Star.
London, England, 1817-01-17 00:00:00

BOXERS.

A meeting of Amateurs, amounting to more than Orly, assem '
bled at Scroggina's on Tuesday, and, after dinner, the matches in
contemplation for the Spring diversion were canvassed. The
match between Cribb and (After was expected to ba made, but
Cartel's stake cannot be bad. He produced a letter from Car-
lisle, which was read. It stated that the amateurs in the North
would back him for aO2OO to fight thereabouts. Mut the Lon-
doom went too for North to be heat last Autumn, stud the fight
is wanted in tire London district; besides, Lribb's sum is X9OO,
which is ready, and he will fight anywhere. The next subject
canvassed was for a day's play extra for Scroggins, who is now
the champion of the light weight, old will fight any thing under
eleven smile and a hall for one or three hundred; and, as a con-
vincmg proof, a gentleman from 'Woodford was presew, who
would make stakes tither for hint or Cribb. Scrntgins's fighting
weight is ten stone seven pounds. The marches with Cr ibis and
Carter, and Scroggius and Turner, will no doubt be made mon.

Within these few days a gander died at Ardersier,
in the vicinity of Inverness, well known to have been
Poll grown when the foundation of Fort George was
laid, in the.year 1748. His helpmate died only two
years ago.
The Hhinocerca, which has long been a visitor at
the Prot•inci.►l Fairs, was taken in execution a few
days since at Norwich, by the Sheriff of Norfolk, and
is to be knocked down by the hammer of an Auc-
tioneer !

Samuel Ford and Frani: Green, a Henley-on-
Thames, lure been sent to !trading jai:, charged
with stealine ten sheep from Etucklebury Common,
in Decenibei last, which they chiposeJ of in Newgaze
Market.

After the County Ball at Maidstone on Saturday
last, as a part of the family of Sir JOHN SHAW were
returning for the B4ronet's seat at Kenward, the ser-
vant who rode on horseback behind the carriage, v►as
twice fired at by some villains concealei in a hedge,
between Bower and Burning Heaths, btofortunately
without effect.

Yesterday an Inquest was held at the Black Horse
public-house, Blackwell, on the bgdy of a seafaring
man, unknown. who was found drowned in the river
Thames. The deceased was a fine young man,
dressed as a mate, about five feet ten inches high,
And about twenty.five years old. There was nothing
in his pockets to lead to the identity of his person,
nor were there any marks of violence on his body.—
Verdict—Found dead.

DISTRESSED SEASI6I.......MANSION HOUSE. —Yester-
day a number of those perishing objects who have
been lying about the streets since the Board of Ad-
miralty took them under their protection, applied to
the LORD MAYOR to give them relief. They all said
they were without mood or lodging, and his Lordship
observed, that they were almost without clothes.
The Lotto MAToPI asked whether t4eY MI
applied to site Admiralty in compliance w the;
order upon the subject ?—They replied that they had
done exactly as his Lordship had directed s but as
soon as they had described their necessities they were
desired to quit the place, to look for work, or go to
their parishes.
His Lordship said it was just as he expected. The
Admiralty objected to his interference, and then
threw the objects upon the streets to beg or do
worse. 44 I wish," said his Lordship', “ that Lord
Melville' sympathies were properly awake upon this
occasion ; perhaps, if Ms Lordship were to take my
place Mr five or six days, he would approve of the
plan which I recommended, and partly acted upon.
He would have seen that the distress was not ima-
ginary, and would dread, as I do, the consequences
likely to ensue from the rejection."
One 1:f the applicants said, he had a claim upn
those by whom he had been refused relict ; that a
considerable sum of prize-money was doe to him,
notwithstanding which be was compelled to starve or
to rob.

The Lotto MAYOR said, that such was the situa-
dun of numbers of the poor sailors who paid him
their melancholy visits every morning. Some of them
had lost their paper's, and Were therefore refused their
dues : others were put off with the excuses always at
hand, and sent back to the streets to :calve. Num-
bers were thus cruelly added to the plunderers of the
metroprlis. In, sci terrible an extremity he was
wholly at a loss what to do, interdicted as he was.
by an authority which, however ke might condemn
in this instance, he could not oppose. But the Admi-
ralty, in their wisdom, perhaps with a view toecono-
mical reform, had taken upon themselves the respon-
sibility. It was indeed cheaper to throw the sailors on
the humanity of individuals, than to provide them with
the comforts to which their past conduct entitled them;
hut to avoid the horrors of intestine commotion:, Go-
mernment should resort to something not wholly ad-
vase to feeling or principle. The Helder had left
her station opposite the Tower, the Consuls of the
different nations were languishing in their exertions to
send home the natives of the cot:tides they repre.
rented ; the streets were crowded with half-naked
seamen, whose appearance proved their condition ;
and the Admiralty saw all this; no doubt they spoke
in terms of compassion, except when pressed very
hard, and dismissed them with advice. Many of
those who applied to his Lordship within the last
week were born at sea ; and one of the unfortunate
creatures said, that probably the Admiralty wished
them at the vary &ems of Skit parishes. They retired
from the Mansion-house into the street. his Lordship'
having desired them to go down in a body to the
Admiralty, and wait there until they were relieved.
At Guildhall, a seaman, apparently of great
strength and activity. said he was willing to work
hard, although his feet were frost-bitten, for a meal.
The Magistrate having mentioned that he could not
do any thing for his aptitioner, the mama lett the
office, saying, in thelearing of some of the Police-
officers, that he was sorry to be obliged to rob. One
of the officers told him the consequence. He persisted
in what he declared, anddesired his adviser to lobe
can of his pockets. is 11l ass what I can do to
night" said he.

INTBatelatti.

COURT OF CHANCERY, JANUARY 16.
WATERLOO BODGE.-

itGO W. WATERLOO BRIDGE C.IMPANY.
Sir &WWII. ROVILLY this morns g, as'Coonsel for
Mr. Egg, moved his Lordship to giant an lojucc.ion
to restrain the Defendants from tad big down the
Plaintiff's house and workshops, hr. N 0.132, Strand,
for the purpose of opening up a commuincatior be-
tween the Sttand and the bridge now erecting, 'and
commonly called the Strand, or Waterloo Bridge.
The Injunction . was applied for on the following
grounds :—ln the year 1776, a leaseof the premises
for 50 years was granted by Government to Mr.
John Bell, on condition of his surrendering a lease
granted to him by Government in 1779, and pletig-
Mg himself to expend the slim of seloo in building a
substantial house. Mr. Bell compeed with the con-
ditions, and expended £lOOO instettl of reloo. In
1805 a purchase of the lease. was effected by Mr.
Egg, who had for 30 years prra to that transaction
been a respectable gummitis in Loidon. For this
lease he pad £3500, and afterwards expended 4e4J00
to improvements and necessary repairs. It had always
been the custom of his Majesty and his predecessors
to renew the old leases at the old rents, on condition
of the lessees repaiiing, and keep'ng in good and
substantial order the premises. Mr. Egg having ob-
tained an absolute promise from Government that his
lease sh‘ould be renewed, and considering himself
secure in acting on that promise, proceeded to make
such alterations and improvements as were necessary
in a place where so extensive a business as his was
carried on, and incked Mr. Egg had every reason to
be satisfied with the success his business had Met
with since be occupied these premises. By the. 49th
Act of his present. Majesty, the Company chncerned
in erecting the Strand (now Waterloo) Bridge, had
bean formed into a Corporation, with power to raise
by subscriptions and annuities the sum of £500,000,
to enable them to effect the necessary purchases.—
But the same Act precluded them from exercising
the smallest arbitrary power, as it precisely defined
the specific property they were to purchase, and left
them no choice of what they should or should not
take, as the property was mentioned in a schedule.—
As usual. in such cases,. provision was made that
where arty dispute arose, a Jury should be summon-
ed by the Sheriff of Middlesei.or by the High Bailiff
of Westminster, in those cases where property lay in
the City of Westminster. In the sld year of the
King. another Act was passed, granting tlw.Com-
pan y power to purchase other premises, ainougavhich
,were those belonging to Mr. Egg, 132, Strand, and
which Act was confirmed by one passed last Session.
To consequence of this, Mr. Egg received notice that
the Company required his premises within six months
after that notice, and he alto received a subsequent
notice, requesting him to come to an agreetnert with
them, or they would otherwise proceed in virtue of
their powers by the Act. A negotiation accordingly
took place on the 19th of July, when an offer was
made to him by the Company of £2464 for the pre-
mises, and £2500 for the good-will of the track.—
Having expended £7500, he reiused this offer, and
they of consequence proceeded against him, and by
a warrant directed to the Sheriff of Middlesex bad a
atey immonsd ao try the issue.. Mr.,og objected
ia Vie jurisdiction of that Jury, on grounds which lie
.(Sir S. Ronrilly) would immediately state, hut his
bj ec dun was over-ruled, and the case went on.—
ifteling his situation to be therefore somewhat un-
pleasant, Mr. Egg considered himself obliged to give
evidence io the case, rather than permit his property
td be given away for a few pounds. The Jury,
whether influenced by the.. splendid talents of those
Learned Gentlemen employed by the Company, or by
their own view of the case, gave Mr. Egg a verdict of
£3500 for the property, and 41200 for the good-will,
which wad 8200 less than the Company had offered
him. This circumstance, however, was mentioned
not with the smallest design of influencing his Lord-
ship's decision, as whether the suns was adequate or
not, was saquestion with which the Court had nothing
to do. If injustice had been dune, the plaiotiff had
no alternative but to submit, as the Court had no-
thing to say in it. But there were several objections
Of some moment which deserved hie Liirdship's most
serious attention.; It was in the .first place objected
that the Jury bad no jurisdiction. inasmuch as they
were copvened, not ey the High Bailiff of Westmin-
ster, but by the Sheriff of Middlesex. The Act ap-
pointed a trial to take place before a Jury summoned
either by the Sheriff of Middlesex. or by the High
Bailiff of Westminster. where any property was situ-,
aced within the City and Liberties of Westminster.—
This clause of the Act could surely never be under-
stood to mean that a power was given to the parties
to choose who should nominate the Jury, for the
power given by Parliament to the High Bailiff to act
wherever property was situated in Westminster, evi-
dently implied his having the exclusive right so to
act. A second objection equally worthy of notice'
was, that the Act of Parliament merely specified the
dweatang-houee of Mr. Egg. without taking any no-
, Lax 41 his other property, which certainly was in his
favosir. The third objection was, that the company
were, by the express terms of the Act, limited to the
sons at 400,000, and had no power whatever to
raise a single shilling beyond that. It was a matter
of notoriety to every individual that that sum had
already been expended, and that thus in one sense the
Bridge Company were in 'a comparative degree io-
solvent., No doubt the Legislature might probably
interfere in the next Session of Parliameot,.and enable
them to raise foods by an Act amending the present
Act. Still this bad no beotiog on the question I:efote
his Lordship. It was well-known the shares had
fallen very mach, as be (Sir S. Romilly) held'in Ms
hand an alfislprit, stating.. that those once sold at
£lOO, Were 'now disposed of, at £l5. k one on
these grounds • his Lordship was intaddy moved to
grant tho.kunnction.
Mr. &eta followed oa the same aides .
Lotto *CaielleaLLOlLoo"l tirith . to kilo* whether
the Savoy is to be considered as in Westminster I"
Mr. Aotuas—" That, my Lord, seem generally
understood, as the inhabitants of the Savoy, vote in
the election of the Members of Parliament for West-
minster."
14051 D CHAKSLIAII.r." What is the date of -the
verdict of the Jury r" -
Sir S. llosemen,—" I understood in Septum* late."
Loots Cagalsoomps.,...... What have the Company
den, Se Samuel, to your client,siectt that verdict

fts Have diet taiten Pestesiteli4 tOtat
Ipremiset, or what do they intend to do r
Sir S. Rotint.t.v.—" My Lord, they have dot Yet
taken prisstssi'in, hot they threaten to do so every
day. 'l'i;ey arc ao:norized by the Act to pay the
money into Court, and then to takt• immediate pot,
v_ision, so that we are every moment in h:teard of
having the hou pulled down."
Tile Lunt) (.:iIANCELLaIi, lifter some consideration
and looking o-er the 4cts of Parliament, said, n Very
well, since that is ttiv can., ynu had better take the
f the present; hut let it be Iccompanieci
with a tLat on account of the urgency of the
Case, I:shall instantly i:ear a motion tar dissolving
the injunction, :is sotin as they are prepared to come
before me."—lnjunciiun granted.

HILL J. TIItiMION AND FORRMAII.
•to this case Lordship. on the 'notion of Sir S.
ROMILLY. granted an iirjAnction, t r prevent the de-
fendants from praceedirg, And making iron
from slags, or iron ei, den, agreeably to a new in-
vention of the plaintiff, fer which he obtained a pa-
tent in 1814, in conteluence of his discovering
method of 'milting elm from iron electors (termerly
tho'ry;!..t tr-less,", ard of :caking that iron more
to yh than to:metly, by the Application of Lime sub•
sequeat to the operatbn et the Mast furnace.—Tbe
plaiotil °bunted inkinctions in two sitnilir cases.

riltrzF.Y "!lONS.
RATING DissENTv.n NI RE I'INU ttn1.731z..5.

Yesterday the Appeal ofir.!E FARCItIIIAItSO:: against
the rate for Lighting and Watching the Parish of
Ciirist•Church, came on to to beard..
Mr. Faacounansort state', that this was net on
appeal against the Parish of Christ-Church, but
against a rate Made by the Commissioners, appointed
under the 51st of ti:e King, for Paving, Lighting,
and Watching that Parish, and the grrunds of his
appeal were. that the Chapel of the Ron Rowland
Hill was not inserted in the rate. He was the mane
surprised at this, because a decision had been anew
to by the Sessions, as Guildford, that this Chapel was
liable to the„Poors' Rates; and if liable to those rates,
he submitted it was liable to all other parochial as,
sessments. He was not aware that he had any thing
else now to do. than to prove the Surrey Chapel a
place of profit, and that it was assessed to the Pours'
hates; that he considered would make it liable to
!the present rates also. .
. Mr. LAWS here objected to the jurisdiction of the
Court, and said, if the Appellant considered him-
self aggrieved, he bad his remedy by appeal. He
also submitted, that by the provisions of the Act,
the Commissioners had A power of equitable exernp-
lion, and. might, if they thought proper, exempt Mr.
Fasrq.ul,:rsin.
ear. I:AIqaUHARCON olyierved. if he :vac exempt,
be shoutd consider it a lair :object of c'inplaint for
the other pari,fioriers. l-le did not consider such an
exemption would he equitable. 0%), more than it was
to exempt the Surrey Chapel, a pl.ice, the profits of
which amounted to near .02..1.0(0Q asyear. If this
were aljoWed to be equitable, the Commissioners
11 might, with equal equity, exempt. trilt the houses ia
the parish. With retpect to the power I the Ma-
gistrates to hear the Appeal, if the Leei latere :14,1
nut intended to. give that power, he submitted the
Apra cu... would not. base. keen: nnerie,Lia
ite Air. -

The Coyer decid. ' at they had the power of
hearing. the Appeal, an:l Mr. FAt quharson proceeded
to put in :he tegul4r ',coke; of Appeal served 0002
Corurnistionei s, Stc.

Mr. Fannustatuem then called on the Clerk of the
Peace for the production of the Recognisance into
which he entered before
.the Magistrates at Unicn
Hall to prosecute the Appeal.
On its bring produced, it appeared it was taken in
the usual form. and only bound the Appellant to
prosecute the Appeal, without containing .any sem.
rity. for costs, as required by the Act.
Mr. LAws comet:hied, that this gneissic* .must
prove fatal to this•Apileel, as withaut a Legal Recog.
nizance, the Cnerkkoi nn jurissliction.
Mr. FA RQUHA IRON said, he had entered -Late all
the Itecqcniaance required by the Magistratesdo
Union Hall. If their Cerk h4J, through ignorante
'or negligence. not disetiar;ed his duty properly, he
trusted the Court would not. visit that f,iult on hies.
The Count lamented its inability to assist the Ap-
pellant,. who was bound to produce a proper Recog-
nizance, without which the Bench had no authority'
to hear the Appeal,.which must be dismissed. •
Mr. FA RQUHARSON observed. the Respondent should
not long enjoy this triumph, as be would renew his
Appeal at the neat Session, and should he find the
Law against him, he pledged himself publicly to
petition Parliament for the repeal of a Statute at -
once so unjust and oppressive.