The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-06-09 00:00:00

riven to the greet Doke of Id .rlborocgb, by the
Flector of Bavaria.
fond S•ervert obtained so order horn the EOM
Chancellor to discharge the recognitonces of the Re-
ceiver of the Colleriee io t. h Colin., of 130,hion, the
property of Lady k4.fro•rt (late Lads Fr .oces Emit)
Van. Tempesl. the Receiver having nettled hie ec-
cowrie pith Lord Stewart.

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COURT tel, KING'S wren. Joss B.
coo P. FACIT.

This was an action brnsght by the. Plaintiff, a
tailor, to recover of the Defendant a in d of m.•ney
for a salt of clothes, coder the following clomp-

Mr. MARRYAT, OR Of part of the Plaintiff,
stated, that in the month of March, :818, there was
a cootested election in the parish of Whitechapel, for
the afternoon lectureship. The candidates were Mr.
O'Donnaghee sod Mr. Ilepoer. On the 6214 of
April, a Mr. E. 1. Chippendale, together with the
Plaintiff, the Defendant, and three ether persons,
went in a hackary.coach to dine at the City of Lon.
den Tavern, and in their way the election became
the subject of conversation. The I)eferidaat then
offered to lay Chippendale a mit of clothes that the
Bishop would licence Mr. O'Dennsghse. Chippen.
dale took the bit, sad said, " Mr. Cooke is my
tailor ; it I lose. ye. will go as him and order a suit
of clothes, and I will pay for it." Mr. Face, said,
" on this *cession, Mr. Cooke shall be my tailor
also ; and, therefore, if I lose, Joe will get a coat,
waistcoat. sod breeches of him, and I will pay far
them." What then passed between the parties was
to be decisive, and Mr. Coate' without waiting for
further order'. was to loutish the snit to the party
who won. The time for granting the Bows was
stated to be throe mosiths from the close of the elec.
lion. That time 'spired, and the Blahs" met having
licensed Mr. O'Dohneghoe, Mr. Chippendale went
to the Plaintiff and ordered the suit, which was
made and sent to him.

Mr. Chippendale sapported this 'Mount b his
evidence.

Mr. SCARLITT, on behalf of the Defendant, cross.
examined the witness, and elicited from his the fol.
lowing facts:—
Ile then ►ad on the cost and waistcoat which the
Plaintiff had made, and it was not his intention to
pay for them, even though the Plaintiff should net
recover in this action. Ile bad, in fact, obtained a
Meese front the Plaintig, to qualify him to be a wit.
nets. At the election Mr. Face), voted for Mr.
O'Donnagliee, and the witness for Mr. Ropier.—
Soo the wager was made, the witness had joined
with others io sig.ing • Petition to the liishnp
not to licence Mt. O'llonneshoe, and had never
mentioned to Mr. Face, that such a paper would be
signed. _ _

Mr. SCABLETT here objected, that the eager wes
Hiegel, and that the Plaintiff 11111 not entitled to re-
cover against the Defendant.
The Loco Chilli JUSTICE said, he was clearly of
opinion that it was an illegal wager. %%tigers on
sech 'objects were highly intlecorno.: they often led
In millets bring done which might not in be don.;
and, in oho present ease, a Petition had beeu signed
bs the party who laid the wager. flit Lordship con-
sidered, therefore, that the Pisintlff might to be call.
eti, and be was non'aited accordingly..

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T his ass the telly cm of say public Interest that
occuered to.dsy.

COURT OF ARCHES. DOCTORS' COMMONS, Joss 7.

ROPER V. ROPER.

In this case, which has been before the Court on
many former occasion., a reyponsive allegation wee
brought in, and after hearing the Cooesel for the bus.
band in opposition, es also the Cosine for the wife
itt support of the allegation,
Sir Joffe \tatoLt. mid, this wen e suit for a se.
Aeration, by realms of cruelty, lostiteted by Mrs.
Roper aesinst her husband. The cohabitation was
of a very short derelicts, for it appeared that the par.
lief were monied on the Bth of May, 1817; is Jane
of the same year Mrs. Roper left her hasbaod ; bet
soon returned, and again quitted hint on the 3J or
August ; the cohabitation being so short, the facts
attending it mast be few, elihnegh, as had bees re-
marked by the Learned eeensel tot the husband, the
whole of the costs will be to be defrayed by hit party,
yet that weal not Induce the Court to prevent lbe
wife from laykg her case filly and fairly bef-re It.—
On the other hand, when both parties have bad a fair
opportunity of telling their story, the Court will net
be inclined to let the wife go halo collateral and sob.
ordinate clicamotances, she has only to make eat her
/Asir by broad feces, which the hasbaed is to die.
prove by all the evidence be can produce. Is this
case a great number of witnesses have been ermined,
t•enty.nine in the whole, emong which ere lee that
have bees watched by both parties ; it is therefore
very reasonable to suppose that all the facts are be.
fore the Coert. With these prelimioary observations,
the Learned ledge proceeded to review the coolest*
of the animation, and after entering minutely into
each arti, Is, he gave it as his opinion, that he should
not he narrnwiog the case of the wife by rejecting
the allegation, and accordingly decreed it to be re-
jected.

-NROVIIIOOII4 V. 11AWILCS, NALIELY CALLING NIIIIELV

■aowHOOfT.

This was a milt for nullity of °tuning►, by nesse
of minority. After briefly hearing the Coons,' lo
support of opposition, the Leaned Judge said
that there masse' abundant proof of the minority of
the parties, as also et the want of consent and Ides.
lily, that he would not tremble the Counsel furth►r,
and pronounced the •arriage null sad void. No
evidence was prodeeed is the pert dike Lady is the
cause.

FRG." roe LONDON GAZETTE, JUNKS,

Croew•Ojcr, law A.

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