The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-04-20 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY. Arnit.lB.

MORRIS U. COLINAN.
A motion was made in this case, on the part •f ,
Mr'. Morris, to have Mr. Wilson remored from the
:fitutition of Stage Manager to. the Little Theatre, •
'Haymarket, of which Mr.. Colman and Mr. Morris
-.Ore yoiAt proprietors. The motion was grounded on
the deed of agreement, in ISOS, and on certain al-
leged acts of mismanagement, as Stage Manager, on
the part of Mr. 3Vilsott, particularly his halting re-
moved the former ‘lardrobe-keeper, and appointed
in his place a person who had pawned articles be-
Tonging to the Theatre.
, .
Mr. WEATHERALL and Mr. Tetestsorts argued the
case on the prt of Mr. NVilson, turd • the alleged
acts of mismanagement were fully negatived by af-
,
idayfts.
The LORD CHANCELLOR having an engagement at
two e'clock, ordered the further hearing to stand
'over till, day. '
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COURT OF lILIRWA DEN CU, Aria Ii

T.t.71.0a .re irwiq.
Mr. Stonas moved to. set aside the verdict, and
enter a non-suit in this case. . The cause was tried at
the last Aylesbury Assizes, before Mrs Justice Heath.
It was an action on the Statute of ANEW,- for using a
greyhound. The facts wore, that the Defendant, a
respectable faryner, but not qualified to kill game,
' was in company .with a Mr. Colding, a gentleman
abundantly qualified, and to whom the dogs be-
longed. lie was seen t 6 beat the bushes, and retie
taller the hare. He was not the servant of Mr. CAd-
the qualified man, but admitted he was with
hint as a companion, and 'for the purpose of enjoy-
the.pleasures of the course.. , •,
At, the trial, Mr. Justice Heath was inclined to
non-Suit the Plaintiff, but on the authority of a case
rated by Mr. Justice Ltkwrence,'who held that a pet:.
son joining in the chase, though the dogs belortgal
to alualified person present, was liable to the pct.
;salty, he directed the Jury to find for the Plaintiff
reserving the right to the Counsel for the Defendant
to move to enter a non-suit.

Lord ELLEisuoaouGn asked if it were agreed, that
all the world .must run away from a man coursing,
as from ,one infected-with the plague? If it had''
been the cue of asservant, he should not have had
moment's hesitation ; 'for if the law were otherwise,
ithera most be an end to all hunting, until they
could get qualified whippers in, &c.
Rule granted.

Arai'. 18.

This being the last day for motions for new trials,
the Court was occupied during the whole of their
Lordships' sitting, in disposing of motions of this
description, but no case of any public interest oc-
curred.

A Noble Marquis has undertaken to travel from
London to Holyhead with post-horses. He started
from London on Wednesday, at six o'clock in the
evenings and engaged to arrive there at six , o'clock
on the morning following, for 1000 guineas. He
performed his first stage from Mr. Robert Newman',.6,
Swallow-street, to the Red Lion, Barnet, which Is
1% miles, in 50 minutes ; his second stage from
Bryant's, the Red Lion Inn, in Harriet, to Stasi-
ban's, which is 10 miles in 31 minutes. Since that,
a bet has been offered that the same four horses from
Barnet go 11 miles in 30 minutes with a post-chaise.'
On Thursday last, an old washerwoman, of the
name of Janet Wood,' residing at Coldstream, was
unfortunately burnt to death., No person being in
the house at the time, the •:ause of the melancholy
accident cannot be easily ascertained. She was found,
about nine o'clock at night, lying on the floor of the
room, her body much scorched, and life irrecover-
ably gone.
A woman, a pauper in a workhouse, not a mile
from the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell, has pre-
seedetil for some months past, to be afflicted with a
dropsical disorder; she last week had a fainting fit,
fell over a bench, and dislocated her shoulder; ova.
ing to the extreme pain of which, next morning, she!
was safely delivered of a fine, strong, healthy boy. 1
J. Took was executed last week at Ipswich, having
been convicted of violating..the person of his own
daughter. The Prisoner on his trial pleaded idiotcy,
which being investigated, was deemed unfounded, so
far as respected right and wrong; but his behaviour
to the last exhibited strong symptoms of' extreme ipi
Dormice and insensibility. 1
FATAL EMC CS TROII Roaxixo.-;-)il,teccles Sti• i
sions, a melancholy circumstance was witnessed.—A
young man, named Hubbard, from Debenliam, had;
been committed to Woodbridge Bridewell, upon sus-1
picion of having stolen a saddle from Mr. Thomas )
Darb-y, of Keaton, which, in fact, had been takell
off Mr. I)arby's horse by some other person in a joke,!
thrown into a rivulet, and afterwasds take . up and
carried home by this young man, who willingly re-';
stored it as soon as he knew.the owner. Upon his
commitment, his young wife, who was far advanced
in pregnancy, was taken very ill, and remained
during his confinement, in a wretched state of mitul, •
continually callingout for her husband. Alas ! she ;
-never saw him more.—On the night previous to these
•Sessions, at which an indictment was to be preferred'
against him, she died in a state of distraction, leav-
big her disconsolate husband in' prison to bewail her
loss. As soon as the affair was made known to the
Magistrates, they humanely directed the recogiii-1
zauces to prosecute to be withdrawn, and the young
Iman to be immediately restored to his disconsolate'
friends. ,
IL The present weather is extremely favourable for i
agricultural labour, and it is with satisfaction we
hear that the farmers are entirely engaged in availing
themselves of the circumstance in all the arable.dis- '
tricts. A late spring generally is succeeded by a
lbountiful harvest, •of which there is at present the
fairest prospect.
Pierre La Roche, the French Prisoner, sea-
; tented to death, for forging Bank-notes, at thelate.
Assizes for Launceston, Cornwall, and executed on
Mondky last, was a young man of interesting ap-
pearance. The natural powers of his mind had been
aided by education. It is to be hoped that this exe-
! eution ;ill have a proper effect on the prisoners in
l/famce..ze, who have for three or four
,years been ac-
1t
tively employed in this nefarious manufatturn.