The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-07-23 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1819.

" The Cause for which llANPwszc fell in the held, and Srnmisr died on the Sceffold! "

LAW INTELLIGENCIL

COURT OF CHANCERY, Jct.? 22.

coasted upon, bat 31 were entered, three of which
are Special Juries. There Is, however, hardly a cis.
which s►ems calculated to claim any great share of
public attention. The 'dal of the great question he.
tween the Dean and Chapter of Winchester ■nd %Ir.
Fleming, llat let. Sheriff of the County, respecting
the rillst to the soil, es Lord or ford Paramount of
the River Itchin, is gooc over to the neat Malan, as
■r► also some other important questions.
Soren cusses were disposed of this morning, of
which the following is the only one postessing the
slightest degree of public intereat.

PUIILICATION OF LAW KFPORTS.
CLARKE V. •KOOK[, MUT, AND PRIM
In our report or ibis case yesterday, •e sire oo•
der a mistake in stating that Mr. Wetherell applied
(or an Injunction on behalf of the D.-Pendants; on the
contrary, the Learned Coensel oliposed an Injunc-
tion already obtained by Mr. !iharlisell on a former
Iles, to restrain the Defendants, M . Brooke and
meet, from printing and pal:dishing the Ezebeqser
Reports of Mr. Price.

VINGIIAIII V. RODEVI AND cracni.

This ease came on, after being portly heard yea.
te►dav, on a motion by Mr. IVel here'', for the D,.
fowdatits Rrooke sod Sweet. The Learned Counsel
then at great leech, stated the nature of the case,
•hen—

This was an action brought op by a silk-wearer, I,
Whitebirch, in this county, against the Defendants,
who are proprietors of the Telegraph Stage•cnach,
!sorting from London to Soothamptoo, a roach re-
markable for its expedition. The Plaintiff in the
coerce of his bosineas was with his cart at the door of
a shop In the high-street, at Basingstoke, a few
yards from the Inn, at which the Telegrapt. was
changing hones. At setting off the near hind wheel
caught the stock of the cart ; the consequence was,
that the Plaintiff was thrown oat, the cart over.
turned, the Plaintiff hieing his collar-bone and two
of the ribs broken.

Tn. LORD Cusocaccon intimated that he was of
npiniun that the case was more fit for the trial by
Jury than this Court. Ile thereinto gate the issue.

COURT OF KING'S HENN!, JuLT n.
///OTT D. ADAMS.

This was an action for • breach of contract by
the Defendant in building a carriage for the Plaintiff.
Mr. Scarlet., with Mr. Gurney and Mr. Mills,
coodurted the proceedinri for the Plaintiff; Mr. Ser.
jeant Vaughan, with Mr. Marry It and Mr. Cem.
' mins, for the Defendant. The trial occupied the at.
I te•tiou of the Cord from half-past nine in the morn-
ing till three in the afternoon ; and the circamstances
of the case are briefly as follow :
The Plaintiff, wt,o is a young Gentleman of for-
tune, in faihionable life, employed the Defendant,
who is an eminent coals-maker et the west end of the
town, to build for him • landau. This carriage was
completed, and delivered on the 16th of January,
1818; and shortly after it was used the back bed of
the carriage broke, owing to the fractere of the patent
•ale-tree, and three of the iron belts. 'These damages,
however, were repaired ; bat shortly afterwards
the Plaintiff diseovered I flaws in the
body of the carriage. It was incoovenieolly coo.
strutted in the joints at the openings in the head.—
*lle panels were split in five different places, bet
stopped with patty, anti !stinted and varnished over
so as to conceal those defects from the eye of the
Plaintiff, who, as soon as they were palmed oat to
him by some of his friends, consulted I couch.
makers, and in the result sent buck the carriage to
the Defendant either, to build him another or return
the purchase money, which was 4181. charged for a
tendert, stated in the bill to be of the very best ma.
Oriels, and finished in the first style of workmanship
' and fashion, hat the Defendant refuted.
A number of witnesses, many of them coach.
makers, were examined, to prove that the materials
were not of the best kind, nor the workmanship; and
that those defects must have been originally in the
carriag►, at the time it was delivered, and were net
the result of wear, accident, or exposers to the
a rather.

The case was fully proved, and the only deem"
opened by Mr. GIZILEI. the Defendant's Counsel,
was, that it wag the result of accident, ■ud not of
met eeeeee s. Before any witnesses were called for
the defence, a verdict was taken by Conned for One
Hundred Nandi'.

Law being the belie's, of this ancient city in
more respects than one, it slay not be emirs to no.
lice, that the Judges bad a narrow escape of hearing
Divine Service unattended as easel by the Corpora-
tion with the Regalia. It happened on Monday,
that a seggestration was enforced against the Corpo.
ration property generally, bet not till the return
from Church, when the Mace, &c. &c. was im-
pounded with the rest of the 'gigabit'.

• HERTFORD. JOL• 21.
The Home Circuit commenced here to-day, before
the lion. Mr. Justice Park, on the Civil Side, earl
the innoerable Barns Cerro*, on the Crown Side.
In the former Court the number of causes entered
for trial was eight, of which only one was a Special
Jury. The Caleader in the latter contained only 22
cases, none of which were of a very heinoos nature.
The venires in the Civil Court were 10, one of
which wascompromised before set down for trial; and
another, s action for seduction, was postponed until
the anal Anals,.., the young Logy .educed befog tan.
vented by indisposition from attending as a witness.
Of the four cases tried to-dsy,two were undefended,
another was referred, and the 4th was the follow-
ing :

Mr. Serjeeot VAUGHAN replied to the state-
ment of Mr. Scarlett at considerable length, and a
great number of witnesses, many of them also re-
spectal.te cnschmakers, were ',attained, to prove that
the la uria was constructed of the best naaterials,thooglt
not perhs;.4 6ni4herl in the very best style of work-
manship. That +lime si.lits in the penal' arose partly
wo.td in them hying placed across the grain,
1,41. A of perpetii!ii al.,' to it; sod partly from some
accident in the hands of the body taster, which could
only have been discovered by the painter when he
came to op.-rote; bet the whole might be, and ado-
oily 11141 c•roceoled from the Defendant. It was also
stated, that those panels might be now liken out,
replaced by new ones, and she whole 'solely painted
411 d varnished, so as to render the carriage enescep.
'instable, et en espence of from 401. to 501. Upon
stamina lion as to the present worth of the vehicle,
one cosehmsker still he would Give only 1101. for it,
another that he would give 1501, and a third that he
woaltl allow for it 2001. itt eiehanee for another new
lanilso, if he received the order to bond one.
Mr. SCAILLTT replied, and the Cuter itisTlCe
seasme.l op for the Jury, whu found for the Plaintiff
—Damages 1501.

SUMMER ASS IZES.