence set up was, that she had represented
herself:to be of age, had every appearance of .being
so, and that 'the defendants fully believed her state-
ment. In answer to her testimony, they produce&
three letters (one of Which was admitted to be her
hand-writing), and seventeen witnesses ; if the ver-
dict given'was tight, not only was this one of the
foulest and most disgraceful conspiracies that had
ever been brought before the public, but seventeen
witnesses must all of them have been guilty of per-
jury. Fifty persons had now come forward to swear
to facts, the existence of which contradicted Miss
Glenn's statement in the most material points: the
remainder of the defence went to shew that the elope-
meat was assented to by the young Lady, and the
match proposed•one of her own seeking. The man-
i ner in which the young Lady's testimony was given
had such an effect upon the whole Court, that the
defendants naturally tried to affect her credit; but in
this part of the trial two witnesses gave their evidence
in such a manner as required some explanation. Miss
Glenn had denied the existence of any familiarities
between her and James Bowditch. A witness who
was called to state that he had seen them together
upon a footing of intimacy, having proved the fact,
was called on to say whether Miss Glenn, then in the
witnesses box, was the person he saw with James
Bowditch. He replied, no ! This came like a burst
on all present, and had such an effect on the Learned
Judge, as indeed it well might, that he summed up
strongly against the defendants. It was late, how-
-1 ever, in the evening when this witness was called, the
Court was almost dark, and the witness was evi-
dently in a state of intoxication. There were now
three witnesses who had made affidavits of having
seen Miss Glenn with J. Bowditch on the occasion in
question. The defendants then proceeded to shew
that Miss Glenn was on such terms of intimacy with
the family as to have attended a christening, and
stood godmother to one of Mrs. Mulraine's children.
The clerk who was called to prove her attendance at
the christening, on looking Miss Glenn in the face,
said, he thought she was not the person. This second
denial seemed almost conclusive to all present. But
he had fourteen witnesses who had made affidavits
of facts the existence of which was utterly incompa-
tible with Miss Glenn's not having been present at the
christening ; and the Clergyman who attended had
prepared instructions for an affidavit, but died before
it was sworn. The Learned Counsel then read the lent r
which was admitted to be in Miss Glenn's hand-writing.
It was a letter to a friend, in which, among other
things, she stated she was much altered, and ap-
peared much older than she was; insomuch that her
aunt herself had said, if she did not know her to be
sixteen, she could not believe her niece to be less
than twenty. Of the other two letters, though she
had denied them both at the trial, one was addressed
to James Bowditch ; and Mr..oxenham, the Attor-
ney, swore, that when she had called at his office
with Mr. Tuckett, she had admitted the whole- of
this, except the direction, to be her own hand-writing;
and it was remarkable that she herself stated at the
trial,.that the letter which she had been forced to
write at Mr. Oxenham's, in the presence of Mrs.
Bowditch and Mrs. Mulraine, contained instructions
to James Bowditch how he was to proceed. It was
as follows:
" Mr Data James—ln answer to your last letter, I wish
you to buy the license, and assure you I was twenty-one the
28th of last August. Remember that I have no independent
fortune. Can there then be blame to form this alliance, when
leve, not interest, actuates the deed?
.6 Your 's, truly,
a September 14, 1517."
The day of the supposed interview with Mr. Oxen-
,
lham was the 20th of September, the market-day at
Taunton. If this letter was Miss Glenn's hand-
writing, it shewed that she was as much implicated
in this alledged conspiracy as any of the defendants;
and that James Bowditch had every reason to believe
her twenty-one years old. The Learned Counsel
(then read the third letter which Miss Glenn had de-
inied when at Mr. Oxenham's, with her uncle, as
as at the trial. The letter ran thus :
" Miss Glenn sends her kindest love to Mrs. Ilfulraine4g
informs her it will be perfecily out of her power to see
fore half-past twelve to-night, as her aunt and uncle will both
be with her, if she goes out to walk. She understands Mrs. M.
has something to communicate to her; if so, will be obliged to
Ni s. M. if .he will write to her on tbe subject.
" Sunday morning."
These letters had never been submitted to the in-
spection of the Jury. There were three prilicipal
points on which he had supplementary evidence.—
He would not say, that out of the 50 new witnesses
he was ready to produce, some might not speak to
the same tOctt as might have been deposed to by,
some of the 17 witnesses who had already been exa-
mined : but he would say, that by far the greater
part of the facts deposed to by these 50 nea, wit-
nesses, were such as could not have been furnished
by any of the 17, and such as the defendants could
not have been prepared to produce on the for-
mer trial. As to the letters, he had the Affidavit of
Mr. Kingslade, an Attorney, at Taunton.
'Chief-Justice A IBBOTT.—How could the defendants
have been taken by surprise by Miss Glenn's dei.ial
of the letters, when she had denied one of them be-
fore Mr. Oxenham, their own Attorney ? Read your
Affidavit ; though it is not clear that it can be ad-
mitted, unless you shew that the parties were taken
by surprise.
Mr. SCARLETT said, he was aware of the difficulty,
but Miss Glenn had distinctly admitted one of the
letters at Mr. Oxenham's, and this had put the de-
fendants off their guard.
Chief-Justice Assorr.—Was she examined as to
what passed at Oxenham's?
Mr. SCARLZTT.—She was; and denied her admis-
sion there. The ordinary way of proving hand-wri-
ting was by calling persons who had seen the party
write, and were acquainted with the hand ; but, when
the hand-writing is unexpectedly denied, there are
cases to -shew that supplementary evidence may be
resorted to. Witnesses were called. who were ac-
quainted with Miss Glenn's hand-writing ; and Mr.
Kingslade states in his Affidavit, that Mr. 'fuckett's
Solicitor had said, that in case Miss Glenn denied
the hand-writing, Mr. Tutkett would examine com-
petent persons, and if their opinion was against the
lady, he %, Quid drop the prosecution. Could the de.

.. MARIA GLE4N.